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'Daniel "Oz" Osbourne' (born 1980 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Seth Green.
A taciturn, guitar-playing teen, and eventually Willow's boyfriend, Oz first appears in the episode "Inca Mummy Girl," becoming a recurring character throughout the second and third seasons. In the fourth season, he leaves Sunnydale, heading off on his own to seek control over his werewolf side. He is last seen in Willow's dream in the episode "Restless." He is last mentioned in the season 7 episode "Potential".
His most outstanding trait is his detached, ironic approach to life, masking a deeply philosophical interior. He is also the lead guitarist for the band Dingoes Ate My Baby, which performs frequently at The Bronze. A high school senior, one year above Willow and the rest of the group, he "tests well" but his only real ambition lies in his music.
He notices Willow in spite of - or perhaps because of - her eskimo costume at a dance at The Bronze, and seems to be interested in her at first sight. It would take several episodes for the two to actually meet in person. They go into, according to Willow, "some sort of holding pattern, except without the holding or... anything else", even though they had several dates, on one of which he witnesses a vampire being dusted by Buffy for the first time, and thus becoming a member of the Scooby Gang. He is not shocked to learn that vampires exist and merely remarks that it explains a lot. He and Willow eventually share their first kiss and become a couple at the end of the season two episode "Phases".
The episode Phases was also the episode where he finds that he has become a werewolf, turning into a monster on the three nights around a full moon, having been bitten on his finger by his pre-adolescent cousin Jordy. (Interestingly, when Oz calls Jordy's mother, his Aunt Maureen, to ask if Jordy is a werewolf, Maureen is apparently unfazed by the question and readily confirms Jordy's condition, indicating that Oz is not the only exceptionally laid-back member of his family.) On his third night as a wolf, Oz is nearly killed by werewolf hunter Gib Cain for his pelt, but saved by Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang, with whose help he quickly finds a way to minimize the danger posed by the wolf: he locks himself into a cage for the appropriate nights, watched over by the Scoobies in shifts.
Even though he is intelligent (so much so that he, along with Willow, was tracked for a time by "the world's leading software concern") he does not manage to graduate that year, due to several incompletes and failing to attend summer school. He repeats his senior year, now being in the same year as the rest of the gang, and graduates simultaneously with them. During this year, his relationship with Willow goes through rough water as he and Cordelia catch Xander and Willow kissing. They break up, but get back together again after Oz confesses he misses her ("Amends"). In the episode "Graduation Day, Part One", Oz and Willow have sex before the impending confrontation with the evil Mayor Wilkins, concerned that they might die in battle. Willow loses her virginity as a result.
After graduation, he attends the university of UC Sunnydale, together with Buffy and Willow, and is seen taking 'Introduction to Psychology' by Professor Walsh along with them. Unlike the other two, he does not have a dorm room, but stays in a house off campus along with the rest of the band. Because the cage he used to lock himself up on the nights around the full moon was destroyed (along with the rest of the library and Sunnydale High) during the fight against the mayor, he now locks himself up into a cage in a crypt at a local cemetery.
Although appearing to the outside world as to have come to terms with his lycanthropy rather easily and living with it without much agitation, the very opposite becomes evident in the episode "Fear, Itself", when he starts to change under the spell of a demon that makes everyone's worst fears come true. This signifies that he indeed does fear his werewolf side and especially that he might hurt others with it, a fear that proves to be significant some episodes later.
Gradually, the wolf personality seems to contaminate Oz's human side, and although in love with Willow, he is irresistibly drawn to another werewolf, Veruca, a fellow student at UC Sunnydale, who, unlike Oz, considers the wolf to be her true self. After spending a night in the cage with Veruca, and killing her at the following sunset to protect Willow[1], Oz resolves to leave Sunnydale so as not to endanger his friends further.
Some months later, Oz returns to Sunnydale, believing that his lycanthropy is now under control through techniques learned in Tibet[2]. Although the moon no longer affects him, he can still transform into the werewolf when faced with strong emotion, such as anger, fear, or pain, as he discovers when he finds that Tara Maclay has replaced him in Willow's affections, and when The Initiative seizes him for its experiments. This transformation can occur during the day.
