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]] (very small) GIF sums it up, including Buffy's recurring dreams about Faith in which they 'make a bed' together. Writer Jane Espenson even suggested to creator Joss Whedon that there was lesbian subtext between them, and Joss agreed that [[WordOfGod he did write in lesbian subtext]] even though it was unintentional.

** Their FoeYay is almost a direct mirror of that between Buffy and Angelus. Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}} compared to Angelus' manipulations, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuxH838kdk Buffy/Faith fight in "Graduation Day"]] being just as tense and emotionally charged as the Buffy/Angelus fight in "Becoming, part 2".

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

** Then there is the scene in "Hush", season 4, where Buffy and Willow are seen holding hands while walking down the street.

** Tara, of all people, is Buffy's dream guide in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless}} Restless]]".

* Amy and Willow, particularly in "Smashed." Tara even looks jealous seeing the two coming home from the club together. After Amy's FaceHeelTurn in Season 6 this turns into FoeYay, mirroring the Faith/Buffy dynamic.

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16WhoAreYou Who Are You?]], the very first thing Faith does after switching bodies with Buffy is ''take a bath''. Which included feeling herself (and that was just the stuff we saw).

--> '''Faith:''' Ready to cut loose?
--> '''Buffy:''' Try me.
--> '''Faith:''' Okay then. (smiles) Give us a kiss.

--> '''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..."

--> '''Faith:''' What'd you think? I'd wake up and we'd go for tea? You tried to gut me, blondie.
--> '''Buffy:''' You'd have done the same to me if you had the chance.
--> '''Faith:''' So let's have another go at it. See who lands on top.
** The very first thing Faith does after switching bodies with Buffy is ''take a bath''. Which included feeling herself (and that was just the stuff we saw).

* Riley's second-in-command Forrest seemed awfully possessive of him. He expressed jealousy when Riley picked Buffy as his second, complained along the light of "it's our thing". He insisted to be the one to take care of Riley when he was injured and his dialogue with Buffy sounded awful lot like a jealous ex.

* Riley's second-in-command Forrest seemed awfully possessive of him. He expressed jealousy when Riley picked Buffy as his second, complained along the light of "it's our thing". He insisted to be the one to take care of Riley when he was injured and his dialogue with Buffy sounded awful lot like a jealous ex.

** The scene in which Xander confronts a JerkJock about him being a werewolf, only to turn out that he's just gay. And not only did Xander give him the courage to come out of the closet, but now he thinks Xander's gay as well.
** In "First Date" Xander actually says he wants to be gay, although it's because he's sick of falling for female demons.

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

---> Buffy: I'm not going with Angel, I'm going with - egads - Cordelia.
---> Willow: Cordelia? Did I sound a little jealous there - Cordelia?
---> Xander: Cordelia's much better for you than Angel.

** Their 'outing' in "Bad Girls" was pretty much a date, starting with Faith interrupting Buffy's class with a "hey girlfriend" and drawing a heart on the window, continuing to a bout of slaying, and ending with some very intense dancing.

** In "This Year's Girl", what starts out as Faith giving a BreakingSpeech to Joyce fairly quickly ends up as Faith ranting about Buffy not liking her anymore.

** Parodied in "A New Man" when Giles thinks Ethan is drunkenly hitting on him when he's really hitting on the waitress.

* Buffy and Willow have a very developed relationship that strongly rivals the more prominent 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 "Same Time, Same Place". Even ignoring the constant physical touches, the incredibly close emotional and supportive bond they have for each other is exceptional even amongst the other TrueCompanions, including constantly sharing looks at the same time and mimicking each other's actions (e.g. "Teacher's Pet").
** 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.

* 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.
* Check the way Buffy kisses Dawn in "The Gift".
** This exchange in "Tough Love"

** There's this exchange in "Reptile Boy"

** And season five; ''Tough Love'': "You can sleep with me! [[ThatCameOutWrong ...That came out lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head."]]

* The episode "Dead Things" had Buffy break down crying in Tara's lap over [[CameBackWrong Coming Back Wrong]], begging Tara to not forgive her.
** Tara, of all people, is Buffy's dream guide in "Restless".
* Xander is very complimentary of Dracula after being hypnotised by him in the season 5 premiere, and in the comics Dracula is blatantly affectionate towards Xander. At least one writer has said he believes Dracula has romantic feelings for Xander.
* In the season 1 finale "Prophecy Girl", while walking in the sewers together, Xander yells at Angel for staring at his neck.
** Xander's first reaction to seeing Angel in Teacher's Pet is "He's a very attractive man."
* Andrew and Jonathan in "Storyteller". You might half-expect them to snuggle in the bed together.

* 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".
* In "Crush", Harmony tells Spike:

* In "Normal Again", Buffy is once again fed up with work.

-->'''Spike:''' Angelus and I were never intimate. Unkess you count, that one time...

** 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[[spoiler:, though they didn't]]. Throughout the series Willow has always had two love interests: the current boy/girl she liked, and Buffy.

* 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]] (very small) GIF sums it up, including Buffy's recurring dreams about Faith in which they 'make a bed' together.

--> '''Faith:''' What'd you think? I'd wake up and we'd go for tea? You tried to gut me, blondie. --> '''Buffy:''' You'd have done the same to me if you had the chance.

** Their FoeYay is almost a direct mirror of that between Buffy and Angelus. Faith's attempts to bring Buffy over to {{the dark side}} compared to Angelus' manipulations, and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuxH838kdk 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.

** What starts out as Faith giving a BreakingSpeech to Joyce fairly quickly ends up as Faith ranting about Buffy not liking her anymore.
-->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..."

* Andrew seems to have a bit of a crush on Xander in Season 7. At one point, he's watching a video recording of Xander and ex-girlfriend Anya having an emotional exchange about their still-present feelings for each other, and he mouths along to Anya's side of the conversation.

-->'''Willow:''' Plus, [[MudWrestling I'd visit you at work every single day]].

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

** 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.

-->'''Harmony:''' No threesomes unless it's [[GuyOnGuyIsHot boy-boy-girl]]. Or Creator/CharlizeTheron.''

* Spike quite obviously adores Angelus almost as much as Drusilla, and is ecstatic when he briefly returns in season 2 (at least until he starts seducing Dru). He loathes Angel, but less in a "betrayed the cause" kind of way and more of a "jilted boyfriend" way. Flashback scenes in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' include some obvious HomoeroticSubtext, and a casual remark toward the end of the series confirm they were 'intimate' on at least one occasion.

* Spike quite obviously adores Angelus almost as much as Drusilla, and is ecstatic when he briefly returns in season 2 (at least until he starts seducing Dru). He loathes Angel, but less in a "betrayed the cause" kind of way and more of a "jilted boyfriend" way.

** 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuxH838kdk 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.

* 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".

* Xander is very complimentary of Dracula after being hypnotised by him in the season 5 premiere. The season 8 comics more or less make them canon.

* The Buffybot talks about Willow "servicing" her in Season Six. When you add in the pre-existing LesYay with Buffy and Willow, Willow's overt homosexuality, and the Buffybot's [[SexBot original purpose]]...