The History of Gargoyles: Disney's Spookiest Series
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2019
- On this episode Dan covers the history of Disney's Gargoyles.
Spookier and darker than almost anything had done at the time, this 3 season animated series lasted only 78 episodes despite some big hopes.
But even with all that, this series still has a ton of fans to this day that hope to someday see the Gargoyles return.
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"Part Beauty and the Beast, part Batman," is the best description of this show I've ever heard!
If the 'Beauty and the Beast' he's referring to is the 80s series with Ron Pearlman and Linda Hamilton, then yeah perfect!
@@michaelkrull3331 Other than the Disney animated movie, is there another that he could be referring to?
@DargonHuman he could have been refering to the live action version made within the last couple of years. Check it out. Then again; nothing imo beats the first live action version.
@Dargonhuman
@@bat508 Nope, that one doesn't count.
"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear, it was the age of Gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken and we live again! We are defenders of the night, we are Gargoyles!"
Omfg 🥺 . . . Memories . . .
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/CjI0TdvVbqI/видео.html
DAAAAMM.... DADADADA....DAAAA..... DADADAMMMM
One of the best intros of all time, hands down.
@@Omegaroth666 So true.
The voice acting in this show was some of the absolute best you'll find in cartoons. If a remake/reboot is ever greenlit, nobody will ever beat Keith David as Goliath. I'm sure whoever is cast would do a great job, but Keith IS Goliath.
It wouldn't be a problem if they make a direct sequel and have the original cast back.
Its all STAR TREK PEOPLE guys lmao
@@Puckanm So? They're all supremely talented actors in their own rights, so why would that be a problem?
Guzwar Keith David has expressed interest in being Goliath in future, it was over of his favorite roles 💜
What you mean is David, is Goliath
"The spell is broken, and we live again!"
Still gives me chills. Such an awesome series.
This series in its uncut entirety alone would make Disney+ worth the subscription.
The fact that it would also come with X-Men TAS, Spider-Man TAS, Darkwing Duck, Ducktales, and so many other classic Saturday morning and after school staples of the 90's makes it an even better deal.
Keith David's voice is absolutely phenomenal.
"Angel of the Night!"
Gargoyles: Doing a better job than public schools of teaching kids Shakespeare, since 1994.
Lion king did a good job
Michael Mack Gargoyles > Lion King
@@206beastman Lion King teaches the overall structure of strictly Hamlet, gives kids a good familiarity for when they do learn Hamlet.
Meanwhile with Gargoyles, they may have changed up the plots a good bit with additions of the Gargoyles characters and plot but it gave me a more wider understanding of Shakespearean themes and outright character names. It also gave me faces to put to the names when reading about Oberon, Titania and Pick in Midsummer Dream, MacBeth and the weird Sisters and so on. It also gave me a sort of "oh my gosh, I KNOW these characters! They were in my favorite show!"
But at the end of the day, Wishbone>Anything Disney for teaching about ANY literary work or tale.
There was also that episode in which Hudson learns read.
When I finally actually read Macbeth, I didn't understand why the story of Macbeth and Duncan's conflict was so different. :D
“Blocks not included” was the bane of my existence as a child. All I wanted was the blocks like in the commercials so I could build walls my toys could destroy. Was that so much to ask for?
Think of the fortune that could have been made by a company that sold the "blocks not included" blocks. Missed opportunity.
Maybe Toy Galaxy could do a show about the set and prop making for toy commercials?
I will never forget my jaw dropping in reaction to the Owen revelation. What great world building and continuity use for a "children's" show.
I was more surprised at both the Fox/Renard family link to Oberon and Titania and the Macbeth actually welding Excalibur after winning a fair fight against King Arthur Pendragon!
A bunch of satanists ,they can all go to sheol .
As someone who finished Gargoyles only a week ago, I relate to this. 😂
I was more shocked that this show actually had a gun PSA episode that wasn’t preachy and was actually a really good episode!
"Avalon doesn't take you where you want to go. Avalon sends you where you need to be."
"What do you mean, where we NEED to be?"
I wish Gargoyles had continued. I found it so interesting and I loved how they would incorporate other legendary gods or creatures into the story.
