This fraternity was based at Cresswell College in Sunnydale. The fraternity worshipped Machida and offered sacrifices of girls to the demon, who lived in their cellar. Buffy and Cordelia were offered as sacrifices in Reptile Boy, but Buffy killed Machida and the fraternity were imprisoned.

In Dead Man’s Party, Pat (the woman who befriended Joyce after Buffy had run away) tells Buffy that, “Well, between, uh, your situation and reading Deep End of the Ocean, she was, uh, she was just a wreck. You can imagine.” Deep End of the Ocean was a novel by …

The Dedication was a ritual The Mayor performed one hundred days before his Ascension. It made him indestructible, proven when he survived when his head was sliced open with a sword in Bad Girls.

In Welcome to the Hellmouth, Buffy tells Thomas the vampire that he looks like DeBarge. She’s referring to the pop group consisting of five siblings who had a hit with ‘Rhythm of the Night’ in 1985.

Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller, first performed in 1949. It is the story of the final days of Willy Loman, an unhappy travelling salesman. The play is referred to twice in Buffy: in Band Candy, Buffy name checks Willy Loman when faced with selling chocolate …

There are a few connections between angsty teen drama Dawson’s Creek and Buffy. Katie Holmes, who played Joey in Dawson’s Creek, was originally cast as Buffy Summers but she turned the part down to continue school. Several Buffy actors have appeared in Dawson’s Creek, including Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall), …

The band Darling Violetta appeared at the Bronze in the episode Faith, Hope and Trick playing their tracks ‘Cure’ and ‘Blue Sun’. They also composed and performed the theme tune to Angel.

Darkest Magick was a book from which Willow got the magical power to attack Glory in Tough Love.

The Jonathan comic books in Superstar were made by Dark Horse comics, the same company that makes the Buffy and Angel comics. In Supersymmetry, Gunn slams the comic shop clerk into a rack holding Dark Horse comics.

The music playing during Giles’ lecture in Hush is taken from Camille Saint-Saens’ ‘Danse Macabre’ written in 1874. It was also the theme tune to British drama Jonathan Creek, in which Anthony Stewart Head appeared playing Jonathan’s boss. Anthony gave up the role to come back for season two of …

This was an orb used to ward off ancient primordial evil. It was used by the monks of Dagon to repel Glorificus, and by the Buffybot in The Gift to weaken Glory’s power.

The monks of Dagon were the brethren who dedicated their lives to protecting the Key. They gave it a human form, and sent it to Buffy as a sister, hoping she would protect it from Glory. They also shaped the memories of those associated with Buffy so they thought Dawn …

In Bargaining (Part 1), the Buffybot says a bizarre selection of words, to which Spike says, “What’s with the Dadaism, Red?” In The Freshman, Buffy says to Xander, “Thanks for the Dadaist pep talk, I feel much more abstract now.” Dadaism was the nihilistic artistic movement in the early twentieth …

When Buffy fights Machida, we see that she’s wearing flat shoes, though before and after this scene she’s wearing high heels.

Cordelia tells Buffy specifically not to wear black, but Buffy shows up at the party in a black dress. She may have done this to spite Cordy.