Cultural References
- Planet of the Apes – Oz quotes the famous line "It's a madhouse. A madhouse!" in the beginning of the episode to describe the crowd at the college. The line was previously quoted by Xander in "When She Was Bad".
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – During the pep talk Xander gives Buffy at the Bronze, he uses Yoda's "Fear leads to anger..." quote, and mangles it several times.
- Scarface – Xander also attempts to quote Scarface during his pep talk, but he stops himself before finishing the quote.
- The Avengers – Xander further makes references to the Avengers when saying "Avengers Assemble" referring to getting the gang together to help Buffy. Ironically, it's a line that goes unused in The Avengers, also directed by Joss Whedon.
- The David Bowie song "Memory of a Free Festival" plays in the background as Buffy enters Giles's apartment.
- A Gentleman of Leisure - Giles's new definition of himself, according to Willow - is Gentleman of Leisure, referring to English P. G. Wodehouse's novel.
- When Buffy meets Giles in company with a lightly dressed Olivia in his flat, she compares him with Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Enterprises.
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“The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)