A building in the outskirts of Tenderloin, San Francisco, included three apartments that served as the residences of Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Xander, Spike, and Giles following the return of magic.[1]
History[]
- “So either fix this one, and we got a deal... Or get out of my hair. And see if anyone else in this city will rent to a gang of weirdos like you.”
- ―Unidentified landlady[src]
After the Scoobies returned from the assistance in Santa Rosita's zompire crisis,[2] they faced dissatisfaction with their living conditions and rent prices. Buffy was getting inconvenient new roommates at her current apartment, Willow had been fired for excess of absence, Dawn and Xander didn't want to continue living with in their apartment while they were on a break from their relationship, Spike had been sleeping at Andrew's in a futon, and Giles was recently resurrected as a child.[3]
Robert Dowling handled them a case of a supposedly haunted building, where in three decades 25 children disappeared, and its landlady would offer them a cheap rent for fixing this problem. It was inherited from her father and mostly immigrants lived there, and it was being gentrified, with "techies" and "trust-fund hippies," until the haunting started.[3]
The building was actually infested by a Hamelin demon, a symbiotic creature who targeted children on the verge of losing their childhood, and instead offered the victim to live within its dimension with illusions based on the individual child's dream. The demon trapped the Scoobies, who were able to free themselves and the missing children by refusing the reality the demon created.[3]
The Scoobies moved in soon after, with Buffy, Willow, and Dawn sharing an apartment, Xander and Spike sharing another on the same floor, and Giles alone in a third apartment.[1] They offered Andrew to live in a remaining apartment, but he had preferred to live in a house in Oakland instead.[4]
Appearances[]
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 | |||||||||||
| New Rules, Part 1 Absent |
New Rules, Part 2 Absent |
New Rules, Part 3 Absent |
New Rules, Part 4 Absent |
New Rules, Part 5 Absent |
I Wish, Part 1 Appears |
I Wish, Part 2 Appears |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Appears |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Appears |
Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Appears | ||
| Love Dares You, Part 1 Appears |
Love Dares You, Part 2 Appears |
Love Dares You, Part 3 Appears |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Appears |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Appears |
Old Demons, Part 1 Appears |
Old Demons, Part 2 Appears |
Old Demons, Part 3 Appears |
Freaky Giles Day Appears |
Triggers Appears | ||
| In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Appears |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Appears |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Appears |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Appears |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent |
Own It, Part 1 Appears |
Own It, Part 2 Appears |
Own It, Part 3 Appears |
Own It, Part 4 Appears |
Own It, Part 5 Appears | ||
| "Where Are They Now?" Absent | |||||||||||
| Angel & Faith: Season 10 | |||||||||||
| Where the River Meets the Sea, Part 1 Absent |
Where the River Meets the Sea, Part 2 Absent |
Where the River Meets the Sea, Part 3 Absent |
Where the River Meets the Sea, Part 4 Absent |
Old Habits Absent |
Lost and Found, Part 1 Absent |
Lost and Found, Part 2 Absent |
Lost and Found, Part 3 Absent |
Lost and Found, Part 4 Absent |
Lost and Found, Part 5 Absent | ||
| United, Part 1 Absent |
United, Part 2 Absent |
United, Part 3 Absent |
United, Part 4 Absent |
Fight or Flight Appears |
Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part 1 Absent |
Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part 2 Vision |
Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part 3 Absent |
A Little More than Kin, Part 1 Absent |
A Little More than Kin, Part 2 Absent | ||
| A Tale of Two Families, Part 1 Absent |
A Tale of Two Families, Part 2 Absent |
A Tale of Two Families, Part 3 Absent |
A Tale of Two Families, Part 4 Absent |
A Tale of Two Families, Part 5 Absent | |||||||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 | |||||||||||
| The Spread of Their Evil Appears |
In Time of Crisis Appears |
A House Divided Appears |
Desperate Times Absent |
Desperate Measures Absent |
Back to the Wall Absent |
Disempowered Absent |
Ordinary People Appears | ||||
| The Great Escape Absent |
Crimes Against Nature Absent |
Revelations Absent |
One Girl in All the World Appears |
Girl Blue, Part 1 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 2 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 3 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 4 Absent | ||||