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“Once More, With Feeling”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 7
Written by	Joss Whedon
Directed by	Joss Whedon
Guest stars	Anthony Stewart Head    (Giles) Hinton Battle    (Sweet) Amber Benson    (Tara)
Production no.	6ABB07
Original airdate	November 6, 2001
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"Once More, With Feeling" is a musical episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which a mysterious force compels Sunnydale residents into songs that reveal their deep secrets. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon, the creator of the show. The lyrics and music were also written by Whedon, with a score by Christophe Beck and arrangements by Beck and Jesse Tobias.

Joss Whedon had wanted to create a musical episode since the first season of Buffy, but wasn't allowed to until the show was moved to a more lenient network, UPN. Another reason for his delaying the musical episode is revealed in his DVD commentary for the episode, where he reveals that if he had placed the episode in season four, it would have occurred shortly after the Xena: Warrior Princess musical episode "The Bitter Suite" and would have appeared far less original. Supposedly, the episode "Hush" (which was nominated for an Emmy for its use of the absence of human voices) is located where the musical episode would have originally been placed.

Once More, With Feeling was first broadcast as the seventh episode of season six by the United Paramount Network on November 6, 2001.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Characters and Continuity 1.2 Arc Significance 2 Production details 2.1 Translations 3 Cultural references 4 Acting and singing 4.1 Main cast 4.2 Recurring Role 4.3 Guest cast 4.4 Supporting cast 5 Music 6 Critical and viewer response 7 CD track list 8 Technical information 9 Continuity 10 The Buffy Timeline 11 References 12 External links

We see Buffy patrolling in a cemetery at night, but there is something wrong with her and with the demons she meets and kills: they are all singing and dancing. Buffy sings about her life after returning to Earth, and the way she feels detached from it ("Going Through the Motions").

The morning after, the friends find out such things have happened to them all. They suddenly burst into song again, first wondering what can possibly be the cause for this ("I've Got a Theory") - including a novel idea by Anya ("Bunnies") - and then, guided by Buffy, asserting their ability to deal with it together ("If We're Together"). They further learn that all the people in Sunnydale are forced to sing about their inner feelings.

Later Xander and Anya sing together about things they would otherwise have never told themselves or each other, namely their fears about their coming marriage ("I'll Never Tell"), Tara sings a love song to Willow about the difference she's made in her life ("Under Your Spell") and Spike sings to Buffy about the torturous nature of their relationship ("Rest in Peace").

Meanwhile in the Magic box, Giles sings his thoughts, that his continued presence encourages Buffy to remain emotionally dependent on him and that he should no longer act as a father to her lest she never mature, thus he decides to leave again and return to England for good ("Standing"). Tara finds out about a forgetting spell Willow had cast the evening before to make her forget about a fight they had, and decides to break up with her. Giles and Tara duet about leaving as they look at Buffy and Willow respectively, the two of whom are distractedly chatting ("Under Your Spell/Standing (Reprise)").

It seems that a new demon in town, Sweet, is responsible for all the singing. Unfortunately, some people are singing and dancing so much that they spontaneously combust, due to the dramatic release of their pent-up emotions. Sweet has Dawn kidnapped by his minions as she laments her life ("Dawn's Lament"). She is taken to the Bronze ("Dawn's Ballet"), as he thinks she is the one who summoned him, and intends to take her to the Underworld and make her his queen ("What You Feel").

The gang Discovers this through one of Sweet's minions. Xander, Anya and Willow are eager to help save Dawn, but Giles insists that Buffy should go alone. Spike, dismissing Giles' stubbornness, offers to back Buffy up, but Buffy takes him to task regarding his wish for her to stay away from him, and a humiliated Spike skulks away, telling her he hopes she will dance until she burns. Buffy leaves alone, once again singing about her inability to feel, as both a conflicted Spike and the Scoobies express their desire to fight along with her, accompanied by Sweet, who summons them in song ("Walk Through the Fire").

Arriving at the Bronze, Buffy starts to sing and dance defiantly, cynically expressing her current condition and the hardships of being the Slayer. Then she finally reveals to Sweet and her friends that, by resurrecting her, they had pulled her out of heaven and not out of a hell dimension as they thought. Once she had vocalized her anger and despair, she dances ecstatically to the point of fuming, in a somewhat suicidal effort, as Spike arrives and helps her recover, and telling her the only way to mend her wounds is to carry on living, "so one of us is living" ("Something to Sing About").

