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*ActingForTwo:
** One episode was dubbed into French with one single male actor and one single female actor. They didn't even try to disguise it.
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]" had Willow meeting her LesbianVampire [[EvilTwin counterpart from an alternate universe]]. This resulted in Creator/AlysonHannigan not only talking to herself, but licking her own neck.
** Several episodes had Buffy interacting with a robotic duplicate of herself.
** Season seven's BigBad was [[spoiler:The First Evil, who can only take the form of people who have died, which leads to Buffy and Spike both having conversations with "themselves".]]
** Oddly enough, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]", where Xander is split into two people is a subversion. Creator/NicholasBrendon, has an identical twin, Kelly Donovan. Their conversations and interactions are done completely without special effects, though through using multiple takes, and editing Nicholas Brendon still did nearly all of the dialog for both Xanders.
** One episode was dubbed into French with one single male actor and one single female actor. They didn't even try to disguise it.
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]" had Willow meeting her LesbianVampire [[EvilTwin counterpart from an alternate universe]]. This resulted in Creator/AlysonHannigan not only talking to herself, but licking her own neck.
** Several episodes had Buffy interacting with a robotic duplicate of herself.
** Season seven's BigBad was [[spoiler:The First Evil, who can only take the form of people who have died, which leads to Buffy and Spike both having conversations with "themselves".]]
** Oddly enough, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]", where Xander is split into two people is a subversion. Creator/NicholasBrendon, has an identical twin, Kelly Donovan. Their conversations and interactions are done completely without special effects, though through using multiple takes, and editing Nicholas Brendon still did nearly all of the dialog for both Xanders.
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* TalkingToHimself:
** One episode was dubbed into French with one single male actor and one single female actor. They didn't even try to disguise it.
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]" had Willow meeting her LesbianVampire [[EvilTwin counterpart from an alternate universe]]. This resulted in Creator/AlysonHannigan not only talking to herself, but licking her own neck.
** Several episodes had Buffy interacting with a robotic duplicate of herself.
** Season seven's BigBad was [[spoiler:The First Evil, who can only take the form of people who have died, which leads to Buffy and Spike both having conversations with "themselves".]]
** Oddly enough, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]", where Xander is split into two people is a subversion. Creator/NicholasBrendon, has an identical twin, Kelly Donovan. Their conversations and interactions are done completely without special effects, though through using multiple takes, and editing Nicholas Brendon still did nearly all of the dialog for both Xanders.
** One episode was dubbed into French with one single male actor and one single female actor. They didn't even try to disguise it.
** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]" had Willow meeting her LesbianVampire [[EvilTwin counterpart from an alternate universe]]. This resulted in Creator/AlysonHannigan not only talking to herself, but licking her own neck.
** Several episodes had Buffy interacting with a robotic duplicate of herself.
** Season seven's BigBad was [[spoiler:The First Evil, who can only take the form of people who have died, which leads to Buffy and Spike both having conversations with "themselves".]]
** Oddly enough, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]", where Xander is split into two people is a subversion. Creator/NicholasBrendon, has an identical twin, Kelly Donovan. Their conversations and interactions are done completely without special effects, though through using multiple takes, and editing Nicholas Brendon still did nearly all of the dialog for both Xanders.
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** Buffy's old school, Hemery High, is the clock tower made famous in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
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** Buffy's old school, Hemery High, is the clock tower made famous in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
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* TropeNamer: For...
** BigBad: And, by extension, its {{snowclones}}:
*** BigBadDuumvirate: The Trio.
*** BigBadEnsemble
*** BigBadWannabe: Poor Spike fits the bill. And he's the trope namer for "Big Bad", too! Life is so unfair.
*** BigGood: This being a Whedon show, though, even the Big Goods (Quentin Travers, Sineya, the Shadow Men) [[KnightTemplar aren't very good]].
** BreakawayPopHit[[invoked]]: "Once More With Feeling"
** BuffySpeak
** ButtMonkey: Xander used it to refer to himself in "Buffy vs. Dracula."
** CameBackWrong: "Smashed"
** CameBackStrong: "Prophecy Girl"
** GameFace: "Prophecy Girl"
** InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Holden Webster's expert opinion on Buffy. ("Conversations with Dead People")
** InsaneTrollLogic: "Triangle"
** UseYourHead: Spike's [[BadBoss helpful suggestion]] to one of his mooks ("[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E3SchoolHard School Hard]]")
* And the ''[[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former]]'' Trope Namer for:
** BadassDecay: Formerly known as Spikeification.[[invoked]]
** ChekhovsBoomerang: Formerly known as Olaf's Hammer.
** FangThpeak: Formerly known as Whedon Thyndrome.
** HarsherInHindsight[[invoked]]: Formerly a snowclone of (and now merged with) "Funny Aneurysm" Moment.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known as Sunnydale Syndrome.
