In Dead Man’s Party, Xander says, “Man, this sucker wobbles but he won’t fall down.” He’s referencing Weebles, which were bottom-heavy toys. The ad campaign said that, “Weebles wobble but they won’t fall down.”

The episode title Dead Man’s Party is a reference to the 1985 Oingo Boingo song of the same name. The song includes lines such as “Going to a party where no one’s still alive”.

When the episode Dead Man’s Party was first released on video in the UK, the shots of Giles hot-wiring his car were edited out. This was to meet the 15 certificate rating, which contains an ‘anti-imitation’ clause, so imitable actions can’t be shown.

Heath Castor played various characters in the episodes Dead Man’s Party, I Only Have Eyes For You, The Freshman, Living Conditions and Beer Bad. He was in the Angel episode ‘Untouched‘.

Nancy Lenehan, who played Joyce’s friend Pat in Dead Man’s Party, has had a varied career. She played Daisy Skelnick in The Faculty (which starred Clea DuVall from Out of Mind, Out of Sight), and she was Carol in Catch Me If You Can. Nancy has also been in Malcolm …

In Anne, Buffy says, “Hey, Ken, wanna see my impression of Gandhi?” She then kills Ken and says, “Well, you know, if he was really pissed off.” Peace-loving Gandhi (1869 - 1948) worked for over 20 years to help secure rights for Indians in South Africa. He then spent the …

Seth Green was promoted to a regular cast member from the episode Anne.

Buffy’s cross-like throwing weapon in the episode Anne is called a hunga-munga. It was purchased from a magazine by the props department. The effect of it spinning through the air was created by attaching it to a ball-bearing and a dowel and then spinning it on the spot.

Chad Todhunter, who played Ricky in Anne, played Cody in Party of Five. He has also been in Never Been Kissed and Scream at the Sound of the Beep. Chad is married to Clementine Ford, who is the daughter of Cybill Shepherd. She appeared in Bring it On with Eliza …

Harrison Young, who played the old man in Anne, was old Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan. He also played Palmer Harper in Spike’s favourite soap, Passions.

Carlos Jacott, who played the demon masquerading as a human (Ken) in Anne, previously played an agent in Being John Malkovich. He has been in She’s All That (with Sarah’s husband Freddie Prinze Jr), The Last Days of Disco, Grosse Point Blank, and he played Ramon the Pool Guy in …

Buffy’s stunt coordinator (until the end of season four) Jeff Pruitt had a non-speaking cameo in the episode Anne as the guy who holds the door at the Family Home open when Buffy tries to bluff her way in, and who then tries to slam it in her face when …

The opening scene of the episode Spiral shows Buffy and Dawn getting away from Glory quite easily. Buffy writer Steven DeKnight said of the beginning of that episode:
“As a matter of fact, in the first draft of the outline for that script, the opening action scene where Buffy is …

In Intervention, the Buffybot pronounces “Giles” with a soft g (as in “gills”). Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon have said on several occassions that they get annoyed with so-called fans of the show when they pronouce “Giles” in this way. This is the writers’ way of making fun of those …

The first act of the episode The Body opens with a flashback Christmas scene because Joss didn’t want to have the cast and crew credits appear over the main body of the episode, which he felt would ruin the atmosphere. Joss has said that he wished he’d included Joyce in …