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Buffy’s Trio in When Science Fiction Fans Go Bad List

Thursday 6 August 2009, by Webmaster

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The Trio (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Warren: What the hell is that?
Andrew: Death Star, dude! Wicked, huh?
Jonathan: Uh, thermal exhaust port’s above the main port, numbnuts.
Andrew: For your information, I’m using the Empire’s revised design from Return of the Jedi.
Jonathan: That’s a flawed design!

Fannish Traits: In addition the van with the Death Star mural, dialogue amongst the Trio (Andrew and Jonathan in particular) is a constant stream of science fiction and comic book references (notably, Jonathan claims fluency in Klingon). And their attempts at bank robbery and Slayer killing are pretty much straight out of the supervillain handbook. What Drove Them to Evil: Repeated social, scientific, and mystical missteps, which required the Scooby Gang’s constant meddling. That, and they hoped it would get them girls.

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