CRZ decal - Nan, this ones for you!

There was some reflection on this one so I tried to block it out a bit. I toyed with the idea of putting "#1 CRZ fan" but it would have looked really cluttered.


Here is what it looks like from a distance.

I know these aren't the greatest photos, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Spike mocking Angel

Words just can't describe it.
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"Trogdor!!! Burninating the countryside..."

In "Chosen" (Buffy episode 7.22) Andrew refers to "Trogdor, the Burninator." Those who are familiar with HomestarRunner.com will recognize this reference to the "dragon man" created by the character Strong Bad.

Andrew is also shown wearing a Strong Bad t-shirt in Angel 5.20 and I know somewhere I've seen a photo of Joss in a Strong Bad shirt as well.

Noxon and Fury sing

Marti Noxon and David Fury (both writers for Buffy) each have cameos in the Buffy musical episode (6.7) "Once More With Feeling."

Marti Noxon - Girl who gets the parking ticket

David Fury - Guy who had a mustard stain removed

During a flashback to the musical in the episode "Selfless" (7.5) they make an off-screen appearance and sing about how to get a stain out of a shirt.

We're not in Kansas anymore...or Sunnydale either!

Buffy references to "The Wizard of Oz":

1.06 The Pack - Buffy refers to the hyena-possessed bullies (not including Xander) as "the winged monkeys"

1.10 Nightmares - The Scoobies are around young Billy Palmer's hospital bed when he awakens from his coma. He looks at them and says, "I had the strangest dream. And you were in it....and you..."

2.10 What's My Line (Part 2) - Xander says, "Welcome my little pretties" as the bug man (in buggy form) falls into Xander and Cordelia's trap.

4.20 The Yoko Factor - Willow says, "If ever a wiz there was" as she and Tara defend her computer skills to Spike.

5.05 No Place Like Home - see title of episode

6.22 Grave - Willow sends a ball of fire after Xander and Dawn with the instruction, "Fly my pretty. Fly!"

7.19 Empty Places - Rona states, "Ding, dong, the witch is dead" after what I refer to as the "mutiny scene" where Buffy is asked to leave the house.

And of course there's Seth Green's character of Daniel Osbourne...better known as Oz.

Season three was the only season in which I did not see a specific reference and I can't help but feel like I missed something. Please let me know if I have!

Five by Five

I have heard many Buffy fans question the meaning of the phrase, "five by five." Here are the three explanations I have come across:

1. 5 x 5 is used to indicate a square (this never made much sense to me)
2. It's a sniping term meaning the target is acquired and the shooter is ready. Supposedly this term became more widely used by cops and the military before finding it's way to tv and the general public.
3. In voice procedure (the techniques used to facilitate spoken communication over two-way radios) a station may request a report on the quality and strength of signal they are broadcasting. In the military of the NATO countries, and other organisations, the signal quality is reported on two scales; the first is for signal strength, and the second for signal clarity. Both these scales range from one to five, where one is the worst and five is the best. The listening station reports these numbers separated with the word 'by'. Five by five therefore means a signal which has excellent strength and perfect clarity - the most understandable signal possible.
   Five by five by extension has come to mean 'I understand you perfectly' in situations other than radio communication, the way Loud and Clear entered slang, post-WW2.

A combination of the first 2 is a possibility (perhaps a sniper scope is a 5 x 5 square...since I'm not a sniper, I do not know.) The third definition was found at wikipedia.

I'd love to hear any information or ideas that other people have regarding this. Especially if you're a sniper!

What am I doing here???

I just wanted somewhere to collect my thoughts and share information about Buffy which I find interesting. Perhaps others will too!

Many thanks to the "Not-So-Evil Trio" at CRZ for inspiring me to do this!