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{{DisambigLink|description = computer science teacher|page = Jennifer}}
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{{character
  
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|Title = Janna of the Kalderash
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|Name = Janna
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|Image = Jenny(buffy).jpg
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|Aliases = Jennifer Calendar<br>Jenny
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|Died = 1998, [[Sunnydale]]
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|Status = Deceased
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|Classification = *[[Human]]
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*[[Technopagan]]
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|Affiliation = *[[Kalderash]]
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*[[Scooby Gang]] <small>(ally)</small>
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|Known relatives = [[Enyos]] <small>(uncle)</small>
 
|First = "[[I Robot, You Jane]]"
  
|First = "[[I Robot, You Jane]]"
 
|Last = "[[Passion]]"
  
|Last = "[[Passion]]"
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|Name = Janna of the Kalderash
  
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|Aliases = Jenny Calendar<br>Jennifer Calendar
  
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|Status = Deceased
  
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|Classification = [[Human]]
  
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|Affiliation = [[Clan Kalderash]]<br>[[Scooby Gang]]<br> [[Rupert Giles]]
  
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|Known relatives = [[Enyos of the Kalderash]] <small>(uncle)</small>
  
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|Powers = <br/>
  
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* Knowledge of the Dark Arts.
  
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* Computer programming expert.
  
 
|Actor = [[Robia LaMorte]]
  
|Actor = [[Robia LaMorte]]
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[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 1)|B1]] - [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 2)|B2]] - [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 3)|B3]] - [[Angel & Faith|A&F1]]
  
 
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{{Quote|"I was raised by the people Angel hurt the most. My duty to them was the first thing I was ever taught. I didn't come here to hurt anyone. I lied to you because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't know what would happen. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you.|[[Jenny Calendar]]|Passion}}
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{{Quote|I was raised by the people Angel hurt the most. My duty to them was the first thing I was ever taught. I didn't come here to hurt anyone. I lied to you because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't know what would happen. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you.|Jenny Calendar|Passion}}
   
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'''Janna of the Kalderash''' was a computer science teacher at [[Sunnydale High]]. She was also an ally of the [[Scooby Gang]] and the love of [[Rupert Giles]]. She hid from all them that she was a member of [[Clan Kalderash]] sent to watch over [[Angel]], and went by the name "Jenny Calendar".
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'''Jennifer "Jenny" Calendar''', born '''Janna''', was a computer science teacher at [[Sunnydale High School]], a [[technopagan]], and [[Scooby Gang]] ally.<ref name="IRYJ"/> While she developed a relationship with [[Rupert Giles]], she was revealed to be a member of the [[Kalderash]] sent to watch over [[Angel]],<ref name="Innocence"/> who eventually killed her after losing his [[soul]].<ref name="Passion"/>
   
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== Biography ==
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==Biography==
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===Helping the Scoobies===
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[[File:BuffyJennyGiles.jpg|thumb|left|Giles and Jenny fall in love after a rocky start]]
  
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Jenny was a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High, whose modern approach did not sit well with the technophobic Rupert Giles. She called herself a technopagan and was a member of a cyber-coven.<ref name="IRYJ"/> Jenny assisted the Scooby Gang and,<ref name="IRYJ"/><ref name="PG"/> as they worked together against evil, Jenny and Rupert gradually fell in love.<ref name="Innocence"/>
   
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Jenny's teaching methods and interests were at odds with, and seemed to infuriate, Giles. Her abilities with computers enabled her and Giles to complete the [[Circle of Kayless]] ritual within the internet to get rid of [[Moloch the Corruptor]], a [[demon]] that had infected computers. She later approached Giles after she becomes anxious over several signs of an impending [[apocalypse]] she'd became aware of.<ref name="IRYJ">"[[I Robot, You Jane]]"</ref>
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Jenny was a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High whose modern approach did not sit well with the technophobic [[Rupert Giles]]. She called herself a [[Technopagan]] and was a member of a cyber-coven. Jenny assisted the [[Scooby Gang]] and as they worked together against evil, Jenny and Giles gradually fell in love.
  
