The Worst TV Show Character of All Time | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[@cosmonautvarietyhour]

A few seconds were cut around 41:04 for copyright purposes. Shouldn't make a difference but that's why theres an awkward cut

[@masterzombie161]

I was kind of hoping you would do a video on the penguin, but Buffy is awesome so I’m glad you did a video on it. Happy holidays

[@blacktsunami101]

marcus can you do a sopranos video

[@lemonscentedzombie9080]

Xander is Temu's Bruce Campbell. A wannabe! Nobody loves him baby!

[@SuperWindsage]

I mean Hating Angel is a very legitimate Motivation though.

[@bcchrestians]

I will never forgive this ... never

[@burgerlover4574]

51 minutes? He HATES this mf 😭

[@hunterswrld]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ciriknockoff5738]

After watching the video, I totally get it

[@kdusel1991]

Spiderman Lotus finally broke Marky

[@marcelmackerl5968]

I was thinking the same. Now I hate the mf lol

[@zachflag6506]

Kendrick laid the groundwork for a renaissance of hating

[@BucioTheZenith]

Wow, Spider-Man Lotus broke him so bad that he ACTUALLY made that Buffy video

[@kdusel1991]

This isn't the content we need, but the content we deserve

[@kerobop]

broke him not unlike Buffy's mom's ribs

[@treystaples3475]

​@@kerobop😳😳😳

[@gazem_3211]

It still haunts him after more than a year

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I think he also joked in a marvel video that if the mcu turned to making Robert Downy Jr be Victor Doom instead of a different Doom, he'd stop making marvel videos cause he'd be that mad and suggested maybe he'll do Buffy videos

[@lordT02]

I think the most hilarious thing is that Cosmonauts most hated character in fiction is basically joss whedon

[@jackwriter1908]

True 😂

[@TheShanicpower]

The lore deepens

[@CommentPoster10]

Based

[@pandaxrider7160]

I’m deadass named after this character

[@cosmonautvarietyhour]

Sorry to hear that

[@pandaxrider7160]

@@cosmonautvarietyhouryou can blame my dad for that 🎉… we need a full firefly vid btw

[@Astartes-6969]

My condolences.

[@Astartes-6969]

​@@cosmonautvarietyhour Hey Marc, will you do a video essay on The Sopranos or Breaking Bad or are they both too long for a video? If you do intend to do Video Essay's, collab with Pyrocynical.

[@korndud]

LMAO

[@mason9497]

Somehow this makes me feel like we’re one step closer to a marcus twin peaks video (please god)

[@tanianeira9532]

no thank you

[@JD-jz5gu]

@@tanianeira9532why not tho

[@tanianeira9532]

@@JD-jz5gu he sucks, why do you want him to keep making shit content about the best series?

[@samuelbaum1204]

@@JD-jz5guNo fun allowed

[@nchanta1992]

Yes please 🙏

[@letsreadwithcats8748]

Faith being described as “Buffy’s Vegeta” made me laugh so hard. So true!

[@TheDarkknightrules92]

Yep in many ways. Given that she's the protagonists shadow and rival. Though I would also say Spike might be more like Vegeta given his arc and that he's a lot more consistently in the series. But both work.

[@juliagiles1547]

Marcus: Joss Whedon has worked on your favorite things, even if you don’t know it. Me: Oh I don’t know about that, I didn’t watch a lot of action movies growing up- Marcus: He helped write Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Me: *is vaporized instantly like the guy from Terminator 2*

[@lastflunky]

As an Atlantis nerd, I've looked into this a while ago. In a 2020 collider interview "Atlantis the Lost Empire: inside the troubled Disney production" the directors of the movie mention that Whedon wasn't really involved. Here's the part of the article that mentions it. "Unbeknownst to the team, Joss Whedon, then best known as the creator of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, had developed an Atlantis project a couple of years earlier during his brief, uneventful stint at Disney Animation. Whedon, who wanted to work on the type of elaborate animated musicals the Atlantis team was shying away from and completed a draft (with songs!) for a Marco Polo musical, described the Atlantis project as “Journey to the Center of the Earth meets The Man Who Would Be King.” The final film doesn’t contain any of these elements and the eventual Atlantis: The Lost Empire team never read his draft, but Whedon received credit anyway. “We weren’t aware of [that script’s] existence until Joss Whedon showed up in the end credits as a writer and we went, ‘The fuck is this?’” Trousdale recalled, matter-of-factly. “Then we found out, oh he wrote something with Atlantis in the title and the attorneys thought it would be easier to just cave in and give him credit instead of fighting his agent.” With his name in the credits and how quippy the movie is, it's understandable why it gets pointed out.

