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* FauxAffablyEvil: Gabriel in the first two films.

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (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 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 (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. ViggoMortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

In the direct-to-video sequel ''The Prophecy II'' (1998), Gabriel is returned to Earth ([[spoiler:after being taken down to {{Hell}} by Lucifer in the first film]]). This time around, he tries to prevent the birth of a [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]] (the offspring of a human woman and an angel) who is prophesized to finally bring the War in Heaven to an end. The Nephilim in question has been conceived by the angel Danyael (Russel Wong) and hospital nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). Gabriel enlists the aid of a teenage girl named Izzy (BrittanyMurphy), whom he resurrects after she commits suicide. [[spoiler:Everything comes to a head in the dilapidated Garden of Eden when Gabriel kills Danyael in battle, only to be defeated by Valerie and [[BroughtDownToNormal turned human]] by the ArchangelMichael (Eric Roberts)]].

The third film (and the last one to star ChristopherWalken), ''The Prophecy III: The Ascent'' (2000), is set about twenty years after ''The Prophecy II''. Danyael Rosales (Dave Buzzotta), the half-human/half-angel son of Valerie and Danyael conceived in the second film, is preaching to a crowd about how God doesn't exist when he is shot dead by a blind attendee (played by [[ChildsPlay Brad Dourif]]), only to later [[BackFromTheDead come back to life]]. Danyael then learns of his true heritage and his destiny to end to the War in Heaven, and sets out to stop [[BigBad Pyriel]] (Scott Cleverdon), the Angel of Genocide. He is aided in his mission by a reformed Gabriel (now acting as TheObiWan) while being hunted by [[TheDragon Zophael]] (Vincent Spano), an angel who takes Danyael's girlfriend Maggie (Karyn Ann Butler) captive and deceives her into thinking that Danyael [[CameBackWrong came back wrong]].

* AnimalMotifs: Birds in the first film. For example, Gabriel perches on a bench and looks ''exactly'' like a bird in silhouette. Lucifer explodes into birds when departing.

--->'''Gabriel''': (''to Catherine'') I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding ''why''.

* BlackEyesOfEvil

* EvillyAffable: Gabriel in the first two films.

* GodIsGood: The Big Guy really cares about His precious 'monkies'.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** ChristopherWalken is Gabriel.
** Elias Koteas as Thomas.
** Eric Stoltz as Simon.
** [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]'s working for Gabriel.
** [[Film/LordOfTheRings Viggo Mortensen]] as the biggest bad of 'em all, [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
** Eric Roberts as the ArchangelMichael.
** BrittanyMurphy as Izzy in the second film.
** And [[{{Seinfeld}} Kenny Bania]] is Joseph the Coroner.
** Let's not forget [[ChildsPlay Brad Dourif]] as the blind guy who shoots Danyael in the third film.

--->''Genocide--it happens now and then.''

In the direct-to-video sequel ''The Prophecy II'' (1998), Gabriel is returned to Earth ([[spoiler:after being taken down to {{Hell}} by Satan in the first film]]). This time around, he tries to prevent the birth of a [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]] (the offspring of a human woman and an angel) who is prophesized to finally bring the War in Heaven to an end. The Nephilim in question has been conceived by the angel Danyael (Russel Wong) and hospital nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). Gabriel enlists the aid of a teenage girl named Izzy (BrittanyMurphy), whom he resurrects after she commits suicide. [[spoiler:Everything comes to a head in the dilapidated Garden of Eden when Gabriel kills Danyael in battle, only to be defeated by Valerie and [[BroughtDownToNormal turned human]] by the ArchangelMichael (Eric Roberts)]].

