History Main / FallenAngel

* [[spoiler:Trias the Betrayer]] from ''PlanescapeTorment''. [[spoiler:He turns out to be more NeccessarilyEvil than anything else.]]

* Trias the Betrayer from ''PlanescapeTorment''.

Thanks to some [[SatanIsGood modern interpretations]], fallen angels are often portrayed sympathetically nowadays, as being rebellious victims of CelestialBureaucracy and LightIsNotGood, like in {{Bedazzled}}. This is common in North American fiction, because we tend to side with the underdogs, and who are more underdoggy than fallen angels? Often portrayed as regular angels, but with skimpier outfits (often with a red and black motif) and a bit sluttier personalities (they're usually female, because of women's corruptible nature. Think Adam and Eve).

Often an extreme case of LightIsNotGood and FallenHero. May or may not be considered [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Not to be confused with [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Fallen Angles]]. The ur-example is one interpretation of how TheBible describes Lucifer. Usually represented visually as a BrokenAngel, though some still have their "un-fallen" countenance. If they were the right hand of the big guy upstairs, then it's also a case of TheParagonAlwaysRebels.

What does one think about when one hears the word [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]]? Do you see them as [[PowerGlows glowy]] {{Winged Humanoid}}s, [[MundaneAfterlife overworked suits]], or for extra flavor, [[StarfishAliens flaming wheels covered in eyes]]? Regardless of what (meta-)physical traits one assigns to them, one thing is almost always consistent: they are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness paragons of virtue and honor]].

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* A FallenAngel makes an appearance in ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''. Not exactly its fault [[spoiler:so in compliance with its extremely lawful LawfulNeutral nature it begins a spell of world destroying proportions in order to get back home. Later in the novels(vol.12) is confirmed that the angel is Gabriel, the one who destroyed Sodome and Gomorre ]]
* [[{{Digimon}} Devimon]] is said to be a fallen Angemon. Lucemon definitely is, an angel Digimon who went bad and was imprisoned for it. "Fallen Angel Digimon" is actually one of the types that Digimon fall into.
** Would that make Lady Devimon a fallen Angelwomon?
*** Actually, based on the Evolution Tree, she is.
* Belldandy's Teacher, Celestin, from ''AhMyGoddess'' TheMovie.
* Reda and Zaha/Gabriolis from ''MonColleKnights''. The plot always turns serious when they show up.
* The protagonist from ''TearsToTiara'' can be considered one.
* {{Kuroshitsuji}} (the anime, not the manga) has [[spoiler:Ash and Angela]].

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* [[TheBible Lucifer]] is perhaps the UrExample and makes this trope OlderThanDirt.
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* [[TheBible Lucifer]] is the UrExample and makes this trope OlderThanDirt.

* In ''{{Fall from Heaven}}'' the Fire Angel/Goddess Bhall literaly fell...right through a city, draging it to hell with her. When she landed, she fell into a coma for nearly 1000 years.

As stated above, in {{Bedazzled}}, the Devil, or Lucifer as he was known then, explains he was once God's favorite angel and was booted out of Heaven when he wanted some of the same adoration God received. The two had since had a running wager on who could claim ten billion souls first; if Lucifer won he could reclaim his old place.

* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''Prospero Lost'', elves are fallen angels. They have scars on their backs where the wings had been.

* [[spoiler: Islington]] from ''{{Neverwhere}}''

* The Fallen, the BigBad of {{Transformers}} The War Within: The Dark Ages is actually one of the original Transformers, charged with guarding Entropy and observing [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the Universe]]. Along the line, he decided to ally with Unicron to achieve his apocalyptic goal, losing his true name when his betrayal was discovered. [[hottip:* :Incidentaly, his true name? [[supersecretspoiler:MEGATRONIUS. yes, that's his canon name.]] ]]

-- ''[[{{Jesus}} Eyewitness]] testimony''

* The ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' card game has a couple, such as [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Marie_the_Fallen_One Marie the Fallen One]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Nurse_Reficule_the_Fallen_One Nurse Reficule the Fallen One]]
** A ''[[{{Understatement}} couple?!]]'' There's an [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Darklords entire deck archetype]] based on them. Interestingly, most of them are based on the SevenDeadlySins.

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There's noone here they want to hang around\\

* The Fallen, the BigBad of {{Transformers}} The War Within: The Dark Ages is actually one of the original Transformers, charged with guarding Entropy and observing [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the Universe]]. Along the line, he decided to ally with Unicron to achieve his apocalyptic goal, losing his true name when his betrayal was discovered.

Often an extreme case of LightIsNotGood and FallenHero. May or may not be considered [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. Not to be confused with [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Fallen Angles]]. The ur-example is one interpretation of how TheBible describes Lucifer. Usually represented visually as a BrokenAngel, though some still have their "un-fallen" countenance.

* The guardian angel in ''Maura's Angel'' by Lynne Reid Banks.

* The ''Angelwalk'' trilogy featured three protagonists--an angel who had almost joined the rebellion against heaven, a demon who almost didn't, and [[GoodIsBoring an angel who had never wavered.]] Late in the middle book, Observer [[LastSecondChance gets a chance at redemption]]--maybe--but doesn't take it. (Possibly subverted in that it may be predestined that he can't. Careful; thinking about it too hard has broken many brains.)
* In ''[[ILucifer I, Lucifer]]'', the story is told from the titular Fallen Angel's perspective whilst he inhabits the body of a mortal. Lucifer even details the fall from paradise.
* In the series ''The Fallen'' by Thomas Sniegoski, fallen angels have children with humans, producing the half and half children called Nephilim. The main character Aaron is the half son of [[spoiler: Lucifer]]
* Anthony J. Crowley, from ''GoodOmens'', although he didn't so much Fall as "saunter vaguely downwards". He's definitely a sympathetic portrayal, and his opposite number is Aziraphale, an angel, who is also officially the Enemy -- except instead of battling to the death, over the past 6000 years of knowing each other they've become [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friends]]. Aziraphale and Crowley tend to [[BreadEggsMilkSquick lunch together, go out for drinks, and join forces against Heaven and Hell to help prevent Armageddon]]. Aziraphale used to be the angel of the Eastern Gate of Eden; Eden being where they met, although Crowley (originally known as "Crawly") had the form of a snake at the time. Yes, Crowley's ''[[HowDoYouLikeThemApples that]]'' snake.
* In ''TheGuardians'', demons are angels who supported [[{{Satan}} Lucifer's]] bid for power, and nosferatu are the angels who did not choose a side and were cast down to Earth as punishment.