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Gabriel has commonly been depicted heralding messages with a horn, so the Horn of Gabriel may show up in fiction quite a bit. Said horn is often granted the epithet ''"Gabriel's Horn of Truth"'', and is occasionally seen as being used to herald the coming of the apocalypse itself. Gabriel himself is strongly associated with [[Seers]], prediction and clairvoyance in his messages.

 

 

 

* An important angel named Gabriel appears in ''[[Saint Beast]]'' but he's [[Zig-Zagging Trope|probably not]] modeled on the traditional Gabriel as the work's cosmology is a bit of a melting pot and this Gabriel actually allies himself with Lucifer and goes to Hell.

* Archangel Gabriel appears in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' {{spoiler|as "Misha Croitsef", modelling itself after a girl in Russia named Sasha Croitsef}} after a spell which forcibly casts angels out of Heaven is cast. It attempts to go back to Heaven by [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|''casting the spell which destroyed Babylon'' to kill the one responsible for the spell]]. Later on, it's properly summoned by {{spoiler|Fiamma of the Right}} to restore the balance altered by the Star of Bethlehem. The entire might of France and England couldn't lay a scratch on it!

* In ''Shaman King'', Archangel Gabriel appears as a spirit ally to minor character Meene Montgomery.

 

* In ''[[Manchester Lost]]'', a ''[[Good Omens]]'' fanfic, he appears as a [[Deadpan Snarker]].

 

* In ''[[Legion]]'', Gabriel is the one sent to find and kill off the new savior baby during the angel apocalypse

* In 2007, the Australian film ''Gabriel'' tells the story of an "Arc" Angel who fights to bring light back to purgatory place where darkness rules and save the souls of the city's inhabitants. Actor Andy Whitfield portrays the title role. He's also a [[Badass Longcoat]] with a lot of firepower.

* In ''[[Constantine]]'', Gabriel is played by [[Bifauxnen]] [[Tilda Swinton]]. {{spoiler|(S)he resents God's love for an unworthy humanity and plots to release Hell on Earth [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|so that humanity can earn God's love.]] }}

 

* In ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', John Milton made Gabriel, with horn, chief of the angelic guards placed over Paradise. He's really badass.

* The Hebrew poem ''Elifelet'' by Nathan Alterman, put to music and often heard on the Israeli Radio, tells of a heroic, self-sacrificing Israeli soldier being killed in battle. Upon the protagonist's death, the angel Gabriel descends to Earth, in order to comfort the spirit of the fallen hero and take him up to Heaven.

* ''[[The Bible]]'' of course is the [[Trope Maker]], making Gabriel [[Older Than Feudalism]]. He is described as "one having the appearance of a man," with a tendency to make people fall down in fright. Usually, he has to reassure them and tell them not to be afraid. In addition to announcing the birth of [[Jesus]] in the New Testament, Gabriel first appeared to the prophet Daniel to help interpret his [[The End of the World as We Know It|apocalyptic visions]] of the future.

 

* In an episode of the original 1959 ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', entitled "A Passage for Trumpet", trumpet player Joey Crown (played by Jack Klugman) makes a decision to live or die with the help of a trumpet player who later [[Angel Unaware|turns out to be the angel Gabriel.]]

* In a Season 5 episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' it is revealed that {{spoiler|the recurring character the Trickster is actually the Archangel Gabriel. His role as messenger seems to be fulfilled in his modus operandi, teaching the conceited that there are powers above them. Interestingly, he is also the Norse God, Loki. Gabriel himself refers to this as his own personal "Witness Protection."}} It should be known that he and Castiel are perhaps the only angels who actually followed what God asked of them, which may include Anna. Dean and Castiel just weren't too fond of the way she did this since {{spoiler|her plan involved killing Sam.}} Gabriel's horn is referenced in season 6, though it is not seen or relevant to the plot, only assumed to be.

'''McCoy:''' "Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mister Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork..." }}

 

 

* In the ''[[Witchcraft]]'' RPG, he is the biggest douche of the Archangels. {{spoiler|His machinations resulted in the creation of the Combine, every evil organization stereotype out there. His douchebaggery resulted in [[Archangel Michael|the archangel]] [[Gender Bender|Michelle]], leaving heaven to form the Alliance.}}

 

* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''[[Mystere]]'' has a loose take on this character; its Archangels (usually called Les Laquais nowadays) are selfless guardians of Earthlings. The [[All There in the Manual]] backstory of the aerial cube act, the first big acrobatic setpiece in the show, is that of Gabriel resisting the temptations of [[The Vamp]].

* Referenced in [[August Wilson]]'s ''[[Fences]]''.

* The [[Show Stopper]] number in [[Anything Goes]] is "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," about how Gabriel's trumpet saved the singer from sin.

 

* In the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series, Gabriel is portrayed as the only female Seraph and, in the second installment, stands apart from the other Seraphim when their goals diverge from God's.

** Generally appears as a Persona of the Empress Arcana in the ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' series. Except in ''[[Persona 2|Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]]'', where her arcana is Judgment, to match Ellen's personal arcana.

* The [[Eroge]] ''Makai Tenshi Djibril'' has an angel named Loveriel apparently transforming girls into the angel Djibril. It has a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGWD-Ef8T4 cute opening.]

 

* In ''[[Misfile]]'', Gabriel appears in flashback as the father of [[The Stoner|Rumisiel]] and [[Knight Templar|Vashiel]].

 

* In mathematics, the trumpet-like shape generated by rotating the graph of 1/X around the X-axis is called Gabriel's Horn, since it has infinite surface area but only finite volume, thereby linking the divine with the mortal.

* Gabriel and/or his horn is often referenced in African-American spirituals.

* A heckler once told Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies "I wouldn't vote for you if you were the Archangel Gabriel!" Menzies replied, "If I were the Archangel Gabriel, you wouldn't be in my constituency."

 

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