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In General

Always Chaotic Evil:
- Individual degrees of wickedness vary, but as they have no human souls, vampires are evil and treacherous by nature. In theory, at least - the example of Spike, for instance, throws some doubt on that. While no saint, he seemed to be relatively benevolent by vampire standards until the unfortunate incident with his mother, and Angelus becoming his Sensei for Scoundrels. His behavior also improved (slowly) while chipped, to the point that he sought out a way to get his soul back. Granted, it's made fairly clear that even he needed the soul to fully beat his evil nature.
- In the comics, once vampires become public, starting with Harmony many of them turn to only feeding non-fatally from willing victims, but this isn't because they've made a true Heel–Face Turn so much as sheer pragmatism - not killing people means people won't have a reason to kill them, and there are obvious benefits to the fame that comes with the vampire craze. Some are still so committed to being creatures of evil that they continue killing and resent being turned into something harmless and commercial, though.
Burn the Undead: One of the ways to kill vampires is setting them on fire and burning them to ash.
Curse That Cures: Turning into a vampire "cured" Ford of brain cancer, Spike's mom from worsening tuberculosis, Darla from syphilis, and Spike himself from needing glasses. Unfortunately for Drusilla, it doesn't help with mental illness.
Death of Personality: Vampires in general are portrayed as this. While many still retain a portion of the person they were before, they're essentially humans who die and have their soul replaced by a demon, though they retain their human memories; Giles outright tells Xander as such in "The Harvest" when he's convinced that Jesse must still retain some humanity inside.
Giles: You listen to me. Jesse is dead. You have to remember that when you see him, you're not looking at your friend. You're looking at the thing that killed him.
Decapitation Required: Beheading is one of the few ways to kill a vampire.
Demon of Human Origin: A fact that makes vampires looked down by pure-blood demons for being half-breeds created from inferior mortals.
Eating Optional: Vampires only need blood to survive, but several enjoy eating human foods; Spike in particular enjoys such things as drinking alcohol, and well as eating Weetabix (which he mixed into blood for texture), chocolate, spices and burba weed (which he mixed into blood for flavor), Buffalo wings, crackers and peanut butter, and fried onion blossoms. Angel also drinks coffee quite a bit. This is a case of Depending on the Writer though, as some episodes state that vampires' undead taste buds can't properly appreciate anything but blood.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Interestingly enough, despite their apparent Always Chaotic Evil nature, several vampires throughout the verse have shown care for members of their own kind with some of the notable examples being Spike, Drusilla, The Master, etc..
Evil Feels Good: Many vampires feel as such. For example, the newly turned Holden Webster is quite at peace with his condition when Buffy talks to him:
Holden: Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all-consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion.
Evil Makes You Monstrous: As a vampire ages and the demon within grows stronger, they lose their ability to appear human and are permanently stuck in Game Face; the Master, the oldest vampire on record, Looks Like Orlok, while Kakistos, an equally aged vampire, has cloven hooves for hands and feet.
Game Face: Vampires have a human face and a demonic face. The demonic face has vaguely bat-like bumps along their foreheads, yellow eyes, and of course, fangs. Angel mentions at one point that vampires are stronger when in their Game Face, but their bloodlust also increases. Older vampires, such as The Master and Kakistos, seem to be Shapeshifter Mode Locked into their game faces.
Half-Human Hybrid: Vampires are described as half-human, being demons who inhabit and reanimate human corpses.
Healing Factor: It's shown more in the comics, but they apparently heal much faster than humans. There are limitations; heaing nervous system injuries is possible but takes a long time, and they apparently cannot regrow limbs as shown by Claw's hand and Kakistos's eye.
Heart in the Wrong Place: The location of a vampire's heart seems to be connected to whether they have Plot Armor or not. Angel and Spike have taken arrows or stakes to the chest that conveniently miss their hearts, while minor vampires aren't so lucky and get dusted if hit anywhere on the torso including, in one particularly egregous case, in the stomach.
The Hedonist: Vampires, as a general rule, reject societal conventions and are pure creatures made of id that give into their carnal instincts and desires, whether those desires are sexual, financial, or otherwise. How they were as humans generally informs how they express their desires: the lazy, lustful rake Liam became the flamboyant sadist Angelus, who had no problem with killing for fun, as he didn't care about much beyond pleasures in life; the kind and meek poet like William-turned-Spike still enjoyed a good scrap and began lashing out due to his meekness making him a target for bullying, but he was much more willing to do good as it felt like his instinct to do it, even before he regained his soul.
Holy Burns Evil: Vampires are burned by crosses, holy water, Bibles and other Christian holy objects, which also fill them with irrational fear.
Horror Hunger: While vampires can't starve to death, they need blood to stay healthy, and going too long without feeding is debilitating. After being chipped, Spike, unable to feed, starts turning pale(r) and sickly, and is desperate enough for blood that he turns to the Scooby Gang for help. When Connor traps Angel at the bottom of the ocean, Angel ends up going mad with hunger and is suffering from nightmares and hallucinations by the time Wesley finally fishes him out, and his skin is cracked. In the present day, Angel's mostly overcome the issue of Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere by drinking pig's blood purchased from butcher shops, but flashbacks to his early attempts at living around people show it wasn't always so easy for him to resist humans, and if he's severely weakened or starved, he's liable to grab and start drinking from someone before he even realizes what he's doing.
Spike: You know what happens to vampires who don't get to feed? Living skeletons, mate. Like famine pictures from those dusty countries, only not half as funny.
Hypnotic Eyes: Mostly averted, except for the Master, Drusilla and Dracula. The comics state that hypnosis is an inherent power of vampires but only a few of them ever bother developing it, and Angel/us is no good at it.
Immortal Procreation Clause: Being undead and immortal, vampires are incapable of sexual reproduction. Angel and Darla were able to conceive Connor due to Jasmine's machinations, but even then, Darla couldn't bring him to term the normal way and was forced to stake herself to ensure he didn't die in the womb.
Immortals Fear Death: Adam speculates as such to a group of vampires. He theorizes that contrary to mortal humans, vampires fear death and things that can kill them, like the Slayer, precisely because they are immortal.
Adam: You fear death. Being immortal, you fear it more than those to whom it comes naturally.
Immune to Bullets: While they do cause a lot of pain, conventional bullets can't kill vampires; Angel and Spike have used themselves as Human Shields to protect others from gunfire more than once. That being said, the classic headshot will work.
Kill It with Fire: Another way of destroying them. and they've very flammable; Spike once incinerated a vampire by touching a lighter to its shirt.
Kiss of the Vampire: The series flip-flops between this and Vampire Bites Suck. When bitten by Angel in "Graduation Day, Part 2," Buffy experiences such a euphoric rush that she shudders and her leg kicks out violently, sending a bench and urn crashing to the floor. In the comics, Angel admits that vampire bites stimulate the brain's pleasure centers, and uses this fact to his advantage to calm down a rampaging Dark Willow. Consequently, we see in Season 5 that there are brothels where people go to get bitten, and in the comics, after vampires become public knowledge, the ones following Harmony's no-kill rules find a lot of willing victims to let them feed non-fatally.
Lack of Empathy: Due to their lack of human souls, vampires have no conscience and are thus incapable of feeling remorse. Again, pre-soul Spike indicates that this is not invariably true - though it is also generally acknowledged that Spike is the exception rather than the norm due to his Love Martyr nature. However, it's a pretty good rule of thumb. Even in Spike's case, until he got his soul he was only capable of caring about specific people he'd gotten close to, rather than morality in a larger sense.
Missing Reflection: Standard fair for vampires; they have no reflection in mirrors. However, they can be filmed and photographed, as cameras function similarly to human eyes.
Monster from Beyond the Veil: The demon that takes up in the human body has all their host's memories and is usually a twisted variation on their personality.
Mooks: A lot of vampires work as minions for demons or even some especially powerful humans.
More than Mind Control: Upon being turned, a vampire's personality often draws upon their former self's darker impulses and things they wouldn't normally say or do but might think about, restrained only by their soul and conscience which are now missing. When confronted over being Spike's Sensei for Scoundrels in "Destiny," Angel retorts he didn't make Spike a monster; he just opened the door and let the "real him" out. Also, upon being sired, Spike's mother's taunts about his attachment to her were in fact something she feared as a human, but wasn't cruel enough to actually say to him before.
Must Be Invited: Vampires need to be expressly invited into a human's residence to be able to enter; the residences of non-humans and public places like stores and nightclubs are not protected as such.
The Needless: As they're undead, vampires don't actually need to breathe. Angel survived being sealed in a coffin and trapped at the bottom of the ocean for the three month Time Skip between Seasons 3 and 4 as a result, and later was able to go to a demon dimension with an atmosphere toxic to humans to no ill effect. They also don't need to eat but some like Spike do so simply for pleasure.
No Body Left Behind: When a vampire dies, their bodies turn to dust.
Our Vampires Are Different: In the Buffyverse, vampires are the result of a demon's essence replacing a human's soul, which builds a demon "half-breed" from the host's body, memories and personality—though it often twists the latter into it's darkest extreme, and pretty much completely destroys their ability to empathize regardless of how kind they were in life. Though later parts of the series gets a bit murky with this, showing a few vampires being civil despite having no souls, so it could just be some vampires can understand it better than others.
Psychic Block Defense: A vampire's mind is like their reflection in a mirror; the thoughts are there, but cannot be read. Except by particularly powerful psychics like Splenden Beasts.
Reduced to Dust: Their fate upon death. Unlike the traditional slow crumbling into a pile or dust however, they just instantly explode into a cloud of it.
Shapeshifter Mode Lock: When a vampire gets old enough, they lose the ability to assume their human face.
The Sociopath: As a whole, vampires are this due to their lack of a soul. They have a complete or near-complete Lack of Empathy, are Always Chaotic Evil, and are specifically described as lacking a conscience and being incapable of remorse. Even for those vampires who are capable of love, it has a twisted, selfish or obsessive bent. At best, a vampire that tries to do good is very pragmatic and usually doing it for selfish reasons rather than any sort of altruism.
The Soulless: Explicitly so.
Strong and Skilled: Vampires tend to know hand to hand combat right away, making them formidable fighters even if they weren't while alive. It's unknown if this is a power or just an instinctive ability to use their powers in such a manner.
Strong as They Need to Be: A vampire's strength varies depending on how much of a threat the plot needs them to be, ranging from being able to deform solid steel with their bare hands to being unable to budge wooden doors. Furthermore, they jump from being superhuman on a level no normal human could hope to match to being weak enough that Badass Normals like Xander and Gunn can take them easily. However, it is also worth noting that as Stronger with Age demonstrates, vampires get more powerful as they get older and, though it isn't strict canon, vampires tend to be stronger if their sire was powerful to begin with. Additionally, fledglings tend to be stupid, as well as relatively weak, making them easier to beat, and Gunn and Xander do have extensive experience in doing so.
Stronger with Age: The older a vamp is, the stronger he gets; in Spike's debut episode, Giles initially dismissed him as a major threat when he discovered that Spike was "barely 200," but changed his mind upon discovering that Spike had killed two past Slayers.
Super-Speed: They're extremely fast, often moving too quick for humans to see.
They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Vampires can easily pass for human, and there's virtually no way to tell them apart from humans until they assume their Game Face. This diminishes as a vamp gets older, where their ability to assume human form is lost.
Vampires Hate Garlic: Implied; we see cloves of garlic used in preparation against vampires, but the actual effects are never shown.
Villain Decay: Vampires were the main threat to Buffy and the Scooby Gang throughout the first two seasons, with the Master and Angelus being the Big Bads of their respective seasons. Come Buffy Season 3 and onwards, they're reduced to largely serving as mooks for demons and even some humans, with aged vampires like Kakistos being reduced to monsters of the week.
Villain with Good Publicity: From Season 8 onward, with the supernatural going public, vampires become a subject of a fad that capitalized on the fact that many humans experienced a thrill when bitten by vampires; it's to the extent that in early Season 9, Buffy gets arrested by the San Francisco Police Department for dusting one. As Seasons 9 and 10 go on, public opinion against vampires begins to shift, eventually leading to the cops starting a supernatural crimes unit.
Weakened by the Light: Played with. Direct sunlight will almost instantly immolate vampires, but they are portrayed as perfectly fine operating during the day as long as they remain in the shade. They can even move around in sunlight while covering themselves up with a jacket or hoodie - though if that cover gets pulled off, they'll fry immediately.
- This is another instance of Plot Armor; Angel or Spike will sizzle for several seconds before catching fire, and even then there's still time to put themselves out. Vampire mooks on the other hand pretty much explode the minute sunlight touches them. Spike in season five takes this to ridiculous levels, as he can survive sunlight exposure that would incinerate any other vampire in seconds by draping a cloth over his shoulders, or one occasion just wearing a coat and hat.

The Order of Aurelius

In General

The Order of Aurelius is a vampire cult and bloodline that considers itself the elite of vampires.

Continuity Drift: In "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" it is implied the Order of Aurelius are a specific group that have come to Sunnydale to serve the Master's purpose by siring the Anointed One. Years later in a flashback in "Darla", the Master refers to his followers as a whole as the Order of Aurelius.
Cult: They're basically the cult of the Old Ones.
Elaborate Underground Base: They make their dwellings below ground because they reject living "among the human pestilence".
The End of the World as We Know It: Their ultimate goal is to bring forth the apocalypse.
Religion of Evil: A cult of vampires that worships the original demons, the Old Ones, and plans to bring them back into this world.
The Remnant: After the Master's death and their failed attempt to resurrect him, only the Anointed One and a few others are left by the time of "School Hard", and they decide that whoever kills Buffy will take the Master's place. When their plot is ruined due to Spike's Leeroy Jenkins tendencies, he decides to simply kill the Anointed One and takes control of what's left of the order, dissolving it completely.
Spike: From now on, we're gonna have a little less ritual and a little more fun around here!
You Have Failed Me: They enforce harsh penances on those who fail or displease the Master: Colin (not the Anointed One but another vamp with the same name) had an eye gouged out for letting the Slayer escape their lair. Claw once lost a hand for displeasing the Master. The Three willingly lay down their lives at the Master's will when they failed to kill Buffy, and Spike was expected to accept execution for ruining the Night of St. Vigeous.

The Anointed One

Collin, The Anointed One

"I'll bring you the Slayer."

Played By: Andrew J Ferchland

A vampire member of the Order of Aurelius and a key servant of the Master. Even though he was a child, it was foretold he would lead Buffy Summers to hell.

