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*** Even more seriously, do not come close to considering the thought of maybe just maybe thinking about possibly touching a hair on Connor's head--you head--[[PapaWolf you will be a bloody pulp pulp]] before you can get within a block from him.
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*** Even more seriously, do not come close to considering the thought of maybe just maybe thinking about possibly touching a hair on Connor's head--you will be a bloody pulp before you can get within a block from him.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Angel is fond of playing this role, often as a HawaiianShirtedTourist. On set, the shorthand for this became "Herb Saunders" (Angel's alias in "Sense & Sensitivity")
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is almost never called Liam. Lilah once called it a "Wussy name".
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* {{Badass}}: While he may not often get a chance to show it, his demon side is extremely powerful.
* CowardlyLion
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* FreakOut: He didn't take the news of his demonic heritage well, and ended up boarding himself up in an aprtment apartment and [[CigaretteOfAnxiety chain-smoking]] all day.
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* RealMenWearPink: He's fond of [[{{Music/BarryManilow}} Barry Manilow]]. [[spoiler:And Spike's poetry.]]
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* RealMenWearPink: He's fond of ballet, [[{{Music/BarryManilow}} Barry Manilow]]. [[spoiler:And Manilow]], and [[spoiler: Spike's poetry.]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Downplayed, but her shooting skills were enough that she was able to shoot Angel ''through'' Jasmine. She's also been pretty handy with a crossbow in other appearances, but this takes the cake.
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Illyria is an Old One, one of the ancient demons that walked the earth before the coming of man. Killed millions of years ago ago, she is reincarnated [[spoiler: in Fred's body]] and intends to rule once again...only to find her army long dead and her temple turned to dust. With nowhere else to go, she remains with the group, seeking to learn how to live in this strange, new world. Still incredibly powerful even in her diminished form, Illyria is a mighty ally to have; but she see human affairs as beneath her and the crew can never be quite sure that she's on their side.
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Illyria is an Old One, one of the ancient demons that walked the earth before the coming of man. Killed millions of years ago ago, she is reincarnated [[spoiler: in Fred's body]] and intends to rule once again...only to find her army long dead and her temple turned to dust. With nowhere else to go, she remains with the group, seeking to learn how to live in this strange, new world. Still incredibly powerful even in her diminished form, Illyria is a mighty ally to have; but she see human affairs as beneath her and the crew can never be quite sure that she's on their side.
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** Played with. For one thing he's only the smartest if you don't count Fred, for another the reason he's untrustworthy is because he follows his own moral compass even when it conflicts with his loyalty to the team. In some ways he's actually the most moral and selfless of anyone on the team including Angel.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Becomes fond of these after his CharacterDevelopment sets in.
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* AntiHero: Almost everyone.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]]: Doyle, Season 1 Wesley, Fred in her first few episodes.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II]]: Season 3-4 Gunn, Lorne.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]]: Season 1-2 Gunn. Season 2-3 Wesley, Season 4 Fred, Angel most of the time.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]]: Connor, Angel on bad days, everyone in Season 5.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]]: Illyria.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]]: Doyle, Season 1 Wesley, Fred in her first few episodes.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II]]: Season 3-4 Gunn, Lorne.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]]: Season 1-2 Gunn. Season 2-3 Wesley, Season 4 Fred, Angel most of the time.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]]: Connor, Angel on bad days, everyone in Season 5.
** [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]]: Illyria.
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* TheGump: He likes to name-drop. He inspired the Baudelaire poem "Le Vampire", and used to hang with Sammy Davis Jr.
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* HiddenDepths: Talented artist and [[RealMenWearPink ballet enthusiast]].
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* {{Oireland}}: Complete with occasional [[OohMeAccentsSlipping accent.]]
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** ChronicallyCrashedCar: The Plymouth got totaled in the pilot, and later wound up in Lorne's basement club (via a wormhole), making it resemble a [[PulpFiction Jackrabbit Slim's]]. (They never explain how they remove the car.)
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* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]][[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]] / [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]: In the final raid on the Senior Partners, Wesley is assigned to take out Vail, the sorceror. Vail [[spoiler:runs him through with a knife]], and Illyria is left to tearfully [[spoiler:cradle his body]].
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* TheFettered: Wesley does what is right. It doesn't matter if he has to betray his friends, torture witnesses, sacrifice his chances with the woman he loves, [[spoiler: shoot his father dead in cold blood]], [[spoiler: resurrect his friend's evil alter ego]] or [[spoiler: risk his life and sacrifice his chance at a career to protect a woman who was sadistically torturing him hours before]]. If Wesley thinks he knows what is needed for the greater good, there is no emotional attachment he won't sacrifice, no anguish he won't suffer, no underhanded method he will not use to achieve it.
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* TheFettered: Wesley does what is right. It doesn't matter if he has to betray his friends, torture witnesses, sacrifice his chances with the woman he loves, [[spoiler: shoot his father dead in cold blood]], [[spoiler: resurrect his friend's evil alter ego]] or [[spoiler: risk his life and sacrifice his chance at a career to protect a woman who was sadistically torturing him hours before]]. If Wesley thinks he knows what is needed for the greater good, there is no emotional attachment he won't sacrifice, no anguish he won't suffer, no underhanded method he will not use to achieve it.
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!! Tropes that apply to Team Angel as a whole:
*{{Adorkable}}: All of them, even Illyria has her moments.
* BadassCrew: The best example of this trope in any Whedon show. Anyone who joins is guaranteed to develop into a {{Badass}} within one season. Subtropes include:
** BadassAdorable: Fred.
** BadassAngster: Wesley and Angel both have their moments.
** BadassBookworm: Fred and Wesley.
** BadassLongcoat: Angel and Spike.
** BadassNormal: Gunn, Fred, Wesley and Cordy. All eventually gain powers of one kind or another becoming BadassAbnormals.
* FiveManBand: From Season 2 on
** TheHero: Angel
** TheLancer: Wesley, later shared with Spike.
** TheBigGuy: Gunn.
** TheSmartGuy: Wesley, later shared with Fred.
** TheChick: Cordy and Lorne
** TheSixthRanger: Several including Lindsey, Darla, Lilah, Conner, Illyria, Groosalug, probably more.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Doyle is probably the softest member and [[spoiler: he doesn't last very long.]]
* OccultDetective
* PowerTrio: In Season 1.
** TheKirk: Angel.
** TheSpock: Doyle/Wesley.
** TheMcCoy: Cordelia.
* TrueCompanions: Naturally, this is a Whedon show.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: TropeNamer.
*{{Adorkable}}: All of them, even Illyria has her moments.
* BadassCrew: The best example of this trope in any Whedon show. Anyone who joins is guaranteed to develop into a {{Badass}} within one season. Subtropes include:
** BadassAdorable: Fred.
** BadassAngster: Wesley and Angel both have their moments.
** BadassBookworm: Fred and Wesley.
** BadassLongcoat: Angel and Spike.
** BadassNormal: Gunn, Fred, Wesley and Cordy. All eventually gain powers of one kind or another becoming BadassAbnormals.
* FiveManBand: From Season 2 on
** TheHero: Angel
** TheLancer: Wesley, later shared with Spike.
** TheBigGuy: Gunn.
** TheSmartGuy: Wesley, later shared with Fred.
** TheChick: Cordy and Lorne
** TheSixthRanger: Several including Lindsey, Darla, Lilah, Conner, Illyria, Groosalug, probably more.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Doyle is probably the softest member and [[spoiler: he doesn't last very long.]]
* OccultDetective
* PowerTrio: In Season 1.
** TheKirk: Angel.
** TheSpock: Doyle/Wesley.
** TheMcCoy: Cordelia.
* TrueCompanions: Naturally, this is a Whedon show.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: TropeNamer.
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-->''"The thing about atonement is you never run out of chances. But you gotta take 'em."''
Angel is a vampire, one of the worst recorded, and the main character of the show. He was sired in 1753 by a vampire named Darla and, adopting the name "Angelus," wreaked havoc across Europe for almost 150 years until he angered a Gypsy clan by killing one of their beloved daughters and the Gypsies cursed him by returning his soul, filling him with remorse for his crimes.
After a century of living in shame and feeding off rats to survive, Angel is recruited by the PowersThatBe 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 -- their code of vengeance holds that it was better for him to become evil again than to have anything that would ease his suffering.
Angel loses his soul and reverts to the monstrous Angelus, terrorizing Sunnydale until his soul is once again restored. Realizing that he's a danger as long as he's around Buffy, he leaves Sunnydale for Los Angeles, where he continues to fight demons as a form of penance for his crimes.
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* {{Adorkable}}: When he's in a good mood.
* [[spoiler:AntiAntiChrist: According to the comics, the jury's still out on whether the Shanshu prophecy spells doom for mankind in general. (In ''Angel's'' last season, at least one character hinted that Angel is "more dangerous than you realize.")]]
* AntiHero: Default state is Type II, but spends time as Type III on occasion. The presence of Darla can cause a change to Type IV, although that is very temporary.
* TheAntiNihilist: "If nothing we do matters... then [[{{Koan}} all that matters is what we do]]."
* TheAtoner
** AtonementDetective
* BadDreams: With such regularity, you wonder how he sleeps without pharmaceutical assistance.
** One more example of Blessed With Suck: Vampires share a PsychicLink with their kin. When a vampire he sired 100 years ago starts killing people locally, Angel feels it.
** In Season Two, Angel starts having '[[NocturnalEmission dreams]]' about his maker. It turns out that Darla is dosing him with magic to drive him nuts.
* '''BadAss''': In '''SPADES'''.
** BadassBoast:
--->"Ten minutes if you're lucky. Really lucky, you're unconscious for the last five."
** BadassInDistress: Spent an entire Season hiatus in this state.
--->"So...how was ''your'' summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch]]."
** BadassLongcoat: ...[[JossWhedon Joss]] likes this one.
** CulturedBadass: A skilled artist, voracious reader, fluent in multiple languages (including demonic ones), and [[RealMenWearPink a ballet enthusiast]] (even from his days as the evil Angelus).
* BeastAndBeauty: With Cordelia.
* BeingGoodSucks: "Atonement's a bitch."
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' mention coffins -- or vampires sleeping in said coffins. It is an [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad offensive stereotype]] popularized by [[YourVampiresSuck hack writers and ignorant media]].
** More seriously, do not harm women he cares about -- notably Cordelia and Fred.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Spike's red. Spike's embrace of punk music, as opposed to quieter, more emotive music (Angel is a closet Fanilow as well as an ex-[=RatPack=] groupie) is indicative of his personality as the foil to brooding intellectuals like Angel.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Ah, Angel. Brooding, angsty vampire trying to fight the good fight, within LA and himself. Who'd ever think that he dug ''Mandy'' and Barry Manilow, or had a fear of dancing (yet a secret desire to, despite how awful he is at it)? Or, y'know, go on about how much he loves [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] when pretending to be drunk?
* ButtMonkey: A rare example of the main protagonist as one. The fact that he's [[TheComicallySerious broody and serious]] while his companions are all [[DeadpanSnarker highly snarky]] might have something to do with all the jokes at his expense.
** Or that one time he ''turned into a puppet''.
* CantHaveSexEver: With any woman he actually loves.
** [[spoiler:Until the comics, anyway, but he still doesn't get laid.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when he realizes he can have sex with women he likes, so long as it's not "perfect happiness". Most people have to be satisfied with "reasonable happiness" anyway.
* TheComicallySerious: Brooding vampire with a dark past and a dramatic streak. At one point, he leapt heroically into the wrong car.
* CoolCar: A black Plymouth convertible. In sunny LA. When contact with sunlight makes him burst into flames.
-->'''Magev:''' Why not a [[VanityPlate personalized license plate]] that says "IRONY"?
** This, along with a whole fleet of luxury cars (with necrotempered windows™) after he becomes Wolfram & Hart's CEO.
** And a helicopter.
* TheCowl: Very consciously and deliberately, and occasionally [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
* CursedWithAwesome
* DarkIsNotEvil: Just broody.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Though there is the occasional reprieve, at heart, Angel suspects that he will [[DeusAngstMachina never stop paying]] for his crimes.
* TheDreaded: Angelus.
* EmotionsVsStoicism: Angel and Wesley (Gunn in Season 5) often lock horns over the best way to handle cases.
* EnemyWithin
* EpiphanyTherapy: Having exhausted his resolve fighting Wolfram & Hart, Angel attempts to shed his soul by having sex with Darla; but instead of a moment of perfect happiness, he found perfect despair. An epiphany follows, and Angel realized that his purpose was still to do all the good he could, even if he couldn't do all the good he wanted to.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: "Maybe I'm a ''little'' attracted."
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Has a thing for [[HugeGuyTinyGirl petite]] blondes - Darla, Buffy, and Nina Ash.
-->'''Cordelia:''' This is totally like him. Doing [[ElvisCostello the mystery dance]] with some cheap blonde.\\
'''Fred:''' Brunette. She was a cheap brunette.\\
'''Cordy:''' ''(alarmed)'' You're right. [[NotHimself This isn't like him]].
** Subverted with Cordelia. Then again, as Lorne points out, Angel also has a thing for [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders ex-cheerleaders]].
* EverythingButTheGirl: The Groosalugg called dibs.
* EvilIsHammy: Angelus' five-episode spree in Season Four. Good lord, man, switch to decaf.
* ExpansionPackPast: Two hundred years leaves gaps to fill in.
* FoeYay: With Spike. Joss himself has joked [-(kind of)-] that they're his [[OneTruePairing One True Bromance]]. [[invoked]]
* TheFogOfAges: By the last episode, Angel has forgotten what it's like to be human.
* ForeheadOfDoom
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Arguably both TropeCodifier and TropeNamer. If you've ever wondered what a redeemed vampire would look like, Angel is pretty much the best example around.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a [[LazyBum jobless, drunken, 18th-century Eurotrash lout]] before Darla sired him.
* FreudianExcuse: Wesley, of all people, chastises Angel for hiding behind his gyspy curse so he doesn't have to face having actual relationships with women. Angel actually acknowledges he is ''completely right''.
* [[GoalInLife Goal In Life...er, Death]]: To fulfill the Shanshu Prophecy and become human.
** Angel sometimes [[ZigZaggingTrope deviates from this]], for various reasons, among them a belief that his mission is being clouded by self-interest. By the fifth season, his faith wavers to the point of dismissing the Prophecy entirely.
** In the Series Finale, [[spoiler:[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Angel willingly signs away his chance to become human]]]].
** In the comic continuation, the Senior Partners finally give him a glimpse of the Shanshu Prophecy: [[spoiler:Himself [[BadFuture standing in an apocalyptic wasteland]], [[FutureMeScaresMe grinning like a maniac]]]]. (Of course, the Partners ''could'' just be dicking with him again; they like that.)
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Angelus is shown here as a distinct personality with a mind of his own. This is a slight departure from ''Buffy'', in which Angelus was just Angel with his RestrainingBolt removed.
* GoodIsNotNice: He actually ''is'' a nice guy most of the time, but he can switch to ruthless at the drop of a hat and he has a hundred years of doing extremely horrible things to people for giggles to draw on. It is also not a good idea to go after people he cares about.
* TheGump: He likes to name-drop. He inspired the Baudelaire poem "Le Vampire", and used to hang with Sammy Davis Jr.
* HeroProtagonist
** ByronicHero
** CelibateHero: "I'm ''not'' a eunuch!"
** HurtingHero
** TragicHero
* GypsyCurse
* HeroesLoveDogs: PlayedForLaughs when Gunn assures him that he'll get along fine with The Conduit -- as long as he likes cats. Whoops.
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HeroicBSOD: Practically OnceASeason.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Wang Chung will never recover.
* HopelessWithTech: Never really gets the hang of cell phones.
* {{Hunk}}: By Season 5, he was essentially [[{{Bones}} Seeley Booth]] in ''Matrix''-wear.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind
* IAmAMonster: Shouted in Romanian while being dragged off into an alley to be beaten. This was in 1898, shortly after Angel was cursed.
* ICantDance: He proved quite adept at slow dancing in Sunnydale. But when invited to a party for hip twentysomethings, he [[ImagineSpot imagines]] himself flailing about like a spaz.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Inverted with Darla; Angel definitely holds some animosity toward her, yet maintains an almost filial devotion.
** Inverted again with Connor, who is, ironically, human. (Well, mostly).
** Spike has a cathartic moment when he confronts Angel for fashioning him into the monster he is. Drusilla was merely his sire; Angelus was his ''[[EvilMentor Yoda]]''.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Angel in the [[TheSeventies '70s]]. There's a big downside to not being able to see your reflection sometimes.
* ImmortalImmaturity
-->'''Angel''': You know, ''I'' started it. The whole "having a soul". Before it was all the cool new thing.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh my god. Are you ''twelve''?
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: To the point where Spike doesn't bother aiming ''around'' Angel to hit a target; Spike just [[ShootTheHostage stabs right through him]]. In all fairness, that ''was'' Spike...
-->'''Spike:''' [[BlatantLies Heat of battle. Wasn't time]].
* ImmortalityHurts: Try spending it at the bottom of the Pacific. Gives you some perspective. Kind of an M. C. Escher perspective.
* InASingleBound
* InstantFanClub: Angelus' groupies, Karl and Paco.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: And not just [[OurVampiresAreDifferent literally]].
* KindRestraints: Voluntarily chained up or thrown behind bars whenever he feels the bad side coming on.
* KnightTemplar: Turns against his friends for a brief time as he goes on a crusade of punishing the guilty (Wolfram & Hart), rather than helping the helpless.
* KnightInSourArmor
* {{Leitmotif}}: A heroic sounding anthem, later phased out in the third season. Brought back intentionally for a moment in Season 5 when Angel is in desperate need to rediscover his original mission statement of helping the helpless.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Not only did he get paroled from Hell, he was willing to travel ''back'' into it and take out the Senior Partners.
* LimitedWardrobe: Even after becoming incredibly wealthy and having access to a limitless wardrobe, he still wears black all the time.
* ManipulativeBastard: Angelus's talent for (often sadistic) mind games and deception are legendary. Though he rarely makes use of it, Angel is still dangerously capable in this regard.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Angelus was always coiffed in the old days.
* MartyrWithoutACause: If there's no evil around to throw himself in front of protecting innocents, he will either run out and find some or he will wind up defending ''lesser'' evils while tormenting himself for doing so. It's a complex.
* MistakenForGay: Another RunningGag.
* TheMovieBuff: A fan of Charlton Heston movies, particularly ''{{Film/The Omega Man}}''. What a surprise.
** He's seen enough vampire flicks to formulate opinions on which ones are more accurate. [[spoiler:(Frank Langella nailed it.)]]
** [[DenzelWashington Denzel]]? Everyone loves Denzel.
* MrFanservice: Shirtless often.
* NoSenseOfHumor: He rarely smiles and he ''never, ever'' laughs, but he's been known to make dry observations.
* TheNoseKnows: Vampiric super-senses, particularly centred around blood.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 1. "I have two modes: Bite and avoid."
** Arguably the catalyst for the series, since Doyle pressures Angel to get more involved in his clients' lives. As is seen in later episodes, Angel [[GoMadFromTheIsolation does not cope well under solitude]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Angel is fond of playing this role, often as a HawaiianShirtedTourist. On set, the shorthand for this became "Herb Saunders" (Angel's alias in "Sense & Sensitivity")
* OffingTheOffspring: An ancient scroll prophesied that Angel is doomed to do this. [[spoiler:It's half-correct; Angel slays Connor in one timeline, but he survives in another reality.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He's had a lot of time to practice, and after a while places run out of people to murder, so you move to the next one and learn another language there.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is almost never called Liam. Lilah once called it a "Wussy name".
* OnlyOneName: Fred even had to lie and say Angel is Connor's last name.
