Top 10 Most Shocking Buffy the Vampire Slayer Moments
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- These "Buffy" moments were like a stake to the heart. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” moments that shook the whole fandom, whether because they were unexpected, heartbreaking, surprising, disturbing, or more. Our countdown includes Giles vs. Ben, the bathroom scene, Dawn's first appearance, and more! What’s a Buffy moment that takes YOU by surprise every time? Let us know in the comments!
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“The Body” is the most realistically grounded episode _Buffy_ tackled; there’s no combat or magic, just the seriousness of a late parent and the need for closure.
Especially Anya’s speech
FACTS
And no music
Precisely, the death of a parent is always heartbreaking, and for a show that was mostly fantasy driven, they dealt with Joyce's death and everyone's reactions very well.
I feel like that episode gave me actual trauma.
btw: James Marsters was so disturbed by the bathroom scene, he had a clause added to his contract that stipulated he would never film any scenes involving rape or SA. He's even said he turned down some big TV roles because the character were rapists.
That’s disturbing all on its own…” “We had you
in mind for these characters-they’re sexual predators, you’re cool with that, right?” 😒
Yes because it could make him a target in real life. Many don't distinguish between the actor and the real life person. There have been many cases where actors have been attacked because they acted a bad person on TV so good people always think the actors the character!!!!
"The Body" was the first episode I remember crying my eyes out over as a preteen. Joyce's death was absolutely gutwrenching, and Buffy's choked up delivery of "Mommy!" always gets me, since it's like she's regressed back to childhood.
Exactly
I teared up just watching the clip here
The part where Anya is trying to make sense of it gets me every time. And Willow trying to figure out what to wear. Very well written.
Reminds me of losing my own mom suddenly, in my late teens to a brain aneurysm.
I related deeply with each character for so many reasons, and finally felt as if someone articulated what was going on inside me.
Brilliant and heartbreaking episode. 💖🫂🫂🫂
Poor James Marsters, watching the scene where Spike attempts to assault Buffy is even harder to watch nowadays, knowing that he hate filming it, and vowed that he would never again do something like it again.
he said it was one of the worst days of his life
If I remember correctly it was cause Joss Whedon hated that Spike had gotten popular, intending him to only be there for one or two seasons. He thought by giving him a scene like that the fans would hate him and he could fire him but it never happened.
In an interview, James Masters said Whedon had slammed him to the wall and said (Paraphrasing) "If you weren't so loved I'd fire you on the spot."
Yeah that's saddening
@@LadyKattrina84 I mean, Spike first shows up in season 2, and the bathroom scene occurs in season 6.
It seems plausible, knowing Whedon, that he held the grudge for that long and made Marsters do a scene he wasn’t comfortable with to get back at him, but if he wanted fans to hate Spike, he probably needed to make this scene happen much earlier in the series.
Side note: I had heard that the Buffybot plot was a similar idea- Whedon wanting to make Marsters’ character less likable by having them do something gross and off-putting (rather than flat out criminal like SA.)
It also wouldn’t be consistent with letting Spike be redeemed after the SA or come back for a season of Angel after Buffy was over, especially considering how Spike’s plot on Buffy ends.
@@chloemchll3774 I heard cause he brought in viewers Whedon was like, stuck. trying to find ways for people to hate him but the execs were like "He pulls in numbers, fix it." But this all came out a year ago when the cast were all speaking out about Whedon.
I feel like this video was the world's way of telling me that I need to binge Buffy again
One of the best supernatural TV shows ever made
The body still brings tears to my eyes
'The body' was on air here in Belgium last Thursday. My mum got surgery for a brain tumor last summer and is still in revalidation. I never knew how relatable that episode would be back in the days. ❤
I hope your mum will make a full recovery!
When Buffy and Willow were almost burned by their own mothers, I thought it was pretty shocking.
I feel like Dawn's first appearance should be way higher up on the list. That's the moment I most look forward to on reaction videos.
When Buffy says "Mommy" it absolutely GUTTED me. Still does now 😢
Buffy killing Angel was my top heart wrenching moment in the show. The Joyce scene was the moment that left me numb. Watching Joyce just lying there lifeless was my adult version experience I had as a kid with Mufasa.
