Xander Character Profile

[@xxElyonxx]

i think soulmates can be platonic, and xander and willow are one of the best examples of that i've ever seen. even though they didn't end up together and i'm glad they didn't, they really are so clearly meant to be in each other's lives. it's one of my favourite relationships in any piece of media.

[@Cool70sfreak]

That moment in Hell's Bells that they show here with them exemplifies their relationship best. "You know how much I love you, right?" "Not half as much as I love you." And that moment sorta comes back full circle during the Season 6 finale when Xander uses that to save Willow. And even though it's on a very platonic level, it's very deep and strong between the two of them. The best kind of platonic love, really.

[@ladyburnside1201]

When they kissed it was so uncomfortable for me, and I LOVE Will and Xan-just not as a romantic couple!!

[@podsmpsg1]

Xander is very relatable, it's very easy to identify with him.

[@amma-mariedelcasal9248]

I’m still sad that Xander and Anya didn’t get married.

[@maydayredd6137]

Same

[@allidc]

Xander will always be my favourite. He does his best without having any special powers or being super smart. Its very easy to relate to him because he’s the normal guy who’s just seen as “the funny one” but still does his very best to be a good friend and save the world along with his best friends who are either super strong,extremely smart,the slayer etc. I think he needs to be appreciated for that more. Plus he had a bad homelife and eventually overcame that and didn’t let it define him.

[@KurosakiRuka]

In one Episode in Season 7 where dawn thinks she might be a potential slayer only to find out its someother classmate, xander told her something like „you a true hero without hesitation you gave you place to the other girl, they will Never know how hard it is to be us, without any speacial Power to live like this beside them, Thats the strenght“ or something like that. Never was a Great Fan of him But that quote changed my entiterly perspective of him

[@KentPetersonmoney]

at first I thought he was going to be like the smart guy in the group but he wasn't.

[@Minimojojoy]

And he’s pretty much the only one who was never evil! 😆 And like someone said below, in season 7 where they search for a potential slayer, he says he sees everything because no ones watching him! And Dawn says that’s his super power. Which was proven many times during the series. He’s the one who first goes to Riley then Buffy before they break up. Making Buffy see how she’s been neglecting Riley. As he’s the only one who sees the issues between them even before they realize it.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

How can one have a profile on Zander without an exploration of his love of Willow and the yellow crayon soliloquy?

[@borednow]

how can one spell xander with a z???????

[@Minimojojoy]

Ingrid Dubbel His name on the show is actually Alexander, so Xander is his nickname.

[@simondayan2737]

I love that Buffy told the watchers council that the boy had more field time than anyone titled as "watcher".

[@johnpalermo2422]

While Sarah really moved me as far as her intensity of her acting skills.. Nick was actually really great as xander and brought the character to life. Wish he was doing more today he's great!

[@summerflower8098]

He has bottomed out in real life. Has been in legal trouble, can't get any work. Looks like a homeless person. Read that he beat up his gf! What a winner! Lol

[@moonlogic1986]

@@summerflower8098 Nick became what Xander feared he would become. I think he played Xander so well, because he has many of the same flaws and issues.

[@trinidadmetroid]

@@moonlogic1986 i agree. He's a good actor. I wish someone would give him a chance though.

[@faithhalliwell9022]

In The Pack it was the only time you see Xander sort of Evil. Every other Scooby got to be Evil for a longer time than Xander. There was Evil Willow, Angel, Spike, Faith and Giles. Before meeting Buffy or moving to Sunnydale Giles got addicted to dark magic and called himself the Ripper. I just wish Xander got more scenes or episode's being evil!

[@cirrustate8674]

You get to see an evil Xander in The Wish, as well. It's not OUR Xander, per se, but it's still an evil Xander.

[@MultiGamerchick]

I love Xander, I do some aspects of his characteristics of myself in him. I am so glad that I continue to rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss has created some wonderful characters.

