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Honest Trailers | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen
Post-Production Manager: Emin Bassavand
Content Manager: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Post-Production Specialist: Rebecca Castaneda
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne
#honesttrailers #buffythevampireslayer

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@Xasew 6 ай бұрын

I don't think this properly conveyed the fact that Buffy is one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

@sdagoth3037 6 ай бұрын

Ya, they are heretics.

@shonenking3948 5 ай бұрын

Supernatural would like 2 know ur location

@becait 5 ай бұрын

@@shonenking3948No way supernatural is better than buffy.

@shonenking3948 5 ай бұрын

@@becait years better

@jankaveron 5 ай бұрын

@@shonenking3948 no

@erikkornfeld785 6 ай бұрын

To be fair, Willow pioneered the "Nerd to Witch to Lesbian" pipeline

@DisWriter 6 ай бұрын

Like I said all of the good non-exploitive parts of that were written by Jane Epenson and Marti Noxon not him.

@blackfyrestudios 5 ай бұрын

@@windowsVD which was arguably still great writing, *if* they didnt turn around and wipe it all clean and pretend it didnt happen..

@windowsVD 5 ай бұрын

@@blackfyrestudios I’m not sure that the controversial SA scene(written again by Marti Nixon) was ever going to be necessary and non-exploitative. Just because Whedon isn’t a good person doesn’t mean that we should discredit him from any of the good material, especially given that Buffy was entirely his brainchild.

@blackfyrestudios 5 ай бұрын

@@windowsVD thats very fair.. the SA was definitely too much but I dont dislike the addition of toxic relationships and people in television, it makes things seem more real sometimes Id defend it much harder without that scene though. We didnt need that.

@windowsVD 5 ай бұрын

Also, while we're on topic of Marti Noxon, we really shouldn't be giving her any praise if we're going to condemn Whedon for his actions, because according to James Marsters himself, Marti Noxon is an attempted r*p!st. I am not joking, just Google "Marti Noxon Seeing Red" and the information is all there. Noxon wrote the scene based on an altercation with her ex-boyfriend where SHE was the aggressor. Here's James Masters' quote during an interview: "One of the writers, a female writer [Marti Noxon], had a situation in her life where she and her boyfriend were breaking up and she decided if she just made love to him one more time, that they wouldn't break up. She ended up trying to force herself on him and decided to write about that. The thing is, if you flip it and make it a man forcing himself on a woman, I believe it becomes a whole different thing."

@13AndreFalcao666 5 ай бұрын

Buffy actually has most of what I love about modern television - without the downside of taking itself so seriously

@sorryyourenotawinner2506 5 ай бұрын

What about Angel?

@Xander1Sheridan 4 ай бұрын

it doesn't take itself seriously. Buffy is a comedy.

@Strainj1 3 ай бұрын

@@Xander1Sheridan pretty sure that's what the OP meant - modern shows take this stuff seriously - buffy didn't.......

@cyrannodb 6 ай бұрын

Okay, but Anthony Stewart Head legitimately had a musical career before Buffy.

@kevinw2592 5 ай бұрын

his brother, Murray, was a legitimate music star

@cyrannodb 5 ай бұрын

@@kevinw2592 yup. Loved him on the Chess concept album.

@rbarnett3200 Ай бұрын

...also sold coffee

@EvelynDeCobain 18 күн бұрын

yup, this sounded like AI doing an Honest Trailer about Buffy. What a missed oportunity!

@benwasserman8223 6 ай бұрын

Actually, Hush was created specifically BECAUSE Whedon was dared to write an episode without his signature quips. Clearly it worked.

@banonKING 6 ай бұрын

Which to me, is still the quality of a good writer.

@DravenGal 6 ай бұрын

Hush still creeps me out to this day!

@emptyvoices31 6 ай бұрын

It was a creepy episode. People getting their hearts ripped out, and they couldn't even scream.

@DravenGal 6 ай бұрын

@@emptyvoices31 For sure! Ugh! Just thinking of it makes my skin crawl! Which is appropriate given the day! Happy Halloween! (Also, the episode of "Halloween" was one of my favorite episodes, and cemented my love for Spike.) I actually got to meet James Marsters several time, at autograph signings. He was SO nice, and remembered me from previous meetings!

@SeasideDetective2 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Doug Jones, the actor who was the head Gentleman, was trained in mime. I'm not sure about the rest of the episode's cast. (I've met him, too. Such a friendly guy.)

@lucasgagliardi433 6 ай бұрын

"Hush", "The Body" and "Once more with feeling", the three episodes revolving around the use of sound, are the most creative ones. And considering this show was no short of creativity, that is saying someting.

@sk70091 6 ай бұрын

I'd say Restless was also pretty creative.

@rfresa 6 ай бұрын

@@sk70091I was just about to say that. Restless is probably the most unique and experimental episode I've ever seen, and they used it for the season finale!

@amarawinchester963 6 ай бұрын

Yeah all these were very unique episodes. Love them all. These 4 are definitely my fave episodes and I also have to add The Zeppo and Something Blue just because they were super funny episodes 😂 There are a lot of memorable moments and episodes, we need a whole separate discussion LOL

@matthewgilliland6864 6 ай бұрын

I was like, "No, The Body is the best episode." Then I realized that it wasn't funny and my opinion on what is the best doesn't really mean anything.

@Tairai_Daos 5 ай бұрын

@@matthewgilliland6864I still can't watch that episode most of that episode. it's too close to the time frame my Mother died. Its also too close to my personal experience.

@rog2224 5 ай бұрын

Giles had some of the best straight character moments. Also, Anthony Head had a pretty solid musical theatre CV prior to Buffy.

@YolandaAnneBrown95726 4 ай бұрын

Yep!!! Repo The Genetic Opera!!!!

