anya jenkins being the best btvs character for 12 minutes straight

i love her she is my wife ! :)

[@Warbird1984]

Anya change hair styles and hair colors more than any other cast member. One explanation is anya exploring her self identity as a human and one of those is to go through different hair styles.

[@scoutpark5230]

Plus a big part of Anya’s character and series arc (see Season 7) is her lack of personal identity. She doesn’t really know who she is, what kind of person and I think her constantly shifting appearance was intentionally supposed to be an extension of that characterization. But I could just be reading into things a bit too much.

[@mjtpli]

Hmm. Between her and Oz it’s pretty close; at least on a per episode basis.

[@briannalee1998]

That’s what I thought it was

[@paulpeterson4216]

But not as much as Mrs. Slocombe. (Are you Being Served?)

[@boynamedalexxx]

Definitely, but when she first started coming in as a regular in season 4, they definitely duplicated a Cordelia-cut for her, then quickly realized that was obviously a mistake and spent the rest of the time keeping her hair varied.

[@kassid2241]

“But I have their money. Who cares what kind of day they have?” Probably one of the realest quotes ever spoken. My life philosophy, really.

[@jlb7289]

She has some of the best comic timing I have ever seen. A most underrated actor.

[@drixcaster5169]

She was one of the best comic relief characters in the Buffyverse. I couldn't believe they did her dirty in season 7.

[@thibaldus3]

LIke many characters.

[@feanedhell]

They really did her dirty

[@facundogonza5740]

It is not about doing her dirty. It is about the nastiness of war.

[@Abbeville_Kid]

@@facundogonza5740yeah, but they could of killed off a half dozen more slayers instead of one of the best characters.

[@reic0002]

a comment waws, she wanted to leave. Yah, right. but perhaps?

[@MLIrons]

I think they did her wrong at the end of the series.

[@druunderwood5602]

Wanda, Wanda, Wanda,You didn't think you where the only magical girl in town did you now hun?

[@caraboo6812]

Emma Caulfield requested it, dying for people she still couldn’t understand

[@alexmelik4030]

they did everything and everyone wrong at the end of series, Weed-on lost it badly. Sesaons 6 and 7 do not exist for me, that was a sh*tfest.

[@jaydoesgaming1378]

Emma Caulfield told Joss she wanted Anya to die so if anything she did herself wrong

[@alexmelik4030]

@@jaydoesgaming1378 Anya's death is not a problem.

[@rebbyberard8150]

Gotta love anya calling xander a viking in the sack when she is literally from viking-era Sweden

[@stephenjohnston7630]

"That's my girl. Always doing the stupid thing". Definitely my favourite BTVS character, her death still hurts.

[@MangoBabyRican]

Anya is top tier 🥺 my absolute favorite character from Buffy

[@lessismore8533]

I like Giles. He’s awesome

[@taylorlydell1493]

anya deserved better writing and a better ending

[@gracie6771]

100/100

[@thibaldus3]

Writing was pretty good. The ending was anti-climatic though.

[@taylorlydell1493]

@@babler11 yes she did but she said they felt as if they didn’t do it right. she felt as if they made her death no big deal when she wanted it to be smth more. and i agree

[@otomicans6580]

I can only imagine the last episode. "I guess we have to kill off one character that isn't part of the main four." *throws a few darts at a board*

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Yeah. Her death was brutal and needless. Wasn’t happy about that. But there was a lot about Season 7 that I wasn’t happy about.

[@timothypierce5303]

I realize we're only showing the funny parts, but if this is her being the best character, you have to include her scene from The Body.

[@teawithleia]

Her acting there was brilliant! I didn't cry until that scene but when Anya lost it I turned into a waterfall.

[@Meg_intheclouds]

Omg I relate a lot to her as a character and at that part it broke me sm

[@yoloileebakai4821]

that whole episode was just amazing. the way she anya the concept of death and how it doesn’t make sense, or buffys scene when she found the body

[@timothypierce5303]

@@yoloileebakai4821 Idk if you follow any reactors on Patreon but Alley Box will be watching The Body for the first time on Saturday. Right now she's hoping the scene at the end of IWMFLY was a hallucination.

