Prue's name count S4-S8

[Deleted]

Just wondering if anyone knows how many times Prue's name was used/said after she had died.

I'm guessing 18 episodes?

Anyone know?

[Deleted]

I honestly couldn't tell you.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Same here unless you went over all season 4-8 episode scripts and read them through that is.

[West]

I did the seasons using scripts, but just looking for the words prue, made life easier to find them using the find key under edit.



Season 4 Episodes

Okay well Charmed Again Part 1 and 2 and Hell Hath No Fury we all know had tones of mentions.


Enter The Demon

An-Ling: But I didn't kill him. I made him stronger. Strong enough to remove my father's magic and wisdom from the world. I don't feel worthy of following in his footsteps.
Piper: I understand. I recently lost my big sister who was… pretty good at just about everything she did. Very tough shoes to fill.
An-Ling: Where did you find the strength?
Piper: I haven't yet, but I'll let you know when I do.

Size Matters

Piper: What’s wrong with P3?

Treat: Well, you know we polled people and most of them thought it was a parking level. I mean I don’t even know what it stands for.

Piper: It stands for Prue, Piper, and Phoebe. We are P3. We were.

A Knight To Remember

Phoebe: I didn't mean are we ready as witches. I meant are we ready as sisters? I mean, what if we don't get along?

Piper: We didn't always get along with Prue either.

Phoebe: Yeah, but that's different. We grew up with her. Eventually we had to get along. I still half expect to see her walk through the door. Maybe it's just too soon.

Piper: Then there's only one way to find out.

Piper: Paige, the Charmed Ones come first!

Phoebe: The Charmed Ones come first?

Piper: It always worked when Prue said it.

Leo: You're not alone anymore. You have sisters now.

Paige: Yeah. Sisters who are pressuring me to move in with them for all the wrong reasons.

Leo: What is that supposed to mean?

Paige: Nothing. Forget about it. Look, it's just sometimes I feel like they want me to Prue, super witch. And I can't. I don't know how.

Prince: But isn't that what true love is? (He sits down next to her.) Falling under someone's spell? Just tell me what you want and I'll give it to you. I swear.

Paige: Can you make me as good as Prue was?

Prince: Uhh...

Paige: Never mind. You wouldn't understand.

Brain Drain

Piper: I know. We will. (She gets up and goes and sits down next to Becca. She sees her smiling.) What?

Becca: Nothing. It's just good to see you out and about again, that's all.

Piper: Yeah, after Prue died it took some time to...

Becca: Yeah, but even before that. It's almost like the last three or four years you've just kinda disappeared.

Piper: Yeah.

Paige: I thought you said I wasn't good enough for your little coven.

Piper: Paige, you are under a spell, you don't know what you're talking about.

Paige: I tried to be your friend, I even tried to play your stupid witchy games, but all you could do was complain about me and my stuff and how we didn't compare to your beloved Prue.

Alaster: You use it to explain things you can't accept. Just like your best friend did before she got well. Prue.

Piper: Don't you dare talk about Prue.

Paige: Here we go again. Say Prue.

Alaster: You've never forgiven her from finally accepting that she wasn't a witch. You've convinced yourself that she's dead.

Piper: She is dead.

Alaster: No, she's not. We released her three months ago. She's recovered, she's free. Just like you could be if you'd stop fighting it. Accept the reality.

Piper: Let me out of these restraints, I'll show you some reality.

Phoebe: We can't give up now. We are so close. We have to take out the Source if we can. And if not just for our sake, then for Prue's.

Piper: Fine. I just hope we don't end up where she did.

Black as Cole

Phoebe: All that would do is keep him from doing future good and put
your life at risk in the process. Emma, please, please, just let it go.

Emma: Let it go? Have you ever lost someone? To evil, I mean.

Phoebe: Yes.

Emma: And did you just let it go?

Muses to My Ears

Piper: What you don't get is that Phoebe is trying to do the exact same thing. She's always been the youngest sister, the eternal child. Care free, fun loving.

Cole: And?

Leo: And in a minute, she lost Prue, discovered Paige, and became the middle sister.

Piper: And to top it all off, you propose. The idea of marriage, being that much of a grownup is terrifying to Phoebe.

A Paige of the Past

First episode of series and season to not mention Prue

Trail by Magic

Leo: Because you don't know what you might be erasing. Doctors appointments, childrens birthdays...

Piper: Leo, this is an emergency. I can not live with these people knowing our secret, knowing that at any minute we could relive the hell we went through with Prue.

Leo: Okay.

Lost and Bound

Piper: I don't know, maybe. All I do know is that when we finally got our powers back, it felt like we were scrambling to catch up. And I can't help but think if we had our powers from day one we would have been more prepared. Things would have turned out different.

Leo: Prue would still be alive?

Piper: And the Source would be dead. And we would be on our way to having a family as apposed to just talking about it.

Leo: Life would be perfect.

Piper: Not perfect, just easier.

Charmed and Dangerous

The Source: Seems almost anti-climatic after all this time, doesn't it? Say hello to Prue for me.

Phoebe: Oh, honey, are you still on that will and testament kick? I gotta tell you, it's very, very morbid.

Piper: No, it's very, very responsible. Prue did it and thank god she did, 'cause if she didn't we'll still be dealing with lawyers. (to Cole) No offence.

Cole: Oh, none taken. I've come to terms with my evil past.

Piper: I don't know. But at least that part of the nightmare's over.

Phoebe: For Prue.

(They clink their beer bottles.)

Piper: For Prue.

The Three Faces of Phoebe

Little Phoebe: Stay away from me or I'll sick Prue on you.

