When was dawn introduced in buffy

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By James Hunt Published Mar 26, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Dawn's first appearance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer was season 5, episode 1, "Buffy vs. Dracula", which saw Buffy facing off with one of the most iconic vampires of all time. The episode just before, season 4's finale, "Restless" held a hint about the new character's appearance; it was an interesting time to leave hints, and because of the gap between seasons, it was easy enough to gloss over the detail.

In "Restless", members of the Scooby Gang who participated in a special spell, called the enjoining, were visited by the first Slayer in their dreams to violent ends. The segment of note in "Restless" is where Buffy and Tara are making a bed together, and Tara gives Buffy an ominous warning to " be home before dawn ". Another key aspect of the dream is that the clock reads , which becomes more significant when connected to other clues that happened prior to season 4.

In season 3, episode 22, "Graduation Day, Part Two", Buffy has a dream sequence that involves the rogue Slayer, Faith , who drops a series of hints that don't only predict Dawn's appearance on the show, but also foreshadow Buffy's ultimate sacrifice in season 5's finale, "The Gift", where she gives her life to save her sister, and the world, from Glorificus, finally accepting her death, which is a Slayer's "gift". In the dream, Faith says, " little Ms.

For many months, Dawn, as well as her family and the Scooby Gang were unaware of her mystical origins, believing the memories the monks had crafted for them. According to Buffy's recollection, she was deeply upset at her parent's divorce and cried for a week when Hank left. Only those "outside reality" were capable of seeing Dawn's true nature, as in her first days of existence a mental patient was the first to tell her she "doesn't belong here.

By this time, Buffy had discovered Dawn's mystical origins through Tirer la Couverture , "a spell to see spells," but only when she met the last dying monk of Dagon did she learn her sister was now human, with no memories of her original form, and in need of protection. In , Dawn had become suspicious of the Scooby Gang conversations about her, as at this point all members were aware of her origins.

She then suffered an identity crisis, took to self-harming, and ran away from home, though Buffy, who had initially considered Dawn a burden laid upon her shoulders against her will, managed to assure her that, no matter how she came to be, they were real sisters. Dawn was then subjected to further turmoil when her mother died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. After Joyce's death, Dawn began to suffer from kleptomania, beginning by simply stealing Anya Jenkins ' earrings, [15] which would escalate to her repeatedly steal from many stores around town, [16] [17] including the Magic Box.

Weeks later, when Glory tortured Spike for information and "brain-sucked" Tara, leaving her completely mad, Dawn was greatly affected and blamed herself for all of the harm that Glory had done to the people of Sunnydale, describing herself as a "lightning rod" for pain. Dawn tried to plead with Glory's human alter-ego, Ben , and while he tried to help her at first, he ultimately decided to help Glory with her plans out of self-preservation. Dawn was so disgusted by this that, during a subsequent encounter with Ben, she demanded that he turn into Glory, preferring Glory's in-your-face evil to Ben's cowardice.

As Glory's plan came to fruition and the barriers between dimensions began to crack, Dawn was willing to give her life and jump into the dimensional tear because once her blood stopped flowing, the chaos would cease; but Buffy stopped her and sacrificed herself instead.

Following Buffy's sacrifice, Dawn struggled with abandonment issues, as well as her escalating kleptomania. Having been devastated by her sister's death, Dawn was overjoyed when Willow Rosenberg resurrected her through magic. On Halloween , Dawn experienced her first kiss with a vampire named Justin , who she was reluctantly forced to stake when he tried to kill her. Shortly after, Alexander Harris accidentally summoned the demon Sweet , who forced the residents of Sunnydale to perform musical numbers.

Sweet was ready to claim Dawn as his bride when he saw her wearing his amulet, which Dawn had stolen from the Magic Box. However, Xander admitted his part in things and Buffy admitted she had been in heaven while dead, leaving everyone, including Dawn, shocked and horrified.

Dawn later accompanied an increasingly reckless Willow to the cloaked residence of Rack , a magical drug dealer, which goes awry when the two were attacked by a demon and Willow attempted to magically drive herself and Dawn away. The resulting car crash landed Dawn in the hospital with a broken arm; this event served as the catalyst that led to Willow's decision to stop using magic altogether. In January, Dawn's feelings of abandonment drew the vengeance demon Halfrek to Sunnydale.

