History Recap / AngelS03E05Fredless

* BaitAndSwitch: Fred is trying to escape her parents, who are presumed by the Fang Gang to be demons or AbusiveParents. It turns out her parents are completely normal which is why Fred doesn't want to face them, as it would mean acknowledging that the horrors she lived through were real. It's actually kind of amusing that Whedon had racked up so many abusive father characters that this is genuinely shocking.

* RomanticHyperbole: In commemoration of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' {{Channel Hop}}ping to another network, Cordelia and Wesley spoof the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Bangel]] romance in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* CrossOver: Averted due to Buffy's ChannelHop to {{UPN}}, though crossover characters would return in Seasons 4 & 5.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:The gang look out the window into the Hyperion's garden to see a swarm of giant bugs.]]

-->'''Wesley''': They loved her. - Supported her. - Didn't grind her down into a - tiny self-conscious nub with their constant berating. Their never ending tirade of debasement, and scorn and...

'''Angel''': [[{{Touche}} I think those two pretty much summed it up]]. To be honest I really don't want to talk about it.

* CreatorBacklash: Roger Burkle is a fan of the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise -- except the last one, which he fell asleep watching. Creator/JossWhedon wrote the script for ''Film/AlienResurrection'' and was not happy with the final product.

'''Angel:''' ''[WalkInChimeIn]'' How about you ''both'' bite me?\\

-->'''Cordelia:''' ''[ChewingTheScenery]'' Oh, ''Angel!'' I know that I am a Slayer, and you are a vampire, and it would be ''[[StarCrossedLovers impossible]]'' [[StarCrossedLovers for us to]] ''[[StarCrossedLovers be]]'' [[StarCrossedLovers together]], but--
-->'''Wesley:''' But! ''[TheGlassesComeOff]'' My [[GypsyCurse gypsy curse]] sometimes [[ObliviousToLove prevents me from seeing the truth]]. Oh, Buffy...
-->'''Cordelia''': Yes, Angel?
-->'''Wesley:''' ''[MilkingTheGiantCow]'' I love you so much I almost forgot to brood!
-->'''Cordelia''': And just because [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2}} I sent you to hell that one time]] doesn't mean we [[BetterAsFriends can't just...be friends]]!
-->'''Wesley:''' ''[ClintSquint]'' Or [[RelationshipUpgrade possibly more?]]
-->'''Cordelia''': {{Gasp}}! No! [[CantHaveSexEver We mustn't!]]
-->'''Wesley:''' Kiss me!
-->'''Cordelia''': [[KissOfTheVampire Bite me!]]
-->'''Angel:''' ''[WalkInChimeIn]'' How about you ''both'' bite me?

* SarcasmMode: Lorne is still pissed over his bar being trashed by Gunn's former gang, and isn't interested in playing along with the Fang Gang's attempt to pass him off to Fred's parents as someone in show business.

* ArmedWithCanon: See RomanticHyperbole

* BadBadActing / TakeThat: Cordelia and Wesley drilling the shit out of the Bangel romance, above.

* ArmedWithCanon / RomanticHyperbole: In commemoration of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' {{Channel Hop}}ping to another network, Cordelia and Wesley spoof the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Bangel]] romance in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
-->'''Cordelia:''' ''[ChewingTheScenery]'' Oh, ''Angel!'' I know that I am a Slayer, and you are a vampire, and it would be ''[[StarCrossedLovers impossible]]'' [[StarCrossedLovers for us to]] ''[[StarCrossedLovers be]]'' [[StarCrossedLovers together]], but--
-->'''Wesley:''' But! ''[TheGlassesComeOff]'' My [[GypsyCurse gypsy curse]] sometimes [[ObliviousToLove prevents me from seeing the truth]]. Oh, Buffy...
-->'''Cordelia''': Yes, Angel?
-->'''Wesley:''' ''[MilkingTheGiantCow]'' I love you so much I almost forgot to brood!
-->'''Cordelia''': And just because [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2}} I sent you to hell that one time]] doesn't mean we [[BetterAsFriends can't just...be friends]]!
-->'''Wesley:''' ''[ClintSquint]'' Or [[RelationshipUpgrade possibly more?]]
-->'''Cordelia''': {{Gasp}}! No! [[CantHaveSexEver We mustn't!]]
-->'''Wesley:''' Kiss me!
-->'''Cordelia''': [[KissOfTheVampire Bite me!]]
-->'''Angel:''' ''[WalkInChimeIn]'' How about you ''both'' bite me?

* CreatorBacklash: Roger Burkle is a fan of the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise -- except the last one, which he fell asleep watching. JossWhedon wrote the script for ''Film/AlienResurrection'' and was not happy with the final product.

* BadBadActing/TakeThat: Cordelia and Wesley drilling the shit out of the Bangel romance, above.

* BadBadActing/TakeThat: Cordelia and Wesley drilling the shit out of the Bangl romance, above.

* TearJerker: Fred's "I was so lost" monologue to her parents when she finally meets them.

* SarcasmMode: Lorne is still pissed over his bar being trashed by Gunn's former gang, and isn't interested in playing along with the Fang Gangs' attempt to pass him off to Fred's parents as someone in show business.

* MadOracle: Angel goes to see Fred in her RoomFullOfCrazy before she departs for good. He knocks on the door; inside Fred is looking at words she's written on the wall; ''Go away, go away, go away, knocking''.

-->'''Roger''': Frankly, Angel, I don't care if you drink pig's blood, cows blood, or those froofy, little, imported beers.

-->'''Cordelia''': Bite me!

-->'''Wesley:''' But! ''[TheGlassesComeOff]'' My gypsy curse sometimes [[ObliviousToLove prevents me from seeing the truth]]. Oh, Buffy...

* CreatorBacklash: Roger Burkle is a fan of the ''{{Alien}}'' franchise -- except the last one, which he fell asleep watching. JossWhedon wrote the script for ''Film/AlienResurrection'' and was not happy with the final product.

* CreatorBacklash: Roger Burkle is a fan of the ''{{Alien}}'' franchise -- except the last one, which he fell asleep watching. JossWhedon wrote the script for ''AlienResurrection'' and was not happy with the final product.

* ContinuityNod: Angel is coming back from meeting Buffy, the meeting Buffy was going to at the end of BTVS "Flooded".

-->'''Wesley:''' But! ''[TheGlassesComeOff]'' My gypsy curse sometimes [[ObliviousToLove prevent me from seeing the truth]]. Oh, Buffy...

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Fred flees the Hyperion when her parents turn up, even though she's barely gone out of her room in months.

* PrivateEyeMonologue: Cordelia tries to pass of their talk of vampires and demons as "LA gumshoe detective slang."