Elizabeth Quarshie is a civil servant of the province of Saskatchewan and has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Environment, Planning & Risk Analysis Division
Environment & Forests Division by the Saskatchewan government. Early employment in the late seventies involved working with Hardy Associates, leaving two children with her husband to pursue graduate school in Washington. She is currently a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor. Previous experience as Director of Compliance, Audit and Evaluation for Cogema Resources.
The National Energy Board gave advise to the federal Government of Canada Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan). Elizabeth Quarshie was appointed September 27, 1999 as a member of the National Energy Board for a seven-year term. Saskatchewan residents remember her appearance before the Federal / Provincial Joint Hearing on the development and expansion of the Uranium mining at Dominique Janine in Northern Saskatchewan.
Professional Writings
A sampling of some of Elizabeth Quarshie professional writings include:
# A Regulator’s Perspective of the Challenges Facing the Pipeline Industry (presented at the PRCI Board Conference in Monte Bello, Quebec), on August 9, 2004; published in the April 2005 edition of the Pipeline World Magazine. Published by both the Government of Canada and the magazine Global Pipeline Monthly.
# Outlook for Electricity Markets 2005-2006. An Energy Market Assessment, June 2005.
# Canada’s Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply & Demand to 2025, July 2003.
# Renewable Energy Prospects from National Perspective (Presented at the Renewables 2003 Conference in Calgary Alberta)
# An Outlook for Canadian Gas Supply (presented at the Canadian Gas Association Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., 2003)
# National Energy Board Issues (presented at CAMPUT Annual General Meeting in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, 2002).
# Conventional Heavy Oil Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, August 2001.
# National Energy Board Business Plans and Priorities: 2000-2003 (presented to clients of INTENCO Energy Consultants Limited in Calgary, Alberta, 2000).
# Canadian Natural Gas Market: Dynamics and Pricing, an Energy Assessment, Nov. 2000.
# Computer Applications on Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1984.
# Evaluation of Whitman County Waste Management Facility in Spokane, WA, 1984
# Impact Assessment of Pullman Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on the South Fork of the Palouse River in Washington, 1983.
# Application in the Design of Various Unit Processes and the Use of Mathematical Models (Black-box) for predicting Nutrient Loading, 1983.
# Presented over 25 professional papers at conferences and workshops and conducted confidential research reports and position papers for the industry.
National Energy Board Hearings
Appendix C: National Energy Board Hearings (Chair or Panel Member)
* Enbridge Pipelines Inc., RH – 2005, Spearheaded Mobil Applications for Incentive Toll Settlement, Non-Routine Adjustment, April 2005
* Chevron Canada Ltd. (Chevron), MH – 2205, Priority Destination Application & Motion, May 2005.
* New Brunswick Power Corporation MH-1-2005 Building of International Powerline, June 2005
* Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, RH-R-1-2005 Review Application for Tolls, May 2005
* Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the Cogenerators Alliance, RH-R-2-2005, Review Application for Tolls
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Toll Settlement RH-1-2004, August 2004
* TransCanada Pipeline Limited, RH-R-1-2002, Review Application for Cost of Capital, February 2003
* EnCana Ekwan Pipeline Inc. GH-1-2003, Construction of a Natural Gas Pipeline, September 2003
* Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline Ltd. On Behalf of GSX Canada Ltd. Partnership GH-4-2001. Construction of a subaqueous natural gas pipeline, November 2003.
* Westcoast Energy Inc. GH-1-2002, Tolls January 2003
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Settlement for 2002 & 2003 Tolls, September 2002
* Enbridge Pipeline Inc. OH-1-2000, Construction of oil pipeline, May 2001
* Murphy Oil Company Ltd (now Plains Marketing Canada L.P.) Concerning Tolls for the Milk River Pipeline, August 2001
* Ricks Nova Scotia Co. (Ricks) GH -3-2000, Ladyfern Pipeline Application, Construction of natural gas pipeline, December 2000.
