History Recap / AngelS04E06SpinTheBottle

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Liam displays attitudes appropriate to an Irishman of the 18th century (albeit it's downplayed to be comedic).

* TomatoInTheMirror: Everyone's memory is wiped back to age 17. Wesley, who at that age was head of his class at vampire-hunting school, reckons it's a test: they've been locked in this abandoned building with a vampire, whom they must identify and kill. Angel (who at that age was a living human), in a private moment, looks at a mirror ...

* BecomingTheMask: A tricky variant. Angel was never Liam. Angelus is a demon that imprinted on Liam's memories and possessed his corpse. Angel is this demon cursed with Liam's soul. However, both Angelus and Angel tend to identify as having been Liam at one point, referring to his family as their own. Here, Angel, stripped of all memory except those of Liam at age 17, comes to believe he ''is'' the human Liam.

* MistakenForMasturbating: Teen!Angel morphing in and out of GameFace in the toilet sounds to Teen!Cordy like he's having ADateWithRosiePalms.

-->'''Angel:''' Guaranteed?\\

-->'''Teen!Angel:''' (after Cordelia turns off a radio) How did—? You stopped the tiny men from singing.
-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' You really are far from home, aren't you?

-->'''Gunn:''' So, I guess I'm [[TheBigGuy the muscle]], huh?
-->'''Wesley:''' Sorry?
-->'''Gunn:''' Angel's [[CharacterTitle the man on the card]]. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall It's his world.]] I'm not a leader no more. Don't got that champion's [[TheHeart heart]] like Cordy. And [[TheSmartGuy the brains]] - that was you. So that leaves muscle.

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-->'''Lorne:''' Well, the fact is, I had every reason to believe that the spell would work. And it did...after a fashion. (sips drink) Well, what happened during it and what came after... Ooh, I'm gonna need a bigger drink.

-->'''Teen!Gunn:''' Vampires are real.
-->'''Teen!Wes:''' I was telling!

-->'''Teen!Angel:''' (stands suddenly) I'll search the rooms.
-->'''Teen!Wes:''' I was getting to the good part!
-->'''Teen!Angel:''' But we can't just wait for the vampire to appear. I'll just flush him out--
-->'''Teen!Wes:''' (jumping up and down) ...that it may be one of us!

-->'''Lorne:''' A memory spell — provided by one of my clients —- that is guaranteed to bring our Cordy back to the way she was.
-->'''Angel:''' Guaranteed?
-->'''Lorne:''' No pain, no side-effects. I'm telling you, swingers, [[TemptingFate there's no way this can fail]].
-->''Cut to Lorne, narrating''
-->'''Lorne:''' So, I'm an idiot. What are you —- perfect?

* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Teenage!Angel, while insulting the "dirty Brit" Wesley, can't understand why he lost his Irish brogue.[[note]]Of course back in the 18th century the native language of most Irish was, well, Irish Gaelic and it's unlikely Liam or his father would've spoken English of any accent, but then this is never addressed on the show. It's possible he's Scotch-Irish, as in a Scot or North Englander who settled parts of Ireland.[[/note]]

* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Teenage!Angel, while insulting the "dirty Brit" Wesley, can't understand why he lost his Irish brogue.[[note]]Of course back in the 18th century the native language of most Irish was, well, Irish and it's unlikely Liam or his father would've spoken English of any accent, but then this is never addressed on the show. Its possible he's Scotch-Irish, as in a Scot or North Englander who settled parts of Ireland.[[/note]]

-->'''Liam:''' It's about time the English got what's coming to him; my money's on the slave.

-->'''Teen!Cordy:''' ([[ShowingOffTheNewBody groping her own boobs]]) I've filled out.

