Changes: Anthony Harris

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Anthony "Tony" Harris was the father of Alexander Harris and the husband of Jessica Harris.

Biography

Tony was unemployed,^[3] alcoholic, and verbally abusive toward his wife and son. Xander claimed that his father once attempted to send him to Armenians.^[4] According to Willow Rosenberg, he was not respectful to the religious beliefs of others, having got noticed in her bat mitzvah.^[2] Xander would spend Christmas nights camping outside in order to avoid the family's drunken fights.^[5]

After Xander's high school graduation, Tony began charging rent and food from his son, who had moved to their home's basement.^[6] Xander soon moved out to his own apartment because of his parents' loud fights^[7] and avoided vising them because they were "scary".^[8]

At Xander's wedding, Tony got drunk, discoursed about his wife being the cause for his drinking, then hit on Buffy Summers as she tried to distract him dragging him away. His bigoted attitude toward the bride Anya Jenkins's demonic guests incited a riot between the two families, when he physically attacked Krelvin and an unidentified demon. Seeing his father yelling at Jessica contributed to Xander's fear of hurting his fiancee in the future and his decision of abandoning her at the altar.^[2]

Tony was an often weakness used against Xander by external forces. In 2000, Sineya exploited Xander's fear of his father when attacking the Scooby Gang in their dreams.^[1] Tony and his wife appeared as an illusion to Xander of a "perfect childhood" created by a Hamelin demon, but his uncharacteristic behavior of not being in "a drunken, racist rage" made Xander quickly notice it was all false.^[9] While in the Dimension of Darkest Fear, Xander was tormented by visions of his father telling he was on his way to become like him.^[10]

Behind the scenes

He was portrayed by Michael Harney in the episode "Restless" and Casey Sander in "Hell's Bells".

Appearances

Canonical

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"Inca Mummy Girl" (Only mentioned)
"Amends" (Only mentioned)
"Bad Girls" (Only mentioned)
"The Freshman" (Only mentioned)
"Living Conditions" (Only mentioned)
"Fear, Itself" (Only mentioned)
"Restless" (Only in visions)
"The Replacement" (Only voice)
"Forever" (Only mentioned)
"Gone" (Only mentioned)
"As You Were" (Only voice)
"Hell's Bells"
"Him" (Only mentioned)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten

I Wish, Part One (Only in visions)
Own It, Part Three (Only in visions)

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels

Child of the Hunt
Afterimage

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic

Invasion (Only mentioned)
A Stake to the Heart, Act Four: Trepidation (Only voice)

References

[:1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Restless"

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Hell's Bells"

[3] "Bad Girls"

[4] "Inca Mummy Girl"

[5] "Amends"

[6] "The Freshman"

[7] "The Replacement"

[8] "Forever"

