Line #107 ComicBook/AngelAndFaith


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2	''Angel & Faith'' is a canonical comic book continuation of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' that has been running since 2011 (concurrently with [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the canonical Buffy comics]]) and follows ensouled vampire Angel and rebel Slayer with a cause Faith as [[TheAtoner they look to not only redeem themselves for past actions]], but also to keep others from making the same mistakes. Much of the series takes place in London at Faith's estate, formerly the home of Rupert Giles, which Faith inherited following the events of Season Eight.
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5	!! ''Angel & Faith'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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11	* TheAtoner: Both of our protagonists.
12	* [[UnclePennybags Aunt Pennybags]]: [[spoiler: Giles]]' latest WhatTheHellHero moment was to leave Faith everything in his will. If you know Faith you know she's [[AxCrazy usually]] fun to be around, but she's also putting that new found wealth to good use, from helping Angel and his research to paying off Arsenal football fans when Nadira picks a fight with them.
13	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Faith is very loyal to Angel for this reason, him being the only one who has never "used" her. Also the reason why she helps Angel, is because she really wants Giles back, since he was nice to her, too.
14	* BrutalHonesty: Giles' aunts, Lavinia and Sophie, in the mold of Cordelia and Anya.
15	* CallBack:
16	** "Daddy Issues": Faith's accidental killing of the deputy mayor in season 3. It's because she remembers this that she is able to stop another slayer from making the same mistake. Later, [[spoiler:her father]] reveals he knew about this and tries to get her to kill humans that are after him. [[spoiler: To save Angel, she ends up cutting off one of the guys' hands and is [[DespairEventHorizon understandably horrified]].]]
17	** "Family Reunion": Faith worried about what will happen to Angel in Quor'toth, since the last time he was in an alternate dimension he had trouble controlling his demon side. It is revealed being in Quor'toth may [[ADarkerMe affect their behavior.]]
18	** Mohra Demon blood from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' season 1, now being sold on the BlackMarket.
19	** ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayerChaosBleeds'' has Faith allude to using stakes as dildos. Giles' aunts bust her on this.
20	* CharacterDevelopment: Faith has gone from being an AntiHero to pretty damn heroic. In-universe even Willow treats her as TheHero of both series, since she's still mad at Buffy.
21	** Faith being somewhat of a CelibateHero also counts, considering her former ReallyGetsAround tendencies.
22	** Take a look at the other main character. He's closer to [[Series/{{Bones}} Booth]] to brooding these days, with his kind of childish traits such as setting up a mano a mano vampire fight or confrontation simply to be dramatic even getting a little LampshadeHanging pasting.
23	* ClosetGeek: Not only does Faith have ComicBook/{{Batman}} pajamas, she makes enough ''Franchise/StarWars'' references to make one think she had been hanging out with Andrew.
24	* ContinuityNod: When Angel, Willow, and Faith go to visit Connor:
25	--> '''Angel (to Faith):''' "It wasn't that long ago I had to [[spoiler: pull you off your father before you choked him to death.]] So keep your [[spoiler: parenting]] advice to yourself." ''Ouch.''
26	* DeadpanSnarker:
27	** Faith and Giles' aunts. Angel also has his moments, particularly during the Harmony issue:
28	---> '''Angel:''' You know, when you started this story, I didn't think it was possible for me to care any less. But here we are.\
29	'''Angel:''' I didn't realize how ''famous'' you were. Sorry, that stuck in my throat.
30	** Spike, probably the biggest snarker in either series next to Xander, shows that he hasn't let up on it since during his appearances this season.
31	* FixFic: The series can be seen as this to Buffy Season 8, which got a very mixed reaction from fans.
32	* GoodIsNotSoft: Faith's compassion has reached the point to where TheDeadHaveNames and EvenEvilHasLovedOnes in regards to vampire drug dealers, while slicing off the arms of human gangsters who threaten her and Angel and attempting to forcibly turn him human so he can let go of having to make amends.
33	* TheHero: Faith has become this to some, including Willow, and stands as perhaps the best example since Buffy's name is mud after [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she did what she had to do]] and Angel more an obsessed AntiHero.
34	* OlderAndWiser: Believe it or not, Faith. She's a CoolBigSis to other Slayers, uses her mistakes as a basis of what to do, and Angel personally picked her because she would guide him or stop him if he becomes obsessed, crazy or dangerous.