Comics it continue
FINALLY! Best thing disney did in the 90s
Darkwing duck is asking if u want to get dangerous?
Goof troop and a goofey movie was dope
*Laughs in recess*
Wake up you boob,this crap is pure evil. Disney was a mason sicko!
For the longest time, I called it "the last thing Disney did right." And then they got their act together.
This series blew me away when I first saw it. Still get chills when I hear the intro.
"But you didn't talk about the Goliath Chron..."
"Shhh....nobody talks about that"
Season 3. Not canon, as per Greg Weisman ;)
@@snukastyle That's the joke
Gargoyles was far ahead of it's time. What a gem. You should do a vid on "Swat kats"
I would LOVE to see some Swat Kats!
Unfortunately, they didn't have a massive toy presence. And Hanna-Barbara seems like they want to bury it.
I agree, seems like they were reluctant to push the show. Apparently because of it's supposed "violent " content. The show would fit in with modern society quite well, if handled by the right team.
Dude I remember how Swat Kats and Mighty Max had absolutely *NO MERCY* for a spoor victim schmuck at the start of their episodes.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio actually its getting a reboot and theres a. RUclips channel from the original creator! Google it i promise!!!!!!!!!!
One of the greatest cartoons ever made.
This and Exosquad. Serious adult material. Buried in a kids cartoon.
This. I was too young for them. Rewatching them in my 30s, there are a lot more of these cartoons I enjoyed.
Chad Bradley hell yes. Two of my three favorite animated series of all time
IKR? Grant you I was in HS when Exo-Squad was on, it was one of my top four favorite cartoons (others being Batman, X-Men, and the ABC version of Sonic the Hedgehog). Gargoyles came on at 6:30 AM on our Fox affiliate channel when I was in college. Not going to lie, I would get up to watch Sailor Moon at 6:00 AM (on another channel) followed by Gargoyles at 6:30 to "ahem" re-charge my Y Chromosomes. And then go eat breakfast and attend an "educational institution" where everyone else my age just wanted to go to class and then go drink beer on the weekends #oddmanout
I agree! Also mighty max had some serious philosophy and reflections on being a hero
And Spiral Zone and Captain Power. I understand J. Michael Strazinski did some writing for them.
Gargoyles taught me, as a small... small child, that bullets can ricochet off bone upon entering the body.
#ThanksDisney
I learned about surgery from "Gettysburg". Cry me a river.
That was such a powerful episode that showed the true danger of guns. Ironically the episode later got pulled from rotation because it was considered too violent.
It really depends upon the caliber and loading. Lighter mass projectiles can be deflected quite easily, but stouter bullets are known to bust right through bone like a freight train. Those who know go big. Lightweight is just too unpredictable. In the words of Bruce Wayne, "It just raises too many questions."
Disney is no longer doing this good stuff anymore.
Gargoyles came out at a time when I was becoming an angsty teen 'too old' for cartoons. Even then I didn't care, watched it all!
Same here lol...
I was already 22 by it's air date. But I loved it.
glad I never went through such a stupid phase
One is never too old for animation
Original content, remember those days...
Gargoyles is one of the few '90's cartoons' that actually aged well. While I am still of the firm belief that the 80's & 90's were a Golden Age of cartoons, and far, FAR better than most of the drek on kids TV nowadays, I also recognize that there's a certain amount of 'nostalgia glasses' going on when I think back to them. That said, Gargoyles really IS just as good today as it was back then, and it totally holds up upon rewatching.
Thanks for this review. It made my inner little kid really happy. :)
Agreed.Gargoyles still holds up today and it's aged well,which I think should always be a goal for any TV show,movie,book,comic,etc-that it still holds up years into the future.I also agree that the 80s and 90s were a Golden Age of cartoons!
I always say that I feel sorry for the kids of today because they won't get to grow up with the great cartoons that many of us did!
But at the same time,with DVDs,streaming and the internet,parents can still expose their kids to the great cartoons(and animated movies) of the 80s and 90s. That's pretty much what my brother and his wife are doing with their kids.
I love your use of Dreck
Gargoyles - "boldly go where no Statue has gone before"
HA! Someone should tweet that to Jonathan Frakes or Mariana Sirtis.
