If you look at Buffy entirely, there is a lot of foreshadowing. For example, Spike's suit in Restless when Giles' fells that he is a son to him, and in Tabula Rasa when he wears the suit again. I believe that his costume was indeed foreshadowing for what was to come. Yeah, maybe it wasn't intention but it turned into a foreshadowing.
Mermaid-Tail picked Nah I don't think so The Buffy writers were great when it came to foreshadowing upcoming plots so it's entirely possible, but there were also accidental nods to future plots more than once like Willow saying she thinks vampire Willow is 'kinda gay', before the writers had decided Willow would turn out to be a lesbian.
I'm not sure but I think Pirate Xander was a coincidence not foreshadowing. Dragonclaws picked Nah I don't think so If it's not in a dream, I'm reluctant to think it's deliberate foreshadowing. This seems like coincidence. Yes, but he did turn into an Army man. If you look at one aspect, Buffy's relationships, you can kind of see foreshadowing there.
It began with Owen, but even she suggested what her other relationships would be like. And that's exactly what happened. And even in her relationship with Angel. But hey, that's just what I see.
I think it's just coincidence too, or just unintentional foreshadowing. Like what was said about the Willow vamp, the writers tend to do things that can link to what they've done in the past. There he served a brand of beer called Black Frost that, not to his initial knowledge, was cursed by the bar owner to turn the patrons, including Buffy, into savage cavemen, likely leading to the end of that job where he initially expressed the excitement of offering to light lonely patron's cigarettes.
Shortly after his arrival to Sunnydale, Xander was approached by Anya who still had feelings for him and after a very little persuasion, he had sex with Anya [40] and then began dating.
Although, Xander's problems multiplied when he was forced to accept Spike as a roommate for a short time while the Scoobies were hiding from the Initiative. Throughout the year, Xander relentlessly had to deal with the fact that his friends were going places in their lives while he struggled to see himself as a grown-up. These feelings were used against him when Spike, recruited the gang's newest big bad Adam , used the power of words to separate Buffy, Willow, Giles, and Xander.
Spike made Xander feel he was useless in the gang and that his friends talked about sending him to the army, [43] so Xander fled to the basement where he laid down in his bed in the nude. It wasn't until Anya came and made him feel important.
He then rejoined his friends in their plan to defeat Adam. Walking through the Initiative compound, Xander helped Buffy clear through the various rioting demons with the help of an Initiative taser blaster.
He then joined them in performing the Enjoining spell , binding their essences with Xander providing the "heart" in the team so they could defeat Adam. Later, when the four had a movie night at Buffy's house, Xander brought Apocalypse Now but they all fell asleep before it even began. Meanwhile, Sineya , the First Slayer, attacked them in their dreams, angry that Buffy worked with others to fight evil.
In Xander's dream, he abstractly dealt with aspects with his life such as his inner primal desires, insecurity around others, loyalty to Buffy, relationship with Anya, crummy upbringing, and his journey in life.
When the famous vampire, Dracula , came to Sunnydale in search of the Slayer, he hypnotized Xander into briefly becoming his willing manservant. Xander became a bubbling, spider-eating Renfield that escorted an entranced Buffy to Dracula as he was promised he would become a vampire. He tried to prevent the intervention of Buffy's current boyfriend Riley Finn but was easily taken out.
As he regained consciousness, Buffy had already bested Dracula, and Xander, free from his thrall, expressed his anger, not only at Dracula but generally how he was the "butt monkey," and declared he will be no more.
Xander later decided to move out of his parent's basement and try for an apartment, but he failed to impress the building manager with his inability to pay for it and his physical appearance, disappointing Anya who wanted him to buy it. When the demon Toth came in search of the Slayer and attack her with the Ferula Gemini , Xander took the blast for her and was then split into two separate beings; one displaying his strengths while carrying a flattened nickel and one displaying his weaknesses.
