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Creatures and villains
Vampires, demons, gods and the Big Bad of every season.
- Overview
- Creatures and villains
- Terms and places
- Slayer slang
- Characters A–Z
- Acathla
- Adam
- Brachen demons
- Glory (Glorificus)
- Illyria
- Jasmine
- Kakistos
- Olaf the Troll
- Sweet
- Ted
- The Anointed One
- The Beast
- The Bringers
- The Buffybot
- The First Evil
- The Fyarl demon
- The Gentlemen
- The hyena spirits
- The Inca Mummy Girl
- The Judge
- The Master
- The Mayor’s Ascension
- The Mohra demon
- The Senior Partners
- The Trio
- Turok-Han (Übervamp)
- Vampire
- Vengeance demons
- Werewolf
Acathla
A demon turned to stone with a sword in his chest. Whoever pulls out the sword opens a vortex that will suck the world into hell. Angelus tries to awaken him at the end of season 2.
“Acathla. And yes, the information provided by Kendra's Watcher seems conclusive.”
Giles, B 2x21 · Becoming, Part 1Mentioned in 2 episodes · 20 mentions
Adam
A creature made of human, demon and machine parts, built by Professor Maggie Walsh in the Initiative’s lab. He wants to create a new race of demon-human hybrids. Big Bad of season four.
“That's what I like to hear. Almost time to wake up, Adam.”
Walsh, B 4x13 · The I in TeamMentioned in 10 episodes · 84 mentions
Brachen demons
A peaceful demon species. Doyle is half human, half Brachen and sometimes changes involuntarily. The Scourge, racist demons, want to wipe out all half-breeds.
“My name is Lucas. I'm a Brachen demon, like yourself. My clan is from Oregon. We've been living in the woods there, safe – until - they came. Not all of us escaped.”
Lucas, A 1x09 · HeroMentioned in 1 episodes · 3 mentions
Glory (Glorificus)
A hell god banished from her dimension and bound to the body of a doctor named Ben. She hunts for the Key to return home, which would tear down the walls between worlds. Big Bad of season five.
“Or not. Glory talking to a monk tied to a chair.”
Willow, B 5x06 · FamilyMentioned in 17 episodes · 236 mentions
Illyria
An ancient demon god-king whose essence takes over Fred’s body and destroys her soul. Illyria stays with Angel’s team and learns to cope with a world she no longer rules.
Mentioned in 1 episodes · 2 mentions
Jasmine
A former Power That Be, born through Cordelia. Anyone who looks at her loves her unconditionally and lives in peace, at the price of free will. Big Bad of Angel season four.
“I wish I could be in Fred's skull...so I could explode her brain and kill her for rejecting Jasmine.”
Subtitle, A 4x19 · The Magic BulletMentioned in 1 episodes
Kakistos
A vampire so old that his hands and feet have turned into cloven hooves. He killed Faith’s Watcher and follows Faith all the way to Sunnydale.
“For Kakistos we live! For Kakistos you'll die!”
Vampire, B 3x03 · Faith, Hope and TrickMentioned in 1 episodes · 9 mentions
Olaf the Troll
Anya’s boyfriend from her human days. She turned him into a troll, and Willow accidentally brings him back. He loves beer, eating babies and his hammer.
Mentioned in 1 episodes
Sweet
A demon who makes people sing and dance until they burst into flames. He is the reason for the musical episode “Once More, with Feeling”.
Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ted
Joyce’s new boyfriend is charming, a wonderful cook and almost too perfect. He is a robot from the fifties who keeps looking for a new wife.
“Oh! Uh, this is my daughter, Buffy. Buffy, this is Ted.”
Joyce, B 2x11 · TedMentioned in 1 episodes · 47 mentions
The Anointed One
A child who, according to prophecy, will lead the Master to Buffy. After the Master’s death the little vampire Collin leads his followers, until Spike shoves him into the sunlight early in season 2.
“You were spot-on about the connection. I've looked at the writings of Aurelius himself, and he, he prophesied that the brethren of his order would come to the Master and bring him the Anointed.”
Giles, B 1x05 · Never Kill a Boy on the First DateMentioned in 5 episodes · 24 mentions
The Beast
A huge demon that descends on Los Angeles in season 4 and blots out the sun. Only Angelus knows him from the past, so the team brings Angelus back.
Mentioned in 2 episodes · 5 mentions
The Bringers
Eyeless blind monks who serve the First. They hunt the Potentials with knives, because the First itself cannot touch anyone.
“9 INT. FLAT IN ENGLAND - DAY Resume. Giles is talking to Robson while a Bringer sneaks up behind him, wielding an axe.”
Prologue, B 7x14 · First DateMentioned in 2 episodes · 2 mentions
The Buffybot
Warren builds Spike a robot that looks like Buffy. After Buffy’s death the Buffybot keeps up appearances so the demons won’t notice Sunnydale is without a Slayer.
“It's a robot. It's an evil robot constructed from evil parts that look like me designed to do evil.”
ScruffyXANDER, B 5x03 · The ReplacementMentioned in 9 episodes · 77 mentions
The First Evil
Evil itself, older than any demon. It has no body and only appears in the form of the dead. It cannot touch anyone, but it manipulates people. In season 3 it drives Angel to the brink of death; in season 7 it sets out to wipe out the Slayer line.
“Maybe. Maybe not. In my experience, there are... two types of monster. The first, uh, can be redeemed, or more importantly, wants to be redeemed.”