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

Funniest thing I've seen today.

[@juliagiles1547]

@@lastflunky oh thank god. I mean I’d still love that movie if only one shitty dude was attached to it, because at the end of the day animation is a collaborative effort, but if he was one of the main writers I would have been so bummed.

[@windscar15]

He did write a scene for Titan AE. While it’s kind of enjoyable, I do think it’s an overly long joke that kind of stops the movie dead in its tracks.

[@Deadwolf27]

The "guy" was Sarah Connor 😂

[@darklink17ful]

Xander being joss' self insert makes Dawn and Xander getting married in the comics so much more gross. Considering the Actor for Dawn wasn't allowed to be alone in the same room as Joss apparently

[@darklink17ful]

WELP! THIS COMMENT AGED WELL LOL

[@hyceate-p]

​@@darklink17ful what happened in that one hour difference? You finished the video?? 😂 /Genuine question

[@PedroFerreira-ne3jv]

@@hyceate-pme too

[@darklink17ful]

@hyceate-p yeah lol. I paused when he said Xander was a self insert, and paused again when he mentioned the comics and the actor lol

[@hyceate-p]

​@@darklink17ful ah got it. 🫡 Hahaha.

[@Birdyboys]

Rip the people who thought this was gonna be a Buffy retrospective

[@martophrenia]

😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@ArynWellspring]

Hey we still get one if this does well lol

[@kerobop]

still not December yet so we can only hope (my bet is a Superman retrospective tho)

[@ArynWellspring]

@ He already said it would be

[@Birdyboys]

@@ArynWellspringhope so!

[@DanTheZam]

Oh my god an hour long video of Marcus hating a single character. We’re reaching mid to late 2010s cosmonaut variety hour levels of back

[@brianthomas8411]

4:15 bro I'm actually too high for this. MY EDIBLE JUST HIT.

[@equasimilione6493]

Yes Brian. And the tv is talking to you as well.

[@briansadler5225]

Haha I had a similar experience

[@FunkMcLovin]

every time someone makes a buffy related video i come out of a coma like a sleeper agent. buffy is so entrenched in my childhood yet no one talks about it much any more. thanks for the attention cosmonaut variety hour. also this is unrelated but i have just recovered from extreme food poisoning.

[@HawkofLight17]

My parents recorded their wedding over a VHS of Buffy

[@user-fb6cw6cb2i]

There’s no milestone event more important than Buffy.

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

I recently got my fiancé into Firefly, which got him interested in watching Buffy with me, since I grew up with the show. He absolutely HATED Xander and when I told him that this was Joss Whedon's self-insert character, he actually said: "Seriously? THIS is how he wants to be seen?!"

[@danielpreval4062]

The worst character is basically Joss Whedon's self-insert? Lol. Lmao, even.

[@willw6504]

The fact that Xander was Joss's self insert makes SO MUCH SENSE in hindsight. The show wants us to think Xander is this put-upon everyman, but he's just a sexist asshole - like a certain someone else.

[@sambeawesome]

I am HERE for a 51 minute rant about how much Xander sucks. The self-insert stuff is wild but honestly explains literally everything.

[@grkpektis]

I love Anya but Xander is such a hypocrite for constantly whining about Angel turning evil and then dating someone with an even higher body count. I hate his character so much

[@Macapta]

It feels like such a missed opportunity to make Xander almost like the Blue Mage of the group. He keeps getting possessed or cursed so why not allow him to keep knowledge and passive effects from these encounters. Like how he kept knowledge from being a soldier for a bit before that was forgotten. It could have made him more empathetic and "worldly" in a way the other characters weren't as well as actually give him a function within the group. If Buffy can't punch it, Willow can't magic it and Giles can't out-think it, then maybe Xander has an X factor wild card that may come in use. End the series with him as the most comically cursed man in history.

