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The {{Big Bad}}s of ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
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The other pages are:
!Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters

* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerScoobyGang The Scooby Gang]][[note]]Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Rupert Giles, Dawn Summers, Andrew Wells, Angel, Cordelia Chase, Anya Jenkins, Oz, Spike, Riley Finn, Tara Maclay[[/note]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerBigBads Big Bads]][[note]]Lothos, The Master, Angelus, The Mayor, Adam, Glory, The Trio, The First Evil[[/note]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerSunnydaleResidents Sunnydale Residents]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerVampires Vampires]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerDemonsAndMonsters Demons and Monsters]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerWatchersAndSlayers Watchers and Slayers]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerTwilightGroup The Twilight Group]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerOtherCharacters Other Characters]]
* [[Characters/BuffyTheVampireSlayerComic Dark Horse Comic Characters]]

!Angel Characters

* [[Characters/AngelInvestigations Angel Investigations]]
* [[Characters/AngelWolframAndHart Wolfram and Hart]]
* [[Characters/AngelLosAngelesResidents Los Angeles Residents]]
* [[Characters/AngelOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

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[[folder:Wolfram & Hart]]
!!!See [[Characters/AngelWolframAndHart Wolfram and Hart]]
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[[folder:Darla]]
!!Darla
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Do you think I ever hesitated when I wanted something? Life's too short. Believe me. I know. Four hundred years, and still too short."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JulieBenz

Angel's sire, the one who turned him into a vampire. The two are together for 150 years, but after Angel is re-ensouled, she kicks him to the curb. The two meet again in Sunnydale, and Angel kills her in defense of Buffy. Years later, Wolfram & Hart bring her back to un-life, hoping she will tempt Angel over to the dark side. Eventually, due to Jasmine's meddling, she becomes pregnant with Connor, her son with Angel, and stakes herself because she can't give birth.
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* ActionMom: Being [[spoiler:pregnant]] doesn't stop her from kicking ass.
* AntiVillain: At first, she's fully evil and villainous; her time carrying Connor to term gives her a soul (albeit a temporary one, which she's sharing with the boy); she immediately begins to feel regret for all of the horrors she's done and grieves for the fact that she won't be able to love Connor once he is born (and takes the soul away from her), making her ultimately sympathetic.
* BackFromTheDead: Interesting in that she was staked on ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', came back on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as a human, killed again and made a vampire by Drusilla, [[spoiler:staked herself as a vampire, and then came back as a ghost.]] Once you've worked for Creator/JossWhedon, you'll ''always'' have a job, even if it means dying four times.
* TheBaroness: The classy, sadistic, and ruthless dragon to the Master. This actually applies better in ''Angel'', mostly in flashbacks or when she is revampified. She and Drusilla even attempt to build a gang/army to take the city under their command.
* BigBad: In Season 2.
* BigBadDuumvirate: In Season 2 with Drusilla.
* BigBadWannabe: After Darla is re-sired as a vampire, she and Drusilla are positioned as the Big Bads of Season Two...for about two episodes. Angel sets the pair of them on fire, then calls it a day. It could be said that Angel's true opponent in Season Two is (unwittingly) himself.
* TheChanteuse: ''Every''body gets a turn at the mic at Caritas. Julie Benz [[TheCastShowOff does her own singing]] for the song "Ill Wind" by Ella Fitzgerald.
* CharacterDevelopment: She started out as one of the Master's lackeys who relished being evil and ended up finding redemption, ultimately sacrificing herself for her and Angel's child.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest", she's whiny, cowardly, not particularly smart or capable, and seemingly not even all that important in the Master's hierarchy (Luke, for one, clearly outranked her). She's a lot more charismatic and dangerous in "Angel" and the spinoff.
* CombatPragmatist: One of the few vampires to remember that a slayer was still human. When Buffy comes trying to stake her, Darla whips out a pair of guns.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:She dies during Connor's birth; but in a twist, it is because she stakes herself, allowing Connor to live since she was physically incapable of delivering a child.]]
* DeliverUsFromEvil: By all means, the fact that her unborn child had a soul meant that technically so did she for the duration of the pregnancy-but she became a lot nobler than she was for most of the time she possessed a soul of her own. Well apart from craving specifically ''innocent'' blood, but that stage passed. Creepiest example of WackyCravings ever?
** When she realizes that once the baby is born (if it's born at all, vampires' anatomy not begin designed for labor) she'll no longer be able to ''love'' it without a soul and may even try to kill it, she makes Angel promise to tell their son how much she loved him and then stakes herself, turning to dust and leaving behind only her (living) son. Did we mention it's pouring rain?
* DepravedBisexual: It's heavily implied that she occasionally has sex with Drusilla.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Her final death had Darla stake herself while being held by Angel.]]
* DyingAlone: By the time the Master turned up at her doorstep.
* EtherealWhiteDress: After gaining a soul, she posthumously appears to Connor in a white gown, contrasting the [[EvilWearsBlack black-clad]] Cordelia/Jasmine, symbolically trying and failing to act as her son's conscience.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite her cruelty and evil nature, she genuinely loved Angelus and later their son Connor.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Due to being a soulless vampire, she was disgusted by Angelus soul and desperately tried to get rid of it and bring "her boy" back.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Angel, she is resurrected, but she finds no value in the second chance given her and wants to be a conscienceless, monstrous vamp again.
* FauxAffablyEvil: As a vampire, Darla keeps up a sweet, charming demeanor that hides the vain, cruel, [[EatsBabies child killing]] monster beneath.
* TheFogOfAges: Darla, being even older than Angelus, can no longer remember her human birth name.
* GoodWearsWhite: [[spoiler: Darla makes a HeroicSacrifice to give birth to Connor. When she returns as a ghost, she is wearing white and is trying to stop Connor from killing an innocent girl. This is contrast to Cordelia who has been corrupted by evil and is wearing black]].
* GuyOnGuyIsHot: In a flashback, she seemed pretty excited at the thought of Angelus and Spike "driving their poles through each other."
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just when it seems she's finally accepted her humanity and resolved to do some good with the little time she has left, Drusilla walks in and re-sires her.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Darla stakes herself to give birth to Connor.]]
* HighClassCallGirl: Implied to have once been a well-to-do prostitute in colonial Virginia. She even had property, which is almost unheard of.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Four years later, she's still out to drag Angel back to his evil roots.
* ILoveYouVampireSon: Darla's affection for Angel(us) has been fairly constant ([[{{Tsundere}} albeit often volatile]]) from the day she sired him.
* IllGirl: She was dying of syphilitic heart disease. When resurrected as a human, she is ''still'' dying from it.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Angelus' unparalleled savagery was one of the things Darla loved most about him.
* InsistentTerminology: With a few exceptions [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness (usually when's she ensouled)]], she consistently refers to Angel as Angelus, even his post-HeelFaceTurn modern incarnation.
* IronicNurseryTune: Her theme music.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She would place her own safety over others, as seen when she left Angelus with a murderous mob and fled with the only horse.
* LadyInRed: A lot of her wardrobe consists of the color.
* LawOfInverseFertility: She realizes - after demanding an end to her pregnancy - that she loves her son.
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Her maternal love for Connor is what prompts her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* NayTheist: She scoffed at religion and was displeased when the Master appeared disguised as a priest.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Darla "looked everywhere" for that gypsy girl as a birthday present for Angel. An attempt to reverse the curse went south when Spike prematurely ate the whole clan.
* NoNameGiven: "Darla" is a name bestowed on her by the Master. Her birth name is long forgotten, even by Darla herself.
* PregnantBadass: Actually even ''tougher'' in this state; the fetus causes Darla to crave blood all the time, driving her into an unstoppable frenzy.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's well over 300 years old.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Her last heroic action before she can lose her soul to childbirth is to stake herself so Connor can be born. Sure enough, her sacrifice and death as a hero allows the Powers to send her spirit to Connor in a last-ditch effort to redeem ''him.'']] It doesn't work.
* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Angelus included a fair amount of violence and backstabbing (she left him at Holtz's mercy to save herself, smacked him around over a lover's spat (which Angelus noted that he'd repay when they inevitably reunited), and cheated on him with the Immortal [[ThreeWaySex and]] Drusilla) on top of their insatiable desire for one another.
* SuperStrength: She had the standard powers and vulnerabilities of a vampire. Additionally, she was stronger than most vampires because of her age and possessed a higher resistance to holy items. When Monseigneur Rivalli tried to ward her off with his cross necklace, Darla tossed him aside without a care (she was around 200 years old at that point). It appears that Darla did not suffer a reduction in her powers after being re-born, as she was able to easily overpower Angel moments after re-awakening as a vampire (possibly meaning that the second time she was sired she was imbued with the same demonic essence she was imbued with the first time she was sired).
* TooKinkyToTorture: Darla is a fan of pain.
-->''You're hurting me. I like it!''
* {{Tsundere}}: To Angel.
-->"Just because we had a ''thing'' for 200 years, don't think you know me!"
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Master. As much time as she spent with Angelus, Darla would always return to her sire's service.
--> '''Angelus''': Her precious Master sent for her. You know Darla; Master's pet.
* TheVamp: She often used her beauty and sexuality to lure unsuspecting prey. Unlike her more aggressive male counterparts (Angelus and Spike), she was rarely seen hunting; her prey willingly approached her, never suspecting their fate until it was too late.
* VictorianNovelDisease: An advanced case of syphilis closed the book on Darla's human life. Upon being revived by Wolfram & Hart, she is shocked to learn that her resurrection as a human came part and parcel with the disease. As she put it, she was dying, and not "someday, but ''now''. Right now."
* WickedCultured: She had a taste for luxury, classical music, and places with a view.
* WouldHurtAChild: Never averse to feeding on children, Darla becomes especially driven to do so late in her pregnancy, as she finds herself craving purer blood to nourish her child.
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[[folder:Holtz]]
!!Daniel Holtz
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I swore that I would show no mercy. And I won't."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithSzarabajka

->''"I don't 'want' anything. My family's gone. My only desire here is to discover if a ''thing'' such as yourself can be made to pay for its sins."''

Holtz is an vampire hunter from 18th-century Britain whose family was slaughtered by Angelus and Darla. In the past, Holtz briefly caught up with them, but the couple escaped after Holtz took his sweet time in killing Angelus (he views killing the vampire more of a blessing than punishment). A demon named Sahjhan travels back in time and offers to bring Holtz with him to the present day, on the condition that he take Angel out of the equation. Sadly for Sahjhan, he should've studied up more on his new partner, because ''killing'' Angel is the farthest thing from Holtz's mind...
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* AbstractApotheosis: Holtz is an embodiment of all of Angelus's past victims.
* AccuserOfTheBrethren: His vendetta towards Angel runs so deep, he actually goes as far as to erase Angel's heroic acts from recorded history, and his EvilPlan was to keep Angel from truly redeeming himself.
* AffablyEvil: Holtz might be a manipulative killer, but he's polite, soft-spoken and may even offer you tea. He has a sense of honor and genuinely respects Angel Investigations.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: He starts out by getting revenge on Angelus - by harassing the ''souled'' Angel. Initially, Angel responds with sympathy and guilt with what his soulless self did to the troubled man - and tries to simply reason with him. When Holtz starts to threaten Angel's ([[RevengeByProxy innocent]]) friends, that's when Angel realizes that more drastic action needs to be taken.
* AntiVillain: It's hard not to feel sympathy for him. He was a hero once, after all, driven to evil by hatred and grief.
* ArchEnemy: He fits this trope better then any other villain that Angel has faced. They both have long turbulent pasts with each other and have both performed deeds that make it personal, from Angelus's killing of Holtz's wife and child to Holtz's kidnapping of Connor and eventually causing a giant rift to form between them. They also become foils for each other as Angel is a vampire that attempts to atone for his past deeds for the greater good while Holtz is a human driven to revenge instead of justice.
* BadassAndBaby[=/=]BadassAndChildDuo: He had to be in that hell dimension, until Connor became old enough to be badass himself.
* BadassLongcoat: A holdover from the 18th century.
* BadassNormal: Competes only with Gunn and maybe Wesley for the title of most BadassNormal in the Buffyverse. According to Wolfram & Hart's records, he's the most successful non-mystical vampire hunter in history, with over three hundred dustings to his credit. He also survived Quor'toth, just as Connor did, and without the benefit of superhuman powers.
* BeardOfEvil: Lampshaded by Justine who comments that his goatee rounds out "the creepy stalker look". Holtz discovers razors soon afterward.
* BecomingTheMask: He admits this regarding [[spoiler:Connor, whom he kidnapped and raised to be his ultimate weapon with which to claim vengeance on Angel. In a private conversation with Justine, he claims that despite Connor's parentage, he came to honestly love the kid over the years they spent together.]]
* BestServedCold: "I swore that I would show no mercy. [[ExactWords And I won't]]." His vengeance took centuries, but it was only more potent from the wait.
* BigBad: The most persistent, impactful, and competent antagonist in Season 3.
* TheCaptain: Referred to as "Captain" by his old hunting party.
* TheChessmaster: Gradually, he turns everyone, even his own surrogate son into his pawn.
* ChurchMilitant: He's cozy with some [[{{UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition}} Inquisitores]]; so much so that he hires a Cardinal to flay Angelus for a while. He's also a deeply religious man, despite sounding like Satan.
* CoolShades: He wears a very nifty pair.
* CombatPragmatist: So Caritas is a sanctuary that prevents violence of any kind within its walls, right? How do you get past that? Here's how: you stand ''outside'', and throw things ''in'' - things like grenades and fuel drums.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Angelus and Darla lured him away from his home and brutally murdered his family to get back at him for hunting them. They... come to regret this.
* CruelMercy: Somewhat of a specialty.
* DealWithTheDevil: And the man manages to ''screw over the devil''. In this case, Sahjhan. Holtz plays this role himself, and Wesley knew full well what he was walking into. Wes can only hope that he'll see the inevitable back-stab coming. And he did... ''kind'' of. Holtz misdirected Wesley while Justine, [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretending to be wounded]], slit Wesley's neck.
* EvilCounterpart: The Justine/Holtz relationship is darkly reminiscent of a Slayer's tutelage under her Watcher.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: "You'll find your references to popular culture are somewhat lost on me."
* EvilGenius: A rare and terrifying mix of an unstoppable badass with a first-rate mind and nothing to lose.
* EvilMentor: To Justine and [[spoiler:Connor.]]
* EvilOldFolks: After spending [[YearInsideHourOutside a few weeks]] in scenic Quor'toth.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Lampshaded by Mutant Enemy, of course. Gunn even poked fun at his [[TheNapoleon short stature]] at one point.
--->'''Holtz:''' You don't trust me?\\
'''Wesley:''' Hm, I dunno, could be the low, scary voice that's giving me trouble.
* FallenHero: He started out as a force for good who hunted vampires to protect people, but Angelus and Darla turned him into a [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge-driven]] monster.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Holtz is a resident of 18th-century England who was made a HumanPopsicle and woke up in 21st-century Los Angeles. He manages to adapt fairly well, making sure to study up on all the history he's missed, but remains largely unfamiliar with most modern applications and ideas, referring to a computer as a box, thinking a styrofoam cup was made of cotton, and informing Justine that her references to popular culture [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure were lost to him]].
* GoodIsNotNice: Bear in mind that, from the perspective his own time, the only thing he did that could reasonably be called evil was his suicide.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Holtz once killed vampires as a force of good, but becomes a manipulative bastard willing to do anything in the search of evil. He even realizes this, but he's too far gone.
* HeelRealization: His last words reveal that he knows he's headed to Hell for his actions. [[IgnoredEpiphany And he doesn't give a damn]].
* ImplacableMan: ''Hell'' didn't stop this guy. Time, demons, modern-day weapons, deliberately withheld intelligence, unreliable underlings... nothing stops him, only misdirects him, and he'll always adjust.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: His last request to Justine, to make Angel look like the culprit.
* IronicNurseryTune: Holtz comforts his vampirized daughter by singing 'Ar Hyd y Nos' (All Through the Night), a Welsh song that later became widely used as a lullaby in England. Holtz can be heard ominously singing it to himself every now and then; it's probably most noticeably played up when he comforts his one surviving daughter by singing to her - then realizes she's been made a vampire and casts her into sunlight to burn.
