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4* CantUnHearIt: Given how well-renowned the English dub is, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't hear Creator/CrispinFreeman as Alucard in their head when reading his lines in the manga.
5* FandomRivalry:
6** A minor one between the ''[=manga/Ultimate=]'' fans and the original anime fans, largely over which version is better.
7** For a while, there was also this between fans of the franchise and fans of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', thanks in no small part to ''Hellsing'' fans and even non-fans using images of Alucard to [[TakeThat take shots at]] ''Twilight''. It's died down as ''Twilight'' itself did, however.
8* FanNickname:
9** Girlycard, Alucard's young girl form. Also known as Lolicard in the Japanese fandom.
10** [[spoiler:Alucard's form as Vlad Dracula III goes by either "Vladcard" or "Beardycard".]]
11** [[spoiler:Anderplant]] for [[spoiler:Anderson's monstrous form after he stabs himself with Helena's Nail]].
12** Since the Major is never actually named, several names for him have popped up, [[WesternAnimation/TinyToons Montana Max]] being the most popular.
13*** Taliesin Jaffe, the director for ''Hellsing'' and ''Ultimate'''s dubs, calls the Major this since he's a fan of the manga.
14** Hans Günsche and Avondale Napyeer, fan-names for Captain and Doc, respectively.
15*** Montana Max and Hans Günsche come from the prototypes of the characters in older works. On the back of Volume 5, you can see a small drawing of some papers with Major's face on it with some reading "Montana Max".
16** Incognito has been called "Vagina Head" because of the piercing and red zero on his forehead.
17* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Manga/BlackButler'', presumably because of their similar premise (a case in which chronologically ''Hellsing'' is likely to have inspired ''Black Butler''). Both series follow a young, wealthy English aristocrat (Integra Hellsing in ''Hellsing''; Ciel Phantomhive in ''Black Butler'')—who is the head of a secret organisation crucial to maintaining at least some semblance of normalcy in the British Isles (the Hellsing Organisation in ''Hellsing''; the Aristocrats of Evil/Villainous Nobles/Evil Noblemen in ''Black Butler'') and who answers directly to the reigning monarch (Queen Elizabeth II in ''Hellsing''; Queen Victoria in ''Black Butler'')—and their supernatural servant (Alucard in ''Hellsing''; Sebastian Michaelis in ''Black Butler'') in a dark, dog-eat-dog world infested with paranormal beings. Said aristocrat also has at least one other kickass servant (Walter C. Dornez and Seras Victoria in ''Hellsing''; Baldroy, Finnian, Mei-Ling/Mey-Rin, Tanaka, and later Snake in ''Black Butler'') and a rival organisation who interferes with their operations (Iscariot in ''Hellsing''; the cops in ''Black Butler'').
18* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While mildly successful in Japan, the first anime was an underground phenomenon in America for its excellent dub, interesting take on vampires, unique visual style, and badass fight scenes. It also happened to come in midst of the vampire craze generated by products like the ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' and ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}'', which ensured a punk anime about a gun-toting Dracula received a lot of attention even by non-anime fans. Then ''Ultimate'' came along, bringing along an improved animation, a higher-rated voice acting and a much greater faithfulness to the manga, and the fandom overseas exploded.
19* MagnificentBastard: See [[MagnificentBastard/{{Hellsing}} here]].
20* MemeticMutation: It's difficult if not impossible to Google anything ''Hellsing''-related without seeing a TakeThat to ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', not helped by the use of YourVampiresSuck in-universe.
21* RetroactiveRecognition: Luke Valentine is voiced by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]] on [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu both sides of]] [[Creator/PatrickSeitz The Pacific]]. Chances are the fight wouldn't have been nearly as [[CurbStompBattle one-sided]] if Alucard had to face the power of [[MemeticMutation Za Warudo]].
22* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: The original TV series is notable for [[StarMakingRole rocket-launching]] Creator/CrispinFreeman's voice-acting career (though he was already known thanks to his role as Zelgadis from ''Literature/{{Slayers}}''), and is also one of the first dubbed anime series to feature characters with convincing foreign accents, due in part to most key roles being voiced by actual UK expats. The [=OVAs=] would have the entire main cast of the TV series reprise their roles, while adding other talented actors to the roster. In short, ''Hellsing'' as a whole features one of the most exceptional dubs to ever come out.
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26* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
27** Alucard. Is he a full-on {{sadist}}ic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] BloodKnight with a SmugSuper complex or is he a DeathSeeker wanting to die at a superior's hands? The latter is hinted several times in the series.
