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| | name = Nikki Wood | |||
| | series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |||
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| | first = "]" | |||
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| | creator = ] | |||
| | portrayer = ], April Weeden-Washington | |||
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| '''Nikki Wood''' is a fictional character created by ] in the TV series '']'', portrayed originally by April Weeden-Washington and later by ]. | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| Nikki Wood grew up in a poor area of New York. After her parents were killed in a mugging about 1966, she lived with her grandmother. She eventually dropped out of school when she became pregnant with ], and got a job as a waitress to help pay the rent.<ref>'']''</ref> | |||
| She was called as the ] early in 1973. Her ], Bernard Crowley, found her and told her of her role on February 10, 1973, the same night that her grandmother was killed by a ].<ref>''Blackout'', chapter 3</ref> | |||
| She had a Chinese-American boyfriend named Li, a policeman who was killed while investigating smugglers – who were importing a demon. Li may or may not be Robin's father, though it is implied Nikki does not know who Robin's father is (as she does not "take names when blowing off steam"). | |||
| For most of her tenure as the Slayer, Nikki and Robin lived rent-free in a small apartment behind the projection room of The Gem movie theatre on 42nd street, because she had rescued the owner's nephew from vampires. | |||
| In 1977 she was killed by ], who had already killed a ] during the ]. (Spike took a black leather ] from Nikki's body, and it became his trademark.) Crowley then retired from the ] and raised Robin. | |||
| ==Casting== | |||
| Nikki's first appearance, in "]", was a ] with no dialogue; she was portrayed by stuntwoman April Weeden-Washington. When the character was brought back in "]", the casting directors preferred a younger actress, who could seem more like a vulnerable teenage mother, and hired K.D. Aubert. | |||
| Nikki thus joined ] and the ] as characters in the ] that have been portrayed by more than one actor (not counting stunt doubles). | |||
| ==Appearances== | |||
| ''']''' appears in bold | |||
| *''']''' (flashbacks) | |||
| *''']''' (impersonated by the ]) | |||
| *''']''' (mentioned) | |||
| *''']''' (flashbacks) | |||
| *''']''' (mentioned) | |||
| *"]", a prose short story in '']'' Volume IV | |||
| *''']''', a graphic short story in '']'' | |||
| *'']'', novel | |||
| *'']'': Nikki and other Slayer ghosts protect ] on the Ghost Roads | |||
| *'']'' graphic novel, issues 2–3 | |||
| ==References== | |||
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