@ruthmeb 4 ай бұрын

@@YolandaAnneBrown95726 That was post Buffy though

@Egilhelmson 4 ай бұрын

@@ruthmebAre you certain? He is Murray Head’s (original Judas Iscariot from Jesus Christ Superstar) brother, after all.

@ruthmeb 4 ай бұрын

@Egilhelmson Repo the Genetic Opera was post Buffy. He did a ton of other musical theatre and music before that, though.

@erauprcwa 6 ай бұрын

All jokes aside, the episode "The Body" has to be one of the best hour of television ever put to screen. The embodiment of death and grief in one episode. It still hits me to this day.

@ErnaG84 5 ай бұрын

This will stay with me always: "Mom? Whadya doin'? Mom? ... Mom? ... Mommy?" So sad 😔

@jonaskeller6399 5 ай бұрын

@@ErnaG84 What are you doing? Now I'm crying.

@Julesybabes70 5 ай бұрын

So light of touch. So respectful. Right in the feels.

@atheobald79 5 ай бұрын

The Body used to hit hard, then 2 years ago I found my mom’s body one morning after she passed in her sleep. Now it hits like a fucking train.

@spiralrose 5 ай бұрын

Atheobald, I’m so sorry for your loss… May she rest in peace.

@IantheDugan 6 ай бұрын

All jokes but "The Body" is a gutting representation of grief

@smpmcb6924 6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite episodes of television ever

@Morpheus451 6 ай бұрын

After extensively consuming television over multiple decades The Body is still one of the best episodes I've ever seen. It should have won all the awards.

@tomislavloncaric2517 6 ай бұрын

'The body' messed me up on a sub-atomic level

@JeeVeeHaych 6 ай бұрын

Truth. It's actually ironic how, in a show with tons of supernatural threats, more 'ordinary' things like a tumor or a gunshot-wound (Tara) had the most profound impact.

@tuseroni6085 6 ай бұрын

@@JeeVeeHaych probably because they are actual threats you might experience in your life.

@JeeVeeHaych 6 ай бұрын

What still amazes me to this day was hearing James Marsters (Spike) actual voice and realizing he's not British. Mind blown

@oneiropompos 6 ай бұрын

James Marsters narrates the Dresden Files without the British accent and he is fantastic in it. Top notch voice acting.

@talariswatts-el9196 6 ай бұрын

Same here.

@whiskyandpoetry 6 ай бұрын

It's Wesley that gets me. His American accent still sounds fake.

@MusicoftheDamned 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I always forget he's actually American given it's funnily the exact reverse of the typical "'American' actor turns out to be British" thing that far more usually goes on. (Also doesn't help that Anthony Head *is* British.)

@thepubknight6144 6 ай бұрын

He was also a great brainiac in smallville

@aaronloehrlein1318 5 ай бұрын

The trailer is funny, but they seem to be under the impression that BtVS was all about Joss. It was one of the few times in his career when he was willing (however grudgingly) to work with other strong-willed people and sometimes accept their vision. There's very little love lost between Sarah Gellar and Joss, but from a creative standpoint they really benefitted from each other.

@Xander1Sheridan 4 ай бұрын

He had to. At one point he was running 3 shows at once. In fact that alone lead to the downfall of all of them.

@Redmenace96 3 ай бұрын

I'm with you. Great comment.

@Heldemon 2 ай бұрын

@@Xander1Sheridan It didn't though? Firefly and Angel "failed" because the CEO's were utterly worthless.

@kennethchia4194 6 ай бұрын

It's been 20 years and I still love this show unapologetically

@TonyGearSolid 6 ай бұрын

Cordelia Chase probably has the best character development in the series, despite Joss Whedon's attempt to character assassinate her in the later seasons of Angel.

@Demonstormlord 6 ай бұрын

There's a solid case for Wesley Windham-Price, too.

@thinshadow 6 ай бұрын

@@Demonstormlord Yeah, Wesley 100% for me. So good and so unexpected when you see how he started in Buffy. But really pretty much everyone in Angel. Buffy is fantastic, but I think the character development pretty much everyone in Angel got over the course of the series was bigger and more interesting.

@KalaMakis77 6 ай бұрын

@@thinshadowwhat about willow. Or even Buffy. One of the many things whedon is good at is character development.

@madisonwhovian943 6 ай бұрын

Yes she does! She became one of my favorite characters after I watched Angel.

@HighQueenChelsea 6 ай бұрын

Wouldn't say its character assassination of CORDELIA since its not Actually CORDELIA doing any ofthose things. In fact before the pregnancy, the plan was for actually HER to become big bad anyway.

@averagestudent1158 6 ай бұрын

Having watched the show recently for the first time, I will say it might be one of the best shows ever made.

@dwainpannell8366 6 ай бұрын

Welcome to the club there are millions of us

@averagestudent1158 5 ай бұрын

@@dwainpannell8366I was genuinely surprised at how well the show holds up. I have watched a few old popular shows, all of them feel dated.

@deborahblackvideoediting8697 5 ай бұрын

I would have to agree with you on that! :)

@pferreira1983 4 ай бұрын

Watch more TV.

@LC-sc3en 3 ай бұрын

Buffy is undeniably great serialized TV. I would however like to say there is a world of TV out there which rivals it well. Depending on your preferences, there is an entire lifetime and world of great television to experience. And I cannot wait for you to discover more! My suggestion is to take best series lists from the genres you like from different countries (not just the US). Then watch the shows in order of oldest to newest. (Take into account the age and background of the person recommending it. If they were a teenager when it aired you might want to get a second opinion just to be safe). It is hard to find the spot between new excitement and nostalgia to land on actual perspective. My recommendation if you like science fiction would be Babylon 5.

