Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a comic horror/fantasy show that aired from 1997-2003. It is centered on the title character, Buffy Summers, one of a long line of Slayers, teenage girls and young women gifted with the supernatural strength and fighting prowess needed to combat vampires, demons, and other supernatural threats to humankind. Buffy, like other slayers before her, is accompanied by a Watcher, Rupert Giles, a trainer and counselor sent by the Watchers' Council. Buffy further surrounds herself with a circle of friends – some with superpowers, others without, collectively known as the Scooby Gang or the Scoobies – who help her in her fight.

The series is set in the fictional city of Sunnydale, California, somewhere northwest of Los Angeles. The city is significant because Sunnydale High School sits atop one of several Hellmouths scattered around the globe. The Hellmouth serves as a supernatural nexus point and a gateway to any of a number of demon planes, and it attracts all manner of vampires and other demons to Sunnydale for Buffy to fight.

In 1999 Buffy spawned a spinoff TV show, Angel, which ran until 2004.

Characters

Central Characters

• Angel – A vampire cursed with a soul, now trying to do good in order to make up for all the evil in his past. Also known as Angelus. Sired by Darla; sired Drusilla. [1]
• Riley Finn – Member of the Initiative and Buffy's former boyfriend. [2]
• Rupert Giles – Member of the Watchers' Council and Buffy's Watcher. Works under cover as a librarian; briefly owner of The Magic Box. [3]
• Xander Harris – Construction worker. Buffy's high school friend; Anya's former fiancée. Lost an eye to Caleb. [4]
• Faith Lehane – Another slayer, called after the death of Kendra Young. Sometimes villain, sometimes ally. [5]
• Daniel Osbourne – Musician and werewolf. Willow's former boyfriend. Usually called "Oz." [6]
• Willow Rosenberg – College student and probably the most powerful witch in the world. Buffy's high school friend; Kennedy's lover. [7]
• Spike – Vampire who won back his soul out of love for Buffy. Sired by Drusilla. Briefly Buffy's lover. [8]
• Buffy Summers – Once the only Slayer, now one of many. Killed herself to save the world from Glory's interplanar gateway; brought back by Willow. [9]
• Dawn Summers – Buffy's younger sister, actually the Key to open interplanar gateways. Created and retroactively inserted into the world by monks of the Order of Dagon. [10]

Peripheral Characters

• Clem – Benevolent, harmless demon. Friend to the Scoobies. [11]
• Drusilla – Vampire with the powers of clairvoyance, mind-reading and hypnosis. Sired by Angelus; sire of Spike. [12]
• The First Evil – Progenitor of all evil. Existed before any other evil thing. Opportunistic. [13]
• Harmony Kendall – Vampire. Spike's former lover. [14]
• Kennedy – Slayer. Willow's lover. [15]
• Amy Madison – Witch. Spent several years as a rat in Willow's room, bound by a spell Willow couldn't break. [16]
• Graham Miller – Member of the Initiative.
• Ethan Rayne – Sorcerer and magical subcontractor. Chaos worshipper. Last known in custody of the Initiative. [17]
• Hank Summers – Buffy's absentee father. [18]
• Sweet – Demon who inspires song and dance throughout the region; some of those under his spell die of spontaneous human combustion. [19]
• Andrew Wells – Nerd and reformed villain. Former member of the Trio. [20]
• Whistler – Demon devoted to maintaining the balance between good and evil. Introduced Angel to Buffy. [21]
• Robin Wood – High school principal, demon hunter. Son of Slayer Nikki Wood. [22]

