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!Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters

* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerScoobyGang The Scooby Gang]][[note]]Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Rupert Giles, Dawn Summers, Andrew Wells, Angel, Cordelia Chase, Anya Jenkins, Oz, Spike, Riley Finn, Tara Maclay[[/note]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBigBads Big Bads]][[note]]Lothos, The Master, Angelus, The Mayor, Adam, Glory, The Trio, The First Evil[[/note]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerSunnydaleResidents Sunnydale Residents]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerVampires Vampires]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerDemonsAndMonsters Demons and Monsters]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerWatchersAndSlayers Watchers and Slayers]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerTwilightGroup The Twilight Group]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerComic Dark Horse Comic Characters]]

!Angel Characters

* [[Characters/AngelInvestigations Angel Investigations]]
* [[Characters/AngelWolframAndHart Wolfram and Hart]]
* [[Characters/AngelLosAngelesResidents Los Angeles Residents]]
* [[Characters/AngelBigBads Angel Big Bads]]
* [[Characters/AngelOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

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!The Initiative

[[folder:Prof. Walsh]]
!!Professor Maggie Walsh
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"It's only our methods that differ."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LindsayCrouse

-->''"I'm Professor Walsh. Those of you who fall into my good graces will come to know me as Maggie. Those of you who don't will come to know me by the nickname my T.A.s use and think I don't know about: the Evil Bitch-Monster of Death."''

Professor Maggie Walsh was a UC Sunnydale professor, teaching Introduction to Psychology, and Director of The Initiative. She was also the mentor of Riley Finn, who served as her Teaching Assistant, and the creator of Adam.
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* DeathByIrony: She's talking about taking down Buffy when she least expects it...and is suddenly killed in the way she least expects.
* DeadpanSnarker: Walsh has a dry sense of humor that Buffy doesn't always get simply due to her deadpan she is.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Walsh recurs pretty heavily for the first half of Season 4; she's presented as the Director of the Initiative, she's shown to have sinister goals and becomes an increasingly potent threat. However, just as she seems to solidify her status as BigBad by declaring war on Buffy, she's killed by Adam.
* EvilIsNotAToy: She created Adam as a prototype for an entire race of cybernetically-enhanced human/demon Frankenstein {{Super Soldier}}s. Within minutes of activation, Adam kills Walsh and seizes control of her plans. The US government themselves come to this conclusion by "Primeval."
-->'''Mr. Ward''': Maggie Walsh's vision was brilliant, but ultimately insupportable. The demons cannot be harnessed, cannot be controlled.
* EvilMentor: To Riley Finn. She was carefully manipulating him into becoming her right-hand man, considering him her favorite.
* ForTheGreaterGood: Her claimed motivation for ordering Buffy's death, but it's due to jealousy of her relationship with Riley more than anything.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Murdered by Adam, her favorite creation.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Despite the fact that Buffy clearly showed her skills and experience at hunting demons, Walsh tried to have Buffy killed just because she recognised that Buffy wouldn't do things her way.
* KilledMidSentence: In the middle of a rant about how she'll take down Buffy, Adam skewers her from behind for no reason.
-->''"All right, fine. If she wants a fight, we'll give her one. Won't we, Adam? I've worked too long, too long to let some little bitch threaten this project. Threaten me. She has no idea who she's dealing with. Once she's gone, Riley will come around. He'll understand. It's for the greater good. He'll see that. And if he doesn't...Well, first things first. Remove the complication, and when she least expects it--"''
* MadScientist: Somehow, she came to the conclusion that creating a virtually unstoppable MixAndMatchMan composed of human, demon and machine parts was a good idea.
* MotherlyScientist: Head scientist of the Initiative and creator of Adam, who certainly considers her a mother.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Adam brought her back as little more than one, to help with his EvilPlan.
* ParentalSubstitute: She acts as a surrogate mother to Riley and Adam; the latter even refers to her as "mother."
* RedBaron: The Evil Bitch Monster of Death!
* SinisterSurveillance: She jealously watches Riley and Buffy have sex on multiple screens.
* SternTeacher: She makes this very clear in her first scene.
-->''"I'm Professor Walsh. Those of you who fall under my good graces will come to know me as Maggie. Those of you who don't will come to know me by the name my TA's use and think I don't know about, 'The Evil Bitch Monster of Death.'"''
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Walsh thought that sending Buffy off with a defective weapon against a demon more powerful than she was expecting would be enough to kill her, but instead Buffy defeats the demon and calls Walsh back to taunt her over a public broadcast.
* YouGotSpunk: Her response to Buffy telling her off in "The Initiative" is "I like her."
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Forrest]]
!!Forrest Gates
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"We take care of our own."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LeonardRoberts

-->''"This is the burden we bear, brother. We have a gig that would inevitably cause any girl living to think we are cool upon cool. Yet, we must Clark Kent our way through the dating scene, never to use our unfair advantage. Thank God we're pretty."''

