History Main / ArchAngelGabriel

* ''Art/{{Annunciation}}'' by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci. It represents Gabriel greeting UsefulNotes/TheVirginMary and interrupting her reading of Literature/TheBible to announce to her that she is destined to give birth to [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} the son of God]].

* An AnalogHorror series related to the Archangel Gabriel is ''WebAnimation/AngelHare'', starring the titular Angel Gabby, which is short for Gabriel. [[spoiler:And this time, Gabriel is [[BenevolentAbomination genuinely benevolent, despite the initial creepiness.]]]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E32APassageForTrumpet A Passage for Trumpet]]", trumpet player Joey Crown (played by Jack Klugman) makes a decision to live or die with the help of a trumpet player who later [[AngelUnaware turns out to be the angel Gabriel]].

* Another AnalogHorror series related to the Archangel Gabriel is ''WebVideo/AngelHare'', starring the titular Angel Gabby, which is short for Gabriel. [[spoiler:And this time, Gabriel is [[BenevolentAbomination genuinely benevolent, despite the initial creepiness.]]]]

* Film/HeavenlyMusic: Gabriel shows up at the end playing his trumpet in the concert.

->''And the angel said to him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news."''

* ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'': Gabriel is the messenger of God whose brutal effectiveness in carrying [[CouncilOfAngels The Council's]] commands made him popular with the other angels, until his defeat by V1. He's also a [[AdaptationalVillainy far cry]] from his benevolent [[Literature/TheDivineComedy poem]] counterpart, upholding the suffering of Hell's sinners to punish them for their sins, and going as far as [[spoiler: [[TheKingslayer murdering King Minos]] and imprisoning his soul for [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished freeing Lust's sinners from their eternal torment]].]]

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Gabriel is portrayed as the only female Seraph and, in the second installment, stands apart from the other Seraphim when their goals diverge from God's. This means, that, unfortunately for her, she has to occasionally play the OnlySaneMan among the Four Archangels. When she doesn't join them in the KnightTemplar and WellIntentionedExtremist camp.
** She generally appears as a Persona of the Empress Arcana in the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series. Except in ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'', where her arcana is Judgment to match Ellen's personal arcana.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': A Shadow resembling Gabriel is one of [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yaldabaoth]]'s heralds. She seems to be a lot more merciful than the other Archangel shadows, unlike the other three, who are all incredibly zealous.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Alluded to in an episode where [=McCoy=] jokes that he'd like to beam down to a planet and say [[GodGuise "Behold, I am the archangel Gabriel!"]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "A Passage for Trumpet", trumpet player Joey Crown (played by Jack Klugman) makes a decision to live or die with the help of a trumpet player who later [[AngelUnaware turns out to be the angel Gabriel]].

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has Archangel Gabriel (called simply [[AC:[[UnconventionalFormatting Power of God]]]] in the English translation of the [[LightNovel LN]]) appear as a result of a FreakyFridayFlip spell causing it to [[HumanityEnsues inhabit a human body]]. Because angels normally don't have free will, becoming human ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation drives it completely insane]]'', and it becomes obsessed with killing the caster of the spell so it can get back to heaven. Its plan to do this involves [[TheNightThatNeverEnds turning day into night]] so it can [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill rearrange the stars in the sky into a giant magic circle that will blast Earth with the spell that destroyed Babylon]]. Priests witnessing these events note that this is [[FridgeHorror even more horrifying than it sounds]], as using God's power to kill people who weren't ordained for it could potentially send the Last Judgement itself OffTheRails. \\

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Gabriel is a woman and she's considered as [[WorldsStrongestMan Heaven's Strongest Woman]] and [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Heaven's Most Beautiful Woman]] ([[InformedAttractiveness which we do not see her face at all]], until really late in the story and she is indeed a knockout). In this series, she's more of TheDitz considering that she didn't know that Issei was targeting her to pull off his [[ClothingDamage Dress Break]] on her (it didn't work as events conspired against Issei).
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': Jibril is one of the Flügels, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent a race of angelic beings]] created as {{Living Weapon}}s. After the war ended, she collects books and knowledge from around the world.

