Episodes Title Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Season 1 1x01 Something Wicca This Way Comes based on a play on a line from Shakespeare's MacBeth, Act IV, scene 1. Second Witch: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, Whoever knocks!" (Followed by MacBeth's entrance) 1x02 I've Got You Under My Skin "I've got you under my skin" is the title of a Cole Porter song 1x03 Thank you for not morphing A play on "Thank you for not smoking"
1x04 Dead Man Dating 'Dead Man Dating' is a play on the Susan Sarandon/Sean Penn movie title "'Dead Man Walking" "Dead Man Waking" is also a saying.
1x05 Dream Sorcerer refer to the song 'Dream Lover'
1x06 The Wedding From Hell refer to the saying 'The Wedding from Hell' 1x08 The truth is out there... and it hurts This is a spin off "the quote the truth is out there" from the TV show "X-files" 1x09 The Witch is Back 'The Witch is Back" refers to the Elton John song with a similar name: "The Bitch is Back"
1x11 Feats of Clay refer from phrase, 'Feat of Clay'
1x13 From Fear to Eternity The title is a reference to the Montgomery Clift vehicle named "From Here to Eternity" 1x14 Secrets and Guys The title is a play on that of the multi-Oscar-nominated film, "'Secrets and Lies" 1x16 Which Prue is it, anyway? The title of the episode is a play off of the name of the television show, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" 1x17 That 70's episode This episode most likely got its title from "That 70's Show" which premiered the same season as Charmed did.
Season 2
2x02 Morality bites The title of this episode refers to the 1994 film "Reality Bites".
2x08 P3 H2O P3 stands for the Charmed Ones (Prue, Piper, and Phoebe; but now Piper, Phoebe and Paige) and H2O is the chemical name for - water. 2x10 Heartbreak City This could have been taken from Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. 2x12 Awakened Refers to the movie Awakening
2x16 Murphy's Luck A reference to Murphy's Law, "If anything can go wrong, it will" 2x17 How to make a quilt out of Americans refers to "How to make an American quilt" 2x19 Ex libris Latin "from the book" (more) 2x21 Apocalypse not Refers to the movie "Apocalypse now" 2x22 Be careful what you witch for Refers to the saying "be careful what you wish for"
Season 3 3x04 All Halliwell's Eve Refers to All Hallows Eve (Halloween)
3x06 Primrose Empath It most likely refers to the movie "Primrose path" 3x08 Sleuthing iwth the enemy Refers to the movie "Sleeping with the enemy"
3x09 Coyote Piper The title of this episode comes from the 2000 movie "Coyote Ugly" which was about young women in New York City who worked at a bar which was famous for the fact the bartenders (who were all female) were very crazy and danced on the bars, flirted with the male customers, and were all around very slutty the way that Piper was after she was possessed. Also, as a separate irony, the first name of the actress who played the lead in the movie was Piper. 3x14 The good, the bad and the cursed The title is a reference to Clint Eastwood's western, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 3x16 Death takes a Halliwell The title probably refers to the movie Death Takes a Holiday.
3x17 Pre-Witched Probably a twist from Bewitched (the series) to Pre-Witched (which could also been read as "before becoming witches") 3x19 The Demon Who Came in from the Cold Refers to "The spy who came in from the cold", a novel by John Le Carre 3x21 Look Who's Barking Probably a play on the title of a popular movie, "Look Who's Talking", in which a baby's thoughts are revealed through voice-over.
Season 4 4x03 Hell Hath No Fury The title is from a poem by William Congreve "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned"
4x04 Enter the Demon Refers to the famous kung-fu movie starring Bruce Lee, "Enter the Dragon" (there also appears a dragon-blade in this episode) 4x08 Black as Cole The title is a play on the saying "Black as coal"
4x09 Muse To My Ears From the saying "News To My Ears"
4x10 A Paige From The Past From the phrase "A Page From The Past" 4x11 Trial By Magic Refers to the saying "Trial By Fire"
4x12 Lost And Bound A reference to the phrase "Lost And Found"
4x13 Charmed and Dangerous Refers to the 1999 movie that is about a man, tormented by beautiful women, that decides it's all a giant conspiracy of women against him. He vows he can survive entirely without them, and sets out to rescue other men from falling victim to the feminine wiles ... but he soon discovers it's not as easy as he thinks
4x14 The Three Faces Of Phoebe A reference to the movie "The Three Faces Of Eve"
4x15 Marry-go-round The title is a play on Merry-go-round
4x16 The Fifth Halliwheel The title is a play on the proverb "A fifth wheel to a cart is but an encumbrance" where Paige is the "fifth wheel".
