Traditionally, garlic is supposed to ward off vampires, though no explanation is properly given why. Buffy uses garlic, hoping to put off Spike if he tries to go to her house, in Wrecked. She also hung garlic in her room in Passion, when Angel was a threat.

Tara offers to make Dawn some pancakes (”Funny shapes, or…”) in Wrecked. She made them for Dawn in Bargaining (Part 1), saying, “Funny shapes or rounds?”

The cartoon clip Tara and Dawn wake up to in Wrecked is a Warner Bros. animation called Ding Dog Daddy, made in 1942 and directed by Friz Freling.

The music playing when Willow is floating in Wrecked is Laika’s ‘Black Cat Bone’. The lyrics are:
Must have been the devil that changed my mind
Must have been the wind blowing not me crying
Half the joy of leaving was the space I left behind
Now I’m back angel headed, hollow eyed
Placed myself …

The Scoobies discuss American style queen Martha Stewart in Wrecked. Anya insists she “isn’t a demon. She’s a witch… Nobody could do that much decoupage without calling on the powers of darkness.”
The Scoobies had the following conversation about Martha Stewart in Faith, Hope and Trick:
Cordelia: “When did you become Martha …

In Wrecked, Spike tells Buffy to get a Lojack for Dawn as she keeps going missing. Lojack is a kind of US car tracking device.

In Wrecked, Anya says the traditional dress for demon bridesmaids is “burlap with blood larva”. In Hell’s Bells, Willow wonders whether burlap and blood larva might be better than their actual green bridesmaid’s dresses.

In the SFX Year End Collector’s Edition, Marti Noxon said of the episode Wrecked:
“Some criticism kicked in here that we were being too literal about Willow’s addiction and comparing it to alcoholism. It is in fact sort of literal in the sense we’re trying to set up that she …

In Smashed, Andrew mentions Doctor Who, a cult British sci-fi series following an eccentric doctor and his companion as they travel through time and space. Several actors have portrayed the Doctor since 1963. A new series is currently being aired, starring Christopher Eccleston as the tenth Doctor and Billie Piper …

Andrew mentions the British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf in Smashed. Created in 1988 it follows a group as they attempt to return to Earth after being stuck in deep space three million years away.

A guy at the Bronze says to Willow in Smashed, “Well, nobody asked you … Ellen”. He means the comedienne Ellen DeGeneres who publicly came out on her show Ellen in April 1997.

In Smashed, Amy says, “did you hear about Tom and Nicole?” She’s referring to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the famous acting couple who appeared in Days of Thunder, Far and Away and Eyes Wide Shut together. They married in 1990 but surprised many by divorcing in August 2001.

Buffy says to Spike in Smashed, “Way to go with the keen observingness, Jessica Fletcher”. She’s referring to the lead character of the murder mystery series Murder, She Wrote. Jessica Fletcher was a murder mystery author who always seemed to be around to solve mysteries when those around her were …

The band Virgil perform ‘Vermillion Borders’, ‘Parachute’ and ‘Here’ at the Bronze in Smashed. Willow later magically transforms them into another group, Halo Friendlies, who play ‘Run Away’.

In Smashed, Willow tells Amy that Larry was gay (discovered in Phases) and that he died in the attack by the Mayor in the season three finale Graduation Day (Part 2). Larry’s death was never explicitly stated before this episode.