In End of Days, Spike says, “Have you gone completely Carrot Top?” Carrot Top is an American comedian whose real name is Scott Thompson.

The title of the episode End of Days is also the title of a 1999 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Eliza Dushku once played the daughter of a character played by Arnie in True Lies (1994).

Buffy’s pulling of the scythe from the stone in End of Days is clearly influenced by the story of King Arthur’s sword. Buffy even says, “…until I King Arthured it out of there.”

D’Hoffryn predicted Anya’s death in Selfless. After he killed Halfrek, Anya told him, “You should have killed me.” D’Hoffryn replied, “Be patient, all good things in time.”

In the episode Fool For Love, Drusilla tells Spike, in a rare moment of clarity, she knew he was in love with the Slayer. This is seen in a flashback to 1998 and is the first hint we get that Spike’s crush has been developing a lot longer than even …

Principal Robin Wood and the potential Slayer Rona are the only two African-American characters on this show not to die or disappear.

In Chosen, Spike is jealous of Angel, after seeing him kiss Buffy. We see him punching a bag with a crude drawing of a spiky-haired vampire on it. Joss Whedon mentioned on his DVD commentary for the episode that he drew the picture as a spur of the moment joke.

In Chosen, Buffy, with the help of Willow, turns Slayer mythology on it’s head. They give the power of the Slayer to every potential in the world, rather than to one girl at a time. Female empowerment has been the predominant theme during the show (if you didn’t get that …

The amulet given to Buffy by Angel in Chosen proves very useful to the Slayer but we don’t have much information on it. We know it has ‘cleansing’ power, and eventually cleans out all evil from the Hellmouth, causing Sunnydale to fall in on itself. Angel got the amulet from …

The school bus on which the gang flee Sunnydale in Chosen has the licence plate number: 5C50676.

The translation of Willow’s Turkish spell to get the Bringer to talk is, (according to the script): “You are getting very sleepy. Very, very sleepy. I do not have a pocket watch but then again you do not have eyes.” The actual translation is: “Eyeless man, speak to us. …

The following scene between Andrew and Spike was cut from Touched:
Andrew: “I spy with my little eye something that begins with a …Y.”
Spike: “A Y? There’s nothing here that-”
Andrew: “Yet another tapestry!”

In Empty Places, Giles says “Windmills” to Buffy. This is a reference to Don Quixote where Quixote fights a windmill, believing it is a huge monster. Giles is essentially telling Buffy that he believes there is no reason to go to the vineyard as there is nothing real to fight …

Spike and Andrew check out the mission in Empty Places. The inscription on the wall there reads, “It is not for thee. It is for her alone to wield.” This refers to the scythe Buffy finds in Touched.

Principal Wood and Buffy had the following exchange in Dirty Girls:
Buffy: “Some of these girls haven’t even been tested in battle.”
Robin: “Then, I guess, maybe you should test them… Remember, Buffy, the mission’s what matters.”
In the next episode, Empty Places, the Slayer decides to act upon his …