Buffy Summers, after she returns from running away in "Dead Man's Party"

Buffy Summers, until her death at the end of "The Gift"

The film only touches on the adult world surrounding Buffy Summers, while the series explores it in greater depth.

Buffy Summers begins her first day at Berryman High School.

He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure.

First, the writers talked about the emotional issues facing Buffy Summers and how she would confront them through her battle against evil supernatural forces.

The series' main character, Buffy Summers, encounters and ultimately defeats him in the fourth season.

Buffy Summers, for instance, has been shown to lift, with great effort, a metal portcullis which an entire group of men were unable to budge.

Buffy Summers considers herself a normal high school student until a stranger approaches her and explains her destiny.

Buffy Summers gets a present from Giles - a test in the shape of two troublemaking green critters.