Gargoyles/Trivia


 * Edited for Syndication: Toon Disney initially banned the episode "Deadly Force" because of the episode revolved around Elisa's near-fatal shooting by Broadway (who was playing around with her gun). In 2002, Toon Disney finally showed the episode, but the part where Elisa gets shot uses a fake zoom-in on Elisa's face to cover up the blood around Elisa's torso. A later scene in this episode has Broadyway sobbing, but the sound effect lasts noticeably longer than the clip used.
 * On Toon Disney and the VHS video release of "Awakenings, Part Two," Xanatos's line "Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot in Hell," was cut. The DVD version has the line uncensored.
 * In Toon Disney airings of "The Reckoning," Fang saying "Kinky" after witnessing Demona's transformation into a human is cut.
 * Executive Meddling: The Retool of the third season was caused by Disney replacing the entire production team. There's also the matter of the higher fees that caused the comic's cancellation.
 * Word of God says that the trio's motorcycle and helicopter were mandated by higher-ups who wanted to be able to sell them as toys. Of course, the motorcycle blew up within five minutes of its debut, and the helicopter showed up in one episode and was then never mentioned again...
 * Positive Example: this trope is the only reason Macbeth was introduced into the show, as the higher-ups wanted a human villain who could go toe-to-toe with the gargoyles without any sort of robotic suit or something.
 * Another positive example: The Eye of Odin was introduced as a tie-in to the Sega Genesis game, yet it led to a whole raft of plots.
 * Friday Night Death Slot: Metaphorically. The series was moved to Saturday mornings and then lobotomized to have it fit kid-vid expectations (see also Executive Meddling).
 * Hey It's That Voice: The amount of people who only hear Keith David as Goliath is impressive. Even more impressive is the sheer number of Star Trek actors who turn up on the show - Riker=Xanatos, Troi=Demona, Worf=Coldstone, Data=Puck, Uhura=Diane Maza, and Janeway=Titania. And that's not taking into account such examples as John Rhys-Davies as Macbeth or Tim Curry as Doctor Sevarius. Basically, if you start thinking "Hey, is that...?" then chances are yes, yes it is.
 * Unfortunately Sisko (Nokkar) and Geordi (Anansi) were hidden under heavy modulation. The latter was also a very recognizable extra in the same episode, though.
 * Jeff Bennett (Brooklyn, Owen, Magus, and many others) and Kath Soucie (Princess Katharine, Maggie The Cat, The Weird Sisters, and many others) deserve special mentions here due to the fact that they did roughly around 100+ characters each.
 * Biff! You cleaned up your act and became a good cop! ...And dyed your hair red!
 * For a more extensive listing, here's a list courtesy of The Other Wiki.
 * Jossed: Due to having so much Word of God around, this has happened many times, on issues such as gargoyle customs and breeding habits, Elisa and Goliath's ability to reproduce, Lexington's sexuality, Katana's physical appearance, etc. Looking at older fanfics can sometimes be a very strange experience...
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes: While Season One and the first half of Season Two were released on DVD, the rest of the series remains in limbo thanks to poor sales. Disney went a step further, censoring episodes for violence, usage of guns, and in one case, a comment from Fang that was too racy. Some of the uncut episodes haven't been seen since 1997, although there is a vid that has most of the major edits.
 * Line to God: Greg Weisman has this in the form of the "Ask Greg" section of fansite Station 8. Notable for at least two reasons: one, that Weisman will answer any and all questions submitted to the site given enough time (so long as they meet the site's guidelines), and two, that the site has been in more-or-less constant operation since 1997.

Overall, this has led to a searchable archive of well over 14,000 answered questions since Station 8 first opened. This may account, at least in part, for the truly massive smattering of Word of God entries on this show's pages.
 * Name's the Same: Some viewers may snicker at the terrifying deep voiced cyborg gargoyle when they learn he shares his name with a popular ice cream franchise.
 * Schedule Slip: The comic books. It's almost - almost - enough to make you glad SLG had to drop the series; it deserves better.
 * Screwed By the Mouse: Apparently Disney's release date for the second half of Season 2 on DVD has been pushed back to "when Hell freezes over". And there's the Executive Meddling that affected season 3 and the comic book...
 * Hell, Disney never had any idea what to do with this series. They scheduled it once a week (on Fridays) as opposed to every day like the other programs on the Disney Afternoon block. They came up with downright surreal ideas for the toy line; there's no Pack action figures, but you can have Bronx dressed like a winged metal lion for some reason. And they released the multi-part premier episode packaged with a board game for some reason -- with this for the cover art.
 * Would you like to actually see the rest of Season Two? Too bad. It was last seen at 4:30 in the morning on Toon Disney.
 * The reason why the series was scheduled once a week in Season 1 was because there were only thirteen episodes. They would've burned through the whole season in two-and-a-half weeks (assuming every episode was ready to air before the premiere, which they weren't). However, production was jerked around for Season 2 episodes - with the order for 52 not being firmly settled until some weeks into starting, hamstringing them a bit. This is why there are so many gaps in premiere airdates. (There would've been gaps anyway due to the volume of work, but Weisman has noted they lost extra time they could've used regardless.)
 * Talking to Himself: Goliath and Thailog; the Archmage and his future self, as well as several minor characters voiced by the main cast.
 * Considering that Jeff Bennett and Kath Soucie did 100+ character voices each, this is pretty much a given. A quick example would be that Jeff Bennett was Brooklyn and most of the thugs he fought, and Kath Soucie was Princess Katharine and Ophelia.
 * What Could Have Been: Coco was originally supposed to be part of the main cast, but was replaced by Broadway for a variety of reasons, including the admission that more homely female characters are less accepted, and that female characters solve emotional and personal problems amongst the cast too easily. She was eventually introduced into the comics as a member of the London clan.
 * Weisman also worked on a TV spinoff of Atlantis the Lost Empire, and planned to make one episode a Cross Through with Demona and that era's Hunter. Atlantis became a Stillborn Franchise and the show was canned before it aired, but an audio track of the episode exists and Weisman says the Broad Strokes are still canon in the Gargoyles 'verse.
 * Speaking of things that Mike Mignola worked on, according to the introduction to one of the Hellboy Animated tie-in comics the project that eventually became Gargoyles actually began life as a Hellboy cartoon.
 * Patrick Stewart was considered for Goliath, Macbeth and King Arthur.
 * The series was originally conceived as an action comedy, more akin to Disney's Gummi Bears series than the show it eventually became.
 * A Direct to Video movie was in the works. "City of Stone" was originally pitched as this and while liked, it was turned down as a movie because (as Weisman conceded) the main cast only play supporting roles. "Hunter's Moon" was subsequently conceived, but a video release was scrapped altogether and it became a three-parter.
 * On a related note, "The Reckoning" was to be a two-parter and the Season 2 finale. When the movie was scrapped, it was shortened to a one-parter to help make room for "Hunter's Moon" to still be produced.
 * Originally, there was going to be another Gargoyle at the series' start. Taking the name Ralph, he was going to be more reluctant to fight and instead spend his time watching television (a quality that Hudson ultimately inherited).
 * Word of Gay: According to many posts at the website above, Lexington was this, but it was never implied or explicitly stated in the show. This was mentioned before the comic came out.
 * Word of God: Creator Greg Weisman, who contributes to a fairly elaborate lexicon website outlining 1000 years worth of history for the series, including ones not yet produced. And with answers to questions ranging from politics to gargoyle sex to in-jokes.