@chaosdream21 6 ай бұрын

I love that all the comments are people *rightly* giving love to Buffy, the best show of all time.

@lydiapierce6808 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'm weirdly disappointed in this trailer. I love Honest Trailers, I love how they poke holes and poke fun at things. But they usually at least give some credit where credit is due. I guess Epic Voice Guy just really doesn't like Buffy.

@pferreira1983 4 ай бұрын

@@lydiapierce6808 He's correct.

@mylesleggette7520 3 ай бұрын

@@lydiapierce6808 I think he just really doesn't like Joss Whedon...

@an-qo6by 6 ай бұрын

The later seasons were surprisingly SO. RELATABLE. I was struggling with my entrance into adulthood like Buffy. I was dealing with depression and they really explored the side of life in a way I did not expect. Sarah Michelle Gellar deserves the praise, she brought a badass character to life and was able to go any way the writers wanted. She is so talented.

@GravesRWFiA 6 ай бұрын

the point of the show was that adults look back on the highschool days with nostalgia but the people going through it hate it-so he made it so high school was literally hell.

@an-qo6by 5 ай бұрын

wow. idk why but that got to me.@@GravesRWFiA

@JordiVanderwaal 6 ай бұрын

I wasn't expecting Honest Trailers to do Buffy. It's my favourite show of all time. And leaving the low budget of the first season and a half and some special effects aside, it was an incredible show. And yes, even with all these jokes, the metaphors for growing up were what made the show great.

@ivanangeli 6 ай бұрын

agreed :)

@missnaomi613 6 ай бұрын

Yes, what you said.

@RaulGalhardi 6 ай бұрын

Man, it was maybe funny, but Buffy is pure garbage. Im a 80s guy and... man, god damn it! IT WAS BAD! We had much better series in the 90s!

@ssjcosty 6 ай бұрын

@@RaulGalhardi Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG, Deep Space Nine, Stargate SG-1, The X-Files, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The Outer Limits, Twin Peaks, and... Mr. Bean!

@liamriddy358 6 ай бұрын

@@RaulGalhardi half of the seasons took place in the 90s

@mattep74 6 ай бұрын

The show had humor, it had violence, it had teenage problem and it had the best dramatic episode ever called the body. I watched the series again when i was over 40 years old and had tears in my eyes during thar episode

@kashourikatsu2543 6 ай бұрын

Same

@Corlaedi 6 ай бұрын

I watch the series from time to time. 😊

@kashourikatsu2543 6 ай бұрын

@@Corlaedi not gonna lie the story telling is probably better than 85% of shows on Netflix or even Hulu

@bobrulz 5 ай бұрын

I had tears in my eyes for a lot of episodes

@evilcritter 5 ай бұрын

I can't even think about that ep without tearing up.

@ruthmeb 6 ай бұрын

Anthony Head already had a music career. He put out songs in the 80s, appeared onstage in musicals and was Franknfurter for a West End run... All long before BTVS.

@jacobscarberry4799 3 ай бұрын

His brother also did One Night in Bangkok

@arenkai 5 ай бұрын

Buffy is a show you watch for the jokes and vampires when you're 13 And then you watch again for the great character writing and coming of age stories when you're 23 Amazingly underrated show

@Trekkie46 5 ай бұрын

And again when you're 33 for when people are trying to tell you you're no one, and you just have to fight back because it's fun.

@koivandon 5 ай бұрын

@@Trekkie46 Also here on 33 starting my most recent rewatch of Buffy and Angel. Man, those shows had corny effects, but damn, those story arcs and characters are amazing.

@104thironmike4 5 ай бұрын

@@Trekkie46 Well, I wish you good luck, because take it from a 43 year old: I am not watching it again. XD

@lisastahlman1596 5 ай бұрын

I’m 45 and it’s still one of my obsession shows.

@SuziQ. 5 ай бұрын

@@Trekkie46, I was 33 when it aired. I still watch it.

@DanGamingFan2846 6 ай бұрын

One of the best shows of my childhood. I don't know how the hell I got away with watching it, but I'm glad I did. Sure, It's a bit dated now, but if you want a slice of late 90's teen drama nostalgia, there's nothing better.

@watershipup7101 6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@FilmFanatic211 6 ай бұрын

I'm 31 now and I had never seen it before, but my wife and I watched it recently and we loved it! They don't make them like this anymore

@SevenHunnid 6 ай бұрын

I’m mexican & i do food reviews on my KZfaq channel 😂

@xySuperManxy 6 ай бұрын

I did not get away with watching it. It was banned in my house after the episode where Drusilla tortures a topless Angel strapped to a bed.

@JadedMax 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like your parents knew good writing

@dismaspickman773 5 ай бұрын

Whedon's style of quippy, hip humor got old, but when Buffy came out, it was new, fresh and it felt that way. Truly one great TV show (making those lists of greatest TV shows when they are compiled.)

@boobah5643 5 ай бұрын

I'm less certain the quippy got old rather than people who couldn't do quippy well were trying to do quippy. And maybe it's just because _I'm_ dated, too, but I find the quips in _Buffy_ still land.

@mariposa9506 Ай бұрын

Right there with you. @@boobah5643

@phunk8607 5 ай бұрын

Buffy is and will always be iconic era defining show. Still resonates today

@ronyorobio7096 4 ай бұрын

I think this is one of the best TV shows to ever exist. Silly, scary, dark, philosophical, relatable, moving, exciting, action packed, with great arches, even better characters, excellent acting (for the most part), and so easy to touch you at a personal level (that is if you are lucky enough to having been 15-25 yo while it was aired).

