Poor Devil

Poor Devil
	Season One, Episode Three
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Episode Information
Production Code	103
Italian/Original Title	Povero Diavolo
English Title	Poor Devil
Alternative Title	Friendship Barks Back
Italian Air Date	October 14, 2009
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Poor Devil is the third episode of the first season ofAngel's Friends

Synopsis[]

To start the morning, Raf is writing in her diary, recounting the dilemma she is now facing. She mentions her bad dream about being alone, meeting Miki and Dolce, feeling disappointed in Andrea’s abandonment of Giacomo, and finally winning her second battle against Sulfus. Now she’s been granted the first move to influence Andrea and while she wants to have him stand up for his friend, she must decide what to do.

Joined by Cox, she takes a walk around the city, trying to come up with a plan on how to convince Andrea. As frustration is getting the better of her, she is scared by a dog who is able to see her where humans cannot. The animal charges at her but is stopped by his owner, none other than Giacomo, who shows an extraordinary gift in calming animals. This give Raf the idea she needed.

At the same time, Malachia has slipped into the angel dorms, searching through their belongings for what his mistress asked of him. He is forced to hide when Dolce comes in and though he almost attacks her, she leaves quickly once she finds the sunglasses she left behind.

Andrea heads off to school on his bike and Raf sees this as her chance, activating her metamorphosis and becoming human. As Andrea is riding, Raf crosses his path while posing as a dogwalker, though the many animals are too much to control. She pretends to trip and lets go of the leashes, allowing the dogs to escape and chase after Andrea instead. He tries to escape them, calling out for help, but no one will aid him. In his panic, crashes his bike and now must flee on foot.

Malachia, after all his searching and tearing apart the angel dorms, finally finds what he wanted: the handkerchief Raf had used before. With this in hand, he can finally leave.

The dogs chase Andrea all the way to the Golden School where the other students also don’t help him, just trying to get out of the way. However, Giacomo finally saves him by stopping the dogs, amazing everyone with his skills. Raf arrives, thanking him for this and pointing out how he protected Andrea which the boy also thanks him for. Giacomo says nothing, only giving Raf the leashes and walking away while leaving Andrea feeling guilty. Sulfus approaches Raf, having seen everything and mocks her for “missing the point” by having Giacomo save Andrea. He is so confident that this won’t help anything, he doesn’t bother to make a move himself.

Later after school, the Bully Boyz corner Giacomo again and ready to throw him in the fountain with Sulfus cheering them on. However, Andrea dives into the water himself, declaring that if the bullies want to see someone wet, he’ll dunk himself for their entertainment. Raf is delighted by his interference and the bullies, declaring their fun ruined, leave Giacomo alone. With them gone, Andrea asks for Giacomo’s forgiveness for having ever abandoned him and the other boy accepts, mending their friendship. Raf has won.

In the angel classroom, Arkhan congratulates Raf for winning the challenge and teaching Andrea the value of friendship. She thanks him for the praise but gives due credit to Urie and Dolce who helped her understand true friendship first. But while the girls are delighted by their growing bonds, Raf is still worried about the mark of the V.E.T.O. and what it means about her connection to Sulfus.

The devil himself is now facing problems, mocked by Cabiria and Kabale for his loss and no longer wanting to hear Raf’s name. Temptel joins in by callign him a laughingstock and scolding him for his failure. His friends offer him their help but he declares he doesn’t need anyone and storms out. The females wonder if they should be worried about him. Going back to his dorm, Sulfus covers his disappointment with a fit of rage, only to bit hit by the pain of the mark of VETO. His own mascot, Basilisco, scolds him for having ever broken the rules by touching Raf. Sulfus can only agree.

Malachia returns to the other dimension and calls to his mistress, only for her to insult him and yell at him for disturbing her rest. Still, when he mentions he has what she asked for, she orders him to approach. She is delighted by the handkerchief, saying it contains “the tears of the chosen one” and that Raf is now within her reach.

Major Events[]

Raf wins her first challenge against Sulfus
Malachia looks for Raf's handkerchief
Reina gathers the first object to have control over Raf and Sulfus.

Debuts[]

No characters debuted in this episode

Characters[]

Voice Cast[]

Original/Italian[]

Raf - Patrizia Mottola
Sulfus - Simone D'Andrea
Dolce - Francesca Bielli
Miki - Marcella Silvestri
Urie - Benedetta Ponticelli
Andrea - Renato Novara
Giacomo - Unknown
Bully Boyz - Unknown
Reina - Alessandra Karpoff
Malachia - Diego Sabre
Arkhan - Antonio Paiola
Temptel - Paola Della Pasqua
Cabiria - Maddalena Vadacca
Kabale - Emanuela Pacotto

English Dub[]

Raf - Liza Kaplan
Urie - Serra Hirsch
Dolce - Lisa Adams
Miki - Lisa Ortiz
Sulfus - Jason Griff
Temptel - Eva Christensen
Arkhan - Mike Pollock
Cabiria - Lisa Ortiz
Kabale - Summer Crocket Moore
Giacomo - Unknown
Bully Boyz - Unknown
Andrea - Unknown
Reina - Summer Crocket Moore
Malachia - Dan Green

Trivia[]

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Attacks[]

No attacks were presented in this episode

Quotes[]

Note: These quotes were translated directly from the original dub, not the english dub

"My friends taught me to never give up after a defeat, I must make treasure of their advices." (Raf)

Mistakes[]