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* It's been said that the scene with Connor saying his name is Stephen was a shout-out to or inspired by a somewhat well known made-for-TV movie called ''I Know My First Name is Stephen''
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* SlutShaming: As with Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}, Angel has a tendency to punish sexual promiscuity. In this case, Cordelia ends up with demonic pregnancies. One client of Angel Investigations displays internalized shame with the question, "Does it surprise you? That I'm a giant slut?" after attempting to seduce Angel.
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* SlutShaming: As with Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}, Angel ''Angel'' has a tendency to punish sexual promiscuity. In this case, Cordelia ends up with demonic pregnancies. One client of Angel Investigations displays internalized shame with the question, "Does it surprise you? That I'm a giant slut?" after attempting to seduce Angel.Angel.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The entire premise of Angel's character as "a vampire with a soul" can be traced back to a gypsy girl that Angelus murdered in 1898, resulting in a curse being placed upon him by the rest of her clan. This girl doesn't even get a ''name'', and yet it was her death that inspired the curse upon which the entirety of Angel's character concept is based -- including the all-important clause that if he should ever experience a moment of happiness, he will once more lose his soul and revert back to his sadistic former self.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The entire premise of Angel's character as "a vampire with a soul" can be traced back to a gypsy girl that Angelus murdered in 1898, resulting in a curse being placed upon him by the rest of her clan. This girl doesn't even get a ''name'', and yet it was her death that inspired the curse upon which the entirety of Angel's character concept is based -- including the all-important clause that if he should ever experience a moment of happiness, he will once more lose his soul and revert back to his sadistic former self.
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* PowerWalk: A flashback to 1900 AD shows Angel and his posse (Darla, Spike, and Drusilla) walking amidst the flames of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.
** Joss Whedon loves these. The show (all of his shows, actually) averages at least one per season, and they usually end up featuring prominently in the opening credits.
** Joss Whedon loves these. The show (all of his shows, actually) averages at least one per season, and they usually end up featuring prominently in the opening credits.
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* TeamPowerWalk: A flashback to 1900 AD shows Angel and his posse (Darla, Spike, and Drusilla) walking amidst the flames of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.
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* ShipTease: [[BreatherEpisode "Provider"]] is ''made'' of this. Includes moments between [[TheyDo Wes and Fred]], [[OddCouple Gunn and Fred]], [[UnresolvedSexualTension Angel and Cordy]], [[AllMenArePerverts Cordy and Gunn]], and ''especially'' [[HoYay Wes and Gunn]].
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* ShipTease: [[BreatherEpisode "Provider"]] is ''made'' of this. Includes moments between [[TheyDo [[RelationshipUpgrade Wes and Fred]], [[OddCouple Gunn and Fred]], [[UnresolvedSexualTension Angel and Cordy]], [[AllMenArePerverts Cordy and Gunn]], and ''especially'' [[HoYay Wes and Gunn]].
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* SealedEvilInAnotherWorld: When Illyria first manifests, the rest of Team Angel discovers that she is the leader of an army of fellow Eldritch Abominations who has been sealed away in another dimension and race to try to prevent her from releasing them so she will TakeOverTheWorld. They are unable to prevent the portal from opening, but [[spoiler:in a particularly dramatic moment of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, the entirety of Illyria's army had long since died off and rotten away [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster because their prison dimension had nothing for them to feed]]. Illyria spends the rest of the series trying to deal with the depression of having no purpose left.]]
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* TearsOfAwe: Upon learning that they're attending a ballet recital, Gunn bemoans the fact that it isn't a hip-hop concert. By the end of the first act, he's literally weeping because it's such a moving performance.
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** In [[Recap/AngelS01E13She "She"]], Angel follows Jhiera into an art gallery, siccing security guards on him in the process. So, he quickly removes his coat and proceeds to lecture on Manet's ''Art/{{The Luncheon on the Grass}}'' to a group of people, who stand rapt at his expert dissertation.
