History Franchise / BuffyVerse

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1997-2003): Original series. Initial five seasons were on the WB Network but the remaining two aired on rival network, UPN. Seven seasons, 144 episodes total.

* ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheLastVampireSlayer Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer]]'': A four-issue alternate reality story where Buffy is in her fifties, the sun has been magically blocked out, and vampires are at the top of society. The world's only hope lies with a plan to restore the sun and the appearance of the only new Slayer to be called in ages, Tara and Willow's daughter Thessaly. Kind of the ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' of ''Buffy''.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the Slayer's official title being "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call her a monster slayer, as the series had Buffy taking on not only vampires but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires ([[spoiler:until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body; then Season 12, the final comics season and wrap-up of the entire original continuity, finally has an actual vampire as the Big Bad again, [[ComicBook/{{Fray}} Melaka Fray]]'s twin brother Harth]]), owing to the principle that the Big Bads of each season represent an escalating level of threat compared to the one before. Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the Slayer's official title being "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call her a monster slayer, as the series had Buffy taking on not only vampires but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires ([[spoiler:until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]), owing to the principle that the Big Bads of each season represent an escalating level of threat compared to the one before. Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the Slayer's official title being "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call her a monster slayer, as the series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires ([[spoiler:until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]), owing to the principle that the Big Bads of each season represent an escalating level of threat compared to the one before. Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the series toting her as "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call Buffy a monster slayer as the TV series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires ([[spoiler:until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]), owing to the principle that the Big Bads of each season represent an escalating level of threat compared to the one before. Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the series toting her as "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call Buffy a monster slayer as the TV series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires, with the Big Bads of each season representing an escalating level of threat compared to the one before. ([[spoiler:Until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]). Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the series toting her as "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call Buffy a monster slayer as the TV series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires. ([[spoiler:Until Season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]). Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the series toting her as "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call Buffy a monster slayer as the TV series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and only Seasons 1 and 2 had seasonal {{Big Bad}}s who were vampires ([[spoiler:until season 8, and even then the BigBad was really a sentient universe possessing a vampire's body]]). Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* ArtifactTitle: Zigzagged. Despite the series toting her as "the Vampire Slayer", it would be more technical to call Buffy a monster slayer as the TV series had Buffy taking on not only vampires, but demons, ghosts, werewolves, cyborgs, heck even a god at one point, and the seasonal Big Bad was a vampire only in Seasons 1 and 2. Vampires are by far the most populous demonic nuisances in the Buffyverse, however, given the way they spread, and even episodes focusing on some other creature will often show Buffy patrolling for and skirmishing with minor vampires as part of her nightly routine.

* FunctionalMagic: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Magic apparently works off physics, and the laws of thermodinamics apply to sorcery, but overall magic has little to no rules and [[RealityWarping it can do anything]], though this often has unintended consequences.

The series began life in 1992 as [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer a movie]] that Joss wrote. But since he didn't have creative control of it, the studio ended up changing a good majority of the story and it didn't come out quite as he intended, coming across more as a parody comedy with horror elements (though did have its share of drama as well). Despite the film performing pretty decently, Joss viewed the final product with disappointment. However, four years later, the WB had just launched its own network and were looking into producing original programming. When Joss was approached to write a show for the network, he decided to give the concept another shot. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E1WelcomeToTheHellmouth The series pilot]] now acted as a kinda sequel to the movie (or rather a sequel to Joss's original script, not what was filmed) in which Buffy moves from Los Angeles, where the film was set, to a new town named Sunnydale, but finds that it's teeming with not just vampires but various other monsters as well, due to being on top of a nexus point between the human and supernatural realms known as the Hellmouth. She teams with a new Watcher named Giles (her original Watcher, Merrick, died in the movie), befriends fellow students Xander and Willow, and is aided further by the mysterious vampire named Angel. Along the way, she gains new allies and combats various beings and sometimes even evil humans, all seeking to further their own plans. Though not every victory is a clean one, and Buffy often has to deal with the fallout, struggling to keep fighting the good fight in spite of setback and tragedy. Not that there aren't plenty of [[Funny/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Crowning Moments of Funny]] as well. The series's chief strengths are the witty dialogue and the CharacterDevelopment for each member of the main cast over the course of each season.

*** Eve helped Lindsey [=McDonald=] in his plan to demoralize and destroy Angel. While Lindsey is killed by Lorne, Eve is last seen facing [[UncertainDoom an uncertain fate]] as Wolfram & Hart collapses, with it being [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]] if she will heed Angel's advice and flee or Lindsey's death and the loss of any resources, influence and purpose she once had has pushed her past the DespairEventHorizon ("Go where?" she says).

* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Seasons Eight-Twelve: The canonical continuation of the series picking up from where the TV series left off as Buffy continues her duties away from the now-destroyed Hellmouth. 2007-2018.

