- “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]
Bronze was a popular nightclub in Sunnydale. It had a stage, dance floor, pool table, balcony, and bar, with often live performances. The club was located in the "bad part" of the town.[1]
Though the Bronze allowed minors inside, it did not serve alcoholic drinks to them.[2][3] The club also hosted a yearly Fumigation Party, in which captured and/or killed cockroaches could be exchanged for free drinks.[4]
Prominent events[]
1997[]
- The Order of Aurelius used this place as a feeding ground to his vessel, Luke. Several humans and vampires were killed at this event.[5]
- Buffy flirted and danced with Owen, and Cordelia met Angel for the first time.[6]
- Thinking that he had attacked her mother, Buffy fought against Angel before he got the chance to explain the situation to her. The real enemy was Darla, who attempted to kill Buffy before she was dusted by Angel.[4]
- Cordelia and Buffy were taken hostage by Marcie Ross.[7]
- Buffy, Willow and Xander met Spike for the first time, in one of the nearby alley ways, where he observed her fighting ability.[8]
- The Bronze was the host to the World Culture Dance, which involved Sunnydale High School students and their foreign exchange partners who dressed in the attire of various cultures. It was here that an Inca Princess dated Xander and almost absorbed his and Jonathan's life force.[9]
1998[]
- Buffy's 17th birthday party was hosted there, though it was never properly celebrated because of Spike's attempt to reawaken the Judge.[10]
- The Bronze was attacked by Oz when he was in his wolf transformation cycle.[11]
- During Valentine's Day, which the Bronze made special decorations for, Cordelia received a gold heart necklace as a gift from Xander before dumping him.[12]
- Buffy met fellow Slayer, Faith, in one of the nearby alley ways where she lured and killed a vampire.[13]
- The Bronze became the site of many adults partying after they were mentally reduced to teenagers because of magic band candy.[14]
- After seeing Willow and Xander kissing, Oz plays guitar at the Bronze during its closure.[15]
1999[]
- Willow's vampire counterpart held the Bronze and its patrons hostage so she could return to her dimension.[2]
- After a concert of Dingoes Ate My Baby, Willow was attacked and only bitten by the newly vampire Harmony, prevented by Oz.[16]
- Oz attended Shy's concert several times, among which the singer, Veruca, was also a werewolf.[17]
2000[]
- Faith, in Buffy's body, had Willow mistakenly introducing her to Tara. She also used her appearance when she met Spike for the first time and teased him.[18]
- Jonathan performed live music, for much of Xander's and Anya' excitement. Buffy and her boyfriend Riley Finn reconciled while dancing to his song.[19]
- The Scooby Gang celebrated Tara's 20th birthday.[3]
2001[]
- Olaf the troll entered the Bronze after smelling what he thought was ale. When Willow and Buffy were unsuccessful in dispatching him, he destroyed the interior of the club by smashing several pillars holding up the upper level with his hammer, injuring several patrons.[20]
- A month after the troll incident, the Bronze was reopened, though the bar price was increased because the club's insurance didn't cover an "act of troll."[21]
- Drusilla and Spike celebrate their reunion by draining a young couple.[21]
- The musical demon Sweet used the Bronze as his lair during his short tenure in Sunnydale.[22]
- Willow and Amy began playfully altering reality such as turning the male performers into women, creating sheep, making two homophobic men cage dance, etc.[23]
2002[]
- Orb-enhanced Warren hit on a former schoolmate's girlfriend, and when the boyfriend stepped in, Warren fought him off and several others with ease. Xander tried to intervene, but got tossed aside.[24]
- Spike, manipulated by the First Evil, seduced and sired many female patrons, one of which was called Charlotte.[25]
2003[]
- Willow and Kennedy had their first date.[26]
- 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.[27]
- It was presumably destroyed along with the rest of Sunnydale following the battle at the Hellmouth.[28]
Live performances[]
- “Man, I hate playing vampire towns.”
- ―Aimee Mann[src]
- Aberdeen[26]
- Aimee Mann[25]
- Angie Hart[29]
- Bellylove[30]
- The Breeders[31]
- Cibo Matto[32]
- Darling Violetta[13]
- Devics[21]
- Dingoes Ate My Baby[9][12][33][16]
- Halo Friendlies[23]
- K's Choice[2]
- Lotion[11]
- Man of the Year[34]
- Michelle Branch[35]
- Nerf Herder[27]
- Nickel[8]
- Royal Crown Revue feat. Jonathan[19]
- Shy[36]
- Splendid[37][38]
- Sprung Monkey[1]
- Summercamp[21]
- Superfine[39]
- Velvet Chain[6]
- Virgil[23]
Behind the scenes[]
- The shooting location of the Bronze was at the Buffy the Vampire Slayer studio lot in Santa Monica, California.
- Of 144 episodes of the series, 66 have at least one scene at the Bronze, not including its appearance in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot.
- About the performances at the Bronze, Buffy music supervisor John King explained that "we like to use unsigned bands" that "you would believe would play in this place."[40]
- Some of the Bronze's employees were shown to wear t-shirts with the Bronze logo in the episodes "Reptile Boy," "Phases," "Band Candy," and "Doppelgängland."
- Differently from the TV show, the Bronze appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic comics as a large building with two large statues and a sign identifying it as "Bronze Club."
