From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
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   Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The 10 Most Shameless Things Spike Has Ever Done   
      
   Spike may have done his best to win Buffy over, but he did some horrible   
   things along the way.   
      
   BY MOLLY TURNER   
   FEB 20, 2020   
      
   One of the most dynamic characters in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe,   
   Spike begins as a punk rock vampire looking to raise a little chaos and   
   becomes the second vampire with a soul (after Angel) and the champion of   
   Sunnydale. Whether you love or hate him, Spike is a foundational character   
   to the series.   
      
   While he never loses his leather duster, it's a long path to redemption for   
   the blond demon and he makes a lot of mistakes along the way. From killing   
   Slayers to messing with the Scooby gang, here are some of the most shameless   
   things Spike has ever done.   
      
   10   
   Pretending To Be Handicapped   
      
   After a run-in with the Scoobies (and newly minted replacement Slayer,   
   Kendra), Spike becomes temporarily paralyzed thanks to falling underneath a   
   pile of rubble. While the peroxide vampire is legitimately wheelchair-bound   
   for a while, it's important to remember that vampires can heal from   
   virtually everything. And the once again soulless Angelus is more than happy   
   to rub Spike's impotence in his face. So it isn't long before Spike reveals   
   that he had pretended to still be paralyzed to team up with Buffy against   
   his old friend.   
      
   9   
   Sleeping With Anya   
      
   While Spike and Anya always have an odd kinsmanship as the "reformed" former   
   demons of the group, they are always just friends--that is until Xander   
   unexpectedly leaves Anya at the altar. Stricken and devastated, Anya is   
   heartbroken and looking for consolation anywhere she can find it. And Spike   
   is feeling jilted himself after receiving constant (secret) mixed signals   
   from Buffy. While their one-night stand is comforting for them both, and not   
   meant to hurt anyone else, it ultimately spurns both Buffy and Xander and   
   shocks all of the Scoobies.   
           [Xander's fault Anya and Spike had that one tryst; can't blame Spike   
   for this one]   
      
      
   8   
   His Relationship With Harmony   
      
   At the height of his evil days, Spike uses a lot of people to hatch a lot of   
   plots and get what he wants. However, new vampire Harmony is bound to be in   
   permanent arrested development.   
      
   The former Sunnydale High School "it girl" is not the brightest vamp on the   
   block when she was alive, and falls right into Spike's arms, despite his   
   abusive behavior. However, even though she is terrible to Buffy, she doesn't   
   deserve to be blatantly used by Spike as a means to an end.   
           [Harmony knew what he was doing, she could have left at any time;   
   Can't blame Spike for this one]   
      
      
   7   
   Kidnapping Buffy   
      
   After a microchipped Spike learns he can still get joy out of life by   
   hunting demons and vampires, he forms a tentative alliance with the Scooby   
   Gang. However, the afterlife keeps throwing curveballs at Spike when he   
   finds himself falling in love with Buffy. When his longtime flame Drusilla   
   returns to town, Spike is desperate to prove himself to Buffy, by kidnapping   
   her to make her watch him hurt Drusilla. While this repels Buffy, it is the   
   first of many things Spike does in an attempt to show his true feelings for   
   Buffy.   
      
      
   6   
   The Buffy Bot   
      
   Overwhelmed by his very human feelings for Buffy, Spike doesn't know what to   
   do since he has no way to channel them. After meninist-in-training Warren   
   Mears creates a sexbot in the flesh, Spike commissions one for himself,   
   modeled to be identical to Buffy. When Buffy discovers it, and what Spike   
   has been doing with it, she is, of course, disgusted, but the Buffy Bot   
   later comes in handy when used as a doppelganger to draw attention from   
   Buffy in fights (and later serve as her double entirely when she's dead).   
      
      
   5   
   Telling Buffy She's Wrong   
      
   When Buffy comes back from the dead (the second time), it's not long before   
   she and Spike are throwing punches. However, Spike, who still has the chip   
   in his head, is shocked to learn he can hurt Buffy without feeling pain   
   himself.   
      
   After conducting his research, Spike concludes that the chip is still   
   working, and therefore Buffy somehow came back wrong. It's a horrifying   
   thing to tell a person, especially after everything Buffy's been through,   
   but Spike takes delight in hurting Buffy when she has, at this point, been   
   using him.   
      
      
   4   
   Kidnapping Willow And Xander   
      
   A heartbroken Spike returns to Sunnydale after being driven out of town,   
   leading to the end of his relationship with Drusilla. Meanwhile, Willow and   
   Xander are having an affair while dating Oz and Cordelia respectively. Spike   
   kidnaps them to help him cast a love spell on Drusilla, leading Oz and   
   Cordelia to chase after them when they don't show up for their double date.   
   In the excitement of the chase, Oz and Cordelia discover the heartbreaking   
   truth about Willow and Xander's cheating, and Cordelia nearly dies after   
   falling through an old wooden staircase.   
      
      
   3   
   Turning His Mother Into A Vampire   
      
   As a human, Spike, formerly known as William, was pretty much the opposite   
   of the menacing vampire audiences were originally introduced to, a terrible   
   poet who was singularly devoted to his mother. After Drusilla turned him,   
   William decided to save his beloved mother from a horrible death by   
   tuberculosis and sired her as well. But his loving mother soon changed from   
   the sweet doting woman he once knew into a vicious monster, leaving him with   
   no choice other than to kill her in turn, forging the vampire he would   
   become.   
      
      
   2   
   Killing Nikki Wood   
      
   Spike killed two Slayers, and for most of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aimed to   
   make Buffy his third, but killing Nikki Wood is one of the greater Slayer   
   tragedies. While Buffy is one of the only Slayers not to live in isolation   
   and to have friends and family, Nikki was the only Slayer with a son (that   
   we know of). When Spike killed Nikki, he orphaned Robin Wood, who would grow   
   up to later hunt him down. At least their deathly duel gave Spike his   
   legendary leather duster.   
           [Slayer versus vamp -- just the way things are; can't blame Spike   
   for this one]   
      
   1   
   Assaulting Buffy   
      
   The worst thing by far that Spike ever did isn't just shameless, it's   
   soulless. After everyone learns about Spike and Anya, Spike goes to find   
   Buffy and reconcile. However, when Spike finds Buffy about to take a bath,   
   all she wants is to be left alone. In one of the most visceral scenes of the   
      
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