Line #35 YMMV/Hellboy


1	!!The comics:
2	* AntiClimaxBoss:
3	** Despite years of build up, staying off screen and being the cornerstone by which much of Hellboy's mythology is based, [[spoiler: Satan]] goes down incredibly easily. Of course, it's justified, because he dies [[spoiler:[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} just like King Duncan]], in his sleep.]]
4	** Despite [[spoiler:his key role in Hellboy's origin, Rasputin also comes across as this to the point that he almost seems to be going through a HumiliationConga from the point he's introduced]].
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Mignola's instantly recognizable art style is at its fullest and finest throughout.
6	* BrokenBase: The FlipFlopOfGod / LyingCreator regarding ''Hellboy in Hell'' being the grand finale was divisive. Many fans found the promised ending in ''Hellboy in Hell'' beautiful and perfect and were disappointed when Mignola decided to continue the story in spite of that, while others preferred to see Hellboy's further adventures and want to see the promised apocalypse in ''King of Fear''.
7	* CantUnHearIt: Due to playing Hellboy in most media, Creator/RonPerlman's voice is very easy to imagine while reading his lines. It helps that he was Mignola's [[ApprovalOfGod original choice for the role too]]. In a lesser way, Creator/JohnHurt for Professor Bruttenholm and Creator/DougJones for Abe Sapien also ended up as the definitive voices for the characters for some.
8	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
9	** Kate Corrigan was the first, as the team's resident {{Everyman}}.
10	** Karl Ruprecht Kroenen because of his distinctive design (and the fact that he became an AdaptationalBadass didn't hurt).
11	** Agents introduced in more recent years, like [[AxCrazy Howards]] and [[BadassNormal Giarocco]], get a lot of fan love.
12	** Lobster Johnson's pulpy TwoFistedTales madness got such a warm reception in ''The Conqueror Worm'' that he soon got his own spin-off and Mignola kept finding ways to bring him back. His [[OneSceneWonder brief appearance]] in the 2019 film is widely considered ''the'' best part of an otherwise mediocre film.
13	* MemeticMutation: Two sets of panels that seemingly [[ItMakesSenseInContext make no sense whatsoever]] out of context:
14	** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV5w74yUQAAK8oV.jpg "He has eaten the pancake." "Truly, this is our blackest hour."]]
15	** [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/322/legiao_p6_VNkO0Gm43CQngolqUh7jFvAYitPDuZT8rK9eLHI.jpg The monkey with a gun.]]
16	* ShockingMoments: The vision of the apocalypse in ''King of Fear'', not to mention [[spoiler:Hellboy paying back the Baba Yaga... with his '''own''' eye]].
17	* TheWoobie: Hellboy and Abe inform the captured Daryl that they will have to keep him imprisoned indefinitely, because killing him will only move the curse. They also tell him that his memories of his family will probably start to slip away, and leave him with a family photograph so he can try to remember.
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19	!!The films:
20	->[[YMMV/Hellboy2004 See here]] for the first film.
21	->[[YMMV/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy See here]] for the second film.
22	->[[YMMV/Hellboy2019 See here]] for the 2019 film.
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24	!!The animated films:
25	->[[YMMV/HellboyAnimated See here]].
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27	!!The video games:
28	->[[YMMV/HellboyTheScienceOfEvil See here]] for the 2008 game.
29	* PortingDisaster: ''Hellboy: Dogs of the Night'' was released on PC in 2000 to negative reviews. For whatever reason, it got ported to the PS1 in 2003 (under the name ''Asylum Seeker'') during the height of the sixth generation of consoles. As if that's not bad enough, this port is worse than the PC version in every way. Worse graphics (even for a late PS1 game), worse controls, and numerous bugs and glitches (I.E. one boss transforms into a monster by glitching his character model, and terrible lighting and fog effects that are just textures standing around).
30	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Both Hellboy games had outdated graphics and repetitive gameplay, and the first one was full of bugs. Although ''The Science of Evil'' was supervised by Mignola and Creator/GuillermoDelToro, it didn't make up for the programming shortcomings. ''Asylum Seeker'' on the other hand is infamous for being a 2000 PC game that got ported to the Platform/PlayStation 1 in 2003 during the time Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/NintendoGameCube and Platform/{{Xbox}} were popular. Why it got a [=PS1=] port in 2003 will always be a mystery.
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32	!!The novels:
33	* CompleteMonster:
34	** ''The Bones of Giants'', by Christopher Golden: [[BigBad Thrym]] was the tyrannical lord of the [[AnIcePerson Frost Giants]] long ago. Hating Asgard beyond all reason, Thrym tortured and killed countless people in his attempt to destroy the Asgardians, eventually obliterating most of the world before being stopped. Awakened in modern day and recognizing Hellboy as containing the spirit of his ArchEnemy Thor, Thrym [[SoulEating devours the souls]] of entire towns and sets about restoring his kingdom to begin Ragnarok and [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out the entire world]] to reign over what is left.
35	** ''On Earth as it is in Hell'', by Brian Hodge:
36	*** [[BigBad Moloch]] is a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils prince of Hell]] who cultivates the image of a [[ChildEater child-devouring]] demon, [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming priding himself on the "weeping of mothers"]] and feeding on the sacrifice of infant children. Moloch encourages his chief servant Herzog to father children solely to burn in his name and masterminds all the murder and chaos in the plot, ultimately to rein in an attack on Hell to wipe out Heaven and reduce all of humanity to become Hell's tortured playthings. Moloch even creates a sub-realm named Tartarus where his demonic servants torture and mutilate thousands of their own servants, leaving even [[AssholeVictim Herzog]] to rot in agony as Moloch's promise of "immortality".
37	*** The aforementioned [[TheDragon Matthias Herzog]] is a [[EvilSorcerer wicked occultist]] and the leader of Der Horn Ordern. [[DealWithTheDevil Allying himself with the demon Moloch]] in exchange for immortality and power, Herzog erects a murderous cult of Moloch devotees and revives Moloch's old ways. Fathering many children himself on women desperate for money, Herzog has them sell the babies to his cult under false pretense, [[OffingTheOffspring sacrificing them to Moloch]] by burning them alive. After many of these sacrifices, Herzog, knowing full well that his master intends on torturing and slaughtering countless innocents, attempts to sell the world out to Moloch, [[ItsAllAboutMe all for the sake of his own selfishness]].
38	** ''The Dragon Pool'', by Christopher Golden: [[BigBad The Dragon King]] was an ancient Chinese [[DragonsAreDemonic dragon]] warlord that held cruel reign over thousands, devastating the populace he ruled over with fire and disasters purely for his own amusement, and forcing them to sacrifice [[WouldHurtAChild children]] annually to it lest it deal worse to them. [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed away]], the Dragon King breaks out in the present day, viciously massacring the archaeological team that freed it and annihilating an entire village full of its own servitors simply for failing to provide a child to it in time. The Dragon King intends afterwards to [[OmnicidalManiac scour the Himalayas of life]], spreading its reign of terror as far as it will go.
39	** ''The Ice Wolves'', by Mark Chadbourn: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Carnifex]], the [[BigBad king of the wolves]], is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent dark spirit sleeping within human skin]]. As the moon of the wolves draws close, Carnifex awakens his werewolves throughout the world, slaughtering many humans throughout. Carnifex decides to hunt the Heart of Winter and Kiss of Winter to [[TheNightThatNeverEnds blot out the Sun]] and blanket the world in EndlessWinter to fully awaken hundreds of werewolves and sweep through the world to devour humans in untold of numbers, reducing Earth to a frozen paradise for the beasts eternally.

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