* IveComeTooFar: He's well aware of how far he's fallen, judging by his last words to Justine... but he sees no reason to turn back.
-->'''Holtz''': Come on, Justine. I'm not asking you to follow me into Hell. Just help send me there.
* ItsPersonal: Angelus and Darla ruined his life and slaughtered his family.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: It comes after he realizes that Angel not only has a soul but a son, and has been through plenty of torment already. He decides to just go ahead with a vengeance so dark and cruel that it can only be called evil.
* KnightOfCerebus: Holtz's reemergence is a wake-up call that Angel's quest for redemption may be [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption doomed to fail]].
* KnightTemplar: He definitely has shades of this but is not a pure example. He has high moral standards, and he will avoid harming others if he can. While he does not view those who associate with Angel as evil, he does think them misguided. He even expresses dislike for Justine's black and white viewpoint.
* LastNameBasis: Only Justine gets away with calling him 'Daniel'.
* LiteralGenie: Just how badass is Holtz do you ask? This is the man who makes a deal with a demon, and it's the ''demon'' who gets screwed over!
-->'''Holtz''': [[ExactWords I swore that I would show no mercy. And I won't.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: One of the best. Jasmine spent millennia with god-like power manipulating events to come to Earth, lasted less than a week, and died at the hands of her most loyal servant. Wolfram & Hart spent five seasons with nigh-limitless resources trying to corrupt Angel and all they accomplished in the end was letting him know who to kill. Meanwhile, Holtz had no powers whatsoever, was out of his own time, and had no allies but those he created for himself. And, in half a season, he managed to convince Wesley to kidnap Angel's son, then escaped into a hell dimension with him, raising him to be Angel's worst enemy. He pushes Connor to be closer to Angel, pretending he wants them together so that his assisted suicide, made to resemble a vampire attack, make things ''even worse'' between them.
* MeaningfulName: 'Holtz' is a variant spelling of the German 'Holz', meaning "wood". As in a stake.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Has a tendency to get all up in people's bidness during conversation.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Played with. Angel and Darla were always afraid of him but still didn't think of him as that much of a threat. When Holtz reappears, Angel and Darla realize just how dangerous he really is.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Discussed between Wesley and Justine in "Sleep Tight":
-->'''Wesley''': Holtz talks about "justice" and it's stirring, but what he wants is revenge. He's driven by it, blinded by it, and if you, me, or anyone else gets in his way, he'll kill for it.
* OneManArmy: ''Literally'', as he took down a squad of mercenaries Wolfram & Hart sent in by himself. The mercs were ''fully armed to the teeth'', from assault rifles to grenades. Holtz had a ''sword'' and they didn't even scratch him. And this was mere ''hours'' after waking up in modern time.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His whole schtick.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In conjunction with Connor, Holtz ages into a ghastly, traumatized old man -- a shell of his former self. Though his mind is still as sharp as ever, as Angel discovers horribly.
* ThePowerOfHate: Attributes his own longevity inside a Hell dimension to it.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Completely subverted. Holtz is a reminder that just because he's the title character, Angel does not and should not get to wave off what he did in his past.
* RevengeBeforeReason: To his last breath, he only cares about getting revenge on Angel for what he did to him, and doesn't care what he has to do to get it done.
* RevengeByProxy: Family killed? No problem; Holtz redresses the balance by manipulating [[spoiler:Wesley]] into helping steal Connor, thereby [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers raising Angel's son as his own]].
** Holtz's revenge comes to fruition, but not in the way he expected: not only did Angel lose his son, but he also had to [[spoiler:kill Connor]] in a way that echoes Holtz killing his vamped daughter.
* ShutUpKirk: Does this to Angel when he and Connor return to Earth from Quor'toth. Angel furiously calls Holtz out on taking Connor; Holtz retorts that he kept Angel's son alive, while Angel murdered his own in cold blood.
* StakingTheLovedOne: [[TearJerker His dealing with his daughter]].
* TheStoic: Holtz is, almost without fail, soft-spoken and calm at all times.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Angel has the utmost respect for Holtz and feels genuine remorse for what he did, never condemning Holtz for what he does. Holtz, however, views Angel as a beast that needs to be put down.
* ThanatosGambit: His final act is to commit suicide in a manner that [[ImpromptuTracheotomy simulates a vampire attack]], thus leading Connor to believe that Angel killed him.
* TragicVillain: Holtz was once a good man, a warrior for the cause of righteousness. Then Angelus and Darla paid a visit to his family. After that, he was a hollow, vengeance-driven shell of a man willing to do anything to avenge his loss. In the end, vengeance and hate are all Holtz has left, with even the love he feels for his adoptive son being overshadowed by his desire to hurt Angel. He's well aware of how far he's fallen by the time he enacts his [[ThanatosGambit final plan]], but [[IveComeTooFar he sees no reason to stop anymore]].
* TranquilFury: You could count the times Holtz raises his voice (or emotes at all) on one hand, but after the centuries pass and his trip to Hell, his rage is the only thing he has left.
* TheUnfettered: With his family gone, nothing prevents Holtz from seeking his revenge. The intervening centuries, Angel having a soul, even Holtz growing to love Connor all utterly fail to dissuade him from taking as cruel a revenge on Angel as he can. Holtz even kills himself and uses his death to manipulate his beloved adopted son, all for the sake of his own vengeance.
* VampireHunter: He was a professional vampire hunter back in his own time. In the present day, he narrows his focus to Angel, though his acolytes train by fighting captured vampires.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: More justified than most, but still there.
* WeHaveReserves: Poisoning his demon bodyguards; completely and utterly deceiving his human soldiers, treating them as mere tools to get to Connor; even Connor himself is not immune. (Holtz ''did'' move to snap his little baby neck until Angel called him off.)
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: With the possible exception of Drusilla, what Angelus and Darla put Holtz through was perhaps their most monstrous act (that's seen on-screen). He was a noble vampire hunter, a force of good, but Angelus and Darla broke him completely. They raped and murdered his wife, killed his infant child in its crib and perhaps worst of all, turned his young daughter into a vampire. Holtz was forced to dust his beloved daughter while she screamed for mercy.
* WouldHurtAChild: He killed his last child. And if pushed, you ''know'' he'll do it again.
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[[folder:Jasmine]]
!!Jasmine
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"There are no absolutes. No right and wrong."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/CharismaCarpenter & Creator/GinaTorres

