Buffybot

The Buffybot, played by Sarah Michelle Geller, was a robot double of Buffy Summers, first seen in Buffy S5.
==Canon==
Having become obsessed with Buffy, Spike commissioned Warren Mears to build a robot double of her as a sex toy. Mears built her using similar programming to his earlier robot girlfriend April, adding information on her personality, habits, family and friends etc. supplied by Spike. The result was an unremittingly cheerful and literal-minded double of Buffy, nearly as strong and fast as the real person. Eventually Buffy's friends came across Spike and the Buffybot having outdoor sex while Buffy was out of town, didn't realise that they had seen a robot, and decided to stage an intervention. Meanwhile Spike was captured by Glory who interrogated him about the location of her mystical Key. The Buffybot arrived seeking help from the other characters while they were talking to Buffy, resulting in some confusion and a successful rescue, during which the Buffybot was badly damaged.
Willow Rosenberg repaired the Buffybot and it was used to distract Glory during the final fight that resulted in the deaths of Buffy and Glory. Afterwards Willow repaired it again, and it was used as a fake slayer until Willow was able to resurrect Buffy. In the aftermath of the resurrection the Buffybot was torn apart by demons and destroyed.
A second Buffybot was built by Andrew Wells in the S9 comics, and Andrew transferred Buffy's personality to it magically to protect the real woman. This unfortunately left Buffy with very little of her original personality, and she was kidnapped and brainwashed, eventually being rescued by Spike, Andrew, and the Buffybot. Afterwards the personality was transferred back to Buffy, leaving the robot mindless. Later there were plans to transfer Dawn's personality to the Buffybot when she appeared to be critically ill, but this never became necessary. Its current status is unknown.
==Fandom==
The Buffybot was very popular, her perky personality and traits appealing to most viewers of the show, and there was some dismay when she was 'killed'. She is a relatively uncommon character in fanfic, most often appearing in comedic stories. The second Buffybot has no fannish presence or fanfic, possibly because it only appeared in comics and because its personality and behaviour were identical to the real Buffy.
===Fannish Opinion===
===Shipping===
The canon pairing is Buffybot/Spike. Other pairings have included Buffybot/Dawn, Buffybot/Faith, Buffybot/Willow, and Buffybot/Cordelia but all are rare.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfic===
* The Buffybot Adventures by visitorfic; Two virtual seasons starring the Buffybot.
* Dwarfbread by Keswindhover; "Buffybot follows a dragon to Ankh Morpork. Wackiness ensues." (2006 - Discworld crossover)
* Legend by Shayne Terry; "Trapped by an alien collector, Lieutenant Commander Data discovers an early 21st century android excavated from the ruins of Sunnydale and a capsule containing the frozen body of one of the Eugenic wars most notorious figures...Buffy Summers." (2011 - Star Trek crossover, Data/Buffybot)
* Secret by Calle Dybedahl "Inspired by a picture of Realdoll's booth at a porn industry fair and a LiveJournal post by Penny Dreadful." Buffybot/Willow
* Correspondence by Calle Dybedahl "This is the worst case I ever had of a character hijacking the story and turning it somewhere I'd never imagined. It was just meant to be a silly Fred/Willow PWP ending with them meeting in RL, but somewhere along the way Fred decided otherwise..." Buffybot/Fred Buffybot/Willow
* The Buffybot and Mr. Gordo Save the World by Smilingmichigan and Shindobear; Post-series, Gen
*Tea Parties by Snickfic. Drusilla/Buffybot (2013)
===Art===
* Manips on Pinterest
===Videos===
*yes buffy bot 0001 by Vampire GGGRRRRRR!
===Meta===
* Where did I go? A farewell to the Buffybot by mcjulie
==Archives and Communities==
* Stories tagged Buffybot on AO3
==Links and Resources==
* Wikipedia entry
* Buffy Wiki
==References==
Category:Buffyverse Characters