The cast of 'Buffy': Hell Is For Heroes

FAITH

NAME Faith (Eliza Dushku) A.K.A. Little Miss Seen-It-All; Do-That Girl
BIO A rogue slayer who initially comes to Sunnydale to help Buffy, Faith's a ticking time bomb with an unhappy past (Mom was a negligent alcoholic; her first Watcher was destroyed by a vampire). Eventually, she goes bad. "She's an adrenaline junkie who thrives on violence," says Dushku. "She's all about what feels good for the moment." Her mantra: "Want, Take, Have."
SPECIAL POWERS Same as Buffy, minus the heart.
TURN-ONS Dusting vamps (slaying makes her hungry and horny); men—basically, "any guy that's moving," says Dushku; leather and cleavage: "Faith dresses not quite to impress, but to shock." TURNOFFS "People who won't party with her." FEARS "Loneliness. She'll do whatever it takes to have a mate. She wears people out, then immediately tries to clutch onto someone else."
THE GOOD NEWS "Faith's strong, a great woman-force." THE BAD NEWS "She's a psycho."

JOYCE SUMMERS

NAME Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland) A.K.A. Number 1 With a Guilt Trip
BIO Buffy's overly protective, kinda flaky mom. She says she owns an art gallery ("We actually don't know what Joyce does all day," say the show's writers).
TURN-ONS Psychotic software salesmen; Giles (when drugged); schnapps. TURNOFFS Her daughter's destiny.
THE GOOD NEWS Joyce has come to grudgingly accept Buffy's slayer duties. Says Sutherland, "I think of it this way: Buffy's not a complete freak of nature. Kids often have talents parents don't possess, right? Look at the all-thumbs mother who winds up with a piano prodigy. It's essentially the same thing." THE BAD NEWS She nearly burned Buffy at the stake.

OZ

NAME Oz (Seth Green) A.K.A. Ironic Detachment Guy
BIO Gentle, laid-back guitarist-cum-werewolf (after being bitten by a lycanthropic baby cousin); cools his paws in Sunnydale High's library book cage when things get hairy. A brainy slacker who tends to express himself in short, noncommittal phrases, he has the dubious distinction of failing to graduate after scoring highest on the SATs. SPECIAL POWERS Keen sense of smell, thanks to his monthly problem.TURN-ONS Willow; playing guitar (though only three chords) with his band, Dingoes Ate My Baby; black nail polish (on him, we mean); experimenting with hair color. TURN-OFFS Willow smooching Xander; failing senior year: "It was just a rationalization to keep him in high school with the other kids," says the actor in defense of Oz. "Kinda like Brian Austin Green syndrome."FANTASY DATE Would involve "a feather boa and the theme from A Summer Place." Have fun, Willow...