35	* OlderThanTheyLook: Giles' aunts use magic to prevent them from aging.
36	* ParentalAbandonment:
37	** Connor. Angel refuses any contact with him, even ignoring his phone calls, because he thinks it will be better for him. Connor's fake family, the Rileys, [[AscendedFridgeHorror have lost all memories of him as a result of the magic being gone]] so he has lost them too.
38	** Faith.
39	* PlatonicLifePartners: What Angel and Faith have become.
40	* PopCulturedBadass: Faith.
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** Faith updates Angel on the latest inmates from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', while tracking a demon that feeds on trauma.
43	** In ''Death & Consequences'' does the jacket Faith wear look like it belongs to someone else? [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 Commander Shepard perhaps?]] Looks like our GamerChick had upgraded from the Platform/PlayStation the Mayor gave her to an Platform/{{Xbox}}.
44	** Faith says there ain't no saints in this room. Funny she should mention that: that's exactly who her actress Creator/ElizaDushku played in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''.
45	** And Faith being sick of being responsible for Angel, she's "not friggin' ComicBook/SpiderMan."
46	** As mentioned before, Faith references ''Franchise/StarWars'' quite a bit.
47	** First Angel then Faith gain a FriendOnTheForce named Detective Brandt, a British copper. Name's the same as a hulking, vicious [[Film/{{Blitz}} Sergeant Brandt.]]
48	* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: Lavinia and Sophie.
49	* TookALevelInKindness: ''Faith''. Aside from the occasional RageBreakingPoint, she's now one of the nicest, most down-to-earth characters in either series. Giles' aunts even consider her more level-headed than Angel.
50	* UndyingLoyalty: Faith and Angel, to each other.
51	* VainSorceress: Giles' aunts, who are TheThingThatWouldNotLeave to both Angel and Faith, but are permitted to stay as part of [[spoiler:Giles' will.]]
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57	* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
58	--> '''Angel:''' You ever try finishing a sentence when Buffy's all worked up?\
59	'''Willow:''' Oh, that is sexist. And funny and so very, very true.
60	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Dark Willow]] in Quor'toth.
61	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Averted in that Faith turns down a horny Spike because she has matured past this and no longer seeks to be just someone's quick lay.
62	* ArcWelding: When Whistler shows a vision of the future to come in a world without magic, it's clearly the world of ''{{ComicBook/Fray}}'', if you notice the hovercars.
63	** This is more complicated than it first seems. ''{{ComicBook/Fray}}'' is set in a world without magic and Urkonn tells Fray that the 'last' Slayer faced an apocalyptic army of demons, after which all magic (and demons, and the Slayer herself) vanished from the world. It's clearly established though that vampires are normal in this setting - Fray's brother is turned into one and - crucially - is not a 'zompire' or an evolved vampire that appear after magic is restored. It's possible that ''{{ComicBook/Fray}}'' is set in some kind of alternate timeline or reality, or perhaps there are future revelations that will cause that future to come to pass. The vampires Fray battles (called Lurks in that time period) are very similar to normal vampires in the series, appearing vulnerable to the same things.
64	* BackFromTheDead: Angel's mission this season is to find a way to resurrect Giles in a world without magic; he comes close. After he and Faith obtain the [[McGuffin Crown of Coils]], [[spoiler: they dig up his coffin to find it empty.]] Nadira and some other slayers come and she tells him to resurrect a dead slayer, though Angel tells her that he can't. The girls instead go to someone they have heard would be able to do it [[spoiler: turns out to be Giles.]] Subverted in that [[spoiler: Giles isn't really resurrected, just having his corpse used as a dogsbody by the demon Eyghon.]] However, it's later [[spoiler: played straight, except [[FountainOfYouth with a twist]]]].
65	* BadassBoast:
66	** This one:
67	---> '''Angel:''' "Willow... can you handle Quor'toth?"\
68	'''Willow:''' "Can I handle an [[EldritchAbomination Old One]]? The embodiment of the most hellish of all hell dimensions? Heh. Here's a better question, Angel. ''Can it handle me?''" ''(proceeds to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch out Cthulhu.]])''
69	** Another:
70	--->'''Spike:''' Me and Angel don't agree on much, but one thing's never changed. Put us together... and there will be blood.
