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As Cordelia prepares to become May Queen, she is distracted by an assault on those close to her. Discovering the culprit is an invisible girl whose condition came from being ignored by those around her, Buffy and friends must set aside their differences with Cordelia in order to protect her from a revenge plot.
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x11 Production Number: 4V11 Airdate: Monday May 19th, 1997 Network: The WB |
Main Cast
Episode Notes
This episode ranked 6th out of 12 WB shows for the week.
An alternate title for this episode was "Invisible Girl". The one listed is the most commonly used title.
This episode scored a 2.4 in the fast nationals.
This is the first episode where Cordelia realizes that the paranormal really does exist, and it will lead her to get more involved with Buffy and her friends in future episodes.
Clea DuVall will work again with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the 2004 horror film, The Grudge.
The scene in the library between Giles and Angel is the first time the two charaters meet.
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Jean-Sébastien Bach | Siciliano |
Episode Quotes
Principal Snyder: There are no dead students here... this week.
Giles: It's a bit of a puzzle, really. I've never actually heard of anyone attacked by a lone baseball bat before.
Xander: Maybe it's a vampire bat. (everyone just stares at him) I'm alone with that one, huh?
Xander: Maybe it's a vampire bat. (everyone just stares at him) I'm alone with that one, huh?
Xander: I would give anything to be able to turn invisible! Well, I wouldn't use my powers to beat people up, but I'd use my powers to protect to the girls' locker room.
Willow: "Have a nice summer". "Have a nice summer". This girl had no friends at all.
Giles: Uh, once again I teeter at the precipice of the generation gap.
Buffy: "Have a nice summer" is what you write when you have nothing to say.
Xander: It's the kiss of death.
Giles: Uh, once again I teeter at the precipice of the generation gap.
Buffy: "Have a nice summer" is what you write when you have nothing to say.
Xander: It's the kiss of death.
Cordelia: (to Buffy) I know that you share this feeling that we have for each other, deep down...
Willow: Nausea?
Willow: Nausea?
Cordelia: This is all about me! Me, me, me!
Xander: Wow. For once, she's right.
Xander: Wow. For once, she's right.
Cordelia: (to Buffy) Because you're always around when all this weird stuff is happening. And I know you're very strong, and you've got all those weapons. I was kind of hoping you were in a gang.
Giles: (about Cordelia being in the library) You know, I... I don't recall ever seeing you here before.
Cordelia: Oh, no, I have a life.
Cordelia: Oh, no, I have a life.
Episode Goofs
During the scene where Buffy and her friends are having lunch, Xander alternates between eating a sandwich and then to not having a sandwich as the shots change.
When Buffy tries to save Cordelia from Marcy and falls, she lands on her back and rolls over on her side. However in the next shot she is still shown lying on her back.
Cultural References
Cordelia: My eyes are hazel, Helen Keller.
This is a reference to Helen Keller, a girl born in 1880 who by the age of 2 was both blind and deaf. Thanks to an extraordinary teacher, Anne Sullivan, Helen learned to communicate and speak and went on to live a long healthy life, living 88 years.
This is a reference to Helen Keller, a girl born in 1880 who by the age of 2 was both blind and deaf. Thanks to an extraordinary teacher, Anne Sullivan, Helen learned to communicate and speak and went on to live a long healthy life, living 88 years.
Buffy: It's pretty much "Crush! Kill! Destroy!"
This is a reference to a robot in the 1960s sci-fi show Lost in Space, who is famous for using that line. Buffy uses it to imply that monsters aren't exactly known for trying to send messages.
This is a reference to a robot in the 1960s sci-fi show Lost in Space, who is famous for using that line. Buffy uses it to imply that monsters aren't exactly known for trying to send messages.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Joss Whedon |
| • Executive Producer | Kaz Kuzui | Fran Rubel Kuzui | Gail Berman | Sandy Gallin | Joss Whedon |
| • Co-Executive Producer | David Greenwalt |
| • Producer | Gareth Davies (1) |
| • Co-Producer | David Solomon | Joseph M. Ellis |
| • Production Designer | Steve Hardie |
| • Editor | Skip MacDonald |
| • Casting | Marcia Shulman |
| • Unit Production Manager | Joseph M. Ellis |
| • First Assistant Director | Kenneth D. Collins (1) |
| • Second Assistant Director | Mark Hansson (1) |
| • Music Editor | Celia Weiner |
| • Costume Designer | Susanna Puisto |
| • Hairstylist | Jeri Baker Sadler |
| • Key Grip | Tom Keefer |
| • Camera Operator | Russ McElhatton |
| • Set Decorator | David A. Koneff |
| • Location Manager | Jordana Kronen |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Robert Ellis (2) |
| • Property Master | Ken Wilson (2) |
| • Construction Coordinator | Daniel Turk |
| • Production Sound Mixer | David Kirschner (1) |
| • Script Supervisor | Lesley King |
| • Production Coordinator | Susan R. Ellis |
| • Assistant Editor | Kristopher Lease |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Cindy Rabideau |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Jon Taylor (2) | Kevin Burns (2) | Todd Orr |
| • Leadman | Gustav Gustafson |
| • Director of Photography | Michael Gershman |
| • Story Editor | Dean Batali | Joe Reinkemeyer | Rob des Hotel | Matt Kiene |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Jeff Smolek |
| • Art Director | Carey Meyer |
| • Assistant Production Coordinator | Claudia Alves |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Brian Wankum |
| • Costume Supervisor | Rita Salazar |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Glen Campbell (3) |
| • Main Title Design | Montgomery/cobb |
| • Chief Lighting Technician | Larry Kaster |
| • Score | Walter Murphy |
| • Assistant | R. D. Price | Marc D. Alpert | George Snyder |
| • Makeup Artist | Todd McIntosh |
| • Special Effects Make-up | Optic Nerve Studios | John Vulich |
| • Visual Effects | Area 51 |
| • Theme By | Nerf Herder |
| • Production Auditor | Edwin L. Perez |
| • Supervising Animator | Scott Wheeler (2) |
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