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* Actually, my moment is when I was given the first season on DVD, and it occurred to me that the head Gargoyle is named GOLIATH, and his main adversary is named DAVID Xanatos. DAVID vs. GOLIATH! I made a huge headdesk at missing that one, though my friends pointed out that Xanatos was always referred to by his surname. - Mr. Nick
** '''[[BoldInflation How come I never noticed that?!]]''' --@/{{Karalora}}
*** Because Xanatos is [[LastNameBasis always referred to by his last name]].

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* Actually, my moment is when I was given the first season on DVD, and it occurred to me that the head Gargoyle is named GOLIATH, and his main adversary is named DAVID Xanatos. DAVID vs. GOLIATH! I made a huge headdesk at missing that one, though my friends pointed out that Xanatos was always referred to by his surname. - Mr. Nick
** '''[[BoldInflation How come I never noticed that?!]]''' --@/{{Karalora}}
*** Because Xanatos is [[LastNameBasis always referred to by his last name]].
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* I just realized the fact that Broadway's [[EvilKnockoff Evil Clone]] is named Hollywood has two layers. First of all, Broadway is in New York, and Hollywood is in L.A. However, both are entertainment capitals of the world: Broadway of theater, and Hollywood of film. It's a perfect contrast --@/DynamicDragon

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* I just realized the fact that Broadway's [[EvilKnockoff Evil Clone]] is named Hollywood has two layers. First of all, Broadway is in New York, and Hollywood is in L.A. However, both are entertainment capitals of the world: Broadway of theater, and Hollywood of film. It's a perfect contrast --@/DynamicDragoncontrast
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!''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''
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** Adding onto this, while Goliath is strong and intelligent, it's easy to argue that Xanatos is the Goliath and the gargoyle is the David, since Xanatos has so many MechaMooks and is so good at planning ahead that he usually gets something out of any encounter. Meanwhile, despite Goliath being physically intimidating, he often relies on his allies to help him succeed.
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*** If that is what an Avatar of Anubis could do, then what would happen is someone like Jackal were to become an Avatar to a more powerful being say Oberon?
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** Also in the old tales the Fair Folk are big on respect. Treating them with curtsey, paying them the respect they are due, and acting with humility towards them are traditional ways to get on their good side and being granted boons by them.
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**** The above is incorrect, nobody was resurrected. Greg Weisman himself has clarified that the couple that was smashed by Demona were not Brandon and Margot Yale ("that guy wore a toupee, that woman was a brunette") it was just an unfortunate re-use of animation models. The people Demon smashed (and any that were destroyed through accidents resulting from the sudden petrification, like car accidents or being off-blaance ona flight of stairs) stayed dead even after the spell was broken.
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* While the [[EvilSorcerer Archmage]] uses the Phoenix Gate to create a paradoxical time loop to save himself from his fall in the chasm and give himself the tome, amulet and phoenix gate that will empower him to save himself (and loop the loop), there is a much larger loop in play here. The Phoenix Gate exists because ''nobody ever created it''. It came into existance because in the future, Puck tries to trick Goliath into giving it to him, and he instead gets rid of the Gate by ''hurling it into the far past'' where it is first discovered.

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* While the [[EvilSorcerer Archmage]] uses the Phoenix Gate to create a paradoxical time loop to save himself from his fall in the chasm and give himself the tome, amulet and phoenix gate that will empower him to save himself (and loop the loop), there is a much larger loop in play here. The Phoenix Gate exists because ''nobody ever created it''. It came into existance because in the future, Puck tries to trick Goliath into giving it to him, and he instead gets rid of the Gate by ''hurling it into the far past'' where it is first discovered. Even the later [=TimeDancer=] material keeps this intact, as the Gate vanishes back into the time stream once it has dropped Brooklyn and his family back into the present.
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** A massive clue that things are not as they seem in "Future Tense?" We witness the destruction of Demona at the hands of Xanatos inside the Erie Pyramid... which is not supposed to be possible. Per the Weird Sisters' enchantment, she can only die by the hand of Macbeth (something of which neither Puck nor Owen were aware.) Since we see no sign nor hear any mention of Macbeth in the episode, it's safe to conclude Puck had no idea of their connection.
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** Also Gargates (The proper "scientific" term for Gargoyles) ''aren't'' mammals but something of a "missing link" between reptiles and mammals.
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* Maria Chavez mentioned that Jason, Robyn and Jon have been leaving a trail of violence wherever they go... meaning that they might have successfully tracked some Gargoyles and maybe even killed them.

