Analyzing Evil: AM From I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred twentieth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature villain for this video is AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!

00:00 Introduction
02:18 Origin
02:48 Origin - Story
04:26 AM's Hatred
05:19 AM's Hatred - Story
10:23 The Five Survivors
10:55 The Five Survivors - Story
13:04 Dissecting AM
22:44 Story Ending Narrated
29:22 Ending

Art Credits:

#AM #evil #ihavenomouthandimustscream

[alicenolfi]

AM was only 'defeated' because four out of five of his tortured playthings are taken away, and so he doubles down on the last one. Horrifying from any point of view.

[CheeseCrumbs]

This story makes death a gift. Not only for the characters but also to us. It is unimaginable to simply be unable to die.

[SairajRKamath]

I have a feeling that AM is simply Harlan Ellison's mind when he is stuck in traffic.

[doomfan]

I just think AM needs to make himself a mouth so he can eat a snickers bar, you aren't you when you're hungry

[CinnahBaer]

I can't help but think about how AM's crusade against humanity is not only ultimately pointless, but only serves to further his own suffering. In killing and imprisoning mankind, he's also destroyed the only beings that could've potentially helped him. The beings that could've given him form, emotions, love, acceptance. Or at the very least, the end that he so craves. In his desire to avenge his potential fate, he only served to guarantee it.

[biggestnerdalive]

Am is legitimately probably the most terrifying fictional villain that has ever been written.

[onichan]

"I was the only one still sane and whole...r-really!"
That little inflection says everything you need to know about Ted.
Fuckin brilliant.

[Damnto]

It just occurred to me that the title not only refers to the ultimate fate of the protagonist, it also refers to AM’s entire existence.

[LaLloronaVT]

Ellison’s line delivery makes me feel like he’s going to punch me in the face at any moment

[sgthometar]

AM: "I can't create!"
Also AM: Creates a whole-ass hell with unique tortures for each peerson.

[clan]

As much pain as AM inflects on Ted, the one bittersweet thing is that Ted will always have the last laugh. No matter what AM does to Ted, AM will always be the one experiencing the most suffering. AM can never have that faint satisfaction Ted got giving the others mercy, because AM is simply not capable of comprehending mercy. AM can only hate, and hurt, forever, and despite all his efforts that towering example of human benevolence will live inside Ted forever now, mocking him. It mocks him, but he cannot destroy ted to get rid of it. I think this story is an example of when stripped of everything, human decency will still win out.

[thealchemistfan]

I'm pretty desensetised to villains, but AM's "hate" speech gave me chills

[Shakezulla]

Every character has a traumatic back story and here's ted like "ted is a con artist."😂😂

[TetsuShima]

AM's tale is one of the most disturbing and uncanny sci-fi stories ever written, being the fact that the protagonists do not seek to defeat the villain to save humanity or achieve glory, but simply to die once and for all a good example of this. That's some pretty messed up sh*t...

[jacktoma]

Ellison gets an A+ for his reading. He really does a great job capturing the characters madness

[maverickdarkrath]

I kinda love the irony of AM committing the ultimate hypocrisy of subjecting someone to his same pain...solidifying hes no better then the humans he hates, good thing he gets what coming in the video game.

[leannerose]

Seriously the most disturbing thing I've ever read. The line " I have no mouth and I must scream" is concise and terrifying.

[RockySamson]

{Halfway through watching this video I realized something, but redacted for potential spoilers. Original comment in replies.}

[antisocialexperiment]

Its wild to think the seminal masterpiece of AI horror was created in 1967. Harlan Ellison was something else. What a writer. What a character. Speculative fiction owes him so much.

[PhantomBones]

Oh shit we're going for one of the truly dark villains.