Buffy vs. Dracula
- Episode aired Sep 26, 2000
- TV-PG
- 42m
The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.
- Anya
- (as Emma Caulfield)
- Rupert Giles
- (as Anthony Stewart Head)
- Mover #1
- (as E.J. Gage)
- Vampire Girl #2
- (as Leslee Jean Matta)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSpike mentions that he had met Dracula before and that "the poncy bugger owes [him] £11." In a comic book entitled "Spike vs. Dracula", when Bram Stoker's book was first published in 1897, Spike bought a copy for Drusilla, which Dracula himself destroyed. The book cost Spike £11.
- GoofsA water bottle is visible on the mantel in Dracula's mansion, adjacent to more Dracula-appropriate urns and candles.
- Quotes
Xander Harris: Where is he? Where's the creep that turned me into a spider-eating man-bitch?
Buffy Summers: He's gone.
Xander Harris: Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey.
Buffy Summers: Check. No more butt monkey.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2001)
But I also loved this take on the old material. This isn't a horror story. It does not take itself that seriously. It is more fun. Not that dealing with something as lethal as the most famous bloodsucking demon is a laughing matter, but Buffy herself is part of why this episode is fun. Because it is clear she has, by now, grown to gain a certain level of enjoyment out of her unofficial work. Hunting vampires and killing them. She may not want to admit it, but destroying these demons has grown on her, and she does enjoy it now. She's filled with energy and can't wait to go deal with them. She has fun doing that job, that's just how good she has become at it. But that is just the titular heroine, and there is another reason this episode is fun. A bigger reason than just one character on the show, and that reason is the show itself. The way it tends to put certain things into question. Some things are not as serious as they may appear, and questioning them, or having fun questioning them, can be good for critical thinking. Like the unaired pilot episode questions why vampires keep dressing in a certain way that makes them easier to spot, or how an episode from season one and an episode from season four question why vampires are so afraid of crosses and holy symbols. Here, with Dracula, this way of thinking can also be found. And again, just because someone tries to laugh at something does not mean they aren't headed for some real trouble.
Also, though clearly an introduction to the season and a stand-alone story within the season, this episode has ways to introduce some highly important elements that could be crucial later. Only such things aren't done openly here. They are done in a smarter way. Can't help but appreciate this work.
- pulikd
- Sep 26, 2022
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- Filming locations
- Castle Ranch - 44901 Fairmont Road, Lancaster, California, USA(Draculas Castle)
- Production companies
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1