History Recap / AngelS03E06Billy

* SelfDisposingVillain: Billy induces Gavin into beating Lilah, the one who sprung him from his prison, purely for the hell of it. In doing so, he sews the seeds of his own demise; Lilah is the one who finishes him off.

* MoreThanMindControl: According to Lilah, this is how Billy's HatePlague works. In her words, all men are brutal, women-bashing {{Straw Misogynist}}s like Billy deep down; Billy's power just removes their inhibitions.

* HatePlague: Billy Blim, a vicious misogynist, causes any man he touches to hate and attack any woman they came near. Angel is immune, since even as Angelus, he never felt hate toward his enemies.

-->'''Lilah''': Oh - by the way - get out.
-->'''Gavin''': I wasn't finished.
-->'''Lilah''': No. You really were.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* HitMeDammit: After becoming infected Gunn tells Fred to [[TapOnTheHead knock him out]] so he doesn't hurt her. It takes a couple of tries.

%%* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The episode invokes the Kennedy Family---who also have prominent political connections. William Kennedy Smith was a nephew of former Senator Edward Kennedy and was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a 1991 Palm Beach Florida case. Smith was acquitted of the charges. Dylan Blim invokes John F. Kennedy Jr., who was a member of the family himself—but adamantly disliked the conduct of relatives. Dylan is aware that Angel is a vampire with the potential to kill Billy but still invites him into the family compound. Kennedy also0 openly criticized relatives who were engaging in 'bad behavior'.

* LastSecondWordSwap / LameComeback

* FightingFromTheInside: Gunn, having been alerted to the affects of Billy's HatePlague, is able to briefly fight it off long enough to coach Fred through what to do. He's clearly losing the fight right when she knocks out.

* DissonantSerenity: Wesley stalking Fred through the Hyperion with a [[AnAxeToGrind huge battle axe]].

* BrokenHeel

The gang are all having dinner at Wesley's house, and they're having a good time. It turns out that Wesley is attracted to Fred, and invited her over for dinner... but he also invited everyone else over so that he wouldn't be alone with her. Cordelia suddenly has a vision of a man beating his wife to death in a convenience store. But the events from the vision actually occurred one week earlier. They investigate and find that the man had no history of violence, and his only explanation for turning on his wife was that he was trying to get her to listen to him as she wouldn't stop talking. Reviewing the security tape, the gang find Billy was in the store at the time of the attack. Cordelia blames herself because the Billy was freed by Angel to save her. Angel tells her that she shouldn't feel guilty, as he was the one who freed Billy from his prison.

* SelfDisposingVillain: Billy induces Gavin into beating Lilah, the one who sprung him from his prison, purely for the hell of it. In doing so, he sews the seeds of his own demise; Lilah 0is the one who finishes him off.

* CorruptPolitician: Billy's uncle (the one who had him busted out of hell) is a congressman who does nothinf to reign his sadistic nephew in and is a Wolfram and Hart client.

* MoreThanMindControl: According to Lilah, this is how Billy's HatePlague works. In her words, all men are brutal, women-bashing {{Straw Misogynist}}s like Billy deep down; Billy's power just removes their inhibitions.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Wes's equally one after he went literally AxeCrazy. He was under a spell, but it didn't matter, he still hated himself.
* NoSell: During the climax of the episode, Billy tries to induce Angel into attacking Cordelia... only for Angel to reveal himself to be immune to the HatePlague and attack Billy instead. Angel later explains to Cordelia that he gave up on hate a long time ago; even as Angelus, he killed and tortured people ForTheEvulz, but was never angry with his victims and never hated them.
* TheNoseKnows: Angel can tell Billy's blood isn't human from when he spills some in the police car crash.
* OhCrap: Wesley has gone AxCrazy thanks to the bloody handprint he was analyzing.
-->'''Fred:''' "Somehow he got infected. All I can figure it happened while he was working with Billy's blood from the handprint."\\
'''Gunn:''' "You mean, that...that fingerprinty-looking handprint downstairs is Billy's blood? (Fred nods) So you're saying that Wes turned into a psycho killer because of that bloody handprint that...I picked up and looked at?"\\
'''Fred:''' "When you put it that way, it kinda worries me."

'''Cordy:''' We don't live in normal circumstances. I mean, what are the odds of any of us actually finding someone out there who can deal with the kind of stuff we have to deal with? I don't know. Maybe we ''are'' meant...\\

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The episode invokes the Kennedy Family---who also have prominent political connections. William Kennedy Smith was a nephew of former Senator Edward Kennedy and was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a 1991 Palm Beach Florida case. Smith was acquitted of the charges. Dylan Blim invokes John F. Kennedy Jr., who was a member of the family himself—but adamantly disliked the conduct of relatives. Dylan is aware that Angel is a vampire with the potential to kill Billy but still invites him into the family compound. Kennedy also openly criticized relatives who were engaging in 'bad behavior'.
* NotHimself: Wesley. Averted with Angel -- he turns out to be immune to Billy's touch.

* SelfDisposingVillain: Billy induces Gavin into beating Lilah, the one who sprung him from his prison, purely for the hell of it. In doing so, he sews the seeds of his own demise; Lilah is the one who finishes him off.

'''Cordy:''' "Please, [[AlphaBitch I was you]]. With better shoes."\\

* NotSoDifferent:

'''Lilah:''' "These are Boracchi."\\
'''Cordy:''' "Fall collection?"\\
'''Lilah:''' "Next spring."\\
'''Cordy:''' "He's widened the heel."\\
'''Lilah:''' "And rounded the toe."\\
'''Cordy:''' "That won't work with pink."\\
'''Lilah:''' "The pink is out this spring."

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: During the HandsOnApproach moment (see below):
-->'''Angel''': Don't stiffen up.
-->'''Cordelia''': Yeah, you either.

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The prisoner Angel [[Recap/AngelS03E02ThatVisionThing rescued from a fortress demon dimension]] is causing men to attack women.

* AxeBeforeEntering
* AntiClimax: Some fans were disappointed that the ominous ending of "That Vision Thing" ultimately just resulted in this single episode that might as well just be another {{Monster Of The Week}} story. Ironically it's the originally one-off character of Skip -- not Billy -- who [[ChekhovsGunman turns out to be more important]] over the next couple of years.

* FlippingTheBird

* HatePlague: By touching a man, Billy can bring out his 'primordial misogyny'.

** Played straight in the end though when Lilah does ultimately show up to shoot Billy and save the day. Before promptly leaving to go back to her usual evil ways, of course.

* MonsterOfTheAesop

* NotSoDifferent / AllWomenLoveShoes

* SequelEpisode: Billy Blim, the freed prisoner from "That Vision Thing", turns up again to bring mayhem.

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou