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The Fix
The Fix (played by Hank Green) says he is a manifestation of the system that allows for hyperfixation, who silences anything that might distract someone who is focused MEN E1·00:48:42. He does it with his arms and, if necessary, with his gun MEN E1·00:49:24. Brennan compares him to a Dick Tracy villain MEN E1·00:49:21. His special gun was designed to fit his finger in under the trigger guard, so he cannot easily use other people's guns MEN E1·00:49:24.
The Fix is the "Hardboiled Hitman" MEN E1·00:48:31 of the Prefrontal PIs, a hyperfixation hired by the district attorney to eliminate distractions for the mind MEN E1·00:48:42 MEN E2·00:29:30. In MEN_01 he hears Donny's plan at the next table, goes to intercept the gang in the alley, and tells Donny a snake fact before saying that his job is to eliminate distraction MEN E1·00:57:02 MEN E1·00:58:55. He tells Bition "He's gone and I enjoyed it." MEN E1·01:04:40. After seeing a file on a child he feels a sensation he does not know, and the children at Madam Loathing's receive him warmly: "It's nice to be nice sometimes." MEN E1·01:35:22 MEN E1·01:09:14. In MEN_02 he tries to take Conrad, is blocked by Hunch, and explains "I need to protect this child." MEN E2·00:08:24. He admits the contract on Conrad came from Bition, that being told to kill a child is new to him, and "I do not know what to do when I'm not being told what to do" MEN E2·00:31:18 MEN E2·00:29:30 MEN E2·00:30:38. He studies Conrad's ice skates and says quietly "Ichabod." MEN E2·01:24:19. In MEN_03 he tells Bition "Anyway, I killed the kid." MEN E3·01:44:03 and hands over the skates, then faces the mystery figure's white key as it "comes streaking for your throat" MEN E3·01:51:16 MEN E3·01:44:03 MEN E3·01:44:31.
In MEN_04 he tells the figure "I'm not here to make decisions for this mind. I'm here to do as I'm told." MEN E4·00:45:27, draws his gun and says "I want to do my job. Just tell me what to do." MEN E4·00:46:03, and then jumps out of the window MEN E4·00:45:27 MEN E4·00:46:03 MEN E4·00:49:05. He lands injured, with a bad leg fracture, reaches Las Vagus Casino, and tells a vagus-nerve fact MEN E4·00:52:02 MEN E4·00:54:04. He reunites with Hunch and Dan, warns "We shouldn't trust anybody, we should move fast, and we should not think too much 'cause that doesn't seem to be helping." MEN E4·01:24:46 and says the DA seems taken over MEN E4·01:15:12 MEN E4·01:24:46 MEN E4·01:25:01. In the evidence locker he swaps facts with Pasha, recognises the boy in her photograph and runs: "I gotta go!" MEN E4·01:55:58 MEN E4·02:03:52. In MEN_05 he admits "I left the fucking ice skates in the DA's office." MEN E5·00:11:52, asks Thalamus about Ronnie Reptile MEN E5·00:26:30, and squeezes Frank Freeze for the keyholes with "Where. Are. The. Key. Holes." MEN E5·00:43:38. At Madam Loathing's Home he says he no longer knows who he works for and is "just sort of working for myself" MEN E5·01:32:59, asks for Bastion Bass and Ronnie Reptile, and then struggles with Dark Justin MEN E5·01:32:59 MEN E5·01:49:47. He jumps out of the window after Madam Loathing MEN E5·01:57:15.
In MEN_06 he pulls an eight-foot copper pipe from the wall, crushes the alarm box, and says "That's better." MEN E6·00:18:19 MEN E6·00:26:35 MEN E6·00:26:41. He tells Dan to take a gun and shoot the gangsters himself: "And if you die, it's just you." MEN E6·00:37:32. He duels Madam Loathing with the pipe and dodges her key attack when she says "Do what you were meant to do, Fix, serve!" MEN E6·01:03:04 MEN E6·00:53:48. He hits her, takes the white key, considers putting it in the switchboard, decides "Hm, that's not my job." MEN E6·01:06:31 and swallows it MEN E6·01:05:12 MEN E6·01:06:31 MEN E6·01:06:34. He tells Don Avaricci about little sea creatures that make lights and punches him out MEN E6·01:26:07 MEN E6·01:27:54. In the epilogue he takes Pasha to Madam Loathing's, where Ichabod Ice Skates is, proposes by accident, and swallows the compass Loathing hands him MEN E6·01:48:28 MEN E6·01:50:22 MEN E6·01:51:52 MEN E6·01:52:50.
