Spike is one of joss whedons most beloved characters of all time, but even his biggest fans wont know all of these facts about buffys old flame. Why spike ruined buffy the vampire slayer buffyboards. Surprise is the thirteenth episode of the second season of buffy the vampire slayer television show, and the twentyfifth episode in the series. He is subsequently resurrected in the first episode of the fifth season of the spinoff series angel. For as long as there have been vampires, there has been the slayer. After a few samples, you will be able to note the interests of the tropers recommending them, and judge whether you might be also interested in a certain fic. I came all this way to get knocked up by some demon dust. Spike and buffy hooked up, then buffy broke it off and spike stayed in love with her and got his soul back.
Spike s quest was, and always was, to get his soul restored for buffy, despite any misleading leaks we may have put out that you fell for. Buffy the vampire slayer 6x07 once more, with feeling reaction duration. Dec 27, 2007 shocked that he came close to hurting the woman he loved, spike then went to africa to get his soul back. Spike, also known as william the bloody, got his nickname due to his. The master is a fictional character on the actionhorrorfantasy television series buffy the vampire slayer 19972003. When angelus has his soul and becomes angel, he is almost a completely different character but when spike gains his soul the writers still keep all the best parts of spike intact.
Actor james marsters as spike on buffy the vampire slayer. It was created by joss whedon under his production tag, mutant enemy productions, with later coexecutive producers being jane espenson, david fury, david greenwalt, doug petrie, marti noxon, and david solomon the series premiered on march 10, 1997, on the wb and concluded on. Aug 11, 2008 spike and buffy hooked up, then buffy broke it off and spike stayed in love with her and got his soul back. The second season of the television series buffy the vampire slayer premiered on september 15, 1997 on the wb and concluded its 22episode season on may 19, 1998. He is asking this dude to be what he was, he says buffy then will get what she deserves in a ways that really doesnt sound good, like ill show that bitchnotgood. Gang was able to bring buffy back from the dead, it wasnt so easy for the slayer herself.
Dracula, tells the story of the nearly 100year rivalry between william the bloody and vlad the impaler that begins when spike, along with dru and darla, wipe out a romanian town that was under draculas protection. How buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became. The 10 most brutal fights in buffy the vampire slayer, ranked. This is one of the best episodes of the series as spike recounts his time with the other members of the badass fanged four angel, dru. List of buffy the vampire slayer characters wikipedia. The role of a vamp is to be evil, it is its soul purpose haha see what i did there, ok bad pun. Buffy runs him through with a replica of his own blessed sword, which in turns sucks him through his own hell portal. Although none of them broadcast the episode by mistake, the episode was leaked onto the internet more than a week before it was slated to air. Spike nodded, tugging at xanders skin in the process. Buffy the vampire slayer is getting a reboot with a black woman in the lead role joss whedon will revive his beloved series, along with monica owusubreen as showrunner and head writer. They were hybrids, and were thus despised by other, purer demon species. It was written by joss whedon and marti noxon, and directed by michael lange.
Angel regains his soul, but buffy must kill him to close a portal. Spike goes to hell and back to be good enough for buffy. How buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became its. This community is dedicated to joss whedons brainchild, buffy the vampire slayer. Buffy the vampire slayer tv series 19972003 trivia imdb. Buffy the vampire slayer is an american supernatural drama television series based on the 1992 film of the same name. When the childbeating coach tries to make his getaway in the end, xander is the one to take him down saving buffys life in prophecy girl, and forcing angel, whod already given up, to get back on his feet and do likewise. No slayer hed faced had ever, ever moved like that. While buffy is one of the only slayers not to live in isolation and to have friends and family, nikki was the only slayer with a son that we know of.
