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Scooby Gang (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Scooby Gang al organization dealing with demonic threats worldwide
and training thousands of Slayers. In the beginning, Buffy
First The Harvest (assembled) often had to protect her friends from monsters, but over
appearance
the course of the series most of them gained superpow-
Created by Joss Whedon ers and fighting skills of their own, with Xander the only
notable member with no mystical abilities or connection
Statistics
to the supernatural, though he does acquire extensive
Name Scooby Gang military knowledge thanks to a spell. Due to the show’s
Purpose Apocalypse-averting and demon- strong themes of female empowerment, the most pow-
hunting erful members of the team are often female (Buffy and
Willow), while the men play passive roles such as that of
Membership Buffy Summers
Xander Harris
father-figure (Giles) and supportive best friend (Xander).
Willow Rosenberg Also, in keeping with the show’s themes of redemption
Rupert Giles and moral ambiguity, Willow, Angel, Spike, Faith, Giles,
Angel Anya, and Andrew have at some point in their lives de-
Daniel "Oz" Osborne scended into darkness. Each of these characters has mur-
Cordelia Chase
Anya Jenkins
dered at least one person during their life, although for
Tara Maclay most it was substantially more.
Riley Finn At least initially, in Season Eight (a canonical contin-
Dawn Summers uation of the series in comic book format), the Scoobies
Spike are scattered across the world. In addition to the primary
Jenny Calendar
Faith Lehane gang, there are short of 2000 Slayers, many of whom
Andrew Wells work with the expanded organization in addition to
Robin Wood witches, psychics and other staff. The core Scoobies now
Kennedy each act as important figures in the new Watcher’s Coun-
cil and maintain a role of leadership and authority
Gang, Scoobies",
The Scooby Gang or "Scoobies are a group of characters amongst the Slayers they employ. With the group scat-
in the cult television series and comic book Buffy the Vam- tered, communication is maintained primarily through
pire Slayer who battle the supernatural forces of evil. The phone calls, and the group leaders (in particular the core
team consists of Buffy Summers and her friends and col- three) now assume more superheroic positions and par-
leagues who assist her in her duties as the Slayer. First allels than in previous seasons. Former allies in Season 7
forming in the Season One episode "The Harvest" to pre- such as Andrew and Rona now lead squads of their own.
vent The Master from opening a portal to hell, the line-
up of the group varied from year to year, but the core
that remained intact throughout the series’ run was Alternative names
Buffy herself and her best friends, Xander Harris and Wil- The group is also sometimes referred to as the "Slay-
low Rosenberg, as well as her Watcher, Rupert Giles. erettes," mostly in early episodes or later in the scene de-
The group was first referred to as the Scooby Gang scriptions to refer to the Potentials, but mostly it didn’t
by Xander in the Season Two episode "What’s My Line, catch on with fans. Both Willow (in the season one
Part One" as a reference to the group of ghost-hunting episode "Witch") and Spike (in the season four episodes
teenagers from the cartoon Scooby-Doo. Sarah Michelle "The I in Team" and "The Yoko Factor") have used the
Gellar, the actress who plays Buffy on the show, would term in the show on different occasions.
later also appear as Daphne Blake in the films Scooby-Doo
and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
The Scooby Gang usually take an unimpressed, flip-
Scooby Gang members
pant attitude towards extraordinary events and super- (In chronological order)
natural occurrences. Originally a group of teenage • — As the Slayer, Buffy possesses enhanced abilities
friends attending Sunnydale High in a town built on top that enable her to battle the forces of darkness. She
of a Hellmouth, the group gradually expanded, eventual- is the focal point of the Scooby Gang, as the team
ly merging with the Watchers’ Council to become a glob- initially formed around her responsibilities as the
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Chosen One, and she is very close to most of its • — The computer science teacher at Sunnydale High,
members. Although Buffy had initially been who holds a secret allegiance to her gypsy clan. Her
reluctant to accept her destiny, by the end of Season real name is Janna of the Kalderash tribe, and her
One she faces the prophecy of her death head-on. By secret motivation for being at Sunnydale is to make
Season Eight, she has become a leader as well as a sure the curse her clan cast on Angel remains intact.