[@maydayredd6137]

I laugh in the face of evil ... then I hide until it goes away

[@Zir0_135]

Xander was my favourite along side with spike, xander reminds me a lot of chandler bing from spike his jokes are similar the way they both act are funny

[@matthewmann8969]

Him And Willow made a good team

[@izhirallen8746]

Heart Of The Scooby Gang. The One Who Saw Everything Beyond The Supernatural. Unlikely Hero Of The Scooby Gang. I love about him. He doesn't need superpowers to become hero. He's true hero inside from strength of his heart, spirit and willpower. He's not useless to team. I always accepts him.

[@LUKERs1196]

Great character, hilarious and his prime was definitely season 2, he was shining in the first 3 seasons, after that he began to get a little stale because I guess they wanted him to be more of a normal guy working odd jobs rather than being the focus of comedy

[@OhayoMacchiato]

Why is there so much emphasis on the episode "the Pack" in the first part?

[@Roni-IIH]

I'm crazy about him. He's gorgeous 😍

[@novindichar]

Nic's a cutie, too.

[@thomasraahauge5231]

Xander is the character I resembles the most. If I was just a tiny bit coherent and cool . . .

[@JHollowayNetwork]

The role of Xander was originally given to Ryan Reynolds but he basically turned it down since it reminded him of similar experiences in high school, so he passed it on and was given to Nick Brendon.

[@LUKERs1196]

Nicholas Brendon fitted so well

[@columba5851]

I want the alternate universe where Deadpool is Buffy's sidekick

[@ThePrincx]

Sarah said it wasn't true

[@latinguy67]

that's not true at all

[@cirrustate8674]

Not quite true. Ryan auditioned for the role, and was considered, but was never selected for it.

[@trayweathersby7490]

Xander would be a cool friend to have

[@Texwiller2024]

Xander sees everything

[@NadineMartinez]

I love him and his twin brother

[@AdymonLeer]

The push and pull joss whedon gives..hes like principal Schneider

[@ybergik]

Sadly, Xander did end up deeply troubled and bitter in reality (as well), not unlike the vision he received in that episode.

[@TomStufforShow]

Looking back, I wish I’d recognised a bit more how gross Nick was about women. Sarah and Alyson talk about their characters in terms of growth; Nick talks about how many women Xander got to sleep with... I still like Xander a lot, but I can’t ignore the fact that Nick has issues (I would say ‘had’, but the dude was arrested for choking his ex-girlfriend last year).

[@theelderworm9134]

Really? Damn that's a shame he ended up like that. I still really like Xander tho

[@iriswaldenburger2315]

Yeah nick has HUGE personal issues...

[@allidc]

quick note: I’m not excusing what he did by any means and he did terrible things, that was a while back tho and he has now devoted his life to spread happiness and awareness about depression and other mental illnesses and also to overcome his own depression and trauma. Again, I’m not excusing anything, but no one should be ruled as someone ultimately bad by doing some messed up things. This isn’t hate nor do I want to offend anyone, just here to educate and maybe you check out the things he stands for nowadays. I genuinely hope you have a nice day 💖

[@allidc]

also his nickname is Nicky instead of Nick

[@theelderworm9134]

@@allidc I understand he had it tough and I wish things turned out differently and that he can find some form of peace in the future.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

In which Nick references how his character's relationship with Cordy evolved in season 2 which he mentions how he hated her from the beginning, doesn't he reference the beginning of the series? ("Welcome to the Hellmouth/Pilot" (1) and "The Harvest" (2)).

[@KentPetersonmoney]

She was an ass to both him and Willow in the 1st episode calling them losers.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

Xander was the Greek chorus, and a wonderful character. I totally disagree with his statement about the sane one in the middle of a bunch of crazies indicating that the sane one is somehow crazy. External forces don’t dictate truth. But whatevs.

[@cirrustate8674]

Simply put, if you hate Xander, you really don't get the show. You just don't. I totally get him not being your favorite. Hell, I can even understand not liking him that much. But outright hating him? No, just... no.

[@x-man9473]

Well this show unfortunately attracted insecure women and this is the result. You can blame Joss Whedon and his writing of male characters.

[@cirrustate8674]

@@x-man9473 In high school, I pretty much WAS Xander, minus most of the quips and dating the cheerleader. I grew out of much of it. So did Xander.