->''"Every moment that passes, I grow closer to my followers. I feel what they feel. I see what they see. We're fusing together, like the cells of a single body. They're my eyes, my skin, my limbs -- and if need be, my '''fists'''."''

A "Power-That-Was" who fell from grace after meddling in the affairs of lower beings, attempting to raise herself to godhood. Several millennia later, she's still at it, using Cordelia as a vessel to 'birth' herself into our world. Jasmine (as she is currently known) possesses a mystical aura which inspires love and servitude within anyone who lays eyes on her.
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* AboveGoodAndEvil: Her ultimate claim.
-->"There are no absolutes, no right and wrong. Haven't you learned ''anything'' working for The Powers? There are only choices. I offered paradise; '''you''' chose '''[[CrapsackWorld this]]'''!"
* AchillesHeel: Her blood -- and the blood of her "parents," Connor and Cordelia. This explains why Connor is aware of Jasmine's maggot face from the start.
* AssimilationPlot: Her goal is to assimilate all beings on Earth. Not just humans, but also ''good'' demons like Lorne.
* BadassBoast: She makes rather prideful boasts about her abilities from time to time.
-->''"I was forged from the inferno of creation, vampire!"''
* BigBad: Of Season 4.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Bringing peace to the world. With mind control.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's unclear to what degree she's motivated by genuine interest in humanity's wellbeing as opposed to her own selfishness, but her stated goal is to build a world without disease, war, or poverty (which she actually seems to do) which isn't an evil goal in itself.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Is all set to double-team against Angel with Connor -- who immediately turns on her, killing her instantly. Especially cold given that Jasmine was elated to see him again, having had everyone else turn against her.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without her Godly might, Jasmine claims that she has more than enough power to kill everyone on Earth. Based on how [[CurbStompBattle she smacks Angel around]], tanks his blows and a well-placed power line, and ''heaves a car at him'', she's probably right.
* TheChessmaster: Orchestrated every major event in the heroes' lives -- Lorne and Fred swapping places in Pylea, Cordelia getting the visions, Wesley sleeping with the enemy, Connor's conception -- meaning that she's the reason this show exists.
* CurbStompBattle: Angel poses exactly no threat to her in a physical confrontation, even after having her powers drained. It required Connor, the only person around who could ignore her invulnerability that wasn't in a coma, to stop her.
* DarkMessiah: She attempts to bring peace to the world... by employing global-scale mind control to disguise her appearance and make demands regarding worshiping her, eating scores of people along the way.
* DeathByIrony: She's killed by Connor, her meat puppet and truest minion.
* DemonicPossession: She's introduced having taken over Cordelia's body so that she can create one of her own, having hitched a ride back with her from the higher plane.
* DestructiveSaviour: The atrocities committed by her cronies are shrugged off as "birth pains."
* DiabolusExNihilo: All we know of her backstory is the happy fable she repeats to everybody.
* DimensionLord: She previously ruled Bug World. They were a test drive, apparently.
* {{Egopolis}}: Los Angeles being declared "the First Citadel of Jasmine." Also, a palace would be nice.
* EldritchAbomination[=/=]HumanoidAbomination: Take your pick. Jasmine regularly shapeshifts into a luminescent, tentacled form in order to feed. In the moments following her 'birth', this is the first shape we see. However, Jasmine prefers to remain in humanoid form for most of the time, even while engaging in hand-to-hand combat. (Maybe her gooey form lacks mobility.)
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Do ''not'' let Jasmine touch you, under any circumstances.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Even after all of the horrible things she's done, Jasmine is unable to understand why Angel hates her so much. Angel promptly tells her why:
-->'''Angel''': Let's run down the list, huh? Rain of fire, [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot blotting out the sun]], enslaving mankind, and... yeah, oh, yeah. Hey, [[ImAHumanitarian you eat]] ''[[ImAHumanitarian people]]''!
* EvilLaugh: When she realizes her influence over her minions is so deep she not only can see through their eyes remotely possess them, but also share their wounds and injuries.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: She firmly believes this.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Before crossing over to Earth, Jasmine first conquered a race of [[InsectoidAliens insectoid demons]]. Her chosen followers were evolved into scaly humanoids with [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic]] powers.
-->'''Lorne''': Uh huh, and how'd ''that'' work out for them?\\
'''Jasmine:''' (''{{beat}}'') It was [[HalfTruth a trial run]].
* FacialHorror: Her real face is hollowed out and infested with maggots. Once everyone is freed from her thrall, Jasmine's face erupts with boils and lesions.
* FallenAngel: According to Jasmine, she used to belong to the PTB, but was ejected for interfering in mortal affairs. As anyone can guess they likely had ''very'' good cause for kicking her out.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Jasmine's benevolence is a very convincing façade, but as her behavior while possessing Cordelia shows, she has a nasty spiteful side (her jealousy of Faith, callous manipulation of Connor, and brutal murder of Lilah), and she sent her minions to kill Team Angel when they fell out of her power. She also abandoned the insectoid demons who initially worshiped her, dismissing them as a trial run, and after losing control over her thralls, she ultimately decides to wipe out humanity one body at a time. Basically, she only acts pure and radiant when she thinks she has no real obstacles.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Her body tends to reflect the species she wishes to control. This is evidenced by [[OurFounder her statue]] on Bug World, which depicts her with pincers and crab legs. Apparently her ''true'' form - which she employs to feed - is a luminescent StarfishAlien.
* {{Glamour}}: To hide the FacialHorror.
* HealingFactor: Her wounds heal almost instantly
* HiddenVillain: Turns out to have pulling strings as far back as Season ''One''. [[UnreliableNarrator Or so she claims]]. She even claims that she was responsible for Lorne arriving on Earth in 1996.
* HiddenAgendaVillain
* HiveQueen: Her influence over her thralls soon evolves to allow her to remotely possess them, speaking through them and seeing through their eyes.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Angel removes Jasmine's cloaking spell during her televised broadcast to the world. How embarrassing.
* HorrorHunger: Needs to eat people to replenish her energy. At first, it's just small potatoes; within a few episodes, however, she's eating ''dozens'' of people at a time.
