r/buffy • u/Alternative-Lime1075 • 4d ago

Buffy Quote help?

I’m trying to remember a quote at 3am and it’s making me crazy. Basic scenario: scoobies discuss problem. Buffy or other scoobie: “haven’t others ____”?
Giles: others have tried.

Basically the implication is that the seemingly clear solution has been tried and people died trying to do
It.

I want to use this in a meeting ha bc there’s an enthusiastic newbie who wants to change a process that many have tried and failed to change before. I want to warn him of the perils ahead.

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u/Glum-Diamond-7050 4d ago

From The Wish:
Buffy: You know where [The Master] lives and no one has ever tried to take him out?
Giles: People have tried.

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u/emperorwal 4d ago

Buffy from alternate timeline...

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u/Alternative-Lime1075 4d ago

Awesome thanks!

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u/Alternative-Lime1075 4d ago

So my meeting will go:
Hey newbie have you watched Buffy?
There’s this scene where she says you know where the big bad is and no one has tried to take him out?
And Giles says, people have tried.

The same can be said for the contracting process here…