Applauding, Sweet prepares to leave with Dawn, but it turns out that it is not Dawn who had summoned him, but Xander - who had not understood the implications - leading to the demon giving up on the queen matter and vanishing, telling the group to express their thoughts "once more with feeling" ("What You Feel (Reprise)"), which they do, questioning the pyrrhic victory they've achieved and what to do next ("Where Do We Go from Here?").

The episode ends with Spike and Buffy kissing, as the curtains fall, as predicted in the previous song's final verse, as the chorus swells one last time ("Coda").

• Although he is never named in dialog or lyrics, the demonic villain of this episode is called Sweet, as per the episode's closing credits and the shooting script.

• Giles' initial singing experience was playing his guitar and singing at the hotel when he heard a backing orchestra accompany him and the room service staff began to dance together. He is the only Scooby to have musical inclinations shown previously; he played "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who at an espresso bar in the episode "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd at home in "The Yoko Factor."

• Xander finds the whole thing disturbing, yet Willow seems to enjoy it. Ironically, it was Xander who summoned the demon responsible, and Willow, whose stage fright has been established several times, such as in "The Puppet Show," sings only backing vocals and a few sparse solo lines.

• Anya's line "His penis got diseases from a Chumash tribe" refers to the season 4 episode "Pangs", in which a Native American spirit infects Xander with a cornucopia of various diseases, including syphilis.

• The song "I've Got a Theory" features numerous references to previous episodes:
  • Willow suggests that "some kid is dreaming, and we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare," a reference to the events of "Nightmares." In that episode, when the characters come to realize that people's dreams are coming true, Giles says, "Dreams? That would be a musical comedy version of this. Nightmares — our nightmares are coming true."
  • Anya reinforces her fear of bunnies, introduced in "Fear, Itself," as she blames the singing on them ("Bunnies", a short rock and roll section inside "I've Got A Theory").
  • Buffy sings "I've died twice", referring to the final episodes of season 1 and season 5.

• In the season 7 episode "Selfless", there is an extended flashback to this episode. Anya and Xander reference an earlier song involving coconuts, and Anya sings about wanting to become Mrs. Xander Harris. She also opens the window to hear a man complaining (in song) that he got mustard on his favorite shirt, providing backstory for a well-known gag in this episode.

• Dawn continues to experience kleptomania, stealing Sweet's pendant. She first showed an inclination toward crime in "Blood Ties," and began a trend of stealing small trinkets and jewelry in "Intervention."

• The rest of the Scoobies discover in this episode that Buffy was not rescued from a Hell dimension, but was in fact pulled out of Heaven (or something like it).

• Giles expresses his intention to leave Sunnydale again because Buffy is becoming too dependent on him.

• Willow and Tara's problems over Willow's magic use continue; they had begun in "All the Way."

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• The majority of the footage of "I'll Never Tell" was shot in just one take. Other scenes, notably the parking meter aria immediately following, are long, continuous takes that are unusual in their complexity, at least by television standards.

• This is the longest episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ever — 50 minutes long, as opposed to the usual 42 minutes. It ran past the regular hour intentionally, with the extra time never being again released or rebroadcast in the US until the DVD sets were produced.

• This is unique amongst Buffy episodes as it was shown in letterbox format, had different opening credits and title music, and the monster in the Mutant Enemy Productions logo sang his "Grrr, Arggh!" in falsetto (by creator Joss Whedon).

• This episode took two weeks to rehearse dance numbers, record songs, and film (although, unusually for Buffy, it was filmed in "bits and pieces" — the various sections were recorded between other episodes in Season 6).

• Almost Human, the special effects company used by the Buffy spin-off Angel, was called in to design the demon Sweet. Their work was so well received that Almost Human did the majority of special effects from this point forward.^[1]

• Amber Benson's musical number, "Under Your Spell," featured heavily-implied sex between two females, and was edited out for the episode's first broadcast in conservative countries like the Philippines and China.

• In a press interview Amber Benson admitted to dancing into a pole during her backup dance in "Something to Sing About." The viewer can see her laughing as she steps back (this occurs during the lyric "and every single verse / can make it that much worse"). And she can be seen arranging the front of her shirt and her hair, afterwards, also.

• This is Joss Whedon's second favorite episode.

• The original airing of "Once More, with Feeling" received 5.4 million viewers.

• Action figures of Buffy Summers, Anya Jenkins, and Dawn Summers were produced based on this episode.

• Buffy's Brechtian line, "Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday," is a reference to UPN, which aired Buffy on Tuesday nights. Buffy also aired on Tuesday nights on the WB for the majority of its run.