After his rendition of "The Way We Were", Lorne addresses an unseen lounge audience, narrating the conversation that Angel and Cordelia had begun just as the previous episode ended. Cordelia questions whether she and Angel were in love, and Angel is uncertain. Cordelia just wants to remember who she is. Lorne arrives with the answer: a bottle containing a memory restoration spell, which Cordelia is eager to try. Wesley arrives, having been asked by Lorne to help with the spell while testing a stake weapon on his right arm, and has an awkward meeting with Fred. She vaguely informs him that her mission was completed, as Gunn realizes that Wesley helped Fred try to kill her professor. When he confronts Wesley, he also threatens Wesley to not pursue Fred, but Wesley tries to dismiss the issue, even triggering the stake on his collapsible sword. Gunn asks what happened to him. Wesley reminds Gunn that "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me." The gang hold hands in a circle around the bottle as it starts to spin. The spell disorients everyone; Lorne passes out and the others stumble about the lobby as if very high on mushrooms. Cordelia suddenly panics and smashes the bottle with her boot. She starts on a tirade about kidnapping and sophomore pranks, as she has mentally regressed to when she was the most popular girl at Sunnydale High; Wesley believes he is still a student at the Watchers Academy, Gunn is once again a rebellious street kid, Fred is transformed into a younger and insecure pothead, and Angel has reverted to his pre-vampire self - a frightened Irish teenager from 1753 named Liam. While Liam wonders what happened to his Irish accent, saying it's the devil, the rest of the gang question what brought them together and what they should do to solve the mystery of their current situation. Gunn and Wesley butt heads on plans and when Wesley tries to demonstrate his toughness with a karate demonstration, he unintentionally activates the stake weapon up his sleeve. When Gunn and Fred find Lorne passed out behind the counter, they are shocked to see a demon. Liam restates its the Devil. Meanwhile, Connor saves a young woman from two vampires. The woman offers her body in repayment, but only if he pays $50.

After his rendition of "The Way We Were", Lorne addresses an unseen lounge audience, narrating the conversation that Angel and Cordelia had begun just as the previous episode ended. Cordelia questions whether she and Angel were in love, and Angel is uncertain. Cordelia just wants to remember who she is. Lorne arrives with the answer: a bottle containing a memory restoration spell, which Cordelia is eager to try. Wesley arrives, having been asked by Lorne to help with the spell while testing a stake weapon on his right arm, and has an awkward meeting with Fred. She vaguely informs him that her mission was completed, as Gunn realizes that Wesley helped Fred try to kill her professor. When he confronts Wesley, he also threatens Wesley to not pursue Fred, but Wesley tries to dismiss the issue, even triggering the stake on his collapsible sword. Gunn asks what happened to him. Wesley reminds Gunn that "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me." The gang hold hands in a circle around the bottle as it starts to spin. The spell disorients everyone; Lorne passes out and the others stumble about the lobby as if very high on mushrooms. Cordelia suddenly panics and smashes the bottle with her boot. She starts on a tirade about kidnapping and sophomore pranks, as she has mentally regressed to when she was the most popular girl at Sunnydale High; Wesley believes he is still a student at the Watchers Academy, Gunn is once again a rebellious street kid, Fred is transformed into a younger and insecure pothead, and Angel has reverted to his pre-vampire self - a frightened Irish teenager from 1753 named Liam. While Liam wonders what happened to his Irish accent, saying its the devil, the rest of the gang question what brought them together and what they should do to solve the mystery of their current situation. Gunn and Wesley butt heads on plans and when Wesley tries to demonstrate his toughness with a karate demonstration, he unintentionally activates the stake weapon up his sleeve. When Gunn and Fred find Lorne passed out behind the counter, they are shocked to see a demon. Liam restates its the Devil. Meanwhile, Connor saves a young woman from two vampires. The woman offers her body in repayment, but only if he pays $50.

