Halloween (Buffy episode)

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
“Halloween”
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Episode no. Season 2
Episode 6
Guest star(s) Robin Sachs
   (Ethan Rayne)
Seth Green
   (Oz)
James Marsters
   (Spike)
Juliet Landau
   (Drusilla)
Armin Shimerman
   (Principal Snyder)
Writer(s) Carl Ellsworth
Director Bruce Seth Green
Production no. 5V06
Original airdate October 27, 1997
Episode chronology
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"Halloween" is episode 6 of season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. See also List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.

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Buffy and Angel finally agree to a date, but Buffy is delayed at Pop's Pumpkin Patch by a vampire. Spike films it in the dark. While Angel waits at The Bronze, Cordelia shows up. When Buffy finally arrives, she is turned away by Cordelia's sharp tongue. Cordelia continues to hit on Angel, unaware of his history.

Buffy and Xander dress as (then become) their contrary self: a helpless woman and a mature leader.
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Buffy and Xander dress as (then become) their contrary self: a helpless woman and a mature leader.

The next day, Principal Snyder forces Buffy and her friends into chaperoning small children while they trick-or-treat. Buffy would rather take a break during the only slow night for vampires. Later, Larry the school bully threatens Xander while asking him about Buffy, who smashes Larry into a soda machine. Xander is angry by the damage that does to his reputation.

The gang has to dress up for Halloween. They head to Ethan's Costume Shoppe, where Willow gets a ghost costume and Xander buys a toy gun to go with his army fatigues from home. Buffy and Xander make up, but then she spies the most beautiful 18th-century pink dress -- one that matches what she has spied from Giles's Watcher files on Angel. Ethan Rayne appears and makes her an offer she cannot refuse.

Spike is reviewing Buffy's fight. Drusilla comes to tell him that someone will make Buffy weak on Halloween night. Meanwhile, Ethan is chanting to a statue in the back room of his shop.

On Halloween night, Buffy manages to convince Willow to wear a black mini-skirt and a long-sleeved crop shirt. Willow is very shy and tries to hide it with her ghost costume. The doorbell rings and Willow takes the opportunity to cover her skimpy outfit. Later that night, Ethan's spell takes effect and everyone wearing a costume from his store turns into the respective persona. Willow becomes a real ghost, Xander an Army commando and Buffy an 18th-century English noblewoman.

Willow convinces Xander to stop shooting at people. They find a disoriented Buffy, who has not a clue. Willow rushes them to Buffy's house, where her mom is conveniently not home. Outside, Cordelia screams and Xander rushes out to save her. They find that Cordelia has not changed into what she is wearing -- a cat -- because she bought her costume from another store. Willow goes to Giles for help. While Cordelia searches the house, Angel shows up and takes Buffy into the kitchen. As Angel tries to kill a vampire that has sneaked into the house, he reveals his game face. Buffy is horrified and runs away from the house.

At the library, Willow tells Giles about Ethan's costumes. They head to the shop, where Giles reveals that he knows Ethan. He orders Willow to leave and physically persuades Ethan to reverse the spell.

Spike is looking for Buffy, who enters an alley and meets Larry, now a pirate. Xander arrives to beat up on Larry while Willow shows up to warn them of Spike. The gang tries to barricade themselves inside a warehouse, but Spike's gang breaks in. Just as Spike is about to kill Buffy, Giles breaks the spell by breaking the statue. Buffy recovers to whale on Spike. He flees.

Buffy admits to Angel that she was trying to impress him. He tells her that he hated those people back then. The women were dull. He wanted someone exciting. They make out. The next day, Giles returns to the store to find a note. Ethan has promised to return soon.

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  • Larry Bagby III as Larry
  • Abigail Gershman as Girl

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  • Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Location, time
(if known)
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 1997 - Spring 1998
(non-canon = italic)
Sunnydale, fall 1997 B2.01 When She Was Bad
Sunnydale, 1997 Tales of the Slayers: Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1997
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.02 Some Assembly Required
Sunnydale, 1997 Tales of the Vampires: The Problem with Vampires
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy graphic novel: Spike & Dru: The Queen of Hearts
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.03 School Hard
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.04 Inca Mummy Girl
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.05 Reptile Boy
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy graphic novel: Dust Waltz
Sunnydale, October 1997 B2.06 Halloween
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.07 Lie to Me
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: Keep Me In Mind
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: The Suicide King
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: Colony
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: Night Terrors
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.08 The Dark Age
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.09 What's My Line, Part One
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.10 What's My Line, Part Two
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: After Image
Sunnydale, 1997 Buffy book: Carnival of Souls
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.11 Ted
Sunnydale, 1997 B2.12 Bad Eggs
Boston, December 1997 - June 1998 Buffy book: Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary
Sunnydale, 1997/8 Buffy book: Blooded
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.13 Surprise
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.14 Innocence
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.15 Phases
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.17 Passion
Sunnydale, 1998 Buffy graphic novel: Ring of Fire
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.18 Killed by Death
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.19 I Only Have Eyes for You
Sunnydale, 1998 B2.20 Go Fish
Sunnydale, spring 1998 B2.21 Becoming I
Sunnydale, spring 1998 B2.22 Becoming II
Sunnydale, spring 1998 Buffy graphic novel: Spike & Dru: Paint the Town Red

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