"The Zeppo" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is the forty-seventh episode in the series. It was written by Dan Vebber and directed by James Whitmore, Jr. It was originally broadcast on January 26, 1999. Feeling left out by the gang, Xander befriends a villainous student named Jack O'Toole. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are trying to stop the apocalypse.