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* AccidentalMisnaming: Spike keeps mixing up his friend Jeremy's name and calling him "Jerry".

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* {{Retcon}}: It is revealed Angel is still a candidate to the Shanshu prophechy because the Circle of the Black Thorn never got around to file the scroll with Angel's signature renouncing his potential fate.

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* {{Retcon}}: It is revealed Angel is still a candidate to the Shanshu prophechy Prophecy because the Circle of the Black Thorn never got around to file filing the scroll with Angel's signature renouncing his potential fate.fate, which was a SecretTestOfCharacter. The Senior Partners still want him to play a pivotal role in the apocalypse, on their side.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Spike's friend Jeremy is based on Creator/JohnKrasinski as Jim in the American version of ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]''.
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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', picks up in the aftermath of the last episode of the TV Series. ''After the Fall'' was penned by series creator Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate as ''Season 8'' comics show what happened with Angel right after L.A. is restored to normalcy by the Senior Partners.

This page is intended to cover all ''Angel'' and ''Spike'' comics between "After the Fall, Part One" and "Stranger Things", inclusive; for the subsequent Creator/DarkHorseComics series, see ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith''. Also, keep in mind that spoilers from the televised Buffyverse are not tagged.

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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', picks up in the aftermath of the last episode of the TV Series. ''After the Fall'' was penned by series creator Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate non-canon as ''Season 8'' comics show what happened with Angel right after L.A. is restored to normalcy by the Senior Partners.

This page is intended to cover all ''Angel'' and ''Spike'' comics between "After the Fall, Part One" and "Stranger Things", inclusive; for the subsequent - and canonnical - Creator/DarkHorseComics series, see ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith''. Also, keep in mind that spoilers from the televised Buffyverse are not tagged.
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Moving to trivia.


* SequelInAnotherMedium: "After The Fall" is set directly after the final episode of the Angel series and showcased what happened after the BolivianArmyEnding.

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* ComicBookContinuation: "After The Fall" is set directly after the final episode of the Angel series and showcased what happened after the BolivianArmyEnding.


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* SequelInAnotherMedium: "After The Fall" is set directly after the final episode of the Angel series and showcased what happened after the BolivianArmyEnding.
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* ComicBookContinuation: "After The Fall" is set directly after the final episode of the Angel series and showcased what happened after the BolivianArmyEnding.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Gunn, who was sired during the unseen fight that happens following the CutToBlack in "Not Fade Away"

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* FaceHeelTurn: Gunn, who was sired during the unseen fight that happens following the CutToBlack cut to black in "Not Fade Away"
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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', picks up in the aftermath of the last episode of the TV Series. ''After the Fall'' was penned by series creator Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.

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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', picks up in the aftermath of the last episode of the TV Series. ''After the Fall'' was penned by series creator Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.
debate as ''Season 8'' comics show what happened with Angel right after L.A. is restored to normalcy by the Senior Partners.

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* HumanityEnsues: Angel becomes human once again in ''After the Fall'', albeit using magicks to give himself his vampiric abilities.

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*FaceHeelTurn: Gunn, who was sired during the unseen fight that happens following the CutToBlack in "Not Fade Away"
* HumanityEnsues: Angel becomes is made human once again by the Senior Partners in ''After the Fall'', albeit using magicks to give himself his vampiric abilities.abilities.
*IronicHell: The Senior Partners force the ghost of Wesley to appear as he did in his early appearances in ''Buffy''.


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* {{Retcon}}: It is revealed Angel is still a candidate to the Shanshu prophechy because the Circle of the Black Thorn never got around to file the scroll with Angel's signature renouncing his potential fate.
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* ShoutOut: ''Immortality for Dummies'' features a vampire wearing a ''Webcomic/PvP'' shirt.
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* SexyCatPerson: The Kelly Armstrong run introduced Dex, a sexy assassin and ShamelessFanserviceGirl with several nude scenes, who is [[HumanityEnsues a jaguar with magically augmented intelligence and the ability to shapeshift into a human]].

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* SexyCatPerson: The Kelly Kelley Armstrong run introduced Dex, Dez, a sexy assassin and ShamelessFanserviceGirl with several nude scenes, who is [[HumanityEnsues a jaguar with magically augmented intelligence and the ability to shapeshift into a human]].
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* SexyCatPerson: The Kelly Armstrong run introduced Dex, a sexy assassin and ShamelessFanserviceGirl with several nude scenes, who is [[HumanityEnsues a jaguar with magically augmented intelligence and the ability to shapeshift into a human]].
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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.

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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', picks up in the aftermath of the last episode of the TV Series. ''After the Fall'' was penned by series creator Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.
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** A prophecy regarding the title character's death is fulfilled with a "death" that causes a ResetButton, just like the death of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish Wishverse Buffy]].

