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* HotScientist: Dr. Wade.
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** The Gargoyle Order: refused to make fake copies of Frankenstein's notebook, rip out the important pages or, you know, just destroy the book altogether. Later on, as demons assaulted the cathedral, the gargoyle, who are obviously defending, start chasing the demons and leave their home defenseless.
** Dr. Wade (and her co-worker): refused to scan and preserve a centuries-old notebook and work on the digitized version. Instead they insist on flapping the pages around like schoolkids.
*** In their defence, they may have been intending to pick out the important parts and ''then'' scan it for later use.
** After Wessex's true identity is revealed, instead of just telling her co-worker to escape, Terra agrees to meet him alone. Bonus point for Adam, who lets her go while the audience groans.

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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced, FrankensteinsMonster (Creator/AaronEckhart). Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles, who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist, he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.

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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created the divinely-created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced, FrankensteinsMonster (Creator/AaronEckhart). Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles, who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist, he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.
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* ArchangelMichael: The creator of the Gargoyles; [[TheGhost only referred to, never seen.]]
** A line from the prayer the Gargoyle Queen recites while the cathedral is under siege is from the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, composed by Pope Leo XIII.

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* ArchangelMichael: The creator of the Gargoyles; [[TheGhost only referred to, never seen.]]
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seen]]. A line from the prayer the Gargoyle Queen recites while the cathedral is under siege is from the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, composed by Pope Leo XIII.
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* NotSoDifferent: Adam calls the Gargoyle Queen out on imprisoning him, calling her no better than Naberius for taking away his freedom when it suits her.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Adam calls the Gargoyle Queen out on imprisoning him, calling her no better than Naberius for taking away his freedom when it suits her.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/YvonneStrahovski as [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the scientist in charge of a well-funded project to bring the dead back to life]], complete with shady corporate connections and a fancy cardiac readout that looks ''very'' suspiciously similar to said game's initial loading screens.
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* InformedDeformity: Adam is just Aaron Eckhart with some nasty facial scars. They're definitely noticeable, but they don't really detract from his rugged good looks, and ''certainly'' don't look inhuman. The idea that he's outcast from humanity because of his hideousness isn't really plausible.

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* FinaleTitleDrop: The closing monologue ending with the title:
-->'''Adam:''' I, defender of the demon hoard. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.



* ZergRush: A tactic used by the demons while attacking the gargoyle's cathedral.
* FinaleTitleDrop: * The closing monologue ending with the title:
-->'''Adam:''' I, defender of the demon hoard. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.

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* ZergRush: A tactic used by the demons while attacking the gargoyle's cathedral.
* FinaleTitleDrop: * The closing monologue ending with the title:
-->'''Adam:''' I, defender of the demon hoard. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.
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* ZergRush: A tactic used by the demons while attacking the gargoyle's cathedral.

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* ZergRush: A tactic used by the demons while attacking the gargoyle's cathedral.cathedral.
* FinaleTitleDrop: * The closing monologue ending with the title:
-->'''Adam:''' I, defender of the demon hoard. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.
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* CorporateConspiracy: The Wessex Institute presents itself as a medical research company that studies life-extending therapies, but its CEO is secretly a powerful [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils arch-devil from Hell]], who's using the company as a front to bring an army of demons to Earth by having them [[PossessingADeadBody possess human corpses]].
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* ConspicuousCG: While the CGI is fairly good, sometimes this pops up, particularly during extended gargoyle flight scenes.

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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced, FrankensteinsMonster (Creator/AaronEckhart). Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles; who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist; he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.

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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced, FrankensteinsMonster (Creator/AaronEckhart). Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles; Gargoyles, who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist; exist, he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.



* AntiHero: Adam, who doesn't exactly want to work for the heroes. But after he finds out Naberius's plans, he vows to stop it to prevent him from destroying mankind. A hint his good side is shown right at the beginning of the film, when Dr. Frankenstein freezes to death chasing after Adam in the mountains. And while the latter could have just left him in the mountains, he instead brings the man's body back to his house, and buries him next to his relatives.

