Drusilla and Buffy's first big bad, the Master, and since it is able to appear as those who have died, its last manifestation is as Buffy herself. This is the only time that Spike and the Master appear together, though the Master is only a manifestation of the First, and Spike and the Master never actually met onscreen. Spike and Mayor Wilkins have not met onscreen, either. In season 6's DVD extras, the cast appeared on Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Panel Discussion. Here Michelle Trachtenberg said that she'd been begging Whedon to let her character wear black, seeing as she'd never been allowed to in order to keep her looking youthful and innocent. Dawn is seen wearing almost all black here on her first day of school. Buffy gives Dawn, Kit, and Carlos advice after rescuing them from the basement: "School is intense, but you'll do all right as long as you're careful. And you might want to think about sticking together." Kit and Carlos do not, however, appear in later episodes, although Dawn is on the phone with Kit when the First begins causing chaos at the Summers house. Arc significance The First comments, in the guise of Buffy, that everything is about 'Power' (which is the theme of season seven). This is a conclusion that Buffy herself comes to twice: once while facing Glory and then again in the series finale. The First makes its first appearance since season 3, where it was seen tormenting the first vampire with a soul, Angel. The First was able to come back to attempt the annihilation of the Slayer line through Buffy's resurrection, which was carried out at the beginning of the 6th season by Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara. While in the basement Spike talks to the First saying "I had a speech I learned it all." Spike professes this speech to Buffy in the next episode. Pop culture allusions Willow says to Giles that "you go all Dumbledore on me." Dawn says, "Check out double-O Xander," referring to James Bond, code name 007. When Xander teasingly asks Buffy how you "make" cereal, she says, "I saw it on The Food Channel." As Dawn leaves Buffy in the High School, she references The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man": "I know: You never know what's coming. The stake is not the power. To Serve Man is a cookbook.