Aura was a friend of Cordelia who discovered a body in her locker - the first victim Buffy saw at her new school in Welcome to the Hellmouth. The character is heard in the Angel episode ‘RM W/A VU’ when Cordelia talks to her on the phone.

Anya’s name as a human, before she became a vengeance demon was Aud. This was seen in the episode Selfless.

Aunt Arlene was Buffy’s aunt, and presumably Joyce’s sister. She lived in Illinois. Arlene was mentioned a couple of times but never seen on screen. In Choices, Joyce called Arlene to tell her that Buffy was accepted to Northwestern University and in Pangs, Joyce stayed with Arlene for Thanksgiving.

April was a beautiful, life-like robot created by Warren Meers, who had programmed her to love him unconditionally. Warren abandoned her when he fell in love with a real girl called Katrina. April managed to track him to Sunnydale before her batteries ran down and she ‘died’. April’s visual display …

Anya first came to Sunnydale as Anyanka, a vengeance demon, but was made mortal when Giles destroyed her power source in The Wish. She began dating Xander, much to the astonishment of his friends. The two eventually decided to get married, though Xander left her at the altar in Hell’s …

Annabelle was an English potential Slayer who arrived in Sunnydale with Molly and Kennedy and Giles in Bring on the Night. She was a vegetarian and (according to Kennedy) a snorer. Annabelle was seemingly ‘together’ but she panicked and ran away from the Summer’s home. This led to her being …

Dr Angleman was a doctor in the Initiative. He was the head of the Xenomorphic Behaviour Modification field at the Initiative, and helped Professor Walsh to create Adam. Angleman was killed by Adam in Goodbye, Iowa.

Angel was born Liam in Galway, Ireland and sired as a vampire by Darla in 1753. He then became known as Angelus and the two terrorized humankind, murdering and torturing anyone who crossed their path. Angel was then cursed by gypsies who ensoulled him, making him suffer horrible guilt over …

Andy Hoelich was an ex-gymnastics team member at Sunnydale High, turned into a vampire. The Scoobies failed to stake him as he acrobatically got away at the beginning of the episode Anne.

Andrew Wells was a Bond wannabe who was in actual fact a powerless nerd. He banded with Jonathan and Warren with the intention of taking over Sunnydale (Flooded). The three nerds’ plans became increasingly dangerous culminating with the deaths of Warren’s ex-girlfriend (Dead Things) and Tara (Seeing Red). Andrew and …

Andrew Borba was a religious nut who was turned into a vampire. He attacked Buffy and Owen in Sunnydale’s morgue. Buffy mistakenly thought he was the Anointed One and killed him by throwing him into an incinerator in Never Kill a Boy on the First Date.

The Andersons were a couple who, along with their son Joe, were attacked by the hyena-people in their car in The Pack. Buffy saved them.

Amy was a friend of Willow’s at Junior High, and later got to know Buffy. Amy’s mother (Catherine Madison) practised dark magics (The Witch) and Amy later began to dabble in witchcraft. She helped Xander to create a love spell on Cordelia, which went wrong (Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered). She …

Ampata was an Incan princess who was mummified. A protective seal over her body was broken and she came alive, though she was forced to drain the life from people to stay alive. She pretended to be an exchange student staying with Buffy and fell in love with Xander. She …

Amanda was a tall, thin, dark haired school mate of Dawn’s who first appeared in Help when she asked Buffy’s advice as a school counsellor. Amanda was revealed to be a potential Slayer (discovered in the episode Potential), and she joined the other Slayers-in-training. She was killed in the final …