Every episode expands and builds a supernatural world unlike anything depicted ontelevision.
Like every show,Buffyhas many plot holes, inaccuracies, or things that just don’t make sense.
They leave viewers either laughing at their stupidity or wondering what the writers were thinking, even decades later.
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Either way,Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s mistakes have not ruined anything for die-hard fans.
Instead, they’ve evolved into cherished gags that are part of the show’s identity.
Despite this, many instances exist where vampires pant and huff during fight sequences.
In Season 7, the First tortures Spike (James Marsters) by drowning him.
Earlier in Fool for Love, Spike gasps for air as Angelus chokes him.
There are even more noticeable continuity errors concerning vampires' breathing, though.
In “Becoming, Part 2,” Spike knocks out Drusilla by putting her in a chokehold.
Not to mention, Spike smokes on more than one occasion.
However, for some reason, the writers didn’t keep things consistent.
Or maybe vampires just huff and pant because it’s just a human habit they can’t knock.
Either way, this plot hole is laughable every time.
However, in “I Robot…You Jane,” Buffys birthday gets a bit confusing.
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The demon Moloch finds Buffy’s school profile and her birthday, October 24, 1980.
Even the first date is wrong.
Whedon has officially confirmed Buffys birthday as January 19, 1981, which aligns with the birthday episodes.
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However, that’s because no one apart from the Scoobies ever enters.
Viewers never learned why students steer clear of the library, so it became a gag on the show.
However, there’s no magic involved here.
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They meet and talk about heavy things in a very public place, yet they’re rarely interrupted.
This leads Willow down a bad path.
However, details about Amy’s return don’t make sense.
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How does Amy still know how to do powerful magic after years of being a rat?
Surely, she has to be a bit rusty.
Also, how does she know Rack is still around after her long absence?
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How does she know where to look for him?
When one Slayer dies, another is called to fight the forces of darkness alone.
Why does she stay in Sunnydale for so long?
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Yet, Buffy stays and seems to be the only Slayer who sticks to one area.
Keeping Buffy in Sunnydale for so long centralizes her story, keeping it in one area to minimize confusion.
However, it’s not exactly explained why she doesn’t visit other places that might have massive threats.
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Also, there’s one Slayer; why does Sunnydale get to hog her?
Bringing Buffy back from the dead is a massive feat for her and paves the way for more witchcraft.
Eventually, she becomes completely reliant on magic, which concerns Tara andultimately leads to their breakup.
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Things get worse when Amy convinces her to do heavier spells and introduces her to Rack.
Having Willow get addicted to magic after using it since Season 2 is strange.
She restores Angel’s soul, and let’s not forget her infamous My Will Be Done spell.
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Willow also uses a forcefield and a teleportation spell against Glory’s attacks.
Granted, a resurrection spell is dark and on another level, but still.
Nothing adds up here.
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However, Spikes chip conveniently only starts working when his subplot needs it.
Either way, the chip doesn’t ever make sense.
In Season 6, Spike realizes he can hit Buffy after she returns from the dead.
How does the chip know Buffy died?
How does it even sense something different about her (which she verified there isn’t)?
It makes the chip seem almost supernatural in some way.
It’s led by Maggie Walsh and stationed in a massive facility underneath the UC Sunnydale campus.
The Initiative’s existence is a big bomb that’s dropped on viewers.
Still, not everything about their story was planned and thought out well.
Despite being a secret government agency, The Initiative suddenly forgoes its stealthiness at the right moment.
Whether they’re secretive or not, though, how has no one known about them this whole time?
Not even Angel, Spike, or anyone else has gotten a hint about their existence.
Ultimately, The Initiative’s story could have been more fleshed out.
She would’ve been if it weren’t for the First Evil’s orders.
The encounter sparks enough panic for the Scoobies to do some heavy research into how to kill them.
It’s scary when the Ubervamp nearly kills Buffy as she’s come in contact with many powerful creatures.
Sadly, the Turok-Han doesn’t exactly keep their edge.
Looking at their massive size and sheer power, they seem unbeatable.
They’re extremely outmatched and under-prepared, yet somehow, they march on to battle.
Then, a miracle happens.
The only vampires who make this very black-and-white notion confusing are Angel and Spike.
For years, Buffy and the Scoobies used Angel as a textbook case of vampires with souls.
It’s like flipping a switch.
He has two personalities.
When the soul disappears, he’s back to being evil.
Spike proves he can love without a soul.
Unlike Angel, his temperament remains unchanged when he gets his soul back.
So, having a soul doesn’t technically mean anything or change a person.
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