** BigBad: And, by extension, its {{snowclones}}:
*** BigBadDuumvirate: The Trio.
*** BigBadEnsemble
*** BigBadWannabe: Poor Spike fits the bill. And he's the trope namer for "Big Bad", too! Life is so unfair.
*** BigGood: This being a Whedon show, though, even the Big Goods (Quentin Travers, Sineya, the Shadow Men) [[KnightTemplar aren't very good]].
** BreakawayPopHit[[invoked]]: "Once More With Feeling"
** BuffySpeak
** ButtMonkey: Xander used it to refer to himself in "Buffy vs. Dracula."
** CameBackWrong: "Smashed"
** CameBackStrong: "Prophecy Girl"
** GameFace: "Prophecy Girl"
** InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Holden Webster's expert opinion on Buffy. ("Conversations with Dead People")
** InsaneTrollLogic: "Triangle"
** UseYourHead: Spike's [[BadBoss helpful suggestion]] to one of his mooks ("[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E3SchoolHard School Hard]]")
* And the ''[[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former]]'' Trope Namer for:
** BadassDecay: Formerly known as Spikeification.[[invoked]]
** ChekhovsBoomerang: Formerly known as Olaf's Hammer.
** FangThpeak: Formerly known as Whedon Thyndrome.
** HarsherInHindsight[[invoked]]: Formerly a snowclone of (and now merged with) "Funny Aneurysm" Moment.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known as Sunnydale Syndrome.
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** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various allegations.
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** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller Gellar [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various allegations.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JossWhedon picked Creator/JulietLandau to play Drusilla after seeing her in ''Film/EdWood''.
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* NamesTheSame:
** Everyone knows Cordelia. Cheerleader. AlphaBitch. Rival of Buffy. Hopeless with rifles. There's also [[VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw Cordelia.]] Her little sister is a cheerleader. {{Tomboy}}. Very much an ally. Wields a sniper rifle.
** Definitely a coincidence, but still funny: in the comic ComicBook/{{WITCH}}, there's a redheaded MagicalGirlWarrior called ''Will'' who has a bit of LesYay with a shy MagicalGirlWarrior called ''Tara''nee. The same comic also features a LovableAlphaBitch called ''Cor(n)elia''.
** Everyone knows Cordelia. Cheerleader. AlphaBitch. Rival of Buffy. Hopeless with rifles. There's also [[VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw Cordelia.]] Her little sister is a cheerleader. {{Tomboy}}. Very much an ally. Wields a sniper rifle.
** Definitely a coincidence, but still funny: in the comic ComicBook/{{WITCH}}, there's a redheaded MagicalGirlWarrior called ''Will'' who has a bit of LesYay with a shy MagicalGirlWarrior called ''Tara''nee. The same comic also features a LovableAlphaBitch called ''Cor(n)elia''.
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** Creator/JamesMarsters has [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/buffy_the_vampire_slayer/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-james-marsters-on-aggressive-disturbing-interaction-with-joss-whedon-a176820#gs.aylwza stated]] that Whedon reacted ''very'' negatively to Spike's EnsembleDarkHorse status. He envisioned the show's vampires purely as AlwaysChaoticEvil villains, and the audience reaction to Spike caused him to lash out in anger at Marsters.
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** Creator/JamesMarsters has [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/buffy_the_vampire_slayer/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-james-marsters-on-aggressive-disturbing-interaction-with-joss-whedon-a176820#gs.aylwza stated]] that Whedon reacted ''very'' negatively to Spike's EnsembleDarkHorse status. He envisioned the show's vampires purely as AlwaysChaoticEvil villains, villains and the audience reaction to Spike as a romantic hero (and presumably network execs wanting him to stick around) caused him to lash out in anger at Marsters.Marsters, backing him against the wall and saying "I don't care how popular you are, you're dead!" Marsters viewed it as the stress of managing a chaotic production, but in light of later allegations against Whedon he admitted it takes on a different tone.
