Top 100 Buffy/Angel moments (several **spoilers**) Seriously don't read this unless you've seen all of Buffy/Angel
Submitted by mistercreepy on Fri, 03/03/2006 - 07:19
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- I could easily come up with another top 100 of these moments, and it might be different every day, but here’s a bit of an expression of my love for this universe.
- A1.14 = Angel Season 1 Episode 14
- B3.22 = Buffy Season 3 Episode 22
- 100. Angel wears a hoodie, in general, several episodes from Season 4.
- 99. Speaking of Jasmine, Lorne says, “I thought Our Lady of the Sea Breeze was the real deal til the divine Ms. J walked right through that door and into my ass… Which is where my heart is. Physiologically. I can show you an x-ray.” in The Magic Bullet in A4.19
- 98. Floating eyeball of weird doctor in I Fall to Pieces A1.4
97. Buffy gives a rousing speech in her yummy sushi pajamas in Goodbye Iowa B4.14- 96. Cordelia collapses from a vision overload put on her by a demon in To Shanshu in L.A. A1.22
- 95. Buffy quits the Watcher’s Council in Graduation Day, Pt. I B3.21
- 94. After Wesley insists how unique Angel is, they return home to find that he and Gru look exactly alike in Couplet A3.14 (Also, as it did not make the list, my favorite Gru quote: “It is a happy time” said sarcastically)
- 93. Numfar does the dance of joy and other dances in Through the Looking Glass A2.21
- 92. As he prepares to fight a very large man in gladiator style combat, Spike says, “Here we are now—entertain us” and manages to make it sound cool in Two To Go B6.21
91. Spike tells Joyce about his and Dru’s breakup (“Our love was eternal—literally!” in Lover’s Walk (also moment shortly following that is in screen cap) B3.8- 90. Buffy allows a demon to attack her friends while concurrently, in her vision world, her mother tries to give her strength in Normal Again B6.17
- 89. Giles reads a note left by Ethan Rayne, which says, “Be Seeing You.” in Halloween B2.6
- 88. While Lindsey saves the young seers, Angel fights with the blind assassin in Blind Date A1.21
- 87. After swtiching bodies with Angel, an old man (inside Angel) starts a fight and experiences vampire strength for the first time in Carpe Noctem A3.4
- 86. Willow flays Warren in Villains B6.20
- 85. Oz “panics,” and Willow loses her virginity in Graduation Day, Pt. I B3.21
- 84. Andrew’s version of his showdown with Dark Willow in Storyteller B7.16
- 83. Ted (played by John Ritter!) says, “I don't stand for that kind of malarkey in my house!” in Ted B2.11
- 82. The Mayor tries to smother an unconscious Buffy and totally freaks out when Angel stops him in Graduation Day, Pt. II B3.22 (Also just as good, but too lazy to reformat everything to put it in is when Angel tries to smother Wesley in Forgiving A3.17)
- 81. These two exchanges from The Wish B3.9:
BUFFY: (interrupts) World is what it is. We fight. We die. Wishing doesn't change that. .
GILES: I have to believe in a better world. .
BUFFY: Go ahead. I have to live in this one. .
- and much later in the ep
ANYANKA: You trusting fool! How do you know the other world is any better than this? .
GILES: Because it has to be.
- 80. Angelus says to Fred, “You know, I had a bit of an Irish brogue back in the day. If you'd like, I could use it on you when I rape you to death.” in Calvary A4.12
79. Angel attempts to tell Buffy that he’s going to leave after this fight with the Mayor, and she just closes her hand in response in Graduation Day, Pt. II B3.22- 78. Buffy wins the “Class Protector” award in The Prom B3.20
- 77. Xander remembers being chased down by a murderous lot of women… fondly in Him B7.6
- 76. The twist at the end of Awakening A4.10
- 75. Angel, Drusilla, and a newly risen Darla fight like mad in a greenhouse and on a rooftop in Reunion A2.10
- 74. Anya tells a joke at the Bronze in Giles’ dream in Restless B4.22
- 73. Wesley punches one of Holtz’ supporters in the throat in Loyalty A3.15:
FOLLOWER: Maybe we should cut out his tongue - send a message to Angelus. .
WES: Maybe. .
Wes punches guy in the throat.
WES: Or perhaps you could lie on the floor and gag for a while.
