Brittany Broquadio Damage Control and *VIBE CHECK* are both conscious at the same time and are just our drunk friend that’s super good at sobering up in the morning.
The same could frankly be said of Bram Stoker, save for the three names (his nickname is a shortening of his full name so I don't think that qualifies).
@@Nitrinoxus on the contrary they're not boring. I quite like Ireland. I mean that when you look at it Stoker's life wasn't anything particularly phenomenal for the time and place. That's just him though.
@@sokkvabekkr5973 Oh sure, a whole bunch of people read it and it got famous, but now it's a CLASSIC. To quote Mark Twain, "A classic is something everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read."
Not to be that guy or anything, but the reason for this is to represent how much more respected Jekyll is, as he is well-studied and considered a good and moral person, and obviously, is a doctor. However, Hyde is just a man, and so he gets the title that any man gets by default, and so everyone just calls him “Mr”, because why would you call a freaky looking guy you just saw trample a child anything but what you call a man by default.
Jekyll: Damn you Hyde! Leave me be! Hyde: Can’t you see? You are me! Jekyll: No! Wait no I’m not. Hyde: Dude you’re going off script. Jekyll: Do you have a PHD? Hyde: I mean… no Jekyll: Well then there’s your answer. Hyde: Fucking goody two shoes.
Having read the book now, I can confirm that "Utterson's defining trait is that he's really boring" isn't just Red being snarky. He is canonically so quiet, dry, and downright dull that his hosts actually like him to stay a little late after a party, because his mere presence *sobers people up*. I'm not kidding.
"I've created a mad magic/science potion that makes me feel like I'm 22 again and lets me enact my base urges while silencing my inhibitions! It's super addictive and hazardous to my health, so I best be careful." "Sir, that's a bottle of Tequila. You're just an alcoholic."
"This potion that turns you from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde, it appears to be a six pack of Stella"- Frankie Boyle, Mock The Week, unlikely things to hear in a horror movie
Dank_Smirk 2nd Channel except he’s not, he’s a man who creates a troglodytic persona purely so he can commit criminal acts without any consequences. He’s perfectly happy to keep doing dastardly things as Hyde and only begins to try and stop once he realises Hyde begins to grow restless and become dominant. Dr Jekyll commits his mad science for selfish means whilst Frankenstein (despite all his many flaws) pursues the secret of creating life to help humanity, seeking a cure for diseases and the like.
One thing people seem to get wrong a lot is they think Jekyll is a pure victim. Hyde isn't some noble experiment for the betterment of science. He's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Hyde is _exactly what Jekyll wanted to create._
That's a little misleading. Mr. Hyde was created so Jekyll could enjoy his life for once without tarnishing his good guy reputation. Face it, we've all been there. In fact, the moment it gets a little bit out of control he goes cold turkey, but once he's experienced a taste of freedom, it's harder for him to go back.
Expand it a little bit more and imagine what would happen if Jekyll managed to recreate succesfully the potion, then decides to sell it as a "morality test" of sort. Imagine dozens of Hydes going around.
update I am making the fic but I will be unable to post it on AO3 until October 31st (Aka when I get accepted into ao3) will begin posting on quotev for the fiction so far
"BEHOLD! I have created a substance that allows me to unlock my base desires and frees me from fear!" "Yes, sir. That is whiskey. You're an alcoholic. You have invented the moonshine still."
“No, you see, it brings all the darkest, most violent desires to the forefront and so I go on violent rampages!” “You made bad whisky, then. Don’t use mushrooms next time.”
@@thechristsknight7758 Stevenson wrote it as an allegory for how his alcoholic friend was the same person when he drank but kept slipping further into something else the more lost he got
I've heard of situations where people who've been cold turkey for a while have lost tolerance and died of overdoses that never would have killed them when they took it regularly maybe that's the sort of thing that was happening with jekyll and hyde his first dose in a few months had a far more extreme effect than what he was expecting
More likely he just wanted to get drunk and have sex without being heavily judged by his friends/society (very polite back then) or perhaps he was a drag fan
I get the feeling that neither of their stories would have happened had Dr. Jekyll switched places with Frankenstein As Jekyll would have owed up to and taken emotional and financial responsibility for his strange undead stitched-up son, whereas Viktor would have hurled the potion out the window in horror as soon as he realized it made him look kind of odd.
I feel pretty much the same way. Viktor would have been like "NOPE" and chucked that potion out of the window, while Jekyll would have adopted the monster.
Denzel Nganga “He has a small emotional problem but hey, he is still a good kid...” _He’s a bit too tall...._ “Oh no no, I made him.... literally! He is tall but trust me, he *is* still a kid mentally!”
I think that's exactly the thing. Hyde represents everything horrible in his life and is ultimately the state that all addicts end up in, the more horrible he becomes, the harder it is to resist. For a time he can separate the two life styles and indulge his addiction while maintaining his life, however as his addiction develops even oridenary things cause him to relapse, resulting in him being completely unable to be anything but Mr Hyde. This is really a story I wished I could read in such ignorance. It's incredibly ambitious and relatable tale for it's time disguised as a horror story.
Something i noticed from this summary, everyone guessed that Jekyll had been blackmailed. However, they never questioned what dark secret Jekyll was hiding that was worth be blackmailed over. Instead they were just concerned with Hyde potentially killing him. Every assumed Jekyll had something bad already and they didn't care. This makes Jekyll's need to hide his dark side even more tragic. As it was less of a deep dark secret and more of a open secret.
Hey, everyone’s got a couple skeletons in their closet. People despise blackmail in the real world even though that means that there’s things to blackmail about. That’s just life, but those skeletons (in most cases) shouldn’t be held over you.
I read the book, and I think the words used were something similar to "He used to be wild when we were younger and had committed many sins, but he has since bettered himself. This Mr. Hyde must be his karma too late." And it's really something to me from that angle as well
Well an explanation can be extrapolated through Mr. Enfield comment near the beginning: “I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment. You start a question, and it’s like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back garden and the family have to change their name. No sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask.” From Sparknotes: Here Enfield is discussing his views on social propriety. To Enfield, the stranger a matter seems, the less he asks. Probing a person, he says, seems like passing judgment that is reserved for God. In addition, the investigation will likely expose something that was better left alone. Enfield, embodying a Victorian sensibility, carefully avoids the dark side of life.
Months late, but its not questioned what his dark secret is since a decent chunk of references to Jekylls early life outright state it, he was a womanizer/had lots of casual flings. Doesnt translate to modern reading well since lines like "eagerly gay disposition with partners" would by anyone without knowledge of the historic use of the word mean that he had guys as partners rather than the back then meaning of him having a own openly lustful personality when with ladies/being "very horny and happy to get a few gropes in even if in public" in his youth.
Kind of. Hyde does have a sense of self preservation, which does prevent him from indulging intrusive thoughts that represent an immediate danger to himself, but he still engages in risky behavior such as the killing of Sir Danvers Carew, which doesn't represent an immediate danger to himself, but does endanger his safety later on when the police are looking for him. Hyde has no inhibitions or empathy for others, but when his safety is endangered, he does take steps to cover his tracks and ensure his safety. Hyde's entire being is run by his lizard brain, which only cares about indulging his base urges, but also self preservation. The story would be pretty short is Hyde indulged every thought he had.
"Victor Frankenstein isn't even a doctor!" *Looks at man cackling over a corpse being filled with lightning* I don't believe that man has received ANY medical training.
Slight nitpick: That is Fredrick Frankenstein, from the movie Young Frankenstein, and he is an actual doctor/professor. (Also, watch Young Frankenstein, it’s hilarious.)
Gotta be honest, "grappling with an addiction to a substance that lets you free your base urges and inner demons to let them go free before turning back and escaping all of the consequences, but slowly getting more impulsive" is a WAY more interesting story then "i drank weird shit, now I gotta evil split self"
Yeah, to be honest. Especially when it gets so bad they're nearly ARE separate people. Just sinking more and more unwillingly as you become someone you aren't, and hate, until everything crumbles.
Victor: “And then my experiment worked but it was really spooky and the eyes were all wrong so I ran away and got sick for three months :c” Doctor Jekyll, Sc.D., pouring an unknown chemical into a can of red bull and chugging: “unfortunate” 10/10 humor
"Dr. Jekyll is a much better mad science role model than a college dropout who ditched his first experiment for having the wrong eye color." But Red, it was a color unlike anything seen on Earth!
I love that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote charming children’s poetry, swashbuckling adventure like Treasure Island and cocaine fueled Gothic horror like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Multi-talented.
He also wrote "The Wrong Box," which is hilarious, "The Ebb-Tide," (which is depressing and disturbing,) and "The Wrecker." The last is - well, it's a bit odd, starting as a gallivanting, silly comedy, becoming an adventure story, and concluding with truly serious violence. Absurdly (and deliberately,) it's supposedly all told at one casual sitting, like a joke.
Am I the only one that reads their lines in the voice of the polite gophers from the Looney Tunes? Edit: Mac and Tosh, those were the characters I was thinking about.
@@tformerdude6788 Yes, no problem. "That guy Dorian" is the protagonist of "The Picture of Dorian Gray", who sold his soul so that he would never age but his portrait would. He basically gets up to all kinds of stuff, using his non-aging power to mask what he's doing (it's kind of like having your evil deeds hidden by a secret identity, like Jekyll did). The thing is the picture can hide anything from aging to drugs to murder or even just being really mean to people. Hope that answered your doubts.
I want a servant in the room with him when he makes that statement. Utterson glances at this servant who has to say: “Yes sir, very clever sir.” Completely deadpan.
The Veggietales version of this had the line. The twist was actually pretty funny and more closely resembled the 'just give me a mask so I can act the way I want' idea.
When I read the original book, one of the first things I noticed is how much better its conception of Mr Hyde is than every adaptation I've ever seen. The idea of a normal human being who's so hideous on some completely non-physical level that everyone who looks at him is filled with instant disgust and hatred, but they can't say why and can't even remember what he looked like is a far more interesting idea than the usual "ugly monster" we get in the era of film.
@Margaret Gibbs I feel like the only way to at least try to visualize that, as close to the source as possible, is through some very subtle and clever usage of CGI. Nothing over-the-top, crazy shenanigans, just little details that would make his face unsettling to an unspecified and inconclusive degree in a very ever-shifting way, like his face seems to be hazy yet clear, clearly defined and distinct features but never in a solid way. Like his face is constantly changing, but also not. Like I said, it must be super subtle and clever CGI. Oh, and with special audio/musical stuff that perturbs the senses.
