Top Ten Things We'd See if "Sliders" Met "Buffy"   ThomasMalthus   Nov13/01  10. Fans of both vampires and "Sliders" would immediately tape over their copies of "Stoker" (except for the part where Wade sings, of course). 9. Giles, Spike and Professor Arturo treat the fans to the longest piece of British dialogue undiscernable to the Yank ear since "Trainspotting". 8. Spike is befuddled when his chip doesn't activate after hitting Maggie in the chest. 7. Willow curses Season 4 Quinn with a soul. 6. Xander beats up Mallory, saying he just couldn't take any more of his idiotic quips. 5. Maggie spends the entire slide in Willow and Tara's bedroom. Ahem, moving on. 4. The Scooby Gang gasps in amazement when they see both Diana AND Rembrandt appear, thus exceeding the Sunnydale quota laws that state only one token African-American character can be seen per season. 3. Quinn spends most of the slide complaining about how he lost out to that Prinze guy. 2. Willow unexpectedly reprises her description of Veruca, "voice like an albatross, dresses like Faith", when she meets Maggie. And the number one result of "Sliders" meeting "Buffy"... 1. David Peckinpah, in an attempt to "pay homage" to Joss Whedon's best episodes, crafts a silent musical. Needless to say "Once More with Hushing Slide" does some of the series' worst ratings numbers ever. - ThomasMalthus Cast of creepy-looking distinctly non-demonic mutant zombies (mouthing): "Sing low, sweet gentlemen Coming forth to bury this town..."