From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 10 Times Buffy  Should Have Been Expelled (Or   
   Thrown In Jail)   
   BY LIZ HERSEY  MAY 15, 2019   
      
   On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the titular heroine sacrifices a lot for her   
   calling. For most teenage girls, high school means boys, parties, and trips   
   to the mall. As the Slayer, Buffy doesn't have this luxury. Nor does she   
   have a good reputation. Thrown out of her old school for arson — she was   
   killing a horde of vampires — Buffy arrives at Sunnydale High, already   
   labeled a juvenile delinquent.   
      
   Talk about unfair. Buffy tries her hardest to keep the slaying as tidy and   
   law-abiding as possible. Unfortunately, sometimes that's just not possible.   
   Sometimes Buffy has no other choice but to commit a felony, or several, in   
   order to save the world. Buffy may have died twice but when it comes to   
   avoiding jail time, Buffy has ten lives. Here's a chronological look at the   
   Slayer's would-be rap sheet.   
      
      
   10 SHE VIOLATES A CRIME SCENE   
      
   Poor Buffy naïvely thinks she has an opportunity to start fresh at Sunnydale   
   High and ditch the slaying. Alas, this is the Hellmouth we're talking about.   
   On her first day, a dead guy is found stuffed into a locker, and he's got   
   vampire bites. Buffy learns quickly that cutting ties to her Slayer self   
   isn't that easy. She's on the case.   
      
   In her defense, the crime scene is a joke. It's just a locked door and a   
   sheet thrown haphazardly over the body. There's no police presence   
   whatsoever. While Buffy may be doing the Sunnydale PD's job for them, she   
   should have been more careful, especially on her first day. Principal Flutie   
   already had his suspicions. Buffy may not have been caught, but she won't be   
   joining the cast of CSI any time soon.   
      
      
   9 SHE CHOKES JENNY   
      
   If there's ever a time for Buffy to go on the warpath, it's after Angel   
   loses his soul. Buffy needs answers and when a dream reveals that Jenny may   
   be involved, it makes sense that Buffy would question her. What doesn't make   
   sense is storming into Jenny's classroom, grabbing her by the throat and   
   slamming her onto the desk. Oh yeah, and Buffy does this is in a room full   
   of students. She attacks a teacher!   
      
   There's no way this news doesn't make its way to Principal Snyder. Does his   
   dislike of Jenny outweigh his desire to expel Buffy? Maybe a lot of other   
   students choked out their teachers that day and Buffy's outburst was   
   forgotten about. That's the only logical explanation.   
      
      
   8 SHE FIRES A STOLEN ROCKET LAUNCHER   
      
   If there's any reason to pull a stunt like this, it's to destroy a   
   blue-skinned, mass-murdering demon. But this could have landed every Scooby   
   in jail. Xander and Cordy steal it, Willow's the lookout, Oz is the getaway   
   driver, and Buffy actually fires it in a crowded mall.   
      
   It's a good that this whole melee went down before the age of smartphones.   
   It would have gone viral on YouTube. Perhaps the lack of consequences can be   
   chalked up to the fact that if it wasn't for trigger-happy Buffy, all the   
   police and military personnel would be dead.   
      
      
   7 SHE BECOMES A FUGITIVE   
      
   This is the closest Buffy gets to real prison time. After she's found   
   standing over Kendra's dead body in the library with the stake, Buffy   
   actually does get expelled. That's small potatoes compared to what happens   
   immediately after, which is Buffy getting arrested. But Angel's about to end   
   the world and the clock is ticking.   
      
   Buffy evades the police and becomes a fugitive. However, after she kills   
   Angel, Buffy hops a bus and gets the Hellmouth out of Dodge. Is that not the   
   most guilty-looking move ever? When Buffy does come back to town, some   
   months later, her name has been miraculously cleared. Sometimes it really is   
   worth it to hop a Greyhound over boy and murder troubles.   
      
      
      
   6 SHE BREAKS INTO A SPORTING GOODS STORE WITH INTENT TO STEAL   
      
   This one has absolutely nothing to do with saving people or defending the   
   world. Here, Buffy is a straight-up reckless sticky fingers. She gets   
   corrupted by Faith and her "livin' large" ways, which apparently include   
   relieving Meyer Sports and Tackle of their crossbows. The Slayers do get   
   busted and thrown into the back of a cop car, but they break out. And that's   
   that. Zero consequences afterwards.   
      
   While Faith may not be a known quantity, Buffy has had tons of run-ins with   
   the Sunnydale PD. It's a small town, so it's rather shocking that the police   
   weren't waiting for her upon her return home. Then again, given the mess   
   Buffy and Faith made of that cruiser, arresting them likely wasn't worth the   
   effort.   
      
      
   5 SHE'S AN ACCESSORY TO MANSLAUGHTER   
      
   It's a felonious day in the neighborhood... just one day after Buffy and   
   Faith ditch the fuzz, Faith gets a little over-zealous with a stake. The   
   pointy end finds its way into the chest of Deputy Mayor Allan Finch, a   
   human. Oopsy! Buffy wants to do the right thing and tell Giles, but Faith   
   convinces her not to. Seriously, B?   
      
   Sure, Faith is your Slayer sister, but you've known her for how long? Do you   
   really want to go down for an accidental crime you didn't commit? However,   
   all things are coming up roses for the Chosen Two. Neither of them get   
   arrested and Faith (unofficially) gets Allan's job. When you're a Slayer,   
   crime really does pay.   
      
      
      
   4 SHE ATTEMPTS TO MURDER FAITH   
      
   In the eyes of the law, Buffy can't break bad any harder than this. She   
   premeditates a murder. After Faith shoots Angel with a poisoned arrow, Buffy   
   discovers the only antidote is Slayer's blood. So, she goes off in search of   
   her prey. A knock-down, drag-out brawl commences between the two Slayers.   
   Buffy manages to stab Faith in the gut before she escapes.   
      
   Even though this is one of Buffy's worst crimes, she likely wouldn't have   
   been arrested for it. At this point, Faith is way more of a criminal and who   
   would believe her should she squawk? Later on in the series when Buffy is   
   broke, she really should have considered a career as a hitwoman.   
      
      
   3 SHE BLOWS UP THE SCHOOL   
      
   Come Graduation Day, the students of Sunnydale High put aside their   
   differences and it's all for one and one for all. That means building bombs   
   and going back to the weapons supply closet, aka the Sunnydale military   
   base. Come the Ascension, the graduating class of 1999 is armed to the   
   teeth.   
      
   While they fight off his thugs, Buffy lures the snake-ified Mayor into a   
   school packed with explosives. Buffy escapes and the Mayor goes boom.   
   Technically, Giles is the one who hits the detonator but the entire scheme   
      
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