Buffy punches Giles twice in the series: In Prophecy Girl, to stop him preventing her from facing the Master, and in Passion, after he attacks Angelus.

In the episode Out of My Mind, Graham answers the hospital door only to be knocked out with an unconscious security guard by Harmony. Later, when Buffy and Riley arrive at the hospital Graham tells them that it was Hostile 17 (Spike) and Harmony that did it. How did he …

The record for horse speed is something like 43mph held by a quarterhorse, who can do that only over a quarter mile. Thoroughbreds can keep it up for a mile or two, but at a slower pace - say 30 to 35 mph. Arabs can keep it up forever, but …

It is well-established that though a vampire possesses a heart, it does not pump and, accordingly, does not circulate blood through the vampire’s vestigial circulatory system. (Recall in the episode of Angel, when electro-Gwen kisses Angel, we, the gentle viewers (sorry), are given a rather graphic demonstration of Angel’s …

‘The Anoited’ is actually a great judish biblical king title, which only very great and powerful man such as Moses could earn.

In Doppelgängland, vampire Willow breaks the fingers of a vampire henchman, whilst asking, “who do you work for?” This scene is a direct reference to the 1980s comic book Watchmen by UK writer Alan Moore.
There is a scene on page 16 of Watchmen issue 1, where a …

In Hush, Buffy and Willow return to their dorm room after Willow’s crappy wicca group and have a conversion about Riley. Buffy hands Willow a can of soda - the brand “Virgin Cola”. This is an obscure (at least in the USA) drink introduced by Richard Branson’s Virgin empire. If …

Buffy and Giles both slam a door in the face of the other at some point in the series: Giles does it to her in The Dark Age and Buffy does it to him in Lies My Parents Told Me.

In I Only Have Eyes For You, Willow states that the only way to stop the ghosts is to perform “the final solution”. Xander replies, “Nuke the school? I like that.” They gang destroy the school in Graduation Day (Part 2).

In Tough Love, Ben’s (now former) boss is talking to him about the excuses Ben could give for not being at work for two days:
Ben: “Can I just tell you it’s not my fault.”
Doctor: “Sure. You can also tell me that the dog ate your homework, or, maybe eating Twinkies …

Are you going to put Angelus Spike and the others in as separate demons on the data base.

In Choices, a van screeches off as a decoy to the Mayor’s vampires, while Buffy and Angel escape. If you listen carefully, you can hear some manic and triumphant cackling, presumably from the van, directed at the vampires.

In Amends, Angel wakes up from a nightmare and goes walking in Sunnydale’s main street. At one point he walks past a guy dressed as Santa Claus. The image in this scene has obviously been reversed - made very obvious by the backwards ‘OPEN’ sign in a shop window, and …

The episode I Robot, You Jane has a couple of similarities to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The voice of the demon Moloch, when he’s still trapped in the computer, is similar to the voice of the murderous computer Hal in the movie. Additionally, the main student with …

Buffy’s house was orignally shot on location, but was later built on a soundstage to make filming easier. Changes can be seen in the original and rebuilt house:

In The Witch, when Buffy walks into the kitchen, we can see that the regular dining room is not through the door. …