Over the years Buffy and her friends have had to make up excuses and explainations for the supernatural that follows them around.

Vampires:

• Vampire Bite
  • A really gross Hickey ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie and Jesse in "Welcome to the Hellmouth")
  • Angry Puppy (BTVS season 4 Buffy "Harsh Light of Day")
• Vampires
• Gangs doped up on PCP. (BTVS season 2 Synder "School Hard")
• Friends who sleep all day and have no tans (BTVS season 4 "The Freshman")
• The bumpy-foreheaded crowd (BTVS season 7 "First Date")
• The nasty, pointy, bitey ones (BTVS season 2 "Lie to Me")
• The unholy ones (BTVS season 2 "School Hard")
• Guy who doesn't thrive on sunshine (BTVS season 3 "Faith, Hope & Trick")
• The Fang Gang (BTVS season 1 "Angel")
• The Lonely Ones (BTVS season 2 "Lie to Me")

Demons:

• Appearance
  • Skin Condition ( BTVS season 6 Spikes friend Cliff at the party)
• Circus Freaks (BTVS season 6 "Hells Bells" Anyas friends)

Weapons:

• Stake
  • self defense pepper spray is so passe (BTVS Buffy seaon 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth")
  • tell people your building a really tiny fence (BTVS Xander season 1 "Welcome to the Hellmouth")
• Weapons in General
  • .. show-and-tell! ... For history class. (BTVS Buffy season 1 "Out of Mind Out of Sight")
  • A hobby of collecting stuff (BTVS Buffy season 1 "Out of Mind Out of Sight")
  • When all else fails change the subject to something, anything, maybe trout (BTVS season 2 "When She was Bad")
  • Tell people you're preparing for the school-pep-dance-cheer-drill contest. (BTVS season 7 "First Date")