The non-broadcast pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was produced by 20th Century Fox in 1996 to pitch a series to networks. The twenty-five-and-a-half-minute production was written and directed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, and was expanded upon and re-shot for the first episode of the series. It is notable for featuring a different actress in the role of Willow, Sunnydale High is Berryman High and a different actor as Principal Flutie.

After having burned down her school gym and been expelled from a school in L.A., Buffy Summers has moved to Sunnydale with her mother. Buffy goes to school for the first time at Sunnydale High and meets new people: Cordelia, Willow, and Xander. Willow is lured by a vampire into a trap. Buffy shows up with Xander and kills all the vampires except one; the surviving vampire reports the incident back to The Master.

当十几岁的吸血鬼杀手巴菲试图在桑尼代尔高中开始新生活时，她发现学校坐落在一个恶魔维度的门户之上。

巴菲和她的朋友们遇到了一个强大的吸血鬼，他一心想打开一扇通往恶魔居住空间的大门。

当拉拉队突然失明并自燃时，巴菲怀疑自己遇到了女巫。

巴菲的生物老师被一只化身为美丽代课老师的巨型螳螂杀死。

巴菲一心扑在与欧文的约会上，吉尔斯则被一群吸血鬼困住，他们想培养出一个强大的首领。

桑德和其他几名学生被恶魔种鬣狗的灵魂附身，在中学里大肆破坏。

巴菲发现了安吉尔的不可告人的秘密，却犹豫不决，这可能会给她所爱的人带来危险。

Willow的新网聊好友原来是一个强大的恶魔，它从一本有几百年历史的书籍的新数字化过程中被释放出来。

巴菲怀疑一个口技假人可能在摘取参加才艺表演的同学的器官。

一系列奇怪的事件让巴菲和她的朋友们发现，他们最可怕的噩梦真的变成了现实。

当一种无形的威胁开始袭击桑尼戴尔高中的师生时，史酷比帮将问题追溯到了科迪莉亚身上。

巴菲的生命可能岌岌可危，因为吉尔斯发现了一本古书，这本书不仅预言了她的死亡，还预言了世界末日。

暑假归来的巴菲叼得很，但反复做着与大师有关的噩梦。与此同时，受膏者和他的追随者们正在策划复仇。

两个科学俱乐部的书呆子用身体器官为一个死而复生的少年创造 "完美女友"。

巴菲的母亲和朋友们被困在桑尼戴尔高中，因为一个名叫斯派克的吸血鬼在家长教师之夜对杀手发动了袭击。

一具印加公主的木乃伊在阳光谷复活，她吸食他人的生命力以维持生命。

巴菲和科蒂丽亚参加了一个兄弟会派对，在派对上，她们被人祭给一个类似爬行动物的生物。

万圣节这天，巴菲和她的朋友们光顾了一家与众不同的服装店，在那里，顾客穿什么就能变成什么。

巴菲被一群亡灵崇拜者诱入陷阱，他们希望斯派克能让他们成为吸血鬼，作为交换，他们会把巴菲交给斯派克。

吉尔斯的过去再次困扰着他，因为他和伊森-雷恩在狂野的青年时代召唤出的一个恶魔在桑尼戴尔寻找他们。

斯派克找来三个职业赏金猎人除掉了巴菲，而巴菲则在思考，如果她的命运不是早已注定，她的职业会是什么。

巴菲与另一位杀手联手，希望从斯派克和德鲁西拉的魔掌中拯救安吉尔。

巴菲的妈妈介绍了她的新男友，他迷倒了所有人，除了巴菲。当她面对男友的阴暗面时，她对自己的行为产生了怀疑。

巴菲和她的朋友们遇到了比想象中更大的麻烦，因为他们在健康课上得到的卵竟然是史前寄生虫，它们夺走了他们的生命。

为了在巴菲 17 岁生日那天给她一个惊喜，德鲁西拉和斯派克把一个无法杀死而被肢解的恶魔重新拼凑完整。

巴菲和她的朋友们与判官战斗，并面临来自安吉尔的意想不到的危险，安吉尔在经历了真正的幸福时刻后失去了灵魂。

巴菲和她的朋友们在与狼人、狼人猎人以及自身情感的斗争中发现了自己的秘密。

情人节临近，桑德试图通过巫术改善自己的爱情生活，却发现自己好事做多了。

安吉尔加紧折磨巴菲和她的朋友们，珍妮则在寻找恢复他灵魂的方法。

巴菲患重感冒住院期间，与一个吸走患病儿童生命的恶魔展开了殊死搏斗。

桑尼戴尔高中被一对昔日师生的鬼魂所困扰，他们通过学校现有居民的身体重演了他们的悲惨恋情。

桑尼戴尔游泳队的成员被一只来历不明的鳃怪杀死。

Angle密谋复活一个古老的恶魔，一心想把人间的一切都卷入地狱。

斯派克与巴菲结成不可能的联盟，阻止安吉尔毁灭世界。

巴菲独自生活在大城市中，她帮助了一个男友神秘失踪的女孩。回到桑尼戴尔后，巴菲的朋友们在没有她的情况下竭尽全力与邪恶势力作斗争。

一个来自尼日利亚的神秘面具让死者复活，迫使巴菲与僵尸群作战。

一位魅力四射的猎手造访桑尼戴尔，赢得了巴菲许多朋友的青睐。与此同时，两个强大的吸血鬼策划了一次袭击。

当桑尼戴尔发生一系列类似动物的袭击事件时，奥兹成了头号嫌疑人。

在巴菲和科迪莉亚争夺返校节皇后的同时，一群猎手聚集在一起，参加 "98 年猎手节"。

在神秘的威尔金斯市长向恶魔致敬时，捣蛋鬼先生雇佣了贾尔斯的老伙计伊森-雷恩来制造和分发糖果盒，将成年人变成肆无忌惮、不负责任的鬼火少年，防止他们妨碍阴谋的开展。

在费丝的新守望者帮助下，巴菲试图在一个手套武器落入恶魔手中之前将其摧毁。

斯派克回到桑尼戴尔，绑架了威洛，希望能创造一个魔咒，让德鲁西拉重新爱上他。

