From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
   David wrote:   
   > http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/07/a-definitive-ranking-of-the-11-du   
   best-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-one-off-villains/   
   >   
   > A Definitive Ranking of The 11 Dumbest 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'   
   > One-Off Villains   
   >   
   > 11) Ted -- Season 2 -- "Ted"   
   > This was probably Buffy's biggest cameo in the entire series, shot only   
   > about five years before John Ritter's death (RIP) - and although John   
   > Ritter is great, he deserved better than a sexist robot from the 1950s   
   > who wanted to kidnap Buffy's mom and lock her in an underground bunker.   
   > Ritter would have actually made a perfect Mayor - the season three big   
   > bad - so talk about wasted opportunities.   
      
   Yep, this one stank. Plus it was the forerunner to that "robot-as-plot   
   device"   
   scenario that did not belong in a series about monsters.   
      
   Ritter would have made a great mayor. He can play the laid back   
   character (Hooperman) very well.   
      
   > 10) A Demon Loan-Shark Who Was Literally A Shark -- Season 6 --   
   > "Tabula Rasa"   
   > Overall, "Tabula Rasa" was actually a pretty good episode, which left   
   > the Scooby Gang amnesiac and vulnerable thanks to Willow's magic   
   > fuckuppery - an overall plot arc that season. But it doesn't change the   
   > fact that Spike was being pursued by a demon loan shark. Because he owed   
   > it kittens. What, that doesn't make perfect sense to you?   
      
   This ep was both silly and funny. Not a bad ep, or a bad villain, at all.   
      
   > 9) A Jacket - Season 7 - "Him"   
   > Not only was this a dumb episode, which involved a high school football   
   > player named RJ's enchanted letter jacket which caused women to fall in   
   > love with him - but it featured Dawn at her screechiest, most awful   
   > worst. It did have one somewhat redeeming scene in a multiple panel   
   > montage that involves Willow trying to cast a spell to turn him into a   
   > girl and Anya inexplicably robbing a bank, but on the whole it was a   
   > pretty crappy episode. Especially for a final season episode.   
      
   Yep, a dumb stinker. The only good part was when all the girls tried to   
   impress   
   the doofus. Best scene was Buffy shooting the principal with the bazooka   
   and   
   Spike fighting her for control of the weapon. That really made me laff! :-D   
      
   > 8) Anya's Troll Ex-Boyfriend -- Season 5 -- "Triangle"   
   > Anya and Willow were fighting, because blah blah blah, Anya was Xander's   
   > boyfriend [she was his *BOYFRIEND*???]   
      
   > and Willow was Xander's best friend, and Anya ran the magic  shop and   
   > Willow kept stealing shit to do magic, and then they both screw  up   
   > and release Anya's ex-boyfriend who she formerly turned into a troll.   
   > It wasn't a very good episode.   
      
   Ha! Ha! "Triangle" was a great ep! The troll was her ex-hubby, not   
   ex-boyfriend.   
   And he wasn't much of a villain, more like comedy relief. "Where can I   
   find some   
   babies to eat?"   
      
   > 7) A Reptile-Demon Summoning Fraternity -- Season 2 -- "Reptile Boy"   
   > After shirking her slayer duties to accompany Cordelia to   
   > a frat party, Buffy finally gives in and takes a drink -- but finds   
   > herself and Cordelia drugged and chained into a basement where the   
   > fraternity plans to sacrifice them to a reptile demon. As one does in a   
   > fraternity. Unfortunately for the fraternity, they managed to kidnap the   
   > one high school girl in all of Sunnydale with super powers, so Buffy   
   > quickly ruins their plans.   
      
   Another crapfest. And we got to see a slayer unable to break metal chains.   
   This is the same gal whose boyfriend called, "Spider-Man strong."   
      
   > 6) A Giant Praying Mantis -- Season 1: -- "Teacher's Pet"   
   > When Xander, who is stupid, is presented with the following two   
   > possibilities: That A) his hot teacher is a man-eating bug or that B) a   
   > hot older woman wants to have sex with him - he stupidly goes with   
   > Possibility B despite the fact that he lives in a town full of vampires   
   > and monsters and that his teacher being a giant praying mantis is much   
   > more likely than her wanting to have sex with a dorky high school   
   > student. You can barely even see the bug but I'm pretty sure the costume   
   > came from the Halloween Adventure store. Mmm. Sexy bug.   
      
   Meh... not bad, but not great either.   
      
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