[@NewMitchell-wh3fj]

lol Xander in your storyline: "WILDCARD, BITCHES"

[@Kirifairy]

2b fair, he was that in the finale of the 6th season.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

This would do much better in serving the idea that he’s the “put upon Everyman” character. He honestly has the bones of a really good character here. I’ll always hold a place in my heart for that character. Having a male character call a female character their hero did have an influence on me, for better or for worse.

[@nealster]

Honestly Xander looks and acts like a discounted bargin bin Chandler from friends

[@LightningRaven42]

Probably why I never laughed at any of Xander's jokes. I don't even like Chandler,let alone the discount version.

[@juliagiles1547]

He’s like if chandler turned into an incel after his parents divorced 🤮

[@MaxMarriner]

So glad you included "you RANK, ARROGANT AMateur." One of Giles's best lines

[@sophiastargazer]

Xander not liking Willow back on its own is perfectly valid, if he just doesn't feel the same way she does. What's bad about it is that he's aware of Willow's feelings but never actually properly turns her down. Thinking that a character played by Alyson Hannigan isn't stunning is crazy, though. They gave her the typical Hollywood "ugly duckling" treatment of giving her loose-fitting clothes and not putting her in any makeup and pretending that that alone makes her not pretty (I'm honestly surprised they didn't give her glasses, too), but that shtick never actually worked if we're being honest with ourselves.

[@taragnor]

The most unbelievable thing on the show wasn't the monsters and magic, it was that the characters didn't think Willow was attractive.

[@jasonnguyen2575]

Well, at least Seth Green found her attractive, ​@@taragnor. And his character was in a rock band, so Joss and co. did lampshade some “realism” there.

[@danthemanhd8443]

0:52 Smallville mention WE’RE BACK

[@Chris-ks4sw]

Charmed mention WE'RE BACK

[@Unexpectedstuff]

Those three shows are competition on which cast members had worse fate: Is it the cult girl? Is it multiple felony man? Is it literal witch lady?

[@alexcoffey8804]

"I think about sex all the time: Naked Girls, Naked Women..." Making sure that he knows the distinction between girls and women but he doesn't care is WILD.

[@Heldemon]

You realize he's in high school, right?

[@AnimatedTerror]

⁠@@Heldemon​​⁠​⁠but it’s a self insert for an adult man. So the self admitted self insert for a real adult man made a distinction which says to me that whedon felt the need to make that distinction. It’s weird.

[@someguy9204]

​@AnimatedTerror Imagine a professional writer trying to write dialogue that's in character for an underage character. I'm sure it's a strange concept to some of you... 🙄

[@AnimatedTerror]

@@someguy9204what’s with the outright hostility man? We coulda had a discussion here on where we should draw lines in art vs the artist or something. Instead you’re making some heavy assumptions and going straight for the throat. Not cool dude.

[@nicholasmeyer6116]

@@AnimatedTerroryou guys are the ones implying that Joss is a pedo because a character he created, who is a high schooler, made a throw away line about naked girls & naked woman… in an episode Joss didn’t even write. You guys (and Markus) are reading way too much into the self insert comment. It doesn’t mean every single thing Xander ever says or does is a reflection of Joss. Everyone keeps trying to make him out to be this Weinstein Esq monster when he’s simply a douche bag

[@Lady_Yunalesca]

I'm not someone who hates Xander, but I'm deeply critical of how he is often written. And I've long believed that it should have been him who died at the end of season six. It would have been far more narratively powerful and impacted all the characters going forward into the final season. Hell, imagine that final season villain being able to taunt our main characters by appearing as Xander! So much good dramatic potential there.

[@drakenfist]

The writing for all the characters except for Buffy and Spike, turned to shit in season 7. So I would have preferred that I think. What season 7 did to Xander, Giles and Willow was attrocious.

[@MatthewBreck]

I would have been happy if Zander died instead a character I cared about died. The way it was written is definitely more impactful than killing Xander

[@hardybryan]

I have plenty of problems with Xander, but I will always defend his mistrust and hatred of Angel. And not just because he's jealous, though he obviously is. Reminder that when Angel turned evil, it was the others, not Buffy, he went after. He tried to kill Willow, he threw Xander out of Buffy's 2nd floor, bedroom window, he killed Jenny, and then he sent a squad to the library that broke his arm and put Willow in a coma. Before Angel turned, Xander was starting to warm up to him, even defending him to Kendra and talking down about him almost never anymore. After his turn (and Angel is still in a romantic relationship with his trigger) it's not surprising Xander doesn't just get over it and decide to like Angel.

