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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', Gargoyles come in five types: The standard Gargoyle, Wingless G'''u'''rgoyles, Tiny Gargoylites, and the Gargoyle Lords and Mages, who have the ability to turn to living stone for short periods of time. The largest concentrations are found as Mooks for the Demons of Hades and serving the [[CosmicHorror Splugorth]], but a large Empire of them is found in Europe, and is fighting the Human NGR with high-tech weapons and HumongousMecha of their own.

** It should also be pointed out that gargoyles in this series are entirely biological. Their species is explicitly stated to have naturally evolved these features and no part of what they are capable of as a species is any more magical than a human, including the whole Stone by Day thing, except for the fact that their clothes turn to stone with them which actually is the result of a spell that was cast on the entire species.

Compare AnimateInanimateObject and OurAlebrijesAreDifferent.

Fiction, however, has decided that they'd make a great species, so they often appear in fantasy settings ([[UrbanFantasy Urban]] or otherwise) as a race of {{Winged Humanoid}}s that have a penchant for [[IHaveTheHighGround perching on high terrain]]. Given their origins, they also tend to have an ability to [[TakenForGranite turn to]] [[RockMonster stone]], voluntarily or not.

Another common feature is that any damage done to them while animated can be repaired while statuefied, but destroying the statue kills them permanently.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Gotham's Gothic/Art Deco architecture is teeming with gargoyles and grotesques of the inanimate kind. "Gargoyles of Gotham" in the anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' actually explains their history, makes note of the difference between the two (Batman prefers Gargoyles because grotesques are often added to cornices superficially and make terrible purchases for grappling hooks) and explains that most Grotesques on Bruce Wayne's buildings are [[CrazyPrepared secret emergency Bat-Gear caches]]. Batman likes to blend in with the gargoyles during his nightly vigils.

* The gargoyles in the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' come in two varieties: the PluckyComicRelief trio of legless {{Winged Humanoid}}s who can summon swarms of pigeons and talk, and the animalistic heads that adorn the roofs (one of which turns alive as Frollo clings to it). Turning into stone is only done when they sleep or show Quasimodo he's disappointed them. Although it's questionable [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether they're actually alive, or Quasimodo just has an active imagination]] (he's strong enough to move them around after all). The fact that one of them comes alive to confuse Esmeralda's pet goat seems to indicate they're real.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': Gargoyles are a recurring enemy in the series, resembling demonic {{Winged Humanoid}}s. In at least one game, using a Soft (which cures petrification) on them will [[OutsideTheBoxTactic kill them instantly]] -- [[DontExplainTheJoke because they're made of stone!]]

** Gargoyles -- red-skinned, horned, winged humanoids -- pop up in the series, though in early games they are called "Daemons". ''VideoGame/UltimaVI'' reveals more about them: they are [[spoiler:a good race living in the Underworld, who follow their own system of values, similar to the human system of virtues. They were enemies in the earlier games mainly due to cultural misunderstandings.]] The winged gargoyles are the leaders are guides of the non-intelligent wingless ones.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Gargoyles are living statues that live on rooftops and feed on pigeons, and are named after where they're located ("Cornice overlooking Broadway", for example). They are frequently used as Watchmen and to man the clacks system -- jobs where being able to stare at a single location for days on end and not get bored is a ''very'' useful capability. Also, unlike many depictions of monstrous gargoyles, Discworld gargoyles retain their waterspoutish nature, using their ears and wings to direct rain through the back of their heads and out their mouths, filtering out anything potentially tasty that passes through (especially pigeons). This means that their mouths are always open and their speech is affected quite a bit. It was mentioned once, by either Vimes or Carrot, that the gargoyle was a sort of troll -- a species of RockMonster in the Discworld -- evolved specifically to survive in the city. As of ''The World Of Poo'', the younger generation of Ankh-Morpork gargoyles have adapted fully to an all-pigeon diet, a change that means they now ''can'' close their mouths and speak coherently. This is similar to how young city trolls like Brick are physically adapting to urban living, supporting the notion that gargoyles and trolls are closely related.