@gargamellenoir8460 6 ай бұрын

Half of this trailer is blaming Buffy for using now tired tropes it either invented or popularized oO Boy the Honest Trailer for Citizen Kane will not be kind....

@vintagezebra5527 6 ай бұрын

You're totally right! Because of Whedon's ickiness, this show will probably never get the respect and study it deserves in a historical context. It's clear that those did not watch the show in real time have no idea of its true influence or contribution to pop culture entertainment.

@gargamellenoir8460 6 ай бұрын

@@vintagezebra5527The whole "Xander is a Marty Stu" part is pretty damning too. Xander was the butt of the joke almost the entire show. The trope "Butt Monkey" is named after him. The extract they showed where he's pursued by girls was a humiliating new low for him with Giles openly disgusted by him. So yeah, basically Wesley Crusher right?

@caitlinmangan2414 6 ай бұрын

Right lol I was so confused by that! Like, Buffy did so many things FIRST, why are we ragging on it for being quippy when back then it was a very new and very fun thing lol

@Blodhelm 6 ай бұрын

@@caitlinmangan2414 It's like complaining that Michelangelo made statues because a modern art-filled gallery has been doing it poorly for a few decades.

@SarcasticPlotRecaps 6 ай бұрын

@@vintagezebra5527 Yh they legit had college course based around Buffy here in the UK. I grew up in Buffymania and it was massive over here.

@RammmFan 6 ай бұрын

Buffy + Angel... one of the best series of our childhood... i rewatched them recently, and they are even better... dayum

@stephenjarvis534 6 ай бұрын

I adore Buffy. Definitely one of the best series I've seen. Angel is still on my watchlist.

@comunicacionysociedad-este3101 6 ай бұрын

Angel's last season, when all the crew from Buffy arrived, is definitely the best of both series. Angel's last episode is one of the best tv moments we'll ever see

@40g33k 6 ай бұрын

I'm also rewatching

@tuseroni6085 6 ай бұрын

there is one episode of angel i have no idea how that got past editing. angel is fighting some guy in an apartment IIRC and then the camera switches angles and there is a third guy there holding a camera...they included the other cameraman in the shot.

@torva360 6 ай бұрын

@@comunicacionysociedad-este3101 Hard agree. The ending to Angel was special, and I don't know an ending I like better.

@intelligentignorance 6 ай бұрын

I don't care what anyone says, the Halloween episode featuring Gaknar was freaking terrifying, right up until the gag of him being 3 inches tall. A borderline perfect episode, right up there with Hush.

@sagittated 6 ай бұрын

Don't taunt the fear demon.

@ericadunn9435 5 ай бұрын

Particularly that Hello My Name Is God bit

@sopcannon 5 ай бұрын

Giles with a chainsaw

@SasquatchChief 5 ай бұрын

“Actual size” bit slays!

@SuziQ. 5 ай бұрын

@@sagittated, It’s tacky.

@janeldavis905 6 ай бұрын

This is why I'm proud to be part of the Buffy fandom: you read our favorite show to filth, and instead of getting hostile and attacking you, the comments are just full of people talking about how much they love the show and how much it means to them ❤

@tornadochaser2457 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. More anger and lashing out is much needed.

@wightwitch 6 ай бұрын

We're just excited Buffy is suddenly being talked about again. It's been 20 years and we still have so much love we've been waiting to nerd out.

@Trekkie46 5 ай бұрын

Unless you mention Joss Whedon. Then people lash out and show you just how mean they are. Which is hard to argue either way.

@dissociatedrainbow 5 ай бұрын

❤

@pferreira1983 4 ай бұрын

It's a crap show though.

@lauratroy13 6 ай бұрын

We need a supernatural honest trailer already!

@MagimonOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Facts

@livabeltoft9063 6 ай бұрын

YES please

@DarkHarlequin 6 ай бұрын

You realize that for that they have to watch ALL of Supernatural? There is about half a billion episodes and... look I loved Supernatural but we can all agree the quality is all over the place 😅😅

@lauratroy13 6 ай бұрын

@@DarkHarlequin they did it with all of doctor who

@kote1287 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@djz3milo 6 ай бұрын

Technically, “The Body” is the best episode, but “Hush” is in fierce competition for that spot.

@garyjbaker 6 ай бұрын

Doppelgangland !

@2000danlb 6 ай бұрын

The scene where Anya is trying to understand Joyce's death is amazing

@amityislandchum 6 ай бұрын

According to IMDb, the top episodes are ranked: 1. Once More, With Feeling 2. Hush 3. The Body So if you want to be "technical," that's the order.

@l.tc.5032 5 ай бұрын

No The Body is the most traumatizing episode.

@azarath318 5 ай бұрын

Restless!

@SpedeVesku 5 ай бұрын

Feels like they spent more time dancing around not saying too many nice things about Whedon than commenting on the show itself.

@AugustStarlight3 6 ай бұрын

The title sounds stupid, but the show is profound. A nearly unbroken track record of great episodes (arguably the only bad one is “Beer Bad”), and thematic elements still very very relevant to today. It’s a travesty it never won an Emmy. I also want to mention that, despite Joss Whedon’s icky reputation, the show was put together by many other non-icky creatives who also make it great, and those people went on to make other great things (Supernatural, Daredevil, etc.). And (*grumble grumble*) I don’t care what anyone says - I like the quips. And the puns. And anyone who says otherwise is mythstaken.

@leostatus8585 5 ай бұрын

Lol. I see what you did there.

@yami-131 5 ай бұрын

it really was a masterwork, and I don't say that lightly

@jktejik 5 ай бұрын

“And what did we learn about beer?” “Foamy!” Dude, that episode was awesome.

@Ceares 5 ай бұрын

yep, the quips and puns added the delicious frosting on top of a moist, gooey cake of awesome.