Piper: Oh, yeah, don't go there.

Marry Go Round

Piper: Oh, please, this looks nothing like Death. Prue met him, I know.

Paige: No, you're missing the point. This is a bad omen.

Piper: Well, not necessarily.

Phoebe: And then Prue crashed through the front door on a Harley.
Piper: Yeah, only Prue could make my wedding day all about her. But the point is, I barely remember the ceremony, it's a total blur. And in the end all that matters is that you marry the guy that you love, and if you manage to do that your wedding was perfect.

The Fifth Halliwheel

No Prue mention, second episode of season 4 with nothing

Saving Private Leo

No Prue mention, third episode of season 4 with nothing

Bite Me

No Prue mention, fourth episode of season 4 with nothing

Were off to see the Wizard

No Prue mention, fifth episode of season 4 with nothing

Long Live The Queen

Paige: You could try that.
Leo: It's just when Piper lost Prue, she barely survived and she thinks she's really gonna lose Phoebe and I think she might just...
Paige: Listen, just go talk to her, okay, remind her that we have a demon to fight. Maybe that'll do her some good and take her mind off Phoebe.

Womb Raider

No Prue mention, six episode of season 4 with nothing

Witch Way Now

No Prue mention, seventh episode of season 4 with nothing

Season 4 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 15 Episodes
No Mentions: 7 episodes






Season 5 Episodes

A Witches Tale Part 1
A Witches Tale Part 2
Happily Ever After
Siren Song
Witches in Tights
The Eyes Have It

No mentions in the first 6 episodes of season 5

Sympathy For The Demon

Paige: Well, the attic was feeling a little cramped, you know, I thought a change of scenery might help.

Leo: Hmm. (He walks over to the table.) Prue's animal conjuring spell, huh? That's a tough one.

Paige: Yeah, tell me about it. How long did it take her to get it down.

Leo: A couple of days at least.

Paige: Oh, good, then I don't feel so bad.

Leo: What's going on, Paige?

Paige: Nothing.

Leo: Paige...

Paige: You promise you won't tell Piper and Phoebe?

Leo: Yep.

Paige: Okay, Prue was this awesome witch with a full time job and I quit my job to be a full time witch and I still haven't reached her level yet which makes me feel incredibly frustrated and lame.

Leo: Well, I thought you were done comparing yourself to Prue.

Paige: Yeah, so did I. It's just these last couple of days for some reason I've been feeling a little insecure. And this stupid spell isn't helping any. Come on, now, give me a dove, any dove. (She throws something in the pot and nothing happens.) Nothing.

Phoebe: We've never been able to vanquish him, just neutralise him.

Piper: Actually we didn't, Prue did.

Paige: Well, maybe you can just do whatever Prue did to banish him last time.

Phoebe: It won't work.

Leo: Prue didn't banish him with a spell, she banished him by conquering her fears.

Phoebe: Paige, orb the potion.

Paige: It's in a puddle.

Piper: You can do it. Prue did.

Barbas: Ay, there's the rub. You're no Prue are you?

Paige: Potion!

A Witch in Time
Sam I Am
Y Tu Mummy Tambien
The Importance of Being Phoebe

Again no mentions in these

Centennial Charmed

Paige: Of course. Leo, the club.

Leo: What about it? It's been like this for over a year. Ever since Piper walked away from it, right after Prue died.

Paige: That is not true. The club is kicking behind. Michelle Branch was just playing here and I sneezed and then I or... orbed out. Maybe if I sneeze again. (She sneezes.) Did I orb?




Paige: Shax? What's she talking about? We vanquished him already.

Leo: Nobody's vanquished Shax. Ever since he killed Prue, Piper's been obsessed with getting revenge on him.




Paige: A hospital. Yeah, yeah, you keep saying the same thing in any reality. Hey, who else but a sister would know that?

Piper: We must be pretty close then, the three of us? (Paige nods.) Like Phoebe and I were with Prue.

Paige: Yeah, close enough to have avenged Prue's death together.




Piper: Did you guys try to vanquish Belthazor ever?

Paige: No, but you and Prue almost tried. You guys had a vanquishing potion, right?

Piper: How do you know that?

Paige: Book of Shadows. Also says that it needs a piece of his flesh to make it work.


Phoebe: Look, the only one getting anything out of this is you. And I have no idea what that is. The only reason I'm still here is to make sure that what happened to Prue does not happen to Piper, and you know it.

Cole: What happened to us, Phoebe? How'd we get here? We used to be so in love. Even without your sisters, it's not working. Why?

House Call
San Franisco Dreamin
The Day the Magic Died

No mentions at all

Babys First Demon

Piper: Well, when I went to the future I had a little girl and obviously that has changed, as has a lot of things but, um, I'm still having trouble letting go of the name we settled on.

Phoebe: Yeah, well, Prudence Melinda might get him in trouble at school too.

Lucky Charmed

No Mentions

Cat House

Phoebe: Yeah, but sweetie, what do you expect? You didn't know her back then. It doesn't mean you're any less apart of us though, you know that, right?

Paige: Yeah, I know. It would've been cool though. Hang out with you, see what you guys were like, maybe meet Prue.



Phoebe: I-I don't know what you're talking about.

Katrina: Where's the disinfectant? Didn't it used to be kept in Prue's bathroom?

Phoebe: No, it's in the kitchen.

Paige: What is going on?


Past Piper: So what are we supposed to do now?

Past Phoebe: I don't know, kill innocents?

Past Piper: No, I mean about Prue.


Paige: I can't believe Prue ruined Piper's wedding.


(A white dog runs past them, following Kit.)

