The Puppet Show
- Episode aired May 5, 1997
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
4.2K
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Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
Anthony Head
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Rich Werner
- Morgan Shay
- (as Richard Werner)
Jim Childs
- Student Audience
- (uncredited)
Linda Li
- Talent Show Violinist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSarah Michelle Gellar admitted having nightmares about puppets after filming.
- GoofsAs Giles is announcing 5 minutes until the power circle, the violin player behind him is very obviously 'playing' the violin with the bow 2 inches from the strings.
- Quotes
Principal Snyder: Kids today need discipline. It's an unpopular word these days: discipline. I know Principal Flutie would have said, "Kids need understanding. Kids are human beings." That's the kind of woolly-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten.
Rupert Giles: I-I think perhaps it was a little more complex than, um...
- Crazy creditsThe original US WB airing had a sequence where Buffy, Xander and Willow performed their theatrical scene in the talent show during the closing credits.
- Alternate versionsThe original US WB broadcast had a sequence where Buffy, Xander and Willow performed their theatrical scene in the talent show during the closing credits, but it was removed for re-runs and syndication. The season one DVD box-set restores the original closing credits sequence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2001)
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So dummy
Episode 9 of the first season of "Buffy" is probably the funniest of the show so far, and it has also one really neat twist in a show that, in this respect, has not been particularly original.
There is a high school festival but, again, someone seems intend on killing the students. Buffy and Co. suspect that the dummy is doing it.
The episode does a great job in poking fun at the fact that students keep dying on the premises of the high school (who would want their children to go there after the first couple of episodes?) and also does a great job at playing the 'dummy' card. We all know the dolls are scary, but "Buffy" turns this upside down offering a very funny take on it, with a very tongue-in-cheek approach to the plot. It is also has a very nice pace (an upgrade after the previous one's stilted one) and the acting fits perfectly with the mood. Buffy, Willow and Xander's horror at having to take part on the festival is the perfect mood setting for the rest of the episode.
All 'horror' shows have to have one episode with a dummy in them, and this one does the trick for "Buffy". In a really funny way. A winner.
There is a high school festival but, again, someone seems intend on killing the students. Buffy and Co. suspect that the dummy is doing it.
The episode does a great job in poking fun at the fact that students keep dying on the premises of the high school (who would want their children to go there after the first couple of episodes?) and also does a great job at playing the 'dummy' card. We all know the dolls are scary, but "Buffy" turns this upside down offering a very funny take on it, with a very tongue-in-cheek approach to the plot. It is also has a very nice pace (an upgrade after the previous one's stilted one) and the acting fits perfectly with the mood. Buffy, Willow and Xander's horror at having to take part on the festival is the perfect mood setting for the rest of the episode.
All 'horror' shows have to have one episode with a dummy in them, and this one does the trick for "Buffy". In a really funny way. A winner.
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- tenshi_ippikiookami
- Jan 4, 2018
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