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This episode, and the lyrics in particular, are even more impressive, in context. The mustard scene is very apt, because ALL of the dirty laundry gets aired this episode, and virtually every character-based subplot hits its point of no return right here, without bogging down or distracting from the musical feel of the episode. Truly impressive work.
Great reaction!!
What I love most about Once More With Feeling is the fact that it's not just a one-off filler episode, but actually an integral part of the story of Buffy season 6. Before this episode a lot of the characters were keeping secrets from each other, and many of the secrets are unwillingly revealed in this episode that literally forces them to sing about their feelings.
The entire show is worth a watch. It’s not perfect and the first season or so is a bit shaky. But it still stands out as one of the most groundbreaking shows with a ton of really good episodes, including this one. This musical episode is so driven by character dynamics and history, and it’s in the midst of a lot of arcs. So, it’s hard to get into if you’re not familiar with the show. But it’s still fun enough and well-written enough to stand on its own.
If only that actually was a happy musical ending.... it wasn't, even though it gives the appearance of being so. But it does start one of the best toxic relationship arcs ever written, so there's that!
Fun reaction, now do the whole show. :P lol
Definitely toxic!! There are so many Spuffy fans out there, and I am so not among them. He is completely wrong for her, and she is wrong for him, especially at that point of her life.
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the thing the buffy/spike relationship has going for it, compared to buffy's other relationships, is it's the most equal. yes they're both going thru some shit and they each make it even harder on the other, and that's definitely unfortunate, but they're each there when the other needs something they can't find anywhere else. it's a big mess, but generally a faultless one.
Except they are good for each other, they got to be better, they built their relationship from the ground. It's not good to compare souless Spike with Spike with a soul, its like comparing Angel and Angelus, two completly different people. Spike fought to be better, for Angel it was a punishment.
Glad to know that even if they broke up in the comic book, they see each other as soulmates.
@@laurarico1200 Yea, I was only speaking about soulless Spike.
@@kathyastrom1315 thats the point through. Its not a happy tale, its a lens on reality. Buffy dates Angel, a bad relationship where she loses herself in it the naivety of first loves. Then Riley, the convenience thing where she does not really feel for him, is just using him. Then Spike, a toxic relationship built out of need and depression, not love, but its toxic on both ends. Thats why the show resonates, its not selling you a fantasy if happily ever after, its dealing with real life and we can all relate to it.
It's always interesting to see someone go into a show without seeing all episodes that came before. Thank you for not criticizing what you would understand if you had seen all episodes that came before like some who watch just the musical episodes of a series.
Lots of comments here saying I should defo watch the whole series. And I knew going in to watching it there would be bits that might not be as impactful as I hadn’t watched the lead up to it. :-) x
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_once more with feeling_ is not a fun one-off. it's a linchpin for the whole season. it's really fantastic.
It's really too bad you couldn't have any of Giles singing at all, he's got the best voice of the cast in my opinion. The actor is actually a musical theater guy. He's played Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror etc. He's got such a good voice they find excuses for him to sing in several other non musical episodes of Buffy as well.
In a later episode, there's a flashback to this musical time, and you hear the Mustard guy get the mustard on his shirt lol
😂😂 oh the drama of the mustard!!
huh, what later episode is that??
@@littlemissmello Selfless in season 7
Spike is played by James Masters who has released a few albums
Giles is played by Anthony Head and has played Frank-N-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the West End
Dawn played by Michelle Trachenburg didn’t want to sing instead using her dance skills
Let's not forget Hinton battle(the demon), three time tony award winner :P
Hinton Battle played the demon and has won 3 Tony awards, Tony Head has been in musicals and his brother Murray head was in Chess and co wrote some of the songs in the show. This episode is widely acknowledged and voted as the best musical episode of any TV show, as for "mustard man" the guy who sang that was one of the writer/directors of Buffy and Angel (David Fury). Almost 20 yrs on and I still love this episode, glad you enjoyed it.
