Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S1/E09 The Puppet Show: Difference between revisions

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Something is killing the school [[Talent Show]] contestants and taking their body parts. The Slayerettes suspect a classmate and his dummy.

 

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]

* [[All Part of the Show]]

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: With all of the supernatural stuff that the Buffy gang encounters on a daily basis, is it really so far-fetched to think that a dummy might be animate?

* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: The Scoobies' stiff, laughable performance of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]''.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]

* [[Bait and Switch]]: {{spoiler|The dummy is actually a cursed demon hunter who believes that Buffy is the demon after seeing her Slayer strength.}}

* [[Credits Gag]]: The Scoobies 'talent' performance is shown during the credits.

* [[Demonic Dummy]]: {{spoiler|Averted; the dummy is in fact hunting the demon himself.}}

* [[Double Entendre]]: Sid has plenty in his act. It turns out Sid isn't acting though, he really is horny.

* [[Everyone Hates Mimes]]: Xander yelps at the sight of a mime on stage.

* [[Falling Chandelier of Doom]]: Buffy gets trapped under one (rather unconvincingly, as it looks like [[Broken Heel|something an ordinary cheerleader could lift]], let alone Buffy).

* [[Faux Horrific]]: The Scoobies horror at being forced to take part in the Talent Show.

* [[Gilligan Cut]]

''(Cut to [[Screaming Woman]] who's just found Emily with her heart cut out)'' }}

* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Cordelia's utter butchering of Whitney Houston's "The Greatest Love of All."

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]

'''Cordelia:''' [[It's All About Me|All I can think is, it coulda been me!]]<br />

'''Xander:''' [[Stealth Insult|We can dream.]] }}

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Deep Space Nine|Quark]] is now a student-hating principal! (Mmm, perhaps it should be [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]).

* [[Imagine the Audience Naked]]

'''Giles:''' Cordelia, there, uh, there-there's, uh, uh, an adage, uh, that, uh, if you're feeling nervous then, uh, you should imagine the entire audience are in their underwear.<br />

'''Cordelia:''' Eww! Even Mrs. Franklin? Uhhh!<br />

* [[Monster of the Week]]

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: {{spoiler|Sid is a notable exception, having been involved with a Slayer back in the 1930's and putting the moves on Buffy.}}

* [[Open Says Me]]: Buffy spends a second or two trying to pick a combination lock, then just smashes it through the locker door.

* [[Organ Theft]]

* [[Slippery Slope Fallacy]]: Played for laughs with the new principal.

* [[Throw It In]]: Willow running away in the middle of the final scene. It's worked in perfectly.

** Nicholas Brendon screaming [[The Shining|"REDRUM!!!"]] while playing with the puppet was shot between takes.

* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: The Scoobies have just defeated the [[Monster of the Week]] when the curtain rises exposing them to the audience. Buffy is cradling a ventriloquist dummy. Willow is holding a hatchet. Xander and Giles are next to a guillotine with a decapitated demon lying on it.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Buffy's fear of dummies.

* [[You Are Who You Eat]]

 

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