Anti-Climax: There was a great deal of build-up over the enigmatic Anointed One, his mysterious powers and his role in Buffy's battle with the Master. In the end, it basically boiled down to Collin escorting her to him. He's subsequently killed off early on in Season 2 — though, in fairness, he was intended to be the Big Bad, Ferchland just had the temerity to grow.
Bastard Understudy: To the Master, who acts as a mentor of sorts.
Big Bad Wannabe: After the Master's death, he assumed leadership of the Order of Aurelius but didn't hold onto it for long. Aside from a failed attempt to resurrect the Master (which was spearheaded more by Absalom than Collin) he did very little before being dispatched by Spike.
Big "NO!": His last words.
Creepy Child: Due to being a vampire child.
Disc-One Final Boss: In Season 2, when he appears to be the new Big Bad... before Spike turns up.
Dragon Ascendant: He took over the Order of Aurelius following the Master's death. Until Spike kills him, of course.
Embarrassing Nickname: "The Annoying One," courtesy of Spike.
Enfante Terrible: He was turned into a vampire while still a child himself.
Game Face: One of the few recurring vampires to never show his, leaving it ambiguous as to whether or not it would've been Nightmare Retardant or just silly.
Informed Ability: He apparently possesses immense power, which we never really see demonstrated.
Kill It with Fire: How Spike disposes of him.
Real Life Writes the Plot: He was originally meant to be Season 2's Big Bad, but Joss Whedon had him killed off early in the season because his actor had gone through a growth spurt and was no longer believable as a perpetual child.
The Remnant: What's left of the Order of Aurelius. Spike dissolves the ancient order when he takes over.
Scream Discretion Shot: His death, which isn't seen but heard.
Undead Child: He is one.
The Unfought: Buffy never meets him in combat. The closest he gets to a fight is with Spike, who just lifts him into a cage and hoists him into direct sunlight.
You Have Failed Me: He attempted this on Spike. Things went poorly.

Luke

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"Fear is like an elixir. It's almost like blood."

Appears In: "Welcome to the Hellmouth"/"The Harvest"

A vampire, a member of the Order of Aurelius and the leading acolyte of The Master during the Harvest in 1997.

Deadpan Snarker: Frequently, with emphasis on the deadpan.
The Dragon: To the Master, initially.
The Dreaded: His fellow Order members such as Darla were very scared of him and the Master respected his strength, claiming only a slayer could survive a fight with him.
Drunk on the Dark Side: After he becomes the Master's vessel and starts feeding, he becomes a great deal more hammy.
Evil Is Hammy: Once the Harvest begins, he starts to get more vocal with the speeches.
The Fundamentalist: A fervent believer in the Master's cause.
Large and in Charge: Luke towers over most characters, even the Master. It isn't hard to buy him as the outside leader of the Order.
Mark of the Beast: The Master places a unique scar on his forehead that marks him as the Master's vessel.
Not So Stoic: Luke doesn't show much in the way of emotion, but when the Harvest begins he shifts into Evil Is Hammy mode.
Starter Villain: He's the first genuinely threatening vampiric nemesis that Buffy faces, serving as a mini-boss for the opening two episodes.

Thomas

"She's fresh."

Played By: J. Patrick Lawlor

The Baby of the Bunch: He's younger and less powerful than Darla and Luke.
Honey Trap: A male version, luring Willow to danger with an ice cream sundae and a smile.
Outdated Outfit: How Buffy realizes he's a vampire.

The Three

"We failed in our duty and now our lives belong to you."

Played By:

Appear In: "Angel"

A trio of powerful vampire warriors and members of the Order of Aurelius. They were summoned by The Master to hunt down the Slayer.

Beard of Evil: One of them sports one.
Elite Mooks: For the Master; they're considered his deadliest weapons. As Giles puts it, Buffy is really starting to irritate the Master. "He wouldn't send the Three for just anyone."
Equal-Opportunity Evil: One of them is a black guy.
Hero Killer: They almost take Buffy out when they first appear; it's only thanks to Angel's Big Damn Heroes moment that she escapes.
Honor Before Reason: When they fail, they allow themselves to be killed in penance.
Must Be Invited: Buffy survives their fight due to making it back to her house and refusing to invite them inside.
Professional Killer: The Master's personal assassins.
You Have Failed Me: When they offer their lives to the Master in penance for having failed, he lets Darla kill them despite admitting to not gaining much joy from the act. Of course, he notes that sometimes a little is enough.

Absalom

"I'll grind you into a sticky paste and hear you beg before I smash your face."

Played By: Brent Jennings

A vampire and a member of the Order of Aurelius.

Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: His weapon is a hammer.
The Dragon: To the Anointed One.
Evil Is Hammy: Sounds a lot like a minister.
The Fundamentalist: He's a particularly dedicated devotee to the Order of Aurelius.
Kill It with Fire: This is how Buffy dispatches him.
Mouth of Sauron: Due to his compelling manner of speech, he commands the actions of the Order on behalf to the Anointed.
“We have been put down, my kinsmen. We have lost our way, and we have lost the night. But despair is for the living. Where they are weak, we will be strong. Where they weep, we rejoice. Where they bleed, we drink. Within these three days a new hope shall rise."
Scary Black Man: He's a large, bald Afro-American vampire.
Screaming Warrior: He charges into battle with a tough cry.
Sinister Minister: His demeanor and clothing hint at him having been a minister in life.
Undying Loyalty: Absalom was deeply devoted to the Master, and almost succeeded in resurrecting him.

Darla

See Buffyverse: Angel - Other Characters

Recurring Vampires

Harmony

Harmony Kendall

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"Part of me always knew life would end after high school."

Played By: Mercedes McNab

Buffy: Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader, you were bad. When you tried to chair the Homecoming Committee, you were really bad. But when you try to be bad… you suck.

A member of Cordelia's high-school posse, Harmony is turned into a vampire after graduation. Upon moving to LA, she seeks out Cordelia once more, but her vampire instincts means it's not long before she tries to kill Cordelia and the rest of the Angel Investigations crew. At some point after this, she gets a job at Wolfram & Hart, and when Angel takes over the firm, she's picked as his secretary. She's still evil, but thankfully, she's very bad at it.

Affably Evil: Even though she's a bloodsucking fiend with a penchant for betrayal, she's really nice, even to her prey.
All Girls Like Ponies: She had an affinity with unicorns. While living with Spike in his underground liar, she hung up posters of unicorns along with many other unicorn paraphernalia. When she led her own gang, one of her minions, former boyfriend Brad Konig, took the liberty of bringing her a 10-inch ceramic unicorn figure imported from Thailand priced at $12.95. She also possessed a wooden carousel unicorn, which Buffy used to kill another minion of Harmony's. While working at Wolfram & Hart, Harmony decorated her desk with unicorns as well as having unicorn stickers on her blood thermos. To please her, Clem made these creatures real, a joyful surprise to her. After this, she rode an unicorn for her arrival at VampCon. Her throne room in the 23rd century was also decorated with unicorn and Pomeranian motifs.
Alpha Bitch: She tries to assume Cordelia's position as this after the latter throws her lot in with Buffy and co. It didn't really work out.
Anti-Villain: She's a bit like Spike (post-chip, pre-soul) in this regard. She really does try her best to do right (especially when under Angel's employ), but her lack of a soul makes moral decision-making very hard for her. That said, Buffy is willing to make alliances with Harmony when the need comes around, especially given that Harmony created Reform Vampirism and is at least trying to get other vampires avoid killing humans. Granted, season 10 makes it clear that it's more a form of PR than actual care over loss of human life.
Ascended Extra: Given a much larger role in Season 5 of Angel and is eventually promoted to the main credits in the final quarter of the season. Also, Mercedes McNab as Harmony had the longest run of any actor in the Buffy/Angel series, having appeared in both the original, unaired pilot episode for Buffy (which didn't include Angel), and the final Angel episode.
Big Bad Wannabe: In "Real Me", she gathers a small band of Mooks and tries to establish herself as a player in Sunnydale. The minions quickly get annoyed with her, and she's reduced back to being Spike's not-really-girlfriend.
Buffy: Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader, you were bad. When you tried to chair the homecoming committee, you were really bad. But when you try to be bad? YOU SUCK.
Brainless Beauty: Harmony's pretty, but painfully airheaded.
Bullying a Dragon: She joins Cordelia in picking on and insulting Buffy despite both girls knowing that she burned her last high school's gym down.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She's vapid and shallow, plus utterly hopeless as a vampire and a villain. But the final season of Angel shows that she's surprisingly competent as a secretary.
Butt-Monkey: She just can't do anything right, and absolutely everyone lets her know about it.
Celeb Crush: "No threesomes! Unless it's boy, boy, girl. Or Charlize Theron."
- She asked if she could turn Antonio Banderas into a vampire. Spike vetoed the idea.
Characterization Marches On: She was an obnoxious but not particularly stupid Smug Snake in her earlier appearances before turning into the airheaded Harmless Villain she is known for. Being turned into a bloodsucking demon just might have something to do with that: Other vampires lose their soul. Harmony lost her brain.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: She's pretty terrible at it, though, and most everyone sees it coming. Angel lampshades it in the final episode.
Angel: Loyalty isn't high on your list.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: In season five of Angel, she fills Cordelia's role as Angel's secretary. Whereas Cordy was sassy, independent and capable, Harmony was bubbly, upbeat and dim.
Cute, but Cacophonic: Let's just say she really doesn't live up to her name, even if she's usually as cute as can be... However, when she belts songs out, it's downright painful to listen to even if you're baseline human. If you're Lorne, her voice is practically a weapon.
Dumbass No More: She's so much cleverer in the comics than her TV-self that she might as well be an entirely new character with a few shared traits. While exposing vampires to the world was an accident, the comics continued to show her having the savvy to turn public opinion very pro-vampire and effectively become a leader of the undead community. By Season 10, she is able to expertly analyze Spike and Buffy and wittily comment on the potential cracks in their relationship. Her dramatic increase in IQ is never explained or even really commented on.
Dumb Blonde: Cranked up when she appeared on Angel. In Buffy, she was merely an Alpha Bitch and an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain.
Spike: Keep it simple, Harm. It suits you.
Evil Counterpart: To Cordelia – an intensely stupid bimbo who also gained a few IQ points, moved to the big city, and ended up working in an office.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite his abuse of her she is genuinely in love with Spike and is unable to let go of her attachment for him despite the toxic nature of their relationship.
Fantastically Indifferent: In the novel The Deathless (set in mid-season 3), Harmony and most of her classmates are kidnapped by the villain and lose their memories of the event after being rescued. When Harmony goes home, her relieved mother tells her that she was missing all day. Harmony correctly suspects she just experienced "one of those weird things Buffy and her friends were always involved in" (and that Cordelia will insist on recapping it at school). However, she deduces that if she is back home safely and her mother (and, by extension, the rest of the town) didn't come to any harm while she was gone, things must have turned out fine and aren't "worth thinking about".
Faux Affably Evil: In the comics, she greets Spike and Buffy as old friends before proceeding to work with Vicki to break them up, giving Spike one hell of a "Reason You Suck" Speech about his tendencies in relationships under a guise of friendliness.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: "I am a villain, Spike." (starts to cough uncontrollably)
Harmless Villain: She is much too brainless to present a threat. Buffy laughed at the idea of her having minions, and sure enough, they quickly turn on her. Buffy sums her up best in "Real Me".
Buffy: Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader, you were bad. When you tried to chair the homecoming committee, you were really bad. But when you try to be bad? You suck.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: She seemed to have gotten nicer during the days leading up to high school graduation. Then, she got turned into a vamp.
- Seemed to be getting better in LA, particularly after getting hired on to Wolfram & Hart and Spike returned. Then, she betrayed Angel. Also the above Not-So-Harmless Villain moment.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: She joins, betrays and rejoins Angel's team, against his strong oppositions. And then she betrays him again. All those resisted urges to stake her, to no good end!
Gunn: (irritated) Don't we kill 'em anymore?
Hidden Depths: In the show itself, Harmony doesn't display much interest in anything beyond Girl Posse shenanigans during her high school days. However, the Sunnydale High Yearbook mentions that she is part of the Dance and Drama Clubs, plays field hockey, is a member of the Students Against Drunk Driving group (although she may have just gotten involved in that because the parents of the members pledged to cut them some slack whenever they get drunk but use designated drivers or call for rides), and won second place in a Halloween costume contest for an impression of Marcia Brady.
- She can also be surprisingly bright at times, figuring out who framed her in Harm's Way on her own. To say nothing of the comics where she uses her leadership skills and charisma to become the global face of vampires and turn the public against Slayers as a whole. Pretty much everyone is shocked at how capable a villain she ends up being.
Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Murdering "The Way We Were" onstage at Caritas.
I Fight for the Strongest Side!: Inverted more than once. Harmony is in Angel's employ for less than a day before defecting to a vampire cult that she was supposed to be investigating. Three years later, she's back working for Angel again – but only after he's become Wolfram & Hart's CEO. Harmony betrays Angel at the earliest opportunity (again) by bedding Hamilton, who is incidentally higher on the totem pole than Angel is.
Ignored Epiphany: She fondly remembers high school, and desperately wishes to be accepted by friends that way again. Unfortunately, Harmony self-sabotages every friendship she has due to being Stupid Evil.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: She really does try her best to be Spike's perfect girlfriend or Angel's efficient secretary, but neither appreciates her efforts - though Angel does take the trouble to write a letter of recommendation for her, on the grounds that she really was a good secretary.
Karma Houdini: She's never dusted despite the trouble she causes, especially in Season 8. She outs the existence of vampires, becoming a worldwide celebrity and making vampires seem like good guys while the Slayer Organization was made out to be a Nazi-like group attempting to destroy the misunderstood demonkind. But because of Harmony's status, Buffy orders her army not to try and kill her, out of fear of making her a martyr, which essentially gives her a free pass to do whatever she wants.
Laughably Evil: Harmony's ill-conceived attempts at being a dangerous villain are laughably poor and very endearing. Until she Took a Level in Badass in the comics.
Lovable Traitor: She's so lovable Angel writes her a letter of recommendation even though he knew she was betraying him to Hamilton.
Mandatory Line: Usually by highlighting her total stupidity.
Meaningful Name: Subverted the second she starts singing; Lorne actually takes to calling her "my little cacophony" for a while, considering it more appropriate. Though Wesley does note her nickname "Harm" to be pretty fitting.
Mistaken for Gay: She was actually trying to explain that she had become a vampire. Cordelia got confused.
Ms. Fanservice: She loves wearing tight and revealing clothing or lingerie to show off her body.
Never My Fault: In "Harm's Way", she almost manages to convince herself that Fred is at fault for Harmony sleeping with and accidentally murdering a man (Fred had convinced her to talk to the man in question, and Harmony didn't actually kill him), and in the finale, blames Angel's lack of faith in her for her betraying him to Marcus Hamilton. She also briefly blames her lack of a soul on this as well.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: In the comics, when she becomes a celebrity, she's a vampiric parody to reality show stars famous for their leaked sex tapes, namely Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.
Not Helping Your Case: Harmony fails a blood screening in "Harm's Way" and dumps half the company in a maintenance closet as she tries to clear her name.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: During Season 8 where she exposes vampires to the world, becomes an instant celebrity, manages to convince the general populace that Slayers are Neo-Nazis to her kind and kills a Slayer on live TV. All this from the same supposedly brainless vampire that both Buffy and Angel refused to kill multiple times.
- By Season 10, she's established a power base in Vegas and is treated as a leading member of the traditional sect of vampires and masterminds a plan with Vicki to try and break up Spike and Buffy that plants some serious self-doubt in Spike's head. The alleged airhead gave the former Big Bad a Breaking Speech and it worked.
- Even during her early appearances, she had her moments. In "Real Me," in the midst of taunting her, Dawn mistakenly invites her into her house, and we are reminded that while Harmony may be incompetent, she is still a vampire. While Buffy initially laughs her head off at the thought of Harmony having minions, the minute she finds out Dawn invited her in, she stops laughing and starts stockpiling stakes.
  Riley: That's a lot of weapons for somebody you weren't sweating twenty minutes ago.
  Buffy: Well, that was before Dawn gave Harmony a backstage pass to kill us all in our sleep.
Odd Friendship: With Fred. They only go out for drinks once but they do seem to enjoy one another's company and Harmony later says she considers Fred a friend and is shown to be devastated by her demise.
Pet the Dog: Comforts Wesley after Fred's death.
Pink Means Feminine: Usually wears pink after turning into a vampire
Promotion to Opening Titles: Though she rarely ventured outside of Garfunkel territory. This was indeed intentional, as well as lampshaded.
Punny Name: Harmony. Wesley lampshades it when she uses a page ripped out of one of his antique books to wrap up her bubble gum.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives Spike a pretty good one in season 10, noting how he's so obviously put Buffy on a pedestal and everything else about how he tends to fuck up his own relationships.
Replacement Flat Character: Word of God states that Harmony is intended as "Cordelia without the life lessons", though Harmony wasn't technically a replacement for Cordelia until season 5 of Angel.
Scarpia Ultimatum: Spike gives her one in Season 4, but she's only too happy to comply.
Sexy Secretary: When Angel becomes CEO of Wolfram & Hart, he naturally has to have this trope, so ditzy blonde vampire Harmony is recruited. Angel is not happy about this, though "Harm's Way" reveals that she is actually good at her job, if constantly underappreciated.
Shaking the Rump: We get a good look in the Angel episode "Harm's Way". Lampshaded when she breaks up with Spike in BTVS "Crush" — she decides to back away so he won't get anything pleasant from the experience.
Shipper on Deck: Season 10 reveals that she wishes Buffy, Angel, and Spike would just stop angsting and have a [[{{Polyamory polyamorous marriage]] already.
Small Name, Big Ego: She believed herself to be a great villain and constantly irritated when the Scoobies did not take her seriously, especially when both Buffy and Xander are greatly amused by the very thought of her having minions.
The Social Expert: Harmoney's leadership in high school wasn't just due to privilege as she is very good at understanding and reaching out to people. She is able to console both Gunn and Wesley after Fred dies and is skilled at making friends. She fully uses this in the comics where she uses her charisma and people skills to organize vampires in a new movement and becomes a famous leader that convinces the world vampires are an oppressed minority.
Staircase Tumble: How Marcie tried to kill her in "Out of Mind, Out of Sight".
Stupid Evil: Tries to convince people she's not evil, even as she's betraying them to their faces. Downplayed in the comics, while she's a ditz she's perfectly capable of using her social skills and charm to whip up a plan.
Super Loser: Super-powered vampire whose skull probably contains nothing but dust bunnies.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Joss Whedon admits that after Cordelia went insane, fell into a coma, and was absent in Angel's final season, the writers felt that the show had lost an important puzzle piece. Enter Harmony. Dim-witted, blonde, and completely peculiar vampire who seems to carry the personality of Cordelia circa Season 1 of Buffy. They even went as far as adding her as a main character in the opening credits for the final six episodes. Though since Harmony had been there since the beginning (and being one of the Cordettes) her character was already known and accepted. In fact, Harmony was supposed to be a recurring character once she arrived on Angel...but they forgot about her until the final season. Then, they ended up having her in every episode, so it was somewhat necessary to make her part of the main cast.
Took a Level in Badass:
- In "Harm's Way," in which she stops a war between two demon races and finds and stakes the vampire who set her up for murder.
- In the comics. She exposes The Masquerade to the world, gets Slayers blacklisted as xenophobes in doing so, and by the time of Season 10 is a major representative, if not leader, of old-school vampires with a base in Vegas.
Took a Level in Kindness: Possibly the only person to have her personality improved by becoming an undead creature of the night.
Tragic Villain: Harmony spent most of high school as the Alpha Bitch but she was actually getting nicer in the days leading to graduation, even admitting that she always wished she was more like Willow. But on that day she was made a vampire and the nice person she really was vanished forever. However, she's still more gregarious than most vampires, see Affably Evil above.
Unholy Matrimony: Tried to have one with Spike in Seasons 4 and 5 but he never cared about her in the former season, and was too hung up over Buffy in the latter.
Unknown Rival: Started thinking she was this to Buffy in Season 5, but the Slayer had completely forgotten about Harmony after their previous encounter.
Villain with Good Publicity: She killed a Slayer live on television, and still got to go on Anderson Cooper and Larry King to talk about how evil Slayers were. Cooper, to be fair, wasn't overly convinced.
Woman Scorned: In "Pangs" (scares Spike off with a stake) and "Crush" (actually tries to kill him).
You, Get Me Coffee: Or in this case, blood served in a mug which says "#1 Boss."
The secret ingredient is otter!

Mr. Trick

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"There's a reason these vengeance crusades are out of style. See, the modern vampire, we see the big picture."

Played By: K. Todd Freeman

"Sunnydale. Town's got quaint, and the people! He called me "sir", don't you just miss that? I mean, admittedly, it's not a haven for the brothers. You know, strictly the Caucasian persuasion here in the 'Dale. But you know, you just gotta stand up and salute that death rate. I ran a statistical analysis and, hello darkness! Makes D.C. look like Mayberry."

Tech-savvy vampire from early Season 3. Aided the Mayor before being killed and replaced by Faith.

Affably Evil: Mr. Trick is stylish, sharp and just an all-round good time. He actually seems to like the Slayers, appreciating that they have 'character'.
Bad Boss: He loudly scolds one of his factory workers for sampling their product, and kills him. The worker in question didn't do anything wrong; he was just used as an example to ensure nobody else would take a sample.
Badass in a Nice Suit: He's one of the best dressed villains in the show.
Dark and Troubled Past: He's implied to have one, if the below line to the Mayor is any indication.
"If this is the part where you tell me that I don't fit in here in your quiet little neighborhood, you can just skip it. 'Cause, see, that got old long before I became a vampire, if you know what I saying."
Demoted to Dragon: After Kakistos's death, he's the main vampire boss, but then Mayor Wilkins makes him his lackey. Though Trick doesn't seem to mind that much, considering that Wilkins is a personable, Benevolent Boss and shares his pragmatic attitude.
The Dragon: Initially to Kakistos, but Trick abandons him to die. He goes solo briefly, but is quickly recruited by the Mayor as his main henchman.
Eviler than Thou: Coming to regard Kakistos as an old-fashioned fool, he abandons him to be killed by Faith and Buffy.
"These vengeance crusades are out of style, it's the modern vampire who sees the big picture."
Fan Boy: Of Marmaduke. "Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kinda dog."
Jive Turkey: He's a black man who uses what's meant to be street slang, and it doesn't always sound accurate.
Pop-Cultured Badass: He references comics and television, and generally seems up with the times.
Pragmatic Villainy: Trick's entire thing is being practical-minded. He makes use of modern technology, doesn't get tangled up in pointless vendettas and makes sensible decisions, such as when he paid Ethan Rayne and sent him on his way rather than burn any bridges, pointing out to the Mayor, "Man did his job."
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When he sees that Kakistos is on his way out and a lost cause, he leaves him to his deserved fate.
"If we don't do something, the Master could get killed. [Beat] Well, our prayers are with him."
The Starscream: To Kakistos – once it becomes clear he won't listen to Trick's suggestions to embrace modernity, he abandons him to die. He's much more loyal to Mayor Wilkins, though.
This Is Gonna Suck: After Faith stakes him from behind:
"Oh, no. No, this is no good at all."
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: He has a tendency to do this, ensuring his (relatively) long survival.
We Will Meet Again: To Buffy, with whom he shares a present but not extremely potent enmity (at least compared to her other enemies).
"You and me, girl! There's high times ahead."

The Gorch Brothers

Lyle & Tector Gorch

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"So you why don't you tell me again why we can't kill 'em now?"

Played By: Jeremy Ratchford & James Parks

A pair of cowboy vampire brothers who were criminals in the Old West even before becoming vampires.

Beard of Evil: Lyle has one.
Enemy Mine: In "Bad Eggs," Lyle and Buffy briefly team up to fight the Bezoar-controlled humans.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Lyle and Tector did love each other, and Lyle did love Candy. Not quite enough for him to stick around to avenge either of them, though.
Faux Affably Evil: Lyle is rather polite in a Southern Gentlemen kind of way, even though his tone is mocking and he's clearly a psychopath.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Lyle wisely decides to skip town when his brother is eaten by the Mother Bezoar, and does so again (this time for good) after Candy is killed.
Plot-Irrelevant Villain: They just randomly showed up, attracted by the Hellmouth to Sunnydale to cause some trouble despite not being the main threat in "Bag Eggs." In the end, Lyle even has to fight briefly alongside Buffy to survive the day.
Running Gag: Lyle's tendency to vow We Will Meet Again, only for some shit to go down, after which he declares that 'It's over' and scarpers.
Shout-Out: They're named after two characters from The Wild Bunch.
Stupid Evil: As Giles put it, "they are not among the great thinkers of our time."
We Will Meet Again: Lyle likes to say this, but never follows through.

Dalton

"The Order of Taraka, I mean...isn't that overkill?"

Played By: Eric Saiet

A scholarly, bespectacled vampire. Spike and Drusilla commandeer Dalton's relative expertise to research a mystical cure for Dru.

Beard of Evil: Has a small beard, is at least theoretically evil.
Minion with an F in Evil: Dalton doesn't really do anything bad aside from basically helping Spike and Dru.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He's the smart one of Spike's minions (relatively speaking), and wears glasses.
Waistcoat of Style: A relatively stylish and refined vampire wearing a waistcoat.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Spike and Dru, eager to see what the Judge can do, have him test out his powers on poor Dalton who was no longer of any use.

Sandy

"We could go somewhere else. Some place more private."

Played By: Megan Gray

A female vampire sired in 1999 by the Wishverse counterpart of Willow Rosenberg.

Chekhov's Gunman: She appears in Season 3 as a human, and is revealed to have been sired when she turns up two seasons later.
Dating Catwoman: Flirts with Riley a bit despite him being part of a monster hunting group (although she might not have known about that), even after he reveals he knows she's a vampire.
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: As far as can be seen, she just hangs around bars, trying to find humans to consensually let her drink some of their blood.
Shrinking Violet: She was somewhat nervous as a human.
The Vamp: She flirtily asks guys to buy her drinks (of alcohol) and then tries to get them to give her blood, although it's implied that she does this without killing them, and while being open about her vampiric status.

Jesse

Jesse McNally

"I feel strong! I'm connected, man, to everything!"

Played By: Eric Balfour

Appears In: "Welcome to the Hellmouth"/"The Harvest"

Introduced in the very first episode as Xander and Willow's closest friend, he ends up getting killed, turned into a vampire, and then accidentally staked by Xander in very short order. His old friends proceed to honor his memory by — forgetting he ever existed, apparently, as he's never mentioned even once throughout the rest of the show.

Decoy Damsel: Kidnapped by Darla at the end of the first episode, we see him taken to the Master who finds out he's associated with the slayer (largely through Xander and Willow) and it seems that they spared him to use as bait for Buffy. And indeed Buffy and Xander find him seemingly unharmed when they head into the sewers to rescue him. However when they hit a dead end trying to find a way out, Jesse showcases his vamp face revealing that the vampires indeed killed and turned him.
Decoy Protagonist: It initially looks like he might be part of Buffy's gang rather than just a Sacrificial Lamb.
Distressed Dude: After being captured by Darla; after he's turned, he becomes a Decoy Damsel.
Face-Revealing Turn: After he tricks Buffy and Xander into a dead end, he reveals himself as a vampire in this way.
Expository Hairstyle Change: As a vampire, he keeps his hair slicked back.
Forgotten Fallen Friend:
- After his staking. Despite being Willow and Xander's best friend, he's never mentioned in the series again. The episode Conversations With Dead People was going to hang a lampshade on this with Jesse's ghost (or rather, the First Evil pretending to be Jesse's ghost) chewing out Xander for forgetting him, but those plans eventually fell through.
- Finally subverted in the comic-only Season 9, when Xander helps Detective Dowling stake his vampirized partner; he recalls having to do the same to Jesse, and to this very day, all he can see is the face of his friend, not the monster he became.
Love Martyr: He's very into Cordelia, regardless of how badly she treats him.
Staking the Loved One: He's the loved stakee, Xander is the staker.
That Man Is Dead: As is per standard for a vampire, Jesse is in actuality dead. The vampire he's become is a twisted version of his actual personality with all his darkest impulses magnified.
Transhuman Treachery: Standard for vampires.
Vampires Are Sex Gods: He wasn't remotely successful at attracting Cordelia as a human; as a vampire, his assertive and aggressive new attitude catches her eye.
You Are Too Late: After he's taken by vampires, the Scoobies do manage to rescue him... but only after he's been turned.
You Wouldn't Shoot Me: When Xander confronts him with a stake, he gets up close and taunts him that he could never hurt his best friend. Then someone shoves Jesse as they're running away, pushing him right onto the stake.
Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb: It didn't take much for Darla to trap him; he later doesn't even realize he's been bitten. He isn't much smarter as a vampire.

Tom

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Played By: Mace Lombard

A vampire minion of Sunday who in life had been a UC Sunnydale student.

Chekhov's Gunman: After appearing in "The Freshman", Tom reappears many episodes later to help Spike escape the Initiative and give a bit of exposition on them.
The Farmer and the Viper: Somewhat befriends Spike and tries to help the older vampire escape, only for Spike to use him as bait to distract the guards.
Mook: For Sunday.
Punch-Clock Villain: He's fairly ruthless working for Sunday but shows some concern for his fellow prisoner Spike.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Buffy and the Scoobies bring the fight to Sunday and her mooks, Tom makes a run for it. Unlike the other member of their gang to do so, he doesn't get very far before the Initiative grabs him.

Dracula

"I am Dracula. Could I be any less?"

Played By: Rudolf Martin

Appears in: "Buffy vs. Dracula"

Dracula. Does more need to be said?

Actually, for this version, it does. He is evil (kind of), politically incorrect and extremely powerful, having far more powers than a normal vampire. He is also best friends with Xander, and was taught how to ride a motorbike by him. Nobody really understands this relationship, and most are really confused by it - including Xander. He's also not exactly well-liked among his own kind, as it was he who gave Bram Stoker the inspiration for the book bearing his name, which first put vampires in the public eye (even though still fictional). As Spike puts it, they consider him a "sell out". Also his vampirism is different from the usual vamps of the series.

