He tells them that those hyenas can mimmic human voice . Even more ominous, the school's new mascot piglet Herbert tries to flee when it smells Xander. The gang of four flees.

The pursuing pack knocks her down, and the warden uses this predatory act to shout a spell that pulls the animal spirits from the five students into himself. I'll grant it's early, and has more of the 'creature of the week' format, but the setup and leveraging of the early Willow/Xander/Buffy triangle was executed to very good effect here. Start your free trial to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other popular TV shows and movies including new releases, classics, Hulu Originals, and more. Buffy Summers arrives for her first day at a new school, and already weird things are happening. The first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on March 10, 1997 as a mid-season replacement on The WB, after the network canceled Aaron Spelling's prime-time soap opera, Savannah.Because it aired late, it is the shortest season of the series, having just twelve episodes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, which premiered on March 10, 1997.It concluded on May 20, 2003, after seven seasons with 144 episodes in total, plus an unaired pilot episode. In Buffy season1 episode 6 - Xander becomes hyena pack leader. "The Pack" also sees the demise of Principal Flutie, who is replaced by Golden, Christopher, and Nancy Holder.

When the four known bullies are called in to Flutie's office for devouring mascot Herbert, they eat him, too. Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school

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Willow is completely smitten with Xander, but he chucks in her math tutoring when the hyena spell progresses, as sensed by the piglet Herbert that Principal Bob Flutie introduces as mascot for the Sunnydale High School's 'Razorbacks' football team.

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RELATED: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 5 Things That Changed From The Original Pilot (& 5 They Kept … In the ensuing fight, Buffy knocks the warden into the hyenas' pen, where he is eaten. Giles supplies the missing information: a predatory act is required, like when the original four students tormented the boy. On a school field trip to the zoo, Kyle DuFours's gang of bullies taunt good boy Lance, till Xander stops them balancing the nerd over the fence of still quarantined hyena's. New York: Pocket Books, 1998 Buffy offers herself as bait to lure them back to the Hyena House where the warden, now in full Willow reaches the Hyena House before Buffy, and the warden ties her up and puts a knife to her throat, telling her it is the "predatory act" that will trigger the ritual and save the students. Buffy and Willow try to follow, but glasses guy stops them. The episode literalizes the issue of teen bullying and pack behavior. Returning from a teacher's meeting to the library, Giles tells Willow and Buffy about what happened to Principal Flutie.

But before that Xander enters off limit area to investigate what "bad company" is up to with Lance.



Giles knows the truth and agrees to keep Xander's secrets.

Summary: While enduring the annual field trip to the zoo, Xander and several other students enter the quarantined Hyena pen and become possessed by the demonic spirit of the wild animals.

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With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter. "The Pack" is one of my favorite episodes, and really shows the range of Nick Brendon. Luckily, Xander wasn't involved as he was forcing himself upon Buffy, who knocked him down and locked him up.

The episode literalizes the issue of teen bullying and pack behavior.

The next day, out of embarrassment, Xander convincingly lies to Buffy and Willow that he has no memory of being possessed. Suddenly, they are all eerily effected by the evil beasts' magical stare. Directed by Bruce Seth Green. Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school The first five seasons aired on The WB, and in 2001, it transferred to UPN for its final two seasons.

When Buffy notices a significant change in Xander's personality, she must figure out what happened and how to reverse it before something terrible happens. Use the HTML below.

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Giles suggests that such behaviors are a normal part of growing up until Buffy connects Xander's behavior to the hyenas at the zoo.