6. Dracula (Buffyverse)
Don't get me wrong, as a standalone character or simply as a unique twist on the more renowned depictions of the infamous Count, this guy definitely made for a fun episode. But, as a depiction of the classic Dracula, this guy sucked (excuse the terrible pun). The classic depiction of Dracula is as a dark, lord of fear - often possessing powerful magic - but this guy was a pretty boy metrosexual with very little going for him to separate him from the standard Buffyverse vampire (apart from paler skin, some very basic hypnosis abilities and the ability to turn in to a bat or mist). Dracula arrived in Sunnydale completely out of the blue. His "big, honking castle" (as Riley described it) magically appeared out of nowhere on Sunnydale's horizon. He first appeared in a graveyard, claiming to be the famous Count Dracula, which Buffy didn't believe (claiming that many vampires before him had made the bold claim). But when he turned to mist after she tried to stake him, and subsequently flew off in bat form after her friends arrived, Buffy and company were more convinced. Drac soon turned Xander in to his mind-controlled, bug-eating slave (reminiscent of Renfield from the classic Dracula stories) in order to lure Buffy to him, which ultimately worked, but Buffy defeated Dracula (in a sense) by staking him twice, not killing him, but warning him off and sending him away from Sunnydale. Really, any version of Dracula that Buffy can defeat within a single episode isn't worth a dime. He could have been a full season's big bad if he'd been presented with a decent level of power.