The Beginner's Guide to Buffy


WHAT IS BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a sci-fi/comedy/drama that first aired in 1996 on the WB. In each generation there is a chosen one, one destined to fight the forces of evil. She is the slayer. Buffy focuses on the slayer and friends and their trials and tribulations facing demons, monsters, and the ickyness that is high school.

THE CAST

BUFFY SUMMERS
Buffy is the slayer (hence the title). She was kicked out of Hembry High in LA for burning down the gym, and she and her mom moved to Sunnydale. Buffy is a typical teen: she loves clothes, dating, and hanging out. She is conflicted, wanting a real life. She has two best friends, and is in love with Angel. She was killed by the master, but resessitated by Xander.

XANDER HARRIS
Xander is Buffy's "Xander shaped friend". He has been friends with Willow since forever, and was one of the first to befriend Buffy. He has an enormous crush on Buffy. Xander is a geeky teen, though his clothes have gotten better. Unlucky in love, Xander has crushed on an Inca Mummy and a Praying Mantis teacher. He was also possesed by a hyena. He was forced to kill one of his best friends, Jesse, when he was turned into a vampire. Xander was dating Cordelia until she walked in on him kissing Willow.

WILLOW ROSENBERG
Willow is the group's resident computer nerd and hacker. She is in love with Xander. Willow was once attracted to a boy she met on the net who turned out to be a demon. Willow was dating Oz, until he walked in on her kissing Xander. She is a novice witch, and preformed the spell that returned Angel's soul.

CORDELIA CHASE
Cordelia is the most popular person in the school. Vain and shallow, she was on the cheerleading squad, was the May Queen, and ran for homecoming queen. Against her better judgment, she had throw in with the scooby gang. She is in love with Xander (against her better judgment).

RUPERT GILES
Giles, Buffy's watcher, is the school librarian. He is a stuffy English gent. In his earlier days he was a rebel, once summoning a demon for fun. He has an alter ego, the Ripper, who is very menacing. Giles was in love with Jenny Calendar, the computer teacher who was killed bu Angelus.

ANGEL
Angel is a 242 year old vampire with a soul. It was returned in a gypsy curse placed on him because he killed a gypsy princess. Angel was sent to watch Buffy and help her in her fight against evil. He is in love with her. A night in the sack with Buffy removed the curse and he lost his soul (see what premarital sex will do to you, kids?). While evil, he killed Jenny Calendar and Willow's fish. He tortured Giles, and while trying to open the gate to hell was sucked into it. He recently returned.

OZ
Oz is a senior. He plays guitar in the band "dingoes ate my baby". He is incredibly smart, but flunked 12th grade because he didn't attend class. He is in love with Willow. Oz was bitten by his little cousin Jordy, a warewolf. He is now a warewolf.

KENDRA & FAITH
Kendra is the slayer called after Buffy's death. She is much more knowledgable on slayer information than Buffy, and was training her whole life to be a slayer. She was killed by Drusilla, and Faith was called.
Faith is a more rebelious slayer. She dresses very trampy and has issues. Her watcher was killed, so she is training with Giles and Buffy.

SPIKE & DRU
Spike and Drusilla are the Sid and Nancy of the vampire world. They are English. Dru was driven crazy and changed by Angel. She has visions, and always carries around a doll named Miss Edith. She was weak until a restorative spell brought her health back.
Spike was created by Dru. Origionally called William the Bloody, he got his nickname due to his love of driving railroad spikes into his victems. He hates Angel for betraying their kind and stealing Dru away. Spike was injured while trying to restore Dru to health and was in a wheelchair for a while. He joined forces with Buffy to put Angel down. Drusilla left Spike for betraying Angel, and they are both currently out of the country.

MINOR CHARACTERS
Principal Snyder - principal of Sunnydale High. a nasty little rat faced man.
Joyce - Buffy's mom
Larry - senior jock, secretly gay.


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