71	* BigBad / BigBadFriend: Whistler is revealed to have been behind Twilight in Season 8 and working with Pearl and Nash.
72	* BittersweetEnding: "Daddy Issues". Faith never [[spoiler:reconciles with her father]], [[TragicVillain Drusilla]] is [[spoiler:insane again]], and Angel and Faith are forced to live with the knowledge of their past sins intact. However, Angel reasons that it is this knowledge which makes Faith the tough, independent girl she has become, as opposed to the frightened, mentally unstable BrokenBird she was.
73	* BlatantLies:
74	** After Faith tells Spike he'll probably get laid when he gets over Buffy:
75	---> '''Spike:''' Well, that's jolly good news for the womenfolk of London, because I'm over her right now... Nah. Even I wasn't buying that one.
76	** Later on he goes into a spiel about how he envies Angel for being able to move on after falling for the Slayer. When Angel reveals that [[spoiler:Giles' soul]] was already drawn out and he heard every word, Spike is visibly stunned, only to claim immediately after that his "brilliant plan" to pull Angel out of the void worked. Whatever, Spike.
77	* BreatherEpisode: After the [[BuffySpeak hectic-ness]] of the "Live Through This" arc, we get "In Perfect Harmony", which involves Angel and Faith being recruited by Harmony to find out who wants to blackmail her. Over a sex tape.
78	* CelebrityParadox: In Buffy Season 8's [[{{ComicBook/Fray}} "Time of]] [[{{Crossover}} Your Life"]], The [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor and Rose]] made a brief appearance. In "In Perfect Harmony", Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/BilliePiper appear.
79	* CoattailRidingRelative: Faith assumed this was why her [[spoiler:DisappearedDad]] suddenly reappeared in her life. In reality, it's because he found out she was a slayer and wanted her to kill someone for him.
80	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
81	--> '''Faith:''' "So all we have to do is get inside ... survive ... bust your pals out ... survive ... and get us all to a safe dimension. Alive."
82	* DespairEventHorizon: Faith after her [[spoiler:dad]] shows up and she does something she regrets, which causes her to go see "Mother Superior" in ''Daddy Issues.''
83	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Angel, after his HeroicBSOD in Season 8 [[spoiler: having killed Giles.]] What brings him out of his HeroicBSOD is the hope that can [[MustMakeAmends find a way to]] [[spoiler: resurrect Giles.]]
84	* DiggingYourselfDeeper:
85	-->'''Spike:''' I am ''nothing'' like Angel!\
86	'''Faith:''' Sure you are. Vampire with a soul, hung up on Buffy, fighting your own kind... you understand each other better than anyone on Earth. That's why you've got this whole back door bromance going.\
87	'''Spike:''' "Bromance?" There is no "bromance"! And definitely nothing to do with back doors!\
88	'''Faith:''' Sure. That's why you keep hanging out even though you say you hate each other.\
89	'''Spike:''' We do not "hang out"! Circumstances thrust us together! Wait, not "thrust." Fate draws us together... we move in similar circles, all right?
90	* DistractedByTheSexy: Faith looks like she is going to pull this when a slayer picks a fight with some Arsenal football fans, and she later muses how she would have done it before. It turns out Faith used beer as a viable solution to the conflict.
91	* DrivenToSuicide: PlayedForLaughs after Spike is rejected by both Faith and Giles' aunts. He contemplates a stake because it's quick and sunlight because 'going out in flames' seems like an apt metaphor. A similar joke comes up later when Spike hooks up with Harmony. Disgusted, Angel offers to take Faith out to breakfast. Since it's the middle of broad daylight, Faith says he'll burst into flames, which Angel is well aware of.
92	* FalseReassurance: Faith's [[spoiler:dad]] tells her that he is really sober this time. He doesn't tell her that he's been involved in some shady dealings and some guys are after him.
93	* {{Gorn}}: The first issue is very bloody.
94	* GroinAttack: Faith does this to a possessed Spike. When he returns to normal and asks why his bollocks hurt she replies, [[BlatantLies "Beats me."]]
95	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Whistler regarding his actions in Buffy Season 8. His plan was to create a better world where good and evil were balanced [[ShootTheDog even if it meant sacrificing a lot of people's lives]].
