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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She often skipped training or trained on her own time. It wasn't until Season 5 that she took training seriously.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She often skipped training or trained on her own time. It wasn't until Season 5 that she took training seriously.
* [[Bully Hunter]]: She throws down [[Jerk Jock|Larry]], defends Xander and Willow and when suspected witches start being targeted she steps in, causing the group of thugs to back off without her saying or doing a thing.
* [[Bully Hunter]]: She throws down [[Jerk Jock|Larry]], defends Xander and Willow and when suspected witches start being targeted she steps in, causing the group of thugs to back off without her saying or doing a thing.
* [[Buffy Speak]]: [[Trope Namer|Well, yeah]].
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: [[Trope Namer|Well, yeah]].
* [[Fluffy the Terrible|Buffy The Terrible]]
* [[Fluffy the Terrible|Buffy The Terrible]]
* [[Burger Fool]]: Her first (legitimate) job, slinging burgers at the Doublemeat Palace.
* [[Burger Fool]]: Her first (legitimate) job, slinging burgers at the Doublemeat Palace.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]]: Twice. The second time however there was a price to pay, namely part of her sanity causing her to go off the rails.
* [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]]: Twice. The second time however there was a price to pay, namely part of her sanity causing her to go off the rails.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: When [[Badass Adorable|Willow's]] punching arm is sore Buffy is usually the one to do this, taking out the invincible Judge, Mayor, Glory and Caleb.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: When [[Badass Adorable|Willow's]] punching arm is sore Buffy is usually the one to do this, taking out the invincible Judge, Mayor, Glory and Caleb.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Divorced
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Divorced
* [[Disney Death]]
* [[Disney Death]]
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* [[Fallen Princess]]
* [[Fallen Princess]]
* [[Flying Brick]]: {{spoiler|After getting a power-up in Season 8.}}
* [[Flying Brick]]: {{spoiler|After getting a power-up in Season 8.}}
* [[Gallows Humor]]: Buffy has always had a morbid sense of humor; in Season Six after she's brought back from the dead it tends to get a [[Dude Not Funny]] reaction from the Scoobies.
* [[Gallows Humor]]: Buffy has always had a morbid sense of humor; in Season Six after she's brought back from the dead it tends to get a [[Dude, Not Funny]] reaction from the Scoobies.
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Healing Factor]]: Much slower than normal. Buffy will generally recover from her injuries in a matter of hours, or at most a day or two.
* [[Healing Factor]]: Much slower than normal. Buffy will generally recover from her injuries in a matter of hours, or at most a day or two.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Willow
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Willow
* [[High School Hustler]]
* [[High School Hustler]]
* [[Highly Conspicuous Uniform]]: Buffy often patrols wearing bright colors to lure out vamps.
* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Buffy often patrols wearing bright colors to lure out vamps.
* [[Hot Amazon]]
* [[Hot Amazon]]
* [[I Can Change My Beloved]]: Her stance toward the rehabilitated Angel and Spike, to massive scoops of backlash by her cohorts.
* [[I Can Change My Beloved]]: Her stance toward the rehabilitated Angel and Spike, to massive scoops of backlash by her cohorts.
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* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]: Tells Satsu that she can't be with her, but sleeps with her. Twice. Poor Satsu ends up more than a little confused.
* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]: Tells Satsu that she can't be with her, but sleeps with her. Twice. Poor Satsu ends up more than a little confused.
** Also with Spike; kissing or having sex with him, claiming that it's never going to happen ever again, then falling back in his arms the moment she gets depressed. [[Attempted Rape|This has consequences]] when Buffy really does end the relationship and Spike assumes she's just playing her usual games.
** Also with Spike; kissing or having sex with him, claiming that it's never going to happen ever again, then falling back in his arms the moment she gets depressed. [[Attempted Rape|This has consequences]] when Buffy really does end the relationship and Spike assumes she's just playing her usual games.
** In Season 3 Buffy, torn between the knowledge that a relationship with Angel is impossible and her emotional and sexual desires, bounces back and forth between [[Just Friends]] and [[Star Crossed Lovers]] until Angel forces the issue by leaving Sunnydale altogether.
** In Season 3 Buffy, torn between the knowledge that a relationship with Angel is impossible and her emotional and sexual desires, bounces back and forth between [[Just Friends]] and [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] until Angel forces the issue by leaving Sunnydale altogether.
* [[Mayfly December Romance]]: Both her main love interests are vampires. Actually, it can be argued that ''all'' her romances will end up as this, as Slayers don't exactly have long lifespans.
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: Both her main love interests are vampires. Actually, it can be argued that ''all'' her romances will end up as this, as Slayers don't exactly have long lifespans.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: About [[Once an Episode]]. [[Inverted Trope|She's the monster]].
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: About [[Once an Episode]]. [[Inverted Trope|She's the monster]].
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: She's not [[A Worldwide Punominum|buff]] by any stretch of the imagination. She doesn't need to be, she's the Slayer, she can throw down with anything short of a invincible [[Big Bad]] or demon\human hybrid, or [[Physical God]].
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: She's not [[A Worldwide Punominum|buff]] by any stretch of the imagination. She doesn't need to be, she's the Slayer, she can throw down with anything short of a invincible [[Big Bad]] or demon\human hybrid, or [[Physical God]].
* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Has this twice, once in Season 6, when she learns that {{spoiler|she [[Subverted Trope|''didn't'']] [[Came Back Wrong|come back wrong]] and has been doing all sorts of horrible stuff of her own free will}}, and again in Season 8 when {{spoiler|Giles is killed, magic is destroyed, and the Slayer line is ended, as a result of her [[Fan Nickname|space frak]] with Angel.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Has this twice, once in Season 6, when she learns that {{spoiler|she [[Subverted Trope|''didn't'']] [[Came Back Wrong|come back wrong]] and has been doing all sorts of horrible stuff of her own free will}}, and again in Season 8 when {{spoiler|Giles is killed, magic is destroyed, and the Slayer line is ended, as a result of her [[Fan Nickname|space frak]] with Angel.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Slayer.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Slayer.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: {{spoiler|Creating the Twilight dimension by screwing Angel, which let thousands of demons invade Earth, which resulted in the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and removed all magic from the world}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Creating the Twilight dimension by screwing Angel, which let thousands of demons invade Earth, which resulted in the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and removed all magic from the world}}.
* [[Not Himself|Not Herself:]] [[Once an Episode|Once a season,]] beginning with her stressing over The Master, then getting over the traumatic events that ended with her killing Angel. A demon tries to steal her soul, she has to deal with her Retconned sister, she sacrifices herself to save her sister only for her friends to bring her back to life (and pull her from heaven to hell on earth) and crack under the pressure of trying to command.
* [[Not Himself|Not Herself:]] [[Once an Episode|Once a season,]] beginning with her stressing over The Master, then getting over the traumatic events that ended with her killing Angel. A demon tries to steal her soul, she has to deal with her Retconned sister, she sacrifices herself to save her sister only for her friends to bring her back to life (and pull her from heaven to hell on earth) and crack under the pressure of trying to command.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Seeing her on her first day at Sunnydale High caused Xander to fall head over heels, literally, as he crashes into a railing. Buffy, however, is completely clueless as to his feelings.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Seeing her on her first day at Sunnydale High caused Xander to fall head over heels, literally, as he crashes into a railing. Buffy, however, is completely clueless as to his feelings.
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* [[The Other Darrin]]: To anyone who's seen the movie.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: To anyone who's seen the movie.
* [[Person As Verb]]: The inimitable Buffyspeak.
* [[Person As Verb]]: The inimitable Buffyspeak.
* [[Pint Sized Powerhouse]]
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Xander
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Xander
* [[Power Blonde]]
* [[Power Blonde]]
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** In Season 6 Spike mentions having sex for five hours straight and raves about what an animal she is; he specifically mentions biting -- coming from a vampire, that's an impressive recommendation!
** In Season 6 Spike mentions having sex for five hours straight and raves about what an animal she is; he specifically mentions biting -- coming from a vampire, that's an impressive recommendation!
* [[She's Got Legs]]: They get a good showing in "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".
* [[She's Got Legs]]: They get a good showing in "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Says this word for word to Willow about Satsu. Also in Season 6 with Spike, [[What Measure Is a Non Human|even to Spike himself]].
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Says this word for word to Willow about Satsu. Also in Season 6 with Spike, [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|even to Spike himself]].
* [[Shell Shocked Veteran]]: Coming back from the dead is no picnic, as Buffy is to discover twice.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Coming back from the dead is no picnic, as Buffy is to discover twice.
* [[Shut UP Hannibal]]: Buffy loves pulling these.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Buffy loves pulling these.
* [[Street Smart]]
* [[Street Smart]]
* [[Super Strength]]
* [[Super Strength]]
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Faith in the third season up until Faith [[Face Heel Turn|joined the Dark Side.]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Faith in the third season up until Faith [[Face Heel Turn|joined the Dark Side.]]
* [[Waif Fu]]
* [[Waif Fu]]
* [[Wake Up Go to School Save The World]]
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save The World]]
* [[Weakness Turns Her On]]: She quite enjoys [[Florence Nightingale Effect|nursing Angel back to health]], and says that Riley looked "even cuter when you're all weak and kitteny". In the Season 8 Comics we discover one of Buffy's sexual fantasies involves Angel and Spike chained to her; Buffy is dressed in a [[Naughty Nurse Outfit]].
