While on a quest to learn more about her nature as the Slayer, Buffy is told " death is her gift, a message she has difficulty understanding until the episode " The Gift ", in which she sacrifices her own life to save Dawn's by diving into Glory's interdimensional portal and closing it.

While the central concept behind Buffy was " high school as a horror movie " in small-town America, co-creators David Greenwalt and Whedon were looking to make Angel into a different " gritty, urban show.

In its capacity as a media-watchdog, CSI has “ mobilized thousands of scientists, academics and responsible communicators ” to criticize what it regards as “ media's most blatant excesses .” While much of this criticism has focused on factual TV programming or newspaper articles offering support for paranormal claims, CSI has also been critical of programs such as The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which its members believe portray skeptics and science in a bad light and help to promote belief in the paranormal.

" While the other Scoobies believe Buffy was in Hell, Giles is not convinced, and his suspicions prove true when a demon's musical spell causes Buffy to reveal to them all that she was indeed in Heaven.

While his demeanor is typically mild and polite, Giles is not above using raw violence to solve a problem, such as physically threatening Principal Snyder into readmitting Buffy to school after her expulsion (" Dead Man's Party "), pummeling Angelus senseless with a flaming baseball bat and burning down his hideout upon discovering that he had killed Jenny Calendar (" Passion "), manhandling Spike while ordering him to get over his feelings for Buffy (" I Was Made to Love You "), forcing Glory's minion Slook to talk by inflicting a painful-sounding injury offscreen (" Tough Love "), severely beating up Ethan Rayne for information (" Halloween "), and suffocating a critically injured Ben with his bare hands to keep Glory from awakening in his body.

While helping Buffy battle demons in the season finale, Dawn proves herself to be capable in a fight, finally earning her sister's respect and a promise to train her.

While home alone one night, Dawn is forced to perform a solo exorcism to protect what she believes to be her mother from a demon, though it is revealed to be The First Evil attempting to cause Dawn to doubt her bond with Buffy, which she does for several episodes following this.

While starring on 90210, Perry then won a supporting role in the original film version of the Joss Whedon-written Buffy The Vampire Slayer ( 1992 ).

While infiltrating a military installation two miles ( 3 km ) south of Sunnydale, Buffy attempts to break Ethan out of his cell, but instead finds him dead, having been shot and apparently killed by General Voll in " The Long Way Home, Part Four ".

While most of humanity in the Buffyverse seems oblivious to the existence of demons, other groups and organizations that are waging their own battles against evil come to light over the course of Buffy and Angel and in related media.

While Buffy feels terrible guilt for being a part of the Deputy Mayor's death, Faith claims not to, and resents Buffy for continuing to speak of it in " Consequences ".

While Angel and the Scoobies fight the Mayor's force of vampires, Buffy taunts the now-transformed Mayor with Faith's knife and runs into the school.

While fetching fancy company plates for a dinner with her friends, Buffy finds a dead cat.

While Cordelia searches the house, Angel shows up and takes Buffy into the kitchen.

" While Angel gives Buffy a Claddagh ring for her birthday during their tearful parting at the dock, Spike's vamps manage to steal the arm back, scrubbing the mission.

According to author Kevin Durand ( 2009 ), " While Buffy confronts various forms of evil during each episode, each season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had its own ' big bad ' villain who dominates throughout the season.

While he succeeds in this task in the Season 1 finale " Prophecy Girl ", he does not count on Buffy being resuscitated ( after he bites her, she faints in a small pool of water and nearly drowns ; she is revived a minute or so later by her friend Xander via CPR ).

While Buffy performs CPR, she cracks one of Joyce's ribs with a startling snap.

While nervously rubbing at her handcuff burned wrists, Buffy reveals that Spike is now able to hurt her, but not other humans.

While Oz cleans her wound, Willow fills Buffy in on Harmony's return, including her supposed boyfriend.

While Oslin created the singing telegram because he thought " that messages should be fun ," he recalled that he " was angrily informed I was making a laughingstock of the company.

