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| Bio: | Out of My Mind Harmony: Is it safe? Has Buffy gotten to you yet? I saw her patrolling just now ...with a stake! She won't give up until she's killed me to death! Spike: Buffy's looking for you. Harmony: Of course! That's why I'm on the lam. Didn't you hear? I'm totally her arch-nemesis! Spike: Is that right. I must have missed the memo. Harmony: There was a mem-? Spike, oh my god! This is like a real emergency! (OOC-LOL, I just found out in 1998 James Marsters and Mercedes McNab dated(an encounter so to speak), Sarah Michelle Gellar and James Marsters dated in 1997 and Sarah Michelle dated David Boreanaz in 1998 to 1999. Oh the tangles webs we weave...)  I am not Mercedes Alicia McNab, nor am I Harmony Kendall. I gain no profit. I just play her for fun! "Sure thing, Boss!" Umm Like Grrrrrr.... Fandom: Buffy/Angel Statistics: Name Harmony Kendall Alias: Harm Status Undead Species Vampire Affiliation None, formerly Wolfram & Hart, Angel Investigations Sunnydale High students and Cordettes Notable powers Superhuman strength, speed, sight, hearing, smell, and reflexes although weaker then most vampires. Height: 5'4 Eyes: Hazel Hair Color: Golden Blond to Platinum Blonde Portrayed by Mercedes McNab Harmony Kendall was ostensibly Cordelia's best friend throughout high school - although perhaps "second in command" would be a more appropriate label for their relationship. Harmony was the archetypal bimbo: blonde, pretty, empty-headed, and only caring about her appearance and her dating status. She was too flaky for even Devon (a man who once declared that he didn't mind if his dates couldn't talk), and apparently often lied about having boyfriends. She always looked down on the Scooby Gang, and Cordy's close relationship with them. All this changed however, come graduation day. In order to stop the Mayor from devouring the entire class of 1999, the Scooby Gang enlisted the help of most of their fellow pupils, including Harmony. Perhaps the only brave act Harmony had ever done cost her dearly, as she was attacked and killed by a vampire henchman of the Mayor's. It was revealed in season 4 that Harmony had in fact been turned into a vampire, rather than simply left to die. She reappeared in Sunnydale dating Spike, whom she claimed to love. Spike, however, having neither love for anyone other than Dru, nor patience for Harmony's bimbo behavior, soon grew tired of her, and attempted to kill her. Although she survived - thanks to the Gem of Amarra - Spike abandoned her, returning only when, neutered by the Initiative, he desperately needed help and food. Harmony had at last had enough of his abuse by then, and turned him away; she then burnt his possessions. She returned in season 5, this time with a small and inept group of vampire followers and delusions of grandeur. After her gang turned on her and Buffy slaughtered most of them, Harmony fled back to Spike, asking him to keep her safe. Spike kept her around for sex for a while, before once again tiring of her and throwing her out. She is, presumably, still undead and at large.  Taken from Wikipedia: Biography [edit] Character history Harmony Kendall first appeared in the regular series in season one's "The Harvest", but actually starred in the unaired pilot, as a part of Cordelia Chase's clique, the "Cordettes". Making minor appearances throughout the first three seasons, she shunned Cordelia from their clique when Cordelia began dating Xander Harris. Harmony usurped Cordelia's old position and became the new leader of their group. In season three's conclusion ("Graduation Day") Harmony was killed by a vampire. She reappeared in season four ("The Harsh Light of Day") as a vampire and girlfriend of Spike. She soon broke up with him over his obsession with Buffy. Despite her conversion to vampirism, she retained the pettiness characteristic of spoiled teenage girls, her lack of intelligence, her susceptibility to stronger-willed people, and a juvenile affection for unicorn figurines, which, by Season 5 of Angel, was still not diminished. Spike's ambition to kill the Slayer apparently rubbed off: after separating from Spike, Harmony made her own attempt ("Real Me") which ended in disaster, with all her minions dusted. Harmony then returned to Spike for protection (though in fact the Slayer had no interest in pursuing her) until it became clear that Spike's infatuation with Buffy had become obsession ("Crush"). [edit] Los Angeles Harmony was next seen in the Buffy spinoff Angel, in that show's second-season "Disharmony". Harmony visited her old friend Cordelia in Los Angeles, not telling her she was a vampire, causing a little bit of trouble. Several years later, Harmony gained employment at the L.A. branch of the evil law firm Wolfram and Hart, as a member of the secretarial pool. She joined in part due to the building's windows being outfitted with necro-tempered glass (which prevents vampires from being killed by sunlight), as well as the firm's non-judgmental workplace culture, as W&H management actually encouraged its employees to behave in an evil manner. A few weeks into her employment with the firm, in Angel's fifth season premiere, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce hired her out of the pool to be Angel's new personal secretary, after Angel and his staff (minus Cordelia, who had fallen into a coma at the end of the previous season) were given control of that branch of Wolfram and Hart. Angel reluctantly agreed, on the strict condition that Harmony refrain from killing and drinking human blood. Harmony soon discovered that the other secretaries at the firm resented her quick rise to the position of the CEO's secretary. In the episode "Harm's Way", she was framed for murder by another vampire secretary who wanted her job, though Harmony was able to clear her name and stake her scheming rival with a pair of chopsticks. During her tenure as Angel's secretary, Harmony was not only reunited with Cordelia, just prior to Cordy's death, but also with her ex-boyfriend Spike, though aside from a brief sexual encounter, neither of them put much effort into rekindling their relationship from Buffy. She also struck up a brief friendship with Winifred "Fred" Burkle, though her relationship with Illyria, the demon who inhabited Fred's body after her death, was quite frosty. Harmony became a member of the regular cast starting with season five's "Underneath". In the series finale ("Not Fade Away") she betrayed Angel by telling his plans to Marcus Hamilton, the Senior Partners' new liaison, with whom she had a sexual relationship. When Angel discovered this, he fired her, but not before giving to her a letter of reference, perhaps indicating some measure of esteem for her secretarial skills or hope for her eventual redemption. As Angel and Hamilton prepared to fight each other, she ran off, wishing them both luck; her current whereabouts are unknown. [edit] Powers & Abilities Harmony has the standard powers and vulnerabilities of a vampire: superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and durability, along with virtual immortality. She is vulnerable to holy items and sunlight, and must regularly feed on mammal blood to maintain her vitality. She cannot enter the home of a living human without being invited by someone who lives there first. In "Conviction", Harmony claimed that she could "type like a superhero". While this could have simply been a bit of hyperbole on her part, it is possible that the increased speed and stamina that she gained as a vampire, combined with adequate typing skills, could have pushed her typing speed to superhuman levels. If so, this is a unique ability that could certainly help Harmony's employment chances, if she chooses to continue being part of the office workforce. [edit] Romantic Interests Brad Konig. A popular boy who stood Harmony up in the tenth grade. She repays him by turning him into a vampire (seen in "Real Me"). Xander Harris, under the influence of a love spell ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). Devon MacLeish, of the band Dingoes Ate My Baby. According to Oz, "Devon dated her for awhile, but she was too flaky for him, which, stop and marvel at the concept." ("The Harsh Light of Day") Spike. Harmony and Spike were introduced as a couple in season four. The pair were not a natural couple, with Harmony's vacuous and shallow nature proving hugely irritating to Spike. However, their highly sexual but rocky relationship somehow continued (despite occasional and temporary break-ups) into season five, where they finally broke up and Harmony moved to L.A. The pair were reunited in season five of Angel but did not continue their relationship (except for a very brief fling). Tobias "Toby" Dupree. See "Harm's Way". Marcus Hamilton. Harmony and Hamilton had a secret relationship in season five of Angel, and she deliberately betrayed Angel by leaking his secrets to Hamilton. Demon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Demon First appearance Welcome to the Hellmouth Last appearance Not Fade Away Created by Joss Whedon Statistics Species Name Demon Kind Demonic/Humanoid Notable powers Superhuman strength. Other powers vary with species Portrayed by (Various) In the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, a Demon is a kind of nonhuman life form generally believed to be evil due to its lack of a human soul. The definition raises complex issues. Roughly speaking, the series uses demon to describe any creature that isn't a god, robot, unmodified human, or standard terrestrial animal. Thus, the category ''demon'' includes independent self-reproducing species, former humans that have been parasitically possessed via mystical or pseudo-biological processes, non-sentient species from adjacent dimensions, life forms that have been created or modified to serve some specific purpose, self-modifying individuals of indeterminate origin, and the hybrid offspring of any or all of the above. Contents [hide] 1 Origins 2 Species 3 Ethics 4 See also [edit] Origins Many demon species are native to Earth. Many more had their origin in other dimensions. Long before mankind made its appearance, Earth was dominated by purebred demons, the most powerful of whom are known as Old Ones. Though individual Old Ones constantly made war with one another, rising and falling in power within the group, the overall dominance of the Old Ones was absolute. Over time, however, they gradually lost