NPCs · first: MEN E1
Elias Hodge
Elias Hodge is the young researcher whose mind is the city of Mentopolis, a junior researcher at Gobstopper Industries MEN E1·00:02:58. To the people of the city he is "the big guy" MEN E1·00:13:21.
Elias Hodge is the young researcher whose mind is Mentopolis, known in the city as the big guy MEN E1·00:02:58 MEN E1·00:13:21. He is not met face to face; the party watches him through the oculus and speaks to him over the station microphone MEN E5·01:03:08 MEN E6·01:32:16, and only in the finale does the story cut to Gobstopper Industries itself MEN E6·01:31:00. In MEN_03 his voice in a memory explains that the machine touches the mind to take a reading, and warns that with too strong a reading the risk of altering thoughts is "very real" MEN E3·00:20:58. In MEN_04 the body swings through the air on the fired grappling gun MEN E4·00:33:29.
In MEN_05 the oculus shows him at his desk, and when Imelda imbues the impulse he says "This is the first time we've ever done a good thing." MEN E5·01:03:25 and begins scooping up the packets MEN E5·00:37:57 MEN E5·01:03:25. In MEN_06 he leaves the office with changed pants and all the schematics, no longer guided by his last impulse MEN E6·00:13:20. Hearing Stacy, he runs, saying "You're gonna die." MEN E6·00:32:46. He punches Mr. Henry in the face and knocks him out MEN E6·00:55:42 MEN E6·00:56:06. In the break room he shouts "This company's evil!" and takes the birthday cake MEN E6·01:31:32. Outside he meets the kind coffee shop person, says he has felt self-conscious a long time, and asks "Do you wanna go ice skating with me?" MEN E6·01:35:11 MEN E6·01:35:25. He says he owes his sister a call, hails a cab, and Brennan says he gets to well and truly feel good about himself as the pressure fades MEN E6·01:36:20 MEN E6·01:37:40 MEN E6·01:38:19.
By episode
MEN E1: The Big Guy
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Elias (voice in the memory) — explains that the machine "does make contact" with the mind and says that with too strong a reading the risk of altering thoughts is "very real" — 00:20:58
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Elias Hodge ("the big guy") — the mind's owner, seen through the oculus and the PA: out of the office with changed pants and all the schematics, no longer guided by "his last impulse" — 00:13:20; hears Stacy and runs: "You're gonna die. You're gonna fucking die. You gotta get the fuck outta here!" — 00:32:46; punches Mr. Henry in the face and knocks him out in one punch — 00:55:42, 00:56:06; Madam Loathing tells him to get the papers, step over his unconscious boss and "listen to Fight or Flight" — 01:20:59; in the break room: "This company's evil! Don't you get it? It's absolutely evil!" and "This is my cake now!" — 01:31:32; on the PA: "I'll be a rogue whistleblower!" — 01:33:01; meets the kind coffee shop person: "I think I've felt self-conscious a long time." — 01:35:11; asks "Do you wanna go ice skating with me?" — 01:35:25; "I think I owe my sister a call." — 01:36:20; hails a cab and, with the pressure gone, "gets to well and truly feel good about himself" — 01:37:40, 01:38:19