Character sheet — Mentopolis
Mentopolis sheet of The Fix (played by Hank Green). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- Self-description — Hank: "a manifestation of the system that allows for hyperfixation"; anything that might distract you from something important he silences, with his arms and, if necessary, with a special gun. MEN E1·00:48:42 MEN E1·00:49:24
- Card background lines — Three lines under the title on his file card: VERY big, arms bigger than legs; Silences anything that comes in to distract; Had custom gun made for his giant fingers. MEN E1·00:48:46
- File stamp FOCUSED — His file No. 404 is stamped FOCUSED in the transcript caption of the full card with the three features. MEN E1·01:30:57
- Loyal — Card feature: each Moxie you spend helping a friend gives them a +2. MEN E1·01:30:57 MEN E1·01:31:05
- Menacing — Card feature: use SHARP instead of SLICK when intimidating an NPC. MEN E1·01:30:57 MEN E1·01:31:05
- Protector — Card feature: +3 bonus when defending your friends. MEN E1·01:30:57 MEN E1·01:31:05
- Menacing used: Sharp instead of Slick — Hank: "I can use Sharp instead of Slick" because he is Menacing; his Sharp 11 beats Donny's Sturdy roll of 6 by five, an extraordinary success, and the gang flees. MEN E1·01:00:17 MEN E1·01:00:57 MEN E1·01:00:59
- Moxie owed — Brennan: "I actually owe you a Moxie token from before" after Hank's Snoop of 2 plus zero. MEN E1·01:28:57
- Protector used: plus three on a Savvy — To convince the DA he has killed the child without killing him (Savvy, DC 8) Hank asks for his plus three because he is defending a friend; Brennan: he has the Protector feature; Hank: "Still not great. Ooh I did it! 9." (the total with the plus three). MEN E2·00:44:28 MEN E2·00:43:52 MEN E2·00:43:56
- Loyal used: one Moxie counts for two — On Conrad's Sturdy 3 Hank: "I can use one for two. I have Loyalty."; Brennan: burn one and it counts for two, a plus two; The Fix swats the guy's arm out of the air. MEN E2·01:54:19 MEN E2·01:54:23 MEN E2·01:54:28
- Contract on Conrad — The Fix says he has done work for people at the table and was given a contract by the DA on Conrad; it worries him for the first time in his career. MEN E2·00:29:30 MEN E2·00:30:38
- Ichabod (Hank's own explanation) — Studying the ice skates The Fix says quietly 'Ichabod.' Hank then explains the line himself, out of character: he is thinking of a little kid in the Hall of Interests who is not there anymore. MEN E2·01:24:19 MEN E2·01:24:24
- Fun facts that disarm — Disables a goon by talking, opening with "Did you know that more than half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet?"; his Sharp grab is 12, with Protector 15. MEN E2·01:58:00 MEN E2·01:57:43 MEN E2·01:57:50
- Protector used: a grab at 15 — Hank: Sharp "going to be a 12"; Brennan: "Oh yeah, Protector. This is absolutely a 15." MEN E2·01:57:43 MEN E2·01:57:50
- Menacing used: a Sharp 12, then another check — Brennan asks for a Sharp check; Hank: a 12; the target rolls a Sturdy 9 to resist the intimidation and Brennan asks for another Menacing check; the second roll is not said. MEN E3·01:47:46 MEN E3·01:48:04 MEN E3·01:48:13 MEN E3·01:48:50
- Moxie: none left — At the pressure of 100 Hank says he has no Moxie. MEN E3·01:44:50
- Menacing used: the casino employee — Hank's Menacing check is a 5 against a man with a d8 Sturdy; Brennan rolls a 1 for him and the man soils himself. MEN E4·00:54:54 MEN E4·00:55:01 MEN E4·00:55:05 MEN E4·00:55:13
