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Fictional character| Nikki Wood | |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer character | |
| First appearance | "Fool for Love" |
| Created by | Joss Whedon |
| Portrayed by | K. D. Aubert, April Weeden-Washington |
| In-universe information | |
| Affiliation | Watchers' Council |
| Classification | Slayer |
| Notable powers | Supernatural strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes Rapid healing Enhanced intuition Prophetic dreams |
Nikki Wood is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed originally by April Weeden-Washington and later K.D. Aubert.
Biography
Not much is known about Nikki Wood. At some point her Grandmother was killed by a vampire. She was the second Slayer killed by Spike (he killed her in New York in 1977), and that she was the mother of Robin Wood.
Her Watcher, Bernard Crowley, resigned from the Watchers' Council and raised Robin after Nikki's death. She also had a Chinese American boyfriend named Li who was in the NYPD during her early tenure as Slayer but was killed when investigating an illegal smuggling operation that happened to be importing a demon. Li may or may not be Robin's father.
Trivia
Spike's trademark black leather trenchcoat originally belonged to her, until he took it from her corpse.
April Weeden-Washington originally portrayed Nikki. However, when the character was brought back, stuntwoman April was deemed "too mature" by the show's casting directors. They wanted a younger actress, who could seem more like a vulnerable teenage mother for the role, so K.D. Aubert portrayed Nikki Wood in the seventh season. This means Nikki joins Buffy Summers and the First Evil as characters in the Buffyverse that have been portrayed by more than one actor (not counting stunt doubles). Weeden-Washington, however, attempted to spark an Internet write-in campaign among Buffy fans to have her recast in the role. This effort, nonetheless, came to naught.
Appearances
Canon appears in bold
- Fool for Love - Flashbacks (played by April Weeden-Washington)
- Get It Done - Mentioned
- Lies My Parents Told Me - Flashbacks
- Damage - Mentioned
- Tales of the Slayer prose short story from Volume IV, It's All About the Mission
- Tales of the Slayers graphic short story from, Nikki Goes Down!
- Blackout novel
- Queen of the Slayers where she and a bunch of other Slayer ghosts including Lucy Hanover protect Xander on the Ghost Roads until he gets out with the help of the spirits of Tara and Anya.
- Auld Lang Syne#2 & #3 (IDW "Angel" Graphic novel)
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- Pocket Books Buffy novel "Blackout" page 19
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