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!Principals

[[folder:Snyder]]
!!Principal R. Snyder
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Kids...I don't like 'em."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ArminShimerman

-->''"A lot of educators tell students, "Think of your principal as your pal." I say, "Think of me as your judge, jury, and executioner.""''

The conservative, paranoid, and authoritarian Principal of Sunnydale High from 1997 to 1999, following the death of Principal Robert Flutie.

In direct contact with the Mayor of Sunnydale, Principal Snyder spent a good deal of his efforts covering up the otherworldly occurrences that took place in the school through contrived and flimsy explanations. Aside from that, Snyder was also keen on maintaining and improving the school's image without any real concern for the students that went there.
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* AdultsAreUseless: And in Snyder's case, they're actively opposing you.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Early in Season 3, his reasons for not letting Buffy back into Sunnydale High, even after she was found innocent of Kendra's death, are her poor grades, spotty attendance record, and, above all else, "tingling pleasure" that he didn't have to put up with her anymore.
* AssholeVictim: After three seasons of being a dick to Buffy and actively trying to have her expelled, not one crap was given, by the characters or the audience, when Snyder was eaten by the newly-Ascended Mayor Wilkins.
-->'''Xander:''' (to Snyder in a dream sequence) You know, I never got the chance to tell you how glad I was you were eaten by a snake.
* BaldOfEvil: To the point where he demonstrated deriving pleasure from Buffy in pain, something not even who he worked for would have much appreciated.
* BreakoutCharacter: When he was hired to play Snyder, Shimerman was told that each principal would get killed after a handful of episodes as a RunningGag. But it turned out that the creators liked Snyder enough to keep him through the remainder of the high school episodes.
* ChildHater: A strict disciplinarian with an avowed hatred for teenagers. He once compared them to locusts, and when questioned on why he chose to be a high school principal, he claimed he had to keep an eye on them as they were "a bunch of hormonal time bombs" that he aimed to guide, especially when it came to discipline, respect and punctuality - which were, essentially, what he viewed as important in life
* DayInTheLimelight: "Band Candy" was the episode that feature him more than any other, albeit completely out of character. Makes one wonder what happened to him to have messed up him so much.
* DeadpanSnarker: His introduction has him snarking an IronicEcho at the Scoobies about the talent show, and he doesn't stop there. Armin Shimmerman is clearly having a blast.
* DeanBitterman: He hates Buffy so much that when he expels her at one point (because she was framed for murder — he also lied to the cops about it); Giles has to brutalize him and intimidate him into taking her back because he was willing to refuse even orders from the Supreme Court. There is the implication that he isn't actually a teacher. And of course, he is somewhat redeemed by two things: first, the immortal line "Whoaa Summers! You drive like a SPAZZZZ", and telling the ScaledUp Mayor to get the hell off his campus.
* DeathByIrony: In the episode where he first appears, he talks about how the previous principal got eaten. Guess what happens to him in the Season 3 finale.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
-->'''Snyder:''' You really have faith in those kids, don't you?\\
'''Giles''': Yes, I do.\\
'''Snyder''': Weird.
* EvilGloating: He takes the time during the season 2 finale to rub Buffy's expulsion in her face, outright stating that the police are "[[PoliceAreUseless deeply stupid]]" and would never find out that Buffy didn't beat up her friends or kill Kendra. Contrary to his expectations, the cops ''do'' find out that Buffy was innocent during the TimeSkip between seasons 2 and 3.
* FictionIsntFair: He's rather over-the-top in his freely-expressed hatred of students and the degree to which he openly and publicly gloats at the prospect of having them expelled. Possibly justified in that the Mayor of Sunnydale is a century-old evil sorcerer actively plotting to transform himself into a giant snake-demon, and the entire town was founded in order to further his evil schemes, so one can only assume that the Sunnydale School Board isn't likely to be very receptive to parental complaints. This is at one point subverted. After Buffy was expelled and Snyder refused to let her back, Giles threatened to make a formal complaint. Snyder tells him to take it to the school board. Giles tells him he was thinking of the state supreme court. Snyder still refuses and only relents after Giles basically threatened to beat the crap out of him... which of course would get Giles fired in real life. Writer's convenience for the win!
* FreudianExcuse: It's hinted that he had MommyIssues. Also, there's this:
-->'''Buffy:''' You never ''ever'' got a [[YouNeedToGetLaid single date in high school]], did you?
-->'''Snyder:''' Your point being?
* InsaneTrollLogic: Uses plenty of this to pin trouble on Buffy. At one point, he’s able to turn her stopping a gunman from shooting someone on the school premises into her deserving detention for causing trouble.
* JerkassToOne: While he's a SadistTeacher and ChildHater in general, Snyder focuses quite a bit of his venom on Buffy and the Scooby Gang. He's always fully prepared to believe the worst in Buffy, to the extent that he admits to getting "tingling pleasure" out of messing with her. It's to the extent that in the season 2 finale, when Buffy is believed to be a murder suspect, Snyder, despite full knowledge that she didn't kill anyone, ''lies to the police'' and says that Buffy is ''always'' behind any trouble.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: He explicitly refers to himself as this.
* KilledMidSentence: Decides to try shouting at the newly ascended Mayor to be quiet. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
-->"You're on '''my''' campus buddy and when I say I want quiet I want-"
* LastNameBasis: We never find out his name though it starts with an "R".
* MeaningfulName: Snyder -- snide.
* MoleInCharge: He's working for the Mayor, acting as a banal antagonist to Buffy and the Scoobies. Snyder is fully aware of the Hellmouth, although he isn't clued into the Mayor's actual plans.
%%* TheNapoleon
%%* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy
* PetTheDog: While he's an absolute dick to the Scooby Gang, he does have respect for Willow's academic achievements and treats her with a bit more respect (relatively speaking) than the rest of them.
* SadistTeacher: He hated Buffy from the minute he saw her and constantly tried to get her expelled, succeeding at the end of season 2 when circumstantial evidence led the police to think Buffy had murdered Kendra and beaten up her friends. After she was cleared of all charges, Snyder still refused to let her back into Sunnydale High simply because he was glad that she was gone, but the school board, along with physical and professional threats from Giles, forced him to change his mind.
* SecretKeeper: He knew about the existence of the Hellmouth all along -- and was even charged to keep it a secret from as many people as possible by the Mayor himself. There's some implication he knew about the Slayer and the Scoobies too, which may explain why he was constantly picking on them.
* SmugSnake: He's a banal antagonist to the Scoobies, but he's far too pleased with himself. He takes deep satisfaction in victimising Buffy but he himself is just pawn of the Mayor.
* SwallowedWhole: By an ascended Mayor.
* TagalongKid: After regressing to his adolescent self. ("Band Candy")
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After Flutie is killed, Snyder takes control and Sunnydale High becomes an even worse place to send your kids.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: When transformed back into a teenager ("Band Candy"), he was shown to be a relatively friendly dork and seemingly looked up to the Scoobies. He even liked Oz's cool hair!
-->"Whoa, Summers, you drive like a spaz!"
%%* WaistcoatOfStyle
* WeirdnessCensor: Averted. He's fully aware of the Hellmouth and demonic activity and it's even implied that he's aware that Buffy is the Slayer. What he ''doesn't'' know is just what Mayor Wilkins is planning, only that his role as principal is to screw over Buffy in particular.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Mayor promises him a reward for his services. A few hours later, he eats him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Flutie]]
!!Principal Robert Flutie
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"When I was your age we cared about the school's reputation and the football team's record, all that stuff! Of course, when I was your age I was surrounded by old guys telling me how much better things were when they were '''my''' age."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KenLerner

