Buffy’s death in 1.12 Prophecy Girl, albeit very brief, was enough to activate another Slayer, Kendra. The two met in season two’s 2.09 What’s My Line? (Part One). Giles said in that …

The appearance of the first, original Slayer in 4.22 Restless raises some interesting points not yet explored in the show. The episode is essentially an epilogue for the forthcoming season, and …

In 7.15 Get It Done, he Scoobies open a portal using items from an old Slayer bag. Buffy jumps into the portal and meets the Shadowmen who made the First Slayer …

Buffy became the vampire Slayer in 1996, which turned her life around completely. She was expelled from Hemery High School for burning down the gym (which was full of vampires). …

In 7.22 Chosen, Buffy, with the help of Willow, turns Slayer mythology on it’s head. They give the power of the Slayer to every potential in the world, rather than to …

When Dana was very young, her parents were killed and she was kidnapped and subjected to hours of torture by a man. The experience was so traumatic it caused a …

Beljoxa’s Eye informs Giles and Anya in 7.11 Showtime that something has disrupted the line of the 7.22 Chosen, giving the First a chance to wreak havoc. This explains why the First …

Faith was chosen as a vampire slayer when Kendra died. She was tough, sexy and flirtatious and she and Buffy immediately found conflict with each other (3.03 Faith, Hope And Trick). …

The First Slayer was a primal Aboriginal woman who was made into a Slayer by the Shadowmen. Her purpose was to defend man from demons. In 4.22 Restless, the First Slayer’s …

The scythe which Buffy finds in 7.20 Touched comes from the Slayer comic book called Fray, created by Joss Whedon. In the comic, future slayer Fray is using the scythe to …

In 7.21 End Of Days, Buffy tries to find out more about the shiny weapon she found in Touched. She discovers a tomb in Sunnydale where she runs into an old …

Kendra was chosen as a vampire Slayer when Buffy died briefly in 1.12 Prophecy Girl. The two Slayers had different styles - Kendra was considered a model Slayer as she had …

In the Angel episode 5.11 Damage, new Slayer Dana begins to get memories of past Slayers. At one point she believes she’s Nikki Wood, the Slayer Spike killed in the 1970s. …

Nikki Wood was Robin Wood’s mother. A Slayer in New York City, Nikki was killed by Spike on a subway in 1977 (5.07 Fool For Love). He stole her black leather …

The first time 1.01 Welcome To The Hellmouth was shown in America, it was preceded by a short trailer that referred to previous slayers such as Lucy Hanover (who now regularly …

In 5.07 Fool For Love, Spike says to Drusilla:

“You ever hear them saying the blood of a Slayer is a powerful aphrodisiac?”

There seems to be a common consensus between vampires …

In 4.11 Doomed, Buffy realises that Riley has never heard of the Slayer, though Forrest had. He says to Riley that she is a myth:

“some kind of bogeyman for the …

The Slayer Handbook was a rule book for Slayers, which also suggested study material. Giles decided not to bother with one for Buffy as soon as he met her (which …

The revelation in 7.14 First Date that a Slayer had a child is a new one to Buffy, who believed that most Slayers died before they reached an age to have …

In the season 8 comic, The Long Way Home, Part 1, which is set roughly a year and a half after the events of 7.22 Chosen, Buffy reveals that there are …