Despite his apparent death at the end of Buffys final season, Spike returns in the fifth and final season of the spin-off series Angel.

Despite her pleasant and cheerfully optimistic nature, April is dangerously loyal to Warren and physically attacks anybody who came between them, including Spike, Buffy, and Katrina.

Despite his flaws, at least one episode reveals that Grim is fundamentally a good man, as he was greatly conflicted by D. C. Boyle's plan of planting evidence on the drug-dealer Harry the Spike.

Despite the best efforts of Angel, Spike, and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, she manages to fight off all three of them and open the portal to where her army is waiting, but soon she discovers it was destroyed long ago.

Despite the failure of his attempt at a cover-up, Spike is still determined to stop her from admitting guilt.

* Despite the fact it has been shown vampires have no reflection, Spike can be seen many times in a mirror to left of the door, visible just past Giles ' shoulder and in the glass front of the bookshelf next to his chair.

Despite Spike's pleas and confessions, Buffy refuses to listen to him and denies that there is something between them, insisting that Spike is still a dangerous villain and, being soulless, is incapable of such emotion.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Despite the technological limitations of the TV medium at the time, more and more people chose to stay home to watch the television.

Despite the setbacks, Gandhi chose to continue studying in England and spent a few months at the Badminton School in Bristol before clearing the Oxford entrance exam in 1937.

Despite the HD remastering, CBS chose to deliver the broadcast syndication package in Standard Definition ( SD TV ).

Despite this refusal, Nobuhide chose not to kill Takechiyo but instead held him for the next three years at the Manshoji Temple in Nagoya.

Despite aggressive pressure by Truman's aides to avoid forcing the issue on the Convention floor, Humphrey chose to speak on behalf of the minority plank.

Despite the tribute and a negotiation between Laoshang Chanyu ( r. 174 – 160 BCE ) and Emperor Wen ( r. 180 – 157 BCE ) to reopen border markets, many of the Chanyu's Xiongnu subordinates chose not to obey the treaty and periodically raided Han territories south of the Great Wall for additional goods.

Despite being married twice more, Gable chose to be interred beside Lombard in Forest Lawn Memorial Park when he died in 1960.

Despite much counsel from his advisors, Yongle chose his older son, Gaochi ( the future Hongxi Emperor ), as his heir apparent mainly due to advice from Xie Jin.

Despite having massed forces along the border, Charles ' military attentions were distracted by the problems in Gascony and he eventually chose to settle the rebellion peacefully through the Peace of Arques in 1326, in which Louis was only indirectly involved.

Despite the unprecedented size of Pompey's corps of legates — he received the right to appoint 24 of these senior adjutants — for his scourge of the pirates from the Mediterranean, Afranius did not number amongst them, as his patron chose to cultivate his links with the Roman aristocracy by appointing only men of distinguished family.

Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress.

Despite being low on ammunition, Morgan chose to stay and fight the enemy forces he knew were on their way.

Despite a number of physicians ( including one from Johns Hopkins University ) recommending that the eye be removed, Dirksen chose treatment and rest and recovered most of his sight in the eye.

Despite his deep respect for Gokhale, however, Gandhi would reject Gokhale's faith in western institutions as a means of achieving political reform and ultimately chose not to become a member of Gokhale's Servants of India Society.

Despite its failure, Brotherhood of Man recorded the song and chose it as their next single.

Despite being technically innovative, Dynamic Link was complex to use and somewhat buggy, and Adobe chose to drop the feature from the subsequent GoLive CS release.

Despite being each individually owned by members of The Bash Street Gang, they chose to live in knocked over dustbin in an alley.

Despite this, many inside the Federation government chose to appease Haman, even after Haman dropped a colony in Dublin, as a show of Neo Zeon's strength and having their forces prevent all civilian attempts from evacuating to further the act.

Despite orders from Antonio López de Santa Anna that he was to retreat to Saltillo, Ampudia chose to stand at Monterrey instead and informed Santa Anna that:

Despite the fact that the injury was expected to keep him out until late in the season, the Patriots chose not to place Taylor on injured reserve, and instead de-activated him.

