A character in Hellboy (2004)

Trevor Bruttenholm quotes from Hellboy (2004)

John Hurt

3rd most-quoted character in Hellboy (2004): in 6 of its 48 quotes

A line from Trevor Bruttenholm

As you entered the lobby there was an inscription: "In the absence of light, darkness prevails." (In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vin****). There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.

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Trevor Bruttenholm

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?

Trevor Bruttenholm

The Nazis were desperate. Combining science and black magic, they intended to upset the balance of the war.

Trevor Bruttenholm

Abe possesses a unique frontal lobe. Unique – that is a word you'll hear frequently around here.

Trevor Bruttenholm
[Narrating]

There we were, an unready father for an unwanted child. The boys gave him a name that very night. In retrospect, perhaps not the most fortunate. But nevertheless, a name we all came to use. We called him Hellboy.

[Last words]

I know what to call him. Nothing you can do or say can change that. I call him "son". [Puts his rosary on the book] I'm ready. [Grigori Rasputin: [Puts his hand on Broom's] It'll be quick.] [Rasputin walks away, while Kroenen aims his arm blade at the back of Broom's neck and stabs it, Broom collapses to the floor dead]

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