Trivia / Buffy the Vampire Slayer S2E18 "Killed by Death"

• Author Phobia: According to Joss Whedon, Der Kindestod was “based on a ‘this thing creeped me out as a kid’ thing” as with many of the monsters on the show. In general, the monsters were suggested by the vague bogeyman figures that bedevil many children.
• Completely Different Title:
  • Finnish: "Kuolema Kierroksella" (Death on a round)
  • French: "Réminiscence" (Recollection)
  • German: "Der unsichtbare Tod" (The invisible Death)
• What Could Have Been:
  • The episode originally involved some sort of hybrid senior home/orphanage, and it would seem like the kids were evil, except actually the seniors were, worshiping some kind of panther god or something.
  • This was a leftover script from the first season where Angel brings Buffy to the hospital.

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