28*** Generally, the former is for artificial vampires who threw away their humanity simply to get stronger, something Alucard [[HumansAreSpecial detests]]. They're generally rather arrogant themselves, so Alucard wants to knock them down a peg. The latter personality is reserved for the few who (initially) seem strong enough to actually kill him and justify their vampirism or humans like Anderson, who Alucard believes have the right to kill him [[spoiler:until Anderson himself takes on supernatural power in an attempt to win, which leaves Alucard ''bitterly'' disappointed]].
29** The Major:
30*** The end-of-volume omakes usually portray the Major as a die-hard {{Otaku}}. ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' took that interpretation and [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20090629.html ran with it]].
31*** The Major may be a DeathSeeker. He claims he wants to kick start another World War, starting with destroying London and then moving on to Paris, Rome, and the rest of the world. However, he clearly has no idea how to deal with Alucard and sends many ranked underlings to their death against him. He knows he can't attack London as long as Alucard is there to stop him, but his grand plan for dealing with him is put him on a boat to buy a few hours. His only effective gamble to actually be rid of him is Schrödinger [[spoiler:who he doesn't use until the very end. It doesn't kill him either]]. In other words, he fully expects they are all going to die, but he doesn't want to bum his troops down with that info. His ''true'' goal then is not to start a new war, but to go out in a blaze of glory, since he sees that either Hellsing, Iscariot, or Alucard will ultimately defeat them, especially since [[spoiler:Mina Harker has run dry as a source]].
32** The Captain. On the one hand, a genuinely chivalrous man who, over the course of the series, never actually kills anyone. On the other, well... he ''is'' working for the {{Ghostapo}}. His highly symbolic death, and the fact that he seemingly engineered it, only raises more questions. [[TheVoiceless And he never talks enough to shed light on his actions either]].
33* AssPull:
34** [[spoiler:Walter's betrayal]] may seem like one, there was no clear and obvious foreshadowing other than some FridgeLogic Sir Islands points out in a later chapter.
35** Alucard's victories start to become this towards the end when his powers seem to be defying the established logic of the setting in the final few episodes of ''Ultimate''.
36*** Against Anderson: Having released his Level Zero restraints Alucard, or Dracula at this point, is in both his most powerful and most vulnerable form. That means no more familiars to draw new life from if he's hit with a fatal blow. During the battle with [[OneWingedAngel Monster Anderson]], Alucard more or less states the only thing that could kill him is having his heart pierced. Which then happens. Twice.[[note]]One when Anderson simply flash steps in front of the vampire and hits him where his heart ''should'' be in his chest and then again when Anderson throws his now super powered bayonet into his face, which goes down [[BodyHorror spreading fire and vines]] as it goes carving Alucard up.[[/note]]. While Alucard does begin to lose consciousness and has to be shocked back to reality, there's no real explanation as to how he suddenly manages to NoSell the bayonet, as well as overpower, outmaneuver and then rip out Anderson's heart when the latter was dominating the entire fight.
37*** Against [[spoiler: Walter: Still at level zero and apparently just drawing power from the aether, Alucard and Walter square off. Walter is dominating the fight until, get this, the Artificial Vampirization just starts breaking down due to Walter's body having been changed too quickly. Which somehow equates to Walter degenerating into a child.]] This happens to no one else and was not even remotely alluded too as a possibility.
38* AwesomeEgo: The Valentine Brothers are {{Smug Snake}}s if there ever were, but Jan at least is one of, if not ''the'', hammiest character the series has ever produced.
39* CargoShip: Alucard says: "GET AWAY FROM MY COFFIN!" Made even worse by the fact that the coffin is ''alive''.
40* CatharsisFactor: Admit it, [[spoiler:[[HateSink Zorin Blitz]]]] getting her shit kicked in was fucking satisfying.
41* CompleteMonster: Of the Nazi remnant group [[Characters/HellsingMillenniumNazis Millennium]], three stand above the rest for atrocity and depravity:
42** [[BloodKnight The Major]], the leader of the "Last Battalion" of Millennium who eventually usurps command of the whole organization, is an unassuming, bespectacled, jovial fat little man who is defined by his belief that WarIsGlorious. After surviving UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the Major [[ArgentinaIsNaziland consolidated his forces in South America]], where they awaited their chance for one final, glorious combat. Acting behind the scenes, the Major had multiple humans turned into vampires, having them slaughter innocent people to slowly reveal himself to [[Characters/HellsingHellsingOrganization Hellsing]]. Finally taking center stage, the Major launched an attack on London, obliterating everything he saw and having his men slaughter every living thing in sight, including babies. The Major confesses there is no end goal; combat and war are their own end. The Major shows no hesitation in killing one of his own officers when he objects to the Major carelessly sacrificing their soldiers, and his ultimate goal is to die at the conclusion of his war, after having created one last great display of the carnage he so loves.
