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Beneath You is the second episode of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one-hundred and twenty-fourth episode overall.

Special Guest Star: Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles)

Guest Stars: Kaarina Aufranc (Nancy)

Co-Stars: Tess Hall (Punk Girl), Benita Krista Hall (Young Woman), Jack Sundmacher (Ronnie)

And: DB Woodside as Principal Robin Wood

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

• Sluggoth: The monster who chases Nancy throughout the episode is actually Ronnie, her ex-boyfriend, who Anya transformed into a worm. Unfortunately, she didn't specify what kind of worm and wound up turning him into a Sluggoth. According to Spike a Sluggoth is "a very large, very nasty, natural predator who died around the crusades." He is transformed back into a human when they convince Anya to reverse the spell she cast.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Punk Girl	Robed Figure	Stabbed	Frankfurt

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Slayer or Slayed?: Frankfurt, Germany.
• Sunnydale Civilians: The normal population's understanding of the weirdness of Sunnydale is explained as such: "You hear things in this town, living here in Sunnydale, but nobody actually believes them."

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike has returned to his normal self and is no longer as totally insane as he was in the previous episode. But, after he stabs Ronnie through the shoulder, his mind breaks again. Buffy learns that Spike's soul has returned in the end of the episode. It should also be noted that Spike's chip doesn't seem to be working anymore, but his soul gives him pain instead.
• Principal Wood: It is mentioned that Principal Wood is a vegetarian in this episode.

[edit] Referbacks

• 6x16 - Hell's Bells: Xander left Anya at the alter when he was shown a possible future where they were both miserable. He figured he was doing her a favor, despite the demon who showed him this future clearly being nefarious.
• 6x06 - All The Way: Following in her sister's footsteps, Dawn also made out with a vampire. In her defense, she didn't know he was a vampire at the time.
• 1x06 - The Pack: Principal Flutie was eaten by a pack of hyena-influenced students in the first season.
• 6x12 - Doublemeat Palace: Buffy briefly worked at the Doublemeat Palace when she was attempting to come up with money to pay bills.
• 6x07 - Once More, With Feeling: Spike and Buffy's relationship was begun in the musical episode when they kissed. Their relationship ended several episodes later in As You Were.
• 6x19 - Seeing Red: Several references are made (including one flashback) to the episode in which Spike attempted to rape Buffy.
• 4x07 - The Initiative: Dawn takes Spike aside and says that she'll set him on fire if he touches Buffy. When she does, she makes a reference to the chip that was placed in his head by the Initiative to curb his violence against humans.
• 6x18 - Entropy: Spike and Anya's relationship lasted for exactly one episode when the two had sex in the magic shop during the referenced episode.
• 6x13 - Dead Things Spike makes a reference to the time when he and Buffy had sex on the balcony of the Bronze.
• 6x22 - Grave: Spike's soul was returned to him in the season finale after completing a series of tasks which he hoped to make it so he could kill Buffy once and for all.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Translation: The German phrase in this beginning of this episode is basically Babelfish nonsense, "Von der Tiefe verschlingt es." In the German dubbing, it was changed to "Kommt aus der Tiefe, dich zu verschlingen" which means something to the effect of "Comes from the deep to devour you."

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Allusions and References

• Batman: Spike makes a reference to the old Batman television series when Batman and Robin would access the Batcave by pushing a button that reveals a hidden door and slide down two poles.

Spike: Little touchy-feely and you're off to the batpoles?

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Spike's long speech at the end of the episode, ending with him embracing a cross that burns his skin.

[edit] Quotes

• Dawn: Spike. You sleep, right? You. Vampires. You sleep.
  Spike: Yeah. What's your point, niblet?
  Dawn: Well, I can't take you in a fight or anything, even with a chip in your head. But you do sleep. If you hurt my sister at all... touch her... you're gonna wake up on fire.

• Spike: Buffy, shame on you. Why does a man do what he mustn't? For her. To be hers. To be the kind of man who would nev— to be a kind of man. "She shall look on him with forgiveness, and everybody will forgive and love. He will be loved." So everything's OK, right? Can—can we rest now? Buffy... can we rest?

[edit] Reviews

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