The Most Universally Despised TV Characters of All Time

Dawn Summers – Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Up until season five, Buffy was an only child—and, to be frank, it should have stayed that way. Dawn’s abrupt appearance led to a season that revolved all around her. Dawn was sad. No one liked Dawn. Dawn had to be shielded from evil. Dawn was the key to another dimension. Whatever. Rather than taking the hint and kicking Dawn to the curb at the end of her original storyline, Buffy showrunners kept her in the series.