History Franchise / BuffyVerse

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* ''[[ComicBook/BuffyTheLastVampireSlayer Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer]]'': 2021-2022. 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 Thessaly (Tara and Willow's daughter), the only new Slayer to be called in ages. Kind of the ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' of ''Buffy''.

** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': According to Anya, most of the demons that walk the earth have some degree of human blood in them, which accounts for their humanoid form. "True", pure-blood demons such as the one the Mayor turned into are monstrous, primal creatures with more in common with Lovecraft's gods than humanity.

[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The series]] follows one Buffy Summers, the most recent in a long (non-hereditary) line of "Slayers": young women who are empowered with SuperStrength, SuperReflexes and occasional [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dreams]] by mysterious higher forces to fight off the supernatural threats that would try to destroy or take over the world. Most of these of course coming from demons, frequently in the form of blood-sucking, undead vampires. While Buffy is a very formidable and capable fighter, she nonetheless has to learn to balance her Slayer duties alongside her daily life starting from her high school days and into adulthood as well, which is not easy when the supernatural side of things seems determined to mess with her other life as much as possible. As a Slayer, she is aided by a Watcher sent by the Watchers Council, a guide who will train her and provide information on the threats she faces. As well as some loyal friends nicknamed the Scooby Gang who, thanks to her saving them, are now privy to the dangers of monsters and help her out where they can.

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.

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 [[VampireDetectiveSeries running his own detective agency]].

* ''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 doesn't happen when she fights the vampires there in the actual movie). [[invoked]]

** 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 the {{Big Bad}}s of Seasons 1 and 2 were the only seasonal Big Bads 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.

*** After causing all sorts of apocalyptic mayhem in order to give birth to herself and then [[WellIntentionedExtremist attempting to create peace on Earth]] through a HiveMind, 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.

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

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

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

** ''New School Nightmare'': An All-Ages Book set in its own continuity that once more sees Buffy, here a twelve-year-old, moving to a new town in Cleveland but having to deal with the rising vampire threat. Giles, Willow and Xander are not part of this continuity. In this version Buffy has a female Watcher named Mrs. Sparks and two new young friends, a werewolf named Alvaro and a witch named Sarafina, as they band together against the undead.

** ''New School Nightmare'': An All Ages Book set in its own continuity that once more sees Buffy, here a twelve-year-old, moving to a new town in Cleveland but having to deal with the rising vampire threat. Giles, Willow and Xander are not part of this continuity. In this version Buffy has a female Watcher named Mrs. Sparks and two new young friends, a werewolf named Alvaro and a witch named Sarafina, as they band together against the undead.

*** ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Billy Blim, the titular villain of "Billy" had a human father and demon mother. According to [[WordOfGod Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell]], Billy was born when [[ChildByRape his father raped his mother]].[[invoked]]

*** Justine Cooper slashes Wesley's throat and steal's Angel's baby son so Holtz could take him away to a Hell dimension. She is last seen abandoned by Wesley to start a new life.

* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Seasons Eight through Twelve: The canonical continuation of the series picking up about a year and a half after the TV series left off as Buffy continues her duties away from the now-destroyed Hellmouth. 2007-2018. Also including the miniseries ''Willow: Wonderland'', ''Spike: A Dark Place'' and ''Giles: Girl Blue''. Season Twelve is subtitled ''The Reckoning'' and brings the overall storylines of ''Buffy'', ''Angel'' and ''Fray'' to a close.

* The ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith'' comic series, featuring the titular vampire-Slayer duo, running concurrently with ''Buffy'' during Seasons Nine through Eleven. 2011-2018.

[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The series]] follows one Buffy Summers, the most recent in a long (non-hereditary) line of "Slayers": young women who are empowered with SuperStrength, SuperReflexes and occasional [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dreams]] by mysterious higher forces to fight off the supernatural threats that would try to destroy or take over the world. Most of these of course coming from demons, frequently in the form of blood-sucking, undead vampires. While Buffy is a very formidable and capable fighter, she nonetheless has to learn to balance her Slayer duties alongside her daily life starting from her high school days and into adulthood as well, which is not easy when the supernatural side of things seems determined to mess with her other life as much as possible. As a Slayer, she is aided by a Watcher sent by the Watchers Council, a guide who will train her and provide information on the threats she faces. As well as some loyal friends who, thanks to her saving them, are now privy to the dangers of monsters and help her out where they can.

** With the exception of Dracula.

*** ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Billy Blim, the titular villain of "Billy" has a human father and demon mother. According to [[WordOfGod Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell]], Billy was born when [[ChildByRape his father raped his mother.]]

* TheUnmasquedWorld: After Harmony is caught on tape taking a bite of Creator/AndyDick in Season 8, the existence of vampires becomes public knowledge (and unfortunately subject to a lot of in-universe MisaimedFandom), as well as the rest of the supernatural.

** Also, technically, Buffy is only ''the'' Slayer during Season 1 of her show. After her brief death in the finale, she becomes an anomaly, a surviving former Slayer who nonetheless retains her powers, while the actual Vampire Slayers are Kendra in Season 2 and Faith from Season 3 onward.

* 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 the {{Big Bad}}s of Seasons 1 and 2 were the only seasonal Big Bads 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.

** ''New School Nightmare'': An All Ages Book set in its own continuity that once more sees Buffy, here a twelve year old, moving to a new town in Cleveland but having to deal with the rising vampire threat. Giles, Willow and Xander are not part of this continuity. In this version Buffy has a female Watcher named Mrs. Sparks and two new friends, a werewolf named Alvaro and a young witch named Sarafina, as they band together against the undead.

* ''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 doesn't happen when she fights the vampires there in the actual movie). [[invoked]]

* ''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 doesn't happen when she fights the vampires there in the actual movie).

* ''Sacrifice'' (2009): A Nintendo DS game styled after the original ''Resident Evil'' with fixed cameras. [[NoExportForYou Was only released in the European market.]]

!!! VideoGames

* ''Quest for Oz'' (2004): A mobile game in which Buffy must rescue Oz (her werewolf friend from the series, not the MagicalLand) from Drusilla.

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* The ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith'' comic series, running concurrently with ''Buffy'' during Seasons Nine through Eleven. 2011-2018.