[@cheri3185]

when Xander was possessed by Hyena's in "the pack", he tried to assault Buffy and ate the principle. He remembered everything but pretended he didn't. so either Xander knows when a person is possessed by a Demon/ have no soul (vampire or hyena) they have no control and its the demons actions and his hatred for Angel is JUST jealousy orrrrr .... he knows that they DO have control of their actions, his hatred for Angel is justified and he (Xander) is a grapist and a cannibal.

[@grar3691]

I'd absolutely love to watch a video from you about Lost. My family used to huddle around the television and suffer through countless commercial breaks every weekend to watch it.

[@drakenfist]

Wonder if he would try to rival Billiams magnum Opus on it. lol I don't think so though. 28 hours. Hard to beat.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

The hate on Skylar in Breaking Bad reminds me of how people hated Dexter's wife, Rita, in the show. Literally the only thing she did wrong was want to be with her husband and have him pull his weight around the house and caring for the kids. Fans were mad at Rita for trying to distract Dexter from his murder activities to bond with his baby and step kids. And what does she get for it, she gets murdered, by her husbands murder friend, in front of her baby while he is left in her blood to be found by her husband that caused all this. Thats when i left thw show, Rita doesnt deserve the hate or her treatment in the show

[@lifeonabudget8513]

I loved Rita season one and half of season two. Then they started writing her like an annoying girlfriend/wife and she got insufferable. I didn't like Skylar because she kept wanting to be a part of Walter's bullshit while at the same time condemning him for it.

[@simpleplanfan011]

I’ve never clicked on a video faster. If Xander doesn’t have haters, I’m dead. Xander is such a self insert for Joss Whedon and it’s only become more apparent with time.

[@dack]

worth mentioning that the Dr. Who revival is heavily inspired by Buffy and wouldn't be nearly the same without Buffy setting the stage for all the young adult dramas in the 2000s as Marcus said

[@tvirusgetz]

The fact that you just kept calling him 'Seth Green' and now I can't even remember his fuckin character's name goddammit lol

[@Untiligetfree]

lol its oz

[@tasha7726]

Oz

[@TheShanicpower]

It’s Jeff ”Joker” Moreau.

[@amberhernandez]

It's like how the doctor lady in Daredevil/The Defenders is just Rosario Dawson lmao

[@Finn-wc8nq]

Oz fans stay losing 😞

[@captainawesome0711]

Read the title, immediately I think “Xander”. I think it’s the long secret of Buffy Fans, it’s a great show with one of the worst characters out to fiction

[@dracorim6370]

I think the worst Xander thing was him cheating on Cordelia and not being punished or him even feeling guilty; he seriously doesn't feel bad at all and somehow gets with Anya whose whole thing was avenging scorned women.

[@minionevil]

I would say he both is punished and feels guilty lol, about as much as Willow is. But I agree that it’s maybe not enough.

[@scottwallbank4794]

He absolutely feels guilty about it in later episodes. Some of his later season actions like buying Cordelia's dress so she can to the prom are his means to apologise.

[@minionevil]

@@scottwallbank4794 yeah I liked this video quite a bit (even though I really enjoy xander and find him consistently the funniest character on the show) but there are a few unmentioned moments that run counter to Marcus’ point of ‘he doesn’t change’. Also, no mention of his abusive family which might provide context for why he is the way he is. I just think he’s a more complex character than marcus is giving credit for.

[@NewMitchell-wh3fj]

They should have moved Xander to Angel, he could have gotten some real development in a setting where absolutely nobody is going to take his shit

[@omalleycaboose5937]

Make his refusal to accept Angel more tied to his guilt for killing Jesse (i think that was his name) and a refusal to believe in redemption, rather than just hes jealous he cant have the girl... and hed be a significantly better character

[@TheBloobster]

god i wish theyd done this... validates so many of his thoughts, but the show writes it as if jesse never existed.

