He is charismatic and resourceful, but also a coward and (ironically) a hypochondriac. Although he maintains a private contempt for all his customers, he still dreams of becoming a purveyor of real miracle-cures, and will seize on any opportunity to do so. Terminus is affable in public and perfectly capable of persuading people to buy his (often useless) concoctions, or co-operate with his evil plans. Terminus and Hoagy after this, though it is likely he and Hoagy were arrested for past crimes.īy trade and inclination a showman and patent-medicine seller, 'Doc' Terminus (as he is usually called), until the events of the film, lived a wandering life of routine stops in villages along the New England coast, where he gave elaborate, stereotyped speeches to boast of his skill.ĭespite his wicked and cruel nature, Dr. Elliot then destroys Terminus' wagon, and the supply of quack medicines with it. Terminus attempts to fire his harpoon at the dragon, but gets caught in the harpoon's attached rope, misses Elliott entirely, and is left dangling upside down from a nearby pole. Hoagy, under pressure by his master, lures Elliott into the trap, while the Gogans capture Pete.Īfter Elliot frees himself and scares away the Gogans, Dr. Terminus plans on capturing the dragon so as to dismember him and use his body parts to create new "miracle cures" to make himself rich, and allies with the Gogans, who wish to get rid of Elliott so they can force Pete, Elliott's human ward, into a miserable life of child-labor and recruits several local fishermen, who (wrongly) blame Elliott for spoiling their catch. Terminus eventually wins their confidence back by testing new potions on Hoagy (disguised as a deaf woman, and later as a crippled man).
Upon their arrival (thrown out of the wagon by accident after Hoagy drops the anchor on a loose staircase), the townspeople of Passamaquoddy try to drive them out of town, complaining about his phony tonic that gave them terrible effects on his last visit.
Terminus and his assistant Hoagy first appear driving his wind-powered wagon to Passamaquoddy, escaping some pursuit unknown.
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