Shrimp

POSTED BY: thiefjehat
UPDATED: Friday, April 15, 2005 15:19
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THIEFJEHAT

Thursday, April 7, 2005 8:22 PM

Did anybody else notice Illyria's shrimp comment to Wes regarding the planes she'd traveled to? It seemed so....off. Until I considered that Anya was talking about shrimp in season 4 buffy when attempting to describe alternate realities in the episode Superstar.

Is there a connection between Illyria's comment and Anya's?

Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.

DTUCK

Thursday, April 7, 2005 8:44 PM

Most definately. I believe there is another shrimp reference during the "Lorne's home-dimension" story arc, but not sure.

*goes off to watch DVD's*

Edit: Now I remember! (sort of) There was an episode of Buffy where Halfrek was rambling on about the wishes people have made, and the shrimp universe was one of those she mentioned. (I think, but I haven't slept in 2 days, so I may be experiencing Buffyverse delusions... I've been known to 'remember' episodes that were only fanfics)

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The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

GROUNDED

Thursday, April 7, 2005 9:29 PM

One of the worst jokes in the Buffyverse. Just plain ridiculous.

DTUCK

Friday, April 8, 2005 12:13 AM

But at least there's continuity. And come on! It's shrimp! The very name of the poor little creature inspires uproarous laughter!

*laughs uproarously*

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The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

AMYEL

Friday, April 8, 2005 1:27 AM

Anya first made the shrimp comment in "Superstar". Buffy (starting to realize that their 'Jonathan is a hero' world was kind of off) asked Anya about alternate realities. And Anya mentioned crazy melty world or bendy time world (something like that), and World Without Shrimp, then a world with nothing but shrimp.

The second time it was mentioned was Triangle. Willow did a spell to send Olaf to The Land of the Trolls. Anya told Tara that alternate realities don't always stay in the same place, so they could have missed the troll world and sent him to The World Without Shrimp instead. And then Tara had the great line of "There's a world without shrimp? I'm allergic."

I don't recall anything about shrimp mentioned in any of the Pylea episodes or anything that Halfrek said. I'm pretty sure it was only those two Anya scenes and then the Illyria one.

So there's totally a connection between Anya's comments and Illyria's. But probably nothing more than a shout-out to the long-term Jossverse viewers.

HEB

Friday, April 8, 2005 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by Grounded:
Just plain ridiculous.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I personally liked the shrimp references.

"Anya: "Sure, alternate realities. You could uh, could have like
a world without shrimp. Or with, you know, nothing but shrimp.

Anya: Say you really like shrimp a lot. Or we
could say you don't like shrimp at all."

[Giles nods but keeps eating.]

Anya: "Blah I wish there weren't any shrimp you would say to
yourself."

Buffy: "Stop you're saying it wrong! I think that Jonathan may
be doing something so that he's manipulating the world and
we're all like his pawns."

Anya: "Or prawns."

Buffy stares at Anya.

Buffy: "Stop with the shrimp I am trying to do something here!"

Much like The Bunnies or Joss' frequent references to goats, I think it works.

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Well, my sister's a ship... we had a
complicated childhood
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I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

GROUNDED

Friday, April 8, 2005 11:43 AM

There's nothing wrong with ridiculous comments, of course, but I'm saying the idea is ridiculous.

HEB

Friday, April 8, 2005 12:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Grounded:
There's nothing wrong with ridiculous comments, of course, but I'm saying the idea is ridiculous.

The idea of a world without shrimp?

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Well, my sister's a ship... we had a
complicated childhood
.................
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

THIEFJEHAT

Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:44 PM

Quote:

Much like The Bunnies or Joss' frequent references to goats, I think it works.

Yes. Now that you've called my attention to it, Joss does continue certain themes, though the purpose of them escapes me.

Anya+bunnies for instance:
1. She raises bunnies as a mortal in her origin story in season 7.

2. She sings about bunnies in OMWF.

3. She summons lots of bunnies in Tabula Rasa when under the amnesia spell.

4. She is inspired by the mention of bunnies in the show's finale to go on a kill crazy rampage against the uber-vamps emerging from the high school basement.

I can't recall any mention of goats in either Angel of Buffy with the exception of angel's misplaced phone call in season 5 when he gets the message: You've reached ritual sacrifice! For goats press 1, or say "goats".

But the larger question for me is to know if there's a serious point to the bunnies, goats, and shrimp or is it just Joss being silly?

Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.

MANWITHPEZ

Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:51 PM

Hey! Bonus points for mentioning the phrase "kill crazy rampage"!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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