Because the Cousins of Mercy can never resist a challenge*. This one was Whedonesque's idea; to the Billy Joel tune.
(* unless we're busy, it doesn't interest us, or it looks too tough)
She Didn't Start the Slaying
Buffy moves to Sunnydale
Dead Jesse, cheering fail
Hungry mantis, boyfriend reckless, Flutie's job is tough
Vampire Angel, Darla's dusted
Creepy puppet, robot busted
Nineteen dreaming, Marcie unseen, Master slays the Buff
Hellmouth opens, Kendra called
CPR, the Master falls
Corpse theft, Dru and Spike
Mummies, frat boys, Ethan strikes
Ford, Eyghon, healing plan
Joyce's got a new man
Deadly eggs, Buff has sex, and Angel's soul says goodbye!
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
They saw us as cattle
Till she joined the battle
Judge can't die but that was then
Oz is bitten, Xander yens
Jenny murdered, Death deterred, and ghosts are dispelled
Swim team drugs are bad
Even Spike thinks Angel's mad
Gets his soul back, still must go to hell
Faith's up, Anne is down
Richard Wilkins runs this town
Zombies, Jekyll, Slayerfest
Candy, doom glove, Spike knows best
Cord makes Buffy go
Witchhunt children, freak snow
Powers fail, off the rails
Evil vampire Willow!
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
They saw us as cattle
Till she joined the battle
Soulless hoax, suicide
Class protector, Box supplied
Slayer blood bestowed
School and the Mayor explode
Uni's hard, room-mate sucks
Magic ring, and fear amok
Bad beer and werewolf heat
Army base beneath their feet
Chumash spirits, true words
Quake, Riley, can't be heard
Demon Giles, Walsh betrays
Adam on the rampage
Faith wakes, Mary-sue
Oz or Tara, child abuse
Willow joins the other team
Proto-Slayer stalks dreams!
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
They saw us as cattle
Till she joined the battle
Dracula, kid sis
Xander squared and brains amiss,
Key monk, kin dread
Slayer deaths, boy jilted
Queller, helicopter flies
Troll ex, Watchers get chastised
Dawn flips, love hurts
Joyce and April lie inert
Mind lost, run again
Glory's somehow linked to Ben
Gives her gift, closes rift
Buffy will be sorely missed!
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
They saw us as cattle
Till she joined the battle
Grave mistake, geeks scheme
Singing out their feelings
Forgot, broke up
Junkie, shagged so rough
Burgers, murders, wedding woe
All a dream, a peep show
Bullet takes unlucky path
Dark Willow full of wrath
Soulful Spike and school rebuilt
Heavy angst, regret, and guilt
Talking dead, fear is spread
First, vamps, people bled
Buffy is declared unfit
Scythe is found and Caleb splits
Slayers go on the attack
Town is swallowed by a crack!
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
No more on TV
But comics on dead tree, dead tree, dead tree, dead tree...
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying
They saw us as cattle
Till she joined the battle
She didn't start the slaying
They were always biting
And the night was frightening
She didn't start the slaying...