* [[Weakness Turns Her On]]: She quite enjoys [[Florence Nightingale Effect|nursing Angel back to health]], and says that Riley looked "even cuter when you're all weak and kitteny". In the Season 8 Comics we discover one of Buffy's sexual fantasies involves Angel and Spike chained to her; Buffy is dressed in a [[Naughty Nurse Outfit]].
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: EVERYONE freaks out on her when she comes back from running away (Xander, Willow, and Joyce in particular) to the point where she wants to run away again. Willow and a group of zombies crashing her house while she's getting her lecture keeps her from doing so, much to everyone's relief.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: EVERYONE freaks out on her when she comes back from running away (Xander, Willow, and Joyce in particular) to the point where she wants to run away again. Willow and a group of zombies crashing her house while she's getting her lecture keeps her from doing so, much to everyone's relief.
** Also, in season 7, Buffy is kicked out of her house after treating the girls under her care like dirt.
** Also, in season 7, Buffy is kicked out of her house after treating the girls under her care like dirt.
* [[Who Names Their Kid Dude]]: "Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking fear in ''nobody's'' hearts."
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: "Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking fear in ''nobody's'' hearts."
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Buffy uses a Frankensteiner at least once.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Buffy uses a Frankensteiner at least once.
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not hurt Tara. If you do, you might survive...if you're a god.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not hurt Tara. If you do, you might survive...if you're a god.
* [[Best Woman]]: At Xander and Anya's wedding, Willow is Xander's best "man".
* [[Best Woman]]: At Xander and Anya's wedding, Willow is Xander's best "man".
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: ''[[Pre Mortem One Liner|"Bored now."]]''
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: ''[[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|"Bored now."]]''
* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Behaves like this toward Xander in Season One.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Behaves like this toward Xander in Season One.
* [[The Chick]]: In the first few seasons before Faith shows up.
* [[The Chick]]: In the first few seasons before Faith shows up.
* [[Clipped Wing Angel]]: After Tara was mindsucked, Willow got amped up on magic and attacked Glory, actually succeeding in hurting her... for a few seconds. Then she got her ass beat.
* [[Clipped-Wing Angel]]: After Tara was mindsucked, Willow got amped up on magic and attacked Glory, actually succeeding in hurting her... for a few seconds. Then she got her ass beat.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: She's played by [[Alyson Hannigan]], so hell yeah.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: She's played by [[Alyson Hannigan]], so hell yeah.
* [[Cradle of Loneliness]]: Does this with Tara's clothes when Tara breaks up with her in season 6.
* [[Cradle of Loneliness]]: Does this with Tara's clothes when Tara breaks up with her in season 6.
* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Cute Witch]]
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: Does a better job at this than even Buffy, having punched out several legitimate gods. Buffy punches out the invincible, Willow punches out ''gods''.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Does a better job at this than even Buffy, having punched out several legitimate gods. Buffy punches out the invincible, Willow punches out ''gods''.
* [[De Power]]: {{spoiler|With the destruction of the Seed of Wonder}}.
* [[De Power]]: {{spoiler|With the destruction of the Seed of Wonder}}.
* [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm]]: Chibo Mato can clog dance!?
* [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm]]: Chibo Mato can clog dance!?
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* [[Stupid Sexy Friend]]: Willow finally gets together with Xander. When they're both with other people.
* [[Stupid Sexy Friend]]: Willow finally gets together with Xander. When they're both with other people.
* [[Suddenly Sexuality]]
* [[Suddenly Sexuality]]
* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: During early Season 7, especially the scene in "Selfless" where she reverts to her evil personality for a few seconds while fending off a spider demon.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: During early Season 7, especially the scene in "Selfless" where she reverts to her evil personality for a few seconds while fending off a spider demon.
* [[Sweater Girl]]: Season 3 Willow.
* [[Sweater Girl]]: Season 3 Willow.
{{quote| '''Vamp Willow (looking Willow over)''': Well, look at me. I'm all fuzzy.}}
{{quote| '''Vamp Willow (looking Willow over)''': Well, look at me. I'm all fuzzy.}}
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* [[Villainous Widows Peak]]: Willow wears one naturally. It becomes this once she morphs into Dark Willow.
* [[Villainous Widows Peak]]: Willow wears one naturally. It becomes this once she morphs into Dark Willow.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Word of Joss says the door was left open for either Xander or Willow to come out of the closet. Willow's backdoor was set up in "Doppelgangland" (see Wishverse Willow), and let's not forget Xander and Larry ("[[Mistaken for Gay|Your secret's safe with me!]]"). Seth Green left the show to pursue other projects, and this sealed Willow's fate.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Word of Joss says the door was left open for either Xander or Willow to come out of the closet. Willow's backdoor was set up in "Doppelgangland" (see Wishverse Willow), and let's not forget Xander and Larry ("[[Mistaken for Gay|Your secret's safe with me!]]"). Seth Green left the show to pursue other projects, and this sealed Willow's fate.
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: In Season 6, Dawn slaps her after almost killing her in a car crash and Tara leaves her after she [[Mind Rape|screwed with Tara's head]].
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In Season 6, Dawn slaps her after almost killing her in a car crash and Tara leaves her after she [[Mind Rape|screwed with Tara's head]].
** Tara left her because she promised to not do magic for a week but couldn't last even a day.
** Tara left her because she promised to not do magic for a week but couldn't last even a day.
*** And the [[Mind Rape]], and take into consideration that Glory did something similar to Tara in Season 5.
*** And the [[Mind Rape]], and take into consideration that Glory did something similar to Tara in Season 5.
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* [[Annoying Arrows]]
* [[Annoying Arrows]]
* [[Author Avatar]]: According to Nicholas Brendan, his character is based on Joss Whedon in high school, which is why Xander "gets all the good lines." They also dress alike.
* [[Author Avatar]]: According to Nicholas Brendan, his character is based on Joss Whedon in high school, which is why Xander "gets all the good lines." They also dress alike.
** That would explain Xander's avowed fetish for [[Spandex Latex or Leather|spandex]]. And his [[X Men|taste in comics]].
** That would explain Xander's avowed fetish for [[Spandex, Latex, or Leather|spandex]]. And his [[X Men|taste in comics]].
* [[Badass Normal]]: ''This'' carpenter can dry-wall you into the next century!
* [[Badass Normal]]: ''This'' carpenter can dry-wall you into the next century!
* [[Basement Dweller]]: In Season 4.
* [[Basement Dweller]]: In Season 4.
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* [[Class Clown]]: His personality in the early seasons. In "The Prom," he complains about not winning the [[Class Clown]] award.
* [[Class Clown]]: His personality in the early seasons. In "The Prom," he complains about not winning the [[Class Clown]] award.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: In a world where most people think they need to use swords, stakes, axes, and other similar melee weapons, Xander come up with the idea to use a rocket launcher to kill the Judge.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: In a world where most people think they need to use swords, stakes, axes, and other similar melee weapons, Xander come up with the idea to use a rocket launcher to kill the Judge.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Even among an entire cast of snarkers, Xander reigns supreme.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Even among an entire cast of snarkers, Xander reigns supreme.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: [[Exploited]]. After Xander is possessed by hyenas, he tells Buffy and Willow he has no memory of it, but when Giles confronts him, he confesses that he was lying so he wouldn't have to talk about it.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: [[Exploited]]. After Xander is possessed by hyenas, he tells Buffy and Willow he has no memory of it, but when Giles confronts him, he confesses that he was lying so he wouldn't have to talk about it.
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* [[Fatal Attractor]]: All of his dates are demons. ''All'' of them.
* [[Fatal Attractor]]: All of his dates are demons. ''All'' of them.
** In the last Season, it is revealed that he and Willow devised a secret phone code for "My date's a demon who's trying to kill me."
** In the last Season, it is revealed that he and Willow devised a secret phone code for "My date's a demon who's trying to kill me."
* [[Hormone Addled Teenager]]:
* [[Hormone-Addled Teenager]]:
{{quote| '''Cordelia''': Does looking at guns make ''you'' wanna have sex?<br />
{{quote| '''Cordelia''': Does looking at guns make ''you'' wanna have sex?<br />
'''Xander:''' I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me wanna have sex. }}
'''Xander:''' I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me wanna have sex. }}
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* [[The Masochism Tango]]: With Cordelia.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: With Cordelia.
* [[Mission Control]]: Often served in this capacity for the Slayer Organization.
* [[Mission Control]]: Often served in this capacity for the Slayer Organization.
* [[Non Action Guy]]: Although he doesn't always accept this.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Although he doesn't always accept this.
** And his friends wish he were.
** And his friends wish he were.
* [[Non Action Snarker]]
* [[Non Action Snarker]]
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** Once got in a fantastic shot on a season's [[Big Bad]] using a '''[[Improvised Weapon User|wrecking ball]]'''.
** Once got in a fantastic shot on a season's [[Big Bad]] using a '''[[Improvised Weapon User|wrecking ball]]'''.
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs]]: In Season 4.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: In Season 4.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: While everyone shows some of this, Xander has it more than most. He probably comes closest to fulfilling this trope when he is recruited by [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Zombie Bank Robbers]] as a ''wheelman''.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: While everyone shows some of this, Xander has it more than most. He probably comes closest to fulfilling this trope when he is recruited by [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Zombie Bank Robbers]] as a ''wheelman''.


