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Names, as sources of power
necromancers
Nether-realm, the
neural clamping, Bezoar
neural paralytic
Nietzsche, Fredrich, master and slave morality

• Faith
• Wolfram and Hart
• FIrst Evil
• The Beast's Master

Night of St. Vigeous, the
Noxon, Marti on:

• Spike's feelings for Buffy
• The true motives of the Trio

Nyazian prophecies, the (text of, false prophecy, fulfillment of)

Objectivity
objects, people considered as
Oden Tal, the species and their dimension
Olaf
Old Ones, the (The Harvest, A Hole in the World, Not Fade Away)
Operant Conditioning
Oracles, the (realm of the, moral ambiguity of, death of)
Orb of Thessela, the
order, evil-as-
Owen/Owenosity
Oz (Daniel Osborne)

• finest moments
• moral ambiguity of
• leaving Sunnydale (WAH, NMR)

Paganism
pantheism
parasite
Park, Gavin (moral ambiguity of, death)
Pearson, Dennis, Maude
penance
Penn
Pergamum Codex, the
person vs. human
personal identity
Pete (B&tB)
philosophies of fighting

• Buffy
• Faith
• Kendra
• The Initiative
• Angel
• Angel vs. Spike

philosophy
physical/material energy
physics (quantum, Einstein's, High energy physics and string theory)
Pippin's corruption theory of vampire personality traits
poetic justice
poltergeists
Poophead Principle, the
possession
Powers That Be (PTBs), the

• metaphysics of
• actions of
• limitations
• moral ambiguity of
• and battle for humankind

pre-cognition
predator

• morality of the
• evil of the
• good of the

pre-destination
pregnancy, mystical vs. biological
Primals, the
prophylactic, paranormal
prophecy
psychic phenomena:

• hot spots
• powers
• psychic surgeons
• psychic umbilical cord

puritans
Pylea

• Covenant of the Trombli
• cows
• The Cursed One
• the dimension of
• Fred
• Groosalugg, the
• Holy books of the Trombli
• traveling to
• returning from
• effect on vampires

Queller, the
Quortoth

• the dimension of
• and origin of the Sluks
• Holtz and Connor in (Benediction, Magic Bullet)
• dimensional rift to

Rape
Rayne, Ethan, the evil of
Redemption, philosophies of
Reed, Nathan
regeneration
relativism
religion in the Buffyverse
repression AKA "the selective memory thing"
responsibility

• examples of concept
• television's responsibility to real-life violence
• "cause" vs. "responsible"

Retributivism
revenge--see vengeance
revivification (of the Master, of Darla)
Rights: demon, human
Riley, Lawrence and Colleen
Ripper
rituals, and coding of
Robots:

• Moloch the demon robot
• Ted
• April
• The Buffy-bot (design, after Buffy's death)

rogue demon hunters
Ross, Marcie (Invisible Girl)

Sadism, pathological
Sahjhan (and Holtz, origins, raising of, trapping, death)
Sandy the Vampire
sapient, sapience
Sartre, Jean Paul (La Nausee, existentialist views)
Satan (example of evil-as-chaos)
science and the Buffyverse
science vs. magic
Scooby Gang, the/slayerettes

• members
• finest moments
• morally ambiguous individualism in
• "mutiny" against Buffy
• post-mutiny
• in the final battle against the First Evil
• post-Chosen

Scourge, the
sea monsters (Go Fish)
self, the
self determination
selfishness
sex in the Buffyverse
sexism, examples of
shape-shifting
Shroud of Rahmon, the
Sid the puppet
signs and portents
Sisterhood of Jhe, the
Skepticism
Skip (metaphysics of, evil of, death of)
slayers, vampire

