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** A really interesting example is {{spoiler|The First Evil. Being incorporeal and essentially a force of nature, it actually ''cannot'' be defeated. The only thing the Scoobies were able to do was to destroy the Hellmouth, eliminating The First Evil's army, but not The First itself. Oh well.}} |
** A really interesting example is {{spoiler|The First Evil. Being incorporeal and essentially a force of nature, it actually ''cannot'' be defeated. The only thing the Scoobies were able to do was to destroy the Hellmouth, eliminating The First Evil's army, but not The First itself. Oh well.}} |
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** Spike. He is more popular than the rest of the characters combined and people tend to forgive him everything, but he is arguably the most blatant example of this trope in the entire Buffyverse. Even before he was chipped Buffy let him walk away a few times for no reason (like in the episode "Halloween"). Then he gets chipped and everyone is suddenly trusting this chip literally with their lives, never mind that the organization that made it soon proved to be both evil and incompetent. Willow actually comforts Spike for his "impotence" - i.e. the inability to kill her! He starts killing people once more (against his will) in Season 7 - Buffy's reaction is "He must be being framed". Whatever, "Slayer"... |
** Spike. He is more popular than the rest of the characters combined and people tend to forgive him everything, but he is arguably the most blatant example of this trope in the entire Buffyverse. Even before he was chipped Buffy let him walk away a few times for no reason (like in the episode "Halloween"). Then he gets chipped and everyone is suddenly trusting this chip literally with their lives, never mind that the organization that made it soon proved to be both evil and incompetent. Willow actually comforts Spike for his "impotence" - i.e. the inability to kill her! He starts killing people once more (against his will) in Season 7 - Buffy's reaction is "He must be being framed". Whatever, "Slayer"... |
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*** Spike wasn't allowed to walk away in 'Halloween', he ''ran''. Buffy chose not to pursue, but given that they had a roomful of small kids who needed an escort home across Sunnydale late at night, her decision to stick with them is understandable. |
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** Anya's centuries of killing men at the wishes of scorned women is ignored by the main cast, despite her open desire to return to her demonic identity after becoming human and putting several lives at risk pursuing it. Though this helped by the fact that for the most part, when she became human, she stopped killing humans. Falling in love with Xander helped cement her as an ally among the Scoobies. Ultimately, she was killed by a Bringer while helping to save the world. |
** Anya's centuries of killing men at the wishes of scorned women is ignored by the main cast, despite her open desire to return to her demonic identity after becoming human and putting several lives at risk pursuing it. Though this helped by the fact that for the most part, when she became human, she stopped killing humans. Falling in love with Xander helped cement her as an ally among the Scoobies. Ultimately, she was killed by a Bringer while helping to save the world. |
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** The protagonists go through considerable trouble to make vampire Willow into one of these. Even after she tries to murder dozens of innocent people succeeding with few, the Scooby gang just let her leave back to her own world, even giving goodbye hugs and advice "try not to kill people". The hand of karma is swift in her case, as she gets staked seconds after her return, but not for the lack of trying. |
** The protagonists go through considerable trouble to make vampire Willow into one of these. Even after she tries to murder dozens of innocent people succeeding with few, the Scooby gang just let her leave back to her own world, even giving goodbye hugs and advice "try not to kill people". The hand of karma is swift in her case, as she gets staked seconds after her return, but not for the lack of trying. |
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