Buffy The Vampire Slayer 7x06 - "Him" Reaction

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this episode does not hold up well today but god buffy looks gorgeous in this episode
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@catrin3944 5 лет назад

Buffy and Spike fighting in the background as Principal Wood just calmly works in his office is still so funny lol. “No guy is worth you’re life, not ever” is such a beautiful line.

@scoutpark5230 4 года назад

Agreed

@Jygerthe2nd 3 года назад

I always laugh my ass off at that scene. It's so perfect. XD

@mrseddiediaz 3 года назад

Sometimes I still think there are some guys out there who are worth my life. :(

@daveofyorkshire301 2 года назад

Anyone valuing their life in relation to someone else's has either psychological issues or they are a professional bodyguard...

@ninjanibba4259 2 года назад

Same with women too

@Bodanki 5 лет назад

Bear in mind that it strongly implies that RJ and his brother are ignorant of the jackets magical properties and think its their natural charm winning people over. At no point did i sense ill intent from RJ. Just an arrogant kid thinking he is gods gift

@sirmoonslosthismind 4 года назад

he makes a point of putting the jacket on when he senses that he's in trouble with buffy. he may not know exactly what's up with the jacket, but he's definitely got an idea.

@andrewthezeppo 4 года назад

@@sirmoonslosthismind he was getting ready to leave

@scoutpark5230 4 года назад

@@sirmoonslosthismind & @andrewthezeppo I think you may both be right. It's up for interpretation

@riopato2009 4 года назад

A teenage jock in high school who's the star player in his football team who's a little arrogant? Never heard or experienced such a thing. Must be one of those TV tropes writers keep making up.

@blpalv15 Год назад

@@sirmoonslosthismindyeah, he wore the jacket even during school.

@SashaRicky 5 лет назад

Wow surprised some people don't like this episode. Im in tears everytime I watch it its hilarious! 😂😂 Yeah the spell takes away choice, but the episode never said that's okay. The spell only effected females, regarless of sexual preference. Plus Willow has been sexually attracted to men before, so that adds even more reason as to why the spell could have effected her. But I think it's largely accepted that the jacket just effects females regardless of their sexual preference. That's what made it hilarious for me. "His physical presence has a PENIS!" 🤣🤣😅

@matth1589 5 лет назад

It is also to show that the spell is not just emphasising his attractiveness or loosening women's inhibitions, it is a compulsion. The attraction is entirely artificial, bypassing the victim's ability to process it logically or emotionally.

@dogstar75 5 лет назад

to be fair to 'the boy', neither he or his older brother were aware of the spell, it was their Dads Jacket

@hannemanart 5 лет назад

Agreed! ya just gotta laugh

@nodiggity4283 5 лет назад

that was going to be what i looked at. I simply viewed the spell as something that affects anything with two x chromosomes.

@Shadowman4710 5 лет назад

I hated this episode when it aired and I haven't gotten any fonder of it. It's essentially a retelling of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" only not half so clever. At this point the cracks were already starting to show in this season...but I'll leave it there for now.

@matth1589 5 лет назад

In terms of the episode featuring consent. It's a show about vampires. Most of the victims aren't consenting to having their lives taken. The show has always played love spells more comically, but it never condones them and always points out how dangerous they are. RJ isn't portrayed as a villain because I don't think he actually knows what's going on. He just thinks he's amazing.

@alexwright4930 5 лет назад

Well there was that one time something not far off a "love spell" - in its effect and intended use - was shown for what they really are in Dead Things, which I thought was done chillingly well.

@lansean9 5 лет назад

What about gym class, or the summer when it's hot and he doesn't wear the jacket? Doesn't anyone notice the difference? Like when a regular guy drives a corvette? Anywho, the premise is funny, as was the delivery. I'm sold. It was very funny to me!

@andrewthezeppo 4 года назад

Women chased Xander and Cordelia with axes I think that showed it was dangerous

@douglas2938 5 лет назад

"I have tried every anti love spell spell I could find". "Even if you found the right one, the guy would probably just do an anti anti love spell spell... spell". 😂😂

@Tayter144 5 лет назад

Douglas I love that line so much from Anya. She is gold

@barbarabaker1457 5 лет назад

And Willows "what?" Just topped it for me.

@freedomlover9560 5 лет назад

His presence has a penis!

@metroplex7986 5 лет назад

Season 7 doesn't stop with the callbacks. I'm old, so I still find this episode hilarious. Is no one going to mention that Buffy was going to use a rocket launcher? That thing was probably sitting in her closet since Season 2x14. Xander/Spike...oh those 2 hasn't had fun together since what? Season 4? That old comedic style sequence of Woods oblivious to Spike vs Buffy in the background, still makes me chuckle. A great homage to "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".

