History Series / Lucifer2016

** In the first episode, Lucifer implies that Hell has been inactive since he left when he berates Chloe for shooting at Delilah's murderer before he got the chance to punish him. This is not the case later in the season when Malcolm experiences Hell and in season 2 it's revealed that [[spoiler: the damned are locked in cells where they relive their guiltiest moments in an infinite loop and those cells work just fine in Lucifer's absence]]. This could be explained away as Lucifer simply wanting to oversee the murderer's punishment himself, and being unable to if he's in Hell.

** In the pilot, he seems to have, as part of his desire mojo, the effect of making women incredibly horny for him beyond what would be normal if he were a human with the same characteristics; see Linda's reaction to him. This effect quickly disappears. [[spoiler:However, in season 5 something similar happens with Amenadiel and nuns which leads him to conclude that he was reflecting their faith in God, and that Lucifer is irresistible since others see their desires reflected back by him]]. His ability to draw out desires is also portrayed as people just wanting to tell him their secrets, but after the pilot Lucifer needs to maintain eye contact with someone for it to work.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Lucifer can't actually force people to sin nor buy people's souls in exchange for favors (although he'll use his Hollywood connections if he likes you). However, he has the innate ability to draw out people's dark sides and get them to reveal their innermost desires. He's actually somewhat disappointed when people simply give in to their urges. Although he certainly has no objection to ''encouraging'' people to sin.

* FriendlessnessInsult: When [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mazikeen]] trolls [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Amenadial]] by joining him uninvited at dinner, he accuses her of being lonely, as Lucifer is currently not speaking to her. When she denies this, he points out that she has nothing better to do than troll him. She turns it around by pointing out that ''he's'' eating dinner in a restaurant by himself. CoitusEnsues.

* RecursiveCanon: In "[[Recap/Lucifer2016S02E14CandyMorningstar Candy Morningstar]]", a billboard advertising ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' on Creator/TheCW is prominently displayed in the background. ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'' established that, like ''Supergirl'', ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' takes place in one of many universes in the [[Franchise/Arrowverse Arrowverse's]] [[TheMultiverse multiverse]].

* DoubleStandardRapeDevineOnMortal:

* SeriousBusiness: In Season 3, "Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards," pudding is given this treatment. A company's recipe is so closely guarded that they refuse to cough up security footage of a murder to avoid revealing the ingredients, they hire a private investigator to pursue Lucifer and Chloe to ensure no company secrets are exposed, and they and a rival company they're intending to merge with clam with laywers the instant they're approached for questioning. Gets a bit more justified when Ella realizes ''why'' they don't want the recipe getting exposed: [[spoiler:two of the ingredients can potentially combine to create a deadly poison, which is what gives their pudding its "higher protein content" that they proudly advertize.]]

** The AlternateUniverse episode ''Once Upon a Time'' shows a world where John Decker never died and Chloe became an actress, leading to several changes to the main cast: Lucifer never grew out of his Season 1 characterization, Ella became a criminal, Trixie was never born since her parents didn't meet, without Chloe or Trixie Dan never had any reasons not to become corrupt, Maze also fell further into corruption and now leads a cult due to never having Trixie in her life, Charlotte is [[spoiler:alive and still an amoral lawyer]], Amenadiel never grew to connect with humanity, and Linda became the host of a therapy show.

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi:
** Lucifer's mom casually mentions having sex with her vessel's clueless husband and it's played as a joke.
** Lucifer has the power to bring out people's "innermost desires", which includes making anyone who finds him remotely attractive be willing to have sex with him. While it's vague how much control he has over this, he is still fully aware of his effect on people and the person's ability to consent is extremely dubious, as the effects are uncomfortably similar to losing one's inhibitions due to drugs or alcohol. [[spoiler:Notably, when Chloe is suddenly able to use this ability on ''him'' after the first time they sleep together in Season 5, he suddenly doesn't seem to enjoy it so much...]]

