Scenes at Buffy’s house were originally shot on location, but later the interior was re-built on a soundstage. The location used for the exterior of Buffy’s home was 1313 Cota Drive in Torrance. It can be found just 3 blocks away from Torrance High School (used for the location of …

The Laker Girls are referenced in The Witch and in Him. Elizabeth Anne Allen revealed that the actresses who played the cheerleaders in the episode The Witch, were trained by The Laker Girls:
“Actually we learned with the Laker Girls and the LA clipper girls. They were great. They were …

Buffy’s mother, Joyce, owns an art gallery. This is discovered in The Witch.

Mr. Pole was the Driver’s Ed teacher at Sunnydale High, seen in The Witch when Cordelia went temporarily blind.

We discover in The Witch that Xander’s full name is Alexander Harris, when the Scoobies realised he had checked out witchcraft books from the library.

Amy Madison’s mother and a witch, seen in the episode The Witch. Catherine was a successful cheerleader as a teenager and came to resent Amy’s youth so much that she swapped bodies with her daughter to re-live her glory days. She became trapped in a cheerleading trophy and was presumably …

Amanda played Sunnydale High’s head cheerleader, Joy, in The Witch and Some Assembly Required. Amanda appeared in American Pie 2 (with Alyson Hannigan), Never Been Kissed and Port Charles.

Jim played the Drivers Ed. teacher Mr. Pole in The Witch. Jim had a small role as a party guest in the 1988 film My Stepmother Is An Alien, which featured both Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green. He has also been in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Stuart Little, …

Robin Ryker played Catherine Madison in The Witch. Robin was the lead in the 80’s horror movie Alligator. She’s also been in Days of Our Lives (as Maureen Lockhart), M*A*S*H, The A-Team and Murder She Wrote.

Elizabeth Anne Allen is lactose intolerant (which means she’s allergic to dairy products), which is ironic as her character Amy was turned into a cheese-eating rat for three seasons. Amy was turned human again in season six’s Smashed, and when Buffy asked what she wanted to eat. She replied “Anything. …

Elizabeth Anne Allen played Amy Madison.. She played Carri in Green Sails and Pam Boyd in Bull (which also starred Christopher Wiehl who played Owen in Never Kill a Boy on the First Date and Elisabeth Rohm, who played Kate in Angel). Elizabeth has also been in Bill the Intern, …

Xander staked his first vampire in The Harvest - and the vampire just happened to be his best friend Jesse. It was an accident, though, as Jesse was pushed onto an out-turned stake held by Xander. Ironically, he was taunting Xander that he couldn’t kill him at the time.

Mercedes, who played Harmony Kendall, has been acting professionally since she was 10 years old. She is probably most widely recognised as playing the Girl Scout in the film Addams Family and as Amanda in Addams Family Values. Other feature films Mercedes has appeared in include a starring role in …

An unconfirmed rumour goes that Joss Whedon didn’t decide to make Angel a vampire until after the first couple of episodes were shot.

The WB was originally unsure about the show’s “schizophrenic” combination of horror, drama, and comedy, not because they were opposed to it but because they were uncertain how to market it.