Jonathan was a shy, quiet, nerdy boy who attended Sunnydale High. He tried to kill himself at school, but was saved by Buffy. After a brief stint in a psychiatric ward, where he learnt some interesting spells, Jonathan returned to Sunnydale and cast a spell on the town to make the residents believe he was their ideal person. After being found out by Buffy, Jonathan left Sunnydale but returned to team up with Warren Meers and Andrew to take over Sunnydale. The three nerds got up to a lot of trouble, which resulted in Jonathan becoming increasingly shunned by his friends. He and Andrew escaped to Mexico when Willow tried to kill them, but returned to open a Seal underneath the school. Unbeknownst to Jonathan, Andrew was being visited by the First in the body of Warren who forced Andrew to kill Jonathan.
Related episodes: 4.17 Superstar, 6.04 Flooded
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darkelf63 on December 18th, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Jonathan’s death for me was very upsetting. Almost as painful as the deaths of Tara and Joyce.
I think that the way he was treated in Season 6 by the Scoobie gang was unfortunate and sad.
Jonathan knew tha Scooobies. He was there since Season 1. Like Willow he got teased for being nerdy in junior high. Unlike Willow he was not strong enough to himself. He simply wanted to fit in. He went to get treatment for his suicidal feelings and fell in with similar geeks.
But when he offers to help in “Two to go” they are so angry with what Warren has done that they ignore him. Buffy just tells him to shut up.
He returns to Sunnydale to try to save it and gets murdered by his friend. Jonathan’s life and death on the show are truly tragic.
beagle on December 18th, 2005 at 7:17 pm
Yes, I agree elf. Jonathon, the perpetual victim. But the Jonathon character is needed to balance / emphasize the strengths and achievements of the scoobys. There is no strength without weakness. Tragic though, I don’t think I wanna be like him.
hannah_wish01 on December 27th, 2005 at 7:31 pm
I always felt sorry for jonathon, in The Wish, when Harmony tells Cordelia that she has found her the perfect match and points her to Jonathon who is just sitting on the steps with a cup and straw looking all sad, it really chokes me sometimes because he is such a stereotypical geek and he never seams to escape that stereotype. Apart from in superstar but that is only due to supernatural forces!
MagicBone on February 8th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Jonathon was always sweet. He wanted to have friends and power and everything. In Gone, he freaked out when Warren wanted to kill Buffy. He was never evil, he just wanted everyone to like him. I was so sad when Andrew killed him. And right after his speech about how he wanted to see everyone from high school and talk to them and find out how they were doing. Wasn’t it kind of funny how the last time we ever see Jonathan was in Storyteller when him and Warren and Andrew are wearing togas and dancing with unicorns? I love that.
RIP Jonathan
MagicBone on February 9th, 2006 at 3:47 am
Everyone was always so mean to him. It was sad. There’s a special place for Jonathan in my heart.
if u like buffy say. on February 24th, 2006 at 3:42 am
He’s so cute when he’s shy and nerdy.
Wynter on May 14th, 2006 at 1:36 am
MagicBone, how is it you always sum up everything I want to say?!
For someone who started off as a background character for a bit of light comic relief, Jonathon had a big impact and grew into a strong, loveable character on his own. I think it was because of that shy, geeky aspect to him that everyone can relate to - he was so sweet and all he wanted was to desperately make friends!
Doesn’t sound very tragic but the sad thing is that that was the driving force behind all his bad decisions (the augmentation spell, the Troika). He was barely evil in season 6, just under an evil influence. I was really glad Willow didn’t kill him, but gutted when Andrew did. I don’t think I’ve ever loved him more than when he told Andrew he wanted to save everyone despite them not caring about him. That really says it all about the kind of guy he was.
Andrew Levinson on June 8th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
I liked Jon a lot. He was always there. In the background, but he was still an important character & he had a crappy life, crappy death, & a shallow unmarked grave.
& the scoobies bullied him sorta & they now that he had a crappy time & they were still arses to him. Even Willow & Xander & they were bullied at school & they bullied someone who had a harder time even than them!!
Its like the way the Scoobies treat Andrew. He was bullied & tormented at school, his mum coddled him, his brother bullied him & his dad was ashamed of him.
& when Anya hits him in ‘Never leave me’ & he starts crying, he’s remembering his helplessness at school & how people used to bully him & how he couldn’t do anything about it because there was one of his small, weak self & probably 2 or 3 big lads. & then Anya & Xander laugh at him.
Spike’s the only one that really likes Andrew (apart from the potentials).
& why does Andrew have to ‘redeem’ himself for killing Jonathan when Spike killed a load of people & the Scoobies try to help him.
So, i suppose, the Scoobies are bullies!!
Wynter on June 9th, 2006 at 5:51 am
TwoToGo-Grave on June 9th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
What you stated in your post was so correct, Wynter. Also, the scoobies were willing to sort of accept Andrew even after what he did, so that also shows how they aren’t ‘bullies’. This seems to just be the feelings of someone who is blinded by love of this character, at least to an extent (and we do all love Andrew, just maybe not as much as that guy does).
B&A_fan on August 20th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Yeah I agree… Jonathan’s death was kind of sad. He was always there on Buffy since season 1 and was just a poor nerd who was just trying to fit in.. ust too bad he didn’t got friends like the scooby gang to help him fit in. I would have prefered that Andrew died in his place in season 7 (although andrew was also a good character).
outforawalkbitch on August 20th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
I would have prefered Johnathon in place of Andrew altogether in season7…he was part of the shows history.
Mel on August 21st, 2006 at 5:13 am
B&A_fan posted:
Yeah I agree
Culf on September 12th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
I think Jonathan was the most real of all the characters on Buffy. And he might have been weak at times, but not as weak as Andrew. He had the guts to own up to the Kathrina murder, he helped Buffy defeat Warren, telling her to smash his “orbs”, because they were the source of his power (can we say metaphore?), and he gave up his power and popularity in Superstar when he saw that it hurt people. He was never evil, he just fell in with the wrong friend, cause no one else would have him, and even then, he was willing to sacrefice the only two friends he ever had because it was the right thing to do. In many ways, Jonathan is actually one of the strongest characters on the show for this very reason. He might get dragged into the wrong desicions, but he always lifts himself out of it. And there’s never anyone there to do it for him, like it is with the scoobies.
Sorry about the rant, I just love Jonathan. Who else wanted to smash Harmony’s face in and hug Jonathan before taking him out on a date when she said “I hear he’s got a kill moped!” ?