Feminism has driven the creation of a considerable body of action-oriented science fiction with female protagonists: Wonder Woman ( actually originally created in 1941 ) and The Bionic Woman during the time of the organized women's movement in the 1970s ; Terminator 2 and the Alien tetralogy in the 1980s ; and Xena, Warrior Princess, comic book character Red Sonja and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

* Kennedy ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ), fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The only character injured in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode " Older and Far Away " ( 2002 ) wears a red shirt ; writer Drew Greenberg confirmed that this " redshirt " reference was intentional.

This archetype has been widely exemplified, notably by such characters as Countess Zaleska in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter, Barnabas Collins in the TV soap opera Dark Shadows, Mick St. John in the TV show Moonlight, Louis de Pointe du Lac in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Kain in the Legacy Of Kain video games, Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, Nick Knight in the TV series Forever Knight, Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, and Bill Compton in Charlaine Harris ' The Southern Vampire Mysteries.

Willow Danielle Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997 – 2003 ).

Willow appears in every Buffy episode ( making her the only character besides Buffy herself to do so ), is featured in three episodes of the spinoff Angel, an animated series and video game — both of which use Hannigan's voice, and the comic Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight ( 2007 – 2011 ), which uses Hannigan's likeness and continues Willow's storyline following the television series.

Willow is malleable, in continuous transition more so than any other Buffy character.

* Pike ( Buffyverse character ), a character in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie

Buffy Anne Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.

Giselle Loren has lent her voice to the character in both the Buffy video games and an unproduced animated series.

The character of Buffy was created to subvert the stereotypical female horror film victim ; Whedon wanted to create a strong female cultural icon.

The character of Buffy first appears in the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer film, played by Kristy Swanson.

Following the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the character maintains a presence in the fifth season of Angel ( 2003 – 2004 ), but does not appear onscreen.

Sarah Michelle Gellar was approached to appear as Buffy in Angel < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s one hundredth episode, but declined, so the character of Cordelia Chase ( Charisma Carpenter ) was used instead.

As the main character of the franchise, Buffy appears in almost all Buffy the Vampire Slayer literature.

Volume II of the similar series of novels Tales of the Slayer ( 2003 ) features two stories about Buffy ; the character battles a mummified spirit in Todd A. McIntosh's " All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee ," while Jane Espenson's " Again Sunnydale " sees a season six-era Buffy sent back in time to high school, when her mother is still alive but Dawn does not exist.

The character of Buffy was conceived by Joss Whedon as a way of subverting the cliché of " the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror film ".

*" TTFN ( Ta ta for now )" – Spoken by Dorothy Summers ' character, Mrs Mopp.

Dawn Summers is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Marti Noxon and David Fury on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg.

Within the series, Dawn is the little sister of main character Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ), a girl chosen by fate to be a vampire Slayer.

He was conceived as an everyman and a male character for series heroine Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ) to interact with, and to provide comic relief in the series.

* Buffy Summers, the title character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer media

After completing high school, Dushku returned to acting with the role of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy Summers.

Havok ( Alexander " Alex " Summers ) is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in the and member of the X-Men.

Cable ( Nathan Christopher Charles Summers ) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Issue # 6 ( Dec. 1993 ) confirmed the character to be Nathan Christopher Summers, the son of the X-Man Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, who had been taken to the future in X-Factor # 68 ( July 1991 ), introduced by writer Chris Claremont, and appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 201 ( Jan. 1986 ).

" When asked whether Nathan Summers was a tragic character in his mind, Swierczynski replied that, " Cable's still a bad ass soldier, make no mistake.

He is a centuries-old vampire portrayed by Mark Metcalf, determined to open the portal to hell below Sunnydale High School in the fictional town of Sunnydale where the main character Buffy Summers lives.

The series ' main character, Buffy Summers, encounters and ultimately defeats him in the fourth season.

It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest.

" Sandy and Harry Summers in the book Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk postulate that Greg's character, although intelligent and firm in his defense of his profession, " might have done more to rebut the stereotypes " while also reporting that " some men in nursing " expressed their opinions that it would have been better to not present the stereotypes at all.

Portrayed by Harry Groener, he is the mayor of Sunnydale, a fictional town rife with vampires and demons in which the main character, Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ) lives.

Connor's name is often mentioned with Buffy the Vampire Slayers Dawn Summers younger sister to Buffy Summers similarly created to give a strong emotional connection to the titular character.

Joyce Summers is a fictional character in the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997 – 2003 ).

Played by Kristine Sutherland, Joyce is the mother of the main character, Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ).

A new character is introduced to the Summers family: Buffy gets a 14-year-old sister named Dawn ( Michelle Trachtenberg ), who is a the mystical embodiment of a " key " which opens a portal to a hell dimension.

Mary Ann Summers is a fictional character in the television sitcom Gilligan's Island which ran on the CBS network from 1964 to 1967, and has run more or less continuously since in reruns.

Sarah Michelle Gellar was originally scripted to return as Buffy Summers, but when she could not appear, it instead focused on rounding off the character of Cordelia.

* Buffy Summers, central character of the film and television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

He was the lawman who survived more gunfights than any other famous gun-slinging character in the book.

After the collapse of that desperate and ill-fated campaign the character of the king degenerated for a time into a futility that was not merely pitiable but often ridiculous.

Some people thought he lacked both ability and character, but most agreed that he was noble in appearance and, for a Russian, humane.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

The audience was fond of Harry Hawk, he was a dear, in or out of character, but he was not particularly funny.

The figure was so theatrically dressed, that it was as though a character from some other play had blundered into this one.

The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.

Of more importance to the West than Poland's boundaries was the character of her government.

Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.

What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.

The new `` School For Wives '' was interpreted according to a principle that is becoming increasingly common in the playing of classic comedy -- the idea of turning some obviously ludicrous figure into a tragic character.

At the other extreme in character was the half-hour excerpt from the Petipa-Minkus ballet `` Bayaderka '', which opened the evening.

A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.

Susan was an active character ; ;

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.