History EldritchAbomination / LiveACtionTV

** One of the best descriptions of how incomprehensible the First Ones are comes from the first-season episode "Mind War", after G'Kar saves Catherine Sakai when she goes investigating a planet that G'Kar knows to be dangerous. It turns out it's dangerous because it's the home of a group of First Ones (though that part is only made clear in hindsight), and when Catherine asks G'Kar about what she saw, he makes the following analogy about an ant:

*** It's made clear that the ship was a First One when it's seen again many episodes later as one of the First Ones the Alliance calls upon for help.

* Alveus/Hive, the BigBad of Season 3 of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is an Inhuman who's become a borderline Eldritch Abomination. He's a HiveMind being who's [[TimeAbyss impossibly long-lived]] (he went through his transformation during the Ice Age), can disperse himself in the form of small sand-like insects, and can possess corpses and control other Inhumans. His control acts more like drug addiction, warping his victims' minds into thinking they ''like'' working for him. He does this partially because his true form is a creepy monster resembling a fusion between Cthulhu, a human, and an insect. He's insanely powerful, capable of reducing a roomful of humans into charred skeletons in a matter of seconds and shrugging off any attacks that don't involve fire or electricity. He's also a MergerOfSouls and retains the personalities and memories of every person he's ever possessed. He's not really evil, just [[BlueAndOrangeMorality extremely out of touch with how people actually feel]] and his EvilPlan is ultimately just a desperate attempt to [[IJustWantToHaveFriends feel some kind of connection to mortals once again]].

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* "Bill" from ''Film/TooManyCooks'', who chases characters out into the set, tracks them by their above-the-line credits, and replaces them, sometimes several at a time. His above-the-line credit is a blur.
* Alveus/Hive, the BigBad of Season 3 of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is an Inhuman who's become a borderline Eldritch Abomination. He's a HiveMind being who's [[TimeAbyss impossibly long-lived]] (he went through his transformation during the Ice Age), can disperse himself in the form of small sand-like insects, and can possess corpses and control other Inhumans. His control acts more like drug addiction, warping his victims' minds into thinking they ''like'' working for him. He does this partially because his true form is a creepy monster resembling a fusion between Cthulhu, a human, and an insect. He's insanely powerful, capable of reducing a roomful of humans into charred skeletons in a matter of seconds and shrugging off any attacks that don't involve fire or electricity. He's also a MergerOfSouls and retains the personalities and memories of every person he's ever possessed. He's not really evil, just [[BlueAndOrangeMorality extremely out of touch with how people actually feel]] and his EvilPlan is ultimately just a desperate attempt to [[IJustWantToHaveFriends feel some kind of connection to mortals once again]].
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'' reveals in its first season finale that one of these, referred to as "the Old One" by [[BigBad Bobo]] is slumbering beneath the ground just outside the Ghost River Triangle. What we see of it is a mass of tentacles that end in mouths, and its awakening causes the sky to blacken [[spoiler: and its ''blood'' is enough to [[DemonicPossession possess Waverly]]]]. Also, its worth mentioning that the magic barriers of the Triangle -- assumed to just be there to [[SealedEvilInACan keep the revenants in]] -- are apparently actually there to keep this thing ''out''.

** Redjak from "Wolf in the Fold", a formless creature that feeds off pain and suffering. When it possesses the ship's computer, the view screens show a bizarre multicolored, constantly shifting chaos that Kirk speculates is where it comes from.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has the Doomsday Machine, of the episode of the same name. A bizarre ship appears from outside the known Galaxy that is irregularly shaped, looking something like a giant cone irregularly carved out of granite, with an abominable eye at its center looking suspiciously like a gateway to hell. It's virtually indestructible and is capable of destroying and consuming whole worlds. Consider also Commodore Decker's response to it: after it destroys his ship and kills his crew, this man, previously an atheist, describes it as the devil and coming straight out of hell and suffers a complete HeroicBSOD. Later, recovering only slightly, his only response is to mindlessly try to attack and destroy it no matter the cost. Failing utterly at this, he surrenders himself to its power and steals a shuttle specifically to fly into it and kill himself.