96	* ImmunityAttrition: Angel calls Spike in to help him deal with Eyghon the Sleepwalker, reasoning that while Eyghon can [[DemonicPossession possess the unconscious]] or [[PossessingADeadBody dead]], their status as vampires with souls would make them immune, since Angel ''did'' defeat Eyghon way back in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E8TheDarkAge The Dark Age]]" in that manner. However, they're proven wrong; Eyghon has regained [[OneWingedAngel his true form and power]], and successfully possesses Spike. [[spoiler:Fortunately, when Eyghon attempts to possess Angel, the addition of Giles's soul in Angel prevents Eyghon getting full control]].
97	* InterspeciesRomance: Whistler is the product of a relationship between a pure-blood demon and one of ThePowersThatBe. They were killed for this.
98	* IronicEchoCut: In "Women of a Certain Age" two panels juxtaposed, each panel showing one of Giles' aunts, with opposing views of how they feel about Angel [[spoiler: trying to resurrect Giles.]] One thinks he really will succeed and one of them thinks he shouldn't try because he wouldn't.
99	* {{Irony}}: Drusilla shows up alive, [[spoiler:sane]], and using a demon that feeds on trauma to help those who ask for it. Angel thinks this is wrong so he kills the demon, thereby [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill no longer giving those who would have wanted and needed Drusilla a choice,]] thinking what she was doing was MindRape.
100	* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Angel explains that his plan to resurrect Giles is only possible because of Giles's lifelong exposure to various magical artefacts, which absorbed a portion of Giles's soul and provide a tether to it. He also reveals that [[spoiler:Giles's ties to Eyghon also play a part in the plan, as the deal Giles and his old friends made with Eyghon in the past means that the demon still has a claim on Giles's soul, with the result that when Giles died his soul essentially went to its "rightful owner"]].
101	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Faith's father.]] He shows up sober for the first time in a long while and you think he might actually want to reconcile with Faith. [[spoiler:Wrong. Rather, he wants her to kill an Irish mobster he's been mixed up in shady dealings with, fully aware of her murderous past and willing to take advantage of it for his own benefit. Plus, the guy thinks he did what he had to do to provide for Faith, when he really spent most of her childhood as an alcoholic who ran out on his daughter and only resurfaced now without so much as a hello.]]
102	* KillItWithFire: Angel and Faith fight demons who can regenerate, so they use a flamethrower to burn their whole bodies into ash.
103	-->'''Angel:''' Fire in the hole!\
104	'''Faith:''' I've always thought that sounded dirty. I mean, seriously, if I worked demolitions, I'd be giggling like a twelve year old every time I said it.
105	* KinkyCuffs: Lampshaded by Faith when some of the zombified slayers are being restrained: "Cuff 'em faster! Boom boom! Am I the only one who's dated a cop? ''Move it''!"
106	* MaleGaze: [[spoiler:Giles]] after he is [[spoiler:resurrected]], much to Faith's disgust. Being a [[spoiler:hormonal 12 year old]] will do that to you.
107	* ManipulativeBastard: Faith's [[spoiler:father]] could qualify as well. Showing up claiming you want to [[spoiler:reunite with your daughter]] when you really want her to kill someone for you, it's [[spoiler:no wonder Faith was ''pissed the fuck off'']].
108	* MercyKill: Angel and Faith kill the people who took the Mohra Demon blood, as they kept growing giant tumors all over their bodies.
109	* MistakenForGay: Whistler leaves a message for Angel to meet him at a disclosed location on their "anniversary." One of Giles' aunts immediately says "''That's'' why Angel hasn't hit on me."
110	* McGuffin: An object used for regeneration.
111	-->'''Faith:''' "So that's the McGuffin?"\
112	'''Angel:''' "The crown of coils."
113	* MoodWhiplash: Whistler, after inviting Angel out for dinner to talk, punches a hole through his stomach. After almost killing him, Whistler decides to spare Angel then tells him that once his stomach grows back, he should try the food there.
114	* MustMakeAmends: Angel wants to make up for killing [[spoiler:Giles]] by finding a way to bring him back from the dead.
115	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Faith is horrified after Spike drops his towel following a shower with Harmony.
116	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Well done Angel, you killed the demon that kept Drusilla [[spoiler:sane]] and allowed her to help others, understandable after Jasmine's MindRape. Now that she's off the rails again she's become even more vicious killing Slayers and giving Nadira even more of a reason to want you dead.
