History Angel / TropesFToJ

* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: On three separate occasions, Cordelia's body has been used to grow demons, demon babies and demon messiahs.
** Cordy testily [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, when told she's supposed to mate with the Groosalugg.

-->'''Spike:''' Let's talk, you and me. Demon to demon. *vamps out*
-->'''Dana:''' ''Vampire!'' *whack*

-->'''Spike:''' Sorry luv, I don't speak Chinese.
-->'''Dana:''' ''Is it'' [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E7FoolForLove him?]] *thwack*

-->'''Dana:''' I have to get back to Robin.
-->'''Spike:''' Robin? You think you're Nikki? The Slayer I...
-->'''Dana:''' ''It'' [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E17LiesMyParentsToldMe is]] ''him.'' Heart and head. Keep cutting until dust, ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: Angel's [[EstablishingSeriesMoment very first client]].

* IllKillYou: In the Victorian-era flashbacks of "Five By Five", Darla reacts to Angel's newfound soul the same way a human would to a vampire -- by recoiling in fear and trying to kill him.

-->'''Cordelia''': Well, demonness, anyway. Sure beats horns and a tail.
-->'''Lorne''': ''(offended)'' Hey! I'm standing right here.

-->'''Cordelia:''' Hi Doyle. Are you gonna become loser pining guy, like, full time? 'Cause we already have one of those around the office.
-->'''Angel and Doyle:''' ''Hey!''

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Lorne. The character encompasses many aspects of a [[CampGay stereotypically gay]] man; and he smirks upon mentioning Angel in leather pants. However he later says that the reason he never lived up to the expectations of his ProudWarriorRace is because he was "hanging by the well and chatting up the senoritas". Andy Hallet explained Lorne's sexuality as being closer to omnisexual (figuratively speaking), since he "loves ''all'' humans."

* HalfTruth: Wesley's myriad of excuses for why he can't return to England.
** Angel and Wesley grasping for positive things to say about Cordy's acting debut.
-->'''Wesley:''' Well, your...projection was excellent.
-->'''Angel:''' Yeah. I could hear every word and we were way in the back.
-->'''Cordy:''' Okay, so I was ''loud''. But was I any good?
-->'''Wesley:''' You -- took the role and made it your own!
-->'''Cordy:''' Really? Thanks! Angel, was I good?
-->'''Angel:''' I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t think so.
-->'''Cordy:''' Thanks! [beat] You ''didn’t'' say it.
** Cordelia getting caught out in trying to dupe Angel & Wesley into taking on a divorce case. "According to the husband, the wife's a ''real witch''!"

* GroinKick: Cordelia momentarily staves off Barney by grabbing her head in pain, pretending to have a vision which involves him. Barney, now concerned, asks if she's envisioning him in great danger. "'''Pain'''." she replies, before kneeing him square in the crotch.

* HurtingHero: And he can't ever ''stop'' hurting, or else he'll slaughter everyone. Dayum.
** Gunn and Angel bond over their mutually-grim existence at the end of "War Zone", standing side-by-side on a roof overlooking the city.

-->"[[IncrediblyLamePun Fangs for the memories]], vamp-man!"

* HornyDevils: When females of the Vigorie come of age, they goes through a period where their "ko" supercharges their sexual urges, which manifests as [[PlayingWithFire intense heat]] and SuperStrength. At first they can't control this power, and need to be cooled constantly in baths of ice.
** The demon hookers in "War Zone" come with fuzzy tails.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[{{Nerd}} Nerdy]] software giant David Nabbit is stuck supporting the wall at his own party. He becomes clingy after Angel and his associates render a service, showing up at their offices with a cape and sword.

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* FloatingHeadSyndrome: UpToEleven on the british DVD boxsets, where the covers tend to be floating busts but ''every single disc has a floating Angel head''. All doing the same "Am I brooding or did I leave the iron on?" face, but ''separate images''. You get the camera team got drunk and did a giant photoshoot of this one expression at different angles, then realized they had to do ''something'' with it.

** Speaking of Wes, this trope would often befall him in his early Season 1 episodes (as he was still getting over his status as ButtMonkey on [[Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer Buffy]]). This could prove HilariousInHindsight ([[FunnyAneurysmMoment or Harsh]]), when one considers how, by the end of the show's run, he becomes one of the more [[KickTheDog tragic]], [[CharacterDevelopment developed members]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse of the ensemble]] [[spoiler: culminating in his HeroicSacrifice in the GrandFinale]].

** How does ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-] grab ya?

* IdiotBall: From "The Prodigal", yeah Angel banging on someone's door and frantically yelling for him to invite you in when you'd threatened him the last time you saw him is a [[SarcasmMode really good idea]].

* FiveManBand: Lampshaded by Fred in "Fredless", right down to naming Wesley as "the brain", Gun as "the muscle", and Cordy as "the heart". Later [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by an incresingly-embittered Gunn ("Guise Will Be Guise"), who resents being the dumb muscle of the group. While the Fang Gang's roster does shift and they move in roles, they form a pretty consistent band:
** Angel is TheLeader. As Gunn points out, it's his name on the cards. Even after the return of Darla when [[spoiler: Angel fired his friends to embrace his darker nature and tackle her alone, feeling bad about pushing them away, and the offering to actually work ''for'' them rather than employing them again, putting Wes in the leadership role on paper]] it's still Angel calling the shots. [[spoiler: This role also temporarily goes to guest star Faith during season 4 when Angel loses his soul for a few episodes and Angelus returns. It doesn't last that long though.]]
** Wesley is TheLancer. Despite being referred to as TheSmartGuy by Fred and Gunn, he really exists as a foil to Angel and to be his second-in-command, even developing into being fully capable of taking up the leadership mantle in Angel's absence. As such, he even winds up coming into conflict with Angel on multiple occasions, butting heads as Lancers do. Arguably, some may put Cordelia in this role, but confidence, bravery and feisty personality traits don't necessarily determine a lancer (and she's too similar to Angel to be a foil).
%%*** During the early parts of season 1, Doyle had this role.
** Fred is TheSmartGuy. Wesley has some smart guy tendencies, and during seasons 1 and 2 he was the candidate for this role given his bottomless pit of knowledge regarding demons and artefacts, but once Fred joins in season 3 and finally gets settled into the gang after proving herself with her inventions, she takes this spot and makes it her own. It could be said Fred's place in the team is solely to help with the science-y stuff, where as Wes still maintains a monopoly on the mystic knowledge side.
** Gunn is TheBigGuy. A good example of the member of Team Angel whose position in the group is up to the least debate (minus Angel himself). He even resents that he's basically a blunt instrument to do the smashing and its brought up many times. He tries to move away from it in season 5, but it doesn't last.
** Cordelia is TheChick. It's mentioned ''many'' times that she's what's holding the gang together (being explicitly referred to as TheHeart), and that she's their moral compass. To the point that after she's gone, the gang finds themselves all over the place during some of the worst predicaments they've ever faced. It's underlined in "You're Welcome", where Cordy comes back and is shocked at how far the group has fallen into complacency at Wolfram & Hart, with Angel even admitting to Cordelia's face that he's been lost without her guidance.

* FairCop: For the first 2 seasons unreasonably gorgeous DirtyHarriet LAPD detective Kate Lochley is both helper and antagonist to Angel Investigations. Her original origin story was that she had been working undercover as a prostitute but had started BecomingTheMask and actually worked as one.