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The Villains of Sunnydale (Buffyverse)

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5.8

Mark Metcalf

The Master
Season One - Big Bad

Classification:
Vampire

Minions:
Darla, The Order of Aurelius

Scheme:
To escape his mystical prison underneath Sunnydale and opening the Hellmouth to release The Old Ones.

Powers:
Extremely advanced age grants him far greater abilities than normal Vampires. Aswell as hypnotic powers, telekinesis, telepathy and various magical abilities.

Fate:
After escaping into the real world, Buffy manages to stake him and defeat him once and for all.

8.1

James Marsters

Spike
Season Two - Little Bad

Classification:
Vampire

Minions:
The Remaining Members of the Order of Aurelius

Scheme:
To use the energy of the Hellmouth to cure his beloved Drusilla.

Powers:
Advanced age grants him far greater abilities than normal Vampires. Aswell as skilled in various forms of combat and a high threshold for pain.

Fate:
Buffy and Kendra manage to temporarily paralyze him which renders him harmless (and helpful) for the remainder of the season.

Seaworth's rating:

7.5

Juliet Landau

Drusilla
Season Two - Little Bad

Classification:
Vampire

Minions:
The Remaining Members of the Order of Aurelius

Scheme:
After restored to health by Spike, she made Angel aware of the demon Acathla who could bring about the end of the world.

Powers:
Advanced age grants her far greater abilities than normal Vampires. Aswell as clairvoyance, precognition and hypnosis.

Fate:
After Spike betrayed Angelus, he knocked Drusilla unconscious and they both fled to Brazil.

7.8

David Boreanaz

Angelus
Season Two - Big Bad

Classification:
Vampire

Minions:
The Remaining Members of the Order of Aurelius

Scheme:
To torment Buffy and her friends and end the world by summoning the Acathla Demon.

Powers:
Advanced age grants him far greater abilities than normal Vampires. Aswell as superior combat skills, master of torture, photgraphic memory and an extensive knowledge of demonology and witchcraft.

Fate:
After successfully opening the Acathla vortex, he is fatally stabbed by Buffy just as his soul is returned to him. He is then consumed by the vortex which closes.

Seaworth's rating:

5.1

Harry Groener

Mayor Richard Wilkins III
Season Three - Big Bad

Classification:
Human Immortal

Minions:
Mr. Trick, Faith, Principal Snider

Scheme:
Upon finding the town of Sunnydale, he made a pact with the demonic inhabitants that would ensure his ascension in the future.

Powers:
Immortality, skilled sorceror and the ability to transform into Olvikan.

Fate:
After his transformation at Graduation Day, he pursued Buffy through the school and upon reaching the library was caught in a trap. Giles then proceeded to blow up the school.

7.9

Eliza Dushku

Faith Lehane
Season Three - Little Bad

Classification:
Slayer

Minions:
None

Scheme:
After accidentally killing the Deputy Mayor, Faith goes rogue. She finds solace and support from the the Mayor and allies herself with him.

Powers:
Common powers associated with a Slayer.

Fate:
After poisoning Angel, Buffy found that the only cure was a Slayer's blood so she set out to kill Faith. Faith instead was wounded and jumped off a building into a truck which put her in a coma.

Seaworth's rating:

5.6

Lindsay Crouse

Professor Maggie Walsh
Season Four - Little Bad

Classification:
Human, Reanimated Corpse

Minions:
The Initiative

Scheme:
As a leading member of the Government agency, The Initiative, Maggie was sent to capture and research demons. This put her at odds with Buffy over their methods and strategies.

Powers:
Extensive knowledge of psychology, behavior modification, anatomy, biology and cybernetics.

Fate:
Adam stabs her after his awakening which kills her. Later in the series, Buffy has to fight her reanimated corpse which she manages to vanquish.

