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== The Manhattan Clan ==
== The Manhattan Clan ==


== Goliath ([[Keith David]]) ==
=== Goliath ([[Keith David]]) ===


Leader of the clan, and the series' protagonist.
Leader of the clan, and the series' protagonist.
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Luke You Are My Father]]: {{spoiler|To Angela. He knew; he just didn't think it was a huge deal.}}
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: {{spoiler|To Angela. He knew; he just didn't think it was a huge deal.}}
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: After the [[The Bible (Literature)|biblical]] character Goliath.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: After the [[The Bible|biblical]] character Goliath.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|wishing you hadn't]].
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Do NOT ''EVER'' harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|wishing you hadn't]].
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Despite his noble personality, Goliath tends to forget that "death solves nothing" if it looks like one of his clan is dead.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Despite his noble personality, Goliath tends to forget that "death solves nothing" if it looks like one of his clan is dead.
* [[Tall Dark and Handsome]]: From a gargoyle (and [[Interspecies Romance|Elisa]]'s) standpoint; his human form in "The Mirror" reflects this.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: From a gargoyle (and [[Interspecies Romance|Elisa]]'s) standpoint; his human form in "The Mirror" reflects this.
* [[Team Dad]]
* [[Team Dad]]
* [[Warrior Poet]]
* [[Warrior Poet]]


== Elisa Maza (Salli Richardson) ==
=== Elisa Maza (Salli Richardson) ===


A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is later considered a part of the clan.
A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is later considered a part of the clan.


* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Is an honorary member of a gargoyle clan and has met wizards and spirits but doesn't believe the Illuminati or common urban legends.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Is an honorary member of a gargoyle clan and has met wizards and spirits but doesn't believe the Illuminati or common urban legends.
* [[Badass Normal]]: With special emphasis on the [[Badass]]. In one episode, a [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|feral, transformed Fox]] has Elisa cornered, is holding her up by the shoulder of her jacket, and seems to be about to sink her teeth into her. Elisa's response is to ''smack it in the face with a fucking sack of flour''.
* [[Badass Normal]]: With special emphasis on the [[Badass]]. In one episode, a [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|feral, transformed Fox]] has Elisa cornered, is holding her up by the shoulder of her jacket, and seems to be about to sink her teeth into her. Elisa's response is to ''smack it in the face with a fucking sack of flour''.
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the Halloween episode, where she [[Cosplay|cosplays]] as [[Beauty and The Beast|Belle]].
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the Halloween episode, where she [[cosplay]]s as [[Beauty and The Beast|Belle]].
* [[The Chick]]: Her role at first, until it evolves into that of [[Team Mom]].
* [[The Chick]]: Her role at first, until it evolves into that of [[Team Mom]].
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Of the "Heroes are obscure and/or feared and their police friend isn't at the top of the Police totem pole" variety.
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Of the "Heroes are obscure and/or feared and their police friend isn't at the top of the Police totem pole" variety.
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* [[Secret Keeper]]: Deconstructed; keeping the Gargoyles a secret puts a severe strain on her relationship with her partner Matt and her family, both of whom call her on it. Later she admits that her reasons for doing so were partly selfish, [[I Just Want to Be Special|wanting to feel special]] as their only ally.
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Deconstructed; keeping the Gargoyles a secret puts a severe strain on her relationship with her partner Matt and her family, both of whom call her on it. Later she admits that her reasons for doing so were partly selfish, [[I Just Want to Be Special|wanting to feel special]] as their only ally.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Though her hair color can look somewhat [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]].
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Though her hair color can look somewhat [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]].
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Team Mom]]
* [[Team Mom]]
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Native American ''and'' African-American.
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Native American ''and'' African-American.
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* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: Her efforts to convince Derek that Xanatos was not a good guy boiled down to this.
* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: Her efforts to convince Derek that Xanatos was not a good guy boiled down to this.


== Brooklyn ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ==
=== Brooklyn ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ===


Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and [[Character Development|becomes]] more serious and a skilled tactician.
Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and [[Character Development|becomes]] more serious and a skilled tactician.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning Demona around him.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning Demona around him.
* [[The Chains of Commanding]]
* [[The Chains of Commanding]]
* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: The ''TimeDancer'' arc.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: The ''TimeDancer'' arc.
** He gets a few in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.
** He gets a few in the series proper too, such as the episode where he's promoted to second-in-command, and the episode after Goliath and Elisa leave for Avalon where he finally shows some well-earned authority.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: At first.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: At first.
* [[Number Two]]
* [[Number Two]]
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The red to most of the other blue-tempered of his clan.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to most of the other blue-tempered of his clan.
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Like Goliath, he can be considered this to other gargoyles, but his human form in "The Mirror" is what really makes him fit this trope.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Like Goliath, he can be considered this to other gargoyles, but his human form in "The Mirror" is what really makes him fit this trope.


== Broadway (Bill Fagerbakke) ==
=== Broadway (Bill Fagerbakke) ===


A [[Big Eater]] who develops a liking for detective movies.
A [[Big Eater]] who develops a liking for detective movies.
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* [[Never Learned to Read]]: He even brags about it at some point. But later, he relishes on reading and becomes a Shakespeare fanboy [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|who loves reading to his girlfriend]].
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: He even brags about it at some point. But later, he relishes on reading and becomes a Shakespeare fanboy [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|who loves reading to his girlfriend]].
* [[Stout Strength]]
* [[Stout Strength]]
* [[Ugly Guy Hot Wife]]: Broadway [[Ugly Cute|isn't exactly ugly]], but [[Cute Monster Girl|Angela's hotness]] more than qualifies them for this trope.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Broadway [[Ugly Cute|isn't exactly ugly]], but [[Cute Monster Girl|Angela's hotness]] more than qualifies them for this trope.


== Lexington (Thom Adcox-Hernandez) ==
=== Lexington (Thom Adcox-Hernandez) ===


A gargoyle with a gift for technology.
A gargoyle with a gift for technology.
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* [[Word of Gay]]: He seems like he hasn't figured it out, though.
* [[Word of Gay]]: He seems like he hasn't figured it out, though.


== Angela (Brigitte Bako) ==
=== Angela (Brigitte Bako) ===


Born and raised in Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.
Born and raised in Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.
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* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]
* [[Hello Nurse]]: Well, when you're the only female of their species within a few-thousand-mile radius...
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Well, when you're the only female of their species within a few-thousand-mile radius...
* [[In the Blood]]: Goliath's fear for her due to the other half of Angela's parentage.
* [[In the Blood]]: Goliath's fear for her due to the other half of Angela's parentage.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Just happens to have a karmically opposite name to Demona...
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Just happens to have a karmically opposite name to Demona...
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* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: To her mother Demona. Her hair and skin tones match daddy Goliath spot-on too.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: To her mother Demona. Her hair and skin tones match daddy Goliath spot-on too.
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: The exact opposite of her mother concerning views on humans.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: The exact opposite of her mother concerning views on humans.
{{quote| '''Angela''': I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live together in harmony.}}
{{quote|'''Angela''': I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live together in harmony.}}


== Hudson ([[Ed Asner]]) ==
=== Hudson ([[Ed Asner]]) ===


Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.
Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.
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* [[The Mentor]]
* [[The Mentor]]
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Like Broadway, but he is greatly embarassed by this instead. He eventually learns and seems to especially enjoy reading newspapers.
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Like Broadway, but he is greatly embarassed by this instead. He eventually learns and seems to especially enjoy reading newspapers.
* [[The Obi Wan]]: Slips into this because his great age also grants him great wisdom.
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Slips into this because his great age also grants him great wisdom.
* [[Team Dad]]: And Broadway ''is'' his biological son, too.
* [[Team Dad]]: And Broadway ''is'' his biological son, too.
* [[Warrior Therapist]]
* [[Warrior Therapist]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His trademark sword.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His trademark sword.


== Bronx ([[Frank Welker]]) ==
=== Bronx ([[Frank Welker]]) ===


A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.
A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.
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* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: To friends.
* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: To friends.
** [[Angry Guard Dog]]: To enemies.
** [[Angry Guard Dog]]: To enemies.
* [[Evil Detecting Dog]]
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Heroic Dog]]: At least, if we're prepared to relax the definition of 'dog.'
* [[Heroic Dog]]: At least, if we're prepared to relax the definition of 'dog.'
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* [[Wall Crawl]]: The only clan member who can't glide, so he claws his way up buildings instead.
* [[Wall Crawl]]: The only clan member who can't glide, so he claws his way up buildings instead.


== Katana (comic continuation only) ==
=== Katana (comic continuation only) ===


Brooklyn's mate from [[Jidai Geki|Edo Period]] Ishimura.
Brooklyn's mate from [[Jidai Geki|Edo Period]] Ishimura.


* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: [[Word of God|Greg]] stated that, in their relationship, there would "be conflict," and then he mentioned [[Much Ado About Nothing|Benedick and Beatrice]].
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: [[Word of God|Greg]] stated that, in their relationship, there would "be conflict," and then he mentioned [[Much Ado About Nothing|Benedick and Beatrice]].
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]: She's a [[Samurai]], it's a given.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: She's a [[Samurai]], it's a given.
* [[Jidai Geki]]: From the Edo period actually.
* [[Jidai Geki]]: From the Edo period actually.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Hard to tell from what little we saw of her, but when Angel asked to hold her egg, she seemed at least hesitant.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Hard to tell from what little we saw of her, but when Angel asked to hold her egg, she seemed at least hesitant.
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Blue, black-haired gargoyle to Brooklyn's red, [[White Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] coloration. [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Given the nature of their relationship]], it would be logical to assume the metaphore extended to their personalities as well, with Katana being cool and patient to Brooklyn's more hot-headedness.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue, black-haired gargoyle to Brooklyn's red, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] coloration. [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Given the nature of their relationship]], it would be logical to assume the metaphore extended to their personalities as well, with Katana being cool and patient to Brooklyn's more hot-headedness.
* [[Tsundere]]: Could be inferred from [[Word of God]]'s description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[Ranma One Half|Akane]]...less so.
* [[Tsundere]]: Could be inferred from [[Word of God]]'s description. Whether or not she could be described as a gargoyle [[Ranma ½|Akane]]...less so.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Only appeared in four or so panels, and not a single line of dialogue.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Only appeared in four or so panels, and not a single line of dialogue.