[9] I Wish, Part One

[10] Own It, Part Three

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+{{Character
-{{Quote|My dad tried to sell me to some Armenians once, does that count?|Xander discusses his father's lack of values|Inca Mummy Girl}}
+|Image           = B6x16 Tony.jpg
+|First           = "[[Restless]]" (vision)
-{{character
+|Last            = "[[Hell's Bells]]"
-|Image = TonyHarris.jpg
+|Name            = Anthony Harris
-|First = "[[Restless]]"
+|Aliases         = Tony
-|Last = "[[Hell's Bells]]"
+|Status          = Alive
-|Name = Anthony Harris
+|Classification  = [[Human]]
-|Status = Alive
+|Known relatives = [[Jessica Harris]] (wife)<br />[[Alexander Harris]] (son)<br />[[Rory Harris]] (brother)<br />[[Joyce Harris]] (granddaughter)
-|Classification = [[Human]]
+|Actor           = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363669/ Michael Harney]<ref name=":1" /><br />[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761389/ Casey Sander]<ref name=":0" />
-|Known relatives = [[Jessica Harris]] (wife)<br>[[Xander Harris]] (son)<br>[[Rory Harris]] (brother)
-|Actor = Michael Harney<br>Casey Sander
 }}
-'''Anthony "Tony" Harris''' was the father of [[Xander Harris]] and the husband of [[Jessica Harris]].
+'''Anthony "Tony" Harris''' was the father of [[Alexander Harris]] and the husband of [[Jessica Harris]].
+==Biography==
-[[Image:TonyHarrisRestless.jpg|thumb|left|Tony's abusive behavior toward his son has left Xander with deep psychological scars.]]
+Tony was unemployed,<ref>"[[Bad Girls]]"</ref> alcoholic, and verbally abusive toward his wife and son. Xander claimed that his father once attempted to send him to Armenians.<ref>"[[Inca Mummy Girl]]"</ref> According to [[Willow Rosenberg]], he was not respectful to the religious beliefs of others, having got noticed in her bat mitzvah.<ref name=":0">"[[Hell's Bells]]"</ref> Xander would spend Christmas nights camping outside in order to avoid the family's drunken fights.<ref>"[[Amends]]"</ref>
+After Xander's high school graduation, Tony began charging rent and food from his son, who had moved to [[Harris residence|their home's]] basement.<ref>"[[The Freshman]]"</ref> Xander soon moved out to [[Alexander Harris' apartment|his own apartment]] because of his parents' loud fights<ref>"[[The Replacement]]"</ref> and avoided vising them because they were "scary".<ref>"[[Forever]]"</ref>
-Tony was unemployed, alcoholic, and verbally abusive toward his wife and son. [[Sineya|The First Slayer]] exploited Xander's fear of his father in his dreams. At Xander's wedding, Tony's bigoted attitude toward [[Anya Jenkins|Anya's]] demonic guests incited a riot between the two families.
+At Xander's wedding, Tony got drunk, discoursed about his wife being the cause for his drinking, then hit on [[Buffy Summers]] as she tried to distract him dragging him away. His bigoted attitude toward the bride [[Anya Jenkins]]'s [[demon]]ic guests incited a riot between the two families, when he physically attacked [[Krelvin]] and an [[Unidentified tentacle demon (Hell's Bells)|unidentified demon]]. Seeing his father yelling at Jessica contributed to Xander's fear of hurting his fiancee in the future and his decision of abandoning her at the altar.<ref name=":0" />
-== Behind the Scenes ==
-*He was portrayed by Michael Harney and Casey Sander.
+Tony was an often weakness used against Xander by external forces. In 2000, [[Sineya]] exploited Xander's fear of his father when attacking the [[Scooby Gang]] in their dreams.<ref name=":1">"[[Restless]]"</ref> Tony and his wife appeared as an illusion to Xander of a "perfect childhood" created by a [[Hamelin demon]], but his uncharacteristic behavior of not being in "a drunken, racist rage" made Xander quickly notice it was all false.<ref>''[[I Wish, Part One]]''</ref> While in the [[Dimension of Darkest Fear]], Xander was tormented by visions of his father telling he was on his way to become like him.<ref>''[[Own It, Part Three]]''</ref>
-== Appearances ==
+==Behind the scenes==
+*He was portrayed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363669/ Michael Harney] in the episode "[[Restless]]" and [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761389/ Casey Sander] in "[[Hell's Bells]]".
+==Appearances==
+===Canonical===
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+;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
 *"[[Inca Mummy Girl]]" {{Om}}
 *"[[Amends]]" {{Om}}
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 *"[[The Freshman]]" {{Om}}
 *"[[Living Conditions]]" {{Om}}
+*"[[Fear, Itself]]" {{Om}}
-*"[[Restless]]" <small>(Only in a dream)</small>
+*"[[Restless]]" {{OV}}
 *"[[The Replacement]]" <small>(Only voice)</small>
 *"[[Forever]]" {{Om}}
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 *"[[As You Were]]" <small>(Only voice)</small>
 *"[[Hell's Bells]]"
+*"[[Him]]" {{Om}}
+;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten]]''
+*''[[I Wish, Part One]]'' {{OV}}
+*''[[Own It, Part Three]]'' {{OV}}
+}}
+===Other===
+;[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' novels]]
+*''[[Child of the Hunt]]''
+*''[[Afterimage]]''
+;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]''
+*''[[Invasion]]'' {{Om}}
+*''[[A Stake to the Heart, Act Four: Trepidation]]'' <small>(Only voice)</small>
+==References==
+{{References}}
+[[fr:Anthony Harris]]
+[[pt-br:Anthony Harris]]
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