1.10 Nightmares

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Pop Culture References

Willow: "Why is she so Evita-like"
Reference to the complex Eva Peron, the loved/hated wife of the then Argentine president

Xander: "You saw two-hundred insects - you Gonzoed"
Gonzo is a manic Muppet Show puppet, who spends a lot of time freaking out!

Xander: "Red Alert"
Although I suppose this is really a military phrase, Xander is probably using it in it's Star Trek context.

When Billy wakes from his coma, he looks in slight confusion at Buffy & co standing round his hospital bed. He says "I had the strangest dream! And you were in it, and you..."
This is a direct quote, in similar context, from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz - the Christmas classic starring Judy Garland.

Nitpicks

• How come Buffy can walk around safely in daylight after she's been turned in to a vampire? And why is she still trying to save the day, instead of just biting everybody? I suppose this is possibly allowable, as this is only a nightmare and normal rules don't necessarily apply.
• Buffy's gravestone reads 1981-1997. In I Robot, You Jane Buffy's birth date is show alternately as October 1980 and May 1979. All told, this puts her anywhere between 15 and 18 at this point, although we later learn (Prophecy Girl)that she is 16.