Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 1 Episode 3 Witch
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00:00Against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer
00:10This is madness, what can you have been thinking?
00:15You are the Slayer lives depend upon you.
00:20I make
00:21allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility and instead of which you would enslave yourself to this this
00:28Occult you don't like the color I
00:36Do you and do you ignore everything I say as a rule? No, I believe that's your trick. I
00:44Told you I'm trying out for the cheerleading squad
00:48You have a sacred birthright, but you were chosen to destroy vampires not to
00:54Wave pom-poms at people and as the watcher I forbid it
01:00And you'll be stopping me how
01:03what I
01:05By appealing to your common sense if such a creature exists. I
01:11Will still have time to fight the forces of evil. Okay, I
01:15Just want to have a life. I want to do something normal
01:19something safe
01:23I
01:54I
02:12Charles didn't approve
02:14Totally lost his water. We haven't seen a vampire in over a week
02:18I'd say you should get a girlfriend if he wasn't so old or behind you
02:23People scoff at things like school spirit, but we get these girls giving them all like this
02:30Who
02:32stretchy
02:33Where was I?
02:35You're pretending that seeing scantily clad girls and revealing postures was a spiritual experience. So that was pretending. Oh
02:43Hey
02:44Here's a good luck thing for tryouts. What's this? What's that? Well, how sweet?
02:50yours
02:52Always it came that way really they all said that
02:57Just look at that amber
03:00Who does she think she is a Laker girl? I heard she turned them down
03:05Okay, listen up. Let's begin with
03:10Amber Grove if you're not auditioning move off the floor Amy. Hi. Hi. I
03:18I didn't know you wanted to be a cheerleader. You lost a lot of weight had to
03:24Do you know Buffy? Hi. Hi. Oh
03:28How I hate this. Let me count the way
03:47You
03:53She turned with Benson
03:55He's one of the best coaches money for my
03:58They have cheerleading coaches. Oh, yeah, don't you have I train with my mom three hours in the morning three at night
04:06Hmm how much quality time with my mom would probably lead to some quality matricide. I know I told you
04:13But she's really great
04:17I
04:42And that's for the hyperbole
04:47Oh
05:06It's okay, it's okay you're gonna be okay
05:17You
05:47You
05:49You
05:51You
06:08You
06:11You
06:15I've been slaying vampires for more than a year now, and I have seen some pretty cringeworthy things
06:21But nobody's hands ever got toasted before
06:25imagine
06:27So this isn't a vampire problem no
06:32But it is funky right not of the norm quiet
06:37Spontaneous human combustion is is rare and scientifically unexplainable
06:41But there have been cases for hundreds of years usually all that's left is a pile of ashes
06:46That's all that would have been left if it hadn't been for Buffy. So we have no idea what cost us
06:53That's a comfort, but that's the thrill of living on the Hellmouth
06:58There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage
07:07Pardon me for finding the glass half-full any common denominators in cases of spontaneous combustion
07:13rage
07:14In most cases the person who combusted was was terribly angry or upset
07:20So maybe Amber's got this power to make herself be on fire
07:24It's like the human torch only it hurts
07:26I need to get the skinny on amber find out if she's had any colorful episodes before
07:31That means hacking illegally into the school's computer system at last something I can do I'll ask around about her
07:39You guys don't have to get involved. What do you mean?
