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This article contains a list of stories that take place in the Buffyverse presented in chronological order of events. It includes sources from various media, such as episodes, comics, novels, video games, etc.

In some materials, dates are more fluid as time passes more slowly in the story universe than in the real world (given production timelines and publication schedules). So while dates noted below are accurate relative to other events, there may occasionally be anachronistic elements, as writers incorporate contemporary references or depictions.

The stories which type is marked with an asterisk (*) are those from dubious or non-canon sources. For alternate canon content, see chronology (reboot 2019).

Primordium–1500[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic*
(flashback)
A6.41 The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart, Part Three Before time
Ancient entities, including Myresto and Rowant Mor, observe the creation of the universe.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.37 Last Gleaming, Part Two Primordium Age
The Seed of Wonder spills the Old Ones from other dimensions, imprisoning them to the recently created Earth.
Comic
(flashback)
Fray.01 Ready, Steady... Earth, Primordium
Old Ones rule Earth and other dimensions before the rise of mortal creatures.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: Only Human Vahla Ha'nesh, Primordium
Illyria suppresses a rebellion led by Darque Wurms, leaving the single survivor Baticus buried alive.
Comic
(flashback)
AF10.12 United, Part Two Nitobe's dimension, Primordium
As Eldre Koh struggles to become a Yataro warrior, Illyria wipes out his village; blamed for the slaughter, Koh is imprisoned and his race enslaved.
Comic A11.02–04:Out of the Past, Part TwoFour Vahla Ha'nesh, Primordium
Angel and Fred arrive in Illyria's world as an invading Old One consumes her followers, prompting the Illyria of this time to consider a dramatic solution.
Comic
(flashback)
B9.21 The Core, Part One Primordium
Before his banishment, Maloker sires the first vampire.
Episode
(background)
A5.15 A Hole in the World Primordium
The spirits of the Old Ones are imprisoned within sarcophagi and entombed in the Deeper Well.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story After the Primordium Age
Whistler is born to an agent of the Powers That Be and a demon, but both are killed for their blasphemous union.
Episode
(background)
B7.21 End of Days Africa, Prehistory
The Shadowmen make Sineya the first Slayer.
Episode
(background)
B7.15 Get It Done Africa, Prehistory
The Guardians forges in secrecy the , for the First Slayer to kill the last of the Old Ones that walked the Earth.
Comic Tales: Prologue Africa, Prehistory
The First Slayer is rejected by her village and instructed to fight alone.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Uruk, Sumer, 2717 BCE
Ejuk is orphaned at birth and raised by her Watcher, the royal scribe Sarkassan.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Uruk, Sumer, 2700 BCE
The Watcher Sarkassan is slain by time-traveling assassins intent on destroying the Slayer line.
Episode
(background)
B4.02 Living Conditions ca. 1000 BCE
The Mok'tagar demon who will later be known as Kathy Newman is born.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Dark Congress Marrakesh, Morocco, 996 BCE
The Slayer, unable to destroy the river goddess Kandida, imprisons her inside a sarcophagus.
Episode
(background)
B2.09 What's My Line? Part One ca. 970 BCE
The Order of Taraka, a mystical guild of assassins, operates in the time of King Solomon.
Short story*
(flashback)
Tales: A Good Run Athens, Greece, 519 BCE
Thessily Thessilonikki is born to a slave single mother, who dies before the Potential Slayer learns to talk.
Short story*
(flashback)
Tales: A Good Run Athens, Greece, 507 BCE
Thessily, raised by the fabric merchant Meltinias, is sold to the local hierophant and Watcher Thoas, who informs her she's the Slayer.
Short story*
(flashback)
Tales: A Good Run Delphi, Greece, 502 BCE
Thessily goes up against the Horde and is bitten, but survives the death the Oracle had foreseen.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story Greece, ca. 500 BCE
Whistler serves as an advisor in ancient Greece.
Short story* Tales: A Good Run Athens and Sparta, Greece, 490 BCE
To protect an important messenger, the Slayer Thessily runs 300 miles in three days while fending off vampires.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Go Ask Malice Thebes, Greece
The Slayer Artemia is tortured and killed by Kakistos, but her daughter Malice returns as a vengeance demon to grant her wish for revenge.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.25 The Blood of Carthage, Part Five Rome and Carthage, 149–145 BCE
War rages between Cato's Rome and the Blood of Carthage, culminating in the Roman general Scipio Armilianus summoning the Old One Ky-Laag.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: The Evil That Men Do Rome, 40
The Slayer Diana foils the plans of a nefarious vampire duo to raise the demon Meter by stealing the ashes of Emperor Caligula.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story England, late 5th century
Whistler guides the future King Arthur to the Sword in the Stone.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Isle of Anglesey, Wales, 52
Incinii is called as the Slayer at 16 years old; with Eyra as her Watcher, she defends her homeland from vampires and Roman invaders.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Night Terrors Britain, 52
The Night Terrors forcibly eject the spirit of the Slayer, a Celtic warrior, allowing vampires to feast on her corporeal body.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Wales, 61
The Slayer Incinii is killed, victim of time-traveling assassins intent on destroying the Slayer line.
Comic*
(background)
Classic: MacGuffins 562
The Slayer Garnhuld completes the MacGuffin puzzle, holding the record as the quickest to do so until 1997.
Episode
(background)
B3.12 Helpless ca. 800
The Watchers Council establishes the Tento di Cruciamentum as a trial of the Slayer on her 18th birthday.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.05 Selfless Sjornjost, Sweden, 880
Aud transforms Olaf into a troll and is herself dubbed the vengeance demon Anyanka by D'Hoffryn.
Short story* Tales: Lady Shobu Sagami Province, Japan, 980
Kishi Minomoto is summoned as a Slayer and sent to locate demons, only to discover that her Watcher is not who he claims to be.
Comic*
(background)
BC.27 The Heart of a Slayer, Part Two France, 11th century
The Slayer Adja sets off in pursuit of the time-traveling demon assassin Karfarnaum.
Comic
(background)
B8.38 Last Gleaming, Part Three 12th century
The Master is enslaved by the Seed of Wonder to protect it.
Episode
(background)
B1.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date 12th century
The vampire Aurelius prophesies the eventual rise of the Anointed One as the Master's greatest warrior.
Episode
(background)
B5.13 Blood Ties 12th century
The Order of Dagon is founded by Tarnis to protect the Key.
Episode
(background)
B5.09 Listening to Fear Reykjavík, Iceland, 12th century
A meteor containing an extraterrestrial Queller demon impacts in the region.
Comic*
(background)
BC.23 The Blood of Carthage, Part Three Sunnydale, 12th century
The Blood of Carthage move the trapped Ky-Laag to another continent.
Episode
(background)
B3.21 Graduation Day, Part One Koskov Valley, ca. 1200
A sorcerer in a village in the Koskov Valley becomes the embodiment of the demon Lohesh. Only three people escape alive.
Short story* Buffy: Dark of the Moon New Mexico, 1229 and 1250
The Slayer Dark of the Moon is trained but becomes frustrated when she fails to fulfill her duty through no fault of her own.
Comic
(flashback)
B10.08 Return to Sunnydale, Part One Mexico and hell dimension, 14th century
The Soul Glutton swears revenge on humankind after the Slayer kills his family.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: Long Night's Journey China, 1310
A dying vampire hunter, Perfect Zheng, allows himself to become a vampire to escape death.
Short story* Tales: Abomination Beauport, Brittany, France, 1320
Eliane de Shaunde marries her Watcher and is eventually called as the Slayer. She resists her duty until vampires attack her family.
Comic
(flashback)
Classic: The Origin, Part One Italy, mid-14th century
The Slayer, a barmaid at the height of the bubonic plague epidemic, is killed by the vampire Lothos outside the Boar's Head tavern.
Comic
(flashback)
Classic: The Origin, Part One England, mid-14th century
The noble-born Slayer attempts to resist being the Chosen One.
Episode
(background)
B1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight 15th century
The Pergamum Codex, an important book of Slayer prophecies, is misplaced.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Slayer 15th century
A magical book kills an entire roomful of Watchers.
Episode
(flashback)
B1.08 I Robot, You Jane Cortona, Italy, 1418
Moloch's soul is trapped in a tome by an order of monks.
Short story* Tales: The Rule of Silence Seville, Spain, 1481
The Marrano Slayer Esperanza de la Vega, living secretly as a Jew under the Spanish Inquisition, is arrested and charged as a witch.
Episode
(background)
B2.04 Inca Mummy Girl Peru, late 15th century
The Inca Princess is chosen as a sacrifice by her people.

1501–1900[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Episode
(background)
B5.16 The Body Europe, 16th century
The creature who will later be known as Santa Claus begins disemboweling children.
Episode
(background)
B5.05 No Place Like Home France, 16th century
The sorcerer Cloutier creates a spell called Tirer la Couverture, which allows the caster to see the signature of spells cast nearby.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Tales of the Vampires Rouen, France, 16th century
The hardworking cobbler Roche is sired by the ancient (and elegantly shod) vampire Die Einsame.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Queen of the Slayers Venice and Rome, 1503
Lucrezia Borgia imprisons and drinks from the Slayer Gabriella for weeks until she escapes the vampire with the Orb of Malfeo.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Tempted Champions Greece, 1527
The Slayer Cassia Marsilka is turned by the ancient vampire Cyrus the Gladiator.
Episode
(background)
B5.01 Buffy vs. Dracula Late 16th century
Anyanka encounters Dracula after cursing a man by making him incredibly fat.
Short story* Tales: The White Doe London and Roanoke Colony, 1586
The Slayer Virginia Dare grows among the Croatoans and is transformed into a white doe when she refuses the advances of a wizard.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.34 Twilight, Part Four Spain, 1590s
An unidentified Slayer wears a Spanish mourning robe while battling a vampire.
Comic Tales: Righteous Europe, ca. 1600
The current Slayer fights to save a walled medieval town from vampires, but faces suspicion from the clergy.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.05 Happy New Year New England, 17th century
Jealous alchemist Nathaniel Filmer accuses two friends of witchcraft, who curse him as they are burned at the stake.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Halloween Rain Ireland, early 17th century
The Slayer Erin Randall kills the Tatzelwurm, but she's killed by the demon Samhain after facing him on two separate Halloweens.
Short story* Tales: Die Blutgrafin Hungary, November 1609
The Slayer Ildikó Géllert infiltrates the castle of Countess Elizabeth Bathory in an attempt to stop a series of mysterious deaths.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla Virginia Colony, 1609
A dying prostitute is visited by the Master, who sires her to become the vampire Darla.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Blooded Japan, 1612
The Slayer dies four months after her Watcher committed seppuku.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Plymouth Colony, 1625
The Slayer Abigail Cole stops a series of mysterious deaths that had been attributed to unknown animals.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: The Book of Fours Jerusalem, 1629
While attempting to defeat the Gatherer, Shagrat Al-Durr becomes the first Slayer the creature devours.
Short story* Tales: Blood and Brine The Caribbean, 1661
A ship's crew mutinies against its captain, Robin Whitby, upon discovering she is a woman, only to be attacked by a sea monster.
Short story*
(background)
Tales: The Ghosts of Slayers Past Netherlands, 1670–1673
Carissa Avenhaus, called at the age of 12, serves three years as the Slayer before perishing at 15.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.34 Twilight, Part Three 1680s
Fearing that the current Slayer will bring about Twilight, thirty fearful Watchers commit suicide by poisoning their drinks in a dining hall.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Night of the Living Rerun Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
The Slayer Samantha Kane is summoned to investigate an accused witch but, uncovering a plot to raise the Master, dies to defeat him.
Comic
(flashback)
Classic: The Origin, Part One Hong Kong, 18th century
An unidentified Slayer working as a prostitute runs away from her first customer, a British sailor, and is killed by the vampire Lothos.
Episode
(background)
B3.17 Enemies Sharpsville, May 26, 1723
An Ascension occurs and completely destroys town, leaving no survivors.
Episode
(background)
A1.15 The Prodigal Galway, Ireland, 1727
Liam, who would become the vampire known as Angel, is born to a linen and silk merchant.
Comic
(flashback)
A11: Dark Reflections, Part Two Galway, Ireland, 1730s
Liam's father expresses pride in Liam's reading progress, and optimism about his future prospects.
Comic
(flashback)
A11: Dark Reflections, Part Two Galway, Ireland, late 1740s
Liam coaxes a young woman into joining him in the family's barn.
Comic A11: Dark Reflections, Part Two Galway, Ireland, 1753
A time-traveling Angel works to avert his original siring by Darla, at the risk of introducing a catastrophic paradox.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.15 The Prodigal Galway, Ireland, 1753
Liam leaves home after fighting with his father.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.21 Becoming, Part One Galway, Ireland, 1753
A drunken Liam is killed and sired by Darla, becoming Angelus.
Episode
(flashback)
A.15 The Prodigal Galway, Ireland, 1753
Liam rises from his grave and makes his first kill, later returning home to murder his family.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Cursed Galway, Ireland, 1753
At Darla's prompting, Angelus toys with and kills his friend Liam McHugh.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla London, 1760
Darla brings Angelus before the Master, but Angelus' lack of respect forces her to choose between them: she leaves with Angelus.
Short story* Buffy: The Making of a Slayer Raushorn, November 1763
Rebecca's Watcher writes about accompanying her to the remotest parts of the countryside.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.08 Quickening York, England, 1764
Evading a trap set by vampire hunter Holtz, Darla and Angelus kill his wife Caroline and children Sarah and Daniel.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.09 Lullaby York, England, 1764
Holtz returns home to discover that his daughter has become a vampire, forcing him to kill her.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.09 The Trial France, 1765
Fleeing Holtz, Darla and Angelus take refuge in a barn, but Darla abandons him when pursuers set the building ablaze.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.01 Heartthrob Marseilles, France, 1767
Darla and Angelus, evading Holtz, spend time with vampire couple James and Lisbeth.
Short story*
(background)
Tales: Unholy Madness Russia, 1770s
The current Slayer is killed by the vampire L'Hero.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.07 Offspring Rome, 1771
Holtz captures and tortures Angelus, before Darla rescues him, killing all present but Holtz.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.08 Quickening 1773
Holtz allows the demon Sahjhan to bring him into the future to exact revenge.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.11 Somnambulist Ireland, 1786
Angel sires a young Puritan named Penn, who goes on to kill his sister as his first victim, followed by the rest of his family.
Short story* Tales: Unholy Madness France, September 1789
The Slayer Countess Marie-Christine Du Lac fights against L'Hero, a vampire who is leading a rebellion among the poor.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.11 Soulless Prussia, 1789
The Beast attempts to convince Angelus to kill the Svear priestesses, but Angelus refuses.
Comic Tales: The Innocent Paris, France, 1790s
Claudine, the Slayer during the French Revolution, is tricked by her Watcher Jean into killing a human aristocrat.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.34 Twilight, Part Three France, 1790s
Claudine is overpowered and killed by a vampire.
Episode
(background)
A5.04 Hell Bound Los Angeles, 1791
Wolfram & Hart uses the blood of the killer Matthias Pavayne to de-consecrate the ground of a former church for its local headquarters.
Comic
(flashback)
AF10.06 Lost and Found, Part One France, August 10, 1792
Angelus joins in the storming of the Tuileries Palace during the French Revolution.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Paris, France, 1799
The Slayer Marguerite Allard is pursued by two time-traveling vampires intent on disrupting the Slayer line, but Buffy saves her.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.37 Remember the Truth Japan, ca. 1800
After her Watcher's death, the Slayer Yuki Makimura confronts the Master, who defeats and sires her as a vampire.
Comic* Angel: Angel vs. Frankenstein Geneva, January 1801
Angelus pretends to be the heir to the Frankenstein family fortune. A monster tries to stop him.
Comic A11: Time and Tide, Part OneFour Pacific Ocean, 19th century
Time-traveling Angel and Fred meet Darla and Angelus on a voyage from Australia to England, inadvertently setting off a demonic beetle infestation.
Comic A11: Dark Reflections, Part One Pacific Ocean, 19th century
A weakened Illyria attempts to bring Angel back to the 21st century, but their journey is misdirected by Angel's wish to alter the past.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: The Evil That Men Do 19th century
Angelus is involved in a romantic relationship with the ancient vampire Helen.
Comic Tales: Some Like It Hot Europe, early 19th century
A vampire undergoes an experimental surgery that will allow him to survive in the sun indefinitely.
Episode
(background)
B4.08 Pangs Sunnydale, 1812
An earthquake buries an old Mission, to which the spirit of Chumash spirit warrior Hus is bounded.
Comic Tales: Presumption Somersetshire, England, 1813
Elizabeth Weston dresses as a man to seek out vampires in a restrictive society.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Blooded England, 1817
The Slayer Justine is injured during one of her first fights, surviving a month before succumbing to her injuries.
Episode
(flashback)
B3.10 Amends Dublin, December 1838
Angelus kills a man named Daniel in a novel payment of the latter's gambling debt.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.26 The Heart of a Slayer, Part One Sunnydale, 1840
The time-traveling demon Karfarnaum appears and attacks a church, but it's driven away by the Slayer Adja.
Comic*
(flashback)
AC.15 Past Lives, Part One England, 1840
A group led by self-styled vampire hunter Sir Andrew Landry confronts Angelus, who kills all but Landry himself.
Episode
(background)
B1.02 The Harvest Madrid, 1843
Luke loses a fight to an enemy who caught him sleeping.
Short story* Tales: The Ghosts of Slayers Past London, 1843
An East End Watcher is unsympathetic toward his charge, until he is visited by two Slayers from the past and one from the future.
Comic
(flashback)
AC.16 Past Lives, Part Three England, 1845
Sir Andrew Landry leads another failed attack on Angelus.
Episode
(background)
A4.13 Salvage Tuscany, 1845
Angelus meets the vampire Rosaria, an encounter he will later forget.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Boston, 1845
The current Slayer stops a series of grisly murders in the Boston shipyards.
Episode
(background)
A1.13 She 1850s
Angelus meets the French poet Charles Baudelaire, possibly inspiring the eponymous demon of the poem "Le Vampire."
Short story*
(background)
Tales: Ch'ing Shih 1852
The Slayer Margaret Madden dies in the arms of her Watcher Sean Connelly.
Comic
(background)
Spike: Asylum, Part Two England, 1853
William Pratt, the future vampire known as Spike, is born to Anne.
Comic
(flashback)
AC.16 Past Lives, Part Three Sheffield, England, 1854
Angelus invades the estate of Sir Andrew Landry and turns his wife Margaret, forcing him to stake her.
Comic*
(flashback)
AC.02 Surrogates, Part Two London, 1856
Angelus is imprisoned for the brutal murder of a young girl, but manages to escape before the rising sun comes through his cell window.
Comic*
(Flashback)
BC.30 Past Lives, Part Four Devonshire, England, 1857
Angelus torments an insane Andrew Landry in his sanitarium cell.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.05 Dear Boy England, 1860
Darla shows Drusilla, a woman with the gift of visions, to Angelus.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.21 Becoming, Part One England, 1860
After killing a priest, Angelus taunts Drusilla in a confessional booth.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.05 Dear Boy England, 1860
Angelus and Darla slaughter everyone in Drusilla's convent; he announces his intent to make the traumatized Drusilla a vampire.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: The Glittering World Sunnydale, late 19th century
A Navajo Slayer, Naayéé'neizgháni, seeks out and confronts a fellow tribeswoman who has become a vampire.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Portal Through Time Tennessee, 1862
Two time-traveling vampires attempt to kill the Slayer Agatha Primrose, secretly a Union spy, but are foiled by Buffy and her friends.
Short story* Tales: The New Watcher Atlanta, 1864
The Slayer Pauline Barnard, passing herself off as a man, enlists in the Union army until her new Watcher seeks her out.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Virginia, 1866
The Slayer Lucy Hanover sets up camp in a nearby graveyard and stops the disappearances of Civil War widows.
Short story* Tales: Ch'ing Shih Shanghai, China, June 10, 1866
The Slayer Xiaoqin runs away from the monastery where she trained, posing as a man to survive after her Watcher's death.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Immortal Venice and Kefi, 1872
The Slayer Angela Martignetti pursues the body-switching vampire Veronique, foiling her plans and finally imprisoning her.
Short story* Tales: Alone Ireland, 1876
The Slayer Catherine Callan of Ulster must tolerate both her father and prejudice from the largely English Watchers Council.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love London, 1880
William is rejected by Cecily Addams during a party.
Comic*
(flashback)
Spike: Old Times London, 1880
Halfrek performs a vengeful curse against Thomas Wexler, causing a fire that kills all in a party.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla London, 1880
A distraught William bumps into Angelus, Drusilla, and Darla.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love London, 1880
William accepts Drusilla's offer to sire him.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.17 Lies My Parents Told Me London, 1880
William sires and stakes his dying mother, Anne Pratt, distraught that the resulting vampire is not the woman who loved him.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.08 Destiny London, 1880
Angelus welcomes William into their group, but they soon begin fighting over Drusilla's affections.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love Yorkshire, 1880
William — now using the name Spike, after his preferred method of torture — fights with Angelus at the bottom of a mine shaft.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: These Our Actors London, 1880s
Spike decides to take his revenge on Cecily, a mere human, and Cyril Lasher, killing them for their earlier treatment.
Comic*
(flashback)
Spike: The Devil You Know Late 19th century
While waiting to see the Master, Angelus points out Tansy Fry to Spike.
Episode
(flashback)
B3.10 Amends London, 1883
Angelus kills a maid at a society party, indicating his intent to later consume her son as well.
Short story* Tales: Mornglom Dreaming Kentucky, 1886
Mollie Prater, 15-year-old girl living in Kentucky, is called as the new Slayer and must fight demons at her wedding ceremony.
Comic*
(background)
Buffy: Chaos Bleeds Mexico, 1886
The Texas-based Gorch family of outlaws slaughters an entire village.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Dodge City, Kansas, 1888
The Slayer Belle Malone manages to bring an end to forty deaths that occurred under suspicious circumstances.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Blood and Fog London, 1888
The Slayer Elizabeth, hunting the vampire Jack the Ripper with help from Angelus, Darla, Drusilla and Spike, is killed by her intended prey.
Comic Tales: Jack London, November 1888
Inspector Whitcomb, investigating Jack the Ripper's case, suspects the notorious killer may be a vampire, but holds a secret of his own.
Comic*
(flashback)
Spike: The Devil You Know Europe, 1890s
Angelus, Spike, Darla, and Drusilla pass through the town that Tansy has slaughtered after being mistaken for Darla.
Episode
(background)
A3.13 Waiting in the Wings 1890
Angelus watches the ballet Gisele and cries, despite his evil nature.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Angel: The Hollower Vienna, 1892
Angelus leads Spike, Drusilla, and a group of vampires against the Hollower, managing to repel it and save the vampire Catherine DeLancie.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Oklahoma, 1893
The current Slayer, acting as a blacksmith, brings an end to a series of savage attacks that had claimed the lives of seventeen homesteaders.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.20 The Girl in Question Italy, 1894
Spike and Angelus are imprisoned by the mysterious Immortal, who seduces Drusilla and Darla in their absence.
Short story* Tales: House of the Vampire London, 1897
Dracula has come to England and the Slayer Angelique Hawthorne must determine how to escape his influence and defeat him.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Virginia City, Wyoming, 1897
Slayer Florence Gilbert stops a series of murders that beset a small hillside community.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: The Evil That Men Do Yorkshire Moors, England, 1897
The vampire Helen kills the current Slayer and, along with Angelus, drinks her blood from goblets.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.18 Five by Five Romania, 1898
Angelus and Darla kill the favorite daughter of the Kalderash.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.21 Becoming, Part One Romania, 1898
A woman of the Kalderash restores Angelus' soul.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: The Curse Romania, 1898
Angelus' soul is restored by the Kalderash.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.18 Five by Five Romania, 1898
Darla rejects Angelus when she senses his soul.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla Romania, 1898
Darla, Drusilla and Spike massacres the Kalderash.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.18 Five by Five Borsa, Romania, 1898
Angel, begging on the streets, finds that he can no longer bring himself to prey on humans.
Comic* Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part One England, November 29–30, 1898
Dracula seeks to enthrall and destroy Drusilla and Darla, but he's foiled when Spike incites an angry mob to attack.
Comic Tales: The Glittering World Sunnydale, 1899
The tale of the Slayer Naayéé'neizgháni is told to Richard Wilkins, who plans to build a new town on the land.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla China, 1900
Angelus tracks Darla, Spike and Drusilla to China in the midst of the Boxer Rebellion.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love China, 1900
During the Boxer Rebellion, Spike kills Xin Rong, his first Slayer.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.07 Darla China, 1900
Angelus leaves Darla when he can't bring himself to kill innocent humans.
Novel* Buffy: Bloody Fool for Love China, 1900
Spike and Drusilla react to learning about Angelus' soul.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Spike and Dru: All's Fair China, 1900
Relatives of Xin Rong swear vengeance on Spike and Drusilla.

