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   Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Worst Things Dawn Did   
      
   Dawn Summers was the bratty little sister to Buffy - and she did some   
   terrible things in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.   
      
   BY CHRISTINA HAUBEIL   
      
      
   Dawn Summers is the younger sister to Buffy Summers in Buffy The Vampire   
   Slayer, but she wasn't always flesh and blood human girl. She was mystical   
   energy referred to as "the key" manifested by a group of monks into Dawn so   
   that Buffy would do whatever necessary to protect her. As "they key," Dawn's   
   blood can open other dimensions and so she is coveted by the demon goddess   
   Glory in season 5. Prior to that in the show's timeline, Dawn didn't exist.   
   She just shows up and all of a sudden Buffy has a sister.   
      
   Fans weren't exactly thrilled at this development and Dawn's character arcs   
   over time weren't well received. From her schoolgirl crush on Xander to her   
   general teenage angst and her on and off loathing of Buffy, Dawn's character   
   gets worse and worse as the seasons progress.   
      
      
      
   10   
   Dawn's Teen Angst Pales In Comparison To The Troubles Of Buffy And The Gang   
      
   From the moment Dawn appears, she participates in the entire spectrum of   
   teen angst. She writes angrily in her diary, sends evil eye looks to Buffy   
   and her friends behind their backs, whines to Joyce about everything, and   
   acts up in school.  Dawn's angst only gets worse as she finds out that she's   
   different, discovers that she's the Key, loses her mother, and has all kinds   
   of big things to work through. She matures slowly, if at all, and it does   
   her character development no favors.   
      
      
   9   
   Her Reckless Behavior Caused Many Dangerous Situations   
      
   Like many teens her age, Dawn believes herself to be invincible. She runs   
   away, taunts monsters, sneaks out to hang with boys, and goes to Spike's   
   crypt looking for scary stories. With Buffy's life being what it is,   
   especially after Buffy and Dawn's mother Joyce dies, the gang seems to spend   
   an awful lot of time cleaning up Dawn's mistakes, trying to find her, and   
   rescuing her from things that could have been avoided.   
      
      
   8   
   Dawn Blamed Herself For The Entire Glory Problem   
      
   After discovering that she is the key, Dawn's behavior becomes increasingly   
   troubled. She cuts herself and asks if what she sees is really blood. She   
   burns all of her diaries. She blames herself for Tara's brain being sucked   
   out by Glory and for Spike being tortured for information about Dawn being   
   the key. She calls herself "a lightning rod for pain." In the end, she   
   resigns herself to being a sacrifice but lets Buffy jump into the void   
   instead.   
      
      
   7   
   The Inflated Sense Of Self Importance   
      
   In Dawn's debut episode, her ominous last lines of inner monologue are all   
   about how Buffy underestimates her. This is before she finds out that she's   
   The Key. It goes along with the typical teenager attitude but at the same   
   time, her inflated sense of self-importance is part of what keeps getting   
   her into trouble. She thinks she can handle anything and doesn't understand   
   why she's not allowed to be just like Buffy. This is an ongoing theme   
   through the last season when she believes she could be a potential slayer,   
   and just becomes more pronounced up to that point.   
      
                       [the typical teenager attitude .... the typical teenager   
   attitude ]   
      
   6   
   Her Shoplifting Phase   
      
   Dawn lifts things off her friends, stores around town, and even from The   
   Magic Box, the store owned by Giles and frequented by the gang - a habit   
   that develops over the course of the show. She takes no consideration for   
   how important or sentimental each item might be and she doesn't steal things   
   because she needs them. She admits later on that she even stole one of   
   Buffy's birthday presents instead of purchasing it.   
      
                   [the typical teenager attitude  ]   
      
   5   
   Taking Buffy Completely For Granted As A Parent   
      
   After Joyce dies, Buffy takes on the role of parent to Dawn. Before long,   
   the school is worried and Dawn's behavior leads to the near-removal of Dawn   
   from their household. Dawn doesn't seem to care until the dire situation is   
   revealed.  She frequently lets Buffy know that she's not Joyce. Buffy takes   
   a job at a fast-food restaurant and works long hours to make ends meet but   
   Dawn complains about the food and often goes off with her friends, despite   
   Buffy's hard work.   
               [the typical teenager attitude ]   
      
      
   4   
   Almost Married The Demon Sweet   
      
   In Season 6, Xander accidentally summoned Sweet via a talisman he believes   
   will bring more merriment and happy dancing to his upcoming wedding. Dawn,   
   in her kleptomania phase, steals the talisman and leads the demon to believe   
   that she was the one who summoned him. He entices her to follow him to his   
   hell dimension as his bride and in her cloud of teen angst, she almost goes   
   with him     [NO SHE DIDN'T!!]  - or would have been forced to, if she   
   didn't admit that she stole the talisman, and didn't originally use it.   
      
      
   3   
   Dawn's Dalliance With A Vengeance Demon   
      
   Halfrek, the vengeance demon, is another summoning that results from Dawn's   
   teen angst. Her wish leads to everyone being stuck in the Summers house with   
   her with no way to escape. She wants the world to revolve around her and   
   hadn't seen that people still cared in their own ways without putting her in   
   the center. It is through this wish that her collection of stolen items is   
   found. Her big feelings are revealed and she gets exactly what she wants   
   before the gang finds a way to escape the house.   
      
      
   2   
   "The First" Convinced Dawn That Buffy Wouldn't Choose Her When It Mattered   
      
   In Season 7, The First Evil returned to mess with everyone's heads. Dawn   
   became convinced that when it really mattered, Buffy wouldn't choose her and   
   would cast her aside. This brought all of Dawn's feelings of abandonment   
   back to the surface. She'd worked hard up until that point to become useful   
   as a sort of "Junior Watcher" but she wanted more than anything to be chosen   
   as a potential slayer instead. Dawn is quick to believe this notion instead   
   of having faith that her sister, who died for her, would always have her   
   back.   
      
      
   1   
   Dawn's Perpetual Schoolgirl Crush On Xander   
      
   The memories inserted into everyone's heads when Dawn appears on the scene   
   include her worship of Xander in a schoolgirl crush that continues   
   throughout her teen years and into the end of the show. This crush makes   
      
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