Buffy Summers is the titular main protagonist of the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a supporting character in the spin-off Angel.
She has also appeared in various expanded media, including video games, novels and comic books. She is introduced as a sixteen year old girl who slays evil vampires, demons, werewolves and any other evil Supernatural creatures.
Throughout the series, her two main love interests; mainly cursed vampire Angel and villain turned anti-hero Spike. Her two best friends are Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris and they make up the core team of the Scooby Gang, with Rupert Giles as their guide/mentor. She is also the daughter of the late Joyce Summers and the older sister and former guardian of Dawn Summers.
She was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who also portrayed The First Evil in the Buffyverse,Daphne Blake in the live action Scooby-Doo movies Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions and voiced April O'Neil in the 2012 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Seventh Sister in Star Wars Rebels, and Ella in Happily N'Ever After.
In this timeline created by a wish Cordelia asked by Anya, Buffy Summers never moved to Sunnydale. As a result, she was unable to stop the Harvest or Master, who was still alive. The world created an apocalyptic future where vampires reigned supreme and Buffy's friends Xander and Willow became vampires. Cordelia from another timeline tried to warn them about The vampires and how Buffy was the only one able to stop them. Unfortunately, she was killed by the alternate universe version of Willow and Xander. The Buffy Summers of this universe was called for by Rupert Giles, who reversed the effects of the spell. Since the would was restored, this timeline was erased and set back to before Cordy made her wish
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In the rebooted timeline created by Dark Horse Comics
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Buffy's team was named after Scooby-Doo, calling themselves the Scooby Gang. Ironically, Sarah Michelle Gellar portrayed Daphne in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies of 2002 and 2004 (during the TV show's run).
Faith calls her "B"
Xander calls her "Buffster"
Among others, Spike called her "Bitch" and "Slayer." However, he starts calling her terms of endearment such as "pet" and "Love" once he began to developing romantic feelings for her, similar to Drusilla.
Over the course of the series, only four vampires have bitten Buffy:
The Master, who transformed her into a vampire in "Nightmares" and temporarily killed her during "The Harvest"
Dracula, who bit her in Buffy vs. Dracula while attempting to put her under his thrall.
Angel, who Graduation Day, Part Two) Buffy allowed Angel to drink her blood in "Graduation Day" because it was the only thing capable of curing Angel from Faith's poison.
Finally, she allowed Spike to bite her in Desparate Times in order to give him strength.