1901–1970[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic Tales: Tales of the Vampires England, early 20th century
Young Watchers-in-training are taught about vampires via tales from a captive vampire.
Novel* Buffy: Bloody Fool for Love London, 1901
Spike and Drusilla act against the demon lord Gunnar despite Darla's orientation for them to stay low.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.15 Orpheus New York, 1902
Angel arrives at Ellis Island in New York.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.23 The Blood of Carthage, Part Three Vienna, 1903
Spike steals the Spells of Hammurabi from the demon Vraka to gain his help in freeing a captive Drusilla from the Astrides.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.05 Selfless Saint Petersburg, 1905
Anyanka observes the start of the Russian Revolution with Halfrek.
Comic* Angel: Barbary Coast San Francisco, April 1906
Angel, looking for a cure, seeks out a Chinese healer and finds himself battling a dragon in the midst of a major historical event.
Short story* Tales: Sideshow Slayer Duluth, Minnesota, 1911
The Slayer Millicent "Millie" Rose Gresham, traveling with a carnival side show, is approaching her Cruciamentum when plans go wrong.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer New York, 1912
The Slayer Arabella Gish visits Brooklin Boarding House as a student nurse. Her arrival stops a series of murders that had already claimed 23 victims.
Comic* Angel: Blood & Trenches Sometime between 1914 and 1918
Angel, injured during World War I, must fend off Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce and the vampire Kakistos.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Slayer 1910
After a leviathan demon gave octopus sentience, a Watcher of the Merryweather family prevents them from uprising against humans.
Comic
(background)
B10.11 Love Dares You, Part One Mid- to late 1910s
Spike first hears word of the flesh-manipulating demon Sculptor.
Short story* (flashback) Tales: Silent Screams France, 1916
Frederich Lichtermann sees his first vampire and is invited to begin his studies as a Watcher.
Short story* Tales: Survivors Chicago, 1919
Slayer Dorothy "Dot" Singers is approaching her Cruciamentum test, but her Watcher is suffering from severe mental illness.
Comic* Angel: Angel vs. Frankenstein II New York, 1920s
Angel finds the monster Frankenstein alive and hungering for revenge.
Episode
(background)
A2.12 Blood Money Juárez, Mexico, 1920s
Angel fights a demon named Boone over a woman, but the fight is stopped at sunrise without a definitive resolution.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: Long Night's Journey London, 1920s
After the vampire Perfect Zheng defeats a drunken Angel in combat, the Kalderash attempt (and fail) to restore his soul.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.15 Orpheus Chicago, early 1920s
Angel saves a puppy from an oncoming car.
Short story* Tales: The War Between the States New York, 1922
A young woman is awed by the flapper Ardita O'Reilly until she learns that she is the Slayer.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Father Los Angeles, 1922
Tom Mitchell is turned into a vampire, but his predatory nature is tempered on seeing his young son.
Short story* Tales: Silent Screams Germany, November 8, 1923
At a screening of a horror film, the Watcher Frederich Lichtermann abandons his untested Slayer Britta Kessler to the film's vampiric creators.
Promotional material* Buffy: History of the Slayer Chicago, 1927
Over a period of two weeks, 41 bodies were found near Union Station. The murders stop shortly after the arrival of the current Slayer.
Episode
(background)
B1.01 The Puppet Show 1930s
Demon hunter Sid meets a Korean Slayer in his pre-dummy days.
Episode
(background)
A1.01 City Of Missoula, Montana, 1930s
Angel passes through Missoula, finding it "pretty country."
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Father Santa Monica, 1930
The vampire Tom Mitchell takes his young son to the Santa Monica pier.
Episode
(background)
B6.22 Grave Sunnydale, 1932
Followers of Proserpexa attempt to destroy the world, but are stopped and killed by an earthquake that also swallows her temple.
Comic* Classic: Spike and Dru: All's Fair Chicago, 1933
Spike and Drusilla attend the 1933 World's Fair and foil an attempt to summon an ancient evil.
Comic Tales: Dust Bowl Kansas, 1933
Joe Cooper, a farmer trying to work a barren field, becomes a vampire and must face this experience alone.
Comic* Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part Two Los Angeles, October 1934
Spike and Drusilla attend a stage performance by Bela Lugosi, then fight the real Dracula (and a young Ed Wood).
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story Oklahoma, April 14, 1935
Susan Finney summons a demon to impregnate her, leading to the birth of the half-demon twins Pearl and Nash.
Episode
(background)
B1.02 The Harvest Sunnydale, 1936
The Master is trapped in a church when an earthquake interrupts his ritual to open the Hellmouth.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Broken Bottle of Djinn New York, 1937
The Slayer Rachel O'Connor is recruited by government operatives in an operation against a Nazi agent and a powerful spirit.
Comic Tales: Sonnenblume Nuremberg, Germany, 1938
A young Slayer, Anni, member of the Bund Deutscher Mädel, learns she can't be like everyone else and who the true monsters are.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.08 The Final Cut Los Angeles, late 1930s
Up-and-coming actor Fair Quinn dies under mysterious circumstances while working on a horror film.
Novel* Buffy: Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row 1940
Spike and Drusilla hunt down Slayers-in-Waiting around the world in a quest to gain the magical Freyja's Strand necklace.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story Oklahoma, 1940
Pearl and Nash are set upon their future path by their mother, magically killing a police officer serving an eviction notice.
Short story* Tales: Voodoo Lounge Los Angeles, December 12, 1940
The Slayer Eleanor Boudreau and her Watcher Marie-Christine Fontaine try to find a missing Council member.
Comic
(background)
B9.02 Freefall, Part Two Oakland, 1941
Cynthia Daniels becomes a vampire.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.21 What You Want, Not What You Need, Part One London, 1941
After a man she loves is killed during the Blitz, Sophronia Fairweather attempts to resurrect him, only to have to end his resulting suffering.
Short story* Tales: Stakeout on Rush Street Chicago, 1943
Betty, the Slayer as well as a private detective, accepts payment from a mob boss for killing a vampire gang member.
Comic* Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part Three Germany, September 8, 1943
Spike and Dracula raid a secret Nazi research facility in an attempt to rescue one of Dracula's brides and an imprisoned Darla.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.13 Why We Fight New York and Atlantic, 1943
Angel is conscripted into the Demon Research Initiative and sent to recover a German prototype submarine on which Spike is traveling.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Father Los Angeles, 1945
The vampire Tom Mitchell attends the evening wedding of his son, Cyrus.
Comic
(background)
AF.21 What You Want, Not What You Need, Part One Hiroshima, August 1945
Whistler witnesses the destruction caused by the atomic bomb detonation.
Comic Tales: Dames Las Vegas, 1940s
A gambling vampire "rescues" a woman from gangsters, but he soon discovers she may not be as helpless as she initially appears.
Episode
(flashback)
A1.05 Rm w/a Vu Los Angeles, 1946
Dennis Pearson is entombed in an apartment wall by his mother, Maude before she dies from a heart attack.
Episode
(background)
A4.03 The House Always Wins Las Vegas, 1946
Angel plays tennis with Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.
Comic*
(flashback)
Spike: Old Wounds Los Angeles, 1946
Spike works as an enforcer for a sleazy Hollywood producer before running afoul of the demon-fighting luchadores Hermanos Números.
Comic*
(background)
Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part Four 1946
Comte de Saint-Germain imprisons Dracula inside a statue.
Comic
(background)
AF.05 In Perfect Harmony Los Angeles, 1949
Angel concludes five years of trying to convince Raymond Chandler to leave Hollywood and return to writing Philip Marlowe novels.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.20 The Girl in Question Italy, 1950s
Spike and Drusilla visit Italy.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Father Pasadena, 1950
Cyrus Mitchell and his wife Marcie have a child, but Marcie's mother is suspicious of Cyrus's (vampire) father Tom.
Short story* Tales: Undeadsville New York, 1952
The Watcher Ian Sykes conspires to ensure that his beatnik Slayer Zoë Kuryakin does not survive her Cruciamentum.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Los Angeles, 1952
Angel, staying at the Hyperion Hotel, becomes involved with a thief and is attacked by a mob under the influence of a Thesulac demon.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco Los Angeles, November 9, 1953
The luchadores Hermanos Números fight gangsters and demons, finally defeating the Tezcatcatl, during which four of the five are slain.
Comic
(flashback)
Spike: A Dark Place, Part Three Rome, 1953
Spike, in Rome with Drusilla, rescues Pearl and Nash from a black widower demon.
Episode
(background)
B2.11 Ted Sunnydale, mid-1950s
After his wife leaves him, frustrated inventor Ted Buchanan creates a robotic duplicate of himself.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.19 I Only Have Eyes for You Sunnydale, 1955
Sunnydale High student James Stanley kills his teacher, Grace Newman, after she tries to break off their affair.
Short story* Tales: And White Splits the Night Florida, 1956
The Slayer Asha Sayre and her Watcher race to save a church from a vampire's racially motivated bomb attack.
Comic*
(flashback)
AC.12 Vermin, Part One Los Angeles, 1956
A carnival magician attempts to invoke the wrath of the Old Ones, but he inadvertently conjures up a rat demon, which goes into hiding.
Comic* Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part Four Rome and Cyprus, June 27, 1959
Spike and Drusilla enjoy an evening with Comte de Saint-Germain on his birthday and unknowingly free Dracula from within a statue.
Episode
(background)
A4.03 The House Always Wins 1960s
Angel meets the Rat Pack multiple times, giving advice to Sammy Davis Jr.
Novel*
(background)
Buffy: Blooded 1960
The Slayer Mariko dies in the line of duty.
Comic*
(flashback)
AC.12 Vermin, Part One New York, 1962
Living on the streets in the Bowery, Angel is beset by rats, contributing to his longtime antipathy toward the creatures.
Episode
(background)
A5.07 Lineage Vienna, 1963
Spike slaughters an orphanage, as well as two members of the Watchers Council.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.10 Women of a Certain Age London, 1964
At age ten, Rupert Giles fends off a demon with the Shard of Stronnos, after which he is informed of his destiny by his father and sent off to Watchers Academy.
Episode
(background)
A4.03 The House Always Wins Las Vegas, May 1967
Angel attends Elvis and Priscilla's wedding reception.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date San Francisco, July 12, 1967
Future Wolfram & Hart assassin Vanessa Brewer is born.
Episode
(background)
A4.03 Not Fade Away Los Angeles, September, 1967
Angel attends the first taping of the Carol Burnett Show.
Short story*
(background)
Tales: Back to the Garden Tomar, Portugal, 1969
The current Slayer dies attempting to collect the Chalice of Magdoreth from the vampiric order of the Knights Templar.
Short story* Tales: Back to the Garden Nova Scotia, 1969
A pacifist Slayer, Beryl McKenzie, joins a commune in Nova Scotia before facing her Cruciamentum.
Episode
(background)
A2.03 School Hard Bethel, New York, August 1969
Spike attends the Woodstock music festival, where he experiences the effects of psychedelic drugs after feeding on a fellow attendee.
Comic*
(background)
BC.50 Note from the Underground, Part Four New York, 1969
Angel watches Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at the Ziegfeld Theatre.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story Oklahoma, 1970
Alasdair Coames leads a team of Archmages to destroy the demonic offspring of Pearl and Nash.
Novel* Buffy: Blackout Poland and New York, December 1970
The current Slayer dies, activating Nikki Wood as the next one.