The Ace: He's nigh unkillable, and everyone he's encountered gushes about him (except Spike).
Affably Evil: To Xander, at least. And he finds himself on the same side as the Scoobies more often than not.
Animorphism: Can turn into a panther, wolf, bat, and swarm of bees.
Berserk Button: Don't steal from him. Seriously. Don't.
Breaking and Bloodsucking: Of course he's going to do things the traditional way.
Burn the Undead: According to him in the comics, the only way to kill him for good is to behead him and then burn both his head and body separately.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Behind the dark romantic facade Dracula often acts either like a spoiled celebrity or an old man in a mid-life crisis and is regarded as a "poncy sod" by other vampires. This combined with his ignorant racism can cause others to dismiss or underestimate him. They forget Dracula has risen above most other vampires and demons by being one of the oldest living vampires, incredibly rich, cunning (when he puts his mind to it), sought out and obtained great magical power, while alive tortured and killed tens of thousands of people and as a vampire has destroyed numerous powerful foes over the centuries, sometimes decades after a feud has started. He's also borderline unkillable. All in all, Dracula is one of the most dangerous vampires to have ever walked the Earth.
Classical Movie Vampire: He's a traditionalist; no wonder Spike doesn't like him. Spike, however, is also quick to point out that it's the popularity of Bram Stoker's book that has made it possible for ordinary humans to detect (and kill) vampires.
Spike: I tell you one thing, that glory hound's done more harm to vampires than any Slayer. His story gets out, and suddenly everyone knows how to kill us! The mirror bit?
Cold Ham: He acts and talks eerily calm and measured most of the time.
Cool Sword: In Season 8, he wields a double-bladed sword that is linked with a demonic spirit. In Season 10, he wields a rapier.
Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Xander's entire relationship with Dracula could be summed up as this. Dracula just really enjoys Xander's company and goes through the effort of putting him under his thrall just so he sticks around and he has someone to talk to.
Dual Age Modes: Subverted. It seems he is able to take on the form of both a young and old man, but it turns out in reality he is always in his old form. He just uses his hypnotic abilities to make everyone see him as his younger self.
Empowered Badass Normal: As he reminds the vampires who took his magic, the man was a horror to his enemies already when he was alive.
Enemy Mine: "I loathe Buffy Summers, her whole army makes me want to retch, and I'd just as soon see them wiped off the map once and for all. However, nobody steals from Dracula."
Even Evil Has Standards: He hates lawyers, as shown when Lilah Morgan tries to make him a client. He's also not willing to be taken over by the Old One Maloker, originator of vampires, and wreak havoc, to the point where he will allow himself to be killed first.
Frozen Fashion Sense: He appears in his full caped regalia. Later he goes for a more casual, but still quite outdated, silk shirt and vest combo.
Game Face: Averted. He has perpetual fangs but no Nightmare Face. It's not explained why he's different than other vampires, but perhaps his "showy gypsy tricks" include a Glamour. This was later confirmed by the follow-up comics: not only does he have a Glamour, it conceals the fact that he looks like an old man (as he was in the book).
Lie to the Beholder: He uses his hypnotic abilities to make people see him as his younger self, rather than his true form, which is that of a very old man. No longer necessary as of Season 10, in which he is restored to his younger self.
Man of Wealth and Taste: Wears elaborate costumes that include top hats, rings, canes and ankle-length capes.
Occult Blue Eyes: Those "dark, penetrating eyes" of his are a deep shade of blue.
Odd Friendship: With Xander.
Our Vampires Are Different: On the meta level. Every established rule about Buffyverse vampires goes out the window with this guy; he adheres much more closely to traditional (or Hollywood, at least) vampire tropes. This is explained as a result of certain magics he sought out. After magic is restored in the comics, new vampires have abilities similar to his, though not quite to the same extent.
Pet the Dog: He has genuine fondness for Xander and considers him to be one of his dearest friends, to the point that he is enraged on Xander's behalf after Renee's death and tears vampire chumps to pieces like wet paper, before giving Xander the chance to execute the one responsible personally.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He is portrayed as simply politically incorrect, without malice behind it, his attitudes being mainly a result of extraordinary age.
Public Domain Character: Of course. The writers were originally going to use a Captain Ersatz, until Joss Whedon suggested to them that they may as well use the real deal as there was nothing stopping them.
Marti Noxon: I kept saying, "Like Dracula" — until Joss Whedon said, "Why not Dracula? He's public domain."
Resurrective Immortality: One of the things that make Dracula especially dangerous is the fact that even after getting dusted (regardless of which method), he can simply reform from the dust practically on the spot. Moreover, if he doesn't reform, he can still manipulate the dust into a mist and move that way. Simply put, he's the "most immortal" vampire in Buffyverse—well, second most if you count those wearing the Gem of Amara.
- He claims in the comics he must be beheaded and have the head and body burnt separately to be killed. It's the only way, according to him.
Retired Monster: During what Buffy calls his mid-life crisis, he drinks himself into a stupor, stumbles around in a vomit-drenched bathrobe, and can't even be bothered to kill anyone to feed on anymore. He snaps out of it, though.
Running Gag: The eleven pounds he owes Spike.
Stronger with Age: Part of his speech to Toru when the other vampires mock him by calling him "Old Man" is basically bitch-slapping him and stating that Europe ran red with the blood of his enemies long before he became a vampire, so, really, it's the "Old Man" that he should be afraid of.
Super Smoke: One of his powers is the ability to turn into mist, which Buffy decides is cheating when she tries to attack him.
This Is Not My Life to Take: Dracula cripples Toru, the leader of the vampire army who screams at Dracula to let him die with honor. Dracula tells the crippled vampire that he knows nothing of honor, and that he is not Dracula's to kill... after which he hands his sword to Xander, whose Slayer girlfriend, Renee, the vampire leader had murdered. Xander delivers the coup de grâce.
Tsundere: A friendship version towards Xander. He tries to lure Xander back into being his manservant by claiming he has regular orgies at his castle and has his other servant claim to want another one around.
Vampire's Harem: Had one in his debut episode but they were only seen briefly when Giles fell into their domain by accident and was pulled out by Riley. Oddly, there's no mention of them later in the episode and they're never seen again in the comics either.
Vampires Are Sex Gods: According to Andrew, one of Dracula's abilities, next to hypnosis and shapeshifting, is "romantic undertones". There are a lot of comments on his good looks (especially his penetrating eyes), with even Willow, a lesbian, commenting on his sexiness.
Villainous Widow's Peak: It's not particularly pointy or pronounced but it's there.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can turn into a wolf, bat, panther, mist and swarm of bees at will which he uses to attack people, spy on them, dodge their attacks, or just impress them.
Wild Card: His position on the second Magic Council, as noted by Willow. Assuming the other three humans side with Buffy often (as assumed), that potentially makes him the deciding vote.

Turok-Han

The Turok-Han

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Played By: Camden Toy

"As Neanderthals are to human beings, the Turok-Han are to vampires. They're primordial, ferociously powerful killing machine, as single-minded as animals. They are the vampires that vampires fear. An ancient and entirely different race. And until this morning, I thought they were a myth."

— Rupert Giles

An ancient and powerful breed of vampire.

Conservation of Ninjutsu: The first Turok-Han seen wipes the floor with Buffy on their first and every subsequent meeting, until a grueling battle that ends in her decapitating it. Cut to the season finale, where the heroes have to face an entire army of them, and even the Badass Normals can kill multiples of them like they're no different than normal vampires.
The Dreaded: They're described as "the vampires that vampires fear" for good reason given their power and complete savagery.
Elite Mooks: For the First Evil.Or at least the first, not so much with the rest.
Fake Ultimate Mook: With the exception of the first, they are not really tougher than the average vampire, to the point that rookie Slayers, and non-powered people were able to kill them with ease.
Feral Vampires: As Giles says in the quote above, they are basically predatory animals, unlike modern vampires, who walk and talk like humans.
Looks Like Orlok: Presumably to give them the typical 'ancient vampire' look, since they're meant to be the oldest examples of what vampires were.
Monster Threat Expiration: To an obscene degree. The first one Buffy encounters is extremely powerful, tosses her around with ease and even when she does manage to kill it, it's only after a long and bloody fight. In the finale, even Andrew is able to kill them.
No-Sell: A traditional stake through the heart has no effect.

One-Shot Vampires

Amilyn

Played By: Paul Reubens

"You ripped my jacket... Kill him a lot."

One of Lothos's minions. Since he appears in the movie and origin comic, he isn't the most famous vampire in the bunch.

Almost Dead Guy: Amilyn campily milks his death scene for almost a minute. He's still going during the credits.
An Arm and a Leg: Pike takes one of his arms.
Casting Gag: Reubens had just had a very public scandal when he was cast, and his mugshot was infamously miles away from his previous, clean-cut image. Amilyn's appearance is almost identical to the mugshot.
Death Is Dramatic: Mocked thoroughly.
The Dragon: To Lothos.
Disproportionate Retribution: He tries to kill Oliver Pike for ruining his jacket. (Of course, Amilyn has also lost his arm, but he doesn't seem to care about that.)
Handicapped Badass: He continues serving Lothos despite the loss of his arm.
Major Injury Underreaction: Pike sliced off one of his arms, and his only major concern is his ruined jacket.
Not Quite Dead: Played for Laughs in The Stinger of the movie; he's still lying down dying.

Borba

Andrew Borba

Played By: Geoff Meed

Appears In: "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"

Ax-Crazy: Even before he's turned into a vampire, he was crazy and violent.
Evil Sounds Deep
The Fundamentalist: He starts out as some kind of far-right Christian extremist who blathers on and on about the end of days and repenting of one's sins. He continues this after being turned into a vampire but is visibly startled when Giles is able to repel him by brandishing a crucifix.
Kill It with Fire: How he's ultimately dealt with.
Murder by Cremation: He ends up dumped into a lit crematorium.
Red Herring: Borba is set up as the prophesied Anointed One; a powerful vampire who will aid the Master. He would seem to fit the bill, what with being a ranting psychotic who's built like a tank.
Talkative Loon: He really doesn't need anyone else for a conversation.

Sheila Martini

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Played By: Alexandra Johnes.

Appears In: "School Hard"

A student of Sunnyvale High and a major delinquent.

All Girls Want Bad Boys: Ended up falling for Spike not long after meeting him. Unfortunately for her, he was just luring her so he could feed Drusilla. She was also introduced with a punk boyfriend who was described as "the one she can bring home to mother".
Bound and Gagged: After Spike kidnaps her, he has her hands bound and her gagged when taken back to his hideout. Poor girl couldn't even scream when Drusilla kills her.
Delinquent: A major one in life, having said to have attacked a horticulture teacher with pruning shears (and quite proud of it), blowing off the punishment to help with the Parent-Teacher Conference and hanging out with other bad company to boot. It's ultimately what ends up losing her her humanity when she fell for a "bad boy" like Spike.
Enemy Rising Behind: Attempted to attack Buffy with an ax after tricking her into thinking she was still human. Giles spotted this from a classroom and yelled out a warning, thwarting the attempt.
Face-Revealing Turn: Sorta. After Buffy meets her during the school raid, she's of course in human form. But when they approach a vampire. The camera has Buffy in front of her and as she sneaks up on him, moves aside to which we now see Sheila in Game Face, readying her ax to kill Buffy.
Foil: Essentially one to Buffy to showcase Principal Snyder's Horrible Judge of Character. While Buffy isn't exactly a saint, she's leagues above Shelia whom Snyder lumps together (And that's only because of hearing of Buffy past "delinquency" i.e. burning down her gym, and just singling her out for it).
Hell-Bent for Leather: She stumbles drunkenly out of the Bronze, flanked by two guys. She asks if they were telling the truth about having a Cadillac, and coos about how "leather seats" make her horny. Whatever, Joan Jett.
The Load: There are monkeys who could coordinate a party better than she. She looks like she's perpetually hungover. Not surprising she ends up as a vampire, really.
The Mole: In the darkened school hallway, Buffy hears a noise behind her. It's Sheila. Phew, forgot about her. She apologizes for being late (the fact that the event is over should have raised a red flag though Buffy figures she came in right before Spike's attack). Of course the audience knows she's a vamp since last we saw her before this point was Dru making a meal of her. But Buffy is unawares.
Oh, Crap!: Her final human expression as she turns to Dru, who's in vamp face after addressing her dolls...then proceeds to feed on her.
Prophetic Name/Punny Name: Sheila Martini, for someone destined to become a vampire's drink. Har har.
Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: She quickly withdraws once she sees one of Spike's men getting staked by Buffy. Ironically, this likely could stem from the fact that her devil-may-care attitude got her killed before by blindly following Spike when she first met him. She just came back as an undead, so she's not wasting her newfound semi-immortal (if cursed) existence fighting somebody she can't win against.
Shadow Archetype: She's exactly the sort of Ax-Crazy delinquent everyone thinks Buffy is.
Buffy: That's what mom sees when she looks at me. A Sheila.
What Happened to the Mouse?: She's last seen fleeing from Buffy after watching her stake a fellow vampire. Buffy doesn't go after her and she hasn't been seen since.

Ford

Billy "Ford" Fordham

Played By: Jason Behr

Appears In: "Lie To Me"

Buffy's friend from her old school.

Above Good and Evil: Buffy calls him out on his double-crossing lies, but he merely shrugs, "Everybody lies."
Back from the Dead: In the epilogue, he rises from the grave, a vampire just like he desired. Buffy quickly dusts him.
Card-Carrying Villain: Buffy lays it all out for him, explaining that he's what they in the trade call "the bad guy". Ford giggles and reckons she's 100% correct. Played for Drama, as Buffy later realizes that she was just playing into his B-movie fantasies.
Buffy: It'd be simpler if I could just hate him. I think he wanted me to. I think it made it easier for him to be the villain of the piece. Really, he was just scared.
Consummate Liar: He's a smooth operator. Watch him pretending to cough after supposedly 'dusting' the vamp he was interrogating.
Crowbar Combatant: His weapon of choice.
Curse That Cures: He wants to be turned into a vampire because it would cure his cancer. Sadly, it would also "cure" him of a soul.
Deal with the Devil: If Spike had really wanted him to live forever, he could have taken the body with him.
Death by Irony: Ford wanted to become a vampire and be immortal because his cancer only gave him about six months to live. As soon as he becomes a vampire, he's immediately killed by Buffy, ending his life even faster than he estimated from what the cancer was doing to him.
Driven to Villainy: The injustice of his life ending so early was the impetus to his evil. Contrary to what he says, however, Buffy insists that he does have a choice (albeit not a good one), and that nothing he says will make mass murder okay.
- It's entirely possible that he developed psychopathy because of the specific part of his brain that was affected by the cancer. In fact, that would explain why Buffy never noticed before that there was something seriously wrong with her friend, whom she'd known half her life.
Dude, Where's My Reward?: Even after Buffy escapes, Ford demands his reward from Spike since he did technically trap Buffy for him. It was Spike who failed. Spike sneers that that's true. This is one of the series' most ambiguous moments.
Emergency Transformation: He believes that it would be better to live as a vampire than to die riddled with tumors.
Exact Words: He makes a deal with Spike to be turned into a vampire in exchange for giving Buffy over to him. When Buffy manages to escape and Ford finds out, he still demands that Spike follow his end of the bargain, since even if Buffy did get away, Ford still trapped her for him. Spike agrees and turns him... only for Buffy to dust him the minute he rises.
Giggling Villain: He lapses into this from time to time, though he ends up hacking and coughing from the illness.
Immortality Immorality: He's dying from brain tumors, and wishes to become a vampire to avoid such a fate. However, he's willing to sell out Buffy, his old friend, to Spike, and sacrifice several other people to him in exchange for being turned. While Buffy is sympathetic to his plight, she still states that his motivations and desperation to live do not excuse his actions.
The Movie Buff: He mapped out his entire story as if it were a movie, from the cheesy lines he makes Spike recite, or in his expectation that Buffy will completely understand and perhaps even accept his plan once she learns of his condition.
Nerves of Steel: Being Secretly Dying has given Ford some balls. He doesn't show fear of Spike, which is either bravery or deep, deep stupidity.
Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times: He can lip-synch perfectly to Jack Palance.
Secretly Dying: Ford is dying from a 'nest' of tumors in his brain.
Secret Secret-Keeper: To Buffy's confusion, he already knew she was the Slayer.
Shut Up, Kirk!: He gives one to Buffy when she's calling him out over his actions:
Buffy: Ford, these people don't deserve to die!
Ford: Well, neither do I! But apparently no one took that into consideration, 'cause I'm still dying. I look good, don't I? Well, let me tell you something: I've got maybe six months left, and by then what they bury won't even look like me. It'll be bald and shriveled and it'll smell bad. No, I'm not going out that way. [Beat] I'm sorry, Summers. Did I screw up your righteous anger riff? Does the nest of tumors liquefying my brain kinda spoil the fun?
Sixth Ranger Traitor: He falls into Buffy's circle of friends with the intention of betraying them.
Sympathy for the Devil: Subverted. Buffy easily figures out that his Secretly Dying confession is, while factually genuine, another piece of pumped-up drama.
Vampire Vannabe: Ford wants to be made into a vampire, but unlike his fellow wannabes he's more knowledgable about them.
Would Hit a Girl: He attacks Buffy with a crow bar, knocking her down the stairs. He advances on her and hits her again, but is interrupted by Spike at the door.
You Have Failed Me: It's insinuated he's going to be the victim of this from Spike, but it's revealed that he actually did get his wish.

