History Fridge / Gargoyles

* Imagine if Goliath accepted Renard's offer to return to Manhattan and put an end to the Avalon world tour. With no one to stop him, [[OmnicidalManiac Jackal would have killed everyone on the planet with Anubis' powers]] [[ForTheEvulz just 'cause he could]]. And if by some miracle that didn't happen, the Matrix would have covered the entire planet with [[GreyGoo nanobots]]. In Avalon, Oberon would have killed Katherine, Tom and all the Gargoyles.
** The incident with Matrix is at least implied to have been another of Anastasia's attempts to push Fox into displaying her magical abilities (given she's actually Titania, she likely could have solved the Matrix problem with a snap of her fingers if things had really got out of hand). The other incidents however...

* "Deadly Force" shows Elisa's home, where the only other shown occupant is a cat. This suggests that she doesn't get regular visitors on either side of the law. It would also explain pretty well why she didn't feel much of a need for a gun coffer. Then she gets visited by someone who was alive when firearms didn't exist and had just finished watching a Western movie. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong

* Vinnie's revenge on the face of it is kinda lame: A pie in the face equals the loss of two jobs and a drivers' liscense? But think: A) actually killing Goliath would have been [[DisproportionateRetribution cartoonish supervillainy levels of overkill]], and B) if you can hit someone with a pie, you can hit them with a bullet. Vinnie's revenge was [[IfIWantedYouDead Goliath knowing that if it had been real, he'd be dead]].

* In "City of Stone, Part Two", Duncan informs Macbeth that Gillecomgain is the Hunter, to manipulate Macbeth into going after Gillecomgain. And yet, after Gillecomgain is killed, Duncan decides to take up the Hunter's mask to avenge his death. But why would he want revenge against Macbeth and Demona for Gillecomgain's death, if that was what he sought? And I realized that his goal in that episode was ''not'' to get Gillecomgain killed. Gillecomgain had earlier refused to kill Macbeth because it would lead to questions of who killed Findlaech, and probably lead to his execution and a coup against Duncan. But if Macbeth went to Castle Moray to kill Gillecomgain, Gillecomgain could "legally" kill him in self-defense, and it would not cause people to look further into Findlaech's murder. It would have worked, if it were not for that pesky gargoyle Demona.

* Once you know Owen's secret what he says and the way he says it in a lot of previous episodes takes an amusing new light. For instance when he tells Goliath "You should know I can't tell you." (because he doesn't know, they just think he does) when asked where Hudson and Broadway are in A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time it goes from being an ObstructiveBureaucrat to [[spoiler:a full blown Troll channeling his inner Puck.]] Owen's modus operandi and dialogue is littered with things that take on a new light once you know the full story.

* Let's assume Titania can bend reality, and the world in "For It May Come True" was real, if Goliath was never a gargoyle, then that world would have been destroyed by aliens and super villains sooner or later. Even if most of the rogues gallery don't exist without Goliath, you still have an alien to worry about. It's nice to see Goliath married to Eliza, but their would would be screwed without his abilities and strength.

* Let's assume Titania can bend reality, and the world in "For It May Come True" was real, if Goliath was never a gargoyle, then that world would have been destroyed by aliens and super villains sooner or later. Even if most of the rogues gallery don't exist without Goliath, you still have an alien to worry about.

* In "For It May Come True", if Goliath was never a gargoyle, their world would have been destroyed by aliens and super villains sooner or later. I doubt the gargoyles could handle the upgraded version of the pack without Goliath.

* In "For It May Come True", if Goliath was never a gargoyle, their world would have been destroyed by aliens and super villains sooner or later. Without Goliath to lead the gargoyles in battles, they would be screwed.

* In "Hunter's Moon", after the Hunters attack the clock tower and the gargoyles are blamed, Xanatos and Owen are seen watching the news and discussing the fact that it's obviously not true: the gargoyles would not attack their own clock tower. Which indicates that Xanatos must have known for a while -- maybe the whole time -- where the Gargoyles were hiding out, but prior to this episode he never gave any sort of indication. Which would be both plausible (he's a genius multi-billionaire; surely he could find some gargoyle statues that disappear at night with his resources) and completely in-character for him (at this point, he considers the feud over, but even if he'd learned it before then, he doesn't believe in revenge, and knowing their hideout would possibly give him some leverage if it had ever come to that).

** Thousands of people ''should have'' died in "The Gathering", when Oberon puts the entire city to sleep - including everyone who was driving, flying planes, performing surgery... Imagine ''{{Flash Forward|2009}}'' in a lesser scale.

** Thousands of people ''should have'' died in "The Gathering", when Oberon puts the entire city to sleep - including everyone who was driving, flying planes, performing surgery...

