Angel

Fredless - S3-E5

Trivia: Fred's Mum says that her Dad enjoys films like Alien, except for the last one, during which he fell asleep. Joss Whedon wrote the original screenplay for Alien Resurrection but it didn't turn out in any way, shape, or form how he envisioned:he now claims he wants to tour the country lecturing on how not to make films using only this film as an example.

Season 3 generally

Trivia: By season's end, Darla has died four times: (1) in flashbacks to when she was sired by The Master, (2) when Angel dusted her in the Buffy episode "Angel", (3) when she was re-sired by Drusilla, and (4) when she dusted herself so that Connor could be born.

Cubs Fan

City Of - S1-E1

Trivia: At the end of the episode, when Doyle asks "What happened to Russell?", Angel says "He went into the light". Anne Rice used this line quite a lot in her books about vampires.

Grigory the Wanderer

Supersymmetry - S4-E5

Trivia: To illustrate where her speech is placed on the itinerary, Fred compares it to a baseball player batting between Nomar Garciappara and Sammy Sosa, who both played with the Chicago Cubs. While Garciappara wouldn't join that team until well after the episode aired, and nobody could have known what would happen two years in the future, it's not a mistake; but as a Cubs fan, I find it an interesting choice of comparison.

Cubs Fan

Shells - S5-E16

Trivia: When the gang is trying to figure out how Illyria got by them, Gunn says "Yeah, like she was pulling a Barry Allen. Jay Garrick? Wally... Like she was moving really fast." No one knew who he was talking about. All three name are different incarnations of The Flash.

Maria Santos

Lineage - S5-E7

Trivia: In one scene, Spike comments "Sex with robots is more common than most people think." This refers to the Buffybot Spike had commissioned in Buffy's fifth season.

Cubs Fan

Soulless - S4-E11

Trivia: When Angelus taunts Connor about trying to kill him and then sleeping with Cordelia, he comments, "Screwing your mom and trying to kill your dad? There should be a play." This refers to the Greek tragedy "Oedipus," in which the eponymous character unwittingly marries his mother after killing his father.

Cubs Fan

Origin - S5-E18

Trivia: In episode 18 of season 5 after Connor kills the demon he tells Angel that he doesn't like people touching his neck. This is a reference to getting his throat cut by Angel in episode 22 of season 4. No one knows that Connor just got his memories back.

Maria Santos

Dad - S3-E10

Trivia: Holtz is watching two people fight in a graveyard - the graveyard's blatantly the same one as used in Buffy. Doesn't really qualify as a mistake, because arguably many graveyards look alike, but fans of both series will be able to recognise it.

Jon Sandys

Lineage - S5-E7

Trivia: In one scene, Wesley's father mentions the destruction of the Watcher's Council building, which happened in the Buffy episode "Never Leave Me."

Cubs Fan

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Question: In the opening credits, just before the shot of Phantom Dennis, is the shot of the girl crying Darla? What episode is that from?

Answer: Nope, it's not Darla - that's Rachel from the episode "In The Dark", the third episode of the show (the one with Spike's magnificent opening monologue).

Tailkinker

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