43** [[HerrDoktor The Doctor]] is an egotistical [[MadScientist scientist]] and the creator of Millennium's artificial vampires. Allowing his creations to run amok, two even take to devouring multiple families in the hopes of increasing their own power. With the thousand-vampire army made for the Major, the Doctor has the ranking Nazi officer devoured for the Major to take power and then launches a devastating assault upon London where civilians are torn apart and eaten, with the death toll climbing up to three million. Transforming the Hellsing family's traitorous butler into a vampire and pitting him against [[Characters/HellsingAlucard Alucard]], the Doctor later leaves his unstable creation to die while [[DirtyCoward trying to flee with his research]], proving himself a {{narcissist}}ic coward underneath his smug, sadistic attitude.
44** [[{{Sadist}} First Lieutenant Zorin Blitz]] is a [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]] member of Millennium's Last Battalion. Ignoring her orders to gather intel on the Hellsing manor, Zorin launches an assault, [[MindRape psychically tormenting]] Seras and the Wild Geese before sending in her troops to tear the horrified defenders apart. While confronting Seras, Zorin uses her [[MasterOfIllusion illusionary powers]] to make Seras relive the night her parents were murdered and her mother's corpse raped in front of her, while maiming Seras's defenseless physical body. When Pip tries to save Seras, Zorin uses her [[SinisterScythe scythe]] to fatally wound him while his back is turned.
45* CreepyAwesome:
46** Most of the monsters in this series fall under this trope. Prepare to be creeped out and stare at the screen in awe, simultaneously.
47** Alucard is basically a crowning example.
48* CrossesTheLineTwice: Jan, just Jan. He's so over-the-top in the OVA that there's no other trope to describe his antics.
49* DieForOurShip: Alucard/Seras militant fans take the cake with their treatment of [[MurderTheHypotenuse Integra]] and Pip. The latter's existence is largely ignored or it's assumed he ''truly'' [[KilledOffForReal died]] when [[spoiler:he didn't]].
50* DracoInLeatherPants: Alucard, [[spoiler:Walter]], even ''Major''. Schroedinger is a pretty good one too. Yes, he's funny and adorable, but fans tend to overstate those qualities to the point that it looks like they've forgotten that he's also an evil little monster.
51* EndingFatigue: The battle with Millennium in London. They invaded in Volume 5, and the fight with them lasts the rest of the series till Volume 10.
52* EnsembleDarkhorse:
53** Luke and Jan. Jan's considered one of the funniest characters in the ''entire series''.
54** Young Walter has a good amount of fans. [[BrattyHalfPint For]] [[{{Bishonen}} several]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments reasons]]. Being voiced by Creator/RomiPark sure helps.
55** BadassNormal, thy name is Pip Bernadotte.
56** Rip Van Winkle. Overall a totally unimportant character, but she's incredibly fondly remembered for her design, voice, quirky behavior, and abilities.
57* EvilIsCool:
58** Alucard may be a brutal, bloodthirsty monster, but damn if he isn't suave and badass.
59** The Major. While he's [[NonActionBigBad worse than useless in combat]], that doesn't stop him from being a bold, cunning and charismatic antagonist.
60* FanficFuel: Due to ''The Dawn'' likely being dead on arrival, a lot of fans like to speculate how the story would have unfolded.
61* FanPreferredCouple:
62** The most popular couples are [[BodyguardCrush Alucard/Integra]], [[MentorShip Alucard/Seras]], [[SlapSlapKiss Pip/Seras]] and [[HoYay Alucard/Walter]] (the young or Dark Walter versions).
63** Walter/Girlycard. Sometimes, the fans make Alucard take his girl form (aka [[FanNickname Girlycard]]) in Alucard/Walter stories.
64** Captain/Seras has a relatively small yet passionate following.
65* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' due in no small part to their shared motifs, characters (no, not the "Alucard"-based one), powers, and voice actors. It helps that two chapters of the manga are named "Castlevania" as a ShoutOut. Fans of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Curse of Darkness]]'' probably got a kick out of seeing Creator/CrispinFreeman and [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam O'Brien]] go at it again in the 9th OVA.
