History Characters / AngelLosAngelesResidents

* ParentalAbandonment
* PutOnABus: After Röhm left the show to join ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
** She quit fighting supernatural crime in the West Coast to fight normal crime in the East Coast.
** TheBusCameBack: In the comic, at least.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kate was originally supposed to be a [[DirtyHarriet deep undercover cop]] posing as a prostitute. [[BecomingThemask And a drug addict]]. Because why not? ExecutiveMeddling led to this grimdark script - the episode called "Corrupt" - being shelved and rewritten into the much LighterAndSofter "Lonely Hearts."
** Kate's bitterness at her father's death was to have led to her becoming Holtz's disciple. Once Röhm was unavailable, Kate's fate was changed; her backstory and thirst for vengeance was transplanted onto Justine.

%%* CallingTheOldManOut
%%* GrumpyOldMan

->''"You're not afraid of me."''
->''"Well, I've seen worse things since. I've seen a fourteen-year-old girl sitting in her own blood after a rough trick and dozens of people just walking right by, so no, vampires, demons, even lawyers pretty much don't impress me."''
-->'''Angel''' and '''Anne'''

%%* AscendedExtra
%%* BackForTheFinale

%%* GrandTheftMe

%%* NeckSnap

%%* MyBelovedSmother

%%* BreakingSpeech

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, you see, the thing about "detectives" is, they have résumés. And business licenses. And last names."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I respect what you're trying to do. It's noble and heroic and all that other Russell Crowe "Gladiator" crap."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What a beautiful, beautiful dance!"'']]

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* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerScoobyGang The Scooby Gang]][[note]]Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Rupert Giles, Angel, Cordelia Chase, Anya Jenkins, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, Spike, Riley Finn, Dawn Summers, Tara Maclay[[/note]]

* [[Characters/AngelBigBads Angel Big Bads]]

[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Blim
->'''Played By:''' Justin Shilton

-->''"I have never hurt a woman in my life...I just like to watch."''

While appearing to be a normal young man, he was actually a half-demon with contagious, vicious misogyny, and had the power to turn any man he touched or who came in contact with his bodily fluids extremely savage and brutal toward anyone female. And he had no real reason to do this, other than his personal amusement.
----
* ChildByRape: According to WordOfGod, they personally believe that Billy was conceived when a demon woman - a ''good'' demon woman - was raped by an [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters evil human male]]. This is just as screwed up as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: By his own ''family.'' They have "rules" around him, such as never leaving him alone with a woman and crucially ''never'' let him touch you.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Billy is a well-mannered young man with an unassuming voice. He's also a world-class sadist.
* ForTheEvulz: His reason for setting men upon women. He just loves watching it to satisfy his sadistic desires.
* HatePlague: His power to bring out the "primal misogyny" of any man who touched him or came into contact with his body fluids (sweat, blood, etc.). Angel is immune, because, as he put it, he gave up on hate a long time ago; even as Angelus, he killed and tortured people ForTheEvulz, but never felt any hate or anger towards those he did it to.
* HeManWomanHater: UpToEleven. Although he claims to not hate woman and be a MisanthropeSupreme, the fact that he only targets women is highly suspect.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He purposely turns himself into the police to get out of his solitary confinement at his family estate. The arresting officers turn out to be a male-female duo, and he induces the man to start fighting with the woman and uses the ensuing chaos to slip away.
* PsychoticSmirk: His default expression, usually exaggerated when he's just done something horrible.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He's the nephew of Senator Blim, patriarch of one of the most powerful families in the United States. Like any family, the Blims prefer to keep their 'black sheep' out of the public eye.
* TheSociopath: Among Angel's villains of the week, it's hard to top Billy Blim for clearly falling into this category. The fact that it was actually the normally very cold and amoral Lilah who took him out says volumes.
* StrawMisogynist: Apparently all men are these. Billy doesn't turn men into brutal woman bashers, he just removes their inhibitions. Although the characters that say so are villains. Fred disagrees when trying to console Wesley.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: There's nothing extraordinary about Billy; he's a somewhat handsome young man, of average height and build who doesn't stand out in a crowd.
* UngratefulBastard: Lilah fights tooth and nail to free him, even {{blackmail}}ing Angel into breaking him out. How does Billy repay her for it? He thanks Gavin, her [[TheRival rival]], instead and induces him into beating the mortal shit out of Lilah while he walks away with a PsychoticSmirk.
* VigilanteExecution: Lilah unloading her pistol at him on an airstrip.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Winters]]
!!Russell Winters
->'''Played By:''' Vyto Ruginis

