Most Underrated Buffy The Vampire Slayer Characters. With Buffy the Vampire Slayer turning 2. While some us may soon be trading in our fangs for dentures, it seems like only yesterday that we met the feisty Chosen One from L. A. Dusting off your stake and your DVDs, Buffy is always worth a revisit, even two decades later. We laugh, we cry, we screw up our faces to look like a vampire, while there is something quintessentially wholesome about the town built on the Hellmouth. Even as the show moved past the crumbling remains of Sunnydale High and into university, Buffy entered her adult years, faced with more love, more loss, and yes, more Angel. David Boreanaz may have splintered off into his own show taking several Buffy alumni with him, but it offered something very different from the cheerful cheerleaders and hijinx of the main show. Everyone had their favorite character, whether it be the timid Willow, the goofy Xander, stoic Giles, or the titular Buffy. However, outside the main Scooby Gang, who are the unsung heroes and villains of Sunnydale Here are the 1. 5 Most Underrated Buffy The Vampire Slayer Characters. Kendra. If you can forgive the accent, Kendra Young was a welcome addition to Buffy the Vampire Slayers second season. Believed to be an assassin from the Order of Taraka, it was later revealed that Kendra was another slayer, activated after Buffys brief death at the end of Season 1. As the model slayer, Kendra was a no nonsense badass who harkened back to Buffys loner days as suspected school arsonist. Sadly, Kendra was killed after just a year as the Slayer, which doesnt look good on anyones CV. A page for describing Characters Buffy the Vampire Slayer Scooby Gang. The other pages areBuffy the Vampire Slayer Characters The Scooby Gangnote. Bianca Lawson had originally auditioned for the part of Cordelia Chase, but it is hard to imagine her now as anyone other than fiery Kendra, who was comic foil for Buffy. Having her throat slit by Drusilla, Kendras was a death that would affect Buffy at a time when she had just started to warm to her replacement. Buffy kept Kendras stake, Mr. Pointy, and had it bronzed in her memory. More importantly, Kendra introduced the whole multiple slayers bit, which went on to give us great characters like Faith, but she was gone too soon alas poor Kendra, we hardly knew ye. Robin Wood. As a closet vampire hunter, Principal Robin Wood set hearts a flutter from his arrival at the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High, wel until he drove a stake into them. He was seeking vengeance on Spike, who stole his dead mothers jacket as a trophy. It was Woods turn from just another principal into unofficial vampire hunter that gave him more depth than your standard classroom character. In particular, the flashback episode to the swinging 7. Sunnydale and gave Wood a human side with the loss of his mother. Principal soon made eyes at Buffy, offering her the position of guidance counselor and inviting her on a date to a vampire ambush. It was clear that Wood had ulterior motives for being in town. Perhaps it was the fact that he built his office directly above the Hellmouth that caused the Scooby Gang and the audience to question which side he was on. From Drusilla to Darla, the Master to Mayor Wilkins, just who are the most underrated characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayers seven seasons How the cast of Buffy The Vampire Slayer have changed Did they marry Did they go on to fame and fortune or did they peak when they starred on Joss Whedons hit TV show As a human, Angel was a lazy, ambitious drunk named Liam. Angel was born a human named Liam in Galway, Ireland in 1727 to a linen and silk merchant and his wife. All turned out well in the end, with Robin obviously being one of the good guys and knocking boots with Faith Lehane. Robin was something of a lady and vamp killer, proving to be instrumental in the final battle and continuing comic books. It wasnt hard, but Wood was easily the best principal the school had. Glory. Having possibly the best name in the Buffyverse, Glorificus was by played with aplomb by Clare Kramer. Her acting may have been OOT, but Kramer gave us the perfect mad queen performance. Glory ruled with an iron fist, and it is hard not to respect a demon that has their own minions and can be so demanding that her temper tantrum causes a building to collapse. And no one can forget classic Gloryisms like I need shoes, I need dresses, I need to rule the world. Glory essentially wanted Hell to reign on Earth, but needed to get back to her own dimension to do so, using The Key. It took several spells, a troll hammer, a wrecking ball, and the Buffybot to even weaken her, but Glory was eventually defeated by Giles smothering a young man to death go figure. In terms of pure comedy gold, Glory was effectively a psychotic version of Cordelia Chase. Joss Whedon apparently wanted a character similar to the Joker from Batman, and Glory was a superb pantomime villain, although, there is no denying that the minions needed their own Oompa Loompa song every time they slid onto our screens. Mayor Wilkins. Dubbed the evil Ned Flanders, Mayor Richard Wilkins took his villainy to a soap operatic level of camp and madness. As the primary villain of the third season, Wilkins seemed a little too knowledgeable about Sunnydales evil goings on, but was there really evil behind that family man persona Harry Groener was cast due to his ability to portray a quintessentially corrupt American politician, who was so greasy, he nearly slipped out of our hands, but also somehow paternal. In an office packed with shrunken heads and possessed items, Wilkins kept a box of wet wipes for his fear of germs, which is ironic considering that he wasnt afraid to get his hands dirty by stealing babies for sacrifice or devouring insectsstudents at an alarming rate. Richard Wilkins III was actually No.
