Mar 11, 2020
Anthony & Doc take a deep dive into the BPRD's resident fish-man, ABE SAPIEN! What is he? Why does he compare himself to Hellboy? And how many fish puns can Doc make this week? Listen now!
SHOW NOTES:
Intro
2nd Anniversary of our show – thank you’s
New patron Frank
TeePublic sale – March 18th-22nd
Shoutout to True Stories of a Tryhard – Ethan discuss his struggles with anxiety and talks to guests about their issues with mental health – I was recently a guest
Background (09:00)
Abe Sapien created by Mike Mignola in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction (March 1994)
Introduced as a member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research & Defense alongside Hellboy & Liz Sherman, where they battled a resurrected Rasputin who was responsible for summoning interdimensional demons to Earth to destroy mankind
Later told by Rasputin’s spirit he would be speared to death, which came to pass – he had an out of body experience, where he saw his previous life – he was born Langdon Everett Caul
Caul was a Victorian scientist who performed an occult ceremony which turned him into an “icthyo sapien” – the other members of the society performing the ceremony locked him away in a tank the day Abraham Lincoln was assassinated (April 14, 1865) – he remained in the tank until he was discovered in November 1978
Recovers from the spearing and investigates his former life – he exorcises the demon of his former wife Edith, who was attempting to possess Abe to make him Caul again
After Hellboy leaves the team, Abe takes more of a leadership role in BPRD
Suffered injuries in battle, and although he recovered, he suffered brain damage – upon recovering and awakening, he discovered he had mutated further, becoming taller, lankier, and stronger
Issues (13:23)
Initial amnesia/hauntings about former life
Insecurity about comparison to Hellboy
Uncertainty about what he is – mutations, comparison to frog monsters (27:24)
Break (34:00)
Plugs for Cage’s Kiss and Ignorance Was Bliss, plus Erica Schultz
Treatment (35:38)
In-universe
Out of universe
Skit (46:09)
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