66* HarsherInHindsight:
67** Seras' embarrassment over Alucard asking if she's a virgin and comedic overreactions to Captain Bernadotte’s and the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Wild Geese’s]] "Sexual Harassment" can become a lot less funny when it's revealed [[spoiler:Seras' mother was killed and then raped right in front of her when she was a small child. She [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality freaks out]] about sex due to childhood trauma.]]
68** Related to the above, [[spoiler: not helping is the fact that Seras herself was nearly raped in the beginning before being turned into a vampire. Jesus.]]
69* HilariousInHindsight:
70** This wouldn't be [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean the only time]] an evil priest named Enrico wanted to commit genocide on humanity.
71** Creator/LauraBailey voices a cat boy in this series and later graduates to voicing a [[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Catwoman]].
72** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu and Creator/PatrickSeitz voice Luke Valentine in the OVA's respective dubs. The two of them would voice [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO another vampire]] several years later.
73*** It now comes full circle now that Alucard's opponent in WebAnimation/DeathBattle is said vampire. [[spoiler: However, DIO managed to succeed where Luke Valentine failed.]]
74* IronWoobie: Seras has gone through a ''lot'' of crap in her short life (and shorter afterlife).
75* JerkassWoobie: Rip Van Winkle for some fans due to how cruel her death is, and the implication that whole reason she was sent was just to distract Alucard, otherwise she would have been just another villain.
76* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Alucard is shipped with EVERYONE. Integra borrows his black dress in Spanish and Japanese fanbases, producing [[CrackShip ships]] such as Integra/Penwood and Integra/Islands [[spoiler: Junior]].
77* LesYay
78** OVA 4 has Integra purposely cutting her fingertip while asking Seras why she refused to drink blood - then tells her "Kiss it for me".
79* LGBTFanbase:
80** Alexander Anderson has a small bara following.
81** The series proper seems to have a decent LGBT following in general, come to think of it. This might be helped by several Millennium members of both genders coming across as AmbiguouslyGay, Integra's and Seras' LesYay, Yumie and Heinkel's implied LesYay ([[ShrugOfGod if you want to think of Heinkel as a woman]]), heaps of HoYay across the board (particularly Alucard/Anderson and Alucard/Major), Alucard's [[spoiler: GenderBender]] past with Young Walter, plenty of FanService and fetish material for people of all genders and orientations, etc.
82* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Did ANYONE seriously think Hirano would kill his main trio of Alucard, Seras, or Integra?]] Only them? [[spoiler:Pip wasn't a goner, he returned with ''improvements''. Every major character in the Hellsing organization except Walter, who was a traitor, survived]].
83* LoveToHate:
84** The Major is an [[CompleteMonster absolutely horrendous person,]] yet he's so [[LargeHam bombastic]], [[TheChessmaster intelligent]], and charismatic that it's hard not to admire how competent of a villain he is. His whole [[MemeticMutation "I love war" speech]] certainly helped.
85** Enrico Maxwell is an AxCrazy KnightTemplar and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, however he's so [[LargeHam over-the-top hammy]] that he's extremely entertaining to watch.
86** Zorin Blitz is a complete and utter HateSink who rivals her boss, The Major, in sheer monstrosity, [[CatharsisFactor but damn is her epic beatdown and death at the hands of Seras utterly satisfying.]]
87* MemeticMutation:
88** While ''all'' of Alucard's different outfits are extremely recognizable and popular in {{Cosplay}}, his usual one takes the cake.
89** "Meanwhile... [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Alucard is still on a boat.]]" [[note]]Alucard is absent during much of the invasion of London from Episode 5 until Episode 8, due to being stuck on the damaged aircraft carrier ''Eagle''.[[/note]]
90** After the Major shoots at Integra, he says "I finally hit something."
91** Anderson yelling '''"AMMMEEENN!!"''' when he usually gets to a fight.
92** The Major's "I love war" speech has been a subject of parodies for just any other topics someone loves. This culminates into the version from ''WebVideo/HellsingAbridged''
93* MemeticTroll: Schrödinger gets this treatment due being able to be everywhere and nowhere (including being in ''someone's mind''), coming back completely uninjured after being gruesomely killed, and for being a [[CatsAreSnarkers snarker]] (including snarking at ''the Major'').
94* MindGameShip:
95** Alucard[=x=]''anyone'', really... but Alucard[=x=]Integra and Alucard[=x=]Seras tend to be fan favorites.
