An ‘Energy barrier’ is an invisible force field to keep enemies at bay. Willow created one around the Scoobies’ hideout to keep the Knights of Byzantium away in Spiral, and one in Showtime to defend the Scoobies from the Turok-Han.

A bone of contention with many who love Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the fact that it is often overlooked by the Emmy Awards. The show has won in these categories: Christophe Beck’s score to Becoming; and ‘Best Make-Up’ for Surprise and Innocence. Joss Whedon was nominated for the ‘Outstanding …

Drusilla’s favourite doll is called Miss Edith. In School Hard, Miss Edith was punished by Dru who said, “Miss Edith speaks out of turn. She’s a bad example, and will have no cakes today.” In Halloween, Dru says, “Miss Edith needs her tea” and in What’s My Line? (Part 1), …

When vampires are killed (via wooden stakes, sunlight or beheading), they turn to dust. The Scoobies use the word as a verb to describe killing a vampire (i.e. “We dusted him”). The first person to use the word in this way on the show was Buffy in The Harvest, “So, …

Giles, Xander, Andrew and Amanda play the game Dungeons and Dragons to pass the time before going to battle in Chosen. The nerds were playing Dungeons and Dragons when they decided to take over Sunnydale, seen in a flashback in Flooded. Xander thought he found the “frost demon” from Smashed …

Xander tells Willow to sing the Dreidel song to her Jewish egg in Bad Eggs. He’s referring to the song that is sung in a children’s game using a Dreidel - a four-sided spinning top. The song begins, “I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay, and …

In What’s My Line? (Part 2), Kendra tells Giles she has studied the writings of Drameus - in particular Volume 6, which contains information on the Order of Taraka. Kendra says the writings are the required reading for Slayers according to The Slayer Handbook.

The Draconian Katra spell enables two people to switch bodies a-la-Freaky-Friday. Faith and Buffy’s bodies were swapped in the two parter This Year’s Girl and Who Are You?. Tara and Willow were able to conjure a similar spell to put the girls back in their rightful bodies. Tara said of …

Buffy took a job at the fast food restaurant the Doublemeat Palace after her mother died. She discovered that employees were being eaten after hours by penis monster who lived under the wig of an old lady (I’m not kidding). Willow and Buffy destroyed the monster and Buffy continued to …

Ice-skating fan Buffy Summers had a “Dorothy Hamill phase”, first mentioned in What’s My Line? (Part 1). Dorothy Hamill was an American figure skater who became famous when she won a gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her “wedge” hairstyle became popular with many girls.

Doll’s eye crystals are extremely rare and used for magical purposes. Tara inherited one from her grandmother. She tried to give it to Willow in The I in Team, but Willow felt uncomfortable accepting a family heirloom as a gift. Later in that episode, though, we see her with the …

The name that Spike secretly assumed when selling a nest of Tsuvolti eggs on the black market in As You Were. He didn’t realize that the eggs needed to be kept frozen and they hatched and attacked Riley and Buffy. Riley had been given authorization to kill The Doctor, but …

The Discovery Channel is referenced a few times in the show. Anya mentions she wants to see a programme about monkeys on the Discovery channel in Bargaining (Part 1). Buffy says she saw a behaviour modification chip on the Discovery Channel in The I in Team. Spike name checks the …

Dingoes Ate My Baby were a rock band, fronted by Devon with vocals, and Oz, who played lead guitar. They played on various occasions at venues including the Bronze (Inca Mummy Girl, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and Doppelgängland) and Buffy’s house (Dead Man’s Party - where they played ‘Never Mind’, …

The Devil Doll song ‘Faith in Love’ played in the episode The Harsh Light of Day as Harmony tempted Spike into bed. Oz looks at a campus board which advertises the band in the episode New Moon Rising. In Help, we see that the locker to the left of Dawn’s …