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Fridge Brilliance
- In Episode 3, Maxwell loses it
when Alucard accuses him of being a Pedophile Priest and in the preview for Episode 4, he doesn't react well to finding out that a priest he suspected of being The Mole for Millennium was bribed by Millennium with multiple children that the priest then raped. The canon Maxwell grew up in a Catholic orphanage and would have been in grave danger from such priests. In fact, either he or the other children he was growing up with in the orphanage may well have been abused by such priests. No wonder his reaction to the priest he was interrogating was a summary execution.- And if Maxwell hadn't gotten to him first, it's likely that Gentle Giant Anderson would've done much, much worse. Despite all of his Blood Knight and Berserker habits, Anderson was a surrogate father to all of the children in his orphanage (a flashback in Episode 8 reveals Maxwell to have been one such child), and the mere thought that such a thing may have occurred under his nose would probably send the priest into a murderous rage that not even Alucard was ever subjected to. His hatred of rapists was confirmed in canon, too.
- It's also worth pointing out that the person who shot the Pedophile Priest on Maxwell's orders was Heinkel Wolfe, who also grew up in an orphanage, and also potentially ran the risk of being abused by her caretakers (after all, even though Pedophile Priests are portrayed as raping boys, there's nothing to stop them from doing the same thing to girls as well, and though less publicized, it's happened too). Even more telling, Heinkel moves right behind the Pedophile Priest after he pretty much confessed to taking several children from Millennium to rape without Maxwell signaling her, and then pulls her gun when Maxwell nods to her. Heinkel's execution is less getting a direct order from Maxwell to disposing of a failed underling, and more Heinkel asking (and subsequently getting) permission to shoot him.
- In Episode 2 Alucard makes Integra bribe him with a new gun, a new gun for Sera which he specifies to be a cannon cause Bitches love Cannons and a 72 inch plasma tv with Netflix. Then uses this bribe to explain why he can't rescue the committee because he wasn't supposed to leave the basement until the committee leaves it might seem as if Alucard is just trolling but then Seras uses her new gun to slaughter the ghouls Jan brought meaning he either unintentionally or intentionally set Seras up to succeed without him.
- Also in episode 3, before Alucard explains the situationnote to Integra over the phone, he says "You can't be mad at me". While it could be seen as a childish promise befitting his Psychopathic Manchild nature, look at it from Alucard's perspective: He is technically still on vacation, with one of the benefits being "Not getting yelled at over the phone". To him, Integra is legally obligated not to get mad at him while they're on the phone.
- Alucard's line at the end of Episode 4, "I better not miss a damn thing", becomes a lot funnier when you remember that he's going to be stuck on that boat until Episode 8 (which was released Friday, October 13th, 2017).
- A minor case, but in Episode 4, Alucard seems to be taking exception to Integra pointing out his failures in front of the council, (3:20-3:33) and asks "Are... are you going to do this right now? In front of everybody?" At first this can just be read as Alucard being embarrassed and defensive over failing to complete his mission, but then remember that Alucard is all about the Interplay of Sex and Violence, which apparently includes verbal violence such as arguing, and as a result he gets a boner when arguing with Integra. (Hell, at the start of the same episode he apparently had an orgasm as a result of their argument and Integra being forced to admit he was right about the Nazis being behind everything.) He's not asking if Integra is "doing this in front of everyone" because he feels criticized or second guessed, but because to him it's basically a case of Making Love in All the Wrong Places.
- Anderson would probably be a lot less comfortable and enthusiastic about their fights if he knew the second half of Alucard's boner-causing tendencies. Bloodlust, indeed.
- Scratch that, Episode 5 showed that they're not so different in that regard since he declares that he's In Love with Integra's Carnage.
- Episode 5? Fuck that, in Episode 3 both Alucard and Anderson seem to be equally "into" their impending rematch, until Seras delivers the "mood killer" (and whose line was that again? Oh yeah, Anderson's...).
- And on top of that, Alucard outright states "Welp, my boner's gone." just before Anderson's line.
- Anderson would probably be a lot less comfortable and enthusiastic about their fights if he knew the second half of Alucard's boner-causing tendencies. Bloodlust, indeed.
