"Respect the cruller. And tame the donut!"

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

Oh my God. So...I was searching for a certain quote from a Woody Allen movie for my paper when I stumbled across a quote from Magnolia.

"Respect the c*ck...and tame the c*nt. Tame it."

And I thought, wow, that sounds a lot like a line Xander says in OMWF, except regarding a donut...so I looked into it...

and lo and behold, it is a reference to Magnolia!

From TV.com:

Xander: Respect the cruller. And tame the donut!

This line is an homage to the film Magnolia in which Tom Cruise's character, Frank T.J. Mackey says...

"Respect the c*ck. And tame the c*nt. Tame it."

DAMN, Xander! I guess Anya was the only one that got that one!

I can't believe I never caught this rather offensive reference before.

Anyone else ever notice this?

 

[TheCheese]

There are a lot of cleverly disguised messages in Buffy like that. In the epp where they are going to burn Buffy at the stake, they quote Joan Crawford. They reference "Faster Pussycat: Kill Kill Kill" and about a million other obscure pop culture things, such as the episode of Star Trek: TNG where the Enterprise is caught in a temporal anomaly, the fact that noone liked Timothy Dalton as James Bond, etc. etc.

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

There are a lot of cleverly disguised messages in Buffy like that. In the epp where they are going to burn Buffy at the stake, they quote Joan Crawford. They reference "Faster Pussycat: Kill Kill Kill" and about a million other obscure pop culture things, such as the episode of Star Trek: TNG where the Enterprise is caught in a temporal anomaly, the fact that noone liked Timothy Dalton as James Bond, etc. etc.

No, I know. Buffy is full of delightful little references...I just thought I had got all of them! I feel like a rather bad fan now. I always thought that line was really odd, and now I get it!

 

[TheCheese]

Usually when there is a line like that I don't get I assume it was a reference to something and spend a frantic waste of time looking up something I had no interest in had it not been mentioned in the show I was watching. Sometimes I find delightful things.

Every song in the musical, for example, is a parody on a song from another musical, done in the same style but with completely difference subject matter, or so I am told.

 

[hannahfngrl26]

If that is truly what they were referencing I find that truly offensive. Jeez Xander 🙁 Its actually random though cause I always wondered what he was talking about and then you have Anya who is like "Thats still funny Xand"

 

[Tasha]

LOL I've always wondered about that quote :/

 

[BuffyElevated]

I love how they always pay homage to pop culture with lines like that. 🙂 Like the line in "What's My Line part 2" when Xander was like "I am the bug man, coo coo cachoo" in homage to the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". 😉

 

[Fredsicle]

I read it on IMDb a while ago.
It made me laugh.
There are a lot of suggestive quotes throughout the Buffyverse.
"Can I deny you three times?" Oh, Spike.
As for pop culture: "Back off, Pink Ranger."
This is obviously a Power Ranger reference. <3
"Thanks for the tip, Nostradamus." That crazy old man.
"I am like Vegeta. I used to be a pure Saiyan, and now I fight on the side of Goku." <3 Andrew. That nerd cracked me up.

 

[Washburne]

I'm sure there's loads I haven't noticed. This one I don't feel bad about since I've never seen Magnolia.

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

I never got that one! First, I blamed my English skills, but after watching it in German I still didn't get it. Now that I know what it refers to, I actually find it really funny :lmao:
Yup, I'm immature like that.

 

[sosa lola]

Wow, that's one weird joke. :lol:

 

[MinwaraYana]

I've never known about where that quote came from before. But I sure thought he's talking about sex as soon as I saw the donut. /me has dirty mind. 😀

 

[BuffyElevated]

I had heard about the Magnolia reference before, but I've never seen the movie... I probably never will 'cause I don't like Tom Cruise that much. LOL

 

[sosa lola]

I've never known about where that quote came from before. But I sure thought he's talking about sex as soon as I saw the donut. /me has dirty mind. 😀

I'm reminded of a Spander icon with a spike inside a dount (boy).

 

[Big Damn Hero]

I got the reference but I never understood what a "cruller" was until I went to vegas and saw some.

Look!

 

[ToShanshuInLA]

I forgot about that line until I saw that this thread had new posts. And I burst into laughter. Oh, Xander, you silly fella.

 

[ScoobyGroupie]

Joss says it's a Magnolia reference in the commentary for OMWF. 😛
And I don't wanna believe the parody thing about the episode. *covers eyes and hums* lol

 

[Black Eye Guy]

What is a cruller? (And I don't mean what it is in the reference!)

I see from QC's pic it says it's glazed donut, is that the only difference between it and a donut?

Having read the word donut so many times, it's made me realize I haven't had a donut in yonks, and now really want one, lol!

 

[Connor Holtz]

A cruller is a stick shaped donut. So it fits the homage being semi-phallic in nature.

A picture of a cruller and some donuts:

 

[Kelsey]

Bahahaha, never got it either, but now it's kind of funny.

Oh, Xander.