After Xander watches his replacement, he realizes he can also change and becomes a little more confident. His stronger half excelled, dressing more presentable and getting a promotion in his current job in construction, which allowed him to lease the apartment. The weaker half-believed the other half was the evil weapon of Toth that used the nickel to mesmerize people into trusting him. While the stronger Xander was with Anya, the weaker Xander tried to kill him with Anya's revolver.
After Toth was killed, the Xanders found out about their true nature as Toth actually wanted to split Buffy into two; one as her Slayer side and the other powerless which, because if one duplicate would die so would the other, making her easier to kill and meaning both Xanders could have died.
Xander was returned back into one being, and Xander discovered that the real reason why one of them was so ambitious and fortunate was that it was his true potential. However, as Riley helped Xander move out of the basement, Riley revealed to Xander that he knew Buffy didn't love him.
Riley told Buffy that he would be leaving her to rejoin the military. After Buffy killed Riley's vampire clients, Xander came and told her that it was because she largely treated Riley as a rebound from Angel and asked her if she really wanted a serious relationship.
She did but was too late and Riley left. Because of Buffy's experience, Xander made it known that he fully appreciated his relationship with Anya, and how she made him feel like an adult. Xander, however, later became the center of a conflict between Anya and Willow who had disagreements about running Giles' shop, the Magic Box , when he temporarily left it to them.
Anya was suspicious of Willow's feelings for Xander despite the fact she discovered she was gay a year before while Willow became irritated by Anya's personality.
This led to them accidentally summoning Anya's ex-boyfriend and now troll , Olaf , who rampaged through the streets of Sunnydale. Xander tried to rescue the girls but was easily overpowered and was forced to choose between them.
Luckily, Buffy came, having grown emotionally respondent from Xander and Anya's relationship, and defeated Olaf before he was taken out of this dimension. Shortly before going into battle with the hell-goddess Glory , Xander asked Anya to marry him should they survive, and she accepted. During the battle, Xander acted as one of the many pillars to weaken Glory. As Buffy temporarily lost Olaf's mystical hammer acquired to use against Glory after his defeat , Xander used his skills as the "glorified bricklayer" against Glory by employing and operating a wrecking ball to keep her off her feet.
Even though Glory was defeated, the portal to her dimension was opened via the blood of Buffy's sister Dawn , causing strings of lightning bolts to spark which made a load of wreckage fall onto Xander, but he was saved by Anya, who pushed him out of the way and took the damage. Xander later carried an injured yet living Anya just before the dead body of Buffy who closed the portal by sacrificing herself. Xander had doubts about his future with Anya and didn't want her to announce their engagement during such a time when they were recovering from their loss.
Xander hesitantly joined in Willow's spell to resurrect Buffy despite having deep doubts about it. As the spell was successful, Xander tried to help Buffy find a job by letting her try her hand at his construction site, making use of her superhuman strength. However, that only caused trouble for him when Buffy was attacked by a bunch of demons summoned by the Trio. Hoping for a happy ending, Xander summoned the demon Sweet to turn Sunnydale into a living musical, which went horribly wrong when people started bursting into flames as well as singing their feelings out.
During that period, Xander and Anya both expressed their love and excitement over their upcoming marriage while also revealing each other's flaws. Buffy also revealed that — while dead — she was actually in what she believed was heaven.
Xander and Anya showed both excitement and frustration on their upcoming wedding, as they both learned to Waltz while arguing about preparations, which became resolved after being given advice from Riley and his new wife Sam during a visit to Sunnydale in order to kill a demon.
They concluded that they feared their wedding, not their marriage. Xander, however, was still unsure. His fears over marrying Anya were made worse during their wedding by a visit from a man who claimed to be his future self, showing him a bitter future trapped in a marriage similar to that of his parents. In reality, this man was Stewart Burns , who had been turned into a demon by Anya and was seeking vengeance from her.
Although the vision was also revealed to be false, Xander became more conscious of the doubts he was already having, especially seeing his drunken father abuse Xander's mother and insult Anya's demonic "family. Xander decides he doesn't want to repeat his parents' marriage and leaves Anya at the altar. Xander then fled to a hotel for the night before returning to his apartment where he drowned his sorrows in beer and music.
