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  • The Library was like on old cliché horror movie set. Willow was just... NOT Willow. The vampires took about a minute to die, and having Darla die by "Willow" holding a cross to her face... eh, no!

  • Willow that melts Darla off.Come ON! Thank god they changed eveything. I liked the library tho.

    And the Vampires that die that way?It's even worst than buffy the movie way lol

  • I wonder if all (original) pilots look this bad.

    Bonus points for including Bob Mould song at the end.

  • THANK GOD they recasted Willow.

  • Wow the dusting vampires in this pilot suck bad! The aired version is so much better!

  • "I'll call you!" [runs away]

  • since buffy in the buffy movie was well...** (forgot to add a word in haha)

  • i think they did much better with this episode (buffy and giles wise) than in the aired episode. since buffy in the buffy was well... i think worse than cordy hahah, and buffy from movie was hotter hahah by FAR! and Giles is much more professional and watcher like than in the episode aired, the aired he was more laid back and accepting. didnt like the xander and willow character roles though. she did not suit willow! however PROPS! to them all for a job well done, since the show did infact air!

  • I think the increase in the production value gave more faith to the actors. Any BtVS fan knows that SMG is an amazing actress and IS Buffy, but in this unaired pilot, her acting is not nearly her best, even though much of the dialogue is the same. I think she played a very one-dimensional Buffy here and once the show had promise, she made her far less superficial. Thankfully the writers, actors, & network committed to giving the show a greater depth, otherwise I doubt we'd have 7 great seasons!

  • some of this is shit ass corny. loved it anyway.gracias for posting.

    what's the sitch!

    ps. notice they hadn't implemented the classic stutter effect in the dialogue... !

  • what a goofy vampire

  • damn, casting can really make or break a thang

  • "you can NEVER watch too many movies!!!!" lolll

  • Thanks for uploading,i would have never seen this episode without YouTube,but i'm glad they changed :)

  • You can never watch too many movies..... lol

  • No Angel. No Darla. No thanks. 

  • I grew up on Buffy, this was fun to watch... even with the shitty Williow lol

  • Glad they changed this. It was way too cheesy! I do wish they would have kept her flip off the stairs in the library! That was too cool!!

  • "Oh, ouh. That was my favorite spine." :'D

  • Aired pilot is better than this one

  • Oh  Willow

  • thank god for alyson hannigan! 

  • Oh wow, different Willow.

  • "Relax...the world is is beauty hands." Seriously worse line ever.

  • I can not imagine this Willow as a lesbian and super witch, anyone can ...?

  • I am sure glad they didn't use this pilot..that Willow looked to be in her 20's, not a 16 year old. Also the vamps died way to slow, not the spoof we got in the aired pilot. This was interesting.. thanks for posting.

  • 0:38 Freddie Mercury?

  • @BuffyTheVampireSlyr its a PILOT it was meant for the studio to see the concept, not the whole storyline

  • I wodner if Willow #1 was ever bitter when the show was at the height of it's popularity thinking she could have been there.

  • This Was From 1996

    The 1st Season Aired 1997

  • I think this Willow is adorable, but the red headed Willow will always be "the Willow."

  • Buffy isn't blonde!!!

  • ohhhhhhk raise your hand if you're glad they re-did the pilot. **raises both hands**

  • @spikesgirl1811 they generally do, pilots have no budget and are meant for the studio to see potential they rarely become the actual first episode and even if they do re-shoots usually happen

  • Lol. "I don't like to hit girls...that I'm afraid of." I love Xander!

  • Thanks for posting this. I loved it.

  • that staking effect really is quite shameful compared to the real one.

  • I am so incredibly glad they did not use this as their official first episode! Its terrible in so many ways! The acting was bad and i'm really glad they recast Willow's character, Alyson Hannigan does it so much better! It was kind of like watching one of those really bad spoofs of a film/tv show... it did have its funny parts though. I like Buffy's quote 'Ow, that was my favourite spine' that made me chuckle ^_^ I'm glad they changed the way vampires die too, that was just weird hehe!

