Chris Snellgrove | Published
It’s easy to miss out on all the hilarious writing and fascinating performances Buffy the Vampire Slayer It’s a show filled with cool names. In particular, he is a fan favorite Monster of the Week villain. From the smooth-talking sweet to the murderously muted gentleman, this is a show filled with memorable monster monikers. But in one case, this was an accident. When David Greenwalt wrote the episode “Reptile Boy,” he was extremely proud to have come up with “Machida” as the name of the main villain in the episode.
The origins of Buffy in Machida
With this Buffy Episode, Mashida is a particularly hungry demon, and frequently receives human sacrifices from some evil flat men in exchange for wealth and power. David Greenwalt wrote this memory episode, and he admitted in the commentary on the DVD that he was initially impressed that he came up with such a great demon name. However, he later felt stupid when he realized that Shaw was using Makita’s branded equipment and that this would likely serve as a subconscious inspiration for his demonic name.
With this Buffy Goof’s name would have been embarrassing to the writers, as Greenwalt is one of the show’s biggest creative forces. In addition to writing some episodes of Buffyhe served as co-executive producer for season 1 and 2 shows before becoming an executive producer for season 3. angel Spin-off, Greenwalt will become one of Buffeverse’s biggest movers and shakers.
Interestingly, this former Buffy Bigwig had a kind of reunion with Machida angel… Or, more precisely, the man behind Mashida. In “Reptile Boy,” this memorable monster was played by Robin Atkin Downs. angel The episode “Dead End.” The episode was written by David Greenwalt and was reunited with the man behind the monster who was killed at the end of “The Reptile Boy.”
largely Buffy Fans know that Mashida didn’t survive the end of “The Reptile Boy,” but his spirit continued to live through Avilas, the demon in the season seven episode “Help.” Despite the major similarities with Machida, the later demons have nothing to do with the previous demons. Interestingly, Machida was originally written to survive the events of “The Reptile Boy”, but Willow had a boundary about his potential. If this alternative ending had been filmed, Season 7 could have featured Mashida’s return in place of Avila, a replica of his damstore.
Buffy Veteran David Greenwalt accidentally made him feel uncomfortable naming Masida after his production equipment, but he shouldn’t beat himself. After all, there are only completely clear names to use for many monsters in the show. And to be unconsciously inspired by the names you see many times each week, it’s really that even for the best writers is a par for the course. Still, we can’t help but laugh that Machida’s name, one of the best early villains, probably has the most It’s embarrassing All Origin Stories Buffy history.
