Anya:
What?
Xander:
That's your scary costume?
Anya:
Bunnies frighten me.
Buffy:
There's no problem that cannot be solved by chocolate.
Willow:
I think I'm gonna barf.
Buffy:
Except that.
Xander:
Who's a little fear demon? Come on. Who's a little fear demon?
Giles:
Don't taunt the fear demon.
Xander:
Why? Can he hurt me?
Giles:
No, it's just tacky.
Xander:
[
Buffy is dressed as Red Riding Hood] Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl?
Buffy:
Weapons.
Xander:
Oh.
Xander:
Prepare to have your spines tingled and your gooses bumped by the terrifying... Fantasia. Fantasia?
Oz:
Maybe it's 'cause of all the horrific things we've seen, but, hippos wearing tutus just don't unnerve me the way they used to.
Xander:
Phantasm. It was supposed to be Phantasm. Stupid video store.
Willow:
Where's supportive boyfriend guy?
Oz:
Oh, he's picking up your dry-cleaning, but he told me to tell you he's afraid you're gonna get hurt.
[
Oz is setting up a sound system and he tilts his head and grimaces]
Xander:
Sensing a disturbance in the force, Master?
Oz:
Ah, left speaker's crackin' a little bit.
[
pulls out a knife]
Xander:
And you feel stabbing it's the proper solution?
Buffy:
Terrifying. If I were Abbot and Costello this would be fairly traumatic.
Buffy:
Will, let's be realistic here. Okay, your basic spells are usually only about fifty-fifty.
Willow:
Oh, yeah? Well... so's your face.
Giles:
Oh, bloody hell. The inscription.
Buffy:
What's the matter?
Giles:
I should've translated the Gaelic inscription under the illustration of Gachnar.
Buffy:
What's it say?
Giles:
Actual size.
Willow:
The icon's called the-the Mark of Gachnar. I-I-I think this is a-a summoning spell for something called...
Xander:
Gachnar?
Willow:
Yes. Somehow the-the beginning of the-the spell must have been triggered. Um, Gachnar's trying to manifest itself, to-to come into being.
Buffy:
How?
Willow:
It-it feeds on fear.
Buffy:
Our fears are manifesting. We're feeding it. We-we need to stop.
Buffy:
This is Gachnar?
Xander:
Big overture, little show.
Gachnar:
I am the Dark Lord of nightmares, the bringer of terror. Tremble before me! Fear me!
Willow:
He's so cute.
Giles:
The summoning spell for Gachnar can be shut down in one of two ways. Destroying the Mark of Gachnar...
[
Buffy destroy's the Mark of Gachner]
Giles:
...is not one of them, and will in fact immediately bring forth the Fear Demon itself.
Oz:
Something's happening.
Willow:
Something good?
[
he turns his face into the light. Hair is sprouted all over his brow and face, his teeth have taken on a jagged quality]
Willow:
Oh, no. Not good.
Xander:
Hail, ye olde... varletty... thou.
Willow:
I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God.
Xander:
[
to Oz] And you are...?
[
Oz reveals a name tag saying "GOD"]
Xander:
Of course.
Xander:
Wish I'd thought of that before I put down my deposit. I could've been God.
Oz:
Blasphemer.
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