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-> (referring to Demona) "She wanted me to destroy humanity. [[SuddenlyShouting I THINK I'LL START WITH YOU!!!"]]
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** Adding hearbreak, after waking up Goliath is rejoined to be reunited with his love Demona. Soon he realized she's become darker. And worst of all, both she and the Captain allowed the Vikings to take over the castle, all out of hatred for humans which she, as a gargoyle, is sworn to protect.

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** Adding hearbreak, heartbreak, after waking up Goliath is rejoined rejoiced to be reunited with his love Demona. Soon he realized noticed how much darker she's become darker. become. And worst of all, both she and the Captain allowed the Vikings to take over attack the castle, all out of hatred for humans which she, as a gargoyle, is sworn to protect.



** To Demona.
** Not Goliath, but the Captain's betrayal and his remaining clan being "permanently" turned to stone out of misplaced anger caused him to no longer trust humans. He thought he could trust Xanatos until Elisa tells him he was just using him.
-->'''Elisa:''' Goliath, I know haven't known each other very long, and I know you don't have any good reason to trust humans. But you've got to trust ''somebody'' in this world. And I think you'd be better off with me than with Xanatos.

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** To Demona.
Demona. Which caused the entire situation.
** Not to Goliath, but the Captain's betrayal and his remaining clan being "permanently" turned to stone out of misplaced anger caused him to no longer trust be distrustful of humans. He thought he could trust gained an ally in Xanatos until Elisa tells him he was just using him.
the gargoyles.
-->'''Elisa:''' Goliath, I know we haven't known each other very long, and I know you don't have any good reason to trust humans. But you've got to trust ''somebody'' in this world. And I think you'd be better off with me than with Xanatos.
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* FiveEpisodePilot: The whole story arc serves as a pilot to the series and consists of five episodes.


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* LandSeaSky: The three disks are kept in an underground base (land), on a tiny island in the bay (sea) and in an air fortress (sky).
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* AnimationBump: Compared to the rest of the series. Within the five-parter itself, the second part has much more fluid and bouncy animation akin to one of Disney's films.

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* AnimationBump: Compared to the rest of the series. Within the five-parter itself, the second part has much more fluid and bouncy animation akin to one of Disney's films.films during its first half.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Before falling to his death, the Captain told Goliath he should have taken the other gargoyles with him when he and Demona suggested.
-->'''Captain:''' If only you'd listen!\\
'''Goliath:''' TRAITOR!



* IWarnedYou: Before falling to his death, the Captain told Goliath he should have taken the other gargoyles with him when he and Demona suggested.
-->'''Captain:''' If only you'd listen!\\
'''Goliath:''' TRAITOR!
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** Adding hearbreak, after waking up Goliath is rejoined to be reunited with his love Demona. Soon he realized she's become darker. And worst of all, both she and the Captain allowed the Vikings to take over the castle, all out of hatred for humans which she, as a gargoyle, is sworn to protect.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Magus casts a spell to turn the clan to stone. The counterspell...happened to be on a page that was ripped out and burned. Either the Viking Captain happened to tear out the counterspell section, or the Magus picked the first spell before the pages that were burned away...

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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Magus casts a spell to turn the clan to stone. The counterspell...happened to be on a page that was ripped out and burned. Either the Viking Captain Hakon happened to tear out the counterspell section, or the Magus picked the first spell before the pages that were burned away...

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'''Captain:''' Why, you lying scum!

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'''Captain:''' Why, you lying scum!scum! [[BackstabBackfire (wrestles Hakon off the cliff)]]


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* FromBadToWorse: With the exception of the initial defeat of Hakon and his Vikings, the entire flashback is this for the gargoyles, and particularly for Goliath: First the Scots whom the gargoyles defended gave them no respect whatsoever. Then the Captain (the one adult human who did respect the gargoyles) had the ''brilliant'' idea of teaching the other humans a lesson by letting the Vikings take over the castle while the gargoyles couldn't protect them (resulting in the Wyvern Massacre). Then, before Goliath could take his revenge on Hakon and the Captain, they killed each other and [[RockBottom denied Goliath his revenge]]. ''Then'' Goliath found out that the Magus had cursed the rest of the survivors to sleep forever. '''Then''' he found out that the only spell that could undo the curse had been ripped out of the Magus' spellbook and burned, and there was nothing left for Goliath to do but ask the princess to TakeCareOfTheKids, and the Magus to cast his spell one more time...
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* AnalogyBackfire: The elderly gargoyle compares the clan's [[NoNeedForNames lack of names]] to rivers. The revelation that ''humans name rivers'' causes him to give up the analogy and take the nearby river's name (Hudson) for himself.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In-Universe: Demona, for Goliath.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In-Universe: Demona, for Goliath.Goliath noticed Demona is more cold-blooded while inside Fortress-1.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When Goliath threatened to drop Xanatos, he tells him they'd all still be stone if it weren't for him.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: When Goliath threatened to drop Xanatos, he tells him they'd the gargoyles would all still be stone if it weren't for him.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: When Goliath threatened to drop Xanatos, he tells him if it weren't for him he'd still be stone.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: When Goliath threatened to drop Xanatos, he tells him they'd all still be stone if it weren't for him he'd still be stone.him.



