Poster

(TV Series)

The Puppet Show ()

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  • Season 1
  • Episode 9
Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
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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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Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
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Joyce Summers
Rich Werner ...
Morgan Shay (as Richard Werner)
Burke Roberts ...
Marc
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Principal Snyder
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Mrs. Jackson
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Elliot
Natasha Pearce ...
Lisa
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Sid (voice)
Krissy Carlson ...
Emily (Dancer)
Michelle Miracle ...
Locker Girl
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Student Audience (uncredited)
Linda Li ...
Talent Show Violinist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ellen S. Pressman

Written by

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Joss Whedon ... (created by) (creator)
 
Dean Batali ... (written by) &
Rob DesHotel ... (written by) (as Rob Des Hotel)
 
Matt Kiene ... (story editor) &
Joe Reinkemeyer ... (story editor)

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Gail Berman ... executive producer
Gareth Davies ... producer
Joseph M. Ellis ... co-producer
Sandy Gallin ... executive producer
David Greenwalt ... co-executive producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui ... executive producer
Kaz Kuzui ... executive producer
Dolly Parton ... executive producer (uncredited)
David Solomon ... co-producer
Joss Whedon ... executive producer / showrunner

Music by

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Walter Murphy

Cinematography by

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Michael Gershman ... director of photography

Editing by

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Regis Kimble ... (as Regis B. Kimble)

Editorial Department

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Dekker Dreyer ... re-mastering
Kristopher Lease ... assistant editor
Ian Sullivan ... finishing accountant
Brian Wankum ... post-production coordinator
Lyvonne Klingler ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Kent Pritchett ... colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Casting By

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Marcia Shulman

Production Design by

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Steve Hardie

Art Direction 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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Susanna Puisto

Makeup Department

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Jeri Baker ... hair department head / hair stylist
Todd McIntosh ... makeup artist
John Vulich ... special makeup effects creator
Chris Walker ... special effects makeup: Optic Nerve Studios
Jeffrey S. Farley ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sean Kenney ... lens technician (uncredited)
Toby Lamm ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Dean Mercil ... special makeup effects supervisor (uncredited)
Michael S. Pack ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Joseph M. Ellis ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kenneth D. Collins ... first assistant director (as Ken Collins)
Mark Hansson ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Gustav Gustafson ... leadman
Martin Milligan ... set dresser
Daniel Turk ... construction coordinator
Le'Von Webb ... set dresser
Ken Wilson ... property master
Victor Anderson ... propmaker (uncredited)
Juliette Blasor ... props (uncredited)
Steve Brennan ... on-set dresser (uncredited)
Brian Dott ... prop builder (uncredited)
Felisa Finn ... set painter (uncredited)
Ronnie Lombard ... assistant props master (uncredited)
Scott Nifong ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Stella Starlight ... shopper (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Kevin Patrick Burns ... re-recording mixer
David Kirschner ... production sound mixer
Todd Orr ... re-recording mixer (as Todd Keith Orr)
Cindy Rabideau ... supervising sound editor
Jon Taylor ... re-recording mixer
Mark Cleary ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Robert Guastini ... adr editor (uncredited) / dialogue editor (uncredited)
Andy King ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Mike Marchain ... sound editor (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Jennifer Imes ... fabricator: Optic Nerve Studios (uncredited)
Tom Irvin ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Dean Mercil ... special effects makeup supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Glenn Campbell ... visual effects supervisor
Scott Wheeler ... supervising animator
Mike Goslin ... digital effects engineer (uncredited)
Lu Kondor ... data manager (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jeff Smolek ... stunt coordinator
Brian Avery ... stunts (uncredited)
Sophia Crawford ... stunts (uncredited)
David Leitch ... stunts (uncredited)
Don Charles McGovern ... stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Larry Kaster ... gaffer
Tom Keefer ... key grip
Russell McElhatton ... camera operator (as Russ McElhatton)
Rusty Redican ... assistant camera
Josh Denering ... grip: second unit (uncredited)
Kenneth Estes ... video playback operator (uncredited)
Erin Franklyn ... grip (uncredited)
John Keefer ... set grip (uncredited)
Jeff Orsa ... electrician (uncredited)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk ... additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Chadwick Cohn ... casting (uncredited)
Terri Douglas ... group adr voice casting (uncredited)
Donna Ekholdt ... casting executive: Studio Casting Executive (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rita Salazar ... costume supervisor
Anita Louise Brown ... costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Jordana Kronen ... location manager

Music Department

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Nerf Herder ... theme
Celia Weiner ... music editor
Stephen Edwards ... performers: theme song (uncredited)
Patricia Joseph ... soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan ... musician: harmonica (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lesley King ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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

Additional Crew

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Marc David Alpert ... assistant: Gareth Davies (as Marc D. Alpert)
Claudia Alves ... assistant production coordinator
Susan Ellis ... production coordinator
Edwin L. Perez ... production auditor
Ericka Bryce Poniewaz ... Supervising/Key Set Medic
R.D. Price ... assistant: David Greenwalt (as Robert Price)
George Snyder ... assistant: Joss Whedon
Thomas Cobb ... title designer (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Mr. Snyder, Sunnydale High's new principal after the devouring of fatherly Mr. Robert Flutie, believes in order and discipline to instill school spirit. So he orders Giles to produce a talent show and punishes the Buffy, Xander and Willow by forcibly enrolling them as candidates. Then, dancer Emily is found with her heart cut out, but demons don't usually use a knife, yet one was found next to her. So, the human student contestants are screened. The weirdest suspect proves to be gifted ventriloquist Morgan Shay, who treats his inseparable wooden dummy Sid as real, in fact takes orders from it in private. And if it is, as Giles suspects, one of seven demons who take possession of human bodies, anybody may be turned bad by it. Written by KGF Vissers

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Also Known As
  • The Puppet Show (United States)
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  • 45 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Sarah Michelle Gellar admitted having nightmares about puppets after filming. See more »
Goofs As 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Gift (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme See more »
Crazy Credits The original US WB airing had a sequence where Buffy, Xander and Willow performed their theatrical scene in the talent show during the closing credits. See more »
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...
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