117	* NotSoDifferentRemark: For Spike and Angel. Faith points out that they understand each other better than anyone because they both clearly still carry a torch for Buffy. Spike vigorously tries to deny it, but we know -- no matter how much they claim to hate each other, they're VitriolicBestBuds.
118	--> '''Faith:''' Annnd cue the slap fight.
119	* OhCrap:
120	-->'''Faith:''' "OhCrap. Hey, little, when you said we'd have to fight 'Quor'toth itself,' what did you mean?"\
121	'''Demon:''' "The [[EldritchAbomination Old One]] who gives this world it's name. Why?"
122	** Yet again when Nadira and some other slayers show up Giles' house. And they know Angel is there.
123	* PetTheDog: After realizing that most of Spike's anger stems from the fact that he is not yet over Buffy, Angel plays pimp and gives him Harmony's number as a consolation prize. Naturally he and Faith find them together in the shower the next morning.
124	* PlotParallel: "Daddy Issues", which involves Drusilla and Faith dealing with their respective paternal problems. Though Drusilla's have to do with her sire, Angel.
125	* RuleOfThree:
126	--> '''Faith:''' "Brooding. Bad decisions. Violence. Rinse and repeat."
127	* SelfMadeOrphan: Subverted. [[spoiler: As mentioned above, Faith is made so angry that she chokes and almost kills her father, but is stopped by Angel.]]
128	* SerialEscalation
129	--> '''Whistler:''' "You think you [Angel] and Blondie knocking boots was radical? A vampire and a Slayer? Try a ''pureblood demon'' [[InterspeciesRomance and]] an agent of ''{{The Powers That Be}}''. [[DatingCatwoman Evil incarnate and a servant of good]]. Or, as I like to call them, Mom and Dad."
130	* SexTape: A plot device of "In Perfect Harmony", where Angel and Faith try to find out who is blackmailing Harmony over a sex tape.
131	* ShaggyDogStory: "In Perfect Harmony". The perpetrator behind Harmony's sex tape is [[spoiler:her SycophanticServant Clem]], who is in love with her and only wanted Harmony to finally see him as a hero when he made the tape go away. This being Harmony, she refuses to date him because being rich and famous means you can only date tens. And then he goes back to hanging on her every word. Angel and Faith throw the tape away and go home with nothing but a waste of their time to show for it.
132	* SheCleansUpNicely: Faith (with a CallBack to Season 8) when she and Angel go incognito at a party.
133	* ShootTheDog: Whistler regarding his actions in Buffy Season 8. His plan was to create a better world where good and evil were balanced even if it meant sacrificing billions of people's lives.
134	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Poor Giles just cannot handle being [[spoiler: a fifty-ish brain inside a twelve year old's body.]] This is one of the lesser examples:
135	-->''I'm a'' '''grown man''', ''damn it all! I wear Saville Row clothes and drink Darjeeling tea and appreciate the nuances of Dostoyevsky in the'' '''original Russian!''' ''I am not some flighty, hormonal'' '''child''' ''who believes the world revolves around him and throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way!'' (Faith's reaction is that she's enjoying the spot on impersonation of said flighty hormonal child)
136	* TheSoulless: Angel uses the Crown of Coils on a human skeleton. The body heals completely but, as Angel explains, without a soul the man will just die again.
137	* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of "Daddy Issues", Drusilla [[spoiler:goes back to being insane]], and our heroes live to atone another day.
138	* TooMuchInformation: Harmony and Spike re what's about to go down in the basement.
139	--> '''Spike:''' If I'm not out in six hours, send a search party.
140	* TheCameo: Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/BilliePiper appeared in "In Perfect Harmony." Also a CelebrityParadox since [[TheNthDoctor the 10th doctor]] appeared with [[Series/DoctorWho Rose and the [=TARDIS=]]] in the future in Buffy Season 8.
141	* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: ''The Hero Of His Own Story.''
142	* VillainEpisode: One half of ''The Hero Of His Own Story'' focuses on the [[{{Backstory}} pasts]] of Pearl and Nash and Whistler explains his backstory to Angel in the other half.
143	* WhatTheHellHero:
144	** Angel thinks Connor would be better off without him, so he pretty much abandons him. He doesn't even answer his phone calls, which Faith calls him out on.
