Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

It cost $5000 to "dust" a vamp using computer graphics.

Series Creator Joss Whedon has said that the idea for Buffy came from all the horror movies he had seen featuring a helpless young blonde who would almost always be the first to die. He felt she needed a better image.

Entertainment Weekly magazine named Buffy the number 3 character of all time, coming behind Homer Simpson and Harry Potter, in 2010.