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For some reason, chronologies are a fascination to me.
To that end, this page is my small, no-frills attempt at listing the events portrayed in the universe of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.
Television writers, as a rule, don't keep a calendar beside them while working, so sometimes episodes get shoehorned into spaces they really don't quite fit, so other episodes with good date clues can go where they belong.
Aside from events referenced in the series, I'll also incorporate some events from the movie, novels and comic books if I feel they don't contradict the series. So far, the novels and comics haven't impressed me with their adherence to 'present day' continuity (not surprising due to the lead time they have between being written and actually published) but once in awhile a good tidbit about the past shows up so that's about all I'll use from them.
In no way, shape, or form do I feel that this is the end-all be-all of Buffy timelines. It's always open to adjustment, and if you have reason to disagree with something, or if I've mis-referenced an episode, please let me know (with a series or book reference, please). Also, if the makers of the show do something that invalidates my work here, such is life. It is, after all, their show.
The extended episode summaries are adapted from/copied nearly word-for-word from Alan Hufana's great work on the old Warner Brothers Buffy site. I've begun paring them down a bit, as they're longer than I really need, but haven't finished yet. Also used extensively were the excellent transcripts of the episodes which used to be available at The Slayer's Fanfic Archives, without which, this timeline would've been a bit more difficult.
For another timeline venture of mine, feel free to drop by the (somewhat fancier) Connor MacLeod page I did a while back. And just so you don't think this preoccupation with chronologies for fictional events is an isolated case, please check out (after you're done here, of course) the page of Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were for many more timelines covering fandoms from The X-Files to Little House on the Prarie.
Oh...and there is, of course, spoilers aplenty in this.
- Chris (NOTE: replace -at- with @ to email)
Quick notes:
When something is referred to on the show as happening 'in the __th century' with no other clues, I put it in the year '50 of that century. If it's mentioned as being 'early' or 'late' in the century, I put it at year '25 or '75 respectively. Any notes I add will be enclosed in parentheses. The source page is being redone but still woefully out of date. The entries are followed by their source. Buffy episode titles are shown in italics such as "Episode Title". Angel episodes are shown as Angel: "episode title". Book titles are underlined and Angel books are shown as Angel: Book Title.
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Site created April 11, 1998. This page © 1998/99/2000/2001/2002/etc. Banzai88/Lost Giant Graphics. (NOTE: change -at- to @ to email)
Thanks:
First and foremost to Joss Whedon, for creating such a neat world in which to play. To Kristy Swanson and Sarah Michelle Gellar, for bringing Buffy to life. To the rest of the cast and crew for making it interesting week after week. To the other fans, who help keep the show on the air so I can watch it and help me out by pointing
out stuff I miss (too many to list but please keep it up, folks). Thanks to the transcribers who's work has helped me quite a bit. And a very special thanks to Julie Benz, for making Darla the coolest vampire I've ever seen.
Special Dedication to Clayton Moore, September 14, 1914 - December 28, 1999, for being a hero.