Yes! Finally! Gargoyles! One of the best series in all animated history. It’s up there with Avatar: The Last Airbender and Batman: The Animated Series as groundbreaking animation that changed people’s lives. I know it had a huge impact on mine.
@JD Gust of Wind Dance Watch the whole series before you knock it. I was skeptical at first too, but I genuinely enjoyed watching the whole series to the end.
JD Gust of Wind Dance
But you haven't watched it
Ludwig von Schinken
Season 3 of Gargoyles was called “The Goliath Chronicles” which creator Greg Weisman wasn’t involved with and isn’t considered canon by him or fans. There were major changes with the production with different animators who were not familiar with the first two seasons and did not have enough time to properly prepare for.
Weisman said he didn’t do season 3 because he wasn’t given enough time to do it the way how he wanted it. The team that took over weren’t given much time either. They also made major alterations to the story outlines Weisman provided for season 3.
Ludwig von Schinken
My pleasure. 😉
Gargoyles is also up there with Exo-Squad.
Xanatos: "Don't disappoint me."
Goliath: "What if I do? What if I turn out to be nothing more than a stone statue? What if it turns out that all this money that you've spent moving my castle, stone by stone and statue by statue, from the Scottish countryside to the top of this tower in Manhattan is wasted? What exactly do you plan to do about it?"
That would have sucked, wouldn’t it? I can hear Owen now: “It would appear, sir, that you have wasted a buttload of money on this project.”
@@veelalynne Xanatos: "Oh, I don't know about that, Owen. I now have the most impressive bespoke skyscraper in the world. The publicity from this little venture has already paid for itself. And best of all, the Illuminati now think I'm a fool who throws away his money on vanity projects. Which means they'll underestimate me. All in all, I'd say I still have the edge."
@@SchrodingersTransCat I heard that in his voice. Bravo!
Gargoyles, aka Star Trek: The Next Generation cast reunion.
Ha! Ha!
People have pointed that out before. I wonder why Patrick Stewart never did any voice-acting for a role on the show? Just about everyone else from Star Trek did.
@@JR-ju3kj He was busy with Pagemater with Whoopi Goldberg.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0110763/
@@CDRiley Honestly, I thought Patrick Stewart would have been a great VA for MacBeth.
Satanism ,you boob.wake the hell up .
@@Elly3981 from what i remember reading he was to do MacBeth. but scheduling issues made it so he couldn't
Gargoyles- the truly great show to showcase prejudice, love, betrayal, loss, Shakespeare, folklore, myth and legends. Why can't we get shows like this anymore?!
Rewatched it a few years ago, still holds up. Made a whole homebrew player race for my D&D games based on it.
I want modern, articulated Gargoyles action figures so badly...
We need SH Figuarts to get on that.
Maybe even live robots and dont forget the Magus and princess Cathrine.
@@eyesofthefox I could also see Yamaguchi at Revoltech making some REALLY dynamic stylized sculpts that really work with Gargoyles. His Venom was amazing.
But that would only work for the Gargoyles themselves and not the other characters, which admittedly ANY of the Japanese companies would likely only put out one to two characters in the first place so not like it matters who does it. So long as it ain't Squenix's two over priced lines.
I want a reboot.
Funny thing is I'd be after the humans first and foremost before the Gargoyles. While they did make Xanatos, Elisa, & Mcbeth, they hardly looked anything like their character models.
*"What could be strong enough to leave claw marks in solid stone?"* ... Elisa Maza episode 1.
Jason Canmore: What could be strong enough to leave claw marks in solid steel?
Hunter’s Moon Part II.
Daniel Moorefield 💓💓💓💓 That was a perfect end-cap for the series... brought us back to episode 1.👍👍👍👍
I can't believe he didn't talk about Elisa. She was such a huge part of the series. Demona as well.
@@pollyrg97 I was a fan of Demona since she kicked Elisa's butt in theepisode "high noon" in human form.
How strong you have to be to do that ?
Ah, Goliath's immortal catchphrase: "Adios, Xanatos!"
Jalapena...
“I’ve been denied everything… EVEN MY REVENGE!”