* HotGod: She's played by GinaTorres. Also, she is often lit in such a way as to make her glow or glimmer softly and wears flowing, flattering clothes.
* IAmLegion: The Body Jasmine. Or less flatteringly, "Jasmaniacs".
* IHaveManyNames: Among them the Blessed Devourer.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Implied to be her true motivation for enslaving the human dimension. When Angel breaks her hold over mankind, she's visibly saddened when her once-devoted worshipers flee her in revulsion and panic.
* IKnowYourTrueName: The only method of removing Jasmine's ability to mind control. In order to find it, Angel journeys (literally) to Hell and back.
* ItsAllAboutMe: As much as she may believe in her goal of bringing about world peace, it's hard to ignore that Jasmine's idea of the perfect world is one where she's the center of everyone's lives.
* KillTheGod: But only her parents can harm her physically.
* KnightTemplar: Her ultimate goal is to bring everlasting peace to earth. By removing free will and periodically devouring a dozens of people
* LastVillainStand: After her brainwashing powers are lost, Jasmine declares that if she can't rule the world she's going to destroy it. She shrugs off everything Angel tries to throw at her, but she doesn't get to enjoy her spree for long because Connor, whose immunity to her powers apparently stretch to ignoring her invulnerability, swoops in and kills her.
%%* LieToTheBeholder
* LightIsNotGood: She wears white.
* LoveHungry: Her {{Glamour}} forces all who see her to love and serve her unconditionally.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Reverts to a giant, tentacled blob in order to eat.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the Beast. And to Skip
* ManipulativeBastard: She has been manipulating the events of A.I.'s lives for ''years'', starting with Lorne's arrival on Earth, in order to be brought forth. [[UnreliableNarrator Or so she claims]].
* MassHypnosis: One of her abilities.
* MessianicArchetype / SatanicArchetype: Both at the same time. On the one hand, she had an impossible birth, appears after an apocalyptic series of tribulations (at the hands of a demonic creature called "the Beast") to establish a seeming paradise on Earth, and has name starts with J. On the other, she was a vaguely angelic being cast out of Heaven-analogue for rebelling against her fellows.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: How she justifies her...uh, humanist diet.
-->''"Yes. I murdered thousands... to save '''billions'''!"''
* MotiveRant: And a [[JerkassHasAPoint pretty persuasive one]], all told.
* NakedOnArrival: After her body is given birth by Cordelia.
* {{Narcissist}}: Jasmine's idea of a perfect world is one where everyone is so obsessed with bowing to and worshipping her that they can't war amongst themselves. She ''tries'' to be at least a little humble about this, but can't resist asking for a temple to be built as a shrine to her magnificence.
* NoNameGiven: Her actual name is unpronounceable by humans, and she fibs to the enthralled Angel Investigations that she doesn't have one. They name her Jasmine because she's fond of the flower's scent.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: She claims to want to save the world, but her methods of doing so are very brutal; along the way, she killed several thousand innocents, conjured a rain of fire over LA, and unleashed Angelus once again. Not only that, but her idea of a perfect world is an AssimilationPlot that completely removes free will and makes everyone on Earth mindless drones who worship her endlessly. When Angel thwarts her plans, she decides that if she can't rule the world, she's going to destroy it.
* OmnicidalManiac: With her powers stripped and followers gone, she decides to take up Angel's offer of helping him make the world a better place... [[AdviceBackfire one body at a time]].
* PhysicalGod: She's one of the Powers That Be.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: After her power is broken, Jasmine throws a tantrum at Angel, childishly asking him "why do you hate me?" and deciding to kill everyone on Earth out of spite.
* RedemptionRejection: Even after all she's done, Angel still tries for a reconciliation. Jasmine clobbers him in response. But it still says a lot about Angel's consistency; he will even offer a ''fallen God'' a chance at redemption!
* SicklyGreenGlow: Her aura while devouring people en masse.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: On Bugworld, she is candidly known as The Devourer.
* StarbucksSkinScale: Angel once described Jasmine as "mocha".
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: After Angel breaks her hold over L.A., Jasmine vows to use what power she has left to destroy humanity rather than give free will a chance.
* TakeThatKiss: Plants one on Angel during their final confrontation. Considering all those oozing pustules... ew.
-->'''Connor:''' Always the same, Dad. I get a girl, you gotta [[NotWhatItLooksLike make a play for her]].
* TermsOfEndangerment: Jasmine tends to call her minions things like 'sweet boy' and 'my love'.
* UnreliableExpositor: Jasmine claims, as does Skip, that she was responsible for every significant event in the lives of the Angel Investigations team. Given the wildly random nature of some of these events, and the fact that we only have the word of two villains who have already lied repeatedly, this is a rather difficult claim to swallow.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Her ultimate goal is to make earth a paradise.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She [[TheChessmaster spent years]] manipulating Angel, Cordelia, and the rest of Angel Investigations so that she could be born on Earth and bring about a golden age. Of course, in the process, she killed several thousand innocents, conjured a rain of fire over L.A., and unleashed Angelus once again. Not to mention that she [[ImAHumanitarian eats people]] and her idea of a "golden age" is an AssimilationPlot that completely removes free will. Even so, Angel and co. are uncertain if they did a good thing or a bad thing by taking her out, especially when their [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]], [[OccultLawFirm Wolfram & Hart]], [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame actually praise them for ending world peace]].
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Her AchillesHeel. Any utterance of her true name breaks her hold over her minions.
* YourHeadAsplode: Connor puts a fist through her head. Splat.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marcus Hamilton]]
!!!See [[Characters/AngelWolframAndHart Wolfram and Hart]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Circle of the Black Thorn]]
!!!See [[Characters/AngelWolframAndHart Wolfram and Hart]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Charles Gunn]]
!!!See [[Characters/AngelInvestigations Angel Investigations]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Whistler]]
!!Whistler
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffy_whistler.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"My name is Whistler. Anyway, lately it is. My real name is hard to pronounce unless you're a dolphin."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Max Perlich

