| 1 | [[center: [-[[Characters/{{Gargoyles}} Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/GargoylesTheManhattanClan The Manhattan Clan]] | [[Characters/GargoylesAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/GargoylesEnemyGargoyles Enemy Gargoyles]] | [[Characters/GargoylesAntagonists Antagonists]] | '''Others''']]-] |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !Maza Family |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Peter Maza]] |
| 8 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/MichaelHorse, Creator/GreggRainwater (young) |
| 9 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Luciano De Ambrosis, Riccardo Rossi (young) |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_peter_maza.png]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Elisa's Indigenous (primarily Hopi) father, a cop like her and Derek. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: For 40 years, he turned his back on his father's beliefs. Even after his wife reported that magic exists and meeting with the Gargoyles face-to-face, he still refuses to acknowledge the existence of magic. Only at the very end does he pulls a last minute change of heart and saved Coyote the Trickster from Xanatos. |
| 15 | * ChangedMyMindKid: He refuses to assist Elisa, Beth and the Gargoyles to save Coyote the Trickster. He shows up at the last minute to help our heroes. |
| 16 | * HatesTheirParent: He resented his father and believed he was holding him back, leading to him leaving for NYC and never coming back. |
| 17 | * IRejectYourReality: Peter doesn't believe in his father's beliefs 'til the very end, even with evidence to the contrary. Probably because he would have to admit that he was dead wrong for 40 years. |
| 18 | * PartingWordsRegret: The end of "Cloud Fathers" reveals that his father passed away some time before the episode, and they were never able to reconcile. It's implied that part of the reason he rejects the evidence of magic around him is that it would prove his father right and deepen his guilt over leaving, and once he admits to himself that his father was right, he visits his grave to apologize. |
| 19 | * SkepticNoLonger: At the end of ''Cloud Fathers'', he admits he was wrong about rejecting his father's traditional ways. |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Diane Maza]] |
| 23 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/NichelleNichols |
| 24 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Vittoria Febbi |
| 25 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_diane_maza.png]] |
| 26 | [[caption-width-right:350:"If love is about growing closer, then it's also about letting go."]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Elisa's Nigerian-American mother. |
| 29 | ---- |
| 30 | * GoodParents: Helps Goliath to see his relationship with Angela from a human perspective; thereafter he acknowledges her as his daughter. |
| 31 | * MrExposition: She plays this role in "Mark of the Panther," giving Anansi's background and explaining how the trickster first started enslaving the werepanthers to serve him. |
| 32 | * NeverMessWithGranny: She's old enough to be a grandmother, but still a force to be reckoned with. When the Manhattan Clan faces off against Anansi, she joins the fight and uses a staff to hack away at the webbing supporting him. |
| 33 | * ShutUpHannibal: During the battle against Anansi, the spider [[AintTooProudToBeg begs for mercy]], offering the group whatever they wish if they let him live. An unimpressed Diane snarls "''Your'' gifts always come with a price trickster!" and keeps up the attack. |
| 34 | * TheStoryteller: She serves this role while living in a village in Nigeria, telling the local children about the legend of Anansi. Angela is so impressed by her skill that she first assumes that Diane is the ''chief'' of the tribe, given how everyone looks up to and respects her. Later, Anansi himself calls her "storyteller," indicating that even he knows of her talent. |
| 35 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While her husband, Peter, agrees with Elisa that Derek working for Xanatos would be a bad idea, Diane instead supports her son, and ultimately she's the one who gives him the final push and convinces him to work for Xanatos, which eventually led to Derek being mutated. |
| 36 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Says this word-for-word regarding spiders. |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Beth Maza]] |
| 40 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Monica Allison ("The Cage"), Roxanne Beckford ("Cloud Fathers") |
| 41 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Cristina Boraschi |
| 42 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_beth_maza.png]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Elisa's little sister, who attends college in Arizona. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Appeared in the non-canon Marvel comic before she ever appeared on the show. |
| 47 | * GenreSavvy: She's quick to correctly deduce that the supposed security guard at Xanatos's dig site who looks remarkably like her father is actually the trickster Coyote, whom she knows of from her studies in Native American folkore, and that he was not on Xanatos's side and was aiding them instead. |
| 48 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: While her sister and brother both followed their father into the police force, Beth shares their mother's interest in anthropology and their family's heritage. Although in Beth's case, she studies Native American culture while Diane focuses on African culture. |
| 49 | * ShipperOnDeck: WordOfGod states that when Elisa and Goliath reveal their relationship to Elisa's family, Beth will be the only one who will be fully supportive of them being a couple (Diane won't understand but will try her best to be supportive, while Peter and Derek will not approve of the relationship). |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Carlos Maza]] |
| 53 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Michael Horse |
| 54 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_carlos_maza.jpg]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Peter's father. The two had a strained relationship when Peter ran away from home in 1960. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * PosthumousCharacter: Throughout "Cloud Fathers", Elisa and Beth question Peter about visiting Carlos, which Peter refuses. At the episode's end, they visit Carlos's grave. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !New York Civilians |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Brendan Quarters]] |
| 64 | --> Creator/PatFraley (Brendan, "Awakening"), Creator/CamClarke (Brendan, other episodes) |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_poor_guy.png]] |
| 67 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Give it a rest, Margot."]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | The husband of the Assistant District Attorney, Margot Yale. Often seen alongside her. |
| 70 | ---- |
| 71 | * AwfulWeddedLife: To put it mildly, Margot doesn’t think highly of Brendan - not wasting a minute to emasculate him whenever he tries to do something right; and even on their first appearance in the show, we see Margot lock Brendan out of their car (though he fails to notice it) when some thugs threaten them as Brendan tries fixing it. Brendan’s reactions indicate that having to put up with it is frying his nerves. |
| 72 | * HeelFaceTurn: In the animated series, he was portrayed as fearful and prejudiced against the Manhattan Clan alongside his wife. However, by the time of the SLG comics, it appears that he has wised up to the fact that the Manhattan Clan are actually benevolent and don’t mean any harm (especially in the wake of his horrible wife’s recruitment as an advisor for the Gargoyle Task Force) as he attends Xanatos’s Masque party dressed as a Gargoyle; and even rushes to get a doctor for Goliath when the latter was stabbed by Thailog. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that he was never portrayed as “evil” and its still ambiguous just how much his view has changed. |
| 73 | * HenpeckedHusband: Considering he is married to Margot Yale, this is par for the course. |
| 74 | * InformedFlaw: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Margot. She quips that Brendan "need[s] to call a repairman to plug in the coffee maker", but considering her snobbery, her word should be taken with a grain of salt. |
| 75 | * KilledOffForReal: Demona smashed him and his wife while they were turned into statues in "City of Stone." However, since they appear in later episodes, it seems this has been retconned. WordOfGod says that it was a couple who had similar appearances to them, but weren’t Brendan and Margot. |
| 76 | * MythologyGag: Going forwards, versions of him and Margot (named Brenda and Marco) once appeared in a season 2 episode of another Disney action series, ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''; Greg Weisman worked on that season. |
| 77 | * RecurringExtra: The trope was, in fact, once [[TropeNamer named after them:]] 'Yuppie Couple.' |
| 78 | * UngratefulBastard: Despite starting out as this due to fear, it’s eventually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the SLG comics. He witnesses the Clan's fight with Thailog and the clones, and rushes to get a doctor when Goliath is seriously injured. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Vinnie Grigori]] |
| 82 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JeffBennett |
| 83 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Creator/FrancescoPezzuli |
| 84 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/350px_vinnie.png]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | A strange man who, throughout the series, suffers various unnoticed misfortune because of the gargoyles, and eventually gets fed up. |
| 87 | ---- |
| 88 | * CatchPhrase: "Can you believe it?" |
| 89 | * ChekhovsGunman: Downplayed, but in "Vendetta" we find out how many times the gargoyles have, by complete accident, ruined his life. |
| 90 | * TheChewToy: He was victim to a number of misfortunes over the course of the series, usually at the hands of the gargoyles. |
| 91 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His idea of revenge on Goliath was to hit him with a banana cream pie. |
| 92 | * ICallItVera: Mr. Carter. |
| 93 | * EdibleAmmunition: A large and heavy bazooka called "Mr. Carter," eventually revealed to [[spoiler:only fire banana cream pies]]. |
| 94 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Getting revenge is OK as long as it's non-lethal. On the other hand, killing people for revenge is out of the question. Even if that person is a gargoyle. |
| 95 | * FireForgedFriends: Ends on this with [[spoiler: Goliath in the SLG Comics. After Vinnie refuses to murder both Elisa and Goliath under Castaway’s commands, Castaway flies off the handle trying to kill Vinnie; prompting Goliath to save his life from the Quarryman/Hunter]]. They part on friendly terms, with the strong implication that Vinnie will eventually encounter the Ishimura clan. |
| 96 | * IfIWantedYouDead: He could've killed Goliath, but decided there were better ways to get revenge than that. |
| 97 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: During his brief stint as a Quarryman. |
| 98 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A very obvious and good imitation of Creator/JohnTravolta. |
| 99 | * OnlySaneMan: For all his abnormalities, Vinnie is surprisingly rational compared to other antagonists. For one thing, he's one of the few people in the show who doesn't let his need for vengeance consume him. [[spoiler: When joined up with the Quarrymen, he's the only one with notable reservations about killing the gargoyles and ultimately saves Goliath and Elisa.]] |
| 100 | * PutOnABus: He leaves to take on a security job in Japan at the end of "The Journey." |
| 101 | * {{Revenge}}: The only person in the series to get any satisfaction from it. Mainly because it was [[RestrainedRevenge restrained]] to giving Goliath a PieInTheFace, and once it was done that was enough for Vinnie and he moved on. |
| 102 | * ShoutOut: An imitation of Travolta with a weapon named Mr. Carter? [[Series/WelcomeBackKotter Hmm]]... |
| 103 | * UnknownRival: Goliath had absolutely no idea who he was. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Capt. Maria Chavez]] |
| 107 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/RachelTicotin, Creator/ElisaGabrielli ("Revelations") |
| 108 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Maria Pia Di Meo |
| 109 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_chavez.JPG]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | The captain in charge of Elisa's precinct. |
| 112 | ---- |
| 113 | * DaChief: Hard, but understanding. |
| 114 | * FairCop: A police captain who's easy on the eyes. |
| 115 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: While the rest of the cast is in ''Gargoyles,'' Captain Chavez is in ''Hill Street Blues''. Aside from breaking up [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture particle-beam smuggling rings]], of course. |
| 116 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's a pretty good person to work for. |
| 117 | * WhatTheHellHero: In the Dynamite Comics. In the aftermath of [[spoiler:Goliath's trial]], she chews out both Elisa and Matt for [[spoiler:not revealing they'd had relations with the Gargoyles for a long time]], pointing out how unnecessary and damaging it was in the long-term. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Officer Morgan Morgan]] |
| 121 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/KeithDavid |
| 122 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Lucio Saccone |
| 123 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_morgan.png]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | A police officer in the NYPD and a friend of Elisa's. |
| 126 | ---- |
| 127 | * AscendedExtra: He was originally supposed to just be a generic, nameless cop for Elisa to interact with in the premiere, but Greg Weisman liked Keith David's performance so much that he opted to keep bringing the character back, which led to a name, a personality, and slightly more to do. |
| 128 | * DonutMessWithACop: He's seen eating donuts in "Temptation," though the sight of Brooklyn gliding in the air on a motorcycle convinces him to [[NoMoreForMe go off sugar]]. |
| 129 | * NiceGuy: Consistently nice, and does not get upset with Elisa when he realizes in "Bash" that he's just her rebound guy. |
| 130 | * RecurringExtra: He starts out as one, but gradually gets slightly larger roles in the series, culminating in his date with Elisa in "Masque" and "Bash." |
| 131 | * RepetitiveName: Inspired by a former classmate of Greg Weisman's. |
| 132 | * RomanticRunnerUp: To Elisa. |
| 133 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Morgan was named after one of Greg Weisman's classmates in high school. His full name is Morgan Lord Morgan III. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Ian Roebling]] |
| 137 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Roger Rees |
| 138 | |
| 139 | Judge Ian Roebling is a Justice of the Peace who officiated Fox and Xanatos' wedding in the Season 2 episode "Vows". He also presided over Goliath's hearing in the ''Dynamite Comics'' comic continuation of the series. |
| 140 | ---- |
| 141 | * NiceGuy: A fair judge who accepts gargoyles after the initial shock of his first learning of them, he's quite friendly and kind towards Goliath when they next meet and keeps the existence of Goliath and his clan secret at all times. And though he keeps things fair at Goliath's hearing, giving both sides the proper opportunity to present their cases, he ultimately rules in Goliath's favor, stating that the obviously sentient gargoyles are deserving of the same rights as humans, and gives Goliath his freedom. While it's revealed afterwards that Xanatos paid him most handsomely for his role at the hearing (heavily hinting that Xanatos pulled strings to make it so it was Judge Roebling who presided over the case), and despite the fact that he knows he's very likely to receive backlash from the public and his fellow judges for his decision, Judge Roebling ultimately made said decision because he felt it was the right thing to do. |