Jocose Sonata well, why not go full uncanny valley. You could try to reconstruct the actor face using Cgi but do it in a way that it retains some realistic quality of the face but you can tell it’s cgi, the audience will then think something it’s no right and it will be because of the uncanny valley nature of cgi. You are not trying to go full realistic and full cgi but achieve a balance pointing toward cgi so people start to wonder why they subconsciously think something is off.
@@jocosesonataWell keep in mind the first adaptations of the books came from the early 20th century not long film became a thing. Sound pictures weren’t even a thing when the first adaption was out so they kind of had to go with what they have and what there budget could afford.
When my siblings’ english class read this book in high school the teacher forbade anyone from mentioning the “twist” to avoid spoilers which is stupid since literally everyone knows the twist. So what are a bunch of bored teenagers to do when asked to discuss the relationship between jekyll and hyde without actually discussing it? Every single class member decided to refer to jekyll and hyde as gay lovers. It made the teacher so mad.
I think without knowing the twist, I'd just be incredibly bored reading the story. But since I knew it, my insides were giggling at the foreshadowing. Abolish spoiler culture, you can't make everyone experience everything unspoiled, and knowing a spoiler usually doesn't ruin the experience, and in some case, improves it That said, watch The Sixth Sense unspoiled
I mean in the book there's a line that going something along the lines of "If he's Mr. Hyde then I'll be Mr. Seek" so yeah they probably knew what they were doing
given our protangonist is called Utterson (the one who is complete and also the one who speaks) and his clerk, Guest, almost guessed Hyde's true identity, I think almost all the names are puns
I find it interesting that - at least in the edition I read - Jekyll initially freely admits that Hyde is just an alter-ego while revelling in the freedom it grants him... but as he starts growing increasingly afraid of and disgusted by his Hyde persona he starts trying to distance himself from it by regarding it as an alternate personality trying to seize control of his mind and body. I guess that's where the interpretation that they're split personalities comes from.
The way I always thought about it is that yes, at first Jekyll was Hyde but then the more and more he indulged in him, Hyde started to become his own being that took over, hence why he woke up as him. Something similar to Guts and the Beast of Darkness in the Berserk manga now that I think about it. It is just his "shadow" made manifest.
So basically... Jekyll enjoys the freedom that Hyde gives him, because he gets to do all the horrible things that he always wanted to do deep down without facing the consequences. But as Hyde began to take over, and he became more afraid of what he had created, he tries to convince himself that Hyde is a different personality trying to take control of him so he doesn't have to feel as guilty. At least, that's what I was able to gather from this video as well as this comment. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@sapphirewings8638 I also like to think that while Jekyll enjoyed Hyde's freedom, Hyde also enjoyed Jekyll's safety. So that by the end even Hyde doesn't want to fully take over, as then he'll have to deal with the consequences himself. So even if they started to become a split personality, they both still need each other, and they both desire that twisted balance of freedom and safety for each other. Damn, someone really needs to make a proper adaptation, change the name to ensure no spoilers.
The horror icons are symbols of what we are evolved to fear. The werewolf is "The Beast" The vampire is "The Stranger" or "The Foreigner" The zombie is "The Plague" Those are the big three; the remainder are more cerebral. Frankenstein's Monster is "Our Neglected Responsibilities" or "Fear of what we've made." and Hyde is "The horrible urges that we try to ignore"
I like how Jekyll wasn't trying to get rid of his evil side, he wanted to explore it, to do all the cool things he never allowed himself to do, which makes him all the more interesting a character than someone who wants to get rid of his evil side.
At one point in the book he explains something interesting : He justifies that by letting Hyde do his bad stuff off-screen, Jekyll would technically become better, a bit like "The Purge" movie. But later on he realizes, Jekyll isn't the "good" side of him. It's the "regular" side, Hyde doing his things doesn't improve his regular self in any way.
Both would be kinda fun. 😊 Mr. Hyde: "I challenge you to a Childrens Card Game! If you loose, I will bludgeon your head in with my Cane. If you win...I am still gonna do that."
"Hannah Montana is just a jekyll and hyde au" was my favourite hot take to irritate everyone around me with while we were studying this book so im glad to see someone else on this train too
@@Kari7 The only Question is: Which one of them is the famous Pop-Idol? Or Rock-Idol.... I haven't watched Hannah Montana in almost twelve Years! What do I know what Genre she sings?!
What I think is so interesting about Mr. Hyde was that it wasn’t a separate person, it was the manifestation of Jekyll’s own subconscious desires. Hyde is like intrusive thoughts made manifest and without self control to restrain them. He thought “I want to kick this child” and did it, he thought “I want to murder” and did it and finally Jekyll/Hyde could no longer cope with themselves and without self control, he killed himself. His “base urges” were more like a complete lack of self control over any thought that passed through his mind, and in that state he thought “I want to die” and killed himself without hesitation because he couldn’t stop himself. Dark.
I disagree Hyde has almost superhuman desire to live, so it couldn't have been him, which implies the suicide was a last ditch attempt at self-control.
The idea of Hyde being the personification of Jekyll's intrusive thoughts is probably my favorite, though I'd also argue that if that's the case, he probably would've caused some harm to himself too.
@@CJCroen1393 I mean, to be fair he did kill “himself” in the end so that was sort of where I thought the harming himself/ending himself came into play.
There’s is a possibility the transformation itself turned off his inhibitions due to him almost always giving in to his base urges as Hyde. The Hyde form slowly began to lose inhibition and self-control and only got it back as Jekyll, but the constant back and forth started to mess with his already fragile mental state even more with all the stress of the situation.
I really appreciate this video, for bringing up the fact that Hyde isn't actually some separate self. At most he's Jekyll with some restraints removed, but I personally think it's perfectly plausible that all the potion actually did, was make Jekyll look different and that having done that, his feeling of anonymity and the accompanying (perceived) freedom from consequences did the rest. Hyde is not some superpowered evil force corrupting a good man, he's a mask that 'good man' used to indulge himself. His turning into Hyde permanently is essentially a physical reflection of the fact that after all those sins (including a pretty much pointless murder of an innocent man) Hyde is who he really is now and the respectable Dr Jekyll has become the mask that Hyde uses to try and avoid responsibility for his actions. The potion failing serves a similar role to a major scandal finally breaking for a formerly beloved public figure; their past reputation can only shield them for so long.
So it's been almost a year but I gotta say: This comment is the one that finally made me go: "Ohh, NOW I get it!!" I finished the (audio)book yesterday and I've been trying to unravel the story ever since 😅
After I read the book, I realized that Jekyll had gone through a full on Ego death. And that is horrific. He was just a body with a lost sense of self, a being with no recognizable past, with meaningless memories. Be honest with who you are.
Frankly his base urges could be as simple as just wanting to be an honest jackass to everyone and getting into a few fights. This is Victorian England and he is a man of standing
Honestly that's completely understandable. Sometimes you try to be with people as nice as you can, but your rage collects and collects with time. You want but cant tell what you realy think because it will shatter your reputation
If you're interested in gaslamp fantasy or steampunk, the webcomic "The Glass Scientists" incorporates a bunch of Victorian horror/sci-fi staples into its story (which includes Jekyll & Hyde, Frankenstein, Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and references to many more). It's written by Sabrina Cotugno, who storyboards for Disney and worked on Gravity Falls, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and The Owl House. :D If you don't mind a darker tone with some gore and sex, the live action show Penny Dreadful also deals with several Victorian horror characters - like Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and Jekyll & Hyde. :D
Dr. Jekyll's "I can get rid of him whenever I want." Isn't it just a variant on the classic addict's claim of "I can quit whenever I want."? And how often does that claim turn out to be true?
Supposedly R.L. Stevenson did cocaine, a white granular powder that has neurological effects, and makes you feel more energetic in general, aka: younger. The ingredient that made the potion work was a chemical salt, a (presumably) white granular powder. Coincidence? Who knows. Some people read the book as the story of an addict, rather than someone who is taking some type of scientific potion.
+LittleMissAllGone Except for all the versions where he is the same size. Or his Van Helsing version where he is a hulk-sized monster. ... yeah totally consistent portrayal
"Should have just gotten a cursed portrait done like that Dorian guy." That had me dying. Also the idea of Dr. Jekyll admonishing Victor Frankenstein as a reckless, arrogant, short-sighted, novice is just gold.
I mean... it's true. Jekyll has had decades of experience and Victor is just a teenager who didn't know how to react when something he did actually worked.
@@whoknows7968 Yes, but my view is, if you're adult enough to decide you want to create life, then you should be adult enough to take responsibility for your creation or at the very least take some precautions
One small correction: Our boy Evil Ed does not shoot himself; he takes poison. "Right in the midst there lay the body of a man, sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its back, and beheld the face of Edward Hyde. He was dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes of the doctor's bigness; the cords of his face still moved with the semblance of life, but life was quite gone; and by the crushed phial in his hand and the strong smell of kernels that hung upon the air, Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer."
Imagine calling someone who just slid down the sewerslide a “self destroyer “ because on one hand that title is metal asf but on the other hand that’s kinda awful 💀💀
"Our POV character is... a dude named Gabriel John Utterson, whose primary characteristic is that he is extremely boring." I read the book, thinking: "This must be some exaggeration on how gothic horror protagonists are so often bland and forgettable compared to the villains." Finish the book: "Red was telling the literal, unexaggerated truth."
It's sad pop culture (and even some retellings of the story) forget about Utterson, because he has potential. One interpretation of the story, where Utterson is still the main character, adds onto his story a bit by having him keep Jekyll & Hyde's connection a secret for the rest of his life. Honestly, Utterson isn't as boring as the video said (in my opinion). And yes, I read the book
@Kaylee Bear Yeah, I wished more stories would delve into how the secret of Dr.Jekyll effected him. It must been really devastating to find out that your childhood friend was the same man that brutally killed a old man and hiding his addiction from everyone.
Hyde: is walking. Sir Danvers Carew: excuse me where am I? Hyde: (in death metal voice) die! Jekyll watching but unable to do anything: O fuck o fuck o fuck o fuck no no no no NO! No! Stop! You're ruining your purpose of being anonymous by literally murdering someone. THERE'S LITERALLY SOMEONE STARING AT YOU FROM THE WINDOW, YOU USELESS IDIOT! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!
