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Abrams, Parker
Absalom (WSWB)
abuse: domestic, sexual
Acathla
Adam

• metaphysics of
• evil of
• identity crisis
• existentialism of

Aggie the psychic
Akashic records, the
Alignment, the
altered realities
amorality
Ampata (Inca Mummy Girl)
anarchism
Angel

human soul and Angelus, relationship with (part 1, part 2, as "MPD"), internal struggles with moral ambiguity of destiny of? and drinking blood, feeding on humans as a mortal (Liam of Galway, IWRY) siring of curse/restoring his soul (Becoming, 5x5, Orpheus) post-soul, pre-Whistler and Darla (vampDarla, humanDarla) losing his soul/happiness clause of curse sent to hell return from hell as existentialist character, existentialist hero amends of, finest moments calling by the PTB's move away from PTBs/mission

philosophy of fighting (S1, S2, S4) pessimism about his redemption, epiphany feelings for Cordelia loss of infant Connor and consquences of magics to incarnate Sahjhan return of Connor/Steven summer under Pacific relationship with Connor and Connor/Cordelia relationship true happiness fantasy/removal of soul decision to give Connor a new life as CEO of Wolfram & Hart attitude after joining W&H as a puppet infiltration of the Circle of the Black Thorn signing away the Shanshu destiny in final battle against Wolfram and Hart

• metaphysics of?, metaphysics of conception
• as infant: birth of, and prophecy, kidnapping of
• as teen: moral ambiguity of, finest moments
• relationship with Holtz (in Quortoth, post-Quortoth)
• return to Earth, rapid aging
• vampire traits
• attitude towards demons
• summer at the Hyperion/L.A. life away from Hyperion
• identity crisis of/Oedipal complex of
• relationship with Angel (betrayal of/vengeance, estrangement, resentment, beliefs about Angel/Angelus)
• and Darla
• and Faith
• role in Jasmine's birth
• as protector/champion of "Cordelia", Jasmine, as disciple of Jasmine
• as an existentialist character
• break down/losing old memories
• new identity
• and killing Sahjhan
• return of old memories
• new life, post memory returning

Angel Investigations

• inception
• pride of
• without Angel
• return of Angel to
• without Wesley
• as Gunn and Fred, summer '02
• friction within
• memory wipe
• the end of the "Angel Investigations" agency

Angelus

• evil of
• sadism of
• reputation
• and The Master
• and Drusilla
• and Darla
• and Spike
• return (Sunnydale, Los Angeles)
• and the Beast

anger
animal spirits
Anointed One, the
Anya(nka)

• as human (Aud)
• origins
• original vengeance spell
• moral ambiguity of
• finest moments
• human soul?
• power center
• bunnyphobia
• capitalistic philosophy of
• marriage anxieties
• return of demon powers, actions as vengeance demon (2002), fear of her demon powers
• and Willow, Season 5, Season 7
• should Anya be slain?
• vs. Buffy
• "Official" end to relationship with Xander
• death of

apocalypse/Armageddon
apparitions
Aquinas, Thomas
Arashmaharr, world of
Aristotle's functionalist theory of virtue
arrogance and pride
Ascension, the
aspect of the demon
assassins: of evil, training
astral projection/travel (Billy, Cordelia)
Aurelius, order of, prophecies of

Bad mojo
Balthazar
Beacon, the
"Beast, the"

• metaphysics of
• evil of
• history with Angelus
• Master of
• death of

Beast's Master, the

• use of Cordelia's body
• activities as "Cordelia" (through Calvary, through Inside Out)
• bringing back Angelus
• manipulation of Connor
• exposing of
• Jasmine as

behavior modification
Ben the intern (moral ambiguity of, relationship of Glory and Ben, human being)
Bentham, Jeremy
Bezoars, the
Billy (Nightmares)
Billy Blim
binding, of

