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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. |
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. |
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− | In the episode [[Normal Again]] Buffy was stabbed with a demon skewer which gave her visions of being a patient in a mental asylum with being the Slayer merely her delusion. In [[Asylum Buffy]]'s world Hank was still married to Joyce and deeply caring for his sole daughter. The episode's ending left |
+ | In the episode [[Normal Again]] Buffy was stabbed with a demon skewer which gave her visions of being a patient in a mental asylum with being the Slayer merely her delusion. In [[Asylum Buffy]]'s world Hank was still married to Joyce and deeply caring for his sole daughter. The episode's ending left it deliberately ambiguous as to whether this was simply a hallucination or in fact Buffy being the Slayer was simply a 7 year long delusion beginning when she 'met' Merrick and ending with her regaining her sanity at the conclusion of [[Chosen]]. |
== Behind the Scenes == |
== Behind the Scenes == |
Revision as of 18:49, 20 June 2015
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 accepting 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.
In the episode Normal Again Buffy was stabbed with a demon skewer which gave her visions of being a patient in a mental asylum with being the Slayer merely her delusion. In Asylum Buffy's world Hank was still married to Joyce and deeply caring for his sole daughter. The episode's ending left it deliberately ambiguous as to whether this was simply a hallucination or in fact Buffy being the Slayer was simply a 7 year long delusion beginning when she 'met' Merrick and ending with her regaining her sanity at the conclusion of Chosen.
Behind the Scenes
- He was portrayed by Dean Butler.
- All the majority of people since Season Eight, Hank is plausibly cautious that his daughter is the Slayer. However, his reaction is not seen.
Appearances
- "Nightmares"
- "Prophecy Girl" (Only mentioned)
- "When She Was Bad"
- "What's My Line, Part One" (Only mentioned)
- "Ted" (Only mentioned)
- "Becoming, Part One" (Only voice during flashback)
- "Lovers Walk" (Only mentioned)
- "Helpless" (Only mentioned)
- "Choices" (Only mentioned)
- "Fear, Itself" (Only mentioned)
- "I Will Remember You" (Only mentioned)
- "Something Blue" (Only mentioned)
- "Family"(Only mentioned)
- "Blood Ties" (Only mentioned)
- "Forever" (Only mentioned)
- "Tough Love" (Only mentioned)
- "The Weight of the World" (Only in dreams)
- "Bargaining, Part One" (Only mentioned)
- "Life Serial" (Only mentioned)
- "Normal Again" (Only in hallucinations)
- "Help" (Only mentioned)
- "Conversations with Dead People" (Only mentioned)
- New Rules, Part Four (Only mentioned)
- I Wish, Part One (in visions)