This was like the lightning round, with Amy coming in and doing a total wipe-out. I see that Amy is to Whedonverse as Roberta is to songs.
1. Who remembers Connery? I mean, Roger Moore was smooth!
Jonathan to Warren in Buffy (“Life Serial”)
Solved by Amy (comment #13).
2. When you die, I can’t hurt you any more.
Niska to Mal in Firefly (“War Stories”)
Solved by Amy (comment #13).
3. Somebody get me a lawyer, because my civil rights have seriously been violated.
Gunn to anyone and everyone in Angel (“Blind Date”)
Solved by Randal Graves (comment #5).
4. You’re like… a trained ape. Without the training.
Simon to Jayne in Firefly (“Jaynestown”)
Solved by Jarred (comment #12).
5. Respect the cruller, and tame the doughnut!
Xander to Anya and the room in general in Buffy (“Once More With Feeling”)
Solved by Evn (comments #9 and 10).
6. Can I say somethin about destiny? Screw destiny!
Fred in Angel (“Offspring”)
Solved by Amy (comment #14).
7. You guys always bring me the very best violence.
Mr. Universe to Mal and crew in Serenity
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #1).
8. I don’t believe in tiny Jewish Santa anymore. (I’ve already told several people this, so it’s easy, but I love it so very, very much. So it’s your extra.)
Buffy to Willow in Buffy (“Listening to Fear”)
Solved by Amy (comment #13) (and she wasn’t one of the people I told, either).
Since nobody got it, here’s the answer to my unofficial question: in Angel Season 3, episode Fredless, Fred’s mom says of her dad (I paraphrase): “he loves all those Alien movies…except the last one. He fell asleep watching that one.”
Oh, yes, I do remember that.