Anya says in I Was Made to Love You, “I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans” which is a reference to the first wave of Protestantism in Europe, founded by Martin Luther in the sixteenth century.

At the Bronze, we hear two tracks by Summercamp: ‘Play It By Ear’ (at the beginning, when Buffy watches her friends dance) from the album ‘Pure Juice’ and ‘Happy’, which was unreleased. We also hear ‘Key’ by Devics, from their ‘If You Forget Me’ album.

In Crush, Dru says she likes L.A., except for when Angelus set her on fire. This occurred in the Angel episode ‘Redefinition‘, when Angel set fire to Drusilla and Darla. In Crush, Spike says he’s done the L.A. thing and it just doesn’t agree with him. We saw him in …

On the soundtrack album called ‘Radio Sunnydale’, released in 2003, soundtrack producer John C. King calls the episode Crush, “Crush, Kill, Destroy”.

At Buffy’s party in the episode Blood Ties, we hear ‘Holiday’ by Star Ghost Dog from their 2000 album ‘The Great Indoors’.

Paul Bates, who played one of the mental patients in Blood Ties, has also been in 8 Mile, Showgirls, Mr. Wonderful, True Romance, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Coming to America and Hannah and Her Sisters. He also played the crazy guy in Spiral and The Weight of the World.

Anya mentions some alternative universes in Triangle, including the Land of Trolls, the land of perpetual Wednesday and the world without shrimp.

In Triangle, Willow and Tara tell Anya about Dr. Seuss’s 1957 book The Cat in the Hat. The book was made into a film in 2003. It starred Mike Myers, who appeared with Seth Green (Oz) in the Austin Powers movies.

Xander mentions the pornographic magazine Penthouse in Into the Woods: “Only in an erotic, Penthousey way.”

In Into the Woods, Xander mentions Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov (1860-1904): “The chimp playing hockey? Is that based on the Chekov?” Chekhov’s plays include The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and The Seagull.

Xander says Buffy in Into the Woods, “got all Rambo and torched the place.” He’s referring, of course, to Sylvester Stallone’s famous Vietnam War veteran character Rambo who appeared in three movies.

In Into the Woods, Anya is excited about seeing a film featuring a hockey-playing chimp - and who wouldn’t be? The movie is actually genuine, it’s called MVP (Most Valuable Primate) and was released in October 2000. It starred Kevin Zegers as a teen hockey player who plays on a …

We learn in Into the Woods that vampire brothels have been in existence for centuries, in which humans pay vampires to suck some of their blood because they find it arousing and like the thrill. It’s a good deal for the vampires too. They get free blood and don’t arouse …

Nick Chinlund, who played Major Ellis in Listening to Fear and Into the Woods, has appeared in Tears of the Sun, Once in the Life, Mr. Magoo, Con Air, Eraser and Lethal Weapon 3. He played Donald Addie Pfaster in The X Files.

In Listening to Fear, Dawn says “There’s a girl at school told me that gelatine is made from ground-up cow’s feet, and that if you eat Jell-O, there’s some cow out there limping with no feet.” She’s not far from the truth. Gelatine is obtained from collagen, which is usually …