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* DeadLittleSister: He was forced to stake his younger sister when she became a vampire.



* IneffectualLoner: Although he liked to give the impression of a gruff loner, he valued his friendships and showed a sensitive side in his relationship with Fred. However, he was also plagued with insecurities regarding his role in the team, and began to resent being considered "the muscle".



* PopCulturedBadass: Like Xander, he often displayed a detailed knowledge regarding comic books.
* PromotionToParent: He took care of his little sister from a very young age.



* TookALevelInBadass: The reverse of Wesley. While Wesley becomes a tougher and more capable combatant, Gunn, already a BadassNormal, takes the reverse; [[spoiler:thanks to a Wolfram & Hart brain operation his head is filled with the knowledge of all laws, demonic and human (and the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan). He becomes a point man in a tense demonic negotiation, not to mention heightened deductive abilities.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: The reverse of Wesley. While Wesley becomes a tougher and more capable combatant, Gunn, already a BadassNormal, takes the reverse; [[spoiler:thanks to a Wolfram & Hart brain operation his head is filled with the knowledge of all laws, demonic and human (and the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan).Music/GilbertAndSullivan). He becomes a point man in a tense demonic negotiation, not to mention heightened deductive abilities.]]]]
* VigilanteMan: In his youth, he acted as a kind of urban Myth/RobinHood to keep the streets in his neighborhood safe. In his teens, Gunn rose through the ranks to become the leader of a gang of street-fighters who protect their turf from vampires using guerrilla tactics.


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* WorkingClassHero: Unlike his colleagues, he has a poor background. He was born in the Badlands, a section of inner-city Los Angeles where the police would not go and led a gang of vampire hunters.
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* ActualPacifist: To the extent that killing Lindsey [=McDonald=] under Angel's orders, an act the complete opposite of his pacifistic nature, is one of the implied reasons he developed cancer in the comics.

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* ActualPacifist: To the extent that killing Lindsey [=McDonald=] [[spoiler:Lindsey [=McDonald=]]] under Angel's orders, an act the complete opposite of his pacifistic nature, is one of the implied reasons he developed cancer in the comics.



* FunPersonified: starts out as this, having a lot of funny lines, a flamboyant personality, being a NiceGuy and happy most of the time in an otherwise dark and serious setting. He ran a karaoke bar and wasn't a fighter, instead spending most of his time making pop culture references, singing, and generally being fun. However, by Season 5, [[spoiler: Fred's death]] completely [[BreakTheCutie breaks him]] and he becomes a SadClown and, if not quite TheAlcoholic, at least DrowingHisSorrows far too much.

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* FunPersonified: starts Starts out as this, having a lot of funny lines, a flamboyant personality, being a NiceGuy and happy most of the time in an otherwise dark and serious setting. He ran a karaoke bar and wasn't a fighter, instead spending most of his time making pop culture references, singing, and generally being fun. However, by Season 5, [[spoiler: Fred's death]] completely [[BreakTheCutie breaks him]] and he becomes a SadClown and, if not quite TheAlcoholic, at least DrowingHisSorrows DrowningHisSorrows far too much.

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* TheBerserker: As a result of SurvivorGuilt and blaming himself for Alonna's death. Negated when he fell in love with Fred, giving him a new lease on life.
* TheBigGuy: Even called himself "the muscle" in one episode.

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* TheBerserker: As a result of SurvivorGuilt and blaming himself for Alonna's death. Negated when he fell falls in love with Fred, giving him a new lease on life.
* TheBigGuy: Even called Both he and Fred refer to himself as "the muscle" in one episode.a few episodes.



* ConvenientlyAnOrphan

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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Both him and his sister.



