History Recap / VeronicaMarsS01E08LikeAVirgin

At Wallace's house after school, Veronica and Wallace are watching fights on TV. Wallace mentions the purity test, and asks if Veronica took it. Off her DeathGlare, he tries to pretend he didn't, but Veronica coaxes out of him that he scored a 70, which is considered uncool. To raise his "coolness" factor, Veronica takes off her shirt and shows him her bra...[[ParentsWalkInATTheWorstTime which is when Wallace's mother Alicia (Creator/EricaGimpel) comes in]], and asks to speak with Wallace. In the hall, Alicia tells Wallace she doesn't want him to hang out with Veronica, and the Mars family is a bad influence. Wallace comes back in the room, and tells Veronica it's no big deal. Veronica, on Wallace's laptop, discovers that you can buy the results of someone else's purity tests for $10 each. She realizes that school tomorrow is going to be a madhouse.

* {{Bishonen}}: Both Kimmy and Mac feel this way about Renny. Even Veronica is DistractedByTheSexy, albeit momentarily.

At the 09er lunch table, Meg joins her boyfriend Cole (Daniel Bess), Dick, Duncan, Pam (Creator/ShannaCollins), Kimmy (Creator/AnnieAbrams) and a few others. Dick is looking at a laptop which has a "purity test" that's been going around the school. Pam snarks about Meg lending Veronica her cheerleader outfit. Meg comes to Veronica's defense, but Dick points out some of the things Veronica has done to other 09ers. Meg then learns about the purity test, and that almost everyone at school has taken it since it's been e-mailed around. Cole scored a 91 ([[DoubleStandard which, of course, is good if you're a girl, but bad if you're a guy]]), and Meg says she thinks it's nice they decided to wait. She kisses him and leaves, and Duncan teases Cole about that.

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In the parking lot, Veronica walks by Dick, who's trying to fix his car after Veronica messed with it. Veronica finger-guns him and continues to walk by. She sees Mac driving a brand-new Volkswagen Bug convertible, and deduces that Mac was the one who set up the test; since she gypped 09ers out of their money, Veronica isn't too upset. Veronica then greets Meg, who thanks her, and tells her people are now coming up to her claiming they never believed it, including Cole. Veronica sarcastically notes no one is doing that for her, and Meg says it's because people are scared of her. Veronica says that's the point. Meg tells her getting tough was good advice, but she might want to rethink the getting even part; "You do have friends, Veronica." Veronica looks thoughtful as Meg leaves. She then runs up to Duncan and disavows the e-mail to him about being hung up on him and having VD. Duncan says he's not hung up on her either, but makes a joke about the VD; Veronica laughs and leaves.

That same day, after gym class, Veronica comes out of the shower to discover all of her clothes are gone. They have been left in the bowl of a toilet. An 09er, Meg (Alona Tal), takes sympathy on Veronica, and offers her something to wear. Later, they walk into the school eating area, and Veronica is wearing Meg's old cheerleading outfit. Veronica makes a joke about the whole thing, but thanks Meg as she heads to her car so she can go home and change.

Veronica then goes to the IT office and meets Renny. After being thrown for a second by [[{{Bishonen}} how good-looking she thinks he is]], Veronica recovers and, pretending to be [[TheDitz a ditz]], asks Renny to give Veronica her friend's password so she can change her screen saver for her birthday, but Renny tells her he can't do it. Veronica gives up and leaves.

At the 09er lunch table, Meg joins her boyfriend Cole (Daniel Bess), Dick, Duncan, Pam (Shanna Collins), Kimmy (Annie Abrams) and a few others. Dick is looking at a laptop which has a "purity test" that's been going around the school. Pam snarks about Meg lending Veronica her cheerleader outfit. Meg comes to Veronica's defense, but Dick points out some of the things Veronica has done to other 09ers. Meg then learns about the purity test, and that almost everyone at school has taken it since it's been e-mailed around. Cole scored a 91 ([[DoubleStandard which, of course, is good if you're a girl, but bad if you're a guy]]), and Meg says she thinks it's nice they decided to wait. She kisses him and leaves, and Duncan teases Cole about that.

At Wallace's house after school, Veronica and Wallace are watching fights on TV. Wallace mentions the purity test, and asks if Veronica took it. Off her DeathGlare, he tries to pretend he didn't, but Veronica coaxes out of him that he scored a 70, which is considered uncool. To raise his "coolness" factor, Veronica takes off her shirt and shows him her bra...[[ParentsWalkInATTheWorstTime which is when Wallace's mother Alicia (Erica Gimpel) comes in]], and asks to speak with Wallace. In the hall, Alicia tells Wallace she doesn't want him to hang out with Veronica, and the Mars family is a bad influence. Wallace comes back in the room, and tells Veronica it's no big deal. Veronica, on Wallace's laptop, discovers that you can buy the results of someone else's purity tests for $10 each. She realizes that school tomorrow is going to be a madhouse.

In the parking lot, Veronica finds Mac (Tina Majorino), whose real name is Cindy [=MacKenzie=], trying to get into her locked, crummy-looking car. Veronica pulls out a grip and uses it to break into the car. Mac thanks her, and they introduce themselves. Veronica asks if she's good with computers. Veronica asks who can access the passwords, and Mac says only the IT guy can - Renny [=DeMouey=] (Rudy Dobrev), who's there Tuesday and Friday mornings. Mac offers to help sneak into the system if Renny can't help. Veronica thanks her and leaves.