[@reivu]

how can she not just get back into her body 😭

[@babler11]

That little smile Willow gives Anya when Anya is flirting with her makes me die every time lol

[@jimkirk4357]

My wife and kids watched this show with me. Emma managed to make Anya an extraordinarily likeable character. She made us laugh but often it was her capacity for love and her honesty that just made you root for her. She played the fish out of water better than anyone. She did it so well that she could make you forget and draw you in deeper.

[@MrCheenibum64]

"but i have their money, who cares what kind of day they're having" ahhh my feeling whenever I have to be nice at work

[@kaieklund923]

Same 😂

[@poyan.a]

4:34 Being an introvert and having friends come over

[@Jeff_Pryce]

I didn’t warm up to Anya until Season 5. That’s when I really started liking her character and how upbeat yet hilariously literal and completely blunt she was. From there, she became a fun part of the series for me.

[@ninjanibba4259]

Same here, I think I always liked her but I didn’t realize she’d be a part of the gang for so long, so I was on reservation of her leaving or being killed off, but somewhere season 4-5 she just won me over I just didn’t care and clearly it worked out for me

[@MilesDashing]

I think after they matured Willow, they felt they needed another awkward, quirky girl to keep bringing in the "quirky and/or autistic girls are hot" demographic. Definitely worked on me.

[@charlesmusicroom]

Well... thats when she became one of the main characters. They really gave her more character development than the two previous seasons.

[@MsMiscellaneous]

Xander definitely has a type. Anya and Cordelia were a lot alike. Anya just never found herself.

[@Kilcommons1]

So many great characters in this show. Really enjoyed the video. Anya was hilarious.

[@davidvaldezjr5546]

Anya: "Can I trade in the children for more cash?" Dawn: (WTF face)😂😂 --------------------------------------------------------- Dawn: "'Alone time' always translates into 'Get-Dawn-outta-the-house-so-we-can-have-loud-obnoxious-sex.'" Anya: "(chuckles) Oh, does that mean we can't?" ----------------------------------------------------------- Willow: "Ok, do you have your powder?" Anya: "Oh, I ate that."(chuckles) Willow: 😒 Anya: "I have it." ---------------------------------------------------------- Xander: "I'm very... Help me out." Anya: "Saviking in the sack." Spike: (deadpan)"Terrific." ------------------------------------------------------------

[@isaacortiz4617]

That shit was funny.Anya was hilarious.

[@jonjones6804]

Valid question though

[@mp_1231]

9:58 was my biggest laugh in the series. She's so happy someone finally asked.

[@noanoa332]

Her reaction is so genuine ❤

[@marshmellowmama5588]

Off topic for this sort of video, but, when Anya suggests Buffy starts charging for her slaying, does she maybe have a point? Surely the council have the funds to pay her some sort of salary?

[@ValkyrieCainEpicness]

I always hated the episode where she gets giles his pay back, and neither buffy or giles thinks to ask for a paycheque for her

[@briannalee1998]

I agree tbh

[@FFKonoko]

They do have the means. But they wouldn't ever pay a slayer. They're an ancient patriarchal organisation that uses teenage girls as disposable weapons. They only give them the destiny stuff instead of pay.

[@85Zeroangel]

Hey the Slayer will get valuable work experience, it's just the NCAA model.

[@mmurph]

The fact that Buffy even thought about it after she said it...

[@yogilad_om]

Will never get over Ania not getting an epic death scene

[@swagsukeuchiha7599]

They didnt have to kill her honestly

[@helena2037]

season four may have the weakest big bad imo but oh my god is it one of my favorites just for all the anya and spike bits

[@ThePathStrider]

Anya joking about her having only fifty years of life left wasn't funny in the end.

She's not joking. She's been a demon for a thousand years, so only having fifty more years to live does feel like 'dying soon' for her.