Phoebe: You said you always wanted to meet Prue, right? That's another little spell gone awry.

[Scene from episode 3.21 "Look Who's Barking". Kit runs up the stairs and Piper, Phoebe and Leo come down the stairs. They stop Prue.]

Nymphs Just Want To Have Fun
Sense & Sense Ability

No mentions

Necromancing The Stone

Grams: You saw it yourself when you went to the future.

Piper: That was also the future where Prue was still alive and witches were burned at the stake. Things change.

Grams: Not this. Oh, it's just that I'm worried about the family, you know. We don't know what to expect.

Oh My Goddess, Pt 1

No Mentions

Oh My Goddess, Pt 2

Leo: The Elders were wrong about us. They didn't think our love could survive but it did. Our love blessed us in ways they couldn't even imagine. It gave you the strength that you needed to take over from Prue, it produced a baby with a greater future than any of us, and it made me...

Piper: An Elder.

Leo: Our love it transcendent, Piper. It lifted me up so high that this was the only possible result. Being an Elder wasn't my destiny, but yet here I am because of you.

Season 5 Count
Total Prue Mentions: 6 Episodes
No Mentions: 16 episodes


Season 6 episodes


Valhalley of the Dolls, Pt 2

Leo: You'll get the handle of it, just be patient.

Phoebe: Are you sure? Because I remember Prue almost being destroyed that time she was an empath.

Leo: Well, she wasn't supposed to become one, you are. Maybe all this with Piper has made it happen a little sooner but you can handle it, I know you can.

Chris Crossed

Phoebe: Well, we can't leave you alone, we have to stick together.

Piper: No, I know, believe me, I know. But you can't keep sacrificing your lives forever and neither can I. Mum did that, Grams did it and even Prue. And look what happened to them. It's not a legacy I want us to inherit.

Paige: What if it doesn't work out, us going our separate ways?

Piper: Well, we'll worry about it then.

Prince Charmed

Darryl: Hey, do these go?

Paige: Ah, no, grab those two.

Phoebe: The charm bracelet that mum gave Piper and Piper loved it but then Prue lost it.

Paige: Why don't we just cast a...

Hyde School Reunion

Piper: Not the drive by kind, but he was kind of the type. If he is at the reunion I'd stay away from him.

Paige: This is so weird. It's a whole different side of Miss Phoebe.

Piper:
Yeah, I think she missed mum in her life more than Prue or I did. And
the more Grams tried to control her, the more she became rebellious.

Crimes and Witch Demeanors

Barbas: Truly tragic. That was their sister Prue's first true love. I wonder whatever happened to her.

(Phoebe goes to stand up.)

Gideon: Don't. It's not worth it.

Season 6 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes


Season 7 Episodes




Cheaper By the Coven

Grams: That my being a witch was such an important part of my life and
what it meant to me, and what it might mean to you someday.

Piper:
Did you tell us that Prue and mum were gonna die? That Leo was gonna
lose his marbles. Or that demons were gonna be chasing after us all the
time everywhere.

Grams: Piper, I didn't know any of those things
were going to happen. But if I did, I would've done everything in my
power to stop it. (They hug.) I'd like to think that being a witch gave
you the inner strength you needed to deal with all those sadness's in
your life. Did you ever think about that?

Styx Feet Under

Angel of Death: I'm the Angel of Death. (Arthur faints onto the couch.) I
knew your sister, your mother, of course, and your grandmother.

Seven Year Witch

Cole: Why? (He stands up.) Because I know you so well? Remember, I
go all the way back to Prue. I was actually at your wedding. The fact
is, Leo and I are a lot alike. We both tried to change the world to save
our marriages.

Piper: You are nothing alike and just because we have history doesn’t mean you know anything about me or love.

Scry Hard

Zankou: Listen to this. "Prue was always the strong one. Now that she's gone, I don't know if we'll have the strength to keep fighting for good.
Or if it's even worth it."
Craven: Yes, well, if only...
Zankou:Humans are slaves to their own emotions. And the strongest emotion is love. That's why Piper didn't leave her husband's side to fight. That was my miscalculation. They would go through hell to stay together. (Craven clears his throat.) What is it?

Something Wicca This Way Goes?

Sheridan: He disappeared, and I think I know who knows why ... the same people who probably know what happened to three other cops who were either killed or mysteriously disappeared in the past seven years: Inspectors Trudeau, Rodriguez, and Davidson. Then there are all the civilian cases, including one of their own sisters -- Prue Halliwell.
Agent Keyes: (unimpressed) That's it?




Paige: Well, I kinda wish we'd learned how to do it earlier. Would've come in handy.
Phoebe: Well, Prue was really protective of it. I'm just glad she showed Leo how to do it.



(The girls are passed out on the couch when they return to their bodies.)

(They gasp and sit up.)

Paige: Ah, astral projecting worked.
Piper: Thank you, Prue.
Phoebe: The Book.

Season 7 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes



Season 8 Episodes

Kill Billie Vol. 1

PIPER: Really? 'Cause something happened to Prue. We die to have normal lives. We come back from the dead to get our old lives back, and,
somehow, we end up living in a fishbowl. (Piper points the knife at Paige.) You know, Agent

Forever Charmed

Piper: No dad. Sorry, all girls.
Patty: Oh, you mean it's just you and Prue, huh?
Leo: Maybe we shouldn't tell them too much. You know, changing the past might change the future.


Past Victor: Almost three.
Piper: So Prue would be five, and Phoebe…
Patty: Phoebe? Wait, who's Phoebe?


Little Piper: Not as special as Prue, or even Phoebe. Everyone likes Phoebe.



