Buffy
I'll call you thoroughly modern, but you're going to have to deem me as incredibly disappointed in response.
Did it take you finally asking me about comic book references to figure that out? Jeez, Buff. I'm hurt.
If by snuck up on me, you mean it backhanded me in the face, then yes. It snuck up on me. Mostly because I remember Spike as the big, bad, completely evil vampire that tried killing us all before we graduated.