Spike, you turn her, i dont want him having a sires control over her. Spike, played by james marsters, is a fictional character created by joss whedon for the television series buffy the vampire slayer and angel. As the scoobies regroup in pairs, spike is alone in africa, exhausted and injured. Crushed by her rejection of him, spike becomes desperate and nearly rapes her in 6. Spike and dru are established as worthy adversaries, allowing for spikes eventual return appearances in seasons 3 and 4, and for his permanent membership as regular cast for seasons 5, 6. This was the prophecy from the first slayer that buffy couldnt figure out until the very end. Spike requests that the shaman restore his soul so he can be the man that buffy wants and deserves.
Welcome back to okay, i finally watched it, an occasional feature where twtv writers discuss their experience with shows generally viewed as classics. One of the most dynamic characters in the buffy the vampire slayer universe, spike begins as a punk rock vampire looking to raise a little chaos and becomes the second vampire with a soul after angel and the champion of sunnydale. How did the whole buffy the vampire slayer thing end yahoo. And this comment and the child comment i added to it go into the nature of spike s chip vs. Innocence 1998, the curse that caused that stated only that he would lose his soul when he experienced a moment of perfect happiness, something that not every sexual encounter affords him. With the battle abruptly inside, oz getting his first exposure to. Spike sneered and made a show of flopping back down. James marsters tells the story behind that buffy scene that. That season spoilers, if youre 15 years behind on the show sees buffy resurrected and running away, willows addiction, giles departure. He then later returns, but he is animallike because hes spent years in a demon demention. Buffy the vampire slayer angel characters tv tropes. Whether you love or hate him, spike is a foundational character to the series. Buffy the vampire slayer spike and buffy hurt youtube. Buffy the vampire slayer made us laugh, gasp, and sob and boy, it did a lot of the latter.
Buffy laughed, but the sound was brittle and sarcastic. As long as you treat her right xander trailed off when spikes fangs broke through his skin. While spike going to get his soul might have seemed like an angellite. Williamspike is an fbi agent undercover to as buffys new neighbor. Fresh from his latest attempt to get buffy to act on her feelings for him, spike, the onceterrifying vampire big bad, has fled to the dark side of the moon.
For example, the master was ultra evil but did have some twisted affection for a few of his subjects. Considered a breakout character, spike proved immensely popular with fans of buffy. Theory of a deadman invisible man all footage belongs to joss. This is one of the best episodes of the series as spike recounts his time with the other members of the badass fanged four angel, dru, darla, and spike and how he killed two slayers.
When spike passes every test, he can ask the shaman for whatever he wants. Unlike angel remorse and redemption werent the driving factors for spike, while he felt both over the acts he committed in his 120odd years as a vampire, his attitude was that the past was over and even if he lost his soul hed still remain good due to his devotion to those he loved. Are there any other good vampires in buffy the vampire. In the episode fool for love, buffy seeks out spike for his slayer knowledge after she is injured by a vamp while on patrol. David fury on the bronze beta, 111902 spike looked into his soul at that moment the attempt. Buffy the vampire slayer spike out for a walk bitch. Having a soul is torture for a vampire, but for spike, being without buffy is more torturous. What episode of buffy does spike get a soul back answers. The short answer is that officially, vampires even those with souls in the buffyverse dont have reflections. Spikes quest was, and always was, to get his soul restored for buffy, despite any misleading leaks we may have put out that you fell for.
Spike, angel started, only to stop when the cloaked being vampire, and female, spike could tell by scent stepped forward and reached for spike. Buffy then understands that he got his soul back and is shocked by the revelation. Its lampshaded several times afterwards, with angel whining that he started the whole having a soul thing in the buffy series finale and spike upon first showing up in season 5 of angel rubbing it in that angel didnt share the news of spike s accomplishment with his team because it made him feel less special. At the end of season 6 tara got shot so willow turned evil.