96** Alucard[=x=]Rip is nearly a ''{{canon}}'' one -- what with him screwing around with her and then taking '''''[[InterplayOfSexAndViolence a lot]]''''' of pleasure in massacring her.
97* {{Moe}}:
98** Seras is surprisingly adorable when she's not in badass mode. Surprisingly subverted [[{{Tomboy}} when she was younger]], though.
99** Integra as a child.
100*** Especially WhenSheSmiles, shown in Penwood's flashback. [[spoiler:''Especially'' when you take into account that happened shortly after [[IronWoobie her father died, her uncle tries to kill her, she accidentally wakes up a blood-thirsty vampire, and shoots said uncle herself]].]] You just want to give her candy.
101** Rip van Winkle.
102** Schrodinger, being a snarky Catboy and all.
103* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Seras DualWielding [=BFGs=] longer than she is tall.
104* MoralEventHorizon:
105** Chances are ''somebody'' in the series crossed it. Nazi vampire eating a baby? [[spoiler:Alucard torturing Rip Van Winkle? Zorin mutilating Seras and killing her love interest? Maxwell ordering the deaths of innocent civilians?]] Take your pick.
106** [[spoiler:Alucard's odd behavior while killing Rip Van Winkle]] may actually be farther away from a MoralEventHorizon than the other picks, because not only is this identifiable [[spoiler:but when Alucard showed up again in Volume/OVA 8, we see his redeeming values.]]
107*** The Major never crossed the MoralEventHorizon, he was on the asshole side all the time and his atrocities on-screen just drove him deeper into Irredeemable Motherfucker County.
108** If Zorin didn't cross it by slaughtering the Wild Geese, she certainly crosses it with her MindRape of Seras with memories of her NightmareFuel past traumas and [[spoiler:killing Pip.]] She paid for it though, dear god did she pay.
109** Maxwell ordering the slaughter of the survivors of London as well as the vampires they were originally sent there to take out, worsened by the fact that the citizens thought that Maxwell and his forces [[CavalryBetrayal had come to save them]] from the ravening vampire Nazis. Even Anderson couldn't stand him after it [[spoiler:[[UnfriendlyFire and actually helped Alucard kill him]].]]
110--->'''Maxwell:''' We have come for you! We are the righteous soldiers of the Angel of Death, and tonight, the world below shall know judgement! England is guilty! The heathens are guilty! You are all now sentenced to your death! Death! Death! Death! DEATH! I can offer you my pity, but forgiveness, NEVER! Now, prepare to be burned from the earth! Mowed down like grass! CRUSHED LIKE BUGS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
111* MusicToInvadePolandTo: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Wc1qlne1I Das Engelandlied]]'', an actual World War II era song from Nazi Germany.
112* {{Narm}}:
113** Badass as Anderson could be while using his weapons, when the camera zooms on his hands while wielding them it makes them look an unfortunate lot like ''palette knifes'' due to the crooked shape of the blade near the handle.
114** Anderson's GratuitousEnglish in the Japanese dub of OVA 1, particularly when he (badly) quotes 1 Corinthians 16:22. Unsurprising considering his [[Creator/NorioWakamoto voice actor]].
115** Seras's backstory. Okay, so her parents were murdered because her dad was a cop. Then Seras stabs one of the guy's eyes out with a fork that happens to be lying on the ground. Then the guy whose eye she just stabbed out less than a minute ago decides that this is a good time to get up and have sex with her mother's dead body. It's supposed to be dramatic and tragic and etc, but instead it's just pure BlackComedy.
116* NarmCharm:
117** In the English dub of OVA 2, right after shooting Jan Valentine, Integra pulls the line: "We'll have no more of that. I'm pissed off." Hilarious, yet still awesome.
118*** Right afterwards, Jan laughs before saying "Ow." It's really hard not to laugh at once you notice it, but it only makes the scene better. In the commentary track, no one can keep it together at that point.
119** In the fourth OVA, one of [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Anderson's]] battle screams against Alucard sounds like he is screaming the word "hug". Then, there's his [[GratuitousEnglish Bible quote from the first OVA]]. Steven Brand fixed that.
120** Enrico Maxwell's... unhinged behavior in the later [=OVAs=] is so bombastic and hammy, it's hard not to tear up from laughter. And most wouldn't have it any other way.
121%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** The Doktor has a lot of this.
122%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnu0giUS00 This]].
