BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - Season 2 Tournament

[urbanlegend23]

SEASON TWO TOURNAMENT

Welcome Buffy fans! We've endured a season five, four and three tournament, and now it's time to find out the best episode of season two!

ROUND 1 - MATCH 1

2.1 WHEN SHE WAS BAD

The one where Buffy is a bitch to her mates after killing The Master.

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vs.

2.11 TED

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When She Was Bad (9/10) is better than Ted (8.5/10). Sarah Michelle Gellar was terrific, and the episode was a lot more meaningful and powerful...though Ted is underrated and does not get the respect and attention it deserves.

[JCR]

I vote for When she was bad 9/10. I love the fact the main character is shown to be flawed and the willow/xander scene in the start is really cute. Although the fact the villain 1 is called Colin the annointed one and villain 2 is threatening to turn people into a sticky paste does rather suggest whedon needed to cut down on the monty python. Which of course he didn't. Ted (6.5/10), well, John Ritter was great but I just thought it was a total cop out that ted did turn out to be a demon (well robot) rather than a real man. Cool robot effects though.



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Ted

[Hucksta G]

WHEN SHE WAS BAD

[FilmBuff84]

I though Ted was cool, but WHEN SHE WAS BAD was better. That dance Buffy does with Xander, nice!

[urbanlegend23]

BUMPADEEFUCKINGBUMPBUMPBUMP!!!!

[Pumpkinhead]

When She Was Bad (9/10) is a bit better than Ted (8/10). I love both, but I can't take a fun standalone episode like Ted over a dark, intriguing episode like When She Was Bad, athough admittedly, John Ritter was damn creepy as Ted.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

When she was bad, mostly for the dance scene with Xander. Both were pretty good eps tho. (probably a 7.5 each)

[urbanlegend23]

When She Was Bad wins 6-0. Where is everyone? Have people lost interest in the Buffy tournies? Is the voter points a good or bad idea? I think it might be driving people away...give your views.

Meanwhile...

ROUND 1 - MATCH 2

2.2 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

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vs.

2.12 BAD EGGS

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Both 6.5/10, I'll vote for Some Assembly Required. They both are weak episodes though.

[someguy]

Yes I think the voter points are a bit foolish. I wanted to vote on Buffy episodes not compete with other voters.

Although Bad Eggs got a 7(entertaining peisode to me-a bit fun) and Some Assembly got a 6.5(very boring) so my vote goes to Bad Eggs.

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[JCR]

Yeah I have to say this voter points thing is too hard- maybe I just kept looking in the wrong place but I spent a good 1.5 hours the other day hunting for images from when she was bad and couldn't find any.

Anyway, Some assembly required and bad eggs are both 6/10 imo. Bad eggs was just very silly with a crappy looking monster and those moronic vamps. Assembly was a rip off of Bride of Frankenstein to the extent I wondered why universal weren't sueing mutant enemy the first time I saw it. However it has some good moments and takes it for that line where giles questions why americans need so much padding to play rugby alone. Strange that they didn't copy the best bit in bride though- where the bride is finished but rejects the male monster, I guess that would have meant removing cordys head, but still, they copied most of the rest of the film. I vote for Some assembly required

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[urbanlegend23]

Ok, I actually agree with you guys. Oh well, sounded like a good idea at the time!

VOTER POINTS ARE OFF!

2-1 Some Assembly Required in the lead. Keep the votes coming guys!

[Pumpkinhead]

I'd also give them both 6/10, but I'll vote for Bad Eggs since there were some fun/creepy moments (love the scene where the creature sprouts out of Cordy's backpack).

[Ghostface 2000]

Some Assembly Required

[EDsoulsurvive*]

yeah no offense but i didnt really like the voter point thing. It added an unecessary hastle to the tournie.

Anyway, I vote for Bad Eggs. I personally thought it was a great episode. I loved the Buffy/Xander scenes.

[urbanlegend23]

It's a tie! Oooh...

THE NEXT VOTE IS THE DECIDER. DO NOT VOTE AFTER THE NEXT VOTE!

[Pumpkinhead]

Long overdue bump.

