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BUFFY - The Original Series
"There's a whole recipe for how to make a Buffy. Take one cup Sarah Connor from the first Terminator movie; one cup Ripley; three tablespoons of the younger sister in Night of the Comet; a few sprigs of A Little Princess (the book, not the movies); and a pinch of Jimmy Stewart for pain, because nobody does better pain. Bake those up. Once it's cool, add a little Rosalind Russell from His Girl Friday. All of this must be in a P.J.-Soles-in-Halloween crust. That's very important."
------ Joss Whedon
145 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on UPN and The WB beginning 9 March 1997 and ending 19 May 2003. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Nicholas Brendon each appeared in all 145 episodes. Alyson Hannigan appeared in every episode but "Gone" (Season 6 Episode 11).
LARA plays the Buffy Theme on violin.
Whedon was encouraged by Alyson Hannigan to listen to the music of Nerf Herder. Subsequently, Nerf Herder was asked to write a theme for the show and they did. There has been discussion as to whether they may have "borrowed" a chunk of the melody from Codo, a song by a German band, Deutsch-Ostereichisches-Feingefühl. In 1999 Nerf Herder commented on the writing of the Buffy Theme: "We did the theme song before the show was on the air. It was a song that had already been written, but we really didn't know where to take it. I had some ideas - it was originally going to have some kind of science-fiction theme, which is weird, because we don't do songs like that. I remember having the title of 'Outer Space Rock' or something like that; that was a working thing."
RE-VAMPED With Juliet Landau
The first Buffy podcast hosted by a cast member. The eighty-second episode, "Vampire Vignette 2: Inca Mummy Girl" was posted on 11 September 2025. Landau made her directorial debut with the 2020 horror/thriller "A Place Among the Dead", which can be streamed on TUBI.
BUFFY EARPERS
BUFFY EARPERS is a podcast doing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch from the perspective of a fan of the TV series WYNONNA EARP (which show contains more than a few Buffy references). The podcast is hosted by Kat Jensen and Kevin Bachelder, and seems to have ended with a discussion of Buffy episodes 4.15 and 4.16. (Their most recent podcast is dated 13 July 2022.) All twenty-eight episodes are available on Apple Podcasts.
FIRST TO DIE
The first character to die in BTVS had no name, and was played by Carmine Giovinazzo. He was devoured by Julie Benz in the opening scene of Episode 1. Giovinazzo is Nick Gatchi in four episodes of the Paramount+ crime comedy HIGH DESERT.
A TV FIRST
The first use of the word 'google' on television was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 7 Episode 4, in this sequence of dialog:
WILLOW: "Have you googled her yet?"
XANDER: "She's 17!"
WILLOW: "It's a search engine."
FIRST AND LAST LINES
The first line spoken by Buffy in episode one, season one was: "I'm up, mom." In the pilot, her first line (after correcting the Principal about her name twice) was: "Principal Flutie, I'm not here to cause trouble." The last word spoken by Buffy in the last episode of the series was "Spike" (in response to a question by Giles as to what caused the giant crater).
THE CAUSE OF ANGEL'S CURSE
Ginger Williams, who played the girl whose death brought the gypsy curse on Angel (Season 2 Episode 21), appeared on RINGER as the receptionist for Siobhan's shrink. She was also Clorissa in the 1999 film CRUEL INTENTIONS. Her BTVS appearance was also her TV debut.
WHERE KRISTINE SUTHERLAND GOT HER NAME
Sutherland appeared in a 1985 ad for Diet Coke, a 2011 ad for Healthy Choice Frozen Dinners, and one from 1991 for Lipton Golden Saute. Sutherland changed her name because there was another actor with the name Kristine Young.The actor who precipitated the name change is now Kristine Young Gaffney and works as an editor for various reality shows. The last name Sutherland from her cat, which was named Donald after Donald Sutherland. Kristine Sutherland's first TV role was as mystery writer Pamela Johns on REMINGTON STEELE.
KYLE'S LIMERICKS
Kyle Kallgren aka Oancitizen, has summarized each Buffy episode on Tumblr in a limerick. Below is a sample (Season 1 Episode 1). It appears that only a few of these limericks remain online.