1971–1996[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic
(background)
AF.17 Death and Consequences, Part Two 1970s
Sophronia works at the Disco Doll Detective Agency.
Comic Tales: Nikki Goes Down! New York, early 1970s
The Slayer Nikki Wood sets out to avenge the death of her police officer boyfriend Li against the vampire crime boss Le Banc.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.06 Daddy Issues, Part One London, 1972
After his classmates are slaughtered by the Highgate Vampire, Giles confronts his father and quits his studies for the Watchers Council.
Short story* Tales: It's All About the Mission New York, spring 1973
Nikki Wood's Watcher, Bernard Crowley, doubts that a pregnant Nikki can handle her Cruciamentum.
Comic
(flashback)
B9.06 On Your Own, Part One New York, 1973
Nikki survives her Cruciamentum while pregnant.
Comic
(flashback)
B9.06 On Your Own, Part One New York, 1973
As Nikki gives birth to her son Robin, Crowley makes arrangements for her to go into hiding and live a normal life with the child.
Comic
(background)
B9.06 On Your Own, Part One New York, 1974
After living with her infant son in South America and Mexico, Nikki finds herself drawn back to New York to resume her duties as a Slayer.
Comic
(background)
B10.06 I Wish, Part One San Francisco, mid-1970s
A Hamelin demon begins pulling vulnerable children into a hell dimension in which they can live out idealized versions of their childhoods.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.15 Orpheus New York, 1975
Angel fails to prevent a diner shooting, choosing to feed on the victim afterward.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.17 Death and Consequences, Part Two London, 1975
Ripper's crowd dabbles at summoning the demon Eyghon, but they lose control and their attempts at exorcism result in Randall's death.
Episode
(background)
B5.21 The Weight of the World Mid 1970s
After losing a war for control of her hell dimension, Glorificus is banished to Earth and bound within the body of the newborn Ben.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.26 The Heart of a Slayer, Part One Sunnydale, 1976
The demon Karfarnaum and the Slayer Adja pass through and continue to fight as they travel forward through time.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.18–19 Death and Consequences, Part Three & Four London, 1977
After a concert with his band Wretched, Rupert "Ripper" Giles admits his failures to his grandmother Edna, who convinces him to return to the Watchers Council.
Novel* Buffy: Blackout New York, July 1977
Nikki Wood fights against the forces of darkness while protecting her son, as Spike and Drusilla arrive in New York to hunt her down.
Comic* Classic: Spike in "Rock 'n' Roll All Night (and Sleep Every Day)" New York, 1977
Spike attracts girls attending a punk vampire band to their death in the backstage.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.17 Lies My Parents Told Me New York, 1977
Spike fights Nikki Wood in Central Park as her son looks on.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love New York, 1977
Spike kills Nikki Wood in a subway car, taking her coat for his own.
Comic
(flashback)
Spike: Into the Light Greenville, California, 1978
Spike betrays a gang of criminals after stashing their loot beneath a pawnshop's floor, but he leaves town before collecting it.
Comic*
(flashback)
AC.12 Vermin, Part One Los Angeles, 1978
Two workers tasked with clearing out the abandoned Dream-a-Dreamland amusement park are attacked by demon-controlled rats.
Comic
(background)
AF.03 Live Through This, Part Three England, 1978
Archmage Alasdair Coames fights in the Ley Line War of '78.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Giles: Beyond the Pale London, 1980
As a student, Rupert Giles discovers the Key of Amon-Rathna in the Watcher archives.
Comic
(background)
AF.06 Lost and Found, Part One California, 1980
Walt Zane garners a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and founds Zane Pharmaceuticals out of his garage.
Episode
(background)
A1.13 Surprise Los Angeles, January 19, 1981
Future Slayer Buffy is born to Joyce and Hank Summers.
Short story* Tales: Two Teenage Girls at the Mall Keller, Nebraska, 1981
Julie Lemmer, a newly-turned teenage vampire, is locked in a mall for the Slayer Peri Bohr's Cruciamentum.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: Only Human Los Angeles, mid-1980s
A vampire attacks Charles Gunn in his grandmother's kitchen, after which time she begins instructing him in fighting vampires.
Episode
(background)
B4.18 Where the Wild Things Are Sunnydale, 1985
At age four, Willow has a bad birthday party pony experience, leading to a fear of horses.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.02 Ground State Gills Rock, Wisconsin, October 1985
Gwen Raiden enrolls at the Thorpe's Academy and accidentally shocks a young boy.
Episode
(background)
B1.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth Sunnydale, 1986
At age 5, Willow breaks up with Xander, because he stole her Barbie doll.
Episode
(background)
B6.22 Grave Sunnydale, 1987
Willow breaks a yellow crayon on her first day of kindergarten.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.21 The Blood of Carthage, Part One Sunnydale, 1987
Xander dubs Willow his "sidekick" as they play together.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Play with Fire Sunnydale, spring 1988
A group of teenagers attempt to raise a demon inside an old house, and one of them becomes trapped incorporeally within.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.11 Damage Los Angeles, 1988
Walter Kindel kidnaps and tortures a ten-year-old Dana after murdering her family; the girl will remain in a psychiatric hospital for 15 years afterward.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date Pajaur, mid-1988
At age 21, Vanessa Brewer blinds herself and commences five years of a story with the Order of the Nanjin.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.18 Killed by Death 1989
Buffy witnesses her cousin's death in a hospital by Der Kindestod.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.21–22 The Blood of Carthage, Part One & Two Sunnydale, 1989
Willow's mother warns against following Xander's rash actions. Later, while camping out, Willow plays dead to save the pair from Mad Jack.
Comic*
(flashback)
Classic: Dead Love 1990s
Giles seeks out an old friend, and encounters a man obsessed with bringing his dead wife back to life.
Comic*
(flashback)
Angel: Only Human Los Angeles, early 1990s
Charles Gunn and his sister Alonna visit their grandmother in the hospital, grateful to be dying in bed rather than fighting a vampire.
Episode
(background)
B2.07 Lie to Me Los Angeles, 1991
In the fifth grade, Buffy develops a crush on Billy Ford, who is a year ahead of her in school.
Comic*
(flashback)
BC.24 The Blood of Carthage, Part Five Sunnydale, 1991
Xander volunteers Willow to help fix their teacher's recalcitrant computer.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date Pajaur, mid-1992
Vanessa Brewer finishes her training with the Order of the Nanjin.
Film* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Los Angeles, spring 1992
The Watcher Merrick informs Buffy of her calling as a Slayer, a role she gradually accepts, defeating the vampire Lothos.
Novel* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Los Angeles, spring 1992
Novelization of the eponymous film.
Short story* Tales: The Code of the Samurai Mexico, June 1993
The current Slayer is killed by a Cohgara demon.
Short story* Tales: The Code of the Samurai Tokyo, 1993
Slayer India Cohen and her Watcher, Kit, must help a clan destroy their vampire-ancestor, along with 50 other warriors.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date July 12, 1993
Vanessa Brewer is arrested for driving without a license after fleeing the scene of a homicide.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.15 A Hole in the World Texas, mid-1990s
Fred's parents help her pack for her move to begin her studies at UCLA.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.16 Shells Texas, mid-1990s
Fred packs up her car, says goodbye to her parents, and heads to L.A.
Comic* Angel: ...Dust to Dust Los Angeles, mid-1990s
Charles and Alonna Gunn confront the turned vampire form of the woman who cared for them after their grandmother's death.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date April 23, 1995
Vanessa Brewer is arrested and charged with aggravated assault, but the case is not brought to trial.
Episode
(flashback)
A3.18 Double or Nothing Los Angeles, 1995
Gunn signs a blood oath with Jenoff at his casino, sacrificing his future in exchange for his "heart's desire."
Comic
(background)
Classic: The Origin, Part One Los Angeles, autumn 1995
Buffy begins attending Hemery High School.
Episode
(flashback)
A4.15 Orpheus New York, 1995
A derelict Angel, still distraught over his feeding on a human two decades prior, feeds on a rat.
Novel* Buffy: The Book of Fours California, 1996
The Slayer India sacrifices herself to wanderer mummies to save her only family.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.34 Twilight, Part Three 1996
The Slayer who preceded Buffy is killed by a vampire.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.21 Becoming, Part One New York, 1996
The demon Whistler invites Angel to become a hero.
Episode
(flashback)
B2.21 Becoming, Part One Los Angeles, spring 1996
Whistler points out Buffy to Angel. The new Slayer stakes her first vampire in the same night.
Short story*
(flashback)
Classic: The First Time Los Angeles, spring 1996
Buffy researches online about the life of Robert Berman, the first vampire she slayed.
Comic Classic: The Origin Los Angeles, spring 1996
Merrick informs Buffy of her calling as a Slayer, a role she gradually accepts, defeating the vampire Lothos.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Slayer England, 1996
Athena, Artemis, and Helen Jamison-Smythe visit Merrick's grave and survive a vampire attack arranged by Imogen Post.
Episode
(flashback)
A2.19 Belonging Los Angeles, May 7, 1996
Reading from a demonic language book, Fred inadvertently opens a dimensional portal to Pylea, through which she exchanges places with Lorne.
Comic* BC.51–54 Broken PartsThe Big Fold Las Vegas, summer 1996
Buffy and Pike work undercover in a Las Vegas casino and defeat its vampires, as Angel provides hidden assistance.
Comic* BC.55 Dawn and Hoopy the Bear Los Angeles, summer 1996
A dangerous stuffed bear is mistakenly delivered to Dawn instead of to Buffy.
Episode
(background)
B6.17 Normal Again Los Angeles, 1996
Buffy is put into a mental institution after she tells her parents about vampires, but she soon learns not to perpetuate her story.
Comic* BC.56–59 Slayer, Interrupted, Part OneFour Los Angeles, summer 1996
Buffy's parents put her into a mental institution, where she faces the demon Rakagore.
Comic* Classic: Angels We Have Seen on High Santa Monica, summer 1996
Angel protects Dawn from vampires at the Santa Monica pier.
Comic* BC.60–63 A Stake to the Heart, Part OneFour Sunnydale, summer 1996
Angel, aided by Whistler, inadvertently sets four malignancy demons on Buffy and her grieving family after Joyce and Hank's divorce.

1996–1997[]

Taking place during Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 1.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Episode* Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy transfers to Berryman High, where she's called back as a Slayer by her new Watcher, Giles, and has to save classmates Xander and Willow from vampires.
Episode B1.01 Welcome to the Hellmouth Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy transfers to Sunnydale High, where she's called back as a Slayer by her new watcher, Rupert Giles; the mysterious Angel offers advice.
Episode B1.02 The Harvest Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy is joined by Xander and Willow to rescue Jesse and confronts the Master's minions to prevent the Harvest.
Novel* Buffy: The Harvest Sunnydale, 1996
Novelization of the first two episodes.
Episode B1.03 Witch Sunnydale, 1996
The Scoobies attempt to stop a witch intent on disrupting her daughter Amy Madison's cheerleader tryouts.
Episode
(background)
B2.05 Reptile Boy Sunnydale, October 10, 1996
Members of the Delta Zeta Kappa fraternity sacrifice two girls to the demon Machida.
Episode B1.04 Teacher's Pet Sunnydale, 1996
Xander is seduced and nearly eaten by a giant She-Mantis disguised as a substitute teacher.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 1: Teacher's Pet Sunnydale, 1996
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Novel* Buffy: Halloween Rain Sunnydale, October 1996
Buffy fights Samhain, the Pumpkin King, revived by a magical rain.
Novel* Buffy: Night of the Living Rerun Sunnydale, 1996
Spirits from old Salem, Massachusetts, inhabit the bodies of Buffy and her friends, attempting a ritual to raise the Master.
Comic* The High School Years: Freaks & Geeks Sunnydale, 1996
A group of nerdy vampires, shunned by their cooler brethren, decide to climb the vampire social ladder by taking out the Slayer.
Comic* The High School Years: Parental Parasite Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy must defeat the childlike Cuclidus demon that has enthralled her mother into becoming its unwitting protector.
Comic* The High School Years: No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy fights a vampire in a comic shop, inspiring a young girl in the process.
Comic* The High School Years: Glutton for Punishment Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy and Xander sign up for an extracurricular Home Ec class only to discover the teacher is actually a ravenous tiger demon.
Episode B1.05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date Sunnydale, 1996
Buffy goes on a date with classmate Owen Thurman while the Master arranges the rising of the Anointed One, his greatest warrior.
Episode B1.06 The Pack Sunnydale, 1996
Xander and a group of bullies are possessed by demonic hyenas.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 2: The Pack Sunnydale, 1996
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B1.07 Angel Sunnydale, 1997
Angel's vampire nature is revealed to Buffy, a fact Darla uses to trap the Slayer. Buffy learns the truth, and Angel stakes Darla.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1: Angel Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Animation* Buffy the Animated Series pilot Sunnydale, 1997
As Giles warns the Scoobies about a plot by the followers of Morgala, a large dragon attacks the Sunnydale High library.
Comic
(dream)
B8.20 After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back! Sunnydale, 1997
Buffy dreams about being in school again, where she struggles to balance her Slayer responsibilities and the joy of revisiting her youth.
Episode B1.08 I Robot, You Jane Sunnydale, 1997
The demon Moloch escapes into the Internet, manipulating students (including Willow) so he can be moved in a robot body.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 1: I Robot, You Jane Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B1.09 The Puppet Show Sunnydale, 1997
The Scoobies pursue an animated ventriloquist's dummy, Sid, who they suspect is inhabited by a murderous demon.
Episode B1.10 Nightmares Sunnydale, 1997
Sunnydale students begin living out their nightmares, a condition caused by the boy Billy Palmer in a coma.
Episode B1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight Sunnydale, May 1997
Buffy must protect Cordelia when she becomes the target of an invisible apparition of the vengeful former student Marcie Ross.
Novel* The Cordelia Collection: Out of Mind, Out of Sight Sunnydale, May 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B1.12 Prophecy Girl Sunnydale, 1997
Buffy drowns in a confrontation with the Master, but Xander revives her, enabling her to fight and slay the vampire.
Short story* Buffy: Dust Sunnydale, summer 1997
Buffy continually sees the death of everyone she touches while she heads out to Los Angeles to spend summer vacation with her father.
Short story* Buffy: Absalom Rising Sunnydale, summer 1997
Absalom tries to obtain the Master's bones from Giles, who has them kept in his house.
Short story* Buffy: Looks Can Kill Sunnydale, summer 1997
Giles, Angel, and Jenny must deal with a shapeshifter before it gets to the Slayer.
Short story* Buffy: No Place Like... Los Angeles, summer 1997
While shopping, Buffy runs into a fortune-teller who tells her that she's the warrior sent to free the spirit of her dead child.
Short story* Buffy: Uncle Dead and the Fourth of July Sunnydale, summer 1997
A newly risen vampire raises a crazed war veteran from the grave. Giles, Jenny, and Angel must stop him and his legion of zombie followers.
Short story* Buffy: The Show Must Go On Sunnydale, summer 1997
Willow and Xander run a play at the local theater, not knowing that the stage crew are all vampires with a love for Shakespeare.
Comic* Classic: MacGuffins Los Angeles, summer 1997
Buffy, vacationing at her father's house, must neutralize a pair of impish creatures sent by Giles as a test.
Novel* Buffy: Coyote Moon Sunnydale, summer 1997
Buffy fights a pair of werecoyotes intent on raising their old master, Spurs Hardaway, from the grave.

1997–1998[]

Taking place during Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Episode B2.01 When She Was Bad Sunnydale, September 1997
Buffy returns from Los Angeles; the Order of Aurelius attempts to resurrect the Master while the Slayer deals with the trauma of her experience with him.
Episode B2.02 Some Assembly Required Sunnydale, 1997
Using dead body parts, the student Chris Epps attempts to assemble a female companion for his revived brother Daryl.
Novel* The Cordelia Collection: Some Assembly Required Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Comic Tales: The Problem with Vampires Prague, 1997
Spike rescues Drusilla from torture at the hands of a human inquisitor, and the pair opt to leave for the Hellmouth.
Comic* Classic: Spike and Dru: The Queen of Hearts St. Louis, 1997
En route to Sunnydale, Spike and Drusilla stop off in St. Louis for some riverboat gambling.
Episode B2.03 School Hard Sunnydale, 1997
Spike and Drusilla arrive in town; Spike leads a failed raid on Sunnydale High, leading to his execution of the Anointed One.
Episode B2.04 Inca Mummy Girl Sunnydale, 1997
An ancient mummy, originally a 16-year-old Inca Princess, revives and begins stealing others' life forces to remain alive.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 1: Inca Mummy Girl Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.05 Reptile Boy Sunnydale, October 1997
Buffy and Cordelia go to a fraternity party, unaware that the brothers are members of a cult making sacrifices to the demon Machida.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1: Reptile Boy Sunnydale, October 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.06 Halloween Sunnydale, October 1997
Ethan Rayne sets up a shop in town, casting a spell that causes people to become the characters their Halloween costumes portray.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 2: Halloween Sunnydale, October 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.07 Lie to Me Sunnydale, November 1997
Buffy's old friend Ford comes to town, but he's secretly plotting to betray her to be turned into a vampire himself.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1: Lie to Me Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Novel* Buffy: Bad Bargain Sunnydale, 1997
Items sold for a school band fund-raiser begin having unexpected effects on their buyers.
Gamebook* Buffy: The Suicide King Sunnydale, 1997
The Scoobies investigate a number of suspicious student suicides, suspecting that something supernatural is to blame.
Episode B2.08 The Dark Age Sunnydale, 1997
After the death of Giles' friend Philip Henry, the Scoobies learn Eyghon the Sleepwalker is haunting him and Ethan Rayne.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.18 Death and Consequences, Part Three Sunnydale, 1997
Eyghon escapes possessing a dead rat and is born into this plane from within an unconscious man.
Episode B2.09 What's My Line? Part One Sunnydale, 1997
Spike seeks a cure for Drusilla's weakness, and summons the Order of Taraka to destroy Buffy; Angel is trapped by the new Slayer Kendra.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 2: What's My Line? Part One Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.10 What's My Line? Part Two Sunnydale, 1997
New Slayer Kendra Young aids Buffy and the Scoobies in defeating the Order of Taraka and rescuing Angel from Spike and Drusilla.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 2: What's My Line? Part Two Sunnydale, 1997
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Gamebook* Buffy: Keep Me in Mind Sunnydale, 1997
Ethan Rayne releases an evil Middle Ages sorcerer, while Buffy goes up against a number of old adversaries.
Gamebook* Buffy: Colony Sunnydale, 1997
A self-help speaker is secretly an ant-like demon queen with a hidden agenda: seeking mates and workers to build her "colony."
Gamebook* Buffy: Night Terrors Sunnydale, 1997
The Night Terror, a demon that replaces another's soul with its own, sets its sights on Buffy as a stronger permanent host.
Novel* Buffy: Afterimage Sunnydale, 1997
A series of bizarre supernatural attacks surround the reopening of a drive-in theater and its mysterious proprietor.
Novel* Buffy: Carnival of Souls Sunnydale, 1997
A traveling carnival and its Hall of Mirrors begin affecting Sunnydale residents in unusual ways.
Episode B2.11 Ted Sunnydale, 1997
Joyce has a new boyfriend, Ted, but Buffy sees a side of him the others cannot, leading to a critical confrontation.
Comic Tales: Broken Bottle of Djinn Sunnydale, 1997
A powerful spirit is released from a locker at Sunnydale High, but Buffy and Willow are able to transport it back to 1937.
Episode B2.12 Bad Eggs Sunnydale, January 1998
Eggs being cared for as a school project turn out to be mind-controlling Bezoar demons seeking to distribute more of their mother's offspring.
Novel* Buffy: Portal Through Time Sunnydale, January 1998
A group of vampire-assassins travel into the past in an attempt to kill previous Slayers, disrupting the Slayer lineage.
Episode B2.13 Surprise Sunnydale, January 1998
Spike assembles the Judge as a present for Drusilla; Buffy and Angel share their first intimate night together, causing him to lose his soul.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3: Surprise Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.14 Innocence Sunnydale, January 1998
Angel joins with Spike and Drusilla to lead the Judge in an attack, and Jenny is revealed as a member of the Kalderash.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3: Innocence Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.15 Phases Sunnydale, 1998
The Scoobies race against the hunter Cain to find a werewolf that is terrorizing Sunnydale, leading to a revelation about Oz.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 1: Phases Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Sunnydale, 1998
After Cordelia dumps Xander on Valentine's Day, he solicits assistance from witch Amy to get back at her.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 1: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.17 Passion Sunnydale, 1998
As Angel stalks and taunts Buffy, Jenny tries to find a way to restore his soul, but Angel puts an end to her plans.
Novel* The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3: Passion Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Comic* Classic: Ring of Fire Sunnydale, 1998
The armor of a samurai demon is taken from a cargo ship, and a fight begins for master of the "ring of fire."
Novel* Buffy: One Thing or Your Mother Sunnydale, 1998
With Sunnydale suffering under a sleep-deprivation spell, Buffy must deal with a child vampire under the care of Spike and Drusilla.
Episode B2.18 Killed by Death Sunnydale, 1998
A hospitalized Buffy faces off against Der Kindestod, a demon that preys on sick children and may have a connection to her past.
Episode B2.19 I Only Have Eyes for You Sunnydale, 1998
A pair of spirits possess Sunnydale High to reenact a traumatic incident from decades past.
Episode B2.20 Go Fish Sunnydale, 1998
Xander goes undercover on the Sunnydale High Swim Team after members begin turning up apparently skinned alive.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 2: Go Fish Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B2.21 Becoming, Part One Sunnydale, 1998
Angel begins his plans to bring about apocalypse by using Acathla, a demon that came to suck the world into Hell.
Episode B2.22 Becoming, Part Two Sunnydale, 1998
Buffy allies with Spike to defeat Angel, while Willow attempts to reenact the curse to restore Angel's soul.
Comic* Classic: Spike and Dru: Paint the Town Red Italy and Turkey, 1998
Spike, angry at Drusilla's passion for Angel, ends their relationship, but a battle with zombies reunites them.
Novel* Buffy: Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary Boston, December 1997 to June 1998
Faith is shipped off to a foster home, where she learns about her destiny as a Slayer and fights an evil force called Malice.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.24 Safe Boston, 1998
New Slayer Faith has her first encounter with three vampires, in which she manages to stake two before "the Third" escapes.