It's even more interesting that Dr. Jekyll knows exactly what he's doing as Mr. Hyde. It's like the hero and the villain the same person and can experience the flip side of the karma coin.
Its more of a disguise at the beginning, but later on his hidden passions over take his mr hyde self. Its actually kind of a cool allegory for addiction.
Reading between the lines I think Jekyll’s “base urges” are some form of sadism. I can’t think of any other reason why he would intentionally bowl over that child or beat an old man to death with a cane.
As another commenter pointed out, the way Red portrays and how the book describes it, Hyde wasn't _intentionally_ walking into and over her, he and the little girl did the normal "crash into each other" that happens all the time, but unlike what any normal person would do, _Hyde kept walking like nothing happened_ because he didn't actually care. It was an apathetic act, not malice, Hyde had somewhere else to be, and the girl wasn't in his way so much as part of the streetway to him. The murder of the man though does fit your idea, and I always have suspected that what Jekyll did as Hyde was a lot worse than just having sex with prostitutes or gambling. Most likely it _started_ as some of the milder stuff people suspect, but it just got worse and worse.
@@balanc-joy9187 Hyde did not just walk like nothing happened, he also stomped over the girl for crashing into him, "trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming", I see both apathetic and sadistic side here
We need a cross-over where Dr Jekyll teachs Frankestein about basic scientist methods of DARK SCIENCES and reporting while Mr Hyle releases his dark impulses on the Creature (whatever its means...)
Someone made the comment yesterday that Hyde is a human incognito window, and I can't find the OG but _I want more people to appreciate that person's observation _*_dang it_*
Fun Fact: In a missing page in the original manuscript of the story. Mr. Hyde doesn't just walk over the girl and keep going. He actually stops and dances like Bully Maguire. This was left out because the publisher thought it would make Mr. Hyde too cool, and ruin the idea that he was ment to be a bad person
Hyde: Mom said it's my turn to use the body! In all seriousness, I think Hyde is just Jekyll's intrusive thoughts given their own consciousness. Like how people sometimes personify their mental illnesses as annoying gremlins who live in their brains.
Definitely. Abney Park made a song even, called "Two Elixirs" where their music video puts Jekyll as created by coffee, Hyde by alcohol. It's actually the reason I fear taking marijuana IRL. I've nothing against people taking it, but I know that if it had helped me remove my inhibitions, it is very probably I'd develop a psychological addiction.
that is a way that it can be read: as a warning for addiction to alcohol/drugs/anything really. the idea of "i can stop whenever i want" is a common idea within addicts and that general idea runs through the entire novel. im not writing an essay on it right now, but i have done xD
@@niyana2978 yeah! I think what really sold that idea for me was how Red said about Jekyll taking "just one more hit" of the weord potion, and then Hyde immediately does something way worse than basically physically assaulting a girl. I feel that the "one more hit wouldn't hurt" mentality is something addicts might struggle with. They think that after months or years of not indulging their addiction by going cold turkey that they can handle a very small hit. They don't realize just how severe the relapse can be. Also I feel like Dr. Jekyll could have handled this better if he actually talked about his fears and shameful activities with someone, but I guess Victorians are jusr like that. Too bad there wasn't an Old Victorian Men with Shameful Desires Anonymous (OVMSDA) support group for him.
People have known for a long time what happens when people can't be held responsible for their actions. It's only in modernity that it happens because of anonymity.
i always thought that the 'base urges' are intrusive thoughts, like when youre walking with someone and you get the thought 'what if i just punch them in the face right now?'
"Without me, he has no drive. Without him, I have no inhibitions." - Mr Hyde, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Also, the whole "waking up as Mr. Hyde" is incredibly amusing to me as an analogy to morning wood. "Oh man, Mr. Hyde was absolutely vicious this morning."
4:20 "Hyde isn't a problem, I can get rid of him whenever I want" "That's reassuring!" The next thing that happens is a murder Me: How to keep your word 101
I'm glad you clarified that Jekyll and Hyde were not separate personalities, because in this day and age, it tends to attach a bad reputation to those who actually do have DID (dissociative identity disorder) DID doesn't make you dangerous, kids. Just wanted to clarify that. (Great video by the way)
I finally read Jekyll and Hyde in full yesterday and was somewhat surprised by the connections people make between it and DID, because it's not like Jekyll is unconscious during Hyde's rampages and comes back not knowing where he is, and it's not like it's completely involuntary on his part (at least not initially). He's completely conscious and aware while he's Hyde and has a handle on when and where he became Hyde. I've never seen any genuine readings of this book that say it's about DID, even if Jekyll wants to regard Hyde as a separate person from himself.
@@theresaurus9820 if anything the the adaptations would be more “ableist” By your standards, the book is pretty obviously a metaphor for addiction/literally anything that Victorian England deems scandalous. Not to mention even in the adaptations that water it down to “some guy drank a weird potion and now there’s two guys inhabiting his body” is pretty far removed from DID.
Nani Bunny well when you word it like that, could it perhaps also be a critique on Victorian society and their strict norms and values? Idk XD probably not. I never read the book but so far I know Hyde trampled kids and kills a dude. Something no society no matter how progressive would allow XD
@@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks well, he was hated before he trampled a kid, and there are plenty of fun things that are labeled as bad. Oftentimes this is a good thing, but there are a few pure things that many people hate.
Bro I read the adapted version of this when I was 10, and it was kinda like who tf saw this book and decided kids 7 & up should read it. I still have to book to this day lmao.
Book Hyde: runs over a little girl, accidentally kills a dude, no idea what he actually does beyond this Modern Hyde: MWAHAHAHAHAHA I WILL MURDER EVERYONE!!! ... Book Hyde: dude, that’s a little extreme.
That's not all, there have been tons of different changes in modern adaptations to the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. For one, like you mentioned, Hyde is not a murdererous psychopath. He's a reflection of every man's repressed desires. He just does what he wants and happens to have ended up killing someone by accident. In modern day versions he's a murderous psycho and a completely different person. Another big difference is that they make Hyde some huge monster who's bigger than Jekyll, which is missing the whole point of him being smaller than him which is the theory of how he had repressed his inner dark desires for so long that it appeared physically smaller and shorter. And they added a random love interest for Jekyll for literally no reason. There aren't any female characters in the book except the one maid who witnesses the murder and that's it. They've even butchered the name by calling him Jakyll when it's supposed to and was originally pronounced Jeekyll by the author. All the changes were made by Americans for some unknown reason including the name which was just cos they couldn't pronounc it for some reason
@@varungangalam1321 You're not wrong, but it's not just Americans. Alan Moore's version of Hyde from League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen was basically an evil Incredible Hulk who goes out of his way to engage in superpowered depravity. At one point he *literally* rapes a man to death. The mind boggles at what Stevenson would have thought of THAT.
"If he be Mr Hyde, then I shall be Mr Seek"
-actual line from the book.
all of culture peaked with that line
"You can run, but you can't . . . no . . . no that doesn't work. . . ."
Nice stealing someone else's comment dude
@@oneweirdboi9782 I haven't seen someone else's comment saying that. I know the line because I've read the book, studied it for GCSE.
Puns in Victorian England I guess.
Jekyll: Aren't you tried of going apeshit? Don't you just wanna be nice?
Hyde: Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go apeshit?
That is a reference from somewhere, I am sure of it, but I don't remember from where I know it.
@@johannesseyfried7933 yahoo answers question i think
Rara pihe the video said Jekyll and Hyde are the same person, Hyde is Jekyll without shame
Sounds like something the Joker would say if he had a second identity.
Good Omens?
Dr. Jekyll: Damage control
Hyde: VIBE C H E C K
CHAD Dr Jekyll vs virgin Frankenstein
Mr Hyde seems to have plus 1 charisma.
Is murder just a permanent vibe check?
Brittany Broquadio Damage Control and *VIBE CHECK* are both conscious at the same time and are just our drunk friend that’s super good at sobering up in the morning.
I read this in their voices.
Hyde in pop culture: Psychopath monster.
Hyde in the original book: Incognito mode.
Hyde in the NES game: Abraham van Alucard.
Actually played that game, kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.
Hyde in fgo: LET ME OUUUUTTTTTT
Hyde in tgs: imma go shopping 🛍️
Hyde in general: An amazing character and personality
@@comet8441more like set London on fire and pray to God he doesn't get caught
"...whose primary defining characteristic is that he is *extremely* boring."
...Well, he *is* a British lawyer with three names.
The same could frankly be said of Bram Stoker, save for the three names (his nickname is a shortening of his full name so I don't think that qualifies).
@@themockingdragon135 Stoker was also Irish, wasn't he?
@@Nitrinoxus yes he was. Any particular reason for your query good sir?
@@themockingdragon135 None at all, I just didn't peg the Irish as being boring. England's neighbors are a bit more lively.
@@Nitrinoxus on the contrary they're not boring. I quite like Ireland. I mean that when you look at it Stoker's life wasn't anything particularly phenomenal for the time and place. That's just him though.
I still can’t get over the fact that Robert Stevenson, the author, wrote, “If he be Mr. Hyde, then I shall be Mr. Seek.”
What a legend.
That was his idea of being cheeky 😘
Jarissa Ortiz-Acosta I have so much respect for this man now
Most iconic line ever
Aaaand suddenly the name "mr. Hyde" makes a lot more sense with Red's explanation of their true relationship.
"If he be Mister Hyde, I shall be Mister Seek" - the absolute best line in this book.
Impatiens the Shmuck that’s actually in the book?
So you too have also read this book!
@@ProjectSudoku pretty sure a whole bunch of people have, otherwise it wouldn't be as popular/known as it is. no need to flatter urself lol
@@sokkvabekkr5973 Oh sure, a whole bunch of people read it and it got famous, but now it's a CLASSIC. To quote Mark Twain, "A classic is something everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read."
Okay I'm gonna go read the book now that convinced me.
I love how it's Dr. Jekyll and MISTER Hyde, because even though they're the same person only one of them has a PHD
did Mister Hyde attend 8 years of Victorian Medical School? I don't think so, lol!
Not to be that guy or anything, but the reason for this is to represent how much more respected Jekyll is, as he is well-studied and considered a good and moral person, and obviously, is a doctor. However, Hyde is just a man, and so he gets the title that any man gets by default, and so everyone just calls him “Mr”, because why would you call a freaky looking guy you just saw trample a child anything but what you call a man by default.
md
Unless mr hyde helped write that thesis then the phd isn’t his
Jekyll: Damn you Hyde! Leave me be!