-->'''Buffy''': Mr. Flutie...
-->'''Mr. Flutie''': All the kids here are free to call me Bob.
-->'''Buffy''': Bob--
-->'''Mr. Flutie''': But they don't.

The principal of Sunnydale High when Buffy Summers arrived in Sunnydale.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: ''Literally'' eaten alive by some troublemakers.
* DevouredByTheHorde: Flutie is killed and eaten by a group of students possessed by hyena spirits.
* MauveShirt: This guy wasn't introduced in The Pack; he was in the first four episodes. Thus his death has more impact than previous ones.
* NiceGuy: Well-meaning, but bumbling and largely incompetent.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He tries to come down on troublemakers and is willing to give Buffy the benefit of the doubt.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wood]]
!!Principal Robin Wood
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I knew I signed on for something, but, Buffy, I'm just a guy. Granted, a cool and sexy vampire-fighting guy, but still."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DBWoodside & Creator/DamaniRoberts

-->''"I'm only saying that once you see true evil, it can have some serious afterburn, and then you can't unsee what you saw. Ever."''

The principal of the rebuilt Sunnydale High School. He was a freelance vampire hunter, seeking revenge on the vampire that had killed his mother, the Slayer, Nikki Wood.
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%%* BadassBookworm
%%* BadassInANiceSuit
* BadassNormal: Despite having no extraordinary powers, Wood is a solid badass: he's well-trained, rarely shows fear and is capable of killing multiple vampires with relative ease. He doesn't match up to Buffy, but who does?
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He's become this, now that he's leading a Slayer squad in Cleveland, location of a second Hellmouth
* BadassNormal: Despite not inhering any of his mother's slayer abilities, he was trained to have exceptional strength, reflexes and endurance. He would rarely get overpowered by vampires, despite their superhuman strength.
* BadassTeacher: A badass school principal and son of a Slayer. Even Buffy is amazed at how capable he is.
%%* BaldOfAwesome
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Wood is one of the coolest and nicest guys you could meet, but there's a great deal of unresolved rage bubbling beneath the surface that is terrifying when released.
* BestServedCold: He's been planning his revenge since 1977.
* BirdsOfAFeather[=/=]OppositesAttract: When he goes on a date with Buffy he reveals that he is the son of a former slayer. Later [[AnythingThatMoves Faith]] would sleep with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Wood.]]
* TheBusCameBack: In Season 9. Buffy seeks out his advice after finding out she's pregnant.
* BrooklynRage: He's originally from New York City.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DisneyDeath: In the SeriesFinale, which he does on purpose to freak Faith out.
* {{Foil}}: Could arguably be considered one to Daniel Holtz, one of the {{Big Bad}}s of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' season 3. Both lost their families to vampires (the vampires in question are Angel and Spike, respectively) and sought vengeance. Like Holtz, Wood found positively no solace in Spike's ensoulment or remorse and only cared about his revenge. However, Robin eventually managed to let go of his hate and become a trusted friend and ally to the Scooby Gang, whereas Holtz was [[RevengeBeforeReason single-mindedly consumed by his desire for vengeance to his last breath]].
* HasAType: He definitely seems to have a thing for Slayers.
* HeartbrokenBadass: His mother's death spurred him on to become an intensely cool badass.
* HotTeacher: Buffy and Faith most certainly think so.
* LastMinuteHookup: With Faith. This is over by Season 8, though they remain friends and allies.
* LastNameBasis: Most of the Scoobies just call him "Wood."
* MuggleBornOfMages: His mother was a Slayer. Although he has no powers himself, [[BadassNormal he's still a damn good fighter.]]
* NiceGuy: Although far from a doormat, Wood is an all-round decent guy who treats others with compassion and consideration.
* PutOnABus: This happens in S8 in an identical way to how many Fanfics do it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is about as far removed from Principal Snyder as it is possible to get; understanding, in touch with the students, not remotely condescending and eager to see his students reach their full potential. And he can deal with the trouble-makers very effectively too.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In his twenties, he spent all his time trying to hunt down and kill Spike, until realizing that it was hopeless. While he continued killing vampires and demons, hoping he would eventually come across Spike, he did so in a less reckless manner.
* SharpDressedMan: While principal of Sunnydale High.
* YouKilledMyFather: To Spike, who killed his mother Nikki.
%%* VampireHunter
[[/folder]]

