Sunnydale is one Hellmouth of a town (ahahaha…ok, not funny). It’s the perfect horror-movie cliche of the quiet little innocent town which is either secretly or eventually overrun by vampires, demons and/or the forces of darkness. With all that brewing in and beneath the ridiculously expansive sewer system, stats like Sunnydale (pop. < 40,000) being home to 42 churches and 12 cemeteries seem about right.
However, early on in the series (re: Welcome to the Hellmouth aka the Pilot), Xander establishes that “not much goes on in a one Starbucks little town like Sunnydale.” Maybe it was because Xander didn’t get out much or read the local news, maybe it was because he was just so lovebly naive back in the day, or maybe it was a throwaway line in an episode that has its continuity shattered again and again as the series progresses. But if you watch the whole series, I mean really watch it with a magnifying glass, you may find subtle details that seem to contradict that very statement. Or, if you have optical nerves which connect to your brain, you may notice these 5 pieces of evidence that hilariously fly in the face of Xander’s claim.
