In ever generation, there is a
Chosen One
Buffy learns more about her role as a vampire slayer when she and her mother move to Sunnydale, where evil lurks in the community.
S1E1 Welcome to the Hellmouth
“The big moments are going to come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts.”
Buffy
This person produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon
This resurrection spell was attempted to bring this person back to life by Dawn Summers, Spike, and Doc.
Joyce Summers
So if I'm going out, it's here. If you wanna kill the world,
then start with me. -Xander
Buffy comes up with a plan: The gang makes an attack on the First's army, aided by Willow, who performs a powerful spell to imbue all of the Potentials with Slayer powers.
S7E2 Chosen
“I've seen your kindness, and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you, and I understand, with perfect clarity, exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the One, Buffy.”
Spike
They only read the scenes they were appearing in to preserve their watching experience.
James Marsters
They were brought back by Vocah, a demon serving Wolfram & Hart during a Raising ceremony sacrificing 5 vampires.
Darla
I don't Understand About Theology Or Dimensions, Or Any Of It, Really,
But I Think I Was In Heaven. -Buffy
In a musical extravaganza, the people of Sunnydale find themselves bursting into song, and flames, when a demon, summoned from beyond, attempts to make Dawn his bride.
S6E7 Once More, With Feeling
“No. Bunch of wanna blessed be’s. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she’s a sister to the dark ones.”
Willow
In Season 2 Sarah Michelle Gellar needed time off for this reason and was turned into a rat in the episode Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.
Host Saturday Night Live
They were attempted to be brought back by the Order of Aurelius during a revivification ritual but failed.
The Master
And If Giles Wants To Go After The, Uh, Fiend That Murdered His Girlfriend, I Say,
Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill. - Xander
Willow, Oz and Xander convince Buffy to join them at a fraternity Halloween party, and Giles tries to catch the holiday spirit.
S4E4 Fear, Itself
“Remember the three key words for any Slayer: preparation… preparation… preparation.”
Wesley Wyndam Pryce
This person was 27 years old when playing a high school sophomore.
Charisma Carpenter
This person succeeded in resurrecting themselves from the confines of the Deeper Well by possessing a human host named Fred.
Illyria
Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir. Open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us.
Passion rules us all, and we obey. -Angelus
Xander mixes with a wild crowd, raising the dead and consorting with fast women, while Buffy and the crew battle an all-female apocalyptic cult.
S3E13 The Zeppo
“It must be hard when all your friends here have, like superpowers. Slayer, werewolves, witches, vampires, and you’re like this little nothing. You must feel like… Jimmy Olsen.”
Cordelia
This person was known to moon other cast members on the set of Buffy.
David Boreanaz
This person was brought back to life in a scarred state by Chris Epps and Eric Gittleson
Daryl