their hold on this reality. Some individuals, such as Illyria, were ''killed'', but did not "die" in the human sense; many such demons were confined in the Deeper Well, a hole running through the center of the world. They continued to be feared for their ability to cheat death. Others escaped to other dimensions, and became unable or unwilling to return to Earth in their true forms. Among these were the cabal known as the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart. Though Earth was now under the rule of humanity, the Old Ones had left behind many descendants and former servitors. These demons, far smaller and less powerful than the Old Ones, were usually the product of crossbreeding with humans and other mortal animals. Many of these hybrid species retained some ability to crossbreed with humans and each other. Demonic reproduction is thus a diverse and complex subject. Some species, including vampires, Wraithers, and Werewolves, reproduce by infecting humans and then inhabiting and using their bodies. Others, such as Haxil Beasts and Skilosh demons, infect humans in order to use their bodies to gestate their young. Some demon species reproduce via sexual intercourse. Some indeterminate number of these species, for instance Brachen and Ano-Movic demons, are cross-fertile with humans. Some demon species reproduce via asexual methods, such as budding. Still other sorts appear to have been created or manufactured by some other entity (magician, Old One, Power), and do not reproduce on their own. Little is known about the origin and evolution of demon populations in other dimensions. Some dimensions appear to be home to large populations of entirely non-human demonic species. Others, such as Pylea, have significant indigenous human populations. Despite the obviously humanoid appearance of many demon species, some demon groups, most notably the Scourge, deny that they share any biological heritage with humans. This view may have more to do with ideology than biology, although they were unaffected by a machine designed to eliminate anyone with human blood. [edit] Species The number of demon species is evidently vast. More than 200 of them have appeared on screen or in canonical comics, and many other species and individuals have been referenced in dialogue. Their forms are likewise variable. While the majority have been humanoid, others more resemble various animal species, and still others are almost amorphous. Some have mammalian or reptilian features, or a combination of the two. It also should be noted that there's an entire roster of demons who aren't identified as belonging to any specific species. [edit] Ethics The vast majority of demons in Buffy are shown to be inherently evil and interested in causing suffering, death, and harm. The Judge, for example, derives pleasure and sustenance from burning all humanity out of a creature, and numerous demons are shown to attempt to bring about the end of the world. Others show a strong predisposition to violence coupled with a lack of empathy that leads to their performing evil acts, or are biologically required to kill humans in order to survive or reproduce. In addition, there are a large number of demons such as hellhounds which are simply nonsentient, man-eating predators with unsavory dietary requirements. However. this generalization of "demon equals evil" is challenged constantly in both series. Angel is the first example of this; vampires, demonic spirits possessing and animating the corpse of a human, are considered to be inherently evil, but Angel has had his human soul forcibly returned to him. The next example of a good demon is in the second season Buffy episode "Becoming, Part One", which introduces Whistler, a demon who tells Angel that not all demons are bad and helps set Angel on his heroic path. At the end of season three, Wesley Wyndham-Price informs Buffy that the Council of Watchers will not help her save Angel from a deadly poison on the grounds that he is, in fact, a vampire; this leads to Buffy breaking ties with the Council for over a year. One of the strains on the relationship between Buffy and Riley Finn is that he automatically assumes that all supernatural creatures are bad until, in the episode "New Moon Rising", he realises that some monsters are good and some humans are evil after meeting the werewolf Oz. Spike begins as a major villain, is restrained by The Initiative to be unable to harm humans (by means of a chip in his brain), then later becomes heroic in his own right, to the point of successfully undertaking a trial to return his soul and sacrificing himself to save the world. Another popular demon character, Clem, actually aids Buffy in training potential slayers. Angel has several characters who are demon or part demon but not inherently evil. The third season episode "That Old Gang of Mine" centers around stopping a gang that kills all demons, bad and good, indiscriminately. By the end of the series, more of Angel's team are some form of demon (Angel, Spike, Lorne, Illyria) than human (Gunn and Wesley). [edit] See also List of Buffyverse Villains and Supernatural Beings Old Ones [hide]v • d • eThe Buffyverse Canon · Index · Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters (main) · Characters (minor) · Villains · Episodes · Quotes Comics · DVDs · Film · Novels · Season 8 Angel Characters (main) · Characters (minor) · Episodes · Quotes Comics · DVDs · Novels · After the Fall People Andrew · Angel · Anya · Buffy · Connor · Cordelia · Dawn · Doyle · Faith · Fred · Giles · Groo · Gunn · Halfrek · Harmony · Illyria · Jenny · Jonathan · Joyce · Kate · Kennedy · Lorne · Oz · Riley · Spike · Snyder · Tara · Wesley · Willow · Wood · Xander Villains Darla · The Master · Amy Madison · Drusilla · Angelus · The Mayor · Professor Walsh · Veruca · Adam · Lindsey McDonald · Lilah Morgan · Glory · Daniel Holtz · Warren Mears · Caleb · Eve · Marcus Hamilton · Twilight Key terminology Demon · Slayer · Vampire · Watcher · Witch Expanded Universe Fray · Tales of Slayers · Tales of Vampires Comics · Novels · Fan films · Slayer timeline · Tales of Slayer (prose) · Video Games Auxiliary Academia · Cast & crew · Parodies and references in popular culture · Undeveloped productions · Awards and nomination Buffy Animated · Collectible Card Game · Guidebooks · Magazines · RPGs Powers Angel Investigations · Circle of the Black Thorn · Order of Aurelius · The First Evil · The Initiative · Jasmine · Knights of Byzantium · Monsters Old Ones · The Powers That Be · Scooby Gang · Senior Partners · Watchers' Council · Wolfram & Hart Places L.A. · Sunnydale The Bronze · Caritas · Hellmouth · Hyperion · Library · The Magic Box · Pylea · Sunnydale High Music Music in Buffy & Angel Buffy album · Dingoes Ate My Baby · Film · Radio Sunnydale · Live Fast, Die Never · Once More, with Feeling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_%28Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer%29 D'Hoffryn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search D'Hoffryn Andy Umberger as D'Hoffryn First appearance Doppelgangland Last appearance Selfless Created by Joss Whedon Statistics Affiliation Master of Vengeance demons, Lord of Arashmahaar Notable powers D'Hoffryn's powers include: Create temporal folds. Teleport himself and others between dimensions. Transform humans into vengeance demons and back. Sense beings of great magical power. Mentally summon vengeance demons. Immolate other beings in flames. Restore lives by taking the soul of a vengeance demon. Create "windows" to monitor other dimensions. Portrayed by Andy Umberger D'Hoffryn is a fictional character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Andy Umberger. He is a powerful entity high in the demonic hierarchy. He's the master of the vengeance demons, a cabal which includes humans who are "elevated" to demonic status and endowed with mystical powers enabling them invoke curses at the behest of mortals who have experienced wrong-doing. D'Hoffryn rules over a hell dimension known as Arashmahaar. D'Hoffryn was in Sweden in medieval times where he met a young woman named Aud, who had recently used magic to turn her cheating boyfriend into a troll. He offered Aud a position as vengeance demon, and she became Anyanka, avenger of scorned women. When Anyanka, under the guise of Anya, is robbed of her powers by Giles while attempting to exact vengeance on behalf of Cordelia, D'Hoffryn refuses to help her, leaving Anya stuck in a teenage body. In season four, D'Hoffryn attempts to convince a newly-dumped Willow to become a vengeance demon. She declines, but D'Hoffryn leaves his amulet (a tool to summon him) in case she changes her mind. In season six, D'Hoffryn is a guest at the failed wedding of Anya and Xander. When Xander leaves Anya at the altar, D'Hoffryn reinstates her powers and once again makes her a vengeance demon. Anya's second stint as a vengeance demon in season seven proves short-lived, and during a confrontation between Anya and Buffy, Willow summons D'Hoffryn to help put a stop to the fighting. D'Hoffryn asks Anya what she wants, and she says that she wants to reverse the vengeance she had done. D'Hoffryn grants her wish, telling her that it'll require the sacrifice of a vengeance demon's body and soul. Believing she is about to die, Anya is resigned to her fate only to watch helplessly as D'Hoffryn summons her friend Halfrek and incinerates her. D'Hoffryn then leaves, disgusted with Anya. In Season 7 of Buffy D'Hoffryn sends at least two demons to kill Anya, but they are both thwarted by Buffy and Spike, respectively. [edit] Appearances "Doppelgangland" "Something Blue" "Hell's Bells" "Selfless" [edit] See also [hide]v • d • eBuffy the Vampire Slayer characters Canon · Index · Joss Whedon Characters Main Angel · Anya · Buffy · Cordelia · Dawn · Giles · Oz · Riley · Spike · Tara · Willow · Xander Recurring Andrew · D'Hoffryn · Faith · Kendra · Halfrek · Harmony · Jenny · Jonathan · Joyce · Kennedy · Snyder · Veruca · Wesley · Wood Villains Darla · The Master · Amy Madison · Drusilla · Ethan Rayne · Mr. Trick · The Mayor · Prof. Walsh · Adam · Glory · Warren Mears · Caleb · Twilight Powers Order of Aurelius · The First Evil · The Initiative · Knights of Byzantium · Monsters · Old Ones · Scooby Gang · Watchers' Council "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hoffryn" Vengeance demon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Vengeance Demons are a group of beings that appear