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** Possibly accidental: A prophecy regarding the title character's death is fulfilled with a "death" that causes a ResetButton, just like the death of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish Wishverse Buffy]].



'''Illyria:''' [[spoiler:Because I was a massive creature.]] I understand. It was a marginally successful attempt at humor.

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'''Illyria:''' [[spoiler:Because Because I was a massive creature.]] creature. I understand. It was a marginally successful attempt at humor.
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Just a heads-up, I have most of the main IDW run by now so I can start actually troping this.


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NeedsWikiMagicLove. Keep This page is intended to cover all ''Angel'' and ''Spike'' comics between "After the Fall, Part One" and "Stranger Things", inclusive; for the subsequent Creator/DarkHorseComics series, see ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith''. Also, keep in mind that '''spoilers spoilers from the televised Buffyverse are not tagged.'''
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* TheElevatorFromIpanema: Mocked in Spike's series, when he ends up on one of these elevators.

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* TheElevatorFromIpanema: Mocked in Spike's series, ''Spike: After the Fall'', when he ends up on one of these elevators.



* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Angel's dragon and Groo's pegasus are both named "Cordelia" after Cordelia Chase.

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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Angel's dragon and Groo's pegasus are both named "Cordelia" after the deceased Cordelia Chase.



* RaceLift: Fred from Caucasian to African-American, and Gunn from African-American to dark-skinned Hispanic. [[note]]Gunn's real-life actor Creator/JAugustRichards is Latino, but Gunn the character is African-American.[[/note]] Also, this Gunn is still (mostly) human, unlike the "real" Gunn who had been turned by vampires by this point.

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* RaceLift: Fred from Caucasian to African-American, African-American (via CompositeCharacter with Gwen), and Gunn from African-American to dark-skinned Hispanic. [[note]]Gunn's real-life actor Creator/JAugustRichards is Latino, but Gunn the character is African-American.[[/note]] Also, this Gunn is still (mostly) human, unlike the "real" Gunn who had been turned by vampires by this point.

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* TheElevatorFromIpanema: Mocked in Spike's series, when he ends up on one of these elevators.



* RaceLift: Fred from Caucasian to African-American, and Gunn from African-American to dark-skinned Hispanic. Also, this Gunn is still (mostly) human, unlike the "real" Gunn who had been sired by vampires by this point.

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* RaceLift: Fred from Caucasian to African-American, and Gunn from African-American to dark-skinned Hispanic. [[note]]Gunn's real-life actor Creator/JAugustRichards is Latino, but Gunn the character is African-American.[[/note]] Also, this Gunn is still (mostly) human, unlike the "real" Gunn who had been sired turned by vampires by this point.

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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.

NeedsWikiMagicLove. Keep in mind that '''spoilers from the televised Buffyverse and are not tagged.'''

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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

''Series/{{Angel}}''. The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.

NeedsWikiMagicLove. Keep in mind that '''spoilers from the televised Buffyverse and are not tagged.'''
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* AfterTheEnd: The main point of ''After the Fall'', continuing directly from where the television series left off.

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* AfterTheEnd: The main selling point of ''After the Fall'', continuing directly from where the television series left off.



* AdaptationalHeroism: Gunn is not [[spoiler:a vampire]], but a loyal member of Angel's team.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Gunn is not [[spoiler:a vampire]], but a still loyal member of to Angel's team.team within the film, as opposed to being a vampire during the actual Fall of Los Angeles.



** Gunn is a composite of Gunn and [[spoiler:Cordeila]] the dragon.

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** Gunn is a composite of Gunn and [[spoiler:Cordeila]] [[spoiler:Cordelia the dragon.dragon]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Gunn is not [[spoiler:a vampire]], but a loyal member of Angel's team.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Lorne is portrayed as one of Satan's top henchmen.
* AdaptedOut: Several characters get no mention at all, including Nina, Spider and the "Spike-ettes", and Wolfram & Hart.



* CompositeCharacter: Sara is a composite of Spike and Darla. Fred is a composite of Fred, Illyria, and Gwen.

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* CompositeCharacter: BigBad: Satan, of the BigRedDevil variety.
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Sara is a composite of Spike and Darla. Darla.
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Fred is a composite of Fred, Illyria, and Gwen.Gwen.
** Gunn is a composite of Gunn and [[spoiler:Cordeila]] the dragon.


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* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: According to the movie, a T-Rex was the first vampire, and killed the rest of the dinosaurs.