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** In [[Recap/AngelS01E13She "She"]], Angel follows Jhiera into an art gallery, siccing security guards on him in the process. So, he quickly removes his coat and proceeds to lecture on Manet's [[{{Art/Olympia}} Édouard Manet]]'s ''Art/{{The Luncheon on the Grass}}'' to a group of people, who stand rapt at his expert dissertation.
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** In [[Recap/AngelS01E13She "She"]], Angel follows Jhiera into an art gallery, siccing security guards on him in the process. So, he quickly removes his coat and proceeds to lecture on Manet's ''Art/{{The Luncheon on the Grass}}'' to a group of people, who stand rapt at his expert dissertation.
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* RecapByAudit: ** [[Recap/AngelS01E07BachelorParty "Bachelor Party"]]: Doyle asks Angel to snoop around his ex-wife's new fiancée, leading to an awkward scene where Angel spots the beau [[StabTheSalad with a knife]] and tackles him [[DestinationDefenestration through a plate-glass window]]. The next day, Angel grouses that Richard belongs to a family of harmless restauranteurs "[[NoheroDiscount with some pretty expensive windows]]."
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* RecapByAudit: RecapByAudit:
** [[Recap/AngelS01E07BachelorParty "Bachelor Party"]]: Doyle asks Angel to snoop around his ex-wife's new fiancée, leading to an awkward scene where Angel spots the beau [[StabTheSalad with a knife]] and tackles him [[DestinationDefenestration through a plate-glass window]]. The next day, Angel grouses that Richard belongs to a family of harmless restauranteurs "[[NoheroDiscount with some pretty expensive windows]]."
** [[Recap/AngelS01E07BachelorParty "Bachelor Party"]]: Doyle asks Angel to snoop around his ex-wife's new fiancée, leading to an awkward scene where Angel spots the beau [[StabTheSalad with a knife]] and tackles him [[DestinationDefenestration through a plate-glass window]]. The next day, Angel grouses that Richard belongs to a family of harmless restauranteurs "[[NoheroDiscount with some pretty expensive windows]]."
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* RecapByAudit: In Angel, Doyle asks Angel to snoop around his ex-wife's new fiancée, leading to an awkward scene where Angel spots the beau with a knife and tackles him through a plate-glass window. The next morning, Angel grouses that Richard belongs to a family of a harmless restauranteurs "with some pretty expensive windows."
** Marcus Hamilton reading off a list of damages caused by Angel's flunky during a rescue mission.
-->"Illyria destroyed 11 torture units before she found your man; 2 troop carriers, an ice cream truck, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking eight beautifully maintained lawns]]."
** Marcus Hamilton reading off a list of damages caused by Angel's flunky during a rescue mission.
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* RecapByAudit: In Angel, ** [[Recap/AngelS01E07BachelorParty "Bachelor Party"]]: Doyle asks Angel to snoop around his ex-wife's new fiancée, leading to an awkward scene where Angel spots the beau [[StabTheSalad with a knife knife]] and tackles him [[DestinationDefenestration through a plate-glass window. window]]. The next morning, day, Angel grouses that Richard belongs to a family of a harmless restauranteurs "with "[[NoheroDiscount with some pretty expensive windows.windows]]."
** [[Recap/AngelS05E19TimeBomb "Time Bomb"]]: The episode has a suit, MarcusHamilton Hamilton, reading off a list of damages caused by Angel's flunky during a rescue mission.
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** [[Recap/AngelS05E19TimeBomb "Time Bomb"]]: The episode has a suit, Marcus
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, the current definition of Would Hit A Girl is "A guy that has no problems with violence against women is treated as morally questionable at best or evil at worst in a work's narrative and other characters". Any example that doesn't fit the new definition is removed.
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* WireFu: One of the things that made the fights in this show more distinct from ''Buffy''
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* WouldHitAGirl: Angel decks Buffy in the face in an effort to keep her from running upstairs to kill Faith. ("Sanctuary")
-->'''Angel:''' Not to go all schoolyard on you, but [[NoYou you hit me first]]. And in case you've forgotten you're a little bit ''stronger'' than I am.
