5 Most Ridiculous Buffy Moments Ever (Article)

[buffysmglover]

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Written by Matt


As per usual, I will admit with every fiber of my being that I am the biggest Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan in the entire world. But I do not see her world through rose-colored glasses. I see it with a critical mind. Trust me when I say, I could have used this entire list on Buffy's hair and wardrobe alone (does that make me homosexual in some way?), but I chose to go for parts of the actual storyline.....moments themselves. FREAKING RIDICULOUS moments. And away we go....

1. THANKS FOR SAVING US! HERE'S AN UMBRELLA. (The Prom - Episode 3x20)

Many fans actually love this episode -- I used to be one of them. Upon further viewing, it might be one of my least favorite now. Why is that? Well, I don't like high school, but that might just be the grumpy old man in me. It might also be the fact that Buffy's classmates recognized she has saved them on way more than one occasion and chose to make her something for her efforts...

an Umbrella....with glitter on it.

I'm sorry. I know teenagers have more money than that, especially teenagers from Cali-frigging-fornia. I forgot to mention that glued to it, it has a $3 name-tag with "Class Protector" etched on it. All in all, the price of these kids being saved week after week is worth about $8.95. That sounds about right. People will say, "Oh Matt, it's supposed to be meaningful and sentimental. It doesn't matter how much it cost." That's true. It doesn't matter how much it cost.....but it couldn't have taken more than 15 minutes and a trip to Office Max to make the damn thing, so how meaningful is it? THIS is how much she MEANS to them? Give me a break.

2. DUMPSTER SEX (Doublemeat Palace - Episode 6x12)

Ugh. Buffy couldn't "feel" -- I'm still not entirely sure what that means, and I'm pretty positive neither did Joss and company. I'm thinking they thought it sounded like a good enough reason to get Buffy into bed with Spike, so there you have it. To make Buffy's problems even worse, she didn't have a lot of money (thanks for that, mom!) so she had to take a job at the Doublemeat Palace (thankfully not for long). What we get after some sweet talk from Spike (as sweet as Spike can talk) is, you guessed it....some sweaty, ground beef-smelling dumpster sex in the back of the building. Oh, the romance.

I think this scene and many other gag-worthy ones like it in season six proved that this isn't exactly the way you want your hero to look. She needs to be in trouble, even emotionally, but we don't want her in trouble of possibly getting a venereal disease.

3. HORSE POWER! (Spiral - Episode 5x20)

How slow can a Winnebago go? From this scene towards the end of season five, I'm guessing pretty goddamn slow. Giles has the RV's pedal to the floor at the time that the Knights of Byzantium (who deserve a ridiculous article all of their own) come rolling down the road. The only problem is, it's fairly obvious that the van is going MAYBE 20 miles per hour (and that's being generous), and -- if you pay close attention -- the horses aren't even at a full gallop. All in all, a pretty ridiclous scene which makes me laugh every time I see it. The Knights' silly costumes don't help matters either.

4. RILEY AND SAM'S WILD RIDE (As You Were - Episode 6x15)

This episode begged the question, "How can you bring back one of the least popular characters in series history and make him even less popular than before?" Answer: Give him an equally irritating wife and have them fly off on a harness attached to a helicopter in downtown Sunnydale. WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT? Who wrote that? How did that end up in the final draft? So far, the other ones listed have at least a right to be written, but this one has no right....at all.....ever. Whoever thought that it would be cool to have Riley "Captain Cardboard" Finn strapped to a harness and fly off into the darkness IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN should have been fired. If it was Joss, he needed a vacation at this point.

Regardless, it may be one of the most unintentionally funny moments in the history of the show, let alone television as a whole. Especially at the point when Buffy, Willow, Xander and Dawn are looking up at them and waving. I couldn't make this up if I tried. Beautiful.

5. IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! (Amends 3x10)

Merry Christmas, Buffy Summers -- your boyfriend didn't kill himself because of the First Evil, and it's snowing in Sunnydale! It's as silly as it sounds. For starters, if you didn't see the snow coming within the first 15 minutes of the episode, you should not be allowed to read this web site. They made mention of "how hot it was this Christmas" at least 3 times. If that doesn't tell you something, you're kind of slow. Also, the fact that the snow is what made Angel decide to not kill himself doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Is it because it's a miracle that snow is falling, considering it was like 90 degrees less than 3 hours earlier? I guess that would freak me out and straighten me out too, but really for only a few minutes while I question how dramatic temperature changes occur like that.