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* The [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayer]] from ''Series/StrangerThings'' is a towering, shadowy ''thing'' that inflicts extreme MindRape, created and controls the [[HumanoidAbomination Demogorgons]] as its foot soldiers, possesses people to [[BodyHorror fuse together]] into the massive FleshGolem pictured above, and may be responsible for turning the Upside-Down into a desolate EldritchLocation. After learning of our world in season two, it's been trying to find purchase on Earth and terraform it to be more hospitable for itself, starting with [[EverytownAmerica the town of Hawkins, Indiana]]. The protagonists never figure out its motives for all this, but speculate that it sees itself as inherently superior to all other forms of life and thus wants to make everything like itself. In an interesting {{deconstruction}}, the Mind Flayer is depicted as being less of a truly superior being and more of a [[EvilIsPetty petty]], [[HateSink hateful]] creature with a HairTriggerTemper. It has pretty much zero tolerance for any sort of pain or setbacks, and seems to throw violent and [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]] tantrums whenever it's hindered in anyway. That's not to say it isn't genuinely dangerous, but for what is has in strength, it [[PsychopathicManchild lacks in maturity]].

* The [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayer]] from ''Series/StrangerThings'' is a towering, shadowy ''thing'' that inflicts extreme MindRape, created and controls the [[HumanoidAbomination Demogorgons]] as its foot soldiers, possesses people to [[BodyHorror fuse together]] into the massive MeatPuppet pictured above, and may be responsible for turning the Upside-Down into a desolate EldritchLocation. After learning of our world in season two, it's been trying to find purchase on Earth and terraform it to be more hospitable for itself, starting with [[EverytownAmerica the town of Hawkins, Indiana]]. The protagonists never figure out its motives for all this, but speculate that it sees itself as inherently superior to all other forms of life and thus wants to make everything like itself. In an interesting {{deconstruction}}, the Mind Flayer is depicted as being less of a truly superior being and more of a [[EvilIsPetty petty]], [[HateSink hateful]] creature with a HairTriggerTemper. It has pretty much zero tolerance for any sort of pain or setbacks, and seems to throw violent and [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]] tantrums whenever it's hindered in anyway. That's not to say it isn't genuinely dangerous, but for what is has in strength, it [[PsychopathicManchild lacks in maturity]].

* ''Series/AmericanGods'' has "Mr. Wood", an ancient former God of trees and forests who saw that the world was moving toward a new age of technology, and rather than fight it, sacrificed his forests to the new world. This allowed him to become one of the New Gods, whose domain is the mass use of wood. Unlike the other New Gods, he has no [[HumanoidAbomination humanoid form]], instead manifesting as prehensile branches and roots from anything made of wood.
* The [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayer]] from ''Series/StrangerThings'' is a towering, shadowy ''thing'' that inflicts extreme MindRape, created and controls the Demogorgons as its foot soldiers, and may be responsible for turning the Upside-Down into a desolate EldritchLocation. After learning of our world, it's trying to find purchase on Earth and terraform it to be more hospitable for itself, starting with the town of Hawkins. The protagonists never figure out its motives for all this, but speculate that it sees itself as inherently superior to all other forms of life and thus wants to make everything like itself. In an interesting {{Deconstruction}}, the Mind Flayer is depicted as being less of a truly superior being and more of a [[EvilIsPetty petty]], [[HateSink hateful]] creature with a HairTriggerTemper; it has pretty much zero tolerance for any sort of pain or setbacks, and seems to throw violent and [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]] tantrums whenever it's hindered in anyway. That's not to say it isn't genuinely dangerous, but for what is has in strength, it [[PsychopathicManChild lacks in maturity]].

