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'''Cordy:''' This isn't our mail. }}
* [[Failed Attempt At Drama]]: Illyria taunting Angel by asking if, since he values humans so much, he's willing to defend {{spoiler|Knox}} -- the man responsible for {{spoiler|Fred}}'s death. Angel sets his jaw and prepares a [[Patrick Stewart Speech]].
{{quote| '''Angel:''' And if it comes down to a choice between you and him, then yes, I would fight for his life, just like any other human's. Because that's what people do. That's what makes us—- [Wesley shoots him] ...Were you [[Not Listening to Me, Are You?|even listening?]]}}
** Speaking of Wes, this trope would often befall him in his early Season 1 episodes (as he was still getting over his status as [[Butt Monkey]] on [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]). This could prove [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] ([[Funny Aneurysm Moment|or Harsh]]), when one considers how, by the end of the show's run, he becomes one of the more [[Kick the Dog|tragic]], [[Character Development|developed members]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|of the ensemble]] {{spoiler|culminating in his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in the [[Grand Finale]]}}.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Angel's quest for redemption. As he tells Faith, "[[The Atoner|Our time is never up]]."
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** Note: Faith purposely overdoses to keep him out long enough (and she's most likely still a bit suicidal).
* [[Fantastic Fragility]]: The Mohra's regenerative blood ensures that he can never be permanently killed. Unless you smack the jewel in his forehead.
** The Beast is a particularly strong demon with a rock-like hide, able to shrug off even shotgun blasts (Angel tries [[Go for
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Examined with regard to demons throughout the show's run. Best embodied by Lorne, who is living proof that pacifist demons do exist.
** [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in Pylea.
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** Marcus Hamilton, most definitely.
* [[Figure It Out Yourself]]: Cordelia to Angel, when she wakes from her coma to help him get back on track.
* [[Finger in
* [[Finish Him!]]: The audience in "The Ring" chants "KILLING BLOW" when a contestant is on the ropes.
* [[Five-Finger Discount]]:
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** Angelus and Faith. He's disappointed when the Slayer he hears about in LA is her, but he quickly gets over it.
* [[Foot-Dragging Divorcee]]: Doyle's wife shows up with her new fiancé so that she can finalize their divorce. Doyle is naturally mopey, since the only reason she left him was because he found out he was half-demon. {{spoiler|Except that it turns out the new guy is ''also'' a demon, forcing Doyle to confront his own personal problems}}.
* [[For Halloween I Am Going
* [[For Inconvenience Press One]]: Angel's testing of the Wolfram & Hart phone directory.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With|A Form You Are (Un)comfortable With]]: The Conduit.
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* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Nearly everything that happened in seasons 2, 3, and 4 are [[Retcon|retconned]] to have been a ''massive'' [[Gambit Roulette]] all along.
** And then there was that time it snowed in Sunnydale. Hmmm...
** Don't forget that we never got a real answer as to why Angel was allowed to return from hell that one time (Also in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* [[Game Face]]: Vampires and other part-demon creatures tend to have one. {{spoiler|Even Puppet!Angel has one.}}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Upon discovering that Cordelia has suddenly turned heavily pregnant, Angel instructs Wesley to take her for an ultrasound to see exactly what they're dealing with. Wes misunderstands this.
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'''Angel:''' Yeah. ''(Takes off jacket and folds it in front of his pants)'' }}
** Pretty much every other thing Angelus says is this.
* [[Getting Smilies Painted
* [[The Ghost]]: [[Powers That Be|TPTB]]
* [[Ghostapo]]: "Why We Fight" details the Nazis' foray into building a vampire army.
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** Even Angel is at times unsure about whether the PTB care about his mission, though subtle hints are dropped that this isn't the case.
* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: Cordelia, immediately upon landing in Pylea.
* [[The Good,
* [[Good Guy Bar]] / [[Truce Zone]]: Caritas caters to good and neutral folks, as well as normal people. Popular for the drinks and the psychic karaoke. If only people would [[Loophole Abuse|stop finding loopholes]] to circumvent the wards protecting it.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Every member of Team Angel proves this time and again.
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** Wesley's library of tomes.
** Inverted in Season Four, when an exhaustive scan of his books fails to dredge up any mention of The Beast. Later, Lilah forks over a duplicate copy of one of Wesley's books -- this one, however, has an entry on The Beast earmarked. Explanation? "I got mine from ''way'' out of town." (i.e. an alternate dimension).
* [[Grievous Harm
* [[Groin Kick]]: Cordelia momentarily staves off Barney by grabbing her head in pain, pretending to have a vision which involves him. Barney, now concerned, asks if she's envisioning him in great danger. "'''Pain.'''" she replies, before kneeing him square in the crotch.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Trevor Lockley. "In my day we didn't need any damn sensitivity."
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** The same goes for Wesley, who [[Take a Level In Badass|took a serious level in badarse]].
** Anne Steele, the clueless vampire groupie from ''Buffy'', turns up in ''Angel'' as an idealistic social worker.
* [[Hiroshima
* [[Hit Me Dammit]]: In the episode "Billy", a [[Hate Plague]]-infected Gunn orders Fred to knock him unconscious with a broken chair leg. It takes a couple of tries.
* [[Hobos]]: The Kwaini are a (supposedly) peaceful species of demons who dress up in wool clothes and hats, causing several passerby to mistake them for hobos ("The Prodigal").
** Boretz demons are a species known for their bad odor and poisonous mandibles. They have a habit of dressing up like transients to prey on homeless people ("Power Play").
* [[Hoist
{{quote| '''Wesley:''' [decks Weatherby] [[And This Is For|That's for calling me a "ponce"]].}}
* [[Hollywood Exorcism]]: The episodes "Rm w/a View" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" are centered around exorcisms targeted at a ghost and [[Demonic Possession|possessed child]], respectively.
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* [[Honest Advisor]]: Cordelia is a no-holds barred example. Wesley fills this role in Seasons 4-5 following her departure.
** Gunn's sister, Alonna, doesn't mince words when she thinks he's being stupid. ("War Zone")
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: The only way to contain an Ethros demon is to trap it in a rare [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Hope Spot]]: If people are ever smiling on this show, brace yourself.
* [[Hopeless Auditionees]]: In the wake of {{spoiler|Doyle}}'s death, Cordy auditions for a laundry detergent commercial, investing her lines with way more pathos than is called for.
{{quote| "See? ''*sniff*'' Just spray it on, [gulps] ...and rub it in... [chokes back tears] ...and in minutes... [sobs*] ...the stain is gone. '''''<big>IT'S COMPLETELY GONE!!</big>'''''}}
* [[Horny Devils]]: When females of the Vigorie come of age, they goes through a period where their "ko" supercharges their sexual urges, which manifests as [[Playing
** The demon hookers in "War Zone" come with fuzzy tails.
* [[Horrible Hollywood]]: Often lampooned.
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** A few weeks into running the firm's Entertainment Division, Lorne finds himself doing this constantly. He suggests selling a script based on the Buffy/Angel/Spike love triangle.
{{quote| "I see [[Johnny Depp|Depp]] and [[Orlando Bloom|Bloom]]. ...Then again, [[Celeb Crush|I see them a lot]]."}}
** How does ''[[
{{quote| [on the phone] "I'm pretty sure Henry Fonda's dead, honey. ..."Bring him back to life"?!"}}
* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: Cordelia, while queen of Pylea, says "Off with their heads!" when asked what to do about her captured friends. She quickly says "Just kidding" and sheepishly admits she's always wanted to say that.
* [[I Can't See Myself]]: Marcus Roscoe's reaction upon [[Body Surf|bodysurfing]] into Angel.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Invoked '''a lot'''.
* [[I Don't Like You and
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of
* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]: Angel once sired a vampire after he had a soul - a mortally wounded submarine captain who had to be kept alive to bring his ship back to the surface to save his crew. This apparently left him with just enough of a conscience to take not the slightest pleasure in his slaughter - but not enough to keep him from butchering people just like every other vampire out there. Sixty years later, he showed up and forced Angel to kill him. The trope name itself also sums up Connor and Angel's relationship, though it's not actually an example.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: [[Nerd|Nerdy]] software giant David Nabbit is stuck supporting the wall at his own party. He becomes clingy after Angel and his associates render a service, showing up at their offices with a cape and sword.
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* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Angel chases and corners Spike in an alley blocked by a [[Chain Link Fence]]. Spike doesn't even attempt to leap the fence, instead turning around and surrendering with an air of smugness. Angel takes the bait, and is garroted by Spike's henchman, Marcus. Whoops.
{{quote| '''Spike:''' Caught me fair and square, white hat! Guess there's nothin' to do now but go along quietly and pay my debt to society.}}
* [[I Was Beaten
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: In the Victorian-era flashbacks of "Five By Five", Darla reacts to Angel's newfound soul the same way a human would to a vampire -- by recoiling in fear and trying to kill him.
** After Wesley conspires with Holtz to steal Angel's son (and gets a slit throat for his trouble) Angel pays him a visit in the hospital. At first it seems like Angel is prepared to reconcile, but then he suddenly grabs a pillow and tries to smother Wesley with it. Angel continues to hurl curses and threats at Wesley as he is dragged away by Gunn and some orderlies.
