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== Behind the Scenes == |
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*He was portrayed by [[James C. Leary]]. |
*He was portrayed by [[James C. Leary]]. |
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== Appearances == |
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Revision as of 07:50, 22 April 2014
Clement, usually referred to as Clem, was a peaceful Loose-Skinned Demon who lived in Sunnydale and later Los Angeles. He was a friend and ally to the Scooby Gang, as well as an occasional crypt-sitter and poker buddy of Spike.
Biography
Clem befriended Dawn Summers and Spike, with whom he regularly attended kitty poker, as he seemingly fed on them. Due to his non-violent, gentle personality, Clem became an ally of the Scooby Gang. When he and Spike crashed Buffy's 21st birthday party, he became friendly with most of the gang,[1] and then was invited to the ultimately-aborted wedding of Xander Harris and Anya Jenkins.[2] He ended up taking care of Dawn when Buffy Summers needed to face Dark Willow. Later, he assisted Buffy when she was teaching the Potential Slayers.
Clem left Sunnydale shortly before its destruction and established himself in Los Angeles. Months later, he became a cast member of Harmony Bites, a reality TV show starring vampire and former Sunnydale resident Harmony Kendall in his capacity as Harmony's low-paid personal assistant. Sometime after Harmony Bites was cancelled, Clem and Harmony relocated to London to continue pursuing her reality TV career, which now included a judging spot on Britain's Got Talent. The pair later sought help from Angel and Faith Lehane after someone began blackmailing Harmony with a tape of her siring a lover. Angel and Faith deduced that Clem was the blackmailer, and he confessed that his plan had been to make Harmony love him by solving the case himself. While Harmony rejected Clem's romantic overtures outright, she forgave his betrayal and agreed to give him a raise on the basis that his salary was would be paid by Simon Cowell and not her.
Personality and Traits
Clem had large, floppy ears, loose skin, and a benevolent disposition, despite being a demon who occasionally played poker with live kittens as antes. However, he later abstained from eating kittens for health and, ostensibly, moral reasons.
Though his appearance was typically marked by his mostly saggy skin, occasionally explained away as a "skin condition",[3] he did have the ability to open his face, revealing a number of frightening, multicolored tentacle appendages. Such an occasion frightened the Potential Slayers, proving Buffy's point that that even the most harmless demon could be terrifying.[4] In another instance he is seen using the snakes which protrude from his face to protect himself and Harmony's pet dogs from vampires.[5]
Clem revealed that his kind of demon does not kill, as it feeds on emotion, particularly embarrassment. Many of his kind walk around naked for that reason, although Clem claims he has internalized Western beauty standards.[5]
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Behind the Scenes
- He was portrayed by James C. Leary.
- Clem claims to be from out of town in "Hell's Bells" despite appearing within Sunnydale in previous episodes. This implies that he did not permanently move to Sunnydale up to this point.
Appearances
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Season 6
- "Life Serial"
- "Older and Far Away"
- "Hell's Bells"
- "Seeing Red"
- "Villains"
- "Two to Go"
Season 7
- Same Time, Same Place (only mentioned)
- "Potential"
- "Empty Places"