Hyde: Can’t you see? You are me!
Jekyll: No! Wait no I’m not.
Hyde: Dude you’re going off script.
Jekyll: Do you have a PHD?
Hyde: I mean… no
Jekyll: Well then there’s your answer.
Hyde: Fucking goody two shoes.
Dr. Jekyll: my main account
Mr. Hyde: my shitposting account
Are we not all Dr. Jekyll in some small way in these modern times?
@@GamesAndWhales. Yes we are, but the hyde's Get more attention then the Jekyll's.
@@everydaygeek8715 4chan = Hyde Central
My studyblr vs my dramatical murder shitpost tumblr
bumping this
Red: Hyde is super ugly
Also Red: *draws Hyde super adorable*
Truth
hyde is baby
a manlet baby
I don't think Hyde is ugly he's looks just bring out the worst in everybody
Every thing she draws is adorable
“So something happened the other day.”
“Impossible.”
Just the dry delivery of that from the adorable Boring Victorian Faces slayed me.
It hu honestly took me out, and the faces didn't miss 🤣🤣🤣🤣
-n- -H-
.-. .-.
so something happened the other day
Impossible
Having read the book now, I can confirm that "Utterson's defining trait is that he's really boring" isn't just Red being snarky. He is canonically so quiet, dry, and downright dull that his hosts actually like him to stay a little late after a party, because his mere presence *sobers people up*. I'm not kidding.
Emmet Legomovie kinnie
@@Envy_May stop 💀
Bland characterization aside, he sounds like a good guy
my god, imagine how rought that'd be on someone's psyche
also 666th like lol
colin robinson
"I've created a mad magic/science potion that makes me feel like I'm 22 again and lets me enact my base urges while silencing my inhibitions! It's super addictive and hazardous to my health, so I best be careful."
"Sir, that's a bottle of Tequila. You're just an alcoholic."
"This potion that turns you from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde, it appears to be a six pack of Stella"- Frankie Boyle, Mock The Week, unlikely things to hear in a horror movie
But it also makes him seem younger to other people as well, so it's like alcohol with an area of affect.
Meth
I've heard before that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was supposed to be a metaphor for alcoholism. Never from a literary critic, mind you, but still.
Jekyll:"Ah, but this Tequilla also makes me anonymous!"
Victor Frankenstein: "Who are you?"
Henry Jekyll: "I’m you, but an actually decent scientist."
So not him?
Shots fired
Victor created life though, which I would say makes him much more accomplished. Jekyll made a potion that gave him mpd.
Dank_Smirk 2nd Channel except he’s not, he’s a man who creates a troglodytic persona purely so he can commit criminal acts without any consequences. He’s perfectly happy to keep doing dastardly things as Hyde and only begins to try and stop once he realises Hyde begins to grow restless and become dominant. Dr Jekyll commits his mad science for selfish means whilst Frankenstein (despite all his many flaws) pursues the secret of creating life to help humanity, seeking a cure for diseases and the like.
"i'm you with a degree!"
"Unspecified base urges"
Pop culture thinks: Murder and rape
Victorian era thinks: Murder and butt stuff
Por que no los tres?
They called it, “sodomy”.
@Dillon Reilly not really
Butt stuff and refusing to eat with the right fork
@@Grim_Sister
Ugh! My goodness! _Improper_ usage of dinnerware? How ghastly. Truly he was a fiend and a depraved deviant.
One thing people seem to get wrong a lot is they think Jekyll is a pure victim.
Hyde isn't some noble experiment for the betterment of science. He's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Hyde is _exactly what Jekyll wanted to create._
They definitely changed that for the musical, but I still enjoy how he's so arrogant to think it will work until the moment it doesn't.
That's a little misleading. Mr. Hyde was created so Jekyll could enjoy his life for once without tarnishing his good guy reputation. Face it, we've all been there. In fact, the moment it gets a little bit out of control he goes cold turkey, but once he's experienced a taste of freedom, it's harder for him to go back.
Expand it a little bit more and imagine what would happen if Jekyll managed to recreate succesfully the potion, then decides to sell it as a "morality test" of sort.
Imagine dozens of Hydes going around.
@@misteraskman3668actually that concept sounds interesting
welp I know what I need to put on AO3 now
update
I am making the fic but I will be unable to post it on AO3 until October 31st (Aka when I get accepted into ao3)
will begin posting on quotev for the fiction so far
I am reading the book, till now my favourite quote is:
“If he be Mr. Hyde,” he had thought, “I shall be Mr. Seek.”
I find it funny.
My favourite quote is "stealing like a thief to Henry's bedside."
Without context it is golden.
@@franziska9260 gay quotes
my favorite phrase in the book is literally "calmly trampled"
because with or without context, it's literally "Dumbledore said calmly" but physical
Punny
@@IronycheinPain that is wonderful
Dr Jekyll: Me in real life
Mr. Hyde: Me in made up scenarios in my head
Three lives we shall live,
The first is the world,
the second, the home,
the third, the mind.
That's what writing is for
Yep.
I smell a closet psychopath
I think that's basically the point?
"Unspecified base urges"
Me: shaking all the soda bottles in the store
You monster!
Me: **eats an entire key lime pie for breakfast**
pushing all the buttons on those talking toys
THAT WAS YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!
Me: (drops minty Mentos into 2-liter Diet Cokes, then runs like hell) Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! 😈
"BEHOLD! I have created a substance that allows me to unlock my base desires and frees me from fear!"
"Yes, sir. That is whiskey. You're an alcoholic. You have invented the moonshine still."
“No, you see, it brings all the darkest, most violent desires to the forefront and so I go on violent rampages!”
“You made bad whisky, then. Don’t use mushrooms next time.”
Kinda on point.
The way Jekyll lapses back into Hyde and then murders a man is scarily accurate to alcohol abuse.
it feels like the story is somewhat about drug abuse but that is just the feels like
@@thechristsknight7758 Stevenson wrote it as an allegory for how his alcoholic friend was the same person when he drank but kept slipping further into something else the more lost he got
I've heard of situations where people who've been cold turkey for a while have lost tolerance and died of overdoses that never would have killed them when they took it regularly maybe that's the sort of thing that was happening with jekyll and hyde his first dose in a few months had a far more extreme effect than what he was expecting
“Cannibalizing orphans to doing drag.”
Given what I’ve heard of Victorian England, little bit of Column A, little bit of Column B
Cannibalising orphans while in drag?
Captain Birch The true end game of camp.
More likely he just wanted to get drunk and have sex without being heavily judged by his friends/society (very polite back then) or perhaps he was a drag fan
Victorian elites would also snort ground up mummies and I wish I was joking.
I would kill to see a drag show in Victorian England
I get the feeling that neither of their stories would have happened had Dr. Jekyll switched places with Frankenstein
As Jekyll would have owed up to and taken emotional and financial responsibility for his strange undead stitched-up son, whereas Viktor would have hurled the potion out the window in horror as soon as he realized it made him look kind of odd.
I feel pretty much the same way. Viktor would have been like "NOPE" and chucked that potion out of the window, while Jekyll would have adopted the monster.
@@carolinemcgovern4488 "Hello yes, this is my monster child"
Denzel Nganga “He has a small emotional problem but hey, he is still a good kid...” _He’s a bit too tall...._ “Oh no no, I made him.... literally! He is tall but trust me, he *is* still a kid mentally!”
Maybe Jekyll would have even had the sense to give the kid some sunglasses or something. It's such a minor flaw that hiding it wouldnt be hard at all
Sounds like another parody of that "wife swap" show... I'd watch it.
“He can get rid of him whenever he wants”. This whole book sounds like an allegory for addiction.
That's because it is. Jekyll tries it once, enjoys it and doesn't see the harm in trying again.
I never realized that
I think that's exactly the thing. Hyde represents everything horrible in his life and is ultimately the state that all addicts end up in, the more horrible he becomes, the harder it is to resist. For a time he can separate the two life styles and indulge his addiction while maintaining his life, however as his addiction develops even oridenary things cause him to relapse, resulting in him being completely unable to be anything but Mr Hyde.
This is really a story I wished I could read in such ignorance. It's incredibly ambitious and relatable tale for it's time disguised as a horror story.
@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352
You seem like the kind of book worm friend I need
It probably helps that Robert Louis Stevenson had problems with cocaine addiction.
Something i noticed from this summary, everyone guessed that Jekyll had been blackmailed. However, they never questioned what dark secret Jekyll was hiding that was worth be blackmailed over. Instead they were just concerned with Hyde potentially killing him. Every assumed Jekyll had something bad already and they didn't care. This makes Jekyll's need to hide his dark side even more tragic. As it was less of a deep dark secret and more of a open secret.
Oh nice catch, didn’t even notice that!
Hey, everyone’s got a couple skeletons in their closet. People despise blackmail in the real world even though that means that there’s things to blackmail about. That’s just life, but those skeletons (in most cases) shouldn’t be held over you.
I read the book, and I think the words used were something similar to "He used to be wild when we were younger and had committed many sins, but he has since bettered himself. This Mr. Hyde must be his karma too late."
And it's really something to me from that angle as well
Well an explanation can be extrapolated through Mr. Enfield comment near the beginning:
“I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment. You start a question, and it’s like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back garden and the family have to change their name. No sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask.”
From Sparknotes:
Here Enfield is discussing his views on social propriety. To Enfield, the stranger a matter seems, the less he asks. Probing a person, he says, seems like passing judgment that is reserved for God. In addition, the investigation will likely expose something that was better left alone. Enfield, embodying a Victorian sensibility, carefully avoids the dark side of life.
Months late, but its not questioned what his dark secret is since a decent chunk of references to Jekylls early life outright state it, he was a womanizer/had lots of casual flings. Doesnt translate to modern reading well since lines like "eagerly gay disposition with partners" would by anyone without knowledge of the historic use of the word mean that he had guys as partners rather than the back then meaning of him having a own openly lustful personality when with ladies/being "very horny and happy to get a few gropes in even if in public" in his youth.
"So something happened the other day"
"Impossible"
Honestly the visual gags in these videos are always 11/10
There's a reason I make sure to have the quality of the video high. I don't want to miss any of them!
I especially liked "should have just made an enchanted portrait like the guy down the street"
Sexvideo
Emily Gingrich hell yeah Dorian Grey
1:37
"His unspecified base desires..."
Going to the Victorian equivalent of Hooters where women have their ankles exposed.
