Todd was the make-up supervisor on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He made a cameo in the episode Lie to Me as the vampire who says “Hi!” to Willow and Xander when they visit the Sunset Club. Todd has also done the make-up on Enterprise, Traffic, The Brady Bunch Movie …

Jason played Billy ‘Ford’ Fordham in Lie to Me. He went on to play Max, the lead character of alien teen drama Roswell High. He and Sarah Michelle Gellar were reunited when they played the lead characters in the 2004 movie The Grudge. The movie also stars Clea DuVall, who …

In Halloween, Cordelia compares Angel to a “Care Bear with fangs”. Care Bears were a late-80’s range of toys, with their own cartoon series, and I seem to remember a couple of films too. They included Bedtime Bear, Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Share Bear and Tenderheart Bear and were sickeningly …

Cordelia references JoJo the Dog-Faced Boy in the episodes Halloween and The Wish. A real person, JoJo was amongst the human oddities exhibited in the 1880s by P T Barnum. He suffered from hypertrichosis, or abnormal hair growth, which caused him to grow long hair all over his face.

Seeing as they have no reflection, one might assume that vampires would be a bit tricky to capture on film (or video). Yet, it appears to be perfectly possible. We first discovered this in Halloween when Spike watched Buffy’s fighting technique via video tape, and Andrew later videos Spike in …

Halloween gets its name from the Catholic celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, a day when all the saints, not just those with their own feast day, were honoured. Its real origins go back much further, to the ancient festival of Samhain, the Celtic new year. On that day it was …

Jeremy Howard played the dead kid in Lessons who poked Dawn in the eye with a pencil. Jeremy has been in Malcolm in the Middle, Hidden Hills, Just Shoot Me and The Drew Carey Show.

Jeff played the vampire in the teaser of Lessons (who crawls from the grave and gets stuck, then attacks Dawn). Jeff was also in the Angel episode ‘Sleep Tight‘ in which he played ‘Lead Guitar’.

Alex played the Goth girl Kit in Lessons. Alex previously played Charity in Vampire Clan, based on the true story of a group of teenagers who believed they were vampires. She’s also been in Charmed, Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek.

Spider-Man is a popular Marvel comic starring Peter Parker, who leads a double life as superhero Spider-Man. Made into two successful movies starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. There are many similarities between Peter and Buffy, as she too is trying to lead a normal life, and (occasionally) make a …

Ashanti played Xander’s evil date Lyssa in First Date. Ashanti is a singer, songwriter and actress. She did vocals for Ja Rule’s single “Always On Time”, and had solo hit singles called ‘Foolish’ and ‘Happy’. Ashanti has written songs for singers such as Jennifer Lopez and Christina Milian. She has …

Sarah Hagan played the potential Slayer Amanda in season seven. Sarah has also been in Boston Public (in which Indigo, who played Rona, guest-starred in a few episodes), Orange County, Freaks and Geeks (as Millie Kentner) and Ally McBeal. Her sister Katie is also an actress, and has appeared in …

Azura played the enigmatic Cassie Newton in season seven’s Help and Conversations with Dead People. She is named after the gemstone Azurite. Azura means Blue, so her name can be read as “Blue Skye”. She was nominated for ‘Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series’ for …

John guest starred as Ted Buchanan in the episode Ted. He had previously played a chef called Jack in Three’s Company in the late 70s and early 80s. It’s possible that his amazing skill at cooking in this episode is a nod towards his character in the sitcom. John previously …

Harry Groener played the Mayor of Sunnydale - Richard Wilkins III. He was born in Germany in 1951. Harry has three Tony nominations for his stage work in Oklahoma, Cats and Crazy for You. He has also been in Dear John, The West Wing, Roswell, Malcolm in the Middle, The …