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* Maria Chavez Matt Bluestone mentioned that Jason, Robyn and Jon have been leaving a trail of violence wherever they go... meaning that they might have successfully tracked some Gargoyles and maybe even killed them.
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** Another possible explanation is that Goliath and the Archmage were intentionally using the Eye's power, but Fox thought it was just a piece of jewelry. Since she wasn't making any conscious attempt to control the Eye, the Eye took control of her.
* Xanatos wanted his father to witness the creation of the StableTimeLoop that resulted in his fortune, [[WellDoneSonGuy to show him that he was a self-made man]]. If Xanatos wasn't so arrogant he would have seen that his plan would never have worked because it only proved the opposite. Xanatos wasn't a self-made man at all, he didn't create the time loop he just played his part in it by following the instructions of his future-self, then repeated those same instructions to his past-self, and he didn't even realize it until a few weeks before completing the loop. His fortune was really a gift from a power far greater than himself (the writers).
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* Biologically speaking, the gargoyles are mammalian, and yet we see they reproduce by laying eggs. This means they're part of that odd class of mammals (which includes the duck-billed platypus) known as monotremes. This in part explains their somewhat odd views on family (Goliath's insisting to Angela that she think of herself as the whole clan's daughter, not just his and Demona's) and also suggests their typical sexuality might be... a bit different from humanity's. Note that while Demona hates Elisa, it's only because [[FantasticRacism she hates]] ''all'' humans, and Elisa is one; also, while she regularly castigates Goliath for "betraying" the gargoyles (by befriending humans), she never specifically takes him to task for being ''[[YourCheatingHeart unfaithful]]'' to her with Elisa, probably because she ''doesn't see it that way''.\\

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* Biologically speaking, the gargoyles are mammalian, and yet we see they reproduce by laying eggs. This means they're part of that odd class of mammals (which includes the duck-billed platypus) known as monotremes. This in part explains their somewhat odd views on family (Goliath's insisting to Angela that she think of herself as the whole clan's daughter, not just his and Demona's) and also suggests their typical sexuality might be... a bit different from humanity's. Note that while Demona hates Elisa, it's only because [[FantasticRacism she hates]] ''all'' humans, and Elisa is one; also, while she regularly castigates Goliath for "betraying" the gargoyles (by befriending humans), she never specifically takes him to task for being ''[[YourCheatingHeart unfaithful]]'' ''unfaithful'' to her with Elisa, probably because she ''doesn't see it that way''.\\
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** It's not horror, but it also makes sense when you consider Avalon. Only 41 years would have taken place there, but Angela looks like she's younger than Elisa. She's only around 20 years old, biologically speaking. Or, for a non-Avalon case, Hudson- despite being over a century old, he's still moving around and spry as his rookery brothers and sisters. Biologically, he's still in his fifties- mind you, a very spry fifties, but fifties nonetheless.
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*** After all, it's not as if Oberon hasn't broken his rules before- he openly does so several times in the two-parter, such as "Goliath's Clan will not be attacked by me." And just before that, Puck was trying to get the Phoenix Gate to bribe Oberon- so there is at least some evidence backing up the supposition that he could undo that little command.
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* In "A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time", Robbins looks up a phone number in a directory, causing Hudson to mutter "Magic book." But although Hudson is illiterate, he certainly understands the concept of books and looking up information in them. Then you realize that Robbins is blind, and is using a Braille phonebook. What Hudson sees is a blind man looking up a phone number in a book that appears to have blank pages. Magic, indeed.

