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"The Bronze. It’s the only club worth going to around here. They let anybody in, but it’s still the scene. It’s in the bad part of town."

―Cordelia Chase^[src]

The Bronze was a nightclub in Sunnydale, pretty much the most popular one. It was located in the "bad part" of Sunnydale, located by the shipping docks and railroad tracks.

Though the Bronze allowed minors inside, it did not serve alcoholic drinks to them. The Bronze also hosted a yearly "Fumigation Party", in which captured and/or killed cockroaches could be exchanged for free drinks.^[1]

Prominent EventsEdit

• The Order of Aurelius used this place as a feeding ground to the Vessel. Several humans and vampires were killed at this event. ^[2]

• The Bronze was the host to the World Culture Dance, which involved Sunnydale High students and their foreign exchange partners who dressed in the attire of various cultures. It was here that an Incan Princess dated Xander Harris and almost sucked his, as well as Jonathan Levinson's lifeforce.^[3]

• Buffy's 17th birthday party was hosted there, though it was never properly celebrated due to Spike's attempt to reawaken the Judge.^[4]

• The Bronze was attack by Daniel "Oz" Osbourne who was currently in his wolf transformation cycle.^[5]

• During Valentines Day, which the bronze made special decorations for, Cordelia Chase received a gold, heart necklace a gift from Xander before dumping him.

• Buffy Summers met fellow Slayer, Faith, in one of the nearby alley ways where she lured and killed a vampire.^[6]

• The Sunnydale High Homecoming Dance was held, Michelle Blake and Holly Charleston won tied.^[7]

• The Bronze became the site of many adults that were mentally reduced to teenagers because of magic band candy.^[8]

• Willow Rosenberg's vampire counterpart held the Bronze and it's patrons hostage so she return to her dimension.^[9]

• Willow and her girlfriend Tara, both witches, romantically dance while levitating during Tara's 20th birthday.^[10]

• The Bronze underwent a major renovation following the rampage of Olaf the Troll.

• The musical demon Sweet used the Bronze as his lair during his tenure in Sunnydale.^[11]

• Willow and Amy Madison began playfully altering reality such as turning the male performers into women, creating sheep, making two homophobic men cage dance etc.^[12]

• Faith took the potential slayers out to the Bronze under her guardianship but had a run in with the Sunnydale police since she broke out of jail.^[13]

Behind the Scenes Edit

• Of 144 episodes of the series, 66 have at least one scene at the Bronze, not including its appearance in the Unaired Buffy pilot. The shooting location of The Bronze was at the Buffy studio lot in Santa Monica, California.

• As the lead characters of Buffy were in high school during the first three seasons, the Bronze was depicted primarily as a coffee bar that hosts live music and serves as a nightclub. By season three, it became clear that the Bronze has a liquor license,^[14] although the main characters were still usually seen drinking soda, cappuccinos or hot chocolate.^[15]

• The Bronze seems to have an unlimited refurbishment and furniture-replacement budget and, throughout all seven seasons of Buffy, serves as the venue for most night-time social settings. It also seems to have self-repairing capabilities (like the school) since major damage is completely repaired by the next episode - an exception is when Xander rebuilt the window jamb after April tossed Spike through the window ("I Was Made To Love You").

• A major renovation was done to the set after "Triangle".

• The Bronze also served as a subtle means for the production team to showcase new bands from the Los Angeles area, as well as more well-known artists and bands such as Aimee Mann, Splendid, Cibo Matto, Angie Hart, K's Choice, Michelle Branch and Nerf Herder. Darling Violetta, the band that performed the theme song of Angel appeared in the episode "Faith, Hope & Trick"

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ "Angel (episode)"
2. ↑ :"The Harvest"
3. ↑ "Inca Mummy Girl"
4. ↑ "Surprise"
5. ↑ "Phases"
6. ↑ "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
7. ↑ "Homecoming"
8. ↑ "Band Candy"
9. ↑ "Doppelgangland"
10. ↑ "Family"
11. ↑ "Once More, with Feeling"
12. ↑ "Smashed"
13. ↑ "Empty Places
14. ↑ The Bronze served beer in "Doppelgangland" (3.16).
15. ↑ As can be seen from the episode "Beer Bad" (4.05), the program does not encourage drinking. Note that the bar in this episode is not the Bronze itself.