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* CantHaveSexEver: By implication -- but the opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get [[YouNeedToGetLaid some much-needed relief]] is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia.

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* CantHaveSexEver: By implication -- but the CelibateHero: The opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get [[YouNeedToGetLaid some much-needed relief]] is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia.



* MostCommonSuperpower / {{Stripperiffic}}: Justified as MaleGaze is the only attention Gwen can receive.

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* MostCommonSuperpower / {{Stripperiffic}}: Justified as for a woman who CantHaveSexEver, MaleGaze is the only sexual attention Gwen can receive.
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* AloofAlly: Lilah calls Wesley on his supposed indifference to Angel's fate.
-->'''Lilah:''' And all this time, you're lying through your teeth. Wes is so apathetic. Wesley doesn't care.
-->'''Wesley:''' I had to raise him. Angel is...necessary.
-->'''Lilah:''' For what?
-->'''Wesley:''' Fighting people like you. (leans in for a kiss)
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Averted -- Gunn is playing it lightly, then Fred breaks down in angry tears.
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* BareYourMidriff


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* OperaGloves: Worn so Gwen can't touch anyone.
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-->'''Angel:''' So you're a freak. Boo-hoo. So what?
-->'''Gwen:''' Excuse me?
-->'''Angel:''' I think you've already figured out I'm not the poster-boy for normal. Sometimes, you gotta let go. [Punches Elliot]
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* PutOnABus: Phantom Dennis.

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* MostCommonSuperpower
* MysteriousProtector

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* MostCommonSuperpower
* MysteriousProtector
MostCommonSuperpower / {{Stripperiffic}}: Justified as MaleGaze is the only attention Gwen can receive.



* WeUsedToBeFriends

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* WeUsedToBeFriendsWeUsedToBeFriends: Angel tries making up with Wesley, but realising his true agenda for doing so Wes just coldly hands over his file on Cordelia's disappearance and walks off.
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* MysteriousProtector


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* WeUsedToBeFriends
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Deleting misuse of a renamed trope and unnecessary verbal tic/meme that doesn\'t contribute to the description of how the trope \"Bridal Carry\" is used.


* BridalCarry: Angel carrying a gassed Gwen from the lift. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]

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* BridalCarry: Angel carrying a gassed Gwen from the lift. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]

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* ChekhovsGunman: Gwen will reappear in "Long Day's Journey" and "Players".



* MandatoryLine

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* MandatoryLineMandatoryLine: Averted with Lorne, who doesn't appear.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: "We could have gone to Vegas." Which they do in the next episode.

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* AstronomicZoom: Cordy looking down from FluffyCloudHeaven.



* FetishFuel: Lilah and Wes have hints of BDSM

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* FetishFuel: Lilah and Wes have hints of BDSMEyeOpen / AstronomicZoom: Cordy looking down from FluffyCloudHeaven.
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* DistantPrologue: Gwen as a young girl being dropped off a a private academy in Wisconsin in 1985.
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* TheSquad: Wesley now has his own demon-fighting team; it's not clear if they're ex-followers of Holtz.

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* TheSquad: ShadowArchetype: Wesley now has his own demon-fighting team; it's not clear if they're ex-followers of Holtz.

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* ApologeticAttacker: Gunn punching the guard.

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* ApologeticAttacker: Gunn punching the guard.sneaking up on a guard.
-->Look out! (punches guard) Tried to warn ya.



* BraidsOfAction: Gwen has a [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] braided ponytail while carrying out her heist.

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* BraidsOfAction: Gwen has a [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] braided Croft]]-style ponytail while carrying out her heist.



* CantHaveSexEver: By implication -- but the opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get some much-needed relief is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia.
* CaptainObvious: Thick bars trap them in the elevator, and Gwen's smirking client appears on the other side.

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* CantHaveSexEver: By implication -- but the opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get [[YouNeedToGetLaid some much-needed relief relief]] is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia.
* CaptainObvious: Thick bars trap them in the elevator, and Gwen's smirking client appears on the other side.



* LockAndLoadMontage
* MandatoryLine: "Get me out of here!"

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* LockAndLoadMontage
LockAndLoadMontage: Gunn asks what type of equipment they'd need for the heist. Angel suggests repelling hooks, flashlights, aerosol spray -- all during a montage of these items being prepared. "What else?" Lockpicking tools, and...lipstick? Turns out it's Gwen gearing up for action.
* MandatoryLine: "Get MacGuffin: The Axis of Pythia, which Angel can use to find what dimension Cordelia is hiding.
* MandatoryLine
-->'''Cordelia:''' What are you? Deficient? Get
me out of here!"here!

