The misquotation that gives the paper its title is intended to demonstrate the relationship between the programme "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", the character Buffy and notions of history that the series proposes. These are not consistent but act as a very interesting negotiation of conceptions of history that include, but are not limited to: the show's own production history; a certain idea of US mytho-poetic cultural historiographies; European influences (especially in relation to the British Isles), and character histories.

My paper would focus on the US historiographies. Taking as its initial point of reference the episode "Pangs", the paper will develop a thesis that indicates the ways in which "Buffy" not only comments on US history but is itself an expression of a certain version of it.