• ghosts
• apparitions
• a heart
• a mind
• Moloch
• the Hellmouth
• the Vengeance Spirit
• the Ethros Demon

bizarro-world, the (The Wish)
Black Thorn, the Circle of (evil of, Angel's infiltration of, destruction of)
Boone
Borba, Andrew
Box of Gavrok
Boxer Rebellion, the
brain, the human

• parts and functioning
• tumors
• imaging

brainwashing
Bryce, Magnus, Virginia
Buddhism
Buffy Summers

calling death, Prophecy Girl, The Gift finest moments and human villains moral ambiguity of the vampire slayer point-me-at-something-to-kill mode loner-hero mode and the Watchers (G1, Checkpoint) and Riley death wish? and her mother's death slayer quest

resurrection life after resurrection relationship with Spike, nature of as working woman "coming back wrong" breaking off tryst with Spike and the asylum experience new relationship with Dawn as highschool counselor superiority/inferiority complex shaky leadership against the First Evil return from the gang's "mutiny" identity and destiny

Burkle, Fred, Roger and Trish
Byzantium, the Knights of (search for the Key)

Cain the werewolf hunter
Caleb (metaphysics of, evil of, as "vehicle")
Calendar, Jenny (Janna of the Kalderash)

• as technopagan
• moral ambiguity of
• defense of her actions in Sunnydale
• death in Passion

capitalism
care-giver, ethics of the
Cassie Newton
CAT scans
cave man myth
champion(s)
Chanterelle/Lily/Anne
chaos

• traditional meaning
• modern meaning
• evil-as-chaos
• good-as-chaos
• worship of

chosen one, the
Christian religion
claddagh ring
clothes fluke, the
Coach Marin (Go Fish)
codependency
computer technology
Cooper, Justine
Cordelia

moral ambiguity of finest moments fascism (neo) loss after high school visions The Cursed One: TTLG, TNPLPG fighting skills deterioration from the visions true purpose in life and demonic powers: revealed, limitations of choice of Angel over Wesley relationship with Groo in L.A. ascension summer in heavenly dimension

return to Earth and memory loss regaining memory experience of Angelus' past apocalyptic visions sleeping with Connor beliefs about Angel/Angelus As "the Beast's" Master/"Cordelia" mystical pregnancy with the vessel post-birth coma return and death

corruption (evil-as-, good-as-)
Cruciamentum test
curses
cyborgs

Dagon(s sphere, Order of)
Dalton
Danthazar, Seal of (purpose, activation, deactivation)
Darla

• evil of
• death
• as mortal, 1609, 2000
• and the Master
• anti-religion issues
• human soul
• revivification
• seduction of Angel
• not-so-funny syphilis
• redemption?
• rebirth as vampire
• Angel/VampDarla II bond
• pregnancy
• VampDarla II, death of
• return?

Dawn Summers

• mystery of
• altered reality
• as the key
• finest moments
• moral ambiguity of
• identity crisis
• and her mother's death
• kleptomania
• abandonment issues
• stealing revealed
• new relationship with Buffy
• training of
• as a "Zeppo"
• in final battle against the First Evil

de Beauvoir, Simone
dead people

• animated
• raising the dead (The Zeppo, TTDL, Bargaining, ethical arguments concerning [Forever, Bargaining], and natural death/death by human means)
• the undead
• dead vs. undead
• manifest spirits

death, human in the Buffyverse
Deathwok clan, the:

• customs
• Landok
• Krevlorneswath (The Host)
• Mom
• Numfar
• and beheading
• and alcohol

Debbie (B&tB)
deception
DeKnight, Steven on the death of Tara
democracy
demons

• benevolent/good
• blood of
• clans (by name, nature of)
• evil nature of
• physiology and (un)natural history of
• origins
• rights in human society
• pure bloods vs. hybrids
• regenerating
• demon spirits
• trans-dimensional
• non-physical
• demons we've heard about
• religion/messiah

demon hunters and slayers
demonologists
Denver the beatnik
der Kindestod
Descartes, René (dualism, argument against skepticism)
destiny (definition of, examples in BtVS)
determinism (soft, hard)
D'Hoffryn
dimensions