123* NightmareRetardant: Sometimes the series is so over the top it's downright funny. Granted, most of the series' appeal for some people is the NarmCharm.
124* OlderThanTheyThink: Due to its much greater success, it's not so easy to find people who know that Alucard's combination of handgun, red coat and round yellow sunglasses is a direct homage to Vash the Stampede from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', a work which Hirano was a big fan of before writing ''Hellsing''. You can even read the words "Trigun Maximum" in Zorin Blitz's tattoos as another homage. There are also strong influences from ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' and ''Manga/MugenShinshi'' that are also likely to be overlooked.
125* OneSceneWonder: The Valentine Brothers, but especially Jan. This was ramped up in the [=OVA=] to the point that he became an EnsembleDarkhorse, likely due to just how much [[LaughablyEvil he loves being a bad guy]].
126* ParanoiaFuel: It might not be that obvious, but this series is oozing with ParanoiaFuel. Consider its three prominent organizations:
127** [[ChurchMilitant Iscariot]]: The supposedly nonexistent arm of the Catholic Church, they appear to [[WeAreEverywhere have contacts everywhere]] in every country that is Catholic or has a Catholic population, and is capable of raising an army to attack London and have enough scientific resources to make [[SuperSoldier someone able to beat vampires]]. And all the relics they have like Helena's Nail...
128** The titular Hellsing organisation is surprisingly less paranoia-inducing, as their operations appear to be limited in Great Britain, but the sole fact that they can send someone like [[BloodKnight Alucard]] anywhere is quite scary.
129** And finally, Millennium. [[WeAreEverywhere They have infiltrated the British military]], and can transform anyone into a vampire; that means that if you're a soldier, anyone from your commanding officer to your best friend could be a horrifying killing machine just waiting a command from a guy who makes ColonelKilgore look like a pacifist. Going FromBadToWorse, they can monitor the transformed and burn them alive if necessary to preserve their secrets and have a sniper who can shoot down jet fighters with an antique musket, a MasterOfIllusion, a werewolf and a catboy who cannot die and can go anywhere with no restrictions.
130** To top it all off, it's a tough world for Muggles in this universe if they're not BadassNormal. If they catch a vampire's fancy and happen to be a virgin, the vampire is not above raping them before turning them into a ghoul, and it is implied that virgin blood is desirable and they might just end up as dinner. If you aren't a virgin and are turned, you become a mindless ghoul under the vampire's command and will go after any humans, including your loved ones, if not put out of your misery. Hope that the vampire who finds you isn't going on a bloody rampage and will just shoot you in the head instead of slowly crushing your head with their foot until it explodes from the pressure.
131* RonTheDeathEater: Iscariot members are over villainous in fanfiction. Mostly due to Shipping: Anderson sometimes is turned into a rapist to create {{Wangst}} for the Alucard pairing of choice (even in canon, Anderson was disgusted to the idea of even manhandling Integra against her will). Integra is also victim of this in the hands of Alucard/Seras shippers, when she's not assumed dead in the beginning (or married to someone else), she's made a Soap Opera villain. Pip is sometimes pictured as a RomanticFalseLead.
132* RootingForTheEmpire: Some fans wanted Anderson or [[spoiler:Walter]] to defeat Alucard, if only because of the enormous amount of effort they go through to match his strength. Anderson [[spoiler:throws away his humanity and sacrifices his followers only to lose when Seras causes Alucard's second wind]]. While [[spoiler:Walter]] becomes a vampire, goes through an operation to make himself younger, and attacks relentlessly to keep Alucard from regenerating, only to [[spoiler:be fooled by Alucard's shapeshifting abilities.]]
133* ShipMates: Some fans will pair off the entire cast like it's Noah's Ark. The most common ones- the ones the also help to define the Fan Prefered Couples as well- is Seras/Pip. Because while Seras has Alucard and Pip as romantic options, Integra really only has Alucard. The fact that Seras and Pip's relationship is well developed certainly helped to avoid the usual LastMinuteHookup feel this trope can give.
134* SignatureScene:
135** Alucard releasing his PowerLimiter for the first time and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutally torturing]]/[[IAmAHumanitarian devouring]] Luke Valentine.
136** The Major's [[MemeticMutation mematic]] ''I Love War'' speech.
137* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the actual animation is top-notch, some of the CGI used in the OVA is less than stellar. Some shots of the Millennium troopers and Alucard's army of familiars in OVA 8 look awful.
