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Spike wore a black leather duster which originally belonged to Nikki Wood.[1] It was part of the vampire's trademark look for over two decades.[2]
History[]
In 1977, New York City, Spike first fought the Slayer Nikki, when he commented that he loved her coat.[3] In July of that year, they fought again on a New York subway, and the vampire stripped her off the duster just after killing her.[1] In 1998, when Spike was first seen again, he still wore the coat almost constantly.[4]
Notably, in 2002, when Spike left Sunnydale to seek his soul, he left the duster behind.[5] When he returned to the town, he had abandoned his previous look as an effect of his penance, but called this attempt a "costume."[6] After Buffy Summers called him out for holding his violence back even in emergencies, Spike needed to fight a particularly difficult demon, so he finally retrieved the duster from Sunnydale High School's basement and was able to relish in the violence of the fight.[7]
In 2003, Spike died burning in the sunlight wearing the duster,[8] but three weeks later he returned as a ghost still wearing it.[9] He then became corporeal along with all his clothing.[10] In the next year, the duster was irreparably damaged by a bomb while Spike was in a mission in Rome. After the vampire complained that the jacket was irreplaceable, Ilona Costa Bianchi, as CEO of the Wolfram & Hart Rome branch, gave him an identical coat, along with 10 others and some new shoes that were sent to the Los Angeles branch, allowing him to quickly get over it.[2]
Despite not being the original duster, Spike still wore these coats as often as he did the previous piece, a part of his continuing trademark look.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
- Spike's duster cost $1,600.[12] Costume designer Cynthia Bergstrom described: "My team and I bought several beautiful leather coats and then we beat the shit out of them. We actually got transpo to chain up the jackets to the back of a tractor and drive the tractor around the lot with the jackets dragging behind to get a really nice aged effect."[13]
- In 2005, Inkworks produced trading cards featuring a piece of the leather coat used in the series.
- The graphic novel Spike: Into the Light is supposedly set near the beginning of season 7 according to its introduction; however, Spike wears what looks to be the duster, which he didn't retrieve until the fifteenth episode of the season. It is possible, however, that Spike was simply wearing an identical duster.
- The duster is featured as part of Spike's appearance in his six Buffy the Vampire Slayer action figures, one of his Angel action figures, two of his Deluxe action figures, two of his ornaments, two of his busts, his Bobble Buddies bobblehead, two of his PALz figures, his Buffy and Angel Figurine Collection Magazine figure, his Essence Of statue, his two Sideshow Collectibles statues, one of his Titans vinyl figures, his two Tooned Up maquettes, his ReAction figure, his two Vinimates figures, three of his Funko Pop! figures, and as an accessory in his two Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format statues, his four 12 Inch Figures, and the Spike Puppet Plush.
Appearances[]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 | |||||||||||
"When She Was Bad" Absent |
"Some Assembly Required" Absent |
"School Hard" Appears |
"Inca Mummy Girl" Absent |
"Reptile Boy" Absent |
"Halloween" Appears |
"Lie to Me" Appears |
"The Dark Age" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part One" Appears |
"What's My Line? Part Two" Appears |
"Ted" Absent | |
"Bad Eggs" Absent |
"Surprise" Appears |
"Innocence" Appears |
"Phases" Absent |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Appears |
"Passion" Appears |
"Killed by Death" Absent |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" Appears |
"Go Fish" Absent |
"Becoming, Part One" Appears |
"Becoming, Part Two" Appears |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 | |||||||||||
"Anne" Absent |
"Dead Man's Party" Absent |
"Faith, Hope & Trick" Absent |
"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent |
"Homecoming" Absent |
"Band Candy" Absent |
"Revelations" Absent |
"Lovers Walk" Appears |
"The Wish" Absent |
"Amends" Absent |
"Gingerbread" Absent | |
"Helpless" Absent |
"The Zeppo" Absent |
"Bad Girls" Absent |
"Consequences" Absent |
"Doppelgängland" Absent |
"Enemies" Absent |
"Earshot" Absent |
"Choices" Absent |
"The Prom" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part One" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part Two" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 | |||||||||||
"The Freshman" Absent |
"Living Conditions" Absent |
"The Harsh Light of Day" Appears |
"Fear, Itself" Absent |
"Beer Bad" Absent |
"Wild at Heart" Appears |
"The Initiative" Appears |
"Pangs" Appears |