You were so delightfully happy at the couch tumble. Did all these songs early in my channel actually but currently doing Buffy Reactor Awards. Up to Episode 8. Do let me know if you decide to react to the series and I'll definitely add you. Only a few reactors have the eye for lighting and film details you have. "Why is every time I'm having fun there a dead person." Because originally this show was a humourous and deep twist on the horror movie genre. You'll definitely love the episodes where it's clear a filmaking/writing style has been taken to a god tier. Giles and Tara were my favorite song. On the dark tone, that's the theme of the season. The consequences of 6 years coming to a head. Have to watch the whole thing to know how and why.
Your flamboyant personality (regardless of what that means in terms of stereotypical fans of musicals, I only just stumbled onto this I don't know you at all yet) made me immediately want to see your reaction. I love that you loved it. My fave Buffy ep for sure, cuz music saved my life, so any show with singing in it, hell yes.
Thanks Paul! 😃😃
Never watched your channel before but as a Buffy fan, this popped up for me. So glad you enjoyed this episode. Honestly, I think BTVS is the most cleverly written series I've seen and everyone should watch it. I've rewatched it at least 40 times in the last 25 years and always find something new and amazing in it.
The actor who plays Spike is in a band called Ghost Of The Robot.He’s also been in tv show called Torchwood.He was really good in that.Him and John Barrowman have great chemistry.
I love watching reviews of this episode. Yours is great, and I really liked the references you pointed out.
I love your reaction to this episode - mustard man and couch fall and dancing Dawn...
As has been mentioned, have a bit more context would make this entire episode so much more impactful. But kudos to you for not complaining about things that did not make sense absent that context (as, sadly, another vocal reactor did) and sticking mostly to the performances.
I knew I wasn’t going to be able to understand everything about the story because I was watching one random episode of a series. Seems a bit silly to expect everything to make sense if you don’t know the whole context! X
One of my favourite episodes of a favourite show. Many highlights to choose from, but the shiniest for me is the bridge of 'Through the Fire'. The demon's voice is an undertone and counterpoint to the heroes as each take their turn, but those five notes on "She will come to me...." tie the whole song together.
It was fun seeing your reaction, and hearing about some of the musical references I didn't recognize. If you're not interested in reacting to the whole show, I would definitely recommend doing at least "Hush" and maybe "Restless." They're both really unique episodes that are musically interesting.
"Are they gonna Kiss?!? YAÁAyyyyyyy!!!!!!!" haha i loved it
Hello. Buffy fan wandering in. I was laughing as you laughed at The Mustard scene. Your laughter is infectious. I loved that even though you didn't have much background info of the show, you went in and seemed to enjoy a lot of the comedy. Some of it and plotlines will go over your head after building for 5+ seasons. This episode had more plot reveals than possibly any other in the entire show. And it seems a happy ending, but it is not. If you enjoyed it, I do recommend the show. As others have said, season 1 is a bit rocky. As far as the music went: the fact Joss wrote the music and lyrics for this is incredible. The actors put this up there with the two hardest episodes. Most of them don't have musical backgrounds, as you noted. I really appreciated that they were not dubbed over with professional singing voices. It would have been obvious and I'd rather they sound like themselves. (And yes, Spike has incredible cheekbones)
I’m glad the spike cheekbones review is agreed with 😂
Yes and some peeps have mentioned that whilst it’s a happy kissing ending at the end of this episode - it doesn’t stay that way! X
Fun Facts: The dancing demon's name is Sweet and he was portrayed by Hinton Battle, the only person ever to win three Tonys for best featured actor/actress in a musical.
Tony Head played Frank N. Furter in the 1990-91 West End revival of The Rocky Horror Show at London's Piccadilly Theatre.
James Marsters, who plays Spike, is American. In an interview he said that he modeled his British accent after the real life accent of Tony Head.
Thank you for all these fabulous fun facts! 😀 xx
I would love to watch you react to the whole show. I love your personality!
I think you might have confused Dawn and Terra a little bit (understandable since you haven't seen the show). Dawn (the little sister) didn't sing much solo because her actress wasn't as comfortable singing, but she had a background in ballet, which is why she got her beautiful dance number 😊 The actors for Terra, Giles, and Spike all have a singing/musical background, so that's why they sounded so good (and why they were given a lot of the more complex songs/parts in group songs). The other person who wasn't comfortable with singing was Alyson Hannigan (Willow). It's why she doesn't get a song and after watching a ton of times I realized all of her solo lines are jokes, meaning the quality doesn't have to be there to do it's job (get a laugh).
