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* Welcome to the Hellmouth (1x01)

** Xander's entrance which cements his [[Butt Monkey]] status.

'''Giles:''' It's devastating. He's turned into a sixteen year old boy. Of course, you'll have to kill him. }}

* I Robot, You Jane (1x08):

** The ending. Funny enough at the time, [[Hilarious in Hindsight|tragically hilarious in hindsight.]]

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Hey, did you forget? The one boy I've had the hots for since I've moved here turned out to be a vampire.

** "That's cool. I'm going to go home, lay down and listen to country music... the music of pain."

 

* "When She Was Bad" (2x01):

{{quote|'''Snyder:''' There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense.

** After Angel [[Stealth Hi Bye|splits suddenly and soundlessly from the library]] ''[[Running Gag|again]]'':

{{quote|'''Xander:''' Okay, that's it. I'm putting a collar with a little bell on that guy.}}

* "Reptile Boy" (2x05)

{{quote|'''Xander:''' Angel Angel Angel. Does every conversation we have have to come around to that freak?

** Also this, after the gang rescues Buffy from the frat house party turned attempted human sacrifice:

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' (shamefacedly) I told ''one'' lie. I had ''one'' drink.

* "Lie to Me" (2x07)

** Angel laments the shallow vampire fanboys:

'''Willow:''' Well, we don't have cable, so we have to make our own fun. }}

** This CMOF, also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOA]] and the excuse for one of Joss's favorite props:

Buffy: That was then...

*Buffy lifts rocket-propelled grenade launcher*

Buffy: This is now.

*Angel and Drusilla begin to dive out of the way*

*kwshhhhFOOOOOM* }}

** Drusilla's always good for a laugh:

{{quote|'''Oz:''' (after seeing Larry thrown down ''hard'') That works too.}}

* Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (2x16):

* "Killed by Death" (2x18)

** When no one is singing:

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Ah, I'll wing it. Of course if we go to hell by then I won't have to take them. ([[Beat]]). [[Fridge Horror|...or maybe I'll be taking them forever...]] }}

 

* Anne (3x1)

{{quote|''(after the vampire has escaped)''

{{quote|'''Buffy''': "Great, anyone else want to weigh in on this? You there, by the dip."

'''Jonathan''': "No, thanks." }}

* Faith, Hope and Trick (3x3)

** When Snyder is forced to rescind Buffy's expulsion:

{{quote|'''Mayor''': Do you like [[Family Circus]], Mr. Trick?

'''Mr. Trick''': I read [[Marmaduke]].

*The Mayor and Mr. Trick just stare* }}

* Doppelgängland (3x16)

** Willow regarding her parallel dimensional evil twin: "I'm so evil and skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay." Followed immediately by

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Willow, just remember, a vampire's personality has nothing to do with the person it was.

** Willow’s summation gets a call back in “Tabula Rasa” (6x8).

*** According to [[Word of God]], they weren't planning on making anyone gay at that point. That's right, it's a joke that's so funny ''it turned someone'' '''''gay'''''.

** And her evil twins reaction to waking up in Willows fluffy clothes: "Well, look at me. I'm all fuzzy."

** Later in the episode, Willow shoots Vamp!Willow with a dart gun, steals her clothes and locks her in the library cage, where Cordelia finds her. Instead of letting her out however, she discusses the ethics of boyfriend stealing, with Willow's evil twin hanging on the bars with an expression that just screams [[Catch Phrase|bored now.]]

** "I'm a blood-sucking fiend! Look at my outfit!"

** This:

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' It was ''exactly'' you, Will. Every detail. Except for your not being a dominatrix... as far as we know.

'''Willow:''' (rolling her eyes) Oh, right. Me and Oz play "Mistress of Pain" every night.

'''Xander:''' Did anyone else just go to a scary visual place?

'''Buffy:''' ''Oh'' yeah. }}

** Vamp Willow's send-off. First, Willow's heartwarming hug to her vampire counterpart leads to some "friendly" groping ("Hands!"), and then Vamp Willow gets to enjoy being back in her own reality... for all of three seconds before getting staked.

{{quote|'''Vamp Willow:''' [[Curse Cut Short|Oh, f--]] ''(turns to dust)''}}

* Enemies (3x17)

{{quote|''The Mayor:'' "There is more than one way to skin a cat and I happen to know that this is factually true."}}

{{quote|"I have two words to put a smile on that dial. Miniature. Golf." (Faith stares at him for a moment, then [[Face Fault|cracks up.]]}}

** Willow is trying to convince Buffy there's nothing going on between Angel and Faith, but both realise that Faith is drop-dead gorgeous and [[Really Gets Around]].

