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In the direct-to-video sequel ''The Prophecy II'' (1998), Gabriel is returned to Earth ({{spoiler|after being taken down to [[Hell]] by Lucifer in the first film}}). This time around, he tries to prevent the birth of a [[Half-Human Hybrid|Nephilim]] (the offspring of a human woman and an angel) who is prophesized to finally bring the War in Heaven to an end. The Nephilim in question has just been conceived by the angel Danyael (Russel Wong) and hospital nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). Gabriel enlists the aid of a teenage girl named Izzy ([[Brittany Murphy]]), whom he resurrects after she commits suicide. {{spoiler|Everything comes to a head in the dilapidated Garden of Eden when Gabriel kills Danyael in battle, only to be defeated by Valerie and [[Brought Down to Normal|turned human]] by the [[Archangel Michael]] (Eric Roberts)}}.
The third film (and the last one to star [[Christopher Walken]]), ''The Prophecy III: The Ascent'' (2000), is set about twenty years after the second. Danyael Rosales (Dave Buzzotta), the half-human/half-angel son of Valerie and Danyael conceived in the second film, is preaching to a crowd about how God doesn't exist when he is shot dead by a blind attendee (played by [[
There were two additional sequels, ''The Prophecy: Uprising'' and ''The Prophecy: Forsaken'', that were both released in 2005.
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If you were looking for the eco-horror film, see ''[[Prophecy (film)|Prophecy]]''.
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* [[Allergic to Evil]]: When Lucifer grabs Thomas, Thomas freezes in place, then quickly begins gasping and reacting like he's going to vomit. Then again, it ''is'' [[Justified Trope|the devil touching him...]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Birds in the first film. For example, Gabriel perches on a bench and looks ''exactly'' like a bird in silhouette. Lucifer explodes into birds when departing in the second film.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: For all his hype, even before God's intervention, {{spoiler|Pyriel goes down like a chump far easier than ANY OTHER ANGEL in the series.}}
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|Gabriel at the end of ''The Ascent''.}}
* [[Back
* [[Badass Boast]]:
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Gabriel, Zophael (and technically every single angel, including extras).
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Lucifer has a mightily impressive one.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Gabriel, [[Satan|Lucifer]], Zophael. Also Gabriel's male human lackey Jerry from the first film, who has all the films [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Crowning Moments Of Funny]]. For instance, when Gabriel asks him, "If you were a soul, where would ''you'' hide?", he says, "The hell away from you?"
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Lucifer makes one with Catherine, although it's a slight inversion as there are literally ''no'' strings attached; he just doesn't want Gabriel to succeed.
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* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|Simon}} in the first film.
* [[Determinator]]: Gabriel in the first and second movies, Zophael in ''The Ascent''.
* [[
* [[The Dragon]]: Zophael in ''The Ascent''.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Lucifer doesn't really want to help Thomas and Catherine, he just '''really''' wants Gabriel to fail. He's also not too pleased about Gabriel trying to be something he isn't.
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'''Lucifer:''' Your war is arrogance. That makes it evil. That's ''mine''. }}
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Inverted with Lucifer. Viggo Mortensen speaks in a slightly higher pitch than normal and it's very creepy.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: "[[Large Ham|I will NOT]]. [[
* [[A Fate Worse Than Death]]: Humans not being able to go to [[Heaven]] (because of the war going on among the angels) after they die could count. Not to mention Gabriel makes it clear that his henchmen are just "dying slower." Despite their mobility, they're probably still suffering from whatever was killing them in the first place.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Gabriel in the first two films. And Lucifer is rather polite to Thomas and Catherine when they first meet him, even if he does briefly threaten them(Catherine) or speak in a sing-songy tone(Thomas). At their final confrontation however, he drops the act and you're reminded that this ''is'' the devil.
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* [[Hollywood Apocrypha]]
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: {{spoiler|Thomas, until his [[Heel Faith Turn]]}}. And Danyael Rosales in ''The Ascent''.
* [[Humans Are
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{spoiler|Colonel Hawthorne}}.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: Danyael
* [[I Never Told You My Name]]: When questioned how he knew Thomas's name, Gabriel dismissively tells him "You look like a Thomas."
* [[In
* [[Insult Backfire]]: Combined with [[Call Back]] in Thomas and Lucifer's final face-off:
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'''Lucifer:''' ...Leave the light on, Thomas. }}
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Valerie/Danyael (human/angel) in ''The Prophecy II'', Danyael Rosales/Maggie (Nephilim/human) in ''The Ascent''.
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* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Gabriel in ''The Ascent''.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Pyriel in ''The Ascent''.
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* [[One to Million to One]]: Gabriel sometimes teleports this way, as when a shot from a gun turns him temporarily into a murder of crows.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: And how! No robe-wearing harpists here: even the nicest angel in the series(Simon) thinks nothing of sticking a genocidal madman's soul into a little girl.
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* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Lucifer is far more calculating here than in his usual [[For the Evulz]] depictions. {{spoiler|He's only doing it to make sure the balance of evil power doesn't shift elsewhere and is completely honest about it.}}
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]
* [[Ravens and Crows]]: As he leaves the Navajo lodge, Lucifer explodes into a murder of crows.
* [[Religious Horror]]
* [[Sealed Inside a Person
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: There's definitely something off about Colonel Hawthorne.
* [[Smith Will Suffice]]: When Catherine sees Lucifer, she says "Oh my God," to which he responds "God? God is love. '''I don't love you'''."
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* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|Thomas}} in the second movie. Blink and you'll miss his presence entirely.
* [[Things That Go Bump in the Night]]: Lucifer taunts Thomas about having been this for him.
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* [[Waking Up At the Morgue]]: Danyael in ''The Ascent''.
* [[Weakened by the Light]]: {{spoiler|Colonel Hawthorne's soul, once removed from Mary, is destroyed by divine light.}}
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