- In Episode 2, Integra mentioned their budget is handled directly by the Queen. Episode 4 tells us why...
- The first three episodes all have a Running Gag regarding Alucard's "walks", which it's implied they always end in gruesome violence. At the end of Episode 4, the Nazis manage to trap Alucard on a damaged ship, specifically to prevent him from walking back to London.
- Comes back in Episode 8, where the first thing Alucard does after returning to London is "go for a walk". The actual code is "Release Restraint Level Zero", but Integra was so utterly done with events after the Klansman's interruption that she decided to drop the formalities. Cue both the Nazis and the Catholics being utterly destroyed.
- In Episode 1, Alucard also uses "enthusiastic" as an euphemism for "violent"; when Integra remarks that his latest walk ended up in the murder of a homicidal vampire priest, Alucards calls said walk "very enthusiastic". In Episode 10, he says that his latest "walk" was "a little too enthusiastic". Understandable, since it caused so much destruction that Schrödinger managed to get himself absorbed by Alucard without the latter noticing.
- In Episode 4, Alucard reveals that Nazis are his second favorite type of people to kill. This explains why he was so quick to suggest that Nazis were behind everything way back in Episode 1: he didn't actually suspect it was them, he was just hoping it was.
- Furthermore, let's take a look at his exact line: "Like the Nazis?". He's not even actually hoping for the return of the Nazis, but the rise of someone like them.
- As for why he LOVES killing Nazis so much (compared to The Turks or his father), it's likely because they're the KING of all acceptable targets - going by Yahtzee's adage "You can never be too violent to a Nazi."
- Furthermore, let's take a look at his exact line: "Like the Nazis?". He's not even actually hoping for the return of the Nazis, but the rise of someone like them.
- Episode 4, Schrödinger says he and Seras would make beautiful children, flustering the Police Girl and prompting Alucard to blow his head up. However, considering both he and Seras are blonde, blue(ish)-eyed, pretty, and Seras at least is rather well-developed, they'd probably turn out to be, essentially, the Aryan ideal espoused by the Nazis. To Schrödinger, they'd most certainly be the ideal children.
- Seras herself apparently agrees, with "they'd look rather nice actually" being her slightly-belated response.
- It makes even more sense if you know that the Nazis, in keeping with their policy of eugenics, were in favor of Aryans having children early and often, even awarding medals to German women who had four or more children to literally outbreed the "lesser races". With this in mind, the blunt way he says it might also be an extension of Nazi ideology.
- Speaking of Warrant Officer Shroedinger Alucard shoots Schroedinger and ask Seras if that Boy-Girl was bothering her. At first it might seem like a surface joke about Schroedinger's androgynous appearance. But the only way to know Schrodinger's Sex for sure would be to get them naked and observe their body. Much like how Schroedinger is alive or dead depending on if they're being observed.
- Walter telling Alucard he has vacation days sounds like a very dangerous thing to tell him, since to him it means "go anywhere I want and not get yelled at over the phone". But since Walter knew Millennium had an outpost of sorts in Brazil (was the whole point of tricking him into going there), he knew there was no way it wouldn't end in a total bloodbath. So if Alucard tries to bring up his vacation days again, Walter can just point to the Brazil incident and say that Integra's nixed them from now on. Of course, they can't stop Alucard from taking one anyway, but Integra can yell at him over the phone.
- Of course, there's also the fact as to how Walter knew to send Alucard to Brazil in the first place aside from Integra's dialogue with Maxwell; Walter left the Hellsing estate when Richard mentioned "paid vacation days", and knowing that Richard would try to murder Integra in his absence, who in turn would seek out Alucard, he went to inform his "old friends" in Millennium that Alucard would be released soon, thus setting the events of the series into motion.
- A little obvious, but still clever: Anderson's "Trigger Happy Harlot" nickname for Seras is both a mockery of her trauma-induced BSOD moment in episode 4 as well as a completely literal reference to her penchant for awesome weaponry.
- It also refers to Pip, who uses lots of guns and hires himself out (as a mercenary).
