History WesternAnimation / Gargoyles

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Happens in the Dynamite comics Halloween Special with the Quarrymen. John Castaway has been a gargoyle hunter for years and thus is trained in combat, while the four Quarrymen members closest to him are Banquo, Fleance, Chaz and Lou, all of whom have faced gargoyles before. The rest of the Quarrymen and those aspiring to join their ranks are regular everyday civilians eager to take down gargoyles due to viewing them as monsters and threats. Thus when they attempt to cause chaos at a Halloween street fair where the Manhattan Clan are guests at and are confronted by actual gargoyles (this being two gargoyle beasts and a gargoyle child), almost every single Quarryman panics and they [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee without even attempting to fight]], [[SubParSupremacist one of them outright stating that no one had said that the gargoyles would fight back]].

** "Masque" in the comic has clan attend a Halloween party in the Eyrie Building. Everyone is dressed-up except for [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself Goliath]].
** In the Halloween Special of the Dynamite comic, we get a recreation of "Eye of the Beholder" where everyone is partying in Greenwich village, except this time gargoyles are the special guests. [[RuleOfThree And Goliath goes as himself once more]].

*** In third, she goes as [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice]].

** The whole scene where Xanatos hunt down Werefox is taken straight from ''Film/Predator2'', down to the slaughter house and Xanatos' cannon.
** Oberon taking Xanatos's gun with telekinesis is from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. The gun even look the same.

* SubParSupremacist: In the Halloween special, the Quarrymen are bullying anymone who dress up like a gargoyle. When actual gargoyles shows-up to fight them (two beasts and a kid no less), most of them panic and run away in fear.

* ImpossibleTask: Many spells in the Grimorum Arcanorum have these as conditions. Mortal/Human magic has to be cast with a certain condition that makes it possible to nullify/reverse, so generally, most spellcasters simply create their spells under escape conditions that would generally ''seem'' to be impossible.
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: In "Shadows of the Past", the ghosts of Hakon and the Captain torment Goliath with an illusion of his fallen clan members reviving as vengeful statue versions of themselves demanding retribution for getting them killed that fateful night. Goliath couldn't bring himself to fight back due to the guilt he held for failing to save them. However, he knew something was up when a statue of Demona appears, claiming she will make him pay for letting her die as well. Goliath knew for a fact that Demona was (unfortunately) still alive, making him realize the setting was all fake.
--> '''Goliath''': This isn't real! NONE OF YOU ARE REAL! (Smashes statue fakes)
* ImprovisedWeapon: The gargoyles are masters of this. Examples included Brooklyn using a railroad tracke to smash Jackal's arm, Goliath using a train track and construction beam to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierce Coyote]], Hudson using piece of stoneskin on a Steel Clan.

--->'''Margot:''' It is outside. The scope. Of this court. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman To rewrite. The definition.]] [[InhummanableAlienRights Of humanity.]] ''Period.''

--->'''Margot:''' It is outside. The scope. Of this court. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman To rewrite. The definition. Of humanity.]] ''Period.''

--->'''Margot:''' It is outside. The scope. Of this court. To rewrite. The definition. Of humanity. ''Period.''

* SubParSupremacist: In the Halloween special, the Quarrymen are bullying anymone who dress up like a gargoyle. When an actual gargoyle shows-up to fight them (two beasts and a kid no less, ), most of them panic and run away in fear.

* SubParSupremacist: In the Halloween special, the Quarrymen are bullying anymone who dress up like a gargoyle. When an actual gargoyle shows-up to fight them (two beasts and a kid no less, ), most of them panic and run away in fear]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Happens in the Dynamite comics Halloween Special with the Quarrymen. John Castaway has been a gargoyle hunter for years and thus is trained in combat, while the four Quarrymen members closest to him are Banquo, Fleance, Chaz and Lou, all of whom have faced gargoyles before. The rest of the Quarrymen and those aspiring to join their ranks are regular everyday civilians eager to take down gargoyles due to viewing them as monsters and threats. Thus when they attempt to cause chaos at a Halloween street fair where the Manhattan Clan are guests at and are confronted by actual gargoyles (this being two gargoyle beasts and a gargoyle child), almost every single Quarryman panics and they flee without even attempting to fight, one of them outright stating that no one had said that the gargoyles would fight back.

* PsychoElectricEel: Sevarius uses these to augment his mutates' energy regenerating properties as well as afford them electrical attacks... or so he claimed in front of Derek Maza. Given that he faked his own death with them and Xanatos was in on the whole operation, he had to be at least smart enough to know that their actual electrical output is fairly minimal and was just counting on Derek and Goliath to be holding the IdiotBall at the time.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Let. Me. Drive."

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Brooklyn, Broadway, Lexington and Bronx survived the genocide of their clan because they were sent to their rooms for misbehaving.

** Demona [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on the theme by having a [[CloningBlues set of clones]] based on the Manhattan Clan and [[LocationThemeNaming naming them after place names in Los Angeles]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Happens in the Dynamite comics Halloween Special with the Quarrymen. John Castaway has been a gargoyle hunter for years and thus is trained in combat, while the four Quarrymen members closest to him are Banquo, Fleance, Chaz and Lou, all of whom have faced gargoyles before. The rest of the Quarrymen and those aspiring to join their ranks are regular everyday civilians eager to take down gargoyles due to viewing them as monsters and threats. Thus when they attempt to cause chaos at a street party where the Manhattan Clan are guests at and are confronted by actual gargoyles (this being two gargoyle beasts and a gargoyle child), almost every single Quarryman panics and they flee without even attempting to fight, one of them outright stating that no one had said that the gargoyles would fight back.

A video game loosely based on the series' Season 1 was released for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis in late 1995. Almost 30 years later, it was reworked into ''[[UpdatedRerelease Gargoyles Remastered]]'' for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXS on October 19, 2023.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: After Thailog capture Angela, she tries to explain to Demona their relationship. Demona, in return, [[LampshadeHanging said she has no daughter]].

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: After Thailog capture Angela, she tries to explain to Demona their relationship. Demona, in return, [[LampshadeHanging said she have no daughter]].

** Averted in Xanato's case. He stays behind bars for the duration of his sentence, but that doesn't stop him from scheming.

* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Demona and Macbeth are a non-romantic twist on this trope, with Demona being the loner type who was forced against her will into a relationship of sorts with Macbeth; they utterly hate each other, but if one of them kills the other, they both will die permanently. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Which, at one point,]] [[DeathSeeker was exactly what Macbeth wanted]] before Goliath and the Weird Sisters persuaded him otherwise.

** A moral was prominent in "Deadly Force", an episode about the dangers of guns, which handled the subject in a mature manner (i.e., making the Aesop not "Guns are super evil and should not even be looked at" but "Guns are dangerous and should be respected and handled properly.") This particular Aesop was actually learned within the show itself, for Elisa [[ContinuityNod was shown to lock away her gun in future episodes]], rather than leaving it loaded and lying around. The episode also lead to some CharacterDevelopment for Broadway, who hated guns from that point forward. Sadly, this was lost on the MoralGuardians, as they still saw fit to first ban the episode from rotation, and then return it with all the gun violence edited, including the shot of Elisa getting shot (which was cropped to remove the blood at her side).

** ''Reunion'' (A lost tale from the Avalon World Tour) from the SLG Comics was originally this. The story was intended for an issue of Gargoyles from when Marvel Comics had the license, but was unpublished due to the comic book's cancellation. The story itself lead into Coldstone's appearance at the beginning of ''Possession'' and why Angela seemed familiar with him (and not put off by his appearance).

[=DVDs=] of the complete first and second seasons are available for sale, with all episodes uncensored. The complete series, including the non-canonical third season, is available to stream on [[http://a.co/0lf06ia Amazon.com]] as well as on streaming service Creator/DisneyPlus. In addition, filmmaker Creator/JordanPeele has expressed interest in making a movie based on the property, and Weisman has raised the possibility of reviving the series on Disney+.

** This one's ''very'' obscure: In "The Hound of Ulster", one of the few episodes where Bronx gets the limelight, he is joined by a young Irishman, who turns out to be the reincarnation of the ancient Celtic demigod Cú Chulainn. At one point, the young man says to Bronx that [[{{Transformers}} there's more than meets the eye]] to him. Bronx is voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, A.K.A. G1 Megatron. The reincarnated hero is cause for a moment of Fandom Rejoicing.

* Coyote's initial form is visually based on [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]], straight down to the cosmetic damage he suffers.

* Coyote's initial form is visually based on [[Film/TheTerminator]], straight down to the cosmetic damage he suffers.