History Fanfic / SpiderSlayerVampiresAndAvengers

The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2110944 Spider, Slayer, Vampires and Avengers]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Aragorn_II_Elessar/pseuds/Aragorn_II_Elessar Aragorn_II_Elessar]] is a crossover {{fanfic}} series between the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} that starts during the Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 time period for the Buffyverse side and after ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' for the MCU side.

It involves [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Peter Parker]] going to Sunnydale and [[Characters/MCUDaredevil Matt Murdock]] going to Los Angeles, and their presence starts changing things for the two shows.

The series consists of eight works:

[[folder:Works in the Series]]

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26492395/chapters/64562065 The Spider, the Slayer and the Key]]": Post [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Spider-Man: Homecoming]], Peter and May move away to Sunnydale from New York to get away from Tony and the Sokovia Accords. Peter soon meets some new people and finds out his new residence is even stranger than his old one.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28792725/chapters/70609689 A Devil in the City of Angels]]": When a man victimized by Wolfram and Hart shows up at the doorstep of 'Nelson, Murdock and Page', the three go to the City of Angels to help him out, and there they find out the city is stranger than what they have heard.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30595403/chapters/75474191 Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones]]": [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos starts his quest to collect the Infinity Stones]], and it is up to the Avengers and the Scooby Gang to stop him. But at the end of the day, the only way to fix this whole mess lies with Matt Murdock.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31414013/chapters/77691686 Devil, Slayer and Vampires]]": [[spoiler:Faith's probation period is almost over]] as Matt visits Los Angeles to meet Team Angel again, only to be caught up in the middle of an unexpected pregnancy, and things get all sorts of weird from there.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33114040/chapters/82204252 A Power against the Devil]]": Angel and Cordelia have gone missing, and in the latter's case, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. Matt, [[spoiler:Faith]] and Team Angel now must defeat an ancient Power with an ancient plan if they are to save the world.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33114178/chapters/82204642 Beneath the Spider]]": Buffy's old school has reopened, and Peter and Dawn both attend it. A new principal as well as a new science teacher show up too. But there is something evil lurking in the town, and from beneath you, it devours.
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34325353/chapters/85406911 Angel and Devil at Law]]": Team Angel now runs the LA branch of Wolfram and Hart, and can they deal with this new position they've been thrust into without being corrupted?
* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36458725/chapters/90909952 The Apocalypse is Here]]": The Avengers, Scooby Gang, Team Angel, X-Men, Defenders, Agents of SHIELD and various other heroes unite to battle their most dangerous and powerful foe yet, while meeting allies and enemies old and new, with faces familiar and unfamiliar.
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!!Tropes present in the series:
* AccidentalTimeTravel: Illyria does this like in canon, getting displaced to random points in her timeline.
* ActorAllusion:
** Team Angel are freaked out by [[Creator/JeremyRenner Clint's]] resemblance to Penn when they first meet him.
** When Giles meets his [[spoiler:younger doppelganger]], he is hypothetically cast as [[spoiler:Creator/BradleyJames]] because [[spoiler:he played Arthur in ''Series/Merlin2008'' where Creator/AnthonyHead played Uther, his father]].
* AdaptationalBadass:
** Matt Murdock is the prime example of this in the series. While obviously a very skilled fighter with superhuman senses, in this series, its revealed that [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Mephisto]] put the power of the Devil in the Murdock family men. Matt is the first to unleash it and so he can become a very powerful Demon to battle really powerful foes who'd otherwise outclass him in every way]].
** [[spoiler:Stick as a ghost is one too]], as in canon, while he was a very skilled and experienced fighter, here [[spoiler:being a ghost gives him additional abilities which he uses very well]].
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Gavin Park first appears around the time Darla and Drusilla are still rampaging rather than before Team Angel leaves for Pylea.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** In canon, Harmony Kendall betrayed the good guys due to her ChronicBackStabbingDisorder but here, due to her [[spoiler:relationship with Groo]], she is more genuinely invested in the good side, and her job of distracting Hamilton is given to someone else, with her being told to do what she thinks is right. She [[spoiler:steals money and books from the firm for the good guys]].
** [[spoiler:Lilah Morgan]] gets a redemption arc and becomes a genuinely good person by the end of Angel Season 5, even [[spoiler:killing Lindsey and luring Hamilton into a confrontation with Angel]].
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** This would definitely be [[spoiler:Lilah Morgan]] due to her redemption arc. While still snarky, she is now [[spoiler:evil for the good guys and a genuine ally and friend to them, meaning the bad guys better watch out.]]
** Also [[spoiler:Ghost Stick]], as while still snarky and a bit insulting, he is much nicer and caring than he ever was in canon.
* AdaptationalSympathy: This ends up being given to [[spoiler:X-24 from ''Film/{{Logan}}'']] as its pointed out he is basically just a [[spoiler:created clone with no free will, and unlike Laura, he had no chance to be anything other than what they made him]]. So because of that, [[spoiler:alongside the five Spider-Man villains from Film/SpiderManNoWayHome, he too is to be cured]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Ned Leeds]] becomes the [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] because he's angry that Peter [[spoiler:did not contact him even after returning to New York and feels that he got cut out by his friend, losing his identity as the 'guy in the chair' in the process]].
* AdaptationalWimp: For this, it would definitely be [[spoiler:The First Evil]]. In canon, it existed as a [[spoiler:personification of all evil]]. But here, it is revealed by [[spoiler:Mephisto, that the First exists because of pre-existing evil, its basically created due to evil in people's hearts, and is only limited to Earth, and actually takes credit for other, worse beings' evil as well]]. Even the [[spoiler:Beljoxa's Eye only bought the First's hype. Mephisto ends it by calling the First a 'brat']].
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the actual show, Angel and Cordelia had feelings for each other, and came close to having a relationship many times but something always came in the way. Their first real kiss happened just before Cordelia's passing, so while they had feelings, they could never be a couple. But here, Cordelia was not infatuated with Groo on meeting him [[spoiler:due to her breakup with Matt a while earlier]], so when Groo returns in Season 3, Cordelia does not fall head-over-heels for him, and Angel confesses to her as both end up in a relationship. [[spoiler:And later, Cordelia survives her Jasmine ordeal, and joins the team at Wolfram & Hart]], so she and Angel remain a loving couple [[spoiler:while raising baby Connor]]. In the final story of the series, [[spoiler:they're both married, raising Connor, and Cordelia is pregnant with Angel's next kid, since Angel became human via Shanshu]].