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* AntiHero: Adam, who doesn't exactly want to work for the heroes. But after he finds out Naberius's plans, he vows to stop it to prevent him from destroying mankind. A hint at his good side is shown right at the beginning of the film, when Dr. Frankenstein freezes to death chasing after Adam in the mountains. And while the latter could have just left him in the mountains, he instead brings the man's body back to his house, and buries him next to his relatives.



* CreatingLifeIsBad: And that's exactly why many shun Adam. Terra looks visibly disturbed whenever Wessex tells her to speed up the resurrection process to be applied to humans; it's implied that even if the technology to do so is available, she would rather not do it.

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* CreatingLifeIsBad: CreatingLifeIsBad:
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And that's exactly why many shun Adam. Terra looks visibly disturbed whenever Wessex tells her to speed up the resurrection process to be applied to humans; it's implied that even if the technology to do so is available, she would rather not do it.



* DarkIsNotEvil: The titular Frankenstein.

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* FightingAShadow: Demons "descend" to hell when killed. In the comics, their spirits can be given flesh again if they find someone to make a DealWithTheDevil. [[spoiler: Of course, if they could make a soulless host to begin with...]]

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* FightingAShadow: Demons "descend" to hell Hell when killed. In the comics, their spirits can be given flesh again if they find someone to make a DealWithTheDevil. [[spoiler: Of course, if they could make a soulless host to begin with...]]



* GameFace: Demons, accompanied by a lot of fire.

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* GeometricMagic: The demon prince uses pentagrams to summon souls from hell.
* GoodIsDumb: Not really, but their appearances compared to the bad guys are rather jarring. Gargoyles keep wearing outdated outfits and stay in a scary and antiquity-looking cathedral. Meanwhile, demons have adapted to modern times, with business suits, offices, laboratories, and the like, allowing them to blend in easily with humans.

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* GeometricMagic: The demon prince uses pentagrams to summon souls from hell.
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* GoodIsDumb: GoodIsDumb:
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Not really, but their appearances compared to the bad guys are rather jarring. Gargoyles keep wearing outdated outfits and stay in a scary and antiquity-looking cathedral. Meanwhile, demons have adapted to modern times, with business suits, offices, laboratories, and the like, allowing them to blend in easily with humans.



* GoodIsNotNice: The gargoyles are initially friendly to Adam with the exception of Gideon, but he doesn't care much for them. Later on, after several of them are killed because of him, they're much less nice, and even attack him at times.

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* GoodIsNotNice: The gargoyles are initially friendly to Adam with the exception of Gideon, but he doesn't care much for them. Later on, after several of them are killed because of him, they're much less nice, and even attack him at times. They also dislike that he was artificially created, something Adam can't help.



** Dr Wade arranging to meet her colleague after being chased by corporate goons, and Adam letting her go.

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** Dr Dr. Wade arranging to meet her colleague after being chased by corporate goons, and Adam letting her go.



* NotSoDifferent: Adam calls the Gargoyle Queen on imprisoning him, calling her no better than Naberius for taking away his freedom when it suits her.
* NumberOfTheBeast: 666 Legions of demons were released by {{Satan}} when he rebelled.

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* NotSoDifferent: Adam calls the Gargoyle Queen out on imprisoning him, calling her no better than Naberius for taking away his freedom when it suits her.
* NumberOfTheBeast: 666 Legions legions of demons were released by {{Satan}} when he rebelled.



* OurGargoylesRock: They're actually [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]], which take the form of bird-winged, stone beasts when fighting and spend the rest of their time in human shaped, left on earth after the battle between Heaven and Hell went elsewhere.

