Gargoyles, Season 1

Elisa Maza:
What could put claw marks in solid stone?

Tom:
I'm Tom. What's your name?

Olive-green gargoyle (Lexington):
Except for Goliath, we don't have names.

Tom:
How do you tell each other apart?

Olive-green gargoyle (Lexington):
We look different.

Tom:
But what do you call each other?

Red gargoyle (Brooklyn):
"Friend".

Goliath:
It is the nature of humankind to fear what they do not understand. Their ways are not our ways.

Brooklyn:
If they think we're beasts and monsters...

Lexington:
Then perhaps we better live up to the name.

Goliath:
Were there anymore down in the rookery?

Broadway (sadly):
None. Only us.

Goliath:
I've been denied everything... EVEN MY REVENGE!

David Xanatos:
Start hiring crews, I want to begin as soon as possible.

Owen Burnett:
It may prove difficult to find the necessary manpower. This castle has a bad reputation. The locals consider it haunted.

David Xanatos:
You know the answer to that, Owen. "Pay a man enough and he'll walk barefoot into Hell."

Gargoyle elder (Hudson):
What exactly does a "detective" do, lass?

Elisa Maza:
Well, when somebody does something wrong, I find out who and arrest them.

Goliath:
Who says what's wrong?

Elisa Maza:
Well, we have a justice system. Laws, penalties, assessments. But the people decide.

Goliath:
You mean the humans decide.

Hudson:
Must you humans name everything? Nothing's real to you 'til you've named it, given it limits.

Elisa Maza:
It's not like that. It's just that, well... uh... things need names.

Hudson:
Does the sky need a name? Does the river?

Elisa Maza:
The river's called the Hudson.

Hudson:
Fine, lass. Then I will be the Hudson as well.

Elisa Maza:
A good detective trusts no one.

Goliath:
That's one thing we have in common.

Brooklyn:
We should choose names too. Names that suit our new lives here.

Goliath:
Oh? And what might they be?

Brooklyn:
Mmmm... Brooklyn... I'm Brooklyn.

Broadway:
Broadway.

Lexington:
Lexington. Do you like it?

Goliath:
They're all fine names. I guess he'll need a one as well.

Brooklyn:
Oh, ho. I've got one for him too. From now on, you're Bronx!

Demona:
We've dreamed for a thousand years, Goliath. It's time for our dreams to come true.

Elisa Maza:
Listen, Goliath, we haven't know each other very long, and I know you don't have any good reason to trust humans... But you've got to trust somebody in this world. And I think you'd be better off with me than with Xanatos... You won't regret it.

Demona:
I have a name, too, Goliath. The humans gave it to me long ago. You should know it before you die. I am... Demona.

Broadway:
I wish I had time for a snack.

Lexington:
You just ate.

Broadway:
I know, Chinese food. It was good, too. But for some reason, an hour later, I was hungry again.

Elisa Maza:
I have to tell you, Mr. Burnett. I'm still surprised at being asked back seeing as how I busted your boss.

Owen Burnett:
Mr. Xanatos is not the sort to harbor a grudge, Detective Maza. And he wouldn't dream of denying you the opportunity to see your friends.

Goliath:
But welcome to our home, especially now that Xanatos has been defeated. And this castle is truly ours once more!

Elisa Maza:
That's what I wanted to talk you about. You know that Xanatos was only convicted of receiving stolen property.

Goliath:
Convicted?

Elisa Maza:
He was accused of that specific crime, and that's what he got sent to prison for. But he only got a six-month sentence, and we're lucky it wasn't suspended. His lawyers will probably get that time cut down. The point is, it's not safe here for you guys.

Goliath:
What are you saying?

Elisa Maza:
I'm saying you have to find a new place to sleep during the day, a new home, Goliath.

Elisa Maza:
[to Goliath] I think your head stays rock hard even at night.

Wolf:
When we took this job, we were promised fame money and action. I'm not complaining about the first two. But I could use more of third.

Wolf:
Birds gotta fly. Fish gotta swim. Wolves gotta hunt!

Wolf:
Well another day, another half-million dollars.

Goliath:
[Angrily] You let them see you?

Lexington:
Yeah. Yes I did. And why not? You made friends with Elisa.

Goliath:
That was different!

Lexington:
We can't hide from the whole world up here. There are kindred spirits out there for us, but we've gotta look for them, and we've gotta give them a chance, or else we'll always be alone.