* LastNameBasis: Only Fred calls him "Charles." Others address him by that name during [[FullNameUltimatum serious moments]]. Though Spike did call him "Charlie boy" once or twice.
* LetMeGetThisStraight

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* LastNameBasis: Only Fred calls him "Charles." Others address him by that name during [[FullNameUltimatum serious moments]]. Though Spike did does call him "Charlie boy" once or twice.
* LetMeGetThisStraightLetMeGetThisStraight: As befitting him being a DeadpanSnarker, he does this a lot.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In exchange for the return of his legal upgrade, he signed a Customs release form to have an object shipped to Wolfram & Hart. Said object turns out to be Illyria's sarcophagus, which tragically leads to [[spoiler:Fred's death.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In exchange for the return of his legal upgrade, he signed signs a Customs release form to have an object shipped to Wolfram & Hart. Said object turns out to be Illyria's sarcophagus, which tragically leads to [[spoiler:Fred's death.]]



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: At first he's the Manly Man to Wesley’s Sensitive Guy but as the show goes on this is played with. Gunn turns out to have HiddenDepths and later gets a brain upgrade to become smarter, while Wesley [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and soon becomes every bit the formidable fighter that Gunn is.



* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: The Manly Man to Wesley’s Sensitive Guy.
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* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: The Manly Man StreetSmart: Due to Wesley’s Sensitive Guy.
* StreetSmart
literally growing up on the streets.



* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Had a brief (but very satisfactory) dalliance with Gwen Raiden, who's been known to refer to him as "Denzel".

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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Had Has a brief (but very satisfactory) dalliance with Gwen Raiden, who's been known to refer to him as "Denzel".
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* TheAtoner: Prior to meeting Angel, he largely lived as a hustler and con artist as a means to cover up his guilt over failing to save Lucas and his clan from the Scourge.


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* DisappearedDad: He never knew his Brachean demon father or anyone on that side of his family, and his own demonic genes didn't physically manifest themselves until he was 21 years old.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: He received prophetic visions from The Powers That Be, which includes images of people in peril, names, places in which evil was present or threats the Powers wanted to be dealt with. These visions also caused him great pain, though his half-demon physiology prevented his brain from suffering any long-term physical damage.
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* FindingJudas: [[spoiler:Unwittingly becomes Jasmine's corporeal agent on the Earth, gradually losing her entire personality in the process. It was so subtle that no one in Angel Investigations noticed until she was too forgone to save]].

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* FindingJudas: [[spoiler:Unwittingly becomes Jasmine's corporeal agent on the Earth, gradually losing her entire personality in the process. It was so subtle that no one in Angel Investigations noticed until she was too forgone far gone to save]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The entire plot of the episode "The Wish." Cordelia, blaming Buffy for everything that was wrong with her life, wishes that she never came to Sunnydale... and ends up in an AlternateUniverse where, without Buffy, the Master and his vampires control the town.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The entire plot of the episode "The Wish." Cordelia, blaming Buffy for everything that was wrong with her life, wishes that she never came to Sunnydale... and ends up in an AlternateUniverse where, without Buffy, the Master and his vampires control the town. In a subversion of the usual formula, Cordelia end up ''dying'' before she can recant her wish, leaving the few human survivors in the "Wishverse" to work out what she did and undo it -- at which point [[ResetButton everything reverts back to normal]] and Cordelia, who remembers ''none'' of this, learns absolutely nothing.
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: She scores well on standardised tests as a gag. She also did well enough academically to get into top schools.
-->"What? I can't have layers?"
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: The astrophysics formulas on her cave wall, and later hotel room. Lampshaded ever-after by Gunn and Wes, who never ''quite'' let Fred [[NeverLiveItDown live it down]].

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: The astrophysics formulas on her cave wall, and later hotel room. Lampshaded ever-after by Gunn and Wes, who never ''quite'' let Fred [[NeverLiveItDown [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten live it down]].

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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: She ascends the throne of Pylea within 48 hours. "Off with their heads", indeed.


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* GratuitousPrincess: She ascends the throne of Pylea within 48 hours. "Off with their heads", indeed.

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: If there’s one thing Gunn is good at, it is making witty remarks.


