Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

Entertainment Weekly magazine named Buffy the number 3 character of all time, coming behind Homer Simpson and Harry Potter, in 2010.

There are just seven episodes in which no vampire appears. They are 'Witch', 'The Pack', 'Robot... You, Jane', 'The Puppet Show', 'Inca Mummy Girl', 'Living Conditions' and 'Fear Itself'. In the other ones, even when there are not vampire foes, there's always Angel or Spike. Or both.

Series Creator Joss Whedon has said that the idea for Buffy came from all the horror movies he had seen featuring a helpless young blonde who would almost always be the first to die. He felt she needed a better image.