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** The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
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** The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).England), so the character of Drogyn was invented as being [[CannotTellALie physically unable to lie]].
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* OrphanedReference: Angel is desperately trying to reach Willow for help with Fred. This was planned {{Foreshadowing}} of Willow returning in Season 6 - but with the show's cancellation it becomes a dropped plot point.
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* OrphanedReference: Angel is desperately trying to reach Willow for help CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/AlexisDenisof and Creator/AmyAcker named this as one of their favourite episodes, with Fred. This was planned {{Foreshadowing}} of Willow returning in Season 6 - Denisof calling it "the most difficult, but with the show's cancellation it becomes a dropped plot point.also satisfying and heart-rending day at work".
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I'm not sure what trope that is, but it isn't EMA — no trickery was involved
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Alexis Denisoff and Creator/AmyAcker cried real tears filming Fred's death scene.
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* OrphanedReference: Angel is desperately trying to reach Willow for help with Fred. This was planned {{Foreshadowing}} of Willow returning in Season 6 - but with the show's cancellation it becomes a dropped plot point.
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** Italian: "Un Buco nel Mondo" ''(A Hole in the World)''
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Alexis Denisoff and Creator/AmyAcker cried real tears filming Fred's death scene.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Czech: "Démon starší než sám čas" ''(A Demon Older than Time Itself)''
** Finnish: "Maailmassa on reikä" ''(There's a Hole in the World)''
** German: "Illyria"
** Hungarian: "A szarkofág" ''(The Sarcophagus)''
** Italian: "Un Buco nel Mondo" ''(A Hole in the World)''
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** The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
**Joss Creator/JossWhedon had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.story.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Creator/JossWhedon revealed that the "astronauts versus cavemen" discussion that reoccurs throughout the episode is based on something written on the idea board in the writer's room.
** Czech: "Démon starší než sám čas" ''(A Demon Older than Time Itself)''
** Finnish: "Maailmassa on reikä" ''(There's a Hole in the World)''
** German: "Illyria"
** Hungarian: "A szarkofág" ''(The Sarcophagus)''
** Italian: "Un Buco nel Mondo" ''(A Hole in the World)''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Creator/JossWhedon revealed that the "astronauts versus cavemen" discussion that reoccurs throughout the episode is based on something written on the idea board in the writer's room.
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* TheCastShowoff: Sarah Thompson sings "LA Song", which was written by series co-creator David Greenwalt and Creator/ChristianKane for Lindsey [=McDonald=] to perform on-stage in "[[Recap/AngelS02E19DeadEnd Dead End]]". Thompson, who grew up doing musical theater, had begged Creator/JossWhedon to allow her character to sing.
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* TheCastShowoff: Sarah Thompson sings "LA Song", which was written by series co-creator David Greenwalt and Creator/ChristianKane for Lindsey [=McDonald=] to perform on-stage in "[[Recap/AngelS02E19DeadEnd "[[Recap/AngelS02E18DeadEnd Dead End]]". Thompson, who grew up doing musical theater, had begged Creator/JossWhedon to allow her character to sing.
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* TheCastShowoff: Sarah Thompson sings "LA Song", which was written by series co-creator David Greenwalt and Creator/ChristianKane for Lindsey [=McDonald=] to perform on-stage in "[[Recap/AngelS02E19DeadEnd Dead End]]". Thompson, who grew up doing musical theater, had begged Creator/JossWhedon to allow her character to sing.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Joss needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Anthony Stewart Head for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Joss Creator/JossWhedon needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Anthony Stewart Head Creator/AnthonyStewartHead for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenesstory.story.
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** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for the episode saw Angel and Spike fly out to England to see Giles, as Joss needed someone who both the characters and the audience would believe when he told them that there was no way to save Fred. The limited budget prevented them from flying in Anthony Stewart Head for a cameo, though (ironically, from England).
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
** Joss had planned for Fred to return in season 6, fighting Illyria for control of her body. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled, and so Fred remains dead and even, as we learn in the next episode, deprived of an afterlife, which comes off as quite pointlessly cruel if you don't know the behind the scenes story.