* Pipestone Pipeline Ltd., OHW-1-99, Tolls February 2000
* Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., GH-4-99, Construction of natural gas lateral November 2000
* Chevron Canada Resources & Partners Application re Development of Plan for Liard K-29 Gas Well, DP-2-99, December 1999.
* Canadian Natural Resources – Construction of natural gas pipeline, 2002.
* Various Development Plan Applications – Paramount Cameron Hills
Footnotes
Environment & Forests Division by the Saskatchewan government. Early employment in the late seventies involved working with Hardy Associates, leaving two children with her husband to pursue graduate school in Washington. She is currently a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor. Previous experience as Director of Compliance, Audit and Evaluation for Cogema Resources.
The National Energy Board gave advise to the federal Government of Canada Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan). Elizabeth Quarshie was appointed September 27, 1999 as a member of the National Energy Board for a seven-year term. Saskatchewan residents remember her appearance before the Federal / Provincial Joint Hearing on the development and expansion of the Uranium mining at Dominique Janine in Northern Saskatchewan.
Professional Writings
A sampling of some of Elizabeth Quarshie professional writings include:
# A Regulator’s Perspective of the Challenges Facing the Pipeline Industry (presented at the PRCI Board Conference in Monte Bello, Quebec), on August 9, 2004; published in the April 2005 edition of the Pipeline World Magazine. Published by both the Government of Canada and the magazine Global Pipeline Monthly.
# Outlook for Electricity Markets 2005-2006. An Energy Market Assessment, June 2005.
# Canada’s Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply & Demand to 2025, July 2003.
# Renewable Energy Prospects from National Perspective (Presented at the Renewables 2003 Conference in Calgary Alberta)
# An Outlook for Canadian Gas Supply (presented at the Canadian Gas Association Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., 2003)
# National Energy Board Issues (presented at CAMPUT Annual General Meeting in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, 2002).
# Conventional Heavy Oil Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, August 2001.
# National Energy Board Business Plans and Priorities: 2000-2003 (presented to clients of INTENCO Energy Consultants Limited in Calgary, Alberta, 2000).
# Canadian Natural Gas Market: Dynamics and Pricing, an Energy Assessment, Nov. 2000.
# Computer Applications on Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1984.
# Evaluation of Whitman County Waste Management Facility in Spokane, WA, 1984
# Impact Assessment of Pullman Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on the South Fork of the Palouse River in Washington, 1983.
# Application in the Design of Various Unit Processes and the Use of Mathematical Models (Black-box) for predicting Nutrient Loading, 1983.
# Presented over 25 professional papers at conferences and workshops and conducted confidential research reports and position papers for the industry.
National Energy Board Hearings
Appendix C: National Energy Board Hearings (Chair or Panel Member)
* Enbridge Pipelines Inc., RH – 2005, Spearheaded Mobil Applications for Incentive Toll Settlement, Non-Routine Adjustment, April 2005
* Chevron Canada Ltd. (Chevron), MH – 2205, Priority Destination Application & Motion, May 2005.
* New Brunswick Power Corporation MH-1-2005 Building of International Powerline, June 2005
* Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, RH-R-1-2005 Review Application for Tolls, May 2005
* Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the Cogenerators Alliance, RH-R-2-2005, Review Application for Tolls
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Toll Settlement RH-1-2004, August 2004
* TransCanada Pipeline Limited, RH-R-1-2002, Review Application for Cost of Capital, February 2003
* EnCana Ekwan Pipeline Inc. GH-1-2003, Construction of a Natural Gas Pipeline, September 2003
* Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline Ltd. On Behalf of GSX Canada Ltd. Partnership GH-4-2001. Construction of a subaqueous natural gas pipeline, November 2003.
* Westcoast Energy Inc. GH-1-2002, Tolls January 2003
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Settlement for 2002 & 2003 Tolls, September 2002
* Enbridge Pipeline Inc. OH-1-2000, Construction of oil pipeline, May 2001
* Murphy Oil Company Ltd (now Plains Marketing Canada L.P.) Concerning Tolls for the Milk River Pipeline, August 2001
* Ricks Nova Scotia Co. (Ricks) GH -3-2000, Ladyfern Pipeline Application, Construction of natural gas pipeline, December 2000.
* Pipestone Pipeline Ltd., OHW-1-99, Tolls February 2000
* Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., GH-4-99, Construction of natural gas lateral November 2000
* Chevron Canada Resources & Partners Application re Development of Plan for Liard K-29 Gas Well, DP-2-99, December 1999.
* Canadian Natural Resources – Construction of natural gas pipeline, 2002.
* Various Development Plan Applications – Paramount Cameron Hills
Footnotes
Extragratis defines as free, in the sense that one does not have to pay for a service (free of charge).
Unlike gratis, one is not limited by another good or service.
Examples:
The free mobile phone one could receive when they sign up for a mobile telephone contract is gratis or free, but not extragratis as one would only receive the phone if one complies with the mobile telephone contract.
Unlike gratis, one is not limited by another good or service.
Examples:
The free mobile phone one could receive when they sign up for a mobile telephone contract is gratis or free, but not extragratis as one would only receive the phone if one complies with the mobile telephone contract.
Florry Burrell is famous for being not famous enough.
She was born as Florence Kraus on May 19, 1924. In 1952 she, her husband Harry Burrell (a printer for The New York Times), and her mother Rose Kraus spent every cent they had to buy a house in Elmhurst, Queens, at 52-13 94th Street. There she began to raise her children, Adrienne (born 1950) and Barbara (born 1952).
Florry soon became a well-known and beloved figure in the community. She volunteered for the Red Cross, and became a Girl Scout leader (troop 4-104). When her children began to go to the local elementary school, P.S. 13, she joined the Mothers' Club, and did volunteer work for the school library. In 1963, she became a School Aide at P.S. 13, the local elementary school, and worked there for the next thirty-five years.
Florry loved children, and children loved her, which made her an ideal School Aide. In this most polyglot community of New York City, she knew how to say "don't run!" in seven languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. Children who had trouble in school got her special attention. She made them her Visual Aids monitors, and the extra responsibility often helped to pull them up and make them better students. Decades after they graduated, they would still come back to visit and to thank "Mrs. Burrell."
Florry had a deep social conscience, and worked for democracy and fairness wherever she could. She was an elections inspector for her district for over twenty years, a well-known member of her Democratic club, and shop-steward for her union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Even after her retirement, she never hesitated to speak up for her community. When the Post Office announced that it would remove the only mailbox on 94th Street, she started a petition, wrote letters to every politician she knew, and eventually got the mailbox back for the neighborhood.
"Grandma Florry" was best known for her warm heart and good advice to any in need. If neighbors had trouble filling out a form or understanding a regulation, she would gladly help them straighten the situation out. At first the names of her friends were Italian, Irish, Jewish, and Russian; later Spanish, Greek, Dominican, and Korean. She was proud of the varied mosaic of the Elmhurst community, and even when she couldn't speak the language, she managed to communicate gardening tips, useful coupons, opera plots, and news of her grandchildren to all. Through the generations of children she mentored and the many people she helped, she made Elmhurst a better neighborhood. Though she died on June 14, 2002, she never really left the place she loved for fifty years.
In recognition of her contributions, her lifelong friends and neighbors, Karen Squeglio Ninehan and her mother Catherine Squeglio, petitioned the New York City Council, asking that the street Florry had lived on be named in her honor. On October 24, 2006, with the support of Council Member Helen Sears, the petition was granted.
On April 17, 2007, Florry's family, friends, and co-workers gathered at the corner of 52nd Ave. and 94th Street in Elmhurst for the dedication of a street sign labeled "Florry Burrell Way."
But the next Sunday, an opinion piece by Stuart Miller, a sports writer, appeared in The New York Times, asserting that Florry Burrell's name did not fit among those famous enough to merit a street sign; and that in any case, too many such signs were cluttering the streets. He may have been prompted by a recent case in Brooklyn where a City Council committee had rejected a street sign for a controversial neighborhood activist, Sonny Carson; but his animus against street-naming had appeared as early as 2003, when he co-authored another Times editorial [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9805E3DD1239F93BA35752C1A9659C8B63&nTop/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/H/History] against naming a Brooklyn street for Harriet Tubman.
Karen Ninehan's eloquent letter in rebuttal appeared the next week. It said, "A matching piece of aluminum on a pole does not make clutter, nor is it costly. It is a way to remember the lives of residents who did more than pay taxes and obey the law. A humble street sign for one block is small recognition of one individual's selfless contributions to a community, vital to neighborhoods and the city."
Mr. Miller's scoffing only served to make Florry Burrell's name more famous, and her memorial will continue to stand on her street in Elmhurst.
She was born as Florence Kraus on May 19, 1924. In 1952 she, her husband Harry Burrell (a printer for The New York Times), and her mother Rose Kraus spent every cent they had to buy a house in Elmhurst, Queens, at 52-13 94th Street. There she began to raise her children, Adrienne (born 1950) and Barbara (born 1952).
Florry soon became a well-known and beloved figure in the community. She volunteered for the Red Cross, and became a Girl Scout leader (troop 4-104). When her children began to go to the local elementary school, P.S. 13, she joined the Mothers' Club, and did volunteer work for the school library. In 1963, she became a School Aide at P.S. 13, the local elementary school, and worked there for the next thirty-five years.
Florry loved children, and children loved her, which made her an ideal School Aide. In this most polyglot community of New York City, she knew how to say "don't run!" in seven languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. Children who had trouble in school got her special attention. She made them her Visual Aids monitors, and the extra responsibility often helped to pull them up and make them better students. Decades after they graduated, they would still come back to visit and to thank "Mrs. Burrell."
Florry had a deep social conscience, and worked for democracy and fairness wherever she could. She was an elections inspector for her district for over twenty years, a well-known member of her Democratic club, and shop-steward for her union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Even after her retirement, she never hesitated to speak up for her community. When the Post Office announced that it would remove the only mailbox on 94th Street, she started a petition, wrote letters to every politician she knew, and eventually got the mailbox back for the neighborhood.
"Grandma Florry" was best known for her warm heart and good advice to any in need. If neighbors had trouble filling out a form or understanding a regulation, she would gladly help them straighten the situation out. At first the names of her friends were Italian, Irish, Jewish, and Russian; later Spanish, Greek, Dominican, and Korean. She was proud of the varied mosaic of the Elmhurst community, and even when she couldn't speak the language, she managed to communicate gardening tips, useful coupons, opera plots, and news of her grandchildren to all. Through the generations of children she mentored and the many people she helped, she made Elmhurst a better neighborhood. Though she died on June 14, 2002, she never really left the place she loved for fifty years.
In recognition of her contributions, her lifelong friends and neighbors, Karen Squeglio Ninehan and her mother Catherine Squeglio, petitioned the New York City Council, asking that the street Florry had lived on be named in her honor. On October 24, 2006, with the support of Council Member Helen Sears, the petition was granted.
On April 17, 2007, Florry's family, friends, and co-workers gathered at the corner of 52nd Ave. and 94th Street in Elmhurst for the dedication of a street sign labeled "Florry Burrell Way."
But the next Sunday, an opinion piece by Stuart Miller, a sports writer, appeared in The New York Times, asserting that Florry Burrell's name did not fit among those famous enough to merit a street sign; and that in any case, too many such signs were cluttering the streets. He may have been prompted by a recent case in Brooklyn where a City Council committee had rejected a street sign for a controversial neighborhood activist, Sonny Carson; but his animus against street-naming had appeared as early as 2003, when he co-authored another Times editorial [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9805E3DD1239F93BA35752C1A9659C8B63&nTop/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/H/History] against naming a Brooklyn street for Harriet Tubman.
Karen Ninehan's eloquent letter in rebuttal appeared the next week. It said, "A matching piece of aluminum on a pole does not make clutter, nor is it costly. It is a way to remember the lives of residents who did more than pay taxes and obey the law. A humble street sign for one block is small recognition of one individual's selfless contributions to a community, vital to neighborhoods and the city."
Mr. Miller's scoffing only served to make Florry Burrell's name more famous, and her memorial will continue to stand on her street in Elmhurst.
There are several themes which recur in shared canon continuity of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Bunnies
Oz mentions that bunnies are able to take care of themselves in the season two episode "Phases". Bunnies become a running gag thanks to by Anya later on in the series.
* In the season four Halloween episode, "Fear, Itself", Anya dresses up as something truly scary... a bunny.
* In the season five episode, "Shadow", Xander proclaims, "Just once I would like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers," to which Anya replies, "Great! Thank you very much for those nightmares!"
* In the heart-rending finale of season five, "The Gift", Anya finds a plush stuffed bunny and takes it to be an omen of death.
* Anya spontaneously sings about bunnies in the season six musical episode, "Once More, with Feeling".
::Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes,
::They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
::And what's with all the carrots?
::What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
* Apparently, Anya's phobia is so deep-seated and ingrained that even amnesiac, in the season six episode "Tabula Rasa", she frightens herself by repeatedly summoning bunnies by accident, until the whole room is jammed with hopping white monstrosities.
Boss of Me
The phrase "boss of me" is mentioned in a few variations (Watcher of me, boss of us), both in the positive and the negative.
* In the season three episode, "Revelations", Xander responds to an unusually agitated Giles, "You're not the Watcher of me."
* In the season three episode, "Choices", Willow says, "Of the two people here, which is the boss of me?
* At one point, Tara says, "And then made this little plaque that said 'Boss of Us'."
Cheese
There are various references made to different types of cheese, including the band the String Cheese Incident.
* These references culminate with the Cheese Man in the season four finale, "Restless", in which the characters Buffy, Giles, Xander and Willow have four equally bizarre and symbolic dreams featuring several common elements, such as the half-seen presence of The First Slayer. Another element weirdly common to all four dreams is the presence of a man offering processed cheese slices and making statements such as, "I wear the cheese, it does not wear me." Buffy creator Joss Whedon said himself on season four DVD extras that the Cheese man was the only thing in the dreams that had no purpose except for humour and to make no sense.
Leprechauns
To give actuality and veracity to the dozens of other mythical and pseudo-mythical beings populating the Buffyverse, leprechauns are often cited as a truly fictional product of superstitious folklore, with the common understanding, "Everybody knows leprechauns are just pretend."
* In the season three episode "Faith, Hope & Trick", Buffy says, "There are two things that I don't believe in-coincidence, and leprechauns."
Mr. Pointy
In the season two episode, "What's My Line, Part Two", Buffy learns for the first time that Kendra has named her favorite stake, Mr. Pointy. Just before she dies in the season two finale, "Becoming, Part One", Kendra gives Mr. Pointy to Buffy for luck, which Buffy mentions sorrowfully in the finale's second half, "Becoming, Part Two".
* In the season three episode, "Helpless", Buffy wonders to Angel if she'll spend her retirement in the Old Slayer's Home telling tales of Mr. Pointy, which she's had bronzed.
* Mr. Pointy is mentioned in season three episode, "Choices", by Buffy and Faith.
* In the season four premiere, "The Freshman", Buffy refers to Mr. Pointy as her security blanket.
World Without Shrimp
Mentioned in episodes dealing with alternate universes and other dimensions, "the world without shrimp" is another theme obsessively promoted by Anya, as is a complementary world with "nothing but shrimp."
* Notable mentions occur in the episodes "Superstar" and "Triangle".
* Willow mentions an ability to communicate with shrimp in "Graduation Day, Part One".
* The converse world with nothing but shrimp is mentioned by Illyria in "Underneath" as one of the many dimensions which she visited during her reign on Earth. "I tired of that one quickly," she says.
Star Trek
The entire Star Trek franchise is referenced throughout the Buffyverse:
* In Prophecy Girl, Xander calls Giles Locutus of the Borg.
* Klingons are referenced in "The Replacement", "Seeing Red", and "Conversations with Dead People".
* Vulcans are referenced in "Sense & Sensitivity" (season one Angel episode), "Homecoming", "Flooded", "Doublemeat Palace", and "Dirty Girls".
* In the season one Angel episode, , Cordelia wants to hire that bald Star Trek guy to narrate her commercial.
* Andrew Wells appears to have a crush (which he calls a "man crush") on a Star Trek: Enterprise character. In the season seven episode, "First Date", Xander says, "You heard me. Just tell me what to do. I'm mentally undressing Scott Bakula. That's a start, isn't it?", and Andrew replies dreamily, "Captain Archer..."
Star Wars
* Doyle mentions going out for a Billy Dee in the Angel premiere, "City of".
* For the first four seasons of Angel, Cordelia calls her roommate, The Phantom Dennis.
* In the season one Angel episode, "Sense & Sensitivity", Cordelia makes a reference to Jar Jar Binks. She and Doyle also fight a unidentified squid monster she refers to as a giant calamari in this episode.
* In the season one Angel episode, , Cordelia refers to one of the vamps sired by Angelus as Psycho-Wan Kenobi.
* Spike holds a rare and valuable Boba Fett figurine hostage to Warren, Andrew and Jonathon, threatening to break it unless they help him.
Batman
Buffy makes many references to the Dark Knight, but they really get under way in Angel:
* Doyle refers to Batman's HQ, the Batcave, in the Angel premiere, "City of".
* When Spike goes to L.A. in season one of Angel ("In the Dark"), he mockingly calls Angel's Plymouth convertible the Angelmobile.
* After a make-up mishap at the beginning of the season one episode, "Expecting", Cordelia comments that she looks like The Joker.
Bunnies
Oz mentions that bunnies are able to take care of themselves in the season two episode "Phases". Bunnies become a running gag thanks to by Anya later on in the series.
* In the season four Halloween episode, "Fear, Itself", Anya dresses up as something truly scary... a bunny.
* In the season five episode, "Shadow", Xander proclaims, "Just once I would like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers," to which Anya replies, "Great! Thank you very much for those nightmares!"
* In the heart-rending finale of season five, "The Gift", Anya finds a plush stuffed bunny and takes it to be an omen of death.
* Anya spontaneously sings about bunnies in the season six musical episode, "Once More, with Feeling".
::Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes,
::They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
::And what's with all the carrots?
::What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
* Apparently, Anya's phobia is so deep-seated and ingrained that even amnesiac, in the season six episode "Tabula Rasa", she frightens herself by repeatedly summoning bunnies by accident, until the whole room is jammed with hopping white monstrosities.
Boss of Me
The phrase "boss of me" is mentioned in a few variations (Watcher of me, boss of us), both in the positive and the negative.
* In the season three episode, "Revelations", Xander responds to an unusually agitated Giles, "You're not the Watcher of me."
* In the season three episode, "Choices", Willow says, "Of the two people here, which is the boss of me?
* At one point, Tara says, "And then made this little plaque that said 'Boss of Us'."
Cheese
There are various references made to different types of cheese, including the band the String Cheese Incident.
* These references culminate with the Cheese Man in the season four finale, "Restless", in which the characters Buffy, Giles, Xander and Willow have four equally bizarre and symbolic dreams featuring several common elements, such as the half-seen presence of The First Slayer. Another element weirdly common to all four dreams is the presence of a man offering processed cheese slices and making statements such as, "I wear the cheese, it does not wear me." Buffy creator Joss Whedon said himself on season four DVD extras that the Cheese man was the only thing in the dreams that had no purpose except for humour and to make no sense.
Leprechauns
To give actuality and veracity to the dozens of other mythical and pseudo-mythical beings populating the Buffyverse, leprechauns are often cited as a truly fictional product of superstitious folklore, with the common understanding, "Everybody knows leprechauns are just pretend."
* In the season three episode "Faith, Hope & Trick", Buffy says, "There are two things that I don't believe in-coincidence, and leprechauns."
Mr. Pointy
In the season two episode, "What's My Line, Part Two", Buffy learns for the first time that Kendra has named her favorite stake, Mr. Pointy. Just before she dies in the season two finale, "Becoming, Part One", Kendra gives Mr. Pointy to Buffy for luck, which Buffy mentions sorrowfully in the finale's second half, "Becoming, Part Two".
* In the season three episode, "Helpless", Buffy wonders to Angel if she'll spend her retirement in the Old Slayer's Home telling tales of Mr. Pointy, which she's had bronzed.
* Mr. Pointy is mentioned in season three episode, "Choices", by Buffy and Faith.
* In the season four premiere, "The Freshman", Buffy refers to Mr. Pointy as her security blanket.
World Without Shrimp
Mentioned in episodes dealing with alternate universes and other dimensions, "the world without shrimp" is another theme obsessively promoted by Anya, as is a complementary world with "nothing but shrimp."
* Notable mentions occur in the episodes "Superstar" and "Triangle".
* Willow mentions an ability to communicate with shrimp in "Graduation Day, Part One".
* The converse world with nothing but shrimp is mentioned by Illyria in "Underneath" as one of the many dimensions which she visited during her reign on Earth. "I tired of that one quickly," she says.
Star Trek
The entire Star Trek franchise is referenced throughout the Buffyverse:
* In Prophecy Girl, Xander calls Giles Locutus of the Borg.
* Klingons are referenced in "The Replacement", "Seeing Red", and "Conversations with Dead People".
* Vulcans are referenced in "Sense & Sensitivity" (season one Angel episode), "Homecoming", "Flooded", "Doublemeat Palace", and "Dirty Girls".
* In the season one Angel episode, , Cordelia wants to hire that bald Star Trek guy to narrate her commercial.
* Andrew Wells appears to have a crush (which he calls a "man crush") on a Star Trek: Enterprise character. In the season seven episode, "First Date", Xander says, "You heard me. Just tell me what to do. I'm mentally undressing Scott Bakula. That's a start, isn't it?", and Andrew replies dreamily, "Captain Archer..."
Star Wars
* Doyle mentions going out for a Billy Dee in the Angel premiere, "City of".
* For the first four seasons of Angel, Cordelia calls her roommate, The Phantom Dennis.
* In the season one Angel episode, "Sense & Sensitivity", Cordelia makes a reference to Jar Jar Binks. She and Doyle also fight a unidentified squid monster she refers to as a giant calamari in this episode.
* In the season one Angel episode, , Cordelia refers to one of the vamps sired by Angelus as Psycho-Wan Kenobi.
* Spike holds a rare and valuable Boba Fett figurine hostage to Warren, Andrew and Jonathon, threatening to break it unless they help him.
Batman
Buffy makes many references to the Dark Knight, but they really get under way in Angel:
* Doyle refers to Batman's HQ, the Batcave, in the Angel premiere, "City of".
* When Spike goes to L.A. in season one of Angel ("In the Dark"), he mockingly calls Angel's Plymouth convertible the Angelmobile.
* After a make-up mishap at the beginning of the season one episode, "Expecting", Cordelia comments that she looks like The Joker.