I’d need to re-watch this to add proper notes.

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A highschool cheerleader, learning she is imbued with the spirit of the Vampire Slayer and her school was built on a Hellmouth, is trained by an ancient order of Watchers to fight vampires and other monsters from ending the world.

An astonishing series, and I don’t say that lightly. The characters and story are outstanding. While this is a fast-and-loose show, it matures. It spinoff/partner series, Angel – (1999 show) is even more adult. This show is well worth the time, even if its initial episodes put the viewer off with its childishness. It’s not a series that “grows on you”, it really does get better and better, building upon and maturing out of its initial impressions.

Mandatory viewing.

• Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer – (1992 movie), which is neither mandatory nor recommended viewing.
• See also Angel – (1999 show), which is set in this universe and shares significant-enough elements that crossover-viewing is largely considered mandatory. See Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel viewing order
• Inspired a comic book sequel.

• See also Supernatural – (2005 show) for a similar premise.

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• Nerds made https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_and_Angel
• Ugly Business has/had a lot of great art.

• Honest Trailers | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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• Can’t directly play episodes.
• Can’t play all episodes in a row.
• Stupid cutscenes when trying to go between menu items.
• Stupid mini-intro to each episode.

• Special features are buried one level in, instead of being a top-level option like one would expect.

s01e01 – 1997-03-10 – Welcome to the Hellmouth (1) ∞

cd 1

Spoiler

• 11:09 — Nice stock door sound as she enters the library. =(
• 12:17 — Again when leaving. Hrmph.
• 21:20 — “Hello, would you like a copy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Watchtower?”

s01e02 – 1997-03-10 – The Harvest (2) ∞

cd 1

Spoiler

• 15:50 — Umm.. she didn’t re-arm herself?
• 25:00 — Noooo… not the stock sound!
• 27:20 — Maybe I should stop noting the nasty video game-esque stock sounds.
• 33:58 — I can forgive the earlier moment.. but if there’s no cover, why is he counting money? Why would a doorman be counting money? Oh, he’s just standing there counting his own money. Hrm.

s01e03 – 1997-03-17 – Witch ∞

cd 1

Spoiler

• 19:55 — Umm, just how blind and stupid is that truck driver? How much time was needed? No honking beforehand? Umm.. contrived bs.
• 22:15 — When she says “you can get that in science class”.. she doesn’t mean to suggest that Mercury, a toxic substance.. and nitric acid, a fucking acid.. can .. uh. Whatever.

s01e04 – 1997-03-25 – Teacher’s Pet ∞

Spoiler

• 40:34 — A tape recorder couldn’t record the range of sound of “bat sonar”, letalone play it back.

s01e05 – 1997-03-31 – Never Kill a Boy on the First Date ∞

cd2

The photo gallery in the special features section has pictures of stuff which hasn’t been seen yet. =/

Spoiler

• 25:30 — Wow, mortuary doors sound just like library doors! Plus.. what’s the door doing unlocked?
• 25:39 — Oh, apparently mortuary doors can’t be locked.. so Jiles didn’t lock the doors because he couldn’t.
• 26:39 — I see, this show has just the one stock sound. It even works on windows.

s01e06 – 1997-04-07 – The Pack ∞

cd 2

Spoiler

• 38:06 — Wait a second.. how did they get in the car without their keys?

s01e07 – 1997-04-14 – Angel ∞

cd 2

(no notes were taken)

s01e08 – 1997-04-28 – I, Robot… You, Jane ∞

cd 2

I, Robot… You, Jane (Buffy episode)

Spoiler

The displays in their computer room are Viewsonic 17GAs. =)

• 19:35 — She turns off .. the monitor. That’s not “signing off”.. =/
• 26:10 — The monitor was already on (the green light).. so what did she press? Pressing a button on that display wouldn’t do anything. I know, I had one.
• 27:08 — “What can we do about it?” .. unplug the computer maybe? Take a baseball bat to it?

s01e09 – 1997-05-05 – The Puppet Show ∞

(I didn’t note what CD this is.)

(no notes were taken)

s01e10 – 1997-05-12 – Nightmares ∞

cd 3

The biographies in the special features section of this disk have spoilers that talk about events which haven’t yet happened in the series.

Spoiler

• 18:20 — “Looking in the mirror every day, and seeing nothing there. It’s an overrated pleasure.” should be underrated pleasure maybe?
• 42:15 — She’s being untied.. except that she was perfectly loose the first time Buffy was fiddling with the ropes.

s01e11 – 1997-05-19 – Out of Mind, Out of Sight ∞

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(no notes were taken)

s01e12 – 1997-06-02 – Prophecy Girl ∞

cd 3

Spoiler

• Just what in the heck is a “global”?
• The fade to white has the Doom sound.
• 25:43 — Umm, wasn’t that necklace broken?
• 45:53 — Why is there no wood sticking up out of the skeleton’s ribcage anymore?

s02e08 – 1997-11-10 – The Dark Age ∞

cd2

Spoiler

So why is Drucilla sick anyways? And.. how?

• 16:12 — Umm, was the guy trapped in the cubbyhole?

s02e09 – 1997-11-17 – What’s My Line? (1) ∞

cd3

Spoiler

• 27:30 — The guy is obviously breathing heavy.
• 34:00 — Are those cigarettes in the ashtray? (foreground, bottom)
• 39:12 — This episode is brought to you by one of the top 10 most dangerous foods.

s02e10 – 1997-11-24 – What’s My Line? (2) ∞

cd3

Are these notes for s02e11?

Spoiler

• 7:05 — This episode is brought to you by less obviously tooth-rotting crap.
• 40:15 — Did they leave the bag behind?

s02e11 – 1997-12-08 – Ted ∞

cd3

(no notes were taken)

s02e12 – 1998-01-12 – Bad Eggs ∞

cd3

Spoiler

• What exactly tipped her off? There were twin girls.. what lead to the vampire thing? That was confusing.
• 28:47 — The spread-out one doesn’t have stab wounds.

s02e13 – 1998-01-19 – Surprise (1) ∞

cd4

Spoiler

• 31:28 — What, she couldn’t call? Oh, and she had time to dry her hair and make herself pretty.