The 1992 film, though a moderate success at the box office, was taken in a different direction than writer Joss Whedon intended. Five years later, he created the darker and highly acclaimed TV series of the same name.

Referring to events that happened in the film, Buffy and her mom, Joyce, move to Sunnydale to get a fresh start after Buffy is kicked out of her L.A. school for burning down the gym while fighting a vampire.

Sunnydale High is built on top of a Hellmouth, a portal to demon dimensions that attracts supernatural phenomena to the area.

In the first season of Buffy, the Master is introduced as a centuries-old vampire who has been entombed beneath Sunnydale for 60 years.

The group was first referred to as the "Scooby Gang by Xander, as a reference to the Mystery Inc. group of ghost-hunting teenagers from the Scooby Doo cartoons. Throughout the series they will be referred to as the "Scooby Gang", the "Scooby Club", the "Scooby corps" and the "Scoobies".

The fictional Sunnydale High School in Buffy and West Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, 90210 were both filmed at Torrance High School in Torrance, California.

When Xander follows a group of bullies into the zoo's Hyena House to protect a fellow student, he and the bullies are possessed by demonic hyena spirits and devour the school principal.

Born William Pratt, Spike is given the nickname "William the Bloody" due to the "bloody awful" poetry he wrote.

Kendra Young had been trained as a Potential Slayer in Jamaica and was activated as a Slayer when Buffy briefly died at the hands of the Master. Xander was able to revive Buffy, and for the first time two Slayers co-existed.

Kendra tells Buffy "...this is my lucky stake. I have killed many vampires with it. I call it "Mr. Pointy."