- Broken shin from the window dive — Sharp 19 on the dive through the window, but not with the grace needed to protect himself; he lands on the pavement below and realises he has fractured his shin bone, a bad fracture he can muscle through to move. Brennan: the difficulty of all his Sneak checks goes up from now on, and he finds blood and a scar from an injury on his scalp. MEN E4·00:49:45 MEN E4·00:49:57 MEN E4·00:50:51 MEN E4·00:52:16
- Steaks for the leg — Hank asks how fast a steak can fix a broken leg; Brennan calls for a Sturdy check from Hunch at DC 12 for healing your friends with cold steaks. Hunch's Sturdy is a flat 11, and with Dan's pep talk Brennan has the bones knit back together. MEN E4·01:26:18 MEN E4·01:26:25 MEN E4·01:26:37 MEN E4·01:27:25
- Steaks wrapped on the leg; the head gash — Brennan has him hobbling up the stairs on his badly broken leg; Trapp wraps frozen steaks around The Fix's leg; The Fix asks to have the gash on his head stitched. MEN E4·01:13:56 MEN E4·01:14:54 MEN E4·01:14:58
- Moxie in hand: four in the red — Facing the white key's figure: "I have four Moxie, so now I can't fail." with the body in the red; Brennan: you may spend Moxie. MEN E4·00:46:49 MEN E4·00:46:52
- Moxie short for the Sneak — Hank: "I'm hard to see. I don't have enough Moxie." and then, for the Sharp, "Now I have enough."; Trapp says he has a ton of Moxie and whether he gives any is not said. MEN E4·00:49:35 MEN E4·00:49:45
- Menacing used: Sharp 15 on Frank — Squeezing Frank for the keyholes, Hank asks to roll Sharp instead (Brennan: yes) and rolls 15. MEN E5·00:43:38 MEN E5·00:43:42 MEN E5·00:43:51
- Moxie taken for a Snoop — Hank asks for a Snoop "just so I can get some Moxie" and takes it; later he pays the Moxie for Dan's Treasure Hunter. MEN E5·00:17:56 MEN E5·00:18:10 MEN E5·00:21:56
- Moxie cannot be given apart — Hank: "I can't give you Moxie if we're not together." MEN E5·00:48:48
- Moxie spent: two on a Sharp 6 — Restraining Justin with a Sharp 6: "I guess I'll burn two Moxie."; Brennan confirms the restraint; no total is stated. MEN E5·01:51:04
- Plus two on a strike — Hank adds a fixed 2 to a roll that is the same check for menacing and punching: he rolled a one, "But I got plus two.", so three; the source is not named. MEN E6·01:27:11 MEN E6·01:27:15 MEN E6·01:27:16
- Swallows the white key — After a Snap Decision hit (a 4) on Loathing he holds the white key: "Hm, that's not my job." and swallows it; Brennan: it deposits in his craw. MEN E6·01:06:31 MEN E6·01:05:12 MEN E6·01:06:34
- Shot tanked in the arm — Brennan asks for a Sturdy 10 against Avaricci's shot; Hank: "I can do it if I spend four Moxie." Brennan: he spends the four, the bullet pierces one of his massive arms and he tanks it. MEN E6·01:23:51 MEN E6·01:24:01 MEN E6·01:24:04
- Heavy injury from the gangsters' fire — Right after the tanked shot the gangsters open fire: an 18 on their check against his 8; Brennan: he sustains a heavy injury, peppered with bullets. MEN E6·01:24:12 MEN E6·01:24:29 MEN E6·01:24:30
- Swallows the moral compass — Madam Loathing hands him a compass, which Brennan calls her moral compass, and Hank swallows it; The Fix: "it happens sometimes when people give me things." MEN E6·01:52:50 MEN E6·01:51:37 MEN E6·01:52:33
- Moxie spent: three on the Snoop for Loathing — Hank rolls a four on Snoop and says there is an advantage with Moxie; he spends one of his own and Trapp two at four per Moxie, to reach the 14 Brennan sets. MEN E6·00:49:26 MEN E6·00:50:04 MEN E6·00:50:15
- Moxie offered: four for Dan — To Hunch's Sturdy for Dan: "I can create four Moxie for you. Would that help?" MEN E6·01:11:49
Items
- Custom gun — A special gun designed to fit his finger under the trigger guard without pulling the trigger, so he cannot easily use other people's guns. MEN E1·00:49:24
