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Wishverse

Wishverse proper noun: the dark alternate universe featured in the episode "The Wish" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Proper noun

the Wishverse

  1. (slang) The dark alternate universe featured in the episode "The Wish" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
    • Even though the later episode 'Doppelgangland' (Buffy 3.16) suggests that the 'Wishverse' exists parallel to the Buffyverse and that characters can move from one parallel universe to another by magic, none of the characters except vengeance demon Anyaka can remember anything about the other world.2005, Gaby Allrath, “Life in Doppelgangland: Innovative Character Conception and Alternate Worlds in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel”, in Gaby Allrath, Marion Gymnich, editors, Narrative...
    • In the Wishverse, many of the good characters have been turned bad or are dead.2015, Pamela Achenbach, “A Tempting Narrative or a Temporal Gimmick: A Look at the Use of Time Travel in Unconventional Series”, in Gillian I. Leitch, Sherry Ginn, editors, Time-Travel Television...

Origin of Wishverse

From wish + -verse.

Questions about Wishverse

What does Wishverse mean?
Wishverse means the dark alternate universe featured in the episode "The Wish" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
What part of speech is Wishverse?
Wishverse is a proper noun.

Words near Wishverse in the dictionary

  1. wisht as a winnard
  2. wishter
  3. wishtest
  4. wishtonwish
  5. wishtonwishes
  6. Wishverse
  7. wishy-washier
  8. wishy-washiest
  9. wishy-washily
  10. wishy-washiness
  11. wishy-washy

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