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* In "A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time", Robbins looks up a phone number in a directory, causing Hudson to mutter "Magic book." (Robbins shoots back, "Aren't they all?") But although Hudson is illiterate, he certainly understands the concept of books and looking up information in them. Then you realize remember that Robbins is blind, ''blind'', and realize he is using a Braille phonebook. What Hudson sees is a blind man looking up a phone number in a book that appears to have blank pages. Magic, indeed.
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* In the Gargoyles-verse, there were [[LightFeminineDarkFeminine two prominent women]] in King Macbeth's court- Gruoch, the king's wife, a [[ProperLady kindly]] ChessMaster [[FemaleSuccessIsFamily mainly motivated by a desire to protect her family]], and Demona, a [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness self-destructive]] [[DarkActionGirl murderer]]. Either [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie William]] [[{{Creator/Shakespeare}} Shakespeare]] or [[FutureImperfect his sources]] must have [[CompositeCharacter combined them]] to create [[{{Theatre/Macbeth}} the original]] LadyMacBeth
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And the Fridge Horror is ... what? This is just restating the text of the episode.


* "Deadly Force" takes this to another level. It's the first instance where we see Elisa's life outside of law enforcement. The only other occupant of her apartment is her cat Cagney. Given that she left her (still loaded!) gun in the holster on her jacket, it's a pretty safe bet she hasn't received too many visitors and thus hasn't felt the need to worry about its status at home. Then Broadway, who's still very new to this millennium, gets a hold of it and... down she goes.
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* "Deadly Force" takes this to another level. It's the first instance where we see Elisa's life outside of law enforcement. The only other occupant of her apartment is her cat Cagney. Given that she left her (still loaded!) gun in the holster on her jacket, it's a pretty safe bet she hasn't received too many visitors and thus hasn't felt the need to worry about its status at home. Then Broadway, who's still very new to this millennium, gets a hold of it and... down she goes.
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* According to Goliath, humankind fears what they don't understand and their kind, Gargoyles, do not. This explains why when awakening in the future they adapt relatively easily. While initially tentative regarding new technology, like television, they are quick to adapt to it because they are not afraid of it, and are not afraid of learning something new.

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* When Oberon is reduced in power, he is forced to use spoken incantations to invoke elemental magic, instead of just pointing.

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* When Oberon is reduced in power, power in "Ill Met By Moonlight," he is forced to use spoken incantations to invoke elemental magic, instead of just pointing.pointing.
** Also in that episode, Elisa, Tom and Katherine have to scrounge up the [[ContinuityNod iron chains the Magus used]] to defeat the Weird Sisters to make a weapon to use against Oberon, despite Tom wearing a full set of plate mail. Of course, being that Tom got to Avalon at around 10 years old, the armor must have been made there. Given Oberon and his children's weakness to iron, there probably isn't any on Avalon, so Tom's armor would have been made with a different metal.
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* I always wondered why Fox's transformation when she donned the Eye of Odin was so marked different from the Archmage and Goliath. I figured it was always because the writers hadn't yet formally established the rules. But then it dawned on me upon re-watching... Fox is part fey. If she was fully fey, she'd probably even fully embrace its power and transform, but because she's half-human (and not aware of her lineage), she was likely fighting the transformation, which is why she only transformed at night (the full moon probably influenced it, making it stronger), and wasn't able to keep her mind intact when changed.
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* In the season 2 episode "Grief", Goliath mentions that gargoyles age at half the rate of humans. At first it may seem like a convenient excuse for why he and Angela were not as debilitated as Elisa when they are magically aged, but it makes sense when one remembers that gargoyles spend about 12 hours a day as stone, and their bodies don't age in this state.

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