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** Buffy says she wants to marry Creator/ChristianSlater. In the original script, she said Creator/CharlieSheen.
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** Buffy says she wants to marry Creator/ChristianSlater. In the original script, she said Creator/CharlieSheen. (Kristy Swanson would [[HilariousInHindsight co-star with Sheen]] [[Film/TheChase1994 in a film two years later]].)
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* ActorLeavesCharacterDies:
** A very weird example occurred in the ''last'' episode. Creator/EmmaCaulfield wanted to take her career in other directions so explicitly asked to be killed off so that her character could never be used in any of the Spinoffs.
** Maggie Walsh was supposed to be the BigBad of season four, but Lindsay Crouse was offered a film role, so she was hastily killed off by Adam, who became the main villain.
** Kali Rocha (Halfrek) was performing in ''Theatre/NoisesOff'' when season seven was shooting. She was flown in for one day and filmed all her scenes on that one day. As a result, she appears in two episodes and is killed off. She filmed her "death scene" before a green screen for later super-imposition into the scene.
** A very weird example occurred in the ''last'' episode. Creator/EmmaCaulfield wanted to take her career in other directions so explicitly asked to be killed off so that her character could never be used in any of the Spinoffs.
** Maggie Walsh was supposed to be the BigBad of season four, but Lindsay Crouse was offered a film role, so she was hastily killed off by Adam, who became the main villain.
** Kali Rocha (Halfrek) was performing in ''Theatre/NoisesOff'' when season seven was shooting. She was flown in for one day and filmed all her scenes on that one day. As a result, she appears in two episodes and is killed off. She filmed her "death scene" before a green screen for later super-imposition into the scene.
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* McLeaned:
** A very weird example occurred in the ''last'' episode. Creator/EmmaCaulfield wanted to take her career in other directions so explicitly asked to be killed off so that her character could never be used in any of the Spinoffs.
** Maggie Walsh was supposed to be the BigBad of season four, but Lindsay Crouse was offered a film role, so she was hastily killed off by Adam, who became the main villain.
** Kali Rocha (Halfrek) was performing in ''Theatre/NoisesOff'' when season seven was shooting. She was flown in for one day and filmed all her scenes on that one day. As a result, she appears in two episodes and is killed off. She filmed her "death scene" before a green screen for later super-imposition into the scene.
** A very weird example occurred in the ''last'' episode. Creator/EmmaCaulfield wanted to take her career in other directions so explicitly asked to be killed off so that her character could never be used in any of the Spinoffs.
** Maggie Walsh was supposed to be the BigBad of season four, but Lindsay Crouse was offered a film role, so she was hastily killed off by Adam, who became the main villain.
** Kali Rocha (Halfrek) was performing in ''Theatre/NoisesOff'' when season seven was shooting. She was flown in for one day and filmed all her scenes on that one day. As a result, she appears in two episodes and is killed off. She filmed her "death scene" before a green screen for later super-imposition into the scene.
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* ConstrainedWriting: A few episodes involved Joss deliberately handicapping the show, usually in response to criticism. They're generally held to be some of the best in the show's run.
** In response to a critic saying the show relied to heavily on its quippy dialog, Whedon wrote "Hush", an episode with almost no dialog. Absent dialog cues, everyone had to relearn how to know when to hit their marks and perform their physical action.
** In response to a critique that the show relied too heavily on its score, Whedon removed all music from "The Body", turning it into an entirely diegetic piece.
** In response to just wanting to, Whedon spent a week at a cabin writing "Once More With Feeling".
** In response to a critic saying the show relied to heavily on its quippy dialog, Whedon wrote "Hush", an episode with almost no dialog. Absent dialog cues, everyone had to relearn how to know when to hit their marks and perform their physical action.
** In response to a critique that the show relied too heavily on its score, Whedon removed all music from "The Body", turning it into an entirely diegetic piece.
** In response to just wanting to, Whedon spent a week at a cabin writing "Once More With Feeling".
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** Creator/NicholasBrendon was told by producers to stop working out because they didn't want Xander "looking too buffed." This also resulted in Xander often being dressed in baggy clothing to hide his muscular build.
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** Creator/NicholasBrendon was told by producers to stop working out because they didn't want Xander "looking too buffed." This also resulted in Xander often being dressed in baggy clothing to hide his muscular build. This may have been complicated by his struggles with substance abuse, however.
