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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: At one point early in development, ''Hellboy'', ''ComicBook/NextMen'', and ''ComicBook/MonkeymanAndOBrien'' were part of a SharedUniverse. This detail was soon dropped when all three creators of their respective comics agreed that it would be too complicated to coordinate. However, some references still made it into ''Hellboy''[='=]s pages, most notably the superhero "The Torch of Liberty" being present when Hellboy arrived on Earth. The Torch of Liberty was never mentioned again in later issues, and superheroes in-general were absent entirely from ''Hellboy''[='=]s worldbuilding.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: At one point early in development, ''Hellboy'', ''ComicBook/NextMen'', and ''ComicBook/MonkeymanAndOBrien'' were part of a SharedUniverse. This detail was soon dropped when all three creators of their respective comics agreed that it would be too complicated to coordinate. However, some references still made it into ''Hellboy''[='=]s pages, most notably the superhero "The Torch of Liberty" from ''Danger Unlimited'' being present when Hellboy arrived on Earth. The Torch of Liberty was never mentioned again in later issues, and superheroes in-general were absent entirely from ''Hellboy''[='=]s worldbuilding.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: At one point early in development, ''Hellboy'', ''ComicBook/NextMen'', and ''ComicBook/MonkeymanAndOBrien'' were part of a SharedUniverse. This detail was soon dropped when all three creators of their respective comics agreed that it would be too complicated to coordinate. However, some references still made it into ''Hellboy''[='=]s pages, most notably the superhero "The Torch of Liberty" being present when Hellboy arrived on Earth. The Torch of Liberty was never mentioned again in later issues, and superheroes in-general were absent entirely from ''Hellboy''[='=]s worldbuilding.
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* SkunkStripe: Susan Xiang gets one after a harrowing vision where she sees Varvara imprisoned, followed by the apocalyptic future where Hellboy is dead, Varvara is free, the BPRD's Colorado headquarters is in ruins, and the Ogdru Hem are loose in the world.
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* AscendedDemon: Hellboy is so heroic, his spilled blood sprouted lilies during his "paranormal graduation exam" of sorts... [[spoiler:An [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming entire field of them]] bloomed across the ground where he died]]. Particularly impressive since in traditional Christian iconography lilies represent purity; roses represent the blood of a martyr. [[MessianicArchetype Jesus]] apocryphally did the same thing.
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* AscendedDemon: Hellboy is so heroic, his spilled blood sprouted lilies during his "paranormal graduation exam" of sorts... [[spoiler:An [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming entire field of them]] them bloomed across the ground where he died]]. Particularly impressive since in traditional Christian iconography lilies represent purity; roses represent the blood of a martyr. [[MessianicArchetype Jesus]] apocryphally did the same thing.
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* IronMaiden: Rasputin sacrifices Ilsa Haupstein to become the incarnation of Hecate in an Iron Maiden.
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** Averted at the end when [[spoiler:Hellboy is seemingly taken to heaven after wandering hell for a while.]]
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Hellboy's conflict with Astaroth ends very abruptly when Astaroth is devoured by the demon Leviathan, due to a previously unmentioned grudge between the two of them.]]
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* AHellOfATime: [[spoiler:Hellboy's ultimate fate is apparently to spend eternity in Hell, which apparently isn't as bad as it sounded at first. Billions of people and demons to meet (or fight), a house, possibly some family, and a nearly infinite world to explore forever. In other words, more like the norse Valhalla than anything.]]
** [[spoiler:Well, he '''is''' [[BriarPatching a demon...]]]]
** [[spoiler:Well, he '''is''' [[BriarPatching a demon...]]]]
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* AHellOfATime: [[spoiler:Hellboy's ultimate fate is apparently to spend eternity in Hell, which apparently isn't as bad as it sounded at first. Billions of people and demons to meet (or fight), a house, possibly some family, and a nearly infinite world to explore forever. In other words, more like the norse Valhalla than anything.]]
** [[spoiler:Well, Then again, he '''is''' [[BriarPatching a demon...]]]]
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* GainaxEnding: The ending for the Hellboy side of the storyline is a [[OneWingedAngel giant flaming Hellboy with fully grown horns and wings]] trashing Pandemonium, walking along a beach, finding himself in a mansion, and meeting a glowing sphere, pyramid, and cube. The end.
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* GainaxEnding: The ending for the Hellboy side of the storyline is a [[OneWingedAngel [[spoiler:[[OneWingedAngel giant flaming Hellboy with fully grown horns and wings]] trashing Pandemonium, walking along a beach, beach in his ususal form, finding himself in a mansion, and meeting a glowing sphere, pyramid, and cube. The end.cube.]]] Lampshaded by Mignola himself.
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* GuestFighter: Is one in the ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' videogame, fighting DC and Mortal Kombat characters as of the second DLC pack.
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* GuestFighter: Is one in the ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' videogame, fighting DC and characters, Mortal Kombat characters characters, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as of the second DLC pack.
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* BathtubMermaid: Abe Sapien has a large saltwater tank at the BPRD headquarters. He doesn't need to be wet to survive, but he does need to be submerged in good clean water every so often to stay healthy.
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There was also a roleplaying game treatment using the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' rules from Steve Jackson Games.
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There was also a roleplaying [[TheRolePlayingGame role-playing game treatment treatment]] using the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' rules from Steve Jackson Games.
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* '''''Rise Of The Black Flame''''' - Adventurers journey into 1920s Siam in search of a cult in the story of how Raimund Diestel became the supernatural assassin the Black Flame.
