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STTW: ``Troll Bride'' (#024)

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Airing Info

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Original Air Date

16 May 97, 9:00pm ET / 8:00pm CT (first season finale; 24th aired episode; 34th week)

Production Date

unknown

Running Time

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Repeated

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Also Shown

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Episode Content

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Story

In the midst of finals, Sabrina finds herself held hostage by a magical troll, whom she accidentally agreed to marry. (from ABC's AOL folder)

Opening Scene

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Closing Scene

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Fourth Outfit

• Outfit: Dutch milkmaid getup, complete with yellow-blonde hair in braids, big ``flying nun'' sorta hat (?), and wooden clogs
• Line: ``When I go out, I like to go dutch.'' (clicks heels together four times, shrugs and grins)

Character Names

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Credits

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Starring

same as ``Pilot'' (#001)

Guest-Starring

• Phil Fondacaro as Roland, the troll
• Bryan Cranston as the witch lawyer
• Cory Buck as the boy prince
• Frank Conniff as Prince Randy
• Sean Laughton as the fireman
• Robin Krieger as Camilla
• Evelyn Furtak as Princess Isis

Opening Titles

same as ``Pilot'' (#001)

Opening Credits

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Closing Credits

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Ratings

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Commercials

(as shown in Boston, MA, on local affiliate WCVB)

• First Break
  • Johnson & Johnson (``Love is Touch'')
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Fat-Free Newtons
  • Pizza Hut
  • promo: 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

• Second Break
  • McDonald's (My McDonald's / Disney movie character toys)
  • Kudos candy bars (basketball-playing monks)
  • Shick Silk Effects shaver
  • promo: Nightmare Ned Sat morning cartoon
  • promo: Roseanne series finale
  • promos: Home Improvement season finale / The Drew Carey Show
  • KFC
  • Nestea Cool tea drink
  • Mobil Speedpass
  • promo: The Oprah Winfrey Show

• Third Break
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
  • Cheetos (``Dangerously Cheesy'')
  • Burger King (Foreigner's ``Urgent'')
  • J.C. Penney
  • promo: The World's Most Dangerous Rescues special

Opinions

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Favorite Lines

• Salem: ``Say, `I love the black cat!' ''
  Hilda: ``I love the black cat!''

• Hilda: ``Oh, thank goodness you're home. Choke on this.''
  Sabrina: ``Gladly!''

• ``Why did we have to be so cute!?'' - Harvey

• ``It's because I'm a woman, isn't it!?!'' - Isis

• ``I couldn't vanquish the troll in pants??'' - Harvey

• Harvey: ``You look great with long hair.''
  Sabrina: ``Eh, it's a lot of upkeep.''

• ``And to think I complained about luggin' that around all year!'' - Sabrina

• ``I didn't really want it. I just took it to hurt her.'' - Roland

Favorite Scenes

``Show me the tuna!'' opening scene: the best opening scene in the entire first season, IMO.

Other Good Stuff

Roland and the wedding coordinator discuss the ``divine'' wedding plans.

Weak Points and Mistakes

• When Harvey is almost finished climbing up Sabrina's hair, he takes a big handful right next to her head, then in the next shot, both of his hands are on the windowsill.
• After Roland calls Harvey ``Farm-boy'' for the last time, we hear the sound of their swords clanking together before they actually touch.

DYNs

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• Roland is a member of Finder of Lost Things Local 134.
• Sabrina speaks too quickly for her aunts to understand in this episode, as she also did in the episodes ``First Kiss'' (#018) and ``The Crucible'' (#023). This time, near as I can figure, she says: ``I don't have time to deal with this. There's a troll in my room. I'll tell you about it later.''
• Sabrina's doing that hand thing again.
• Woo-hoo Watch: Sabrina says, ``Woo-hoo. I'm engaged to a troll and I get to study for finals.'' The ``woo-hoo'' part is spoken in an annoyed manner.
• For future reference: Harvey's Dad's company is ``Termite King'' (which made him the ``Termite Prince'').
• When Roland yells to Sabrina, ``Hey, I'm doolin' down here!'', it's a nod to the movie Midnight Cowboy (specifically, Ratso Rizzo's famous line, ``I'm walkin' here!'').
• Mitosis is... the process of cell division.
• On-screen dedication at the end of the show:

  We dedicate this season
  to the memory of
  Barry Marx,
  a great writer
  and friend.

  Dustin Emhart says:

  As for who he is, I'm only speculating. The only Barry Marx I found on the net, who would be relevant, is a writer who has worked with Penn and Teller on production of a CD-ROM.

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