in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They are immortals who travel the world exacting vengeance on behalf of victims, such as scorned women or neglected children. Some of them prefer to be called Justice Demons, which carries less stigma than 'vengeance'; the term "vengeance demon" itself was first used in Pangs. Their typical method is to appear to a wronged person and encourage them to vent their spleen about those who have hurt them. The moment the object of the demon's attention expresses their preferred method of punishment in the form of a wish, the vengeance demon can cause his or her wish to come true, whether it requires gruesome dismemberment or even the creation of a new alternate universe. Two vengeance demons have appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Anyanka (also known as Anya) and Halfrek (sometimes known as Hallie). Anya, the more important of the two, is a vengeance demon who exacts retribution on behalf of scorned women. She lost her powers and became human, eventually falling in love with Xander and becoming a member of the Scooby Gang. Halfrek is another vengeance demon who works on behalf of children. She has appeared periodically, often to encourage Anya back into her demonic ways. The vengeance demons are led by a male demon, D'Hoffryn. D'Hoffryn creates vengeance demons by appearing to human women who have exacted notable revenge on their loved ones, and transforming them into demons. In Buffy, we see the creation of Anyanka by this process, and also D'Hoffryn's failed attempt at converting Willow. Marti Noxon, who introduced vengeance demons to the Buffyverse in the season three episode "The Wish", has revealed that she was inspired by Bettina Aptheker's discussion of goddesses in the Introduction to Feminisms (sic) course that Aptheker teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [1]:) Despite the severity of the vengeance they inflict, vengeance demons are comically portrayed as white-collar workers on the show. Throwaway comments by Anya, Halfrek, D'Hoffryn all suggest an office-like setting, where demons relate their stories of vengeance and gossip to each other and at one point, Anya has to file a flightplan whenever she wishes to teleport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_demon Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The character Spike, displaying his vampiric features.In the fictional world of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, a vampire is a demon of a species which inhabits and animates a human corpse. In Fray, a Buffy comic book spin-off, vampires are also called lurks. Contents [hide] 1 Description 2 Creation 3 See also 4 References 5 External links [edit] Description The vampire Amilyn in the non-canonical film.The vampires in the canonical Buffyverse differ greatly from the ones which appear in the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, which, unlike vampires in the TV series, are able to fly, look pale but relatively human, and don't crumble to dust when killed. Introduced in the first episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series, the canonical vampires are explained as demons inhabiting human corpses[1]; when the ancient demons known as the Old Ones were banished from Earth, the last one fed on a human and mixed their blood, creating the first vampire.[2] This was later contradicted by Illyria who remarks that vampires existed during her time as an Old One, long before the rest were banished from the realm (though she may have been referring to the Turok Hans, the prehistoric vampires). Vampires possess supernatural physical abilities such as enhanced strength, agility, hearing, smell, and healing. They do not require oxygen, food, or water, but live on a diet of blood; prolonged periods of time without consuming blood can have an adverse affect on a vampire's higher brain functions and they become "living skeletons".[3] Vampires can change at will between human appearance and a monstrous form with a bumpy forehead, yellow eyes, and sharp teeth. In human form, they can still be detected by their lack of heartbeat and body heat. Vampires cannot be killed except by beheading, fire, or penetration of the heart by a wooden object. They heal quickly from most injuries, but do not regrow lost limbs. Their flesh burns in direct sunlight, and on contact with blessed objects such as holy water, recently consecrated ground, or a Cross. They cannot enter a human residence without invitation and do not cast reflections, although they can be photographed and filmed. In the Buffy season three episode "Earshot", it is revealed that their inability to cast reflections also extends to their minds; when Buffy is temporarily endowed with telepathic abilities she cannot read Angel's thoughts. A vampire explodes in a cloud of dust when killed; the act of slaying a vampire is often referred to as "dusting" on the show. In order to reproduce, a vampire must drain a human being of much of their blood, before forcing them to drink some of the vampire's blood.