My God!! Did you not ONCE think of the children before writing such FILTH?!
I can honestly say I was thinking of something other than children when I wrote it.
@@PsychoSavager289
Women's ankles...
Have you no _shame?!_
Or, god forbid...holding hands. IN PUBLIC. UGHH!!
@@greywalker505 and with a man, too,....... scandalous!
“So something happened the other day.”
“Impossible.”
Girl, your sense of humour keeps me alive some days I swear.
I apolagise, but at what point in the video is that said or shown?
Agreed
Indeed
It's also pretty British.
Main guy has less personality than a sandwich
So Hyde is basically the living embodiment of "what if you jumped in front of that train just now"
Pretty much yeah…Hyde just has no filter between his brain and actions
Yeah it’s like if Dr J got his frontal lobe removed. No inhibition, does what he wants
Kind of. Hyde does have a sense of self preservation, which does prevent him from indulging intrusive thoughts that represent an immediate danger to himself, but he still engages in risky behavior such as the killing of Sir Danvers Carew, which doesn't represent an immediate danger to himself, but does endanger his safety later on when the police are looking for him. Hyde has no inhibitions or empathy for others, but when his safety is endangered, he does take steps to cover his tracks and ensure his safety. Hyde's entire being is run by his lizard brain, which only cares about indulging his base urges, but also self preservation. The story would be pretty short is Hyde indulged every thought he had.
Turns out that the only thing that the serum did was give him Tourette’s Syndrome.
@@Xalerdane that’s not cool
"Victor Frankenstein isn't even a doctor!"
*Looks at man cackling over a corpse being filled with lightning*
I don't believe that man has received ANY medical training.
Slight nitpick:
That is Fredrick Frankenstein, from the movie Young Frankenstein, and he is an actual doctor/professor.
(Also, watch Young Frankenstein, it’s hilarious.)
@@criticalfailure6464 watched it for Halloween, zero regrets :')
'So anyway, that's how I lost my medical license.'
Godslayer Kiran The male version is seamster.
Critical Failure That was Red’s point. In modern (or modern-ish) retelling he is portrayed as a Doctor but in the original book he’s not one
Jekyll is just a ‘upstanding good citizen’ with a fun little murder tendency and the ability to cosplay as his OC
OMG *I Love This!*
Bingo
*random old guy to jekyll* : is that your fucking -fur- persona? That’s cringe! *jekyll* : YOU’RE CRINGE *random old guy* : it appears I’ve died
Gotta be honest, "grappling with an addiction to a substance that lets you free your base urges and inner demons to let them go free before turning back and escaping all of the consequences, but slowly getting more impulsive" is a WAY more interesting story then "i drank weird shit, now I gotta evil split self"
holy SHIT
Oh, so he's an alcoholic. Got it.
@@KarumaJiusetu
Actually, the author was addicted to cocaine (because a doctor prescribed it for the Victorian version of long Covid) but yeah
Yeah, to be honest. Especially when it gets so bad they're nearly ARE separate people. Just sinking more and more unwillingly as you become someone you aren't, and hate, until everything crumbles.
YESSSSSS
So essentially Mr. Hyde’s description boils down to “his vibes were RANCID and kinda short”
Mr. Hyde failed his vibe check
He is called like pre human by one person in the book but that’s it.
Someone say my name?
@@addyshorhnr3544yeah he’s referred to as being a troglodyte (basically an early human)
Victor: “And then my experiment worked but it was really spooky and the eyes were all wrong so I ran away and got sick for three months :c”
Doctor Jekyll, Sc.D., pouring an unknown chemical into a can of red bull and chugging: “unfortunate”
10/10 humor
Jekyll: Hold my chemically enchanted beer
Jekyll: *slams can down* Alexa play Despacito
@@booksivy169 Alexa, play Beethoven's fifth sy- *DESPACITO*
KittyKatKayla :3 no.. we don’t need Hyde on Red Bull.
One is a rich man
The other a college kid that is sleep deprived
One of his base urges was to walk on a "do not cross" lawn
I relate to that urge.
The madman...
egging the cars of crappy / douchey drivers
Same tbh
Are we sure this isn't an allegory of someone discovering the full reach of the internet?
"Dr. Jekyll is a much better mad science role model than a college dropout who ditched his first experiment for having the wrong eye color."
But Red, it was a color unlike anything seen on Earth!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the eyecolour of Frankenstein's creature a pale, watery yellow? At least my copy of the book says so
ok calm down lovecraft
I love this
Calm down H P Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft:BUT WAS HE BLACK
I love that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote charming children’s poetry, swashbuckling adventure like Treasure Island and cocaine fueled Gothic horror like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Multi-talented.
and sherlock holmes
@@Fiveisrightout6502 that was Arthur Conan Doyle.
@@daviddaugherty2816 oh, i confused the two
He also wrote "The Wrong Box," which is hilarious, "The Ebb-Tide," (which is depressing and disturbing,) and "The Wrecker." The last is - well, it's a bit odd, starting as a gallivanting, silly comedy, becoming an adventure story, and concluding with truly serious violence. Absurdly (and deliberately,) it's supposedly all told at one casual sitting, like a joke.
@@garryferrington811 that’s epic
Utterson: Hey bro, what do you want to eat?
[Hyde: The souls of the innocent]
Jekyll: A bagel.
[Hyde: No!]
Jekyll: Two bagels
Two bagels? At once?! Sounds like he’s slipping already.
Venom=Modern Jekyll & Hyde Head Cannon Excepted
God I could barely remember what this is from it’s so old
@@birbz1033 Ask and you shall recieve
ruclips.net/video/f0huI_wZ6UE/видео.html
This is too accurate!!!!
'Proud Citizen of the Uncanny Valley'
Ladies and gents, we've found our next merch slogan.
It's always fun to find a new way to insult someone.
I need that quote on a hoodie or a shirt.
@@artiec2055 With the :] face of Mr. Utterson on it. Or perhaps just Mr. Hyde's charming mug.
I'd buy that.
How bout "cannibalising orphans or doing drag"?
"Dark Science" and "Van Helsing Serious Face" have the same energy
the best ❤️
XD
Lol.
Van Helsing Serious Face is better
Deniz Kayalı they come from the same place of umph
"Without me, you see, Jekyll has no desires. And without him, *I have no restraints..."*
When was that from?
@@cloudyloudly2404 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
@@TBTabby
Thank you.
@@TBTabby Immediately after he raped a guy to death
I actually love that. Thar comic has the stereotypical hulk Hyde, bug keeps him tiny canon and explains the change
"Unspecified base urges"
me: crushes all the instant noodle packets at the store
You monster.
My goodness! I only do that at home to be able to fit the noodles in the bowl!
OMEGABET “GASP” 😱😱😱😱😱
The Devil within you!!!!!!
*smacks the rice bag*
Damn, I have a new unspecified base urge...
I love the "I'm a boring victorian" face.
This is extremely funny to me and I don't know why XD
Am I the only one that reads their lines in the voice of the polite gophers from the Looney Tunes?
Edit: Mac and Tosh, those were the characters I was thinking about.
Literally me, just sans "Victorian".
"Less personality than a sandwich"
It’s this: •___•
"Should have just gotten a cursed portrait like that guy Dorian down the road"
This is it. This is where I died.
I know I am missing a reference here. . . Can someone help?
@@tformerdude6788 Yes, no problem.
"That guy Dorian" is the protagonist of "The Picture of Dorian Gray", who sold his soul so that he would never age but his portrait would. He basically gets up to all kinds of stuff, using his non-aging power to mask what he's doing (it's kind of like having your evil deeds hidden by a secret identity, like Jekyll did). The thing is the picture can hide anything from aging to drugs to murder or even just being really mean to people.
Hope that answered your doubts.
@@mafaldaviana9060 Thank you.
I love your pic.. profile... thing! I don't know what it's called😂😂😂😂
What was the time stamp for this line?
If ever there's a proper film adaptation, they gotta add the "Mr. Seek" line. It's nonnegotiable.
I want a servant in the room with him when he makes that statement.
Utterson glances at this servant who has to say: “Yes sir, very clever sir.” Completely deadpan.
and he says it in a very dry tone, like he's not even thinking about it being a pun, just about the connection to the game and the roles therein.
The Veggietales version of this had the line. The twist was actually pretty funny and more closely resembled the 'just give me a mask so I can act the way I want' idea.
They actually did this in Veggietales!
In the Mazm game it's in it! It's a very good game along with the Phantom of the Opera game!! And it has a sequel it's name is Hyde and Seek.
The real horror was the deep rooted repression we developed along the way
LMAO
Indeed
*WHEEZE*
And the trauma don't the trauma
Nice profile picture
“If he be Mr. Hyde, then I shall be Mr. Seek!” ICONIC
_"In each of us, two natures are at War between good and evil."_
*~ Robert Louis Stevenson*
I'm Mr.Meeseeks, look at meee
@@KuroiShiAnimu Mister Meeseeks go and find Jekyll's missing ingredient.
@@diegomontesleon136 😳
"It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned juggernaut!"
When I read the original book, one of the first things I noticed is how much better its conception of Mr Hyde is than every adaptation I've ever seen. The idea of a normal human being who's so hideous on some completely non-physical level that everyone who looks at him is filled with instant disgust and hatred, but they can't say why and can't even remember what he looked like is a far more interesting idea than the usual "ugly monster" we get in the era of film.
@Margaret Gibbs
I feel like the only way to at least try to visualize that, as close to the source as possible, is through some very subtle and clever usage of CGI. Nothing over-the-top, crazy shenanigans, just little details that would make his face unsettling to an unspecified and inconclusive degree in a very ever-shifting way, like his face seems to be hazy yet clear, clearly defined and distinct features but never in a solid way. Like his face is constantly changing, but also not.
Like I said, it must be super subtle and clever CGI. Oh, and with special audio/musical stuff that perturbs the senses.
@@jocosesonata and have him ne played by multiple similar looking actors. That can help
Jocose Sonata well, why not go full uncanny valley. You could try to reconstruct the actor face using Cgi but do it in a way that it retains some realistic quality of the face but you can tell it’s cgi, the audience will then think something it’s no right and it will be because of the uncanny valley nature of cgi. You are not trying to go full realistic and full cgi but achieve a balance pointing toward cgi so people start to wonder why they subconsciously think something is off.
@@danielguevara6921
Ooh, yeah! Hit them in the subconscious, brilliant!
Mess with their heads. I like it!
