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Fleshlumpeater: You... You is not giant, you is like human bean!
BFG: Human *being* ...yes, I rather be like one of them than like you!
Fleshlumpeater: Yeah?! Then I kill you!
~ The Fleshlumpeater to the BFG.

The Fleshlumpeater is the main antagonist of Cosgrove Hall's 1989 film The BFG (1989 film). Based upon the character from the original Roald Dahl novel, he is the largest and the leader of the man eating giant race. He is portrayed as The BFG and Sophie's arch-nemesis.

He was voiced by the late Don Henderson, who also portrayed the Bloodbottler in the same film. Henderson also played Cassio Tagge in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and the Rogue Simulant in Red Dwarf.

Appearance[]

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Full appearance, seen from behind.

The Fleshlumpeater is the largest member of the giants, towering over his brethren despite walking with a slouch. He is also the most sinister looking of the group. Pot-bellied, the Fleshlumpeater walks upon short stunted legs, has a long neck and massively long arms. His thick eyebrows merge with his hair, which tapers down to his shoulders. Two red lines (possibly tatoos) run vertically down each cheek.

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Close-up on his talon-like fingernails, red markings and distinct eyes.

He has at least sixteen teeth, eight in each jaw, which are all canine like, yellowed and broken. The bottom two teeth usually jutted out of his mouth. The Fleshlumpeater's fingernails and toe-nails are short and broken, except for the ones on his index fingers, which are long and talon-like. The Fleshlumpeaters left eye is red, whilst his right is milky grey suggesting he is blind in it.

Like the rest of the giants, besides the BFG, the Fleshlumpeater wears a minimal amount of clothing. His attire is limited to a short loin cloth and a sash that runs from his right shoulder to opposite hip. He also wears two gold bangles, one on his right wrist, the other on his left upper arm. A golden earring hangs from each ear.

Personality[]

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The Fleshlumpeater, moments before taking a boy from his home through the window and eating him.

Like the rest of his kind, the Fleshlumpeater looked down upon the BFG for his refusal to eat humans and openly bullied him. However, unlike the rest of his gang he could show restraint, as was demonstrated when he let the BFG go without incident, albeit after dropping him. Despite this, the Fleshlumpeater is generally depicted as being everything that the BFG is not. He is a violent, openly cruel brute, who is gluttonous and taking pride in what he does.

Along with the rest of his kin, the Fleshlumpeater was careful to avoid attracting human attention. He only went hunting at night so as not to draw unnecessary attention. When the BFG led humans into Giant Country, the Fleshlumpeater was furious, not so much because of the betrayal itself (though he was confused by BFG would do so). His true anger came from the fact that BFG was no longer afraid of him and was openly defying him. This prompted the Fleshlumpeater to quickly throw away the one rule all Giants must follow, not to kill another giant. The BFG himself noted that despite the army capturing his brothers, the Fleshlumpeater had no intention of stopping his evil ways and likely would have caused even more damage to the human world.

History[]

In the early stages of the film, the BFG did his best to avoid drawing unnecessary attention from the Fleshlumpeater. Although he did not invade the BFG's home like the other Giants, his smaller kinsman clearly feared him the most. This was shown when the BFG went to collect some dreams from Dream Country. As they headed for the portal, the BFG found the rest of the giants lying in his path. With no other choice, he tried to sneak past them, but was quickly spotted by the Fleshlumpeater, who was picking his teeth with a toothpick.

Throwing aside his implement, the Fleshlumpeater marched over and seized his quivering counterpart around the middle with one hand. Lifting him up effortlessly, he demanded to know what the BFG was doing, as it was not nighttime yet. Whilst the other giants laughed mockingly at the BFG's suffering, the smaller giant himself said that he was just walking. Although he did not appear to buy this lie, the Fleshlumpeater decided that the BFG was doing no harm and so, having made his point, decided "I'll let you go... this time."

Despite the aforementioned incident, the Fleshlumpeater did nothing to stop the other giants, specifically the Bloodbottler, from harassing the BFG further as he ran away (namely by throwing a boulder after him). As they continued on their way, the BFG, who had clearly been on the receiving end of such incidents in the past told Sophie not to worry. He assured her that whilst mean, the Fleshlumpeater and his brothers never actually killed other members of their own kind.

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The Fleshlumpeater enters the human world.

The Fleshlumpeater returned in the middle of the film, unintentionally entering the same village that the BFG and Sophie were distributing dreams in. Despite the latter's pleas, the pair watched on helplessly as the Fleshlumpeater feasted upon one of the residents of the town. Sophie's screams drew the attention of the Fleshlumpeater, forcing the BFG to run away in order to save their lives. For this, Sophie (in an act she would later regret) branded the BFG a coward. The BFG himself acknowledged this but stated flatly that he stood no chance of standing up to the Fleshlumpeater, pointing out that if he did "He (the Fleshlumpeater) would just punch me down and kick me."

However, with a bit of help and encouragement from Sophie, the BFG soon found a way to turn the tables on his cruel brethren. Formulating a plan, the pair met with the Queen of England who, after talking to the Head of the Army and Royal Air Force (RAF), devised a way to end the threat of the man-eating giants once and for all. The BFG led a small group of helicopters to Giant Country, to where the other giants were sleeping. There, despite a few setbacks and injuries, the soldiers successfully managed to secure and tie up, most of the giants.

