Years afterBuffy the Vampire Slayer , one ofSarah Michelle Gellar ’s fresh roles just made a shared cosmos theory a quite a little hard to explicate . There are plenty of shared cinematic creation in the modern day . FromQuentin Tarantino ’s shared universeto more explicit crossovers like the Marvel Cinematic Universe , it ’s fabulously unwashed for new films and shows to be connected to a larger enfranchisement . Back in 2003 , whenBuffy the Vampire Slayerended , however , it was n’t nearly as commonplace . That ’s why one shared existence theory for the show was so surprising , and why it ’s a swelled deal that it ’s intemperate to justify now .

latterly , Sarah Michelle Gellar connect thecast ofDexter : Original Sinas Tanya Martin , a forensic analyst at Miami Metro and Dexter ’s political boss and wise man . Original Sinputs Gellar in a very different role fromBuffy the Vampire Slayer , but both of her characters are " tiny but mighty , " as Tanya put it . They do n’t just share some characteristics , though , asDextermay take place in the same universe asBuffy the Vampire Slayer . The fact that Gellar play major graphic symbol in both , however , throws a twist in the intact crossover theory .

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Doublemeat Palace Exists In Both Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Dexter

Thanks to a small detail present in both show , it ’s possible thatBuffy the Vampire SlayerandDexterexist in the same macrocosm . Both franchises have a fast food chain call in Doublemeat Palace - Buffy began turn at a leg inBuffyseason 6 , and Angel Batista eat on Doublemeat burgers inDexterseason 1 . Since Doublemeat Palace does n’t exist in the real world or any other fictional franchises , it ’s a hint that the shows take place in the same universe . Writer Drew Z. Greenberg worked on both show and likely mean it only as a consultation , but it also opened the doorway to a revulsion - crossing that never encounter .

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Sarah Michelle Gellar & Julie Benz Are In Both Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Dexter

The connection betweenBuffy the Vampire SlayerandDexterdoesn’t just reach out to Doublemeat Palace . Two thespian - Sarah Michelle Gellar and Julie Benz - had major roles in both franchise . Benz played Rita Bennett inDexterand Darla inBuffy , while Gellar obviously played the eponymic Buffy Summers , and she now recreate Tanya Martin inDexter : Original Sin . None of Gellar ’s and Benz ’s characters were pocket-sized , either . Darla was a major adversary inBuffyseason 1 and a major resort fibre in the spinoff showAngel , while Tanya is one of the most of import new characters inOriginal Sin ’s mould .

Two other actors appear in bothDexterand theBuffy the Vampire SlayerspinoffAngel : Sam Witwer and Aimee Garcia .

As interesting as the overlap inBuffyandDexter ’s cast is , it also creates a major job for their apportion universe . Because Gellar and Benz bet characters in both franchise , there seems to be a paradox that would n’t allowBuffyandDexterto subsist at the same clock time . It should n’t be potential for a vampire in Sunnydale and a undivided mother in Miami to look just likewise . Gellar ’s character cause an even giving job , as the Slayer would purportedly be a young version of a forensic psychoanalyst . Dexter : Original Sin ’s timelinealso means that Tanya was a halfway - aged woman before Buffy even start high school .

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Dexter Could Take Place In An Alternate Buffy The Vampire Slayer Universe

Though Gellar and Benz ’s characters apparently ruin any chance ofDextertaking place in theBuffy the Vampire Slayeruniverse , they really don’t . Buffy the Vampire Slayertechnically has a multiverse , which the recent comic Christian Bible have confirm . Parallel universes even present up in theBuffyshow , notably in the time of year 3 installment " The Wish , " which go through the Scoobies go to Wishland . Those same comics also take plaza about 20 years after theBuffyshow did , yet Buffy the character is still a teenage miss . Because of those facts , Dextermay take place in one ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer ’s alternate reality .

Buffy might be her very good part , but Sarah Michelle Gellar has been in plenty of movies and TV show that have demonstrated her gift .

fundamentally , the alternateBuffyuniverse would have meet out in much the same room the show did : Buffy ends up destroying the Hellmouth with all the other likely Slayers . The only difference is that it would have taken place about 40 age before , in 1963 rather of 2003.Then , thanks to the open - terminate finale ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer , Buffy would be free to last her life without being beholden to the Slayer ’s duties , and she could have started a new life-time under a new name in Miami . Ever the hero , she decides to help the police there as a forensic analyst bring up Tanya Martin .

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An alternative universe of discourse is fundamentally the only way to explain why Sarah Michelle Gellar appear in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dexter : Original Sin while keeping their shared universe of discourse intact .

That alternate cosmos could also easily explicate Darla becoming Rita Bennett years later by simply establishing that Darla reckon unlike in the parallel dimension , or by having Darla retain her human soul after giving birth to Connor . Though it may be a bit convoluted , an alternate world would allowBuffyandDexterto coexist , and it ’s not likeBuffyever had a problem with tortuous storylines . Plus , it ’s essentially the only room to excuse whySarah Michelle Gellarappears in bothBuffy the Vampire SlayerandDexter : Original Sinwhile keeping their share macrocosm intact .

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a television series created by Joss Whedon , focusing on Buffy Summers , portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar , a young fair sex chosen to conflict against vampire , demons , and other supernatural forces while voyage the complexness of teenaged life .

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