@NoThankUBeQuiet 3 года назад

My brain is saying they used it some other time but maybe not? If they didn't they should have

@Windupchronic 5 лет назад

I love this episode. Felt like old-school Buffy, and it's a nice tonic after the heaviness of season 6. A moment of, "Before we get too serious again, let's look back at where we started."

@wyattgwyon9484 5 лет назад

Totally agree. Buffy, Spike, and the rocket launcher kills me...

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

Couldn't have put it better

@ninjanibba4259 2 года назад

Reminding us how cringe it used to be…great idea

@Logan_Baron 5 лет назад

Buffy was attracted to Angel very quickly but she didn't claim she was in love with him within minutes of meeting him.

@frnknstndrgqn 5 лет назад

best part of this ep is principal wood listening to elevator type music and spike and buffy fighting over a bazooka in the background. I just about fucking died when I first saw this when it first aired.

@CarrotFlowers421 5 лет назад

Every time we complain about a fluffy episode we need to remember the 90% gut wrenching emotions of the rest of the show and hopefully appreciate the light heartedness

@sparicozwilliams5702 5 лет назад

Buffy's hair when she's talking to dawn on the bench/ bleachers reminded me of season 1-2 Buffy for some reason 🤔

@CarrotFlowers421 5 лет назад

Sparicoz Williams that 3-pieces-of-bang look is so 2000 is why

@andrewthezeppo 4 года назад

They are both probably my two least favorite hair looks for her. I loved her hair the first part of this season before those bangs

@scoutpark5230 4 года назад

@@andrewthezeppo Eh. I think it looks pretty good. Unlike this one instagram.com/p/B_VNXTjDFHA/

@andrewthezeppo 4 года назад

@@scoutpark5230 haha reminds me of Courtney Cox's epic WTF response to that tweet about her Scream 3 bangs

@jennysatera7389 3 года назад

I thought that same thing , not just her hair but her sun glasses and how she sips her drink !!!!! So cute

@aricheintzelma6877 5 лет назад

That cheesy music playing during the dreamy interludes was kind of a call-back to season two. Oz was describing his idea of a perfect date involving something about feathers and the "Theme from a Summer Place" playing in the background.

@RJ-yd9dm 5 лет назад

They didn’t have to be super cautious back then like shows do now. The spell made people act crazy , It’s a light hearted funny episode. Enjoy it

@cruman87 5 лет назад

I actually kinda enjoyed this episode. One of the more fun episodes of Buffy.

@scoutpark5230 4 года назад

Here, here

@NoThankUBeQuiet 3 года назад

The adults lusting after a child creeps me out.

@jongon0848 5 лет назад

Fun Fact- The Guy that plays RJ is actually 2 years older than Sarah Michelle Gellar in real life

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

Also the only lover Buffy has whose younger than her? She is a positive Lolita

@aprilhale10 5 лет назад

Do you think you could re-react to Restless 4x22 after you finish season seven, it would be so cool for a reactor to go back and watch that episode after the series to see how it foreshadowed all of season 5,6 and 7. So many reactors miss the brilliance of that episode because they don’t realise how clever it is as they are watching the series for the first time. I’m sure you would find it so enjoyable to see all the reasons that it’s a alot of Buffy fans’s favourite episode.

@RICHIEV333 3 года назад

This episode was the light, before the storm, Season 7 really begins with 'Conversations with Dead People'

@seanduncan3624 5 лет назад

Yeah I think you've read way too much into this

@kirstiebriggs3068 2 года назад

Consent has nothing to do with it when none of them are thinking straight due to a spell and even RJ wasn't aware of the jackets power, so no one was to blame for their actions here ❤️ XxXxX

@shellc 5 лет назад

*'No guy is worth your life, not ever.'* I loved that line. It is one of the best quotes in a show full of great ones. As many have said before me, I'm glad I grew up with Buffy and not Bella 'It doesn't matter how creepy his behaviour is or how much he talks down to me, it just proves he loves me' Swan.

@cosmicghostrider2968 3 года назад

That moment with Dawn dancing kills me every time. Xander getting pervy and then realizing it's Dawn and being like oh God no! And Willow whispering in his ear "right there with you buddy".

@flcc94 5 лет назад

You're overthinking this one too much.

@Duke00x 4 года назад

Welcome to 2020 where everything has to be seen and over analyzed through the "feminist/intersectional lens" It really takes the simple enjoyment out of everything.

@valyriansteel5446 5 лет назад

A love spell has never been considered consent or seen as acceptable, not back then or now.

