LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU SHOULD APP FROM GARGOYLES AND HERE'S WHY.
Exhibit A: It has an awesome theme song. Video quality's a little poor, but that's what you get for being a cartoon from the 90's.
If the theme song isn't enough to explain why this show is awesome and you should check it out even if you're not thinking of apping, let me give you a rundown: It's the year 994, and humans are sharing earth with these nocturnal creatures called gargoyles. Gargoyles are badass warriors by night, but easily smashable during the day when they sleep as stone. Because Humans Are Bastards, and because Goliath's ex is also, the clan of Castle Wyvern is murdered, leaving only six survivors - clan leader Goliath, his mentor, three younger brothers, and their family pet - who are then put under a spell that causes them to sleep "Until the castle rises above the clouds."
A thousand years later, billionaire, villain, and ponytail enthusiast David Xanatos meets the conditions of that spell by having Castle Wyvern dismantled and flown by helicopter across the Atlantic, to be his new home atop the Eyrie building in Manhattan.
The clan awakens, take names for themselves from their new city (except Goliath, who already has one), and are instantly embroiled in a plot by Xanatos to use them to his own evil ends - foiled by the friendship Goliath quickly makes with NYPD Detective Elisa Maza, who makes a point of being a much better guide for the gargoyles in this new city than the guy with the goatee who wants to use them to get around the law on his behalf.
It's a pretty great show with a strong central cast, epic mythic elements, strong Shakespearean influences, and villains who win, even when they lose. If nothing else, you should at least give it a look, as all the episodes are on youtube, right here.
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Exhibit A: It has an awesome theme song. Video quality's a little poor, but that's what you get for being a cartoon from the 90's.
If the theme song isn't enough to explain why this show is awesome and you should check it out even if you're not thinking of apping, let me give you a rundown: It's the year 994, and humans are sharing earth with these nocturnal creatures called gargoyles. Gargoyles are badass warriors by night, but easily smashable during the day when they sleep as stone. Because Humans Are Bastards, and because Goliath's ex is also, the clan of Castle Wyvern is murdered, leaving only six survivors - clan leader Goliath, his mentor, three younger brothers, and their family pet - who are then put under a spell that causes them to sleep "Until the castle rises above the clouds."
A thousand years later, billionaire, villain, and ponytail enthusiast David Xanatos meets the conditions of that spell by having Castle Wyvern dismantled and flown by helicopter across the Atlantic, to be his new home atop the Eyrie building in Manhattan.
The clan awakens, take names for themselves from their new city (except Goliath, who already has one), and are instantly embroiled in a plot by Xanatos to use them to his own evil ends - foiled by the friendship Goliath quickly makes with NYPD Detective Elisa Maza, who makes a point of being a much better guide for the gargoyles in this new city than the guy with the goatee who wants to use them to get around the law on his behalf.
It's a pretty great show with a strong central cast, epic mythic elements, strong Shakespearean influences, and villains who win, even when they lose. If nothing else, you should at least give it a look, as all the episodes are on youtube, right here.