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** Creator/JossWhedon has made every effort to ensure that the unaired pilot is never seen.
-->"Ow! That was my favourite spine!"



* OldShame: Creator/JossWhedon has made every effort to ensure that the unaired pilot is never seen.
-->"Ow! That was my favourite spine!"
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** Spike wasn't meant to last long but Creator/JamesMarsters wanted a job, so he played lines that were meant to be dismissive of Drusilla as instead reacting to her like the most doting boyfriend. [[EnsembleDarkhorse It worked]]. He also hated the infamous AttemptedRape scene in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]" so much that he had a clause in his contract stating that he would never have to do anything like that again.

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** Spike wasn't meant to last long but Creator/JamesMarsters wanted a job, so he played lines that were meant to be dismissive of Drusilla as instead reacting to her like the most doting boyfriend. [[EnsembleDarkhorse It worked]]. He also hated the infamous AttemptedRape scene in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]" so much that he had a clause in added to his contract stating that he would never have to do anything like that again.
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** 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.

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** In response to a critic saying the show relied to too 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.

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* FakeBrit: Merrick, a British character being played by the Canadian Creator/DonaldSutherland.



* FakeBrit: Merrick, a British character being played by the Canadian Creator/DonaldSutherland.

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** Jenny Calendar's actress, Robia Lamorte, had become a born-again Christian by the time she reprised her role as a guise for The First Evil and didn't take kindly to it, seeing it akin to playing Satan.
** Like many fans, Creator/AmberBenson was unhappy about her character Tara's death, to the point where she declined all offers to return to the show when they wanted her to play the First Evil.
** Creator/EmmaCaulfield was a little annoyed at Anya's death when she saw the completed series finale. She had volunteered for the character to be killed off in the final battle but didn't realise it was going to be [[DroppedABridgeOnHim so sudden]].
** Creator/AnthonyStewartHead disliked the plot of Giles possibly being the First in season seven, partially because it didn't go anywhere, partially because he found it frustrating to not touch anyone. He also felt it was {{out of character}} for Giles to just leave Buffy in season six.
** Marti Noxon, who took over as showrunner for season six, [[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/buffy-showrunner-marti-noxon-on-how-season-6-went-too-far-and-was-almost-sadistic later admitted]] that the season was too dark and that [[spoiler:Tara's death]] was a mistake.

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** Jenny Calendar's actress, Robia Lamorte, La[=Morte=], had become a born-again Christian by the time she reprised her role as a guise for The First Evil and didn't take kindly to it, seeing it akin to playing Satan.
** Like many fans, Creator/AmberBenson was unhappy about her character Tara's death, [[spoiler:Tara's death]], to the point where she declined all offers to return to the show when they wanted her to play the First Evil.
** Creator/EmmaCaulfield was a little annoyed at Anya's death [[spoiler:Anya's death]] when she saw the completed series finale. She [[spoiler:She had volunteered for the character to be killed off in the final battle but didn't realise it was going to be [[DroppedABridgeOnHim so sudden]].
sudden]]]].
** Creator/AnthonyStewartHead disliked the plot of Giles possibly being the First in season seven, Season 7, partially because it didn't go anywhere, partially because he found it frustrating to not touch anyone. He also felt it was {{out of character}} for Giles to just leave Buffy in season six.Season 6.
** Marti Noxon, who took over as showrunner for season six, Season 6, [[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/buffy-showrunner-marti-noxon-on-how-season-6-went-too-far-and-was-almost-sadistic later admitted]] that the season was too dark and that [[spoiler:Tara's death]] was a mistake.



* CreatorsFavorite: Xander (who was a stand-in for Joss), Dawn (with her actress being such a big fan of the series, focus was given to her), and Kennedy (Whedon really liked the character and gave a lot of focus to her) being standouts. Within Season 4, Giles' girlfriend Olivia only appears in episodes Joss directed. She's also mentioned in "Who Are You?" - which is directed by him also. He called Spike his most fully developed character.
** In 2015, when asked about the favorite character among his own, Whedon replied: "My answer would change daily. But, I kind of feel how can say Buffy? She is the distilled essence of everything I am...not. She's the beating heart of everything I have done or will do.