Xander attempted to fix things with Anya as he still loved her. However, Anya returned to the vengeance fold and tried to have Xander's friends make wishes against him. Failing to do so, Anya became drunk with Spike and subsequently had sex with him. Discovering them in the act, Xander attacked and threatened to kill him, but abandoned those plans out of disgust when he discovered that Buffy and Spike had been sleeping together behind their backs for quite some time.
When Spike subsequently attempted to rape Buffy, Xander was infuriated, and later realized that Buffy had not told them about her relationship with Spike because she knew that Xander would react as he had. After a peaceful conversation, Xander subsequently made amends with Buffy. Meanwhile, Tara was fatally shot by Warren Mears , who was trying to kill Buffy. Xander blamed himself for both that and Willow's subsequent turn to the dark side, remarking that he had seen Warren's gun before he raised it and was merely frozen with fear while he shot both Buffy and Tara.
Xander supported Willow's intentions to kill Warren in revenge until she actually did so. Willow attempted to destroy the world, and as Buffy was unable to stop her, Xander came to Willow, claiming if the world were to end he would be by her side. Even as Willow attacked him, Xander simply refused to leave her and said that he still loved her — which managed to return her to her senses and restore her humanity.
The following year, Xander looked after Dawn along with Buffy while Willow was away in England for rehabilitation with Giles.
He continued a steady career in construction where he was one of the workers who built the new Sunnydale High. This allowed him access to a map of the restored school where Dawn attended that year so she could avoid any supernatural occurrences though this did not stop Dawn from encountering a group of evil manifestations on her first day which Xander defeated by destroying their talisman.
As the remaining Scoobies came into contact with a still-demonic Anya, Xander struggled over his feelings for her. He protested to the notion of Buffy killing Anya after she had a group of frat boys killed, believing there was still a chance to redeem her even though Anya didn't believe it herself.
He warned Anya of Buffy's intentions but Anya nevertheless fought back until her boss D'Hoffryn intervened, having been summoned by a recovering Willow. In order to revive the frat boys, Anya was stripped of her powers once more and she and Xander finally broke up for good, despite admitting that they still loved each other, though they did continue to have the odd fling in times of crisis.
Xander helps Dawn understand their part in all this, as well as his admiration toward her. Xander played an active role during Buffy's conflict against the First Evil and his attempt at ending the Slayer line by murdering all Potential Slayers in Buffy's protection.
It was his job in construction that provided Buffy an arena to fight the near-invincible Turok-Han vampire in order to provide an example towards the Potentials. Dawn mistakenly believed herself to be a Potential Slayer, Xander empathized with her disappointment at not being the one in the spotlight, while also praising her initiative when she encouraged the actual Potential Amanda to follow her destiny. Xander had his left eye gouged out by the evil preacher Caleb , and began wearing an eye patch.
He had to have her chloroformed as she couldn't be negotiated with but ended up being tasered unconscious and driven back to the Summer's home by Dawn herself.
In the final battle against the First Evil, Xander fought alongside Dawn while Anya was killed by a Bringer's sword , and her body remained in the new Sunnydale High's ruins as the empty town was swallowed by the earth. Andrew Wells , whom she had fought alongside, comforted Xander by saying that Anya had died saving his life. Xander replied by saying "That's my girl. Always doing the stupid thing.
Following Sunnydale's destruction, Xander took a "leave of absence" from the Scooby Gang to mourn Anya's death. Falling under his thrall again, Xander resumed his old position as the vampire's loyal manservant, living with him in his Transylvanian castle for several months, during which the pair provided each other company and Xander taught Dracula how to ride a motorcycle.
Buffy eventually tracked her friend down and showed up at Dracula's castle with two other Slayers in a bid to rescue him, but the brainwashed Xander remained loyal to his "master" and tried to fight them off. Eventually, Dracula admitted that Xander belonged with his friends, and, after an emotional farewell, released him from his trance. Xander returned to the Scooby Gang, which had expanded into a worldwide organization, and took on a Watcher-like role leading various Slayer squads from the central command base in Scotland via computer screens and earpieces.
