History HoYay / BuffyTheVampireSlayer

** Glory seems genuinely hurt when learning that Buffy broke off a date with her male alter-ego: "She ''turned us down?''"

* Glory induced this way too much, to almost DepravedBisexual levels. Particularly with Dawn: changing in front of the girl, playing with her hair, accusing her of "trying to get a peek at [my] unmentionables?". In 'Checkpoint' Glory refers to Dawn as the "Darlingest thing" and considers the picture of the Summers girls together as "So cute", referring to Dawn as a "fox" in 'Blood Ties". Just the start.

--->'''Dawn:''' All of a sudden Glory's standing right there in front of us, all skanky and blonde and thinkin' she's all that just 'cause some bumpy heads kiss her stinky feet ... ''(pauses, very quietly)'' She ''does'' have nice feet. Dawn also observes in 'Family' that she considers Glory prettier than Buffy (which Buffy denies).
** Glory talks about having "girl time" with and says to her "Let's have big girl fun" when she has Dawn as her tied up prisoner in 'The Gift'. Later in the episode Dawn states that she prefers being with Glory than with her alter ego Ben.

* "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings Dead Things]]" had Buffy break down crying in Tara's lap over [[CameBackWrong Coming Back Wrong]], begging Tara to not forgive her.

* Glory induced this way too much, to almost DepravedBisexual levels. Particularly with Dawn: changing in front of the girl, playing with her hair, accusing her of "trying to get a peek at [my] unmentionables?" Just the start.

--->'''Dawn:''' All of a sudden Glory's standing right there in front of us, all skanky and blonde and thinkin' she's all that just 'cause some bumpy heads kiss her stinky feet ... ''(pauses, very quietly)'' She ''does'' have nice feet.
** Glory talks about having "girl time" with and says to her "Let's have big girl fun".

** Fed up with her vampire exes' mutual jealousy, Buffy suggests in season 7 [[GuyOnGuyIsHot that Angel and Spike]] wrestle naked so she can watch. Spike states that's okay with him.

-->'''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.
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou 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).

--->'''Willow''': And just so you know... I never wanted to sleep with you either.
--->'''Buffy''': What are you talking about?
--->'''Willow''': I'm sayin' it's a good thing you didn't try your little experiment on me. 'Cause it wouldn't have worked, Summers. You're not even on my list.

-->'''Buffy:''' I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.
-->'''Willow:''' Plus, [[MudWrestling I'd visit you at work]] every single day.
* Anya also gets into the act with Willow a couple times. On doing a spell in season 7, Anya says to Willow, "It did get a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything little bit sexy]], didn't it?"
** And season five; "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E19ToughLove}} Tough Love]]": "You can sleep with me! [[ThatCameOutWrong ...That came out a lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head."]]

-->'''Ethan''': Oh, we go back - we go ''way'' back.

-->'''Dawn:''' All of a sudden Glory's standing right there in front of us, all skanky and blonde and thinkin' she's all that just 'cause some bumpy heads kiss her stinky feet ... ''(pauses, very quietly)'' She ''does'' have nice feet.

-->'''Angelus:''' Don't get me wrong, I love the ladies, but lately I've been wondering what it would be like, to share the slaughter of innocents wth another man. You don't think that makes me some kind of a deviant do ya?
-->...
-->'''Spike:''' Angelus and I were never intimate. [[{{Beat}} *beat*]] Well, except that once...

--->'''Cordelia:''' That's Buffy's mom? That woman knows how to moisturize.

* Buffy and Faith have a ''ridiculous'' amount of LesYay, 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. Creator/JaneEspenson even suggested to Creator/JossWhedon 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 [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E21GraduationDayPart1 "Graduation Day"]] being just as tense and emotionally charged as the Buffy/Angelus fight in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 Becoming, Part 2]]".

* Buffy and Willow have their own share of les yay moments thanks to their [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship very close friendship]] throughout the series.