!Teachers

[[folder:Gregory]]
!!Dr. Stephen Gregory
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[[caption-width-right:275:''"I gather you had a few problems at your last school?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WilliamMonaghan

-->''"Don't be sorry. Be smart. And please don't listen to the Principal or anyone else's negative opinions about you. Let's make 'em eat that permanent record. What do you say?"''

The science and biology teacher in Sunnydale High.
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* CoolTeacher: He doesn't condescend to Buffy while also making it clear that he thinks she has great untapped potential.
* NiceGuy: Gregory was a SternTeacher, but everyone liked him and Giles considered him a "civilized man" who had no enemies.
* OffWithHisHead: The She-Mantis eats his head.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's one of the few teachers who sees great potential in Buffy and gives her firm encouragement.
* RedShirt: Gregory appeared very briefly earlier in Season 1, before being killed in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E4TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]".
* SternTeacher: He doesn't suffer fools or accept excuses from his students, but he wants to see them succeed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marin]]
!!Coach Carl Marin
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[[caption-width-right:280:''"They're gonna be the best. I don't accept anything less."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlesCyphers
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E20GoFish Go Fish]]"

-->''"I'm just lookin' after my boys. They may be out of the game right now, but they're still a team. And a team's gotta eat."''

A Sunnydale High coach.
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* AssholeVictim: It's hard to say he didn't deserve his fate 100%.
* AFatherToHisMen: What he pretends to be, saying he cares about his boys by feeding them after their transformation. If he gave a damn about them in the first place, he wouldn't have been exposing them to steroids.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Marin tries to act like a typical hardass but caring coach. He's actually deeply insane.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Buffy escapes the rape attempt and the monsters go for the coach instead.
-->"Wow...they really love their coach."
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* JustDesserts: He's eaten by his 'boys'.
%%* KarmicRape
%%* LaserGuidedKarma
* MeaningfulName: Karl MARIN. (as in [=MARINe=] biologist)
* SelfDisposingVillain: While trying to kill Buffy, he falls into the pit he's been keeping his fish monsters in.
* SkewedPriorities: The Coach believes it's important to win...even if this means continually exposing teenagers to a steroid gas that transforms them into vicious, mindless beasts.
-->'''Buffy:''' Why?\\
'''Marin:''' What kind of question is that? For the win! To make my team the best they could be! Do you understand we have a shot at the state championship?\\
'''Buffy:''' Do you understand that I don't care? It's over! There's not gonna be any swim team.\\
'''Marin:''' Boy, when they were handing out school spirit, you didn't even stand in line, did you?\\
'''Buffy:''' No. I was in the line for shred of sanity.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grace]]
!!Grace Newman
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[[caption-width-right:290:''"I just want you to be able to have some kind of normal life. We can never have that - don't you see?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MeredithSalenger, Creator/DavidBoreanaz, Creator/SarahBibb, Creator/MiriamFlynn
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IOnlyHaveEyesForYou I Only Have Eyes For You]]"

-->''"I'm the one who should be sorry, James. You thought I stopped loving you. But I never did. I loved you with my last breath."''

A Sunnydale High teacher in 1955.

During her time at the school she began an affair with honor roll student James Stanley, but when she attempted to break it off to give him a chance at a normal relationship James lost his temper and shot her, subsequently taking his own life in grief.
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* GenderFlip: To put an end to James' haunting, she possesses a male, Angelus.
* MrsRobinson: She embarks on a romance with her student, James.
* RemonstratingWithAGun[=/=]RailingKill: How she was killed.
* UnequalPairing: She's a teacher having an affair with an underage student.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jenny]]
!!Jennifer "Jenny" Calendar AKA Janna of the Kalderash
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You know, people are always sending stuff my way. They know the occult's my turf."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RobiaLaMorte

-->''"I know our ways are strange to you, but soon you will join us in the twentieth century, with three whole years to spare."''

A computer science teacher at Sunnydale High. She was also an ally of the Scooby Gang and the love of Rupert Giles.