== Allies ==
== Allies ==


== The Captain of the Guard (Ed Gilbert) ==
=== The Captain of the Guard (Ed Gilbert) ===


The captain of the Wyvern Castle guard, at the start ofthe series he is sympathetic to the gargoyles and identifies with them more than with the human population of the catle. {{spoiler|Trying to grant a better life to the clan, he betrays the castle to Hakon's band of vikings, expacting them to drive out the humans while leaving the catle to the gargoyles. The plan backfires when Hakon shatters all the gargoyles anyway and tries to put the blame on the captain. Both of them plummet to their deaths before Goliath can have revenge on either of them.}}
The captain of the Wyvern Castle guard, at the start ofthe series he is sympathetic to the gargoyles and identifies with them more than with the human population of the catle. {{spoiler|Trying to grant a better life to the clan, he betrays the castle to Hakon's band of vikings, expacting them to drive out the humans while leaving the catle to the gargoyles. The plan backfires when Hakon shatters all the gargoyles anyway and tries to put the blame on the captain. Both of them plummet to their deaths before Goliath can have revenge on either of them.}}


* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]
* {{spoiler|[[Anti Villain]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]}}
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Badass Mustache]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}
* [[The Captain]]
* [[The Captain]]
* [[Everybody Calls Him Barkeep]]: [[Word of God]] gives his actual name as Robert, but that name is never actually used in the series.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: [[Word of God]] gives his actual name as Robert, but that name is never actually used in the series.
* {{spoiler|[[Fat Bastard]]: When a bad guy}}
* {{spoiler|[[Fat Bastard]]: When a bad guy}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Started out as a friend of the Gargoyles. Then he betrays the castle to the Vikings (albeit for sympathetic reasons) and then a thousand years later tries to get revenge on Goliath as a ghost. In the end though, he betrays Hakon}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Started out as a friend of the Gargoyles. Then he betrays the castle to the Vikings (albeit for sympathetic reasons) and then a thousand years later tries to get revenge on Goliath as a ghost. In the end though, he betrays Hakon}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]}}


== Princess Katharine (Kath Soucie) ==
=== Princess Katharine (Kath Soucie) ===


The ruler of Castle Wyvern. She initially fears the gargoyles and only begrudgingly allows them to stay and defend the castle. After Goliath saves her life from Hakon, she comes to see the error of her ways and does her best to defend the eggs from the gargoyle rookery, moving them to the magical island of Avalon and raising them as her own children.
The ruler of Castle Wyvern. She initially fears the gargoyles and only begrudgingly allows them to stay and defend the castle. After Goliath saves her life from Hakon, she comes to see the error of her ways and does her best to defend the eggs from the gargoyle rookery, moving them to the magical island of Avalon and raising them as her own children.
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* [[The Atoner]]: After Goliath saves her.
* [[The Atoner]]: After Goliath saves her.
* [[Badass Grandma]]: In present day, on Avalon.
* [[Badass Grandma]]: In present day, on Avalon.
* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Initially.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Initially.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: She hates gargoyles because her father used them as boogeymen to scare her into obedience.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: She hates gargoyles because her father used them as boogeymen to scare her into obedience.
* [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler|To the gargoyle hatchlings on Avalon, as a brainwashed Demona finds out the hard way.}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler|To the gargoyle hatchlings on Avalon, as a brainwashed Demona finds out the hard way.}}
* [[May December Romance]]: With Tom.
* [[May–December Romance]]: With Tom.
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]


== The Magus ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ==
=== The Magus ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ===


The castle mage of Wyvern and Princess Katharine's advisor. He is responsible for the Manhattan Clan living to the present day, cursing them to remain as statues for a thousand years in a fit of rage when he believes them to have caused Katharine's death. He tries to atone by raising the eggs from the Wyvern rookery on Avalon, {{spoiler|but is later killed by the Weird Sisters when the Archmge attacks the island}}.
The castle mage of Wyvern and Princess Katharine's advisor. He is responsible for the Manhattan Clan living to the present day, cursing them to remain as statues for a thousand years in a fit of rage when he believes them to have caused Katharine's death. He tries to atone by raising the eggs from the Wyvern rookery on Avalon, {{spoiler|but is later killed by the Weird Sisters when the Archmge attacks the island}}.
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* [[Red Herring]]: The pilot blatantly tries to make the viewer spuspect he will be a bad guy, going as far as to {{spoiler|have the captain wear a white cloak and have Ed Gilbert do an impression of Jeff Bennet's voice when he is conspiring with Hakon}}.
* [[Red Herring]]: The pilot blatantly tries to make the viewer spuspect he will be a bad guy, going as far as to {{spoiler|have the captain wear a white cloak and have Ed Gilbert do an impression of Jeff Bennet's voice when he is conspiring with Hakon}}.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]


== Matt Bluestone (Thomas F. Wilson) ==
=== Matt Bluestone (Thomas F. Wilson) ===


Elisa's partner on the force. Convinced of the existence of the Illuminati.
Elisa's partner on the force. Convinced of the existence of the Illuminati.
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Is briefly shown driving with Chavez in "Deadly Force" before being introduced in "The Edge." (Chavez even notes his previous involvement in the preceding case.)
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Is briefly shown driving with Chavez in "Deadly Force" before being introduced in "The Edge." (Chavez even notes his previous involvement in the preceding case.)
* [[Fair Cop]]
* [[Fair Cop]]
* [[Friend On the Force]]: He uses much more of his power as a policeman to help the Manhattan clan than Elisa does, such as pestering Xanatos to ensure their well-being once they move back into the castle. Once he becomes the head of the Gargoyle Taskforce, he actively uses his position as someone who is supposed to be hunting them to ''protect'' them, and he's none too shy about it.
* [[Friend on the Force]]: He uses much more of his power as a policeman to help the Manhattan clan than Elisa does, such as pestering Xanatos to ensure their well-being once they move back into the castle. Once he becomes the head of the Gargoyle Taskforce, he actively uses his position as someone who is supposed to be hunting them to ''protect'' them, and he's none too shy about it.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: As noted above, the Illuminati ''do'' exist and eventually induct Matt into their ranks, impressed at his perseverance in trying to prove it.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: As noted above, the Illuminati ''do'' exist and eventually induct Matt into their ranks, impressed at his perseverance in trying to prove it.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: He gives one of these to Elisa after she reveals the gargoyles' existence to him (he already kind of knew, anyway).
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: He gives one of these to Elisa after she reveals the gargoyles' existence to him (he already kind of knew, anyway).


== Derek Maza / Talon (Rocky Carroll) ==
=== Derek Maza / Talon (Rocky Carroll) ===


Elisa's younger brother, who eventually starts working for Xanatos, only to be mutated into a panther/bat/electric eel hybrid, re-naming himself "Talon."
Elisa's younger brother, who eventually starts working for Xanatos, only to be mutated into a panther/bat/electric eel hybrid, re-naming himself "Talon."
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* [[Easily Forgiven]]
* [[Easily Forgiven]]
* [[Lego Genetics]]
* [[Lego Genetics]]
* [[My God What Have I Done]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]


== Coldstone -- Coldstone (Michael Dorn), Coldsteel (Xander Berkeley) and Coldfire (CCH Pounder) ==
=== Coldstone -- Coldstone (Michael Dorn), Coldsteel (Xander Berkeley) and Coldfire (CCH Pounder) ===


A gargoyle cyborg created by Xanatos and Demona from the remains of three of the lost in the Wyvern massacre, and animated by a combination of science and sorcery. Collectively known as just "Coldstone" until near the end of the series, when Xanatos created two additional robot bodies so each of the three had their own.
A gargoyle cyborg created by Xanatos and Demona from the remains of three of the lost in the Wyvern massacre, and animated by a combination of science and sorcery. Collectively known as just "Coldstone" until near the end of the series, when Xanatos created two additional robot bodies so each of the three had their own.


* [[All There in The Script]]: Before being separated and given their "Cold_____" names, the scripts referred to the individual gargoyles as [[Othello|Othello, Desdemona, and Iago]].
* [[All There in the Script]]: Before being separated and given their "Cold_____" names, the scripts referred to the individual gargoyles as [[Othello|Othello, Desdemona, and Iago]].
* [[Arm Cannon]]
* [[Arm Cannon]]
* [[Enemy Within]]
* [[Enemy Within]]
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* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]


== Halcyon Renard (Robert Culp) ==
=== Halcyon Renard (Robert Culp) ===


The founder and head of Cyberbiotics, a successful technology firm. Turned cynical by a series of perceived betrayals, he begins to re-consider his view after meeting Goliath.
The founder and head of Cyberbiotics, a successful technology firm. Turned cynical by a series of perceived betrayals, he begins to re-consider his view after meeting Goliath.
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Genius Cripple]]
* [[Genius Cripple]]
* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]: Xanatos paints him as the other kind to manipulate the Manhatan clan but he's actually this.
* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]: Xanatos paints him as the other kind to manipulate the Manhatan clan but he's actually this.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: He thinks. He hates it when people don't take responsibility for their own actions.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: He thinks. He hates it when people don't take responsibility for their own actions.
* [[What Have I Become]]: He wanted to escape his old and crippled body by possessing a magic golem, then Goliath told him how stupid this was.
* [[What Have I Become?]]: He wanted to escape his old and crippled body by possessing a magic golem, then Goliath told him how stupid this was.


== [[Macbeth|Macbeth Mac Findlaech]] (John Rhys-Davies) ==
=== [[Macbeth|Macbeth Mac Findlaech]] (John Rhys-Davies) ===


The historical king of Scotland. After losing his kingdom and family, he seeks to find and kill the one responsible: Demona.
The historical king of Scotland. After losing his kingdom and family, he seeks to find and kill the one responsible: Demona.
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Ambiguously Evil]]
* [[Ambiguously Evil]]
* [[Anti Villain]]: Both Type I and II.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Both Type I and II.
** [[Anti Hero]]: in the post series comics
** [[Anti-Hero]]: in the post series comics
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]
** [[Badass Grandpa]]
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* [[Death Seeker]]: Initially. Even some of his later schemes seem suicidal.
* [[Death Seeker]]: Initially. Even some of his later schemes seem suicidal.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[I Cannot Self Terminate]]
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: In his [[Backstory]].
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: In his [[Backstory]].
* [[Magic Knight]]: He's primarily a straight-forward fighter, but has been shown to be a capable sorcerer on several occasions.
* [[Magic Knight]]: He's primarily a straight-forward fighter, but has been shown to be a capable sorcerer on several occasions.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]
* [[Younger Than They Look|Younger Than He Looks]] / [[Older Than They Look|Older Than He Looks]]: He's legitimately been ''both'' -- {{spoiler|when he was 35, he traded his youth to Demona in exchange for an alliance, and aged to 52, thus looking older than he really was. However, said trade wound up making them both immortal at that age, so he has continued to look 52 even on reaching his present-day age of roughly one thousand.}}
* [[Younger Than They Look|Younger Than He Looks]] / [[Older Than They Look|Older Than He Looks]]: He's legitimately been ''both'' -- {{spoiler|when he was 35, he traded his youth to Demona in exchange for an alliance, and aged to 52, thus looking older than he really was. However, said trade wound up making them both immortal at that age, so he has continued to look 52 even on reaching his present-day age of roughly one thousand.}}


== Villains ==
== Villains ==


== Hakon ([[Clancy Brown]]) ==
=== Hakon ([[Clancy Brown]]) ===


The leader of the vikings who destroyed the Wyvern clan. {{spoiler|He is Wolf's ancestor.}}
The leader of the vikings who destroyed the Wyvern clan. {{spoiler|He is Wolf's ancestor.}}


* [[Complete Monster]]: He's a man who practically lives for hatred.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: After his [[Disney Death]], he was stuck in the castle he raided for over a thousand years with nothing to do but wallow in his own hate.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: After his [[Disney Death]], he was stuck in the castle he raided for over a thousand years with nothing to do but wallow in his own hate.
* [[Horny Vikings|Horny Viking]]: Mercifully, he and the other vikings don't wear horned helmets, but they still fit the trope.
* [[Horny Vikings|Horny Viking]]: Mercifully, he and the other vikings don't wear horned helmets, but they still fit the trope.
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* [[Token Motivational Nemesis]]
* [[Token Motivational Nemesis]]


== Demona (Marina Sirtis) ==
=== Demona (Marina Sirtis) ===


Goliath's former love and one of the co-conspirators in what became the Wyvern massacre. Blaming humans for her misfortunes, she has spent the last thousand years seeking to exterminate them.
Goliath's former love and one of the co-conspirators in what became the Wyvern massacre. Blaming humans for her misfortunes, she has spent the last thousand years seeking to exterminate them.


