The figurine Buffy looked at with disgust in the Nerds' lair was a model of Vampirella, a sexy comic book figure who kills vampires.
A line was cut where Buffy tells Xander that it's a little early in the morning for him to be drinking:
- Xander: "The tyranny of the clock must be overthrown."
- Buffy: "So how many coup d'états is that?"
- Xander: "General Cirrhosis has seized control of the Liver Parliament."
Spike says "It won't let me be a monster. And I can't be a man. I'm nothing". This mimics what Buffy said to him in Smashed (2001).
Xander's lament that he is part fish recalls his brief tenure as a member of the Sunnydale High swim team in Go Fish (1998).