Trivia / Buffy the Vampire Slayer S2E15 "Phases"

• Completely Different Title:
  • French: Pleine lune (Full moon)
  • Finnish: Täydenkuun Kirous (Curse of the Fullmoon)
  • German: Der Werwolfjäger (The Werewolf Hunter)
• Creator's Favorite Episode: Co-writer Rob Des Hotel stated in The Monster Book:
  "Phases" is probably my favorite episode of the five we wrote. Oz just has an ability to pinpoint what’s going on and make it sound absurd. I think there’s a sweetness to him. In "Phases", Willow comes up to him and says "Hi", and Oz says, “That’s what I was gonna say.”
• Deleted Scene: During self-defense class this exchange was cut:
  Xander: (to Cordelia) Be gentle with me.
  Cordelia: (to Willow) You're first. I wouldn't want to be accused of taking your place in line.
  Willow: Oh, I think you pushed your way to the front long before this.
  Cordelia: Hey, I can't help it if I get the spotlight just because some people blend into the background.
  Willow: Well, maybe some people could see better if you weren't standing on the auction block, shaking your wares.
  Cordelia: Sorry, we haven't all perfected that phony "girl next door" bit.
  Willow: You could be the girl next door, too. If Xander lived next to a brothel!

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