* [[The Aloner]]: Seeing nearly all of the Wyvern Clan slaughtered by the vikings, followed by decades of watching the remnants of her species being slaughtered by the Hunter and his human allies (often through her own fault, though she remains in denial about that), have left her completely, helplessly, maddeningly alone. Centuries of endless pursuit by the Canmore dynasty have made her even more bitter.
* [[The Aloner]]: Seeing nearly all of the Wyvern Clan slaughtered by the vikings, followed by decades of watching the remnants of her species being slaughtered by the Hunter and his human allies (often through her own fault, though she remains in denial about that), have left her completely, helplessly, maddeningly alone. Centuries of endless pursuit by the Canmore dynasty have made her even more bitter.
* [[Anti Villain]]: Demona is actually '''not''' an example of this trope, but a big point is made about how she ''thinks'' she's a clear-cut [[Sliding Scale of Anti Villains|Type III]], when she isn't.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Demona is actually '''not''' an example of this trope, but a big point is made about how she ''thinks'' she's a clear-cut [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type III]], when she isn't.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: On occasion.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: On occasion.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
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* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: She has ultimately betrayed just about every group she has ever worked with.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: She has ultimately betrayed just about every group she has ever worked with.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: As Dominique Destine.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: As Dominique Destine.
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: ''Twice''. First when {{spoiler|she's linked to Macbeth so neither can die except at the hand of the other. There is a fairly hefty downside, but still}}. Then, {{spoiler|Puck gives her a parting "gift" of human form during the day. She's angry at first, but it's a big help for her nefarious plans}}.
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: ''Twice''. First when {{spoiler|she's linked to Macbeth so neither can die except at the hand of the other. There is a fairly hefty downside, but still}}. Then, {{spoiler|Puck gives her a parting "gift" of human form during the day. She's angry at first, but it's a big help for her nefarious plans}}.
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]
* [[The Cynic]]
* [[The Cynic]]
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Women Love Their Daughters]]
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Women Love Their Daughters]]
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: She loves Angela so much, she's willing to kill humanity to protect her.
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: She loves Angela so much, she's willing to kill humanity to protect her.
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* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In her [[Backstory]].
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In her [[Backstory]].
** [[Fallen Hero|Fallen Heroine]]
** [[Fallen Hero]]ine
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Her opinion of humans is not very high and for good reason too.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* {{spoiler|[[Future Me Scares Me]]}}: {{spoiler|Which, unfortunately, sets up the [[Stable Time Loop]] that turned her into "future me" in the first place.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Future Me Scares Me]]}}: {{spoiler|Which, unfortunately, sets up the [[Stable Time Loop]] that turned her into "future me" in the first place.}}
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* [[Hot Witch]]: She does have magical abilities after all.
* [[Hot Witch]]: She does have magical abilities after all.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Demona sees herself as the self-proclaimed savior of her race, and that Goliath and those who stand with him will be the death of the race. Never mind the fact that she herself caused the birth of the Hunter, their generations, and indirectly the Quarrymen, whose sole purpose is to destroy they Gargoyles with extreme prejudice. And she had the gall to say Goliath with be the death of all of them? If anything, SHE was the one who nearly caused Gargoyle extinction.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Demona sees herself as the self-proclaimed savior of her race, and that Goliath and those who stand with him will be the death of the race. Never mind the fact that she herself caused the birth of the Hunter, their generations, and indirectly the Quarrymen, whose sole purpose is to destroy they Gargoyles with extreme prejudice. And she had the gall to say Goliath with be the death of all of them? If anything, SHE was the one who nearly caused Gargoyle extinction.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: Her strongest belief.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Her strongest belief.
* [[I Reject Your Reality]]: Her response whenever the heroes tell her that she is in the wrong.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Writ large.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Writ large.
* [[Kill All Humans]]
* [[Kill All Humans]]
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her alias "Dominique Destine" literally means "Divine Destiny."
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her alias "Dominique Destine" literally means "Divine Destiny."
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[My God What Have I Done|My God, What Have I...]] [[Subverted Trope|What Have THEY Done?]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?|My God, What Have I...]] [[Subverted Trope|What Have THEY Done?]]
* [[Never My Fault]]: Employed in a ''very'' serious fashion. If there is one defining character flaw for Demona, this is it. Most of her troubles and emotional agonies are entirely her fault, and her refusal to admit any responsibility on her part is the basis for her bitterness AND her racism, all of which she formed mostly to avoid the overwhelming guilt she would feel.
* [[Never My Fault]]: Employed in a ''very'' serious fashion. If there is one defining character flaw for Demona, this is it. Most of her troubles and emotional agonies are entirely her fault, and her refusal to admit any responsibility on her part is the basis for her bitterness AND her racism, all of which she formed mostly to avoid the overwhelming guilt she would feel.
* [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend]]
* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]]
* [[Revenge By Proxy]]: "Their descendants shall pay. I will have blood for blood!"
* [[Revenge by Proxy]]: "Their descendants shall pay. I will have blood for blood!"
* [[Secret Identity]]
* [[Secret Identity]]
* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[She's Got Legs]]
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* [[The Vamp]]
* [[The Vamp]]
* [[With Us or Against Us]]: "If you are not my ally, then you are my enemy."
* [[With Us or Against Us]]: "If you are not my ally, then you are my enemy."
* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: By the end of City of Stone, it's hard not to feel sorry for her, even though she's long since passed the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: By the end of City of Stone, it's hard not to feel sorry for her, even though she's long since passed the [[Moral Event Horizon]].


== David Xanatos ([[Jonathan Frakes]]) ==
=== David Xanatos ([[Jonathan Frakes]]) ===


Billionaire responsible for breaking the Magus' spell over the Gargoyles. Determined, practical and brilliant, he searches for eternal life and comfort, and finds something altogether different.
Billionaire responsible for breaking the Magus' spell over the Gargoyles. Determined, practical and brilliant, he searches for eternal life and comfort, and finds something altogether different.


* [[Affably Evil]]: Impeccably polite to his enemies.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Impeccably polite to his enemies.
* [[Anti Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti Heroes|Type V]], post [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]], post [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Anti Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti Villains|Type I]], while he was developing toward his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type I]], while he was developing toward his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Goliath initially, and others.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Goliath initially, and others.
* [[Badass Normal]]: He can hold his own with Goliath and even ''[[Physical God|Oberon]]'' with his own gadgets and know-how.
* [[Badass Normal]]: He can hold his own with Goliath and even ''[[Physical God|Oberon]]'' with his own gadgets and know-how.
* [[Big Bad]]: Especially in the first half of the series, when he's the most recurring, most intelligent, and arguably most dangerous villain. {{spoiler|By the end, while he doesn't quite make a [[Heel Face Turn]], he is edging more into dark [[Anti Hero]] territory}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: Especially in the first half of the series, when he's the most recurring, most intelligent, and arguably most dangerous villain. {{spoiler|By the end, while he doesn't quite make a [[Heel Face Turn]], he is edging more into dark [[Anti-Hero]] territory}}.
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: With Demona, until "City of Stone."
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: With Demona, until "City of Stone."
* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]
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* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]
* [[Fiction 500]]
* [[Fiction 500]]
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: He rather likes the Manhattan Clan, although the feeling isn't mutual (although they eventually stop thinking of him as a [[Complete Monster]], so that's worth something).
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: He rather likes the Manhattan Clan, although the feeling isn't mutual (although they eventually stop thinking of him as a [[Complete Monster]], so that's worth something).
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Xanatos always takes losses well and considers revenge beneath him.
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Xanatos always takes losses well and considers revenge beneath him.
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* [[Immortality Seeker]]: "What good are all the riches in the world if Fox and I can't [[Living Forever Is Awesome|can't enjoy them forever?]]"
* [[Immortality Seeker]]: "What good are all the riches in the world if Fox and I can't [[Living Forever Is Awesome|can't enjoy them forever?]]"
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: A strange aversion by weird coincidence. Although Xanatos looks almost exactly like Jonathan Frakes, he was designed before Frakes was cast in the role.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: A strange aversion by weird coincidence. Although Xanatos looks almost exactly like Jonathan Frakes, he was designed before Frakes was cast in the role.
* [[Its Personal]]: Explicitly averted. Xanatos spent enough money to build a skyscraper expressly to free the gargoyles, funds advanced robotics, cloning and bio-engineering facilities without showing any concern for the costs involved, and spends not a cent on revenge, ever.
* [[It's Personal]]: Explicitly averted. Xanatos spent enough money to build a skyscraper expressly to free the gargoyles, funds advanced robotics, cloning and bio-engineering facilities without showing any concern for the costs involved, and spends not a cent on revenge, ever.
* [[Love Is a Weakness]]: When Fox is turned into a beast, he maintains a clinical view on the situation, expressing only that his inability to get her back was an unforeseen circumstance and his desire to get the jewel that turned her in the first place. He [[Xanatos Speed Chess|attempts several plans]], all of which fail to get her back -- it is only towards the end when she is nearing death that he reveals his desperation and gives up the jewel to have her back. Afterwards, he tells Goliath coolly that he now knows Xanatos' weakness.
* [[Love Is a Weakness]]: When Fox is turned into a beast, he maintains a clinical view on the situation, expressing only that his inability to get her back was an unforeseen circumstance and his desire to get the jewel that turned her in the first place. He [[Xanatos Speed Chess|attempts several plans]], all of which fail to get her back—it is only towards the end when she is nearing death that he reveals his desperation and gives up the jewel to have her back. Afterwards, he tells Goliath coolly that he now knows Xanatos' weakness.
{{quote| '''Goliath:''' Only you would regard love as a weakness.}}
{{quote|'''Goliath:''' Only you would regard love as a weakness.}}
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: The Ur-example!
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Mastermind behind the Pack.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Mastermind behind the Pack.
* [[Marry for Love]]
* [[Marry for Love]]
* [[Missing Mom]]: According to [[Word of God|Greg Weisman]], {{spoiler|Xanatos' mother is deceased, and his father Petros is unfortunately a widower}}.
* [[Missing Mom]]: According to [[Word of God|Greg Weisman]], {{spoiler|Xanatos' mother is deceased, and his father Petros is unfortunately a widower}}.
* [[Nothing Personal]]: "You really ''are'' taking this much too personally you know."
* [[Nothing Personal]]: "You really ''are'' taking this much too personally you know."
* [[Nerd in Evils Helmet]]: "[[Frankenstein 1931|It's alive! ALIVE!!!]] [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]."
* [[Nerd in Evil's Helmet]]: "[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|It's alive! ALIVE!!!]] [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]."
* [[Noble Demon]]: As noted above, he's the same guy after his [[Heel Face Turn]], but his evilness drops a notch or two.
* [[Noble Demon]]: As noted above, he's the same guy after his [[Heel Face Turn]], but his evilness drops a notch or two.
* [[Non Action Big Bad]]: First few episodes only; while a more-than-competent fighter by human standards, he just doesn't have what it takes to compete with the likes of Goliath. Being the consummate [[Magnificent Bastard]], though, before the season is over, he's found [[Powered Armor|a solution]].
* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: First few episodes only; while a more-than-competent fighter by human standards, he just doesn't have what it takes to compete with the likes of Goliath. Being the consummate [[Magnificent Bastard]], though, before the season is over, he's found [[Powered Armor|a solution]].
* [[Papa Wolf]]: He truly loves his wife and kid.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: He truly loves his wife and kid.
* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: How he originally freed the gargoyles. Money is never an object to him.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: How he originally freed the gargoyles. Money is never an object to him.
* [[Self Made Man]]: {{spoiler|Via [[Stable Time Loop]].}} His dad doesn't buy it, though.
* [[Self-Made Man]]: {{spoiler|Via [[Stable Time Loop]].}} His dad doesn't buy it, though.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Even against Oberon, he stays calm, despite this being one of his most action-packed scenes.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Even against Oberon, he stays calm, despite this being one of his most action-packed scenes.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: To Thailog in "Double Jeopardy."
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: To Thailog in "Double Jeopardy."
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Instrumental to his gambit in "Her Brother's Keeper."
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Instrumental to his gambit in "Her Brother's Keeper."
* [[Well Done Son Guy]]: He thought he could impress his dad by being a [[Self Made Man]], but it's not until he shows himself as a [[Papa Wolf]] that he finally gets his dad's praise.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He thought he could impress his dad by being a [[Self-Made Man]], but it's not until he shows himself as a [[Papa Wolf]] that he finally gets his dad's praise.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: As a billionaire, he enjoys the finer things in life, such as living in an authentic Scottish castle. As for how he ''became'' a billionaire....
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: As a billionaire, he enjoys the finer things in life, such as living in an authentic Scottish castle. As for how he ''became'' a billionaire....
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: [[Trope Namer|Namesake]] of this and its spinoff trope, [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: [[Trope Namer|Namesake]] of this and its spinoff trope, [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].


== Owen Burnett ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ==
=== Owen Burnett ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ===


Xanatos' right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable and loyal -- the perfect employee. {{spoiler|he's actually Puck, a trickster spirit that became Owen for kicks, and because Xanatos is "many things, but never boring."}}
Xanatos' right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable and loyal—the perfect employee. {{spoiler|he's actually Puck, a trickster spirit that became Owen for kicks, and because Xanatos is "many things, but never boring."}}


* [[Affably Evil]]: So polite he borders on [[The Stoic]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: So polite he borders on [[The Stoic]].
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: He has solid rock hand for punching. {{spoiler|Then theres' the fact that he's Puck.}}
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: He has solid rock hand for punching. {{spoiler|Then theres' the fact that he's Puck.}}
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Xanatos. Be it fighting, carrying out plans, Owen does it quickly and efficiently.
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Xanatos. Be it fighting, carrying out plans, Owen does it quickly and efficiently.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]
* [[Creepy Monotone]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Surprising given the rest of his persona. {{spoiler|Or not so surprising.}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Surprising given the rest of his persona. {{spoiler|Or not so surprising.}}
* [[Disability Superpower]]: A first made of stone hurts more than one made of flesh and bone. Xanatos remarks that he makes "Good use of his handicap".
* [[Disability Superpower]]: A first made of stone hurts more than one made of flesh and bone. Xanatos remarks that he makes "Good use of his handicap".
* [[Four Eyes Zero Soul]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[It Amused Me]]: {{spoiler|Owen continues to exist because Puck finds Xanatos' life too much fun to miss}}.
* [[It Amused Me]]: {{spoiler|Owen continues to exist because Puck finds Xanatos' life too much fun to miss}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard]]: Considering he works for Xanatos...and is Puck.}}
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He's not really evil; he just works for Xanatos.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He's not really evil; he just works for Xanatos.
* [[Secret Identity]]: {{spoiler|Actually a persona of Puck.}}
* [[Secret Identity]]: {{spoiler|Actually a persona of Puck.}}
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** [[Power Fist|And he knows how to use it.]]
** [[Power Fist|And he knows how to use it.]]


== Fox (Laura San Giacomo) ==
=== Fox (Laura San Giacomo) ===


Xanatos' true love and equal. Formerly Janine Renard, she legally changed her name to Fox.
Xanatos' true love and equal. Formerly Janine Renard, she legally changed her name to Fox.
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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Not exactly an eyepatch, but that blue tattoo covering her right eye comes close.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Not exactly an eyepatch, but that blue tattoo covering her right eye comes close.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* {{spoiler|[[Half Human Hybrid]]}}: Though she didn't know it herself until "The Gathering."
* {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]}}: Though she didn't know it herself until "The Gathering."
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Lady Macbeth]]
* [[Lady Macbeth]]
* [[Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter]]: Inverted; her dad is a ''good'' scientist, but she betrayed him by falling for his villainous rival.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Inverted; her dad is a ''good'' scientist, but she betrayed him by falling for his villainous rival.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Even Xanatos calls her an equal.
* [[Mama Bear]]
* [[Mama Bear]]
* [[Marry for Love]]
* [[Marry for Love]]
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* [[Ubermensch]]
* [[Ubermensch]]


== The Pack ==
=== The Pack ===


A group of mercenaries-turned-TV stars organized and funded by Xanatos, though after their first encounter with the Manhattan Clan they were arrested and turned to crime for good when Xanatos broke them out of prison. The members are:
A group of mercenaries-turned-TV stars organized and funded by Xanatos, though after their first encounter with the Manhattan Clan they were arrested and turned to crime for good when Xanatos broke them out of prison. The members are:
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** '''Coyote''' ([[Jonathan Frakes]]): A new member who engineered the prison breakout, replacing Fox as team leader. At first thought to be Xanatos, but was soon revealed to be a robot in his likeness. Tends to get thrashed and rebuilt by Xanatos every time it appears, with the successive versions obviously not human.
** '''Coyote''' ([[Jonathan Frakes]]): A new member who engineered the prison breakout, replacing Fox as team leader. At first thought to be Xanatos, but was soon revealed to be a robot in his likeness. Tends to get thrashed and rebuilt by Xanatos every time it appears, with the successive versions obviously not human.


* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Not in the series itself, but [[Word of God]] is that by 2198 Coyote will have become autonomous and turned to conquest.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Not in the series itself, but [[Word of God]] is that by 2198 Coyote will have become autonomous and turned to conquest.
* [[Animal Theme Naming]]
* [[Animal Theme Naming]]
* [[Awesome Aussie]]: Dingo, natch.
* [[Awesome Aussie]]: Dingo, natch.
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Jackal and Hyene.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: All of them get upgraded one way or another (except Fox, who was gone by then).
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: All of them get upgraded one way or another (except Fox, who was gone by then).
* [[Complete Monster]]: ''Jackal.''
** [[Cyborg]]: Jackal and Hyena.
** [[Cyborg]]: Jackal and Hyena.
** [[Half Human Hybrid]]/[[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Wolf.
** [[Half-Human Hybrid]]/[[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Wolf.
** [[Powered Armor]]: Dingo. He eventually upgrades it ''again'' after his [[Heel Face Turn]], this time {{spoiler|merging with an AI-controlled nanobot swarm}}.
** [[Powered Armor]]: Dingo. He eventually upgrades it ''again'' after his [[Heel Face Turn]], this time {{spoiler|merging with an AI-controlled nanobot swarm}}.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Wolf
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Wolf
* [[Brother Sister Team]]: Jackal and Hyena. Even when the Pack split up to work solo, these two stayed as a team. Which leads to...
* [[Brother-Sister Team]]: Jackal and Hyena. Even when the Pack split up to work solo, these two stayed as a team. Which leads to...
** [[Incest Subtext]]: Hyena and Jackal seem really close to each other.
** [[Incest Subtext]]: Hyena and Jackal seem really close to each other.
*** When Jackal kills {{spoiler|Coyote}} Hyena complains that he always kills the guys she likes, meaning it's not the first he does it. This can be easily taken as jealousy.
*** When Jackal kills {{spoiler|Coyote}} Hyena complains that he always kills the guys she likes, meaning it's not the first he does it. This can be easily taken as jealousy.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Dingo is the go-to guy for long-range weapons and explosives. The rest of the team are all hand-to-hand combat junkies.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Dingo is the go-to guy for long-range weapons and explosives. The rest of the team are all hand-to-hand combat junkies.
* [[Crush Kill Destroy]]: Though normally rather calm and competent, Coyote tends to do this.
* [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]: Though normally rather calm and competent, Coyote tends to do this.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Hyena
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Hyena
* [[Five Bad Band]]:
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[Big Bad]]: Fox, later Coyote
** [[Big Bad]]: Fox, later Coyote
** [[The Dragon]]: Wolf, the most powerful after Fox/Coyote and the most likely to [[The Starscream|try and take over]].
** [[The Dragon]]: Wolf, the most powerful after Fox/Coyote and the most likely to [[The Starscream|try and take over]].
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Jackal, Hyena, and sometimes Wolf really fall into this one.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Jackal, Hyena, and sometimes Wolf really fall into this one.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Dingo, eventually. Fox's is more of a [[Hazy Feel Turn]] (she left the team to be with Xanatos - they're a lot better than they used to be, but not quite full "Faces" yet).
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Dingo, eventually. Fox's is more of a [[Hazy Feel Turn]] (she left the team to be with Xanatos - they're a lot better than they used to be, but not quite full "Faces" yet).
* [[Names the Same]]: Xanatos pits Coyote 4.0 against Coyote the mythical Native American trickster. The latter threatens to sue for copyright infringement. (Xanatos: "Think of it as a homage.")
* [[Name's the Same]]: Xanatos pits Coyote 4.0 against Coyote the mythical Native American trickster. The latter threatens to sue for copyright infringement. (Xanatos: "Think of it as a homage.")
* [[No Sell]]: Coyote 4.0 was built with iron from the Cauldron of Life, making it immune to magic.
* [[Won't Work On Me]]: Coyote 4.0 was built with iron from the Cauldron of Life, making it immune to magic.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Wolf, Jackal, and Hyena. Of the others, Coyote doesn't have any other name, Fox had hers legally changed, and Dingo started using his real name more after he left (it's Harry Monmouth, by the way).
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Wolf, Jackal, and Hyena. Of the others, Coyote doesn't have any other name, Fox had hers legally changed, and Dingo started using his real name more after he left (it's Harry Monmouth, by the way).
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Fox and Dingo, which is why the latter eventually quit (Fox basically just got a better offer).
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Fox and Dingo, which is why the latter eventually quit (Fox basically just got a better offer).
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Dingo, definitely; he's just there for the paycheck, and gets increasingly disgusted with his teammates' craziness. Coyote might also count, since he's just following his programming.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Dingo, definitely; he's just there for the paycheck, and gets increasingly disgusted with his teammates' craziness. Coyote might also count, since he's just following his programming.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The core Pack covers the whole spectrum; Jackal and Hyena are clearly this; Dingo is a perfectly sane mercenary and Coyote is just doing what Xanatos programmed him to; Wolf is a vicious brute who falls somewhere in between.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The core Pack covers the whole spectrum; Jackal and Hyena are clearly this; Dingo is a perfectly sane mercenary and Coyote is just doing what Xanatos programmed him to; Wolf is a vicious brute who falls somewhere in between.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Ridiculously Human Robots|Ridiculously Human Robot]]: Coyote 1.0 looks exactly like Xanatos, but later versions are rebuilt as an obviously robotic being.
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Ridiculously Human Robot]]: Coyote 1.0 looks exactly like Xanatos, but later versions are rebuilt as an obviously robotic being.
* [[Robosexual]]: Hyena has the hots for Coyote. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Jackal]] considers this [[Squick|"sicker than usual"]].
* [[Robosexual]]: Hyena has the hots for Coyote. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Jackal]] considers this [[Squick|"sicker than usual"]].
* [[Robotic Reveal]]: Coyote 1.0
* [[Robotic Reveal]]: Coyote 1.0
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* [[They Killed Kenny]]: Coyote
* [[They Killed Kenny]]: Coyote
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: Sort of, as the treacherous ones were the ones who chose transhumanism when offered; Dingo was uneasy with it and was the one to eventually have a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: Sort of, as the treacherous ones were the ones who chose transhumanism when offered; Dingo was uneasy with it and was the one to eventually have a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Two Faced]]: After half of Coyote 1.0's face was torn off in the [[Robotic Reveal]], further versions always included the split face somehow.
* [[Two-Faced]]: After half of Coyote 1.0's face was torn off in the [[Robotic Reveal]], further versions always included the split face somehow.