While Joss Whedon seems to be a pretty awful person, I did respect that he was able to let the people shine who could in this episode. I would recommend the series, like others. The first season is very campy, but I like that kind of thing, so it wasn't a problem for me to watch. For some reason, I have a sneaking suspicion you might like camp, too 😉
gotta separate art from the artist, shit people can make great stuff and great people can make shit stuff
another example of the former is J.K.Rowling, transphobic piece of crap but millions love the world she created
Buffy is my soul show. My sis and I would sing the mustard song all the time. We tried to put on our own Buffy musical but only like two other kids were super familiar with it at my elementary school (very bible belty area of town lol) so we didn’t have enough people. Love that the songs fueled the plot in this
Check out Rupert in Repo! He’s great
Without context, this episode is just so-so. If you want to fully appreciate it, you need to know the full story.
If that were true, then the man doing the reviewing here would have found it so. And this episode wouldn't have been award winning either.
i love your reaction ....so happy your theatrical comparisons are great
Funnily, the last lyric of song that spike walks out on at the end is "The curtains close on a kiss, god knows."
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. It really is the one of the best made shows in history.
In my opinion Giles song is the best🥺 he is so cute
I loved that song x for some reason TH-cam copyright wouldn’t let me put those bits of song in 😭😭
Loved it! Thank you. Glad you got to enjoy it.
The lyrics are outstanding. The thing that sets this musical episode apart from most is the plot development through the songs. Most musical episodes don’t do that. Also if you listen to the lyrics when they kiss it actually isn’t all that happy. “This isn’t real, but I just want to feel.” Is what she sings right before she kisses him.
I actually subscribed just because of the singing in the rain-reference, and your very timely "subscribe"-button, heheee.
Glad to see a decent review presentation. I have subscribed. I want to see more.😊
Aww thank you! Very kind to say :-) It's been a while since I've uploaded new content but hoping to get back into it soon! :-)
"She needs backup. Tara. Anya."
Spike, Giles and Down - ok, super voices, but you forget for Tara ^_^
I think I was too much shock at the bedroom antics that I completely forgot about her voice 🤣 x yes she definitely had a nice tone x
@@Fabaret Tara has the Disney princess voice.
@@pillmuncher67 yes I could definitely imagine her playing belle 😀
@@pillmuncher67 Disney princess voice and magic sparkles!
What great energy you have! You Sir, have my sub :)
holy shit my name is on the screen, so happy you doing this
Thanks for the suggestion! X you’re Fabaret famous now!! 😀😀
You missed one of the funniest exchanges, from Spike and Buffy.
"So you're just here to pump me for information."
"What else would I want to pump you for?" 😉
episode (and series) with a well-deserved reputation.
This musical is about depression -- Buffy's meh about being in "hell" (alive in a demon infested world after having been dragged out of heaven), manipulation (Tara under Willow's literal spell to forget the fight they'd had over Willow's addiction to magic), trying to protect each other's feelings (Xander & Anya forced to feel what they'd "never tell"), Giles feeling unneeded (song about whether he should leave); & attempted suicide (demon compels Buffy to reveal where she'd been rescued from, followed by her suicide attempt/death dance).
Of *course* they're not happy at the end! Buffy was forced to reveal the truth she'd been protecting her friends from & had tried to commit suicide in front of them. Tara's left wondering how many of her decisions were really *her* decisions & not thoughts put in her head by Willow, Spike's revealed how obsessed he is with Buffy, Anya & Xander told each other their misgivings. You want them to be HAPPY in the final ensemble????
While you were so giddy, did you at least notice the plotlines that came to a head in the sung dialogue, & the new ones that began?
Check out the Xena musical, The Bitter Suite.
There’s a xena musical??!! I still remember Lucy lawless being awesome in that!!
@@Fabaret There's actually 2 but the first one is better.
Happy musical ending ... Omg
Just yesterday I was thinking "When will Fabaret do the Buffy musical?". I kid you not.
