In Welcome to the Hellmouth, Willow reveals to Buffy that she and Xander broke up after he stole her Barbie, referring to the bosomy Mattel doll. In Offspring, Lorne says, “This is way beyond my ken - and my Barbie, and all my action figures.”

In Fredless, Roger Burkle and Angel have the following dialogue:

Roger: “Well, I tell ya, I hadn’t seen a stroke like that since Nicklaus took on Gary Player in the ‘63…”
Angel and Roger in unison: “Bob Hope Desert Classic.”

They’re talking about a PGA Tour golf tournament which is played each January …

In his crazed state during Same Time, Same Place, Spike says, “Button, button, who’s got the button?” This is a children’s game where a button is hidden and must be found. The line was also used by Wonka in the 1971 film version of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka & the …

Giles, Xander, Andrew and Amanda play the game Dungeons and Dragons to pass the time before going to battle in Chosen. The nerds were playing Dungeons and Dragons when they decided to take over Sunnydale, seen in a flashback in Flooded. Xander thought he found the “frost demon” from Smashed …

In Real Me, Xander and Anya look after Dawn for Buffy. Anya brings a few board games with her including the Game of Life. Later, when they’re playing the game, they have the following conversation:
Anya: “Oh, crap. Look at this! Now I’m burdened with a husband and several tiny pink …

Buffy says in Bad Eggs, “I killed my Giga Pet!” Giga Pets where the U.S. answer to the Japanese Tamagotchi: an electronic “virtual pet” which the owner looked after to stop it becoming unhappy or dying.

In Intervention, Giles helped Buffy find out what’s more to being a slayer by taking her to the desert to meet a spiritual guide. He first had to do a ritual to temporarily transfer his guardianship of her to the guide. Giles said of his ritual, “I jump out of …

In The Weight of the World, Spike says, “Kewpie doll for the lady.” The Kewpie doll first appeared in 1912. It’s creator Rosie O’Neill named the doll after its Cupid-like characteristics.

Lorne says in Happy Anniversary, “This garden hue and the horns have kept me out of some key public performances - just once I’d love to ring in a Laker’s game with our national anthem.” He’s referencing the Los Angeles NBA team.

Spike name-checks the British football club Manchester United in Becoming (Part 2).

Faith says in Beauty and the Beasts, “Get out of jail free, huh?” This is a reference to the board game Monopoly, which has a card which allows the player to leave jail. In Blood Ties, Buffy tells Dawn she has a “get-out-of-jail-free card”, and in Lies My Parents Told …

In the episode Inca Mummy Girl, we see Oz (in his first appearance) wearing a New York Islanders (a hockey team) t-shirt.

Referring to a fancy Initiative device (which looks like a Nintendo Gameboy) held by Riley in Doomed, Buffy says, “Is this really the time for Donkey Kong?” In the scene when Faith (in Buffy’s body) has slept with Riley in Who Are You? the camera pans up from the bed …

In Living Conditions, Parker mentions the Red Wings, who are Detroit’s NHL hockey team.

Gunn and Wesley play the game of world domination - ‘Risk’ - at the start of the episode Blood Money.