== Tony Dracon (Richard Grieco) ==
=== Tony Dracon (Richard Grieco) ===


A crime boss constantly harassed by the gargoyles.
A crime boss constantly harassed by the gargoyles.
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* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]


== The Archmage ([[David Warner]]) ==
=== The Archmage ([[David Warner]]) ===


An evil wizard seeking ultimate power, defeated by Hudson and Goliath a thousand years ago, but later comes back with a vengeance.
An evil wizard seeking ultimate power, defeated by Hudson and Goliath a thousand years ago, but later comes back with a vengeance.


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* [[A God Am I]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The Archmage was originally as just a one-shot villain for "Long Way to Morning." [[Greg Weisman]] didn't think there was that much to the character...until David Warner recorded his lines. Based on Warner's performance, Weisman saw potential to bring the Archmage back and as a greater threat.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The Archmage was originally as just a one-shot villain for "Long Way to Morning." [[Greg Weisman]] didn't think there was that much to the character...until David Warner recorded his lines. Based on Warner's performance, Weisman saw potential to bring the Archmage back and as a greater threat.
* [[Card Carrying Villain]]
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: His defining personality.
* [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep]]
* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]
* [[Evil Mentor]]: To Demona in her youth. [[Word of God]] is that it was he who first gave her a taste for power, though she'd ''never'' admit it. His cruelty towards her can't have improved her attitude about humans, etiher...
* [[Evil Mentor]]: To Demona in her youth. [[Word of God]] is that it was he who first gave her a taste for power, though she'd ''never'' admit it. His cruelty towards her can't have improved her attitude about humans, etiher...
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
** [[The Archmage]]
** [[The Archmage]]: DUH!
* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: Humorously, technically it's literally also {{spoiler|[[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]}}, too.
* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: Humorously, technically it's literally also {{spoiler|[[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]}}, too.
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He becomes a much more intimidating villain when you realize that he's [[Baldur's Gate|Jon Irenicus]].
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* [[A God Am I]]
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** And [[Batman: The Animated Series|Ra's al Ghul]]. In fact, David Warner's incredibly sinister voice acting was what got the character promoted from a minor one-shot flashback villain to [[Big Bad]] of an epic three-parter.
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* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: He becomes a much more intimidating villain when you realize that he's [[Baldurs Gate|Jon Irenicus]].
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** And [[Batman the Animated Series|Ra's al Ghul]]. In fact, David Warner's incredibly sinister voice acting was what got the character promoted from a minor one-shot flashback villain to [[Big Bad]] of an epic three-parter.
* [[Physical God]]: Graduates to one after absorbing the magic of the Grimorum and wielding the Eye of Odin. {{spoiler|When he loses the Eye, [[Power Incontinence|on the]] [[Karmic Death|other hand]]...}}
* [[Physical God]]: Graduates to one after absorbing the magic of the Grimorum and wielding the Eye of Odin. {{spoiler|When he loses the Eye, [[Power Incontinence|on the]] [[Karmic Death|other hand]]...}}
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: How he cheats death.
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: How he cheats death.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Initially, he didn't even know what to do with his newfound powers and set his sights on Scotland, until his future-self told him of [[Take Over the World|the big picture]].
* [[Take Over the World]]: Initially, he didn't even know what to do with his newfound powers and set his sights on Scotland, until his future-self told him of [[Take Over the World|the big picture]].
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: He goes from being a one-shot villain appearing in a flashback who is easily defeated by Goliath to a much more powerful force to be reckoned with.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: He goes from being a one-shot villain appearing in a flashback who is easily defeated by Goliath to a much more powerful force to be reckoned with.
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: [[Word of God]] states that the Weird Sisters pretended to be [[The Dragon]] for him, when he was in fact theirs.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: [[Word of God]] states that the Weird Sisters pretended to be [[The Dragon]] for him, when he was in fact theirs.}}
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: This occurs in "Avalon" during his big fight with Goliath, who is very outclassed:
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: This occurs in "Avalon" during his big fight with Goliath, who is very outclassed:
{{quote| '''Archmage''': I could destroy you with a word.<br />
{{quote|'''Archmage''': I could destroy you with a word.
'''Goliath''': [[Get It Over With|Then why don't you]]?<br />
'''Goliath''': [[Get It Over With|Then why don't you]]?<br />
'''Archmage''': Because I'm having too much fun! }}
'''Archmage''': Because I'm having too much fun! }}
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*** Justified in that he was wearing the [[Amplifier Artifact|Eye of Odin]], which, in addition to granting tremendous power, also makes the wearer "[[Up to Eleven|more like him/herself]]." The Archmage was ''already'' a petty, egomaniacal wizard obsessed with vengeance against all who slighted him...
*** Justified in that he was wearing the [[Amplifier Artifact|Eye of Odin]], which, in addition to granting tremendous power, also makes the wearer "[[Up to Eleven|more like him/herself]]." The Archmage was ''already'' a petty, egomaniacal wizard obsessed with vengeance against all who slighted him...


== The Weird Sisters ([[Kath Soucie]]) ==
=== The Weird Sisters ([[Kath Soucie]]) ===


Three powerful Children of Oberon who interfere in the series from time to time, particularly where Demona and Macbeth are concerned, loosely adapted from the Three Witches of Macbeth as well as various Three Goddess myths. Their goals and motives are their own.
Three powerful Children of Oberon who interfere in the series from time to time, particularly where Demona and Macbeth are concerned, loosely adapted from the Three Witches of Macbeth as well as various Three Goddess myths. Their goals and motives are their own.
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* [[Creepy Twins|Creepy Triplets]]
* [[Creepy Twins|Creepy Triplets]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Dragon With an Agenda]]: To the Archmage during "Avalon."
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: To the Archmage during "Avalon."
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Their plan to use Demona, Macbeth and the Archmage to regain control of Avalon would be one, [[Subverted Trope|except that]] the Sisters seem to have some ability to see the future and therefore could predict where their pawns would end up.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Their plan to use Demona, Macbeth and the Archmage to regain control of Avalon would be one, [[Subverted Trope|except that]] the Sisters seem to have some ability to see the future and therefore could predict where their pawns would end up.
* [[Hair Colors]]: The only way to tell them apart. Phoebe has [[Hair of Gold]], Luna is a [[White Haired Pretty Girl]], and Seline a [[Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]].
* [[Hair Colors]]: The only way to tell them apart. Phoebe has [[Hair of Gold]], Luna is a [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]], and Seline a [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]].
* [[Hijacked By Ganon]]: The Archmage takes over their plan to re-gain Avalon and uses it for his own purpoes. Also subverted, in that by doing so he was still helping them achieve their goals anyway.
* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: The Archmage takes over their plan to re-gain Avalon and uses it for his own purpoes. Also subverted, in that by doing so he was still helping them achieve their goals anyway.
* [[Hive Mind]]: They're less three separate beings and more one being with three distinct aspects.
* [[Hive Mind]]: They're less three separate beings and more one being with three distinct aspects.
* [[Hot Witch|Hot Witches]]
* [[Hot Witch]]es
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitches]]
* [[Physical God|Physical Goddesses]]
* [[Physical God]]desses
* [[She's Got Legs|They've Got Legs]]
* [[She's Got Legs|They've Got Legs]]
* [[Talking to Herself]]
* [[Talking to Herself]]
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Phoebe is Maiden, Luna is Mother, Seline is Crone -- or, as [[Word of God]] describes them, Grace, Fate and Vengeance.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Phoebe is Maiden, Luna is Mother, Seline is Crone—or, as [[Word of God]] describes them, Grace, Fate and Vengeance.
* [[Wild Card]]: Any time the Sisters appear, all bets are off as to whether they'll be good guys, bad guys, or observers.
* [[Wild Card]]: Any time the Sisters appear, all bets are off as to whether they'll be good guys, bad guys, or observers.


== Dr. Anton Sevarius ([[Tim Curry]]) ==
=== Dr. Anton Sevarius ([[Tim Curry]]) ===


A freelance geneticist specializing in creating mutates and clones - for ''evil!''
A freelance geneticist specializing in creating mutates and clones - for ''evil!''


* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Averted in his first appearance, but every other time he tries to fake something, it's almost painful how bad he is. And hilarious.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Averted in his first appearance, but every other time he tries to fake something, it's almost painful how bad he is. And hilarious.
* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]
* [[For Science]]: "Plus there's the money...and I do love the ''drama!''"
* [[For Science!]]: "Plus there's the money...and I do love the ''drama!''"
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Did you expect anything less from ''[[Tim Curry]]''? In his first appearance, he intentionally played a stereotypical (and older) mad scientist as part of a ruse.
* [[Large Ham]]: Did you expect anything less from ''[[Tim Curry]]''? In his first appearance, he intentionally played a stereotypical (and older) mad scientist as part of a ruse.
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Morally Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Playing With Syringes]]
* [[Playing with Syringes]]
* [[Smug Snake]]


== The Hunters ==
=== The Hunters ===


A family of masked vigilantes who have hunted Demona over a millennium, attacking any other gargoyle that enters their sights as well.
A family of masked vigilantes who have hunted Demona over a millennium, attacking any other gargoyle that enters their sights as well.
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The original Hunter, Gillecomgain, devoted his life to kill Demona because she slashed his face. The next ones just did it because she didn't get along with Duncan and Canmore. After that, it pretty much became a cycle of [[You Killed My Father]].
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The original Hunter, Gillecomgain, devoted his life to kill Demona because she slashed his face. The next ones just did it because she didn't get along with Duncan and Canmore. After that, it pretty much became a cycle of [[You Killed My Father]].
** In fairness, the kind of wound the original received would have been horribly painful to recover from in that time period, especially [[Fridge Horror|given that Demona clawed his face downwind of stables.]]
** In fairness, the kind of wound the original received would have been horribly painful to recover from in that time period, especially [[Fridge Horror|given that Demona clawed his face downwind of stables.]]
* [[The Family That Slays Together]]: The Canmores became this with whole generations training for ''nothing'' but Demona's death. According to the ''Bad Guys'' comic [[Spin Off]], some still are.
* [[The Family That Slays Together]]: The Canmores became this with whole generations training for ''nothing'' but Demona's death. According to the ''Bad Guys'' comic [[Spin-Off]], some still are.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Robyn and Jason.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Robyn and Jason.
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* [[Secret Identity]]
* [[Secret Identity]]
* [[Unknown Rival]]
* [[Unknown Rival]]
* [[Van Helsing Hate Crime]]: Jason leads them to this when they learn of the existence of the Manhattan Clan, even going so far as to say "[[Does This Remind You of Anything|The only good gargoyle is a dead gargoyle]]."
* [[Van Helsing Hate Crime]]: Jason leads them to this when they learn of the existence of the Manhattan Clan, even going so far as to say "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|The only good gargoyle is a dead gargoyle]]."


