From the play and later movie of the same name. The character
Evita is based on Eva
Peron, wife of Argentinean president Juan Peron. Immensely popular
with the people of Argentina, she is portrayed as self-centered and opportunistic.
Buffy: Could I be seeing Billy's asteroid
body?
Giles: Astral body,
and I don't know.
From the theories of theosophy which teach seven different planes
of existence with a corresponding body. The Astral
body is able to leave the physical and move about the Astral plane.
Xander: Your balloon
animals were pathetic. Everyone can make a giraffe!
Balloon animals refers to the practice of twisting long balloons into
shapes representing animals. The giraffe is a particularly common balloon
animal.
Balloon animals also get a reference in season 2 episode When She Was
Bad.
