"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Once More, with Feeling (2001)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (written by)

TV Series:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)

Original Air Date:

6 November 2001 (Season 6, Episode 7)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Sunnydale is alive with the sound of music as a mysterious force causes everyone in town to burst into full musical numbers...

Plot Keywords:

Dancing | Song And Dance | Singing | Forbidden Love | Lesbian

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers
James Marsters	...	Spike
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Hinton Battle	...	Sweet
Amber Benson	...	Tara Maclay
David Fury	...	Mustard Man
Marti Noxon	...	Parking Ticket Woman
Daniel Weaver	...	Handsome Young Man
Scot Zeller	...	Henchman / Tap Dancing Victim
Zachary Woodlee	...	Demon / Henchman
Timothy Anderson	...	Henchman

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

The sequence with the Mutant Enemy mascot, the little monster that goes "Grr Argh" at the end of all episodes, was changed for a total of six episodes: - in "Becoming Part Two" (#2.22) it said, 'Oh, I need a hug." - in "Amends" (#3.10) it wore a Santa hat and bells were jingling. - in "Graduation Day Part Two" (#3.22) it wore a graduation cap. - in "Once More With Feeling" (#6.07) it sang its "Grr Argh." - in "Storyteller" (#7.16) it sang, "We are as gods." - in "Chosen" (#7.22) it looked out at the viewers instead of looking straight-forward.

Goofs:

Continuity: During "I'll Never Tell" the chairs change position randomly during the dance sequence in Anya and Xander's apartment.

Quotes:

Buffy: I'm just worried this whole session's gonna turn into some training montage from an eighties movie.
Giles: Well, if we hear any inspirational power chords, we'll just lie down until they go away.

Movie Connections:

References The Music Man (1962)

Soundtrack:

What You Feel

An eccentric lame episode

Are some people really serious to make this episode one of the best BTV episodes. I have the DVD for season 6 and saw this episode for the first time. It aired once in television but I missed. From the backstage footage and interviews I saw on the bonus, i discovered that they've took more then seven weeks to end this episode (not ordinary for a TV episode).For the hard work in this episode, it turned out to be just a failure in my opinion. Most of this songs were fit for a children show and not any children show, the ones that are mostly dedicated to kindergarden kids. I just found the part of Anya singing in an early scene which involved a song funny (that chick sure had rabbit issues). I liked how Buffy confirmed to her friends that she was in heaven while singing, and to me that was just heartbreaking and i imagined how i would feel to be brought back from the dead when i'm actually in a better place. It's true what Spike said to Buffy while singing that life is a bless, but it's not much of a thing just pain for people taken away from heaven like Buffy (and by who, her friends).