- In episode 5, the Major wants the London Holocaust Museum spared, since that way, none will be able to deny what they did. He's not just referring to the original holocaust, but also their present attack.
- For those who watched the original OVA, Sir Penwood's "can't he fly with his vampire powers?" is more hilarious in highlight. Sir Penwood was right for the wrong reasons; Alucard can't fly but he can somehow push the boat all the way back to London with his vampire powers.
- Another moment is that, in this continuity, outright flight is not one of the powers exhibited by vampires, even if they can zip around a room in an eyeblink, or walk vertically up a wall.
- Alucard's words to Pip back in Brazilnote can be a bit of foreshadowing for episode 7, where he dies, after just a few days in the work and Seras drank his blood.
- Walter's Badass Boast says, aside his duties as a regular butler, his duties as a Battle Butler. He "answers the door" (faces up foes of the Hellsing Manor), "cleans up the estate" (defeats them) and "takes out the trash" (deals with the corpses), before adding that he also deals with "self-entitled twats like [Jan Valentine]". Which comes off as a Don't Explain the Joke moment, as he could have just stopped at "and I take out the trash" and be done with it.
- Heck, if we go by that interpretation, Walter's line could even be a Stealth Insult, since he makes a distinction between Jan and "answering the door" (facing the foes of the manor and its owners) since that would mean he doesn't even consider Jan a proper foe, more of a nuisance or a pest.
- If anything it's more insulting. You could also interpret it as "answering the door" (greeting Hellsing's actually welcome guests), "cleans up the estate" (guards the Hellsing manor and keeps it maintained), and "takes out the trash" (gets rid of Hellsing's enemies and those who would dare come unwelcome). If you consider that view, he doesn't even consider Jan enough of a danger to be considered trash. He's not even a foe. He's just a nuisance.
- Jan needles Walter several times about his age. A few episodes later it becomes obvious why those barbs pissed Walter off so much.
- During The Major's "War" speech in Episode 4, he becomes surprisingly angry when talking about the Cold War, claiming he was "Blue-balled for 40 years". At first, this may just be because The Major is a General Ripper who thinks all War Is Glorious, but considering the nations of the Cold War were Nazi Germany's archenemies (the USA and the USSR), he was probably hoping that the two sides would've eventually destroyed each other, allowing Nazi Germany to rise over their ashes.
- It could also imply that he wanted More Dakka.
- In episode 2, Alucard taunts Integra saying that the only one capable of stopping him doesn't exist. Who do we know that exists and doesn't exist at the same time...?
- Or that the only one who could and did defeat him, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, died centuries ago.
- In episode 6, a group of Polish 'Catholics' from the Temple Beth Zion get in on Maxwell's crusade. Well considering what the Nazis did to a lot of Poles and Definitely-Not-Jews-Whatever-You-Say, it's not much of a stretch to see why they jumped in. 'Worship a side of bacon' indeed.
- Another layer to that is the fact that Jews can't eat anything that came from a pig, as the animal isn't considered kosher. So "worship a side of bacon" isn't just saying "we'll pretend to worship anything if it means we can kill them" as much as it means "We'll forsake our own religion if it means we get the chance to kill Nazis."
- Keep in mind that in this universe, the Vatican aided the Nazis, which meant they were as complicit in the Holocaust as Millennium itself. When you consider that these "not-Jews" showed up to help where the Papal Knights did not, and that Maxwell's 'cleansing' of London was targeted at its civilians and not the Nazis, it is clear in hindsight that the Temple Beth Zion were aiming to backstab Maxwell from the start. "That's for the Rhineland Massacres", no fucking kidding.
- Which in if itself is a lovely little religious historical injoke. The Rhineland Massacre being effectively a number of mass murders perpetrated by radical sects of Christian's against civilians in defiance of the direct word of the Popes, past and present at the time. Maxwell is effectively doing the exact same thing only this time its Protestants instead of Jews.