07:41We're a team
07:43Aren't we a team? Yeah, you're the Slayer and we're like the Slayer rats
07:50Just don't like putting you guys in danger. I
07:53Laugh in the face of danger
07:55Then I hide until it goes away
07:58Okay, just walk softly at least until we know a little more I mean what if amber isn't causing these problems herself
08:06well, then we have to determine who or what did and
08:11Deal with it accordingly
08:21Hey, hi, how was school? Mmm a reverent joy
08:26What's all this that's for the tribal art display
08:31cool
08:35We had tryouts today, oh great. How'd it go? I
08:39Didn't actually get to try out. There was an accident
08:43Pretty fierce competition though. Oh, I know you'll do fine
08:47Keep on plugging just have to get back on the horse
08:50Mom yeah, what was it trying out for? Oh, uh
08:57Some activity I have no idea. I'm sorry
09:02That's okay. Your platitudes are good for all occasions. Oh
09:07I'm distracted
09:09Got a lot of inventory to go through here
09:12This is my gallery's first major show
09:14You know, it might not physically kill you to give me a hand here
09:25It was cheerleading, oh good, I'm glad you're taking that up again. It'll keep you out of trouble
09:31I'm not in trouble. No, not yet. I
09:35Mean you stopped cheerleading just before the trouble so it's good. You're going back. Oh
09:44Dear what
09:47Fertility statue. You don't need to see it
09:50you know
09:52There's this girl Amy and um, she changed with her mom like three hours a day. Uh-huh
09:58I mean, I don't know if she's in trouble or not, but I'm sure she's in a lot of trouble
10:02Her mom like three hours a day. Uh-huh. Sounds like her mom's pretty into it
10:08Sounds like her mom doesn't have a lot to do
10:20Jeepers
10:23Despite the terrible thing that happened yesterday. We still have to pick new cheerleaders
10:28If you make the team you'll find your names posted in the quad after lunch
10:34Let's begin with group performance
10:38One of my hands have to sweat when I get nervous don't worry you'll do great
10:59You saw that right that wasn't me you saw that right, right
11:16That's my mom no
11:20Catherine Madison get down with your bad self. Her nickname was Catherine the great
11:26She took that team and made them try County champions. You know, no one's ever done that before or since
11:32She and my dad were homecoming king and queen
11:35They got married right after graduation
11:38It's kind of romantic. Well, he was a big loser
11:42Never made any money
11:44Ran off with Miss trailer trash when I was 12
11:46Okay, that part's less romantic
11:50My folks split up to drag
11:54And he left my mom with nothing she put herself to cosmetology school
12:00Bought me everything I ever wanted
12:03And never once gained a single pound
12:07Uh, she sounds really great Amy
12:10It doesn't mean that you need to lock step as far as this cheerleading thing she was the best
12:17And I can't get my body to move like hers. I choked in there so bad. No, Amy you did fine
12:25I'm gonna get you wait. No. Hey, Amy
12:31Is she okay
12:33She's fine. She's fine. She's fine. She's fine
12:36Hey, Amy
12:39Is she okay? Oh, she's she's wigging about her mom the cheer queen back when
12:47Yeah, her mom's kind of nazi like
12:51Kyle
12:52If she gains an ounce, she padlocks the fridge and won't need anything but broth. So mommy dearest is really
13:00mommy dearest
13:01There's a bitter streak
13:03But amy's nice we used to hang in junior high
13:07When her mom would go on a broth kick amy'd come over to my house and we'd stuff ourselves with brownies
13:14Hey any word on amber
13:17Nothing thrilling
13:19Average student got detention once for smoking regular smoking with a cigarette not like being smoky
13:29All pretty normal
13:31So we just have to wait and see what happens maybe nothing will
14:02So
14:14I have a dream. It's me on the cheerleading squad adored by every varsity male as far as the eye can see
14:23We have to achieve our dreams amy otherwise we
14:28wither and die
14:30Look i'm sorry about
14:34If your supreme klutziness out there today takes me out of the running
14:39You're gonna be so very beyond. Sorry
14:44Have a nice day
14:47So
15:00I told buffy about amber cool. What's she wearing it?
15:04The bracelet she was wearing it, right? It's pretty much like we're going out
15:08Except without the hugging or kissing or her knowing about it. So i'm just a figure of fun
15:15I should ask her out, right? I won't know till you ask
15:20That's why you're so cool. You're like a guy
15:23You're my guy friend that knows about girl stuff
15:26Oh great
15:27i'm a guy
15:29Oh, hey, they're posting a list
15:37I can't take this. Yes
15:40Yes
15:42Cover me i'm going in
15:53You're lucky I made it oh I made it
16:00One of those girls hit me really hard we should test for steroids
16:04Okay, not only did you make the team but you miss summers are the first alternate and amy's number three
16:09And what a better way to celebrate than with a romantic drive through
16:13Xander alternates are the ones who didn't make the team. They only fill in if something happens to the ones who did
16:21Excuse me
16:24For I am xander king of cretins may all lesser cretins bow before me
16:30At least it's over
16:32And you know what? I think we should do about it brownie pig out my house after school
16:37It's just how many more hours a day can I practice
16:41You know how much more can I do?
