History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe

Outside, the kids limp off as Angel, Willow, and Xander arrive. Buffy knows that the vamps will get out eventually, so she'll come back when they're gone. Xander wonders why, and Buffy clarifies, "For the body." Ford regains consciousness locked in with the vamps, and points out that he fulfilled his end of the bargain.

* CameBackWrong: Buffy tries to dissuade Billy from seeking to become a vampire before he dies of cancer.

** Ford makes a deal with Spike to turn Buffy over to him in exchange for being turned into a vampire. When Buffy ultimately escapes, Ford points out to Spike that even if Buffy got away, he still technically fulfilled his end of the bargain by delivering her to him; Spike agrees and turns him.

* GreenEyedMonster: All over the place; Ford incites jealousy in Xander and Angel. Xander is alarmed on hearing Angel was in Willow's bedroom. Neither Spike nor Buffy are happy that Drusilla met with Angel, while the female henchvamp appears to be jealous of Spike/Dru.

* LoveConfession: Although it's been apparent for some time, Buffy actually says outright that she loves Angel.

** You can see Beljoxa's Eye on a mural behind Billy and Buffy. Beljoxa's Eye plays a pivotal role in season seven's "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E11Showtime}} Showtime]]".

** The movie playing at the Sunset Club was Dan Curtis' 1973 television adaption of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', starring Creator/JackPalance.

* ThisIsThePartWhere: Ford blathering about some action-movie convention where Spike is supposed to "take out a watch" and give Ford thirty seconds to convince him not to kill him.

* TooDumbToLive: Billy Ford. Want to cure your cancer? All you have to do is ask some nice vampires to turn you into a vampire in exchange for giving them the Slayer. Nothing wrong with this plan AT ALL. Somewhat justified in that he was dying anyway and had nothing to lose, but his plan was flawed and ultimately he ended up staked.

* MidSeasonTwist: Angel sired Drusilla. And not only he sired her, he also drove her insane.

* NervesOfSteel: SecretlyDying has given Ford some balls. He doesn't show fear of Spike, which is either bravery or deep, deep stupidity.

* KirkSummation: Buffy trying to convince her friend that vampires are nothing but demons inhabiting corpses, but Ford does not care. When she turns to warn the others, Ford shuts her up by hitting her in the back with a crowbar.

* HalfTruth: Ford observing that Angel looks older than Buffy, to which Xander answers, "You're not wrong." Buffy introduces them, and Ford exclaims that Angels hand is cold. Xander: "You're not wrong."

Later at the Bronze, she introduces Angel to Ford, whom Angel obviously doesn't take a shine to. As Ford and Buffy leave as a couple, Buffy hears a suspicious clattering in an alleyway. She asks Ford to go back and fetch her fallen purse, then runs toward the sound. Ford pretends to backtrack for a second before tailing Buffy around the building, where he witnesses her stake a vampire. She makes up a lame story about cats, but Ford reveals that he already knows she's a Slayer. Buffy is relieved that he knows.

Outside, the kids limp off as Angel, Willow, and Xander arrive. Buffy knows that the vamps will get out eventually, so she'll come back when they're gone. Xander wonders why, and Buffy clarifies, "For the body." Ford regains consciousness locked in the vault with the vamps, and points out that he fulfilled his end of the bargain.

* WouldHurtAChild: Drusilla: "What will your mummy sing when they find your body?"

* ThisIsThePartWhere: Ford blathering about some action-movie convention where Spike is supposed to "take out a watch" and give Ford got thirty seconds to convince you not to kill him.

** Buffy mocking Ford's total ignorance of vampire, calling him -- ironically in light of his imminent revelation -- "brain trust."

* ChekhovsGunman: Chanterelle encounters Buffy again in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E1Anne Anne]]", and becomes a minor character in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' spin-off and comic series.

At sunset, Spike and his vamps spread out and start chowing down. Buffy spies Dru on the balcony observing the feeding frenzy. Buffy leaps over the rail, grabs Dru and holds a stake to her heart. Spike is alarmed and orders everyone to halt. At Buffy's order, he orders his crew to let the humans go, which they do. Buffy sidles over to the exit, then pushes Dru into Spike's arms and runs out, slamming the door shut again. Spike attempts to pursue her-- then stares at the door in bemusement. Oops. "[[OhCrap Where's the doorknob?]]"

Outside, the kids limp off as Angel, Willow, and Xander arrive. Buffy knows that the vamps will get out eventually, so she'll come back when they're gone. Xander wonders why, and Buffy clarifies, "For the body."

The next day, Ford catches Buffy and tells her he had a blast the previous night. They make plans to meet at this spot at nine. Ford returns to his club to finish the arrangements, but Buffy's already lying in wait. Ford signals his toady, who sidles away and locks the door. Ford quickly spills his entire scheme, gloating that the club entrance is "rigged up special," and can only be opened from the outside. Privately, Buffy works out that the rest of the kids aren't going to be changed; they're just fodder. When she pleads that these kids don't deserve to die, Ford blurts out that neither does he-- but he has terminal cancer and [[CurseThatCures vampirism would save him]], though without a soul "he'd" be dead in either case. Buffy looks stunned; had no idea. Ford bitterly goes on that he's got at most six months to live. Buffy apologizes, but doesn't buy into his solipsistic diatribe. If Spike's gang comes in and starts feeding, she promises she's going to kill Ford before he gets to reap his reward.

* NotSoDifferent: Invoked by Ford. Buffy isn't buying it, though.

