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When She Was Bad is the first episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the thirteenth episode overall. The Anointed One and a new group of vampires attempt to resurrect The Master using the bones Giles, Xander and Willow buried over the summer.

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel)

And: Anthony Stewart Head (Giles)

Guest Starring: Kristine Sutherland (Joice Summers), Robia La Morte (Jenny Calendar), Andrew J. Ferchland (The Anointed One), Dean Butler (Hank Summers), Brent Jennings (Absalom)

And: Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder)

Co-Starring: Tamara Braun (Tara)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 2.1 Monster of the Week 2.2 Body Count 2.3 Music 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

[edit] Plot Overview

[edit] Notes

[edit] Monster of the Week

The "Monster of the Week" carries over from the previous season with a group of vampires, headed up by Absalom and The Anointed One, attempting to resurrect the master. Because his bones were (mysteriously) left behind, the vampires are apparently able to use them as part of a spell to bring him back to the mortal coil. The finer points of the ritual are not discussed, although it does require an incantation and the blood of the people who were around the victim when he died. All of the vampires are killed and the Master's bones crushed, but The Anointed One remains.

[edit] Body Count

#	Whom	By Whom	How	Where
1	Vampire	Buffy	Staked	Cemetery
2–3	Vampires	Buffy	Staked	Warehouse
4	Vampire	Angel	Staked	Warehouse
5	Vampire	Buffy	Staked	Warehouse
6	Absolom	Buffy	Immolated	Warehouse

[edit] Music

• "It Doesn't Matter" by Alison Krauss and Union Station: The song that plays after Angel dispenses his cryptic warning, which continues into the scene where Joyce drives Buffy to school, is "It Doesn't Matter" by Alison Krauss with Union Station. The song originally appears on So Long, So Wrong, Krauss' sixth album. The 1997 album was her breakthrough record and is her first album to be certified as gold. The song was also released on the first Buffy soundtrack.

• "Spoon" performed by Cibo Matto: The band performing on stage at The Bronze is Cibo Matto, a trip-hop group formed by two Japanese-Americans in 1994. The first song performed at the club is "Spoon," released in 1997 on the band's Super Relax EP.

• "Sugar Water" performed by Cibo Matto: The second song performed by Cibo Matto at The Bronze—beginning when Buffy leads Xander to dance—is "Sugar Water," the lead single from the band's debut album, Viva! La Woman. The song was a minor college radio and dance hit in 1996 when the album was released.

[edit] Arc Advancement

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Characters

[edit] Referbacks

[edit] Trivia

[edit] The Show

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Allusions and References

[edit] Memorable Moments

• Buffy's sexy dance with Xander to make Angel jealous.
• Buffy smashing the Master's bones.

[edit] Quotes

• Giles: Have you ever considered, given you abhorrence of children, that school principal was not perhaps your true vocation?
  Snyder: Somebody's got to keep an eye on them.

• Buffy: (to Angel) So is this a social call? It is kinda late... or, well, it is for me anyway. What is it for you, lunch hour?

• Buffy: Xander, did I ever thank you for saving my life?
  Xander: No.
  Buffy: Don't you wish I would?

• Snyder: There's some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense.
  Giles: No, actually that would be one of the five.

• Angel: You're not as strong as you think.
  Buffy: Think you can take me?

• Angel: We need you to distract the vampires.
  Buffy: Right.
  Angel: What are you gonna do?
  Buffy: I'm gonna kill them all. That oughta distract 'em.

• Xander: So we Bronzin' it tonight?
  Willow: Wednesday's kinda beat.
  Xander: Well we could grind our enemies into talcum powder with a sledgehammer but, gosh, we did that last night.