!!Works that form the Buffyverse {{canon}}:

* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992): The theatrical film and the first product of the franchise. As stated above, however, ExecutiveMeddling changed the story too much from what Joss had intended and thus the film is not considered canon with the series except for BroadStrokes. Rather the script that was initially meant for the film is what the TV series carries on from (for example, Buffy is said in the pilot episode to have burned down the gym at Hemery High in LA, as in the original script, which didn't happen when she fought the vampires there in the movie).

* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992): The theatrical film and the first product of the franchise. As stated above, however, ExecutiveMeddling changed the story too much from what Joss had intended and thus the film is not considered canon with the series except for BroadStrokes. Rather the script that was initially meant for the film is what the TV series carries on from (for example, Buffy is said to have burned down the gym at Hemery High in LA, as in the original script, which didn't happen when she fought the vampires there in the movie).

* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992): The theatrical film and the first product of the series. As stated however, ExecutiveMeddling changed the story too much from what Joss had intended and thus the film is not considered canon with the series except for BroadStrokes. Rather the script that was initially meant for it is what the TV series carries on from (for example, Buffy is said to have burned down the gym at Hemery High in LA, as in the original script, which didn't happen when she fought the vampires there in the movie).

* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992): The theatrical film and the first product of the series. As stated however, ExecutiveMeddling changed the story too much from what Joss had intended and thus the film is more a BroadStrokes version and not considered canon with the series. However the script that was initially meant for it is what the TV series carries on from (for example, Buffy is said to have burned down the gym at Hemery High in LA, as in the original script, which didn't happen when she fought the vampires there in the movie).

* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992): The theatrical film and the first product of the series. As stated however, ExecutiveMeddling changed the story too much from what Joss had intended and thus the film is more a BroadStrokes version and not considered canon with the series. However the script it was initially meant for is where the TV series carries on from (for example, Buffy is said to have burned down the gym at Hemery High in LA, as in the original script).

The series was a major success and what finally elevated Joss as a talented writer in the industry during its heyday. It ran for seven seasons from 1997-2003. During and after which it gained many multimedia that expanded the universe, such as [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer comics]], video games, and even a TV spin-off in the form of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', which focuses on the titular vampire as he heads to Los Angeles and deals with both supernatural and everyday evil [[VampireDetectiveSeries while running his own detective agency]].

The series was a major success and what finally elevated Joss as a talented writer in the industry during its heyday. It ran for seven seasons from 1997-2003. During and after which it gained many multimedia that expanded the universe, such as [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer comics]], video games, and even a TV spin-off in the form of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', which focuses on the titular vampire as he heads to Los Angeles and deals with both supernatural and everyday evil while running his own detective agency.

* PossessingADeadBody: This is explicitly said to be what a vampire is. You die, and an evil demon takes over your body. There is a remnant of the human's personality in the vampire, though (to varying degrees), especially since on its own the demon part belongs to one of the more bestial, non-sapient species of demon, so the memories left in the human brain are really all there is to form an actual personality with. But without the human soul, they have no real grasp of right and wrong and are drawn to the evil side; at best, they can fight with the good guys because of an emotional attachment to specific people (pre-soul Spike) or avoid drinking unwilling victims so they won't be staked (Harmony and the other vampires following her rules). That's unless their soul gets restored by magic, as with Angel and Spike.

* PossessingADeadBody: This is explicitly said to be what a vampire is. You die, and an evil demon takes over your body. There is a remnant of the human's personality in the vampire, though (to varying degrees), especially since on its own the demon part is one of the more bestial, non-sentient species of demon, so the memories left in the human brain are really all there is to form an actual personality with. But without the human soul, they have no real grasp of right and wrong and are drawn to the evil side; at best, they can fight with the good guys because of an emotional attachment to specific people (pre-soul Spike) or avoid drinking unwilling victims so they won't be staked (Harmony and the other vampires following her rules). That's unless their soul gets restored by magic, as with Angel and Spike.

*** Eve helped Lindsey [=McDonald=] in his plan to demoralize and destroy Angel. While Lindsey is killed by Lorne, Eve is last seen facing [[UncertainDoom an uncertain fate]] as Wolfram & Hart collapses, with it being [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]] if she will heed Angel's advice and flee or if Lindsey's death and the loss of any resources, influence and purpose she once had has pushed her past the DespairEventHorizon ("Go where?" she says).

*** Fallen [[FallenAngel Power-That-Was]] Jasmine is killed not by Angel, who [[RedemptionRejection tries to offer her a second chance]], but by her own "father" and loyal follower Connor, after she is partially [[DePower de-powered]] and Connor crosses the DespairEventHorizon.
*** Eve helped Lindsey [=McDonald=] is his plan to demoralize Angel. While Lindsey is killed by Lorne, Eve is last seen fleeing to an uncertain fate as Wolfram & Hart collapses.

*** Jasmine is killed not by Angel, who [[RedemptionRejection tries to offer her a second chance]], but by her own "father" and loyal follower Connor, after she is partially [[DePower de-powered]] and Connor crosses the DespairEventHorizon.