* OpenHeartDentistry: Angel has shown himself able to dig bullets out of his own body when pressed for time.
* OpenSaysMe: Angel fights the good fight -- against doors.
* PapaWolf: Towards Connor.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Often lampooned. Jasmine keeps turning his own ultimatums against him (like ''you've'' never eaten people!), and Lindsey confesses he just zones out when the yapping starts.
* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: The Senior Partners, upon sending L.A. to Hell (''After the Fall''), simultaneously [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor turn Angel human at the least convenient time possible]].
* ThePunishment
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: An exhaustive display in season 2, to the horror of Holland, Lindsey, and Lilah.
* RealMenWearPink: He's fond of [[{{Music/BarryManilow}} Barry Manilow]]. [[spoiler:And Spike's poetry.]]
* RichesToRags: Angelus never had trouble maintaining a nice pad, expensive clothes, or box theater seats. ("I just ate the people who had 'em.") Once cursed and jilted by Darla, he spent years as a homeless bum.
* RunningGag: His hair. His lousy singing. His "caveman brow." The leather pants he wore [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer when he was evil]]. And his occasional pettiness despite his advanced age.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Not only can Angel [[TheNoseKnows sniff the air]] and tell if the soil beneath him has been disturbed, he can glance at a spot of blood and immediately determine ''who it belongs to''.
** This sort of blood hyper-analysis appears to be common to vamps. Spike mentions that you can tell if someone's evil by [[SniffSniffNom tasting their blood]] (it tastes like pennies).
* SelfMadeOrphan: "My parents were great. [[BaitAndSwitchComment Tasted a lot like chicken]]."
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Vampiric sexual contact doesn't produce offspring. Ever. And Angel is the king of vampiric exceptions, as both he and Darla were dismayed to discover.
* SpikyHair: Lampshaded on more than one occasion. Angel seems shocked when he views his reflection for the first time in Pylea, implying that his hairstyle is some sort of tragic accident.
-->(''examining head'') "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"
* StagesOfMonsterGrief: ''Buffy'' previously flashed back to Angelus getting re-ensouled; ''Angel'' covers everything that happened before and after. It should be noted that this is [[InvertedTrope an inversion]] of the trope as well, since Angel identifies more with Angelus than with with his original self, Liam - who, by the end of the show, he barely remembers being. It could be said that his grief was more over losing his freedom as a vampire by regaining his humanity than having been a human who was turned into a vampire. With his stages being:
** Denial: His attempts to continue his life as a vampire despite his re-ensoulment.
** Defiance: Angel never got to properly experience this stage, since Darla killed all the gypsies who re-ensouled him. He instead took it out on himself during his self-imposed 100 year exile from humanity and vampirekind. Angelus, however, did get to kill Jenny Calendar and an older male relative, both descendants of the gypsies who re-ensouled him.
** Acceptance: After he met Whistler and Buffy.
** Betrayal: Either after making love to Buffy and losing his soul, or....well, [[FutureMeScaresMe stay tuned]]...
* StealthHiBye
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: PhotographicMemory, SuperReflexes, ultra-sensitive hearing and sense of smell in the later seasons. When you re-watch the earlier seasons, you can't help but notice countless situations where, in retrospect, they inexplicably fail to help him.
** Angel mentioned that he can't control his photographic memory; it just "kicks in on instinct."
* TeamDad: Lampshaded early on, in which Angel addresses to a bickering Cordelia and Wesley as "children."
* TheTeetotaler: After a fashion. WordOfGod states that Angel's abstinence from human blood is a metaphor for this.
** VegetarianVampire: Exclusively drinks [[MessyPig pig's blood]], which turns off some people. As Wolfram & Hart's CEO, he can afford to keep himself in otter blood.
* ThickerThanWater: Like it or not, Darla is the closest thing to family he has. Even his team comes second.
** In the Season Four finale, Angel agrees to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind wipe]] his team (and, in fact, the world) [[spoiler:in exchange for saving Connor's life]]. Wesley is rightly steamed when he uncovers this.
* ThinkNothingOfIt: Much-ridiculed by Spike, who sees it as a cheap act to impress women.
* TortureTechnician: He does have some experience in this area. The mere threat is enough make people talk.
* UnholyMatrimony: Notoriously with Darla. Cordelia compares them to an undead Bonnie & Clyde.
* UptightLovesWild: His blossoming feelings toward Cordy.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Wolfram & Hart's stated mission of bringing Angel to their side. Sound pretty far-fetched? The road to Hell is paved with good intentions...
* VampiresAreSexGods: "[[FinishDialogueInUnison Mmm, Angel!]] ♥"
** Though [[SexGod the Immortal]] ended up out-performing in this regard, as usual.
* VillainCred: "Used to be quite the terror back in the day. Haven't heard much of you lately, though."
-->'''Angel:''' Haven't heard much of you, ''ever''.
* VillainousBSOD: Basically, Angel's curse.
* WarriorPoet
* WhenHeSmiles
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: "I thought I'd take the village."
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Not this guy; Angel would rather be human again.
* TheWorfEffect: If someone's going to get punched across the room by the latest big nasty, it will be the immortal, super-powered protagonist.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: But, as he's constantly reminded, he ''can't.'' (Well, he shouldn't. He's physically capable and everything, it's just - look, he's ''not a eunuch''!)
!!Cordelia Chase (CharismaCarpenter)
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->"''I think it, I say it. That's my way."''
Cordelia was the rich and popular queen of Sunnydale High, until her parents were busted for tax evasion, subsequently losing everything. She moves to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and joins up with Angel, encouraging him to set up a detective agency as a way to make ends meet (for her). Cordelia undergoes a huge amount of CharacterDevelopment during the series, going from a spoiled, selfish brat to a kind-hearted, heroic individual whose major concern is doing good.
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* ActionGirl
* AllWomenLoveShoes
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: During the Season Three hiatus, though she came back. (She was bored.)
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: In her Season Five appearance.
* BadBadActing: Enough to make Angel nostalgic for Hell. She's often shown as being a fairly poor actress but, strangely, an excellent liar; capable of fooling even Angelus.
** Later subverted as the show progresses. Cordelia evolves into a capable actress; unfortunately, her read-throughs are invariably spoiled by a vision.
* BadassAbnormal
* BigBreastsBigDeal: A secretary has to have a big set of, uh...responsibilities.
-->'''Cordelia:''' (''upon receiving a necklace from Angel'') Oh my gosh, it's gorgeous! And look how it bring out my breasts!
-->(''Wes, Gunn, and Angel glance around awkwardly'')
-->'''Cordelia''': You know you were all thinkin' it.
* BlessedWithSuck: The visions which show people in trouble at the cost of extreme migraines that [[spoiler:will eventually kill her]].
* BreakTheHaughty: A process that began on ''[=BtVS=]'', and continues from there.
* BrutalHonesty
* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]
* TheConsigliere: Doyle originally played this role. Wesley tries to assume it after Cordelia is gone, but by that time his relations with Angel are strained, to say the least.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen: Especially towards Doyle in the first season.
* TheEponymousShow: ''Cordy!'', her sitcom in the Skipverse. Also an InJoke at Charisma Carpenter's resemblance to [[TheMaryTylerMooreShow Mary Tyler Moore]].
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: True to form, she ascends the throne of Pylea within 48 hours.
* TheFace: Played with. She's the secertary for Angel's detective biz but she can't even use the phone properly. On the other hand, she's the only link to [[ThePowersThatBe the people he really needs to be in touch with.]] Checked out the subtropes.
* TheChick
** GirlFriday: Though initially confined to the office, Cordelia becomes more proactive in cases after receiving the visions, which are often vague and require her to examine clues to make sense of it.
** TheHeart: Increasingly so as time passes, especially after the first-season finale "To Shanshu in L.A." Fred actually calls her this at one point.
* FaintingSeer: Her visions are something akin to "having my skull cracked open and hot lava poured in." In fact, she's probably better described as a Shrieking, Twitching, Convulsing And ''Then'' Fainting Seer.
* FallenPrincess
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Type 2. Her brownies could qualify as nuclear waste.
* GlobalIgnorance: "Oh, yesterday your cousin called, with one of those names from your part of England."
-->'''Doyle''': ... My part of '''[[BerserkButton England]]'''?
* AGodAmI: Cordelia [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascends to a higher plane of existence]] and actually becomes a godlike being. But she was chosen for the job because she had proved that the power wouldn't go to her head, and not once does she call herself a god. However, she is promptly fired when she does actually use her [[DeusExMachina powers to help the gang]]. [[spoiler:But it's worth noting that all of this may have been a plot orchestrated by the season's big bad.]]
* [[spoiler:FindingJudas]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Not quite as tactless and rude as she was in her ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' days, but she could still be very sharp-tongued.
* GoldDigger: Thwarted by Doyle's gallantry, which starts making her dating pool look rather pathetic. It isn't helped by her date (a stock broker), who cannonballs into his Beamer and races off at first sight of a vamp without the slightest hesitation in leaving Cordie behind to be eaten.
-->"All I could think about was: if this wimp ever saw a monster he'd probably throw a shoe at it and run like a weasel! Turns out the shoe part was [[InsultToRocks giving him too much credit]]."
** Cordelia contemplates marrying incredibly rich and lonely geek David Nabbit, but accepts that even she has limits.
* HiddenDepths
* HeroicFatigue: As a human, Cordelia was not meant to shoulder the responsibility of Doyle's visions ("a big [[TheGodsMustBeLazy cosmic whoops]]", as Skip calls it). She secretly takes powerful painkillers and undergoes CAT scans that indicate [[spoiler:the slow deterioration of her brain]].
** Yet when presented with the opportunity to pass her visions onto someone else (the gallant Groosalugg, and later Angel in an alternate reality), Cordelia refuses, stating that the visions are a part of her and make her who she is.
* HolyBacklight: Whilst twiddling her thumbs in the afterlife.
* ImportantHaircut: Several. The most notable one is her [[DyeingForYourArt blonde makeover]], which remains even after her return from the afterlife (possibly a CallBack to Buffy's return from heaven on ''[=BtVS=]'') -- soon to darken back to its original color when [[spoiler:Jasmine possesses her.]]
* LadyOfWar
* LawOfInverseFertility: This, so much.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Wesley.
* LivingBodysuit: Revealed in Season 4 to be [[spoiler:acting under the control of Jasmine]].
* MamaBear
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: In Season 4.
* MoneyFetish: She can literally ''smell'' money. "Hide some in the office sometime, and watch her. It's uncanny."
** She also gets aroused by a software geek peddling financial advice.
* MoralityChain: A peek into an alternate timeline shows what would happen to Angel if he didn't have Cordy around. He ''[[DespairEventHorizon goes insane]]''.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Season 4, after [[spoiler:Jasmine seizes control of Cordy's body.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: Probably the only person Angel can't intimidate.
* ResignedToTheCall
* SamaritanSyndrome
* SarcasticDevotee
* ScreamingWoman: Less so in later seasons, after she toughened up.
* SecondLove: Ironic, since Angel used to find the noblewomen of his era (of whom Cordelia is a modern avatar) to be a horrific bore. Cordelia immediately had a crush on him on ''Buffy'' though, so it's keeping in continuity.
* [[spoiler:SecretlyDying]]: Since the visions were intended for demons, they begin to [[spoiler:physically damage her brain]]. Skip circumvents this by turning her [[spoiler:half-demon]].
* TeamMom: Not-so-subtly lampshaded once a baby enters the picture.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cordelia in "Rm w/a Vu". Within a few hours, Angel's basement is covered wall-to-wall with Cordelia's trophies, there's peanut butter on his bed, his leather chair is ruined, and Cordelia is busily cutting up his linoleum floor to examine the hardwood.
* TookALevelInBadass: On ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Her first apartment.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: The Venerable Monarch of Pylea, General of the Ravenous Legions, Eater of Our Enemy's Flesh, Prelate of the Sacrificial Blood Rites, and Sovereign Proconsul of Death.
* UltimateJobSecurity: You can't fire her. She's Vision Girl. *sticks out tongue*
-->'''Angel:''' Well, I know she can't type or file. Until today, I had some hope regarding the phone.
** Justified in that Cordelia is a direct line to the Powers That Be, making her utterly indispensable to Angel's mission. Angel is rudely awakened to this fact after he ''does'' fire her.
* TheVamp: [[spoiler:While under Jasmine's control]], Cordy plays this trope to the hilt.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wesley.
* WaitingForABreak: In the first and second seasons.
-->'''Doyle:''' I think it's refreshing to see a woman living like this, you know. It means you're not so uptight, you live for the moment-- ''(steps in a bowl of oatmeal)'' [[HypocriticalHumor You're disgusting]].
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: The possibility of intimacy with Angel doesn't comes up until Cordelia glimpses a world in which she never joined the agency. This resulted in Angel inheriting Doyle's visions instead, causing him to go mad.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Possibly caught the condition living in Sunnydale.
* WomanInBlack: While under [[spoiler:Jasmine's control]].
** WomanInWhite: After being ascended.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: Hanging around Angel and Doyle has ruined her for preening, rich day trader types. (No comment on [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Wesley.]])
* YouAreWorthHell: Literally, and on multiple occasions.
!!Allen Francis Doyle (Glenn Quinn)
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->''"One of us has been drinking, and I'm sorry to say it's not me."''
A human-demon hybrid, Doyle is chosen as the messenger of the PowersThatBe, and sent to help Angel in LA. Doyle receives "visions" from the Powers, described as splitting great migraines with pictures that warn of people in trouble. Doyle has a shady past and is seemingly a coward, but the visions and his numerous underworld sources make him a valuable asset, and he becomes good friends with Angel. Together with Cordelia, the three of them form the nucleus of Angel Investigations.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant: And how. He didn't even know about his father's demonic lineage until he turned twenty -- presumably because of the spikes ejecting from his face. He prefers to pass as human, something pure-blood Bracken demons can't do.
* BlessedWithSuck
* TheChooserOfTheOne: While complaining that the Chosen One doesn't stock beer in the fridge.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Cordelia.
* FaintingSeer
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Inverted; Doyle finally comes around to blessing the new union, only for Harry's fiancee to try to [[BrainFood eat his brains]].
* FreakOut: He didn't take the news of his demonic heritage well, and ended up boarding himself up in an aprtment and [[CigaretteOfAnxiety chain-smoking]] all day.
* HalfHumanHybrid[=/=]HumanMomNonhumanDad: "As it happens, I'm very ''much'' human... (''[[HypocriticalHumor sneezes and turns blue with spikes]]'') ...on my mother's side."
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HiddenDepths: He used to be a school teacher. Lampshaded by Cordelia.
* IconicItem: A brown (or black) leather jacket.
* [[spoiler:ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin]]: Transfers his visions to Cordelia via their LastKiss.
** Echoed in Season Five, when Cordelia's visions pass on to [[spoiler:Angel]].
* LastNameBasis
* LineageComesFromTheFather
* MyGreatestFailure: 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 -- that of the entire Brachen clan being slaughtered.
* NiceHat: A porkpie hat, similar to the one worn by Whistler in Season 2 of ''[=BtVS=]'' (on whose character Doyle is based).
* TheObiWan
** [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment]]: "'[[ArcWords You never know your strength until you're tested.]]' I get that now."
* {{Oireland}}
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: To Harriet Doyle, a demonologist. They eventually [[AmicablyDivorced parted ways amicably]], through Harry called off her new engagement, probably because her fiancé tried to eat Doyle's brain.
* PercussivePrevention: When he [[spoiler:knocked Angel off a platform so that Angel wouldn't have to sacrifice himself]] to disarm The Scourge's weapon.
* PluckyComicRelief
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* SadClown
* TheSoCalledCoward
* StagesOfMonsterGrief: Doyle coped poorly with the revelation of his demon side, and his marriage to Harriet soon crumbled. However, the point is made that is demonic heritage probably wasn't the only reason their marriage broke up. Upon learning about demons, Harriet found the thought of studying an entirely new set of cultures and pastimes intriguing, whereas Doyle just wanted to pretend his demonic side didn't exist.
* SuperMode: Bracken demon mode.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]{{Expy}}: In a way. He was in the cast from the beginning, but was originally intended to be the demon Whistler; the character Doyle was created with very similar traits when Max Perlich, who played Whistler on ''Buffy'', turned out to be unavailable. In "City of" Doyle even wears a hat similar to Whistler's iconic hat.
* ThatManIsDead: "It's Doyle now. Just Doyle."
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]], in part due to ActorExistenceFailure: Doyle was written out after 9 episodes, as Joss had always wanted to have a [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]], though RealLifeWritesThePlot was also in play due to Glenn Quinn's drug addiction. Whedon wanted to bring him back later, but Quinn died of a drug overdose in 2002.
!!Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Alexis Denisof)
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->''"Sorry. I think my sense of humor is trapped in a jar somewhere."''
Another crossover character from ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', Wesley was the Watcher of both Buffy and Faith. He was fired after the former turned rogue and the latter turned evil. At a loose end, he became a "rogue demon hunter" himself, his travels eventually leading him to LA, where he joined Angel Investigations. As a former Watcher, Wesley is the resident demon expert. As the series progresses, he slowly becomes more assertive, confident and...well, let's say it, {{Badass}}. Maybe after that one episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E06GuiseWillBeGuise}} where he impersonated Angel]], his face got stuck like that.
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* AbusiveParents: His father used to lock him in the cellar and generally belittled his son in every single way one can imagine.
* TheAlcoholic
* AnArmAndALeg: His avatar in the Skipverse is missing an arm. His fencing skills [[WithMyHandsTied are still formidable]], though.
-->"Ah, [[EveryScarHasAStory Kungai demon]]. Couple of years ago."
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III on a good day, Type IV on bad ones]]. He has a '''lot''' of bad ones.
* BadassBiker: Subverted in his first episode. Those leather pants chafe something awful.
** BadassBookworm
** BadassNormal: He's possibly the most badass human on the series. One feels he could take on Angel with little problem if he were so inclined.
** HandicappedBadass: A zombified cop's bullet lands Wesley in a wheelchair for a while, but you don't need legs to load a shotgun!
** HeartbrokenBadass: There's no doubt about this one.
** TookALevelInBadass: In ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', he was a bumbling, stuffy guy who never disobeyed the rules. In his first episode of ''Series/{{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 also explains why [[BeardOfSorrow he stopped shaving]].
* BrainsAndBondage:
-->'''Angel:''' Who do we know that has handcuffs?\\
'''Wes:''' Well, I -- ! ...[-[[LastSecondWordSwap wouldn't know]]-].
* BritishStuffiness
* ChekhovsSkill: Specifically, darts.
* CruelToBeKind
* CunningLinguist: With mixed results. ''You'' try arguing prophecy [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a giant hamburger]].
* DatingCatwoman: Lilah.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very Britishly so.
* DeathSeeker: Whenever he's morally conflicted, Wesley is uncomfortably reckless with his own life.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: As creepily as the show can manage. When he's not being turned into a misogynist rage monster and attacking Fred, he's casually dropping death threats to Gunn, his romantic rival.
* DrowningMySorrows: Develops an obsessive need for the juice to counter the melancholy of [[spoiler:Fred's]] death. He is seldom entirely sober, as Spike sniffed out.
** Maybe not drowning, but he certainly takes his sorrows for a swim after his split from AI.
* DynamicCharacter: We see glimpses of his dark side in Pylea (Season 2) and in an alternate universe where the team soldiers on without Cordelia (Season 3). His near-death experience changes him for good.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He was "[[AccidentalInnuendo Head Boy]]" at Academy.
** Wesley seems [[InvertedTrope blissfully unaware]] of the connotations - which is understandable, as Head Boy (and Head Girl) is an extremely normal title in British schools.
* EmergencyImpersonation: In the episode "Guise Will Be Guise", where he is forced to impersonate Angel.
* ExaltedTorturer: He's awfully good with a knife. Or scalpel. Or arrowhead.