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* OurGargoylesRock: They're actually [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]], which take the form of bird-winged, stone beasts when fighting and spend the rest of their time in human shaped, shapes, left on earth after the battle between Heaven and Hell went elsewhere.



* Really700YearsOld: Adam was created in 1795, and is still going strong to the present day. An internal power generator is implied to cause it. Gargoyles and demons, meanwhile, are ''much'' more than that; see TimeAbyss below.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Naberius is pissed off while masquerading as Charles Wessex, [[GlamourFailure these appear]]. When Wessex offers Adam help and a chance to find the answers he's looking for, when Adam grabs Wessex's wrist to stop the man touching him, he catches sight of the red eyes and realises who Wessex ''really'' is.

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* Really700YearsOld: Adam was created in 1795, and is still going strong to the present day. An internal power generator is implied to cause it. Gargoyles and demons, meanwhile, are ''much'' more older than that; see TimeAbyss below.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Naberius is pissed off while masquerading as Charles Wessex, [[GlamourFailure these appear]]. When Wessex offers Adam help and a chance to find the answers he's looking for, when Adam grabs Wessex's wrist to stop the man touching him, he catches sight of the red eyes and realises realizes who Wessex ''really'' is.



* SigilSpam: Gargoyles have a weakness for this. Their demon-killing symbol is used on their weapons, their clothes, on carpets and various furniture, as a jewellery, as a lightning conductor and so on. This makes some sense, as it is basically demon kryptonite. [[spoiler:This is also how Adam defeats Naberius, who was resistant to marked weapons. By cutting the symbol onto his chest, Adam kills him by essentially turning Naberius into his own poison.]]

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* SigilSpam: Gargoyles have a weakness for this. Their demon-killing symbol is used on their weapons, their clothes, on carpets and various furniture, as a jewellery, jewelry, as a lightning conductor and so on. This makes some sense, as it is basically demon kryptonite. [[spoiler:This is also how Adam defeats Naberius, who was resistant to marked weapons. By cutting the symbol onto his chest, Adam kills him by essentially turning Naberius into his own poison.]]



** Villainous example in when the demons assault the gargoyle's cathedral in vast numbers. Their goal was to capture Adam, or failing that, kidnapping the gargoyle queen and ransoming her for Adam.
** Straight example used at the end, when Adam deliberately leads the gargoyles to the building being used by the demons.

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** Villainous A villainous example in when the demons assault the gargoyle's cathedral in vast numbers. Their goal was to capture Adam, or failing that, kidnapping the gargoyle queen and ransoming her for Adam.
** Straight A straight example used at the end, when Adam deliberately leads the gargoyles to the building being used by the demons.

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* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: Adam, who doesn't know what to do with his life for much of the film, since he was created, rather than born. He ultimately finds it in the end, to fight against the demons that seek to destroy mankind, after finding Terra and her helping him out without any ulterior motives, and gains a soul in the process.

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* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Adam, who doesn't know what to do with his life for much of the film, since he was created, rather than born. He ultimately finds it in the end, to fight against the demons that seek to destroy mankind, after finding Terra and her helping him out without any ulterior motives, and gains a soul in the process.



* LoadBearingBoss: Naberius's demise conveniently destroys his facility, along with all the resurrected bodies now possessed by demons. This helps the gargoyle queen immensely, as she and her two guards weren't destroying them fast enough to stop him. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with some FridgeBrilliance. Every demon that has been descended previously in the film has left a small hole, which appears to be bottomless. Naberius is A) the most powerful demon we have seen descended so far, B) in the act of [[spoiler: opening a ''giant gateway to hell'' (it's where the possessing demons are coming from).]] and C) [[spoiler: descending Naberius also descends all the demons he was summoning, which number at least a couple hundred.]] Put it all together, and a massive gaping hole eating the entire building makes perfect sense.

