History Recap / AngelS03E04CarpeNoctem

* AHouseDivided: Gavin points out that Angel can be taken out from his lack of proper documentation. Of course soon after he says this, Lilah gives Angel all the documents he needs, purely to spite Gavin.

-->'''Cordelia:''' "I'll interview the hookers. Are there any men who aren't just dogs?"

-->'''Cordy:''' "[Fred]'s got the big puppy love. I mean, who wouldn't? You're handsome, and brave, and heroic, (Angel starts to preen) emotionally stunted, erratic, prone to turning evil and, let's face it -- a eunuch."\\
'''Angel:''' "Hey, how can you... I'm not a eunuch!"\\
'''Cordy:''' "Angel, it's just a figure of speech."\\
'''Angel:''' "Find a better one."

* BrickJoke / CallBack: To "[[Recap/AngelS02E06GuiseWillBeGuise Guise will be Guise]]" (an episode which was also about someone impersonating Angel) with "I'm not a eunuch!"

-->'''Cordy:''' (talking to four hunky guys) "There could be follow-up questions. I'll need some home phone numbers. Why don't we start with you, Benny?"

* HellBentForLeather: After realising he's a vampire, Marcus changes into the Black Leather Pants of Evil. Clearly it was mentioned in one of those books on Angelus he looked up.

-->'''Cordelia:''' You know, there is your business life and then there is your social life, and everybody knows that you keep those two things sepa--"\\

'''Cordy:''' "I'm gonna go see if ''he'' knows anything."

* ICantSeeMyself: Marcus can't understand what happened with Lilah until he [[GameFace feels his suddenly bumpy face]], then looks in a mirror to find out why he changed -- and sees nothing there.

* KirkSummation: Angel to Marcus at the end

* LoveHurts: Fred's DespairSpeech when she realises a relationship with Angel can't happen.

* ManHug: Marcus joyfully hugs Wesley when he realises that Fred is a girl. With lots of manly back-slapping.

* NotHimself: Angel eats burritos ([[TheScrooge which he pays for]]), flirts with women, complains about the gang getting hold of telephone bills illegally and has a rather 'odd' talk with Wesley. All he gets is a few puzzled glances until he a) hurts Fred by b) making out with a brunette, and c) the clincher -- when everyone else assumes Angelus has returned, Wesley points out that, whether Angel or Angelus, he wouldn't need to look up books about vampires.
* ObliviousMockery: Fred is raving over going to the movies with Angel -- a [[NotADate date in all but name]].
-->'''Fred:''' "And even though he didn't talk a lot, it was still okay. It was comfortable. It wasn't that awkward kind of quiet. You know that awkward kind of quiet?"\\
'''Wesley:''' [beat] "No. That's never happened to me."

* PrecociousCrush / RescueRomance: Fred is smitten with Angel, who is reluctant to confront her over it, first because he doesn't want to hurt Fred and secondly because he appears to enjoy the flattering company.

-->'''Marcus-in-Angel's body:''' "Guys! It's about time. It's ''him'' -- he's the one who's been casting that spell."\\
'''Cordy:''' "''You're'' Angel? With ''that'' cologne? I don't think so."

* UnPerson: Gavin points out that Angel doesn't exist officially -- [[UndeadTaxExemption no social security number, no tax payer ID]], [[OnlyOneName no last name]] -- so he can't use official channels to fight Wolfram & Hart's petty harassment.

** Of course, this isn't entirely accurate, as Angel has also been with Drusilla and had tension with Jhiera, and two of the three Transuding Furies are brunettes.

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Lilah Morgan doesn't take much convincing to start tearing open Angel's shirt and make out with him on Wesley's desk.

* GrandTheftMe: This includes a unique MistakenForGay, when Marcus briefly believes Angel is gay.

* IdiotBall: Angel's investigating a series of mysterious deaths, and walks in on a peeping tom who had been looking in on the pilate's class all the victims shared, and sees that the old man had a serious interest in the occult. Then the old man starts chanting, and Angel just looks at him like an idiot and claims he's not scared of spells before falling victim to the BodySurf.

* IdiotBall: Angel's investigating a series of mysterious deaths, and walks in on a peeping tom who had been looking in on the pilate's class all the victims shared, and sees that the old man had a serious interest in the occult. Then the old man starts chanting, and Angel just looks at him like an idiot, claims he's not scared of spells, and lets him BodySurf.

* MistakenForGay: Marcus hears from Cordelia that he's supposed to let someone named "[[GenderBlenderName Fred]]" down easy, looks down at what Angel is wearing, and mutters, "Obviously." This causes him to [[MistakenIdentity try to break up with Wesley]], whom he assumes is "Fred", before he figures out that "Fred" is a girl.

* IdiotBall: Angel's investigating a series of mysterious deaths, and walks in on a peeping tom who had been looking in on the pilate's class all the victims shared, and sees that the old man had a serious interest in the occult. Then the old man starts chanting, and Angel just looks at him like an idiot and lets him BodySurf.