16:44This would never happen to my mother
16:47Never
17:06So
17:17Give me the power
17:21Give me the dark
17:24I call on you laughing gods
17:29Let your blackness crawl beneath my skin
17:33I will let you in
17:37Except they sacrifice
17:41Cordelia
17:44Feed on her
18:02I have a little surprise for you. I found it's my yearbook from junior year
18:10Don't look there I am
18:16Mom i've accepted that you've had sex. I am not ready to know that you had farrah hair
18:21This is gidget hair. Don't they teach you anything in history?
18:25Well, it's really cool, but I got a book
18:28Well, I was thinking
18:31Maybe you should think about joining the yearbook staff. I did it. It was a lot of fun
18:37Not really my tip mom
18:40I was a photo editor
18:42I got to be on every page made me look much more popular than I was
18:46And have you seen the kids that do yearbook nerds pick on them?
18:51Some of the best times I had in school working on the yearbook
18:56Oh this just in i'm not you and i'm into my own thing your own thing
19:01Whatever it is got you kicked out of school and we had to move here to find a decent school that would take you
19:09Honey
19:14Oh great parenting form a little shaky on the dismount
19:25Cordelia you haven't been mean to me all day. Is it something i've done?
19:29Okay, see how she has no clue that i'm even a mammal much as a human being
19:33I see that this is the invisible man syndrome a blessing in cordelia's case
19:39curse and buffies
19:41You're not invisible to buffy. It's worse
19:44I'm, just a part of the scenery like an old shoe or a rug that you walk in every day
19:49But don't even really see it like a pen that's all chewed up and you know
19:54You should throw it away, but you don't not because you like it so much more because you're just used to well
20:00Yeah, that is the point. You don't have to drive it through my head like a railroad spike
20:05i've got to take your advice and
20:07Not beat around the bush
20:10Or I could be wrong. Maybe you should beat around the bush more
20:13Fuck
20:15No, I gotta be a man and ask her out
20:18You know, I gotta stop
20:20Giving her id bracelets, uh, settling you windows taking polaroids outside of her bedroom window late at night that last part of the joke
20:27It's relieved attention because here she comes
20:32Okay into battle I go would you ask her out for me
20:36No, man me battle
20:40Buffy
20:43Would you like to is that even cordelia's locker, huh?
20:47Oh, I don't know
20:49What i'm saying is accompany me friday night. I have to um
20:53We can make this up later. You don't mind, do you?
21:13So
21:27Nice of you to join us cordelia
21:29We didn't keep you waiting or anything. Did we it's your turn to drive? Okay people. Let's buckle up
21:35I don't want to drive today. Mr. Paul
21:38You flunked driver's ed twice already show me some moves or you'll be taking the bus to college
21:44Okay
21:50Okay, check the brake
21:53Check the mirror start the engine hello put the car in drive
22:04Let's move forward through the cones with a gentle even turn to the
22:14Right
22:41Everybody out
22:44Oh
23:08Oh my god, I can't see anything
23:11Oh god, what's happening? I can't see anything
23:19Witchcraft
23:20Blinding your enemy to disorient and disable them as is it's classic first vampires now witches
23:27No wonder you can still afford a house in sunnydale
23:30Why should someone want to harm cordelia? Maybe because they matter
23:36Did I say that
23:38and setting amber ablaze
23:41Those guys don't hang they're both cheerleaders
23:45Someone doesn't like cheerleading or likes it too much
23:49amy
23:50Amy, so you guys are leaning towards amy. She's desperate to get on that team
23:54I mean i've got this feeling she'd do just about anything to make her mom's dream come true
23:59Let me make sure I have this right
24:02This witch is casting horrible and disfiguring spells
24:06So that she can become a cheerleader
24:08I think you're underestimating the amount of pressure a parent can lay on you
24:13They're not a picture-perfect carbon copy. They tend to wig
24:17Cheerleading was kind of her mom's last hurrah. Look we still have to stop amy. We should grab her and I
24:23Think we should be sure she's the witch before we arouse her suspicions. She's
24:28She's capable of some very unpleasant things. Okay. All right, so
24:33You're in high school. You are desperate to make the team and please your mom
24:37So you turn to witchcraft
24:39What's the first thing you're gonna do?