- 72. Spike, in order to kill a demon, goes to the Sunnydale basement and gets his leather jacket back in Get It Done B7.15
71.Wesley invokes “the power of the Watcher’s council” to prevent Buffy from leaving Sunnydale in Choices B3.19- 70. Faith screams, pounds her fists against Angel’s chest and begs him to take her out of this world in Five by Five A1.18 (an image repeated with Darla but not as well in Offspring A3.7)
- 69. In the alternate reality Skip provides, we see the opening credits for Cordelia’s sitcom called Cordy in Birthday A3.11
- 68. After becoming invulnerable, the Mayor checks it off his to do list and exclaims delightfully, “Who’s for a root beer?” in Bad Girls B3.14
- 67. As Buffy’s complaints drift from vampires to Ted, Giles says, “I believe the... subtext here is, is, rapidly becoming, uh, text.” in Ted B2.11
- 66. Angel, unable to save Darla, completely freaks out in The Trial A2.9
- 65. On screen death of almost every major character in The Wish B3.9
- 64. Wesley and Lilah share this exchange (worthy of any film noir) after sleeping together for the first time in Tomorrow A3.22:
LILAH: I'm not one of the doe-y eyed girls of Angel Investigations. - Don't be thinking about me when I'm gone.
WES: I wasn't thinking about you when you were here.
- 63. Wesley sees Gunn and Fred kiss in Waiting in the Wings A3.13
- 62. Angel has an epiphany and shares it with everyone in Epiphany A2.16
- 61. Oz’s speech in Innocence 2.14:
OZ: Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
He nods his head and smiles to himself. Willow smiles over at him. He looks up at her.
OZ: Oh, I'm not gonna kiss you.
WILLOW: (confused) What? But freeze frame!
OZ: Well, to the casual observer, it would appear that you're trying to make your friend Xander jealous or even the score or something. And that's on the empty side. (looks off into space) See, in my fantasy when I'm kissing you, you're kissing me. (looks back at her) It's okay. I can wait.
- 60. Buffy, Riley (cowboy guy), and Harmony put on Death of a Salesman in Willow’s dream in Restless B4.22
- 59. Conner catches an axe headed for Fred and chucks it back at a vampire decapitating him then pauses and says, “Did you see that? Wasn't that cool? That was cool!" in Deep Down A4.1
- 58. Buffy suddenly realizes what she must do and sacrifices herself in Dawns place in The Gift 5.22
- 57. Gunn’s plan in There’s No Place Like Pltz Grb A2.22:
GUNN: I've got a plan.
WESLEY: Oh thank god! What is it?
GUNN: We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
WESLEY: Oh.
- 56. Lindsey sings in Dead End A2.18
- 55. Fred’s parents in Fredless A3.5
- 54. Cordelia says goodbye to Angel and kisses him in You’re Welcome A5.12
- 53. Willow flirts with… herself in Doppelgängland B3.16
- 52. Faith, in Buffy’s body, says, “Because it’s wrong” several times over the course of Who Are You? B4.16 with a changing meaning each time.
- 51. Buffy fights with and opens up to Holden, the psychologist vampire, in a pretty accurate interpretation of what all human relationships are like in Conversations with Dead People B7.7
50. Angel and the gang enjoy a pleasant meal with everything seeming to be perfect, but the moment is just a hunger-induced hallucination of Angel’s, who is trapped at the bottom of the ocean, in Deep Down A4.1- 49. Wes has a nightmare where Angel drinks from his own child, then Wes finds his own hands covered in blood, leaking from his books in Loyalty A3.15
- 48. The First in the guise of the Mayor introduces itself to Faith (“It’s the end of humanity, Faith, not the end of courtesy”, also when he does that thing to indicate her hair’s on fire) in Touched B7.20
- 47. Angel and Skip share a hilarious exchange about Billy’s imprisonment in the most hilariously edited TV sequence ever in That Vision Thing A3.2
- 46. Xander and Jack, a cognizant member of the living dead, argue while a time bomb ticks away next to them in The Zeppo B3.13:
XANDER: I know what you're thinkin'. Can I get by him? Get up the stairs, out of the building, seconds ticking away... I don't love your chances.
JACK: Then you'll die, too.
XANDER: (raises his eyebrows) Yeah, looks like. So I guess the question really is... who has less fear?