-->"I avoided the main arteries."
* EurekaMoment: Lampshaded by Angel.
-->'''Lorne:''' You mean he ''actually says'' "Eureka"?
* FanservicePack
* FatalFlaw: Mistrust of others, and compulsively hoarding every secret to himself.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:His ghost is still stuck working for the Senior Partners in Hell]].
* FireForgedFriends[=/=]SaltAndPepper: With Gunn in Season Two.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGlassesGottaGo
* GoodIsDumb: The least trustworthy member on Angel's team is also the smartest. What are the odds?
* GoodIsNotSoft: Demonstrated this more and more as time went on, but there are hints as early as his appearances in ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]''.
* TheGunslinger: Type C: [[GunFu The Woo]]. Wes is generally the guy with guns, though Gunn and Fred occasionally use them. The [[GunsAkimbo showy]] [[LeapAndFire moves]] are strictly his department, however.
** Lampshaded in "Lineage". We cut from slo-mo Wesley firing two pistols in mid-air to Fred, in real time, sighing, "[[SarcasmMode Yes, thank you, Wesley, I'd love a gun.]]"
* GutturalGrowler: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the aftermath of his throat-slitting. His voice stays in the low register for the remainder of the show, and the scar remains visible for a long time.
* HazyFeelTurn: Stealing Angel's [[spoiler:baby]], then going solo for a while.[[hottip:*:Also, being an accessory to murder and keeping Justine chained in his closet.]]
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Collapsible wrist-mounted swords.
* InsistentTerminology: In his first appearance, wants to make sure everyone knows that he's a ''rogue'' demon hunter.
-->'''Cordelia:''' What's a rogue demon?
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: It eventually came back to bite him in Season Three.
* [[spoiler:JacobMarleyApparel]]: In the comic, he is permanently-bound to one of his old ''Buffy''-era suits. Wesley surmises the Senior Partners are just finding new ways to torment him some more, since the suit and glasses are a reminder of his past self that he left behind.
* JadedWashout: In slow-motion. Wesley is basically the same guy from before the Watcher's Council fired him. On the other hand, he's not eager to rejoin those officious windbags, even when bribed. Over the course of years, he grows so detached from his old values that the demolition of the Council building doesn't even upset him.
* KlingonPromotion: Became Illyria's de facto consort after shooting the first one.
* TheKlutz: In his early post-Buffy appearances. For the love of god, don't let him near an ax.
* TheLancer: When Fred is playing the SmartGuy role.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Cordelia.
* MoralityChain: Resigns himself to helping Illyria be a good citizen, despite being a pretty lousy role model himself.
* MrExposition: He's an ex-Watcher, seems to come with the territory.
* NothingUpMySleeve: Again -- '''[[BladeBelowTheShoulder Collapsible wrist-mounted swords]]'''.
** He's even got room for a {{grappling hook|pistol}} under there.
* [[spoiler:OurGhostsAreDifferent]]: Brought back in ''After the Fall'' by the Senior Partners. This is doubly ironic, as Wesley is bound to a [[spoiler:"standard perpetuity clause" in his contract, the same as Holland Manners and Lilah]]. Furthermore, he now serves as liaison to the Senior Partners, taking over from Hamilton (whom Angel killed in the series finale).
* PermaStubble: After he TookALevelInBadass.
-->'''Willow:''' Oh, and it's [[LampshadeHanging the Marlboro man]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Wesley is never entirely at ease with a vampire boss, and is always preparing countermeasures against Angel's heel turn. His background as a former Watcher ensures this kind of thinking.
* ScarsAreForever: It takes approximately one Season for that neck scar to disappear.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Wesley and Spike seemed to be shaping into this by the time the show was canceled.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His trusty Mossberg 12-gauge. Manages to land only one hit with it, alas.
* TheSmartGuy
* SpotOfTea: "You know, there's something about brewed tea you simply cannot replicate with a bag."
* StalkerWithACrush: Fred.
* StalkingIsLove: [[spoiler:Fred goes for him in the end.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: He is this in ''spades'' after the events of season 3.
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]: In her final scene with Wesley, Illyira allows one selfless gesture by taking Fred's shape, then consoling Wesley that they will be together [[spoiler:in the afterlife]].
** Subverted ([[DeusAngstMachina of course]]) in ''After the Fall'', wherein Wesley is stuck [[spoiler:working for the Senior Partners in Hell for all eternity]].
* TVGenius
* TurnCoat
* WeakButSkilled
* WeUsedToBeFriends
-->'''Wesley''': I have no idea where Angel is, Lilah, or what happened to him. And I really couldn't care.
-->'''Lilah''': Wow. That was cold. I think we're finally making progress. Come on. Doesn't it bother you just a little bit? The not knowing?
-->'''Wesley''': That part of my life is dead. Doesn't concern me now.
** Subverted: [[spoiler:He was looking for Angel the whole time.]]
** Double Subverted: [[spoiler:After he finds him, he still stays the hell away.]]
* WelcomeBackTraitor
* ZenSurvivor: His new, grizzled look is a perfect fit for Los Angelus under permanent midnight. He gets even more philosophical when he's deep into the whiskey.
!!Charles Gunn (J. August Richards)
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->''"Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. A brother should be told."''
Orphaned at a young age, Gunn finds himself living on the streets of LA and fighting vampires to survive, eventually forming his own crew of youths from similar backgrounds. After Angel helps the crew out in a turf war against a gang of vampires, Gunn in turn helps Angel and co. in a number of situations, slowly moving away from the streets and becoming a part of Angel Investigations. Street-wise and an accomplished fighter, Gunn nevertheless harbours insecurities that he is nothing more than 'dumb muscle.'
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Gunn clarifies that his mental capacity wasn't "enhanced" when Wolfram & Hart made him a lawyer; the Senior Partners just "revved up some idling brain cells."
* AnAxeToGrind: His trademark weapon in the early seasons is a makeshift axe built out of a sharpened hubcap. Ghetto fabulous.
* [[spoiler:AndThenJohnWasAZombie]]: [[spoiler:Transformed into a vampire]] sometime between the TV series finale and ''After the Fall''. A ResetButtonEnding restores Gunn to human form - but he retains the memories of [[spoiler:the murders he committed as a vampire]].
* AngryBlackMan: If "Spin the Bottle" is any indication, Gunn was one militant little tyke.
-->"I got no problem believin' that ''{{the man}}'' is messin' with us!"
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Even Faith agrees.
* BadassNormal: Very, very BadassNormal. In the spin-off comics, Angel states outright that Gunn could have beaten him in a fight if he ever got angry enough. He's probably the toughest character ''without'' supernatural powers in Buffy/Angel canon.
** TookALevelInBadass: The reverse of Wesley. While Wesley became a tougher and more capable combatant, Gunn, already a BadassNormal, took the reverse; [[spoiler:thanks to a Wolfram & Hart brain operation his head is filled with the knowledge of all laws, demonic and human (and the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan). He becomes a point man in a tense demonic negotiation, not to mention heightened deductive abilities.]]
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: To his own gang. At Angel Investigations, he's more like "Bald Black Big Guy". Subverted when he grows his hair out in the fifth season.
-->"Heh, what'd you think, [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder I was prematurely bald?]] (''beat'') I wasn't."
* BaldOfAwesome
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: In ''After the Fall''.
* TheBerserker: As a result of SurvivorGuilt and blaming himself for Alonna's death. Negated when he fell in love with Fred, giving him a new lease on life.
* TheBigGuy: Even called himself "the muscle" in one episode.
* BlackAndNerdy: He references ''Daredevil'' #181 as part of a PerpSweating and later [[PersonAsVerb name-drops]] several versions of TheFlash.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
* DeadLittleSister: Alonna, who got sired by vampires on his watch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: Sold his soul for [[MundaneWish a truck]]. Yep. And there were ''still'' strings attached.
** Repeated with his brain upgrade.
* DumbMuscle: Fears being this, but it's mostly unfounded.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: In the last season.
* GeniusBruiser: Even before his "brain-boost", Gunn showed himself to be extremely cunning, savvy and perceptive, sometimes bordering analytical.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before he joined the cast proper.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Angel suspects that Gunn's neural implant is corrupting him. He's half-right; it's not the implant that destroys Gunn, but the fear of losing it.
* JustifiedCriminal: Before the show begins, Gunn has formulated a gang of homeless youths who swipe food and defend their ghetto from intruding vampires.
* LastNameBasis: Only Fred calls him "Charles." Others address him by that name during [[FullNameUltimatum serious moments]].
* LetMeGetThisStraight
* MenAreUncultured: [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam Gets dragged kicking and screaming to the ballet... then discovers he absolutely adores it]]. Meanwhile, [[InvertedTrope Cordelia is snoring]].
** As part of his legal upgrade, Gunn has complete mastery of GilbertAndSullivan (to help with diction).
--->''(grumpily)'' "I was cool [[BadassDecay before I met y'all]]."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realizes that the form he signed in exchange for the return of his brain upgrade gave entry to Illyria's sarcophagus, which ultimately [[spoiler:killed Fred]].
* NonIndicativeName: Uses a gun maybe once in the entire run of the series (pistols were more Wesley's thing).
* ScarsAreForever: Gunn from the Skipverse has a prominent facial scar.
* ScaryBlackMan: Most of the time, he's friendly and loveable. But if you threaten Fred...well, don't threaten Fred.
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum: Instantly upgraded to über-lawyer thanks for Wolfram & Hart's surgeon. The procedure makes him an expert on human and demonic law within a few hours.
* SharpDressedMan: After getting his brain upgrade -- he [[GoodCostumeSwitch stops wearing the suit]] after discovering what the upgrade cost him.
* StreetSmart
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: When pressed, Gunn confesses he can never be friends with Angel, his natural enemy. Also with Wesley in Season 4, due to Wesley's betrayal over the Connor affair and [[LoveTriangle his interest in Fred]].
* TokenMinority
* TheWatson: Gunn and Fred juggle between this role, with Gunn showing irritation whenever he meets another vampire he's not allowed to kill.
* WhatAPieceOfJunk: His pickup truck. "Don't you be dissin' my girl!"
-->'''Fred:''' Oh, Charles. Your soul wasn't worth air conditioning?
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Went steady with Fred for a year, followed by a brief (but very satisfactory) dalliance with Gwen Raiden.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Rats?]]
!!Winifred "Fred" Burkle (AmyAcker)
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->(flips through fashion magazine) ''Why do girls want to look like that? I spent years in a cave starving, what's ''their'' excuse?''"
Fred was attending college in Los Angeles when she was sucked into a portal and ended up in a demon dimension where humans are slaves. She's there for five years and rather insane before Angel and crew rescue her. Staying with them, she slowly re-adapts to life and becomes a valued member of the team, her incredible intelligence causing her to serve as the brains of the outfit.
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* ACupAngst: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. In one episode when the cast was mentally regressed back to early high school, she seems disappointed with how much she's "filled out" in her adult body. She never comments on it again.
* ActionGirl
* {{Adorkable}}
* BadassBookworm
* BewareTheNiceOnes
** BewareTheQuietOnes: Cordelia [[LampShadeHanging lampshades]] this in "That Old Gang of Mine."
* BigEater: Capable of eating her own body weight in waffles.
* BoredWithInsanity
* BrainyBrunette
* TheChick
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When she first returns from Pylea. She gets better.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Hollowed out and turned into a shell for a gestating demon. All of her internal organs slowly and painfully liquify, including her brain]].
* CuteAndPsycho: These tendencies are never completely gone -- just dormant.
* [[spoiler:CuriosityKilledTheCast]]
* [[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]: Verified by Illyria in the Season Six comics. There's nothing left no matter how much everybody (including, oddly, the God-King herself) wishes. [[spoiler:Just the memory of who she was]].
* FormerTeenRebel: "It'd be cooler if we could score some weed, though!"
* GeekyTurnOn: You have no idea. (Probably too many to list.)
-->"My family used to go to ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' every Christmas, and I had [[TooMuchInformation my first sexual dream about]] [[{{Yiff}} the Mouse King]]!"
* GibberingGenius: Though she's good-natured enough to backpedal a bit in her speeches. Even when describing how she's about to kill someone!
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: The writers seemed to be competing with each other to see what loony item Fred holds next. Crossbow? Automatic scythe trap? Sniper rifle? Flamethrower?
--> '''Fred:''' The halberd could work. Acting like I'm all addle-brained talking about other dimensions. (''mocking'') Pylea? Never heard of it! (''angry'') Right. How 'bout a flail-whipping? Would that [[ToThePain take a nice long time?]]\\
'''Angel''': Hours, if you do it right. -- [[OrSoIHeard Not that you should do it at all]]. (''takes whip from her'') Ever.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Feigenbaum, the "Master of Chaos"!
* GoodParents: Who doesn't love Roger and Trish?
* GoodWithNumbers: Which once almost resulted in her brain being stolen.
* TheHeart: She holds the crew together emotionally. It...eventually breaks her StepfordSmiler facade.
* HotLibrarian[=/=]HotScientist
* IllGirl: "A Hole in the World".
* TheIngenue
* IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler:LivingBodysuit]]: See below, re:[[spoiler:Illyria]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Whenever she dons the glasses.
* MinoredInAssKicking
* MoeStare: See picture.
* [[MrFixit Ms. Fixit]]
* NoSocialSkills: She did live in Pylea for a few years.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: She's a physicist by trade; she just happens to also be good at anything else. In Season Five, she is elevated to TheCoroner, because why not?
* ThePollyanna
* {{Robinsonade}}: "I've been trying to make an enchilada out of tree bark."
* RoomFullOfCrazy: The astrophysics formulas on her cave wall, and later hotel room. Lampshaded ever-after by Gunn and Wes, who never ''quite'' let Fred [[NeverLiveItDown live it down]].
* ShipTease: Developed a schoolgirl-like crush on Angel, but later got past it.
* ShrinkingViolet
* StepfordSmiler: Cheery is her default mode, but after 5 years in Hell, her friends falling apart and all the responsibilities falling on her...she starts to break apart until she snaps in "Ground State" when Gunn almsot dies and again in "Supersymmetry" when she finds the one responsible for her 5 years in Hell. She decides as soon as she finds out that he ''has to die''.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* SouthernFriedGenius
* TokenGoodTeammate
* TomboyishName
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tacos. (One notable difference about Pylea is its conspicuous absence of Tex-Mex.)
-->'''Fred''': Are - are you sure about that?
-->'''Cordelia''': Trust me. Tacos ''everywhere''. ...And soap.
* UnkemptBeauty: It takes her a while to rediscover civilization.
* WeakButSkilled: Happens only rarely, but when Fred pulls a fast one, her ingenuity will leave you dizzy.
* WideEyedIdealist
* WrenchWench
!!Illyria ([[spoiler:Amy Acker]])
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->''"I'd like to keep Spike as my pet."''
Illyria is an Old One, one of the ancient demons that walked the earth before the coming of man. Killed millions of years ago ago, she is reincarnated [[spoiler: in Fred's body]] and intends to rule once again...only to find her army long dead and her temple turned to dust. With nowhere else to go, she remains with the group, seeking to learn how to live in this strange, new world. Still incredibly powerful even in her diminished form, Illyria is a mighty ally to have; but she see human affairs as beneath her and the crew can never be quite sure that she's on their side.
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* ActionGirl
* AGodAmI
* AloofAlly: One can never predict when she'll assist Team Angel, or why. At one point, Illyria rescues Gunn from a torture dimension just so she can throttle him in front of Wesley, apparently to play the YouOweMe card.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Starts off holding zero value for human life, empathy or social conventions. But she is ''incredibly'' rigidly honorable - though even her code of honour is hard to grasp.
* CuriosityCausesConversion
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DemonicPossession: She not only [[spoiler:took over Fred's body, but consumed her soul, too]].
* {{Depower}}: She's less powerful than she was in her original form. [[spoiler:When Fred's body proves unable to contain her power, she gets depowered even further, and even after that she's still quite powerful.]]
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: "[[TemptingFate Take your best shot, little girl.]]"
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Armies of Doom. She used to have them.
* DoubleConsciousness: [[spoiler:Fred]]'s personality and memories (which, in a very real sense, is what humans are) are part of Illyria's "shell" as Illyria comments several times.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Referenced in the comic continuation; During her road trip with Gunn, Illyria asks for another turn at the wheel. Gunn flatly refuses, saying that the last time Illyria attempted to drive, she sent twelve cars flying off the freeway. Illyria states that if she can rule the Earth, she can learn to master driving.
* EldritchAbomination: One of the few (non-parodic) sympathetic unspeakable horrors from the beyond in fiction.
** HumanoidAbomination: As we see her in the series, due to her possession of Fred's body.
* TheEmpath: Can sense (and is disgusted by) Wesley's grief. In later episodes she also senses his desire for her when she takes Fred's form, and calls him on it when he rejects the idea of sleeping with Fred!Illyria.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater
* FlightStrengthHeart: She has SuperStrength, can [[TimeMaster manipulate time]], and ''can [[TalkingToPlants talk to plants]]''.
** [[spoiler:Talking to plants was actually seemingly one of ''Fred'''s own abilities, as she appeared to do it in early Season 3 episodes.]]
*** Although in that case, they probably didn't answer back.
* GhostMemory: She has Fred's memories, but not her soul.
* GlacierWaif: Fast enough to use WaifFu, but [[SubvertedTrope doesn't really need to]].
* GloryDays: Illyria often talked about the world of her time and how everyone was afraid of her and her kind.
* GodEmperor: Her role before the creation of the world. Coming down to blue-haired WaifFu wielder was an adjustment, to say the least.
* HairTriggerTemper: Her inhuman stoicism makes it hard to see the explosive, homicidal rage in time to steer clear.
* HeelFaceTurn: Though deeply, deeply unhappy about it.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: In the comics, her road to heroism hits a few roadblocks. To prevent a demon from leeching off of Jeremy's energy, she dutifully punches a hole clean through Jeremy's chest. Ouch.
** In the climax of ''After the Fall'', she reverts to her primordial demon form due to the machinations of [[spoiler:Gunn]] and starts wrecking Los Angeles. The Senior Partners fix her so she returns to 'normal'.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: How she sees herself when she first comes back, when to the others she's still terrifyingly powerful. Then she gets depowered ''again'', to the degree that she can be defeated by Hamilton, a minion of entities she once considered barely worth noticing.
* HughMann
* IntercontinuityCrossover: In ''[[ComicBook/FallenAngel Fallen Angel: Reborn]]''.
* TheJuggernaut: Before having her powers sapped by Wesley's black hole gun.
* KickChick
* LackOfEmpathy: Wesley gets roped into becoming her instructor in this regard. In an ironic twist, Illyria discovers her sense of empathy all too well -- [[spoiler:with Wesley's death]].
* LivingRelic
* TheMagnificent: "I am Illyria, [[GodEmperor God-King of the Primordium]], Shaper of Things!"
* MarionetteMotion: When she first takes control of her new body.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Subverted; she can hold her own against weaker baddies, but on a level playing field, a bruiser like Hamilton spells trouble.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Revealed in the ''Angel'' comic series to have a once-in-a-millenium mating cycle, signaled by Illyria going 'into heat'.
* NoSocialSkills: Can't talk to me during your meeting? Then I'll kill everyone at the meeting.
* NobleDemon
* PhysicalGod
* PowerIncontinence: Her physical form proves to unstable to contain her essence. She's forced to power down permanently, or else explode.
* PunyEarthlings: Her habit of likening people to vermin, apes, plankton, amoebas, slime...
* QuizzicalTilt: It usually means you're in for a beating.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Wesley is drawn to Illyria as she's all he has left of Fred.
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, a coffin.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan:
-->'''Illyria:''' This fate is [[FateWorseThanDeath worse than death]]. Condemned to live out existence in a vessel incapable of sustaining my true glory. How am I to function with such limitation?
