Spike suspects they can't see each other and that Willow's responsible for it.

Also, in keeping with the show's themes of redemption and moral ambiguity, Willow, Angel, Spike, Faith, Giles, Anya, and Andrew have at some point in their lives descended into darkness.

Spike's skills of analysis allowed him to realize Willow was barely holding it together after Oz's departure even though Giles and Buffy thought she was doing better, to be the first to see through Tara's abusive and controlling family, forced Buffy and Angel to admit that they were more than " just friends " and identify when and why some relationships, such as between Buffy and Riley, are not meant to last, masterfully feeding Riley's insecurities in an effort to sabotage his relationship with Buffy, so Spike can pursue her.

Giles later loses Buffy's trust somewhat when he takes part in a scheme with Robin Wood to kill Spike (" Lies My Parents Told Me ").

" Giles believes that Buffy kept Spike around for personal reasons rather than tactical ones ; this is confirmed when she talks to Spike the night before the final battle under the Hellmouth.

Originally, Giles was to appear in " A Hole in the World " as the one whom Angel and Spike approached in an attempt to save Fred, because Whedon needed a character who would be instantly believed ( by the characters and by the audience ) when he said there was no way to save Fred.

While his demeanor is typically mild and polite, Giles is not above using raw violence to solve a problem, such as physically threatening Principal Snyder into readmitting Buffy to school after her expulsion (" Dead Man's Party "), pummeling Angelus senseless with a flaming baseball bat and burning down his hideout upon discovering that he had killed Jenny Calendar (" Passion "), manhandling Spike while ordering him to get over his feelings for Buffy (" I Was Made to Love You "), forcing Glory's minion Slook to talk by inflicting a painful-sounding injury offscreen (" Tough Love "), severely beating up Ethan Rayne for information (" Halloween "), and suffocating a critically injured Ben with his bare hands to keep Glory from awakening in his body.

Meanwhile, Spike, Giles, and Anya attack her minions.

The plan to drive Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles apart works for a while ; at their lowest, the four refuse to speak to each other, but each of them realizes in " Primeval " that they were manipulated by Spike and return, apologetic.

Spike escapes, however, and is hiding from the Initiative by living with Giles and then with Xander.

That evening, Anya falls asleep on Giles ' sofa while Spike takes a mugful of blood from the refrigerator.

Xander enters Giles ' apartment as Spike, his mouth wet with blood, bends down to pick up something that he dropped in front of the sofa where Anya sleeps.

Anya and Giles stay at the magic shop while Buffy and Spike run outside to fight off the vampires.

The breaking of the spell finds Giles and Anya kissing, Willow atop Tara after a fall, and Spike and Buffy deep in mid-action conversation.

* Spike ( as Randy ) suggests that Giles must own some midlife crisis form of transportation, a ' shiny red ' vehicle shaped like a part of male anatomy, referring to the red BMW convertible Giles drove in season 5.

He then meets Buffy, Giles, and Spike in a playground where Spike tells him that Giles " is going to teach me to be a Watcher " while Buffy plays in a sandbox.

The scenes in Spike's crypt, part of Giles ' dream, were shot in black-and-white to emphasize that Spike is seen as " an old 30s movie villain ".

In Xander's dream, Giles and Spike swing together on a swing set, with Spike wearing a tweed jacket.

The name is mainly associated with Morton who has been credited as an influence by Spike Milligan amongst others.

In Flanders, the two-tier strip is the standard publication style of most daily strips like Spike and Suzy and Nero.

The crew is made up of four unique characters: Jet Black, a former ISSP police officer who retired following a mob hit that cost him his arm, Spike Spiegel, a laid-back exiled hitman of the ruthless Red Dragons ' Syndicate, Faye Valentine, a beautiful amnesiac con artist who awakened into the future world after a lengthy period of cryogenic hibernation, and Radical Edward, a hyperactive and barefooted preteen girl with a reputation as a prolific computer hacker.

Spike Spiegel is a former member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate.

Spike is a master in firearms and hand-to-hand combat, practicing Jeet Kune Do, and is also a skilled pilot.