Slayer, training her fellow Slayers in the fight However, she didn’t know that a single moment of
against evil. perfect happiness would break the curse, and
• — As Buffy’s Watcher and a father-figure and mentor thought it was enough just to ensure that Angel still
to the entire group, Giles is a founding figure of the suffered. She joins with the Scoobies while falling in
Scooby Gang, although his British upbringing resists love with Giles during Season Two. The discovery of
the lighthearted nickname at first. Even after the her secret in "Innocence" creates a permanent rift
Watchers’ Council stripped him of his title in Season between her and the Scoobies, which lasts until her
Three, he continued to support Buffy. He remained death at Angelus’ hands.
with the Scoobies until the end of Season Five, when • — A snobby cheerleader at Sunnydale High, Cordelia
he returned to England at Buffy’s death. In Season looks down on the Scoobies, whom she dismisses as
Six he returns after Buffy is resurrected, then leaves unpopular. However, she often finds herself in
again so that his presence won’t hold her back from perilous situations and relies on Buffy to save her. In
growing strong and independent. Thereafter he is Season Two, Cordelia becomes Xander’s girlfriend
based in England, where he is training a squad of and an official member of the Scooby Gang until she
Slayers and Andrew as a Watcher. Giles was almost leaves for Los Angeles and joins Angel Investigations.
killed by a possessed Angel towards the end of She dies after being the vessel for a demonic force.
Season Two. • — Willow’s boyfriend throughout Seasons Two to
• — The most consistent and reliable member of the Four, Oz is a werewolf and the guitarist for local
Scoobies, the wise-cracking Xander is notable for band Dingoes Ate My Baby. With his stoic sense of
being one of the few characters in the show with no humor, Oz is a loyal and popular member of the
"superpowers". Instead, his insight, compassion, and Scoobies, although he does have to be locked in the
support is how he helps his friends in the battle library’s cage for three nights each month during the
against evil; for example, he brings Willow back from full moon. He leaves the group in Season Four to
the brink of darkness with his unconditional love in learn how to control his wolf side and ends up living
Season Six. Xander also possesses some knowledge of in Tibet with his new wife and infant son.
military combat and weapons after being turned into • — A troubled girl who becomes a Slayer as a result of
a real soldier in a Halloween episode. Kendra’s death, Faith arrives in Sunnydale in Season
• — Willow’s abilities as a witch make her one of the Three after her Watcher is killed. Although she
most powerful members of the Scooby Gang. She is works with the Scooby Gang and even starts to
also a gifted hacker. Originally she sometimes accept Giles’ authority, she never really integrates
resented being known as a "sidekick", but she grew with them. During one desperate fight in partnership
to lead the Scoobies during Buffy’s temporary death with Buffy, she accidentally kills a man, creating a
between Seasons Five and Six. Although she nearly permanent schism between her and the Scoobies and
causes the end of the world after her soulmate Tara eventually leading Faith to join up with The Mayor.
is killed, she is also responsible for magically In Season Four Faith awakens from a coma and flees
activating all of the Potential Slayers in the world. to Los Angeles, where Angel again offers to help her.
• — Angel is unique among vampires because he is This time Faith repents and turns herself in to the
cursed with a soul. He is also Buffy’s lover in Seasons police, remaining in jail until her escape in Season
One through Three. Angel’s ability to work with the Seven to help the Scoobies fight the final battle. As of
other Scoobies on the side of good is completely Season Eight, she and Giles have decided to partner
dependent on his soul. Without his soul, Angel together in a "Slayer social worker" program to keep
becomes Angelus, a vampire with no humanity Slayers from going to the dark side.
whatsoever. In Season Two, his soul was briefly • — Born mortal a thousand years ago as Aud, Anya
stripped from him after a forbidden moment of utter became the vengeance demon Anyanka after turning
happiness. During this time he killed Jenny Calendar her cheating boyfriend into a troll. She specialized in
and tortured Giles; causing his relationship with the cursing men who have wronged women. When one
group remained strained even after his soul was of her curses went in an unanticipated direction, the
restored. Angel leaves the Scoobies at Buffy’s breaking of the curse stripped her of her powers and
graduation. Together with Cordelia, he starts his made her mortal again. During her struggles with
own group, Angel Investigations, in Los Angeles. her unwanted mortality, Anya falls in love with
Xander, who helps her to understand human
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conventions. Anya often offends people due to her • — One of the potential Slayers of Season Seven,
frank honesty and literalness. Initially very selfish, Kennedy is outgoing, impulsive, and a natural leader.