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* [[The Alleged Car]]: Giles' first car.
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Giles' first car.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: The Council shunned him even before they fired him, and wouldn't let him come to the Watcher Retreat in the Cotswolds.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: The Council shunned him even before they fired him, and wouldn't let him come to the Watcher Retreat in the Cotswolds.
* [[Anti Hero]]: Type III
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: When people threaten to harm/actually harm his friends.
* [[Berserk Button]]: When people threaten to harm/actually harm his friends.
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* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: "It's all right... I have [[Drink Order|more scotch]]."
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: "It's all right... I have [[Drink Order|more scotch]]."
* [[In Series Nickname]]: "Ripper."
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Ripper."
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|In the comic, and in a way mirroring Jenny Calendar's death no less}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|In the comic, and in a way mirroring Jenny Calendar's death no less}}.
* [[Last Name Basis]]: The only people who call him "Rupert" are his romantic interests [[Ho Yay|and Spike.]]
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: The only people who call him "Rupert" are his romantic interests [[Ho Yay|and Spike.]]
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: While in London during Season 6, Giles did a spell to bind a demon, but it required him to lose the memory of one of the happiest days in his life. That day was the day he fell in love with Jenny Calendar, leaving him with a heartache that he felt would never go away, even though he had no idea what the memory was about.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: While in London during Season 6, Giles did a spell to bind a demon, but it required him to lose the memory of one of the happiest days in his life. That day was the day he fell in love with Jenny Calendar, leaving him with a heartache that he felt would never go away, even though he had no idea what the memory was about.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: A Watcher scoffs at fashion! One tweed suit is all you need.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: A Watcher scoffs at fashion! One tweed suit is all you need.
{{quote| '''Jenny''': Do you own anything else?<br />
{{quote| '''Jenny''': Do you own anything else?<br />
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* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]:
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]:
{{quote| '''Giles:''' But that's the thrill of living on the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage! ''([[Beat]])'' ...Well, excuse me for finding the glass half-full.}}
{{quote| '''Giles:''' But that's the thrill of living on the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage! ''([[Beat]])'' ...Well, excuse me for finding the glass half-full.}}
* [[Non Idle Rich]]
* [[Non-Idle Rich]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Opening Narration]] / [[Previously On]]: Previouslys just aren't previouslys without Giles' smooth buttery tone.
* [[Opening Narration]] / [[Previously On]]: Previouslys just aren't previouslys without Giles' smooth buttery tone.
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* [[Smart People Play Chess]]
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]
* [[Smart People Speak the Queens English]]
* [[Smart People Speak the Queens English]]
* [[The Obi Wan]]
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[The Spock]]
* [[The Spock]]
* [[Team Dad]]
* [[Team Dad]]
* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]: With the lovely [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Romani granola girl Wicca hippie Ms. Calender]].
* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]: With the lovely [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Romani granola girl Wicca hippie Ms. Calender]].
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Andrew has this reaction when he finds out that Giles knew that Buffy had gone to the future and killed an evil version of Willow, but didn't tell him or set up precautions in case Willow did turn evil again. Giles even acknowledges he is right, and they begin working on an emergency plan in case Willow does go evil again.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Andrew has this reaction when he finds out that Giles knew that Buffy had gone to the future and killed an evil version of Willow, but didn't tell him or set up precautions in case Willow did turn evil again. Giles even acknowledges he is right, and they begin working on an emergency plan in case Willow does go evil again.
* [[Workaholic]]
* [[Workaholic]]
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Season 6. {{spoiler|The magic Willow stole from him tapped into what humanity was left in her.}}
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Season 6. {{spoiler|The magic Willow stole from him tapped into what humanity was left in her.}}
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* [[And Your Little Dog Too]]: He meant ''actual'' dogs.
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: He meant ''actual'' dogs.
** Giles' profile on Angelus suggests that he will lash out at everything that made him feel human. Buffy tops the list.
** Giles' profile on Angelus suggests that he will lash out at everything that made him feel human. Buffy tops the list.
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
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* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]]
* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]]
* [[Hell Bent for Leather]]: Angelus' leather pants.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Angelus' leather pants.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: In every sense of the word. Buffy {{spoiler|runs him through with a replica of his own blessed sword, which in turns sucks him through his own hell portal}}. Putting a damper on this irony is the knowledge that {{spoiler|Angel suffers the fate reserved for Angelus}}.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: In every sense of the word. Buffy {{spoiler|runs him through with a replica of his own blessed sword, which in turns sucks him through his own hell portal}}. Putting a damper on this irony is the knowledge that {{spoiler|Angel suffers the fate reserved for Angelus}}.
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: On his own show, which displays his more vulnerable sides in a way the original show doesn't.
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: On his own show, which displays his more vulnerable sides in a way the original show doesn't.
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* [[Hunk]]: His attractiveness is how he got his nickname.
* [[Hunk]]: His attractiveness is how he got his nickname.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: As Angelus, oh so much. Giles was going to read something about an incident with a puppy:
* [[Kick the Dog]]: As Angelus, oh so much. Giles was going to read something about an incident with a puppy:
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Skip it. [[Squick|I don't have a puppy, I don't want to know]]. [[No Just No Reaction|Skip it]].}}
{{quote| '''Buffy:''' Skip it. [[Squick|I don't have a puppy, I don't want to know]]. [["No. Just... No" Reaction|Skip it]].}}
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Sort of. The previous villains certainly weren't harmless, but the show did become darker once Angelus was unleashed.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Sort of. The previous villains certainly weren't harmless, but the show did become darker once Angelus was unleashed.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Angel's a pretty big guy. Good thing he's on our side! ...oh, wait.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Angel's a pretty big guy. Good thing he's on our side! ...oh, wait.
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* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Literally.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Literally.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Mayfly December Romance]]
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]
* [[Mind Rape]]: His specialty. What he did to ''Drusilla'' is much, much worse. Actually, Angelus arguably crossed the line from the ''start'' by massacring his entire hometown, family included.
* [[Mind Rape]]: His specialty. What he did to ''Drusilla'' is much, much worse. Actually, Angelus arguably crossed the line from the ''start'' by massacring his entire hometown, family included.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: He really is something to look at, and he's often chained up and shirtless. He's even been tortured by a vampire dominatrix more than once.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: He really is something to look at, and he's often chained up and shirtless. He's even been tortured by a vampire dominatrix more than once.
* [[Mysterious Protector]]
* [[Mysterious Protector]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: {{spoiler|Creating the Twilight dimension by screwing Buffy, which let thousands of demons invade Earth, which resulted in the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and removed all magic from the world}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Creating the Twilight dimension by screwing Buffy, which let thousands of demons invade Earth, which resulted in the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and removed all magic from the world}}.
* [[Not Himself]]: When he loses his soul after having sex with Buffy.
* [[Not Himself]]: When he loses his soul after having sex with Buffy.
* [[Of Corpse He's Alive]]: Any fool can eat somebody. Angelus likes to make art with the corpse afterward. He infamously posed Jenny Calender like a doll in Giles' bed (staging the scene to resemble a romantic interlude), and tricked a man into thinking his slain sons were still "asleep".
* [[Of Corpse He's Alive]]: Any fool can eat somebody. Angelus likes to make art with the corpse afterward. He infamously posed Jenny Calender like a doll in Giles' bed (staging the scene to resemble a romantic interlude), and tricked a man into thinking his slain sons were still "asleep".
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Politically Incorrect Villain]]: Angelus' constant jibes at the wheelchair-bound Spike. He's got a million of 'em, ladies and gentlemen.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Angelus' constant jibes at the wheelchair-bound Spike. He's got a million of 'em, ladies and gentlemen.
* [[The Punishment]]: MAN can those gypsies hold a grudge.
* [[The Punishment]]: MAN can those gypsies hold a grudge.
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]
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** He actually met and fell in love with Buffy [[Unfortunate Implications|when she was 15]]. He then stalked her for a year before revealing himself.
** He actually met and fell in love with Buffy [[Unfortunate Implications|when she was 15]]. He then stalked her for a year before revealing himself.
** And he's still up it on the fifth season of ''Angel'', despite being burdened with a desk job! (He has "a source" keeping tabs on her in Italy.)
** And he's still up it on the fifth season of ''Angel'', despite being burdened with a desk job! (He has "a source" keeping tabs on her in Italy.)
* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: With Buffy.
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With Buffy.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]
{{quote| '''Xander:''' Okay, that's ''it''. I'm putting a collar with a little bell around that guy.}}
{{quote| '''Xander:''' Okay, that's ''it''. I'm putting a collar with a little bell around that guy.}}
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* [[Warrior Poet]]: More like a warrior man of letters -- well-read, multilingual and a talented artist.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: More like a warrior man of letters -- well-read, multilingual and a talented artist.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: As far as credible villains go, Angelus is not that much stronger than normal vampires. He's been in the game for two hundred years though, with his greatest asset (aside from a viciousness that would make [[The Joker]] proud) being his mind, [[Mind Rape|which he uses to full effect.]]
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: As far as credible villains go, Angelus is not that much stronger than normal vampires. He's been in the game for two hundred years though, with his greatest asset (aside from a viciousness that would make [[The Joker]] proud) being his mind, [[Mind Rape|which he uses to full effect.]]
* [[Well Done Son Guy]]: As a human, Liam was held in contempt by his father, who believed that his son would never amount to being anything else but being a lazy, promiscuous drunk. When he became Angelus, he sat out to prove his father wrong by making a name for himself, namely by becoming the most famboyantly sadistic vampire ever recorded in human history.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: As a human, Liam was held in contempt by his father, who believed that his son would never amount to being anything else but being a lazy, promiscuous drunk. When he became Angelus, he sat out to prove his father wrong by making a name for himself, namely by becoming the most famboyantly sadistic vampire ever recorded in human history.
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: {{spoiler|After he gets exposed as Twilight, everybody has this reaction to him, especially after it is revealed he was an [[Unwitting Pawn]] to a evil dimension trying to end the world. After he gets possessed by the real Twilight and kills Giles and Buffy is forced to destroy the Seed of Wonder is destroyed to stop the destruction of the world, the only ones willing to associate with Angel and not try to kill him are Buffy and Faith, and Buffy doesn't even ''want'' to be around him anymore.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|After he gets exposed as Twilight, everybody has this reaction to him, especially after it is revealed he was an [[Unwitting Pawn]] to a evil dimension trying to end the world. After he gets possessed by the real Twilight and kills Giles and Buffy is forced to destroy the Seed of Wonder is destroyed to stop the destruction of the world, the only ones willing to associate with Angel and not try to kill him are Buffy and Faith, and Buffy doesn't even ''want'' to be around him anymore.}}
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]


