The Invisilbe Man trivia: 84 facts about the fictional monster

Griffin, or the Invisible Man, is a fictional character and the protagonist of a 1987 science fiction novel. He became a part of pop culture through the film adaptations.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts abou the famous monster!

1. Griffin, also known as the Invisible Man, is a fictional character
2. He first appeared as the titular protagonist of H. G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction novel The Invisible Man
3. In the original work, Griffin is a scientist whose research in optics and experiments into changing the human body’s refractive index to that of air results in him becoming invisible
4. After becoming invisible, he wraps his head in bandages and dons a pair of goggles or glasses in order to enable others to see him
5. Unable to reverse the invisibility process, he descends into insanity and becomes a criminal
6. The character and variations thereof has been featured in various media, including films, television series and merchandise
7. The most famous non-literary incarnation of Griffin is portrayed by Claude Rains in the 1933 film The Invisible Man, distributed by Universal Pictures
8. The film spawned a number of sequels that feature different invisible characters
9. Griffin and the 1933 film have become iconic in popular culture
10. Particularly in regards to horror fiction
11. An adaptation of the original novella and remake of the original film, again titled The Invisible Man, was released on February 28, 2020
12. In the 1933 film The Invisible Man, Griffin’s first name is Jack
13. The novel never reveals his first name
14. He was played by Claude Rains
15. Jack Griffin works for Dr. Cranley, assisting him in food preservation experiments alongside his friend Dr. Arthur Kemp
16. Johnny Depp was to portray the Invisible Man as part of Universal’s Dark Universe
17. A shared cinematic universe based on the classic Universal Monsters
18. But it is yet uncertain if the character will be Dr. Griffin or a very different character
19. On November 8, 2017, producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan moved on to other projects, leaving the future of the Dark Universe in doubt
20. In January 2019, Universal announced that the plan moving forward was to focus on filmmaker-driven films
21. And less of an interconnection in the Dark Universe
22. The Invisible Man re-entered development, written and directed by Leigh Whannell and produced by Jason Blum
23. Johnny Depp still had option to still in the lead role
24. Though all parties ultimately passed
25. Elisabeth Moss will co-star as Cecilia Kass, while Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Michael Dorman were respectively cast as Adrian and Tom Griffin
26. The Invisible Man was released on February 28, 2020, receiving positive reviews
27. In Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s comic book series, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Hawley Griffin is depicted as a member of the Victorian-era team of agents for which the series is named
28. Griffin is given the first name “Hawley” in the title
29. It is a reference to Hawley Crippen
30. It is explained that the Invisible Man killed at the end of the book was actually a half-wit albino that Griffin made invisible as a guinea pig
31. Allowing him to escape to Rosa Coote’s boarding school
32. There he rapes at least three women while posing as the Holy Spirit until he is captured by the rest of the League
33. He is portrayed as a power-hungry psychopath and murderer, as in the novel
34. At one point killing a random policeman solely for his uniform and nearly abandoning the rest of the team on Professor Moriarty’s cavorite-powered airship
35. In the second volume, he assaults Mina Murray and betrays his teammates to the Martians
36. Stealing military plans for them so he could rule the Earth with them, and telling them to disable Nemo’s submarine by doing something to the water in the Thames, which is why the Red Weed is used
37. Moore commented that it seemed fitting for Griffin to join the Martians as both hailed from novels by H. G. Wells
38. He is eventually raped and killed by Mister Hyde, who was able to see him all along as his vision operates in the infrared spectrum, a fact that he had hidden from Griffin
39. In Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody, the Invisible Man is named John Griffen
40. The character goes through a similar episode as the Invisible Man’s “Griffin” does
41. Both men hide out in an inn in a small town, only to be driven out because of fear and curiosity
42. The Invisible Man appears in Mad Monster Party? voiced by Allen Swift, impersonating Sydney Greenstreet
43. This depiction of the Invisible Man is shown to wear a fez, dark glasses and a purple dressing gown
44. He is among the monsters invited by Baron Boris von Frankenstein to attend his meeting at his castle on the Isle of Evil in the Caribbean Sea