• blood of
• calling (and the official lineage of calling)
• proto- (potential) slayers, metaphysics of, locating, training
• first slayer (appearance in dreams, legend of)
• evil slayers
• and free will
• rogue
• handbook
• healing powers
• ability to hone
• lore/prophecy
• multiple
• strength
• as predators
• Cruciamentum test
• unanswered questions about
• "death wish" of
• ritual of the quest
• vulnerability in the slayer line
• as mothers
• and the Guardians
• end of the one-slayer death rule
• and the Scythe
• in the final battle against the First Evil

Smith, Mere on (WH vamp detectors, Angel's move from PTB's)
snake demons: Lurconis. Machida, Olvikan, Sobek
snow (in Amends)
Snyder, Principal
social constructivism
sociopathy
somnambulist
sorcerers
soul

• of humans
• of demons
• as consciousness
• as life-force
• as conscience
• restoration
• transfer

spells

• examples
• guiding
• protection
• of witches

Spike

moral ambiguity of, evil of as mortal and Drusilla, love for, reunion with age killed two slayers vs. Anointed One vs. Angel(us) sire, Oedipal complex of chip: implanted, functioning, degradation of thing for Buffy capability for love and compassion, redemption of? defense of Dawn against Glory relationship with Buffy, nature of debate over good and evil of attempted rape of Buffy and aftermath of

transformation into souled vampire Souled Spike's identity crisis revelation of soul to Buffy manipulation by the First Evil responsibility for Sunnydale killing spree removal of chip curing of the First Evil's trigger relationship with mother (as mortals, as vampires) and Nikki Wood, Robin Wood death of return as a spirit recorporalization as "Champion of the Powers" role in the final battle against Wolfram and Hart

Spirit Guides, the
spirits

• vs. souls
• powers of

steroids
street kids, the
Stuart Mill, John
subjectivity of another person
Summers, Buffy
Summers, Joyce

• moral ambiguity of
• illness
• death

Summers Hank (pre-Dawn, post-Dawn)
Summers, Dawn
Sunday
Sunnydale

• adults of
• city of
• high school
• UC campus
• destruction of

Superego
supernatural, the
swamis

Talismans
Tara

• witchhood
• metaphysics of
• finest moments
• moral ambiguity of
• early relationship with Willow
• family
• defense of Dawn against Glory (month of insanity)
• philosophy of witchcraft
• fight with Willow over Willow's use of magic
• breakup with Willow
• make up with Willow
• death

Taraka, the Order of
Tarnis
technology
techno-mystical hybrids
technopagan
Ted, the evil robot
telekinesis
telepathy
temporal anomalies

• temporal flux
• temporal folds
• time-warps
• time-loops
• non-linear time (Dead Things, Time Bomb)
• temporal shifts
• time travel
• Illyria's ability to manipulate time

teleportation
thaumogenesis
thrall (of ghosts, of vampires)
Three, the
transformations: physical, from human, psychological
transuding furies, the
transliteration annals
transmigration of spirits
transmogrification
Travers, Quentin
Trials, the
Tribunal, the
Mr. Trick
Trio, the (Jonathan, Warren, and Andrew)

• background
• moral ambiguity of
• death of Warren
• Jonathan and Andrew leaving Sunnydale

the Tro-clon
trolls

Un-American Activities Committee
undead, the

• ritual of the the undead (AKA the Gypsy curse)
• vampires as

Vampires

dual nature, "pure" vampires, the Turok-han masters and minions (hierarchical social structures) sire-ing, experience of, siring and free will, birth, human procreation invitation to, revoking the invitation to reflections, video tape, mind casts no reflection metal mystical nights spells physiology, speed, strength, age, breathing, senses, eating and drinking, drugs instinct for evil, free will of redemption of (Fury's rule, Watcher's theory) and love "neutering" implants

illness and injury killing, fire, wooden stake through heart, crosses and holy water, sunlight after(un)life, evidence of, nature of bite dens

vampire wanna-be cult
"Vampire with a Soul", The
veil
vengeance

• principled
• unprincipled
• symbolic
• curses
• demons of (Anyanka, Halfrek, souls of)
• spirits of

