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   Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Hidden Details About Spike's Crypt You Never   
   Noticed   
      
   Even vampires need somewhere to sleep. Here are 10 hidden details and facts   
   about Spike's crypt in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.   
      
   BY KAYLEENA PIERCE-BOHEN   
   MAR 19, 2020   
      
      
   Sunnydale had a striking number of cemeteries (twelve!), but only Restfield   
   Cemetery housed one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's most iconic characters –   
   Spike. Amidst the headstones stood Hawley mausoleum, a dank, imposing final   
   resting place for Ethel and James Hawley, as well as other family members.   
   It might not have looked like much to Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang, but   
   it became Spike's headquarters for several years before he left for Africa   
   to regain his soul.   
      
   Despite being a vampire and needing few creature comforts, Spike spent his   
   time transforming the place. It soon became a featured location for all   
   sorts of activities in the series, from romantic liaisons to epic fights and   
   many emotional revelations. For those fans who want to spend a little more   
   time in Spike's world, here are 10 hidden details about his crypt.   
      
      
   10   
   IT WASN'T HIS FIRST CHOICE   
      
   Prior to deciding on turning the Hawley Mausoleum into his ultimate bachelor   
   pad, Spike was living in Xander Harris's basement, which wasn't ideal for   
   either party. When he informed Anya he'd be finding a crypt in one of   
   Sunnydale's many cemeteries, he set out the same night to scout a spot.   
      
   While trolling the cemeteries, Spike first considered the Alpert mausoleum,   
   the exterior of which he was seen measuring. The Hawley mausoleum was much   
   larger, however, and mostly empty, save for a few dusty statues, urns, and   
   paraphernalia from the prominent Sunnydale family.   
      
      
   9   
   IT HAS ELECTRICITY   
      
   Despite being located in a dank mausoleum, Spike's crypt has electricity.   
   Considering that vampires sleep during the day, it's helpful that Spike has   
   an option for modern light sources, and doesn't have to resort to filling   
   his residence with hundreds of flickering candles (as on point as that would   
   be).   
      
   Spike doesn't always sleep during the day like the majority of vampire kind,   
   so he can be found staying out of the sun and watching his favorite soap   
   opera, Passions. Spike was often quite irksome when anyone interrupted him,   
   including his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Harmony.   
      
      
   8   
   IT HAS A SECRET DOOR   
      
   Though he didn't have a revolving bookcase, Spike did have a secret door   
   accessible through a hole in its floor that led below his crypt. The cavern   
   was part of the extensive tunnel network beneath Sunnydale, which Spike used   
   to move about unnoticed and pop up in different locations around town.   
      
   The lower bowels of the crypt were used to house various things that Spike   
   stole, either from around Sunnydale or the Summers house. The secret door   
   was also an alternate means for visitors to use, in case they wanted to   
   avoid detection at the prominent front entrance.   
      
      
   7   
   IT CONTAINS A BUFFY SHRINE   
      
   After Spike accepted his feelings for the Slayer, he began breaking into the   
   Summers house to steal various trinkets and small objects, arranging them in   
   what became a sizable shrine. Aside from pictures and possessions, it housed   
   a doll in Buffy's likeness that he used to practice fighting with and later,   
   to ask the real Slayer out on a date.   
      
   Among the most notable pieces, there were pictures of Buffy drawn by   
   Angelus, some bloody gauze that Riley used to treat one of Buffy's wounds,   
   and several of Buffy's stakes. When Buffy discovered the shrine, she was   
   disgusted and horrified, and punched Spike with such force he flew into and   
   destroyed it.   
      
      
   6   
   IT DOESN'T HOUSE A COFFIN   
      
   A large part of vampire culture revolves around the strange idiosyncrasies   
   associated with the creatures of the night. Legends tell that they fear   
   crucifixes, holy water, and garlic, and that the only way they can sleep   
   during the day is in a coffin that prevents them from being burned alive in   
   daylight.   
      
   There's a notable absence of a true coffin in Spike's crypt. He prefers to   
   sleep on a giant stone slab, with nothing more than a ratty blanket to cover   
   him. Vampires don't experience changes in temperature like humans, so the   
   cold wouldn't bother Spike. Still, the stone slab can't be comfortable.   
      
       [wrong! it has a large stone coffin in the middle it. Spike hid in it   
   when (can't remember who) was looking for him. Plus he ws lying on it during   
   his song in OMWF.]   
      
      
   5   
   IT HAS ALL THE CREATURE COMFORTS   
      
   After Buffy's death in Season 5, Spike attempted to spruce up his crypt with   
   all the typical creature comforts of a proper home. He got a refrigerator,   
   some more lamps for ambient lighting, and a few pieces of furniture. One   
   armchair he even acquired from the Summers residence to remind him of the   
   Slayer.   
      
   The lower section of the crypt even got refurbished, with a bar going in one   
   corner and a double-sized bed with proper blankets and pillows. As a   
   finishing touch, Spike added Persian carpets, giving it a cultured   
   aesthetic. Sadly, most of the lower level was destroyed when Spike housed   
   some demon eggs in it.   
      
      
   4   
   IT'S WHERE MOST OF SPIKE'S CONQUESTS HAPPENED   
      
   During Spike's early days plotting to cause chaos and mayhem in Sunnydale   
   with his ditzy girlfriend Harmony, most of their plans never came to   
   fruition. When they weren't arguing over execution, they were going at it   
   like rabbits in the bowels of his crypt. It became the place most of his   
   romantic trysts would occur.   
      
   Spike rekindled his love affair with his sire, Drusilla, in his crypt, and   
   in Season 5, he did things only Buffy fans could imagine to the Buffybot   
   that The Trio made him. In Season 6, Buffy would stop by for wanton angry   
   sex, which while potentially degrading for Spike, was never something he   
   opposed.   
      
      
   3   
   IT'S BEEN USED AS A REFUGE   
      
   When Buffy's loved ones are in peril and she needs a place for them to be   
   safe, she turns to the last person her enemies would think is her ally;   
   Spike. In Season 5, when Glory was hunting Dawn to gain access to The Key,   
   Buffy entrusted Spike with her safety and brought her to his crypt for   
   protection.   
      
   Buffy's mother Joyce has even been around to Spike's crypt, spending   
   evenings watching Passions. When the pair both found out that they were big   
   fans of the show, it became a way for them to bond (much to Buffy's   
   chagrin). It was considered to be one of the most bizarre soap operas of its   
      
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