-->'''Angel:''' Not to go all schoolyard on you, but [[NoYou you hit me first]]. And in case you've forgotten you're a little bit ''stronger'' than I am.
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* SixthRanger: The cast rotates these out after the core five of [[TheHero Angel]], [[TheChick Cordy]], [[TheLancer Wesley]], [[TheBigGuy Gunn]], and [[TheSmartGuy Fred]] are clearly established.
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* SixthRanger: The cast rotates these out after the core five of [[TheHero Angel]], [[TheChick [[TheHeart Cordy]], [[TheLancer Wesley]], [[TheBigGuy Gunn]], and [[TheSmartGuy Fred]] are clearly established.
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** The Nyazian scrolls say that the child of the vampire will not be born. [[spoiler:Darla stakes herself, leaving the child alive and technically never born]].
** The prophecy that "The father will kill the son" and all the other signs attending it are ... muddled at best. The prophecy [[spoiler:was altered by Sahjahn from "the son of the vampire with a soul will kill Sahjahn"]], but no one who should have been able to tell Wesley about all of that actually did so, and all of those signs only ambiguously appear.
** The prophecy that "The father will kill the son" and all the other signs attending it are ... muddled at best. The prophecy [[spoiler:was altered by Sahjahn from "the son of the vampire with a soul will kill Sahjahn"]], but no one who should have been able to tell Wesley about all of that actually did so, and all of those signs only ambiguously appear.
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* ThemeInitials: A disproportionate number of Wolfram & Hart lawyers have the initials L.M - Lindsay [=McDonald=], Lilah Morgan, Lee Mercer and Linwood Morrow.
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* ThemeInitials: A disproportionate number of Wolfram & Hart lawyers have [[LouisCypher the initials L.M M.]] - Lindsay [=McDonald=], Lilah Morgan, Lee Mercer and Linwood Morrow.
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* SimpleSolutionWontWork:
** An {{invoked}} example. After a little while of trying to deal with Angel through the typical solution of sending assassins and demons to kill him (which [[AssassinOutclassin did not work]]), Wolfram & Hart lawyer Gavin Park points out to his coworkers that Angel [[UndeadTaxExemption does not has any legal documentation because he's a vampire]] and they could just toss the IRS at him to make his life hell. One scene (and several InUniverse hours) later, fellow (and cut-throat rival) WR&H lawyer Lilah Morgan arrives to Angel's office and hands him all necessary papers to prevent this from happening and no strings attached, purely to spite Park.
** In the final season, in order to be of help when Team Angel takes over the Wolfram & Hart law firm, Gunn makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with a demon]] in exchange for superior law knowledge. The team discovers that he did this when [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome it turns out the knowledge only stays on for a short time]] and the demon wishes to make a new deal (which [[spoiler:Gunn eventually does secretly, which leads to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom a chain of events that end in Fred's death]]]]). Angel's attempt to help is to march right up to the demon and cut his head off, which leads to the demon just regrowing his head and insisting on the deal.
** An {{invoked}} example. After a little while of trying to deal with Angel through the typical solution of sending assassins and demons to kill him (which [[AssassinOutclassin did not work]]), Wolfram & Hart lawyer Gavin Park points out to his coworkers that Angel [[UndeadTaxExemption does not has any legal documentation because he's a vampire]] and they could just toss the IRS at him to make his life hell. One scene (and several InUniverse hours) later, fellow (and cut-throat rival) WR&H lawyer Lilah Morgan arrives to Angel's office and hands him all necessary papers to prevent this from happening and no strings attached, purely to spite Park.
** In the final season, in order to be of help when Team Angel takes over the Wolfram & Hart law firm, Gunn makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with a demon]] in exchange for superior law knowledge. The team discovers that he did this when [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome it turns out the knowledge only stays on for a short time]] and the demon wishes to make a new deal (which [[spoiler:Gunn eventually does secretly, which leads to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom a chain of events that end in Fred's death]]]]). Angel's attempt to help is to march right up to the demon and cut his head off, which leads to the demon just regrowing his head and insisting on the deal.
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* UltimateEvil: The Wolf, Ram and Hart (AKA the "Senior Partners").
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* UltimateEvil: UnseenEvil: The Wolf, Ram and Hart (AKA the "Senior Partners").
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** The Jasmaniacs could be considered this, seeing as they succeeded where Angel Investigations failed: exiling all of the demons underground forever, blowing Wolfram & Hart to smithereens, and [[UpToEleven bringing about world peace]].
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** The Jasmaniacs could be considered this, seeing as they succeeded where Angel Investigations failed: exiling all of the demons underground forever, blowing Wolfram & Hart to smithereens, and [[UpToEleven bringing about world peace]].peace.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: With the role of the Smurfette shifting between three different characters:
** Played completely straight in Seasons 1 and 2, when Cordelia is the only female team member (and cast member) .
** Season 3 is the only one with TwoGirlsToATeam after Fred joins the main cast, except for the very beginning, when Fred is still reeling from her years in Pylea, and a late-season arc, when Cordelia gets PutOnABus.
** Season 4 cements Fred as the new Smurfette of the team, with Cordelia first missing, then amnesiac, then secretly the BigBad, and ultimately comatose.
** The first half of Season 5 sees Fred keep the spot, with Cordelia removed from the main cast and appearing in only one episode. After Fred dies and Illyria inhabits her body, longtime recurring character Harmony joins the cast; whether this counts as her taking over as the Smurfette or a return to TwoGirlsToATeam depends on one's assessment of ''what'' Illyria is.
** Played completely straight in Seasons 1 and 2, when Cordelia is the only female team member (and cast member) .
** Season 3 is the only one with TwoGirlsToATeam after Fred joins the main cast, except for the very beginning, when Fred is still reeling from her years in Pylea, and a late-season arc, when Cordelia gets PutOnABus.
** Season 4 cements Fred as the new Smurfette of the team, with Cordelia first missing, then amnesiac, then secretly the BigBad, and ultimately comatose.
** The first half of Season 5 sees Fred keep the spot, with Cordelia removed from the main cast and appearing in only one episode. After Fred dies and Illyria inhabits her body, longtime recurring character Harmony joins the cast; whether this counts as her taking over as the Smurfette or a return to TwoGirlsToATeam depends on one's assessment of ''what'' Illyria is.
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** When Lilah mistakingly uses the phrase "handshake deal" when bartering with a demon assassin, Linday quickly jumps in to emphasize that she meant ''metaphorical'' hands. ("Sanctuary")
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** When Lilah mistakingly uses the phrase "handshake deal" when bartering with a demon assassin, Linday Lindsay quickly jumps in to emphasize that she meant ''metaphorical'' hands. ("Sanctuary")
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** The british dvds have a habit of doing this. The Making of Smile Time was [[WhatAnIdiot on the disk just before Smile Time]].
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** The british dvds have a habit of doing this. The Making of Smile Time was [[WhatAnIdiot on the disk just before Smile Time]].Time.
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* YouCanKeepHer: Jack [=McNamara=] steps a bit too close to the red line in "The Ring", giving Angel an opportunity to grab him without disintegrating. When Jack's brother (Darin) shows up, Angel demands to be set free or he'll break Jack's neck. Darin casually pulls a gun and shoots his brother, and Angel is knocked out by a barrage of [[StunGuns cattle prods]].
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* YouCanKeepHer: Jack [=McNamara=] steps a bit too close to the red line in "The Ring", giving Angel an opportunity to grab him without disintegrating. When Jack's brother (Darin) shows up, Angel demands to be set free or he'll break Jack's neck. Darin casually pulls a gun and shoots his brother, and Angel is knocked out by a barrage of [[StunGuns [[StaticStunGun cattle prods]].
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* RejectionProjection: In Season Three, Wesley becomes alienated from the other characters after, due to a prophecy preying on his mind, he abducts Angel's baby son Connor and hands him over to one of Angel's worst enemies, Daniel Holtz. In the following season, when Gunn challenges him over his decline in morals and affability and asks him what happened to him, his response is "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me", which is a ''slight'' understatement of how much his own actions had to do with it.
