Ranking The Major Buffy The Vampire Slayer Villains From Worst To Best

21. Honourable Mention: Anyanka  

Before she danced the dance of capitalist superiority or screamed at the sight of bunnies, Anya was a semi-recurring villain that played an integral role in two of season three's best episodes - The Wish and Doppelgangland.

She eventually became a much-beloved member of the Scooby Gang, but lest we forget that Anya was, and for a brief time returned to being, an incredibly powerful and brutal vengeance demon who was feared in many circles. Her appearances as a villain in the show's plot were sporadic and short-lived, but she never failed to make a great impact on those around her.

She even managed to go toe-to-toe with Buffy in combat and live to tell the tale - which is more than can be said for many other demons that reside in Sunnydale.

The reason why she gets an honourary mention though is that her villainous past is so integral to the character she eventually becomes. Few characters in all of fiction embody the 'fish out of water' trope in the many marvelous ways that Anya does once she becomes a core member of Scooby Gang, and for that, we're saluting Anyaka as both one of Buffy's best foes, and most adored characters.