Appearances[]
Canonical[]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1 | |||||||||||
"Welcome to the Hellmouth" Appears |
"The Harvest" Appears |
"Witch" Absent |
"Teacher's Pet" Appears |
"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Appears |
"The Pack" Appears |
"Angel" Appears |
"I Robot, You Jane" Mention |
"The Puppet Show" Mention |
"Nightmares" Mention |
"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" Appears |
"Prophecy Girl" Appears |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 | |||||||||||
"When She Was Bad" Appears |
"Some Assembly Required" Absent |
"School Hard" Appears |
"Inca Mummy Girl" Appears |
"Reptile Boy" Appears |
"Halloween" Appears |
"Lie to Me" Appears |
"The Dark Age" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part One" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part Two" Absent |
"Ted" Absent | |
"Bad Eggs" Mention |
"Surprise" Appears |
"Innocence" Mention |
"Phases" Appears |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Appears |
"Passion" Appears |
"Killed by Death" Absent |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" Appears |
"Go Fish" Appears |
"Becoming, Part One" Absent |
"Becoming, Part Two" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 | |||||||||||
"Anne" Appears |
"Dead Man's Party" Absent |
"Faith, Hope & Trick" Appears |
"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent |
"Homecoming" Appears |
"Band Candy" Appears |
"Revelations" Appears |
"Lovers Walk" Appears |
"The Wish" Appears |
"Amends" Absent |
"Gingerbread" Absent | |
"Helpless" Mention |
"The Zeppo" Appears |
"Bad Girls" Appears |
"Consequences" Absent |
"Doppelgängland" Appears |
"Enemies" Absent |
"Earshot" Absent |
"Choices" Absent |
"The Prom" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part One" Mention |
"Graduation Day, Part Two" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 | |||||||||||
"The Freshman" Appears |
"Living Conditions" Absent |
"The Harsh Light of Day" Appears |
"Fear, Itself" Absent |
"Beer Bad" Appears |
"Wild at Heart" Appears |
"The Initiative" Absent |
"Pangs" Absent |
"Something Blue" Appears |
"Hush" Absent |
"Doomed" Absent | |
"A New Man" Absent |
"The I in Team" Appears |
"Goodbye Iowa" Absent |
"This Year's Girl" Absent |
"Who Are You?" Appears |
"Superstar" Appears |
"Where the Wild Things Are" Appears |
"New Moon Rising" Absent |
"The Yoko Factor" Absent |
"Primeval" Absent |
"Restless" Vision |
Angel: Season 1 | |||||||||||
"City Of" Absent |
"Lonely Heart" Absent |
"In the Dark" Mention |
"I Fall to Pieces" Absent |
"Rm w/a Vu" Absent |
"Sense & Sensitivity" Absent |
"The Bachelor Party" Absent |
"I Will Remember You" Absent |
"Hero" Absent |
"Parting Gifts" Absent |
"Somnambulist" Absent | |
"Expecting" Absent |
"She" Absent |
"I've Got You Under My Skin" Absent |
"The Prodigal" Absent |
"The Ring" Absent |
"Eternity" Absent |
"Five by Five" Absent |
"Sanctuary" Absent |
"War Zone" Absent |
"Blind Date" Absent |
"To Shanshu in L.A." Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent |
"Real Me" Absent |
"The Replacement" Absent |
"Out of My Mind" Absent |
"No Place Like Home" Absent |
"Family" Appears |
"Fool for Love" Appears |
"Shadow" Absent |
"Listening to Fear" Absent |
"Into the Woods" Absent |
"Triangle" Appears | |
"Checkpoint" Absent |
"Blood Ties" Absent |
"Crush" Appears |
"I Was Made to Love You" Absent |
"The Body" Absent |
"Forever" Absent |
"Intervention" Absent |
"Tough Love" Absent |
"Spiral" Absent |
"The Weight of the World" Absent |
"The Gift" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 | |||||||||||
"Bargaining, Part One" Absent |
"Bargaining, Part Two" Absent |
"After Life" Absent |
"Flooded" Absent |
"Life Serial" Absent |
"All the Way" Appears |
"Once More, with Feeling" Appears |
"Tabula Rasa" Appears |
"Smashed" Appears |
"Wrecked" Appears |
"Gone" Absent | |
"Doublemeat Palace" Absent |
"Dead Things" Appears |
"Older and Far Away" Absent |
"As You Were" Appears |
"Hell's Bells" Absent |
"Normal Again" Absent |
"Entropy" Mention |
"Seeing Red" Appears |
"Villains" Absent |
"Two to Go" Absent |
"Grave" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 | |||||||||||
"Lessons" Absent |
"Beneath You" Appears |
"Same Time, Same Place" Absent |
"Help" Absent |
"Selfless" Absent |
"Him" Appears |
"Conversations with Dead People" Appears |
"Sleeper" Appears |
"Never Leave Me" Absent |
"Bring on the Night" Absent |
"Showtime" Absent | |
"Potential" Appears |
"The Killer in Me" Appears |
"First Date" Absent |
"Get It Done" Absent |
"Storyteller" Absent |
"Lies My Parents Told Me" Archive |
"Dirty Girls" Absent |
"Empty Places" Appears |
"Touched" Absent |
"End of Days" Absent |
"Chosen" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 12 | |||||||||||
One Year Later Absent |
Future Shock Absent |
The Reckoning Absent |
Finale Mention |