11 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching Buffy The Vampire Slayer

As if you needed another excuse to rewatch Buffy - how many of these did you catch?
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[@tmhouckable]

Giles in his apartment after Joyce dies listening to the same song that he and Joyce listened to in Band Candy. 😭

[@erihppaseiram9795]

Tales of Brave Ulysses by Cream

[@StLProgressive]

Theresa Houck That gets me every time. RIP, Joyce.

[@briannalee1998]

Theresa Houck omg! I forgot about that. I always wanted them to get together and was so sad it never happened.

[@margaretschlieter]

I didn't catch that one. Gonna have to rewatch again lol

[@bethiest]

omg!!! I can't believe I didnt catch that!

[@videovoidtv]

Buffy is the most underrated show in history. When I hear someone say “we need female heroes. It’s about time.” I ask if you watched Buffy. The greatest female heroine in history. Flawed. Vulnerable. Strong. Determined. Powerful and liked a good lip gloss. Her and Xena deserve statues.

[@dynamicjaethought7788]

Hell yes, Xena, Buffy, Aeryn Sun from Farscape, and Captain Samantha Carter from Star Gate SG1

[@videovoidtv]

Dynamic Jae Thought well if we’re gonna mention Captains than Kathrine Janeway was an inspiration. She’s the shit. Samantha was also a badass. Love her.

[@dynamicjaethought7788]

@@videovoidtv I have yet to watch Voyager. I watched the original Star Trek, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and the movies. I don't know why I haven't finished yet, except for life keeping me busy. Now, I have the time to get caught back up.

[@videovoidtv]

Dynamic Jae Thought Right on! It’s a fun series. Stuck in the middle of nowhere. Stretching and holding on to Star fleet principle... it’s awesome.

[@nickyhf1861]

I think you should look up the meaning of underrated. High viewing figures, 7 seasons, cultural phenomenon. Massive critical acclaim.

[@FiercelyGold]

"Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday," Is a line I especially loved, that newer fans won't get. Back when Buffy was pumping out new episodes it would air on Tuesday nights (at the time) so this was breaking the fourth wall, and almost joked that through out the week they're still grinding away but the most dire stuff happens on Tuesdays.

[@Ruggerwoman]

FiercelyGold Yes! I still think of this and for every show I watch. In fact, given my desire to rewatch the show for the bazillionth (technical term 😆), I might just make this a Tuesday night activity. Now that I’m WFH and not losing an hour to driving home, maybe I can get a full DVD in each Tuesday night. 🦸‍♀️🧛‍♂️

[@judgmentangel5413]

Supernatural did that with "must be Thursday"

[@roxiepearl1]

I remember laughing so hard at that line!

[@marigriffiths458]

Ah i know this! i watched it recently on amazon prime and it has a trivia section on each episode that i couldn't help reading n this was mentioned!

[@LivyRivy]

And then in "Gone" in S6 when the social worker shows up to check on Dawn, Buffy is caught off guard that it's Wednesday.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

The relationship between Spike and Cecily is kinda confirmed when they recognize each other in that season 6 episode where they're all stuck in the Summers home

[@roymontgrand561]

Exactly, I was going to make that comment. They do recognize each other, but they don't actually confirm it, they just brush it aside and continue the plot.

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

There was also a spin off comic featuring the two and explains why she was there, don’t ask me why though as I read it years ago and forgot

[@writtenangel]

Also coming here to acknowledge this fact. Hali even does almost a double take and says “William?” Before going right back into the exchange with Anya.

[@MrBazBake]

It's even brought up by the other characters when they recognize each other and they try to play it off.

[@MissBadham]

Came to comment this 😂

[@angelboi2k]

Buffy to Xander in "Dead Man's Party", "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye."

[@tenorfab]

angelboi2k thank you I was coming to write this

[@raeginalikewise3738]

Xander also played Oedipus, who gouges out his eyes, in the season 1 episode Puppet Show.

[@lolanica1]

After loosing his eye he also mentions that Giles made the joke 'no more fun and games'

[@chrisg5042]

In "Bad Girls", Xander's eye gets twitchy when Faith is brought up, and he had to hold his hand over it. The episode he loses his eye is called "Dirty Girls".

[@westzed23]

Even more easter eggs. Thanks angelboi, Terrence, Reagina, Olivia.

[@kbwolfe9491]

There's one you missed. In the episode where Willow kills Warren just before she does it she tilts her head and says "bored now". The same thing vampire Willow says in a previous episode. It shows how far gone Willow really is in that moment, reaching a point of evil similar to her vampire self. It took me a few watch throughs to pick up on it

[@kbwolfe9491]

@Redsiren True but the video is details you only notice when rewatching Buffy

[@natnirv]

Ohh good call! 👍

[@tsstevensts]

If we were to go through everyrhing we'd be here all day. But here's a great one. Season six. Say what you will about it Buffy should have grlund the Trio into paste. Basic problems like plumbing should not be a big deal. But what happened immediately before? 9/11. How bad a struggle was it to simply get out of bed?

[@emgardo]

Good point... but I noticed that the first time cos Vampire Willow is so frickin memorable... also, that is a legendary line!

[@Decadancehallking]

Omg your right. When she says that, it felt like a something Willow would say, but she.only said it in the episode. Love when yall catch stuff I missed lol

[@ryanlemay6296]

I have always loved the whole "world with nothing but shrimp." It really holds little to no weight on either show, but the idea that Anya mentions it as a hypothetical reality, only to have its existence confirmed by Ilyria on Angel is awesome!

[@JustAgURLinSeattle]

I caught that too, and LOVE Ilyria.. she was such an amazing character.

[@brookeww2919]

I loved that too.

[@coni3538]

I recently rewatched both shows side by side, noticed that, and had a good laugh at it!

[@mitchc.2660]

It apparently becomes sort of important in the comics.

[@TraceyMush]

OMGosh, l forgot it was used in Angel! LOL l also love the 'world without, or with only, shrimp'!

[@fryan_get]

One of principal snyder's first lines is 'That's how you get eaten." which is ironic/foreshadowing considering how he dies at the end of season 3

[@alkariane]

or it's a reference to his predecessor, who was eaten by some students, possessed by hyenas...

[@fryan_get]

@@alkariane it's a reference to both, snyder gets eaten by the mayor in the season 3 finale, but they're actively talking about flutie in the conversation

[@mercedesc2937]

How come both principles died by getting eaten??😂😂

[@Fluffykeith]

It’s even more involved. Snyder bemoaned the “touchy-feely” methods of Principle Flutie, and said “that’s the kind of thing that leads to being eaten”, and then goes on to list the things he feels are important (order, discipline etc)...and he’s citing those exact things to the Mayor just before he gets eaten himself.

[@4Just1Girl]

@@mercedesc2937 cause it's a demon eats demon world out there!! :) LOL

[@datickywickygurl]

People always overlook the foreshadowing in s 7 ep 4 “Same Time Same Place.” When Buffy kills that creepy af Gnarl demon by gouging out its eyes with her thumbs, Xander says, “Ew! Thumbs?!!!” And that’s exactly what Caleb does to him later.