| 142 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He never reveals during Goliath's hearing that he and Goliath already knew each other (though logically, doing so would get him removed as the presiding judge due to conflict of interest), and keeps things fair and impartial at all times. |
| 143 | * SecretKeeper: He's among the first humans in New York to fully learn of the existence of gargoyles and the fact that they are sentient, and keeps it to himself. The reason Xanatos chose him to officiate his and Fox's wedding and learn about gargoyles was precisely because Xanatos knew the judge was a trustworthy person. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Preston Vogel]] |
| 147 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/PeterScolari |
| 148 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Enrico Di Troia |
| 149 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vogel.gif]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | Halcyon Renard's right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable, but not all that loyal--the near-perfect employee. No blood relation to Owen Burnett. |
| 152 | ---- |
| 153 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: In "[[Recap/GargoylesS2Golem Golem]]", he helps conduct the ritual to transfer his boss's consciousness into the Golem, chanting in Hebrew while wearing a ''tallit''. Whether this is indicative of him actually being Jewish is never made clear. |
| 154 | * ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Despite betraying Renard, Vogel couldn't bring himself to leave the old man to die. |
| 155 | * ContagiousHeroism: Working with the moral Halcyon Renard and Goliath's good character has rubbed off on him. |
| 156 | * EveryoneHasStandards: It's heavily implied that despite being TheStarscream at the time, the ContagiousHeroism above had already gotten him used to Renard's policy of taking responsibility for his actions, such as saying how it was his own fault for not putting Goliath in a more secure prison. |
| 157 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: For a ''long'' while, [[SubvertedTrope but he got better]]. |
| 158 | * IdenticalStranger: He looks like a PaletteSwap of Owen Burnett. Subverted in that [[spoiler:they aren't strangers--Owen is a persona of Puck's that took inspiration from Vogel as the most "wooden" mortal he knew of, and they even both worked for Renard simultaneously for a time until Owen jumped ship to Xanatos. There's no love lost between them]]. |
| 159 | * ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Does not see ''any'' similarities between himself and Owen Burnett. |
| 160 | * PsychoSupporter: He was behind the rainforest logging operation in "The Green" and hired Hyena and Jackal to fight the Mayan Clan, all without Renard's knowledge or permission. |
| 161 | * TheStarscream: Unlike Owen to Xanatos, Vogel has no problem with turning on Renard when offered enough money. However, when Fox's plan to sabotage Fortress-2 threatens to kill Renard and the staff in Cyberbiotics tower, [[EveryoneHasStandards he's quick to turn back to Renard's side]]. |
| 162 | * TheStoic: Although less so than Owen. [[spoiler: Indeed, "Owen's" persona was constructed specifically by Puck as an attempt to "out-Vogel Vogel".]] |
| 163 | * YesMan: Shows some signs of this. "You're a genius, sir," indeed. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:The Jogger]] |
| 167 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/PatFraley ("Awakening"), Creator/JeffBennett ("High Noon"), Creator/ThomasFWilson ("The Journey") |
| 168 | [[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jogger.png]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | A civilian often seen jogging around the city. |
| 171 | |
| 172 | * IconicOutfit: A gray sweatsuit and "I Love New York" ball cap. |
| 173 | * RecurringExtra: Much in the same way as Margot and Brendan. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder:Phil Travanti]] |
| 177 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JeffBennett |
| 178 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/travanti.JPG]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | Morgan's partner on the police force. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | * RecurringExtra: Seen throughout the series, usually in gags. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder:Dr. Sato]] |
| 186 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/RobertIto |
| 187 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sato_8.png]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | * DoesNotLikeGuns: After operating on Elisa's gunshot wound, he can be heard muttering "Guns..." to himself. |
| 190 | * OneShotCharacter: One of the few one-shot characters to appear prior to the World Tour arc and probably the only one from the first season, quite unusual given the series' love of reusing characters. Indeed, the SeriesBible ''directly'' suggests using Dr. Sato in any plot where a doctor would be required, but this never happened. He did make a return in the comic continuation. |
| 191 | * SecretKeeper: In the comics he becomes this for both the Manhattan Clan and the Labyrinth Clan after first helping to prevent Goliath from bleeding to death after Thailog stabbed him, then later when he checks on Maggie, who got injured in Thailog's attack at the Labyrinth, and discovers she's pregnant. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Travis Marshall]] |
| 195 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Charles Hallahan |
| 196 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Giorgio Lopez |
| 197 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/travis_8.png]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | A New York City news anchor. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | * MrExposition: Provides valuable news exposition throughout the series. |
| 202 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: He never lets his viewers forget that Xanatos and Fox are both convicted felons. |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Chung Family]] |
| 206 | A family often seen in the comics continuation, consisting of Ambassador Amanda Chung, her young son Terry, and her nephew Tri who is an NYPD detective in the Gargoyle Taskforce. An older, teenaged Terry and his mother were meant to be major characters in the spinoff ''The New Olympians'', as the New Olympians would have decided to make themselves known to humanity after Terry was [[RescueRomance rescued from drowning]] by a New Olympian girl named Sphinx, and Amanda would have been appointed the UN ambassador to New Olympus. |
| 207 | |
| 208 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Alongside his friends Billy and Susan Greene, Terry meets Nashville while trick-or-treating on Halloween in 1997. Initially impressed by his "costume", before the night is over the truth is revealed and the three humans happily accept the young gargoyle as a new friend. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Tobe Crest]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | A defense attorney who represents Goliath in court after he is captured by the Gargoyle Taskforce. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !Children of Oberon |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 221 | !!Children of Oberon In General |
| 222 | |
| 223 | Also called the Third Race, because they evolved after gargoyles and humans, emerging from the magical energies of the planet. The Children all have powerful magic and functional immortality, and are ruled by Lord Oberon and Queen Titania. All fairies, gods and great spirits from folklore and mythology are Children of Oberon. Their homeland is the magical island of Avalon. Note that they aren't Oberon's literal children; they're called that because he's their ''pater familias''. WordOfGod is that Oberon and Titania have one son and one daughter together, and Oberon also has some children by human women ([[spoiler:including Merlin]]).[[invoked]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | According to WordOfGod, the Third Race used to be known as the Children of Mab (Mab is Oberon's crazy mother who is now SealedEvilInACan). [[WhatCouldHaveBeen If the series had continued]], the gargoyles would have had to help Oberon and Titania combat a freed Mab at some point.[[invoked]] |
| 226 | ---- |
| 227 | * AlienNonInterferenceClause: Roughly one thousand years ago, Oberon decreed that the Third Race is forbidden from meddling directly in human affairs. While Oberon and his Children are all magically bound to obey this law, it's still possible for them to find loopholes. Acting as a servant to a mortal is one (as when the Weird Sisters make their pact with the Archmage, or when Puck is bound by the Mirror of Titania). |
| 228 | * AllMythsAreTrue: All of them exist in human mythology from all around the world (Banshee, Anansi, Coyote, Odin) or in human literature (Oberon, Titania, Puck). While the myths capture the general character, in this universe they aren't neccessarily entirely accurate. |
| 229 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: As Oberon's Children are closer to TheFairFolk personality-wise, this isn't too surprising. They appear to have some form of ethical code, but to humans and gargoyles alike they are a WildCard more than anything. |
| 230 | * ColdIron: Their main [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]]; their magic [[AntiMagic cannot directly affect]] any iron construct, but creative members of the Third Race can use magic on the environment to get rid of it (AKA: shockwave iron robots with a mighty wind). Unless they're in direct contact with it, with prevents them casting any spells. |
| 231 | * TheFairFolk: Given their amoral behavior, [[PhysicalGod powers]] and [[ColdIron vulnerability to iron]], there's no better way to describe the Children of Oberon. Note that even members of the Third Race who like humans and gargoyles have created dangerous situations for them that could have gotten them seriously injured at best. |
| 232 | * {{Flight}}: Oberon and a few of his children are capable of flying. Though it's unclear whether the others can't or simply chose not to. |
| 233 | * {{Immortality}}: You won't see any of them dying of old age anytime soon. While they ''can'' be slain, it is extremely difficult to do so. WordOfGod is that even they don't know for sure if it's possible for them to ultimately expire of old age, but thus far none of them ever have. [[invoked]] |
| 234 | * LackOfEmpathy: Zig-zagged. They are capable of caring about others in their own unique way, as demonstrated by the more benevolent members like Titania, Coyote, Grandmother and even Puck. WordOfGod says that even Oberon cares somewhat about humanity in a way someone might care about a pet. That said, their own interests ''will'' be of higher priority to them than your well-being. And they might have a good laugh at your misfortune while they're at it.[[invoked]] |
| 235 | * LandOfFaerie: |
| 236 | ** They all come from Avalon, but they've been banished for centuries (until midway through Season 2) to live in various places in the mortal world - Banshee lived underneath the Irish barrows, Anansi lived in an abandoned African LostCity, etc. Note that even Puck, who ''likes'' living among humans, was horrified at the prospect of never seeing Avalon again. |
| 237 | ** Avalon exists in a kind of pocket reality where it's [[YearOutsideHourInside A Year Outside, An Hour Inside]] and its skiffs can access any place in the outside world where there's a body of water. However, Greg Weisman confirmed that if the whole planet Earth were to be blown up or something, Avalon would be destroyed with it. In other words, it's not really AnotherDimension but part of the Earth specifically, just a very strange and magical part that can't actually be placed on a map. |
| 238 | * LoopholeAbuse: The Children, and Oberon himself, get creative in finding ways around his "not able/allowed to interfere with mortals" law, which physically prevents their magic from working unless they can do the mental gymnastics to justify it. For example, it doesn't apply if they're in mortal disguise only doing things a mortal could. Or if the whole city is under a magical sleep and oblivious to what's happening. Or if they've been bound to serve a mortal. Or if a mortal happens to be careless with their words and a member of the Third Race just so happens to be within earshot. |
| 239 | * OneMythToExplainThemAll: Nearly all mythic beings in the ''Gargoyles'' universe--notably excepting the gargoyles themselves--are Oberon's Children, and considered part of the same species. That includes the Norse and Egyptian gods, the Fae of British folklore, and several spirits from Native American mythology, though notably some are mixed groups - not all of the Titans or Aesir specifically were Children of Oberon, merely most. |
| 240 | * PhysicalGod: Most of them, some even being ''the'' actual beings from mythology. |
| 241 | * PureMagicBeing: [[WordofGod According]] to Creator/GregWeisman this is what they are. The will o' the wisp used by Macbeth in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Pendragon "Pendragon"]] is an evolutionary ancestor of theirs.[[invoked]] |
| 242 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: |
| 243 | ** They have been around for millenia, but as Shapeshifters and [[PureMagicBeing beings of pure magic]] you wouldn't know that from looking at them. |
| 244 | ** Interestingly, as a race they are the youngest of Earth's sentients, however, and both gargoyles and humans pre-date them, hence their being acknowledged as "the Third Race". Really the fourth, if you count the Lost Race that WordOfGod says evolved first of all and left behind the megaliths seen in [[Recap/GargoylesS2ShadowsOfThePast "Shadows of the Past"]]. WordOfGod also says the Children appeared before the Lost Race went extinct, so they probably came into being during the Stone Age and their oldest members, like Queen Mab, could date back to that time.[[invoked]] |
| 245 | * RhymesOnADime: In contrast to mortal magic, which usually requires speaking spells in the language they were originally written in, the Third Race generally come up with rhyming verses on the fly to focus their power into spells. Oberon himself is powerful enough to forego the rhyming entirely, and some members use different methods to focus their magic (like Banshee who seems to have weaponized her voice in general). |
| 246 | * ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: WordOfGod has it that the Third Race in ''Gargoyles'' have this kind of sexuality. They didn't start out with any concept of gender or sex, but they've "learned" about sexuality from humans, and can assume whatever form they please. The New Olympians are descended from offspring of the Third Race with both humans and lower animals. ''Gargoyles'' also treats the myth of Loki and Sleipnir (see above) as a true story. When asked what they get up to on Avalon, Greg's answer included lovemaking as well as duels and games, and he confirmed there will be more of them by the time the Gathering is over. [[invoked]] |
| 247 | * SuperToughness: According to WordOfGod, they can be killed, but it's extremely difficult, as they can recover from blows that would otherwise be considered fatal. [[invoked]] |
| 248 | * TookALevelInKindness: You know how capricious and manipulative they appear now? WordOfGod is that they were actually ''worse'' before being exiled. Living among mortals was meant to mellow them out. [[invoked]] |
| 249 | * UnexplainedRecovery: Banshee and Anansi are both apparently destroyed in their debut episodes, but show up at the Gathering none the worse for wear. It's ''very'' hard to actually kill one of the Oberati. |