@thelordofsalem3044 2 года назад

even The Immortal (from Angel) considered them dirty

@nataliej54 5 лет назад

One of the funniest episodes ever of buffy :) it's honesty one of my favorites. And aww for buffy saying she has some kind of feeling for spike. Xander was also funny in this episode. My favorite is willow and Anya. Their interactions are hysterical.

@Fierra2000 4 года назад

Yeah feelings for a rapist

@lilypearson8511 4 года назад

DRIA. [Fierra2000] he didn’t rape her, he tried to and he didn’t have a soul so he was evil

@StoryOfUsFinalDraft 5 лет назад

Her hair in this episode on the bleachers with Dawn is exactly the hair she had when she broke Xander as he asked her to the dance in prophecy girl. If you look closely the wind blows her hair the same way it did and that episode too except it's mirrored. The same bleachers where Inca mummy bodyguard attacks Xander too by the way

@NCC-1701_no_bloody_a_b_c_or_d 5 лет назад

I'm always confused by how Willow's sexuality is portrayed. She had a crush on Xander for years, she had a little crush on Giles, she fell in love with Oz. And then she fell in love with Tara. She is bisexual. The whole, you can either be straight or gay, so she was straight and turned gay, maybe that's the times... but bi was still known back then, it's erasure and I don't particularly like it.

@lucasrodrigues9880 5 лет назад

For me she's bi, but show that she prefer to be with women. She also have some comments about other male characters even after she started dating Tara (Dracula for example). I think when she says gay now is about what she prefers, i mean most of the times this happened was when she was with Tara, so i think she doesnt talk about her preference for men in respect for her, Joss Whedon also said she is bi, but he used the "gay now" to not confuse the audience that have alot of people already talking saying the Willow fall in love with another woman doesnt makes sense. Also she said in New Moon Rising that she will always have a place for Oz in her heart, meaning she will not stop loving him, and Oz also talks about how he will "always be here" when Xander asks why he still hangin around on Willow's dream in "Restless". So i think is like a mix of the time the show aired with worry about the audience understanding of how sexuality works. For me the proof that Willow is bi is with Vampire Willow and Angel mentioning how a vampire doesnt change its personality because it turned into a demon. Sorry for bad spelling.

@thomasknash 5 лет назад

I always saw her as Bi (actually maybe even pansexual, considering she'd love RJ if he became a woman), but I think her sexual identity is very much shaped by the era the show came out. I remember in the late 90s/early 00s that for a lot of people sexuality was binary - you were either straight or gay. Bi was a "copout". Now I'm not part of the LGBTQ community, but I have friends who were, especially lesbians, telling me how many of them looked down upon women who identified as bi. Back then, according to my friends, you were often forced to identify as just gay, even denying you were attracted to both. (Others probably know way more about this, but I think a big reason for this was that lesbians were reacting to the lesbian & bi chic that was going on in pop culture)

@Carabas72 5 лет назад

The way I remember it, Willow was supposed to be bi, but the network was really scared of that word.

@cissyiniguez 5 лет назад

@@thomasknash That problem still goes on. As a bisexual woman, I prefer hanging out with my straight friends because they have a more "whatever" attitude about who I may be seeing. They don't discourage or judge. My gay male friends don't really give give me a bad time either (unless there's a cute male around lol). It's my lesbian friends that are the vicious ones, telling me to "make up your mind" and "just accept that you're a lesbian" and can be quite terse in the way they speak to me so I tend to hang out with them seldomly.

@FuzzyDlop 5 лет назад

They never defined her sexuality which was great actually. Despite that, it's clear that she's bi but she prefers women.

@achildofthe80s31 5 лет назад

A very good and funny stand-alone episode. Yes, it's silly, but we've had a lot of doom and gloom, so there's room for this. I loved the split screen segment.

@alsmit4876 5 лет назад

Exactly I think a few people don't seize the serie well and don't appreciate well :/

@leilanyx 5 лет назад

I mean, bear in mind, RJ never knew the jacket was what was making all these girls suddenly attracted to him, but I have noticed the buffyverse fandom has had debates about love spells in the show in the past. The show has always shown that they never condone love spells, usually showing us that they can go horribly wrong (see bewitched, bothered & bewildered, and this episode where it turned everyone against each other and almost caused Dawn to commit suicide). However, I do see your point, ofc. It's a touchy subject. but in terms of this episode, I like it. Not my favourite, but it has some iconic moments in it (the xander/spike team up, the split screen segment, anya robbing a bank, buffy attempting to kill principal woods with the flamethrower from season 2 and that whole scene.) I do love the episodes where they put aside the angst and dark tone of the season and just as a call back to the earlier seasons. to be honest, as a whole, it probably wouldn't rank anywhere in a top 10 buffy episodes list. but it's enjoyable if you put aside Dawn's irritating teen angst and the whole consent thing.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

'No man is worth killing yourself over', the anti-Twilight!