Thank you Millennial entertainment producers.
I was in 7th grade when this show started, and graduated high school when it ended. This is the only show I was ever consumed by. Even changed my work schedule in high school when it changes nights. 😂 Im not sure I would have navigated high school as well as I did if this show hadn't been on. I did not know James hated that bathroom scene and then put a clause in his contracts. Learn something new everyday. Love buffy, always have always will! Still remember Buffys quote as she sacrificed herself "the hardest thing in this world is to live in it." Almost 40 now and its still a true quote from a fictional show.
Other than the ones mentioned, the swerve when we thought Cordelia died was one that came to mind 😱
This moment is never talked about it, but it's so good.
Because it was just a troll.
*_MY_* Top 10 Shocking Buffy moments:
10. Ted is a cyborg.
9. Adam kills Maggie Walsh.
8. Angel kills Jenny.
7. The Graduation Day fight to the death culminating in Buffy stabbing Faith.
6. Faith steals Buffy's body and begins her redemption arc.
5. Willow flays Warren
4. Enter Kendra, the Vampire Slayer.
3. Angel loses his soul.
2. Faith accidentally killing the Deputy Mayor and her subsequent descent into darkness.
1. Joyce's death.
Kendra is a good one.
I surprised that Warren's death wasn't #1, because it was definitely surprising considering the fact that Willow was the one who killed him in such a brutal and shocking way.
The fact Giles puts his glasses back on before killing Ben
The reality of normal is one of my favorite episodes in the series it's so brilliant
Joyce’s passing and specifically “The Body” HAD to be #1. I have seen it many times and I STILL cry my eyes out every time. It’s such great writing and acting.
Buffy reactors introduction of Dawn is something we all wait for.....let the gaslighting commence.....AlleyBox's reaction was a good one
I'm a simple guy. I see Buffy in that red sweater and I click. Joyce was taken in the most devastating way
One of my top 5 shows of all time! I just love it so much!
This video made me cry I did a rewatch last year, so many emotional episodes.
the writing for this show is outstanding
The Body was perhaps the best single episode of BTVS ever, but the introduction of Dawn and the whole character of Dawn was the show showing the magnitude of what it could do dramatically. There's really never been anything like it, before or since.
The season 5 finale absolutely ruined me as a kid…. I was BAWLING 💔😭😭😭
Seeing Angel murder someone out of the blue was shocking. I love that they don’t explain why he changed till the scene with the judge and then further with the grandfather
Willow being the big bad of the season was the best twist in the whole series.
Willow was used as the Host due to her emotions, it wasn't fully Will. The Dark Magics she had no control over, were the ones walking and talking being the Big Bad.
Kinda like how Cordelia was possessed by Jasmine
Ah! (The sound of relief!) Every Buffy theme top 10... Is a good idea! 🖤
So many brilliant moments in this show it's hard to make a list. The deaths of Joyce, Jenny and Tara were shocking, as was Spike's sexual assault of Buffy in Seeing Red. Somehow Faith's sexual assault and attempted rape and murder of Xander in S3 E15 Consequences is never given the same importance, because it was female on male sexual assault. Oz having to leave Willow was heartbreaking. My all time favourite moment from the show is when Spike tells Buffy in S5 E7 Fool For Love that she had a death wish. The transitions in that episode were outstanding, and the the fact that that episode was packed with foreshadowing for the later episodes in the show.
"seeing red" was the point that changed the great character spike was and never returned
It was interesting how Giles' inner Ripper came out to defend his Slayer. His father's love for her is what made him able to kill Ben.