[@cat.733]

Beauty Effulgent Also later in s7 when Xander is telling the potentials how to kill demons, he tells them to go for the eyes!

[@samueldixon9028]

Also, much earlier, at the beginning of season 3, just after Buffy returns to Sunnydale, she finds Xander patrolling the streets with a stake. “Didn’t anyone ever tell you not to mess around with these things? It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye”.

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

Frankly, I think that's just a weird coincidence

[@4Just1Girl]

and possibly go back as far as season 2 episode Halloween when he tells his group of kids before they head out for trick or treating he tells them, " When holding out for the candy,.... TEARS are KEY, sure, You might go for the "you missed me" line,... BUT only go there.... FOR CHOCOLATE!" :)

[@meredithchandler73]

I would argue that #10 - Tara sabotaging the spell she and Willow were trying - is not "a small detail you may have missed." I think it's pretty big and important. I don't know anyone who missed this.

[@FrancesW-]

Agreed. This is a major plot point that feeds into the audience's initial suspicion that Tara may be in league with the forces of darkness, and that suspicion is lifted when we get the explanation that she was afraid of being revealed as a demon. If you missed this, you probably just weren't paying attention to this scene, as the rest of the plot would slot together perfectly well if you never noticed her sabotage.

[@erinarcher8954]

I always saw this scene as Tara sabotaging the spell because she wanted to spend more time with Willow - to try the spell again, or something.

[@nicholasjh1]

@@barbaraberenyiesterhazy900 that's what i initially thought it was too. she just thought she was doing too much magic. but.... tara knew it was a demon finder spell.. so the whole too much magic thing was just a partial swerve by tara to Mask her true 'demon' nature

[@dippyfairy]

I thought it was because Tara was nervous about how powerful willow was becoming quickly and she got nervous

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

@@dippyfairy It wouldn't make sense cause they'd just started to get to know each other.

[@Fayanora]

Another one: In the scene where Buffy meets Riley, she says something like "My mom is gonna have an anyeurism." And the mom later dies of that very thing.

[@cognitivedissonance8406]

“I hope it’s a funny aneurysm”

[@tracycromer3418]

Well buffy was I guess you can say psychic, claraboent in away. Buffy had mentioned that in season 2 that she was at times able to know that somethings were going to happen before they did. Like in season 2 Drusilla being back and killing angel before it happened. Well dru does come back and angel did die but not like dust. But when buffy and angel slept together, angel did die and Angelus came back and join dru and spike. And buffy had mentioned also in season 2 that she did have fear that the master would rise and that before she came the vampire Slayer she knew bout things coming to happen before hand.

[@danahawkins4702]

@@tracycromer3418 umm, whats a claraboent????

[@tracycromer3418]

It's another word for knowing things that starts with cla I just not good at spelling that word

[@bjornvo]

Clairvoyant 😉

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

Yes, the fact that Halfrek-Cecily connection was in the show. She sees Spike and is surprised and says "William?!" And he says "wait a minute..." It was pretty clear.

[@lindsays7232]

Yup the episode is "Older and Far Away" in season 6

[@judywright4241]

---I just watched that episode and wondered where I had seen Hallie before!! So 😎!

[@corrinabarnett8226]

I don't know if it's true, but I heard Cecily actually liked his poetry. The reason she rejected him was to get him out of the house because she was hired to do a revenge spell on all the residents and she wanted him out of harms way. Again, don't know if this is true, it's just something I heard through the grape vine.

[@timmooney6910]

Tara’s special insight is also foreshadowed when upon meeting Buffy for the first time (while B’s body was being taken over by Faith) knew instantly that there was something wrong. Something even Buffy’s mother and best friends didn’t notice.

[@DaneTrotter]

And when Giles opens the magic shop and Tara wants to set up a Tarot reading station and Willow says that she should do it but Tara said that she’s not that advanced or something

[@ColorOfSakura]

Another bit about the scene in Restless with Buffy is that when she looks at the clock, its set to 7:30 -- the same as the number Faith mentions at the end of Season 3. When she comments on it being so late, Tara replies "Oh, that clock's completely wrong.", foreshadowing how Buffy no longer has that 730 days left before her death.

[@puffin-onehandedgamer1164]

what I loved about Buffy was the evolution of Spike, from worthless bad guy to the ultimate hero, his evolution was fantastic

[@zwordsman]

best characater arc in... almost any tv show honestly. Had clear moments, had set backs, had moments where he realized what trash he was, and why. depression, anxiety, hopelessness.clawing his way back up. Finding his own soul-by deamon's choice even. Realizing that he earned his soul for himself. He may love buffy.. but ultimately the soul was gotten for himself. To feel right. Not leetting his jealousy override anything (when angel helped buffy kill the priest). Knowing what he was giving up and keeping it reallistic by what buffy thought of him and others thought of him. Forming genuine friendships at wolfram and heart. so good

[@memorra]

what makes it greater IMO is that he wasn't even a planned regular but was so beloved they kept him on.

[@baby916mama]

@@memorra just told my boyfriend the same...finished season 2 last night & Spikes evolution is, honestly, my favorite part in the whole series.

[@patriciamassa7829]

Agree

[@SK-uj1hz]

@@zwordsman Wes' arc was way better than spikes...

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

The best callback, IMO, is the seasom 7 episode where Xander and Willow are trying to talk Buffy out of killing Anya and Buffy recalls their words about Angel at the end of s2 and references Willow saying "get him" and Willow replies under her breath "I never said that?" Because Xander lied about what Willow said when she asked him to tell Buffy she had a plan

[@l.g.2888]

Yes! Though I was always mad Xander didn't get more shit for that. Especially considering that moment contributed to Buffy leaving after she killed Angel, which everyone gave her so much crap about.

[@alexhagane3543]

I really disliked Xander most of the time, jealous little "nice guy"

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

@@alexhagane3543 same. He did not deserve Anya

[@philsparrow874]

Actually xander said willow said kick his are when she actually told dander to tell Buffy to wait as Angel was getting his soul back

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

@@philsparrow874 yeah, I forgot the exact wording but the sentiment is still there because it's about the reference in s7

[@annegrey3780]

You missed the significance of *Tara* being there to tell Buffy to "be back before Dawn". It is not only foreshadowing of Dawn's existence, but is foreshadowing of Tara's death. Tara is a person who constantly puts other people first, and she especially has a doting relationship with Dawn, who becomes like the surrogate little sister after her own sister rejects her in Family. And Dawn is the one who finds her body.

[@jeremiahthepisces5493]

I have a theory why spike didn't kill buffy when they fought in the high school you really think a shove to the head would have made a vampire retreat? He didn't kill her and her mom..cause it touched him her mom stood up for her...we all know William loved his mom

[@miiichaan9230]

Jeremiah the Pisces and he was already then attracted to Buffy, making sexual references and such.

[@jeremiahthepisces5493]

@@miiichaan9230 you could be right

[@JustAgURLinSeattle]

That is a good one.

