Michael

Michael
Biographical Information
Alias(es)	Lucifer Morningstar Lucifer 2.0 Archangel Michael God's right hand Weaselly and cowardly Michael (by Lucifer) Psycho twin (by Lucifer) "Mr. Bigger Plans Himself" (by Lucifer)
Species	Archangel and Celestial being
Status	Alive
Date of Birth	More than 13.8 Billion Years Ago/Predating the Big Bang
Gender	Male
Affiliations
Home	Heaven
Relatives	God (father) Goddess (mother) Amenadiel (older brother) Lucifer (younger twin brother) Uriel† (younger brother) Azrael (younger sister) Remiel (younger sister) Gabriel (brother) Castiel (brother) Raphael (brother) Charlie (nephew) Angels (siblings)
Occupation	Member of the Heavenly Host L.A.P.D. Civilian Consultant (As Lucifer) (Formerly)
Other Affiliations	Mazikeen (ally) Chloe Decker (kissed, while pretending to be Lucifer)
Appearances
Portrayed by	Tom Ellis
First appearance	"Really Sad Devil Guy"
Last appearance	"Spoiler Alert"

“	"Welcome home. So... How do you like the mess I made, Samael?"	„
	— Michael to Lucifer Morningstar

Michael is an archangel and Lucifer Morningstar's twin brother, serving as the primary antagonist of Season 5. After Lucifer made the selfless act of returning to Hell for all eternity, Michael grew jealous of all the praise he had gotten from their siblings and decided to mess up his twin's life on Earth to draw him back and prove he hasn't changed. When Lucifer eventually returned, Michael was given a scar on his face so he would never be able to impersonate his brother again. Michael then started manipulating everyone in Lucifer's life, turning Mazikeen to his side and exposing Lucifer's true identity to Dan Espinoza. In midst of a heated battle with his siblings, Michael's plans took a turn when God appeared to halt the fighting.

Biography

History

Michael was one of the many angels born to God and Goddess long before the Big Bang, trillions of years ago, but is special as he is an Archangel.

He is mentioned to have annoyed Amenadiel a lot with his tricks but always stopped when Amenadiel hit him with his "atomic wedgies". Having always despised Lucifer for being the preferred twin, Michael supposedly manipulated him into having a sexcapade in the garden and rebelling against God to make everyone hate him.

In 2011, Michael supposedly whispered the idea to Lucifer to take a vacation on Earth to reignite their family's hatred of him. However, Lucifer turned things around by winning over Amenadiel and helping Goddess move on to her own universe. Despite killing Uriel, Lucifer was actually praised when he returned to Hell to keep the demons in check when Kinley almost caused anarchy in Hell. In 2020, Michael grew angry his brother got praised; he decided to go to Earth and ruin the life Lucifer left behind.

Impersonation of Lucifer

Michael first appeared on Earth posing to be Lucifer during a shootout with a criminal, saving Chloe. Initially, upon his return, Mazikeen attacks him thinking he is Lucifer, and gets a confession from Michael to reveal who he truly is, and she helps him in his plan to ruin Lucifer's life. Michael pretended to have an affair with Maze to manipulate Chloe and get her to sleep with him. In the penthouse, Maze confronts him to stop him from completing his plan. Michael chokes Maze out and hides her as he plans to spend the night with Chloe. As Chloe arrives she mentions she realizes he is not Lucifer and learns his true identity.  differences are also noticed by Amenadiel, leading to his eventual identity reveal as Michael, the archangel. Upon finding this out, Amenadiel returns to Hell to inform Lucifer that Michael is on Earth attempting to take his life. Lucifer returns to Earth to find Michael in Lux, where they have a battle for who is the better brother; enraged by Michael's attempt to take his life and impersonate him, Lucifer uses a demonic knife and cuts a line through Michael's face starting at the top of his left eyebrow and ending at his right nostril, as a permanent symbol to prove he is not Lucifer.

Michael proving to Maze that he's not the real Lucifer.

Michael disappears following this, presumably to formulate a plan, and when Dan is heading back to his car after a night at Linda Martin's, he receives a phone call from Michael acting as Lucifer, telling him he forgot something at Linda's. Upon returning and looking through the window, Dan sees Lucifer's devil face and runs off. Later, Michael kidnaps Chloe and brings her to an abandoned zoo, locking her in a cage on the side of a mountain, and referencing a 'bigger plan' all along the way. Before this plan can be set into action, Lucifer, Maze, and Dan show up and free Chloe from her cage, and while Lucifer and Dan go to find Michael, Maze stays back and waits for him at the zoo. Upon Michael's arrival, Maze initially puts one of her knives to his throat, but they eventually work out a deal in which Mazikeen would help Michael achieve his 'bigger plan', and he would, in turn, give Maze a soul so she could eventually die. This marks Maze's turn from Lucifer's side to Michael's.

At the hospital where Charlie was just diagnosed with a cold, time appears to suddenly stop; this is revealed to be Amenadiel, doing a final test to see if Charlie is an immortal or mortal. Because celestials do not freeze during the time-stop, and mortals do, and Charlie froze, it is determined that Charlie is a mortal and not a celestial as Amenadiel thought who is then finding himself unable to continue time again. Michael then arrives to taunt them, a brawl occurs between Maze and Lucifer, and Amenadiel and Michael. Lucifer knocks Maze down twice before she finally stays down from his powerful strike, as the same with Michael but instead of staying down, he engages once more and all three of them reveal their wings, waiting to release their true power. Suddenly, God appears, halting the battle, saying "Children. You know I hate it when you fight".

Personality

Michael (right) psychologically tormenting Amenadiel.

Michael's ambitions largely involve causing havoc in Lucifer's life as well as those around him. It can be assumed that his reputation as a master manipulator and deceiver is largely well known in Heaven, due to Amenadiel's open disdain for him throughout the series, most notable when Linda suggests naming their baby 'Michael'. Michael is shown to have an extremely narcissistic and egotistical personality, which serves as a disguise to his childish insecurities about Lucifer being the better twin. He believes himself to be better than his fellow angels, which is shown when he brags to Amenadiel about being the closest to their father, and that he can do whatever he pleases. Michael's open disdain for humankind also reflects the condescending attitude that many angels possess once setting foot on Earth for the first time, which can be seen in Amenadiel's behavior throughout season one as well as Remiel's in season four. Throughout the series, Michael is displayed to be extremely manipulative, self-seeking, and ruthlessly ambitious in pursuit of achieving his goals. According to Lucifer, Michael has always been cowardly in his tactics of manipulation, and would always receive his comeuppance from those that he deceived back in heaven. As time progressed, it is clear that Michael's sadistic nature has only grown since then, as he finds pleasure in using his nephew Charlie as a pawn to psychologically torment his brother Amenadiel. In contrast to Lucifer's "all bark and no bite" belief about him, Michael has proven to go at even greater lengths in acting on his threats as he manages to successfully damage Lucifer's relationship with Chloe, convince Dan to shoot Lucifer, and bring Maze to his side. His sadism carries on to his fighting style as well, as every time he gets knocked down or punched by Lucifer or Amenadiel, he can be seen grinning and laughing, seemingly thrilled by the pain inflicted on him.

Michael revealing himself as a traditional angel to Dan in an effort to manipulate him.

Michael has shown to be very jealous of his twin brother Lucifer and has constantly tried to prove he is better and cause harm to his brother. However, when accused of being jealous by Mazikeen, he verbally denied such a statement.Michael is shown to be very manipulative, according to his own statements he manipulated Lucifer to start an affair with Eve and to even rebel against God. However, it's uncertain if this is true or a lie. He is skilled at picking at a person's weak spot such as taunting Lucifer by addressing him by his real name, making Linda remember her past mistakes which causes her to believe she's a bad mother, scaring Amenadiel over the illness of his son, and telling Chloe that she was made solely for Lucifer.

He has proven to be unreliable, constantly working an angle and sowing seeds of doubt in the minds of others. Using a web of lies mixed up with truths makes it very hard to realize when he is honest. He is highly skilled in revealing fears in other people and using that to manipulate their actions to his gain.

