The '90s cartoon Gargoyles is rightfully lauded as one of the best in its era. It's deeper than almost everything else in its genre, showing a deep plotline, nuanced characters, and a darker setting than any animated show had in that era. It's not wrong to say it was at least a decade ahead of its time.

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Even with how excellent the series was, some moments are head-scratching and don't make a whole lot of sense. Most of them are minor, but a few are more than a little annoying.

10 Plot Threads Getting Lost & Forgotten

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For a cartoon that was as story-heavy as Gargoyles, it had a habit of putting out plot threads that never got realized. None of them are large enough to be too detracting from the show, but they are present.

In one case, it's Xanatos saying that the computer virus that nearly took down Coldstone was the deadliest weapon he could ask for, only to never see it mentioned again. Something similar happened with Demona never addressing the fact that she thought Eliza was dead despite seeing her alive a few episodes later.

9 The Third Season Being Declared Non-Canon By Fans & The Creators

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A season has to be a whole other level of bad when it gets expunged from existence. It's a situation that's not unlike what happened with the ill-fated Dragon Ball GT series.

It's so reviled that fans like to pretend as if it doesn't exist, something even the creators themselves agreed with. Beyond the first episode, all of the creative force behind the first two seasons wiped their hands clean of the atrocity that was Goliath Chronicles.

8 The Tone Shift In Season 3

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There's a good reason that fans never talk about the third season, and the sudden tone shift the series took is a big reason. Due to executive meddling, the series became far more lighthearted and more like something that belonged on Disney at that time.

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It was a slap in the face of the dark and mature setting that had been firmly established before that. It's proof that the more executives meddle with a property, the worse it's going to be.

7 Princess Katharine's About-Face After Goliath Saved Her

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The show often did a great job of completing character development with its main cast. Most of the characters slowly developed rather than making a quick about-face at the end of an episode. The one exception to that was Princess Katharine, who went from being bigoted towards the Gargoyles to protecting their unborn offspring after Goliath saved her from the Vikings.

It's good that she saw the error of her ways, but she was old enough to know that the Gargoyle's job had always been to protect the kingdom. Goliath's actions should have only affirmed what she already knew.

6 Humans Never Showing Any Gratitude To The Gargoyles

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Human distrusting the Gargoyles for much of the series was fine from a narrative standpoint, playing an angle that is often seen in X-Men comics. Much of their good deeds went unnoticed by most of the populace too, so most of New York only had to go off the fact they looked like demons.

The problem is that this mentality remained even when humans were well aware of the deeds of the Gargoyles. It helped make Demona's motives understandable but never made much sense.

5 The Introduction Of Time Travel Was Unnecessary

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The Avalon arc is as well-plotted and deep as much of the series is, but it introduces a lot of fantastical elements to the series that at times aren't welcome. There's nothing wrong with having magic, especially given that the series revolves around Gargoyles coming to life.

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The issue is more when time travel gets involved, muddling the plot at times. It always felt like an unnecessary addition, only used as a means to bring in a few new set pieces.

4 Gargoyles' Eating Habits Were Inconsistent

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How the Gargoyles survive is a minor plot detail in a show that's more about acceptance and working past the cycle of revenge. That said, the series is never all that clear on what it is they need to survive.

At one point, it seemed that they didn't need to eat and only needed sunlight to survive. Then it's revealed that they do need to eat, yet so few of them are shown ever doing it, beyond Broadway and Bronx.

3 The Events Of City Of Stone Getting Dismissed By The Human Population

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The show was often so good at always having events leave lasting impressions in people, yet, somehow failed to do that with the City Of Stone conclusion. Every shred of evidence that the City Of Stone occurred gets dismissed by people, despite the fact it affected a majority of the city.

You'd think much of a city's populace getting turned to stone would be pretty memorable. It's one of the few moments where the show hand waved the consequences away to continue with the story they wanted to tell.

2 The Darkness Of Mace Malone's Death

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Death was always present in Gargoyles. It wasn't a series that shied away from it, something that should be commended given the cartoons of that era.

Things got ramped up a little more when it came to Mace Malone, who was left trapped in his death trap of a house after Matt Bluestone helped Goliath escape the old man's clutches. Being left to slowly die of dehydration is a pretty awful way to go and one you'd think Goliath would have spoken up against.

1 Hybrids Existing In The Universe

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The introduction of the third race or the Children of Oberon opened up a whole new avenue in the series, bringing with it a vast number of new characters. The arc itself was enjoyable for more than just the expanded lore, but it did introduce one murky subject, which was the introduction of hybrids.

Fox being revealed as Titania's child felt like it was an unnecessary addition to the character and was only there as a plot device that would bring Oberon to New York.

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