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* CulturedBadass: The library thing. (See GeniusBruiser.)
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** In "Enter Macbeth," he lets out a pretty sinister laugh when he reveals the flaw in Macbeth's fundamentally flawed BatmanGambit.
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* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead: BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:A very realistic example after Broadway accidentally shoots Elisa, she nearly dies and is literally dead for a few moments when her heart temporarily stops.]]
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* {{Tsundere}}: Could be inferred from WordOfGod's description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[RanmaOneHalf Akane]]...less so.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Could be inferred from WordOfGod's description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[RanmaOneHalf [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Akane]]...less so.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''[=TimeDancer=]'' arc. He gets a few in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The "Temptations" was the first, although he's also the main character in "Kingdom". He receives an extended one during the ''[=TimeDancer=]'' arc. He gets a few arc in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.comics.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Deadly Force." He and Elisa get a shared one in "The Silver Falcon."
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* NeverLearnedToRead: He even brags about it at some point.it, early in "Lighthouse in the Sea of Time". But later, he relishes on reading and becomes a Shakespeare fanboy...[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming who loves reading to his girlfriend]].
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* ThisMeansWar: When she discovers what Xanatos did to her brother Derek, she snarls at him, "This is it. You're going ''down."''
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* CuteMonsterGirl: An obviously good looking gargoyle with her beak at just the right size to the right feminine cuteness.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: About three or four times.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: About three or four times.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Maggie the gargoyle mutant never returned his affections.
* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Maggie the gargoyle mutant never returned his affections.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Before ceding his position to Goliath.Goliath, he was the leader. Incidentally, it wasn't his strength that made him formitable but his wisdom.
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* BadassBeard: Notable as being the The only gargoyle warrior in the main cast to have one.such an impressive beard.
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* BadassInCharge: Until he stepped down in favour of Goliath.
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* BadassInCharge: Until he stepped down in favour of Goliath.Goliath, he lead the clan's warriors in battle.
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* TeamDad: As Goliath would say, he is the "grandfather" for the entire clan. Broadway ''is'' his biological son, too.
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* PapaWolf: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wishing you hadn't]].
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* PapaWolf: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll You'll be [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wishing you hadn't]].
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* NiceGirl: Elisa is kind-hearted, brave, and doesn't judge anyone based on physical appearances.
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* MixedAncestry: Eliza is half Native-American and half African-American.
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* NiceGirl: Elisa is kind-hearted, brave, and doesn't judge physical appearances.
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* MoralityPet: Angela is the only character in the entire series that Demona wholeheartedly cares for; Goliath even lampshades that Demona's love for her only daughter is the ''first'' sign that Demona is capable of redemption.
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* MoralityPet: Angela is the only character in the entire series that Demona [[AxCrazy Demona]] wholeheartedly cares for; Goliath even lampshades that Demona's love for her only daughter is the ''first'' sign that Demona is capable of redemption.redemption.
* NiceGirl: Angela is caring, brave, and open-minded.
* NiceGirl: Angela is caring, brave, and open-minded.
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* NiceGuy: This is what actually allows him to win over Angela.
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* NiceGuy: Broadway is a loyal, reliable, friendly and quite intelligent despite his appearance, and was the main focus of several of the show's more thought-provoking episodes. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan This is what actually allows him to win over Angela.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:He turns evil in Puck's nightmare future vision in "Future Tense." This doesn't appear to happen in the show's real timeline, though perhaps as a reflection of this, his clone Brentwood does end up siding with Thailog in the comics.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Goliath goes through some interesting character development from the Avalon World Tour as well. For example, back in "City of Stone" he said "Death is never the answer; life is!" But when the Emir took this statement to its logical conclusion in "Grief," and his imprisonment of Anubis meant that nobody could die (and if death really never is the answer, is that a bad thing?) Goliath realized that preventing anyone from dying is just as bad as killing them, and he fought to break the binding spell and free Anubis.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Broadway grows from being a gluttonous illiterate goof to a studious amateur detective. And don't forget the aforementioned episodes about firearms.
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* BerserkButton: Guns, particularly when they're being used by people to hurt and terrorize people. However he's OK with Elisa using one, because he trusts her not to abuse it.
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* RetiredBadass: He used to be TheLeader of the clan, but stepped down in Goliath's favor.
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* OldMaster: Thanks to his many years of experience, he knows things younger warriors often don't, like the importance of patience. It's why he was nicknamed "Mentor" by the gargoyles of Goliath's generation, and even the younger gargoyles like Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington respect him.
* RetiredBadass: He used to be TheLeader of the clan, but stepped down in Goliath's favor. He currently enjoys spending time in his comfy armchair either reading the newspaper or watching television with Bronx (and Cagney while Goliath, Elisa, and Bronx were WalkingTheEarth). Though he can still prove why he was Goliath's predecessor as leader of the clan when the situation calls for it, even outsmarting both Xanatos and Demona while protecting an incapacitated Goliath.
* RetiredBadass: He used to be TheLeader of the clan, but stepped down in Goliath's favor. He currently enjoys spending time in his comfy armchair either reading the newspaper or watching television with Bronx (and Cagney while Goliath, Elisa, and Bronx were WalkingTheEarth). Though he can still prove why he was Goliath's predecessor as leader of the clan when the situation calls for it, even outsmarting both Xanatos and Demona while protecting an incapacitated Goliath.
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* AllLovingHeroine: Angela truly believes that gargoyles and humans can co-exist peacefully together.
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* AllLovingHeroine: Angela truly believes that gargoyles and humans can co-exist peacefully together.together, a belief that she says came from the fact that she was raised by humans.
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* LoveHurts: Goliath loved Demona deeply, and her betrayal when he believed she had been massacred along with most of the rest of the clan hurt him just as deeply.deeply. When she was revealed to be alive only to betray him, it hurt him even deeper. Being forced to watch his "Angel of the Night" hate him and go against everything the Gargoyles are supposed to believe only twists the knife ever deeper.
* WorthyOpponent: He may not particularly LIKE Xanatos or the way he does things, he respects the man as an opponent, helping him rescue Fox from her Eye of Odin-induced transformations when the man finally broke down and asked for his help. He has a much less antagonistic type of relationship with MacBeth, even comforting the man after the woman he loved was revealed to be Demona under a curse from Puck to turn into a human every day.
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* HeroWorshipper: He initially naively admires the Pack. Once he realizes their real natures, he takes a complete turnaround and spends the most of the series with a special hatred for them.them (though he at least comes to an uneasy truce with Fox due to his affection for the baby Alex).