@@jocosesonataWell keep in mind the first adaptations of the books came from the early 20th century not long film became a thing. Sound pictures weren’t even a thing when the first adaption was out so they kind of had to go with what they have and what there budget could afford.
When my siblings’ english class read this book in high school the teacher forbade anyone from mentioning the “twist” to avoid spoilers which is stupid since literally everyone knows the twist. So what are a bunch of bored teenagers to do when asked to discuss the relationship between jekyll and hyde without actually discussing it? Every single class member decided to refer to jekyll and hyde as gay lovers. It made the teacher so mad.
Bad English teachers are probably my most hated kind of bad teachers.
I think without knowing the twist, I'd just be incredibly bored reading the story. But since I knew it, my insides were giggling at the foreshadowing.
Abolish spoiler culture, you can't make everyone experience everything unspoiled, and knowing a spoiler usually doesn't ruin the experience, and in some case, improves it
That said, watch The Sixth Sense unspoiled
@@DiamondAppendixVODs I actually watched it spoiled, but still enjoyed it. It was fun picking up on all the foreshadowing.
@@emblemblade9245 how ironic, good English teachers are my favourite.
They met at the Victorian Femboy Hooters.
Using the name 'Hyde' for the persona that gets to explore hidden urges and desires can't be a coincidence.
I JUST got that!
I mean in the book there's a line that going something along the lines of "If he's Mr. Hyde then I'll be Mr. Seek" so yeah they probably knew what they were doing
given our protangonist is called Utterson (the one who is complete and also the one who speaks) and his clerk, Guest, almost guessed Hyde's true identity, I think almost all the names are puns
Part of it was that Jekyll's signature, when reflected, was Hyde's signature.
I absolutely love this but I can’t believe you missed out Utterson saying “if he is Mr Hyde, then I shall be Mr Seek” when he’s tracking Hyde down
- Lils -
MR. UTTERSON’S ONLY PERSONALITY TRAIT IS THAT HE LIKES TEA AND WINE
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 You mean his only personality trait is that he's british?
Dominika Jaskulska
YES
The Best line from. The book
That bit of the book made me laugh uncontrollably for some odd reason, Utterson is truly a gem
"Dr. Jekyll is a much better scientist archetype than Victor Frankenstein."
FINALLY; SOMEONE SAID IT
Maybe because they based our modern Dr. Frank out of a college student with a mind too big to his own safety.
YES! Jekyll has three doctorates (two in law and one in medicine) for Christ's sake, Victor couldn't even finish one degree!
I find it interesting that - at least in the edition I read - Jekyll initially freely admits that Hyde is just an alter-ego while revelling in the freedom it grants him... but as he starts growing increasingly afraid of and disgusted by his Hyde persona he starts trying to distance himself from it by regarding it as an alternate personality trying to seize control of his mind and body. I guess that's where the interpretation that they're split personalities comes from.
The way I always thought about it is that yes, at first Jekyll was Hyde but then the more and more he indulged in him, Hyde started to become his own being that took over, hence why he woke up as him. Something similar to Guts and the Beast of Darkness in the Berserk manga now that I think about it. It is just his "shadow" made manifest.
So basically... Jekyll enjoys the freedom that Hyde gives him, because he gets to do all the horrible things that he always wanted to do deep down without facing the consequences. But as Hyde began to take over, and he became more afraid of what he had created, he tries to convince himself that Hyde is a different personality trying to take control of him so he doesn't have to feel as guilty.
At least, that's what I was able to gather from this video as well as this comment. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@sapphirewings8638 that's such a cool take- I'm obsessed with this book now
@@sapphirewings8638
I also like to think that while Jekyll enjoyed Hyde's freedom, Hyde also enjoyed Jekyll's safety. So that by the end even Hyde doesn't want to fully take over, as then he'll have to deal with the consequences himself. So even if they started to become a split personality, they both still need each other, and they both desire that twisted balance of freedom and safety for each other.
Damn, someone really needs to make a proper adaptation, change the name to ensure no spoilers.
@@jocosesonata Nicely said.
"…and uses himself as a test subject because he's not a coward?" Well, it's not like Victor could have brought _himself_ to life...
Fucker doesn't have a heart, though, so he could've done something about that at least
Not with _that_ attitude.
That part threw me for a loop.
How exactly do you reanimate yourself? Especially if you haven't perfected the procedure.
Me, to myself: Ho, don't do it...
Me: WAKE ME UP INSIDE
Me: Oh my god
“I’m an executive, like him...like _Victor,_ he’s too alive...filled up with all of the worlds nightmares”
The horror icons are symbols of what we are evolved to fear.
The werewolf is "The Beast"
The vampire is "The Stranger" or "The Foreigner"
The zombie is "The Plague"
Those are the big three; the remainder are more cerebral.
Frankenstein's Monster is "Our Neglected Responsibilities" or "Fear of what we've made."
and Hyde is "The horrible urges that we try to ignore"
I would argue that the acrchetypes of the Werewolf and of Edward Hyde are closely related
@@dinadina2000 You would argue with someone else then, because I agree completely.
Do you like The Magnus Archives?
From a historical standpoint, I would disagree on the vampire and instead say they represent our fears of "The Dead".
I wonder where witches fall in this regard. Maybe the same as vampires (as in, "strangers" or "foreigners")?
Smol Brain: Hyde is British Hulk
Mega Brain: Hyde is a human incognito window for doing Sin
The brilliance of this comment has overshadowed all others.
Super brain: Mr. Hide is a darker version of Nutty Professor.
@@zusfrankenstein8561 JOJO BRAIN: Doctor Jekyll has King Crimson
@@lionelk.y7233
Jekyll is Doppio
Hyde is Diavolo.
And it also fits.
Jekyll and Hyde is just that one clip of tyler1 ripping his shirt off
I like how Jekyll wasn't trying to get rid of his evil side, he wanted to explore it, to do all the cool things he never allowed himself to do, which makes him all the more interesting a character than someone who wants to get rid of his evil side.
At one point in the book he explains something interesting : He justifies that by letting Hyde do his bad stuff off-screen, Jekyll would technically become better, a bit like "The Purge" movie. But later on he realizes, Jekyll isn't the "good" side of him. It's the "regular" side, Hyde doing his things doesn't improve his regular self in any way.
He purposefully wanted to bring out his evil side though so it makes sense why he didn't want to get rid of it
Turns out Jekyll and Hyde is less like Yugioh and more like Hannah Montana
Both would be kinda fun. 😊
Mr. Hyde: "I challenge you to a Childrens Card Game! If you loose, I will bludgeon your head in with my Cane. If you win...I am still gonna do that."
It was the best of both worlds.
"Hannah Montana is just a jekyll and hyde au" was my favourite hot take to irritate everyone around me with while we were studying this book so im glad to see someone else on this train too
@@Kari7 The only Question is: Which one of them is the famous Pop-Idol?
Or Rock-Idol....
I haven't watched Hannah Montana in almost twelve Years! What do I know what Genre she sings?!
@@johannesseyfried7933 Jekyll is the "rock star" the one people like
"But hey, I'm not the mad scientist here."
Aren't you though, Red? AREN'T YOU???
No, she's a mad literature buff.
More like the mad literature...ist? Is that a thing? ...Can we MAKE it a thing?
@@AegixDrakan I don't see why not; I mean "literaturist" is an actual word.
She's a mad mathematician / computer science major. I think that counts.
@@achronalart She probably could be (a mad scientist), we should be glad she sticks to art and literature instead
What I think is so interesting about Mr. Hyde was that it wasn’t a separate person, it was the manifestation of Jekyll’s own subconscious desires. Hyde is like intrusive thoughts made manifest and without self control to restrain them. He thought “I want to kick this child” and did it, he thought “I want to murder” and did it and finally Jekyll/Hyde could no longer cope with themselves and without self control, he killed himself. His “base urges” were more like a complete lack of self control over any thought that passed through his mind, and in that state he thought “I want to die” and killed himself without hesitation because he couldn’t stop himself. Dark.
I disagree Hyde has almost superhuman desire to live, so it couldn't have been him, which implies the suicide was a last ditch attempt at self-control.
The idea of Hyde being the personification of Jekyll's intrusive thoughts is probably my favorite, though I'd also argue that if that's the case, he probably would've caused some harm to himself too.
@@CJCroen1393 I mean, to be fair he did kill “himself” in the end so that was sort of where I thought the harming himself/ending himself came into play.
There’s is a possibility the transformation itself turned off his inhibitions due to him almost always giving in to his base urges as Hyde.
The Hyde form slowly began to lose inhibition and self-control and only got it back as Jekyll, but the constant back and forth started to mess with his already fragile mental state even more with all the stress of the situation.
Hanekawa Tsubasa and Black Hanekawa kinda similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. Both in split personality and the origin of the split personality.
I really appreciate this video, for bringing up the fact that Hyde isn't actually some separate self.
At most he's Jekyll with some restraints removed, but I personally think it's perfectly plausible that all the potion actually did, was make Jekyll look different and that having done that, his feeling of anonymity and the accompanying (perceived) freedom from consequences did the rest.
Hyde is not some superpowered evil force corrupting a good man, he's a mask that 'good man' used to indulge himself. His turning into Hyde permanently is essentially a physical reflection of the fact that after all those sins (including a pretty much pointless murder of an innocent man) Hyde is who he really is now and the respectable Dr Jekyll has become the mask that Hyde uses to try and avoid responsibility for his actions.
The potion failing serves a similar role to a major scandal finally breaking for a formerly beloved public figure; their past reputation can only shield them for so long.
So it's been almost a year but I gotta say:
This comment is the one that finally made me go: "Ohh, NOW I get it!!" I finished the (audio)book yesterday and I've been trying to unravel the story ever since 😅
@@confusionandcreation6036 Very kind of you to say so.
@@JamesTobiasStewart that’s a very good/interesting analogy
I just finished the book a few minutes ago, and while reading Jekyll's letter, this was exactly what I was thinking, but actually coherent. Thank you
After I read the book, I realized that Jekyll had gone through a full on Ego death. And that is horrific. He was just a body with a lost sense of self, a being with no recognizable past, with meaningless memories.
Be honest with who you are.
You know stuff is about to get real when Red puts on the feather cape.
Everybody gangsta till Red pulls out the feather cloak.
Good to know its still here
It's not a cape, those are her wings
Halloween is clearly her favorite holiday, as it's the only holiday she stops dressing up for.