[@ClassicWrestlingReview]

"I'm going to marry that girl." - Xander, looking at both Anya and Dawn. Given what happens in the comics, he's right on both accounts. Well, he almost marries Anya.

[@louise5511]

Just one more reason I'm glad I never read the comics

[@Katie-gr9mt]

i was so grossed out when I found out xander gets with Dawn. like she's 6 years younger than him😐

[@louise5511]

@@Katie-gr9mt The age difference doesn't bother me, 6 years isn't many. I don't like that Xander feels like Dawn's big brother for years before dating her. Plus his previous love for her sister makes it extra weird.

[@lars573]

@@louise5511 If you shotgun the season 8 comic you can see it peppered in that Dawn's curse made them get closer. It was a kinda reflection of Xander's relationships with Cordelia and Anya.

[@thrasherbuffy111]

@@louise5511 100% agree with everything you just said in this.

[@Timburgess03..]

Anya is one of my favourites!! I feel like she deserve a hell of a lot more !! 💔🥺

[@markmerzweiler832]

Really Xander? You couldnt commit to a babe like that!

[@cirrustate8674]

He wanted to, but he was deathly afraid of becoming his father, and therefore turning his relationship with Anya into a copy of his parents' relationship, and he couldn't handle that.

[@Meg_intheclouds]

Nope because he was brought up by Likely cold and absent parents and didn’t have a healthy example of what love is leading to developing a fearful-avoidant attachment style shown by the fact he sabotages every relationship he ever has. And also never initiates it’s always the other person he olongapo proposed to Anya because the world was about to end- and the moment Cordelia started to enter lovesville he self sabotages with Willow. But really deep down he feels like he doesn’t deserve the relationships he has- we see this in Restless where everything links back to the basement and the basement is a symbol for his feelings of inferiority,

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@Meg_intheclouds That’s very on the nose. Xander is kind of a psychological mess. Abandonment issues, inferiority issues, loneliness issues, self-loathing issues, grudge issues, impatience issues…his issues have issues. I get that he’s supposed to be “the human one” of the group, but even for a human, dude is messed up.

[@cirrustate8674]

@Ricky he would have done the same thing to Buffy.

[@nickdavidelijah]

That did Anya so dirty in season 7 and I’ll never forgive them for that.

[@otomicans6580]

Unfortunately, I think Xander getting cold feet is related to the rule of the show that main characters can't be happy. Buffy especially can't be happy but it clearly happened to Giles (S2) and Willow (S6) as well. As much as I enjoy the show I really don't care for the fact that there's so much drama for the sake of making storylines that write themselves.

[@eddthehead123]

Anya's "Punch" speech was amazing. And incredibly relatable as well.

[@katlikethatprodz]

The fact that Cordelia and Anya were my absolute fave characters and both got shit endings ☹️

[@micheles.1179]

4:34 is the only honest greeting when people come over

[@TabaquiJackal906]

She was the most awesome of them all (after Spike), and I hated how Willow in particular (and even Xander) constantly gave her shit.

[@cmm5542]

Yes, that was the worst development in Willow's character from my viewpoint. Willow starts out this sympathetic kind-hearted supportive brainiac who even lets murderous vampires cry on her shoulder, and somehow she has no sympathy for a vengeance demon (who at least wasn't killing innocents) who is struggling to cope with adapting to humanity? Why didn't she HELP her? Willow's best friend is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, whose entire life and show's premise revolves around her struggles to retain her sense of humanity with her superhuman status; surely Willow should have recognized that Anya's struggles are very similar and deserve the same sympathy as Buffy does?

[@x-man9473]

​@@cmm5542 Willow's likability for me started to shift downward after the episode where Angel reverted back to his evil alter ego (Angelus). When she caught Xander and Cordy kissing. -She would start insulting Cordy purely for the fact that she was unhappy about that relationship. And this would become a theme with Willow throughout the show. -She behaved like that towards Faith the moment Buffy started treating her like the third weel in the group. -She started treating Anya like this because she felt Anya was stealing her close friendship with Xander. Her character was completely ruined for me there. You being jealous or disliking the connection someone has wih your friends does not give you a free pass to start verbally dunking on them.

