History ComicBook / BuffyTheVampireSlayer

* StealthPun: [[spoiler:The next universe is started by Buffy and Angel having sex all over the planet and in space. Brings a new meaning to Big Bang, doesn't it?

* DoesntLikeGuns: It's official, Buffy hates guns. The one time she allows the other Slayers to arm up when the army is [[JustForPun gunning]] for them she still refuses to use one herself.

* {{Magitek}}: The Pandora Project centers around this, draining magical energy from supernatural beings and infusing it into battle suits, drones, and cybernetics.
* MagicEater: The machine in the safe zone, as well as the machine used by [[spoiler: Wise]] to drain the magic from supernaturals, which she in turn absorbs into herself and wields. It becomes a real pressing problem when it's discovered the government plans to attach the machines to satellites, and Willow confirms that any being alive because of magic (like Dawn and Spike) would just plain ''die'' if it was used on them.

* SnakePeople: Aluwyn

* ItsALongStory: "It's a medium-long story."
* ItsAllAboutMe: The attitude of Sophie and Vin

* ForegoneConclusion: Willow is trying to bring magic back to her world. In the ''Season 8'' {{crossover}} with {{ComicBook/Fray}}, ''Time Of Your Life'', it is revealed that in the future there is only one slayer left and that Willow has regained her power and become the BigBad after going dark again. And she gets killed by Buffy.
** That is, unless Whistler actually succeeds in changing the future, as is implied to be possible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Where's Willow?" on the cover of "Apart (Of Me)" part III. Later, she shows up at Giles' house.

* AliceAllusion: The title of ''Willow: Wonderland''. Willow also makes a few {{Shout Out}}s. There is even a demon that claims that the green caterpillar was based on him.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Xander doesn't tell anyone else about Anya's ghost for fear of being seen as crazy [[spoiler: even after a medium confirms for him that it's real and not Anya]], instead of, you know, ''being haunted''. Buffy calls him on it when it bites them in the ass.

* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Before parting ways so that Buffy can get her slayer powers removed and released back into normal society, she tries to tell Spike she loves him. He interrupts her and asks her to wait until they're together again to say it.
* IAmVeryBritish: When the Slayers that were working for the government return to Buffy's apartment to beg for their powers back, Spike starts rattling off insults in English parlance and Buffy warns him to cool it, as he's getting "extra British".

* [[spoiler: [[ActuallyADoombot Actually a Buffybot:]] Issue #7 reveals that for some time now (possibly foreshadowed from the beginning of the season) that the Buffy we see is a robot. It has her traits enough, remembering Buffy's reaction to a robot version of her, to completely flip.]]

* [[spoiler: BodySnatcher[=/=]CameBackWrong: Eyghon, the demon summoned by Giles and Ethan in their youth, returned and possessed Ethan's body to literally snatch Giles' corpse at his funeral. Eyghon now possesses Giles and has resurrected a recently deceased slayer as well as other people, though not with their own souls as the bodies are possessed by demons.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: [[spoiler:The next universe is started by Buffy and Angel having sex all over the planet and in space. Brings a new meaning to Big Bang, doesn't it? Another slayer says they really fucked things up, literally.]]

* RedHerring: The "Black Hope"'s other alias, "The Madwoman," and her manner of dressing seem to openly imply that the Black Hope is Drusilla; [[spoiler: its actually Willow.]]

* KillItWithFire: Renee lures a vampire before Buffy attacks it, then flicks a lighter and gives a PsychoticSmirk as Willow douses him in petroleum. After Buffy interrogates him he pleads for his life, saying he answered her questions, she has to let him go.
-->[[ManOnFire I never promised that.]]

* TakeThat: The Season 8 comic series started over a year before the success of ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} another franchise that featured a human girl in love with a vampire]]'', so no-one thought much about the BigBad of the season being named ''Twilight'', with Buffy's only interaction with the villain coming before the other series became well known. But when they come face to face for the first time since then, Buffy points out the she did the whole Human-Girl-In-Love-With-a-Vampire thing first, and her vampire was ''so'' much better than the other one.

* TheBusCameBack: Actress Elisabeth Röhm (Kate Lockley) left to be on ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and was {{Brother Chuck}}ed from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' in season 2, but makes a comeback in the comics because of course, comics aren't hindered by pesky things like acting contracts.(She appears in ''Series/{{Angel}}: After The Fall'' as a new member of AI in ''Aftermath''.) Similarly Oz (Seth Green), who was PutOnABus in season 4, returns in issue 26.

* HornyDevils: Spike's new LoveInterest is a succubus and has shown her true demon form.

'''Willow''': [''[[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps him]]''] Don't you dare. Don't you ''dare'' try to say I'm like you! This is all your fault! Thinking you can fix things! Running blindly down any road that might lead to redemption! And you're doing it ''again''! Never worrying about the consequences until it's too late! You've ruined ''everything'', Angel!!

* TheDollEpisode: Dawn is transformed into a porcelain doll by a curse from her ex-boyfriend.

** Season Eight reveals that after [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Willow]] [[FlayingAlive flayed Warren alive]], Amy saved him, using her magic to keep him "alive" despite his [[BodyHorror lack of skin]]; WordOfGod is that the First Evil was able to [[DeadPersonConversation assume Warren's form]] because he ''was'' technically dead for a few moments before Amy's magic kicked in. It also reveals that the events of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E13TheKillerInMe The Killer in Me]]", where Amy transformed her into Warren with a spell, was in fact done on Warren's orders for {{revenge}}, rather than simple [[EvilIsPetty jealousy]] that Willow [[HardWorkHardlyWorks was now more powerful than Amy]].