  • Gotta say I like the aired pilot better, but this ep had some good parts to it. Some good lines as well that were cut from the aired. But I don't think the show would have been as big if they went with this. But nice to see it tho!

  • I like the burst into dust rather than this melting into dust after staking.

  • Vamp2: A slayer!

    Vamp1: Wait!

    Vamp2: I'll call you!

  • This was pretty bad lmfao

  • 'HEHEHE...ur friend cant help u now...ugh....hold that thought..." :D lolz

  • Whoa Julie Benz died? Super glad they changed that! Based on this pilot I can't believe it got picked up lol Happy that it did though :)

  • ''...oh ow ..my favourite spine!''

  • i see a "dingoes ate my baby" poster... :-D

  • It's a good thing that they changed this episode. Because if they didn't we wouldn't see a nerdy and lovable Xander Harris. We wouldn't know the great back story of Darla. The way the vampires die would be boring. And more importantly no Alyson Hannigan.

  • @Zander10100 Agree

  • 3:09 de guys like fuk that

  • Oh my god, it's sooooooooooooo bad!!! :P

  • i understand now why it was never aired...

  • FAT WILLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Where did u get this?

    

  • darla dies in this haha.

  • This pilot wasn't bad, but I liked the one they aired better. Also, that actress they had for Willow was horrible. Alyson ftw.

  • wheres angel!

  • The headlines (and even some of the texts) are simmilar to the first episode.

    But the made it much better the way it was aired...The most funny about this version is Willow killing Darla by putting a cross to her forehead....in the original, Angel killed her cause Darla was too strong for Buffy!!!!!!

    It would be handy though, just grab a cross and kill all the vampires!

  • I love Buffy but these unaired episodes are so innocent and funny. Were tv shows in the 80's truly this bad?

  • @leapingfury this was done in the early 90's because Buffy came out in 1996 or 1997.

  • @NarutoCrazy001 the first season was filmed from the Late summer of 1996- January 1997 all 12 episodes were to debut on the WB network in March of 1997, the unaired pilot episode was filmed in March 1996 and when 4 networks such as ABC,NBC,FOX,and CBS turned down the pilot but The WB picked the show up originally meant for the WB's 1996 fall lineup but 7th Heaven was picked up instead and it became a mid-season replacement for Savannah

  • that was awful. omg.

  • so hey willow has been bitten but shes a witch so umm like whats the sitch? :P

  • @djklink20009 Willow wasn`t a witch in the first season (ofcourse she was, but didn`t know it) in season 2 episode 22 (becoming part one) Willow uses a spell for the first time (re-soul Angel)

    In season 3 (lovers walk) she uses witchcraft again (or tries to) when Spike wants her to make Drusilla love him again. From then on she uses magic once in a while, but becoming a powerfull witch isn`t shown till season 6 when she tries to destroy the world. and offcourse season 7 when she saves the world

  • Neither Oz, Tara, OR Kennedy would date THIS Willow. And Xander definetly wouldn't have cheated on Cordy for her!

  • Bad bad bad willow

  • Thank god they changed everything.

  • an interesting watch but infinitely glad it was unaired haha

  • I don't like to hit girls, that I'm afraid of. LOL. I wish I had been a fan in 1997 when the show first came out.

  • i dont like the way the vampires turn to dust wait actually i doo haha in a way... i like both haha :)

  • I liked the fight scene in this one. It's a lot more acrobatic and dynamic.

  • @Cyberia24 i liked when she fought the vampire and played the drums.

  • @Cyberia24 i liked when she fought the vampire and played the drums.

  • "Well Jayne ain't a girl" he's a Vampire!

  • OMG. Could you imagine this series without Alyson Hannigan as Willow the nerd/lesbian/incredible witch?! And killing off Darla in the first episode? Darla (Julie Benz) lasted all the way till Angel.

  • No way! thanks they changed some things!

    Willow, nothing against that girl but Alyson Hannigan is a better willow!

    And The dust stuff! LOL

    and Darla death?? Oh please!

    LOL

    but i Laugh a lot with this! thanks!!

