# Ten Funniest Whedonverse Moments. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717 "2007-06-04T17:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/1 "2007-06-04T17:01:29Z")
In no specific order, and prompted by my current viewing of Season 6 on DVD. **Spoilers** , obviously. 1. Xander: Oh look, demons. Don’t see those everyday…unless you’re us. 2. Angel imagining himself dancing. 3. Simon: The Captain’s a good fighter… he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold. 4. Wesley and Cordelia’s tremendously awkward kiss in Season 3 of _Buffy._ 5. VampHarmony and Xander’s tremendously awkward fight. 6. Cordelia: Your cousin called, with one of those names from your part of England. Doyle: My part of _England?!_ 7. Fred (on learning Cordelia has been made a Pylean princess): Oh. When I got here they…They didn’t do that.–Well. That’s nice for her. 8. Jayne, trying to take command of _Serenity,_ instead spouts nonsense and then loses consciousness, because Simon has drugged him. 9. Angel as a puppet. 10. Buffy and Spike getting married. Except not really. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/2 "2007-06-04T17:21:03Z")
Simon: “This must be what going insane feels like.” Later… “No…_this_ is what going insane feels like.” _Jaaaaayne…the man they call Jaaaaayne!_ ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/3 "2007-06-04T17:24:38Z")
Buffy trying to read Angel’s mind, and getting nothing, as he stares at her blankly. Very closely followed by “I’m a funny guy.” Spike Lips! Lips of Spike!!! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/4 "2007-06-04T17:27:24Z")
BOOK River…? Please, why don’t you come on out… RIVER No. Can’t. Too much hair! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/5 "2007-06-04T17:29:47Z")
Favorite quote: **Harmony;** So, Slayer. At last we meet. **Buffy:** We’ve met, Harmony, you half-wit. However, the funnies _moment_ is non-verbal. In “Dopplegangland” the group think Willow has been vamped. When Willow enters the library everybody jumps to their feet. Xander brandishes a cross to the non-vamped Will. When it has no effect, he shakes the cross to get it working and brandishes it again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/6 "2007-06-04T17:32:40Z")
**Dawn:** Oh, my god. You will never believe what happened at school today. **Buffy:** Everybody started singing and dancing? **Dawn:** I gave birth to a pterodactyl. **Anya:** Oh my god, did it sing? All of _Smile Time_. **Spike** : [Counting on his fingers] Sodding, blimey, shaggin’, knickers, bollocks. Oh, God. I’m English. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/7 "2007-06-04T17:33:23Z")
Angel singing Barry Manilow was pretty funny. Also funny was his describing it to Faith later on in the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/8 "2007-06-04T17:34:14Z")
Angel, going to bad dude’s house, seeing a varied collection of cricket bats, whips, and bastanada on the wall: “So, why d’they call you ‘Spanky’?” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/9 "2007-06-04T17:34:55Z")
Mine, all Firefly: Dinosaur-Wash: Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! * * * Jayne: You’re coming through good and loud. Mal: 'Cos I’m standing right here. * * * Wash: There’s obeying going on right under my nose! * * * Wash: (to cow fetus): Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/10 "2007-06-04T17:38:15Z")
Mal: “Do You want to run this ship?” Jayne: “Yes” Mal: “Well…you can’t.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/11 "2007-06-04T17:48:41Z")
The single funniest moment in the Whedonverse is an outtake from **Serenity** , available on the DVD: **Mal:** “String up some bodies, four or five should do, and make sure Shepard Book is at the front, he was our friend and we should honour him. Kaylee, I want you to get the kid takin’ a dirt nap with baby Jesus, we need a hood ornament, and Jayne, try not to steal too much of their shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/12 "2007-06-04T18:19:32Z")
I forgot one that always makes me laugh: Giles: It appears to be paranormal in origin. Buffy: How can you tell? Giles: Well, it’s so shiny. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/13 "2007-06-04T18:20:52Z")
In that vein: “Don’t taunt the fear demon.” “Why, can he hurt us?” “No, it’s just tacky.” ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/14 "2007-06-04T18:20:53Z")
Wash: This sounds like something from Science Fiction. Zoë: Honey, we live in a space ship. and Anya: How can I help? Willow: Uh, distract him from Buffy. Uh, piss him off. Anya: I don’t know how! Willow: Anya, I have faith in you. There is no one you cannot piss off. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/15 "2007-06-04T18:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] The single funniest moment in the Whedonverse is an outtake from **Serenity** , available on the DVD [/QUOTE] I was gonna post that… My other favorite Serenity outtake…“Trap!” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/16 "2007-06-04T18:28:08Z")
Zoë: Jayne, this is something the captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it’s not! Zoë: Oh! [bangbangbang] ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/17 "2007-06-04T18:33:58Z")
Mal: “Huh.” (the good bit happens next) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/18 "2007-06-04T18:38:10Z")
**River Tam** : Also, I can kill you with my brain. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/19 "2007-06-04T18:39:02Z")
close up on Xander, apparently reviewing a battle plan; pull back to reveal a game of D & D, a scene which contains one of my favorite lines: Giles: “I used to be a highly respected Watcher. Now, I’m a wounded dwarf with the mystical strength of a doily.” eta: Giles has been demonized by Ethan; Giles and Spike are on their way to find Ethan (or possibly Buffy); Giles spies Maggie Walsh from the car, tells Spike to pull over, gets out, chases Maggie; satisfied, he gets back in the car and they continue on. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717/20 "2007-06-04T18:39:54Z")
I don’t know Buffy etc., but the funniest lines in _Firefly_ were all ones that weren’t spoken. In the pilot episode, when Mal discovers the Alliance mole. No dramatic speeches, just _bang_. In “The Train Job”, Mal kicking the thug into the engine. And in the movie, River’s raised eyebrow in response to “Am I talking to Miranda right now?”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-funniest-whedonverse-moments/406717.md?page=2)