Buffy the Vampire Slayer FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Sunnydale's Slayer of Vampires Demons and Other Forces of Darkness

by David Bushman

Overview

(FAQ). Buffy the Vampire Slayer redefined what was possible for teen-centric TV, built an extraordinary strong bond of love and loyalty with its passionately devoted fans, and launched the meteoric writing and directing career of creator Joss Whedon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer FAQ takes a comprehensive look at the groundbreaking series, giving both Buffy experts and newbies fresh insights into the creation and production of the show, in-depth analysis of the show's complex mythology and thematic concerns, and lots of irreverent cracks at Riley's expense (love ya, buddy). Readers will learn secrets even the Watchers Council doesn't know, relive their favorite moments from the show, and settle once and for all: Angel or Spike?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495064722
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2017
Series:	FAQ
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

David Bushman is a television curator at the Paley Center for Media in New York, a position he has held since 1992, with the exception of a two-year diversion as program director at TV Land. He is the coauthor of Twin Peaks FAQ: All That's Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange. In a previous life, he was a television editor at Variety. Bushman lives in New York City

Arthur Smith is an assistant curator at the Paley Center for Media in New York, and a freelance writer. He is the coauthor of Twin Peaks FAQ: All That's Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange. Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xiii

1 You Think I Don't Watch Your Movies? Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Film 1

2 I Died Twice: The Second Coming 16

3 You're the Slayer and We're, Like, the Slayerettes! Scoobies 31

4 I Just Wanna Be a Big Snake: Big Bads 58

5 Whenever We Fight, You Bring Up the Vampire Thing Vampires 69

6 It May Be That We Are All That Stands Between Earth and Utter Destruction: Watchers + Slayers 99

7 So, Who Do You Kill for Fun Around Here? Welcome to Sunnydale 119

8 Lots of Schools Aren't on the Hellmouth: Sunnydale High 142

9 If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me: Season One 169

10 When You Kiss Me, I Want to Die: Season Two 177

11 Did I Mention That I'm Having a Very Strange Night? Season Three 191

12 We've Got Heady Discourse: Season Four 207

13 Lord, Spare Me College Boys in Love: UC Sunnydale + The Initiative 222

14 Do You Think We Ye Dancing?: Season Five 228

15 We Will Walk Through the Fire: Season Six 243

16 Here Endenth the Lesson: Season Seven 252

17 Don't Taunt the Fear Demon: Monsters of the Week 260

18 Gee, Can You Vague That Up for Me? Magic + Mythology 281

19 No One Ever Dies, and Everybody Lives Happily Ever After: Comics 312

20 Rather Poetic… In a Maudlin Sort of Way 332

21 There's a Slayer Handbook? Academia + Fandom 356

Selected Bibliography 373

Index 377