Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland), was Buffy's mom. She was a typical mother: Overprotective, loving and feeling shut out of her daughters' lives. During the first two seasons, she was extremely worried about Buffy, since she did not know Buffy was the slayer, and could not understand her "violent tendencies." When she found out, she demanded Buffy stop or leave forever, which Buffy did, but eventually came back. After that, Joyce had been struggling with helping Buffy by supporting her, with the exception of when she was posseded by demons and tried to kill Buffy, Willow and Amy ("Gingerbread"), but also keeping her safe and treating her like a normal young adult. She had recently become more comfortable with and accepting of it. She worked at an art gallery, but when she developed a brain tumor ("Shadow"), she took a leave of absence to get over it. She did, and began working and dating again. However, Buffy recently Joyce's dead body on her couch, leaving Buffy, Dawn and the whole gang devestated. ("I Was Made To Love You"). Dawn attempted to ressurect her, but decided it was a bad idea, and destroyed the picture of her mom, thus killing the resurrected Joyce ("Forever").
First Appearance: "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" The Movie
Last Appearance: "I Was Made To Love You" (alive) "The Body" (dead)
Current Status: R.I.P.
Significant Others: Hank Summers ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer" The Movie) Ted ("Ted") Giles ("Band Candy")
Defining Quote: "I'm your mother, Buffy. I worry about you."
Episodes Appeared In: "Welcome to the Hellmouth", "The Harvest", "The Witch", "Angel", "The Puppet Show", "Nightmares", "Prophecy Girl", "When She Was Bad", "School Hard", "Inca Mummy Girl", "Ted", "Bad Eggs", "Surprise", "Innocence", "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", "Passion", "Killed by Death", "Becoming Part 2", "Anne", "Dead Man's Party", "Faith, Hope, and Trick", "Band Candy", "Lovers Walk", "Amends", "Gingerbread", "Helpless", "Bad Girls", "Consequences", "Enemies", "Earshot", "Choices", "The Prom", "Graduation Day, Part One", "The Freshman", "Fear, Itself", "This Year's Girl", "Who Are You", "Restless", "Buffy vs. Dracula", "Real Me", "The Replacement", "Out Of My Mind", "No Place Like Home", "Fool For Love", "Shadow", "Listening To Fear", "Into The Woods", "Triangle", "Checkpoint", "Blood Ties", "Crush", "I Was Made To Love You", "The Body"
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