She hid from all of them that she was a member of Clan Kalderash sent to watch over Angel, and went by the name Jennifer Calendar.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Giles, at first.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The entire Angelus arc of season 2 could have been avoided if her clan had told her and the Scoobies about the conditions of Angel's curse.
* FindingJudas: She lied to them about Angel and the curse, but she didn't mean anything bad to happen.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Played with. Her demise at Angel's hands is mentioned several times in Seasons 2 and 3, both in Giles' mourning of her and Xander insisting to Buffy that Angelus needs to die for it. After "Amends," when the First [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumes Jenny's form]], she's never explicitly mentioned again for the rest of the show.
* HiddenDepths: She goes from a normal high-school computer teacher/"techno-pagan" to a Romani woman sent to watch over the vampire her people cursed with a soul.
* HotGypsyWoman: Though without the associated stereotypes.
** Though it is played with -- she has the dark hair, the exotic sensuality ([[UptightLovesWild in contrast to]] StuffyBrit Giles) and the magical background, and the [[BelligerentSexualTension hot temper in her arguments with Giles]].
* HotTeacher: Giles is very attracted to her (and so is Xander a bit). Robia [=LaMorte=] is certainly easy on the eyes.
* HotWitch: Actually a techno-pagan, because her powers aren't strong enough to make her a fully-fledged witch.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She was ''only'' told to keep Buffy and Angel apart; she wasn't informed that Angel's happiness with Buffy would be his CurseEscapeClause until after the damage was already done.
* TheLostLenore: To Giles after her death.
* TheMole: Sent to Sunnydale to keep an eye on Angel.
* NeckSnap: How Angelus kills her.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: See Giles' EyeTake when he hears about Jenny's nude mud dance at Burning Man.
* OppositesAttract: Her idea of dating spots with Giles are a football game and monster truck rally.
%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}: Real name Janna Kalderash.
* SacrificialLion: Her [[DeadSerious death]] is meant to prove one thing to both the characters and the audience: [[AnyoneCanDie no one is safe as of this episode]], and Angel is not "just a little evil," he's not "grouchy," he's truly evil and Buffy ''has'' to do something about it.
%%* StuffedIntoTheFridge
%%* SweaterGirl
[[/folder]]

!Other Faculty

[[folder:Greenliegh]]
!!Nurse Ruth Greenliegh
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[[caption-width-right:270:''"This has '''got''' to stop, Carl. Those poor children."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ConchataFerrell
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E20GoFish Go Fish]]"

-->'''Coach Marin''': ''Take good care of my boy, Ruthie.''
-->'''Nurse Greenliegh''': ''I always do.''

The Sunnydale High nurse.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Being eaten alive in gruesome fashion by the swim team.
%%* EatenAlive
* HeelRealization: Comes to see that the experiments she and Coach Marin are doing on the students are wrong after seeing the full effects of the mutations they are undergoing. Unfortunately, Marin remains unconvinced by her pleas.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When she tells Coach Marin of her concerns, he gleefully pushes her into a pool with his boys. She's subsequently eaten.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Platt]]
!!Stephen Platt
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[[caption-width-right:270:''"Look, Buffy, any person -- grownup, shrink, pope -- any person who claims to be '''totally''' sane is either lying or not very bright. I mean, everyone has problems. Everybody has demons, right?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PhilLewis
->'''Appears In''': "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E4BeautyAndTheBeasts}} Beauty and the Beasts]]"

-->''"We're not gonna be friends. You have friends already, I hope. Friends are a good thing. Mm-hm. They like you, agree with you, tell you what you wanna hear. That's not what you need right now. What you need is a trained, not... '''too''' crazy professional who will always give you his honest opinion."''

The Sunnydale High guidance counselor.
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Unlike other examples of this trope - Platt, despite not knowing the specifics of what happened to Buffy, is able to figure out the basics what happened to her, empathize with her pain and offer good advice. From Debbie's words, he was also able to figure out the basics of her and Pete.
* TheConfidant: Unwilling to share her secret re Angel with the Scoobies, Buffy goes to confide in Platt as he appears to be quirky enough to listen. Unfortunately Pete has got there first.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: An adult who seems to genuinely try to engage with Buffy and get her to open up about what is dwelling on her (specifically about her relationship with Angel).
* WeHardlyKnewYe: In just one scene, he seems to actually get through to Buffy and helps her come to an easier mental place after returning to Sunnydale, and Buffy comes away appreciative that there's someone willing to hear her out without harshly judging her. Unfortunately, he's almost immediately killed off by Pete Clarner afterward.
[[/folder]]

!Students

[[folder:Larry]]
!!Larry Blaisdell
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"How do you think people are going to look at me once they find out I'm gay?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LarryBagbyIII

-->''"It's ironic. I mean, all those times I beat the crap out of you, it musta been because I recognized something in you that I didn't want to believe about myself."''

A brawny and generally unpleasant Sunnydale High student involved in sports.
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* ArmoredClosetGay: Larry covers up his hidden homosexuality by being an overly macho bully who frequently leers at female students. He even sexually accosts Buffy during gym.
* TheBully: Perhaps not to the extent of some others as he's seen occasionally getting along with Oz and Xander prior to [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]], but he doesn't hesitate to use his fists on weaker students.
* BuryYourGays: Poor Larry is killed by a transformed Mayor, who swipes him off his feet with his tail. When Larry lands, he breaks his neck.
* JerkJock: As part of his armored closet; he's a talented football player and a bully to go with it.
* LovableJock: After he comes out and his subsequent level in kindness, he becomes this.
* StraightGay: There's very little to indicate his sexuality except for his admission.
* TookALevelInBadass: He actually steps up when the time comes to do battle with the Mayor, and is a member of LaResistance in the Wishverse.
* TookALevelInKindness: After coming out and making peace with who he is, Larry becomes a much nicer, even sweet guy who is considerate of others.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cassie]]
!!Cassandra "Cassie" Newton
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Some things, I just know. I don't know how I do, I just do."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AzuraSkye

-->''"Next Friday, I'm gonna die."''

