History Series / PennyDreadfulCityOfAngels

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache. This is made even ''worse'' when this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death]] [[DisposableSexWorker in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffeur for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even more disturbing in the ''same damn episode'' when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later)]]. Cue throwing up at the waste of physical beauty twice in one episode.

* {{Gayngst}}: [[spoiler: Peter Townsend, after losing face against Goss, drowns his sorrows in homosexual affairs near the Santa Monica pier.]]

* MasterOfDisguise: The demon Magda is German housewife Elsa Branson, Councilman Townsend's assistant Alex, and the pachuco 'queen' Rio.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/NatalieDormer plays the demon Magda and her guises as German housewife Elsa Branson, Councilman Townsend's assistant Alex, and the pachuco 'queen' Rio.

* MyBelovedSmother: Miss Adelaide, for Sister Molly. Adelaide is incredibly manipulative, controlling who Molly speaks to and what she does, and has apparently been pushing her daughter into the spotlight since the age of four.

** Characters with the surname of "Branson" show up in both shows: Mina's fiance Captain Branson in the original, Magda's persona of Elsa Branson in this show.

** Councilman Townsend is an American man... who thinks that Mussolini and Hitler are great role models. However, he is ''[[SubvertedTrope not]]'' willing to be an actual Nazi.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Councilman Townsend has no problem forcing minority communities out of their homes to build freeways if it advances his political career, but he balks at helping Nazi agents prepare for a takeover of the country, only doing do under threat of death.

** During a conversation with Tiago, Lewis mentions The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll appeared in the third season of the original show.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache. This is made even *worse* when this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death]] [[DisposableSexWorker in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffeur for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even more disturbing in the ''same damn episode'' when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later)]]. Cue throwing up at the waste of physical beauty twice in one episode.

* WhatTheHellHero: In the process of interrogating Diego, Lewis figures out that Tiago's brother was [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the one who killed Officer Reilly]]. Lewis then lays into Tiago for letting him go. But he helps cover up that fact by getting Diego to confess to that murder as well as the Hazlett killings.

* VillainProtagonist: Magda is the primary villain to start with, but also a focus character herself.

As Detective Vega and his partner hunt for the killer, tensions rise over the construction of California's first highway as Nazism in Europe spreads making its way across the seas to America. As the city teeters on the edge, supernatural forces beyond its citizens belief work behind the scenes as they push Los Angeles towards chaos...

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache. This is made even *worse* when [[[spoiler: this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffer for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even *more disturbing in the same damn episode* when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later)]]. Cue throwing up at the waste of physical beauty twice in one episode.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache. This is made even *worse* when [[[spoiler: this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffer for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even *more disturbing in the same damn episode* when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later)]]. Cue throwing up twice in one episode.

As Detective Vega and his partner hunt for the killer, tensions rise over the construction of California's first highway as Nazism in Europe spreads making its way across the seas to America. As the city teeters on the edge, supernatural forces beyond its citizens belief work behind the scenes as they pushes Los Angeles towards chaos...

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* HateSink: There are good cops like Tiago, and bigots-with-badges ranging from mostly-good like Lewis to moderately racist like Captain Vanderhoff, but the one cop that is completely irredeemable is Reilly. He truly hates the Mexican immigrants and the pachucos, roughing them up any chance he gets. He even goes so far as to [[spoiler: sexually violate Josefina in front of her brother, Mateo, knowing neither of them can do anything about it.]]

* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler: Councilman Townsend sure is racist and sexist, but he's also a closeted homosexual.]]

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also [[Squick overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache]]. This is made even *worse* when [[[spoiler: this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffer for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even *more disturbing in the same damn episode* when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later)]]. Cue throwing up twice in one episode.

* FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Skip, the male prostitute Peter Townsend employs to fulfill his repressed homosexuality, is extremely handsome and ripped compared to Townsend himself, who in addition to being a horrible person is also [[Squick overweight, sweaty, and sports a classic pedo-stache]]. This is made even *worse* when this handsome man is not only conned out of money by Townsend the following morning for sleeping with him, but is then [[KilltheCutie shot to death in the chest and head]] by Kurt, a hitman and chauffer for the Nazi party Townsend is affiliated with. This is made even *more disturbing in the same damn episode* when Kurt, himself a handsome ripped guy, takes Townsend to a motel to have sex with him (where Townsend is unknowingly being filmed by the Nazis so they can blackmail him with the footage later). Cue throwing up twice in one episode.

* {{Gaygnst}}: [[spoiler: Peter Townsend, after losing face against Goss, drowns his sorrows in homosexual affairs near the Santa Monica pier.]]