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Cordelia Chase

CHARACTER · BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

Cordelia Chase

Appears in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Played by
Charisma Carpenter

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Cordelia Chase is a character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), played by Charisma Carpenter.

9 Interesting Facts About Cordelia Chase

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    In "Earshot," while Buffy can hear thoughts, Cordelia's inner voice matches her spoken words exactly, unlike Buffy's other friends, who think one thing and say another.

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  2. #002

    In "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," Amy casts a love spell on Xander, and Cordelia is the only woman it fails to affect.

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  3. #003

    In the Season 2 episode "When She Was Bad," Cordelia tells Buffy she has no right to act out just because she's hurting, revealing hidden emotional depth—though she puts it as telling Buffy to "spank [her] inner moppet."

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  4. #004
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    Cordelia leaves Buffy after Season 3, having nearly died when impaled on a stake, and the Scoobies cut her off without consulting her.

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  5. #005
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    At the start of that episode, it emerges that Cordelia had planned to break up with Xander for good after catching him cheating with Willow, which makes her shunning harder to watch.

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  6. #006
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Cordelia's last appearance in the Buffy-verse has her steering Angel back toward heroism, which the article criticizes as reducing her to a plot device for the male characters.

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Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #007

    Cordelia's redemption arc needs no tragic backstory: she isn't mistreated at home, she simply knows what she wants, and after joining the Scooby Gang she keeps her sharp tongue instead of softening.

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  2. #008
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    On Angel, Cordelia is possessed by a demon and used as a puppet for evil; when the demon leaves her body, she falls into a coma and dies off-screen, never redeemed for the harm done while possessed.

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Life & Family (1)

  1. #009

    Joss Whedon modeled Cordelia Chase on a girl his wife knew in high school, and Xander Harris on himself. According to Nicholas Brendon, that is why Xander "gets all the good lines".

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