1998–1999[]

Taking place during Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 3.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Novel*
(Flashback)
Buffy: Slayer Phoenix, 1998
Athena and Artemis survive a magical house fire. Their mother rescues Artemis first, and Nina becomes asthmatic.
Episode B3.01 Anne Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 1998
As the Scoobies try to carry on without her, Buffy keeps an anonymous life until she uncovers an extradimensional slave ring.
Episode B3.02 Dead Man's Party Sunnydale, 1998
As Buffy adjusts to life back in town, a Nigerian mask that Joyce has acquired causes an army of zombies to rise up.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 1: Dead Man's Party Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Short story*
(flashback)
Buffy RPG: The Waiting Sunnydale, 1998
Buffy stakes Sasha Kopeki and denies that the vampire was the same girl she once met in school.
Comic* BC.01 Wu-Tang Fang Sunnydale, 1998
The Scoobies come face to face with a group of martial-artist vampires led by San Sui seeking a worthy adversary.
Episode B3.03 Faith, Hope & Trick Sunnydale, 1998
The new Slayer, Faith, arrives in town pursued by the demon Kakistos and his ally Trick; Angel escapes hell.
Novel* The Faith Trials: Faith, Hope & Trick Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B3.04 Beauty and the Beasts Sunnydale, 1998
As Buffy discovers and tends to Angel, he and Oz become suspects to a series of animalistic murders by the transformed Peter Clarner.
Comic* BC.02 Halloween Sunnydale, October 1998
Buffy hopes for an uneventful night of trick-or-treating, but Willow's abduction by a group of vampires forces Buffy into action.
Episode B3.05 Homecoming Sunnydale, 1998
Competing for Homecoming Queen, Buffy and Cordelia become targets in the SlayerFest '98, arranged by Trick.
Novel* The Cordelia Collection: Homecoming Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B3.06 Band Candy Sunnydale, 1998
Sunnydale High students are coerced into selling tainted chocolate bars that revert adults to their teenage personalities.
Novel* Buffy: Sins of the Father Sunnydale, 1998
Pike is reunited with Buffy pursued by the demon Grayhewn, while Giles' new love interest may have a secret connection to his past.
Episode B3.07 Revelations Sunnydale, 1998
The Scoobies find out about Angel's surprising return, and the new Watcher Gwendolyn Post arrives to evaluate Giles.
Episode The Faith Trials: Revelations Sunnydale, 1998
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Video game* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Xbox) Sunnydale, 1998
Buffy — with Spike's unlikely assistance — must stop the reformed Order of Aurelius from resurrecting the Master in a new body.
Comic* Classic: The Dust Waltz Sunnydale, 1998
As Giles' niece Jane comes to visit, the sisters Lilith and Lamia also arrive in town for a ritualistic battle of champions.
Novel* Buffy: Blooded Sunnydale, 1998
Willow and Xander are possessed by fighting spirits and Buffy must stop them without harming her friends.
Novel* Buffy: Child of the Hunt Sunnydale, 1998
A group of mystical beings called the Wild Hunt use a Renaissance Faire as cover to claim souls, but they encounter resistance from within.
Novel* Buffy: Resurrecting Ravana Sunnydale, 1998
A group of demons called the Rakshasa begin wickedly influencing people in their quest to raise an ancient Hindu god.
Novel* Buffy: The Gatekeeper Trilogy Sunnydale, Boston, and Europe, 1998
The Scoobies must stop a sinister group from opening portals to evil realms, and find the heir to the wizard charged with keeping them secured.
Comic* BC.03 Cold Turkey Sunnydale, November 1998
As Buffy prepares for Thanksgiving, the vampire Selke returns surviving the Slayer on Halloween.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.07 Fool for Love Brazil, 1998
Drusilla dumps Spike, insisting that he is no longer the same after their encounter with the Slayer.
Episode B3.08 Lovers Walk Sunnydale, 1998
Spike returns and kidnaps Willow and Xander to force the former to perform a love spell to gain Drusilla back.
Comic* Classic: Dance with Me Sunnydale, 1998
A student who Buffy repeatedly rejected for a date is transformed into a vampire, but he must still deal with his feelings.
Novel* Buffy: Ghoul Trouble Sunnydale, 1998
A day-walking vampire seeks to confront the Slayer, and a new band playing the Bronze seems to have an unusual power over its audience.
Episode B3.09 The Wish Sunnydale, 1998
Anya grants Cordelia's offhand wish that Buffy had never come to town, until the vengeance demon loses all her powers.
Novel* Buffy: The Evil That Men Do Sunnydale, 1998
A centuries-old vampire and her lover arrive in town in an effort to both kill the Slayer and resurrect a goddess of destruction.
Comic* BC.04 White Christmas Sunnydale, December 1998
Buffy takes a job at the mall to pay for an expensive dress, but her new boss hides a cold secret.
Episode B3.10 Amends Sunnydale, December 1998
As Christmas comes, Angel is tormented by the First Evil, who appears as his past victims to force him to kill Buffy.
Comic Tales: Numb Sunnydale, December 1998
Angel tries to control his evil side as he is visited by visions of victims past, as well as his Angelus persona.
Comic* BC.05 Happy New Year Sunnydale, December 1998
A cursed Puritan arrives looking to break a hex placed on him centuries before, but trouble follows in the form of a giant hellhound.
Comic* Classic: Rogues Gallery Sunnydale, January 1999
Buffy slays a vampire during an exhibit opening while helping on her mom's gallery.
Comic* BC.06–07 New Kid on the Block, Part One & Two Sunnydale, January 1999
Vampires invade a slumber party coordinated by Willow's new friend Cynthia, who may be harboring a deadly secret.
Comic* BC.08 The Final Cut Sunnydale, January 1999
An aspiring filmmaker recruits the Scooby Gang to help with his new film, but his true motives lie in a secret alliance with a ghostly actor.
Comic* Classic: Play with Fire Sunnydale, January 1999
Willow attempts to free a trapped spirit from a demon-inhabited house.
Comic* Classic: The Latest Craze Sunnydale, January 1999
The Hooligan dolls inspires obsession in town, but Ethan is behind the less-than-cuddly beasts.
Comic* BC.09–10 Hey, Good Lookin', Part One & Two Sunnydale, January 1999
While Buffy uncovers a model agency, the vampire Selke allies with an alchemist to restore her appearance.
Comic* BC.11 A Boy Named Sue Sunnydale, January 1999
Amy takes vengeace on the musician Todd Dahl by making him experience living as a girl. Meanwhile, Dr. Flitter creates the bad blood for Selke.
Episode B3.11 Gingerbread Sunnydale, January 1999
Joyce's discovery of two children's bodies leads her on a crusade to find the killer, escalating to a very real witch hunt.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 2: Gingerbread Sunnydale, January 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Comic* Classic: Bad Dog Sunnydale, January 1999
Oz escapes during his werewolf transformation, but Buffy finds and uses him to track a kidnapped Willow.
Comic* BC.12 & 16 Food Chain, Part One & Two Sunnydale, January 1999
A Sunnydale youth, having gotten a taste for the supernatural, summons a wish-fulfillment demon with disastrous results.
Comic* Classic: Hello Moon Sunnydale, January 1999
Buffy's selfless example inspires a discouraged emissary from an undersea world to continue his quest for a new home.
Comic* Classic: Cursed Sunnydale, January 1999
A confrontation with a vampire from Angel's past brings up old memories.
Comic* BC.13–15 Bad Blood, Part FourSix Sunnydale, January 1999
While Selke begins dominating town with her coven of new bloods, Spike and Dru sabotage Dr. Flitter's creations.
Novel* Buffy: The Book of Fours Sunnydale, 1999
Minions are sent armed with elemental axes to kill Buffy and Faith to end the Slayer line and bring forth the Gatherer.
Episode B3.12 Helpless Sunnydale, January 1999
As Buffy turns 18, she faces her Cruciamentum, but plans for the test go awry. Giles's help causes him to be fired from the Council.
Novel* The Journals of Rupert Giles: Helpless Sunnydale, January 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Comic* BC.17–19 Bad Blood, Part SevenNine Sunnydale, February 1999
The Scooby Gang prepare for the school's Mardi Gras while finally confronting Selke and the Dark Slayer.
Comic* Classic: Dead Love Sunnydale, 1999
While poking around the library waiting for Angel, Buffy discovers an old journal of Giles's.
Novel* Buffy: Obsidian Fate Sunnydale, 1999
The discovery of a centuries-old Spanish expedition reveals a mystical mirror purported to contain an ancient Aztec spirit.
Novel* Buffy: Paleo Sunnydale, 1999
A paleontologist exploits a new student's eagerness to fit in with a plan to resurrect prehistoric creatures from dinosaur eggs.
Episode B3.13 The Zeppo Sunnydale, 1999
As the rest of the gang tries to stop another apocalypse, an isolated Xander becomes involving with zombies and a deadly plot.
Novel* The Xander Years, Volume 2: The Zeppo Sunnydale, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Novel* Buffy: The Deathless Sunnydale, 1999
As students celebrate ring day, the arrival of sorcerer Koeschei the Deathless forces the wary Scoobies to ally with the fabled Baba Yaga.
Comic* Classic: Stinger Sunnydale, 1999
A demonic scorpion that feeds on cruelty targets a bully who has been tormenting Xander.
Comic* Classic: Mall Rats Sunnydale, 1999
Cordelia's skills prove essential when a swarm of demonic rats attacks the mall while she and Buffy are shopping.
Comic* Classic: Spike and Dru: Who Made Who? Rio de Janeiro, 1999
A morose Spike tries to regain Drusilla's love; despite repeated acts of cruelty, she feels he's no longer the evil he once was.
Episode B3.14 Bad Girls Sunnydale, 1999
With the stuffy new watcher, Buffy begins embracing Faith's wilder nature — until a careless Faith kills the Mayor's human assistant Allan Finch.
Novel* The Faith Trials: Bad Girls Sunnydale, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B3.15 Consequences Sunnydale, 1999
Faith tries to escape the consequences of her crime; when her actions endanger others, Angel and the Watchers Council act.
Novel* The Faith Trials: Consequences Sunnydale, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B3.16 Doppelgängland Sunnydale, 1999
The now-human Anya tricks Willow into casting a spell that accidentally brings the vampiric Wishverse Willow into their reality.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 2: Doppelgängland Sunnydale, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Novel* Buffy: Doomsday Deck Sunnydale, 1999
A fortune teller uses her powers to control the last people she needs to complete a mystical Tarot deck to bring about "ultimate peace."
Novel* Buffy: Immortal Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy faces a vampire who reincarnates in a new body every time she dusts, and whose plans entail summoning an ancient demon.
Short story*
(flashback)
Tales: Again Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy, Xander, and Willow, their 2001 consciousnesses inhabiting their 1999 bodies, must figure out how (and if) to return.
Episode B3.17 Enemies Sunnydale, 1999
The now-invulnerable Mayor Wilkins and his new ally — Faith — plot to steal Angel's soul so he kills Buffy.
Comic* Classic: Angel: The Hollower Sunnydale, 1999
Angel allies with Catherine DeLancie to stop the Hollower, who extracts the demonic essence from vampires.
Novel* Buffy: Prime Evil Sunnydale, 1999
An ancient primal witch assumes the guise of a new teacher in her quest to assemble a new coven — including Willow.
Novel* Buffy: Revenant Sunnydale, 1999
The criminal activities of a newly arrived Chinese gang escalate racial tensions, but experimentation with the occult results in new dangers.
Episode B3.18 Earshot Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy gains telepathic abilities that soon become overwhelming — but also reveal an imminent murder plot.
Episode B3.19 Choices Sunnydale, 1999
The Scoobies attempt to recover an artifact vital to the Mayor's Ascension, but Willow is kidnapped and used as a bargaining chip.
Novel* The Willow Files, Volume 1: Choices Sunnydale, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Novel* Buffy: Power of Persuasion Sunnydale, 1999
The Moon family arrives in town with dire consequences for the local men.
Episode
(background)
B6.11 Gone Sunnydale, ca. 1999
Andrew Wells summons flying monkeys to attack the school play, an incident the Scoobies will later have no recollection of.
Episode B3.20 The Prom Sunnydale, 1999
As Angel decides to end his relationship with Buffy, she fights to stop a pack of hellhounds from disrupting the school's prom.
Novel* Buffy: Return to Chaos Sunnydale, 1999
A group of druids attempt a spell that will close off the Hellmouth, but their leader may have an agenda of his own.
Novel* Buffy: Visitors Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy is stalked by a korred, a giggling beast that feeds off of people's life forces by making them dance to his magical song until they die.
Novel* Buffy: Unnatural Selection Sunnydale, 1999
Willow is tasked by a faerie with saving Weatherly Park from development, but the faeries also have other plans for her.
Novel* Buffy: Deep Water Sunnydale, 1999
An offshore oil spill strands a selkie, and other sea creatures begin a turf war with the local vampires.
Novel* Buffy: Here Be Monsters Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy and Joyce are put on trial by the goddess of Balance for Buffy's slaying of teenage vampire twins.
Episode B3.21 Graduation Day, Part One Sunnydale, June 1999
As the team works to avert the Ascension, Faith infects Angel with a vampire-killing poison — one that requires Slayer blood to cure.
Episode B3.22 Graduation Day, Part Two Sunnydale, June 1999
Buffy forces Angel to feed on her; at graduation, the Mayor transforms, but well-armed students fight back, destroying both him and the school.
Novel* Buffy: Sunnydale High Yearbook Sunnydale, June 1999
The Scooby Gang writes notes on Buffy's yearbook.
Comic* BC.20 Double Cross Sunnydale, summer 1999
As Angel drives to Los Angeles, demonic forces hope to exploit his separation from Buffy.
Comic* Buffy: Haunted Sunnydale, summer 1999
The disembodied spirit of former Mayor Wilkins masters bodily possession and goes after Buffy.

1999–2000[]

Taking place during Buffy season 4 and Angel season 1.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic* Angel: Spotlight: Doyle Los Angeles, 1999
After failing to protect a friend in danger, Doyle investigates her death, uncovering a shop with a grisly clientele.
Episode* Angel pitch tape Los Angeles, 1999
Angel stands on a skyscraper over nighttime Los Angeles, reflecting on the key moments in his history that brought him to the city.
Episode A1.01 City Of Los Angeles, 1999
Angel teams with Cordelia and Doyle to investigate the latter's visions of people in danger.
Novel* Angel: City Of Los Angeles, 1999
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode B4.01 The Freshman Sunnydale, 1999
Adjusting to college, Buffy returns to form investigating a nest of vampires who steal their victims' possessions.
Comic* Classic: Take Back the Night Sunnydale, 1999
Swarms of insects presage an attack by their much larger demonic cousins.
Episode B4.02 Living Conditions Sunnydale, 1999
Buffy is convinced that escalating conflicts with her roommate point to an evil secret, but her friends suspect Buffy might be possessed.
Comic* Classic: Killing Time Sunnydale, 1999
A group of sorority girls inadvertently summon an elemental destroyer demon intent on stopping time itself.
Episode A1.02 Lonely Heart Los Angeles, 1999
Police detective Kate Lockley suspects Angel of being behind a series of mysterious killings surrounding a trendy singles club.
Novel* Angel: Not Forgotten Los Angeles, 1999
Angel investigates a series of mysterious combustion deaths while Cordelia looks into a band of child thieves.
Episode B4.03 The Harsh Light of Day Sunnydale, 1999
As Buffy pursues Parker Abrams, Spike returns to town searching for the Gem of Amara.
Episode A1.03 In the Dark Los Angeles, 1999
Spike enlists a vampire torturer Marcus to wrest the location of the invincibility-granting Gem of Amara from Angel.
Episode B4.04 Fear Itself Sunnydale, October 1999
While at a fraternity Halloween party, the Scoobies find themselves at the mercy of the Gachnar preying on their phobias.
Comic* AC.01–03 Surrogates, Part OneThree Los Angeles, 1999
Angel investigates a bizarre fertility clinic, where allegedly "stillborn" babies disappear and fathers are turned to brainwashed guards.
Episode A1.04 I Fall to Pieces Los Angeles, 1999
Angel works to protect a woman being stalked by a surgeon who can detach and control his body parts at will.
Comic* AC.04 The Changeling Wife Los Angeles, 1999
Angel attempts to help a woman in an abusive marriage, though she may not be as helpless as she first appears.
Episode B4.05 Beer Bad Sunnydale, 1999
Xander works as a bartender at the college pub, where Buffy's boorish drinking companions transform into Neanderthals.
Episode A1.05 Rm w/a Vu Los Angeles, 1999
As Doyle deals with a demon debt collector, Cordelia moves into a new apartment — one that may have a malicious ghostly inhabitant.
Novel* Buffy: The Lost Slayer Sunnydale, 1999
In an alternate reality, a vampire-turned Giles leads a band of vampires in an attempt to squelch the Slayer line.
Episode
(background)
A1.21 Blind Date October 6, 1999
Lindsey McDonald represents double-homicide suspect Vanessa Brewer, resulting in her release on bail.
Episode B4.06 Wild at Heart Sunnydale, 1999
Oz finds himself attracted to a singer named Veruca, who — as a werewolf herself — encourages him to fully embrace his wild side.
Novel* Buffy: Oz: Into the Wild California, Fiji, Australia, China, and Tibet, 1999
Oz leaves Sunnydale, running from a werewolf hunter and seeking a solution to his lycanthropy problem.
Comic* Classic: Oz Hong Kong and Tibet, 1999
Oz travels to a remote Tibetan monastery, in search of a monk who may be able to help him tame the beast within him.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 1999
Oz studies with Bayarmaa and a group of Tibetan monks to suppress his werewolf transformations, leaving when he believes himself cured.
Episode A1.06 Sense & Sensitivity Los Angeles, 1999
Angel fears that Kate's life is in danger after she nabs a dangerous murder suspect, but she becomes distracted when sensitivity training turns the entire police precinct into one big open wound.
Episode B4.07 The Initiative Sunnydale, 1999
Spike is targeted by the secretive Initiative after escaping from an expansive laboratory complex beneath the grounds of the college.
Episode A1.07 The Bachelor Party Los Angeles, 1999
Doyle's estranged wife comes looking for a divorce and his blessing for her to remarry, but the ceremony may have sinister implications.
Novel* Angel: Close to the Ground Los Angeles, 1999
A wealthy Hollywood studio head pays Angel to guard his daughter, while the team is pursued by an unknown creature.
Novel* Angel: Soul Trade Los Angeles, 1999
Angel, Doyle, and Cordelia discover an underworld black market for human souls.
Novel* Angel: Redemption Los Angeles, 1999
An actress who plays a vampire on television is targeted by would-be slayers convinced she is a real vampire.
Novel* Angel: Shakedown Los Angeles, 1999
Angel and company help a band of Serpentine demons against a clan of underground quake demons.
Comic* Angel: Point of Order Los Angeles, 1999
Angel, Doyle, and Cordelia confront a vampire court seeking to mete out justice against the new vigilante in town.
Novel* Angel: Hollywood Noir Los Angeles, 1999
Angel teams with a PI to piece together a story involving a cigarette girl, a water commissioner, and a slew of disappearing demons.
Novel* Angel: Avatar Los Angeles, 1999
As Cordelia pushes the team to create a website, a tech-savvy demon targets victims via their online-chatting hobby.
Comic* Angel: The Nepalese Switcheroo Los Angeles, 1999
Doyle has his essence switched into a metal skull, while the sorcerer who had inhabited the skull takes over Doyle's body.
Novel* Angel: Bruja Los Angeles, 1999
A woman who attacks a priest (after confessing to killing her son) may be the embodiment of the Weeping Woman.
Novel* Angel: The Summoned Los Angeles, 1999
A shy woman from out of town may have a connection to a murderer who seems to be burning his victims beyond recognition.
Episode B4.08 Pangs Sunnydale, November 1999
Buffy tries to prepare a Thanksgiving meal, but Xander releases a Chumash vengeance spirit, and Angel secretly comes to protect her.
Episode A1.08 I Will Remember You Los Angeles, 1999
Angel experiences life as a normal human — allowing him to be with Buffy — but discovers the dreadful consequences of his choice.
Video game* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color) Sunnydale, 1999
During a week off from classes, a herd of bloodthirsty vampires and demons descends upon UC Sunnydale and the surrounding town.
Episode B4.09 Something Blue Sunnydale, 1999
Willow's grieved wish-fulfillment spell blinds Giles, makes Xander a demon-magnet, and makes Buffy and Spike engaged.
Episode A1.09 Hero Los Angeles, 1999
Angel joins Doyle's quest to save a group of Lister demons, but the crisis forces Doyle to reveal secrets and make the ultimate sacrifice.
Comic* AC.05–07 Earthly Possessions, Part OneThree Los Angeles, 1999
Angel has suspicions about an excommunicated priest who repeatedly appears to perform exorcisms.
Comic* Angel: Lovely, Dark and Deep Los Angeles, 1999
Cordelia lands a leading role in a found-footage-style horror film, only to discover that the film may not be entirely fictional.
Episode B4.10 Hush Sunnydale, 1999
The Gentlemen silence all town and the gang must stop their murderous spree without being able to speak.
Episode B4.11 Doomed Sunnydale, 1999
An earthquake presages an apocalyptic attempt by demons to reopen the Hellmouth, and Spike becomes an unlikely ally to the Scoobies.
Episode A1.10 Parting Gifts Los Angeles, 1999
As Wesley joins Angel Investigations, Cordelia exhibits strange new abilities — which an adversary attempts to capitalize on.
Comic* Angel: Foreshadowing Los Angeles, 2000
Cordelia — now receiving visions of people in danger — saves a girl from a demon.
Episode A1.11 Somnambulist Los Angeles, 2000
Angel fears he may be killing in his sleep, but investigation leads to a vampire from his past, forcing him to reveal his true nature to Kate.
Comic* AC.08–09 Beneath the Surface, Part One & Two Los Angeles, 2000
A vengeful demon begins slaughtering people in the access tunnels beneath the city, and making Angel appear responsible for the killings.
Episode B4.12 A New Man Sunnydale, January 2000
After drinks with Ethan, Giles awakens transformed into a Fyarl demon and needs Spike's help to track Rayne down and reverse the spell.
Novel* The Journals of Rupert Giles: A New Man Sunnydale, 2000
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode A1.12 Expecting Los Angeles, 2000
Cordelia finds herself extremely pregnant and the team's investigations lead to a Haxil beast's breeding plot.
Comic* AC.10–11 Strange Bedfellows, Part One & Two Los Angeles, 2000
Angel's investigation of the death of a California congressman leads to a well-established vampire bordello with a very particular clientele.
Episode B4.13 The I in Team Sunnydale, 2000
With the Initiative tracking Spike, Maggie Walsh assesses Buffy as a threat and sends her on a mission from which she is unlikely to return.
Comic* BC.21–25 The Blood of Carthage, Part OneFive Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy slays Mad Jack, necessitating an alliance with the demon Vraka to stop the Old One Ky-Laag.
Comic* BC.28 Cemetery of Lost Love Sunnydale, 2000
A young woman seeking eternal life calls on Baron Samedi and a host of zombies to achieve her goal.
Episode A1.13 She Los Angeles, 2000
Angel joins forces with Jhiera, a demon princess trying to save females from her dimension.
Episode B4.14 Goodbye Iowa Sunnydale, 2000
Adam escapes the Initiative and begins a morbid investigation into his nature, and Riley suffers the effects of drug withdrawal.
Video game* Wrath of the Darkhul King Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy discovers two of the Gentlemen's henchmen, and must cope with Adam and the Gentlemen's plans.
Episode A1.14 I've Got You Under My Skin Los Angeles, 2000
The Angel Investigations team exorcises an Ethros demon from a possessed child, uncovering an even graver threat to the family.
Comic* AC.12–13 Vermin, Part One & Two Los Angeles, 2000
Angel rescues a girl from a gang of kidnappers, but he must fight a horde of rats and their demonic master to escape.
Episode B4.15 This Year's Girl Sunnydale, February 25, 2000
Faith awakens from her coma and — equipped with a final gift from the late Mayor Wilkins — seeks out Buffy to exact revenge.
Episode B4.16 Who Are You? Sunnydale, February 2000
Having switched bodies with Buffy (and abandoning her to the Watchers Council), Faith exploits her new appearance and life.
Episode A1.15 The Prodigal Los Angeles, February 2000
Kate discovers that her father may be unwittingly working with demon drug-runners, demons who have now ordered his death.
Comic* Classic: Giles: Beyond the Pale Sunnydale and England, 2000
Giles returns to England on hearing of the death of his mentor, learning of a dark secret being held by the Watchers Council.
Short story* Tales: All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee Sunnydale, 2000
A UC Sunnydale student retaliates against bullies by summoning an ancient Egyptian spirit, but the spirit has an agenda of its own.
Episode A1.16 The Ring Los Angeles, 2000
Cordelia and Wesley race to find Angel, who has been captured and forced to fight to the death in a demon combat arena.
Comic* AC.14 Little Girl Lost Los Angeles, 2000
Angel tries to find and save a girl cursed with pyrokinesis by her abusive, spell-casting stepfather — before she accidentally kills again.
Comic* Classic: Jonathan: Codename: Comrades Sunnydale, 2000
Superstar Jonathan enlists the Scoobies' help in taking on a crime ring of Russian vampires.
Episode B4.17 Superstar Sunnydale, 2000
The ubiquitous Jonathan is a hero to everyone, but Buffy suspects something may be amiss when an evil monster appears.
Episode A1.17 Eternity Los Angeles, 2000
Angel befriends an actress who wants to use Angel's vampire abilities to keep her looking young forever.
Comic* Classic: One Small Promise Sunnydale, 2000
Riley is surprised by Buffy's present of jewelry, and the two argue while disposing of a group of attacking vampires.
Episode B4.18 Where the Wild Things Are Sunnydale, 2000
At a fraternity party, Buffy and Riley's passionate exchange fuels vengeful spirits dwelling within the house, wreaking havoc.
Comic* AC.15–BC.30 Past Lives, Part OneFour Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2000
The Scooby Gang travels to help Angel solve the mystery of a demon hunter claiming to work on his behalf.
Comic* BC.31–34 Lost and FoundOut of the Fire, Into the Hive Sunnydale, 2000
A large-scale insect infestation escalates as Sunnydale residents begin transforming into demonic insects.
Episode A1.18 Five by Five Los Angeles, 2000
Wolfram & Hart induces Faith to assassinate Angel for them, but she soon reveals that her plans go much further.
Episode B4.19 New Moon Rising Sunnydale, 2000
Oz returns, apparently in control of his transformation and hoping to renew his relationship with Willow, but he is captured by the Initiative.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 2000
Oz returns to Tibet to continue trying to control his werewolf nature, which she fails until Bayarmaa helps him.
Comic* Classic: Punish Me with Kisses Goddard, 2000
While searching for a rare flower, Willow and Tara must reconcile a ghostly couple haunting a bed and breakfast.
Episode A1.19 Sanctuary Los Angeles, 2000
Convinced that Faith can be rehabilitated, Angel tries to help despite the counter-efforts of those around him — including Buffy.
Comic* Buffy/Angel: City of Despair Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2000
Angel and Buffy find themselves pitted against each other in an extradimensional demon combat ring.
Episode B4.20 The Yoko Factor Sunnydale, 2000
After Adam promises to remove his chip, Spike works through subtle insinuations to drive Buffy's allies apart (including the visiting Angel).
Episode A1.20 War Zone Los Angeles, 2000
Angel discovers a group of vampire hunters led by Gunn, who is trying to rescue his sister from a nest of vampires.
Episode B4.21 Primeval Sunnydale, 2000
Adam captures Riley and launches his destructive plot, but Buffy and her friends reunite their abilities to defeat him.
Episode A1.21 Blind Date Los Angeles, 2000
Angel agrees to help Lindsey McDonald to save three blind children targeted for assassination.
Episode B4.22 Restless Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles all experience strange dreams in which they are each pursued by an angry and mysterious figure.
Episode A1.22 To Shanshu in L.A. Los Angeles, 2000
Wolfram & Hart seeks to raise a "great evil," and starts by cursing Cordelia, killing the Oracles, and destroying Angel's apartment.
Comic* AC.17 Cordelia Los Angeles, 2000
When Angel and Wesley stash the heart of a demon at Cordelia's apartment, she and Dennis must foil a demon trying to recover it.
Novel* Crossover: Unseen Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2000
Buffy and Angel investigate a series of missing teenagers and thwart a group of renegade scientists who have opened a demonic gateway.
Comic
(flashback)
Tales: Father Santa Monica, 2000
The vampire Tom Mitchell visits the pier with his now-aged son Cyrus.

2000–2001[]

Taking place during Buffy season 5 and Angel season 2.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Episode
(flashback)
B5.05 No Place Like Home Czech Republic, 2000
Monks from the Order of Dagon succeed in transforming the Key into human form, but are attacked by Glorificus.
Episode A2.01 Judgment Los Angeles, 2000
After Angel mistakenly kills a demonic protector, he must face the twin perils of a trial by a mystical tribunal and singing at a demon karaoke bar.
Comic* Classic: Haunted (Prologue) Los Angeles, 2000
Angel visits Faith in prison, where she relates a troubling story about her coma experience.
Episode B5.01 Buffy vs. Dracula Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy and the Scoobies confront the very real Dracula, who has come to town to make Buffy one of his vampire brides.
Episode A2.02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Los Angeles, 2000
Angel revisits the Hyperion Hotel, destroying the Thesulac demon living therein and choosing to make it the team's new headquarters.
Episode B5.02 Real Me Sunnydale, 2000
Dawn writes in her diary about the difficulty of living with a Slayer, but Harmony and her minions kidnap her as bait in a trap for Buffy.
Comic* Classic: Willow & Tara: Demonology Menagerie Sunnydale, 2000
Willow and Tara must combat a horde of monsters accidentally summoned out of Dawn's handheld video game system.
Novel* Angel: Image Los Angeles, 2000
The Angel Investigations team combats an old evil preying on a child and trying to use a painting to preserve the life of its body.
Novel* Angel: Stranger to the Sun Los Angeles, 2000
A series of sleep-inducing packages presage a plan to plunge Earth into eternal darkness, so that vampires might rule over humans.
Episode A2.03 First Impressions Los Angeles, 2000
With Angel weakened under the influence of the resurrected Darla, Cordelia and Gunn must work together to track down a dangerous demon.
Comic* Angel: Long Night's Journey Los Angeles, 2000
Angel fights against Perfect Zheng, a vampire from his past, who may have been the intended recipient of the Kalderash curse.
Episode B5.03 The Replacement Sunnydale, 2000
When Xander is hit by a spell intended for Buffy, his life is taken over by an apparent duplicate, leaving him unable to prove his identity.
Comic* BC.35–38 Remember the BeginningRemember the End Sunnydale, 2000
A former Slayer seeks to resurrect the Master, and Dawn tries to prove her capability as the Scoobies remember her help in adventures past.
Comic* Classic: Willow & Tara: WannaBlessedBe Sunnydale, 2000
The envy of a girl toward Willow and Tara's relationship becomes dangerous.
Episode B5.04 Out of My Mind Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy seeks help as the Initiative's drugs begin killing Riley, while Spike and Harmony kidnap an Initiative doctor to have Spike's chip removed.
Episode A2.04 Untouched Los Angeles, 2000
Lilah schemes to forge an abused runaway with telekinetic powers into an assassin for Wolfram & Hart by playing on her insecurities.
Episode B5.05 No Place Like Home Sunnydale, 2000
While seeking a mystical cause for Joyce's illness, Buffy discovers the truth about Dawn's origins and learns of her need for protection.
Novel* Buffy: These Our Actors Sunnydale, 2000
Willow's drama professor enlists her help in locating a powerful book, a tome for which he has secret plans.
Episode A2.05 Dear Boy Los Angeles, 2000
Darla reveals herself — as a human — outside of Angel's dreams, framing him for a series of murders and turning his allies against him.
Episode B5.06 Family Sunnydale, November 2000
When Tara's family visits, she casts a spell to hide her "demon" secret, but the spell keeps the Scoobies from seeing Glory's real demons.
Comic* BC.26–27 The Heart of a Slayer, Part OneTwo Sunnydale, 2000
Buffy is hunted by a powerful demon, and her best hope for defeating it may be the eleventh-century Slayer Adja pursuing the creature through time.
Episode A2.06 Guise Will Be Guise Los Angeles, 2000
Wesley is forced to impersonate Angel when a powerful businessman asks him to protect his daughter, but the client may have hidden motives.
Episode B5.07 Fool for Love Sunnydale, 2000
After a vampire nearly kills her with her own stake, Buffy turns to Spike to learn how other Slayers met their end.
Episode A2.07 Darla Los Angeles, 2000
Angel tries to rescue Darla from Wolfram & Hart as she suffers from guilt over her demonic past and Lindsey's growing attraction to her.
Episode B5.08 Shadow Sunnydale, 2000
As Joyce enters the hospital, Glory summons a demon to find the Key, and Riley feels increasingly disconnected from Buffy's world.
Episode A2.08 The Shroud of Rahmon Los Angeles, 2000
Angel and Gunn go undercover to foil theft of the Shroud of Rahmon, but the garment has a violent effect, leading to a confrontation with Kate.
Episode B5.09 Listening to Fear Sunnydale, December 2000
The extraterrestrial Queller demon preys on the increasing number of mentally ill patients, targeting Joyce as well.
Episode A2.09 The Trial Los Angeles, 2000
Angel enters into a trio of deadly trials to help the terminally-ill Darla, but Lindsey has his own scheme to return Darla to health — and to evil.
Episode B5.10 Into the Woods Sunnydale, December 2000
Riley, disillusioned about his relationship with Buffy, must make a choice when he is asked to join a new demon-fighting organization.
Episode A2.10 Reunion Los Angeles, 2000
Drusilla's and the newly-sired Darla's killing spree eventually bring them up against Wolfram & Hart.
Episode
(flashback)
B5.16 The Body Sunnydale, 2000
At Christmas dinner, Joyce curses the oven after she and Buffy discover that the pie has burned.
Episode B5.11 Triangle Sunnydale, 2000
An argument between Willow and Anya accidentally results in the summoning of a troll, who wreaks havoc throughout Sunnydale.
Episode A2.11 Redefinition Los Angeles, 2000
Angel — now working alone — hunts down Darla and Drusilla, as the rest of the team moves on and Lilah and Linsdey jockey for position.
Episode B5.12 Checkpoint Sunnydale, 2001
The Watchers Council comes to tell what they know about Glory, but they predicate their assistance on Buffy's submission to several tests.
Episode A2.12 Blood Money Los Angeles, 2001
Angel investigates a connection between Wolfram & Hart and a shelter for teen runaways, while the others form their own detective agency.
Episode A2.13 Happy Anniversary Los Angeles, 2001
As Gunn, Cordelia, and Wesley work alone, Lorne and Angel search for a physicist whose experiments with time may have catastrophic effects.
Episode B5.13 Blood Ties Sunnydale, 2001
With Spike's help, Dawn learns the truth about her nature.
Novel* The Journals of Rupert Giles: Blood Ties Sunnydale, 2001
Novelization of the eponymous episode.
Episode A2.14 The Thin Dead Line Los Angeles, 2001
Both Angel and his former teammates find themselves investigating hordes of zombie policemen going after kids on the street.
Novel* Buffy: The Wisdom of War Sunnydale, 2001
When sea creatures appear in town, the Watchers Council arranges for Faith's temporary release to combat them, but Buffy has doubts.
Episode B5.14 Crush Sunnydale, 2001
After Buffy rejects him, Spike tries to take back up with the returned Drusilla, but he must decide where his loyalties really lie.
Episode A2.15 Reprise Los Angeles, 2001
With one of the Senior Partners coming to Earth for the 75 Year Review, Angel seeks an artifact that will protect him, but Darla has the same idea.
Episode A2.16 Epiphany Los Angeles, 2001
After sleeping with Darla, Angel realizes the error of his current path and races to save his friends from revenge-seeking Skilosh demons.
Episode B5.15 I Was Made to Love You Sunnydale, 2001
The gang suspects that an odd girl doggedly wandering around looking for her boyfriend may be more than she appears.
Episode B5.16 The Body Sunnydale, 2001
As Buffy discovers Joyce's lifeless body, the group must come to grips with the emotional impact of her death.
Episode B5.17 Forever Sunnydale, 2001
As Buffy tries to deal with Joyce's death, Dawn — with Spike's assistance — performs a resurrection spell to bring her mother back.
Comic* BC.39 Night of a Thousand Vampires Sunnydale, 2001
Buffy accidentally open an old portal through which a rampaging horde of hungry vampires is summoned forth.
Episode A2.17 Disharmony Los Angeles, 2001
Harmony comes to town and tries to help Angel Investigations track down a cult-like group of vampires led by an inspirational speaker.
Novel* Angel: Vengeance Los Angeles, 2001
A popular motivational speaker has a secret plan to balance the scales between the haves and have-nots, bringing about a "perfect world."
Episode A2.18 Dead End Los Angeles, 2001
After Lindsey receives a new hand from Wolfram & Hart, both he and the Angel look into the origins of several body-part transplants.
Novel* Angel: Haunted Los Angeles, 2001
Cordelia wins a spot on a reality show and must spend several nights in a haunted house, but visions reveal there may be more than she suspects.
Comic* BC.40–42 Ugly Little Monsters, Part OneThree Sunnydale, 2001
A trio of Avendshrook demons, feeding on anger and jealousy, lead the Scoobies to begin accusing and attacking each other.
Comic* Classic: Chaos Bleeds Sunnydale, 2001
The walls between realities begin "bleeding" into each other as people from Buffy's past descend on a chaotic Sunnydale.
Video game* Chaos Bleeds Sunnydale, 2001
With Ethan engaged in a struggle with the First Evil, the Scoobies must face an army of vampires, zombies, and demons.
Novel* Buffy: Chaos Bleeds Sunnydale, 2001
Novelization of the eponymous video game.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 2001
After a year's worth of studying with Bayarmaa, Oz finally masters his werewolf transformations.
Episode B5.18 Intervention Sunnydale, 2001
As Buffy embarks on a spiritual quest, Spike takes comfort with a robot before being captured by Glory in her search for the Key.
Novel* Buffy: Tempted Champions Sunnydale, 2001
As Buffy fights a vicious and skilled new fighter, Anya must decide whether to return to her former vengeance-demon self.
Novel* Buffy: Little Things Sunnydale, 2001
Buffy must struggle with both financial troubles and an army of miniature vampires seeking vengeance on Anya.
Novel* Buffy: Crossings Sunnydale, 2001
A new virtual reality game system serves as a dimensional gateway, allowing demons to take over the players' bodies.
Novel* Buffy: Sweet Sixteen Sunnydale, 2001
A lonely and abused girl exhibits special powers, and must face the decision to keep her humanity or accept a more nefarious destiny.
Comic* Angel: Untitled Los Angeles, 2001
Watch and learn as Angel leads his team into a nest of vamps. Is his team up for the challenge?
Episode A2.19 Belonging Los Angeles, 2001
An investigation into a strange disappearance five years earlier leads to the appearance of a demon warrior through a dimensional portal.
Episode A2.20 Over the Rainbow Los Angeles and Pylea, 2001
Angel, Wesley, Lorne, and Gunn pursue Cordelia to Pylea, where humans are enslaved and Cordelia's visions have marked her as "cursed."
Episode B5.19 Tough Love Sunnydale, 2001
Believing that Tara is the Key, Glory drains her mind, leaving her incoherent and driving an enraged Willow to seek dark-magic vengeance.
Episode B5.20 Spiral Sunnydale, 2001
With Glory now aware that Dawn is the Key, the gang flees Sunnydale — pursued by the Knights of Byzantium, who are intent on killing Dawn.
Episode A2.21 Through the Looking Glass Pylea, 2001
Cordelia finds she is to be mated to the Groosalugg, while Angel saves the runaway Fred, and Wesley and Gunn meet a group of human rebels.
Episode B5.21 The Weight of the World Sunnydale, 2001
Willow struggles to reach a catatonic Buffy, while Glory finds the barrier between herself and Ben is thinning, causing her to feel human emotions.
Episode B5.22 The Gift Sunnydale, 2001
As the Scoobies try to stop Glory's ritual, Buffy must decide if she can kill Dawn to save the world — or find an alternative solution.
Episode A2.22 There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb Pylea, 2001
As the ruling priest plots to kill all humans, the rebels plan an attack while Cordelia tries to stop a lethal fight between Angel and Groo.
Comic* Classic: Lost and Found Sunnydale, 2001
A demon begins feeding on the Scoobies' unbalanced emotional states.
Comic* BC.43–45 The Death of Buffy, Part OneThree Sunnydale, 2001
As Willow tries to take the lead in continuing Buffy's work, a group of lizard demons attack Sunnydale in hopes of resurrecting their leader.