->''"Bottom line is even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what, are we helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come, can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. You'll see what I mean."''

A balancing demon sent by the PowersThatBe. Whistler guides Angel into meeting Buffy, and also tries to assist her in stopping Angelus. Later reappeared during the Twilight crisis and its aftermath.
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* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: What he seeks to maintain.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Steps into this role for ''Angel & Faith''.]]
* BornOfHeavenAndHell: He is the product of an InterspeciesRomance between a female pure-blood demon and an agent of ThePowersThatBe (basically an angel, although [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not depicted with wings]]). The Powers and the demons banded together to kill his parents for their transgression, but the Powers spared Whistler to serve as an agent of balance.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler:Seemed like a pretty harmless 'spiritual advisor' type, but come Season Nine and he's showing off sufficient power to leave Nash and Pearl quivering in fear and punching holes through Angel.]]
* CrypticConversation: Pretty much all he ever says.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's quite a sarcastic fellow.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When Angel makes it clear that he will not support Whistler's methods, Whistler loses his temper, [[TorsoWithAView puts his fist through Angel's gut]], and comes dangerously close to staking him before managing to stop himself, remarking that even after everything that's happened, Angel is still his "favorite kid" and he doesn't want to kill him. However, he nonetheless departs while warning Angel to stay out of his way or he would be forced to.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In Season 8 and full blown in Season 9]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:He is behind the whole Twilight thing in season 8.]]
* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:After releasing a magic plague over London, causing people to painfully mutate into monsters, Angel forces him to look at what he's done to innocents in an attempt to get through to him. While he is briefly swayed and appears unsure, Whistler brushes it off, telling Angel that no matter what, he's come too far in his plans to stop now.]]
* NiceHat: His IconicItem.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Whistler is thousands of years old.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:He can take after his demonic parent too, if he feels like it... becoming a HornedHumanoid]]
* {{Precognition}}: Although it is "all outta whack" after the destruction of the [[spoiler:Seed of Wonder]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Gets to realize the error of his ways after his connection to magic is restored. Tries to contain his own magic bomb, which results in his death.
* SanitySlippage: Angel [[BrutalHonesty bluntly]] tells him that he believes that being separated from TheMultiverse and the Powers since the Seed was destroyed have made him crazy. And he may have a point.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:In Season Nine.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:His plan to restore magic, as well as the Twilight arc, would have and will kill billions, but he legitimately believes it's the only way to save the rest of the world.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Whistler was originally supposed to appear in ''Angel''. Drafts of the script of the first episode have Whistler instead of Doyle. Creator/JossWhedon stated that schedule conflicts prevented this from happening.
* WildCard: He will favor "good" or "evil" depending on which side is getting the upper hand
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Archaeus]]
!!Archaeus

An ancient demon that sired the Master.
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* BigBad: For the first half of ''Buffy'' Season 10, and the second half of ''Angel & Faith''.
[[/folder]]

* DealWithTheDevil: And the man manages to ''[[CrazyAwesome screw over the devil]]''. In this case, Sahjhan. Holtz plays this role himself, and Wesley knew full well what he was walking into. Wes can only hope that he'll see the inevitable back-stab coming. And he did... ''kind'' of. Holtz misdirected Wesley while Justine, [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretending to be wounded]], slit Wesley's neck.

---

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JulieBenz

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithSzarabajka

-->''"I don't 'want' anything. My family's gone. My only desire here is to discover if a ''thing'' such as yourself can be made to pay for its sins."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/CharismaCarpenter & Creator/GinaTorres

-->''"Every moment that passes, I grow closer to my followers. I feel what they feel. I see what they see. We're fusing together, like the cells of a single body. They're my eyes, my skin, my limbs -- and if need be, my '''fists'''."''

->'''Played By:''' Max Perlich

-->''"Bottom line is even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what, are we helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come, can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. You'll see what I mean."''

[[folder:Lindsey]]
!!Lindsey [=McDonald=]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/46022729094613b5080b81bd033ddf1b.JPG]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"You're either with the one with power or you're powerless!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristianKane

A lawyer at Wolfram & Hart and both an enemy and ally of Angel Investigations.

