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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
"There’s a whole recipe for how to make a Buffy. Take one cup Sarah Connor from the first Terminator movie; one cup Ripley; three tablespoons of the younger sister in Night of the Comet; a few sprigs of A Little Princess (the book, not the movies); and a pinch of Jimmy Stewart for pain, because nobody does better pain. Bake those up. Once it’s cool, add a little Rosalind Russell from His Girl Friday. All of this must be in a P.J.-Soles-in-Halloween crust. That’s very important."
------ Joss Whedon - Slice of SciFi
"With high school and college as a backdrop, we were able to address racism, identity, bullying, guilt, death, first love and heartbreak using the demons as metaphors for the demons we all experience. I am not sure how that translates into adulthood, although I am sure it could. The burden of saving the world a lot always weighed heavily on her, so for her sake, I hope she is somewhere on a beautiful beach located far away from any Hellmouth.”
---- Gellar to Brian Porreca of The Hollywood Reporter
THE BUFFY THEME
Whedon was encouraged by Alyson Hannigan to listen to the music of Nerf Herder. Subsequently, Nerf Herder was asked to write a theme for the show and they did. There has been discussion as to whether they may have "borrowed" a chunk of the melody from Codo, a song by a German band, Deutsch-Ostereichisches-Feingefühl. In 1999 Nerf Herder commented on the writing of the Buffy Theme: "We did the theme song before the show was on the air. It was a song that had already been written, but we really didn't know where to take it. I had some ideas - it was originally going to have some kind of science-fiction theme, which is weird, because we don't do songs like that. I remember having the title of 'Outer Space Rock' or something like that; that was a working thing."
AMBER GROVE - FLAMING CHEERLEADER
In the third episode of Season One, Buffy tries out for cheerleader and ends up saving Amber Grove, another cheerleading hopeful, from a fiery death. The role of Amber Grove was Jeanette Papineau's TV debut. Her stunt double was Lisa Dempsey.
FIRST TO DIE
The first character to die in BTVS had no name, and was played by Carmine Giovinazzo. He was devoured by Julie Benz in the opening scene of the first episode. Giovinazzo is Ken Pierce in Abi Damaris Corbin's 2022 film BREAKING.
THE CAUSE OF ANGEL'S CURSE
Ginger Williams, who played the girl whose death brought the gypsy curse on Angel (Season 2 Episode 21), appeared on RINGER as the receptionist for Siobhan's shrink. She was also Clorissa in the 1999 film CRUEL INTENTIONS. Her BTVS appearance was also her TV debut.
WHERE KRISTINE SUTHERLAND GOT HER NAME
Sutherland, Buffy's mom in 58 episodes, appeared in a 1985 ad for Diet Coke, a 2011 ad for Healthy Choice Frozen Dinners, and one from 1991 for Lipton Golden Saute. Sutherland changed her name because there was another actor with the name Kristine Young. The actor who precipitated the name change is now Kristine Young Gaffney and works as an editor for various reality shows. The name Sutherland derived from her cat, which was named Donald after Donald Sutherland.
BUFFY/XENA CROSSOVERS
Jennifer Sky was Heidi Barrie in "The Rack" (episode 106). (Possessed by hyenas, Heidi was one of the group who ate Principal Flutie.) Sky was Amarice in six episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess.
.Musetta Vander was Ilainus in "Amphipolis Under Siege" (Xena episode 104). She was also Natalie French in "Teacher's Pet" (BTVS episode 104).
KYLE'S LIMERICKS
Kyle Kallgren aka Oancitizen, has summarized each Buffy episode in a limerick. Below is a sample (Season 1 Episode 1).
The two Summers women arrive
In a new town to start their new lives
Ones with no expulsions
And no gym explosions
(Let’s just hope that Buffy survives)
OTHER VOICES OF BUFFY
CLAIRE GUYOT (France)
Born 28 June 1966, Claire Guyot began her career in the theater and entered the field of dubbing in the early 1990s. She was the French voice of Winona Ryder in Edward Scissorhands and Dracula, and later became the voice of Teri Hatcher (Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman) but gained fame by dubbing Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as in films and commercials.
In late 2007, she was a guest on Le Grand Journal hosted by Michel Denisot with the four other actresses who dubbed the series Desperate Housewives, celebrating the release of the French DVD set of the 2nd season.
Guyot also sings, and released her first solo album, Indiciblement (Unspeakably), in 2009. She had recorded Enfin seule hélas in 2006 with Eric Miller.
SYLVIA SALUSTTI (Brazil)
Sylvia Salustti was born 10 December 1974 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her hobbies are swimming and collecting art. Her favorite TV shows are apparently the Simpsons and Looney Tunes. Aside from dubbing Gabrielle of Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Which translates into Portugese as "Buffy, A Caça-Vampiros"), she has also dubbed Sarah Michelle Gellar's characters in Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo 2, and Scream 2, along with a lot of Gwyneth Paltrow.
KLáRA SOCHOROVÀ
Klára Sochorová dubbed Buffy Summers' lines into Czech. She most recently appeared in "Doba", episode 111 of the Czech series "Stíny v mlze" (Shadows in the Mist).
NANA SPIER (Germany)
Born 2 April 1971, Nana Spier is the daughter of actress Almut Eggert (Dr. Brigit Solmes in "Praxis Bülowbogen"). She lives in Berlin, and has become known primarily for dubbing American actresses such as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Drew Barrymore. She is also known for her role as Elke Engler in the TV series "Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen"
Her stepfather is actor and director Wolfgang Spier. Her half-sister was Miriam Bettina Spier (1960-2008), who also worked as a dubbing artist and appeared in an episide of MURDER SHE WROTE.
145 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on UPN and The WB beginning 9 March 1997 and ending 19 May 2003. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Nicholas Brendon each appeared in all 145 episodes. Alyson Hannigan appeared in every episode but the eeventh episode of season six.