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* BrokenAce: John's twin brother from an AlternateUniverse where he survived (instead of his younger brother). He's handsome, strong-willed, powerful in magic, and beloved by everyone who knows him. He's also so hell-bent on being right that he doesn't bother to see the crimes he commits against his little brother as crimes, and his refusal to admit that he's just as capable of being wrong as everyone else winds up screwing up his people [[spoiler:and get him banished to who'knows'where by John.]]
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* BrokenAce: John's twin brother from an AlternateUniverse where he survived (instead of his younger brother). He's handsome, strong-willed, powerful in magic, and beloved by everyone who knows him. He's also so hell-bent on being right that he doesn't bother to see the crimes he commits against his little brother as crimes, and his refusal to admit that he's just as capable of being wrong as everyone else winds up screwing up his people [[spoiler:and get him banished to who'knows'where who-knows-where by John.]]
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* BrokenAce: John's twin brother from an AlternateUniverse where he survived (instead of his younger brother). He's handsome, strong-willed, powerful in magic, and beloved by everyone who knows him. He's also so hell-bent on being right that he doesn't bother to see the crimes he commits against his little brother as crimes, and his refusal to admit that he's just as capable of being wrong as everyone else winds up screwing up his people [[spoiler:and get him banished to who'knows'where by John.]]
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* BadassGrandpa:
** The serial killer Family Man. Also including Clarice Sackville, an aging but powerful magician who used to work for the Kray Twins.
** Chas as well, in the later years.[[spoiler: John, briefly, in "Reasons to Be Cheerful".]]
** The serial killer Family Man. Also including Clarice Sackville, an aging but powerful magician who used to work for the Kray Twins.
** Chas as well, in the later years.[[spoiler: John, briefly, in "Reasons to Be Cheerful".]]
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* MysticalCityPlanning: The Knowledge is the name of all the routes, roads and geographical information London cabdrivers need to know before they can get a license. In the ''Chas: The Knowledge'', we're told it's actually a complicated sealing ritual to contain a demon.
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* DontFearTheReaper: When the three Fates tried to tell John Constantine of his impending Death, John just snarks them off.
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* ReplacedWithReplica: One story has a priest who let a succubus (disguised as a prostitute) loose inside the Vatican then is inspired by an angelic vision to ask John for help. John comes up with a plan requiring the use of a book from the forbidden section, putting a glamour over a Yellow Pages directory so the book isn't missed. Once the demon is defeated, the priest goes to return the book, only to find himself with two Yellow Pages in his hands. We then see the entire thing was John's plan (the prostitute, succubus and angel were all played by Ellie the demon) to get the book: the lost gospel of Constantine.
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* TrialByOrdeal: One arc has John be interrogated by a tribe descended from Cain. His ordeal consists of plunging his hand into boiling water, which will burn him if he's guilty of theft. He exasperatedly sticks his hand in and tells them he's innocent... waiting until he's far out of earshot to scream (having used magic to fake his innocence).
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* RealityEnsues: A lifetime of chain-smoking eventually results in John getting diagnosed with lung cancer.
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* TunelessSongOfMadness: Harry Cooper in "Son Of Mad" is introduced inanely singing "Roll Out The Barrel." Having lost his health and his sanity, it turns out that singing the tunes of his childhood is literally the only thing he can do.
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* ComicBookTime: Played straight. An early incident in the series is heavily implied to have produced side-effects like prolonging John's life and youth, but everyone else in the comic ages in real time. Gemma, when first introduced, is about eight years old, and has gone through grade school and her early 20s at appropriate times.
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* ComicBookTime: Played straight.An AvertedTrope. An early incident in the series is heavily implied to have produced side-effects like prolonging John's life and youth, but everyone else in the comic ages in real time. Gemma, when first introduced, is about eight years old, and has gone through grade school and her early 20s at appropriate times.
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* DeathOfAChild: As with older children, babies die. A lot.
** [[spoiler: One example shows John putting all of his weakness and fears into a form of a baby...before throwing the poor thing off a cliff. What a MagnificentBastard.]]
** [[spoiler: And let's not forget all those babies used as a sacrifice in the ''Son of Man'' arc. There were a LOT.]]
** One of London's bridges is haunted by the many, many ghosts of babies who were dumped in the river there by a witch who ran a daycare.