@oneslikeme 5 ай бұрын

Beer Bad was fantastic. But, even John Ritter couldn't save Ted

@davidstorrs 6 ай бұрын

You missed a few brush strokes there. Yeah, Giles is the silly one, except when he's the stone cold badass. And Xander is the cool one who gets all the girls...very occasionally, and only when it blows up in his face. Usually he's the ineffective butt monkey.

@sorcy79au 5 ай бұрын

I remember being on the phone with my sister and us both watching it together. Or watching and then in the ad breaks calling to discuss what just happened and then quickly hanging up when it came back on again. We lived for this show each week.

@darksakurattv 6 ай бұрын

Tony Head was already a stage actor. He was even Frank in Rocky Horror!

@bigchicago01 6 ай бұрын

Some of these are a real stretch. It's basically a perfect show.

@Justinhulk 2 ай бұрын

Buffy and Smallville are shows i'd call perfect television

@ArcanistBlack 6 ай бұрын

Buffy is one of the best shows of all time.

@suzawilo 6 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏🏽. 👻🦇🎃

@hani6364 6 ай бұрын

I concur

@pigeonpoo1823 6 ай бұрын

And the musical is my favourite episode. What person can't relate to Going through the Motions

@TheRealGSmith 6 ай бұрын

No, it's THE best sho of all time.

@Unknown-jt1jo 6 ай бұрын

@@pigeonpoo1823 The great thing about the musical episode is that almost every song contributes to character development. It's not just an excuse for the writers to have fun with show tunes.

@benwasserman8223 6 ай бұрын

Buffy rocks, Joss Whedon is icky in retrospect, and that theme song never gets old. Think we can all agree on those three things.

@onequickthing8950 6 ай бұрын

Was it really a shock? You didn't see all the underaged butt shots? Wheaton being a perv is like CK enjoying the pleasure of his own company, it shouldn't have surprised anyone.

@baylinkdashyt 6 ай бұрын

Nerf Herder played the hall I used to work at in the late nineties, twice. I am personally responsible - no kidding - for them playing the Buffy theme, both times. They weren't going to play it, I had to talk them into it.

@VegetaLF7 6 ай бұрын

I still can't decide if I love Buffy's theme or Angel's theme more. They're both so perfectly fitting their shows' respective identities. Buffy with the teenage garage band sound to match the high school/college years while Angel's has a darker atmosphere fitting a self loathing immortal vampire with a soul.

@davidhill2020 6 ай бұрын

Whedon also wrote the theme song for Firefly and, if you listen to the audio commentary, the actors almost always sing along to it.

@errorsinconduct 6 ай бұрын

@@jeffreyscott801 apparently whedon wasn't allowed to be alone with the underaged michelle trachtenberg during buffy filming. also he was physically abusive toward's james masters and basically his whole treatment of charisma carpenter was just bad

@sherarut 6 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, Buffy was very popular in Ukraine thanks to broadcasts on the local TV channel. And the Ukrainian translation was quite funny. We had some memes from it before memes were a thing. Forever grateful to whoever on Novy channel thought they should be buying this TV series. Every school day at 5 pm it was happy time.

@AnatoleVGC 5 ай бұрын

Tha brazilian translation also has a few scenes that are funnier than the original. Like Buffy singing macho man in episode 3 (the brazilian version she sings with way more emotion and does high pitch "macho" in the end of the scene that is priceless) and a scene on season 4 finale

@J7nty 5 ай бұрын

Honestly such a great show I watched all 7 seasons last year having never heard of it before and got hooked

@jessicakirby8378 5 ай бұрын

Good to see new* fans!

@rumi2005 6 ай бұрын

Buffy is Easily one of the greatest female character of all time .

@danavixen6274 6 ай бұрын

Sarah Michelle Gellar OWNED it. She almost makes you forget about Kristy what's her name. 😎

@noanyobiseniss7462 6 ай бұрын

Quite the insult there. I'll let you figure out to whom.

@littlekasino 6 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274Kristy Swanson was given very little to work with. The script for the movie was pretty bad, I mean the series exists precisely because Joss Whedon wasn’t satisfied with how the film turned out.

@HappyDude1 6 ай бұрын

Hmm what about dark angel ?😁

@danavixen6274 6 ай бұрын

@@littlekasino Agreed! The film's script was mediocre at best. The series was far better!

@Mashamellou 6 ай бұрын

One of the best shows ever made ✨

@anubusx 6 ай бұрын

I actually prefered Angel.

@grivoc 6 ай бұрын

@@anubusx You're both right! (sorry I don't know how to argue on the internet but I hear good things)

@Dynaman21 6 ай бұрын

Not even close.

@Kingsoupturbo 6 ай бұрын

@@anubusx Angel was even more refined I think setup for a little older audience by that point.

@TheRealGSmith 6 ай бұрын

No, it's THE best show ever made.

@marieb3320 6 ай бұрын

Can't believe you didn't talk about the Buffy Studies! This series is more major than you think

@panpiper 5 ай бұрын

What are "the Buffy Studies"?

@mugglesarecooltoo 12 күн бұрын

@@panpiper Pop culture studies about Buffy.

@Phoca_Vitulina 6 ай бұрын

I watched this show in undergrad and it was the best thing ever. Was so much deeper than expected and whatever dude, I liked the quips. Buffy herself is an amazing, strong female character, and I loved the portrayal of grief and depression which I could super relate to. Once More With Feeling was such a goated epsiode like dang, feel like I should rewatch it now

@micahnewby7964 6 ай бұрын

"Hey Joss, bet your can't write a good episode without your signature apps. In fact, I *_dare_* you." "Bet" *(Hush)* --a convo that actually happened, probably

@DisWriter 6 ай бұрын

Keep in mind he was gaslighting, screwing, and abusing the whole staff. So, we'll never know how much he deserves the credit and how much people helped him that he never gave credit to.

