Gargoyles
This article is about Gargoyles
, the television show. For the stone statues, see Gargoyle.
Gargoyles was the title of a
Walt Disney animated series that aired from
1994 to
1997 featuring a clan of six flying creatures that turned to stone by day. Led by the
gargoyle Goliath in the year
994, their job was to protect the humans of
Castle Wyvern on the coast of
Scotland until a
Viking massacre killed all the others of their clan and a magic spell trapped them in their stone forms for a
millennium. Finally waking up in modern day
Manhattan, the gargoyles must adapt to this new world as they protect the citizens of
New York (most of whom don't even believe they exist) and face new and old enemies with the help of their new human friend (and possible love interest for Goliath),
NYPD detective Elisa Maza.
Gargoyles in
medieval times didn’t have names, as it wasn’t their custom. Goliath only had one because it was given to him by the Prince of the castle. In the modern world they find that having names would make things easier for humans (particularly Elisa), so the five choose names from New York landmarks.
The series was known for its very complex plot arcs and surprising amount of serious drama for a Disney cartoon; it is often mentioned alongside
The Real Ghostbusters as one of the best American cartoon series ever. Also, a remarkably large number of voice actors for the show had been actors on various
Star Trek series.
The Gargoyles
\n*Goliath (leader)\n*Hudson (elder and former leader, now advisor)\n*Brooklyn (second-in-command with a knack for strategy)\n*Broadway (overweight and good-natured)\n*Lexington (smallest and a technical whiz)\n*Bronx (gargoyle beast)\n*Angela (courageous daughter of Goliath, joins mid 2nd season)
Episodes
\nA total of 78 episodes. Each episode ran 30 minutes per episode including commercials. The 3rd and final season aired on ABC as The Goliath Chronicles, without the involvement of series creator Greg Weisman (except for "The Journey", the first episode of the season); these episodes, "The Journey" apart, are considered inferior in quality by many fans and ignored in much of the fan fiction.
Season 1
\n# Awakening, Part I\n# Awakening, Part II\n# Awakening, Part III\n# Awakening, Part IV\n# Awakening, Part V\n# The Thrill of the Hunt\n# Temptation\n# Deadly Force\n# Enter MacBeth\n# The Edge\n# Long Way to Morning\n# Her Brother's Keeper\n# Reawakening
Season 2
\n# Leader of the Pack\n# Metamorphosis\n# Legion\n# A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time\n# The Mirror\n# The Silver Falcon\n# Eye of the Beholder\n# Vows\n# City of Stone, Part I\n# City of Stone, Part II\n# City of Stone, Part III\n# City of Stone, Part IV\n# High Noon\n# Outfoxed\n# Revelations\n# Double Jeopardy\n# Upgrade\n# Protection\n# The Cage\n# The Price\n# Avalon, Part I\n# Avalon, Part II\n# Avalon, Part III\n# Shadows of the Past\n# Heritage\n# Kingdom\n# Monsters\n# Golem\n# Sanctuary\n# M.I.A.\n# Grief\n# The Hound of Ulster\n# Walkabout\n# Mark of the Panther\n# Pendragon\n# Eye of the Storm\n# The New Olympians\n# The Green\n# Sentinel\n# Bushido\n# Cloud Fathers\n# Ill Met By Moonlight\n# Future Tense\n# The Gathering, Part I\n# The Gathering, Part II\n# Vendettas\n# Turf\n# The Reckoning\n# Possession\n# Hunter's Moon, Part I\n# Hunter's Moon, Part II\n# Hunter's Moon, Part III
Season 3 (The Goliath Chronicles)
\n# The Journey\n# Ransom\n# Runaways\n# Broadway Goes Hollywood\n# A Bronx Tail\n# The Dying Of The Light\n# And Justice For All\n# Genesis Undone\n# Generations\n# ...For It May Come True\n# To Serve Mankind\n# Seeing Isn't Believing\n# Angels In The Night
Fandom
In reaction to displeasure with the episodes of Season 3, a group of fans created an ongoing virtual season fan fiction series, The Gargoyles Saga, to continue the franchise along a more desirable direction.
The unusual romantic subtext between between Goliath (a gargoyle) and Elisa (a human) was fodder for quite a bit of discussion on the Internet, particularly about its appropriateness. A later episode of the series, set during Halloween, had the two dancing together in open view with Eliza in the yellow dress of Disney's Belle character.
External links
\n*The Gargoyles Fan Website\n*The 8th Annual Gathering of the Gargoyles - August 6-9, 2004 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.\n*Station Eight's Gargoyles Fan Site! - Home of the Gargoyles Forum\n**Ask Greg - Gargoyles - Post questions for Greg Weisman, the show's producer.\n*The Gargoyles Encyclopedia\n*Goliath & Wildwing’s Storage Room
Category:Animated television series