Wish now granted!! 🤣
This episode seems to be made for you. This is how you wish life was lol. Singing and dancing who wouldn't lol
Absolutely! 😂😂
The Demon was played by Hinton Battle.
The sudden burst into song and dance reminds me of Team StarKids' The Gut Who Didn't Like Musicals. Those would be good to watch and talk about. Even if you have seen their stuff before, showing parts and talking about them could be fun. Considering they parody things like Harry Potter, Batman, Star Wars, Disney, as well as have more original content, your reactions/reviews could be fun.
I remember watching the guy who didn’t like musicals in lockdown. Good shout! Will add to videos list 😀
@@Fabaret I found StarKid during lockdown as well and have since gone down the rabbit hole watching all their shows. I find it highly entertaining. Love the reactions, by the way, if not clear. Haha.
Antony head is professionally trained he's done a few musicals he was even Frank in rocky horror picture show.
Yep, Joss Whedon did an excellent with this episode. And with the entire show ;)
And Tony Head is great, of course =)
You are either incredibly intuitive about the plot of Buffy or you absorbed more Buffy than you thought while the show was running. You picked up on the fact that Buffy was brought back from the dead by her friends when she sang about being in Heaven. You also knew Spike’s name immediately. Impressive.
My dad was a massive buffy fan when I was a kid x never watched it myself but maybe a few key bits of info made their way in 😂 x
One complaint. You missed my favorite song, and my favorite lin in a song. My favorite song is "Standing in Your Way." Under your spell is also a great song. Anthony Head and Amber Benson are the most talented in the group (and I believe trained). My favorite line is in "Walk Through the Fire" when Alyson Hannigan (Willow- and also Lily from HIMYM) had a solo in the part to make sure everybody cast member had a solo, and her's was "I think this line is mostly filler."
There was so much more I wanted to include x but TH-cam copyright seemed to be very specific and some songs if included would have blocked the whole video 😢 xx
Unfortunately this episode does rely quite a lot on what has happened before. You need to know a bit about the characters and the backstory to really get the most out of it. The 'previously on...' gives you a bit of information but not much.
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I would recommend a reaction to the two musical episodes of Xena Warrior Princess, but Universal is one that usually goes after any videos that they didn't officially post themselves. I have seen some Xena reactors get away with dialogue from the episodes, but not video. Still I'd recommend watching them some time, if you haven't seen them already. The first one is season three's The Bitter Suite with all original music. The second one, is Lyre, Lyre Hearts On Fire in season five, which has covers of songs. They had considered doing a third one in the final season, but couldn't clear all of the music rights for the songs they wanted to use in time.
Hinton Battle!!!
Nice reaction, but nobody hangs around long enough to hear the little Mutant Enemy guy sing his "Urgh Argh," and I feel that a shame.
Should watch Xena Warrior Princess musical episode seeing as it was the very 1st show to do a musical episode. It is Season 3 Episode 12 The Bitter Suite.
At first please excuse my horrible English, it's not my mother language. I really enjoyed[liked?] your video, but it was way to short.And I missed the song from Giles. I know some people think it's a bit cheese, but Anthony S.H. has such a good voice.
There was lots more I wanted to include x but TH-cam copyright was picky about certain bits of music/clips! X
Without Buffy there would be no Lucifer, no UA, no Supernatural etc etc... Buffy is the OG and BEST.
Hey I actually like those who look up to me Anthony Stewart in this particular song Giles she is worried about when we are going to sorry 5 minutes are you staying a good washer and I don't care if he is a good father picture he's good for puppies
you did not show Giles singing, thats just criminal. And thats really not a happy ending. But thats kind of the point.
I wanted to show Giles singing! xx But TH-cam copyright kept blocking the whole vid at that part xx
That kiss at the end might look like a good thing but if you know the show it's horribly bad news. Disaster waiting to happen.
Maybe try pausing before making a comment.
Hi Fabaret, are you gay? LOL Sorry for joking, I hope you aren't the offended type.
5 mins in your reaction is so good.
I hope you react to other things I like.
Being a year old I doubt you'll see this, but as a gay man can you spot the trans male to females in Hollywood? I wonder if you are fooled too?
I may watch you on something I don't like, you are fabulous.