Patty: Right, but where's Prue?
Piper: Oh, mom. Not now.



Patty: There's just as much I don't ever want to know. (She sighs.) Like what happened to Prue. Victor told me.
Piper: Oh, mom.
Patty: That's all right. I know everything happens for a reason. I believe that. I also know that when one door closes another one opens.

Season 8 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 2 Episodes (worst ever)
No Mentions: 20 episodes




Total Prue mentions during seasons 4 through 8: 32 Episodes Total

[Esmeralda]

Sept 1, 2015 3:11:58 GMT -5 West said:

I did the seasons using scripts, but just looking for the words prue, made life easier to find them using the find key under edit.



Season 4 Episodes

Okay well Charmed Again Part 1 and 2 and Hell Hath No Fury we all know had tones of mentions.


Enter The Demon

An-Ling: But I didn't kill him. I made him stronger. Strong enough to remove my father's magic and wisdom from the world. I don't feel worthy of following in his footsteps.
Piper: I understand. I recently lost my big sister who was… pretty good at just about everything she did. Very tough shoes to fill.
An-Ling: Where did you find the strength?
Piper: I haven't yet, but I'll let you know when I do.

Size Matters

Piper: What’s wrong with P3?

Treat: Well, you know we polled people and most of them thought it was a parking level. I mean I don’t even know what it stands for.

Piper: It stands for Prue, Piper, and Phoebe. We are P3. We were.

A Knight To Remember

Phoebe: I didn't mean are we ready as witches. I meant are we ready as sisters? I mean, what if we don't get along?

Piper: We didn't always get along with Prue either.

Phoebe: Yeah, but that's different. We grew up with her. Eventually we had to get along. I still half expect to see her walk through the door. Maybe it's just too soon.

Piper: Then there's only one way to find out.

Piper: Paige, the Charmed Ones come first!

Phoebe: The Charmed Ones come first?

Piper: It always worked when Prue said it.

Leo: You're not alone anymore. You have sisters now.

Paige: Yeah. Sisters who are pressuring me to move in with them for all the wrong reasons.

Leo: What is that supposed to mean?

Paige: Nothing. Forget about it. Look, it's just sometimes I feel like they want me to Prue, super witch. And I can't. I don't know how.

Prince: But isn't that what true love is? (He sits down next to her.) Falling under someone's spell? Just tell me what you want and I'll give it to you. I swear.

Paige: Can you make me as good as Prue was?

Prince: Uhh...

Paige: Never mind. You wouldn't understand.

Brain Drain

Piper: I know. We will. (She gets up and goes and sits down next to Becca. She sees her smiling.) What?

Becca: Nothing. It's just good to see you out and about again, that's all.

Piper: Yeah, after Prue died it took some time to...

Becca: Yeah, but even before that. It's almost like the last three or four years you've just kinda disappeared.

Piper: Yeah.

Paige: I thought you said I wasn't good enough for your little coven.

Piper: Paige, you are under a spell, you don't know what you're talking about.

Paige: I tried to be your friend, I even tried to play your stupid witchy games, but all you could do was complain about me and my stuff and how we didn't compare to your beloved Prue.

Alaster: You use it to explain things you can't accept. Just like your best friend did before she got well. Prue.

Piper: Don't you dare talk about Prue.

Paige: Here we go again. Say Prue.

Alaster: You've never forgiven her from finally accepting that she wasn't a witch. You've convinced yourself that she's dead.

Piper: She is dead.

Alaster: No, she's not. We released her three months ago. She's recovered, she's free. Just like you could be if you'd stop fighting it. Accept the reality.

Piper: Let me out of these restraints, I'll show you some reality.

Phoebe: We can't give up now. We are so close. We have to take out the Source if we can. And if not just for our sake, then for Prue's.

Piper: Fine. I just hope we don't end up where she did.

Black as Cole

Phoebe: All that would do is keep him from doing future good and put
your life at risk in the process. Emma, please, please, just let it go.

Emma: Let it go? Have you ever lost someone? To evil, I mean.

Phoebe: Yes.

Emma: And did you just let it go?

Muses to My Ears

Piper: What you don't get is that Phoebe is trying to do the exact same thing. She's always been the youngest sister, the eternal child. Care free, fun loving.

Cole: And?

Leo: And in a minute, she lost Prue, discovered Paige, and became the middle sister.

Piper: And to top it all off, you propose. The idea of marriage, being that much of a grownup is terrifying to Phoebe.

A Paige of the Past

First episode of series and season to not mention Prue

Trail by Magic

Leo: Because you don't know what you might be erasing. Doctors appointments, childrens birthdays...

Piper: Leo, this is an emergency. I can not live with these people knowing our secret, knowing that at any minute we could relive the hell we went through with Prue.

Leo: Okay.

Lost and Bound

Piper: I don't know, maybe. All I do know is that when we finally got our powers back, it felt like we were scrambling to catch up. And I can't help but think if we had our powers from day one we would have been more prepared. Things would have turned out different.

Leo: Prue would still be alive?

Piper: And the Source would be dead. And we would be on our way to having a family as apposed to just talking about it.

Leo: Life would be perfect.

Piper: Not perfect, just easier.

Charmed and Dangerous

The Source: Seems almost anti-climatic after all this time, doesn't it? Say hello to Prue for me.

Phoebe: Oh, honey, are you still on that will and testament kick? I gotta tell you, it's very, very morbid.

Piper: No, it's very, very responsible. Prue did it and thank god she did, 'cause if she didn't we'll still be dealing with lawyers. (to Cole) No offence.