Theresa

Theresa Klusmeyer

Played By: Megahn Perry

Appears In: "Phases"

A Sunnydale High student harrassed by Larry in self-defense class and later a vampire after Angelus introduces himself as a friend of Buffy and offers to walk her home one night.

Ambiguously Evil: Aside from the whole soulless thing she never has a chance to do anything despicable as a vampire, besides somewhat insticintively getting into a fight with Buffy when she first wakes up.
Red Shirt: Theresa exists mostly to be a victim of Angelus, get turned, and have to be staked.
Rise from Your Grave: She turns during her wake and rises out of her coffin not shortly after Buffy and Xander come to examine her body.
Shoot the Messenger: Angelus turns up to sire Theresa with the purpose of further taunting Buffy. After she rises, Vampire Theresa tells her that "Angel sends his love" before being staked by Xander.
Shrinking Violet: From what we see of Theresa, she seems very anxious and uncertain of herself, though kind of sweet. It's a shame she runs into Angelus.
Took a Level in Badass: She was trying to, taking self-defense classes shortly before being sired.
Vampire Hickey: Was thought by Buffy to have been killed by a werewolf, but after Buffy speaks with a hunter going after one, she notes Theresa's body wasn't really mutilated as a werewolf would normally do to a victim. Going to the wake, she checks Theresa's neck and finds the bite marks on her.
Walking the Earth: The Schrödinger's Canon novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy features her among the masses of people temporarily Barred from the Afterlife and forced to wander through empty voids until she is in the right state to move on. A recently re-ensouled Angel sees her there when he enters the realm on a mission and feels remorse for siring her as Angelus.
Wide-Eyed Idealist: The Sunnydale Yearbook memorial section claims that she saw every stranger as a friend she hadn’t made yet.

Andy

Andrew "Andy" Hoelich

Played by: Unknown actor

A former Sunnydale student who is pursued by the Scooby Gang (sans Buffy) after rising from the grave in the season 3 premiere.

Academic Athlete: He is a skilled gymnast, with the Sunnydale High Yearbook calling him a potential Olympian, but the yearbook also says he was the talented captain of the chess team.
The Voiceless: While his acrobatic skills and Buffy's absence allow him to last multiple scenes without being killed, he never gets any dialogue.

Kakistos

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"I want the blood of the Slayer."

Played By: Jeremy Roberts

Appears In: "Faith, Hope, and Trick"

An ancient Vampire master, possibly of Greek origin.

Beard of Evil: His goatee. (Geddit?)
The Brute: He comes more from the "Hulk Smash" school of approach.
Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: "I'm going to rip her spine from her body, and I'm going to eat her heart, and suck the marrow from her bones."
The Dreaded: Faith is nine kinds of panicked when she sees Kakistos again, with Buffy even mentioning in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds that he was the one thing Faith was ever truly terrified of. Furthermore, his reputation is such that Giles immediately recognizes his name when Buffy, being Buffy, misidentifies him as "Kissing Toast."
Evil Makes You Monstrous: Like the Master before him, he has grown past the curse of human features. Unlike the Master, he has cloven hooves in place of hands and feet.
Expy: Of the Master as an ugly old vampire who's obsessed with tradition and ritual. He's completely outclassed by the Season 3 Scoobies, showing their progress as characters.
Eye Scream: Faith blinded him in the right eye.
Fate Worse than Death: One mention of Faith's Watcher stops her in her tracks. Buffy asks if Kakistos killed her. Faith just stares and says, "They don't have a word for what he did to her." According to the novel Go Ask Malice, he literally ripped Faith's Watcher in half while making her watch.
Good Old Ways: He's a traditionalist who does not approve of modern innovation such as the electric light, preferring to light his lair with candles instead. He has little interest in communications technology that would've allowed him to establish a power base with little effort and obtain prey through human trafficking. It was this short-sightedness that led Trick to abandon his Master to be dusted by the Slayers.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: In return for killing her Watcher, Faith left Kakistos something to remember her by.
Hopeless with Tech: He preferred lighting his lairs with candles rather than electric lights, and had little interest in modern comforts that would easily enable him to establish a power base. This is the main reason Mr. Trick pulled a Screw This, I'm Outta Here when Buffy and Faith attacked.
Large and in Charge: Kakistos is a massive guy, as befitting someone of his legendary strength, and leads a number of vampires, including Trick.
Monster of the Week: The villain in "Faith, Hope & Trick".
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: According to Giles, Kakistos translates to "Worst of the Worst."
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Kakistos gets his hands on Faith, but instead of killing her, he just starts pummeling her.
No-Sell: A stake just won't kill Kakistos; it takes something much bigger.
The Older Immortal: With the exception of the Master and the Ubervamps, he's probably the oldest vampire seen in the series.
Replacement Flat Character: He's meant to be similar to the Master as an old, traditionalist vampire, but the Master was somewhat more willing to embrace modernity. He also put together more complicated plans and inspired genuine loyalty in his subordinates. Kakistos's blind adherence to traditionalism, focus on brute force, and failure to keep Trick loyal meant he wasn't able to present the same threat as the Master in Season 1.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He chases Faith all the way to Sunnydale with the intent to kill her out of revenge for his eye.
Sinister Silhouettes: Kakistos in his limousine. His hands are plenty ugly enough.
Stronger with Age: Kakistos is so old that the normal way to dispatch a vampire, a wooden stake to the heart, won't cut it with him. Faith actually has to impale him with a two-by-four to finish him off.

Candy

Candy Gorch

Played By: Lee Everett

Lyle Gorch's newlywed wife in his second appearance.

Butterface: Candy spends all of her screen time wearing form-fitting yoga pants and a sports bra but also spends all of her screen time vamped out, displaying her demonic face.
Girly Bruiser: Candy is a decently tough vampire who nearly defeats Buffy in a fight and wears a pink feather boa and purple clothes. Unfortunately for her, she gets staked with a wooden spatula handle.
Heart in the Wrong Place: Gets staked just below the sternum, closer to the stomach than the heart, but still dies.
Unholy Matrimony: Candy and Lyle are Happily Married, but are also murderous, ruthless vampires whose idea of a wedding present is Candy avenging the death of Lyle's equally unsavory brother. Interestingly, they're the only vampires seen who are officially married (assuming that Dracula's "brides" aren't literal); while there are several examples of centuries-long vampire couples like Angel and Darla, James and Elizabeth, or Drusilla and Spike, none of them bothered with the ceremony. Which kind of adds to the Gorches' comedic value.

Vincent

Played By: Alex Skuby

Appears In: "Bad Girls"

Leader of the El Eliminati, an cult of dueling vampires that served the demon Balthazar.

Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age: He favors swords and daggers in a fight, a fact lampshaded by Mr. Trick.
Mr Trick: Why do they always gotta be using swords? (picks it up, tosses it to Finch) It's called an Uzi, ya chump! Could have saved your ass right about now.
The Dragon: To the demon Balthazar.
Fat Bastard: He's in desperate need of a Stairmaster.
Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: He tries to fight with Buffy, even invoking to settle this honorably. He then basically says "screw it" and tries to dunk her head into water.
Oh, Crap!: He watched in complete shock and awe upon seeing the Mayor survive having his head split upon by Vincent's blow.
Proud Warrior Race Guy: He is a honorable warrior for a vampire (its the El Eliminati's hat after all).
Villain Ball: Vincent assaults the Mayor, points a sword to his neck and... starts talking long enough for him to get kicked away and have his attempt stopped.
Villainous Valor: It's acknowledged by his master that he tried facing his enemies with courage and honor as befit a true warrior. Sadly he has jack to show for it.

Lenny

Played By: Mark Burnham

Appears In: "Lovers Walk"

A vampire minion of Mayor Richard Wilkins and a former minion of Spike. Lenny was more brutal than Spike, even looking down on his old boss for being "soft." Lenny was however somewhat rational, giving Angel and Buffy the chance to leave the fight, thus helping his own side's odds, and not saying who he now worked for.

No Honor Among Thieves: Lenny used to work for Spike, but now he's the Mayor's minion.
You Will Be Spared: He offers Buffy and Angel the chance to leave, but they have to help Spike to save Willow and Xander.

Vampire Xander

Played By: Nicholas Brendon

Appears In: "The Wish"

"Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking fear in nobody's hearts."

Xander's doppelgänger from an alternate universe in which Buffy never moved to Sunnydale. With no one around to prevent the Master's return, the town was taken over by vampires, with Xander and Willow serving proudly as the Master's top lieutenants. Vampire Xander is killed by Wishverse Buffy.

Co-Dragons: Giles describes him and Willow as "the Master's most vicious disciples." They have somehow replaced Luke and Darla in this timeline.
Evil Twin: For Xander.
Faux Affably Evil: It seems that even becoming a soulless monster will not deter Xander from being one of the biggest examples of Deadpan Snarker ever.
Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears a rather stylish leather jacket.
Hero Killer: He kills Wishverse Angel.
Nightmare Fetishist: Happily watches Wishverse Willow torture Wishverse Angel with a fond look on his face.
Unholy Matrimony: With Vampire Willow, much to Cordelia's exasperation. Besides killing people, their relationship involves Xander watching Willow brutally torture people.

Kralik

Zachary Kralik

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"I have a problem with mothers. I'm aware of that."

Played By: Jeff Kober

Appears In: "Helpless"

"It's a game, you know. We're not going to play by their rules, but that doesn't mean we're not gonna play."

Zachary Kralik was a serial killer who had been turned into a vampire.

Abusive Parents: His mother did something unpleasant to him with scissors. He killed and ate her in retaliation (and that was before becoming a vampire).
"My own mother was a person with no self-respect of her own, so she tried to take mine. Ten years old, she had the scissors - you wouldn't believe what she did with those."
Ax-Crazy: Kralik was dangerously insane even before he was turned into an immortal killing machine that feeds on blood. His status as a vampire clearly hasn't improved his impulses or his sadism.
Bathos: After spending the entirety of "Helpless" serving as nothing less than an absolute nightmare of a threat, he lets out a light, comedic "Oh my" right before the holy water he drank starts tearing his insides apart.
Chekhov's Gun: His pills, which he has to take with water since he can't swallow them dry.
Combat Sadomasochist: When Buffy burns him with a cross, he just takes pleasure from it.
Evil Sounds Deep: Kralik speaks in an intimidating, creepy baritone.
Expy: A Wicked Cultured cannibal Serial Killer in a straitjacket. Hmm, sounds familiar.
Freudian Excuse: His mother abused him when he was a child, so he killed her, ate her, and murdered at least a dozen young women before being institutionalized. Then he was made a vampire.
Kralik: [cheerfully] I have a problem with mothers. I'm aware of that!
Holy Burns Evil: How he meets his end; Buffy swaps the water he takes with his anti-psychotic pills with holy water, causing him to burn up from the inside.
Knight of Cerebus: By the point Kralik turns up, Buffy has been dispatching vampires with minimal effort and they no longer seem that frightning. Kralik helps make a darkly-plotted episode even darker with his gruesome backstory, clear sadism and the fact that he's basically terrifying.
Large Ham: Jeff Kober is greatly enjoying himself.
Little Dead Riding Hood: He attacks Buffy as she's walking home in a red coat. Kralik, being Kralik, finds it amusing.
"Why did you come to the dark of the woods? [opens Buffy's bag of weapons] To bring all these sweets to grandmother's house?"
Mars Needs Women: He seeks to turn Buffy into a vampire, so he won't be 'alone' anymore.
Mommy Issues: Due to his abusive mother, Kralik has a hang-up with motherhood in general. He's aware of it, however.
Playing Possum: He lures Joyce out of the house by wrapping himself in Buffy's red coat and ambushing Joyce when she runs out to check why 'Buffy' is lying unconscious on the verandah.
Resurrected Murderer: Zachary Kralik was once an Ax-Crazy cannibalistic serial killer who took the lives of a dozen women. Kralik was sired as a vampire and become a member of the undead. Kralik remains just as violent and psychopathic as a vampire.
Serial Killer: He was responsible for the deaths of a dozen young women before he was made into a vampire.
Too Kinky to Torture: Buffy tries to ward him off with a cross. He presses it to his body and enjoys the pain, telling her to move it lower.

Alphonse

Played By: Michael Nagy

Appears In: "Doppelgangland"

The leader of a group of vampires sent by Mayor Wilkins to kill Willow Rosenberg. However, Alphonse and his men ran into Willow's vampire counterpart and attacked her by mistake instead. After being defeated, the Vamp Willow interrogated Alphonse and brought him and his men into her service.

The Dragon: He becomes Vamp!Willow's Dragon.
I Fight for the Strongest Side!: Alphonse works for whoever is the most threatening at the time, concerned largely with his own wellbeing.

Sunday

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"I'm Sunday. I'll be killing you here in a minute or so."

Played By: Katharine Towne

Appears In: "The Freshman"

"I must say, you've really got me now. I mean, this is a diabolical plan. Throw yourself at my feet with a broken arm and no weapons of any kind, how am I gonna get out of this one?"

A vampire who had been a UC Sunnydale student. She was also the master of a vampire nest located within the campus.