5.4

George Hertzberg

Adam
Season Four - Big Bad

Classification:
Bio-mechanical Demonoid

Minions:
Reanimated Corpses, Other Demonoids

Scheme:
His ultiamte plan is to replace the world's population with demon hybrids like himself by essentially having all demons and humans kill each other so he can use their unique body parts.

Powers:
Adam was assembled from various parts of demons, humans and machines which grants him superhuman physical and mental abilities.

Fate:
Although Adam was made as the perfect organism, he was only defeated when Buffy was imbued with the essences of her friends and the powers of the first Slayer. She managed to tear out his Uranium Core.

6.9

Clare Kramer

Glorificus
Season Five - Big Bad

Classification:
Hell Goddess

Minions:
Ben, Demon Worshippers, Victims of her 'Brain-Sucking'

Scheme:
By finding the "Key", Glory would be able to tear down the barriers between dimensions creating anarchy and destruction as Hell and Earth would become one reality.

Powers:
Godly physical attributes, 'brain-sucking' and enormous power to cast spells.

Fate:
After being badly beaten by Buffy with Thor's Hammer, she reverts back to her human form. Giles then euthanises Ben by covering his mouth.

4.9

Adam Busch

Warren Mears
Season Six & Eight - Little Bad

Classification:
Human

Minions:
Jonathan, Andrew

Scheme:
Originally, he and the other members of the Trio thought of themselves as Sunnydale's latest Big Bads. Warren eventualy degraded into a sociopathic killer. He has since become part of the Twilight Group.

Powers:
Genius-level intellect. Speciality in robotics and the dark arts.

Fate:
After killing Tara, Willow was out for revenge and she managed to capture Warren and flayed him. He was rescued by Amy sometime later.

7.4

Alyson Hannigan

Dark Willow
Season Six - Big Bad

Classification:
Witch

Minions:
None

Scheme:
Transformed by grief over the death of Tara, Willow goes on a vengeful rampage killing those she feels are responsible. After absorbing vast amounts of magic from Giles, she starts feeling the pain and hardship of people around the world so she decides to end it.

Powers:
Skilled and extremely powerful practitioner of magic. Aswell as genius-level intellect.

Fate:
The unlikely saviour of this season is Xander. He manages to thwart Willow's plan to end the world by staying by her side and professing his love for her no mater what she does.

8.3

Nathan Fillion

Caleb
Season Seven - Little Bad

Classification:
Human

Minions:
The Bringers

Scheme:
As a follower of the First Evil, he was instructed to ensure the emptying of Hell by defeating all opposition.

Powers:
The ability to merge with the First Evil grants him superhuman abilities and heightened senses which allow him to feel auras around him

Fate:
Having defeated the majority of the Scooby's, he was more than a match for anyone. Buffy eventually killed him by slicing him in half with the Slayer Scythe.

Seaworth's rating:

6.3

Elizabeth Anne Allen

Amy Madison
Season Eight - Little Bad

Classification:
Witch

Minions:
The New Initiative

Scheme:
Amy works unknowingly for the Twilight Group, which intends to end the era of magic and kill all Slayers.

Powers:
Adept magic user with technologically augmented enhancements.

Fate:
Undetermined as of now.

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As some of you may know, Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a very formulaic narrative set-up for each series. Each season was brought about by the rise and fall of a notable villain(s) and this list is to note those individuals.

The term 'Big Bad' has been used by fans, the creators and on-screen and is the proper terminology when referring to the over-arcing villain of a season. Little Bad is a derivative of the term which refers to the 'fake' villain or minor nuisance of that particular season, their threat level is not as lethal as the Big.

Notes:

-The Master and Glory were the only Big Bads that managed to off Buffy in their respective seasons.

-Adam was the only Big Bad defeated in the penultimate episode of his respective season.

-The First Evil, an incorporeal being, is the main villain of Season Seven but it is able to manifest as the other Big Bads. Notably in the first episode of Season Seven.

-Twilight is the Big Bad for Season Eight but as it is in comic format, it cannot be displayed in this list.