Doppelgängland

"Doppelgängland" is episode 16 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Summary
Episode 16 of season 3 revisits the alternate reality from episode 9 "The Wish" where Slayer Buffy Summers had never arrived in Sunnydale and vampires ruled the city. In "Doppelgängland" Anya's attempt to regain her powers with Willow's help goes awry and the spell instead summons evil vampire Willow from the Wishverse to the normal reality moments before she is staked in the alternate reality (poignantly, by Good Willow's then-boyfriend Oz).

When Willow's friends see the vamp Willow, they mistakenly believe that their own Willow has been killed and "turned." Evil Willow doesn't like the curent situation either - until she takes the Bronze hostage, with Oz as one of the bystanders onstage.

Recurring Characters
Anya, Wesley

Quotes and trivia

 * This is the 50th episode of Buffy.


 * This episode is Joss' 5th favorite episode according to The Last Sundown featurette on the Season 7 DVD box set.


 * This is one of Alyson Hannigan's favorite episodes of the Show, according to an interview with PopWatch. (October 05)


 * The episode's title is taken from the term "Doppelgänger", a German word for a look-alike or double of a living person, and "gangland", a term associated with organized crime. The form "Doppelgängland" is actually not correct German: "The land of the Doppelgängers" would be Doppelgängerland (note "-er-" inserted), while "the land with doubled gangs" would be Doppelgangland (no umlaut over the "a"). It should be noted, however, that the title is a pun combining German and English words. It can be read as "The land of evil doubles." The title was changed to "Doppelgängerland" in the German DVD edition.


 * Alyson Hannigan loved her vampire make-up so much that she was made up again as "Evil Willow" to attend a Halloween party that same year.


 * Sandy, the woman who "Evil Willow" bites in the Bronze, will appear again as a vampire in the Season Five episodes "Family" and "Shadow", where she will meet her end.