| 250 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: More than a few Children of Oberon proved to be capable of changing their forms. WordOfGod claims that the Children [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm don't have]] a "''true form''", [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm only a form they are comfortable with]]. There are some examples of involuntary MorphicResonance, though, such as Odin always having an [[EyeScream empty eye socket]] until he gets his MacGuffin back, and Banshee's gag remaining in whatever form she takes until Oberon is satisfied she's learned her lesson. [[invoked]] |
| 251 | * WildCard: Virtually all of them qualify due to their BlueAndOrangeMorality and ChaoticNeutral-tendencies. [[invoked]] |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Lord Oberon]] |
| 255 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/TerrenceMann |
| 256 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Roberto Chevalier ("Ill Met By Moonlight" and "The Gathering: Part One"), Angelo Nicotra ("The Gathering: Part Two") |
| 257 | -->'''Voiced by (POR):''' Guilherme Briggs |
| 258 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oberon_9727.jpg]] |
| 259 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Oberon does not compromise. '''OBERON ''COMMANDS!!!'''''"'']] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | The all-powerful and rather prideful Lord of the Third Race, likewise taken from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream." |
| 262 | ---- |
| 263 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Fittingly enough, his skin is a light shade of royal blue, likely to avoid associating Oberon with a specific real-life ethnicity. |
| 264 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Grows to giant size in an attempt to take Xanatos and Fox's son to Avalon. |
| 265 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The reason his 'Children' obey isn't just out of respect for traditional authority: it's because he can ''make'' them. |
| 266 | * BadBoss: Zig-zagged. He's polite to the Weird Sisters, but very dismissive towards Puck, who, in all fairness, wasn't doing much to endear himself to his master. |
| 267 | * BadassCape: Wears a big white one. It also doubles as a portal, as Brooklyn and Angela found out the hard way. |
| 268 | * BerserkButton: Given his ControlFreak-tendencies, challenging his authority in any way is unsurprisingly a good way to get on his bad side very fast. |
| 269 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Oberon's morals are quite inhuman. He's extremely polite while in a good mood, but he'll nonchalantly murder people simply over what he sees as trespassing on his land. He gave his word about the Gargoyles being allowed to stay in Avalon if he could be defeated, and he kept it gracefully. But by his next appearance in "The Gathering," despite promising that his magic would no longer be able to harm the gargoyles, he has no problem finding loopholes in that agreement. Despite his claim about not compromising, he does compromise by the end of the episode. He also has an interesting definition of not being heartless; essentially telling Xanatos and Fox they have one whole hour with their newborn son before coming to take him away forever. |
| 270 | * ClippedWingAngel: In "Ill Met By Moonlight", he nerfs himself by his own choice to give Goliath and the Avalon Clan a chance. |
| 271 | * ColdIron: It is his bane. Whether being stabbed by an iron harpoon or [[spoiler:the knell of an iron bell]], he is weakened by both. That said, he can stand up to such attacks better than any of the Childen; WordOfGod is that the iron harpoon would have killed a lesser member of the Third Race. Oberon was merely impaired, and, although reduced to a withered shell of his former self, was still more than powerful enough to fight off all resistance.[[invoked]] |
| 272 | * ControlFreak: His magic forbids the Third Race from (directly) meddling in human affairs, he banished them all from Avalon for a thousand years, and then after that thousand years are up he summons them all back and forbids them to go back to the mortal world until he decrees the Gathering is over at some unspecified future date. Defying or challenging his authority is, unsurprisingly, a great way to piss him off. |
| 273 | * CurbStompBattle: After spending most "Ill Met By Moonlight" toying with the Gargoyles by manipulating the island of Avalon to attack them, they manage to goad him into fighting personally. He turns himself into diamond and swiftly defeats them in hand to hand combat without them managing to scratch him. |
| 274 | * DeadpanSnarker: Not to the same degree as some of his children, but he will occasionally make some dry quips. |
| 275 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?: "Ill Met by Moolight," sees the immortal fae lord driven to his knees by [[spoiler: the sound of a bell]]. However, this is averted in "The Gathering" because nothing his opponents use has any serious effect on him. The worst of it is hitting him with an iron harpoon. It clearly hurts, but it also makes him ''[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu really mad]]''... |
| 276 | * DynamicEntry: Oberon makes his entry by making lots of rumbling noises and raising a platform made of rock for him to stand on, complete with [[DramaticThunder lightning flashes]]. |
| 277 | * ExactWords: He swears to make himself no stronger than a "child" in his contest against Goliath and the Avalon clan. Goliath notes this means he is as strong as any "Child of Oberon" which will still put him in the low level {{Physical God}}-tier. |
| 278 | * TheFairFolk: Their Lord, in fact, which comes with the dissembling behavior, magic, and strange morality. |
| 279 | * GracefulLoser: Surprisingly so. While he will do anything to win, if you manage to actually defeat him, he will prove himself quite cordial and respectful. |
| 280 | * HairTriggerTemper: He's easily angered by shows of defiance. |
| 281 | * HappilyMarried: To Titania. That hasn't always been the case, though, as their relationship used to be rocky enough for the two to divorce a thousand years ago. Shortly before beginning the Gathering, they re-married to their mutual delight. |
| 282 | * IGaveMyWord: {{Defied|Trope}}. He promises that his magic will not hurt the gargoyles, but when he fights them next, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem declares that "my decrees are MINE to interpret!"]] and [[LoopholeAbuse uses magic to impede them, just in ways that don't involve casting spells directly on them]]. |
| 283 | * ImmortalImmaturity: WordOfGod has stated that he was actually relatively humble compared to many of his people (notably Titania) before banishing them from Avalon. Of course, by the time of the series, several of them learned greater humility (notably Titania). Believing that he had no lessons to learn, Oberon remained largely the same.[[invoked]] |
| 284 | * ItsPersonal: Oberon seems to take Puck's ignoring the Gathering much more personal than the Banshee doing so. While he was content having the Weird Sisters bring him the latter, Oberon personally goes to search for Puck, and is a great deal harsher in punishing him for his defiance. Puck is the only one of Oberon's children explicitly stated to be his servant, so that might have played into it as well. |
| 285 | * JediMindTrick: Oberon pulls this off and pulls David's pistol out of his hands in almost the exact same manner in which [[Franchise/StarWars Vader did to Han]]. |
| 286 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Oberon can be quite polite and reasonable as long as someone or something isn't riling him up. However, if he perceives someone is challenging his authority he can become quite difficult. |
| 287 | * JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Oberon's word is law over the Third Race... and he is not a merciful lord. |
| 288 | * TheJuggernaut: Xanatos, his family and the Manhattan Clan tried ''everything'' they had at hand to prevent him from kidnapping Alex, including swords, force fields, flying robots, highly-powered lasers, magic and even an iron harpoon in his chest. [[CurbStompBattle All for nothing]] (and the [[ColdIron iron harpoon]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero only made things worse]]!). |
| 289 | * JustTheFirstCitizen: Oberon titles himself as "Lord" of the Third Race, rather than assuming a monarch's title as his mother, Queen Mab did. According to Greg Weisman, the title is Oberon's semi-skewed attempt to be more egalitarian than his tyrannical mother. |
| 290 | * KnightTemplar: Very zealous in his moral code, and [[TautologicalTemplar arguably hypocritical]]. See WellIntentionedExtremist below as well. |
| 291 | * LargeHam: "Oberon does not compromise. Oberon COMMANDS!" - Not too surprising, given that he is the lord of a race of superpowered shapeshifters, who are nearly all [[LargeHam large hams]] themselves. |
| 292 | * MagmaMan: Avalon's volcano, like the rest of the island, obeys his commands. ''"Lake of fire, heed my say!/Seize with hands of flame my prey!"'' |
| 293 | * MysticalWhiteHair: The Lord of the Third Race, Oberon has white hair. |
| 294 | * NoHeroToHisValet: Puck is none too happy about serving Oberon, and would rather hang out on Earth than go back to Avalon. All though this could just be Puck disliking servitude in general, rather than Oberon in particular. |
| 295 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Puck states that not even Oberon is above bribery, as he intended to use the Phoenix Gate to avoid the Gathering a bit longer. |
| 296 | * PhysicalGod: Possibly the single most powerful being yet seen in the ''Gargoyles'' universe, even among others in the Third Race deemed as Gods in their homelands. There appears to be no limit to the scope or range of his magic and he is effectively immortal. [[spoiler:The only known being more powerful than he is, according to WordOfGod, is his own mother, Mab]]. [[invoked]] |
| 297 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He has shades of it. He is constantly dressed in fancy battle armour, and considers Odin and the Banshee fighting at the Gathering to be marvellous sport. Oberon will also show respect to people putting up a good fight (if they don't push it too much) and is a surprisingly GracefulLoser. WordOfGod states that the Gathering will usually involve small battles and contests of various sorts, among other things.[[invoked]] |
| 298 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Of a sort. According to WordOfGod, he is far better than his insane mother, [[FairForItsDay was considered highly benevolent by the standards of a thousand years ago]], did banish the Third Race with the intent of them learning humility, is generally thought of by them as a good king and has shown a willingness to forgive and compromise as long as no one is riling him up.[[invoked]] |
| 299 | * RememberedICouldFly: When he initially tried to attack Xanatos's tower, he became [[HairTriggerTemper enraged]] at the idea of them trying to keep him out (and succeeding with the help of a force field), causing him to [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever become gigantic]] and attempt to just smash through. It isn't helped by interference from the Gargoyles and Halcyon Renard. It seems as though he'll fail when Renard manages to surround him in an energy cage, until Oberon calms down enough to realize he's not using good judgement, and simply shrinks down to pass through the bars, conjures freezing rain to keep the gargoyles and Renard's robots and airship off his back, and phases through the ground around the tower (bypassing the force field completely). |
| 300 | * RoyalWe: Often refers to himself with this. |
| 301 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: At the end of "Ill Met by Moonlight" Oberon decreed that his magic would not affect the gargoyles of Goliath's clan. When he faced them down in "The Gathering", however, he was more than happy to use magic against them, just indirectly. "[[InvokedTrope My decrees are mine to interpret!]]" |
| 302 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Oberon doesn't constantly refer to himself that way, but he will tap into this when being dramatic. |
| 303 | * UnskilledButStrong: Oberon isn't especially clever with his magic, relying largely on brute force. As indicated by the RememberedICouldFly example, this works so often he's hardly ever needed to think when it comes to dealing with an obstacle. |
| 304 | * TheUsurper: According to WordOfGod, he overthrew his mother Queen Mab to become the leader of the Third Race. He's considered an ''improvement''.[[invoked]] |
| 305 | * VillainousCheekbones: Very sharp, although the degree to which he counts as a villain is debatable. |
| 306 | * VillainRespect: He does show it when he meets someone who would dare challenge him. When David Xanatos dared to face him for trying to take his son, Oberon commended him for facing impossible odds for it. |
| 307 | * WorldsStrongestMan: Being a PhysicalGod, Oberon is the most powerful force encountered in the series. He was never even defeated or tired out and would've taken baby Alexander if Titania hadn't ended the conflict. Only Mab is more powerful according to WordOfGod.[[invoked]] |
| 308 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=3161 According to Greg Weisman]], from his point of view taking Alex was the right thing to do, seeing him being raised by humans the same way one would see a child potentially crippled. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Queen Titania]] |
| 312 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/KateMulgrew |
| 313 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Stefanella Marrama |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_titania.jpg]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | Another powerful member of the Third Race. Titania married Oberon at one point, but divorced him sometime before the tenth century. They reconcile their relationship 1000 years later. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * AbusiveParents: Downplayed. She loves [[spoiler: Fox]] and openly demonstrates her care for her, but she's also willing to put her daughter through ridiculous danger and emotional torment all in the aims of sparking her magical potential. When this trait is revealed, [[spoiler: Fox]] is ''much'' less friendly to her mother. |
| 320 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She has a sea-green complexion in her true FairFolk form. |
| 321 | * AmicableExes: Although divorced, Anastasia and Halcyon still care about each other and are perfectly civil when they show up to celebrate baby Alex's birth. |
| 322 | * BareMidriffsAreFeminine: In her true form, her outfit [[ProudBeauty shows off her stomach]] as she no longer has to act or dress like a human grandmother. |
| 323 | * BreakTheHaughty: She used to be a lot more arrogant and cruel before her banishment. |
| 324 | * TheChessmaster: The events of "The Gathering" occurred according to her designs. |
| 325 | * EvilRedhead: Downplayed. "Evil" is debatable, but Antagonistic Redhead, at least considering the grief she put her daughter through. |
| 326 | * TheFairFolk: Their Queen, and very magical and tricky indeed. |
| 327 | * FairySexy: One of the fair folk, and quite a knockout. |
| 328 | * FieryRedhead: Zigzagged. As Titania, she was known to be quite arrogant in her youth before maturing, but still has a playful side. Not so much as [[spoiler:Anastasia]] who has a different hair color and temperament. |
| 329 | * HappilyMarried: To Oberon, and to Halcyon, before she tired of him. Both men have a very high opinion of her, even while separated. |
| 330 | * HartmanHips: She's the whole package, but has very prominent hips. |
| 331 | * TheHighQueen: As she observes sarcastically, Oberon's authority is not absolute as long as he's married. |
| 332 | * HotWitch: She's pretty vain, and has exceptional powers of magic. |
| 333 | * ImpossibleHourGlassFigure: Titania has an impossibly thin waist given her build. Then again, she probably can take any form she desires. |