[As Lexington and Goliath are pursued by the Pack]

Goliath:
I think they planned to do so from the moment they first met you.

Lexington:
But why? We're not their enemies! They're no more than animals!

Goliath:
Worse than that. An animal hunts because it's hungry. These hunters do it for sport.

Lexington:
I'm never trusting anyone again!!

Lexington:
I was so totally wrong!

Goliath:
No, Lexington. You were right. We can't hide from the world, we must live in it. We must search for allies, kindred spirits, and sometimes, we must take chances, like we did tonight. To do so otherwise is to remain forever alone.

Lexington:
It's nice to know there are still some heroes left.

Hudson:
Maybe we shouldn't believe everything we see on television.

Owen Burnett:
Everything was done as you stipulated, sir. The Cable TV was adjusted so that the only program the gargoyles could see was the Pack's. The Pack received a mysterious envelope of photographs, and reacted just as you predicted. A pity nothing else happened according to plan.

David Xanatos:
Oh, I wouldn't say that, Owen. Though they didn't know it was me, I created the Pack to be far more than a TV show. I had to see how good they were. And having underestimated Goliath once before, I had to see what he was capable of as well. All-in-all, I'd say the test was most informative.

Broadway:
Isn't it finished yet?

Brooklyn:
Come on. You've ridden one before.

Lexington:
You've ridden a horse before, could you build one from spare parts?

Brooklyn:
Oh, not good. Not good.

Demona:
Don't be afraid. I just want to talk.

Brooklyn:
Uh-huh? Yeah, last time we met, you just wanted to blow me away with a bazooka.

Demona:
That was then.

Brooklyn:
And this is goodbye. [Prepares to glide off]

Demona:
Wait, please! I'm sorry, Brooklyn. I know I shouldn't have shot at you. I was crazy with grief and rage. If you only knew what I've gone through for hundreds of years, dealing with the humans...

Brooklyn:
Hundreds of years. I thought you were under the sleep spell like we were.

Demona:
It's a long story. Centuries long. I'd like to tell you about it. If you'll let me.

Brooklyn:
I don't trust you, Demona.

Demona:
You don't know the depths to which humanity can sink, my young friend. But I do. Over the centuries, I've seen horrors that would blast your soul! Come let me show you what mankind is really like.

Brooklyn:
But not all humans are like that. Elisa is our friend.

Demona:
Perhaps the policewoman is the exception that proves the rule. But can she keep you safe from the rest of humanity? Only we can protect each other, Brooklyn. We must be united and strong. And willing to deal with the humans as they would deal with us! Goliath thinks we can hide amidst the humans and hope for their understanding. This is not possible.

Elisa Maza:
[after Goliath turns to stone] That's one way of avoiding a conversation.

Goliath:
Demona? So you did survive.

Demona:
I always survive.

Demona:
Goliath, destroy him! [Goliath doesn't move] I hold the book, you must obey me!

Brooklyn:
You hold the book, Demona. But I hold the spell! Goliath take her!

Demona:
[as she's fighting Goliath who's still under a spell] Even with no will of your own, you're a force to be reckoned with.

Brooklyn:
Any species that has you as a member can't be all bad.

Elisa Maza:
Thanks... I think.

Lexington:
Hey! What happened to the motorcycle?

Brooklyn:
Um... it... blew up.

Lexington:
Oh... WHAT?!

Hudson:
Movies, television, video games... These days, it's hard to tell what's real and what's not.

Elisa Maza:
Sooner or later you're gonna slip up, Tony, and when you do, I'll be there.

Tony Dracon:
Hey, I told you... I'm not the guy. And if I was the guy, you couldn't do anything about it. In fact, if I were to tell one of my associates here to sell off some... merchandise to raise some operating capital, you couldn't do anything about that either. Face it, sugar... You got nothing.

Broadway:
Sorry, my fault. I was playing with the gun. Stupid of me. Hope I didn't break anything... Elisa? [Finds Elisa lying on the floor bleeding from a gunshot wound] No!

Owen Burnett:
[As the sun's about to rise] I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.

Goliath:
[About to turn to stone] What is it? Speak quickly now!

Owen Burnett:
Your friend, Elisa Maza, has been shot. They're not sure if she'll surive.

Goliath:
Keep fighting, Elisa. Don't give up. Come back to us. Know that I will finish what you started. I will find the man who did this to you, and I will make him pay!

Broadway:
(taking a gun from a crook) What's this? A new kind of gun? A NEW WAY TO KILL PEOPLE?!