* Earshot (3x18)

** A great Oz moment comes when Buffy hears his thoughts:

** And Cordelia's thought-to-speech:

{{quote|'''Cordelia:''' [thinks] I don't see what this has to do with me. [out loud] I don't see what this has to do with me.}}

*** And the episode's conclusion.

{{quote|'''Giles:''' I'm glad to see you've recovered from your psychic encounter more or less intact. Feel up to some training?

'''Willow:''' But Tucker's gonna-

'''Buffy:''' No. (inspirational music starts to swell) You guys are gonna have a prom. The kind of prom that everyone should have. I'm gonna give you a nice, fun, normal evening... (triumphantly) ''if I have to kill every single person on the face of the earth to do it''.

*** Later, after finding Tucker, we get this exchange.

{{quote|'''Willow:''' We can't just leave you, Buff-

'''Buffy:''' To see tail lights. Hit the door. I've got everything under control.

'''Oz: ''' Buffy, it makes sense to -

'''Xander:''' See ya. }}

* Graduation Day (3x21 and 22)

** I'm just gonna go ahead and say any scene with the Mayor is an utterly brilliant mix of '60s sitcom humor (I half-expect to hear a [[Laugh Track]] whenever he's on screen) and standard ''Buffy'' villain shock value. There truly will never be a villain like him in television again.

{{quote|'''Mayor''': ''[reading from an ancient tome, in front of the Scoobies]'' "The Beast shall walk upon the Earth, and darkness shall follow. The several races of man will be as one in their terror and destruction" aww, that's kind of sweet! All those different races, coming together?}}

** This troper's favourite is the Scoobies trying to come up with a way to defeat the Mayor.

{{quote|'''Cordelia:''' I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan.

*** Also, the fact that the image is, essentially, a centerfold.

 

* The Freshman (4x1)

** "Uh, are we gonna fight? Or is this gonna be, like, some big monster sarcasm rally?" That line had this troper (kalel32688) and his mom in stitches.

* Pangs (4x8)

** ''Pangs'' wasn't the best of episodes in the series, with awkward conflict over Native Americans in the Scooby Gang and Angel being...well, having barely any role in the story at all. But James Marsters delivers some stellar performance that actually made me sympathetic towards a blood-sucking demon, for not being able to suck blood! Then he does some hilarious propwork hopping around in a chair all tied up while the Shumash indians are firing arrow after arrow at him. But the crowning moment of funny comes right towards the end of the encounter, where...

'''Spike:''' UNDO IT! UNDO IT!! }}

*** And there's Giles being inducted into the ritual of Thanksgiving dinner...

** The scene where Willow, Xander and Anya are rushing to help Buffy and Giles... on stolen bicycles. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Complete with heroic music]].

** The way everyone keeps assuming Angel is evil again, for absolutely no reason.

* Something Blue (4x9)

** The scenes where Spike and Buffy plan their wedding, and Xander's reaction to it:

'''Spike''': Whereas the name "Buffy" gives it that touch of classic elegance.

'''Buffy''': What's wrong with ''Buffy''?

'''Buffy''': Don't you start on my mother! }}

**** [[Completely Missing the Point|Couldn't he just go as William Pratt (his real name)]]?

** Giles informs the Scoobies that the [[Monster of the Week|Monsters Of The Week]] are planning to bring about the end of the world. Their response:

{{quote|'''Buffy, Willow, Xander:''' AGAIN??}}

** At the end of the episode:

{{quote|'''Spike:''' What’s this? Sitting around watching the telly while there’s evil still afoot. That’s not very industrious of you. I say we go out there and kick a little demon ass! What, can’t go without your Buffy, is that it? Too chicken? Let’s find her! She is the Chosen One after all. Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let’s annihilate them. For justice...and for...the safety of puppies...and Christmas, right? Let’s fight that evil! Let’s kill something! *after the screen fades to black* Oh, come on!" }}

** Riley's declaration that "I showed up early, so I got to be cowboy guy."... Always thought of that as the explanation of how Marc Blucas got on the show in the first place.

 

* Buffy vs. Dracula (5x1)

** Xander is trying not to let everyone else know that he's been brainwashed by Dracula:

{{quote|'''Joyce:''' (to Dawn) Be good.

'''Xander:''' Oh, we will. We're just gonna play with matches, run with scissors, take candy from... some guy, I don't know his name. (winks at Dawn) }}

** I always get a kick out of:

{{quote|'''Dawn''': She (Tara) and Willow are both witches. They do spells and stuff which is so much cooler than slaying. I told mom one time I wish they'd teach me some of the things they do together...and she got really quiet and made me go upstairs.}}

'''Buffy:''' "Thinking there will be a lot of Wiccans there? Heavy Wiccan crowd?"