138* {{Squick}}: Seras' flashback has one of the robbers (in the manga, they were either hired by dirty cops being investigated by Seras' father, or were the dirty cops themselves) that murdered her parents proceed to [[ILoveTheDead rape her mother's corpse.]] That's wrong on any possible level and [[BrainBleach extremely disturbing]].
139* StoicWoobie: Integra Hellsing was orphaned around age 12, nearly murdered by her jealous uncle, then was forced to kill him in turn, and that's just in the backstory. Over the course of the manga and OVA she loses most of her friends and allies, including in being betrayed by one of her closest confidants. She clearly works hard at [[StiffUpperLip suppressing her feelings]] just to keep functional.
140* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Yumie "Yumiko" Takagi, the katana wielding nun with super speed, died without accomplishing much more than killing a few minor vampires. Between her powers, her surprisingly in-depth backstory and her place as Anderson's second you would be forgiven for thinking she'd have been more prominent.
141* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
142** The revelation that the artificial vampires were made from [[spoiler:Mina Harker]]. It was ripe for exploration given how monumental [[spoiler:she]] was in Alucard's past and the formation of the Hellsing Organization, yet it's discovered near the ''very end'' of the series [[spoiler:after Alucard is gone]], ''very'' briefly and vaguely exposited on (and raising more questions than it answered), then destroyed [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow to uphold the masquerade]].
143** On a related note, while it's implied that Bram Stoker's Dracula is more or less the same sequence of events that transpired in this world before it would've been nice to see what actually happened between Dracula and Abraham Van Hellsing. How did Abraham defeat Drac when no one else in the setting has come close, and what happened to Mina and the others that's evidently different from the source material?
144* TooCoolToLive:
145** [[spoiler:Anderson is killed ''right'' before the final showdown with The Major and The Captain]].
146** Most of the evil characters who die within the first five [=OVAs=] are this. Many of them have some really interesting power mixed with a really unique appearance. And many of them die simply because they aren't Alucard, Anderson, or Walter.
147* TheUntwist: The Major being [[spoiler:a cyborg]]. Mostly because we're supposed to be surprised that [[spoiler:he's not human]], when in reality, at least in the OVA, the audience generally ''already'' assumed this due to the fact that [[spoiler:his humanity is never actually explicitly stated until the last couple episodes, he commands the loyalty of countless powerful vampires, and he's still alive and relatively young despite the fact that he was apparently an adult during WWII. So while it's legitimately a surprise that he's a cyborg, most people who just watched the OVA assumed that he was a vampire, and few realized he was supposed to be seen as a human.]]
148* ViewerGenderConfusion:
149** Zorin Blitz, that is if you can fail to notice her bust.
150** Heinkel as well, due to being extremely androgynous.
151** It's ''very'' easy for new readers to mistake Integra for a feminine man. Which ironically some still keep thinking she's a man, even when there's an early cover which shows a rather busty Integra. It doesn't help that in some translations she's referred to by a ''male'' title.
152** Schrödinger could easily be mistaken for a girl, a problem that isn't helped by his great resemblance to Seras.
153* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: For some unknown reason, the Dark Horse publication rated it as T for mild language and violence. Nevermind the use of words like "fuck" and "shit", there are scenes of extreme {{Gorn}} everywhere and two [[spoiler:rape scenes]].
154* TheWoobie:
155** Heinkel really had it rough, even compared to the other characters. And in a series like this, that's ''really'' saying something. Her teacher, Alexander Anderson, gave up his life, in vain, to try to defeat Alucard. Then, after his corpse was stomped on by [[spoiler:Vampire!Walter]], her partner Yumie, in a blind rage, tried to rush him, only to get cut to pieces. Then, as she tries to avenge Yumie, she gets half her face shot off by the Captain before she can get a single shot in. Then, as it seems the Captain is about to finish her off, which would be a mercy at this point, he refuses to and pities Heinkel by giving her bandages to wrap her face in, which she took as a huge middle finger to her entire cause. So, all in all, she lost her teacher and surrogate father, her best friend, half her face, and her pride.
156** Seras. As a kid, she witnessed her mother get murdered and raped (yes, in that order). Years later, she watches all of her fellow cops get turned into ghouls by a vampire, then she's shot through the chest and turned into a vampire herself. When she seems to have finally found a little bit of happiness, the man she's fallen for is murdered and she loses her arm. Is it any wonder she snaps?
157* {{Woolseyism}}: Why does Jan have a more obvious American accent compared to Luke? [[RuleOfFunny Who cares]]? [[LaughablyEvil It's hilarious]].
