History Recap / VeronicaMarsS01E04TheWrathOfCon

...where the four of them are still partying, but are now walking on the beach, and have moved to playing "INever". Veronica says she's never gone skinny-dipping, and the others not only drink, but chastise Veronica for this; Lily tells her they're going to have to change that. Logan, looking at Duncan, says, "[[ADateWithRosiePalms I've never taken matters into my own hand in the boys' locker room after watching the cheerleader tryouts.]]" Duncan tells Logan he's dead, and drinks, Lily laughs, and Veronica hopes this happened before they started going out. Duncan says he's never seen his parents having sex. Lily drinks, and describes what happened, [[TooMuchInformation which grosses Duncan out]]. Lily then says she's never not had sex, which Logan clarifies as, "Drink if you're a virgin." Veronica drinks, and after some hesitation, so does Duncan. Lily and Logan laugh, Veronica thinks it's sweet and kisses him, and the four of them end up hugging each other.

The next day, Keith calls Grant, pretending to be someone from the college admissions office, asking Grant if he'll show a prospective student around. Grant isn't interested, even after Keith mentions "M.I.T." is also interested in him, until Keith dangles the possibility of tickets to see the new [[TheMatrix Matrix game]], at which Liam suddenly becomes interested.

This episode contains examples of:

* FourOneNineScam: The episode "[[ShoutOut The Wrath of Con]]" features two college students pulling off a scam based on this one in order to raise money for the video game they're making. The "sealed account" is the students' trust fund.

* ProductPlacement: This troper's laptop screen is small, but it looked like the fridge in Grant Winter's room was full of a particular brand of drink.

* FourOneNineScam: The main case for Veronica this episode.

* ChekhovsGun: The red satin dress, and Veronica admitting she's never been skinny-dipping.
** And the flower in "Amber"'s hair, being attached to a hair grip that is later used to unpick locks.

* TheDitz/DumbBlonde: Veronica pretends to be one in her meeting with Karl.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Weevil crying at Lily's dedication.

* MasterOfDisguise: Veronica at Gameland, as an admissions assistant, and as a ditzy blonde called 'Amber'. Grant actually got a good look at her in her Gameland disguise, and did not recognise her despite seeing her quite close up as an admissions assistant.

* PacManFever: Zigzagged.

* PapaWolf: Keith, in one of the most awesome examples ''ever.''
** Also, Jake.

-->'''Keith:''' Good. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome So you won't mind then that I cancelled your reservation at the Four Seasons?]]

** The gameplay segments are quite wrong. The game itself is ''VideoGame/UnrealTournamentIII'', but without the split-screen multiplayer that would have been necessary for a single large television. The result is three people (including Veronica) all trying to control the same character.

* ShoutOut: When Veronica asks Logan about the memorial video, Logan snarks, "It's very [[TheWonderYears Wonder Years]]."

* AManIsNotAVirgin: It's left ambiguous whether Duncan is drinking because he really is a virgin and is embarrassed by it, or he's pretending to be one for Veronica's sake.

** Technically, Lilly warning Veronica in a flashback that Celeste will try to break Veronica and Duncan up. At this point in the series they're already broken up, but it isn't confirmed until late in the season that Celeste is indeed the one responsible (having told Duncan that Veronica is his half-sister)

-->'''Keith:''' Good. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome So you won't mind then that I cancelled your reservation at the Four Seasons?]]