== Thailog ([[Keith David]]) ==
=== Thailog ([[Keith David]]) ===


Goliath's clone, designed to combine his physical attributes with Xanatos' intelligence and ruthlessness.
Goliath's clone, designed to combine his physical attributes with Xanatos' intelligence and ruthlessness.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]
* [[Complete Monster]]
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu|Did You Just Scam Xanatos?]]
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?|Did You Just Scam Xanatos?]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To both Goliath and Xanatos.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To both Goliath and Xanatos.
* [[Evil Twin]]
* [[Evil Twin]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: As smart as Xanatos and as strong as Goliath.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: As smart as Xanatos and as strong as Goliath.
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* [[Large Ham]]: He probably gets it from Sevarius.
* [[Large Ham]]: He probably gets it from Sevarius.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Unlike Xanatos, Thailog has no redeeming qualities, and yet still manages to be highly entertaining.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Unlike Xanatos, Thailog has no redeeming qualities, and yet still manages to be highly entertaining.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: With shades of Magnificence.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: With shades of [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificence.]]
* [[Oedipus Complex]]
* [[Oedipus Complex]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
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* [[That Thing Is Not My Child]]: Inverted. Goliath is disgusted at Xanatos' use of his DNA, but admits that Thailog isn't to blame and deserves freedom. In the same amount of time, however, Thailog decides that Goliath is too soft to admire.
* [[That Thing Is Not My Child]]: Inverted. Goliath is disgusted at Xanatos' use of his DNA, but admits that Thailog isn't to blame and deserves freedom. In the same amount of time, however, Thailog decides that Goliath is too soft to admire.


== John Castaway ==
=== John Castaway ===


Formerly a reluctant Hunter named Jon Canmore, John Castaway later becomes convinced that the gargoyles must be destroyed and forms a new gargoyle-hunting organization called the Quarrymen.
Formerly a reluctant Hunter named Jon Canmore, John Castaway later becomes convinced that the gargoyles must be destroyed and forms a new gargoyle-hunting organization called the Quarrymen.
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* [[General Ripper]]
* [[General Ripper]]
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[My God What Have I Done|My God What Have I...]] [[Subverted Trope|What Have THEY Done?]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?|My God What Have I...]] [[Subverted Trope|What Have THEY Done?]]
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: He was until his total role reversal with Jason.
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: He was until his total role reversal with Jason.


== The Quarrymen ==
=== The Quarrymen ===


A KKK-esque group of gargoyle hunters formed by John Castaway.
A KKK-esque group of gargoyle hunters formed by John Castaway.


* [[Card Carrying Villain]]: In ''The Goliath Chronicles'', the Quarrymen couldn't care less about public safety and were also apparently aware that the gargoyles were trying to protect people, which is odd given that when Castaway recruits them in the first episode, they are just normal, concerned citizens who genuinely believe the gargoyles are a menace to society.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: In ''The Goliath Chronicles'', the Quarrymen couldn't care less about public safety and were also apparently aware that the gargoyles were trying to protect people, which is odd given that when Castaway recruits them in the first episode, they are just normal, concerned citizens who genuinely believe the gargoyles are a menace to society.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Faceless Goons]]
* [[Faceless Goons]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Mooks]]
* [[Mooks]]
* [[Spot Light Stealing Squad]]: Very much so in ''The Goliath Chronicles''.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Very much so in ''The Goliath Chronicles''.


== Shari ==
=== Shari ===


Introduced in the comic continuation, Shari is a mysterious girl with a high standing in the Illuminati. She currently aids Thailog as his assistant.
Introduced in the comic continuation, Shari is a mysterious girl with a high standing in the Illuminati. She currently aids Thailog as his assistant.
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== Others ==
== Others ==


== Margot Yale & Brendan Quarters ==
=== Margot Yale & Brendan Quarters ===


The very cynical Assistant District Attorney and her husband.
The very cynical Assistant District Attorney and her husband.
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* [[Yuppie Couple]]: [[Trope Namer|THE]] Yuppie Couple.
* [[Yuppie Couple]]: [[Trope Namer|THE]] Yuppie Couple.


== Vinnie Grigori ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ==
=== Vinnie Grigori ([[Jeff Bennett]]) ===


A strange man who, throughout the series, suffers various unnoticed misfortune because of the gargoyles, and eventually gets fed up.
A strange man who, throughout the series, suffers various unnoticed misfortune because of the gargoyles, and eventually gets fed up.
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* [[I Call It Vera]]: Mr. Carter.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Mr. Carter.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: A very obvious and good imitation of [[John Travolta]].
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: A very obvious and good imitation of [[John Travolta]].
* [[Shout Out]]: An imitation of Travolta with a weapon named Mr. Carter? [[Welcome Back Kotter|Hmm]]...
* [[Shout-Out]]: An imitation of Travolta with a weapon named Mr. Carter? [[Welcome Back, Kotter|Hmm]]...
* [[Unknown Rival]]
* [[Unknown Rival]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A large and heavy bazooka called "Mr. Carter," eventually revealed to {{spoiler|only fire banana cream pies.}}
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A large and heavy bazooka called "Mr. Carter," eventually revealed to {{spoiler|only fire banana cream pies.}}


== Puck (Brent Spiner) ==
=== Puck (Brent Spiner) ===


One of the Children of Oberon described in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," a prankster who relishes his independence.
One of the Children of Oberon described in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," a prankster who relishes his independence.
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* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[For the Lulz]]
* [[For the Lulz]]
{{quote| '''Goliath:''' Puck! I should've known. But why this subterfuge? <br />
{{quote|'''Goliath:''' Puck! I should've known. But why this subterfuge?
'''Puck:''' Hey, I ''live'' for subterfuge! }}
'''Puck:''' Hey, I ''live'' for subterfuge! }}
* [[Great Gazoo]]
* [[Great Gazoo]]
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** [[Jackass Genie]]: If you piss him off (ex. Demona).
** [[Jackass Genie]]: If you piss him off (ex. Demona).
** [[Benevolent Genie]] If you manage to impress him (ex. Xanatos).
** [[Benevolent Genie]] If you manage to impress him (ex. Xanatos).
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[Mind Screw]]: His [[Bad Future]] plot during the Avalon arc. Also counts as a [[Batman Gambit]] to get the Phoenix Gate. Golitah figures him out at the crucial moment. Leading to a [[Big No]] followed by "I was soooooooo close!"
* [[Mind Screw]]: His [[Bad Future]] plot during the Avalon arc. Also counts as a [[Batman Gambit]] to get the Phoenix Gate. Golitah figures him out at the crucial moment. Leading to a [[Big No]] followed by "I was soooooooo close!"
* [[Trickster Archetype]]
* [[Trickster Archetype]]
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]


== Preston Vogel (Peter Scolari) ==
=== Preston Vogel (Peter Scolari) ===


Halcyon Renard's right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable, but not all that loyal -- the near-perfect employee. No blood relation to Owen Burnett.
Halcyon Renard's right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable, but not all that loyal—the near-perfect employee. No blood relation to Owen Burnett.


* [[Expy]]: At first glance, he's just a [[Palette Swap]] of Owen Burnett and, indeed, when he first appeared, he was negatively received by audiences who thought the writers only knew how to write one kind of executive. Subverted in that, {{spoiler|in-universe, it's ''Owen'' who's an [[Expy]] of Vogel.}}
* [[Expy]]: At first glance, he's just a [[Palette Swap]] of Owen Burnett and, indeed, when he first appeared, he was negatively received by audiences who thought the writers only knew how to write one kind of executive. Subverted in that, {{spoiler|in-universe, it's ''Owen'' who's an [[Expy]] of Vogel.}}
* [[Four Eyes Zero Soul]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[The Starscream]]: Unlike Owen to Xanatos, Vogel has no problem with turning on Renard when offered enough money. However, when Fox's plan to sabotage Fortress-2 threatens to kill Renard and the staff in Cyberbiotics tower, [[Even Evil Has Standards|he's quick to turn back to Renard's side]].
* [[The Starscream]]: Unlike Owen to Xanatos, Vogel has no problem with turning on Renard when offered enough money. However, when Fox's plan to sabotage Fortress-2 threatens to kill Renard and the staff in Cyberbiotics tower, [[Even Evil Has Standards|he's quick to turn back to Renard's side]].
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Yes Man]]: Shows some signs of this. "You're a genius, sir," indeed.
* [[Yes-Man]]: Shows some signs of this. "You're a genius, sir," indeed.


== Lord Oberon (Terrence Mann) ==
=== Lord Oberon (Terrence Mann) ===


The all-powerful and rather arrogant Lord of the Third Race, likewise taken from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream."
The all-powerful and rather arrogant Lord of the Third Race, likewise taken from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream."


* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]?: Played somewhat straight in "Ill Met by Moolight," averted in "The Gathering."
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]?: Played somewhat straight in "Ill Met by Moolight," averted in "The Gathering."
** [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: They do manage to do some pretty serious damage in "The Gathering" at one point by hitting him with an iron harpoon. It clearly hurts, but it also makes him ''really mad''...
** [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: They do manage to do some pretty serious damage in "The Gathering" at one point by hitting him with an iron harpoon. It clearly hurts, but it also makes him ''really mad''...
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Surprisingly so. While he will do anything to win, if you manage to actually defeat him he will prove himself quite cordial and respectful
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Surprisingly so. While he will do anything to win, if you manage to actually defeat him he will prove himself quite cordial and respectful
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Oberon pulls this off, and pulls David's pistol out of his hands in almost the exact same manner in which Vader did to Han.
* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Oberon pulls this off, and pulls David's pistol out of his hands in almost the exact same manner in which Vader did to Han.
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Blue Skin]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Blue Skin]]


== Queen Titania (Kate Mulgrew) ==
=== Queen Titania (Kate Mulgrew) ===


The wife of Oberon that divorced him and reconciled their relationship 1000 years later.
The wife of Oberon that divorced him and reconciled their relationship 1000 years later.
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Well, "evil" is debatable, but Antagonistic Redhead, at least.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Well, "evil" is debatable, but Antagonistic Redhead, at least.
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[The Fair Folk]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Green Skinned Space Babe|Green Skinned Fairy Babe]]
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Green Skinned Fairy Babe]]
* [[Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have]]: {{spoiler|To Alex.}}
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: {{spoiler|To Alex.}}
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hartman Hips]]
* [[Hartman Hips]]
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* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[The Woman Behind the Man]]
* [[The Woman Behind the Man]]
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Though, bizarrely, Oberon claims she used to be a [[Royal Brat]], which is why he divorced her. [[Word of God]] says that she underwent a lot of [[Character Development]] in their 1,001 separation, while Oberon stayed more or less the same.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Though, bizarrely, Oberon claims she used to be a [[Royal Brat]], which is why he divorced her. [[Word of God]] says that she underwent a lot of [[Character Development]] in their 1,001 separation, while Oberon stayed more or less the same.