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (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 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. ViggoMortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism 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 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. ViggoMortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism 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 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. Viggo Mortensen co-stars as [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

* NightmareFuel:
--->'''Gabriel''': Eternity here in that sagging skin suit, or one more day with me?
--->'''[[BackFromTheDead Rachael]]''': Why?
--->'''Gabriel''': [[FishOutOfWater Can't drive]]. But I can wait. '''''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever Until the stars burn out]]''''', if you don't make up your mind.
** Also, nearly every moment Lucifer is on-screen in the first movie. Viggo was incredibly creepy and chilling in that role.
--->'''Lucifer:''' Little Tommy Daggett. How I loved listening to your sweet prayers every night. And then you'd jump in your bed, so afraid I was under it...''[[ParanoiaFuel and I was]]''!

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism 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 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. Viggo Mortensen co-stars as [[{Satan}} Lucifer]].

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism 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 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her. ViggoMortensen co-stars as {{Satan}}.

The first film, ''The Prophecy'' (released in 1995), tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism 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 KoreanWar veteran, in order to gain an advantage in a war being fought in Heaven. Another angel named 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her.

In the direct-to-video sequel, ''The Prophecy II'' (1998), Gabriel is returned to Earth ([[spoiler:after being taken down to {{Hell}} in the first film]]). This time around, he tries to prevent the birth of a [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]], the offspring of a human woman and an angel, who is prophesized to end the War in Heaven. The Nephilim in question has been conceived by the angel Danyael (Russel Wong) and hospital nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). Gabriel enlists the aid of a teenage girl named Izzy (BrittanyMurphy), whom he resurrects after she commits suicide. [[spoiler:Everything comes to a head in the dilapidated Garden of Eden when Gabriel kills Danyael in battle, only to be defeated by Valerie and [[BroughtDownToNormal turned human]] by the ArchangelMichael (Eric Roberts)]].

The third film (and the last one to star ChristopherWalken), ''The Prophecy III: The Ascent'' (2000), is set about twenty years after ''The Prophecy II''. Danyael Rosales (Dave Buzzotta), the half-human/half-angel son of Valerie and Danyael from the second film, is preaching to a crowd about how God doesn't exist when he is shot dead by a blind attendee (played by [[ChildsPlay Brad Dourif]]), only to later [[BackFromTheDead come back to life]]. Danyael then learns of his true heritage and his destiny to end to the War in Heaven, and sets out to stop [[BigBad Pyriel]], the Angel of Genocide. He is aided in his mission by a reformed Gabriel (now acting as TheObiWan) while being hunted by [[TheDragon Zophael]] (Vincent Spano), an angel who takes Danyael's girlfriend Maggie (Karyn Ann Butler) captive and deceives her into thinking that Danyael [[CameBackWrong came back wrong]].

* BackFromTheDead

--->'''Gabriel''': I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding ''why''.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Gabriel. But [[IGotBetter he gets better]].]]
* CarFu

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: Simon]] in the first film.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Inverted with Lucifer. Viggo Mortensen speaks in a slightly higher pitch than normal and it's very creepy.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: Humans not being able to go to Heaven (because of the war going on among the angels) after they die could count.
** Not to mention Gabriel stopping people from dying to essentially be his unwilling henchmen. All of whom seem to immediately know not only how evil he is but want nothing more than to just die in peace.
*** Well, he makes it clear that they're just "dying slower". Despite their mobility, they're probably still suffering from whatever was killing them in the first place.

** Also, Lucifer's scene with Gabriel, where he ''licks his face'' before [[spoiler: ripping his heart out and eating it]].

** Eric Stoltz as Simon.
** [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]'s working for Gabriel.

* HollywoodApocrypha

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Colonel Hawthorne]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: There's definitely something off about Colonel Hawthorne.
* SmithWillSuffice: When Catherine sees Lucifer, she says "Oh my God," to which he responds "God? God is love. '''I don't love you.'''"

** Eric Stoltz as Simon.

*** He had some other good ones. For example, Jerry committed suicide and, of course, was still a DeathSeeker after Gabriel brought him back. So when [[spoiler:Daggett shoots him a couple of times in the stomach (without any effect), Jerry smiles and says "Thanks man, you're a sport."]]