Veruca

Walsh, Professor Maggie
Warren Mears

• moral ambiguity of
• evil of
• death

warriors

• of good
• of evil
• ethics of the

The Watcher's Council

• The Shadowmen, origins of
• basics of
• moral ambiguity of
• diaries and practices
• unanswered questions about
• watcher-slayer relationships
• destruction of by the First Evil
• return?

weakness/impressionability
Wells, Andrew

• moral ambiguity of
• leaving Sunnydale
• return to Sunnydale
• murder of Jonathan
• confessing to murder of Jonathan
• and deactivating the Seal of Danthazar
• appearance in Los Angeles, life in Rome

werewolves

• metaphysics of
• ethics of
• "cure" for werewolf condition

Whistler
white hats, the
William the Bloody origin
Willy the bar tender
Willow

finest moments moral ambiguity of witchhood of early relationship with Tara Willow-whackage Willow-power VampWillow irresponsibility with magic headaches, revenge on Glory visits to L.A. (TNPLPG, Orpheus) resurrection spell

relationship with Anya, Season 5, Season 7 memory spell on Tara philosophy of witchcraft breakup with Tara black magic crisis response to Tara's death, Villains, Two to Go/Grave rehabilitation at Westbury coven return to Sunnydale fear of her own power mourning of/moving on from Tara courting by Kennedy, Kennedy and magic in the final battle against the First Evil

Winters, Russell
witches/wicca

• wicca as religion
• depiction of wicca on BtVS
• natural witches
• powers
• spells
• training
• ethics of altering life and death
• the Westbury coven

wizards: Bryce, Lanier, Kurskov
Wolfram and Hart Law Firm

• evil activities of
• analysis of lawyers in the
• philosophy of life
• special ops team of
• psychics of
• Angel plan
• massacre of special projects division
• vamp detectors
• evil-as-corruption/apocalypse plans of
• The Senior Partners (metaphysics of, and the apocalypse)
• 75-year Review
• philosophy of evil
• massacre by the Beast
• return
• origins ("Wolf, Ram, and Hart"), Through the Looking Glass, Shells

2003-2004

• decision to take over Wolfram & Hart LA office
• doubts about working at Wolfram and Hart
• reform of Los Angeles office
• source books of
• memory wipe
• zero-tolerance policy at Wolfram and Hart
• working for Wolfram and Hart/compromises with evil: Conviction, Life of the Party, Soul Purpose, You're Welcome, Smile Time, Underneath.
• destruction of Wolfram and Hart/The Circle of the Black Thorn

Wood, Nikki (death of, relationship with son)

Wood, Robin

• Principal of new Sunnydale High
• "secret identity"
• and the First Evil
• mother/slayer issues
• relationship with mother
• vengeance against Spike
• and Faith

Worth, Professor Lester
Wyndam-Pryce, Roger
Wyndam-Pryce, Wesley

• finest moments
• fighting skills, philosophy of fighting
• moral ambiguity of
• as general of the Pylean rebels
• jealousy of Gunn
• betrayal of Angel/kidnapping Connor
• post-Connor kidnapping
• seduction by Lilah
• search for Angel
• new demon-hunting business
• relationship with Lilah
• plan to remove Angel's soul
• show-down with Gunn over Fred
• and the death of Lilah
• memories of 2001-2003
• reaction to Fred's death
• return of Connor memories
• role in the final battle against Wolfram and Hart
• death

Xander

• finest moments
• moral ambiguity of
• and Giles
• personality traits of
• post-Graduation
• bad-luck lust list
• lie to Buffy in B2
• marriage anxieties
• The Harris Family
• calling off the wedding
• and Anya, post leaving at alter
• and Willow's descent
• "Official" end to relationship with Anya
• in the final battle against the First Evil
• VampXander

Zabuto, Sam (Kendra's watcher)
Zeppo/non-Zeppo evil fighters
zombies

• examples
• Ovu Mobani (the zombie demon)
• zombie god