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|Name = Sheila Rosenberg
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|Name = Sheila Rosenberg
  
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|Affiliation = [[Mothers Opposed to the Occult]]
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|Relatives = [[Willow Rosenberg]] <small>(daughter)</small><br>[[Ira Rosenberg]] <small>(husband)</small>
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|Appear = "[[Gingerbread]]"
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{{quote|Oh, well, identification with mythical icons is perfectly typical of your age group. It's a, a classic adolescent response to the pressures of incipient adulthood.|Sheila Rosenberg|Gingerbread}}
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{{quote|Oh, well, identification with mythical icons is perfectly typical of your age group. It's a classic adolescent response to the pressures of incipient adulthood.|Sheila Rosenberg|Gingerbread}}
   
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'''Sheila Rosenberg''' was a resident of [[Sunnydale]] and mother of [[Willow Rosenberg]], a powerful [[witch]] and member of the [[Scooby Gang]].
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a resident of [[Sunnydale]] and mother of [[Willow Rosenberg]].<ref name="G">"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref>
   
 
==Biography==
  
==Biography==
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Sheila lived in Sunnydale with her husband [[Ira Rosenberg|Ira]] and her daughter Willow. On many occasions, Sheila displayed a serious disconnect with Willow's personal life, such as not knowing the name of her daughter's best friend, whom she referred to as "Bunny" instead of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]].<ref name="G"/>
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{{Dialogue a-b|Sheila|Willow, you cut off your hair! Huh. That's a new look.|Willow|Yeah, it's just a sudden whim I had... in August.|Sheila pays little attention to her daughter Willow.|Gingerbread}}
  
   
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In 1999, Sheila succumbed to the powers of [[Hans and Gretta Strauss|a demon]] who incited bigotry. Developing a mistrust and hatred towards [[witch]]craft, Sheila joined [[Joyce Summers|Joyce]]'s group [[Mothers Opposed to the Occult]]. During this time, Willow told her mother she was a witch and dating [[Daniel Osbourne|a guitarist]].<ref name="G"/>
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Sheila Rosenberg lived in Sunnydale with her husband [[Ira Rosenberg|Ira]] and her daughter Willow. On many occasions, Sheila displayed a serious disconnect with Willow's personal life, not even knowing the name of her daughter's [[Buffy Summers|best friend]], whom she refers to as "Bunny."<ref name=Gingerbread>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref>
  
   
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In 1999, Sheila succumbed to the powers of a [[Hans and Gretta Strauss|demon]] who incited bigotry. Developing a mistrust and hatred towards [[witchcraft]], she joined [[Joyce Summers]]' group [[Mothers Opposed to the Occult]]. During this time, a frustrated Willow told her mother she was a witch, not to mention that she was dating [[Daniel Osbourne|a guitarist]]. Sheila, Joyce, and the other parents of Sunnydale attempted to burn Willow and her friends Buffy and [[Amy Madison]] at the stake. However, the spell was broken by Giles in time, and Buffy slayed the demon. Afterward, Sheila forgot the incident, but did remember her daughter's boyfriend.<ref name=Gingerbread/>
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Sheila, Joyce, and the other parents of Sunnydale attempted to burn Willow, Buffy, and [[Amy Madison|Amy]] at the stake. However, [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] broke the [[spell]] in time, and Buffy slayed the demon. Sheila forgot the incident soon afterward, but she did remember her daughter's boyfriend.<ref name="G"/>
   
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When Willow came out as a lesbian in college, Sheila was proud of her daughter, believing that she was making a political statement. However, she had little contact with Willow's girlfriend [[Tara Maclay]], and the novelty of her homosexuality soon wore off.<ref name=TKiM>"[[The Killer in Me]]"</ref>
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When Willow came out as a lesbian in college, Sheila was proud of her daughter, believing that she was making a political statement. However, she had little contact with Willow's girlfriend [[Tara Maclay|Tara]], and the novelty of her homosexuality soon wore off.<ref>"[[The Killer in Me]]"</ref>
   
