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Basics:
Ats: Angel the Series BtVS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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Angel Investigations - also known as:
A-Team, Team Angel, the gang, the crew, Angel Inc., AI, MoG=Ministers of Grace, Fang Gang Includes Angel and his friends (whoever his friends are at the time), usually Wesley, Gunn, Fred, Cordelia, Lorne. |
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Actors and actresses:
DB, CC, JAR, AD, VK etc.: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, J. August Richards, Alexis Denisof, Vincent Kartheiser ... you get the idea. |
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Bad guys:
W&H: Wolfram and Hart, evil law firm. Lilah Morgan, Lindsey McDonald, Holland Manners: (former) Lawyers at W&H. Senior Partners: The evil powers that are behind Wolfram and Hart. Home Office: The place where the Senior Partners reside. Possibly hell. Possibly our dimension. Holtz: Vampire Hunter from the 18th century. Hunted Angelus and Darla until they killed his wife and son. They also sired his daughter so Holtz was forced to kill her himself. Came to the 21st century with the help of a timetravelling demon. Wanted to kill Angel, instead kidnapped his son Connor. Vampires: Angel(us), Darla, Drusilla, Spike Darla sired Angelus, Angelus sired Drusilla, Drusilla sired Spike. Spike was Drusillas mate. The four spent a long time together killing people wherever they went. to sire: to turn someone into a vampire. In the whedonverse a vampire creates a new one by feeding off a human and making them drink the vampire's blood when they are close to death. |
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Places:
Pylea: Lorne's home dimension. The Hotel: Hotel Hyperion, the AI headquarters. |
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Higher Beings:
PtB: The Powers that Be. The mysterious Gods/higher beings that sent Cordelia her visions. Not clear whether they are good or evil or both. Oracles: Pretty arrogant higher beings that provided Angel with information. They always expected a gift. Killed at the end of Season 1. Conduit: Even higher higher beings, more dangerous to contact than the Oracles. Joss (Whedon): Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. Executive Producer of Angel, sometimes writes and directs episodes himself. |
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Miscellaneous:
Wildfeed: The WB sends the new Angel episodes to their US TV stations via satellite. That happens every week usually at the same day and time and is called wildfeed. You can receive the wildfeed with a really big satellite dish. It usually arrives a few hours prior to the show's air date. Wildfeed summary: There are some people who have such a big satellite dish. They watch the episode, write a summary and publish it on the internet. You can usually find wildfeed summaries on Angelsacolyte.com and in German on Angelinvestigations.de. |