• Spanish title: Una Vez Más, con Sentimiento (literal translation)
• French title: Que le Spectacle Commence (“Let the Show Begin”)
• German title: Noch Einmal mit Gefühl (literal translation)
• Italian title: La Vita è un Musical (“Life Is a Musical”)
• Finnish title: Vielä Kerran Tunteella (literal translation)
• Swedish title: En Gång Till, med Känsla (literal translation)
• Turkish title: Bir Kez Daha, Hissederek (literal translation)
• Russian title: Ещё раз с чувством (literal translation)
• Ukrainian title: Ще раз, тільки з почуттям (literal translation)
• Danish title: Lad Det Komme Fra Hjertet (“Let It Come From The Heart”)

• The Music Man - At the end of the episode, Spike says to Buffy, "The day you suss out what you do want, there'll probably be a parade. Seventy-six bloody trombones." This is a reference to the song "Seventy-Six Trombones", from the Meredith Wilson musical The Music Man.

• Rent - Joss Whedon gained lots of musical inspiration from musicals such as the rock-edged Rent by Jonathan Larson. Whedon has said^{[citation needed]} that the song "Walk Through the Fire" partly came from the line "Walking through fire without a burn" from the Rent song "I Should Tell You".

• Pinocchio (1940 film) - Sweet's henchmen appear wooden and puppet-like. When Spike is unable to stop a henchman from escaping, Spike mutters "Strong. Someday he'll be a real boy". This is a reference to the story of Pinocchio.

• West Side Story - The song "Walk Through The Fire" is often said to be inspired by "Tonight Quintet" from West Side Story.^{[citation needed]} Whedon, however, says he prefers to think of it as inspired by the La Resistance medley from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, itself a pastiche of musicals and, in La Resistance's case, directly parodies One Day More from the musical Les Miserables.

• Singin' in the Rain - The song "I'll Never Tell" performed by Xander and Anya ends with both of them collapsing laughing into a sofa. This references the song-and-dance number "Good Morning", where Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds end the number in exactly the same fashion.

• Les Girls - "I'll Never Tell" also references the song "You're Just Too Too" from "Les Girls" by Cole Porter. Both songs have a very similar filming style (two people dancing around a living room) and content (a couple somewhat-facetiously discussing each other's good and bad points), and it even features one direct reference: Anya's line "Look at me, I'm dancing crazy!" is also said by actress Kay Kendall in the original song, in both cases during the songs' dance breaks.

• The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev - A theme from the overture of that opera is quoted in Buffy's opening number "Going Through the Motions", both by her and by the dancing vampires behind her. The original opera is a surrealistic fairy-tale.

• Xander's line, "Respect the cruller. And tame the donut!" is a reference to a similar (yet far more obscene) line from the film Magnolia.

• Spike's line, "Finish the big group sing. Get your kumbaya-yas out," is a reference to both the song "Kumbaya" and to the Rolling Stones album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert.

• One of the lines in "Going Through the Motions" references the song "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)". Buffy sings "You'll find this fight just doesn't mean a thing..." and the vampire she punches finishes "...she ain't got that swing."

• Spike, while discussing the recent events with Buffy, mentions "A 600 pound demon making like Yma Súmac," commenting that "That one'll stay with you."

Joss Whedon discovered his actors could sing during a wine-charged Shakespeare reading at his house. He later fashioned his songs around each actor's ability and amount of comfort with their talent. This is why Alyson Hannigan and Michelle Trachtenberg only sing a few sparse lines in this episode; Trachtenberg says she had an agreement with Joss Whedon that she would "sing as little as possible and dance a whole lot."^[2]

• James Marsters has some musical experience as he was the lead singer and guitarist for his own rock band formed by his friends, Ghost of the Robot.

• Anthony Stewart Head also has some musical experience. He played the lead role of Frank-N-Furter in a British production of The Rocky Horror Show and also starred in the London production of the musical Chess, taking over the role of "The American" originated by his brother Murray. He released a solo album, Music for Elevators, with small guest appearances by James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson, and a song by Joss Whedon.

• Writer/producer Marti Noxon makes her first on-screen appearance on Buffy as the singing woman receiving a parking ticket. Similarly, executive producer/writer David Fury makes his first appearance as the man who joyously proclaims how the mustard stains were removed from his shirt. Both actors later reprised their roles for the episode "Selfless" in the following season, in a short song explaining exactly how the mustard stains were created.

