ANNE RICE. BtVS Intertext/Allusion.
In “School Hard” Angel encounters Spike as the latter is leading an attack on Sunnydale High in an attempt to kill the Slayer. Angel has to persuade Spike, whom he hasn’t seen in decades, that they are still fighting on the same side.
Spike: Angelus!
Angel: Spike!
Spike: I’ll be damned!
Angel: I taught you to always guard your perimeter. Tsk, tsk, tsk. You should have someone out there.
Spike: I did. I’m surrounded by idiots. What’s new with you?
Angel: Everything.
Spike: Yeah. Come up against this Slayer yet?
Angel: She’s cute. Not too bright, though. Gave the puppy dog, “I’m all tortured” act. Keeps her off my back when I feed.
Spike: People still fall for that Anne Rice routine. What a world!
Anne Rice is the author of the best selling “Vampire Chronicles”. In her novels, Rice portrays vampires as sophisticated and erotic, often successfully masquerading as humans. In the first book of the series, Interview with the Vampire, Louis becomes tormented by Catholic guilt, and comes to hate being a vampire and refuses to kill humans to feed.