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DestinationDefenestration: Angel shoves him out the window of his high-rise. He burns up in the sun before he even hits the ground.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* SmugSnake: Winters is extremely confident that he's able to do whatever he wants, as long as he pays his taxes and stays rich. Angel disabuses him of this notion, and he's surprised to say the least.
* StarterVillain: He's the first villain seen in the series.
%%* VampiresAreRich
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vanessa]]
!!Vanessa Brewer
->'''Played By:''' Jennifer Badger

A blind assassin working for Wolfram & Hart as well as their client.

%%* {{Badass}}
%%* DarkActionGirl
%%* DisabilitySuperpower
%%* EnlightenmentSuperpowers
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed with her own walking stick weapon.
* ProfessionalKiller: She's an assassin, working largely for Wolfram & Hart.
* ProphetEyes: Vanessa has pure white eyes. Even Holland finds her creepy.
%%* PsychoForHire
%%* PsychoticSmirk
* WouldHurtAChild: She has no problem whatsoever about killing three blind children.

[[folder:Thesulac]]
!!Thesulac Demon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What a beautiful, beautiful dance!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Tony Amendola

A demon that haunted Hyperion Hotel, feeding on the insecurities and fears of its guests and staff for nearly 70 years.

* BreakingSpeech: He gives a very smug (and successful) one to Angel during the 50s.
-->'''Thesulac:''' I don't know about you...but I'm stuffed! God, I love people. Don't you? They feed me the worst, and I serve it right back. And the fear and prejudice turns to certainty and hate and I take another bite and mmm, mmm, mmm! What a beautiful, beautiful dance! You got your feelings hurt, didn't you? Stick your neck out, and they throw a rope around it. And you thought you made a friend. News flash, you had! That's what made her the yummiest morsel of all. You reached her. Restored her faith in people. Without you, she would've been just another appetizer. But you plumped her up good. Now she's a meal that's gonna last me a lifetime! Hey, you know what? There's a whole hotel here full of tortured souls who could really use your help. What do you say?
-->'''Angel:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Take them all.
* CombatTentacles: The Thesulac is mostly tentacles. His face is seen, but other than that he seems to be a mass of tentacles within a robe. He uses them as weapons, but Angel uses them right back.
* EmotionEater: He feeds off negative emotions, specifically paranoia.
* EvilLaugh: While delivering his BreakingSpeech he's chuckling away.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Angel kills him by connecting one of his CombatTentacles to a fuse, electrocuting him from the inside out.
* SlasherSmile: When he's talking to Angel, he can't stop smiling with all his grotesque teeth.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Deevak]]
!!Jameel/Deevak
->'''Played By:''' Alan Shaw, Scott L. Schwartz & Christopher Babers

A demon crime lord that surrounded himself with vampires and human thugs and used the cover identity of Jameel.
----

* CombatTentacles: The Thesulac is mostly tentacles. His face is seen, but other than that he seems to be a mass of tentacles within a robe.

* CombatTentacles: The Thesulac is mostly tentacles.

* SlasherSmile: When he's talking to Angel, he can't stop smiling with all his teeth.

%%* AscendedExtra

%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard
%%* ProfessionalKiller
%%* ProphetEyes

%%* WouldHurtAChild

->'''Played By:'''

%%* BadBoss

%%* DespairEventHorizon
%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
%%* ImplacableMan
%%* NighInvulnerability / PowerAtAPrice
%%* OutlawCouple

%%* YouHaveFailedMe

[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Blim
->'''Played By:''' Justin Shilton

-->''"I have never hurt a woman in my life...I just like to watch."''

While appearing to be a normal young man, he was actually a half-demon with contagious, vicious misogyny, and had the power to turn any man he touched or who came in contact with his bodily fluids extremely savage and brutal toward anyone female. And he had no real reason to do this, other than his personal amusement.

