History HoYay / BuffyTheVampireSlayer

* Buffy and Faith have a ''ridiculous'' amount of Les Yay, which translated into a ridiculous amount of FoeYay after the latter's FaceHeelTurn. [[http://picasion.com/pic10/3982b277b8c7c528def298490f31ce98.gif This]] GIF sums it up, including Buffy's recurring dreams about Faith in which they 'make a bed' together.

*** The Commentary of that episode told us that that scene was based on an experience the writer had when in school he witnessed a girl climb up to the window and do exactly that, minus the stake sign and a girl promply climb out of the window. One assumes that they dind't then went out to slay vampires.
** Faith is blatantly jealous of Angel, paralleling Xander's hatred towards him, and in general is both endlessly curious of Buffy's love life and insistent on convincing her that men are worthless and can't be trusted. Indeed Faith is almost desperate to get Buffy to agree with her on how she views the world, as if she's looking for validation.

** Their FoeYay is almost a direct mirror of of that between Buffy and Angelus. Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}} compared to Angelus' manipulations, and the Buffy/Faith fight in "Graduation Day" being just as tense and emotionally charged as the Buffy/Angelus fight in "Becoming, part 2". Buffy is also willing to be enormously forgiving and understanding of Faith after she kills a man, lies about it and tried to kill Xander, just like her forgiveness of Angel after he regains his soul.

->Faith: "[Buffy] was over us a long time ago. Too busy climbing onto her new boytoy to give a single thought to the people that matter..."

* Buffy and Faith in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** A lot. [[http://picasion.com/pic10/3982b277b8c7c528def298490f31ce98.gif This]] GIF sums it up.
** Buffy's reaction to Faith hitting on Scott, Faith drawing a heart on the outside of Buffy's window, Buffy telling Xander and Willow that she has a 'date' with Faith, the two of them dancing together, Faith's blatant jealousy of Angel that parallels Xander's hatred towards him, Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}}, Faith kissing Buffy's forehead[[note]][[http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/scripts/051_scri.html originally scripted]] to be on the lips[[/note]] (which Buffy ''returns'' when Faith's in her coma), Buffy's reccurring dreams about Faith (in one of them they 'make a bed' together), Xander telling Cordelia that Faith and Buffy were in the library 'getting sweaty', and the countless times their faces come close when they fight.
** Also Faith's habit of calling Buffy "girlfriend" in "Bad Girls" and her FoeYay request to "Give us a kiss" before their final fight in "Graduation Day".
*** Faith/''anything'' probably counts. We do get an interesting insight into her...interests in the season 7 episode "Dirty Girls." Faith herself shoots down the idea of her being gay. [[IfItsYouItsOkay She doesn't say she gives Buffy an exception.]]
* Also Angel and Giles. Man that vampire gets around.
** The vampire getting around may just have something to do with both the attractiveness of David Boreanaz and the fact that he is a really good actor who could create chemistry with a dishrag.
*** In the first season of Buffy, he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. The first time he showed real improvement in his acting was when Spike had him tied up and shirtless in season 2.
* Drusilla and Kendra. The final scene between them has been described as "almost sexualized" and "a G-rated lesbian interlude". This foreshadows the Les Yay between Drusilla and Darla in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
* There was also that season seven episode where the intertwined sexual history of Buffy, Spike, Xander and Anya is explained to a girl Xander likes. In response, she asks if any of them ''haven't'' slept together, and Xander and Spike share an awkward look.
** When Spike and Xander start rooming together in "Him," Spike sleeps in a closet.
** Spike calling Xander a 'nummy treat'.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyu7YlK1fSk this clip sums Spander up]]
* It's pretty much considered [[strike: c]]fanon that Giles and Ethan were involved in one way or another pre-series. [[WordOfGod Writer Jane Espenson]] has said that she thought the two of them had a past involvement romantically.

** Ethan: "Oh, we go back - we go ''way'' back."
*** Parodied in "A New Man" when Giles thinks Ethan is drunkenly hitting on him when he's really hitting on the waitress.
*** Also in "A New Man", Ethan describes them as 'a couple of old mystics' in about the same tone of voice he'd use to call them 'a couple of old queens' (maybe more of a British thing), and after Ethan tells him that 'the night is still [their] time, the time of magic,' the scene immediately cuts to Willow and Tara sharing one of their most obvious 'MAGIC IS HOMOSEXUALITY' moments. Yeah, Joss was not subtle about that one.
*** Following the 'old mystics' line, it cuts to Giles and you hear Ethan say, 'You know, I find you very attractive. Maybe you could give me a call some time.' Cut back to Ethan hitting on a waitress.

