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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode List
Season 1
12. Prophecy Girl
Season 2
4. Inca Mummy Girl
5. Reptile Boy
6. Halloween
7. Lie to Me
8. The Dark Age
9. What's My Line?: Part 1
10. What's My Line?: Part 2
11. Ted
12. Bad Eggs
13. Surprise
14. Innocence
15. Phases
16. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
17. Passion
18. Killed by Death
19. I Only Have Eyes for You
20. Go Fish
21. Becoming: Part 1
22. Becoming: Part 2
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Which episode would you like to start with?
Let's just go in order: I'll take episode 1
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Makes sense. Good luck.
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1. Welcome to the HellmouthWhen teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with a teenage MC
2. where the MC begins a new life
3. written by an author you have just discovered
4. with two words in the title that begin with the same letter
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: The Missing Half Author: Ashley Flowers
Date Read: 4 Aug
Task: 3
How it Fits: New to me author
Next Episode Choice: 2
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2. The HarvestBuffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. about friendship
2. with a powerful MC (your definition)
3. with an author's initial found in PORTAL
4. with a habitation on the cover
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: Year of Wonders Author: Geraldine Brooks
Date Read: 9 Aug
Task: 2
How it fits: The 3 MCs are powerful in that they have a lot of influence over the village
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Well done!
Which episode would you like next?
Lanelle wrote: "Well done!
Which episode would you like next?"
3 please
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3. WitchBuffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. tagged "Witch" or "Witchcraft"
2. that you can hold in your hands (not an audio book)
3. where a significant character that has a disability
4. with "fire" in the text of the book
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: The Correspondent Author:Virginia Evans
Date read: 12 Aug
Task: 2
How it fits: MC is going blind and IS blind by the end
Next episode: 4
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4. Teacher's PetBuffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with biology on the cover (a living organism)
2. where someone dies
3. with 400+ pages
4. where the MC is described as beautiful or handsome
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: My Ántonia Author: Willa Cather
Date read: 14 Aug
Task: 2
How it fits: there were 4 deaths: 2 suicides and 1 murder-suicide
Next: episode 5
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5. Never Kill a Boy on the First DateWith Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. that is the first in a trilogy or series
2. with 2, 0, or 5 in the publication date
3. where someone is trapped (your definition)
4. with a group of something on the cover
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book:
Author: J.L. Carr
Date: 24 Aug
Task: 4
How it fits: The group is a soccer team (see cover)
Next episode: 6
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6. The PackXander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. where the MC is a student
2. that you possess (a book that you have purchased)
3. with double vowels in a word in the title
4. set in Africa
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: Three Days in JuneAuthor: Anne Tyler
Date: 30 Aug
Task: Double vowels
How it fits: "Three"
Next episode: 7
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7. AngelBuffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. where someone is described as angelic
2. with a dark cover (your definition)
3. that you have hesitated to read (has been on your TBR list for a while)
4. where the MC is in danger
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: AtmosphereAuthor: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date: 13 Sep
Task: MC in danger
How it fits: one of the MCs is in a damaged space shuttle that blow up on reentry. The other MC will lose the love of her life if that happens
Next episode: 8
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8. I, Robot... You, JaneWillow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. that is new to you
2. where the MC gets a new friend
3. that you got electronically
4. that is at least a century old (written before 1925)
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: The Full Moon Coffee Shop Author: Mai Mochizuki
Date: 21 Sep
Task: Got electronically
How it fits: I bought it for my Kindle
Next episode: 9
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9. The Puppet ShowBuffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. listen to an audio book
2. where the MC is considered no dummy (is quite smart)
3. where an organ is mentioned in the book (heart, lungs, livers, brains)
4. with a talented MC (your definition)
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleAuthor: Stuart Turton
Date: 12 Oct
Task: Organs
How it fits: Many characters are stabbed, shot, or hit with objects, damaging: heart, lung, stomach, brain
Next episode: 10
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10. NightmaresA series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. from a series of 10+ books
2. with a title that begins with a letter found in STRANGE
3. that someone else rated 1 star
4. tagged "Realistic Fiction"
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: Mansfield Park Author:Jane Austen
Date: 25 Oct
Task: less than 1 star
How it fits: 6581 weird people rated it 1 star
Next episode: 11
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Hahaha
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11. Out of Mind, Out of SightWhen an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with an invisible person on the cover (in other words, no humans)
2. where the MC gets attacked
3. set in a location name that begins with a letter in SUNNYDALE
4. with "trace" or "traces" in the text of the book
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
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Lanelle wrote: "Denise, I have Season 2 available for anyone who is interested in continuing this challenge. There are 22 episodes. Would you like to continue the challenge? No pressure."yes please
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Awesome. The list of Season 2's episodes have been added to Message 2.
Book: March Author: Geraldine Brooks
Date: 8 Nov
Task: MC is attacked
How it fits: It takes place in the Civil War and the MC is attacked in battle
Next episode: Season 2, episode 1
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1. When She Was BadBuffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. set during the summertime
2. where the MC plays a sport (even once)
3. with a one (1) in the publication date
4. with all the letters of REVENGE in the title (just 1 E is okay)
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: The Portrait of a Lady Author: Henry James
Date: 14 Nov
Task: 1 in publication date
How it fits: 1881
Next episode: season 2, episode 2
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2. Some Assembly RequiredTwo science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. that is second in a trilogy or series
2. that is tagged "science" (can be combined with another word, like "fiction")
3. that someone else thought was perfect (rated 5 stars)
4. with the phrase "from the dead" in the text
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
Book: A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf Author: Emily Midorikawa Date: 22 Nov
Task: someone thought was perfect
How it fits: 207 (17%) 5 star ratings
Next episode: season 2, episode 3
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3. School HardBuffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.
To help Buffy slay vampires, read a book:
1. with an MC who is a mother
2. set in a location that begins with the letter 'S'
3. where the MC is attacked (your definition)
4. from the Book Titles with Hyphens list
5. with some sort of paranormal tag on the book's main page
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Books mentioned in this topic
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf (other topics)The Portrait of a Lady (other topics)
March (other topics)
Mansfield Park (other topics)
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Emily Midorikawa (other topics)Henry James (other topics)
Geraldine Brooks (other topics)
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Stuart Turton (other topics)
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Buffy needs help slaying all those vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness.
She needs 'Scoobies'. A Scoobie is a loyal friend who uses various methods to assist in Buffy's fight against evil creatures.
You can become a Scoobie.
Challenge Begins: August 1, 2025
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Look at the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode list.
2. Choose an episode and post it on your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:
Rules:
Books must be 140+ pages.
Audio books must be 3+ hours long.