科迪莉亚想要一个没有巴菲的桑尼戴尔的愿望成真了，她陷入了一个吸血鬼控制了小镇的世界。

随着圣诞假期的临近，邪恶的幽灵折磨着安吉尔，要他除掉巴菲。

乔伊斯发现两名幼儿的尸体上有一个与神秘学有关的符号，于是她带头发起了一场桑尼戴尔猎巫运动。

随着生日的临近，巴菲失去了猎手的能力，还必须与一个不仅极其强大而且相当疯狂的吸血鬼战斗。

桑德遇到了一群复活的尸体，他们正在制造炸弹，桑德经历了一场属于自己的冒险。与此同时，当地狱之门重新开启时，巴菲和她的朋友们与邪恶势力展开了战斗。

费丝说服巴菲去野外生活，却带来了致命的后果。

一名凶杀案侦探在调查副市长的死因时，逼近了巴菲和费丝。

在施法时，安雅和威洛意外地从另一个宇宙召唤出了威洛的邪恶替身。

当费丝试图引诱安吉尔并偷走他的灵魂时，镇长召唤了一个黑魔法恶魔来完成任务。

在巴菲和她的朋友们偷走了一个装有升天节所需的恶魔能量的盒子后，镇长囚禁了威洛。

安吉尔与巴菲断绝关系后，巴菲单枪匹马与三只可怕的地狱猎犬搏斗，确保她的同学们可以平安地尽情享受毕业舞会。

为了分散巴菲对 升天节的注意力，市长指示费丝毒死安吉尔。

在 "升天节 "这一天，巴菲和她的朋友们准备与市长和一大群吸血鬼展开终极大战。

一个无口恶魔让巴菲拥有了倾听每个人心声的能力，但这一开始有用的能力很快就变成了诅咒。

Buffy feels like a fish out of water in her first year at college, but the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student puts her back in her element.

Buffy finds herself at odds with her new roommate and is troubled by a series of disturbing dreams involving a soul-sucking demon.

As Buffy gets to know a charming student named Parker, Spike searches obsessively for a possibly-mythical treasure.

On Halloween, Buffy and her friends find themselves trapped inside a haunted frat house complete with real bats, zombies, and a terrifying demon.

Xander finds employment as a bartender at a pub where some of Buffy's friends turn into terrifying Cro-Magnon creatures.

When Oz falls hard for a sexy singer who also happens to be a werewolf, he must choose between Willow and his own animal instincts.

Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a military lab underneath the Sunnydale campus.

On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.

One of Willow's spells causes her statements to become reality, with consequences both entertaining and life-threatening.

When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.

While attempting to redefine her relationship with Riley, Buffy must also stop demons that are determined to reopen the Hellmouth.

Ethan Rayne returns to town and transforms Giles into a demon. Spike is the only one who can help.

Buffy teams with Riley after she is allowed access to the Initiative; Spike is targeted by commandos.

Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Professor Maggie Walsh's killer.

Faith awakens from her coma and seeks revenge against Buffy.

Having switched bodies with Buffy, Faith enjoys freedom. Meanwhile, Buffy finds herself at the mercy of the Watcher's Council.

Buffy senses that something is amiss when Jonathan becomes a hero to everyone in Sunnydale.

Buffy and Riley's passionate lovemaking energizes supernatural elements inside a frat house.

Oz's return to Sunnydale leads to his incarceration by the Initiative and complicates the relationship between Willow and Tara.

