Gabriel

Info
Tired of the conflict between Angels and God - his family - Gabriel the Archangel has been on Earth disguised as a Trickster. In this role he goes about giving people their "just desserts" - punishing people in a way that ironically fits what he sees as their 'crime'. He likes the good life - wine, women and is known to have a sweet tooth. Gabriel is very powerful; he can alter reality, Gabriel possess some degree of super strength, he proved this when he pinned Dean to a wall. Unlike most of his angel brethren, he seems to enjoy eating sweets and candy. Gabriel has mastered the ability to teleport himself and other angels. Unlike most of his angel brethren, Gabriel doesn't need a vessel. In different texts including the bible it describes angels being able to take on a human form without possession. It could be a possibility that Gabriel took possession over a Trickster instead of a human (Not proven in Canon).

Season 2
He makes his first appearance in the episode Tall Tales as the Trickster, where he is the source of several violent urban legends coming to life and punishing those residing there. Sam and Dean investigate and eventually figure out his identity. However, the trickster is waiting for them, and offers them a peaceful resolution so long as they let him leave to terrorize another town. Naturally, the Winchesters refuse and attack him, along with the help of Bobby. After fighting with various familiars conjured by the trickster, Dean manages to stab the trickster while he is distracted, causing his creations to disappear and the fight to end. Though it was revealed that it was a copy, not the Trickster himself.

Season 3
Later reappears in Mystery Spot. He traps Sam in a seemingly infinite time loop, where Dean continually dies in increasingly strange ways (once by Sam's own hand), with Sam continually failing to save him. After a countless number of repeats, Sam eventually realizes that a trickster must be at work, and manages to locate the culprit. He threatens their tormentor with a blood covered stake, causing the trickster to reveal himself and agree to break the loop. However, when Sam then considers killing him anyways, the trickster restarts the loop. Dean once again dies, but this time there is no loop to revive him. Throughout the next several months, Sam becomes a far colder and more calculated person as he attempts to track down the trickster, killing whatever threat he can along the way. Eventually, it is the trickster who calls the younger Winchester to him, where he tries to drive in a point: that the two brothers continually sacrificing themselves for one another would bring no good, and when people die, they just have to learn to accept it and live with it. Nonetheless, Sam pleads with him to turn back time so that he can save Dean. Reluctantly, the trickster agrees, lamenting that the whole situation had become boring months ago for him anyway.

Season 5
In Changing Channels he reveals himself to the Winchesters, and claims to Dean and Sam that for angels, The Apocalypse has been foretold and unavoidable, with Sam and Dean's role predetermined since Creation. He even compares Sam and Dean's personalities and family life to that of Michael and Lucifer.

Powers
As an Archangel of the Lord, Gabriel has many supernatural abilities. He appears to be able to teleport himself and others. He is immune to almost every known way to kill the supernatural. Each Archangels powers would be unique to them as all archangels are patrons of certain things e.g Raphael-doctors, Michael-soldiers. and the higher ranking archangels like Michael would be more powerful. Also like demons, angels appear to have telekinetic capabilities. Angels are immune to all human diseases.


 * Alternating reality (Gabriel can alter reality)
 * Super Strength (Gabriel threw Dean into a wall with superhuman strength and he showed little effort in doing so)
 * Immortality (Gabriel was stabbed through the heart with a stake and he was alive again in a few minutes)
 * Invulnerability 
 * Teleportation (Gabriel is capable of teleporting himself and other angels)
 * Telekinesis 
 * Time travel 
 * Magical Knowledge (Spell,Symbols,Rituals)
 * Holy White Light

Family
God (Father)

Raphael, Michael and Lucifer (Kindred)

Angels (Brothers and Sisters)

Affiliation
God's army

Deeds, Duties And Honours
His name means "God is my strong man/hero"

He is called the chief of the four favoured angels and the spirit of truth, and in some views is a personification of the Holy Spirit

Gabriel foretold the births of both John the Baptist and Jesus

Season 2

 * Tall Tales

Season 3

 * Mystery Spot

Season 5

 * Changing Channels