she eventually comes to respect humans and proves She also becomes Willow’s lover. Along with the
her loyalty to the team many times. She is killed by a other potentials, her Slayer nature is activated in
Bringer during the series finale. "Chosen". In Season Eight, Kennedy heads and trains
• — Buffy’s college boyfriend, Riley is a soldier for the all the Slayers in the New York City area.
government demon-hunting operation the Initiative. • — Another former villain, Andrew is an immature
Riley joins the Scoobies after he learns that the nerd who was captured by the Scoobies. Over time,
Initiative had become corrupt. However, his he learns to show remorse for his past crimes.
relationship with Buffy gradually disintegrates, and Although the Scoobies are slow to accept him, he
in Season Five he leaves to join another army unit. In fights side by side with the Scoobies during the
Season Eight, he returns to work as a mole for Buffy, season finale and starts training to be a Watcher in
infiltrating the villain Twilight. Season Eight.
• — Willow’s girlfriend in Seasons Four to Six. Like
Willow, she is also a witch. On her own, she is
nowhere near as powerful as Willow, but together
Team variations
they make a formidable magical team. Before
meeting Willow, Tara had been painfully shy, in part Season 1
due to a father who led her to believe that she was • Buffy Summers
demonic. Her confidence improved steadily as she • Xander Harris
formed strong friendships with several members of • Willow Rosenberg
the Scoobies. During Buffy’s temporary death • Rupert Giles
between Seasons Five and Six, she became Dawn’s • Allies:
surrogate mother. Tara is killed when Warren Mears • Angel
accidentally shoots her, launching Willow’s spiral • Jenny Calendar, starting with the episode "I
into Dark Willow. Robot, You Jane"
• — A punk vampire who has killed two previous • Cordelia Chase, starting with the episode "Out of
Slayers, Spike took his nickname from one of his Mind, Out of Sight"
former killings which involved a railroad spike. His
real name is William. Although he enters the series Season 2
as a villain, Spike allies briefly with the Scoobies • Buffy Summers
during Season Two to save his vampire lover Drusilla • Xander Harris
and stop Angel from destroying the world. Part of • Willow Rosenberg
the deal was that he and Drusilla leave Sunnydale. • Rupert Giles
However, he returns several times after Drusilla • Cordelia Chase
leaves him. When Spike tries to return for good in • Angel, until he loses his soul in "Innocence"
Season Four, the Initiative promptly captures him • Jenny Calendar, until her secret was revealed in
and fits him with a tracking device and a microchip "Innocence"
that prevents him from harming humans. As a result, • Allies:
he allies again with the Scoobies. Over time, Spike • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, starting with the episode
falls in love with Buffy, and he briefly becomes "Surprise".
Buffy’s lover in Season Six. Her rejection of him • Kendra Young, starting with the episode "What’s
inspires him to recover his soul. Most of the Scoobies My Line", until she is killed by Drusilla in
remain somewhat wary of him right up until the "Becoming"
series finale, when he fights side by side with them
and, with help from an amulet given by Angel, saves Season 3
the world.
• Buffy Summers, after she returns from running away
• — Buffy’s younger sister, Dawn, is actually a mystical
in "Dead Man’s Party"
orb of energy who was turned into human form by
• Xander Harris
her guardians. She and all those around her were
• Willow Rosenberg
also given false memories to conceal the fact that
• Rupert Giles
Dawn was not always part of the human world. Dawn
• Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
suffers from abandonment issues due to both her
• Cordelia Chase, until "Lovers Walk" and then joins
mother and Buffy having died in the same year she
again in "Enemies".
entered Buffy’s life; she considers the Scooby Gang to
be her surrogate family and is very close to them.
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• Angel, from around the episode "Doppelgangland" Season 7
when he started assisting the whole group again.
• Buffy Summers
• Allies:
• Xander Harris
• Joyce Summers
• Dawn Summers
• Faith Lehane, until she turns to the dark side and
• Willow Rosenberg, rejoins the group in "Help"
begins working for The Mayor in
• Anya Jenkins, rejoins in "Selfless".
"Consequences".
• Rupert Giles, rejoins in "Bring on the Night"
• Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, from the episode "Bad
• Spike, joins the gang in "Potential."
Girls" until Buffy quits the Watchers’ Council in
• Faith Lehane, starting with the episode "Dirty Girls"
"Graduation Day".
