Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E08 Pangs

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An excavation disturbs the spirit of a vengeful Native American spirit. Spike turns himself in to the Scoobies because he has nowhere else to go.

Anya: The syphilis will make you blind and insane, but it won't kill you. The smallpox will do that.

Anya: What's he like when he is evil? (After Angel breaks an Indian's neck)

  • Butt Monkey: Xander again.
  • Cough-Snark-Cough: The commandoes are griping about how Prof. Walsh is making them search for Spike on Thanksgiving Day.

Riley: As long as he knows about the Initiative, he's a threat. We do this the Professor's way.
Forrest: (Coughing the words.) Mama's boy.
Riley: That's a nasty cough. You might need to spend the weekend in quarantine.
Forrest: Oh, no. I'm done coughing.

Spike: A BEAR! YOU MADE A BEAR!
Buffy: I didn't mean to!
Spike: UNDO IT! UNDO IT!

Harmony: Get out!
Spike: But, baby, this is where I belong.
Harmony: (Pointing.) Out. I mean it. I've been doing a lot of reading, and I'm in control of my own power now, so we're through.

"Soon he'll be sweating. I'm imagining having sex with him again."

"Hey! Watch the heart!"

Buffy: I like my evil like I like my men -- evil. You know; straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, "soon my electro-ray will destroy Metropolis" bad. Not all mixed up with guilt and the destruction of an indigenous culture."

Xander: He's a vengeance demon. You don't talk to vengeance demons. You kill them.

Willow: Buffy, earlier you agreed with me about Thanksgiving. It's a sham. It's all about death.
Buffy: It is a sham, but it's a sham with yams. It's a yam sham.
Willow: You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.

I'm strong and I'm beautiful and I don't need you to complete me. (pulls out stake) And you're mean!.

"I knew you'd end up welcoming me back with open...arms."

Willow: Yeah. Thanksgiving isn't about blending of 2 cultures; it's about one culture wiping out another. And then they make animated specials about the part where, with the maize and the big, big belt buckles. They don't show you the next scene, where all the bison die and squanto takes a musket ball in the stomach.
Buffy: Ok. Now, for some of that, you were channeling your mother.

  • Mook Horror Show: The episode opens with a handsome fresh-faced youth with "Victim of the Week" written all over him creeping through the woods, then starting in fear as he comes face-to-face with Buffy. Turns out he's a vampire.
  • Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List: Willow starts reading what she thinks is a list of ingredients for a magic potion, only to be told it's the recipe for the turkey stuffing.
  • Pillow Pistol: Harmony keeps a wooden stake in her bed to scare off Spike. Or maybe for A Date with Rosie Palms, it's not quite clear.
  • Political Correctness Gone Mad: Parodied.

Giles: It's clear we're dealing with a spirit of some kind. It's very common for Indian spirits to change to animal form.
Buffy: It's plenty uncommon for me to freeze up during a fight. I mean, I had the guy, I was ready for the take-down, and I stopped. And Native American.
Giles: Sorry?
Buffy: We don't say "Indian."
Giles: Oh, right. Yes, yes. Um, always behind on the terms. Still trying not to refer to you lot as "bloody colonials."

Giles: Let's give him land!
Buffy: Sarcasm accomplishes nothing, Giles.
Giles: It's sort of an end in itself.

    • And of course Spike.

"You came in, you were stronger, and took their land. That's the way the world works. Julius Caesar doesn't go around saying 'I came, I conquered, I feel really bad about it.'"

"Good times. Especially with Angel here and everything." (As Buffy was not told this she glares down the table at a shameful Willow, an embarrassed Xander and Giles, and Spike trying not to laugh) "Oops."

Willow: Hi. Well, I'm just gonna let you two... Look, they're selling coffee in the coffee shop. Yum.

"Pretty darn scary....It more like a riot than a Ralph's. I thought I was going to have to use Slayer moves on this one woman who was completely hoarding the pumpkin pie filling."

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