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David Boreanaz as Angelus

Angelus is a fictional character in the television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel played by David Boreanaz. He is the evil alter-ego of Angel, and emerges if Angel loses his soul. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) be merged into this article or section. ... Angel from the TV Series Buffy & Angel This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Angel from the TV Series Buffy & Angel This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a U.S. television series loosely based on the original script for the 1992 movie of the same name. ... Angel was the highly successful spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... David Boreanaz as Angel. ... It has been suggested that Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) be merged into this article or section. ...

Born in a coastal town, Galway, Ireland in mid-1720s, Liam was the son of a moderately wealthy merchant. Twenty-eight years into an unremarkable life of drinking and whoring left him with little more than his father’s contempt. Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... Events and Trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving pianos. ...

During one particularly eventful night in 1753, after being kicked out of his father’s home, Liam’s good looks and talent for violence was noticed by a young woman calling herself Darla. She led Liam into a back ally and proceeded to murder and sire him. 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Darla Darla is a fictional character in the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by Julie Benz. ...

Liam soon awoke as a vampire and immediately began an unholy campaign on his village. Included in the massacre was Liam’s family, which included his sister, Kathy, and his mother and father. It is noted that when Liam came upon his sister alone in their father's house, upon seeing him, she said "God has sent me an angel." Liam embraced his sister, killed her and waited until his father and mother came home and murdered them. He particularly took delight in murdering his father, who made known the contempt, disgrace and disappointment he saw in Liam's life. Liam took the name Angelus (from the "angel" comment his sister made, as a slap in the face of the humanity he left behind).

Angelus and Darla spent a century and a half cutting a bloody swath through Europe.

Angelus was responsible for most of Angel's more reprehensible crimes including the killing of his family and of his village, the deaths of Holtz's family, and the turning of Holtz's daughter into a vampire who Holtz himself had to kill. Angelus himself was known for siring the vampires Penn, who indulged in his blood lust by being a serial killer, and Drusilla who Angelus drove insane before making her a vampire. He was also responsible for training William the Bloody who attributed Angelus as his "Yoda". Holtz was a fictional character on the television series Angel. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Drusilla (born in 1830 in London, England) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... William Pratt (born 1860 in London, England), better known as Spike, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... The Jedi Master known as Yoda (896 BBY–4 ABY), voiced by Frank Oz, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...

After Angelus tormented and killed a "beloved daughter" of a tribe of Gypsies, the Gypsies had their revenge by cursing him with a soul. Angelus became a prisoner in his own body and Angel re-emerged, wracked with guilt at the horrors he had committed. Angelus was forced to watch as Angel tried to achieve redemption, a unique form of torture for both Angelus and Angel. The Rroma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies. ... The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ...

Angelus' first appearance in the show's present-day was in Buffy's second season episode "Innocence". If Angel experiences one true moment of happiness, the Gypsy curse is lifted, he loses his soul, and Angelus re-emerges. After Angel and Buffy's passionate night, Angel's soul was taken from him. Categories: Buffy stubs | Buffy episodes ... Buffy Anne Summers (born January 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is the title fictional character in the commercially unsuccessful film Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the cult television program of the same name. ...

After Angel became Angelus, he joined Spike and Drusilla. Angelus delighted in tormenting Buffy and her friends. His first main kill was Jenny Calendar, whose neck Angelus broke after she got too close to deciphering the Gypsy curse which would restore Angelus' soul. He then devoted his attention to destroying the world by attempting to awaken the demon Acathla. William Pratt (born 1860 in London, England), better known as Spike, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... Drusilla (born in 1830 in London, England) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar Jenny Calendar is a fictional character in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Robia LaMorte. ...

Magic can be used to return Angelus' soul. In Part II of the Season 2 finale "Becoming", Willow returned Angelus' soul with the use of an Orb of Thesulah, but Buffy was forced to send Angel to hell anyway, as it was the only way to prevent Acathla from sucking the world into a demon dimension. After a time in hell, Angel was eventually returned to the world by the Powers That Be. The ancient symbol of the pentagram is often used as a symbol for magic. ... Willow Danielle Rosenberg (born in 1982 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television program, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. ...

Angel had his soul removed by an actress that he was protecting in Season 1 of Angel. She slipped him a drug that produced artificial bliss, or perfect happiness. Once the effects of the drug wore off, however, Angel's soul returned. Angel was the highly successful spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...

