Dirty Girls - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Misunderstanding the word vulcanologist, Andrew believes that Faith murdered a Vulcan.
• In the montage when Andrew narrates the deeds of Faith, there is a scene with her fighting a Vulcan resembling Mr. Spock, who at one point tries to incapacitate her with a Vulcan nerve pinch. In the DVD commentary, it is said that when Buffy's producers asked Star Trek's people permission to do it, they gladly accepted, telling them to "do what they want".
• Xander's comment about Matthew Broderick killing a "big dumb lizard that was not the real Godzilla" refers to the American made film Godzilla, and how the title creature looks different from the classic Godzilla.
• Caleb refers to The Bringers as "The Ray Charles Brigade"
• When they first refer to the vineyard as "an evil vineyard", Spike immediately responds "Yeah, like Falcon Crest", which was a 1980s soap opera based around a family living at the fictional Falcon Crest vineyard. This is a reference to Spike's love of soap operas, as primarily depicted in Seasons Four and Five.