-
(#1) None of the Scoobies had siblings.
Or even the extended gang (with the exception of Tara), for that matter. Before Dawn's arrival as the key in Season 5, not a single member of the gang had any siblings, including Oz and Cordelia. Seems like a geeky little sister of Willow's or a little brother that tormented Cordelia could have been written in, just for believability's sake.
-
(#2) The Bronze served booze, yet high schoolers were all over the place.
The Bronze, the main hang out of the Scooby gang besides the library, was crawling with high schoolers, yet mysteriously served alchoholic drinks and was the scene of multiple vampire attacks. You'd think it would be shut down due to either of those things, but it mysteriously remained open through it all, without even a citation (or security guard) in sight.
-
(#3) Oz had the best effortless Halloween costume of all time.
"Hello, I'm God." I mean, he *is* the great and powerful Oz.
-
(#4) The Scoobies never seem to come prepared with stakes.
You'd think if you lived right on top of a hellmouth and fought vampires nearly every other day, you'd carry a trench coat filled with stakes. Do you really think if you encountered vamps that often that you'd walk around unarmed? Yet it seems like the Scoobies are constantly trying to scrounge up a piece of wood or resorting to breaking furniture to have their own, last minute Mr. Pointy.
-
(#5) Willow wrote Doogie Howser fan fiction.
This is especially noteworthy because Alyson Hannigan (who played Willow), went on to star on How I Met Your Mother alongside Doogie Howser himself, Neil Patrick Harris.
-
(#6) How were students still allowed to go to Sunnydale High?
After the whole mayor graduation fiasco, most people would be taking their kids out of that school and getting the hell out of Dodge... They'd be escaping a literal hellmouth (which the school sat directly on top of, by the way).
-
(#7) Spike and Angel's real names are William and Liam.
Spike and Angel’s birth names are shown in flashback to be William (Spike) and Liam (Angel). Coincidentally, Liam is the Irish equivalent of William.
-
(#8) Why didn't the Watcher's Council pay Buffy?
Remember that awful time in Season 6 when Buffy had to sling hamburgers? Why in God's name didn't the Watchers Council pay her to, oh I don't know, save everyone from being drained by immortal vampires? It's the least they could have done, really, with all the time that was taken away from school, her social life, family time, AND given that she had to drop everything at any given notice to stake something and save the day. It seems like there would be some type of compensation from the Watcher's Council for an entire life's worth of Slayer service, especially since they (ahem) pay the Watchers to train the Slayers.
-
(#9) Marti Noxon (a writer and producer on the show) appears in a cameo.
She appears as the parking ticket lady in the musical episode, "Once More with Feeling."
"...It isn't right it isn't fair. Hey I'm not wearing underwear." -
(#10) Spike and Angel have an interesting response to having a soul/lack of a soul.
Spike *without* a soul forgets who he is and he thinks he is good (Season 6, "Tabula Rasa").
Angel *with* a soul forgets who he is and decides to be bad.
This interesting dichotomy further sets these two up as yin and yang, displaying them as representations of either side of a single coin. -
(#11) There are references to Dawn throughout Season 4.
When Faith awakens from a coma in Season 4, Buffy appears in a dream with her. The dream is creepy and seemingly random, yet Faith clearly says, "little sis is coming."
In the Season 4 finale, when all the gang are having flashback dreams about the first Slayer, dream Tara tells Buffy to, "be back before dawn." Are these a foreshadowing of the key? Most definitely. -
(#12) The Buffy story continues in comic book form.
Several prominent writers who worked on the TV show have also worked on the comics. But chances are the comic version of Season 8 just didn't quite do it for you. There were tons of outlandish plot lines and happenings that, even on a Buffy level, were a bit too out there - like Spike with his spaceship and alien servants, and Angel and Buffy having Earth-shattering sex (literally). You tried, you really did, but the comics just kept jumping the shark.
-
(#13) Why wasn't Willow considered bisexual?
Willow's character seems to make a sudden transition from being completely into men (she was in a loving, serious relationship with Oz and crushed on Xander for years) to falling for Tara and shifting strictly into being a lesbian. This transition, while well intentioned, leaves little exploration or room for Willow's possibly more layered sexuality to emerge.
-
(#14) The 'magic is an addiction' plot line likely bothered you.
This probably bothered you for several reasons. It seemed like Willow was becoming too powerful for the show's own good, namely why have Buffy fight the big bads if Willow is around to destroy them all much faster? It also seemed hokey and shoehorned in - a desperate attempt to curb Willow's powers and "teach her a lesson" simultaneously by inserting an after school special-like plot device.
-
(#15) The Cheese Man made zero sense.
The Cheese Man made an appearance in the dreams of Buffy, Giles, Willow, and Xander when the enjoining spell merged them all together so they could defeat Adam. Since then, fans have long speculated about the meaning and symbolism behind this random, cheese-waving character, but to no avail.
-
(#16) The show never won an Emmy for Best Series.
While it received a number of Emmy nods, Buffy was never even nominated for Best Series. It's okay, Buffy, you still won gold in our hearts.
New Random Displays Display All By Ranking
About This Tool
Our data comes from Ranker, If you want to participate in the ranking of items displayed on this page, please click here.