4x17 Saving Private Leo This is a twist on the popular movie nominated for an Academy Award called "Saving Private Ryan" 4x19 We're Off to See the Wizard Refers to "The wizard of Oz" (Dorothy: "We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz..." This song is sung on the way to Oz) 4x21 Womb Raider Refers to the movie title "Tomb Raider"
Season 5
5x01 A Witch's Tail A play on the movie title "A Knight's Tale" 5x03 Happily Ever After A twist of word in every end of good story, "and they lived happily ever after"
5x07 Sympathy for the Demon A play on the song Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil"
5x09 Sam I Am based on movies "I Am Sam" 5x10 Y Tu Mummy Tambien refer on Spanish movies, Y Tu Mama Tambien 5x11 The Importance of Being Phoebe This title is in reference to the film "The importance of Being Earnest" 5x14 Sand Francisco Dreamin' Sand is been change from its original word San 5x15 The Day The Magic Died The lyrics of Madonna's American Pie, "the day the music died"
5x17 Lucky Charmed based on its real word, Lucky Charm, as amulet 5x19 Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun based on Cindy Lauper song, Girl Just Wanna Have Fun 5x20 Sense and Sense Ability This is a pun on Jane Austen's classic novel, "Sense and Sensiblity" 5x21 Necromancing the stone The title is probobly a reference to the 1984 movie "Romancing The Stone" starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. Season 6 6x01 Valhalley of the dolls The title refers to the 1966 book "valley of the dolls", a term, which passed into the American idiom to describe the addiction to prescription drugs more 6x05 Love's a witch Probably a reference to "Amores perros" 6x08 Charmed in Camelot - Sword in the City Refers to the legendary King Arthur's stronghold Camelot. The word Sword in the City refers in series Sex and The City 6x10 Chris crossed Title refers to "criss-cross" (cross in a pattern, often random) 6x11 Witchstock Title refers to the famous Woodstock concert 6x14 The legend of sleepy Halliwell The title is a spin on '"The legend of sleepy hollow" 6x15 I dream of Phoebe This title is in reference to the series "I Dream of Jeanie" (1965 - 1970) 6x17 Hyde school reunion The 'Hyde' in this title refers to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde
6x18 Spin City Most likely a reference to "Sin City". This is the overall title for a series of stories by Frank Miller told in comic book form, in what one could call the Noir style
6x22 It's a bad, bad, bad, bad world The title may be hinting at the comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
Season 7
7x02 The Bare Witch Project A play on the title of the movie "The Blair Witch Project"
7x03 Cheaper by the Coven A reference to the book "Cheaper by the Dozen" which has also been made into a movie. 7x04 Charrrmed! The three "r"s in the title refer to the 3 Charmed Ones.
7x05 Styx feet under The title is a play on the TV series "Six feet under"
7x06 Once in a blue moon Once in a blue moon is a common saying to express that something happens seldom.
7x07 Someone to witch over me Refers to the song "Someone to Watch over Me" - words by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin. Introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the stage musical "Oh, Kay!" 1926.
7x09 There's Something About Leo An episodes based the title on the same movie titled, "There's Something About Mary"
7x10 Witchness protection A play on the term "Witness protection"
7x11 Ordinary Witches Based on the novel entitled "Ordinary People"
7x12 Extreme Makeover World Edition The title is based on the show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" where a group of people totally remake someone's home. 7x13 Charmageddon It is a play on the word "Armageddon". Armageddon in Christianity is anticipated as the final battle between the forces of good (Jesus and his angels) and the forces of evil (Satan and his demons). It also refers to any great loss of life in battle etc. 7x14 Carpe Demon A play on the phrase "Carpe Diem" which is Latin for "pluck the day," meaning "enjoy the moment".
7x15 Show Ghouls The title is a mix of Ghosts and Souls and maybe also a reference to "Showgirls"
7x16 The Seven Year Witch This episodes refer to the one of Bewitched episodes "The Eight Year Witch" and refer in the movie "The Seven Year Itch" 7x17 Scry Hard refer to the saying, "Try Hard" and refer in movie "Die Hard" 7x20 Imaginary Friends based on a movie, "Imaginary Heroes"
7x21 Death Becomes Them Refer to the movie "Death Becomes Her" starring Bruce Willis
7x22 Something Wicca This Way Goes...?! A little but weird same title of Season 1 Episode 1, Something Wicca This Way Comes Season 8
8x01 Still Charmed and Kicking refer in saying "Still Alive and Kicking"
8x02 Malice In Wonderland based on the comic story tale 'Alice in Wonderland' 8x03 Run Piper, Run A twist on the movie filmed, 'Run Lola, Run' 8x04 Desperate Housewitch based on the TV series "Desperate Housewives" 8x05 Rewitched Probably a twist from 'Bewitched' (the series) to Pre-Witched (which could also been read as "before becoming witches") Probably a word Re is again and witched is becoming witches, so "becoming witches again" 8x06 Kill Billie: Vol. I based on the movie 'Kill Bill Vol. I' starring Uma Thurman 8x07 The Lost Picture Show taken from, 'The Rocky Picture Show' 8x08 The Battle of the Hexes refer in the word, 'The Battle of the Sexes'
8x09 Hulkus Pocus based on saying, 'Hocus Pocus'