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** In an interview for the book ''Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born'', Creator/AmberBenson [[https://www.reddit.com/r/buffy/comments/woa9zi/from_the_book_into_every_generation_a_slayer_is/ stated]] that she was having issues with somebody on the show that were coming to a head just as her character Tara left, and that, despite many fan requests to bring Tara back (including Whedon reaching out to her personally), she refused to return to the show because it would've meant interacting with them again. While she didn't name names, many fans have speculated that the person she was talking about was Creator/AlysonHannigan, who played Willow, rather ironically given that the romance between Willow and Tara was one of the show's most popular pairings.
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Misuse. Made back its budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $7 million. Box office, $16,624,456.
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* TroubledProduction: As detailed in [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/joss-whedon-buffy-angel-charisma-carpenter-toxic-workplace-1234915549/ this Variety piece]], a slew of alligations against ShowRunner Creator/JossWhedon that surfaced nearly two decades after the show ended showed that production of the series, and by extension ''Series/{{Angel}}'', was far more troubled than originally thought.
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* TroubledProduction: As detailed in [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/joss-whedon-buffy-angel-charisma-carpenter-toxic-workplace-1234915549/ this Variety piece]], a slew of alligations allegations against ShowRunner Creator/JossWhedon that surfaced nearly two decades after the show ended showed that production of the series, and by extension ''Series/{{Angel}}'', was far more troubled than originally thought.
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** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various alligations.
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** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various alligations.allegations.
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* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/AlysonHannigan were best friends, much like Buffy and Willow. Gellar is still friends with Creator/DavidBoreanaz, Creator/EmmaCaulfield, Creator/SethGreen, Creator/JamesMarsters, Creator/AmberBenson, Creator/CharismaCarpenter and especially Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg.
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Undermined by Reality is under construction.
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* UnderminedByReality: The show's empowering pro-feminist stance rang hollow following the allegations against Creator/JossWhedon in the twenty-first century, including serial adultery, harassment and creating a generally miserable environment.
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* TroubledProduction: As detailed in [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/joss-whedon-buffy-angel-charisma-carpenter-toxic-workplace-1234915549/ this Variety piece]], a slew of alligations against ShowRunner Creator/JossWhedon that surfaced nearly two decades after the show ended showed that production of the series, and by extension ''Series/{{Angel}}'', was far more troubled than originally thought.
** For starters, the budget was often stretched to its limit against the effects-driven nature of the show, and was OnlyBarelyRenewed after its first season thanks to rave reviews and hitting key demographics among otherwise unimpressive ratings. ExecutiveMeddling haunted the show throughout its run with Warner execs often jumpy regarding the content of the HighSchool-set show, and regularly fought attempts at LGBTQI+ representation.
** Long days of shooting led to exhaustion. Actors in heavy makeup could look forward to 21-hour work days, and it was not uncommon for shooting on Fridays to carry through to the early hours of Saturday (coining the term "Fraterdays" on the set), severely limiting the amount of weekend recovery time. Creator/ElizaDushku was legally emancipated from her parents just so her hours wouldn't be limited by child labour laws, and Creator/CharismaCarpenter later said the cast was so overworked that it led to physical harm.
** Following reports that Joss Whedon created a toxic work environment during reshoots on ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', numerous persons involved with ''Buffy'' stepped forward to tell their own stories regarding Whedon; While viewed as cordial and collaborative by executives, Whedon was also a "casually cruel" and egotistical ControlFreak to those beneath his rank, creating a cliquish CultOfPersonality around himself as his status as an icon of geek fandom grew:
*** Charisma Carpenter was already on the bad side of Whedon from the outset by being a studio-mandated hire, while her reported "tardiness" backstage irked the producers. The breaking point, [[https://twitter.com/AllCharisma/status/1359537746843365381 Carpenter has claimed]], came when her pregnancy during the fourth season of ''Angel'' infuriated Whedon, who went as far as to pressure Carpenter to terminate her pregnancy to stay on the show. Cordelia Chase was written off behind her back and later KilledOffForReal after she refused.
*** Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg was a regular subject of inappropriate and sexist jokes backstage, enough so that her family was alarmed at her treatment. Trachtenberg also clamed that an argument between her and Whedon resulted in Whedon saying... ''[[FridgeHorror something]]'', which was so extreme that a rule came down stating she was not to be left alone with Whedon again.