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@TheBloobster I saw other suggestions such as, it would have been better with no Riley in season 4, Have Xander, an aimless boy with no future, join the military, and then suddenly he's a liason between the government and Buffy, he has actual combat training. His loyalty is tested. It would require a better written military than season 4s tho... like Whedon clearly didn't have an understanding beyond, secret agency, army soldiers go blast. But man that could have been a story of Xander. Also Xander being with Anya seems hypocritical after all that he said about Angel, actually address and change that where it's not inspite of his beliefs against change and redemption, but that he comes to learn through Anya he was wrong. I love where Xanders character starts. It was a good base... a flawed person who would be great to watch grow, but they never cooked the dough, never took him anywhere

[@Talisguy]

"Livia's no worse than the men on the show." That one, at least, makes sense. She's a much more relatable kind of terrible person than the mobsters - we're a lot more likely to have met a Livia than a mob boss. It's the same reason Umbridge is much more intensely hateable than Voldemort.

[@rattling.casket]

THIS!! I despise Voldemort;; but normal people don't know Hitlers. They know the Karen teachers and coworkers and friends' friends who constantly get away with being a generally shitty person just because there's no proof,, or its not considered "a big deal",, or because everyone surrounding them is just like them too on some level.

[@jimmypadilla3441]

Livia also tried to kill Tony lmao. Say what you will about the mobsters but they never went as far as direct filicide.

[@ehsteve231]

There is an abyss where Livia Soprano's soul is supposed to be. The second he said that I went, out loud "nonononono"

[@TacticusPrime]

And in the comics, which Whedon was in charge of, Xander marries Dawn. Think about that. And think about how members of the cast and crew wouldn't allow him to be alone with Michelle Trachtenberg.

[@scottwallbank4794]

Taking this "identify as Xander" line way too literally. For everything that's been said about Whedon, there's never been any suggest of sexual assault or such. He's a narcissist. It's pretty clear the staff wanted to keep a young actress protected from any form of toxic abuse that older members of the crew might have experienced.

[@TacticusPrime]

@@scottwallbank4794 Michelle Trachtenberg herself said that he was inappropriate with her. He didn't molest anyone but that doesn't mean that he isn't a creep.

[@liamscott1905]

@TacticusPrime I thought that was Because he was bullying, yelling and insulting.

[@TacticusPrime]

@@liamscott1905 He bullied and yelled and insulted her about inappropriate things, like her body.

[@user-fb6cw6cb2i]

What made me really hate Xander is when he saw Spike and the Buffybot together (thinking it’s Buffy), he said it’s understandable why Buffy wants to be with Spike. Then, when he finds out about that Spike and Buffy truly were together, he gets angry at Buffy about it and judges her only because he’s angry that Anya slept with Spike.

[@Sonicstriforce]

I wonder if a dedicated/crazy fan can somehow edit out/around as much of Xander as they can so we get a *Definitive Buffy* show you can recommend to people XD

[@smgtercero]

i love how passionate you are about this show whenever you mention it, i'd really like a whole video highlighting the aspects you enjoy the most c:

[@Macapta]

I've had this rant in my heart for a decade, thank you for vocalizing it. VIND-I-CA-TIIIOOOOONNNN!!!!!!

[@dawnmayflower4422]

A fellow B99 person lol

[@phlox8847]

i spent so much time in the trenches of buffy fandom and am thoroughly exhausted with people making excuses for this character so can i just say: thank you for being right

[@bobbyshewan4229]

The Buffy video going from a joke to a genuine Cosmonaut video brings me life good god

[@martymcflown3707]

The fact that Xander marries the little sister of the girl he pined after for years? Gross. The fact Xander probably makes lewd jokes about exactly that? Vomit inducing.

[@deadpooldan9862]

Personally, I don’t understand how Xander marrying Dawn is gross when there’s only a 4-5 year age gap between them, which really doesn’t matter when the younger one turns 18

[@afrochickenboy]

​@@deadpooldan9862 it's grooming lil bro

[@jacobhoover05]

HOORAY!! New long Cosmonaut video to rewatch for years!!!