-->'''Castiel:''' This is... a vessel. My true form is approximately the size of your Chrysler building.\\

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---> "I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again, and it asks another ant, 'What was that?', how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They're vast, timeless, and if they're aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know, we've tried, and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. "

** '''Death'''. Initially introduced as one of the Four HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, he reveals when Dean meets him that while this is true, he didn't join voluntarily nor was he created for the purpose (implication being that the other three are one of the two), but was bound by Lucifer. [[spoiler:He then gives Dean his ring-the key to defeating Lucifer]] because he considers it an insult to be bound by someone as far beneath him as Lucifer is. In the same conversation, he reveals that he [[TheFogOfAges can't remember]] if he's as old as {{God}} or ''older'', and that he will [[KillTheGod kill God]] in the end. Before he appeared, his scythe was introduced and shown to be capable of killing reapers, something supposedly impossible. "Appointment In Samarra" heavily implies that he's TheOmniscient, though he seemed surprised in a later episode that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean wanted him to kill Castiel]] so how exactly this works is unclear. In "Meet The New Boss", when Bobby protests that they can only [[spoiler:open the door to Purgatory]] during a solar eclipse, Death calmly replies that he'll just make one.

* ProfessionalWrestling:
** "Bray Wyatt" from ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' could be considered one of these, albeit assuming a simplistic human forum manifesting in the WWE Universe. He is a self-proclaimed Eater Of Worlds.

** Illyria in ''Angel'' is from a time when the world was ruled by those like her, who saw (and caused) the deaths of innumerable lesser beings and casually travelled between all dimensions, and dismisses the {{Bigger Bad}}s as inconsequential. Before she was {{De Power}}ed literally nothing the heroes could do even scratched her, and she only abandoned her attempts to reclaim her domain because, essentially, she got depressed. While she spends her appearances in the series [[spoiler:possessing Fred's body]], her true form is seen in ''Angel: After the Fall''.

* "Bill" from ''Series/TooManyCooks'', who chases characters out into the set, tracks them by their above-the-line credits, and replaces them, sometimes several at a time. His above-the-line credit is a blur.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' had "The Nothing", a creature imprisoned inside another dimension (located in an ice cream truck). It's been put to good use by devouring demon children.

* ''Series/ProfessionalWrestling'':
** "Bray Wyatt" from ''Series/{{WWE}}'' could be considered one of these, albeit assuming a simplistic human forum manifesting in the WWE Universe. He is a self-proclaimed Eater Of Worlds.

* The [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayer]] from ''Series/StrangerThings'' is a towering, shadowy ''thing'' that inflicts extreme MindRape, created and controls the Demogorgons as its foot soldiers, and may be responsible for turning the Upside-Down into a desolate EldritchLocation. After learning of our world, it's trying to find purchase on Earth and terraform it to be more hospitable for itself, starting with the town of Hawkins. The protagonists never figure out its motives for all this, but speculate that it sees itself as inherently superior to all other forms of life and thus wants to make everything like itself. In an interesting {{Deconstruction}}, the Mind Flayer is depicted as being less of a truly superior being and more of a [[EvilIsPetty petty]], almost pathetic creature with a HairTriggerTemper; it has pretty much zero tolerance for any sort of pain or setbacks, and seems to throw violent and [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate]] tantrums whenever it's hindered in anyway. That's not to say it isn't genuinely dangerous, but for what is has in strength, it [[PsychopathicManChild lacks in maturity]].

* Dracula in ''PennyDreadful''; he's a pure demon (Lucifer's brother) and his true form is unknown, though several references to The Dragon of the Bible are said and comparisons with "creatures of the night" (several nocturnal predators like bats and rats).

** "Bray Wyatt" from ''Series/WWE'' could be considered one of these, albeit assuming a simplistic human forum manifesting in the WWE Universe. He is a self-proclaimed Eater Of Worlds.

* ''{{Buffyverse}}'':

** The Season 8 comics have Sephrillian, ''Fray'' gives us Neauth, Boluz, and Vrill, and the EU Creator/DarkHorseComics showed Ky-laag and Azogg-Mon.

* Dracula in ''PennyDreadful''; his a pure demon (Lucifer's brother) and his true form is unknown, though several references to The Dragon of the Bible are said and comparisons with "creatures of the night" (several nocturnal predators like bats and rats).