After Principal Flutie is eaten alive by "the pack", a group of Sunnydale students possessed by demonic hyenas, he is replaced by the conservative, paranoid, and authoritarian Snyder ... who eventually meets his demise when Mayor Wilkins turns into a giant snake demon and swallows him whole.

In the late 1800s, Angelus killed a beloved daughter of a tribe of gypsies. In revenge, the gypsies cursed Angelus by restoring his human soul and making him feel guilt for all the atrocities he had committed and all the people he had slaughtered. If he ever had a moment of pure happiness, his soul would be removed once again.

After the Initiative implants a microchip in Spike's brain he can no longer kill humans. Realizing he can still harm other demons, he begins to fight alongside Buffy and the gang.

As an adult, Rupert Giles is a stuffy librarian and general authority figure, but as a young man he was rebellious and began to explore dark magic, earning him the name of "Ripper" from his friends.

According to "the special features" of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs, casting director Marcia Shulman was looking to cast "the Most Handsome Man Ever" as Angel and got a call from a friend that had spotted Boreanaz walking his dog and told her he was perfect for the role.

After killing biology teacher Dr. Gregory, the "She-Mantis" Mrs. French takes over his class. Preying on virgin males to fertilize her young, she captures Xander and turns into her mantis form in order to mate with him and then kill him.

Cordelia wakes up to an alternate reality in which the Master has risen and many in town have been turned into vampires, including Xander and Willow. She tries to get help from Giles but is killed by Xander and Willow before she can explain.

In 2003 Buffy co-stars Alyson Hannigan (Willow) and Alexis Denisof (Wesley) were married at Two Bunch Palms Resort in Desert Hot Springs, California. The couple has two daughters.

In 1860, Angelus becomes obsessed with Drusilla, a pure young Catholic woman that had occasional psychic visions. He proceeds to torture her by killing her entire family. When she flees to a convent in Prague, on the day she is to take her holy vows, he makes her watch as he kills every person in the convent. His atrocities drive her insane, and he chooses to sire her to make her pain eternal as an immortal.

After reading critical response to the series in which the dialogue was praised as the most successful aspect of the show, Joss Whedon set out to write an episode almost completely devoid of speech. There is only about 17 minutes of dialogue in the 44 minute episode "Hush".