* * ''Series/LilHorrors'' included a pair of grotesques named Garg and Goyle among the cast, mostly as observers of the others actions.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is a cartoon in which 6 gargoyles, originally the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy guardians]] of a medieval castle in Scotland, are transported to modern-day New York. TheyFightCrime at night, and turn into statues to sleep during the day, when they are also healed of any injury. They possess great strength, and while they cannot fly, they can glide on air currents. They also lay eggs as opposed to live birth. They may absorb solar energy while they sleep, as a scientist states that to maintain their abilities, they would otherwise have to eat the equivalent of two cows a day.
** This species of gargoyles had variations from all over the world, usually somewhat resembling the local legendary creatures, and always dedicated to protecting some location or population. As the main character explains a few times, it is a gargoyle's nature to find a place to call home and defend it to the death. When the local humans APPRECIATE this protection, it can work out very well for all parties as the gargoyles can offer superior strength and resilience to fight off invaders or other threats while the humans can protect them during their vulnerable daylight hours. When the nearby humans DON'T appreciate their presence... [[UnusualEuphemism gravel supplies tend to swell]]... Most Gargoyles clans (of those few remaining by the present day) have given up on having anything to do with humans as a result -- the Ishimura Clan is one of the very Gargoyle clans that have a good relationship with the local human population.

** It should also be pointed out that Gargoyles in this series are entirely biological. Their species is explicitly stated to have naturally evolved these features and no part of what they are capable of as a species is any more magical than a human, including the whole Stone by Day thing, except for the fact that their clothes turn to stone with them which actually is the result of a spell that was cast on the entire species.

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has a a Gargoyle creature type, which has appeared in several sets. They are depicted as creatures made of animated stone, and often flavored as guardians of some sort. One example is ''Innistrad'''s [[https://scryfall.com/card/isd/228/manor-gargoyle Manor Gargoyle]].

* ComicBook/IronMan villain The Grey Gargoyle is a human alchemist who can turn himself into a RockMonster and his victims [[TakenForGranite into statues]] for one hour.

* An unnamed Parisian sculptor in "The House of Gargoyles!", published in ''House of Mystery'' #175, is being hunted down by two gargoyles he made. They may be his handiwork, but he stole the designs from a colleague he murdered out of jealousy and who cursed the designs with his dying breath. Nonetheless, the gargoyles appear unable to either use violence or enter buildings, so as long as the sculptor stays locked away indoors, he's safe. He's captured anyway when a boy, fascinated by the gargoyles, wants to show his friends they're alive. So he calls out to the sculptor that the gargoyles are gone and when the man cheerfully opens the window, they grab him and fly off with him. As a sidenote, during his time hiding, he created a miniature gargoyle all of his own that ended up left in the care of [[HorrorHost Cain]].
* The new marquis in "Stone Cold Death!" in ''The Creeps'' #4 wants nothing to do with the sculptor Montes and his gargoyles and wants them out of his newly-acquired castle. Montes sees no other option than to send one of his gargoyles, which are actually alive, out to kill the marquis. This is witnessed by Francois, a high-ranked member of the marquis' court, who figures that with a few more deaths he could be marquis themselves. He discovers that Montes regularly applies a potion to the gargoyles and upon learning the recipe kills Montes. However, the potion does nothing. Later, Francois learns that the potion doesn't bring the gargoyles to life but rather keeps them as statues. As the gargoyle closes in to attack him, he also learns they only obey their sculptor.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', the two Gargoyles [[note]] technically grotesques, since they're only statues[[/note]] on top of Ducklair Tower are revealed to be more than mere decorations, and essentially keep a gateway to a dark world filled with demons closed. One volume revolves around a warlock who tries to destroy them to open up said portal. In ''The Black Beam'', it's revealed that those two Gargoyles assume a humanoid form (as armor-covered winged humanoids) in the Pentadimension to fight back [[SealedEvilInACan Moldrock's attempts to escape]].

* [[EvilIsCool Chernabog]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' is arguably a titanic gargoyle: he looks quite demonic and turns into stone during the day. Not just any regular stone statue: he turns into the top of friggin' Bald Mountain, the eponymous mountain of the segment.
* Despite not particularly looking like one, Toto, the crow from ''Anime/TheCatReturns'', is a gargoyle. Just like the [[LivingToys living toy]] Baron, his state of being alive comes from being [[LoveImbuesLife a work of love]]. He's a member of the Baron's Cat Bureau alongside the cat Muta, whom he likes to antagonize. They save the human Haru from a forced marriage into cat royalty.

