Charmed
No edit summary
Line 131: Line 131:
   
 
== Quotes ==
 
== Quotes ==
 
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]''' ''(talking about Agent Murphy)'': He can't make us do this on a weekly basis, it's boring.
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]''' ''(talking about Agent Murphy)'': He can't make us do this on a weekly basis, it's boring.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' Well... if he does, we'll just turn him into a frog or something.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' Well... if he does, we'll just turn him into a frog or something.
  +
----
 
  +
<hr width="50%"/>
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' I'm very busy too. I have dates, lots & lots of dates.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' I'm very busy too. I have dates, lots & lots of dates.
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]:''' Are you trying to get pregnant again?
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]:''' Are you trying to get pregnant again?
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' No. I'm trying to find love.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' No. I'm trying to find love.
  +
----
 
  +
<hr width="50%"/>
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]] '''''(talking about Agent Murphy)'': He's got case files for us.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]] '''''(talking about Agent Murphy)'': He's got case files for us.
 
:'''[[Paige Matthews|Paige]]:''' What are we, Charlie's Witches? We don't work for him.
 
:'''[[Paige Matthews|Paige]]:''' What are we, Charlie's Witches? We don't work for him.
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' Apparently he seems to think that. Especially reminding me over & over, he bailed us out of our little jam.
+
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' Apparently he seems to think that. Especially reminding me over and over, he bailed us out of our little jam.
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]:''' That's blackmail.
 
:'''[[Piper Halliwell|Piper]]:''' That's blackmail.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' No, that's your taxpayers dollars at work.
 
:'''[[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]]:''' No, that's your taxpayers dollars at work.

Revision as of 17:23, 19 April 2012

Battle of the Hexes is the eighth episode of the eighth season and the 164th episode of Charmed.

Summary

For a complete plot of Battle of the Hexes, go here.

The Charmed Ones are given their first Homeland Security case by Agent Murphy, going through cold case files. Billie discovers a belt in one of the boxes and can't help but put it on.

Characters

Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.

Magical Notes

Book of Shadows

CallaLostWitch

To Call a Lost Witch

Power of the witches rise
Course unseen across the skies
Come to us who call you near
Come to us and settle here.

Magic School Books
GoldenBeltofGaeaEntry

Golden Belt of Gaea

The Goddesses' gift to Hippolyta...
endows women wearing it with
transcendent powers...

To Release the Golden Belt of Gaea from a Woman

For all the world to work as one,
In harmony it must be undone.

Potions

  • Zira's Potion - brewed by Zira for Tai.
  • Phoebe made several potions trying to free Billie of the Golden Belt.
  • Piper and Phoebe made a potion to make Leo invisible (not seen), or they casted a spell to do it.
  • They also made a potion to make him visible again.

Spells

  • Piper and Phoebe casted a spell (not seen) to make Leo invisible, or they used a potion to do it.

Powers

Artifacts

  • Golden Belt of Gaea - a belt that Billie put on. It started to drive her insane, but the Charmed Ones managed to free her of it with a spell.
  • Crystal of Kasimar (mentioned) - a powerful crystal mentioned by Sollal.
  • Scrying Crystal - a magical pendant used for scrying. Phoebe used it to scry for Billie.
  • Crystals - used by Piper and Phoebe to trap Billie in a Crystal Cage.

Beings

Magical Beings

  • Zira - a demonic sorceress. She wanted to use Billie to kill male demons so she could rule.
  • Sollal - a demon who helped Zira.
  • Tai - an Upper-level demon who commanded several Low-level demons and was hoping to gain more powers.

Mortals

  • Henry Mitchell - a parole officer who helped Speed, Paige's charge.
  • Speed - Paige's charge. He is a future whitelighter and was forced to rob a liquor store.
  • Smitty - a guy with connections. Piper wanted him to book a band for P3, but she got so irritated by him that Leo had to persue him. They went golfing together.

Notes and Trivia

  • This is Ivan Sergei's first apperance as Henry Mitchell.
  • This is Jennifer Tung's second appearance on the show. Previously she played the demon Klea, a member of the Brotherhood of the Thorn in the season 3 episode "The Demon Who Came in from the Cold".
    Bilde

    Holly with Christy.

  • Even although all three sisters were present, only Paige, along with Leo, played a part in Zira's vanquish (firstly orbing the open spell book from the invisible Leo's hands, then reciting the spell to remove the belt from Billie and finally orbing the belt onto Zira to vanquish her).
  • The scene at the end with Piper, Billie and Phoebe at P3 was directed by a 13 year old girl, named Christy who has Cancer. Access Hollywood gave her the chance to see her favorite actress, which happened to be Holly Marie Combs. The directer, LeVar Burton let her sit in on this scene and call action. The whole experience for her was planned since about the start of Season 8. So her name could of possibly been used for inspiration for Billie's sister, Christy Jenkins.
  • This episode seems to have two conflicting messages in its tone towards feminism. On one hand, Billie's feminist bent is taken advantage of by the self-serving radical Zira, who in the end is destroyed by the magical embodiment of extreme feminism thanks to teamwork between mathumb|right|300px|Battle of the Hexes WB Trailern (Leo) and woman (the Charmed Ones, mainly Paige). On the other hand, in Paige's side-story, Henry is about to give up on his own parolee, Paige's charge, and it takes the woman whitelighter Paige's patience to let him see that Speed has not crossed the Rubicon into adult criminality - and to make the point clear, they engage in a $20 bet over Speed, which Paige wins. In all actuality, this merely highlights and confirms a tone that's been more subtly prevalent throughout the entire program - that women can and should be smart, sexy, and powerful, but even with this in mind, men are very important as well.
  • The WB used the promo title "Battle of the Sexes".
    • This is also the title of the episode in Latin America.
  • At the end of this episode Paige is seen in her bed with a teddy bear at her side.
  • When walking in the street with a newly-transformed Billie, Phoebe mentions having been turned into a mermaid, a mummy and a genie. ("A Witch's Tail, Part 1", "Y Tu Mummy Tambien", "I Dream of Phoebe")
  • This is the third time that the line "it's almost anticlimatic" has been said. It was first said by The Source ("Charmed and Dangerous") and then again by Zankou ("Scry Hard"). This time it was said by Zira.
  • Liz Phair is the final musical act played at P3.
  • In an audio commentary, Kaley Cuoco claims that her costume for this episode was originally supposed to include a blue cape.

International Titles

  • French: La Femme est l'Avenir de l'Homme - (Woman Is the Man's Future)
  • Czech: Souboj kouzel - (Wizardry Duel)
  • Spanish (Spain): La batalla de los maleficios - (The Battle of the Hexes)
  • Spanish (Latin America): La guerra de los sexos - (The War of the Sexes)
  • Serbian: Bitka Polova - (Equality Battle)

Photo Gallery

Episode Stills

Screen Caps

Quotes

Piper (talking about Agent Murphy): He can't make us do this on a weekly basis, it's boring.
Phoebe: Well... if he does, we'll just turn him into a frog or something.

Phoebe: I'm very busy too. I have dates, lots & lots of dates.
Piper: Are you trying to get pregnant again?
Phoebe: No. I'm trying to find love.

Phoebe (talking about Agent Murphy): He's got case files for us.
Paige: What are we, Charlie's Witches? We don't work for him.
Phoebe: Apparently he seems to think that. Especially reminding me over and over, he bailed us out of our little jam.
Piper: That's blackmail.
Phoebe: No, that's your taxpayers dollars at work.
Previous Episode:
The Lost Picture Show
Next Episode:
Hulkus Pocus
Episodes: Season 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
Comics: 9 - 10