• definition of
• demon dimensions, the (hell)
• dimensional portal
• dimension-hopping
• dimensional hot spots
• "alternate"
• Earth, Ken's, Pylea, Quortoth
• heavenly
• higher

Doc
Doyle

• as half-demon
• moral ambiguity of
• finest moments
• visions of
• Brachen demon
• metal detector
• death

Dracula (Vlad the Impaler), metaphysics of, evil of
Drogyn the Battlebrand
drugs (and vampires, enchanted)
Drusilla

• the evil of
• as human
• insanity
• and Angelus
• return (Los Angeles, Sunnydale)

Du Lac Cross, the
dualism

Earth, the Earthly plane or dimension
Eastern religions
East Hills Teen Center, the
Ecology and ecophilosophy
Ego
Ellis, Major
El Eliminati
empaths
End of Days, the
energy

• definition
• physical
• mystical
• living
• mystic energy imbuing physical objects
• using physical means to thwart mystic energy

entropy, concept of
Enyos, Jenny Calendar's Uncle
episode index
Epps, Chris, Daryl (SAR)
Eric (SAR)
Espenson, Jane on:

• Anya vs. Cordelia
• vampires as id
• Spike's re-souling
• Spike's motivations in going to Africa

ether, the
ethics

• Deontological
• quandaries raised on BtVS
• Utilitarianism/Consequentialism
• of the warrior vs. the care-giver
• of good witches

Eve (Senior Partners' liason, moral ambiguity of, metaphysics of)

evil

• definition of/nature of in the Buffyverse
• human
• kinds in the Buffyverse
• problem of evil (God and the)
• undefeated
• can evil ever be completely defeated?
• necessity of

evolutionary tree, Earthly
Existentialism
exorcism (of poltergeists, of demons)
eye for an eye philosophy
Eyghon (the Sleepwalker)

Factories, evil of
Faith

• moral ambiguity of
• and Wesley (Sunnydale, L.A 2000, 2003)
• philosophy of slaying
• the evil of
• and the Mayor
• reawakening of
• Buffy issues
• incarceration
• jail break
• Angelus salvage operation
• and Orpheus trip
• return to Sunnydale
• leadership of the Scooby gang
• in final battle against the First Evil
• post-fight against the First Evil

fate, fatalism
feminism (definition of, examples)
ferula-gemina, the
Finch, Deputy Mayor Allan
Finn, Riley

• origins
• naivete of
• finest moments
• split with the Initiative
• the metaphysics of
• relationship with Buffy
• Angel issues
• as voluntary vamp victim
• break up with Buffy
• new job
• return to Sunnydale

First Evil, the

• basics of
• evil of
• manipulation of Angel
• manipulation of Spike
• destruction of Watcher's Council
• potential of destroying the First Evil
• agenda for the Scoobies
• infiltration of the potential slayers
• and Caleb
• manifestations of
• final battle against

Fordham, Billy
Forrest (moral ambiguity of, death of)
Frat boys, Tom and Richard the
Fred Burkle

• life before Pylea
• life in Pylea
• Pylea to Los Angeles
• after Pylea
• crush on Angel
• relationship with Gunn
• concern for Wesley
• running Angel Investigations, summer '02
• and the death of Professor Seidel
• as a teenager
• rockiness of relationship with Gunn
• and Jasmine
• doubts about working at Wolfram & Hart
• death
• and Illyria

Fray
free will (concepts of, free will and evil)
French, Natalie
Freud, Sigmund
Fury, David on

• making werewolves
• Xander's soldier skills
• the little sis prophetic dream
• the redemption of Angel vs. Spike
• Buffy and Spike

Gateway for Lost Souls, the
Gem of Amara, the
Gene the physicist
Gentlemen, the
ghosts

