Everything about Gargoyles Tv Series totally explained
The series has inspired a minority of an extremely loyal
fan following, spawning fan-based project and a convention.
The Gathering of the Gargoyles is an annual
fan convention which began in
1997. The location of the convention changes each year. In 2008 the convention is in
Chicago.
The Gathering features several regular guests close to the
Gargoyles franchise including series co-creator
Greg Weisman, and voice actors
Keith David and
Thom Adcox.
The Gathering has featured several recurring special events such as a
radio play, where attendees audition and take speaking roles, a masquerade ball where attendees dress up as their favorite character, an art show where the many artists within the
fandom can display or sell their artwork. Weisman has in the past shown the
leica reel of
Bad Guys at Gatherings. Footage and interviews from the 2003 Gathering appears as an extra feature on the Season 1 DVD of the show.
Parody/Reference
JLA Showcase #1
In
1999 Greg Weisman wrote a story for
DC Comics JLA Showcase #1 80-Page, cover dated
February 2000. The one shot consists of various Justice League stories; Weisman's was set during the time of the
Justice League Europe and titled "Flashback Of Notre Dame". Roster included:
Captain Atom,
Flash,
Kilowog,
Metamorpho and
Blue Jay. The story has Captain Atom, The JLE and Bette Sans Souci/
Plastique meeting a group of Gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral. After the usual misunderstanding/battle, the JLE help The Gargoyles return to their home island
Brigadoon.
The story, while being a parody is an homage to Gargoyles. This version of the clan are more batlike than the characters they parodied and have names based from Paris, France. The story's full of injokes (such as The Gargoyles home island Brigadoon, being a reference to Avalon). The names of the clan (and Gargoyle they're based on) are:
Behemoth/Goliath (Clan Leader)
Diabolique/Demona (Behemoth's Ex-Wife)
Seine/Hudson (Behemoth's Mentor)
Angelique/Angela (Daughter of Behemoth and Diabloique)
Montparnasse/Broadway (Boyfriend to Angelique)
Montmartre/Brooklyn (Behemoth's Lieutenant)
Champs-Élysées/Lexington (Monmartres' Brother)
Left Bank/Bronx (Clan's Dog)
Thomeheb/Thailog (Behemoth's Brother)
Cyrano/Othello (one of Behemoth's rookery siblings)
Christian/Iago (another of Behemoth's rookery siblings)
Roxanne/Desdemona (yet another of Behemoth's rookery siblings)
The Lawn Gnomes mini segment was a rather obvious parody of Gargoyles.
The episode "Freakazoid is History" featured Freakazoid listening to a Gargoyle who bears a slight resemblance to Goliath.
3×3 Eyes
According to Greg Weisman, who did one of the English dubs of 3×3 Eyes, there's a scene with a homeless man humming the Gargoyles theme song.
In episode fourteen of the anime The Big O (Roger the Wanderer) there are three stone gargoyles that bear a striking resemblance to Brooklyn, Broadway and Lexington on a rooftop as Roger Smith wanders through a memory of Paradigm City. The Gargoyle resembling Broadway appears to have Goliath's Jaw.
In episode 45 "No Good Deed" during the staged "heroics" montage, Avalanche knocks a stone Gargoyle statue, which bears a resemblance to Broadway, off a building in order for Blob to catch, preventing it from smashing into a crowd of people below. (One episode of Gargoyles, The Price, similarly featured Elisa being forced to catch Broadway to prevent him from being smashed after he turns to stone in mid-air.)
Episode 21 of Season 2, U Is For Undivided has parts of the city transformed into a medieval type setting. A couple shown in the middle of it are Brenda and Marco. Respectively based on the Gargoyles yuppie couple Margot and Brendan, Pat Fraley voiced both Brenda and Marco.
The first episode Survival Of The Fittest (which is written by Weisman) has Spider-Man swinging past a few Gargoyle statues, two of whom resemble Hudson and Broadway. Another scene in this episode depicts a statue of Broadway being smashed on a helicopter pad by Spider-Man, in his attempt to flee from Vulture and an attacking helicopter.
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