-->'''Lorne:''' Have you ever tried a [[DrowningMySorrows Sea Breeze]]?
* SenseiForScoundrels: Can't believe Angel is actually ''wangsting'' over ''being the head of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate''. Illyria sets him straight with this speech.
-->'''Illyria:''' So much power here! And you quibble at its price. If you want to win a war, you must serve no master but your own ambition.
* SoulJar: Her sarcophagus, although closer to a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Magic Jar]].
** PowerCrystal: Gem-encrusted too.
* SourSupporter: "The intricacies of your fates are meaningless."
* SpockSpeak
* SpyCatsuit: With an impressive range of movement. Maybe it's the bootlegs.
* StrawVulcan
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperPowerLottery: Before she got depowered, she was probably the single strongest character in the series. And even afterwards, she was still way more powerful than any of the heroes and most of the villains.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Wes predicts that Illyria will ''never'' quit her pursuit of this.
* ThouShaltNotKill: In exchange for helping her navigate present-day Earth, Wesley makes her swear an oath not to kill people. The rest of Team Angel has a hard time digesting this, mostly assuming that she is somehow plotting instead of keeping her promise.
* TimeMaster: Shares Sahjan's ability to traverse other dimensions. In "Time Bomb", she starts tripping through our timestream, though it turns out to be a side-effect of her ''exploding'' in the near future. ''After the Fall'' shows her warping time erratically every so often.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Oh, the irony.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: 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 -- or both?
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Able to alter her physical appearance at will (she is capable of mimicking [[spoiler:Fred's persona closely enough to fool Fred's parents]], right down to the clothing she wears).
* WaifFu: Somewhat subverted. Illyria certainly doesn't look like she should hit hard, but her fighting style is mostly MightyGlacier as opposed to [[CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Illyria pushes the outer bounds of why immortality might not be all that great. Nearly every RequiredSecondaryPower imaginable including ''reincarnation'' -- and her main reward was outliving even her presumably immortal army and pocket dimension temple.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: She debates the idea of traveling to her home dimension, or ''any'' world besides this one. In her human form, however, her old buddies would eat her alive.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Causing a [[DoNotTauntCthulhu drunken Wesley to call her a smurf]].
!!Connor (Vincent Kartheiser)
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->''"You must be Angel's [[{{Bishounen}} handsome yet androgynous]] son."''
->''"It's '''Connor'''."''
->''"And the sneer's genetic, who knew?''"
->-- Willow and Connor
Against all laws of the universe, [[spoiler:Angel and his sire Darla conceive a son]] and the result is Connor, who is super-strong, agile, has enhanced senses and healing and is, by all appearances, human. Taken away to another dimension, the Quor-Toth, as a baby, Connor returns a few months later. Of course, due to [[YearInsideHourOutside time flowing differently there]], he is now seventeen years old, and an incredible fighter. Harboring a deep hatred for Angel's true nature, Connor is at odds with Angel Investigation just as often as he is fighting alongside them.
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* AbusiveParents: It wouldn't be a stretch to say Holtz wasn't sweet and gentle while fashioning Connor into a weapon. And when it looked like Connor might have a happy life with Angel, Holtz actually [[spoiler: killed himself]] to set Connor against his real father, thus abandoning him in a world he knew nothing about with nothing left to live for except revenge.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Towards Angel and especially Angelus. Being raised by [[TheHunter Holtz]] will do that to a guy.
* AntiAntichrist: It was touch and go there for a while. [[spoiler:But he ultimately rebels against Jasmine. The only problem is that doing so leaves the poor kid mired in nihilistic, homicidal despair]].
* AvengingTheVillain: When [[spoiler:Holtz]] kills himself in such a way as to implicate Angel.
* AxCrazy: Was there ever any doubt it would come to this?
* BackForTheFinale: "You stop by for a cup of coffee and the world's ''not'' ending? [[GenreSavvy Please]]."
* BadassAdorable: As Connor Reilly. A polite, good-natured and boyishly handsome young man, but shy, innocent and somewhat awkward. And also he could pull your spine out through your mouth.
* BadassLonghair
* BerserkButton: For reasons that are easily grasped (being tossed into a giant hell portal as an infant), he really doesn't like magic.
** Bad parenting. He talks a suicidal cop [[InterruptedSuicide off a ledge]], only to discover a [[FatalFamilyPhoto family photo]] in his wallet. He then proceeds to turn the cop's face into hamburger.
** The kicker, though, is when Connor admonishes a hostage to hug their daughter properly. You mean the daughter you're planning to blow up? Ok, gotcha.
* TheBerserker: He tries to commit SuicideByCop after Jasmine's defeat, and doesn't care if the Cop has to be Angel.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: The sad fact is that Connor never really adjusts to our world. Angel is a killer; therefore, he should die. The world is harsh and cruel; Jasmine made it a paradise, so she must be good.
** He considers himself ''above'' Angel Investigations in this respect, accusing them of fighting empty battles and helping to maintain the status quo.
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: The Senior Partners offer to do this when he becomes too crazed to control. It comes [[DealWithTheDevil at a price]]: Angel has to go join Wolfram & Hart.
* CreepySouvenir: His starter outfit is a patchwork of animal hides, or as he elegantly put it, "Things I've killed." And then there was that time he ripped a drug dealer's ear off.
* CuteBruiser: All the strength of a vampire, packed into a skinny-ass teen.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He may have picked up the condition from Holtz.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: He did spend his formative years in a hell dimension with Holtz as a dad.
* ConsummateLiar
* CousinOliver
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Holtz is perfectly plain about Connor's origins -- almost sinisterly so. Although Connor has been drilled to think of his parents as monsters, he is, at heart, angry at them for abandoning him. Angel is obviously torn up about it, and makes a final attempt to reason with him, but Connor is too far gone to hear it.
* DeusAngstMachina
* {{Dhampyr}}: Though he was born to two vampires. He's only ''mostly'' human, whatever he is. A good description would be, he has all the strengths of a vampire and all the weaknesses of a human.
** They get to play around with the implications of a vampire with a human son. Connor isn't averse to many uniquely vampiric weaknesses, and so can go places and do things that Angel can't, but he can die from things that won't kill a vampire, like suffocation or loss of blood. In one of his first episodes back from Quor-toth, Angel loses Connor when he can't follow him into the sunlight, and later has to shield him from a hail of gunfire.
* TheDragon: To the Beastmaster (AKA [[spoiler:Cordelia]]) and later Jasmine.
** DragonAscendant: Bitterly played with. After all, he's [[spoiler:the one who iced Jasmine]], and there's no longer any pod people to rule. He acts as an extension of [[spoiler:Jasmine]]'s MotiveRant, declaiming that the human race was undeserving of her love.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: He considers it a crutch, and one that he hardly ever sees work as advertised. "I've pretty much concluded that magic sucks."
* DoubleConsciousness: After Wesley inadvertently restores his old memories.
* TheDreaded: The demons of Quor-Toth were ''terrified'' of him. They called him things like "the bringer of torment".
* EmoTeen
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Angel has Wolfram & Hart change his memories and give him a new life to make him better adjusted]]. Even once his original memories are restored, he's a lot more grounded.
* FantasticRacism: Being raised by Holtz has caused him to be prejudiced against demons. At one point, he openly referred to Lorne as "filthy demon". Katheiser even likened him to a kid who was raised by a racist.
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: Of Season 4.]]
* GiveHimANormalLife: Connor at the end of season four. (Jesus, they ran the gamut with baby tropes and this kid, didn't they?)
* GoodIsDumb: Connor, with every flip-flop of his so flip-floppy heart, personified RedemptionDemotion. As a conflicted character, he was constantly switching sides; when fighting at his father's side, he was a bit slower than Angel and not as agile, but when he fought against the good guys, he was like {{Spider-Man}} with a cause, decking multiple foes with each blow and always one step ahead.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: And around and around and around he goes.
* HeroicBastard
* HolyChild: Inverted, as only evil demons view him as one. Sahjhan let slip that Connor has a "big future", but in what sense, we don't know yet.
* IHaveManyNames: Connor Angel (name given him by Team Angel at the hospital), Steven Franklin Thomas Holtz (by Holtz), Connor Reilly (with his new family).
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up to be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself so she wouldn't try to eat him later. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? ...You get the picture.
* IJustWantToBeNormal
* ItRunsInTheFamily: "A weakness for Slayers. You're ''definitely'' his son."
* JumpedAtTheCall: Wheter his usual or alternate self, he seems pretty enthusiastic about being a superhuman.
* TheLancer
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Jasmine, who requires a paradox of sorts to birth herself into our world, is responsible for Darla's pregnancy and Connor's later romantic interlude with [[spoiler:Cordelia]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Good luck trying to control him.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: He terrifies the beasts of Quor-toth so much, they flee to Earth just to be rid of him. After that, it's as easy as following the bread crumbs...
* LikesOlderWomen: Self-confessed. Targets of his LongingLook include Cordelia, Faith, and ''[[UpToEleven Illyria]]''.
* LossOfIdentity: Not only does [[spoiler:Angel wipe Connor's memory, but he changes reality so that he's happy and well-adjusted]].
* MadeOfIron: He is able to shrug off getting hit by a van with little to no problem.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Looking at the picture, you'd be forgiven for not thinking he could kick your ass. You're wrong; he could kick your ass and then hand it to you on a silver platter with a singing telegram.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In Quor-Toth, he was called "the Destroyer."
* NietzscheWannabe: He's not overly fond of our reality. Considering he grew up in a hell dimension, that's really something.
* NobleBigot: Connor was brought up to hate demons and magic by the ObliviouslyEvil Holtz, but has no intention of hurting humans (at first). Wesley even uses this as an excuse for not cluing Fred and Gunn in about him in "Deep Down".
* NoManOfWomanBorn: The prophecy said, "There will be no birth." What it meant was that Darla can't deliver a baby, so the only alternative is to stake herself and turn to ash. Hence, no birth.
* NotBrainwashed: Due to their blood relation, Jasmine's powers never worked on him. He was just so jaded and messed up by that point that her "peace at the cost of free will" plan seemed like a good deal, even if he never actually felt the same bliss everyone else did.
--> "I knew she was a lie. Jasmine. My whole life's been built on them. I just - I guess I thought this one was better than the others."
* OnlyICanKillHim: Which is why [[spoiler:Sahjhan]] is so anxious to be rid of him.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The reason he defended Angel from Linwood's commandos in "Tomorrow".
* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* PsychoSupporter: To the Jasmaniacs.
* SanitySlippage: With every emotional disaster dumped on him, his stability goes down a tick.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: You can thank Holtz for tying Connor to a tree in the middle of nowhere, then leaving him to [[TrainingFromHell escape his ropes and find his way home]] all on his own. "One time, it only took me five days."
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: After already getting a PlotRelevantAgeUp, Connor was later also a victim of SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome when they changed his age from sixteen to eighteen to make his relationship with 22-year-old Cordelia less squicky.
** This is especially amusing considering that, due to the [[YearInsideHourOutside circumstances]] of Connor's rapid aging, nobody, including Connor himself, can really be sure of exactly how old he is. That doesn't stop several characters from explicitly stating that he's "eighteen", for the first time, in that very same episode, all apparently just to keep the {{media watchdog}}s at bay.
** Given that he's stated to be sixteen the previous season they could simply have made Connor seventeen, the same age Buffy was when she lost her virginity with 243-year old Angel, [[DoubleStandard but well...]]
* SonOfAWhore: His mother was one before being sired.
* TangledFamilyTree: Like a ball of rubber bands. Angel conceived him with Darla, who was able to carry him to term with Jasmine's influence. Connor then impregnated [[spoiler:Cordelia]] so she could give birth to Jasmine.
* {{Tykebomb}}: Angel spends the end of season three and all of season four trying in vain to [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defuse]] him.
* UnwittingPawn
* WellDoneSonGuy: With Holtz, not Angel.
* WelcomeBackTraitor
* WildChild
!!Krevlornswath "Lorne" of the Deathwok Clan, also known as The Host (Andy Hallett)
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->''"Always leave 'em wanting more, kiddo. That's the rule."''
Born in another dimension, Lorne rejected its ProudWarriorRaceGuy 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 [[TheEmpath empath]], who can read people's destinies when they bare their souls -- 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.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Green skin with red horns. He ''is'' from another dimension.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When he disappeared from Pylea, everyone feasted for weeks because they assumed he had committed ritual suicide.
-->'''Landok''': Your mother's burden is terrible.\\
'''Lorne''': Misses her little green boo, does she?\\
'''Landok''': She rips your images into tiny pieces, [[FedToPigs feeds them to the swine]], [[NoKillLikeOverkill butchers the pigs and has their remains scattered for the dogs]].\\
'''Lorne:''' ''(disheartened)'' Sounds like ma.
* AnythingThatMoves: Something of a G-rated version of this trope; he flirts shamelessly with guys and girls alike, but never appears to have a genuine romantic or sexual attraction to anyone.
* [[BizarreAlienBiology Bizarre Demon Biology]]: Mentions that his heart is located in his rear.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He darkens quite a bit when [[spoiler:Fred]] is put in jeopardy. To say nothing of his final scene.
* BiTheWay: Lorne seems to fit this (or HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday). He's definitely into girls; however, he also is fond of the thought of Angel in leather pants, and freely refers to him as "lover", "sweetie" and scores of other romantic endearments. Lorne also is interested in fashion, culture, art, music and EltonJohn. He also has a somewhat flamboyantly, stereotypically gay personality. However, his sexuality has never been addressed directly in the show, and the actor considered the character [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Following Andy Hallet's death, his character was retired in a self-titled, one-shot comic.
* CleopatraNose
* TheConfidant
* TheDandy: To paraphrase Mayor Wilkins on ''Buffy'': That is one ''exciting'' suit!
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Life of the Party"
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeFictionalization: Lorne headlines a Las Vegas show in one episode. This was done by having Lorne headline a show in Las Vegas, and filming it.
* DrinkOrder: "More Sea, less Breeze."
* EmbarrassingFirstName: His full name is "Krevlornswath" in his native dimension, and even he isn't too fond of the shortened nickname. (He has green skin, which apparently made some people think of Lorne Greene from ''{{Bonanza}}'').
* TheEmpath: And about as reliable as a cheap fortune cookie.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He was originally just called "The Host."
* FunPersonified
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Inverted. As head of the W&H Entertainment Division, Lorne is bogged down with so much work that he has to ''surgically remove his sleep'' -- and even then he still can't catch up. It becomes clear that it's Lorne's way of assuming his old Caritas role and bringing people together, even at great self-sacrifice.
* HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday: Subverted; Lorne doesn't mind it at all if people mistake his green skin for makeup. Especially if it gets him into Caesar's Palace. The first time this happens, he accidentally runs into a librarian who stammers, "You're--...you're--!!" before sighing, "...[[WeirdnessCensor from the children's reading program!]]" At this, Lorne actually considers dropping by and reading some ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Sacrifices his corporeal body]] by leaping into the Music of the Spheres, thereby restoring balance to the universe. [[spoiler:At least he went out singing]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: As soon as he heard ArethaFranklin's voice, he knew he was home.
* IncrediblyLongNote: Once claimed he can hold a note literally ''forever''.
* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: On Pylea, for not wanting to be a warrior.
* LosingYourHead: He can survive decapitation and being cut apart, but only if his body parts aren't then mutilated.
** Lorne keeps this small detail about himself secret, apparently so as to gauge his friends' [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral grief-stricken reactions]] to his 'death'. (He isn't impressed with any of them.)
* LoungeLizard
* MeaningfulName: On Lorne's homeworld, [[SpaceWestern they drink "Flib liquor," humans are "cows", and they clean out "flehegna" stables]]. Maybe his nickname was apt.
* [[MentorArchetype Mentor]]: Sort of.
* MrExposition
* MusicalAssassin: He can make [[StuffBlowingUp stuff explode]] by hitting just the [[BrownNote right note]].
-->"[[BondOneLiner Slays 'em every time.]]"
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* NiceGuy
* NobleDemon: There's plenty of benign demons in the Buffyverse, but Lorne goes above and beyond the call of duty. His club, Caratas (Latin for "sanctuary") was specifically designed to bring human and demonkind together peacefully.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lorne's the smiling, happy, carefree member of the team. When he begins to crack in Season 5, it's a sign that everything's about to fall apart. He never really recovers.
* OptOut: In the series finale.
* OutOfFocus: In Season Five, Andy Hallett probably spent more time in the makeup chair than he did in front of the camera. On the upside, Lorne did get his own episode (see above) and was featured in the final stretch.
* PaperThinDisguise: An [[CoatHatMask overcoat and a trilby]], which looks dashing in a Humphrey Bogart-sort of way, but about as inconspicuous as a Ninja Turtle.
** A baseball cap and sunglasses are enough to disguise him in broad daylight.
* PersonAsVerb: Originally known simply as "The Host."
* ThePowerOfRock: Karaoke is the only way to put things right!
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: At long last partway into Season Four.
* PsychicPowers: He can read people's futures. Allegedly only when they sing, but there have been plenty of occasions when he's read people who aren't singing. Each time he brushes it off as them broadcasting unusually strongly because of their emotional state. It happens frequently, however. He can also mystically sense when Cordelia is about to receive a vision and has the ability to surf her connection to the Powers That Be and tap into her visions as a result. He needs to be touching Cordelia to do this latter but he's even able to tell when Cordelia's being sent fake visions from an earth-based psychic and indicates that it requires genuine skill to be able to work that out as the fakes were very convincing.
* RedBaron: Ends up becoming one the more benign demon "lords" of L.A. after it is [[spoiler:banished to Hell]]. Lorne is elected the Lord of Silver Lake, and does his very best to make his territory "a Heaven in Hell". (''After the Fall'')
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He's got red eyes because he's a demon, but in an [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], he's actually a gentle soul who's pretty sweet and fun company.
* SadClown: His perpetual comic persona starts turning into this in Season Five, mostly after [[spoiler: Fred dies]]. He even gets a whole scene talking about this in "Underneath."
* SensorCharacter
* ShipperOnDeck: Leads the movement to pair off Angel and Cordelia. You can't fight love, Cinnamon Buns!
* SomeCallMeTim
* SoundtrackDissonance: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine... ♪
* SpikyHair
* TookALevelInBadass: 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.
* TheUnfavorite: His cousins use their empathic powers to hunt. Lorne used his to read peoples' destinies, and was considered a freak. He preferred music over hunting, even though music doesn't really exist in his dimension.
* VerbalTic: Whenever Lorne finishes a sentence he refers to the person he's talking to as some kind of endearment, often a foodstuff: Pumpkin, [[IncrediblyLamePun Angel-cakes]], Kiwi, Sweet potato, Muffin.
** "And stop calling me pastries!
** This extends to curses, as well. "Aw, [[GoshDarnItToHeck fudgesicle!]]"
** Back on Pylea they used to call him "[[ExpospeakGag fragrant tuber]]".
** Backfires when Lorne telephones a coded message for help ("[[OutOfCharacterAlert Say 'hi' to Fluffy for me!"]]), which Fred interprets as just another nickname for someone in Angel's group.
--->''(to Gunn)'' Who's Fluffy? [[IronicNickname Are you Fluffy?]]
** Or Harmonica/Harmonita, in Harmony's case.
* WhiteSheep: To the rest of his clan.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Parodied when Angel drags him kicking and screaming to Pylea. Learns nothing, accomplishes nothing, goes back home. The end.
-->"I had to come back here to find out I '''didn't''' have to come back here. I don't ''belong'' here, I ''hate'' it here! [[StaticCharacter You know where I belong? L.A.]] You know why? ''Nobody'' belongs there. It's the perfect place for guys like us."
!!Spike, né William Pratt (JamesMarsters)
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->''"Here you are, finally living a piece of the high life - new clothes, new cars, my old tumble fetching you tasty snacks - and what's your gripe? ''"I feel disconnected."'' You want to feel disconnected, try being a bloody ghost for a bit!"''
Spike is an infamous vampire, having killed two Slayers in his time. Angel is his "grand-sire", and the two were running buddies back in Angel's evil days. Spike arrived in Sunnydale and set his sights on Buffy as his third Slayer, but after numerous failed attempts, he had a run-in with a high-tech demon fighting unit and was implanted with a chip that left him unable to harm humans. With killing demons the only outlet for his aggression, he took to working with Buffy and slowly fell in love with her, going as far as to have his soul restored for her. After [[spoiler:sacrificing himself to destroy the Hellmouth]], he is magically transported to LA, mystically bound to the place, and spends his days alternately helping and annoying Angel.
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* AntiHero: Was a Type V, bulled his way up to a Type IV.
* BackFromTheDead
* {{Badass}}
** BadassDecay: Reversed a bit in the last season.
** BadassLongcoat
* BigFancyHouse: In ''After the Fall'', Spike takes over the [[{{Playboy}} Playboy Mansion]] and uses it as his residence after dusting a vampirized Hef.
* BookEnds: In his earliest canonical appearance, Spike (under his human identity, William) recites a bad poem to his crush and gets shot down ("Fool For Love", ''Buffy'' S5). Spike delivers the same performance at a poetry slam in the SeriesFinale; this time, the whole audience applauds and cheers.
* DeadpanSnarker: His parody of a conversation between Angel and a DistressedDamsel in "In the Dark" is ''awesomely hilarious''.
* ExpansionPackPast
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Unlike Angel, he gets roped into saving people by a fork-tongued Lindsey.
* GoodIsNotNice: Saves a woman from a vampire in a dark alley in "Soul Purpose", and then chews her out for being dumb enough to walk through an alley alone at night.
* IconicItem: Subverted (for about a minute) after his original trenchcoat gets burned to tatters. Wolfram & Hart immediately supplies him with [[LampshadeHanging eleven exact duplicates of the coat]].
* TheLancer
* LaughablyEvil: "In the Dark." When he we next see him four seasons later, he's reformed his ways.
-->'''Cordelia:''' Heard you weren't evil anymore. Which kinda makes the hair silly.
* LaymansTerms: This pretty much became his gimmick during the series' expository speeches.
* LeeroyJenkins:
-->'''Spike:''' I ''had'' a plan!
-->'''Angel:''' You, a plan?
-->'''Spike:''' A good plan! Smart plan! Carefully laid out! ...But I got bored.
* MrFanservice
* TheNicknamer: Spike's names for Illyria include "The Leather Queen", "[[Comicbook/RedSonja Fred Sonja]]", "Little [[HinduMythology Shiva]]", "[[PaulBunyan Babe the Blue Ox]]", and "[[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanie]]".
** Angel is "Ol' Broody-pants" and "Captain Forehead".
* NobleDemon
* TheNotLoveInterest: Season 5 focuses a lot on his relationship with Angel.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Subverted when Fred determines that Spike's aura is radiating heat - unusual for a ghost.
-->'''Spike:''' [[ObligatoryJoke Think I'm hot]], do ya?
-->'''Fred:''' ...Lukewarm.
* RebelRelaxation: When you're a ghost, there's not much else to do but kick back and annoy the hell out of Angel.
* RedBaron: When Hell-A is split up between various demon "Lords", Spike crowns himself Lord of Beverly Hills. (''After the Fall'')
* TheRival
* UnexplainedRecovery: Lampshaded by Spike himself. "Flash-fried in a pillar of fire saving the world. I got better."
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-->''"The thing about atonement is you never run out of chances. But you gotta take 'em."''
Angel is a vampire, one of the worst recorded, and the main character of the show. He was sired in 1753 by a vampire named Darla and, adopting the name "Angelus," wreaked havoc across Europe for almost 150 years until he angered a Gypsy clan by killing one of their beloved daughters and the Gypsies cursed him by returning his soul, filling him with remorse for his crimes.
After a century of living in shame and feeding off rats to survive, Angel is recruited by the PowersThatBe 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 -- their code of vengeance holds that it was better for him to become evil again than to have anything that would ease his suffering.
Angel loses his soul and reverts to the monstrous Angelus, terrorizing Sunnydale until his soul is once again restored. Realizing that he's a danger as long as he's around Buffy, he leaves Sunnydale for Los Angeles, where he continues to fight demons as a form of penance for his crimes.
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* {{Adorkable}}: When he's in a good mood.
* [[spoiler:AntiAntiChrist: According to the comics, the jury's still out on whether the Shanshu prophecy spells doom for mankind in general. (In ''Angel's'' last season, at least one character hinted that Angel is "more dangerous than you realize.")]]
* AntiHero: Default state is Type II, but spends time as Type III on occasion. The presence of Darla can cause a change to Type IV, although that is very temporary.
* TheAntiNihilist: "If nothing we do matters... then [[{{Koan}} all that matters is what we do]]."
* TheAtoner
** AtonementDetective
* BadDreams: With such regularity, you wonder how he sleeps without pharmaceutical assistance.
** One more example of Blessed With Suck: Vampires share a PsychicLink with their kin. When a vampire he sired 100 years ago starts killing people locally, Angel feels it.
** In Season Two, Angel starts having '[[NocturnalEmission dreams]]' about his maker. It turns out that Darla is dosing him with magic to drive him nuts.
* '''BadAss''': In '''SPADES'''.
** BadassBoast:
--->"Ten minutes if you're lucky. Really lucky, you're unconscious for the last five."
** BadassInDistress: Spent an entire Season hiatus in this state.
--->"So...how was ''your'' summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch]]."
** BadassLongcoat: ...[[JossWhedon Joss]] likes this one.
** CulturedBadass: A skilled artist, voracious reader, fluent in multiple languages (including demonic ones), and [[RealMenWearPink a ballet enthusiast]] (even from his days as the evil Angelus).
* BeastAndBeauty: With Cordelia.
* BeingGoodSucks: "Atonement's a bitch."
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' mention coffins -- or vampires sleeping in said coffins. It is an [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad offensive stereotype]] popularized by [[YourVampiresSuck hack writers and ignorant media]].
** More seriously, do not harm women he cares about -- notably Cordelia and Fred.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Spike's red. Spike's embrace of punk music, as opposed to quieter, more emotive music (Angel is a closet Fanilow as well as an ex-[=RatPack=] groupie) is indicative of his personality as the foil to brooding intellectuals like Angel.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Ah, Angel. Brooding, angsty vampire trying to fight the good fight, within LA and himself. Who'd ever think that he dug ''Mandy'' and Barry Manilow, or had a fear of dancing (yet a secret desire to, despite how awful he is at it)? Or, y'know, go on about how much he loves [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] when pretending to be drunk?
* ButtMonkey: A rare example of the main protagonist as one. The fact that he's [[TheComicallySerious broody and serious]] while his companions are all [[DeadpanSnarker highly snarky]] might have something to do with all the jokes at his expense.
** Or that one time he ''turned into a puppet''.
* CantHaveSexEver: With any woman he actually loves.
** [[spoiler:Until the comics, anyway, but he still doesn't get laid.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when he realizes he can have sex with women he likes, so long as it's not "perfect happiness". Most people have to be satisfied with "reasonable happiness" anyway.
* TheComicallySerious: Brooding vampire with a dark past and a dramatic streak. At one point, he leapt heroically into the wrong car.
* CoolCar: A black Plymouth convertible. In sunny LA. When contact with sunlight makes him burst into flames.
-->'''Magev:''' Why not a [[VanityPlate personalized license plate]] that says "IRONY"?
** This, along with a whole fleet of luxury cars (with necrotempered windows™) after he becomes Wolfram & Hart's CEO.
** And a helicopter.
* TheCowl: Very consciously and deliberately, and occasionally [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
* CursedWithAwesome
* DarkIsNotEvil: Just broody.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Though there is the occasional reprieve, at heart, Angel suspects that he will [[DeusAngstMachina never stop paying]] for his crimes.
* TheDreaded: Angelus.
* EmotionsVsStoicism: Angel and Wesley (Gunn in Season 5) often lock horns over the best way to handle cases.
* EnemyWithin
* EpiphanyTherapy: Having exhausted his resolve fighting Wolfram & Hart, Angel attempts to shed his soul by having sex with Darla; but instead of a moment of perfect happiness, he found perfect despair. An epiphany follows, and Angel realized that his purpose was still to do all the good he could, even if he couldn't do all the good he wanted to.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: "Maybe I'm a ''little'' attracted."
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Has a thing for [[HugeGuyTinyGirl petite]] blondes - Darla, Buffy, and Nina Ash.
-->'''Cordelia:''' This is totally like him. Doing [[ElvisCostello the mystery dance]] with some cheap blonde.\\
'''Fred:''' Brunette. She was a cheap brunette.\\
'''Cordy:''' ''(alarmed)'' You're right. [[NotHimself This isn't like him]].
** Subverted with Cordelia. Then again, as Lorne points out, Angel also has a thing for [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders ex-cheerleaders]].
* EverythingButTheGirl: The Groosalugg called dibs.
* EvilIsHammy: Angelus' five-episode spree in Season Four. Good lord, man, switch to decaf.
* ExpansionPackPast: Two hundred years leaves gaps to fill in.
* FoeYay: With Spike. Joss himself has joked [-(kind of)-] that they're his [[OneTruePairing One True Bromance]]. [[invoked]]
* TheFogOfAges: By the last episode, Angel has forgotten what it's like to be human.
* ForeheadOfDoom
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Arguably both TropeCodifier and TropeNamer. If you've ever wondered what a redeemed vampire would look like, Angel is pretty much the best example around.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a [[LazyBum jobless, drunken, 18th-century Eurotrash lout]] before Darla sired him.
* FreudianExcuse: Wesley, of all people, chastises Angel for hiding behind his gyspy curse so he doesn't have to face having actual relationships with women. Angel actually acknowledges he is ''completely right''.
* [[GoalInLife Goal In Life...er, Death]]: To fulfill the Shanshu Prophecy and become human.
** Angel sometimes [[ZigZaggingTrope deviates from this]], for various reasons, among them a belief that his mission is being clouded by self-interest. By the fifth season, his faith wavers to the point of dismissing the Prophecy entirely.
** In the Series Finale, [[spoiler:[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Angel willingly signs away his chance to become human]]]].
** In the comic continuation, the Senior Partners finally give him a glimpse of the Shanshu Prophecy: [[spoiler:Himself [[BadFuture standing in an apocalyptic wasteland]], [[FutureMeScaresMe grinning like a maniac]]]]. (Of course, the Partners ''could'' just be dicking with him again; they like that.)
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Angelus is shown here as a distinct personality with a mind of his own. This is a slight departure from ''Buffy'', in which Angelus was just Angel with his RestrainingBolt removed.
* GoodIsNotNice: He actually ''is'' a nice guy most of the time, but he can switch to ruthless at the drop of a hat and he has a hundred years of doing extremely horrible things to people for giggles to draw on. It is also not a good idea to go after people he cares about.
* TheGump: He likes to name-drop. He inspired the Baudelaire poem "Le Vampire", and used to hang with Sammy Davis Jr.
* HeroProtagonist
** ByronicHero
** CelibateHero: "I'm ''not'' a eunuch!"
** HurtingHero
** TragicHero
* GypsyCurse
* HeroesLoveDogs: PlayedForLaughs when Gunn assures him that he'll get along fine with The Conduit -- as long as he likes cats. Whoops.
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HeroicBSOD: Practically OnceASeason.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Wang Chung will never recover.
* HopelessWithTech: Never really gets the hang of cell phones.
* {{Hunk}}: By Season 5, he was essentially [[{{Bones}} Seeley Booth]] in ''Matrix''-wear.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind
* IAmAMonster: Shouted in Romanian while being dragged off into an alley to be beaten. This was in 1898, shortly after Angel was cursed.
* ICantDance: He proved quite adept at slow dancing in Sunnydale. But when invited to a party for hip twentysomethings, he [[ImagineSpot imagines]] himself flailing about like a spaz.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Inverted with Darla; Angel definitely holds some animosity toward her, yet maintains an almost filial devotion.
** Inverted again with Connor, who is, ironically, human. (Well, mostly).
** Spike has a cathartic moment when he confronts Angel for fashioning him into the monster he is. Drusilla was merely his sire; Angelus was his ''[[EvilMentor Yoda]]''.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Angel in the [[TheSeventies '70s]]. There's a big downside to not being able to see your reflection sometimes.
* ImmortalImmaturity
-->'''Angel''': You know, ''I'' started it. The whole "having a soul". Before it was all the cool new thing.\\
'''Buffy:''' Oh my god. Are you ''twelve''?
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: To the point where Spike doesn't bother aiming ''around'' Angel to hit a target; Spike just [[ShootTheHostage stabs right through him]]. In all fairness, that ''was'' Spike...
-->'''Spike:''' [[BlatantLies Heat of battle. Wasn't time]].
* ImmortalityHurts: Try spending it at the bottom of the Pacific. Gives you some perspective. Kind of an M. C. Escher perspective.
* InASingleBound
* InstantFanClub: Angelus' groupies, Karl and Paco.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: And not just [[OurVampiresAreDifferent literally]].
* KindRestraints: Voluntarily chained up or thrown behind bars whenever he feels the bad side coming on.
* KnightTemplar: Turns against his friends for a brief time as he goes on a crusade of punishing the guilty (Wolfram & Hart), rather than helping the helpless.
* KnightInSourArmor
* {{Leitmotif}}: A heroic sounding anthem, later phased out in the third season. Brought back intentionally for a moment in Season 5 when Angel is in desperate need to rediscover his original mission statement of helping the helpless.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Not only did he get paroled from Hell, he was willing to travel ''back'' into it and take out the Senior Partners.
* LimitedWardrobe: Even after becoming incredibly wealthy and having access to a limitless wardrobe, he still wears black all the time.
* ManipulativeBastard: Angelus's talent for (often sadistic) mind games and deception are legendary. Though he rarely makes use of it, Angel is still dangerously capable in this regard.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Angelus was always coiffed in the old days.
* MartyrWithoutACause: If there's no evil around to throw himself in front of protecting innocents, he will either run out and find some or he will wind up defending ''lesser'' evils while tormenting himself for doing so. It's a complex.
* MistakenForGay: Another RunningGag.
* TheMovieBuff: A fan of Charlton Heston movies, particularly ''{{Film/The Omega Man}}''. What a surprise.
** He's seen enough vampire flicks to formulate opinions on which ones are more accurate. [[spoiler:(Frank Langella nailed it.)]]
** [[DenzelWashington Denzel]]? Everyone loves Denzel.
* MrFanservice: Shirtless often.
* NoSenseOfHumor: He rarely smiles and he ''never, ever'' laughs, but he's been known to make dry observations.
* TheNoseKnows: Vampiric super-senses, particularly centred around blood.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 1. "I have two modes: Bite and avoid."
** Arguably the catalyst for the series, since Doyle pressures Angel to get more involved in his clients' lives. As is seen in later episodes, Angel [[GoMadFromTheIsolation does not cope well under solitude]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Angel is fond of playing this role, often as a HawaiianShirtedTourist. On set, the shorthand for this became "Herb Saunders" (Angel's alias in "Sense & Sensitivity")
* OffingTheOffspring: An ancient scroll prophesied that Angel is doomed to do this. [[spoiler:It's half-correct; Angel slays Connor in one timeline, but he survives in another reality.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He's had a lot of time to practice, and after a while places run out of people to murder, so you move to the next one and learn another language there.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is almost never called Liam. Lilah once called it a "Wussy name".
* OnlyOneName: Fred even had to lie and say Angel is Connor's last name.
* OpenHeartDentistry: Angel has shown himself able to dig bullets out of his own body when pressed for time.
* OpenSaysMe: Angel fights the good fight -- against doors.
* PapaWolf: Towards Connor.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Often lampooned. Jasmine keeps turning his own ultimatums against him (like ''you've'' never eaten people!), and Lindsey confesses he just zones out when the yapping starts.
* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: The Senior Partners, upon sending L.A. to Hell (''After the Fall''), simultaneously [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor turn Angel human at the least convenient time possible]].
* ThePunishment
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: An exhaustive display in season 2, to the horror of Holland, Lindsey, and Lilah.
* RealMenWearPink: He's fond of [[{{Music/BarryManilow}} Barry Manilow]]. [[spoiler:And Spike's poetry.]]
* RichesToRags: Angelus never had trouble maintaining a nice pad, expensive clothes, or box theater seats. ("I just ate the people who had 'em.") Once cursed and jilted by Darla, he spent years as a homeless bum.
* RunningGag: His hair. His lousy singing. His "caveman brow." The leather pants he wore [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer when he was evil]]. And his occasional pettiness despite his advanced age.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Not only can Angel [[TheNoseKnows sniff the air]] and tell if the soil beneath him has been disturbed, he can glance at a spot of blood and immediately determine ''who it belongs to''.
** This sort of blood hyper-analysis appears to be common to vamps. Spike mentions that you can tell if someone's evil by [[SniffSniffNom tasting their blood]] (it tastes like pennies).
* SelfMadeOrphan: "My parents were great. [[BaitAndSwitchComment Tasted a lot like chicken]]."
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Vampiric sexual contact doesn't produce offspring. Ever. And Angel is the king of vampiric exceptions, as both he and Darla were dismayed to discover.
* SpikyHair: Lampshaded on more than one occasion. Angel seems shocked when he views his reflection for the first time in Pylea, implying that his hairstyle is some sort of tragic accident.
-->(''examining head'') "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"
* StagesOfMonsterGrief: ''Buffy'' previously flashed back to Angelus getting re-ensouled; ''Angel'' covers everything that happened before and after. It should be noted that this is [[InvertedTrope an inversion]] of the trope as well, since Angel identifies more with Angelus than with with his original self, Liam - who, by the end of the show, he barely remembers being. It could be said that his grief was more over losing his freedom as a vampire by regaining his humanity than having been a human who was turned into a vampire. With his stages being:
** Denial: His attempts to continue his life as a vampire despite his re-ensoulment.
** Defiance: Angel never got to properly experience this stage, since Darla killed all the gypsies who re-ensouled him. He instead took it out on himself during his self-imposed 100 year exile from humanity and vampirekind. Angelus, however, did get to kill Jenny Calendar and an older male relative, both descendants of the gypsies who re-ensouled him.
** Acceptance: After he met Whistler and Buffy.
** Betrayal: Either after making love to Buffy and losing his soul, or....well, [[FutureMeScaresMe stay tuned]]...
* StealthHiBye
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: PhotographicMemory, SuperReflexes, ultra-sensitive hearing and sense of smell in the later seasons. When you re-watch the earlier seasons, you can't help but notice countless situations where, in retrospect, they inexplicably fail to help him.
** Angel mentioned that he can't control his photographic memory; it just "kicks in on instinct."
* TeamDad: Lampshaded early on, in which Angel addresses to a bickering Cordelia and Wesley as "children."
* TheTeetotaler: After a fashion. WordOfGod states that Angel's abstinence from human blood is a metaphor for this.
** VegetarianVampire: Exclusively drinks [[MessyPig pig's blood]], which turns off some people. As Wolfram & Hart's CEO, he can afford to keep himself in otter blood.
* ThickerThanWater: Like it or not, Darla is the closest thing to family he has. Even his team comes second.
** In the Season Four finale, Angel agrees to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind wipe]] his team (and, in fact, the world) [[spoiler:in exchange for saving Connor's life]]. Wesley is rightly steamed when he uncovers this.
* ThinkNothingOfIt: Much-ridiculed by Spike, who sees it as a cheap act to impress women.
