buffy fluff

Submitted by mamaneen on Tue, 06/28/2005 - 9:37pm

okay, i've seen enough mamas on here reference the brilliance that is buffy the vampire slayer to think this might be a topic enjoyed here.
right up there with the great characters and positive female {and male} role models, one of my favorite things about buffy is the great dialogue. what are some of your favorites, mamas?
i'll start with one from an episode we watched {for the what? millioneth time?} last night:

"we can't save the world in jail." ~faith

ps angel quotes welcome, too.

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mamaneen

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 10:19pm

but i have a million favorite buffy quotes, so here are a couple more:

"thanks for the Dadaist pep talk. i feel much more abstract now." ~buffy {this is actually the line that got me hooked on the show.}

and a gem from willow:

"occasionally, i'm callous and strange."

ooooh, and there's even a searchable dialogue database, so you can get your quotes right to the word:

buffyspeak fix this way -->

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brainymom

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 12:14am

I looove anya, and I also love that Buffy totally runs like a girl. I fought so hard against liking that show, but by the time it came to the final episode-my dh and I were glued to the tv to see what happened...and I cried...because Spike died:(

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LittleNakedMe

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 12:20am

For a slayer, buffy sure sucks at running. I always thought that, too.

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brainymom

Fri, 07/01/2005 - 4:00am

seriously...I hate him, and it wasn't worth it to watch angel just to see my dear spike-seriously i hate angel...it's a weird and strange and passionate and heartfelt hatred that I cannot explain no matter how hard I try
sorry to the angel lovers.,.it's not personal

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rollermama

Fri, 07/01/2005 - 2:29pm

He goes from buff to doughy as soon as he's married and his wife is pregnant. She lost the weight, but he didn't! I think it's cute! ;)

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mamaneen

Fri, 07/01/2005 - 5:42pm

but i really enjoyed the evolution of the other characters on the spin-off - that is, until joss whedon killed most of them off! do i sound bitter? 'cuz i'm bitter.

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mamaneen

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 5:44pm

for more spike, check out the last season of "angel". it's a bitter season, but spike is, as always, spike, and the puppet episode is priceless!

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mamaneen

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:11pm

yes, a whitesnake reference. i already said i was a dork.
anyway, here's one of my favorites from the angel series:

CORDELIA: Oh, god. I'm sorry! I'm getting all weepy in front of you. I probably look really scary. I finally get invited to a nice place - with no mirrors and lots of curtains... hey, you're a vampire!

RUSSELL: What? No, I'm not.

CORDELIA: Are too!

RUSSELL: I don't know what you're talking about.

CORDELIA: I'm from Sunnydale. We had our own Hellmouth! I think I know a vampire when I... am alone with him... in his fortress-like home. And you know, I think I'm just feeling a little light headed from hunger. I'm just wacky. And kidding! Ha, ha

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mamanopajamas

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:25pm

is liking buffy & dare i say it even charmed sometimes

but i can't quote teh shows :(
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mamaneen

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:37pm

to quote myself:

"ooooh, and there's even a searchable dialogue database, so you can get your quotes right to the word:

buffyspeak fix this way -->"

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mamanopajamas

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:48pm

my fav show is the kooky musical one ...way funny!!!

"waddya saay? waddya saay?" ~~~ rlg (my 2 yr old oy-child)

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mamaneen

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:53pm

that one is great, though i'm not sure i'd listen to the cd regularly. :-)

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LittleNakedMe

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:31pm

But i am no good at remebering quotes. Although I can ramble on and describing my favorite scenes. One of my faveorite buffy episopes is the jeckle/hyde abusive boyfriend. I always loved the way that dealt with real high school then adult issues through the use of monsters.

Oh yeah and the scene when B runs away to LA and she is in the slave hell and at one point is holding up a syckle and hammer, when fighting the slave drivers.

My spelling sucks.

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mamaneen

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:41pm

see, now that episode kinda sits wrong with me. i mean, there are plenty of boyfriends who don't need a magic potion to become abusive assholes, ya know? they probably set it up that way so they could kill him off, but still. plus, the girlfriend dies, too. yes, many women die at the hands of abusers, but it just felt like the implication was it was her fault 'cuz she stayed with him. buffy says something about her being "broken". i dunno. maybe i'm just being to hard on the show, but they usually do so well with stuff.

hey, i never made the communist symbolism connection with that scene - that's great! i love the layers to these shows!