- A bit of Fridge Humor in episode 3 when Maxwell is reading Alucard's letter to the pope to Integra. It's funny enough hearing Alucard's voice say it, but in the end when you hear Maxwell finishing, you remember that HE READ THAT ALOUD TO INTEGRA. It was Maxwell saying every word of that. "Dear chief replacement" to "fuck the fear turkey" and all.
- "HEYKIDSWANNASEEADEADBODY?!" He's a vampire. His body is dead. He's referring to his body.
- Alucard is a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk who likes to troll his own friends and allies, even his own enemies. Dracula is Affably Evil who genuinely respects Integra and is proud of Seras, the complete opposite of Alucard. Alucard is Dracula backwards, therefore, Alucard is the opposite of Dracula.
- When Anderson starts his fight with Dracula in Episode 8, "Stoned" from The Big O starts playing. This is arguably the leitmotif of Schwartzvald from that series. Much like Anderson, he is the Foil to the protagonist and obsessed with spreading his message to the point that his own life is meaningless in comparison. Both even have a tendency of spreading loose papers where they pass - Anderson's scriptures and Schwartzvald's writings.
- Also episode 8 Anderson's quoting changes quite radically in his fight with Alucard. He mostly quotes Boondock Saints and draws a lot of inspiration from the Old Testament wrathful God for the intimidation factor, but as he prepares to use Helena's nail he first forgives Alucard as a man and during confrontation instead of invoking the wrath of God he prays for his enemy's absolution.
- For most of the series Anderson was more of a beast who while devout found killing vampires etc. fun. Possibly due to Maxwell's shenanigans he underwent some Character Development and fully became Badass Preacher, rather than just the Violent Glaswegian he was for most of the series.
- Episode 8 shows that Alucard's reason for even existing is that he and Satan agreed to make sure no other monsters like him exist. This actually explains why he works with Integra, despite the fact that she essentially has no control over him. The Hellsing Organization allows him to hunt other monsters while also not working for the hypocritical God he hates, and he "goes on moonlit walks" because he just wants to find and slaughter other monsters.
- Alucard refusing to apologize for "all the sexual harassment" in Episode 2 makes more sense in Episode 7, when Seras remarks that it's Integra who is mostly responsible for it. Of course he's not going to apologize for something that isn't his fault, at least this time.
- The issue of the sexual harassment, might be a bit more complex than what we thought. Sure Integra might be doing it with Seras, but by the time it had been mentioned in the story, Seras had been part of Hellsing for roughly a week. This could imply that, 1) Integra is indeed responsible, or 2), who else does Alucard insult with sexual comments, and implications? Catholic Priests, for obvious reasons. After all, why would he apologize, if he is right? Could some of it be from the Catholic Church trying to indirectly attack or retaliate against Hellsing? The statue in Brazil being just another example. Or 3), both reasons.
- The Polish Jews turning on Maxwell and the other "Crusaders", even though it means they're passing on a chance to kill Nazis, makes perfect sense when you think about it for a minute. They've got centuries and centuries worth of grudges against both official and rogue elements of the Catholic Church, they certainly have no reason to want to help a rogue Church official to slaughter other Christians or launch a Military Coup against the Pope, (and whenever some hardliner Christian comes along talking about purifying the world and wiping out heathens, Jews know to expect that they'll become a target in short order, if they're not already) and although they probably don't know this, it was the Vatican who helped Millennium escape justice at the end of World War II. So in this situation, why would a group of Jews risk death and fight supernatural horrors for the sake of a rogue Catholic organization that doesn't share their interests and will likely turn on them if they were to succeed in their little coup? Especially when the alternative is that the Jews could just sit back and watch all their enemies kill each other? If nothing else, if they had even the slightest thought of helping the crusaders, then hearing Maxwell's little speech at the end of episode 6 should have nipped that in the bud.
- Alucard turning Seras into a vampire, according to his speech in Episode 7, was because he saw in her something he'd lost long ago: the will to live. In Episode 8, he is also immensely proud of Seras embracing her vampiric powers, and later mentions the deal he made with Satan to become a vampire was so that he could purge the world of other monsters like himself, but that this was something he'd done in the middle of despair and seeing death approaching and feeling that he'd been abandoned by God. Why is Alucard so proud of Seras fully becoming a vampire when he exists to hunt and kill monsters? Because while Seras is a vampire, she's still human. She hasn't fallen into Transhuman Treachery like literally every other vampire or monster in the series, and unlike Anderson, she didn't willingly turn herself into an agent of a God who doesn't care. While she may be a vampire, Seras isn't a monster, which makes her better than Alucard himself.