| 334 | * InterspeciesRomance: She (a fey) was married to Halycon Renard (a human) before she tired of him. |
| 335 | * ManipulativeBitch: At times. |
| 336 | ** It's heavily hinted that, if not outright stated, that between the events of "Ill Met By Moonlight" and "The Gathering," Titania was telling all involved what they needed to hear in order to make the end justify the means. In the former, her influence arranges for the clan raised by Princess Katharine and Tom to remain on Avalon, and in the latter, over the course of the prolonged battle with Oberon that she basically instigated, [[spoiler:Fox's latent magical powers finally surface, which means that Alex can remain with her and David, while Puck (who doesn't want to go to the Gathering anyway) can be left to stay, caring for and training Alex in magic from the get-go.]] |
| 337 | * MayDecemberRomance: Double subverted. As [[spoiler:Anastasia, it was implied she was younger than the elderly looking Halycon, but flashbacks showed that the former was [[IWasQuiteTheLooker equally young and handsome]] when they first met. However, then it's revealed that she is Queen Titania, a member of the Fair Folk. Meaning that she's way older than he is]]. |
| 338 | * MsFanservice: WordOfGod classifies her as this, and proud enough to flaunt it off.[[invoked]] |
| 339 | * NobleDemon: She's manipulative, but she has surprisingly benign ends for her actions like saving Katharine, Tom and the "eggs" from being killed by Oberon and allowing them to stay on Avalon. |
| 340 | * OnlySaneWoman: Though, bizarrely, Oberon claims she used to be a RoyalBrat, which is why he divorced her. WordOfGod says that she underwent a lot of CharacterDevelopment in their 1,001-year separation, while Oberon stayed more or less the same.[[invoked]] |
| 341 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Per WordOfGod, the reason she dresses like she does is "She's got it, she flaunts it."[[invoked]] |
| 342 | * TookALevelInKindness: According to Oberon, she was far nastier before her thousand-year exile. |
| 343 | * TheWomanBehindTheMan: She's a good deal more cunning than Oberon and can influence him behind the scenes. |
| 344 | -->'''Titania''': On Avalon, Oberon's word is law.\ |
| 345 | '''Katharine''': Does that mean he's always right?\ |
| 346 | '''Titania''': Not while he's married. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Puck]] |
| 350 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/BrentSpiner |
| 351 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Vittorio Stagni |
| 352 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/puck_9.png]] |
| 353 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Serving humans is fun. They have a sense of humor."'']] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | One of the Children of Oberon described in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," a prankster who relishes his independence, and resents being Oberon's servant. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * AintTooProudToBeg: After Oberon banished him from Avalon for eternity and strips him of his powers, Puck begs him to reconsider, stating he'll do anything. |
| 358 | * AlmightyJanitor: He's a powerful fae but in the hierarchy of the Third Race, he holds the rank of Oberon's servant (something he does not enjoy). |
| 359 | * BatmanGambit: When properly motivated, Puck can come up with brilliant schemes that rely on how he predicts people will react under certain circumstances. |
| 360 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:He ''loved'' being Owen so much he risked defying Oberon just so he could hang out with Xanatos and Fox for a few more centuries, or at least long enough for his employers to live out their lives. Later, it gets [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] when Oberon forces him to be Owen ''forever''.]] [[spoiler:His first reaction to this is a BigNo, almost immediately followed by Owen's trademark [[TheStoic stoic acceptance]].]] |
| 361 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He provides this lesson to Demona, as well as being on the receiving end of this trope. |
| 362 | ** Tries to get Oberon to let him stay with Xanatos and Fox a little longer, for their lifespan at least. Since he managed to piss Oberon off so much, he eternally bars Puck from Avalon ("No, wait! Not eternally!") and forbids him from using magic except when protecting or instructing Xanatos's son. [[spoiler:Puck later finds out that's a pretty damn big loophole and starts teaching Alexander before he can even ''talk''.]] |
| 363 | ** During "The Mirror" Demona tries to force the trickster to do her bidding. It goes about as well as you'd expect. |
| 364 | * BenevolentGenie: |
| 365 | ** "The Mirror" plays with this trope by having Puck act as a benevolent genie not to Demona the wish-maker, but her would-be victims of wish-induced genocide. When she orders Puck to destroy "that human" Elisa, and "get rid of all humans," he [[LoopholeAbuse deliberately misconstrues her meaning]] by turning them into gargoyles so he doesn't have to kill them. He also uses his magic to avoid causing serious harm to Goliath's Clan when Demona turns her wrath on them, [[MindScrew mostly]]. |
| 366 | * BerserkButton: Puck's is only pushed once, in his first appearance, but the consequences are monumental. Imprison him? Well you are trying to extract wishes from a Jackass Genie, so good luck with that, but that's just part of the game and its not like he isn't used to servitude. Tell him to go away when he is offering you actual help? That's just rude and he won't be happy. |
| 367 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Puck might be nice enough on the surface and a bit of CloudCuckooLander, but he has a keen mind, a love for chaos, and quite a bit of magic at his disposal. |
| 368 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like the rest of Oberon's Children, Puck's set of morals doesn't seem to revolve around good and bad. He gleefully messes with humans and gargoyles alike, though he appears to have a certain degree of fondness for humanity. While Puck isn't explicitly benevolent, he is fairly affable, albeit tricky, and not particularly malevolent just for the heck if it. He also honours his deal with Xanatos and doesn't seem to mind Demona manhandling him too much, but interestingly enough is severely pissed off after Demona rejects his offer of repayment. |
| 369 | * BoredWithInsanity: Part of his motive for becoming the dour and wooden-seeming Owen. "The Puck has played many roles over the millennia ...but never that of StraightMan." |
| 370 | * BreakTheHaughty: Puck's detached, wise-cracking persona absolutely shatters for a moment, after Oberon banished him from Avalon and stripped him of his powers. He even pleads with him to reconsider. |
| 371 | * BrilliantButLazy: A mild form. Puck usually does things for his own amusement and is generally fine with working some harmless mischief. As "Future Tense" and "Possession" highlight, Puck can be a brilliant schemer when it comes down to it, with Goliath usually unable to figure out what's happening until Puck spells it out to him. |
| 372 | * CastAsAMask: An interesting example, as [[spoiler:while Owen is voiced by Creator/JeffBennett and not Puck's voice actor, Creator/BrentSpiner, Owen and Puck have similar-sounding voices, with the only noticeable differences being their respective vocal pitches and speech patterns.]] |
| 373 | * CloudCuckoolander: As befits both a fae and a trickster, it can be difficult for humans to follow his train of thought. |
| 374 | * ColdIron: Like the rest of the Third Race, Puck is vulnerable to iron, which is exploited by Demona to force him into her service. |
| 375 | * DeadpanSnarker: Puck has a snide sense of humor, best shown in "The Mirror", where he throws sarcasm and backtalk at Demona at every opportunity. |
| 376 | -->'''Demona:''' I am too vulnerable during the day. I don't want to turn to stone anymore.\ |
| 377 | '''Puck:''' Of course, you want to stroll down 5th Avenue in the sunshine. [[SarcasmMode I'm sure you'll fit right in]]. |
| 378 | * EvilIsPetty: Well, BlueAndOrangeMorality is petty at any rate, but after already putting Goliath through a literally nightmarish ordeal, he can't resist a final stab at him, by suggesting his nightmare might have been a prophecy, purely out of spite at having his plan foiled. |
| 379 | * EyeBeams: When channeling his powers, Puck's eyes will start to glow ominously, and eye beams will often follow. |
| 380 | * ExactWords: |
| 381 | ** Puck is very skilled in using people's exact words against them, as it is in general a huge part of his modus operandi in working around his master's ObstructiveCodeOfConduct, which forbids any direct interference in mortal affairs. It's also great for messing with Demona. |
| 382 | ** On a different note, he also takes this stance towards his agreement with Xanatos, according to Greg Weisman. He does get [[spoiler: a "lifetime of service" from Owen; but this also means that knowledge from the Puck that Owen the human could have no way of knowing of is off limits to Xanatos as well (come the Gathering and those lines are beginning to blur a bit)]]. |
| 383 | * TheFairFolk: He's manipulative and very unpredictable, with most of his actions dictated by his (potentially dangerous) sense of humor. |
| 384 | * FairyTrickster: Owing to his Shakespearean origin, in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', Puck is also this here, often using trickery to get what he wants, such as constructing a nightmare future to coerce Goliath into handing over the Phoenix Gate. Of course, given Oberon's Law forbids his Children from directly interfering with mortals, one could say he's this by necessity, as are all the Fae. |
| 385 | * FriendlyEnemy: He's usually in service to one of the gargoyles' adversaries, but he likes having the gargoyles around and bears them no personal animosity. It's understandably slightly one-sided, as Goliath is well aware [[TheFairFolk whom]] he is dealing with, and is naturally a bit wary of him. |
| 386 | * GreatGazoo: "The Mirror" shows him capable of affecting the bodies and minds of every mortal on Manhattan Island - using Titania's Mirror as an amplifier. Although he has limits (which is fortunate, because one of Demona's first commands was to eliminate all of humanity.) |
| 387 | * IJustWantToBeFree: He's come to enjoy his freedom that came with his thousand-year-exile and he's not looking forward to returning to Avalon (and by extension Oberon's service) anytime soon. |
| 388 | * {{Invisibility}}: He sometimes makes use of that power, ironically enough less so for causing mischief, but simply to stay undetected. |
| 389 | * ItAmusedMe: A high source of motivation for Puck to do anything is whether or not he will have a good time doing so, and in general seems to have a distaste for boring and humorless people. He puts up with Demona after figuring out how to make things more entertaining (for himself, mind you), he-as-Owen ditched Anastasia and Halcyon Renard as employers because they were too boringly nice whereas Fox and Xanatos created more chaos, and while genuinely helping the Gargoyles in "Possession" he does so in an overly complex manner because it's fun. |
| 390 | -->'''Goliath:''' Puck! I should've known. But why this subterfuge? |
| 391 | -->'''Puck:''' Hey, I ''live'' for subterfuge! |
| 392 | * JackassGenie: Demona offended him immediately - no surprises there - which unleashed this side of him. Even his parting gift was a little masterpiece of nastiness. Puck sincerely wanted to grant her one last wish as a thank you for all the fun he'd had that night, but then she insulted him by telling him to just go away, so he granted her desire to be able to experience the daytime by making her turn into the one thing she hated most, a human, every day. By WordOfGod, he even suppressed the [[PainfulTransformation transformational pain]] the first time, just to surprise her.[[invoked]] |
| 393 | * LargeHam: He can be more subtle if it suits his plans, but when Puck appears in person he will make sure to steal the show. |
| 394 | -->'''Puck:''' Heeeeeeere's PUCK! |
| 395 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Given his own propensity for LoopholeAbuse, it's only fitting that Oberon eventually gives Puck [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a taste of his own medicine]]. Due to Puck ignoring the Gathering on the basis that he wanted to stay with Xanatos and Fox as Owen, Oberon eventually obliges by exiling Puck for eternity from Avalon, and restricting him to only using his magic when it comes to protecting and training Alexander. |
| 396 | * LibertyOverProsperity: Would rather stay in the mortal world than return to the paradisiacal Avalon, but doesn't want to be restricted from Avalon, either. He seems to prize his freedom and independence more than anything. [[spoiler: In fact, he only voluntarily serves one person, Xanatos, who just managed to impress him that much.]] |
| 397 | * LiteralGenie: During "The Mirror," where he's bound in iron and compelled to obey his summoner, but free to (mis)interpret their commands as he wants. |
| 398 | --> '''Puck:''' Don't worry. I will do'' '''exactly''' ''as you ask. |
| 399 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Puck has long flowing hair and is quite easy on the eyes. |
| 400 | * LoopholeAbuse: If you somehow manage to trap Puck into your services, you need to make your orders ''inescapably'' clear. Even then, he'll find a way around it. In Demona's case, he "gets rid of all humans" by turning them into gargoyles. When Oberon forbids him from using any magic except when protecting and instructing Xanatos's son, [[spoiler:he starts teaching the kid before he's old enough to ''talk''.]] |
| 401 | * LoveableRogue: He thoroughly enjoys causing chaos, and puts Goliath through a nightmarish ordeal in "Future Tense" for utterly selfish reasons, but Puck goes out of his way to avoid killing humans when Demona orders him to in "The Mirror", turning them into gargoyles instead (not that he was keen on helping her in the first place, but still). He is also shown to have a sense of honour (sort of); he honours his deal with Xanatos and is shown to spontaneously help the gargoyles solve their Coldstone problem in "Possession", albeit in the most complex manner he could think of. |
| 402 | * ManipulativeBastard: Shown in "Future Tense" and even more so in "Possession", where he skillfully [[PlayingBothSides plays both the heroes and the villain]] like a fiddle all the way through, in order to achieve his goal. |
| 403 | * MasterOfIllusion: Puck turns out to be quite nifty with illusions, as "Future Tense" illustrates. His BadFuture plot during the Avalon arc was a nightmare that drove Goliath to the brink of the DespairEventHorizon. It also counts as a BatmanGambit to get the Phoenix Gate. Goliath figures him out at the crucial moment, leading to a BigNo followed by "I was sooo close!". Even afterwards he can't resist a final jab at Goliath, suggesting that it might have been a prophecy instead of a nightmare, and then refusing to tell him which. |
| 404 | -->'''Puck:''' Oh, was it a dream or a prophecy?\ |
| 405 | '''Goliath:''' I must know!\ |
| 406 | '''Puck:''' [[DeadpanSnarker M-hm. Like I'd tell you.]] |
| 407 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Puck sports long white hair, and is a powerful fae. |
| 408 | * NearVillainVictory: The one time he directly antagonized Goliath was in a grand scheme to make the gargoyle give him the Phoenix Gate. His BadFuture illusion drove Goliath to the point where he offered the Phoenix Gate to Puck (disguised as Elisa) but failed at the last second because "Elisa" kept insisting that Goliath physically give her the Gate rather than simply picking it up, tipping him off that something was wrong. |
| 409 | * ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Becomes a plot-point in Future Tense, where Oberon's laws prevent him from simply taking the Phoenix Gate and instead require the owner to literally hand it over to him. Additionally, since the Gathering Puck can now only use his powers when he is protecting or teaching Xanatos' son. |
