"Once More, With Feeling" | |
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Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6, Episode 7 | |
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Air date | November 6th, 2001 |
Writers | Joss Whedon |
Director | Joss Whedon |
Producers | Douglas Petrie; David Solomon; Gareth Davies; David Greenwalt; Jane Espenson; David Fury; Sandy Gallin; Gail Berman; Fran Rubel Kuzui; Kaz Kuzui; Joss Whedon; Marti Noxon |
Starring | Sarah Michelle Gellar; Nicholas Brendon; Emma Caulfield; Michelle Trachtenberg; James Marsters; Alyson Hannigan |
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"Once More, With Feeling" is the seventh episode of season six of the supernatural action series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the 107th episode of the series overall. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon. It first aired on UPN on Tuesday, November 6th, 2001. If there is one episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that everyone remembers, it is this one. This is the musical episode, where a demon named Sweet casts a spell that causes everyone who has a connection to Dawn Summers break out into song. While this may seem fun at first, tensions rise between the Scoobies as secrets are revealed and the true feelings about their current situations emerge.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
- Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
- Emma Caulfield as Anya Jenkins
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers
- James Marsters as Spike
- Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
- Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles
Guest Starring[]
- Hinton Battle as Sweet
- Amber Benson as Tara Maclay
Co-Starring[]
- David Fury as the Mustard Man
- Marti Noxon as the parking ticket woman
- Daniel Weaver - As the handsome young man
- Scot Zeller as the Henchman & tap dancing victim
- Zachary Woodlee as a Demon & henchman
- Timothy Anderson as a Henchman
- Alex Estronel as a Henchman
- Matt Sims as College guy #1
- Hunter Cochran as College guy #2
Crew[]
Notes & Trivia[]

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- Buffy the Vampire Slayer was created by Joss Whedon. It is re-imagining of the 1992 comedy feature film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which originally starred Kristy Swanson.
- "Once More With Feeling", "Once More, With Feeling", "BTVS: Once More With Feeling", "BTVS: Once More, With Feeling", and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling" all redirect to this page.
- This episode is production code number 6ABB07.
- Actor Anthony Stewart Head, who plays Rupert Giles, is given a "Special Guest Star" credit in this episode.
- Actor Alejandro Estornel is credited as Alex Estronel in this episode.
- Co-executive producer David Fury makes a cameo appearance in the episode as the singing mustard man.
- Executive producer Marti Noxon makes a cameo appearance in this episode as the parking ticket woman.
- All original songs featured in this episode were written and composed by Joss Whedon.
- This is the twentieth episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Joss Whedon as a director. He doesn't direct another episode until the series finale, "Chosen".
- This is Joss Whedon's twenty-fourth episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a writer and/or story developer. It is his first episode from season six as a writer.
- Hinton Battle, who plays the tap-dancing demon, Sweet, is an actual Tony Award-winning dancer. He originated the role of the Scarecrow for the 1975 musical The Wiz.
- This is the only episode of the series to actually receive its own soundtrack album tie-in album. It was released in 2001 and features cover art by notable comic book graphic artist Adam Hughes. The same artwork was used for all of the promotional material for this episode.
- According to Joss Whedon, actress Amber Benson was originally cast for the role of Tara Maclay due to her singing ability, with this episode in mind.
Quotes[]
- Dawn Summers: Oh, my God. You will never believe what happened at school today.
- Buffy Summers: Everybody started singing and dancing?
- Dawn Summers: I gave birth to a pterodactyl.
- Anya Jenkins: Oh, my God. Did it sing?
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- Spike: Drink?
- Buffy Summers: A world of no... So, any idea what's causing this?
- Spike: Oh... So that's all. You've just come to pump me for information?
- Buffy Summers: What else would I wanna pump you for? I really just said that, didn't I?
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- Buffy Summers: Hey.
- Spike: You should go back inside... finish the big group sing, get your kumbaya-yas out.
- Buffy Summers: I don't want to.
- Spike: The day you suss out what you do want, there'll probably be a parade. Seventy-six bloody trombones.
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- Buffy Summers: Where do we go from here?
Songs[]
Track | Title | Time |
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1 | Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Overture / Going Through The Motions" | 02:57 |
2 | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Alyson Hannigan & Anthony Stewart Head - "I've Got A Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together" | 02:22 |
3 | David Fury - "The Mustard" | 00:18 |
4 | Amber Benson - "Under Your Spell" | 02:55 |
5 | Nicholas Brendon & Emma Caulfield - "I'll Never Tell" | 04:01 |
6 | Marti Noxon- "The Parking Ticket" | 00:45 |
7 | James Marsters - "Rest In Peace" | 02:46 |
8 | Michelle Trachtenberg - "Dawn's Lament" | 01:19 |
9 | Christophe Beck - "Dawn's Ballet" | 01:12 |
10 | Hinton Battle & Michelle Trachtenberg - "What You Feel" | 03:01 |
11 | Anthony Stewart Head - "Standing" | 02:10 |
12 | Anthony Stewart Head & Amber Benson - "Under Your Spell / Standing –Reprise" | 01:35 |
13 | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, Hinton Battle & Michelle Trachtenberg -"Walk Through The Fire" | 03:44 |
14 | Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Something To Sing About" | 04:40 |
15 | Hinton Battle - "What You Feel –Reprise" | 00:46 |
16 | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Marsters & Emma Caulfield - "Where Do We Go from Here?" | 01:53 |
17 | Sarah Michelle Gellar & James Marsters - Coda | 00:40 |
18 | Joss Whedon - "End Credits (Broom Dance / Grr Arrgh)" | 00:31 |
19 | Nerf Herder & Joss Whedon - "Main Title" | 00:26 |
See also[]
Buffyverse
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
External Links[]
- "Once More, With Feeling" at IMDB
- "Once More, With Feeling" at the TV IV
- "Once More, With Feeling" at Wikipedia
- "Once More, With Feeling" at the Buffy Wiki
- "Once More, With Feeling" at Themoviedb.org
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