   
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Giles soon told her the truth about the [[Master]]'s plan and [[Buffy Summers]]'s true identity as the [[Slayer]]. Jenny was present when the [[Hellmouth]] was briefly opened during Buffy's battle with the Master.<ref name="PG">"[[Prophecy Girl]]"</ref> Because she was of close distance to the Master at the time of his death, Jenny was kidnapped by the remaining members of the [[Order of Aurelius]] and almost had her throat slit as part of a [[revivification ritual]] to revive their leader before Buffy intervened and destroyed them all.<ref>"[[When She Was Bad]]"</ref>
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Jenny's teaching methods and interests were at odds with, and seemed to infuriate, Giles.<ref>"[[I, Robot... You, Jane]]"</ref> Her abilities with computers enabled her and Giles to complete [[Circle of Kayless|a ritual]] within the internet to get rid of a demon called [[Moloch_the_Corruptor|Moloch]] that had infected computers. She later approached Giles after she becomes anxious over several signs of an impending apocalypse she's become aware of.<ref>"[[Prophecy Girl]]"</ref> Giles soon told her the truth about [[the Master]]'s plan and [[Buffy Summers]]'s true [[Slayer|identity]]. Jenny was present when the [[Hellmouth]] was briefly opened during Buffy's battle with the Master.
  
   
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Jenny's flirtation with Giles gradually became a slow-burning romance. However, the romance was hindered when Giles' past came back to haunt him and Jenny was possessed by a demon Giles had summoned in his youth.<ref>"[[The Dark Age]]"</ref> In the aftermath, Jenny avoided Giles for some time, but she was eventually ready to forgive Giles and the two of them rekindled their romance.<ref>"[[Ted]]"</ref>
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Jenny's flirtation with Giles gradually became a slow-burning romance. After their first date,<ref>"[[Some Assembly Required]]"</ref> the romance was hindered when Giles' past came back to haunt him and Jenny was possessed by the demon [[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]] Giles had summoned in his youth.<ref>"[[The Dark Age]]"</ref> In the aftermath, Jenny avoided Giles for some time, but she was eventually ready to forgive Giles and the two of them rekindled their romance.<ref>"[[Ted]]"</ref>
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[[Image:Passion-1.jpg|thumb|Angelus kills Jenny]]
  
   
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[[File:AngelusJennie1.jpg|thumb|Jenny dies in the hands of the soulless Angel.]]
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After Buffy lost her virginity to Angel,<ref>"[[Surprise]]"</ref> Jenny disclosed that she was part of the [[Clan Kalderash]], who had cursed Angel with his soul and years later sent Jenny to watch over him. Jenny was not told that Angel would lose his soul, but the Scooby Gang was still angry that she had concealed her identity. She decided to make it up to Buffy by attempting another restoration and translated the spell using a computer. However, [[Drusilla]] sensed Jenny's plan and warned Angelus, who tracked down Jenny, destroyed her computer and printer, and snapped her neck, killing her. Angelus left Jenny's dead body in Giles's bed with a trail of romantic symbols leading to the scene.<ref>"[[Passion]]"</ref> Giles was devastated and sought revenge by trying to kill Angelus as he felt that he could not live without her. [[Xander Harris]] viewed Jenny's murder as evidence that Angel was beyond redemption. After Buffy rescued Giles from his ill-conceived act of revenge and visited the grave of the ill-fated Jenny, Buffy revealed that due to the loss, she was finally ready to slay Angel. However, [[Willow Rosenberg]] eventually found Jenny's diskette containing the spell to restore Angel's soul.<ref>"[[Becoming, Part One]]"</ref>
  
   
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After Angel lost his soul, Jenny disclosed that she was part of the Kalderash people, who had cursed the [[vampire]] with his soul and years later sent Jenny to watch over him. Jenny was not told that Angel would lose his soul, but the Scooby Gang were still angry that she had concealed her identity.<ref name="Innocence">"[[Innocence]]"</ref> She decided to make it up to Buffy by attempting another restoration and translated the [[spell]] using a computer. However, [[Drusilla]] sensed Jenny's plan and warned Angel, who tracked down Jenny, destroyed her computer and printer, and snapped her neck, killing her. Angel left Jenny's dead body in Giles's bed with a trail of romantic symbols leading to the scene.<ref name="Passion">"[[Passion]]"</ref>
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Later, Drusilla manipulated a badly tortured Giles into seeing her as Jenny and revealing what was needed to awaken the demon [[Acathla]].<ref>"[[Becoming, Part Two]]"</ref>
  