A Sunnydale High student with psychic abilities and a friend of Dawn Summers.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: She makes it clear that she doesn't want to die, but has to accept it because YouCantFightFate.
* NiceGirl: Cassie is soft-spoken, insightful and very sweet.
* NotSoStoic: Cassie isn't quite stoic, but she's sweet and mild-mannered and isn't prone to excessive emotion. She does have one memorable outburst, however, that shows how much she's hurting.
-->''"You think I want this? You think I don't care? Believe me, I want to be here, do things. I want to graduate from high school, and I want to go to the stupid winter formal. I have this friend, and it would be fun to go with him. Just to dance and hear lame music to wear a silly dress and laugh and stuff. I'd like to go. There's a lot of stuff I'd like to do. I'd love to ice skate at Rockefeller Center. And I'd love to see my cousins grow up and see how they turn out 'cause they're really mean and I think they're gonna be fat. I'd love to backpack across the country or, I don't know, fall in love...but I won't. I just never will."''
* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: She foretells her own death, and it happens.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Cassie is doomed to die; she foresees it and knows she can't prevent it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Pack]]
!!Kyle [=DuFours=], Tor Hauer, Heidi Barrie & Rhonda Kelley
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_pack_bullies.png]]
[[caption-width-right:280:''"Y'know, I don't understand why you're sitting at our table."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EionBailey, Creator/BrianGross, Creator/JenniferSky & Creator/MichaelMcRaine
->'''Appear In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E6ThePack The Pack]]"

-->''"Were you this popular at your old school? Before you got kicked out?"''

A group of bullies, plus Xander Harris, who were unwittingly possessed by the spirits of a pack of hyenas.
----
* AllThereInTheManual: The Sunnydale High Yearbook reveals Heidi became a vegetarian after the possession ordeal.
* GangOfBullies: Even before being possessed, Kyle, Tor, Heidi and Rhonda are a group of jerks constantly bullying other students
* ImAHumanitarian: They eat Principal Flutie. They just...freakin' eat him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before they get possessed by hyena spirits, they're a nasty group of malcontents.
%%* PowerWalk
* TeensAreMonsters: They're already mean before the transformation.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no word on what happened to them after they're de-hyena'd, and the fact that they have to deal with the memory of eating a living human being. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary material]] reveals that all four of them survived until Graduation and Heidi became a vegan.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dave]]
!!David "Dave" Kirby
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_david_kirby.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:200:''"No. This isn't right. None of it is."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChadLindberg
->'''Apppears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E8IRobotYouJane I Robot, You Jane]]"

-->''"Yes... I will. I promise."''

A Sunnydale High student and one of the prized pupils of Jenny Calendar alongside Fritz Siegel and Willow Rosenberg.
----
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Refuses to go along with Moloch's order to kill Buffy, as he can't justify murdering an innocent bystander (not even knowing that she's the Slayer). Moloch makes sure punish Dave before he can impede things any further.
* NeverSuicide: Moloch sends Dave's parents a fake suicide e-mail to deflect any suspicions after Fritz kills him.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Moloch has Fritz kill him because Dave refuses to kill Buffy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fritz]]
!!Fritz Siegel
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_fritz_siegel.gif]]
[[caption-width-right:220:"I'm jacked in."]]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JamisonRyan
->'''Apppears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E8IRobotYouJane I Robot, You Jane]]"


-->''"The printed page is obsolete. Information isn't bound up anymore, it's an entity. The only reality is virtual. If you're not jacked in, you're not alive."''

A Sunnydale High student and one of the star pupils of Jenny Calendar, along Willow Rosenberg and David Kirby, although his enthusiasm for computers bordered on obsession.
----
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* KubrickStare: He has this often because he's a nut and Moloch's brute.
* MadnessMantra: His loonyness can be seen by him repeating "I'm jacked in. I'm jacked in. I'm jacked in."
* NeckSnap: At Moloch's hands, or claws, or...hydraulics, whichever.
* SelfHarm: Fritz carves an "M" for Moloch into his arm out of devotion/obsession.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Moloch kills him after he stops being relevant, just to experience what it's like to kill again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marcie]]
!!Marcie Ross
[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ff25beaf8a50f2beff8074e6f75c0416.png]]
[[caption-width-right:180:''"Hey, moron! I'm invisible!"'']]
[[caption-width-right:180:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_marcie_visible.png[[/labelnote]] to see her when she was visible.]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CleaDuvall
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]"

-->'''"I won 'cause you didn't see me coming. Cordelia, you don't remember me. I remember you, all your idiot slut friends, hate them. They take your life and they suck it out of you! But then they didn't see me coming. They gotta learn. They gotta learn."''

