Although she didn’t hear his name in either Faith, Hope and Trick or Homecoming, Buffy seems to know who Mr. Trick is when Ethan mentions him in Band Candy. They meet for the first time later in that episode.

When the Mayor and Faith are laying on the blanket having a picnic, you can see the grass snake in the Mayor’s hand. He then places it on the correct spot before he “notices it” and picks it up.

As Buffy walks through the passage to find Adam, the brown bag she is carrying is under her left arm on the side and front views, but when we see her from behind, it’s still hooked over her left shoulder, though the whole of the bag is behind her arm. …

There is a sign in the school yard in Homecoming which says, “Dare to resist drugs and violence”. It can be seen in the scene where Buffy gives two students some muffins.

The episode Homecoming’s soundtrack includes the song ‘Fell into Loneliness’ by Lori Carson, while the gang discuss whether ot not to get a limo.

The Mayor is seen for the first time in Homecoming, having been mentioned in various earlier episodes (Some Assembly Required, Becoming (Part 2), Dead Man’s Party). He says that this is an “important year for him” which becomes more apparent later in the season when he reveals he’s going to …

Buffy’s obsession with having a perfect high school moment in Homecoming is finally realised in The Prom when she awarded with the Class Protector prize and then dances with Angel.

In Homecoming, Buffy says lots of people came to her Welcome Home party, seen in Dead Man’s Party, so they might vote for her for Homecoming Queen. Willow points out, “But they were killed by zombies.”

In the scene where Buffy has ‘broken’ Debbie in the bathroom in Beauty and the Beasts, a poster can be seen near Buffy which says, “Most women are not attracted to dead guys”. Very apt for the Slayer!

Faith listens to Marc Ferrari’s Teenage Hate Machine on her headphones in Beauty and the Beasts.

Mr. Platt’s smoking in Beauty and the Beasts reinforces the shows clear bias against smoking, as every character in the show who has smoked has been either evil (Spike and the evil Angel) or doomed (Laura in Nightmares; the prostitute who was Angel’s first kill after re-losing his soul; and …

In Beauty and the Beasts, Giles says he dreams that he saved Jenny, who was killed in Passion.

In Beauty and the Beasts, Giles remarks that time moves differently in demon dimensions, Buffy says, “I remember”. She is referencing the time she fell into a hell dimension in Anne.

Mr. Platt was a cool school counsellor who smoked like a chimney. Buffy visited him as a requirement for being allowed back into Sunnydale High. He was killed by Pete in Beauty and the Beasts, whilst doing what he did best: smoking.

The alternate title for the episode Beauty and the Beasts is “All Men Are Beasts.”