Does that mean Joss Whedon believes in a God? Because all signs before and after this moment show that he doesn't seem to --- but this moment stands out as the only one that makes it seem like he does. I'm ultra-confused. How else do you explain it? Scientifically, I'm pretty sure weather can't change that dramatically in that amount of time. There wasn't any magic involved....I guess MAYBE the "Powers that Be" could've had a hand in it....but really, who are "The Powers That Be, hmmmm? Put your noodle around that one.

God, Powers That Be, freak occurance or not.....it was a pretty ridiculous moment.

[ded1]

I can't really argue with any of that

[XanderHarris]

I absolutely dislike almost every scene of "The Bargaining".
The dialogues, the sand thrown on Giles after he dusts a vampire (to simulate the dust). I try to avoid this episode everytime I watch the 6th Season.

Then, of course, there's Dawn's behaviour. I get it, she's a teenager. And a girl. And has a quite a lot to deal with, but overreacting much? She just behaves so irrational sometimes, it almost hurts i.e. "Older and Far Away". :vampirebite:

buffysmglover

Nicely written. Have to admit, your examples are "a little" cheesy indeed.

[Skytteflickan88]

I have a few responses that I will post on the web site, and here:


1. THANKS FOR SAVING US! HERE'S AN UMBRELLA.
Hmm.... I still love the Umbrella. I was so jelaous when she got it, which is weird I know, but I still want it. It looked to pretty and made with affection. True, a kid could have made one, but I still like it. i mean, the umbrella was a metaphor. She saved them from monsters, she was their umbrella. She protected them from the monsters/rain. Am I the only one who see the poetry in it?

2. DUMPSTER SEX

Come on, of course Buffy had problem with "feeling". She was perfectly happy in heaven, then tossed down to earth. I myself would probably have killed myself. So no wonder that Buffy doesn't care about the dumpster, she probably think that the whole world "stinks". So don't go and offend Joss and the others and say that they just created Spuffy to have some sex-scenes.

Beside, she was working, it's not like she had the time, or money, to get to a motel room.

3. HORSE POWER!
I don't know much about veihcles of any kind, but I have heard of slow ones. But I'll give you that it's a bit weird, since the horses weren't going that fast either.

4. RILEY AND SAM'S WILD RIDE
I love that scene, it got a action-movie feel to it. I also love Riley.

5. IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!
I guess I'm slow. I did not see the snow coming. You rude asshole.

Angel asked himself and Buffy why he was back. Then a miracle happened. I would have wondered "Is it something evil that made the snow so that I would live and kill Buffy?" but can you really blame the guy for thinking that it meant that someone or something good wanted him to live/brought him back from hell?

[buffysmglover]

May 31, 2008 15:17:36 GMT -5 XanderHarris said:

I absolutely dislike almost every scene of "The Bargaining".
The dialogues, the sand thrown on Giles after he dusts a vampire (to simulate the dust). I try to avoid this episode everytime I watch the 6th Season.

Then, of course, there's Dawn's behaviour. I get it, she's a teenager. And a girl. And has a quite a lot to deal with, but overreacting much? She just behaves so irrational sometimes, it almost hurts i.e. "Older and Far Away".

buffysmglover

Nicely written. Have to admit, your examples are "a little" cheesy indeed.

I didn't write this. See the link. It was written by a dude named Matt. My name's Tim.

[XanderHarris]

May 31, 2008 15:44:35 GMT -5 buffysmglover said:

I didn't write this. See the link. It was written by a dude named Matt. My name's Tim.

Sorry.
Well, Kudos to Matt then.

[CowboyGuy]

I cannot really disagree with any of the article...but I some of those moments anyway.

[El Diablo Robotico]

I can't stand "As You Were". Not because I don't like Riley--I actually kinda do--but because his wife manages to be one of the most-annoying characters, played by one of the most-annoying actresses in the show's entire run, despite appearing in just that one episode. But come on--we're gonna criticize it because it was hard to believe that nobody noticed them flying away in the middle of town? This is Sunnydale! It'd been established for almost six full years that crazy things happen in this town without anyone--including the cops--really noticing. The obvious improbability of this concept is something that, if you can't accept, should be a clue that maybe it's not the right show for you to begin with.