[@cmm5542]

@@x-man9473 Yeah - I loved Willow so much from the start I initially overlooked a lot, thinking it was just something she was 'learning' to make a point in the show. And I gave her attitude towards Cordy a pass because while I loved Cordy, she HAD bullied Willow so that could be hard to accept. But you're right, Willow pretty much never got over any jealousy she felt towards ANYONE in the show and was really very petty about it

[@Amardarial]

Best Anya scene is when buffys mom dies, and she struggles with whats going on, everyone is mad at her until she breaks, one of the best scenes in the show.

[@wesmindo5729]

I adore her 😍

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Anyone else bummed by the fact that Anya didn't survive at the end of S7 and not get back together with Xander?

[@r.j.whitaker]

Of course! She was one of the strongest characters. Her timing is impeccable.

[@horsepower523]

Anya is so sweet and quirky and I love how she just says everything that comes to her mind. I was really disappointed that she didn't have a happy ending in BTVS.

[@davidvaldezjr5546]

Willow: "Guess she's out with Riley. You know how it is with a spankin new boyfriend." Anya: "Yes, we've enjoyed spanking." Xander: (flicks cards everywhere) "Well..."

[@kateruterbories2692]

You left out: Everyone's getting spanked but me!

[@davidvaldezjr5546]

@@kateruterbories2692 Oh, CRAP! Did I?! Dang it!

[@icoleman150]

Anya was one of the best in this group. She said what she needed to, with no shame and was completely honest about her feelings for Xander. Even though I don’t think Xander was the best bf, but that’s another topic.

[@cmm5542]

I agree. I loved Anya absolutely, but I don't think she and Xander were at all compatible. She and Spike had much more in common!

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

I love how Anya always said it like it was.

[@idontsignin]

My favourite Buffy character.

[@nialabalgobin6016]

I loved her she should have survived at the end :(

[@paddy7812]

She was the BEST!! She was AWESOME in the musical! 🎶BUNNY’S🎶

[@r.j.whitaker]

Can we trade the children for more cash?😂

[@lmatt88]

Anya is Buffy's Phoebe.

[@cm9317]

Yes 👏

[@danevans4714]

When she needed a hug from Giles 😭😭😭

[@TeeGee782]

I never liked her character, it was too dull and I never thought she had any chemistry with Xander. But the older I get, the more I like her. She is very autistic and always says what she means. I'm starting to love such sincerity in people. Being in tune with your own feelings and having integrity, no matter how weird you come off.

[@hostileX7]

Every man deserves an Anya 😍!

[@markpage9886]

I'd sooner believe in vampires than believe anyone would leave Anya at the alter.....

[@chrisandersen5635]

Oh!! Your editing is great. I love Anya. 🦊 There she is, in the face death, mortality, humor, jokes. Beauty, real honest and silly. If I ever have to face some kind of apocalypse, please let me meet someone like Anya!

[@vi0letcr1me]

I heart Anya so much. I don't even know why, but I relate to her so much. It is hard to be so awesome and funny when you are surrounded by ignorant shitheads.

[@Jay-n262]

Lol Anya and Spike were my favorite characters.

[@leslierae6416]

I love that Anya is kind of coded as on the spectrum, she’s very blunt and honest to a fault, she likes to gets to the point, doesn’t always know how to read and respond to other people’s emotions, idk, I appreciate it. You see it in characters like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory or Abed from Community, and I think about Anya and….idk, it feels like she kind of trail blazed that archetype a bit

[@kaieklund923]

She did

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Sheldon was just coded as an asshole. Anya and Abed had heart.

[@jodyf8443]

How is there not a shirt of anya saying "please go"

[@grrrlboss333]

she inspires me to be more blunt and less tactful :)

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

[@bkr323]

I hate how they made Xander leave her at the altar, and then have them break up. With no real explanation why it didn't work. It sullied all previously beautiful and loving scenes between them.