 
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Sheila was highly intelligent and led her life as a very logically focused individual although somewhat psychorigid, leaving her socially and emotionally disconnected. According to Willow, Sheila and her husband didn't even bicker, although they glared sometimes. Her profession was unknown, but she used terminology and made many references to the area of child psychology/development. She had also been involved in co-authoring material regarding problematic adolescent behavior. The irony of her would-be profession contrasting so heavily on her direct neglect of her one and only child was evident and poignant in Willow's life. According to Willow, Sheila didn't celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus Day, which represented the destruction of the indigenous peoples.
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Sheila was highly intelligent and led her life as a very logically focused individual. She used terminology and made many references to the area of child psychology/development and problematic adolescent behavior. Despite Sheila's knowledge, her negligence with her only child was evident and poignant in Willow's life.<ref name="G"/>
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According to Willow, Sheila and her husband didn't even bicker, although they glared sometimes.<ref>"[[Nightmares]]"</ref>
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Sheila didn't celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus Day, which represented the destruction of the indigenous peoples.<ref>"[[Pangs]]"</ref>
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==Behind the scenes==
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*She was portrayed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048610/ Jordan Baker].
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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* "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Nightmares]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Lie to Me]]" <small>(voice only)</small>
  
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* "[[Passion]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Becoming, Part Two]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Amends]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Gingerbread]]"
  
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* "[[Fear, Itself]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Pangs]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[Forever]]" {{Om}}
  
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* "[[The Killer in Me]]" {{Om}}
  
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* ''[[I Wish, Part One]]'' {{Om}}
  
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===Other===
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*''[[The Harvest (novel)|The Harvest]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[Blooded]]''
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*''[[Child of the Hunt]]''
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*''[[Out of the Madhouse]]''
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*''[[Ghost Roads]]''
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*''[[The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[Sunnydale High Yearbook (novel)|Sunnydale High Yearbook]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Willow Files, Volume 1]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Willow Files, Volume 2]]''
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*''[[The Evil That Men Do]]''
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*''[[The Book of Fours]]''
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*''[[The Cordelia Collection]]'' {{Om}}
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*"[[All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee]]" {{Om}}
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*''[[Chosen: The One]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Suicide King]]''
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*''[[Halloween (comic)|Halloween]]''
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*''[[New Kid on the Block, Part One]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[New Kid on the Block, Part Two]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Latest Craze]]'' <small>(Only voice)</small>
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*''[[The Food Chain]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[The Blood of Carthage, Part One]]'' {{FBO}}
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*''[[The Blood of Carthage, Part Two]]'' {{Om}}
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*''[[Haunted, Part One]]'' {{Om}}
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 1 March 2024

“Oh, well, identification with mythical icons is perfectly typical of your age group. It's a classic adolescent response to the pressures of incipient adulthood.”
―Sheila Rosenberg[src]

Sheila Rosenberg was a resident of Sunnydale and mother of Willow Rosenberg.[1]

Biography

Sheila lived in Sunnydale with her husband Ira and her daughter Willow. On many occasions, Sheila displayed a serious disconnect with Willow's personal life, such as not knowing the name of her daughter's best friend, whom she referred to as "Bunny" instead of Buffy.[1]

In 1999, Sheila succumbed to the powers of a demon who incited bigotry. Developing a mistrust and hatred towards witchcraft, Sheila joined Joyce's group Mothers Opposed to the Occult. During this time, Willow told her mother she was a witch and dating a guitarist.[1]

Sheila, Joyce, and the other parents of Sunnydale attempted to burn Willow, Buffy, and Amy at the stake. However, Giles broke the spell in time, and Buffy slayed the demon. Sheila forgot the incident soon afterward, but she did remember her daughter's boyfriend.[1]

When Willow came out as a lesbian in college, Sheila was proud of her daughter, believing that she was making a political statement. However, she had little contact with Willow's girlfriend Tara, and the novelty of her homosexuality soon wore off.[2]

Personality

Sheila was highly intelligent and led her life as a very logically focused individual. She used terminology and made many references to the area of child psychology/development and problematic adolescent behavior. Despite Sheila's knowledge, her negligence with her only child was evident and poignant in Willow's life.[1]

According to Willow, Sheila and her husband didn't even bicker, although they glared sometimes.[3]

Sheila didn't celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus Day, which represented the destruction of the indigenous peoples.[4]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Canonical

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Gingerbread"
  2. ↑ "The Killer in Me"
  3. ↑ "Nightmares"
  4. ↑ "Pangs"
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