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* Xander calls Riley and Sam " Nick and Nora Fury ", a double reference to both Marvel Comics character Nick Fury ( whom Xander references himself in Season Eight ) and husband-and-wife detectives Nick and Nora Charles from the 1930s / 40s film series The Thin Man.
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Buffy then calls Xander and tells him to find and destroy the talisman.
Xander continues to try to console Willow ; in misdirected rage and grief, she calls him " a demon magnet.
Xander and Riley
Riley also appears in the first issue of the follow-up series Season Nine ; the structure of " Freefall, Part I " suggests that Riley — like Spike, Xander, Willow and others — could have been Buffy's possible one-night-stand after the party she hosts at her apartment in San Francisco.
At the party, Willow tries to help Riley flirt with Buffy, but his attempts are thwarted when Xander arrives to inform Buffy that Spike has returned.
The women discuss how amazing Dracula is, and Riley and Xander both express their jealousy towards the infamous Dark Prince.
Xander volunteers to have Buffy stay safely at his place, Willow and Tara use magic to protect the Summers's home, and Giles and Riley go after Dracula.
Xander tries to stop Riley from going after Dracula, but Riley knocks him out with one punch.
Meanwhile, Riley, Xander, Willow and Anya take over Buffy's patrol.
Buffy complains to Riley and Xander about the trouble Dawn causes and how she can't always be there to protect her ; Dawn listens from the hall and runs outside in tears.
Buffy then runs out to find her sister leaving Xander and Riley to take care of Anya.
Xander and Anya watch a movie with Buffy and Riley while listening to the background noise of Xander's drunken parents fighting and yelling upstairs.
While moving Xander into his new apartment, Xander and Riley talk.
* Riley reveals to Xander that he knows Buffy doesn't love him back, which serves as the first solid indication of trouble in their relationship and a prelude to their break-up in the coming episodes.
While Riley describes to Xander where and how his wedding took place, Sam and Willow confirm that they have each other's e-mail addresses for future contact.
She and Xander go on about how thorough the operation is, only to discover that Giles never knew about the Initiative or that Riley and Professor Walsh are behind it.
Xander and Anya hack their way through the vines and try to reach Buffy and Riley.
* When Anya and Xander are alone in the house fighting through the vines to get to Buffy and Riley, a pair of arms from off camera entangle Anya with the vines.
Xander complains about Riley destroying the vampire crypt alone in the previous episode, and then the entire gang continues their search for information regarding the Beast.
Riley arrives at the magic shop in search of Buffy, but Xander confronts him about destroying the vampire crypt.
Xander tells Riley that Buffy is so upset about the situation with her mom that she needs something tangible to fight, and then asks Riley what his excuse is for his own reckless actions.
Dawn spends the night with Xander and Anya so that Buffy and Riley can have some private time.
Xander and Sam
Here he is reunited with Anna ( Elisabeth Moss ) as she saves him from Xander ( Sam Horrigan ).
* Sam Horrigan as Xander
Xander and Nick
Xander invites comparison to Marvel Comics ' character Nick Fury.
When Udonna loses her Ranger powers to the mysterious Koragg, it is up to Nick, Chip, Madison, Vida, and Xander to save the Earth on their own.
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( Though he still spars with Buffy, provided he has no real intent on harming her ) His inability to bite is comically compared to impotence, much to Spike's constant humiliation ; in " Doomed ", he attempts to commit suicide by staking himself at Xander's house, but is stopped by Willow and Xander.
Joss Whedon joked at the Nocturnal convention in 2001 Anya was originally supposed to die during the Season Five finale, " The Gift ", but he had to keep her alive because Emma Caulfield couldn't keep still while Xander was carrying Anya's supposedly lifeless body.
In the season finale, " Prophecy Girl ", Xander saves Buffy's life by administering CPR after she is drowned by the Master ( Mark Metcalf ).
Xander is turned into a soldier in the episode " Halloween ", and retains extensive military knowledge and training thereafter ; in " Innocence ", this knowledge proves essential to helping Buffy defeat a demon known as The Judge who had been believed practically invincible.
In the season finale " Becoming, Part Two ", Xander decides not to tell Buffy about Willow's plan to re-ensoul Angel — who has lost his soul and is going to bring about the apocalypse — so that she will not hesitate to kill him in order to save the world.
When Cordelia catches Xander kissing Willow in " Lovers Walk ", she dumps him, this time permanently, though they ultimately part as friends.
" The Zeppo " is a comedic episode focusing on Xander: the episode begins with Cordelia mocking him as a " loser ", which upsets him.
Xander takes Anya ( Caulfield ), formerly vengeance demon Anyanka, to his prom in " The Prom ", and his military training proves useful in defeating the evil Mayor ( Harry Groener ) in season finale " Graduation Day ".
In the season four climax " Primeval ", Xander becomes the " heart " in the spell, which conjoins him with Buffy, Willow and Giles to defeat Adam ( George Hertzberg ), a part-demon, part-human, cyborg monster.
Though Brendon does not portray Xander again subsequent to " Chosen ", the Angel episode " Damage " ( 2004 ) mentions that Xander is in Africa, recruiting newly activated Slayers for Buffy's team.
Nicholas Brendon's twin brother Kelly Donovan would often stunt double for Xander in the series, most notably in the episode " The Replacement ", where dual Xanders appear on-screen at the same time.
For the season five episode " The Replacement ", where a demon splits Xander into two people along the lines of his immature and his more adult characteristics, Donovan is cast to play the " other " Xander in scenes where both appear onscreen together.
In his confrontation with Jack, just as in his confrontation with Dark Willow in season six's " Grave ", Xander saves the world through his words.
As the " warrior of words ", Wilcox feels that this makes Xander the character who most clearly represents series creator Joss Whedon.
Anya comments that Xander is " a Viking in the sack " in " The Yoko Factor ", indicating not just masculinity but also virility.
In the DVD commentary for the episode " Dirty Girls ", writer Drew Goddard mentions there was talk of killing off Xander towards the end of Season Seven and having the First Evil assume Xander's appearance when conversing with Buffy for the remainder of the season.
* ( 1997 ) The band guest-performed on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season premiere in the fictional club " The Bronze ", performing " Spoon " and " Sugar Water ", the latter being played during the infamous scene in which Buffy Summers teases Xander Harris with her dance.
The album received moderate critical success, Nate Smith from Rockzone. com called it a " solid addition to the Townsend catalog ", but " not an instant classic ", Xander Hoose from Chronicles of Chaos called it " a good album ", but also pointed out it is inferior to City.
In the Season Two episode " Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered ", Xander Harris discovers that Amy has inherited her mother's power, having become a potent, if sometimes ineffective, witch.
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