Groosalugg
The Groosalugg is a male television character who features in Buffy-Angel.
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Biography
Groosalugg was a male native of Pylea that was a dimension where humans were treated as slaves and called cows. As a Pylean demon, his human-like appearance was deemed to be deformed though his only apparent non-human physical characteristic is a pair of dark-colored eyes. Because of his human heritage, he was banished to the Scum Pits of Ur where he was to die, but instead defeated every creature that attacked him. This earned him a reputation for bravery and combat skill, and as such he wandered the countryside as an undefeated champion, or Groosalugg. In Pylea there is a prophecy that the Groosalugg will one day com-shuck, or mate, with the entity that has "the curse," which in this case comes to mean Cordelia's visions. After the two have mated, Cordelia's visions will be passed on to him. Since Pylea is dominated by monks loyal to Wolfram & Hart, this would put the instrument of The Powers That Be under the control of evil. Cordelia does not want this, at first because she believes the Groosalugg to be more demon-like, but this objection falls when Cordelia meets him and sees that he is, in fact, very handsome and nearly human. However, Cordelia still does not want to consummate their relationship because she does not want to lose the visions. Groo ends up proving that he is a good man, not a tool of evil, and helps Cordelia and the rest of her friends to escape Pylea.
Sometime later, a revolution came to depose the Groosalugg from his rule in Pylea. As a result, he decided to travel to Earth in order to meet with Cordelia again. He came to arrive unexpectedly in Los Angeles during a time when Angel and Cordelia were close to starting a relationship. The feelings that Cordelia has for Angel are immediately put on hold, and instead she chooses to rekindle her romance with Groo. She even goes as far as to find a mystical spell which allows her both to have sex with Groo and to retain her visions. Angel is jealous of Groo for many reasons, including that Cordelia has chosen Groo over him and that Groo is just as formidable a fighter as himself. For a time, Angel is concerned that Groo will replace him, due to him possessing equally dangerous combat skills while lacking most of Angel's weaknesses, but Wesley assures Angel that he remains their reason and drive for fighting the good fight in the first place. Despite a victory against a life-sucking tree demon that Groo could never have defeated himself proving his continued worth to the group, unable to withstand being witness to the relationship between Cordelia and Groo, Angel gives them money and asks that they go on an extended holiday. When Cordelia and Groo return, they find that some terrible things have happened in their absence, such as Connor being stolen by Holtz and Wesley having betrayed the team in an attempt to protect Connor from a prophecy that seemed to foretell Angel killing his son. Cordelia immediately begins to pay more attention to Angel, and Groo starts to realize that Cordelia does not love him but rather Angel. In the end, Groo finally mustered up the courage to tell Cordelia this, and he then left Los Angeles for parts unknown.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, the Groosalugg was a human appearing demon whose only distinctive feature were his black eyes. Initially, Groo possessed long black hair and dressed in what looked like Earth's medieval clothing. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, he was given a makeover resembling Angel, both in wardrobe and hairstyle.
Among his people, he was considered deformed for his human form.
Groo was impish yet charming, charismatic yet disarming, manly and heroic yet innocent and bubbly. He had a positive attitude and was often misunderstood because he found it hard to express himself on Earth, which was so different to what he had known all his life. In battle, however, Groo acted fluently; his strong, determined, and knowledgeable combatant side contrasted with his soft natured, giddy personality under normal circumstances.
Despite his fierce warrior nature, he was surprisingly sensitive. When he realized Cordelia and Angel's growing attraction for one another, Groo nobly if sadly stepped aside for what he knew was the right thing to do.
According to Cordelia, Groo appeared to like to mix tuna fish with ice cream. He also had a flair for interior decoration.
Powers and abilities
Due to his half-demon heritage, Groo possessed superhuman strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility, resistance, and regeneration. It was said that he was physiologically incapable of reproducing with Pylean females.
Groo was well-known in Pylea for his combat skills. He was deadly in both armed and unarmed combat, managing to best Angel in single combat and only losing when Angel resorted to his Van-Tal form.
Notes
- Groosalugg was created by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear where he was portrayed by actor Mark Lutz with him appearing in the setting of Angel.
In other media
Comics
- In Angel: After the Fall, the Groosalugg appeared in the setting of the canon comic tie-in set after the events of the live-action television series. Joss Whedon. Its story begins immediately after Los Angeles is sent to hell in the Season Five Angel finale "Not Fade Away". The Groosalugg establishes himself in Silver Lake, a corner of the city that has been cleared of human-hostile demonic influence. He works with Lorne, who has become the freely elected leader of the area. During Angel's visit to Lorne, Groo offers the ex-vampire his services whenever he needs them. He appears riding what appears to be a black pegasus. The beast's name is Cordelia, the same as Angel's dragon. Groo is one of the members of the Angel Investigations team rallied by Lorne to help Angel fight the Demon Lords, and he helps by breaking the chains on Angel's dragon. The Demon Lords are all destroyed. In issue fifteen, Illyria decides to end all reality in order to end emotional pain and starts with demolishing what is left of Los Angeles. The Groosalugg is killed while attempting to stop her. He has enough time to bemoan the nature of this death. He is revived later as Angel forces the Senior Partners to rewind time to before Los Angeles was sent to hell. As with everyone who was involved with the After the Fall storyline, the Groosalugg retains all of his memories. The situation leaves Angel a publicly acclaimed hero. Angel leaves his dragon in the care of the Groosalugg as part of an attempt to regain anonymity. In later comics post-After the Fall, the Groosalugg assists Angel and Spike in saving a comic book convention threatened by various mystical dangers.
Appearances
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