[[folder:Gwen]]
!!Gwen Raiden
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Alexa Davalos

Gwen was born with the ability to generate and control electricity, with the downside being that she can't turn it off, and thus can't make contact with another person. She uses her power to work as a thief for hire, and runs into the gang when hired to steal a mystical artifact. A thief by nature, she shows up when she needs help, but always leaves before things get too hairy.
----
* BerserkButton: Being called a freak. "That's ''my'' word. And I get cranky when people like you use it."
%%* BlessedWithSuck
%%* ClassyCatBurglar
%%* CorporateSamurai
* FakeAmerican: Alexa Davalos is French.
%%* FemmeFatale
* HelloNurse: Definitely invoked during Gwen's [[SexyWalk entrance]]. This behavior is, however, Freudian, given that her powers ensure that she is a virgin - as she admits in "Players".
%%* IJustWantToBeNormal
* MeaningfulName: Raiden is a Japanese god of thunder and lightning. Not a pseudonym, as her parents were addressed as "Mr. and Mrs. Raiden" in her BackStory. It's also a pun on "Gone Raiding."
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: In her third appearance, Gunn realizes that, because of her powers, she's never had sex. After they steal LISA (an experimental biometric control system), he's kind enough to help her with this.
%%* PowerIncontinence
%%* ShockAndAwe
%%* SpyCatsuit
%%* StevenUlyssesPerhero
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Says "Hey, Denzel!" when she first meets Gunn. He's later her first sexual partner.
[[/folder]]

%%* SmugSnake
%%* StarterVillain

%%* AffablyEvil

The younger sister of vampire hunter Charles Gunn.

[[folder:Seidel]]
!!Professor Oliver Seidel
->'''Played By:''' Randy Oglesby

A full professor of theoretical physics at the California Physics Institute.

%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
%%* KarmicDeath
%%* NeckSnap

!Vampires, Demons and other Supernaturals

[[folder:Skip]]
!!Skip
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I respect what you're trying to do. It's noble and heroic and all that other Russell Crowe "Gladiator" crap."'']]
->'''Played By:''' David Denman

A formidable and powerful demon, whose body is plated in armor. The demon sports a confident, charismatic personality and frequently makes humorous references to human popular culture and turn-of-phrase, claiming to have watched and loved The Matrix but not loved Gladiator. The history and nature of Skip is largely unknown since much of what Skip says is later revealed to be a lie. Skip is revealed to be a servant of Jasmine who is used to trick Cordelia Chase into becoming a vessel for the possession and birth of Jasmine.

[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Blim
->'''Played By:''' Justin Shilton
->''"I don't hate women. I mean, sure, you're all whores who sell yourselves for money or prestige. But men are just as bad. Maybe worse. They're willing to throw away careers or families or even lives for what's under your skirt."''

While appearing to be a normal young man, he was actually a half-demon with contagious, vicious misogyny, and had the power to turn any man he touched or who came in contact with his bodily fluids extremely savage and brutal toward anyone female. And he had no real reason to do this, other than his personal amusement.

%%* AxCrazy
* ChildByRape: According to WordOfGod, they personally believe that Billy was conceived when a demon woman - a ''good'' demon woman - was raped by an [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters evil human male]]. This is just as screwed up as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: By his own ''family.''
* EntryPimp: The reason he's even in this list. He appears in only two episodes but is by far one of the most controversial and memorable villains in the series.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* ForTheEvulz: His reason for setting men upon women. He just loves watching it.
* HatePlague: His power to bring out the "primal misogyny" of any man who touched him or came into contact with his body fluids (sweat, blood, etc.). Angel is immune, because, as he put it, he gave up on hate a long time ago; even as Angelus, he killed and tortured people ForTheEvulz, but never felt any hate or anger towards those he did it to.
* HeManWomanHater: UpToEleven.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He purposely turns himself into the police to get out of his solitary confinement at his family estate. The arresting officers turn out to be a male-female duo, and he induces the man to start fighting with the woman and uses the ensuing chaos to slip away.
%%* PsychoticSmirk
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He's the nephew of Senator Blim, patriarch of one of the most powerful families in the United States. Like any family, the Blims prefer to keep their 'black sheep' out of the public eye.
* TheSociopath: Among Angel's villains of the week, it's hard to top Billy Blim for clearly falling into this category. The fact that it was actually the normally very cold and amoral Lilah who took him out says volumes.
* StrawMisogynist: Apparently all men are these. Billy doesn't turn men into brutal woman bashers, he just removes their inhibitions.
** Although the characters that say so are villains. Fred disagrees when trying to console Wesley.
* UngratefulBastard: Lilah fights tooth and nail to free him, even {{blackmail}}ing Angel into breaking him out. How does Billy repay her for it? He thanks Gavin, her [[TheRival rival]], instead and induces him into beating the mortal shit out of Lilah while he walks away with a PsychoticSmirk.
* VigilanteExecution: Lilah unloading her pistol at him on an airstrip.

