Gargoyles (animated series)

:This article is about the animated series. For the stone statues, see gargoyle.

What could have been

Before the firing of most of the writers and producers of Gargoyles, there were plans to expand the universe with a series of spinoffs.

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• Timedancer -- A story about Brooklyn being caught by the wayward Phoenix Gate thrown into the time stream by Goliath. This spinoff would have detailed Brooklyn's forty year (20 years biologically for a gargoyle) journey through time while trying to catch the gate and return home to Manhattan. During his travels, he would have ended up in Xanadu, China where he picks up the gargoyle beast Fu-Dog, the future where he and Fu-Dog would have contributed to the fight against the Space-Spawn and also to feudal Japan where he would meet his future mate Katana. They would have eventually returned home to Manhattan just five minutes after his departure along with their children Nashville and Tachi, who would still be an egg. The spin-off would have also featured the enhanced Archmage and Calaban of Shakespeare's Tempest as antagonists and shown how Brooklyn, Puck, Mary and Finella helped Xanatos and Demona form their eventual alliance that would free the gargoyles from their stone sleep. (Note, katana and tachi are both types of Japanese sword.)
• Pendragon -- A spin-off series about King Arthur and the english Gargoyle Griff as they search for Arthur's mentor Merlin, the biological son of Oberon by a mortal woman. Along the way they would have clashed with the Illuminati and would have journeyed to such places as Tintagel (the birthplace of Arthur), Stonehenge and Antarctica in their search for Merlin. Eventually they would have found the wizard trapped in the Crystal Cave for more than a 1000 years and a fourth character, Blanchefleur, who would be the estranged wife of the Fisher King, would have also been introduced. Eventually Arthur would have also pursued the Holy Grail in the hands of Illuminati Leadership and at the end of his travels would haved founded the kingdom of New Camelot in Antarctica which would also become the site of a gargoyle clan.
• Gargoyles 2198 -- A future spinoff to the gargoyles series, this would have dealt with the Earth being invaded and occupied by the Space-Spawn, who would have kidnapped the newly formed gargoyle clan of Queen Florence Island along with the human and gargoyle leaders there and stolen the Master Matrix (the computer processor for much of the world and the weather control center of New Camelot) located in Antarctica. The primary characters were to be Samson, the descendent of Goliath through Angela and de-facto leader of the Manhattan clan, Delilah, presumably a clone of the gargoyle created by Sevarius, and Zafiro, a descendent of the Guatemala clan. They would have also been joined by Owen, incapable of transforming into Puck due to the fact that Alexander now the leader of the UN has been kidnapped by the Space-Spawn, Demona who is apparently still unredeemed, Nick Maza, a descendent of the adopted child of Goliath and Elisa and of the Natsilane family, a timedancing Brooklyn from the past accompanied by Fu-Dog, Nokkar of the N'Kai who has failed in his task of stopping the Space-Spawn from taking Earth along with two robots resembling Lexington who are now without guidance due to the fact that the Master Matrix was stolen. The team would have mainly dealt with the Space-Spawn and their proxies the Illuminati who have decided to turn collaborator and the Quarryman who blame the gargoyles for the invasion. The cast would have eventually be split with Nokkar, Demona, Nick Maza, Zafiro and one of the Lexington robots going into space to fight the Space-Spawn.
• New Olympians -- This would have dealt with the New Olympians and their relations with humans after they make contact with the United Nations. The main characters would have been Taurus (the minotaur security chief of New Olympus and the new ambassador to the human world), Talos (a New Olympian robot who advises the New Olympians due to the fact that he was built thousands of years ago in ancient Greece by Daedalus), Sphinx (a young New Olympian student) and Terry Chung (a human who stumbles upon New Olympus and precipitates the New Olympians into making contact with humanity). The New Olympians themselves would have been split into three factions made up of those who still fear humanity (Ekidna, Kiron, and one of Boreas' sons), those who want humanity to worship them again (Helios, Jove) and those who just want to co-exist (Taurus, Talos, Boreas).
• Dark Ages -- A prequel, this would have dealt with the original Wyvern Clan. It would have covered the time period before the creation of Castle Wyvern and would have ended with the massacre. This spinoff would have dealt with the developlment of Goliath, Demona, Hudson, Coldstone/Othello, Coldfire/Desdemona, Coldsteel/Iago, the Archmage, Prince Malcom, the Captain of the Guard and also Hudson's mate and daughter Hippolyta both of whom would have been killed by the end of the series.
• Bad Guys -- A series featuring former enemies of the Gargoyles joined together by the Director, an American public servant. The team would have been lead by Robyn Canmore, one of the hunters, and would have included Dingo, Matrix, Yama of the Ishimura Clan (exiled for what he did in Bushido) and Fang (one of the mutates of the gone estray). All of the team members would have been blackmailed into joining with Robyn and Dingo been wanted by law enforcement in America and Yama through the secret of his clan dwelling in Ishimura. The primary purpose of the team would have been to combat the Illuminati and would have also dealt with the various members redeeming themselves. There would have also been a romance between Dingo and Robyn whose descendents (the Monmouths) would be in conflict with the Castaways and the Quarryman in the future. Of the spin-offs, this was the only one that was almost made before being cancelled and a leica reel that was made is shown each year during the Gathering.
• Other Rumors -- Many other rumors have sprouted up about what the original creative team had in store for the immediate series. Though most have died out as simple rumors, a few have been picked up by the fan community and used in various fan fiction and art. One in particular was the recent announcement that one of the Gargoyles (specifically, Lexington) was intended to be homosexual and be revealed as such in a later episode. Considering the series' constant themes of diversity and tolerance, it is unknown how this revelation would have impacted it. Unsurprisingly, many from the Gargoyles and anthropomorphic fan community had already speculated on this fact before its announcement (based on the stereotypical assumptions given about the sexuality of a nearly all-male cast) and has been accepted as fanon up until it was made official by the creative team themselves.
• While these plans have not panned out so far, there have been fan fiction efforts to explore Pendragon, Timedancer, Bad Guys and Dark Ages.