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Television Drama
Buffy Summers
Buffy Summers is the blonde girl who walks into a dark alley in the first reel of a horror film and dies — except she turns around and wins, and the whole series follows from that single inversion. Its central conceit is that high school is literally hell — the metaphors are the plot, so a boy who ignores a girl after sleeping with her genuinely turns into a monster.
- First appearance
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 20th Century Fox
- Created by
- Joss Whedon
- Also known as
- The Slayer, Buffy
- Universe
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Appears in
- television, film, comics
Who is Buffy Summers?
Buffy Summers is the blonde girl who walks into a dark alley in the first reel of a horror film and dies — except she turns around and wins, and the whole series follows from that single inversion. Its central conceit is that high school is literally hell — the metaphors are the plot, so a boy who ignores a girl after sleeping with her genuinely turns into a monster. The 1997 television series is generally credited with establishing serialised genre television as a form worth taking seriously, and its influence on the following two decades of writing is difficult to overstate; the silent episode Hush and the musical Once More, with Feeling remain standard references for formal experimentation in television. The show's legacy is now inseparable from the conduct allegations later made against its creator by members of its own cast.
Buffy Summers: the details
- First appearance
- The 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the television series followed in March 1997
- Created by
- Joss Whedon, who wrote the film and then remade it as television
- The founding inversion
- The horror-film victim archetype turns around and wins
- Metaphor as plot
- High school is literally a hellmouth; the emotional subtext is made physically real
- Formal experiments
- The near-silent episode Hush and the musical Once More, with Feeling remain standard television references
- Genre television
- Widely credited with establishing serialised genre TV as a form worth serious critical attention
- Later reckoning
- Members of the cast have since made public allegations about the creator's conduct on set
Why Buffy Summers endures
The series most often credited with making serialised genre television critically respectable, and a foundational influence on two decades of American television writing.
What Buffy Summers looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: The stake, the crossbow, and the Sunnydale High crest
The wooden stake is the object, and the Sunnydale High school crest works as a convincing collegiate-style graphic — varsity lettering is a strong and slightly ironic register for this property. Deep red and black.
Sunnydale High collegiate crest and varsity lettering is the strongest register — slightly ironic and unlike anything else in this category. The stake is the object graphic. Deep red, black and gold. Teen and adult; women's cut common.
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Who has played Buffy Summers
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Michelle Gellar | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1997 | Live action |
| Kristy Swanson | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1992 | Live action |
Buffy Summers T-shirts: common questions
Who created Buffy Summers?
Buffy Summers was created by Joss Whedon, first appearing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1992 (20th Century Fox).
What does a Buffy Summers T-shirt usually look like?
The stake, the crossbow, and the Sunnydale High crest. Sunnydale High collegiate crest and varsity lettering is the strongest register — slightly ironic and unlike anything else in this category. The stake is the object graphic. Deep red, black and gold. Teen and adult; women's cut common.
Are Buffy Summers T-shirts made for children?
No. Buffy Summers comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Buffy Summers?
Buffy Summers has been played on screen by Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997), Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992).
How much does a Buffy Summers T-shirt cost?
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