After inadvertently making a wish to Halfrek, Dawn got the Scoobies and their friends trapped in the Summers house on Buffy's birthday. During the group's imprisonment, Dawn's collection of stolen items was discovered, as well as her abandonment issues.

The group was eventually released from the house and Dawn returned all the items she still owned, resolving to do better, while the gang attempted to assuage her feelings of abandonment. When Tara was shot by Warren Mears , [25] Dawn was the first to find her dead in the house, hours after Willow had left her side to pursue revenge; [26] she was noticeably affected by her friend's death, even advocating Willow's decision to kill Warren in revenge, though she quickly changed her mind when Willow actually did so and then went after Warren's accomplices, Andrew Wells and Jonathan Levinson.

When she later confronted a corrupted Willow at Rack's place, Dawn desperately attempted to reason with her, but Willow, unmoved and slightly annoyed, simply threatened to turn Dawn back into a ball of energy and end her human existence simply to put an end to her constant whining, but Buffy arrived on the scene before Willow could make good on her threat.

While helping Buffy battle earth golems set loose by Willow, Dawn proved herself to be capable in a fight, finally earning Buffy's respect. The combined trauma of Tara's death and Willow nearly ending the world made Buffy eventually realize that the world was worth living in, then she promised to show Dawn the wonders of the world.

By the time of the reopening of Sunnydale High School in , Dawn was considered a full-fledged member of the Scooby Gang. She often helped her friends solve cases and battle monsters in a similar capacity to the researching role Willow had played as a teenager. When Buffy feared she would fail on her first day as the school counselor, Dawn reassured her that she would be fine and that she would be a great counselor.

Days later, Dawn fell victim of the love spell her classmate R. Brooks had inadvertently cast on the females of the town with his magic letterman jacket. She nearly killed herself by laying on a train track to prove her love for him, but Buffy saved her before the train hit her, then the letterman jacket was destroyed.

While home alone one night, Dawn was forced to perform a solo exorcism to protect what she believed to be her mother from a demon. Joyce turned out to be a manifestation of the First Evil , who attempted to persuade Dawn that Buffy "would not choose her. Shortly after this, Rupert Giles returned to Sunnydale with a slew of Potential Slayers in tow, as the First had been attempting to wipe out the Slayer line.

Willow cast a spell in an attempt to trace the Potential that was found within Sunnydale's borders, but the results made Dawn and the Scoobies present believe that she was the Potential. However, it was soon discovered the Potential was actually Amanda , a classmate of Dawn's.

Xander explained to a disappointed Dawn that being normal was possibly the hardest role of all, telling her she wasn't special: she was extraordinary. During the Scooby Gang's mutiny against Buffy who was making questionable decisions, Dawn was the one responsible for personally demanding her sister to leave the house. In the final battle against the First, during which all the Potentials were activated as bona fide Slayers, Dawn kept a clear head as she guarded one of the high school's above-ground exits with Xander, slaying at least three Turok-Han vampires independently.

The battle culminated in Sunnydale's destruction and Dawn was among those that survived the battle unharmed. She escaped the crater that had once been her home, then asked her sister what they were going to do next.

After the Battle against the First, Dawn and Buffy move to Rome where Dawn finished her senior year of high school and later went to college. A year and a half after the destruction of Sunnydale, Dawn had become a giantess, [36] which Buffy believed was the result of losing her virginity to her college boyfriend, a thricewise named Kenny. Xander, however, believed that she may have subconsciously brought it on herself as a way of gaining Buffy's attention after so many new Slayers moved in with them, as the three took residence in a citadel in Scotland.

Buffy and Dawn's relationship had been strained and conflicted. Dawn didn't want to speak with Buffy about her condition, preferring to wait for Willow, who Dawn described as a mother figure. Her exact height was unknown but she was tall enough to pick apples from the very top of the trees.

Dawn had indicated that she wants to leave Scotland once her condition was back to normal and possibly return to Berkeley. Dawn began to accept the advantages of being super-sized when she stomped on malevolent witch Amy Madison , knocking her unconscious and allowing Willow to capture her.

