History ComicBook / BuffyTheVampireSlayer

* {{Hypocrite}}: Buffy complaining about Dawn being unable to see how good she is with Xander and somewhat scolding her for not giving him a proper chance to rebuild their relationship. Dawn directly calls her on this, pointing out that Buffy's ignoring her [[EveryoneCanSeeIt very obvious chemistry]] with Spike, and never truly gave him a real chance now that a relationship between them could actually work.

* OneTrueThreesome: When Harmony gets her hands on the book and tries to get Clem to write her "ideal world" into existence, she makes sure to tell Clem to write in that Angel, Buffy and Spike finally decided to "cut the crap" and get into a polygamous polyamorous marriage together.

-->'''Buffy''': We've worked so hard for so long to get where we are. To something important. Something ''real''. Friendship.
-->''(skip a few sentences)''
-->'''Buffy''': What I'm trying to say is, I love what we have. It's taken a lot to get here. And it would've been stupid and thoughtless to risk that by rushing into something.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Buffy still hasn't forgiven Andrew for the Buffybot fiasco last season.

* RelationshipUpgrade: As of Issue 12, Buffy and Spike are back together.

* Happens to some Londoners when [[spoiler:Whistler tries to unleash a magic virus on the world to restore magic.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Body Snatcher}}/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.]]

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

* HistoryRepeats: Remember how Kennedy was the JerkAss and Buffy was the DrillSergeantNasty training the Slayer army? Now she's the ReasonableAuthorityFigure turning Slayers into [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Task Force 141]] style BodyguardBabes and Buffy is now the slack and clueless trainee.

* UsefulNotes/NavySeals: When teaming up with magical beings Buffy refers to them and herself as SEAL Team Six Six Six. She promptly falls into a trap after the boast.

* TakeThat: [[RunningGag Once again]] to Anne Rice (and then ''Twilight'') when Dowling tries to set Spike up with a female colleague into vampire literature.

** After one fight, Spike notes he has more holes in him "than the plot of a Micheal Bay film."

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Angel dying in ''After The Fall''. Of course there's a ResetButton.

* PostScriptSeason

* RedshirtArmy: the new generation Slayers. After the first few issues, if a Slayer you haven't met turns up, or a large number of them are gathered together? They're going to be horribly killed.

* TemptingFate: PlayedForLaughs when Buffy doesn't think a road trip with [[EvenGeeksHaveStandards Andrew]] would be all that bad. To her credit she puts up with hours of the most obsessive ProudToBeAGeek discussion and only stops him when he brings up Creator/DanielCraig.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Season Eight onward is this to the main TV series, following on from what happened after the Hellmouth in Sunnyday was finally destroyed and all the potential Slayers were activated at once rather then one at a time when one dies.

This is a page for the Creator/DarkHorseComics series based on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', particularly the later "seasons" of the franchise turned into a ComicBookContinuation. The following examples may contain major spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished watching the television series, or who hasn't read the comics yet. Consider yourself forewarned. VERY forewarned.

* ComicBookContinuation: Season Eight onward is this to the main TV series, following on from what happened after the Hellmouth in Sunnyday was finally destroyed and all the potential Slayers were activated at once rather then one at a time when one dies.

* NeverLiveItDown: In-Universe. Buffy still hasn't forgiven Andrew for the Buffybot fiasco last season.

* ComicBookContinuation: Season Nine onward is this to the main TV series, following on from what happened after the Hellmouth in Sunnyday was finally destroyed and all the potential Slayers were activated at once rather then one at a time when one dies.

This is a page for the Creator/DarkHorseComics series based on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The following examples may contain major spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished watching the television series, or who hasn't read the comics yet. Consider yourself forewarned. VERY forewarned.

This is a page for the current Creator/DarkHorseComics series based on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The following examples may contain major spoilers for anyone who hasn't finished watching the television series, or who hasn't read the comics yet. Consider yourself forewarned. VERY forewarned.

In 2018, it was announced that Season Twelve would be the final one of the series, as the ''Buffy'' license had been newly acquired by Creator/BoomStudios; thus marking the official end of the original continuity established by both television series. Boom's ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios Buffy]]'' won't be maintaining the continuity of the television series and comic books, instead relaunching the franchise as a modern-day {{continuity reboot}}. Though Whedon won't be writing the reboot, he will be serving as a creative consultant.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Buffy doesn't end up with ''either'' Angel or Spike, [[BetterAsFriends though she maintains close friendships with both of them.]]]]

--> '''Willow:''' "What the HelloKitty were those?"

** Willow nicknames a giant octopus (which has the power to split itself into smaller, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cuter]] octopi) [[Franchise/HelloKitty Hello]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].

* KickTheDog: In the ''Guarded'' arc, Kennedy criticizes Buffy for leaving Theo behind despite Theo urging her to do it so they could regroup, ranting that Buffy gets so caught up in saving the world that she forgets about the "little guy" and lets other people die, using [[spoiler:Giles' death at the end of Season 8]] at an example. This earns her [[TakeThatScrappy a punch in the face]] from Buffy, and Kennedy later admits at the end of the issue that she was out of line.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight/ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Kennedy's Slayer bodyguards are not allowed to engage in corporate warfare against Wolfram & Hart. She takes Buffy to do so anyway.

** [[Spoiler: Buffy and Spike don't officially get back together at the end of the comic, but she admits that seeing the way he fought alongside her filled her heart and that things could start back up between them at any point. The two conclude that, in the meantime, the important thing is that they're present for each other.]]
** [[Spoiler: Illyria performs a HeroicSacrifice to save the heroes, but it's made clear in a subsequent conversation that they could go back to retrieve her at any point. Angel says that Illyria told him to wait on that so she could kill as many demons as possible, but he's worried that this will lead to her liking the other dimension too much to want to leave. That said, Angel recognizes that both of them are immortal beings, so he's willing to wait, leaving the door open for them to continue their relationship.]]

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Given the world-shaking events of the Season 7 finale, this is to be expected. Sunnydale is destroyed, so the series can no longer take place where it was for the past seven seasons. ''All'' the potential slayers have been activated and there are now armies of slayers as well as newly-activated ones in every corner of the globe. The Masquerade is finally broken and the world at large is made aware of the supernatural, not to mention the many deaths in the final battle against The First. Oh yeah, and [[CaptainObvious it's a comic]].

* LoveConfession: While not exactly a confession of love, at the beginning of Issue 12 Buffy admits to Spike that she wants to give their relationship another shot. Spike at first (and rightfully) rejects her due to worry that she doesn't really mean it, though he changes his mind when he realizes that she does and they sleep together at the end of the issue after he admits he's still in love with her too.

* {{Revision}}: The comics do this to certain aspects of Seasons 6 and 7. After being [[FlayingAlive flayed alive]] by Willow, Warren was saved by Amy, who used 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. He also reveals that he was in on the events of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E13TheKillerInMe The Killer in Me]]", when Amy transformed her into Warren with a spell.

* GrandFinale: For not just the comics, but the entire Buffyverse.

* GrandFinale: The definitive end of the series.

In 2018, it was announced that Season Twelve would be the final one of the series, as the ''Buffy'' license had been newly acquired by Creator/BoomStudios. Boom's ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios Buffy]]'' won't be maintaining the continuity of the television series and comic books, instead relaunching the franchise as a modern-day {{continuity reboot}}. Though Whedon won't be writing the reboot, he will be serving as a creative consultant.

* UncleSamWantsYou: [[http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/14/14836b.jpg The Chain.]] Also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.