• Allies:
• Kennedy, starting with the episode "Bring on the
Season 4 Night"
• Buffy Summers • Andrew Wells, reluctantly from around the
• Xander Harris episode "Never Leave Me"
• Willow Rosenberg • Robin Wood, starting with the episode "First
• Rupert Giles Date"
• Riley Finn, starting with the episode "Doomed" • Potential Slayers
• Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, until he leaves town in "Wild
at Heart" Season 8
• Anya Jenkins, from around the episode "Pangs"
• Buffy Summers
• Allies:
• Xander Harris
• Spike, reluctantly and unreliably from the
• Dawn Summers
episode "Pangs" until the episode "The Yoko
• Willow Rosenberg, rejoins the group in "The Long
Factor".
Way Home, Part 2"
• Tara Maclay, starting with the episode "Who Are
• Andrew Wells, in "Wolves at the Gate", and
You"
"Predators and Prey" onwards.
• Kennedy, in "Time of Your Life", and from "Retreat"
Season 5 onwards
• Buffy Summers, until her death at the end of "The • Rupert Giles, from "Retreat" onwards
Gift" • Faith Lehane, from "Retreat" onwards
• Xander Harris • Allies:
• Willow Rosenberg • Renée, until her death in "Wolves at the Gate,
• Rupert Giles Part 4"
• Anya Jenkins • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, assists the group in
• Tara Maclay, starting with the episode "Family" "Retreat"
• Riley Finn, until he leaves town in "Into the Woods" • Bay, assists the group with Oz in "Retreat"
• Allies: • Dracula in "Wolves at the Gate"
• Dawn Summers • Riley Finn, triple agent loyal to Buffy.
• Spike
• Joyce Summers, until her death at the end of "I Season 9
Was Made to Love You"
• Buffy Summers
• Xander Harris
Season 6 • Dawn Summers
• Buffy Summers, from "After Life" onwards. • Willow Rosenberg
• Xander Harris • Spike
• Dawn Summers • Andrew Wells
• Willow Rosenberg, until the episode "Seeing Red" • Allies:
• Anya Jenkins, until her relationship with Xander • Riley Finn
ends in "Hell’s Bells" • Faith Lehane, a silent ally currently residing with
• Rupert Giles, until the episode "Tabula Rasa" Angel in England.
• Tara Maclay, until she breaks up with Willow in • Angel, a silent ally currently residing with Faith
"Tabula Rasa". She later rejoins in "Entropy" until in England.
her death at the end of the episode "Seeing Red". • Anaheed, Buffy’s new roommate
• Allies: • Tumble, Buffy’s new male roommate
• Spike, until he leaves for Africa in "Seeing Red".
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• Robert Dowling, a homicide detective in San with Giles as a silent partner. Until Dark Willow
Francisco that first appears in "Freefall" destroys it.
Headquarters Season 7
• Summers Residence[1] until Sunnydale was
Along with variations in the team roster, the place which destroyed
serves as a sort of "headquarters" for the Scooby Gang
has also changed a few times over the series. The most Season 8
notable of these headquarters, before its explosion in the
• Scotland Castle, until it’s blown up in "Time of Your
Season Three finale, is the Sunnydale High School library.
Life, Part 2"
However, after the events of the series finale, the Scoo-
• Scotland Mansion, until they retreat in between
bies have, as stated above, been spread across the world,
"Living Doll" and "Retreat"
with Buffy and Xander maintaining a "command center"
• Hidden and Disguised Castle, until they retreat for a
in Scotland.
second time onto their submarine in "Retreat, Part
To the crew of Buffy, the headquarters was the set
1"
where the most exposition writing of the show took
• Oz’s Sanctuary in Tibet, from "Retreat" to the latest
place, and thus was the most used and most hated of the
issue
Buffy sets.[1]
Seasons 1–3 Affiliated Organizations
• Watcher’s Council
• Sunnydale High School library[1] Until Buffy, Willow
• Angel Investigations
and Xander’s Graduation
• Wolfram & Hart
Seasons 4-5
• Giles’ apartment until Giles buys the Magic Box References
[1] ^ "Lessons" DVD Commentary - Buffy the Vampire
Seasons 5–6 Slayer Season Seven Box Set, disc one
• The Magic Box,[1] under the ownership of Giles in
season 5, and later Anya’s ownership in season 6,
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