5 Spuffy fics with premises of famous movies

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We often notice film references on BtVS, be it "Frankenstein" (Adam story arc) or "It's a Wonderful Life" (The Wish), "Freddy Krueger" (Killed by Death) or "Stepford Wives" (Ted). But there are cinematographic paths that canonical characters had never taken - and fics fill the gaps.
Keep in mind that it's not AUs but fics in which canonical characters find themselves in an unusual situation we've seen in some movie.

1. Memory Box by grave_tidings (Candlekeeper)
http://grave-tidings.tripod.com/fictions/memory_box.htm

I'm not a big fan of the movie "The Lake House" (Keanu and Sandra looked much more attractive when they recited Whedon's dialogues in Speed) but I found the idea of a mailbox with a time-shifting abilities fresh and intriguing. Candlekeeper's Memory Box slightly alterates the premise: in summer 2003 Buffy gets from Giles a writing box that belonged to William in XIX century... This story is available in two versions - plain text and PDF which preserves the story graphics and specific fonts of Spike and Buffy's handwriting.

2. Fixing the Factors by kargrif, jackofspikes and maryperk73703
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=immortal_spuffy&keyword=Fixing+The+Factors&filter=all
or
http://216.177.131.147/stories.php?go=chapters&no=4553

"Groundhog Day" is one of my favorite films and definitely a classic. As the same day repeats again and again, Bill Murray's character gradually learns to accept life as it is and finally comes to an epiphany. The same happens to Buffy and Spike when the same day that repeats again and again. Only Buffy and Spike can remember the previous versions of the day so they join forces to beat the spell. It takes them 21 days to figure out the situation, to destroy the spell, to defeat Adam - and, of course, to fall for each other. Interestingly, author chose a day during The Yoko Factor - the momnet when Buffy and Spike's relationship hit one of its lowest points.

3. Three's The Charm by mommanerd
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/145995.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146324.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146519.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146761.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/147196.html

Not movie-correlated in the strict sense of the word but modeled after a famous episode of a TV show Star Trek - an episode that was based on Fredric Brown's famous story Arena (1944). The premise is as intriguing as simple: put the characters into an experimental situation that seemingly checks participants' strength but in fact tests their morals. Three's The Charm by mommanerd is another inventive exploration of Spuffy dynamics. Funny, sharp and thouroughly enjoyable. Set in season 5.

4. Thumbing Your Way to Vegas by kellyhk
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/86398.html

One of my favorite BtVS essayists, tallgent, often compares Buffy and Spike to Han and Leya in "Star Wars". Obviously, compelling ideas fly in the air, because kellyhk recently wrote a post-NFA Spuffy adventures in Return of the Jedi style in which Buffy "plays" Leia and Spike "plays" Han Solo.

5. Green Card by Ripe Wicked Plum
http://orion.lunarpages.com/~darkwa2/fff/greencard.html
It was written before 2006 but I still want to recommend it because it was my first movie-correlated fic.
Post-season 4. To prevent Spike's deportation, Joyce proposes to marry him. Afraid for her mother, Buffy steps in as Spike's bride. The set-up of a famous Gerard Depardieu/Andy McDowell romcom of the same title results in different story, but characters dynamics is pretty much the same: they're at each other's throats until they surrender to passion. Ensemble fic with Spuffy bent.