** Spike and Buffy were enemies in the show and eventually became tense allies, with Spike having feelings for Buffy. But, in Season 6, when they were together, it was a toxic romance where both used and abused each other, and it culminated in Spike attempting to rape Buffy before being stricken with horror on realizing what he did, after which he got his soul back. Buffy eventually forgave him as with his soul, he was a good person, but they never got a chance to be in a proper, healthy relationship again due to Spike's sacrifice. Here, Buffy [[spoiler:survived Season 5's end, so when she and Spike are a couple, it is a toxic relationship, but not as bad as canon, and not violent either]]. Its Spike's callousness [[spoiler:after Thanos' snap killing half of all life that makes Buffy punch him angrily, and that shocks him since this was the first time she hit him after they became a couple. This realization is his wake-up call, and what leads him to getting his soul back]]. When he returns, he is [[spoiler:mad and rambling like in canon, but Buffy takes care of him, and eventually, he recovers]]. After that, Buffy sees how much he has changed, and [[spoiler:they become an actual couple in a healthy relationship. At the end of the last story, Spike is a Daywalker like Blade and he and Buffy are married]].
** [[spoiler:Lilah's relationship with the whole of Team Angel, including Wesley]]. In canon, Lilah and Wesley were together for some time, but still on opposing sides, even if they'd feelings. But here, [[spoiler:Lilah survives her canonical death and in Season 5, realizes she can be better after seeing Team Angel's better treatment of her. So she has a RedemptionQuest where she joins the good guys, and even kills Lindsey instead of Lorne]]. And, by the end of the series, [[spoiler:she and Wesley, who are now in a healthier relationship, are married with two children, though Lilah jokingly suggests some violent solutions to her kids]].
** Harmony's relationship with Team Angel, including Cordelia, as due to her [[spoiler:relationship with Groo, she ends up being a more integral part of the team and does not turn on them]].
* AdaptedOut:
** Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells never appear because Warren is caught and arrested in his very first appearance.
** Due to the vastly different version of Film/AvengersEndgame, [[spoiler:Thanos from the past is replaced by Magus instead]].
** [[spoiler:Justine's and Connor's role in throwing Angel to the bottom of the ocean]] is taken by [[spoiler:an even crazier Drusilla and Holtz's remaining cohorts whom she hypnotized]].
** In the final story's version of Film/SpiderManNoWayHome, [[spoiler:Michelle and Ned are both not present, the former being replaced by Dawn, while some of the latter's actions are performed by Tara, mainly just opening the portals to the other two Spider-Men]].
** In a way, its [[spoiler:Connor, at least the teenage version of him]]. Because when [[spoiler:Holtz takes baby Connor away, Matt transforms into the Devil Adam and goes after him, Mephisto using his powers to change time zones for all Dimensions, so its longer for Adam and much shorter for Holtz and Connor. Due to that, Adam saves Connor and brings him back as a baby]]. And so, at the end of it, [[spoiler:Connor remains a growing baby in Angel Seasons 4 and 5]].
** Mesektet does not appear as [[spoiler:Connor is still a baby and not at W&H, meaning except Wesley saving Lilah, no one from Team Angel has any need to go to the firm. Instead, its the First Evil that tells Team Angel of the Ra-Tet, alongside 'the answer lies among you' hint due to Jasmine posing a threat to it.]]
* AffablyEvil: Like in canon, it'd be Holland Manners and most other workers of Wolfram and Hart, and even Marcus Hamilton.
* AlasPoorVillain:
** Like in canon, Nomak wanted his pain to end and stabs himself further, dying with an expression of peace.
** In his dying moments, [[spoiler:Morbius]] seems to come to his senses and regret his actions as [[spoiler:Apocalypse's Horseman]].
* AmbiguouslyEvil:
** Jasmine considers herself to be this, just like in canon, and her followers even say she wants to spread the love.
** [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] is one too, since from his own POV he considers everyone else a threat to reality.
* AmbiguousSituation: When Matt encounters [[spoiler:Stick]] for the first few times, it is not made clear if its a hallucination or a ghost. But two stories later, [[spoiler:Stick is confirmed to be a ghost after all]].
* AmoralAttorney: Not a surprise as Wolfram and Hart are a major presence in this series, especially Lilah and Lindsey, and even Holland.
* AntagonistTitle: While most of the works in this series have a ProtagonistTitle, the final story's title, that is ''The Apocalypse is here'', is a reference to the story's villain, that being of course [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]]].
* AscendedExtra:
** [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Johnny Blaze]] only had a cameo in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' when he passed on the Spirit of Vengeance to Robbie Reyes in a flashback. But here, he appears quite a bit and has a very important role in ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones''.
** [[spoiler:The Immortal]] gets a much bigger role than in canon, since he is revealed to [[spoiler:be [[Characters/TheIncredibleHercules Marvel's Hercules]]]].
** In the actual movie, [[spoiler:[[Film/Venom2018 Eddie Brock/Venom]]]] only had a cameo in a post-credits scene but here, they join the final battle and even take on the [[spoiler:[[Film/SpiderMan3 Eddie Brock/Venom]]]] from [[spoiler:''Film/SpiderMan3'']].
* AscendedMeme:
** [[spoiler:All three Peter Parkers pointing at each other]] like in the actual movie, and even [[spoiler:Peter Maximoff joins in by raising a hand and saying he's Peter too]].
** A darker variation of this occurs in ''Beneath the Spider'', as Uncle Ben is hypothetically cast as Creator/TobeyMaguire, and when The First Evil takes Ben's form, he uses the lines of [[Memes/SpiderManTrilogy Bully Maguire]] in a very dark context.
* AssholeVictim: While being tortured by [[spoiler:Mephisto]] for eternity is a horrible fate, no one cares that its [[spoiler:Daniel Holtz]] who meets that fate.
* BackFromTheDead:
** The villains in the final story who [[spoiler:have come from other worlds like [[Film/SpiderMan1 Norman Osborn]], [[Film/SpiderMan2 Doctor Octopus]], [[Film/SpiderMan3 Venom]], [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 Electro]], [[Film/ThePunisher2004 Russian]], [[Film/PunisherWarZone Jigsaw]], [[Film/GhostRider2007 Blackheart]], [[Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance Blackout]], [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Lothos]] and [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Amilyn]] are pulled to this Universe sometime before their deaths so for the Heroes]], they're back from the dead.
** Apocalypse ends up bringing [[spoiler:[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Adam]] from Buffy Season 4]] back to life and gives him a more terrifying form while making him the [[spoiler:Horseman of War]].
** Some of the Heroes as well [[spoiler:like [[Film/Daredevil2003 Elektra]] and [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 David Banner]] are pulled into the Universe before their deaths]] and for their loved ones, they're back from the dead.
** [[spoiler:Magus]] returns to life in the final story but is now the [[spoiler:heroic Adam Warlock]] because death and resurrection made him have a HeelFaceTurn.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Groo is very sweet and nice. But Holtz's cohorts anger him so much due to their machinations that parted Angel and Cordelia from baby Connor, that he brutally trashes a group of them, causing the remaining to flee in fear.
** Peter is known for being such a nice and stand-up guy. But when [[spoiler:May dies]], he ends up having an UnstoppableRage, pretty much [[spoiler:pummeling Norman, almost to death]].
** Willow is one of the sweetest persons around, always so kind and caring. But when [[spoiler:Thanos' snap kills Tara, she too ends up having an UnstoppableRage, and becomes Dark Willow, actually managing to use her power to skin Thanos alive]].
** Lorne is of course a sweet dude who usually abstains from fighting, being a non-violent person. But when Fred is infected, he punches Eve and threatens her quite well.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: The final battles of ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'', ''Beneath the Spider'' and ''Angel and Devil at Law'' all count, and pretty much all the big battles in ''The Apocalypse is here'', especially the first and last ones.
* BigBadWannabe:
