Which slayers did spike kill

Spike is probably the character who transforms the most on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike wasn't supposed to be a main character on the show. Originally, Spike was written as a cool, punk rock vampire that was going to come in and stir up some trouble, but would eventually be dusted by the slayer.

When creator Joss Whedon saw how well audiences responded to Spike, he decided to make the character a more permanent part of the series. Spike quickly became a fan favorite and the twists and turns of this character's storyline always kept audiences on their toes. As is the case for most of the villains who come to Sunnydale, Spike's main goal upon his arrival is to kill the slayer. He spends his first couple episodes telling anyone who will listen that he's killed two slayers before and intends to make Buffy his third.

Spike's motivations change the longer he is in Sunnydale. By the end of the second season, Spike doesn't want to kill Buffy, he wants to team up with her to stop Angel from sending the world to hell because he's jealous of his old friend and Angel's relationship with Drusilla, who Spike also loves. Spike has never had much of a filter when it comes to saying what's on his mind, but he starts to hone that impulse, so it becomes more of a valued skill and a sign that he cares.

We get out first glimpse of that in season three, when Spike sees Angel's soul has been restored and he and Buffy are back together. Spike calls them out and warns that they can never be together without putting everyone in danger.

Spike says what everyone else is thinking and as he bonds with Buffy and her friends, he starts calling them out even more, which is a welcomed point of view most of the time. One of the most pivotal storylines for Spike is when he is captured by The Initiative in season four, and they place a chip in his head, making it impossible for Spike to hurt humans. Spike is upset at first, to say the least, and is desperately seeking a way to get the chip out of his head.

Eventually, he accepts his fate and starts drinking animal blood from mugs to survive. The show frequently uses Spike's chip as a metaphor for impotence and there are quite a few jokes made at his expense. Spike realizes that since Buffy isn't actually human once she is resurrected, he can hurt her, but he still chooses not to do so, showing how much he has changed with the chip in his head. When Spike loses his ability to hurt humans, he decides to fight demons instead.

Spike loves a good fight no matter what, and that's something that never changes, but who he's fighting is drastically different by the end of the series. Spike used to be the thing Buffy and her friends feared. Now, Spike is the thing Buffy and her friends turn to when they need help or back-up with a new big-bad.

Spike still has his vampire strength and he can channel that into doing good instead of trying to destroy good. Unlike Angel, Spike had an ability to differentiate between his human, soulless and ensouled selves. As a human, he was a romantic, ineffectual gentleman [32] who was mocked by his peers. William took on a new persona in order to maintain Drusilla's affections, and to anger Angelus, but remained a romantic at heart.

He later told Angel that although Drusilla turned him, it was Angelus's influence over him that caused him to become a "monster. While Spike changed throughout his years with and without Angelus, he remained as true to himself as he could without a soul. He eventually gained his swaggering posture, a love for punk and rock music and continued to live by his own unique moral compass.

After winning back his soul, he was at first confused and overwhelmed under the First's influence, but eventually came to examine the natures of "good" and "evil" in an entirely new way; [88] while William Pratt and Spike were two undeniably different entities, ensouled Spike was a mixture of both: he possessed William's human capacities for love, trust, friendship and loyalty, and Spike's confidence, maturity, and outward persona.

Unlike Angel remorse and redemption weren't the driving factors for Spike, while he felt both over the acts he committed in his odd years as a vampire, his attitude was that the past was over and, even if he lost his soul, he'd still remain "good" due to his devotion to those he loved.

After Buffy's resurrection, Spike remained with her friends and became a full-fledged member of the Scoobies, but was still a victim to his own murderous impulses due to his lack of a soul.

Buffy believed him incapable of loving her because of this, declaring that he was nothing but a "soulless thing," despite all the good he had done for her, Dawn, and the Scoobies. This, of course, reflects one of Spike's most detrimental personality traits: his intense sensitivity. William Pratt was sensitive as a human, and this followed him into his unlife. After Drusilla cheated on him, he became comically depressed and even joked about suicide, [50] when Buffy pushed him to the ground and told him he was "beneath her," he sobbed to himself, and even followed her to her house afterwards with a shotgun in a soon abandoned attempt to kill her.

Despite Spike's outward displays of confidence and arrogance, it was indicated frequently that this was usually an effort to cover up his insecurities over both himself and his relationships.

