 | Welcome to the Hellmouth
| EPISODE ESSENTIALS
Air date: March 10, 1997
| Episode number: 01
| | Season: 1 | Writer(s): Joss Whedon
| Director(s): Charles Martin Smith
| Guest star(s): Julie Benz, David Boreanaz, Ken Lerner, Mark Metcalf, Brian Thompson
| SYNOPSIS
Buffy Summers transfers to Sunnydale High to make a fresh start but can't escape her destiny as a slayer because Sunnydale just happens to be at the mouth of Hell.
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| Buffy meets Giles, her new Watcher.
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| MONSTERS / BADDIES IN THIS EPISODE |  | Name:
| The Master
| Species:
| Vampire
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| Vampire king
| Motivation:
| Go above ground, turn the world into his own Hell
| Fate:
| Buffy throws him through the skylight over the library and he lands on stake.
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| Darla
| Species:
| Vampire
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| Motivation:
| She works with The Master in his plot to leave the underground and bring Hell to the world.
| Fate:
| She is trying to kill Buffy, but she is staked by Angel.
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| UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
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| SCOOBY GANG MONSTER SLAYING TALLY
| | MONSTER TYPE | LOCATION | HOW WERE THEY SLAYED? | Vampire (Thomas)
| Mausoleum
| Staked by Buffy
| Vampire
| Graveyard
| Staked by Buffy with a branch
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| BUFFY EPISODE TRIVIA | | - Buffy and Angel meet for the first time (for Buffy anyway)
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| QUOTES FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | - "I did, I really did, but you're not seeing the big picture, I mean that gym was full of vampir......aspestos" (Buffy to Mr Flutie)
- " I would kill to live in LA, that close to that many shoes" (Cordelia to Buffy)
- " To make you a vampire they have to suck your blood and then you have to suck their blood. It's like a whole big sucking thing. Mostly they're just gonna kill you!.........Why am I still talking to you?" (Buffy to Giles)
- Oh, come on, a stake through the heart, a little sunlight, it's like falling of a log!" (Buffy to Giles)
- "Prepares me for what? For getting kicked out of school? For losing all of my friends? For having to spend all of my time fighting for my life and never getting to tell anyone because I might endanger them? Go ahead prepare me!" (Buffy to Giles)
- "Gee, can you vague that up for me?" (Buffy to Giles)
- Angel : "You really think that's an option anymore? You're standing in the mouth of hell! And it's about to open!..........Don't turn you're back on this! You've got to be ready!"Buffy: "What for? Angel: "For The Harvest"
- "You're like a text book with arms! I know this!" (Buffy to Giles)
- "Oh please, look at his jacket! He's got the sleeves rolled up! And the shirt, deal with that outfit for a moment!" (Buffy to Giles)
- "God, what is your childhood trauma?" (Cordelia to Buffy)
- "Are you sure? Now this is not going to be pretty. I'm talking violence, strong language, adult content" (stakes vampire Thomas) "See what happens when you roughhouse!" (Buffy to Darla)
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| MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE | | ARTIST | SONG | LISTEN | SCENE | Sprung Monkey
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| | Sprung Monkey | Believe
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| | Sprung Monkey | Swirl
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| Sprung Monkey
| Things Are Changing
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