Cole: Oh, none taken. I've come to terms with my evil past.

Piper: I don't know. But at least that part of the nightmare's over.

Phoebe: For Prue.

(They clink their beer bottles.)

Piper: For Prue.

The Three Faces of Phoebe

Little Phoebe: Stay away from me or I'll sick Prue on you.

Piper: Oh, yeah, don't go there.

Marry Go Round

Piper: Oh, please, this looks nothing like Death. Prue met him, I know.

Paige: No, you're missing the point. This is a bad omen.

Piper: Well, not necessarily.

Phoebe: And then Prue crashed through the front door on a Harley.
Piper: Yeah, only Prue could make my wedding day all about her. But the point is, I barely remember the ceremony, it's a total blur. And in the end all that matters is that you marry the guy that you love, and if you manage to do that your wedding was perfect.

The Fifth Halliwheel

No Prue mention, second episode of season 4 with nothing

Saving Private Leo

No Prue mention, third episode of season 4 with nothing

Bite Me

No Prue mention, fourth episode of season 4 with nothing

Were off to see the Wizard

No Prue mention, fifth episode of season 4 with nothing

Long Live The Queen

Paige: You could try that.
Leo: It's just when Piper lost Prue, she barely survived and she thinks she's really gonna lose Phoebe and I think she might just...
Paige: Listen, just go talk to her, okay, remind her that we have a demon to fight. Maybe that'll do her some good and take her mind off Phoebe.

Womb Raider

No Prue mention, six episode of season 4 with nothing

Witch Way Now

No Prue mention, seventh episode of season 4 with nothing

Season 4 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 15 Episodes
No Mentions: 7 episodes






Season 5 Episodes

A Witches Tale Part 1
A Witches Tale Part 2
Happily Ever After
Siren Song
Witches in Tights
The Eyes Have It

No mentions in the first 6 episodes of season 5

Sympathy For The Demon

Paige: Well, the attic was feeling a little cramped, you know, I thought a change of scenery might help.

Leo: Hmm. (He walks over to the table.) Prue's animal conjuring spell, huh? That's a tough one.

Paige: Yeah, tell me about it. How long did it take her to get it down.

Leo: A couple of days at least.

Paige: Oh, good, then I don't feel so bad.

Leo: What's going on, Paige?

Paige: Nothing.

Leo: Paige...

Paige: You promise you won't tell Piper and Phoebe?

Leo: Yep.

Paige: Okay, Prue was this awesome witch with a full time job and I quit my job to be a full time witch and I still haven't reached her level yet which makes me feel incredibly frustrated and lame.

Leo: Well, I thought you were done comparing yourself to Prue.

Paige: Yeah, so did I. It's just these last couple of days for some reason I've been feeling a little insecure. And this stupid spell isn't helping any. Come on, now, give me a dove, any dove. (She throws something in the pot and nothing happens.) Nothing.

Phoebe: We've never been able to vanquish him, just neutralise him.

Piper: Actually we didn't, Prue did.

Paige: Well, maybe you can just do whatever Prue did to banish him last time.

Phoebe: It won't work.

Leo: Prue didn't banish him with a spell, she banished him by conquering her fears.

Phoebe: Paige, orb the potion.

Paige: It's in a puddle.

Piper: You can do it. Prue did.

Barbas: Ay, there's the rub. You're no Prue are you?

Paige: Potion!

A Witch in Time
Sam I Am
Y Tu Mummy Tambien
The Importance of Being Phoebe

Again no mentions in these

Centennial Charmed

Paige: Of course. Leo, the club.

Leo: What about it? It's been like this for over a year. Ever since Piper walked away from it, right after Prue died.

Paige: That is not true. The club is kicking behind. Michelle Branch was just playing here and I sneezed and then I or... orbed out. Maybe if I sneeze again. (She sneezes.) Did I orb?




Paige: Shax? What's she talking about? We vanquished him already.

Leo: Nobody's vanquished Shax. Ever since he killed Prue, Piper's been obsessed with getting revenge on him.




Paige: A hospital. Yeah, yeah, you keep saying the same thing in any reality. Hey, who else but a sister would know that?

Piper: We must be pretty close then, the three of us? (Paige nods.) Like Phoebe and I were with Prue.

Paige: Yeah, close enough to have avenged Prue's death together.




Piper: Did you guys try to vanquish Belthazor ever?

Paige: No, but you and Prue almost tried. You guys had a vanquishing potion, right?

Piper: How do you know that?

Paige: Book of Shadows. Also says that it needs a piece of his flesh to make it work.


Phoebe: Look, the only one getting anything out of this is you. And I have no idea what that is. The only reason I'm still here is to make sure that what happened to Prue does not happen to Piper, and you know it.

Cole: What happened to us, Phoebe? How'd we get here? We used to be so in love. Even without your sisters, it's not working. Why?

House Call
San Franisco Dreamin
The Day the Magic Died

No mentions at all

Babys First Demon

Piper: Well, when I went to the future I had a little girl and obviously that has changed, as has a lot of things but, um, I'm still having trouble letting go of the name we settled on.

Phoebe: Yeah, well, Prudence Melinda might get him in trouble at school too.

Lucky Charmed

No Mentions

Cat House

Phoebe: Yeah, but sweetie, what do you expect? You didn't know her back then. It doesn't mean you're any less apart of us though, you know that, right?

Paige: Yeah, I know. It would've been cool though. Hang out with you, see what you guys were like, maybe meet Prue.



Phoebe: I-I don't know what you're talking about.

Katrina: Where's the disinfectant? Didn't it used to be kept in Prue's bathroom?

