History YMMV / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling

** The two couples experiencing difficulties through song - Willow and Tara, and Xander and Anya. The latter two sing about their difficulties and resolve to work on them. The former two are in a bad way by the end of the episode from not confronting their issues. However, it's Xander and Anya who ultimately don't work out - Xander leaving her at the altar. Willow and Tara overcome their difficulties and get back together...only for Tara to be accidentally killed.

* AwardSnub: The episode was nominated for an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Music Direction, but due to a typo was left off the ballot form. Several writers considered it somewhat indicative of the Academy's attitude towards the show.

** This troper would want to see the expression on Sweet's face after Daenerys Targaryen had NoSell to his effect.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The implied oral sex Willow is shown giving Tara at the end of "Under Your Spell" was considered quite shocking for the early 2000s. Lesbians on television were not shown to be sexual at the time; it was actually a common belief that [[AllWomenArePrudes lesbians weren't interested in sex and more emotional fulfillment]].

* {{Fanon}}: Those fans who think Xander, [[FantasticRacism of all people]], summoning the demon in an attempt to help his friends is too OutOfCharacter to believe posit that Dawn actually summoned him and Xander just took the blame.

* HoYay: Sweet plans to take Dawn (who he incorrectly assumes summoned him) back to the underworld to make her his queen. When Xander is revealed as the once who actually summoned Sweet, he nervously asks if that means that he has to become Sweet's "queen". Sweet eyes him and admits "Hmmm, it's tempting."

* UncannyValley:
** Sweet's ventriloquist dummy minions look pretty damn freaky, though the effect is slightly lessened when one realizes that Sweet likely invoked this trope InUniverse.
** During Spike's song "Rest in Peace", there is one shot of him changing into GameFace while singing. His human face in the shot in question looks ''really'' off.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The mostly-lighthearted song "I'll Never Tell" between Anya and Xander in which they sing about their fears for the future becomes incredibly sad and bittersweet twice over: Anya's line "I know there'll come the day I'll want to run and hide" after Xander leaves Anya at the altar nine episodes later, and Anya's fears about growing older when she dies in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]". Meanwhile, the lyric "Will I get so worn and wrinkly/[[TakeThat That I look like]] David Brinkley?" led to another example on its British terrestrial broadcast, as Creator/TheBBC aired the final episode the very week Brinkley himself passed away.
** The duet between Dawn and Sweet has a light-hearted line where Dawn reminds him she's only fifteen and "this queen thing's illegal". Extremely awkward and {{Squick}}y in light of an incident that Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg has refused to elaborate on, where a private meeting between her and Creator/JossWhedon led to a memo among the crew that he was never allowed to be alone with her again.

* AcceptableTargets: [[LittlePeopleAreSurreal Midgets.]] Oh, and [[RunningGag bunnies.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The mostly-lighthearted song "I'll Never Tell" between Anya and Xander in which they sing about their fears for the future becomes incredibly sad and bittersweet twice over: Anya's line "I know there'll come the day I'll want to run and hide" after Xander leaves Anya at the altar nine episodes later, and Anya's fears about growing older when she dies in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]". Meanwhile, the lyric "Will I get so worn and wrinkly/[[TakeThat That I look like]] David Brinkley?" led to another example on its British terrestrial broadcast, as Creator/TheBBC aired the final episode the very week Brinkley himself passed away.

* CrazyAwesome: You have to admit, Sweet has ''style,'' which he even notes with an InstantCostumeChange. You'd think his power of compelling people to sing and dance would be silly, but it becomes nightmarish when people burn up as soon as they run out of things to sing ''and'' he forces everyone to confess their darkest insecurities and fears through song. He manages to nearly kill Buffy without even lifting a finger, just by making her sing about being forced out of Heaven [[DrivenToSuicide and letting her nearly dance herself to death]], and brings all the group's problems to a head and out in the open so they have to be confronted.

* UncannyValley: Sweet's ventriloquist dummy minions look pretty damn freaky, though the effect is slightly lessened when one realizes that Sweet likely invoked this trope InUniverse.

** Willow was given very few lines in songs because Creator/AlysonHannigan}}'s voice wasn't up to it. For some, her voice sounds fine and at least on a level with the others - she's at least able to carry a tune. Alyson herself was surprised by how good her voice sounded and regretted not singing more.

** Willow was given very few lines in songs because Creator/{{Alyson Hannigan}}'s voice wasn't up to it. For some, her voice sounds fine and at least on a level with the others - she's at least able to carry a tune. Alyson herself was surprised by how good her voice sounded and regretted not singing more.

* FanficFuel: What were the Trio doing during all this? And what would their song have been like?

** What would the songs of the cast of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' have been like?
* FridgeBrilliance: Willow's scant few lines, born out of Alyson Hannigan's begging for as little singing as possible, makes perfect sense considering she was established to have a fear of singing in public as long ago as "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E10Nightmares Nightmares]]".