Deceased Characters

• Adam – Part-human, part-demon, part-cyborg created by the Initiative. Killed by Buffy. [23]
• Buffybot – Robotic double of Buffy Summers. Created by Warren Mears for Spike. Destroyed by a demon biker gang. [24]
• Caleb – Defrocked, misogynistic priest allied with the First Evil. Abusive of women. Killed by Buffy. [25]
• Jenny Calendar – High school computer teacher. Member of the Kalderash gypsy tribe. Killed by Angelus.
• Cordelia Chase – Popular schoolgirl who joins Angel's detective agency in L.A.. Killed by Jasmine when she used Cordelia's body to manifest in this plane. [26]
• Darla – Vampire. Sired by the Master; sire of Angelus. Killed herself to protect her baby, Connor. [27]
• D'Hoffryn – Master of the vengeance demons. [28]
• Forrest Gates – Member of the Initiative. Friend of Riley Finn. Killed by Adam, then reanimated as a hybrid by him. Killed again by Riley.
• Glorificus – Evil goddess banished to earth. Also called Glory, the Beast, and the Abomination. Killed by Rupert Giles. [29]
• Halfrek – Vengeance demon. Friend of Anya. Killed by D'Hoffren. [30]
• Anya Jenkins – A former vengeance demon who became human for love of Xander Harris. Also known as Anyanka. Killed by one of the Harbingers of the First during an assault on Sunnydale's Hellmouth. [31]
• Jonathan Levinson – Nerd and hapless nobody. Former member of the Trio. Killed by Andrew Wells at the provocation of the First Evil. [32]
• Tara Maclay – College student and witch. Willow's lover. Killed by Warren Mears. [33]
• The Master – Ancient vampire. Sire of Darla. Killed by Buffy. [34]
• Warren Mears – Robotics genius and nerd turned villain. Leader of the Trio. Killed by Willow in revenge for Tara's murder. [35]
• Cassie Newton – College student with some degree of prescience. Died of natural causes. [36]
• Rack – Warlock and dealer in magical powers and spells. Killed by Willow. [37]
• Katrina Silber – Warren Mears' ex-girlfriend. Killed by Warren.
• Principal Snyder – High school principal. Stern and authoritarian. Killed by Mayor Wilkins. [38]
• Joyce Summers – Buffy's mother. Died of natural causes. [39]
• Veruca – Lead singer in a band called Shy. Werewolf. Killed by Oz. [40]
• Maggie Walsh – Director of the Initiative. Works under cover as a psychology professor. Killed by Adam. [41]
• Mayor Richard Wilkins – Mayor of Sunnydale. Affable. Came to Sunnydale in the 1800s and founded the city. Killed in 1999 after he succeeded in transforming himself into a pure-blood Olvikan demon. [42]
• Ben Wilkinson – Human doctor whose body was created as a prison for Glorificus. Killed by Rupert Giles. [43]
• Wesley Wyndam-Pryce – Rogue demon hunter. Formerly a Watcher of the Watchers' Council. Killed by demon sorcerer Cyvus Vail. [44]
• Kendra Young – A Slayer called after the Master drowned Buffy, even though Buffy was resuscitated. Killed by Drusilla. [45]

Organizations

• Order of Dagon – Mystical wardens of the Key. Turned the Key into Dawn Summers and sent her to Buffy to protect it from Glorificus.
• The Trio – Nerdy and inept villain group composed of Warren Mears, Andrew Wells and Jonathan Levinson, intent on taking over Sunnydale through magic and advanced technology.
• Watchers' Council – Organization of mystics and demon hunters who train and mentor the Slayers. [46]

Government Agencies

• The Initiative – American military organization that investigates and controls demons and similar extraplanar threats. Originally named the Demon Research Initiative. [47]

Companies

• The Bronze – Bar and night club that caters to teens and young adults. [48]
• Downtowner Motel – As the name suggests, a motel in downtown Sunnydale.
• The Espresso Pump – Coffee house with a retro gas station theme.
• The Magic Box – Supplier of magical texts, paraphernalia and sundries. Destroyed by Willow Rosenberg. [49]

Locations

Cities

• Sunnydale, California – City two hours northwest of Los Angeles, California. Destroyed together with the Hellmouth beneath it. [50]

Sites

See also Companies, above.

• The Hellmouth – Region of weak planar boundaries; gateway to a number of hell dimensions. The one in Sunnydale was destroyed by Spike, but there are others. [51]
• The Initiative Complex at Sunnydale – Secret underground facility housing operations of the Initiative. Ruined. Destroyed together with Sunnydale.
• Sunnydale High School – Sunnydale's main high school. Ominously built atop a Hellmouth. Destroyed together with Sunnydale. [52]
• University of California, Sunnydale – A branch of the University of California system. Destroyed together with Sunnydale.