What's new
Discussion Hub
By:
Filters

Welcome to the DiscussionHub 👋, Guest

Become part of our community! Register or log in to connect with other members, share your thoughts, and explore the forum. It's free and easy to join.

Log in Register now
  • We have now changed the post count rule to post your website in the Website Directory and the Member Showcase to 10, this was previously 50 but we felt it was too high. You can read more about this change here >>> https://discussionhub.net/threads/update-of-rules-for-the-member-showcase.4356/

TV Database Gargoyles (1994)

OmegaMeistro
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
5.00/5 1 Votes

Genre: Animation,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Action & Adventure

First aired:

Last air date:

Show status: Ended

Overview: In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.

Where to watch

Streaming:
More details on TMDb
Streaming: Buy:
More details on TMDb

Trailer Cast

    • Keith David

      Goliath (voice)

    • Salli Richardson-Whitfield

      Elisa Maza (voice)

    • Ed Asner

      Hudson (voice)

    • Jeff Bennett

      Brooklyn (voice)

    • Thom Adcox-Hernandez

      Lexington (voice)

    • Bill Fagerbakke

      Broadway (voice)

    • Frank Welker

      Bronx (voice)

    • Jonathan Frakes

      David Xanatos (voice)

    • Brigitte Bako

      Angela (voice)

    • Marina Sirtis

      Demona (voice)
Click to expand...
Show information in first post provided by The Movie Database
This cartoon has no reason to slap this hard. The writing is so freaking great and mature for a children's TV show. Granted, it's not quite on the level of the more consistently great X-Men: The Animated Series or even Batman: The Animated Series, but I feel like it deserves to be sitting among them, particularly season 1.

While not every episode is perfect, this epic saga really showed Greg Weisman's talent as a storyteller that he would bring forth to The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series. It's an amazing showcase of what a children's cartoon could do without being preachy or patronizing while still offering great entertainment for older audiences.

Also, the music, god, the theme song is iconic and badass af! It's so epic and majestic! Everytime I hear that theme in the show... literal chills.
 
Gargoyles
Leader of the Pack
Season: 2
Episode: 1
Air date: 1995-09-04

Guest stars: Clancy Brown,Laura San Giacomo,Matt Frewer,Cree Summer
A mysterious masked man, who calls himself Coyote, breaks The Pack out of prison. He appoints himself leader and lead The Pack to set a trap for the gargoyles. Lexington's anger towards The Pack blinds his judgment, putting himself and the clan at risk.

The show lives again! For a second season! With FIFTY-TWO episodes! Phew.

And in the season premiere, Xanatos shows that he's basically a shark trapped in a small guppy pond because he just screws around with Saturday morning cartoon plots for the lulz (also for testing out his Doombot), practically calling the plot of the episode itself (with its revenge theme) a cliche.

Meanwhile, the Gargoyles team retains some nice little details that showcase their character development, like Lexinton's rage at The Pack or Broadway's immediate destruction of the enemy's gun. Just these easily missed small little details that show how fleshed out and complex these characters are in a Saturday morning cartoon.

This will be a fun ride, I'm sure, just trying to pick out the little details on the show obviously meant for an older audience.
Gargoyles
Metamorphosis
Season: 2
Episode: 2
Air date: 1995-09-05

Guest stars: Tim Curry,Kath Soucie,Rocky Carroll
Someone is taking people off the street and turning them into gargoyle-like creatures. Unsurprisingly, the trail leads to leads to one of Xanatos's labs and the noted geneticist, Anton Sevarius.

If you've seen "Spectacular Spider-Man" (or have ever picked up a Spider-Man comic like me), this episode should be familiar to you by now. You can see traces of Greg Weisman's Norman Osborn and Max Dillon in Xanatos and Derek's character arcs, respectively, not to mention the mutates' tragic origins making them essentially The Sinister Six. The man is like Xanatos himself, planning Spectacular's storyline long before the show was released.

