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The Prom ()

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  • Season 3
  • Episode 20
After Angel breaks off their relationship, Buffy single-handedly battles three fearsome hell hounds so that her classmates can enjoy their senior prom.
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Buffy Summers
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Xander Harris
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Willow Rosenberg
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Cordelia Chase
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Angel
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Oz
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Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
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Joyce Summers
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Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
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Tucker Wells
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Anya (as Emma Caulfield)
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Jonathan Levinson
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Mrs. Finkle
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Sales Girl (as Andrea E. Taylor)
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Harv
Tove Kingsbury ...
Tux Boy
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Student at Mic
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Pretty Girl (as Monica Serene Garnich)
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Priest
Damien Eckhardt ...
Jack Mayhew
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Tux Girl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Waddell ...
Demonic Villain (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Solomon

Written by

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Joss Whedon ... (created by) (creator)
 
Marti Noxon ... (written by)
 
Jane Espenson ... (executive story editor)
 
Douglas Petrie ... (story editor) (as Doug Petrie)
 
Dan Vebber ... (staff writer)

Produced by

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Gail Berman ... executive producer
Gareth Davies ... producer
Sandy Gallin ... executive producer
David Greenwalt ... executive producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui ... executive producer
Kaz Kuzui ... executive producer
Kelly A. Manners ... co-producer (as Kelly Manners)
Marti Noxon ... co-producer
Dolly Parton ... executive producer (uncredited)
David Solomon ... co-producer
Joss Whedon ... executive producer / showrunner

Music by

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Christophe Beck ... (score by)

Cinematography by

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Michael Gershman ... director of photography

Editing by

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Nancy Forner

Editorial Department

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Dekker Dreyer ... re-mastering
Marilyn McMahon Adams ... assistant editor (as Marilyn Adams)
Ian Sullivan ... finishing accountant
Brian Wankum ... post-production coordinator

Casting By

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Anya Colloff
Jennifer Fishman
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by

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Carey Meyer

Set Decoration by

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David A. Koneff ... (as David Koneff)

Costume Design by

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Cynthia Bergstrom

Makeup Department

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Lisa Marie Alpert ... hair stylist (as Lisa Marie Rosenberg)
John Maldonado ... makeup artist
Todd McIntosh ... makeup supervisor
Michael Moore ... key hair stylist
John Vulich ... special makeup effects creator
Matthew Jorgensen ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sean Kenney ... lens technician (uncredited)
Michael S. Pack ... special makeup effects supervisor (uncredited)

Production Management

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Marc David Alpert ... production supervisor (as Marc D. Alpert)
Kelly A. Manners ... unit production manager (as Kelly Manners)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Maggie Parker ... first assistant director
Alan Steinman ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Will Batts ... set designer
Brian Dott ... prop builder
Randy Eriksen ... property master
Lisa Gamel ... paint foreman
Gustav Gustafson ... leadman (as D.C. Gustafson Jr.)
Caroline Quinn ... set designer
Kevin Wasner ... prop maker
Steve West ... construction coordinator (as Stephen L. West)
Dylan J. Hay-Chapman ... set dresser (uncredited)
Damon Hight ... general foreman (uncredited)
David Ronan ... assistant propmaster (uncredited)
Kelly Schultz ... set dresser (uncredited)
Stella Starlight ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ron Evans ... re-recording mixer
Tony Gray ... boom operator
Todd Orr ... re-recording mixer (as Todd Keith Orr)
Cindy Rabideau ... supervising sound editor
Adam Sawelson ... re-recording mixer
David Yaffe ... production sound mixer (as David Barr Yaffe)
Mark Cleary ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Robert Guastini ... adr editor (uncredited) / dialogue editor (uncredited)
Mike Marchain ... sound editor (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Bruce Minkus ... special effects coordinator
Damian Fisher ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Jennifer Imes ... fabricator: Optic Nerve Studios (uncredited)

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Zachary Goodson ... visual effects artist: main titles
Loni Peristere ... visual effects supervisor
Sebastian Bilbao ... senior animator (uncredited)
Lu Kondor ... data manager (uncredited)

