Me: wrapped in a large towel over my shoulders & walking on my toes, "One thousand years ago...Superstition and the sword ruled..."

This show is the equivalent of a vintage leather jacket: Old in style but still plenty badass looking.

"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!"

The creators, from what I've heard, are trying to revive the series.

Aside from Darkwing Duck This was my favorite Disney show

I'm still annoyed Patrick Stewart never joined the Trekie cast of voice actors on this show. He actually had a Shakespearian background so it would have been perfect.

I still love Xanatos’ ability to create these perfect schemes where he always comes out ahead, making him a Lex Luthor’s Lex Luthor. Hell, he’s even the trope namer for creating a no-lose scenario. Xanatos was also the last name of my junior high principal, which was trippy AF.

"I've been denied everything, my revenge!" This line from Goliath during the first arc still gets me every time.

Out of all the Disney tv shows, I would love to see this one brought back.

Kid Me: "Meh, not my thing." Adult Me: *"OMG!!!! THIS IS THE GREATEST F#$KING SHOW EVER!!!! LONG LIVE GARGOYLES!!!!"*

I used to watch this show on channel 7 after school, and now I’m watching this on Disney+, it holds up really well!

One of the greatest shows of all time

"Who do we cast for this Gargoyles show?" "........What's the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation doing?"

I hope Disney+ funds a new season and lets Greg Wiseman do it the way he wants to do it.

Gargoyles is one of my all time favorite shows to this day! I'd say this and X-Men Evolution are the two best cartoons ever made!

Gargoyles started airing when I was in high school, but I didn't care. I loved it.

Xanatos was such a great Villain that he give name to two big Tv Tropes, the "Xanatos Gambit" and the "Xanatos Speed Chess"

I remember this. At one point they revive King Arthur on the island of Avolon. Together with Goliath's daughter he fights against Macbeth and Demona who were magically controlled by... and then you had Goliath and his daughter time-traveling... Oberon and Titania... Xanatos marrying that actress who... and the butler secretly being... There was SO MUCH going on in that show!

Honestly, if Gargoyles came back as it's own Netflix show I'd be down for that 100%

Jordan Peele, director of, “Get Out” and “Us,” is interested to do a live-action, 🎞, based on the show.

I loved gargoyles when I was a kid. This was MY Saturday morning cartoon and now thanks to the age of digital streaming, I can relive some of the nostalgia I loved 20 years ago.

We loved this show at my school, my HIGH SCHOOL! This show had rather mature and at times complex story arcs. They did storytelling in long arcs where as most shows were 22 minutes in a bow and no surprise that fans of this show embraced anime when it crossed the pond. The last season was definitely phoning it in and there was a whiff of trying to cash in on a toy line before the gravy train derailed, but this is a series that stands up to re-watching even as the original audience has grown up.

Once I get Disney+ This will Definitely be on my Watch List

A highly underrated, forgotten timeless classic!

With all the Trekkie actors in this show, my sister and I always joke that Gargoyles was just a long, elaborate Holodeck simulation they were all doing together.

Kingdom Hearts NEEDS a Gargoyles World. Get on it, Disney/Square!

My favorite episodes were the ones with the Fae (Oberon and his children) especially Puck, whenever you saw him you knew there was going to be some fun

I've been denied _everything!_ Even my *revenge!* Keith David's Goliath is f'ing incredible.

Keith Davis..... most BADASS voice ever!!

I love this show. See Disney? You CAN do something new and creative in response to another IP without having to buy them out and ruin the IP you bought.

Really, this is the kind of thing that really must be watched to truly understand the hype - it is amazing

It’s always funny to see how the quality in animation and art diminished as the series went along..... season 1 is beautiful to look at

The main reason we all signed up for Disney+

"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."

I couldn't get enough of this show when I was a kid! I had everything from Gargoyle themed clothes, coloring books, the old style hand held games, even bed sheets! Sadly all that stuff faded over time, but I never stopped loving the show and if the intro music doesn't send chills up your spine, I don't know what will! :D

Loved this show! Still do! It's one of my top 10 things that influenced me from my childhood!

From the bottom of my heart, thanks for defending season 3.

I screamed when this was in my recommended, I’ve been waiting for this video for years. I’m so glad Gargoyles is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

I can easily admit Demona was one of my biggest childhood crushes.

This is my favorite Disney show of all time. None of the others can beat the story and the character development that went into this. I watched it again a couple of years ago and enjoyed it just as much, maybe even more so, as when I was a kid watching it in the 90s. There's so much mythology and Shakespearean lore woven into it so skillfully, and every character is so fleshed out. I will always recommend this show to anyone that hasn't seen it, and I hope Disney can make another awesome series like it in the future.

This is my favorite tv show ever. I´m beyond happy a lot of people are discovering (or re-discovering) it on Disney+. I really hope there´s a revival because Gargoyles´creator Greg Weisman has a lot of plans for the series #KeepBingingGargoyles

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!

This came out when I was 9. This and batman was my obsession. I would really be cool with a reboot of this. Disney has been doing really well with their shows lately.

