List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters
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Major and recurring characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer are as follows:
Cast
Main cast
The following characters were featured in the opening credits of the program.
Recurring cast
Notable guest cast
Note
Main characters
Buffy Summers
Portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar
The show's titular protagonist, Buffy, is "The Slayer", one in a long line of young girls chosen by fate to battle evil forces in the form of vampires and demons. The Slayer has no jurisdiction over human crime. Slaying vampires and other paranormal beings is her specialty and she has a personal rule against killing humans. This calling mystically endows her with a limited degree of clairvoyance, usually in the form of prophetic dreams, as well as dramatically increased physical strength, endurance, agility, intuition, and speed and ease of healing. Traditionally, there has been only one Slayer alive at any given moment, with a new one called upon the event of her death.
Xander Harris
Portrayed by Nicholas Brendon
Xander is a close friend of Buffy. Possessing no supernatural skills, Xander provides comic relief as well as a grounded, everyman perspective in the supernatural Buffyverse. In another departure from the usual conventions of television, Xander is notable for being an insecure and subordinate male in a world dominated by powerful females.
Willow Rosenberg
Portrayed by Alyson Hannigan
Willow was originally a nerdy girl who contrasted Buffy's cheerleader personality but also shared the social isolation Buffy suffered after becoming a Slayer.
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