Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)
School Hard (1997)
Kristine Sutherland: Joyce Summers
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Quotes
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Spike : So. How 'bout this Slayer? Is she tough?
[Cut to Buffy's room. She's standing at her mirror, trying to brush her hair]
Buffy Summers : Ow!
Joyce Summers : What's wrong?
Buffy Summers : I spent a good part of my allowance on this new cream rinse, and it's neither creamy nor rinsey.
Joyce Summers : Life is hard, dear.
Buffy Summers : Don't I know it.
[studies her image critically]
Buffy Summers : Is that a split end?
Joyce Summers : I got the mail.
Buffy Summers : Good.
Joyce Summers : Which included a reminder notice about Parent-Teacher night. Thursday.
Buffy Summers : [in trepidation] That's good.
Joyce Summers : Which you were planning on telling me about...?
Buffy Summers : Oh, for... the last two weeks.
Joyce Summers : Uh-huh. So, what do you think your teachers are gonna tell me about you?
Buffy Summers : Well, I think they'll all agree that I always bring a pen to class, ready to absorb the knowledge.
Joyce Summers : And, uh, this absorption rate? How is it reflected in your homework and test scores?
Buffy Summers : What can you really tell about a person from a test score?
Joyce Summers : Whether or not she's ever going out with her friends again.
[Buffy blanches]
Joyce Summers : Well, I'm looking forward to meeting your new principal.
Buffy Summers : Won't that be something?
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Parent : I'm not waiting for them to open the doors. I'm getting out!
Joyce Summers : Don't be an idiot.
Principal Snyder : I'm beginning to see a certain mother/daughter resemblance.