I'll go along with #'s 2 and 3, but 1 and 5 are stepping all over two of my favorite moments, so I'm gonna have to say to those two...

[henzINNIT]

I'd replace Snow with all of Hells Bells and that'd be an accurate me list lol.

"I absolutely dislike almost every scene of "The Bargaining".
The dialogues, the sand thrown on Giles after he dusts a vampire (to simulate the dust). I try to avoid this episode everytime I watch the 6th Season."

You and me both. karma for you my friend.

[Greer]

I don't really disagree with any of the article, except for parts of "The Prom" and "Amends". Most of "The Prom" isn't that good. But at least the effort was made by the class to acknowledge her, and it was a nice touch that Jonathon presented her with the award, especially with what happened in the clock tower earlier. What were the prizes that the other people got? I don't remember.

Oh, Amends...All I can say for the snow is that it is a t.v. show, and it was the first Christmas one. Snow was bound to happen, good for Angel not to die.

In reference to the other episodes, I don't hate Riley, but his wife was unbearable. She should've just been out of that episode quicker. Dumpster sex...yes, that wasn't too good. I'm a Spuffy lover myself, but just dumpster is just gross. The Winnebago was a piece of crap anyways, so I'm not surprised it wasn't fast. But I'm presuming it went faster in the beginning of the episode than when the knights showed up, and it was just bad continuation.

[iloveromy]

I always took it that the snow in Amends was send by The Powers or a higher power to Angel.

[Skytteflickan88]

Well, if Skip didn't lie about Jasmine planning ahead, it might be Skip that brought back Angel and fixed the snow.

Or the same power that let Angel into Kate's appartment in the end of season 2 of Angel.

Who knows who did what. i really don't think that the snow was silly or unlikely.

[hitnrun017]

The only thing I hated about the snow was how fake it looked, especially when Buffy and Angel were walking down Main Street. Also how there were inches of it within a matter of moments. I'm glad Riley and Sam's exit is on there, probably one of the worst moments on the show.

[Greer]

Yes, definitely yay for the snow. It did seem to be a lot, especially since it was SoCal. But there's always some place that gets a little mysterious Christmas snow, so it worked.

[Jsebold87]

I agree with a few of those things up there. Just not about the umbrella or the snow. I really love the umbrella, that scene is really beautiful.

But I do agree about the Dumpster sex scene. Talk about yuck. I use to work at a restaurant, and I'd have to say that is about the worst smelling place you could ever choose to be around. Much less have sex by one. I'm not a fan of any Buffy/Spike sex scene, I completely dislike those two together period.

I also agree about the "As You Were" episode. So irritating and cheesy. I especially hate how they make it Buffy's fault that he left and that it took him so long to get over it. And now he's married and flaunting it around Buffy. I never saw it being Buffy's fault that he left. Riley was the one who was at fault. He's the one who was letting vampires feed off of him for some sick pleasure, and he was constantly a baby about Buffy not giving him attention when her mom was incredibly sick. How selfish is that? Jeez.

[alycat7]

I hated everything about As You Were, by far the worst episode of season 6.

[Joe]

I like those episodes, now i feel stupid.....lol

[alycat7]

Jun 1, 2008 17:52:09 GMT -5 Joe said:

I like those episodes, now i feel stupid.....lol

Other than As You Were, those episodes were really good. Just those particular scenes were terrible.

[Rowan Hawthorn]

I don't do much episode rating, but "As You Were" gets my vote for "worst episode." Not that I particularly hated Riley in the earlier seasons, but "The Amazing Mr and Mrs Finn, Super-Sodjers" just irritated the bejesus out of me.

[Greer]

Agreed. I never hated Riley, but it was so shady of him not to tell Buffy he was married. He did have those black gloves on the whole time. I believe that Riley was really selfish with Buffy at the end, especially with her mom. He just wasn't able to hang a woman that was stronger than him in most all ways. His wife was alright for a girl, but I think his character liked having the slight upper hand with her. Oh well, they're gone. Thank goddess for that.