[@jeremiahthepisces5493]

@@JustAgURLinSeattle you think so?

[@Curu82]

@@jeremiahthepisces5493 Definitely an interesting theory, but I'd argue that he didn't kill her because it would be over too quick, and he wanted a proper fight (and he's not above backing off if he thinks he's at a real disadvantage). Like when he fights Nikki Wood, and runs away to get a better advantage and make the fight last longer. Though I'd absolutely say that was when his respect and fondness for Joyce started. Iirc he even mentions that episode to her the next time they meet.

[@ggamesgarner8027]

Buffy might possibly be one of the most underrated shows to ever exist.

[@Mcelly58]

Gideon Garner str8 facts

[@laalaag2auntyayag776]

Agreed

[@dannyatkinsonmusic8761]

I just finished it and its fuckin IMMENSE

[@nicholashqar1654]

I wish that netflix or other streaming services to reboot buffy for 21st century 👍👍😎😎😉😉

[@dannyatkinsonmusic8761]

@@nicholashqar1654 there is a comic series that does this, you should look into it. It's pretty good.

[@ShadowsGathered]

I always thought Caleb's reference to Xander being the one "who sees everything" hailed back to when Dawn told Xander that seeing and knowing was his power.

[@candacecasey5634]

It was

[@mercedesc2937]

😭😭😭

[@owenmadden7577]

Brilliant deduction.

[@QGNcollective]

Sorry to add to the list of missed Easter eggs here but Xander's quote in Season 4: Something Blue also comes to mind......... ''Can I be blind too?''

[@starcrysis23]

Going through all these comments there are now SO many things that people have noticed that reference Xander losing an eye later holy shit

[@poo11apr84]

Im always surprised when prople dont notice that the seasons 7 villian was introduced in season 3. Years is a long time for us but only minutes for The First.

[@margaretschlieter]

I only noticed that on the 2nd watch. I'm ashamed to say. Lol

[@jpmorganried7924]

I knew that ..buffy explained that in the show when the bringers kidnapped spike

[@steffnic13]

Yep. I know. I watched it live in the 90s and have had the discs since early 2000s. Watch on binge all the time. I missed that myself and was like, “OMFG! Duh!” Even Angel points it out when he sees her in the end of S7. Because The First was trying to make him kill himself as Miss Calendar.

[@JeantheSecond]

The anointed one wasn’t a misstep. The big introduction was to make it more shocking when Spike killed him. And it was shocking. TV shows followed specific patterns back then, and Buffy threw them all out the window.

[@liaheben]

It was a misstep, because the kid grew up too fast. If you look his scenes they did any trick possible to make him look smaller, him being always sitting down, camera angles, huge clothes.

[@SuperBC1975]

OK. Why not rewatch Buffy again. I certaintly have the time now.

[@minatodroger7890]

Started angel the other day gonna watch buffy and hercules and xena soon

[@bobcricket4873]

Yep, Buffy, then Angel, then Firefly and Serenity to finish, on it. (was never a Dollhouse fan)

[@SuperBC1975]

@@bobcricket4873 Love all these shows besides Dollhouse. Love Buffy, but Serenity is my favorite show by Joss Whedon.

[@tsstevensts]

@@SuperBC1975 I'm not one to tell people not to watch something. With Dollhouse though, how dark and how horrible does it need to be before it gets to you? And this is after the Red Wedding.

[@ellebailey5358]

I'm on season 4 episode 22 right now. I binge it every couple of months along with Angel but I can't watch the last episode of Angel because of Wesley.

[@nataliaromanova9556]

Faith also tells Buffy "All dressed up in big sister's clothes." Also, the library has a restricted section. Most of the books Buffy needs are kept there. In The Zeppo they make the first reference to The First with "From beneath you it devours"

[@somethinginteresting5913]

A rather big foreshadow was the first evil appearing as Jenny's ghost, already in season three, I believe. She even told Buffy that she was the first demon and so on, but no one ever mentioned it again.

[@coreym0]

In season 6 when Spike is “the doctor” and selling eggs I believe he was doing it to give Buffy money. In the episode beforehand he tells her to stop working at the double meat palace because he can get money. When he gets caught with the eggs he said he was holding them for a friend. At least that’s what I always thought in case people thought he was going back to his old ways.

[@starzriser9700]

Oh nice I didnt catch that detail back then. Considering Spike evolution after he realized his obesession for Buffy was love all along.. He NEVER went back to his old ways after that so... I think you might be right.

[@PsychoPomp81]

Corey Mihlo good call

[@nicholasjh1]

great spot

[@margaretschlieter]

I think you're right. He was desperate for money

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

@@starzriser9700 *flashback to seeing red* Never huh?

[@andyo5543]

I love all the talk about the shrimp dimension. I also like how in one episode, where the first is starting to attack, Dawn spills pizza sauce on her shirt (it’s actually buffys) and she says “she’ll think it’s blood”... cut to a scene episodes later where Anya is with Buffy in the bathroom and she’s scrubbing buffys shirt for a their conversation- then at the end she says... “I don’t think this is blood. I think it’s pizza sauce.”

[@lennic95]

Anthony F Or when Willow can't find her blue shirt she desperately wants to wear after Joyce dies, it reappears later in Anya's couch.

[@drmad725]

I noticed Giles was a killer when people from his past referred to him as RIPPER.

[@workyoutube7798]

He got the nickname "Ripper" for his lactose intolerance and love of cheese, cheese being a weirdly reoccurring thread throughout the Buffy tapestry.

[@Cypresssina]

@@workyoutube7798 lol. But lactose intolerant people can have cheese. Aging the cheese gets rid of the lactose. Although, if he was having a pizza loaded with mozzarella, he'd be in trouble!

[@mystic_tacos]

Giles' ways when he was younger was MUCH different than how he is when he became a watcher. He was into dark magic, the occult and all that. So yes, I would say that murder would, at least in the theoretical sense, be easier for him.

[@c.simmons3773]

And I wish they had expanded more on his history besides the demon possession episode in season 2.

[@Starbeam1979]

I still quote Willow's quips to Cordillia early in the show. My favorite being "Deliver."

[@nilssjoeberg73]

Nova Feldman Yeah, I am currently rewatching the show and I love that line even more now. Just how dry Willow delivers it is fantastic.

[@Michael75579]

From "Witch": Giles: Why should someone want to harm Cordelia? Willow: Maybe because they met her?

[@tia9maria]

Still makes me laugh!

[@Memme14]

Cordelia, have some lemonade!

[@4Just1Girl]

,

[@leeleelayla5]

Joyce credit card that Faith use back in season 4 the expiration date is 05/01 episode 5x01 is when we 1st see Dawn and May 2001 (05/01) was when Buffy dies in the season 5 finale

[@JustAgURLinSeattle]

Ohhh, good eye, that is a good one.

[@kaywade115]

I like the first part of this but the second part is too random as lots of things can happen that can postpone the airing of a show.

[@justsomerandomwalker6557]

Also, we see her on season five, episode one.

