# We've done episodes - now, Favorite Buffy Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629 "2003-02-21T21:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/41 "2003-02-22T06:05:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _Manx_ > **’Well, we know he’s afraid of germs, right? So we get some ebola…wait! We get a box and write ebola on it, and chase him. With the box.’ > Cracks me up every time.** And of course, when someone (Giles?) says there couldn’t possibly be a stupider idea, Oz comes back with “We could throw hummus at him.” > [@](#): > > _Hazel_ > \*\*Spike explaining why he doesn’t want the earth to be destroyed: something about humans being walking poptarts? > \*\* Happy meals on legs. Good line 🙂 Gah, can’t stop, too many coming back! Spike having Harmony “role-play” as the slayer. Xander’s snoopy dance Adam: Scout’s honor Spike: You were a boy scout? Adam: Parts of me. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/42 "2003-02-22T06:08:17Z")
Willow comforting Spike as if they’d had a bad time in bed together after the chip wouldn’t allow him to bite her in “The Initiative.” Xander: “I hope we’ve all learned something today. Beer is…” Buffy: "FOAMY!! Xander: “As long as that’s clear.” –from “Beer Bad” “You could never hope to grasp the source of our power. But yours is right here.”–The combination of Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander, as she pulls the nuclear battery out of Adam’s chest. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/43 "2003-02-22T06:09:42Z")
I like Spike’s whole “Happy Meals on Legs” speech > [@](#): > > Spike: We like to talk big. (indicates himself) Vampires do. ‘I’m going > to destroy the world.’ (looks at the officer) That’s just tough guy > talk. (steps over to the car) Strutting around with your friends over a > pint of blood. (sits on the hood) The truth is, I like this world. > (pulls the cigarette pack from the officer’s shirt pocket) You’ve got… > dog racing, Manchester United. (pulls one out and drops the pack on the > officer) And you’ve got people. (exhales) Billions of people walking > around like Happy Meals with legs. It’s all right here. (lights the > cigarette and takes a drag) But then someone comes along with a vision. > With a real… (exhales) passion for destruction. (takes another drag > and looks at Buffy) Angel could pull it off. Goodbye, Picadilly. > Farewell, Leicester Bloody Square. You know what I’m saying? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/44 "2003-02-22T06:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > **Various times when any two or all three of the Geek Trio get into something totally geeky from comics, Star Trek, or whatever.** “The truth is that Darth Rosenberg is on her way into town and none of you has the midichlorians to stop her!” Best line ever. [sub]And I’m sure that some “helpful” person will be more than happy to correct my paraphrase or spelling.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/45 "2003-02-22T09:11:10Z")
Okay, I’m going to try to keep my list somewhat smaller than _Infinite Jest_. Luckily, many of the good moments have been taking care of, so I’ll just try to put in a couple more good ones… The whole scene where Giles, Xander, and Buffy think that Willow’s been vamped in _Doppelgangland_ is cute, especially after she comes in. “Say, you all didn’t happen to do a whole bunch of drugs, didja?” Hee. The matter-of-fact way that Buffy asks if anyone else “burst into song” in _Once More, with Feeling_. In fact, that whole scene between “Going through the Motions” and “I’ve Got a Theory.” Two moments from _Innocence_ that I liked a lot: Willow’s speech after she saw Xander and Cordy that included the “We Hate Cordelia” club, and Oz’s “freezeframe” speech in which we all learn to love him. The end of _Band Candy_. Anthony Stewart Head and Kristine Sutherland do such a good job with body language after Buffy stalks off… Hee hee. Giles’s “Yes, that’s exactly the most appalling thing you could have said” from _Hush_. And, from the same episode, Spike’s look of utter contempt after Xander tries to phone Buffy in his voiceless state. The ending of _Lie to Me_ has not been mentioned, as far as I recall, but it is at least worthy of note. The scene where the Scoobies rally around Tara in _Family_ always gives me goose pimples. Uhm, okay, exhaustion just overtook me, so maybe I’ll continue later. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/46 "2003-02-22T10:46:58Z")
I don’t think anyone mentioned it… The scene in _Afterlife_ where Spike sees Buffy for the first time after being woken from the dead. “How long was I gone?” - “Hundred fourty-seven days yesterday.” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/47 "2003-02-22T10:58:39Z")
