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      • In summation, Gargoyles is a program that truly stood apart from its predecessors on its debut, and it continues to serve as a shining example of an animated TV series with genuine substance: complex characters, universal and eternally relevant themes, and a rich mythology to its world.
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  2. Compared to Disney's many cartoons spun off from feature-length films, GARGOYLES stands out as a strong original series. Set in Manhattan, the show follows a group of gargoyles known as the Manhattan Clan as they patrol the skies of New York City, defending it from crime and corruption.

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    Originally, Gargoyles was pitched as a comedic cartoon about tiny gargoyles stuck in the modern day New York who befriend a kind-hearted school teacher. However, the executives at Disney weren't too happy with that idea. Their reasoning was pragmatic: cartoon shows targeting kids under 12 years of age couldn't show more than 10 minutes of commercia...

    Although the show doesn't have a creator credit, Gargoylesoriginated with Greg Weisman. A former English teacher who used to work as a writer and an assistant editor for DC Comics, Weisman was an executive at Disney when someone suggested that he develops a pitch for a show about gargoyles. Fascinated by these grotesque ornaments on medieval cathed...

    Gargoyles originally aired in syndication as a part of "Disney Afternoon". By its third season, the show aired on ABC - recently acquired by The Walt Disney Company. While Gargoylesaired in syndication, the creative team behind the show had a lot of leeway in their work. Once the show aired on a major TV network, standards and practices were much t...

    Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles may have had numerous flaws, but its main story-line was pretty interesting and even daring for a children's cartoon. Continuing the story from the second season's finale Hunter's Moon, the third season sees Manhattan clan of gargoyles dealing with ordinary people who are now aware of their existence. Since people ...

    And yet, for all the black-hooded thugs on Gargoyles, the show offers a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of its numerous villains, allowing them to grow, change and sometimes even become the good guys. Many of the show's villains have perfectly understandable (if not excusable) reasons for their evil deeds. Case in point is the show's "Big Bad" David...

    As envisioned by the show, gargoyles aren't really supernatural. Instead, they're simply an unusual species of living creatures. As such, their abilities are a result of biology and natural selection evolution, not magic. At least that's how the show's creator Greg Weisman sees them. Weisman compares the gargoyles' ability to turn to stone to unusu...

    In the second season’s story arc (nicknamed by the fans "The Gargoyles' World Tour"), main characters travel around the globe, fighting various dangers while searching for their cousins. It turns out not only are there many clans of gargoyles, but they all look completely different! For example, there's the Mayan Clan with its distinctly reptilian ...

    Evil mastermind David Xanatos creates his cyborg gargoyle in the first season finale. With the help of Demona, Xanatos picks up the remains of a gargoyle smashed by the Vikings during their raid on Wyvern Castle in Scotland. Replacing the missing parts using a combination of science and magic, Xanatos brings the cyborg gargoyle back to life from a ...

    As a former English teacher, Weisman is a huge fan of classic plays by William Shakespeare. Weisman even used to act in the productions of Shakespeare's plays. Therefore, it didn't take him long to start inserting Shakespearean elements into a cartoon TV show about gargoyles. His most obvious influences were Macbeth and Midsummer's Night Dream. Hen...

    In a world in which monsters and magic exist, what other mysteries and wonders may be real? Well, according to Gargoyles, pretty much anything goes! Like, for example, aliens. In the second season episode Sentinel, gargoyles meet Nokkar, an alien being in a secret base hidden on an Easter Island. Nokkar (voiced by Avery Brooks) befriended the local...

  3. Gargoyles. (TV series) Gargoyles (also known as Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles for season 3) is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Japan for its first two seasons and Nelvana for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.

    • October 24, 1994 –, February 15, 1997
  4. Jan 30, 2017 · Disney's Gargoyles was filled to the brim with creativity, mythology and great characters... By David Baldwin | January 30, 2017 | | 0. To get a sense of why Disney series Gargoyles stands as...

  5. Gargoyles: Created by Greg Weisman. With Keith David, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Jeff Bennett, Thom Adcox-Hernandez. A clan of heroic night creatures pledge to protect modern New York City as they did in Scotland one thousand years earlier.

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  6. Jun 20, 2023 · The best episodes of Gargoyles showcase stellar acting, animation, and storytelling that have stood the test of time, from "Metamorphosis" to "M.I.A."

  7. Oct 24, 2023 · The most recent news on the remake of the cult classic cartoon Gargoyles came on October 16, 2023, when the Gargoyles live-action show was confirmed. Disney revealed that the live-action Gargoyles would be coming to Disney+ with The Conjuring creator James Wan producing alongside Annabelle screenwriter Gary Dauberman on screenwriting duties.

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