History SelfDemonstrating / HannibalLecter

* BattleRapping: For reasons even I shan't attempt to comprehend, I once [[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory participated in a musical contest of wit]] against [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper that overrated hack from Whitechapel]]. While I admit I may have let my temper get the best of me and allowed some vulgarities to slip out, I acquitted myself with the expected refinement and panache while my oafish thug of an opponent could barely make the effort to insult me at all.

My name is Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and I will be your host this evening. You may be familiar with me from the bestselling series of horror-crime novels written by Thomas Harris. You may also be familiar with my work in the field of psychiatry, my patronage of the arts, and my career as a SerialKiller with what you might call a... [[ImAHumanitarian unique taste]].

My background? That is a bit of a [[BerserkButton sensitive subject]], I'm afraid, but I will indulge you. I was born into Lithuanian nobility in 1933 and claim the Visconti and Sforza families of Italy as part of my heritage. My family abandoned our ancestral castle at the start of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Second World War]] in Europe, but a German bomb striking our forest hideaway orphaned myself and my young sister, Mischa. Afterward the two of us were taken prisoner by a group of Nazi collaborators, who murdered my sister and fed me her remains. Following the war I was taken in my uncle and his Japanese wife. As I embarked on my medical career, I exacted vengeance by tracking down and slaughtering Mischa's killers [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge one by one]].

Eventually I emigrated to the U.S. and settled in UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, where I became a distinguished psychiatrist known for throwing extravagant dinner parties for the city's elite. On occasion I gave consultations to a gifted profiler for the FBI named Will Graham, until a fateful day when he realized that I had was an unsub he was pursuing, dubbed the "Chesapeake Ripper". A struggle between the two of us led to Graham being forcibly retired to Florida and me being confined to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where my effective jailer was a [[KnowNothingKnowItAll rather entertaining imbecile]] named Dr. Frederick Chilton.

Eventually I emigrated to the U.S. and settled in UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}}, where I became a distinguished psychiatrist known for throwing extravagant dinner parties for the city's elite. On occasion I gave consultations to a gifted profiler for the FBI named Will Graham, until a fateful day when he realized that I had was an unsub he was pursuing, dubbed the "Chesapeake Ripper". A struggle between the two of us lead to Graham being forcibly retired to Florida and me being confined to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where my effective jailer was a [[KnowNothingKnowItAll rather entertaining imbecile]] named Dr. Frederick Chilton.

My background? That is a bit of a [[BerserkButton sensitive subject]], I'm afraid, but I will indulge you. I was born into Lithuanian nobility in 1933 and claim the Visconti and Sforza families of Italy as part of my heritage. My family abandoned our ancestral castle at the start of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Second World War]] in Europe, but a German bomb striking our forest hideaway orphaned myself and my young sister, Mischa. Afterward the two of us were taken prisoner by a group of Nazi collaborators, who murdered my sister and fed me her remains. Following the war I was taken in my uncle and his Japanese wife, the latter of whom I became close with following my uncle's death.

* BerserkButton: The tragic death of my sister and insulting her memory, or endangering Ms. Starling, will provoke a [[{{Understatement}} rather strong]] reaction from me.

My background? That is a bit of a [[BerserkButton sensitive subject]], I'm afraid, but I will indulge you. I was born into Lithuanian nobility in 1933 and claim the Visconti and Sforza families of Italy as part of my heritage. My family abandoned our ancestral castle at the start of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Second World War]] in Europe, but a German bomb striking our forest hideaway orphaned myself and my young sister, Mischa. Afterward the two of us were taken prisoner by a group of Nazi collaborators, who murdered my sister and fed me her remains. Following the war I was taken in my uncle and his Japanese wife, the latter of whom I became close with following my uncle's death.

''(For an authentic experience, it is recommended that you read this page in the voice of Sir Creator/AnthonyHopkins. Creator/BrianCox and Creator/MadsMikkelsen are also acceptable, if you feel so inclined.''