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"Gingerbread"
Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Season 3, Episode 11
Air date January 12th, 1999
Writers Jane Espenson; Thania St. John
Director James Whitmore, Jr.
Producers Marti Noxon; David Solomon; Gareth Davies; Sandy Gallin; Gail Berman; Fran Rubel Kuzui; Kaz Kuzui; David Greenwalt
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar; Nicholas Brendon; Alyson Hannigan; Charisma Carpenter; David Boreanaz; Seth Green; Anthony Stewart Head
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"Gingerbread" is the eleventh episode of season three of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the forty-fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by James Whitmore, Jr. with a teleplay written by Jane Espenson. The story was written by Espenson and Thania St. John. It first aired on the WB Network on Tuesday, January 12th, 1999. In this episode, the bodies of two small children are discovered with strange markings upon them. This leads the citizens of Sunnydale to believe that witchcraft is involved and Joyce Summers establishes a watch group called MOO (Mothers Opposed to the Occult). The townsfolk take a "Burning Times" approach to the issue and things become heated for Sunnydale's resident witches, particularly Willow Rosenberg and Amy Madison.

Synopsis[]

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter Cordelia Chase
David Boreanaz Angel
Seth Green Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
Anthony Stewart Head Rupert Giles

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Kristine Sutherland Joyce Summers
Elizabeth Anne Allen Amy Madison
Harry Groener Richard Wilkins III
Jordan Baker Sheila Rosenberg
Armin Shimerman Principal Snyder
Lindsay Taylor Little girl
Shawn Pyfrom Little boy
Blake Swendson Michael Czajak
Grant Garrison Roy
Roger Morrissey Demon
Daniel Tamm MOOster
Jerome Elston Scott Stoner

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Production code number: 3ABB11.

Quotes[]

  • Joyce Summers: This is not a good town. How many of us have-have lost someone who... who just disappeared... or got skinned or suffered 'neck rupture'? And how many of us have been too afraid to speak out? I-I was supposed to lead us in a moment of silence, but, silence is this town's disease. For too long we-we've been plagued by unnatural evils. This isn't our town anymore. It belongs to the monsters, and the witches and the Slayers.
  • Xander Harris: Oh man, it's Nazi Germany. And, I've got Playboys in my locker.
  • Willow Rosenberg: I worship Beelzebub. I do his biddings. Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
  • Cordelia Chase: I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
  • Rupert Giles: Some demons thrive by fostering hatred and-and, uh, persecution amongst the mortal animals. Not by not by destroying men, but by watching men destroy each other. Now they feed us our darkest fear and turn peaceful communities into vigilantes.
  • Willow Rosenberg: Mom! I'm not acting out. I'm a witch. I, I can make pencils float. And I can summon the four elements! Okay, two, but four soon. And, and I'm dating a musician!
  • Cordelia Chase: Everyone knows that witches killed those kids. And If you hang with them, expect badness, 'cause that's what you get when you hang with freaks and losers. Believe me, I know. That was a pointed comment about me hanging with you guys.

See also[]

Buffyverse

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

External Links[]


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