It is unknown what status Michael has with his parents but the fact that he immediately stops fighting Lucifer and Amenadiel when God ordered it shows that he fears his father and holds respect for him. It can also be assumed that he does not care for Goddess since he resides in Heaven and was mentioned by Amenadiel to be the closest to their father out of all their siblings currently.

Powers and Abilities

• Archangel Physiology: As an archangel, Michael is extremely powerful and has their physiology, including superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, endurance, agility, reflexes, intelligence, and senses, immortality, invulnerability, indestructibility, eternal youth, divine angel wings, shapeshifting via divine angel wings, dimensional travel, regenerative healing factor, nigh-omniscience, and nigh-omnipotence. He also has their weaknesses. Michael is powerful enough among angels that even Amenadiel recognizes his strength.

  

  Michael with his wings out, preparing to continue his fight with Lucifer and Amenadiel.

  • Super Strength: Michael is incredibly strong, capable of exerting vast amounts of superhuman physical force, and has displayed immense levels of superhuman strength. He was able to completely break a gun in half, smashing a man's head through a wall, throwing a large man over 30 feet, and quickly and easily choking out Mazikeen within mere seconds. He has shown himself to be strong enough to hold his own against both Amenadiel and Lucifer for a short time. He and his twin brother Lucifer are shown to be roughly equal in strength at full power, though Lucifer is slightly stronger, and a better fighter.
  • Super Speed: Michael, like all angels, possesses immense faster-than-light speeds, while flying via wings he can travel at tremendous warp speeds, significantly exceeding the speed of light, appearing and disappearing faster than a blink of an eye, and appearing completely invisible to the naked eye, and Michael, like all angels, is so unbelievably fast that it is absolutely impossible for humans, animals, demons, and any being to see him coming. He, like all angels, can fly to other dimensions; heaven, hell, etc, in less than a second, which suggests that Michael, like all angels, can travel light years within mere minutes or even seconds. It is unknown how fast Michael is on foot, but he has shown to be able to move superhumanly fast, being able to move across a large room within a millisecond, throw punches superhumanly quick, appear and disappear as fast as a blink of an eye.
  • Super Stamina: Michael, like all angels, possesses vast superhuman stamina and physical energy, and he can survive and function without food, water, oxygen, rest, and sleep. He, like all angels, has far more stamina than humans, animals, demons, and most beings in the universe.
  • Super Durability: Michael, like all angels, is virtually indestructible, with unbreakable and indestructible skin, bones, organs, bone tissue, skin tissue, and limbs. He has a highly durable body and possesses near-incalculable levels of superhuman durability and resilience, and he can withstand virtually anything and everything, and he cannot be harmed by conventional means, not even a nuclear bomb could harm him, and even most supernatural means he is invulnerable to except the Flaming Sword and Demon Daggers Forged In Hell. During his fight with his brothers Amenadiel and Lucifer Morningstar, he was able to withstand and quickly recover from most of their very powerful attacks, kicks, and punches. Michael, like all angels, is tremendously far more durable than demons, animals, humans, and most beings and creatures in the universe.
  • Super Reflexes: Michael, like all angels, has incredible superhuman reflexes, agility, dexterity, flexibility, equilibrium, coordination, and balance, capable of catching, blocking, deflecting, dodging, and countering incoming damage at immense speeds.
  • Divine Angel Wings: Michael, like all angels, has all-powerful, indestructible divine wings. Like all angels, he can hide his wings and take them out at will, use them as an incredibly deadly weapon, use to hit and smash through objects, things, and beings, create incredibly powerful gusts of wind that is powerful enough to make another human or being fly back thousands of meters in the air and such powerful winds that can knock down an entire building, fly much faster than the speed of light, shield powerful attacks, heal any injuries, wounds, illnesses, diseases, viruses, sicknesses, and infections no matter the severity of it, resurrect other beings, and fly to other dimensions such as heaven or hell, and even can fly anywhere in the universe, shine extremely powerful divine light and use it as an extremely powerful weapon to destroy other beings or things, and can pass thru physical matter such as buildings, floors, ceilings, walls, etc. and while his wings is out it increase his strength, speed, reflexes, agility, senses, and other physical attributes.
    • Flight: Like all Angels, Michael's wings enable him to fly significantly much faster than the speed of light. He can use his wings to fly to other dimensions such as heaven, hell, and earth in a mere second.
  • Immortality: Michael, like all angels, is absolutely immortal and has an infinitely eternal lifespan, created long before the creation of the Universe. He is trillions of years old and is the second oldest angel. Like all angels, he is immune to age, aging, illnesses, diseases, sicknesses, infections, toxins, poisons, viruses, disorders, disabilities, and physical conditions. Like all of his angel siblings, he is trillions of years old and there are only two things in the entire universe that can currently kill him; God and demon daggers forged in hell. Michael, like all angels, will absolutely live for all eternity without aging or decaying. Michael, also like al angels are among the oldest beings in the whole universe and among the oldest beings in all of existence. Amenadiel, Michael and Lucifer in that order, are the oldest and most powerful angels in all existence.
  • Invulnerability: Michael, like all angels, is virtually indestructible and has unbreakable skin, bones, skin tissue, bone tissue, and organs, bullets, blunt objects, daggers, and knives bounce harmlessly off of his body, and he is invulnerable to all conventional means and mortal weapons, he is even invulnerable to most supernatural means, except demon daggers forged in hell. He, like all angels, can withstand a near-limitless amount of physical damage, and can withstand virtually anything and everything. The only things that could currently kill angels are God and Demon Daggers Forged In Hell.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: As witnessed numerous times all along with the show, Michael heals much faster than humans, animals, and demons. He can heal any injuries within minutes. He was able to rapidly heal from the wound Lucifer severely inflicted on his face from a demon dagger forged in hell although it has not disappeared, and caused a scar because it was an extremely powerful mystical weapon forged in hell.
  • Fear Exhibition: Michael can make people admit their deepest fears, similar to Lucifer's desire mojo. He also appears to be able to cause their fears to manifest, much like Lucifer's desire mojo/hypnosis. He seems to sense certain fears in an individual, and can quickly expose their fears, and can hypnotize them to admit any or all of their fears. There are moments where he didn't ask what they truly fear but be able to bring fear out of them.
  • Body Chemistry Manipulation (possibly): Lucifer accused Michael to be the one responsible for simulating Charlie's common cold symptoms simply to psychologically torture Amenadiel.