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
• Emma Caulfield as Anya
• Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers
• James Marsters as Spike
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg

• Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles
• Amber Benson as Tara Maclay

• Hinton Battle as Sweet

• Timothy Anderson as Singing Vampire/Street Sweeper/Henchman
• Hunter Cochrane as College Guy #2
• Alex Estronei as Singing Vampire/Street Sweeper/Henchman
• David Fury as Mustard Man
• Marti Noxon as Parking Ticket Woman
• Matt Sims as College Guy #1
• Daniel Weaver as Handsome Young Man
• Zachary Woodlee as Demon/Street Sweeper/Henchman
• Scot Zeller as Tap Dancing Victim (Incorrectly credited as "Henchman" in closing credits)

All the actors sing their own parts without having another singer dubbing their voices (although for "What You Feel", Michelle Trachtenberg had to dub her own voice during post-production when her lines proved to be unclear). Joss Whedon had originally planned to have Buffy's rhythmically complex song "Something to Sing About" dubbed by professional vocalist Jewel, but Sarah Michelle Gellar stepped up to the challenge for the climactic number. All the regular cast are featured in significant solos except Alyson Hannigan (Willow), who had asked Whedon to limit her singing role. In response, Whedon gave Willow an amusing, fourth-wall breaking line for one of her three short solo parts: "I think this line's mostly filler" (Hannigan's reluctance to sing had actually been made part of her character, as was shown in first-season episodes "The Puppet Show" and "Nightmares".) Amber Benson said in an interview that Joss caught her by surprise when he scored her song "Under your Spell" slightly higher than her normal range because he was sure she could handle it.

The opening sequence is completely changed from its usual form, featuring a 26-second main theme whose rock and dark atmosphere was eliminated through its use of percussion in the background and a stereotypical light drum sequence at the end of the theme, similar to the conclusion of heroic classical films.

Songs "Walk through the Fire", "Something to Sing About," and "Where Do We Go from Here" (all progressive rock-style) were musically inspired by Yes' fifth album Close to the Edge, one of Joss Whedon's favorites. The BBC's website about Buffy states that those are just from the song "Close to the Edge", but "Something to Sing About" is more in style of album's songs "And You And I" (that notably was the inspiration of Whedon's trademark "Mutant Enemy," too) and "Siberian Khatru" (Buffy's whirling dance).

The episode was nominated for an Emmy, but, due to a misprint, was left off the official ballot sent out to voters. This was fixed with an addendum, but it was too late, as many voters had already returned their ballots. The episode, and Buffy along with it, are almost as famous for not winning an Emmy as other shows are for winning one.

Numerous critics placed the episode on their "alternative Emmy" lists and it continues to win plaudits. It was recently voted the 13th greatest musical of all time in a poll conducted by the British TV channel, Channel 4.^[3] It has always been a firm favorite among fans.

The episode was nominated as Hugo Award of science fiction/fantasy for best dramatic presentation, along with movies Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Monsters, Inc., Shrek and The Fellowship of the Ring. The latter won.

Shortly after the original episode aired, Singalongs and Rocky Horror-style re-enactments started becoming common at fan festivals and conventions. These events could involve audience members singing along with the projected episode, audience callbacks, props, costumes, and even live casts. (The official posting board party probably had the first cast in February 2002 and Dragoncon in Atlanta probably has the longest running.) Recently, Singalongs have become popular as individual events outside of fan conventions. The first of these events was held in Boston in 2004 and there is currently a group in New York City that has a monthly live cast. Many of these events and casts have evolved independently with no knowledge of other similar groups. Buffy Singalongs have recently received growing media attention with stories done by the AP, MTV news, and the New York Post^{[citation needed]}. At the 2007 LA Film Festival a special screening and sing along was held on June 27th. Both Marti Noxon and Joss Whedon were in attendance and gave brief speeches to the audience.

A music CD has been released, featuring the entire score and some additional tracks, namely the demo of "Something to Sing About", sung by Joss Whedon and his wife Kai Cole, and three pieces of music from other popular episodes by regular composer Christophe Beck. The art for the CD — also used as cover for related items, such as the script book, the DVD and the poster — is by popular comic book artist Adam Hughes. The booklet includes liner notes by Whedon, the lyrics for the songs, and pictures from the episode.

Track	Title	Time
1	"Overture / Going Through the Motions"	02:57
2	"I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together"	02:22
3	"The Mustard"	00:18
4	"Under Your Spell"	02:55
5	"I'll Never Tell"	04:01
6	"The Parking Ticket"	00:45
7	"Rest in Peace"	02:46
8	"Dawn's Lament"	01:19
9	"Dawn's Ballet"	01:12
10	"What You Feel"	03:01
11	"Standing"	02:10
12	"Under Your Spell / Standing — reprise"	01:35
13	"Walk Through the Fire"	03:44
14	"Something to Sing About"	04:40
15	"What You Feel — reprise"	00:46
16	"Where Do We Go from Here?"	01:53
17	Coda	00:40
18	"End Credits (Broom Dance / Grr Argh)"	00:31
19	"Main Title"	00:26
20	Suite from "Restless"	05:02
21	Suite from "Hush"	06:54
22	Sacrifice (from "The Gift")	02:55
23	"Something to Sing About" (demo)	04:27

Other technical differences between this episode and the normal ones are its running time (50 minutes and 52 seconds instead of the usual average of 43 minutes) and its format: the episode aired in letterbox format. On the commentary it is mentioned that the episode was filmed in Anamorphic.