JACK: (tries to psyche Xander out) I'm not afraid to die. I'm already dead.
XANDER: Yeah, but this is different. Being blowed up isn't walking around and drinking with your buddies dead. It's little bits being swept up by a janitor dead, and I don't think you're ready for that.
JACK: Are you?
XANDER: (glances at the bomb, smiles thinly) I like the quiet.
- 45. Caleb summarizes the Bible for the slayer he is about to kill: “Good folk, bad folk, clean folk, dirty folk.” in Dirty Girls B7.18
- 44. After being dredged up from the sea by Wesley, Angel has a father/son chat with the boy who put him there, Conner. During which, he is badass and discusses what it truly means to be a hero in Deep Down A4.1
- 43. A dead Holland Manners intoduces Angel to the “Home Office” in Reprise A2.15
- 42. Tucker’s flashback about why he wanted to ruin the prom in The Prom B3.20
- 41. Angel finds Darla and Drusilla have trapped many lawyers from Wolfram & Hart and rather than attempt to save them, locks them in the wine cellar and walks away while they scream in agony in Redefinition A2.11
- 40. After telling his staff #41, Angel fires everyone in Redefinition A2.11
- 39. Angel is turned into a puppet in Smile Time A5.14
- 38. Angel, worried about what Conner might do, sacrifices his own morals in order to give Conner a new life and a new home in Home A4.22
- 37. Buffy begins to smile in Chosen B7.22
- 36. The credits sequence in Superstar B4.17
- 35. After the scoobies get in a huge row with Buffy because she did not tell them Angel had somehow returned from Hell, Buffy goes into Giles’ office to thank him for ending the fight, and he responds, “I won't remind you that the fate of the world often lies with the Slayer. What would be the point? Nor shall I remind you that you've jeopardized the lives of all that you hold dear by harboring a known murderer. But sadly, I must remind you that Angel tortured me... for hours... for pleasure. You should have told me he was alive. You didn't. You have no respect for me, or the job I perform.” in Revelations B3.7
- 34. Angel suddenly realizes the sun does not set him on fire in Pylea and reacts excitedly several times over the course of Over the Rainbow A2.20
- 33. After having his hands cut off by a crazed slayer, Spike, in a hospital bed, and Angel discuss her in Damage 5.11:
SPIKE: Though the tingling in my forearms tells me she's too far gone to help. She's...one of us now. She's a monster.
ANGEL: She's an innocent victim.
SPIKE: So were we... once upon a time.
ANGEL: Once upon a time.
- 32. Buffy finally reveals to her mom that she is the vampire slayer, and they have the heart breaking argument that all kids must have with their parents someday (although not about being a superhero, I think) in The Becoming Pt. II B2.22:
BUFFY: (looks at her) I'm sorry, Mom, but I don't have time for this. (starts for the door again, but stops)
JOYCE: No! I am tired of 'I don't have time' or-or 'you wouldn't understand.' (Buffy faces her) I am your mother, and you will make time to explain yourself.
BUFFY: I told you. I'm a Vampire Slayer.
JOYCE: (haughtily) Well, I just don't accept that!
BUFFY: (steps closer) Open your eyes, Mom. What do you think has been going on for the past two years? The fights, the weird occurrences. How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing, and you still haven't figured it out?
JOYCE: (raises her voice angrily) Well, it stops now!
BUFFY: (raises her voice also) No, it doesn't stop! It never stops! Do-do you think I chose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is, how dangerous? I would love to be upstairs watching TV or gossiping about boys or... God, even studying! But I have to save the world... again.
JOYCE: No. This is insane. (takes Buffy by the shoulders) Buffy, you need help.
BUFFY: (throws off her mom's arms) I'm not crazy! What I need is for you to chill. I have to go!
JOYCE: (shakes her head) No. I am not letting you out of this house.
BUFFY: You can't stop me.
JOYCE: (grabs her) Oh yes I...
Buffy shoves her back into the island, making her knock over several things. She heads for the door, opens it and steps out.
Joyce: (angrily) You walk out of this house, don't even think about coming back!
Buffy just gives her a long stare and leaves.