[@rtimmerman3]

I love to see everyone here in the comments talking about Buffy. It gives me LIFE! 😍😆

[@christinewagner9697]

Willow’s obsession and addiction to any sort of power of brought up as early as season 1.

[@SK-uj1hz]

I was just rewatching earshot and noticed when she was interrogating Jonathan she was talking about power. "Fantasies are fun aren't they Jonathan? We all have fantasy we're we are powerful, more respected, where people pay attention to us.. But sometimes the fantasy isn't enough is it Jonathan? Sometimes we have to make it so people don't ignore us, make them pay attention. You know what I'm talking about don't you?"

[@LivyRivy]

@@SK-uj1hz Great point!!

[@ellenpettersson870]

in what ways?

[@crystaldietz6419]

Sadly my most recent rewatch of Angel really highlights how J. Whedon actually felt about women and pregnancy. His mistreatment of most of the showrunner females and so on if obvious and disturbing and sadly with some of what has come to light about him is less surprising but way way more sad.

[@kelcarr2075]

In the finale, after spike's Amulet is activated, Buffy and Spike lock hands, with both of them catching ablaze... Buffy stares at it bemused then basking - A throw back to the song "Walk Through the fire" where the lyrics "I touch the fire and it freezes me, look into it and it's black... I want the fire back!"

[@michaelabarrow2437]

How about when in Once more with feeling buffy sings "...I want the fire back!" Then in the last episode when she holds spikes hand before she leaves and their hands set fire. He gave her the fire in life that she craved back in s6 and that last scene between them proves that.

[@JustAgURLinSeattle]

That is a GREAT one.

[@alexhagane3543]

gosh my feels!

[@Cavadinda]

I have never thought of this. Thank you for pointing out something new about Buffy for me (it hasn't happened in years)!

[@bethiest]

amazing! Great catch

[@jpmorganried7924]

@@Cavadinda I thought I was the only one who still cares about buffy in the year 2020 I'm glad I'm not alone

[@Mandorallen1980]

I remember watching during the original run when Dawn randomly appeared for the first time and I was all "WTF!?"

[@Hmmm3656]

Ikr! I thought I skipped some episodes or a season or something lol

[@dadriamcgregor8346]

right 😂😂😂... shit I'm still like 😮..years later ..

[@travisbell736]

You missed when Buffy foreshadowed Joyce’s death from an aneurysm in the first episode of season 4

[@no1takethisname]

OMG yea I remember Buffy's remark on the book fees " I hope it's a funny aneurysm." That kinda hurt

[@tmhouckable]

I was just going to comment..what?? No funny aneurysm?

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Or when Joyce dropped the plate in Surprise.

[@gandrewlee3]

He missed a lot and went over the painfully obvious things.

[@brobby3829]

Another early reference to future plots, in season 2 the principal is talking to the police and foreshadows the mayor running the town. Also in season 4 during the finale, "death is your gift" is said for the first time hinting the season 5 finale with Buffy's death. I think one of the best things to note about the series including Angel is the transformation of Cordelia's character. She grows the most and is easily a fan favorite in Angel.

[@Richard94597]

Didn't Giles sing "No one knows what it's like to be the bad man?"

[@Smiley_Kylie]

Behind blue eyes

[@Richard94597]

@@Smiley_Kylie I found it on KZbin

[@Smiley_Kylie]

He is such a beautiful singer.

[@mystic_tacos]

Actually, Roger Daltry sang it lol. But yes, he did sing it.

[@Richard94597]

@@mystic_tacos in one episode Giles does sing it.

[@RLucas3000]

Passion of the Nerd blew my mind when he revealed that the opera Willow gets trapped in in season one, episode ten, Nightmares, the aria she is in is about a witch, 24 episodes before she casts her first spell!

[@loulozano7810]

Of course Rupert Giles is a killer! You just have re-watch the episodes featuring "Ethan Rayne" to get a hint of Giles' darkness.

[@GeneralG1810]

I dare say he didn't get the nick name "Ripper" from buying kids fairy floss

[@Frellyouall]

Shame we never got that Ripper spin-off.

[@GeneralG1810]

@@Frellyouall Now you're talking

[@elsbaby6]

@@GeneralG1810 Exactly!

[@iyamwhatiyam2748]

What he says just before he kills Glory’s human host always struck me as odd, it seems to indicate that Giles has a lot more in common with him than just that he was about to kill him.

[@kevinshea7547]

How many would agree that The Anointed is actually Angel. The Master said that Angelus was the most vicious vampire he had ever met. The Anointed was referred to as "The Master's great warrior". Angel is definitely better than anyone else on the show, except for Buffy, at hand to hand combat. Buffy was not supposed to know the identity of The Anointed, but the first time she met the child, she used the title. Buffy was prophesied to not stop The Anointed, which indicates Angel, because even though she stabbed him in the heart, he returned to life. The Anointed was supposed to lead Buffy into Hell. Angel was a great source of information on supernatural creatures, aiding Buffy in her fight. Falling in love with Buffy, and then breaking her heart in an especially cruel way, could be interpreted as leading her into Hell.

[@Decadancehallking]

Lovely work, some of these are new to me lol. One id like to thrown in, is the warning Buffy got about love and death from the love robot in s5 e15. Towards the end of the episode, Buffy is talking to the dying robot at the playground and she says something like " its always darkest before the..." And she dies before she gets to say the Dawn. It was some creepy foreshadowing that things were about to get bad for Buffy because she was on her way home to find her Mom dead. And this may be a stretch, but when Buffy is on top of the monolith and realizes she has to sacrifice herself to save Dawn and the world at the end of the season, the sun began to come up"...the dawn."

[@starzriser9700]

Woo.. English not being my native language, I must admit I missed that one. Very cool ^^ Very Whedony thing to do ^^

[@Decadancehallking]

@@starzriser9700 yep, hes great at full circle moments lol

[@butterflysweeti2010]

I love that you wrote this. I was actually scanning through comments for something about this. I never related it to the sun coming up, but I did relate it to foreshadowing Dawns arrival.

[@Decadancehallking]

@@butterflysweeti2010 dawn was already a character and everyone knew she was the key by then. I just think in some weird way the robots death was foreshadowing Buffy's moms death as well as her own at the end of the season

[@johndododoe1411]

What monolith? It was a badly built steel tower.

[@savannahsophia5194]

The reason at the end they all can kill hundreds of the turok hans is because Willow used the weapon forged for Slayers and took out its magic essence. Which opened the lines of Slayers so that they wouldn't have to wait for when one Slayer dies another is called. They made it so all of the Slayers, every girl through out the universe that would be chosen would automatically have the skills right then and there.

[@kylieshortreed8857]

I’m so happy people are still making Buffy videos!!!!

[@SAPProd]

I only ever watched Buffy and Angel individually the first time each. Ever since, I watch them together through the aid of guides, and as far as I’m concerned, the two are one epic story of that universe.

