The Scooby Gang (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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Scooby Gang
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel character
First appearance The Harvest (assembled)
Created by Joss Whedon
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Purpose Apocalypse-averting and demon-hunting
Membership

The Scooby Gang, or "Scoobies", are a group of characters in the cult television series and comic book Buffy the Vampire Slayer who battle the supernatural forces of evil. The team consists of Buffy Summers and her friends and colleagues who assist her in her duties as the Slayer. First forming in the Season One episode "The Harvest" to prevent The Master from opening a portal to hell, the line-up of the group varied from year to year, but the core that remained intact throughout the series' run was Buffy herself and her best friends, Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg, as well as her Watcher, Rupert Giles. This group was also called the "slayerettes." The group was first referred to as the Scooby Gang by Xander Harris in the Season Two episode "What's My Line, Part One" as a reference to the group of monster-hunting teenagers from the Hanna-Barbera animated series Scooby-Doo, who investigate and solve supernatural/occult monsters mysteries much like The Scoobies in Buffy. The first visible sign was in Season 1, Episode 11, where Willow is seen wearing a Scooby Doo t-shirt, Buffy sports the Daphne trademark neck scarf, and later Xander responds, "Can you say, 'Gulp'?" as Shaggy often does. Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actress who plays Buffy on the show, would later also appear as Daphne Blake in the films Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

The Scooby Gang usually take an unimpressed, flippant attitude towards extraordinary events and supernatural occurrences. Originally a group of teenage friends attending Sunnydale High in a town built on top of a Hellmouth, the group gradually expanded, eventually merging with the Watchers' Council to become a global organization dealing with demonic threats worldwide and training thousands of Slayers. In the beginning, Buffy often had to protect her friends from monsters, but over the course of the series most of them gained superpowers and fighting skills of their own, with Xander the only notable member with no mystical abilities or connection to the supernatural, though he does acquire extensive military knowledge thanks to a spell. Due to the show's strong themes of female empowerment, the most powerful members of the team are often female (Buffy and Willow), while the men play passive roles such as that of father-figure (Giles) and supportive best friend (Xander). Also, in keeping with the show's themes of redemption and moral ambiguity, Willow, Angel, Spike, Faith, Giles, Anya, and Andrew have at some point in their lives descended into darkness. Each of these characters has murdered at least one person during their life, although for most it was substantially more.

At least initially, in Season Eight (a canonical continuation of the series in comic book format), the Scoobies are scattered across the world. In addition to the primary gang, there are short of 2000 Slayers, many of whom work with the expanded organization in addition to witches, psychics and other staff. The core Scoobies now each act as important figures in the new Watcher's Council and maintain a role of leadership and authority amongst the Slayers they employ. With the group scattered, communication is maintained primarily through phone calls, and the group leaders (in particular the core three) now assume more superheroic positions and parallels than in previous seasons. Former allies in Season 7 such as Andrew and Rona now lead squads of their own.

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[edit] Alternative names

[edit] Scooby Gang members

[edit] Team variations

[edit] Season 1

[edit] Season 2

[edit] Season 3

[edit] Season 4

[edit] Season 5

[edit] Season 6

[edit] Season 7

[edit] Comics

[edit] Season 8

[edit] Season 9

  • Buffy Summers
  • Xander Harris
  • Dawn Summers
  • Willow Rosenberg
  • Spike
  • Andrew Wells
  • Billy Lane (taken in by Buffy at the end of "Billy the Vampire Slayer")
  • Allies:
    • Riley Finn
    • Faith Lehane, a silent ally currently residing with Angel in England.
    • Angel, a silent ally currently residing with Faith in England.
    • Kennedy, founder of Deepscan, the Slayer private security firm
    • Anaheed, Buffy's new roommate, later revealed to be a Slayer.
    • Tumble, Buffy's new male roommate
    • Robert Dowling, a homicide detective in San Francisco that first appears in "Freefall"
    • Eldre Koh, an ancient demon that swore loyalty to Buffy after her actions freed him from his magical prison, later betrayed her to find the location of his jailer for vengeance, but reconciles with her to stop the Siphon.
    • Illyria (Angel) teams up with Koh and Buffy to stop Severin the Siphon but is drained of her powers. Later sides with Buffy, Koh, Willow and Xander at The Deeper Well.

[edit] Headquarters

Along with variations in the team roster, the place which serves as a sort of "headquarters" for the Scooby Gang has also changed a few times over the series. The most notable of these headquarters, before its explosion in the Season Three finale, is the Sunnydale High School library. However, after the events of the series finale, the Scoobies have, as stated above, been spread across the world, with Buffy and Xander maintaining a "command center" in Scotland.

To the crew of Buffy, the headquarters was the set where the most exposition writing of the show took place, and thus was the most used and most hated of the Buffy sets.

[edit] Seasons 1–3

[edit] Seasons 4-5

  • Giles' apartment until Giles buys the Magic Box

[edit] Seasons 5–6

  • The Magic Box, under the ownership of Giles in season 5, and later Anya's ownership in season 6, with Giles as a silent partner. Until Dark Willow destroys it.

[edit] Season 7

[edit] Season 8

[edit] Season 9

  • Buffy's apartment in San Francisco.

[edit] Affiliated Organizations

[edit] References

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