| 410 | * RhymesOnADime: Rhyming apparently helps focusing his magic, though he isn't too formal about it. |
| 411 | -->'''Puck:''' Humans love a battle hearty, so does Puck! Come on, let's party! |
| 412 | * ShapeshifterModeLock: As of "The Gathering", Puck is now trapped in the form of Owen, unable to access his powers, unless he is training or protecting young Alexander. So speaks Oberon. |
| 413 | * ShapeshiftingTrickster: Being a Child of Oberon, he is a natural shapeshifter, and able to use that ability to great effect in both, "Future Tense" and "Possession", and loves causing trouble in general. |
| 414 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: He will occasionally refer to himself as "the Puck", though it doesn't seem like he did so out of an over-inflated ego. Interestingly enough, Oberon once referred to Puck like that as well, giving off the impression "Puck" is more of a title than a name. [[note]][[GeniusBonus Which is actually the case in]] ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', as there, Robin Goodfellow is his name, but a Puck is what he is.[[/note]] |
| 415 | * TakeAThirdOption: He tried to anyway. Unwilling to attend the Gathering just yet, but not wanting to draw Oberon's wrath on himself either, Puck tried to persuade Oberon to "forget about the child and put off the Gathering for a few more centuries". Unfortunately Oberon was too annoyed by the whole ordeal (Puck's antics included), that he wasn't willing to compromise. He ultimately ends up banished from Avalon ''forever'', which was ''not'' what he had in mind. |
| 416 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Like Oberon, Puck every now and then talks about himself this way. Must be a Third Race thing... |
| 417 | -->'''Puck:''' Puck is many things, but never a poor guest. |
| 418 | * TookALevelInKindness: He can be quite manipulative when he has a goal in mind, and he loves causing chaos, but he's still friendly enough to hold a conversation with, and given the antics the other Children of Oberon can swing themselves up to, Puck's caused mischief is relatively harmless. This is due to Oberon banishing him and all the other Children for about a millennia to mellow them out. A throwaway line from Titania that the banishment was enough for "even Puck to mend his manners" indicates that he was a ''whole'' lot worse prior to the banishment. |
| 419 | * {{Troll}}: In "The Mirror", Puck spends the entire episode messing around with Demona for his personal amusement, by purposefully misinterpreting her wishes, with her never coming anywhere close to her original goal. |
| 420 | * WildCard: While being fairly easy to get along with in general, Puck is extremely unpredictable, and may turn against you if it suits his plans, then come around and help you moments later. |
| 421 | * YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: The only time Puck respectfully addresses Oberon as "my Lord" is after the latter has stripped him of his powers, and Puck tries to plead with him, showing how much the punishment stung. To be clear, we are talking about the fae who previously referred to his king as "Big Daddy Oberon". |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:The Weird Sisters]] |
| 425 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/KathSoucie |
| 426 | [[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/WeirdSisters_5324.JPG]] |
| 427 | [[caption-width-right:325: "All things are true." ]] |
| 428 | [[caption-width-right:325: From left to right: Phoebe, Seline, and Luna]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | Three powerful Children of Oberon who interfere in the series from time to time, particularly where Demona and Macbeth are concerned, loosely adapted from the Three Witches of ''[[Theatre/MacBeth Macbeth]]'' as well as various Three Goddess myths. Their goals and motives are their own. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * TheAgeless: True of most of the Children of Oberon, but it's a plot point during "Avalon." |
| 433 | --> '''Archmage:''' [Revenge] will take... some time.\ |
| 434 | '''Seline:''' What is 'time' to an immortal? |
| 435 | * AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: The Weird Sisters, who all take the same form at the same time, appearing as a trio of creepy little girls, old crones, aged female gargoyles, or voluptuous young 20-somethings, as befits whom they are speaking to at the time, though [[MorphicResonance they can still be told apart apart by hair color]] (blonde, black, white). The little girls are seen by the Manhattan Clan, the old crones are seen by Macbeth and Duncan, and the old gargoyle hags are seen by Demona. Meanwhile the 20-somethings are their preferred form, seen by the audience and other Children of Oberon as well as any characters not implied to see them differently (although humans will see them in period/job-appropriate attire). WordOfGod has stated that only the Third Race and the audience ever see them for what they truly are.[[invoked]] |
| 436 | ** Most notably, at the end of "City of Stone", they simultaneously appeared in different forms to different characters: Macbeth still saw them as old hags, Goliath still saw them as little girls, and Xanatos saw them as young adult women, all at the same time. |
| 437 | * BeautyIsBad: The forms that they show to Xanatos and the viewer are attractive (in an mystic-fey-like manner) and definitely dangerous and manipulative (again, they are fey). |
| 438 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: In their first few appearances they present themselves as [[BigGood moral guardians]], but they're really working with the Archmage with a hidden agenda to destroy the gargoyles' family on Avalon. Their act is good enough that when Demona and Macbeth reappear in "[[Recap/GargoylesS2HighNoon High Noon]]", Goliath assumes they must have somehow escaped the Weird Sisters' custody, when in fact they're working for the Sisters under [[MindControl a compulsion]]. |
| 439 | * CantArgueWithElves: At the very least, they're convincing enough that other characters don't really bother to actually engage them with facts and just get to fighting. |
| 440 | * TheChessmaster: They've been more or less running Demona and Macbeth's lives for over 900 years, and WordOfGod is that they were playing the Archmage for a fool as well.[[invoked]] |
| 441 | * [[CreepyTwins Creepy Triplets]]: Mysterious at best, downright unsettling at worst. |
| 442 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
| 443 | * TheDividual: Subverted. It happens ''very'' rarely, but every so often one of them will act independently of the others. Seline, the Sister of Vengeance, gives Macbeth the tool he needs to kill Duncan as messily and painfully as possible, one of the rare times she's unaccompanied by the others. WordOfGod is that each represents a distinct motivation (Fate, Vengeance, and Grace) and these forces can even be in conflict with each other without the sisters being consciously aware of it (explaining their sometime fickleness). [[invoked]] |
| 444 | * [[DragonWithAnAgenda Dragons With An Agenda]]: To the Archmage during "Avalon", by leading him into thinking he was in charge when he was a pawn in their scheme. |
| 445 | * TheFairFolk: They are not malevolent out of the blue, but they're easily offended. Sometimes they'll advise other characters against 'evil' actions, but at other times they're pretty wicked themselves. |
| 446 | * EvilIsPetty: Or BlueAndOrangeMorality is petty, possibly. It was their job to keep everybody out of Avalon until Oberon returned, and the Magus caused them to fail by reflecting their owl ForcedTransformation spell back at them. They even agree to the Archmage's thousand-year plan for revenge, just to settle their score with the Magus. They go out of their way to go after ''him'' when their plan is working. |
| 447 | * GambitRoulette: Their plan to use Demona, Macbeth and the Archmage to regain control of Avalon would be one, [[JustifiedTrope except that]] the Sisters seem to have some ability to see the future and therefore could predict where their pawns would end up (as well as living long enough to course correct them whenever necessary). |
| 448 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Of at least the first half of the series, as their manipulations of Demona, Macbeth and the Archmage set the stage for a lot of the conflicts throughout the thousand year time skip and into the present day. It's implied both in-universe and via WordOfGod that they may be the true BigBad of the series, however their motives are so inscrutable that whether they will actually ascend to the position or remain in the background manipulating others, only time will tell.[[invoked]] |
| 449 | * TheHecateSisters: As a reference to the Maiden/Mother/Crone mythology, they appear in disguises of various ages. Demona sees them as three elderly female gargoyles, Macbeth sees them as three elderly human women, Goliath sees them as three innocent little human girls, etc. |
| 450 | ** WordOfGod says that, depending on which sister is in ascendance at the moment, they are the three Graces, the three Fates/Norns or the three Furies, but also that they always have aspects of all three identities.[[invoked]] |
| 451 | * HijackedByGanon: The Archmage takes over their plan to re-gain Avalon and uses it for his own purpose. It is also subverted in that, by doing so, he was still helping them achieve their goals anyway. |
| 452 | * HiveMind: They're less three separate beings and more one being with three distinct aspects. |
| 453 | * HotWitch: Well, Witches. |
| 454 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Before revealing themselves to be antagonists to the gargoyles, they say things like "all life is precious" and even talk about the futility of the CycleOfRevenge. Vengeance is actually one of the three sides of their nature, and in a flashback to their first confrontation with Princess Katharine's group, they call their pleas for sanctuary, "Meaningless chatter over meaningless lives". |
| 455 | * IdenticalTwinIDTag: Hair color is the only way to tell them apart. Phoebe has golden hair (and is [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold the most outwardly pleasant one]]), symbolizing Grace; Luna has MysticalWhiteHair and is the most detached, symbolizing Fate; and Seline is a EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who symbolizes Vengeance. |
| 456 | * LoopholeAbuse: They want to go to Avalon to get revenge, but Oberon's law forbids it because all the Children have been banished from the island. However, Oberon's law ''also'' says that a member of the Third Race has to obey a human whom they've agreed to serve. They put themselves into the Archmage's service knowing that he'll order them to go to Avalon, which gives them a valid excuse if Oberon finds out. |
| 457 | * MysticalWhiteHair: All three of them are highly mystical; Luna is probably the most mystical of the three, and has white hair. |
| 458 | * PyrrhicVictory: While they get the Magus to go all out in their fight, which ultimately proves fatal in his old age, he still manages to beat them by binding them with iron chains, keeping them from going to aid the Archmage. As well as still proving he's the better magician regardless and that they, fey creatures, have to live with the knowledge that a human bested them; an old, frail human who lacked a magic book to boost his power. |
| 459 | * ThemeNaming: All three of their names are those of moon goddesses. |
| 460 | * VillainHasAPoint: In "City of Stone", they force Demona to acknowledge that she was responsible for a lot of her own misery. She later [[IgnoredEpiphany rejects this]], but the fact that they were able to get through to her ''at all'' (even if only briefly) speaks volumes. |
| 461 | * WeAreAsMayflies: Although they verbally acknowledge in "City of Stone" that human lives have ''some'' value, they're pretty casual about manipulating mortals and placing them in danger. |
| 462 | * WildCard: Any time the Sisters appear, all bets are off as to whether they'll be good guys, bad guys or observers. |
| 463 | [[/folder]] |
| 464 | |
| 465 | [[folder:Raven]] |
| 466 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/LawrenceBayne |
| 467 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Creator/FrancescoPannofino |
| 468 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raven_1.png]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | A trickster Child of Oberon (featuring prominently in the lore of the First Nations of North America, particularly the Pacific Northwest) who frequently assumes the form of a raven. He has his eyes set on conquering Queen Florence Island. |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: He takes on a gargoyle-like form to win Goliath and Angela's trust. |
| 473 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's very snarky, especially to his enemies. |
| 474 | * KarmaHoudini: He gets off scot-free and is later seen attending the Gathering. |
| 475 | * ManipulativeBastard: He plays Goliath like a harp throughout most of the episode in which he appears, making him believe Grandmother is a villain and he himself a persecuted gargoyle. |
| 476 | * PragmaticVillainy: He tried to use Goliath to get rid of the remaining humans of this island for him, because fighting is just "so messy", and indeed would have been fine with Natsilane not believing in him at all, as that would have meant he wouldn't have to duel with him. Eventually, as Goliath prepares to confront him, Raven tells the gargoyle instead to calm down, as he had no quarrel with him, even though being a Child of Oberon he easily could have defeated him. |
| 477 | * RavensAndCrows: He's one of the most famous supernatural depictions. Oddly enough, he appears to have [[GoodWingsEvilWings bat-like spiked wings]] in humanoid form. |
| 478 | * ShapeshiftingTrickster: As a Child of Oberon he is a natural shapeshifter, and one of the more malevolent trickster figures, both of which are highlighted in his debut episode. |
| 479 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: He didn't think much of Natsilane, a college student with no experience with the supernatural or being a chief. Despite some initial hesitation, Natsilane ended up defeating him in their fight ([[PowersDoTheFighting thanks to the magic relics Natsilane obtained]]). |
| 480 | [[/folder]] |
| 481 | |
| 482 | [[folder:Grandmother]] |
| 483 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Amentha Dymally |
| 484 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandmother.JPG]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | A benevolent Child of Oberon who protects Queen Florence Island and advises Chief Natsilane. |
| 487 | ---- |
| 488 | * CoolOldLady: She takes the form of an elderly woman and uses every loophole she can to help the people of Queen Florence Island. |
| 489 | * DefectorFromDecadence: 'Grandmother' shows no sign of the arrogance that many other Children of Oberon display, and seems entirely benevolent to her adopted human 'family'. |
| 490 | * GoodOldWays: She's insistent that Natsilane must fulfill his traditional obligations, however he may disdain the supernatural. |
| 491 | * TheMentor: To Natsilane. She can't interfere more directly due to Oberon's laws. |
| 492 | * WorldHealingWave: After Raven is banished, she restores Queen Florence island by shifting her hair into a wave of water. |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | [[folder:Anubis]] |
| 496 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/TonyJay |
| 497 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Luca Ward |
| 498 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thwkxwvxb9.jpg]] |
| 499 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"[D]eath is the ultimate fairness. Rich and poor, young and old, all are equal in death. You would not wish to see the Jackal God play favorites."'']] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Death personified in the cosmology of pharaonic Egypt, and the patron deity of the embalmers. |
