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   Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 10 Things The CHARACTERS  Wanted In Season 1 That   
   Came True By The Finale   
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer's main characters all had aspirations from the   
   first season that eventually became fulfilled by the series' end.   
      
   BY KIM PATTON   
      
   Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a classic of late '90s television, from the   
   incredible outfits to the witty dialogue. Although the series starts off as   
   wacky, spooky teen fare, its tone changes drastically over seven seasons as   
   beloved characters face insurmountable obstacles and question whether   
   they'll ever find happiness or safety in a terrifying, vampire-ridden world.   
      
   Despite these challenges, fans know that the show's bittersweet but   
   triumphant ending fulfills many of the characters' desires dating all the   
   way back to Season 1. While some wishes are desperately fought for, others   
   come true in ways the characters would have never expected.   
      
      
   10   
   Willow: To Get Together With Xander   
      
   Before becoming one of TV's premier gay icons, Willow Rosenberg spent the   
   first two seasons of Buffy pining for her childhood best friend Xander.   
   Aside from the pair briefly 'dating' at age five, Xander is never aware of   
   Willow's crush, and in Season 1 he only has eyes for Buffy, the charismatic   
   new girl in town.   
      
   In Season 3, Willow and Xander share an intimate dance that ends in a   
   surprising kiss, and despite both being in relationships, they strike up a   
   brief affair for the only time in the series.  [??]   
      
      
   9   
   Joyce: To Be Close To Her Daughter   
      
   In Season 1, and for several seasons to follow, Joyce struggles to relate to   
   Buffy, a loving but closed-off daughter who seems to always get herself into   
   trouble. In the pilot, the small family has had to relocate to Sunnydale   
   after Buffy burnt down her L.A. high school's vampire-infested gym (events   
   relayed in the 1992 film.)   
      
   By the time of Joyce's tragic death in Season 5, Buffy has revealed her   
   secret life as the Slayer to her mother, and Joyce, although initially   
   horrified, has become a true supporter of Buffy's mission.   
      
      
   8   
   Cordelia: For Buffy To Leave Her Alone   
      
   In Season 1, Cordelia is Sunnydale's queen bee, a cruel and superficial   
   antagonist to the burgeoning Scooby Gang. Although Cordelia initially   
   attempts to befriend Buffy, their relationship nosedives after Buffy   
   connects with the unpopular Willow. For the rest of the season, Cordelia   
   tries (sometimes unsuccessfully) to have as little as possible to do with   
   Buffy and the weird goings-on she attracts.   
      
   In Season 3's "The Wish," the now-ex-Scooby's wish that Buffy had never come   
   to Sunnydale is magically granted, creating a hellish alternate timeline   
   where Sunnydale is overrun by vampires.   
      
      
   7   
   The Master: To Kill The Slayer   
      
   The Master is Season 1's Big Bad, an ancient vampire with a network of   
   minions who's been trapped for 60 years in an enchanted cave under   
   Sunnydale. The season's main antagonist desperately wants to fulfill a   
   prophecy predicting his escape and destruction of the Slayer.   
      
   The prophecy comes true in the season finale when the Master hypnotizes   
   Buffy, bites her, and throws her into a cave pool. Although she briefly   
   dies, she is revived by CPR and goes on to slay the Master in the school   
   library.   
      
      
   6   
   Xander: To Get A Girlfriend   
      
   In Season 1, Xander is the fast-talking comedic relief of the Scooby Gang.   
   While Buffy and Giles struggle with matters of far greater importance,   
   Xander is preoccupied, like many teenagers, with pursuing girls. He develops   
   a crush on Buffy practically on sight, strikes up an ill-advised romance   
   with a teacher who is actually a predatory She-Mantis, and gets possessed by   
   a lustful hyena spirit.   
      
   By the finale, Xander has not only had a turbulent relationship with high   
   school it-girl Cordelia, but also [almost] married (and separated from) the   
   ex-vengeance demon Anya.   
      
      
   5   
   Willow: To Gain Confidence   
      
   Although she is clearly a gifted teenager, Buffy's first season often finds   
   Willow powerless, unsure of herself, and in need of rescue. In "Welcome To   
   The Hellmouth," Buffy must save her after she's lured to a cemetery by a   
   cute vampire, and a few episodes later in "I Robot, You Jane," she's   
   ensnared by flirtatious instant messages from a digital demon.   
      
   By Season 6, Willow's main struggle as a now-powerful witch is to control   
   her strength and, in contrast to her former difficulties as a shy, bullied   
   underdog, to show mercy even to those who've wronged her.   
      
      
   4   
   Buffy: To Balance Her Slayer Duties And Her Friendships   
      
   Buffy is introduced as a girl torn between her duties as the Slayer and her   
   desire to live a normal teenage life. Despite the pressures of Slayer   
   tradition to work alone, suppress her feelings, and conceal her identity,   
   Buffy learns that her relationships are in fact her most valuable assets.   
      
   This discovery is realized when Buffy is magically imbued with her fellow   
   Scoobies' best qualities to fight Adam in the Season 4 finale, and equally   
   in Season 7 when Willow activates all potential Slayers the world over to   
   defeat the First Evil.   
      
      
   3   
   Giles: For Buffy To Listen To Him   
      
   Buffy and Giles' relationship gets off to a rocky start, with Buffy proving   
   a sarcastic and impudent student who has her own ideas of how a Slayer   
   should behave.   
      
   As their relationship evolves across the series, Buffy grows to hold Giles   
   in extremely high regard and to value his knowledge and opinions immensely.   
   Even after she and her friends graduate, they spend the show's later seasons   
   practically living in the former librarian and pseudo-father figure's magic   
   shop.   
      
      
   2   
   Angel: To Atone For His Actions   
      
   Angel is introduced as a mysterious ally to Buffy, a vampire cursed with a   
   soul and ravaged by guilt over his wicked and violent past.   
      
   Although his desire to overcome his vampire nature is derailed when he   
   returns to his soulless form in Season 2, Angel demonstrates in Season 3   
   (and in his later returns to Buffy in crossover episodes with 'Angel') even   
   greater wisdom and desire to right his wrongs. Atonement is a lofty goal,   
   but the thoroughly selfless brooder is committed to achieving it.   
      
      
   1   
   Buffy: To Keep Sunnydale Safe   
      
   As of Buffy's first episode, the titular heroine recognizes her role as   
   protector of Sunnydale, the cheery California town that in fact sits atop   
      
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