@jayseepea 5 ай бұрын

The fact that all the stuff you could find to make fun of, the show itself has made fun of within its own episodes, kinda shows how perfect a show it is!

@AnatoleVGC 5 ай бұрын

The Zeppo being the best example of this. I just love how self aware that episode is. The moment were Xander interrupts Bangel drama just kills me lol

@KeldorTheWhite 4 ай бұрын

Unbelievable show. Just finished Buffy again recently and it holds up so well in terms of themes, acting, humour, and fight scenes. For me, it's the best show ever made.

@sherarut 6 ай бұрын

The best show of all time. Rewatched during Covid and damn - still amazing, and Buffy is the best character and human being ever, I just wanted to hug her after each episode and promise her she will get better. (Which is a lie)

@cocoanutt27 5 ай бұрын

Actually, Anthony Head had a stage career before he was cast in Buffy, so take that, Honest TV Trailers! I think James Marsters had a band before Buffy, too.

@its-MK... 5 ай бұрын

If anyone else is a musician, they do have the full sheet music available for *Once More With Feeling* including "They Got the Mustard Out"... I appreciate that level of commitment.

@DeniseDutton 5 ай бұрын

* pushes up theater nerd glasses * Tony Head/Giles was singing - and doing musical theater (including Rocky Horror, which released a single of his "Sweet Transvestite" in '91) - long before "Once More With Feeling". Heck, his brother Murray had a huge hit with "One Night in Bangkok" from "Chess"... Maybe I'm a little bit too invested in Giles. 🤣

@umbrapolaris1 6 ай бұрын

Spike was the best , hilarious and sarcastic

@thecrimsondragonslayer6533 6 ай бұрын

Well damn. Now they gotta do Angel and Charmed

@benjaminseverinsen8713 6 ай бұрын

He just did.... lol

@lonniecfireillbemayorsomeday 6 ай бұрын

I have no idea why this honest trailer just didn't hit

@neolynxer 2 ай бұрын

Because it was dishonest. It did not separate artist from a person. Joss Whedon was a genius. A lot of people who try to replicate him for the last decade thought they did. But it takes incredible education, talent and effort to write this good.

@iamtonyb 6 ай бұрын

Was hoping this would be better. I don't love scrutinizing a monumental show through the lense of the current year. I guess perhaps it's because of the Whedon situation, which valid. There's so much to love from it.

@guywhoistooparanoidtousere3758 6 ай бұрын

Never seen this. But I have had a friend fall into a Buffy rabbit hole one time. He stumbled upon it, watched the entire thing in a single month, almost dropped out of college and talked about nothing but Buffy the Vampire Slayer for half a year. Then he was okay again. I mean, I've gone on wild rides with dated tv shows too, but never that hard.

@barbarabaker1457 18 күн бұрын

Probably because it's well written and deeply into psychology. I recommend "passion of the nerd" on the subject. I have a short list of remarkable television and this is on it for a reason.

@TomMcMorrow 6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure "nerd to Wicca to lesbian pipeline" perfectly describes like half the girls I knew in highschool circa 04.

@fiore7939 5 ай бұрын

This show is the mother of all the shows of these days, I'm not joking. So good! ❤

@themayhemofmadness7038 6 ай бұрын

You know, now that it’s been pointed out to me, it is rather surprising that Giles never suffered any permanent brain damage.

@prion42 5 ай бұрын

One of these days he's going to wake up in a coma

@Sytrylt 5 ай бұрын

@@prion42 Exactly what I was going to say XDD

@expendablegerbil 3 ай бұрын

If you think that's bad, you should watch Smallville. I recently did a rewatch and all the characters on that show conveniently got more concussions than most football teams just so Clark could do his thing without anyone noticing. How Lana didn't end up with CTE is beyond me.

@themayhemofmadness7038 3 ай бұрын

@@expendablegerbil Gotta love TV logic. Concussion? Eh. Just walk it off. 🤦‍♀️

@expendablegerbil 3 ай бұрын

@@themayhemofmadness7038 To be fair, when Smallville and Buffy were on that was the logic in the NFL too.

@firedrake110 5 ай бұрын

You can have whatever opinion you want of it, but this show is unassailable. It's peak TV, and I don't care how long you wait, it'll STILL be good.

@solochmane6140 Ай бұрын

It,s stupid af

@ChristopherPayneMUA 6 ай бұрын

I literally finished a rewatch of this series yesterday. Funny how things seem to line up sometimes.

@suzawilo 6 ай бұрын

I'm in s5.

@Dopecheetah 6 ай бұрын

I’m about to rewatch it.

@LiquidVamp85 6 ай бұрын

Im on S1E5 just started yesterday xD

@NordicAlocat 6 ай бұрын

Same here

@SadigR 6 ай бұрын

I'm in s6 (Entropy)

@KingoftheJuice18 6 ай бұрын

I think you underappreciated the reviewed show's strengths this time.

@Larriisama 5 ай бұрын

I re-watch Buffy every year and I will probably do so to the day I kick the bucket. It is hands down the best show made to this day.

@tornadochaser2457 5 ай бұрын

... So if I bring a bucket to you secretly, and you kick it over - You're Buffy watching days will be forever over? ... I think it's time for blackmail!

@PaulKMF1 2 ай бұрын

Me too, not every year. Every 4 or 5 years. I think it's about time again.

@razzamattaz179 6 ай бұрын

Can’t believe you didn’t mention the remastered version had the lighting messed up. So vampires “hiding in the dark” are just stood in the light.

