| “Chick Flick” | |||||||
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 Billy protects the Charmed Ones in Chick Flick |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
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| Written by | Zack Estrin and Chris Levinson | ||||||
| Directed by | Michael Schultz | ||||||
| Guest stars | Chris Payne Gilbert (Billy) Robin Atkin Downes |
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| Production no. | 4399039 | ||||||
| Original airdate | April 20, 2000 | ||||||
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Chick Flick is an episode of The WB drama series, Charmed.
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Synopsis
The Halliwells battle the Demon of Illusion who has the power to unleash celluloid villains on society and brings to life Phoebe's favorite film character, Billy, who remains in black and white while everything around him is in color. Using his newly discovered ability to bring psycho characters out of horror movies, the demon sends an axe murderer and a knife-wielding corpse to kill Phoebe, Prue and Piper, but they force him back into the movie and join him in an on-screen battle of good vs. evil.
Book of Shadows
Enemies
- Demon of Illusion: A demon who has the ability to animate inanimate objects, such as movie characters. He can walk between the real world and false ones and has immunity to common witch powers. His goal is to create violence in society. The Charmed Ones vanquished the Demon of Illusion by burning the film of the movie he was in, but it is not clear if there is a spell or a potion that would vanquish the demon magically.
- Bunyip: The Bunyip lives in Africa, Asia, and parts of the Australian Outback. It is known to bring disease and is roughly the size of an ape. Usually the Bunyip will attack alone, but when their young brood is disturbed, they kill humans found within a mile by eating them.
Spells
- To Vanquish The Demon of Illusion (Didn't work): Evil that has travelled near, I call on you to disappear. Elementals heed my call. Remove this creature from these walls
Episode Stars
- Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell
- Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
- Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
- Greg Vaughan as Dan Gordon
- Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Co-Stars
- Olivia Summers as Bloody Mary
- Alec Ledd as Film Geek
- Leslie Lauten as Sally Mae
- Michael Rivkin as Cell Phone Guy
- Dale Fabrigar as Irritated Guy
- August Amarino as Projectionist
- J.P. Romano as The Slasher
Trivia
- Phoebe's favorite movie that Billy is in is the fictional Kill It Before It Dies. Phoebe later watches the movie again in the episodes Bride and Gloom and Sense and Sense Ability.
- Piper says "I'm being stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the shower?". This is a reference to the movie Psycho (1960), a horror movie in which one of the main characters is killed in the shower.
- Towards the end of the episode Dan comes to drop off some of Piper's stuff. When Dan says that he should be going, you think Piper says "Okay", but if you look at her lips, neither Piper nor Prue says this.
International titles
- French: C'est pas du cinéma ! (That's not cinema)
- German: Der reinste Horror (The pure horror)
- Spanish: Pelicula en blanco y negro (Movie in Black and White)
| Preceded by: How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: Ex Libris |
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| Locations and Artifacts: Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Characters: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Family and friends | Magical beings |
