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1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth - Monster of the Week

Pixel Buffy “Monster of the Week” edition! Let’s start things off with the very first vampire we ever meet… Darla! And for this reason (and many more down the road) Darla gets the status of official MotW for the first episode. I know the Master is RIGHT THERE… but trust me. And besides the opening of the show in and of itself is iconic - we love a misdirect. Yes, Darla is a bit over the top in her eternal school girl outfit but it’s definitely memorable. She may not last long in season one but it definitely won’t be the last time we see her. Her history is too tied to a certain dark and broody vampire.

1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth - Second Look

Now for a “Second Look” at episode one! Some outfits just scream “Buffy” and this is one of them. Every so often I’ll feature an additional iconic outfit from an episode. She wears this blue button down with a white tank underneath and dark pants to the Bronze and tells Willow to “seize the moment because tomorrow you might be dead”, she meets Angel wearing this while also performing one of the most memorable stunts from the show.

1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth - The Scoobies

Cordelia! I don’t think there’s a better high school Queen Bee than Cordelia Chase. She’s charming, fashion forward, clever, witty, unbothered, and can maybe be tad bit cruel. The effortlessness that Charisma Carpenter brings to the character of Cordy is superb. Cordelia is probably the only person who could pull off LIME GREEN pants while quizzing the new girl on *her* social standards and fashion choices. Cordelia Chase you will forever be iconic. Yet another of my absolute favorite characters to grace the Buffyverse.

1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth

Starting where it all began… episode one! This is the first ever outfit we see Buffy in and those boots! Her love of knee high boots becomes abundantly clear over the course of season one. ✨it was the 90s✨ Buffy premiered on March 10th 1997 and is now a time capsule of every fashion trend during this era. You can’t get more iconic than our very first time meeting The Slayer. What other fashion moments from the first episode would you like to see?

1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth - The Scoobies

Next up... Xander! Xander’s entire look is very “casual”. He’s geeky but wants to present as relatable. Aside from everyone else his outfit doesn’t stand out nearly as much but it does lay the foundation for how he views himself as “easy going”. Xander is a complicated character and his outfits are pretty simple. There aren’t too many that leap off the screen. Of course it’s incredibly heartbreaking to have lost another Buffy star and Nicholas Brendon played a pivotal part at the heart of the show. He brought a level of humor and levity to so many scenes of Buffy as well as to his fellow co-stars. 

1.02 - The Harvest - Monster of the Week

Oh, Luke. He had his moment. The first and second episode were basically just one long episode and I feel that Luke represents The Harvest’s primary MotW seeing as he’s the “Vessel”. He was a strong vampire that definitely gave Buffy a good fight. He’s clearly no match for her nor is he able to tell time. How did he think it was already sunrise? I don’t want to judge Luke too harshly (see what I did there? IYKYK) but he definitely wasn’t as sinister as the Master hyped him up to be. 

1.01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth - Moments

Buffy clearly isn’t the only queen of Sunnydale. “What is your childhood trauma?!” Cordelia Chase reigns supreme in snark and quippy comebacks.  And she looks great in this blue dress! Also a cell phone? In the 90s? What an accessory! This is the first of many Pixel Buffy “Moments” - little snippets of the show that are so iconic and quotable that they get their own spotlight! And honestly it’s hard not to make them ALL Cordelia moments. She has so many. What memorable moments from the show would you like to see?

1.02 - The Harvest - Moments

Giles isn’t wrong. Pretty sure the earth is doomed quite a bit over the course of this show. I love how the first two episodes come to a conclusion and this scene really summarizes exactly who these characters are, how they interact, and what you can expect from them moving forward. A great choice for “Pixel Buffy Moments”!