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This one I had to go, and missed......so here we go with the scariest costume of all time......Pink, Fluffy Bunny........

TheyCallMeJeff

This is definitely one of my favorites. This episode is written by David Fury, who also wrote Helpless so he seems to be the go to guy for creepy episodes. Of course, Gachnar is is a metaphor for fear and its effect on us. The things we tend to fear are made out to be much bigger than what they actually are. This episode is clearly all about their own fears. Willow fears she cannot control the magic. Oz fears that he cannot control the wolf inside and that he might harm Willow as a result. Xander fears he's being left behind by his friends. Buffy fears abandonment from those she cares about. Don't get wrong, Season 2's Halloween is good but this episode is by far superior I think especially rewatch value. BTW, the guy that taunts Buffy in the basement is the same guy who was saying Arbor Day is the only holiday not about getting laid who also broke his neck falling down the stairs. This episode is definitely a ten for me. I think only the Wish, Doppelgangland, and Passion beat it up to this point (all three of those are tens).

Christine

This is a great episode ! I love Giles with that chainsaw breaking into the room at the end.

Amanda S

Wow, I've seen this episode several times... and not once did I consider that all those people might just be straight up dead lol.

Alexis Cardarella

So many good one liners in this. I think Willow’s fear was that she’ll be an inadequate witch! Great reaction!!

DJ Doena

26:52 Buffy: Thank the Lord. Oz: You're welcome. :-P

DJ Doena

If you watch / listen closely from 27:00 on you can notice that Xander "disappeared" long before anyone noticed.

Bisibia

You always catch things b4 they happen, so when that bloody head jump scared you in the mirror... that was satisfying lol

Katherine Thoreson

The title of the episode comes from a Franklin D. Roosevelt quote that says in part, we have nothing to fear but fear, itself. Meaning that the fear we build up for ourselves is often worse than the thing or event you are fearing. This fits with the episode because the house and everything they're going through ultimately turns out to be scarier than what's causing them, the tiny little fear demon. I loved your rant on Parker in the beginning and your going along with our guys that want to smack him. :D The lobster and gift couple aren't anything, just funny to see a couple having a typical argument but dressed up in halloween costumes.

Rachael

Interesting that David Fury wrote both of these episodes when Little Red Riding Hood was a theme (of graduating from childhood to adulthood) in "Helpless," and here, Buffy actually wears her childhood LRRH costume, which Joyce has to alter to make it fit almost-adult Buffy. I don't know what that means. Is Buffy clinging to childhood, or did she just want something practical to carry her weapons and an excuse to talk to mom?

Vicky N

This is one of the classics. For me too, it’s close to perfect. I can’t give it a ten because I reserve the highest score for the episodes that truly give me that emotional punch that Buffy is capable of. It is really enjoyable though and much deeper than it seems on first viewing. Also beneficial on repeated viewing is to catch all the little details like realizing when the scoobies stop hearing and seeing Xander. The first Halloween episode was about revealing your inner self, this one is about revealing your inner fears. And as President Roosevelt said as referred in the episode title, “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”. That’s also why the tiny demon gag at the end is not a simple dumb joke as you said but the expression of what this episode is saying all along. What we fear is made bigger in our mind and imagination because we fear it, once you are able to to confront you fears you realize that they are much less impressive that you thought. That’s what is great with Joss Whedon type of humor, not to make dumb jokes for the sake of it, but to make you laugh and at the same time think about thematic relevance. And Parker is a douche!