Margaret Easley, who played the Curator in Pangs, has also appeared in Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool, Slackers, Gilmore Girls, Passions, Charmed and Sunset Beach.

Tod Thawley, who played the Chumash Hus in Pangs, played Tera in The Lone Ranger (2003). He played Smith in ER, and has been in Nash Bridges, Roswell, Baywatch and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Mark Ankeny, who played Dean Guerrero in Pangs, was in Carnivále playing the ‘Announcer’. He has also been in Trash, Freaky Links, Will & Grace, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That ’70s Show, Ally McBeal and Suddenly Susan.

When originally shown, the Buffy episode Pangs was immediately followed by an episode of Angel called ‘I Will Remember You‘, where Buffy shows up in LA, angry at Angel for not telling her he’d come back to town. In Something Blue, Buffy mentions having seen Angel in L.A. for five …

The BBC almost got it right - they planned to show the episode Pangs on Thanksgiving day but a last minute football match was thought to be more important so it was rescheduled.

Pedro Balmaceda played Eddie, the student in The Freshman who was lost with Buffy before being turned into a vampire. Pedro played Greg in Undressed, and has been in Hermanas and NYPD Blue.

In Wild at Heart, Willow mentions she’s a big Elvis Presley fan, and loves the song ‘Hound Dog’. Cordelia references the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll when she says to Xander in Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, “Damn it Xander what’s going on? Who died and made you Elvis?”

Oz says about his wolf-look to Willow in Wild at Heart: “I don’t know about tonight, unless the extreme Jerry Garcia look turns you on.” Jerry Garcia was the hairy lead singer of the Grateful Dead.

In Wild at Heart, Buffy says, “if the Stones are still rolling, why can’t Giles?”, referring to aging rock band The Rolling Stones, who are still touring. In Once More, With Feeling, Spike says “Get your kumbya-yas out”, referring to both the popular hymn ‘Kumbya’ and the Rolling Stone’s ‘Get …

In Dead Things, Buffy says, “So that’s why time went all David Lynch?” Lynch is the director of many films including Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, The Straight Story and, my personal favourite, Mullholland Drive. He also created the cult TV show Twin Peaks. Lynch has …

Oz tells Willow he knows how she feels after seeing him with Veruca. He’s referring to Lover’s Walk, when he saw Willow kissing Xander.

When discussing how Willow will deal with Oz’s betrayal in Wild at Heart, Buffy says, “Yeah. I ran away and went to Hell and then got through it. I’m kind of hoping she doesn’t use me as a model.” She’s referring to when she ran away from Sunnydale in Becoming, …

In Wild at Heart, Xander describes sex as “tender Sarah McLachlan love”. Sarah McLachlan’s songs have been used on the show in a couple of season finales: Becoming (Part 2) and Grave.

We see in Wild at Heart that Oz has a Cibo Matto poster in his room. They are a band who performed on Buffy in When She Was Bad.

In Wild at Heart, Buffy and Giles talk about the soldiers she saw in Fear Itself, “The thing is, I saw some guys dressed exactly like him on Halloween night. I just assumed they were in costume but maybe they were working.”