* TortureTechnician: He does have some experience in this area. The mere threat is enough make people talk.
* UnholyMatrimony: Notoriously with Darla. Cordelia compares them to an undead Bonnie & Clyde.
* UptightLovesWild: His blossoming feelings toward Cordy.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Wolfram & Hart's stated mission of bringing Angel to their side. Sound pretty far-fetched? The road to Hell is paved with good intentions...
* VampiresAreSexGods: "[[FinishDialogueInUnison Mmm, Angel!]] ♥"
** Though [[SexGod the Immortal]] ended up out-performing in this regard, as usual.
* VillainCred: "Used to be quite the terror back in the day. Haven't heard much of you lately, though."
-->'''Angel:''' Haven't heard much of you, ''ever''.
* VillainousBSOD: Basically, Angel's curse.
* WarriorPoet
* WhenHeSmiles
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: "I thought I'd take the village."
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Not this guy; Angel would rather be human again.
* TheWorfEffect: If someone's going to get punched across the room by the latest big nasty, it will be the immortal, super-powered protagonist.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: But, as he's constantly reminded, he ''can't.'' (Well, he shouldn't. He's physically capable and everything, it's just - look, he's ''not a eunuch''!)
!!Cordelia Chase (CharismaCarpenter)
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->"''I think it, I say it. That's my way."''
Cordelia was the rich and popular queen of Sunnydale High, until her parents were busted for tax evasion, subsequently losing everything. She moves to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and joins up with Angel, encouraging him to set up a detective agency as a way to make ends meet (for her). Cordelia undergoes a huge amount of CharacterDevelopment during the series, going from a spoiled, selfish brat to a kind-hearted, heroic individual whose major concern is doing good.
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* ActionGirl
* AllWomenLoveShoes
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: During the Season Three hiatus, though she came back. (She was bored.)
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: In her Season Five appearance.
* BadBadActing: Enough to make Angel nostalgic for Hell. She's often shown as being a fairly poor actress but, strangely, an excellent liar; capable of fooling even Angelus.
** Later subverted as the show progresses. Cordelia evolves into a capable actress; unfortunately, her read-throughs are invariably spoiled by a vision.
* BadassAbnormal
* BigBreastsBigDeal: A secretary has to have a big set of, uh...responsibilities.
-->'''Cordelia:''' (''upon receiving a necklace from Angel'') Oh my gosh, it's gorgeous! And look how it bring out my breasts!
-->(''Wes, Gunn, and Angel glance around awkwardly'')
-->'''Cordelia''': You know you were all thinkin' it.
* BlessedWithSuck: The visions which show people in trouble at the cost of extreme migraines that [[spoiler:will eventually kill her]].
* BreakTheHaughty: A process that began on ''[=BtVS=]'', and continues from there.
* BrutalHonesty
* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]
* TheConsigliere: Doyle originally played this role. Wesley tries to assume it after Cordelia is gone, but by that time his relations with Angel are strained, to say the least.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen: Especially towards Doyle in the first season.
* TheEponymousShow: ''Cordy!'', her sitcom in the Skipverse. Also an InJoke at Charisma Carpenter's resemblance to [[TheMaryTylerMooreShow Mary Tyler Moore]].
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: True to form, she ascends the throne of Pylea within 48 hours.
* TheFace: Played with. She's the secertary for Angel's detective biz but she can't even use the phone properly. On the other hand, she's the only link to [[ThePowersThatBe the people he really needs to be in touch with.]] Checked out the subtropes.
* TheChick
** GirlFriday: Though initially confined to the office, Cordelia becomes more proactive in cases after receiving the visions, which are often vague and require her to examine clues to make sense of it.
** TheHeart: Increasingly so as time passes, especially after the first-season finale "To Shanshu in L.A." Fred actually calls her this at one point.
* FaintingSeer: Her visions are something akin to "having my skull cracked open and hot lava poured in." In fact, she's probably better described as a Shrieking, Twitching, Convulsing And ''Then'' Fainting Seer.
* FallenPrincess
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Type 2. Her brownies could qualify as nuclear waste.
* GlobalIgnorance: "Oh, yesterday your cousin called, with one of those names from your part of England."
-->'''Doyle''': ... My part of '''[[BerserkButton England]]'''?
* AGodAmI: Cordelia [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascends to a higher plane of existence]] and actually becomes a godlike being. But she was chosen for the job because she had proved that the power wouldn't go to her head, and not once does she call herself a god. However, she is promptly fired when she does actually use her [[DeusExMachina powers to help the gang]]. [[spoiler:But it's worth noting that all of this may have been a plot orchestrated by the season's big bad.]]
* [[spoiler:FindingJudas]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Not quite as tactless and rude as she was in her ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' days, but she could still be very sharp-tongued.
* GoldDigger: Thwarted by Doyle's gallantry, which starts making her dating pool look rather pathetic. It isn't helped by her date (a stock broker), who cannonballs into his Beamer and races off at first sight of a vamp without the slightest hesitation in leaving Cordie behind to be eaten.
-->"All I could think about was: if this wimp ever saw a monster he'd probably throw a shoe at it and run like a weasel! Turns out the shoe part was [[InsultToRocks giving him too much credit]]."
** Cordelia contemplates marrying incredibly rich and lonely geek David Nabbit, but accepts that even she has limits.
* HiddenDepths
* HeroicFatigue: As a human, Cordelia was not meant to shoulder the responsibility of Doyle's visions ("a big [[TheGodsMustBeLazy cosmic whoops]]", as Skip calls it). She secretly takes powerful painkillers and undergoes CAT scans that indicate [[spoiler:the slow deterioration of her brain]].
** Yet when presented with the opportunity to pass her visions onto someone else (the gallant Groosalugg, and later Angel in an alternate reality), Cordelia refuses, stating that the visions are a part of her and make her who she is.
* HolyBacklight: Whilst twiddling her thumbs in the afterlife.
* ImportantHaircut: Several. The most notable one is her [[DyeingForYourArt blonde makeover]], which remains even after her return from the afterlife (possibly a CallBack to Buffy's return from heaven on ''[=BtVS=]'') -- soon to darken back to its original color when [[spoiler:Jasmine possesses her.]]
* LadyOfWar
* LawOfInverseFertility: This, so much.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Wesley.
* LivingBodysuit: Revealed in Season 4 to be [[spoiler:acting under the control of Jasmine]].
* MamaBear
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: In Season 4.
* MoneyFetish: She can literally ''smell'' money. "Hide some in the office sometime, and watch her. It's uncanny."
** She also gets aroused by a software geek peddling financial advice.
* MoralityChain: A peek into an alternate timeline shows what would happen to Angel if he didn't have Cordy around. He ''[[DespairEventHorizon goes insane]]''.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Season 4, after [[spoiler:Jasmine seizes control of Cordy's body.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: Probably the only person Angel can't intimidate.
* ResignedToTheCall
* SamaritanSyndrome
* SarcasticDevotee
* ScreamingWoman: Less so in later seasons, after she toughened up.
* SecondLove: Ironic, since Angel used to find the noblewomen of his era (of whom Cordelia is a modern avatar) to be a horrific bore. Cordelia immediately had a crush on him on ''Buffy'' though, so it's keeping in continuity.
* [[spoiler:SecretlyDying]]: Since the visions were intended for demons, they begin to [[spoiler:physically damage her brain]]. Skip circumvents this by turning her [[spoiler:half-demon]].
* TeamMom: Not-so-subtly lampshaded once a baby enters the picture.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cordelia in "Rm w/a Vu". Within a few hours, Angel's basement is covered wall-to-wall with Cordelia's trophies, there's peanut butter on his bed, his leather chair is ruined, and Cordelia is busily cutting up his linoleum floor to examine the hardwood.
* TookALevelInBadass: On ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Her first apartment.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: The Venerable Monarch of Pylea, General of the Ravenous Legions, Eater of Our Enemy's Flesh, Prelate of the Sacrificial Blood Rites, and Sovereign Proconsul of Death.
* UltimateJobSecurity: You can't fire her. She's Vision Girl. *sticks out tongue*
-->'''Angel:''' Well, I know she can't type or file. Until today, I had some hope regarding the phone.
** Justified in that Cordelia is a direct line to the Powers That Be, making her utterly indispensable to Angel's mission. Angel is rudely awakened to this fact after he ''does'' fire her.
* TheVamp: [[spoiler:While under Jasmine's control]], Cordy plays this trope to the hilt.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wesley.
* WaitingForABreak: In the first and second seasons.
-->'''Doyle:''' I think it's refreshing to see a woman living like this, you know. It means you're not so uptight, you live for the moment-- ''(steps in a bowl of oatmeal)'' [[HypocriticalHumor You're disgusting]].
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: The possibility of intimacy with Angel doesn't comes up until Cordelia glimpses a world in which she never joined the agency. This resulted in Angel inheriting Doyle's visions instead, causing him to go mad.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Possibly caught the condition living in Sunnydale.
* WomanInBlack: While under [[spoiler:Jasmine's control]].
** WomanInWhite: After being ascended.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: Hanging around Angel and Doyle has ruined her for preening, rich day trader types. (No comment on [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Wesley.]])
* YouAreWorthHell: Literally, and on multiple occasions.
!!Allen Francis Doyle (Glenn Quinn)
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->''"One of us has been drinking, and I'm sorry to say it's not me."''
A human-demon hybrid, Doyle is chosen as the messenger of the PowersThatBe, and sent to help Angel in LA. Doyle receives "visions" from the Powers, described as splitting great migraines with pictures that warn of people in trouble. Doyle has a shady past and is seemingly a coward, but the visions and his numerous underworld sources make him a valuable asset, and he becomes good friends with Angel. Together with Cordelia, the three of them form the nucleus of Angel Investigations.
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* AllGenesAreCodominant: And how. He didn't even know about his father's demonic lineage until he turned twenty -- presumably because of the spikes ejecting from his face. He prefers to pass as human, something pure-blood Bracken demons can't do.
* BlessedWithSuck
* TheChooserOfTheOne: While complaining that the Chosen One doesn't stock beer in the fridge.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Cordelia.
* FaintingSeer
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Inverted; Doyle finally comes around to blessing the new union, only for Harry's fiancee to try to [[BrainFood eat his brains]].
* FreakOut: He didn't take the news of his demonic heritage well, and ended up boarding himself up in an aprtment and [[CigaretteOfAnxiety chain-smoking]] all day.
* HalfHumanHybrid[=/=]HumanMomNonhumanDad: "As it happens, I'm very ''much'' human... (''[[HypocriticalHumor sneezes and turns blue with spikes]]'') ...on my mother's side."
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HiddenDepths: He used to be a school teacher. Lampshaded by Cordelia.
* IconicItem: A brown (or black) leather jacket.
* [[spoiler:ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin]]: Transfers his visions to Cordelia via their LastKiss.
** Echoed in Season Five, when Cordelia's visions pass on to [[spoiler:Angel]].
* LastNameBasis
* LineageComesFromTheFather
* MyGreatestFailure: 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 -- that of the entire Brachen clan being slaughtered.
* NiceHat: A porkpie hat, similar to the one worn by Whistler in Season 2 of ''[=BtVS=]'' (on whose character Doyle is based).
* TheObiWan
** [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment]]: "'[[ArcWords You never know your strength until you're tested.]]' I get that now."
* {{Oireland}}
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: To Harriet Doyle, a demonologist. They eventually [[AmicablyDivorced parted ways amicably]], through Harry called off her new engagement, probably because her fiancé tried to eat Doyle's brain.
* PercussivePrevention: When he [[spoiler:knocked Angel off a platform so that Angel wouldn't have to sacrifice himself]] to disarm The Scourge's weapon.
* PluckyComicRelief
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* SadClown
* TheSoCalledCoward
* StagesOfMonsterGrief: Doyle coped poorly with the revelation of his demon side, and his marriage to Harriet soon crumbled. However, the point is made that is demonic heritage probably wasn't the only reason their marriage broke up. Upon learning about demons, Harriet found the thought of studying an entirely new set of cultures and pastimes intriguing, whereas Doyle just wanted to pretend his demonic side didn't exist.
* SuperMode: Bracken demon mode.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]{{Expy}}: In a way. He was in the cast from the beginning, but was originally intended to be the demon Whistler; the character Doyle was created with very similar traits when Max Perlich, who played Whistler on ''Buffy'', turned out to be unavailable. In "City of" Doyle even wears a hat similar to Whistler's iconic hat.
* ThatManIsDead: "It's Doyle now. Just Doyle."
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]], in part due to ActorExistenceFailure: Doyle was written out after 9 episodes, as Joss had always wanted to have a [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]], though RealLifeWritesThePlot was also in play due to Glenn Quinn's drug addiction. Whedon wanted to bring him back later, but Quinn died of a drug overdose in 2002.
!!Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Alexis Denisof)
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->''"Sorry. I think my sense of humor is trapped in a jar somewhere."''
Another crossover character from ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', Wesley was the Watcher of both Buffy and Faith. He was fired after the former turned rogue and the latter turned evil. At a loose end, he became a "rogue demon hunter" himself, his travels eventually leading him to LA, where he joined Angel Investigations. As a former Watcher, Wesley is the resident demon expert. As the series progresses, he slowly becomes more assertive, confident and...well, let's say it, {{Badass}}. Maybe after that one episode [[{{Recap/AngelS02E06GuiseWillBeGuise}} where he impersonated Angel]], his face got stuck like that.
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* AbusiveParents: His father used to lock him in the cellar and generally belittled his son in every single way one can imagine.
* TheAlcoholic
* AnArmAndALeg: His avatar in the Skipverse is missing an arm. His fencing skills [[WithMyHandsTied are still formidable]], though.
-->"Ah, [[EveryScarHasAStory Kungai demon]]. Couple of years ago."
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III on a good day, Type IV on bad ones]]. He has a '''lot''' of bad ones.
* BadassBiker: Subverted in his first episode. Those leather pants chafe something awful.
** BadassBookworm
** BadassNormal: He's possibly the most badass human on the series. One feels he could take on Angel with little problem if he were so inclined.
** HandicappedBadass: A zombified cop's bullet lands Wesley in a wheelchair for a while, but you don't need legs to load a shotgun!
** HeartbrokenBadass: There's no doubt about this one.
** TookALevelInBadass: In ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', he was a bumbling, stuffy guy who never disobeyed the rules. In his first episode of ''Series/{{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 also explains why [[BeardOfSorrow he stopped shaving]].
* BrainsAndBondage:
-->'''Angel:''' Who do we know that has handcuffs?\\
'''Wes:''' Well, I -- ! ...[-[[LastSecondWordSwap wouldn't know]]-].
* BritishStuffiness
* ChekhovsSkill: Specifically, darts.
* CruelToBeKind
* CunningLinguist: With mixed results. ''You'' try arguing prophecy [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a giant hamburger]].
* DatingCatwoman: Lilah.
* DeadpanSnarker: Very Britishly so.
* DeathSeeker: Whenever he's morally conflicted, Wesley is uncomfortably reckless with his own life.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: As creepily as the show can manage. When he's not being turned into a misogynist rage monster and attacking Fred, he's casually dropping death threats to Gunn, his romantic rival.
* DrowningMySorrows: Develops an obsessive need for the juice to counter the melancholy of [[spoiler:Fred's]] death. He is seldom entirely sober, as Spike sniffed out.
** Maybe not drowning, but he certainly takes his sorrows for a swim after his split from AI.
* DynamicCharacter: We see glimpses of his dark side in Pylea (Season 2) and in an alternate universe where the team soldiers on without Cordelia (Season 3). His near-death experience changes him for good.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He was "[[AccidentalInnuendo Head Boy]]" at Academy.
** Wesley seems [[InvertedTrope blissfully unaware]] of the connotations - which is understandable, as Head Boy (and Head Girl) is an extremely normal title in British schools.
* EmergencyImpersonation: In the episode "Guise Will Be Guise", where he is forced to impersonate Angel.
* ExaltedTorturer: He's awfully good with a knife. Or scalpel. Or arrowhead.
-->"I avoided the main arteries."
* EurekaMoment: Lampshaded by Angel.
-->'''Lorne:''' You mean he ''actually says'' "Eureka"?
* FanservicePack
* FatalFlaw: Mistrust of others, and compulsively hoarding every secret to himself.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:His ghost is still stuck working for the Senior Partners in Hell]].
* FireForgedFriends[=/=]SaltAndPepper: With Gunn in Season Two.
* GeniusBruiser
* TheGlassesGottaGo
* GoodIsDumb: The least trustworthy member on Angel's team is also the smartest. What are the odds?
* GoodIsNotSoft: Demonstrated this more and more as time went on, but there are hints as early as his appearances in ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]''.
* TheGunslinger: Type C: [[GunFu The Woo]]. Wes is generally the guy with guns, though Gunn and Fred occasionally use them. The [[GunsAkimbo showy]] [[LeapAndFire moves]] are strictly his department, however.
** Lampshaded in "Lineage". We cut from slo-mo Wesley firing two pistols in mid-air to Fred, in real time, sighing, "[[SarcasmMode Yes, thank you, Wesley, I'd love a gun.]]"
* GutturalGrowler: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the aftermath of his throat-slitting. His voice stays in the low register for the remainder of the show, and the scar remains visible for a long time.
* HazyFeelTurn: Stealing Angel's [[spoiler:baby]], then going solo for a while.[[hottip:*:Also, being an accessory to murder and keeping Justine chained in his closet.]]
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Collapsible wrist-mounted swords.
* InsistentTerminology: In his first appearance, wants to make sure everyone knows that he's a ''rogue'' demon hunter.
-->'''Cordelia:''' What's a rogue demon?
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: It eventually came back to bite him in Season Three.
* [[spoiler:JacobMarleyApparel]]: In the comic, he is permanently-bound to one of his old ''Buffy''-era suits. Wesley surmises the Senior Partners are just finding new ways to torment him some more, since the suit and glasses are a reminder of his past self that he left behind.
* JadedWashout: In slow-motion. Wesley is basically the same guy from before the Watcher's Council fired him. On the other hand, he's not eager to rejoin those officious windbags, even when bribed. Over the course of years, he grows so detached from his old values that the demolition of the Council building doesn't even upset him.
* KlingonPromotion: Became Illyria's de facto consort after shooting the first one.
* TheKlutz: In his early post-Buffy appearances. For the love of god, don't let him near an ax.
* TheLancer: When Fred is playing the SmartGuy role.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Cordelia.
* MoralityChain: Resigns himself to helping Illyria be a good citizen, despite being a pretty lousy role model himself.
* MrExposition: He's an ex-Watcher, seems to come with the territory.
* NothingUpMySleeve: Again -- '''[[BladeBelowTheShoulder Collapsible wrist-mounted swords]]'''.
** He's even got room for a {{grappling hook|pistol}} under there.
* [[spoiler:OurGhostsAreDifferent]]: Brought back in ''After the Fall'' by the Senior Partners. This is doubly ironic, as Wesley is bound to a [[spoiler:"standard perpetuity clause" in his contract, the same as Holland Manners and Lilah]]. Furthermore, he now serves as liaison to the Senior Partners, taking over from Hamilton (whom Angel killed in the series finale).
* PermaStubble: After he TookALevelInBadass.
-->'''Willow:''' Oh, and it's [[LampshadeHanging the Marlboro man]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Wesley is never entirely at ease with a vampire boss, and is always preparing countermeasures against Angel's heel turn. His background as a former Watcher ensures this kind of thinking.
* ScarsAreForever: It takes approximately one Season for that neck scar to disappear.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Wesley and Spike seemed to be shaping into this by the time the show was canceled.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His trusty Mossberg 12-gauge. Manages to land only one hit with it, alas.
* TheSmartGuy
* SpotOfTea: "You know, there's something about brewed tea you simply cannot replicate with a bag."
* StalkerWithACrush: Fred.