That night, Wallace is taking pictures of Veronica as she's posing, pretending she's displaying something. They get interrupted by a phone call, and as Wallace goes to answer it, Veronica looks out and sees Alicia outside arguing with Jeremy (Joel Bissonnette), the Fennels' tenant, who is blowing off Alicia's requests that he pay his overdue rent.

[[GilliganCut In the girls' bathroom]], we hear Lizzie (Anastasia Baranova) tell Veronica she wish she had posted Meg's results. Meg is considered the perfect Simmons daughter, and Lizzie isn't. Veronica asks Lizzie if she posted Meg's score, and Lizzie says she didn't, but since she gets blame for everything else, Veronica might as well blame her for that as well.

Later that day, Veronica goes to the prison to meet Koontz (Christian Clemonsen), still pretending to be "Ellen White" from Virginia. After some small talk, Veronica asks about the photos and Lily's sneakers, but Koontz soon realizes who Veronica really is, and acts tough about killing Lily. He also mentions having seen Lianne around Kane Software, and insinuates Jake is really Veronica's father.

That night, Wallace comes over to the Mars Apartment to spend the night, claiming his house is being exterminated. Veronica asks Keith if he ever talked to Alicia; he mentions she didn't want him involved, but makes an excuse and leaves. Wallace tells Veronica he told Veronica he was staying with a friend named "Norman" so she wouldn't think he was at Veronica's. He mentions Alicia works at Kane software, and they've been the ones telling her bad stories about Keith and Veronica. Veronica offers to makes Wallace popcorn, and as she goes to get it, she mentions in a voiceover that it does sometimes get to her what people say about her and her dad, depending on who's listening.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: Everything to do with Meg, her sister, and her parents' reaction to the letters from her Spanish admirer becomes a ''lot'' darker after the revelation in season 2 that the Mannings are sex-obsessed abusive monsters who've been keeping their youngest daughter locked in a cupboard.]]
** [[spoiler: The email that Kimmy sent to Duncan from Veronica's account claiming that she has VD becomes much harsher when Veronica finds out that she has chlamydia from when she got raped.]]

* RealLifeRelative: Percy Daggs' little brother plays Wallace's brother.

* DoubleStandards: Discussed - Duncan points out (pretty neutrally) that a score under 60 on the purity test is only considered "slutty" if you're a girl.

-->'''Veronica:''' (''voiceover'') [[NoteToSelf Note to self]] : [[CrowningMomentOfFunny cue tape for client.]]

The next day, Meg is doing the broadcast for the school TV section. She mentions the drama department is holding auditions for the school production of {{Cabaret}}. Her co-anchor makes a joke about Meg being an actress, but when she looks flustered, he clarifies that she's appeared in previous school plays, and she laughs. After the broadcast, Pam comes up to her, concerned, but Meg says she's fine, and that Kimmy (who is also there) should have gotten the anchor position instead of her.

Later, in the school auditorium, they're auditioning people for {{Cabaret}}. Kimmy sings, "Don't Tell Mama", and the audience and teacher applaud. It's Meg's turn next, but as she sings, the audience yells out to her and starts [[CoughSnarkCough slut sneezing]] again. Meg valiantly tries to keep singing, but soon can't take it anymore, and, tear-stricken, flees the scene. Veronica runs after her, trying to comfort her, and, in passing, notices that her own locker has "14" painted on it. Veronica resignedly wonders why it took so long for people to come after her.

* SpoiledSweet: Meg. "You're the last good person at this school. I'd believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning."

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mac and Meg both become important characters later. [[spoiler: Mac's family's poverty, alluded to here, becomes important when it's revealed in ''SilenceOfTheLamb'' that she was SwitchedAtBirth with Madison Sinclair, a spoiled 09er.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mac and Meg both become important characters later.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted; when Veronica tells Renny her account's been hacked, he lectures her about not having easy passwords. Veronica responds that her password is "[=GJ7B!X=]".

* SpoiledSweet: Meg.

At Wallace's house after school, Veronica and Wallace are watching fights on TV. Wallace mentions the purity test, and asks if Veronica took it. Off her DeathGlare, he tries to pretend he didn't, but Veronica coaxes out of him that he scored a 70, which is considered uncool. To raise his "coolness" factor, Veronica takes off her shirt and shows him her bra... which is when Wallace's mother Alicia (Erica Gimpel) comes in, and asks to speak with Wallace. In the hall, Alicia tells Wallace she doesn't want him to hang out with Veronica, and the Mars family is a bad influence. Wallace comes back in the room, and tells Veronica it's no big deal. Veronica, on Wallace's laptop, discovers that you can buy the results of someone else's purity tests for $10 each. She realizes that school tomorrow is going to be a madhouse.

* TitledAfterTheSong: The title, of course, is taken from the {{Madonna}} song.

* ShoutOut: Veronica refers to Kimmy as "''SingleWhiteFemale''".
** When Veronica breaks into Mac's car, she asks Mac if she's seen ''RepoMan''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Fame}} Coco]] (from the TV show) is Wallace's mom.