They made Buffy look so amateurish as a fighter during that bathroom scene. She was just slightly injured compared to the many other times that she fought while hurt. I doubt that they would've done that w/ Angel getting assaulted by Drusilla.
see, i always figured it's not that she COULDN'T fight back, it's that she did what a ton of real life survivors of SA do. she just kind of froze or stopped thinking clearly or whatever, because you brain just goes on vacation the shock a panic and shit are so strong. so a lot of people don't clearly say "no, stop" or shove people away, they just kind of freeze up or do things that don't necessarily make sense.
so i figured it was kind of like that. not that she couldn't fight back, cuz she's obviously killed way worse monsters. but that the shock of what was happening was so intense that she wasn't really thinking clearly enough to go into "slayer fighting mode"
@@bottomofastairwell That's what training is for. Heck, vampire bites are often portrayed as sensual in this show. Hence, it can be argued that she fights off such assaults every night. Fun fact, the scene was initially conceived by a female writer who once tried to force herself on her ex-boyfriend in a desperate attempt to save their relationship. He easily pushed her away and that memory had been haunting her since. She pictured the scene exactly the same way w/ the genders reversed since Buffy has superpowers. But then other writers got their hands on it.
Just going to add that this discussion of Normal Again leaves out the most shocking part of that episode, probably because revealing it would be a huge spoiler for anyone who hasn’t seen it, but c’mon- it’s a 20 year old piece of TV and anyone watching this video is probably already a big Buffy fan so…
A total wait, what?! moment
@@cfawcett9870 True story- I didn’t get into Buffy during it’s original run (I was kinda dismissive of it as shlocky horror fare) but one morning I came across an episode on rerun and it was Normal Again, and I kinda got hooked by the premise and before I realized it, I had watched the whole episode.
So Normal Again was my intro to the series, and it got me a second time shortly thereafter when I realized it happens 6 seasons into the series.
Come on @@chloemchll3774what moment got you hooked?
Spike's death, Anya's death and when she killed Angel.
Very very great epic list I like it a lot very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 😊❤
Amazing
Nr 1:
Joss Whedon treating people like crap
Especially when no one likes his writing direction for the characters, he'll try to mess them up so no one likes them again.
Angelus was a lot of fun 2 watch
There were way more. You seemed to only focus on a handful of episodes.
Season 1: Buffy learns Angel is a Vampire
Season 2: Kendra arrives in Sunnydale
Drusilla kills Kendra
Season 3: Earshot definitely. Should have been top 3 given that the episode had to be delayed due to the tragedy in Columbine
Angels return
Faith kills the deputy Mayor
They blow up the school.
Season 4: Buffy and Riley learn the truth.
Season 5: Buffys death obviously. Not Giles killing Ben.
Season 6: Where everyone finds out Buffy was actually in Heaven. One of the few series to pull off a musical episode successfully.
Season 7: Giles return with other potentials.
The training session where Buffy doesn't help them.
Faiths return to Sunnydale
Physical media perk the director commentaries on some of this episode are soo good!
Agree you get so much insight
Three things. First, I love Btvs. Two, for me, when it comes to these twists on the list here, nothing beats Angel losing hs soul. Three, I'd like to mention one more. Basically the whole Buffy and Spike thing from "Smashed". I mean, look, by that time on the show, seems like things are really warming up between the two of them, but "Smashed" is just, well, it did shock me here and there.
Xander stopping Dark Willow is #1 in my book.
Joss Whedon making James Marsters do that bathroom scene is crazy
My Favorite Buffy episodes. When Buffy and Spike end up destroying the building and they ended up sleeping around together and the musical.
As an adult, this is something we all have to deal with it, we all have to see or know of the deaths of our parents. I've seen both. The Body is an episode, which I think everyone should watch.
Xander losing an eye not even in the honorable mentions?!
Tara becomes even more tragic because of the real world issues that lead to that moment. Amber Benson got so much hate for the character including death threats and wanted to leave pretty early on. That combined with Joss making it a toxic work atmosphere is part of the reason Tara was killed off. I'll always say both Tara and Amber deserved better
best show ever
No Ben is Glory I would have expected that to be here tbh
You mean there's some kind of connection between Ben and Glory???? İs everyone very stoned??
Like #700 for the badass nostalgia 😎😎😎
Thanks for the new video MsMojo and hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙
Normal again messed me up thinking about it.
The Body is the most authentic episdoe in BTVS. most raw most gut punching episode.
no music, no supernatrual elements,
just raw emotion of people trying to cope with the most human aspect of life, death.
I give you credit: It took you till number 6 before you got to somebody dying. One could throw together a list just consisting of disturbing deaths in the show (Jonathan's was good), but did well in deciding that Joyce's came top.