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* AbsoluteCleavage: In the comics, just look at the picture.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: From the Hebrew ''"Elisheba"'', her first name can mean either "oath of God" or "God is satisfaction".
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* NiceGuy: Goliath has a noble personality and unlike Demona, he continues to understand that humans treat gargoyles thus because they are afraid of them, and hopes that they will change for the better in the future, that someday, their races will be at peace.
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* PurpleIsPowerful: Goliath is an impressive figure, a tall and powerfully-built gargoyle with lavender skin and dark hair.
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* KnightTemplarParent: [[spoiler:He becomes this temporarily after the Hunters nearly kill Angela.]]
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!!Goliath
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KeithDavid
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[[caption-width-right:350:It is the nature of mankind to fear what they do not understand. Their ways are not our ways.]]
Goliath is the leader of the Manhattan Clan, and the series' protagonist.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Goliath is recognized as the powerhouse of the Manhattan Clan.
* {{Badass}}: Xanatos has even stated that he considers Goliath the greatest warrior alive.
* BadassBaritone: 'Cause it's Creator/KeithDavid, duh.
* BadassInCharge: He's the leader of the Manhattan Clan.
* BeastAndBeauty: With Elisa.
* BigGood: The ''de facto'' leader of the Manhatten Clan.
* CatchPhrase:
** "That is the gargoyle way."
** "What sorcery is this?!"
** "Let's go home."
* CulturedBadass: The library thing. (See GeniusBruiser.)
* DeadpanSnarker: Once in a blue moon.
-->'''Goliath''': Your manipulations have failed, Xanatos. I don't suppose you have a Plan D?
* {{Determinator}}: Goliath ''never'' gives up.
* EvilLaugh: In "Enter Macbeth," he lets out a pretty sinister laugh when he reveals the flaw in Macbeth's fundamentally flawed BatmanGambit.
** In "Double Jeopardy," Hudson (who wasn't around for that scene in "Enter Macbeth") gets a line that's hilarious in context:
-->'''Hudson''': D'ye even know '''how''' to laugh maniacally?
* TheFettered: He is doggedly devoted to the Gargoyle way (protection of those who cannot protect themselves).
* GeniusBruiser: He spends every spare moment in the library reading. He's got a lot to catch up on.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Due to the massacre of (most of) his clan and Demona's treachery.
* TheHero: He's the main good guy.
* HeroicBuild: Goliath's a big dude, that's for sure.
* HeroicResolve: Even after everything he's lost and all that he's suffered, Goliath remains devoted to doing the right thing.
* HeroicSacrifice: According to WordOfGod, this is how Goliath will meet his end. Creator/GregWeisman has, as of this writing, kept all other details to himself.
* HeroicSpirit: Goliath allows ''nothing'' to corrupt his noble spirit.
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* HurtingHero: Above all, Goliath's defining trait is that he goes on being good--setting his castle before his clan, [[TheMenFirst his clan before himself]]. [[BeingGoodSucks And he keeps getting hurt for it]]. The big one-two punch is losing his [[TemporaryLoveInterest true love]] and his entire 10th-century world in the very first episode, yet he goes on to be [[CrapsackWorld repeatedly injured, exiled, betrayed, humiliated and/or robbed]]. The writers didn't sit down at the storyboarding session each week with the comment "How can we mess with the big guy this week?" but you'd never know it from watching the show.
* [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim If You Kill Xanatos, You Will Be Just Like Demona]]: Elisa uses this argument to talk Goliath out of killing Xanatos at the climax of "Awakening, Part 5."
* InterspeciesRomance: With Elisa. It's done with much better timing and respect for the characters than usual. Despite their ''[[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman]]''-style initial meeting, they start out as PlatonicLifePartners. Were it not for certain events [[spoiler:brought about by Demona and Puck]], they may have gone on that way; instead, there was a sudden burst of {{UST}}, leading to a moving BetterAsFriends moment after which they ''remained'' friends due to the considerable obstacles in the way of InterspeciesRomance...for a while.
* KnightTemplar: Under the effects of the Eye of Odin.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Adding to his chiseled good looks and heroic demeanor.
* LargeHam: On a number of occasions, especially when he's angry.
--> '''Goliath''': I've been denied everything...even my '''''REVENGE'''''!
* TheLeader: He replaced Hudson pre-series and led the Manhattan Clan until he left for Avalon. At that point, he put Brooklyn in charge. While he values wisdom, the others follow him because they believe in him.
* LoveHurts: Goliath loved Demona deeply, and her betrayal hurt him just as deeply.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:To Angela. He knew; he just didn't think it was a huge deal because of the gargoyles' cultural attitude towards children, namely that they're the children of the entire community.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: After the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] character Goliath.
* PapaWolf: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wishing you hadn't]].
** KnightTemplarParent: [[spoiler:He becomes this temporarily after the Hunters nearly kill Angela.]]
* {{Pride}}: Amazingly enough, this is probably his greatest flaw. Not the overt kind of arrogance, mind you, but a stubborn assured-ness in his decisions that occasionally overrides common sense. What makes Goliath the hero he is, is his ability to swallow his pride when necessary and admit when he was proven wrong.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Despite his noble personality, Goliath tends to forget that "death solves nothing" if it looks like one of his clan is dead.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Sometimes he can tangle with super-strong robots; other times, a single human can give him trouble.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: From a gargoyle (and [[InterspeciesRomance Elisa]]'s) standpoint; his human form in "The Mirror" reflects this.
* TeamDad: To his clan.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He does not have a problem with killing enemies in the heat of battle, but does when it comes to executing helpless or subdued foes. He can, however, be pushed into disregarding this, notably in the second season finale after he comes to believe [[spoiler:the Hunters killed Angela. But even then, he didn't take too much time to make sure that they were dead after he knocked them out]].
* WarriorPoet: A wise and philosophical gargoyle, as well as an immensely skilled warrior.
* WorkingWithTheEx: For a brief moment in "Hunter's Moon, Part 3," Goliath and Demona team up to escape the Hunters. Doubles as an EnemyMine.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Sure, the city shows an ugly face sometimes, but there is more to it than that. There's beauty here; moms that sing to their kids, the way my mom used to.]]
A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is later considered a part of the clan.
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* ActionGirl: She can hold her own just as well as any of the gargoyles.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Is an honorary member of a gargoyle clan, and has met wizards and spirits but doesn't believe in the [[AncientConspiracy Illuminati]] or common {{urban legends}}. And until she met Puck in "The Mirror," she didn't believe in elves or faeries either. Hudson lampshaded the latter, telling Elisa that the Third Race were "as real as I (a gargoyle) am, if the stories be true."
* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:A very realistic example after Broadway accidentally shoots Elisa, she nearly dies and is literally dead for a few moments when her heart temporarily stops.]]
* BadassNormal: With special emphasis on the {{Badass}}. In "Eye of the Beholder," a [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting feral, transformed Fox]] has Elisa cornered, is holding her up by the shoulder of her jacket, and seems to be about to sink her teeth into her. Elisa's response is to ''smack Fox in the face with a sack of flour''.
* BeastAndBeauty: With Goliath. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "[[HalloweenEpisode Eye of the Beholder]]," where she {{cosplay}}s as [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]].
* ButNotTooForeign: She's half-African American, half-Native American.
* TheCommissionerGordon: Of the "Heroes are obscure and/or feared and their police friend isn't at the top of the police totem pole" variety.
* CoolBigSis: Especially to Broadway.
* CuteMonsterGirl: During her small stint as a gargoyle in "The Mirror." Goliath certainly thought so.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets in a lot of trouble, but usually gets back out without having to wait to be saved. The only distressing situation she can't rescue herself from is [[GravityIsAHarshMistress falling off tall buildings]].
--> '''Elisa''': (''slipping out of her shackles'') You work with handcuffs as much as I do, you pick up a few things.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's very quick-witted.
* FairCop: A very attractive police detective.
* TheFettered: Even though she hates Xanatos, she wouldn't break the law to take him down.
* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: Her response when Brooklyn in "Temptation" and Taurus in "The New Olympians" call her [[YouAreACreditToYourRace a credit to humans]].
* InkSuitActor: Go look up a picture of Salli Richardson. We'll wait.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Goliath.
* IWorkAlone: Initially. She's very resentful at being assigned a partner in Matt, but eventually warms up to him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Owns a cat named Cagney.
* SecondLove: To Goliath.
* SecretKeeper: Deconstructed; keeping the gargoyles a secret puts a severe strain on her relationship with her partner Matt (who hates secrets in general) and her family, both of whom call her on it. Later, she admits that her reasons for doing so were partly selfish, [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting to feel special]] as their only ally.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Her Belle costume proved this in "Eye of the Beholder."
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only lead female character, at least until Angela shows up.
* TeamMom: To the Manhattan Clan.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hot dogs.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Native American ''and'' African-American.
* UltimateJobSecurity: She remains a valued member of the police force, [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?sid=251541&qid=4573 despite the unexplained loss of several guns and her six-month disappearance]]. The last one becomes [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the police decide to use her six-month disappearance as an excuse to have her go undercover into a gang that popped up during her absence.
** WordOfGod is that Cpt. Chavez used to work under Elisa's father and is a friend of the family, so she tends to cut Elisa a bit more slack than normal. Also, Elisa apparently has a pretty solid arrest/conviction record, even before the gargoyles showed and started helping her.
* WrongGenreSavvy: After she confronts Oberon in "Ill Met by Moonlight," she admits that she had been bluffing with her gun and she didn't have any bullets. Then she quips that, fighting the king of the faeries, she would probably need silver bullets anyway. Katharine corrects her; while silver is effective against vampires and weres, faeries are particularly vulnerable to cold iron. This scene is deleted from the reruns, [[ExecutiveMeddling for some reason]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Though given that no one ever comments on it, it is most likely a quirk of the art style representing glossy black hair.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Her efforts to convince Derek that Xanatos is not a good guy boiled down to this.
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[[folder:Brooklyn]]
!!Brooklyn
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JeffBennett
[[quoteright:145:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BrooklynPostTimeDancer_1232.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:145:Long story, some of it even true.]]
Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and [[CharacterDevelopment becomes]] more serious and a skilled tactician.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Maggie (got together with Talon), Angela (got together with Broadway), Delilah (got together with Malibu, ''his own clone'')...the series wasn't kind to his love life.
-->'''Brooklyn''': (''after seeing Delilah with Malibu'') [[LampshadeHanging Oh you have GOT to be kidding me...]]
** WordOfGod says that what he felt for them wasn't love, just physical attraction that he confused for love.
* {{Badass}}: Which earns him his place as Goliath's second-in-command.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With his mate Katana. WordOfGod says that their relationship, especially early on, would be akin to [[{{Cheers}} Sam Malone and Diane Chambers]]. When no one understood what he was talking about, he mentioned [[MuchAdoAboutNothing Benadick and Beatrice]]. [[ViewersAreGeniuses Everyone cracked up]].
* BerserkButton: Mentioning Demona around him.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The stress of leadership is what initially causes him to withdraw from the role in "Kingdom." His CharacterDevelopment for the episode sees him get over this, ending with Brooklyn stepping up as leader in Goliath's absence.
* CharacterDevelopment: Graduates from the youthful gargoyle trio to becoming second-in-command to Goliath.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''[=TimeDancer=]'' arc. He gets a few in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.
* DeadpanSnarker: The worse his love life gets, the more bitter it becomes. To the point where it's really not funny anymore...
* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: [[spoiler:At some point during his time-dancing, Brooklyn loses use of his left eye and starts wearing a patch over it.]]
* FutureBadass: Brooklyn returned from his travels through time older, wiser, and having [[TookALevelInBadass taken a few levels in badass]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: About three or four times.
* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Maggie never returned his affections.
* KnightInSourArmor: Brooklyn gets snarkier and snarkier as time goes on, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't care, and definitely doesn't mean that he stops doing the right thing.
* TheLancer: Compared to Goliath, he is less confident, more hot-blooded, and leans more toward brains than brawn.
* LeeroyJenkins: At first.
* NumberTwo: To Goliath before he was promoted to TheLeader.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to most of the other Blues of his clan.
* SwordAndGun: [[spoiler:After his time-dancing, he carries a [[HeroesPreferSwords longsword]], [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]], and a gun.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Broadway]]
!!Broadway
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/BillFagerbakke
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Broadway_2453.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You made one mistake, Tony. You messed with my partner. And when someone messes with your partner, you're supposed to do something about it.]]
A BigEater who develops a liking for detective movies.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He's very quick and maneuverable for his size.
* {{Badass}}: He's a lot more dangerous than he looks.
* BadassAdorable: You cannot deny that he has many moments of this.
* BaldOfAwesome: No hair, but just as badass as any gargoyle.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's hard to piss him off, but when it ''does'' happen...
* BigEater: His EstablishingCharacterMoment in "Awakening" has him eat ''while fighting''. He even knocks out a Viking with a drumstick.
* BigFun: Broadway loves a good time.
* TheBigGuy: The second largest out of the clan, aside from [[LargeAndInCharge Goliath]].
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Occasionally wears this.