@ninjanibba4259 2 года назад

Can’t put aside something that continues to be forefront…

@section241 5 лет назад

I'm sure I stand alone on this, but 'Him' is my favourite episode of season 7. I like revisiting the classic high-school-stuff-with-supernatural-stuff format. Xander & Spike's 'plan' got a huge laugh out of me and Xander's line "I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it didn't fit" was quoted extensively in my circle.

@stuartreinkewilliams6774 5 лет назад

Yeah it's one of my favourite episodes too, some people must take it way too serious.

@frozenpiper2 5 лет назад

One of my favorites as well.

@argo1221 5 лет назад

What I find interesting is that Buffy hitting on RJ looks weird, as if she's some kind of cougar. But in "Reptile Boy" (season 2), Buffy was a junior and the senior college student Tom Warner flirted with her and it never seemed weird or gross. Here in season 7, Buffy would be a senior college student if she didn't drop her studies, and RJ is a junior in high school.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

The hypocrisy between Mrs Robinson and Humbert Humbert.

@codyw1 5 лет назад

The difference is that she's in a position of authority at the school. ;)

@riopato2009 4 года назад

It's weird but it happens. Buffy is only at least 4 years older than RJ. The difference in age was never really pointed out in the series. Buffy was 16, 17 when she slept with Angel and he was hundreds of years old but looked like he was in his mid 20's!

@ribby9069 4 года назад

I see your point. But also Buffy is a guidance counsellor. She’s in a position where kids are going to be coming to her at their most vulnerable. It really doesn’t look so good if she starts boinking them

@SweenyTodd98 5 лет назад

I enjoy this episode. It's silly and over the top and stupid which is what it's meant to be. As far as the consent issue, yeah that's a problem but the episode never presents the love spell as a good thing or in a positive light. Willow almost turning RJ into a woman is presented as a bad thing and clearly wrong. My biggest issue is that Xander tried to put the coat on. It feels almost out of character for Xander to do that at this point, especially after the events of Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered which was mentioned in this episode.

@Jessica_Roth 5 лет назад

There's no basis to assume he actually did that. "I refuse to answer on the grounds it didn't fit" could simply be a joke. Xander makes jokes, after all.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

It may have been just a joke and he may have just been testing it, I think he learned his lesson.

@scoutpark5230 4 года назад

@@Jessica_Roth Valid point

@askarsfan2011 3 года назад

Xander never put the jacket on.

@MitchellPorter2025 Год назад

Damn... the actress at 2:43 looked familiar, then I thought I recognized her from the Big Bang Theory, and I was right. Small world

@askarsfan2011 3 года назад

This episode satirizes S1-S3 episodes of the show. High school metaphors become real and literal. A sports jacket -- a status symbol for high school jocks -- literally drives women crazy.

@n2nother 5 лет назад

This episode is hilarious. Anyone who doesn’t like it takes life way too seriously.

@blotcho84 5 лет назад

Exactly

@bipstymcbipste5641 4 года назад

Idk, it kinda just makes me cringe

@Fierra2000 4 года назад

Oh please. If it were an episode about Xander, Spike and some other grown man chasing after a teenage girl cause of a magical piece of clothing , this be another story.

@Dave-sk9mn 3 года назад

@@Fierra2000 the problem there is that the human mind is wired to see women as being "helpless", gynocentrism has been in the human mind since - afawck - since we diverged from other primates. It would be wrong for then to be going after a teenage girl (it actually hints at that with the reaction to Dawn's sexy dance) but no MORE wrong than Anya Buffy and Willow. The wronged party in your hypothetical would be Xander and Spike as they are doing things while not under control of their reason. And THAT is why it would never happen, because you can portray men as being abusers but not being victims.

@NoThankUBeQuiet 3 года назад

@@Fierra2000 No that would be just as bad.

@cirrustate8674 5 лет назад

Nothing in this episode implied that RJ was aware of what was going on with the jacket. Additionally, nothing in this episode implied that what was happening because of this jacket was right or good. It was all clearly a violation.

@frnknstndrgqn 5 лет назад

also spike and xander grabbing the jacket and running away lmao

@Hogwarts-Dropout 3 года назад

Buffy making moves on a high school kid, kinda creepy. Funny enough that actor is actually older than Sarah Michelle Gellar.