* Buffy and Willow have a very developed relationship that strongly rivals the more prominently known Buffy/Faith Les Yay. This is more noticeable in Seasons 1, 2, and 3 despite their romantic interests. It still appears from time to time in the final three seasons, specifically in Season 7's episode Same Time, Same Place. They link arms several times in the presence of others in school or at school related events (Inca Mummy Girl, and Bad Eggs). They hold hands several times as well in other episodes (The Pack and Some Assembly Required). They hug constantly throughout the series run (Dead Man's Party their hug is treated as a big step towards them making up with one another after Buffy returns). That is just the physical touches, ignoring the incredibly close emotional and supportive bond they have for each other including constantly sharing looks at the same time and mimicking each other's actions (Teacher's Pet).
** Further explained in this [[http://dh523.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/a-buffy-and-willow-manifesto/ ten reason manifesto]]

** Buffy's reaction to Willow's relationship with Tara; it is clear that Buffy is not homophobic, so why is she so freaked? Because she wants Willow to herself!

--->'''Buffy''': Sure you do. It's a very distinguished list. It has people like um... [[JudiDench Judi Dench]] and [[EleanorRoosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt]] on it.

* There was plenty of LesYay of the uber-creepy kind in the episode "Doppelgangland" between Willow and [[ScrewYourself her vampire counterpart from a parallel universe]], culminating in [=VampWillow=] licking Willow's neck.
** Willow, when describing this encounter (with the Vampiric Willow) to the other Scoobies, says, "Not only that ... I think I'm kinda gay!" This seems to portend the eventual overt gay relationship that occurs between Willow and Tara, but it actually doesn't. JossWhedon has gone on record saying that, at the time, he knew he wanted either Xander or Willow to experiment with their sexuality, but didn't yet know which one. It was only later that Willow became the obvious choice, making this HilariousInHindsight.

** [[WordOfGod Joss says]] on the season 5 DVD special features; "[Buffy's] love interest for the season was her sister."

** Joss makes it clear Dawn was introduced as an intense ''non-romantic'' interest for Buffy however.

* Anya and Willow (On doing a spell in season 7 "It did get a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything little bit sexy]], [[ContinuityNod didn't it]]?")

* Xander and, well, everyone. Spike, Angel, Oz, Andrew, even Giles. He kind of owns this trope.
** Xander explained why Willow would find Oz attractive. Later, he explained why Buffy would find Spike attractive. Which lead to the immortal line, "I am not having sex with Spike - but I'm starting to think that you might be." Spander is very popular in FanFic.
** That's not the only immortal line coupling Xander and HoYay. The first time he sees the Initiative's ElaborateUndergroundBase: "Can I sleep with Riley too?" He sounds at least as sincere as he did when he half-jokingly suggested a "pre-birthday spanking" for Buffy in season two.

** Ehm...
--> '''Andrew:''' ''(Crying)'' He left me. He flew away and left me. How could he do this to me? He promised we'd be together, but he was just using me. He never really loved... [[LastSecondWordSwap hanging out with us.]]
* Honestly, ''Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}}'' fans are second only to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fans with their ability to see gay subtext between ''anyone''. But Joss isn't exactly Mr. Anti-Subtext.
** The show is considered a landmark in the portrayal of homosexuals on television, particularly lesbians. At least half the cases on this list were probably intentional. A decent part of it is [[WordOfGod Joss]] basically saying that fans can bring their own subtext to the show. Several characters (Xander and Willow) were set up as possibly being gay in future seasons. Several other characters have been hinted as having or shown to have same sex encounters (Giles with Ethan Rayne, Angel and Spike, Buffy with Satsu, Buffy with Faith). That isn't even going into the canon Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual characters on the show such as Larry, Tara, Vampire Willow, and Kennedy, or the admitted subtext between Buffy and Dawn.

** Glory talks about having "girl time" with and says to her "Let's have big girl fun"
** She also talks about having "girl time" with Tara and licks her hand in a sensual way
** Not to mention Glory's response to Buffy breaking a date with her male alter-ego: "She ''turned us down?''"
* Buffy and Tara.
** What's rather interesting about this one is that Willow and Riley had significant chemistry in "The Initiative". If the writers had taken this to its logical conclusion...
** To elaborate, the episode "Dead Things" had Buffy break down crying in Tara's lap over [[CameBackWrong Coming Back Wrong]], begging Tara to not forgive her.