Action Fashionista: Weaponizes her fashionista tendencies by insulting Buffy's fashion sense, then punching her while she is distracted. She also steals clothes from her victims, throwing out anything she thinks is "not" and keeping anything she thinks is "hot".
Alpha Bitch: Not only is she the leader of her gang, but she's also a jerkass to both her minions and her victims.
Blood Knight: She was excited at the prospect of fighting a Slayer, seeing it as a challenge.
Dark Action Girl: She has fighting skills on par or even superior to Buffy's.
Major Injury Underreaction: When she is staked, she just rolls her eyes and puts her hands on her hips in annoyance as she turns to dust.
Make It Look Like an Accident: Her nest's MO is to feed on new students, then make it look like the student dropped out and ran away due to the pressure.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: While beating up Buffy during their second fight, she broke Buffy's Class Protector Award, thinking it would break her spirit. Instead, it enraged her and gave her a second wind.
Surrounded by Idiots: She gets annoyed at times because her minions are immature and dimwitted.

Eddie

"Maybe even make it through the year."

Played By: Pedro Pascal

Appears in: "The Freshman"

A freshman at UC Sunnydale and an acquaintance of Buffy Summers.

Nice Guy: In life; he was the first person to befriend Buffy at UC Sunnydale.
Security Blanket: His is a copy of Of Human Bondage — the fact that Sunday's gang leave it behind when stripping his room tips Buffy that Eddie hasn't just taken off.

Boone

Played By: Rick Stear

Appears in: "Who Are You"

A vampire whose pack was forcibly recruited by Adam to be his "first", his announcers.

Killed Mid-Sentence: By Buffy, who stakes him from behind.
I have strength you couldn't dream of. [punches Faith hard in the face] Adam has shown me the way, [punches her again] and there is nothing — [Buffy stakes him from behind]
Mouth of Sauron: Adam chooses him and his pack to become "his first" and announce his coming.

Justin

Played By: Kavan Reece

Appears In: "All the Way"

Affably Evil: He actually seems fairly genuine about liking Dawn. He can't help being a vampire and thus naturally disposed toward evil and wants to turn her.
Beast and Beauty: Justin is the beast to Dawn's beauty.
Evil Is Petty: Justin and his friend engage in typical juvenile delinquent behaviour, despite being vampires.
Insistent Terminology: He's 'living dead', not just 'dead'.
You Must Be Cold: He rather thoughtfully gives Dawn his jacket when he sees her shivering.

Holden

Holden Webster

Played By: Jonathan M. Woodward

Appears In: "Conversations with Dead People"

"Buffy, I'm here to kill you, not to judge you."

A vampire and, formerly, a Sunnydale High student.

Affably Evil: For an undead creature of the night, Holden's a very affable and even goofy guy. He listens to Buffy, doesn't judge her, helps her through her issues and is exceedingly patient. He even puts her on the couch (a stone bier)! Buffy actually seems pretty sorry that she has to kill him.
Ambiguously Bi: He had a girlfriend, but was sired by Spike and might have been picked up by him like Spike's other victims.
Badass in a Nice Suit: He's a fairly competent vampire fighter, and dressed in a nice suit when he fights Buffy.
Card-Carrying Villain: Holden offhandedly and casually mentions that he's evil and sounds pleased about it from time to time.
The Confidant: He briefly serves as one to Buffy, since she knows he won't be leaving the cemetery alive anyway. Plus, he's a genuinely friendly guy. Why not take advantage of some free therapy?
Drunk on the Dark Side: A bit, as per usual for young vampires – which makes him underestimate Buffy. See Evil Feels Good.
Evil Feels Good: As per usual for vampires, especially newborn vampires.
"Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all-consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion. How 'bout you?"
Evil Former Friend: Although "friend" is pushing it, Holden was an acquaintance of Buffy when they were in school and happily greets her like an old friend at a reunion. Unfortunately, she doesn't quite remember him. Now he's a vampire, of course.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: A rare intentional example. While he does intend to kill Buffy (it's Nothing Personal – he's a vampire, she's a Slayer, it's what they do), he can't resist trying to analyze her and help her work through her issues. This ends up having a positive long term impact. He also tips Buffy off to the fact that Spike is (unwillingly) killing and siring people, derailing the First's plans for him.
Nothing Personal: With Buffy. They have to fight since they're vampire and Slayer, but otherwise they get along quite well.
Psycho Psychologist: The vampire part constitutes the "psycho" half. And after high school, he went on to study psychology at Dartmouth. Despite being an undead evil creature, he actually does a decent job helping Buffy through some of her problems.
Remember the New Guy?: He wasn't actually seen during his Sunnydale Days.
Underestimating Badassery: As a newborn vampire who's a little drunk on power and a trained martial artist, he thinks that he can best Buffy fairly comfortably. That turns out not to be the case.
Warrior Therapist: He seems more interested in analyzing Buffy than fighting her, although he's into that too.

Anne

Played By: Caroline Lagerfelt

Appears In: "Lies My Parents Told Me"

The mother of William, the vampire later to become William the Bloody and Spike. Anne was sired by her son.

Blood from the Mouth: A symptom of her terminal illness.
Breaking Speech: As a vampire, she gives an absolutely merciless one to Spike.
Evil Feels Good: After becoming a vampire, she feels much better.
"I feel extraordinary. It's as though I've been given new eyes. I see everything. Understand everything."
Good Parents: Anne is a nice woman who encourages her son's dreams.
Incurable Cough of Death: She's seemingly suffering from tuberculosis.
Nice Girl: In life, Anne was a sweet and kindly woman who adored her son. Post-siring, not so much.
Small Role, Big Impact: While she doesn't appear for long, her death was the final catalyst that turned William Pratt, romantic poet, into William the Bloody a.k.a. Spike, one of the most feared vampires of all time.

The Immortal

The Immortal was an old rival of both Angel and Spike. He was a respected and admired being known for serving no side, instead pursuing his own desires

The Ace: To Parody Sue levels. Total badass, had a threesome with Darla and Drusilla, then right after tortured both Angelus and Spike, climbed mount Everest several times and wrote a self-help book that is a "life-changer". The Immortal is, simply put, everything Spike and Angel want to be only better. And he always beats them. And he's apparently also sleeping with Buffy, though this was retconned in the comic series as a practical joke on Angel and Spike by Andrew; the "Buffy" glimpsed in Rome is actually one of two other Slayers acting as decoys for Buffy.
Always Someone Better: The Immortal has been showing up Angel and Spike for centuries.
Ambiguously Evil: To quote Angel, "A centuries-old guy with a dark past who may or may not be evil!" And yes, Angel does indeed see the similarities.
The Casanova: Every woman (and some men) who's met the Immortal seems quite satisfied with the experience.
Does Not Like Magic: According to the Italian CEO, the Immortal greatly dislikes magic and would never use it.
The Ghost: The Immortal only appears on camera once barely visible through the crowd on a dance floor.
Invincible Hero: Played for Laughs: as far as we are able to determine, in the several centuries and countless encounters that Angelus and Spike have had with The Immortal, there has not been a single encounter where they have not walked away humiliated.
I Own This Town: Never outright says it, due to his status as The Ghost, but it's strongly implied that Rome is his main stomping ground considering almost everyone Angel and Spike meet in the city is slavishly devoted to him and it's mentioned that he arrived in Italy 300 years before Spike and Angelus first arrived in the city and that it was "his city first."
Remember the New Guy?: Apparently, The Immortal has been the Sitcom Arch-Nemesis of Angelus and Spike for many centuries. There has never been any mention of this guy before the episode "The Girl in Question" in the show.
Running Gag: All the awesome things the Immortal has done, and how he's made Spike and Angel feel inferior.
Three-Way Sex: In addition to reportedly having a herculean physique, the Immortal has the stamina of a racehorse, as Darla and Drusilla can attest. (To Spike and Angel's vast annoyance, as Darla and Dru never let them do it 'concurrently'.)
Troll: It's very strongly implied that whomever the Immortal might be, he just loves messing with both Angel and Spike and all those centuries he has made them his punching bags have been fully intentional on his part.
Wild Card: How he's glowingly described by one of his devoted admirers: "He is a wild card, a wolf removed from the pack, a stallion without, uh, the bridle."

Post-Series Comics Vampires

Toru

The leader of a large Gothic vampire gang based out of Tokyo, Toru tricks Dracula into giving his powers to Toru and all his men, steals the Scythe from Buffy's fortress, and plans to use it to depower all of the Slayers in the world. In the process, he kills Renee, Xander's Love Interest. He is defeated by Dracula, who lets Xander kill him in revenge.

Animorphism: Like Dracula whose powers he stole, he can turn into a wolf, bat, panther and swarm of bees.
Arc Villain: For "Wolves at the Gate."
Badass in a Nice Suit: A well-dressed vampire with incredible powers and a large gang of loyal followers.
Get It Over With: Begs Dracula to kill him honorably after cutting off his arms and a leg, but Dracula waits for Xander to arrive and allow him to do it.
Kick the Dog: His De-Powering and murder of a Slayer, and what he did with her body afterwards.
Off with His Head!: How Xander kills him.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Tries to give one to Dracula, of all people. Backfires horribly.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: Surprises the gang by appearing out of nowhere and putting the pointy end of the Scythe through Renee's chest, killing her.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Stolen from Dracula, along with several other abilities.

Raidon

Toru's right-hand man, he is killed by Satsu right before he can bite Buffy.

Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Gives one to Buffy, but Satsu gives him one right back when she saves Buffy.

Kumiko

Kumiko Ishihara

A Japanese vampire witch and follower of Toru, Kumiko was trained by the same demon guide as Willow.

Dark Action Girl: A very high-powered person who happens to be an enemy.
Deal with the Devil: She gained much of her power from Aluwyn.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: She's very pale, very sinister and dark-haired.
Evil Counterpart: To Willow.
Flight: She flies through the air during her fight with Buffy.
Hot Witch: An attractive user of magic.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: She can turn into a mist and various kinds of animals.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Unless it's an art error, Buffy stabbed her with a knife, not a stake, which would not kill a vampire. Nonetheless, this is the last we see of Kumiko.

Hester

A vampire from Buffy The High School Years graphic novel Freaks and Geeks. A social outcast in life, she and her friends fell prey to vampires and were turned. Now hoping to find a chance to improve her status with the undead, she seeks to kill Buffy.

Bad Boss: The leads her small group into trying to attack Buffy which is suicidal enough for any common vampire. But the second attempt she tricks her friends into enacting a spell that would sacrifice them and summon a demon for her to control. Buffy calls her out on it, but Hester callously states "[Her]] friends were losers".
Big Bad Wannabe: Wants desperately to be take seriously, but in both encounters with Buffy, the slayer is just amused by her attempts.
Evil Is Not a Toy: Learns this the hard way when trying to summon a demon and didn't bother to double check how the spell works.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Had used a spell to sacrifice her friends in the hopes of controlling a demon. But misread it and found out she needed four sacrifices rather than the three she tried to provide. Said demon promptly crushes her.
Hypocrite: Gives Buffy a The Reason You Suck speech after overhearing she was a former Queen Bee before becoming a Slayer. But the way she leads her group and is willing to use their "friendship" to boost herself up is no different. Buffy even calls her this after seeing her sacrifice her friends.
I Just Want to Be Special: Bullied a lot by Alpha Bitches during her school years, the most friends she could make were geeks and outcasts like her. This status doesn't get any better after she became a vampire when a club for vampires she tried to get into wouldn't let her in on account of being a "newborn".
Karmic Death: Sacrificed her friends to summon a demon, and killed by said demon for not doing the spell properly.
Oh, Crap!: After the demon informs her of mistake. She goes complete Deer in the Headlights before being killed.

Lisel

Also from Freaks and Geeks, Lisel was one of Hester's few friends and a fellow social outcast due to being a nerd. She was likewise attacked turned by one of the vampires of Sunnydale along with Hester and fellow nerds Greg and Stephen. Despite the change they all stuck together and continued their hobbies until convinced by Hester to attempt to kill Buffy to improve their social status.

Bespectacled Cutie: A relaitvely innocent looking glasses wearer.
Cute Monster Girl: In her human form, she's actually pretty cute looking.
Morality Pet: Tries to be one to Hester with claiming they don't need others approve to feel good about themselves. But Hester refuses to hear any of it.
Token Good Teammate: Though having no problem with feeding on people, she's more then happen to just continue playing Dungeons and Dragons and video games with her friends.
Unwitting Pawn: To Hester, who tricks her into enacting a spell that'll sacrifice Lisel, Greg and Stephen to summon a demon.

Novels Vampires ^noteIn approximate chronological order

L'Hero

A vampire who appears in the short story "Unholy Madness" as the architect of The French Revolution.

Even Evil Has Standards: He constantly professes hatred for the decadent nature of the French aristocracy, and even though he is trying to psychologically break his opponent (a Slayer raised in the French Royal Court) and embolden his followers, his feelings seem genuine.
Genius Bruiser: He is a master Rabble Rouser and political strategist who evades his Slayer opponent many times, but also nearly beats her in a fight and recently defeated a notorious and terrifying sorcerer in battle.
No Name Given: His real name is unknown.
Would Hurt a Child: He takes a little girl hostage at one point and is prepared to kill her.
Villain with Good Publicity: Even with his Even Evil Has Standards moments, his motives for throwing France into disarray seem largely selfish and bloodthirsty, but the downtrodden masses of France see him as their friend and savior no matter what his enemies say.

Ruthven

Lord Ruthven

The last remaining chancellor of London's guild of vampires (which has seen better days) in Bloody Fool For Love: A Spike Prequel.

Adaptational Nice Guy: He is the inspiration for the villain of the first major work of vampire fiction, The Vampyre. The Lord Ruthven of that book is a card-carrying sadist and sexual predator who operates openly. In Bloody Fool For Love, he is a soft-spoken practitioner of Pragmatic Villainy who has an uneasy truce with the British government that is largely based on his guild members killing as few people as possible.
Back from the Brink: At the beginning of the book, all of his co-chancellors have died or disappeared, demons are becoming the dominant local power (and are turning the government against all of supernatural kind with their violent actions), and Ruthven is down to a dozen subordinates. At the end of the book, another chancellor escapes from being imprisoned, and the demons are defeated, letting Ruthven mend fences with the British government and regain his lost territory.
Brutal Honesty: He does not mince words when telling Darla that he doubts he can maintain a stable working relationship with Spike and Dru.
Caring Gardener: He has a greenhouse full of flowers even though they require sunlight, which he has to be careful to avoid exposure to.

Harry

Harry Hammond

An old friend of Spike and supernatural gang leader who appears in Bloody Fool For Love: A Spike Prequel.

Affably Evil: He is A Father to His Men, once saved Angelus and Spike's lives rather than turn them in for a bounty, and really enjoys chatting with old friends. If not for the fact that many of those conversations involve the bloody murder of innocents, it would be easy to forget that he's soulless at all.
Alliterative Name: Harry Hammond.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: He employs a werewolf (although he admits to participating in Fur Against Fang conflicts in the past) and several demons.
A Father to His Men: He is protective of his subordinates and will risk everything to save one of them from a horrific dungeon.
Large and in Charge: He is a very burly gang leader with a lot of presence and authority.
London Gangster: He is a proud denizen of London who runs a shady gang and is Spike's superior in fisticuffs.