* StalkingIsLove: [[spoiler:Fred goes for him in the end.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: He is this in ''spades'' after the events of season 3.
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]: In her final scene with Wesley, Illyira allows one selfless gesture by taking Fred's shape, then consoling Wesley that they will be together [[spoiler:in the afterlife]].
** Subverted ([[DeusAngstMachina of course]]) in ''After the Fall'', wherein Wesley is stuck [[spoiler:working for the Senior Partners in Hell for all eternity]].
* TVGenius
* TurnCoat
* WeakButSkilled
* WeUsedToBeFriends
-->'''Wesley''': I have no idea where Angel is, Lilah, or what happened to him. And I really couldn't care.
-->'''Lilah''': Wow. That was cold. I think we're finally making progress. Come on. Doesn't it bother you just a little bit? The not knowing?
-->'''Wesley''': That part of my life is dead. Doesn't concern me now.
** Subverted: [[spoiler:He was looking for Angel the whole time.]]
** Double Subverted: [[spoiler:After he finds him, he still stays the hell away.]]
* WelcomeBackTraitor
* ZenSurvivor: His new, grizzled look is a perfect fit for Los Angelus under permanent midnight. He gets even more philosophical when he's deep into the whiskey.
!!Charles Gunn (J. August Richards)
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->''"Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. A brother should be told."''
Orphaned at a young age, Gunn finds himself living on the streets of LA and fighting vampires to survive, eventually forming his own crew of youths from similar backgrounds. After Angel helps the crew out in a turf war against a gang of vampires, Gunn in turn helps Angel and co. in a number of situations, slowly moving away from the streets and becoming a part of Angel Investigations. Street-wise and an accomplished fighter, Gunn nevertheless harbours insecurities that he is nothing more than 'dumb muscle.'
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Gunn clarifies that his mental capacity wasn't "enhanced" when Wolfram & Hart made him a lawyer; the Senior Partners just "revved up some idling brain cells."
* AnAxeToGrind: His trademark weapon in the early seasons is a makeshift axe built out of a sharpened hubcap. Ghetto fabulous.
* [[spoiler:AndThenJohnWasAZombie]]: [[spoiler:Transformed into a vampire]] sometime between the TV series finale and ''After the Fall''. A ResetButtonEnding restores Gunn to human form - but he retains the memories of [[spoiler:the murders he committed as a vampire]].
* AngryBlackMan: If "Spin the Bottle" is any indication, Gunn was one militant little tyke.
-->"I got no problem believin' that ''{{the man}}'' is messin' with us!"
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Even Faith agrees.
* BadassNormal: Very, very BadassNormal. In the spin-off comics, Angel states outright that Gunn could have beaten him in a fight if he ever got angry enough. He's probably the toughest character ''without'' supernatural powers in Buffy/Angel canon.
** TookALevelInBadass: The reverse of Wesley. While Wesley became a tougher and more capable combatant, Gunn, already a BadassNormal, took the reverse; [[spoiler:thanks to a Wolfram & Hart brain operation his head is filled with the knowledge of all laws, demonic and human (and the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan). He becomes a point man in a tense demonic negotiation, not to mention heightened deductive abilities.]]
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: To his own gang. At Angel Investigations, he's more like "Bald Black Big Guy". Subverted when he grows his hair out in the fifth season.
-->"Heh, what'd you think, [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder I was prematurely bald?]] (''beat'') I wasn't."
* BaldOfAwesome
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: In ''After the Fall''.
* TheBerserker: As a result of SurvivorGuilt and blaming himself for Alonna's death. Negated when he fell in love with Fred, giving him a new lease on life.
* TheBigGuy: Even called himself "the muscle" in one episode.
* BlackAndNerdy: He references ''Daredevil'' #181 as part of a PerpSweating and later [[PersonAsVerb name-drops]] several versions of TheFlash.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
* DeadLittleSister: Alonna, who got sired by vampires on his watch.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: Sold his soul for [[MundaneWish a truck]]. Yep. And there were ''still'' strings attached.
** Repeated with his brain upgrade.
* DumbMuscle: Fears being this, but it's mostly unfounded.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: In the last season.
* GeniusBruiser: Even before his "brain-boost", Gunn showed himself to be extremely cunning, savvy and perceptive, sometimes bordering analytical.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before he joined the cast proper.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Angel suspects that Gunn's neural implant is corrupting him. He's half-right; it's not the implant that destroys Gunn, but the fear of losing it.
* JustifiedCriminal: Before the show begins, Gunn has formulated a gang of homeless youths who swipe food and defend their ghetto from intruding vampires.
* LastNameBasis: Only Fred calls him "Charles." Others address him by that name during [[FullNameUltimatum serious moments]].
* LetMeGetThisStraight
* MenAreUncultured: [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam Gets dragged kicking and screaming to the ballet... then discovers he absolutely adores it]]. Meanwhile, [[InvertedTrope Cordelia is snoring]].
** As part of his legal upgrade, Gunn has complete mastery of GilbertAndSullivan (to help with diction).
--->''(grumpily)'' "I was cool [[BadassDecay before I met y'all]]."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realizes that the form he signed in exchange for the return of his brain upgrade gave entry to Illyria's sarcophagus, which ultimately [[spoiler:killed Fred]].
* NonIndicativeName: Uses a gun maybe once in the entire run of the series (pistols were more Wesley's thing).
* ScarsAreForever: Gunn from the Skipverse has a prominent facial scar.
* ScaryBlackMan: Most of the time, he's friendly and loveable. But if you threaten Fred...well, don't threaten Fred.
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum: Instantly upgraded to über-lawyer thanks for Wolfram & Hart's surgeon. The procedure makes him an expert on human and demonic law within a few hours.
* SharpDressedMan: After getting his brain upgrade -- he [[GoodCostumeSwitch stops wearing the suit]] after discovering what the upgrade cost him.
* StreetSmart
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: When pressed, Gunn confesses he can never be friends with Angel, his natural enemy. Also with Wesley in Season 4, due to Wesley's betrayal over the Connor affair and [[LoveTriangle his interest in Fred]].
* TokenMinority
* TheWatson: Gunn and Fred juggle between this role, with Gunn showing irritation whenever he meets another vampire he's not allowed to kill.
* WhatAPieceOfJunk: His pickup truck. "Don't you be dissin' my girl!"
-->'''Fred:''' Oh, Charles. Your soul wasn't worth air conditioning?
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Went steady with Fred for a year, followed by a brief (but very satisfactory) dalliance with Gwen Raiden.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Rats?]]
!!Winifred "Fred" Burkle (AmyAcker)
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->(flips through fashion magazine) ''Why do girls want to look like that? I spent years in a cave starving, what's ''their'' excuse?''"
Fred was attending college in Los Angeles when she was sucked into a portal and ended up in a demon dimension where humans are slaves. She's there for five years and rather insane before Angel and crew rescue her. Staying with them, she slowly re-adapts to life and becomes a valued member of the team, her incredible intelligence causing her to serve as the brains of the outfit.
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* ACupAngst: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. In one episode when the cast was mentally regressed back to early high school, she seems disappointed with how much she's "filled out" in her adult body. She never comments on it again.
* ActionGirl
* {{Adorkable}}
* BadassBookworm
* BewareTheNiceOnes
** BewareTheQuietOnes: Cordelia [[LampShadeHanging lampshades]] this in "That Old Gang of Mine."
* BigEater: Capable of eating her own body weight in waffles.
* BoredWithInsanity
* BrainyBrunette
* TheChick
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When she first returns from Pylea. She gets better.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Hollowed out and turned into a shell for a gestating demon. All of her internal organs slowly and painfully liquify, including her brain]].
* CuteAndPsycho: These tendencies are never completely gone -- just dormant.
* [[spoiler:CuriosityKilledTheCast]]
* [[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]: Verified by Illyria in the Season Six comics. There's nothing left no matter how much everybody (including, oddly, the God-King herself) wishes. [[spoiler:Just the memory of who she was]].
* FormerTeenRebel: "It'd be cooler if we could score some weed, though!"
* GeekyTurnOn: You have no idea. (Probably too many to list.)
-->"My family used to go to ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' every Christmas, and I had [[TooMuchInformation my first sexual dream about]] [[{{Yiff}} the Mouse King]]!"
* GibberingGenius: Though she's good-natured enough to backpedal a bit in her speeches. Even when describing how she's about to kill someone!
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: The writers seemed to be competing with each other to see what loony item Fred holds next. Crossbow? Automatic scythe trap? Sniper rifle? Flamethrower?
--> '''Fred:''' The halberd could work. Acting like I'm all addle-brained talking about other dimensions. (''mocking'') Pylea? Never heard of it! (''angry'') Right. How 'bout a flail-whipping? Would that [[ToThePain take a nice long time?]]\\
'''Angel''': Hours, if you do it right. -- [[OrSoIHeard Not that you should do it at all]]. (''takes whip from her'') Ever.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Feigenbaum, the "Master of Chaos"!
* GoodParents: Who doesn't love Roger and Trish?
* GoodWithNumbers: Which once almost resulted in her brain being stolen.
* TheHeart: She holds the crew together emotionally. It...eventually breaks her StepfordSmiler facade.
* HotLibrarian[=/=]HotScientist
* IllGirl: "A Hole in the World".
* TheIngenue
* IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler:LivingBodysuit]]: See below, re:[[spoiler:Illyria]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Whenever she dons the glasses.
* MinoredInAssKicking
* MoeStare: See picture.
* [[MrFixit Ms. Fixit]]
* NoSocialSkills: She did live in Pylea for a few years.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: She's a physicist by trade; she just happens to also be good at anything else. In Season Five, she is elevated to TheCoroner, because why not?
* ThePollyanna
* {{Robinsonade}}: "I've been trying to make an enchilada out of tree bark."
* RoomFullOfCrazy: The astrophysics formulas on her cave wall, and later hotel room. Lampshaded ever-after by Gunn and Wes, who never ''quite'' let Fred [[NeverLiveItDown live it down]].
* ShipTease: Developed a schoolgirl-like crush on Angel, but later got past it.
* ShrinkingViolet
* StepfordSmiler: Cheery is her default mode, but after 5 years in Hell, her friends falling apart and all the responsibilities falling on her...she starts to break apart until she snaps in "Ground State" when Gunn almsot dies and again in "Supersymmetry" when she finds the one responsible for her 5 years in Hell. She decides as soon as she finds out that he ''has to die''.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]
* SouthernFriedGenius
* TokenGoodTeammate
* TomboyishName
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tacos. (One notable difference about Pylea is its conspicuous absence of Tex-Mex.)
-->'''Fred''': Are - are you sure about that?
-->'''Cordelia''': Trust me. Tacos ''everywhere''. ...And soap.
* UnkemptBeauty: It takes her a while to rediscover civilization.
* WeakButSkilled: Happens only rarely, but when Fred pulls a fast one, her ingenuity will leave you dizzy.
* WideEyedIdealist
* WrenchWench
!!Illyria ([[spoiler:Amy Acker]])
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->''"I'd like to keep Spike as my pet."''
Illyria is an Old One, one of the ancient demons that walked the earth before the coming of man. Killed millions of years ago ago, she is reincarnated [[spoiler: in Fred's body]] and intends to rule once again...only to find her army long dead and her temple turned to dust. With nowhere else to go, she remains with the group, seeking to learn how to live in this strange, new world. Still incredibly powerful even in her diminished form, Illyria is a mighty ally to have; but she see human affairs as beneath her and the crew can never be quite sure that she's on their side.
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* ActionGirl
* AGodAmI
* AloofAlly: One can never predict when she'll assist Team Angel, or why. At one point, Illyria rescues Gunn from a torture dimension just so she can throttle him in front of Wesley, apparently to play the YouOweMe card.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Starts off holding zero value for human life, empathy or social conventions. But she is ''incredibly'' rigidly honorable - though even her code of honour is hard to grasp.
* CuriosityCausesConversion
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DemonicPossession: She not only [[spoiler:took over Fred's body, but consumed her soul, too]].
* {{Depower}}: She's less powerful than she was in her original form. [[spoiler:When Fred's body proves unable to contain her power, she gets depowered even further, and even after that she's still quite powerful.]]
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: "[[TemptingFate Take your best shot, little girl.]]"
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Armies of Doom. She used to have them.
* DoubleConsciousness: [[spoiler:Fred]]'s personality and memories (which, in a very real sense, is what humans are) are part of Illyria's "shell" as Illyria comments several times.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Referenced in the comic continuation; During her road trip with Gunn, Illyria asks for another turn at the wheel. Gunn flatly refuses, saying that the last time Illyria attempted to drive, she sent twelve cars flying off the freeway. Illyria states that if she can rule the Earth, she can learn to master driving.
* EldritchAbomination: One of the few (non-parodic) sympathetic unspeakable horrors from the beyond in fiction.
** HumanoidAbomination: As we see her in the series, due to her possession of Fred's body.
* TheEmpath: Can sense (and is disgusted by) Wesley's grief. In later episodes she also senses his desire for her when she takes Fred's form, and calls him on it when he rejects the idea of sleeping with Fred!Illyria.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater
* FlightStrengthHeart: She has SuperStrength, can [[TimeMaster manipulate time]], and ''can [[TalkingToPlants talk to plants]]''.
** [[spoiler:Talking to plants was actually seemingly one of ''Fred'''s own abilities, as she appeared to do it in early Season 3 episodes.]]
*** Although in that case, they probably didn't answer back.
* GhostMemory: She has Fred's memories, but not her soul.
* GlacierWaif: Fast enough to use WaifFu, but [[SubvertedTrope doesn't really need to]].
* GloryDays: Illyria often talked about the world of her time and how everyone was afraid of her and her kind.
* GodEmperor: Her role before the creation of the world. Coming down to blue-haired WaifFu wielder was an adjustment, to say the least.
* HairTriggerTemper: Her inhuman stoicism makes it hard to see the explosive, homicidal rage in time to steer clear.
* HeelFaceTurn: Though deeply, deeply unhappy about it.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: In the comics, her road to heroism hits a few roadblocks. To prevent a demon from leeching off of Jeremy's energy, she dutifully punches a hole clean through Jeremy's chest. Ouch.
** In the climax of ''After the Fall'', she reverts to her primordial demon form due to the machinations of [[spoiler:Gunn]] and starts wrecking Los Angeles. The Senior Partners fix her so she returns to 'normal'.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: How she sees herself when she first comes back, when to the others she's still terrifyingly powerful. Then she gets depowered ''again'', to the degree that she can be defeated by Hamilton, a minion of entities she once considered barely worth noticing.
* HughMann
* IntercontinuityCrossover: In ''[[ComicBook/FallenAngel Fallen Angel: Reborn]]''.
* TheJuggernaut: Before having her powers sapped by Wesley's black hole gun.
* KickChick
* LackOfEmpathy: Wesley gets roped into becoming her instructor in this regard. In an ironic twist, Illyria discovers her sense of empathy all too well -- [[spoiler:with Wesley's death]].
* LivingRelic
* TheMagnificent: "I am Illyria, [[GodEmperor God-King of the Primordium]], Shaper of Things!"
* MarionetteMotion: When she first takes control of her new body.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Subverted; she can hold her own against weaker baddies, but on a level playing field, a bruiser like Hamilton spells trouble.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Revealed in the ''Angel'' comic series to have a once-in-a-millenium mating cycle, signaled by Illyria going 'into heat'.
* NoSocialSkills: Can't talk to me during your meeting? Then I'll kill everyone at the meeting.
* NobleDemon
* PhysicalGod
* PowerIncontinence: Her physical form proves to unstable to contain her essence. She's forced to power down permanently, or else explode.
* PunyEarthlings: Her habit of likening people to vermin, apes, plankton, amoebas, slime...
* QuizzicalTilt: It usually means you're in for a beating.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Wesley is drawn to Illyria as she's all he has left of Fred.
* SealedEvilInACan: Well, a coffin.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan:
-->'''Illyria:''' This fate is [[FateWorseThanDeath worse than death]]. Condemned to live out existence in a vessel incapable of sustaining my true glory. How am I to function with such limitation?
-->'''Lorne:''' Have you ever tried a [[DrowningMySorrows Sea Breeze]]?
* SenseiForScoundrels: Can't believe Angel is actually ''wangsting'' over ''being the head of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate''. Illyria sets him straight with this speech.
-->'''Illyria:''' So much power here! And you quibble at its price. If you want to win a war, you must serve no master but your own ambition.
* SoulJar: Her sarcophagus, although closer to a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Magic Jar]].
** PowerCrystal: Gem-encrusted too.
* SourSupporter: "The intricacies of your fates are meaningless."
* SpockSpeak
* SpyCatsuit: With an impressive range of movement. Maybe it's the bootlegs.
* StrawVulcan
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SuperPowerLottery: Before she got depowered, she was probably the single strongest character in the series. And even afterwards, she was still way more powerful than any of the heroes and most of the villains.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Wes predicts that Illyria will ''never'' quit her pursuit of this.
* ThouShaltNotKill: In exchange for helping her navigate present-day Earth, Wesley makes her swear an oath not to kill people. The rest of Team Angel has a hard time digesting this, mostly assuming that she is somehow plotting instead of keeping her promise.
* TimeMaster: Shares Sahjan's ability to traverse other dimensions. In "Time Bomb", she starts tripping through our timestream, though it turns out to be a side-effect of her ''exploding'' in the near future. ''After the Fall'' shows her warping time erratically every so often.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Oh, the irony.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: 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 -- or both?
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Able to alter her physical appearance at will (she is capable of mimicking [[spoiler:Fred's persona closely enough to fool Fred's parents]], right down to the clothing she wears).
* WaifFu: Somewhat subverted. Illyria certainly doesn't look like she should hit hard, but her fighting style is mostly MightyGlacier as opposed to [[CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Illyria pushes the outer bounds of why immortality might not be all that great. Nearly every RequiredSecondaryPower imaginable including ''reincarnation'' -- and her main reward was outliving even her presumably immortal army and pocket dimension temple.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: She debates the idea of traveling to her home dimension, or ''any'' world besides this one. In her human form, however, her old buddies would eat her alive.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Causing a [[DoNotTauntCthulhu drunken Wesley to call her a smurf]].
!!Connor (Vincent Kartheiser)
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->''"You must be Angel's [[{{Bishounen}} handsome yet androgynous]] son."''
->''"It's '''Connor'''."''
->''"And the sneer's genetic, who knew?''"
->-- Willow and Connor
Against all laws of the universe, [[spoiler:Angel and his sire Darla conceive a son]] and the result is Connor, who is super-strong, agile, has enhanced senses and healing and is, by all appearances, human. Taken away to another dimension, the Quor-Toth, as a baby, Connor returns a few months later. Of course, due to [[YearInsideHourOutside time flowing differently there]], he is now seventeen years old, and an incredible fighter. Harboring a deep hatred for Angel's true nature, Connor is at odds with Angel Investigation just as often as he is fighting alongside them.
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* AbusiveParents: It wouldn't be a stretch to say Holtz wasn't sweet and gentle while fashioning Connor into a weapon. And when it looked like Connor might have a happy life with Angel, Holtz actually [[spoiler: killed himself]] to set Connor against his real father, thus abandoning him in a world he knew nothing about with nothing left to live for except revenge.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Towards Angel and especially Angelus. Being raised by [[TheHunter Holtz]] will do that to a guy.
* AntiAntichrist: It was touch and go there for a while. [[spoiler:But he ultimately rebels against Jasmine. The only problem is that doing so leaves the poor kid mired in nihilistic, homicidal despair]].
* AvengingTheVillain: When [[spoiler:Holtz]] kills himself in such a way as to implicate Angel.
* AxCrazy: Was there ever any doubt it would come to this?
* BackForTheFinale: "You stop by for a cup of coffee and the world's ''not'' ending? [[GenreSavvy Please]]."