* In the season 1 finale "Prophecy Girl", while walking in the sewers together, Xander yells at Angel for staring at his neck. The innuendo is as obvious as it gets.

* Spike's victims in Season Seven were mostly women, but there was Holden Webster. Who Spike told his name to before siring him. Is the implication that he picked him up too?
** Yes. It was obvious. Although Spike was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the First Evil's control]] at the time, it arguably could be considered MoreThanMindControl.
** Since Angel Season 5 has him mention him and Angelus were never intimate "except that one time", I'd say Spike, like most of the cast (even though the word seems to be missing from their universe) is bisexual.
*** It is somewhat noteworthy how frequently Spike calls Angel "poofter".
* Spike and Giles also have some rather interesting connection, it feels pretty much like BelligerentSexualTension

* The comics bring us Satsu, a Japanese Slayer who wakes Buffy with a TrueLoveKiss. Buffy is touched but tries to invoke ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to break up with her. Then they sleep together, twice, the first time Buffy saying it was one of the best nights of her life. Satsu, for her part, is upset when Angel returns because she sees him as a threat to her love interest.

--->'''Buffy''': Sure you do. It's a very distinguished list. It has people like um... [[JudiDench]] and [[EleanorRoosevelt]] on it.

--->'''Buffy''': Sure you do. It's a very distinguished list. It has people like um... [[Judi Dench]] and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] on it.

--->'''Willow''': And just so you know... [[Blatant Lies I never wanted to sleep with you either]].

** The most notable example is probably the opening scene in Season 2's Passion. Xander/Cordelia are walking out of the Bronze clearly treated as a couple, with their arms wrapped around each other. Buffy/Willow are walking in front of (and eventually beside them) with their arms linked together and expressing happiness. The shot from behind the four as they walk away would lead one to assume that Buffy/Willow were a couple just like Xander/Cordelia.

** Willow plying [[spoiler: Satsu]] for details after she found out she [[spoiler: slept with Buffy]] in Season 8.

** Buffy hug-tackling Willow when she learns Will is staying in Sunnydale.
** Sarah and Alyson also seemed to have a close relationship off screen, at least through Season 2. Sarah's hosting of SNL in 1998 saw her hold up a sign reading, "I miss you Aly 'Willow' Rules" and Sarah mouths, "I remembered!" while pointing down at the sign as the show goes off the air.

* Drusilla and Kendra. The final scene between them has been described as "almost sexualized" and "a G-rated lesbian interlude". This foreshadows the Les Yay between Drusilla and Darla in ''Series/{{Angel}}''

** Buffy's reaction to Faith hitting on Scott, Faith drawing a heart on the outside of Buffy's window, Buffy telling Xander and Willow that she has a 'date' with Faith, the two of them dancing together, Faith's blatant jealousy of Angel that parallels Xander's hatred towards him, Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}}, Faith kissing Buffy's forehead (which Buffy ''returns'' when Faith's in her coma), Buffy's reccurring dreams about Faith (in one of them they 'make a bed' together), Xander telling Cordelia that Faith and Buffy were in the library 'getting sweaty', and the countless times their faces come close when they fight.

* In "Once More With Feeling" the demon Sweet plans to take Dawn (who he incorrectly assumes summoned him) back to the underworld to make her his queen. When Xander is revealed as the once who actually summoned Sweet, he asks if that means that ''he'' has to become Sweet's 'queen'. Sweet eyes him and says, "It's tempting".

** A lot. [[http://picasion.com/pic10/3982b277b8c7c528def298490f31ce98.gif This]] GIF pretty much sums it up.

* It's heavily implied that there was something, even if we're not sure exactly what, between [[CompleteMonster Warren]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Andrew]] during season 6. Andrew was pretty obviously in love with him.

** Agreed. This troper would also argue that the interactions between Buffy and Willow in "Welcome to the Hellmouth" are very easy to see as "love at first sight", particularly note the longing looks when Cordelia runs Willow off at the water fountain and the decisive way in which Buffy chooses Willow, despite Cordelia and Willow separately telling her that she can't have both and that choosing Willow will instantly mark her as unpopular.
** Let's not forget Willow plying [[spoiler: Satsu]] for details after she found out she [[spoiler: slept with Buffy]] in Season 8.

** At the start of season nine Buffy wakes up from a wild night with Willow, the indication being they slept together. Willow doesn't deny this happening. Throughout the series Willow has always had two love interests: the current boy\girl she liked, and Buffy.

