History Recap / GargoylesS1Temptation

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Demona reveals to Brooklyn that she's lived for a thousand years old rather having been in stone sleep for a millennium as she told the clan in "Awakening", which explains why her attitude after they awoke had changed to be even more cynical than when they knew her in the dark ages. The Season Two four-part "City of Stone" episodes go into further detail.

* TookALevelInCynic: Demona seeks to get Brooklyn to go through with this by showing him certain unsavory acts by humans (inefficient application of Justice, hostility towards even fellow friends and family, and murdering others over the [[EvilIsPetty pettiest of reasons]]) [[ManipulativeBastard claiming that what she has presented is the norm of human society]]. However, when Demona's true motivations are made clear upon taking over Goliath's mind, Brooklyn calls her out on her crossing the MoralEventHorizon seeing that her rampant cynicism has turned her [[HeWhoFightsMonsters into xenocidal lunatic]]. Overall, Brooklyn comes to the conclusion that some people lack good moral character, and thus becomes more careful in who he trusts, but that [[RousseauWasRight these flaws are not sole constitution of humans' nature]].

* TookALevelInCynic: Demona seeks to get Brooklyn to go through with this by showing him certain unsavory acts by humans (inefficient application of Justice, hostility towards toward even fellow friends and family, and murdering others over the [[EvilIsPetty pettiest of reasons]]) [[ManipulativeBastard claiming that what she has presented is the norm of human society]]. However, when Demona's true motivations are made clear upon taking over Goliath's mind, Brooklyn calls her out on her crossing the MoralEventHorizon seeing that her rampant cynicism has turned her [[HeWhoFightsMonsters into xenocidal lunatic]]. Overall, Brooklyn comes to the conclusion that some people lack good moral character, and thus becomes more careful in who he trusts, but that [[RousseauWasRight these flaws are not sole constitution of humans' nature]].

'''Goliath''': Of course it did. It's a half-truth she has thoroughly embraced. But it's not the whole truth.

* HumansAreBastards: Demona tries to convince Brooklyn that humans can't be trusted because they're evil. Specific examples she cites are an incompetent justice system that lets offenders off easily (which Elisa later unwittingly corroborates when she reminds Goliath that Xanatos is about to be released from jail), violence between even relatives, and murder. By extension, she argues that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters they will not treat other sentient beings any better]]. However Goliath later states that her argument is based on a misleading "half-truth."

* AudienceSurrogate: Brooklyn takes this role for this episode. Though no child has ever been singled out on the basis of being a gargoyle or other sentient non-human ([[{{Masquerade}} at least as far as we know]], [[RuleOfFunny but just in case]] we will forever hold your peace), but it's no secret that some people ([[KidsAreCruel especially school children]] [[TheBully and thugs]]) have been [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain prejudiced]] against individuals who don't conform to their definition of "normal" resulting in [[AllTheOtherReindeer unjustly mistreated and ostracized for those differences]]. Brooklyn experiences this distasteful part of human nature first hand when he is on the receiving end of an unprovoked attack being judged based on the "unnaturalness" of his physical features instead of the content of his character. See Took A Level In Cynic below for details.

* GeniusBruiser: Goliath is shown to pass his spare time reading. %% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GeniusBruiser: Goliath is shown to pass his spare time reading.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* FailedToSpotACheck: Upon returning from Demona's nightly tour of humanity's faults Brooklyn reverts back to his pre-NY, medieval way of speaking, answering Goliath's question about his joyride with "illuminating." Unfortunately nobody picks up on the change.

* {{OCCIsSeriousBusiness}}: Upon returning from Demona's nightly tour of humanity's faults Brooklyn reverts back to his pre-NY, medieval way of speaking, answering Goliath's question about his joyride with "illuminating." Unfortunately nobody picks up on the change.

* OCCIsSeriousBusiness: Upon returning from Demona's nightly tour of humanity's faults Brooklyn reverts back to his pre-NY, medieval way of speaking, answering Goliath's question about his joyride with "illuminating." Unfortunately nobody picks up on the change.

* AudienceSurrogate: Brooklyn takes this role for this episode. Though no child has ever been singled out on the basis of being a Gargoyle or other sentient non-human ([[{{Masquerade}} at least as far as we know]], [[RuleOfFunny but just in case]] we will forever hold your peace), but it's no secret that some people ([[KidsAreCruel especially school children]] [[TheBully and thugs]]) have been [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain prejudiced]] against individuals who don't conform to their definition of "normal" resulting in [[AllTheOtherReindeer unjustly mistreated and ostracized for those differences]]. Brooklyn experiences this distasteful part of Human nature first hand when he is on the receiving end of an unprovoked attack being judged based on the "unnaturalness" of his physical features instead of the content of his character. See Took A Level In Cynic below for details.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Demona is revealed to be over a thousand years old rather having been in stone sleep for a millennium as Brooklyn had believed earlier. The Season two four part "City of Stone" episodes go into further detail.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Demona, the more cunning of clan's gargoyles, can read this dead language, which is necessary given that most spells in the Gargoyles universe are written in Latin.

* TookALevelInCynic: Demona seeks to get Brooklyn to go through with this by showing him certain unsavory acts by Humans (inefficient application of Justice, hostility towards toward even fellow friends and family, and murdering others over the [[EvilIsPetty pettiest of reasons]]) [[ManipulativeBastard claiming that what she has presented is the norm of Human society]]. However, when Demona's true motivations are made clear upon taking over Goliath's mind, Brooklyn calls her out on her crossing the MoralEventHorizon seeing that her rampant cynicism has turned her [[HeWhoFightsMonsters into xenocidal lunatic]]. Overall, Brooklyn comes to the conclusion that some people lack good moral character, and thus becomes more careful in who he trusts, but that [[RousseauWasRight these flaws are not sole constitution of humans' nature]].