*Fun fact:* _Je_ means I in French, Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a play on word which means *_”I kill and Hyde”_*
Huh, nice foreshadowing you victorian fuck! XD
Wuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
*mind blown*
Please tell me this was done intentionally
🤯
That's crazy
That just gave me goosebumps
Dr. Jekyll: "I'm sorry, we don't accept patients who are willingly unvaccinated."
Mr. Hyde: "Kids playing tackle football is criminal neglect."
Frankly his base urges could be as simple as just wanting to be an honest jackass to everyone and getting into a few fights.
This is Victorian England and he is a man of standing
This makes the beginning of Hyde trampling over the little girl have more sense.
I smell a Victorian Fight Club fic brewing.
@@rickyrosewater7721🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I did not know I needed that image in my life. thank you.
@@rickyrosewater7721 the adaptation we all needed: Mr. Hyde starts A Victorian Gentleman’s Fight Club
Honestly that's completely understandable. Sometimes you try to be with people as nice as you can, but your rage collects and collects with time. You want but cant tell what you realy think because it will shatter your reputation
Split personalities? No, just an "upstanding gentleman" who needs a murderous release sometimes
relatable tbh
So yoshikage kira?
Dr. Jekyll just wanted to live a quiet life...
@@parjai97 His stando power is just a guy.
"A man must let himself out sometimes, to stay sane" Olgierd Von Everecc
George Lucas: Everyone knows my plot twist
Robert L Stevenson: That's cute
Bram Stoker: How quaint
Stevenson: Technically, no one knows my plot twists.
Mary Shelley: Why are all these movies telling my story with Victor as Dr. Frankenstein. He dropped out of college you idiots
Lovecraft: why do black people touch my books?!
Gaston Leroux would like a word with you.
Some Victorian Dude: Bro, what do you want?
Mr. Hyde: *The souls of the innocent-*
Mr. Jekyll: A bagel.
Mr. Hyde: *nO!*
Mr. Jekyll: Two bagels.
DID SOMEONE SAY HOPE!?
@@pn2294 no
Benjamin Simons did you at least understand the reference?
@@pn2294 sorry, no. I just thought that reply would be funny. But please, do tell me what the reference is
Benjamin Simons It’s a vine
4:26 "Mr Hyde kills dude, "super murdered" says key witness" kills me every time.
“The Daily Exposition”
did it super murder you, even?
@@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard Yes it did.
"Should've just gotten a cursed portrait done like that Dorian guy down the road" is the victorian crossover we didnt know we needed
I mean there is a crossover written wherein dorian and jekyll exist in the same universe. Its regarded as generally awful, but it does exist.
Is she foreshadowing next year's Halloween special?
When does she say that?
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore. Good stuff. The sequel is a partial adaptation of War of the worlds, and it’s SO AWESOME.
If you're interested in gaslamp fantasy or steampunk, the webcomic "The Glass Scientists" incorporates a bunch of Victorian horror/sci-fi staples into its story (which includes Jekyll & Hyde, Frankenstein, Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and references to many more). It's written by Sabrina Cotugno, who storyboards for Disney and worked on Gravity Falls, Star vs the Forces of Evil, and The Owl House. :D
If you don't mind a darker tone with some gore and sex, the live action show Penny Dreadful also deals with several Victorian horror characters - like Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and Jekyll & Hyde. :D
Dr. Jekyll's "I can get rid of him whenever I want." Isn't it just a variant on the classic addict's claim of "I can quit whenever I want."? And how often does that claim turn out to be true?
Well, it's that or go into an asylum. They were NOT nice places in this era.
I think that was part of the idea.
Bloodlyshiva I was like “damn he needed therapy” cause I forgot Victorian therapy wasn’t really a thing
Supposedly R.L. Stevenson did cocaine, a white granular powder that has neurological effects, and makes you feel more energetic in general, aka: younger. The ingredient that made the potion work was a chemical salt, a (presumably) white granular powder. Coincidence? Who knows. Some people read the book as the story of an addict, rather than someone who is taking some type of scientific potion.
James Neff Also,apparently he wrote the book during a cocaine high.
Dropout Virgin Victor: I created life but it had special eyes so I ran away
Dr. Chad Jekyll: I created a split personality to express myself
"not since jeckle started getting into-" ad plays 'D&D BEYOND'
perfect timing!
By god you should never go beyond
Perfectly timed ads are always hilarious
And that is why you never play D&D
-me, a D&D player
Dr. Jekyll: people in real life
Mr Hyde: people in the Internet.
Edit: well this comment blew up.
Someone should make a version of this story but it's just someone's descent into getting obsessed with trolling and weird porn.
Ok, I'm not the only one to think of that. Good to know.
Yes, it would be nice to see.
Soooo true!!!!😱
This is absolutely true
Facts
Mr. Hyde is canonically shorter and that is just something that makes my day for some reason.
Small and Angry, like a 3-year-old.
If there anything that is consistent in all the different versions “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, it’s that Hyde is tiny. 😂
Well, Dr. Jekyll is an upstanding gentleman after all...
Hyde is literally a gremlin. Short and chaotic
+LittleMissAllGone
Except for all the versions where he is the same size.
Or his Van Helsing version where he is a hulk-sized monster.
... yeah totally consistent portrayal
"Should have just gotten a cursed portrait done like that Dorian guy."
That had me dying.
Also the idea of Dr. Jekyll admonishing Victor Frankenstein as a reckless, arrogant, short-sighted, novice is just gold.
ikr i started wheezing during lecture loool
I mean... it's true. Jekyll has had decades of experience and Victor is just a teenager who didn't know how to react when something he did actually worked.
Hopefully, thats an easter egg for next year. I'm seeing a lot of such speculation.
Time stamp plzzzzz
@@whoknows7968 Yes, but my view is, if you're adult enough to decide you want to create life, then you should be adult enough to take responsibility for your creation or at the very least take some precautions
One small correction:
Our boy Evil Ed does not shoot himself; he takes poison.
"Right in the midst there lay the body of a man, sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its back, and beheld the face of Edward Hyde. He was dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes of the doctor's bigness; the cords of his face still moved with the semblance of life, but life was quite gone; and by the crushed phial in his hand and the strong smell of kernels that hung upon the air, Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer."
"Evil Ed" lmaoooo
Imagine calling someone who just slid down the sewerslide a “self destroyer “ because on one hand that title is metal asf but on the other hand that’s kinda awful 💀💀
"Our POV character is... a dude named Gabriel John Utterson, whose primary characteristic is that he is extremely boring."
I read the book, thinking: "This must be some exaggeration on how gothic horror protagonists are so often bland and forgettable compared to the villains."
Finish the book: "Red was telling the literal, unexaggerated truth."
The guy's name literally translates to Angelic Messenger Witness of Christ Son-of-a-Spokesperson XD
I literally forgot that he was the protagonist
@@mediatorraptor3349 Well, so did all of pop culture
It's sad pop culture (and even some retellings of the story) forget about Utterson, because he has potential. One interpretation of the story, where Utterson is still the main character, adds onto his story a bit by having him keep Jekyll & Hyde's connection a secret for the rest of his life.
Honestly, Utterson isn't as boring as the video said (in my opinion). And yes, I read the book
@Kaylee Bear Yeah, I wished more stories would delve into how the secret of Dr.Jekyll effected him. It must been really devastating to find out that your childhood friend was the same man that brutally killed a old man and hiding his addiction from everyone.
Hyde: ....
Sir Danvers Carew: _Innocently asks for directions_
Hyde: *So you have chosen death*
-Jekyll: I wasn't supposed to do that-
Absolite 6 too bad for Sir Danvers Carew he was a good man
Sir Danvers Carew dies me:GAME!
Hyde: is walking.
Sir Danvers Carew: excuse me where am I?
Hyde: (in death metal voice) die!
Jekyll watching but unable to do anything: O fuck o fuck o fuck o fuck no no no no NO! No! Stop! You're ruining your purpose of being anonymous by literally murdering someone. THERE'S LITERALLY SOMEONE STARING AT YOU FROM THE WINDOW, YOU USELESS IDIOT! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!
More like
Hyde:...
Sir Danver Carews: Does tasks in electrical
Hyde: *Kill*
*Maid walks into electrical*
Maid:...
Hyde:...
*BODY REPORTED*
@@ordinaryshiba
Basically
It's even more interesting that Dr. Jekyll knows exactly what he's doing as Mr. Hyde.
It's like the hero and the villain the same person and can experience the flip side of the karma coin.
Yeah, he knows what he’s doing as Hyde, he just can’t/won’t stop himself.
Its more of a disguise at the beginning, but later on his hidden passions over take his mr hyde self. Its actually kind of a cool allegory for addiction.
Reading between the lines I think Jekyll’s “base urges” are some form of sadism. I can’t think of any other reason why he would intentionally bowl over that child or beat an old man to death with a cane.
As another commenter pointed out, the way Red portrays and how the book describes it, Hyde wasn't _intentionally_ walking into and over her, he and the little girl did the normal "crash into each other" that happens all the time, but unlike what any normal person would do, _Hyde kept walking like nothing happened_ because he didn't actually care. It was an apathetic act, not malice, Hyde had somewhere else to be, and the girl wasn't in his way so much as part of the streetway to him.
The murder of the man though does fit your idea, and I always have suspected that what Jekyll did as Hyde was a lot worse than just having sex with prostitutes or gambling. Most likely it _started_ as some of the milder stuff people suspect, but it just got worse and worse.
i got the same impression. probably just me projecting but i think this interpretation is the closest to the truth
@@balanc-joy9187 Hyde did not just walk like nothing happened, he also stomped over the girl for crashing into him, "trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming", I see both apathetic and sadistic side here
@@painqqqyo we have like the same pfp
"He's gotten into DARK SCIENCE"
It's always the best that fall. Poor Victor Frankenstein has never been the same since college.
I am now ashamed that we don't just call weed "DARK SCIENCE".
In fact, I'm gonna start doing it right now.
We need a cross-over where Dr Jekyll teachs Frankestein about basic scientist methods of DARK SCIENCES and reporting while Mr Hyle releases his dark impulses on the Creature (whatever its means...)
Damn College and their dark science.
And that school is named "School of Mad Doctors (Home of Mad Magazine)"
@@jeannette3138 "Say... have you ever felt like wearing women's clothing?"
