25 Best TV Characters in the Past 25 Years | Buffy Summers,| EW.com 

Buffy Summers, <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> (Sarah Michelle Gellar)

She died twice and saved the world (a lot!). But aside from Buffy Summers’ superhuman strength and responsibility as a vampire slayer, it was her humanity that made her such an amazing character. For seven seasons, fans watched Buffy face an increasingly complex string of villains while also battling the trials and tribulations of everyday life as a teenage girl. Through it all, we watched Buffy’s failures, sacrifices, and dilemmas, but mostly we saw a powerful girl take control and conquer everything that life threw at her. The character completely turned the ditzy blonde stereotype on its head and gave girls everywhere a confident, badass action hero and role model that they could be proud to admire. –

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