The episode 1.08 I Robot, You Jane has a couple of similarities to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The voice of the demon Moloch, when he’s still trapped in the …

Lorne references the 1982 film 48 Hours, starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 2.18 Dead End.

Lorne: “Two enemies, one case, it’s all coming together in a beautiful buddy movie kind …

In 3.06 Band Candy, the Scoobies run into Principal Snyder who is giving students chocolate to sell. Xander says:

“You weren’t visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, by any chance?” …

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of a 1962 novel of the same name, by Anthony Burgess. The adaptation was produced, written, and directed, by Stanley Kubrick. It …

In the Angel episode, 1.17 Eternity, we see Cordelia acting her way (badly) through Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House. The play is a critical look at Victorian marriages, concentrating on …

In 1.03 In The Dark, Oz says

“Yeah, your old buddy Spike dug up Sunnydale looking for it - but he got a fistful of Buffy and left it behind.”

This …

In 5.19 Tough Love, Willow mentions Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Girls, which was a strict Victorian school in the book A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Wesley reads A Little …

In the Angel episode 5.15 A Hole In The World, there is a reference to the Tim Burton movie A Nightmare Before Christmas. Angel looks to a large tree in England …

The idea of people’s nightmares coming true in the episode 1.10 Nightmares most likely comes from the A Nightmare on Elm Street movie series, in which villain Freddie Krueger has the …

The theme song of this 1959 movie was written by Max Steiner and became a huge hit. In 2.04 Inca Mummy Girl, Oz tells Devon what it takes for a woman …

Xander says in 2.20 Go Fish:

“Swim team. Hardly what I call a team. The Yankees, Abbott and Costello. The A. Those were teams.”

He’s referring to the comedy pairing of …

In 1.16 The Ring, when talking about Wesley, Cordelia says:

“Oh, I know. Every night it’s Jeopardy, followed by Wheel of Fortune and a cup of hot cocoa.”

Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune …

The network was unhappy with D’Hoffryn’s Abercrombie and Fitch line in 7.05 Selfless (”It looks like someone slaughtered an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue”), not because they may lose a sponsor, but …

One of the movies playing at the cinema in 3.10 Amends is Abilene, which was not released until March 13, 1999 - three months after the episode aired. Carey Meyer, who …

6.16 Hell’s Bells, the title of a season six episode, is an AC/DC song from their album Back in Black.

In 5.14 Crush, Harmony calls Drusilla “Morticia”, who was the matriarch in The Addam’s Family. Mercedes McNab (who plays Harmony) appeared as the girl scout Amanda Buckman in The Addam’s Family …

In 7.04 Help, Cassie references the kids TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete when she says:

“Or a sexy hula girl who wiggles when you flex?”

Michelle Trachtenberg was …

Spike references famous crime novelist Agatha Christie in 5.06 The Cautionary Tale Of Numero Cinco when he says,

“Doesn’t leave much to do other than watching blokes stumble around playing Agatha …

In 7.22 Chosen, the Scoobies talk about the shopping mall before the big fight. Willow says, “There’s an Agnes B in the new mall.” Agnes B is a French designer with …

In season two’s What’s My Line (Part 1), Willow and Xander are trying to cover for Buffy’s absence at the career fair. Xander starts to say to Principal Snyder: “For …