  • WILLOW KILLS DARLA?! no way jose.

  • how lame was that vampire death! lol

  • "ouch, oooh, that was my favorite spine"

  • ew willow?

  • what the fuck was with the dusting? LOL

  • it was worth the change and the re shotting

  • the writing sure reflected the movie indeed. i'm pleased joss was open minded in the changes for the show.

  • lol, "that was my favorite spine."

  • why would they film an entire episode, then change everything? and make a new episode with diffrent cast members?

  • i want them to be dust! not rotten.! thank GOd

  • they killed Darla off is this pilot lol. Or at least I think that was her,same actress,but it might not have been "Darla".

  • I like how Willow and Xander are just sitting up there waiting for Buffy to finish LMAO! Good thing for Alyson Hannigan though :)

  • haha the vampire dusting took forever..and is lame. Glad they changed it.

  • never have i been so happy to see that Alyson was willo w now then ever after seeing this....and what DUSTED VAMPS that take likw 10mins REALLY???

  • The only thing I like about this is the Nosferatu mention. That was cool.

  • This episode only goes for 25 mins, when normally it lasts for 42 mins, and i found it funny when willow burns darla with a cross and walks out thinking shes cool and tough holding a cross. When Buffy staked the vampire it lookd like it wasnt gonna turn to dust but it did, and took a while and when it did it like wasnt messy it was in a nice little pile lol.

    fk i hate this willow. ALYSON HANNIGAN ALL THE WAY!

  • hahahhahahaha xander looks like a hobo XD

  • I mean part 4?

  • Isn't there like an episode 4?

  • ROFL @ Buffy's hair !

  • Darla lasted longer on show because she was on angel until she stake herself after giving birth to connor

  • Julie Benz looks so different now that she on No Ordinary Family and THANK GOD THEY REPLACED WILLIOW ALYSON HANNIGAN

  • thank god they changed it all up or the series would have sucked!!

  • the killing vamps sucks

  • you friend cant help u now... Hold that thought..!

  • "you'd be dead.. or WORSE"

  • glad they changed Willow and how the vamps 'poof' into dust when they die... that disintegrating thing was weird.

  • 2:00 lol vampire death.

  • Aww I wish they kept "Oh that was my favorite spine.."

  • "That night, en route to her first visit to The Bronze, the cool student hangout in Sunnydale, Buffy meets a mysterious, handsome stranger, who warns her that she is living on a Hellmouth. He also gives her a large silver cross. It isn't revealed in the pilot that the stranger's name is Angel. This was the only deleted scene in the pilot."

    So the pretext and concept for Angel was already in the works.

    Thanks again Kristin29789....you rock, kiddo. You rock!

  • This Willow is soooo boring!!! AH is so bubbly and cute!!!

  • IS THAT SPIKE???????

  • @queenedwina I looked up the actor who played the orginal " Willow " and her name was Riff Reagan,a child actor who had a pretty decent career between 1991--2003. Her best role was on the tv show " Sisters " (1991--1996)( which co-starred Sela Ward and George Clooney), as the young Georgia. Her tv/movie career seem to have stopped after losing the Willow role. Variety magazine has an award called the Riff Regan Award to recognize actors dropped from pilots of popular series.

  • i love alyson! The show would have never worked without her

  • wow it was so lame the way the vampires dusted!!

  • Well, I'm glad someone polished up the script before they started shooting the real first episode. Talk about lame jokes. This was very close to being as bad as the original movie. And also many thanks to the people who decided real music was needed and a less stereotypical high school. Very sorry about Flutie though. That would've worked.

  • Aww, the unaired pilot was kinda cute to watch after seeing the final product. I had to laugh at 4:04! But like everyone else is saying; thank God that they replaced Willow!

  • I slightly feel sorry for this Willow though. Imagine looking at the increasingly successful Alyson Hannigan and thinking, "That could have been me". In fairness, her acting is pretty much on par with the others', but AH turned out a lot better and, importantly, a lot more memorable.

  • they dont even dust the same

  • Can anybody tell me where to find the rest of the movie?? Pls?

