Elijah Price

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Allies

Mrs. Price
David Dunn (formerly;archenemy)
The Horde & The Beast(formerly)
Casey Cooke
Joseph Dunn

### Powers/Skills

High intelligence
Charisma
Manipulation
Explosive expertise
Encyclopdic knowledge of comic books

### Goals

Locate, identify and train superhumans, thereby justifying his own existence.
Expose the existence of superheroes and supervillains to the public (all succeeded).

### Crimes

Mass murder
Stalking
Destruction
Terrorism
Sabotage
Conspiracy

### Type of MB

Obsessed Mastermind

**Elijah Price**, also known as **Mr. Glass**, is the main antagonist of the *Eastrail 177* film trilogy, serving as the main antagonist of *Unbreakable*, a mentioned character in *Split* and the titular main protagonist of *Glass*. He is David Dunn's archenemy and former mentor, as well as the owner of the "Limited Edition" shop/art gallery and a supervillain.

He was portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, who also voiced Jules Winnfield from *Pulp Fiction*.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He is a very intelligent and strategic villain. Managing to successfully carry out multiple terrorist acts while never getting caught until exposing himself to David Dunn. He also plays everyone around him for fools in *Glass* by covering up his true plan of exposing superheroes to the world by having David and The Beast fight in the hospital car park around several cameras which he had hacked, under the guise of supposedly planning to send them to fight on top of a newly unveiled skyscraper.
* He is incredibly charming and genuinely affable in spite of his vile acts, easily charming Audrey Dunn and many of Kevin Wendell Crumb's alters with just his words. He also views David as a legitimate friend and genuinely wants him to be the best hero he can possibly be.
* He is highly manipulative particularly in *Glass* where he manages to fool his mother, Staple, David and the hospital staff into thinking he's genuinely sedated while in fact he's as lucid as he's always been.
* He doesn't quit his plans when they go wrong, for example even after being knocked back several times by David and Audrey he is relentlessly determined and obsessed to prove his theory to the man and eventually succeeds becoming something of a mentor to him in the process.
* While he was responsible for a large number of deaths, Elijah genuinely feels bad about it, regrettably telling David of all the "sacrifices" it took to find him.
* He manages to succeed in his plan of proving his theory right and exposing superhumans to the world, defying Staple's secret society, although does die himself in the process albeit under terms closer to his own rather than anything to do with Staple's organization.
* Elijah's experience with his disability and the amount of pain he gets put through in both of his appearances as well as the sad flashbacks to his childhood make him an easy character to feel sorry for and a genuinely tragic villain.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* Elijah was responsible for a huge number of deaths in all of the disasters he caused, with the Eastrail 177 incident alone having over 100 casualties.
	+ Elijah's actions also have a ripple effect throughout the series as he only caused David Dunn to fall deeper into depression thanks to Survivor's Guilt but also nearly broke up his entire family through all of the stress his theory began causing them when Joesph also became convinced that David was a superhero. The other significant effect his crimes had was the creation of The Horde; thanks to Clarence Crumb dying on the train Kevin Wendell Crumb was stuck living with his abusive mother alone and developed DID with some of his alters (Dennis, Patricia, Hedwig and obviously The Beast) being genuinely malevolent and evil creatures who are responsible for several of their own crimes. The Beast himself is even horrified to learn of Elijah's actions, pointing out that while he is grateful that Elijah created him his existence is to protect Kevin and that Elijah broke his trust with The Horde for his deception and past actions.
* He kills one of his nurses with a sharp piece of glass to the throat. He also appears happy at the sight of The Beast killing another one of his nurses (although in fairness this particular nurse was presented as an unlikeable character who almost dropped a torch on Elijah's legs in an attempt to prove he was faking sedation earlier in the film).
* Elijah has some Card-Carrying Evil moments towards the end of Glass and does seem to take pride in what he's done at least in terms of David Dunn and The Beast although he does apparently regret all of the people that had to die for him to find David, his final line about "the enemy becoming the ally" also sounds somewhat mocking in tone.

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