Reet

Moses "Reet" Weldon

A former slave who was sired in 1865 and appears in the non-canon^notenovel Blackout. He is The Don of Harlem's organized crime-humans and vampires-in 1977 and has held that position for decades.

Affably Evil: Reet leads a gang of murderous vampires who deal in hard drugs, illegal gambling, and prostitution, and mainly views his henchmen as an extension of himself. However, he still loves his dead human relatives, respects Nikki for fighting him "the right way", and is usually a polite and levelheaded believer in Pragmatic Villainy. His first scene has him killing one of his men for skimming profits and another for turning his dying brother into a vampire without permission. However, it's also noted that Reet had caught the embezzler in the act three times before and let it slide those times, and the other goon's brother had already lived ninety years and didn't want to be turned into a vampire.
Big Bad Wannabe: He views himself as an undisputed, untouchable vampire monarch and is a successful crime lord who has spent four years thwarting Nikki Wood (the current Slayer's) efforts to dismantle his operation. However, as soon as Spike shows up in town, not only does he prove to be a deadlier threat toward Nikki, but also singlehandedly takes down Reet's operation once Nikki pits her two enemies against each other.
Defiant to the End: Reet knows that someone will kill him someday, but is philosophical about the idea of dying on his feet, fighting. When Spike shoots Reet's legs out from under him during their showdown, Reet still defiantly curses and spits at Spike and Dru.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: Downplayed. He sometimes calls white people "honky", but is willing to hire white vampires and various humans to work in his organization.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a soulless monster, he is repeatedly emotionally stirred while recalling his long-dead parents and brother.
It's Cuban: He enjoys smoking Cuban cigars that his criminal contacts smuggle into the country.
Orcus on His Throne: Due to his large number of vampire enforcers, it has been a long time since Reet needed to do his own fighting and dirty work (his right-hand man hasn't even seen his Game Face in a decade). Consequently, he is out-of-shape and highly outmatched during his battle against Spike.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After first becoming a vampire, he spends days torturing his former owners (who also lynched his brother) to death. Reet himself ends up on the other end of a vengeful rampage after he kidnaps Drusilla while Spike is in town.
The Right of a Superior Species: Reet openly believes that humans are inferior to vampires and thinks that while humans might have negative opinions of his rackets and bloodsucking, the last time their opinion mattered to him was when America passed the Emancipation Proclamation during The American Civil War.
Trauma Button: Being reminded of his past as a slave is one of the only things that can make Reet openly spiteful or needlessly violent toward his enemies.
Villains Out Shopping: He is an enormous Cab Calloway fan and got his nickname from listening to the artist's song "Are You All Reet?" enough to wear out multiple record players.

Leroy

Leroy Hawkins

The second-in-command of Reet's gang.

Cheated Death, Died Anyway: He is the only member of Reet's inner circle to survive Spike's Roaring Rampage of Revenge because he is moving things around in Reet's closet to hold Drusilla prisoner there, and then decides to stay there and hide once Spike barges in. Twenty-five years later, Buffy dusts him.
Dragon Ascendant: He is Reet's advisor, information gatherer, and main field operator, and takes over Reet's operations after his boss dies. He runs those rackets for many years, and thanks Spike for killing Reet (and their biggest opponent, Nikki Wood).
It's Probably Nothing: He mocks Drusilla's prophecy that he'll "go to pieces" over a blonde girl, as he is only interested in women with the same skin as him, and dismisses a friend's suggestion that the prophecy refers to his dusting by saying that only a Slayer could do that and that Nikki Wood, the current Slayer, doesn't meet that description. It doesn't occur to him that other Slayers will eventually replace Nikki and one of them may meet that description.
Oblivious to Hints: In the present, he keeps chatting up Spike and inviting him to drink with him even after Spike drops numerous blatant hints that he wants to be alone and that it was only a fluke that kept him from killing Leroy all those years earlier.
Pimp Duds: He works for an organization that runs prostiution rackets and even in the seventies, his boss thinks that Leroy's Harlem wardrobe of skintight pants and silk shirts is gaudy. Buffy and Spike both compare Leroy's clothes to a pimp's in the present day.

Asano

Asano Naganori

A Historical Domain Character and the master of the famed forty-seven rōnin, who killed the nobleman who forced their master to commit Seppuku. In the Buffyverse, specifically the novella The Code of the Samurai, Asano secretly survived his death after his lover arranged to have him turned into a vampire, which came with the accompanying Transhuman Treachery. He later turned his forty-seven retainers into vampires to seek revenge for his fate and then launched a reign of terror across Japan for the next three hundred years.

Familial Foe: He views his living descendants (known as the Asano Living Clan) as a stain on the honor of his vampiric clan and is obsessed with brutally killing them, regardless of whether they're actively seeking battle with his undead clan or are trying to flee the country and forget he exists. Ultimately, this is his undoing, as the Asano Living Clan summon the Slayer for help and their leader helps her kill Asano by distracting him at a key moment.
Historical Badass Upgrade: In history, he's remembered for little besides being forced to commit ritual suicide, causing his men to seek revenge in a spectacular fashion and storm their opponent's castle. In The Code of the Samurai, he planned and led the raid himself and then had his men pretend that he was still dead and they acted alone. Additionally, during his centuries long war against his living descendants, he has inflicted massive casualties on them while only losing four of his original forty-seven followers and a handful of newer vampires.
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: He's very insistent about having Slayer India Cohen attend a tea ceremony before their Duel to the Death.

The Liar

An Order of Aurelius Mook featured in the non-canon ^note novel Halloween Rain.

Bait the Dog: He is a devout and outspoken member of a Religion of Evil, but when he runs into Buffy at the Bronze, he tells her that he just wants to enjoy the holiday like everyone else and show his Game Face without inspiring terror. He vows to fight her the first time they meet after the holdiay, but insists that he views Halloween as a holy day where vampires shouldn't drain anyone's blood. He is lying, and Buffy catches him and some friends trying to drain and kill several human partygoers a few minutes later.
Cowardly Lion: After Buffy catches him trying to kill humans minutes after they agreed on a holiday truce, he is terrified and tries to negotiate a new truce, but once Buffy rejects that offer, he shows a lot of power and ferocity in attacking her.
No Name Given: He doesn't introduce himself and "the liar" is just how Buffy thinks of him after his Bait the Dog lies are exposed.

Blue Eyes and Red

Two vampires who spend most of Halloween Rain pursuing Willow and Xander.

Cowboy: Blue Eyes dresses up as a cowboy for Halloween, while Red dresses as a saloon girl.
Know When to Fold 'Em: They back away from Xander and Willow (for an hour or two) after Willow claims she and Xander are about to meet up with the Slayer.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Their real names are unknown, and Willow and Xander only refer to them by the man's eye color and the woman's hair color.
Outdated Outfit: Red wears leather pumps that have been out of style for decades, but are nowhere near as old as her saloon girl costume. This and Blue Eyes' outdated haircut cause Willow to realize that the two of them are Older Than They Look and therefore must be vampires.
Uncertain Doom: Willow, Xander, and Giles trap them in the library with a bunch of garlic and Holy relics, but leave to help Buffy with something else before making sure that the trap is fatal.
The Vamp: They are vampires who flirt with Willow and Xander while scheming to kill them for their blood.

Jay and Corvelle

Jay Nichols and Corvelle "the corvette" DuMont

Two disenchanted minor members of the Order of Aurelius who spend the short story "Absalom Rising" ^note trying to break free of the Order through desertion or mutiny. Jay is a Sunnydale student who Jenny considers to be the most awkward kid she has taught, while Corvelle is a gruff mechanic.

Because You Were Nice to Me: Jay passes up a chance to try killing Willow because of how she was fine with sharing whenever they were working in the computer lab at the same time.
Bait the Dog: Corvelle is friends with the kind-hearted (for a vampire) Jay and wants to escape from the Order of Aurelius's thrall, but he is still a callous murderer with no loyalty to his friends.
Enemy Mine: Jay forms a brief truce with the Scooby Gang to turn over the Master’s bones so that the heroes can destroy them and weaken the Order of Aurelius.
Hot-Blooded: Corvelle has a dangerous temper that Jay tries hard not to trigger.
Informed Ability: Corvelle is supposed to be a talented mechanic who can fix any kind of car, but he never gets a chance to show this off.
Karma Houdini: Corvelle, the less sympathetic of the pair, suffers no punishment after staking Jay over selfish paranoia.
Oral Fixation: Corvelle has a seeming endless plug of chewing tobacco that rarely leaves his mouth.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The two want to flee Sunnydale due to how their new master the Anointed One is an incompetent leader who doesn't keep his subordinates well-fed and kills them for minor infractions. They repeatedly contemplate or attempt to slip away from their fellows once Absalom arrives in town to help the Anointed One, but are constantly stopped by risky circumstances or nearly being caught in the act.
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: They share most of their scenes, and Corvelle is a gruff redneck while Jay is a socially awkward kid who seems less soulless than most vampires. The dynamic is deconstructed when Corvelle eventually murders Jay.
Yank the Dog's Chain: Just as they finally pull off a narrow escape from their Resignations Not Accepted order, the Hot-Blooded Corvelle wrongly assumes that Jay, the more bumbling and pleasant of the pair, tried to betray him, stakes his friend, and then gets away clean.

Patrick

Private Patrick Beverly

An unlucky teenaged veteran who was turned into a vampire while recovering from a non-combat injury. He appears in the short story "Uncle Dead"^note.

Delicate and Sickly: He caught pneumonia while serving in the military before his sole appearance, and then caught tuberculosis on top of that. He spent months as a skinny invalid, determined to recover enough to leave the hospital for his parents' house, only to be turned into a vampire two weeks before that would have happened.
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Unlike most vampires, he is disgusted by his desire to drink blood and doesn’t seem to have killed anyone in the weeks since his return from the grave. He does resurrect a General Ripper zombie (using an artifact and spell he found in a crypt) who threatens the town, but only in a poorly thought out attempt to find other undead people to end his loneliness, and he only follows the general out of fear. It doesn’t save him from getting staked for resurrecting the general in the first place.
Sensory Overload: Having super smell while living in a graveyard is one of the things he hates about being a vampire, and marching band rehearsals sound like banging pans to him.

Sam

The stage manager for a traveling theater troupe that visits Sunnydale in the short story "The Show Must Go On" ^note.

The Dog Was the Mastermind: He and his fellow vampire crew members work backstage for a theater troupe and almost avoid detection due to staying out of the spotlight and only having to show up for work at night.
Pet the Dog: Sadistic murderer or not, he appreciates the dedication and efficiency of local volunteer Willow. He works hard to avoid losing his temper with her, and wants to hire her full-time (and possibly turn her into a vampire) rather than kill her like he plans to do with Xander.
Theme Serial Killer: Sam and his companions take pleasure in staging the bodies of the people they drink blood from based on scenes from various plays (such as crucifying a man to mimic Jesus Christ Superstar, or poisoning a girl and stabbing her boyfriend like in Romeo and Juliet).

Victor

An enforcer for the Order of Aurelius who helps the vampiric sorcerer Lucien try to bring the Master back to life by changing history throughout the novel Portal Through Time.

Ascended Extra: He is one of the several interchangeable Mooks from the first two episodes who ran away after Luke died. In Portal Through Time, he is a major POV character and the biggest threat to the Scooby Gang in the book.
Blade Enthusiast: He often uses throwing knives against his enemies and has a favorite knife out of his arsenal.
Hyper-Competent Sidekick: He is the toughest and cagiest assassin Lucien recruits, and once Lucien is captured by the Scooby Gang, Victor temporarily takes charge of the efforts to kill past Slayers.
Hero Killer: He kills two past versions of Buffy in timelines before she gets her powers.
Surrounded by Idiots: He is a committed and serious villain who is exasperated by how most of his allies in trying to disrupt the Slayer timeline are arrogant, lazy, dim-witted, or some combination of the three.
Villainous Friendship: He and his fellow goon Jason have been good friends for centuries. Victor is distraught when Jason dies, happy when Lucien uses time travel to resurrect Jason, and morose when his friend dies a second time.
Would Hurt a Child: During one of his trips back in time (which later gets undone), he has no qualms about cutting a three-year-old Buffy in half.

Jason

Victor's longtime friend and fellow assassin.

Ascended Extra: He is one of the several interchangeable Mooks from the first two episodes who ran away after Luke died and, despite being fairly short-lived, has a few important scenes in Portal Through Time.
The Pig-Pen: He hasn't taken off his lucky combat boots in fifteen years, even though they are falling apart. Consequently, his feet always smell awful.
Serendipitous Survival: He only survived the fight where Luke died because another vampire shoved him out of the way to charge Buffy, only to be staked by her.
Squashed Flat: His second death comes from being stepped on by a giant rock creature.

Gorga

One of the less-efficient assassins Lucien and Victor hire in Portal Through Time.

Bald Head of Toughness: He is a bald man with enormous muscles and lots of weapons.
Walking Armory: He carries an axe, bow, and sword on the simplest of assignments.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: He refused to kill a three-year-old future Slayer, albeit only because it will hurt his Villain Cred.

Hiram

Hiram Gigglesworth

Another vampire Lucien hires in Portal Through Time.

Tom the Dark Lord: Despite his name inspiring incredulous ridicule from Victor, he is a tough fighter who kills and drains quite a few people in just three days of being undead.
Worf Had the Flu: He is a black belt aikido instructor whose physical abilites are enhanced by becoming a vampire, but by the time he fights a Slayer, he is bloated from drinking from lots of soldiers lying on the battlefield and is injured from several fights. He still lasts longer than Victor, with a dying Victor seeing this as an insult.

Franco

The last of Lucien's assassins from Portal Through Time.

Combat Pragmatist: He carries a gun rather than try to fight the Slayer bare-handed.
Small Role, Big Impact: He seems like just a Red Shirt Mook who only shows up in the final chapters to accompany Gorga back in time to the Reign of Terror, but he ends up being the last assassin standing and recruits Angelus and Darla to help him kill Buffy and the current Slayer, coming very close to succeeding and ensuring that even if Buffy prevails, killing Angelus may change the time stream and still ensure the Master's triumph. This plan only fails due to Buffy going back in time again to prevent Angelus from helping Franco.

Callie

Callie McKay

A preteen girl who Drusilla turns into a vampire on a whim of wanting a child/pet in One Thing or Your Mother. She doesn't get along with Angelus or Drusilla, but develops a bond with Spike.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: She repeatedly begs Spike for help after Angelus decides to kill her, calling him "Daddy", but his reluctance to alienate Drusilla and doubts about being able to defeat Angelus and Drusilla keep him from intervening on her behalf.
Bullying a Dragon: She carves a drawing of a stake with Angelus's name on it onto his bedpost, and he wastes no time in tying her up outside to be burned by the rising sun.
Corrupt the Cutie: She initially refuses to kill people for blood due to retaining enough child-like values to argue about right and wrong, comparing it to cheating on a test or lying. Sadly, Spike convinces her that it will be fun to kill other kids who teased her and she quickly becomes a Fully-Embraced Fiend.
Undead Child: She is a little girl who is turned into a vampire and is willing to commit murder, while also fruturating Drusilla and Angelus with ocassional tantrums.

