Yep, it’s totally a ripoff.

If you didn’t at least feel a little misty eyed when EVA could not get WALL-E to recognize her after her repair of him then you have no heart.

Oh man, Willow/Xander. That moment in Season 6 was amazing, and kudos to Whedon for being able to get the emotion across w/out going for what many shows likely would take as the easy way out and have him actual die to get his point across.