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{{Quote|They want an apocalypse? We'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run, do it now, because we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on, we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out.|[[Buffy Summers]]|Bring on the Night}}
{{Quote|I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.|Riley Finn|A New Man}}
 
   
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a specific occurrence which had an exceptionally destructive effect. The final outcomes of doomsday events varied from a major disruption of [[human]] civilization,<ref name="TW"/> to the extinction of human life,<ref name="Surprise"/><ref name="Innocence"/><ref name="Hero"/><ref name="Grave"/><ref name="LDJ"/> to the destruction of [[Earth]],<ref name="B1"/><ref name="B2"/> to the annihilation of the entire universe.<ref name="TG"/><ref name="TC4"/>
   
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Several events that almost caused an apocalypse were averted thanks to the efforts of the [[Scooby Gang]]<ref name="TH"/><ref name="Innocence"/><ref name="B2"/><ref name="TZ"/><ref name="Doomed"/><ref name="Primeval"/><ref name="TG"/><ref name="Chosen"/> and the [[Angel Investigations]] team.<ref name="Hero"/><ref name="HA"/><ref name="ATF16"/> While some inevitably came to pass, such as the [[fall of Los Angeles]]<ref name="ATF1"/> and the [[end of magic]],<ref name="LG4"/> these heroes still fought to undo or prevent further damage from the apocalypses.<ref name="ATF16"/><ref>''[[The Core, Part Five]]''</ref>
   
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==History==
An Apocalypse is defined as specific occurrence which has an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race. The final outcomes of doomsday events may range from a major disruption of human civilization, to the extinction of human life, to the destruction of the planet Earth, to the annihilation of the entire universe. The Buffyverse has featured several events that almost caused an apocalypse, which have, thus far, always been averted thanks to the efforts of the [[Scooby Gang]] and the [[Angel Investigations]] team.
 
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===Before 1996===
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When [[Acathla]] came forth to swallow the world, a [[virtuous knight]] prevented the apocalypse by stabbing and entombing the [[demon]].<ref name="B1">"[[Becoming, Part One]]"</ref>
   
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When the [[Judge]] came forth to incinerate all of humanity, an army fought and dismembered the [[demon]], finally stopping him.<ref name="Surprise">"[[Surprise]]"</ref>
== Apocalypses ==
 
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In 1932, [[followers of Proserpexa|the worshipers]] of [[Proserpexa]] attempted to destroy the world using [[Effigy of Proserpexa|her effigy]], only to be stopped and killed by an [[earthquake]] that also swallowed [[Temple of Proserpexa|her temple]] in [[Sunnydale]].<ref name="Grave"/>
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In 1936, the [[Master]] attempted to open Sunnydale's [[Hellmouth]], but an earthquake interrupted the ritual and imprisoned the [[vampire]].<ref name="TH"/>
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===1996===
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The [[Order of Aurelius]] attempted to free the Master by killing humans in the [[Harvest]], which [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] prevented by slaying [[Luke]], the ritual's [[Vessel]].<ref name="TH">"[[The Harvest]]"</ref>
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===1997===
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With [[Moloch the Corruptor]]'s unlimited power over the Internet, Buffy noted he had the power to use nuclear missiles; the [[Slayer]] severed his evil influence by killing him.<ref>"[[I Robot, You Jane]]"</ref>
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After a number of [[portent]]s announced his [[prophecy|prophecized]] freedom, the [[Master]] rose and opened the Hellmouth; his death at Buffy's hands closed it again.<ref>"[[Prophecy Girl]]"</ref>
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===1998===
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[[Spike]] and [[Drusilla]] reassembled the Judge; in their reunion with [[Angel]], the vampires led the Judge to incinerate humanity, begging with the local [[Sunnydale Mall]]. Buffy stopped the Judge's attack by exploding the demon, dismembering him once again.<ref name="Innocence">"[[Innocence]]"</ref>
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Angel awoke Acathla to suck the world into [[Acathla's dimension|hell]]; with the vortex activated, Buffy killed Angel to deactivate it again.<ref name="B2">"[[Becoming, Part Two]]"</ref>
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In the [[Wishverse]], [[Buffy Summers (Wishverse)|Buffy]]'s absence allowed the [[Master (Wishverse)|Master]] to rise, and the [[Order of Aurelius]] achieved vampire supremacy over Sunnydale.<ref name="TW">"[[The Wish]]"</ref>
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===1999===
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The apocalypse cult [[Sisterhood of Jhe]] opened the Hellmouth, but the Scooby Gang fought back and closed it again.<ref name="TZ">"[[The Zeppo]]"</ref>
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Mayor [[Richard Wilkins|Wilkins]] performed his [[Ascension]] and became the [[Olvikan]]; the Scooby Gang stopped the [[Old One]]'s massacre by killing him.<ref>"[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]"</ref>
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The [[Scourge]] constructed the [[Beacon]] to annihilate all human life, including [[half-demon]]s; [[Allen Francis Doyle|Doyle]] sacrificed himself to destroy the artifact.<ref name="Hero">"[[Hero]]"</ref>
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===2000===
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Three [[Vahrall demon]]s performed the [[Sacrifice of Three]] to open the Hellmouth, but Buffy rescued the third sacrifice and prevented the ritual's conclusion.<ref name="Doomed">"[[Doomed]]"</ref>
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[[Adam]] freed demons to fight [[Initiative]] soldiers for his plan to create an army of [[bio-mechanical demonoid]]s with the corpses from both sides. The Scooby Gang defeated Adam and fought to lessen the number of casualties.<ref name="Primeval">"[[Primeval]]"</ref>
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===2001===
 
