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[[File:The_Eel.jpg|thumb|The Eel, freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant.]]'''The Eel''' is an art critic and alleged [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillain]] .
[[File:The_Eel.jpg|thumb|The Eel, freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant.]]
[[File:No prison can hold me, not even the Nacreum - the Eel.jpg|thumb|"No prison can hold me, not even the Nacreum!" —'''[[The Eel]]'''.]]
'''The Eel''' is an art critic and alleged [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillain]].


The Eel is famous for repeatedly escaping from prison. He insists that he is a law-abiding citizen who is being framed by enemies.
He has been accused of several [[math crimes]], including temporal denumeration and shape theft. Although arrested and imprisoned on several occasions, he managed to escape each time;  even the famed [[Nacreum]] could not hold him.


He is a master of disguise, and an expert knife-thrower.
The Eel insists that he is a law-abiding citizen who is being framed by [[Baron Zersetzung]].


[[Baron Zersetzung]] is his nemesis.
He is known to be a master of disguise, and an expert knife-thrower.
 
The appearance of The Eel is based on [[Matt Farthing (nonfiction)]].  Farthing has also helped shape The Eel's character, says author [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveler The Eel stops aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] from destroying the [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|United States Navy submarine USS ''Triton'']].
File:The_Eel_v_Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1904: Illustration of [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter]] awarded Pulitzer Award for Best Investigative Reporting.
File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' is "a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," says The Eel.
File:The Safe-Cracker.jpg|link=The Safe-Cracker|''The Safe-Cracker'' wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."
File:The Eel Time-Surfing.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing|Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel escapes from [[The Nacreum]] using a [[The Eel Time-Surfing|surfboard powered by the gnomon algorithm]].
File:The Eel Time-Surfing 2.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing 2|Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel escapes from [[The Nacreum]] using a [[The Eel Time-Surfing 2|surfboard powered by the gnomon algorithm]].
File:The Eel Discovers Time Travel.jpg|link=The Eel Discovers Time Travel|''The Eel Discovers Time Travel'' wins Pulitzer Prize.
File:The Eel Discovers Time Travel.jpg|link=The Eel Discovers Time Travel|''The Eel Discovers Time Travel'' wins Pulitzer Prize.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|Alleged criminal mastermind [[Baron Zersetzung]] vows to "hunt down, apprehend, and see judgement brought upon The Eel."
File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|[[Gambling Den Fight|Baron Zersetzung and The Eel fight in a gambling den]].
File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|[[Gambling Den Fight|Baron Zersetzung and The Eel fight in a gambling den]].
File:The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling.jpg|link=The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|The Eel and Radium Jane [[The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|engage in epic arm-wrestling match]] to determine outcome of wager.
File:The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling.jpg|link=The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|The Eel and Radium Jane [[The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|engage in epic arm-wrestling match]] to determine outcome of wager.
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File:Eel hates statue.jpg|link=The Eel Hates Peter Aal|''[[The Eel Hates Peter Aal]]'' depicts art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel with well-known statue ''[[Bernd Maro (nonfiction)|Peter Aal]]''.
File:Eel hates statue.jpg|link=The Eel Hates Peter Aal|''[[The Eel Hates Peter Aal]]'' depicts art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel with well-known statue ''[[Bernd Maro (nonfiction)|Peter Aal]]''.
File:The Eel receives news from informants.jpg|link=The Eel's henchmen|The Eel receives [[The Eel's henchmen|news from informants]].
File:The Eel receives news from informants.jpg|link=The Eel's henchmen|The Eel receives [[The Eel's henchmen|news from informants]].
File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|The Eel said to be jealous of [[Gnotilus]]: "All those tentacles!"
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|Alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] deploys several hundred terabytes of [[Clandestiphrine]] in an effort to stop The Eel from [[The Eel Discovers Time Travel|discovering time travel]].
File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|[[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] takes dim view of The Eel's activities.
File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|[[The Unruly Submarine]] said to be The Eel's favorite book.
File:Medusa at Didyma.jpg|The Eel has a crush on [[:File:Medusa_at_Didyma.jpg|Medusa]], fellow [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|supervillains]] scandalized.
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* [[Baron Zersetzung]]
* [[Baron Zersetzung]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Nacreum]]
* [[Nacreum]]
* ''[[Nathan Rosen and The Eel Discuss a Molecule Where None of the Electrons Have a Definite Quantum Number, But the Pair of Electrons has a Pure State]]''
* ''[[Nathan Rosen and The Eel Discuss a Molecule Where None of the Electrons Have a Definite Quantum Number, But the Pair of Electrons has a Pure State]]''
* [[Serpin]] - [[supervillain]] who is alleged to have formed several [[crime teams]] with The Eel.
* ''[[The Eel Hates Peter Aal]]''
* ''[[The Eel Hates Peter Aal]]''
* [[The Unruly Submarine]]
* [[The Unruly Submarine]]
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Eel (nonfiction)]] - An eel is any fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (/æŋˌɡwɪlᵻˈfɔːrmiːz/), which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and about 800 species.
* [[Eel (nonfiction)]] - An eel is any fish belonging to the order ''Anguilliformes''
* [[Matt Farthing (nonfiction)]]
* [[The Eel (nonfiction)]] - other characters named The Eel.
* [[The Eel (nonfiction)]] - other characters named The Eel.
* [[Hellebore (nonfiction)]]
* [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)]]
* [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)]]



Latest revision as of 06:26, 25 September 2023

The Eel, freshly incarcerated in the Nacreum, remains defiant.
"No prison can hold me, not even the Nacreum!" —The Eel.

The Eel is an art critic and alleged supervillain.

He has been accused of several math crimes, including temporal denumeration and shape theft. Although arrested and imprisoned on several occasions, he managed to escape each time; even the famed Nacreum could not hold him.

The Eel insists that he is a law-abiding citizen who is being framed by Baron Zersetzung.

He is known to be a master of disguise, and an expert knife-thrower.

The appearance of The Eel is based on Matt Farthing (nonfiction). Farthing has also helped shape The Eel's character, says author Karl Jones.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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