45. A pie thrown into his face reveals that he has an enormous nose and is extremely ugly
46. The Invisible Man appears in Mad Mad Mad Monsters
47. It is a “prequel of sorts” to Mad Monster Party?
48. He is voiced again by Allen Swift
49. He, his invisible wife Nagatha, and their invisible boy Ghoul and his invisible dog Goblin are invited by Baron Henry von Frankenstein to attend the wedding of Frankenstein’s Monster and the Monster’s Bride at the Transylvania-Astoria Hotel on the midnight of Friday the 13th
50. On The Invisible Man television series on Syfy, the character was thief/con man Darien Fawkes
51. He is played by Vincent Ventresca
52. He is scientist brother worked on the development of a gland that made the subject invisibility by secreting a chemical known as ‘quicksilver’ throughout the body, the quicksilver bending light to render the subject invisible
53. Darien’s nemesis was Arnaud DeFehrn, played by Joel Bissonnette, although he went by the Swiss-French name Arnaud De Thiel as a cover while working on the gland to sabotage it
54. DeFehrn’s actions giving the gland a ‘defect’ where a low level of quicksilver seeping into the subject’s brain will eventually drive the gland’s owner insane without regular access to a specific drug to counter these effects
55. DeFehrn developed his own version of the gland, but became permanently invisible when it was imperfectly implanted
56. In attempting to retrieve the gland, he later uses the pseudonym Hawley Griffin
57. This is a reference to the League of Extraordinary Gentleman and the original Invisible Man
58. Pretending to be a CIA agent from the South
59. The series concluded with DeFehrn’s gland removed and Darien cured of the risk of quicksilver madness
60. In the 2003 film adaptation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic book series, the Invisible Man who joins the League is not Griffin, but Rodney Skinner
61. He is played by Tony Curran
62. He is a cheerful thief who stole the invisibility formula from the original Invisible Man
63. The fact that his skin is invisible is also related to his name of “Skinner”
64. Skin samples of him are taken by Dorian Gray for Professor Moriarty, allowing him to duplicate the invisibility process
65. Contrary to the graphic novels, Skinner remains loyal to the League, infiltrating Moriarty’s base and working out how best to destroy it
66. During the raid on Moriarty’s lair, Moriarty’s own invisible man is shot by Allan Quatermain while threatening Tom Sawyer
67. At the film’s conclusion, the plans are lost through a hole in the ice when Moriarty is shot, and Skinner decides to remain with the League, now composed of Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Henry Jekyll, and Tom Sawyer
68. In Claudio Fäh’s 2006 Destination Films film Hollow Man 2, Michael Griffin
69. He is played by Christian Slater
70. He is a soldier upon whom the formula developed by Sebastian Caine five years earlier is applied by the Reisner Institute, as a part of a covertly Department of Defense-funded operation to create the perfect assassin for black ops missions, codenamed “Silent Knight”
71. The film is a stand-alone sequel to the 2000 Columbia Pictures sci-fi horror thriller film Hollow Man
72. It is directed by Paul Verhoeven
73. In Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2012 Sony Pictures Animation film Hotel Transylvania, Griffin the Invisible Man
74. He is voiced by David Spade
75. He is one of the supporting character monsters who checks into Hotel Transylvania
76. He is among Count Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) circle of friends
77. This version is completely invisible, and his glasses are the only thing that can be seen in the movie
78. Gags centering on him, rely on his invisibility
79. During a pool party scene, Wayne the werewolf (Steve Buscemi) pulls Griffin’s swim trunks down causing him embarrassment even though he is invisible
80. In another scene in the sauna when Dracula makes a disparaging remark about people with red curly hair, Griffin takes offense to this, saying that he has red curly hair
81. Other jokes include Wayne and Wanda’s werewolf pups attacking him whenever he holds bacon, and doing really badly at charades
82. David Spade reprised his role as Griffin, the Invisible Man, in the 2015 sequel Hotel Transylvania 2
83. He unsuccessfully tries to make his friends think he has an invisible girlfriend (and finds one in the end)
84. Spade reprised the role again in the 2018 film Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation