My Best Friend Thinks She's Buffy

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Two best friends watch every single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gianna owns a stake and roams graveyards. Marlee has barely heard of it and thinks Spike is hot, but who the heck is Angel? Pod Art by Erik Grice Editing Wizard & Tech Support & Musical Stylings by Oscar Derkx

Marlee & Gianna


    • Jul 25, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 60 EPISODES


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    S3E23 - Season 3 Trivia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 54:49


    After a hiatus Marlee & Gianna are back to do Season 3 trivia! Gianna has cooked up her toughest trivia yet! Who has the worst fashion? What are the major themes of the season? Who would Marlee F***, Marry, Kill? Find out all these answers and more!

    S3E22 - Graduation Day Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 60:06


    The Mayor's ascension is at hand! Buffy risks it all to save Angel before risking it all (again) at the ultimate graduation day battle. Psychic slayer connections, life saving neck biting, and an army of angry organized teens all feature heavily in this incredible season finale.

    S3E21 - Graduation Day Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 65:44


    Graduation is just days away! The Mayor eats a box of black magic fiber spiders. Faith shoots angel in the heart (almost) with a poison arrow. Buffy quits the council. And if that's not enough, we get the slayer showdown we've all been waiting for. How did it come to this?! Marlee and Gianna have the answers. It's the penultimate episode of season 3 scoobies!

    S3E20 - The Prom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 63:06


    Hope your hell hounds have good taste cause it's time for Sunnydale High's PROM! Grab your sparkle dress and join Gianna and Marlee and the rest of the graduates in the episode that makes everyone cry. Prom night never hurt so good!

    S3E19 - Choices

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 60:11


    Be careful of your choices!! Should you steal your mothers earrings? Should you become an evil henchwoman to the mayor of Sunnydale? Marlee and Gianna choose to once again break down the fights, flings and fashion in this episode.

    S3E18 - Earshot

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 55:16


    In this episode: Gianna gives behind the scenes context, Marlee loves the inner monologue of the gang, and it's CONFIRMED - Giles and Joyce did the deed on the cop car in Band Candy. Join them and get your very own aspect of the demon!!

    S3E17 - Enemies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 59:29


    Let's be frenemies! Marlee is convinced Angelus is back in this wild ride of an episode, and Gianna has all the gritty details memorized.

    S3E16 - Doppelgangland

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 66:21


    Welcome to Doppelgangland! It's a double feature of returning characters: Dark Vamp Willow and Anya the Demon of Scorned Women. Marlee & Gianna discuss queerness and vampires and dissect some truly awful fashion. Featuring Faith's brand new PlayStation!

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    S3E15 - Consequences

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 62:13


    Things are getting DARK in Sunnydale! Marlee & Gianna discuss assault, denial and (SPOILER) the death of Mr. Trick (RIP). With a surprise TWIST at the end! Feat. the continued bumblings of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.

    S3E14 - Bad Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 68:57


    Join bad girls Marlee and Gianna for this jam packed episode! Marlee finally meets the new watcher and finds out what the major is planning, Gianna gives behind the scenes details. Featuring Big Ripper Energy.

    S3E13 - The Zeppo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 63:19


    It's Xander clown time! Join Marlee and Gianna for a delightful side quest with Xander. Gianna wants to boink the undead, Marlee tries to find out what exactly a Zeppo is and Xander & Faith hook up??? Featuring melodrama and cake making.

    S3E12 - Helpless

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 68:45


    Psychopath vampires, crystallography and Giles gets fired?? Marlee is suspicious about the Watchers Council, but Gianna can't reveal her true feelings without spoilers… featuring trendy Polaroid home decor.

    S3E11 - Gingerbread

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 59:53


    It's a good old fashioned witch hunt! Join Marlee & Gianna in this episode where Joyce tries to burn her own daughter at the stake at city hall. Featuring creepy dead children.

    S3E10 - Amends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 71:47


    Merry Christmas ya'll! In this seasonal romp Marlee is finally getting the answers she demands, like what the heck does Angel want?? Gianna thinks the true meaning of Christmas is shirtless Angel.

    S3E9 - The Wish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 62:38


    Be careful what you wish for… join your favourite podcasters as Marlee watches this fan fav for the first time! Gianna wishes she could be the slayer, Marlee wishes she could go to Hogwarts, they both wish they could pull off Cordelia's red leather revenge outfit. Featuring Sexy vampire Willow.

    S3E8 - Lover's Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 63:13


    Calling all scorned lovers… get ready to traipse about the town with SPIKE!! In this episode Marlee has googoo eyes for Spike, Gianna has googoo eyes for Angel, they both have googoo eyes for each other. Featuring the unfortunate conclusion to the Willow/Xander heart tangle!!

    S3E7 - Revelations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 65:27


    All will be revealed in this episode! Naked Tai Chi with Angel! New watcher Gwendolyn Post! Gianna swoons over Angel and Marlee is super into finding out more about the Watchers Council. Featuring the Infinity Gauntlet aka Glove of Myhnegon.

    S3E6 - Band Candy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 61:37


    Welcome to back to your disturbed adolescence, it's Band Candy! Marlee makes a bold statement that this is her favourite episode of the series so far and Gianna thinks this episode slaps. Can you guess who Marlee names hottest of the episode??

    S3E5 - Homecoming

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 60:35


    Welcome to SlayerFest 98!! In this epic episode Marlee & Gianna reveal their hotmail names, try to figure out what Homecoming is, and are gobsmacked by Candy's outfit. Feat. Cordi's spatula.

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    S3E4 - Beauty and the Beasts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 64:45


    Are you a beauty or a beast? Join Gianna and Marlee for this epic episode, including werewolves, testosterone demons and SOMEONE back from the dead. Marlee thinks all men are beasts and Gianna's heart grows 10 sizes when Angel returns to save Buffy.

    S3E3 - Faith, Hope & Trick

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 63:54


    It's tradition - episode 3 is a GAME CHANGER every season!! Revelations include new smooth talking vamp Mr. Trick, new slayer Faith and nakie oiled Angel terminators down from wherever the heck he went. Gianna is psyched for Angel's cute butt cheeks, Marlee is psyched for the new slayer, they both are NOT psyched for Scott's sweater vest.

    S3E2 - Dead Man's Party

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 62:54


    It's a Dead Man's Party! Buffy is back in Sunnydale but will she ever be allowed to return to high school? Marlee laments the use of artifacts in home decor, Gianna laments Angel's absence. Feat. the worst outfit of the season so far, hot Ripper Giles and stoner boys. “Party villa, can I rock you?”

    S3E1 - Anne

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 72:37


    The wait is over… Marlee & Gianna return to Slay another day!! In this season premiere Marlee learns that she has the same middle name as Buffy, Gianna is jealous, and they contemplate the hotness of the hell dimension demons. Grab disc one of your Season 3 DVD set and get ready for an epic season of My Best Friend Thinks She's Buffy!Produced by Oscar Derkx, Gianna Vacirca & Marlee YulePod Art by Erik GriceMusical Stylings & Tech Wizardry by Oscar Derkx

    S2E23 - Season 2 Trivia

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 65:54


    Season 2 Trivia is here! Gather your slayer besties around the pod and play along in this epic season 2 quiz episode. Resident slayer super fan Gianna puts Marlee through the paces once again and brings back some fave categories: F***-Marry-Kill, Quotables, and Best Fashion of the Season. Gianna and Marlee will be back in the new year with Season 3 of My Best Friend Thinks She's Buffy!

    S2E22 - Becoming, Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 70:57


    It's the devastating conclusion to this two part season finale! Season 2 Episode 22 - Becoming, Part Two is out now! Willow levels up, Giles suffers at the hands of Angel + Drusilla, and (as Marlee predicted) Spike finally makes his move. And after an epic showdown with her ex, Buffy saves the world only to lose everything. IT HURTS SO GOOD! Feat. Swords.

    S2E21 - Becoming, Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 68:18


    We've made it to the penultimate episode of Season 2! Marlee and Gianna are dazzled by glimpses into the past, origin stories, and Drusilla's KILLER manicure. As for Angel and Angelus... It's the beginning of the end for one of these bad boyfriends.

    S2E20 - Go Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 63:47


    Xander finally makes it onto a school team and Gianna and Marlee are here for it! Speedos, fish boys, and secret science from the USSR - this monster of the week episode has it all! RIP Nurse Greenleigh, we know you did it for the school!

    S2E19 - I Only Have Eyes For You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 73:20


    Join Marlee & Gianna for the 1955 Sunnydale Sadie Hawkins dance!! Gianna only has eyes for Angel, Marlee only has eyes for Spike, Snyder only has eyes for pathetic little no-life vegans… it's a wild ride of an episode you won't want to miss!!

    S2E18 - Killed by Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 61:14


    Buffy had Covid before it was cool! Join Marlee & Gianna for this fairy tale fever dream, with the scariest demon of the show so far (says Marlee). Death can be conquered!!

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    S2E17 - Passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 70:51


    Grab your Orb of Thesulah and your yellow floppy disks, because it's time for PASSION. Join Marlee & Gianna for this gut wrenching episode which they can barely make it through because SAD. But don't worry, there is always time to discuss ~fashion~

    S2E16 - Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 60:33


    Goddess Hecate work thy will… join Marlee & Gianna for this episode of Everybody Loves Xander! With magic, rats and love spells, this episode is a very fun romp (with great fashion as always).

    S2E15 - Phases

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 64:03


    Welcome to the Oz show, AKA Phases! Marlee has a big crush on Oz now, Gianna is still heartbroken over Angel, and all this teenage sexuality makes this episode a wild ride!

    S2E14 - Innocence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 68:22


    The exciting conclusion to the two part mid-season finally… Marlee has NO IDEA what's coming for her!! Gianna has the humanity burned out of her by this episode, and Marlee sheds her first recorded tear. You won't want to miss Bazooka Jane Buffy or Marlee & Gianna's reactions to her epic showdown with the Judge!