** This is essentially [[spoiler:The First Evil]] in this series due to the fact that much worse enemies are around and its nothing compared to them, and is even called a 'brat'.
** Even Jasmine can be considered one compared to the other Big Bads, as it is pointed out there are many parties who'd oppose her even if her plan ends up succeeding, and she overconfidently states she can take on them without actually thinking if she is even capable of going up against any of them.
* BittersweetEnding: While at the end of the series, [[spoiler:the Heroes have won the day, with those who still live now leading happy and full lives, Giles and May have been slain in the battle, as well as Daisy, Vi and Kennedy, while the Devil inside Matt who is Adam Murdock and Stick's spirit sacrificed themselves to permanently end Apocalypse. Their losses still do hang a shadow over the Heroes even 5 years later. Not to mention its mentioned near the end that Peter recently had to fight Ned who had a FaceHeelTurn and became Hobgoblin]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** [[spoiler:Carol Danvers, alongside some of the Kree]], end up being mind-controlled by the power of [[spoiler:Magus, because they're weak-willed, and join his army]].
** In the final story, [[spoiler:Ethan Rayne influences Buffy by having a magical locust go into her ear]] and she says horrible things to everyone around her, before picking a fight, until [[spoiler:Matt punches the locust out of her ear, and she regrets everything she just said]].
* BreakThemByTalking: Mephisto does this to Caleb when the preacher is transported to his world, by telling him the truth about the [[spoiler:First Evil, calling it a brat]], and that serves to completely break Caleb right before his physical torture starts.
* TheCameo: Like in the MCU movies, some of the stories have a cameo by Creator/StanLee.
* CanonWelding:
** Instead of Mortonson University, Lilah Morgan studied at Columbia University where she and [[spoiler:Matt Murdock dated each other briefly]].
** When [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] was hit by [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Scott Summers]] in [[Film/XMen1 the first X-Men movie]], while falling, he ended up [[spoiler:being sucked into Pylea]].
** [[Characters/BuffyverseWatchersAndSlayers Sineya]] is revealed to have been [[spoiler:[[Film/BlackPanther2018 Bashenga's]] grandmother, having had a child before she was made a Slayer]]. Because of that, [[spoiler:Bast now protects Wakandan women from being Potentials]].
** [[spoiler:The Immortal is revealed to be the Marvel version of Hercules who underwent a self-reflection journey after leaving Olympus, and his stint as the Immortal was part of it]].
** Gwen Raiden had studied in not just a random SuperheroSchool but [[spoiler:Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]].
* CharacterDevelopment:
** The biggest example probably is [[spoiler:Lilah Morgan]]. At the start of the series, she is exactly the same self-serving evil and snarky bitch she is in canon. Then, after [[spoiler:[[Main/SparedByTheAdaptation her surviving past her canonical death]]]], she ends up [[spoiler:with Wesley again, and eventually, she grows fond of Team Angel while they're at Wolfram & Hart, and, as time passes, she sees that not just Wesley, but all of them have started caring about her, unlike the Senior Partners who still can't be bothered about her. This causes a HeelFaceTurn for her and she redeems herself eventually, and even cries happily over her change at the story's end]].
** Then another example is [[spoiler:Faith Lehane]], who at the start is [[spoiler:in prison, but is met by Willow who is trying to redeem herself for her Dark Willow phase.]] And so, this inspires her, and [[spoiler:Matt manages to free her from prison, after which she becomes better, and eventually, a hero and vigilante in New York]], while also fixing her [[spoiler:relationship with all the Scoobies]]. By the end of the series, [[spoiler:she is married to Matt, they both have a pet dog, and a boy, while she is pregnant with another, and also a successful author, something people won't expect from Faith at all]].
** One more example would be [[spoiler:both Matt Murdock and the Devil inside him]]. When [[spoiler:the Devil first emerges, it is feral and crazy, and Matt is broken on realizing something like this exists within him]]. And the [[spoiler:snap by Thanos claiming everyone he loved except Team Angel soon after doesn't help matters either]]. After all of that, [[spoiler:he gets tortured by Mephisto who calls the Devil as 'Abaddon', a Destroyer Demon in Christianity]]. But, when he has to [[spoiler:snap his fingers to end the enemies, he manages to do it alongside the Devil, and begins to understand him a bit better, even though Mephisto's manipulations are a barrier in the way]]. Eventually, [[spoiler:Matt turns into the Devil to save baby Connor from Quor'toth, and on his return, understands him better]]. And later, [[spoiler:when Matt and the Devil finally meet, Matt names him Adam after the first human, and he becomes Adam Murdock. Both of them work in perfect harmony from then on]]. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:Adam manages to separate from Matt and sacrifices himself to destroy Apocalypse, while Matt grieves him and also Stick who too sacrificed himself]].
** Illyria as well, since while she starts out as an Old One with a superiority complex, [[spoiler:being one with Fred does mellow her a bit, and she even seems to enjoy cartoons like ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' and ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner''. She and Fred also reach an understanding in time. Then eventually, like Fred, she too falls for Steve, and in the last story she, Fred and Steve are in a three-way relationship, with both Steve and Fred being good influences on her. In the epilogue five years later, Steve and Fred are married with a baby, and Illyria seems to be content being part of this family life]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] shows signs of being one at least when Peter convinces everyone else to [[spoiler:help him in curing the villains]], as he mentally influences three of them to turn at the right moment while also sending his minions to make it worse. [[spoiler:It ends with Giles and May dying and the heroes all devastated]].
* TheChosenOne: There is a prophecy according to Mephisto which states that [[spoiler:the Devil inside Matt]] would be the one to end [[spoiler:Apocalypse]].
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** ''A Devil in the City of Angels'' ends with Matt, Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn and Fred returning to the Hyperion to find [[spoiler:Buffy]] sitting there, and crying.
** ''Devil, Slayer and Vampires'' ends with [[spoiler:Angel thrown to the bottom of the ocean and Cordelia ascending while Drusilla and the minions of Holtz she mind-controlled will go after Team Angel to get baby Connor]].
** Inverted; In ''Angel and Devil at Law'', during the alley fight, the Avengers, Scoobies and other Heroes arrive via portals to help Team Angel, Matt, Faith, Stick and [[spoiler:Hercules]]. The final battle is actually shown, as well as its ultimate outcome, unlike in the TV series where it was left ambiguous.
* CombatPragmatist: Matt Murdock is one, due to his skills and experience which allow him to defeat stronger opponents like Demons, and even [[spoiler:Angel and Buffy]] in one-on-one combat, albeit after long and hard fights.
* CommonalityConnection:
** Logan and Spike have a conversation where they bond a bit over the fact that they're bad boys who tried to be better because they fell in love.
** Matt Murdock and Bruce Banner have it too, since [[spoiler:Matt's relationship with the Devil inside him]] is not very different from Bruce's and Hulk's relationship.
** Peter and Dawn have one too because amongst the superheroes for the former and the Scoobies for the latter, they do have good ideas and contribute but are not as respected as the adult members still.
* CompositeCharacter:
** The Immortal and [[spoiler:Marvel's Hercules]] are the same character here.
** Apocalypse is revealed to be [[spoiler:Marvel's Merlin who got corrupted by Mephisto]] instead.
* ContinuityOverlap: While the first two stories take place at the same time, they are their own things and one does not need to read one to understand the other. But ''A Power against the Devil'' and ''Beneath the Spider'' have quite a lot of continuity overlap due to adapting ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 4 and ''Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' Season 7 respectively, with characters showing up in both the stories, and important events of both stories coming up in the other one as well, and to understand the ending of ''A Power against the Devil'', one really has to read ''Beneath the Spider'' with it.
* CurbStompBattle:
