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* ''Film/TheProphecy''. Eric Stoltz's Simon, in particular, wears the standard-issue heavy-wool version. Evil angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) wears a lighter coat, though it still fits the trope.

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* ''Film/TheProphecy''. Eric Stoltz's Simon, in particular, wears the standard-issue heavy-wool version. Evil angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) (Creator/ChristopherWalken) wears a lighter coat, though it still fits the trope.



** The sequel, ''Faraway So Close'', focuses on Cassiel and Raphaela, once again in their woolen coats.

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** The sequel, ''Faraway So Close'', ''Film/FarawaySoClose'', focuses on Cassiel and Raphaela, once again in their woolen coats.



* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by Creator/MichaelLonsdale) sports a white trenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.

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* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', ''Film/MyLifeIsHell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by Creator/MichaelLonsdale) sports a white trenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.
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->''There are those that say beneath his coat there are wings.''

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->''There ->''"There are those that say beneath his coat there are wings.''"''
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This trope is one of TheNewestOnesInTheBook; it probably [[TropeMaker originated]] with ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' (1987), although the UrExample is Clarence from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' (1946). Due to overcoat-wearing badass angels in such sources as ''Film/TheProphecy'' and ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', there is often some overlap with [[BadassLongcoat Badass Longcoat]].

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This trope is one of TheNewestOnesInTheBook; it probably [[TropeMaker originated]] with ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' (1987), although the UrExample is Clarence from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' (1946). Due to overcoat-wearing badass angels in such sources as ''Film/TheProphecy'' and ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', there is often some overlap with [[BadassLongcoat Badass Longcoat]].
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** The sequel, ''Faraway So Close'', focuses on Cassiel and Raphaela, once again in their woolen coats.* Angels in the film ''Gabriel'' are depicted wearing various longcoats. Gabriel spends most of the movie in a brown trenchcoat. Fallen angel Sammael highlights his evilness by wearing a black leather trenchcoat.
* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by Creator/MichaelLonsdale) sports a white tenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.

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** The sequel, ''Faraway So Close'', focuses on Cassiel and Raphaela, once again in their woolen coats.coats.
* Angels in the film ''Gabriel'' are depicted wearing various longcoats. Gabriel spends most of the movie in a brown trenchcoat. Fallen angel Sammael highlights his evilness by wearing a black leather trenchcoat.
* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by Creator/MichaelLonsdale) sports a white tenchcoat, trenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.
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* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': Sammael was an angel with an overcoat.

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* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': ''Series/Millennium1996'': Sammael was an angel with an overcoat.
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* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by MichaelLonsdale) sports a white tenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.

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* In the 1991 French comedy film ''My Life Is Hell'', the Archangel Gabriel (played by MichaelLonsdale) Creator/MichaelLonsdale) sports a white tenchcoat, fitting his hardboiled cop persona.

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