** 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.

*** Spike calling Xander a 'nummy treat'.
** The scene in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E15Phases Phases]]" where 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 the season 10 comics, Spike and Xander end up enthralled by sirens, who make them [[FanserviceFauxFight pillow fight in their undies]] for their mistress' enjoyment. Once the spell wears off, Xander observes that Spike has very soft skin and hard muscles, while straddling him.

* Anya also gets into the act with Willow a couple times. On doing a spell in season 7, Anya says to Willow, "It did get a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything little bit sexy]], didn't it]]?"

* In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E17NormalAgain Normal Again]]", Buffy is once again fed up with work.
-->'''Buffy:''' I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.
-->'''Willow:''' Plus, [[MudWrestling I'd visit you at work every single day]].

** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7EBeneathYou Beneath You]]", 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.

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

* 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. Creator/JaneEspenson even suggested to Creator/JossWhedon that there was lesbian subtext between them, and Joss agreed that [[WordOfGod he did write in lesbian subtext]] even though it was unintentional.

** Their 'outing' in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E14BadGirls}} 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 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E15ThisYearsGirl}} 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.

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou 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).

* The final between Drusilla and Kendra in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E21BecomingPart1 Becoming Part 1]]" has been described as "almost sexualized" and "a G-rated lesbian interlude". This foreshadows the Les Yay between Drusilla and Darla in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

** 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.
*** Xander seems way more into Riley than Buffy is, in general. His speech to convince her not to break up with him was surprisingly impassioned.
** 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.

** The scene in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E15Phases}} Phases]]" where 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 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E14FirstDate}} First Date]]" Xander actually says he wants to be gay, although it's because he's sick of falling for female demons.

** Parodied in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E12ANewMan}} A New Man]]" when Giles thinks Ethan is drunkenly hitting on him when he's really hitting on the waitress.

* Plenty of LesYay of the uber-creepy kind in the episode "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland}} Doppelgangland]]" between Willow and [[ScrewYourself her vampire counterpart from a parallel universe]], culminating in [=VampWillow=] licking Willow's neck.

* "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings}} 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 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E22Restless}} Restless]]". This makes more sense when you realise that her role was meant to be Angel.
* Xander is very complimentary of Dracula after being hypnotised by him in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula}} Buffy vs. Dracula]]", and in the comics Dracula is blatantly affectionate towards Xander. At least one writer has said he believes Dracula has romantic feelings for Xander.

* Andrew and Jonathan in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E16Storyteller}} Storyteller]]". You might half-expect them to snuggle in the bed together.
* 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? (Although Spike was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the First Evil's control]] at the time, it arguably could be considered MoreThanMindControl.)

* In "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling}} 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 one 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 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E14Crush}} Crush]]", Harmony tells Spike:

* In "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E17NormalAgain}} Normal Again]]", Buffy is once again fed up with work.

* 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.

* 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/JossWhedon that there was lesbian subtext between them, and Joss agreed that [[WordOfGod he did write in lesbian subtext]] even though it was unintentional.

* Check the way Buffy kisses Dawn in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift}} The Gift]]".
** This exchange in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E19ToughLove}} Tough Love]]":
-->'''Willow:''' ''(about Tara)'' She's my girl.
-->'''Buffy:''' I understand.
-->'''Willow:''' I know you do. ''[Buffy strokes Dawn's hair]''
* The Buffybot talks about Willow "servicing" her in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E1BargainingPart1 Bargaining Part 1]]". When you add in the pre-existing LesYay with Buffy and Willow, Willow's overt homosexuality, and the Buffybot's [[SexBot original purpose]]...the start of season nine pretty much confirms Willow did it with the bot and currently it's looking very much like she's interested in the real thing.
* Buffy and Kendra in season 2, kind of a "warm-up" to the Buffy-Faith relationship next season.
* Buffy and Cordelia ("I know you share this feeling we have for each other, deep down...")
** There's this exchange in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E5Reptile Boy}} Reptile Boy]]":
-->'''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.
** Also, even though Faith was Buffy's official date for the homecoming dance, she spent the whole time with Cordy.
* On doing a spell in season 7, Anya says to Willow "It did get a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything little bit sexy]], [[ContinuityNod didn't it]]?"
** And season five; "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E19ToughLove}} Tough Love]]": "You can sleep with me! [[ThatCameOutWrong ...That came out lot more lesbian than it sounded in my head."]]