After his rendition of "The Way We Were", Lorne addresses an unseen lounge audience, narrating the conversation that Angel and Cordelia had begun just as the previous episode ended. Cordelia questions whether she and Angel were in love, and Angel is uncertain. Cordelia just wants to remember who she is. Lorne arrives with the answer: a bottle containing a memory restoration spell, which Cordelia is eager to try. Wesley arrives, having been asked by Lorne to help with the spell while testing a stake weapon on his right arm, and has an awkward meeting with Fred. She vaguely informs him that her mission was completed, as Gunn realizes that Wesley helped Fred try to kill her professor. When he confronts Wesley, he also threatens Wesley to not pursue Fred, but Wesley tries to dismiss the issue, even triggering the stake on his collapsible sword. Gunn asks what happened to him. Wesley reminds Gunn that "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me." The gang hold hands in a circle around the bottle as it starts to spin. The spell disorients everyone; Lorn passes out and the others stumble about the lobby as if very high on mushrooms. Cordelia suddenly panics and smashes the bottle with her boot. She starts on a tirade about kidnapping and sophomore pranks, as she has mentally regressed to when she was the most popular girl at Sunnydale High; Wesley believes he is still a student at the Watchers Academy, Gunn is once again a rebellious street kid, Fred is transformed into a younger and insecure pothead, and Angel has reverted to his pre-vampire self - a frightened Irish teenager from 1753 named Liam. While Liam wonders what happened to his Irish accent, saying its the devil, the rest of the gang question what brought them together and what they should do to solve the mystery of their current situation. Gunn and Wesley butt heads on plans and when Wesley tries to demonstrate his toughness with a karate demonstration, he unintentionally activates the stake weapon up his sleeve. When Gunn and Fred find Lorne passed out behind the counter, they are shocked to see a demon. Liam restates its the Devil. Meanwhile, Connor saves a young woman from two vampires. The woman offers her body in repayment, but only if he pays $50.

After his rendition of "The Way We Were", Lorne addresses an unseen lounge audience, narrating the conversation that Angel and Cordelia had begun just as the previous episode ended. Cordelia questions whether she and Angel were in love, and Angel is uncertain. Cordelia just wants to remember who she is. Lorne arrives with the answer: a bottle containing a memory-restoration spell, which Cordelia is eager to try. Wesley arrives, having been asked by Lorne to help with the spell while testing a stake weapon on his right arm, and has an awkward meeting with Fred. She vaguely informs him that her mission was completed, as Gunn realizes that Wesley helped Fred try to kill her professor. When he confronts Wesley, he also threatens Wesley to not pursue Fred, but Wesley tries to dismiss the issue, even triggering the stake on his collapsible sword. Gunn asks what happened to him. Wesley reminds Gunn that "I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me." The gang hold hands in a circle around the bottle as it starts to spin. The spell disorients everyone; Lorn passes out and the others stumble about the lobby as if very high on mushrooms. Cordelia suddenly panics and smashes the bottle with her boot. She starts on a tirade about kidnapping and sophomore pranks, as she has mentally regressed to when she was the most popular girl at Sunnydale High; Wesley believes he is still a student at the Watchers Academy, Gunn is once again a rebellious street kid, Fred is transformed into a younger and insecure pothead, and Angel has reverted to his pre-vampire self - a frightened Irish teenager from 1753 named Liam. While Liam wonders what happened to his Irish accent, saying its the devil, the rest of the gang question what brought them together and what they should do to solve the mystery of their current situation. Gunn and Wesley butt heads on plans and when Wesley tries to demonstrate his toughness with a karate demonstration, he unintentionally activates the stake weapon up his sleeve. When Gunn and Fred find Lorne passed out behind the counter, they are shocked to see a demon. Liam restates its the Devil. Meanwhile, Connor saves a young woman from two vampires. The woman offers her body in repayment, but only if he pays $50.

* AngryBlackMan: Teen!Gunn was one militant little tyke.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The amnesiac Fred thinks she may have been abducted by aliens, and rambles about how they must have done terrible things to her naked, helpless body. In response Wesley's wrist-blade pops out spontaneously.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Our first glimpse of the Beast.

* {{Corpsing}}: This episode took much longer to film due to the cast finding it difficult to stop laughing. Creator/AmyAcker and Creator/AndyHallett ruined dozens of takes by giggling, and Creator/AlexisDenisof and Creator/DavidBoreanaz prolonged shooting for an hour and a half when they couldn't stop laughing. To get the scene, Denisof explains he and Boreanaz resolved not to look at each other; on the DVDCommentary, Creator/JossWhedon points out background shots where Boreanaz is still failing to keep a straight face.

** The entire episode seems, in a vague way, to be a CallBack to two ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' episodes: [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy "Band Candy"]], where every adult in Sunnydale ate candy that turned them into teenage versions of themselves (albeit with all their adult memories intact); and [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa "Tabula Rasa"]], where one of Willow's spells misfires and causes the Scoobies to lose their memory.

** Fred mentions having had to take a personality disorder test where she was asked if she wanted to be a florist. This is a reference to the test Willow mentioned in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland Doppelgangland]]".

-->"I got no problem believin' that TheMan is messin' with us!"