** Not Goliath, but his betrayal of the Captain and his remaining clan being permanently turned to stone out of misplaced anger caused him to never trust humans again. He thought he could trust Xanatos until Elisa tells him he was just using him.

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** Not Goliath, but his the Captain's betrayal of the Captain and his remaining clan being permanently "permanently" turned to stone out of misplaced anger caused him to never no longer trust humans again.humans. He thought he could trust Xanatos until Elisa tells him he was just using him.



* ManlyTears: Goliath, when Demona use their love for each other to sway him to her side.

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-->'''Captain:''' If only you'd listen!\\
'''Goliath:''' TRAITOR!
* ManlyTears: Goliath, when Demona tried to use their past love for each other to sway him to her side.



* UnwittingPawn: The Gargoyles for Xanatos and Demona.

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* UnwittingPawn: The Gargoyles Gargoyles, for Xanatos and Demona.

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* HumansAreBastards:
** To Demona.
** Not Goliath, but his betrayal of the Captain and his remaining clan being permanently turned to stone out of misplaced anger caused him to never trust humans again. He thought he could trust Xanatos until Elisa tells him he was just using him.
-->'''Elisa:''' Goliath, I know haven't known each other very long, and I know you don't have any good reason to trust humans. But you've got to trust ''somebody'' in this world. And I think you'd be better off with me than with Xanatos.



* ManlyTears: Goliath, when Demona use their love for each other to convince him to be together with her to get rid of the humans.

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* ManlyTears: Goliath, when Demona use their love for each other to convince sway him to be together with her to get rid of the humans.side.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: When Goliath threatened to drop Xanatos, he tells him if it weren't for him he'd still be stone.


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* ManlyTears: Goliath, when Demona use their love for each other to convince him to be together with her to get rid of the humans.

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* '''Characters''': Xanatos, the Manhattan Clan

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* '''Characters''': Xanatos, the Manhattan ClanClan, Demona, the Captain, Princess Katharine, the Magus, Hakon, Tom, Mary


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The Captain, Princess Katharine, and the Magus next appear in [[Recap/GargoylesS1LongWayToMorning Long Way to Morning]]. Hakon next appears in [[Recap/GargoylesS2ShadowsOfThePast Shadows of the Past]]. Tom and Mary next appear in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Avalon Avalon]].

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* FalseFlagOperation: Xanatos' scheme in "Awakening" involved the "impersonate the enemy and attack yourself" variation of this trope.

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* FalseFlagOperation: Xanatos' scheme in "Awakening" involved the "impersonate the enemy and attack yourself" variation of this trope.



* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Elisa was first introduced to the Gargoyles while investigating a case of vandalism.



* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Played with. While anyone the Gargoyles do a swooping save on lives? The two characters who fall off a cliff are VERY dead. (The Captain and Hakon)

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* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Played with. While anyone the Gargoyles do a swooping save on lives? The lives, the two characters who fall off a cliff are VERY dead. (The Captain and Hakon)



* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* RobotMe: The Steel Clan robots are a sort for the Manhattan Clan.

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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: The Princess in Part Two, and Demona in Part Four.
* RobotMe: The Steel Clan robots are a sort for the Manhattan Clan.Goliath.



* TranquillizerDart

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* TranquillizerDartTranquillizerDart: The commandos shoot Goliath with one of these while he and Elisa are walking through Central Park.



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Demona fails it, miserably. Ditto the Captain. Goliath's rescue of the Princess probaby counts as a succss.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Demona fails it, miserably. Ditto the Captain. Goliath's rescue of the Princess probaby probably counts as a succss.success.

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* AnswerCut: At the very end of TheTeaser, Elisa asks "What could be strong enough to leave claw marks in solid stone?" The scene then cuts to the title screen, which of course reads "Gargoyles."



* NeverFoundTheBody: Played with. The Captain and Raider are very dead. Demona is not...but Goliath DID find the body. However, as it was reduced to rubble, he misidentified the remains.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Played with. While anyone the Gargoyles do a swooping save on lives? The two characters who fall off a cliff are VERY dead. (The Captain and the Raider)

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Played with. The Captain and Raider Hakon are very dead. Demona is not...but Goliath DID find the body. However, as it was reduced to rubble, he misidentified the remains.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Played with. While anyone the Gargoyles do a swooping save on lives? The two characters who fall off a cliff are VERY dead. (The Captain and the Raider)Hakon)



-->'''Eliza:''' He used you, Goliath. He's been using you for the beginning.