== The Redemption Squad ==
=== The Redemption Squad ===


A team made out of people who previously fought the Manhattan Clan, organized by persons unknown and led by Robyn Canmore. The stars of comic-book [[Spin Off]] ''Bad Guys''. The members are the Hunter (Robyn), ex-Pack member Dingo, artificial intelligence Matrix, Japanese gargoyle Yama, and the mutate Fang.
A team made out of people who previously fought the Manhattan Clan, organized by persons unknown and led by Robyn Canmore. The stars of comic-book [[Spin-Off]] ''Bad Guys''. The members are the Hunter (Robyn), ex-Pack member Dingo, artificial intelligence Matrix, Japanese gargoyle Yama, and the mutate Fang.


* [[Anti Hero]]: The whole squad.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: The whole squad.
* [[Anti Villain]]: The whole squad, with the exception of Fang.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: The whole squad, with the exception of Fang.
* [[The Atoner]]: Again, all except Fang.
* [[The Atoner]]: Again, all except Fang.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Robyn and Dingo. Fang lampshades it.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Robyn and Dingo. Fang lampshades it.
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Robyn
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Robyn
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: {{spoiler|Eventually Dingo for Robyn.}}
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: {{spoiler|Eventually Dingo for Robyn.}}
* [[Five Man Band]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]]: Robyn
** [[The Hero]]: Robyn
** [[The Lancer]]: Dingo
** [[The Lancer]]: Dingo
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* [[Power Armor]]: Matrix
* [[Power Armor]]: Matrix
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: Matrix, who was powerful enough to almost destroy the world in its first appearance, gets this.
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: Matrix, who was powerful enough to almost destroy the world in its first appearance, gets this.
* [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]]
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]


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The Manhattan Clan

Goliath (Keith David)

Leader of the clan, and the series' protagonist.

Elisa Maza (Salli Richardson)

A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is later considered a part of the clan.

Brooklyn (Jeff Bennett)

Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and becomes more serious and a skilled tactician.

Broadway (Bill Fagerbakke)

A Big Eater who develops a liking for detective movies.

Lexington (Thom Adcox-Hernandez)

A gargoyle with a gift for technology.

Angela (Brigitte Bako)

Born and raised in Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.

Angela: I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live together in harmony.

Hudson (Ed Asner)

Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.

Bronx (Frank Welker)

A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.

Katana (comic continuation only)

Brooklyn's mate from Edo Period Ishimura.

Allies

The Captain of the Guard (Ed Gilbert)

The captain of the Wyvern Castle guard, at the start ofthe series he is sympathetic to the gargoyles and identifies with them more than with the human population of the catle. Trying to grant a better life to the clan, he betrays the castle to Hakon's band of vikings, expacting them to drive out the humans while leaving the catle to the gargoyles. The plan backfires when Hakon shatters all the gargoyles anyway and tries to put the blame on the captain. Both of them plummet to their deaths before Goliath can have revenge on either of them.

Princess Katharine (Kath Soucie)

The ruler of Castle Wyvern. She initially fears the gargoyles and only begrudgingly allows them to stay and defend the castle. After Goliath saves her life from Hakon, she comes to see the error of her ways and does her best to defend the eggs from the gargoyle rookery, moving them to the magical island of Avalon and raising them as her own children.

The Magus (Jeff Bennett)

The castle mage of Wyvern and Princess Katharine's advisor. He is responsible for the Manhattan Clan living to the present day, cursing them to remain as statues for a thousand years in a fit of rage when he believes them to have caused Katharine's death. He tries to atone by raising the eggs from the Wyvern rookery on Avalon, but is later killed by the Weird Sisters when the Archmge attacks the island.

Matt Bluestone (Thomas F. Wilson)

Elisa's partner on the force. Convinced of the existence of the Illuminati.

  • Agent Mulder
  • Badass Normal
  • Badass Longcoat
  • Conspiracy Theorist
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Is briefly shown driving with Chavez in "Deadly Force" before being introduced in "The Edge." (Chavez even notes his previous involvement in the preceding case.)
  • Fair Cop
  • Friend on the Force: He uses much more of his power as a policeman to help the Manhattan clan than Elisa does, such as pestering Xanatos to ensure their well-being once they move back into the castle. Once he becomes the head of the Gargoyle Taskforce, he actively uses his position as someone who is supposed to be hunting them to protect them, and he's none too shy about it.
  • Properly Paranoid: As noted above, the Illuminati do exist and eventually induct Matt into their ranks, impressed at his perseverance in trying to prove it.
  • Redheaded Hero
  • Secret Keeper
  • What the Hell, Hero?: He gives one of these to Elisa after she reveals the gargoyles' existence to him (he already kind of knew, anyway).

Derek Maza / Talon (Rocky Carroll)

Elisa's younger brother, who eventually starts working for Xanatos, only to be mutated into a panther/bat/electric eel hybrid, re-naming himself "Talon."

Coldstone -- Coldstone (Michael Dorn), Coldsteel (Xander Berkeley) and Coldfire (CCH Pounder)

A gargoyle cyborg created by Xanatos and Demona from the remains of three of the lost in the Wyvern massacre, and animated by a combination of science and sorcery. Collectively known as just "Coldstone" until near the end of the series, when Xanatos created two additional robot bodies so each of the three had their own.

Halcyon Renard (Robert Culp)

The founder and head of Cyberbiotics, a successful technology firm. Turned cynical by a series of perceived betrayals, he begins to re-consider his view after meeting Goliath.

Macbeth Mac Findlaech (John Rhys-Davies)

The historical king of Scotland. After losing his kingdom and family, he seeks to find and kill the one responsible: Demona.

Villains

Hakon (Clancy Brown)

The leader of the vikings who destroyed the Wyvern clan. He is Wolf's ancestor.

Demona (Marina Sirtis)

Goliath's former love and one of the co-conspirators in what became the Wyvern massacre. Blaming humans for her misfortunes, she has spent the last thousand years seeking to exterminate them.

  • The Aloner: Seeing nearly all of the Wyvern Clan slaughtered by the vikings, followed by decades of watching the remnants of her species being slaughtered by the Hunter and his human allies (often through her own fault, though she remains in denial about that), have left her completely, helplessly, maddeningly alone. Centuries of endless pursuit by the Canmore dynasty have made her even more bitter.
  • Anti-Villain: Demona is actually not an example of this trope, but a big point is made about how she thinks she's a clear-cut Type III, when she isn't.
  • Ax Crazy: On occasion.
  • Bare Your Midriff
  • Big Bad: She's the second most recurring villain after Xanatos, and her plans tend to be the most dangerous and destructive, since she's out for Revenge on the whole human race. She's also the main villain of "Hunter's Moon," which is effectively the Grand Finale for the canon show.
  • Big Bad Duumvirate: With Xanatos, until "City of Stone."
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: She has ultimately betrayed just about every group she has ever worked with.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: As Dominique Destine.
  • Cursed with Awesome: Twice. First when she's linked to Macbeth so neither can die except at the hand of the other. There is a fairly hefty downside, but still. Then, Puck gives her a parting "gift" of human form during the day. She's angry at first, but it's a big help for her nefarious plans.
  • Cute Little Fangs
  • The Cynic
  • Dark Action Girl
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Even Bad Women Love Their Daughters
  • Evil Matriarch: She loves Angela so much, she's willing to kill humanity to protect her.
    • Well, she's willing to kill humanity anyway, but she really loves Angela.
  • Evil Redhead
  • Face Heel Turn: In her Backstory.
  • Fantastic Racism: Her opinion of humans is not very high and for good reason too.
  • Fiery Redhead
  • Future Me Scares Me: Which, unfortunately, sets up the Stable Time Loop that turned her into "future me" in the first place.
  • Green Eyed Red Head: In her human form.
  • She Who Fights Monsters
  • Heroes Want Redheads: She was Goliath's mate, after all. Averted when her true personality showed.
  • Hot Amazon
  • Hot Mom
  • Hot Witch: She does have magical abilities after all.
  • Hypocrite: Demona sees herself as the self-proclaimed savior of her race, and that Goliath and those who stand with him will be the death of the race. Never mind the fact that she herself caused the birth of the Hunter, their generations, and indirectly the Quarrymen, whose sole purpose is to destroy they Gargoyles with extreme prejudice. And she had the gall to say Goliath with be the death of all of them? If anything, SHE was the one who nearly caused Gargoyle extinction.
  • Humans Are the Real Monsters: Her strongest belief.
  • I Reject Your Reality: Her response whenever the heroes tell her that she is in the wrong.
  • Ignored Epiphany: Writ large.
  • Kill All Humans
  • Knight Templar: Subverted; she's convinced herself her cause is noble, but it's really just her lashing out at the world due to all the pain she's brought upon herself.
  • Lady Macbeth: Shades of this in her relationships with Goliath, Macbeth and even Xanatos. Inverted with her relationship with Thailog, as he's far more straightforwardly evil and is really using her to advance his own ends.
  • Magic Knight: She uses her powerful magic (she's probably the strongest mortal mage in the show, not counting the Archmage's enhanced form) and formidable combat skills about evenly.
  • Mama Bear: Would rather pull an Enemy Mine than letting Angela be hurt.
  • Manipulative Bitch: She even pulled this on Angela, her own daughter. It failed BADLY.
  • Meaningful Name: Her alias "Dominique Destine" literally means "Divine Destiny."
  • Ms. Fanservice
  • My God, What Have I... What Have THEY Done?
  • Never My Fault: Employed in a very serious fashion. If there is one defining character flaw for Demona, this is it. Most of her troubles and emotional agonies are entirely her fault, and her refusal to admit any responsibility on her part is the basis for her bitterness AND her racism, all of which she formed mostly to avoid the overwhelming guilt she would feel.
  • Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
  • Revenge by Proxy: "Their descendants shall pay. I will have blood for blood!"
  • Secret Identity
  • She's Got Legs
  • The Unfettered
  • The Vamp
  • With Us or Against Us: "If you are not my ally, then you are my enemy."
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: By the end of City of Stone, it's hard not to feel sorry for her, even though she's long since passed the Moral Event Horizon.

David Xanatos (Jonathan Frakes)

Billionaire responsible for breaking the Magus' spell over the Gargoyles. Determined, practical and brilliant, he searches for eternal life and comfort, and finds something altogether different.