- 31. Giles, led upstairs by Angelus’ note and roses strewn across his stairs, discovers the present that Angelus has left him in his bed in Passion B2.17
- 30. Spike sings, “If my heart could beat, it would break my chest” in Once More, With Feeling B6.7
- 29. Wesley goes to visit Faith in prison to ask for her help. When he tells her that Angel has lost his soul, she does not quibble with him nor set an escape plan, she simply says, “Step away from the glass,” and he does in Salvage A4.13
- 28. Buffy says to Giles, “If you’re not too busy having sex with my MOTHER” who in response walks into a tree in Earshot B3.18
- 27. The Ethros Demon after being forced out of little Ryan’s body is confronted by Angel and Wesley and says, “What soul?”—pretty much the best twist ever in I’ve Got You Under My Skin A1.14
26. Wesley and Fred sit down to discuss her attire, and it slowly dawns on the audience that he’s been affected by Billy (“Oh, are we standing now, is that what we’re doing?” Billy A3.6- 25. Spike attempts to flirt with Buffy, and she pushes him down and throws the money she owes him at him, which he, tearfully, picks up from the ground as she walks away in Fool For Love B5.7 (I think picking money up off the ground is pretty much the most pitiful thing ever)
- 24. Buffy does her “impression” of Gandhi in Anne B3.1
- 23. Wesley shoots the lawyer not working on “the Burkle case” in the knee and then calmly asks his assistant to send all others not working on “the Burkle case” to him in A Hole in the World A5.15
- 22. Spike tells Buffy that he managed to get his soul back, and as she slowly realizes what he is talking about, he lays himself across a cross and burns, asking, “Can we rest now, Buffy?” in Beneath You B7.2
- 21. Spike pretends to be Xander’s friend from America so that Riley doesn’t recognize him in Doomed B4.11
- 20. Buffy, powerless and attempting to save her mother from a vampire who happens to also be insane, finds herself trapped in a dark room. Turning on the light she discovers all the walls have been covered in polaroids of a terrified Joyce in Helpless B3.12
- 19. Tara is accidentally shot by Warren in Seeing Red B6.19
- 18. Anya delivers one of the most compelling speeches of all time about how meaningless death is in The Body B5.16
- 17. Attempting to ferret out Cordelia’s feelings for him after Fred says she loves him, Angel and Cordelia share pretty much the most hilarious exchange ever when she tells him that she loves him in Offspring A3.7:
CORDY, sipping her coffee: Angel, are you trying to say you love me?
ANGEL: What?
CORDELIA: I love you too.
ANGEL: You do? When did this...
CORDELIA yells towards Wes open office door: Angel loves me. I love him.
ANGEL: Oh, my god!
CORDELIA: You guys love us and we love you.
FRED, WES and GUNN chorus: We love you Angel.
- 16. Wesley and Lilah argue about their “relationship” even though she lies dead on a table, waiting to be beheaded to keep her from rising again in Salvage A4.13
- 15. Tara realizes that Willow has altered her memory and begins to sing in counterpoint with Giles, who regrets what he is going to tell Buffy in the next episode, in Once More, With Feeling B6.7
- 14. Buffy’s mom asks her what she did for her birthday, and Buffy responds, “I got older.” And Joyce says, “You look the same to me.” A somber musical plays on the TV in the background in Innocence B2.14
- 13. Lindsey explains his evil hand issues to the board and quits Wolfram & Hart (“Charlie!”) in Dead End A2.18
- 12. Playing the role of the bad guy, Ford explains to Buffy that cancer is liquefying his brains, and he has to become a vampire, or he’ll die. Buffy, shaken, asks about all the innocent people he’s going to sacrifice to save himself, and he points to them and says, “These people are sheep.” as the camera wades over them in Lie to Me in B2.7
- 11. Cordelia and Angel watch Doyle’s advertisement after he sacrifices himself to save Angel (esp. meaningful as the actor, Glenn Doyle, died of a heroin overdose not too long after) in Hero A1.9
- 10. Angel asks his gang if they would be willing to die to eliminate the Circle of the Black Thorn, and they, one by one, raise their hands in Power Play A5.21
- 9. After getting in an argument (that almost turned violent) with Wesley, Gunn asks, “What happened to you man?” And Wesley coldly responds, “I had my throat cut, and all my friends abandoned me” and walks out in Spin the Bottle A4.6
- 8. The Doc (played by fucking amazing Joel Grey) whispers to Dawn, “Hey kid. Wanna see a trick?” and pulls out a huge fucking knife in The Gift B5.22
- 7. After defeating Buffy, Dark Willow says, “And there’s no one in the world with the power to stop me now.” Suddenly she is hit by a huge blast of energy from Giles (who has been gone most of the season) who says, “I’d like to test that theory.” in Two to Go B6.21
- 6. Spike explains to Buffy how he killed his second slayer (who is a badass Foxy Brown knockoff even with hot blaxploitation music) and what all slayers have in common in the best edited TV sequence of all time in Fool For Love B5.7
- 5. After revealing that she’s been sleeping with Spike, Buffy begs Tara not to say it’s ok:
TARA: I-It's okay if you do. He's done a lot of good, and, and he does love you. A-and Buffy, it's okay if you don't. You're going through a really hard time, and you're...
