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I Was Made to Love You is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the ninty-third episode overall, and continues the love-lorn theme that seems prevalent in the season. A mysterious girl wanders around looking for a mysterious man named Warren while Buffy attempts to make herself more appealing to a saner version of the opposite sex.

Guest Stars: Amber Benson (Tara), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce), Shonda Farr (April), Adam Busch (Warren), Amelinda Embry (Katrina), Paul Darrigo (Driver), Gil Christner (Resident), Kelly Felix (Teenager), Paul Walia (Friend)

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

• April: It's another robot in Sunnydale! April was built by a boy named Warren who was sick of being alone. She's built to love him and the things he's interested in, but when he got bored of her because she was so predictable. He fell in love with a girl named Katrina and left April in his dorm. He hoped that her batteries would run out and he could be happy with his new girlfriend.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	April	Warren (technically)	Dead Batteries	The Park

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

• Glory: We learn in this episode that the transformation works from Glory to Ben as well. Glory also discovers that Ben was attempting to proposition Buffy for a date.

[edit] Characters

• Spike: Spike has been forcefully rejected by Buffy's friends in this episode, even going as far as being threatened by Giles.
• Joyce: Joyce dies unexpectantly in this episode, but at the very end with no follow-up until the next episode. It's unmarked in the body count because that would be wrong.

[edit] Referbacks

• Ted: Dawn asks if the robot was Ted, the man who attempted to marry Joyce in season 2 and turned out to be a robot.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

• Joyce and Robots: The last time a robot was seen in the series was in the second season when Joyce was dating Ted, a robot who attempted to marry her. In this episode, the moment that Joyce started dating again was the same day that another robot appears.
• Music At The Bronze: The song that plays at the Bronze is the main theme song to "Psycho Beach Party," a movie starring Nicholas Brendon.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

• Original Casting: It was much publicized that pop star Britney Spears was cast in the role of April, but she eventually backed out of the role. It's unknown why she dropped the role but it is rumored that it has something to do with an altercation with Sarah Michelle Gellar

[edit] Allusions and References

• Martin Luther: Martin Luther was a monk who became fed up with church corruption in the 16th century. He nailed his grievances against the church to the door of a German church, of which eventually spawned an offshoot of Catholicism known as Lutheranism. Lutherans believe in less sacraments and felt that salvation depended on faith and not good works. This sect broke the Roman Catholic hold over Europe and led to the creation of other protestant offshoots.

Anya: I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.

[edit] Memorable Moments

• April getting angry at Spike's proposition and throwing him through a window.
• Giles threatening Spike when he comes to the magic shop in order to try to backpedal to her friends.
• Buffy finding Joyce dead, sprawled out on the couch.

[edit] Quotes

• Giles: Dear god, Buffy, there's only so much I can take. We're going to have to change the system. A fourteen-year-old's too old to be babysat, and it's not fair on her.
  Buffy: What'd she make you do?
  Giles: Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance ... then we ate cookie dough and talked about boys.
  Buffy: I'm sorry. I'm very very sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my "fun time Buffy party night" involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you wanna trade... wait ... I wouldn't give that memory up for anything.

• Giles: We are not your friends. We are not your way to Buffy. There is no way to Buffy. Clear out of here. And Spike, this thing ... get over it.
  Spike: I don't know what you mean.
  Giles: Yes, you do. Move the hell on.

• Xander: I think I've actually turned into someone you want around after a crazed robot attacks.
  Buffy: And if you ever start your own business, you have your slogan right there.

[edit] Reviews

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