- She also became a vampire by being given blood willingly rather then taking it, which would require at least one human to still view her as on the side of humanity and be willing to die for her, something that is very unlikely to happen if she gave in to being a blood hungry monster.
- In Episode 2, when Alucard fights against Luke Valentine we see that he's fighting as he normally does up until Luke mentions that "Compared to you, I am a Demigod". It's at this point that Alucard seems to lose his shit and goes to Level 1, brutally beating (and eating) the shit out of Luke, goading him to do things he's incapable of doing. This seems to be Alucard being Alucard, but in Episode 8 it's revealed that he hates God with a passion, calling him out on all the suffering of the world he doesn't intervene on or has caused and using people for his own ends. It makes his brutality towards Luke much more meaningful in that context when Luke called himself a demigod.
- Of course Alucard has Meridith Brook’s “Bitch” in his library, the chorus practically describes him-
- I’m a bitch/I’m a lover- Alucard is an unrepentant asshole/He had a relationship with the queen that both reflect fondly on for decades, and its implied he seems to actually have some measure of feelings for Integra.
- I’m a child/I’m a mother- He usually has the mentality (and potentially body) of a kid/ He is the closest thing Seras has to a parent. And of course, he was a chick in the 40's
- I’m a sinner/I’m a Saint- He’s committed many atrocities, and is soaked in blood/As a prince, his right to rule was backed by God and he dedicated himself to holy service before his death.
- I’m your Hell/I’m your dream- Alucard is a monster empowered by Satan/in his darkest moment he chose to protect humanity for eternity.
- I’m nothing in-between- He’s Alucard, nothing more, nothing less.
- The hostility between Iscariot and Hellsing is mostly one-sided, with the Iscariots being hyper-aggressive against Hellsing and Protestants in general, despite the Catholic Church and the Church of England being positive and cordial in real life. Later on, its shown that Iscariot organization is actually a bunch of extremists who oppose the current Pope, which makes their hostility more plausible.
- Furthermore, the hostility of Iscariot toward Protestants stems from a centuries-old schism within the Catholic Church, which has long since been resolved. The fact that the Iscariots are still seething and hateful toward Protestants over a centuries-old grudge becomes darkly ironic when the Iscariots themselves are blindsided and betrayed by the Jews from the Beth Temple Zion over their own centuries-old grudge against the Catholic Church.
- Furthermore, the hostility of Iscariot toward Protestants stems from a centuries-old schism within the Catholic Church, which has long since been resolved. The fact that the Iscariots are still seething and hateful toward Protestants over a centuries-old grudge becomes darkly ironic when the Iscariots themselves are blindsided and betrayed by the Jews from the Beth Temple Zion over their own centuries-old grudge against the Catholic Church
- The presence of the Klu-Klux-Klan in the 9th Crusade seems strange since, as it's been pointed out elsewhere, that the Klan hates Catholics. But as recently as the 2016 election, the Klan declared to openly support Ben Carson, a black man, for president, stating that despite his skin color, they found his political goals to be the most beneficial to their organisation as thus an acceptable 'evil'. They may hate Catholics, but they realise that by helping Maxwell, they'll be kicking off a HUGE civil war in the Catholic Church that could completely undermine it's foundation.
- Maxwell and his armies( the ones that don't either betray him or have pragmatic reasons for following him) splinter off from the Catholic Church when they launch the 9th Crusade. Their reasons are cited as doctrinal differences and dislike for the current Pope and his reforms. In doing so, they have effectively become Protestants.
