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Episode: 01x12
Title: Prophecy Girl
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 4V12
First Aired: Jun. 02, 1997

Season 1 » Episode #12 - Prophecy Girl

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 01x12 Prophecy Girl

Summary: Giles reads about an ancient prophecy which states that Buffy will face the Master and die, thus setting him free from his underground prison. Buffy finds out about this by overhearing a secret conversation between Angel and Giles, and reacts by deciding to abandon her slayer duties. However as more signs of the end of the world keep appearing, Buffy realizes that she must face the Master.

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01x12 Prophecy Girl (45:18) (Full Episode)

Clip: Dead But Still Pretty (3:11)

Clip: She's Dead (2:05)

Three In One Night (00:56)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

The Master	played by Mark Metcalf
Jenny Calendar	played by Robia LaMorte
Collin	played by Andrew J. Ferchland
Kevin	played by Scott Gurney

Episode Quotes

Season 1 / Episode 12: - Prophecy Girl

The Master: Where are your jibes now? Will you laugh when my Hell is on earth?
Buffy: You're that amped about Hell? [grabs him by the throat] Go there.

Season 1 / Episode 12: - Prophecy Girl

Buffy: It's getting hairy out there Giles. I killed three vampires last night, one of them was practically on school grounds.
Rupert Giles: Their numbers are increasing.
Buffy: And they're getting cockier. Look, I'm not loving it. Last night was a pretty close call.
Rupert Giles: Yes.
Buffy: Giles, care? I'm putting my life on the line battling the undead. Look, I broke a nail, okay? I'm wearing a press-on. The least you could do is exhibit some casual interest. You could go "hmmh".
Rupert Giles: Hmmh?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: SPOILER: When the Master falls onto the table at the end of the episode, it breaks through the middle of his ribcage. When the skeleton is shown after everyone leaves, the ribcage is repaired.
CONT: When Willow, Jenny, and Cordelia are closing the door of the library to shut out the vampires, the doors are shown being shut from their point of view. But when it goes to the vampires point of view, the right door shuts again.
CONT: After Buffy falls into the water, Angel rushes to her body huffing and puffing. Thirty seconds later, when Xander proposes CPR, Angel tells Xander that he has to do it "because I don't have any breath".
CONT: When Buffy goes down to stop the Master, he kills her and throws her into some water. She lands with her arms underneath her and her hair tied in a ponytail. When Angel and Xander find her, her hair is loose and she has her arms out to her sides.

TRIVIA

The massive demon coming out of the Hellmouth at the end of "Prophecy Girl" had to be frightening, but the budget didn't allow for computer-generated images. The masterminds at Optic Nerve ended up making tentacle "costumes". Each of the tentacles has a human being inside, manipulating from within.
Originally, another sign of the impending apocalypse was going to be stones raining down on Sunnydale High. It was cut out due to budget costs.

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