Phoebe: No, it's in the kitchen.

Paige: What is going on?


Past Piper: So what are we supposed to do now?

Past Phoebe: I don't know, kill innocents?

Past Piper: No, I mean about Prue.


Paige: I can't believe Prue ruined Piper's wedding.


(A white dog runs past them, following Kit.)

Phoebe: You said you always wanted to meet Prue, right? That's another little spell gone awry.

[Scene from episode 3.21 "Look Who's Barking". Kit runs up the stairs and Piper, Phoebe and Leo come down the stairs. They stop Prue.]

Nymphs Just Want To Have Fun
Sense & Sense Ability

No mentions

Necromancing The Stone

Grams: You saw it yourself when you went to the future.

Piper: That was also the future where Prue was still alive and witches were burned at the stake. Things change.

Grams: Not this. Oh, it's just that I'm worried about the family, you know. We don't know what to expect.

Oh My Goddess, Pt 1

No Mentions

Oh My Goddess, Pt 2

Leo: The Elders were wrong about us. They didn't think our love could survive but it did. Our love blessed us in ways they couldn't even imagine. It gave you the strength that you needed to take over from Prue, it produced a baby with a greater future than any of us, and it made me...

Piper: An Elder.

Leo: Our love it transcendent, Piper. It lifted me up so high that this was the only possible result. Being an Elder wasn't my destiny, but yet here I am because of you.

Season 5 Count
Total Prue Mentions: 6 Episodes
No Mentions: 16 episodes


Season 6 episodes


Valhalley of the Dolls, Pt 2

Leo: You'll get the handle of it, just be patient.

Phoebe: Are you sure? Because I remember Prue almost being destroyed that time she was an empath.

Leo: Well, she wasn't supposed to become one, you are. Maybe all this with Piper has made it happen a little sooner but you can handle it, I know you can.

Chris Crossed

Phoebe: Well, we can't leave you alone, we have to stick together.

Piper: No, I know, believe me, I know. But you can't keep sacrificing your lives forever and neither can I. Mum did that, Grams did it and even Prue. And look what happened to them. It's not a legacy I want us to inherit.

Paige: What if it doesn't work out, us going our separate ways?

Piper: Well, we'll worry about it then.

Prince Charmed

Darryl: Hey, do these go?

Paige: Ah, no, grab those two.

Phoebe: The charm bracelet that mum gave Piper and Piper loved it but then Prue lost it.

Paige: Why don't we just cast a...

Hyde School Reunion

Piper: Not the drive by kind, but he was kind of the type. If he is at the reunion I'd stay away from him.

Paige: This is so weird. It's a whole different side of Miss Phoebe.

Piper:
Yeah, I think she missed mum in her life more than Prue or I did. And
the more Grams tried to control her, the more she became rebellious.

Crimes and Witch Demeanors

Barbas: Truly tragic. That was their sister Prue's first true love. I wonder whatever happened to her.

(Phoebe goes to stand up.)

Gideon: Don't. It's not worth it.

Season 6 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes


Season 7 Episodes




Cheaper By the Coven

Grams: That my being a witch was such an important part of my life and
what it meant to me, and what it might mean to you someday.

Piper:
Did you tell us that Prue and mum were gonna die? That Leo was gonna
lose his marbles. Or that demons were gonna be chasing after us all the
time everywhere.

Grams: Piper, I didn't know any of those things
were going to happen. But if I did, I would've done everything in my
power to stop it. (They hug.) I'd like to think that being a witch gave
you the inner strength you needed to deal with all those sadness's in
your life. Did you ever think about that?

Styx Feet Under

Angel of Death: I'm the Angel of Death. (Arthur faints onto the couch.) I
knew your sister, your mother, of course, and your grandmother.

Seven Year Witch

Cole: Why? (He stands up.) Because I know you so well? Remember, I
go all the way back to Prue. I was actually at your wedding. The fact
is, Leo and I are a lot alike. We both tried to change the world to save
our marriages.

Piper: You are nothing alike and just because we have history doesn’t mean you know anything about me or love.

Scry Hard

Zankou: Listen to this. "Prue was always the strong one. Now that she's gone, I don't know if we'll have the strength to keep fighting for good.
Or if it's even worth it."
Craven: Yes, well, if only...
Zankou:Humans are slaves to their own emotions. And the strongest emotion is love. That's why Piper didn't leave her husband's side to fight. That was my miscalculation. They would go through hell to stay together. (Craven clears his throat.) What is it?

Something Wicca This Way Goes?

Sheridan: He disappeared, and I think I know who knows why ... the same people who probably know what happened to three other cops who were either killed or mysteriously disappeared in the past seven years: Inspectors Trudeau, Rodriguez, and Davidson. Then there are all the civilian cases, including one of their own sisters -- Prue Halliwell.
Agent Keyes: (unimpressed) That's it?




Paige: Well, I kinda wish we'd learned how to do it earlier. Would've come in handy.
Phoebe: Well, Prue was really protective of it. I'm just glad she showed Leo how to do it.



(The girls are passed out on the couch when they return to their bodies.)

(They gasp and sit up.)

Paige: Ah, astral projecting worked.
Piper: Thank you, Prue.
Phoebe: The Book.

Season 7 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes



Season 8 Episodes

Kill Billie Vol. 1

PIPER: Really? 'Cause something happened to Prue. We die to have normal lives. We come back from the dead to get our old lives back, and,
somehow, we end up living in a fishbowl. (Piper points the knife at Paige.) You know, Agent

Forever Charmed

Piper: No dad. Sorry, all girls.
Patty: Oh, you mean it's just you and Prue, huh?
Leo: Maybe we shouldn't tell them too much. You know, changing the past might change the future.


