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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Witch”

This was one of the episodes to prove that this show would be about a lot more than vampires though I mostly think about it as the episode that introduced us to Amy Madison, a young teenager who aspired to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a cheerleader only to face considerable obstacles -- obstacles that a mysterious someone tried to remove through black magic.

I've gotten so used to seeing how the Amy Madison character appeared in more recent episodes that I forgot she was originally quite blonde. During the next few seasons, her hair color got darker and darker until it was a wonder that she did not have the same hair color as Cordelia. Of course,there were a few seasons when her character was supposedly stuck being a rat due to a self-inflicted spell. And interestingly enough, I've always been a bit curious why the show never focused more on how she adjusted to being human again after that. Oh, well. Writers...

Other thoughts:

Funny Xander. Treating Willow as just another girl-shaped guy to share guy thoughts with instead of as an actual girl.

Funny Buffy. Treating Xander almost the same way -- as a guy-shaped girl to share girl thoughts with.

Robin Riker played an especially good villainess. And her fate -- self-inflicted, of course -- still gives various online commentators nightmares.

Plus -- you know -- cheerleaders.

Buffy looked very cute in her cheerleader outfit. It was a darn shame that the show did not permit her to wear it more often.

Did I mention that this episode had cheerleaders?