Human trafficking as a theme though, damn. This was definitely Disney's Batman: TAS, tapping into mature allegories under an animated guise. And at 52 episodes? That's a lot of greatness to be consumed...
Gargoyles
Legion
Season: 2
Episode: 3
Air date: 1995-09-06

Guest stars: Xander Berkeley,Michael Dorn,Thomas F. Wilson,CCH Pounder
Coldstone reawakens, but a computer virus leaves him confused and in danger of his mind collapsing permanently.

Basically, Greg Weisman's "Othello" but as a Saturday morning cartoon. Whether it's heavy mature themes of human trafficking or riffs on Shakespearean plays, this series continues to surprise at every turn. I also enjoy the creative use of technology with the Gargoyles' magic and the supernatural element of souls.
Gargoyles
A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time
Season: 2
Episode: 4
Air date: 1995-09-07

Guest stars: John Rhys-Davies
An archeological dig uncovers a set of scrolls, believed to contain Merlin's spells. Macbeth sends his mercenaries to try to capture the scrolls, but the gargoyles manage to stop them, getting separated from Hudson and Broadway in the process, both having one of the two scroll containers.

Most of my knowledge about King Arthur comes from Fate/Stay Night, so. lol

This was a neat episode though that focuses on illiteracy through the character of Hudson and his newfound companionship in Jeffrey Robbins, a blind author who's well-read and will probably be giving Hudson reading lessons. It's a pretty heartfelt episode that explores the beauty of literature without being preachy, basically the strength of most Gargoyles "message" episodes.
Gargoyles
The Mirror
Season: 2
Episode: 5
Air date: 1995-09-11

Guest stars: Brent Spiner
Demona steals a magical mirror to summon an elf named Puck. She forces him to use his magic against Goliath and the humans. However, the result is not quite what she had in mind...

Basically a "be careful what you wish for" episode with the amusing Puck from Midsummer Night (though the only Puck I know of came from Berserk and the only Oberon I know of came from SMT lol).

It's a fun little episode where Eliza gets to experienced the life of a Gargoyle, along with the rest of New York. Eliza and Goliath's interspecies romance also comes to the forefront for the first time because of it. It's cute, the two of them together.

Demona though got more than she bargained for. Sure, she could walk in the day now, but the tradeoff is becoming one of those inferior humans she despises so much. Oof. That's some Shakespearean poetic justice there.
Gargoyles
The Silver Falcon
Season: 2
Episode: 6
Air date: 1995-09-12

Guest stars: Darren McGavin,Michael Bell,Rachel Ticotin,Thomas F. Wilson,Rocky Carroll
Matt Bluestone disappears while looking into his pet obsession - the Illuminati. When Elisa investigates, Broadway insists on tagging along.

My headcanon is that Matt Bluestone is just animated Fox Mulder working a secret mission to expose The Illuminati instead of aliens this time and got partnered up with Elisa Maza. lol You could totally imagine his "I Want to Believe" posters at his home.

Of course, what seems like a red herring episode that's merely an excuse to have the naive and adorable Broadway partner up with Elisa in a buddy cop episode turned out to left behind more than just a generic gangster name, but more on that in future episodes to come, it seems.

It's a pretty decent Broadway episode though, even if it has that Saturday morning cartoon vibe where the senior character has to put up with the goofball tagging along. To be fair to Broadway, he is at least competent enough to justify tagging along instead of just completely screwing up the case.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Daily Poll: Which universe do you prefer?

  • Marvel

    Votes: 1 25.0%

  • DC

    Votes: 3 75.0%
See comments…
  • XenForo 2 Style [XGT] Yazılım ve web hizmetleri 2014-2024
    Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2024 XenForo Ltd.

    • Theme customization system

    You can customize some areas of the forum theme from this menu

    System sensitive
    Light mode
    Dark mode
    Choose the color that reflects your taste

    Wide/Narrow view

    You can control a structure that you can use to use your theme wide or narrow.

    Grid view forum list

    You can control the layout of the forum list in a grid or ordinary listing style structure.

    Picture grid mode

    In the grid forum list, you can control the structure where you can open/close images.

    Close sidebar

    You can get rid of the crowded view in the forum by closing the sidebar.

    Fixed sidebar

    You can make it more useful and easier to access by pinning the sidebar.

    Corner radius close

    You can use the radius at the corners of the blocks according to your taste by closing/opening it.

    Back