* AffablyEvil: Lindsey has a certain "good ol' boy" charm that downplays the amorality of his actions, and even though he hates Angel, any respect Lindsey shows towards him is completely genuine.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His driving motive is his cynicism and ambitions, as pointed out by his actor:
-->''"I still think this cat looks at the glass as being half empty. And so, damn it, I’m going to drink the rest of that water."''
* AmoralAttorney: Not to the extent of his Wolfram & Hart co-workers, but he still uses blatantly illegal means to put his murderous, inhuman clients back on the street. Not to mention the time he and Lilah tried to steal from a charity for homeless teens.
* AnArmAndALeg: After threatening Cordelia's life in front of Angel. Bad idea. The shamans at Wolfram & Hart graft a (pre-owned) hand onto his stump.
* ArchEnemy: He likes to think of himself as Angel's, but Angel sees him as more of a persistent annoyance than a true nemesis. Compared to the likes of Holtz, Lindsey just doesn't measure up.
* BackForTheFinale: After having been absent since Season 2 of ''Angel'', Lindsey returns near the midway point of the Season 5 and is a recurring element throughout the final episodes.
* BeyondRedemption: As of Season 5, Angel and his crew believe this of Lindsey [=McDonald=], considering his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions]] and constant trips through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. It's to the extent that in "[[GrandFinale Not Fade Away]]", [[spoiler:when they team up against the Circle of the Black Thorn, Lorne shoots him dead on Angel's orders; having previously heard Lindsey sing and [[{{Seers}} read his future]], Lorne states outright that Lindsey isn't part of "the solution" and never ''will'' be.]]
-->'''Lindsey''': There's always time for redemption. Isn't that ''your'' whole bit?\\
'''Angel''': You had your chance. I guess some people, they just never change.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Comes standard with the job. He ditches the suit though after he returns.
* BigBadWannabe: Lindsey puts up a good show as a would-be BigBad for Season 5, but once Team Angel works out his plans, it doesn't take long for Lindsey to be thoroughly beaten and left to the mercy of the Senior Partners.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: In "Blind Date". He's hardly innocent, but he ''does'' look appropriately traumatized when the man next to him is shot and it ''is'' one of the rare occasions he's trying to do the right thing.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In Season 5, he has numerous mystical tattoos on his body which make him invisible to both mystical and technological surveillance, and also grant him the strength to hold his own against Angel. When the tattoos are removed, he still proves to be a MasterSwordsman in the series finale, easily slaughtering numerous demons by himself.
* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:By Lorne, on Angel's orders, in the series finale.]]
* TheCastShowOff: Christian Kane is a country/rock musician, and is seen strumming his guitar and singing in "Dead End". He also picked up some sword-fighting skills while working on ''Film/SecondhandLions'', which he shows off in "You're Welcome".
* DeadpanSnarker: Not to the extent of Lilah, but he has an understated wit.
-->'''Lilah:''' Oh, what's wrong, Lindsey? You bitter cause your girlfriend didn't slit my throat?
-->'''Lindsey:''' I think you might be overstating it. I'd say more like "bummed."