A friend of Riley Finn and member of the Initiative. Like his teammates Riley and Graham, Forrest leads a double life, balancing his military service with his cover as a student at UC Sunnydale. He is the quintessential rule-following soldier, and while initially he likes Buffy and encourages Riley to pursue a relationship with her, her effect on Riley makes him angry and suspicious of her motives.
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* AttackBackfire: He tasers Adam, only for the Demonoid to absorb the energy with a polite 'thank you'.
* BackFromTheDead: Forrest is killed by Adam, but he's resurrected with additional demon parts and placed under Adam's control.
* BaldOfEvil: After being transformed.
* CameBackStrong: Forrest was tough before, but with Adam's upgrades he becomes exceptionally powerful.
* CameBackWrong: The resurrected Forrest is not the same Forrest as before; the human Forrest would have hated the idea of working for Adam or being augmented with demon parts, and wouldn't have turned on Riley. Adam's control is a terrible thing.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeathByLookingUp: He sees too late that Riley threw him a tank of flammable gas.
* DegradedBoss: His cyborg self is reduced to a type of {{mook}} in the game ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayerChaosBleeds''.
* TheDragon: To Adam in the Season 4 finale.
* EvilCounterpart: To Riley; they were both good soldiers who were well-respected within the Initiative, but Riley grew to see that JustFollowingOrders led to dark places. Forrest remained loyal to the bitter end, and his blind obedience cost him dearly.
* EyeScream: Spike put out one of Forrest's eyes with a [[CigaretteBurns cigarette]].
* FaceHeelTurn: He was more KnightTemplar when he was still a "good guy."
* FantasticRacism: It doesn't much matter to Forrest whether a demon is good or evil, he'll kill it just for being inhuman. As he puts it:
-->'''Forrest''': I see a demon, it dies. End of story.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Despite being a good friend of Riley and Graham, neither seem to mourn him Forrest after he had been turned into a cyborg and had to be killed by Riley.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: After Maggie's death, he becomes increasingly violent and angry, becoming every bit as bad as the supposedly evil demons he fights. Adam eventually turns him into a literal monster, and in a subtle twist he can't question orders...not that he ever did when he was human.
* HotBlooded: As seen by his TantrumThrowing.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Adam impales him on his Polgara skewer.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Forrest blatantly ignores or excuses all of the Initiative and Maggie Walsh's horrible acts, such as trying to kill Buffy, secretly drugging their troops and creating Adam, while blaming Buffy for everything they did wrong.
* KnightTemplar: Forrest is a fervent believer in the Initiative and Maggie Walsh in particular. He never questions orders and easily excuses even the most morally questionable aspects of the Initiative.
* MixAndMatchMan: What Adam turns him into.
* PlayingWithSyringes: Adam turns him into a duplicate of himself.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: After he's killed, Adam augments his body with demon parts to turn him into a last-minute [[TheDragon dragon.]]
* ScaryBlackMan: He shows some slight hints of this, but becomes this fully after Adam turns him into a MixAndMatchMan. Of course, it can be debated whether or not he's still a man after this.
* SuperSerum: Like the other Initiative soldiers, he's routinely drugged with 'vitamins' that increase his physical prowess.
* SuperSoldier: Due to the SuperSerum the Initiative was drugging him with.
* SuperStrength: Pre- and post-transformation.
* TantrumThrowing: When he and Graham don't find the Polgara, he shows his blatant hatred of demons and smashes Spike's TV out of pure rage.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Initially with Riley, but as they grow apart he becomes this with Graham.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Forrest was fun, snarky and a loyal friend to Riley but after Walsh's death he becomes increasingly angry.
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[[folder:Graham]]
!!Graham Miller
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[[caption-width-right:295:''"Maybe she's Canadian."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BaileyChase

A friend of Riley Finn and member of the Initiative. He is played by Bailey Chase. Like his teammates Riley and Forrest, Graham leads a double life, balancing his military service with his cover as a student at UC Sunnydale. Whereas Forrest is a rather brash person, Graham is more calm and collected.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: He lacks the conflict of Riley or the HotBlooded ruthlessness of Forrest, managing to be a good example of a professional soldier.
* TheStoic: Graham is generally straight-faced and laid back at all times.
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[[folder:[=McNamara=]]]
!!Colonel [=McNamara=]
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[[caption-width-right:290:''"I know everything that goes on around here. A tick on a mouse couldn't get in without my knowing it. And if Adam wants to try, we're ready for him."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ConorOFarrell

The United States Army officer appointed by Mr. Ward and the Pentagon to oversee The Initiative.
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* AssholeVictim: He ends up as chow for the demons Adam unleashed.
* ColonelBadass: Major dick though he may be, [=McNamara=] didn't hesitate to pick up a weapon and fight alongside his men.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bull-headed, sexist, irritable, grumpy, trigger-happy. That's Colonel [=McNamara=].
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After the deaths of Walsh and Angleman, [=McNamara=] arrives to take control. Of course, Walsh and Angleman were worse tyrants than him, so this is subverted. [=McNamara=] might be a jerk of titanic proportions, but he doesn't try to kill his own people.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Angleman]]
!!Dr. Francis Angleman
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[[caption-width-right:290:''"Adam. Maggie would want you to stand down."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackStehlin

A scientist at The Initiative and one of the few, perhaps the only one besides Maggie Walsh, aware of the 314 Project.
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* BackFromTheDead: Adam resurrects him as a largely brainless henchman.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Adam, with his trademark skewer.
* MadScientist: When you think it's a good idea to piece together a monster from human, demon and machine parts it's likely you aren't playing with a full deck.
[[/folder]]

!The Knights of Byzantium

[[folder:Gregor]]
!!General Gregor
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You've no idea what you've gotten yourself into."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WadeWilliams

-->''"Dissension in the ranks. Seldom a harbinger of glad tidings."''