* ''Film/CurseOfTheTalisman'' (2001) has one (rather small-3ft tall) stone gargoyle revived thanks to a magic talisman which tries to re-awaken the rest of its kin with said talisman.
* ''Film/CastADeadlySpell'' (1991) features a Gargoyle which perches on the evil warlock's mansion like an ordinary statue. However he can bring it to life and send it out on missions to spy on people or kill his enemies.
* ''Film/{{Gargoyle}}'' (2004) featured a larger than average (10ft tall) demonic entity which was trapped in stone centuries ago. It (and its asexually produced offspring) can only be slain by holy weaponry (specifically a crossbow).
* ''Film/RiseOfTheGargoyles'' (2009) has the monsters as SealedEvilInACan in their stone forms.
* ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' includes a gremlin that drinks an experimental serum giving it bat wings. It gets tossed into wet cement, then flies up and perches onto the side of a church, where it hardens into a passable gargoyle.
* ''Film/IFrankenstein'' has gargoyles who are angels [[NotUsingTheZWord in nearly all but name]]; they were created by ArchangelMichael to fight [[TheLegionsOfHell demons.]]

* Creator/HPLovecraft gives us Night Gaunts, denizens of the Dreamlands and straight out of his childhood nightmares. Humanoid, horned, bat-winged, with slick whale-like skin and [[TheBlank no faces at all]] they often show up in flocks to capture hapless humans and take them to terrible places, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment tickling them mercilessly]] the entire way.
* Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith's "The Maker of Gargoyles" has one of the first known examples of gargoyles as living monsters in media. Here, the gargoyles are two architectural gargoyles created by a 12th-century pariah stonemason for a cathedral, only for them to come to life and begin attacking people when their creator's anger against the townspeople for shunning him is unwittingly transferred into his sculptures. The first is the classic horned, bat-winged humanoid gargoyle, but the second instead has a cat's head and bird wings.

* In the ''Literature/AllieBeckstrom'' universe, gargoyles are merely statues animated by elaborate and expensive spells -- until Allie accidentally puts her magic into one. "Stone" then becomes a self-powered individual with the intelligence and personality of a dog.
* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, all normal humans have ElementalPowers. Those with [[DishingOutDirt earth-controlling powers]] can sometimes summon and control animate elementals, or sometimes bind them on (or ''in'') walls and buildings to serve as guardians. The physical shape of earth elemental guardians, like all elementals, varies depending on the individual elemental and/or the human controlling them.
* In Laura Ann Gilman's ''Vineart War'' series the Guardian combines this with OurDragonsAreDifferent as it looks like a stone dragon. It also has considerable magic mojo as lon as it is on the territory it was created to protect.

* In ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'', gargoyles are constructs: stone brought to life by magic. They carry out the orders of whoever created them. The only ones we see are created by the power of an EldritchAbomination, but it's weakly implied that other powers could create them too.
* In ''The Alchemy of Stone'' gargoyles are a dying race, born of the living rock and once able to shape it by their will, a power they have now lost. [[spoiler: In the end an alchemist, at their request finds a way to make them mflesh, mortal and, it's implied capable of reproduction]]
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' has a variant in the thunderclasts, enormous quadrupedal stone monsters shaped something like a dog the size of a small house.
* A gargoyle shows up in ''Literature/AFantasyAttraction'', where he... sells insurance. Door-to-door at that.

* In the ''Literature/{{Oz}}'' books, gargoyles are creatures from the Land of Naught. They are made entirely of wood and stand at less than three feet. They communicate entirely by hand signals and are nocturnal, removing their wings while they sleep. Different indeed.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter,'' both the Staffroom and Headmaster's Office are guarded by gargoyles, which in this setting are just statues brought to life by magic. They're job is to just move aside for anyone who gives the correct password and snarkily deny access to those who don't. The final book shows that they can still speak (again, sarcastically) after being smashed to pieces.

