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== The Manhattan Clan ==

 

 

Leader of the clan, and the series' protagonist.

* [[Warrior Poet]]

 

 

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.

* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: Her efforts to convince Derek that Xanatos was not a good guy boiled down to this.

 

 

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.

* [[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.

 

 

A [[Big Eater]] who develops a liking for detective movies.

* [[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.

 

 

A gargoyle with a gift for technology.

* [[Word of Gay]]: He seems like he hasn't figured it out, though.

 

 

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.

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

 

 

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

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His trademark sword.

 

 

A gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan. Dislikes robots.

* [[Wall Crawl]]: The only clan member who can't glide, so he claws his way up buildings instead.

 

 

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

== Allies ==

 

 

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.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]}}

* [[The Captain]]

* {{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|[[Our Ghosts Are Different]]}}

 

 

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.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]

 

 

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}}.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

 

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

* [[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).

 

 

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."

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]

 

 

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.

* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]

 

 

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.

* [[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.

 

 

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

== Villains ==

 

 

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

* [[Token Motivational Nemesis]]

 

 

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.

* [[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]].

 

 

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.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: [[Trope Namer|Namesake]] of this and its spinoff trope, [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].

 

 

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."}}

** [[Power Fist|And he knows how to use it.]]

 

 

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

* [[Ubermensch]]

 

 

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:

* [[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.

 

 

A crime boss constantly harassed by the gargoyles.

* [[Smug Snake]]

 

 

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

*** 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...

 

 

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.

* [[Wild Card]]: Any time the Sisters appear, all bets are off as to whether they'll be good guys, bad guys, or observers.

 

 

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

* [[Smug Snake]]

 

 

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

* [[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]]."

 

 

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

* [[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.

 

 

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.

* [[Token Good Teammate]]: He was until his total role reversal with Jason.

 

 

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

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Very much so in ''The Goliath Chronicles''.

 

 

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 ==

 

 

The very cynical Assistant District Attorney and her husband.

* [[Yuppie Couple]]: [[Trope Namer|THE]] Yuppie Couple.

 

 

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

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A large and heavy bazooka called "Mr. Carter," eventually revealed to {{spoiler|only fire banana cream pies.}}

 

 

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

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

 

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.

* [[Yes-Man]]: Shows some signs of this. "You're a genius, sir," indeed.

 

 

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

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Blue Skin]]

 

 

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

 

 

 

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.

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]

 

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