*** Creator/JamesMarsters claimed that [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/buffy_the_vampire_slayer/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-james-marsters-on-aggressive-disturbing-interaction-with-joss-whedon-a176820#gs.aylwza the unexpected popularity of his character]] angered Whedon, who blamed Marsters personally. Whedon went as far as to back Marsters up against a wall and threaten him, and continually took out frustrations related to the character on Marsters throughout production.
*** Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director Jeff Pruitt and StuntDouble Sophia Crawford had [[https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/12/egomaniac-joss-whedon-faces-claims-buffy-stunt-double-12942160/ serious problems with Whedon]], who increasingly ignored Pruitt and became angered when Pruitt and Crawford [[RomanceOnTheSet became engaged while working on the show]]. The last straw was when Whedon demanded they end their relationship to keep working, to which they both refused. Whedon, for his part, claimed that [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer/jIAqP0884z0 they were not blameless in their departure]], particularly citing Pruitt for his own ego issues.
** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various alligations.
** For starters, the budget was often stretched to its limit against the effects-driven nature of the show, and was OnlyBarelyRenewed after its first season thanks to rave reviews and hitting key demographics among otherwise unimpressive ratings. ExecutiveMeddling haunted the show throughout its run with Warner execs often jumpy regarding the content of the HighSchool-set show, and regularly fought attempts at LGBTQI+ representation.
** Long days of shooting led to exhaustion. Actors in heavy makeup could look forward to 21-hour work days, and it was not uncommon for shooting on Fridays to carry through to the early hours of Saturday (coining the term "Fraterdays" on the set), severely limiting the amount of weekend recovery time. Creator/ElizaDushku was legally emancipated from her parents just so her hours wouldn't be limited by child labour laws, and Creator/CharismaCarpenter later said the cast was so overworked that it led to physical harm.
** Following reports that Joss Whedon created a toxic work environment during reshoots on ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', numerous persons involved with ''Buffy'' stepped forward to tell their own stories regarding Whedon; While viewed as cordial and collaborative by executives, Whedon was also a "casually cruel" and egotistical ControlFreak to those beneath his rank, creating a cliquish CultOfPersonality around himself as his status as an icon of geek fandom grew:
*** Charisma Carpenter was already on the bad side of Whedon from the outset by being a studio-mandated hire, while her reported "tardiness" backstage irked the producers. The breaking point, [[https://twitter.com/AllCharisma/status/1359537746843365381 Carpenter has claimed]], came when her pregnancy during the fourth season of ''Angel'' infuriated Whedon, who went as far as to pressure Carpenter to terminate her pregnancy to stay on the show. Cordelia Chase was written off behind her back and later KilledOffForReal after she refused.
*** Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg was a regular subject of inappropriate and sexist jokes backstage, enough so that her family was alarmed at her treatment. Trachtenberg also clamed that an argument between her and Whedon resulted in Whedon saying... ''[[FridgeHorror something]]'', which was so extreme that a rule came down stating she was not to be left alone with Whedon again.
*** Creator/JamesMarsters claimed that [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/buffy_the_vampire_slayer/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-james-marsters-on-aggressive-disturbing-interaction-with-joss-whedon-a176820#gs.aylwza the unexpected popularity of his character]] angered Whedon, who blamed Marsters personally. Whedon went as far as to back Marsters up against a wall and threaten him, and continually took out frustrations related to the character on Marsters throughout production.
*** Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director Jeff Pruitt and StuntDouble Sophia Crawford had [[https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/12/egomaniac-joss-whedon-faces-claims-buffy-stunt-double-12942160/ serious problems with Whedon]], who increasingly ignored Pruitt and became angered when Pruitt and Crawford [[RomanceOnTheSet became engaged while working on the show]]. The last straw was when Whedon demanded they end their relationship to keep working, to which they both refused. Whedon, for his part, claimed that [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer/jIAqP0884z0 they were not blameless in their departure]], particularly citing Pruitt for his own ego issues.
** Whedon was not the only one igniting HostilityOnTheSet. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar also received a fair share of blame with her co-stars and [[http://buffyangelshow.fr/buffy/dossiers/jeff-pruitt-sophia-crawford-the-interview/ stunt double]] accusing her of [[ThePrimaDonna diva]]-[[WagTheDirector like]] behavior, especially after [[Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer launching her]] [[Film/Scream2 film career]]. Geller had her own problems with Whedon, to the point that she became disinterested in the show as early as the third season, while the creative decisions of season six nearly caused her to leave the show entirely. While remaining diplomatic regarding the show and the character of Buffy, Geller [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH4s_WjfZF/ later distanced herself from Whedon]] in the face of the various alligations.
