History Main / BrokenAngel

* Trias from ''PlanescapeTorment'' is an angel whose wings have been reduced to a skeletal husk during his long imprisonment, giving him a somewhat sinister appearance. [[spoiler:As it transpired, his wings burned off [[FallenAngel from his fall]]. Trias only notes that all the fury of the abyss pales in comparison to the force that did that to him.]
* In the ending of ''KidIcarus: Of Myths and Monsters'', Pit's wings fall/rip off in front of a overly happy looking sun, presumably leaving Pit to plummet to his death. No wonder it's called Kid ''Icarus''.

* Trias from ''PlanescapeTorment'' is an angel whose wings have been reduced to a skeletal husk during his long imprisonment, giving him a somewhat sinister appearance. [[spoiler:As it transpired, his wings burned off [[FallenAngel from his fall]]. Trias only notes that all the fury of the abyss pales in comparison to the force that did that to him.]]

* ''Un Senor muy viejo con unas alas enormes'' (A very very old man with enormous wings) by GabrielGarciaMarquez is about a strange, injured "angel" who is nursed back to health (kind of, it's a strange short story) and exploited as a freakshow by a small town. He has bug infested wings, sounds senile, and is generally decrepit. However, there's no indication that he used to be beautiful. It's just the contrast between what he is an what an angel should be that's sad.

* ''Un Senor muy viejo con unas alas enormes'' (A very very old man with enormous wings) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a strange, injured "angel" who is nursed back to health (kind of, it's a strange short story) and exploited as a freakshow by a small town. He has bug infested wings, sounds senile, and is generally decrepit. However, there's no indication that he used to be beautiful. It's just the contrast between what he is an what an angel should be that's sad.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]", the [[SpaceWhale Star Whale]].

When one is killed you can expect the killers (even if they're heroes) to [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife lament]] destroying something that is [[AKindOfOne one of a kind]]. If it was the LastOfHisKind, this serves a double whammy by signaling the EndOfAnAge: there will be no more like it, ''ever.'' If a villain is the one doing the killing or crippling, they haven't just [[KickTheDog Kicked The Unicorn]], they broke off the horn and [[MoralEventHorizon stabbed it to death with it]].

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* One of the more depressing files in the ''SCPFoundation'' is of a Pegasus who's wings have been removed and refuses to eat as a result.

* There is a broken angel housed in the NERV basement in ''{{Evangelion}}'', it's the one nailed to a cross. Also, Rei might possibly count... FromACertainPointOfView.

That is the Broken Angel, a fantastic creature that has been crippled in their fantastic. This can take many forms: the titular [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] with broken wings, broken horned {{unicorn}}s, newly mortal [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] (or any other immortal being), magicless wizards, robots whose body is centimeters from going offline, etc. When played for drama, this is usually used to evoke deep sadness. This is a [[WhatMeasureIsANonUnique unique]], beautiful creature that has been cruelly torn asunder. Not even killed, but [[ToThePain left alive to suffer being flawed]] after having been "perfect" or at least whole. As you can imagine, a ''lot'' of {{Fallen Hero}}es have this as a backstory.

* [[IndustrialMetal Deathstars]]' ''Termination Bliss'' is a somewhat [[{{Gorn gruesome]] example.

* EmilieAutumn's album 'Enchant' is the story of a [[TheFairFolk Fearie]] who had her wings pulled off.

* ''{{Durarara}}'' has Celty, a [[HeadlessHorsewoman dullahan]] who's lost her disembodied head (along with all the memories in it) some twenty years ago and still feels incomplete without it.

* There is a broken angel housed in the NERV basement in ''Evangelion'', it's the one nailed to a cross. Also, Rei might possibly count... FromACertainPointOfView.
** For that matter, so could Kaworu and all the EVA's depending on which interpretation you take.

* Oromis, also from the {{Eragon}} series, lost nearly all of his physical and magical prowess due to an unknown injury. He is nicknamed "The Cripple Who is Whole," in Broken Angel fashion.

* In the "Cigarette Burns" episode of ''Masters of Horror'', the main character encounters a pale, gaunt, vaguely male figure with healed stumps at its shoulderblades. It is strongly implied that this was the angel that was mutilated in ''La fin absolue du monde'', the short film that the protagonist seeks.

** Blood elves never had immortality, but the explosion of the sunwell, dissapearance of their prince and subsequent near-genocide of their race did leave them a shadow of their former power.