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EPISODE ESSENTIALS
Air date:
Episode number: 08
Season: 01
Writer(s): Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swydon
Director(s): Stephen Posey
Guest star(s): Robia LaMorte, Chad Lindberg & Jamison Ryan.

SYNOPSIS
Reading can be fun - unless there's a demon trapped in the book. Willow falls under a literate spell that hides out on the Internet and puts Buffy's life on the line.

[Untitled]
BOOK OF THE CORRUPTER

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 MONSTERS / BADDIES IN THIS EPISODE
Morloch - The Corupter - I, Robot...You, Jane
Name:
 Moloch - The Corrupter
Species:
 Demon
Powers:
 The ability to manipulate those around him by the power of seductive promises of "love, power and knowledge."
Physical characteristics:
 In Demon form he had two large curved horns.
Motivation:
 He was bound by the order of Kayless in a book until Willow released him into a computer and then the web by scanning the book. He wants to rule the world!
Fate:
 Killed by electrocution during a fight with the crafty Buffy.


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 REVELATIONS
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 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
  • At the end of the episode, Willow, Xander and Buffy cite examples of their recent romantic relationships: Willow and Malcolm (the cyber-pseudonym assumed by Moloch); Xander and Miss French (the praying mantis demon from "Teacher's Pet"); Buffy and Angel (vampire). Buffy concludes "Let's face it. None of us are ever going to have a happy, normal relationship."






  • Why don't all demons try to hijack cyberspace to take over the world?








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 SCOOBY GANG MONSTER SLAYING TALLY
[Untitled]
MONSTER TYPE LOCATION HOW WERE THEY SLAYED?

Demon (The Corrupter)
Factory
Electrocuted by Buffy


















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 MEMORABLE MOMENTS
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 BUFFY EPISODE TRIVIA
  • Xander punches out a scientist/engineer who had been detaining Willow in the room with Moloch. Afterward he exclaims, "I got to hit a guy!" This is a small victory for Xander, who is continually marginalized as the "regular guy" character.
  • Xander and Buffy get worked up over the unknown identity of "Malcolm" and recognize that he could be a dangerous criminal or social recluse. This leads Buffy to exclaim the frightening scenario, "Willow! Axe-murdered by a circus-freak!"
  • Pretty much any moment with the witty Miss Calendar.




  • This episode marks the arrival of the scathing wit of Miss Jenny Calendar.
  • CRD is a computer technology company that used to operate in, and employ a significant proportion of, Sunnydale.
  • Buffy's personal file with the school is brought up on screen in this episode, once by Moloch and then by Fritz, but the birth dates do not match: 24 October 1980 vs. 6 May 1979.
  • Buffy's school file also states that she is a senior in high school, but as the series progresses it is likely that she is actually a sophomore (Grade 10) in this (first) season.



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 QUOTES FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
  • "Besides I can just tell something is wrong, my spider sense is tingling." (Buffy)
  • "Colour in her cheeks, bounce in her step... I don't like it. It's not healthy." Xander, after Willow turns down his invitation to hang out at the Bronze so that she can spend the night chatting with "Malcolm"
  • "To read makes our speaking English good" (Xander to Miss Calander)
  • "OK, for those of us in our studio audience who are me, you guys are saying that Moloch is in this computer." (Xander)
  • "He's gone binary on us." (Buffy)
  • "Books smell, musty and rich but the knowledge gained from a computer, it has no texture, no context, it's there and then it's gone. If it's to last the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be....smelly" (Giles to Miss Calendar)
  • "I think I capped it with the nuclear missile thing." Buffy, after she and Giles come up with a laundry list of ways that Moloch could do serious damage despite being trapped in cyberspace.

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 MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
ARTIST SONG LISTEN SCENE






























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 EPISODE PHOTO GALLERY





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