The 20 Best One-Liners From 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'

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Wouldn't you feel the same way with the world's fate in the hands of a hormonal teenager?

[Season 1, Episode 2, "The Harvest"]

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Resident scaredy-cat Xander is real about his inability to face the spooky stuff that Buffy does, though he steps up to the plate with age later on.

[Season 1, Episode 3, "Witch"]

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It's hard to find the words when you're hot for teacher, and Xander's inability to speak like a human to attractive women makes him want to disappear.

[Season 1, Episode 4, "Teacher's Pet"]

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Oh, first season Buff. She was so determined to go on a date with Emily Dickinson-loving hunk Owen. While Giles certainly didn't appreciate her ditching him for a boy, at least she was reachable by pager.

[Season 1, Episode 5, "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"]

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Buff's got no time for Giles and his excessive attempts at sarcasm. (In her defense, the joke was "I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophecy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show." That joke was just as adorably charming and English as he is.

[Season 1, Episode 5, "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"]

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Buffy had to bail on prom to save the world, and even after dying for a hot sec, she still managed to look hot - and made sure the The Master knew it.

[Season 1, Episode 12, "Prophecy Girl"]

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Another gem from prom night - even when she's emotional and newly-revived from the dead, Buffy knows when to hang up her stake and let loose.

[Season 1, Episode 12, "Prophecy Girl"]

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Lovelorn Spike kidnaps Willow so that she can cast a spell to get Drusilla to fall back in love with him, and he's totally upfront about what a pathetic sad sack he is. He just wants Buffy and Angel to be real with themselves, too.

[Season 3, Episode 8, "Lover's Walk"]

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Let's all try to keep this in mind the next time we get dumped and want to reach for the Ben & Jerry's. (Who are we kidding?)

[Season 3, Episode 20, "The Prom"]

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It's no secret that adjusting to college life is hard, and Buffy's qualms with her roommate are all pretty reasonable - ESPECIALLY this one.

[Season 4, Episode 2, "Living Conditions"]

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Riley was probably the most affable of Buffy's beaus, but when he first started trying to court her, Willow immediately jumped into protective friend mode. (She'd just had her heart stomped on by Oz - can you blame her?)

[Season 4, Episode 7, "The Initiative"]

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We can't really blame Buffy for her lack of patience with Glory, the crazy, shape-shifting, gorgeous big bad of the fifth season. So when Buffy finds her talking to Dawn, it's natural that she bluntly inform her where the situation is going.

[Season 5, Episode 13, "Blood Ties"]

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Spike treads on dangerous territory when Buffy catches him lurking outside her house, so she tells him to explain himself in five words or less. To meet his maximum, he tacks on a nice little zinger at the end.

[Season 5, Episode 5, "No Place Like Home"]

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Spike's initial obsession with Buffy turns pretty crazy pretty fast once Drusilla comes back in town. He kidnaps Buffy and even offers to kill Drusilla for her, but Buffy won't have any of it. It's just. Not. Gonna. Happen. (We all know that's not true.)

[Season 5, Episode 14, "Crush"]

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When Xander spots Spike with Buffybot and doesn't realize it's not the real Buffy, the gang is forced to confront Buffy about her seemingly icky behavior. This comes as a shock to her, however, as she is thoroughly repulsed by Spike. (Or so she says.)

[Season 5, Episode 18, "Intervention"]

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As mentioned, Buffy ain't got no time for Glory. And when Glory falls for Buffybot fighting her in the fifth season finale, Buffy can't help but comment on the demon's dimness.

[Season 5, Episode 22, "The Gift"]

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As Buffy and the gang try to figure out what's causing them to break out into song in this musical episode, she admits that it's definitely not the scariest thing they've ever dealt with.

[Season 6, Episode 7, "Once More With Feeling"]

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Giles surprises Buffy when he shows up at her house flanked by 3 new potential slayers, and he has to inform her of the dire nature of the situation. (He's definitely not one for sugar-coating things.)

[Season 7, Episode 10, "Bring on the Night"]

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Faith and Buffy have a pretty big heart to heart as the series wraps up, lamenting the loneliness of being a Slayer and all of the burdens that come with it. There is a plus side, however, and Faith points it out here.

[Season 7, Episode 21, "End of Days"]

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Poor Xander meets a pretty grisly fate in the final season when he loses an eye. When he discovers the villain that took his eye is dead, it's cause for a celebratory joke: "Hey, party in my eye socket, and everyone's invited!" Like most of Xander's jokes, this one doesn't land all too well.

[Season 7, Episode 22, "Chosen"]

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