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Amy Madison
Buffy the Vampire Slayer character
Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison in 2003.
First appearance"Witch" (1997)
Last appearanceLost and Found (2015)
Created byJoss Whedon, Dana Reston
Portrayed byElizabeth Anne Allen; uncredited rats
In-universe information
FamilyCatherine Madison (mother)
ClassificationWitch
Notable powersPowerful magical abilities

Amy Madison is a fictional character on the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Elizabeth Anne Allen; the character is a witch, and is portrayed by unnamed rats for parts of three seasons, having transformed herself but inadvertently losing the human intelligence needed to cast a spell to revert herself. The character – human and rat – appears in every season of Buffy except the fifth.

Although initially a seemingly good-natured individual, Amy gradually begins misusing her magic, eventually becoming an enemy to Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and her friends. In the series' comic book continuation, the character is a villain.

Appearances

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Television

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Amy is a classmate of Buffy Summers at Sunnydale High School. In junior high, she would often go over to Willow's house to escape her mother's abuse. The character first appears in the first season episode "Witch", when she and Buffy both try out for the cheerleading squad. At first, Amy performs poorly in the tryouts, but a series of strange injuries to other contestants move her up in the standings. Amy's mother Catherine, a very powerful witch, has switched bodies with Amy because she wants to relive her youth. Buffy and the Scooby Gang succeed in restoring Amy to her own body and (unknown to them) trapping her mother in the cheerleading trophy she won while a cheerleader for Sunnydale High. Afterward, Amy talks to Buffy and mentions that she is now living with her father and step-mother, and that she is much happier.

The character appears as a Sunnydale student in other episodes. In the second season episode "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", Xander Harris discovers that Amy inherited her mother's power. Xander blackmails Amy into helping him perform a love spell on Cordelia Chase, however, the spell goes awry and causes the entire female population of Sunnydale, except Cordelia, to become infatuated with Xander. Under the influence of her own spell, a jealous Amy invokes the goddess Hecate and temporarily turns Buffy into a rat. Eventually, Rupert Giles forces Amy to undo both spells.

In season 3, the character has joined a coven with Willow (now a practicing witch) and warlock Michael Czajak. In the episode "Gingerbread", the parents of Sunnydale (under the influence of the demonic Hans and Greta) become paranoid about the supernatural's influence on their children, and prepare to burn Amy, Buffy, and Willow at the stake. To escape her bonds, Amy turns herself into a rat, but is then unable to remove her own spell. Willow captures Rat-Amy and keeps her in a cage. Willow makes several unsuccessful attempts to return Amy to human form over the next two seasons. In the season 4 episode "Something Blue", Willow accidentally turns Amy back into a human, but Willow does not notice, and accidentally changes the character back into a rat. Doug Petrie, a writer on the show, describes this series of events as "as cruel and funny as anything could be".[1]

By the sixth season, Willow has become an extremely powerful witch and permanently "de-rats" Amy. The two become friends again, though Amy now seems to be drastically different. The character had been involved with the warlock Rack before becoming a rat. Amy gets Willow involved, leading her to become addicted to black magic. Later, when Willow decides to give up magic, Amy casts a spell on her, causing her to magically manipulate everything she touches for a while; Willow complains that Amy's actions are encumbering her attempts to quit magic. As a result, Willow cuts Amy out of her life entirely.

Amy's final appearance in the television series occurs in the season 7 episode "The Killer in Me." Elizabeth Anne Allen said, "I think after all the things that she went through, there were a lot of reasons why she was so angry."[2]

Having physically transformed into Warren Mears, whom she tortured and flayed in a rage over the murder of her girlfriend Tara Maclay, Willow seeks help from the UC Sunnydale Wicca Group and discovers that Amy is a member. Amy explains that she had hit "rock bottom", and was doing better now. However, Amy is responsible for transforming Willow, apparently out of jealousy and spite. Allen says she would have liked to explore Amy's struggle to overcome her anger, so that she could "get a grip and come back to the fold with her friends."[2]

Literature

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Amy makes minor appearances in several ambiguously canon novels set before the season 3 finale, most notable The Gatekeeper (novel series), where she helps defend Sunnydale from a horde of magical threats while Buffy and her friends are busy elsewhere.