[@brianartillery]

A show I've watched all the way through at least three times, and it never fails to entertain. The writing and characterisation lift it miles above any other vampire show created. Even the minor characters are beautifully written. Playing around with the format, like opening credits that feature Andrew in Buffy's place, made the show endlessly rewatchable. Favourite character? Spike, of course. What a character. Developed from a vicious bastard to a far more rounded character - his relationship, and protection of Dawn in later seasons was charming and moving, and yet, he knew who, and what, he was, and realised that the long spoken of prophesy related to him, and acted on it to save the world. Oh, and other Sunnydale High students did try to use the library - they were often chivvied out by Giles, or given short shrift by him. Giles first showed his colours in the season 2 episode 'Reptile Boy', where he knocks out a frat boy with a vicious headbutt, and the comment: "Pillock!" A real fist in the air, 'Where the f**k did that come from?' moment. One of the basic joys of 'Buffy' though, is seeing a tiny girl knocking seven bells out of vicious monsters. It's fun , and empowering - whatever you do, or whoever you are, it's possible to do astonishing things.

[@Eva-xb4ui]

Ive watched it all the way through more than 50 times, literally. And have written university papers on it.

[@brianartillery]

@@Eva-xb4ui I'm in awe. It's a show definitely worth that amount of time. 👍

[@pablacarrascoalcayaga2287]

This actually a Buffy/Angel parallel: In episode 1x02, when Buffy is fighting The Master in the Bronze, she throws something apparently at the vampire, but she was actually aiming for the window. In episode 4x13 of Angel, when Faith is fighting Angelous in the conquest to bring Angel back, she throws some chains and Angelous mocks her, but she was actually aiming for the window that was behind him.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

The only thing I noticed on a rewatch is how awesome Cordelia Chase really is!

[@KingSadim]

When she back for one last episode in Angel you realised just how much she was missed. She also has the title of most mic drops in the show, brutal put downs at times haha.

[@daverhoden445]

I was one of those who noticed the first time around. I love Anya but Xander/Cordy was my power couple.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

Dave Rhoden Oh! Anya and Xander were so cute! I am an Angel/Cordelia shipper, though!

[@aw_1890]

When i watched s1, i didn't like her because she seemed like the popular girl that always picked on people, that changed a lot by s3 and the first episode of angel because she's now one of my fav characters

[@liahthorley615]

Cordy and Angel were a far better match than Buffy and Angel.

[@hailsatan5025]

In Restless Giles says Spike's 'like a son to [him]' In Tabula Rasa both Giles and Spike believe they're father and son.

[@candacecasey5634]

I remember that.

[@ankyfire]

Spike is also wearing the same suit then.

[@nicolasmaximilianolares]

and Buffy mentions a shark and kittens while in the sandbox

[@jpmorganried7924]

They thought that because they both had English accents in tabula rasa

[@hailsatan5025]

morgan READ well done

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

Nice. Add a little bit to #7. There was another callback to Vampire Willow near the end of Season 6. Just before Willow flays Warren for killing Tara, she says, "Bored now." A line that Vampire Willow had used years earlier before attacking a student who thought he was bullying regular Willow. Another little bite. In Season 5, Tom Lenk was cast as one of Harmony's henchmen when she decides to confront Buffy (she wasn't home). Tom Lenk would go on to be cast as Andrew and after that you'll never be able to see that scene the same way again. And, heck, can we get some love for Jonathan? Wasn't he one of the students that they had show up at the library when they were lampshading how rare it was?

[@twiceborn_by_grace]

I actually just finished Buffy for the first time yesterday and thought it was funny that they kept mentioning bunnies or rabbits because Anya dressed as one for the Halloween party. Also, I couldn’t figure out why she looked so familiar. But that’s because she plays Dottie Jones in WandaVision.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

I later wondered if the reason why later unsouled Spike was different to unsouled Angel- was because of their relationships with their families; Angel/ Liam had a bitterness about his family & swiftly killed them, to ‘free himself’ of them - whereas Spike/ William’s love of his mother actually appeared to supersede his demonic self, & that only changed when his mother’s vampiric self proved to be awful- as said in his confrontation with Wood; he hadn’t acknowledged how much it had impacted on him...

[@AustynSN]

I've always figured it was because Angel's soul was a curse and William's soul was a prize he fought for.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

@@AustynSN That's also an interesting thought...

[@LucyLynette]

8: That was accidental foreshadowing, not intentional. The pirate costume may have influenced Whedon's decision about HOW to injure Xander, but the decision to injure him at all was made more than a year after All The Way. The plan was to KILL Xander near the finale, not gouge out an eyeball. When Emma Caulfield requested Anya be killed off, so that she wouldn't be obligated for future projects, Whedon readjusted his plans, resulting in Xander living to get additional use from his season 6 Halloween costume.

[@dongilleo9743]

Seems like I remember Zander making a reference to being the Nick Fury of the group, as he is the only normal human in a group of super powered heroes. Nick Fury of course also wears an eye patch. I can't remember if Zander makes this comment before or after he loses an eye. Now I have to binge watch the entire series again to check!😀

[@danikajayde8577]

That's why Anya died?? Her death made me almost as sad as Spike's

[@hollybarrington7642]

In one of the first episodes the Master is talking to his minions and when he's done speaking he says "Here endeth the lesson." In one of the final episodes Buffy is talking to the potentials and when she's done speaking she says "Here endeth the lesson." I never noticed until one day as they were playing on tv and they got to the end of the last season and restarted at the beginning of the show.

[@trevpeeps307]

Spike also says that to Buffy during the season 5 episode “fool for love”

[@MarkJohnson-gk6kc]

All of these are a pop-culture reference to Sean Connery's line the the film The Untouchables.

[@madelinekurtz2243]

Watch Passion of the Nerd if you love Buffy and Angel!!!! ❤️❤️

[@cassierolemuch]

Yeah and if you want songs related to each episode check out buffering the vampire Slayer 😁

[@stocktonjoans]

right, but WTF was the dude with the cheese slices all about?

[@paullaing5921]

I think that Josh Whedon said that the he was just there to add some comedy to the episode and didn't represent anything in particular.

[@mouseketeery]

Oh Gods yes! The cheese! I'd forgotten about that. Cheese is a slight theme for Buffy - she likes it, apparently. See Willow's advice to Riley about chatting Buffy up.

[@stocktonjoans]

@@mouseketeery, you;re right, don't forget that cheese is one of the factors used to grade social gatherings in "dead mans party"

[@JuanFatche]

He wore the cheese, the cheese did not wear him.

[@dancingman1983]

yes the only thing he represented was they were sharing a dream

[@BTMmarineLM]

I was recently rewatching and noticed that when Wood asks Buffy how she and Spike know each other (in the car on the way to save Xander in First Date). Wood is looking in his rear view mirror at Spike when he asks the question, but only later in the fight realizes Spike is a vampire. Won’t he realized when he couldn’t see Spike in the mirror??

[@joelbarnes9008]

I think the small detail that I felt was the nicest touch was in the episode "forever" (5.17) there was about a 20 second scene where Giles was listening to the same song that he and Joyce listened to in the episode "Band Candy". It was just a nice way of showing Giles mourning Joyce and a full circle moment.