=== Cordelia Chase ([[Charisma Carpenter]]) ===
=== Cordelia Chase ([[Charisma Carpenter]]) ===
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* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: The season one finale and onward see her becoming one.
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: The season one finale and onward see her becoming one.
* [[Mandatory Line]]: Most of the time, her role in Season One was just to appear, act bitchy, then leave.
* [[Mandatory Line]]: Most of the time, her role in Season One was just to appear, act bitchy, then leave.
* [[Mean Character Nice Actor]]: Charisma Carpenter is noted for her many outreaches to fans, most prominent of which is that, unlike most of her co-stars, she absolutely refuses to charge for an autograph any conventions she attends.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Charisma Carpenter is noted for her many outreaches to fans, most prominent of which is that, unlike most of her co-stars, she absolutely refuses to charge for an autograph any conventions she attends.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]: To L.A.!
* [[Put On a Bus]]: To L.A.!
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[[File:anya_caufield_728.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| ''" I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. A mortal! A child! And [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|I'm flunking math.]]"''}}
{{quote| ''" I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. A mortal! A child! And [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|I'm flunking math.]]"''}}


Originally a 1,120-year-old vengeance demon who lost her powers and eventually joined the Scooby Gang. Was a [[Love Interest]] for Xander for three seasons before their relationship ended, and she went back to being a Vengeance Demon. Lost her powers and rejoined the Scoobies in early Season 7.
Originally a 1,120-year-old vengeance demon who lost her powers and eventually joined the Scooby Gang. Was a [[Love Interest]] for Xander for three seasons before their relationship ended, and she went back to being a Vengeance Demon. Lost her powers and rejoined the Scoobies in early Season 7.
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* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: Her power center necklace. When she turned demon again, it seemed she never needed it.
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: Her power center necklace. When she turned demon again, it seemed she never needed it.
* [[Good Costume Switch]] / [[Evil Costume Switch]]: When Anya introduced, she has brunette hair. She colors it blond after becoming human, then goes back to brunette when she becomes a vengeance demon again. When she turns human for the second time, she goes back to blond.
* [[Good Costume Switch]] / [[Evil Costume Switch]]: When Anya introduced, she has brunette hair. She colors it blond after becoming human, then goes back to brunette when she becomes a vengeance demon again. When she turns human for the second time, she goes back to blond.
* [[Good Hair Evil Hair]]
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]
* [[Happy Dance]]: The Dance of Capitalist Superiority!
* [[Happy Dance]]: The Dance of Capitalist Superiority!
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
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* [[Magical Girlfriend]]
* [[Magical Girlfriend]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Anya's a little "Aud", isn't she?
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Anya's a little "Aud", isn't she?
* [[Nightmare Fuel Stationattendant]]: As a result of being both knowledgeable about demons and very, very blunt.
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: As a result of being both knowledgeable about demons and very, very blunt.
* [[No Social Skills]]
* [[No Social Skills]]
* [[Opt Out]]: Anya got the hell out of Dodge before Graduation Day. Contrast with the fifth and seventh season finales.
* [[Opt Out]]: Anya got the hell out of Dodge before Graduation Day. Contrast with the fifth and seventh season finales.
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* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Willow, with Anya serving as a surrogate [[Annoying Younger Sibling|annoying younger sister]].
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Willow, with Anya serving as a surrogate [[Annoying Younger Sibling|annoying younger sister]].
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Bunnies]]: Though she was shown to be fine with them while alive, suggesting something (possibly a wish gone horribly awry) occured while she was demon.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Bunnies]]: Though she was shown to be fine with them while alive, suggesting something (possibly a wish gone horribly awry) occured while she was demon.
* [[Woman Scorned]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]