Many people died in the City of Stone 4-part episode which featured gargoyle villainess Demona at her worst.
David Xantos is just an evil Tony Stark...AND WE LOVE HIM!!!!
IKR
An evil Willam Riker you mean
@@amtraklover woudn't that be Thomas Riker?
Not sure I'd go as far as "evil". He was morally grey. And yes, lovable. As all magnificent bastards should be.
@@StergiosMekras to me he was truly evil when he mutated Elisas brother. That was horrible. Outside of that, he's truly enjoyable!
Gargoyles is actually one of my deciding factors in getting Disney+. I can't wait to see my kids' reactions. I have the DVD's. But, they are in storage somewhere and I haven't seen them in months.
I was only half reading this comment and I thought it said I haven't seen my kids in months they're in storage somewhere
Did this actually end up on Disney+? I looked for it the other day and couldn't find it. They don't exactly have that much content, so it doesn't really make sense to take something off.
@@Shin_Lona Odd that you can't find it. It was the first thing I put in my watch list. I just did a search on my app and it's all there. (Even that terrible third season)
@@jcope3886 I'll check again the next time I get on. I also have it on disc, so it isn't that big of a deal - I just made a point to look for it and didn't see it on there. That and the Ewok movies 😆. But yeah, the 3rd season kinda went off the tracks.
I have the box set, but also ended up buying the series on google play. Disney Plus is nice, but disney has a habit of hiding shows away for no reason.
How many shows can say that the sequel comics ARE canon, while the actual third season aired on TV isn't really canonical.
I gotta go find those comics now . . .
They are expensive good luck
I used to like this show a lot back in the day along with Batman: The Animated Series.
The original story was very mature and complex. This would definetely make a great movie. It will feel fresh, too.
We need a gargoyle movie who agrees with me
Heck yes
Everybody who’s seen Gargoyles knows this needs to happen. Preferably before we ALL turn to stone
There is a Gargoyles out, it's called Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
@@user-ps4lx8qq2c I know, it came out in the 90s. I want them (Disney) to do a live action movie On the cartoon Disney’s gargoyles.
@@the4thtribe709 Don't think Disney would make a good movie of Gargoyles now, let alone a live action one. Also the way you worded your comment it sounded like you missed the part about the movie that was made.
Well, now I know why Star Wars Rebels was so good.
Precisely! He named plenty of good shows he was involved in.
Same for spectacular spider man
Wow now I must to watch Star Wars Rebels.
@@Lasershadow It's no where near as good as Gargoyles or Star Wars The Clone Wars, but it's still good.
Demona was one of my childhood crushes.
I was love with her daughter Angela.
I blame my love of red heads on Demona and Jessica Rabbit
I knew the show had a great voice cast, but that “group shot” - and a trip to IMDB - really brought it home. Damn.
Haven’t clicked on a video quicker. Also, love seeing that classic Joe Madureira comic book cover in there. Great stuff as always!
Laser disk!? 😱 Aint heard those words together in years.
This was one of the best toy lines. It looked like the show and that was a huge deal. So often toy lines werent reflective of the character models and looked nothing like the show, but these were the spitting images so to speak. Such a great show and toy line.
"these were the spitting images"
*me squinting hard not to see Brooklyn as a toucan*
Sadly, I don't think there will never be another series like Gargoyles. It's a strange, different world now, much like the world the gargoyles awaken to after their curse was lifted.
The air of SJWs and Political Correctness certainly stifles creativity....
We had creative shows like Gravity Falls and Over the Garden Wall. People will just hate modern cartoons even when there's been good stuff.
This show is my childhood. I would watch it all of the time and own the whole season on disc. I Love It So Much
all i remember about the show was "jalapenos!!"
If I remember right that "Jalapenos!!" was something Keith David would say and the show writers put it into the show.
Gargoyles and Nightmare Before Christmas were the two shows which influenced my decision to go to art school
Did you graduate from art school
@@locolopez75 unfortunately no.
Id love to see that Dark Art
It's basically kind of an attempt to be more Batman than Batman by making the show about a family of Man-Bats.