Freezing of time by [[Gene Rainey]].<ref name="HA">"[[Happy Anniversary]]"</ref>
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Opening of dimensional portals by [[Glorificus]], bleeding all dimensions together in the [[Big Day]].<ref name="TG">"[[The Gift]]"</ref>
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===2002===
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[[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], corrupted with dark [[magic]], resurfaced the effigy of Proserpexa to eliminate all life on Earth. [[Alexander Harris|Xander]]'s unconditional love for Willow reached her humanity and stopped her attempt.<ref name="Grave">"[[Grave]]"</ref>
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===2003===
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The continuous loss of the sun would cause the death of all living creatures.<ref name="LDJ">"[[Long Day's Journey]]"</ref>
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The [[First Evil]] had as his endgame the possession of mankind en masse and the destruction of the [[Slayer]] line.<ref>"[[Showtime]]"</ref> The Scooby Gang and [[Potential Slayer]]s fought its army of [[Turok-Han]]s, closing the Hellmouth and defeating the First Evil.<ref name="Chosen">"[[Chosen]]"</ref>
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Having already conquered Los Angeles, [[Jasmine]] was in her way to make all humanity lose its free will. The Angel Investigations team fought back when they awoke from her enchantment, and [[Connor]] killed Jasmine.<ref>"[[Peace Out]]"</ref>
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===2004===
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[[Illyria]] intended to release the [[Army of Doom]] upon humanity, but she discovered her army was nothing more than ashes by that point.<ref>"[[Shells]]"</ref>
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The self-destruction of Illyria would cause the destruction of the North American continent, but [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] used the [[Mutari generator]] to keep her power's levels under control.<ref>"[[Time Bomb]]"</ref>
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[[Wolfram & Hart]] had an scheduled apocalypse with the [[Circle of the Black Thorn]]<ref>"[[Power Play]]"</ref> since at least 2001.<ref>"[[Reprise]]"</ref> In 2004, the Angel Investigations team killed each of the Circle's members to prevent them from even putting it into action.<ref>"[[Not Fade Away]]"</ref>
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Wolfram & Hart brought forth the fall of Los Angeles, sending the entire city to hell.<ref name="ATF1">''[[After the Fall, Part One]]''</ref> [[Angel]]'s eventual death made the [[Senior Partners]] create a [[temporal fold]] and undo this apocalypse.<ref name="ATF16">''[[After the Fall, Part Sixteen]]''</ref>
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===2006===
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With the birth of [[Twilight]], the Earth dimension began to crumble with natural disasters and the invasion of hordes of [[placenturian]] demons so the new dimension would take its place.<ref>''[[Twilight, Part Three]]''</ref><ref>''[[Twilight, Part Four]]''</ref> Buffy stopped this apocalypse by breaking the [[Seed of Wonder]], severing the connection Earth had with other dimensions and ensuring that the Twilight prophecy would not come to pass.<ref name="LG4"/>
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The destruction of the Seed of Wonder caused the end of magic, a major event that saw all forms of magic inaccessible from the Earth.<ref name="LG4">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Four]]''</ref> Magic was eventually restored after Willow created a new Seed in the [[Deeper Well]].<ref name="TC4"/>
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===2007===
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Wolfram & Hart intended to reopen dimensional portals with the [[TinCan]] website during the end of magic. However, its founder [[Theo Daniels]] contracted [[Deepscan]] to protect him from W&F and destroy its server, leaving the website offline.<ref>''[[Guarded, Part Two]]''</ref>
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[[Severin]] planned to reverse Twilight, which would tear reality itself apart, but Illyria convinced him to instead redirect all of his powers into the new Seed of Wonder.<ref name="TC4">''[[The Core, Part Four]]''</ref>
