History Recap / BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou

* KickTheDog: Since Faith is trying to ruin Buffy's life, she does this with [[TrueCompanions Xander]]. She attempts this on Spike, but he's able to play it cool until she leaves. She's especially ([[EvilIsPetty and pointlessly]]) cruel to an anxious Tara, who neither she nor Buffy had even met.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Subverted when Faith switches bodies with Buffy. Buffy is easily able to convince Giles that it's her by rattling off a string of rather embarrassing facts about their relationship that Faith couldn't know.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: At this point, Faith is truly evil. However, she finds that she cannot turn her back on those in need. Rescuing a girl from a vampire to maintain her cover as "Buffy" profoundly affects her, and when she hears about hostages in a church, rather than run off with Buffy's body, she chooses to save them -- because she is [[BecomingTheMask starting to think of herself as Buffy in truth]].

At the Bronze, Willow introduces Tara to Faith. While Willow gets some drinks, Faith reads between the lines, ''quite'' amused to realize that Tara is gay and carrying a torch for Willow, and needles Tara by talking about Oz. Willow returns and points out a vampire with a girl which Faith reluctantly goes out to slay. The girl thanks Faith for saving her which surprises and upsets Faith.

At the Bronze, Tara notices the fragmented energy coming from Buffy and knows that 'Buffy' isn't who she says she is. She informs Willow and they prepare to perform a ritual to track Buffy's real energy.

Faith attends a meeting at Giles' apartment alongside Willow, Xander and Anya (who makes Faith uneasy as she has no idea who she is). Faith happily tells the gang that Faith is on the way to prison but Giles tells them its unlikely as the Watcher's Council has sent a team to apprehend the rogue slayer and take her back to England. Faith is ecstatic at the news and goes out to celebrate at the Bronze until she runs into Spike. Once she realizes who Spike is, Faith begins teasing him and speaking to him seductively. When it's obvious Spike is confused but attracted to her, Faith tells him she wouldn't do anything to him anyway as it's wrong. Frustrated and furious, Spike promises that as soon as his chip is out, they'll have a confrontation. Faith merely smirks at Spike's threat and leaves.

Meanwhile, Willow and Tara talk about Faith and Tara confesses that she 'belongs' to Willow.

* RelationshipReveal: Not that some fans still didn't get it.
-->'''Willow:''' I just want something that's, you know, mine.\\
'''Tara:''' [[PropertyOfLove I am, you know. Yours.]]

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* ShowingOffTheNewBody: Faith-as-Buffy's first impulse is to [[BathtubScene take a bath]], shows off her legs for the camera with a BathKick, and gropes her new body extensively.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Adam begins his recruiting of underworld denizens by comparing them to himself.
-->'''Adam:''' Vampires. Demons in a human body. You walk in both worlds and belong to neither. I can relate.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Faith offers Riley the chance to indulge any dirty fantasy he wants. Instead Riley makes love to her so gently that Faith begins to FreakOut.

* ShowingOffTheNewBody: Faith-as-Buffy's first impulse is to [[BathtubScene take a bath]], [[BathKick show off her legs for the camera]], and grope her new body extensively.

-->'''Buffy-in-Faith:''' What's a stevedore? [[note]]A type of dock worker who unloads boat merchandise. Needless to say he has to be very fit regarding, ummm... repetitive tasks.[[/note]]

* FreakyFridayFlip: A typical example of the similarity between this and NotHimself, due to characters in one another's bodies acting in atypical, often outrageous ways. It includes a scene in which Faith, now in Buffy's body, takes a [[BathTubScene long bath]] and [[FoeYay explores her new anatomy.]] And then a scene in which Faith enacts a most unusual version RageAgainstTheReflection, pummeling and shouting at her own body.

* BedTrick: While possessing Buffy's body, Faith pretends to be her in order to sleep with Riley. [[FoeCooties Buffy is horrified when she finds out.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Averted -- Buffy is furious that Riley slept with Faith, and it certainly fuels her desire for revenge [[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary when pursuing Faith in Los Angeles]]. Might also double as a ContinuityNod if Angel ever mentioned Faith's earlier rape attempt.

* RapeAsDrama: Faith's actions could be treated as rape, although legally it would be a murky issue even putting aside the supernatural elements. The consequences would be followed up on in the coming episodes and later in the season, and Buffy would even appear on Angel willing to go through her ex to get at Faith.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Tara needs something of Buffy's for the spell. Willow says the ring she's wearing belongs to Buffy.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldKnow: Buffy-in-Faith's-body proves her identity to Giles by bringing up things that only the two of them know, like the time he slept with Joyce.

* PutOnABus: Faith doesn't reappear in Sunnydale until three years later. She does, however, become a recurring character on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.