** In the pilot, he seems to have, as part of his desire mojo, the effect of making women incredibly horny for him beyond what would be normal if he were a human with the same characteristics; see Linda's reaction to him. This effect quickly disappears.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The existence of the Goddess/"Mum". Yes, the Judeo-Christian God really did have a wife in an early version of the religion (she's called Asherah, by the way). In fact, every Middle Eastern cultures, from the Israelites to the Arabs, started out polytheistic. The Israelites didn't start worshiping Yahweh as their only God until after the Babylonian captivity and the process wasn't complete until the late 1st millennium BCE.

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** God communicates to Amenadiel that he could leave Hell "Detective Amenadiel", since it no longer needs a warden. Later, it's revealed that this was actually because Lucifer helped a soul (Lee Garner/Mr. Said Out Bitch) overcome his guilt and ascend to Heaven. This triggers a change in celestial role of Hell and it didn't require ''warden'' anymore, but instead a healer.

** For unknown reasons, he allows Amenadiel to leave Hell in "Detective Amenadiel", since it no longer needs a warden.

* AbortedArc: God's insistence that Lucifer return to Hell and run it again because it's falling apart without him was a major part of Season 1, with Amenadiel and Uriel both acting towards that end in His name. In Seasons 2 and 3 it hasn't been brought up and there's no word from anyone on the current state of Hell nor what Heaven intends to do about it and Lucifer (though Amenadiel's insistence in the Pilot could have just been a lie in order to convince Lucifer to return to Hell on his own, as per LoopholeAbuse so Amenadiel doesn't have to break the vow he made in the flashback episode). It comes back up in season 4 [[spoiler: when the demons start to come to Earth to try and convince Lucifer to return. Specifics are not given; it's only stated that Hell has been "really bad" since Lucifer left.]]
** Oddly aborted in a different way in Season 5. [[spoiler: Lucifer returns to be the King of Hell at the end of Season 4 after the Demon Invasion but ultimately returns after Michael is causing havoc on Earth, but leaves Amenadiel in charge temporarily with the intent of returning to his job once Michael is handled. However Amenadiel returns within an episode, as God had apparently told him that a "warden" is no longer needed in Hell. The reasoning is never explained, even when God himself shows up midway through the season but apparently Hell is plenty stable enough without someone watching over it now and the Demons show loyalty to both Lucifer and Maze in the Season Finale anyway.]]

* UrbanFantasy: Downplayed. The show is ''much'' less fantastical than its comic book inspiration. It would have been an average major broadcast network police procedural if not for the supernatural elements that occasionally pop up here and there.

** Uriel can spot patterns, letting him both predict the future and set DisasterDominoes moving. From what we see of him, he seems to be the angelic version of a - unpopular, cerebral and prone to aspiring to AwesomenessByAnalysis.

** Uriel can spot patterns, letting him both predict the future and set DisasterDominoes moving. From what we see of him, he seems to be the angelic version of a {{Nerd}} - unpopular, cerebral and prone to aspiring to AwesomenessByAnalysis.

* ContinuityNod:
** In ''Favorite Son'', Lucifer punches the wall in Linda's office hard enough to leave a significant hole. By ''Et tu Doctor?'', the pictures on the wall have been moved down to cover it.

* PosterPatchup: * When Maze throws a knife at the wall of the apartment she shares with Chloe, the latter complains that they will have to pay to repair the damage. Maze states that Chloe's young child Trixie is already working on "another alien drawing". A wall full of drawings is revealed, all of which turn out to be covering various damages caused by Maze.

--->'''Lucifer:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Please allow me to introduce myself...]]

** Lucifer himself. Shots of him shirtless and even trouserless abound. Turned UpToEleven in season 4, where Lucifer goes shirtless pretty much every episode (and in two of them, he gets outright butt-naked).

** Lampshaded UpToEleven in the Season 5 ''¡Diablo!'' show-within-a-show episode, where the parody delights in highlighting some of the show's more absurd leaps of logic and relationships.

[[UnexpectedCharacter In an unexpected turn of events]], [[CanonWelding Ellis made a quick appearance as Lucifer during the 2019]] Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event, ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'', revealing he is on Earth-666 ([[NumberOfTheBeast unsurprisingly]]), while a separate version of the character (to be portrayed by Creator/GwendolineChristie) appeared in [[Series/TheSandman2022 Netflix's adaptation]] of ''The Sandman''.