The leader of the Knights of Byzantium.
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* TheCorrupter: Gregor tries to convince Ben to kill Dawn, and although he fails, he does give a convincing argument.
-->''" Unimaginable legions will perish, including everyone here. You can stop this. You can save all their lives by ending one. The little girl. The Key. Destroy it, and the will of the Beast will be broken, she will fade. A distant memory...and all of this madness will end."''
* FacialMarkings: Like many of the other Knights, he has intricate tattoos marking his face.
* AFatherToHisMen: Gregor truly does care for his men; when Orlando's sanity is sucked out by Glory, he has him rescued and returned to the fold. He treats Orlando warmly with some sadness at his mental illness, instructing his men to make sure he's comfortable while swearing revenge.
-->'''Gregor:''' Welcome home, Orlando. I swear by my sword your sacrifice will not go unavenged.
-->'''Orlando:''' ''[playing with Gregor's medallion]'' Shiny.
-->'''Gregor:''' ''[beat]'' Yes, I suppose it is.
* TheFundamentalist: Like the rest of the Knights, he's a religious fanatic who claims to perform the will of God.
* FourStarBadass: He's the general of the Knights of Byzantium, and is a more than competent fighter. Of course, being human, he's no match for Buffy or Glory.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a very foreboding, deep scar down the side of his face.
* KnightTemplar: Gregor is a devout believer in his cause. He refuses to let anyone get in the way of his righteous crusade.
* MrExposition: While held hostage by the Scoobies, he helpfully fills in the blanks about Glory, where she came from, what she's trying to do, what the key does and what will happen if Glory is successful.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's perfectly willing to murder innocents, but only to prevent Glory from opening the portal to her home dimension and thus dooming reality itself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Orlando]]
!!Orlando
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Shall we test your faith now?''"]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JustinGorence

A member of the Knights of Byzantium.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: He was prepared to die...but he wasn't prepared for Glory to destroy the person he was by sucking out his sanity.
%%* TheFundamentalist
* KnightTemplar: Orlando is entirely willing to kill or die to stop Glory.
* MercyKill: He's killed by Dante so that he will not become another slave to Glory. Considering he had dedicated his life to stopping Glory and more than once expressed his willingness to die for his cause, it's likely what he would have wanted.
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dante]]
!!Dante Chavalier
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's nothing to fear, my brother. The Beast may have taken your mind, but I swear to you... she will never know the taste of your heart."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KarimPrince

A member of the Knights of Byzantium.
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%%* TheFundamentalist
%%* KnightTemplar
* MercyKill: He tearfully kills Orlando to prevent him from becoming another one of Glory's slaves.
-->''"There's nothing to fear, my brother. The Beast may have taken your mind, but I swear to you, she will never know the taste of your heart."''
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Pike]]
!!Oliver Pike
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Buffy, you're the guy. You're the Chosen guy."'']]
-->'''Played By:''' Creator/LukePerry

A troublemaker at Buffy's old school in Los Angeles, and a former lover.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His first name was revealed in the comics.
* CockFight: In the novel ''Sins of the Father'', there's some brief tension between him and Angel.
* CoolBike: His motorcycle.
* HunterOfMonsters: He becomes one following his breakup with Buffy.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: In "Viva Las Buffy", he breaks up with Buffy, feeling he's holding her back.
* ItsPersonal: He joins Buffy on her mission to kill vampires after his best friend Benny Jacks got turned into one.
* LastNameBasis
* LoveInterest: In the movie.
* SequelNonEntity: He never appears in the TV series, nor was he ever mentioned. Though he appears in the Creator/DarkHorseComics "Notes from the Underground" StoryArc which takes place post-Season 6, and ''Sins of the Father''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caleb]]
!!Caleb
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I work in mysterious ways. Also some fairly straight-forward ones."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion

-->''"You girls are just burning with righteousness, aren't you? Problem is, you think they're blazing like suns, when really you're matchsticks in the face of the darkness."''