@Corlaedi 6 ай бұрын

My hero of all time. I even got a Buffy tattoo ("Be brave" in Buffy font) and one of my dogs is called Buffy 😊

@anastasiazhdanova1578 5 ай бұрын

Spike was an awesome character-such development and nuance, wow.

@spartannaomi-a0957 6 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that near enough, every girl Xander ever got with has tried to kill him at one point or another And practically all of them turned out to be Demons or witches except for maybe one

@Tim.Stotelmeyer.2984 5 ай бұрын

I think Cordy was the only girl to not try and kill Xander.

@spartannaomi-a0957 5 ай бұрын

@@Tim.Stotelmeyer.2984 er oh, she didn’t mean to, but she did actually kill him

@spartannaomi-a0957 5 ай бұрын

@@Tim.Stotelmeyer.2984 she wished Buffy never came to Somerdale and in doing so the original pilot episode change so sander, Willow and their friend all died

@johnatticus8419 5 ай бұрын

My favourite show of all time, for reason. Recently re-watched it after years and it still held up for me. Never not gonna love Buffy ❤️

@matthewmcshane399 6 ай бұрын

Giles' actor was a great singer in repo the genetic opera

@Briansgate 6 ай бұрын

Yes! There's the Repo love!

@palmski_9138 6 ай бұрын

Anthony Head was in Rocky Horror before Buffy, He already has a music(al) careerer

@AndreaLandaker 5 ай бұрын

We rewatched this with our teenage kids and most of it held up pretty well. Sure, we had to explain things like VHS tapes and old computers and 90's pop stars, but the themes and the feelings are still relatable.

@kimberlyterasaki4843 5 ай бұрын

I would argue that whole point of the quips is that Buffy is like Spider-man and uses them to throw her opponents off and keep herself entertained. Like, compare her first fight with The Master in Season 1 to the second fight with him. In the first, she's quiet and on the defensive, but in the second fight, he's the one who gets thrown off now that she's joking and isn't affected by him.

@JamesThomas-wi2ro 5 ай бұрын

The wife and I still to this day love and quote, "you have fruit punch mouth." A true, put-the-villian-in-his-place quip.

@CortanaCH 6 ай бұрын

I will never forget Willow skinning that guy that killed her love.

@ProuvaireJean 6 ай бұрын

The flaying of Warren Meers? Oh, truly inspired. That was water cooler vengeance. Lloyd has a sketch of it on his wall.

@karmabum21 6 ай бұрын

I remember thinking someone would stop her and then... Flayed!

@chunderjack 6 ай бұрын

"Bored now"

@SarcasticPlotRecaps 6 ай бұрын

Or Angel smothering Wesley with a pillow after kidnapping his son. Whedon's shows were pure drama.

@gregwodzynski941 Ай бұрын

Bored now

@armelior4610 6 ай бұрын

The thing about Whedon is he knew when to put quips and when to lay off for dramatic moments (for the most part), something all his copycats didn't learn. Looking at you, (almost) every Marvel movie

@rfresa 6 ай бұрын

I wear the cheese, it does not wear me.

@CeHee123 6 ай бұрын

I'd say most of the good Marvel films still know how to have their quiet dramatic moments, but a lot of the later ones leaned too much into the humour to the point where it started to become annoying.

@horus_p7 5 ай бұрын

Avatar: The Last Airbender (the series) also balanced drama and humor perfectly.

@quiett6191 6 ай бұрын

Say what you will about his morals, but damn can Whedon write the hell out of a show. Going back and watching Avengers 1, I had forgotten how tight that script was.

@cattysplat 6 ай бұрын

Avengers 1 turned the MCU into the billion dollar earning monolith for years.

@stevenscott2136 5 ай бұрын

I was impressed when I found out Whedon was the exact opposite of Mal Reynolds on "Firefly". It takes real talent to create a character who is basically everything you hate, and make him both believeable and sympathetic.

@kevinw2592 5 ай бұрын

@@stevenscott2136 I don't think he ever hated Mal, I think he wished he could BE Mal.

@DJRezonance 5 ай бұрын

Buffy and the Pink Ranger, 2 of my first tv crushes, when I was pre teen lol

@lorenzocupelli316 6 ай бұрын

Since you showed a clip of it, I'd love to see an Honest Trailer for Scrubs.

@YahziCoyote 6 ай бұрын

Oh come on - "Looks like Willow isn't driving stick anymore" is brilliant.

@gregrtodd 5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Anthony Head already had a musical career before Buffy (before most of the cast were born)

@Imlaor25 6 ай бұрын

Glad this show is getting so much love in the comment section. One of my all time favorite shows from my teen years, and I had a big crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar I know people are getting tired of the quippy Whedon humor because it’s used everywhere now, but back then it was really fun and refreshing

@PapagenoX09 6 ай бұрын

I remember a friend telling me about this show in my mid-30s and I rolled my eyes. Then one night I figured I'd give it a shot and couldn't tear myself away. The snappy dialogue was awesome and yeah, the eye candy (SMG in S03, yowza) didn't hurt either.

@sn4rff 5 ай бұрын

i'd forgotten how excellent buffy was. thanks for this! i have a lot of old telly to catch up on...

@playboydojo 5 ай бұрын

I love how Rupert is defined by his habits of cleaning his glasses and head injuries.

@rwwilson21 5 ай бұрын

Someday he's gonna wake up in a coma.

@ZephyrsCreativeCradle 5 ай бұрын

@@rwwilson21Wake up in a coma?? Whatever, he has to save Buffy from Hansel and Gretel.

@rwwilson21 5 ай бұрын

@@ZephyrsCreativeCradle a lot of ppl don't like that episode, but I really like it.