[2] This process is known as "siring", and the vampire which does so is referred to as the newborn vampire's "sire" (along with the vampire which sired the sire, etc). The amount of time it takes for a new vampire to rise seems to vary; Buffy often kills vampires as they rise from their graves, but other vampires are seen to rise after only a few hours. There is no explanation given for this in the series. A sire will often act as a mentor to their 'children' and form small covens of related vampires for various reasons. It is regularly established on the show that vampires do not have souls and therefore lack a conscience. Angel and Spike, vampires who have their souls returned to them, are shown to feel remorse for their previous actions. Variations of vampires are seen on both Buffy and Angel. In the Angel season two episode "Through the Looking Glass", Angel and his team travel to a parallel world, Pylea. Here he is not harmed by sunlight, but when he attempts to take "vamp face", he instead becomes a "Van-Tal" demon: green-skinned, spiny and bestial. In Buffy's seventh and final television season, Buffy encounters the Turok-Han - an ancient species of vampire analogous to Neanderthal man[4]. These Turok-Han, colloquially referred to as "über vamps" by the characters, are stronger and harder to kill than regular vampires, able to withstand a stake to the chest without dusting; but like the Van-Tal of Pylea, they show little intelligence and are incapable of language. [edit] Creation A vampire "dusting". The writers felt that having vampires disintegrate after death would be convenient for the story.The idea of the "vamp faces" — to have vampires' human features distort to become more demonic — was implemented for a number of reasons. Firstly, Whedon wanted normal high school students that the other characters could interact with normally, only to have them turn out be vampires, therefore creating a sense of paranoia.[citation needed] Secondly, he was conscious to make the vampires look physically demonic, claiming, "I didn't think I really wanted to put a show on the air about a high school girl who was stabbing normal-looking people in the heart. I thought somehow that might send the wrong message, but when they are clearly monsters, it takes it to a level of fantasy that is safer." In early episodes, the vampires appeared "very white-faced, very creepy, very ghoulish". This was changed in later seasons to make the vampires look more human, partially because of the sympathetic vampire character Angel, and partially because such elaborate make-up was too time-consuming. Whedon claims that people thought the white faces to be "funny looking" but personally found it creepier, comparing it to the monsters in zombie movies such as Day of the Dead and The Evil Dead.[5] The character of the Master was designed to be in vamp face permanently to highlight his age and make him appear more animalistic; make-up artist John Vulich based the Master's appearance on a bat, reasoning that the character has devolved to a more primal, demonic state over the years.[6] It was decided that vampires and their clothes would turn to dust after they died because it was more convenient storywise; Whedon wished that the supernatural elements of the show to remain somewhat hidden from the normal world, without devoting time in each episode to "let's clean up the bodies" after Buffy slays a vampire. Indeed, the introduction to one episode, The Wish, parodied this vampiric trait; when Buffy kills a non-humanoid demon, one of her friends, Willow, wonders why the demon corpse "doesn't go poof" and must be buried. The first episode toyed with the idea that vampires' clothes would resemble the era in which they died, with Buffy identifying one purely by his dated outfit. Joss Whedon felt this concept was a "charming notion" but ultimately rejected it for the most part because he believed that if every vampire in the show was dressed in old-fashioned clothes, they would cease to be scary.[5] When creating the vampire "rules" that they would use in the show, the writers chose bits and pieces from various existing vampire lore. They decided not to have the vampires fly as in the Buffy movie because it was impossible to make flying vampires look convincing on a television budget. Some established rules, such as a vampire's inability to enter a home uninvited, both helped and hindered the storytelling. Joss Whedon says that, whereas shows such as The X-Files spend more time explaining the science behind the supernatural and making it as real as possible, Buffy and Angel are more concerned with the emotion resulting from these creatures and events than justifying how they could conceivably exist. As such, the shows tends to gloss over the details of vampire and demon lore, simply using the Hellmouth as a plot device to explain unexplainable things.[6] [edit] See also Vampire fiction [edit] References ^ "Lie to Me", Season 2 episode 7 ^ a b "Welcome to the Hellmouth", pilot episode ^ "Pangs", Season 4, episode 8 ^ "Never Leave Me" Season 7 episode 9 ^ a b Joss Whedon. Commentary for Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Welcome to the Hellmouth" [DVD (Region 2)]. United States: 20th Century Fox. ^ a b Joss Whedon. Commentary for Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Harvest" [DVD (Region 2)]. United States: 20th Century Fox. 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