* Gargoyles in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' are creatures in statue form who come alive to ward off evil, and are so powerful that not even [[UltimateEvil the Source]] can get by them.
* In ''Series/SpecialUnit2'' gargoyles are creatures that evolved from dinosaurs. They appeared in the first episode.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' has a vampiric bloodline of Gargoyles, created by clan Tremere as bodyguards. They are allegedly created through a ritual that combines the blood of [[WolfMan the Gangrel]], [[BodyHorror the Tzimisce]], and [[TheGrotesque the Nosferatu]], with different concentrations creating different sorts of Gargoyles. They can turn to stone at will, which is particularly useful when avoiding sunlight, as they are invulnerable while in stone form. The Gargoyles can turn other people into gargoyles, but have little autonomy, and are even said to get confused when left to their own devices.
* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' has gargoyles as constructs created by blood sorcery, possibly as a MythologyGag to ''Masquerade''.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has an example verging on InNameOnly. Gargoyles, aka Hellbats, are Tyranid air-attack creatures. They can't turn into stone, but may have got their name from their tendency to perch atop a [[GiantFlyer larger Tyranid flier]] called a Harridan.

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', one possible character type is the lurkglider, explicitly stated to be gargoyle-like.

* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': In ''Citadel Of Chaos'', you can encounter a Gargoyle in a sculptor's studio in the upper floors of the castle. Luckily, if you made your way there through the kitchens, you may have come across a potion in one of the cabinets thats specifically brewed for combating creatures of stone.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
** In ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'', gargoyles are crystalline bat-like flying undead creatures, who can turn into ground-based statues to regenerate health but cannot attack when they do so.
** Gargoyles occasionally appear in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' as still statues that may or my not attack. There is a series of statues lining a path in Halls of Lightning, some of which come to life when you pass them. Of note is a trash mob in old Naxxramas, the Stoneskin Gargoyle, has become infamous as it possessed the ability to turn into stone at low health, regenerating health fully, ''ad infinitum''. A raid group with too low damage dealing potential could remain stuck on one forever, unable to beat the cast time of the petrification.
** The Stoneskin Gargoyle features in ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'' as a relatively weak creature that full heals at the start of its owners turn.
* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' gargoyles are flying {{Winged Humanoid}}s with very high physical defense.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': The Bloodgoyles can't be harmed with a sword; it only causes them to [[AsteroidsMonster separate into more Bloodgoyles]], but shooting one with your gun turns it briefly to stone, after which you can smash it. Although that isn't entirely true once the NewGamePlus status sets in. While is does take longer, Bloodgoyles can be killed with your swords.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': Gargoyles are a recurring enemy in the series, resembling demonic {{Winged Humanoid}}s. In at least one game, using a Soft (which cures petrification) on them will [[OutsideTheBoxTactic kill them instantly]] -- [[DontExplainTheJoke because they're made of stone!]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', the Gargoyles are flying creatres and a variant of [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Harpy]] type enemy. Their tails can [[TakenForGranite petrify]] anything being impaled by it.
* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', the Gargoyles are vaguely bat-like flying Heartless that will either melee you or spit magic at you. The sequel introduced other types of Gargoyles that were basically the stereotypical animated statues.
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': The first has gargoyles, which are statues until you get too close and turn back to stone if they take enough damage, making them a lot easier to hit (and surprisingly not much harder to kill).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'', there were the flesh gargoyles (stone statues that turned into fleshy demonoid-things) and the mercifully rare stone gargoyles, who stayed stone even after they animated (and were frigging hard to kill).

* Rufus in ''VideoGame/AVampyreStory'' certainly doesn't rock: he has to sit through all sorts of humiliations.

* ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'':
** Gargoyles -- red-skinned, horned, winged humanoids -- pop up in the series, though in early games they are called "Daemons". ''VideoGame/UltimaVI'' reveals more about them: they are [[spoiler:a good race living in the Underworld, who follow their own system of values, similar to the human system of virtues. They were enemies in the earlier games mainly due to cultural misunderstandings.]] The winged gargoyles are the leaders are guides of the non-intelligent wingless ones.
** The ''VideoGame/UltimaV'' installment has a one-time instance of actual stone gargoyles coming to life and attacking you. They are one of the nastiest enemies in the game due to being hard as all hell to kill, and splitting in two when you strike them.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''. Though most of these are PaletteSwap UndergroundMonkey varieties of other monsters, and merely fly and look grey, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' has the actual turn from stone variety. One prominent example is Gaibon, who was fortunate enough to receive a recurring role, [[DegradedBoss occasional boss status]], a loyal teammate, and a position directly serving Death [[spoiler:and occasionally Soma]].

