Gabriel (Supernatural)

Gabriel, also known as the "Trickster," is an antagonist appearing on the TV series Supernatural, played by Richard Speight, Jr.

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The Trickster returns in "Changing Channels," where he traps Dean and Sam in a number of television shows in an effort to force the brothers to accept their roles as the vessels of Michael and Lucifer. The Winchesters eventually figure out that he is actually an angel and trap him in a ring of holy fire, causing them to return to the real world. The Trickster reveals that he is Gabriel, one of the four Archangels, and that he left Heaven to get away from his fighting brothers. Gabriel then points out the similarities between the Winchesters and Michael and Lucifer (Dean being the obedient son like Michael, and Sam being the rebellious one like Lucifer), and insists it is the Winchesters' destiny to be Michael and Lucifer's vessels.

Gabriel returns in "Hammer of the Gods," where he barges into a meeting of numerous pagan gods and it's revealed that he was once known as Loki and he once had a relationship with the Hindu goddess Kali. Later, when Lucifer is about to kill Kali, Gabriel appears and hits Lucifer, sending him flying against a wall. He tells the Winchesters to leave with Kali while he faces off against his brother. Gabriel then condemns Lucifer on his "temper tantrum" over the fact that he was replaced by humanity as the apple of God's eye. After a tense standoff, Gabriel is revealed to have created a duplicate of himself; the real Gabriel tries to sneak up on Lucifer with his angel blade. Unfortunately, Lucifer sees through his ruse and stabs Gabriel with his blade, killing him.