Spike looked into his soul at that moment the attempt. When the childbeating coach tries to make his getaway in the end, xander is the one to take him down saving buffy s life in prophecy girl, and forcing angel, whod already given up, to get back on his feet and do likewise. Angel, after getting his soul back, is once again tormented by his guilt and. Feb 20, 2020 spike killed two slayers, and for most of buffy the vampire slayer aimed to make buffy his third, but killing nikki wood is one of the greater slayer tragedies. She turned good again, but she was always sort of a magic junkie after that. Although he did lose his soul after having sex with buffy for the first time buffy the vampire slayer. The third season of the television series buffy the vampire slayer premiered on september 29. May, 2003 why spike ruined buffy the vampire slayer like fonzie before him, this toocool thug in a leather jacket has diverted a good show from its original mission.
Spike born william pratt was a famous and widelyfeared vampire turned in 1880. Dec 11, 2011 she just wants to feel after her return from being in heaven, it makes her a darker person and feels dirty. After being back a while, and with the help of buffy, he is good once again. The travel would take some time, and the trials would be long and excruciatingly difficult, so he left his crypt in the care of his old poker chum, the demon clem. Was spike intending to get his soul back at the end of.
In an effort to prove his love for buffy and be worth in the eyes of the slayer, spike decided to go on a pilgrimage to africa to regain his soul. What i was trying to play is, spike comes back from getting a soul. James marsters tells the story behind that buffy scene. How buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became its most important buffy season 6 is often maligned as the worst of the seriesbut with. Only his blood will close the portal so buffy tells him to close his eyes, kisses him, and then stabs him through the torso with a sword, pushing him into the portal in order to close the portal.
Sep 05, 2015 in the episode fool for love, buffy seeks out spike for his slayer knowledge after she is injured by a vamp while on patrol. Buffy the vampire slayer killed off their lead character before it was cool, so what in the world could ever top that in terms of twists. Harmony was evil but such a twit that she wasnt really scary. Okay, let me preface this by saying, i know that most people wouldve picked angel over spike in a heartbeat when it came to buffy the vampire slayer, but spike was actually way better. Angel loses his soul and reverts to the evil and sadistic angelus, the big bad of season 2. Beneath you is the second episode of the seventh and final season of the television show buffy the vampire slayer. When they get their moral judgement back, their soul, not only are they able to do good again, but they are able to fight the beast within them that is shown to kind of go dormant, because they can lose their soul and go back to being a regular vamp. Btvs had a traditional setup where each season was a story that concluded by the season finale, and cliffhangers really werent their thing. Anya is amazed when she realizes her ex saved them all. They were wellknown for feeding on the blood of mammals, particularly humans. It was created by joss whedon under his production tag, mutant enemy productions, with later coexecutive producers being jane espenson, david fury, david greenwalt, doug petrie, marti noxon, and david solomon. Buffy gets angel back, and she still has to kill him. Why spike ruined buffy the vampire slayer like fonzie before him, this toocool thug in a leather jacket has diverted a good show from its original mission.
I just finished season 6 and its pretty unclear so far if he really wanted his soul. Vampire also known as vantal in pylea, or lurk in the 23rd century was a species of soulless, undead demons that could only exist on earth by leaving their own dimension and possessing human corpses. Shocked that he came close to hurting the woman he loved, spike then went to africa to get his soul back. Spike and dru are established as worthy adversaries, allowing for spike s eventual return appearances in seasons 3 and 4, and for his permanent membership as regular cast for seasons 5, 6 and 7. Stashing willow and a wounded xander at the factory, spike soon concocts a new plan while buffy, oz, giles, and cordelia hunt their friends down. Oct 02, 20 the role of a vamp is to be evil, it is its soul purpose haha see what i did there, ok bad pun. When he sacrificed himself closing the hellmouth in 7. Buffy and angel are fighting and angel gets his soul back after he has opened the portal to hell. May 19, 2017 buffy the vampire slayer spike and giles zuper. In north america, this episode was somehow syndicated onto upn affiliates a week early by accident. Mar 10, 2017 how buffy the vampire slayers most hated season became its most important buffy season 6 is often maligned as the worst of the seriesbut with its prescient geekgonebad villains, the show. Driving to the audition i made up an improvisation for my mind.