I and II as well, ruling for over a century thanks to backhanders with the various demons around town. Wilkins also appeared as Faiths father figure, blurring the line between whether the other slayer was actually good or bad. The true Wilkins highlight, however, is his ascension. As a giant snake, Wilkins ate Principal Snyder before chasing Buffy inside the school to meet his and the schools demise. Tara. Amber Bensons Tara got plenty of screentime, but the gap that she left after her death reiterates just how much she meant to Willow and the show. Introduced in possibly the best episode ever, Hush, Taras silent entry set Willow on a path to discovering her sexuality, and Buffy on a path to ground breaking representation. Starting as the shy, oft ignored student, Tara became an influential part of the Scooby Gang and an anchor for Willows use of magic, always seen as the sensible one. Season 5s Family may be the only Tara centric episode in the shows run, but it is well worth its runtime the final shot of her and Willow dancing away will always grab us by the hearts. Ushering in a more mature era of Buffy with complicated relationships, Tara also sparks the big debate of who is Willows greatest love, the Wicca or the werewolf While the decision to kill Tara off at the end of Season 6 divided fans some called it homophobia, it sent Willow on her much needed dark chapter and offered one of the shows most heartbreaking scenes. As the first depiction of a lesbian couple on a prime time network show, the Buffyverse and beyond has a lot to thank Tara for. The Master. Buffy the Vampire Slayerfeatured so many big bads, but it is defined by its formative years, and by Mark Metcalfs the Master. To this day, there will still be some of us who hide behind the cushion when the Nosferatu esque villain comes onto our screens. Disappointed with the 1. Whedon decided to take a crack at bringing Rutger Hauers Lothos to life in the TV show. The vampire king lurking beneath Sunnydale, Lothos underwent something of a re. Master was born. Representing that whole vampire beats helpless woman trope from the likes of Bram Stoker, the Master couldnt be any more of a cliche if he tried when we first meet him. However, where the Master was reinvented by Metcalfs almost gleeful portrayal, showing the lighter side of the vamp and his bleached face. In theory, you couldve ended Buffy with the Master draining her blood and dumping her corpse in the water, but where would the fun have been in that Going from his truly terrifying origins, the Master was shown to be not that much of an obstacle for the Scoobies, while Buffy kicked his ass in round two without ruining her perfectly coiffed hair. Jenny Calendar. Before George R. R. Martin was hacking off characters left, right, and center, Joss Whedon was there with, torturing Buffy fans. Robia La. Mortes beloved Jenny Calendar was one of Sunnydale Highs few faculty members who wasnt a demon or an asshole she was just a witch well, techno pagan. Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Freshman TV Episode 1. Edit. When the Sunnydale High gang arrives on college campus, Willow and Oz who even knows the site and people from his band, which has a cool house take to academic life like a duck to water, Buffy like a fish on land, miserable with a plain roommate she cant confide in, lost, making a fool of herself with one of the rough, demanding professors. Buffy literally bumps into charming teaching assistant Riley Finn, but he is clearly more interested in fellow psychology buff Willow. Another literally lost student, Eddie, seems nice, but disappears the next morning. Buffy smells vampires, indeed a whole nest has formed a sorority. Visiting Giles, she finds him with a scantily dressed visitor, Olivia, and is told to mind herself except in emergencies, not the case yet apparently, however he will reconsider later. The vampire president is arrogant, hopefully enough to underestimate Buffy, who is greatly relieved to find Xander is back from his summer touring. Written by. KGF Vissers. Plot SummaryPlot Synopsis.
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