* In ''VideoGame/EternalLands'', Gargoyles are one of the weaker monsters.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}}'' ''2'', Gargoyles are the Legion's archer unit. While most archer units are single slot [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]], Gargoyles take up two slots meaning they have to be on the front line. They make up for this by being about twice as powerful as the average ranged unit and far more durable thanks to higher hitpoints and armor [[LightningBruiser while being just as fast]]. In battle they are in "statue" form most of the time (explaining their high armor rating) and become animate when attacking. The final stage of the Gargoyle tree, the Onyx Gargoyle, has an armor rating of 65, the highest natural armor rating in the game.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has playable character Galio, who is noteworthy for his anti-mage playstyle, gaining damage for buying items that give him magic resistance as well as having one of the strongest abilities in the game in the form of his ultimate ability Idol of Durand.
* ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' has haunted Stone Gargoyles. Justified: these gargoyles come from Shandor buildings.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' includes gargoyles as generic enemies. They are creatures "made of living stone" and possess an innate [[AntiMagic resistance to magic]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''[='s=] ''Dawnguard'' DLC includes gargoyles as powerful guardians and summons of the Volkihar [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] clan. Most of the time, the gargoyle stands perfectly still as a statue, but when enemies are nearby, it bursts from the statue and attacks. In other words, ''Skyrim'' gargoyles behave mostly the same as ones from ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}''. And like in that game, there are also some statues that are just statues, stand there, do nothing and [[ParanoiaFuel invoke paranoia]].
* There have been gargoyles in every ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' game to date. They were controlled by the Warlock (Dungeon) faction in ''Heroes I'' and ''II'', briefly by the Necropolis in ''IV'', and adopted by the Academy (Tower/Wizard) in ''III'' onwards.
* Gargoyles start showing up in higher difficulty Ruins missions in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', capable of stunning your party members with tail whacks as well as tearing apart the front two rows with their claws. While they have incredible armor ratings, being made of stone and all, they have low hp pools, meaning Blight can kill them very quickly.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}'', Gargoyles show up as a rare enemy you can encounter in the wilderness. They fly very fast and have a very good armor rating thanks to their stony skin.
* In ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', gargoyles are flying demons with a large central eye that [[TakenForGranite fires a petrification beam]].

* ''VideoGame/Nitemare3D'' features two enemy types that are gargoyles, which is the name they have in the game data. One looks like a humanoid goat and is found among the hedges. The normal statues appear as early as the first episode's second level, while the animate ones show up starting the eight levels. The other can be described as a batlike minotaur and inhabits niches within grey stone walls. Both the unliving and living variants show up starting the sixth level of the first episode.
* ''VideoGame/LastArmageddon'': One of your party members is a Gargoyle. Although he's just a demon-like monster with no stone-based abilities, one scene involves him finding an old gargoyle statue, which leads to him reconsidering his thoughts on humans and his relation to them.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'' has Gargryph, a Rock-type Pokémon based on a griffin-like gargoyle. It's genderless, cannot fly despite having wings, and can restore parts of its own HP through it Rebuild ability.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': A flying gargoyle named Pazuzu appears in "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E9TeenageMutantLeelasHurdles Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", being lambasted by Farnsworth for running away after the Professor put it through college. Apparently it's a biological creature, as it's seen with its offspring at the end. Presumably it was bio-genetically engineered or something. Pazuzu also appeared in the second movie as a DeusExMachina, where it's revealed that it has the ability to grant wishes. Also it speaks French.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'', they are large fire breathing three-eyed winged demon-like creatures.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'': In one episode, Duke Igthorn sends a sinister gargoyle statue (which looks more like a [[GripingAboutGremlins gremlin]]) to King Gregor to destroy him. After the Gummis save Gregor from the gargoyle by turning it back to stone, they decide to send it back to Igthorn to give him ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E21DaringDoubt Daring Doubt]]", the temple where the Truth Talisman of Tonatiuh is kept is guarded by "guardiangoyles", magical stone statues resembling bat-winged ponies which come to life at Ahuizotl's command and attempt to take the Talisman back from the other characters and are [[WeakenedByTheLight disoriented and eventually repetrified by bright lights]].