* CulturedBadass: Becomes one through CharacterDevelopment. By the time of the comics, he is a big [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] fan.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Following "Deadly Force," guns are one of the [[BerserkButton few things]] that'll make him mad.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:His future self in Puck's nightmare vision in "[[BadFuture Future Tense]]" has lost both his eyes, leaving the sockets completely empty]].
* GentleGiant: For such a big guy, you'll never find a sweeter soul than Broadway.
* GuileHero: After "Deadly Force," Broadway shifts his hero worship of police from action movies to detective stories, and his attitude follows suit. He's not the smartest of the clan, but he subtly becomes less violent than any of them, excepting perhaps Lexington.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: First with Elisa, and now also with Angela.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: He was initially a big fan of guns (in movies, at least) until he accidentally shot Elisa. It terrified him and led directly to DoesntLikeGuns.
* ImprovisedWeapon: He once used a turkey leg to knock out a soldier in a castle raid early in the series.
* NeverLearnedToRead: He even brags about it at some point. But later, he relishes on reading and becomes a Shakespeare fanboy...[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming who loves reading to his girlfriend]].
* NiceGuy: This is what actually allows him to win over Angela.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He is the closest to Elisa of all the Manhattan Clan besides Goliath.
* StoutStrength: Heavyset, and very strong.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jalapenos.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Broadway [[UglyCute isn't exactly ugly]], but [[CuteMonsterGirl Angela's hotness]] more than qualifies them for this trope.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lexington]]
!!Lexington
--> '''Voiced by''': Thom Adcox-Hernandez
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lexington_8113.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It's nice to know there are still some heroes left.]]
A gargoyle with a gift for technology.
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* {{Badass}}: Lexington's smarts are a force to be reckoned with.
* BadassAdorable: Especially when he goes full-blown {{Adorkable}}.
* BadassBookworm: Lexington's the technical brains of the clan.
* BaldOfAwesome: Not a hair on his head, and quite awesome.
* BerserkButton: The Pack, due to a huge BrokenPedestal moment.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As the first Coyote found out firsthand.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Concerning baby Alex Xanatos.
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:In Puck's nightmare vision in "Future Tense."]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He's great with Alex, and would do anything to keep him safe.
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:In Puck's nightmare vision in "Future Tense."]]
* GadgeteerGenius: This is a gargoyle who was born in the 10th century and yet learned how to re-assemble a motorcycle and use a computer (along with other gadgets) in the span of a few months.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He turns evil in Puck's nightmare future vision in "Future Tense." This doesn't appear to happen in the show's real timeline, though perhaps as a reflection of this, his clone Brentwood does end up siding with Thailog in the comics.]]
* HeroWorshipper: He initially naively admires the Pack. Once he realizes their real natures, he takes a complete turnaround and spends the most of the series with a special hatred for them.
* InstantExpert: He catches on to 20th-century technology very quickly.
* ItsPersonal: He feels this way towards the Pack and, at several points, has to remind himself that getting revenge on them is still less important than protecting his clan.
* {{Keet}}: As described by his voice actor Thom Adcox-Hernandez.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: The smallest of the Manhattan clan, and also the smartest.
* TheSmartGuy: He developed considerable tech-savvy in a ''very'' short time.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGay.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Angela]]
!!Angela
--> '''Voiced by''': Brigitte Bako
[[quoteright:172:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Angela_8681.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:172:I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live in harmony.]]
Born and raised on Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.
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* ActionGirl: She can handle herself in a fight.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: She was specifically introduced to address the lack of a positive female gargoyle in the main cast.
* AllLovingHeroine: Angela truly believes that gargoyles and humans can co-exist peacefully together.
* BadassAdorable: Cute, sweet, and naïve, but can kick ass with the best of them.
* BareYourMidriff: In the comics.
* BrainyBrunette: She's highly intelligent.
* TheChick: Definitely the most naïve and least worldly of the cast, and also the most confident that humans and gargoyles can co-exist peacefully.
* CuteLittleFangs: Much like her mother's.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Very attractive, especially by gargoyle standards.
* HappilyAdopted: Like the Avalon Clan, she was raised by the Magus, Katharine, and Tom.
* HelloNurse: When you're the only female of their species within a few-thousand-mile radius (who isn't a [[BloodKnight genocidal]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen ex-wife]]...)
* InTheBlood: Goliath's fear for her due to the other half of Angela's parentage.
* MeaningfulName: Just happens to have a [[OppositesThemeNaming karmically opposite name]] to ''Demona''. The Magus, Katharine, and Tom couldn't have known that Macbeth had given Demona her name eighteen years prior.
* MoralityPet: Angela is the only character in the entire series that Demona wholeheartedly cares for; Goliath even lampshades that Demona's love for her only daughter is the ''first'' sign that Demona is capable of redemption.
* ParentalAbandonment: While Goliath did abandon her, he also asked the Magus and Katharine to take care of her and the rest of the "eggs" in his stead. Demona also tacitly agreed to let the Magus and Katharine take care of her by not stopping them from "stealing" her. However, the Magus, Katharine, and Tom turned out to be better parents for her than Goliath or Demona would have been.
* ShesGotLegs: Just like her mother.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She and Broadway. Aaaaawwwww.
* SixthRanger: She joined the Manhattan clan well after the start of the series.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To her mother Demona. Her hair and skin tones match daddy Goliath's spot-on too.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife to Broadway's UglyCute Guy.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: To Goliath at first, and manages to make him proud.
* WideEyedIdealist: The exact opposite of her mother concerning views on humans. See her quote at the top of the section.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hudson]]
!!Hudson
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/EdAsner
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hudson_661.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:But I know something you don't. Something that only comes with age. I know how to wait.]]
Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now he spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: While being much older than the rest and about as heavy-set as Broadway, he's still astoundingly agile.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Before ceding his position to Goliath.
* {{Badass}}: The most experienced gargoyle of the Manhattan Clan.
* BadassBeard: Notable as being the only gargoyle in the main cast to have one.
* BadassGrandpa: He's the oldest of the clan and, while he's not as physically fit as he used to be, he still holds his own.
* BadassInCharge: Until he stepped down in favour of Goliath.
* CoolOldGuy: His age hasn't slowed Hudson down in the badass department.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments.
--> '''Goliath''': Surely you know I'm not in the habit of playing childish pranks and laughing maniacally in the dark.
--> '''Hudson''': Do ye even know ''how'' to laugh maniacally?
* EyeScream: A blast from the Archmage blinded one of his eyes.
* GeniusBruiser: Though well-past his prime, he easily outsmarts Xanatos and Demona when forced to face them alone.
* HandicappedBadass: He can only see through one of his eyes.