2001–2002[]

Taking place during Buffy season 6 and Angel season 3.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Novel* Angel: Cursed Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2001
In an alternate reality, as an organized effort to destroy Spike takes form, he and Angel must work together to find a mystical object from their past.
Episode A3.01 Heartthrob Sri Lanka and Los Angeles, 2001
After Angel stakes Elisabeth, her lover James has himself surgically altered to become invincible and exact vengeance.
Episode A3.02 That Vision-Thing Los Angeles, 2001
Cordelia's visions begin causing dangerous physical effects, and Angel's investigations indicate that Lilah may be behind them.
Episode B6.01 Bargaining, Part One Sunnydale, 2001
The Scooby Gang tries to maintain the illusion that the Slayer is still active, while Willow prepares a spell to bring Buffy back from the dead.
Episode B6.02 Bargaining, Part Two Sunnydale, 2001
Demon bikers ravage Sunnydale as Buffy — resurrected within her coffin — wanders the streets, disoriented and confused.
Novel* Angel: Sanctuary Los Angeles, 2001
When Fred is kidnapped, the Angel Investigations team must sort through an array of wildly differing demon eyewitness accounts.
Episode A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine Los Angeles, 2001
An investigation into the slaughter of harmless demons reveals that Gunn's old vampire-hunting gang is taking their work to a new extreme.
Episode B6.03 After Life Sunnydale, 2001
The Child of Words — brought about by Buffy's resurrection spell — terrorizes the gang, and Buffy makes a startling revelation to Spike.
Episode A3.04 Carpe Noctem Los Angeles, 2001
While looking into several young men's mysterious deaths, Angel discovers an old man switching bodies — and his own body is next.
Episode B6.04 Flooded Sunnydale, 2001
Giles returns as Buffy deals with mounting debts — and a new Trio of villains launches plans to defeat the Slayer and take over.
Episode A3.05 Fredless Los Angeles, 2001
When Fred's parents arrive to take her home with them, Fred flees, leading the team to wonder if they have sinister motives.
Episode B6.05 Life Serial Sunnydale, 2001
As Buffy tries to adjust to her financial circumstances, the Trio sets out to torment her with a series of frustrating spells and devices.
Comic* Classic: Reunion Sunnydale, 2001
Xander, Anya, and Dawn speculate on Buffy and Angel's reunion, but a common element in their tales becomes reality.
Comic* Classic: Spike in "Rock 'n' Roll All Night (and Sleep Every Day)" Sunnydale, 2001
Spike must protect Dawn from an old enemy — a musician from Spike's old New York punk days.
Comic* Classic: Willow & Tara: Wilderness Sunnydale, 2001
Willow, Tara and Dawn must stop a group of angry forest creatures from exacting revenge on the local humans.
Novel* Buffy: Creatures of Habit Sunnydale, 2001
An old friend of Spike's sets up shop as a DJ, luring teens into what will culminate in a feeding frenzy for the town's vampires.
Episode A3.06 Billy Los Angeles, 2001
Angel and Cordelia take different approaches to stopping a man who can instill murderous misogyny in other men with just a touch.
Episode B6.06 All the Way Sunnydale, October 2001
On Halloween, as Xander and Anya announce their engagement, Tara and Willow fight about Willow's overdependence on magic.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 2001
Monroe seeks out Oz's retreat in Tibet seeking a cure to his lycanthropy, his efforts quickly showing promise.
Novel* Crossover: Monster Island Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2001
A demon-purity group plans an attack on a safe haven for half-blood demons, and Buffy and Angel must join forces to protect it.
Novel* Angel: Endangered Species Los Angeles, 2001
A game hunter seeking a cure for his wife's vampirism enlists Angel Investigations to find her and save Faith from her clutches.
Novel* Angel: Impressions Los Angeles, 2001
An identity-theft victim seeks help from Angel, but he's reluctant to entirely trust Angel, having been approached by a false "Angel" already.
Episode A3.07 Offspring Los Angeles, 2001
As the team researches a prophecy about a portentous arrival, an angry and very pregnant Darla shows up at the hotel looking for Angel.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.05 Selfless Sunnydale, 2001
Following a dance with coconuts, Anya breaks into song.
Episode B6.07 Once More, with Feeling Sunnydale, 2001
The musical Sweet induces all of Sunnydale to break into song, a development that leads to the revelation of closely held secrets.
Episode A3.08 Quickening Los Angeles, 2001
A vampire cult pursues the pregnant Darla, Wolfram & Hart launches an attack on the hotel, and an old enemy resurfaces for revenge.
Episode B6.08 Tabula Rasa Sunnydale, 2001
Despite her promise to abstain from magic, Willow casts a forgetfulness spell that backfires, erasing the memories of the entire Scooby Gang.
Novel* Buffy: Blood and Fog Sunnydale, 2001
Buffy and Spike must stop Jack the Ripper, who has arrived as a mist of blindness and terror seizes the town.
Episode A3.09 Lullaby Los Angeles, 2001
The team takes shelter at Caritas as Angel tries to find Darla, now in labor, before Holtz — undeterred upon learning of Angel's soul — does.
Episode B6.09 Smashed Sunnydale, 2001
As Spike enlists the Trio's help in evaluating his chip, Willow restores Amy to human form, the pair embarking on a wild night of magic.
Episode B6.10 Wrecked Sunnydale, 2001
Amy convinces Willow to visit a magic-dealing warlock, but Willow must confront her addiction when her carelessness brings Dawn to harm.
Short story* Tales: Again Sunnydale, November 8, 2001
Buffy, Xander, and Willow are transported back into their 1999 selves, with all of their later memories intact.
Episode A3.10 Dad Los Angeles, 2001
With Darla dead, Angel must protect her newborn child from multiple attacks at the hotel as Holtz recruits a new follower.
Short story* Angel: The House Where Death Stood Still Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
Angel searches for a missing child, taken by his father for an immortality ritual — one requiring a human sacrifice on the winter solstice.
Short story* Angel: A Joyful Noise Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
A group is killing Santas and replacing them with their own in a plan to open a rift in space-time and allow a demon to consume the Earth.
Short story* Angel: I Still Believe Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
Demonic chaos complicates a serious concern: four days until Christmas and Angel still hasn't done his shopping.
Short story* Angel: It Can Happen to You Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
Wesley meets two ghosts from the early Hollywood era who lead him to a better understanding of his life.
Short story* Angel: Model Behavior Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
Cordelia is invited to become a model, but there is a significant catch: An enchanted pocket mirror that produces unexpected effects.
Short story* Angel: Have Gunn, Will Travel Los Angeles, December 21, 2001
The entourage from a prince of a small middle eastern country asks Gunn to impersonate him for an important gathering.
Short story* Angel: Generous Presence Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
Lilah Morgan sends out Christmas presents, but her true agenda is a ploy to test the recipients' resolve.
Short story* Angel: The Anchoress Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
A group of would-be Druids builds a stone circle to sacrifice a virgin, leading to time-traveling adventures.
Short story* Angel: Bummed Out Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
Something is killing the city's down-and-outs, and the Angel Investigations team goes undercover to save the day (or night).
Short story* Angel: Icicle Memories Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
An ice demon shows up at the Hyperion Hotel, using the team's desires for normal lives — particularly at the holidays — to overtake them.
Short story* Angel: Yoke of the Soul Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
Angel must free a group of Christmas carolers who are being taken as hosts for a demon race — a task which inspires his musical spirit.
Short story* Angel: The Sun Child Los Angeles, December 22, 2001
The creatures of the night are trying to prevent the new day from starting, and only Angel can ensure the new dawn.
Episode B6.11 Gone Sunnydale, 2002
A social worker threatens to remove Dawn from Buffy's custody, and the Trio develops an invisibility ray — accidentally using it on Buffy.
Episode A3.11 Birthday Los Angeles, 2002
Cordelia learns the visions are killing her and — helped by the demon guide Skip — visits an alternate reality in which she never received them.
Episode A3.12 Provider Los Angeles, 2002
The Angel Investigations situation looks improved after actively pursuing business — until three cases turn out to be more than they appear.
Episode B6.12 Doublemeat Palace Sunnydale, 2002
Buffy takes a job at a fast food chain, but several strange events lead her to believe the food may be something other than beef.
Novel* Angel: Fearless Los Angeles, 2002
The Angel Investigations team wakens feeling euphoric but amnesic, and Angel fears his slow recovery will leave him unable to protect them.
Episode A3.13 Waiting in the Wings Los Angeles, 2002
Angel takes the team to the opera, but suspects a sinister influence when he realizes it is the exact performance he saw more than a century before.
Comic* BC.46 Withdrawal Sunnydale, 2002
The vampire Velatti, having survived the Faint club assault, enlists Hoopy the Bear in a plan for revenge against Buffy.
Episode B6.13 Dead Things Sunnydale, 2002
When Warren kills his ex-girlfriend after a plan goes awry, the Trio uses magic to convince Buffy that she actually committed the murder.
Episode B6.14 Older and Far Away Sunnydale, 2002
After Dawn inadvertently makes a wish in front of the vengeance demon Halfrek, everyone becomes trapped in the house during Buffy's birthday party.
Comic* Buffy: The Lost Summer Sunnydale and New Orleans, 2002
The Scooby Gang goes in a road trip to recover Spike's last poetry journal.
Episode A3.14 Couplet Los Angeles, 2002
Groo joins the Angel Investigations team (to Angel's chagrin) as Wesley discovers a disturbing prophecy.
Episode A3.15 Loyalty Los Angeles, 2002
Wesley looks for signs that Angel will harm Connor, Holtz's minions lure Fred and Gunn into a trap, and Sahjhan moves his own plans forward.
Episode B6.15 As You Were Sunnydale, 2002
Riley returns — with his new wife, also a demon-hunting soldier — and enlists Buffy's help in tracking down a demon black market dealer.
Episode A3.16 Sleep Tight Los Angeles, 2002
Convinced that Angel's increasing violence poses a threat to Connor, Wesley kidnaps the child, but Holtz and Justine have their own agenda.
Episode B6.16 Hell's Bells Sunnydale, 2002
As Xander and Anya's wedding day arrives, a mysterious visitor gives Xander a desperate warning that makes him question his path.
Episode B6.17 Normal Again Sunnydale, 2002
A demonic illusion makes Buffy believe that she is in a mental institution where she has been hallucinating her past six years.
Episode A3.17 Forgiving Los Angeles, 2002
As Angel attempts to go after Holtz and Connor, the demon Sahjhan reveals the disturbing manipulations behind Wesley's betrayal.
Episode A3.18 Double or Nothing Los Angeles, 2002
As Fred and Gunn become closer, Jenoff calls in an old debt of Gunn's, one with drastic implications for their relationship: his soul.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.12 Family Reunion, Part Two Quor'toth
Connor grows as the fearsome Destroyer, but his lessons on love inspire a group of local demons.
Episode A3.19 The Price Los Angeles, 2002
Angel Investigations — without Wesley — must fight demonic slugs whose appearance portends the imminent arrival of the Destroyer.
Episode B6.18 Entropy Sunnydale, 2002
Anya tries to exact vengeance on Xander but finds her efforts foiled until she finds another looking to act out.
Episode A3.20 A New World Los Angeles, 2002
Angel chases after the newly-returned Connor while the other members of the team attempt to close an interdimensional rift.
Episode B6.19 Seeing Red Sunnydale, May 6–7, 2002
With Tara and Willow reconciled, Buffy foils a plot by the Trio to become invulnerable — leaving Warren seeking the ultimate payback.
Episode A3.21 Benediction Los Angeles, 2002
After ostensibly making peace with Angel, Holtz arranges his own death, making Connor believe that Angel committed the crime.
Episode B6.20 Villains Sunnydale, May 7, 2002
An enraged Willow succumbs entirely to dark magic, healing Buffy's injuries before seeking out Warren for a brutal revenge.
Novel* Buffy: Wicked Willow Sunnydale, May 7, 2002
In an alternate continuity, Willow — having surrendered to rage and seeking more power — defies her coven and tries to revive a lost spirit.
Comic
(background)
B8.03 The Long Way Home, Part Four Sunnydale, May 7, 2002
Amy revives and keeps Warren alive after he's flayed by Willow.
Episode A3.22 Tomorrow Los Angeles, 2002
After a failed Wolfram & Hart abduction attempt, Connor traps Angel on the ocean floor as Cordelia ascends as a higher being.
Episode B6.21 Two to Go Sunnydale, May 7, 2002
The Scoobies attempt to protect Andrew and Jonathan from Willow's vengeance, but she absorbs more dark magic before confronting them.
Episode B6.22 Grave Sunnydale, May 8, 2002
A nigh-invulnerable Dark Willow decides to end her suffering by destroying the world, but Xander sets out to stop her; Spike regains his soul.

2002–2003[]

Taking place during Buffy season 7 and Angel season 4.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic* Angel: Pencils & Paperclips 2002
Lindsey hides under a false identity until he meets Eve, a Liaison to the Senior Partners.
Comic Spike: Into the Light Greenville, 2002
Spike struggles with the implications of having a soul as he returns to a town he visited 25 years earlier and fights a child-stealing demon.
Comic* BC.47–50 Note from the Underground, Part OneFour Sunnydale, 2002
Buffy is forced to fight in an underground demon gladiator ring, but Angel arranges a temporary furlough for Faith to come to help.
Short story* Classic: The First Time Sunnydale, 2002
Buffy tells Dawn about the first time she slayed a vampire.
Episode B7.01 Lessons Sunnydale, 2002
Three manifest spirits haunt the newly-reopened Sunnydale High; Buffy begins a job at the school while the ensouled Spike hides in the basement.
Episode B7.02 Beneath You Sunnydale, 2002
The Scoobies deal with the results of Anya's return to vengeance-demon work, and Buffy learns that Spike has recovered his soul.
Novel* Crossover: Seven Crows Arizona/Mexico border, 2002
Buffy and Angel come to the aid of Riley and Sam as they investigate possibly supernatural deaths.
Episode A4.01 Deep Down Los Angeles, 2002
Connor foils the team's attempts to locate Angel, while Wesley takes matters into his own hands, forcing Justine to lead him to Angel's coffin.
Episode B7.03 Same Time, Same Place Sunnydale, 2002
Willow returns to town, but, unable to see or interact with her friends, she finds herself the victim of a skin-eating Gnarl demon.
Episode A4.02 Ground State Los Angeles, 2002
Angel crosses paths with Gwen Raiden, an expert thief with dangerous electrical abilities, as they both seek a mystic talisman.
Novel* Buffy: Apocalypse Memories Sunnydale, 2002
Willow must overcome her fears of using magic when an angel brings on signs of an apocalypse.
Episode
(flashback)
B7.16 Storyteller Mexico, 2002
The First Evil (in the guise of Warren) appears to Andrew as he and Jonathan are in hiding.
Episode B7.04 Help Sunnydale, 2002
School counselor Buffy attempts to avert fate and help a student who has predicted her own death, all while foiling a demon-summoning plot.
Episode A4.03 The House Always Wins Los Angeles and Las Vegas, 2002
Angel, Fred and Gunn go to find Lorne, who is being coerced by a hotel boss into a scheme to steal people's destinies.
Novel* Angel: Dark Mirror Los Angeles, 2002
The Angel Investigations team must face perfect clones of themselves — clones intent on destroying the originals.
Novel* Buffy: Mortal Fear Sunnydale, 2002
As the Scoobies bond with people outside their group, Buffy works to piece together an ancient sword.
Novel* Buffy: Spark and Burn Sunnydale, 2002
Tormented by the First Evil and newly ensouled, Spike recalls the formative events throughout his life (and afterlife).
Episode B7.05 Selfless Sunnydale, 2002
Willow discovers that Anya's vengeance demon actions have taken a murderous turn, leading to a confrontation with Buffy and the Scoobies.
Episode A4.04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem Los Angeles, 2002
Cordelia, returned but with no memory, is driven to seek support from Connor after the Angel Investigations team's well-meaning deceptions.
Episode A4.05 Supersymmetry Los Angeles, 2002
Fred is reunited with a former professor but discovers a secret lying behind her abduction to Pylea, forcing her to make a grim decision.
Episode B7.06 Him Sunnydale, 2002
When Dawn, Buffy, Willow, and Anya all fall for a handsome quarterback, Xander and Spike must stop them before they do any real damage.
Novel* Angel: Solitary Man Los Angeles, 2002
As an elderly widow seeks to join Angel Investigations, the team must solve a theft of antiquities and fight a supernatural foe.
Episode A4.06 Spin the Bottle Los Angeles, 2002
Lorne performs a spell to restore Cordelia's memory, but it causes the entire team's memories to revert to those of their teenage selves.
Comic
(background)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 2002
Now able to control his werewolf transformations, Monroe leaves Oz's retreat and begins gathering his own group of followers.
Novel* Crossover: Heat Sunnydale and Los Angeles, 2002
Buffy and Angel fight a centuries-old Possessor seeking to resurrect an ancient dragon and drive humanity from his dimension.
Novel* Angel: Book of the Dead Los Angeles, 2002
A colleague of Wesley's invites him to an auction but harbors a personal agenda — and Wesley finds himself with a book he can't put down.
Novel* Angel: Love and Death Los Angeles, 2002
A horde of angry demon-hunters descends on the city, but Angel and company soon learn that the mob makes no distinctions among demons.
Novel* Angel: Monolith Los Angeles, 2002
Angel and Connor must work together to solve the mystery of a strange, demon-faced monolith that appears on Hollywood Boulevard.
Episode B7.07 Conversations with Dead People Sunnydale, November 12, 2002
The Scoobies are disturbed by supernatural visitations, while Jonathan and Andrew return to town and Spike takes a deadly turn.
Comic
(background)
B9.12 Guarded, Part Two San Francisco, 2002
Wolfram & Hart provides funding to Theo Daniels to develop the TinCan, a social network for demons.
Episode A4.07 Apocalypse, Nowish Los Angeles, 2002
After Cordelia receives disturbing visions, she and Connor are attacked by the seemingly invulnerable Beast at the site of Connor's birth.
Episode B7.08 Sleeper Sunnydale, 2002
When evidence suggests that Spike may be reverting to vampire attacks, Buffy investigates and learns of an insidious manipulation.
Episode B7.09 Never Leave Me Sunnydale, 2002
Both Spike and Andrew are imprisoned in Buffy's house, but the group comes under a surprise attack — as does the Watchers Council.
Episode B7.10 Bring on the Night Sunnydale, 2002
Buffy attempts to rescue Spike from the First, as Giles arrives in town with three Potential Slayers and some unnerving news.
Comic Tales: Spot the Vampire New York, 2002
A vampire appears to hide in a department store within a holiday tableau, though appearances may be deceiving.
Comic Tales: Stacy 2003
Stacy, a young girl fascinated by the idea of magic, finds a sense of connection when she becomes a vampire.
Comic Tales: Taking Care of Business San Gabriel, 2003
A 15th century vampire and former inquisitor wages holy war on all clergy, until he is confronted by an unusual stranger.
Episode B7.11 Showtime Sunnydale, 2003
Anya and Giles seek out an oracle while Buffy tries to restore the panicked Potentials' confidence.
Episode A4.08 Habeas Corpses Los Angeles, 2003
After the Beast begins slaughtering everyone at Wolfram & Hart, the Angel Investigations team follows, battling the reanimated victims.
Episode B7.12 Potential Sunnydale, 2003
A tracking spell hints that Dawn may in fact be a Potential, leading to her battling Bringers and vampires at the school with a classmate.
Episode A4.09 Long Day's Journey Los Angeles, 2003
Gwen Raiden helps Angel and the group avert the Beast's plan to blot out the sun, allowing demons and vampires free rein over Los Angeles.
Episode A4.10 Awakening Los Angeles, 2003
Wesley brings a mystic to extract Angel's soul — releasing Angelus — so the team can learn how to stop the Beast and restore the sun.
Episode B7.13 The Killer in Me Sunnydale, 2003
As Buffy seeks out government help with Spike's malfunctioning chip, a kiss with Kennedy transforms Willow into the image of Warren Mears.
Episode A4.11 Soulless Los Angeles, 2003
The team interrogates an imprisoned Angelus, learning his history with the Beast and of potential allies to help stop it.
Episode B7.14 First Date Sunnydale, 2003
Buffy goes to dinner with Robin Wood, learning that his mother was a Slayer — and he, in turn, learns that Spike was the one who killed her.
Episode A4.12 Calvary Los Angeles, 2003
Cordelia attempts a ritual that may restore Angel's soul — but it fails, releasing Angelus from captivity, and Cordelia reveals a hidden agenda.
Episode B7.15 Get It Done Sunnydale, 2003
As the First continues to terrorize the Potentials, Buffy triggers a portal to meet the Shadowmen, who offer her more power, but at a cost.
Episode B7.16 Storyteller Sunnydale, 2003
Andrew narrates a video documentary on Buffy's adventures, but he must come to grips with his own guilt over Jonathan's death.
Episode A4.13 Salvage Los Angeles, 2003
Wesley helps Faith break out of prison to help find Angelus — whose alliance with the Beast may not be entirely solid.
Episode A4.14 Release Los Angeles, 2003
Faith and Wesley track down and confront Angelus, while Cordelia — the Beast's real master — convinces Connor to keep her pregnancy secret.
Episode B7.17 Lies My Parents Told Me Sunnydale, 2003
As the Scooby Gang attempts to neutralize Spike's trigger, Robin and Giles plot to take more permanent action, against Buffy's wishes.
Episode A4.15 Orpheus Los Angeles, 2003
A mystical drug forces Angelus to revisit the events of his life with Faith as his virtual companion, while Willow struggles to restore his soul.
Novel* Angel: Nemesis Los Angeles, 2003
When an old friend of Fred's is killed, she discovers that the murder may be connected to a group of wizards trying to hold the walls of reality together.
Episode A4.16 Players Los Angeles, 2003
Gwen deceives and recruits Gunn to help recover a device that will let her control her powers, as the team discovers Cordelia's true nature.
Episode A4.17 Inside Out Los Angeles, 2003
As Angel and the team confront Skip for answers, Cordelia tries to convince Connor to take a fateful step toward ensuring their child's safety.
Episode A4.18 Shiny Happy People Los Angeles, 2003
The team is enchanted by the newly-arrived Jasmine, but, when Fred glimpses a more disturbing image, she must investigate the truth alone.
Episode B7.18 Dirty Girls Sunnydale, 2003
Caleb, a newly-arrived agent of the First in priest's garb, induces Buffy into leading the Potentials into a calamitous assault against him.
Episode A4.19 The Magic Bullet Los Angeles, 2003
As Jasmine's followers gather at the hotel, Fred — now on the run — must figure out a way to awaken Angel from Jasmine's thrall.
Episode A4.20 Sacrifice Los Angeles, 2003
Wesley, Gunn, and Lorne join Angel and Fred in fleeing Jasmine, and discover a mysterious demon with a connection to Jasmine's past.
Episode B7.19 Empty Places Sunnydale, 2003
The team continues to explore leads on Caleb, but Buffy's insistence on another attack leads to the group's selection of Faith as their new leader.
Episode A4.21 Peace Out Los Angeles, 2003
Angel navigates a hell dimension for information on defeating Jasmine while the others are captured by Connor and imprisoned at the hotel.
Episode B7.20 Touched Sunnydale, 2003
After being comforted by Spike, Buffy moves to confront Caleb alone, while Faith leads the Potentials in an attack action of her own.
Episode A4.22 Home Los Angeles, 2003
Having defeated Jasmine, Angel and the team are presented with a surprising opportunity — control of Wolfram & Hart's Los Angeles branch.
Episode B7.21 End of Days Sunnydale, May 2003
Buffy, having taken the weapon mʔ from Caleb, rescues the Potentials and tries to learn more about her powerful new asset.
Episode B7.22 Chosen Sunnydale, May 2003
Buffy develops a radical plan to defeat the First, and the entire crew heads directly into the Hellmouth for a final confrontation.
Novel* Buffy: Chosen: The One Sunnydale, 2002–2003
Novelization of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7.
Comic Tales: Father Los Angeles, 2003
A Slayer tracks down and kills the vampire Tom Mitchell, while his son Cyrus, now in his eighties, lies on his deathbed.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.01 Live Through This, Part One London, 2003
Giles binds a Plagiarus demon to a little girl, sacrificing a day's memory in the process to remove its power and save her.