*** Nope. WordOfGod is that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality only Oberon]] would consider calling the offscreen InferredHolocaust "as a midsummer night's dream," because to him all those deaths don't matter any more than a dream.
** Even worse FridgeHorror: Imagine if you were one of the people who didn't see the enchanted broadcasts, so remained flesh when the sun went down. Now, imagine if you're riding in a car at the time, whose ''driver'' did '''not''' miss it. Better hope they aren't accelerating or making a turn when it happens, because you might just have to break their limbs to bits to avoid crashing...
* The episode "City of Stone" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. People all over New York [[TakenForGranite were turned to stone]] by Demona and she gleefully went through town [[LiterallyShatteredLives smashing statues left and right.]] In one case, she only smashed the woman's arms. Even Greg Weisman realized the Fridge Horror and wrote a spooky second person POV story about someone who entered New York City Limits just after the spell was cast. Read it [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/faq.php?s=faq16 here]]. Scroll down to question 14.
* Actually it seems likely that the people she smashed were resurrected when the spell was broken. This is illustrated as Margot Yale and her husband (the couple who consistently have run-ins with the gargoyles) were among the "statues" smashed by Demona except they reappear two episodes later in High Noon.
** On the same page are questions about when Goliath was under a slave spell. Except it's not WAS. He's ''still' under it, just forced to act like he's free. This could be very AndIMustScream if it means what I think it means.
*** That is not how I interpreted that scene. It is more of a FridgeBrilliance moment, than anything. By being told "to act as if you are not under a spell", it triggered a paradox that caused the spell to cancel itself out. How can a spell that allows you to command someone to do anything maintain its existence if the person who is under it is order "to act as if you are not under a spell"? That specific order for the 'slave spell' essentially a LogicBomb.
*** I've always thought that particular order may have unintended consequences. Goliath is order to acts as if he was not under *A* spell. Not "The" spell, but "A" spell. I think this order may have inadvertently made him immune to all forms of magical mind control.
** On the same note, imagine being a mother giving birth when the sun sets. CREEPY.
** And in another Gargoyles episode, Oberon commands all of NYC to "SLEEP!" See the above entries for ''Ocean's Eleven'' et al, or imagine the carnage yourself.
** Imagine ''{{Flash Forward|2009}}'' in a lesser scale.
** Nothing compared to the Episode in Egypt. Jackal unleashes Anubis power to kill all life in a certain radius encompassing at least one town. He is defeated afterwards - but remember, Anubis refuses to bring back the dead on principle!

* Imagine if Goliath accepted Renard's offer to return to Manhattan and put an end to the Avalon world tour. With no one to stop him, [[OmnicidalManiac Jackal would have killed everyone on the planet with Anubis' powers]] [[ForTheEvulz just 'cause he could]]. And if by some miracle that wouldn't happened, the Matrix would have covered the entire planet with [[GreyGoo nanobots]]. In Avalon, Oberon would have killed Katherine, Tom and all the Gargoyles.
** The incident with Matrix is at least implied to have been anouther of Anastasia's attempts to push Fox into displaying her magical abilities (given she's actually Titania she likely could have solved the Matrix problem with a snap of her fingers if things had really got out of hand). The other incidents however...
* Maria Chavez mentioned that Jason, Robyn and Jon have been leaving a trail of violence wherever they go... meaning that they might have successfully tracked some Gargoyles and maybe even slay them.
* Some humans may have also been killed for being in their way or [[GuiltByAssociation for befriending gargoyles]].

** This tropette is more concerned about City of Stone. Fox may have turned, but how could little Alex if he didn't actually see the broadcast himself? At least a werefox's body could supply some nutrients to the developing fetus, but I can't help but wonder if his latent magical abilities were the only thing that kept Alexander alive.

* FridgeHorror [[XMeetsY meets]] NightmareFuel: Demona's actions in "City of Stone". Those people DIED. ONSCREEN. ON A KIDS' SHOW.

* According to Greg Weisman, Gargoyles didn't evolve from mammals or reptiles....but rather from something else. Which isn't horrifying itself, unless you think about how different species looked back then. Look at the evolution of certain creatures and look at how they are now, there are similarities but also some vast differences mostly in size and looks. Modern day humans are different than Neanderthals or other type of early man. Now look at modern gargoyles, they have horns, wings, tails, stand with their legs at strange angles, have claws, fangs etc. So, what did the earliest form of gargoyle look like?

* Thailog is Goliath spelled backwards (If you count 'Th' as one letter using something like þ (thorn) to represent it as would've been done in Old or Middle English, if not it's just an anagram)