He admitted while "finding himself" that he didn't have as much confidence or direction since he was ensouled and that, at certain points, he missed that about being soulless despite his genuine desire to be a good man. This was made especially apparent in his interactions with Buffy. He had stated on multiple occasions Buffy would never be able to love him when he first realized his feelings [66] [74] and even after the strong connection they developed once he received his soul, Spike still seemed fixed in this belief.

It was often Buffy's deprecation that caused him to want to be a better person. Before winning back his soul, he became obsessed with the prospects of being a monster or a man. While under Sweet's spell, he sang about Buffy: "First he'll kill her, then I'll save her," and: "No, first I'll save her, then I'll kill her. He said to Buffy: "I know that I'm a monster, but you treat me like a man.

Following his attempted rape on Buffy, he fled her house. He reflected on his inability to be either monster or man: "What have I done? Why didn't I do it? What has she done to me? In essence, it was his desire to be a "man" that caused him to want to reclaim both his soul and Buffy's trust.

As the time progressed, Spike had become a genuine albeit jaded hero at heart rather than an evildoer trying to do good for Buffy's sake. Additionally, he respected human life to the extent that he was unwilling to sacrifice thousands just to save Fred [35] and was horrified when Illyria killed Jeremy Johns to help him defeat Non.

Spike spoke with a strong lower-class English accent and often used typical British English slang; while suffering from amnesia, he labeled Giles a "nancy boy" for being English before realizing: "Bloody hell! Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, oh God! I'm English! He on occasion bordered on poetic in his understanding of love and life as being driven by blood; [50] he believed that blood was more powerful than any supernatural force because it separated the living from the dead.

He also stated that all they had ever done was "dance," proclaiming that she wanted to "dance" with him. Among his favorite targets were Angel, Xander, Giles, and to a lesser extent Buffy.

Whenever he was sickened, injured, [50] frightened, angered, or overall disgusted, [54] Spike typically shouted the phrase "bloody hell," his catchphrase.

Spike often nicknamed the people in his life, both as insults and as terms of endearment. Spike often treated his vampiric vulnerabilities as simply annoying inconveniences rather than actual limitations: he drove in broad daylight in vehicles with blacked-out windows, [50] and regularly traveled outside during the day, using a blanket for cover.

Spike appeared to be a fan of pop culture; when held captive by the Scooby Gang, his biggest concern was missing his favorite soap opera, Passions. Spike was a fan of punk rock music like Sid Vicious , in particular his version of "My Way" that he sang to himself, [50] and the Ramones.

Spike was also indifferent to Halloween , much like most vampires and demons, who largely avoid hunting on Halloween. Spike had a punk look which strongly resembles that of English rock musician Billy Idol or rather Idol resembled Spike. Spike usually wore a long black leather duster. He had briefly worn a duster he took from a Nazi officer he killed.

He wore the Slayer's black duster for over twenty-five years. His outfit during his first stay in Sunnydale included grey jeans, dark brown or black t-shirt, red silk button shirt, and his black leather duster.

His trademark look during his second stay included the leather duster, a black t-shirt or v-neck shirt and black denim or leather pants, usually with heavy boots. Spike also occasionally wore black or blue button-up shirts, black wife beaters, and a black long-sleeved shirt which was torn apart during the demon trials that won Spike his soul. On rare occasions, Spike deviated from his trademark look, most notably during his fling with Buffy, in which he would often wear grey, blue, brown, green, and other colored button shirts and t-shirts, but the duster remained.

Twice he deviated from his look to look good for Buffy, wearing baggy khaki pants, an oversized brown leather bomber jacket, pale and green button shirts, and a grey t-shirt.

As a captain of his bug crew, he wore blue jeans inside long brown buckle boots, a double belt, and an open-neck t-shirt in beige, red, or gray. Enhanced vampire abilities : Spike had the standard powers and vulnerabilities of a vampire; he was immortal, regenerated damage, possessed superhuman physical attributes, and had heightened senses, able to track people by scent alone.

He was also vulnerable to holy items and sunlight, could be killed by decapitation and a stake to the heart, needed to regularly ingest mammal blood to maintain his vitality, and could not enter the residence of a living human without being invited by a resident. Also, he was more resistant to sunlight and holy items than most vampires, once using a large cross as a bludgeoning weapon against Angel and withstanding the pain despite it burning his hands.