2003–2004[]

Taking place during Angel season 5.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Novel* Buffy: Queen of the Slayers Worldwide, 2003
Evil forces run amok as a self-styled Queen of the Slayers seeks to claim the Slayer essence and fashion an army.
Novel* Buffy: Dark Congress USA, England, and Greece, 2003
The Scoobies reunite as a rare congregation of demons devolves into accusations, over which Buffy must act as arbiter.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Slayer England, 2003
Honora reads Nina's love poems out loud, humiliating her in front of Leo. He soon leaves to South America with his mother Eve Silvera.
Episode A5.01 Conviction Los Angeles, 2003
Angel and the team adjust to their new positions at Wolfram & Hart while trying to stop a client from releasing a biological weapon.
Episode A5.02 Just Rewards Los Angeles, 2003
Angel and company work to foil the plans of a necromancer, aided by the visible but incorporeal Spike returned by an amulet.
Episode A5.03 Unleashed Los Angeles, 2003
Angel and the group try to help a young woman bitten by a werewolf — and now hunted by an exclusive club specializing in exotic meals.
Episode A5.04 Hell Bound Los Angeles, 2003
Fred tries to restore Spike, tormented by Matthias Pavayne as his next target to be sent to Hell in his place.
Comic Tales: Antique Europe, 2003
Buffy and two other Slayers break into Dracula's fortress to rescue Xander, who has fallen under the Count's thrall.
Comic* Angel: Spotlight: Wesley Los Angeles, 2003
A lethal venom strikes down Knox, forcing Wesley to deal with his own affections for Fred and their ramifications.
Episode A5.05 Life of the Party Los Angeles, October 2003
Going all-out (and without sleep) for the Wolfram & Hart Halloween Bash has disastrous effects on Lorne — and everyone else at the party.
Episode A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco Los Angeles, November 2003
Angel must convince a retired luchador to help defeat the resurrected Tezcatcatl, who is feasting on the hearts of heroes.
Comic* Spike: Spike vs. Dracula, Part Five Los Angeles, November 6, 2003
A noncorporeal Spike finally resolves his centuries-long feud with Dracula when the Count pays a visit to Wolfram & Hart.
Episode A5.07 Lineage Los Angeles, 2003
Roger Wyndam-Pryce arrives at Wolfram & Hart and assists in investigating a series of cyborg warrior attacks, but he may have a sinister hidden agenda.
Episode A5.08 Destiny Los Angeles, 2003
When Spike regains corporeal form, a struggle ensues with Angel over the implications of two ensouled vampires on the Shanshu Prophecy.
Comic* Spike: Old Times Los Angeles, 2003
Spike struggles to protect a man from Halfrek, who is exacting generations-long vengeance.
Comic* Spike: Old Wounds Los Angeles, 2003
Spike attempts to solve a decades-old crime he is accused of committing: the infamous Black Dahlia murder.
Episode A5.09 Harm's Way Los Angeles, 2004
When Harmony wakes up next to a dead body — a critical demon-treaty negotiator — she must cover up the incident until she can clear her name.
Episode A5.10 Soul Purpose Los Angeles, 2004
Lindsey recruits Spike as a vampire champion, and Angel suffers nightmares in which Spike has claimed his destiny of redemption.
Episode A5.11 Damage Los Angeles, 2004
is sent to help track down a psychotic Slayer, a condition for which she believes Spike is responsible.
Comic* Spike: Lost and Found Los Angeles, 2004
Angel and Spike suspect that a vampire preying on victims in broad daylight may have discovered a second Gem of Amara.
Episode A5.12 You're Welcome Los Angeles, 2004
Cordelia awakens from her coma to help a despondent Angel counter Lindsey's ultimate attack on Wolfram & Hart.
Episode
(flashback)
A5.21 Power Play Los Angeles, 2004
Cordelia gives Angel a one-shot vision from their kiss.
Episode A5.13 Why We Fight Los Angeles, 2004
A vampire arrives at Wolfram & Hart, capturing Fred, Wesley, and Gunn to force Angel to answer for a sixty-years-past incident.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.27 Retreat, Part Two Tibet, 2004
The werewolf Monroe leads an attack on Oz's monastery home, killing several monks before being driven back by Bayarmaa.
Episode A5.14 Smile Time Los Angeles, 2004
While investigates a popular TV show that may be rendering children comatose, Angel finds himself transformed into a living puppet.
Comic* Angel: Smile Time Los Angeles, 2004
Comic adaptation of the eponymous episode.
Comic* Angel: Mystery Date Los Angeles, 2004
Nina and Angel — still in puppet form — go out for supper and run into a former Wolfram & Hart client.
Comic* Angel: All the Time in the World Los Angeles, 2004
Wesley and Fred set out to enjoy a normal "first date" together, but their attempts are repeatedly interrupted by supernatural occurrences.
Episode A5.15 A Hole in the World Los Angeles and England, 2004
A sarcophagus infects Fred with the essence of Illyria, mobilizing the entire crew to scramble for a cure before she is irreversibly consumed.
Episode A5.16 Shells Los Angeles, 2004
Unable to save Fred — now completely transformed into Illyria — the team works to stop the demon's plans to find her temple and restore her army.
Comic* Angel: A Hole in the World Los Angeles, 2004
Comic adaptation of the eponymous episode along with "Shells."
Comic* Angel: Unacceptable Losses Los Angeles, 2004
Illyria is unknowingly sent on a possible suicide mission by Angel, who works to convince Wesley that Illyria is not Fred.
Comic B8: Willow: Goddesses and Monsters San Francisco and alternate dimension, 2004
Willow embarks on a magical training journey, meeting the powerful Aluwyn, who may not be the helpful guide she first appears to be.
Episode A5.17 Underneath Los Angeles, 2004
Wesley deals with Illyria as Angel, Spike, and Gunn track Lindsey to a suburban hell dimension for information on the Senior Partners' plans.
Comic* Angel: Spotlight: Illyria Los Angeles and Texas, 2004
Illyria tries to understand the concept of remorse by questioning a convicted killer as to his own lack of guilt over his crimes.
Comic Spike: Asylum Los Angeles, 2004
Spike goes undercover at a rehab facility for demons, where he's targeted by both murderous inmates and the facility's malevolent staff.
Episode A5.18 Origin Los Angeles, 2004
Angel confronts the demon sorcerer who created Connor's false memories and now wants Connor to fulfill his destiny and kill Sahjhan.
Comic* Angel: Spotlight: Connor Los Angeles, 2004
Connor suspects he might be behind a rash of vigilante attacks, fearing that he may be killing these criminals in his sleep.
Episode A5.19 Time Bomb Los Angeles, 2004
Illyria finds herself shifting uncontrollably through time, and the team must find a way to control her dangerously unstable power.
Comic* Angel: Spotlight: Gunn Los Angeles, 2004
Gunn must find his naive cousin, who has run away to L.A. from his home in Ohio, before the city chews him up and spits him out.
Comic
(background)
B8.01 The Long Way Home, Part One Rome, 2004
Andrew sets up a Slayer as one of the decoys to draw attention away from the real Buffy.
Episode A5.20 The Girl in Question Los Angeles, 2004
Angel and Spike travel to Italy to recover the body of a demon lord, where they face an old nemesis — who may have Buffy under his spell.
Comic* Spike: Shadow Puppets Los Angeles and Japan, 2004
Spike and Lorne try to stop the Japanese edition of Smile Time and becoming puppetized themselves.
Comic* Fallen Angel: Reborn Los Angeles, Bete Noire, and Arctic, 2004
Illyria, accompanied by the fallen angel Liandra, seeks to recover three objects of power in hopes of restoring her former status.
Episode A5.21 Power Play Los Angeles, 2004
The team becomes increasingly concerned about Angel's motives when he pursues membership in the powerful Circle of the Black Thorn.
Episode A5.22 Not Fade Away Los Angeles, 2004
Team Angel to enjoy what may be their last day on Earth as they prepare for the final confrontation with the Circle of the Black Thorn.
Comic* Angel: Not Fade Away Los Angeles, 2004
Comic adaptation of the eponymous episode.

2004–2005[]

Taking place during After the Fall.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic* A6.24–25 Drusilla, Part One & Two May 2004
Drusilla is institutionalized and has visions portending the coming fate of Los Angeles.
Comic
(flashback)
A6.06–08 After the Fall, Part SixEight Los Angeles, May 2004 (reversed)
Connor, Gwen, Spike, Wesley, Kate, Lorne, Gunn, and the citizens of L.A. deal with the aftermath of the entire city being cast into a hell dimension.
Comic* Angel: OMG Unicorns! Los Angeles, May 20–27, 2004
Harmony blogs about her dual struggles: trying to find employment after the demise of Wolfram & Hart and resisting her predatory urges.
Comic Spike: After the Fall Los Angeles, May–June 2004 (reversed)
Spike and Illyria, attempting to take care of surviving humans, spend a month enslaved by Non, until Spike himself becomes the leader of her band of female warriors.
Comic A6.01–05 After the Fall, Part OneFive Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
Months after the descent of the city, Angel attempts to rally his former teammates in a final confrontation with the Demon Lords of Los Angeles.
Comic A6.06–08 After the Fall, Part SixEight Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
An imprisoned Betta George finds himself at the mercy of Gunn's vampire crew.
Comic*
(flashback)
Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
Eddie Hope makes a delivery to Gunn for Guard Captain Harros.
Comic A6.09–12 After the Fall, Part NineTwelve Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
Angel — now exposed as human — and the team confront the vampire Gunn, who believes he is guided by visions from the powers-that-be.
Comic*
(flashback)
Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
Jacob Crane attempts to recruit Eddie Hope.
Comic A6.13–16 After the Fall, Part ThirteenSixteen Los Angeles, July 2004 (reversed)
An army of demons attempts to ensure Angel fulfills his apocalyptic destiny, but an enraged and irrational Illyria may destroy all of existence.
Comic A6.17 After the Fall, Part Seventeen Los Angeles, June 2004
One month after the city's return, the (now famous) Angel and company find themselves pitted against the resurrected Lords of Hell.
Comic A6.23 Become What You Are Los Angeles, July 2004
A comatose Gunn experiences remorse for his actions in Hell, but a revived Non forces him to more directly evaluate his true nature.
Comic* Angel: Only Human Los Angeles and Texas, July 2004
Gunn and Illyria travel to Texas and confront the Scourge, who seek to restore an ancient enemy of Illyria to power.
Comic* A6.18–22 Aftermath, Part OneFive Los Angeles, July 2004
The team encounters a shapeshifting jaguar, while a renegade angel enlists Angel's help tracking a group of heavenly warriors with an extreme agenda.
Comic* Angel: The Curse Romania, July 2004
Angel goes to Romania in search of the Kalderash and a cure for his curse, where he becomes involved in a rebellion against a local warlord.
Comic* Angel: Old Friends Los Angeles, July 2004
Angel returns and joins his old teammates against a series of near-flawless duplicates of themselves — and Dr. Sparrow.
Comic* Angel: My Only Friend Los Angeles, July 2004
Angel resumes his struggle against evil in Los Angeles, acknowledging his special connection to the city.
Comic* A6.26–27 Boys and Their Toys, Part One & Two San Diego, July 2004
When the sword that killed Angel in Hell goes missing, Angel, Spike, and Groo venture to a science fiction convention to retrieve it.
Comic* Lorne: The Music of the Spheres Los Angeles, 2004
A trio of ancient entities seeks to shatter the Music of the Spheres and destroy the universe, and Lorne may be the only one who can stop them.
Comic* Angel: Last Angel in Hell Los Angeles, December 2004
The story of Los Angeles's descent into Hell is filtered through the lens of a Hollywood blockbuster, with accuracy sacrificed in favor of spectacle.
Comic* Angel: This One Time Los Angeles, 2005
When reality begins shifting for Angel and the team, they must decide whether to change history by choosing an alternate course of events.
Comic* Angel: Auld Lang Syne Los Angeles, 2005
Angel and Spike find themselves confronting faces from their pasts, pitting them against each other and a demon that feeds on suffering.
Comic* A6.28–32 The Crown Prince SyndromeRoman a Clef Los Angeles, 2005
The Innovation Labs company promises to make problem-free immortality available for top-paying clients, with Angel as their unwitting accomplice.
Comic* Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew Los Angeles, 2005
The justice-seeking devil Eddie Hope hunts down people for their crimes during the fall of Los Angeles, and runs across an escaped Gwen Raiden.
Comic* Spike: The Devil You Know Los Angeles, 2005
Spike and Eddie Hope reluctantly unite to stop Tansy Fry from opening a miniature Hellmouth.
Comic* Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew Los Angeles, 2005
Gunn finds himself in Eddie Hope's crosshairs and must convince the justice devil that he was not responsible for his actions during the fall.
Comic* A33–38 Letters Home: A Jamesian InterludeCats in the Cradle Los Angeles, 2005
Newcomer Laura Weathermill uncovers the truth about “James,” and the team deals with a warrior army who sees Connor as their chosen one.
Comic* Angel: Fight for the Remote! Los Angeles, 2005
Angel and Spike fight over the team's entertainment choices — Angel wanting hockey with Spike preferring a soap-opera marathon.
Comic* Illyria: Haunted Los Angeles and England, 2005
When she experiences an existential crisis, Illyria turns to Spike for advice, leading her to seek answers in the Deeper Well.
Comic
(background)
B8: Harmony Bites Los Angeles, 2005
Harmony sires Justin, expecting him to be grateful for the experience.
Comic* A6.39–44 The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart, Part OneSix Los Angeles, 2005
With Connor in charge, the remaining members of Angel Investigations work to stop "James" from turning Earth into a demon breeding ground.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.10 Anywhere but Here Switzerland, 2005
Buffy leads a group of Slayers in the robbery of a Swiss bank vault stocked with Nazi-stockpiled treasure.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.36 Last Gleaming, Part One Los Angeles, 2005
Angel exhibits extraordinary powers that allow him to save a crashing plane, and a mysterious consciousness begins providing guidance.
Comic
(flashback)
B8.10 Anywhere but Here Berkeley, 2005
While at college, Dawn sleeps with Nick, inadvertently resulting in her transformation curse cast by Ken.
Comic
(flashback)
AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story 2005
Angel recruits the eager Pearl and Nash to his crusade as Twilight.