| 502 | ---- |
| 503 | * AllAreEqualInDeath: Said word-for-word. |
| 504 | * DarkIsNotEvil: For a god of death, Anubis is not at all malevolent -- it's just his job. |
| 505 | * DeathTakesAHoliday: While the Emir and the Pack imprison him, everyone on Earth is prevented from dying (though we never actually see the consequences of this). |
| 506 | * DontFearTheReaper: Anubis is neither evil nor antagonistic. |
| 507 | * EverybodyHatesHades: Refreshingly averted. Though he both looks and sounds rather heinous, Anubis is not portrayed as a villain and the episode featuring him in fact has the [[AnAesop moral]] that death is a natural part of life that must be accepted. WordOfGod is that not all Third Race death gods are necessarily as responsible as he is, though.[[invoked]] |
| 508 | * FusionDance: Forced to merge with two different mortals in his debut episode. He has next-to-no influence over the fused form and whomever he's bound to is the one who has control. |
| 509 | * TheGrimReaper: Anubis has this role, which he regards as an obligation to be fair. |
| 510 | * HijackingCthulhu: With the scroll of Thoth, Jackal, and later the Emir, take over Anubis's powers. |
| 511 | * NotSoAboveItAll: When the Banshee is embarrassed during the Gathering he laughs along with the other Children of Oberon. |
| 512 | * ObviouslyEvil: Subverted. He's got a low voice by Creator/TonyJay, he's a [[EverybodyHatesHades death god]] who dresses like a NephariousPharaoh, and is a black jackal deity. He's actually [[DarkIsNotEvil a neutral and fair arbiter of a difficult topic]]. |
| 513 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Regards death as "the ultimate fairness" and is adamant about not showing favoritism. |
| 514 | * TheStoic: Doesn't lose his cool despite being imprisoned. Even when giving his warnings, he stays calm. |
| 515 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Whenever fused with someone. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | [[folder:The Banshee/Molly/Crom-Cruach]] |
| 519 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Sheena Easton (Banshee/Molly), Creator/FrankWelker (Crom-Cruach) |
| 520 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Cristina Boraschi |
| 521 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thw1gyegu6.jpg]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | A Child of Oberon residing in Ireland who prides herself on her destructive siren voice. |
| 524 | ---- |
| 525 | * BecomingTheMask: Greg Weisman says that she actually did develop feelings for Rory while posing as his girlfriend "Molly", though she's very much in denial about them. |
| 526 | * CompellingVoice: As she puts it, her voice can seduce and mesmerize as well as bring pain beyond imagining. At one point, she uses this to hypnotize Rory into following her home and thinking the events of the night before were just a dream. |
| 527 | * CompositeCharacter: |
| 528 | ** Crom-Cruach in Irish legends is not connected to banshees in any way. |
| 529 | ** She represents all banshees of legend as one character. She also has aspects of the Greek myth of the sirens. |
| 530 | ** WordOfGod from Creator/GregWeisman suggests that legends of the Morrigan refer to the Banshee, though this is only after a fan told him about the Morrigan and her love/hate relationship with Cu Chullain on Ask Greg, as he wasn't familiar with her. [[invoked]] |
| 531 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Oberon gags her mouth in "The Gathering, Part I" for disobeying his summons to Avalon, preventing her from using her siren voice. |
| 532 | * CuteGhostGirl: Still attractive in her ghostly form, less so as [[AnimalisticAbomination Crom-Cruach]], the Death-Worm. |
| 533 | * HairTriggerTemper: Odin even makes fun of her for it. |
| 534 | * HeelFaceTurn: She was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen supposed]] to undergo this if ''Heroes of Ulster'' ever got the greenlight. Probably would've been a case of LoveRedeems since Rory was her boyfriend before he remembered he was a mythical Irish superhero. [[invoked]] |
| 535 | * MorphicResonance: Her gag will remain in whatever form she takes until Oberon can "hear true humility in [her] silent plea". |
| 536 | * ManipulativeBitch: Spends most of her debut trying to manipulate Rory from discovering his identity. |
| 537 | * OneWingedAngel: Her form as Crom-Cruach, a large cross between a dragon and a larva with a skeletal face. |
| 538 | * OurBansheesAreLouder: Duh. She has the scream and the spectral appearence, though unlike the original one she can transform into a monstrous wurm. |
| 539 | * PsychoSupporter: She deliberately plays this part to Rory Dugan, encouraging delinquency in order to prevent him from discovering his true nature as Cu Chullain's reincarnation. Although WordOfGod is that her relationship with him wasn't entirely just an act, and some of her suggestions to him were actually good ones (moving away to where there are jobs, for example, would get him out of her hair, but is also sound advice).[[invoked]] |
| 540 | * SuperScream: She is the Banshee, after all. |
| 541 | -->'''Banshee''': When the Banshee keens, men '''''[[BrownNote DIIIIIIIIIE]]'''''! |
| 542 | * UnexplainedRecovery: While Anansi is also apparently slain, he simply vanishes, implying he may have just teleported away. Banshee, though? Her monster form dies, and her ghost form emerges from its mouth, gives one last wail and dissolves. Seems pretty final...but she still shows up at the Gathering. |
| 543 | [[/folder]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[folder:Anansi]] |
| 546 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/LeVarBurton |
| 547 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Claudo Fattoretto |
| 548 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thef9enwad.jpg]] |
| 549 | |
| 550 | A trickster Child of Oberon residing in Nigeria in the form of a spider. |
| 551 | ---- |
| 552 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Anansi in the original Myth/AfricanMythology usually is presented as heroic despite being a TricksterGod. This one is a villainous ManipulativeBastard. |
| 553 | * AintTooProudToBeg: When the battle starts to turn against him, he rather pathetically offers to "spin wishes" for the heroes and grant them treasures beyond counting. |
| 554 | * BigEater: Like African Elephant big. |
| 555 | * BrilliantButLazy: Smart as he is, he'd rather have other people gather his food for him. Even when he confronts the heroes he just swipe at them with his legs in rather slow movements. |
| 556 | * DealWithTheDevil: His stock in trade. He made both Fara Maku and Tea Gora were-panthers in exchange for them hunting for him, but as Elisa's mother Diane points out, his gifts always come at a price. |
| 557 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Which, given his size, is to be expected. |
| 558 | * EyeScream: On the receiving end when his own panther servant jumps on his head and swipes at his eyes. |
| 559 | * FatalFlaw: A mixture of overconfidence and, mostly, sloth: he wants to create many more servants to feed him, but he never stops to consider the fact that they could turn on him. And while he's powerful, unspecified years of sloth and eating have reduced him to a fat and slow beast who can barely defend himself or walk on his own power. |
| 560 | * FatBastard: So fat, in fact, that he can't fight the heroes once his webs have been cut. And his goal is to become even fatter. |
| 561 | * GiantSpider: ''Huge'' spider, even resides in a city shaped like a web. Deconstructed in that his size is so large he's mostly unable to maneuver on ground. |
| 562 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Anansi's gluttony left him so fat that he couldn't keep fighting after his web was cut. |
| 563 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: We [[BloodlessCarnage don't see the spear sink into his flesh]], but he does disappear in a flash of light and a scream of pain. |
| 564 | * KarmaHoudini: He escapes and is later seen attending the Gathering. That being said, he did take a spear to the belly before said Gathering. |
| 565 | * ManipulativeBastard: He manipulated the original were-panther, and the subsequent were-panthers, into hunting his food for him. |
| 566 | * TricksterGod: ''The'' trickster god of Africa. |
| 567 | * VillainousGlutton: Since he made the pact with the Panther Queen, his main objective was to obtain more and more food for himself. Deconstructed as he grew so fat and out of shape he's not a formidable threat once his only asset, the web, is cut down. |
| 568 | * WeaksauceWeakness: He was defeated when his web was cut down because he was too fat to move properly on the ground. |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[folder:Odin]] |
| 572 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/WMorganSheppard |
| 573 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Sergio Graziani |
| 574 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thl7quu1c2.jpg]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | The chief of the [[Myth/NorseMythology Aesir]] and a powerful Child of Oberon. The Eye of Odin, a magical AmplifierArtifact that appears many times throughout the series, originally belonged to him until it was separated from him as part of a "[[https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=12117 mystic trade]]." |
| 577 | ---- |
| 578 | * BearsAreBadNews: His favorite alternate form appears to be that of a polar bear. |
| 579 | * BlackCloak: His cloak of stars. |
| 580 | * CoolHorse: Sleipnir, his horse with a black, starry-hide, medieval-style gold barding and can fly. WordOfGod is Sleipnir is another member of the Third Race who can shapeshift, which is used to explain why he did not have eight legs. In real life, trying to animate eight legs would have been too costly.[[invoked]] |
| 581 | %%* CoolOldGuy |
| 582 | * DefrostingIceKing: Odin starts off rather distant and off putting, but by the end warms up to the Gargoyles and admits he handled the situation poorly. |
| 583 | * EyeScream: No matter what form he takes, until he gets his Eye back, he always appears to have an empty eye socket. WordOfGod (from the above "Ask Greg" link) is that this is an exception to the Children's usual VoluntaryShapeshifting. It's most likely that the artifact called the Eye of Odin is a separated portion of his essence, and the empty socket represents this 'disability'.[[invoked]] |
| 584 | * HandicappedBadass: He ''is'' missing his eye until the end of his first episode. |
| 585 | * HornyVikings: Odin's outfits are either a black starry-cloak wanderer disguise or a fantasy viking outfit complete with white fur cloak and horned helmet. |
| 586 | * AnIcePerson: Odin's magical powers are primarily form of weather manipulation common to the north from summoning blizzards to ice shields. |
| 587 | * MorphicResonance: As noted above, he is always missing an eye in every form until the Eye of Odin is restored to him. |
| 588 | * PhysicalGod: As physical as any of the Third Race. Despite being less powerful than Oberon, Odin is one of the few members of the Third Race who considers himself a god. |
| 589 | * PoorCommunicationKills: If he had just explained his intentions and who he was to Goliath, Goliath would most likely have given the Eye to him. Odin even admits at the end of his starring episode that he is out of practice dealing with mortals. |
| 590 | * ShockAndAwe: Aside from cold weather Odin can summon storms and lighting bolts. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Coyote]] |
| 594 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/GreggRainwater |
| 595 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Riccardo Rossi |
| 596 | [[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/330px_kachinacoyote.png]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | |
| 599 | A trickster figure of First Nations lore (particularly in the Southwest). |
| 600 | ---- |
| 601 | * BadassInDistress: He is captured by Xanatos and nearly forced into granting him immortality. |
| 602 | * BlowYouAway: He can also manifest as a whirlwind, which he uses to trash Xanatos' construction equipment. |
| 603 | * ColdIron: Like the rest of Oberon's Children, Coyote is vulnerable to iron, which is exploited by Xanatos, who captures him in a modified robot. |
| 604 | * DeadpanSnarker: Well, he is a trickster. See the remark about trademark infringement. |
| 605 | * {{Doppelganger}}: The form Coyote assumes for most of "Cloud Fathers" is an imitation of young Peter Maza. WordOfGod is that he likes the "Native American Creator/JamesDean" look.[[invoked]] |
| 606 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted and PlayedForLaughs. The characters constantly have to take care not to confuse Coyote the Trickster with Coyote the robot. |
| 607 | -->'''David Xanatos:''' Ironic isn't it, one Coyote catching another?\ |
| 608 | '''Coyote:''' I should sue you for trademark infringement! |
| 609 | * ReversePsychology: He tries to use it in order to push Elisa's father Peter Maza into accepting his heritage. |
| 610 | * ShapeshiftingTrickster: And the most light hearted of the four of them. Being a Child of Oberon he is a natural shapeshifter, an asset he repeatedly used in "Cloud Fathers", in order to manipulate the events to his desired outcome. |
| 611 | * ThoseWilyCoyotes: He's a depiction of the UrExample. |
| 612 | * TricksterGod: He's very clever, and his tactics seem to be whatever amuses him. Though he seems to be more on the benevolent side of the scale, as opposed to Raven and Anansi. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder:The Lady of the Lake]] |
| 616 | --> '''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/BJWard |
| 617 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_ladeofthelake.JPG]] |
| 618 | |
| 619 | The keeper of Excalibur, who now resides in a lake in Central Park. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * DecompositeCharacter: According to WordOfGod, ''Gargoyles'' goes with the 'Lady of the Lake and Nimue are two separate characters' interpretation of the mythos. In fact, the two of them and Morgana were the three women who took Arthur to Avalon. And Nimue is the actual third daughter of Igraine and Gorlois and biological half-sister of Arthur, while Morgana (who is for once ''not'' merged with her sister Morgause) is the changeling Nimue was swapped with.[[invoked]] |
| 622 | * EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: She ''is'' the Lady of the Lake after all. She helps Arthur regain Excalibur. |
| 623 | * WaterIsWomanly: Naturally, being an inhumanly beautiful being in a blue gown with a connection to water who's kind and wise. |
| 624 | * WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: All the Gargoyles stop to comment on how inhumanly gorgeous she is, even [[StraightGay Lexington]]. |
| 625 | [[/folder]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | !Citizens of Medieval Scotland |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Findlaech]] |
| 630 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JohnRhysDavies |
| 631 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Renato Mori |
| 632 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_findlaech.png]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | Macbeth's father. |
| 635 | |
| 636 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Inverted; the heroic Findlaech is thrown to his death by the villainous Gillecomgain. |
| 637 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Confronted by the Hunter unarmed, Findlaech managed to hold his own for a while by grabbing a nearby platter. |
| 638 | * NiceGuy: Findlaech was a good, earnest man, loyal to his king, hospitable to his guests, and a good father to his son. |
| 639 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: As a grown man, Macbeth bears a very strong resemblance to his father. |
| 640 | [[/folder]] |
| 641 | |
| 642 | [[folder:Bodhe]] |