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[[Whistler]], [[Pearl]], and [[Nash]] caused an outbreak of a mystical plague that would kill a third of the world.<ref>''[[What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Three]]''</ref> After seeing the painful effect of the [[plague ball]] over people around him, Whistler eventually came into his senses and sacrificed himself to use his body to shield the ball's explosion, sacrificing himself in the process.<ref>''[[What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Five]]''</ref>
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===2008===
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Hostile extradimensional [[demon]]s filled the Earth through the [[Restless Door]], in power of the [[Mistress]], the [[Soul Glutton]], and the [[Sculptor]].<ref>''[[In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two]]''</ref>
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Merging of the dimensions of [[Anharra]] and the Earth.<ref>''[[In Pieces on the Ground, Part Four]]''</ref>
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[[D'Hoffryn]]'s growing power with the death of fellow [[Magic Council]] members,<ref>''[[Own It, Part One]]''</ref> capture of the ''[[Vampyr]]'' book,<ref>''[[Own It, Part Two]]''</ref> and his attempt to eliminate the power restrictions from [[vengeance demon]]s.<ref name="OI4">''[[Own It, Part Four]]''</ref>
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In [[Arashmaharr]], [[Vengeance, L.L.C.]] had a board informing they were 32 days without an apocalypse.<ref name="OI4"/>
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[[Archaeus]]'s command over an army of vampires and the new magic from the [[Magic Town]].<ref>''[[A Tale of Two Families, Part Five]]''</ref>
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===2009===
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The [[Pandora Project]]'s success in absorbing all magic from all supernatural beings, leaving the power of a ruler to [[Joanna Wise]].<ref>''[[One Girl in All the World]]''</ref>
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===2011===
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During the Reckoning, the last Slayer and her allies face an army of demons, who were banished to a hell dimension, while vampires were all but wiped up, devolving into lurks. The Slayer herself would also be gone, and no other called until the 23rd century.<ref>''[[Ready, Steady...]]''</ref><ref>''[[The Reckoning]]''</ref>
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===23rd century===
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Old Ones unleashed on Earth, beginning with the resurrected [[Neauth]].<ref>''[[The Gateway]]''</ref>
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==Appearances==
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason3
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason4
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason5
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason6
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|episode19=note
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason7
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|episode3=note
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|episode10=note
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|episode16=note
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|episode19=note
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;''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''
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{{AppearancesAngelSeason1
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{{AppearancesAngelSeason2
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{{AppearancesAngelSeason3
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{{AppearancesAngelSeason4
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|episode7=note
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|episode18=note
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{{AppearancesAngelSeason5
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|episode6=note
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|episode8=note
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==References==
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[[fr:Apocalypse]]
   
