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"Angel"
Format Supernatural Fantasy Horror Action Drama Created by Joss Whedon
David Greenwalt Starring David Boreanaz
Charisma Carpenter
Glenn Quinn
Alexis Denisof
J. August Richards
Amy Acker
Vincent Kartheiser
Andy Hallett
James Marsters
Mercedes McNab
see also Theme music composer Darling Violetta Country of origin United States No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 110 (List of episodes)
Another 5 season show!
The vampire Angelus, now known as Angel, has a human soul, but committed terrible crimes in the past. Seeking forgiveness and trying to redeem himself, he moves from Sunnydale (and a relationship with Buffy Summers, of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") to Los Angeles, where he helps the downtrodden by thwarting the supernatural creatures that prey on them. Written by {crow_steve@hotmail.com}
In this spin-off from the cult hit "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", Angel, the cursed vampire with a soul, moves to Los Angeles leaving Sunnydale behind to look for redemption and soon teams up with some old friends, and new ones, to fight evil plaguing the city. Written by Informant
In a city overpopulated by demons, warlocks and some really nasty lawyers, a creature of the night becomes Los Angeles greatest hope. Once a vicious vampire who terrorized Europe, vampire-with-a-soul Angel helps the helpless in order to get his reward from the Powers that Be - to be forgotten, and regain his humanity. In his quest, he sets up Angel Investigations, with the help of an unlikely (and quite effective) evil-fighting team: wannabe actress Cordelia Chase, bookish Brit Wesley Wyndam-Price and street fighter Charles Gunn. Written by Monica I. - Quilmes, Argentina
"Angel"
Format Supernatural Fantasy Horror Action Drama Created by Joss Whedon
David Greenwalt Starring David Boreanaz
Charisma Carpenter
Glenn Quinn
Alexis Denisof
J. August Richards
Amy Acker
Vincent Kartheiser
Andy Hallett
James Marsters
Mercedes McNab
see also Theme music composer Darling Violetta Country of origin United States No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 110 (List of episodes)
Another 5 season show!
The vampire Angelus, now known as Angel, has a human soul, but committed terrible crimes in the past. Seeking forgiveness and trying to redeem himself, he moves from Sunnydale (and a relationship with Buffy Summers, of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") to Los Angeles, where he helps the downtrodden by thwarting the supernatural creatures that prey on them. Written by {crow_steve@hotmail.com}
In this spin-off from the cult hit "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", Angel, the cursed vampire with a soul, moves to Los Angeles leaving Sunnydale behind to look for redemption and soon teams up with some old friends, and new ones, to fight evil plaguing the city. Written by Informant
In a city overpopulated by demons, warlocks and some really nasty lawyers, a creature of the night becomes Los Angeles greatest hope. Once a vicious vampire who terrorized Europe, vampire-with-a-soul Angel helps the helpless in order to get his reward from the Powers that Be - to be forgotten, and regain his humanity. In his quest, he sets up Angel Investigations, with the help of an unlikely (and quite effective) evil-fighting team: wannabe actress Cordelia Chase, bookish Brit Wesley Wyndam-Price and street fighter Charles Gunn. Written by Monica I. - Quilmes, Argentina
- The character "Gunn" was named after with the brothers James Gunn and Sean Gunn with whom Joss Whedon had worked previously.
- It was originally intended for Angel's sidekick to be Whistler (Max Perlich) who appeared in two episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). But when the actor couldn't commit to a series, the character of Doyle was created.
- The girl with the electric powers, first appearing in episode 4.2 "Ground State", is named Gwen Raiden (Alexa Davalos). Raiden is the Japanese god of lightning. The character named Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995), with the powers of electricity, is also named after this mythological figure.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar was offered the chance to reprise her role as "Buffy Summers" for two episodes of season five. Gellar was scheduled to appear in the 100th Episode, and was going to appear, but had to cancel at the last minute due to a death in her family. Joss Whedon also wanted her back for "The Girl in Question" (Season Five, Episode 20), but she couldn't commit because she was filming The Grudge (2004) at the time. Later on, Gellar informed creator Joss Whedon that she was open for the series finale, but he was against it and turned her down because he wanted the last episode of the series to be about Angel and the ones he'd "been in the trenches with," rather than a guest star.
- According to an interview, Nicholas Brendon who had played Xander on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) offered to jump to "Angel" (1999) after the Buffy finale on UPN. However, the producers turned him down, "because he wouldn't fit in."
- When Joss Whedon appeared as Numfar in the Pylean arc, it was kept top secret. The only ones that knew it was him were David Greenwalt, Tim Minear, David Boreanaz, and a few key makeup people.