   
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===Legacy===
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When the Scoobies later discovered that Angel had been resurrected, Xander spitefully reminded Buffy of her failure to stop Angelus from killing Jenny when she had the chance; however, both Buffy and Angel won back some good faith and acceptance among the gang during the subsequent scuffle over the [[Glove of Myhnegon]]<ref>"[[Revelations]]"</ref>. On Christmas Eve 1998, the [[First Evil]] assumed Jenny's form to torment Angel into killing Buffy or himself.<ref>"[[Amends]]"</ref>
  
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Giles was devastated and sought revenge by trying to kill Angel as he felt that he could not live without her. [[Alexander Harris|Xander]] viewed Jenny's murder as evidence that Angel was beyond redemption. After Buffy rescued Giles from his ill-conceived act of revenge and visited the grave of the ill-fated Jenny, Buffy revealed that due to the loss, she was finally ready to slay Angel.<ref name="Passion"/>
   
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However, Angel missed Jenny's disc version of the ritual, and some time later Buffy and [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] accidentally found it again, surprising them as Jenny had told them there was no way to restore Angel's soul. The gang ultimately decide to try it, noting that it seems to have been Jenny's last wish. While the first attempt fails,<ref name="B1">"[[Becoming, Part One]]"</ref> Willow was ultimately able to complete Jenny's work and restore Angel's soul. Meanwhile, Drusilla manipulated a badly tortured Giles into seeing her as Jenny, and revealing what was needed to awake the demon [[Acathla]].<ref>"[[Becoming, Part Two]]"</ref>
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At some point, Giles sacrificed his memory of the day that they fell in love in order to bind a demon that was possessing a little girl.<ref>''[[Live Through This]]''</ref>
  
   
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When the Scoobies later discovered that Angel had been resurrected, Xander spitefully reminded Buffy of her failure to stop Angel from killing Jenny when she had the chance. However, both Buffy and Angel won back some good faith and acceptance among the gang during the subsequent scuffle over the [[Glove of Myhnegon]].<ref>"[[Revelations]]"</ref> On Christmas Eve 1998, the [[First Evil]] assumed Jenny's form to torment Angel into killing Buffy or himself.<ref>"[[Amends]]"</ref>
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Proceeding the destruction of Sunnydale, former [[Watcher]] [[Duncan Fillworthe]] began feeding the newly activated Slayers to a [[Octobitch|demon]]; when confronted by Giles, Duncan insisted that the Slayers, especially Buffy, deserved to die for betraying the Watchers Council, reminding Giles that Buffy's relationship with Angel resulted in Jenny's death<ref>"[[Safe]]"</ref>.
  
   
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[[File:Angel Giles Jenny memory.png|thumb|Giles' memory of falling in love with Jenny washes over Angel.]]
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== Behind the Scenes ==
  
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*She was portrayed by [[Robia LaMorte]].
  
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*Despite playing [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia Chase's]] teacher, Robia LaMorte is about the same age as [[Charisma Carpenter]], only older by a few weeks.
  
   
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At some point, Giles sacrificed his memory of the day he fell in love with her, in order to bind a [[Plagiarus demon]] that was possessing a little girl.<ref>''[[Live Through This, Part One]]''</ref>
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*The character was originally intended to be named "Nikki Calendar", but this was changed to avoid on-set confusion with actor [[Nicholas Brendon]] who was commonly called "Nicky".
  
   
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Proceeding the destruction of Sunnydale, Watcher [[Duncan Fillworthe]] was confronted by Giles who discovered he had been feeding the newly activated Slayers to [[Octobitch|a demon]]. In response, Duncan insisted that the Slayers, especially Buffy, deserved to die for betraying the [[Watchers Council]], reminding Giles that Buffy's relationship with Angel resulted in Jenny's death.<ref>''[[Safe]]''</ref>
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*The death of Jenny was never originally meant to occur. The original plan had been for [[Oz]] to be the character who met his end at the hands of Angelus, but that plan was changed after the fan reaction to Oz had been so positive. The grisly demise was then dealt to the character of Jenny.
  
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*Her death was later mirrored in the death of her lover [[Giles]], whose neck was also snapped by [[Angel]]. However, whereas Angel killed Jenny while in vamp face because Joss Whedon didn't want the audience to truly hate Angel's face, Angel killed Giles in human face.
  