One might include Buffy turning to Spike a while on from the rape attempt, which they managed to act believably even in a musical setting; also Buffy revealing that she'd been pulled back to life out of Heaven.
Watching the Dawn reveal for the first time really felt like you missed some episodes 😂😂
"Warrens death" In my case. Happy sunday afternoon , Jen. Take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.
Spike was a better character than Angel.
Much better character with far more agency and a more interesting arc.
Everything important happens to Angel through no real choice or action of his own. Spike, in contrast, is a clear product of his choices (even becoming a vampire is something he wants because it gave him the power to save his sick mom, albeit that didn’t work out like he planned.) The only thing that sort of just happens to Spike is the Initiative neutering him, and even then, it is a consequence of his actions of returning to Sunnydale to try and kill Buffy yet again. But certainly anything around the presence of his soul (both giving it up and seeking it out to reclaim it) are Spike’s choice, whereas they always just ever happen to Angel/Angelus by forces outside his control.
Characters with agency will always be more interesting than characters who are purely victims of fate.
Buffy losing her mother is heartbreaking along with Tara getting shot
I've lost count decades ago as to how many times I've seen the show, so the shock value is gone on this show, but the entertainment value still stands. This is a good list. I think I'd switch my order around and take #'s 10 & 8 off the list and replacing #8 with Jonathan's season 4 moment and #10 with Buffy in heaven and #4 with Spike getting his soul. And even then I would still not have the numbers as is. Mine would be:
10. Buffy dies/Sacrifices herself
9. My number 10 (Buffy announces she was in heaven)
8. this list's number 9 (Dawn's arrival)
7. The bathroom scene (a soulless vampire used by a depressed Buffy. The real shocker was that "it" was shown onscreen, which is why its lower on my list)
6. My replacement for number 8 (Jonathan making himself famous)
5. Joyce's death (not really shocking to me as it was announced by the episode before and the teaser at the the end of said episode. It was more a denial moment for me, which is different than shocking, but also... the denial makes it somewhat shocking).
4. Spike's soul restored
3. Angel's soul taken away
2. Jenny's death (not quite as out of nowhere as #1, but just enough to put as #2 on the list)
1. Tara's death (so out of nowhere it has no choice to be the #1 of shocking)
I get emotional in different ways over the entire show still, in different ways (including these moments) but this was my list when it aired. But the shock value isn't there, anymore, after 27 years. AtS would effect this list, as well.
Jonathan being sacrificed on the seal should have been an honourable mention IMO.
Yeah *Normal Again* still has me confused😕
I'd like to think her life as the Slayer is real.
Angel’s death in season 2 finale deserves at least honourable mention
While I understand why it bothers so many people, including the actors involved, I think the SA scene with Spike is a necessary component of his character arc and the overall Spuffy plot of the final 2 seasons. I can’t discuss why without going into plot so consider this a spoiler warning.
Spike is introduced as an evil character. In the course of several failed attempts to kill Buffy, and subsequently being effectively neutered to being non-violent by the Initiative, he falls in love with Buffy, or at least he thinks he does (what he really does is fall in lust with Buffy, but being evil/soulless, he isn’t capable of being in love.) He discovers he can be violent if the target of the violence is a demon (aka evil) so he joins with Buffy because it lets him act out his violent desires on her enemies while also allowing him to be close to his, for lack of a better word, crush. He even is self-sacrificing on her behalf, and as such, he starts to see himself as a good being. At this point, Buffy also begins to see the possibility of real goodness in him. But Buffy’s sacrifice to save Dawn and her subsequent revival in season 6 opens another possibility, as Spike becomes her only ally that she can trust with secret of why she seems so despondent after her revival. This closeness leads Spike to confront Buffy about his feelings, and, following a bit of violence between the two that feels more like foreplay, they sleep together.
Their relationship continues until Buffy has the realization that she doesn’t (and really, at this point, can’t) love Spike. While never explicitly stated, Spike’s lack of a soul prevents her from ever really loving him, and as such, she is only using him as a source of comfort/pleasure while dealing with her post revival mood. Spike does not take that news well, and after she rebukes his advances more than once, the infamous bathroom scene occurs.