* MentorArchetype: He was Goliath's in the backstory. His "name" among Goliath's generation was even "Mentor".
* MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to protect Prince Malcolm from nearly being killed in the past haunts him even in the present.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Like Broadway, but he is greatly embarrassed by this instead. He eventually learns and seems to especially enjoy reading newspapers.
* TheObiWan: Slips into this because his great age also grants him great wisdom.
* RetiredBadass: He used to be TheLeader of the clan, but stepped down in Goliath's favor.
* OldSoldier: He's even addressed as such, particularly in the days before he was given a name. (Demona still tends to call him this.)
* TeamDad: Broadway ''is'' his biological son, too.
%%* WarriorTherapist
* WeaponOfChoice: His trademark sword.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bronx]]
!!Bronx
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/FrankWelker
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bronx_3837.JPG]]
A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: We never get a straight answer on what exactly Bronx is, a non-sentient subspecies of gargoyles or what, but he certainly acts like a dog. WordOfGod says he's a gargoyle beast, a species separate from but closely related to gargoyles. While they superficially resemble dogs, a better analogy for their relation to gargoyles would be the relation between humans and chimpanzees.
* AngryGuardDog: To enemies.
* AscendedExtra: Prior to "Avalon," Bronx tended to have very little face time, an unfortunate side effect of having no wings and no ability to speak. Also, of course, a dog(-like creature) attacking any human is pretty tough to arrange on a family-oriented show without [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offending somebody]]. The World Tour [[TheBusCameBack increased his presence]] quite a bit.
* BigDamnHeroes: Every once in a while.
* BigFriendlyDog: To friends.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episodes "The Hound Of Ulster" and "A Bronx Tale."
* EvilDetectingDog: Zigzagged.
* FriendToAllChildren: He loves Alex, and his kindness towards kids carries over into the ''Goliath Chronicles'' as well as the final issue of the Marvel comics run.
* GentleGiant: For a hulking gargbeast, Bronx is incredibly sweet to his friends.
* HeroicDog: At least, if we're prepared to relax the definition of 'dog.'
* TeamPet: He's basically the clan's pet dog.
* WallCrawl: The only clan member who can't glide, so he claws his way up buildings instead.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Katana]]
!!Katana
[[quoteright:139:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Katana_6644.JPG]]
Only appearing briefly in the comic continuation, she's Brooklyn's mate from [[JidaiGeki Edo Period]] Ishimura.
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%%* ActionGirl
* BelligerentSexualTension: [[WordOfGod Greg]] stated that, in their relationship, there would "be conflict," and then he mentioned [[MuchAdoAboutNothing Benedick and Beatrice]].
* DualWielding: A katana and a wakizashi combo.
* HimeCut: With bonus top knot/pony tail.
* JidaiGeki: From the Edo period, actually.
* MamaBear: Hard to tell from what little we saw of her, but when Angela asked to hold her egg, she seemed at least hesitant.
* PaperFanOfDoom: Some fans are stored on her belt.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue, black-haired gargoyle to Brooklyn's white-haired coloration. [[BelligerentSexualTension Given the nature of their relationship]], it would be logical to assume the metaphor extended to their personalities as well, with Katana being cool and patient to Brooklyn's more hot-headed nature.
* {{Tsundere}}: Could be inferred from WordOfGod's description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[RanmaOneHalf Akane]]...less so.
* TheVoiceless: Only appeared in four or so panels, and not a single line of dialogue.
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Goliath]]
!!Goliath
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KeithDavid
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gargoyles_Goliath_964.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It is the nature of mankind to fear what they do not understand. Their ways are not our ways.]]
Goliath is the leader of the Manhattan Clan, and the series' protagonist.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Goliath is recognized as the powerhouse of the Manhattan Clan.
* {{Badass}}: Xanatos has even stated that he considers Goliath the greatest warrior alive.
* BadassBaritone: 'Cause it's Creator/KeithDavid, duh.
* BadassInCharge: He's the leader of the Manhattan Clan.
* BeastAndBeauty: With Elisa.
* BigGood: The ''de facto'' leader of the Manhatten Clan.
* CatchPhrase:
** "That is the gargoyle way."
** "What sorcery is this?!"
** "Let's go home."
* CulturedBadass: The library thing. (See GeniusBruiser.)
* DeadpanSnarker: Once in a blue moon.
-->'''Goliath''': Your manipulations have failed, Xanatos. I don't suppose you have a Plan D?
* {{Determinator}}: Goliath ''never'' gives up.
* EvilLaugh: In "Enter Macbeth," he lets out a pretty sinister laugh when he reveals the flaw in Macbeth's fundamentally flawed BatmanGambit.
** In "Double Jeopardy," Hudson (who wasn't around for that scene in "Enter Macbeth") gets a line that's hilarious in context:
-->'''Hudson''': D'ye even know '''how''' to laugh maniacally?
* TheFettered: He is doggedly devoted to the Gargoyle way (protection of those who cannot protect themselves).
* GeniusBruiser: He spends every spare moment in the library reading. He's got a lot to catch up on.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Due to the massacre of (most of) his clan and Demona's treachery.
* TheHero: He's the main good guy.
* HeroicBuild: Goliath's a big dude, that's for sure.
* HeroicResolve: Even after everything he's lost and all that he's suffered, Goliath remains devoted to doing the right thing.
* HeroicSacrifice: According to WordOfGod, this is how Goliath will meet his end. Creator/GregWeisman has, as of this writing, kept all other details to himself.
* HeroicSpirit: Goliath allows ''nothing'' to corrupt his noble spirit.
%%** HeroicWillpower
* HurtingHero: Above all, Goliath's defining trait is that he goes on being good--setting his castle before his clan, [[TheMenFirst his clan before himself]]. [[BeingGoodSucks And he keeps getting hurt for it]]. The big one-two punch is losing his [[TemporaryLoveInterest true love]] and his entire 10th-century world in the very first episode, yet he goes on to be [[CrapsackWorld repeatedly injured, exiled, betrayed, humiliated and/or robbed]]. The writers didn't sit down at the storyboarding session each week with the comment "How can we mess with the big guy this week?" but you'd never know it from watching the show.
* [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim If You Kill Xanatos, You Will Be Just Like Demona]]: Elisa uses this argument to talk Goliath out of killing Xanatos at the climax of "Awakening, Part 5."
* InterspeciesRomance: With Elisa. It's done with much better timing and respect for the characters than usual. Despite their ''[[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman]]''-style initial meeting, they start out as PlatonicLifePartners. Were it not for certain events [[spoiler:brought about by Demona and Puck]], they may have gone on that way; instead, there was a sudden burst of {{UST}}, leading to a moving BetterAsFriends moment after which they ''remained'' friends due to the considerable obstacles in the way of InterspeciesRomance...for a while.
