Warren Mears
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Warren Mears is a fictional character in the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Adam Busch.
Warren was introduced in the Season Five episode "I Was Made to Love You," as a lonely young man who built a robotic version of his dream girlfriend for company (and, indeed, sex). Over the following year, he progressed from this mild beginning to become a misogynistic killer driven by an urge to dominate, and his growing mental instability.
In Season Six, Warren was the leader of "the Trio," a gang of nerds scheming to take over Sunnydale through technology and magic; while they began as equal partners in the scheme, Warren soon began to boss around his teammates Andrew Wells and Jonathan Levinson, finally driving Jonathan to betray him. His plans, of course, were thwarted by Buffy Summers, propelling him into a murderous fury (cf. "Seeing Red"). Warren shot Buffy, who narrowly escaped death; a stray shot killed Tara Maclay, driving Willow Rosenberg insane with grief. Willow quickly tracked Warren down, tortured, flayed, and finally incinerated him completely (cf. "Villains"). He was also instrumental in making the Buffybot for Spike.
[edit] Literary devices
The writers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer make use of several literary devices in Warren's character.
Warren's death is arguably foreshadowed on these occasions:
- "Seeing Red": With his physical strength greatly enhanced by the Orbs of Nezzla'khan, Warren knocks Xander Harris to the floor and says, "Let's see how popular you are without a face." This also foreshadows Xander's eventual loss of an eye.
- Warren's misogyny leads Buffy to symbolically emasculate him by crushing the Orbs of Nezzla'khan to powder.
- "Villains": Warren, learning that Buffy survived but unaware of Tara's death, seeks help from Rack, who tells him, "The Slayer is the least of your problems." Warren replies, "Oh, you're right, I'm sorry, let's talk about my skin troubles!"
- Warren's manner of death arguably uses poetic justice. In the episode "Seeing Red", Warren comes up with the plan to skin a Nezzla demon to get the Orbs of Nezzla'khan. However, this idea of skinning becomes part of his undoing in the episode "Villains".
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Glory |
Buffy Big Bad Season Six (immediately followed by Dark Willow) |
Succeeded by The First |