To me this is Disney's best adult but still kidish show EVER!!!

Wow, what coincidental timing! I just started re-watching this series last night because it's one of my favourites from that era of Disney.

First two seasons, amazing, the gold standard of what a show for kids and adults can be. I love the use of shakespeare, mythology, and drama. Favorite episodes: the one with Puck, Fox turning into the monster, and the ones about Macbeth and Demona's past. Macbeth is a prime example of how you write I think, a great anti-hero. I mean you look at the episode King Arthur comes to New York to find excalibur and after fighting Macbeth, Arthur still treats him as the noble king he once was.

This will forever be a top tier cartoon

Fun tidbit: Greg Weisman, the creator of Gargoyles, actually has a continuation of the series in comic form. It gets even more deep and dark, but you need to keep in mind that all of the tv episodes after S3E1 are not canon.

Disney's most epic cartoon yet .

So glad you went into more detail of Gargoyles. This was a huge favorite of mine when I was a kid and recently rewatched the first two seasons and they for sure hold up.

This was my favorite show as a child. Even to the point that my mother let me name my baby sister Alisa after the detective. ( Also, I was six and didn't realize the character is spelled Elisa.)

This was one of the many things that made the 90s cool. Could easily fit in this day and age, too.

my family has owned a vhs complete collection of Gargoyles my entire life, but i’ve never had the urge to watch this show until this video. Thank you!

Gargoyles was a gem growing up in the 90s. funny i dont remember much of season 3.

I binged watched this show on Disney Plus and it was great, This show was a head of it's time and I'm glad I watched it.

Those trumpets in the intro is absolutely perfect.

Gargoyles was my show when I was a kid. I stayed up to watch it late at night because I wasn't able to when it was on earlier in the day. It was so good. Seeing Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck on Disney Plus just took me back to my early childhood like nothing has before.

Funny, I was literally thinking about this show and wrote a note reminded myself towatch it again and then doug uploads this a few seconds after .

The plot of the show reminds me a lot like Highlander.

Hell yes. This was the absolute best show in the 90s. Got all my nieces and nephews watching it now.

I didn't even know there WAS a 3rd season, but if it was after moving to another network then that could explain why I just didn't know at the time.

Just announce Gargoyles live action on Disney+ But really I love this show and I've started to rewatch it.

Gargoyles is like cheese it only gets better with age

0:15 1994 oh hasher plots more serious voice acting0:30 sneaking it in in between School0:43 stand to the test of time, own unique thing , impressive show1:16 this idea and visual alone1:41 which in that time period seems pretty unlikely1:47 Goliath1:58 architectural design2:05 a strong friendship2:16 are not quite what they expect them to be2:20 mouthful2:30 episodic ,new territory2:58 very good at holding your hand walking you through it3:11 only gets better and better the more you watch it , animation is really good ,it wasn't always consistent though , and it can come across a little awkward , that's a rarity usually it's done superbly3:36 amazing voice cast3:52 they're so good you kind of don't care anymore, any so many Seasons because they were so Charming4:12 for the most part4:21 not as good as the other seasons4:42 wonder what th-is representing4:56 which a lot of fans didn't like5:06what is the character was normal plotlines we seen a million times and a million other , it goes a little goofy and a little different5:25 big focus of the show as long as we don't lose that and we like the characters enough I think it's alright5:43 it's engaging imaginative dramatic, see return to

Sadly, there is nothing more I can add. Gargoyles is great. If you haven't seen it. Watch it. If you have enjoy watching it again. One of my favorite scenes was in Gathering Part 4. Goliath turns to stone and Elisa has to take on a team of mercs to protect him. The whole scene was intense and afterward you know Elisa is a perfect match for Goliath and crew. She can throw down with the best of them. She's no April O'Neill, she'll bust you up.

I recently found the show and I love it

I remember looking forward to new episodes everyday after school in 97-98, and this is one of the few cartoons my dad appreciated enough to record from TV to watch. Such a good show! It might as well be a Shakespeare introduction course.

Loved this show as a kid! Great story and kick ass intro music. I need to watch it again.

This is such an underrated series! Thank you sooo much for giving it attention!

2:48 that shot is incredible.

I’ve fallen in love with this series and I have been binge watching it on Disney plus UGHHH such a slept on

