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Ethan Rayne says to Buffy in Halloween, “I feel quite moved to make you a deal you can’t refuse.” This is a reference to the 1972 movie The Godfather, in which Don Vito Corleone often uses the phrase, “an offer you can’t refuse”. In Choices, Faith tells the Mayor, “I made him an offer he couldn’t survive”, paraphrasing the famous line. |
| Suggested by: | › Jess |
| Added: | › 26th October 2004 |
| Updated: | › 4th May, 2006 |
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July 1st, 2005 at 5:45 am
The writers on this show are amazing. Most often when a show references a classic line like that, you get something mildly amusing–well, pretty much like Ethan Rayne’s paraphrase. That one is okay humor, but not outstanding. Yet this show is rife with brilliant quips (I’m referring to more than just the paraphrases, of course). “I made him an offer he couldn’t survive.” So unexpected, so fresh.
January 30th, 2006 at 2:07 am
Also, in The Yoko Factor, when Buffy is talking to Forrest in Adam’s cave, Forrest talks about how their family is spread kinda thin. Buffy says something like, “What family? Corleone?” Also a Godfather reference. The Godfather, Don Vito, is the Corleone patriarch (sp?) (until he dies, that is).