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* GoodIsNotNice: He’s a hero and a good guy at heart, but he isn’t very friendly or affable especially to strangers.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gunn is fairly brusque, rude, and harsh but he is a friendly, nice guy to his friends and is always willing to help others.


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* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: The Manly Man to Wesley’s Sensitive Guy.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: He flirts shamelessly with guys and girls alike; is fond of the thought of Angel in leather pants; freely refers to Angel as "lover", "sweetie" and scores of other romantic endearments; is interested in fashion, culture, art, music, Music/EltonJohn; and also has a somewhat flamboyantly, stereotypically gay personality. That said, he never appears to have a genuine romantic or sexual attraction to anyone, and Andy Hallett considered the character [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].



* AnythingThatMoves: Something of a G-rated version of this trope; he flirts shamelessly with guys and girls alike, but never appears to have a genuine romantic or sexual attraction to anyone. AndyHallett {{Hand Wave}}s this by merely stating that Lorne loves "all humans".



* BiTheWay: Lorne seems to fit this (or HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday). He's definitely into girls; however, he also is fond of the thought of Angel in leather pants, and freely refers to him as "lover", "sweetie" and scores of other romantic endearments. Lorne also is interested in fashion, culture, art, music and Music/EltonJohn. He also has a somewhat flamboyantly, stereotypically gay personality. However, his sexuality has never been addressed directly in the show, and the actor considered the character [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].



* InnocenceLost: He, a NiceGuy and ActualPacifist, is ordered by Angel to [[DirtyBusiness assassinate Lindsey]] in the series finale. Lorne goes through with it, but bows out of Angel Investigations after doing so; his last scene in the episode, and thus the show, is of him dropping the gun he used to kill Lindsey and walking into the night, disgusted and broken.

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* InnocenceLost: He, a NiceGuy and ActualPacifist, is ordered by Angel to [[DirtyBusiness [[spoiler:[[DirtyBusiness assassinate Lindsey]] Lindsey]]]] in the series finale. Lorne goes through with it, but bows out of Angel Investigations after doing so; his last scene in the episode, and thus the show, is of him dropping the gun he used to kill Lindsey [[spoiler:kill Lindsey]] and walking into the night, disgusted and broken.



* LoungeLizard: subverted. The karaoke bar he performs in, his colourful clothes, and his choice of music make him seem like this trope, but he's not a DreadfulMusician at all, getting a lot of fans in Las Vegas and releasing at least one album. He's also a NiceGuy, not remotely sleazy, and more intelligent than first impressions might suggest.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: His actor states that Lorne loves "all humans," thus explaining his [[AmbiguouslyGay ambiguous sexuality]].

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* LoungeLizard: subverted.Subverted. The karaoke bar he performs in, his colourful clothes, and his choice of music make him seem like this trope, but he's not a DreadfulMusician at all, getting a lot of fans in Las Vegas and releasing at least one album. He's also a NiceGuy, not remotely sleazy, and more intelligent than first impressions might suggest.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: His actor states stated that Lorne loves "all humans," thus explaining his [[AmbiguouslyGay [[AmbiguouslyBi ambiguous sexuality]].



* OutOfFocus: In Season 5, Andy Hallett probably spent more time in the makeup chair than he did in front of the camera. On the upside, Lorne did get his own episode (see above) and was featured in the final stretch.