- Consider how throughout the final fight between Alucard and the vampirized Walter, Alucard refuses to take either Walter or the entire ordeal the least bit seriously, joking about and trolling Walter like its the last day on earth. Then notice how its Luke Valentine of all people that Alucard brings back just to fuck with Walter's head one last time. Remember the last time Alucard was like this? It was in his confrontation with Luke, and Alucard treats Luke's grandiose provocation with as much gravitas as he does with Walter here. Why? Luke pissed Alucard off by destroying his new TV. What did Walter do to piss Alucard off enough to treat Walter like a joke? Kill Anderson before he and Al could finish their last talk and disrespect the clergyman's memory. Now it makes absolute perfect sense that Allie sicced Luke on Walter; they're both fools that made the mistake of angering Alucard and as a result, even while killing them, he pointedly stripped away any sort of dignity their battles with him might have had.
- Luke pissed Alucard off by destroying his TV; so Alucard humiliated him. Walter pissed Alucard off even more by doing something much worse (ruining Anderson's last moments); so Alucard humiliated him even more, even using Luke against him.
- I got the impression that when Luke claimed to be a demigod, Alucard was amused enough to call him out on it, by removing his power limiter. While with Walter he felt insulted by how he disrespected Anderson's final moments. So he responded by disrespecting all of Walter's efforts to defeat him. Walter wanted things to be serious, but Alucard denied him, because Walter didn't do the same for Anderson.
- In Episode 2, when Jan sends the ghouls after Seras and Walter, “Big Man With a Gun” starts playing while he runs off to “skullfuck” Integra. If you know the song’s lyrics, it’s a perfect summation of Jan’s personality, especially these lyrics:
Held against your forehead
I’ll make you suck it
Maybe I’ll put a bullet in your head, you know
Just for the fuck of it
- Alucard's sexual attraction to Integra isn't just attraction to her. His comments to her in Episode 9's flashback about her father Arthur "being an actual Daddy now" and the bondage-style outfit he was wearing implies that in the Abridged continuity, he might have had a similar relationship with Arthur. After all, there's no one alive who can comprehend his sexual preference.
- Quite ironic that when Integra ordered Alucard to "Fuck (Walter) in the vagina", Alucard says he's "gonna have to make one". He did but instead, he gave HIMSELF one by turning into Girlycard.
- Millennium using outdated World War II weapons and hauling around all of their stolen Nazi gold makes a lot more sense when one considers the Major's speech about dying in glorious battle in Episode 9. Millennium ultimately never cared about winning, and while their outdated World War II technology was destructive enough on an undefended London, and use of surprise gave them an advantage, they were always destined to lose. What Millennium cared about wasn't winning, but being visible. They proudly wear the Nazi symbolism, carry Nazi gold, and use World War II weapons not because they believed in Nazi ideals or because the weapons were effective, but because they were symbols that would be used to declare who and what they were in their final, glorious battle.
- The ending of Episode 8 had Anderson saying that Alucard "stole his heart", Alucard getting emotional at the phrase, and even he calling Anderson "My friend". Then cue Walter stomping on Anderson's remains and negating him his last words, that mind you, were meant to give his own way of dealing with his demons as a parting gift. Sounds like Walter got jealous of Anderson for being acknowledged by Alucard, which gives more fuel to Alucard's proclamations that Walter has a one-sided crush on him.
- Pip explains in Episode 9 that he's become a part of Seras because he consented to her consumption of his blood. The explanation makes sense, until one begins to wonder how he would know that, given that he's never expressed any knowledge of how vampires work in this series. Unless, one thinks about how he got involved in the story to begin with; as the head of a mercenary group contracted by Hellsing to deal with supernatural threats. Integra likely gave him the lowdown on how vampire powers work so he'd know what he was up against.
- We now know why the Captain never speaks a word through the entire series. If you were some super powered macho werewolf, you wouldn't want to talk either if you sounded like you had been castrated at birth.
- Alucard and the Major show they're not so different in at least one respect in Episodes 9 and 10 - They're both very effective trolls. Both of them, in their final fight in the series, spend their entire time goofing off, making smartass comments, and generally messing with their opponent rather than trying to win. Why bother? They've already won and they know it. And they're both doing it for the exact same reason - To deny their opponent any satisfaction and avoid answering any important questions, not because the answers are important but just because the other person really wants to know. And it works, too - Walter happily lets Heinkel kill him because of how hollow his victory is and Integra spends thirty years obsessing over the Major being a cyborg. Both of them get the last laugh on their (supposed, in Alucard's case) killers after dying.
