Trivia: Buffy copied Aeon Flux season 3 episode 4
This is about season 3 episode 4, "There's a Last Time for Everything".The central idea of this episode is that an original could take the place of her/his own clone, without the person who made the clone being aware of the switch: Trevor clones Aeon for the purpose of having a lifelike copy of her by his side, but what Trev doesn't know is that the real Aeon and her replica collude to switch places.
Interestingly (imo) this idea was very closely copied in a 2001 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, namely season 5 episode 18 titled "Intervention". In this episode, vampire Spike gets romantically and sexually involved with a "Buffybot" that he built for himself to gratify his desire for the real Buffy. Just like in the Aeon Flux episode, the original Buffy ultimately switches places with the replica without Spike being aware of it, and then confronts him about the perverseness of building a Buffybot.
Don't know about y'all, but imo this can hardly be a coincidence. Either the makers of Buffy watched Flux and ran with the idea, or alternatively the same makers were involved behind the scenes. (Or should I call them the e-makers?)
Anyway, that's just my two cents worth for today. Just thought some here might be interested in a little harmless trivia.