Season 1: _The Puppet Show_ A certain classic horror movie is subverted when we find out what the deal with the spooky puppet is… Season 2: _Passion_ Giles beats the crap out of Angelus with a baseball bat. I could watch David Boreanaz get hit with a big stick all day. Season 3: _Doppelgangland_ Vamp-Willow pretends to be gay to put the shits up her human counterpart. The face that launched a thousand 'ships. Season 4: _Something Blue_ Most of it. Especial highlights include Amy’s de-ratting and Giles’s “Kiss The Librarian” mug. Season 5: _Real Me_ _The Body_ is far better as an ep, but the Game of Life scene is hilarious. “Can I sell the children for more cash?” Season 6: _Seeing Red_ The death of Tara, of course. Thus ended the sad saga of a pointless, annoying, unconvincing character who in forty or more episodes did nothing but provide Willow someone with whom to be gay. I brought popcorn. (We also now get to point at the pathetic 'shippers in denial and laugh. Another plus, I can’t help but feel.) [spoiler]Season 7: _Get It Done_ The shadowcaster scene. Eerie and effective. Runner-up award goes to the use of the theme from _A Summer Place_ in _Him_. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/48 "2003-02-22T11:38:05Z")
The opening teaser from “Reptile Boy”- “So, why is she singing?” From “School Hard”- “Oh, puh-leeze! If every vampire who claimed he was at the Crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock… I was actually at Woodstock. That was a weird gig. I fed off a flower person and spent the next six hours watching my hands move.” “Becoming, Pt 1”- “It’s a big rock. I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big.” I actually want some guy to present me with an engagement ring just so I can say it, fake English accent and all. Also, I’ll second, or fourth, Spike’s speech about why he wants to help Buffy save the world. “Living Conditions”- the look on Buffy’s face at the end as Willow bites into the uneaten half of her sandwich… “Where the Wild Things Are”- Xander and Anya arguing in the ice cream truck, and Xander says, “You want to have sex? Fine, we’ll have hot, sweaty, big sex,” then looks out to see the herd of children and their parents looking at him. “The Initiative”- dorm scene was quite possibly the funniest thing ever shown on television. “Something Blue”- Buffy walking the little plastic wedding-cake bride and groom up Spike’s arm humming “Here Comes The Bride” “Restless”- Anya “It’s alright. I think I’ve learned to steer by gesturing emphatically.” Oz panicking in “Graduation Day”. At the beginning of “Wild at Heart”, Oz gently waking Willow from her dream- “It’s in the sandblaster.” “What’s in the sandblaster? Willow, come back to me…” Spike punching Tara in the face in “Family”- seems mean on the surface, but it was probably his first actual semi-unselfish act. He was willing to risk intense pain to prove Tara wasn’t a demon. The whole exchange between Spike and Riley in “Into the Woods”. The bit at the end of “Intervention” when Buffy goes to Spike’s crypt pretending to be the Buffybot to see if Spike spilled the beans to Glory about Dawn being the Key. When she realizes he didn’t, she gives him the best kiss ever exchanged on the show. “Into the Woods” again- Riley standing on the helipad, very pointedly not watching for Buffy’s approach. “I Was Made to Love You” at the party when Buffy says something about preferring to hang with Xander than be hit on by good looking guys- Xander : “I think I liked it better when you were kicking me in my puffy groin.” Spike bitch-slapping Xander in “The Gift” “Once More, With Feeling”, Anya going heavy metal on the bunnies. Dawn: “Oh, my God, you guys 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?” When they were doing the Group Sing (Where Do We Go From Here), Spike saying, “Oh, bugger this” and walking out of the room. “Dead Things”- Buffy: “We missed the bed again” Spike: “Lucky for the bed.” “Beneath You”- Spike stalking the rat, giving it a lecture on etiquette. The Glance. Also, the whole last five minutes. It made me cry, and I don’t cry at television shows. “Same Time, Same Place”- “I’m insane. What’s his excuse?” I almost fell off the couch laughing. Also, Poseble Dawn. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/49 "2003-02-22T12:03:32Z")
I like the scene where Spike, being tortured by Glory, insists that the Key is Bob Barker from “The Price Is Right.” ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/50 "2003-02-22T13:09:45Z")
I don’t remember which episode, but the Scoobies are patrolling with Riley. He’s being all commando with handgestures and combat gear. They wear brightly colored clothes and are munchings chips. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/51 "2003-02-22T14:01:19Z")
Good Willow’s “Where did these come from?” in Evil Willow’s bustier. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/52 "2003-02-22T14:09:39Z")
The Scoobies’ reactions to Buffy’s hand gestures during the overhead projector scene in “Hush.” Principal Snyder getting eaten by the Mayor/snake demon in “Graduation Day, p.2” Spike’s look of contempt/resignation as he starts singing to Buffy in “Once More with Feeling” Mr. Trick: “If this is the part where you tell me that I don’t fit in here in your quiet little neighborhood, you can just skip it 'cause, see, that all got old long before I became a vampire. Do you know what I’m saying?” in “Faith, Hope, and Trick.” ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/53 "2003-02-22T14:27:44Z")