- This has an extra layer for Alucard. When Walter killed Anderson before he could finish speaking, Alucard was furious. His relentless trolling of Walter actually shows how mad he is, because he's not going all-out. He's not giving Walter anything he wants out of the fight. If he wins it shows that all that Walter did was All for Nothing because he still couldn't beat Alucard even when Alucard is just messing around. But if he loses it's still going to be unsatisfying because Walter will know Alucard wasn't trying at all and Walter will spend the rest of his life wondering if Alucard let him win, setting up a nasty combo for a Challenge Seeker like Walter of Vengeance Feels Empty and Victory Is Boring. He proves how effective this was when he (apparently) loses and Walter, rather than feeling satisfied, has a Villainous Breakdown.
- Integra offering Alucard her blood isn't just an act of affection. Remember that by willingly giving a vampire one's blood means that both souls become merged together. Much like the rest of Episode 10, it's a subtle example of how much they do actually care about each other.
- It might go even further when you consider that she also willingly gave Seras her blood too. It could be her way of admitting her love (and/or lust) for Seras, and then later Alucard too. Maybe the family reference from Alucard is more accurate than anyone thought?
- Schrödinger's powers are described as immortality and being "everywhere and nowhere" so long as he remains unobserved. Unlike canon, Schrödinger never uses his powers onscreen, instead always dying then reviving elsewhere offscreen.
- In Episode 6, some of the Nazi Vampires are killed by landmines strewn within the Hellsing estate. Seras exclaims "that's where we walk our dogs!". Now, one might normally think that if there were Landmines out and about, someone would get blown up sooner or later and the dogs might instigate it. However, some dogs can be trained to sniff out landmines. It would make sense if the Hellsing dogs were trained to do the same and lead their walkers away from them.
- Alucard's anger at Walter isn't just because he denied Anderson his last words. When he's speaking to Satan, Alucard mentions his anger and despair at being "betrayed by the God I thought on my side." His anger with Walter also stems from Walter betraying Integra and Alucard. It's also why he doesn't show Walter any respect, unlike with Anderson; Anderson remained loyal to the Church and hunted Alucard because he's a vampire, while Walter betrayed them all for personal reasons relating to his childish, unrequited love.
- Of course Alucard became so attached to his demon hounds in the last two episodes (refusing to return them to their original owner, Walter killing one of them); God exorcised all the bazillion of souls he acquired through the years so the last thing he had left were "his" dogs.
- The Major intentionally invokes the 'Bitches love cannons' meme because he heard Alucard say it to Rip van Winkle as he was killing her. It's the only reason he'd suddenly swear like that.
- In episode 5 the Major is explaining to Zorin why she needs to say back as recon and support, stating he does not take chances with maybes. Fridge brilliance kicks in with episode 9 and you find out the entire plan to take out Alucard was based on a 50/50 maybe.
- Why did Alucard decided to talk to the souls instead of killing them, like in canon? Because in the Abridged series he saw God forgive the souls he'd consumed, thus removing them from himself; Alucard remembered this and decided to use God's method as he knew 100% this would work.
- Based on his answer to Integra, he tried to kill the souls, it's possible he never found the Canon's method to kill the souls, or given his answer was trying "especially" his own it's also possible he gave up before successfully killing any of the randos because he accidently found a method that works, talking them about their problems, and just decided to stick with that because he thought it was easier.
- Actually, Alucard didn't forgive any of the souls within himself. Never once in his therapy session did he actually say that he forgave them for their sins. Rather, he talked them through their issues so they could forgive themselves, let go of whatever lingering regrets they had and pass on into the hereafter in peace. If Alucard was going to play God's game with all those souls, he wasn't going to play by the same rules God played by and offer empty forgiveness; he was going to be better at it than God Himself and guide the wayward souls towards finding the solution on their own. After all, why would he show even that much reverence, after being "betrayed by the Lord I thought on my side" and "made a monster in His name"?