24:41Check out the books on witchcraft
24:45No, no, that would be the last thing you would do you don't want to leave a paper trail forget that
24:50It'll just take a minute. We don't have a minute cheerleaders are in danger. Buffy's in danger
24:56You were the first dance in it. You are on the team now that cordelia is out
25:00You could be next we gotta get you to a safe house
25:03xander
25:05Yeah
25:07witches historic roots to modern practice
25:11checked out by alexander harris
25:13The pagan rites checked out by all right. All right. It's not what you think
25:19You like to look at the semi-nude engravings
25:23Oh, well, uh, I guess it is what you think. Have you all quite finished? We have to find a conclusive test
25:30Maybe something in here
25:33Yes, this should do it you'll need some of her hair
25:39a little quick silver and
25:42Some aqua fortis. Well, that's just mercury and nitric acid. You can get that in the science lab
25:48heat ingredients and apply to which
25:51If the spell has been cast in the previous 48 hours, which is skin turns blue
25:58And you'll need some eye of newt
26:01Those of you in track one may begin your dissections now
26:08Those of you in track two take your hydrochloric acid
26:12and your ammonium hydroxide
26:16and carefully
26:18Pour them into
26:21Your beakers now slow slow. I can't
26:25Capping one and being safe and you get eye of newt
26:32Now
26:33How's bluffy doing with the hair?
26:36Isn't this exciting? Oh, yeah
26:40amy help me, um, which is the
26:42Hydrochloric acid and which is the ammonium hydroxide?
26:47Well, the bottle that says hydrochloric acid is usually the hydrochloric acid
26:52With the bottles concept
26:55oops
27:21I'm gonna crush the water way part of the nice little witch
27:41All set
27:43Do you have a plan?
27:45Spill it on her try and make it look natural
27:48Right behind you only
27:50further back
27:52Michonne, can you tell me why these chemicals have this reaction?
28:00Are you oh my god
28:20Hmm
28:22Did you see
28:23Amy was freaked out as the rest of us. So it's not her the test was positive
28:28She's our sabrina. I just don't think she realizes what she's doing. Well, should we talk to her?
28:34Maybe we should talk to her mother. I wonder if she knows what she's created
28:50So
29:05Where are you
29:13Another productive day in front of the tv
29:16I got a history report due tomorrow
29:22Write it
29:29I should be on that team by now
29:32But instead miss buffy and friends are sneaking around stealing bits of my hair
29:46I'll be upstairs
30:16Oh
30:23Oops
30:32Macho macho man. I want to be a macho man much. Oh, hey juice
30:40Oh
30:44Quality juice not from concentrate
30:46You're in a good mood. I am i'm on the squad
30:49Which is great because I feel like cheering and leading others to cheer. Oh, hey juice
30:56Listen, honey about yesterday. I really that is totally ester
31:00Besides it's not like you were wrong, you know, I did get kicked out of school
31:05I'm just wacky that way still I just want you to know that despite the problems you've had mom
31:12You just don't get it and believe me. You don't want it
31:17You know, there are just some things about being a vampire slayer that the older generation
31:23It's a long story. Muffy. Are you feeling long? What? Oh, i'm i'm fine, you know
31:29Well, like I can't be in a good mood is it like a new house rule fine, you know, that's just fine fine fine because
31:36I'm a macho macho, man
31:39I want to be a macho man
31:42Macho macho, man
31:45I want to be
31:49Five six seven eight
31:51So
32:21Get it together buffy we have a game in less than four hours
32:40Is it me or is buffy a bit looped
32:47You better get her out of there
32:51Yeah before she
32:56Hurt someone
33:01Did I do that
33:03You are so out of here. It's not her fault. She's on medication. Obviously not enough. Who's our next ultimate?
