History Series / Reaper

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Are Sam and Andi damned or not? Why on Earth would ''[[MoralDissonance Steve breaking Sam's hand]]'' be for the ''best''?]]

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Meet Sam Oliver. He's a college drop-out working at the Work Bench with his two best friends, Ben and Sock, and the woman who he's had a crush on since high school, Andi. Then he turns [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday twenty-one]] and learns that his parents accidentally [[DealWiththeDevil sold his soul to the Devil]] before he was born. Now he has to work for the Devil as a {{bounty hunter}} for [[GottaCatchEmAll escaped souls]].

''Reaper'' is an UrbanFantasy [[FantasticComedy Comedy]] series that ran on the Creator/TheCW from September 2007 to May 2009. It starred Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, and Creator/MissyPeregrym, and with Creator/RayWise in the role of {{Satan}}.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Combined with an IncrediblyLamePun: two of the escaped souls are bank robbers named Thaddius Johnson and Paul Wang.
** Don't forget Jack King, or the episode title "Greg, Schmeg".

* TonightSomeoneDies: The season one finale was heavily promoted as, "Someone Will Die". However, [[spoiler:it seems that this death is John, buried alive and presumed dead by the characters. In the last few minutes Linda seems to have dug the still-alive man out of the ground. In a later episode, it was relieved that the commercials were technically correct. John is no longer alive. Apparently ExactWords matter when making a DealWithTheDevil.]]

-->'''Devil:''' Did you know I used to get the people that ate shrimp? Just at shrimp. Do you have any idea how ''immensely'' unsatisfying that is?

* BadassGay: Tony in his demon form. Seriously, he is super badass.
-->''Girl runs away.''\\
'''Tony:''' They always do that. And it always hurts.

''Reaper'' is a UrbanFantasy Comedy series that ran on the Creator/TheCW from September 2007 to May 2009. It starred Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, and Creator/MissyPeregrym, and with Creator/RayWise in the role as {{Satan}}.

Meet Sam Oliver. He's a college drop-out working at the Work Bench with his two best friends, Ben and Sock, and the woman who he's had a crush on since high school, Andi. Then he turns [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday twenty-one]] and learns that his parents [[DealWiththeDevil sold his soul to the Devil]] before he was born. Now he has to work for the Devil as a {{bounty hunter}} for [[GottaCatchEmAll escaped souls]].

The show was cancelled after the second season. There are talks to [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised continue the series as a comic book]].

* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much every mortal in the cast.

* BiTheWay: The Devil. Hey, at least he swings, baby.

* SharedUniverse: With {{KevinProbablySavesTheWorld}}, as Sam and Sock appear in at least one episode.

* ViewerStockPhrases: If you watch ''Reaper'', you might've said some of the following things once or twice....
** "Damn it, Sock!"
** "Yep, they're gonna die."
** "Why do they keep falling for that trick?"

-->'''Devil:''' Quick question: Quoting Hamlet--too cliche?\\

-->'''Sam:''' "You're a real [[{{Jerkass}} ass]]!"\\
'''TheDevil:''' "Sammy, I am the Dark Lord of asses."

** When [[spoiler: The Devil confronts [[NobleDemon Gladys the DMV Demon]] about allowing souls to escape from hell, her face says it all]].

* DealWithTheDevil: The protagonist's parents' DealWithTheDevil before he was born forces him to work for {{Satan}} as the title character.

-->'''Steve:''' The homophobia, I understand. I don't agree with it, but I understand. But fallen angels cursed to walk the Earth for all eternity--and ''that'' freaks you out?!
-->'''Sam:''' Well... yeah.
-->'''Steve:''' Just explain what it is that worries you.
-->'''Sam:''' Well, have you guys ever... eaten anyone?
-->'''Tony:''' ...that is rude.
-->'''Steve:''' That is rude, and uncalled for, and we are ''not'' going to answer that.

-->'''Sam:''' (Terrified) ''I thought you said you weren't angry!''\\
'''The Devil''': (Smiling) I'm not. This is me... disappointed. You should see me angry.

''Reaper'' is a DarkFantasy Comedy series that ran on the Creator/TheCW from September 2007 to May 2009. It starred Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, and Creator/MissyPeregrym, and with Creator/RayWise in the role as {{Satan}}.

The show ran its second season in May 2009, and was then cancelled for good. There are talks to [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised continue the series as a comic book]].

-->'''Devil:''' Did you know I used to get the people that ate shrimp? Just shrimp. Do you have any idea how ''unsatisfying'' that is?

One could call it a comedic spiritual successor to ''Series/{{Brimstone}}''.

* OneWordTitle: As a JobTitle where the job is one word long.

* StealthPun: Episode 4: [[MonsterOfTheWeek The Monster Of The Week]] is a woman scorned, and controls a swarm of bees.

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Deliberately invoked by Sock when he and everybody went to the mining town to find the soul to get with Kristen. [[spoiler: It works.]]

* WeaponsThatSuck: In the first episode, Sam is given a demonic dirt devil vacuum in order to recapture a soul that escaped Hell.

* YouCantFightFate: One guy manages to weasel out of his DealWithTheDevil. [[spoiler: The Devil gets his soul anyway.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The show plays with this trope with Nina. She's a demon, so as she says herself for one thing she can't help but be a little attracted to evil, and for another 'bad boys' are what she's used to by default. She's initially attracted to Ben [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan because of his caring nature]], but is put off a little when he gets too clingy. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the trope, saying bad boys "treat you like crap, but at least it's exciting". She eventually decides to go back to Ben, but kisses Sam after being attracted to the dark side she thinks he has [[spoiler: from being the Devil's son]]. This later comes back when Nina seems attracted to Morgan, [[spoiler: but this turns out to be a ruse so she can lure Morgan to a group of demons so she can kill him.]]

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted in "I Want My Baby Back", where the baby of an escaped soul is the primary conflict of the plot. The boys get away with dumping the kid off on Tony who is apparently a natural parent (as all gay demons are bound to be), but this only works for so long [[spoiler: as The Devil wants the baby's soul in Purgatory, and it's generally a bad idea to take things back from demons.]]

-->''Girl runs away.''
-->'''Tony:''' They always do that. And it always hurts.

-->'''Sam:''' (Terrified) ''I thought you said you weren't angry!''
-->'''The Devil''': (Smiling) I'm not. This is me... disappointed. You should see me angry.

-->'''Devil:''' Quick question: Quoting Hamlet--too cliche?
-->''(glances at corpse)''
-->'''Devil:''' Nah, he'd totally do that.

-->'''Tony:''' They always do that. And it always hurts