@marceline_mal 5 лет назад

I think you have taken this too literal. The show/episode never said that not having consent is okay. It’s a love spell; something that could never happen in real life. This was just supposed to be a little fun episode with a message too. It’s the same as what happened to Xander when he made a love spell for Cordelia and it backfired, expect, this one was more of a slow burner, rather than insane from the get go.

@nodiggity4283 5 лет назад

I mean I'm not personally bothered by the episode but the whole episode was an allegory about football players and how girls were drawn to the Varsity jacket and the prestige of the football players. I think it's a haphazard and superficial portrayal of everything but it still has real world allegories and does kinda happen. The reason I don't put it with Bewitched is Xander and RJ are completely different protagonists or rather central figures

@veronicapomar6010 5 лет назад

Best part of this episode was the rocket launcher scene.

@nodiggity4283 5 лет назад

she still remembers how to use it

@gordon861 5 лет назад

With the amount of over analysing of consent in this episode you are going to have a major flipout when you get onto the Dollhouse series. When you do reach the series you are going to have to put this to the back of your mind and let the story develop. The lack of consent in this episode from RJ wasn't a lack of consent like someone forcing themselves on someone else, he thought women really liked him and the jacket enhanced that (or just gave him charm like powers) which made women he liked really like him back. After that the spell did the rest.

@samanthasalmon1682 5 лет назад

Has ASR confirmed she will being doing a Dollhouse reaction? I'm am dying to finally see it be reacted too. Hopefully during Angel season 5.

@gordon861 5 лет назад

@@samanthasalmon1682 I think she talked about doing Dollhouse when she did the video about her upcoming schedule. It was one of the ones planned for the future after she ran out of Buffy etc. I think the first part of the series might be OK, when it's just 'adventure of the week', but once the story really starts it might be a little heavy going. It was a brilliant series that was ahead of it's time but consent and control was a major theme throughout.

@RitsychServare 5 лет назад

true... I though RJ used a spell to make women liked him but then that wouldn't add up 'cause he probably always knows he's hot and wouldn't need to make much of an effort. I think this episode is kind of alluding to popular high school jocks that girls easily crush on but instead of the attraction being due to their good looks, it all has to do with their jackets--and it's a clever use for a charm spell. Symbolically, the jacket represents a certain status or position in real life and the one wearing it might think it makes them look more attractive.

@andrewthezeppo 4 года назад

Dollhouse does very seriously get into consent issues but they take a bit of time to get around too it. The biggest problem with the show is that Eliza just isn't good at doing characters. If the girl that played Siera or Amy Acker were the lead it would have been better

@judigemini178 3 года назад

I love dollhouse and they don't portray the sexual exploitation as anything worth laughing about...this is a stupid comment

@darthducky7002 3 года назад

This episode also made fun of an attempted murder and nobody seems to have trouble with that... Whether a topic is considered too sensitive to joke about is mostly politics I think

@TheMonkeyShowOnline 2 года назад

Xander objectified and sexualized Dawn while Buffy slut-shamed her, before they realized who she was. Nobody seems to have trouble with that. Double standards all around. People really like picking and choosing what to be offended by with their SJW bullshit.

@FuzzyDlop 5 лет назад

The best part of the episode, Xander and Spike just running up to the guy and robbing him of his jacket, was cut out of the video.

@alixpluckrose8406 5 лет назад

This is one of my fav episodes

@TrevorMcNeil-e1y Год назад

Not quite sure how gay Willow is supposed to be. Considering her king-sized crushes on Xander and then Oz. I'm thinking more bi or gay with straight-curious tendencies. Good point with they gay guy though. Why was it only girls who were affected. I think the scripting might have fallen down on the logic here and there.

@aracelikiwrna5778 5 лет назад

Hilarious stuff right there. The INSANITY! The music was on point. I just loved it all. Alot of callbacks from early on in the series. Her and the rocket launcher, her cheerleader outfit, her hair when she was sitting on the bleechers, little things like that I enjoyed very much. It was fun to take a walk down memory lane. It sucks that this is the last season of the series. Let me just soak this in before I say goodbye once more. Good times. - Yvette

@stuartreinkewilliams6774 5 лет назад

Personally one of .my favourite comedy episodes of the series. Way too many people take it too serious, it's a funny episode and I think it stands up as well today as it did back then. Also great reaction, always watch most of your videos especially of the Flash.

@frozenpiper2 5 лет назад

This is actually one of my favorite episodes in this season.

@EternalDensity 5 лет назад

Anya and Willow were kinda hilarious.

@lorkac 5 лет назад

I’d like to point out that when this happened to Xander he stepped back because he understood what this power does to people while random jocks used it to take power over women.