[@x-man9473]

@@cirrustate8674 Well unfortunately, women fans never grew much out of hating him. They still hold deep anger towards his character to this day.

[@arlothegooddinosaur]

I always liked Xander as a character but I kinda disliked him after finding out about Nicholas Brendon dont google him he's a bit of a double and it shouldn't have butnit ruined Xander for me.

[@themadmattster9647]

Amen

[@invadertifxiii]

his is the only one that showed moments from later seasons

[@spikewilliamthebloody8047]

I never did like that kid

[@LUKERs1196]

Haha

[@LUKERs1196]

You also call him boy a lot

[@samhart4205]

No love for Xander? 🤷‍♀️

[@LUKERs1196]

Plenty of love for Xander

[@latinguy67]

that's my homie! Xander saved the world!

[@themadmattster9647]

He’s hilarious

[@cm9317]

I love him!

[@faithhalliwell9022]

Ain't it crazy that Buffy, Oz, Tara, Wesley, Dawn and Gunn were never turned evil! I don't think being possessed counts as " Being Evil ". I think that if Buffy had of been evil she would've understood why her friends and boyfriend's enjoyed feeding and killing people.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

If she didn't get caught she would have been possessed with Xander. I wonder how that would have played out. Maybe Buffy would have been the alpha and had her pack eat vampires.

[@latinguy67]

Buffy was a vampire in one of the dream/fear sequences. I think that's as close as it may have gotten

[@brookebully7303]

Wesley and Gunn have played evil in the spinoff, Angel. They chased Fred around the hotel with axes n such. Also in the comics, Gunn was turned into a vampire so he was evil then too.

[@themadmattster9647]

Oz went sorta evil for a bit in season 4, couldn’t control his temper

[@amyclarke41]

cute

[@annashaw8219]

I absolutely love Xander Harris, he is hot ❤️❤️❤️ when Xander once got slapped by Harmony his reaction was he sarcastically said “Ow!!” But to be fair Xander should have just slapped Harmony back and as I saw that clip I was like “Xander are you seriously gonna take that from a bimbo??? Be a man Xander!” I would have ripped Harmony’s hair out if she lay a hand on me

[@ndestructible1659]

During the final season Sarah said she always felt that Buffy was suppose to end up with Xander.

[@ginge641]

I always thought it'd be Willow and Xander, then came Cordelia, Oz, Anya and Tara.

[@AurélieDaSilva-j2z]

Toujours pareil pour moi buffy and xander

[@philbertchow5425]

Lavel?

[@themadmattster9647]

This is sped up

[@summerflower8098]

He is the one character I never cared for. So jealous & insecure. Finds fault with any guy Buffy cares for, because she never liked him like he liked her.

[@latinguy67]

u don't get the show...at all

[@ginge641]

That was season one and pretty much only that season. Angel was a vampire who turned evil and tortured Giles. Spike was a sadistic vampire who tried to rape Buffy less than a year before. Notice how he never disliked Riley, even warmed to him more than the others? How he was the one who convinced Buffy to get Riley back? Almost like the other two had legitimate reasons for suspicion or something.

[@pabloalbarran7572]

Yeah, he could get really annoying with that typicall mentality of a man from the 90s. But thankfully that was not all he was, he really had some great moments along the course of the show that made him at some point likable.

[@themadmattster9647]

@@pabloalbarran7572 I’m watching the show the first time and I’m on season 4 and he’s already grown a lot. He’s an insecure guy but he is starting to change

[@drixcaster5169]

He was the comic relief but he was so toxic! I mean, his insecurities and flaws could've been written in a positive way, from the looks of it, he could've been an empath, not taking it out all to buffy and the gang.

[@briannabombshell1921]

Crazy how Xander and Cordelia look more like 26 than 16 and Willow and Buffy actually look like they could possibly be teenagers

[@themadmattster9647]

Nicholas Brendon and Emma Canfield were older that both Alyson and Sarah though Sarah is even younger than Alyson

[@briannabombshell1921]

Xander was just a jealous man. To be fair tho he did like Riley out of all of buffys bf choices