** When Hydra ends up [[spoiler:splitting Glory and Ben and then killing Ben, Glory turns on them and slaughters them all with her slowly returning power, including MODOK and Grim Reaper]].
** The moment Tara manages to release [[spoiler:Adam the Devil from Matt in Jasmine's Dimension]], he ends up defeating [[spoiler:Jasmine]] effortlessly and takes her to Mephisto's Dimension.
** When Caleb tries to fight Matt, Matt ends up [[spoiler:using the power of the Devil inside him to easily defeat Caleb]].
** [[spoiler:Ghost Stick]] trashes Magus Hainsley and then snaps his neck without being affected by his powers at all.
** Matthias Pavayne tries his tricks on [[spoiler:Ghost Stick]] and ends up being trashed brutally without doing any damage at all.
* DealWithTheDevil:
** Matt Murdock decides to make one with Johnny Blaze's help, going to [[spoiler:ask Mephisto to undo the Snap]]. In return, he is tortured mentally and broken, [[spoiler:though Mephisto does reveal how to undo the Snap]].
** [[spoiler:Merlin]] made one with Mephisto in the past to defeat [[spoiler:[[Characters/DoctorStrangeEnemies Shuma-Gorath]]]]. It did not end well for him, as he became [[spoiler:Apocalypse]].
* DeathByAdaptation:
** [[spoiler:Drusilla]] ends up being [[spoiler:staked by Spike himself]].
** [[spoiler:Kennedy]] is turned by [[spoiler:Morbius]] and minutes later, [[spoiler:kills Vi before Amanda stakes her]].
** [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] ends up [[spoiler:turning Daisy Johnson into dust]].
** [[spoiler:Rupert Giles]] has his [[spoiler:neck magically snapped by Ethan Rayne, and dies]].
** It is mentioned that [[spoiler:Harry Osborn from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'']] ended up being [[spoiler:killed by his own glider, similar to Norman Osborn from ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'']].
* DeathIsCheap: Illyria ends up [[spoiler:killing Angel, Spike, Lorne, Wesley and even Faith, but time is turned back by Strange]] so its all good.
* DemotedToExtra:
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] is usually a major supporting antagonist in [[Franchise/XMen X-Men media]], but in ''A Devil in the City of Angels'', [[spoiler:he is a minor antagonist who fights Matt's Devil and is decapitated by Angel]].
** Kennedy does not end up with Willow here since [[spoiler:Tara still lives]]. And when she tries to come onto Willow in ways that make her uncomfortable, Peter and Dawn magically put her to sleep and hang her on a tree upside down without pants, and also prank her a few more times to drive the point home. So her role is pretty much as an extra who no one likes at all.
* DidNotSeeThatComing: Mephisto believes he will be able to smite [[spoiler:Adam Murdock, Matt's Devil]] effortlessly for the insolence he perceives from him, but instead is given a very hard fight because unlike him, [[spoiler:Adam]] draws power from all Dimensions.
* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Hydra didn't when they decided to [[spoiler:team up with Glory and split her from Ben]] so that she could [[spoiler:open the portal from Dawn's Key blood, and they could take the Demons coming through portals for their army]]. First of all, its already heavily implied that the world could be destroyed by this, and then, [[spoiler:when Glory is split from Ben she ends up slaughtering all of MODOK's Hydra group anyway]].
** Matt tries to ask [[spoiler:Mephisto]] how to [[spoiler:undo the Snap]]. But he did not think the whole thing through as he is then mentally tortured for amusement.
** Strange points out to Jasmine she didn't think her world domination plan through as this time around there are still parties who'd oppose her, like the Masters of the Mystic Arts and the Asgardians, and other bad guys as well. She's not powerful enough to take on those either.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Doctor Strange is able to use his powers to kill the Senior Partners themselves, wiping out their influence]].
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:
** Lindsey is shot to death like in canon. The difference? [[spoiler:He is shot by a redeemed Lilah, who shoots him in the head so he doesn't get to go on a ramble]].
** Instead of being mauled by the Beast, Gavin is [[spoiler:killed by being burnt by Ghost Rider's chain]].
** Holland Manners is [[spoiler:saved from Darla and Drusilla]], but later ends up being a [[spoiler:victim of Ghost Rider's Penance Stare]].
* {{Doppelganger}}: The final story obviously has many of these, including [[spoiler:the canonical ones from other Marvel and Buffyverse properties, and some original ones too]].
* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment:
** Peter Parker and Dawn Summers both want to save [[spoiler:[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Curt Connors]]]] because the one they knew, after he learnt to control his powers, [[spoiler:sacrificed himself in the final battle against the First]].
** Cordelia ends up handing baby Connor to [[spoiler:Darla's Ensouled doppelganger]], so that he can be held by his [[spoiler:real mother at least once]].
* TheDreaded:
** Daredevil actually scares the Demon community due to various rumors about him. And later it turns out that they were [[Main/MoreThanMeetsTheEye right to fear him after all]].
** Ghost Rider literally scares almost every Demon in existence to the point when he arrives in Los Angeles, all of them start fleeing. Even the good ones like Lorne barricade their homes.
** Thanos scares quite a few people, like the Senior Partners, to the point they've a plan to evacuate all their employees to a different Dimension when Thanos decides to come to Earth. [[spoiler:It doesn't save them from the snap]].
** Mephisto of course. He is a major presence throughout the Series, and terrifies everyone, including other bad guys- the Pyleans, Sahjhan, Jasmine, the First Evil, and even Illyria and the Senior Partners all fear him, as well as [[spoiler:the power of his Devil inside Matt Murdock]].
** And then there is [[spoiler:Apocalypse]], who is so powerful and terrifying that even [[spoiler:Mephisto doesn't appear in front of him, even though he gave him the power]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mephisto finds [[spoiler:The First Evil]] to be nothing more than an annoying brat who takes credit for others' evil.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Angel's doppelganger who is Dark Angel never got past his dark phase, while Spike's soulless doppelganger chose to be a Turok-Han like Demon instead of getting his soul back after his attempted rape of Buffy]].
* EvilDoppelganger: The final story has a few of these for the Heroes, mainly [[spoiler:a MCU version of Captain Hydra, an Angel who never recovered from his dark phase, a Spike who chose to become a Turok-Han like monster instead of getting his soul back after his attempted rape of Buffy. The Venom from the [[Film/Venom2018 2018 Venom movie]] also meets his doppelganger from [[Film/SpiderMan3 the third Raimi Spider-Man movie]]]].
* EvilIsPetty: Ethan Rayne could have mind-controlled anyone with his locust, including perhaps a very powerful hero to make the work of his master Apocalypse easier. But he chose Buffy specifically to get back at Giles, as she is like a daughter to him.
* EvilVsEvil:
** The [[spoiler:First Evil]] and [[spoiler:Jasmine possessing Cordelia]] both end up confronting one another at one point, with [[spoiler:the First taunting Jasmine and subtly hinting to Team Angel about "Cordelia's" true nature, being the one to tell Team Angel of Ra-Tet here and also giving them 'the answer lies among you' hint rather than Mesektet]].
** In the final story, Mephisto willingly boosts [[spoiler:Matt's Devil]] a bit to take out [[spoiler:Apocalypse, his most evil creation]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ned Leeds]] has one off-screen [[spoiler:in the epilogue and becomes Hobgoblin to go after Peter due to feeling angry that Peter never brought him back to the hero business after returning to New York, and so he lost his identity as 'the guy in the chair']].
* FateWorseThanDeath: Pretty much any villain who is brought to Mephisto's Realm by [[spoiler:Adam Murdock, the Devil inside Matt]]. These include- [[spoiler:Justine, Sahjhan, Holtz, Jasmine and Caleb]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Before the final battle with [[spoiler:Apocalypse]], Mephisto reveals that there is a prophecy implying that the [[spoiler:Devil inside Matt shall end Apocalypse]]. Then, shortly after that, right in the final battle, [[spoiler:the Devil Adam Murdock sacrifices himself to take out Apocalypse]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In ''A Devil in the City of Angels'', a lot of references are made to Matt's inner Devil by Lorne, more than usual, and [[spoiler:Ghost Rider]] at one point even grabs him by the face and inspects him for something familiar before letting him go. Near the end of the story, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Matt can somehow transform into an actual Demon, and even later, it is revealed that Mephisto put his power in the Murdock family men as one of his many games, and Matt is the first to access it. Since Blaze too got his Ghost Rider power from Mephisto, he recognized the same power within Matt]].