There was a lot of influence from Batman on Gargoyles.It was as dark as you could possibly make a children 's cartoon and it was also very mature,too, for it's intended audience.I'm sure some of the content and themes went right over the heads of many of the younger viewers.
A great animated series and it was ahead of it's time!
I cannot express how much I loved this show when I was a kid and I still love it today. I really wish Disney would pick up this hidden gem again and do something with it (no live action film please XD).
This was absolutely one of my favorite shows as a kid, and so was Batman TAS, Star Trek. Knowing there was so much crossover, I guess it only makes sense. Add in that I watched every episode of the 80s Beauty & The Beast with my mom, and it was like this show was tailored made for my family’s interests.
I think it was great, because unlike other shows it didn’t talk down to kids. It gave full planned out stories and didn’t have to be a one episode one off like so many other animated shows. Each episode led into the next and kept you coming back to find out what happened next. Great show. Great storytelling. AMAZING cast!
Really did like Gargoyles, and was so out of character for Disney I think that made me like it more. Preordered Disney+ for the kids, but with the addition of Gargoyles and Star Wars it is starting to be something I will like more than them...
Gargoyles was absolutely formative for me as a kid. There will definitely be a rewatch happening once Disney+ is up.
Is it me, or the toyline's slogan "When Gargoyles are alive, evil can't survive!" sound really badass?
I am currently revisiting this cartoon on Disney+ and I'm loving this cartoon. I never realized that there were so many people from Star Trek The Next Generation who voiced characters on this cartoon.
God, I loved Gargoyles! The writing, the plots, the twists, the character development, and the voice acting was all Extraordinary!
12+ miznits of Gargoyles history... equals entertaining! Thanks Toy Galaxy!
You can't have more than one Mizzet, he's legendary... mythicspoiler.com/grn/cards/nivmizzetparun.html
I'm always going to love that Brent Spiner voiced Puck. Because of course Lore is going to love screwing around with the crew of the Star Trek Enterprise.
DUDE.... I have not thought about this since i saw it when i was a wee boy. Man i gotta download it.
I'm just going to like the video before I even watch it...cause it's Toy Galaxy and Gargoyles!
Instead of rebooting this, something that deserves it, they are rebooting Robin Hood...again.. Disney is just stupid.
Yes, but odds are that if they reboot it they'll screw it up (remember that so-called third season, and beware).
Let me guess...they are rebooting Robin Hood with a real CGI fox?
My siblings and I rarely agree on anything pop culture related. Gargoyles was one of the few shows we all watched and enjoyed together. Toon Disney aired two episodes every weeknight for a couple years in the very early 2000s and we watched the whole series several times that way.
I still have no idea how we ended up doing that. We all just kind of spontaneously sat down every night and watched it at the same time. To me, that illustrates just how good this show is.
I LOVED the art style and the story was great too.
Interesting fact about the "movie". It actually contains a couple of scenes (a few second here and there) that weren't in the series.
You left out Avery Brooks! My favorite Star Trek Captain is marginalized once again!
Me and my sister love this show. Glad I got the collection on DVD.
Thank you guys for making this video, Gargoyles is my all time favourite show, gone but not forgotten. :)
Wait this isn't a mini doc on the history of Gothic architecture?
Brooklyn is still my favorite ...I really want to see The Timedancer Series come to screen :)
Phoenix Gate returned.
Loved Brooklyn but hated the Timedancer idea. It sounded too much like Quantum Leap. That, and as a rabid Brooklyn fan girl, I didn’t want to see him marry someone other than my own Mary Sue character.
And on the 25th anniversary of it first airing. From a fan to a fan. Thank you.
My wife and I watch this before bed it's still one of our favorite series to re-watch.
I love the Gargoyles one of my favorites 90s cartoons.
Las Gargolas
Correction Gargoyles only ran 2 seasons. The Goliath Chronicles doesn't count, except for the first episode.
@@____________838 season 3 aka The Goliath Chronicles was really bad except for the first episode. The canon comic continuation even jumps off from that episode and ignores the rest of the season.
One of my favorite shows, partly because I grew up loving Star Trek TNG, so the voice cast was a bonus.
Man, the level of effort that you put into this speaks for itself. Awesome job Sir.
