She was ten. The mark was a hedge fund manager from Buffalo who’d parked his Tesla over two handicapped spots. Peg peeled the fake citation from her notebook, slapped it under his wiper, and watched him curse the sky for a full three minutes before driving off in a huff. Her mother, ever the accountant, had sighed. “That’s fraud, peanut.”
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Screenwriter Brian Sacca has hinted at a potential sequel over the years, though nothing has been officially greenlit. Given the open-ended nature of the finale—Peg finally making real money but losing her soul in the process—there is certainly room for Buffaloed 2: The Debt Strikes Back . Her mother, ever the accountant, had sighed
Now, at twenty-six, Peg sat handcuffed to a radiator in a Buffalo Police substation, her leather jacket smelling like regret and stolen staplers. The charge was “aggravated mischief,” which was just a fancy way of saying she’d repossessed a motorcycle from a deadbeat who happened to be the nephew of a city councilman. The job had been clean. The paperwork had been forged beautifully. The problem, as always, was that Peg couldn’t resist the encore.
She smiled.
Beyond its meme status, "buffaloed" began to take on a deeper cultural significance, symbolizing a sense of resilience and adaptability in the face of adversity. For Buffalonians, being "buffaloed" became a badge of honor, signifying that one had endured the city's harsh winters, eccentricities, and occasional absurdities.