Dante's Cove

""Dantes Cove equals one part Buffy, one part soap opera...and about five parts soft-core gay porn.""

- Rantasmo

Dante's Cove is an American LGBT-oriented horror/supernatural show, which originally aired on 'here!', a premium gay-oriented network. Primarily a soap opera meets horror setup, the show follows young gay men Kevin and Toby, who are trying to continue a relationship while a combination of dark, supernatural forces and the mundane realities of relationships seek to break them up.

While Season 1 takes itself far too seriously, the show seemed to have a makeover for Season 2, which has a lot more fun with the stories and characters (a possible promotion from "low camp" to "high camp").

Most famous for possibly defining the trope Everybody Has Lots of Sex. The first ten minutes of the first episode is nothing but a montage of gay sex.

The show debuted in 2005, and Season 4 began production in 2009.

Nothing at all to do with The Divine Comedy, Dantes Inferno, or Word of Dante.

"Griff: I find one or two every day. There's a lot of Miss Rights. And Mister Rights. You know me, I love 'em all."
 * All Gays Are Promiscuous
 * And Starring: As of Season 3, three actors get this treatment: while most are still just listed by name, the last three are "and Jensen Atwood", "Gregory Michael as Kevin" and "Special guest star Thea Gill as Diana Childs".
 * Anyone Can Die: And most of them do. . By the end of the third season,
 * Anything That Moves: Griff.

"Ambrosius: Where are we going to find another virgin?! This is Dante's Cove, for Christ's sake!"
 * Am I Just a Toy To You?
 * Anti-Villain: Griffin. He's just doing his job, as the population has gone rogue.
 * Big Bad: Ambrosius, Diana in Season 2.
 * Big Bad Duumvirate: Ambrosius with Griffin in later seasons.
 * Cast Full of Gay: The entire population of the titular Dante's Cove seems to be homosexual, except for Grace and Griff.
 * Comforting the Widow: Ambrosius
 * Creepy Monotone: Ambrosius.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Grace.
 * Depraved Homosexual: Ambrosius.
 * Deus Sex Machina: The avatar/aspirant relationships. Also, Griffin teaches Ambrosius how to charge up his magic from having sex with young men and stealing their sexual energy.
 * Everybody Has Lots of Sex: The first ten minutes of the first episode is nothing but this trope.
 * Fan Service: And how!
 * Fantastic Drug: "Saint". When used by a witch, can open your mind further to magic. When used by a Muggle, it has hallucinogenic properties and appears to relax the user, lower their inhibitions, and increase their libido.
 * Flat Earth Atheist: Brit knows magic works and has seen the effects firsthand, but insists she is a "scientist" and won't have anything to do with it.
 * Gayborhood: The titular Dante's Cove.
 * Gym Bunny: Most of the gay men on the show, but particularly Kevin and, later, Griffin.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * Trevor won The Amazing Race?
 * It's not difficult to notice a few adult porn stars among the minor cast.
 * Ambrosius is played by William Gregory Lee, also known as Virgil from Xena: Warrior Princess and Zack from Dark Angel
 * Hot Scientist: Brit.
 * Hot Witch: Diana, Van, arguably Grace.
 * Lampshade Hanging:

"Grace: Aren't you with that other one now? The one that says "dude" and appears not to own a shirt?"
 * Large Ham: Not one actor/actress on the show can act except for the actress portraying Grace, who seems to be having a lot of fun with the role.
 * Thea Gill as Diana is a possible exception; she's a generally capable actress who hams it up spectacularly for the Season 3 finale.
 * Lipstick Lesbian: Several, but particularly Michelle and Diana.
 * Love Makes You Crazy: Ambrosius, whose love for and desire to control Kevin provides most of the conflict. Later,
 * Love Triangle: Ambrosius is in love with Kevin and wants to make him his sex slave. Kevin is seeing Toby, who is torn between Kevin and childhod friend Adam, who has been secretly pining after him, and who first discovered his sexual orientation recently when he slept with (who else?) Ambrosius. Furthermore, Grace has been in love with Ambrosius ever since they were intended to be married two centuries ago, but eventually falls for Griff, who had slept with Ambrosius in the past. Adam also has a brief fling with Trevor in an attempt to get over Toby.
 * Also, Michelle was seeing Van, but magic made her lose her memory and Van refused to have anything more to do with her. In the aftermath, she sleeps with Brit, who begins seeing Elena.
 * Male Frontal Nudity: At least Once an Episode.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Ambrosius.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Diana.
 * The Other Darrin: Has occurred with the characters of Adam (Jon Fleming, replacing Stephen Amell) and Michelle (Jill Bennett, replacing Erin Cummings). In both cases, the new actors re-filmed key scenes from the previous season for use in the show's opening recap.
 * "Previously On..."
 * Really 700 Years Old: Ambrosius, Diana and Grace.
 * Romantic False Lead: Ambrosius for Kevin and Toby. As of Season 3, Kevin becomes this for Toby and Adam, too.
 * Sex Montage: A couple of times, most famously in the very first episode.
 * Sex Slave: See "Victim Falls For Rapist". Essentially the whole avatar/aspirant dynamic involves the aspirant becoming this for the avatar.
 * Shower of Love: Kevin and Toby, and then later, Kevin and Ambrosius. The latter scene was used in the Season 3 opening credits.
 * The Unfettered: Diana.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Adam, for Toby.
 * Victim Falls For Rapist: Ambrosius makes Kevin his unwilling Sex Slave because he "loves" him.
 * Virgin Power: Grace has been saving herself for this purpose for 200 years. When she finally succumbs to, she finds out only days later that
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Most of the male cast, but especially Adam. Even Lampshaded by Grace once.


 * Wham! Episode: The Third Season finale is a Wham-and-a-half.
 * Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: Ambrosius's bar, H 2 Eau. Also, 'The Lair', which is little more than a club of naked, greasy men having sex with each other.