A Sunnydale High student who became invisible.
----
* AirVentPassageway: She lives above the school's music room in a space accessible only by climbing up through the drop ceiling.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Poor Marcie was shunned so much she turned invisible.
* BatterUp: Her first victim is beaten with a baseball bat.
* BlessedWithSuck: The Scoobies- particularly Giles and Xander, albeit for different reasons- initially regarded invisibility as fascinating and cool, until they establish that Marcie didn't choose her current state and can't even turn back.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason for her actions and brutality is because literally ''everyone'' ignored her to the extend that the Hellmouth turned her invisible. Buffy is initially [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetic]], but upon seeing how crazy Marcie is and how far she's willing to go to get back at those who snubbed her, she drops it.
-->'''Buffy''': Y'know, I really felt sorry for you. You've suffered. But there's one thing I really didn't factor into all this. [[YoureInsane You're a thundering loony!]]
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Now ''here's'' an interesting example. She was so ignored by her peers that, with some Hellmouth magic, she eventually became literally invisible to them - and it took the Scoobies to even notice she was gone. Being alone in her invisible world only made Marcie that much more unhinged, as Cordelia finds out the hard way.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Marcie is crazy and is all about using violence to achieve her batshit insane ends.
* {{Invisibility}}: Her entire schtick. She was such a wallflower, that the Hellmouth turned her gradually invisible.
* InvisibleJerkass: Upon becoming invisible, she becomes a violent psychopath who takes violent revenge against everyone who scorned and ignored her.
* KarmaHoudini: After having brutally beaten a guy with a bat, asphixiated a teacher, tried to disfigure Cordelia and tried to stab Buffy, she gets rewarded with a training in assassination and infiltration.
%%* LaughingMad
* LonersAreFreaks: She magically turned invisible from social ostracization and set out to take violent revenge on everyone she deemed responsible.
* MonochromePast: Her flashbacks of her non-interactions with Sunnydale students.
* ProfessionalKiller: After being apprehended, she's recruited to be an assassin for the Government.
* SanitySlippage: After disappearing, her sanity disappeared too and she became viciously psychotic.
* ToThePain: When she has Cordelia and Buffy tied up, she waxes about how she's going to slice up Cordy's pretty face.
-->''"You should be grateful. People who pass you will remember you for the rest of their lives. Children will dream about you. And all your friends who come to the coronation tonight will take the sight of the May Queen to their graves."''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her training to become an assassin is set up like a SequelHook, yet she's never seen or heard from again.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Marcie became invisible because she was so unnoticeable, she was perceived as such by everyone around her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin Benedict
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_kevin_benedict.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"I'll get everything tonight after practice. The guys'll help me."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ScottGurney
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl Prophecy Girl]]"

-->'''Cordelia:''' ''You're so sweet! Why're you so sweet?''
-->'''Kevin:''' ''I dunno! 'Cause I'm usually mean as a snake!''

A Sunnydale High student. Cordelia Chase dated Kevin, but unlike many of her other relationships, Cordelia and Kevin seemed to genuinely care for each other.
----
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Despite Cordelia seemingly caring about him, she never mentions him after his death.
* NiceGuy: Appeared to have a genuinely kind relationship with Cordelia.
* PeekABooCorpse: Cordelia opens the door to the A/V room only to have his corpse fall out.
* RedShirt: He exists largely to die, and has little in the way of character. Cordelia seemed to care rather deeply for him, though.
* SayMyName: Cordelia shouts his name in shock and sadness when she finds his dead body.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Debbie]]
!!Debbie Foley
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_debbie_foley.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:280:''"He does love me. He does love me."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DanielleWeeks
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E4BeautyAndBeasts Beauty and Beasts]]"

-->''"It... it's not his fault. I mean, he's not himself when he gets like this."''

A Sunnydale High student and girlfriend of Pete Clarner.
----
* BrokenBird: Debbie has been broken down completely by Pete's violent abuse of her. He controls every aspect of her life, resulting in SanitySlippage.
* DomesticAbuse: She's a victim of Pete's violent temper.
* MadnessMantra: After Buffy's interrogation she just starts muttering, "He does love me".
* SanitySlippage: Pete's abuse of her has horribly damaged her, to the point where Buffy's interrogation of Debbie results in her sitting with her head bowed muttering a MadnessMantra to herself.
* UngratefulBastard: She knocks aside the tranquilizer rifle as Buffy is about to shoot Pete, who just blames her for bringing the Scoobies down on him.
* YourMakeupIsRunning: After Pete hits her. Though the massive shiner draws attention from it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Michael]]
!!Michael Czajak
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_michael_czajak.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:270:''"My dad. His friends. They're taking people out of their homes. They're talking about a trial down at City Hall. They got Amy."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BlakeSoper
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E11Gingerbread Gingerbread]]"

-->'''Cordelia:''' ''Michael is whatever the boy of "witch" is, plus being the poster child for yuck.''

A Sunnydale High student and a warlock.
----
* ActionSurvivor: Managed to escape an attack led by his father and his friends and reached the Scooby Gang to warn them that Willow and Amy were in danger. We don't get to see his escape, but the fact that he's bloody and with a limp suggests it could not have been easy.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Albeit only due to the "witchcraft = homosexuality" metaphor present in the series.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Going along with the AmbiguouslyGay trope, the bullying of Michael by Roy and his cronies can be read as coding for homophobic targeting.
-->'''Roy''': Everyone knows he's into that voodoo witchcraft. I heard about those kids. People like him...gotta learn a lesson.
* {{Goth}}: Michael wears dark clothing and makeup, which makes him look a bit like [[Music/TheCure Robert Smith]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Freddy]]
!!Frederick "Freddy" Iverson
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[[caption-width-right:275:''"Murder? What murder? You're not here about the review?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Keram Malicki-Sánchez
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot Earshot]]"

-->'''Buffy:''' ''Willow, who's that guy?''
-->'''Willow:''' ''That's Freddy Iverson. He writes those editorials for the school paper. He's sardonic.''

A Sunnydale High student and editor of the school newspaper.
----
* CausticCritic: Appears to have this reputation with the Sunnydale student body, as he tends to have a negative response to almost everything he writes about. He even thinks up an insult about over-eager students in the classroom and then makes sure to congratulate himself with a plan to remember the put-down for later. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with his scathing review of Dingoes Ate My Baby, which Oz says is a fair assessment.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: His office is filled with his grim editorials.
* RedHerring: He runs and hides when Oz comes over to interview him about whether or not he's the person set on harming the other Sunnydale students. Turns out he was just worried that Oz was going to pay him back for writing a negative review about his band.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Willow mentions how depressing the school paper has become since Freddy took over. Oz says that he doesn't notice, as he always [[SelectiveObliviousness skips right ahead to the]] [[NightmareFuel obits]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tucker]]
!!Tucker Wells
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d13826bdebcbeeee024e0d5718575ff4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"Gotta have a redundancy system. Any incompetent knows that."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Brad Kane
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm The Prom]]"

-->''"My three fiercest babies are on their way to the dance right now. You think formal-wear makes them crazy? Wait 'til they see the mirror ball."''

A Sunnydale High student and the older brother of Andrew Wells.
----
* DisproportionateRetribution: Buffy asks him what kind of sicko would want to ruin the happiest night of a senior's life. Tucker glowers and says he has his reasons. Cue a FlashbackCut of Tucker asking a girl to the prom, and her flatly saying, "No."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: His very existence is one. His brother Andrew will go on to become a pretty major character.
* ImprovisedWeapon: When confronted, he tries to break a vase over Buffy's head, but she deftly ignores his attack. Undaunted, he then grabs a screwdriver and holds it in front of him like a switchblade. Buffy easily disarms him, then uses the extension cord from the shattered lamp to tie his hands. Later, Buffy snatches a red curtain from outside the gym and tackles one of the hellhounds, immobilizing it for a minute.
* LonersAreFreaks: Tucker is accurately described as a maladjust.
* NoSell: He smashes a vase over Buffy's head. For a girl who has to bench 400 pounds so she can fight vampires and demons a dinky little thing like that works as well as you might think.
* YouAreTooLate: Buffy closes in on him, restraining him against a wall while belittling his evil plan. "Lucky for me you're an ''incompetent'' maladjust." She prepares to lock him in the other room, but upon opening the door, she sees three empty cages with TV screens in front of them. Tucker [[SlasherSmile grins evilly]]. Uh oh.
-->'''Tucker:''' Gotta have [[TimeForPlanB a redundancy system]]. Any "[[IronicEcho incompetent]]" knows that.[[/folder]]

[[folder:R.J.]]
!!R.J. Brooks
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_rj_brooks.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:280:''" It's not like I meant to hurt anyone."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Thad Luckenbill
->'''Appears In''': "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E6Him}} Him]]"

-->''"I just -- get along really well with girls."''

A Sunnydale High student and the younger brother of Lance Brooks.
----
* BigBrotherBully: His brother, Lance, has shades of this. He's certainly not a pleasant individual and didn't approve of his brother having geeky interests when he was younger.
-->'''Lance:''' I gotta tell ya, there was a time I was worried about R.J. He was into comic books, Model U.N., geek stuff. No offense, Harris. One time, I found all this poetry under his bed. Turns out, he wrote it."''
* BrainlessBeauty: R.J. doesn't have much going on upstairs.
* HiddenDepths: When he was younger, he was more like Xander and actually wrote poetry. Probably not good poetry, but still.
* HotForTeacher: It doesn't bother him at all that Buffy is "like a teacher". In fact, he seems pretty into it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Due to the magical jacket's influence, everyone falls in love instantly.
* SexyManInstantHarem: The magical jacket he wears causes women to fall hard for him. While wearing it, he captures the attention of Dawn, Buffy, Anya and Willow.
* SlowMotion: How women see him when he puts on the jacket.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lisa]]
!!Lisa
-> '''Played By:'' Ra'ven Larrymore Kelly
One of Dawn's classmates.
----
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After ''The Body''.
* TheConfidant: Acts as Dawn's sounding board and tries to talk her through what happened to Joyce.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Janice]]
!!Janice Penshaw
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/AmberTamblyn
Another friend of Dawn, who has some run-ins with vampires with her on Halloween.
----
* BareYourMidriff: Janice wears a stomach-baring top.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: While nice enough around Dawn, she lies to get out after curfew and calls her mother "the mominator".
* TheGhost: While she does have one appearance, for the most part she's just mentioned.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Janice has trepidations about breaking the pumpkin of a sinister old man, not to mention following him inside when they get caught.
* ValleyGirl: Her speech slips into this at times.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chris]]
!!Chris Epps
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Angelo Spirizzi
One of the smartest kids at the school, who has a DarkSecret; namely that he's resurrected his dead brother.
----
* BigBrotherWorship: He deeply looked up to Darryl.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He's deeply disturbed by his actions in the end and wishes he'd let Daryl stay dead.
* TeenGenius: He's just as smart as Willow, if not smarter, and resurrected his brother within days of the accident that killed him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Eric]]
!!Eric Gittelson
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Michael Bacall
Chris's creepy lab partner and fellow MadScientist.
----
* AxCrazy: He seems happy at the idea of killing someone to make Daryl an undead bride and tries to go through with it even after Chris backs out.
* KarmaHoudini: He tried to murder Cordelia and despite a juvie hall sentence got out in time to graduate.
* PoisonousFriend: Far less well-meaning than Chris, who he's attached himself to.
* SecretKeeper: About Daryl's resurrection.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kit and Carlos]]
!!Kit Holborn and Carlos Trejo
-> '''Portrayed BY:''' Alex Breckenridge and David Zepada
Classmates of Dawn at the start of season 7.
----
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While it was implied they might have a bigger role in the season with Dawn, both disappear after the premire, aside from a brief phone call between Kit and Dawn.
* {{Delinquent}}: Carlos smokes and both have thick disciplinary records.
* SunnydaleSyndrome: Kit is in denial upon seeing a zombie.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Holly and Michelle]]
!!Holly Charleston and Michelle Blake
--> '''Portrayed By:''' Unknown actress and Tori [=McPetrie=]
Two Homecoming Queen candidates who compete with Buffy and Cordelia.
----
* AsianAndNerdy: Holly is Asian, socially introverted, a straight-A student, on the debate team and spends most of her time studying. Although she's also fairly dolled up and [[AcademicAthlete is good at sports.]]
* DarkHorseVictory: Buffy and Cordelia dismiss Holly and Michelle as major Homecoming Queen contenders, and the two have perhaps a minute of combined screen time in their episode. However, when two girls tie for the Homecoming Queen Crown, they're Holly and Michelle, and not Buffy and Cordelia.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed with the blonde Michelle, who "never studies" but is also the yearbook editor.
* FeminineWomenCanCook:
** Michelle is both a "[[PomPomGirl popular cheerleader]]" and a "good cook."
** Holly hands out cookies for her campaign, although it's unclear whether she baked them herself.
* NiceGirl: Buffy and Cordelia refer to both Holly and Michelle as being nice and friendly. They're also happy and appreciative after they both get elected Homecoming Queen.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Michelle is apparently attracted to popular football players.
--> '''Cordelia:''' Michelle Blake: open to all mankind, especially those with a letterman's jacket and a car.
* SpearCarrier: Most of the information about them comes from TheBigBoard Buffy uses for her Homecoming Queen campaign. The two girls themselves only appear briefly and only speak at the very end of the episode.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Michelle seems fairly nice and more relaxed than her opponents while campaigning for Homecoming Queen (although she's only seen campaigning for a few seconds) and wears blue in both of her scenes and the picture on her campaign flyers.
[[/folder]]