Caleb was a misogynistic defrocked preacher and serial killer who served the First Evil as its leading enforcer during its crusade in 2002-2003 to end the Slayerline.
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* AxCrazy: Is a violent sadist that happily partakes in wanton torture and murder with nothing but fondness.
* BadassPreacher: Despite his choice of clothing, Caleb is no longer a priest. However, he is a spiritual leader among the Bringers due to his chosen status as the First's vessel and his talent at public speaking.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: A temporary side effect of merging with the First. His eyes also become pitch black when he's badly wounded.
* BloodKnight: When he fights, he's usually laughing in glee and smiling wide.
* CurbStompBattle: Caleb faces off with the entire Scooby Gang, all the Potentials and Faith. He demolishes them all with minimal effort and a smile on his face.
* TheDragon: He didn't emerge until the second half of Season 7, but it became clear he was the First's right-hand man for a long time. The First can't touch anyone or really do much of anything besides a good verbal MindRape. As a result, Caleb does the heavy lifting and much of what takes place in Season 7 is due to him working behind the scenes until his first physical appearance. He organized the Harbingers into systematically eliminating the Potential Slayers around the world, he was responsible for the destruction of the Council in England and he arranged for an inmate to target Faith while she was in prison.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He rescues a Potential from the Bringers, posing as a good Samaritan, then slowly reveals his [[SinisterMinister true]] [[HeManWomanHater colors]], stabs the girl in the stomach, and leaves her on the side of the road to bleed. When talking about this to Buffy later on, Caleb complains that the girl's blood ruined his floor mats.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter Reverend Harry Powell,]] minus the greed.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Buffy cuts him in half. [[GroinAttack From the groin upwards]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Caleb presents himself with a polite, disarming demeanor but his folksy mannerisms and downhome accent are fooling nobody. He's more of a monster than most monsters.
* FusionDance: He does one with The First to gain a small portion of it's power, hence his incredible strength.
* AGlassOfChianti: Heck, his evil lair ''is'' a wine cellar!
* GroinAttack: He gets the mother of all Groin Attacks.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Buffy bisects him from the crotch up. Ouch.
-->'''Angel''': All right, where is he?\\
'''Buffy''': ''[indicates Caleb's severed halves]'' [[BondOneLiner He had to]] [[IncrediblyLamePun split]].
* HeManWomanHater: Caleb is a raging misogynist who sees all women as corrupt whores, frequently voicing his hatred of and disgust for women. He considers Buffy and the other Slayers to be a blasphemy because they are girls with SuperStrength.
* HeroKiller: In his debut episode, he kills the Potentials Diane and Molly, breaks Rona's arm, tosses Buffy, Faith, and Spike around like they're nothing, and blinds Xander in one eye by jamming his finger into it. Earlier in the same episode, it's established that he was the one who blew up the Watchers Council at the end of "Never Leave Me".
* HolierThanThou: Caleb considers women to be lower than dirt, and himself to be above them as a matter of fact. The existence of Slayers, women with great power, is especially galling for him.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Even before joining up with the First, he was a HeManWomanHater and SerialKiller responsible for the deaths of at least two girls. The fact that he, a human, serves as [[TheDragon Dragon]] to the UltimateEvil of the Buffyverse speaks volumes for just how monstrous Caleb really is.
* HumanoidAbomination: After merging with the first.
* ImplacableMan: After [[PhysicalGod Glory]], he's the most physically powerful villain the gang faces.
* KarmicDeath: Caleb is split in half by Buffy, neutering him in the process. It's fitting for such a misogynist.
* KilledMidSentence:
-->'''Caleb''': You'll never stop me! [[CurseCutShort You don't have the b-!]] ''[Buffy slams the Scythe into his crotch]''
-->'''Buffy''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Who does nowadays?]]
* LargeHam: Due to his background as a preacher, Caleb tends towards long sermons and quasi-Biblical quotes. He loves the sound of his own voice.
* NeckSnap: He seems to enjoy killing people this way, doing it both to a Potential and to the Hellmouth's Guardian.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Buffy might have never gained the scythe that she eventually killed Caleb with if he hadn't dug it up in the first place, for the purpose of keeping it from her. Really, all he did was help her out.
* OffhandBackhand: A Potential swings a sword at him from behind, only for him to block it without looking and subsequently kill her.
* OhCrap: He begins taunting Buffy, daring her to try to pull the scythe from its pedestal. Once she does without any trouble, he immediately shuts up and visibly freaks out.
-->'''Caleb''': You don't know what you got there.
