"In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer."
"In jeder Generation wird eine Auserwahlte geboren. Sie muss sich allein gegen Vampire, Damonen und die Machte des Bosen stellen.
Sie ist die Jagerin." (German)
"In ogni generazione ci è scelto. Lei basamento solo di volontà contro i vampires, i demons e le forze di nerezza. È lo slayer." (Italian)
"Dans chaque génération il y a choisi. Elle seul stand de volonté contre les vampires, les démons et les forces de l'obscurité.
Elle est la tueuse." (French)
"En cada generación hay elegido. Ella soporte solo de la voluntad contra los vampiros, los demonios y las fuerzas de la oscuridad.
Ella es el asesino." (Spanish)
TRIVIA:
Casting: Series star Sarah Michelle Gellar initially auditioned for the role of Cordelia Chase, and Charisma Carpenter, who plays Cordelia,
auditioned for the role of Buffy.
Julie Benz tried out for the part of Buffy and ended up in the part of Darla.
Elizabeth Anne Allen, who had a semi-recurring role as the witch Amy Madison, originally auditioned for the role of Buffy.
Other actresses considered for the lead role as Buffy also included Katie Holmes and Selma Blair.
Bianca Lawson, who played Kendra the Vampire Slayer in season 2, originally auditioned for the role of Cordelia.
Nicholas Brendon was 25 years old when he was first cast as the 16 year old Xander Harris, being older then most of the cast including
David Boreanaz.
Planning Ahead: The characters of Spike, Oz, Faith, and Wesley were all supposed to be killed off, but have ended up living long past their initial
storylines. Also, the characters of Jenny and Joyce were supposed to be killed off sooner than they were.
Joss Whedon is known to plan his season storylines years in advance. Clues to Dawn's arrival can be found as early as the third
season, but she doesn't actually show up until the fifth.
Originally, Joss Whedon wasn't sure which character, Xander or Willow, would turn out to be gay, so he kept his options open for both
characters during the second and third seasons.
Referencing: The Gorches in "Bad Eggs" (Season II, Episode 12) have the same first names, Lyle and Tector, as the Gorches from the movie Wild
Bunch. Giles refers to them slaughtering a Mexican village in 1886, similar to the event that ends the movie, but the movie is set in
1913.
Faith's catchphrase, "5 by 5", is a reference to the movie Aliens.
In the musical episode "Once More with Feeling", Buffy comments, "So... Dawn's in trouble... must be Tuesday." This, of course,
refers to the timeslot in which UPN broadcasts the show.
Other stuff: In the season premiere for Season Six entitled "Bargaining - Part 1", when Giles is at the airport ready to catch his plane for England,
Tara gives him (as a goodbye gift) a little plastic finger monster which she puts on her finger and says "Grrr... argh". This is the
same monster and sound that is made at the end of each episode, just after to the credits, by the production company mascot "Mutant
Enemy".
Seth Green played Oz, the werewolf boyfriend of Alyson Hannigan. He also played her (very young!) boyfriend in the movie My
Stepmother Is an Alien.
Seth Green is the only cast member to have acted in both the TV series and the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Green
was cut from the feature film, but still appeared on the videotape box.)
Joss Whedon supplies the voice of the Mutant Enemy mascot which says "Errg...Arrgh" heard at the end of almost every episode.
Series Creator Joss Whedon has said that the idea for Buffy came from all the horror movies he had seen featuring a helpless young
blonde who would almost always be the first to die. He felt she needed a better image.
In "The Dark Age" (Season II, Episode 8) there is a photo of a young Rupert Giles holding a bass guitar. The production crew
faked the photo by superimposing his head onto a photo of Sid Vicious.
The character Jenny Calendar was originally to have been called Nicki. This was changed to Jenny to avoid confusion on set,
Nicholas Brendon is generally called Nicky by his co-stars.
In the episode "Once More With Feeling", Two of the show's writers, David
Fury and Marti Noxon, have small singing parts. David Fury can be seen singing "They Got the Mustard Out" outside the
magic shop when Buffy checks to see if other people are singing and Marti Noxon sings about a parking ticket whilst Giles, Xander
and Anya are walking on the street after Xander and Anya's song.
GOOFS:
Continuity: In "Halloween" (Season II, Episode 6), Giles tells Willow to leave Ethan's shop. Off camera a door can be heard shutting as Willow
goes. But Willow is a ghost and cannot touch anything and so would have been physically unable to shut the door. She also brushes
past a curtain slightly and it moves a little.
In "Anne", Buffy runs through "Hell" being chased by demons. She starts out wearing running shoes. They change to canvas
sneakers and back to running shoes again during the chase. As she climbs the top of the ladder they are different shoes altogether.
Angel's reflection is seen in various episodes, even though we are frequently told that vampires don't have reflections.
In
"The Witch" (Season I, Episode 3), Cordelia gets out of the Driver's Ed car and shuts the door. In the next scene, the door is open,
and when the truck hits it, it slams the door shut, although the door was, as far as we have seen, already shut.
In "School Hard" (Season II, Episode 3), Spike yells at Angel for betraying him, and mentions that Angel was his Sire. However, in a
later episode, it is revealed that Drusilla was Spike's Sire (Sire-ess?).
Revealing mistakes: In "Bad Girls" the stunt double's face is seen close up during a fight scene between Buffy and some vampires.
In "Innocence" (Season II, Episode 14), the judge bursts into flame before the missile actually strikes him.
During "Villains", when Willow is walking through the forest tracking Warren, ropes can be seen pulling the trees back as she walks
by.
In
"The Dark Age", Ethan uses Sulfuric Acid to burn a tattoo off of his arm. The steam comes off of his arm before any liquid leaves
the bottle, though.
