History Series / Preacher2016

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Angels are indistinguishable from normal humans aside from the fact that they're immortal. If killed, they reappear at once from the nearest door; thus, the only way to stop them is incapacitation. So far the only exception is the Saint of Killers, whose gun destroys angels and sends them to an unknown fate. Most are [[CelestialBureaucracy middle management types]], but one seraph shows up as well, a sort of warrior angel apparently.

* OutOfFocus: Eugene, Hitler and the Saint Of Killers in Season 3. All three have significantly less screentime than in other seasons.

** Cassidy doesn't keep his shades on at all times since that would limit the actor's ability to emote. Consequently, his [[RedRightHand bloodshot eyes]] are dropped.

* PrayerOfMalice: As a child, Jesse prayed that his father would die and be sent to Hell for refusing to adopt Tulip.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Saint Of Killers gives Jesse one hour to find him a soul before he kills Tulip and Cassidy in "Sokosha".

** Herr Starr has a star-shaped scar over one blind eye and a shaved head. That's just when we first meet him; as the series progresses he picks up a scar along his crown, a grotesque ear made from foreskins, and loses his right leg and his genitals.

* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: The Saint Of Killers, as part of a deal to hunt down and kill Genesis.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Especially the indestructible kind carried by the Saint Of Killers.
-->'''Saint Of Killers:''' ".44 Walker. It's the most powerful handgun ever made. And mine can shoot through planets."
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: When [[spoiler:Tulip]] is kidnapped by Viktor, Jesse goes to his house and uses the Word to make sure no one stops him, and gets into a fight with a TortureTechnician before finding her in a room with Viktor.

** In the first season, someone keeps changing the All Saints Congregational sign in Annville to say sarcastic or obscene spins on the original message.

** In season 3, Herr Starr dons a wide range of hats to hide the scar that makes his head look like a penis. He sometimes changes hats between scenes.

* SafeSaneAndConsensual: A bit zig-zagged. Betsy has bruises from her interactions with Donnie, but she candidly states that she "likes it." Their son [[AbuseMistake believes that his father is abusing his mother]], but Donnie takes him aside and tells him that adults are "complicated" and that the noises he hears from the bedroom aren't him beating her. Later scenes make it clear that they're engaging in consensual BDSM play in the bedroom. The characterization avoids BondageIsBad when the couple makes a HeelFaceTurn at the end of the season.
* SarcasticConfession: When asked about his story, Cassidy confesses to being a 119-years old vampire from Dublin on the run from a group of vampire hunters. Jesse thinks he's joking.
* SayingTooMuch: Lara slips up, mentioning Tulip robbed banks in Dallas, which wasn't part of their conversation. Tulip first agrees she must have just forgotten, but then when she's still suspicious, Lara gets F. J. to come over acting like her supposed abusive ex-boyfriend when her very identity is questioned. This works to make Tulip believe it.

* SealedEvilInACan: At the end of "Sokosha", rather than [[spoiler:send the Saint back to Hell (which could be a problem now that he has 1 percent of Jesse's soul), Jesse locks him in the back of the Soul Happy Go Go van and drives it into a swamp in Angelville]].

** When [=DeBlanc=] and Fiore wait for the minivan that takes them to Hell at the John B. Robert Dam, the show uses the same location and camera angles from the scene in ''Series/BreakingBad'' where Jesse Pinkman and later Walter White wait for the vacuum cleaner repairman. Showrunner Sam Catlin was a writer/producer on ''Breaking Bad''.
** Emily watches ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', which is implied to inspire her to take an extreme and immoral action much like Marion Crane in the film.

* SoulEating: [[spoiler:The beginning of "Sokosha" shows a poor couple selling something, which we later find out is the man's soul, which the company then sells to rich people as cures for ailments.]] Later on, when [[spoiler:Jesse gives the Saint the 1 percent of his soul that was extracted, the Saint promptly eats it]].

** [[spoiler:Jesse realizes he went to hell, not heaven, when Fiore praises Jesse for forgiving his friends. Jesse hadn't.]]
** [[spoiler:Jesse realizes he is still in hell after the Saint of Killers apparently rescues him because the Saint is talking too much and has a horse, rather than traveling on foot.]]

** In the first season finale [[spoiler:God on his heavenly throne looks horribly cliched and cheap, and for a good reason: It's an angel pretending to be God, who is missing]]. Later on, it's revealed that [[spoiler:it was actually the soul of a human actor who thought he was auditioning for a part as God and was murdered so his soul could be taken into heaven]].
** In the car chase in the second season premier, the film stock suddenly gets a lot of scratches and the color balance changes to resemble an old 1970s exploitation film.

* SuicideBySunlight: In the series finale, [[spoiler:after finding out of Jesse and Tulip's death after seemingly living a long happy life together, Cassidy decides to walk away from their graves without an umbrella and burn up in the sunlight.]]

* ThirstyDesert: The Australian Outback. The Saint Of Killers doesn't mind, since he doesn't need water.

* TongueTrauma: The Saint Of Killers rips out a man's tongue when the man is unable to tell the Saint where Jesse went.

* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:The Seraphim]], thanks to [[spoiler:being shot by the Cowboy]].

** Viktor Kruglov employs one who has a room packed full of instruments, and is completely matter of fact about his work.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Cassidy begins to worry that his son Denis's bloodthirst will be a bad influence on him after siring him. [[spoiler:So much so that he [[OffingTheOffspring kills him over it]].]]
* TrashTheSet: In the first season finale, [[spoiler:the townfolk tear up the interior of the church after finding out about God's absence]]. Later on, it goes even further when [[spoiler:Quincannon's methane power plant explodes, destroying the whole town, with special focus on the All Saints church]].

* YinYangBomb: Genesis is an angel/demon hybrid, and possesses power that angels fear.

* BoomHeadshot: The Saint Of Killers tends to aim for the head, [[spoiler:including when he guns down both Satan and God.]]

* AnythingThatMoves: Eccarius likes to seduce beautiful women, but he also hypnotizes a grizzled old bartender into kissing him.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: The search for God in Season 2 runs on these. Cassidy finds Fiore in an advertisement for Mumbai Sky Tower, and the gang later spots the actor who played imposter God in a charity advertisement starring Creator/FrankieMunez.