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.
Quest roles:
Sarah Michelle Gellar(Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon(Xander Harris), Anthony Stewart Head(Rupert Giles), Charisma Carpenter(Cordelia Chase), Julie Benz(Darla), Persia White(Aura), Amy Chance(Girl), Mercedes McNab(Harmony Kendall), Stephen Tobolowsky(Principal Flutie), Nicole Bilderback(Cordette), Danny Strong(Jonathan Levinson), Riff Regan(Willow)