Someone made the comment yesterday that Hyde is a human incognito window, and I can't find the OG but _I want more people to appreciate that person's observation _*_dang it_*
𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙔 𝙁𝙐𝘾𝙆 𝙄 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙕𝙀𝘿 ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) (╯ ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)╯┻━┻
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
*Mr. Hyde Kills Dude*
"Super murdered", says key witness
This is why I always pause these videos.
*Nice*
Time Stamp?
@@eazy8579 4:26
@@cinquine1 thanks!
Cadaveriffic
I like to imagine that, as Hyde, Jekyll walks around like Peter influenced by the symbiote.
You mean Bully Maguire?
Fun Fact: In a missing page in the original manuscript of the story. Mr. Hyde doesn't just walk over the girl and keep going. He actually stops and dances like Bully Maguire. This was left out because the publisher thought it would make Mr. Hyde too cool, and ruin the idea that he was ment to be a bad person
@@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 Hyde: *tramples child* L+Ratio
@@emmaray6215 so he just wants to put some dirt in someone’s eye
Thanks, I hate it
Hyde: Mom said it's my turn to use the body!
In all seriousness, I think Hyde is just Jekyll's intrusive thoughts given their own consciousness. Like how people sometimes personify their mental illnesses as annoying gremlins who live in their brains.
cursed alien I always thought this was an introduction to your shadow.
Soooo Remus
@@dyingisahobby9190 that's what I was thinking! I wanna make a Jekyll and Hyde au now-
Cass Wonderland dude if you write that send me the link
@@dyingisahobby9190 man I would but I have no idea how I'd do it- I might try eventually but I just- advqdvsfhadvwrgbaegbwf
Without context, this sounds like a story about addiction and trying desperately to keep it a secret.
Definitely. Abney Park made a song even, called "Two Elixirs" where their music video puts Jekyll as created by coffee, Hyde by alcohol.
It's actually the reason I fear taking marijuana IRL. I've nothing against people taking it, but I know that if it had helped me remove my inhibitions, it is very probably I'd develop a psychological addiction.
that is a way that it can be read: as a warning for addiction to alcohol/drugs/anything really. the idea of "i can stop whenever i want" is a common idea within addicts and that general idea runs through the entire novel. im not writing an essay on it right now, but i have done xD
TORchic1 Stevenson was an opium user and wrote at least part of it in a binge, so you might well be right.
That's actually a pretty fair way to interpret the story
@@niyana2978 yeah! I think what really sold that idea for me was how Red said about Jekyll taking "just one more hit" of the weord potion, and then Hyde immediately does something way worse than basically physically assaulting a girl.
I feel that the "one more hit wouldn't hurt" mentality is something addicts might struggle with. They think that after months or years of not indulging their addiction by going cold turkey that they can handle a very small hit. They don't realize just how severe the relapse can be.
Also I feel like Dr. Jekyll could have handled this better if he actually talked about his fears and shameful activities with someone, but I guess Victorians are jusr like that.
Too bad there wasn't an Old Victorian Men with Shameful Desires Anonymous (OVMSDA) support group for him.
Hyde didn’t shoot himself! The book said there was a strong smell of almonds when Mr. Utterson got into the room. Hyde took cyanide!
That could have just been a major maraschino cherry binge. Or a freshly-baked angel food cake. Or an angel food cake _with_ maraschino cherries.
maybe he was allergic to almonds
Maybe he shot himself with an almond!
Cyanhyde
Maybe he uses almond deodorant, like so his rotting corpse won't smell as bad
It always makes me laugh that modern media portrays Hyde as a literal monster.
I mean- just cause he’s short
Never trust a short person. Have you ever seen one _not_ angry all the time?
@@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 Fuck you
- Sincerely, the council of angry short people.
Isn’t he described as incredibly strong as well though?
As a very short man, I completely agree. We are all monsters.
@@daviddaugherty2816 As a short woman, I can tell you, we're deranged all the time.
He’s normally fine but once he’s anonymous he becomes a vicious jerkass? So Jekyll is his real life self, and Hyde is his 4chan/reddit account.
Yeah... Pretty much anyone who has access to the internet is a Jekyll and Hyde situation.
This effect is called online disinhibition effect.
@@jocosesonata Gotta lie to survive, but don't gotta lie online.
Hyde: *has a 4-Chan account*
Jekyll: This is fine.
Hyde: *makes an 8-Chan account*
Jekyll: O-KAY, I’m pulling the plug now!
@@animeotaku307 >4chan account
I can't believe this story actually predicted the effects of being a troll on anonymous
People have known for a long time what happens when people can't be held responsible for their actions. It's only in modernity that it happens because of anonymity.
@@randomusername3445 For further reference: Plato's Ring of Gyges.
That was predicted in the tale of the Ring of Gyges, around 380 BCE
*Jekyll in the musical*: No! I'll never become you!
*Jekyll in the novel*: I see my amalgamation as inevitable do he can have all my stuff...
In the musical, they seem more like two people fighting over one body
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
The adaptations keep inverting the story, it's weird.
There was a musical?
*great singing voice: LLLLEEETTTSSSS BRINGGGG ON THE MEN AND THE LET THE FUN BEGIN---
8:48 "it could be anything from canabalyzing orphans to doing drag." THAT CAUGHT ME COMPLETELY OFF GUARD 😭💀
Please be drag. I need Mr Hyde on Rupaul's.
i always thought that the 'base urges' are intrusive thoughts, like when youre walking with someone and you get the thought 'what if i just punch them in the face right now?'
I'm not the only one who has that happen?
that's an awesome view. hyde is quite literally jekyll lack of care, so its totally plausible that he just follows his intrusive thoughts.
@@CoralCopperHead nope, it’s totally normal, though they do pop up more often for neurodivergent people and people with anxiety.
@@CoralCopperHead Not by a long shot. Also, I like your username and pic because I love reptiles.
@@mint5482 correct
"Without me, he has no drive. Without him, I have no inhibitions."
- Mr Hyde, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Also, the whole "waking up as Mr. Hyde" is incredibly amusing to me as an analogy to morning wood.
"Oh man, Mr. Hyde was absolutely vicious this morning."
In earlier drafts there were some allusions that the pleasures Jekyll felt wrong to induldge in were masturbation, so not entirely inacurate.
69 likes...
I shall not disturb this
Simon Davis “Mr Hyde has some early morning business that requires his... Personal attention.”
Simon Davis if that’s true, I am the modern case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
@@apollyonnoctis1291 same-
4:20
"Hyde isn't a problem, I can get rid of him whenever I want"
"That's reassuring!"
The next thing that happens is a murder
Me: How to keep your word 101
420 *nice*
"X isn't a problem, I can stop it whenever I want"
Said every junky ever.
Jekyll: This is fine (sips tea)
@@absolite6 ^ Jekyll as half of London burns around him
I'm glad you clarified that Jekyll and Hyde were not separate personalities, because in this day and age, it tends to attach a bad reputation to those who actually do have DID (dissociative identity disorder)
DID doesn't make you dangerous, kids. Just wanted to clarify that.
(Great video by the way)
What DID makes you is probably discriminated against by those who know...
I finally read Jekyll and Hyde in full yesterday and was somewhat surprised by the connections people make between it and DID, because it's not like Jekyll is unconscious during Hyde's rampages and comes back not knowing where he is, and it's not like it's completely involuntary on his part (at least not initially). He's completely conscious and aware while he's Hyde and has a handle on when and where he became Hyde. I've never seen any genuine readings of this book that say it's about DID, even if Jekyll wants to regard Hyde as a separate person from himself.
Yeah, the book is so ableist
@@theresaurus9820 if anything the the adaptations would be more “ableist” By your standards, the book is pretty obviously a metaphor for addiction/literally anything that Victorian England deems scandalous. Not to mention even in the adaptations that water it down to “some guy drank a weird potion and now there’s two guys inhabiting his body” is pretty far removed from DID.
@@Totallynotredtail No, the original book IS ableist. It depicts mental illness as something to be shunned.
It’s no wonder it was written by a yt guy.
Children’s book:If You Give A Mouse A Cookie”🍪
Red’s Humor: “If You Give A Repressed Victorian A Secret Identity” 😏😆
I saw that one as well
Nani Bunny well when you word it like that, could it perhaps also be a critique on Victorian society and their strict norms and values? Idk XD probably not. I never read the book but so far I know Hyde trampled kids and kills a dude. Something no society no matter how progressive would allow XD
@@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks well, he was hated before he trampled a kid, and there are plenty of fun things that are labeled as bad. Oftentimes this is a good thing, but there are a few pure things that many people hate.
Bro I read the adapted version of this when I was 10, and it was kinda like who tf saw this book and decided kids 7 & up should read it. I still have to book to this day lmao.
I honestly love how you have some of them generic dot eyes to show their blandness.
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Book Hyde: runs over a little girl, accidentally kills a dude, no idea what he actually does beyond this
Modern Hyde: MWAHAHAHAHAHA I WILL MURDER EVERYONE!!!
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Book Hyde: dude, that’s a little extreme.
That's not all, there have been tons of different changes in modern adaptations to the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. For one, like you mentioned, Hyde is not a murdererous psychopath. He's a reflection of every man's repressed desires. He just does what he wants and happens to have ended up killing someone by accident. In modern day versions he's a murderous psycho and a completely different person. Another big difference is that they make Hyde some huge monster who's bigger than Jekyll, which is missing the whole point of him being smaller than him which is the theory of how he had repressed his inner dark desires for so long that it appeared physically smaller and shorter. And they added a random love interest for Jekyll for literally no reason. There aren't any female characters in the book except the one maid who witnesses the murder and that's it. They've even butchered the name by calling him Jakyll when it's supposed to and was originally pronounced Jeekyll by the author. All the changes were made by Americans for some unknown reason including the name which was just cos they couldn't pronounc it for some reason
@@varungangalam1321 You're not wrong, but it's not just Americans. Alan Moore's version of Hyde from League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen was basically an evil Incredible Hulk who goes out of his way to engage in superpowered depravity. At one point he *literally* rapes a man to death. The mind boggles at what Stevenson would have thought of THAT.
I think Hyde also throws a guy out of a carriage for laughing at him and hitting a saleswoman in the face for approaching him
Book Hyde: Can you...not do that,maybe?
also in the musical he rapes and falls in love and then kills a prostitute. in the book she doesn't exist.
9:56 I just imagine Hyde doing the most evil cackle that gets louder and louder... until he abruptly stops to say "go fish" in a bored voice. LOL
"Do you have any threes?"
"Haha... AHAHA... *MUAHAHAHAHAHA* ... Go fish."