One of the best things on Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the gallery of the bad guys of the bad guys with which the scobis are confronted, but the monsters of one and makes reveal a harsh truth about the show. Throughout BuffySeven seasons of seven seasons, many vampires, demons and other dark forces are introduced, some being more memorable than others.
Each season also includes a “nasty“Who leads the overall supernatural conflict, often culminating in a great battle between the villain and Slayer in the final of the season. It is these big bad guys who often get credit like the best villains of Buffy The Vampire Slayer,, Although we may not want to sleep on the monsters of the week.
The wicked of the Buffy week monster are more scary than the big bad guys
Buffy is not an out and out horror show, but the series definitively integrates many elements of the genre, and the fact is that the most scary moments in the series almost always come from a weekly monster. You just have to look at one of the BuffyPerfect episodes, season 4, episode 10, “Hush”, for the proof.
If you ask Buffy Fan what scares them the most in the show, almost everyone will say the gentlemen. Between their frightening appearance, with these frightening smiles, and the fact that they fly your voice so that you cannot scream when they cut your heart, they are pure nightmarish fuel, and easily BuffyThe best nasty monsters of the week.
It does not stop with the gentlemen either. Almost all spectators get a thrill in the spine while looking at “killed by death” of season 2, which presents Der Kindestod, which only feeds on sick children. Just as the gentlemen prevent people from shouting, Gnarl of season 7 paralyzes his victims before feasting on their flesh, one band at a time. Now it’s terrifying.
Since most of these monsters of the week are defeated after an episode, it is difficult to assert that they are better Was that the big bad guys, and they are certainly not more powerful. But when did the last time go back to the master, the mayor or the glory made you want to sleep with the light lights? There is strong and there is scary, and the monsters of the week win this last match.
The best big bad guys show humanity, but that reduces their horror
Beyond their wickedness, there is a reason why we love BuffyThe big bad guys, and it is because they are super completely rounded characters, and the best of them show their humanity. While we are looking for Buffy to defeat the mayor on the day of graduation, apart from their fight, he shows a tender side to faith.
Their father-daughter relationship found fills a huge void in both lives, and their scenes together are … soft. It makes them so much more convincing than if they laughed badly and played acts of harm every time they are on the screen.
Angelus is perhaps a pure sadistic evil, but he is always attached to Buffy through the romance of love for the ages they had when he had a soul. Meanwhile, Spike, which was essentially Buffy Big Bad of season 2 before the arrival of Angelus on the scene, shows extreme tenderness towards Drusilla. We may not relate to a cold stone killer, but we can relate to true love.
In the end, the devil you know (alias the big bad guys) will never be as scary as the devil as you do not (alias the monsters of the week). We don’t know why the gentlemen are as they are, and we don’t need them. Nor would we want them to be the big bad guys, because the more we know them, the less frightening they would be.
Buffy is a brilliant spectacle, exactly because it integrates these types of distinct bad guys. The monsters of the week deliver the chills, while the big bad guys offer a fascinating wickedness maintained by humanity and incredibly high issues. You may not have nightmares about Angelus and CO, but they will let you emotionally shaken for a long time after turning off the TV.
The more silly monsters of the week give these characters a bad rap
The best unique villains often do not get the credit they are due because many of BuffyThe episodes of the monster of the week are, frankly, idiots, and in these episodes, it is difficult to take the bad guys seriously.
Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe episode most classified by the fans is “Beer Bad” of season 4, who sees a owner of a despised bar lace his beer with a potion that transforms his drinkers into caves. The show barely exploded the VFX budget on the transformation sequences, and the boys of Grouding College who have become-neanderthals are beyond laughable.
Interestingly, some of the most stupid Buffy The filling episodes can foreshadow the serious elements, and even the dark elements which take place later in the series. So if you are tempted to jump these episodes on a Buffy Rewatch, you may want to think twice.
So no, the “The wicked of the monsters of the week are more frightening than the big bad guys“The argument does not apply to all the monsters of the week in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. But those who clearly make Bar is really among the most terrifying creatures that television has ever seen.
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1997 – 2003
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WB