Advanced combat : Spike was famous for having killed two Slayers. For example, he was able to briefly overcome Illyria during a test of her abilities when she was at the height of her powers, doing so after he trained with her for months and adapted to her abilities. Illyria criticized his and others' ability to adapt, calling it "compromise.

Much like Angel, Spike was proficient in various forms of martial arts, and his typical fighting style blends Judo, Karate, Kung-Fu, and others. While the implantation of the chip neutered him from employing his fighting prowess against human targets, the Scoobies had, time and again, conceded and maintained that Spike still remained as big a threat due to his ability to harm or unsettle his victims in ways apart from the physical.

Keen intelligence : Spike often displayed insight and skills in perception and observation, especially with regard to relationships and personalities, so long as the relationship in question doesn't concern him personally. This ability allows him to wield powerful psychological weapons as easily and effectively as physical ones.

For example, when he wants to create disharmony among the Scoobies, Spike divides-and-conquers by exploiting tensions that exist under the surface to turn Buffy and her friends against each other. Although capable of developing sound battle strategies, Spike particularly in the days before receiving his chip and being ensouled often lost patience with anything more complicated than outright attack.

He was also impatient to fight the Slayer upon his initial arrival in Sunnydale; the attack was supposed to coincide with the Night of Saint Vigeous, but he "couldn't wait" to go after the Slayer and attacks the night before, which results in the deaths of many vampires of the Order of Aurelius. Feigning weakness, he endured tortuous weeks watching Angel sexually pursue Drusilla as he waited for the right time to strike against his rival.

Technical skills : Spike was significantly more competent and comfortable with modern technology than Angel; his knowledge allowed him to turn a mausoleum into a comfortable home with electricity and cable television.

He would also use video game systems [97] [37] and a computer. Criminal and motorist skills : Due to his experience in criminal activities, he was skilled at picking locks, hotwiring cars, and pick-pocketing.

At the time, he was capable of walking through solid objects. He was initially unable to make contact with objects around him until he learned how to focus his abilities through desire, allowing him to make brief contact with people and things if he concentrated enough. However, this ability was relatively useless in a fight, as he was unable to pick up a wooden bar to hit the demon Tezcatcatl , [] and required a few moments to properly punch a cyborg that was strangling Gunn.

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However, when she turns to the dark side, Faith becomes more ruthless and alienates herself from her friends. Surprisingly, though, her kill count didn't particularly increase, She attempted to kill most of the Scooby Gang but was unsuccessful, which is why she didn't rank higher on this list.

This may be a surprise to some of you reading this article but kill count doesn't just apply to the bad guys. With all the years that Buffy had been a Vampire Slayer, her total body count was well into the hundreds by the time the television series had ended.

And that's not even including Buffy's kills prior to the pilot. Buffy's destiny as a Vampire Slayer provided her with many enviable gifts, such as premonition, super strength, and the ability to think up amazing one-liners while fighting off hordes of vampires and demons. But it also means that death is her constant companion; it's even in the title. They may deserve it, but Buffy has killed many supernatural beings over the years.

Anya is a fan-favorite character from Buffy , mainly due to her hilarious insights into the human psyche and her sarcastic, cutting remarks. However, for the majority of Anya's time on the show, she was human. Viewers didn't often get to see Anya as a fully functioning Vengeance Demon, so it was always a treat when Buffy showed glimpses of Anya's dark side. Anya was directly responsible for the Dark Sunnydale plot in Season 3, which killed so many beloved characters.

In a flashback later on in the series, she and Halfrek were in St Petersburg in , where Anya had sparked a revolution, leading to yet more deaths. Impressive work, to be fair. Drusilla is an infamous vampire who probably has the most tragic and horrific backstory of any Buffy character. When Angel was still Angelus, he developed an obsession with Drusilla and, instead of killing her outright, he subjected her to the worst mental torture possible, eventually driving her insane.

Angelus then sired Drusilla, meaning her torment would be eternal. Thanks to Angelus's vile machinations, Drusilla became one of the most dangerous vampires around at that time. Not only was she a soulless monster, but she was also completely crazy and even had the occasional vision of the future.

She used all these characteristics to kill innocent people for centuries. Darla is one of the most complex vampires in Buffy , and considering the competition, that's really saying something.

Darla was sired by the Master back in the early 17th century and was one of his most loyal followers for decades.