- Copper pipe pulled from the wall — Snoop 12, exploded twice, then 13; Brennan: an eight-foot length of copper pipe comes out of the wall in his hands. MEN E6·00:18:12 MEN E6·00:18:19
- White key swallowed — The white key, held after hitting Loathing, goes into his craw rather than the switchboard. MEN E6·01:06:31 MEN E6·01:06:34
- Moral compass swallowed — A compass on a chain from Madam Loathing, called her moral compass; he swallows it. MEN E6·01:51:25 MEN E6·01:52:33
By episode
MEN E1: The Big Guy
- Self-description: "a manifestation of the system that allows for hyperfixation" who silences distractions "with my arms" and and, if necessary, with a "special gun" designed to fit his finger "in under the trigger guard" — 00:48:42, 00:49:24
- Hears Donny's plan at the next table and goes to intercept the gang in the alley: "I'd like to try to intercept them, not follow, but anticipate where they're going to go" — 00:57:02
- Eliminates Donny with a speech about snakes: "that job is to eliminate distraction, and you seem like distractions." — 00:58:55
- Tells the DA "He's gone and I enjoyed it." — 01:04:40
- Feels a feeling he does not know after seeing the file on a child: "he's not having that sensation right now" — 01:09:14
- Is warmly received by the children at Madam Loathing's and says "It's nice to be nice sometimes." — 01:35:22
- Spotted entering Sugah's again after a Snoop roll of 4 — 01:43:49, 01:44:16
MEN E2: The Scattered Mind
- Tries to take Conrad, is blocked by Hunch, then explains: "Sir, I'm trying to help things here. You do not know what's going on. I need to protect this child." — 00:08:24
- Reveals his contract on Conrad from DA Bition: "he gave me a contract. <…> Just something I do, I eliminate distraction for this mind." — 00:29:30
- Admits "it's not just that I was told to kill a child, which I have never been told to do before." — 00:30:38
- "I do not know what to do when I'm not being told what to do" — 00:31:18
- Tells the butterfly story and says Conrad "might be the butterfly" — 00:33:44
- Asks for a trophy to fool the DA and goes to Conrad's home — 00:44:59, 00:51:54
- Studies the ice skates and says quietly "Ichabod." — 01:24:19
- Disables a goon by talking: "Did you know that more than half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet?" — 01:58:00
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Offers to distract Bition himself: "I can distract that guy without Conrad's help." — 00:15:08
- Says the DA is where he is going: "I'm going to go tell Mr. Bition that I killed that kid. That's what I was hired to do." — 00:15:42
- Tells everyone a urethra fact: "Did you know..." / "...that the urethra contains taste receptors?" — 00:16:33, 00:16:38
- Takes up Brennan's offer to speed-read the book (Savvy 5): "I got it." — 00:17:57
- Asks if the men chose the psychometer: "Or were they the ones that chose to use the psychometer?" — 00:31:32; "I know these men. They will do anything for their power." — 00:31:37
- Gives Conrad the eagle speech: "Let go of those eagle talons." — 00:41:54
- Climbs City Hall by the back stairs because people get "freaked out" — 01:42:26
- Tells Bition "Anyway, I killed the kid." and hands over the skates — 01:44:03, 01:44:31
- Rolls Slick 6 against DC 4, then Sharp 12 to calm the room with breathing — 01:45:09, 01:48:04
- Faces the mystery figure's key, which "comes streaking for your throat" — 01:51:16
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
- Faces the white key: "Honestly, I think we are all on the same side!" — 00:43:44