After that discovery, Oz leaves Sunnydale for good (reflecting Seth Green's decision to move on and pursue his film career). He is last seen in Willow's dream in the episode "Restless," as she meets him in college. Oz is not seen again for the remainder of the series' run. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Joss Whedon has stated that Oz is set to appear in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' the official comic book continuation of the series.[1]
Oz is a werewolf, meaning that he has the potential to transform into a berserk, lupine creature with enhanced strength, speed, and sense of smell. From "Phases" to "Wild at Heart", he, like most werewolves, must change into animal form on the night of a full moon, the night preceding it, and the night following it. After "Wild at Heart," Oz acquires some level of control over his form by traveling around the world and learning about herbs, meditative techniques, and other forms of little-known treatment for his little-known condition. He prefers to stay human, and only changes under great emotional stress (compare to The Incredible Hulk). He might very well now even be more dangerous as a result, as he can no longer predict when he will change, and those around him are at immediate risk if he changes without notice.
Oz also has a highly enhanced sense of smell when in human form. During the episode "Lovers Walk", he is able to smell Willow from great distance although she "doesn't even wear perfume." Oz can also tell that she is scared from this scent, mimicking the ability apocryphally attributed to many animals, especially canines.
He also demonstrates that werewolves can exert influence on their actions in bestial form. When Oz transforms for his battle with Veruca, he instantly attacks her until she's dead, completely ignoring Willow until killing Veruca.
Oz is also a skilled musician, specializing in electric guitar.
Following his departure in "Wild at Heart", Oz's quest to control his wolf-side is continued in non-canon material such as the Oz comic book and the novel . Travelling through Los Angeles, Fiji, Australia, and China, he befriends a Kaohsiung demon named Jinan, with whom he eventually travels to Tibet in search of a monk named Master Shantou, who can help him discover more about the beast within himself. However, the monk's enemy, an evil demon named Muztag, is gathering forces to take over the Tibetan valley and murder Master Shantou. Meanwhile, Gib Cain, the werewolf hunter from Phases, is determined to take advantage of Oz's separation from the Slayer to take revenge on the only wolf to ever escape him. Oz and Jinan work together to defeat Cain and Muztag, with Oz finally learning how to use the wolf within for his advantage.
He also appears in the novel Queen of the Slayers. In this novel the forces of evil amass to kill Buffy for destroying the Hellmouth in Sunnydale and during a quest she encounters Oz who's the apparent leader of a pack of werewolves that protect the Golden One. Oz and the other werewolves can now completely control their wolf forms and they take part in the final battle of the book during a full moon.
★ He is based on a student Buffy-creator Joss Whedon went to college with, as Whedon mentions in his commentary on "Innocence" in the Season Two DVD boxed set.
★ In several episodes during season 4, he can be seen wearing a sheepskin jacket, alluding to the Aesopian fable. The phrase "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" came from this fable. Therefore, Oz is a wolf in sheeps clothing both physically and mentally.
★ As mentioned in "Amends" and "Graduation Day, Part One", Oz had lost his virginity to someone before his relationship with Willow.
★ Willow Rosenberg
★ Veruca
Oz has appeared in 40 canonical Buffyverse episodes:
; ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' : Oz became a series regular in the show's third and fourth seasons 1998-2000), although he did not appear in "Consequences". After "Wild at Heart", Oz disappeared from the opening credits. He appeared in 39 episodes in all, including guest appearances in:
:: Season 2 (1997 - 1998) - "Inca Mummy Girl"; "Halloween"; "What's My Line, Part One" and "Part Two"; "Surprise"; "Innocence"; "Phases"; "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"; "Becoming, Part One" and "Part Two"
:: Season 4 (1999 - 2000) - "New Moon Rising"; "Restless" (dream)
; ''Angel'' : Oz appeared as a guest in one episode:
:: Season 1 (1999 - 2000) - "In the Dark"
Oz also appears in Buffy expanded universe. He appears in a few comics/novels notably in the trade paperback, ''Oz (Buffy comic)'', and the novel '' and Queen of the Slayers having gained control of his wolf form and acting as a bodyguard for the Golden One as the leader of a pack of werewolves that can control their wolf forms. He also particapates in the final battle of that book.
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 6, Wild at Heart
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 19, New Moon Rising
'Daniel "Oz" Osbourne' (born 1980 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Seth Green.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Character history |
| Powers and abilities |
| Into the Wild |
| Trivia |
| Romantic relationships |
| Appearances |
| Canonical Appearances |
| Non-Canonical Appearances |
| References |
Biography
Character history
A taciturn, guitar-playing teen, and eventually Willow's boyfriend, Oz first appears in the episode "Inca Mummy Girl," becoming a recurring character throughout the second and third seasons. In the fourth season, he leaves Sunnydale, heading off on his own to seek control over his werewolf side. He is last seen in Willow's dream in the episode "Restless." He is last mentioned in the season 7 episode "Potential".
His most outstanding trait is his detached, ironic approach to life, masking a deeply philosophical interior. He is also the lead guitarist for the band Dingoes Ate My Baby, which performs frequently at The Bronze. A high school senior, one year above Willow and the rest of the group, he "tests well" but his only real ambition lies in his music.
He notices Willow in spite of - or perhaps because of - her eskimo costume at a dance at The Bronze, and seems to be interested in her at first sight. It would take several episodes for the two to actually meet in person. They go into, according to Willow, "some sort of holding pattern, except without the holding or... anything else", even though they had several dates, on one of which he witnesses a vampire being dusted by Buffy for the first time, and thus becoming a member of the Scooby Gang. He is not shocked to learn that vampires exist and merely remarks that it explains a lot. He and Willow eventually share their first kiss and become a couple at the end of the season two episode "Phases".
Oz playing at the Bronze
Even though he is intelligent (so much so that he, along with Willow, was tracked for a time by "the world's leading software concern") he does not manage to graduate that year, due to several incompletes and failing to attend summer school. He repeats his senior year, now being in the same year as the rest of the gang, and graduates simultaneously with them. During this year, his relationship with Willow goes through rough water as he and Cordelia catch Xander and Willow kissing. They break up, but get back together again after Oz confesses he misses her ("Amends"). In the episode "Graduation Day, Part One", Oz and Willow have sex before the impending confrontation with the evil Mayor Wilkins, concerned that they might die in battle. Willow loses her virginity as a result.
After graduation, he attends the university of UC Sunnydale, together with Buffy and Willow, and is seen taking 'Introduction to Psychology' by Professor Walsh along with them. Unlike the other two, he does not have a dorm room, but stays in a house off campus along with the rest of the band. Because the cage he used to lock himself up on the nights around the full moon was destroyed (along with the rest of the library and Sunnydale High) during the fight against the mayor, he now locks himself up into a cage in a crypt at a local cemetery.
Although appearing to the outside world as to have come to terms with his lycanthropy rather easily and living with it without much agitation, the very opposite becomes evident in the episode "Fear, Itself", when he starts to change under the spell of a demon that makes everyone's worst fears come true. This signifies that he indeed does fear his werewolf side and especially that he might hurt others with it, a fear that proves to be significant some episodes later.
Gradually, the wolf personality seems to contaminate Oz's human side, and although in love with Willow, he is irresistibly drawn to another werewolf, Veruca, a fellow student at UC Sunnydale, who, unlike Oz, considers the wolf to be her true self. After spending a night in the cage with Veruca, and killing her at the following sunset to protect Willow[1], Oz resolves to leave Sunnydale so as not to endanger his friends further.
Some months later, Oz returns to Sunnydale, believing that his lycanthropy is now under control through techniques learned in Tibet[2]. Although the moon no longer affects him, he can still transform into the werewolf when faced with strong emotion, such as anger, fear, or pain, as he discovers when he finds that Tara Maclay has replaced him in Willow's affections, and when The Initiative seizes him for its experiments. This transformation can occur during the day.
