History Film / TheProphecy

* DrivenToSuicide: Jerry. Unfortunately, Gabriel postponed it.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Jerry tried but is unable to kill himself due to the archangel Gabriel preventing it, as a means to use him for his advantage. The cheerful comment from one of Gabriel's unwillingly-revived henchmen, to the guy who has just re-killed him: "Thanks, pal, you're a sport!"

-->'''Lucifer:''' Little Tommy Daggett. How I loved listening to your sweet prayers. And then you'd jump in your bed, so afraid I was under there. ''[[NightmareFuel And I was!]]''

* WeCanRuleTogether:
-->'''Gabriel:''' Tommy, you gotta come work for me. Upstairs. I could get you in now. You'll love it! Nobody tells you when to go to bed! You eat all the ice cream you want! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick You get to KILL, all DAY! All NIGHT! Just like an ANGEL!!]]

* FamousLastWords: The cheerful comment from one of Gabriel's unwillingly-revived henchmen, to the guy who has just re-killed him: "Thanks, pal, you're a sport!"

* GoshDangItToHeck: Gabriel in the first film, of all people. "Watch the profanity!"

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Simon.]]

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (Creator/ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves humans (or "[[FantasticRacism talking monkeys]]," as Gabriel likes to call them) more than angels. Gabriel comes to Earth in search of the evil soul of Colonel Hawthorne, a deceased UsefulNotes/KoreanWar veteran, in order to gain an advantage in a war being fought in {{Heaven}}. Another angel, Simon (Creator/EricStoltz), intercepts Hawthorne's soul and hides it in the body of a young Native American girl named Mary (Moriah Shining Dove Snyder). Now it's up to Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas), a police detective who once aspired to be a priest but lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Creator/VirginiaMadsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. Creator/ViggoMortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (Creator/ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves humans (or "[[FantasticRacism talking monkeys]]," as Gabriel likes to call them) more than angels. Gabriel comes to Earth in search of the evil soul of Colonel Hawthorne, a deceased UsefulNotes/KoreanWar veteran, in order to gain an advantage in a war being fought in {{Heaven}}. Another angel, Simon (Eric Stoltz), intercepts Hawthorne's soul and hides it in the body of a young Native American girl named Mary (Moriah Shining Dove Snyder). Now it's up to Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas), a police detective who once aspired to be a priest but lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Creator/VirginiaMadsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. Creator/ViggoMortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Gabriel's war is a temper tantrum against his father for loving humans so much. At one point, Gabriel angrily snarls "Noone hears the Word anymore, ''NO. ONE.''

* INeverToldYouMyName: A RunningGag with Gabriel, leading to him saying, "Well, you ''look'' like an X."

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the second movie:
-->'''Rafayel''': ''(after Gabriel has snapped his spine in half)'' Why couldn't you stay in the basement, Gabriel?
-->'''Gabriel''': This is my war. YOU should have stayed out of it. The friend of my enemy, is my enemy.
-->'''Rafayel''': How many worlds have to burn before you're satisfied?
-->'''Gabriel''': Just one. This one. I'm not greedy.

* LightIsNotGood: Gabriel in the first two films (until his HeelFaceTurn in ''The Ascent''), Pyriel in ''The Ascent''.

-->'''Gabriel:''' You'll love it! Nobody tells you went to go to bed! You eat all the ice cream you want! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick You get to KILL, all DAY! All NIGHT!]]

-->'''Gabriel''': Just one. This one.

-->'''Gabriel''': This is my war. YOU Should of stayed out of it. The friend of my enemy, is my enemy.

-->'''Lucifer:''' Humans... and how I love you talking monkeys for this... know more about war and treachery of the spirit than any angel.
* HumansAreSpecial: A good number of angels are pissed God gave "talking monkeys" a soul.
* HyperactiveMetabolism: In order to fuel their immense strength and regenerative powers, angels and {{Nephilim}} both have to consume massive amounts of sugars, carbohydrates and proteins. This is very prevalent in ''The Ascent''. After coming back from the dead, Danyael ends up scarfing down a bag of a dozen mixed donuts. Zophael, the angel pursuing Danyael, notes that "Spontaneous tissue regeneration tends to do that." He and Gabriel both show an inclination for donuts with sprinkles on them.
--->'''Gabriel''' I'll start off with coffee, fresh brew, sweet and low, no dairy creamer, small grapefruit juice, three eggs, yolks firm not hard, a bacon crisp, hash brown, dry wheat toast with a side portion of your famous blackberry jam.
** The above quote is what Gabriel considers to be an starter meal before he has to go out and help Danyael. Just imagine what else he probably ate afterwards.
** In various apocryphal texts that deal with the{{Nephilim}}, it is stated that they have massive appetites. Nephilim, like Hiwa and Hiya, were said to have consumed huge amounts of meat and other sacrificial foods given to them because their mighty feats of strength and all the people they killed was taxing. It got to the point that the twin Nephilim eventually turned to cannibalism, eating humans, other Nephilim and even angels to fuel their bodies.

** There are multiple religious in-jokes with varying levels of subtlety. When Simon is told that the girl he's about to hid Hawthorne's soul inside is named "Mary," he whispers "Of course." Then you have slightly less-obvious ones like Thomas, the priest who lost his faith being named after the Apostle who didn't believe Jesus had come back to life, or how in Literature/TheBible, Gabriel had the power to make people fall down in shock with his mere presence and also helped the prophet ''Daniel'' with his apocalyptic visions.

* HumansAreBastards: More than any angel.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The movies treat "{{Nephilim}}" as a singular. In reality, it is the plural form of Hebrew ''naphil'' (a fallen one/giant).