10 Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fates Worse Than Death
9. Being A Rat For Three Years (Season 3, Episode 11 – Season 6, Episode 9)
Poor Amy. Midway through Season 3, she accidentally turns herself into a rat to avoid being burnt at the stake. Whilst she does manage to escape death, she remains like this for three years.
Living in such a state for a couple of weeks would be okay, but being a rodent for so long would be nothing short of unbearable. Indeed, Amy spends her life trapped inside a cage. She can’t talk or interact with other human beings at all. And though Willow continues to look after her, there’s nothing she can do to entertain herself.
Unsurprisingly, Amy screams like a child when she returns to her human form. She also has no idea how long she’s been a rat and has to be updated by Willow on everything that’s happened in Sunnydale over the last three years. (Luckily for her, she does eventually get back to normal.)