In the first issue of the Season Eight comic book story "The Long Way Home," Amy works together with the US Army to locate and attack Buffy.

Later, in "Time of Your Life," Amy and Warren are shown working under direct orders from Twilight. Together they construct a missile covered in mystical runes and candles and use it to destroy a Scottish citadel, killing seven of the many Slayers residing there. When Twilight betrays Amy and Warren, she attempts to switch sides and forms a truce with Buffy in "Twilight." In the final arc, "Last Gleaming," Amy and Warren have fled far from the final battle scene. At its conclusion, after Buffy destroys an ancient relic and effectively brings about the end of magic on Earth, the spell keeping Warren alive breaks, and Amy watches as he suddenly turns into a pile of blood and bones.

Amy also appears in the second volume of Angel & Faith, tying into Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten, in issue four. In the story, magic was recently restored to the world at the conclusion of Buffy Season Nine, while London in Angel & Faith was the site of a failed attempt by Whistler to restore magic which resulted in the mass mutation of locals in one borough, creating the ghetto known as 'Magic Town.'

Powers and abilities

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In the television series, Amy possesses formidable witchcraft abilities that she has inherited from her maternal lineage, and these powers undergo significant augmentation over the course of the series. Initially, Amy's magical prowess surpasses that of Willow, as demonstrated when she casts a rat-transformation spell that initially stumps Willow's attempts at reversal. However, in season 7, Amy concedes that Willow has eclipsed her in magical proficiency. In the comic book, Season Eight, she is significantly stronger.

Romantic interests

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  • Xander Harris - After a spell Amy casts which was supposed to make Cordelia love Xander goes wrong, she, along with every other woman in Sunnydale, falls in love with Xander ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). This attraction ends after Rupert Giles gets Amy to reverse the spell.
  • Larry Blaisdell - Amy stated that she thought Larry was considering asking her to the prom, apparently unaware he was gay and the fact that the graduation of her class occurred three years before, when Larry died.
  • Warren Mears - Amy's skinless boyfriend in Season Eight. It is revealed in "The Long Way Home" that the two had been in a relationship since "Villains"; after Warren was flayed alive by Willow, Amy saved his life. Amy refers to Warren as "sweetie", while he claims that "her magic is my skin."

Appearances

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Amy has appeared in 32 canonical Buffyverse episodes and comics.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Amy appeared as a guest in eight episodes:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classics
  • "Bad Blood, Part Three: A Boy Named Sue"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten
  • "Where the River Meets the Sea, Part 1 & 4"
  • "Lost and Found, Part 1-5"

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Amy Madison is a fictional character in the American supernatural television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by actress Elizabeth Anne Allen. Introduced as a teenage witch and student at Sunnydale High School, she is the daughter of Catherine Madison, a former cheerleader who also practices witchcraft. Throughout the series, Amy engages in various magical activities that often lead to unintended consequences, evolving from a sympathetic figure to one entangled in darker aspects of magic addiction and revenge. Amy's first major appearance occurs in the season 1 episode "Witch," where her mother uses a body-switching spell to inhabit Amy's body and relive her glory days, forcing and her friends to intervene. In season 2's "," Amy attempts to cast a love spell on behalf of , which backfires and temporarily transforms Buffy into a . By season 3's "," fearing persecution during a witch hunt orchestrated by the , Amy casts a spell on herself that turns her into a , a form she remains in for several years while kept as a pet by . Restored to human form in season 6's "Smashed" through Willow's magic, Amy reemerges as a cautionary figure for Willow's growing to magic, having herself become dependent on the dealer Rack for powerful spells. She briefly appears in subsequent episodes like "Wrecked" and "Doublemeat Palace," highlighting the perils of unchecked magic use. In her final television appearance in season 7's "," Amy seeks revenge on Willow for past grievances by casting a spell that causes Willow to transform into , the man Willow had previously killed. Amy's arc underscores themes of power, , and moral ambiguity in the series' exploration of .

