The Vampire Diaries
Season 1, Episode 12
Air date	January 28th 2010
Written by	Barbie Kligman & Brian Young
Directed by	Liz Friedlander
Episode Guide transcript
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Unpleasantville is the twelfth episode of the First Season and the series. 

SummaryEdit

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50's DANCE THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS —- As Stefan and Damon try to figure out the identity of the new vampire in town, Stefan gives Elena jewelry filled with vervain to protect her family and friends. Hurting for money, Matt takes a job at Mystic Grill, where former high school football-star, Ben, works as a bartender. Ben comes to Bonnie's aid when he notices Damon is bothering her. Damon and Stefan accompany Elena to a school dance with a 1950s theme, where Alaric introduces himself to Damon.

PlotEdit

CastEdit

Main CastEdit Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (credit only)

Special Guest StarEdit Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman Guest CastEdit Malese Jow as Anna Dillon Casey as Noah Sean Faris as Ben McKittrick Co-StarringEdit Joey Nappo as Kid

TriviaEdit

• Antagonist: Noah
• This episode had 3.71 million viewers in USA.
• Elena drives Jenna's red Mini-Cooper, since her car was totaled in the previous episode.
• It is mentioned that Elena's dad, Grayson Gilbert, was a doctor.
• Elena learns that her biological mother's name was Isobel.
• Stefan tells Elena, when she asks, that pictures of him in his past were burned and/or buried.
• Matt is shown to drive some kind of truck.
• Elena displays some knowledge of self-defense when fighting off Noah. She also stabs him multiple times with a pencil, confirming that vampires may be wounded by any wooden weapon.
• Dillon Casey, who played Noah, also starred alongside Nina Dobrev in the Lifetime movie "Too Young To Marry", in which the two played teen lovers who got married after high school graduation.
• Elena will not actually kill a vampire until season two's episode The Dinner Party.

Episode Title:

• The title "Unpleasantville" is a reference to the movie Pleasantville in which two teens were transported into a 1950's sitcom. Turning the title of that movie on its head juxtaposes an outwardly carefree, 1950s-themed school dance with Elena's decidedly unpleasant encounter with a vampire named Noah.

Deaths:

• Noah by Stefan Salvatore

Cultural ReferencesEdit

• Pleasantville, a 1998 motion picture.

QuotesEdit

Damon: '"'You're pathetic when you're fishing."

Stefan: "And you're transparent when you're deflecting."

Damon: '"'Don't you have school?"

Noah: "Hello, Elena."

Elena: "Hey, who's this?"

Noah (spying on Elena): "You hit me with your car, is that a new one? You got away from me... you won't next time."

Caroline: "Since when are you a busboy?"

Matt: "It's a job, you know some of us have to work Caroline. With my mom in and out...things are tight so."

Jenna: "Your dad was about to leave the office one night, when this girl showed up. She was 16, a runaway, and about to give birth. He delivered her baby and gave her a place to stay, but a few days later she disappeared... and there you were. Your parents were trying so hard to have a baby... it just wasn't happening. All Miranda ever wanted was to be a mom."

Stefan (talking about Damon): "I'm really sorry that it won't be of any help with your 'diabolical plan: the sequel'."

Jenna: "Okay, I'm a sucker for the decade dance. I went to school here you know, they do the 60's and 70's too FYI."

Alaric: "Oh, can't wait. Can I get you a drink? I hear the punch is real boss."

Caroline: "So what is this like a threesome now? You and the Salvatore brothers."

Elena: "No, but if I'm going to be with Stefan, then I have to learn to tolerate Damon. It's not like I can kill him."

Bonnie: "There's a thought."

Caroline: "Mmm, I'll help."

Anna: "She's not Katherine, Ok, Katherine is in the tomb."

Noah: "I know, but until we open that tomb I have her to play with."

Anna: "Don't be stupid, that girl is with the Salvatore brothers."

Noah: "They don't scare me, they never have."

Noah: "Hello, Elena. Here's what your going to do, there's a exit door behind you. You have 5 seconds."

Elena: "No."

Noah: "Or your brother dies. I can snap his neck so fast, I bet there's not even a witness."

Damon (attempting to compel Alaric): "Why are you in Mystic Falls?"

Alaric: "I got a job as a teacher."

Damon: "Do you know what I am?"

Alaric: "You're my student's brother."

Damon: "Is everything you're telling me the truth?"

Alaric: "Yes."

Damon: "Then forget we had this conversation."

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SoundtrackEdit

"There's This There's That" – We Barbarians "Pacer" – Systems Officer "This Magic Moment" – The Misfits "Everyday" – Rogue Wave "Dreams Are For The Lucky" – Jef Scott "Keep It Cool (Bo Flex Remix)" – U.S. Royalty "Runaway" – The Misfits

"Everybody" – Autovaughn "Slow Dance" – Jacko Marcellino "Great Balls of Fire" – The Misfits "My Boyfriends' Back" – The Raveonettes "Now That We've Grown" – St. Leonards "Mr. Sandman" – Oranger

VideosEdit

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PicturesEdit

• Elena at the 50's decade dance.
• Elena cornered by Noah.
• Noah cornering Elena.
• Elena at her home and Noah on the ceiling.
• Stefan in Elena's house.
• Elena and Stefan talking.
• Elena at the school dance.
• Elena and the Salvatore brothers planning to get rid of Noah.
• Elena, Damon and Stefan discussing Noah.
• Damon asking Caroline for a dance.
• Bonnie and Ben.
• Bonnie and Damon.
• Elena and Caroline at the 50's decade dance.
• Anna turning her back from Jeremy.
• Anna talking to Jeremy at the school dance.
• Damon talking to Bonnie at Mystic Grill.
• Damon at the dance.
• Elena at the dance.
• Damon.
• Stefan at the school 50's dance.
• Jeremy serving drinks at the school dance.

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