Episode 1
Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)
When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997TV-147 seasons8.1 / 10
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Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Synopsis
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
The Harvest (2)
Buffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.
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Episode 3
Witch
Buffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.
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Episode 4
Teacher's Pet
Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
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Episode 5
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.
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Episode 6
The Pack
Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
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Episode 7
Angel
Buffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.
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Episode 8
I, Robot... You, Jane
Willow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.
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Episode 9
The Puppet Show
Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
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Episode 10
Nightmares
A series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.
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Episode 11
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
When an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.
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Episode 12
Prophecy Girl
Buffy's life may hang in the balance as Giles uncovers an ancient book that foretells not only her death, but also the end of the world.
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More about Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cast
Sarah Michelle GellarBuffy Summers
Nicholas BrendonXander Harris
Alyson HanniganWillow Rosenberg
Emma CaulfieldAnya
Charisma CarpenterCordelia Chase
Anthony Stewart HeadRupert Giles
Michelle TrachtenbergDawn Summers
Seth GreenOzCredits
- Created by
- Joss Whedon
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 144
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
The WBUnited States
UPNUnited States
Mutant Enemy ProductionsUnited States- Kuzui EnterprisesUnited States
20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States- Sandollar TelevisionUnited States
Themes
anti heroapocalypsechosen onefemale protagonistfighting supernaturalhigh schoolmagicmonster
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