History Series / Preacher2016

** Jesse's father was an African-American U.S. Marine in the comics. In flashbacks, he is shown to be a Caucasian preacher.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The logo on Jesse's whiskey bottles look suspiciously like the silhouette of the Saint of Killers' upper torso.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in the first episode as part of an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the town of Annville. A radio host references the change of Annville's mascot from [[CrossesTheLineTwice "Chief Red Savage"]] to the more "politically correct" mascot of "Pedro the Prairie Dog," and tells listeners to give the new mascot a "West Texas hello." Said "hello" consists of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the mascot and it's apparent ''only supporter''. The next scene has the sheriff referring to "Chief" as a "beloved cultural icon." When Jesse insists that it could be worse, he says he knows about worse; worse is a Japanese man marrying his pillow.

* TakeThat: Among those killed by playing host to the Word of God is Creator/TomCruise, who -- unlike the previous victims -- has his death treated as an offhand mentioned background event.

** Eugene Root, the later known as Arseface, is also [[http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/127167/_1459006903.jpg less disfigured than his comic counterpart]] - though of course he'd ''have'' to be, or the producers would need to [[BellisariosMaxim spend a hell of a lot more on makeup]].

* BadassPreacher: Jesse takes a beating from one of his parishioners and turns the other cheek. Until the man beating him says he's going to the same to his own son for snitching on him. Then Jesse beats him and his two friends up, finally breaking the man's arm.
* BloodKnight: When Jesse is finally provoked by Donnie into fighting, it is clear that he loves the violence. As soon as he blocks the first punch, he breaks into a big smile.

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Commanded unknowingly by Jesse with the Word of God, a man who constantly poured out his troubles to him goes to visit his mother and open his heart out to her. He does so by confessing his issues then using a knife to cut his chest open and show his mom his heart before falling over dead.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Cassidy has superhuman strength and quickness. He can survive grievous wounds and heal them quickly. Holy water doesn't harm him at all. He can eat, drink and use the restroom, though drinking large quantities of booze doesn't seem to adversely affect him. He can function during daylight hours and in indirect sunlight. Direct sunlight causes his skin to burst into flame, though it doesn't seem to hurt much.

** Until the Word of God finds Jesse, it makes anyone it floats into explode starting with an African priest, a Russian Satanist priest, and even Creator/TomCruise at a Scientology gathering!

** Eugene Root, the later known as Arseface, is also less disfigured than his comic counterpart.

Its story revolves around Jessie Custer (Creator/DominicCooper), a small town preacher in Annville, Texas whose life is turned around when he is cursed with "The Word of God", [[CompellingVoice the power to compel people to do whatever he commands]]. Jessie soon finds himself drawn into a universe of religious madness, joined by his criminal ex-girlfriend Tulip (Creator/RuthNegga) and Irish vampire Cassidy (Joe Gilgun).

* BloodKnight: When Jessie is finally provoked by Donnie into fighting, it is clear that he loves the violence. As soon as he blocks the first punch, he breaks into a big smile.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in the first episode as part of an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the town of Annville. A radio host references the change of Annville's mascot from [[CrossesTheLineTwice "Chief Red Savage"]] to the more "politically correct" mascot of "Pedro the Prairie Dog," and tells listeners to give the new mascot a "West Texas hello." Said "hello" consists of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the mascot and it's apparent ''only supporter''. The next scene has the sheriff referring to "Chief" as a "beloved cultural icon." When Jessie insists that it could be worse, he says he knows about worse; worse is a Japanese man marrying his pillow.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in the first episode as part of an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the town of Anvil. A radio host references the change of Anvil's mascot from [[CrossesTheLineTwice "Chief Red Savage"]] to the more "politically correct" mascot of "Pedro the Prairie Dog," and tells listeners to give the new mascot a "West Texas hello." Said "hello" consists of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the mascot and it's apparent ''only supporter''. The next scene has the sheriff referring to "Chief" as a "beloved cultural icon." When Jessie insists that it could be worse, he says he knows about worse; worse is a Japanese man marrying his pillow.

* RaceLift: Tulip is white in the comics, but actress Ruth Negga is half Ethiopian.

* RaceLift: Tulip is white in the comics, but actress Ruth Negga is half Ethiopian.
* WifeBasherBasher: Jesse beats up an abusive husband and his friends in episode 1.

* MuggingTheMonster: Donnie, the abusing husband, decides to beat up Jessie because Jessie tried to interfere in his domestic situation. He probably heard stories of Jessie's past but he clearly did not believe them or he though that bringing his buddies along would give him an advantage. Jessie does not fight back but then Donnie threatens to beat up his son and Jessie has enough. The fight is a CurbStompBattle as Jessie destroys Donnie and his re-enactment buddies and then breaks Donnie's arm to make sure that Donnie has learned his lesson.

* AdaptationDistillation:
** Cassidy's eyes appear normal.
** Odin Quincannon's meat packing factory is in Jesse's hometown.
** When Jesse gets Genesis, it doesn't explode the entire church, which allows him to stay as a preacher in Annville much longer than he was in the comics.

''Preacher'' is a television series based on Creator/GarthEnnis' [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} comic book series of the same name]]. Airing on Creator/{{AMC}}, Sam Catlin (''Series/BreakingBad'') serves as executive producer and showrunner, Creator/SethRogen and Evan Goldberg (''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'') as executive producers and writers, and English actor Creator/DominicCooper plays the titular role. The first episode premiered on May 22, 2016.

!!This show provides examples of:

* AdaptationDistillation: From the first episode alone, there are many differences present between the show and the comic. Examples are:
** John Custer being a preacher.

* BloodKnight: When Jessie is finally provoked by Donnie into fighting, it is clear that he loves the violence. When he blocks the first punch, his face sports a big smile and he has a lot of fun beating up Donnie and his buddies.

* WifeBasherBasher: Jesse beats up an abusive husband and his friends.

** Until the Word of God finds Jesse, it makes anyone it floats into explode starting with an African priest, a Russian Satanist priest, and even Tom Cruise at a Scientology gathering!

* MuggingAMonster: Donnie, the abusing husband, decides to beat up Jessie because Jessie tried to interfere in his domestic situation. He probably heard stories of Jessie's past but he clearly did not believe them or he though that bringing his buddies along would give him an advantage. Jessie does not fight back but then Donnie threatens to beat up his son and Jessie has enough. The fight is a CurbStompBattle as Jessie destroys Donnie and his re-enactment buddies and then breaks Donnie's arm to make sure that Donnie has learned his lesson.

** Due to being a vampire, Cassidy survives jumping out of a plane without a parachute, but the impact destroys the lower part of his body. It's a bloody mess of mangled flesh with his intestines as the only recognizable organs.