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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Episode Information

Title:

Fear, Itself

Episode Number:

Season:

Season Episode #.:

Production Number:

4ABB04

Original Airdate:

Tuesday October 26th, 1999

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Episode Crew
Director:	Tucker Gates
Writer:	David Fury

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Episode Summary

When Buffy and her friends decide to check out a fun haunted house on Halloween night, they discover that the house actually is haunted, with them trapped inside it.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Kristine Sutherland	played	Joyce Summers	Recurring (36th appearance)
•Marc Blucas	played	Riley Finn	Recurring (second appearance)
•Emma Caulfield	played	Anya	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Adam Kaufman	played	Parker Abrams	Recurring (third appearance)
•Lindsay Crouse	played	Maggie Walsh	Recurring (second appearance)
Co-Guest Stars
•Marc Rose	played	Josh
•Sulo Williams	played	Chaz
•Aldis Hodge	played	Masked Teen
•Walter Jones	played	Edward
•Adam Bitterman	played	Gachnar
•Michele Nordin	played	Rachel
•Adam Grimes	played	Lobster Boy
•Darris Love	played	Hallmate
•Larissa Reynolds	played	Present Girl

Main Cast

•Sarah Michelle Gellar	played	Buffy Anne Summers
•Nicholas Brendon	played	Alexander "Xander" Harris
•Alyson Hannigan	played	Willow Rosenberg
•Anthony Stewart Head	played	Rupert Giles
•Seth Green	played	Daniel "Oz" Osbourne

Episode Notes

This episode scored a 5.8/9 in the ratings.

This episode ranked 2nd out of 15 WB shows for the week.

This episode scored a 4.1 in the national rating.

Ranked 89 out of 137 prime time shows.

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•28 Days	LA Tune
•Third Grade Teacher	Ow Ow Ow
•Verbena	Pretty Please

Episode Quotes

Buffy: Will, let's be realistic here, okay? Your basic spells are usually only about 50/50.
Willow: Oh, yeah? Well... so's your face!

Giles: (reading from the book) "The summong spell of Gachnar can be shut down in one of two ways. Destroying the mark of Gachnar..."
(Buffy punches through the floor, tearing up boards with the symbol on it)
Giles: "...is not one of them and will, in fact, immediately bring forth the fear demon itself."

Buffy: This is Gachnar?
Xander: Big overture. Little show.
Gachnar: I am the dark lord of nightmares. The bringer of terror! Tremble before me. Fear me!
Willow: He... He's so cute!
Gachnar: Tremble!
Xander: Who's the little fear demon? Come on, who's the little fear demon?
Giles: Don't taunt the fear demon.
Xander: Why, can he hurt me?
Giles: No. It's just... tacky.

Buffy: There is no problem that cannot be solved by chocolate.
Willow: I think I'm gonna barf.
Buffy: Except that.

Giles: Bloody hell! The inscription.
Buffy: What's the matter?
Giles: I should've translated the Gaelic inscription underneath the illustration of Gachnar.
Buffy: What's it say?
Giles: "Actual size."

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Joss Whedon
• Executive Producer	Joss Whedon

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