[@AJStarhiker]

Giles doesn't actually trust Buffy's instincts. I mean, how often did she think something was wrong, but Giles dismissed it as teen angst or some other problem until he found a book about it?

[@hailsatan5025]

Also the whole Spike thing in season 7...

[@candacecasey5634]

This describes the beginning of their relationship there was always a " father/daughter " vibe and he grows to trust her more and even take a minor role and allows her to lead as she matures.

[@AJStarhiker]

@@candacecasey5634 I would agree if it didn't continue into later season. Don't get me wrong, I liked their relationship, but I noticed Giles had trouble taking her seriously unless he could either verify it in a boook or he saw it himself. He was a lot more flexible than the standard Watchers seemed to be, but he still had some of that mindset and I think it made it difficult for him to accept that Buffy's instincts didn't follow the textbook example of how Slayers react.

[@jonathanfraser321]

This is good characterisation. As a watcher, and more cautious, Giles persona makes him someone who needs reassurance and proof. his task is to ensure the Scoobs know what their up against. Buffy and Faith aren't like that. they're all about action, Faith much more so than Buffy .Buffy comes to learn that just rushing into things is dangerous. Faith doesn't learn this. Having seen her watcher murdered, and having fewer scruples (which Giles installs in Buffy) she doesn't think but acts. the other Scoobs spend much time looking up things in the books. As every general knows, you need to understand your enemy if you are to beat it.

[@candacecasey5634]

That was during the beginning before he had known her for years. He got to the point where he actually trusted her instincts more than his own.

[@annegrey3780]

in terms of plot holes you missed that when Spike initially gets out of the Initiative he beats up several of the Initiative members, who are all human, then when he gets to Tara and tries to bite her he discovers that he has a chip in him that not only prevents him from biting humans, but from harming them in any physical way....so then how did he fight his way out of the Initiative like we just saw? Short answer, when asked to explain the discrepancy, Joss just outright admitted "I forgot to write that in"

[@FuriousP14]

This list pleases me. NUMFAR! DO THE DANCE OF JOY!

[@4Just1Girl]

@Furious96 Great Angel reference!!! I always thought it was hilarious that they said Numfar was actually Joss Whedon in demon clad garments and makeup! :) And HILARITY ensues!! :) :)

[@BuffyNTinkDidImprov]

Yes. But I STILL wanna know what the "dance of shame" looks like

[@JustaGuy2.0]

Buffy is still my fav show of all time.

[@candacecasey5634]

Mine too

[@danaheitch7959]

I just rewatched season 2’s Passion today. It REALLY stood the test of time. Great heart wrenching tv!

[@LivyRivy]

Yes! Angelus watching with glee as Buffy and Willow find out about Jenny gives me chills every. Single. Time. Alyson's acting is incredible. And when Giles finds Jenny's body. Ugh. The entire episode is a masterpiece.

[@salbro5985]

I still laugh at that janitor cart pratfall, though. 😄

[@EderGomes-vd4km]

Sarah Michelle Gellar is a icon, Buffy is incredible. Best series ever

[@jpmorganried7924]

I'm so upset that her acting career didn't last as long post buffy because she is a great actress oscar worthy in my opinion

[@jpmorganried7924]

She had a few short shows that got canceled after the first season like that show she did with Robin Williams before he committed suicide it was an odd show that I tried to get into because Sarah Michele Geller was on it but couldn't

[@michaelhurley3171]

She gave up her acting career because she really is the Slayer!

[@4Just1Girl]

@@michaelhurley3171 NOPE! She has had some actual Interviews where she explains She put a halt to her acting career to focus and Center herself to become more concerned with her Marriage and husband Freddie Prinz jr., and her Children.

[@michaelhurley3171]

@@4Just1Girl ok just kidding jp!

[@DavePortsmouth1964]

Tara also says in the dream sequence "Be back before Dawn", which could be taken in two different ways.

[@arianna.jenkins]

I've only re watched all 7 seasons literally 10 times but you know... I don't have a problem or anything....

[@beachgirl4583]

Arianna Jenkins, Only 10?

[@JustAgURLinSeattle]

For the last 8 or 9 years, I watch it 3 or 4 times a year... both Buffy and Angel. Just got done with Buffy less than a week ago, and I'm now on Season 1 of Angel, for the 50th time. :D

[@Hmmm3656]

@@JustAgURLinSeattle Holy shit.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Personally, I thought the reason they killed off the anointed one so quickly was because the fans hated him and dubbed him "The Annoying One". :)

[@beachgirl4583]

lurkerrekrul, Spike named him that, but we all think of him that way.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Actually as I recall, fans started calling him that online during the first season. The character was really unpopular.

[@Smiley_Kylie]

Ugh, he really was annoying lol

[@richardrobertson583]

I seem to recall, if memory serves correct that the episode Family began with either a 'previously on BTVS montage' or just outright showed the Tara sabotaging the spell scene in the pre credits, so not really foreshadowed as it's there to remind those who may have forgotten that it happened. Also Xanders feelings of isolation from the group started far earlier as in S1 he was the only Scooby gang member affected by The Pack. The hyena episode. And I believe it was S3 that had the episode The Zeppo. Zeppo was the name of the Marx brother that had nothing to do except be there. This is why the episode is thus called as it highlights Xanders feelings of inadequacy.

[@mydogeatspuke]

She very obviously sabotaged the spell because it was to locate demons. Anyone with any ability at all to pay attention would realise she did that because she was supposed to be a demon who didn't want to be shown on the map. I don't get how anyone could genuinely think that "previously this obvious thing happened" could be considered foreshadowing since they'd have to explain it eventually and of all the people to know she's a demon, her family would be the most likely. All of the episodes with "previously" sections were about the things that were shown in the intro recap. The makers of this video and a LOT of the people in the comments are clearly not very bright. So much nonsense.

[@Misadventures_85]

Ohh, so that's why the episode is called The Zeppo. And you're right, it is a 3rd season episode.

[@masterme21]

Tara’s name (amber benson) only shows up in the intro credits once: the episode of her death. I love buff and angel so much, the ultimate tv shows. Tara was also gonna come back in season 7 but it didn’t work out

[@letitbe56]

masterme21 Joss wanted to do that with Jesse/Eric Balfour in Welcome to the Hellmouth, so his death would be an actual surprise, but didn’t have the budget for a fake title sequence.

[@baggybinny]

Josh, coming home from a shift at Footlocker.

[@milou66]

Alternate universe vampire Willow says "bored now", and magic corrupted Willow says the same thing, suggesting the victim of vampirism is more in there than you might think.

[@spaceparrot8702]

That's when she kills Jonathan I think. Ew, brutal dark Willow:P

[@darthilli]

Space Parrot she kills Warren not Jonathan

[@spaceparrot8702]

@@darthilli Yeah u re right, I mixed up the names.

[@milou66]

@@spaceparrot8702 Yes, that's right. I meant Dark Willow.

