In 3.09 The Wish, Cordelia unwittingly made a wish to vengeance demon Anyanka. She wished that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. Later, Anyanka, admiring her work, said:
“Brave New World. I hope she likes it.”
She’s referring to Aldous Huxley’s science fiction novel Brave New World.
The origin of the phrase “Brave New World” comes from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. In Act 5, Scene 1, Miranda says, “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in’t!”
Related episodes: 3.09 The Wish
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AnyasFloppyEars on January 14th, 2006 at 4:51 am
The Shakespearean quote is fine - the Huxley one is dubious. Huxley’s “Brave new World” was a dystopia; the Buffy-less Sunnydale was just a shambles.