@ZephyrsCreativeCradle 4 ай бұрын

@@rwwilson21 I LOVE that episode!!

@rwwilson21 4 ай бұрын

@@ZephyrsCreativeCradle It's different than the regular Buffy episodes but it really does work. Too bad Willow had to break her birthday gift for Buffy.

@NaturalAegyo 6 ай бұрын

"Reluctant child soldier" 😂

@31webseries 6 ай бұрын

This was THE show of my youth. I will always and forever love Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

@forrestrush4720 6 ай бұрын

Other than Whedon turning out to be a prat, BTVS is simply nearly perfect.

@austenhead5303 6 ай бұрын

Far from perfect, but immensely lovable.

@SarcasticPlotRecaps 6 ай бұрын

If only S7 were better it really would be perfect. But at least it stuck the landing.

@joeypotter6051 6 ай бұрын

@@SarcasticPlotRecaps S7 was a disappointment in the way it just meandered along but S6 was my least favorite.

@darthlazurus4382 6 ай бұрын

It was a collaborative project. Whedon was just one of the people working on it.

@khanktinga 5 ай бұрын

@@darthlazurus4382 That's my point. Showrunners (Creators/Executive Producers) have varying degrees of direct involvement in the writing and directing roles in shows. And that doesn't often remain constant over the life of the show, either. Some episodes and story arcs were very Joss-created, some were more about the other writers and producers. (Jane Espenson and Marti Noxon in particular) That is why none of the revelations about him detract anything from my enjoyment of the show. Too many other people were responsible for its greatness for that. That said, I refuse to knowingly watch anything directed by Roman Polanski.

@ReeceDee 5 ай бұрын

I'm a black dude from the UK...and my life was moulded by Buffy. 🤣 On my 18th birthday my aunt bought me a cardboard cutout of Buffy and I had that in the entrance of my apartment for 6 years ha ha ha

@DeanS946 6 ай бұрын

Buffy isn't just Whedon, nor is it just quips. And Angel is not YA, its actually more akin to adulthood. I highly recommend people watch Passion of the Nerd's breakdowns of the episodes to see how smart these shows really are.

@claudiadarling9441 5 ай бұрын

I hate when Buffy gets reduced to just quips. Are there alot of funny lines, even in serious moments, sure. But there are also lots of serious moments where the drama is played completely straight and sincere. Joss Whedon may be a dbag, but it's really not his fault lesser writers have become overly reliant on jokes and don't know when to pull back.

@mrtb7676 5 ай бұрын

With the whole series available to watch, it's easy to forget it's from a time when quips weren't so prevalent, you had to spend 7 years waiting a week between episodes and there weren't entire cinematic universes that were influenced by the show.

@claudiadarling9441 5 ай бұрын

@@mrtb7676 I didn't even watch it first run, I caught it on Netflix years later at the recommendations of a philsophy professor. Still held up because it's quality. And I'm okay liking what I like, cynicism hot take poisoned online culture be damned.

@sucri 6 ай бұрын

Its still really good. Also there is evil spike, spike on a leash but can't hurt people but still evil tries to hurt people by using other evils to do it. Spike on a leash but now is a annoying little brother that you hold hostage. Spike on a leash found that he can and does help. Spike on a leash that falls in love with Buffy bit crosses the line because yes he has changed but still no soul so there is no line to cross because he is still an evil being (don't remember if that was before or after the leash was taken off). Spike still evil who thinks if he gets his soul back he will have a chance with buffy.

@barbarabaker1457 18 күн бұрын

If I recall, elements of Spike were based on clockwork Orange once season 4 hit. And Whedon was constantly reminding the audience charismatic people can be very dangerous before giving him a conscience in season 7.

@snapecharmer 6 ай бұрын

We might have to fight about this. Best series ever. Though the Giles getting knocked out joke was 💯💯💯

@Skrewdbylife 5 ай бұрын

I don't know how I feel about this. Buffy and Angel are 2 of my favorite TV shows ever

@VampireWerewolf736 2 ай бұрын

@Skrewbylife Buffy gains telepathy in episode 18 of season 3 because aspect has the meaning of part or feature of something?

@XenFayed 6 ай бұрын

AHEM Actually, Xena had TWO musical episodes that aired before Buffy's. Just sayin'. And you should totally do a Xena: Warrior Princess Honest Trailer, but you must have Danielle too!

@kashourikatsu2543 6 ай бұрын

I'm watching this on Hulu it still holds up story dialogue fight scene.

@BusoRockin1000 6 ай бұрын

This honest trailer leans hard into the "Seinfeld isn't Funny" tvtrope. There being a lot of copycats and Whedon leaning into the quips too much later doesn't make Buffy bad.

@CSB_22 6 ай бұрын

I had been asking for this for years for a honest trailer. My hopes was a little too high though watching this...wished it was a little longer and covered more characters and villains individually. This show paved the way for so many shows today and just wished it had been a little more in depth.

@Arkthus 6 ай бұрын

Funny you referenced Dumbledore when talking about Anthony Head, because that's who I'd pick to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series lol

@medealkemy 6 ай бұрын

Willow even calls him Dumbledore in the last season 😂

@mezias00 6 ай бұрын

I would like to hear you say or more like sing: "I've got a theory it could be Bunnys"

@Briansgate 6 ай бұрын

or midgets

@robertoomega5189 6 ай бұрын

I always wonder why the whole scooby gang wasn't wearing a cross and the people in sunnydale never heard of vampires that they go out at night

@melissaflora8450 5 ай бұрын

Other shows’ musical episodes may be inspired by the Buffy musical episode, but Xena had already done one. Like Once More With Feeling, The Bitter Suite was important to the series story arc. Often later shows’ musical episodes are stand-alone and can be skipped (or watched out of sequence).