• definition
• center
• purgatory
• vs. spirits

Giles, Rupert

• finest moments
• and the Watchers
• moral ambiguity of (The Ripper)
• post-Graduation
• relationship with Buffy (post high-school, post-resurrection)
• relationship with Xander
• relationship with Joyce
• as Fyarl demon
• and Ben/Glory's death
• leaving Sunnydale
• return to Sunnydale (season 6, season 7)
• and dechipping Spike
• and Spike's trigger
• in the final battle against the First Evil

glamor(s)
Glory

• metaphysics of
• evil of
• and the Alignment
• brain-sucking, reverse brain-suck
• relationship to Ben
• cast out of hell
• memory mojo
• Glory/Ben's death

Glove of Myhnegon, the
gods and goddesses (metaphysics of, examples of)
good, forces for
Gorch Brothers, the (Lyle and Tector)
Graveyard Demon, the (Enemies)
greed
Greenwalt, David (on AI's decision to take over the Wolfram and Hart LA office)
grieving, the stages of
Groosalug, the

• background
• deposition
• on Earth
• leaving Cordelia

Gruenstahler, Frederick and Hans and their boss
guides
Gunn, Charles

• moral ambiguity
• finest moments
• Gunn, Alonna
• choice to remain in Angel Investigations
• clearest thinker in Angel Investigations
• friends Rondell and George
• quandary between old friends and new
• relationship with Fred
• and his truck
• and selling his soul
• running Angel Investigations, summer '02
• and the death of Professor Seidel
• rockiness of relationship with Fred
• show-down with Wesley over Fred
• and the White Room
• instant law degree
• loss of legal knowledge
• reaction to Fred's death
• and the Senior Partners' holding dimension
• role in the final battle against Wolfram and Hart

Gwendolyn Post
Gwen Raiden (metaphysics, moral ambiguity, device to alter body chemistry)
gypsies, the/the Kalderash people
gypsy curse, the (Angelus and, motivation for)

Halloween
Hamilton, Marcus (new liaison to the Senior Partners)
happiness clause, the
Hamilton, Marcus (liaison to the Senior Partners, death of)
Harbingers, the (AKA the Bringers)

• metaphysics and evil of
• relationship of bringers to the first evil

Harmony Kendall

• as human
• VampHarmony
• moral ambiguity of
• in LA
• employed at Wolfram and Hart
• fired from Wolfram and Hart

Harvest, the
hauntings in Amends, the
Haviland, Colonel
Heaven
hell (the demon dimensions)
hellgods, the
hell-hounds, the
The Hellmouth

• basics facts about
• beast of
• rising of
• cycles of
• evacuation of
• destruction of

Hobbes, Thomas
Holtz

• background
• raising of
• motivations
• army
• kidnapping of Connor
• return to Earth
• relationship with Connor/Steven (in Quortoth, post-Quortoth)
• death

hostile sub-terrestrials
hosts and parasites
human beings
Hume, David
Hus
hybrids, human/demon

Id
identity

• definition of
• theories about
• Angel's
• a werewolf's
• Adam's
• Darla's
• Dawn's
• Souled Spike's
• Connor's (pre-Home, post-Home, post-Origin)

Illyria

• origins of (as demon monarch)
• metaphysics of
• evil of
• loss of her powers
• political philosophy of
• ability to imitate Fred
• role in the final battle against Wolfram and Hart

immaterial (non-physical, incorporeal)
immolation
Immortal, The
incantations
Initiative, the

• moral ambiguity of
• and demon rights
• personnel and facilities
• goals
• methods
• view of demons
• abandoned facilities
• origin (the Demon Research Initiative)

inner Earth
innocent until proven guilty
insanity in Sunnydale
invisibility:

• Marcie's
• Xander's
• Buffy's
• cloaked objects
• The invisibility ray

Jasmine

• metaphysics of, moral ambiguity of/agenda, evil of
• the vessel (conception of, birth of)
• control of A.I./L.A. population
• "consumption" of humans
• psychic powers of
• defeating magic of
• death of

Jefferson, Thomas
Jhiera
Jesse (moral dilemma of dusting, as vampire)
Jonathan Levinson (moral ambiguity of, death of)
Joss Whedon

• drug addict analogy for Angel's condition
• should Joss reveal the forces of Good?
• inspiration for the Slayer
• math-suckage
• moral ambiguity of
• quote archive (at Little Willow's site)
• philosophy of research
• views on/explanations of issues raised on the show (see the specific issue of interest)
• vision of Hell
• on the Hero
• what does Joss have against...