When the Scoobies came under attack from Japanese vampires with unusual powers, Xander reluctantly recruited his former master Dracula as an ally to help bring them down. Afterward, Xander scattered Renee's ashes and told Dracula that he would no longer be the vampire's manservant. Dawn's bizarre mystical transformations continued when she turned into a centaur; Xander assured her she looked "awesome" as a centaur and even rode her to safety when their Scotland base came under attack from the Twilight Group.
When she was finally released from her transformation curse by Kenny, she and Xander realized they had developed romantic feelings for one another and began a relationship in private. This relationship was eventually discovered by a devastated Buffy, who admitted that she too was now attracted to Xander. When the apocalypse, known as Twilight , threatened the existence of the entire universe, Xander suggested to Dawn that if they survived, the pair of them get an apartment together and live a normal life.
The General observed that Xander and Dawn were ordinary people caught up in a magical war that wasn't theirs, leading Xander to believe they wouldn't survive. As a dazed Angel awoke from his possession, ignorant of his killing of Giles, Xander assaulted him punching him multiple times.
Xander wielded of the remaining pieces of the scythe to stake him, but Buffy intervened and prevented him from killing Angel; She pleaded to him that she didn't want to lose anyone else, especially Xander himself by crossing a line, so he backed down and relented. As the feeling of despair and loss overcame them, they both gazed at Giles' dead body. With magic cut off from the world, the Slayer organization disbanded and the Scoobies returned to relatively normal lives.
As they had planned, Xander and Dawn moved into an apartment together in San Francisco , with Xander resuming his career in construction. As time passed by, Xander struggled with his retirement into normalcy for the most part. He helped Buffy who was earlier caught by the cops [77] and briefly came out of retirement to help Robert Dowling against the zompire version of his partner Miranda Cheung , giving the policemen advice by referring to the first vampire he staked, his friend Jesse.
He had even playfully, along with Dawn, teased her about the cop Dowling and over whether or not she liked him. However, this moment of peace and enjoyment was soon broken. Dawn's health continued to deteriorate, much to his distress.
Eventually, his girlfriend suddenly passed out. Immediately, Xander transported her to the hospital to have her treated. Much to his confusion, the doctor claimed she fell into a coma but he could see nothing wrong with her at all. Soon after, Buffy, Andrew, and Illyria finally arrive. Soon, it was discovered that the end of magic was causing Dawn's essence to fade away because of her former status as the Key.
Later, at Andrew's apartment, Buffy followed him out on the balcony to comfort him over what was happening. Fed up with everything, Xander let out all of his hidden resentment and anger towards his friend. He blamed Buffy for Dawn's condition, and she defended herself saying that the destruction of the Seed was the only choice she had. He proceeded to say she's to blame because she had sex with Angel and created Twilight in the first place. Still not willing to hear her excuses or explanations, she reminded him that Dawn was her sister and she wouldn't give up on her.
After her failed attempts to get help, Buffy once again attempted to persuade him that, to save Dawn, they had to work together, but Xander refused to talk to her directly. He stormed out of the apartment when she reiterated that Dawn's life being threatened was not her fault.
Xander reflected on how all he had done was "watch" the people he loved constantly dying in front of him, never being able to do anything to help. Xander struggled with his sense of helplessness as he saw Dawn fading out of a photograph he was carrying, remembering that he had stayed out of supernatural affairs to keep her safe. Suddenly, he was teleported to the location of Severin and Simone Doffler. Immediately on the defensive, he was about to attack Simone until she pulled out a gun.
Simone and Severin express an awareness of what was happening to Dawn. Severin began to manipulate Xander to help them and in return, they will help him save her. He told him that he wanted to save his own deceased girlfriend he had to kill because of the end of magic and that, thanks to Illyria's powers, he could prevent Twilight from ever happening, in doing so prevent Giles' death, save Dawn, and all the other ill effects the destruction of the seed caused.