- When you learn in Episode 10 that the Major intended to lose it makes total sense why he'd put Zorin in charge of recon and support. He knew she'd disobey orders and get herself and her unit killed, which is exactly what he wanted. Why not just tell her to attack? Because the Major is also shown to be a Jerkass Troll who disrespects if not actively hates most of the people who work for him aside from the Captain, Herr Doktor, and Schrodinger. By giving her an order he knew she would ignore he ensures that not only does she die but that it's also her fault.
- Major: Then my last meal... shall be victory!
enter the stage Seras Victoria - Walter gets increasingly annoyed and flustered with Alucard as their battle goes on. Almost to the point where it seems out of character for the unflinchingly calm Walter we knew for most of the series. But it makes more sense when you consider that Walter also spends the entire battle rapidly de-aging. He's taking childish insults more and more seriously because he is literally becoming more and more like a child.
- In Episode 4, we meet Warrant Officer Schrodinger, whom Alucard remarks is the return of the 'why-boner'. This can also be taken as the return of the 'y-boner' as men are the only ones with the Y chromosome.
Fridge Horror
- Alucard's series-long fixation with making Pedophile Priest accusations takes a darker turn once it's confirmed that not only is he a victim of Rape as Backstory, it's also one of the only things about him that isn't Played for Laughs.
- It also distinguishes him from other vampires like Jan or the priest in the intro who proudly talk about rape, and why Alucard's killing of Rip Van Winkle doesn't contain the sexual undertones it had in the original anime. He's also a pervert who constantly makes sexual references, but never in a non-consensual context, and he refuses to apologize for sexual harassment that he didn't actually commit. He may be a horrific murdering psychopath who's enslaved millions of souls, but he doesn't joke about rape because he suffered ten years of it at the hands of the Turks.
- In episode 3, Walter tells Alucard that he got vacation days, but also warns him that that Integra was "quite insistent" that Alucard never visits Brazil. It was a ploy to trick Alucard into going in Brazil, but episode 9 reveals a darker meaning: Integra's uncle told Walter that he got vacation days. Walter took the occasion to visit Brazil; while he was away, Integra almost died when said uncle attempted to murder her.
- It gets darker, Episode 10 reveals, that Walter arranged all of that, so that Integra would in fact release Alucard. He went to Brazil to inform Millennium to commence with their plans, i.e. the events of the series.
- Not sure which set this would fall under, Brilliance, Horror, or Logic. Walter's actions might make more sense if you consider, that he actually did love Alucard. Episodes 9 & 10 both reveal that Walter is a butler second, and vampire hunter first, and that he wanted Alucard back. Alucard was the only thing he cared about, so he manipulated Richard into chasing Integra into Alucard's arms, but by then, he was past his prime. If Walter, a vampire hunter, actually loved Alucard, a vampire. What would be the ultimate expression of his love for him? Help Alucard achieve a warrior's death, as hinted by Anderson earlier? Alucard wants to die by a worthy opponent to achieve his own type of redemption right? Anderson failed miserably at it, so Walter had no respect for him hence, crushing his remains. He thinks the Catholic Priest, a class Alucard, is known for disliking, is wasting Alucard's time. Like Anderson though, Walter made the same mistake, he became a monster to defeat him, when in fact Alucard wants a proper human to end him, not another monster to take his place. It seems more likely that the implied lust comments are just part of Alucard's growing disrespect for Walter, despite them actually exchanging a few jokes during the fight. Walter never admits to the lust for Girlycard, just his feelings in general, after Alucard was phased out. He may have actually loved Alucard, but not lusted for Girlycard. After all, he knew about the feelings between Alucard/Girlycard and the Queen, but never seemed bothered by it, and he could have always pursued Seras too, yet she still had the "desire to live", it was only Alucard who was the Death Seeker. He sought to give Alucard his true wish, the redemption through the death he sought. Is the reason he got more desperate as he regressed in age, because he knew he was failing to give Alucard what he truly desired, and his breakdown at the end, and subsequently giving up because he did fail?