| 643 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/EdGilbert |
| 644 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_bodhe2.png]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | Macbeth's father-in-law and advisor. |
| 647 | |
| 648 | * AllForNothing: Bodhe often advised Macbeth to cave to Duncan and later Canmore's English allies out of fear of their retribution. However, it did little good since Duncan's [[EvilCannotComprehendGood paranoia]] ensured he was never satisfied with Macbeth's loyalty and betrayed Macbeth anyway, and advising him to ditch the gargoyles to appease Canmore's English allies just prompted an eavesdropping [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Demona]] to desert him first, wrongly assuming that Macbeth would take his advice and betray her. |
| 649 | * DirtyCoward: He is constantly urging Macbeth to take cowardly actions. |
| 650 | * FreudianExcuse: He was nearly killed as a boy by Gillecomgain, and his father was betrayed and murdered by one of his own allies; it's really no surprise that Bodhe would grow up to be a cautious man, even if he did turn out to be quite a coward. |
| 651 | * ParentsAsPeople: He clearly loves his daughter Gruoch, but lacks the courage to openly defy King Duncan for her happiness, though it's also clear that he caves out of concern for her material comfort and safety. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:Gruoch]] |
| 655 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/EmmaSamms |
| 656 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Giorgia Lepora |
| 657 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gruoch3.JPG]] |
| 658 | |
| 659 | The wife of Gillecomgain, and later Macbeth. |
| 660 | |
| 661 | * AllForNothing: She advised Macbeth to disappear after dying and coming back to life so his unnatural presence wouldn't jeopardize their son's campaign against Canmore, and declined to go with him to be there for their son. In the end, it did little good since her son died fighting Canmore a year later, and she was DrivenToSuicide after she lost her whole family. |
| 662 | * DamselInDistress: Whenever Macbeth fights Gillecomgain and Gruoch happens to be nearby, you can bet she ends up being this, since she's a ProperLady and Gillecomgain WouldHitAGirl. |
| 663 | * DrivenToSuicide: Per WordOfGod, after losing her husband, son and father to Canmore, Gruoch tragically took her own life.[[invoked]] |
| 664 | * FantasticRacism: Furious at Demona's treachery of Macbeth, Gruoch curses both Demona and all gargoyles. |
| 665 | * HistoricalInJoke: She is once referred to by her title, "[[LadyMacbeth Lady Macbeth]]." The Shakespeare character was supposedly inspired by her, though here she is nothing like that villainous woman. In fact, the fictional Lady Macbeth is much more comparable to Demona, who would have played her if the episode "The Weird Macbeth" had been made. |
| 666 | * TheLoad: During Macbeth's fights with Gillecomgain, Gruoch's presence proved less than helpful due to being a non-combatant. First she accidentally distracted Macbeth while he was fighting the Hunter, then was almost thrown over the castle wall two separate times, then was later used as a HumanShield by Gillecomgain. |
| 667 | * MarryForLove: She was willing to run away with Macbeth and live as fugitives rather than marry Gillecomgain as King Duncan ordered. She was married to Gillecomgain anyway, but thankfully wound up marrying Macbeth after all. |
| 668 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Luach died fighting Canmore, although Gruoch [[DrivenToSuicide was not long in following her son to the grave]]. |
| 669 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Played with. It's clear from her first meeting with Macbeth that their fathers were planning to arrange them to be married, but they hit it off right away. Then averted when King Duncan ordered her to enter a loveless marriage to Gillecomgain instead, then played straight again when Gillecomgain died and she was free to marry Macbeth anyway. |
| 670 | * ProperLady: Soft, gentle, elegant, graceful, polite, well-spoken, good-mannered, BlueBlood, HouseWife and mother, and no combat skills whatsoever. She's probably the biggest example of the series. |
| 671 | * SilverFox: Even at old age, she looks as beautiful as in youth except for her gray hair. |
| 672 | [[/folder]] |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[folder:Luach]] |
| 675 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JeffBennett |
| 676 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Luca Ward |
| 677 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luach_edited.png]] |
| 678 | |
| 679 | Macbeth's son. |
| 680 | |
| 681 | * HeroicBastard: If he is Macbeth's biological son, Luach followed in his father's heroic footsteps despite being born out of wedlock. |
| 682 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Like most characters from Macbeth's backstory, one with a lot of artistic license. Luach is especially notable because the historical Macbeth's son was in fact named Lulach. |
| 683 | * KilledOffscreen: Luach was ultimately killed by Canmore a year after his father was "killed". |
| 684 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Luach was conceived during his mother's brief marriage to Gillecomgain, but it's not entirely clear as to whether he's the son of Gillecomgain or of Macbeth. Either way, Macbeth raised Luach as his own after he and Gruoch wed. It is possibly subverted in that there is no implication that Gillecomgain and Gruoch were married longer than a single day and were probably not married long enough to consumate the marriage, not that it could have been stated in the series. |
| 685 | * NiceGuy: Luach is undoubtedly a kind and courageous young man. |
| 686 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Cleverly played with, he looks as much like his father as Macbeth looked like his father, making it quite likely he is. At the same time all those traits can be found on his mother's side of the family, save for wavy hair that resembles Gillecomgain's. Not helping matters is that Macbeth and Gillecomgain are first cousins, meaning he probably exhibits features common to the Moray men. |
| 687 | * TheGoodPrince: He was a heroic young man who put right first and had steadfast loyalty to his allies. |
| 688 | * UndyingLoyalty: Towards Demona and her clan. When Bodhe suggests to Macbeth and Luach that betraying the gargoyles would buy them favor with the Englishmen who follow Canmore and could likely get them to turn on Canmore in favor of Macbeth, Luach is instantly outraged, making it clear that he refuses to betray the allies that have fought by their side for so long. |
| 689 | [[/folder]] |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder:Mail Brigti]] |
| 692 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JimCummings1952 |
| 693 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gillecomgain_father.png]] |
| 694 | |
| 695 | Gillecomgain's father, an ally of King Constantine. |
| 696 | |
| 697 | * AbusiveParents: He responds to his son being ''horribly'' slashed across the face by a gargoyle by scolding him for whining. |
| 698 | * NoNameGiven: He is merely "Gillecomgain's Father" until the comics continuation. |
| 699 | * ParentsAsPeople: His appearances in the comics have him showing clear concern over his son's growing bloodthirst, as well as Constantine's rather creepy interest in the boy. |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:Demona's Clan, AKA Moray Clan]] |
| 703 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JohnRhysDavies (Demona's Second) |
| 704 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px_the_moray_clan.jpg]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | The small clan Demona pulls together after the shattering of Clan Wyvern. |
| 707 | |
| 708 | * AllThereInTheScript: |
| 709 | ** The mate of Demona's Second, who dies in Constantine's rain of arrows, is called "Sacrifice" in the script. |
| 710 | ** The very young gargoyle who says they need to perform a wind ceremony for the dead is called "True" in the script, and is Hudson's biological daughter and Broadway's biological sister. |
| 711 | ** One of the gargoyles bears a striking resemblance to Brooklyn, because he is in fact Brooklyn's older sibling, called "Brooksbro" in the script. |
| 712 | * DyingRace: They are the last gargoyle clan in Scotland, and are killed in the final skirmish between Macbeth's people and Canmore's; this ends up subverted, however, in that there is a Loch Ness clan, whom the generations of Canmores clearly missed the existence of (likely because they live in partially submerged caves beneath the Loch and are focused on protecting the Loch Ness monsters rather than humans). |
| 713 | * ImStandingRightHere: Demona's Second is visibly shocked when an aged Demona muses, while gliding right beside him, that there's no one besides her capable of leading the gargoyles. |
| 714 | [[/folder]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | !World Tour Encounters |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:Natsilane]] |
| 719 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Gregg Rainwater |
| 720 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Sandro Acerbo |
| 721 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nick_66.jpg]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | A member of the Haida Nation on Queen Florence Island, destined to battle Raven and become the chief. |
| 724 | |
| 725 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Natsilane has beaten a Child of Oberon on his first battle ever. |
| 726 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Until accepting his destiny as chief, he goes by Nick instead of his birth name, Natsilane. |
| 727 | * InstantExpert: Natsilane defeated Raven, a Child of Oberon, in his first battle ever, despite knowing nothing about magic and combat. It helps that he was using magically empowered weapons handed down from his ancestors. |
| 728 | * MagicVersusScience: He is a very scientifically-minded man, refusing to believe Grandmother's stories of the supernatural until he sees the supernatural with his own eyes. |
| 729 | * SkepticNoLonger: After meeting the gargoyles, he embraces his heritage and fight to protect the land of his forefathers. |
| 730 | [[/folder]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | [[folder:Nessie and Big Daddy]] |
| 733 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/FrankWelker |
| 734 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nessie2.PNG]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | The Loch Ness Monster and her mate, two examples of a group of plesiosaurs who have survived into the modern day. The Avalon World Tour travelers rescue them from Dr Sevarius's sinister plan to use their DNA in his creations. WordOfGod is that an amphibious clan of gargoyles also exists at Loch Ness and protects the plesiosaurs.[[invoked]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | * GentleGiant: Despite their monstrous appearance, they are generally friendly with humans and gargoyles unless they feel threatened. |
| 739 | * StockNessMonster: They're the typical "stylized plesiosaur" design for Loch Ness Monsters. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[folder:Max Loew]] |
| 743 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Scott Weil |
| 744 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxloew.png]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | A Czech youth whose ancestor, Rabbi Loew, once commanded the Golem. |
| 747 | |
| 748 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: It's not ambiguous if you know what you're looking at, but the fact that Max and the various elements appearing in his episode are of Jewish origin is never explicitly stated. |
| 749 | [[/folder]] |
| 750 | |
| 751 | [[folder:The Emir]] |
| 752 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/TonyShalhoub |
| 753 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/320px_emir.png]] |
| 754 | |
| 755 | An Egyptian emir who seeks to summon Anubis to return his dead son to life. |
| 756 | |
| 757 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: The Emir, finally able to understand the truth of life and death, restores the lost life energy Jackal stole then seemingly perishes. He also destroys the Temple to prevent the power of Anubis from ever being misused again. While it is not elaborated what became of him (or indeed Anubis, until the jackal god cameos in "The Gathering") Goliath expresses the belief that, if there is any proper justice in this world or the next, that he is with his son in the afterlife. |
| 758 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: He was mentioned by Owen long before he debuted. |
| 759 | * HeroicSacrifice: He brings the temple down upon himself to prevent Anubis's power being abused again. Goliath hopes he is with his son and at peace. |
| 760 | * MotiveRant: |
| 761 | -->'''Emir''': Death ''stole'' my only child before I had a chance to say goodbye. To hold him again, I will move Heaven and Earth with my bare hands! |
| 762 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: The Emir notes he never even got to share one last moment with his son before he died. |
| 763 | * NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Emir's final act is to destroy the temple to prevent anyone else from acquiring Anubis's power. After seeing what Jackal did, one can understand where he's coming from. |
| 764 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: His young son died in a car crash, and he is determined to rectify this. He realizes in the end that death is eternal. |
| 765 | [[/folder]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | [[folder:Rory Dugan]] |
| 768 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Scott Cleverdon |
| 769 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Riccardo Rossi |
| 770 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rory.JPG]] |
| 771 | [[caption-width-right:350: "Skills may rust indeed, but true friendship stays bright."]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | A rebellious Irish youth who discovers he is the reincarnation of the folk hero Cu Chullain. Would have been the protagonist of the ''Heroes of Ulster'' spinoff. |
| 774 | [[/folder]] |
| 775 | |
| 776 | [[folder:The Shaman]] |
| 777 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/JamesAvery |
| 778 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shaman_2.png]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | An Australian Aboriginal shaman who guides Dingo on his path to redemption. |
| 781 | [[/folder]] |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder:Fara Maku and Tea Gora]] |
| 784 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Don Reed (Fara), Roxanne Beckford (Tea) |
| 785 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faramaku.png]] |
| 786 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tea_gora.png]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | A Nigerian villager and his ex-girlfriend, a city-dwelling poacher. |
| 789 | |
| 790 | * DealWithTheDevil: Fara made a deal with Anansi so that he could become a werepanther and make Tea stay with him. |
| 791 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: A justified example. Tea wanted to go to the city to learn and have a normal life, but Fara, not wanting her to leave, cursed her. Now, anytime that she gets frustrated or angry, she will turn from a human into a panther, with no control over it. This renders her unable to have a normal life. |
| 792 | * OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Fara is turned into a werepanther by Anansi, and he in turn infects Tea by clawing her. According to WordOfGod, each werepanther has a one-time ability to turn another person by scratching them, which Tea has yet to use. Their werepanther form is fully animal-like, unlike Fox's humanoid werefox form after the Eye of Odin transformation.[[invoked]] |
| 793 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Tea seeks revenge on Fara for turning her into a werepanther by killing every panther she can find. |