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161* AnticlimaxBoss: Incognito's master, whose specific identity is never revealed (beyond him being a member of the Round Table). His defeat is never even shown, only being recounted via epilogue text.
162* BaseBreakingCharacter: Incognito, the BigBad. Some consider it a genuinely otherworldly and scary villain, especially when compared to the much more mundane antagonists from Millennium, while others believe he is bland fellow who fails at making any impact and whose character and background (as in Creator/ChiakiKonaka's usual Lovecraftian shenanigans) are just too weird for the context of ''Hellsing''.
163* BrokenBase: Tasio Alonso's casting and performance as Alucard in the Spanish dub are huge points of discussion in the country. His intensely gruff, raspy tone, completely different from Creator/JojiNakata's booming voice, is considered to be either a great choice in its own, different way, or a huge miscast with narmy results.
164* CompleteMonster:
165** [[DragonInChief Incognito]] is a [[CombatSadomasochist sadomasochistic]] vampire who describes himself as [[ForTheEvulz living only for "total destruction"]]. Working for his [[TheGhost unseen boss]], Incognito oversees the creation of the FREAK chip, which turns people into violent, unstable vampires. When the British air force come to investigate his castle, Incognito infects them with his chip, stripping them of their humanity and turning them into his unquestioning soldiers. Knowing a pacifistic vampire is monitoring his activities, Incognito attacks and devours the peaceful woman. Summoning a demon to destroy London, Incognito watches gleefully as it wreaks havoc on all in its path.
166** "Brotherhood" & "Dead Zone": This version of [[PsychopathicManchild Jan Valentine]] is a [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor jovially psychopathic]] vampiric crime boss who murders and terrorizes to stay in power. Attacking the Hellsing Organization with a force of hundreds of [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]] made from the victims of [[SiblingsInCrime Jan and his brother Luke]], Jan leads the assault, having countless soldiers devoured while Luke goes to face Alucard. When his initial forces are defeated, Jan [[NightOfTheLivingMooks resurrects the bodies of the Hellsing soldiers as ghouls]], intent on feeding the survivors to them.
167* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pickman, the BadassNormal redshirt who briefly fights alongside Alucard with surprising success in the final episodes.
168* HypeBacklash: When it was first released, the TV anime was popular and gained praise for its high-quality dub, unique visual style and take on vampire mythology, and badass fight scenes. In later years however, the ''Ultimate'' OVA series would overshadow the previous anime due to improving even further on its strengths and being [[TruerToTheText more faithful to the original manga]]. As a result, many younger fans used to ''Ultimate'' find the TV anime dated and are much more critical of its flaws.
169* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Ultimate is quite popular among both American Catholic and Protestant audiences... even though the series does not portray Catholics in a positive light, and Christianity is more of a backdrop for the vampire gore. The former audience especially loves Alexander Anderson, and more than one has actually claimed him to be an ideal priest. Enrico Maxwell is (rather surprisingly) popular as well, though it helps that he was actually a great character before he went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.
170* NarmCharm: The fact that Anderson was given elongated fangs in his character design can be somewhat ridiculous, as it shows the producers apparently thought nobody was going to buy him as a credible rival to Alucard if he didn't look like another vampire. However, the trait actually manages to give him an even more feral look, especially in fighting scenes, something the manga and ''Ultimate'' series eschewed in favor of a goofier and more bombastic personality.
171* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Why some ''Hellsing'' fans dislike the TV series. It goes both ways, since some fans who saw the TV series first prefer it to the manga and OVA. Many of the strong points of the series are in their character designs (fans typically agree Anderson's cloud of Bible pages appearing in neatly arranged rows instead of the random flutter seen in ''Ultimate'' looks much more badass, as well as Alucard's face being more visible and expressive than in the OVA series), some character arcs (the series did a relatively good job exploring Seras' new life as a vampire, which both the manga and OVA eschew entirely) and general aesthetic (the TV series, being relentlessly dark and psychological, is often acknowledged to be very atmospheric compared to the operatic manga and OVA).
172* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Anderson was very well profiled as a fearsome antagonist who could laugh at Alucard's face, but his appearances amount to two episodes and a random scene which barely exploit him as a character. For instance, there's some hints in a flashback that Anderson had already fought Alucard back when he was a regular human, but it's never expounded upon.
173* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many people believe it had some interesting ideas and takes on the story that were bogged down by the series's shortness and budget problems. Some of them were later worked by Hirano himself into the manga, but others were abandoned on the road.
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