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8 | A play written by Creator/CliveBarker, detailing the trial of [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]. The audience attends as would-be jurors and are transported back in time via vignettes of testimony that illustrate the Devil’s actions throughout history. Notable appearances in the court and during flashbacks include [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], Jesus Christ and Lilith. The prosecution argues that the Devil’s presence on Earth has had a disastrous effect on mankind, whereas the defense counters that the Devil is – and always has been – man’s greatest scapegoat. The Devil demands that he be found innocent and be released to return to Heaven. |
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11 | !! This work provides examples of: |
12 | %%* AffablyEvil |
13 | %%* ArtificialHuman: Lucifer's "son" |
14 | %%* AwfulWeddedLife: Lucifer and Lilith |
15 | %%* AscendedDemon: Lucifer's goal |
16 | %%* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Lucifer]] |
17 | * BadassNormal: Daniel Mendoza. Even Lucifer is impressed. |
18 | * BatmanGambit: Pulled off by Catherine in her final statement. |
19 | %%* TheBadGuyWins: Well yes, but... see MeaninglessVillainVictory. |
20 | * TheCorrupter: Guess who. |
21 | %%* CryForTheDevil |
22 | * DeadPersonConversation: How each of the "witnesses" testify. They did live centuries apart. |
23 | * [[spoiler: DevilButNoGod]] |
24 | %%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes |
25 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even the devil is not an OmnicidalManiac. |
26 | * FallenAngel: One of the flashbacks covers the fall. |
27 | * TheFarmerAndTheViper: Lucifer with pretty much anyone he befriends. |
28 | * FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Lucifer]] |
29 | %%* {{Flashback}} |
30 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: The Heaven-bound messengers, upon discovering that [[spoiler: Heaven is empty.]] |
31 | %%* HaveYouSeenMyGod |
32 | * HeroAntagonist: Catherine, the prosecuter |
33 | %%* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Inverted with Jane]] |
34 | %%* HumansAreBastards |
35 | * JesusWasWayCool: Averted, in one of the least flattering depictions in literature. |
36 | * LiteralAssKissing: Lucifer asks several characters to do this for him, but politely. |
37 | * TheLostLenore: Lucifer's witch lover. |
38 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Lucifer wins the trial and goes back to heaven, on the caveat that he can never return to Earth. It turns out that [[HaveYouSeenMyGod Heaven has been abandoned]].]] |
39 | %%* OffingTheOffspring |
40 | %%* OutGambitted: Lucifer, once by [[spoiler: Jesus]] and [[spoiler: again at the end by the prosecution]]. |
41 | %%* OutWithABang: Pia Shim |
42 | * QuestionableConsent: Lucifer and Pia |
43 | %%* TheirFirstTime |
44 | %%* UndyingLoyalty: Lucifer's minion |
45 | * VillainyDiscretionShot: Well, you can't fit in everything the devil has done into a single play. |
46 | %%* VillainProtagonist |
47 | %%* WitchHunt: A literal one in a flashback. |
48 | * YouAreWorthHell: Or Heaven, as the case may be. |
49 | %%* YouHaveFailedMe |
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