Do we ever meet Buffy's dad?

Hank appears briefly in When She Was Bad, talking to Joyce after driving Buffy back to Sunnydale after she spent the summer in LA with him. He talks about how distant Buffy acted while there. Although he's not seen, he can be heard arguing with Joyce in Becoming, Part One in a flashback.

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Why did Buffy's dad leave?

Behind the scenes

According to Nicholas Brendon, Joss Whedon had Hank go abroad because he was dissatisfied with his casting of Dean Butler.

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Does the first evil appear in Angel?

The First appears to Angel as Jenny. During Christmas 1998, the First appeared in Sunnydale. It tried to drive the ensouled vampire Angel into killing the Slayer Buffy Summers, by appearing to him as some of the people he had murdered: Daniel, Margaret, Travis, and Jennifer Calendar.

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Do they ever explain Buffy's sister?

As the series went on, the significance of Dawn's arrival is revealed to the series's other characters, and they come to understand that she has not always been Buffy's sister, or indeed a sentient being; Dawn had originally been the mystical "key" to unlocking dimensions and was made into Buffy's sister so the Slayer ...

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How did Dawn become Buffy's sister?

Glory, a god from a hell dimension, wanted to get back to her world and needed the Key to do it. Because of this, monks changed the energy into someone that Buffy would protect--a little sister. Like most teenagers, Dawn has some behavioral issues, especially after finding out what she used to be.

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Does Buffy have a baby?

By the end of the issue, Buffy comes to the conclusion that she cannot have a baby.

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Is Buffy's sister a Slayer?

Dawn was initially quite contemptuous of Buffy and kept away from her activities as the Slayer and the rest of the Scooby Gang, something her mother Joyce was happy about. Despite this, she was good friends with Willow Rosenberg and Tara Maclay, and had a crush on Xander Harris, and later Spike.

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Who was Buffy's greatest love?

In November, the activist chimed in on the great debate over whether Angel or Spike was the “right” man for Buffy. To be fair, Angel was the right boyfriend for Buffy coming into her power. Spike was the right man to be with as she became the power.

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Why did they introduce Dawn to Buffy?

"We wanted to bring in somebody of a different age to sort of give us a different perspective on everybody's lives, and that's as much as I can say." We do know, however, that Dawn will indeed be Buffy's sister. Somehow. That Buffy and her friends are going to have memories that include her.

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Where is Buffy's dad?

Hank Summers is the father of Buffy Summers and the ex-husband of Joyce Summers. While they move to Sunnydale after the divorce, Hank stays in Los Angeles. His first appearance is in Nightmares, where he comes to Sunnydale to get Buffy so the two of them can spend the weekend together in LA.

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Does Angel ever become human?

As they fight, the Mohra demon cuts Angel. Angel kills the demon. Its blood, eventually found to be the Blood of Eternity, merges with his own, and he becomes human. Realizing what this means for their relationship, Angel spends the night with Buffy.

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Who was the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

The idea was first visited through Whedon's script for the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which featured Kristy Swanson in the title role. The director, Fran Rubel Kuzui, saw it as a "pop culture comedy about what people think about vampires".

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Was Angel always a vampire?

It is not until the episode "Angel" that the character is revealed to be a benevolent vampire from Galway, Ireland, who emigrated to the United States to escape his past as the sadistic Angelus after his soul was restored by a vengeful Romani clan.

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Why did Cordelia leave Buffy?

After three seasons on Buffy, Cordelia left the series to move over to star in Angel, a spin-off series focusing on Buffy's vampire ex-lover Angel (David Boreanaz). The first season of Angel sees Cordelia move to Los Angeles, in the hopes of escaping her new-found poverty by becoming an actress.

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Why did Giles stop being Buffy's Watcher?

As the Watcher of Buffy Summers, Giles developed a father-like bond with his charge, not only training her but also fighting by her side and openly defying the Council in order to save Buffy's life, which ultimately led to his dismissal from the Council.

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Why is death Buffy's gift?

Buffy took that to mean that dealing Death, i.e. killing was her gift. But in The Gift, she realized that her gift is that she can save the world and her sister through her own death, her sacrifice. That's pretty much it. We had to learn alongside Buffy about the meaning of the gift.

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Did Buffy really love Spike?

After a visit from her ex-boyfriend Riley, Buffy broke off their relationship, and told him that she couldn't love him and was only using him to "feel alive." Buffy admitted that while she did have feelings for Spike, she did not love him, and told him that their relationship couldn't have been real to him because ...

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What's the deal with Buffy's sister?

Dawn Summers was a member of the Scooby Gang, sister of Buffy Summers, and daughter of Hank and Joyce Summers. Originally a mystical power of living energy known as the Key, she had been transformed into a teenage human under the protection of the Slayer to hide her from the hell goddess Glorificus.

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Who does Willow end up with in Buffy?

Despite her still-strong feelings for Oz, Willow ultimately realized that Tara was the one she truly loved and wanted to be with at that point in her life.

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Does Angel stop loving Buffy?

Angel told Buffy this at the last minute. He confessed he loved her completely, but they couldn't be together when it cost her life and the people they still needed to help against the evil forces. Angel and Buffy shared one last desperate kiss before the day was ultimately turned back and he was once again a vampire.

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Who did Buffy the Vampire Slayer marry?

He loves cooking and cleaning. Freddie Prinze Jr has opened up about his marriage to Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar, revealing his cooking and cleaning skills are integral to all these years together. The couple met on the set of 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer, but it was a few years later they began dating.

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Does Buffy choose Angel or Spike?

In the supernatural drama series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, Buffy dated Angel in the first three seasons before she formed a relationship with Spike later on.

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Was a new Slayer called when Buffy died?

Buffy retains her Slayer powers, but her clinical death is enough for the next Slayer to be called. For the next year there are two Slayers in the world: first Kendra, who was called on Buffy's death, and then Faith, who was called when Kendra was killed by Drusilla.

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What is Buffy's real name?

Buffy Anne Summers is the title character of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before going on to appear in The WB/UPN 1997–2003 television series and subsequent 1998–2018 Dark Horse and 2019–present Boom!

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Does Buffy tell her mom she's a Slayer?

Like every Slayer before her, she was chosen and informed of her destiny when she was 15 years old. Her mother is unaware of her daughter's powers and responsibilities until Buffy is forced to tell her at the end of the second season of the television series.

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