Xander and Spike shared an apartment, rented at the same building and floor as Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment and Giles's apartment, in Tenderloin, San Francisco.[1] Other residents included Ghost Anya and six cats.[2]
History[]
After the Scoobies returned from the assistance in Santa Rosita's zompire crisis,[3] they faced dissatisfaction with their living conditions and rent prices. Spike had been sleeping at Andrew's in a futon, and Xander didn't want to continue living with Dawn while they were on a break from their relationship.[4]
Robert Dowling handled them a case of a supposedly haunted building, which was instead infested by a Hamelin demon. The demon trapped the Scoobies in its reality, but they were able to free themselves and the missing children who had previously lived in the building.[4]
Prominent events[]
The Scoobies playing in the apartment.
Despite initially fighting about their differences while moving in, bickering about Xander's maquettes and Spike's soap opera digests, they quickly found a common ground in their shared apartment's coexistence.[1]
After Willow set security spells in the apartment, it became a temporary safeguard for the Vampyr book whenever it was needed. However, Andrew and Harmony were able to take it from the apartment in two occasions.[1][5]
When Buffy and Spike got together, they took down various of Xander's figurines from the shelves. Xander was able to listen to the destruction from Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment.[6]
Ghost Anya also resided in the apartment as she haunted Xander. She spent most of her time in his bedroom, but she could phase through the wall and see Buffy and Spike's discussions.[7]
When Spike rescued six cats from a game of kitten poker, he gave them to Xander and promised to find them a home in the following day.[8] Instead, some of the kittens grew into adults cats still under their care.[9]
After Anya's death, her funerary urn was placed in the apartment's living room.[10]
At the apartment, while researching about the Shenlong dragon, the Scoobies said goodbye to Andrew before he went to Italy. Soon after, they first heard about the Safe Zone implementation by watching the live broadcast pronunciation of Press Secretary Joanna Wise and Secretary of Supernatural Ophelia Reyes.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
- Spike's bedroom featured a The Clash at Bond's Casino poster.
- Xander's bedroom featured a Lara Croft poster, a Groot figurine, a Westeros poster map, and a Dungeons & Dragons' red dragon statue.
- In the living room, some of Xander's figurines are Godzilla, Alien, Darth Vader with Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Lara Croft. There's also an Indiana Jones poster at the wall.
- Despite being marked as Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment, the last scene in In Time of Crisis took place at Xander and Spike's.
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 Absent |
I Wish, Part 2 Appears |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Appears |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent |
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 Vision |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 1 Appears |
Old Demons, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 3 Absent |
Freaky Giles Day Appears |
Triggers Appears | ||
| In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent |
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 Absent |
Own It, Part 2 Appears |
Own It, Part 3 Appears |
Own It, Part 4 Absent |
Own It, Part 5 Appears | ||
| "Where Are They Now?" Absent | |||||||||||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 | |||||||||||
| The Spread of Their Evil Absent |
In Time of Crisis Appears |
A House Divided Absent |
Desperate Times Absent |
Desperate Measures Absent |
Back to the Wall Absent |
Disempowered Absent |
Ordinary People Absent | ||||
| The Great Escape Absent |
Crimes Against Nature Absent |
Revelations Absent |
One Girl in All the World Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 1 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 2 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 3 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 4 Absent | ||||