Dawn was unsure whether Kenny was the reason for her massive growth spurt. Dawn revealed to Xander that she did not have sex with Kenny as everyone else believed but she had, in fact, slept with his roommate. She eventually shrunk to normal size again but then turned into a centaur. Xander surmised that she will likely experience a third transformation before she could return to normal. Buffy, Willow, Andrew, and the Slayers managed to confront Kenny about the transformation curse but he fled, only to show up later alongside Buffy to rescue Dawn.

After she apologized to him, the spell was instantly broken and she became a human girl again. The two had a heart-to-heart, where she explained that she wasn't ready for sex with Kenny because of how intensely she liked him, before parting ways again. Afterward, she and Buffy mended their bridges as well. As a result of Xander being Dawn's closer confidante during this time, the two developed romantic feelings for each other and began dating.

When Buffy gained a multitude of new powers, Dawn showed increasing concern that the new abilities would have a major consequence, only to be increasingly frustrated when Buffy and Willow repeatedly dismissed her theories as paranoia. Following the destruction of the Seed of Wonder — and the subsequent end of magic on Earth — Dawn and Xander settled into a semi-retired life in San Francisco. Dawn also began her freshman year of college over again. Eventually, this illness became worse and manifested itself into something far more dangerous.

Due to the constant strain, Dawn passed out and was quickly taken to the hospital by Xander. The doctors could find nothing physically wrong with her and Andrew deduced his own uncertainty, only positive that it was definitely mystical and seemingly incurable. Buffy and Illyria immediately arrive to see what's wrong with her, horrifying and worrying her sister with the sight she was seeing.

Illyria looked her over and noted expertly that Dawn was emitting energy from her body in steady amounts, clarifying her as slowly dying. Buffy and Xander realized that this was an effect of the end of magic since Dawn had been magically made human. Not wanting to lose Dawn, Buffy quickly called many people to come over and help her, only to be rejected by Faith, assuming Spike would be no help, Kennedy being busy with her own thing, and not wanting to call Angel due to her complicated relationship with him at that moment.

Somehow, after working tirelessly on her, Willow had managed to use her magic to make Dawn conscious enough to be out of her comatose state. However, Dawn was seen to be very out of it and could not remember certain events or even people. Willow informed Buffy and Xander that her limited magic only enabled her to give her a few more days before fading away completely. Desperate to save her, Willow, Buffy, and Xander had left her in the supervision of Andrew while they traveled to the Deeper Well to get enough magic to restore her life completely.

Unexpectedly, Spike had arrived at the apartment. Dawn expressed no memory of him, but nevertheless, he had firmly decided to stay with her and look after her until Buffy and the others came back to help her. Spike started to tell Dawn stories about both her and himself, specifically when she had first realized she was the Key. Dawn failed to remember any of it, but nonetheless felt like what he was saying was right. She confided in Spike her identity crisis and bonded with him.

However, Spike soon started to forget certain parts of her life but did not tell her this. Eventually, Spike was forgetting her name and big important events from her life. Buffy, Willow, and Xander also began to display this to a lesser extent, but they could still focus on rescuing her above all else.

Dawn's condition became worse when she became transparent, starting to fade physically out of the world. She expressed her fear to Xander on the phone and the two had a meaningful heart-to-heart. Back in the Deeper Well, Willow felt pulled toward a power source and declared that it could not only save Dawn but the world as well. Search forums.

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Thread starter vinya Start date Jun 3, Joined May 23, Messages I guess, they could have used a more subtle way of making Dawn appear. Michelle is awesome! B Bob i was very confused in the fist ep were everyone knew her S Skytteflickan88 Actually, as you will notice, Dawn appearing out of the blue is important.

It suprised me a lot that's for sure She's a 15 year old girl who's way weaker than Buffy. She couldn't survive on her own and the Scoobies would never have killed her after Buffy died ya know? S Skytteflickan88 You know, I've noticed a lot of Dawn hatred, but has someone actually suggested Dawn should have been killed? Joined May 26, Messages Location Canada. At first I thought it was a lame way to introduce a new character, but after the story played out I dig it.