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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 [[Childs Play|Brad Dourif]]), only to later [[Back From the Dead|come back to life]]. Danyael then learns of his true heritage and his destiny to end the War in Heaven, and sets out to stop [[Big Bad|Pyriel]] (Scott Cleverdon), the Angel of Genocide. He is aided in his mission by a reformed Gabriel (now acting as [[The Obi-Wan]]) while being hunted by [[The Dragon|Zophael]] (Vincent Spano), an angel who takes Danyael's girlfriend Maggie (Karyn Ann Butler) captive and deceives her into thinking that Danyael [[Came Back Wrong~~|came back wrong~~]].

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 [[Childs Play|Brad Dourif]]), only to later [[Back From the Dead|come back to life]]. Danyael then learns of his true heritage and his destiny to end the War in Heaven, and sets out to stop [[Big Bad|Pyriel]] (Scott Cleverdon), the Angel of Genocide. He is aided in his mission by a reformed Gabriel (now acting as [[The Obi-Wan]]) while being hunted by [[The Dragon|Zophael]] (Vincent Spano), an angel who takes Danyael's girlfriend Maggie (Karyn Ann Butler) captive and deceives her into thinking that Danyael [[Came Back Wrong]].

There were two additional sequels, ''The Prophecy: Uprising'' and ''The Prophecy: Forsaken'', that were both released in 2005.

If you were looking for the eco-horror film, see ''[[Prophecy (~~Film~~)|Prophecy]]''.

If you were looking for the eco-horror film, see ''[[Prophecy (film)|Prophecy]]''.

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== This series contains examples of: ==

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* [[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''.}}

* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|Gabriel at the end of ''The Ascent''.}}

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Danyael

* [[Badass Boast]]:

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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]

* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: All angels have this.

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Zophael's staff weapon.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Zophael's staff weapon.

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: All reviews/synopses of the movies, including this page, treat "nephilim" as a singular. In reality, it is the plural form of hebrew "naphil" (a fallen one/giant). [[This Troper]] does not know whether the mistake comes from the movies themselves; at any rate, it is an all-pervasive phenomenon whenever the nephilim ARE involved.

* [[Break the Haughty]]

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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler|Gabriel}} in ''The Ascent''.

* [[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.

* [[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.

{{quote| '''Lucifer:''' You see, I'm not here to help you or the little bitch because I love you or because I care for you, but because two hells is one hell too many, and I can't have that. What I'm offering you is a chance not only to save Mary, but to finally open Heaven to your kind. What do you say?}}

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|Simon}} in the first film.

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* [[Heel Faith Turn]]: {{spoiler|Thomas Daggett}}

* [[Herald]]: Gabriel in ''The Ascent''.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Zophael}} in ''The Ascent''.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Zophael}} in ''The Ascent''.

* [[Hollywood Apocrypha]]

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: {{spoiler|Thomas, until his [[Heel Faith Turn]]}}. And Danyael Rosales in ''The Ascent''.

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* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{spoiler|Colonel Hawthorne}}.

* [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice]]: Danyael

* [[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 Joke]]: There are multiple religious in jokes with varying levels of subtlety. When Simon is told that the girl he's abot to hid Hawthorne's ould inside is named Mary, he whispers "Of course." Then you have slightly less obvious like Thomas, the priest who lost his faith being named after the Apostle who didn't believe Jesus had come back to life, or how in the Bible Gabriel had the power to make people fall down in shock with his mere presence, and also helped the prophet ''Daniel'' with his visions of apocalypse.

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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Valerie/Danyael (human/angel) in ''The Prophecy II'', Danyael Rosales/Maggie (Nephilim/human) in ''The Ascent''.

* [[Kick the Dog]]

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]: How Gabriel kills {{spoiler|Simon in the first film}} and {{spoiler|Thomas Daggett in the second film}}.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: How Gabriel kills {{spoiler|Simon in the first film}} and {{spoiler|Thomas Daggett in the second film}}.

* [[Kirk Summation]]: Gabriel gets one of these in both the first and second films.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Gabriel in the first two films (until his [[Heel Face Turn]] in ''The Ascent''), Pyriel in ''The Ascent''.

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* [[Sniff Sniff Nom]]: The angels have very different ways of investigating things than we humans have.

* [[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.

* [[Things That Go Bump in the Night]]: Lucifer taunts Thomas about having been this for him.

{{quote| '''Lucifer:''' Little Tommy Daggett. How I loved listening to your sweet prayers. And then you'd jump in your bed, so afraid I was under there. ''[[Nightmare Fuel|And I was!]]''}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Weakened by the Light]]: {{spoiler|Colonel Hawthorne's soul, once removed from Mary, is destroyed by divine light.}}

* [[Winged Humanoid]]

* [[World Half Empty]]