"Something Blue" Appears |
"Hush" Absent |
"Doomed" Absent | |
"A New Man" Appears |
"The I in Team" Appears |
"Goodbye Iowa" Appears |
"This Year's Girl" Appears |
"Who Are You?" Appears |
"Superstar" Appears |
"Where the Wild Things Are" Appears |
"New Moon Rising" Appears |
"The Yoko Factor" Appears |
"Primeval" Appears |
"Restless" Vision |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent |
"Real Me" Appears |
"The Replacement" Appears |
"Out of My Mind" Appears |
"No Place Like Home" Appears |
"Family" Appears |
"Fool for Love" Appears |
"Shadow" Appears |
"Listening to Fear" Appears |
"Into the Woods" Appears |
"Triangle" Appears | |
"Checkpoint" Appears |
"Blood Ties" Appears |
"Crush" Appears |
"I Was Made to Love You" Appears |
"The Body" Absent |
"Forever" Appears |
"Intervention" Appears |
"Tough Love" Appears |
"Spiral" Appears |
"The Weight of the World" Appears |
"The Gift" Appears |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 | |||||||||||
"Bargaining, Part One" Appears |
"Bargaining, Part Two" Appears |
"After Life" Appears |
"Flooded" Appears |
"Life Serial" Appears |
"All the Way" Appears |
"Once More, with Feeling" Appears |
"Tabula Rasa" Appears |
"Smashed" Appears |
"Wrecked" Appears |
"Gone" Appears | |
"Doublemeat Palace" Appears |
"Dead Things" Appears |
"Older and Far Away" Appears |
"As You Were" Appears |
"Hell's Bells" Appears |
"Normal Again" Appears |
"Entropy" Appears |
"Seeing Red" Appears |
"Villains" Absent |
"Two to Go" Absent |
"Grave" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 | |||||||||||
"Lessons" Absent |
"Beneath You" Absent |
"Same Time, Same Place" Absent |
"Help" Absent |
"Selfless" Absent |
"Him" Absent |
"Conversations with Dead People" Absent |
"Sleeper" Absent |
"Never Leave Me" Vision |
"Bring on the Night" Vision |
"Showtime" Absent | |
"Potential" Absent |
"The Killer in Me" Absent |
"First Date" Vision |
"Get It Done" Appears |
"Storyteller" Appears |
"Lies My Parents Told Me" Appears |
"Dirty Girls" Appears |
"Empty Places" Appears |
"Touched" Appears |
"End of Days" Appears |
"Chosen" Appears |
Spike | |||||||||||
Asylum, Part 1 Absent |
Asylum, Part 2 Absent |
Asylum, Part 3 Absent |
Asylum, Part 4 Absent |
Asylum, Part 5 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 1 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 2 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 3 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 4 Absent | |||
Alone Together Now Absent |
What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas Absent |
Everybody Loves Spike Absent |
You Haven't Changed a Bit Absent |
Bedknobs and Boomsticks Absent |
Something Borrowed Absent |
Give and Take Absent |
Stranger Things Absent |
Spike: Into the Light Flashback |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 | |||||||||||
New Rules, Part 1 Absent |
New Rules, Part 2 Absent |
New Rules, Part 3 Absent |
New Rules, Part 4 Absent |
New Rules, Part 5 Absent |
I Wish, Part 1 Absent |
I Wish, Part 2 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent |
Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent | ||
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 3 Absent |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Vision |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Vision |
Old Demons, Part 1 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 3 Absent |
Freaky Giles Day Absent |
Triggers Absent | ||
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent |
Own It, Part 1 Absent |
Own It, Part 2 Absent |
Own It, Part 3 Absent |
Own It, Part 4 Absent |
Own It, Part 5 Absent | ||
"Where Are They Now?" Absent |
Angel: Season 1 | |||||||||||
"City Of" Absent |
"Lonely Heart" Absent |
"In the Dark" Appears |
"I Fall to Pieces" Absent |
"Rm w/a Vu" Absent |
"Sense & Sensitivity" Absent |
"The Bachelor Party" Absent |
"I Will Remember You" Absent |
"Hero" Absent |
"Parting Gifts" Absent |
"Somnambulist" Absent | |
"Expecting" Absent |
"She" Absent |
"I've Got You Under My Skin" Absent |
"The Prodigal" Absent |
"The Ring" Absent |
"Eternity" Absent |
"Five by Five" Absent |
"Sanctuary" Absent |
"War Zone" Absent |
"Blind Date" Absent |
"To Shanshu in L.A." Absent |
Angel: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Conviction" Appears |
"Just Rewards" Appears |
"Unleashed" Appears |
"Hell Bound" Appears |
"Life of the Party" Appears |
"The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" Appears |
"Lineage" Appears |
"Destiny" Appears |
"Harm's Way" Appears |
"Soul Purpose" Appears |
"Damage" Appears | |
"You're Welcome" Appears |
"Why We Fight" Appears |
"Smile Time" Appears |
"A Hole in the World" Appears |
"Shells" Appears |
"Underneath" Appears |
"Origin" Appears |
"Time Bomb" Appears |
"The Girl in Question" Appears |
"Power Play" Absent |
"Not Fade Away" Absent |
References[]
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