Season 1, Episode 11
Teleplay by Joss Whedon
Story by Ashley Gable and Thomas A. Swyden
Directed by Reza Badiyi
Original Airdate: 19 May 1997
"If I'm not crowned tonight then, then
Marcie's won! And that would be bad. She's evil, okay? Way eviler than me."
Cordelia
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CO-STARRING
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Ryan Bittle as
Mitch Fargo
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Denise Dowse as
Ms. Miller
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John Knight as
Bud #1
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Mercedes McNab as
Harmony Kendall
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Mark Phelan as
Agent Doyle
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Skip Stellrecht as
Agent Manetti
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Julie Fulton as
FBI Teacher
SYNOPSIS
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Cordelia is campaigning to be crowned May Queen at
Sunnydale High's next dance. Mitch, her prospective date for the dance,
is clubbed in the locker room with a bat. The bat, however, seemed to
move on its own, as if operated by some invisible person. Later,
Cordelia's friend Harmony falls down the stairs, as if she tripped over
her own feet. Harmony insists she was pushed, but no one saw anyone do
it.
Everything points to an invisible person and Buffy finds out that
someone has been living in the ceiling of Sunnydale High. The person is
Marcie Ross, whom nobody remembers, not even Willow or Xander. But
Marcie did go to Sunnydale High and she had a yearbook signed by most of
the school. Even Willow and Xander signed it, with the phrase "Have a
nice summer!" like everyone else.
Marcie had been turned invisible because everyone perceived her that
way. Having been treated the worst by Cordelia and her friends, Marcie
decides to take her revenge out on her. She has devised a plan to kidnap
Cordelia on The May Queen dance night in an attempt to "give her a face
that no one will ever forget."
Buffy manages to stop Marcie before she destroys Cordelia's face -
though not before she slashes Cordelia's cheek. Marcie also tries to
kill Xander, Willow, and Giles by locking them in a room full of gas.
Angel however saves them just in time.
While Buffy is untying Cordelia, two FBI men come in and take Marcie
away. They take her to a special school with other people just like her.
When Marcie is escorted into a room she receives a book. She opens to
Chapter 11: Assassination and Infiltration. "Cool!" says an excited
Marcie.
TRIVIA
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The sequence where Marcie watches as her
hand disappears in class was inspired by a vivid dream Buffy
creator Joss Whedon had as a child. He used to think nobody loved him
and that he was invisible to those around him.
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Marcie Ross is mentioned several times in
future episodes, even as late as season seven. Marcie plays the flute
and goes to band camp. Alyson Hannigan played a similar role in the
American Pie films...
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Despite the official title of this episode
being 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight,' this episode is also commonly
referred to as 'Invisible Girl.'
CONTINUITY
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Angel mentions that he can get Giles a copy
of the Pergamum
Codex, which is said to contain the
most important prophecies about the Slayer. In
Prophecy Girl, Giles discovers that one
such prophecy involves Buffy's death, which also happens in the same
episode. Fred also mentions the book in
Orpheus.
GOOFS
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The implication is that Marcie became
invisible because of the combination of people ignoring her and the
influence of the Hellmouth. But at the end there are invisible students
from other schools. Did those schools have a Hellmouth too, or were they
just wrong in figuring what made Marcie invisible?
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The Bronze has a sign saying 'Closed for
fumigation', but the post fumigation party had been seen in
Angel.
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In the class of invisible students, how
does Marcie know the chair she picks to sit in is unoccupied?
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When Buffy goes to save Cordelia and falls
through the floor she lands on her back and rolls over on her side but
in the next shot she's still on her back.
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As Buffy is knocked down by Marcie, the
rope around Cordelia's left hand becomes untied. For the rest of the
scene, the rope is tightly tied around Cordelia's hand once again.
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As Cordelia gives her speech of thanks,
Snyder changes positions behind her in several different shots.
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Watch the hands of the characters while
they are eating. Xander's crisps turn into a sandwich and back, while
Buffy's crisps turn into a drink.
Welcome to the
Hellmouth | The Harvest |
Witch | Teacher's Pet |
Never Kill a Boy on the
First Date
The Pack |
Angel | I Robot, You Jane |
The Puppet Show |
Nightmares |
Out of Mind, Out of Sight |
Prophecy Girl
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