As group leader informed his superiors about their victory however, he noted that there were only eight giants present. The leader of the RAF quickly dismissed this as an error on the BFG's part, but a roar of anger quickly proved him wrong. Wheeling about, the soldiers discovered that one giant had indeed gone unaccounted for. Having been away for an unknown reason, the Fleshlumper had arrived to find the rest of his kin restrained and humans present in his territory. Outraged, he advanced towards the group.

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The Fleshlumpeater crushes the Seargant's jeep.

The Sergeant bravely tried to restrain him, but the grappling hook did not so much as scratch the Fleshlumpeater, let alone slow him down. Crushing an army jeep underfoot and terrifying the entire task force, the Fleshlumpeater stood menacingly over the cowering commander.

Although he could have easily dispatched the entire task force and rescued his brethren, the Fleshlumpeater choose to ignore both the humans and the rest of the Giants. Quickly recognizing who was responsible for all of this, he angrily roared "B.F. G!" before storming off to find the traitor. Hearing him coming, the BFG placed Sophie on the ground and ordered her to hide. With no reinforcements coming, the BFG (though terrified) turned to face the wrath of his larger counterpart.

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The BFG confronts the Fleshlumpeater.

The Fleshlumpeater arrived moments later, confronting the BFG outside his cave. When the BFG admits that he did indeed show the humans how to get into Giant Country, the Fleshlumpeater demanded to know why the smaller giant would betray his fellow giants. Though clearly terrified, the BFG denounced the Fleshlumpeater and his followers as evil for doing what they did to innocent humans. This declaration angers the Fleshlumpeater (although it is also possible that he was more enraged about the BFG finally standing up to him). As such, he accuses the smaller giant of not being one of them and more like a "human bean". The BFG retaliates by saying that if given the choice then yes, he would rather be more like a human than a monster like Fleshlumpeater and his ilk.

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The Fleshlumpeater about to kill the BFG by crushing him with a boulder.

Furious, the larger giant once again seized his smaller kin with one hand, this time in a choke hold. The Fleshlumpeater declares that if that is the case, he shall now kill the BFG. Throwing his opponent roughly to the ground, the Fleshlumpeater picked up a boulder and raised it overhead intending to crush the BFG beneath it. Before he could however, an angry voice called out to him, ordered him to leave the BFG alone. Distracted, the Fleshlumpeater dropped the boulder and turned to find Sophie standing in the entrance to the BFG's cave. Turning his back on the smaller giant, the Fleshlumpeater decides to chase after her instead. His reasons for doing so are not clear, but it is possible that he recognized her closeness to the BFG.

Whatever the case, he foolishly leaves the still living BFG behind, regarding him as too weak to be a threat and chases Sophie into the cave. Seizing the opportunity Sophie has given him, the BFG, despite being winded and injured, starts to climb up the mountain that makes up his home. Although he cannot defeat the Fleshlumpeater physically, the smallest member of the giant race has already figured out another way to deal with his adversary.

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The Fleshlumpeater chases after Sophie.

As his opponent scales the mountain, the Fleshlumpeater pursues Sophie into the BFG's domain. Whilst he cannot climb all the way in like his kin, he is still able to fit his upper body and arms through the doorway. Despite Sophie's best efforts to hide, the Fleshlumpeater almost manages to catch her, smashing several of the BFGs possessions in the process. When Sophie manages to take refuge inside the BFGs hollowed out table, alongside a small rat she befriended, her, the Fleshlumpeater uses his immense strength to trigger a series of small cave ins forcing the duo out of the table, where they land right in front of him. Face to face with the Fleshlumpeater, Sophie tries to escape but the Fleshlumpeater traps her between his palms (like a human would a bug) and prepares to devour her.

A split second before he can, the Fleshlumpeater realizes that he is not alone. Looking up he says the BFG standing before him, with his blowpipe at the ready. It is here that the BFG reveals his trump card. Whilst the Fleshlumpeater was distracted, the smaller giant managed to successfully climb the wall, making it safely to his dream vault, specifically the safe where he stored his evil trogglehumpers. Driven by his desire to save Sophie, the BFG blows now unleashes one of his magical-nightmare straight into the Fleshlumpeater's face.

Since the trogglehumper is a magical entity, the Fleshlumpeater is unable to stop it and with that, he finally meets his match. The nightmare immediately causes the Fleshlumpeater to start screaming and hallucinating, as he is confronted by an image of his worst nightmare: Jack the Giant Killer. Terrified, the Fleshlumpeater retreats, reduced to a sniveling, squealing wreck pleading for the imaginary Jack to leave him alone. Making it to the caves entrance, the terror of what he is seeing causes the Fleshlumpeater to pass out.

Thanks to the BFG and his unlikely ally, the Fleshlumpeater is finally detained. He and his evil brothers are then brought back to the human world, where they are dumped into a specially dug underground pit. which is too steep and deep for them to climb out. With no chance of escape, the group are destined to be fed nothing but disgusting "snozzcumbers" for the rest of their days, putting an end to their child-eating spree for good.

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