Talk:The Gift (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Untitled
Please help complete the Angel/Buffy episode articles. See what needs to be done on this sub-page of WikiProject Buffy:

WikiProject Buffy/Episodes

Also please help update any major changes made to episode articles on that page so that progress can be mapped.

________________________________________________________

Anya's Death
There's this persistent bit of trivia about how Anya was originally intended to die in this episode, but she moved in the shot, so Joss was forced to keep her alive. It stems from this comment at Nocturnal N3K:
 * "Y'know, she was supposed to die and I wasn't really paying attention to
 * the footage and he was supposed to be carrying her dead body and she kept
 * looking up, so she outsmarted me this time!"

Which seems like an obvious joke to me. The shooting script says:
 * "Xander carrying Anya, who looks out of danger, but clearly as stricken as the rest."

--Nalvage 22:07, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Unless he says somewhere else that it's not true, it has every reason to be on the list. Although it should be edited to show it may be a joke.--Jacobshaven3 07:30, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Buffy522.jpg
Image:Buffy522.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 19:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Dawn stops being the key
Dawns origin becomes important again when Willow becomes evil and needs fresh energy. She threatens to kill Dawn in order to make her "a small energy ball" again. I think this makes fairly clear that Dawn still is the key. Other opinions?GWater (talk) 19:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Our opinions are irrelevant. What reliable sources can we cite for any such analysis and deduction? ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Problems

 * Olaf's hammer is used to injure Glory; it had been previously used against Xander though he demonstrates no injuries from it.

---

I thought Xander demonstrated a broken arm from the hammer.


 * When the group is leaving to go fight Glory, Tara turns to Giles and shouts, "Killer!" foreshadowing Giles's murder of Ben later in the episode.

I don't remember this at ALL. Lots42 (talk) 13:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * If I remember rightly, she says, "You're a killer!... this is all set down", or something along those lines. --Nalvage (talk) 14:20, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Emmy "Win"
Although we all love Buffy and love to see it get some due recognition, let's keep it encylopedic. This episode did NOT win an Emmy. The win was for an online poll done as a publicity stunt. Look up 60th primetime Emmy results and you'll see that there's no such award as "Television's Most Memorable Moment." Although I do believe myself that online polls says a lot more than a bunch of people on the emmy voting committee does, that's just how life is. 128.12.90.195 (talk) 00:19, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Series Finale Issue
The "arc significance" section claims that this episode was intended to serve as the series finale, but I'm pretty sure that claim is untrue, and at the least, it's too strongly worded. As I remember it (and of course it's been years and years since thie episode first aired - my God, the years) everyone was pretty sure that the show would be picked up somewhere else, but conceded the slight possibility that it may be the series finale. To say that it was intended to serve as the end of the show is wrong. Anyway, there's no citation for that claim, either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.37.250.77 (talk) 03:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Granted I am nearly 8 years late on this argument, but I would still like to add to it. It seems that when the episode originally aired, (the years indeed) production seemed to anticipate the end of the show. Cause the episode opens as every episode does with "Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer..." and shows a ton of clips, so many that they are eventually shown in super speed. Almost like its a summary of the entire first 5 seasons of the show. Why isn't this mentioned anywhere on in the article, by the way? Aidensdaddy2k9 (talk) 07:20, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Death wish
The foreshadowing bit doesn't make sense. Anyone will be pissy if they were yanked out of heaven. Lots42 (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

the hardest thing

 * Dawn repeats Buffy's words to her from the episode Once More, with Feeling (season 6, episode 7, delivered by Buffy after the song "Something to Sing About" and just before "Where Do We Go from Here"). Standing on the stage at The Bronze, Dawn looks to Buffy and says "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."

I'm going to change the first part to "Dawn will quote Buffy's last words to her in 'OMWF'". Meanwhile I'm puzzled by the parenthesis. What is "delivered by Buffy"? —Tamfang (talk) 03:32, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on The Gift (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234446/http://slayageonline.com/essays/slayage9/Marshall.htm to http://slayageonline.com/essays/slayage9/Marshall.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 11:32, 13 January 2018 (UTC)