* Opening of Hellmouth | "[[The Harvest]]"
 
* Possible use of nuclear missiles by [[Moloch the Corruptor|Moloch]] | "[[I Robot, You Jane]]"
 
* Altered reality resulting in the worst possible world | "[[Nightmares]]"
 
* Opening of Hellmouth | "[[Prophecy Girl]]"
 
* All of humanity being burned to death | "[[Innocence]]"
 
* World being sucked into Hell by [[Acathla]] | "[[Becoming, Part Two]]"
 
* Altered reality with vampires in control | "[[The Wish]]"
 
* Opening of Hellmouth | "[[The Zeppo]]"
 
* Destruction of all human life by [[The Scourge]] | "[[Hero]]"
 
* Opening of Hellmouth | "[[Doomed]]"
 
* Creation of an army of [[Bio-mechanical demonoid|human/demon cyborgs]] | "[[Primeval]]"
 
* Freezing of time by [[Gene Rainey]] | "[[Happy Anniversary]]"
 
* Opening of Dimensional Portals by [[Glory]] | "[[The Gift]]"
 
* Draining of the Earth's life energy by [[Willow]] | "[[Grave]]"
 
* The death of all living creatures due to the loss of the Sun | "[[Long Day's Journey]]"
 
* Release of the [[Turok-Han]]s | "[[Storyteller]]"
 
* Release of the [[Turok-Han]]s by [[The First]] | "[[Chosen]]"
 
* Complete loss of free will to [[Jasmine]] | "[[Peace Out]]"
 
* [[Wolfram & Hart]]'s scheduled Apocalypse | "[[Not Fade Away]]"
 
* Destruction of the current universe by exra-dimensional demon hoards | "[[Twilight (story arc)|Twilight]]"/"[[Last Gleaming]]"
 
* Earth being transformed into a demonic breeding farm by [[Myresto Mor]] | "[[Angel: Connorland|Connorland]]"
 
[[Category:Terminology]]
 
 
[[Category:Events]]
 
[[Category:Events]]

Latest revision as of 16:21, 25 July 2022

They want an apocalypse? We'll give 'em one. Anyone else who wants to run, do it now, because we just became an army. We just declared war. From now on, we won't just face our worst fears, we will seek them out.
Buffy Summers[src]

Apocalypse was a specific occurrence which had an exceptionally destructive effect. The final outcomes of doomsday events varied from a major disruption of human civilization,[5] to the extinction of human life,[1][6][7][8][9] to the destruction of Earth,[10][11] to the annihilation of the entire universe.[3][12]

Several events that almost caused an apocalypse were averted thanks to the efforts of the Scooby Gang[13][6][11][14][2][15][3][16] and the Angel Investigations team.[7][17][18] While some inevitably came to pass, such as the fall of Los Angeles[19] and the end of magic,[20] these heroes still fought to undo or prevent further damage from the apocalypses.[18][21]

History

Before 1996

When Acathla came forth to swallow the world, a virtuous knight prevented the apocalypse by stabbing and entombing the demon.[10]

When the Judge came forth to incinerate all of humanity, an army fought and dismembered the demon, finally stopping him.[1]

In 1932, the worshipers of Proserpexa attempted to destroy the world using her effigy, only to be stopped and killed by an earthquake that also swallowed her temple in Sunnydale.[8]

In 1936, the Master attempted to open Sunnydale's Hellmouth, but an earthquake interrupted the ritual and imprisoned the vampire.[13]

1996

The Order of Aurelius attempted to free the Master by killing humans in the Harvest, which Buffy prevented by slaying Luke, the ritual's Vessel.[13]

1997

With Moloch the Corruptor's unlimited power over the Internet, Buffy noted he had the power to use nuclear missiles; the Slayer severed his evil influence by killing him.[22]

After a number of portents announced his prophecized freedom, the Master rose and opened the Hellmouth; his death at Buffy's hands closed it again.[23]

1998

Spike and Drusilla reassembled the Judge; in their reunion with Angel, the vampires led the Judge to incinerate humanity, begging with the local Sunnydale Mall. Buffy stopped the Judge's attack by exploding the demon, dismembering him once again.[6]

Angel awoke Acathla to suck the world into hell; with the vortex activated, Buffy killed Angel to deactivate it again.[11]

In the Wishverse, Buffy's absence allowed the Master to rise, and the Order of Aurelius achieved vampire supremacy over Sunnydale.[5]

1999

The apocalypse cult Sisterhood of Jhe opened the Hellmouth, but the Scooby Gang fought back and closed it again.[14]

Mayor Wilkins performed his Ascension and became the Olvikan; the Scooby Gang stopped the Old One's massacre by killing him.[24]