** Not to mention Gabriel stopping people from dying to esstenially be his unwilling henchmen. All of whom seem to immediatedly know not only how evil he is but want nothing more than to just die in peace.

* NobleDemon: Lucifer. ''Seriously''.
** Not really, seeing that the only reason he helped the protagonists was because he wanted all the tasty little damned souls for himself. Guy even tried to drag them down with him after he was all done.

* PragmaticVillainy: Lucifer is far more calculating here than in his usual ForTheEvulz depictions. Even a little NobleDemon as mentioned above. [[spoiler:He's only doing it to make sure the balance of evil power doesn't shift elsewhere and is completely honest about it.]]

* DyingForYourArt: Virginia Madsen is naturally blonde.

^ CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Final scene of ''The Ascent'', especially Gabriel's off-screen monologue.

''The Prophecy'' (1995) tells the story of the ArchangelGabriel (ChristopherWalken), who's angry that {{God}} loves Humans (or "[[FantasticRacism monkeys]]", as Gabriel calls them) more than angels. Gabriel comes to Earth in search of the evil soul of Colonel Hawthorne, a deceased KoreanWar veteran, in order to gain an advantage in a war being fought in Heaven. Another angel named 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 lost his faith in God years ago, and Catherine (Virginia Madsen), Mary's schoolteacher, to protect Mary before Gabriel gets to her.

In the direct-to-video sequel ''The Prophecy II'' (1998), Gabriel is returned to Earth ([[spoiler:after being taken to {{Hell}} in the first film]]). This time around, he tries to prevent the birth of a [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]], the offspring of a human woman and an angel, who is prophesized to end the War in Heaven. The Nephilim in question has been conceived by the angel Danyael (Russel Wong) and hospital nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). Gabriel enlists the aid of a teenage girl named Izzy (BrittanyMurphy), whom he resurrects after she commits suicide. [[spoiler:Everything comes to a head in the dilapidated Garden of Eden when Gabriel kills Danyael in battle, only to be defeated by Valerie and [[BroughtDownToNormal turned human]] by the ArchangelMichael (Eric Roberts)]].

The third film (and the last one to star Christopher Walken), ''The Prophecy III: The Ascent'' (2000), is set about twenty years after ''The Prophecy II''. Danyael Rosales (Dave Buzzotta), the half-human/half-angel son of Valerie and Danyael from the second film, is preaching to a crowd about how God doesn't exist when he is shot dead by a blind attendee (played by [[ChildsPlay Brad Dourif]]), only to later [[BackFromTheDead come back to life]]. Danyael then learns of his true heritage and his destiny to end to the War in Heaven, and sets out to stop [[BigBad Pyriel]], the Angel of Genocide. He is aided in his mission by a reformed Gabriel (now acting as TheObiWan) while being hunted by [[TheDragon Zophael]] (Vincent Spano), an angel who takes Danyael's girlfriend Maggie (Karyn Ann Butler) captive and deceives her into thinking that Danyael [[CameBackWrong came back wrong]].

* BadassLongcoat: Gabriel, Zophael (and technically every single angel including extras).

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Gabriel]]. But [[IGotBetter he gets better]].

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Zophael's fighting staff]].

*** He had some other good ones. For example, Jerry committed suicide and, of course, was still a DeathSeeker after Gabriel brought him back. So when Daggett shoots him a couple of times in the stomach (without any effect), Jerry smiles and says "Thanks man, you're a sport."

---> Not really, seeing that the only reason he helped the protagonists was because he wanted all the tasty little damned souls for himself. Guy even tried to drag them down with him after he was all done.

* PragmaticVillainy: Lucifer is far more calculating here than in his usual ForTheEvulz depictions. Even a little NobleDemon as mentioned above. [[spoiler:He's only doing it to make sure the balance of evil power doesn't shift elsewhere and is completely honest about it]].

* LargeHam: Gabriel, ''very'' much so.

* {{Narm}}: ChristopherWalken's performance as Gabriel.