Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Headscratchers/Season 1: Difference between revisions

Headscratchers for ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Spoilers abound.

 

 

== Jesse - Lest We Forget ==

*** That's a good point, but not really what I was asking. Joyce and Tara were both talked about after their deaths, but Jesse isn't mentioned ever, even as a casual reference. For example, when Angel lost his soul (only a season after Jesse's death) Xander never said anything like "I had to kill my best friend but Angel gets a free pass?" which seems like a pretty in character thing considering he brings up Angelus when Buffy goes to kill Anya.

** Yeah, I was just thinking about this. It's like Jesse has experienced an odd form of [[Brother Chuck]].

** Every time Xander and/or Willow mentioned something about their pre-Buffy past, it seemed quite odd that they didn't bring up Jesse, given that he should have been a huge part of their past.

*** It's possible, (and possibly implied) that while Xander and Willow had been best friends since kindergarten, they'd become friends with Jesse maybe as late as high school. This would explain why he doesn't really feature in their recollections.

** Doyle isn't comparable. He had several episodes of characterization and a very dramatic send-off. Jesse was written into the pilot solely to be immediately killed.

* There's actually a trope for this: [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]].