Come on, there's gotta be more people out there who want to vote in this thing. I guess it just goes to show how underappreciated a show Buffy is - a board with thousands of members, and we can't even get seven votes in a Buffy tournament.

[Countess]

I'll vote.

Bad Eggs

[Black_Cherry]

'Bad Eggs' - but these are two of my least fav episodes! Lets get on with this boys and girls - get to the good eps!

Glad 'When She Was Bad' won (go Cibo Matto's 'Sugar Water'!!!)

[urbanlegend23]

This tournie has been resurrected! Since the last match got some interest, I'm confident we'll be able to get this show back on the road.

Bad Eggs won that round 5-3, and goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 3

2.3 SCHOOL HARD

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vs.

2.13 SURPRISE

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My vote is definitely for Surprise, it's so damn underrated.

[JCR]

School Hard. It just rocks. Spike is just everything you're traditional dracula style vamps are not, giving the series a huge kick up the arse, and dru is actually unnerving here- the fact she's got a obviously put on bad accent adds to the character's insanity imo. 10/10 it just rocks.

[Black_Cherry]

I like Surprise. It's a really great epidode and funny as hell! Great moments between Oz and Willow and Xander & Cordelia. And of course who could forget "don't you look spiffy". "Spiffy?". haha. Good shit.

[Pumpkinhead]

Even though Surprise boasts one of the best endings ever, I'm gonna go with School Hard.

[MickeyKnox]

School Hard

[zZaNuBiZz]

SURPRISE

[someguy]

Vote easy

School hard

[urbanlegend23]

Cool to see lots of voters back!

School Hard won that round 4-3, and goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad and Bad Eggs.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 4

2.4 INCA MUMMY GIRL

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vs.

2.14 INNOCENCE

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No-brainer...Innocence.

[someguy]

What does that do?

Innocence

[Ghostface 2000]

Innocence - I mean Rocket Launcher Buffy, it was great.

[JCR]

Innocence. I'm surprised Boreanaz isn't cast as a horror movie bad guy more often- he's very good at it.

[urbanlegend23]

Innocence is winning obviously. Keep the votes coming, we only need a couple more...

[FilmBuff84]

Innocence all the way.

[Pumpkinhead]

Another vote for Innocence.

[zZaNuBiZz]

Innocence:cool:

[Countess]

Innocence.

"What's that do?" - Judge upon seeing Buffy wielding the rocket launcher.

[urbanlegend23]

Innocence kicked ass in that round, winning 8-0. It goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad. School Hard and Bad Eggs.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 5

2.5 REPTILE BOY

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vs.

2.15 PHASES

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Another no-brainer. Reptile Boy is easily one of the worst episodes ever made, Phases isn't exactly great but it is much better than the crapola they call Reptile Boy.

[JCR]

Phases. Although I didn't think reptile boy was that bad- OK the big snake down in the college boy's basement was a really bad metaphor, but some of it was good- the line '...and maybe catch an orgy?' and Cordy 'really listening' to the boys are really funny. Phases still takes it though-the Xander/larry bits are so good.

I do wonder why they had several scenes around the time of Reptile boy where cordy refused to believe angel was a vamp but they never gave us a pay off scene where she found out he was (well, not counting spin the bottle)- that was rather pointless.

[urbanlegend23]

She found out in "Halloween", but I know what you mean by us not getting a BIG payoff scene.

This one is going slowly. Anymore votes?

[someguy]

Phases

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........











Willow

[EDsoulsurvive*]

I actually liked Reptile Boy so im gunna give it my sympathy vote.

[Kimmy]

phases

[Countess]

Phases

[Pumpkinhead]

Phases, although I don't think Reptile Boy is that bad. There are some decent scenes, especially Willow telling off Giles and Angel - one of the first times we ever see her lose her temper.

[urbanlegend23]

Phases blew Reptile Boy out of the water, winning 5-1. It goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad. School Hard, Bad Eggs and Innocence.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 6

2.6 HALLOWEEN

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vs.

2.16 BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED

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It's definitely the great and extremely underrated Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered for me. I like Halloween, but find it is a bit overrated.

