- Both have a girl named Buffy Summers, who is the Slayer.
- Buffy has a boyfriend named Angel, the other Buffy has a boyfriend named Pike.
- Buffy dates a Vampire, the other one dates a human.
- Giles does not die, Merick does though.
- Buffy's friends aren't valley girls, the other one's friends are though.
- In the series and in the movie, both principal's hate Buffy.
- There used to be a Vampire known as the Master in the series. In the movie there was Lothus.
- Merick's past did not come back to haunt him, but Giles' past did.