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* LoadBearingBoss: Naberius's demise conveniently destroys his facility, along with all the resurrected bodies now possessed by demons. This helps the gargoyle queen immensely, as she and her two guards weren't destroying them fast enough to stop him. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] {{Justified|Trope}} with some FridgeBrilliance. Every demon that has been descended previously in the film has left a small hole, which appears to be bottomless. Naberius is A) the most powerful demon we have seen descended so far, B) in the act of [[spoiler: opening a ''giant gateway to hell'' (it's where the possessing demons are coming from).]] from)]], and C) [[spoiler: descending Naberius also descends all the demons he was summoning, which number at least a couple hundred.]] hundred]]. Put it all together, and a massive gaping hole eating the entire building makes perfect sense.



* OneManArmy: While the gargoyles do help occasionally, Adam kills quite a few demons on his own. The only time he seems to have trouble is if he's [[ConservationOfNinjutsu fighting exactly one.]]

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* OneManArmy: While the gargoyles do help occasionally, Adam kills quite a few demons on his own. The only time he seems to have trouble is if he's [[ConservationOfNinjutsu fighting exactly one.]]one]].



* QuantityVsQuality: The demons (quantity) vs. the gargoyles (quality). The demons started out with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] legions when TheDevil first released them. It's unclear how many gargoyles were created by ArchangelMichael, but it can be assumed that the number is significantly lower. The number of gargoyles shown in the film is a few dozen, although there many more gargoyles in other parts of the world. One gargoyle can kill a dozen demons, but the gargoyles don't get reinforcements while the demons can use DemonicPossession on those who have [[DealWithTheDevil sold their soul]]. The gargoyles also have the undisputed advantage of flight.

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* QuantityVsQuality: The demons (quantity) vs. the gargoyles (quality). The demons started out with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] legions when TheDevil [[{{Satan}} the Devil]] first released them. It's unclear how many gargoyles were created by ArchangelMichael, but it can be assumed that the number is significantly lower. The number of gargoyles shown in the film is a few dozen, although there many more gargoyles in other parts of the world. One gargoyle can kill a dozen demons, but the gargoyles don't get reinforcements while the demons can use DemonicPossession on those who have [[DealWithTheDevil sold their soul]]. The gargoyles also have the undisputed advantage of flight.



* TheSoulless: Demons can only possess soulless bodies. Adam is considered this, which is why they want more of him. [[spoiler:This property also allows him to kill Gideon, but he "grows" a soul before Naberius can have another demon possess him.]]



* TheSoulless: Demons can only possess soulless bodies. Adam is considered this, which is why they want more of him. [[spoiler:This property also allows him to kill Gideon, but he "grows" a soul before Naberius can have another demon possess him.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Dekar]] prepares for one-on-one combat with Adam, only to be unceremoniously snatched off his feet and killed by a gargoyle.



* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Dekar]] prepares for one-on-one combat with Adam, only to be unceremoniously snatched off his feet and killed by a gargoyle.



** Adam refusing to cooperate with the gargoyles ends up causing many of them to die when the demons attack the cathedral. Particularly after he kills [[spoiler:Gideon in self-defense.]]

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** Adam refusing to cooperate with the gargoyles ends up causing many of them to die when the demons attack the cathedral. Particularly after he kills [[spoiler:Gideon in self-defense.]]self-defense]].



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Carl. He is killed by Naberius in order to force Terra to help reanimate his demon army. We see him in the reanimation tube, but we never see what becomes of him after the final battle. Presumably he wasn't resurrected.]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Carl. He is killed by Naberius in order to force Terra to help reanimate his demon army. We see him in the reanimation tube, but we never see what becomes of him after the final battle. Presumably he wasn't resurrected.]].]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To the creators' ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' films.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To the creators' ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' ''Film/Underworld2003'' films.
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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced. FrankensteinsMonster. Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles; who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist; he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.