Development and portrayal

Casting and creation

Amy Madison was introduced in the third episode of the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, titled "Witch", which aired on March 17, 1997. Conceived as a one-off character, she appeared as a high school student and aspiring cheerleader whose mother, Catherine Madison, uses witchcraft to possess her body in a bid to relive past glory days on the squad. The storyline drew inspiration from classic witch tropes in literature and film, portraying Catherine as a malevolent, Satan-worshiping figure reminiscent of the Puritan hysterias in Arthur Miller's The Crucible and the suburban sorcery in John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick, rather than modern Wiccan practices. The episode was written by Dana Reston and directed by Stephen Cragg, marking the initial creation of Amy under Joss Whedon's oversight as creator and executive producer. Originally intended as a supporting figure in this standalone story tied to Buffy's own cheerleading backstory from the 1992 film, Amy's role highlighted early themes of parental pressure and supernatural interference in adolescent life. Elizabeth Anne Allen was cast as Amy in 1997 after initially auditioning for the lead role of Buffy, which went to Sarah Michelle Gellar. Recalled specifically by Whedon for the part, Allen underwent a second audition directed by Cragg, who sought assurance of her versatility to handle the dual demands of innocence and underlying menace, given the possession plot's ties to Catherine Madison's villainy. Selected for her ability to convey both vulnerability and subtle threat, Allen's performance established Amy as a recurring presence, evolving beyond the episode's scope under the writers' direction. To prepare for the role, Allen conducted extensive research into portrayals, visiting occult shops, reading relevant books, and consulting with Wiccans to authentically depict Amy's emerging magical heritage. She also immersed herself in subcultural environments, such as attending a Goth club to understand the welcoming yet edgy community Amy might inhabit, and trained with the Laker Girls for the cheerleading sequences in "Witch".

Characterization and reception

Amy Madison begins as a sympathetic, good-natured high school cheerleader and budding witch, inheriting her powers from her mother while forming a tentative friendship with . Over the series, her characterization evolves into that of a morally ambiguous , driven by resentment and a descent into self-serving magic use that underscores themes of power's corrupting influence and addiction to supernatural highs. This shift is particularly evident in her reintroduction during Season 6's "Smashed," with her role in "Wrecked" highlighting her luring Willow into a magical underworld, mirroring yet accelerating the latter's own struggles with dependency. Elizabeth Anne Allen, who portrays Amy, has shared insights into the character's internal conflicts and her own acting challenges. In a 1999 interview, Allen described Amy's growing complexity, from comic relief to a darker figure influenced by feelings of isolation and misunderstanding during adolescence, which informed her performance of the witch's emerging toughness. Critics have praised Amy's villainous arc in Season 6 for effectively paralleling Willow's magic addiction storyline, providing a cautionary foil that explores witchcraft's seductive dangers without overt redemption. However, reception often highlights her as an underutilized character with untapped potential for deeper examination of magic's ethical toll, lamenting the abruptness of her returns and limited screen time that left her development feeling incomplete. This sentiment underscores Amy's role as a missed opportunity to delve further into the series' recurring motif of power's isolating corruption.

Appearances

Television

Amy Madison made her debut in the first season of in the episode "" (season 1, episode 3), which aired on March 17, 1997, where she is introduced as a cheerleader whose mother uses body-swap magic. In the second season, she appeared in "" (season 2, episode 16), aired on February 24, 1998, performing a love spell on that backfires. Her third-season appearance came in "" (season 3, episode 11), aired on January 12, 1999, in which she turns herself into a to escape a witch hunt and remains a rat through parts of seasons 3–5. At the start of the sixth season, she is still depicted as a in "Bargaining, Part One" (season 6, episode 1), aired on October 14, 2001. She reappears as a human in "Smashed" (season 6, episode 9), aired on December 4, 2001, restored to human form by Willow's magic. She continues to appear in "Wrecked" (season 6, episode 10), aired on December 11, 2001, addicted to dark magic and introducing the character Rack as a dealer. Amy also appears briefly in "Doublemeat Palace" (season 6, episode 12), aired on February 5, 2002. Amy's final television appearance is in the seventh season's "" (season 7, episode 13), aired on February 25, 2003, where she curses with a spell causing identity issues. Over the course of the series, Amy Madison had a total of 7 guest appearances across 7 seasons, with no appearances in season 5.

