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   Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Characters' 8 Weirdest Weaknesses   
      
   Although there are some strong villains and heroes on Buffy The Vampire   
   Slayer, they often have the weirdest weaknesses.   
      
   BY ELLEN KAMMERER-GRIMM   
      
   Buffy The Vampire Slayer has an unprecedented array of iconic characters.   
   Over its seven seasons, audiences could delight in both allies and enemies   
   of every demonic and magical shape and form. However, while most characters   
   are best remembered for their strengths, many are known for their odd   
   weaknesses.   
      
   Of course, when it comes to weaknesses, Buffy Summers' enemies aren't the   
   only ones with odd exploits. A few fan-favorite heroes of the Buffyverse can   
   have some weird weaknesses as well. For both heroes and villains, these   
   weaknesses vary. Some are odd phobias, others are interesting character   
   traits, and some come with the job.   
      
      
   8   
   The Anointed One   
      
   While prophecy was on this immortal child’s side, puberty wasn’t. Season 1   
   of Buffy spent important time setting up this child vampire to be the   
   Master’s   
   successor. While the Anointed One did lead Buffy to her first death, it was   
   the Anointed One's potential that offered the biggest threat to Sunnydale   
   and the Scooby gang.   
      
   Bearing an innocent exterior and the promise of a wide scope of powers, it   
   came as a shock when the Anointed One was killed early in season 2. Spike   
   took advantage of all vampires' weaknesses - sunlight - and burned him   
   alive. But this demise was less a weakness of the character and more a   
   weakness of the show. A series oftentimes shift their stories to account for   
   real life, and in this case, the reality of actor Andrew J Ferchland’s   
   visible aging became his character’s undoing.   
      
      
   7   
   Turok-Han   
      
   The final season of Buffy opens with a seemingly indestructible   
   proto-vampire invading Sunnydale. The Turok-Han are like vampire   
   neanderthals and possess increased strength, making them a pretty   
   devastating foe for Buffy and the Scoobies. This season showed the Turok-Han   
   defeating Buffy and killing a few potential slayers. The gang spent most of   
   the season trying to find a way to defeat the Turak-Han, only to find out   
   that the team would have to face an army of them in the Hellmouth.   
      
   However, during the final confrontation with the First Evil, it seemed that   
   the Turok-Han had many of the same weaknesses as regular vampires. This   
   meant regular humans could defeat them in mass numbers given enough   
   training. Here, this uber-vamp manifested the weakness of plot necessity   
   because even they couldn't win against a series finale.   
      
       [I always figured the first one to crawl out of the Seal was the most   
   powerful one, and the First wanted it out to kill Buffy and the Potentials   
   before unleashing the rest of them on the world.]   
      
   6   
   The Gentlemen   
      
   "Hush" is easily one of the memorable episodes in Buffy as the atmosphere in   
   this episode is so unique and chilling. No one speaks for a majority of the   
   episode. Somehow, the Gentlemen have the eerie power to render everyone in   
   an area speechless. They then glide elegantly around and overpower their   
   victims with grace and eerie smiles because no one can hear their victims   
   struggle.   
      
   Of course, what would be the weakness of a silent monster? Sound. While it   
   makes perfect sense that a scream could be their undoing, what is probably   
   the weirdest part of this weakness is the Gentlemen's reaction to sound.   
   Their heads become geysers of goo, dramatically shifting the tone of the   
   episode.   
      
      
   5   
   The Judge   
      
   This legendary demon was summoned to Earth in the 14th century to burn   
   humanity from the world. While “no weapon forged” can stop him, he is   
   defeated in the 14th century by armies of humans who scatter his dismembered   
   body “in every corner of the Earth.” In 1998, he was reassembled and   
   learned   
   nothing from his 600 years wallowing in defeat.   
      
   Before he has even had the chance to reclaim his former power, he encounters   
   Buffy and the gang. Thanks to his hubris and a rocket launcher, the Judge's   
   body was blown to bits and once again scattered to keep him from coming   
   back.   
      
      
   4   
   The First Evil   
      
   The First is a primordial force that predates humans and demons. It is evil   
   itself. While it wants nothing more than to tip the balance of good and evil   
   and appear in a physical form, it is actually a non-corporeal being. To   
   compensate for its intangibility, The First has become a master manipulator,   
   creating illusions, impersonating the dead, and sowing doubt into its   
   victims.   
      
   While it has powers and can use others for its ill will, it cannot move past   
   its inability to interact with the physical world. This is a big weakness   
   for a villain. What's more, this is a weird weakness for a villain set to be   
   the final villain for a series finale.   
      
      
   3   
   The Trio   
      
   While individually members of this team provided episodic difficulties for   
   the Slayer and the Scooby gang, in early season 6, they banded together to   
   become ultimate super villains. They persistently created many troubles in   
   Sunnydale, but nothing so dramatic as to actually get themselves noticed by   
   the Scoobies or the Demon population.   
      
   What kept them alive was their inability to cause permanent damage, which   
   might be considered a strength. But all that changed when Warren kills his   
   ex-girlfriend, Katrina. This landed the trio on Buffy’s radar.   
   Unfortunately, it seems that killing is the Trio's ultimate weakness as   
   Warren killing Tara marks Trio’s downfall.   
      
      
   2   
   Anya   
      
   Anya is a strong fearsome woman who happens was once a demon. But, despite   
   her strength, she has Leporiphobia - a fear of bunnies. While many see   
   bunnies as relatively harmless bundles of cuteness, the former vengeance   
   demon sees something far worse. But what makes this weakness so odd is that   
   before becoming a demon, Anya, known then as Aud, raised rabbits in Sweden.   
      
   Sometime during her tenure as the Patron Saint of Scorned Women, Anya feared   
   her former charges. As a vengeance demon, Anya saw other dimensions and   
   realities. Maybe she learned some dark secret about bunnies that the show   
   never explored?   
      
   1   
   Buffy   
      
   As the Chosen One, Buffy Summers isn't excluded from the harsh realities of   
   the normal world. After her resurrection, she is faced with not only the   
   shock of leaving heaven but the responsibility of being the primary   
      
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