BUFFY: (still tearful) What? Using him? What's okay about that?
TARA: It's not that simple.
BUFFY: It is! It's wrong. I'm wrong. Tell me that I'm wrong, please...
- 4. Darla stakes herself to save the baby growing inside of her in Lullaby A3.9
- 3. Faith says pretty much the most badass thing ever when she catches Conner’s hand as he prepares to stake an unconscious Angel, “Break me off a switch, son. There’s about to be a whoopin’.” in Orpheus A4.15
- 2. Buffy finally finds Angel after they have sex for the first time, and they have the most heart-breaking discussion of all time (oh, and she doesn’t know he’s lost his soul) in Innocence B2.14
Buffy: I, I don't understand. Was it m-me? (meekly) Was I not good?
ANGELUS: (laughs) You were great. Really. (snidely) I thought you were a pro.
BUFFY: How can you say this to me?
ANGELUS: Lighten up. It was a good time. It doesn't mean like we have to make a big deal.
BUFFY: It is a big deal!
ANGELUS: It's what? Bells ringing, fireworks, a dulcet choir of pretty little birdies? (laughs) Come on, Buffy. It's not like I've never been there before.
He reaches his hand up to her face and she jerks back.
BUFFY: Don't touch me.
ANGELUS: (shakes his finger at her) I should've known you wouldn't be able to handle it. (starts to go)
BUFFY: Angel! (he stops and faces her) (teary-eyed) I love you.
ANGELUS: (points coolly at her) Love you, too. (turns away) I'll call you.
- 1. Wesley reads, “The Father Will Kill the Son
Author Comments:
Also made in January. One moment that I realized I forgot after I finished that I'm too lazy to include: Giles suffocates Ben in The Gift B 5.22
Enjoy!
P.S. Formatting's a bitch.
The brilliant rhyming of "somehow" and "ow" in Going Through the Motions from Once More, With Feeling B6.7
...and the lesbian sex scene, of course.
I truly have format-sympathy but you really oughta spoilerize. Not only will it protect as it shines but it will entice.
The problem with spoilerizing the whole thing is twofold. 1st) There are lots of spoilers here, so that's annoying. 2nd) It's hard to determine exactly what might count as a spoiler. Certain events are obvious, but is Buffy's arguement with her mom a spoiler? Maybe, maybe not.
I don't think anyone would enjoy this who hadn't seen the series anyway, so hopefully my heading is warning enough.
Haha, I had a feeling that "The Father Will Kill the Son" might be #1. Great moment.
And seriously, I admire you for actually compiling a top 100. I've tried, but I've never been able to make it.
One surprising absence:
Buffy realizes Angel has got his soul back, tells him she loves him, tells him to close his eyes...and proceeds to stab him through the chest with a sword and send him to Hell in "Becoming, Part Two."
That was the same moment that was said to be "missing" on livejournal.
My explanation is that moment is going to be heart-breaking no matter how it is done just because of what is happening. But there are lots of things I don't actually like about that moment. I.e. the music and the profile shot of Angel with the sword of him, getting sucked down the hole. I really don't like those elements.
Yeah my #1 would probably be in most people's top twenties. Whenever I watch "Couplet," I always get lost in all the great comedy, and when that final scene comes up, I suddenly remember what's going to happen (both in the coming episodes and to Wesley over the course of the show) and my heart just drops. He's my favorite fictional character of all time.
There are actually a number of "deaths" that didn't make it onto the list because they were emotionally moving just because they were deaths, not because I was in love with how/why the death happened.