I only read Shakespeare because of Gargoyles. I would love an official third season.
damn, all they needed was Patrick Stewart and they'd have the full cast of TNG
Just wanted to say I really enjoy the channel. You and the team do a fantastic job. Thank you You Galaxy
Thank you for not only another great episode but a wonderful birthday present!
I strongly remember that Gargoyle's toy commercial and even have that Xanatos (somewhere) and I also remeber that lunch box (I didn't had it but I saw it a million times at a store).
Thanks.
can't leave out young justice.
I loved this show!!!! A great part of my youth!!!!!!🔥👍🏿🔥
Another outstanding video essay! Thank you for covering such an indelible animated series!
Honestly, this could be a fantastic live-action series.
Or a fantastic live-action movie.
Disney and Marvel should make a live action movie and a reboot of the series
The scariest of the disney afternoon programming :-D
I wasn't really allowed to watch gargoyles for two reasons: first cause I had karate practice at the time it was on and second my mom thought they look like demons and didn't want me to watch it!
(I would catch a couple of episodes though lol)
I would pray for your childhood, but that seems to be where it went wrong in the first place.
Ironic the point of the show was to not judge a book by its cover, and the humans in the show feared the gargoyles simply because they looked like monsters
Ah what a jab to reality this show.
spooky? no. mature? YES! and as long as demona is in the episode: ITS FABULOUS
Loved watching this as a kid in the 90's we were blessed with so many great shows. Im glad i was born when i was so i could enjoy them all when i did.
Best animated show of the 90's
Gargoyles is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to Disney+ next month.
This was the greatest Disney TV cartoon ever made. Keith David as Goliath with Martina Sirtis as Demona and Jonathan Frakes as Xanatos were just incredible in their roles.
This is the best thing on the internet. Love it!
God I miss gargoyles. I might get Disney plus just to re-watch that series. Damn it Disney. You're going to get my money
I love how you indirectly classified The Goliath Chronicles as not canon.
Don't get me wrong. While there are some interesting concepts, The Goliath Chronicles sucks.
I remember loving the idea of the clones...and then there was Delilah...the perfect blend of the two women Goliath loved. Where, oh where were they gonna go with that one, I thought as I waited for season three with bated breath. Season three finally arrives and they kill her off along with the rest of the clones in the laziest, grossest way imaginable. Screw you, Goliath Chronicles. Screw you.
Love this detailed description!! 😭
Finally! One of the greatest shows. Loved hearing the voices of some Trek faves. So unassumingly Disney in many ways.
Why is this guy so dam hot dam. I'm just trying to watch the gargoyles history video 😂
It’s to bad Disney forgot how to make a good show, and what a show it was.
Not really; there's Ducktales 2017.
I absolutely loved this series and still have the VHS box set of the movie, which doubled as a board game.
I loved Gargoyles! That was a great series. Good video, guys. Lots of cool info.
What kind of person would marry a Gargoyle? A Garboy! :D
Sean Cwilich Garboyle*
Hey Disney, how about a live action / cg movie people actually wanna see?
Live action Gargoyles ?
Im good on that.
I still watch an episode every once an awhile. It still holds up. And I love the main characters voice.
Same here.I still go back and watch the old episodes whenever I feel like it and have the time to do it. Like you said,the show still holds up!
I always say that that should be a goal for anyone who makes(or will make in the future)a TV show,movie,book,comic book and so on-that it should hold up years into the future. Obviously,anything current and from the present will eventually become the past because time never stops moving and marching forward and by setting itself in the then-present,1994,I guess that's really the only way that the show dates itself.
But other than that, for a show that debuted 27 years ago(and I'm guessing actual work and production on the show probably started in 1993 or even 1992,considering how much hard work it is to do animation and how long it takes to do animation),the show still holds up really well and doesn't feel dated at all.
Hard to believe it was 27 years ago! Man! I feel old! Ha! Ha!
I can't remember all the names of those involved. All I know is that this is a masterpiece and is timeless. It's 2022, and my little kids and I are watching it on RUclips and it keeps them occupied enough for me to do chores undisturbed. It's our go to cartoon when we can't agree on what else to watch.