Halloween Episode: Difference between revisions

* Halloween episodes tend to be rare in British series as the occasion is less of a big deal in the United Kingdom, but ''[[My Family]]'' (often cited as an "American-''style''" sitcom) did have one - which, for no apparent reason, was released in March.

** [[British Brevity]]? Just a guess, but it probably finished it's season in April and didn't return again until January, therefore there wouldn't have been much choice.

** Season 2 had "Halloween", where the trick-or-treaters in Sunnydale are subjected to a literal case of [[Becoming the Costume]] thanks to Giles's former friend, Ethan Rayne. This unfortunately includes Buffy, who chose to dress up as an 18th century lady in an effort to impress Angel, and becomes a [[Damsel in Distress]] for the duration of the spell. And just when you think things couldn't get any worse, Spike finds out about Ethan's antics through Drusilla, and comes pretty close to offing her.

** Season 4 had "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S4/E04 Fear Itself|Fear, Itself]]", where someone getting blood on a supposedly fake mystical symbol makes the college [[Haunted House]] significantly more lethal, subjecting Xander, Willow, Oz, and Buffy to their current fears. Xander gets rendered invisible to the others (being left behind while the others are at college), a simple tracking spell of Willow's gets ''way'' out of hand (getting too far out of her league with the magicks), Oz transforms and accidentally hurts Willow (losing control and hurting those he loves), and Buffy gets stuck fighting a bunch of zombies by herself (being abandoned by those she loves and being alone because she is the Slayer). Also memorable for introducing Anya's fear of bunnies, [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Awesome|Giles making a door with a chainsaw]], and {{spoiler|the five inches tall Gachnar}}.