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"Inca Mummy Girl"
What started as an innocent class trip to a museum, turned into waking up an Inca Mummy Princess, who feeds on her prey by kissing them, and sucking the life out of them. At the museum everyone was talking about their foreign exchange students. Cordelia gets a Swedish student named Sven, who, according to Cordy is 'Lunchable'. And Buffy gets a Brazilian student by the name of Impata. The museum guide showed everyone the Incan tomb. Buffy, Xander and Willow were talking about the foreign exchange student program. Buffy told them that a Brazilian guy named Impata will be staying with her, and of course Xander was so opposed to this idea. Well somehow while the mummy was lying in her tomb, she must have overheard them talking. When the guide tells everyone to move on, a bad, troublesome student goes over to the Incan tomb and steals the seal that can awaken the mummy. When he does, she awoke, and kissed him, and literally sucked the life right out of him. So now the mummy is free, and able to wreak havoc in Sunnydale. She then poses as a foreign exchange student by the name of Impata, who will be staying at Buffy's house. That night Buffy was to pick up Impata at the bus station, but she was kinda late. To her much surprise she noticed that Impata was not a guy, but a girl. So she shrugged it off, and took Impata back to her house. The next day, Buffy introduces Impata to Giles, Willow, and Xander. For Xander and Impata, it was love at first sight. Meanwhile, Willow tells everyone that a student who went to the museum on the class trip, disappeared. This being Sunnydale and all, they ruled out any good possibilities, then they found out that the Incan Mummy disappeared too. Later on, Xander was teaching Impata who to eat twinkies. Then he asked her to the dance at the Bronze. Just when this was happening , all of a sudden, out of nowhere, some guy comes charging at them with a big, sharp sword, trying to kill the both of them. They run back to the library and tell Giles this. After that, Impata had to go to the bathroom, and then we see the same man who attacked Xander and her. We then find out that he has to watch over the mummy, and make sure that no one awakens her. Ummm, someones a little too late! She then pleads with him not to take her back, just when he was going to grab her, she kissed him, and his life sucked right out of him. Then she comes out of the bathroom and walks away with Xander. That night there was the big dance at the Bronze. Orignally Xander, Buffy, and Willow were going to go with each other, but as luck would have it, Xander asked out Impata. Willow had to go all by herself. And Buffy had to go with Giles to the museum to translate the seal, and find the mummy. So Willow was solo that night, and 'The Dingos Ate My Baby' were playing that night. Then we see Oz and Devon (The lead singer) talking about what kind of girls Oz likes. Oz was looking around the room, and saw Willow dressed up as an Eskimo (Inuit) woman, and right then and there, Oz began to like her! Awwwww. Impata was dressed up as a princess, and Xander dressed up as a cowboy. They snuck off into the backroom, and it looked like they were about to kiss. Then she starts to cry, and then they kissed, Xander had almost died. He then passed out, and she left. Meanwhile, back at Buffy's house, Buffy went to open Impata's trunk and found a deadman's body in there. The body was actually the real Impata's body. So then Buffy rushes over to the Bronze as fast as she could. She finds Willow and tells her that Imapta is actually the mummy. Willow starts to freak out, because Xander was with her. So they ran to the back room, and see Xander on the floor, they pick him up and tell him what had happened. Buffy goes to the museum, and confronts Impata, they started to fight, and Buffy kills her. And Giles fixes the seal, and places it back in the tomb, where the mummy, and the seal should always be. Leaving a broken-hearted Xander crushed, and sad.
Review: This episode is terrible!!! The only good part is when Oz was first introduced to the show. Another scene which was quite enjoyable, and cute was when Xander was teaching Impata how to eat a twinkie. Very cutely done!
Rating:
* * * * (4)
My Two Cents:
Why is Devon such a jerk? And just exactly what is Oz's 'secret' fantasy?