[@heart.9889]

I think they did it pretty well actually. They both Had doubts, especially xander. They started it at the beginning of the season when xander didn't want to tell anyone about their engagement. They continued it in the musical episode where they both confessed to have doubts. Plus anya was so overly into it, xander was Just the First Thing she latched on to in the human world and she defined a big Part of herself through him, which wasn't healthy. I also Wish they would have Ended differently, but i think they built Up to it very Well.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I do like how direct Anya is/was.

[@theblacksp1derman]

She was 1 of my favs on BVS, such an interesting character and very 🔥

[@robertcooke963]

My favourite character

[@immortal_inanna]

My girl ❤️

[@dayschange2]

I always wished that they would have referenced the fact that Anya was human before she was a demon more often---at least, I think she was? It's been a little while since I watched the show, but I think that she became a demon after she learned enough magic to successfully turn her husband into a troll? She had an interesting history of becoming different things, and yet they only focused on the final change in the chain, ie, demon back to human.

[@sahirva5469]

To be fair, she seemed to be human maybe 20-something years at most, she could’ve been late teens for the old times, compared to a millennia or more after that as a vengeance demon. At a certain point, her human years are just far eclipsed, as well as the farthest back. I personally don’t count them.

[@Warbird1984]

I didn't like xander hooking up with dawn in the comics. It felt weird.

[@jessie-xt9iu]

Hooking up?? Swear they get like married 😭 that's quite different to hooking up

[@PandoraWolveCrow]

What ?

[@briannalee1998]

Ikr?! He’s too old for her

[@IwonaKlich]

@@briannalee1998 its like 5 years. Nothing if you compared it to Anya ;)

[@AnonEyeMouse]

She's my perfect woman. I'm soooo messed up.

[@BCBaron]

I've only seen a handful of episodes from seasons four thru six so far, but I couldn't help becoming totally smitten with her character (and not just because of how lovely she looks). Even when she's being extremely blunt and literal, there's always a warmth and kindness to her delivery that's really endearing.

[@pnwajs3532]

Glad to find others like myself. :)

[@eyeseer1]

I'd sooner seen Anya with Spike as a vampire for both being amoral psychopaths. Anya would made an awesome vampire.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

They cast this show soooooo well

[@EvanRockwell1]

If you watch Beverly Hills 90210 reruns with Emma in them, it just seems wrong. She's such a better actress in this. Her acting style works better with Anya. She's good at playing the ditz/sarcastic.

[@aussiewendy5059]

Anya was one of my fav characters, I never liked Xander and can’t believe what they did to her character in the end 😢

[@isaacortiz4617]

A lot of people dislike Xander.I don't dislike him but I never cared for him.

[@xanthehawksley-walker2591]

She deserved better than Xander

[@ballybunion9]

Don't I remember a scene where Anya was wearing a giant pink bunny costume for a Halloween party?

[@johndododoe1411]

It was in this video. At least the first showing of the costume.

[@kateruterbories2692]

It was a Halloween episode. They were trapped in the frat house.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Chosen because she's deathly afraid of bunnies. 😂

[@RodrigoAlgorta]

My favorite character! She gave the most funny moments to the show.

[@pk5727]

Ok so I love Xander’s reactions

[@dubbingsync]

It’s almost like her whole deal was horniness and money… when there is some great dramatic stuff in there as well.

[@russellward4624]

I love Anya.

[@JulioAvalos3000]

Looks-wise, brunet Anya was my favorite.

[@svenkuhrt3733]

Anyanka was a powerfull women..beautifull and strong .she died in the fight against the Evil ..we all would be greatfull too have a Partner like her..strong ,tough keeping us alive 😅😅😅 and good looking too...❤

[@noanoa332]

Honestly, "start charging" is the best idea that's come up in this show. Maybe not to the innocent people attacked by demons, but the town hall couls collect a fee from all citizens to give to buffy. If it wasn't for there wouldn't even be any citizens left

[@JustTanya.]

