Buffy the Vampire Slayer



Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a television series, created by Joss Whedon, which ran from 1997 until 2003. The series combined humor with horror in following the title character's battle against evil and the turmoil of young adulthood. Buffy and its spin-off series Angel have made several references to Muppet projects and share some common cast and crew.

Muppet Mentions
Xander: And them?
 * From the unaired Buffy pilot (Xander is pointing out which high school kids belong to what cliques)...

Buffy: Uh... film club.

Xander: They spend their time deciding that every movie is an existential meditation on Freudian sexuality.

Buffy: Even The Muppets Take Manhattan?

Xander: Especially The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Buffy: What's inside it?
 * From the Buffy episode "Get It Done" (The gang is trying to find their enemy's weakness)...

Robin: I don't know. Hasn't been opened since...

[Buffy cracks open the case]

Robin: Well, since now.

Xander: [removing items and chuckling] Puppets... that's it! The First hates puppets. Now if we can just airlift Kermit, Fozzie the Bear [sic] and Miss Piggy into town, the First will be a-runnin'.

Willow: Those are Muppets.

Dracula: I have no interest in you. Leave us.
 * From the Buffy episode "Buffy vs Dracula" (Xander doesn't believe a vampire is the real Dracula)...

Xander: No, we're not going to [in Dracula's accent] "leave you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street?

Dracula: [annoyed]

Xander: [as Count von Count ] : Vun, two, three -- three victims. Mwa ha ha!

Faith: Nicely diverted, B!
 * From the Buffy episode "Bad Girls" (After the two slayers defeat some vampires)...

Buffy: Diverted? That was me fighting for my life, Miss Attention Span.

Faith: This isn't a Tupperware party. It's a little hard to plan.

Buffy: "The count of 3|three" isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.


 * The title of Buffy episode "The Puppet Show" is a take on The Muppet Show and has been mistakenly listed as such on some fan websites.

Connections

 * Ashanti played Lissa in "First Date"
 * Pat Crawford Brown played the Wig Lady in "Doublemeat Palace"
 * Mark Caso played a stunt vampire in various episodes
 * Alice Dinnean-Vernon performed a demon puppet in the "As You Were" and a living mummy hand in "Life Serial."
 * Jane Espenson (formerly of Dinosaurs) was a staff writer
 * Conchata Ferrell played Nurse Greenleigh in "Go Fish"
 * Seth Green played Oz
 * Joel Grey played Doc in "Forever," "The Weight of the World," and "The Gift"
 * John Hawkes played George the janitor in "I Only Have Eyes for You"
 * Jarrett Lennon played Martin Wilder in "Help"
 * Pons Maar puppeteered demons in two episodes
 * John Ritter played Ted Buchanan in "Ted"
 * Tom Whedon, Joss Whedon's father, wrote the Muppet production Hey Cinderella and worked for the Children's Television Workshop as head writer on The Electric Company.
 * Harris Yulin played Quentin Travers in "Helpless," "Checkpoint," and "Never Leave Me"
 * Rick Zieff played Mr. Whitmore in "Bad Eggs"