Most words spoken
Words spoken per character across the whole series, plus the number of episodes with at least one line.
Buffy106,843 · 117 eps
Willow56,169 · 114 eps
Xander52,297 · 114 eps
Giles49,188 · 116 eps
Spike25,837 · 71 eps- Anya18,028 · 59 eps
Riley13,542 · 33 eps
Cordelia12,630 · 49 eps
Dawn11,444 · 42 eps- Joyce10,509 · 50 eps
Tara9,786 · 48 eps
Angel9,496 · 52 eps
Faith7,371 · 12 eps
Oz4,951 · 34 eps- Glory4,553 · 12 eps
- Warren4,458 · 14 eps
- Jenny Calendar3,390 · 13 eps
- Jonathan3,388 · 13 eps
- Harmony2,882 · 12 eps
- Mayor Wilkins2,848 · 10 eps
Share of the dialogue per season
What percentage of all words spoken in a season belongs to each character.
| Character | S 1 | S 2 | S 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 6 | S 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffy | 25.5 % | 21.9 % | 20.7 % | 23.4 % | 20.7 % | 18 % | – |
| Willow | 9.1 % | 10.4 % | 9.9 % | 13.8 % | 9.4 % | 13.2 % | – |
| Xander | 12.9 % | 14.3 % | 8.4 % | 8.8 % | 8.6 % | 11.1 % | – |
| Giles | 17.1 % | 12.3 % | 13.1 % | 8.7 % | 7.5 % | 4.6 % | – |
| Spike | – | 3.3 % | 1.4 % | 6.2 % | 8.2 % | 8.8 % | – |
| Anya | – | – | 0.8 % | 2.9 % | 5.6 % | 10 % | – |
| Riley | – | – | – | 8.8 % | 4 % | 1 % | – |
| Cordelia | 5.9 % | 7.2 % | 4.5 % | – | 0 % | – | – |
| Dawn | – | 0 % | – | – | 5.8 % | 6.7 % | – |
| Joyce | 2.6 % | 3.3 % | 3.6 % | 0.8 % | 2.9 % | 0.2 % | – |
| Tara | – | – | – | 2 % | 3.5 % | 5 % | – |
| Angel | 2.1 % | 5.5 % | 3.6 % | 0.4 % | 0.6 % | 0 % | – |
Signature words
Each character’s most frequent words, without filler like “the”, “okay” or “know”. Names show who a character talks about most.
10,829 linesBuffygiles (364) · dawn (217) · sorry (216) · xander (215) · willow (211) · spike (175) · find (172) · riley (166)
First line (1x01): “I'm up, Mom!”
5,672 linesWillowbuffy (478) · xander (189) · tara (140) · giles (123) · help (100) · stuff (89) · spell (87) · sorry (82)
First line (1x01): “Uh, which part?”
4,967 linesXanderbuffy (331) · willow (137) · anya (117) · giles (74) · kind (69) · love (69) · find (66) · spike (64)
First line (1x01): “'Scuse me, comin' through, pardon me, 'scuse me, whoa! 'Scuse me, not sure how to stop! Please move, whoa, 'scuse me... Whoa!”
3,925 linesGilesbuffy (459) · nbsp (357) · willow (114) · slayer (88) · sorry (83) · vampire (83) · xander (81) · find (79)
First line (1x01): “Can I help you?”
2,254 linesSpikebuffy (112) · slayer (82) · bloody (71) · love (65) · kill (52) · hell (42) · thought (37) · blood (33)
First line (2x03): “Home, sweet home.”
xander (135) · buffy (39) · demon (38) · willow (28) · giles (28) · money (28) · wish (27) · help (26)
First line (3x09): “Nice bag. Prada?”
1,355 linesRileybuffy (167) · sorry (24) · saying (24) · love (20) · talk (19) · willow (19) · work (18) · feel (18)
First line (4x01): “I'm okay. It's okay. Well, that was bracing.”
1,113 linesCordeliabuffy (57) · xander (47) · willow (24) · great (20) · please (19) · help (19) · around (18) · life (17)
First line (1x01): “Hi! I'm Cordelia.”
1,364 linesDawnbuffy (129) · spike (31) · stuff (30) · please (28) · willow (27) · around (26) · real (25) · tara (21)
First line (2x04): “Where's Sven?”
buffy (146) · honey (49) · school (27) · dawn (20) · sorry (18) · night (17) · nice (15) · home (15)
First line (1x01): “Don't wanna be late for your first day!”
1,094 linesTarawillow (80) · buffy (36) · wrong (24) · dawn (22) · better (19) · magic (19) · spell (18) · thought (17)
First line (4x10): “I think if they saw a witch they would run the other way." She smiles and laughs.”
1,068 linesAngelbuffy (89) · nbsp (24) · faith (20) · kill (18) · love (18) · wanted (17) · long (16) · sorry (16)
First line (1x01): “Ah, heh. Is there a problem, ma'am?”
Who talks to whom?
Scenes in which both characters speak.
- Buffy & Willow701 scenes
- Buffy & Xander642 scenes
- Willow & Xander633 scenes
- Buffy & Giles524 scenes
- Giles & Willow394 scenes
- Giles & Xander379 scenes
- Anya & Xander269 scenes
- Tara & Willow218 scenes
- Buffy & Spike217 scenes
- Anya & Willow208 scenes
- Anya & Buffy193 scenes
- Buffy & Dawn192 scenes
- Cordelia & Xander182 scenes
- Buffy & Joyce174 scenes
- Buffy & Cordelia174 scenes
The talkiest episodes
| Episode | Words | Speakers | Most lines |
|---|---|---|---|
| B 4x14 · Goodbye Iowa | 9,105 | 26 | Buffy, Riley, Willow |
| B 3x22 · Graduation Day, Part Two | 8,730 | 3 | Slayer, Giles, Buffy |
| B 4x16 · Who Are You | 8,321 | 31 | Buffy, Faith, Willow |
| B 4x15 · This Year's Girl | 7,035 | 21 | Buffy, Faith, Riley |
| B 6x01 · Bargaining, Part 1 | 6,759 | 22 | Willow, Xander, Anya |
| B 6x02 · Bargaining, Part 2 | 6,759 | 22 | Willow, Xander, Anya |
| B 3x17 · Enemies | 5,860 | 12 | Faith, Mayor Wilkins, Angel |
| B 4x02 · Living Conditions | 5,752 | 8 | Buffy, Kathy, Willow |
| B 4x01 · Freshman | 5,739 | 19 | Buffy, Xander, Willow |
| B 5x15 · I Was Made To Love You | 5,297 | 22 | Buffy, Warren, April |
| B 4x11 · Doomed | 5,259 | 28 | Buffy, Riley, Willow |
| B 5x11 · Triangle | 5,251 | 14 | Anya, Willow, Buffy |
Covers 140 of 144 episodes – the others have no transcript in speaker format. Based on the original English scripts and transcripts.