After that discovery, Oz leaves Sunnydale for good (reflecting Seth Green's decision to move on and pursue his film career). He is last seen in Willow's dream in the episode "Restless," as she meets him in college. Oz is not seen again for the remainder of the series' run. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Joss Whedon has stated that Oz is set to appear in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' the official comic book continuation of the series.[1]
Powers and abilities
Oz is a werewolf, meaning that he has the potential to transform into a berserk, lupine creature with enhanced strength, speed, and sense of smell. From "Phases" to "Wild at Heart", he, like most werewolves, must change into animal form on the night of a full moon, the night preceding it, and the night following it. After "Wild at Heart," Oz acquires some level of control over his form by traveling around the world and learning about herbs, meditative techniques, and other forms of little-known treatment for his little-known condition. He prefers to stay human, and only changes under great emotional stress (compare to The Incredible Hulk). He might very well now even be more dangerous as a result, as he can no longer predict when he will change, and those around him are at immediate risk if he changes without notice.
Oz also has a highly enhanced sense of smell when in human form. During the episode "Lovers Walk", he is able to smell Willow from great distance although she "doesn't even wear perfume." Oz can also tell that she is scared from this scent, mimicking the ability apocryphally attributed to many animals, especially canines.
He also demonstrates that werewolves can exert influence on their actions in bestial form. When Oz transforms for his battle with Veruca, he instantly attacks her until she's dead, completely ignoring Willow until killing Veruca.
Oz is also a skilled musician, specializing in electric guitar.
Into the Wild
Following his departure in "Wild at Heart", Oz's quest to control his wolf-side is continued in non-canon material such as the Oz comic book and the novel . Travelling through Los Angeles, Fiji, Australia, and China, he befriends a Kaohsiung demon named Jinan, with whom he eventually travels to Tibet in search of a monk named Master Shantou, who can help him discover more about the beast within himself. However, the monk's enemy, an evil demon named Muztag, is gathering forces to take over the Tibetan valley and murder Master Shantou. Meanwhile, Gib Cain, the werewolf hunter from Phases, is determined to take advantage of Oz's separation from the Slayer to take revenge on the only wolf to ever escape him. Oz and Jinan work together to defeat Cain and Muztag, with Oz finally learning how to use the wolf within for his advantage.
He also appears in the novel Queen of the Slayers. In this novel the forces of evil amass to kill Buffy for destroying the Hellmouth in Sunnydale and during a quest she encounters Oz who's the apparent leader of a pack of werewolves that protect the Golden One. Oz and the other werewolves can now completely control their wolf forms and they take part in the final battle of the book during a full moon.
Trivia
★ He is based on a student Buffy-creator Joss Whedon went to college with, as Whedon mentions in his commentary on "Innocence" in the Season Two DVD boxed set.
★ In several episodes during season 4, he can be seen wearing a sheepskin jacket, alluding to the Aesopian fable. The phrase "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" came from this fable. Therefore, Oz is a wolf in sheeps clothing both physically and mentally.
Romantic relationships
★ As mentioned in "Amends" and "Graduation Day, Part One", Oz had lost his virginity to someone before his relationship with Willow.
★ Willow Rosenberg
★ Veruca
Appearances
Canonical Appearances
Oz has appeared in 40 canonical Buffyverse episodes:
; ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' : Oz became a series regular in the show's third and fourth seasons 1998-2000), although he did not appear in "Consequences". After "Wild at Heart", Oz disappeared from the opening credits. He appeared in 39 episodes in all, including guest appearances in:
:: Season 2 (1997 - 1998) - "Inca Mummy Girl"; "Halloween"; "What's My Line, Part One" and "Part Two"; "Surprise"; "Innocence"; "Phases"; "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"; "Becoming, Part One" and "Part Two"
:: Season 4 (1999 - 2000) - "New Moon Rising"; "Restless" (dream)
; ''Angel'' : Oz appeared as a guest in one episode:
:: Season 1 (1999 - 2000) - "In the Dark"
Non-Canonical Appearances
Oz also appears in Buffy expanded universe. He appears in a few comics/novels notably in the trade paperback, ''Oz (Buffy comic)'', and the novel '' and Queen of the Slayers having gained control of his wolf form and acting as a bodyguard for the Golden One as the leader of a pack of werewolves that can control their wolf forms. He also particapates in the final battle of that book.
References
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 6, Wild at Heart
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 19, New Moon Rising
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