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| + | |First = "[[School Hard]]" |
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| + | |Last = "[[The Girl in Question]]" |
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| + | |Owner(s) = *[[Nikki Wood]] |
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| + | [[Spike]] wore a black leather duster which originally belonged to [[Nikki Wood]]. It was part of his trademark look for over two decades, as well as a practical device for the [[vampire]] to protect himself while walking under the daylight. |
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| + | ==History== |
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| − | The '''duster''' that [[Spike]] owned originally belonged to his second [[Slayer]] kill, [[Nikki Wood]].<ref>"[[Fool for Love]]"</ref> In 1977 he first battled Nikki and after the fight, he complimented that he loved her coat. In July of that year they would meet again in New York on a subway and had a ferocious battle. After getting the upper hand over Nikki, he snapped her neck and stripped her off the duster and wore it as a trophy. |
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| + | In 1977, Spike first fought the [[Slayer]] Nikki, when he commented that he loved her coat.<ref>"[[Lies My Parents Told Me]]"</ref> 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.<ref>"[[Fool for Love]]"</ref> In 1998, when Spike was first seem again, he still wore the coat almost constantly.<ref>"[[School Hard]]"</ref> |
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| − | It was part of his trademark look for over two decades before it was destroyed by a bomb in 2004. After Spike complained that the duster was irreplaceable, the CEO of the [[Wolfram & Hart (Rome Branch)|Rome branch]] of [[Wolfram & Hart]] gave him an identical coat along with 10 others that were sent to the [[Los Angeles]] [[Wolfram & Hart (Los Angeles Branch)|bra]][[Wolfram & Hart (Los Angeles Branch)|nc]][[Wolfram & Hart (Los Angeles Branch)|h]] along with some new shoes, allowing him to quickly get over it.<ref>"[[The Girl in Question]]"</ref> |
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| + | Notably, in 2002, when Spike left Sunnydale to seek his [[soul]], he left the duster behind.<ref>"[[Seeing Red]]"</ref> When he returned to the town, he had abandoned his previous look as an effect of his penance, but called this attempt a “costume”.<ref>"[[Beneath You]]"</ref> 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.<ref>"[[Get It Done]]"</ref> |
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| + | In 2003, Spike died burning in the sunlight wearing the duster,<ref>"[[Chosen]]"</ref> but three weeks later he returned as a [[ghost]] still wearing it.<ref>"[[Conviction]]"</ref> He then became corporeal along with all his clothing.<ref>"[[Destiny]]"</ref> 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 [[Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch]], allowing him to quickly get over it.<ref>"[[The Girl in Question]]"</ref> |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | ==Behind the scenes== |
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| + | *Spike’s duster cost $1,600.<ref>[[Christopher Golden]] & [[Nancy Holder]], "[[The Watcher's Guide, Volume One]]". [[Pocket Books]], October 01, 1998.</ref> 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.”<ref>Fawnia Soo Hoo, [https://fashionista.com/2017/08/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-20th-anniversary-costumes “‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’’s Costume Designer on the Show’s Undying Message of Female Empowerment”]. ''Fashionista'', August 29, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2018.</ref> |
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| + | *In 2005, Inkworks produced trading cards featuring a piece of the leather coat used in the series. |
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| + | *The graphic novel Spike: Into the Light is supposedly set near the beginning of Season 7 according to its introduction, however Spike is shown wearing what looks to be the duster which he didn't retrieve until the fifteenth episode of the season. It is possible however that Spike simply wearing an identical duster. |
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- “It’s my second skin. It’s who I am.”
- ―Spike.[src]
Spike wore a black leather duster which originally belonged to Nikki Wood. It was part of his trademark look for over two decades, as well as a practical device for the vampire to protect himself while walking under the daylight.
History
In 1977, Spike first fought the Slayer Nikki, when he commented that he loved her coat.[1] 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.[2] In 1998, when Spike was first seem again, he still wore the coat almost constantly.[3]
Notably, in 2002, when Spike left Sunnydale to seek his soul, he left the duster behind.[4] When he returned to the town, he had abandoned his previous look as an effect of his penance, but called this attempt a “costume”.[5] 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.[6]
In 2003, Spike died burning in the sunlight wearing the duster,[7] but three weeks later he returned as a ghost still wearing it.[8] He then became corporeal along with all his clothing.[9] 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 Wolfram & Hart Los Angeles branch, allowing him to quickly get over it.[10]
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.
Behind the scenes
- Spike’s duster cost $1,600.[11] 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.”[12]
- 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 is shown wearing what looks to be the duster which he didn't retrieve until the fifteenth episode of the season. It is possible however that Spike simply wearing an identical duster.
References
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