[@4Just1Girl]

@@spaceparrot8702 But the "Bored now" line was used as early as the episode "Dopplegangland" when vamp Willow is getting tired and bored from being strung along by the Scoobys trying to stall her from going full on vampy-raging and starting to kill all the innocent people in the bronze. So, there is a precident that the line was used BEFORE season 6. When she went Dark Witch Willow and killed Warren.

[@claudeprince6724]

One mistake on number 10. In the episode where dawn accidentally makes her wish that nobody can leave the house and she is summoned by anya to lift the curse, she and spike recognize each other and they both immediately deny knowing each other when buffy asks if they in fact know each other.

[@beachgirl4583]

Claude Prince, you mean Halfrek/Cecily.

[@claudeprince6724]

@@beachgirl4583 indeed. I was pretty stoned when I typed that. It would seem that my comment could be easily misconstrued to be made in relation to dawn.

[@beachgirl4583]

Claude Prince, Good idea (the mota). It’s 6am and I have not slept. I knew you meant Halfrek but new Buffy viewers might not.

[@windynichya]

Its probably too big to make the list but I like Giles' line 'The Earth is most definitely doomed' He says it as he watches Buffy, Xander and Willow walk in school at the end of the first episode and before the final battle in the last episode. I thought it was a great closing the circle moment but I only really noticed it on a rematch due to how far apart those episodes actually are.

[@eiyiyi]

Actually the first time, all he says is 'The Earth is doomed' at the end of the episode 'The Harvest' (which was actually just the second half of the pilot episode). Then in 'Chosen' he says 'The Earth is definitely doomed'.

[@lesliee6870]

I know I’m late to comment, but at the end of the last episode when they mention the hellmouth, he says “I believe there’s one in Cleveland” In the wish Buffy isn’t in Sunnydale, she’s fighting in Cleveland.

[@julieedge1255]

I thought all the wannabe slayers got their strength because Willow harnessed the power of the scyth to all slayers? Am I wrong?

[@candacecasey5634]

No that is what happened.

[@debbienpeters]

And that is how they were able to beat the Uber vamps.

[@ABCScandalFanatic]

They were holding their own with the Touricon (sp) before Willow used the scythe. And even afterwards, the spell gave them slayer powers but even WITH slayer powers it took everything Buffy had to beat just one. They were able to beat hundreds. Joss acknowledged this didn’t make sense but whatevs.

[@ianrhodes6928]

They had Felicia Day. That's why they won.

[@candacecasey5634]

Potentials not " wannabes "

[@chrisgenson2278]

In season 1 Willow's nightmare is to be on stage. Season 4 Willow is taking acting classes at college.

[@annaboes8359]

It's not being on stage, it's fearing to fail where everyone can see her. She isn't as worried about going on the stage as she is about her not knowing her song and that everyone will be mad at her.

[@lennic95]

And that nightmare of not knowing her lines on stage is brought up in Restless too.

[@4Just1Girl]

@@lennic95 And that the moment She CHANGES the ways she thinks and feels about her personality, skills, self confidence, and becoming more of who and what she finally becomes to be is when in season 2 episode Halloween, right after the Spell Ethan Rayne cast over the town is broken and she wakes up with her ghost sheet on, as she pulls it off and starts to strut home, more "alive," and self confident and Certain of herself, this is when Daniel "OZ" Osborne is pulling up in his unique van to a stop sign at an intersection, and as he watches her stroll across the street in her "more showy" Not the before willow costume that Buffy helped her get together, we hear him say.... Now, Where can I find a Girl like that?! Introducing our fave "were-wolf" Into the world of our "Scooby gang" of friends (and semi friends--ie Cordelia).

[@Hmmm3656]

@@4Just1Girl I think he said, "Who IS that girl??" And he actually noticed her before that, in the episode with the mummy princess chick, when Willow was wearing that bulky costume. I normally wouldn't bother to comment that, but I wouldn't have liked Oz as much as I did if he had only noticed her once she was dressed in more revealing clothing.

[@faithlesshound5621]

The actors have spoken of Buffy as portraying aspects of teenage life and development. One thing I liked was that, although they live in a universe of magic, demons and advanced robotics, the actual jobs they get are realistic McJobs such as the viewers might have, and not aspirational in any way. Also, the authorities are usually corrupt and/or ineffective if not actually evil: the Sunnydale police, the Mayor, teachers, lawyers, the military (pre-Gitmo) and any display of religiosity (Ted, Caleb, etc). Parents are rarely much use either: even Giles, the kids' surrogate parent, nearly gets Buffy and Spike killed. There's a minor subplot about Jewish culture: yet the WASP princess is played by an actress of Jewish origin, and the Jewish character by one of Irish origin.

[@JeffinerM]

Remember season 1 with the ventriloquist dummy, how the student had brain cancer? And then the episode, I think in season 2 with the boy who came from Buffy's old school and wanted to be turned by Spike to save him from dying of brain cancer? When Joyce got her diagnosis I remember saying, "what is Joss Whedon's obsession with brain tumours?!" Did anyone else notice this?

[@jeremiahthepisces5493]

Right i felt so sad for that boy he just wanted to live

[@starzriser9700]

Because what he pictures in Buffy is VERY similar to what happened to him and his mother, if I recall correctly. Writers experiences and trauma shows in their creation. I dont know about the first two examples, but Joyce's death and the way it all happened was planned way ahead so yeah, he needed to share that trauma and I think he got a lot of reactions from people saying what happened in Buffy strangely helped them going trough some bad stuff in their own lived. I think that's what his goal and it went beyond what he expected. I think he said recently he would not kill Joyce if he had to do buffy all over again (because basically it was very dark and made tons of people sad, also saying that season 6 was dark enough.. and that maybe he went a bit too far on that road. Which I agree with).

[@EmilyDickmesome]

Tbh I have still to this day anxiety when thinking I might have a random brain tumor like a few of the characters in Buffy I used to watch years ago. I thought I was the only one that thought the "brain cancer" thing is looming in Buffy, lol.

[@candacecasey5634]

Maybe he knows someone with a similar condition. Art imitates life.

[@starzriser9700]

@@candacecasey5634 HIS MOTHER died in the same Joyce did. So yeah you're right

[@galmorzu]

Absolutely loved Buffy and Angel. Haven't watched either in forever. Think it's time to pop those in again! Thanks WhatCulture from reminding me about how awesome two of my favorite shows of all time actually are!

[@davidrawlings8380]

In the first episode of season 4, when buffy and willow are buying college books, buffy talks about sending her mum the receipt for the cost of the books and then says "I hope it's a funny brain aneurysm"... and, well, season 5 happens.

[@genjibenkei]

The only thing I notice now is the confirmation that this is in fact the best show ever 😎🤘🏻

[@tiffanycoates431]

What about in Earshot, when Willow is interrogating Jonathan, and she’s talking about a Fantasy, where he’s important! And, powerful! Then in Superstar, he made a fake reality, where he really IS powerful and important!