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* BigBlackout
* BraidsOfAction
* BridalCarry
* CantHaveSexEver
* CaptainObvious: Yes Angel, this is a double cross.

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* BigBlackout
BigBlackout: Gwen just takes over the security cameras -- Angel yanks out the cords from the same junction box, killing the lights.
* BraidsOfAction
BraidsOfAction: Gwen has a [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] braided ponytail while carrying out her heist.
* BridalCarry
BridalCarry: Angel carrying a gassed Gwen from the lift. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]
* CantHaveSexEver
CantHaveSexEver: By implication -- but the opportunity for two characters who can't normally have sex to get some much-needed relief is averted because Angel thinks it would mean being unfaithful to Cordelia.
* CaptainObvious: Yes Angel, this is Thick bars trap them in the elevator, and Gwen's smirking client appears on the other side.
-->'''Angel:''' It's
a double cross.double-cross.
-->'''Gwen:''' I'm not slow. I know it's—- Shut up!



-->'''Lilah:''' You do know I'm still evil, right?
* TheChainsOfCommanding

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-->'''Lilah:''' You do Look, Angel, I know you've been out of loop for a while, but I'm still evil, right?
evil. I don't do errands unless they're... (grins) evil errands.
* TheChainsOfCommandingTheChainsOfCommanding: Angel mentions how Fred seems to have stepped into Cordy's TeamMom role, but Gunn's near-death causes her to start venting.



-->'''Gwen:''' Professionals are discreet, young lady. You, on the other hand, are a freak. A dangerous freak. Which is why I had them remodel the elevator you're standing in. More of a retrofit, really. Low-teched the whole thing with six inches of Plexiglas separating you from any available current. (Gwen goes for the bars, but they don't conduct) Tempered Lucite.\\
'''Angel:''' He's gonna seal us in and turn on the gas.\\
'''Gwen:''' (to Elliot) What are you, Lex Luthor?\\
'''Elliot:''' What do you think, I'm gonna stand here and duke it out with electro girl? No, don't worry. Uh, I'm told that the gas is very fast-acting. You'll be dead within... uh, whoops. Where does the time go?



-->'''Wes:''' I don't need to hear your evil plans.
-->'''Lilah:''' No, it just turns you on, knowing I have 'em.



-->'''Gwen:''' I don't usually enjoy the hand-to-hand this much.



* TheNoseKnows

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* TheNoseKnowsTheNoseKnows: Angel tries to pick up Cordelia's scent in her apartment, but mainly smells lemons from Fred's vigorous scrubbing. Later he smells [[DidYouJustHaveSex Wesley's scent on Lilah]].



* StarCrossedLovers

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* StarCrossedLoversStarCrossedLovers: Angel and Cordy
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-->''Fred:''' We're still working on a plan, but so far, it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.

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-->''Fred:''' -->'''Fred:''' We're still working on a plan, but so far, it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.



* TheSquad: Wesley now has his own vampire fighting team; it's not made clear if they are ex-followers of Holtz.

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* TheSquad: Wesley now has his own vampire fighting demon-fighting team; it's not made clear if they are they're ex-followers of Holtz.
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** At the end of Gwen's LockAndLoadMontage, her maid brings her a metal tube on a silver tray -- which contains her lipstick.

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** At the end of Gwen's LockAndLoadMontage, her maid brings her a metal tube on a silver tray -- which [[LipstickAndLoadMontage contains her lipstick.lipstick]].
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** At the end of Gwen's LockAndLoadMontage, her maid brings her a silver tube on a tray -- which contains her lipstick.

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** At the end of Gwen's LockAndLoadMontage, her maid brings her a silver metal tube on a silver tray -- which contains her lipstick.



* SoMuchForStealth / HotInLeather / FeetFirstIntroduction

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* SoMuchForStealth / HotInLeather HellBentForLeather / FeetFirstIntroduction
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** At the end of Gwen's LockAndLoadMontage, her maid brings her a silver tube on a tray -- which contains her lipstick.


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-->''Fred:''' We're still working on a plan, but so far, it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
** Later during the break-in...
-->'''Fred:''' Please, let my cellmate be gentle.


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* TheSquad: Wesley now has his own vampire fighting team; it's not made clear if they are ex-followers of Holtz.