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** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Dingoes are from [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Australia]], or 'Oz.'
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Dingoes are from [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Australia]], or 'Oz.'
* [[Fantastically Indifferent]]
* [[Fantastically Indifferent]]
* [[Goal in Life]]: To [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|perfect the diminished ninth]]! "You could lose a finger."
* [[Goal in Life]]: To [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|perfect the diminished ninth]]! "You could lose a finger."
* [[Happily Married]]: In the Season 8 comic.
* [[Happily Married]]: In the Season 8 comic.
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
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British vampire who served as the villain for early Season 2. Was planned to die, but his status as [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] saved him. He showed up in one episode in Season 3 before returning for good in Season 4. Had a chip in his head that prevented him from hurting humans, so he joined up with the Scoobies for survival and so he could get his kicks by fighting demons. Eventually fell in love with Buffy, and had a twisted relationship with her in Season 6. Got a soul at the end of Season 6 and made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in the finale. Reappeared on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''. He is Tropetastic.
British vampire who served as the villain for early Season 2. Was planned to die, but his status as [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] saved him. He showed up in one episode in Season 3 before returning for good in Season 4. Had a chip in his head that prevented him from hurting humans, so he joined up with the Scoobies for survival and so he could get his kicks by fighting demons. Eventually fell in love with Buffy, and had a twisted relationship with her in Season 6. Got a soul at the end of Season 6 and made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in the finale. Reappeared on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''. He is Tropetastic.
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* [[Anti Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti Heroes|Type V]]. Turns Type III after getting his soul back.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]]. Turns Type III after getting his soul back.
* [[Author Appeal]]: [[Show Runner]] Marti Noxon is often accused of having an affinity for Naked!Spike.
* [[Author Appeal]]: [[Show Runner]] Marti Noxon is often accused of having an affinity for Naked!Spike.
* [[Badass]]: Until [[Badass Decay|his decay]].
* [[Badass]]: Until [[Badass Decay|his decay]].
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* [[Manchurian Agent]]: In the seventh season.
* [[Manchurian Agent]]: In the seventh season.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Mayfly December Romance]]: With Buffy. [[Captain Obvious|Not Dru]].
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: With Buffy. [[Captain Obvious|Not Dru]].
* [[Menacing Stroll]]
* [[Menacing Stroll]]
* [[Mommas Boy]]: Even turned his mother into a vamp so they can [[Incest Is Relative|be together forever]]. Also the root of his attraction to Drusilla, his sire.
* [[Momma's Boy]]: Even turned his mother into a vamp so they can [[Incest Is Relative|be together forever]]. Also the root of his attraction to Drusilla, his sire.
* [[Morality Chip]]: Spike's chip.
* [[Morality Chip]]: Spike's chip.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Musical Trigger]]: The First takes control of Spike with the folk song "Early One Morning."
* [[Musical Trigger]]: The First takes control of Spike with the folk song "Early One Morning."
* [[Nerd in Evils Helmet]]
* [[Nerd in Evil's Helmet]]
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Quickly assumes he is this when Glory's spell makes everyone forget Glory is Ben every time he explains it to them.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Quickly assumes he is this when Glory's spell makes everyone forget Glory is Ben every time he explains it to them.
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* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[Sour Supporter]]: After being chipped. He becomes a more enthusiastic Scoobie after falling in love with Buffy.
* [[Sour Supporter]]: After being chipped. He becomes a more enthusiastic Scoobie after falling in love with Buffy.
* [[Spot Light Stealing Squad]]: Like it or not, Spike eventually became the center of gravity for the entire cast. This started out gradually, kicking into overdrive once Marti Noxon took the helm. There's a reason it's just him and Buffy on the Season 7 box.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Like it or not, Spike eventually became the center of gravity for the entire cast. This started out gradually, kicking into overdrive once Marti Noxon took the helm. There's a reason it's just him and Buffy on the Season 7 box.
** On the other hand, many viewers hold this opinion of all of Buffy's boyfriends [[Die for Our Ship|who aren't Angel]]. "Something Blue" routinely ends up on Best Episode lists solely due to Buffy/Spike's short-lived (and magically-inspired) 'engagement', thanks in no small part to their immediate chemistry... in marked contrast to (yep) Buffy's ''then''-boyfriend Riley Finn, who is mostly detested by fans. Sensing a pattern here?
** On the other hand, many viewers hold this opinion of all of Buffy's boyfriends [[Die for Our Ship|who aren't Angel]]. "Something Blue" routinely ends up on Best Episode lists solely due to Buffy/Spike's short-lived (and magically-inspired) 'engagement', thanks in no small part to their immediate chemistry... in marked contrast to (yep) Buffy's ''then''-boyfriend Riley Finn, who is mostly detested by fans. Sensing a pattern here?
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: How he acts initially after falling in love with Buffy.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: How he acts initially after falling in love with Buffy.
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{{quote| '''Robin Wood:''' Because [[Entertainingly Wrong|the military gave him a soul]]?}}
{{quote| '''Robin Wood:''' Because [[Entertainingly Wrong|the military gave him a soul]]?}}
** He still caught a lot more breaks that Angel did. When Angel got his soul back, he was obliged to let himself be shackled to the wall of an empty house. Spike gets tied up [[Chained to A Bed|in Buffy's bedroom with nice soft rope]].
** He still caught a lot more breaks that Angel did. When Angel got his soul back, he was obliged to let himself be shackled to the wall of an empty house. Spike gets tied up [[Chained to A Bed|in Buffy's bedroom with nice soft rope]].
* [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch]]: What's he [[Stalker With a Crush|doing outside Buffy's house]]? Five words or less. He's "Out. For. A. Walk." *[[Beat]]* "[[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|Bitch]]."
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: What's he [[Stalker With a Crush|doing outside Buffy's house]]? Five words or less. He's "Out. For. A. Walk." *[[Beat]]* "[[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitch]]."
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: Ends up in a wheelchair after a church organ falls on him, but he gets better in a few episodes' time.
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: Ends up in a wheelchair after a church organ falls on him, but he gets better in a few episodes' time.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Especially in Season 4 and part of Season 5.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Especially in Season 4 and part of Season 5.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Aside from blood obviously, he fancies those onion blossoms and buffalo wings served at The Bronze, even though he can't digest them. He also likes to sprinkle Wheatabix into his blood bags for "texture."
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Aside from blood obviously, he fancies those onion blossoms and buffalo wings served at The Bronze, even though he can't digest them. He also likes to sprinkle Wheatabix into his blood bags for "texture."
* [[Trenchcoat Brigade]]
* [[Trenchcoat Brigade]]
* [[Tsundere]]: After he develops a crush on {{spoiler|Buffy}}. "[[Musical Episode|First he'll kill her, then I'll save her... No, I'll save her]], ''[[If We Survive This|then]]'' [[Musical Episode|I'll kill her...]]" Played shallowly in his fling with Harmony, where the Deredere is mostly an act, partly a rebound crush, and the Tsuntsun is because she's ''[[Its All About Me|just]] [[Motor Mouth|that]] [[Spanner in The Works|annoying]]''.
* [[Tsundere]]: After he develops a crush on {{spoiler|Buffy}}. "[[Musical Episode|First he'll kill her, then I'll save her... No, I'll save her]], ''[[If We Survive This|then]]'' [[Musical Episode|I'll kill her...]]" Played shallowly in his fling with Harmony, where the Deredere is mostly an act, partly a rebound crush, and the Tsuntsun is because she's ''[[It's All About Me|just]] [[Motor Mouth|that]] [[Spanner in The Works|annoying]]''.
{{quote| Spike to {{spoiler|Buffy}}, after he's caught [[Stalker With a Crush|lurking outside her house]]: "And I never really liked you anyway, and [[Lame Comeback|and you have stupid hair]] (''[[Beat]]'') [''Leaves'']."}}
{{quote| Spike to {{spoiler|Buffy}}, after he's caught [[Stalker With a Crush|lurking outside her house]]: "And I never really liked you anyway, and [[Lame Comeback|and you have stupid hair]] (''[[Beat]]'') [''Leaves'']."}}
* [[Wall Glower]]
* [[Wall Glower]]
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{{quote| '''Spike:''' "So you'll give me what I want. Make me what I was. So Buffy can get what she deserves."<br />
{{quote| '''Spike:''' "So you'll give me what I want. Make me what I was. So Buffy can get what she deserves."<br />
'''Demon:''' "Very well. We will return...{{spoiler|your soul}}." }}
'''Demon:''' "Very well. We will return...{{spoiler|your soul}}." }}
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: It's dyed, but beyond that.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: It's dyed, but beyond that.
{{quote| '''Glory''' ''(about Spike)'': What the hell is that, and ''why'' is its hair that color? }}
{{quote| '''Glory''' ''(about Spike)'': What the hell is that, and ''why'' is its hair that color? }}
* [[You Are Number Six]]: The Initiative rechristens him "Hostile 17".
* [[You Are Number Six]]: The Initiative rechristens him "Hostile 17".
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: As part of her family's misogynistic tyranny of the women of the clan, they told her she was half-demon her entire life and that if she ever left them for too long, she'd turn into a monster.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: As part of her family's misogynistic tyranny of the women of the clan, they told her she was half-demon her entire life and that if she ever left them for too long, she'd turn into a monster.
* [[All Witches Have Cats]]: Miss Kitty Fantastico, again!
* [[All Witches Have Cats]]: Miss Kitty Fantastico, again!
* {{spoiler|[[Blood Splattered Innocents]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bring Out Your Gay Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bring Out Your Gay Dead]]}}
* [[Cure Your Gays]]: Parodied in "Once More, With Feeling."
* [[Cure Your Gays]]: Parodied in "Once More, With Feeling."
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* [[Mind Rape]]: What Glory did in "Tough Love," and what Willow did in "All The Way."
* [[Mind Rape]]: What Glory did in "Tough Love," and what Willow did in "All The Way."
* [[Nice Girl]]: The closest this series has to one. Stands out especially during Season 6.
* [[Nice Girl]]: The closest this series has to one. Stands out especially during Season 6.
* [[N Word Privileges]]: In this cut scene from "Dead Things".
* [[N-Word Privileges]]: In this cut scene from "Dead Things".
{{quote| "Sweetie, I'm a fag. I've been there."}}
{{quote| "Sweetie, I'm a fag. I've been there."}}
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: For one episode.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: For one episode.