The main story function of this scene is it crystalizes for Spike why Buffy can’t love him and why he really can’t love Buffy, no matter how much he wants her. His lack of a soul makes his want of her entirely selfish, and this is laid bare for both us as the audience and him as a character in that bathroom scene. Buffy, however, always knew this about him, which is why she never loved him and was only using him (her words.) All of this sets him on his subsequent plot of trying to become someone Buffy could actually love, and drives him to win his soul back, which comes at the cost of being tortured for all the evil things he’d done. This allows for his redemption arc as well as the possibility for Buffy and Spike to have a genuine relationship instead of being the user and the one who doesn’t mind being used.
I am not saying James was in any way wrong for choosing to never shoot another SA scene again after it, and I think the fact that it makes so many people uncomfortable shows that for a show with a supernatural premise it was remarkably well grounded when dealing with how it depicts something like SA. But my main argument is that it is the inciting event on Spike’s path to redemption and without something so intensely horrible and selfish, he wouldn’t have seen himself for what he really was at that point in the story.
This deserves more likes
Spike's path to redemption does not excuse the SA. Spike knew about those Demon trials all the time he was thirsty for Buff & probably before he even got to Sunnydale. Could have done trials anytime.
@@Kentrc11 This is tricky, because while you might be right (I honestly don’t know for sure when he first knew of the trials; my memory was that he finds out about them after the SA, but maybe he always knew the rumors about them and only found out the specifics after?) I don’t think it matters because my whole point was he would never have had the motivation to undergo the trials until after the SA even if he did know of them before, because it was only in that moment (the SA) that Spike realizes:
1) Buffy will never love him as he is
2) Buffy was very serious when she called off their sexual relationship; considering that so much of their sexual relationship was antagonistic and violent to that point I think there’s a real argument to be made that Spike was confusing the SA for foreplay and only understood what he did as wrong by how forcefully Buffy stopped him and following the stop by confronting him with “ask me again why I could never love you”.
3) What Spike felt for Buffy up to that point was too selfishly motivated to ever really be love, and as such, that he was incapable of truly loving anyone unless he went on the path of redemption.
Ultimately, I think the best comparison might be to an addict who has to hit rock bottom before they can accept their addiction for what it is and begin a road to recovery (side note- considering that addiction is a theme that runs through season 6, I think this as Spike’s rock bottom moment works even better.)
There is nothing redemptive about the SA itself, but I do think it is a necessary part of his redemptive arc as his rock bottom moment that inspired true change rather than merely performative change. And since his redemptive arc begins before the SA, I include it as a part of his arc, despite it also being a completely despicable act on his part that is in no way redemptive in and of itself.
@@chloemchll3774 No. A person improving themselves does not give them a pass to do SA. Full stop.
@@Kentrc11 Agreed- I said it doesn’t justify it or excuse it as an act; I was mainly trying to justify its inclusion in the story as being necessary to making his character arc more believable, not in anyway trying to justify the act itself.
As for whether or not improving yourself after hitting rock bottom should “give them a pass”, I think again you are missing the point; Spike absolutely doesn’t get a “pass” in the series- what he gets is Buffy giving him a chance to prove he is a better person now, which is different than getting a pass and ultimately, I think that’s kind of up to the wronged party. Again, think of my alcoholic analogy, but this time change the rock bottom event from being causing an accident while DUI to hitting your spouse or child because you lost control while drunk- choosing to get better doesn’t excuse the bad act, but whether or not the drunk deserves forgiveness is much more up to the wronged party. If they don’t get it, that’s a consequence of their actions. If they get it (like Spike does from Buffy) then it should still by no means be forgotten and their future actions will be colored by the lens of the past bad deeds.
I love Giles.❤
Please start making top 10s for Angel
Warren's death is far more shocking then Jonathan's attempted suicide,
The craziest thing about "The Body" and Joyce's passing iz the fact that Dawn's existence created her aneurism and ultimately created her death. It was her mind's reaction to the monks magically inserting the memories of the key's (Dawn) existence. Watching the series for the umpteenth time, i was so relieved that they never explored that and expressed it to Dawn 😓
Season 5 IS the best season for so many reasons 🤧
Commenting because I want to watch this but lack the emotional strength rn
I freaking hate that attempted SA scene. It's disgusting especially in a show a lot of teens watched. It should never have been filmed in the first place.
