7x22 Chosen

Episode Quotes

Mistakes/Goofs

• Goof (continuity error): As Buffy is fleeing through the halls of the high school, her axe/scythe changes orientation between shots.
• Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: During the final scenes, Faith is seen exiting the bus, then aboard assisting Robin, then again outside the bus.
• Goof (continuity error): Buffy's footwear changes from boots to shoes in the shot where she jumps off the bus onto the road.
• Goof (continuity error): During Buffy's speech, Andrew's position switches from standing in front of a window to sitting on a sofa near Xander from shot to shot.
• Goof (continuity error): As Buffy is running across the rooftops, the weather alternates from being overcast to clear skies between long shots and close-ups.

Trivia

• The sequence with the Mutant Enemy mascot, the little monster that goes "Grr Argh" at the end of all episodes, was changed for a total of six episodes: - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Becoming: Part 2 (#2.22)} it said, 'Oh, I need a hug." - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Amends (#3.10)} it wore a Santa hat and bells were jingling. - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Graduation Day: Part 2 (#3.22)} it wore a graduation cap. - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)} it sang its "Grr Argh." - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Storyteller (#7.16)} it sang, "We are as gods." - in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Chosen (#7.22)} it looked out at the viewers instead of looking straight-forward.
• The scene in which Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Giles stand and discuss what they'll do the next day, which ends with Giles saying to himself "The Earth is definitely doomed" is an homage to the very first storyline of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which takes place over the first two episodes of season 1. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {The Harvest (#1.2)} ends with Buffy, Xander, and Willow walking away talking about ways for Buffy to get herself kicked out of school, and Giles turns and mutters "The Earth is doomed".
• During the Dungeons and Dragons game between Andrew, Giles, and one of the potentials, reference is made to "Trogdor the Burninator" a character from Mike Chapman and Matt Chapman's HomestarRunner.com cartoons.
• According to visual effects supervisor Loni Peristere, the scenes of the cave filled with thousands of übervampires were created with various software tools. CG supervisor Andrew Orloff, says Peristere, wrote "a pretty powerful crowd duplication tool that incorporates motion capture data working with flocking locators on alterable terrain for any number of CG extras you might require. Maya's new toolset lets you can pick a square, decide how big that square is, decide how many digital people you want in that square, decide how randomly you want their movements and tell them where to go. It brings together a bound model, motion capture data and Maya's powerful character setups. You can also exchange whether those are sprites or full rez people. In that shot we started with a close-up and ended up with over 50,000 folks."
• While speaking at the Wizard World Chicago Convention in August, 2004, Joss Whedon revealed that he had planned to bring the character of Tara back from the dead at the end of Season 7. The episode would have centered around Buffy being granted one "life-altering" wish. Buffy would have struggled the whole episode trying to decide what she wanted to do with the wish (including, possibly, restoring Angel's humanity). The episode would have ended with Buffy telling Willow that she'd just gotten a great new pair of shoes, and when Willow asked her if she used up her wish on new shoes, Buffy would have said, "No, silly!" and stepped aside to reveal Tara. This plan was abandoned when Amber Benson, who played Tara, was unavailable for filming. However, some fans doubt how true this statement is, feeling that Joss wanted to simply please the fans.