@Shoofyou10 5 лет назад

I don’t think this is a great episode or anything but it contains one of my favorite sign gags in all of Buffy. That scene from principal woods office with Buffy in the background lining up the rocket launcher and spike tackling her. It cracks me up every time.

@blacktronlego 3 года назад

I would not have known the music was the theme from 'A Summer Place' if I hadn't has the subtitles on, but it's a nice call back to when we first met Oz. 'What does a girl have to do to impress you?/It involves a feather boa and the theme from 'A Summer Place, I can't discuss it here.' I'm a long way too old for her, but Dawn does look good in the club! 10:43 I've heard that they actor who plays RJ is actually older than SMG.

@alsmit4876 5 лет назад

Ashame don't appreciate and laugh funny scenes, not an important episode for the main ploy but so funny and we appreciate this when we love the serie and understand it is witty and really good lines.

@Halliwellhollow 4 года назад

Your reaction at 10:49 HAHAHA. I love this episode it's hilarious. It's actually one of my faves lol

@antonbrakhage490 5 лет назад

This episode made me so uncomfortable, especially Buffy trying to bang a student while under a love spell, and that stuff being played primarily for laughs. That said, three awesome things about this episode:1. The return of the rocket launcher.2. Buffy overcoming the love spell to save Dawn. Love spells have been shown to be incredibly powerful magic- I believe this is the only time that a character ever successfully shakes one off on their own, which really says a lot about how much Buffy loves her sister.3. "I'll work around it." That line is one of my guilty pleasures in life.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

Always personally thought there was a deeper relationship between Buffy and Dawn that allows her to do that, like in Th Gift where Buffy says Dawn is more than a sister to her and their relationship is physical.

@Fierra2000 4 года назад

Exactly I guess cause Buffy’s a woman and RJ’s a boy that it wasn’t looked at as a problem back then.

@freedomlover9560 5 лет назад

I'm just surprised nobody caught Spike's reflection. It was in the store window him and Xander were in front of when they were getting ready to snatch the jacket off RJ's back.

@donaldfleming5049 2 года назад

That's the same rocket launcher that Buffy used on the Judge in the Season 2 episode 'Innocence'. Interesting bit of trivia: the M136 AT4 (the official designation of the weapon) is a single-shot weapon that can not be reloaded. So actually Principle Wood was in no real danger from Buffy.

@BigWolf130 4 года назад

To answer your question as to why it only works on girls is because the guy who made it was clearly a straight man who didn't care what woman he attracted why would he make it attract men to. When it comes to love spells sexual orientation doesn't matter it's about obsession

@AngelLestat2 5 лет назад

3:34 8:29 She is Angela Sarafyan (clementine) from Westworld, a lot of know actors started in buffy.

@SashaRicky 5 лет назад

Omg never noticed that! Thabks for pointing it out :) x

@matth1589 5 лет назад

I didn't recognise her until the kick in the shins, and it was like "Clementine!"

@dogstar75 5 лет назад

came to the comments to say this.

@chriskhaan 5 лет назад

Yes!! Funny last time i watched this episode WW didnt even exist. been too long!

@vixevinweria8400 5 лет назад

Willow fell for the guy but she remained gay. That's why she needed a fix his whole having a penis thing. It seems the spell doesn't consider the targets attraction at all that's why it targeted willow,so no I don't think it would work on a gay man. The spell is designed to only target women,or it might target the opposite gender of whoever wears it,or it could be anyone the wearer views as attractive.

@stevewallman2191 2 года назад

I think it’s a cute episode and the fact that RJ doesn’t seem to know his jacket is magic helps to keep it light. It’s a lighthearted episode in a dark season. I also like that buffys love for her sister seems to trump the love spell of the jacket and that is very beautiful.

@gozerthegozarian9500 3 года назад

"You may come to look fondly on his backriding!" XD XD XD

@RitsychServare 5 лет назад

what's with all this talk about consent? Don't you realise that the moment you crush on someone, that person has unintentionally hijacked your hormones to the point that you can't even think straight or act naturally in front of him (or her)? Rude much! I mean, I didn't ask to feel like an evolving maniac or something. Or what about falling in love? that person "stole your heart"? now that's just theft! report it to the police immediately and wait for their 'usual' response. Let's see if that person ought to be charged for a "crime." #ohyoutoo?

@danwiesdamageinc 5 лет назад

At 6:50 Dawm walks out of the principal's office without her bag. In her next scene, she has it. Oops. For a Dawn-centric episode, this one is pretty good.

@FireflyMALcontent 5 лет назад

HA! Yes, I caught that too!