[@machodgdon]

The Buffy video has finally arrived holy shit

[@DeRM0907]

Let's go the Buffy arc begins again 🙏

[@Brione30]

Viewers: Hey Marcus, I hope you’re working hard on your next end-of-year franchise ranking video! Marcus: How about a 50-minute rant about Buffy?

[@amberhernandez]

Sold!

[@Macapta]

Those old Buffy ad breaks send such a jolt of nostalgia up my spine. I feel like my soul almost got Quantum Leaped into my younger self for a second, and the thing is I never even saw them when I was young, I didn't have the channels, but the vibe is just perfect.

[@pdsketch603]

You should watch the movie I saw the tv glow. I feel like to depicts the same exact feeling you’ve mentioned here with a fictional clearly very “buffy” inspired show called “the punk opaque”

[@takewithfood]

Xander's entire character arc from the start of the series to the finale is that he gets 7 years older.

[@MiamiGameHunter]

Remember when Buffy was in Call of Duty, killing zombies in an all-star squad alongside Freddy Kruger, Machete, Yondu and the king of the undead himself, George Romero? Man, the Call of the Dead for the OG Black Ops is up there as one of the greatest DLC of all time.

[@steampunk_willy]

Xander's character aged as badly as Joss Whedon has, so it does make sense that the character woukd be harder to sympathize with now. However, I think constantly thinking of him as the Whedon self-insert makes him seem like a much worse character than he is. Whedon based the character on his high school self, and that's honestly probably as good a proxy as you can get for a character that is intended to offer white teenage dudes in the 90s and '00s a relatable anchor point in a series that is primarily about its female characters. The character's main arc is supposed to be about maturity and coping with the trauma of growing up in a dysfunctional family (most of which we learn about in season 3). For instance, he leaves Anya at the alter out of fear that he will become abusive like his father. Don't get me wrong, the character straight up sucks for most of seasons 1 & 2, but he's way more bearable from season 3 onward. His primary redeeming quality from that point onward is his unquestioning loyalty to his friends. Like, I still genuinely tear up at the moment he and Willow share at the end of season 6. His disapproval of Buffy's leadership in season 7 is significant because it represents a low point where Buffy has fucked up so bad that she even lost the trust and support of Xander, a guy whose been one of her most fanatical supporters. I grant the guy is still cringe and annoyingly immature, but it's easier to sympathize with the character when you know it's a defense mechanism he developed from everything he's been through. Joss Whedon definitely holds the character back from becoming the best version of himself, but I think it's the juxtaposition with the writing of every other character that makes Xander seem worse than merely a character with mediocre writing.

[@lenr112]

Xander is a fictional character who is given lines to read . Any similarities to Joss Whedon are intentional

[@steampunk_willy]

@lenr112 Yeah, that's probably why the character sucks so much in the earlier seasons. The longer the show went on, the more people that contributed to the writing and arc of the character, the more bearable the character became. There's no one forcing you to constantly remember the character is Whedon's self-insert, and the character is way more bearable if you don't think about that while watching the show.

[@Diakoidris]

Good take. Cosmonaut is tripping

[@ethanledesma]

TELL ME WHY, I just started binging this show for the first time ever and I was like what does this guy even add to the group

[@boqk]

I’ve seen very few people express a overwhelming amount of justifiable hate for a character, but when I saw Xander on the thumbnail I wasn’t even slightly surprised

[@rwwilson21]

1:34. I always loved that response from spike. on top of that, we got "we attack the major hummus", "no. ice is cool. it's water but it's not.", "an doodle, I do doodle , you too, you do doodle too."

[@RedT-Rex-ny4zv]

00:59 did... did she just blow up the bad guy with a rocket launcher?

[@MsJaytee1975]

Yep.

[@ArmitageShanksuk]

The most entertaining take on "No Mortal blade may harm him" concept.

[@Chameleonred5]

"No weapon made by a man can harm him," if memory serves. Weapons made by machines apparently work just fine.

[@TheBloobster]

@@Chameleonred5 it was "no weapon forged" but it was written hundreds of years ago... before RPGs existed lol

[@Chameleonred5]

@@TheBloobster Thanks for that. Last watched Buffy nearly 20 years ago. I'm surprised that much stuck in my brain. "Rules as Written" indeed.