[[folder:Gwen]]
!!Gwen Raiden
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Alexa Davalos

Gwen was born with the ability to generate and control electricity, with the downside being that she can't turn it off, and thus can't make contact with another person. She uses her power to work as a thief for hire, and runs into the gang when hired to steal a mystical artifact. A thief by nature, she shows up when she needs help, but always leaves before things get too hairy.

* BerserkButton: Being called a freak. "That's ''my'' word. And I get cranky when people like you use it."
%%* BlessedWithSuck
%%* ClassyCatBurglar
%%* CorporateSamurai
* FakeAmerican: Alexa Davalos is French.
%%* FemmeFatale
* HelloNurse: Definitely invoked during Gwen's [[SexyWalk entrance]]. This behavior is, however, Freudian, given that her powers ensure that she is a virgin - as she admits in "Players".
%%* IJustWantToBeNormal
* MeaningfulName: Raiden is a Japanese god of thunder and lightning. Not a pseudonym, as her parents were addressed as "Mr. and Mrs. Raiden" in her BackStory. It's also a pun on "Gone Raiding."
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: In her third appearance, Gunn realizes that, because of her powers, she's never had sex. After they steal LISA (an experimental biometric control system), he's kind enough to help her with this.
%%* PowerIncontinence
%%* ShockAndAwe
%%* SpyCatsuit
%%* StevenUlyssesPerhero
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Says "Hey, Denzel!" when she first meets Gunn. He's later her first sexual partner.

[[folder:Merl]]
!!Merl
->'''Played By:''' Matthew James
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->''Jesus, man! I mean, can't you, you know,'' knock?
->''You don't make [[OhCrap that funny expression]] when I knock. Or if you do,'' I ''don't see it.''
-> --Merl and Angel

A tongue-less Parasite demon with the reputation of a snitch among the underworld community. He hangs around mostly at Caritas, the karaoke bar that fellow green-skinned demon Lorne runs. He is introduced to Angel by Wesley, who had used his services before, in exchange for money. Afterwards, he is frequently used by Angel for information about the vampires Darla and Drusilla. However, instead of being paid for his services, Angel constantly abuses Merl (both verbally and physically) in order to force him to give him information.

* BloodyHilarious: Merl was eventually killed by members of Gunn's gang who had gone out of control and started killing demons indiscriminately. When Gunn asks where Merl's body is, Angel casually points at assorted splotches throughout the room.
* ButtMonkey: His entire role in the series, prior to his death, is to get brutalized by Angel for information.
%%* DudeWheresMyRespect
%%* KnowledgeBroker
* LovableTraitor: Angel's lack of respect towards Merl is somewhat justifiable given that in his first appearance, Merl tricked him into killing a pregnant woman's demon guardian so that she'd be vulnerable to bounty hunters.
%%* TheScapegoat
%%* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
%%* SoundOnlyDeath

[[folder:Nina]]
!!Nina Ash
->'''Played By:''' Jenny Mollen

A young art major living at home with her older sister and niece, she is bitten by a werewolf during a night run. She herself eventually becomes a werewolf and a potential love interest for Angel. After becoming a werewolf, she voluntarily comes to Wolfram & Hart every month during the full moon in order to be caged, a similar arrangement Oz had in the Sunnydale High library.

* CannotSpitItOut: Angel, being ObliviousToLove, needs to be beaten about the head by multiple people before realizing Nina is interested in him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She's so depressed over having become a werewolf that she's fully prepared to let Jacob Crane and his clients [[EatenAlive eat her]] at a fancy dinner. After Angel saves her, she grows out of it.]]
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Angel does, but to be fair, he does have a type.
* NippleAndDimed: She was always nude after reverting.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: From other werewolves in the universe, even. This is largely to take advantage of improved special effects compared to Season 2 of Buffy.

