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R.J. Brooks was a Sunnydale High School student and the younger brother of Lance Brooks. He owned an enchanted quarterback jacket he had inherited from his brother, who, in turn, had gotten it from their father. The jacket made women fall in love with the wearer, and Dawn, Buffy, Willow, and Anya were some of R.J.'s victims in 2002.[1]

Biography[]

Dawn first saw R.J. one afternoon as she was sitting on the benches near the field. She noticed R.J. putting on his jacket and drinking water, falling instantly under the spell. Later that day, Dawn approached him while he was talking with his friends, but he brushed Dawn off. In order to get him to notice her, Dawn tried out for the Sunnydale High cheerleading squad the next day, but she only succeeded in making a big fool of herself in front of R.J.[1]

The following day, Dawn overheard O'Donnell boasting to R.J. that he had gotten the quarterback position. To ensure R.J.'s position as quarterback, Dawn pushed O'Donnell down the stairs; she was subsequently sent to the principal's office, where she denied her involvement in O'Donnell's accident. Later, R.J., impressed with Dawn's standing up to Principal Wood, asked her out on a date. The two of them went to the Bronze that night; however, her sister Buffy was there to witness them dancing very closely and confronted Dawn privately about it.[1]

Dawn left and faced the cheerleader Lori outside the Bronze. After a brief fight, Lori left, warning her to stay away from er boyfriend.[1]

The next day, R.J. was sent to Principal Wood because of his tendency of getting girls to do his homework for him. R.J. faced Buffy, and the guidance counselor fell for him as he put on his jacket. The following day, Buffy pulled him out of class and brought him to a vacant room, where she began to seduce him. After discovering the pair, Dawn ran into Xander and got him to interrupt Buffy, finding her on top of R.J.[1]

While Xander and Spike talked with R.J.'s brother Lance in their home, R.J. arrived at the Summers' house. Willow and Anya answered the door and fell for him too. The girls argued over R.J. and decided to prove their love for him. Willow began to perform a spell to turn R.J. into a woman to fulfill her sexual preference, while Anya went off to rob the Sunnydale Securities Bank. To compete with them, Buffy decided to kill Principal Wood, and Dawn, realizing she would never have R.J., lay herself across the train tracks to give her life for love.[1]

Except for the robbery, Xander and Spike stopped all the girls; they then stole R.J.'s jacket by running at him on Maple Court, and burned it.[1]

Personality[]

R.J. was not always a jock. According to Lance, R.J. had been into "geek stuff" like comic books, Model UN, and writing poetry before he joined the football team.[1]

By 2002, R.J. rarely did his homework; instead, he used his jacket's enchantment to have girls doing his homework for him. He disliked Principal Wood and had a tense friendship and rivalry with his teammate O'Donnell, who replaced him as starting quarterback.[1]

Relationships[]

Romantic[]

  • Lori — She was R.J.'s girlfriend. Jealous of when he went out to dance with Dawn, Lori confronted the girl and they fought outside the Bronze until Buffy stopped them.[1]
  • Dawn Summers — She developed a crush on the popular high school athlete because of his bewitched letterman jacket, resulting in her humiliating herself at cheerleader tryouts and pushing his team rival down a flight of stairs. When Dawn came to accept that she could never be with him, she decided to commit suicide by lying on a train track to prove her love for him, but Buffy rescued her in time.[1]
  • Buffy Summers — Under the influence of the love spell, she developed an obsession with the high school quarterback. She betrayed her sister's trust by seducing R.J. in an empty classroom, and Xander walked in on them while she was on top of R.J. Buffy almost killed Principal Wood to prove her love to R.J. The spell was broken when Spike and Xander destroy the enchanted letterman's jacket.[1]
  • Willow Rosenberg — Under a love spell along with Buffy, Dawn, and Anya, she became obsessed with the high school student, despite being a lesbian. When Anya pointed out that his physical presence had a penis, Willow prepared a spell to make R.J. a woman. Xander and Spike intervened before she succeeded, and the love spell was soon lifted.[1]
  • Anya Jenkins — She went on a thieving spree to try to win his heart. Spike and Xander were able to steal the jacket from R.J. and burn it, freeing all the girls from the spell.[1]

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