* Amy and Willow, particularly in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E9Smashed 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.

* 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 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E3SameTimeSamePlace}} 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. "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]").
** The interactions between Buffy and Willow in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E1WelcomeToTheHellmouth 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.
** Buffy hug-tackling Willow (out of pure glee) when she learns Willow is staying in Sunnydale to attend UC Sunnydale (the same college Buffy would be attending) in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E19Choices Choices]]", and they get coffee together afterwards. This all despite Willow getting woo'd by Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and any prestigious academic school one can think of.
** Then there is the scene in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E10Hush Hush]]", season 4, where Buffy and Willow are seen holding hands while walking down the street.
** Willow plying [[spoiler: Satsu]] for details after she found out she [[spoiler: slept with Buffy]] in Season 8. Willow also goes so far as to ask if Buffy made a certain noise during the sex.
*** Kennedy finds out about [[spoiler: Buffy and Satsu]] and is threatened enough about how close Buffy and Willow are she makes death threats. EveryoneCanSeeIt indeed.
** Another, much more obvious (nearly blatant) example occurs later when Buffy and Willow are about to rescue Satsu. Note that Willow brings this up entirely out of the blue, and she's the canon lesbian.
--->'''Willow''': And just so you know... [[BlatantLies I never wanted to sleep with you either]].
--->'''Buffy''': What are you talking about?
--->'''Willow''': I'm sayin' it's a good thing you didn't try your little experiment on me. 'Cause it wouldn't have worked, Summers. You're not even on my list.
--->'''Buffy''': What list? There's a list?
--->'''Willow''': Yep. And you're not on it. Not my type.
--->'''Buffy''': Oh, yeah? Well, then, you're not on my list either!
--->'''Willow''': Good. I don't want to be.
--->'''Buffy''': Sure you do. It's a very distinguished list. It has people like um... Creator/JudiDench and UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt on it.
--->'''Willow''': Eww. Just got the visual.
--->'''Buffy''': And other people too. Those are just examples off the top of my head.
** At the end of season eight Willow indicates there's someone else after splitting with Kennedy, with the implication that it's Buffy before clarifying. 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]]. And season ten works out Willow's new love interest and looks like it wants to hook her and Buffy up. Throughout the series Willow has always had two love interests: the current boy/girl she liked, and Buffy.
** This [[http://dh523.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/a-buffy-and-willow-manifesto/ Buffy and Willow Manifesto]] expands on several of the mentioned moments above as well.
** In 2020, Creator/AlysonHannigan tweeted that Buffy should have dated Willow.

* It's blatantly obvious 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.

** Faith was 100% Buffy's date to the Homecoming dance in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E12Homecoming Homecoming]]".

* In "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling}} 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 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."

** Faith was 100% Buffy's date to the Homecoming dance in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E10Homecoming Homecoming]]".

*** The commentary of that episode told us that that scene was based on an experience the writer had in school, where he witnessed a girl climb up to the window and do exactly that (minus the "staking") sign, and another girl promptly climbed out of the window. One assumes that they didn't go out to slay vampires.

** Faith was 100% Buffy's date to the Homecoming dance.

** Buffy hug-tackling Willow (out of pure glee) when she learns Willow is staying in Sunnydale to attend UC Sunnydale (the same college Buffy would be attending) in Season 3, and they get coffee together afterwards. This all despite Willow getting woo'd by Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and any prestigious academic school one can think of.

* 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]]...the start of season nine pretty much confirms Willow did it with the bot and currently it's looking very much like she's interested in the real thing.