* KnightTemplar: Under the effects of the Eye of Odin.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Adding to his chiseled good looks and heroic demeanor.
* LargeHam: On a number of occasions, especially when he's angry.
--> '''Goliath''': I've been denied everything...even my '''''REVENGE'''''!
* TheLeader: He replaced Hudson pre-series and led the Manhattan Clan until he left for Avalon. At that point, he put Brooklyn in charge. While he values wisdom, the others follow him because they believe in him.
* LoveHurts: Goliath loved Demona deeply, and her betrayal hurt him just as deeply.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:To Angela. He knew; he just didn't think it was a huge deal because of the gargoyles' cultural attitude towards children, namely that they're the children of the entire community.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: After the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] character Goliath.
* PapaWolf: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge wishing you hadn't]].
** KnightTemplarParent: [[spoiler:He becomes this temporarily after the Hunters nearly kill Angela.]]
* {{Pride}}: Amazingly enough, this is probably his greatest flaw. Not the overt kind of arrogance, mind you, but a stubborn assured-ness in his decisions that occasionally overrides common sense. What makes Goliath the hero he is, is his ability to swallow his pride when necessary and admit when he was proven wrong.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Despite his noble personality, Goliath tends to forget that "death solves nothing" if it looks like one of his clan is dead.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Sometimes he can tangle with super-strong robots; other times, a single human can give him trouble.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: From a gargoyle (and [[InterspeciesRomance Elisa]]'s) standpoint; his human form in "The Mirror" reflects this.
* TeamDad: To his clan.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He does not have a problem with killing enemies in the heat of battle, but does when it comes to executing helpless or subdued foes. He can, however, be pushed into disregarding this, notably in the second season finale after he comes to believe [[spoiler:the Hunters killed Angela. But even then, he didn't take too much time to make sure that they were dead after he knocked them out]].
* WarriorPoet: A wise and philosophical gargoyle, as well as an immensely skilled warrior.
* WorkingWithTheEx: For a brief moment in "Hunter's Moon, Part 3," Goliath and Demona team up to escape the Hunters. Doubles as an EnemyMine.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Elisa Maza]]
!!Elisa Maza
-->'''Voiced by''': Salli Richardson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gargoyles_Elisa_5873.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Sure, the city shows an ugly face sometimes, but there is more to it than that. There's beauty here; moms that sing to their kids, the way my mom used to.]]
A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is later considered a part of the clan.
----
* ActionGirl: She can hold her own just as well as any of the gargoyles.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Is an honorary member of a gargoyle clan, and has met wizards and spirits but doesn't believe in the [[AncientConspiracy Illuminati]] or common {{urban legends}}. And until she met Puck in "The Mirror," she didn't believe in elves or faeries either. Hudson lampshaded the latter, telling Elisa that the Third Race were "as real as I (a gargoyle) am, if the stories be true."
* BackFromTheDead / NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:A very realistic example after Broadway accidentally shoots Elisa, she nearly dies and is literally dead for a few moments when her heart temporarily stops.]]
* BadassNormal: With special emphasis on the {{Badass}}. In "Eye of the Beholder," a [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting feral, transformed Fox]] has Elisa cornered, is holding her up by the shoulder of her jacket, and seems to be about to sink her teeth into her. Elisa's response is to ''smack Fox in the face with a sack of flour''.
* BeastAndBeauty: With Goliath. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "[[HalloweenEpisode Eye of the Beholder]]," where she {{cosplay}}s as [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]].
* ButNotTooForeign: She's half-African American, half-Native American.
* TheCommissionerGordon: Of the "Heroes are obscure and/or feared and their police friend isn't at the top of the police totem pole" variety.
* CoolBigSis: Especially to Broadway.
* CuteMonsterGirl: During her small stint as a gargoyle in "The Mirror." Goliath certainly thought so.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets in a lot of trouble, but usually gets back out without having to wait to be saved. The only distressing situation she can't rescue herself from is [[GravityIsAHarshMistress falling off tall buildings]].
--> '''Elisa''': (''slipping out of her shackles'') You work with handcuffs as much as I do, you pick up a few things.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's very quick-witted.
* FairCop: A very attractive police detective.
* TheFettered: Even though she hates Xanatos, she wouldn't break the law to take him down.
* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: Her response when Brooklyn in "Temptation" and Taurus in "The New Olympians" call her [[YouAreACreditToYourRace a credit to humans]].
* InkSuitActor: Go look up a picture of Salli Richardson. We'll wait.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Goliath.
* IWorkAlone: Initially. She's very resentful at being assigned a partner in Matt, but eventually warms up to him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Owns a cat named Cagney.
* SecondLove: To Goliath.
* SecretKeeper: Deconstructed; keeping the gargoyles a secret puts a severe strain on her relationship with her partner Matt (who hates secrets in general) and her family, both of whom call her on it. Later, she admits that her reasons for doing so were partly selfish, [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting to feel special]] as their only ally.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Her Belle costume proved this in "Eye of the Beholder."
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only lead female character, at least until Angela shows up.
* TeamMom: To the Manhattan Clan.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hot dogs.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Native American ''and'' African-American.
* UltimateJobSecurity: She remains a valued member of the police force, [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?sid=251541&qid=4573 despite the unexplained loss of several guns and her six-month disappearance]]. The last one becomes [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the police decide to use her six-month disappearance as an excuse to have her go undercover into a gang that popped up during her absence.
** WordOfGod is that Cpt. Chavez used to work under Elisa's father and is a friend of the family, so she tends to cut Elisa a bit more slack than normal. Also, Elisa apparently has a pretty solid arrest/conviction record, even before the gargoyles showed and started helping her.
* WrongGenreSavvy: After she confronts Oberon in "Ill Met by Moonlight," she admits that she had been bluffing with her gun and she didn't have any bullets. Then she quips that, fighting the king of the faeries, she would probably need silver bullets anyway. Katharine corrects her; while silver is effective against vampires and weres, faeries are particularly vulnerable to cold iron. This scene is deleted from the reruns, [[ExecutiveMeddling for some reason]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Though given that no one ever comments on it, it is most likely a quirk of the art style representing glossy black hair.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Her efforts to convince Derek that Xanatos is not a good guy boiled down to this.
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[[folder:Brooklyn]]
!!Brooklyn
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JeffBennett
[[quoteright:145:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BrooklynPostTimeDancer_1232.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:145:Long story, some of it even true.]]
Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and [[CharacterDevelopment becomes]] more serious and a skilled tactician.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Maggie (got together with Talon), Angela (got together with Broadway), Delilah (got together with Malibu, ''his own clone'')...the series wasn't kind to his love life.
-->'''Brooklyn''': (''after seeing Delilah with Malibu'') [[LampshadeHanging Oh you have GOT to be kidding me...]]
** WordOfGod says that what he felt for them wasn't love, just physical attraction that he confused for love.
* {{Badass}}: Which earns him his place as Goliath's second-in-command.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With his mate Katana. WordOfGod says that their relationship, especially early on, would be akin to [[{{Cheers}} Sam Malone and Diane Chambers]]. When no one understood what he was talking about, he mentioned [[MuchAdoAboutNothing Benadick and Beatrice]]. [[ViewersAreGeniuses Everyone cracked up]].
* BerserkButton: Mentioning Demona around him.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The stress of leadership is what initially causes him to withdraw from the role in "Kingdom." His CharacterDevelopment for the episode sees him get over this, ending with Brooklyn stepping up as leader in Goliath's absence.
* CharacterDevelopment: Graduates from the youthful gargoyle trio to becoming second-in-command to Goliath.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''[=TimeDancer=]'' arc. He gets a few in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.
* DeadpanSnarker: The worse his love life gets, the more bitter it becomes. To the point where it's really not funny anymore...
* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: [[spoiler:At some point during his time-dancing, Brooklyn loses use of his left eye and starts wearing a patch over it.]]
* FutureBadass: Brooklyn returned from his travels through time older, wiser, and having [[TookALevelInBadass taken a few levels in badass]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: About three or four times.
* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Maggie never returned his affections.
* KnightInSourArmor: Brooklyn gets snarkier and snarkier as time goes on, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't care, and definitely doesn't mean that he stops doing the right thing.
* TheLancer: Compared to Goliath, he is less confident, more hot-blooded, and leans more toward brains than brawn.
* LeeroyJenkins: At first.
* NumberTwo: To Goliath before he was promoted to TheLeader.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to most of the other Blues of his clan.
* SwordAndGun: [[spoiler:After his time-dancing, he carries a [[HeroesPreferSwords longsword]], [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]], and a gun.]]
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[[folder:Broadway]]
!!Broadway
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/BillFagerbakke
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Broadway_2453.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You made one mistake, Tony. You messed with my partner. And when someone messes with your partner, you're supposed to do something about it.]]
A BigEater who develops a liking for detective movies.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He's very quick and maneuverable for his size.
* {{Badass}}: He's a lot more dangerous than he looks.
* BadassAdorable: You cannot deny that he has many moments of this.
* BaldOfAwesome: No hair, but just as badass as any gargoyle.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's hard to piss him off, but when it ''does'' happen...
* BigEater: His EstablishingCharacterMoment in "Awakening" has him eat ''while fighting''. He even knocks out a Viking with a drumstick.
* BigFun: Broadway loves a good time.
* TheBigGuy: The second largest out of the clan, aside from [[LargeAndInCharge Goliath]].
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Occasionally wears this.
* CulturedBadass: Becomes one through CharacterDevelopment. By the time of the comics, he is a big [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] fan.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Following "Deadly Force," guns are one of the [[BerserkButton few things]] that'll make him mad.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:His future self in Puck's nightmare vision in "[[BadFuture Future Tense]]" has lost both his eyes, leaving the sockets completely empty]].
* GentleGiant: For such a big guy, you'll never find a sweeter soul than Broadway.
* GuileHero: After "Deadly Force," Broadway shifts his hero worship of police from action movies to detective stories, and his attitude follows suit. He's not the smartest of the clan, but he subtly becomes less violent than any of them, excepting perhaps Lexington.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: First with Elisa, and now also with Angela.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: He was initially a big fan of guns (in movies, at least) until he accidentally shot Elisa. It terrified him and led directly to DoesntLikeGuns.
* ImprovisedWeapon: He once used a turkey leg to knock out a soldier in a castle raid early in the series.
* NeverLearnedToRead: He even brags about it at some point. But later, he relishes on reading and becomes a Shakespeare fanboy...[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming who loves reading to his girlfriend]].
* NiceGuy: This is what actually allows him to win over Angela.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He is the closest to Elisa of all the Manhattan Clan besides Goliath.
* StoutStrength: Heavyset, and very strong.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jalapenos.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Broadway [[UglyCute isn't exactly ugly]], but [[CuteMonsterGirl Angela's hotness]] more than qualifies them for this trope.
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[[folder:Lexington]]
!!Lexington
--> '''Voiced by''': Thom Adcox-Hernandez
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lexington_8113.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It's nice to know there are still some heroes left.]]
A gargoyle with a gift for technology.
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* {{Badass}}: Lexington's smarts are a force to be reckoned with.
* BadassAdorable: Especially when he goes full-blown {{Adorkable}}.
* BadassBookworm: Lexington's the technical brains of the clan.
* BaldOfAwesome: Not a hair on his head, and quite awesome.
* BerserkButton: The Pack, due to a huge BrokenPedestal moment.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As the first Coyote found out firsthand.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Concerning baby Alex Xanatos.
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:In Puck's nightmare vision in "Future Tense."]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He's great with Alex, and would do anything to keep him safe.
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:In Puck's nightmare vision in "Future Tense."]]
* GadgeteerGenius: This is a gargoyle who was born in the 10th century and yet learned how to re-assemble a motorcycle and use a computer (along with other gadgets) in the span of a few months.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He turns evil in Puck's nightmare future vision in "Future Tense." This doesn't appear to happen in the show's real timeline, though perhaps as a reflection of this, his clone Brentwood does end up siding with Thailog in the comics.]]
* HeroWorshipper: He initially naively admires the Pack. Once he realizes their real natures, he takes a complete turnaround and spends the most of the series with a special hatred for them.
* InstantExpert: He catches on to 20th-century technology very quickly.
* ItsPersonal: He feels this way towards the Pack and, at several points, has to remind himself that getting revenge on them is still less important than protecting his clan.
* {{Keet}}: As described by his voice actor Thom Adcox-Hernandez.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: The smallest of the Manhattan clan, and also the smartest.
* TheSmartGuy: He developed considerable tech-savvy in a ''very'' short time.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGay.]]
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[[folder:Angela]]
!!Angela
--> '''Voiced by''': Brigitte Bako
[[quoteright:172:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Angela_8681.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:172:I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live in harmony.]]
Born and raised on Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.
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* ActionGirl: She can handle herself in a fight.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: She was specifically introduced to address the lack of a positive female gargoyle in the main cast.