Past Victor: Almost three.
Piper: So Prue would be five, and Phoebe…
Patty: Phoebe? Wait, who's Phoebe?


Little Piper: Not as special as Prue, or even Phoebe. Everyone likes Phoebe.



Patty: Right, but where's Prue?
Piper: Oh, mom. Not now.



Patty: There's just as much I don't ever want to know. (She sighs.) Like what happened to Prue. Victor told me.
Piper: Oh, mom.
Patty: That's all right. I know everything happens for a reason. I believe that. I also know that when one door closes another one opens.

Season 8 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 2 Episodes (worst ever)
No Mentions: 20 episodes




Total Prue mentions during seasons 4 through 8: 32 Episodes Total

Very good job, West! I started doing this, the same way you did, but rather than copying the quotes, I just posted the title of the episode and how many mentions were in that episode, but when I got halfway through it, I accidentally deleted the whole thing and didn't have time to do it all over again. This is a whole lot better.

Just to make it easier on others, I'm going to summarize your findings here, putting them in quotes in order to give you proper credit.

Sept 1, 2015 3:11:58 GMT -5 West said:

Season 4 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 15 Episodes
No Mentions: 7 episodes

Season 5 Count
Total Prue Mentions: 6 Episodes
No Mentions: 16 episodes

Season 6 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes

Season 7 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 5 Episodes
No Mentions: 17 episodes

Season 8 Count Total
Prue Mentions: 2 Episodes (worst ever)
No Mentions: 20 episodes


Total Prue mentions during seasons 4 through 8: 32 Episodes Total

And if you turn that into Seasons 5 through 8, then it’s just 18 out of 88 with most of those only having 1 or 2 mentions. Truly Kern wanted us to forget that Prue ever existed.

[West]

Thanks good job ES putting it all together.

If it wasn't for the edit and find button, it would of taken me ages to find all Prue mentions. I'm glad its here for all fans and new fans to find to reference.

Exactly, he wanted us to forget about her. But I will put more blame on Kern, as half the writing crew left, and only the ones who came in during the Paige era would not even remember Prue. So yeah it made sense.

[Sadrick]

Only 32? Really? It's not like Prue was an integral part to the sisterhood or the storyline. I suppose the writers and Kern wanted our memories to be wiped that any older sister other Piper existed like Esmeralda put it.

Well too bad. I continue to watch and cherish those first three seasons with Prue. If I have to choose between either them or S4-8 then I'll take the former.

[Esmeralda]

Sept 1, 2015 5:17:18 GMT -5 Sadrick said:

Only 32? Really? It's not like Prue was an integral part to the sisterhood or the storyline. I suppose the writers and Kern wanted our memories to be wiped that any older sister other Piper existed like Esmeralda put it.

Well too bad. I continue to watch and cherish those first three seasons with Prue. If I have to choose between either them or S4-8 then I'll take the former.

You and me, both, Sadrick. All part of why I count S4-8 as an alternate-universe spin-off where the only thing that's the same is the name of the characters. As West safid, all of those new writers have a lot to do with that. I'm not sure if that was Kern or Aaron Spelling or TheWB who did that, but they did Charmed no favor.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Yeah the fact Prue was hardly mentioned season 4 onwards and even less so season 5 gone was not good if you ask me after everything she'd done and what sacrifices she made seeing how Prue was part of the furniture and things it beggars belief the writers just forget her like she wasn't an integral part of the show beforehand or a Halliwell relative or anything.

Prue should've been mentioned more definitely or if not had been the one who flipped the book of shadows by itself then than Grams doing it which would've been a lovely nod there and something fans had liked also.

[adzpower]

Ok, devil's advocate here, I don't think its that big of a deal that Prue wasn't mentioned much after season 5, in fact its completely natural to stop talking about a loss once you're done with your grieving.
When my grandma died I was really upset, we were very close, and the first few months after it were sad and miserable, but after that I started to remember the happy memories and move on and not think of her anymore, not because I was forgetting her, but because there really was no need to keep interjecting her name into every conversation I was partaking in.
I think its perfectly normal that they stopped talking about her, they have lives of their own to get on with and they couldn't just spend every episode sitting by the coffee table moping that Prue was dead, they had to get on with life and continue their "destiny" as it were.
If they'd made a point to mention Prue in every episode then the show itself could have never moved on imo.

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Thanks for putting that list together, West73.

No surprise that the Prue mentions plummeted after Season 4, and they also became increasingly less respectful.  The way Prue was "honored" in "Forever Crap" still disgusts me to this day.

Kern really wanted everyone to forget Prue's existence, didn't he?  Sad thing is, it may have also inadvertently hurt Paige's character development.  Her entire pre-Halliwell history and backstory was pretty much forgotten, and she was treated as if she had always known Piper and Phoebe.  She became more and more of a Power of Three fill-in and less of an individual character.

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Sad thing is, it may have also inadvertently hurt Paige's character development. Her entire pre-Halliwell history and backstory was pretty much forgotten, and she was treated as if she had always known Piper and Phoebe. She became more and more of a Power of Three fill-in and less of an individual character.

As I said, it was like something out of George Orwell's 1984:  Paige is the third Charmed One, Paige has always been the third Charmed One.

Prue became an unperson. 

[lilchi7212]

Sept 1, 2015 11:34:58 GMT -5 @tim66 said:

Sad thing is, it may have also inadvertently hurt Paige's character development. Her entire pre-Halliwell history and backstory was pretty much forgotten, and she was treated as if she had always known Piper and Phoebe. She became more and more of a Power of Three fill-in and less of an individual character.