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Buffy Anne Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar)

 "Cool! Crossbow! Check out these babies. Goodbye stakes, hello flying fatality."

The Slayer, main character, and leader of the Scooby Gang (except when she was absent or dead). Started out as a reluctant Slayer, but grew to accept her destiny. For much of the show's run, she was the only really combat-capable character. Died twice.

  • Action Girl
  • All Girls Want Bad Boys: Lampshaded by Buffy herself in "Something Blue" when she worries that a nice, safe relationship would lack the intensity. She falls in love with both Angel and Spike, but her Dogged Nice Guy boyfriend Riley Finn ends up leaving because Buffy doesn't love him as much as he loves her.
    • Deconstructed by Spike in "Never Leave Me".

 "You like men who hurt you. You need the pain we cause you. You need the hate. You need it to do your job, to be the Slayer."

 "Dates are things normal girls have. Girls who have time to think about nail polish and facials. You know what I think about? Ambush tactics. Beheading. Not exactly the stuff dreams are made of."

Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan)

 "You're the Slayer and we're, like, the Slayerettes!"

Buffy's best friend. Started out as The Smart Guy, but eventually became an extremely powerful witch. Came out in Season 4, and is one of the most recognized lesbian characters in fiction.

 Xander: You need a life in the worst way.

 Willow: It's a little binding. I guess vampires really don't have to breathe. Gosh look at those.

 Vamp Willow (looking Willow over): Well, look at me. I'm all fuzzy.

  • Teen Genius
  • Tempting Fate: Almost a Running Gag with her.
    • "Dead Man's Party": Talking about it isn't helping. We might as well try some violence. (zombies crash into the house)
    • "Beer Bad": Men haven't changed since the beginning of time. (cavemen burst in)
    • "Triangle": I wish Buffy were here. (Buffy enters)
    • "Two to Go": There's no one on this earth who has the power to stop me now. (Giles blasts her with a fireball)
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Mocha coffee.
  • Tragic Womance: Her refusal to lose Buffy pushes her to take more risks with magic than ever before. The resurrection leaves her so high off success that she responds to Giles's concern with threats, setting most of her season six arc into motion.
  • Unlucky Childhood Friend
    • Completely subverted in that when she and Xander do get together, she decides she doesn't want him. Then, when she was in a rut with Oz, she discovered that she prefers Tara. She actually has a tendency to make the other person the Unlucky Childhood Friend.
  • Unstoppable Rage: Willow goes into one when Glory sucks Tara's mind, and again when Warren shoots and kills Tara.
  • Villainous Widows Peak: Willow wears one naturally. It becomes this once she morphs into Dark Willow.
  • What Could Have Been: Word of Joss says the door was left open for either Xander or Willow to come out of the closet. Willow's backdoor was set up in "Doppelgangland" (see Wishverse Willow), and let's not forget Xander and Larry ("Your secret's safe with me!"). Seth Green left the show to pursue other projects, and this sealed Willow's fate.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: In Season 6, Dawn slaps her after almost killing her in a car crash and Tara leaves her after she screwed with Tara's head.
    • Tara left her because she promised to not do magic for a week but couldn't last even a day.
      • And the Mind Rape, and take into consideration that Glory did something similar to Tara in Season 5.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Frogs?: Suffers from Ranidaphobia.
  • You Are in Command Now: Took charge of the Scoobies when Buffy was absent or incapacitated; most notably between Seasons 2-3 and 5-6.


Alexander LaVelle "Xander" Harris (Nicholas Brendon)

 "I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good."

Buffy's other best friend. Unlike Willow, Xander never gained any powers (apart from some military training). He had a crush on Buffy early on.

  • Abusive Parents: Not explicitly abusive per se, but they're definitely not loving parents. His father is also, at least verbally and emotionally, abusive of his mother.
  • A Day in The Limelight: Several, perhaps most notably "The Zeppo."
  • Adorkable
  • Annoying Arrows
  • Author Avatar: According to Nicholas Brendan, his character is based on Joss Whedon in high school, which is why Xander "gets all the good lines." They also dress alike.
  • Badass Normal: This carpenter can dry-wall you into the next century!
  • Basement Dweller: In Season 4.
  • Beard of Sorrow: Grows one shortly after Renee's death in Season 8.
  • Body Motifs: Xander is the one who sees everything, so Caleb pokes out one of his eyes.
  • Book Dumb
  • Butt Monkey: Quite possibly the Trope Namer.
  • The Captain: Come Season 8, he's the de facto leader of the international Slayers' organization because of his uncanny ability to bring out the best in his girls. See The Heart below.
  • Cartwright Curse: Of his four major love interests, three are dead: Cordelia, Anya, and Renee, and all his other possible love interests turned out to be demons trying to kill him. Hopefully Dawn will have better luck.
  • Class Clown: His personality in the early seasons. In "The Prom," he complains about not winning the Class Clown award.
  • Combat Pragmatist: In a world where most people think they need to use swords, stakes, axes, and other similar melee weapons, Xander come up with the idea to use a rocket launcher to kill the Judge.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
  • Deadpan Snarker: Even among an entire cast of snarkers, Xander reigns supreme.
  • Easy Amnesia: Exploited. After Xander is possessed by hyenas, he tells Buffy and Willow he has no memory of it, but when Giles confronts him, he confesses that he was lying so he wouldn't have to talk about it.
    • In Season 2 he inadvertently reveals he was lying.
  • Embarrassing Middle Name
  • Even Nerds Have Standards: His interactions with Andrew Wells.
  • Eyepatch of Power: After he loses his eye in Season 7.
  • Eye Scream: See above.
  • The Face: He lacks the supernatural powers of his teammates, but is best friends with Buffy and Willow to the end. His storylines tends to revolve around interpersonal relationships, and, as the most consistent of the Scooby Gang, he interacts with everyone.
    • The Heart: It's made clear more than once that Xander's strength doesn't lie in battle or conjuring spells, but in his interpersonal skills which hold the group together and keep them sane despite all the insanity swirling around them. He brought Willow back from the brink by telling her he loved her.
  • Fatal Attractor: All of his dates are demons. All of them.
    • In the last Season, it is revealed that he and Willow devised a secret phone code for "My date's a demon who's trying to kill me."
  • Hormone-Addled Teenager:

 Cordelia: Does looking at guns make you wanna have sex?

Xander: I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me wanna have sex.

    • And when Buffy reads his mind:

  "What am I going to do? I think about sex all the time. Sex. Help. Four times five is thirty. Five times six is thirty-two... Naked girls. Naked women. Naked Buffy. Oh, stop me."

Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head)

 "You're not, by any chance, betraying your secret identity just to impress, um, cute boys, are you?"

Buffy's Watcher. Very British. Originally just Mr. Exposition, turned out to have quite a past. Also played Team Dad to the Scoobies.

  "'Do you like my mask? Isn't it pretty? It raises the dead.' Americans!"

 ""I know I'm back in America now; I've been knocked unconscious."

  • Heroic Sacrifice: Giles got between a Twilight possessed Angel and Buffy as they fought near the Seed of Wonder, wielding the Scythe to try and destroy the Seed himself and end Twilight's invasion of Earth, or get killed by Twilight and give Buffy the motivation she needed to take the Scythe and end things herself.
  • Heel Face Turn: Pre-series-he used to be pretty much evil in his younger days, practicing dark magic and stuff like that and and was known as Ripper.
  • Helping Would Be Killstealing: Giles in the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He chose to abandon Buffy because he felt that she was limiting herself by clinging to him in a immature way. In principle he had good reasons, but he chose to make his stand right in the middle of a crisis, and forbade everyone else from helping Buffy. That can only vaguely be justified by him following musical logic at the time.
  • Hopeless With Tech
  • Hot Librarian
  • I Am Very British: In the second episode, he asks Willow to "wrest more information from that dread machine... That was a bit...British."
  • I Did What I Had to Do
  • I Need a Freaking Drink: "It's all right... I have more scotch."
  • In-Series Nickname: "Ripper."
  • Killed Off for Real: In the comic, and in a way mirroring Jenny Calendar's death no less.
  • Last-Name Basis: The only people who call him "Rupert" are his romantic interests and Spike.
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: While in London during Season 6, Giles did a spell to bind a demon, but it required him to lose the memory of one of the happiest days in his life. That day was the day he fell in love with Jenny Calendar, leaving him with a heartache that he felt would never go away, even though he had no idea what the memory was about.
  • Limited Wardrobe: A Watcher scoffs at fashion! One tweed suit is all you need.

 Jenny: Do you own anything else?

Giles: Uh well, not as such, no.

 "Because I've sworn to protect this sorry world, and sometimes that means doing what other people can't. What they shouldn't have to."

 Giles: But that's the thrill of living on the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage! (Beat) ...Well, excuse me for finding the glass half-full.

Angel, né Liam (David Boreanaz)

 "For a hundred years, I offered an ugly death to everyone I met, and I did it with a song in my heart."

Vampire cursed with a soul, and Buffy's first Love Interest. Loses his soul in Season 2, becoming a formidable Big Bad with a love of torture (both physical and psychological). Later got his own show.

He returned to Buffy in the Season 8 comics, and will be co-starring with Faith in an upcoming comic series called Angel and Faith.

  Buffy: Skip it. I don't have a puppy, I don't want to know. Skip it.

  • Knight of Cerebus: Sort of. The previous villains certainly weren't harmless, but the show did become darker once Angelus was unleashed.
  • Large and In Charge: Angel's a pretty big guy. Good thing he's on our side! ...oh, wait.
  • Loophole Abuse: He gets into the high school to kill Jenny Calendar using this: Vampires can only enter buildings by the personal invitation of the owner or the owner's family, but apparently the sign above the school, which reads "Enter, all ye who seek knowledge" in Latin, qualifies as an invitation.
  • Love Interest: To Buffy.
  • Love Makes You Evil: Literally.
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Mayfly-December Romance
  • Mind Rape: His specialty. What he did to Drusilla is much, much worse. Actually, Angelus arguably crossed the line from the start by massacring his entire hometown, family included.
  • Mr. Fanservice: He really is something to look at, and he's often chained up and shirtless. He's even been tortured by a vampire dominatrix more than once.
  • Mysterious Protector
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Creating the Twilight dimension by screwing Buffy, which let thousands of demons invade Earth, which resulted in the destruction of the Seed of Wonder and removed all magic from the world.
  • Not Himself: When he loses his soul after having sex with Buffy.
  • Of Corpse He's Alive: Any fool can eat somebody. Angelus likes to make art with the corpse afterward. He infamously posed Jenny Calender like a doll in Giles' bed (staging the scene to resemble a romantic interlude), and tricked a man into thinking his slain sons were still "asleep".
  • Omnicidal Maniac
  • Politically-Incorrect Villain: Angelus' constant jibes at the wheelchair-bound Spike. He's got a million of 'em, ladies and gentlemen.
  • The Punishment: MAN can those gypsies hold a grudge.
  • Psychotic Smirk
  • Rescue Romance: Strikes one up with Buffy, in Season One.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Just as he casts off the Angelus persona, Buffy runs him through with a sword and he gets pulled into Hell by Acathla.
  • Reduced to Ratburgers: By the time Whistler found him, Angel was homeless and scrounging off of rat blood. (To add insult to injury, he has difficulty catching one.)
  • Restraining Bolt: One moment of bliss will turn him psychotic.
  • Shirtless Scene: The man likes his tai chi.
  • Shoo Out the Clowns: Poor Spike is left to rot in a wheelchair while the significantly less cuddly Angelus steals the spotlight.
  • Sidekick Graduations Stick
  • Spiky Hair
  • Stalking Is Love: Angel has definite tendencies in that direction, in both his evil and not-evil incarnations.
    • He actually met and fell in love with Buffy when she was 15. He then stalked her for a year before revealing himself.
    • And he's still up it on the fifth season of Angel, despite being burdened with a desk job! (He has "a source" keeping tabs on her in Italy.)
  • Star-Crossed Lovers: With Buffy.
  • Stealth Hi Bye

