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Ken Kesey and Furthur

In Villains, when Willow strides out onto the highway to meet the bus with the robot-Warren on it, you can see a sign in the front window of the bus that says “FURTHER”.
This could be a reference to the bus driven by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters back in …

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Natalie Strauss

Natalie played a teacher in Welcome to the Hellmouth, and in Teacher’s Pet. She has also been in Picket Fences, Roseanne, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Gilmore Girls.

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Giles
Foreshadowing in the dreams

Ever since the episode Restless first aired, Buffy fans have been trying to work out if any of the dreams contained any predictions for future episodes. Several things came to pass since the first airing of Restless, and are listed below. I admit that some may seem more tenuous than …

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Tara
Foreshadowing the Dawn arc

There are two significant references to the character of Dawn before she first appeared in Buffy vs Dracula:
In This Year’s Girl, Buffy and Faith are making a bed in Faith’s dream. They have the following conversation:
Buffy: “I wish I could stay, but…”
Faith: “Oh, you have to go.”
Buffy: “That’s just what…”
Faith: …

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[2.15-13.12] Werewolf contradiction

The Buffyverse contradicts itself in the Buffy episode Phases and the Angel episode ‘Unleashed‘. In Phases, the werewolf hunter Caine talks about skinning werewolves for their pelts, ripping out teeth once he’s killed them and it being “harder to skin them if they’re still alive.” Yet in Unleashed, it is …

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[6.07-40.33] Tara’s dance

During the song “Something to Sing About”, Anya and Tara join Buffy to dance. In one of the spins of the dance you can see that Tara hits the pole behind her and tries not to laugh.

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[5.18-13.05] Jeans in the desert

A lot of people have sent me this goof. I’ve never been able to see it but so many people have sent it I’ve decided to add it to the site. I can’t remember all of you who sent me the goof, so sorry for not crediting people with this …

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Killed By death origins

The episode Killed By Death is named after a line said by Spike Milligan in the Goon Show. It’s also a Motorhead song, from their 1984 album ‘No Remorse’.

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Stepping out, Willow style

After the first episode the WB didn’t like Willow’s style (dowdy) so they requested that she dress differently, and be (confusingly) more like Buffy.

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Angel
Description of Xander

This description of Xander comes from the original shooting script:
“[Xander]…is bright, funny, and will one day be suave and handsome. Till that day arrives, he’ll do the best he can with bright and funny.”

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Description of Willow

The following initial description of Willow is from the original shooting script:
“[Willow]…is shy, bookish, and very possibly dressed by her mother. The intelligence in her eyes and the sweetness of her smile belie a genuine charm that is lost on the unsubtle high school mind. It’s certainly lost on …

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Fighting the setting sun

The sun was starting to set outside in the scene in Welcome to the Hellmouth where Cordelia tells the Scoobies about the dead guy in the locker, so Buffy and Cordelia looked more orange than usual. They had to bounce the light around and focus it on Buffy and Cordelia. …

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Xander
Sunnydale High’s Halls

For the first season, there was only one hall for Sunnydale High school because of a tight budget so they reused the same hall over and over again, redressing it in different ways.

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[4.15-25.20] Faith’s hair

When Faith and Buffy meet at the campus in front of the sign, you can see that Eliza Dushku’s hair is curlier at the back than he stunt double’s hair.

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Madonna

Buffy’s line in The Pack “shiny and new” (”You know, you’re right! Suddenly the animals look shiny and new”) is a quote from Madonna’s song ‘Like a Virgin’.

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