%%* EvilSoundsDeep
%%* IronicEcho
%%* KnifeNut
%%* LargeAndInCharge

%%* ImpaledPalm: Cordelia impales his hand to a casino table with a stake.

[[folder:Seidel]]
!!Professor Oliver Seidel
->'''Played By:''' Randy Oglesby

A full professor of theoretical physics at the California Physics Institute.

%%* AssholeVictim
%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
%%* KarmicDeath
%%* NeckSnap

[[folder:Trevor]]

[[folder:David]]
!!David Nabbit
->'''Played By:''' David Herman

A software engineer who made his first millions developing software that let blind people surf the web.
[[/folder]]

%%* AssholeVictim
%%* EyeScream
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* ImpaledPalm
%%* OffWithHisHead

%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
%%* SharpDressedMan

->'''Played By:'''

->'''Played By:'''

->'''Played By:''' Daisy [=McCrackin= & Madison Eginton

* BadassNormal

* BoundAndGagged: By Wesley at the beginning of season 4.
* BreakTheBadass: By the beginning of season 4, Wesley has so thoroughly broken Justine that he's able to dissuade her from trying to attack him by simply threatening to take away the bucket of food he's provided her with.
* BrokenBird
* CreepyTwins: Her twin sister was murdered by vamps, heralding Justine's decent into violence and apathy.

* TheDragon: To Holtz.

* BadassNormal

->'''Played By:'''

An unlucky snitch who hangs around Lorne's bar, Caritas. Instead of giving Merl monetary payment, however, Angel frequently intimidates Merl into giving him the necessary information, similar to how Willy the Snitch was regularly beaten up by Buffy for information.

->'''Played By:'''

A werewolf introduced in season 5. She becomes a love interest for Angel.

* CallingTheOldManOut
* GrumpyOldMan
* HeKnowsTooMuch
* {{Jerkass}}
* ParentalNeglect

* AffablyEvil

* BadSamaritan

* DeadpanSnarker

* FauxAffablyEvil
* FluffyTheTerrible

* TheJailer

* PopCulturedBadass

* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset
* SpikesOfVillainy

* AxCrazy

* FauxAffablyEvil

* PsychoticSmirk

* BlessedWithSuck
* ClassyCatBurglar
* CorporateSamurai

* FemmeFatale
* HelloNurse: Definitely invoked during Gwen's [[SexyWalk entrance]].
** This behavior is, however, Freudian, given that her powers ensure that she is a virgin - as she admits in "Players".
* IJustWantToBeNormal

* PowerIncontinence
* ShockAndAwe
* SpyCatsuit
* StevenUlyssesPerhero
* {{Stripperiffic}}

* DudeWheresMyRespect
* KnowledgeBroker

* TheScapegoat
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
* SoundOnlyDeath

* CorruptCorporateExecutive

* FauxAffablyEvil
* SmugSnake
* StarterVillain
* VampiresAreRich

* EvilHand
* EyeSpy
* MadDoctor
* NotSoDifferent
* OffWithHisHead
* PullingThemselvesTogether
* StalkingIsLove

* AffablyEvil
* HalfTruth

* BreakingSpeech
* DecoyDamsel
* EvilAllAlong
* ObfustucatingStupidity

* AscendedExtra
* {{Badass}}
* DarkActionGirl
* DisabilitySuperpower
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* ProfessionalKiller
* ProphetEyes
* PsychoForHire
* PsychoticSmirk
* WouldHurtAChild

[[folder:Skip]]
!!Skip
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I respect what you're trying to do. It's noble and heroic and all that other Russell Crowe "Gladiator" crap."'']]
->'''Played By:''' David Denman

[[folder:Justine]]
!!Justine Cooper
->'''Played By:''' Laurel Holloman

* BadassNormal
* BikerBabe: At least, she dresses like one.
* BoundAndGagged: By Wesley at the beginning of season 4.
* BreakTheBadass: By the beginning of season 4, Wesley has so thoroughly broken Justine that he's able to dissuade her from trying to attack him by simply threatening to take away the bucket of food he's provided her with.
* BrokenBird
* CreepyTwins: Her twin sister was murdered by vamps, heralding Justine's decent into violence and apathy.
* DarkActionGirl
* TheDragon: To Holtz.
* DrowningMySorrows: After her sister's death.
* EvilRedhead
* ImpaledPalm: Holtz does this to Justine with an ice pick to test her loyalty.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Falls for Holtz, who uses that to convince her to kill him as part of his revenge against Angel.
* KnightTemplar
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The genesis of the character came from Elizabeth Röhm's departure from the show.
* VampireHunter
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Wesley flings a set of handcuff keys at Justine and tells her to get lost, and so she does - it's the last we see of her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kate]]
!!Kate Lockley
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, you see, the thing about "detectives" is, they have résumés. And business licenses. And last names."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Elisabeth Röhm

A member of the LAPD, Kate first encounters Angel when both are on the trail of a serial killer with Kate unaware that the killer is a demon. After this, she becomes Angel's friend on the force, though relations turn frosty when she finds out what he's fighting and exactly what he is. Leaves in the second season but returns and joins Angel Investigations in the comics.

* ActionGirl: She can go toe-to-toe with vampires.
* AgentScully: Before graduating to a full-fledged Mulder (this is lampshaded by her dull-witted partner).
-->"Scully's the skeptic. ''({{Beat}}.)'' ''Mulder's'' the one who wants to believe. Scully's the skeptic."
-->"...Scully's the chick, right?"
* BadassNormal
* CowboyCop: When she mistakenly believes that Angel is the SerialKiller she's looking for, she has absolutely zero qualms against searching the Angel Investigations offices without getting a warrant beforehand.
* EconomyCast: The show eventually got around this by turning Kate InspectorJavert. It's mentioned that she spends all hours of the night listening to the police scanner, which would explain why she's always first on the scene.
* FairCop
* FriendOnTheForce
* HappilyFailedSuicide: In the second-season episode "Reprise."
* InspectorJavert: Ends up this towards Angel to the extent that, after a BackFromTheDead Darla tells her that Angel was behind a string of murders, Kate unhesitatingly storms the Hyperion with a SWAT team to have him arrested. However, she is forced to accept the truth when Gunn points out that Angel, being a vampire, couldn't possibly have just stormed in and killed someone in their own home unless he was explicitly invited or the residents were ''already dead.''
* OccultDetective
* ParentalAbandonment
* PutOnABus: After Röhm left the show to join ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
** She quit fighting supernatural crime in the West Coast to fight normal crime in the East Coast.
** TheBusCameBack: In the comic, at least.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Lampshaded by Kate after her superiors take exception to her growing interest in the macabre. She's later bounced off to the filing room, or something.
** TurnInYourBadge: ...With this as the ultimate result.
* SuperCop
* UndercoverCopReveal: In her first appearance ("Lonely Hearts").
* WeakButSkilled: She ''knows'' that she isn't strong enough to fight vampires head-on, so she uses pragmatic tactics to gain the upper hand.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kate was originally supposed to be a [[DirtyHarriet deep undercover cop]] posing as a prostitute. [[BecomingThemask And a drug addict]]. Because why not? ExecutiveMeddling led to this grimdark script - the episode called "Corrupt" - being shelved and rewritten into the much LighterAndSofter "Lonely Hearts."
** Kate's bitterness at her father's death was to have led to her becoming Holtz's disciple. Once Röhm was unavailable, Kate's fate was changed; her backstory and thirst for vengeance was transplanted onto Justine.

!Supernatural Creatures

[[folder:Gwen]]
!!Gwen Raiden
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Alexa Davalos

Gwen was born with the ability to generate and control electricity, with the downside being that she can't turn it off, and thus can't make contact with another person. She uses her power to work as a thief for hire, and runs into the gang when hired to steal a mystical artifact. A thief by nature, she shows up when she needs help, but always leaves before things get too hairy.

* BerserkButton: Being called a freak. "That's ''my'' word. And I get cranky when people like you use it."
* BlessedWithSuck
* ClassyCatBurglar
* CorporateSamurai
* FakeAmerican: Alexa Davalos is French.
* FemmeFatale
* HelloNurse: Definitely invoked during Gwen's [[SexyWalk entrance]].
** This behavior is, however, Freudian, given that her powers ensure that she is a virgin - as she admits in "Players".
* IJustWantToBeNormal
* MeaningfulName: Raiden is a Japanese god of thunder and lightning. Not a pseudonym, as her parents were addressed as "Mr. and Mrs. Raiden" in her BackStory. It's also a pun on "Gone Raiding."
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin: In her third appearance, Gunn realizes that, because of her powers, she's never had sex. After they steal LISA (an experimental biometric control system), he's kind enough to help her with this.
* PowerIncontinence
* ShockAndAwe
* SpyCatsuit
* StevenUlyssesPerhero
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Says "Hey, Denzel!" when she first meets Gunn. He's later her first sexual partner.

[[folder:Nina]]
!!Nina Ash
->'''Played By:'''

A werewolf introduced in season 5. She becomes a love interest for Angel.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Angel, being ObliviousToLove, needs to be beaten about the head by multiple people before realizing Nina is interested in him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She's so depressed over having become a werewolf that she's fully prepared to let Jacob Crane and his clients [[EatenAlive eat her]] at a fancy dinner. After Angel saves her, she grows out of it.]]
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Angel does, but to be fair, he does have a type.
* NippleAndDimed: She was always nude after reverting.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: From other werewolves in the universe, even. This is largely to take advantage of improved special effects compared to Season 2 of Buffy.

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->''" Well, you see, the thing about "detectives" is, they have résumés. And business licenses. And last names."''

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->"[Realizing Angel has no reflection] ''OK. After I kick your ass, I'm gonna ask about that"''

* DrivenToSuicide: She's so depressed over having become a werewolf that she's fully prepared to let Jacob Crane and his clients [[EatenAlive eat her]] at a fancy dinner. After Angel saves her, she grows out of it.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Angel does but we knew this...
** SlashersPreferBlondes: Began as a victim of the week to a werewolf...

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!!Skip (David Denman)
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->''"How come he's not screamin' in pain?"''
->''"Oh, he is. My will prevents him from bein' heard. I mean, there's only so many, "Oh, my God! The pain! Please make it stops..." you can listen to, before it starts to bug the crap out of you."''
->-- Angel and Skip

[[folder:Billy Blim]]
!!Billy Blim (Justin Shilton)

[[folder:Justine Cooper]]
!!Justine Cooper (Laurel Holloman)

[[folder:Clem]]
!!Clement / Clem
->'''Played By:''' James C. Leary
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A friendly and mild-mannered demon who befriended the Scoobies in season 6. Eventually hightailed it out of Sunnydale as the showdown with The First drew closer.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Completely Subverted. He's a deformed demon with bizarre skin and quite possibly the friendliest disposition in the series.
* BeleagueredAssistant: To Harmony.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was kind of a jerk in his first appearance. On the other hand, it could just be that kittens are his preferred meal.
* CombatTentacles
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On ''Angel & Faith #6'' he actually beheads a bunch of vampires with his tentacled face
* DoggedNiceGuy: He's in love with Harmony.
* EmotionEater: His kind feed on emotions, specially embarrassment.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Played for RuleOfFunny -- Clem is first seen gambling over kittens so he can eat them.
* NiceGuy: Easily one of the friendliest characters in the series.
* NightmareFace: He showed this to the potentials in "Potential".
* NonActionGuy
* RealMenWearPink
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He leaves Sunnydale along with most of its population as the power of the The First grows.

[[folder:Merl]]
!!Merl
->'''Played By:''' Matthew James
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->''Jesus, man! I mean, can't you, you know,'' knock?
->''You don't make [[OhCrap that funny expression]] when I knock. Or if you do,'' I ''don't see it.''
-> --Merl and Angel

An unlucky snitch who hangs around Lorne's bar, Caritas. Instead of giving Merl monetary payment, however, Angel frequently intimidates Merl into giving him the necessary information, similar to how Willy the Snitch was regularly beaten up by Buffy for information.