'''Xander:''' "That's sort of her deal. Her and Willow are all Wiccie. Swinging with the Wiccan lifestyle."

'''Xander:''' "With Willow, it is like she got this... whole new thing in her life. But she is still Willow, so I can always figure her out. But Tara, all I know is that she likes Willow. She already has one of those." }}

** The whole gang defends Tara when her father arrives to take her away.

* Checkpoint (5x12)

** During a reminder that the Scooby Gang (quote circa late season 5) is ''hardly'' a group of civilians:

*** After having spent the entire episode trying to [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|trying to convince the Council she's not a demon]], no less. Her interview with the council members also belongs on this list.

{{quote|'''Anya:''' Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. "Who's our little patriot?" they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

{{quote|Careful. These (his nails) are wet.}}

* I Was Made to Love You (5x15)

** Joyce's final scene is quite possibly the most laugh-out-loud funny moment in the series, which makes it extremely bittersweet.

{{quote|'''Joyce''': Gosh, I'd forgotten how much fun dating can be.

** Buffy puts the grand plan into motion to stop Glory, and in lieu of her usual pep talk, we get this:

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Hey, everybody knows their jobs. Remember, the ritual starts, we all die. And I'll kill anyone who comes near Dawn.

'''Spike:''' We band of buggered. }}

 

* Bargaining (6x1 and 2)

{{quote|'''Xander''': Who made ''you'' boss the boss of us?

'''Tara''': I've got a theory-

'''Anya''': Bunnies are not cute like everyone supposes! They've got those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses! And what's with all the carrots?! What do they need good eyesight for anywaaaays!? BUNNIES!! BUNNIES!!! IT MUST BE BU-UN-NAAAAAYS!!!!!

** The woman singing about getting a parking ticket.

{{quote|'''The women singing:''' Hey, I am not wearing underwear.}}

{{quote|'''Giles''': I can see...

'''Anya''': It's a miracle! }}

* Beneath You (7x2)

** A woman asks the Scoobies if there's anyone among them who hasn't had sex with each other. Cue glances from Xander and Spike.

**** Not to mention the scene where she attempts it. Principal Wood is listening to quiet jazz while marking papers. In the window behind him we see Buffy appearing with the launcher, then Spike running in and doing a flying tackle, knocking Buffy out of view to stage right. They come back into frame with Buffy hanging off of Spike's shoulders beating him repeatedly over the head, vanishing to stage left. Then Spike comes back into view again running away with the rocket launcher and Buffy chasing after him like something straight out of Looney Toons, exit stage right again. Wood remains ''completely oblivious the entire time''.

*** Willow tries to [[Gender Bender|fix]] the problem with Jacket-Boy's physical form.

** Buffy and Willow fighting over RJ.

{{quote|'''Buffy''': Anya could be seducing RJ as we speak.

'''Xander:''' (ogling likewise) Ooo, daddy like.

'''Buffy:''' (rolls her eyes) What is that shirt made of? ''Paint?''

'''Willow:''' (ashamed) Right there with ya. }}

*** The line "Right there with ya." Is one of the funniest lines in the entire show.

* Conversations with Dead People (7x07)

** Andrew's mistranslation of the [[Arc Words]], "From Beneath You, It Devours" (he'd just been in Mexico and heard it in Spanish):

*** The Chinese potential didn't have a clue what Andrew saying and all she can respond with is "There's a girl doing gymnastics in the backyard". Andrew nods solemnly, thinking she said something completely different.

* Faith's and Spike's meeting, where they discuss going bad, sexual fetishes and Buffy.

FAITH: Don't tell me miss tightly wound is gettin' her naughty on. }}

* Empty Places (7x19)

'''Buffy:''' Oh my god, are you twelve? }}

** Two words. "Wheelchair fight."

*** Also, from that scene, Andrew and his outfit.

*** And for all the [[Homestar Runner]] fans, the reference to Trogdor the Burninator really sealed the deal.

* Faith and Wood are barricading the school, after they'd slept together and Faith dumps him. When she starts up how men are only interested in her for her body Wood claims he's much more attractive. Faith is shocked and tries to deny his claims, before trying to go at it with him again.

* In the pilot for the [[Animated Adaptation]] Giles goes from explaining about the apocalypse to despairing about the lack of attention without missing a beat.

{{quote|"Morgala's exact nature eludes us but we have narrowed it down to not listening to a word I'm saying."}}

 

== Comics ==

{{quote|'''Xander:''' How're you feeling?

'''Centaurette!Dawn:''' Like I was ridden hard and put away wet.

 

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