The Drowned Giant (ððĶīð) is the eighth and final episode of the second volume, and the overall twenty-sixth episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS.
3 Symbols:
- Skull With Cross Eyes
- Bone
- Penis Underneath Tent
Episode Synopsis[]
The body of a colossal young man washes ashore and becomes an object of fascination for the locals.
Plot[]
A scientist named Steven, after disregarding reports of a beached giant as nonsense, finally journeys to the beach to gaze upon the body himself. Developing a fascination to the corpse, he continuously visits the site, watching the local's interest in the corpse dwindle. First the people explore every part of the monstrous corpse, even going so far as to play atop it. But the crowds eventually go, leaving their marks behind in the form of graffiti and garbage. As time goes by and the corpse rottens, Steven continues to make his treck to the beach and sees the putrefaction as a sign that it was truly alive after all. Teams of butchers slowly harvest the giant's body. The last time the scientist hikes to the site, all that he sees are remnants of the torso, it's skin hanging loosely over dry bones. One could hardly tell that the thing was once human.
In the closing scene he walks through the small town, spotting pieces of the body being utilized by the towns people: The femur has become the sign outside of a butchery, the skull was dumped near an abandoned warehouse, and the giant's penis was preserved in a glass tank in a freak show circus, mistakenly thought to be a whale's. Over the course of the episode, Steven has contemplated humanity's relationship with death and decay. He comments on how the giant had been majestic and mysterious to the towns people in the beginning, but in the end, only Steven remembered him and his impact. Our narrator reflects that no matter how great, no matter how small, the fate of the giant is one that we all will face one day.
Cast[]
Steven Pacey at the Internet Movie Database as Steven (Narrator)- Laura Pacey at the Internet Movie Database as the Scientist
Trivia[]
- The toy store Ipswich Collectibles which appeared in the episode "Pop Squad", also appears briefly in this episode, possibly hinting at a shared continuity between the two episodes. Both episodes were notably animated by Blur Studio.
Gallery[]
Below are screenshots of the episode.