 Xander: Okay, that's it. I'm putting a collar with a little bell around that guy.

  • Suicide By Sunlight: Attempted.
  • Terms of Endangerment: You can always tell when he's crazy because he refers to Buffy as "Buff."
  • Token Heroic Orc
  • Tragic Monster
  • Vegetarian Vampire
  • Villain Cred: Even the Master held Angelus in high regard, intending to appoint him Dragon. The Mayor was keen to have Angelus on his team, as well.
  • Warrior Poet: More like a warrior man of letters -- well-read, multilingual and a talented artist.
  • Weak but Skilled: As far as credible villains go, Angelus is not that much stronger than normal vampires. He's been in the game for two hundred years though, with his greatest asset (aside from a viciousness that would make The Joker proud) being his mind, which he uses to full effect.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: As a human, Liam was held in contempt by his father, who believed that his son would never amount to being anything else but being a lazy, promiscuous drunk. When he became Angelus, he sat out to prove his father wrong by making a name for himself, namely by becoming the most famboyantly sadistic vampire ever recorded in human history.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: After he gets exposed as Twilight, everybody has this reaction to him, especially after it is revealed he was an Unwitting Pawn to a evil dimension trying to end the world. After he gets possessed by the real Twilight and kills Giles and Buffy is forced to destroy the Seed of Wonder is destroyed to stop the destruction of the world, the only ones willing to associate with Angel and not try to kill him are Buffy and Faith, and Buffy doesn't even want to be around him anymore.
  • Who Wants to Live Forever?

Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter)

 "Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass."

Started out as the Alpha Bitch, before joining the Scooby Gang and eventually being spun off to Angel.

  "Actually, I'm looking forward to it. I do well on standardized tests." (Beat) "What? I can't have layers?"

 Xander: You're talking about messing with powerful magic, and you're weak.

Willow: I'm okay.

Xander: You don't look okay. (to Cordelia) Does she?

Cordelia: You should listen to him. The hair, it's so flat, and the lips...

Anya, née Aud (Emma Caulfield)

 " I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. A mortal! A child! And I'm flunking math."

Originally a 1,120-year-old vengeance demon who lost her powers and eventually joined the Scooby Gang. Was a Love Interest for Xander for three seasons before their relationship ended, and she went back to being a Vengeance Demon. Lost her powers and rejoined the Scoobies in early Season 7.

  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Her relationship with Willow is meant to be like this; despite being thousands of years older than Willow, she's more naive and immature, which Willow is frequently annoyed by.
  • Ascended Extra: Originally intended as a one-shot character for "The Wish."
  • Badass: When a vengeance demon. However, she did kill a few demons and vampires as a normal human.
  • Being Evil Sucks
  • Break the Cutie: From "Hell's Bells" on.
  • Brutal Honesty: "I hate us! Everybody's so *nice*. Nobody says what's on their mind."
  • Cannot Tell a Joke: Though, with little doubt, she's the funniest character from Season 4 onwards.

 Anya: OK. A man walks in to the office of a doctor. He's wearing on his head-- um, oh wait, there's a duck. Is that right?

Heckler: YOU SUCK!

Anya: Quiet! You'll miss the humorous conclusion.

Daniel "Oz" Osbourne (Seth Green)

 "Huh. A werewolf in love."

Guitarist for a local band who became a werewolf, as well as Willow's boyfriend. Left in early Season 4. Nigh-impossible to faze. In the comics, he married a fellow werewolf with whom he had a son. Together they teach other werewolves to conquer their demons. He later assisted the Slayer Organization during the Twilight crisis.

Spike, né William Pratt (James Marsters)

 "I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it."

British vampire who served as the villain for early Season 2. Was planned to die, but his status as Ensemble Darkhorse saved him. He showed up in one episode in Season 3 before returning for good in Season 4. Had a chip in his head that prevented him from hurting humans, so he joined up with the Scoobies for survival and so he could get his kicks by fighting demons. Eventually fell in love with Buffy, and had a twisted relationship with her in Season 6. Got a soul at the end of Season 6 and made a Heroic Sacrifice in the finale. Reappeared on Angel. He is Tropetastic.

 "I know it looks like a closet but it's a room now."

 Joyce: Honey, did you somehow, unintentionally, lead him on in any way? Send him signals?

Buffy: Well, I do beat him up a lot. For Spike, that's like third base.

 Spike: I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.

 "Effulgent"?

  • Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Spike was initially demoted to comic relief as a way of filling the gap left by Cordelia. Joss felt the absence of both Cordy and Oz left the heroes without a dissenting voice.
  • There Is Another: Spike gradually takes on 'Angel' mantle in Seasons 5-7, whereupon he get treated to guilt, hallucinations, eating rats -- the works.

 Robin Wood: Because the military gave him a soul?

 Spike to Buffy, after he's caught lurking outside her house: "And I never really liked you anyway, and and you have stupid hair (Beat) [Leaves]."

 Spike: "So you'll give me what I want. Make me what I was. So Buffy can get what she deserves."

Demon: "Very well. We will return...your soul."

 Glory (about Spike): What the hell is that, and why is its hair that color?

Riley Finn (Marc Blucas)

"So, what have you got going on tonight?"

"Patrolling."

"Patrolling?."

"..Petroleum."
—Riley and Buffy

Initiative soldier and Buffy's Love Interest in Season 4 (and early Season 5). Put On a Bus, but came back for an episode in Season 6, and later on a recurring basis in the comics.

Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg)

 "We destroyed The Mall? ...I fought on the wrong side."

Buffy's younger sister who was Cosmic Retconned into existence in Season 5. Was actually a Key that could open dimensional barriers. Spent two seasons as The Chick before becoming The Smart Guy.

  "Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday."

  "Everyday was like the end of the world. She doesn't get worked up like that over you."

    • Or to her sister:

  "Buffy, Spike's completely in love with you."

Tara Maclay (Amber Benson)

 "I want my room to be Willow-friendly."

Willow's love interest in Seasons 4-6. Also a capable witch, and a lot wiser about her powers than Willow. Killed off in Season 6. She and Willow are the longest-lasting lesbian couple in network television history, and one of the best known.

 "Oh my God, I'm cured! I want the boys!" (pretends to run off, only to collapse giggling into Willow's arms)

 Joss: Yeah... this is porn.

  "Sweetie, I'm a fag. I've been there."

 Tara: I am, you know.

Willow: What?

Tara: Yours.

  • White Sheep
  • Wise Beyond Her Years: Despite being the most innocent of the Scoobies, Tara takes the revelation of Joyce's death much more like an adult than any other member of the gang. We later learn it's because her own mother died when she was 17, so she's been through this before.
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