Allan Finch was the meek Deputy Mayor of Sunnydale, who was accidentally staked and killed by Faith en route to warn the Slayers of the Mayor’s planned Ascension in Bad Girls.

Adam was a secret experiment (human/demon/machine hybrid) made by Professor Maggie Walsh of the Initiative. He killed his maker then embarked on a mission to discover what he really was (The I in Team). Adam masterminded a giant battle between demons and the Initiative soldiers with massive casualties on both …

Acathla was a demon entombed in rock with a sword sticking out of his chest. Buried deep underneath Sunnydale and unearthed by some construction workers before being stolen by Angelus. He removed the sword from Acathla’s chest which created a vortex which began to suck the world into a hell …

Absalom was a religious African-American vampire working for the Anointed One. He attempted to resurrect the Master by kidnapping Giles, Jenny, Cordelia and Willow, and was burnt to death by Buffy in When She Was Bad.

Oz was originally going to wear thick black framed glasses inspired by the lead guitarist of Weezer. At the last moment, Joss decided they were too tacky, and the idea was trashed.

In What’s My Line? (Part 1), Willow revealed to Giles that she has frog fear (”don’t warn the tadpoles”). This is a phobia known as ranidaphobia. It was used to Buffy’s advantage in Killed By Death when Willow created a distraction for Buffy to get away by screaming that she …

Kristen Winnicki played Cordelia’s friend Gwen in Inca Mummy Girl and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. She has also been in Lola’s Game.

Danny Strong played Jonathan Levinson. His first appearance in Buffy was in Inca Mummy Girl, though he had previously had a small part in the unaired pilot. Danny’s character Jonathan became a fan favourite and he appeared in many episodes. Danny is 5 feet, 2 inches tall. He was born …

Gil played the “Peruvian Guy” in Inca Mummy Girl. Gil has appeared in Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain with Jack Conley, who played Cain in Phases.

Ara played the Incan princess Ampata in Inca Mummy Girl. Ara is originally from El Paso in Texas. She was a former Miss Texas who turned her hand to acting. Ara appeared in Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Nip/Tuck and played Raquel Dion Santos in All My Children …

Spike’s trademark is his old long black coat. To get the look, costume designers took a brand new $2000 coat and ran it over with a truck to make it look old and dirty. In the show, Spike took his coat from the second Slayer he killed - Nikki Wood …

Buffy’s mother’s name - Joyce - is mentioned for the first time in School Hard.

Spike drives a Desoto Sportsman, with blacked out windows. The license plate is a Californian one - HIA 873.

Juliet Landau has said that after she had been cast, she went to the audition for Spike to read with potential actors for that character. She and James immediately clicked. They were reading a scene and they went to kiss then turned away towards the camera instead. The producers loved …

Juliet Landau didn’t audition for the part of Drusilla. Joss had seen her in Ed Wood, and asked her to meet him, the casting director (Marcia Shulman) and two executive producers (Gail Berman and David Greenwalt). At the meeting, they discussed the character and then Juliet was asked within the …