Stunts

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Sophia Crawford ... stunt double: Buffy
Jeff Pruitt ... stunt coordinator
Brian Avery ... stunts (uncredited)
John Casino ... stunts (uncredited)
Zach Hudson ... stunt actor (uncredited)
Caryn Mower ... stunts (uncredited)
Monique Yates Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ivan Allen ... lighting technician
Loren Johnson ... lighting technician
Tom Keefer ... key grip
George Santo Pietro ... dolly grip: second unit
Paul Stockwell ... lighting technician
Chris Strong ... chief lighting technician
Christopher Tufty ... camera operator (as Chris Tufty)
Tony Olivieri ... steadicam focus puller (uncredited)
Bob Snowdon ... grip (uncredited)
Tim Speed ... lighting console operator (uncredited)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk ... additional camera operator (uncredited)
Marshall Valentine ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lonnie Hamerman ... casting associate
Marcia Shulman ... original casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Lori DeLapp ... key costumer (uncredited)
Jessica Pazdernik ... set costumer (uncredited)
Cindy Rosenthal ... costume supervisor (uncredited)
Sydney Conrad Shapiro ... costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Jordana Kronen ... location manager

Music Department

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Fernand Bos ... music editor
Nerf Herder ... theme
Robin Kaye ... music consultant (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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David H. Goodman ... script coordinator (as David Goodman)
Rhonda Hyde ... script supervisor
John-Neale Patton ... script editor

Transportation Department

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Bob Ellis ... transportation coordinator (as Robert Ellis)
George Williams Jr. ... driver (as George Williams)
Stan Mataele ... transportation (uncredited)
Charles 'Aloha Boy' Reed ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Diego Gutierrez ... assistant: Joss Whedon
Edwin L. Perez ... production auditor
Ericka Bryce Poniewaz ... Supervising/Key Set Medic
R.D. Price ... assistant: David Greenwalt (as Robert Price)
Elyse Ramsdell ... production coordinator
Jeremy Jacobs ... stand-in (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... title designer (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

The gang insists the Watchers should at least allow them a glorious prom night before fighting the mayor's ascension. Mother Joyce Summer's speech that it's up to mature lover Angel to make hard choices her teenage daughter is incapable of, gives Angel nightmares about a wedding in an empty church after which Buffy burns in sunlight. So he decides to give her a normal love-life by breaking up. He'll leave Sunnydal after the ascension. Xander finds out spoiled Cordelia has to work in a fashion shop now the IRS has taken her dad's last dime. They are attacked by a hellhound which seems trained to target formal dressers and is electronically brainwashed chemistry student Tucker Wells. Buffy decides to slay-defend the prom for the others and hunts the hellhounds alone. She completes her task and even has time to attend the prom and get some surprises. Written by KGF Vissers

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  • The Prom (United States)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia In the scene where Angel breaks up with Buffy, Sarah Michelle Gellar has admitted that she "could not stop crying," and the set was closed for 25 minutes to allow her to recover. See more »
Goofs Among the VHS tapes shown to the hell-hounds to train them to attack people in formal wear at the prom is Pump Up the Volume (1990), which, despite being a high school movie, has neither a prom scene nor people in formal wear. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Soul Purpose (2004). See more »
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Quotes Jonathan: We have one more award to give out. Is Buffy Summers here tonight...? Did-Did she, um...
[the crowd turns and finds her. She looks nervous at the attention]
Jonathan: This is actually a new category. It's the irst time ever. I-I guess there were a lot of write-in ballots. And, um, well, t-the prom committee a-asked me to-to read this. "We're not good friends. Most of us never found the time to get to know you. But that doesn't mean we haven't noticed you. We don't talk about it much, but it's no secret that Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here."
Student #1: Zombies!
Student #2: Hyena people!
Student #3: Snyder!
[people chuckle]
Jonathan: "But whenever there was a problem or something creepy happened, you seemed to show up and stop it. Most of the people here have been saved by you or helped by you at one time or another. We're proud to say that the class of '99 has the lowest mortality rate of any graduating class in Sunnydale history.
[everyone claps and cheers]
Jonathan: And we know at least part of that is because of you. So the senior class offers its thanks and gives you, um, uh, this."
[Jonathan produces a gold, glittering, miniature umbrella with a small metal plaque attached to the shaft]
Jonathan: It's from all of us. And it has written here, "Buffy Summers, Class Protector".
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