The two Summers women arrive
In a new town to start their new lives
Ones with no expulsions
And no gym explosions
(Let’s just hope that Buffy survives)
BUFFY SUMMERS' BIRTHDAY
Buffy's birthday was celebrated in mid-January each year on the show, except for Season 7. In Season One, Buffy's school records are displayed twice on a computer. In one view, we see that Buffy was born on 24 October 1980, and she is a sophomore. The second time we see the records, her birthday is 6 May 1979, and she is a senior. Clearly the records are in error. Joss Whedon asserted at one point that Buffy's birthday is 19 January 1981, but this is not borne out by other evidence. The date should be January 22, 1981, because in 1999, her eighteenth birthday fell on a Friday. As it is also known that Buffy's birthday is on the cusp of Capricorn and Aquarius.
THE TATTOO IN SEASON 6
A tattoo is visible on Buffy near the end of "Grave". According to Vanishing Tattoo: "Gellar's tattoos consist of the following: She has a scripted Chinese tattoo with blossoms on her ankle which is a Chinese symbol for integrity. On her left hip are images of a Celtic symbol. On her ankle she has a heart pierced with a dagger. On her back she has 2 dragonflies." More recently acquired is a tattoo on her left forearm of the letters 'C' and 'R' (for her children, Charlotte and Rocky). No mention of anything like the one on Buffy.
JANICE FENSHAW
Amber Tamblyn portrayed Dawn's best friend, Janice Penshaw who is mentioned throughout Season Six, but appears in only one episode (Season 6 Episode 6) which is the *Halloween episode for 2001. In that episode, she and Dawn tell their mothers they spending the night at each other's homes and then sneak out to with a couple of boys who turn out to be vampires. Dawn gets her first kiss and Janice is bitten. They are both rescued; Penshaw by Giles, and Dawn by Buffy and Spike. In Season 6 Episode 12 Dawn says that Janice's sister is a lawyer.
AMBER GROVE - FLAMING CHEERLEADER
In the third episode of Season One, Buffy tries out for cheerleader and ends up saving Amber Grove, another cheerleading hopeful, from a fiery death. The role of Amber Grove was Jeanette Papineau's TV debut. Her stunt double was Lisa Dempsey.
THE FILMS
BUFFY - The Original Film
Before Sarah Michelle Gellar took on the role of Buffy in the TV series there was a 1992 movie with Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank (her first film), and Donald Sutherland. "Chi Muoi Lo and Seth Green were the only two actors to appear in both the first Buffy film and the Buffy TV series.
The song Feelings (by Louis Gasté and Morris Albert) was performed by Kristy Swanson. Susannah Hoffs (formerly of THE BANGLES) performed the Danny Elfman song We Close Our Eyes. Hoffs also starred in the 1987 film THE ALLNIGHTER with John Cusak.
The Vampire DJ in the film was played by Alexis Arquette. Other vampires in the film were: Toby Holquin, Seth Green, Paul Pesco, Bobby Aldridge, Amanda Anka, Chino Binamo, Al Goto, Terry Jackson, Mike Johnson, Sarah Lee Jones, Kim Robert Koscki, Clint Lilley, Chi Muoi Lo, Jimmy N. Roberts, David Rowden, Kenny Sacha, Ben Scott, Kurtis Epper, Sharon Schaffer, and Lincoln Simonds.
High school scenes were filmed at John Marshall High - 3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA. The film grossed $16,624,456.
Fluffy the English Vampire Slayer
By far the best of the other slayers was FLUFFY THE ENGLISH VAMPIRE SLAYER. This ran for eight episodes on BBC2 and starred Louise Anne Bateman (born in East Sussex, England 15 November 1984. The show was a Buffy parody and the villain was named Count Von Whedon. The Count had apparently managed to get hold of the powerful "Ring of Gellar" posing a threat to Fluffy and the other citizens of Sunningdale.
HAMLET THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
In this 2008 film directed by Jason Witter (who at least at one time taught theater at New Mexico Community College) a character named Buffy played by an unknown actor, makes a brief appearance.
VAN DEXTER, VAMPIRE SLAYER
8 year old Van Dexter, played by Dexter Vinant-Tang, deciding to continue his family's tradition of slaying vampires. The entire cast is named Vinant Tang, as is the writer and the director. This led to the 2014 short film "Van Dexter, Vampire Slayer Begins", a trailer for which is below.
Willa Mae the Church Lady Vampire Slayer
In 2009, there was WILLA MAE THE CHURCH LADY VAMPIRE SLAYER. Willa Mae, played by Joyce Johnson, is a "no nonsense" African-American grandmother and church lady" who finds herself defending her town against a vampire invasion.
ALEX THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Alex Contreras plays himself in this one. Alex believes himself to be the world's only defender against vampires, werewolves, and the like. Unfortunately, in this film, none of these things actually exist, a fact to which Alex is oblivious. The character of Cassandra is played by Bjanka Murgel.