When I read the title, I came up with 10 moments that I thought would make the list. I'm happy to say that, with the inclusion of the honorable mentions, all of my guesses appeared in the video.
Although, I do think that Warren's death should have been much higher. That's top 5 for me.
I'm also glad that you included the bathroom scene. That was on my list too, but part of me thought that you might not mention it. People seem to want to forget that that happened. SA is something that occurs both in real life and on TV. Trying to sweep it under the rug isn't going to make it go away.
We love Buffy The Vampire Slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar she's awesome and HOT ASFLIP 🥵🔥❤️
Some of these are not shocking. The honorable mentions were better than some of the ones you included in the main list.
As with the series, MsMojo forgot Kendra Young the vampire slayer. Kendra evolved with the Scoobies & it was shocking Drusilla took her out. Worst, Willow could have resurrected Kendra like Buffy.
Why did she keep pronouncing Angel's evil name like 'Angeles'? It's Angelus, like: ann jealous. Or am I remembering it wrong?
as a mega Buffy fan, what do I have to say about "seeing red"...🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
What's more on topic of earshot n Jonathan was it's similarly to Columbine
Especially when you consider that Earshot’s originally scheduled air date was the week of Columbine (in other words, Columbine had no influence on the writing or production of this episode) and the network chose to hold the episode until the summer causing that season to effectively air out of order.
That said, the specifics are not exactly the same, and in reality, Earshot’s plot has more in common with the real life story that inspired the Pearl Jam song Jeremy (which tells the story of a real bullied kid who shot himself in front of his whole class but, like Jonathan, never intended to hurt anyone but himself.)
I think the timing of the two (Columbine and Earshot) made people connect them.
Jonathan was going to kill himself .... with a sniper rifle? 😳
Maybe it was the only gun he was able to get?
@@jp3813 ....... so, getting a gun is the only way a student .... who generally isn't expected to have much money ....... can kill themselves?
Just out of curiosity, what kind of name is Buffy?
Joss is said to have chosen it because it sounds like what an idiot cheerleader from the Valley would be named, and his intent was always subverting the expectations of the monster horror genre (even as far back as the movie, and especially with the TV show.)
@@chloemchll3774 oh. Thanks.
Who wrote this script? They have a bunch of stuff wrong. Whomever wrote it probably didn’t watch the entire series.
Buffy ended at season five. Season six? Don't know her tbh
It was supposed to end at Season 5; but apparently they managed to bring her back for 2 more seasons. They even managed to bring her back in some comic books.
You showed a little too much of *that scene*. Pretty unnecessary.
Tara was horrible.
#10 The last good episode of BTVS
#9 The apperance of the SCRAPPY DOO of the show was this whiny little bitch
#8 One of the show's best episodes
#7 The perfect metaphor for "The guy who doesn't call after you sleep with him"
#6 She was a useless character anyway
#5 The moment in the show that told the audiecne "NO ONE IS SAFE EVEN IF YOU'RE IN THE MAIN CAST" This was the Red Wedding of the 90s and made my jaw hit the floor.
#4 A great moment in the 100th episode
#3 A scene so terrible and disgusting and betrays the show that even Spike himself James Marsters walk off the set in disgust.
#2 This should've been the end of the show as it was a perfect ending
Honorable mentions:
Xander saves Willow was so forced
Faith and Buffy's Freaky Friday was awesome
This show had lost all credibility at this point that killing Warren was the least shocking
The restoration of Spike's soul was just another example of running out of ideas
#1 The most heartbreaking and powerful moment of TV I have ever witnessed.
Dawn was incredibly annoying on the show. Wished she didn’t appear on the show
I agree. Adding a new character is usually the sign of a downfall
finding out she was in heaven and not in hell
We all knew Joyce would be number 1.
Tara's death was the most surprising moment for me. And it was made even more traffic because Amber Benson never returned to the show afterwards.