History Characters / BuffyverseAngelInvestigations

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Subverted. Wesley becomes the closest person to Illyria out of dedication to Fred's memory, but he explicitly rejects her when she tries to seduce him in Fred's form. [[spoiler:When Wesley is ultimately killed and dies in Illyria's arms, she turns into Fred one last time.]]

Illyria is an Old One, one of the ancient demons that walked the earth before the coming of man. Killed millions of years ago, she is reincarnated in Fred's body and intends to rule once again... only to find her army long dead and her temple turned to dust. With nowhere else to go, she remains with the group, seeking to learn how to live in this strange, new world. Still incredibly powerful even in her diminished form, Illyria is a mighty ally to have; but she see human affairs as beneath her and the crew can never be quite sure that she's on their side.

* BackstoryInvader: Connor inverts the trope by being given fake memories of a normal life, so that no one except Angel and Cordelia remembered his true identity.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AmyAcker

* TangledFamilyTree: Like a ball of rubber bands. Angel conceived him with Darla, who was able to carry him to term with Jasmine's influence. Connor was kidnapped and "adopted" by Holtz. Connor then impregnated [[spoiler:Cordelia]] so she could give birth to Jasmine. And if you include members of his parents' vampire bloodline, then it's even more convoluted (not least because Darla was both Drusilla's "grandmother" and her "daughter").

* GagBoobs: Her substantial bosom was the butt of many jokes on ''Angel''.

--> '''Angelus:''' Ah, Fred. You look all fresh and sweet, but [[PowerPerversionPotential I hear you at night in your room with Gunn]]. The things you say. I'm lying there, listening, [[ADateWithRosiePalms hands under the covers... I can't help myself. It's so... gripping]].

* FiveManBand: The series starts out with a PowerTrio consisting of Angel, Cordeilia and Doyle. After Doyle's death early in season 1, the team involves into a classic FiveManBand.
** TheHero: Angel, as the namesake of both the group and the show, whose quest to save souls and redeem himself drives the series' plot. Referred to in-series as the "champion."
** TheLancer: Wesley, who acts as second-in-command and takes over as leader for a while, and is most likely to make plans contra to Angel's or engage in IDidWhatIHadToDo.
** TheHeart: Cordelia, who keeps the group grounded in humanity and provides emotional support. Fred and Lorne take on more of this role in later seasons.
** TheBigGuy: Gunn, who is a BadassNormal and doesn't give up.
** TheSmartGuy: Shared between Wesley, who has knowledge of the occult, and Fred, who is a physicist and on-the-fly inventor.

* LoveYouAndEverybody: His actor stated that Lorne loves "all humans," thus explaining his [[AmbiguouslyBi ambiguous sexuality]].

* DudeMagnet: She's had a decent amount of ShipTease with [[KnightInShiningArmor Angel]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Spike]], [[LikesOlderWomen Connor]], and [[LoveInterestTraitor Knox]], in addition to her official love interests [[OppositesAttract Gunn]] and [[PairTheSmartOnes Wes]]; in other words, every male cast member plus an extra (also [[LesYay Willow]] one time). The only one seemingly immune to her charms is Lorne.

* DudeMagnet: She's had a decent amount of ShipTease with [[KnightInShiningArmor Angel]], [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Spike]], [[LikesOlderWomen Connor]], and [[LoveInterestTraitor Knox]]; in other words, every male cast member plus an extra (also [[LesYay Willow]] one time), in addition to her official love interests [[OppositesAttract Gunn]] and [[PairTheSmartOnes Wes]]. The only one seemingly immune to her charms is Lorne.

* DudeMagnet: She's had a decent amount of ShipTease with basically every male cast member (and [[LesYay Willow]]), in addition to her official love interests [[OppositesAttract Gunn]] and [[BirdsOfAFeather Wes,]]. The only one seemingly immune to her charms is Lorne.

* DudeMagnet: She's had a decent amount of ShipTease with basically every male cast member (and [[LesYay Willow), in addition to her official love interests [[OppositesAttract Gunn]] and [[BirdsOfAFeather Wes,]]. The only one seemingly immune to her charms is Lorne.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Confesses half-jokingly to being "a little attracted" to Angel. And in the alternate reality of "Birthday", he passed the visions to Angel instead of Cordelia (which is done by kissing).

