Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

William "Spike" Pratt is the tritagonist in the Buffyverse appearing as the tritagonist in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Cordelia Chase) in Angel.
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer he is the false main antagonist of season two, a minor antagonist in season three, the secondary antagonist of season four, the tritagonist of season five and six and the deuteragonist of season seven. In Angel he appears as a minor antagonist in Season 1 and the deuteragonist of Season 5. He also returns prominently in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel comics as well as being the titular protagonist of the Spike comics.
He was portrayed by .
==Biography==
Spike was a widely feared vampire, infamous for having killed two Slayers and his penchant for torturing his victims with railroad spikes. In his human life, William was an unsuccessful romantic poet known as "William the Bloody" for his "bloody awful poetry". Once being sired by Drusilla, he reinvented himself and terrorized Europe alongside her and fellow notorious vampires, Angelus and Darla, throughout the nineteenth century.
Prior his reign of terror with Drusilla, he had a notable difference between him and Angel during their first acts as vampires; Angel spitefully murdered his own family, whereas Spike sired his mother in a desperate bid to prevent her death from a terminal illness - however, he was forced to kill her as the loss of her soul turned her into a monster.
Spike first traveled to Sunnydale in 1997, accompanied by Drusilla. Though he quickly established himself as one of Buffy Summers' more dangerous foes, he was forced into multiple uneasy alliances with her and the Scooby Gang. He was eventually captured by the Initiative and implanted with a cerebral microchip that rendered him incapable of harming humans. When Spike realized that he had developed feelings for Buffy, he became motivated by his love for her to aid the Scooby Gang and regain his soul.
Spike sacrificed himself during the battle against the First Evil, permanently closing the Sunnydale Hellmouth. However, bound to an ancient amulet, Spike became an incorporeal entity, haunting the Los Angeles branch of Wolfram & Hart, then under the management of Team Angel. After becoming corporeal again, Spike joined Angel in his battle against the Senior Partners and became a Champion in the process.
==List of Appearances==
===Television===
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003, 96 episodes)
*Angel (1999-2000, 2003-2004, 24 episodes)
===Comics===
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic (1999-2002, 29 appearances)
*Tales (2003, 1 appearance)
*Angel (2005-2011, 36 appearances)
*The Ultimate Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift (2005, 1 appearance)
*Spike (2006-2014, 58 appearances)
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2007, 2009-2018, 72 appearances)
*Angel (2007-2009, 2012-2014, 27 appearances)
===Novels===
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998-2008, 27 novels)
===Video games===
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000)
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002)
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003)
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice (2009)
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