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Angel theme
When looking for the theme tune for Angel, music co-ordinator John King put out a call to local bands who might be interested in having their music heard every week on TV. He describes what he was asked for in Angel: The Casefiles Vol 1.: “I just quoted Joss. …
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Billy Dee Williams
Doyle says in ‘City Of…‘: “You kow, I’m parched from all this yakkin’ man. Let’s go treat me to a Billy D”. This is a reference to the Billy Dee Williams (Lando Carlissian in Star Wars) commercials for Colt 45 Malt Liquor.
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[101a-38.30] Vamp reflection
When Angel kicks Russell Winters out of the window in ‘City Of…‘, you can see his reflection in the building windows when he is falling.
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Blood tasting
In the original script for the Angel episode ‘City Of…‘, Angel was going to taste Tina’s blood after her death, but the scene was cut. The intention was to show that Angel is really on the edge, but it was decided that it was enough that he wasn’t able …
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Same name….almost
In As You Were, Anya says to Xander: “Well, the Gnarals are teleporting in in twenty minutes” This is very similar and pronounced the same as Gnarl from season 7’s Same Time Same Place.
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New forum
I had to disable the forum as my bandwidth for April had almost all gone. It’s now been transferred to a free service at http://restlessbtvs.myfreeforum.org/. All old threads anmd messages have been moved over to the new address, and it’s back up and running now. Apologies for any inconvenience!
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Costume re-use
In the Bones episode (starring David Boreanaz) called ‘The Man With The Bone’, the Mayor’s wife is wearing what appears to be Vamp Willow’s leather top from Doppelgängland and The Wish. The only difference is there are some ruffles round the cuffs.
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The Urbs
In the Sims game, The Urbz (Gameboy Advanced SP version), one of the characters you talk to named Pritchard Locksley says “My dream would be to star in a science-fiction soap-opera opposite a lovely blonde girl with a wooden stake.”
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Watching
In Surprise, Uncle Enyos says to Jenny, “The time for watching has past!” It can be seen as a parallel for Jenny and Giles because Giles is a watcher.
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Shutdown
Filming the scene in Innocence where Buffy is crying in her room, heartbroken for the loss of Angel, was deeply affecting for Sarah Michelle Gellar. So much so that the set was closed down for 25 minutes while Sarah recovered from the difficult emotional place she visited when performing …
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Faith’s mind
In the Buffy episode Who Are You? Faith (in Buffy’s body) daydreams that she stabs Willow. A similar scene occurs in the Angel episode ‘Sanctuary‘. When Angel takes Faith back to his apartment she daydreams that she attacks Angel with a knife.
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Vamp Face
In Doomed when Buffy and the gang are fighting the demons at the High School, in the scene where Xander is against the wall fighting the demon (35:40), if you look behind him at Spike, you can see he is in vamp face but when we next see him he …
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Dress appropriately
In Go Fish when Cameron and Buffy are in the nurse’s office with Snyder, Cameron tells Snyder that Buffy led him on because of the way she dresses. Coach Marin then enters and after seeing to Cameron, more or less says the same thing by telling Buffy to “dress more …
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[2.20-10.50] Moving hands
In Go Fish, when Buffy is in the library telling the gang about what heppened with Cameron her hands change position depending on the camera shot. When we see the back view, Buffy’s hands are by her side and when we see the front view, her hands are on her …
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Jenny’s ghost
In I Only Have Eyes For You, Giles says that the ghost is Jenny as she died there under tragic circumstances, but Giles found Jenny at his house, so how did he know that she was killed at the school and not at his home? The broken computer might have …
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