----

-=>"Whoa, Summers, you drive like a spaz!"

* UsedToBeASweetKid: When transformed back into a teenager ("Band Candy"), he was shown to be a relatively friendly dork and seemingly looked up to the Scoobies. He even liked Oz's CoolHair!
->"Whoa, Summers, you drive like a spaz!"

** Holly hands out cookies for her campaign, although it's unclear whether she baked them herself.* NiceGirl: Buffy and Cordelia refer to both Holly and Michelle as being nice and friendly. They're also happy and appreciative after they both get elected Homecoming Queen.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Michelle is both a "[[PomPomGirl popular cheerleader]]" and a "good cook."
* NiceGirl: Buffy and Cordelia refer to both Holly and Michelle as being nice and friendly. They're also happy and appreciative after they both get elected Homecoming Queen.

* CharacterDeath: Flutie is killed and eaten by a group of students possessed by hyena spirits.

* LonersAreFreaks: Shee magically turned invisible from social ostracization and set out to take violent revenge on everyone she deemed responsible.

* DumbBlonde: Downplayed with the blonde Holly, who "never studies" but is also the yearbook editor.

* DeanBitterman: He hates Buffy so much that when he expels her at one point (because she was framed for murder — he also lied to the cops about it) Giles has to brutalize him and intimidate him into taking her back because he was willing to refuse even orders from the Supreme Court. There is the implication that he isn't actually a teacher. And of course, he is somewhat redeemed by two things: first, the immortal line "Whoaa Summers! You drive like a SPAZZZZ", and telling the ScaledUp Mayor to get the hell off his campus.

* FictionIsntFair: He's rather over-the-top in his freely-expressed hatred of students and the degree to which he openly and publicly gloats at the prospect of having them expelled. Possibly justified in that the Mayor of Sunnydale is a century-old evil sorcerer actively plotting to transform himself into a giant snake-demon, and the entire town was founded in order to further his evil schemes, so one can only assume that the Sunnydale School Board isn't likely to be very receptive to parental complaints. This is at one point subverted. After Buffy was expelled and Snyder refused to let her back Giles threatened to make a formal complaint. Snyder tells him to take it to the school board. Giles tells him he was thinking of the state supreme court. Snyder still refuses and only relents after Giles basically threatened to beat the crap out of him... which of course would get Giles fired in real life. Writer's convenience for the win!

* AssholeVictim: After three seasons of being a dick to Buffy and actively trying to have her expelled, not one crap was given by any of the characters when Snyder was eaten by the newly-Ascended Mayor Wilkins.

->'''Portrayed By:''' William Monaghan

->'''Portrayed By:''' Charles Cyphers

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MeredithSalenger, Creator/DavidBoreanaz, Sarah Bibb, Miriam Flynn

->'''Portrayed By:''' Robia [=LaMorte=]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Conchata Ferrell

->'''Portrayed By:''' Phil Lewis

->'''Portrayed By:''' Larry Bagby III

->'''Portrayed By:''' Azura Skye

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EionBailey, Brian Gross, Jennifer Sky & Michael [=McRaine=]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Jamison Ryan

->'''Portrayed By:''' Scott Gurney

->'''Portrayed By:''' Danielle Weeks

->'''Portrayed By:''' Blake Soper