Charmageddon
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[edit] General information
- Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
- Episode Number: 13
- Season: 7
- First Aired: January 30, 2005 on The WB
- Production Code: 4301147
- Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
- Director: John Kretchmer
- Cast: Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell, Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews, Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell, Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt.
[edit] Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
While the Charmed Ones enjoy their new conflict-free world, Leo learns that in order for the Avatars to protect their Utopian world, they also control everyone's destiny by deciding who lives and dies. Wanting to stop the Avatars, Leo joins forces with Zankou to undo the change. Unable to convince Piper, Phoebe and Paige that the Avatars kill innocent people, Leo gives his life, causing the sisters' to join forces with Zankou to reverse time and return the world to the way it was. Finally, Paige receives a special surprise and Leo's fate relies on the Elders.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- Zankou: A powerful demon who was an enemy of The Source of all evil. The Source incarcerated him out of fear, most likely because Zankou was a demon that could match the Source in strength. After the Source died for good and the threat from the Avatars neared, a group of demons freed him. He had the power to shoot waves of powerful energy, can regenerate when harmed, throw energy balls, shapeshift, sense things in ways no one else can, teleport in several ways, read and scan minds telepathically, has many demonic powers (like the Source), and can absorb the powers of whoever he kills as well as many more. He is intelligent and, unlike most demons, is more concerned with survival than a foolhardy ambition to fight the war between good and evil. Zankou attempts to gain control over the Shadow in the Nexus in order to get full control of the Book of Shadows and turn it evil. Zankou was vanquished when the Charmed Ones recited the spell to destroy the Nexus while its Shadow was inside him.
[edit] Neutral beings
- Avatars: Avatars first appeared in the Season five episode Sam I Am and returned in Centennial Charmed (The one hundredth Episode). They wanted Cole Turner to become an Avatar, but it was too late when Cole was vanquished. They recently became major recurring characters. After they achieved their goal of getting the Charmed Ones and Leo to help get the world to become a "Utopia" where they dictate everything that happens, they were soon forced to give up this world when the Charmed Ones (the greatest force of good) and Zankou (the leader of the demons) realized their plan and threatened them with death. They are indirectly to blame for the deaths of Cole Turner, Barbas, and Kyle Brody.
[edit] Spells
- None used
[edit] Guest stars
- Jennifer Rhodes as Grams (photo archive)
- Drew Fuller as Chris Halliwell (photo archive)
- Ted King as Andy Trudeau (photo archive)
- Julian McMahon as Cole Turner (photo archive)
- Kerr Smith as Agent Kyle Brody
- Rebecca Balding as Elise Rothman
- Oded Fehr as Zankou
- Joel Swetow as Avatar Alpha
- Ian Anthony Dale as Avatar Gamma
- Max Perlich as Laygan
- Jeremy Kent Jackson as Minion
- Reggie Jordan as Cop
- Alex Avant as Car Driver
- Tawny Rene Hamilton as Wife
- Gino Montesinos as Van Driver
- Jordan Murphy as Patron #1
- Tom Virtue as Angry Man
[edit] Trivia
- When Phoebe has a premonition to remember the pain of death, Prue's face is never displayed--only her tombstone.
- This episode title is a play on words to the film and event Armageddon.
- The song used for the opening credits is "This Is Your Life" by Switchfoot.
- The demon played by Max Perlich, Laygan, spent a few episodes "exploding" from place to place like a Celerity Demon from the episode Someone to Witch Over Me, and now he's shimmering. Max Perlich also played a demon on a couple of episodes on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Although Leo supposedly gave up his free will when he became an Avatar, he quite clearly retains it.
- Kyle becomes a Whitelighter in this episode.
- The snow globe in Kyle's apartment features the World Trade Center in New York.
- The deaths that Phoebe witnesses in her premonition are: Andy being killed in "Deja Vu All Over Again", her grandmother having a heart attack in "Something Wicca This Way Comes", her boyfriend Miles dying in "A Witch in Time", Prue's tombstone and clips from her funeral in "Charmed Again (Part 1)", Chris dying in "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 2)" and Cole being vanquished in "Long Live the Queen".
[edit] International titles
- French: Charmageddon - 2ème partie
- Spanish: El fin del mundo
- German: Charmageddon
[edit] External links
| Preceded by: Extreme Makeover: World Edition |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: Carpe Demon |
| Charmed |
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| Main: Season summaries | Episode guide | Multimedia | Terms | Trivia |
| Locations and Artifacts: Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Good beings: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Ancestors | Family and friends | Whitelighters | Elders |
| Evil beings: Darklighters | Warlocks |
| Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow | Firestarters |