* ''Gargoyles'' (1972) has only one of these green, devilishly featured creatures with wings (the other gargoyles we see look more like LizardFolk). As Spawn of the Devil, they work to destroy humanity by [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty kidnapping human women]], [[TheMasquerade killing anyone who knows about them]], or plotting world conquest for Satan. The Gargoyles makeup effects was done by Stan Winston.

* ''Gargoyle'' (2004) featured a larger than average (10ft tall) demonic entity which was trapped in stone centuries ago. It (and its asexually produced offspring) can only be slain by holy weaponry (specifically a crossbow).
* ''Rise of the Gargoyles'' (2009) has the monsters as SealedEvilInACan in their stone forms.

* ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': In "Defender of Truth" Circe animates a bunch of grotesques that Diana has to fight.

* ''Film/IFrankenstein'' has gargoyles be a [[LowestCosmicDenominator lower cosmic denominator]] to angels; they were created by ArchangelMichael to fight [[TheLegionsOfHell demons.]]

In RealLife, gargoyles are statues of grotesque humans and animals designed to ward off evil spirits and channel rainwater from rooftops and spit it out, (hence ''gargling'') away from the building to prevent damage from erosion, or are there just for decoration. Most commonly found on large buildings such as cathedrals.

** In ''Dark Souls II'', the Belfry Gargoyles come back as boss fight. This time each gargoyle is easier to beat, but there are also ''[[WolfpackBoss six]]'' of them.
** They come back ''again'' as an EliteMook in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', this time wielding massive [[FlamingSword flaming swords and maces]].

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': The Belfry Gargoyles are an early boss fight. They're made of patinated bronze instead of stone -- appropriate since they're fought in a Gothic church.

* There have been gargoyles in every ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' game to date.

* ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' Field Guide details gargoyles as dwarf nocturnal [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] that dwell on city roofs, blending in among their inanimate counterparts. Although wingless, they are agile and can leap great distances, while also being able to grip onto walls with immense strength.

* In the Oz books gargoyles are creatures from the Land of Naught. They are made entirely of wood and stand at less than three feet. They communicate entirely by hand signals and are nocturnal, removing their wings while they sleep. Different indeed.

* [[EvilIsCool Chernobog]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' is arguably a titanic gargoyle: he looks quite demonic and turns into stone during the day. Not just any regular stone statue: he turns into the top of friggin' Bald Mountain, the eponymous mountain of the segment.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Gotham's Gothic/Art Deco architecture is teeming with Gargoyles and Grotesques of the inanimate kind. "Gargoyles of Gotham" in the anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' actually explains their history, makes note of the difference between the two (Batman prefers Gargoyles because grotesques are often added to cornices superficially and make terrible purchases for grappling hooks) and explains that most Grotesques on Bruce Wayne's buildings are [[CrazyPrepared secret emergency Bat-Gear caches.]] Batman likes to blend in with the gargoyles during his nightly vigils.

** In ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos]]'', gargoyles are crystalline bat-like flying undead creatures, who can turn into ground-based statues to regenerate health but cannot attack when they do so.
** Gargoyles occasionally appear in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' as still statues that may or my not attach. There is a series of statues lining a path in Halls of Lightning, some of which come to life when you pass them. Of note is a trash mob in old Naxxramas, the Stoneskin Gargoyle, has become infamous as it possessed the ability to turn into stone at low health, regenerating health fully, ''ad infinitum''. A raid group with too low damage dealing potential could remain stuck on one forever, unable to beat the cast time of the petrification.

* The Bloodgoyles from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''. They can't be harmed with a sword; it only causes them to separate into more Bloodgoyles, but shooting one with your gun turns it briefly to stone, after which you can smash it. Although that isn't entirely true once the NewGamePlus status sets in. While is does take longer, Bloodgoyles can be killed with your swords.
* Gargoyles are a recurring enemy in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, resembling demonic {{Winged Humanoid}}s. In at least one game, using a Soft (which cures petrification) on them will [[OutsideTheBoxTactic kill them instantly]] - [[DontExplainTheJoke because they're made of stone!]]

* The first ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' had gargoyles, which were statues until you got too close, and turned back to stone if they took enough damage, making them a lot easier to hit (and surprisingly not much harder to kill).

* The Belfry Gargoyles are an early boss fight in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. They're made of patinated bronze instead of stone - appropriate since they're fought in a Gothic church.