As I said, it was like something out of George Orwell's 1984:  Paige is the third Charmed One, Paige has always been the third Charmed One.

Prue became an unperson. 

Hated that book in high school

[lilchi7212]

Sept 1, 2015 9:46:17 GMT -5 @bettynewbie said:

Thanks for putting that list together, West73.

No surprise that the Prue mentions plummeted after Season 4, and they also became increasingly less respectful.  The way Prue was "honored" in "Forever Crap" still disgusts me to this day.

Kern really wanted everyone to forget Prue's existence, didn't he?  Sad thing is, it may have also inadvertently hurt Paige's character development.  Her entire pre-Halliwell history and backstory was pretty much forgotten, and she was treated as if she had always known Piper and Phoebe.  She became more and more of a Power of Three fill-in and less of an individual character.

Do you think Paige had a issue about being compared to Prue cause it seemed like it when she first started out being a witch?

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Sept 1, 2015 12:19:46 GMT -5 lilchi7212 said:

Do you think Paige had a issue about being compared to Prue cause it seemed like it when she first started out being a witch?

Definitely early on.  However, like a lot of things about Paige's character, it became just as forgotten as Prue in the later seasons.

[lilchi7212]

Sept 1, 2015 16:04:27 GMT -5 @bettynewbie said:

Sept 1, 2015 12:19:46 GMT -5 lilchi7212 said:

Do you think Paige had a issue about being compared to Prue cause it seemed like it when she first started out being a witch?

Definitely early on.  However, like a lot of things about Paige's character, it became just as forgotten as Prue in the later seasons.

I don't think they had totally forgotten about Prue if they still mention her name in later seasons.  It's hardly like when Cole was vanquished they hardly ever mentioned him at all in later seasons.

[Esmeralda]

Sept 1, 2015 9:28:26 GMT -5 adzpower said:

Ok, devil's advocate here, I don't think its that big of a deal that Prue wasn't mentioned much after season 5, in fact its completely natural to stop talking about a loss once you're done with your grieving.
When my grandma died I was really upset, we were very close, and the first few months after it were sad and miserable, but after that I started to remember the happy memories and move on and not think of her anymore, not because I was forgetting her, but because there really was no need to keep interjecting her name into every conversation I was partaking in.
I think its perfectly normal that they stopped talking about her, they have lives of their own to get on with and they couldn't just spend every episode sitting by the coffee table moping that Prue was dead, they had to get on with life and continue their "destiny" as it were.
If they'd made a point to mention Prue in every episode then the show itself could have never moved on imo.

You definitely have a point and if they constantly mentioned Prue as much as they did during "Charmed Again, Part One" (30 times), I'd agree with you totally. But not when it wasn't even a full year after her death (a death that was sudden; something they had no chance to prepare for) and there was that huge gap near the end of Season Four and the start of Season Five when there was hardly any mention at all. That's not moving on; that's suppressing, and that's not good for you.

And, yes, I know why - we had to concentrate on Phoebe and Cole, not Prue. But when Phoebe was the Queen of the Underworld - that's so when we should've seen Piper pining for her big sister...

And, of course, that's the other reason why we didn't see what we should've seen - then Piper couldn't suddenly be the big sister she never was or Phoebe the middle sister and Paige the baby. Had they continued to lean on Prue's memory, Prue would've remained the Big Sister she always should've been, while Piper could've remained the Middle Sister, the Heart of the family, Phoebe the loveable Baby and Paige the Only Child she was raised as. No, we had to make things "fresh" by totally screwing stuff up. I know I keep saying this, but it's so true. It's all why I will continue to consider S4-8 an alternate-universe spin-off where the only thing similar are the names.

Besides, Prue wasn't their grandmother who they only saw once in a while - she was their surrogate mother and leader, and someone they saw every day.. I would've loved Piper to wonder what Prue would've done in a certain situation, or start calling out for her and then realize she's not there. What happened in "Hell Hath No Fury" was the start of the grieving process, but not the end by any means.

And as others have said elsewhere, if there'd been more time to grieve, we might have had more time to get to know Paige and her family - her aunt and uncle and her coworkers - better, rather than her suddenly being part of the family so quickly, all done to make us concentrate on Kern's Power of Three, not forget the original and much-better set. Which is why I believe Kern never tried to get Shannen Doherty back.

Once Piper had Wyatt then the fewer mentions didn't bother me that much - he was what truly helped her move on, which is why I've never let people use grieving for Prue as an excuse for her horrible behavior in S6-8 (including "Oh, My Goddess!", which I always count as part of S6).

But up to that point, yes, it truly did.

[West]

Well I wished we got a one year anniversary of her death and visit to her gravestone. That is something worth noting. They never brought her up or go oh can't believe its been a year already.

[lilchi7212]

Sept 1, 2015 21:46:30 GMT -5 West said:

Well I wished we got a one year anniversary of her death and visit to her gravestone. That is something worth noting. They never brought her up or go oh can't believe its been a year already.

They may have visited her grave off screen.

[Deleted]

There is a precedent for this.  When Suzanne Somers got booted off Three's Company, after a nasty contract dispute, back in 1980, her character, Chrissy Snow, was treated as if she never existed.  Jack (John Ritter) and Janet (Joyce DeWitt) never mentioned Chrissy's name again.  And, unlike Prue, Chrissy was alive (the producers had sent her home to look after her ailing mother).

Mind you, that might have had something to do with how nasty the contract dispute got.  Both John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt would not speak to Suzanne Somers for decades afterword.