Giles, B 3x04 · Beauty And The Beasts aka Honey, I'm HomeMentioned in 9 episodes · 14 mentions
The Fyarl demon
A horned, immensely strong demon. Ethan Rayne turns Giles into a Fyarl, and only Spike still recognises him.
“No, you're speaking Fyarl. I happen to speak Fyarl. And . . . by the way, why the hell are you suddenly a Fyarl demon? You just come over all demony this morning?”
Spike, B 4x12 · A New ManMentioned in 2 episodes · 11 mentions
The Gentlemen
Fairy-tale demons who steal the voices of a whole town so that no one can scream while they collect seven hearts. Known from the almost silent episode “Hush”. Only a real scream can kill them.
“Gentlemen, suit up. We have a code red. Hostile 17 has escaped.”
Walsh, B 4x07 · The InitiativeMentioned in 4 episodes · 9 mentions
The hyena spirits
On a zoo trip Xander and four classmates are possessed by spirits from the hyena enclosure. They become a pack that hunts and in the end even eats the principal.
“Come on, we're gonna check out the Hyena House.”
Kyle, B 1x06 · The PackMentioned in 1 episodes · 25 mentions
The Inca Mummy Girl
A young Inca princess, sacrificed 500 years ago, who wakes up in the museum. To stay alive she must drain others of their life force – and falls for Xander of all people.
“No, I think it ends with, 'And she became a scary, discolored, shriveled mummy.'”
Xander, B 2x04 · Inca Mummy GirlMentioned in 6 episodes · 51 mentions
The Judge
A demon who burns people alive with a touch if there is humanity in them. Spike and Drusilla reassemble him in season 2. No weapon forged can kill him, so Buffy reaches for a rocket launcher.
“It-it's a legend... way before my time... of a demon brought forth to rid the Earth of the plague of humanity... separate the righteous from the wicked... and to burn the righteous down. They call him the Judge.”
Angel, B 2x13 · Surprise (Part 1)Mentioned in 2 episodes · 19 mentions
The Master
Ancient vampire and leader of the Order of Aurelius. Since a failed attempt to open the Hellmouth he has been trapped in a mystical bubble beneath Sunnydale. He is the Big Bad of season one.
“You were supposed to be bringing an offering for the Master! We're almost at Harvest, and you dally with this child!”
Luke, B 1x01 · Welcome to the HellmouthMentioned in 12 episodes · 55 mentions
The Mayor’s Ascension
Mayor Richard Wilkins III founded Sunnydale about a hundred years ago to feed his Ascension. On graduation day he turns into a giant snake demon. Big Bad of season three.
“This isn't over. If I have to, I'll go all the way to the Mayor.”
Joyce, B 3x02 · Dead Man's PartyMentioned in 11 episodes · 92 mentions
The Mohra demon
A warrior of darkness whose blood regenerates. A drop of it makes Angel human again – for one day that only he will remember.
“It's called a Mohra demon. They're pretty powerful assassins, soldiers of darkness kind of thing. They take out warriors for our side, like you and Buffy. 'Needs vast amounts of salt to live'.”
Doyle, A 1x08 · I will remember youMentioned in 2 episodes · 18 mentions
The Senior Partners
Ancient demons who own Wolfram & Hart. They almost never show themselves and run the firm through its lawyers and contracts that last beyond death.
“Set up an interoffice meeting for 4:00. Seems we have a new player in town. - No, no, there is any need to disturb the senior partners with this. Not yet.”
Lawyer pulls out his cell phone, A 1x01 · City of ...Mentioned in 12 episodes · 22 mentions
The Trio
Warren, Jonathan and Andrew, three nerds with tech, magic and delusions of grandeur who want to rule Sunnydale. What starts as a game ends with Tara’s death by Warren’s bullet and Willow’s fall.
“Which of you is the leader? ANDREW/JONATHAN/WARREN: I am.”
Demon, B 6x04 · FloodedMentioned in 14 episodes · 204 mentions
Turok-Han (Übervamp)
The primordial form of vampire, older and far stronger than ordinary ones. The First sends them against Buffy in season 7; an entire army of them waits beneath the Hellmouth.
Vampire
A human who drinks a vampire’s blood and then dies comes back as a vampire. The soul is gone; a demon inhabits the body and keeps its memories. Vampires have a demon face and no reflection, cannot stand sunlight, and turn to dust when a wooden stake pierces the heart.
“To make you a vampire they have to suck your blood. And then you have to suck their blood. It's like a whole big sucking thing. Mostly they're just gonna kill you. Why am I still talking to you?”
Buffy, B 1x01 · Welcome to the HellmouthMentioned in 170 episodes · 917 mentions
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Vengeance demons
Demons in D’Hoffryn’s service who take vengeance on men when wronged women wish for it. The best known is Anyanka, later Anya. Her amulet is the source of her power; without it she becomes human again.
“It's what, um, Cordelia was wearing. It's the, the, uh, symbol of, of Anyanka.”
Giles, B 3x09 · The WishMentioned in 14 episodes · 45 mentions
Werewolf
A human who turns into a wolf on the three nights of each full moon. Oz is bitten by his little cousin and gradually learns to control the wolf.
“And you're sure it was a werewolf?”
Buffy, B 2x15 · PhasesMentioned in 9 episodes · 58 mentions
Episodes and quotes are found automatically in the original English scripts (only episodes with a transcript). For common words only the relevant seasons are counted.