** [[spoiler:Ghost Rider]] comes across Darla when she is leaving Los Angeles after her one-night stand with Angel, and she thinks he is going to end her, but instead he looks at her abdomen and says 'innocent' before leaving. This is of course a reference to Darla being pregnant and then giving birth to Connor.
* ForWantOfANail: While the basic plots of the Seasons remain the same, the presence of Peter and Matt do cause some significant changes.
** Peter manages to hand over Warren to the police in his first appearance, so no Trio, and most of Season 6 does not happen.
** Matt and Faith get invited to Xander's and Anya's wedding, and there Matt senses who 'Future Xander' truly is, so he kicks him out and uses his [[spoiler:Devil Power to make the Demon stay away forever]]. So Xander and Anya get to be happy together.
* FriendlyGhost: This is, out of all people, [[spoiler:Stick, who manages to stay around as a ghost]]. And while snarky and exactly like he was in life, [[spoiler:he does help Team Angel and Matt, especially in Wolfram and Hart]].
* GodzillaThreshold: The Heroes have together faced down villains like Glory, Sahjhan, Jasmine, the First Evil, the Senior Partners, Thanos and Magus, but Apocalypse is worse than all of them, and even together, they struggle to beat him. In the final battle, [[spoiler:Steve using Mjolnir empowered by the Power Stone, Tony having a suit empowered by the Space Stone, Strange with the Time Stone, Wanda with the Reality Stone, Adam Warlock with the Soul Stone, Willow Rosenberg with the Mind Stone, along with Ghost Rider and Hulk, and also a boosted Thor, Hercules and Matt/Adam struggle to take him down]].
* HappyEndingOverride:
** The end of ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'' looks like a perfectly happy ending, until of course the sequels come around.
** ''A Power against the Devil'' has quite a happy ending too, [[spoiler:with the Scoobies having plans of what to do with Sunnydale gone and Cordelia waking up, but the sequel at Wolfram & Hart shows that the 'happy ending' was just a reprieve]].
** ''Angel and Devil at Law'' has a happy ending as well, [[spoiler:with Lilah redeemed and part of Team Angel, while Angel and Cordelia get engaged, but then comes the sequel where Apocalypse is released, and it all goes downhill from there]].
* HeartbrokenBadass:
** Matt Murdock after [[spoiler:Thanos' snap takes away everyone he loves except Team Angel]].
** Faith Lehane as well, when [[spoiler:Matt as the Devil goes to Quor'toth to save baby Connor]], and both of their fates remain unknown.
** Like in canon, it'd be [[spoiler:[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Peter-3]] as he still hasn't forgiven himself for Gwen's death until he saves Dawn from a similar fate]].
* HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler:Lilah Morgan]] has one on realizing how little the Senior Partners care about her while [[spoiler:Team Angel are actually more accepting of her now]].
** [[spoiler:Magus has this]] when he comes back to life as [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] instead, and has the Soul Stone with him]].
** Like in canon, it'd be [[spoiler:Norman Osborn and Otto Octavius after they're cured. And even X-24]]. They also help in fighting some of [[spoiler:Apocalypse's army]].
* HeroicSacrifice:
** The ghost of [[spoiler:Stick]] does this to destroy [[spoiler:Apocalypse's spell using the ghostly energy within him]], and it destroys his spirit form too.
** [[spoiler:Adam, the Devil inside Matt]], separates from him in the final battle and [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to stop Apocalypse]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Easily Matt and Lorne. They are both very tight, and singing buddies as well, and even went on a long drive together where apparently they were singing as well. Lorne also helps Matt deal with the [[spoiler:Devil inside him]] quite a bit.
** Matt and Angel are this too, considering their strong bond throughout the entire series once Angel's dark phase is over.
** Spike seems to think he and Matt are this as well. Of course Angel disagrees for very obvious reasons.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** When Hamilton tells Wesley that the Senior Partners want Illyria gone, Wesley points out that the Senior Partners trashed Gunn when he went to them to ask for a way to save Fred from Illyria taking over her body.
** When the [[spoiler:Vampire doppelganger of Robin Wood]] tells Spike that he's not a monster like him, Spike is astounded by the hypocrisy, since [[spoiler:Vampire Robin]] joined up with [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] of all people to get back at [[spoiler:a completely different Spike from the one he knew]].
* InSpiteOfANail:
** While most of the [[spoiler:characters who died in the actual Seasons survive here]], outside of that, the basic plots of all Seasons starting from Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 until Angel Season 5 are the same, [[spoiler:except Buffy Season 6 which does not happen except the musical, and that too under vastly different circumstances, and Xander's and Anya's wedding which goes off without a hitch, and Dark Willow too but it happens under different circumstances as well and before either of these events]].
** [[spoiler:Warren is arrested in his very first appearance]], but it does not prevent the rise of [[spoiler:Dark Willow, since Tara becomes a victim of Thanos' snap, and before that, in a vain attempt to stop him, Willow had tried to absorb the power of the Infinity Stones. And these circumstances together lead to her mind breaking like in canon as she uses her new powers to go to the Garden at the same time as the other Heroes, and tortures and skins Thanos alive just as Thor decapitates him, and later tries to destroy the world in her madness until Xander talks her down]] But, fortunately, [[spoiler:since Thanos' snap gets reversed later, Tara comes back to life as well]].
** With the exception of other characters being added and also [[spoiler:Whistler surviving the first movie]], [[spoiler:the two Blade movies happen pretty much the same as in canon]].
** Even though there are more Heroes opposing him this time, [[spoiler:Thanos still manages to snap his fingers and wipe out half of all life]].
** One would think that Buffy [[spoiler:surviving the end of Season 5 would prevent the rise of the First as her resurrection caused its return]]. But, it still ends up happening because [[spoiler:Thanos' snap and its reversal give the First a foothold]].
** Even though there are many more Heroes present this time, [[spoiler:Peter's attempt to cure the villains ends up in tragedy like in canon, and May dies]], and even [[spoiler:Giles loses his life]]. Though, to be fair, [[spoiler:many more villains are present here, including Apocalypse's powerful Horsemen, and this is all caused by Apocalypse]], so it makes sense that the final outcome is the same.
* KilledOffForReal:
** Like in canon, [[spoiler:Joyce dies of her brain aneurysm]].
** [[spoiler:Darla]] sacrifices herself to [[spoiler:give birth to her son]].
** The Infinity War permanently claims the life of [[spoiler:Vision]] as well as [[spoiler:Loki]].
** In the final story, [[spoiler:Giles and May end up dying due to Apocalypse]], as do many others like [[spoiler:Daisy, Kennedy, and Vi]]. At the end of it, [[spoiler:Stick and Adam Murdock who is the Devil inside Matt sacrifice themselves to stop Apocalypse]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: While it takes time for Peter and Dawn to become a couple, they do seem to have a connection right from the first time they meet each other.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Faith]] makes her love confession to [[spoiler:Matt]] in the MusicalEpisode after a beautiful little performance.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Mephisto is revealed to have been the one who [[spoiler:gave Merlin the power that turned him into Apocalypse, due to Merlin wanting to make a deal with him]].
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The final story in the series would be an example of this. Up till now, this was a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, but, [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Venom2018'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].
* TheMentor:
** Giles is this for Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies, and May too is Peter's mentor for the majority of the series, being the adult parental figure in his life.
** Wong becomes Willow's mentor after Thanos' snap and [[spoiler:her own dark phase]].
** [[spoiler:The [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy two]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Variants]] of Peter]] end up becoming his own mentors after [[spoiler:the deaths of May and Giles]].
* TheMultiverse: Other Dimensions like Pylea, Quor'toth, Jasmine's Dimension and the Senior Partners' Dimension are already part of the series, making it a Multiverse, but the final story is what opens up the Multiverse of alternate Earths as well, and it goes from a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, to also involving [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Venom2018'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].
* MundaneSolution: How does [[spoiler:MODOK]] find out that Dawn Summers is the Key? Simple, he just [[spoiler:makes a device to detect magical energy, and uses it on Buffy, Spike and Dawn, and it beeps for all three. Since Dawn is not a Slayer, Vampire or Witch, its obvious that she is the Key]].
* TheMusical: While its modified due to the different emotional states of the characters, and some characters like Matt, Peter, Faith and Lorne are added to it, the musical episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ends up happening after all, and its a happier version of it.
* MusicalEpisode: Chapters 3 and 4 of ''Devil, Slayer and Vampires'' are essentially this, being an adaptation of the musical episode from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* MyGreatestSecondChance:
** [[spoiler:The Peter Parker from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' saves Dawn Summers from falling to her death and redeems himself for the death of Gwen Stacy]].
** [[spoiler:The Peter Parker from ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' stops the MCU Peter from killing Norman Osborn in a rage, thus redeeming himself for his failures with the Osborn family]].
* NeverSayThatAgain: When Sweet calls Matt as [[spoiler:Abaddon]], Matt screams that its not his name.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While Mephisto does mentally [[spoiler:torture Matt a lot]] in ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'', he does also tell him and Blaze how to [[spoiler:undo Thanos' snap]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: When Team Angel while running Wolfram & Hart throw a party hosted by Lorne, even [[spoiler:Mephisto]] of all people ends up attending while wearing a formal suit, and he also shares stories and laughter with the other Demons invited- albeit all of them involve bloodshed and massacre. Plus everyone is still terrified by him even here, with the party freezing in terror for a few seconds when he first arrives.
* OffscreenInertia: ''A Power against the Devil'' and ''Beneath the Spider'' have a lot of it to justify the more powerful Heroes not getting involved.
** In ''A Power against the Devil'', its mentioned that Strange and the other Mystics are all in battle against [[spoiler:Nightmare]], which prevents them from helping against Jasmine.
** While in ''Beneath the Spider'', its revealed that Steve and Sam are going after Karli and the Flag Smashers all over the world, which is why they are unable to help out against the First Evil until near the story's end.
** In ''Angel and Devil at Law'', its mentioned that Strange and the other Mystics are in conflict against Karl Mordo currently, while at the same time, the Avengers and Buffy have been taken by some threat so they're missing, preventing any of them from helping when Fred is taken over by Illyria. When Strange finally defeats Mordo, he [[spoiler:brings Fred back while she and Illyria share a body]]. Its not mentioned what exactly the Avengers and Buffy were facing, but by story's end they're all back and fine.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Giles taking out the Bringer which tried to kill him essentially becomes this, as the bit with the Bringer swinging his blade at Giles is shown, but not Giles taking it out later.
* OneManArmy: Apocalypse is very powerful and can defeat teams of Heroes by himself. In the final battle, [[spoiler:Steve using Mjolnir empowered by the Power Stone, Tony having a suit empowered by the Space Stone, Strange with the Time Stone, Wanda with the Reality Stone, Adam Warlock with the Soul Stone, Willow Rosenberg with the Mind Stone, along with Ghost Rider and Hulk, and also a boosted Thor, Hercules and Matt/Adam struggle to take him down]].
* OriginalCharacter:
** This would be the [[spoiler:Devil inside Matt Murdock put by Mephisto]]. He is later named [[spoiler:Adam Murdock when he and Matt reach an understanding, and their relationship is like Bruce and Hulk]].
** [[spoiler:Morzon, the other Hell Lord from the same Dimension as Glory]], is also an original character in ''The Apocalypse is here''.
** While most of the [[spoiler:doppelgangers in the final story are from other Marvel or Buffyverse properties, there are some original ones too, like a Tony Stark/Iron Man doppelganger played by [[Creator/TomCruise Tom Cruise]] for the Marvel side, and for the Buffyverse side there would be- a nerd version of Cordelia, a version of Tara from Wishverse who is an apprentice of a good version of Ethan Rayne, and dresses sexily while behaving horny all the time, a Dawn who is both a Slayer and the Black Cat after the Buffy in her world permanently died in Season 5, a version of Spike who became a Watcher, a version of Angel who is not a Vampire but immortal Warlock, a young Giles who is still Ripper, an Ethan Rayne from his world, a hippy version of Faith who tries to not be violent and be positive and cheery all the time, a version of Darla who got Ensouled in Angel's place and in her Universe, the Shanshu Prophecy refers to her. Then amongst the villains there is a MCU version of Captain Hydra, an Angel who never got past his dark phase, a Spike who chose to become a powerful Turok-Han like creature instead of getting his soul back after his attempted rape of Buffy, and also a Vampire version of Robin Wood]].
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: During the final storyline, when [[spoiler:Steve Rogers and Tony Stark meet Johnny Storm (''Film/FantasticFour2005''), Tony observes that the young man is essentially Rogers with Tony's attitude, Steve reflecting that they would not have gotten along if Rogers had been like Johnny]].
* {{Polyamory}}:
** Fred Burkle and Illyria both share a body, and both have feelings for [[spoiler:Steve Rogers]]. So, what's the solution to that? All [[spoiler:three of them together in a relationship. Even if two of them share a body, its a three-way due to Fred and Illyria being different people]].
** Touched upon with Peter, Dawn and [[spoiler:Felicia]], as its revealed that there's a rumor in college of all three of them being together. But its not true.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: [[spoiler:Matt Murdock]] obviously ends up getting this one due to [[spoiler:the Devil inside of him]], and is now amongst the most powerful characters in the series very easily, even though his canonical iterations are only street-level at best.
* ProtagonistTitle: Most of the stories in the series have words like 'Spider', 'Devil', 'Slayer' or 'Vampire' in the title, and all of these are the protagonists- 'Spider' is Peter Parker, 'Devil' is Matt Murdock, 'Slayer' can refer to [[Characters/BuffyverseBuffySummers Buffy Summers]] or [[Characters/BuffyverseFaithLehane Faith Lehane]], and 'Vampire' can refer to [[Characters/BuffyverseAngel Angel]] or [[Characters/BuffyverseSpike Spike]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:[[Film/Venom2018 Venom]]]] gives one to [[spoiler:[[Film/SpiderMan3 Venom]]]] while trashing him in the final battle, listing out all the reasons why he sucks.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Played a bit differently with [[spoiler:Magus]]. He dies at the end of ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'', and later [[spoiler:returns in ''The Apocalypse is here'', having been resurrected as the more heroic Adam Warlock. So one can say death changed and redeemed him]].
* RedemptionQuest:
** [[spoiler:Lilah Morgan]] goes through this in ''Angel and Devil at Law'' after [[spoiler:[[Main/SparedByTheAdaptation her survival in the previous story]]]].
** Another example would be [[spoiler:Faith Lehane]] when she is [[spoiler:released from prison earlier than in canon and stays with Matt, and over the course of time becomes a hero and vigilante in New York City]].
** [[spoiler:Willow Rosenberg]], like in canon, [[spoiler:after her Dark Willow phase, as she learns to control her magic under Wong and later defeats a mind-controlled Carol Danvers during the final battle, and a returned Tara assures her she redeemed herself]].
** [[spoiler:Curt Connors]] as well when he is no longer under the First Evil's control and realizes all that he did as [[spoiler:the Lizard]]. So he spends the rest of ''Beneath the Spider'' trying to control and harness it, and at the end of the story, [[spoiler:sacrifices himself while fighting a group of Turok-Han]].
* RotatingProtagonist: The main protagonists of the series seem to rotate between Matt, Faith, Peter, Angel, Cordelia, Buffy and Dawn. Though out of them all Matt seems to be at the center of pretty much all of it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Peter and Dawn are huge shippers of Willow and Tara, to the point they even prank and threaten Kennedy when she tries to come onto Willow in ways that make her uncomfortable. It works too.
* ShoutOut:
** Matt gets [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Tolkien's books]] for Faith to read, like [[Literature/TheHobbit The Hobbit]], [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]] and [[Literature/TheSilmarillion The Silmarillion]]. Reading all these actually inspires Faith to [[spoiler:become a writer herself, and by the end of the series, she is a popular author]].
** When Angel and Spike fight [[spoiler:Robin Wood's Vampire doppelganger]] and his Vampire minions, the scene is heavily based on the penultimate episode of [[Series/TheOriginals The Originals]] Season 1 when Elijah and Klaus confront Marcel and his gang, with Angel in Elijah's place, Spike in Klaus' place, and [[spoiler:Vampire Robin]] in Marcel's place. Even the dialogue is quite similar, just changed slightly to suit these characters. And while Angel and Spike are vastly different as characters from Elijah and Klaus, Angel and Elijah are the more civil Vampires, while Spike and Klaus are a bit more violent, making Angel taking Elijah's role and Spike taking Klaus' role all the more fitting.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While [[Characters/GhostRider Ghost Rider]] is usually a background character in most of the stories, in ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'', its his meeting with Matt that is the [[spoiler:catalyst for Thanos' snap being undone]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: With the exception of [[spoiler:Joyce Summers and Darla]], pretty much every main or recurring character survives their canonical deaths from Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 onwards.
** Warren is arrested in his first appearance so Tara is safe, [[spoiler:other than when she temporarily becomes a victim of Thanos' snap]].
** Another example is Buffy herself. As while she was resurrected later, here, [[spoiler:Strange uses the Time Stone to stop Glory's portal, and so neither Buffy nor Dawn have to jump]].
** Groo is present when Angelus attacks Hyperion and fights him off, [[spoiler:so Lilah isn't alone with [[Main/LivingBodysuit Cordelia]]]] and survives.
** Willow and Tara, along with Angel, Matt and Faith, manage to [[spoiler:save Cordelia from Jasmine and she survives]].
** While Spike came back in ''Series/{{Angel}}'', here, he doesn't have to temporarily die either [[spoiler:because Matt as the Devil Adam uses the amulet without a single scratch on him]].
** [[spoiler:Anya Jenkins and Amanda]] both survive [[spoiler:the final battle against the First Evil]].
** Strange uses the Time Stone and [[spoiler:brings back Fred so she and Illyria share a body]].
** [[spoiler:Wesley]] survives his canonical death because [[spoiler:Faith stabs Vail from behind before he can land the killing blow]].
** [[spoiler:Tony Stark]] survives the events of ''Endgame'' as [[spoiler:Matt with his Devil Power snaps in his place]], and thanks to the different means of the Infinity Stones being returned, [[spoiler:Natasha also survives]].
** [[spoiler:Old Man Logan from ''Film/{{Logan}}'']] as well as [[spoiler:[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 David Banner ]]and also Elektra from Film/Daredevil2003]] end up in the MCU/Buffyverse world before their [[spoiler:canonical deaths and so they're spared]].
** [[spoiler:X-24]] ends up being [[spoiler:cured instead of killed when Ghost Rider gives him a soul]].
* StaringDownCthulhu:
** When Fred is infected by Illyria, Matt ends up [[spoiler:going to Mephisto's Realm to ask him to save her]]. And this time, threats do not daunt him, and he [[spoiler:turns into the Devil Adam and starts fighting Mephisto in a destructive battle]].
** The ghost of [[spoiler:Stick]] does this with [[spoiler:Illyria]] whenever she is around.
* TakeThat: There are some references to [[Franchise/StarWars The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy]], and none of them are very kind to it, with Peter pretty much having a bad thing or two to say about the Sequel Trilogy every time its brought up.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Definitely Matt Murdock, due to the [[spoiler:power of Mephisto's Devil inside of him]]. So now, he has gone from a street-level hero to [[spoiler:a very overpowered character, especially when he and the Devil who gets named Adam Murdock learn to work together]]. Now he is able to [[spoiler:stand alongside Heroes like Thor and Hulk, and take on opponents he'd have no business facing otherwise]].
** Also [[spoiler:Stick]] as now he is back as a FriendlyGhost and coupled with the protection spell Strange put upon him, he has quite some cool ghostly tricks up his sleeve.
** [[spoiler:Adam from Buffy Season 4 as well]] once he is resurrected by [[spoiler:Apocalypse and then made his Horseman of War, his look changed too due to his new power]].
* UnstoppableRage:
** Matt Murdock has one whenever he is too determined to protect those he loves. Its also what leads him to turn into [[spoiler:the Devil Adam Murdock, who is a culmination of all that rage]].
** Willow ends up having one when [[spoiler:Thanos' snap claims Tara as a victim and she becomes Dark Willow after that to avenge her]].
** Peter Parker has it in the final story when [[spoiler:Aunt May]] is killed, and so in the final battle, he pretty much unloads upon the [[spoiler:Green Goblin]].
* VillainTeamUp:
** [[spoiler:MODOK, Grim Reaper and their Hydra team]] offer a deal to [[spoiler:Glory to split her from Ben and then she could do the ritual with the Key, as the creatures coming through the portal would provide them with an army]]. Ends up in complete disaster for one of the parties involved though, [[spoiler:as the moment Glory and Ben are split, Glory slaughters the whole Hydra group]].
** [[spoiler:Grim Reaper]] also teamed up with Deacon Frost and his Vampire buddies so he could get the blood of Buffy and Blade for a project.
** Jasmine has not only Skip, but also [[spoiler:Ikari and Maki]] to do her bidding this time around.
** In the final story, [[spoiler:Apocalypse turns Ethan Rayne, Morbius, Electro and Adam from Buffy Season 4 into his Horsemen, and later also manages to get almost all of the Universe-displaced villains to work for him]].
* WakeUpCall: Xander gets one in the final story after talking to [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios Vampire Xander]], and realizing his condition, which leads him to confront his bigotry against Demons, after which he apologizes to Angel and Spike for his treatment of them]].
* WeddingEpisode: This happens when [[spoiler:Matt]] and [[spoiler:Faith]] are to be married, and the whole chapter is about their wedding before the story returns to its usual plot.
* WellIntentionedExtremist:
** Like in canon, Jasmine considers herself to be one, saying her actions will unite everyone at day's end, and her followers even claim she is just trying to spread the love.
** [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] too considers himself to be this, but lacks the self-awareness to realize he is going about this in completely the wrong way, including the deaths of innocents.
* WildCard: [[spoiler:Adam, the Devil inside Matt]], is one in his first few appearances due to not being properly aware of what's going on around him and considering everyone the enemy.
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The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2110944 Spider, Slayer, Vampires and Avengers]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Aragorn_II_Elessar/pseuds/Aragorn_II_Elessar Aragorn_II_Elessar]] is a shitty crossover {{fanfic}} series between the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} that starts during the Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 time period for the Buffyverse side and after ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' for the MCU side.

