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{{Infobox character
{{Infobox character
|name = Information Gargoyle
|name = Information Gargoyle
|image = MediEvil2019-InformationGargoyles-BookOfGallowmere.png
|image = MediEvil2019-InformationGargoyles-BookOfGallowmere.png
|aka =
|aka =
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[[Harry Dickman]] <small>(''MediEvil'')</small>{{TwitterRef|Sorrell|1164248584759345152|August 21, 2019|November 2, 2022}}{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1058734692680298497|November 3, 2018|November 2, 2022|quote=It was an elderly actor who was known in the UK for voicing some of the later Mr Kipling cake TV commercials. I liked his voice and wanted the gargoyles to sound a little similar so auditioned and used him.}}
[[Harry Dickman]] <small>(''MediEvil'')</small>{{TwitterRef|Sorrell|1164248584759345152|August 21, 2019|November 2, 2022}}{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1058734692680298497|November 3, 2018|November 2, 2022|quote=It was an elderly actor who was known in the UK for voicing some of the later Mr Kipling cake TV commercials. I liked his voice and wanted the gargoyles to sound a little similar so auditioned and used him.}}
|appearances =
|appearances =
''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' / [[MediEvil (2019)|2019 remake]]<br>
{{Icon|Med}} ''[[MediEvil (1998)]]''<br>{{Icon|MPSP}} ''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]''<br>{{Icon|MedPS4}} ''[[MediEvil (2019)]]''
''[[MediEvil: Resurrection]]''
}}{{Quote|It has risen again - [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]]. See?|an Information Gargoyle shortly after Sir Dan's resurrection.}}
}}{{Quote|It has risen again - [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]]. See?|an Information Gargoyle shortly after Sir Dan's resurrection.}}
'''Information Gargoyles''' were gnarled old [[Spirit]]s from the [[Spirit world]] who manifested themselves as Stone Gargoyles and rooted themselves about the land of [[Gallowmere]].{{Bookref|MED-Script}}{{Bookref|MED-Script|The Gargoyle's{{sic}}}} They were the wise brethren of the greedy [[Merchant Gargoyles]].
'''Information Gargoyles''' were gnarled old [[Spirit]]s from the [[Spirit world]] who manifested themselves as Stone Gargoyles and rooted themselves about the land of [[Gallowmere]].{{Bookref|MED-Script}}{{Bookref|MED-Script|The Gargoyle's{{sic}}}} They were the wise brethren of the greedy [[Merchant Gargoyles]].
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==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
===Appearance===
Information Gargoyles are green stone carvings of demonic heads with horns and a goatee. In their mouth they have two protruding fangs.
====Canonical account====
 
Information Gargoyles were green stone carvings of demonic heads with horns and a goatee. In their mouth they had two protruding fangs.
{{ResurrectionText|[[MediEvil: Resurrection|Some sources]] describe the gargoyles as having full bodies complete with small wings, long, gangly arms with three-fingered hands, and small stubby feet with two toes.}}
====Apocryphal account====
[[MediEvil: Resurrection|Some sources]] described the gargoyles as having full bodies complete with small wings, long, gangly arms with three-fingered hands, and small stubby feet with two toes.


===Personality===
===Personality===
Although quite clever, the Information Gargoyles have a snarky sense of humour, looking down on Sir Dan for being a fraud. However, they do occasionally give out helpful hints.
====Canonical account====
 
Although quite clever, the Information Gargoyles had a snarky sense of humour, looking down on Sir Dan for being a fraud. However, they did occasionally give out helpful hints.
Whenever a gargoyle speaks, one can observe three traits of speech uncommon to other characters: first, they refer to themselves in the plural; second, they intrinsically pluralise their verbs; and lastly, referring to Sir Dan as "it" instead of "he", though this decreases in prevalence as Dan advances in his adventure.


{{ResurrectionText|[[MediEvil: Resurrection|Some sources]] claim the gargoyles are very expressive, owing to their having full bodies and thus being able to use body language. They allegedly do not have any awkward speaking traits and are largely short-tempered and sarcastic creatures.}}
Whenever a gargoyle spoke, one could observe three traits of speech uncommon to other characters: first, they referred to themselves in the plural; second, they intrinsically pluralised their verbs; and lastly, they referred to Sir Dan as "it" instead of "he", though this decreased in prevalence as Dan gained their respect.
====Apocryphal account====
[[MediEvil: Resurrection|Some sources]] claimed the gargoyles were very expressive, owing to their having full bodies and thus being able to use body language. They allegedly did not have any awkward speaking traits and were largely short-tempered and sarcastic creatures.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
===''MediEvil''===
===''MediEvil''===
[[File:MediEvil1998-InformationGargoyle.png|right|thumb|An Information Gargoyle in ''MediEvil''.]]
====Locations====
====Locations====
There are a total of twenty Information Gargoyles in the game spread across seventeen of its levels.  
There are a total of twenty Information Gargoyles in the game spread across seventeen of its levels.  
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===Development===
===Development===
====''MediEvil'' (1998 original)====
====''MediEvil'' (1998 original)====
{{See also|Information Gargoyles/Casting|l1=Character Dialogue Casting}}
Information Gargoyles are not present in pre-release versions of ''MediEvil'' from before 1998, such as the ''[[MediEvil Rolling Demo]]'' or the ''[[MediEvil ECTS Pre-Alpha]]''.
Information Gargoyles are not present in pre-release versions of ''MediEvil'' from before 1998, such as the ''[[MediEvil Rolling Demo]]'' or the ''[[MediEvil ECTS Pre-Alpha]]''.