- Explains himself to the figure: "I'm not here to make decisions for this mind. I'm here to do as I'm told." — 00:45:27
- Draws his gun while saying "I want to do my job. Just tell me what to do." — 00:46:03
- Flees: "The Fix jumps out of the window." — 00:49:05
- Lands injured (a bad leg fracture) — 00:52:02
- Goes to Las Vagus Casino; tells a vagus-nerve fact: "Did you know... that people can have constipation so bad that it will back up and impact their vagus nerve?" — 00:54:04
- Menacing 5, Sharp 17 — 00:55:01, 00:57:19
- Reunites with Hunch and Dan: "I can't believe I found you guys. I got some stories to tell. Fuck, we're in trouble." — 01:15:12
- Tells of the DA: "I think it's taken control of the district attorney" — 01:25:01
- "We shouldn't trust anybody, we should move fast, and we should not think too much 'cause that doesn't seem to be helping." — 01:24:46
- Swaps facts with Pasha ("bones are actually living") and gets her number — 01:55:32, 01:55:58, 01:59:46
- Recognises the boy in Pasha's photograph and runs: "There are some salamanders that feed their babies their own skin. I gotta go!" — 02:03:52
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
- Admits: "I left the fucking ice skates in the DA's office." — 00:11:52
- Calms Hunch's frenzy over the shop's odds and ends (Hank: "Hyperfixation goes over to him"): "Now son, we've got to take it down a notch." — 00:19:58, 00:20:00
- Asks Thalamus: "What do you know about Ronnie Reptile?" — 00:26:30
- Corrects Thalamus's tense about Norrell: "Is. You don't know he's dead." — 00:29:11
- Squeezes Frank with a hum trick and Sharp 15: "Where. Are. The. Key. Holes." — 00:43:24, 00:43:38, 00:43:51
- Worries a man with a key "can put in any keyhole in this body" and that Norrell shot out that hole "having saved all of our lives" — 00:46:05
- Sends Frank off to Motor City — 00:51:13
- At the Home: "I don't really know who I work for anymore, so I'm just sort of working for myself." — 01:32:59
- Asks for Bastion Bass to play music (low frequencies "can be relaxing") and for Ronnie Reptile — 01:32:59, 01:33:39
- Tells Ronnie of the reptile third eye ("It's like a third eye!") — 01:42:21, 01:42:35
- Struggles with Dark Justin ("You're- you're not you. He's not him.") — 01:49:47
- Jumps out of the window after Madam Loathing: "I gotta get that bitch." — 01:57:09, 01:57:15
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Deaf to the plans, looking for copper (Snoop 12, exploded twice, 13): pulls the pipe from the wall — 00:18:00, 00:18:12, 00:18:19
- Crushes the alarm box (Sharp 13): "That's better." — 00:26:35, 00:26:41
- To Dan about the plan: "Why don't we give you a gun, and you can go walk out there and shoot them. And if you die, it's just you." — 00:37:32
- Duels Loathing with the pipe (opposed roll, his stat not named: 3 plus 2 against her Sturdy d12 roll of 8) — 00:53:48, 00:54:01
- Dodges the key attack: Sturdy 12 against 8, "Do what you were meant to do, Fix, serve!" — 01:02:55, 01:03:04
- Hits Loathing (Snap Decision, 4), takes the white key, considers putting it in the switchboard and decides: "Hm, that's not my job." and swallows it — 01:05:12, 01:06:31, 01:06:34
- Tells the Don about the little sea creatures that make lights; rolls 1 plus 2 and punches him out — 01:26:07, 01:27:25, 01:27:54
- On the mic: "Ignore him. Get the number and get to the newspaper." — 01:37:12
- Epilogue (Hank): takes Pasha to Madam Loathing's; reunites her with Ichabod; proposes by accident ("Oh, yeah, that was what that was."); swallows the compass — 01:48:28, 01:50:22, 01:52:50