@stephennewton2223 11 месяцев назад

The actress who plays Cheryl, tall blonde cheerleader, plays Ramona Nowitzki on The Big Bang Theory.

@riopato2009 5 лет назад

What I don't like about this episode is that it reminds me of how people wouldn't consider any of this seriously back then and how uptight people are today. I think a lot of this bring up the fact that romantic love is lost in today's society and this episode pokes fun of it in the most ridiculous way but people today don't understand what it means to have humility in the silliness of true romance. People are just too fickle today and don't know what unconditional love really is.

@stuartreinkewilliams6774 5 лет назад

I would point out like other people might already have that Rj had no idea about any spell so when he made out with Buffy both just thought they wanted to so in that case it was totally consensual and in no way as wrong as some people try to over think it.

@Muirmaiden 5 лет назад

Theme From "A Summer Place" - using it in this episode was very effective.

@Buffy8Fan 5 лет назад

The spell wasn't placed by RJ or his brother. They were just dumb enough to think they were cool. The way the spell worked was if a girl saw the guy wearing the jacket it affected them. Willow being gay or not has nothing to do with her being under the spell's effects. "We're not responsible with anything we did morally or, you know...legally." I disagree with the overallness of that statement. I traded back and forth comments with someone about this and that person's comments were along the lines of since its a fantasy show then legally human laws don't matter. The problem with that is there have been moments in the series where legal issues are the antagonism. So while they were under spells in this episode, the things they were doing couldn't have been explained away had they gotten caught. PS If Anya didn't return the money once the spell was over then she is responsible.

@handeaykan8419 5 лет назад

This episode it came familiar for me season 2 Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered episode. That everyone falling for X-ander. Love spells made people insane.

@zemoxian 4 года назад

It’s fun watching someone watching this without a clue. It’s been so long that I can’t even remember being this clueless about what’s going on.

@FireflyMALcontent 5 лет назад

Unsure I understand regarding the "Does not hold up well today" comment. I mean, I know what it means, I just didn't see what you were referring to. I could totally see that on an episode today- And then I was also confused by a comment you made afterwards regarding your opinion being controversial or potentially starting arguments. About Willow and you not buying the way the spell affected her. I don't understand why that would be a hot point of contention. It's funny, I skipped some of the most recent past reactions but watched this one because I thought you were going to be laughing and loving it. Oh well, you never know.

@kingbrutusxxvi 5 лет назад

Wow. Riki Lindhome and Angela Sarafyan both in this episode. I'd completely forgotten how many people had bit parts in the Buffyverse. ... Haha. That face at 11:50 was exactly the same as mine. Ugh!

@jjpe306 5 лет назад

really funny episode. the scene behind Principal Wood is hysterical

@capeck1993 2 года назад

This episode really felt like Seasons 1 and 2. And was much needed after the dark an depressing atmosphere that was Season 6.

@antonbrakhage490 5 лет назад

Ugg, forgot about the scene of Xander and Willow openly ogling Dawn.

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

Can you blame them?

@sarahmckinneyrobinson 5 лет назад

*Hey! 🥰 I actually always really enjoyed this episode and kind of just took it for what it was. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Since a spell is involved and it’s Sunnydale, it’s gonna be pretty rando, lol. It’s funny because I actually had a huge crush on the actor that plays RJ when I was 15, Thad Luckinbill, he played on an American soap opera called Young & The Restless for a long time, possibly still does. The one thing that bothered me was something super small, which was when Dawn tells Buffy she will buy her a new cheerleading uniform...what, from 1997? 🤣🤣 Buffy shrugs it off, there should’ve been a quip, imo. I hope everyone is having a great day and as usual, Shannan, loved the reaction and can’t wait for more!* 🥰

@RitsychServare 5 лет назад

He's like a Chad Michael Murray 2.0 lol

@boo5860 5 лет назад

Love spells are selfish. They only incorporate the sexuality of the person *using* the spell - hence why this one only affected women and why Xander's spell in Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered did the same. I will also say, however, that Willow's sexuality is probably more broad than 'gay' but that's just how she refers to it.

@matth1589 5 лет назад

I love the "trisected" line.

@donnabelmont1198 4 года назад

It’s a TV show good grief

@sallyjordan8658 4 года назад

RJ's brother at 14:17 is the voice actor for Garrus from the Mass Effect series.

