History Trivia / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: "Under Your Spell" would have been a duet. As mentioned below, Alyson Hannigan didn't want to sing. It ends up working better when Tara is singing it solo and becomes Foreshadowing when she realizes that Willow literally enspelled her, and is horrified on realizing it.

* ActingForTwo: The same actors played the dancing vampires and demon in "Going Through The Motions", the dancing street sweepers while Xander, Anya and Giles are walking down the street, and the puppet minions.

* ActingForTwo: The same actors played the dancing vampires and demon in "Going Through The Motions"the dancing street sweepers while Xander, Anya and Giles are walking down the street, and the puppet minions.

* ActingForTwo: The same actors played the dancing vampires and demon in "Going Through The Motions" and the dancing street sweepers while Xander, Anya and Giles are walking down the street. If you look closely, they do the same dance.

* CreatorBacklash: Inverted. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar hated the preparation for the episode and became very anxious about singing. However, she loved the finished episode and said she was glad she did it, though she also said she never wanted to do it again. In fact, Sarah accepted the lead role in the short lived series ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' on the condition that the show did not feature a MusicalEpisode.

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: "Under Your Spell" would have been a duet. As mentioned below, Alyson Hannigan didn't want to sing. It ends up working better when Tara is singing it solo and becomes {{Foreshadowing}} when she realizes that Willow literally enspelled her, and is horrified on realizing it.
* WagTheDirector: "Under Your Spell" was supposed to be a duet between Willow and Tara. Creator/AlysonHannigan wasn't comfortable with her singing and she requested to not have many sung moments. As a result, Willow has no solos or duets. Hanigan was surprised to discover how well her voice sounded and regretted not singing more.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lorne from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was rumoured to make a cameo appearance.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JossWhedon and Nicholas Brendon named this as one of their favourite episodes. Creator/JamesMarsters [[https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/4xpx4g/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-actors-and-experts-on-their-favourite-buffy-episode named it as his favourite]].

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JossWhedon and Nicholas Brendon named this as one of their favourite episodes.

* CreatorBacklash: Inverted. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar hated the preparation for the episode and became very anxious about singing. However she loved the finished episode and said she was glad she did it. Although she also said she would be glad to ''not'' do it again. In fact, Sarah accepted the lead role in the short lived series ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' on the condition that the show did not feature a MusicalEpisode.

* WagTheDirecor: "Under Your Spell" was supposed to be a duet between Willow and Tara. Creator/AlysonHanigan wasn't comfortable with her singing and she requested to not have many sung moments. As a result, Willow has no solos or duets. Hanigan was surprised to discover how well her voice sounded and regretted not singing more.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Inverted. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar hated the preparation for the episode and became very anxious about singing. However she loved the finished episode and said she was glad she did it. Although she also said she would be glad to ''not'' do it again. In fact, Sarah accepted the lead role in the short lived series ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' on the condition that the show did not feature a MusicalEpisode.
** Also inverted with Creator/AlysonHannigan, as she thought herself to be a bad singer and was surprised at how good her voice sounded in the episode.

* ActorInspiredElement: The tempo of "Bunnies" was inspired by how Emma Caulfield would sometimes sing to Creator/JossWhedon on set.

* TheCastShowoff: Played straight with several of the cast, particularly Creator/JamesMarsters, Creator/AnthonyStewartHead and Creator/AmberBenson (all three of whom are trained or professional singers; Marsters used to sing and play guitar in a rock band called Ghost of The Robot, Head has recorded several albums in England, and both Amber and Marsters guested on one of them), who get to show off their impressive pipes. Benson and Michelle Trachtenberg also display their dancing skills. Inverted with Willow having almost no singing lines on her own; (Creator/AlysonHannigan specifically requested she be given as few lines as possible, because she considered herself a bad singer; "Under Your Spell" was originally written as a duet.) Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg also made this request, though when she's singing more in her natural alto during the verses of "Where Do We Go From Here?" instead of the falsetto she used previously, her voice is much stronger. Hannigan was reportedly quite surprised by how good her voice sounded in the final version, and regretted not singing more.

** Inverted. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar hated the preparation for the episode and became very anxious about singing. However she loved the finished episode and said she was glad she did it. Although she also said she would be glad to ''not'' do it again. In fact, Sarah accepted the lead role in the short lived series ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' on the condition that the show did not feature a musical episode.

* AmbiguousSituation: "Something to Sing About" can be read as either Sweet forcing Buffy to dance to death (that is his entire schtick) or as Buffy trying to commit suicide-by-demon. Spike saving her by stopping ''Buffy'' rather than attacking Sweet [[{{Applicability}} could be taken to suggest the latter.]]

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: According to Creator/JamesMarsters at Dragon-Con 2012, the main cast were initially convinced the episode was a disaster in the making, but when it became clear they weren't getting out of it, they collectively decided to try their best to make it work and ended up very satisfied with the finished episode.

* CreatorInJoke: The line "Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday" references that the show aired on Tuesday nights.

* ScullyBox: When Willow and Tara are walking over the bridge in "I'm Under Your Spell", you can see that Creator/AlysonHannigan is wearing high heels to minimize the almost three inch height difference between her and Amber Benson.

** Inverted. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar hated the preparation for the episode and became very anxious about singing. However she loved the finished episode and said she was glad she did it. Although she also said she would be glad to ''not'' do it again. In fact, Sarah accept the lead role in the short lived series ''Series/{{Ringer}}'' as long as the show did not feature a musical episode.

** According to statements made by Creator/JamesMarsters at Dragon-Con 2012, this inversion was the general sentiment among the cast; they were initially convinced the episode was a disaster in the making, but when it became clear they weren't getting out of it, they collectively decided to try their best to make it work, and ended up very satisfied with the finished episode.