Xander:
Who was the real power. The
Captain or Tennille?
The Captain and Tennille were a 1970's
singing duo who also had a television show. Since the show was on in 1976-77
Xander must have seen the re-runs.
Xander:
I think maybe we're in Sigmund
Freud territory.
Xander posits that Buffy's problems with Ted are psychological by invoking
the name of the Father of Psychotherapy, Sigmund
Freud.
Buffy:
Like Stepford.
From the 1975
movieThe Stepford Wives. In the
movie the women of the small suburban town go around cheerfully doing housework
to please their husbands. Of course they've all been replaced with robots.
(Salesman):
Back to the salt
mines.
Digging in a salt mine is an image
often associated with slave labor.
Xander:
I mean we are talking creature
feature here, right?.
Xander inquires about the nature of Ted by comparing him to the horror
movie monsters. These movie are sometimes called creature
features after the monsters in them.
Cordelia:
But she's like this Superman.
Superman is the crime fighting super hero
of comic books, movies and television.
Xander:
So either our boy was a Mormon
...
In context Xander is referring to the fact that Ted had (at least)
four wives. The Mormons are a religious group
which previously allowed members to take several wives though they have
now stopped the practice.
Giles:
The advantages of layers of tweed.
It's better than Kevlar.
Kevlar is the material which is used to
make bullet proof vests. While Giles is joking with his comment, he is probably correct. Kevlar works well in protecting against bullets but not against knives or crossbow bolts.
Ted:
How about a nice game of Parcheesi?
Parcheesi is an ancient game from India.
In modern America it is available as a board game from Milton Bradley.
Buffy:
I guess we're Thelma
& Louise-ing it again.
The 1991
movieThelma & Louise is the
ultimate female buddy-flick. The focuses almost entirely on the strong relationship between the women and is a good choice considering the no men, no romance requirement (though both appear in minor roles).