Owen Burnett:
Mr. Xanatos isn't going to like this...

Goliath:
I'll be happy to discuss the matter with him.

Goliath:
we have lost our clan, our world, even our time! This castle is all we have left and we will not abandon it.

Elisa Maza:
Read my lips, you're not safe here!

Owen Burnett:
Mr. MacBeth, Mr. Xanatos hired you to fumigate his castle, not destroy it.

Brooklyn:
Who is this Macbeth, anyway?

Lexington:
The name sounds familiar- Wait, I remember: Goliath was talking about a play called Macbeth, by some new writer, named Shakespeare.

Brooklyn:
Ever read it?

Lexington:
No.

Brooklyn:
Maybe we should.

Brooklyn:
[Pokes cage] Ouch. [Pokes cage again] Ouch.

Lexington:
How many times are you going to try that?

Brooklyn:
Until you find a way to get us out of this.

Brooklyn:
[Pokes cage again] Ouch. [Pokes cage again] Ouch. Hey, you know, I'm getting tired of this.

Lexington:
Did you just see how the lights dimmed when you did that?

Brooklyn:
Oh, sorry, no, I was too busy writhing in agony to notice.

Lexington:
Bronx must have found Goliath.

Brooklyn:
Yeah.

Macbeth:
It's not you I'm after. You're just a pawn. I want your queen.

Goliath:
Queen? We have no queen!

Macbeth:
No? What about... Demona?

Goliath:
You know Demona?

Macbeth:
Know her? [chuckles] I named her!

Hudson:
Goliath, she's right. It's just a place of stone and wood, home is more to that. Home is the 6 of us, whenever we can be together and safe...that's our home. Now let's be off

Goliath:
(Sighs) very well (He turns to the Tower)

Elisa Maza:
Goliath...are you coming?

Goliath:
Give me one minute (Then he flies off)

Goliath:
I have a message for your Master, we're leaving. But we'll be back, we'll be back to claim that which it's ours.

Owen Burnett:
I'll deliver your Message

Lexington:
I can get this place working.

Brooklyn:
Why do you want that?

Hudson:
It's not all that bad, there's a place to put a TV.

Elisa Maza:
Ok, it's a fixer-upper. But if you add a few rugs, plant flowers, it could be home.

Goliath:
Yes... and as long we're together, it's home.

David Xanatos:
You've been practicing. This is the first time I've ever lost a match to you.

Owen Burnett:
Would you rather I pretend to lose?

David Xanatos:
I'd fire you if you did.

Elisa:
[finds Goliath reading] What are you reading?

Goliath:
Dostoevsky.

Elisa:
Yeah? Who's it by?

[Goliath stares at her]

Elisa:
Just kidding.

David Xanatos:
Soon everyone in New York will be hunting gargoyles.

Goliath:
Because of you!

David Xanatos:
If you're going to be picky, we won't get anywhere.

Elisa Maza:
What's going on here?

Travis Marshall:
Looks like that urban myth about gargoyles just became urban reality.

Lexington:
Hey we're still alive. How come?

Brooklyn:
It's- It's like they're waiting for something.

Goliath:
No doubt for us to lead them to our new sanctuary.

Broadway:
But why? Why not just kill us?

Goliath:
Because Xanatos doesn't want to destroy us. He wants to dominate us!

Goliath:
Xanatos tried to force us to reveal our new home. We defeated him. And if we did it once, we can do it again!

Elisa Maza:
And we will. Together.

David Xanatos:
I have the Eye of Odin back in my private collection, and the city owes me a favor for donating it. I successfully tested this prototype battle exo-frame. And the most important thing...

Owen Burnett:
Yes?

David Xanatos:
I was a little worried that I might be getting soft. But I was able to stand up against Goliath, the greatest warrior alive. I'd say I've still got the edge...

Brooklyn:
What's Demona's game this time?

Goliath:
I don't know. But we're going to find out.

Elisa Maza:
But I'm okay. You don't have to go! You know it's a trap!

Hudson:
If he doesn't go now, Demona will know her plan failed. She'll come after you again.

Broadway:
We've got to stop her.

Goliath:
Yes. But how? We cannot lock her up here, and I will not discuss the alternative!

Demona:
[Angrily] I don't know who the bigger fool is? Him for leading, you for following, or me for not leaving you both.

Goliath:
It's hopeless, Hudson. Save yourself.

Hudson:
Hear me, lad. We go together, or we don't go at all.