    S2E13 - Surprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 78:58


    Surprise, it's episode 13!! Marlee is CAPTIVATED by this epic episode, and Gianna is HERE for shirtless Angel. Listen to find out what Marlee & Gianna think about Miss Calendar's secret identity, potential Angel/Drusilla/Spike three way and the JUDGE. Will you be judged..?

    S2E12 - Bag Eggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 57:34


    Are you a bad egg?? Join Gianna & Marlee as they delve into fertility, making out and demon egg babies in this horror filled episode!

    S2E11 - Ted

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 60:44


    What an episode! Featuring murder, Joyce's new boyfriend and victim blaming, join Gianna & Marlee for this wild ride.

    S2E10 - What's My Line (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 62:32


    Join Gianna & Marlee as they discuss the exciting conclusion to this TWO PARTER mid-season finale!! Will Spike & Drusilla & Angel finally have their three way? Who TF is Kendra the Vampire Slayer?? How many times will Gianna & Marlee scream in this episode? Join them for this week's ep and find out!!

    S2E9 - What's My Line (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 57:32


    Hold onto your butts slayers, this is an AMAZING JAM PACKED WILD EPISODE!! Marlee is screaming, Gianna is screaming, Spike & Angel & Drusilla basically have a three way… you don't want to miss it!

    S2E8 - The Dark Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 61:16


    Join Gianna and Marlee for this DARK and SATANIC episode! Marlee is SHOCKED by Giles secret past and Gianna waxes poetic about Drusilla. RIP Deirdre & Phil

    S2E7 - Lie to Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 69:21


    In this episode, Marlee learns about Angel's dark past, Gianna chats zig zag parts and both want to go to that Goth Vampire Bar ASAP.

    S2E6 - Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 65:11


    Slayers beware… you're in for a scare!! Happy Halloween from your favourite ghouls Gianna & Marlee! They discuss Giles' mysterious past, Spike's latest appearance and Hot Girl Willow.

    S2E5 - Reptile Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 66:18


    Welcome to Delta Zeta Kappa pledges! In this episode Gianna & Marlee discuss misogyny, frat boys, and the big phallus, aka Reptile Boy.

    reptile boy
    S2E4 - Inca Mummy Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 68:45


    As Gianna says, we started this season in the valley, then we peaked, now we're back in the valley… that's right it's time for Inca Mummy Girl! Join Gianna & Marlee as they grapple with the World Culture Dance, and discuss the ethics of human remains.

    inca mummy girl
    S2E3 - School Hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 67:02


    Join Marlee & Gianna for this EPIC episode... Marlee had NO IDEA what was coming!! As Gianna says... "this is the episode where the show REALLY begins!"Who is the mystery blonde hunk and his creepy ass girlfriend who have shown up to terrorize Sunnydale? Join us and find out!!

    S2E2 - Some Assembly Required

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 62:39


    In this episode: Marlee is confused, Gianna is confused, but they both agree Willow has a horrible outfit on. Join them for their breakdown of this Frankenstein of an episode!!Hosted & Produced by Marlee Yule & Gianna VacircaPod Art by Eric GriceProduced, Mixed and Sound Recording by Oscar Derkx

    S2E1 - When She Was Bad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 63:57


    Welcome back slayers!! We join Marlee & Gianna after summer break and get right into season 2! This ep features some trauma, some manipulation, and many many outfits. Will Marlee's vague predictions for season 2 come to pass? Will Gianna be satisfied with Marlee's level of investment in the Buffy/Angel “relationship”?? Find out on this season premier of My Best Friend Thinks She's Buffy!

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    Episode 13 - Season 1 Trivia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 61:14


    welcome to the super special season 1 wrap up episode! Gianna wrote an epic trivia for Marlee, including F***-Marry-Kill, Sunnydale Yearbook Awards and best fashions of the season. Marlee also predicts what will happen next season! Gianna & Marlee will be back for Season 2 in the new year!!

    Episode 12 - Prophecy Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 69:15


    Can you believe we made it to the season finale?? In this very special Season 1 finale episode, Gianna proposes that Xander is the true hero, and Marlee is her Xander. Marlee also find out she is not the hunter, she is the lamb.

    Episode 11 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 61:58


    Worst title for an episode right?? Marlee discovers the complexities of how-to-become-invisible, Gianna thinks Cordelia is g-g-gorgeous and is Giles into Angel?

    Episode 10 - Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 62:03


    Listeners beware... you’re in for a scare!! Yes it’s time for NIGHTMARES. In this episode Marlee is obsessed with The Master, Gianna is obsessed with The Master, and they both have DADDY issues.

    Episode 9 - The Puppet Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 59:11


    It’s Sunnydale’s Got Talent! Join Marlee & Gianna as they watch the amazing talents of the Sunnyvale youth. M & G try to understand why the puppet sees in black and white, why he is a misogynist and why the demon only wants smart brain.

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