| 794 | [[/folder]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | [[folder:Erik and Gunther Sturlisson]] |
| 797 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/CamClarke (Erik), J.D. Daniels (Gunther) |
| 798 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erik.JPG]] |
| 799 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gunther_2.png]] |
| 800 | |
| 801 | |
| 802 | A Norwegian father and son who aid the World Tourists in their encounter with Odin. |
| 803 | |
| 804 | * UnfazedEveryman: They don't ask Elisa any questions about her suspicious arrival and take the existence of gargoyles and Norse mythology in stride. |
| 805 | [[/folder]] |
| 806 | |
| 807 | [[folder:The New Olympians]] |
| 808 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/MichaelDorn (Taurus), Creator/DorianHarewood (Boreas, Talos), Charity James (Ekidna), Creator/RobPaulsen (Helios), Creator/FrankWelker (Kiron) |
| 809 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Angelo Nicotra (Taurus) |
| 810 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_taurus_1.PNG]] |
| 811 | [[caption-width-right:350:Taurus]] |
| 812 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boreas.PNG]] |
| 813 | [[caption-width-right:350:Boreas]] |
| 814 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_talos.PNG]] |
| 815 | [[caption-width-right:350:Talos]] |
| 816 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ekidne1.PNG]] |
| 817 | [[caption-width-right:350:Ekidna]] |
| 818 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_helios.PNG]] |
| 819 | [[caption-width-right:350:Helios]] |
| 820 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiron.png]] |
| 821 | [[caption-width-right:350:Kiron]] |
| 822 | |
| 823 | |
| 824 | |
| 825 | The descendants of humans, animals and the Greek gods (who were in fact Children of Oberon), who live on a secret island full of magic and advanced technology. Would have been the subject of their own spinoff series if the various proposed ''Gargoyles'' spinoffs had gotten off the ground. |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * AllThereInTheManual: Their origin is only spelled out in statements by Greig Weisman on his website. |
| 828 | * AlwaysLawfulGood: According to Taurus, Proteus's evil disposition is completely unique among all the New Olympians. |
| 829 | * FantasticRacism: They don't care for the way humanity treated their ancestors and view all humans as criminals and monsters. |
| 830 | * FlamingHair: Helios. |
| 831 | * HeinzHybrid: By WordOfGod, they are descended from Children of Oberon hybridizing with both humans and lower animals, and possibly gargoyles, and the resulting hybrids continuing to hybridize with each other over the generations, with some family members possibly looking quite different from each other.[[invoked]] |
| 832 | * JerkAss: Helios and Ekidna act like complete jerks to Elisa, and lead the angry mobs against her. Most of the others are more polite but still prejudiced. |
| 833 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Taurus is a descendant of the Minotaur. |
| 834 | * SnakePeople: Ekidna is a gorgon. |
| 835 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ekidna and Kiron's names are spelled with a "k" when, in proper Greek, they'd be spelled with a "ch". |
| 836 | [[/folder]] |
| 837 | |
| 838 | [[folder:Dr. Arnada]] |
| 839 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/ClydeKusatsu |
| 840 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arnada.png]] |
| 841 | |
| 842 | A doctor on Rapa Nui. |
| 843 | |
| 844 | * SecretKeeper: Becomes a companion for Nokkar along with Duane and Morwood-Smyth. |
| 845 | [[/folder]] |
| 846 | |
| 847 | [[folder:Nokkar]] |
| 848 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/AveryBrooks |
| 849 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_nokkar.JPG]] |
| 850 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"The megaliths were a lasting tribute. Erected by the natives I befriended long ago, and swore to protect."'']] |
| 851 | |
| 852 | An alien sentinel stationed on UsefulNotes/RapaNui. |
| 853 | |
| 854 | * AlternateLandmarkHistory: His face was the inspiration for the ''moai''. |
| 855 | * {{Determinator}}: Remains at his post, completely alone and ever vigilant, even though for all he knows his war ended thousands of years ago. |
| 856 | * LongLived: He's been at his station for thousands of years, and was intended to be a major character in the spinoff ''Gargoyles 2198'', where the Space Spawn have finally invaded Earth. By WordOfGod, he is not immortal, merely very long-lived.[[invoked]] |
| 857 | * OutsideContextProblem: While the series had long established that AllMythsAreTrue and that advanced technology exists, an extraterrestrial character still managed to come out of left field. |
| 858 | [[/folder]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | [[folder:Hiroshi]] |
| 861 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Ric Young |
| 862 | [[quoteright:347:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiroshi_0.png]] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | A citizen of Ishimura, one of the many protectors of the local gargoyles. |
| 865 | |
| 866 | * CoolOldGuy: A noble defender of gargoyles who is capable in a fight. |
| 867 | * FriendOnTheForce: Hiroshi is the police constable of Ishimura. |
| 868 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: Asks one of Taro's mooks where the snack bar is before taking him out with a roundhouse kick. |
| 869 | [[/folder]] |
| 870 | |
| 871 | [[folder:Master Dawa and Sangpo]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | The master of a Tibetan monastery who aids Coldstone during his self-imposed exile, and one of his students. |
| 874 | |
| 875 | * CoolOldGuy: Dawa; from the sudden appearance of gargoyles in his monastery to a revivified cyborg containing three souls in one body, he takes it all in stride. |
| 876 | * LanguageBarrier: Sangpo doesn't speak English, and struggles to understand what is going on between the travelers and Coldstone (though he's empathetic enough to discern that Coldstone's evil personality never actually took control during the conflict). |
| 877 | * MartialPacifist: Dawa teaches his students archery, but strictly as a tool for focus and meditation; he scolds Sangpo for resorting to it so quickly for violence upon spotting the gargoyles. |
| 878 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Often Dawa will begin what seems to be a {{Koan}} or spiritual moral, only to finish it with something snarky or irreverent. |
| 879 | -->''(regarding his students shooting at the gargoyles)'' "As for your fellow acolytes, their ''souls'' are fortunate... that their ''bodies'' are such lousy shots."\ |
| 880 | ''(to Sangpo [[LanguageBarrier asking what the gargoyles are saying]])'' "Listen with your ''heart'', Sangpo... if that doesn't work, I'll translate later." |
| 881 | [[/folder]] |
| 882 | |
| 883 | !Others |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:Petros Xanatos]] |
| 886 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/WMorganSheppard |
| 887 | -->'''Voiced by (IT):''' Sandro Sardone ("Vows"), Gianni Vagliani ("The Gathering") |
| 888 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xanatospetros.gif]] |
| 889 | |
| 890 | David Xanatos' father, a humble Greek fisherman, who dislikes his son's Machiavellian, materialistic ways. |
| 891 | ---- |
| 892 | * ActionSurvivor: A professional fisherman, without his son's genius or wealth. "Vows" shows where David gets his unflappable resourcefulness from - Petros is strangely unfazed by gargoyles or time travel. He doesn't graduate to full use of this trope, though, until his family is being threatened by a PhysicalGod in "The Gathering", and actually had the balls to fire an iron harpoon at [[spoiler: Oberon, an actual god.]] |
| 893 | * DeadpanSnarker: At the end of an adventure where he witnessed his son take an antique coin and give it to an Illuminati agent in the past to be given to himself in his young adult years and sold for seed money for his business ventures, Petros gives him as a wedding present... a single penny. It might not be worth much now, but in a thousand years, who knows? And why money, when David is already flush with billions? Because money is the only thing that David seems to value. |
| 894 | * GoodIsNotNice: He's far more honest and moral than his CorruptCorporateExecutive son, but he's also much more blunt and grumpy. |
| 895 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Petros and Xanatos may look similar, but they live completely different lives, one of which Petros wishes his son didn't have. Long has he wished that his son simply grew up to be a humble fisherman like him. |
| 896 | * MoralityPet: [[DownplayedTrope Not to the point of influencing him to change his ways]], but Petros is one of the few people whose opinion of him [[CorruptCorporateExecutive David]] seems to ascribe any degree of value to. |
| 897 | * PapaWolf: Fired a harpoon at [[spoiler: Oberon]] to protect his grandson. |
| 898 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Prefers to make an honest living, in contrast to his [[CorruptCorporateExecutive own son]]. |
| 899 | * SoProudOfYou: When he sees the lengths his son goes through to protect ''his'' son (Petros's grandson) from a PhysicalGod he finally tells David that he is proud of him because David has finally found something he values more than money or power. |
| 900 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Petros is basically an older version of David with grey hair and a mustache instead of a beard. |
| 901 | * UnfazedEveryman: Oh look, my son has become an amoral billionaire. And discovered a long lost non-human race. And fallen in love with a criminal mastermind. And has gotten mixed up in the Illuminati, ancient sorcery and time travel. [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon Now if only he'd discover a conscience.]] |
| 902 | [[/folder]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | [[folder:Cagney]] |
| 905 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/FrankWelker |
| 906 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_867.png]] |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Elisa's cat. |
| 909 | [[/folder]] |
| 910 | |
| 911 | [[folder:Gilgamesh]] |
| 912 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/FrankWelker |
| 913 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gilly_0.png]] |
| 914 | |
| 915 | Jeffrey Robbins's seeing-eye dog. |
| 916 | |
| 917 | * AllThereInTheScript: She's only ever called "Gilly" in dialogue, with only the credits indicating that it's short for Gilgamesh. |
| 918 | * EvilDetectingDog: Growls when Macbeth arrives at Jeffrey's house. |
| 919 | * GenderBlenderName: Her full name is Gilgamesh, which was a male hero-king in Sumerian mythology. |
| 920 | * LickedByTheDog: Reacts positively to the gargoyles, even licking Hudson's hand when he awakes from stone. |
| 921 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: Naturally, as a seeing-eye dog, she is loyal, intelligent, and capable. |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [[folder:Professor Lydia Duane and Dr. Arthur Morwood-Smyth]] |
| 925 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/BJWard (Duane), Creator/JohnRhysDavies (Morwood-Smyth) |
| 926 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/360px_morwoodsmyth.png]] |
| 927 | |
| 928 | Two professors of archaeology who discovered the Scrolls of Merlin. Elisa later encounters them again on Rapa Nui. |
| 929 | |
| 930 | * SecretKeeper: Elisa suggests that Nokkar entrust them with his secret. |
| 931 | * StuffyBrit: They are very stereotypical stuffy English intellectuals. |
| 932 | [[/folder]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | [[folder:The Stone of Destiny]] |
| 935 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stoneofdestiny2.png]] |
| 936 | [[caption-width-right:350: "Do not dream of possessing me, mortal."]] |
| 937 | -->'''Voiced by (EN):''' Creator/FrankWelker |
| 938 | |
| 939 | The sentient magical stone from which King Arthur drew the sword Excalibur. |
| 940 | |
| 941 | * AllMythsAreTrue: Judging by Shari's stories and the Stone's own claims, the Stone is ''every'' magical stone spoken of in myth, as the Spirit of Destiny can manifest itself through any stone. Following an incident where Xanatos, the Illuminati, Arthur, and Macbeth all tried to either obtain or protect the Stone, wherein several copies of the Stone came into play, it manifested itself through ''all'' of them to speak to each man simultaneously. |
| 942 | * BadassBoast: Has a pretty epic one that it gives out simultaneously across time and space to any presumptuous mortals. |
| 943 | * ExcaliburInTheStone: Though not actually seen, there is a slot in the Stone where Excalibur used to be (and it was explicitly Excalibur). |
| 944 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Speaks very grandly when interacting with mortals. When left alone alongside the Holy Grail, however, the two artifacts greet each other with a simple exchange of "Hey." |
| 945 | [[/folder]] |
| 946 | |
| 947 | [[folder:The Redemption Squad]] |
| 948 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thhboebbq3.jpg]] |
| 949 | |
| 950 | A team made out of people who previously fought the Manhattan Clan, organized by persons unknown and led by Robyn Canmore. The stars of the ComicBook SpinOff ''Bad Guys''. The members are the Hunter (Robyn), ex-Pack member Dingo, artificial intelligence Matrix, Japanese gargoyle Yama and the mutate Fang. |
| 951 | |
| 952 | Tropes about the individual members of the squad before they came together can be found under Antagonists and Allies. |
| 953 | ---- |
| 954 | * AntiHero: The whole squad. |
| 955 | * AntiVillain: The whole squad, with the exception of Fang, the TokenEvilTeammate. |
| 956 | * TheAtoner: Again, all except Fang. |
| 957 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Robyn and Dingo. Fang lampshades it. [[spoiler:WordOfGod is that they'll eventually marry, and their descendants will play some part in the timeline of ''Gargoyles 2198'']].[[invoked]] |
| 958 | * BerserkButton: Yama has three. One is having his swords broken, another is threatening his clan, and the last one is if people mock the dead, [[spoiler:which Fang finds out the hard way, as Yama punches him to the floor and nearly decapitates him after he makes a tasteless joke when a new mutate named Tasha commits suicide]]. |
| 959 | * BoxedCrook: Again, the whole squad. |
| 960 | * DarkActionGirl: Robyn |
| 961 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: [[spoiler:Eventually Dingo for Robyn.]] |
| 962 | * GoodFeelsGood: Dingo. He was originally a thief and mercenary before joining the Pack and pretending to be a hero. When the Pack went back to being mercenaries and bad guys, he realized he'd actually ''liked'' being a hero. After splitting off from the others, he undergoes his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 963 | * HeelFaceTurn: All of them except for Fang. |
| 964 | * MeaningfulName: Dingo's real name is Harry Monmouth, like Prince Hal in ''Theatre/HenryV'', one of the show's many [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to Shakespeare. |
| 965 | * MultinationalTeam: Robyn is Scottish, Dingo is Australian, as is Matrix in a way, Yama is Japanese and Fang is American. |
| 966 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Especially between honorable Yama and scumbag Fang. |
| 967 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Out of all the members of Redemption Squad, Fang is clearly the only one who is not interested in actual redemption and only cooperating under threat. Although it seems probable that he would have inevitably undergone CharacterDevelopment if the series ran longer. |
| 968 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Yama can't return to the Ishimura Clan until he feels he has redeemed his honor. |
| 969 | [[/folder]] |
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