* AllLovingHeroine: Angela truly believes that gargoyles and humans can co-exist peacefully together.
* BadassAdorable: Cute, sweet, and naïve, but can kick ass with the best of them.
* BareYourMidriff: In the comics.
* BrainyBrunette: She's highly intelligent.
* TheChick: Definitely the most naïve and least worldly of the cast, and also the most confident that humans and gargoyles can co-exist peacefully.
* CuteLittleFangs: Much like her mother's.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Very attractive, especially by gargoyle standards.
* HappilyAdopted: Like the Avalon Clan, she was raised by the Magus, Katharine, and Tom.
* HelloNurse: When you're the only female of their species within a few-thousand-mile radius (who isn't a [[BloodKnight genocidal]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen ex-wife]]...)
* InTheBlood: Goliath's fear for her due to the other half of Angela's parentage.
* MeaningfulName: Just happens to have a [[OppositesThemeNaming karmically opposite name]] to ''Demona''. The Magus, Katharine, and Tom couldn't have known that Macbeth had given Demona her name eighteen years prior.
* MoralityPet: Angela is the only character in the entire series that Demona wholeheartedly cares for; Goliath even lampshades that Demona's love for her only daughter is the ''first'' sign that Demona is capable of redemption.
* ParentalAbandonment: While Goliath did abandon her, he also asked the Magus and Katharine to take care of her and the rest of the "eggs" in his stead. Demona also tacitly agreed to let the Magus and Katharine take care of her by not stopping them from "stealing" her. However, the Magus, Katharine, and Tom turned out to be better parents for her than Goliath or Demona would have been.
* ShesGotLegs: Just like her mother.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She and Broadway. Aaaaawwwww.
* SixthRanger: She joined the Manhattan clan well after the start of the series.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To her mother Demona. Her hair and skin tones match daddy Goliath's spot-on too.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife to Broadway's UglyCute Guy.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: To Goliath at first, and manages to make him proud.
* WideEyedIdealist: The exact opposite of her mother concerning views on humans. See her quote at the top of the section.
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[[folder:Hudson]]
!!Hudson
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/EdAsner
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hudson_661.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:But I know something you don't. Something that only comes with age. I know how to wait.]]
Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now he spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: While being much older than the rest and about as heavy-set as Broadway, he's still astoundingly agile.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Before ceding his position to Goliath.
* {{Badass}}: The most experienced gargoyle of the Manhattan Clan.
* BadassBeard: Notable as being the only gargoyle in the main cast to have one.
* BadassGrandpa: He's the oldest of the clan and, while he's not as physically fit as he used to be, he still holds his own.
* BadassInCharge: Until he stepped down in favour of Goliath.
* CoolOldGuy: His age hasn't slowed Hudson down in the badass department.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments.
--> '''Goliath''': Surely you know I'm not in the habit of playing childish pranks and laughing maniacally in the dark.
--> '''Hudson''': Do ye even know ''how'' to laugh maniacally?
* EyeScream: A blast from the Archmage blinded one of his eyes.
* GeniusBruiser: Though well-past his prime, he easily outsmarts Xanatos and Demona when forced to face them alone.
* HandicappedBadass: He can only see through one of his eyes.
* MentorArchetype: He was Goliath's in the backstory. His "name" among Goliath's generation was even "Mentor".
* MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to protect Prince Malcolm from nearly being killed in the past haunts him even in the present.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Like Broadway, but he is greatly embarrassed by this instead. He eventually learns and seems to especially enjoy reading newspapers.
* TheObiWan: Slips into this because his great age also grants him great wisdom.
* RetiredBadass: He used to be TheLeader of the clan, but stepped down in Goliath's favor.
* OldSoldier: He's even addressed as such, particularly in the days before he was given a name. (Demona still tends to call him this.)
* TeamDad: Broadway ''is'' his biological son, too.
%%* WarriorTherapist
* WeaponOfChoice: His trademark sword.
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[[folder:Bronx]]
!!Bronx
--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/FrankWelker
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bronx_3837.JPG]]
A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: We never get a straight answer on what exactly Bronx is, a non-sentient subspecies of gargoyles or what, but he certainly acts like a dog. WordOfGod says he's a gargoyle beast, a species separate from but closely related to gargoyles. While they superficially resemble dogs, a better analogy for their relation to gargoyles would be the relation between humans and chimpanzees.
* AngryGuardDog: To enemies.
* AscendedExtra: Prior to "Avalon," Bronx tended to have very little face time, an unfortunate side effect of having no wings and no ability to speak. Also, of course, a dog(-like creature) attacking any human is pretty tough to arrange on a family-oriented show without [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar offending somebody]]. The World Tour [[TheBusCameBack increased his presence]] quite a bit.
* BigDamnHeroes: Every once in a while.
* BigFriendlyDog: To friends.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episodes "The Hound Of Ulster" and "A Bronx Tale."
* EvilDetectingDog: Zigzagged.
* FriendToAllChildren: He loves Alex, and his kindness towards kids carries over into the ''Goliath Chronicles'' as well as the final issue of the Marvel comics run.
* GentleGiant: For a hulking gargbeast, Bronx is incredibly sweet to his friends.
* HeroicDog: At least, if we're prepared to relax the definition of 'dog.'
* TeamPet: He's basically the clan's pet dog.
* WallCrawl: The only clan member who can't glide, so he claws his way up buildings instead.
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[[folder:Katana]]
!!Katana
[[quoteright:139:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Katana_6644.JPG]]
Only appearing briefly in the comic continuation, she's Brooklyn's mate from [[JidaiGeki Edo Period]] Ishimura.
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%%* ActionGirl
* BelligerentSexualTension: [[WordOfGod Greg]] stated that, in their relationship, there would "be conflict," and then he mentioned [[MuchAdoAboutNothing Benedick and Beatrice]].
* DualWielding: A katana and a wakizashi combo.
* HimeCut: With bonus top knot/pony tail.
* JidaiGeki: From the Edo period, actually.
* MamaBear: Hard to tell from what little we saw of her, but when Angela asked to hold her egg, she seemed at least hesitant.
* PaperFanOfDoom: Some fans are stored on her belt.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue, black-haired gargoyle to Brooklyn's white-haired coloration. [[BelligerentSexualTension Given the nature of their relationship]], it would be logical to assume the metaphor extended to their personalities as well, with Katana being cool and patient to Brooklyn's more hot-headed nature.
* {{Tsundere}}: Could be inferred from WordOfGod's description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[RanmaOneHalf Akane]]...less so.
* TheVoiceless: Only appeared in four or so panels, and not a single line of dialogue.
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