Holy crap! How did I not remember Amy Adams was on Buffy, wow. I love Anya. She and Spike are my favorites. I was never a Xander fan so I gotta admit, I wished she demonize his ass. Oh well. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@toriaem]

what did she see in xander 😭

[@MahouHomo]

Xander had his moments, and he was attractive after all.

[@MCBigCas]

A penis and naivety.

[@OmarThePuppy]

@@MahouHomo He… was not.

[@cmm5542]

@@MahouHomo I loved Xander. And I loved Anya. I just didn't love them together - I didn't feel they were really compatible as a couple. As the show went on, it seemed one of them was always having to agree with the other just to be nice - usually it was Anya giving in, which might be why some people dislike Xander so much. But it wasn't actually that Xander was more demanding in the relationship; it was more that the rest would generally back his viewpoint and tell Anya she was wrong and 'inhuman' in her views, so she'd be outnumbered and humiliated by the other girls, actually - rather than the two of them making decisions together as a couple. And Xander was always going to put Buffy before Anya; not as the 'other woman' but as his leader, so I don't blame him for that; but I also don't think Anya could have ever been happy knowing her husband would always have to put her needs second to somebody else. Wives don't like that when their husbands do that with even their mothers or jobs! Your wife needs to be the most important woman in your life, and Xander COULDN'T (not wouldn't, no blame here) ever give Anya that. If the world needed saving while he was driving Anya to the hospital to have a baby, Buffy would just expect him to leave Anya to the doctors and help her out; Giles would say the needs of the world superseded those of his family. Xander would not have had a choice. I think he did the right thing in calling a doomed marriage off; just he didn't do it the right way, he should have quietly ended things with an honest explanation earlier.

[@randalllaue4042]

Miss her.

[@TheDivineYinzer]

Anya was the hottest girl on buffy

[@bruh24318]

neurodivergent queen

[@spicy_talaxian]

I just finished season 7. Need to watch this for emotional support.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

Based on his two major relationships on the show, Xander definitely has a thing for women who speak their mind.

[@marklentz1095]

Anya is one of my spirit animals

[@christianb836]

Anya is my fav!!!!!

[@arianbyw3819]

Any a was my favourite!

[@Nemophilist850]

Joss had a great eye for talent.

[@theleaderturtle]

Anya reminds me of Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie and Starfire from Teen Titans.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

I love Anya so much.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

Aud and Xander were always my favorites. They kept things so real, and Anya was so funny in how straight forward, and often clueless she was.

It's really sad, that she wasn't given more complexity in her character, especially how people in the show reacted to her... Nobody ever actually taught her what it means to be a good person...

[@yunnie04]

He didn't deserve her.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

I love Anya so much... Emma Caulfield Ford is one of my favorite actresses.

[@ShahaniBragaValdezAquino-wl2bg]

She was honestly so much like Harmony....

[@jackdriver9227]

Her end was bullshit

[@kékédesplages-d6d]

Best asperger syndrom character before asperger syndrom was a thing. ^^

[@kerryholland4822]

Asperger's was a 'thing' since the 1940s, it's just not now. And I say this as a real life Asperger's character

[@kékédesplages-d6d]

@@kerryholland4822 Asperger existed since the begining of mankind obviously (with no name on it). I was just saying that it was portrayed most recently as cool. With big bang theory or so on for exemple. Anya was a strange kind of "aspi", cause her honesty was showned as making part of her demonic soul (hurting people sometimes with no intentions of doing so). To me there's nothing wrong about being honest anytime and being analytic. It's not a sickness or a bad thing, it's just another way of thinking at the oposite of hypersensitiv persons (less stigmatised in our sosiety cause showing they have "heart").

[@kuuttinen]

4:27 That's what people say about me😂 Strangely literal.

[@danevans4714]

Anya is me. I am her 😆👍

[@mmurph]

I miss the Xanya relationship.