History Recap / AngelS03E10Dad

-->''(Demon charges in waving a scimitar. Gunn throws the saw and kills it.)''

-->"I like kids. The Senior Partners took mine before I really got to know them."

* TeachMeHowToFight

* AscendedFanboy: Wesley and Gunn discuss what action hero they feel like imitating. Wes is JohnWayne in ''RioBravo''. Gunn is Austin Stoker in ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct13'' (the same premise updated to modern times). Cordy tells them to sell their DVD players and get a life.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Although]] being carried by a ManOnFire is likely to give the kid some serious burns, as well as possible head (and other) injuries when he hits the ground as said [[BuffySpeak flame-y guy]] collapses into a pile of ash.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Depends on your tolerance for BabyTalk. And teddy bears.

'''Justine:''' "What are we talking about. Some kind of ''[[TheKarateKid Karate Kid]]'', Mr. Miyagi groove thing? Wax on, wax off."\\

-->'''Lilah:''' Dusted during childbirth is more like it. According to our sources she staked herself, leaving the baby alive and kicking but never actually born. [[{{Macbeth}} MacDuff]] [[NoManOfWomanBorn was from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd]].

* IncrediblyLamePun: Lorne tries to calm the baby with song, but it doesn't work.
-->'''Lorne:''' "He doesn't like Smokey Robinson and the Miracles? I thought you said this kid had a soul."

* CallBack: To the original premise of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with Holtz watching Janice fight a vampire in a graveyard.

* ShadowArchetype: Staid English mentor teaches snarky California girl how to fight vampires, while not understanding her popular culture references. [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Sound familiar?]]

** Holtz recruits the first of his team of vampire hunters.

** Fred asks if anyone else is going to come after Connor. Angel replies, "We're safe for the time being." There will be several breather episodes before Holtz makes his move.

* DoubleMeaning: When Lilah asks how the records clerk knows about the baby already, she replies, "I'm Files and Records. It's my job." It turns out to be literally true -- she has the entire contents of Files and Records stored in her head.

** TheBigBoard lists "[[Recap/AngelS01E09Hero The Scourge]]" as possible antagonists.
** Wesley finds Angel changing the baby's nappy on his desk, and snarks that as [[Recap/AngelS03E04CarpeNoctem he's already had sex on that desk]] it's only appropriate that he has a child on it too.

* AscendedFanboy: Wesley and Gunn discuss what action hero they feel like imitating. Wes is JohnWayne in ''RioBravo''. Gunn is Austin Stoker in ''AssaultOnPrecinct13'' (the same premise updated to modern times). Cordy tells them to sell their DVD players and get a life.

** Angel threatens to come after Linwood if anything happens to Connor.

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Holtz only intervenes when Justine is about to be killed by the vampire, because he wants to get an idea of her fighting style, or lack of same.

* ShadowArchetype: Staid English mentor teaches snarky California girl how to fight vampires, while not understanding her popular culture references. Sound familiar?

-->'''Holtz:''' "[[ImpaledPalm It won't be]]."

-->'''Holtz:''' "It won't be."

** Fred asks if anyone else is going to come after Connor. Angel replies, "We're safe for the time being."

* DoubleMeaning: When Lilah asks how the records clerk knows about the baby already, she replies, "I'm Files and Records. It's my job." It turns out to be literally true -- she has the entire contents of Files and Records stored in her head.

* KillItWithFire: Wesley makes good use of the flamethrower Gunn provides. It's about time.

* WouldHurtAChild: Gavin declares they'll get the baby dead or alive. When Lilah protests, he snarks over her squeamishness re harming a baby. Lilah replies that it would be better if they captured it alive for dissection. Linwood smiles in approval at her correct corporate attitude.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Wesley and Gunn discuss what action hero they feel like imitating. Wes is JohnWayne in ''RioBravo''. Gunn is Austin Stoker in ''AssaultOnPrecinct13'' (the same premise updated to modern times). Cordy tells them to sell their DVD players and get a life.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Wesley and Gunn discuss what action hero they feel like imitating. Wes is JohnWayne in ''Rio Bravo''. Gunn is Austin Stoker in ''{{Assault on Precinct Thirteen}}.'' Cordy tells them to sell their DVD players and get a life.

* ShadowArchtype: Staid English mentor teaches snarky California girl how to fight vampires, while not understanding her popular culture references. Sound familiar?