33:12Oh
33:13Amy you just made cheerleader. No, no, no, you don't want her. She's a woman
33:20A wise choice indeed
33:26She's a witchy puffy
33:29I just got kicked off the team. Didn't I? I don't think it was your fault
33:33I know you don't that's because you're my friend
33:36You're my dander shaped friend
33:39Do you have any idea why I love you? So xander you gotta get her to let her speak i'll tell you
33:46You're not like other boys at all
33:49Well, you are totally and completely one of the girls. I'm not comfy with him
33:56That's great
33:57Any other guy would give me a bracelet. They'd
34:00want to date me it'd be like a
34:04Oh
34:06I I don't feel so good buffy
34:12You've got to get her to a hospital
34:14They can't help her
34:16This is a bloodstone vengeance spell
34:18Hits the body hard like a
34:21quart of alcohol and then just eradicates the immune system
34:25Vengeance felt like she's trying to get even with buffy because she knows I know she's a witch
34:29Yeah that she just wanted out of the running you she intends to
34:34Kill how much time do we have? Oh, i'm sure truth
34:42Please
34:45A couple of hours three at most. Well, how do we reverse the spell?
34:50well, i've been researching that and uh, we can reverse all the spells if um,
34:56We can just lay our hands on on amy's spell book
35:00And if we can't get a hold of it
35:02Well, the other way is to cut the witch's head off show of hands
35:07It's not amy's fault
35:09She only became a witch to survive her mother look I don't care why I just care that you go home breathing
35:16Giles, where would you be casting these spells? No, she needs a sacred space of a pentagram
35:23large pot her home
35:25Okay, help me up
35:29We'll just go to her house
35:32And we'll get her book. Okay, we'll go with you
35:35No
35:37You guys stay here and keep an eye on amy and keep her away from the science lab. We'll need it to cast our counter spells
36:07So
36:19Who are you um, is there something wrong mrs. Madison, we need to talk to you about your daughter i'm not allowed
36:26You'll have to come back later
36:29Excuse me. What?
36:32All right
36:34Um in here
36:36Your daughter is meddling with something very dangerous. Are you aware of that?
36:39I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, I think you know only too well
36:43You've got to go
36:45She's going to be home soon. And you this girl is very sick
36:48Now you will shut up and you will listen to me
36:51your daughter has access to some very powerful magics and somehow your
36:55Obsession with cheerleading. I don't care about cheerleading
37:00It's not my fault she's doing stuff
37:03As her mother you should assume some responsibility for her actions
37:08Well, you know these kids today
37:14She's out of her mind
37:17Ever since dad her dad left. I can't control her. You're afraid of her amy
37:23Amy
37:29Are you amy
37:31I don't understand
37:34She switched
37:37She switched your bodies, didn't she?
37:43Good lord, she wanted to relive her glory days
37:50She said I was wasting my youth
37:54So she took it
38:04I didn't know anything about her powers
38:08I mean when dad was here, they would fight and yell and he would
38:13call her a witch and
38:15I mean, I just thought he meant
38:18Oh god when he left I wanted to go with him
38:21But she wouldn't even let me call
38:24She went crazy. I mean she'd lock herself upstairs for days and she was always coming down on me
38:31Telling me I didn't deserve to have it so easy and then I didn't know
38:35How hard it was to be her
38:40I guess she showed me, huh?
38:46Amy it's gonna be okay
38:51A few months ago, I woke up in her bed
38:58I didn't know where I was
39:01Then I looked in the mirror
39:04She locked herself upstairs where?
39:14She finds out i've been here she'll kill me
39:20So
39:37I believe we can reverse your mother's spell
39:40We were all of them in fact you could
39:44Really you could
39:45You need to find her books
39:48That'd be specific
39:51Volumes she'd need for this kind of casting
39:59Collect those dolls
40:07Nice kitty
40:12Let's see what you were carting
40:17Oh, yes
40:21Ah, this is it
40:27Do we find we found
40:35Where are you going go to school and you're coming with us
40:50So
41:20No
41:24I'm gonna stop this promise
41:39How is she
41:42I have a few minutes left
41:50Is
42:21So
42:27Right, here we go
42:32The center is dark
42:34Centrum est obscurus
42:37darkness breathes
42:39inebri respiratis
42:41the listener hears
42:47Hear me
42:50Two three four five six seven eight
43:08It's working
43:13Unlock the gate let the darkness shine cover us with holy fear show me
43:21So
43:47Amy what's your problem?
43:50Oh
44:07She's coming
44:12Amy get out of my way. I I need to talk to you. I can help you help me
44:20With what?
44:21Well, well, you know all your witchcraft
44:25I I know this really good cauldron. Do you actually ride a broom?
44:44The gate is closed receive the dark
44:47Dark release the unworthy take of mine energy and be sated
45:12Release the unworthy
45:18So
45:26Release
45:29Release
45:41Release
45:48Huh
46:03Buffy amy
46:18You
46:20You
46:22You little brat
46:25Mom, please
46:31How dare you raise your hand to your mother
46:34I gave you birth. I gave up my life so you could drag that worthless carcass around and call it living
46:43You've never been anything but trouble
46:46I'm going to put you where you can make trouble again. Guess what? I feel better
46:59That body was mine mine. Oh grow up
47:05Grow up
47:15I shall look upon my enemy
47:20I shall look upon her and the dark place will have her soul
47:29Korshet
47:35Ah
48:01Well, that was um interesting
48:05I
48:09The guy's okay i'm fine
48:13I assume the uh
48:15All the spells are reversed. It was my first casting. So
48:19I may have got it wrong. You saved my life
48:23You were a god. Well, I didn't think you'd pull it off. I got her. I got her cut her head off. Xander
48:28What are you doing?
48:30Saving you
48:32Get your hands off of her
48:35But she's evil it wasn't exactly her I was my mom
48:42Oh, where is she? Hey willow, it's cool
48:47It is yeah, I took care of it
48:58I don't get it
49:01But
49:03I've been doing a lot of thinking about
49:06Where you're coming from
49:08How to relate to you
49:10And i've come to a very simple conclusion
49:12I don't get it
49:14I'm inscrutable, huh?
49:17You're 16
49:20I think there's a a biological imperative whereby I can understand you because i'm not 16
49:28Do you ever wish you could be 16 again
49:30Oh
49:33That's a frightful notion go through all that again
49:38Not even if it helped me understand you
49:42I love you
49:50I don't get it
49:51My dad is so impossible
49:55He doesn't ever want me going anywhere
49:57He wants to spend total quantity time together and i'm like dad I can go out it's perfectly safe
50:04But he's got all this guilt about leaving me with my mom and he's being a total pain. You're loving it
50:11every single minute
50:14This saturday night he wants to stay in and make brownies. Well, the brownies were my idea
50:21Yeah
50:23Hey, i'm, really sorry you guys got bumped back to alternate
50:28Hold it wait
50:30No, i'm not. Well, I know that i'll miss the intellectual thrill of spelling out words in my arms
50:37These crepes are sour
50:40Oh, i'm, sorry
50:42I forgot that you wanted to be on the squad. Oh, hey, that's okay cheerleading just a little too hairy for me these days
50:50That's for sure
50:54Catherine the great
50:57And there's been no sign of her
51:00that last spell
51:02She said i'd never make trouble again
51:05However, she is I don't think we'll have to worry
51:12Twisted
51:16I'm just happy to have my body back
51:19thinking of getting fat
51:21You know, I hear that looks good for spring
51:49So
52:14Grr hard