* [[I'm Cold... So Cold...]]: A somewhat dumbfounded Wesley asks, "Is anyone else cold?" after getting shot in the gut. ("The Thin Dead Line")
* [[I'm Not Afraid of
* [[I'm Standing Right Here]]:
{{quote| '''Angel:''' I'm '''NOT''' a eunuch!}}
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{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' Hi Doyle. Are you gonna become loser pining guy, like, full time? 'Cause we already have one of those around the office.<br />
'''Angel and Doyle:''' ''Hey!'' }}
* [[If I Wanted You Dead...]]: Angel often has to remind others of this, particularly when they accuse him of being Angelus in disguise.
** Conversely, Holland Manners spells this out for Angel in "Reunion".
** In "Underneath", Angel is forced to to free Lindsey from Wolfram & Hart's prison dimension. Lindsey notices Angel's sword and, assuming they've come to kill him, snarls, "Make it quick." Exasperated, Angel replies, "If I was gonna kill you, it wouldn't be quick."
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: Gunn is compelled to twist Professor Seidel's neck before tossing his limp corpse down a portal, ostensibly so Fred wouldn't have to do it ("Supersymmetry").
* [[If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten|If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten]]: Darla once tested Angel by offering him a baby to eat.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: A couple of cases can be argued, but Lindsey helping Angel save the kids but going back to Wolfram and Heart for a promotion, raise and "[[Signed Up for
** The entirety of season 5 consists of Angel rejecting his own from the episode ''Epiphany'' in season 2. In the end he {{spoiler|essentially retries his suicide mission against the Senior Partners from the second season, he just has better information and the rest of the team with him this time.}}
* [[Imagine the Audience Naked]]: Angel's advice to Kate before taking the mic at her father's retirement bash.
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** Holtz drives a nail through Justine's hand to test her loyalty.
** Wesley also has this done to him by a booby trap in Season 4, Episode 10.
* [[Impaled
** When Penn puts Angel [[Human Shield|in a headlock]], Angel signals Kate to impale him with an oversized piece of wood. She jabs it though both of them, missing Angel's heart but killing Penn.
* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Wesley and Cordelia make a bumbling effort to pass as detectives in "The Ring". Wes rapidly waves his wallet around to imitate a flashed badge.
** Angel's masterful performance as a lead detective at a crime scene -- using only a [[Clipboard of Authority|styrofoam coffee cup]].
* [[Implacable Man]]: This is Hamilton and Illyria's baseline combat strategy.
* [[Inherent in
{{quote| '''Fred''': We didn't sell out. We're changing the system from the inside.<br />
'''Gunn:''' You know, when you say it out loud, it sounds really naive. }}
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* [[Instant Sedation]]: The Watcher's Council operatives give Wesley a syringe containing a sedative "powerful enough to bring down a man twice your size - or a Slayer." (i.e. Faith) What's more, all it requires is "a little pressure on the flesh" to work.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Angel and Cordelia. Shipping aside, in Spin the Bottle he calls her "his dearest friend".
* [[Interrogation
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Played for laughs in "I Will Remember You", the episode following Angel's visit to see Buffy. When Cordelia and Doyle arrive for work, they immediately panic when they spout Angel examining a stake. "Don't do it, Angel!" (Angel's using it to prop up his desk.)
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "I just can't seem to care." And let's not forget "Is that it? Am I done?" or even (arguably) "I get that now".
** Attorney Lee Mercer makes the mistake of getting in Faith's face, warning her not to make him "look bad". Faith immediately starts hammering his head into a table while parroting his line (The next time we see Mercer, he's wearing a neck brace).
** "Survival of the fittest, bro. And right now you're not lookin' too fit."
* [[Is There a Doctor In
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: "All Through the Night".
* [[It Got Worse]]: Connor is seduced by {{spoiler|Jasmine-posessed Cordelia}} during what looks like the end of the world and brainwashed into believing she loves him and that he must protect their love child {{spoiler|which is actually Jasmine}}.
** He spends a great deal of time believing [[The Dragon|The Beast]]'s emergence and the mayhem and slaughter which ensues is his fault because The Beast rose on the exact spot he was born. {{spoiler|Jasmine}} planned it that way, but it wasn't his fault. ** Also at the end of "The Magic Bullet" it is revealed that {{spoiler|he was never brain-washed by Jasmine and was following her of his own volition.}}
** In "Home" he holds a store full of people hostage with a bunch of explosive devices, likely in an attempt to [[Suicide
* [[It Makes Sense in Context]]: Many things, but an example from this show is the demonstration article of that page.
* [[It Meant Something to Me]]
* [[It Works Better
* [[It's All My Fault]]: In exchange for being given legal knowledge, Gunn signs off on a document allowing Illyria's sarcophagus to pass through customs, {{spoiler|which eventually leads to the death of Fred}}. Naturally he is devastated and reluctant to tell anyone about it, and is even stabbed by Wesley after he finds out.
* [[It's Been Done]]: In "Soulless", Angelus finds more humor in his son's dalliances with Cordelia than his alter-ego did.
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