In a moment of weakness, Xander asked him what it was he had to do. Severin explained all he needed him to do was steal the Vampyr book and that was it. Xander became suspicious and uncertain, questioning if they intended to kill Buffy. He assured him he didn't and all he wanted was the book.
Despite his uncertainty and great reluctance to betray Buffy, Xander was heavily tempted by the prospect of reversing Twilight and saving Dawn's life. Having reached his limit in the constant level of uselessness he had been feeling for years, Xander made the crucial decision to side with Simone and Severin and ultimately betray Buffy's trust as a result.
Despite his intentions, he had told her the truth about what they had wanted with him, even acting annoyed when she assumed he would betray her to stop Twilight from happening. Xander continued to feed her information about Severin and their interest in the Vampyr book.
Eventually, when Willow managed to make Dawn conscious and they formed a plan to go to the Deeper Well in England to charge her up, he had been persistent in going. His girlfriend had begged him to stay with her and that they didn't need his help, but Xander explained only he could save her. Reaching the Deeper Well with the other Scoobies, Severin and Simone were aware of what Buffy's plans, as Xander had already told them.
Along with Buffy and Willow, the three stood up against the Magic Council. Although, unable to watch his friends run blindly in an unnecessary battle, Xander spilled everything he had done and his intentions to reverse Twilight and save Dawn. Buffy was the most affected by his betrayal, angry and hurt.
Everyone reaching a unanimous vote that it was Xander's fault, the group steeled themselves to stop Severin since what he was doing would create tears in the reality and end the world. While Buffy and Willow journeyed deeper into the Well, Xander was left on the sidelines since his friends no longer trusted him. Just then, he received a phone call from Spike, who informed him that Simone's secret plan all along was to form an army of slayer-turned- zompires or as Xander called them, " slaypires " to rise up against Buffy and everyone else.
Spike also told him of Dawn's form starting to disappear as well as his own memories of her beginning to go, so Xander ordered the vampire to put her on the phone. Dawn expressed her confusion and fear of her condition, while Xander tried to comfort her and told her that whatever happened, she would always be in his heart. Armed with Spike's information, Xander sought to find Buffy. They both come across the dead body of Simone near the coffin of an Old One.
He told her of Simone's plan and, while Buffy still regarded him with hostility, she chose to believe him. Buffy moved to behead Simone, but the zompire suddenly woke up and attacked them both. He was especially angry when Simone told him she never intended to help him with Dawn.
Xander's most notable character trait was his sarcastic, flippant attitude and sardonic views on life. He often joked in serious situations or when someone made what was intended to be a dramatic statement which was usually unnecessary.
He frequently quipped about school his family, and his romantic life; in the case of the former two, this appeared to be a cover of his dislike for both. Xander's hidden feelings of being a failure in the eyes of his loved ones and never being able to help them enough continued to build more and more throughout the years. While Dawn was on her way to her complete disappearance, he bitterly reflected that all he had ever done was "watch. This escalated to the point that he had decided to betray Buffy by teaming up with Severin to undo Twilight, unable to sit back and watch anymore if there was a possibility he could do something about it.
Although Xander was often laid-back and easygoing, he could overreact in certain situations and lose his temper. He also had a frequent tendency to quip against his foes with the most ridiculous choice of words, often finding something insulting to say. He was usually comically surprised and angry during one of the rare occasions he could not think of one.
Being protective by nature towards his friends, especially Buffy and Willow, Xander was very loyal to friends who he viewed as family. Spoiler AlertBuffy was killed by the master in episode 12 of season Yes, Buffy dies twice in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
She dies first in season one when the master drinks from her and she drowns, but Xander manages to bring her back. Then she dies once more in the season five finale when she sacrifices herself for the benefit of the world and for her little sister, the original sacrifice. At the beginning of season six, Willow finds a special way to bring her back again but it has a great price. Log in. Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Study now. See Answer. Best Answer. The first time he wore an eye patch was part of a costume.
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