# Happy Birthday, Buffy! BtVS turns 20 today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908 "2017-03-10T23:06:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/1 "2017-03-10T23:06:36Z")
Today is the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Lots of articles written to celebrate. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/10/20-buffy-vampire-slayer-feminist) [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2017/03/10/519465836/20-years-ago-buffy-welcomed-us-all-to-the-hellmouth-aka-high-school) [NYT](https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/television/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-20-year-anniversary.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com) [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2017/03/06/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-proved-you-could-save-the-world-and-still-hit-the-mall/?utm_term=.f4713a842213) StG ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/2 "2017-03-11T00:05:11Z")
I’m wearing a “Sunnydale Slayers” [t-shirt](https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/13174-sunnydale-slayers) my wife found for me today in honor of the occasion. The show means a lot to us. We met on a Buffy-board, in fact. Without Joss’ creation I would have missed out on the best thing that has ever happened to me. Here’s to everybody\* involved in the creation and production of the show. Thank you! - - Except Marti Noxon. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/3 "2017-03-11T00:13:48Z")
**Silenus** - Are you a Bronzer? I’ve been a Bronzer since the original UTV board, PBP goer, etd. As StGermain there, too. StG ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/4 "2017-03-11T00:18:02Z")
Occasionally. We mainly haunted the Buffy-boards on Voy-forums. Neither one of us is spoiler-shy, and we both ended up there looking for “what happens next.” If you ever interacted with **aardvark** or **deedeeknowitall** , that was us. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/5 "2017-03-11T01:03:01Z")
Been reading the articles. The show casts a big shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/6 "2017-03-11T01:24:09Z")
Am I the only one who remembers the movie? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/7 "2017-03-11T01:26:09Z")
To me, this and **X-files** changed TV. Together, they defined the moment where TV passed movies, or at least equaled them in terms of quality. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/8 "2017-03-11T01:27:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers the movie? ☹ Saw it, remember it, and liked it. The show was a lot better, though. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/9 "2017-03-11T01:41:50Z")
The only good thing about the movie was Paul Rubens. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/10 "2017-03-11T01:52:46Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers the movie? ☹ No, you’re not. _(goes back to planning for the REAL BTVS **25th** birthday party for July)_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/11 "2017-03-11T01:53:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The only good thing about the movie was Paul Rubens. Think he’s dead yet? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/12 "2017-03-11T03:22:26Z")
Paul Reubens seems to be doing fairly well these days, he showed up as Pee Wee a few years ago on SNL, has had some minor TV guest roles as a regular actor, and it appears there’s a Pee Wee movie revival in the works. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/13 "2017-03-11T03:45:22Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Paul Reubens seems to be doing fairly well these days, he showed up as Pee Wee a few years ago on SNL, has had some minor TV guest roles as a regular actor, and it appears there’s a Pee Wee movie revival in the works. Uh, you know he already made the new Pee Wee movie and it came out last year, right? [Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Holiday) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/14 "2017-03-11T05:04:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Uh, you know he already made the new Pee Wee movie and it came out last year, right? > > [Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Holiday) The stake went WHOOSH as it hurtled toward his chest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-buffy-btvs-turns-20-today/781908/15 "2017-03-11T05:27:35Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers the movie? ☹ Nope. Got it on my shelf. Paul Reubens gets the best death scene ever filmed.