- Originally, there was going to be no Jasmine character in season four. Cordelia was going to be the "big bad." Whedon had originally planned for the season to end with a battle between Angel and Evil Cordelia.
- In an interview, Christian Kane admitted that he and David Boreanaz were very uneasy about doing the "Lindsey posing as Doyle" storyline in season five.
- Contrary to some reports, Seth Green said that he was never approached about reprising his role as Oz, had Angel gone to a sixth season.
- During his season four storyline arc as Angelus, David Boreanaz was allowed to improvise many of his lines.
- Joss Whedon told TV Guide that the reason Charisma Carpenter was not brought back as a regular cast member for season five was because they had nothing left for her to do.
- Each episode has quick flashes of images between most scenes. In the episode "Epiphany", for instance, between the scene with Angel and Darla and the scene where Angel goes to save Kate, there is a quick flash of a crew member holding a slate marker.
- Andy Hallett holds the record for the actor who took the longest to become a regular. He guest starred in over 40 episodes during the second, third, and fourth seasons before finally being added to the main opening credits of the 14th episode in the fourth season.
- The address for Angel Investigations at the old hotel is: 1481 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026. Phone (213) 555-0162. Fax (213) 555-0163.
- The songs that are sung to Lorne by Lindsey in "Dead End" and by one of his clients in "Sleep Tight" were both written by co-creator and executive producer David Greenwalt, as was the title theme to Cordy's sitcom in the fantasy sequences in the episode "Birthday". That song was sung by both Greenwalt and consulting producer Marti Noxon, who also appears in the sequence.
- The WB's announcement that it was canceling the show came at a time when it was rated second only to "Smallville" (2001) among 18-to-34-year-olds. Earlier in the same month, WB's weekly ratings release revealed that "Angel" had earned "outstanding year-to-year gains" among demographic groups.
- After being listed as a guest star on both this show and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) for the previous eight years, Mercedes McNab was finally added to the opening credits of "Angel" for the final six episodes.
- Barry Manilow's "Mandy" makes a few appearances in the series. Angel sings the song in "Judgement" (2.1) and the end credits roll over that as well. In "Orpheus" (4.15), we see Angel play the song on a jukebox in one of his flashbacks. In "The Magic Bullet" (4.19), Angel and Connor sing the song, replacing "Mandy" with "Jasmine".
- In the opening credit sequence of every episode, there is an image of a woman standing by the side of a street. This is not actually taken from any episode in the series but rather it's from the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) episode "Anne" (3.1), though the scene takes place in the show's setting of L.A.
- Julia Lee, who played Joan/Chantarelle/Lily/Anne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), reprised her role on Angel as Anne Steele, a woman who took in homeless teenagers.
- Liam/Angel was born in 1727 and turned into a vampire in 1753, as established in "The Prodigal" (1.15), and he counts 1753 as his birth year. Although he spent 100 years in a hell dimension due to Buffy's actions in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) episode "Becoming: Part 2" (2.22), he does not count those years as part of his lifespan and told Cordelia in "Dear Boy" (2.5) that he was 247. Allowing for aging and assuming that he survived "Not Fade Away" (5.22), he is now 253 years old.
- Angel got his name because his baby sister invited him in, thinking he was an Angel that had returned to her. After he killed her, Darla named him Angelus, the Latinate for "Angel".
- The first person Angelus ever killed was the Graveyard Caretaker. The Caretaker saw the upturned soil and accused Angelus and Darla of being grave robbers. Then, Angelus drank him dry.
- The character Doyle wasn't originally supposed to be an Irishman but was written as such when Glenn Quinn was cast as Doyle. The role of Doyle was Quinn's first role where he was able to use his own Irish accent.
- In the beginning of the show's first season, whenever Cordelia would answer the phone at Angel Investigations, she would say, "We help the hopeless." That line was later changed to "We help the helpless."
- Christian Kane (Lindsey) originally auditioned for the role of Riley Finn on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). Show creator Joss Whedon liked Kane so much that he asked him to play the character of Lindsey instead.
- Puppeteer Drew Massey, the performer behind the puppet version of Angel in the episode, "Smile Time", was also the puppeteer of the vampire puppet "Count Blah" in the "Greg the Bunny" TV series.
- Aside from the title character, over a dozen characters that originated on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) crossed over to this show, including Cordelia, Spike, Oz, Buffy, Wesley, Faith, Darla, the Master (in flashbacks), Drusilla, Chantarelle (a.k.a. Lilly or Anne), Harmony, Willow, Angelus (whom this show indicates is a separate entity from Angel) and Andrew. No character that originated on "Angel" ever appeared on "Buffy."
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