  • Affably Evil: Impeccably polite to his enemies.
  • Anti-Hero: Type V, post Heel Face Turn.
  • Anti-Villain: Type I, while he was developing toward his Heel Face Turn.
  • Arch Enemy: To Goliath initially, and others.
  • Badass Normal: He can hold his own with Goliath and even Oberon with his own gadgets and know-how.
  • Big Bad: Especially in the first half of the series, when he's the most recurring, most intelligent, and arguably most dangerous villain. By the end, while he doesn't quite make a Heel Face Turn, he is edging more into dark Anti-Hero territory.
  • Big Bad Duumvirate: With Demona, until "City of Stone."
  • Beard of Evil
  • The Chessmaster: The original movie especially. He moves the heroes like they were pieces until the end.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: "A man's gotta make a living." We seldom see what that actually means though. Usually it has to do with high-tech weaponry and medicine.
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Determinator: "Nothing terrifies me, because nothing is beyond my ability to change."
    • Implied to ultimately be averted when his wife and child are threatened, and by Thailog's existence.
  • Enemy Mine: Xanatos had a habit of working with the Manhattan Clan, "City of Stone" being the first and arguably most notable example.
  • Evil Genius: He personally built the technology his billion dollar company sells.
  • Evil Virtues: Ambition, Hard Work, Love, Patience, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Determination, Loyalty, Honor. (Yea, for being a Big Bad, he has a lot of these.)
  • Fascinating Eyebrow
  • Fiction 500
  • Friendly Enemy: He rather likes the Manhattan Clan, although the feeling isn't mutual (although they eventually stop thinking of him as a Complete Monster, so that's worth something).
  • Genre Savvy
  • Graceful Loser: Xanatos always takes losses well and considers revenge beneath him.
  • Happily Married: To Fox.
  • Heel Face Turn: Kind of. It's less that his personality changes and more that his priorities shift.
  • Hot Dad
  • Honesty Is the Best Policy: In "The Edge."
  • I Love You Because I Can't Control You: He admits this outright during his chess game with his new bride Fox.
  • Immortality Seeker: "What good are all the riches in the world if Fox and I can't can't enjoy them forever?"
  • Ink Suit Actor: A strange aversion by weird coincidence. Although Xanatos looks almost exactly like Jonathan Frakes, he was designed before Frakes was cast in the role.
  • It's Personal: Explicitly averted. Xanatos spent enough money to build a skyscraper expressly to free the gargoyles, funds advanced robotics, cloning and bio-engineering facilities without showing any concern for the costs involved, and spends not a cent on revenge, ever.
  • Love Is a Weakness: When Fox is turned into a beast, he maintains a clinical view on the situation, expressing only that his inability to get her back was an unforeseen circumstance and his desire to get the jewel that turned her in the first place. He attempts several plans, all of which fail to get her back—it is only towards the end when she is nearing death that he reveals his desperation and gives up the jewel to have her back. Afterwards, he tells Goliath coolly that he now knows Xanatos' weakness.

Goliath: Only you would regard love as a weakness.

Owen Burnett (Jeff Bennett)

Xanatos' right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable and loyal—the perfect employee. he's actually Puck, a trickster spirit that became Owen for kicks, and because Xanatos is "many things, but never boring."

Fox (Laura San Giacomo)

Xanatos' true love and equal. Formerly Janine Renard, she legally changed her name to Fox.

The Pack

A group of mercenaries-turned-TV stars organized and funded by Xanatos, though after their first encounter with the Manhattan Clan they were arrested and turned to crime for good when Xanatos broke them out of prison. The members are:

    • Fox (Laura San Giacomo): See above. Original team leader, but when the Pack broke out of prison she stayed behind to serve out her sentence. She ultimately got an early release for good behavior - just as Xanatos planned, of course.
    • Wolf (Clancy Brown): The biggest guy on the team and most likely to go straight to brute force.
    • Dingo (Jim Cummings): The tactical expert. He eventually got fed up with the Pack being reduced to common criminals, and found he missed being considered a hero like he was on TV; prompting him to leave the group as well. He eventually got picked up by the Redemption Squad (see below).
    • Jackal (Matt Frewer) and Hyena (Cree Summer): A brother/sister pair of twins, and probably the team's most depraved members - Word of God is that he's a sociopath, she's a psychopath.
    • Coyote (Jonathan Frakes): A new member who engineered the prison breakout, replacing Fox as team leader. At first thought to be Xanatos, but was soon revealed to be a robot in his likeness. Tends to get thrashed and rebuilt by Xanatos every time it appears, with the successive versions obviously not human.
  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Not in the series itself, but Word of God is that by 2198 Coyote will have become autonomous and turned to conquest.
  • Animal Theme Naming
  • Awesome Aussie: Dingo, natch.
  • Ax Crazy: Jackal and Hyene.
  • Badass Abnormal: All of them get upgraded one way or another (except Fox, who was gone by then).
  • Complete Monster: Jackal.
  • Badass Grandpa: Wolf
  • Brother-Sister Team: Jackal and Hyena. Even when the Pack split up to work solo, these two stayed as a team. Which leads to...
    • Incest Subtext: Hyena and Jackal seem really close to each other.
      • When Jackal kills Coyote Hyena complains that he always kills the guys she likes, meaning it's not the first he does it. This can be easily taken as jealousy.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Dingo is the go-to guy for long-range weapons and explosives. The rest of the team are all hand-to-hand combat junkies.
  • Crush! Kill! Destroy!: Though normally rather calm and competent, Coyote tends to do this.
  • Dark Action Girl: Hyena
  • Five-Bad Band:
  • For the Evulz: Jackal, Hyena, and sometimes Wolf really fall into this one.
  • Heel Face Turn: Dingo, eventually. Fox's is more of a Hazy Feel Turn (she left the team to be with Xanatos - they're a lot better than they used to be, but not quite full "Faces" yet).
  • Name's the Same: Xanatos pits Coyote 4.0 against Coyote the mythical Native American trickster. The latter threatens to sue for copyright infringement. (Xanatos: "Think of it as a homage.")
  • Won't Work On Me: Coyote 4.0 was built with iron from the Cauldron of Life, making it immune to magic.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Wolf, Jackal, and Hyena. Of the others, Coyote doesn't have any other name, Fox had hers legally changed, and Dingo started using his real name more after he left (it's Harry Monmouth, by the way).
  • Only Sane Man: Fox and Dingo, which is why the latter eventually quit (Fox basically just got a better offer).
  • Punch Clock Villain: Dingo, definitely; he's just there for the paycheck, and gets increasingly disgusted with his teammates' craziness. Coyote might also count, since he's just following his programming.
  • Psycho for Hire: The core Pack covers the whole spectrum; Jackal and Hyena are clearly this; Dingo is a perfectly sane mercenary and Coyote is just doing what Xanatos programmed him to; Wolf is a vicious brute who falls somewhere in between.
  • Quirky Miniboss Squad
  • Ridiculously Human Robot: Coyote 1.0 looks exactly like Xanatos, but later versions are rebuilt as an obviously robotic being.
  • Robosexual: Hyena has the hots for Coyote. Even Jackal considers this "sicker than usual".
  • Robotic Reveal: Coyote 1.0
  • Sixth Ranger: Coyote
  • The Sociopath: Jackal is this, per Word of God. His sister Hyena is a psychopath.
  • The Starscream: Wolf seems to work fine with Fox, but he clearly doesn't like Coyote and tries several times to take leadership of the Pack from him. It never works.
  • They Killed Kenny: Coyote
  • Transhuman Treachery: Sort of, as the treacherous ones were the ones who chose transhumanism when offered; Dingo was uneasy with it and was the one to eventually have a Heel Face Turn.
  • Two-Faced: After half of Coyote 1.0's face was torn off in the Robotic Reveal, further versions always included the split face somehow.

Tony Dracon (Richard Grieco)

A crime boss constantly harassed by the gargoyles.

The Archmage (David Warner)

An evil wizard seeking ultimate power, defeated by Hudson and Goliath a thousand years ago, but later comes back with a vengeance.

Archmage: I could destroy you with a word.
Goliath: Then why don't you?

Archmage: Because I'm having too much fun!

    • Even more glaring: he could have killed the gargoyles during daytime in their own lair in NY. He could have travel in time and learn all of his enemies' secrets and weaknesses. Instead, he give our heroes some time to prepare themselves and then got his ass kicked.
      • Justified in that he was wearing the Eye of Odin, which, in addition to granting tremendous power, also makes the wearer "more like him/herself." The Archmage was already a petty, egomaniacal wizard obsessed with vengeance against all who slighted him...

The Weird Sisters (Kath Soucie)

Three powerful Children of Oberon who interfere in the series from time to time, particularly where Demona and Macbeth are concerned, loosely adapted from the Three Witches of Macbeth as well as various Three Goddess myths. Their goals and motives are their own.

Dr. Anton Sevarius (Tim Curry)

A freelance geneticist specializing in creating mutates and clones - for evil!

The Hunters

A family of masked vigilantes who have hunted Demona over a millennium, attacking any other gargoyle that enters their sights as well.

Thailog (Keith David)

Goliath's clone, designed to combine his physical attributes with Xanatos' intelligence and ruthlessness.

John Castaway

Formerly a reluctant Hunter named Jon Canmore, John Castaway later becomes convinced that the gargoyles must be destroyed and forms a new gargoyle-hunting organization called the Quarrymen.

The Quarrymen

A KKK-esque group of gargoyle hunters formed by John Castaway.

  • Card-Carrying Villain: In The Goliath Chronicles, the Quarrymen couldn't care less about public safety and were also apparently aware that the gargoyles were trying to protect people, which is odd given that when Castaway recruits them in the first episode, they are just normal, concerned citizens who genuinely believe the gargoyles are a menace to society.
  • Drop the Hammer
  • Faceless Goons
  • Fantastic Racism
  • Mooks
  • Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Very much so in The Goliath Chronicles.

Shari

Introduced in the comic continuation, Shari is a mysterious girl with a high standing in the Illuminati. She currently aids Thailog as his assistant.

Others

Margot Yale & Brendan Quarters

The very cynical Assistant District Attorney and her husband.

Vinnie Grigori (Jeff Bennett)

A strange man who, throughout the series, suffers various unnoticed misfortune because of the gargoyles, and eventually gets fed up.

Puck (Brent Spiner)

One of the Children of Oberon described in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," a prankster who relishes his independence.

Goliath: Puck! I should've known. But why this subterfuge?
Puck: Hey, I live for subterfuge!

Preston Vogel (Peter Scolari)

Halcyon Renard's right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable, but not all that loyal—the near-perfect employee. No blood relation to Owen Burnett.

  • Expy: At first glance, he's just a Palette Swap of Owen Burnett and, indeed, when he first appeared, he was negatively received by audiences who thought the writers only knew how to write one kind of executive. Subverted in that, in-universe, it's Owen who's an Expy of Vogel.
  • Four Eyes, Zero Soul
  • The Starscream: Unlike Owen to Xanatos, Vogel has no problem with turning on Renard when offered enough money. However, when Fox's plan to sabotage Fortress-2 threatens to kill Renard and the staff in Cyberbiotics tower, he's quick to turn back to Renard's side.
  • The Stoic
  • Yes-Man: Shows some signs of this. "You're a genius, sir," indeed.

Lord Oberon (Terrence Mann)

The all-powerful and rather arrogant Lord of the Third Race, likewise taken from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream."

Queen Titania (Kate Mulgrew)

The wife of Oberon that divorced him and reconciled their relationship 1000 years later.


The Redemption Squad

A team made out of people who previously fought the Manhattan Clan, organized by persons unknown and led by Robyn Canmore. The stars of comic-book Spin-Off Bad Guys. The members are the Hunter (Robyn), ex-Pack member Dingo, artificial intelligence Matrix, Japanese gargoyle Yama, and the mutate Fang.

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