Fanfic - Drabble - BtVS - The Zippo

[ffutures]

Warning - Halloween episode, character death.


100-word Buffyverse Halloween drabble, suggested by recent story summaries on Twisting the Hellmouth.

All characters belong to their respective creators etc., there is no intent to infringe on copyright. This story may not be distributed on a profit-making basis. Warning - character death.

The Zippo


by Marcus L. Rowland

"I'm out of ideas," said Xander, "so I'm just going to be the fifth Marx Brother."

"That's just a suit and a tie," said Willow, "and a label on the jacket. And anyway..."

She realised that Xander wasn't listening, and followed him out into the street.

* * * * *

"It was horrible," sobbed Willow. "When the spell hit Xander just... shrank. I could see him lying on the ground... and then Spike picked him up, flicked him, and threw him into the gas station. He just melted in the fire.

"But surely..." said Giles.

"I tried to tell him he'd spelled Zeppo wrong..."

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Note: For the benefit of the hard of thinking, a Zippo is a cigarette lighter. A Zeppo (as in the BtVS episode of that name) was the fifth and allegedly least useful Marx brother.



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Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Heh

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[sirernest.livejournal.com]

I see you spotted this string of misspellings of that word in various recent fanfics too :D

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Someone is apparently flaming everyone who calls Xander "The Zeppo" and telling them he should be the Zippo instead. Thought I'd REALLY give him something to complain about.

[dsample.livejournal.com]

Actually, according to his wikipedia article, he was given the nickname "Zippo", after a popular trained chimp of the time, but he disliked it, and changed it to "Zeppo."

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I'll mention that too!