** [[spoiler: One example shows John putting all of his weakness and fears into a form of a baby...before throwing the poor thing off a cliff. What a MagnificentBastard.]]
** [[spoiler: And let's not forget all those babies used as a sacrifice in the ''Son of Man'' arc. There were a LOT.]]
** One of London's bridges is haunted by the many, many ghosts of babies who were dumped in the river there by a witch who ran a daycare.
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* InfantImmortality: As with older children, this is averted. Babies die. A lot.
** [[spoiler: One example shows John putting all of his weakness and fears into a form of a baby...before throwing the poor thing off a cliff. What a MagnificentBastard.]]
** [[spoiler: And let's not forget all those babies used as a sacrifice in the ''Son of Man'' arc. There were a LOT.]]
** One of London's bridges is haunted by the many, many ghosts of babies who were dumped in the river there by a witch who ran a daycare.
** [[spoiler: One example shows John putting all of his weakness and fears into a form of a baby...before throwing the poor thing off a cliff. What a MagnificentBastard.]]
** [[spoiler: And let's not forget all those babies used as a sacrifice in the ''Son of Man'' arc. There were a LOT.]]
** One of London's bridges is haunted by the many, many ghosts of babies who were dumped in the river there by a witch who ran a daycare.
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* Gasshole Blathoxi, the aptly named Lord of Flatulence.
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* LoserDeity: {{Implied|Trope}}. God [[TheGhost stays offscreen]], but is arguably insane, CantTakeCriticism, and created the First of the Fallen as a conscience he could beat up for backtalking. However, this is [[UnreliableNarrator according to the First himself]]; later appearances with different writers portray him closer to a BigGood.
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* NeverGivenAName: The Beast was a denizen of Eden who [[NoNeedForNames refused to be named by Adam]]. It hated the idea of being defined, and thus limited, by man. As a result, the Beast became a powerful spirit who lacked a body to call its own who is dedicated to wiping out humanity.
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* AlternatePersonalityPunishment: In order to escape Hell, John Constantine creates a kind of EvilTwin by removing all his more unsavory aspects (baser urges, demonic blood, clinginess over an ex-girlfriend...) and leaving it in his place. This screws him over later when Demon Constantine is on Earth and ends up [[spoiler:raping John's niece Gemma (during John's wedding)]]. Believing it was the real John, Gemma summons a vengeance demon and sics it on her uncle. While the misunderstanding is cleared up, their relationship is irreparably broken (and John considers her right to hate him).
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* UnexpectedlyRealMagic: John prevents his niece from casting a dangerous revenge spell on another girl. It turns out she got the spell from an amateur who's thrilled a magician of John's caliber would pay attention to him, having no idea of what kind of powers would be attracted by that curse. John... [[AntiHero sets the record straight]], and tries to make sure Gemma knows not to get involved in black magic.
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* UnexpectedlyRealMagic: John prevents his niece from casting a dangerous revenge spell on another girl. It turns out she got the spell from an amateur who's thrilled a magician of John's caliber would pay attention to him, having no idea of what kind of powers would be attracted by that curse. John... [[AntiHero sets the record straight]], and tries to make sure Gemma knows not to get involved in black magic.
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* TearJerker: Plenty, with a few notable examples.
** In the ''Family Man'' arc, Constantine breaks down in tears after learning that [[spoiler:his father was killed by the Family Man.]]
** In a confrontation with Satan, Constantine sees what appears to be the spirit of Astra, the girl he damned in Newcastle. He immediately starts apologizing, weeping in despair.
** In the ''Family Man'' arc, Constantine breaks down in tears after learning that [[spoiler:his father was killed by the Family Man.]]
** In a confrontation with Satan, Constantine sees what appears to be the spirit of Astra, the girl he damned in Newcastle. He immediately starts apologizing, weeping in despair.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: In the first story arc of Hellblazer, Chas Chandler is shown to have no knowledge of who Gary Lester is, but by the time of Brian Azarello's run, it was retconned that Chas and Gary have been bandmates together with John Constantine back the.
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** The DCU version is seen openly lusting over [[MrFanservice Dick Grayson / Nightwing]] during a brief meeting in the 2016 Annual comic of the [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} ''Grayson'' series.]]
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** Brian Azzerello's run shows him with one of his past boyfriends [[spoiler:who ends up hating him to the point of becoming one of his antagonists]].