Expanded universe

In the expanded universe of , Amy Madison first appears in print media through the Gatekeeper trilogy of novels, published between 2001 and 2002 by . In the second volume, Ghost Roads, she is depicted in her rat form—resulting from her self-transformation in the television series—and assists with magical research amid a crisis involving ghost roads and apocalyptic threats. This minor role emphasizes her lingering connection to the Scooby Gang despite her isolation. Amy's presence expands significantly in the canonical comic book series published by . In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight (2007–2011), she returns to human form, twisted by time spent in the Hellmouth's ruins, and emerges as a vengeful harboring deep resentment toward and her allies. She aligns with the shadowy Twilight organization, a coalition of supernatural and human forces opposing the , contributing to anti-Slayer initiatives such as surveillance operations and magical assaults. Notable arcs include "The Long Way Home," where she collaborates with U.S. military elements to track Buffy, and "," involving zombie armies unleashed on Buffy's Scottish hideout to capture her. Across the 40-issue run, Amy features in approximately 15 issues, portraying her as a more potent witch who manipulates dark magic without remorse. She does not appear in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Nine (2011–2013). In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Ten (2014–2016) and its companion Angel & Faith: Season Ten, Amy resurfaces in the "Lost and Found" arc (issues #6–10, 2015), confronting Willow over past betrayals and unresolved magical debts, further solidifying her unrepentant antagonism. She appears in about six issues here, often deploying advanced spells in personal vendettas. Overall, her comic appearances total around 21 issues across Seasons Eight and Ten, consistently depicting her evolution into an empowered, self-serving witch driven by jealousy and isolation. As of 2025, Amy has no major roles in audio dramas, but appears in a minor capacity (1 episode) in Slayers: A Story (2023), voiced by Jessica Gardner. She has no roles in licensed video games, including titles like Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) or Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice (2001), limiting her footprint primarily to novels and .

Fictional biography

Early years and high school

Amy Madison was a student at Sunnydale High School, first appearing in 1997 as a hopeful alongside and . As the daughter of Catherine Madison, an aggressive witch obsessed with recapturing her youth, Amy became the target of her mother's body possession spell, which allowed Catherine to relive her high school glory days through Amy's life. This incident marked Amy's initial exposure to magic, as her mother's actions caused a series of accidents during tryouts and competitions, ultimately endangering the team. Buffy and intervened, using a reversal spell from Rupert Giles's research to restore Amy's body and trap Catherine in a mystical , rescuing Amy from the possession. During her sophomore year, Amy developed a crush on , which led to her reluctant participation in a love spell gone awry in "." After witnessed Amy using magic to hypnotize her teacher and avoid homework—demonstrating her budding inherited abilities—he blackmailed her into casting the spell to make his ex-girlfriend fall back in with him as for their breakup. The ritual backfired spectacularly, causing nearly every woman in Sunnydale, including Amy, , and Buffy, to obsess over , leading to widespread chaos within the Scooby Gang. In a jealous rage under the spell's influence, Amy invoked the goddess to transform Buffy into a , but Giles compelled her to reverse all effects, highlighting Amy's novice status and emotional volatility with magic. In her junior year, amid the events of "," Sunnydale erupted into a witch panic triggered by the discovery of two children's bodies, fueling parental hysteria and a mob mentality that targeted suspected practitioners. , swept up in the , briefly aligned with the accusers before realizing the danger to herself as a , prompting her to cast a self-transformation spell into a to escape capture by Buffy and the authorities. This act solidified her reputation as a fledgling with natural talent inherited from her mother, though her fear-driven decisions underscored her inexperience. Throughout high school, formed tentative alliances with , often seeking refuge at the Rosenberg home to evade Catherine's abuse and occasionally collaborating on minor magical endeavors, revealing her early potential as a ally before her abrupt disappearance in rat form at the episode's end.