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-->'''Eliza:''' -->'''Elisa:''' He used you, Goliath. He's been using you for the beginning.

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* EveryManHasHisPrice

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* EveryManHasHisPriceEveryManHasHisPrice: Mentioned when Owen brings up the difficulty of finding crews to tear down Castle Wyvern.
--> '''Xanatos:''' Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into Hell.
* FalseFlagOperation: Xanatos' scheme in "Awakening" involved the "impersonate the enemy and attack yourself" variation of this trope.
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* RobotMe: The Steel Clan robots are a sort for the Manhattan Clan.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Goliath wanted to do this to Xanatos via dropping him to his death from more than a hundred stories, but it is averted as Elisa talks Goliath out of doing this and instead allows her to arrest him.



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* ShoutOutShoutOut: Demona's line of "1,000 years of solitude" is a reference to the title of Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Magus casts a spell to turn the clan to stone. The counterspell...happened to be on a page that was ripped out and burned. Either the Viking Captain happened to tear out the counterspell section, or the Magus picked the first spell before the pages that were burned away...
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Demona fails it, miserably. Ditto the Captain. Goliath's rescue of the Princess probaby counts as a succss.

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* NotTheFallThatKillsYou

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* NotTheFallThatKillsYouNeverFoundTheBody: Played with. The Captain and Raider are very dead. Demona is not...but Goliath DID find the body. However, as it was reduced to rubble, he misidentified the remains.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Played with. While anyone the Gargoyles do a swooping save on lives? The two characters who fall off a cliff are VERY dead. (The Captain and the Raider)
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* OffModel: Parts two and three compared to the other parts. The former as explained in the animation bump entry, the latter due to switching over to a [[Creator/TamaProduction different]] [[Creator/JadeAnimation production team]] for the part.

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* OffModel: Parts two and three compared to the other parts. The former as explained in the animation bump entry, the latter due to switching over to a [[Creator/TamaProduction [[Creator/TamaProductions different]] [[Creator/JadeAnimation production team]] for the part.
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* AnimationBump

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* AnimationBumpAnimationBump: Compared to the rest of the series. Within the five-parter itself, the second part has much more fluid and bouncy animation akin to one of Disney's films.



* OffModel

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* OffModelOffModel: Parts two and three compared to the other parts. The former as explained in the animation bump entry, the latter due to switching over to a [[Creator/TamaProduction different]] [[Creator/JadeAnimation production team]] for the part.

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* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe

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* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMeNoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: Between Demona and Goliath.
-->'''Demona:''' The centuries have made you weak, Goliath.\\\
'''Goliath:''' You said the centuries have changed me. They've changed you, too. You've become hard, unforgiving. You're not as I remember you.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: "Goliath, it seems, is too hard to control. Hm. A pity."
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* UnwittingPawn: The Gargoyles for Xanatos and Demona.
-->'''Eliza:''' He used you, Goliath. He's been using you for the beginning.

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* '''Characters''': Xanatos, the Manhattan Clan,
* '''Enemy(ies)''' : Xanatos and the Metal Clan

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* '''Characters''': Xanatos, the Manhattan Clan,
Clan
* '''Enemy(ies)''' : Vikings, Xanatos and the Metal Steel Clan


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* BlameGame: Hakon tries to pin the massacre solely on the Captain of the Guard.
-->'''Hakon:''' He's the one you want! He shattered them!\\
'''Captain:''' Why, you lying scum!


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* IWarnedYou: Before falling to his death, the Captain told Goliath he should have taken the other gargoyles with him when he and Demona suggested.


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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In-Universe: Demona, for Goliath.
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* NottheFallThatKillsYou

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* NottheFallThatKillsYouNotTheFallThatKillsYou



* ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated

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* ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggeratedReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
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* '''Story Arc''': Xanatos
* '''Characters''': Xanatos, the Manhattan Clan,
* '''Enemy(ies)''' : Xanatos and the Metal Clan

Originally released on a VHS Movie Box set (with a Board Game), the episode was broken up into 5 parts for Syndication.

They are
* Part I - the boys are sent to the Rookeries, Viking Attack the Castle
* Part II - The Manhattan Clan is Frozen, while Demona is apparently destroyed.
* Part III - Detective Maza searches the Castle
* Part IV - Demona is revealed to be alive and reunites with the Clan
* Part V - The Clan and Demona attack a facility, causing a break up between The Clan and Demona.
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This Episode contains the following Tropes:
* AnimationBump
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For the Manhattan Clan, Demona, Elisa Maza and Xanatos.
* EveryManHasHisPrice
* NottheFallThatKillsYou
* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe
* OffModel
* ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ShoutOut
* TranquillizerDart
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