History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe

* CreatorCameo: The fake vampire who greets Willow when she comes in ("Hi" Vampire in the credits) is played by Todd [=McIntosh=], the show's makeup supervisor, in a brief cameo.

* AllThereInTheScript: The script refers to the blonde vampire as "Julia".

* ImplausibleDeniability: Chanterelle noticing that Willow and her friends are newbies.

** Buffy moped over Ford for months, and would sit in her room listening to "[[SongsOfSolace I Touch Myself]]" by the Divinyls. She wisely shifts gears by saying she had no idea [[ADateWithRosiePalms what the song was about]].

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* GrievousHarmWithABody: The female vampire knocks Giles into Buffy ([[FightSceneFailure somewhat unconvincingly]]) enabling her to escape the library with the book she's stealing. Later Buffy throws Drusilla into Spike to give her time to duck out the door.

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Practically [[NecessaryWeasel spelled out in neon]] over Ford's head, particularly his knowledge that Buffy is the Slayer. It all seems too convenient, so the story is quick to unmask the character's evil intentions.

* StealthPun: After Giles’ monologue about good guys and bad guys, the screen goes to dark and Joss’s executive producer credit pops up, and we hear Buffy reply "liar."

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Angel flatly calling Chantarelle stupid. Hurt, she chides him for being "confrontational" and says that "other viewpoints than yours may be valid, you know."

--->'''Giles''': You are not, by any chance, betraying your {{secret identity}} just to impress cute boys, are you?

--->'''Ford''': [walks up behind Buffy, who has just slain a vamp] What's going on?\\

** Later, this is Giles' reaction upon learning that Ford knows the secret.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: Buffy notices a photo of Drusilla among Giles' research materials.

** Buffy refuses to be lied to anymore, but Angel tells her that some lies are necessary, which is a nice setup for the end of the episode. (See "Title Drop")

* CheapCostume: The episode features a gang of (literal) vampire wannabes, all of whom dress to emulate movie vampires. While some of the teens are fairly convincing, about half are sporting cheap Halloween getups. Confronted with the gang's ringleader (who is wearing a blue polyester cape and ruffled cravat), Buffy quips, "My God--could you ''have'' a dorkier outfit?" Also subverted, rather humorously, in the ''same'' episode: as Angel enters a Goth club, he scoffs that the clubgoing teens are completely ignorant of how real vampires dress; almost immediately, he comes face-to-face with a young man dressed identically to himself!

* DudeWheresMyReward: Ford sticks his chin out and declares he fulfilled his end of the bargain, and Spike sneers that that's true. This is one of the series' most ambiguous moments.

* RewatchBonus:
** You can see Beljoxa's Eye on a mural behind Ford and Buffy. Beljoxa's Eye plays a pivotal role in season seven's "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E11Showtime}} Showtime]]".

* YouHaveFailedMe: Simultaneously subverting this and an "ILied" moment: Spike detested Ford and he had no reason to honor his agreement and very good reasons not to.

** That he did so is only revealed at the very end when Ford rises and is immediately staked. Granted there's no indication he did so himself.

* SecretSecretKeeper: To Buffy's confusion, Ford already knew she was the Slayer.

* StalkerWithACrush: Angel shows up at The Bronze and even claims that he was hoping Buffy would show despite the fact that Buffy often attends with Xander and Willow.

** It's entirely possible that he developed psychopathy because of the specific part of his brain that was affected by the cancer. In fact, that [[FridgeBrilliance would explain why Buffy never noticed before that there was something seriously wrong with her friend, whom she'd known half her life.]]