My brother was Rob's same age when the show came on and he didn't deny watching it. He liked intelligent shows, hell, he even watched the Gummi Bears and said it was more intelligent than many cartoons on at that time. He watched Gargoyles more than I did and he followed the storylines as they appeared, just as you mentioned. I watched some, but he certainly told me about the episodes I didn't see. He was the first to notice that there were a lot of Trek stars (even Colm Meany and Kate Mulgrew) on the show. And, he agreed that they used those talents in an intelligent way. Even tho, he was a teenager and didn't care for the kind of thing, he still liked how well they had Goliath and Elisa dance around each other. He liked how Odin and Puck were the same person, but you didn't know that until later. Even the fact that MacBeth was a real person. Not forgeting character interaction between Demona and Angela. The fact that Goliath still sorta cared for Demona, but has no choice but to be the protagonist to her antagonist (while still having budding feelings for Elisa). And how Angela is in the middle of that, later. Anyway, if by the third season, you mean the Goliath Chronicles, I didn't watch it because the story had already started getting complicated with the stories of the past, like the appearance of MacBeth, the existence of Avalon, and such. But, my brother was going to continue to watch it since he was already a big fan. Until he saw that it had changed completely - and got worse because of it. In the previous season finale, Elisa had kissed Goliath as he was turning to stone, causing him to freeze in a surprised pose. It was an awesome ending to the season making you want to see the season premiere. For somebody he who had (and still has) no interest in romance and relationships, even he was disappointed by that the fact that It Was Never Mentioned, Again. Even I thought that didn't make sense. He said somebody else took over the show and changed it to their way. Anyway, after a few episodes my brother stopped watching it because of the changes. But, he to this day, he still says that Gargoyles was an excellent addition to Disney Afternoon and that he was glad to watch it every week (I think it was only on Fridays). Then he gladly told us all about it afterward - if he didn't manage to get me to watch it with him. If he did, he would update me on anything I missed before the episode was over. We do love to talk, after all!

I loved the show. It aired when I was an early teenager, just the right time to watch it. Watching this video, I realize that the animation and the art style have aged really well. As much as new seasons would be awesome, season 3, and all the recent remakes of 90's stuff make me think that it is best to leave this show in Nostlagia Land.

I really need to watch this show. I missed it when it came out and never came around to watching it since.

Amazed by the Star Trek connection. Also, putting an ancient castle on top of a skyscraper violates a butt-ton of zoning regulations.

Wonderful video!! Thank you for drawing attention to this beautiful series. #keepbingingGargoyles on Disney+ to get it properly renewed!!!

Greg Weisman who worked on this show went on to develop Young Justice, a really awesome show that focuses on the DC comics sidekicks, years later on. Surprisingly, Weisman was able to get a lot of the voice actors from Gargoyles to come back and voice a few awesome characters, especially the villains, in Young Justice. My favorites include Keith David (Goliath in Gargoyles) returning as Mongul; Thom Adcox (Lexington in Gargoyles) returning as Klarion; and Marina Sirtis (Demona in Gargoyles) as Queen Bee.

As soon as I got Disney+ I watched Gargoyles. Absolute favourite.

I hadn't given Disney + much thought, but my sister got the trial, so I checked it out & found all the 90's cartoons & Holy Crap they have EVERYTHING! Old Duck Tales, New Duck Tales, Darkwing, Quack Pack! & that's just some of the duck stuff! Dammit Disney you money making monstrosity...

I love gargoyles. * cry * FLY TO YOUR GARGOYLES! I love this show so much...

I got all the seasons they have released on dvd. Love the series. I'm glad I'm seeing more content creators talking more about it recently.

Bing Gargoyles on Disney plus and tweet about it! Be part of the movement to get Disney to continue the show!

Glad to see so many people on KZfaq talking about Gargoyles again 🙂

I keep hearing about this show from time-to-time, I was born on 2000 so I couldn't of experienced what was great in the 90s, all I know it was over the top. But this show was pretty vague, until I decided to watch it and I got hooked, and I'm still watching it.

I just watched all three seasons because I never got to finish it as a child. And oh my god I loved it, will always stand as one if my favorite childhood shows, I kind of hope they get a movie or something in the future

I agree with you Doug Walker because people made fun of other people when they found out those people playing video games, reading comic books and watching cartoons, but now it’s completely normal ever since I started cosplaying at 0:30.

I just did a rewatch of seasons 1 and 2, and the show really does hold up. I’d also add that the budding relationship between Goliath and Elisa is done beautifully. Gargoyles and Batman: TAS were and remain two of my favorite shows. And with Gargoyles… where else are you going to hear Michael Dorn and Keith David together? It’s glorious!

I would love to see a Gargoyles reboot. Ducktales has proved that Disney knows how to do cartoon reboots.

This came out 2 years before I graduated high school and I loved it.

Thank u for revisiting it Doug!

That „I mean, that’s gotta be better than what they’re returning to now“ made me laugh. I loved the Gargoyles! Maybe I should rewatch it... again.

There are times where I think Gargoyles needs more coverage and recognition, something that I think Disney+ will bring. I know that space is limited, but it'd be exciting to see a Gargoyles based world in Kingdom Hearts.

when people ask what i know Tim Curry from, its this cartoon

Dear Disney remakes: USE THIS AS YOUR NEXT SOURCE MATERIAL!!!

When I was a young kid, I didn't cared for this show, but before my teen years, I managed to see a re-run on TV. And I was like, "Wow, this show isn't actually too bad."

I remember Blameitonjorge and you talking about this show before. Those videos sure entertained!

I really used to enjoy this. I’ll have to rewatch it.

Yay! Just what I wanted for Christmas... Someone reviewing Gargoyles!

Really enjoying rewatching this on Disney Plus right now

My older cousin introduced this to me, We watched it every time I saw him, it’s a really good show!