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Marc Blucas (Riley Finn)
Riley Finn, the sensitive do-gooder who romanced Buffy in seasons 4 and 5, was no one's favorite character.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
While a special minority of people are always tuned into this — Buddhist monks, say, or extreme do-gooders — most of us only see reality this way when tragedy strikes.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
The Little Maria controversy did no favors for human-rights activists, either, whom the government liked to paint as feckless—or even as smugglers masquerading as do-gooders.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
But there’s not so much of it that the department cannot devote half of its tiny force to investigating the theft of a few hundred bucks from the donation bowl at a charity event, hosted by Hank to burnish his own reputation as a do-gooder.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
While a special minority of people are always tuned into this — Buddhist monks, say, or extreme do-gooders — most of us only see reality this way when tragedy strikes.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
The Little Maria controversy did no favors for human-rights activists, either, whom the government liked to paint as feckless—or even as smugglers masquerading as do-gooders.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
But there’s not so much of it that the department cannot devote half of its tiny force to investigating the theft of a few hundred bucks from the donation bowl at a charity event, hosted by Hank to burnish his own reputation as a do-gooder.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do-gooder. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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