History Film / Hellboy2004

* AdaptationDistillation: ''Hellboy'' is a rough condensation of the plots of ''Seed of Destruction'', ''The Right Hand of Doom'', and ''Box Full of Evil'', with a sprinkle of ''Wake the Devil''. Hellboy's character design was also slightly modified, as in the comics he has cloven hooves instead of feet.[[note]] Though he still has cloven hooved feet, visible when John Myers first meets him, though its difficult to see[[/note]] The producers also worried about having to change the Right Hand of Doom to a ''Left'' Hand of Doom before casting Perlman, who is ambidextrous.

** The Sammael have similarities to the Frog Monsters, with their build, prehensile tongues and elongated faces.

* AscendedExtra: Bruttenholm and Kroenen get ''much'' larger roles here than in the original comics.

* BadMoonRising: After Rasputin [[spoiler:forces Hellboy to use his giant right hand to unlock the Tunguska door by sucking out Liz's soul]], the door sends some kind of energy ray to the moon, which turns into [[spoiler:a portal to let the Ogdru Jahad enter the world]].

* TheTunguskaEvent: In the Director's Cut it's revealed that the large monolith Hellboy inserts his rock hand into when he's under Rasputin's control was sent to Earth by the Ogdru Jahad, causing the Tunguska explosion in the process.

* MistakenForInsane: Subverted -- a patient with Down's Syndrome at Liz Sherman's sanitorium reports seeing a "big red guy" outside the window. One of the staff thinks she's talking about Santa, seeing as it's the Christmas season, but the patient confirms that what she saw ''wasn't'' Santa, and she's right- it's [[BigRedDevil Hellboy]] himself, having stopped by the sanitorium to share drinks with [[LoveInterest Liz]].

* GrudgingThankYou: After dealing with Kroenen, Manning helps Hellboy light up his cigar properly before the two quietly exchange thank you's to one and other.

* GreenEyedMonster: Hellboy gets really upset about Liz going out with Myers and [[SeriousBusiness overreacts]] about her doing romantic things with him (like taking a photo of him, apparently). He throws a rock at Myers when he does the decisively more romantic YawnAndReach move on her.

** Hellboy calls Kroenen "[[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]" in his PreMortenOneLiner.

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* CurseCutShort: When Kroenen begins to EvilLaugh after being beaten, Hellboy asks "What are you laughing at, you Nazi son of a..." before being cut off by the TrapDoor beneath him opening up.

** [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Karl Ruprecht Kroenen]] is impaled against a column during the opening battle but survives it and disappears. In Russia he tries to make Hellboy fall into a SpikesOfDoom-filled TrapDoor inside Rasputin's tomb... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard but ends up thrown into it himself instead]], after which Hellboy throws a huge gear on top of him for good measure leaving him stuck in a AndIMustScream state if he's still conscious and unable to piece himself back together.]]

** Hellboy calls Kroenen "[[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]" at one point.

** [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Karl Ruprecht Kroenen]] is impaled against a column during the opening battle but survives it and disappears. In Russia he tries to make Hellboy fall into a spike-filled pit inside Rasputin's tomb... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard but ends up thrown into it himself instead]], after which Hellboy throws a huge gear on top of him for good measure leaving him stuck in a AndIMustScream state if he's still conscious and unable to piece himself back together.]]

* TheTunguskaEvent: A deleted scene available on the DVD release's special features states Rasputin's giant rock, sent to Earth by the Ogdru Jahad, was the cause of the Tunguska explosion.

--> '''Kid:''' Look! He's yawning! He's ''bored!