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There is a war between the LegionsOfHell and [[OurGargoylesRock Divinely Created Gargoyles]] over the fate of mankind; a new entity is introduced. FrankensteinsMonster.introduced, FrankensteinsMonster (Creator/AaronEckhart). Named "Adam" by the Gargoyles; who aren't entirely sure on whether he should exist; he is pursued by the demons for some purpose.
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* PossessingADeadBody: The demon prince Naberius' evil plan is to stockpile human corpses, then, through a combination of his own demon magic and the research of Victor Frankenstein, summon the souls of slain demons to inhabit them and reanimate them as an army.
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* CaptainObvious: ''"I am a demon prince!"'' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, in case you haven't noticed yet.]]

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* CaptainObvious: ''"I am a demon prince!"'' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, in case you haven't noticed yet.]]prince!"''
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* NeckSnap: Naberius kills Carl with one of these.


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* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Naberius is pissed off while masquerading as Charles Wessex, [[GlamourFailure these appear]]. When Wessex offers Adam help and a chance to find the answers he's looking for, when Adam grabs Wessex's wrist to stop the man touching him, he catches sight of the red eyes and realises who Wessex ''really'' is.


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* ThisCannotBe: Naberius's reaction to discovering Adam has a soul, rendering his efforts to have him possessed useless.

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* EvilBrit: Naberius in his guise of Charles Wessex. Being played by Creator/BillNighy helps.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Naberius in his guise of Charles Wessex.



* GoodIsDumb: Not really, but their appearances compared to the bad guys are rather jarring. Gargoyles keep wearing outdated outfits and stay in scary and antiquity-looking castle. Meanwhile, demons have adapted to modern times, with business suits, offices, laboratories, and the like, allowing them to blend in easily with humans.

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* GoodIsDumb: Not really, but their appearances compared to the bad guys are rather jarring. Gargoyles keep wearing outdated outfits and stay in a scary and antiquity-looking castle.cathedral. Meanwhile, demons have adapted to modern times, with business suits, offices, laboratories, and the like, allowing them to blend in easily with humans.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Adam invokes this about his creator, pointing out that his achievement gave Naberius all he needed to advance his own schemes.
-->'''Adam''': Naberius has been planning this for centuries. Victor Frankenstein just made it possible.


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-->'''Zuriel''': You know the best thing about the journal? I no longer need to bring you back alive!
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* MrFanservice: A shirtless and buff Aaron Eckhart is certainly easy on the eyes.

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* MrFanservice: A shirtless and buff Aaron Eckhart Creator/AaronEckhart is certainly easy on the eyes.

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Both the Gargoyle queen and Naberius try to reason with Adam to work for them. However, he's not interested in either proposition because they're not really offering him anything he wants. So both of them end up trying to use brute force to gain control of him at various points.



* DeathFromAbove: Several demons suffer this fate by the gargoyles descending on them from above.

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* OminousLatinChanting

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Both the Gargoyle queen and Naberius try to reason with Adam to work for them. However, he's not interested in either proposition because they're not really offering him anything he wants. So both of them end up trying to use brute force to gain control of him at various points.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:One of the demons working on the reanimation project successfully flees with a USB stick and all the research they did, meaning they can potentially recreate the process in any of the secret bases mentioned by Niberius.]]

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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:One of the demons working on the reanimation project successfully flees with a USB stick and all the research they did, meaning they can potentially recreate the process in any of the secret bases mentioned by Niberius.Naberius.]]



** To Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein uses electric eels instead of a thunderbolt in this movie too. To the original 1931 film Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}. When the gargoyles first find the monster, the female gargoyle who went to check on him shouts, "It's alive! It's alive!" much like the doctor in the film.

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** To Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein.''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein''. Dr. Frankenstein uses electric eels instead of a thunderbolt in this movie too.
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To the original 1931 film Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}. ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'': When the gargoyles first find the monster, the female gargoyle who went to check on him shouts, "It's alive! It's alive!" much like the doctor in the film.



* WingedHumanoid: Gargoyles

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