Hellboy (2004) · 48 quotes
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in Hellboy (2004): in 5 of its 48 quotes
Most scenes with: FBI Agent John Myers (2)
Professor Broom In medieval stories, there is often a young knight who is inexperienced, but pure of heart.
Oh, come on. I am not pure of heart.
Professor Broom Rasputin is back for him. What I'm asking of you is to have the courage to stand by him when I am gone. He was born a demon; we can't change that. But you will help him, in essence, to become a man.
Professor Broom What is it that makes a man a man? Is it his origins, the way things start. Or is it something else, something harder to describe? For me it all began in 1944, classified mission off the coast of Scotland. The Nazis were desperate. Combining science and black magic they intended to upset the balance of the war. I was 28, already a paranormal advisor to President Roosevelt. I could never have suspected that what would transpire that night would not only effect the course of history but change my life forever.
Professor Broom 1937: Hitler joins the Thule Society, a group of German aristocrats obsessed with the occult. In 1938, he acquired the spear of Longinus, which pierced the side of Christ. He who holds it becomes invincible. Hitler's power increases tenfold. 1943: President Roosevelt decides to fight back. The Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense is born. 1958: the Occult Wars finally come to an end with the death of Adolf Hitler.
Professor Broom Did he now?
Tom Manning Every time the media gets a look at him, they come running to me. I'm running out of lies, Trevor.
Professor Broom I thought you liked being on television.
Tom Manning I do. [lights a cigar] So, how many escapes, this year alone? Five?
Professor Broom Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner.
Tom Manning Yeah, well, your "guest" happens to be six-foot-five, bright red, has a tail, and is government funded.
Professor Broom I see the puppet... but where is the puppeteer?
Grigori Rasputin Very good, Professor Broom. [Broom turns to see him sitting nearby]
Professor Broom It was you. The scraps of paper. Liz's sudden relapse and return.
Grigori Rasputin Breadcrumbs on the trail, like in a fable. They both distract him, and guide him exactly where I need him.
Professor Broom Moscow?
Grigori Rasputin His destiny. [rises] And the last clue will be left by the late Professor Broom. You raised the child, nurtured him... so in return, I will permit you a brief, brief glimpse of the future.
Grigori Rasputin He will open the portal and bring about the end of the world. If only you had had him destroyed sixty years ago, none of this would have come to pass... but then, how could you have known? Your God chooses to remain silent. Mine lives within me. Every time I died and crossed over, a little more... [tentacles writhe in his hand] of the master came back with me. He disclosed to me the child's true name. Would you like to know it?
Professor Broom I know what to call him. I call him... son.
Professor Broom I'm ready.
Grigori Rasputin It'll be quick.
[As Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" plays on the record player, Kroenen stabs the professor through the throat with one of his blades, killing him.]