[someguy]

You are a meanie urban. I love both of these episodes and you put them together in a match. You big meanie! ;)

I will have to vote for Bewitched though.

[Countess]

Like them both but I give my vote to Halloween.

[Horror whore]

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered -- Possibly the funniest episode ever.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

BBB, i caught a rerun recently and it was better than I'd remembered.

[JCR]

I vote for Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. I'm not overly fond of halloween, although I loved the prisoner reference at the end.

[urbanlegend23]

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered kicked ass and then some, winning 5-1. It goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad. School Hard, Bad Eggs, Innocence and Phases.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 7

2.7 LIE TO ME

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vs.

2.17 PASSION

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They're both excellent, but Passion is definitely better - one of my top 15 episodes!

[JCR]

Arrgh they're both great episodes. Passion takes it, just.

[Pumpkinhead]

P A S S I ON

One of the most powerful, and best Buffy episodes.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

Passion. No contest.

[FilmBuff84]

Passion here.

[Boba Joe]

Passion

[urbanlegend23]

Passion rocked the house down, easily taking that round out 6 votes to ZERO! Ha! It goes to Round 2 with When She Was Bad. School Hard, Bad Eggs, Innocence, Phases and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 8

2.8 THE DARK AGE

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vs.

2.18 KILLED BY DEATH

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Neither of these Rob Des Hotel/Dean Batali episodes are great, but The Dark Age is just better than that piece of shit they call Killed by Death.

[JCR]

Killed by death.

[Boba Joe]

The Dark Age

[Pumpkinhead]

I love both of these episodes, but I'm going to vote for Killed by Death, probably the most underrated Buffy episode, because I know it's going to lose.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

Killed By Death. My full commitment to Buffy began at about this ep. It scared me too.

[Kimmy]

can't remember what the dark age is about, but i do remember that killed by death was pretty awsome

so i'll pick killed by death

[urbanlegend23]

Surprisingly Killed by Death won that match 4-2! It goes to round 2---When She Was Bad. School Hard, Bad Eggs, Innocence, Phases, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and Passion.

[U]ROUND 1 - MATCH 9/U]

2.9 WHAT'S MY LINE, PART ONE

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vs.

2.19 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

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Both episodes are good, but IOHE4U is a CLASSIC! It's truly a great - one of the best, and it gets my vote!

[JCR]

I vote for what's my line 1.

This is petty but the reason I don't like IOHEFY is the 'jasmine- night blooming' scene. I can't watch that without being reminded that about 2 seasons of angel plots were 'birth pains' for the lamest big bad in franchise history!

[urbanlegend23]

Keep the votes coming!!

[someguy]

I actually found Eyes to be very mediocre. I give my vote to [b]What's My line?[/i]

[EDsoulsurvive*]

I love them both. It's a tough decision, but I'm voting for I Only Have Eyes For You.

[t3h Qster]

I only have eyes for you :)

[urbanlegend23]

I Only Have Eyes For You won that match 3-2. Only five votes? Oh well, it goes to round 2---When She Was Bad. School Hard, Bad Eggs, Innocence, Phases, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Passion and Killed by Death.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 10

2.10 WHAT'S MY LINE, PART TWO

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vs.

2.20 GO FISH

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I don't like Go Fish, but I love What's My Line, Part Two, so my vote definitely goes to the tenth ep of the season.

[someguy]

I vote for uh...............LINE!

[JCR]

Line part 2

[EDsoulsurvive*]

no contest... LINE PT 2!

Kendra rocked!

[urbanlegend23]

I'll stop the match now because it doesn't look like we're gonna get anymore voters, but I have to wonder if there is a point continuing into round 2. No-one seems to be interested in these Buffy tournies anymore.

ROUND 1 - MATCH 11

2.21 BECOMING, PART I

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vs.

2.22 BECOMING, PART II

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These episodes are two of my absolute favourites. Becoming, Part I falls into my top 15 but Becoming, Part II is in my top 5. I'm gonna second the second part a vote.

[someguy]

Becoming Part 2

It's all about the scene where Xander tells Willow he loves her. Gets me everytime.