* BigBreastPride: She certainly stood out on ''Angel'' alongside the more petite Fred.

* BuxomIsBetter: She's rightly proud of her physical attributes, and frequently wears clothing and jewelry that emphasizes them.

%%* TheChick

* HotScientist: She's presented as more cute than sexy, although her wardrobe does receive more attention as episodes go on. Lilah parodies this when she dresses up as Fred to mess with Wesley - her outfit is more fetish-like.

* AnAxeToGrind: His trademark weapon in the early seasons is a makeshift axe built out of a sharpened hubcap. Ghetto fabulous.

* InnocenceLost: He, a NiceGuy and ActualPacifist, is ordered by Angel to [[spoiler:[[DirtyBusiness assassinate Lindsey]]]] in the series finale. Lorne goes through with it, but bows out of Angel Investigations after doing so; his last scene in the episode, and thus the show, is of him dropping the gun he used to [[spoiler:kill Lindsey]] and walking into the night, disgusted and broken.

* ContagiousHeroism: In the first episode, he is reluctant to help Angel in any way other than getting the visions and passing on the message; after Angel forces him to come along to Russel's place, Doyle almost bails when he hears gun shots. Fast forward to "Hero", where he [[spoiler:decides to make a HeroicSacrifice instead of Angel.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In "Hero", he sacrifices himself to stop a mystical [=WMD=] from wiping out everything in L.A.]]

* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:Just before he sacrifices himself. "'[[ArcWords You never know until you're tested.]]' I get that now".]]

* PercussivePrevention: [[spoiler:When he knocked Angel off a platform so that Angel wouldn't have to sacrifice himself to disarm The Scourge's weapon.]]

* PresentAbsence: [[spoiler:Despite his early death, Doyle remains a presence in Angel's life through both the impact he himself left on Angel (convincing him to rejoin the world) and the visions that he passed on to Cordelia before his death.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler:Doyle was killed after just nine episodes]] due to Quinn's drug addiction.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself to stop the Scourge's weapon and atone for the MyGreatestFailure tragedy listed above.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:As pointed out by Cordelia, he was Angel Investigations' "first soldier down".]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Doyle was written out after 9 episodes, as Joss had always wanted to have a SacrificialLion]], though RealLifeWritesThePlot was also in play due to Glenn Quinn's drug addiction. Whedon wanted to bring him back later, but Quinn died of a drug overdose in 2002.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]{{Expy}}: In a way. He was in the cast from the beginning, but was originally intended to be the demon Whistler; the character Doyle was created with very similar traits when Max Perlich, who played Whistler on ''Buffy'', turned out to be unavailable. In "City Of", Doyle even wears a hat similar to Whistler's iconic hat.

-->'''Buffy''': Before I was the Slayer, I was... Well, I, I don't wanna say shallow, but... Let's say a certain person, who will remain nameless—we'll just call her Spordelia—looked like a classical philosopher next to me.

* BerserkButton: Don't betray her or her friends, ''ever''. In "[[Recap/AngelS04E01DeepDown Deep Down]]", the minute she finds out that Connor was behind Angel's disappearance, she furiously chews him out and subjects him to ElectricTorture with a stun gun. When she later discovers that her former college professor was the one who trapped her in Pylea, she embarks on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, vowing to kill him.

* GirlFriday: Though initially confined to the office, Cordelia becomes more proactive in cases after receiving the visions, which are often vague and require her to examine clues to make sense of it. She's also an awful secretary, but her MoneyFetish skills help keep Angel Investigations above water.
* GlobalIgnorance: "Oh, yesterday your cousin called, with one of those names from your part of England."
-->'''[[FightingIrish Doyle]]''': ... My part of '''''[[BerserkButton England]]'''''!?

* BerserkButton:
** For reasons that are easily grasped (being tossed into a giant hell portal as an infant), he really doesn't like magic.
** Bad parenting. He talks a suicidal cop [[InterruptedSuicide off a ledge]], only to discover a [[FatalFamilyPhoto family photo]] in his wallet. He then proceeds to turn the cop's face into hamburger.

* AngryBlackMan: Played straight and subverted. While he can have his angry moments there is a fantastic scene when he helps Angel break into Wolfram and Hart:

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Even Faith agrees.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Groosalugg means "brave and undefeated." That's right, his name advertises the fact that ''he never loses''.