diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/CacheHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/CacheHelperTest.php
index 81485713b..73f6aa593 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/CacheHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/CacheHelperTest.php
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class CacheHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $View->render('sequencial_nocache');
 
 		$this->assertNotRegExp('/cake:nocache/', $result);
-		$this->assertNotRegExpy('/php echo/', $result);
+		$this->assertNotRegExp('/php echo/', $result);
 		$this->assertRegExp('/A\. Layout Before Content/', $result);
 		$this->assertRegExp('/B\. In Plain Element/', $result);
 		$this->assertRegExp('/C\. Layout After Test Element/', $result);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/JsHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/JsHelperTest.php
index e1c1e5fd2..e8432c059 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/JsHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/JsHelperTest.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class JsHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		Configure::write('Asset.timestamp', false);
 
 		$controller = null;
-		$this->View = $this->getMock('View', array('addScript'), array(&$controller));
+		$this->View = $this->getMock('View', array('append'), array(&$controller));
 		$this->Js = new JsHelper($this->View, 'Option');
 		$request = new CakeRequest(null, false);
 		$this->Js->request = $request;
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ class JsHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->Js->writeBuffer(array('onDomReady' => true, 'cache' => false, 'clear' => false));
 
 		$this->View->expects($this->once())
-			->method('addScript')
-			->with($this->matchesRegularExpression('/one\s\=\s1;\ntwo\s\=\s2;/'));
+			->method('append')
+			->with('script', $this->matchesRegularExpression('/one\s\=\s1;\ntwo\s\=\s2;/'));
 		$result = $this->Js->writeBuffer(array('onDomReady' => false, 'inline' => false, 'cache' => false));
 	}
 
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ class JsHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Js->set('foo', 1);
 
 		$this->View->expects($this->once())
-			->method('addScript')
-			->with($this->matchesRegularExpression('#<script type="text\/javascript">window.app \= \{"foo"\:1\}\;<\/script>#'));
+			->method('append')
+			->with('script', $this->matchesRegularExpression('#<script type="text\/javascript">window.app \= \{"foo"\:1\}\;<\/script>#'));
 
 		$result = $this->Js->writeBuffer(array('onDomReady' => false, 'inline' => false, 'safe' => false));
 	}
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ class JsBaseEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
 		$controller = null;
-		$this->View = $this->getMock('View', array('addScript'), array(&$controller));
+		$this->View = $this->getMock('View', array('append'), array(&$controller));
 		$this->JsEngine = new OptionEngineHelper($this->View);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
index 2520512b3..04a1a47d4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class InterceptContentHelper extends Helper {
  * @param string $viewFile The view file
  */
 	public function afterRender($viewFile) {
-		$this->_View->_viewNoLayout = $this->_View->output;
+		$this->_View->assign('__view_no_layout__', $this->_View->fetch('content'));
 		$this->_View->Helpers->unload('InterceptContent');
 	}
 }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ abstract class ControllerTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->vars = $this->controller->viewVars;
 		$this->contents = $this->controller->response->body();
 		if (isset($this->controller->View)) {
-			$this->view = $this->controller->View->_viewNoLayout;
+			$this->view = $this->controller->View->fetch('__view_no_layout__');
 		}
 		$this->__dirtyController = true;
 		$this->headers = $Dispatch->response->header();
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php b/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
index dadab3fe4..f057f08c9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ class JsonView extends View {
 			} else {
 				$data = isset($this->viewVars[$serialize]) ? $this->viewVars[$serialize] : null;
 			}
-			return $this->output = json_encode($data);
+			$content = json_encode($data);
+			$this->Blocks->set('content', $content);
+			return $content;
 		}
 		if ($view !== false && $viewFileName = $this->_getViewFileName($view)) {
-			return $this->output = $this->_render($viewFileName);
+			$content = $this->_render($viewFileName);
+			$this->Blocks->set('content', $content);
+			return $content;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 4bebcfbc6..a1e245974 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -773,11 +773,14 @@ class View extends Object {
 		if ($this->Blocks->active()) {
 			throw new CakeException(__d('cake_dev', 'The "%s" block was left open.', $this->Blocks->active()));
 		}
-		$content = $this->Helpers->trigger(
+		$result = $this->Helpers->trigger(
 			'afterRenderFile',
 			array($viewFile, $content),
 			array('modParams' => 1)
 		);
+		if ($result !== true) {
+			$content = $result;
+		}
 
 		if (isset($this->_parents[$viewFile])) {
 			$this->_stack[] = $this->fetch('content');
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
index 927d6b5e7..9eea5e5ee 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
@@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ class XmlView extends View {
 			} else {
 				$data = isset($this->viewVars[$serialize]) ? $this->viewVars[$serialize] : null;
 			}
-			return $this->output = Xml::fromArray($data)->asXML();
+			$content = Xml::fromArray($data)->asXML();
+			$this->Blocks->set('content', $content);
+			return $content;
 		}
 		if ($view !== false && $viewFileName = $this->_getViewFileName($view)) {
-			return $this->output = $this->_render($viewFileName);
+			$content = $this->_render($viewFileName);
+			$this->Blocks->set('content', (string)$content);
+			return $content;
 		}
 	}