Scooby Gang

The Scooby Gang, or "Scoobies", are Buffy Summers and her friends and colleagues who assist her in her duties as the Slayer in the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The first appearance of the term is during season two in the episode "What's My Line, Part One", as spoken by Xander Harris. The name is a clear reference to the group of ghost-hunting teenagers from Scooby-Doo. The line-up of the group varied from year to year but the core remained intact throughout the program's run, which was Buffy herself and her best friends, Xander and Willow. Most argue Giles, Buffy's watcher to be the fourth member, and he is widely accepted as being so, despite his absence from the majority of season six.

Coincidentally, Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actress who plays Buffy on the show, has also appeared as Daphne in the films Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Scooby Gang Members

Season 1

• • Buffy Summers.
  • Xander Harris.
  • Willow Rosenberg.
  • Rupert Giles.
  • Angel, from around the episode "Prophecy Girl".
• Allies:
  • Jenny Calendar, from around the episode "I, Robot... You, Jane".
  • Cordelia Chase, from around the episode "Out of Mind, Out of Sight".

Season 2

• • Buffy Summers.
  • Xander Harris.
  • Willow Rosenberg.
  • Cordelia Chase.
  • Rupert Giles.
  • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, from around the episode "Surprise".
  • Angel, until he loses his soul in "Surprise".
• Allies:
  • Jenny Calendar, until she is murdered by Angelus in "Passion".
  • Kendra Young, from around the episode "What's My Line, Part Two". Until she is murdered by Drusilla in "Becoming, Part One".

Season 3

• • Buffy Summers, from the episode "Dead Man's Party"; she was in L.A. for the first episode of the season.
  • Xander Harris.
  • Willow Rosenberg.
  • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
  • Rupert Giles.
  • Cordelia Chase. Her relationship with the others is conflicted after she discovers Xander cheating on her in "Lovers Walk". After the season she leaves town.
  • Angel, although his relationship with the others remains strained until he leaves town after this season.
• Allies:
  • Faith Lehane, until she turns to the dark side and begins working for The Mayor in "Consequences". She is later put in a coma in "Graduation Day, Part Two".
  • Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, from around the episode "Bad Girls" until Buffy quits the Watchers' Council in "Graduation Day, Part One" and the Mayor's ascension is prevented in "Graduation Day, Part Two". After this season, he leaves town.

Season 4

• • Buffy Summers
  • Xander Harris
  • Willow Rosenberg
  • Rupert Giles
  • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, until he leaves town in "Wild at Heart".
• Allies:
  • Anya Jenkins, from around the episode "Pangs".
  • Spike, reluctantly (and unreliably) from around the episode "Pangs".
  • Riley Finn, from around the episode "Doomed".
  • Tara Maclay, from around the episode "Who Are You".

Season 5

• • Buffy Summers until her death in "The Gift".
  • Xander Harris
  • Willow Rosenberg
  • Anya Jenkins
  • Tara Maclay Becomes part of the inner circle after episode: "Family".
  • Rupert Giles
  • Riley Finn, until he leaves town in "Into the Woods".
• Allies:
  • Spike, although his relationship with the others remains strained and conflicted.
  • Dawn Summers, arguably from around the episode "Real Me".

Season 6

• • Buffy Summers, From Bargaining, Part Two onwards.
  • Xander Harris.
  • Willow Rosenberg, until Tara was murdered in "Seeing Red".
  • Rupert Giles, until he leaves town in "Tabula Rasa".
  • Tara Maclay, until her relationship with Willow ends in "Tabula Rasa" and her death in "Seeing Red".
  • Dawn Summers.
  • Anya Jenkins, until her relationship with Xander ends in "Hell's Bells".
  • Spike, until he leaves for Africa in "Seeing Red". Again, his relationship with the others remains strained and conflicted.

Season 7

• • Buffy Summers.
  • Xander Harris.
  • Willow Rosenberg, rejoins the group in "Same Time, Same Place"
  • Dawn Summers.
  • Anya Jenkins, from around the episode "Selfless" and up until she is killed in "Chosen".
  • Rupert Giles, from around the episode "Bring on the Night"
  • Spike, although again his relationship with all except Buffy remains strained and conflicted even with his soul.
• Allies:
  • Andrew Wells, reluctantly from around the episode "Never Leave Me"
  • Robin Wood, from around the episode "First Date"
  • Faith Lehane, from around the episode "Dirty Girls"
  • The ever-increasing number of Potential Slayers, beginning with "Bring on the Night" and ending with the finale "Chosen".

Season 8 (comic books)

At least initially, in Season Eight, the Scoobies are scattered across the world. In addition to the primary gang, there are short of 2000 Slayers, many of which work with the expanded organization in addition to witches, psychics and other staff.

• • Buffy Summers. (Scotland)
  • Xander Harris. (Scotland)
  • Willow Rosenberg. (Scotland)
  • Dawn Summers. (Scotland)
  • Rupert Giles. (England)
  • Andrew Wells. (Italy)
• Allies:
  • Faith Lehane. (Cleveland, later England)
  • Leah. (Scotland)
  • Satsu. (Scotland)
  • Rowena. (Scotland)
  • Renee. (Scotland)

See also

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