[@d.b.scoville]

This video is making me realize part of the reason I did like him when I watched the series years ago is because he’s often paired up with an actually interesting character

[@ql5481]

Ive been sitting here starved for the penguin review and you have the gall to drop an hour long buffy the vampire video you work in mysterious ways mr variety hour

[@demonshade4120]

A cosmonaut buffy video? Christmas has come early.

[@americanidiot41]

I think it’s Halloween came late

[@oliviabeaujot8174]

What I've always found baffling is that Xander never faces any consequences for the "kick his ass" thing (aka when he doesn't tell Buffy that Willow is trying to get Angel his soul back). It is MENTIONED in passing in season 7, but that's it. He LIES to Buffy and makes her kill the man she loves in what is probably the saddest moment in the series, all because of his unrequired, creepy crush. And he just...gets away with it. Knowing what we do know about Whedon, and Xander being his self-insert, it makes sense though : a guy casually being a piece of sh*t to all the women around him and never taking accountability for his actions.

[@marocat4749]

Honestly that the show migrates that shows in, the comics after, why him and dawn, why? But that thank god isnt in the show

[@tornadochaser2457]

To be fair to Xander, the world was at stake of being brought into a hell dimension - Buffy not giving her all in the fight against Angelus, because she LOVES him and there's a part of her desperate to get him back, could put lives in jeopardy. It's an understandable and valid choice not to tell her what Willow is doing, and so while his bias against Angel surely played a part in this decision, it really, truly is completely justifiable all by itself for ANYONE, it can't be denied, and that argument deserves a fair shot despite the bias feeling like an easy counter point to bring up. Buffy notably already refused to murder Angelus in their first fight, in "Innocence", making her possibly responsible for all the people Angelus goes on to kill.

[@TacticusPrime]

I mean, she still needed to kill him. Soul or no. He opened the hell dimension statue thing and the only way to fix it was to kill him. So ultimately, he dodged the consequences for that reason. But obviously Whedon wrote it that way on purpose.

[@blueberryrazz8637]

Honestly, what difference would it have made? What, would she have gone easier on him? She was fighting for her life and the moment he grabbed the sword she would have had to kill him anyway.

[@TheBloobster]

people are so much madder at xander for saying "kick his ass" when he was 16 than they are at all the people they cheer on after they murder folks lol

[@noahlisious]

It's finally happening, genuinely my favorite video is the Buffy's mom died episode, you also talked about Spider Man Lotus but that was the side plot

[@jacobgregersen377]

I liked him as an 8th grader because I related to him, I now hate myself back then so I may find him insufferable if I ever rewatch.

[@stilwells]

In another universe this was the entire point of his character and Joss was actually writing a clever self insert lesson to young men to better themselves. And he lived happily ever after respecting people and women.

[@jonathangolden1896]

Here for the Buffy Summers character analysis video

[@lastflunky]

There's a huge difference between a character you love to hate and one your supposed to love but hate anyway. Except for Skylar, she's a normal woman. Leave here alone!

[@luccasloki7234]

This video was very helpful cause I'm a huge dragon age fan and recently one of the writers said that when they were creating companions for dragon age origins they hated xander that prompt them to want fix his character, so alistair came into creation, I never watched buffy so I thought ''lmao why they hated this character so much?'' but now I get it.

[@amberhernandez]

DRAGON AGE MENTIONED‼️

[@CrackShot554]

Never forget that in the season 2 finale, Xander willingly decides not to give Buffy information that could impact her decision in battle. And the one moment 3 seasons later when it looks like its finally going to be revealed and addressed, they just dont go any further into it. It's never mentioned again, and Xander faces no consequences

[@scottwallbank4794]

It's S7 that it's referenced again.

[@dr.whippersnatch7200]

I love Buffy, and I somehow didnt hate Xander until my second viewing with a friend. I watched it first in high school, and probably related to Xander too. But now I'm an adult and I fucking despise him. What a whiny, grody little wad of athletes foot.