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* AstronomicZoom: Cordy looking down from FluffyCloudHeaven.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorderChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted with Dinza, despite Wesley's warning. Played straight with Gwen's client, though he does have his reasons other than not wanting to pay her.


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* FetishFuel: Lilah and Wes have hints of BDSM


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* FlashStep: Dinza


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* PerpSweating: Angel beats the plans out of an informant who thought he wasn't around any more.

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* TheCaper



-->'''Gunn:''' Uh, you're not counting the time we stole the crazy-making death shroud that nearly killed us right?

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-->'''Gunn:''' Uh, you're not counting the time [[Recap/AngelS02E08TheShroudOfRahmon we stole the crazy-making death shroud that nearly killed us right?us]], right?
** Assuming he isn't counting that one, the other two occasions were in "[[Recap/AngelS01E21BlindDate Blind Date]]" and BTVS "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Choices Choices]]".
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* BigBlackout


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* ContinuityNod:
-->'''Angel:''' A heist like this, I've done it a million times. (beat) [[OnSecondThought OK, maybe twice]], but I'm good at it, I swear.
-->'''Gunn:''' Uh, you're not counting the time we stole the crazy-making death shroud that nearly killed us right?


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* SpitTake: Gunn suggests just buying the artifact, only to choke on his coffee when told it's worth 33 million.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding / StiffUpperLip

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* TheChainsOfCommanding / StiffUpperLipTheChainsOfCommanding
-->'''Fred:''' I am so sick of holding everything up around here. First Wesley leaves, then Angel, and Cordy. I-I'm sick of taking care of everything and paying bills and making peace and plans and [[StiffUpperLip keeping my chin up]] -— God, I am so sick of my chin being up!


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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers
-->'''Angel:''' What should I do, then? Send [Dinza] a gift? Sacrifice? (beat) Unholy fruit basket?


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* LockAndLoadMontage


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* MindOverMatter: Unhappy that the gang are packing up Cordelia's stuff as they can no longer afford the rent on her apartment, Phantom Dennis teleports her books back onto the shelf, causing Fred to lose her temper and shout at him that [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom Cordy's not coming back]].


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* SoMuchForStealth / HotInLeather / FeetFirstIntroduction
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* LectureAsExposition

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* BraidsOfAction



* CardCarryingEvil

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* CardCarryingEvilCardCarryingVillain


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* ClassyCatBurglar


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* NWordPrivileges / BerserkButton


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* PowerGlows


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* QuitYourWhining / BaitAndSwitchComment

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* TheChainsOfCommanding

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* TheChainsOfCommandingBridalCarry
* CantHaveSexEver
* CaptainObvious: Yes Angel, this is a double cross.
* CardCarryingEvil
-->'''Lilah:''' You do know I'm still evil, right?
* TheChainsOfCommanding / StiffUpperLip
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* {{Deathtrap}} / DeadlyGas


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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence


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* MandatoryLine: "Get me out of here!"


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* MostCommonSuperpower
* TheNoseKnows
* PersonAsVerb
-->'''Gunn:''' Angel would've picked me up and FlashGordon'ed me to the ER.


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* ShockAndAwe
* StealthHiBye: Angel's still got it.
* StarCrossedLovers
* TouchOfDeath

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Angel seeks a magical artifact that can help him locate Cordelia, but a professional thief with unusual powers is also planning to steal it.


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* TheChainsOfCommanding
* TheExitIsThatWay: Angel, Gunn, and Fred are breaking into a museum. Fred has just explained the plan in detail. The men boldly head off, one to the left and one to the right... at which point Fred shouts "Guys!" Embarrassed, they switch directions.


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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Fred goes on an uncharacteristic rant about her increased responsibilities, Gunn jokes he doesn't know what kind of "alien female thing" has replaced her. [[spoiler:In season five, she is replaced by an alien female thing, and it is heartbreaking.]]


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* MagicalDefibrillator

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* FlashbackEcho

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* FlashbackEchoApologeticAttacker: Gunn punching the guard.
* FlashbackEcho: Gwen Raiden electrocutes and kills Charles Gunn. She immediately flashes back to an event in her childhood in which she accidentally kills a boy she was making friends with. [[IncrediblyLamePun Shocked]] with herself, she revives Gunn within twenty seconds or so.
* FoeYay: Lilah and Wes, Angel and Gwen.
* LaserHallway
* PrisonRape
* WhoAreYou
-->'''Angel:''' What are you?
-->'''Gwen:''' I'm a freak.
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