Years later, while under his thrall, dracula kidnaps dru and darla and takes them for his brides, though spike frees them by luring an. Spike gets off on fighting the slayer as much as having sex with her, so buffys strength and combat abilities are part of the package. Was spike intending to get his soul back at the end of season. Spike latched back on to xanders neck the moment the words passed. Spike is known for his billy idol platinum hair buffy mentions in one episode that spike doesnt style his hair like idols, but the other way around, his catchphrase bloody hell, and his black leather duster, which he acquired after killing his second slayer. Spike looked back as buffy pulled him into the elevator. I know im going to get blasted by some people for this, but after watching season 6 again, i have to ask. How did the whole buffy the vampire slayer thing end. Buffy the vampire slayer by les chappell, october 2, 2012 by les chappell. Many interpreted the prophecy to mean that buffy should sacrifice dawn. Spike continues to speak of all the voices that are in his head, those of the people he tortured and killed as a vampire, and also that of coming evil beneath. A minor one, but acknowledged, from the same episode. And as much as i always got a big laugh watching buffy kick your shiny, white bum. Spike is a vampire and played various roles on the shows, including villain, antihero, trickster and romantic interest.
Buffy the vampire slayer will get a reboot with a black. The case of buffy the vampire slayer, provides an indepth analysis of morality and. Buffy the vampire slayer characters the scooby a page for describing characters. In the last episode he died saving the world, but he came back in angel. The premise of the series is that buffy sarah michelle gellar is a. For marsters, the role as spike began a career in science fiction television.
He rerturned in season seven and they developed a new relationship, but without the sex. Seeing red is the 19th episode of season 6 of the television series buffy the vampire slayer. His soulsearching trip leads him to a group of dangerous demons and a rude awakening from his reverie, which in turn leads him on an unexpected adventure to. Buffy asks him why he got his soul back, and spike replies that it was for her forgiveness. Ok i def agree on the point of the potential of his storylines being better, and yes, i felt season 7 was a lot of spike. Part one of a not to be missed twopart episode the fate of the world is at stake when spike and drusilla gather. His devotion to her had become a driving motivation for him and his actions. He is a centuriesold vampire portrayed by mark metcalf, determined to open the portal to hell below sunnydale high school in the fictional town of sunnydale where the main character buffy summers lives. Spike with a soul i love spike now he has a soul im watching season 7 currently. Proof that the remaining 10% is worth dying twice for here these are recommendations made by tropers for buffy the vampire slayer fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Buffy and spike end up being trapped in the lowell house during the peak of the sexually driven manifestation and begin to see each other in a different light.
My rchangemyview style defense of spike actually wanting his soul soul restored and not his chip removed. Moving faster than the eye could follow, she reached inside the cage, grabbed the back of his head and banged his face off the bars, causing him to shift to vampire face and snarl at her. If you havent watched through the entirety of both buffy and angel, there will most likely be a lot of spoilers. An especially noteworthy moment of awesome because xander, after being rejected for a date by buffy, did not handle.
I was done, people, and i still am, 17 years later. Putting a damper on this irony is the knowledge that angel suffers the fate reserved for angelus, because he regained his soul moments beforehand and that brief vulnerability may well have been what allowed buffys victory. It originally broadcast on january 19, 1998 on the wb. Much to his chagrin, he then developed a major crush on the slayer herself. As joyce turns away, buffy moves back into the crowd, then turns. See, im a spike fan of yore haha i love bad ass spike. Jun 27, 20 im a huge fan of buffy the vampire slayer and angel series. Buffy refused to put her sister in harms way, much to the chagrin of gilesand the audience. Why i wouldve chosen spike over angel on buffy the. What is william undercover to find out, and what does it have to do with buffy. This is an old old video i made, this is a tribute to spike. To my knowledge, we never seehear spike ask for his soul back, doesnt he ask to be made what he was, or words to that effect.
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