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After a century of living in shame and feeding off rats to survive, Angel is recruited by the [[Powers That Be]] and sent to watch over Buffy Summers, the newly-called Slayer. Angel grows close to her and the two begin a relationship, but when they sleep together, the other part of the Gypsy curse is revealed: Should Angel achieve even a moment of perfect happiness, the curse will be lifted -- theirlifted—their code of vengeance holds that it was better for him to become evil again than to have anything that would ease his suffering.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do ''not'' mention coffins -- orcoffins—or vampires sleeping in said coffins. It is an [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|offensive stereotype]] popularized by [[Your Vampires Suck|hack writers and ignorant media]].

* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]: [[Played for Laughs]] when Gunn assures him that he'll get along fine with The Conduit -- asConduit—as long as he likes cats. Whoops.

* [[Open Says Me]]: Angel fights the good fight -- againstfight—against doors.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Towards Connor. It took an entire episode before anyone was allowed to even ''approach'' him.

* [[ThePromethean Punishment]] {{context}}

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of ExistenceApotheosis]]: During the Season Three hiatus, though she came back. (She was bored.)

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: On ''[[Angel]]''.

* [[All Genes Are Codominant]]: And how. He didn't even know about his father's demonic lineage until he turned twenty -- presumablytwenty—presumably because of the spikes ejecting from his face. He prefers to pass as human, something pure-blood Bracken demons can't do.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Refusing to lend aid to a group of pacifist Brachen demons who were trying to escape The Scourge. Later that night, Doyle experienced his very first vision -- thatvision—that of the entire Brachen clan being slaughtered.

** [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', he was a bumbling, stuffy guy who never disobeyed the rules. In his first episode of ''[[Angel]]'', he wore a leather jacket and called himself a "Rogue Demon Hunter." Of course, he was still bumbling and didn't really become [[Badass]] until {{spoiler|after his throat was cut}} -- which—which also explains why [[Beard of Sorrow|he stopped shaving]].

* [[Perma-Stubble]]: After he [[Took a Level Inin Badass]].

** [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: The reverse of Wesley. While Wesley became a tougher and more capable combatant, Gunn, already a [[Badass Normal]], took the reverse; his head is filled with the knowledge of all laws, demonic and human. He becomes a point man in a tense demonic negotiation, not to mention heightened deductive abilities (maybe a literal case -- {{spoiler|he has a chip implanted in his head to boost his reasoning that also houses the knowledge. As well as the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan}}).

* [[Sealed Inside a Person -Shaped Can]]:

* [[Soul Jar]]: Her sarcophagus, although closer to a [[Dungeons and& Dragons|Magic Jar]].

* [[Villainesses Want Heroes]]: Exploits her ability to {{spoiler|morph into Fred}} to make failed advances at Wesley, who ironically replaced Knox as her right-hand man. It is kept vague whether she is purely interested in probing Wesley's brain, or if {{spoiler|theremnants of Fred's psyche}} are manipulating her feelings toward Wes -- orWes—or both?

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Illyria pushes the outer bounds of why immortality might not be all that great. Nearly every [[Required Secondary Power]] imaginable including ''reincarnation'' -- and—and her main reward was outliving even her presumably immortal army and pocket dimension temple.

* [[Emo Teen]]: Gets accused of this a lot.

* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]: You can thank Holtz for tying Connor to a tree in the middle of nowhere, then leaving him to [[Training Fromfrom Hell|escape his ropes and find his way home]] all on his own. "One time, it only took me five days."

Born in another dimension, Lorne rejected its [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] culture, which branded him an outcast. He was overjoyed, then, when he fell into a portal and found himself in Los Angeles. Setting up a karaoke bar on the spot, he brands it a sanctuary, where violence between demons is impossible. Lorne is an [[The Empath|empath]], who can read people's destinies when they bare their souls -- thatsouls—that is, when they sing. He uses this to help people by setting them on their true path. Lorne tries to maintain a neutral stance, but finds himself being drawn into Angel Investigations and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the team.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: His last scene. Interestingly, it is obvious that Lorne finds the act disgusting and demoralising; afterwards, he walks out on the team without so much as a goodbye.

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]

* [[Bigger Bad|Bigger Bads]]s: Angel spends the whole show and all his strength just trying to grind their operation to a halt, even if it's just for a moment. And that's being optimistic.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]]s: Of a sort.

* [[Dimension Lord|Dimension Lords]]s: The monks of Pylea are hinted to be acolytes.

* [[Evil Virtues]]: Honesty. At Wolfram & Hart, the deal is king -- theyking—they never break an agreement.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Granted, it took them potentially millions of years; Illyria was aware of the original Wolf, Ram and Hart in her own time - but they were to ultimate evil as vampires are to them in the present day. It's immediately pointed out to her that things have rather changed in the intervening aeons.

* [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: That they're incredibly powerful and evil is made clear, what specifically their role as Wolfram & Hart's "agents on earth" entails is not. Basically, they seem to make the world [[Death Byof a Thousand Cuts|progressively more unpleasant]] to live in.

* [[Red Herring Shirt|Red Herring Shirts]]s: Angel encounters each one separately throughout Season Five.

* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]: Lilah's timid about entering the White Room, mostly because of one employee who went in there and ended up in an asylum.

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Until it [[HeelDeadly Face Door SlamChange-of-Heart|slams in his face]].

* [[The Rival]]: Angel unwittingly provokes Lindsay's wrath at every turn, from ruining his court cases, to stealing his would-be girlfriend (Darla), to having the entire firm handed to him on a silver platter. ..And then Angel has sex with Lindsey's ''new'' girlfriend, Eve, under the influence of spell -- andspell—and oblivious to Lindsey's connection to her. When Lindsey consoles himself that Eve is one of the only things in his life that Angel "never got his mitts on", Eve wisely holds her tongue. A good thing, too, because otherwise his brain might have imploded.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Between Seasons 2 and 5, he apparently learned a bunch of kung-fu and {{spoiler|got a bunch of [[Power Tattoo|mystical tattoos]] making him invisible to the Senior Partners}}.

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: An interesting case, since her contract with Wolfram & Hart {{spoiler|extends even past her death}}.

* [[HeelDeadly Face Door SlamChange-of-Heart]]: Her short-lived alliance with Angel Investigations.

* [[Married to the Job]]: The quintessential career woman -- andwoman—and judging by quick she was to jump Angel's bones (under the influence), it's not for lack of desire.

* [[Terms of Endangerment]]: Angel congratulating him on becoming Connor's godfather -- withgodfather—with the added stipulation that, should any harm befall the baby, Linwood will suffer the same injury.

The replacement liaison for Eve following her collusion with Lindsay to kill Angel -- aAngel—a big no-no as far as the the Senior Partners are concerned. Like Eve, Hamilton shares a direct line with the Partners, though he is vastly more powerful.

** Amusingly invoked in 'Harm's Way'. Harmony is fighting to the death with rival vampire Tamika over her place in the secretarial pool and ends up pinned and on the ropes... until Tamika gloats to her heplesshelpless victim that '"The first thing I'm going to do when I take over your desk? Smash all those ''stupid, ugly-ass unicorns!''". Cue an immediate jump cut to Harmony dragging a struggling Tamika down the hallway.

** Three years later, she's back working for Angel again -- butagain—but only after he's become Wolfram & Hart's CEO. {{spoiler|Harmony betrays Angel}} at the earliest opportunity (again) by bedding {{spoiler|Hamilton}}, who is incidentally higher on the totem pole than Angel is.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In "Harm's Way" in which she stops a war between two demon races and finds and stakes the vampire who set her up for murder.

* [[You! Get Me Coffee!]]: Or in this case, blood served in a mug which says "#1 Boss".

* [[Child by Rape]]: According to [[Word of God]], they personally believe that Billy was conceived when a demon woman - a ''good'' demon woman - was raped by an [[Humans Are BastardsJerkass|evil human male]]. This is just as screwed up as it sounds.

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: Interesting in that she was staked on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', came back on ''[[Angel]]'' as a human, killed again and made a vampire by Drusilla, staked herself as a vampire, and then came back as a ghost. Once you've worked for [[Joss Whedon]], you'll ''always'' have a job, even if it means dying four times.

* [[HeelDeadly Face Door SlamChange-of-Heart]]: Just when it seems she's finally accepted her humanity and resolved to do some good with the little time she had left, Drusilla walks in and sires her.

* [[Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence]]: This particular Sword of Damocles is {{spoiler|a baby}} -- Angel—Angel's, to be precise. Ironically, Cyvus Vail ends up feeling the same way about Sahjhan once he gets corked into a jar.

A large, stony fellow who is reportedly the herald of the apocalypse. Surprisingly crafty -- acrafty—a trait which is met with much suspicion from his old pal Angelus, who never knew The Beast to be so well-organized. In due course, he's revealed to be a mere foot solider of Jasmine.

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Her blood -- orblood—or more specifically, the blood of anyone in her 'family' line, Connor and {{spoiler|Cordelia}} included. This explains why Connor is aware of {{spoiler|Jasmine's maggot face from the start}}.

* [[Bodyguard Betrayal]]: Is all set to double-team against Angel with {{spoiler|Connor}} -- who—who immediately turns on her, killing her instantly. Especially cold given that Jasmine was elated to see him again, having had everyone else turn against her.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Orchestrated every major event in the heroes' lives -- Lornelives—Lorne and Fred swapping places in Pylea, Cordelia getting the visions, Wesley sleeping with the enemy, Connor's conception -- meaningconception—meaning that she's the reason this show exists.

A battle-hardened champion of Pylea and other-world equivalent of Angel. Though technically of Lorne's species, his mixed bloodline has manifested in "Cow" (read: humanoid) traits, making him an outcast among his kind. Once Cordelia ascends the throne, the Groosalug (or "Groo" for short) is assigned as her mate. However, Cordelia does not want to consummate their relationship because she fears losing her visions, which Groo would immediately inherit. At Cordy's urging, rulership of Pylea passes to Groo, who installs a set of sweeping reforms. He is soon dethroned, however, and ends up in Los Angeles -- unknowinglyAngeles—unknowingly edging out Angel as the city's hero.

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Inverted -- GroosaluggInverted—Groosalugg means "brave and undefeated." That's right, his name advertises the fact that ''he never loses''.

Ex-vampire groupie whose romanticism came to an abrupt end during a run-in with Spike & Drusilla. After migrating to L.A., she adopted the name "Anne" -- in—in honor of her two-time rescuer, Buffy Anne Summers -- andSummers—and opened a teen shelter, which is how she came into acquaintance with Gunn and his boys. Herself a teenage runaway, Anne is passionately (some might say stupidly) idealistic in her job. She represents an 'on the street' parallel to Angel's mission.