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Elisa Maza is a main character in the American Disney animated television Gargoyles, created by Greg Weisman. Her first appearance is in the 1994 pilot episode “The Awakening”. She is of Hopi Native American and Nigerian-American descent.

Elisa is the daughter of an anthropologist and a former NYPD police officer. She followed in the latter’s footsteps and became a detective in the force. We first meet her when she’s investigating a bizarre event on top of a Scottish castle brought to New York City by millionaire David Xanatos. She investigates and finds that Xanatos as awakened the gargoyles that were cursed the sleep in the castle for his own purposes.