[Goliath is wounded as he and Hudson flee from Demona.]

Goliath:
[Weakly] You can't... face her.

Hudson:
I can face her. I just can't beat her.

Hudson:
Give it up, girl. You can't win.

Demona:
I'm smarter, stronger and I'm younger than you! Your pride will cost you your life!

Hudson:
But I know something you don't. Something that only comes with age. I know how to wait.

Demona:
[as she's fighting Hudson] I would have ended this quickly! But now you'll suffer!

Hudson:
It is time for me to step down, and for you to lead.

Goliath:
It was your skills that led us to the Archmage. I cannot take command now!

Hudson:
It's time, my friend. [Hudson puts his hand on Goliath's shoulder]

Goliath:
Then I will. But only if you stay by my side. I will need your wisdom to guide me.

Goliath:
Thank you for keeping me alive, Hudson. There's no one else I'd rather have at my side.

Hudson:
[slight chuckle] I'd forgotten that for a time. [slight scoff] I thought my warrior days were over.

Goliath:
Nonsense! There are years of fighting left for you.

Hudson:
Aye, now there's something to look forward to.

[The Gargoyles try to fly a Helicopter.]

Broadway:
[As Lexington takes the controls] You sure you can fly this?

Lexington:
Hey, it's just like that simulator game back at the tower.

Brooklyn:
Famous last words.

[Pause - they all scream]

Lexington:
Maybe not the same.

Broadway:
Feel the air currents. Use them, just like you do when you use your wings.

Brooklyn:
Yeah, use the Force, Lex!

David Xanatos:
Never a gargoyle around when you need one.

Goliath:
Tell him the truth.

Elisa Maza:
The truth! The whole truth? Including the part about gargoyles living in New York? That's not my secret to tell!

Broadway:
You shouldn't have to. He should trust you.

Brooklyn:
Trust doesn't mean much without honesty.

Elisa Maza:
You have to quit! He's using you!

Derek Maza:
It's my life! Butt out!

Goliath:
QUIET! Both of you! You don't know how lucky you are to have siblings to fight with! All of my rookery brothers are dead! And there is nothing - NOTHING more important than family.

[Coldstone awakens, in the style of Frankenstein's monster.]

David Xanatos:
IT'S ALIVE, ALIVE! [beat] I've always wanted to say that.

Coldstone:
You said that destroying my brother is the only way to survive. Is that all there is for us, mere survival?

Demona:
Isn't that enough?

Goliath:
No. Gargoyles protect. It is our nature. Our purpose. To lose that is to be corrupt. Empty. Lifeless.

Hudson:
A gargoyle can no more stop protecting the castle than breathing the air.

Goliath:
I don't want to hurt you!

Coldstone:
You already have!

Coldstone:
What am I?

Demona:
You are cold stone brought to life.

Coldstone:
Coldstone?

Broadway:
Boy, that Surround Sound sounds great!

Lexington:
I don't remember any explosions in "Bambi."

Goliath:
You told him these lies! I LIVED FOR MY CLAN!

Demona:
And they died for you! Smashed to dust by the humans you trusted!

Demona:
We have each created our own clans now, Goliath. You have yours. And I have mine.

Goliath:
You have no clan. You don't know the meaning of the word!

Lexington:
Goliath, you told Coldstone that gargoyles protect.

Hudson:
Like we breathe boy, you know that.

Brooklyn:
But... what do we protect?

Hudson:
The clock tower!

Goliath:
No. That is merely were we sleep. This island, Manhattan, this is our 'castle'. From this day forward, we protect all who live here, human and gargoyle alike.

Elisa Maza:
[Watching a robber turn himself in] You know what, guys? The city feels safer already.

Goliath:
[devastated] My angel of the night... [lets out a roar of anguish]

Demona:
What would you do? Capture him for human justice? He'd be out of jail in a day.

Demona:
They can't even share their homes without fighting. What makes you think they will share this world with us.

Demona:
They hold each other's lives completely without worth. And you think they will accept us with open arms?

Brooklyn:
Any species that has you as a member can't be all bad.

Elisa Maza:
Thanks... I think.

Brooklyn:
Goliath, I'm sorry--

Goliath:
You apologized once already, Brooklyn. I could hear, even though I could not act.

Brooklyn:
What Demona said sounded true at the time--

Goliath:
Of course it did. It's a half-truth that she has thoroughly embraced. But it's not the whole truth.

Goliath:
You worry too much elisa. Xanatos has been defeated. We are safe here.