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* RodAndReelRepurposed: In "Guise Will Be Guise", Angel uses a fishing rod to ensnare a villain who is standing in the sunlight to avoid the vampire.
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* YouCantFightFate: Both played straight as a key point of the MythArc, and subverted when a baddie makes up a fake prophecy to screw with Angel.
** Sahjhan learns it the hard way, despite his relentless [[TheChessmaster chessmastering]].
* YankTheDogsChain: The happier Angel is, the worse things are going to turn out.
** Sahjhan learns it the hard way, despite his relentless [[TheChessmaster chessmastering]].
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* YouCantFightFate: Both played straight as a key point of the MythArc, and subverted when a baddie makes up a fake prophecy to screw with Angel.
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**Sahjhan learns it the hard way, despite his relentless [[TheChessmaster chessmastering]].
* YankTheDogsChain:The happier Angel is, the worse things are going to turn out.out.
** Every single attempt at a RelationshipUpgrade between Angel and Cordelia fails right when it looks like it is finally going to happen: [[spoiler:first a heavily pregnant Darla arrives on the scene; once Darla is dust and Connor is born, the Groosalugg crosses over to Earth to pursue Cordy; after she dumps him and admits she loves Angel, she gets yanked to the Heavens, while Angel gets sealed in a box and dropped underwater; after both of them are saved, Cordy ends up first amnesiac, then possessed by Jasmine, then comatose, while Angel temporarily reverts to Angelus; and finally, after Cordelia wakes up from her coma and has TheBigDamnKiss with Angel, it turns out that she never woke up and has been DeadAllAlong]].
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* YankTheDogsChain:
** Every single attempt at a RelationshipUpgrade between Angel and Cordelia fails right when it looks like it is finally going to happen: [[spoiler:first a heavily pregnant Darla arrives on the scene; once Darla is dust and Connor is born, the Groosalugg crosses over to Earth to pursue Cordy; after she dumps him and admits she loves Angel, she gets yanked to the Heavens, while Angel gets sealed in a box and dropped underwater; after both of them are saved, Cordy ends up first amnesiac, then possessed by Jasmine, then comatose, while Angel temporarily reverts to Angelus; and finally, after Cordelia wakes up from her coma and has TheBigDamnKiss with Angel, it turns out that she never woke up and has been DeadAllAlong]].
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* YouCantFightFate: Both played straight as a key point of the MythArc, and subverted when a baddie makes up a fake prophecy to screw with Angel.
** Sahjhan learns it the hard way, despite his relentless [[TheChessmaster chessmastering]].
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** Vincent Kartheiser took over the role of Connor for the last few episodes of Season 3 before being promoted at the start of Season 4.
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** Vincent Kartheiser Creator/VincentKartheiser took over the role of Connor for the last few episodes of Season 3 before being promoted at the start of Season 4.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: From "Over the Rainbow" when Team Angel was facing down a whole village.
-->'''Wesley''': I think we're winning! (cut to Team Angel tied up)
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** WrittenInInfirmity: David Boreanaz [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] "Soul Purpose", in which Angel is rendered immobile for the majority of its running time. Boreanaz suffered a severe knee injury prior to filming, which necessitated a story in which he doesn't move very much.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: David Boreanaz [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] "Soul Purpose", in which Angel is rendered immobile for the majority of its running time. Boreanaz suffered a severe knee injury prior to filming, which necessitated a story in which he doesn't move very much.
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: The entire point of "You're Welcome."
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-->'''Wesley:''' Apparently she felt I disrespected the Hacklar's culture by killing it.
-->'''Cordelia:''' This town sucks.
-->'''Cordelia:''' This town sucks.
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-->'''Wesley:''' Apparently she felt I disrespected the Hacklar's culture by killing it.