-->'''Buffy''': I know you're backing away.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Women stir his rage and terrify him at the same time.
-->''"Now, I know what you're thinking. Crazy preacher man spoutin' off at the mouth about the whore of Babylon or some-such. That ain't me. I'm not here to lecture you. I mean, what's the point? My words just curdle in your ears. Wouldn't take in a thing. Head's filled with so much filth that ain't no room for words of truth. Well, you know what you are, Shannon? Dirty...Now, now, now. There's no blame here. You were born dirty, born without a soul. Born with that gaping maw wants to open up, suck out a man's marrow. Makes me puke to think too hard on it."''
* PsychoSupporter: Of the First, whom he basically sees as bigger than God.
* ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: As is fitting for such a deeply creepy man, Caleb spends his spare time roleplaying his past murders with the First.
* RousingSpeech: He's very good at giving evil sermons.
-->''"Now, it's a simple story. Stop me if you've heard it. I have found and truly believe that there is nothing so bad it cannot be made better with a story. And this one's got a happy ending. There once was a woman, and she was foul, like all women, for Adam's rib was dirty, just like Adam himself for what was he, but human? But this woman, she was filled with darkness, despair, and why? Because she did not know. She could not see. She didn't know the good news, the glory that was coming. That'd be [[BigBad you]]. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. You show up, they'll get in line. 'Cause they followed her. And all they have to do is take one more step, and I'll kill them all. See? I told you it had a happy ending."''
-->''"You're everywhere. You're in the hearts of little children. You're in the souls of the rich. You're the fire that makes people kill and hate. The fire that will cure the world of weakness. They're just sinners. You are sin."''
* {{Sadist}}: Caleb takes genuine pleasure in the suffering of others, especially women.
* SerialKiller: Prior to becoming the right-hand man of the First Evil, he was responsible for the deaths of at least two girls, whom he lured with his stirring sermons and masculine charm. One of these was Betty; the second girl was apparently a choir girl in Knoxville. However, the First referred as well to "all these girls" who followed him, implying many more were killed.
* SexyPriest: His good looks and natural charisma are how he lured his victims in originally.
* SinisterMinister: A psychotic misogynist and serial killer who used his sermons to lure impressionable young women to him and then brutally murder them. This was before he became TheDragon for the First Evil, who granted him super-strength and an army, then tasked him with massacring the Slayer Potentials and the Watchers. He took to his mission with sadistic glee, reciting twisted prayers and Biblical references as he casually broke arms, snapped necks, and put out eyes. Caleb was, bar none, the single vilest villain in the canon, even surpassing ''Angelus'' in depravity and pure hatred.
** Creator/JossWhedon defended himself from backlash by pointing out that the Church had kicked Caleb out.
** And for those who would doubt the above statement about Caleb being worse than Angelus, bear in mind that Angelus is a ''vampire''. He has no soul whereas Caleb has no such excuse for his evil.
* SmugSuper: Caleb is shamelessly confident in his superiority over his enemies, and he has the power to back it up.
* TheSociopath: One of the most blatant examples in the series. Caleb is sadistic, cruel, self-important, superficially charming, and, although he hides it pretty well, he has a very short fuse.
* SuperStrength: He's able to shatter solid concrete with his bare hands, snap people's necks with ease and send an opponent flying dozens of feet with a single blow.
* SuperToughness: His empowerment also allowed him with superhuman durability which borders on near invulnerability. It allows him to survive lethal injuries, as demonstrated when he revived after being severely wounded with the Scythe. Because of how powerful he was, it took cutting him in half to kill him completely.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Buffy gets the scythe, he shows fear and is later outraged by his own failure. After being mortally wounded by Buffy, he practically starts frothing at the mouth in disbelief and anger. He also had an off-screen breakdown at a Monastery; after not finding what he wanted, he became upset and killed everyone there.
-->'''Priest:''' He was going on about this ancient inscription. ''[...]'' He read it and he didn't like what it said. His temper...He was the purest evil I've ever seen. He burned his mark upon me. And then I ran and I hid and I listened to the others die.
* TheWorfEffect: In his first appearance he kills two Potentials and seriously injures another, breaks Rona's arm, takes out Xander's eye, and effortlessly defeats Buffy, Spike, and Faith in combat. Hell of an introduction.
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[[folder:Ethan]]
!!Ethan Rayne
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I've got to learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay-'n-gloat gets me every time."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobinSachs

Ethan Rayne was a very skilled chaos-worshipping wizard from Rupert Giles' troubled past, an enemy of the Scooby Gang, and a magical subcontractor who performed odd jobs for demons and humans alike either for money or his own pleasure.
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* AffablyEvil: He might be a bastard, but Ethan is also charming, witty and a tad self-deprecating. He's upfront about his evil and is generally pretty honest about his intentions.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With The First Evil in ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayerChaosBleeds''; an odd example, as the Scoobies are technically working with him, as he chose them to be his competitors in a contest he challenged The First Evil to.
* TheBarnum: A trickster by nature, Ethan tends to sell people their tricks.
-->'''Ethan:''' Meet the hidden princess. I think we've found a match, don't you?\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh, uh I'm sorry. There's no way I could ever afford this.\\
'''Ethan:''' Oh, nonsense. I feel quite moved to make you a deal you can't refuse.
* ChaosIsEvil: He worships chaos, and enjoys causing trouble for the sake of it.
-->'''Ethan''': Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son.
* DeadpanSnarker: Part of why he's so loved by fans is his wonderfully dark sense of humor.
-->''"Now, this may sting a little, just at first. But, don't worry, that'll go away once the searing pain kicks in."''

-->'''Buffy:''' You sold me that dress for Halloween and nearly got us all killed.\\
'''Ethan:''' But you looked great.
* DirtyCoward: Ethan is not a man of great courage. He runs when things don't go his way, is perfectly willing to let others die so he can live, isn't above begging for his life or selling out allies and at one point he literally hides behind Buffy.
-->'''Buffy:''' ''[pulling Ethan out of his hiding place]'' Look. A box full of farm-fresh chicken.
* DirtyOldMan: While having a drunken night out with Giles, he gives his number to a much younger (and disinterested) waitress.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:In Season 8, when he's killed by General Voll and then ceases to be acknowledged in any significant way.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:With Buffy in Season 8, when he wants to help her succeed against their common enemy.]]
* EvilBrit: Due to being an EvilCounterpart of Giles.
* EvilCounterpart: To Giles. Both were troubled youths who got deeply involved with dark magics; whereas Giles went on to make something of himself and tried to put his past behind him, Ethan sank even deeper and began to worship chaos.
* EvilFormerFriend: For Giles, although Ethan was still pretty evil when he and Giles were close. It's just that Giles cleaned up his act, while Ethan went in the opposite direction.
* EvilGloating: Ethan loves to lord his successes over others, inevitably meaning those successes are fleeting. He does realize this, but can't help himself.
-->''"I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the "stay and gloat" - gets me every time."''
* EvilSorcerer: Ethan is an experienced sorceror, and his power comes from his magical ability.
* ForTheEvulz: He's a worshipper of chaos, and freely admits that he just likes to turn up and do damage for the sheer entertainment value.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Ethan and Giles get drunk together when he turns up back in town.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He knew he was going to die when he helped Buffy.]]
* LaughablyEvil: When Ethan shows up, complete chaos ensues. Wacky, hilarious chaos. Even ''Spike'' can't help but be impressed by his antics.
* MyNaymeIs: Ethan '''Rayne'''.
* PutOnABus: [[MundaneSolution He's eventually arrested by the Initiative to be rehabilitated]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:His final act in life is helping Buffy.]]
* ShutUpKirk: In his interactions with Giles.
-->'''Giles:''' It's sick, brutal, and it harms the innocent.
-->'''Ethan:''' And we all know you are the champion of innocence and all things pure and good, Rupert. It's quite a little act you've got here.
-->'''Giles:''' It's no act. It's who I am.
-->'''Ethan:''' Who you are? The Watcher? Snivelling, tweed-clad guardian of the Slayer and her kin? I think not. I know who you are, Rupert, and I know what you're capable of. But they don't, do they? They have no idea where you come from.
* SquishyWizard: Ethan is a powerful sorcerer, but his abilities lie in ritual spells. He can't (or doesn't) use magic offensively and he's otherwise an inept fighter who relies on sneak attacks. Both Buffy and Giles beat him up with ease.
* VillainBall: By his own admission, he just can't stop himself from hanging around and indulging in EvilGloating whenever he pulls off one of his schemes, which ''always'' gives Buffy and co. enough time to track him down and put a stop to it.
-->'''Ethan''': I've gotta learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay and gloat that gets me every time.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Giles.
-->'''Ethan:''' We used to be friends, Ripper. When did all that fall apart?
-->'''Giles:''' About the same time you started to worship chaos.
-->'''Ethan:''' Oh, religious intolerance. Sad, that. I mean, just look at the Irish Troubles.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hank]]
!!Hank Summers
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"At least when she was burning stuff down, I knew what to say."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DeanButler

Hank Summers was the father of Buffy and Dawn Summers and the ex-husband of Joyce Summers.
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* AdultFear: If you take the theory that the hallucination in "Normal Again" is a parallel universe, one alternate self witnesses his only daughter succumbing to mental illness with him and his wife being unable to help her.
* AmicableExes: We're never given an opportunity to see him and Joyce as anything but this. The only fight that we see between the two is during a flashback from when they were still married, and the two are extremely cordial in Hank's few appearances in the show. And while Season 3 begins the trend of underlining some of Hank's less than virtuous features, Joyce still speaks fondly of him as late as Season 4's "Fear Itself", even reassuring Buffy that her father loved her very much. It's only really after Joyce's death that his status as a deadbeat is fully implemented. Even in the alternate hallucinatory scenario presented in "Normal Again" (which takes place late in Season 6), it's implied that this version of Joyce and Hank remained together or at the very least were unified in trying to help Buffy with her mental health, and they're shown consoling each other after Buffy leaves them and returns to her own reality (thereby killing the version of her in their world).
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Outside of Buffy's bad dream turned reality in "Nightmares", he seemed like a decent enough guy before turning into a zero responsibility zone offscreen. Granted, his actual screentime ''was'' minimal.
* DisappearedDad: The start of a trend in the series.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Season 6 confirms that if he knew Dawn had ''no'' guardian then he would return to Sunnydale to pick her up and bring her into his new life. Dawn doesn't want that, however, because he left in the first place.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Became the person in Buffy's nightmare in "Nightmares".
* ForWantOfANail: It's implied that Buffy becoming the Slayer ruined his and Joyce's marriage because he couldn't handle the stress and danger. He only starts being a DisappearedDad after Buffy gets expelled and runs away for the summer, failing to pick her up to see an ice show on her eighteenth birthday. Joss Whedon confirmed that his alternate self in "Normal Again" is at least part of a parallel timeline where Buffy had no powers and instead developed an AmbiguousDisorder with hallucinations, so he would have stayed together with Joyce if only to help his daughter with her mental illness.
* TheGhost: After Season 2, the exceptions being "The Weight of the World" (in a flashback) and "Normal Again" (in the CuckooNest). He finally returns in the comics for a brief reunion.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hank gradually cuts his daughters out of his life, not bothering to even pick up the phone after Joyce dies and essentially disappears. He finally comes to see them in the comics...to let them know he's getting remarried and Buffy is not invited to the wedding since his fiance sees her as a danger magnet. To Dawn and Buffy's faces.
* SexySecretary: Apparently ran off with one.
* VisitByDivorcedDad: "Nightmares", although it isn't actually him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Enyos]]
!!Enyos of the Kalderash
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is not justice that we serve. It is Vengeance."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/VincentSchiavelli