Despite being in the heart of German modernism, she chose to study and compose alone.

Despite being literate, young Yue Fei chose the military path because there had never been any tradition of full-fledged Confucian civil service in his family history.

Despite his stance against the invasion of Iraq, on receiving a copy of a confidential memo between Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, and US President George W. Bush, he chose to report the leak to the police rather than expose what was said.

Despite being outnumbered, Stevens chose to attack across a grassy field against Brig.

Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Despite the discomfort of jumping from the boat into swamps, rivers and marshes the film apparently rekindled in Bogart his early love of boats and on his return to California from the Congo he bought a classic mahogany Hacker-Craft runabout which he kept until his death.

Despite general acceptance of Byrne's characterization, as evidenced by subsequent adaptations in other media, some writers have called for a return to Luthor's original status as a mad scientist.

Despite an estimated loss of 300 lives over the course of four days, nonviolent protesters continued to return to Bamako each day demanding the resignation of the dictatorial president and the implementation of democratic policies.

Despite the return of Harris as manager from 1935 – 42 and again from 1950 – 54, Washington was mostly a losing ball club for the next 25 years, contending for the pennant only during World War II.

Despite the controversy, the Giants finished 10 – 6, and Taylor recorded 15. 5 sacks after his return from the suspension.

Despite popular conceptions promoted by movies and television, many US police departments prefer not to maintain officers in non-patrol bureaus and divisions beyond a certain period of time, such as in the detective bureau, and instead maintain policies that limit service in such divisions to a specified period of time, after which officers must transfer out or return to patrol duties.

Despite halting his diminution, he is told that he will never return to his former size unless a cure is found, and that the antidote will only arrest the shrinking.

Despite being underdogs against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers in the Smythe Division semifinals, Gretzky led the Kings to a shocking upset of his old squad, spearheading the Kings ' return from a 3 – 1 series deficit to win the series 4 – 3.

Despite his actions, Buffy succumbs to her passions and engages in an act of passionate airborne sex with Angel, only having them return on waking up in a paradise dimension which will replace the existing universe.

Despite court judgments in their favour, they have not been allowed to return from their exile in Mauritius, although there are signs that financial compensation and an official apology are being considered by the British government.

Despite confirming her return for Wrath of the Titans in September 2010, Arterton did not reprise her role for unknown reasons.

Despite scholars ' concern that the tapestry was becoming damaged the council refused to return it to the Cathedral.

Despite the strict disarmament conditions in the Treaty of Versailles, Fokker did not return home empty-handed.

Despite a return to the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart with 2004's " You're Gone ", the media's perception of Marillion failed to soften.

Despite his declining health, he tried to take part in an insurrection in Bologna, but was forced to return to Switzerland in disguise, and settled in Lugano.

Despite the warnings of Simon, Mrs. Soames, and Mrs. Gibbs, Emily decides to return to Earth to re-live just one day, her 12th birthday.

Despite his attempts to convert Yoda to his cause, he is ultimately unsuccessful, but is very nearly swayed in turn by Yoda to return to the Jedi Order.

Despite Nelson's return to the team for the Finals, the Lakers won the series and the championship by beating the Magic in five games.

Despite this incident and a lack of food, Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and 107 men to establish the colony at the north end of Roanoke Island, promising to return in April 1586 with more men and fresh supplies.

Despite this, Charles refused to return the lands in Aquitaine to the English king, resulting in a provisional agreement under which Edward resumed administration of the remaining English territories in early 1326 whilst France continued to occupy the rest.

Despite Agamemnon's grand offers of treasure and women, he did not return to the fray until the death of Patroclus.

Despite a commendation from Wayne, these circumstances prompted him to resign his general command in March 1778, and return to Valley Forge.

Despite speculation that SPECTRE would return for the Daniel Craig era of Bond films, 007 has instead tackled an underground terrorist organisation similar to SPECTRE, known as Quantum.

Despite this, Māori frequently used the Treaty to argue for a range of issues, including greater independence and return of confiscated and unfairly purchased land.