Oz tells Willow in New Moon Rising that he swapped his Radiohead CD for a gift for her.

In New Moon Rising, Buffy says she’ll “pull a William Burroughs” on Colonel McNamara’s head and is disappointed that no-one gets her reference. William Burroughs (1914-1997) was a writer whose most famous work was Naked Lunch. Burroughs was addicted to drugs and alcohol and in September 1951, he did a …

In New Moon Rising, Oz returns to Sunnyudale having discovered the secret of not turning into a werewolf. This apparently includes keeping his cool (which must be hard), some meditation, herbs ‘and stuff’, and some chanting.

In New Moon Rising, Buffy tells Riley how broken up Willow was when Oz left, and he says he remembers. Riley saved Willow from being hit by a car in Wild at Heart, when she was walking in a daze.

Tara attends her first Scooby meeting in New Moon Rising.

In New Moon Rising, Willow wears the same sheepskin coat that she wore when she was attacked by Harmony in The Harsh Light of Day.

Willis was a member of Graham’s team in the Initiative who was killed by a werewolf in New Moon Rising.

Conor O’Farrell played Colonel McNamara in New Moon Rising, The Yoko Factor and Primeval. He also played Darren Leopold in Port Charles, and has appeared in many films and TV shows including Stir of Echoes, Dark Skies, NYPD Blue, Enterprise, 24, The X Files, Ally McBeal, ER, Chicago Hope, Desperate …

In Where the Wild Things Are, the Scoobies discover that the spirits of repressed children have been unleashed on a frat house. Giles describes them as “Not a ghost. An apparition. I believe we’re dealing with a kind of poltergeist. A whole cluster of them, in fact, born out of …

Giles reveals a hidden talent in Where the Wild Things Are, that he can sing and play guitar. He sings ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ in the Espresso Pump. The song is by The Who and the guitar part was recorded by John King. The lyrics are as follows:

No one knows what …

In Where the Wild Things Are, Xander asks if every UC Sunnydale frat house is haunted, as the last frat party they went to was gate-crashed by a fear demon who trapped them in the house and fed on their fears (seen in Fear, Itself).

The Initiative clearly doesn’t train it’s soldiers in earthquake survival. Forrest and Graham get into a lift in the middle of an earthquake in Where the Wild Things Are, and Forrest and Riley try using the lift when they lose their voices in Hush - thus being unable to activate …

Willow tells Tara that she had “a bad birthday party pony thing” when she was four years old. She now has a fear of ponies. And horses, which she sees as “really big ponies”.

In Where the Wild Things Are, we see that Riley keeps condoms in the drawer by his bed. Some appear to be made by Durex. This is the first time condoms have been shown on the show, though Anya mentioned them to Xander in The Harsh Light of Day (”some …

Casey McCarthy, who played the curly-haired Julie in Where the Wild Things Are, was Angela Sutton in Daredevil. She has also been in The Last Shot and Charity.