Imagine coming home after a long school day in 1994. Backpack off, shoes off, and, before the front door closes, your butt is on the couch and the TV is on. Flipping through the channels, you see it on the Disney Afternoon programming block: Gargoyles. It’s dark and brooding, but also at times tender and sentimental. These “monsters” aren’t so scary when they’re not trying to be. They wax philosophical and struggle with the inherent mistrust between their kind and humanity. It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Yet has surprisingly familiar roots in the works of William Shakespeare​​​​​​.