145	** Angel actually gets a few of these from Faith.
146	* WeNeedADistraction: One of Faith's Slayers picks a fight with some soccer fans. Faith looks like she is going to flash them, only to draw attention to the drinks she bought so they'd lay off.
147	* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Drusilla returns, sane, and seeming to have pulled a genuine HeelFaceTurn. So just what is she up to these days? She encountered a demon that feeds on trauma (the reason she is so well,) trained it to work only in that regard, and sets up a shelter for those who have been traumatized, willing to have the demon feed on them so the pain they feel goes away if they ask for it. Angel sees the whole thing as a abomination and MindRape, believing people must suffer for what's happened to them and that if they did not feel bad about (in his case, Angelus) there's no reason not to make amends. Faith, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have a problem with it since the people are going willingly. After Angel kills the demon Dru is back to being the vicious, Slayer-killing psychotic.
148	* TheWorfEffect: We've never seen Whistler fight in the series, but when he meets up with Angel again he is able to literally punch out Angel's stomach without breaking a sweat. [[spoiler:He decides to spare him, though.]]
149	* YouRemindMeOfX: Faith tries to help a younger slayer who reminds her of herself, particularly since she is angry, pushes people away, and feels like she can't trust anyone.
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155	* TheAtoner: When Faith intends to leave Deepscan, Kennedy gets her to stay by offering a mission to find Riley. Faith wants to do this to make up for her actions during the body swap with Buffy.
156	* BadassTeacher: What could possibly be a more badass gym coach than a Slayer? Faith likely took what she saw in school as lessons of what not to do, as well as her previous training and teaching experience, to avert SadistTeacher.
157	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Amy. Dru. Nadira.]]
158	* DoesntLikeGuns: Faith understandably prefers using an old-fashioned stake rather than a gun to do her dirty work, since she really isn't too good of a shot.
159	* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Riley still remembers what Faith did to him all those years ago, but doesn't hold it against her, saying that the only way for Faith to finally get past that incident is to seek forgiveness in herself.
160	* FriendOnTheForce: Detective Brandt, for Angel.
161	* GenreShift: Faith's role in the story, and Kennedy and her Slayers, have gone from medieval warriors to almost a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' clan, replete with special forces outfits, guns that kill vampires with silver bullets and jungle warfare. Faith parts with them after the first half of the season.
162	* ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne: Faith blows off doing research on a wannabe rock star protection gig, attacks him when the father of one of the girls he's with intervenes, and attacks Kennedy when she has to step in. Faith justifies it that he's a pedophile, and Kennedy's rather upset that Faith thinks she's okay with that, bringing it up several times to assure her she doesn't.
163	* MissionControl: [[spoiler: Nadira]] to Angel.
164	* MustMakeAmends: Faith goes on a mission to recover a missing Riley Finn to make up for sleeping with him [[GrandTheftMe while in Buffy's body.]]
165	* OddFriendship: Faith and Fred end up becoming good friends despite being total opposites. Their relationship even parallels that of Buffy and Willow.
166	* RoguesGalleryTransplant: [[spoiler:Amy]] is set up as this season's BigBad despite neither Angel nor Faith having met her on television.
167	* StarterVillain: Corky, the formerly human pixie thug Angel fights during the first arc.
168	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: You can almost hear Joss on the phone asking why the May 2015 issue ended on such a happy note. [[spoiler: Fred recovered and subdued Illyria, Angel and Faith are back together, Zaynetech had recovered their investigations and are set to rebuild, Nadira had comforted Koh and talked him out of revenge before resuming watch over a peaceful Magic Town...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and no Kennedy in sight.]]]]
169	** The season finale shows just what the team is capable of. [[spoiler: Magic Town rallies to Angel's aid resulting in a CurbStompBattle, the only casualty being a very minor comic character and Drusilla fleeing for her life. Archeus alone tries to fight but Nadira shows she's some magic goddess and seals him in the statue for a thousand years. The team celebrate with a barbecue and beer bash and everyone gets along really well with no last second twist or tragedy. [[TheStinger And the next issue of Buffy has...ah, Buffy choking a demon to death while crushing it's head against a wall]].]]
170	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: For the first half of the season Angel and Faith are off doing their own thing, with the former in London trying to protect Magic Town, and the latter in the States joining Kennedy as part of Deepscan.
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