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** Creator/AlyssaMilano almost got the lead role. She would later become one of the leads for ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'' - a show heavily influenced by ''Buffy''.
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** Creator/AlyssaMilano almost got the lead role. She would later become one of the leads for ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'' - a show heavily influenced by ''Buffy''.''Buffy'' (albeit more the show, rather than the movie).
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* ImageSource:
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** OurVampiresAreDifferent (middle left)
** AffablyEvil
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* QuoteSource: This series provides the page quotes for:
** AvengersAssemble
** ButtMonkey
** CantGetAwayWithNuthin
** CasualKink
** DaytimeDramaQueen
** FlechetteStorm
** HealItWithBooze
** HormoneAddledTeenager
** HorrifyingTheHorror
** InvulnerableHorses
** LadyOfWar
** TheMusicMeister
** MysteriousWatcher
** NonActionGuy
** NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou
** PianoDrop
** PutOnABus
** SkipOfInnocence
** ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend
** TheVirus
** WeirdnessCensor
** WhatWereYouThinking
** WoodenStake
** AvengersAssemble
** ButtMonkey
** CantGetAwayWithNuthin
** CasualKink
** DaytimeDramaQueen
** FlechetteStorm
** HealItWithBooze
** HormoneAddledTeenager
** HorrifyingTheHorror
** InvulnerableHorses
** LadyOfWar
** TheMusicMeister
** MysteriousWatcher
** NonActionGuy
** NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou
** PianoDrop
** PutOnABus
** SkipOfInnocence
** ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend
** TheVirus
** WeirdnessCensor
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** FunnyAneurysmMoment: "The Freshman" (InUniverse version)[[invoked]]
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** FangThpeak: Formerly known as WhedonThyndrome.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known as SunnydaleSyndrome.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known as SunnydaleSyndrome.
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** FangThpeak: Formerly known as WhedonThyndrome.
Whedon Thyndrome.
** HarsherInHindsight[[invoked]]: Formerly a snowclone of (and now merged with) "Funny Aneurysm" Moment.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known asSunnydaleSyndrome.Sunnydale Syndrome.
** HarsherInHindsight[[invoked]]: Formerly a snowclone of (and now merged with) "Funny Aneurysm" Moment.
** WeirdnessCensor: Formerly known as
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** The Potentials in season seven are supposed to be teenagers, yet none of them look a day under twenty. Kennedy is said to be nineteen in the script, yet Creator/IyariLimon was twenty-seven at the time.
** Buffy was around five years old when Dawn was born. Gellar is eight years older than Trachtenberg.
** Buffy was around five years old when Dawn was born. Gellar is eight years older than Trachtenberg.
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** The Potentials in season seven are supposed to be teenagers, yet none of them look a day under twenty. Kennedy is said to be nineteen in the script, yet Creator/IyariLimon was twenty-seven at the time.
time. There were some aversions in Lalaine (Chloe) who was sixteen, Clara Bryant (Molly) who was seventeen and Indigo (Rona) who was nineteen.
** Buffy was around five years old when Dawn was born. Gellar is eight years older than Trachtenberg. Sarah Hagan likewise was nineteen playing Amanda, who is implied to be the same age as Dawn.
** Buffy was around five years old when Dawn was born. Gellar is eight years older than Trachtenberg. Sarah Hagan likewise was nineteen playing Amanda, who is implied to be the same age as Dawn.
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** Hannigan admitted to having a fling an off-camera fling with Creator/NicholasBrendon:
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** Hannigan admitted to having a fling an off-camera fling with Creator/NicholasBrendon:
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** The external (and some internal) shots of Sunnydale High School are of Torrance High, the same school used for the ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
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** The external (and some internal) shots of Sunnydale High School are of Torrance High, the same school used for the show ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
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*** "Doppelgängland": "I was in the vampire Willow outfit, and Alexis had some holy water, and he made this noise, like FFFFT!! And it just cracked me up. I had such a crush on him".
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*** "Doppelgängland": "I was in the vampire Willow outfit, and Alexis had some holy water, and he made this noise, like FFFFT!! And it just cracked me up. I had such a crush on him".him"[[note]]doubles as a Heartwarming moment, as Alyson and Alexis would end up getting married, and are still together as of 2022[[/note]].
