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"You're irresistible."
Gorgeous Man to Darla[src]

Darla was a Succubus who worked at Fine Romance, a dating service, in the Bay Area of San Francisco.

History[]

In 1999, Phoebe Halliwell started having nightmares about having a passionate night with men and then murdering them. She later recognized the men from pictures Darryl had given Prue. All men were murdered and drained of their testosterone. Phoebe then believed herself to be the murderer.

The sisters visited a dating service called "Fine Romance", where they met Darla. She signed Prue up for a mixer. That evening, Darla had her eyes set for Owen Grant. However, the Charmed Ones identified the murderer as a Succubus and cast a spell in attempt to attract her; the spell turned Prue into a man. Since they had no way of reversing the magic, they signed him up for the dating service as "Manny Hanks". Darla was then attracted to "Manny" after seeing "him" assault Owen, which ended with both being arrested. Because she missed the "nightly feeding", her psychic connection with Phoebe intensified. During one of her visions, she saw Darla's hand touching a number of glowing egg sacks hidden in her wardrobe and realized she was attempting to breed more of her kind.

The following night, Manny arranged dates with several women the sisters suspected to be the Succubus at P3. Once Phoebe felt Darla's presence, Manny lure her into the back alley, where he tried to fend her off with "his" power, but Darla's "charm" rendered him powerless. Piper and Phoebe then intervened and Piper froze Darla. Inspector Smith and Darryl soon arrived and Darla unfroze, fled, and attacked Inspector Smith. When she went to attack Darryl, he shot and seemingly killed her.

A coroner diagnosed Darla as having an endocrine system with high levels of testosterone, and was fairly sure that Darla was the murderer the cops were looking for. Inspector Smith then looked over Darla and she awoke, attacking the inspector and sucking out all his testosterone. Finally fully fed, she took off after Manny and eventually broke him out of the upstairs bathroom window in the manor.

With Manny seduced by Darla, Phoebe was able to reach out to him through her connection to the Succubus. She broke her hold over Manny and "he" vanquished Darla by sending her flying into her nest where her clothes touched the candles there, setting her on fire and vanquishing her, along with her eggs. Her death ended the spell on Prue and changed her back to a woman.

Powers and Abilities[]

Active Powers
  • Super Strength: The ability to possess strength beyond humanly possible.
Other Powers
  • Enchanted Allure: The ability to attract others, making them slavishly devoted and willing to do anything to please the user. Darla could sexually lure men with just her presence, making them unable to resist her.
  • Elastic Tongue: As a Succubus, Darla possessed an elastic tongue which she used to drain men of their testosterone.
  • Immortality: The ability to have an infinite lifespan and an arrested aging process.
  • Regeneration: The ability to quickly regenerate from physical injuries.

Gallery[]

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Darla was originally named Gail in the unfinished script. The same name was later used in "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans" for Gail Altman.
  • Since there was a heat wave surrounding the city during Darla's arrival and only lifted after her death, it is possible the heat wave was part of her magic.
    • This can also be theorized by Phoebe's unexplainable connection to Darla, which they surmised to be due to the heat wave.
  • Since there was a heatwave surrounding the city during Darla's arrival, Phoebe's psychic connection to her through the heatwave, and only lifted after she was vanquished, it is most likely the heatwave was part of her magic.

Appearances[]

Darla appeared in a total of 1 episode throughout the course of the series.

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