Buffy Summers arrives in Sunnydale, California after being kicked out of a number of schools for unruly behaviour. At her last school she burned down the gymnasium: naturally no-one believed her story that it was full of vampires, and she was expelled. Around this time Buffy's parents, Hank and Joyce, divorced, and Buffy blames herself for the break-up.

Buffy is not your average teenager. She is a Slayer, destined to fight the forces of evil. She arrives in Sunnydale unaware that the town's school sits above a porthole of psychic energy, a gateway to another dimension, populated by demons - the Hellmouth. She soon discovers that this attracts vampires and other foes from miles around.

Buffy lives with her divorcee mother, Joyce, who is blissfully unaware that her daughter is killing vampires when she's not studying algebra. Buffy leads a strange double existence, balancing her responsibilities as the Slayer with her desire for an ordinary teenage life. Guided by her Watcher, Rupert Giles, and supported by the academically-gifted Willow Rosenberg, and her friend Xander Harris, Buffy usually manages to cope with school life and Sunnydale's vampire population. Buffy's been less fortunate in matters of the heart. Her duties make it difficult to form long-term relationships. Buffy finds herself irresistibly drawn to the mysterious Angel, and is initially horrified when she discovers that he is a vampire...

In 'Prophecy Girl' Buffy was forced to confront her deepest fears. Knowing that her encounter with The Master might end her life she fought against her natural impulse to simply quit. She confronted The Master's lair, but was bitten and died. She was found and revived by Angel and Xander, who gave her the kiss of life.

Her relationship with Angel has been a traumatic one. After their first night together Angel�s soul was destroyed and the vampire turned evil again, pitting him against a heartbroken Buffy. Buffy, knowing that Angel had to pay his subsequent murderous rampage, sent Angel to Hell, but he soon returned, renewed, and Buffy nursed Angel back to health.

A battle-scarred alternate-universe version of Buffy appeared in 'The Wish'. This version of Buffy had never come to Sunnydale and had been working with another Watcher in Cleveland. She was summoned by Giles to help undo a spell cast by Anyanka, but died at the hands of The Master.

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Angel

Willow Rosenberg

Rupert Giles

Xander Harris

Cordelia Chase

Principal Snyder

Jenny Calendar

Oz

Faith