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* OutOfFocus: In Season 5, Andy Hallett probably spent more time in the makeup chair than he did in front of the camera. On the upside, Lorne did get his own episode (see above) and was is featured prominently in the final stretch.
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* FunctionalAddict: After being cast out of the team in Season 3, he starts drinking heavily, and again in Season 5 [[spoiler:after Fred's death]]; in the latter case, Spike himself sniffs out that Wesley's been getting hammered constantly. Despite this, he's still able to keep fighting the good fight on both occasions.
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* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: Cordelia might be a bit shallow (to begin with at least), but this means she sees things that others don't:
** She spotted the door to the basement dungeon in the house of Joyce's boyfriend in one episode of Buffy, simply because of a rug that was out of place
** She is the first to make the connection between wearing a tuxedo and being savaged by beasts, in an episode of Buffy where prom dates were being slaughtered
** She instantly spots that she is in the home of a vampire in Angel when she notices the heavy drapes and no mirrors. The vampire is somewhat taken aback
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* DrinkOrder: "More Sea, less Breeze."
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up and let him be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself because she couldn't give birth. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? [[spoiler:Was the one possessing Cordelia to the do that.]] ...You get the picture.

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up and let him be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself because she couldn't give birth. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? [[spoiler:Was the one possessing Cordelia to the do that.]] ...You get the picture.

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up to be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself so she wouldn't try to eat him later. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? ...You get the picture.

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up to and let him be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself so because she wouldn't try to eat him later.couldn't give birth. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? ...Jasmine? [[spoiler:Was the one possessing Cordelia to the do that.]] ...You get the picture.
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* HeroismWontPayTheBills: This comes up in the first season. Angel is in the business of saving souls. After pointing out the awkward truth that they need to make money, Cordelia starts sending out bills for being saved (to those clients who can afford it).

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* HeroismWontPayTheBills: This comes up in the first season. Angel is in the business of saving souls. After pointing out the awkward truth that they need to make money, Cordelia starts sending out bills for being saved (to those (but only to clients who can afford it).to pay; Angel Investigations is free for the homeless and really poor).
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* HeroismWontPayTheBills: This comes up in the first season. Angel is in the business of saving souls. After pointing out the awkward truth that they need to make money, Cordelia starts sending out bills for being saved.

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* HeroismWontPayTheBills: This comes up in the first season. Angel is in the business of saving souls. After pointing out the awkward truth that they need to make money, Cordelia starts sending out bills for being saved.saved (to those clients who can afford it).
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** TheHero: Angel, as the namesake of both the group and the show, whose quest to save souls and redeem himself drives the series' plot.

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** TheHero: Angel, as the namesake of both the group and the show, whose quest to save souls and redeem himself drives the series' plot. Referred to in-series as the "champion."
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** TheLeader: Angel, as the namesake of both the group and the show, whose quest to save souls and redeem himself drives the series' plot.

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** TheLeader: TheHero: Angel, as the namesake of both the group and the show, whose quest to save souls and redeem himself drives the series' plot.
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** TheHeart: Cordelia, who keeps the group grounded in humanity and provides emotional support. Fred takes on more of this role in Season 5.

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** TheHeart: Cordelia, who keeps the group grounded in humanity and provides emotional support. Fred takes and Lorne take on more of this role in Season 5.later seasons.
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* FiveMan Band: In the seasons where there are five of them.

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* FiveMan Band: FiveManBand: In the seasons where there are five of them.main members.

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* PopCulturedBadass: Cordy is fond of pop-culture-related quips, Doyle was a fan of ''Literature/AngelasAshes'' and WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones (combining the two in a tragically off-screen drunken ramble), Wesley and Gunn trade movie-related quips (facing an army of demons, they share a moment over which action hero they're trying to think of themselves as), Lorne and Spike both spit out pop-culture references like it's going out of style, and even Angel is a big fan of Charlton Heston and Barry Manilow, and has seen enough vampire movies to judge the performances (Frank Langella's Dracula is apparently his favourite).
%%%%* GoodIsNotSoft: Doyle is probably the softest member and [[spoiler: he doesn't last very long.]]