Abilities

• Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant: In contrast to what Lucifer and Amenadiel originally believed, Michael has become an extremely skilled combatant. He was able to swiftly subdue Maze and Chloe within a matter of seconds. During his fight against Lucifer and Amenadiel, he proved capable of holding his own against them reasonably well. He has shown to be very relentless in a fight, constantly getting up despite being knocked down by Lucifer and Amenadiel multiple times. Before God arrived to halt the fighting, Michael seemed confident enough to fight both Lucifer and Amenadiel with their wings unleashed, showing that he may have believed that he could've defeated them on his own at full power.
• Psychological Warfare Mastery: Michael is an almost unparalleled manipulator who specializes in using a combination of deception, hard truths as well as his opponents' fear to turn them against each other. This is evident by Mazikeen's shift to his side, Lucifer torturing himself for not being able to find Chloe, Dan's nervous breakdown as well as Chloe's existential crisis after revealing why she was created. His ability to prey on the fears of his enemies indirectly gives him the power to weaken other angels due to their tendency to self-actualize, making him an extremely dangerous foe.
• Skilled Detective: While impersonating Lucifer, Michael was able to use his power of fear exhibition to deduce information from suspects in the murder case. Although not as experienced as Lucifer or Chloe, he was able to fulfill his role as a traditional detective without causing major suspicion, despite lacking his brother's unpredictable and impulsive attitude.

Weaknesses

As an angel, Michael has their weaknesses including the Flaming Sword, demonic weapons, and other supernatural beings.