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LittleNakedMe

Tue, 06/28/2005 - 11:57pm

But after watching it a couple more times, I think they get deeper with it. He blames the potion and his gf, like all abusers, but in the end it is him not the potion. Another thing they do is that it is not Buffy who kills him, so he wasn't really a "monster". Yes I agree they show a lack of compassion for the gf, but I think they did a good job with not just sidestepping abuse.

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nomad

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 12:22am

The one where they all lose their memories and they confuse who is related to who and in what way. Willow accidentially falls down on top of Tara and says "I think I may be gay..."

Oh, and I cried cried cried when Tara got killed.

nomad

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 12:29am

actually, I am getting pretty sad just thinking about it now.

mamaneen

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 5:47pm

either "the body" or tara's last episode without crying and getting pissed at the writers.
the whole thing with fred in the last season of "angel" got to me, too, not to mention cordelia.
big bone i have to pick with mr. whedon - too many dead women!

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LittleNakedMe

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 12:41am

When Tara died it was so sad and then when Xander saved Willow, I was sobbing. So well done.

The body is also such a good one. They did a great job killing Buffy's mom, wellhow did it and handled it. You know what I mean.

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nomad

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 2:49am

that whole episode (the body)is so calm and slow moving- no action or vampires to be slain till the last 2 or 3 min. Liked that.

lost account

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 1:06am

turns into fish. I like the episode where the ventriloquist's dummy is actually a good guy. I like the episode where Tara can tell that Faith is in Buffy's body.

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mamaneen

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 5:52pm

i love the part in the buffy in faith's body episode where she's trying to convince giles she's herself and they end up having this exchange:

BUFFY: Oh! 'Cause, uh, Ethan Rayne. And-and you have a girlfriend named Olivia. And you haven't had a job since we blew up the school --which is valid, lifestyle wise. I mean, it's not like you're a slacker type, but . . . Oh, oh! When I had psychic power, I heard my mom think that you were like a stevedore during sex. Wh--? Do you want me to continue?

GILES: Actually, I beg you to stop.

BUFFY: What's a stevedore?

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lost account

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 8:13pm

That's one of the quotes I was thinking of, but couldn't think of even one key word for. Isn't my mind sharp?! I liked the halloween episode where they become their costumes.

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mamaneen

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 9:54pm

buffy just got burned into my brain while i sat in a chair with sleeping dd on my chest . . . and yes, okay, i've watched them all a million times aside from that, too.
the halloween episode is great. when ghost-willow walks through the library wall and startles giles, it's one of the few times in the whole run of the show when he is actually flustered. cracks me up every single time. yup, i'm a total geek, but i haven't been to a buffcon . . . yet. here's a great piece of dialogue from that halloween episode:

WILLOW: That's not a demon. It's a car.

BUFFY: What does it want?

XANDER: Is this woman insane?

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nanette

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 3:37am

We've been watching Buffy DVD's from our local library. (We missed a few seasons when it moved to UPN.) Much fun.

mamaneen

Wed, 06/29/2005 - 5:49pm

they have buffy at the library! not here, but luckily we have netflix to provide our fix.

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rollermama

Fri, 07/01/2005 - 2:33pm

I have SO many faves, one that sticks out in my mind right now is Anya rehearsing her vows with Tara, and wanting to vow to be his "sex poodle". I'm with whoever said" anything Anya says"! Many, many favorite episodes, dialogue - wise!

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mamaneen

Fri, 07/01/2005 - 5:45pm

ANYA: 'I, Anya, promise to cherish you...' Ew, no, not cherish. Uh, 'I promise...' '...to have sex with you whenever ... *I* want, and, uh... uh, pledge to be your friend, and your wife, and your confidant, and your sex poodle...'

TARA: Uh, sex poodle?

ANYA: Yeah, why?

TARA: Um, I'm not sure you should say 'sex poodle' in your vows.

ANYA: Huh.

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