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' has a bonus boss named "Gabriel Celeste", one half of a duo and the lesser male HalfIdenticalTwin of an even stronger Angel BonusBoss named Iseria Queen. The "Celeste" part is to differentiate from a PersonOfMassDestruction named after the angel Gabriel who was the boss of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''.

One of the best-known angels (and one of three to be specifically named), Gabriel is the messenger of God. His most famous act was foretelling the births of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and John the Baptist, though he appeared as early as the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. Because he is explicitly mentioned as the angel who comes to earth to inform the people, in fiction he is often shown interacting with humans, in addition to the higher angels' role as warriors. Many also identify him as the angel of the Last Judgement, and with the Ministering Angel who came to Jesus in Gethsemane. Gabriel, known as Jibril, plays a similar role in UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} (he appears to Muhammad, and the revelations so transmitted are ''Literature/TheQuran'') and the Baha'i Faith. In [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Latter-day Saint]] theology, Gabriel is believed to have led a mortal life as Noah.

* Literature/TheBible is the TropeMaker, making Gabriel OlderThanFeudalism. He is described as "one having the appearance of a man," with a tendency to make people fall down in fright. Usually, he has to reassure them and tell them not to be afraid. In addition to announcing the births of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and John the Baptist in the New Testament, Gabriel first appeared to the prophet Daniel to help interpret his [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalyptic visions]] of the future. Gabriel himself seems to use the tropes about him to make a point while announcing John's birth. Zechariah (the father-to-be, who was an important priest and really should have known better) asks for proof that this message will actually come true. Gabriel's response can be paraphrased as: "I'm Gabriel. You know, that figure who appears in your holy texts? Standing near God and then being sent by Him to explain things to Daniel? Yeah, that was me. God sent me to Earth to give this message to you. I've appeared miraculously in the most holy place on Earth, right in front of your eyes. It's blatantly obvious I'm giving you a message from God. And your reply is to ask for proof? Seriously? Fine then, here's proof that this is real: as of now, you're no longer able to speak. You'll get your voice back once the stuff I was telling about has happened."

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Gabriel is a woman and she's considered as [[WorldsStrongestMan Heaven's Strongest Woman]] and [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Heaven's Most Beautiful Woman]] ([[InformedAttractiveness which we do not see her face at all]], until really late in the story and she is indeed a knockout). In this series, she's more of TheDitz considering that she didn't know that Issei was targeting her to pull off his [[ClothingDamage Dress Break]] on her (it didn't work of course as events conspired against Issei).

* ''Anime/SevenHeavenlyVirtues'': Gabriel is a woman and the Angel of Chastity, despite wearing an extremely revealing outfit. She is constantly lecturing people to stop indecent behavior and even when she gets a human boyfriend, she insists on no sex.

* ''Fanfic/ManchesterLost'': Gabriel appears as a DeadpanSnarker who gets annoyed by pretty much every single thing Michael says or does, and spends his life bemoaning his stupidity. [[spoiler:He's also been in love with him since the beginning of creation.]] He admits this eventually.

* ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'': Gabriel is one of the main characters' grandfather and pretty much surrogate father. He starts as a power-hungry {{Jerkass}}, but softens up in later books and pretty much turns into the BigGood.

* Literature/TheBible, of course, is the TropeMaker, making Gabriel OlderThanFeudalism. He is described as "one having the appearance of a man," with a tendency to make people fall down in fright. Usually, he has to reassure them and tell them not to be afraid. In addition to announcing the births of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and John the Baptist in the New Testament, Gabriel first appeared to the prophet Daniel to help interpret his [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalyptic visions]] of the future. Gabriel himself seems to use the tropes about him to make a point while announcing John's birth. Zechariah (the father-to-be, who was an important priest and really should have known better) asks for proof that this message will actually come true. Gabriel's response can be paraphrased as: "I'm Gabriel. You know, that figure who appears in your holy texts? Standing near God and then being sent by Him to explain things to Daniel? Yeah, that was me. God sent me to Earth to give this message to you. I've appeared miraculously in the most holy place on Earth, right in front of your eyes. It's blatantly obvious I'm giving you a message from God. And your reply is to ask for proof? Seriously? Fine then, here's proof that this is real: as of now, you're no longer able to speak. You'll get your voice back once the stuff I was telling about has happened."

* ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'': Two entirely separate Archangel Gabriels appear. However, they're both officious creeps who'd like to see Satan somehow sent somewhere even ''worse'' than Hell.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'': Gabriel is the biggest douche of the Archangels. [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard His machinations]] resulted in the creation of [[AncientConspiracy the Combine]], every evil conspiracy organization stereotype out there. His douchebaggery resulted in [[ArchangelMichael the archangel]] [[GenderFlip "Michelle"]] leaving Heaven to form the Alliance]]. In the sequel, ''Armageddon'', it turns out he was thoroughly OutGambitted by [[ReligionOfEvil the Church Of Revelations]] (servants of the [[EldritchAbomination Mad God]] [[StockShoutOut Leviathan]]), and that not only was his pet project thoroughly infiltrated and subverted towards ''their'' cause, said pet project's asshattery towards all of humanity in general and the numerous mystical {{Ancient Tradition}}s running around specifically (including several {{false flag operation}}s so [[WeAreStrugglingTogether they'd fight each other]] instead of their true enemies) was as instrumental in the Church's unstoppable takeover of almost half the world early in the war, thereby ensuring that Leviathan's forces are dangerously close to victory--which wouldn't mean just TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, but [[ApocalypseHow the total unmaking of reality]] [[CosmicHorrorStory and its recreation according to Leviathan's utterly alien will]]. Of course, even after this comes to light, Gabriel is still a HolierThanThou {{Jerkass}} KnightTemplar [[NeverMyFault who refuses to admit any fault in this]] and refuses to collaborate with anyone who doesn't worship [[TheFundamentalist (his personal version of)]] God's will (not that he actually knows what that will is, as [[HaveYouSeenMyGod nobody knows where the Creator has been in 20 000 years]]) and recognise him and the angels who side with him as their superiors in all things, further dividing the opposition to the Church of Revelations and marking him as dangerously close to being [[TooDumbToLive Too Haughty To Live]]. By comparison, even TheLegionsOfHell (who pretty much all hate humanity and non-{{Fallen Angel}}s on principle since the Fall) are pretty much on board with their EnemyMine situation with TheAlliance and other factions opposed to Leviathan.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Gabriel is portrayed as the only female Seraph and, in the second installment, stands apart from the other Seraphim when their goals diverge from God's. This means, that, unfortunately for her, she has to occasionally play the OnlySaneMan among the Four Archangels. When she doesn't join them in the KnightTemplar and WellIntentionedExtremist camp, of course.

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' has a bonus boss named "Gabriel Celeste", one half of a duo and the lesser male HalfIdenticalTwin of an even stronger Angel BonusBoss named Iseria Queen. The "Celeste" part is to [[NamesTheSame differentiate]] from a PersonOfMassDestruction named after the angel Gabriel who was the boss of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:Gabriel lets Mary know that VirginPower has its uses.]]-]

* In the new occultism that arose at the turn of the twentieth century, which claims to draw on ancient esoteric texts and traditions, Gabriel is one of the four Angels of the Presence who the Golden Dawn magick group (its most prominent members included Creator/WBYeats and Creator/AleistarCrowley) would summon to guard the Four Cardinal Points. Gabriel's mystic associations are with the North, the Moon, the colour yellow, and the Cabbalistic plane of Yesod.

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'': In ''Orphans of Chaos'', Amelia says that rather than pray to God, she prefers praying to Gabriel, seeing him as the only one mentioned in the major religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam)

** ''Literature/{{Changes}}'': It's implied either he or ArchangelMichael is the one to possesses [[spoiler:Murphy]] as the person lays a verbal smackdown to the [[spoiler:Red Court]] before the mortal does the physical part.
--->''False gods! Pretenders! Usurpers of truth! Destroyers of faith, of families, of lives, of children! For your crimes against [[spoiler:the Mayans,]] against the peoples of the world, now will you answer! Your time has come! Face judgment Almighty!
* ''Elifelet'', a Hebrew poem by by Nathan Alterman, tells of a heroic, self-sacrificing Israeli soldier being killed in battle. Upon the protagonist's death, the angel Gabriel descends to Earth in order to comfort the spirit of the fallen hero and take him to Heaven.

* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' has Gabriel as female as well as one of the seven Beryls (godly spirits of light). She is identified by the humans with the archangel of the same name, present in the game setting's [[CrystalDragonJesus christianism]] and has associated positive feelings such as love, friendship, and peace as well as the arts.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Gabriel, the Ofanite Archangel of Fire, is a MadOracle who lives in a Heavenly volcano. He may have been driven to madness by the persecution of the Archangel Dominic, who believes that Gabriel rewrote the Quran when she was sent to dictate it to Mohammed, or by the strain of sharing a Word with a Demon Prince. These days, Gabriel more frequently appears as a woman. She used to be Heaven's messenger, but has refused this duty since the scandal that surrounded the birth of Islam. She also owns a trumpet whose sound can be heard through all creation and, when certain very specific things happen, she sounds a single blast from it. When the trumpet is blown seven times, Armageddon begins.

* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Gabriel as a [[GenderFlip female]] [[OurAngelsAreDifferent water Primarch]], serving under the supreme primarch Lucifer, who is in this video game universe is the BigGood and the strongest of the primarchs, as his title would imply. She is the water elements CosmicKeystone, being the only thing regulating it in keeping it in balance. She is depicted as being quite clever in "What Makes the Sky Blue", as upon learning that her fellow primarchs save for Lucifer were struck down and had their wings sntached by the events BigBad, she went into hiding as a mortal nurse. After ditching her disguise and confronting the enemy, she allows Michael to destroy her wings so that the enemy, who is also a primarch that can utilize the wings himself, could not gain access to their power. Outside of being clever, she is the kindest and most easy-going of the "main angels". However, she is shown to get serious when the occasion arises and takes her duties as one of the primarchs very seriously.

* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Gabriel as a [[GenderFlip female]] [[OurAngelsAreDifferent water Primarch]], serving under the supreme primarch Lucifer, who is in this video game universe is the BigGood and the strongest of the primarchs, as his title would imply. She is depicted as being quite clever in "What Makes the Sky Blue", as upon learning that her fellow primarchs save for Lucifer were struck down and had their wings sntached by the events BigBad, she went into hiding as a mortal nurse. After ditching her disguise and confronting the enemy, she allows Michael to destroy her wings so that the enemy, who is also a primarch that can utilize the wings himself, could not gain access to their power. Outside of being clever, she is the kindest and most easy-going of the "main angels". However, she is shown to get serious when the occasion arises and takes her duties as one of the primarchs very seriously.

* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Gabriel as the water Primarch, serving under Lucifer due to both him [[BigGood being good]] and due to him being the strongest of the original Primal Beasts. She's much more clever than the other Primarches, as seen in the event What Makes the Sky Blue, where she [[spoiler:stays hidden from the villain the longest, only coming out of hiding when she's confident, has a plan, and has allies to back her up, and devises a successful plan to stop the villain from stealing her power like they did with the other three.]] She's notable in how she refers to the main character, being one of the few to use [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns anata]] for them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'': Gabriel is the messenger of God whose brutal effectiveness in carrying the [[CouncilOfAngels The Council's]] commands made him popular with the other angels, until his defeat by V1. He's also a [[AdaptationalVillainy farcry]] from his benevolent counterpart from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', upholding the suffering of Hell's sinners to punish them for their sins, and going as far as [[spoiler: [[TheKingslayer murdering King Minos]] and imprisoning his soul for [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished freeing Lust's sinners from their torment]].]]

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Gabriel, the Archangel of Fire, is a MadOracle who lives in a Heavenly volcano. He may have been driven to madness by the persecution of the Archangel Dominic, who believes that Gabriel rewrote the Quran when she was sent to dictate it to Mohammed, or by the strain of sharing a Word with a Demon Prince. These days, Gabriel more frequently appears as a woman. She used to be Heaven's messenger, but has refused this duty since the scandal that surrounded the birth of Islam.