Post-high school and antagonism

Following her transformation into a during the events of season 3's "," Amy Madison remained in that form through seasons 4 and 5, underscoring her isolation from the Scooby Gang and the consequences of her early magical missteps. finally reversed the spell in season 6's "Smashed," restoring Amy to human form amid Willow's growing reliance on magic. However, Amy had developed a severe to dark magic during her time away, feeding on power from the Rack to cope with her abandonment. In "Wrecked," Amy's antagonism fully emerges as she tempts Willow with Rack's addictive magic, mocking her former friend's attempts at restraint and expressing bitterness toward the Scoobies for leaving her sidelined. This encounter accelerates Willow's downward spiral, highlighting Amy's resentment and her own self-destructive path, where magic serves as both escape and weapon. By season 7's "The Killer in Me," Amy's jealousy boils over; driven by envy of Willow's superior powers and the unwavering support she receives from the group, Amy curses Willow to experience life as , intensifying Willow's guilt and insecurities during the search for the next Potential . In the canonical comic series Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight, Amy escalates her villainy by allying with the U.S. government and later the Twilight organization, motivated by a desire for revenge against Willow and the Slayers. She orchestrates a brutal assault on the Slayer Organization's headquarters in Scotland, summoning an army of zombies, binding Buffy in a mystical sleep, and clashing directly with Willow over dominance in witchcraft. Her partnership with the resurrected Warren Mears further cements her role as a full antagonist. After the defeat of Twilight, Amy continues her antagonism in Season Nine, where she gathers power in Magic Town and attempts to resurrect Warren, but is punished by the magical community and turned back into a rat by Nadira in issue #23. She is later freed from her rat state and reappears in Season Ten, unrepentant in her hostility and embodying the perils of unchecked magic as a cautionary foil to Willow's redemption arc. Her persistent rivalry with Buffy and the Scoobies underscores themes of addiction and isolation in witchcraft, contrasting Willow's path toward balance and community support.

Powers and abilities

Magical skills

Amy Madison inherited her witchcraft abilities from her mother, Catherine Madison, a powerful practitioner who demonstrated advanced spellcasting including body possession and telekinesis. In the episode "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," Amy showcased her capability for enchantment magic by casting a love spell at Xander Harris's request, intended for a single target, Cordelia Chase, but due to her inexperience, it expanded into a mass enchantment affecting nearly every woman in Sunnydale, compelling them to obsess over Xander Harris. The spell's backfiring highlighted Amy's potential for widespread influence, though it required intervention from Rupert Giles to reverse. Amy demonstrated proficiency in transformation magic during "," where she cast a self-transformation spell to escape a mob by turning herself into a , an enchantment she sustained for over three years without apparent dissipation, underscoring her endurance in maintaining complex spells. By Season 6, Amy's involvement with dark magic intensified through her addiction to addictive magical energies supplied by the Rack, which amplified her spellcasting power for boosts in potency and speed. This addiction-enhanced approach allowed her to perform high-risk incantations, such as introducing to Rack's resources, leading to shared escalation in dark practices. In Season 7's "," Amy employed a Malediction curse on , a perceptual alteration spell that forced Willow to experience guilt-induced hallucinations, transforming her appearance and mindset into that of , demonstrating Amy's skill in psychological and transformative curses. In the Season Eight comics, Amy's abilities advanced significantly as she allied with the Twilight Group, utilizing combat spells including energy projection and mystical barriers during confrontations with . She aided in global magical disruptions, such as orchestrating a magical bomb attack on the Slayer Organization's Scottish headquarters, showcasing large-scale destructive enchantments. Compared to Willow's superior control over similar magics, Amy's style remained more impulsive and vengeful.

Limitations and development

Amy's early magical endeavors were marked by significant inexperience, leading to frequent spell failures and unintended consequences. For instance, in her attempt to cast a spell at Xander's request to make love him, the incantation spiraled out of control, causing widespread chaos among Sunnydale's female population by redirecting affections indiscriminately. Additionally, she was initially outmatched by her mother's advanced possession magic, requiring intervention from Buffy and Giles to resolve the body-swap crisis. By Season 6, Amy's growing addiction to severely compromised her control, rendering her dependent on external sources such as the Rack for power boosts. This reliance resulted in reckless, short-term surges of ability that lacked precision and sustainability, ultimately straining her relationships and exacerbating her . In the Season 8 comics, Amy demonstrates notable development, achieving greater proficiency in offensive , including energy projection and during confrontations with the Scooby Gang. However, her emotional persists, fueled by and , often leaving her outpowered in key battles against Willow's more refined and evolved capabilities. In the Season Nine comics, Amy's vengeful tendencies lead her to attempt Willow's assassination in Magic Town, but she is defeated by Nadira and transformed back into a rat using her own magic against her, underscoring her ongoing limitations in control and vulnerability to counter-magic. Comparatively, Amy began as a more inherently gifted witch than the novice , leveraging her inherited talents to impress early on, but she was ultimately surpassed as Willow's disciplined growth outpaced her own erratic path. Her self-imposed rat transformation during the Season 3 moral panic exemplifies a limitation born of fear, trapping her in animal form for years until reversal. Beyond her magical aptitude, Amy possesses no innate superhuman physical traits, making her particularly vulnerable to anti-magic countermeasures employed by the Scoobies, such as spells and mystical artifacts that neutralize .