• Demonic Blades: Lucifer was able to cause injury to Michael with a demonic blade.
• Other Supernatural Beings: Supernatural beings can harm one another. Both Lucifer and Amenadiel were easily able to physically harm Michael, with Lucifer restraining Michael without Michael being able to get out of his grip at the end of their fight while Amenadiel had the upper hand for the majority of their altercation and easily knocked him around with his blows. Even Mazikeen was able to at least temporarily restrain Michael, though she caught him off-guard and it was unclear how long she could have held him had she not released him first.
• Self Judgement: It is mentioned throughout the series that all angels are able to self-actualize, which results in their judgements manifesting as psychosomatic changes, as shown with Amenadiel losing his wings and Lucifer regaining his angel wings despite cutting them off. Although the show hasn't directly mentioned Michael succumbing to self-actualization, one can assume that his fear of Lucifer being better than him causes him to develop an inferiority complex, which made him lose his fight with Lucifer at Lux.

Physical Appearance

Michael's appearance is identical to Lucifer's. He was able to trick several characters into thinking that he is Lucifer.

After he is outed after posing as Lucifer, Michael's hair is slightly more unkempt than his brother's, and he now sports a large scar over his face which starts above his left eyebrow, crosses his nose, and ends at his right cheek.

He seems to possess some injury to his right shoulder, with it being noticeably higher than his left.

His angel wings are black in contrast to Lucifer's white and his right wing is slightly damaged, missing several feathers. This is shown even with his wings retracted, as his right shoulder is noticeably higher than his left.

Family

To edit this section, go to Lucifer Morningstar/Family.

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God

Goddess

Linda

Amenadiel

Michael

Chloe Decker

Lucifer

Uriel†

Charlie

Azrael

Gabriel

Aurora Morningstar

Raphael

Remiel†

Zadkiel

Hanjobadiel

Jophiel

Raziel

Other Angels

Lezmegadiel

Ibriel

Saraqael

Castiel

Notes:

• Solid lines denote blood relationships
• Dashed lines denote romantic relationships
• ^† denote deceased individuals

Appearances

Season Four
#9	"Save Lucifer"	Mentioned

Season Five
#1	"Really Sad Devil Guy"	Appears
#2	"Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!"	Appears
#3	"¡Diablo!"	Appears
#5	"Detective Amenadiel"	Mentioned
#6	"BlueBallz"	Mentioned
#7	"Our Mojo"	Appears
#8	"Spoiler Alert"	Appears

Trivia

• Amenadiel is known to dislike Michael to the point his name disturbs him. Linda Martin almost named Charlie, "Michael" in season 4 but Amenadiel decided against it because he knew Lucifer's disgust and anger at that name.
• During Michael's introduction, he is seen whistling the TV series's theme song.
• As was shown, his right-wing is damaged by unknown means, which is why he has his shoulder raised up.
• While Lucifer Morningstar can bring out people's desires, Michael can bring out people's fears. Lucifer also has pure white wings and a British accent, while Michael has pure black wings and an American accent which makes him his complete opposite.
  • It might be possible while Lucifer/Samael is the Light bringer, Michael could possibly be the "Dark bringer/Night bringer" or Demiurgos like in the comics. 
• Michael is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. In the lore, Michael is the Archangel who defeated Lucifer in his rebellion and cast him out of Heaven.
• Unlike Lucifer, Michael is shown to be quite miserly and tight when it comes to money.
• After Michael is exposed, he starts wearing loose-fitting tweed jackets and turtlenecks, which is similar to one of Lucifer's looks in the comics.
• The scar Lucifer gives Michael with one of Mazikeen's Demon daggers is a reference to the comics where Maze scars Lucifer's face with a blade in a similar way.
• According to Tom Ellis, Michael doesn't have the liver that Lucifer has when it comes to alcohol and prefers to drink vodka, while Lucifer whiskey.
  • Ellis also mentioned that while Lucifer drinks with his right hand, Michael drinks with his left.
• Michael is not a favorite among the fans, the cast (Tom Ellis included) don't really like Michael much. So much so that Tom himself suggests doing #michaelisadick.