   
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Years later, Buffy listed Jenny, [[Tara Maclay]], [[Anya Jenkins]], and Giles as reasons to agree with her father and his fiancee about her being too dangerous to be around, indicating she still felt responsible for each of these deaths.<ref>''[[Freaky Giles Day]]''</ref>
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*When approached with the returning to play Jenny as a disguise of the [[First Evil]], Robia LaMorte, who is very religious, was very skeptical about the role, erroneously considering it basically the Buffyverse equivalent of Satan.
  
   
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==Skills and abilities==
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==Appearances==
  
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As a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High, Jenny was a technology expert. She was notably able to write a program that was able to translate a lost language, something that no-one had been able to do for a long time, not even her own people.<ref name="Passion"/>
   
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Jenny had some proficiency in the dark arts, considering herself a technopagan rather than a [[witch]], saying she didn't have the power of a witch.<ref name="IRYJ"/> Willow noted Jenny wasn't a practicing witch, but she did "dabble" in witchcraft.<ref name="B1"/> As a result, Jenny displayed great knowledge of the occult and was able to cast the [[Circle of Kayless]] online with Giles' help.<ref name="IRYJ"/> She also seemed to believe herself capable of the [[Ritual of Restoration]], something that was beyond Giles despite his years of study of the occult.<ref name="Passion"/> Jenny was also able to cast bones for [[divination]] and recognize portents of an apocalypse.<ref name="IRYJ"/> Apparently she had several spells she could and would cast as when she and Buffy found the Ritual of Restoration, Willow called it "one of" Jenny's spells.<ref name="B1"/>
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*In the original script for Jenny's first episode, "[[I Robot, You Jane]]," she was called Nicki Calendar instead.<ref>[[Ashley Gable]], [[Thomas A. Swyden]], et al. ''[[The Script Book: Season One, Volume 2]]''. [[Simon & Schuster]], November 2000.</ref> However, the name was changed to avoid confusion on the set, where the cast and crew all called [[Nicholas Brendon]] by his nickname, "Nicky."<ref>[[Christopher Golden]], [[Nancy Holder]]. ''[[The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1]]''. [[Pocket Books]], October 1998.</ref>
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*The game ''[[w:c:fable:Fable II|Fable II]]'' (2008) features a farmer called Giles who had his wife Jennifer killed by a bandit called Ethan; additionally, their son was named Rupert and there was another bandit named Ripper. These are references to ''Buffy'' characters Rupert "Ripper" Giles, Jennifer Calendar, and Ethan Rayne.
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*''[[The Suicide King]]''
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↳ Note: This article is about the computer science teacher. For other uses, see Jennifer.

“I was raised by the people Angel hurt the most. My duty to them was the first thing I was ever taught. I didn't come here to hurt anyone. I lied to you because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't know what would happen. I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you.”
―Jenny Calendar[src]

Jennifer "Jenny" Calendar, born Janna, was a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High School, a technopagan, and Scooby Gang ally.[1] While she developed a relationship with Rupert Giles, she was revealed to be a member of the Kalderash sent to watch over Angel,[2] who eventually killed her after losing his soul.[3]

Biography

Helping the Scoobies

Jenny was a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High, whose modern approach did not sit well with the technophobic Rupert Giles. She called herself a technopagan and was a member of a cyber-coven.[1] Jenny assisted the Scooby Gang and,[1][4] as they worked together against evil, Jenny and Rupert gradually fell in love.[2]

Jenny's teaching methods and interests were at odds with, and seemed to infuriate, Giles. Her abilities with computers enabled her and Giles to complete the Circle of Kayless ritual within the internet to get rid of Moloch the Corruptor, a demon that had infected computers. She later approached Giles after she becomes anxious over several signs of an impending apocalypse she'd became aware of.[1]

Giles soon told her the truth about the Master's plan and Buffy Summers's true identity as the Slayer. Jenny was present when the Hellmouth was briefly opened during Buffy's battle with the Master.[4] Because she was of close distance to the Master at the time of his death, Jenny was kidnapped by the remaining members of the Order of Aurelius and almost had her throat slit as part of a revivification ritual to revive their leader before Buffy intervened and destroyed them all.[5]

Jenny's flirtation with Giles gradually became a slow-burning romance. After their first date,[6] the romance was hindered when Giles' past came back to haunt him and Jenny was possessed by the demon Eyghon the Sleepwalker Giles had summoned in his youth.[7] In the aftermath, Jenny avoided Giles for some time, but she was eventually ready to forgive Giles and the two of them rekindled their romance.[8]

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Jenny dies in the hands of the soulless Angel.

After Angel lost his soul, Jenny disclosed that she was part of the Kalderash people, who had cursed the vampire with his soul and years later sent Jenny to watch over him. Jenny was not told that Angel would lose his soul, but the Scooby Gang were still angry that she had concealed her identity.[2] She decided to make it up to Buffy by attempting another restoration and translated the spell using a computer. However, Drusilla sensed Jenny's plan and warned Angel, who tracked down Jenny, destroyed her computer and printer, and snapped her neck, killing her. Angel left Jenny's dead body in Giles's bed with a trail of romantic symbols leading to the scene.[3]

Legacy

Giles was devastated and sought revenge by trying to kill Angel as he felt that he could not live without her. Xander viewed Jenny's murder as evidence that Angel was beyond redemption. After Buffy rescued Giles from his ill-conceived act of revenge and visited the grave of the ill-fated Jenny, Buffy revealed that due to the loss, she was finally ready to slay Angel.[3]

However, Angel missed Jenny's disc version of the ritual, and some time later Buffy and Willow accidentally found it again, surprising them as Jenny had told them there was no way to restore Angel's soul. The gang ultimately decide to try it, noting that it seems to have been Jenny's last wish. While the first attempt fails,[9] Willow was ultimately able to complete Jenny's work and restore Angel's soul. Meanwhile, Drusilla manipulated a badly tortured Giles into seeing her as Jenny, and revealing what was needed to awake the demon Acathla.[10]

When the Scoobies later discovered that Angel had been resurrected, Xander spitefully reminded Buffy of her failure to stop Angel from killing Jenny when she had the chance. However, both Buffy and Angel won back some good faith and acceptance among the gang during the subsequent scuffle over the Glove of Myhnegon.[11] On Christmas Eve 1998, the First Evil assumed Jenny's form to torment Angel into killing Buffy or himself.[12]

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Giles' memory of falling in love with Jenny washes over Angel.

At some point, Giles sacrificed his memory of the day he fell in love with her, in order to bind a Plagiarus demon that was possessing a little girl.[13]

Proceeding the destruction of Sunnydale, Watcher Duncan Fillworthe was confronted by Giles who discovered he had been feeding the newly activated Slayers to a demon. In response, Duncan insisted that the Slayers, especially Buffy, deserved to die for betraying the Watchers Council, reminding Giles that Buffy's relationship with Angel resulted in Jenny's death.[14]

Years later, Buffy listed Jenny, Tara Maclay, Anya Jenkins, and Giles as reasons to agree with her father and his fiancee about her being too dangerous to be around, indicating she still felt responsible for each of these deaths.[15]

Skills and abilities

As a computer science teacher at Sunnydale High, Jenny was a technology expert. She was notably able to write a program that was able to translate a lost language, something that no-one had been able to do for a long time, not even her own people.[3]

Jenny had some proficiency in the dark arts, considering herself a technopagan rather than a witch, saying she didn't have the power of a witch.[1] Willow noted Jenny wasn't a practicing witch, but she did "dabble" in witchcraft.[9] As a result, Jenny displayed great knowledge of the occult and was able to cast the Circle of Kayless online with Giles' help.[1] She also seemed to believe herself capable of the Ritual of Restoration, something that was beyond Giles despite his years of study of the occult.[3] Jenny was also able to cast bones for divination and recognize portents of an apocalypse.[1] Apparently she had several spells she could and would cast as when she and Buffy found the Ritual of Restoration, Willow called it "one of" Jenny's spells.[9]

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Behind the scenes

  • She was portrayed by Robia LaMorte.
  • In the original script for Jenny's first episode, "I Robot, You Jane," she was called Nicki Calendar instead.[16] However, the name was changed to avoid confusion on the set, where the cast and crew all called Nicholas Brendon by his nickname, "Nicky."[17]
  • The game Fable II (2008) features a farmer called Giles who had his wife Jennifer killed by a bandit called Ethan; additionally, their son was named Rupert and there was another bandit named Ripper. These are references to Buffy characters Rupert "Ripper" Giles, Jennifer Calendar, and Ethan Rayne.

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