Relationships

Romantic interests

Amy Madison's romantic interests in the canon are primarily short-lived and intertwined with her magical pursuits, often resulting in that highlight her during high school. In the episode "," after is rejected by , he asks Amy to cast a love spell on Cordelia. The spell misfires dramatically, causing every woman in Sunnydale—except Cordelia—to fall obsessively in love with Xander, including Amy, leading to chaotic pursuits and a confrontation where Amy turns into a out of . This resolves once the spell is reversed by , underscoring the transient and spell-induced nature of her attraction. Earlier in season 2's "Phases," Amy expresses an unrequited interest in fellow Sunnydale High student Blaisdell, speculating that he might ask her to the , unaware of his . informs her of Larry's . Upon Amy's restoration to human form in season 6, Willow tells her that Larry died while battling vampires during the high school graduation confrontation with the Mayor. These early entanglements reflect Amy's limited interpersonal connections, frequently complicated by her emerging magical abilities rather than genuine mutual affection. In the Season 8 comic series, Amy enters a more sustained, albeit villainous, romantic relationship with following his resurrection. Having saved Warren's life after flayed him alive in revenge for killing , Amy becomes his girlfriend, and the pair align in their antagonistic goals against Buffy and the Slayer organization, sharing a partnership marked by dark magic and mutual resentment toward their former adversaries. Their relationship ends with Warren's death during a confrontation with Buffy, leaving Amy to continue her solitary path. Throughout her arc, Amy experiences no long-term romances; her interests consistently revolve around magical mishaps or power-driven alliances, reinforcing themes of her and isolation.

Friendships and rivalries

Amy Madison formed an early friendship with Willow Rosenberg during their high school years at Sunnydale High, bonding over their shared interest in witchcraft in the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Willow and Amy were friends from junior high, sharing an interest in witchcraft. In the episode "Witch," the Scooby Gang investigates supernatural incidents targeting the cheerleading squad, revealing Amy's mother as the culprit using a body-switching spell on Amy. Their alliance briefly extended to the broader group, including Buffy Summers, as Amy offered magical support during threats like the demon-induced witch hunt in "Gingerbread," where she and Willow worked together to evade danger from brainwashed parents. However, their bond strained significantly after Amy transformed herself into a to escape a mob in "Gingerbread," remaining in that form for years due to Willow's delayed intervention amid her own magical addiction and personal turmoil. Upon Willow restoring her in "Smashed" during Season 6, their reunion initially reignited their friendship, with the two witches celebrating at a club and exploring magic together, though Amy's influence soon steered Willow toward addictive by introducing her to the dealer Rack in "Wrecked." This marked the beginning of escalating rivalry, fueled by Amy's resentment toward Willow's greater magical success and perceived abandonment during her rat exile. In the , Amy's antagonism deepened, as she collaborated with antagonistic forces such as U.S. government operatives and later villainous groups, clashing directly with Buffy and the . During the "The Long Way Home" arc in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #3-4, Amy exploited Buffy's incapacitation to besiege the ' castle with an army, engaging in a fierce magical battle with before being captured by Buffy and , which triggered further traps against them. Her enmities extended to broader conflicts with the Slayer Organization, positioning her as a rogue witch operating independently post-Season 7, with only superficial ties to magical dealers like Rack rather than deep alliances. Amy's familial relationships were limited and fraught, primarily defined by her abusive mother Catherine Madison, a powerful witch who attempted to possess Amy's body in "Witch," leading to no lasting bonds beyond that traumatic dynamic.

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