While angrily revoking Kerik's $ 500, 000 bail during the trial, Federal Judge Stephen C. Robinson delivering what the NY Times termed " a withering criticism of Mr. Kerik from the bench, describing him as a ' toxic combination of self-minded focus and arrogance.

While on the run, Maggie angrily tells Selina that she ruined both of their lives the day she decided to become Catwoman.

While he is away, Ruth accidentally answers a phone call from Nola, who, recognizing her voice, insults her and angrily warns her to stay away from her family.

While attempting to escape the Book-which forces the New Guardians to re-live their lives prior to acquiring their current rings -, Sinestro discovers Indigo-1 in a prison cell, angrily proclaiming that she will escape whatever Abin Sur has planned for her, although he chooses to focus on his own escape rather than remain to question her more about this, only for Krona to burn the page that Sinestro is on before he can escape.

While the others are outside listening to some glee singers, Samuel proposes to Mary Hearn, but she rejects him as too old, but then goes into hysterics when he angrily tells her some home truths about being mutton dressed as lamb.

While he was relieved when he saw Xiao He returning with Han Xin, he angrily asked Xiao, " Of all those who deserted, why did you only choose to go after Han Xin?

(" Too Many Tomorrows ") While Charity watches from the closet, Vidal and Ursula make love inside his four-poster bed.

While never proven, it is said that Shevardnadze after taking office, asked all leading officials to show their left hands ; he then ordered those who used Western produced watches to replace them with Soviet ones.

While Swatch still offers the concept on its website, it no longer markets beat watches.

While he watches the mime, the sound of the ball being played is heard.

While Garibaldi watches, a shadow comes over his viewport.

While he takes part in the therapy, he gags at health food, does not enjoy the laughing therapy, and watches as his friend Homer Praetz is electrocuted during a sinusoidal bath.

While the participant watches, the experimenter uses his or her finger to trace a pathway from the opening of the maze to the drawing of the man.

While Nick watches him at the house, Mandy comes by and faints after seeing Adam.

While staying up late at night, Homer watches Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol.

While today most chronographs are in the form of wrist watches, in the early 19th century pocket chronographs were very popular.

While they appear to hate one another, for Logan specifically exhibits this metaphorical ' dance ' between them is rooted in more than just disdain – he frequently watches her for inordinate amounts of time and it becomes clear he has a crush on her ; which is confirmed in a flashback in ' The Wrath of Con '.

While in the trance, she watches Vega and Ken fight each other in a steel cage at a secretive ball they were invited to attend.

While a ship is underway, the officers navigate it, typically in three shifts or watches. Celestial, terrestrial, electronic, and coastal navigation techniques are used to fix a ship's position on a navigational chart.

While a ship is underway, the officers navigate it, typically in three shifts or watches. Celestial, terrestrial, electronic, and coastal navigation techniques are used to fix a ship's position on a navigational chart.

While spying, Butters watches his dad enter first a gay theater and then a gay bathhouse ( though Butters is too naive to understand the nature of his father's activity ).

While he watches the two boys, he begins to see signs that the two boys he thinks are friends, may have a more physical relationship.

While the two boys are talking, Stan discovers that Butters also has a slovenly " Future Self " living with him ( who only watches Becker ; a series the young Butter's finds " stupid ").

While Shug tearfully watches DJay being led away in handcuffs, one of Black's entourage takes advantage of his defenseless position to deliver a sucker punch.

While Dawn watches silently from the stairs, Buffy tries to give the girls another pep talk.

While Black Canary watches, Lori abruptly leaves her boyfriend, Kyle, when Doctor Fate's powers manifest, and seeks out a trio of suspected drug dealers.

While Jayne watches over Simon and River, keeping them out of Saffron's sight, River delivers warnings about not trusting Saffron.

While the dealer watches approvingly and laughs, Cates quietly vomits off screen.

While a stoned Ted watches vintage stag films, he gets too close to the projector screen and is stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife though the screen from the other side.

While Laure luxuriates in a tub in Lily's home, the real Lily returns and commits suicide while Laure secretly watches, leaving Laure the opportunity to take her identity for good and leave the country to America.