[@kuuttinen]

He was indeed annoying, often a horrible friend and so judgemental that it even bothered me and I'm not usually bothered by that kind of thing

[@ThaBotmon]

Sponsor segment ends at 7:48

[@zachpelletier]

Keen eyed viewers might notice that this is not in fact the Arcane quickie we were promised

[@alexlaurens]

I feel like Marcus is getting more esoteric as time goes on. I’ve watched this show twice and never given Xander this much thought. I always just thought “eh that wasn’t that funny” or “oh that’s dated 💀” but this is an all out breakdown that is re-wiring my brain

[@Icerope-km9lu]

Cosmonaut saying "I'm not one to hate characters often" is equivalent to Nostalgia Critic saying "I love the Bat Credit Card scene!"

[@BucketsnG10ves]

5:08 anyone who has kids knows exactly how much of a whiny piece of shit Caillou is, him being one of the most hated fictional characters is 100% deserved. I'm glad he's bald.

[@juliagiles1547]

“I’m glad he’s bald” is VILE

[@Discworld-Edge-Witch]

I find it hilarious that Joss Whedon's self insert character is literally the worst. It should have been a red flag for the allegations that later came out.

[@x20levine]

Cosmonaut dropping is like Christmas coming early 🙏

[@galacticdino]

I suggI suggest the following videos for Buffy: about your favorite characters, about your writing great sidekicks, about your favorite story arc, etc. In that way, we indirectly get a Buffy series video (maybe I shouldn’t say that :D)

[@GlitzBog]

Oh my God, he actually made the video.

[@481516snowman]

I remember being in High School and a teacher was annoyed people were talking about tv and it NOT being Buffy. It was great

[@asarishepard8171]

41:44 agreed, Buffy should've said " this is my house, all of you can get out!" 😂

[@grkpektis]

I've been rejected by girls like most people and it sucks but I just moved on I don't insult them like that POS Xander did in Prophecy Girl

[@TheHero136]

Looking forward to videos about a TV show I know almost nothing about. Keep up the awesome content.

[@Blazee2897]

Damn, I thought this was 'freindly space ninja' episode for a second. 😂

[@2016BuickEnclave]

I know this is a Buffy video but finding out Marcus has Twin Peaks as one of his favorite shows is the best thing I’ve ever heard, please make a video on it 🙏

[@iN-Mtz]

You thought we wouldn't notice the Silent Hill 2 OST at 16:15, but we did.

[@Tuckbro]

Bro finally dropped the Buffy video!!!

[@cheri3185]

I hated Xander from "The pack" episode in season 1, he tried to se*ually assault Buffy then pretends he doesn't remember and everyone just brushes it off. He was an awful character in an almost perfect show. I'm so glad people see it because at the time the show aired people loved him and I didn't get it.

[@aceblvrd]

i need a buffy show retrospective next PLEASEEE

[@spdrwrtr]

Xander was always my least favorite character. Thanks Cosmo for proving why

[@commentsforthealgorithm]

I’m so excited you are doing a Buffy themed video

[@oddmontsoddington8961]

I was obsessed with Buffy and Angel when it was new. I spent 200 bucks on a video capture card so I could record episodes of it while I was at work. It never really dawned on me how shitty Xander was, honestly, when I think back on the show, I don't even remember him really. It was kinda fucked up how that Priest guy gouged his eye out though.

[@saata1392]

Praying for Xander suporters out there

[@JumbleJammyJokes]

Think most of them are on Reddit

[@bobbungo2]

Buffy reminds me a lot of Agents of Shield. Widely hated and ignored but actually high quality

[@alexlopez4298]

This character is part of the reason I hated being called Xander. I am barely joking

[@clussylove]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is still my #1 favorite show of all time. I eat up any content on youtube about it and I'm so glad you're doing a video about it. Good thing I was already subscribed to you.

[@connonor]

50:13 “She might need a video all on her own” PLEEEEAAASSSEEEE

[@nancykenny]

Do the "Why Buffy is the best character" episode!

[@JerkingtheGerk]

Out of that Whedon list, Atlantis shocked me the most. That movie slaps.

[@GodaBoham]

51 minutes and 39 seconds on one character? This is gonna be good

[@CorinParkerCL]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was a die-hard Buffy fan but after a shaky beginning to Season 6, I gave up after Hell’s Bells. I had enough of Xander. He always deeply hurts/betrays the women who dare to love him.

[@Lucasio1209]

No, I have never seen this show. No, I don’t care for buffy. However, I see a cosmonaut Marcus notification, I click.