Bite Me!: The Chosen Edition The Unofficial Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer ( Seven Seasons One Book)

This comprehensive analysis sinks its teeth into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, examining the development of the show's characters and charting mythical, historical, and religious themes across all seven seasons. It's been 10 years since the wildly popular franchise made its television debut, and the rabid fan interest following the show remains as impressive as ever, having somehow outlived the series itself. Extensively revised and updated from its previous edition for the show's "10th Buffyversary," this book offers fans the definitive retrospective of the series and its legacy. Take a deep dive into the TV series that brought us all into the Buffyverse—including an episode guide, a trivia quiz, cast bios, and more! It's been more than a decade since Buffy Summers first walked into the Sunnydale High library and came face-to-face with her Watcher, who told her she was the Chosen One who would save the world from vampires. In the seven seasons that Buffy the Vampire Slayer was on TV, we watched her kill her true love (but he got better), graduate high school (by blowing it up), discover she had a sister (who... uh... was always there?), sacrifice her own life (but she got better), watch her sidekicks become heroes (and villains), and, essentially, grow up. Bite Me!, Nikki Stafford's critical analysis of the show, was one of the bestselling and most critically acclaimed books on Buffy when it was released in 2002. Current up to season 6, the book examined Buffy's development, and outlined the mythical, religious, and historical backgrounds to the episodes. Nikki's guide to season 7 appeared in her Angel book, but there was never one place where fans could get their Buffy fix all in one place. Until now. Revised and updated, the 10th Buffyversary edition of Bite Me! contains all seven seasons of this groundbreaking series, chronicles what happened to all of its stars, gives the background story to why the series ended and what legacy it has had, and even contains information about the new Buffy “season eight” comic book series from Dark Horse. Bite Me! is the definitive guide for all Buffy fans. This comprehensive analysis sinks its teeth into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, examining the development of the show's characters and charting mythical, historical, and religious themes across all seven seasons. It's been 10 years since the wildly popular franchise made its television debut, and the rabid fan interest following the show remains as impressive as ever, having somehow outlived the series itself. Extensively revised and updated from its previous edition for the show's "10th Buffyversary," this book offers fans the definitive retrospective of the series and its legacy. Copyright......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 11 “So a Werewolf, Two Lesbian Witches, and a Vengeance Demon Walk into a Magic Shop . . .”......Page 15 The Cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer......Page 45 So You Wanna Be a Slayer?......Page 127 The Episode of Buffy You May Never See......Page 133 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode Guide......Page 137 The Long Way Back......Page 397 Buffy Episodes......Page 404 Trivia Quiz Answers......Page 407 Bibliography......Page 411