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* PopCulturedBadass: Cordy is fond FiveMan Band: In the seasons where there are five of pop-culture-related quips, Doyle was a fan them.
** TheLeader: Angel, as the namesake
of ''Literature/AngelasAshes'' both the group and WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones (combining the two in a tragically off-screen drunken ramble), Wesley show, whose quest to save souls and Gunn trade movie-related quips (facing an army of demons, they share a moment redeem himself drives the series' plot.
** TheLancer: Wesley, who acts as second-in-command and takes
over which action hero they're trying to think of themselves as), Lorne as leader for a while, and Spike both spit out pop-culture references like it's going out of style, is most likely to make plans contra to Angel's or engage in IDidWhatIHadToDo.
** TheHeart: Cordelia, who keeps the group grounded in humanity
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** TheBigGuy: Gunn, who
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** TheSmartGuy: Shared between Wesley, who has knowledge of the occult, and Fred, who is a physicist and on-the-fly inventor.


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* PopCulturedBadass: Cordy is fond of pop-culture-related quips, Doyle was a fan of ''Literature/AngelasAshes'' and WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones (combining the two in a tragically off-screen drunken ramble), Wesley and Gunn trade movie-related quips (facing an army of demons, they share a moment over which action hero they're trying to think of themselves as), Lorne and Spike both spit out pop-culture references like it's going out of style, and even Angel is a big fan of Charlton Heston and Barry Manilow, and has seen enough vampire movies to judge the performances (Frank Langella's Dracula is apparently his favourite).

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%%* BreakTheHaughty: A process that began on ''[=BtVS=]'', and continues from there.

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%%* * BreakTheHaughty: A process that began on ''[=BtVS=]'', and continues from there.



%%* TheCheerleader

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%%* TheCheerleader* TheCheerleader: Starts out playing this trope straight, but ends up subverting it over time.



%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Xander and Doyle on their respective shows.

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%%* * DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Xander and Doyle on their respective shows.



%%* LovableAlphaBitch: The season one finale and onward see her becoming one.

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%%* * LovableAlphaBitch: The season one finale and onward see her becoming one.


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* ProudBeauty: She is ''extremely'' proud of her good looks, and she takes every opportunity to flaunt them to other people, especially her boobs.
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* TookALevelInIdealism[=/=]TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Having his memories rewritten of living a far more normal, healtheir life]] ends up being one of the best things to ever happen to him. By the time he returns in the fifth season he's shown to be much happier and nicer, and even after [[spoiler:he recovers his original memories]] he realizes just how much Angel sacrificed for him now and subseqently continues to have a far better relationship with him than he did before.

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%%* DefrostingIceQueen

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%%* DefrostingIceQueen* DefrostingIceQueen: She becomes less of a StrawVulcan as she acclimates to her new humanity.



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%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater* FishOutOfTemporalWater: By a few hundred thousand years.



* {{Foil}}: To Glory; both are {{Physical God}}s, but while Glory is a DumbBlonde PsychopathicManchild willing to endanger the universe to get home and out of a human body, Illyria is a dark-haired NobleDemon willing to accept her time is gone and who is at peace with being in a shell.



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%%* KickChick * KickChick: Her fighting style as a human involves a lot of legwork.



%%* LivingRelic

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%%* LivingRelic* LivingRelic: She's a goddess who has outlived her worshipers.



%%* NobleDemon
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%%* NobleDemon
%%* PhysicalGod
* NobleDemon: This is what makes her the TokenEvilTeammate rather than a BigBad; if she makes a promise, she ''will'' keep it, and more than that she absolutely refuses to hurt more than she needs to in order to get what she wants.
* PhysicalGod: Technically an archdemon, but "God-King" is a perfectly valid descrption of her.



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%%* StrawVulcan* StrawVulcan: Before she warmed up a bit, not having human emotions.

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* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: After ascending she wears a angelic white ensemble.



* WomanInWhite: After ascending she wears a angelic white ensemble.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Confesses half-jokingly to being "a little attracted" to Angel.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Confesses half-jokingly to being "a little attracted" to Angel. And in the alternate reality of "Birthday", he passed the visions to Angel instead of Cordelia (which is done by kissing).
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* NeverGetsFat: She has a huge appetite for junk food while always remaining a tiny skinny waif.

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