-->'''Lindsey:''' It's a secret society.
-->'''Gunn:''' Never heard of 'em.
-->'''Lindsey:''' That's 'cause it's "secret".
* DirtyBusiness: He waffles a bit, though.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: During Season 5; he's a HiddenVillain for most of it, but is defeated before he can release the Wolfram & Hart fail-safe and subsequently placed in a holding dimension by the Senior Partners.
* EasilyForgiven:
** In "Dead End", Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn practically trip over themselves to compliment Lindsey on his singing despite the fact that he was directly responsible for several catastrophes that Wolfram & Hart had inflicted on them over the last few months, like trying to burn the scroll that would cure Cordelia from her torment in "To Shanshu in L.A." or resurrecting Darla and helping to sire her as a vampire again (leading Angel to briefly go down a path of darkness that the team had just forgiven ''him'' for in the previous two episodes).
** Averted with Angel, who was antagonistic throughout both "Blind Date" and "Dead End" when Lindsey expressed uncertainty with his moral leanings due to feeling burned by their previous encounters and mainly accepted Lindsey's help after it was clear that the greater good required putting biases aside. While the two do seem to part on fair terms at the end of Season 2, it's immediately subverted when it's revealed that Angel planted a "Cops Suck" sign on the back of Lindsey's car as a parting shot. By the time Lindsey returns in Season 5 to cause havoc and engage in another round of HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, Angel has had enough and [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal puts a stop to him permanently.]]]]
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Once he equips himself with some handy tattoos, he can fight toe to toe with Angel.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lindsey is wooed by Darla, to the point of confessing he wouldn't "mind" if she were the one to kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's is highly disturbed by the idea of Wolfram & Hart having three young children killed by PsychoForHire Vanessa Brewer, which is why he helps Angel stop her. Things come to a head when he discovers the true source of his new hand, and he leaves Wolfram & Hart for good.
* EvilHand: Subverted. It's not actually evil; just suicidal.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When he returns in season five, he has longer hair.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:After being shot by Lorne.]]
-->[[spoiler:"'''YOU''' kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just--! ...[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Angel kills me]]. You -- Angel..."]]
* FatalFlaw: Lindsey's lack of moral conviction, his resentment of Angel, and his ambition collectively screw him over and ultimately bring him to his ruin. In the first two seasons, he knows that Wolfram & Hart is evil and is very uncomfortable with that, even occasionally helping Angel to sabotage the firm's efforts, but he lacks the strength of character to resist being seduced by the money and power that the firm offers. Even when he finally does leave, his jealousy towards Angel ends up drawing Lindsey back, with his attempts to destroy Angel earning him the wrath of the Senior Partners. [[spoiler:Despite joining Angel's attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn and realizing that GoodFeelsGood, Lindsey has ultimately flip-flopped between good and evil too many times for Angel to trust him, and so he has Lorne assassinate Lindsey. If Lorne's final remarks to Lindsey are any indication, these flaws are something that Lindsey would never have been able to overcome, and he would never have been "part of the solution".]]
** Lindsey's ego with regards to his place in Angel's world also ends up doing him in. [[spoiler:If his final lines are anything to go by, it's clear he expected that even if Angel did end up turning on him, it would have been in a grand one-on-one battle between the two of them as a way of putting a cap on their long feud. He doesn't realize that Angel views him as little more than a pest in the grand scheme of things and, as a result, is completely flabbergasted when Angel does the pragmatic thing and has Lorne take him out when Lindsey's guard is down.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Lindsey grew up in abject poverty, and constantly has something to prove as a result. He resolved never to end up like his father, grovelling to the repo men as he was being evicted. Angel is unsympathetic, however.
-->'''Lindsey:''' I'm talking dirt poor, no shoes, no toilet, six kids in a room. After flu season, we were down to four. I was 7 when they took the house. They just came right in, and ''took'' it. And my daddy's being nice, y'know, joking with the bastard while he signs the deed. My choice was to be stepped on or get stepping and I swore I'd never be the guy with the ''stupid grin'' on my face - while my life got dribbled out -
-->'''Angel:''' Sorry, I nodded off. Get to the part where you're evil.
* GenderBlenderName: Lindsey is usually a woman's name.
* GoodFeelsGood: Helping Angel destroy the Circle of the Black Thorn makes Lindsey feel pretty good about the fact that he's fighting the good fight for a change. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this is too little too late, and doesn't save Lindsey from two bullets in the chest.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: His motivation throughout Season 5 is that he's pissed that he started in the mailroom at Wolfram & Hart and worked his ass off to become a lawyer while the Senior Partners just ''gave'' Angel the position of CEO overnight.
* TheHeavy: One of the three recurring lawyers in the first season, and the one Angel gains the most mutual animosity for.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam:
** He gets one of these when he tries to leave Wolfram & Hart. Angel first doesn't trust him, then doesn't care, and when he finally does agree to help Lindsey bring down the company, he winds up leaving him behind to get caught. While somewhat understandable, this still probably contributed to Lindsey's decision to stay.
** [[spoiler:Later, when Lindsey tried to join the team in the series finale, Angel has Lorne kill him. Interestingly, Lindsey knew this was coming and was only upset that he was killed by "a flunky".]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Lorne''': You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never ''will'' be.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: One minute, he's working for Wolfram & Hart. The next, he's helping Angel. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his HeelFaceDoorSlam.]]
* HiddenDepths: Is an amazingly talented singer and guitar player, and was one of Lorne's favorite regulars at his bar.
* HijackedByGanon: Works alongside his lover, Eve, to play Angel and Spike against each other, with the hope of usurping Angel's position at the firm and (if we're aiming high) buying his way into the Circle of the Black Thorn.
* IconicItem: The fleur-de-lis bracelet that Lindsey wears throughout the show. It's a keepsake that Christian Kane wears to remind him of his mother, who is from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans.
* IgnoredEpiphany: He is truly appalled by Wolfram & Hart's plot to murder a trio of child seers, and assists Angel in thwarting them. Subverted when Holland dangles a fat paycheck over his head.
** Lindsey resigns for good in Season 2, ironically after having earned a top position and a replacement hand to boot; he leaves UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, burying the hatchet with Angel for good. Except not really. Actually, he was studying for years on how to join the elite Circle of the Black Thorn.
* ItsPersonal: Develops this for Angel, especially after Angel [[AnArmAndALeg chops off his hand]] at the end of Season 1.
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Returns from Nepal with some cool martial arts tricks, [[{{Hammerspace}} materializing swords out of thin air]], and using The Force to...well, close doors. But the point is it ''looks'' cool.
** Lorne makes an offhand reference to Lindsey's "demon-strength", though it isn't elaborated on. This would explain how he's able to keep up with Angel.
* ManipulativeBastard: Appears to have picked up a couple of Holland Manners' tricks.
* MinionShipping: Some occasional sexual tension with Lilah, including a parting ass grab when he leaves L.A.%%
* MrFanservice: A very handsome young man who doesn't hesitate to ditch the shirt, especially in Season 5.
* NervesOfSteel: His greatest attribute; enough to impress Darla and Drusilla to spare him when they massacre everyone at Holland's house.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Inverted. [[spoiler:Lindsey's kind of upset when Lorne kills him. It was ''supposed'' to be Angel!]]
* PutOnABus: And then came back.
* RagsToRiches: Born into a dirt-poor dysfunctional family in the south-central United States, he worked hard to overcome his upbringing and became a lawyer.
* TheResenter: Lindsey deeply resents Angel for stealing the affections of Darla and being handed control of Wolfram & Hart on a silver platter after years of struggle and strife failed to get Lindsey anywhere close to that level of power. His comments while presenting his FreudianExcuse to Angel imply that Lindsey also resents the relatively privileged childhood Angel had as a human.
* TheRival: Angel unwittingly provokes Lindsey's wrath at every turn, from ruining his court cases, to stealing his would-be girlfriend (Darla), to having the entire firm handed to him on a silver platter, to finally having sex with Lindsey's ''new'' girlfriend, Eve, while under the influence of spell (and oblivious to Lindsey's connection to her). When Lindsey consoles himself that Eve is one of the only things in his life that Angel "never got his mitts on", Eve wisely holds her tongue. A good thing, too, because otherwise his brain might have imploded.
* SmallNameBigEgo: While undoubtedly a legitimate threat, he fancies himself much more powerful than he actually is and is convinced he's Angel's ArchEnemy. Angel, for his part, just views him as a persistant annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
* SouthernFriedGenius: His exact origin is ambiguous, though he has an Oklahoma license plate on his pickup truck. Angel dismissively calls him a "tiny Texan" at one point; this could be an in-joke directed at Christian Kane, who hails from [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]].
* SuperStrength: Thanks to an unrevealed mystical process, he became gifted with superhuman strength, allowing him to go toe-to-toe with Angel in single combat. He could overpower Angel physically and leap great heights with his super strong legs.
* SuperToughness: Thanks to an unrevealed mystical process, he became gifted with superhuman durability. He could take on powerful hits from Angel.
* TattooedCrook: Post-Tibet Lindsey had super magic stealth tattoos that let him hide from the Senior Partners. [[spoiler:It doesn't last.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Between Seasons 2 and 5, he apparently learned a bunch of kung-fu and got a bunch of [[PowerTattoo mystical tattoos making him invisible to the Senior Partners]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:For all his so-called bravado, he dies furiously complaining about how Angel should have been the one to kill him instead of Lorne.]]
* UnknownRival: He's a known and legitimate threat, but he thinks he and Angel are [[ArchEnemy each others' absolute greatest enemies]]. Angel views him as little more than a pest. [[spoiler:Lindsey's indignant reaction to getting offed by ''Lorne'', of all people, instead of Angel himself is simultaneously a little sad and deeply, hilariously pathetic.]]
* VillainRespect: He ''hates'' Angel's guts and deeply resents him, but he nonetheless genuinely respects him.
* WildCard: Nobody can depend on Lindsey for anything; he's easily swayed by events and his motivations frequently shift, leading to a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. [[spoiler:It's ultimately what gets him killed. Angel knows he's too unpredictable and prone to betrayal to keep alive, and has Lorne kill him.]]
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Darla]]
!!Darla
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Do you think I ever hesitated when I wanted something? Life's too short. Believe me. I know. Four hundred years, and still too short."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JulieBenz

Angel's sire, the one who turned him into a vampire. The two are together for 150 years, but after Angel is re-ensouled, she kicks him to the curb. The two meet again in Sunnydale, and Angel kills her in defense of Buffy. Years later, Wolfram & Hart bring her back to un-life, hoping she will tempt Angel over to the dark side. Eventually, due to Jasmine's meddling, she becomes pregnant with Connor, her son with Angel, and stakes herself because she can't give birth.
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