There are a few alternative 7.22 Chosen scripts on the internet with many differences, including: Xander dying to save Dawn; Anya living to see the end and Dawn being the third …

Several main characters have been bitten by vampires and survived:

Buffy in 1.12 Prophecy Girl, 3.22 Graduation Day (Part Two) and 5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula
Willow in 4.03 The Harsh Light Of Day
Cordelia in 3.07 Offspring
Dawn in …

Three characters have painted their fingernails black on the show: Oz, Spike (seen painting them in 5.13 Blood Ties, as well as various other episodes) and Dawn (in 6.05 Life Serial).

In 5.21 The Weight Of The World, Giles discovers that Dawn’s blood is the key (no pun intended) to the ritual that will allow Glory to open the dimensional portal to …

In 7.07 Conversations With Dead People, Dawn is confronted by an evil spirit in her house, which seems to be trying to stop her mother from contacting her. The spirit is …

The crazy guy who approaches Dawn in 5.02 Real Me tells her :

“You don’t belong here.”

We learn later in the season that crazy people can see Dawn for what she …

In 5.16 The Body, Buffy tells Dawn about their mother’s death, though we don’t hear what is said. The following scene shows their dialogue, from the original script:

Buffy: “Mom died this …

In 5.13 Blood Ties, Dawn has a couple of flashbacks to being confronted by the crazy guys in 5.02 Real Me and 5.09 Listening To Fear. She also remembers Sobek the snake from …

Dawn was Buffy’s younger sister who appeared suddenly in season five with no immediate explanation (5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula). Dawn was the Key, a ball of energy whose purpose was to …

David Fury says in his DVD commentary for 5.02 Real Me that Dawn was originally supposed to be much younger than she ended up - about 12 years old. When Michelle …

The following scene showing Dawn telling the potential Slayers a story was deleted from 7.22 Chosen:
Dawn: “And the Master grabbed Buffy from behind and bit her. She tried to move, but …

When was Dawn created by the monks? There’s a suggestion in 5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula that it was as late as during that episode, as Joyce comments (as she and Buffy …

We learn in 7.20 Touched that Dawn has been reading up on magic:

“Hey, I’ve been reading this old Turkish spell book.”

This ties in with 7.07 Conversations With Dead People when …

In 3.02 Dead Man’s Party, Joyce says to Buffy,

“You can’t imagine months of not knowing. Not knowing whether you’re lying dead in a ditch somewhere or, I don’t know, living …

Gareth Davies, a Buffy producer, revealed to the BBC that Glory’s tower at the end of season five (seen in 5.22 The Gift) nearly became a hazard. He said:
“We found a …

There are two significant references to the character of Dawn before she first appeared in 5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula.
In 4.15 This Year’s Girl, Buffy and Faith are making a bed in Faith’s …

In 6.14 Older And Far Away, Dawn screams, “Get out, get out, get out!” at Buffy and the gang. She said the same thing to Buffy and Joyce in season five’s …

In the episode 7.06 Him, Buffy catches Dawn at the Bronze, dancing with R.J. She angrily tells her sister, “You told me you were going to the library”. Oh how times …

In 5.13 Blood Ties, Glory recognises Dawn from when she visited Buffy’s house in 5.12 Checkpoint.

Dawn doesn’t own a dog, yet despite this she still has an ‘Everything I Need To Know, I Learned From My Dog’ poster on the back of her door (seen …