Andrew Wells
Andrew Wells | |
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Watchers' Council | |
Classification | Watcher |
Notable powers | Skilled demon summoner and animal controller. Moderate fighting techniques and knowledge in demonology and the dark arts. Talented geneticist. |
Andrew Wells is a fictional character in the
Character history
Andrew Wells is the younger brother of Tucker Wells, who summoned hellhounds to attack the Prom in the Season Three episode "The Prom". Andrew himself has skills in demon-summoning and animal control, although these were never used after Season Six; in the Buffy finale "Chosen" he credits his brother with having given him the courage to develop this talent.
At some point during
The Trio
Andrew was introduced in season 6 as part of The Trio, a group of nerds who thought of themselves as supervillains. This group included Jonathan, an acquaintance of Buffy and her friends, and Warren, a misogynist with delusions of grandeur. The Trio attempted a number of crimes that were usually thwarted by Buffy. Their crimes were mainly harmless until Warren killed his ex-girlfriend Katrina. Buffy defeated them one more time during a robbery attempt, with Warren escaping but Andrew and Jonathan getting caught. Warren took his revenge on Buffy by shooting her, accidentally killing Willow's girlfriend, Tara, in the process. In her grief, Willow killed Warren and attempted to kill Andrew and Jonathan. Buffy broke Andrew and Jonathan out of jail to keep them out of Willow's grasp. The duo escaped to Mexico before they could be brought back to jail.
Andrew's Return
While in Mexico, Andrew was visited by what he believed was Warren's ghost but was actually an ancient entity called the First Evil. Andrew killed Jonathan under the influence of the First Evil and was eventually captured by Buffy and her friends. He was resentful of them but eventually showed remorse for his actions, especially killing Jonathan, and joined them in their fight after the First Evil. He survived the final battle.
Sexuality
Andrew is occasionally hinted to be
"It has to be said: the Andrew scene in 'The Girl in Question' was a victim of me dropping the ball. I specifically said there should be a party of men AND women, all glamorous and Italian, waiting for Andrew. I wasn't there when it was shot, and didn't have the time/money/energy to change it after the fact, though it made me crazy. Andrew's sexuality is always on the cusp of self-awareness because Andrew is stunted emotionally and because it's hilarious." [...] "The 'people change' thing is a hold-over from the fact that the scene was originally written for Dawn (but Michelle turned us down). The idea was, there's little Dawn, then in the last scene there's hot grown-up Dawn going out on the town, a heavy visual support of people changing (since Spike and Angel always see her as older brothers do)."[2]
In November 2008, Tom Lenk came out as gay in
"Tom has a bit of a fey thing going on in his persona that, you know, you can't really deny. When I first looked at his audition tape, I said 'OK, he, uh, he seems kinda gay. Do we want to make that decision [about the character]? There's no reason why he couldn't be, so, great, let's pick the funniest actor.' [...] The character became very charming in his complete lack of awareness about, among other things, his own sexuality."[3]
Appearances
Andrew has been in 86 canonical Buffyverse appearances.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Andrew appeared in 26 episodes:
- Season 6 (2001–02): ""
- Season 7 (2002–03): "End of Days", "Chosen"
Andrew appeared in 58 issues of the canonical comic series:
- Season 8 (2007–11): "Retreat, Parts 1-5", "Turbulence", "Twilight, Parts 1-4", "Last Gleaming, Part 1"
- Season 9 (2011–13): "Freefall, Parts 1 & 3", "Apart (of Me), Parts 1-3", "Welcome to the Team, Parts 2-4", "The Watcher", "The Core, Parts 1-5"
- Season 10 (2014–16): "New Rules, Parts 1-5", "I Wish, Part 1", "Return to Sunnydale, Parts 1 & 2", "Love Dares You, Parts 1-3", "Old Demons, Parts 2 & 3", "In Pieces on the Ground, Parts 1, 3 & 4", "Own It, Parts 2-5"
- Season 11 (2016): "In Time of Crisis"
- Season 12 (2018): "The Reckoning", "The Finale"
Andrew appeared as a guest in 2 episodes:
- Season 5 (2003–04): "Damage", "The Girl in Question"
References
- ^ "Ten Best Gay and Bisexual Science Fiction Characters". AfterElton.com. 2008-01-20. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ Caroline van Oosten de Boer, Milo Vermeulen. "Comments on 15286 : Ten Best Gay and Bisexual Science Fiction Characters". Whedonesque. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- The Advocate. No. 1019. November 18, 2008.