A member of the Clan Kalderash, the romani clan that cursed Angel with his soul and the uncle of Jenny Calendar.
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* AssholeVictim: He's a dick, no doubt about it. Still, the way Angelus kills him is very gruesome.
* BestServedCold: Enyos holds a grudge against Angel for his crimes committed generations ago, long before Enyos himself was born.
-->''"To the modern man, vengeance is a verb, an idea. Payback. One thing for another. Like commerce. Not with us. Vengeance is a living thing. It passes through generations. It commands. It kills."''
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a blunt, harsh man who blatantly doesn't care if Angel is making a difference in the fight against evil, expressly wanting Angel to suffer and keep on suffering for his century-old crime against the Kalderash. When Angel loses his soul, Enyos is quite pleased by the idea that this will likely force Buffy to kill him, showing no regard for Buffy's feelings or for the people Angelus would doubtlessly torture and kill in the meantime.
* KarmicDeath: When Angelus returned, Enyos was quite happy because it would mean that Buffy would be forced to kill him. He didn't care about all the people that Angelus would butcher his way through in the meantime...it's somewhat fitting that he would become one of the first victims.
* KnightTemplar: Nothing will cause him to stray from his chosen path, not even the deaths of innocents. He's fiercely dedicated to his own cause and is a staunch traditionalist.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He never bothered to inform Jenny that a single moment of perfect happiness would break the curse and revert Angel into the evil Angelus. Fitting the trope name, not sharing this does end up killing several people, one of whom is Enyos himself.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Considering all that Angel has done, and the fact that the creature that killed the gypsy girl isn't the same thing, Enyos' passion for continuing revenge makes little sense.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ellis]]
!!Major Ellis
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not the Initiative, Finn. We don't do experiments. None of us gives a damn what makes monsters tick. We just stop 'em.”'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickChinlund

A U.S. Army officer.
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* BrutalHonesty: He doesn't mince words when he recruits Riley.
-->'''Riley:''' What do you need me for?
-->'''Ellis:''' I think you can handle yourself. And I always need bodies. I'm not gonna lie to you. It's the real deal. High risk, low pay, and seriously messy.
* GutturalGrowler: Due to being played by the raspy-voiced Nick Chinlund.
* GoodCounterpart: He comes across as one to Colonel [=McNamara=]; they're both high-ranking military men with a tough attitude but Ellis is much more reasonable, honest and capable. He also actually listens to his men when they give good suggestions, such as Graham's suggestion that they recruit Riley.
* PunnyName: Major Ellis is the man sent by the government to respond to the alien. Ellis Island was a famous receiving station for immigrants, e.g. aliens.
* TrespassingToTalk: He and his men break into Riley's apartment to talk to him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sid]]
!!Sid
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Don't get sniffly on me, sis. I've lived a lot longer than most demon hunters. Or Slayers, for that matter."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomWyner

Sid was a demon hunter who was imprisoned in the body of a ventriloquist's dummy.
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* AmazonChaser: As is fitting for a demon slayer, he's very much into powerful women. He's turned on by Buffy and had a prior relationship with a slayer in the 1930's.
-->''"Look at you — you're strong, athletic, limber...nubile..."''
* DeathSeeker: Sid actually looks forward to the end of his existence; being a ventriloquist dummy isn't any kind of enviable fate, so he's cool with the idea of dying once his curse is broken.
* DemonicDummy: Averted; he's a demon hunter who was cursed into the body of a dummy.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: His original body rotted away long ago, so breaking his curse will result in his death. However, he tells Buffy that he's accepted this fate, having already lived far longer than most other demon hunters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sid is a lech, but he's not a bad person.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He isn't having great fun as a dummy; he wants to finish what he started and move on.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gib Cain]]
!!Gib Cain
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're a Girl!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackConley

A human werewolf hunter. Cain hunted werewolves during the nights of full moon, skinned them, and sold their pelts in the black market, particularly Sri Lanka.
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* BattleTrophy: Cain wears a necklace of werewolf teeth he's ripped from his kills.
* EvilPoacher: Of werewolves, although he makes reference to a past hunting elephants for ivory.
* {{Jerkass}}: From the very start, Cain marks himself as a deeply unpleasant human being. He's perverse, sexist, arrogant, superior, condescending...and practically a SerialKiller to boot.
* NameOfCain: As is standard for a villain.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Cain is deeply sexist; he believes in the superiority of men and is condescending to Buffy.
-->''"This is what happens when a woman tries to do a man's job."''
* SilverBullet: As per usual for hunting werewolves. He's seen casting his own.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: He's fully aware that the werewolf is seperate from the person, but just doesn't care. If they're furry, they're fair game.
-->'''Buffy:''' It doesn't bother you that a werewolf is a person 28 days out of the month?
-->'''Cain:''' That's why I only hunt 'em the other three.
* WhatTheHellHero: Tries to give one to Buffy, but it rings hollow considering the type of person he is and the type of person Buffy is.
-->'''Cain:''' You know, sis, if that thing harms anyone, it's going to be on your pretty little head. I hope you can live with that.
-->'''Buffy:''' I live with that every day.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Samantha Finn]]
!!Samantha Finn
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I gotta tell you, Buffy, I'm a little bit intimidated. I mean, patrolling with the real live Slayer, you're like... Santa Claus, or Buddha, or something."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/IvanaMilicevic

A former member of the Peace Corps and the wife of Riley Finn.
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* ActionGirl: She is a demon hunter and a U.S. Military specialist.
* BattleCouple: With Riley, her husband and partner in demon fighting.
* FriendlySniper: The worst thing she says is to tell Faith she needs to apologize to her husband, not her, over the BedTrick, and this was after she takes out an army of Zompires with a battle rifle.
* GenderBlenderName: In this case, "Sam" is short for "Samantha".
* HappilyMarried: She and Riley were married off-screen and have a very happy marriage of equals. This contrasts with Riley's relationship with Buffy that fell apart because they're fundamentally imbalanced in terms of power and ability and Riley couldn't take that.
* NiceGirl: Samantha charms pretty much everyone by being genuinely nice and considerate. Of course, this makes Buffy more insecure since Sam is not only perfect but she's so kind that Buffy can't even be mad at her. She commends Willow on quitting magic, she helps Anya and Xander with their wedding planning, she thinks Dawn is mature enough to be involved with the Scoobies and she even calls Buffy (her husband's ex-girlfriend) that she's legendary. She's very hard to dislike.
* SpyCatsuit: As seen in her first appearance.
%%* TookALevelInBadass
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jennifer, Kimberly and Nicki]]
!! Jennifer, Kimberly and Nicki
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MichelleAbrams, Creator/HilarySwank and Creator/ParisVaughan
Classmates and friends of Buffy before she was a slayer, who appear in the movie, and a prequel comic based on the movie.
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* BetaBitch: Jennifer, who is nastier about being popular than Buffy and tries to take both leadership of the group and her boyfriend.
* FairWeatherFriend: They ditch Buffy (albeit with some implied regret in Nicki's case) as she begins to get sucked into the Slayer life, with Jennifer even quickly taking her boyfriend.
* GirlPosse: With Buffy, before she knew she was a Slayer.
* PopularIsDumb: It's doubtful that the three of them put together would be able to match Buffy, or even Cordelia, in brainpower.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gary Murray]]
!! Garry Murray
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/StephenRoot
The counselor at Buffy's old school, in the movie.
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Has no clue about magic and thinks Buffy's behavior is related to drugs.
* FormerTeenRebel: Claims to have been a drug-using NewAgeRetroHippie when he was a kid.
* UnfazedEveryman: Takes the attack of the vampires fairly well and tosses detention ships down on the bodies of the slain ones.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Cheese Man]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidWells
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[[caption-width-right:300:"I wear the cheese. It does ''not'' wear me."]]
A mysterious figure only appearing in 'Restless', who is obsessed with cheese.

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* NonSequitur. Every last one of his lines.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Intended to be so by Creator/JossWhedon. Just the random part of dreams that make no sense.
* RunningGag: Appears in the dreams of Willow, Xander, Giles, and Buffy (in that order.) For all of them except Buffy he makes a brief NonSequitur about Cheese.
* TheSpook: Apart from his love of cheese and the fact he appears in four people's different dreams, nothing is known about him. Justified, as he was never intended to be significant, and is merely the embodiment of the weirder parts of dreaming. Thus, he technically didn't ''require'' an explanation.
[[/folder]]

* BetaBitch: Jennifer, who is nastier about being popular than Buffy ad tires to take both leadership of the group and her boyfriend.
* FairWeatherFriend: Ditch Buffy (albeit with some implied regret in Nicki's case) as she begins to get sucked into the Slayer life, with one even quickly taking her boyfriend.

* TheSpook: Apart from his love of cheese and the fact he appears in four people's different dreams, nothing is known about him. Justified, as he was never intended to be significant, and is merely a random part of their dreams. Thus, he technically didn't ''require'' an explanation.

* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

[[caption-width-right:250:''"I've got to learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay-'n-gloat gets me very time."'']]

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[[quoteright:300: I wear the cheese. The cheese does ''not'' wear me.]]
[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_068.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:"I wear the cheese. It does ''not'' wear me."

* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Intended to be so by Creator/JossWesdon. Just the random part of dreams that make no sense.
* RunningGag: Appears in the dreams of Willow, Xander, Giles, and Buffy (in that order.) For all except buffy makes a brief NonSequitur about Cheese.

* YourCheatingHeart: Implied. By season 10 he's getting remarried.