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* '''''Rasputin: The Voice Of The Dragon''''' - Professor Bruttenholm first learns of a mysterious mystic planning something big to aid the Nazi war effort. Meanwhile, Rasputin navigates the internal politics of the Third Reich.
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* FrogMen: The demon-spawn frog monsters.
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* '''''Koschei The Deathless''''' - In a pub in Hell, Koschei and Hellboy meet for a drink, and Koschei tells the tale of how he became Russia's deathless soldier.
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* ValuesDissonance: A given in the Hellboy stories set in the 1950s, a time when racism was widespread in the US, where non-white BPRD agents like Susan Xiang (Chinese-American) and especially Woodrow Fairfield (African-American) are subjected to racist prejudice
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** He also gets ticked off by racist behavior toward his colleagues.
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* FantasticRacism: Subverted with Hellboy, interestingly enough. Even though he's literally a big red devil with horns and a tail, people's general reaction to him ranges from curiosity to indifference rather than fear and hatred. Ironically, more racist behavior is shown toward Hellboy's non-white colleagues in the BPRD, as shown in the stories taking place in the 1950s.
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* BerserkButton: Hellboy ''really'' doesn't like Nazis.
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* ShoutOut: Many stories are extended love letters to creators or genres Mignola (or his collaborators) like. In particular, there are frequent references to the Weird Fiction writers, from Howard and Lovecraft to Manly Wade Wellman.
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* ShoutOut: Many stories are extended love letters to creators or genres Mignola (or his collaborators) like. In particular, there are frequent references to the Weird Fiction writers, from Howard and Lovecraft [[Creator/RobertEHoward Howard]] to [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] to Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith to [[Literature/SilverJohn Manly Wade Wellman.Wellman]].
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Duncan Fegredo would draw Bruttenholm to look like Creator/JohnHurt.
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* PutOnABus: This happens to Abe in an awesome way in the ''B.P.R.D.'' story "The Dead". He returns to field duty... but not for long.
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** This happens to Abe in an awesome way in the ''B.P.R.D.'' story "The Dead". He returns to field duty... but not forlong.long.
** The Torch of Liberty never appears nor is referenced following ''Seed of Destruction''. Most likely because he's Creator/JohnByrne's creation and once Byrne left he took the character with him.
** This happens to Abe in an awesome way in the ''B.P.R.D.'' story "The Dead". He returns to field duty... but not for
** The Torch of Liberty never appears nor is referenced following ''Seed of Destruction''. Most likely because he's Creator/JohnByrne's creation and once Byrne left he took the character with him.
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* TheAnimatedSeries: Sort of: a handful of animated movies were released and shown on Creator/CartoonNetwork / Creator/AdultSwim. Notable for showing that [[HeroicMime Doug Jones]] was capable of doing Abe's voice as well as his body.
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* TheAnimatedSeries: Sort of: a handful of animated movies were released and shown on Creator/CartoonNetwork / Creator/AdultSwim. Notable for showing that [[HeroicMime Doug Jones]] was capable of doing Abe's voice as well as his body. In fact he even uses a distinctly ''different'' voice as in the cartoon Abe is a different type of character.
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* CurseCutShort: Hellboy's "Son of a-" could well be his {{catchphrase}} seeing how often he says it.
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* OrcRaisedByElves: The eponymous character Hellboy, a demon considered as the AntiChrist, who was found by humans as a baby to be later raised to become an All-American Hero.
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* '''''The Visitor: How And Why He Stayed''''' - The story of the mysterious alien watcher who witnessed Hellboy's birth in 1944, and met him again in Hunte Castle in 2001, where he died. This is what he did in between.
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between. Written and drawn by [[Comicbook/JackStaff Paul Grist]].
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* '''''Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder''''' - a Victorian occult detective.
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* '''''Rise Of The Black Flame''''' - Adventurers journey into 1920s Siam in search of a cult in the story of how Raimund Diestel became the supernatural assassin the Black Flame.
* '''''The Visitor: How And Why He Stayed''''' - The story of the mysterious alien watcher who witnessed Hellboy's birth in 1944, and met him again in Hunte Castle in 2001, where he died. Thisone is currently intended to remain a standalone miniseries.
what he did in between.
* '''''Rise Of The Black Flame''''' - Adventurers journey into 1920s Siam in search of a cult in the story of how Raimund Diestel became the supernatural assassin the Black Flame.
* '''''The Visitor: How And Why He Stayed''''' - The story of the mysterious alien watcher who witnessed Hellboy's birth in 1944, and met him again in Hunte Castle in 2001, where he died. This
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* {{Walpurgisnacht}}: Hellboy was conceived when his mother, the witch Sarah Hughes, cavorted with the demon Prince Azzael on Walpurgisnacht.
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* {{Ghostapo}}[=/=]StupidJetpackHitler: {{Jet Pack}}s, LegoGenetics, {{Hollywood Cyborg}}s, [[BrainInAJar heads in jars]], the [[TheLanceOfLonginus Spear of Longinus]], and quality occult advice from ''Rasputin''; you name it, the Nazis had it. Mignola's Hitler had [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys more toys]] than Franchise/{{Batman}}.
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* {{Ghostapo}}[=/=]StupidJetpackHitler: {{Jet Pack}}s, LegoGenetics, {{Hollywood Cyborg}}s, [[BrainInAJar living heads in jars]], the [[TheLanceOfLonginus Spear of Longinus]], and quality occult advice from ''Rasputin''; ''UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk''; you name it, the Nazis had it. Mignola's Hitler had [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys more toys]] than Franchise/{{Batman}}.
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