@jennrose92 5 лет назад

Say what you want about the episode but the part at 18:20 with Buffy and Spike is so freaking hilarious 😂😂😂

@davewolf6256 4 года назад

You know, people critical of this episode should be aware of how f'd sexual politics is in high school. Because it is, and the idea of all this stuff--a slightly older woman seducing a high school age boy because of all her high school baggage; young teens driven suicidal over unrequited love; gay or any other person wishing their crush could be magically made to reciprocate their feelings? That, and worse, happens to high schoolers every day. There's nothing PC about it.

@gregorygaugau 5 лет назад

I feel like Dawn was your spirit animal last season. She finished your sentences.

@abbesatty9498 Год назад

I enjoyed "Him" the same way I enjoyed "Beer Bad". My motto: "When Joss Whedon gives you a lemon, make lemonade! " because the fun will not last long.

@abbesatty9498 Год назад

This was fun episode except for Dawn's part, it was really sad.

@blueamaranth9419 5 лет назад

I think at least in part we're supposed to notice RJ's name is a play on the usual abbreviation for the play Romeo and Juliet, the ultimate play about obsessive teenage love. It doesn't make sense, which is why it makes sense (people who look for sense in that play are not going to be satisfied, generally speaking). Hence, lesbian (or bi) Willow suddenly wanting to change RJ's sex is just another symptom of the general weirdness here.

@dominichester Год назад

the jacket is cursed it's making all the ladies coo coo for cocopuffs

@1nelsondj 5 лет назад

They've done this before and better in 'Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,' also in 'Band Candy' with Giles and Joyce and 'Something Blue' with Buffy and Spike. This episode pales by comparison.

@TheJDKNIGHT 2 года назад

I think Willow is bisexual - she was in lust with Xander and Oz before she met Tara

@simonfrederiksen104 Год назад

0:55 Zander and Spike are gonna sleep together again. Remember when the woman with the dog asks if there's anybody here who HASn't slept with each other? Zander and Spike look at each other briefly

@DegrassiInstantStar 5 лет назад

I always found this episode, while funny, felt a bit filler for the season. We started off strong and this, to me, felt like a step backward. But, I got their intention. It was supposed to be a throwback to the first three seasons! "Oh God. I hope she doesn't tell her to get out." Haha. I always hoped for that, too. Dawn wasn't screeching like she used to, which is what made her bearable in the seventh season. Plus, LOVING and LIVING for the throwback clips in the latest reviews!

@MrLorenzovanmatterho 5 лет назад

Plus she's given more to do than get rescued and give Buffy unconditional love and MT gets hot.

@slivertoe 5 лет назад

Yeah, this episode felt a little strange when viewed through today's lens. I know, it was made a long time ago and not every piece of entertainment has to be a statement about something, but still. That being said, I did laugh out loud a couple times. Spike and Buffy fighting outside the window was a hilarious visual.

@codyw1 5 лет назад

"Today's lens"? You mean miseryguts, hysterical land? You can keep it...

@genjibenkei 4 года назад

Today’s lens? more like SJW tumblr Twitter lens 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Kenvanhey74 Год назад

If you listen closely to the radio announcer. Anya did not rob a bank ......Anya robbed a BUNCH OF BANKS!!.....

@LODintheshadows 2 года назад

You say about love spell takes away consent, making it seem mainly bad on the guy, but buffy was also someone in a position of power taking advantage of him

@AfterShowReactions 2 года назад

Notice how buffy had no control over that due to being under a lovepsell jacket.

@LODintheshadows 2 года назад

@@AfterShowReactions okay, still is someone who works in a school sleeping with a student. The guy had no idea why she was like that and was confused and unsure at first also. My point is, they were both victims due to the spell

@TheAnswerWillleaveyou 5 лет назад

Well it's a magical spell so I think it only works on women to fall deeply in love with the people wearing the jacket

@kalandkarazor-el3088 5 лет назад

One of the WTF episodes that you either love or hate. Thankfully I love it. It's like a spoof of so many different genres and stereotypes. But I get people who wouldn't like it, it's very weird for a Buffy episode. And that's saying something, lol

@WesTro 5 лет назад

Didn't like this one OFV and still prefer to skip over Dawn embarrassing herself, but this episode is full of call-backs and foreshadowing and the second half is a lot of fun. One of the main themes is 'perception.' Like Xander's wist-full smile as he remembers all the girls being in love with him while we viewers get a reminder of just how badly that went. Dawn, Buffy, Willow and Anya are each certain that their view of the situation is correct and the others are simply wrong. Then they set out to prove it. I don't care much for all the train stunts but Dawn's choice is especially poignant to me. It isn't hard to imagine, if Buffy had not stopped her from jumping in “The Gift”, that Dawn was hoping to be remembered as the girl who sacrificed herself for everyone else. Being absolutely sure that you are in the right can be a dangerous thing.