* BloodyHilarious: Merl was eventually killed by members of Gunn's gang who had gone out of control and started killing demons indiscriminately. When Gunn asks where Merl's body is, Angel casually points at assorted splotches throughout the room.
* ButtMonkey: His entire role in the series, prior to his death, is to get brutalized by Angel for information.
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* KnowledgeBroker
* LovableTraitor: Angel's lack of respect towards Merl is somewhat justifiable given that in his first appearance, Merl tricked him into killing a pregnant woman's demon guardian so that she'd be vulnerable to bounty hunters.
* TheScapegoat
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
* SoundOnlyDeath
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[[folder:Gwen]]
!!Gwen Raiden
->'''Played By:''' Alexa Davalos
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->"[Realizing Angel has no reflection] ''OK. After I kick your ass, I'm gonna ask about that"''

Gwen was born with the ability to generate and control electricity, with the downside being that she can't turn it off, and thus can't make contact with another person. She uses her power to work as a thief for hire, and runs into the gang when hired to steal a mystical artifact. A thief by nature, she shows up when she needs help, but always leaves before things get too hairy.
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[[folder:Billy Blim]]
!!Billy Blim (Justin Shilton)
->''"I don't hate women. I mean, sure, you're all whores who sell yourselves for money or prestige. But men are just as bad. Maybe worse. They're willing to throw away careers or families or even lives for what's under your skirt."''

While appearing to be a normal young man, he was actually a half-demon with contagious, vicious misogyny, and had the power to turn any man he touched or who came in contact with his bodily fluids extremely savage and brutal toward anyone female. And he had no real reason to do this, other than his personal amusement.

* AxCrazy
* ChildByRape: According to WordOfGod, they personally believe that Billy was conceived when a demon woman - a ''good'' demon woman - was raped by an [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters evil human male]]. This is just as screwed up as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: By his own ''family.''
* EntryPimp: The reason he's even in this list. He appears in only two episodes but is by far one of the most controversial and memorable villains in the series.

* ForTheEvulz: His reason for setting men upon women. He just loves watching it.
* HatePlague: His power to bring out the "primal misogyny" of any man who touched him or came into contact with his body fluids (sweat, blood, etc.). Angel is immune, because, as he put it, he gave up on hate a long time ago; even as Angelus, he killed and tortured people ForTheEvulz, but never felt any hate or anger towards those he did it to.
* HeManWomanHater: UpToEleven.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He purposely turns himself into the police to get out of his solitary confinement at his family estate. The arresting officers turn out to be a male-female duo, and he induces the man to start fighting with the woman and uses the ensuing chaos to slip away.
* PsychoticSmirk
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He's the nephew of Senator Blim, patriarch of one of the most powerful families in the United States. Like any family, the Blims prefer to keep their 'black sheep' out of the public eye.
* TheSociopath: Among Angel's villains of the week, it's hard to top Billy Blim for clearly falling into this category. The fact that it was actually the normally very cold and amoral Lilah who took him out says volumes.
* StrawMisogynist: Apparently all men are these. Billy doesn't turn men into brutal woman bashers, he just removes their inhibitions.
** Although the characters that say so are villains. Fred disagrees when trying to console Wesley.
* UngratefulBastard: Lilah fights tooth and nail to free him, even {{blackmail}}ing Angel into breaking him out. How does Billy repay her for it? He thanks Gavin, her [[TheRival rival]], instead and induces him into beating the mortal shit out of Lilah while he walks away with a PsychoticSmirk.
* VigilanteExecution: Lilah unloading her pistol at him on an airstrip.

[[folder:Kate]]
!!Kate Lockley
->'''Played By:''' Elisabeth Röhm
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->''" Well, you see, the thing about "detectives" is, they have résumés. And business licenses. And last names."''

A member of the LAPD, Kate first encounters Angel when both are on the trail of a serial killer with Kate unaware that the killer is a demon. After this, she becomes Angel's friend on the force, though relations turn frosty when she finds out what he's fighting and exactly what he is. Leaves in the second season but returns and joins Angel Investigations in the comics.
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* ActionGirl: She can go toe-to-toe with vampires.
* AgentScully: Before graduating to a full-fledged Mulder (this is lampshaded by her dull-witted partner).
-->"Scully's the skeptic. ''({{Beat}}.)'' ''Mulder's'' the one who wants to believe. Scully's the skeptic."
-->"...Scully's the chick, right?"