Joyce Summers

The mother of Buffy Summers, as established in the television series.

Joyce Summers is the mother of Buffy Summers. In the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy is an only child with wealthy but negligent parents who spoil her. The television series later retcons this, giving Buffy a caring, newly divorced mother named Joyce and a younger sister, Dawn.

Quick Facts

Role: Mother
First appearance: Season One

Reader's Guide

It merely establishes that she is Buffy's mother in the television series, a departure from the film's version of Buffy's family.

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