  • @iam2510015 This isn't a movie. What you saw was the ending.

  • It costs $5,000 to dust a vamp.

  • Lol, killing vampires in a drama studio thingy. how...dramatic :P

  • Wow. I retract what I said on the pilot 2 video- This was really lame. Thank god the show turned out a million times better.

  • Glade they didn't air this pilot, this looks like a bad b-movie. New pilot is much more stylish.

  • Angel wasn't in the original pilot? What madness?!

  • @dontplaygameswithme i know right. they deleted his scene

  • @dontplaygameswithme This isn't madness! THIS...IS...SPARTA!!!

    lol, soz, couldn't resist xD

  • Why did they have her play willow in the pilot but not in the series. Did she pull out or did they recast her?

  • @FFNut20000 this is the unaired pilot they made a new one.

  • Honestly... I think I like this wittled down pilot better... but I was never a fan of the Master as a villain... so anytime he's cut out I'm for it... also Dingoes Ate My Baby is reserved for when Seth Green hits the scene. I'm glad that Johnathon got his little cameo (even in the pilot). I'm glad they cleared up the whole out of scene thing where crosses kill vamps or something... I also like the principal in this one better... more comical... but gotta love Allison Hannigan.

  • I love the way she did that! "Excuse me?" This makes me feel kinda old though. Watching this.The changes are very visible. But I like it. Buffy that is. The show. And her, too.

  • This is so bad it's good. I love the cheesy lines and the noises from 4:06 while Xander and Willow just look confused. Lol

    Thanks for uploading. :)

  • Haha wow, that vamp dusting was odd... I think one reason this unaired pilot is so bad is because they didn't finish editing it. Still interesting to see what the show could have been like

  • Xandar is hot^^

  • OMG that Willow looks very old

  • thank god they re-did it because if not I dont think they wouldve been that successful

  • "Excuse Me" that was so adorable.

  • Yay for ginger willow :D

  • i love when she says i'm the slayer and looks arround all cool

  • Zander is the ultimate sidekick

  • woooooooow this episode really sucks i love the pilot they aired it's so much better

    with angel and the new willow

    but SMG rocks in here

  • OMG THATS A UGLY WILLOW

  • this too funny XD

    thnk gd they changed it.

    when old willow burns darla's head, i could not stop laughing!

  • How does willow and that boy pick up everything so fast and remain calm? WTF?

  • OMG I hate this Willow

  • I'm happy they redid the pilot because that sucked lol.

  • although this willow is ok, but alison haanigan bought a hyperactive awkwardness that is more suited to willow.

    plus she introduced the producers to the music that was done in the series opening credits. that set the tone right there.

  • thank god they changed willow.

  • Hahaha, yes, Alyson Hannigan is the best Willow (L)

  • @MsFa1th omg that willow was sooo fatt aha.

    Alyson Hannigan is waaaaay betetr :)

  • @MsFa1th tell me about it, good riddins other Willow!

  • @MsFa1th how could this Willow ever be with Tara?  that would be fucking horrible

  • awesome!

  • Gotta love Xander.

  • Thanks for posting this ! I love the series .

  • thx for posting!

  • And willow is so nice "excuse me.."

    *kills vampire*

  • "WAIT!"

    "I'll call you!"

    xD gotta love vampires

  • omg that was sooo bad... i'm glad the series improved soooo much after the first season...

  • "your friend cant help you now!! >:)"

    ...*buffy grabs him*

    .."hold that thought :)"

    XDD

  • I am so glad that they didn't use this as the first episode coz Otha wise it wud have been such a crappy series nd I wud Neva hav watched it. I'm so glad that they didn't use this willow and used Alyson instead. Lol :)

  • best part ov this is seein how much cash is spent on a test episode lol n i fort the effects 4 welcome to the hellmouth were bad enough lukin bak now lol ive never seen this before, i knew bout the pilot obv but i dint think itd b so weird 2 actualy watch it humm well an expeirence i supose all diehard fans shud hav at least :)

  • I forgot she used to do Taekwondo

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