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** Betta George becomes Angel's dog and the TeamPet, George.
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Not to be confused with ''ComicBook/FallenAngel'', another IDW-published comic book with "Angel" in its title. It is worth noting, however, that Illyria made a crossover appearance in ''Fallen Angel: Reborn''.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As is usual, there is no agreement on how to spell Wesley's last name. It's given as "Wyndham-Price" in ''After the Fall #1'' and "Wyndam-Price" in ''After the Fall #17'', both of which conflict with the canonical "Wyndam-Pryce".

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* HumanityEnsues: Angel becomes human once again in ''After the Fall'', albeit using spells to give himself his vampiric abilities.

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* DontExplainTheJoke
-->'''Spike:''' Illyria, have you lost weight? See, because--\\
'''Illyria:''' [[spoiler:Because I was a massive creature.]] I understand. It was a marginally successful attempt at humor.
* HumanityEnsues: Angel becomes human once again in ''After the Fall'', albeit using spells magicks to give himself his vampiric abilities.

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* WhamLine:
** Angel's narration for the first three issues neglects to mention certain events, leading into:
-->'''Angel (narration):''' "[Vampires] can still mend quickly. Which, of course, would mean so much more... [[HumanityEnsues if I were still a vampire]]."
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** A prophecy regarding the title character's death is fulfilled with a "death" that causes a ResetButton, just like the death of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9 Wishverse Buffy]].

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** A prophecy regarding the title character's death is fulfilled with a "death" that causes a ResetButton, just like the death of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9 [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9TheWish Wishverse Buffy]].

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Cordelia the dragon, who shares his name with Cordelia Chase from the series.




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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Angel's dragon and Groo's pegasus are both named "Cordelia" after Cordelia Chase.

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* AfterTheEnd: The main point of ''After the Fall''.

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* AfterTheEnd: The main point of ''After the Fall''.
Fall'', continuing directly from where the television series left off.
* ContinuityNod
** The lot formerly occupied by the LA branch of Wolfram & Hart is now a [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E12DoublemeatPalace Doublemeat Palace]].
** The Doublemeat Palace gets another nod in "Last Angel in Hell", as the Palace is promoting the movie of the same name.
** A prophecy regarding the title character's death is fulfilled with a "death" that causes a ResetButton, just like the death of [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E9 Wishverse Buffy]].
* HumanityEnsues: Angel becomes human once again in ''After the Fall'', albeit using spells to give himself his vampiric abilities.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Cordelia the dragon, who shares his name with Cordelia Chase from the series.
* ProphecyTwist: Angel's "death" in ''After the Fall'' technically fulfills the Shanshu Prophecy, even though the ResetButton is pressed.
* ResetButton: ''After the Fall'' ends with Angel forcing the Senior Partners to revert the Fall. The citizens of Los Angeles temporarily kept their memories, but the memories eventually faded out and only Angel remembered. [[note]]Wait, [[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou this seems familiar...]][[/note]]



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%% Angel being played by Nicolas Cage technically isn't a trope.Don't list these on trope pages, as including Show Within A Show tropes could lead to confusion.
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The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Buffyverse. Everything else is more up for debate.

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The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Buffyverse.Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Everything else is more up for debate.



** Wesley survives longer than he actually did.
** Lorne is a minion of Satan going by the name "OverLorne".

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** Wesley survives longer in the film than he actually the "real" Wesley did.
** Lorne is a minion of Satan going by the name "OverLorne"."[=OverLorne=]".
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From 2007--2011, Creator/IDWPublishing published a series of tie-in comics based on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The first arc, ''Angel: After the Fall'', was penned by Creator/JossWhedon and is considered canon to the Buffyverse. Everything else is more up for debate.

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!!Tropes included in the series:
* AfterTheEnd: The main point of ''After the Fall''.

!!Tropes included in ''Last Angel in Hell'', an [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe film]] about the events of ''After the Fall'':
%% Angel being played by Nicolas Cage technically isn't a trope.
* BabiesEverAfter: Sara returns at the end pregnant with Angel's son, mirroring the "real" Darla becoming pregnant with Connor.
* CompositeCharacter: Sara is a composite of Spike and Darla. Fred is a composite of Fred, Illyria, and Gwen.
* GenderFlip: Spike/Sara from male to female, as a result of being a CompositeCharacter with Darla.
* RaceLift: Fred from Caucasian to African-American, and Gunn from African-American to dark-skinned Hispanic. Also, this Gunn is still (mostly) human, unlike the "real" Gunn who had been sired by vampires by this point.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There are several differences between the film's events and the "real" events.
** Wesley survives longer than he actually did.
** Lorne is a minion of Satan going by the name "OverLorne".
%% Some Shapeshifting trope: Gunn is cursed to transform into a dragon. (Don't uncomment this until someone who's read the comic puts an actual trope to this.)

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