[JCR]

Becoming 2. Because the spike/joyce 'you hit me over the head with an axe once' scene was the best scene in the series. Ever.

(Well OK maybe it's 50/50 with the 'jeez Xander is that all you think about?' scene in earshot but it's still great)

[Ghostface 2000]

Becoming Pt 2

[urbanlegend23]

Remember when we used to get like 10 votes a match?

Ah, those were the days...

[EDsoulsurvive*]

Becoming pt 1.

a-hah!

[Countess]

Becoming Part II

[t3h Qster]

becoming part 1

[MickeyKnox]

BECOMING, PART I

[urbanlegend23]

Becoming, Part II wins 5-3.

The episodes that qualify for round 3:

When She Was Bad
School Hard
What's My Line, Part II
Bad Eggs
Innocence
Phases
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
Passion
Killed by Death
I Only Have Eyes For You

ROUND 2 - MATCH 1

2.1 WHEN SHE WAS BAD

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vs.

2.16 BEWITCHED, BOTHERED & BEWILDERED

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Both great episodes, but my vote is going to the hilarious Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered.

VOTE AWAY!!

[FilmBuff84]

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered for me.

[someguy]

BB&B for me

[EDsoulsurvive*]

I agree, its gotta be B,B,&B.

[urbanlegend23]

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered winning 4-0. Keep the votes coming.

[Del]

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Buffy: I seem to be having a slight case of nudity here.
Oz: But you're not a rat. So call it an upside.

Angelus: Dear Buffy. I'm still trying to decide the best way to send my regards.
Spike: Why don't you rip her lungs out? It might make an impression.
Angelus: Lacks... poetry.
Spike: It doesn't have to. What rhymes with lungs?

:D

[MickeyKnox]

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered

[JCR]

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered

[urbanlegend23]

Bewitched wins 7-0. Great to see support for the tourney coming back! Keep em votes coming!

ROUND 2 - MATCH 2

2.12 BAD EGGS

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vs.

2.15 PHASES

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I'm not a big fan of either episode, but Phases is better than the deeply average Eggs.

[JCR]

Phases

[Del]

Phases

Willow: Great. I'll give Xander a call. What's his number? Oh, yeah, 1- 800-I'm-Dating-A-Skanky-Ho.

Oz: Aunt Maureen. Hey, it's me. Um, what? Oh! It's, uh... actually it's healing okay. That's pretty much the reason I called. Um, I wanted to ask you something. Is Jordy a werewolf? Uh-huh. And how long has that been going on? Uh-huh. What? No, no reason. Um... Thanks. Yeah, love to Uncle Ken.

:D

[EDsoulsurvive*]

i really like both eps... it seems like Phases is going to shut out, so I vote Bad Eggs.

[Boba Joe]

Phases

[starcat]

definately phases

[Countess]

Phases

[omegarich]

bad eggs

[urbanlegend23]

Phases wins 6-2.

ROUND 2 - MATCH 3

2.3 SCHOOL HARD

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vs.

2.18 KILLED BY DEATH

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I think School Hard is overrated but its got nothing on the crappy Killed by Death. My vote is definitely for School Hard.

[JCR]

School Hard.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

damnit I love both but I have to vote Killed by Death. It confirmed my loyalty of Buffy back in the day

[omegarich]

Two truly great episodes. I will choose KbD because that was thee boogie man that hid under your bed/in your closet.

[dannywalker17]

School Hard

[Ghostface 2000]

school hard

[bowieee]

KILLED BY DEATH

I hate hospitals and I hate invisible boogeymen type myths. They freak me out. So in short this episode gave me the heebie jeebies more than any other one so far so I vote for it.

[Tagia_Romero]

Killed By Death. I appreciated the fact that most of the episode was silent and the gentlemen were quite memorable creatures.

[AliLarterFan]

Killed By Death!!!!

[FilmBuff84]

Killed By Death

[EDsoulsurvive*]

is it safe to say Killed by Death wins 6-4?
everyone game for another round?

[JCR]

But...................I thought this forum was for wrestling only?

;)

[EDsoulsurvive*]

what the fuck is wrestling?

:confused: :D

[Kimmy]

killed by death