Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Perhaps the most shark - jumping mo onBuffy the Vampire Slayeris the sudden appearance of Dawn , Buffy ’s younger babe . Created by a mathematical group of monks , Dawn is the human avatar of a mystic ball of vitality , a key , that can enter the vena portae to an categorisation of unpleasant hell dimension . They created not only a flesh and blood mortal but an intact life-time of retention partake by Buffy , her mummy and everyone else in their lives .
Dawndidn’t go over well with fans . Over three seasons , Dawn proves to be an aroused drain on Buffy . Her distinctive teen angst comes across as trivial in equivalence to whatBuffy , Giles and the Scoobies brook both before Dawn ’s reaching and in the backwash of it . Here are the 10 most annoying things Dawn ever did .
She Tries To Bring Joyce Back To Life
Dawn , a product of magic herself , spend a lot of prison term around hoi polloi who assume the impossible and inexplicable as everyday occurrences . So it ’s not surprising following Joyce ’s end that Dawn would think there has to be a loophole ; a way to work her mom back from the dead on time of year 5 ’s " Forever . "
It ’s undecipherable why Willow andSpikehelp Dawn load the gun and then melt when she pull the initiation . perhaps they never consider she ’d get the Book of Job done , and we do n’t lie with what Dawn bring back , but it does n’t see very maternal .
She Emotionally Manipulates Buffy After Joyce Dies
When Buffy get Dawn practicing necromancy on season 5 ’s " perpetually , " she ’s understandably upset , and Dawn deal to make it all about herself . Buffy is n’t pay attention to her . Buffy does n’t care . Buffy ca n’t stand to be around her . This adversarial relationship ca n’t even be put on break because Dawn is in constant motive of care .
No matter what the monks plant in Buffy ’s and Joyce ’s heads , both mother and daughter speedily realize Dawn does n’t belong , so how are fan supposed to sense sympathy for her or even take her grief seriously ? What ’s heartbreaking is Buffy is so distraught , she blank out her reservations and is ready to accept a zombie mum . But Dawn undoes the trance , leaving Buffy to take with yet another loss .
She Invites Harmony Inside The House
Season 5 ’s " existent Me " is the first full sequence boast Dawn , and she narrates events from her linear perspective . There ’s a great stack of friction between Buffy and Dawn , hint strongly at the fact that somewhere in Buffy ’s mental capacity , she knows Dawn does n’t belong . When the lead protagonist of the show is complaining incessantly about a new character , the hostility is bound to chafe off on fan .
Even worse , Dawn instantly leaven to be a liability . As the sis of the Slayer , she ’s been shielded from the prominent bads of the reality , take in her an easy target . " Real Me " sets the tone for an total Dawn - centrical time of year during which Buffy ’s constantly rescue someone we do n’t need to be saved . Harmony is too incompetent to be the head of a lamia gang . But thanks to Dawn inviting her inside the Summers ' home , Harmony becomes a more credible threat .
She Falls Under A Love Spell
Buffy ’s first go - around with a love spell is far superior to its second on season 7 ’s " Him . " This prison term it ’s an underwhelming boy with a mystic letterman jacket . While it ’s comical to keep an eye on Buffy , Anya and Willow fight over the bland R.J. , Dawn ’s attempt to get his attention are cringeworthy . She also becomes a full - on regretful seed , pushing a fellow student down the stairs . Dawn is a tantrum - make mess , but she ’s not any bad than when she ’s not feeling the event of trick .
She Skips School
It ’s fair to say Dawn should get a pass for some of her deportment . She finds out her entire life is a lie , she lives in the shadow of the most awing big sister ever , and her fake mother dies of a sudden from an aneurysm . She ’s allowed to sense a spot nihilistic when it comes to mundane things like school , but Dawn ’s choices continually blowback on Buffy who is barely holding it together in the backwash of her mother ’s death . Dawn can always be count on to do the wrong affair , and she does n’t get a costless pass ; she ’s not the take One .
She Dates A Vampire
Halloween is supposed to be a night for the demons to cool out , but it never works out that way . Dawn and her bestie creep away to hang out with two cute boys who happen to also be vampire on season 6 ’s " All the Way . " Buffy and the crowd learn Dawn is n’t where she ’s theorize to be which station everyone into a spin – a systematically irritating pattern where Dawn is refer .
Dawn ’s day of the month manages to lure her to a spot which is the Lovers ' Lane for the undead . Dawn gets busted , and her sis and Spike have to struggle off a long ton of tease . At least Dawn can kill her date without any aid from her bounteous sister . She ’s , of course , desolate that her first real kiss is with a leech , so Buffy is quick to let Dawn off the hook .
She’s A Kleptomaniac
We can watch tumultuous teen girls shoplift onThe O.C.,Beverly Hills , 90210and every other teenaged drama ever made . We expect more from the show that shows one possible issue of teen sex is lose your soul . Dawn is n’t just one of the most annoying character onBuffy the Vampire Slayer , she would be the fiber on any YA fare who serves as a cautionary tale and disappears after a few episodes rather of cohere around for three seasons .
She Gets Involved With A Vengeance Demon
Those vengeance devil can be tricky which is how Dawn ’s wish that nobody can leave the Summers ' house comes to fruition . Halfrek swan the patch on season 6 ’s " Older and Far Away , " but Dawn come in out unlikable despite it . She gets busted for all of her shoplifting and has a complete nuclear meltdown when face . Dawn blend in off the rails whenever anyone expects her to be accountable for her actions .
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Dawn and Buffy ’s human relationship prove Buffy ’s unconditional lovemaking for her sister , but this genetic bond feel one way . Dawn resents Buffy for not being present and reject Buffy when she assay to connect .
She Bails On Buffy
Season 7 ’s pending apocalypse proves to be the most thought-provoking for Buffy . This is in large part to a freaky preacher named Caleb and some Potentials who are drawn to Faith ’s devil - may - care attitude . After one too many bad judgement Call , the Potentials , the Scoobies and even Dawn decide to oust Buffy as their loss leader .
Dawn takes it one stride further and suggests Buffy leave the house tout ensemble on " Empty Places . " After watching Buffy ’s intact existence evolve into the precaution and feeding of a decidedly unlikeable character , it ’s a flagitious betrayal that Dawn does n’t have her sister ’s back , front or any other part of her soundbox . It ’s hard not to wonder if Dawn does n’t love humiliate Buffy after class of feel secondly well .
She Refuses To Leave Town To Escape The First
First Dawn is affect in a mutiny against her baby . Then she tasers a one - eyed Xander when all he ’s test to do is get Dawn as far away from the First as possible on season 7 ’s " last of day . " Xander desire to be part of the fight , but he respects Buffy ’s petition that he be the one to take care of her sister . Buffy already has her hand full with a bunch of untested and unproven Potentials whose luck it is to die if it means defeat evil . Dawn is n’t concerned in anything other than being part of the activeness whether she ’s capable of surviving the battle or not .
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