Oh, god, he's dead. I'd managed to forget that...
I know. And with no one around to properly handle and catalogue the books, clearly we're going into another dark age. Andrew can probably bag and board an Outsiders #1, but he's got a lot of catching up to do.
I know there's something else I should be doing, but instead I was surfing buffyguide to put air dates to character deaths. I'm trying to work out how many of Joss's startling kills fall during sweeps.
Air DateSubject
3/10/1997Jesse
3/10/1997Luke
4/14/1997Darla
6/2/1997Buffy
9/29/1997The Anointed One
1/20/1998The Judge
2/24/1998Jenny
5/12/1998Kendra
12/8/1998Buffy
12/8/1998Cordelia
2/9/1999Allan Finch
2/15/1999Mr. Trick
11/9/1999Veruca
2/8/2000Maggie Walsh
5/9/2000Forrest
2/19/2001Joyce
My definition of startling is obviously subjective, and Buffyguide's synopses end around spring of 2001.
Which ones am I missing? And sweeps -- November, February, May, right?
Angel in Becoming II. Harmony, Larry, and Snyder in Graduation Day. Principal Flutie. Anya. Jonathan.
Warren. Tara. Spike.
eta: Warren's girlfriend (can't remember her name, the human one). Also, the robot girlfriend? She kinda died. Buffy the second time.
Angel didn't die in Becoming II, but I guess I can stop being a pedant about that. Sure shocks the fuck out of you anyway.
We don't see Harmony die, right? So I don't think she counts.
I should also put episode titles in there. Can you give me titles?
eta:
the robot girlfriend? She kinda died.
But it wasn't surprising, was it?
We do see Harmony get bit. Don't know if that counts.
I think we saw her get bitten, but it wasn't startling to me, at least. It was more background.
ETA: Posted before I saw Chikat's post. I didn't mean to sound snippy.
I'd put Ben in there. Surpised me HOW he died. Not so much that he did.
Don't know if that counts.
I thought they were surprised to find out she'd been turned ... no one but us saw?