Like Spike, he too is haunted by the memory of a woman, Alisa, his longtime girlfriend who left him without reason.

In ‘ Stray Dog Strut ’ the final fight between Spike and Hakim is influenced by Bruce Lee ’ s Game of Death while in ‘ Waltz for Venus ’, Spike ’ s kung fu lesson is eerily similar to a scene from Lee ’ s Enter the Dragon.

Spike Lee's character is called " Shorty ".

* May 10 is Golden Spike Day ( 1869 – Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad – Promontory Summit, Utah )

The supporting cast included Olga Sosnovska, Stephen Fry and Eric Sykes and the series is also notable as the last screen performance by comedy legend Spike Milligan ( as the Headmaster ).

Shelton Jackson " Spike " Lee ( born March 20, 1957 ) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

Spike Lee is a fan of the American baseball team the New York Yankees, basketball team the New York Knicks, and the English football team.

Spike Jonze ( born Adam Spiegel ; October 22, 1969 ) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television.

In the closing credits montage of Yeah Right !, Spike is shown doing a nollie heelflip in loafers.

Lynsey De Paul is a patron of the Spike Milligan Statue Memorial Fund.

There is a plaque and bench located at the Wadestown Library, Wellington New Zealand in an area called " Spike Milligan Corner ".

* Milligna ( or Your Favourite Spike ) ( 1972 ) The title is based on Milligan's introduction in The Last Goon Show of All as " Spike Milligna, the well-known typing error ".

Spike Jones, Jr., whose father's orchestral recordings had a deep and indelible effect on me as a child, said once in an interview, ' One of the things that people don't realize about Dad's kind of music is, when you replace a C-sharp with a gunshot, it has to be a C-sharp gunshot or it sounds awful.

The Legend of Zelda franchise is the inaugural recipient of Spike TV's first ever Video Game Hall of Fame award.

It was here on May 10, 1869, that Stanford drove The Last Spike ( or golden spike ) which is now on display at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, that joined the rails of the transcontinental railroad.

Spike played the part of his father.

Writer Jane Espenson believes one of the reasons why Faith elicits sympathy from the audience is the touching father / daughter relationship between her and the Mayor, comparing their affection for one another to that between vampires Spike and Drusilla in the earlier season.

After M < sup > lle </ sup > Rimbaud and her senile father ( Spike Milligan ) return from the prison, the peasants burst into the room and capture the piss-boy “ king ” and M < sup > lle </ sup > Rimbaud.

" In " Tabula Rasa " ( season six ), when the characters lose their memories, Spike wears the same tweed jacket and believes Giles is his father.

In the time of the early Vikings, a young Norman watched his father die at the hands of Spike, an indestructible deranged and bloodthirsty warrior.

In Erin B. Waggoner's book Sexual rhetoric in the works of Joss Whedon, he found it interesting that the ancient Oedipus complex continues to be used as a way to underscore one's masculinity, but he added that " Connor is not the only one Angel, Wes, Spike and even Fred ( through Gunn ) kill father or father figures in order to come into their own as individuals.

He is Spike's son, but unlike Spike, Tyke does not speak and only communicates ( mostly towards his father ) by barking, yapping, wagging his tail, whimpering and growling.

Tyke's father Spike would always go out of his way to care and comfort his son and make sure that he is safe from Tom.

Tyke loves his father and Spike loves his son and they get along like friends, although most of time they would be taking a nap or Spike would teach Tyke the main facts of life of being a dog.

* George " Spike " Hamilton ( musician ), ( 1901 – 1957 ), father of the actor George Hamilton

Optimus left a small portion of his Matrix with human Spike Witwicky, promising to return with Spike's father from Cybertron one day.

Mooney later went on to play Wayans ' father in the Spike Lee film Bamboozled as the comedian Junebug.

Fox even managed to fake a hit and run blamed Miguel for the accident ( with the help of his father Julian and Spike ).

Danny succeeds at recruiting him by tricking his overzealous father, Mike ( Brian Haley ), that he is the famous " Coach O ' Shea ", but this is a problem as Spike proves to be rude, arrogant, and refuses to play on a team with a girl.