Judge, the
justice

Kakistos
Kathy of the Mok'Togar. the
Kant, Immanuel
Kendra

• calling
• philosophy of slaying
• death

Key, the

• transformation into human form
• nature of
• using
• after Glory's death

Kiddie League coach (Nightmares)
Kierkegaard, Søren
Killer of the Dead, the
King, Ty
Knox, evil of
Kralik, Zachary
Krevlorneswath of the Deathwok Clan (the Caritas Host)

• metaphysics of
• moral ambiguity of
• principle against revealing people's destinies to others
• origins of
• destruction of Caritas
• after Caritas destruction
• and alcohol
• leaving L.A.
• Las Vegas Casino job
• return to LA
• new job at Wolfram and Hart
• role in the destruction of the Circle of the Black Thorn
• quitting the Fang Gang

Kye-rumption

Larry
life energy
Linwood Murrow
Living Flame
Locke, John
Lockley, Detective Kate

• moral ambiguity of
• finest moments
• father (Trevor)
• firing
• suicide attempt
• new faith

Los Angeles
Luke (the Master's Vessel)
lunch room lady, the (Earshot)
lust

Machiavelli
Madison, Catherine
Madison, Amy

• introduction
• as a witch
• turned into a rat
• de-ratting
• resentment of Willow

magic/magicks

• mystical energy
• rituals and spells
• moral ambiguity of
• evil magicians/sorcerers
• potions and mystical substances
• vs.science
• sources of
• "blood magic"/ "flesh magic"

Marcus the torture vamp
mark of Eyghon, Gachnar, Vocah
Marxist subtext
masked man, the (Enemies)
Masquerade the philosopher
Master, the
materialism
Mayor Richard Wilkins III

• and the Sunnydale cover up
• the evil of
• and Faith
• status as human
• invincibility of
• moral ambiguity of
• as Olvikan

McDonald, Lindsey

• evil of
• moral ambiguity
• thing for vampiresses
• post wine-cellar massacre
• leaving L.A.
• return
• as "Doyle"/manipulation of Angel and Spike
• and plan to join the Circle of the Black Thorn
• role in the final battle against Wolfram and Hart
• death

meaning of life, the
mediums
Ronald Meltzer, Dr.
Connor memory wipe/reality altering spell, the

• spell to initiate
• effect on the Fang Gang
• effect on Connor
• reversal for Connor and Wesley

mental powers
Merle the stooly
Merrick (Buffy's first watcher)
memory

• nature of memory loss
• extracting memories
• first hand vs. second hand memories
• having two sets of memories

Mesektet, AKA the Red Girl (and finding Sahjhan, function at Wolfram and Hart, death of)
metaphysics
military, depiction of
mind, the
mind control
Minear, Tim on:

• Angel's early 20th century years
• Angelus & Darla relationship
• Holtz' "mercy" towards Angel and Connor in Lullaby
• Holtz' final actions
• The 'Angel the Series' mission statement

Moloch (the Corruptor) and his minions
monsters
MOO, Mothers Opposed to the Occult
moral ambiguity
moral weakness, human
Morgan, Lilah

• evil-as-temptation
• moral ambiguity of
• post wine-cellar massacre
• promotion at Wolfram and Hart
• conspiracy with Sahjhan
• vs. Gavin Park
• seduction of Wesley
• coup in Special Projects division
• "relationship" with Wesley
• love for Wesley
• death of
• return/dead Lilah

mummies
misogyny
mystical energy