** Willow, when describing this encounter (with the Vampiric Willow) to the other Scoobies, says, "Not only that ... I think I'm kinda gay!" This was to portend the eventual overt gay relationship that occurs between Willow and Tara.
*** Actually, [[WordOfGod no it wasn't]]. JossWhedon has gone on record saying that, at the time, he knew he wanted either Xander or Willow to experiment with their sexuality, but didn't yet know which one. It was only later that Willow became the obvious choice, making this HilariousInHindsight.

** Of all the ships I support, this is the last one I expected to be canon. Joss has officially redeemed himself for killing Tara.

** The show is considered a landmark in the portrayal of homosexuals on television, particularly lesbians. At least half the cases on this list were probably intentional.
*** Some were probably intentional but some tropers seem to think that saying that someone of the same gender is attractive means having hidden homosexual desire for them.
**** A decent part of it is [[WordOfGod Joss]] basically saying bring your own subtext to the show. Several characters (Xander and Willow) were setup as possibly being gay in future seasons. Several other characters have been hinted as having or shown to have same sex encounters (Giles with Ethan Rayne, Angel and Spike, Buffy with Satsu, Buffy with Faith). That isn't even going into the canon Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual characters on the show such as Larry, Tara, Vampire Willow, and Kennedy.
***** Nor is it going into the admitted subtext between Buffy and Dawn. Joss is just awesome, no doubt about it.
* Glory induced this way too much, to almost DepravedBisexual levels. Particularly with Dawn: I mean, changing in front of the girl, playing with her hair, accusing her of "trying to get a peek at [my] unmentionables?" Just the start.

** Glory talks about having "girl time" with and says to her "lets have big girl fun"

** Tara, of all people, is Buffy's dream guide in Restless.

* Andrew and Jonathan in Storyteller. This troper half expected them to snuggle in the bed together.
** Well given that the actor is gay and that Joss and him always considered the character gay...

** Just off the top of this troper's head... Buffy's reaction to Faith hitting on Scott, Faith drawing a heart on the outside of Buffy's window, Buffy telling Xander and Willow that she has a 'date' with Faith, the two of them dancing together, Faith's blatant jealousy of Angel that parallels Xander's hatred towards him, Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}}, Faith kissing Buffy's forehead (which Buffy ''returns'' when Faith's in her coma), Buffy's reccurring dreams about Faith (in one of them they 'make a bed' together), Xander telling Cordelia that Faith and Buffy were in the library 'getting sweaty', and the countless times their faces come close when they fight.

*** I think Faith/''anything'' probably counts. We do get an interesting insight into her...interests in the season 7 episode "Dirty Girls."
*** Faith herself shoots down the idea of her being gay. [[IfItsYouItsOkay She doesn't say she gives Buffy an exception.]]

* Buffy and Faith in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

* Check the way Buffy kisses Dawn in ''The Gift''.

* Honestly, ''{{Buffy}}'' fans are second only to ''HarryPotter'' fans with their ability to see gay subtext between ''anyone''. But Joss isn't exactly Mr. Anti-Subtext.

** Just off the top of this troper's head... Buffy's reaction to Faith hitting on Scott, Faith drawing a heart on the outside of Buffy's window, Buffy telling Xander and Willow that she has a 'date' with Faith, the two of them dancing together, Faith's blatant jealousy of Angel that parallels Xander's hatred towards him, Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}}, Faith kissing Buffy's forehead (which Buffy ''returns'' when Faith's in her coma), Buffy's reoccuring dreams about Faith (in one of them they 'make a bed' together), Cordelia telling Xander that Faith and Buffy were in the library 'getting sweaty', and the countless times their faces come close when they fight.

** Just off the top of this troper's head... Buffy's reaction to Faith hitting on Scott, Faith drawing a heart on the outside of Buffy's window, Buffy telling Xander and Willow that she has a 'date' with Faith, the two of them dancing together, Faith's blatant jealousy of Angel that parallels Xander's hatred towards him, Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}}, Faith kissing Buffy's forehead, Buffy's reoccuring dreams about Faith (in one of them they 'make a bed' together), Cordelia telling Xander that Faith and Buffy were in the library 'getting sweaty', and the countless times their faces come close when they fight.

* Four words: Season Eight, Issue 12.
** To explain, Buffy slept with a fellow Slayer in Satsu (in which [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensued post coital talk)]]. They later slept together again in Issue 15.

* Drusilla and Kendra. The final scene between them has been described as "almost sexualized" and "a G-rated lesbian interlude". This foreshadows the Les Yay between Drusilla and Darla in {{Angel}}