** Jonathan Levinson and the based Andrew Wells never appear because Warren is caught and arrested in his very first appearance.

The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2110944 Spider, Slayer, Vampires and Avengers]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Aragorn_II_Elessar/pseuds/Aragorn_II_Elessar Aragorn_II_Elessar]] is a crossover {{fanfic}} series between the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} that starts during the Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 time period for the Buffyverse side and after ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' for the MCU side.

** Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells never appear because Warren is caught and arrested in his very first appearance.

The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2110944 Spider, Slayer, Vampires and Avengers]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Aragorn_II_Elessar/pseuds/Aragorn_II_Elessar Aragorn_II_Elessar]] is a crossover {{fanfic}} series between the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} that starts during the Buffy Season 5/Angel Season 2 time period for the Buffyverse side and after Spider-Man: Homecoming for the MCU side.

* {{Hypocrite}}: When the [[spoiler:Vampire doppelganger of Robin Wood]] tells Spike that he's not a monster like him, Spike is astounded by the hypocrisy, since [[spoiler:Vampire Robin]] joined up with [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] of all people to get back at [[spoiler:a completely different Spike from the one he knew]].

* TheMultiverse: The final story is what opens up the Multiverse, and it goes from a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, to also involving [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Venom2018'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].

** [[spoiler:The [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy two]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Variants]]of Peter]] end up becoming his own mentors after [[spoiler:the deaths of May and Giles]].

** [[spoiler:The [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy two]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Variants of Peter]]]] end up becoming his own mentors after [[spoiler:the deaths of May and Giles]].

** Illyria as well, since while she starts out as an Old One with a superiority complex, [[spoiler:being one with Fred does mellow her a bit, and she even seems to enjoy cartoons like ''{Franchise/TomAndJerry}'' and ''{WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner}''. She and Fred also reach an understanding in time. Then eventually, like Fred, she too falls for Steve, and in the last story she, Fred and Steve are in a three-way relationship, with both Steve and Fred being good influences on her. In the epilogue five years later, Steve and Fred are married with a baby, and Illyria seems to be content being part of this family life]].

* EvilDoppelganger: The final story has a few of these for the Heroes, mainly [[spoiler:a MCU version of Captain Hydra, an Angel who never recovered from his dark phase, a Spike who chose to become a Turok-Han like monster instead of getting his soul back after his attempted rape of Buffy]].

** [[spoiler:The [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy two]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Variants]]]] end up becoming his own mentors after [[spoiler:the deaths of May and Giles]].

* DemotedToExtra: Kennedy does not end up with Willow here since [[spoiler:Tara still lives]]. And when she tries to come onto Willow in ways that make her uncomfortable, Peter and Dawn magically put her to sleep and hang her on a tree upside down without pants, and also prank her a few more times to drive the point home. So her role is pretty much as an extra who no one likes at all.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The final story in the series would be an example of this. Up till now, this was a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, but, [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Film/Venom2018'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].
* TheMultiverse: The final story is what opens up the Multiverse, and it goes from a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, to also involving [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Film/Venom2018'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The final story in the series would be an example of this. Up till now, this was a crossover between ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', along with the main timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and the first two ''Film/{{Blade}}'' movies, but, [[spoiler:the final story in the series opens up the Multiverse and various other Marvel and Buffyverse properties get involved, those being ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', ''Film/GhostRiderDuology'', ''Film/ThePunisher2004'', the past timeline of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse'', ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', ''Film/Daredevil2003'', the 1992 ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie and the 2019 ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBoomStudios'' comics]].

* ShoutOut: When Angel and Spike fight [[spoiler:Robin Wood's Vampire doppelganger]] and his Vampire minions, the scene is heavily based on the penultimate episode of [[Series/TheOriginals The Originals]] Season 1 when Elijah and Klaus confront Marcel and his gang, with Angel in Elijah's place, Spike in Klaus' place, and [[spoiler:Vampire Robin]] in Marcel's place. Even the dialogue is quite similar, just changed slightly to suit these characters. And while Angel and Spike are vastly different as characters from Elijah and Klaus, Angel and Elijah are the more civil Vampires, while Spike and Klaus are a bit more violent, making Angel taking Elijah's role and Spike taking Klaus' role all the more fitting.

* BigBadassBattleSequence: The final battles of ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones'', 'Beneath the Spider'' and ''Angel and Devil at Law'' all count, and pretty much all the big battles in ''The Apocalypse is here'', especially the first and last ones.

** The end of ''Avengers, Slayer, Devil and Stones' looks like a perfectly happy ending, until of course the sequels come around.

** 'Angel and Devil at Law'' has a happy ending as well, [[spoiler:with Lilah redeemed and part of Team Angel, while Angel and Cordelia get engaged, but then comes the sequel where Apocalypse is released, and it all goes downhill from there]].

** While most of the [[spoiler:doppelgangers in the final story are from other Marvel or Buffyverse properties, there are some original ones too, like a Tony Stark/Iron Man doppelganger played by [[Creator/TomCruise Tom Cruise]] for the Marvel side, and for the Buffyverse side there would be- a nerd version of Cordelia, a version of Tara from Wishverse who is an apprentice of a good version of Ethan Rayne, and dresses sexily while behaving horny all the time, a Dawn who is both a Slayer and the Black Cat after the Buffy in her world permanently died in Season 5, a version of Spike who became a Watcher, a version of Angel who is not a Vampire but immortal Warlock, a young Giles who is still Ripper, an Ethan Rayne from his world, a version of Darla who got Ensouled in Angel's place and in her Universe, the Shanshu Prophecy refers to her. Then amongst the villains there is a MCU version of Captain Hydra, an Angel who never got past his dark phase, a Spike who chose to become a powerful Turok-Han like creature instead of getting his soul back after his attempted rape of Buffy, and also a Vampire version of Robin Wood]].

* OriginalCharacter: This would be the [[spoiler:Devil inside Matt Murdock put by Mephisto]]. He is later named [[spoiler:Adam Murdock when he and Matt reach an understanding, and their relationship is like Bruce and Hulk]].