The Walkers

Zahlia, Percy, and Webster Walker

A family of misogynistic Confederate vampires who torment and kill young women they deem unladylike. They are the villains of the novel Here Be Monsters.

Always Identical Twins: Percy and Webster are identical twin brothers.
Dirty Coward: Percy and Webster try to run from Buffy and make I Want My Mommy! exclamations while being defeated, and Zahlia calls on a spirit of Darkness to fight Buffy rather than try to do so herself.
The Family That Slays Together: They are a mother and sons (and a father, before he died in the nineteenth century) who kidnap, mentally torture, and kill people together.
Fat Bastard: Zahlia is enormously fat and is also quite cruel and mocking.
Mama Bear: Zahlia is obsessed with making Buffy feel pain and loss before killing her after Buffy kills her son.
Psychopathic Manchild: Percy and Webster were turned at the age of fifteen, over a century ago, and are petulant goons who kill and kidnap women but also constantly insult each other, cry for their mother during dangerous moments, and parrot their mother's opinions.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Percy and Webster constantly wear fancy prep school style suits.

Rachel

An enforcer of the villain (a shapeshifter posing as a vampiric Giles relative) in Sins of The Father.

Ambiguously Gay: She lets another female vampire kiss her forehead even though they are hated rivals, but it is unclear whether this is out of actual lesbian passion or just because Rachel is too scared of the other woman (who is a much tougher and meaner fighter than her) to refuse the gesture.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: She is often contrasted with her less feminine associate Jocelyn and wears a baby t-shirt, a type of shirt which usually exposes the wearer's stomach.
Combat Stilettos: She wears high-heeled thigh-high boots in at least one of her brawls with the Scooby Gang.
Death by Pragmatism: She walks up to several seemingly dead enemies to turn them into vampires and have more companions to fight Buffy with. Her opponents are Playing Possum, and she doesn't realize this until it's too late to defend herself.
The Dragon: She is the field commander of the vampires who work for the demon Malthus. Unusually, this isn't because Rachel is the best henchperson in the gang but because her tougher rival Jocelyn isn't complaint enough for Malthus.
Even Evil Has Standards: Despite her faithful service to the evil Malthus and disdain for Jocelyn, Rachel is disgusted by how Malthus ripped out one of Jocelyn's eyes and then ate it after Jocelyn challenged him to a fight.
Face Death with Dignity: She merely closes her eyes as she sees a vampire hunter lunge at her with a stake.
Know When to Fold 'Em: She survives until the final chapters of her sole appearance by knowing the wisdom of fleeing whenever Buffy starts beating her, sometimes alone, sometimes accompanied by any subordinates who have survived that long.
Pragmatic Villainy: She keeps her Mooks from killing a captured hero, but only because Malthus wants him alive.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: She and her nominal subordinate Jocelyn hate working together and each feels the other gets too much favor from Malthus and wouldn't mind seeing the other woman die.

Jocelyn

Another Mook in Sins of the Father.

Amazonian Beauty: She is described as tall, muscular, and exotic-looking.
Eye Scream: Her employer tore out one of her eyes after she challenged him to a fight some time ago.
Lesbian Vampire: She kisses another female vampire in one scene and dies while eagerly trying to feed on Willow.
The Resenter: She hates her associate Rachel for getting promoted over her and enjoys seeing her look bad.

Katherine

Katherine Toomajian

A newly risen vampire who appears early in the novel The Deathless. She is dispatched by Buffy and Faith with help from a mysterious guest character.

Killed Mid-Sentence: Her last words are "No, it’s not supposed to end like-." Then a stake through the chest turns her to dust.
Vampire Vannabe: She spent years trying to find a vampire to turn her and eventually succeeded. She refers to vampires as "night-dwellers" and is eager to prove herself to her new species by killing a Slayer.
The World's Expert (on Getting Killed): She heavily researched Slayers during the years she spent as a Vampire Vannabe, and is actually happy to be fighting two Slayers at once due to arrogantly thinking that she can win and establish good Villain Cred. She is clever about removing the evidence of her rise from the grave and she has some good fighting moves, but she ends up desperately running for her life before the Slayers catch and stake her.

Veronique

A sorceress and vampire who is the primary antagonist (although not the Big Bad, as she serves other villains) in Immortal.

Absolute Xenophobe: Most vampires feel no guilt about killing for blood, but Veronique detests humans so much that her dream is to drive them to extinction and personally drain the blood of the last surviving human.
Crocodile Tears: She cried when an aristocratic magic user had to end a long friendship with her, but privately admits her tears were fake and she was bored with the friendship.
Resurrective Immortality: Unlike most vampires, her spirit survives whenever her body is dusted, and her consciousness enters the body of the next human her henchmen turn into a vampire. She spends 120 years trapped without a body due to the machinations of a Slayer and ultimately loses her powers after failing her demonic masters.
Villainous Breakdown: When her masters die and she loses her Resurrective Immortality, Veronique lunges at Buffy, scratching wildly, then breaks down screaming and begging about her impending final death.
The World Is Just Awesome: She admits to enjoying seeing sunrises up close again during the 120 years where she was trapped without a corporeal form, although she doesn't think it was worth spending so much time in an And I Must Scream state.

Viva

A vampire who was sired in 1912 and tries to capture Buffy throughout the novel Power of Persuasion and make her fight a common threat.

Amazon Brigade: She leads a group of female vampires with decent fighting skills (although they don't always listen to her) and has little to do with male vampires.
Crying Wolf: She has a history of telling outrageous lies about her past that cause many of her fellow vampires to disbelieve her (accurate) claims that a group of newcomers to town are Greek gods whose very presence makes ordinary humans poisonous for vampires to eat.
Fiery Redhead: She has red hair and is prone to threats or loud displays of frustration.
Mr. Exposition: She is the one to explain the history, nature, and weaknesses of the book's main villains.

Naomi

A rival of Cordelia's and secondary antagonist in the book Return to Chaos. She is a vampire who has been tutored in mind-control.

Never My Fault: She is The Resenter toward Cordelia, but Cordelia claims that Naomi just always gave up when things got hard rather than persevering until the end, and that it's her own fault that she was Always Second Best.
Remember the New Guy?: She is supposed to be a longtime rival Cordelia, as well as one of her fellow cheerleaders, but is never seen or mentioned in the original series.
The Resenter: She is mad that Cordelia beat her at becoming head cheerleader, being the school's main Alpha Bitch, and dating a quarterback. She feels that a suitable revenge is to use mind-control powers to make Cordelia lure everyone she cares about to their deaths, one by one, with brief moments of clarity where Cordelia knows exactly what is going on, before Naomi kills her once there's no one left whose deaths will hurt Cordelia.
Too Dumb to Live: She gets killed after Cordelia goads her into stopping a fight to show off a cheerleading move (which also leaves her exposed to archers) by claiming that Naomi could never do it right.

Gloria

An insecure Sunnydale outcast who becomes one of Naomi's minions in Return to Chaos.

Desperately Craves Affection: Even after becoming a vampire, she is mousy and not very attractive, and she badly wants the romantic attentions of an athlete (even one whose intelligence and appearance have been destroyed by black magic).
Oral Fixation: One of the few things that her classmate Cordelia can recall about her is that she was always chewing gum, and Gloria bemoans how she had to stop because of her new fangs.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- During her first meeting with Buffy, she runs away after Buffy stakes her boyfriend, returns with reinforcements, and flees again after Buffy kills them.
- After helping get Naomi killed by the Scooby Gang, she beats it before they can decide that she's next.
The Starscream: She plots to engineer Naomi's death to avenge weeks of mistreatment and have a chance to run away with Naomi's unwilling boyfriend (who has been subjected to a Forced Transformation).
Talkative Loon: She rarely stays quiet and has a rambling speech pattern.
Third-Person Person: Except for during one submissive moment, she always says "Gloria" instead of "I" when talking about herself.

Bulldog and Clownface

Two vampire Mooks who appear throughout The Lost Slayer miniseries during scenes set during both season 4 and a Bad Future.

Chained by Fashion: Bulldog is a grim and tough Mook who has a chain between piercings on his ear and nostril.
Know When to Fold 'Em: They survive their first fight with Buffy by recognizing that she is far stronger and drawing back from their charge.
Only Known by Their Nickname: They are only known by nicknames that they get due to their appearances.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: They are more distinctive and long-lived than most vampires in the franchise, but are killed quickly and easily during their final battles with Buffy during both the main timeline and the Bad Future.
Uncanny Valley Makeup: Clownface is a ruthless vampire who wears clown makeup on her face and probably does it just to look scary.

Cheryse

A vampire who becomes Spike's lover after the events of season four, with Spike hoping she can help him get the inhibition-hampering chip out of his head. She appears in The Unseen Trilogy.

Bait the Dog: Despite some affable moments with Spike, and saving the Scooby Gang's life at one point, she is still an unrepentant killer and mercenary who is out for herself and tries to kill Xander at one point.
Brains and Bondage: She is obsessed with BDSM gear and electronic sex toys and is a calculating vampire with a microbiology degree.

Billy Bob

A leader among the vampires in Sunnydale during the events of the ambiguously canon novel Mortal Fear, which is set in season 7.

Character Tics: He tugs on his beard while he's in deep thought.
Cowboy: His crony Hugo describes him as having a "sad" cowboy fixation that makes him wear a cowboy hat and boots with spurs.
Fiery Redhead: His hair is auburn, and he is quick to swear revenge against enemies or tell loudmouths when they're being annoying.
Genius Bruiser: Billy Bob is shrewd, pragmatic, and tech-savvy in addition to being a burly brawler who makes an excited war whoop while charging a crowd of opponents.
A Lighter Shade of Black: He is a typically murderous vampire, but he is far less dangerous than the Big Bad of the book, who is taking over people's minds and is scheming to do this on a worldwide scale. This leads to an Enemy Mine situation.
Men of Sherwood: While Billy Bob and the two dozen vampires he rallies are only helping the heroes due to an unwanted Enemy Mine scenario, they are very effective at incapacitating brainwashed, superpowered locals and do so without taking many, if any, fatalities before skipping town once the alliance is over.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once his Enemy Mine moment with Buffy is over, he and his gang leave Sunnydale for "greener, bloodier pastures", although Buffy speculates that the pull of the Hellmouth and the opportunity to get famous by killing a Slayer will bring at least some of them back one day.
Southern-Fried Genius: He is a fat, bearded Southerner who is also a former computer repairman who can hack into cable channels to watch his favorite shows without paying. He is also a decently tactical leader.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: In the last few chapters of the book, he and his fellow vampires form an alliance with Buffy, Spike, and Anya to fight the villain who is Taking Over the Town and making ordinary civilians become violent, super strong, and with blood that poisons vampires. He and his followers avoid killing any of the infected humans threy fight as a sign of good faith, but there is definite hostility in the alliance, especially between Category Traitor Spike and the other vampires.
Villains Out Shopping: He is a big TV buff and is annoyed when one of his companions keeps talking during a show.

Hugo

Hugo Courtney

A Vampire in Billy Bob's gang who makes the mistake of Mugging the Monster at the beginning of Mortal Fear and becomes a Sacrificial Lamb to introduce the Big Bad of the book.

Curse That Cures: He notes that being turned into a vampire cured him of blood sugar problems with his health.
The Friend Nobody Likes: His companions find his habit of telling stories annoying and never even consider giving him a Mercy Kill during his Cruel and Unusual Death, but they are upset enough by his poisoning to swear revenge against his killer.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He is quite proud of himself for fleeing from Sunnydale before Buffy could encounter and stake him after he rose from the grave. He spent two years traveling down the coast, killing people for their blood with impunity, before getting homesick enough to risk returning to Sunnyvale.
The Storyteller: He loves regaling his fellow vampires with stories of his latest kills (and the seductions that sometimes precede them) or other vampires he's met. His friends find this boring and draw straws to see who has to listen to him.
Villains Out Shopping: He enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims.
Zerg Rush: Whenever he and his last companions face a Vampire Hunter, they all charge the hunter at once, with Hugo mocking the idea of engaging in Mook Chivalry like in Blade.

Tressa

Another member of Billy Bob's pack in Mortal Fear.

Cryptic Background Reference: She says that she dated a member of the Initative before being turned into a vampire and learned a lot about their projects from him, but doesn't mention much else about her human life.
Hot-Blooded: She is quick to trade insults with people and tends to get angry rather than scared during intense situations.
Ms. Fanservice: Her introductory paragraph takes note of her tube top, low-riding pants, high-heeled boots and navel piercing. She then mimes having sex to joke about how Hugo is describing his latest victim as if she was a lover rather than a source of blood.
Number Two: She is Billy Bob's assertive second in command.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: She is a vampire who has no qualms about killing people and she wears red contact lenses.
Spiteful Spit: She spits at Spike's feet when he won't let her drain a brainwashed human.

Characters / Buffyverse: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Vampires

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The Order of Aurelius

Collin, The Anointed One

Played By: Andrew J Ferchland

Luke

Played By: Brian Thompson

Appears In: "Welcome to the Hellmouth"/"The Harvest"

Thomas

Played By: J. Patrick Lawlor

The Three

Played By:

Appear In: "Angel"

Absalom

Played By: Brent Jennings

See Buffyverse: Angel - Other Characters

Recurring Vampires

Harmony Kendall

Played By: Mercedes McNab

Mr. Trick

Played By: K. Todd Freeman

Lyle & Tector Gorch

Played By: Jeremy Ratchford & James Parks

Dalton

Played By: Eric Saiet

Sandy

Played By: Megan Gray

Jesse McNally

Played By: Eric Balfour

Appears In: "Welcome to the Hellmouth"/"The Harvest"

Tom

Played By: Mace Lombard

Dracula

Played By: Rudolf Martin

Appears in: "Buffy vs. Dracula"

The Turok-Han

Played By: Camden Toy

One-Shot Vampires

Amilyn

Played By: Paul Reubens

Andrew Borba

Played By: Geoff Meed

Appears In: "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"

Sheila Martini

Played By: Alexandra Johnes.

Appears In: "School Hard"

Billy "Ford" Fordham

Played By: Jason Behr

Appears In: "Lie To Me"

Theresa Klusmeyer

Played By: Megahn Perry

Appears In: "Phases"

Andrew "Andy" Hoelich

Kakistos

Played By: Jeremy Roberts

Appears In: "Faith, Hope, and Trick"

Candy Gorch

Vincent

Played By: Alex Skuby

Appears In: "Bad Girls"

Lenny

Played By: Mark Burnham

Appears In: "Lovers Walk"

Vampire Xander

Played By: Nicholas Brendon

Appears In: "The Wish"

Zachary Kralik

Played By: Jeff Kober

Appears In: "Helpless"

Alphonse

Played By: Michael Nagy

Appears In: "Doppelgangland"

Sunday

Played By: Katharine Towne

Appears In: "The Freshman"

Eddie

Played By: Pedro Pascal

Appears in: "The Freshman"

Boone

Played By: Rick Stear

Novels Vampires ^noteIn approximate chronological order