2005–2006[]

Taking place during Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic B8.01–04 The Long Way Home, Part OneFour Scotland and Sunnydale, 2006
Buffy leads the Slayer Organization against a secretive paramilitary force allied with the vengeful enemies Amy and Warren.
Animation* B8.01–04 The Long Way Home, Part OneFour Scotland and Sunnydale, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comics.
Comic B8.05 The Chain 2006
A young Slayer goes undercover — and underground — as a Buffy decoy to unite several squabbling mystical races to Yamanh of Hoht's invading army.
Animation* B8.05 The Chain 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comic.
Comic B8: Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin Iowa and Pacific, 2006
Angel discusses his path with Whistler while Riley and Sam debate his going undercover within the Twilight Group.
Comic B8.06–09 No Future for You, Part OneFour Cleveland and England, 2006
Giles recruits Faith for an undercover mission to stop the aristocratic rogue Slayer Genevieve Savidge.
Animation* B8.06–09 No Future for You, Part OneFour Cleveland and England, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comics.
Comic
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AF.02 Live Through This, Part Two London, 2006
Giles explains to her the dangers of using magic to change the past and the need to atone for one's actions.
Comic B8.10 Anywhere but Here Scotland, 2006
Buffy and Willow seek out the Sephrilian for information on the Twilight Group and face uncomfortable secrets from both past and future.
Animation* B8.10 Anywhere but Here Scotland, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comic.
Comic B8.11 A Beautiful Sunset Scotland, 2006
On a vampire hunt, Buffy confronts Satsu about her obvious attraction to Buffy, but the pair find themselves under attack from the masked Twilight.
Animation* B8.11 A Beautiful Sunset Scotland, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comic.
Comic B8.12–15 Wolves at the Gate, Part OneFour Scotland and Japan, 2006
The mʔ is stolen from Buffy by Japanese vampires with shapeshifting abilities — and the Slayers must team up with Dracula to recover it.
Animation* B8.12–15 Wolves at the Gate, Part OneFour Scotland and Japan, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comics.
Comic B8.16–19 Time of Your Life, Part OneFour Scotland and New York, 2006
Buffy is taken to Melaka Fray's time to fight magical enemies.
Animation* B8.16–19 Time of Your Life, Part OneFour Scotland and New York, 2006
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comics.
Comic B8.20 After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back! Scotland, 2006
An exhausted and dispirited Buffy dreams of her past life and adventures in Sunnydale.
Comic B8.21 Harmonic Divergence Los Angeles, 2006
Harmony becomes a reality TV star and uses an attack by a Slayer as an opportunity to propel her fame higher.
Comic B8: Harmony Bites Los Angeles, 2006
As a part of her reality TV show, Harmony interviews for a bartending job and squabbles with her personal assistant, Clem.
Comic Spike Las Vegas, 2006
Spike teams up with Betta George and Beck to stop Wolfram & Hart's Las Vegas operations, as well as the deadly psychopath John — and Drusilla.
Comic
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B8.36 Last Gleaming, Part One London, 2006
Spike's ship returns to Earth, and Spike catches up on recent events surrounding the Slayers and Twilight (and Harmony's newfound fame).
Comic B8: Vampy Cat Play Friend Japan, 2006
In a commercial advertisement, the Vampy Cat helps a young girl overcome her tormentors.
Comic B8.22 Swell Tokyo and Scotland, 2006
Satsu and Kennedy overcome their animosity to stop a horde of demonic dolls that can control human hosts and merge to form a single being.
Comic B8.23 Predators and Prey Scotland and Italy, 2006
Buffy and race to stop a rogue Slayer, Simone Doffler, and her gang of criminals.
Comic B8: Always Darkest Scotland, 2006
A sleep-deprived Buffy has a nightmare in which Caleb directs her through unsettling visions.
Comic B8.24 Safe Hanselstadt, 2006
Giles and Faith join Courtney, a disillusioned Slayer, in investigating a supposed Slayer Sanctuary — one that may actually be masking a dark secret.
Comic B8.25 Living Doll Scotland and California, 2006
Dawn transforms into a living doll and is imprisoned by an old doll-maker, prompting the team to summon her ex-boyfriend to reverse the spell.
Comic Tales: The Thrill Nashua, New Hampshire, 2006
A bored teenager allows himself to be fed upon by a vampire and his friends, but his outlook changes when he is himself transformed into a vampire.
Comic B8: Harmony Comes to the Nation New York, 2006
Harmony sits down for an interview with Stephen Colbert.
Comic Tales: Carpe Noctem 2006
A club-hopping vampire rebels against Harmony's new rules of behavior.
Comic B8.26–30 Retreat, Part OneFive Europe, Mongolia, and Tibet, 2006
With Twilight's forces in close pursuit, the Slayers retreat to Oz's home in Tibet in an attempt to hide, forgoing their magical abilities in the process.
Comic
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AF.16 Death and Consequences, Part One Tibet, 2006
Giles impresses upon Faith that despite her best efforts at mentorship, there will always be Slayers so damaged by their experiences that they cannot be helped.
Comic B8.31 Turbulence Tibet, 2006
As Twilight takes captives after a battle against the Slayers, the now-flying Buffy helps detain three Wrathful goddesses.
Comic B8.32–35 Twilight, Part OneFour Tibet, Malaysia, Florida, Louisiana, and Twilight, 2006
Buffy discovers the source of her new powers, and Twilight is unmasked, prompting an encounter that may trigger a worldwide cataclysm.
Comic B8.36–40 Last Gleaming, Part OneFive Tibet and Sunnydale, 2006
Buffy leads her forces against hordes of invading demons as they seek out the Seed of Wonder.
Novel*
(flashback)
Buffy: Slayer Shancoom, 2006
During the invasion of interdimensional demons on Earth, Nina is called as a Slayer at the very last second before the end of magic.
Comic
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B9.20 The Watcher Sunnydale, 2006
Xander lashes out at Angel over his actions, but he's stopped by a devastated Buffy, who doesn't want to lose Xander as well.

2006–2007[]

Taking place during Season Nine.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic B9: Magical Mystery Tour, Featuring the Beetles Outer space and San Francisco, 2006
Spike adjusts to life aboard a spaceship with his bug crew while trying to return to Earth.
Comic
(background)
B9.02 Freefall, Part Two 2006
Riley negotiates amnesty for the Slayer Organization with Interpol, a condition of which is the return of all illicitly obtained material.
Comic B8.40 Last Gleaming, Part Five San Francisco, 2006
Buffy and the gang settle into new lives in a world without magic, while much of the world still holds animosity toward the Slayers.
Novel* Buffy: Slayer Shancoom, autumn 2006
After killing a hellhound with her bare hands, Nina and the members of the Watchers Academy finally notice she is a Slayer.
Comic
(background)
B9.16 Welcome to the Team, Part One 2006
After the end of magic, the Magic Council is formed to preserve what little mystical energy remains.
Comic
(flashback)
B9.03 Freefall, Part Three San Francisco, 2006
After Clare becomes a zompire, her boyfriend Severin discovers he has the ability to siphon magic powers, killing her in the process.
Comic
(flashback)
B9.04 Freefall, Part Four San Francisco, 2006
As Severin seeks Alessandra to avenge Clare's death, Simone finds him and convinces him to join her plan to destroy Buffy.
Comic AF.01–04 Live Through This, Part OneFour London, 2006
Embarking on a new mission of redemption, Angel and Faith face two enemies from Angel's past as Twilight.
Comic B9.01–04 Freefall, Part OneFour San Francisco, 2006
Buffy begins to adjust to a normal life, but she's forced back into action when corpses of vampires begin to appear.
Comic AF.05 In Perfect Harmony London, 2007
Harmony seeks Angel's help in stopping a blackmailer.
Comic B9.05 Slayer, Interrupted San Francisco, 2007
Buffy suffers a series of strange, visionary dreams featuring the First Slayer, prompted by attempts at communication from a fairy.
Comic AF.06–09 Daddy Issues, Part OneFour London, 2007
As Faith deals with the sudden appearance of her father, she and Angel investigate strange murders that lead them to a now-sane Drusilla.
Comic Drusilla: Run and Catch London, 2007
A documentary filmmaker works to bring a fleeing Drusilla's story to the big screen.
Comic B9.06–07 On Your Own, Part One & Two San Francisco, 2007
Buffy seeks advice on handling her unplanned pregnancy, while Detective Dowling tracks down a zompire nest.
Comic B9: In Space No One Can Hear You Slay Outer space, 2007
Spike takes Buffy on a trip in his spaceship, only to run up against a vicious and relentless creature.
Comic B9.08–10 Apart (of Me), Part OneThree San Francisco and Mill Valley, 2007
Buffy learns of 's plan to protect her; with Spike, they race to track down Buffy's mind-wiped body, but they run afoul of Simone.
Comic Spike: A Dark Place The Moon, Sunnydale and Easter Island, 2007
After his ship is hijacked by demons seeking remnants of the Seed of Wonder, Spike finds himself paired with Morgan in search of a lost Hellmouth.
Comic AF.10 Women of a Certain Age London, 2007
Giles's great-aunts Lavinia and Sophronia seek help from Angel and Faith after suffering the unpleasant consequences of the end of magic.
Comic AF.11–14 Family Reunion, Part OneFour London, Los Angeles and Quor'toth, 2007
Angel and Faith travel with Willow and Connor in hopes of finding a way to restore magic, only to discover much has changed.
Comic B9.11–13 Guarded, Part OneThree San Francisco, 2007
Buffy teams with Kennedy and Koh to protect an Internet entrepreneur and sever a connection to the realm of Wolfram & Hart.
Comic B9.14–15 Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part One & Two Santa Rosita and San Francisco, 2007
Despite having no evident powers, Billy Lane trains as a Slayer with his crush Devon to defend their town from a plague of zompires.
Comic
(flashback)
B9: Love vs. Life San Francisco, 2007
While on patrol in Golden Gate Park, Buffy impresses upon Billy the danger of fighting alongside someone he loves.
Comic AF.15 The Hero of His Own Story London and unknown hospital, 2007
Whistler sits down with Angel at a pizzeria to ask for help with his plan to restore magic to the world, while Pearl and Nash visit their dying mother.
Comic Willow: Wonderland Wonderland and San Francisco, 2007
Willow joins with an exiled conjurer on an extradimensional quest to restore magic, when she's reunited with Aluwyn and a "supercoven" of witches.
Comic AF.16–19 Death and Consequences, Part OneFour Peru, London and Guildford, 2007
Angel and Faith set out to recover Giles' body and the last remnants of his soul, only to find both are connected to an enemy long thought destroyed.
Comic AF.20 Spike and Faith London, 2007
Spike and Faith face a horde of Ender demons to retrieve an artifact that may be able to recover Giles' soul from the incapacitated Angel.
Comic B9.16–19 Welcome to the Team, Part OneFour San Francisco and Los Angeles, 2007
While Billy and Anaheed face an unusually strong zompire, Illyria transports Buffy to L.A., where the Magic Council asks her to stop Severin.
Comic B9.20 The Watcher San Francisco, 2007
Xander is summoned by Simone and Severin, who present him with an opportunity to save Dawn and betray Buffy.
Comic AF.21–25 What You Want, Not What You Need, Part OneFive London, 2007
Angel, Faith, and their allies scramble to complete Giles' resurrection and stop Whistler, Pearl, and Nash from unleashing a magical apocalypse.
Comic B9.21–25 The Core, Part OneFive San Francisco and Cotswolds, 2007
Buffy, Willow, and Xander race to the Deeper Well to gather magic energy to save Dawn, but Simone and Severin have a plan to tap its power.
Comic
(flashback)
AF10.11 United, Part One London, 2007
The residual magic from Whistler's magical plague heals and transforms the critically injured Slayer Nadira.
Comic B9: Love vs. Life Santa Rosita, 2007
Billy returns to his town to stop a horde of rapidly multiplying zompires, but he's afraid of what he might have to sacrifice in the process.

2007–2008[]

Taking place during Season Ten.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic B10.01–05 New Rules, Part OneFive Santa Rosita, San Francisco, Transylvania, 2008
As Xander struggles to fix his relationship with Dawn, Buffy and the team ally with Dracula to combat the new vampire breed with extraordinary abilities.
Comic AF10.01–04 Where the River Meets the Sea, Part OneFour London, Santa Rosita, and San Francisco, 2008
Angel works with a transformed Nadira to protect Magic Town from a gang of malicious pixies while Faith joins Kennedy's Deepscan.
Comic AF10.05 Old Habits London, 2008
Angel teams with Giles's great-aunts Lavinia and Sophie to stop a vampire victimizing Londoners in broad daylight.
Comic
(background)
B10.11 Love Dares You, Part One San Francisco, 2008
Xander begins seeing a counselor to deal with his anger issues.
Comic B10.06–07 I Wish, Part One & Two San Francisco, 2008
When the Scoobies set out to find new living arrangements, they find themselves confronting the Hamelin demon, sirens, and their own unrealized desires.
Comic AF10.06–10 Lost and Found, Part OneFive Suriname and London, 2008
Faith leads a team in pursuit of Riley and a missing tycoon, while Angel confronts Amy with a troubling request for help.
Comic B10.08–09 Return to Sunnydale, Part OneTwo San Francisco and Sunnydale, October 2008
Andrew takes the Vampyr book back to Sunnydale, and the team follows to stop him from using its power to return someone from the dead.
Comic B10.10 Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) San Francisco and Antioch, 2008
When Buffy, Willow, and Dawn take a day off from negotiating magical disputes, Harmony takes advantage of their absence for her own purposes.
Comic B10.11–13 Love Dares You, Part OneThree San Francisco and Oakland, 2008
In helping subdue the Sculptor, Andrew undergoes a significant transformation, while Spike has dream visions of vicious attacks.
Comic AF10.11–14 United, Part OneFour London, 2008
As Faith begins working for Zane Pharmaceuticals, Koh's quest for vengeance leads him to the apparently resurrected Fred — and Illyria.
Comic B10.14–15 Relationship Status: Complicated, Part One & Two San Francisco, 2008
Willow and Giles project Buffy's astral form into Spike's mind to uncover his connection to Archaeus and help him overcome its influence.
Comic AF10.15 Fight or Flight Galway, Ireland, 2008
While vacationing in Angel's home town, Fred and Angel discover a coven using the blood of a Gachnar to harvest fear as a means of control.
Comic B10.16–18 Old Demons, Part OneThree San Francisco, 2008
Angel joins the Scoobies, working past his ongoing issues with Spike to help hunt down the demon Archaeus and the Restless Door.
Comic AF10.16–18 Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part OneThree London, 2008
Faith and Fred go undercover at St. Cuthbert's prep school to investigate a suspected vampire nest, only to discover Drusilla has an enigmatic plan.
Comic B10.19 Freaky Giles Day San Francisco, 2008
As Buffy and Dawn meet with their estranged father, Giles enjoys his restored adulthood — but for just one day.
Comic AF10.19–20 A Little More than Kin, Part One & Two London, 2008
Angel returns to London in pursuit of Archaeus, only to find the demon is using Drusilla to target Nadira and her connection to the town's magic.
Comic B10.20 Triggers San Francisco, 2008
As Spike and Buffy pursue a predatory incubus, Giles and Xander join Dowling on an exorcism case — with an assist from ghost Anya.
Comic B10.21–25 In Pieces on the Ground, Part OneFive San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas, and Anharra, 2008
To stem an increasing tide of demonic incursions, the Scoobies forge uneasy alliances with the military, the new vampires, and the Magic Council.
Comic AF10.21–25 A Tale of Two Families, Part OneFive London, 2008
Archaeus enacts his ultimate plan: using an ancient and powerful statue to give the sentient magic of Magic Town a threatening new form.
Comic B10.26–30 Own It, Part OneFive Anharra, San Francisco, San Diego, etc., 2008
D'Hoffryn usurps the powers of the Magic Council to seize the Vampyr book — and the ability to rewrite the rules of magic to his will.
Comic B10: Where Are They Now? San Francisco, 2008
Harmony's work on a tell-all documentary video for VampCon 2 may be edging closer to exposing a plot to kill Buffy.

2008–2009[]

Taking place during Season Eleven.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic B11.01–05 The Spread of Their EvilA House Divided San Francisco and Arizona, 2009
When Shenlong devastates San Francisco, the government institutes new policies to control magical beings, ultimately leading to the creation of the Safe Zone.
Comic A11: Out of the Past, Part OneFour Dublin and London, 2009
Angel and Fred investigate a hotel haunting, but they uncover a connection to Angel's past, prompting Illyria to send the pair back in time.
Comic B11.01–05 Desperate TimesBack to the Wall San Francisco and Arizona, 2009
Buffy, Willow, and Spike try to survive as prisioners of the Safe Zone while investigating the place.
Comic A11: Dark Reflections, Part ThreeFour Dublin and London, 2009
Angel and Fred return from their time travels to find Dublin under attack from otherworldly forces, and must find a way to stop the carnage.
Comic Giles: Girl Blue Los Angeles, 2009
A teenage-appearing Giles enrolls in an inner-city school, allying with Roux to investigate a dangerous mystical influence.
Comic B11.06–12 DisempoweredOne Girl in All the World Safe Zone, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Austin, 2009
Buffy and Willow have their magic power drained to escape the internment camp, and the Scooby Gang uncover the true purpose behind the government's actions.

2011[]

Taking place during Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve.

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic
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B12.01 One Year Later San Francisco, 2010
During a quiet year for supernatural crises, Dawn gives birth to Joyce Harris.
Comic
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Fray.01 Ready, Steady... 21st century
A Slayer leads a battle against an army of demons, resulting in the complete cessation of all magic on Earth, the end of the Slayer line, and Fray's dystopic future.
Comic B12.01–04 One Year LaterFinale San Francisco, 2011
After one year since their last crisis, Buffy and her allies face the Reckoning and defeat Harth Fray's army, changing the course of history up to the 23rd century.

2015[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Audio* Slayers: A Buffyverse Story Los Angeles and London, 2015
Spike and Clem work undercover and meet the newly-activated Slayer Indira. Cordelia and Anya from another reality seek their help, and a retired Giles joins their mission.


Distant/possible future[]

Type Title/Description Time/Location
Comic* A6.39–44 The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart, Part OneFive Los Angeles, 22nd century (reversed)
Angel, pulled into the future by Wolfram & Hart, must fight to foil the demon-breeding plans of Myresto.
Comic
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Fray.01 Ready, Steady... Haddyn, 23rd century (4 years before)
Melaka Fray and her brother Harth are confronted by the vampire Icarus, resulting in Harth's death.
Comic Fray Haddyn, 23rd century
200 years after the end of magic, Melaka Fray is called as a Slayer; guided by Urkonn of the D'Avvrus, she must accept her fate and stop a demon incursion.
Comic Tales: Tales Haddyn, 23rd century
Melaka meets Gates and discovers a library full of Watchers Diaries.
Comic B8.16–19 Time of Your Life, Part OneFour Haddyn, 23rd century
A time-displaced Buffy finds herself pitted against Melaka by the Madwoman with a mysterious past and a cryptic agenda.
Animation* B8.16–19 Time of Your Life, Part OneFour Haddyn, 23rd century
Animated adaptation of the eponymous comics.
Comic B12.02 Future Shock Haddyn, 23rd century
Buffy and the Scooby Gang time travel in search for answers on what happened to the world and themselves during the Reckoning.
Comic B12.04 Finale 23rd century
Melaka, Erin, and Gates return to the future, only to discover the course of history had been changed after the Reckoning.
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