The Scourge constructed the Beacon to annihilate all human life, including half-demons; Doyle sacrificed himself to destroy the artifact.[7]

2000

Three Vahrall demons performed the Sacrifice of Three to open the Hellmouth, but Buffy rescued the third sacrifice and prevented the ritual's conclusion.[2]

Adam freed demons to fight Initiative soldiers for his plan to create an army of bio-mechanical demonoids with the corpses from both sides. The Scooby Gang defeated Adam and fought to lessen the number of casualties.[15]

2001

Freezing of time by Gene Rainey.[17]

Opening of dimensional portals by Glorificus, bleeding all dimensions together in the Big Day.[3]

2002

Willow, corrupted with dark magic, resurfaced the effigy of Proserpexa to eliminate all life on Earth. Xander's unconditional love for Willow reached her humanity and stopped her attempt.[8]

2003

The continuous loss of the sun would cause the death of all living creatures.[9]

The First Evil had as his endgame the possession of mankind en masse and the destruction of the Slayer line.[25] The Scooby Gang and Potential Slayers fought its army of Turok-Hans, closing the Hellmouth and defeating the First Evil.[16]

Having already conquered Los Angeles, Jasmine was in her way to make all humanity lose its free will. The Angel Investigations team fought back when they awoke from her enchantment, and Connor killed Jasmine.[26]

2004

Illyria intended to release the Army of Doom upon humanity, but she discovered her army was nothing more than ashes by that point.[27]

The self-destruction of Illyria would cause the destruction of the North American continent, but Wesley used the Mutari generator to keep her power's levels under control.[28]

Wolfram & Hart had an scheduled apocalypse with the Circle of the Black Thorn[29] since at least 2001.[30] In 2004, the Angel Investigations team killed each of the Circle's members to prevent them from even putting it into action.[31]

Wolfram & Hart brought forth the fall of Los Angeles, sending the entire city to hell.[19] Angel's eventual death made the Senior Partners create a temporal fold and undo this apocalypse.[18]

2006

With the birth of Twilight, the Earth dimension began to crumble with natural disasters and the invasion of hordes of placenturian demons so the new dimension would take its place.[32][33] Buffy stopped this apocalypse by breaking the Seed of Wonder, severing the connection Earth had with other dimensions and ensuring that the Twilight prophecy would not come to pass.[20]

The destruction of the Seed of Wonder caused the end of magic, a major event that saw all forms of magic inaccessible from the Earth.[20] Magic was eventually restored after Willow created a new Seed in the Deeper Well.[12]

2007

Wolfram & Hart intended to reopen dimensional portals with the TinCan website during the end of magic. However, its founder Theo Daniels contracted Deepscan to protect him from W&F and destroy its server, leaving the website offline.[34]

Severin planned to reverse Twilight, which would tear reality itself apart, but Illyria convinced him to instead redirect all of his powers into the new Seed of Wonder.[12]

Whistler, Pearl, and Nash caused an outbreak of a mystical plague that would kill a third of the world.[35] After seeing the painful effect of the plague ball over people around him, Whistler eventually came into his senses and sacrificed himself to use his body to shield the ball's explosion, sacrificing himself in the process.[36]

2008

Hostile extradimensional demons filled the Earth through the Restless Door, in power of the Mistress, the Soul Glutton, and the Sculptor.[37]

Merging of the dimensions of Anharra and the Earth.[38]

D'Hoffryn's growing power with the death of fellow Magic Council members,[39] capture of the Vampyr book,[40] and his attempt to eliminate the power restrictions from vengeance demons.[41]

In Arashmaharr, Vengeance, L.L.C. had a board informing they were 32 days without an apocalypse.[41]

Archaeus's command over an army of vampires and the new magic from the Magic Town.[42]

2009

The Pandora Project's success in absorbing all magic from all supernatural beings, leaving the power of a ruler to Joanna Wise.[43]

2011

During the Reckoning, the last Slayer and her allies face an army of demons, who were banished to a hell dimension, while vampires were all but wiped up, devolving into lurks. The Slayer herself would also be gone, and no other called until the 23rd century.[44][45]

23rd century

Old Ones unleashed on Earth, beginning with the resurrected Neauth.[46]

Appearances

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel

References