** The DCUversion is seen gives him more story lines where he openly lusting over [[MrFanservice Dick Grayson / Nightwing]] during a brief meeting in the 2016 Annual comic of the [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} ''Grayson'' series.]]has boyfriends and flirts with various superheroes such as ''Comicbook/NightWing''.
** The DCU
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* CagedInsideAMonster: In "All His Engines", a demon has stolen Chas' granddaughter and keeps her in a cage inside him. He allows John inside to see her, but John ended up covered in gunk as he lunged for the cage, so it's not surprising that she interpreted John's "We're coming to get you!" [[NightmareFuel in an entirely different context]].
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''Hellblazer'' was notable for averting ComicBookTime, with John steadily growing older along with the rest of us. An ancestress of his, [[DistaffCounterpart Johanna Constantine]], appeared in some issues of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and was [[BadassFamily fairly badass]].
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''Hellblazer'' was notable for averting ComicBookTime, with John steadily growing older along with the rest of us. An ancestress ancestor of his, [[DistaffCounterpart Johanna Constantine]], appeared in some issues of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and was [[BadassFamily fairly badass]].
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* KillTheHostBody:
** One arc had a demon summoned [[ChestBurster inside a corpse]] and sent to attack a crimelord's house, dragging the corpse behind it. While the demon itself was ImmuneToBullets, one of the {{mooks}} quickly figured out that shooting the corpse damaged the demon.
** One story has John exorcize a little girl by threatening to kill her (specifically, by setting fire to a strand of her hair which would consume her body via SympatheticMagic). The demon leaves and John is punched for his methods, before revealing it was a bluff- he'd gotten the hair from a wig, as even he wouldn't knowingly sacrifice a little girl.
** One arc had a demon summoned [[ChestBurster inside a corpse]] and sent to attack a crimelord's house, dragging the corpse behind it. While the demon itself was ImmuneToBullets, one of the {{mooks}} quickly figured out that shooting the corpse damaged the demon.
** One story has John exorcize a little girl by threatening to kill her (specifically, by setting fire to a strand of her hair which would consume her body via SympatheticMagic). The demon leaves and John is punched for his methods, before revealing it was a bluff- he'd gotten the hair from a wig, as even he wouldn't knowingly sacrifice a little girl.
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** In "The Horrorist", John's hot on the trail of "Angel", the embodiment of oppression, famine and murder. White guilt, basically.
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* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: An evil version where Lord Burnham is [[ArtificialAfterlife designing himself an afterlife of hedonism]], stuffed with unwilling slaves designed to suffer whenever they aren't pleasuring him. [[spoiler:John first imprisons Mako (the mage who's building it) inside and takes over his body, then lets Burnham commit slow suicide before informing him of the switcheroo, leaving Burnham trapped with a very pissed-off cannibal warlord for eternity.]]
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* VampireEpisode: While homeless and seriously down on his luck, John fights and kills the king of the vampires (that is, the first vampire, who'd been around long enough to kill Adam).
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* FukuFic: The absolutely delightful CrackFic [[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/vertigo/sailor-hellblazer/ Sailor Hellblazer]]
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* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass: The "All His Engines" story has John exploit this by summoning a bunch of demons inside a church (so they can't pass the door). Cue an Aztec death god, who is older than Christian rituals and thus could not care less about them, plowing through the wall and devouring them all.
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods in the ''Hellblazer'' mythos often times disappear when not worshipped. Others, such as Nergal, became demons in order to survive.
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* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods in the ''Hellblazer'' mythos often times oftentimes disappear when not worshipped. Others, such as Nergal, became demons in order to survive.
* GuileHero: Constantine. He far more often wins through wits, trickery and luck than brawn. His magic isn't particularly powerful, either.
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* {{Hell}}: Hell in the series aren't often the fire and brimstone of myth. It constantly shifts and shapes to accomodate to different kinds of sinners. So everyone has his/her own Hell. If you think you'll like Hell because you like fire, well guess what, Hell isn't that generous to make sure you WILL NOT LIKE IT.
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* {{Hell}}: Hell in the series aren't often the fire and brimstone of myth. It constantly shifts and shapes to accomodate to different kinds of sinners. So everyone has his/her own Hell. If you think you'll like Hell because you like fire, well guess what, Hell isn't that generous to and will make sure you WILL NOT LIKE IT.