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** Andy Hallett had appeared frequently as Lorne throughout Seasons 2, 3, and 4 before finally being added to the intro in Season 4's "[[{{Recap/AngelS04E14Release}} Release]]".
** James Marsters was made a main cast member for Season 5 after ''Buffy'' ended its run, marking a return to the show for Spike after he had appeared in "[[{{Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark}} In the Dark]]" and "[[{{Recap/AngelS02E07Darla}} Darla]]".
** Mercedes [=McNab=] was added to the show's intro [[{{Recap/AngelS05E17Underneath}} near the very end of its run]] after appearing throughout Season 5.
** James Marsters was made a main cast member for Season 5 after ''Buffy'' ended its run, marking a return to the show for Spike after he had appeared in "[[{{Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark}} In the Dark]]" and "[[{{Recap/AngelS02E07Darla}} Darla]]".
** Mercedes [=McNab=] was added to the show's intro [[{{Recap/AngelS05E17Underneath}} near the very end of its run]] after appearing throughout Season 5.
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** Andy Hallett had appeared frequently as Lorne throughout Seasons 2, 3, and 4 before finally being added to the intro in Season 4's "[[{{Recap/AngelS04E14Release}} "[[Recap/AngelS04E14Release Release]]".
** James Marsters was made a main cast member for Season 5 after ''Buffy'' ended its run, marking a return to the show for Spike after he had appeared in"[[{{Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark}} "[[Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark In the Dark]]" and "[[{{Recap/AngelS02E07Darla}} "[[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla Darla]]".
** Mercedes [=McNab=] was added to the show's intro[[{{Recap/AngelS05E17Underneath}} [[Recap/AngelS05E17Underneath near the very end of its run]] after appearing throughout Season 5.
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* PunnyName: [[Literature/HoratioHornblower Ratio Hornblower]], one of the demonic puppets of "Smile Time".
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-->'''Wesley:''' ''(at Fred writing on the windows)'' ''That's'' never good.
-->'''Fred:''' What? Oh, no, I-- I just ran out of white board. I'm not crazy. Again.
-->'''Fred:''' What? Oh, no, I-- I just ran out of white board. I'm not crazy. Again.
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* SelfDeprecation: A meta example in "Fredless": Trish Burkle comments on how her husband likes "all those disgusting ''Alien'' movies... he just can't get enough of them. Except for the last one they made, I think he dozed off." Joss Whedon wrote [[Film/AlienResurrection the last movie]] in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series, and [[OldShame is not proud of it]].
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* SelfDeprecation: A meta example in "Fredless": Trish Burkle comments on how her husband likes "all those disgusting ''Alien'' movies... he just can't get enough of them. Except for the last one they made, I think he dozed off." Joss Whedon Creator/JossWhedon wrote [[Film/AlienResurrection the last movie]] in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series, and [[OldShame is not proud of it]].
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* [[{{UsefulNotes/Skinheads}} Skinheads]]: The vampires in "War Zone".
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* SingleSubstanceManipulation: MonsterOfTheWeek Ronald Meltzer, who is ''autokinetic'': learning to detach his own body parts and manipulate them from a distance, allowing him to stalk a young woman by sending his eyes and hands to her bedroom. During a fight with Angel he attacks the vampire by detaching his own teeth as a flying weapon.
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* In season 5, first Lyndsey and then Gunn are trapped in a hell-dimension where they apparently have an idyllic suburban life with a perfect wife and children, except that after breakfast every day they are dragged down into the TortureCellar and tortured to death by a demon. The scenes include direct visual references to ''{{Film/Edward Scissorhands}}''.
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* YouKnowImBlackRight: Cordelia calls up Willow (from ''Buffy'') to inquire about Harmony's weird behavior... before learning that Harmony's been turned into a vampire during her absence. Along with some [[SuddenlySexuality other developments]].
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* YouKnowImBlackRight: Cordelia calls up Willow (from ''Buffy'') to inquire about Harmony's weird behavior... before learning that Harmony's been turned into a vampire during her absence. Along with some [[SuddenlySexuality other developments]].developments.
