In his crazed state during 7.03 Same Time, Same Place, Spike says, “Button, button, who’s got the button?” This is a children’s game where a button is hidden and must be …

The following line is from 3.11 Birthday:

Skip: “You may wanna think about that. The only way you get to keep the visions is by becoming - part demon. The process isn’t …

Giles, Xander, Andrew and Amanda play the game Dungeons and Dragons to pass the time before going to battle in 7.22 Chosen. The nerds were playing Dungeons and Dragons when they …

Gunn references Hasbro’s ‘Easy-Bake Oven’ in 4.16 Players:

Gunn: “Two vampires hook up and for the only time in vamp history have a kid— our boy Connor. Then Connor grows up, …

In 5.02 Real Me, Xander and Anya look after Dawn for Buffy. Anya brings a few board games with her including the Game of Life. Later, when they’re playing the game, …

Buffy says in 2.12 Bad Eggs:

“I killed my Giga Pet!”

Giga Pets where the U.S. answer to the Japanese Tamagotchi: an electronic “virtual pet” which the owner looked after to …

In 5.18 Intervention, Giles helped Buffy find out what’s more to being a slayer by taking her to the desert to meet a spiritual guide. He first had to do a …

The Magic 8-Ball, manufactured by Mattel, is a toy used for fortune-telling. Invented in 1946 by Abe Bookman of the Alabe Toy Company, it is a hollow, plastic sphere resembling …

Faith says in 3.04 Beauty And The Beasts:

“Get out of jail free, huh?”

This is a reference to the board game Monopoly, which has a card which allows the player …

Cordelia references the toy Mr. Potato Head and the actress Gwyneth Paltrow in 2.18 Killed By Death:

“I don’t know, Lysette got her nose done here, and she came in looking for …

Jane Espenson, who wrote 4.17 Superstar, says she realises that the chess puzzle is incorrectly set up. Give the girl a break though, how many of you know how to set …

In Angel’s season five episode 5.12 You’re Welcome, the video game Spike is playing is the original Donkey Kong game by Nintendo, the first videogame ever to feature Mario, Nintendo’s main …

In 5.09 Listening To Fear, Xander jokes about the meteorite being a “festive pinata”. Piñatas are a tradition often found at children’s birthday parties. They are papier-mache figures filled with sweets. …

Gunn and Wesley play the game of world domination - ‘Risk’ - at the start of the episode 2.12 Blood Money.

The Slinky jingle goes as follows:

“What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, And makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it’s Slinky…
It’s Slinky, …