Triangle (Buffy episode)
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"Triangle" is the eleventh episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Plot synopsis
Summary
While a highly emotional Buffy struggles to deal with Riley's departure, Giles goes to England to inquire of the Watchers Council for information on Glory. In his absence, Willow and Anya — at each other's throats — accidentally summon a troll, Olaf, who happens to be an ex-boyfriend of Anya's. As Olaf tears about town, the girls work out their issues while trying to find a spell to get rid of him. After Olaf tries to force Xander to choose which girl will die, Buffy — maddened by his claim that Xander and Anya will never last — knocks him unconscious, allowing Willow to send him back to the land of trolls.
Expanded overview
Xander and Anya lie in bed together and talk about Buffy's luck, or lack there of, with men. At a convent, Buffy protects a young nun from a vampire then asks questions about the life of a nun. Buffy trains while talking to Giles about his plans to ask the Watcher's Council for help with Glory. While Giles prepares for a trip to England, he leaves the shop in the hands of Anya and Willow, whose bickering worries the Watcher.
Buffy and Dawn talk about how Buffy's recuperating after Riley's departure. Box of chocolates in hand, Spike rehearses a conversation he plans to have with Buffy on the Buffy mannequin, but his temper gets in the way. Anya protests Willow's use of the shop products for magic spells. Willow and Anya argue constantly and since Xander and Tara don't want to be in the middle of the arguments, they both leave.
Willow starts a spell, but Anya begins to argue and accidentally, the spell calls forth a giant troll. The store and much of Sunnydale is seriously damaged as the troll puts his large mallet and great strength to good use. Buffy and Tara talk about their new semester classes and then about the events at the magic shop. Buffy overreacts about possible trouble between Anya and Xander. Anya drives a car for the first time wildly through the streets while Willow searches for a spell to stop the troll.
Xander mopes at the Bronze and Spike is there to make things even more painful. The two later play pool and talk about women trouble. The troll continues his vicious attack on the town and makes his way to the Bronze for ale and babies to eat. While the troll drinks beer straight from a keg, the whole gang gathers at the Bronze.
The troll, Olaf, reveals that he used to date Anya and she turned him into a troll to get the job of a Vengeance demon. Buffy and Spike battle unsuccessfully against Olaf before he uses his hammer to knock down the second floor of the Bronze and injure many innocent people. Buffy helps to care for the victims and when Spike helps one bleeding victim, Buffy refuses to acknowledge this as good.
At the shop, Willow and Anya argue about their capabilities to hurt Xander, but both make it clear to the other that they have no intentions of hurting him. Olaf storms into the shop and while he intends to hurt the girls, Xander arrives before two of the most important women in his life are seriously wounded. The troll beats Xander up badly then tells Xander to choose whether Anya or Willow will die. Xander refuses to choose, but when Olaf decides to kill Xander, Anya offers herself.
Buffy arrives and fights with the troll while Willow works on a spell and Anya distracts Olaf with insults. When Olaf says that Anya and Xander won't last, Buffy gets incredibly angry and beats the troll into unconsciousness. The troll is sent off into an alternate universe. Giles talks to Buffy about the damage to the shop. Joyce joins them and they discuss the non-existent information about Glory and the Key that Giles received from the Council. Dawn overhears part of this discussion and is very concerned.
Writing and acting
Production details
Music
- Blur - "There's No Other Way"
- The Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
Quotes and trivia
During the fight which takes place in the Magic Box, in the background is a rack filled with copies of the real-world Neo-Pagan magazine Green Egg, published by the Church of All Worlds.
Continuity
Arc significance
This is the first appearance of Olaf the troll, who later appears (in human form) in "Selfless".Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) | Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2000 - December 2000 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.01 Buffy vs. Dracula (Buffy episode)>Buffy vs. Dracula |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.01 Judgment (Angel episode)>Judgment |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Haunted (Buffy comic)>Haunted (by Jane Espenson) |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.02 Real Me (Buffy episode)>Real Me |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (Angel episode)>Are You Now or Have You Ever Been |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel book: Image (Angel novel)>Image |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel book: Stranger to the Sun (Angel novel)>Stranger to the Sun |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.03 The Replacement (Buffy episode)>The Replacement |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: False Memories (Buffy comic)>False Memories |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy Graphic novel story: |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.03 First Impressions (Angel episode)>First Impressions |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Long Night's Journey (Angel comic)>Long Night's Journey |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.04 Out of My Mind (Buffy episode)>Out of My Mind |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.04 Untouched (Angel episode)>Untouched |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.05 No Place Like Home (Buffy episode)>No Place Like Home |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.05 Dear Boy (Angel episode)>Dear Boy |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.06 Family (Buffy episode)>Family |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | Buffy graphic novel: Autumnal (Buffy comic)>Autumnal |
| L.A., 2000 | Angel graphic novel: Autumnal (Autumnal Comic)>Autumnal |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.06 Guise Will Be Guise (Angel episode)>Guise Will Be Guise |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.07 Fool for Love (Buffy episode)>Fool for Love |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.07 Darla (Angel episode)>Darla |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.08 Shadow (Buffy episode)>Shadow |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.08 The Shroud of Rahmon (Angel episode)>The Shroud of Rahmon |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.09 Listening to Fear (Buffy episode)>Listening to Fear |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.09 The Trial (Angel episode)>The Trial |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.10 Into the Woods (Buffy episode)>Into the Woods |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.10 Reunion (Angel episode)>Reunion |
| Sunnydale, 2000 | B5.11 Triangle (Buffy episode)>Triangle |
| L.A., 2000 | A2.11 Redefinition (Angel episode)>Redefinition |
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