After joining forces with Adam, Spike drives a wedge between Buffy and her friends. Meanwhile, Angel's return to Sunnydale leads to a violent confrontation with Riley.

Having gained control of Riley's mind, Adam sets in motion his plot to create an army of unstoppable soldiers and destroy the Initiative.

Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles experience dreams in which they are pursued by a mysterious figure.

The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.

As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.

When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.

While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.

Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.

When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard of demons to hunt down Buffy.

After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.

As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.

After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.

While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.

The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.

When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.

Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.

Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.

Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.

With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.

A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.

When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.

Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.

When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.

As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.

The gang hope to bring Buffy back from the dead. Meanwhile, motorcycle-riding demons discover the Buffybot has been posing as the Slayer.

As the Hellions continue to ravage Sunnydale, a feral Buffy claws her way out of her own grave and must come to the aid of her friends.

Buffy and her friends battle a demon that may have hitched a ride with Buffy as she crossed into the world from another dimension.

While trying to get a loan, Buffy runs afoul of three deadbeat sorcerers who are using the otherworldly powers of a demon to rob a bank.

Buffy tries to figure out how to support herself and Dawn. Her job search is complicated by Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, who are testing her to find the Slayer's weaknesses.

On Halloween, Dawn and her friend go out to make mischief and impress their crushes, but stumble into real danger. Xander announces his engagement to Anya, and Tara worries about Willow's reliance on magic.

In this musical extravaganza, Sunnydale residents find themselves bursting into song, and flame, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride.

While trying to find a way to make Buffy forget about her afterlife experience, Willow inadvertently casts a spell that erases everyone's memories.

Willow turns Amy the Rat into her old self; Jonathan, Warren and Andrew steal a diamond; and Spike discovers something unexpected about Buffy.

Amy introduces Willow to a warlock whose powerful black magic proves addictive; Buffy and Spike deal with the aftermath of their night of passion.

The Three Geeks mistakenly turn Buffy invisible. The Slayer takes some advantage from going unseen. Willow has to do the detective without using magic, while Xander finds Spike doing some weird physical training.

When Buffy gets a job at the Doublemeat Palace, a local fast-food restaurant, she begins to believe that disappearing co-workers and the secret ingredient to the restaurant's hamburger may be connected.

After Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren accidentally kill Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina, they set Buffy up to make her believe it was she who killed the girl.

After Dawn talks to a guidance counselor about her feeling lonely, she accidentally puts a spell on Buffy and her friends, trapping them inside the Summer's house with a sword-wielding demon.

Buffy's old boyfriend, Riley Finn, shows up unexpectedly as he tracks a demon about to hatch eggs that could wipe out Sunnydale.

Anya and Xander's wedding is thrown into turmoil when a man claiming to be Xander's future self turns up at the ceremony.

After being stung by a demon, Buffy finds herself shifting back and forth between the Sunnydale she knows and a psych ward where she is told the last six years have been an elaborate hallucination. Struggling to make sense of either reality, she must decide which to believe.

Anya returns to Sunnydale, bent on vengeance on Xander for leaving her at the altar. She has reclaimed her vengeance demon abilities, but order to use them, she must get one of his frustratingly-forgiving friends to wish him harm.

Willow and Tara delight in their renewed relationship. The Trio arm themselves with an artifact of great power and face off again with the Slayer. Spike's obsession with Buffy drives him further than ever.

A vengeful Willow uses her enormous power to track down Warren, despite Buffy's strong feelings about targeting humans.

Fueled by black magic, Willow targets Andrew and Jonathan, leading to a battle between Buffy and Willow; Spike fights an unstoppable foe.

Giles arrives to face Willow, armed with powerful borrowed magic. Willow, overwhelmed by power and grief, plans a ritual to put the world out of its misery.

Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.

The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.

Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to perceive them. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang don’t see Willow either, but fear she is involved when a body turns up without its skin.

Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.

Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.

Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback.

Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.

Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.

Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.

Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from The First. Meanwhile, a ferocious Uber-vampire is released from the Hellmouth and Buffy must kill it before it kills one of the potentials.

Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.

Buffy takes the Potentials to a demon bar and then to Spike's crypt, in order to teach them the art of slaying. When Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, the spell leads them to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.

Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. The other Potentials go on a retreat with Giles, who the gang realize may have been replaced by the First. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix.

Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions. Xander goes out with a girl from the hardware store. The First tries to convince Andrew to murder the potential Slayers. Giles returns from China with a new Potential, but struggles with the language barrier.

Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back.

Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. He manages to capture many important moments, and to annoy almost everyone in the house. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town.

Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.

Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. Buffy leads the rest of the girls to Caleb and The First's lair, with devastating consequences.

After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy and begin to follow Faith instead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.

After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First. Many people turn to each other for comfort in the face of the impending apocalypse.

Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. Eventually the Slayer goes herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.

Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all.