Giles performed a binding spell on the creature which emerged from the Hellmouth in The Zeppo. Willow says he got the spell from the magical book Hebron’s Almanac. We also hear reference to The Books of Pherion.

In What’s My Line? (Part 1), Spike and his gang discovered a healing ritual for sick vampires hidden in the Du Lac Manuscripts. He used the ritual on Drusilla by tying her and Angel (her sire) together, and putting a dagger through their hands. The dagger was hidden within The …

The Harvest was a ritual to release The Master, and reopen Sunnydale’s Hellmouth. In the episode The Harvest, the Master joined his power with a ‘vessel’ (the vampire Luke) who then set about feeding from humans to give sustenance to the Master. Buffy killed Luke before he succeeded in setting …

The vampire who discovered that Buffy was a robot in Bargaining (Part 1) wore a Hanson t.shirt. They were a boy band in the 1990s consisting of three long haired brothers, whose most famous single was “MmmBop”.

In Graduation Day (Part 1), Willow worried that she couldn’t turn Amy the rat back into a human. Oz assured her that, “you got the swinging Habitrail going. I think Amy is in a good place emotionally”. Habitrail is a company who specialise in different designs of rodent cages, including …

In Living Conditions, Giles said he had an original demonography printed by Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg invented moveable type, which revolutionized the mass publication and circulation of the printed word. The first book to be printed on Gutenberg’s press was the Bible in 1455.

The grounding crystal has a hypnotic effect, when a person stares into it’s core. Giles used it’s power on Buffy so he could administer her with an organic compound of muscle relaxants and adrenal suppressants. This removed her Slayer powers, ready for her Watcher’s Council test in Helpless.

Buffy owns a cuddly toy pig called Mr. Gordo. He was first seen in the episode Angel and was mentioned by Willow in The Initiative. Sunday and her gang of vampires stole Buffy’s belongings in The Freshman and she saw them throwing Mr. Gordo around.
Gordo means “fat” in Spanish.

Willow uses the internet search engine Google to find out more about Cassie Newton in Help (Willow: “Have you googled her yet?”, Xander: “Willow… she’s 17″). We see in that episode that the Sunnydale Police Department keeps personal criminal record files online, which seems to be available to anyone with …

Gwendolyn Post alerted the Scoobies to the presence of the Glove of Mynnigon in the episode Revelations. It was buried in Sunnydale in the Von Hauftman family crypt in Sunnydale. Once worn, the Glove could never be removed. It attached itself to the wearer via steel clamps and those who …

In Blood Ties, Glory calls Ben “Gentle Ben”. This is a reference to a TV show of the same name made in the 1960s about a kid who has a tame bear called Ben. It starred Ron Howard’s brother, Clint Howard. In Pangs, the Chumash spirit Hus turned into a …

In order to proceed with his Ascension, the Mayor of Sunnydale had the Box of Gavrok flown from Central America in Choices. Buffy and Angel stole the box but Faith kidnapped Willow and they were forced to return it. The box contained 50 billion Gavrok spiders, which were large, black …

Telepathy is the ability to communicate via the mind (telepathically). Buffy encountered some demons with no mouths that communicated telepathically in Earshot. She killed one and its blood infected her with its mind reading ability.
Willow’s magical power became so strong that she was able to communicate telepathically with her friends …

Teleportation is when someone or something moves instantly from one place to another. Willow and Tara did this spell in Blood Ties to temporarily get rid of Glory, though they weren’t sure of where they sent her. Some demons (such as vengeance demons) have the ability to teleport. When Anya …

When Buffy was resurrected at the beginning of season six, a demon was created (unwittingly) to counteract the spell (After Life). This is known as thaumogenesis. The demon has no form of its own, so it must borrow people’s bodies - temporarily possessing them. It can only become flesh if …