* BadassAdorable: As Connor Reilly. A polite, good-natured and boyishly handsome young man, but shy, innocent and somewhat awkward. And also he could pull your spine out through your mouth.
* BadassLonghair
* BerserkButton: For reasons that are easily grasped (being tossed into a giant hell portal as an infant), he really doesn't like magic.
** Bad parenting. He talks a suicidal cop [[InterruptedSuicide off a ledge]], only to discover a [[FatalFamilyPhoto family photo]] in his wallet. He then proceeds to turn the cop's face into hamburger.
** The kicker, though, is when Connor admonishes a hostage to hug their daughter properly. You mean the daughter you're planning to blow up? Ok, gotcha.
* TheBerserker: He tries to commit SuicideByCop after Jasmine's defeat, and doesn't care if the Cop has to be Angel.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: The sad fact is that Connor never really adjusts to our world. Angel is a killer; therefore, he should die. The world is harsh and cruel; Jasmine made it a paradise, so she must be good.
** He considers himself ''above'' Angel Investigations in this respect, accusing them of fighting empty battles and helping to maintain the status quo.
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: The Senior Partners offer to do this when he becomes too crazed to control. It comes [[DealWithTheDevil at a price]]: Angel has to go join Wolfram & Hart.
* CreepySouvenir: His starter outfit is a patchwork of animal hides, or as he elegantly put it, "Things I've killed." And then there was that time he ripped a drug dealer's ear off.
* CuteBruiser: All the strength of a vampire, packed into a skinny-ass teen.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He may have picked up the condition from Holtz.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: He did spend his formative years in a hell dimension with Holtz as a dad.
* ConsummateLiar
* CousinOliver
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Holtz is perfectly plain about Connor's origins -- almost sinisterly so. Although Connor has been drilled to think of his parents as monsters, he is, at heart, angry at them for abandoning him. Angel is obviously torn up about it, and makes a final attempt to reason with him, but Connor is too far gone to hear it.
* DeusAngstMachina
* {{Dhampyr}}: Though he was born to two vampires. He's only ''mostly'' human, whatever he is. A good description would be, he has all the strengths of a vampire and all the weaknesses of a human.
** They get to play around with the implications of a vampire with a human son. Connor isn't averse to many uniquely vampiric weaknesses, and so can go places and do things that Angel can't, but he can die from things that won't kill a vampire, like suffocation or loss of blood. In one of his first episodes back from Quor-toth, Angel loses Connor when he can't follow him into the sunlight, and later has to shield him from a hail of gunfire.
* TheDragon: To the Beastmaster (AKA [[spoiler:Cordelia]]) and later Jasmine.
** DragonAscendant: Bitterly played with. After all, he's [[spoiler:the one who iced Jasmine]], and there's no longer any pod people to rule. He acts as an extension of [[spoiler:Jasmine]]'s MotiveRant, declaiming that the human race was undeserving of her love.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: He considers it a crutch, and one that he hardly ever sees work as advertised. "I've pretty much concluded that magic sucks."
* DoubleConsciousness: After Wesley inadvertently restores his old memories.
* TheDreaded: The demons of Quor-Toth were ''terrified'' of him. They called him things like "the bringer of torment".
* EmoTeen
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Angel has Wolfram & Hart change his memories and give him a new life to make him better adjusted]]. Even once his original memories are restored, he's a lot more grounded.
* FantasticRacism: Being raised by Holtz has caused him to be prejudiced against demons. At one point, he openly referred to Lorne as "filthy demon". Katheiser even likened him to a kid who was raised by a racist.
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: Of Season 4.]]
* GiveHimANormalLife: Connor at the end of season four. (Jesus, they ran the gamut with baby tropes and this kid, didn't they?)
* GoodIsDumb: Connor, with every flip-flop of his so flip-floppy heart, personified RedemptionDemotion. As a conflicted character, he was constantly switching sides; when fighting at his father's side, he was a bit slower than Angel and not as agile, but when he fought against the good guys, he was like {{Spider-Man}} with a cause, decking multiple foes with each blow and always one step ahead.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: And around and around and around he goes.
* HeroicBastard
* HolyChild: Inverted, as only evil demons view him as one. Sahjhan let slip that Connor has a "big future", but in what sense, we don't know yet.
* IHaveManyNames: Connor Angel (name given him by Team Angel at the hospital), Steven Franklin Thomas Holtz (by Holtz), Connor Reilly (with his new family).
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Angel? Gave him up to be sucked into a Hell portal. Darla? Staked herself so she wouldn't try to eat him later. Holtz? Raving maniac who used him as a tool to punish Angel. [[spoiler:Cordelia]]? Completely and utterly mind-screws him into committing betrayals, patricide, and murder. Jasmine? ...You get the picture.
* IJustWantToBeNormal
* ItRunsInTheFamily: "A weakness for Slayers. You're ''definitely'' his son."
* JumpedAtTheCall: Wheter his usual or alternate self, he seems pretty enthusiastic about being a superhuman.
* TheLancer
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: Jasmine, who requires a paradox of sorts to birth herself into our world, is responsible for Darla's pregnancy and Connor's later romantic interlude with [[spoiler:Cordelia]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Good luck trying to control him.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: He terrifies the beasts of Quor-toth so much, they flee to Earth just to be rid of him. After that, it's as easy as following the bread crumbs...
* LikesOlderWomen: Self-confessed. Targets of his LongingLook include Cordelia, Faith, and ''[[UpToEleven Illyria]]''.
* LossOfIdentity: Not only does [[spoiler:Angel wipe Connor's memory, but he changes reality so that he's happy and well-adjusted]].
* MadeOfIron: He is able to shrug off getting hit by a van with little to no problem.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Looking at the picture, you'd be forgiven for not thinking he could kick your ass. You're wrong; he could kick your ass and then hand it to you on a silver platter with a singing telegram.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In Quor-Toth, he was called "the Destroyer."
* NietzscheWannabe: He's not overly fond of our reality. Considering he grew up in a hell dimension, that's really something.
* NobleBigot: Connor was brought up to hate demons and magic by the ObliviouslyEvil Holtz, but has no intention of hurting humans (at first). Wesley even uses this as an excuse for not cluing Fred and Gunn in about him in "Deep Down".
* NoManOfWomanBorn: The prophecy said, "There will be no birth." What it meant was that Darla can't deliver a baby, so the only alternative is to stake herself and turn to ash. Hence, no birth.
* NotBrainwashed: Due to their blood relation, Jasmine's powers never worked on him. He was just so jaded and messed up by that point that her "peace at the cost of free will" plan seemed like a good deal, even if he never actually felt the same bliss everyone else did.
--> "I knew she was a lie. Jasmine. My whole life's been built on them. I just - I guess I thought this one was better than the others."
* OnlyICanKillHim: Which is why [[spoiler:Sahjhan]] is so anxious to be rid of him.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The reason he defended Angel from Linwood's commandos in "Tomorrow".
* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* PsychoSupporter: To the Jasmaniacs.
* SanitySlippage: With every emotional disaster dumped on him, his stability goes down a tick.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: You can thank Holtz for tying Connor to a tree in the middle of nowhere, then leaving him to [[TrainingFromHell escape his ropes and find his way home]] all on his own. "One time, it only took me five days."
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: After already getting a PlotRelevantAgeUp, Connor was later also a victim of SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome when they changed his age from sixteen to eighteen to make his relationship with 22-year-old Cordelia less squicky.
** This is especially amusing considering that, due to the [[YearInsideHourOutside circumstances]] of Connor's rapid aging, nobody, including Connor himself, can really be sure of exactly how old he is. That doesn't stop several characters from explicitly stating that he's "eighteen", for the first time, in that very same episode, all apparently just to keep the {{media watchdog}}s at bay.
** Given that he's stated to be sixteen the previous season they could simply have made Connor seventeen, the same age Buffy was when she lost her virginity with 243-year old Angel, [[DoubleStandard but well...]]
* SonOfAWhore: His mother was one before being sired.
* TangledFamilyTree: Like a ball of rubber bands. Angel conceived him with Darla, who was able to carry him to term with Jasmine's influence. Connor then impregnated [[spoiler:Cordelia]] so she could give birth to Jasmine.
* {{Tykebomb}}: Angel spends the end of season three and all of season four trying in vain to [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defuse]] him.
* UnwittingPawn
* WellDoneSonGuy: With Holtz, not Angel.
* WelcomeBackTraitor
* WildChild
!!Krevlornswath "Lorne" of the Deathwok Clan, also known as The Host (Andy Hallett)
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->''"Always leave 'em wanting more, kiddo. That's the rule."''
Born in another dimension, Lorne rejected its ProudWarriorRaceGuy 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 [[TheEmpath empath]], who can read people's destinies when they bare their souls -- 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.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Green skin with red horns. He ''is'' from another dimension.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When he disappeared from Pylea, everyone feasted for weeks because they assumed he had committed ritual suicide.
-->'''Landok''': Your mother's burden is terrible.\\
'''Lorne''': Misses her little green boo, does she?\\
'''Landok''': She rips your images into tiny pieces, [[FedToPigs feeds them to the swine]], [[NoKillLikeOverkill butchers the pigs and has their remains scattered for the dogs]].\\
'''Lorne:''' ''(disheartened)'' Sounds like ma.
* AnythingThatMoves: Something of a G-rated version of this trope; he flirts shamelessly with guys and girls alike, but never appears to have a genuine romantic or sexual attraction to anyone.
* [[BizarreAlienBiology Bizarre Demon Biology]]: Mentions that his heart is located in his rear.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He darkens quite a bit when [[spoiler:Fred]] is put in jeopardy. To say nothing of his final scene.
* BiTheWay: Lorne seems to fit this (or HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday). He's definitely into girls; however, he also is fond of the thought of Angel in leather pants, and freely refers to him as "lover", "sweetie" and scores of other romantic endearments. Lorne also is interested in fashion, culture, art, music and EltonJohn. He also has a somewhat flamboyantly, stereotypically gay personality. However, his sexuality has never been addressed directly in the show, and the actor considered the character [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]].
* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Following Andy Hallet's death, his character was retired in a self-titled, one-shot comic.
* CleopatraNose
* TheConfidant
* TheDandy: To paraphrase Mayor Wilkins on ''Buffy'': That is one ''exciting'' suit!
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Life of the Party"
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeFictionalization: Lorne headlines a Las Vegas show in one episode. This was done by having Lorne headline a show in Las Vegas, and filming it.
* DrinkOrder: "More Sea, less Breeze."
* EmbarrassingFirstName: His full name is "Krevlornswath" in his native dimension, and even he isn't too fond of the shortened nickname. (He has green skin, which apparently made some people think of Lorne Greene from ''{{Bonanza}}'').
* TheEmpath: And about as reliable as a cheap fortune cookie.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He was originally just called "The Host."
* FunPersonified
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Inverted. As head of the W&H Entertainment Division, Lorne is bogged down with so much work that he has to ''surgically remove his sleep'' -- and even then he still can't catch up. It becomes clear that it's Lorne's way of assuming his old Caritas role and bringing people together, even at great self-sacrifice.
* HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday: Subverted; Lorne doesn't mind it at all if people mistake his green skin for makeup. Especially if it gets him into Caesar's Palace. The first time this happens, he accidentally runs into a librarian who stammers, "You're--...you're--!!" before sighing, "...[[WeirdnessCensor from the children's reading program!]]" At this, Lorne actually considers dropping by and reading some ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Sacrifices his corporeal body]] by leaping into the Music of the Spheres, thereby restoring balance to the universe. [[spoiler:At least he went out singing]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: As soon as he heard ArethaFranklin's voice, he knew he was home.
* IncrediblyLongNote: Once claimed he can hold a note literally ''forever''.
* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: On Pylea, for not wanting to be a warrior.
* LosingYourHead: He can survive decapitation and being cut apart, but only if his body parts aren't then mutilated.
** Lorne keeps this small detail about himself secret, apparently so as to gauge his friends' [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral grief-stricken reactions]] to his 'death'. (He isn't impressed with any of them.)
* LoungeLizard
* MeaningfulName: On Lorne's homeworld, [[SpaceWestern they drink "Flib liquor," humans are "cows", and they clean out "flehegna" stables]]. Maybe his nickname was apt.
* [[MentorArchetype Mentor]]: Sort of.
* MrExposition
* MusicalAssassin: He can make [[StuffBlowingUp stuff explode]] by hitting just the [[BrownNote right note]].
-->"[[BondOneLiner Slays 'em every time.]]"
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* NiceGuy
* NobleDemon: There's plenty of benign demons in the Buffyverse, but Lorne goes above and beyond the call of duty. His club, Caratas (Latin for "sanctuary") was specifically designed to bring human and demonkind together peacefully.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lorne's the smiling, happy, carefree member of the team. When he begins to crack in Season 5, it's a sign that everything's about to fall apart. He never really recovers.
* OptOut: In the series finale.
* OutOfFocus: In Season Five, Andy Hallett probably spent more time in the makeup chair than he did in front of the camera. On the upside, Lorne did get his own episode (see above) and was featured in the final stretch.
* PaperThinDisguise: An [[CoatHatMask overcoat and a trilby]], which looks dashing in a Humphrey Bogart-sort of way, but about as inconspicuous as a Ninja Turtle.
** A baseball cap and sunglasses are enough to disguise him in broad daylight.
* PersonAsVerb: Originally known simply as "The Host."
* ThePowerOfRock: Karaoke is the only way to put things right!
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: At long last partway into Season Four.
* PsychicPowers: He can read people's futures. Allegedly only when they sing, but there have been plenty of occasions when he's read people who aren't singing. Each time he brushes it off as them broadcasting unusually strongly because of their emotional state. It happens frequently, however. He can also mystically sense when Cordelia is about to receive a vision and has the ability to surf her connection to the Powers That Be and tap into her visions as a result. He needs to be touching Cordelia to do this latter but he's even able to tell when Cordelia's being sent fake visions from an earth-based psychic and indicates that it requires genuine skill to be able to work that out as the fakes were very convincing.
* RedBaron: Ends up becoming one the more benign demon "lords" of L.A. after it is [[spoiler:banished to Hell]]. Lorne is elected the Lord of Silver Lake, and does his very best to make his territory "a Heaven in Hell". (''After the Fall'')
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He's got red eyes because he's a demon, but in an [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], he's actually a gentle soul who's pretty sweet and fun company.
* SadClown: His perpetual comic persona starts turning into this in Season Five, mostly after [[spoiler: Fred dies]]. He even gets a whole scene talking about this in "Underneath."
* SensorCharacter
* ShipperOnDeck: Leads the movement to pair off Angel and Cordelia. You can't fight love, Cinnamon Buns!
* SomeCallMeTim
* SoundtrackDissonance: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine... ♪
* SpikyHair
* TookALevelInBadass: 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.
* TheUnfavorite: His cousins use their empathic powers to hunt. Lorne used his to read peoples' destinies, and was considered a freak. He preferred music over hunting, even though music doesn't really exist in his dimension.
* VerbalTic: Whenever Lorne finishes a sentence he refers to the person he's talking to as some kind of endearment, often a foodstuff: Pumpkin, [[IncrediblyLamePun Angel-cakes]], Kiwi, Sweet potato, Muffin.
** "And stop calling me pastries!
** This extends to curses, as well. "Aw, [[GoshDarnItToHeck fudgesicle!]]"
** Back on Pylea they used to call him "[[ExpospeakGag fragrant tuber]]".
** Backfires when Lorne telephones a coded message for help ("[[OutOfCharacterAlert Say 'hi' to Fluffy for me!"]]), which Fred interprets as just another nickname for someone in Angel's group.
--->''(to Gunn)'' Who's Fluffy? [[IronicNickname Are you Fluffy?]]
** Or Harmonica/Harmonita, in Harmony's case.
* WhiteSheep: To the rest of his clan.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Parodied when Angel drags him kicking and screaming to Pylea. Learns nothing, accomplishes nothing, goes back home. The end.
-->"I had to come back here to find out I '''didn't''' have to come back here. I don't ''belong'' here, I ''hate'' it here! [[StaticCharacter You know where I belong? L.A.]] You know why? ''Nobody'' belongs there. It's the perfect place for guys like us."
!!Spike, né William Pratt (JamesMarsters)
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->''"Here you are, finally living a piece of the high life - new clothes, new cars, my old tumble fetching you tasty snacks - and what's your gripe? ''"I feel disconnected."'' You want to feel disconnected, try being a bloody ghost for a bit!"''
Spike is an infamous vampire, having killed two Slayers in his time. Angel is his "grand-sire", and the two were running buddies back in Angel's evil days. Spike arrived in Sunnydale and set his sights on Buffy as his third Slayer, but after numerous failed attempts, he had a run-in with a high-tech demon fighting unit and was implanted with a chip that left him unable to harm humans. With killing demons the only outlet for his aggression, he took to working with Buffy and slowly fell in love with her, going as far as to have his soul restored for her. After [[spoiler:sacrificing himself to destroy the Hellmouth]], he is magically transported to LA, mystically bound to the place, and spends his days alternately helping and annoying Angel.
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* AntiHero: Was a Type V, bulled his way up to a Type IV.
* BackFromTheDead
* {{Badass}}
** BadassDecay: Reversed a bit in the last season.
** BadassLongcoat
* BigFancyHouse: In ''After the Fall'', Spike takes over the [[{{Playboy}} Playboy Mansion]] and uses it as his residence after dusting a vampirized Hef.
* BookEnds: In his earliest canonical appearance, Spike (under his human identity, William) recites a bad poem to his crush and gets shot down ("Fool For Love", ''Buffy'' S5). Spike delivers the same performance at a poetry slam in the SeriesFinale; this time, the whole audience applauds and cheers.
* DeadpanSnarker: His parody of a conversation between Angel and a DistressedDamsel in "In the Dark" is ''awesomely hilarious''.
* ExpansionPackPast
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Unlike Angel, he gets roped into saving people by a fork-tongued Lindsey.
* GoodIsNotNice: Saves a woman from a vampire in a dark alley in "Soul Purpose", and then chews her out for being dumb enough to walk through an alley alone at night.
* IconicItem: Subverted (for about a minute) after his original trenchcoat gets burned to tatters. Wolfram & Hart immediately supplies him with [[LampshadeHanging eleven exact duplicates of the coat]].
* TheLancer
* LaughablyEvil: "In the Dark." When he we next see him four seasons later, he's reformed his ways.
-->'''Cordelia:''' Heard you weren't evil anymore. Which kinda makes the hair silly.
* LaymansTerms: This pretty much became his gimmick during the series' expository speeches.
* LeeroyJenkins:
-->'''Spike:''' I ''had'' a plan!
-->'''Angel:''' You, a plan?
-->'''Spike:''' A good plan! Smart plan! Carefully laid out! ...But I got bored.
* MrFanservice
* TheNicknamer: Spike's names for Illyria include "The Leather Queen", "[[Comicbook/RedSonja Fred Sonja]]", "Little [[HinduMythology Shiva]]", "[[PaulBunyan Babe the Blue Ox]]", and "[[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanie]]".
** Angel is "Ol' Broody-pants" and "Captain Forehead".
* NobleDemon
* TheNotLoveInterest: Season 5 focuses a lot on his relationship with Angel.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Subverted when Fred determines that Spike's aura is radiating heat - unusual for a ghost.
-->'''Spike:''' [[ObligatoryJoke Think I'm hot]], do ya?
-->'''Fred:''' ...Lukewarm.
* RebelRelaxation: When you're a ghost, there's not much else to do but kick back and annoy the hell out of Angel.
* RedBaron: When Hell-A is split up between various demon "Lords", Spike crowns himself Lord of Beverly Hills. (''After the Fall'')
* TheRival
* UnexplainedRecovery: Lampshaded by Spike himself. "Flash-fried in a pillar of fire saving the world. I got better."