The Mayor checking “Become Invincible” off of his List of Things To Do, among others on the list is “PTA Meeting” Any time Giles draws examples. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/54 "2003-02-22T16:55:39Z")
**Gaspode** , that’s from Fool For Love. According to the commentary by Doug Petrie, Riley moved like “a big jungle cat.” I can’t even type that with a straight face… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/55 "2003-02-22T17:44:30Z")
**Evil Death** , in _Doppelgangland_, Vamp Willow isn’t pretending to be gay, she really is, just like the human Willow. (Actually, to be more precise I’d say that Vamp Willow is more predatorily omnisexual) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/56 "2003-02-22T17:59:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\ ***Evil Death** , in _Doppelgangland_, Vamp Willow isn’t pretending to be gay, she really is, \*\* So _that’s_ why she’s shacked up with Xander. :rolleyes: Personally, I believe that scene to be the strongest indicator that Willow _isn’t_ gay. Consider: an evil demon based on a human encounters the human it is based on. Is it more likely that demon will get affectionate with the former human self it has already demonstrated contempt for, or that the demon will seize the day and use its intimate knowledge of its counterpart to wind the human up as severely as possible? No flamewars, by request. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/57 "2003-02-22T18:06:32Z")
Oz: “I mock you with my monkeypants” Willow’s litte wave when she’s pretending to be Evil Willow. Spike’s face when he realizes it was Buffy who kissed him, not the 'bot. Spike’s face when he realizes that Buffy has, err, umm, just hopped on board, so to speak. Faith-in-Buffy taunting Spike (which is, I believe, the moment he started falling in love with her.) About 99% of the time Oz is onscreen saying anything. Don’t ask me to explain or justify it, because I can’t, it’s one of those things that is beyond explanation, but the scene where Buffy and Riley have been having sex for about 3 days already, and they are having some more, and Buffy says something like “Never stop touching me” is just hot for me. Like I said, can’t explain it. And while I don’t know that I would call this a “favorite moment”, because it’s painful, I think the moment when Joss acheived true greatness (at least for a sloppy sentimental fool like me) is the moment when Angel’s soul returns, buffy kisses him goodbye, and runs him through with a sword sending him to hell forever (or so she believed). That was when Joss entered The Pantheon of the Storytelling Gods. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/58 "2003-02-22T18:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > So that’s why she’s shacked up with Xander. If you read further down, you’ll note that I clarified my comment that Vamp Willow is a voracious omnisexual (aka fucks anything that moves). In addition, I own the Season 3 box set, and putting on that episode: there’s this exchange between Buffy, Willow, and Angel in the episode: [quote] Willow: I’m so evil and skanky, and I think I’m kinda gay! Buffy: Remember, Will, a vampire’s personality has nothing to do with the personality of the person it was. Angel: Well, actually (See’s Buffy’s “shut up” look)…Good point. [quote] Not to say that you don’t make an interesting case, but I think that my POV is better supported by the evidence. ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/59 "2003-02-22T18:28:18Z")
In the warehouse where Snyder and Joyce are seated together, and Snyder asks her, “So, are you two like, going steady?” Then Joyce rolls her eyes in disgust, gets up and walks away. Oh, and in that same episode, when Snyder quickly gets in the car with Buffy and the others because he doesn’t want them ditching him. Buffy starts driving and Snyder yells out, “Summers! You drive like a spaz!” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629/60 "2003-02-22T18:32:18Z")
Just a couple scenes that I don’t think have been mentioned yet: - The Master’s line to the Chosen One, “Taking a life is a serious thing. I’m not talking about a human life, of course.” - the whole monkey hand scene at The Magic Shop from “Life Serial”, especially the Geek Trio riffing on Monty Python: “The monkey hand has ceased to be!” - Larry saying what a great year the Sunnydale High football team will have if it can just keep the mysterious deaths to a minimum. - Principal Snyder’s comments about spontaneous cheerleader combustion. -Cordelia: “How do we know you’re not zombie Giles?” -Giles: “Cordelia, do stop being tiresome.” -Cordelia: “It’s him.” -Cordelia: “One of these days you’re going to wake up in a coma.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-done-episodes-now-favorite-buffy-moments/156629.md?page=4)