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* StuntCasting:
** They attempted to cast Music/BritneySpears as Warren's android girlfriend April in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]".
** Broadway veteran Creator/JoelGrey was cast in a relatively small but plot-pivotal role as NotSoHarmlessVillain Doc in a few episodes in the second half of Season Five.
** Much later, they attempted to cast Miss Spears again in a one-off villain role in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E14FirstDate First Date]]". The part eventually went to slightly less famous fellow pop singer Music/{{Ashanti}}.
* StuntDouble: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was doubled by Sophia Crawford for the first four seasons and Michele Waitman and Melissa Barker for the remainder of the series. Gellar, who studied martial arts, was keen to do more of her own stunts, but wasn't allowed to.
** They attempted to cast Music/BritneySpears as Warren's android girlfriend April in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]".
** Broadway veteran Creator/JoelGrey was cast in a relatively small but plot-pivotal role as NotSoHarmlessVillain Doc in a few episodes in the second half of Season Five.
** Much later, they attempted to cast Miss Spears again in a one-off villain role in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E14FirstDate First Date]]". The part eventually went to slightly less famous fellow pop singer Music/{{Ashanti}}.
* StuntDouble: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was doubled by Sophia Crawford for the first four seasons and Michele Waitman and Melissa Barker for the remainder of the series. Gellar, who studied martial arts, was keen to do more of her own stunts, but wasn't allowed to.
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* StuntDouble: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was doubled by Sophia Crawford for the first four seasons and Michele Waitman and Melissa Barker for the remainder of the series. Gellar, who studied martial arts, was keen to do more of her own stunts, but wasn't allowed to.
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* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/BuffyverseBuffySummers Buffy Summers]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseWillowRosenberg Willow Rosenberg]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseAngel Angel]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseSpike Spike]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseFaithLehane Faith Lehane]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseBuffySummers Buffy Summers]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseWillowRosenberg Willow Rosenberg]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseAngel Angel]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseSpike Spike]]
** [[Characters/BuffyverseFaithLehane Faith Lehane]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Joss Whedon was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-traumatizing-her-during-buffy-and-angel-4131004/ an abusive asshole]], a [[https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/ serial filanderer]], and somehow so bad there was a [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michelle-trachtenberg-says-joss-whedon-was-not-allowed-to-be-alone-with-her-on-buffy-4132256/ "Joss isn't allowed to be alone in a room with [15 year old] Michelle Trachtenberg"]] rule... In the space of a few years, Joss Whedon joind Louis CK on the "not actually a good person" trash heap, and all of the "Joss isn't wrong" and "Joss is a feminist" comments in the episode commentaries start sounding like "I tripped." Especially when the commentors are women.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Joss Whedon was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-traumatizing-her-during-buffy-and-angel-4131004/ an abusive asshole]], a [[https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/ serial filanderer]], and somehow so bad there was a [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michelle-trachtenberg-says-joss-whedon-was-not-allowed-to-be-alone-with-her-on-buffy-4132256/ "Joss isn't allowed to be alone in a room with [15 year old] Michelle Trachtenberg"]] rule... In the space of a few years, Joss Whedon joind Louis CK on the "not actually a good person" trash heap, and all of the "Joss isn't wrong" and "Joss is a feminist" comments in the episode commentaries start sounding like "I tripped." Especially when the commentors are women.
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!!The video game
* TheOtherDarrin: The entire cast returned, with the exception of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, who insisted on seeing the script first, but the developers refused, so Creator/GiselleLoren stepped in. Also, D.C. Douglas replaced Creator/MarkMetcalf as the Master.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This started as a UsefulNotes/PlayStation game, but development was moved to the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows. These version were later scrapped, and development was moved to the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}.
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** Creator/AlysonHannigan's casting went something like this too. Joss stated that all the other girls who auditioned for Willow wore NerdGlasses and acted stereotypically [[HollywoodNerd nerdy]] (including Riff Regan, who played her in the pilot). Alyson won the part based on the fact that she didn't do that.
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** Creator/AlysonHannigan's casting went something like this too. Joss stated that all the other girls who auditioned for Willow wore NerdGlasses and acted stereotypically [[HollywoodNerd nerdy]] nerdy (including Riff Regan, who played her in the pilot). Alyson won the part based on the fact that she didn't do that.