** How much the Buffyverse would have changed if Drusilla had simply taken Angel's advice here. Angel wouldn't have lost his soul in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence}} Innocence]]", and might not have departed for L.A. the following year. Spike ended up having to help Buffy kill Angelus in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2}} Becoming, Part 2]]" which caused Drusilla to dump him; That event led to Spike's entire personal transformation and turgid affair with Buffy. Drusilla later turned up on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' to sire Darla as a vampire again, thus leading to Darla's one-night stand with Angel and culminating in Connor's birth. Phew.

* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Xander and Willow contrasting their own colorful dubs with the gloomy club atmosphere, and determining that they stick out like sore thumbs.

* InfantImmortality: Drusilla slinks up to a child left unattended, but Angel steps between them and sends the boy packing.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
--> '''Buffy''': Ford wouldn't even give me the time of day.
--> '''Ford''': Well, I was a manly sixth-grader. I couldn't bother with someone that young.
--> '''Buffy''': It was terrible. I moped over you for months. Sitting in my room, listening to that Divinyls song "I Touch Myself." *everyone looks at her* Of course, I had no idea what it was about!

* LameExcuse: "Um... uh, there was a, a cat. A cat here, and, um, then there was a-another cat... and they fought. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment The cats]]. And... then they left."

* HomeVersionSoundtrackReplacement: The original airing included a song by Music/TheSistersOfMercy which was removed for subsequent reairings and the home versions. The exact reason has never been made clear, it's been suggested that it was either a licensing issue or the band objecting to the use of their music.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Angel, Willow, and Xander arriving just as the threat's ended. Buffy remarks they're "just in time." (Though her weary tone suggests she's glad to see them, nonetheless.)

* HollywoodHomely: Lampshaded when Xander bemoans the fact that Buffy doesn't seem to know any fat guys.

* YourVampiresSuck: Angel grouses at moderate length about the kids' misapprehensions about vampires, noting in particular "Do they really think we dress like that?" ...Only to have one of the groupies push past him wearing his exact outfit.

* IdiotBall: Wow, that's some terrible mom to leave her kid alone so late.
* IllKillYou: "Isn't this exactly how you imagined it? You tell me how you've suffered and I feel sorry for you. Well, I do feel sorry for you, and if those vampires come in here and start feeding, I'll '''kill you myself!'''"

* LiesToChildren: Giles on life.
-->"Yes, it's terribly simple. [[IncorruptiblePurePureness The good guys are always stalwart and true]], [[CardCarryingVillain the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], [[SugarBowl and we always defeat them and save the day! No one ever dies, and everybody lives]] {{happily ever after}}.

* NotSoDifferent:

* OfCorsetsSexy: Chanterelle.

* SlasherSmile

* TheSocialDarwinist: Ford, gesturing below the catwalk, says that the "others" are just sheep, and want to be vampires because they're lonely and bored. He, on the other hand, is on the precipice of becoming immortal.

* StealthPun: After Giles’ monologue about good guys and bad guys, the screen goes to dark and Joss’s executive producer credit pops up, and we hear Buffy reply "liar".

** When Buffy crashes his party, Ford mutters to Diego that it's "drafty". Subverted, as this is code for "seal the doors."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Subverted with Ford. To his surprise, Buffy astutely grits out that his confession is just another phase to his "fantasy drama", and refuses to play along.

* VampireVannabe: Ford, Diego, Chantarelle and the rest of the "true believers", though only Ford knows what vamps are all about.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Simultaneously subverting this and an "ILied" moment: Spike detested Fordham and he had no reason to honor his agreement and very good reasons not to.

** That he did so is only revealed at the very end when Fordham rises and is immediately staked. Granted there's no indication he did so himself.

** Buffy mocking Ford's total ignorance of vampire, calling him - ironically in light of his imminent revelation -- "brain trust."

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Practically [[NecessaryWeasel spelled out in neon]] over Ford's head, particularly his knowledge that Buffy is the slayer. It all seems too convenient, so the story is quick to unmask the character's evil intentions.

* EmergencyTransformation: Ford isn't evil so much as he is misguided, believing that it would be better to live as a vampire than to die riddled with tumors.
** He's still [[TheSociopath totally self-absorbed, callous about other peoples' feelings and wishes, feels no guilt at all about lying,]] and he's perfectly willing to sacrifice half a dozen other teenagers (and his old "best friend" Buffy) to get what he wants. That's pretty much the textbook definition of "evil" when not talking about the supernatural.

Night. Buffy and Ford have just finished a walking tour of Sunnydale. (Needless to say, they don't look particularly spent.) Seeing a pair of vampires prowling the school, Buffy hands a cross to Ford, who draws a stake of his own. Buffy looks askance at that, but tells Ford to stay frosty. In the resulting melee, Ford grabs the second vamp -- a female -- and menaces that he'll let her live if she tells him what he wants to know. Buffy stakes her foe, and comes running back to Ford, who's now alone. She asks where the other vamp is, but Ford says he dusted her. In the library, the blonde vampire that Ford set free barges out of Giles' office with one of his volumes and escapes through the stacks. Buffy recognizes the vamp and realizes Ford lied to her.

* BrokenPedestal: The vampire wannabes believe vampires to be gentle and misunderstood creatures. Needless to say, when Spike and his men attack and nearly kill them, they discover how monstrous vampires are the hard way.

* PretenderDiss: After Angel insults one of the vampire worshipers he complains that they know nothing about what vampires are; how they act, how they dress...cue a vampire fanboy walking past dressed exactly like Angel.

** Angel's lookalike walking down the stars just as Angel is making a very serious and important point about poseurs.