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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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19978.17 Seasons144 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Created by Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Written by Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Drew Z. Greenberg, Drew Goddard
Produced by Marc David Alpert, Gareth Davies
NetworksThe WBUPN

Top Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy Summers

Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon

Xander Harris

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan

Willow Rosenberg

Emma Caulfield

Emma Caulfield

Anya

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg

Dawn Summers

James Marsters

James Marsters

Spike

Themes & Keywords

monsteranti heromagicvampirechosen onesupernaturalhigh schoolfemale protagonistapocalypsefighting supernatural

About Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, drama, action & adventure series that first aired in 1997 exploring themes of monster, anti hero, magic, vampire, chosen one, supernatural. Created by Rebecca Rand Kirshner, it stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan. Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

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