The band The Breeders played at The Bronze in the season seven episode Him. Dawn danced to them with R.J., watched by the Scoobies. The tracks The Breeders performed were “Little Fury” and “Son of Three”, from their album Title TK. Kim Deal, a member of the band, used to …

The only place to go at night in Sunnydale is the Bronze, unless you are a demon in which case there is a fine selection of bars provided for you. The Bronze is first seen in Welcome to the Hellmouth. Cordelia told Buffy about it, “It’s the only club worth …

In The Wish, Cordelia unwittingly made a wish to vengeance demon Anyanka. She wished that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. Later, Anyanka, admiring her work, said, “Brave New World. I hope she likes it.” She’s referring to Aldous Huxley’s science fiction novel Brave New World.
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Xander said of Willow, “I believe that’s the dance of a brave little toaster” in Something Blue after her break up with Oz. This is the title of a 1987 Disney cartoon about a toaster and some other cute household appliances (never thought I’d say that) who try to find …

The Boxer Rebellion was first mentioned in School Hard. It was an anti-Westerner uprising in China that took place from 1900 to 1901. During the rebellion, Spike killed a Slayer (his first, we discovered in Fool For Love). Angel had his soul at that point but he attempted to pretend …

Sunnydale was called “Boca del Infierno” by the first Spanish settlers there. Roughly translated, it means ‘Hellmouth’. Giles told the Scoobies this information in The Harvest.

In Intervention, Spike told Glory that the Key was Bob Barker to which Murk replied, “We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker”. Barker is the host of the American TV gameshow The Price is Right. He has won 15 Emmy awards - 12 as TV …

In The Witch, Catherine Madison performed a Bloodstone Vengeance spell on Buffy. Giles explained that the effects of the spell hits the body like a “quart of alcohol”, then eradicates the immune system. It kills within hours. Buffy was saved when Giles reversed Catherine’s spell.

Andrew calls Jonathan “skinjob” in Seeing Red. This is a reference to Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Bladerunner, in which skinjob is a derogatory term for androids.

In Two to Go, Willow’s eyes and hair went black from the dark power she had gained. She also gets weird veiny skin. The first time we saw a witch draw on dark powers was in The Witch when Catherine Madison’s eyes also went black. Catherine’s daughter Amy introduced Willow …

The bewitched beer sold in the college pub in Beer Bad was called Black Frost. The beer was enchanted the barman Jack’s brother-in-law, who just happened to be a warlock. Black Frost turned the students who drank it into really annoying Neanderthal-types who feared fire, as revenge for being snotty …

Along with the handy ‘Locator spell’ the ‘Binding spell’ is one of the most commonly used plot devices spells in the Buffyverse. It is used in I Robot - You Jane (on Moloch the Corrupter), Faith, Hope and Trick (Giles pretends he needs to do one on Acathla), The Zeppo …

In Sleeper, Buffy asks a bouncer at a club if he’s seen Spike. The Bouncer says, “Yeah I know the guy, Billy Idol wannabe.” Billy Idol was a punk with distinctive bleached blonde hair in the 1980s. Buffy mutters something about Billy actually stealing his look from Spike.

‘Big Bad’ is Buffyspeak for a villain who is tough to beat (though not unbeatable). The Big Bads on the show were usually the main villains of each season (The Master, Spike and Angelus, The Mayor, Adam, Glory, Evil Willow and The First) but the phrase was also used for …

The band Belly Love played at The Bronze in the episode Anne on what Xander called “depressing night”. They played the track ‘Back to Freedom’ in that episode. Their performance on Buffy was Bellylove’s first show as they had only just released their first album on their own label, Bad …