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* CreatorsFavorite: CreatorsFavorite:
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Xander (who was a stand-in for Joss), Dawn (with her actress being such a big fan of the series, focus was given to her), and Kennedy (Whedon really liked the character and gave a lot of focus to her) being standouts. Within Season 4, Giles' girlfriend Olivia only appears in episodes Joss directed. She's also mentioned in "Who Are You?" - which is directed by him also. He called Spike his most fully developed character.
** In 2015, when asked about the favorite character among his own, Whedon replied: "My answer would change daily. But, I kind of feel how can say Buffy? She is the distilled essence of everything I am... not. She's the beating heart of everything I have done or will do."
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** Creator/JamesMarsters was not very happy with Spike's treatment as a regular in season four because of being defanged by the military brain chip. He was actually excited when told that Spike would fall in love with Buffy, seeing that as a much more interesting take on why the character would stay around but was opposed to [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Buffy returning that affection]]. He was so disturbed by Spike's AttemptedRape of Buffy in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]" that he had his contract updated so he would never film such scenes again.

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** Creator/JamesMarsters was not very happy with Spike's treatment as a regular in season four because of being defanged by the military brain chip. He was actually excited when told that Spike would fall in love with Buffy, seeing that as a much more interesting take on why the character would stay around but was opposed to [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Buffy returning that affection]]. He was also so disturbed by Spike's AttemptedRape of Buffy in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]" that he had his contract updated so he would never film such scenes again.

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* DawsonCasting: 22-year-old Creator/KristySwanson playing high school senior Buffy.

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22-year-old Creator/KristySwanson playing high school senior Buffy.Buffy.
** Luke Perry likewise was 27 playing Pike.



* HostilityOnTheSet: Joss Whedon called Donald Sutherland "a prick" and says he was rude to everyone.



* OldShame: Creator/BenAffleck was quite embarrassed to discover he apparently delivered his single line “Take it” so badly that it was dubbed over.

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* OldShame: LoopingLines: Creator/BenAffleck was quite embarrassed to discover he apparently delivered his single line “Take it” so badly that it was dubbed over.



* RealLifeRelative: Kristy Swanson's father plays the referee of the basketball game.



* WagTheDirector: According to Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/DonaldSutherland was under the impression that he was the star of the film. And rewrote all of his dialogue.

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* WagTheDirector: According to Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/DonaldSutherland was under the impression that Donald Sutherland had a habit of improvising and ad-libbing, greatly annoying Joss Whedon. He did however have full permission from director Rubel Kuzui, because he was the star of biggest name in the film. And rewrote all of his dialogue.cast.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Christopher Golden pitched ''Sins of the Father'', he wanted to have Pike return as a KnightErrant VampireHunter, but Joss Whedon disapproved of this and made him change it to reflect his own head canon that Pike and Buffy broke up due to Pike getting tired of constant vampire hunting.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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When Christopher Golden pitched ''Sins of the Father'', he wanted to have Pike return as a KnightErrant VampireHunter, but Joss Whedon disapproved of this and made him change it to reflect his own head canon that Pike and Buffy broke up due to Pike getting tired of constant vampire hunting.hunting.
** A novel where Oz met a female werewolf was canceled because Whedon wanted to save that idea for the main show.
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!!Novels
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary'', is one of the most popular and well-known Buffyverse novels, but it is also out of print and (as of 2023) is unavailable as an ebook, and used copies can get pricey.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Christopher Golden pitched ''Sins of the Father'', he wanted to have Pike return as a KnightErrant VampireHunter, but Joss Whedon disapproved of this and made him change it to reflect his own head canon that Pike and Buffy broke up due to Pike getting tired of constant vampire hunting.
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_and_Angel Buffyverse Wiki]], and another [[http://buffy-thevampireslayer.wikia.com/wiki/Buffy_The_Vampire_Slayer_Wiki Buffy The Vampire Slayer Wiki]].

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