The region 2 version is slightly cropped at the sides as it shown in standard 16:9 (1.78:1) as opposed to 1.85:1 (this is most noticeable on the opening credits).

Because of the running time, UPN only aired the full, unedited episode once — delaying the start of the following program (a U.S. pilot of Iron Chef hosted by William Shatner). Unfortunately serious technical glitches plagued UPN's broadcast feed to some of its affiliates in the U.S. Eastern and Central time zones when the episode aired on November 6, 2001. In the case of one UPN affiliate, WKBD-TV in Detroit, the only "glitch" involved a few seconds where the picture "froze" during Sweet's initial meeting with Dawn. At UPN's insistence, Joss Whedon supervised the editing of the full length episode into a more advertiser-friendly standard length. UPN never aired the full length episode again, opting instead for the shortened version. The shortened version is also the one that airs in syndication on FX. The editing eliminated parts of certain songs, including Buffy singing "If We're Together" and several bars of "Walk Through the Fire." Loss of certain dialogue resulted in a confusing ending for the audience, with Sweet abruptly announcing "Big smiles everyone, you beat the bad guy," with little apparent cause.

This "one time only" dispensation to air a longer format is not unprecedented for Whedon and Buffy. A first season episode, "The Puppet Show", enjoyed only a single airing (on May 5, 1997) of a closing credits scene in which Xander, Buffy, and Willow perform a scene from Oedipus Rex in their school's talent show.

In an unusual effort to garner Emmy support, 20th Century Fox had the full length episode pressed onto special DVDs shortly after its airing for distribution with the industry trade publication Daily Variety. Regular DVD series collections also include the full length episode.

Also available for sale is the original script book (ISBN 0-689-85918-X). Besides the actual screenplay the book features pictures from the episode, articles, sheet music for all the songs and a behind the scenes.

Finally, after pressure from fans, a single (Region 2) DVD has been released in Europe (two editions: in English for the United Kingdom and in German for Germany).

David Fury, producer and writer of the show (who also appeared in the episode as the man excited they got the mustard out) asked Whedon if he could document it, and shot about 40 hours of behind-the-scenes material; part of this material is available on the Season Six DVD set.

All of the Region 1 DVDs have French and Spanish versions, and the songs are done in French and Spanish too.

In Italian TV and DVD version, while all other songs are as original with subtitles, the "Parking Ticket" song, originally played by Marti Noxon, for some technical problems had to be redubbed by an unknown singer.

• Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2001 - December 2001 (non-canon = italic)
L.A., 2001	Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed
L.A., 2001	A3.01 Heartthrob
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy UPN promos: Scooby Gang talk about Buffy
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.01 Bargaining, Part One
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.02 Bargaining, Part Two
L.A., 2001	A3.02 That Vision Thing
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.03 After Life
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Sanctuary
L.A., 2001	A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.04 Flooded
L.A., 2001	A3.04 Carpe Noctem
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy comic: Reunion
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.05 Life Serial
L.A., 2001	A3.05 Fredless
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel Willow & Tara: Wilderness
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy book: Blood and Fog
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.06 All the Way
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel: Note from the Underground
L.A., 2001	A3.06 Billy
L.A., 2001	Angel anthology book:The Longest Night
Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001	Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Endangered Species
L.A., 2001	Angel book: Impressions
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.07 Once More, with Feeling
L.A., 2001	A3.07 Offspring
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.08 Tabula Rasa
L.A., 2001	A3.08 Quickening
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.09 Smashed
L.A., 2001	A3.09 Lullaby
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.10 Wrecked
L.A., 2001	A3.10 Dad
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.11 Gone
L.A., 2001	A3.11 Birthday
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel: Creatures of Habit
Sunnydale, 2001	Buffy graphic novel: Death of Buffy: Withdrawal
Sunnydale, 2001	B6.12 Doublemeat Palace
L.A., 2001	A3.12 Provider

• "Once More, with Feeling" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Once More, With Feeling" at TV.com
• BBC episode guide
• Buffy Body Count synopsis of "Once More, with Feeling"
• AHoleintheWorld.com - OMWF Lyrics
• Buffy Singalong Web Page

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