The scene in Faith’s dream where she looks up to the sky with the rain pouring down her is an homage to Tim Robbins’ escape from prison in the 1994 movie Shawshank Redemption.

In This Year’s Girl, Buffy asks Faith if she’s “going for the boyfriend again?” Faith tried to get at Buffy through Angel in Enemies, by trying to seduce him then attempting to remove his soul by magic. Faith eventually sleeps with Riley in Who Are You? when she takes over …

In This Year’s Girl, Faith looks in the window of the same sports store that she and Buffy were arrested in, in Bad Girls.

In This Year’s Girl, Willow wonders if they should get the Watcher’s Council to help them get Faith. Xander says, “Been there, tried that. Not unlike smothering a forest fire with napalm, as I recall.” He’s referring to the fact that they failed to control Faith the last time they …

In This Year’s Girl, Giles uses the new phone he got in A New Man, after his old one was destroyed. Buffy also uses the phone in New Moon Rising.

In This Year’s Girl, Riley apologizes to Willow after he pushed her down in Goodbye, Iowa.

In This Year’s Girl, Riley tells Buffy that the red scarf that Buffy gave him when he was sick in Goodbye, Iowa was the only thing that kept him going.

When looking for Faith in This Year’s Girl, Xander says:

“The point being, I could be the target here. If Faith finds Mr. Xander Harris still in town, she’ll go tighter than cat gut. Got a lotta pent up feelings there. I’m only saying.”

He and Faith had sex in The …

In This Year’s Girl, Xander tries to repair the faulty taser-gun which Maggie Walsh gave to Buffy in The I in Team (”Sure. As soon as I get my master’s degree in advanced starship technology”). Riley finally fixes it and Buffy uses it in The Yoko Factor.

Buffy says to Riley in This Year’s Girl, “I know how you feel. Giles used to be part of this Council and for years all they ever did was give me orders… The point is, I quit the Council. And I was scared. But it’s okay now.” She’s referring to …

The Mayor’s video message to Faith, seen in This Year’s Girl, would have been made sometime during the events of Graduation Day (Part 2) - after Faith was hospitalised, but before he went and turned into a giant snake.

The scenes of Willow and Tara, and Giles and Xander looking for Faith in This Year’s Girl were added later as the episode was 9 minutes too short.

Brian Hawley, who played the orderly in This Year’s Girl, previously played an ape in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Mark Gantt, who played the demon in This Year’s Girl, was assistant property master for Full Frontal, For Love of the Game, The Deep End of the Ocean, The Siege, City of Angels, Volcano and Barb Wire. He appeared in Good for Nothing, Ocean’s Eleven and The Hollywood Sign, and …

Alastair Duncan, who played Collins in This Year’s Girl and Who Are You? did voice overs for the video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy and played the theatre manager in The Three Stooges. He has also appeared in Maybe It’s Me, Charmed, Providence, Diagnosis Murder, Sabrina, the …