Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot
| "Unaired pilot" | |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode | |
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| Directed by | Joss Whedon |
| Written by | Joss Whedon |
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Nicole Bilderback as Cordette |
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Nicole Bilderback as Cordette
Amy Chance as Aphrodesia
Mercedes McNab as Harmony
Julie Benz as Darla
David Boreanaz as Mysterious friend (Deleted Scene)
Stephen Tobolowsky as Principal Flutie
Persia White as Aura
Danny Strong as Jonathan
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.
While a popular bootleg, Whedon has said the episode will never be officially released "while there is strength in these bones," as he feels it "sucks on ass."
A couple breaks into a deserted school. The girl is a beautiful blonde, and she follows the guy to the theater stage. She stops, seemingly afraid that she has heard something. He assures her that there is nothing to be worried about, but the girl, whose identity is later revealed to be Darla, turns towards him with a monstrous face and bites his neck, killing him.
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