Hank Summers

Hank Summers was the father of Buffy and Dawn Summers and the ex-husband of Joyce Summers.

Biography
Hank often had father/daughter weekends with Buffy and Dawn immediately following his divorce from Joyce. Hank eventually turned into the archetype of the upper-class deadbeat dad. Despite relative wealth and prosperity, Buffy and Dawn could not rely on him to keep his promises, nor would he play the role of the father. This led to both siblings to accept Rupert Giles as a father figure.

Hank spent the summer of 1997 with Buffy. Hank was supposed to take Buffy to an ice show for her eighteenth birthday, but canceled at the last minute.

Buffy said her parents' divorce was mostly Hank's fault, because he was unfaithful. When Buffy last heard from Hank, he had moved to Spain with his secretary, but she was unable to contact him when her mother died. Dawn indicated that she had spoken with her father at some point over the summer of 2001, but she and the others were hiding Buffy's death from him, stating that if he knew Buffy was dead he would take Dawn away.

Hank was still married to Joyce in the alternate reality created by Buffy's hallucinations.

Behind the Scenes

 * He was portrayed by Dean Butler.

Appearances

 * "Nightmares"
 * "Prophecy Girl"
 * "When She Was Bad"
 * "Ted"
 * "Becoming, Part One" (Only voice during flashback)
 * "Helpless"
 * "Choices"
 * "Fear, Itself"
 * "I Will Remember You"
 * "Something Blue"
 * "Family"
 * "Blood Ties"
 * "Forever"
 * "Tough Love"
 * "The Weight of the World" (Only in dreams)
 * "Bargaining, Part One"
 * "Life Serial"
 * "Normal Again" (Only in hallucinations)
 * "Help"
 * Viva Las Buffy
 * Slayer, Interrupted
 * A Stake to the Heart
 * Power of Persuasion
 * How I Survived My Summer Vacation