[@benbrennan4953]

“And the final episode was great” Unless your a fan of Anya...ouch

[@candacecasey5634]

" that's my girl, always doing the stupid thing "- Xander❤

[@steffnic13]

Not to mention, absent Angel S5, which we didn’t know would be coming, losing Spike.

[@ThatOneGuyOverThere]

When Xander/Xander gets hit in the eye every season. If you look hard enough.

[@keleesi128]

Not to mention his Faith-induced stressful eye twitch in season 3

[@MichaelHickerson]

Nice list, though I feel like you guys missed one. The entire run of season two is foreshadowed in the first episode of season two, "When She Was Bad." Angelus even points this out to Buffy in "Becoming" when he says that she falls for the same trap every single time. "'When She Was Bad" foreshadows the major beats of season two up to and including the events of Becoming.

[@Elementra31]

I’m rewatching the series and I’m on the episode “Fool for Love” when William and Drusilla uses the word effulgent. I looked it up, it means radiant. So remember season 7 when Spike uses the necklace on the ubervamps during the finale? Wouldn’t you say he was rather... EFFULGENT?

[@TheAl1992]

This is THE comment

[@ankyfire]

You didn’t have to look it up, the word is explained in the show, Spike is asking someone for a synonym for “glowing”

[@LivyRivy]

Fool for Love is my favorite episode!

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Spike also tells Buffy she glows at Xander’s wedding. She smiles and it’s a super cute moment.

[@godzillaprime]

This is a really minor one but in season three's Helpless, Zachary steals Buffy's red hood, uses it to trick Joyce and then quotes the wolf when Buffy and him run into each other at the test house. In season 4's Fear itself, Buffy's costume is little red riding hood. Preeetty spooky

[@johndododoe1411]

Well the slayer role has a lot in common with little red riding hood, a seemingly week girl walking fearlessly to the monster, getting eaten and then escaping as the monster is ultimately slain.

[@WesTro]

#4 Actually, the first time Buffy encountered a Turok-Han she put a stake in it's chest in about 28 seconds. That's less of a fight than most fresh-from-the-grave vampires give her. Had Buffy known about the creature's thicker bone structure, she could have put a little more 'oomph' into her swing, not lost her confidence, not had Giles fill her head with those legends he'd once heard about and this wouldn't still be a topic for discussion.

[@memorra]

I agree, the grand battle where she took out the one in season 7 was a show put on for the slayerettes not because she was struggling. I definitely got the sense her difficulty killing the first one (of season 7) was a mental/confidence thing. Once she shared her power with the rest, I feel she also shared her knowledge so the others also taking them out wasn't that crazy. Maybe just my headcanon but as the guy said, it was such a beautiful finale that I honestly didn't care about minor plot discrepancies.

[@Adamskyize]

Right! To this I can add my headcanon that the first Turok-Hans were champions. The First chose them because they were the best.

[@turtleneckrobot7714]

My theory about the Turok-Han was that the the First had to grow or hatch new ones in some way to create his army and was waiting for them to fully mature before unleashing them. The first Turok-Han Buffy fought was fully matured and at it’s full strength. When Buffy took the slayers into the Hellmouth it was long before the army of Turok-Han had a chance to reach their full strength.

[@ChrisAtheist]

Or maybe the first turok Han was the most powerful of them? Kinda like the Master vampire in season 1 was above everyone else just like spike was above all others and and and

[@SK-uj1hz]

well it would also be a pretty boring show if everything just went to plan...

[@peterprisekin3241]

I don’t know, the death of the anointed one was just a fun moment of Whedon and his brilliant team of writers just sticking it in and breaking off the handle. I love being surprised and watching Spike take such glee in fully embracing his villainy felt like one of those turn-on-a-dime moments for which he’s famous.

[@nataliaromanova9556]

Agreed. Considering Joss always said he had the first 5 seasons of the show planned before they started season 1, this wasn't bad planning. It was simply a misdirection.

[@erinmokarzel5603]

Halfrek has that moment when she sees spike and says "William?" And then is awkward and dropped

[@TheNormExperience]

“How much of this was intentional at the time...is unclear” Um, not if you watched the audio commentary on your Buffy DVD’s like I do. By Joss, Jane and Drew these were all very intentional.

[@Tanya37red]

Anya never really got the love she deserved from the gang !

[@LucyLynette]

6: Oh, come on! NOW you question what was intentional, after taking it for granted in other entries? Guess what? This one was planned. No accidental foreshadowing here. It was so planned that when Kristine Sutherland talked to Whedon near the end of season 3's production and asked to be off screen for the bulk of season 4, he agreed to it with the caveat "But you have to come back for season 5, because I'm going to kill you." Yes, by late season 3, season 5's main story threads were mapped out. No question.

[@4Just1Girl]

OF course details like these are ALL PLANNED AND INTENTIONAL!! It is called being a Great and organized, PROFESSIONAL WRITER!

[@emiloubooks6708]

The fact that William was in love with Cecily and wrote poetry for her is referenced in the show.......

[@zoeyx9821]

I recently read a comment that the best poetry William actually ever wrote was Spike's speech to Buffy in season 7

[@joannefisher3281]

In Buffy's dream in Restless her mother also mentions Dawn.

[@alexh8613]

#10 Tara sabotaging the demon locator spell was actually not easily missed, because it was consistently played on the "previously on" portion of the episode

[@liamroscoe596]

Dawn, anya and the rest of the scoobies were also able to slice through the Ubervamps in the school without being torn to shreds which I thought was weird lol, but I chose to ignore it Cos the show as a whole is AMAZING!

[@mauricehamilton4025]

I thought it was because of Willow's spell

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

@@mauricehamilton4025 Nope. Spell affected only potentials making them slayers. It's just lazy writing. This was the last episode of the series, they wanted to end it with a bang and didn't care about consistency. This is sad because it takes away from Buffy's first fights with the Uber vampire. Do you remember how he beat the crap out of her? Remember how satisfying it was when she finally defeated him?

[@tsstevensts]

Twelve small details: Faith know's Buffy's expiry date. Remember that bit in Graduation? When Faith returns in Who Are You she nicks those credit cards and in booking a flight to Mexico reads the expiry date as May 23rd 2001. Ouch.

[@sneeringimperialist6667]

I never once caught that, and I must've seen it 50 times over the years...

[@angelboi2k]

"Graduation"? Do you mean "Who Are You?"?

[@tsstevensts]

@@angelboi2k The dream sequence with Buffy and Faith when Faith predicts Buffy's death. Graduation. Faith reading Buffy's expiration date as May 23rd 2001, Who Are You.

[@meginmd]

Hey! That's my birthday! May 23, not 2001 LOL

[@angelboi2k]

@@tsstevensts Are you referring to the dream sequence in "Graduation Day pt#2"? How did she predict Buffy's death in that scene?

[@kellyforbes8162]

I’m the biggest buffy fan so I’m so happy you made this 💕💕

[@thompur]

I don't know, Kelly. I'm 6'4" and 230lbs. I think I'm a bigger fan than you! ;-)