Angel's soul was removed yet again, this time in Season 4 of Angel. A shaman put Angel into a dream world which culminated in a moment of true happiness: This time, he made love with Cordelia. Angel agreed to have his soul taken because it was thought that only Angelus knew how to destroy The Beast, a fearsome demon who was terrorizing Los Angeles by blocking out the sun. Angelus ended up escaping, and his own ego drove him to kill The Beast. As Angelus, he fed off of, but did not kill, Lilah Morgan. He was captured with help from Faith, the "other" Slayer. His soul was again returned by Willow, and Angelus has not been seen since then. Angel was the highly successful spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Cordelia Chase (born May 22, 1981 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... The Beast is a fictional demon on the television series Angel. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Lilah Morgan is a fictional character on the television show Angel, and is played by Stephanie Romanov. ... Eliza Dushku as Faith Faith is a fictional character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by Eliza Dushku. ... A Slayer in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fictional universe is a young girl bestowed with mystical powers that originate from the heart of a demon. ... Willow Danielle Rosenberg (born in 1982 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television program, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...

It has twice been assumed that Angel had reverted to Angelus, once in the Buffy Season 3 episode "Enemies" and again in the Angel Season 5 episode "Power Play". Both times, Angel had been merely duping his enemies into believing he had lost his soul, in order to gain their confidence and obtain vital information. Enemies is the 17th episode of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Power Play is an episode in series number of the television series Angel. ...

The relationship between Angel and Angelus

Angel: Vampire with a soul or soul within a vampire?

The majority of the above assumes that Angel and Angelus are separate beings (the former being a human soul, and the latter being a demon), yet the decision of the writers to make distinct separations between the characters for Season Four was seen as a violation of continuity by some fans. Though the early episodes of Buffy had human characters frequently referencing that upon one's turning into a vampire: This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

"You die, and a demon sets up shop in your old home. It walks like you and it talks like you - but it's not you."

All previous Seasons of Buffy and Angel had the relationship between Angelus and Angel far more intertwined, with Angelus frequently referred to (and referring to himself) as "Angel" during Seasons 1 and 2 of Buffy. It would seem that even before he was ensoulled, "Angel" was something of an 'affectionate' nickname that Angelus was known by. Similarly, Angel had almost always referred to things undertaken by Angelus as "his" crimes.

This, in addition to the fact that Rupert Giles, a Watcher well versed in vampire lore, still held Angel responsible for his deeds as Angelus, has led some fans to believe that the "demonic possession" line (always touted by humans), is actually mythology perpetuated by the Watcher's Council so as to remove any moral objection to the Slayer's role as "vampire executioner." However, Giles' holding Angel responsible for the actions of Angelus may be more due to his own personal involvement than anything else. Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Rupert Giles is a character from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series played by actor Anthony Stewart Head. ... In the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Watcher is a member of a secret organisation (the Watchers Council) devoted to tracking and combatting malevolent supernatural entities (and particularly vampires), primarily by locating and training individuals with the talents required to fight such beings and win. ...

Further evidence for this theory developed with the handling of Spike's character arc, which implied that a soul was not the "person" but rather just that person's humanity and conscience. Suggesting that Angel and Angelus are not different beings, but rather opposing egos of the same person.

Angel:"...there is no guilt, there is no torment, no consequences... It's pure. I remember what that was like. Sometimes I miss that clarity."

Cordy: "But not the trying to kill your friends and family part, right? Just checking!"

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Cordy: "What I remember when I was a higher being... I remember seeing you. Your past. When you were Angelus.

Angel: I've never tried to hide who I was. Or what I've done. You already knew.

Cordy: Knowing's different than living it. When I was up there, I could look back and see everyting you did as Angelus. More than see. I felt it. Not just their fear and pain. I felt you. And how much you enjoyed making them suffer...

(Episode 4.07 "Apocalypse, Nowish")

In the context of the primary theme of the Angel series, redemption, this makes the most sense, which is possibly the reason for the writers returning to the "blurred" relationship between Angel/Angelus in Angel Season Five. Angel was the highly successful spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...

Therefore, some fans consider it best to think of Angel and Angelus as different sides of the same person - rather than thinking of one as "the Demon" and the other as "the Soul". When ensoulled, the ego that has come to be known as "Angel" is dominant, without his soul he reverts to his Angelus persona - but they are both "him".

This is also supported by the fact that the different egos do battle for Angel's mind before his soul has been restored.

Other fans prefer the view that they are indeed separate beings, but due to having a single shared memory, have strong feelings of having been the other at the times when the other was dominant.

A good site to visit in regard to the issues surrounding Angel/Angelus can be found here: http://www.atpobtvs.com/philos2.html#pia

See also

• List of Angel episodes
• List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes