The name "Buffy"

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Did we ever find out why any of the peeps were named what they were??? I've always wondered if Xander was really named Xander or Alexander. Does anyone know???
 
FredreF said:
Did we ever find out why any of the peeps were named what they were??? I've always wondered if Xander was really named Xander or Alexander. Does anyone know???
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I'm pretty sure it was Alexander. . . wasn't it? 'Cause in "Tabula Rasa" he found out he was called Alexander; and Dawn kept calling him "Alex".
 
Yeah Xander's proper name is Alexander. In France they call the character "Alex", maybe its to do with lip sinking or maybe something odd is going on. Xander is a much better name though, much more original.
 
Why was Willow named after a tree? Why was Giles known as Giles not Rupert (well, to the Scoobies...)?

These questions will never be answered... :sigh:
 
MentPatient said:
Why was Giles known as Giles not Rupert (well, to the Scoobies...)?:
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In High School I referred to my teachers by their surname (and title, so like Mr Smith). Guessing they just dropped the Mr and preferred it to Rupert.
 
AshSan said:
In High School I referred to my teachers by their surname (and title, so like Mr Smith). Guessing they just dropped the Mr and preferred it to Rupert.
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They never used "Mr" for Giles on Buffy, did they? The Scoobies I mean? I think it's great. lol. But I'm soo glad they called him "Giles" instead of "Rupert".

I'm not really a fan of the name Rupert per-say, lol.
 
ProphecyGirl said:
Xander's middle name is Lavelle, did we ever find out why? :heee:
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Hmm. . . I actually don't think so. I think we were just told it, LOL.

Joss sure has an interesting bunch of names in his head, huh?

I really wonder what he'd name his child one day, LOL.
 
Speaking of names did any one else p*** them selves laughing when they heard "Randy Giles... Why not just call me Horn Giles or desperate for a shag Giles"
 
erm no i never because i don't think I've ever heard that. Where did you hear it?
 
Hey, it's late so I haen't checked the whole thread so if this has alrayd been said, I'm just backing it up...

Buffy is a hebrew name, it means Saviour...which fits perfectly for what our Buffy is. Hmm I wonder if Jesus had been a girl, if they would have called him that...
 
I'm not really adding anything new, but I happen to be writing an essay at the moment, and part of it sort of applies to this topic.

"Buffy fans, though it's not unusual among cult interest groups, tend to feel the need to "convert" non Buffy fans. Buffy fans are affectionately possessive about their show, and tend to introduce it to people they feel "deserve it." I know I do. You know what makes it hard? Not just that the lead character's name is Buffy. Not just that she's a Vampire Slayer. But that the show is called "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."

Undeniably, snobbery about the name (and the misleadingly simple premise it suggests) eventually cost the show audience share, awards and the credibility it desperately deserved. That became sadly evident when The Body, a monumental piece of television that topped nearly every critics' top ten for the year, wasn't even considered for an Emmy. From the start, the network reportedly put pressure on Whedon to use a different title. ("Slayer" and "Buffy" were both acceptable to them, just not simultaneously...) The name was already chained to a failed movie, and aside from the humour inherent in it, it's a campy title, not at all indicative of the grim tone the show quickly came to revel in. Joss Whedon is not a stupid man, nor was he a newcomer to the machinations of Hollywood. His fledgling show was a season half timer: the final shot in Prophecy Girl could very easily have been the final shot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He knew that he was fighting for a title that would severely restrict the shows potential audience, when the odds were stacked against even it's short term survival anyway. Why make such an enormous gamble? Whedon has implied that the name was intended to be an obstacle; that anybody unwilling to watch a show purely based on the name wasn't "invited to the party". The idea suggests either a rather staggering arrogance on the part of a man who once promised an "all nude, all-gay Buffy" (Along with an "18 million dollar Zeppelin fight over Neptune") or a more deliberate motive. What Whedon was doing, in effect, was screening out people who wouldn't have come to the show with an open mind. The world he'd created was his world, and by keeping the title, he was ensuring that the people who came straight into it were prepared to embrace every single aspect of it. As a consequence, most Buffy fans came to the show because they were introduced to it by somebody else, and many were indeed initially deterred by the name. I discovered Buffy through the monthly rave reviews of tv magazines, and most fans can tell you something similar. Rather than syndication to stations like the BBC, who clearly had no idea what they were dealing with, or it's nice, but schizophrenic marketing, word-of-mouth, and unprecedented support from the internet built Buffy. Whedon has always said that Buffy Summers was designed to be an Icon. What Whedon has not explicitly said is that he also designed the fanbase, from the start, to be a Cult."
 
VampireSlayer72 said:
Yes... I went to school with somebody named Buffy.
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Really? Thats awesome!

I think Buffy's just an uncommon name, and Joss wanted to have an uncommon name for a show...at least thats what I think.
 
i think so too. but other than being uncommon, it's also rather well.. ridiculous lol. it's funny, it's girly. i mean, how many people will take you seriously if you tell themyour name is buffy? and joss wanted to show that the person who carried the name isthe exact opposite.
 
Plus Buffy was designed to be a Valley Girl.

I read somewhere that Buffy means "bunny". Which is odd because Anya hates bunnies. Hm and she was an ex-demon. Maybe Anya and other demons hate bunnies, because it represents Buffy and how she will wipe out all demons on earth one day.

I rambled a bit........................................

Jill's post got me thinking... I should go to a college that teaches a course on Buffy. There are plenty out there. I could be that obsessed fanatic who sits in the front of the class answering all the questons and who mocks the others for their lack of Buffy knowledge and useless interpretations.
 
Well as most know, the character Buffy was insipired by all those little blonde girl's in monster movies that are always killed. I think he wanted to change that. Instead of the man saving the blonde girl, the blonde girl is saving the man. You have to admit, when you hear the name "Buffy" you think of a blonde, valley-girl. I know a bunch of people that can't even get the name out with out laughing.
 
I think all the names in buffy are just great. I mean: Buffy, Dawn, Willow, Xander. They all sound so mysterious! I think Joss just wanted names that sounded a little diffrent and that you remember. I mean everyone remebers the name Buffy.
 
The thing is, most names mean something in films and telly nowadays. For a dark and mysterious show they'll all be called Raven and Ebony, you know?

So I think it's nice to have the name Buffy on a show like this. It's amusing. A normal, girly name for someone who beats the crap out of vampires and demons. Why not?
 
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