Game of Thrones: The Mountain - Gregor Clegane Character Study 

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I love that they bleep the swearing but show Oberyn's smashed head 😂

wow, first peeps to point out that oberyn wasn't being THAT arrogant but in truth, he was hysterical over the possibility of never being able to get the truth over his sister's murder

This video is longer than the character's screentime

People really gotta stop casually using the Crushing of Oberyn as b-roll in these videos. That's arguably one of the most genuinely traumatizing and horrific moments in the whole show.

The idea that the Mountain must be in "constant, howling pain" is accurate. At one point in the books, someone mentions that the Mountain suffers frequent migraines and drinks milk of the poppy like normal men drink ale.

The mountain has about two character attributes: 1. He is a paranoid, antisocial, psychotic lust-killer and basher of everything that moves, or which more or less recently used to move. 2. ... aaaaaand - he is big as a mountain. That's it, character study done.

Please do a character study of Sandor Clegane, one of the more complex characters of the series.

The books also state at some point, that he is in pain almost constantly. I assume similar to Andre the Giant, gigantism is extremely painful. That pain goes hand and hand with the alcoholism and rage.

R.I.P. Oberyn Martell. I'll never feel sorry for The Mountain. You hear me? Never! *weeps

Wooow, great study, there is so many symbolism in this show. I just realized that when the hound sees the profecy in the fire and is willingly looking at it and collaborating with the fire worshipers, is all a great allegory of facing his own fears in order to go forward

I can't help but cringe whenever The Mountain appears. His kills are just so brutal.

According to the books, part of the reason for his rage is that he's been afflicted with constant blinding headaches his entire life to the point that he drinks milk of the poppy (opium) like it's water on a daily basis just to be functional. That much endless pain would drive anyone mad.

I'd like to see Brienne and The Hound take The Mountain down. There's no way The Hound can beat an undead Mountain unless he uses fire. More than likely will sacrifice himself to fire in order to kill The Mountain.

Thank you for your thoughts on Cersei. In the her bookchapters she details how she and Jamie would trade places as children and when they grew older she never understood why suddenly he was allowed to do the "fun" stuff while she was constantly guarded and reglemented. Up to the point when she gets real political power I felt nothing but sympathy. however, once she has to opportunity to affect "real" change (e.g. getting Tommen to change inheritance laws so women actually can command property by default and not only when they are the last option, women carrying on family names, etc.), she doesn't go for it. In the books it is clear that she is only sad for her OWN disadvantages because of the partiarchy. She thinks little of other women as she is a true narcissist. That's when she lost me.

Cersei: no one walk away from me. Jamie: a man is no one.

Unless I’m mistaken, I think you guys missed that the mountain constantly has to drink milk of the poppy because he has terrible headaches all day long. Which might have something to do with his extreme violence and anger.

Next character study, maybe cover Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, and his character growth and development over the the course if the series so far. He's once of my favorite Game of Thrones characters.

i relate to the Hound because my brother is a psychopath who resorts to violence when his limited ability to speak fails him as it so often does. or, really, for no reason at all.

I was fukin shoutin at oberyn to finish the mountain and not celebrate too early. Dont underestimate... oh shiit!! My blood went cold at the point where blood was spewing out of he crushed head. I was SHOOK! Shit was so traumatizing that I had to go look up Pablo Pascal on google just to make sure he was alright.

He's addicted to Milk of the Poppy too where he's been self medicating for years..

Awesome video! I’m LOVING these GoT Character Takes. Keep up the amazing work.

In real life Knights were not concerned about honor, in fact more often than not they were more like Gregor than John Snow.

If there's one guy who I want to die most, its this guy.

He actually reminds me a bit of Joffrey. Neither was very smart, but they knew how to use cruelty in order to get what they wanted. Both also believed that they were untouchable, having never suffered consequences for the things they have done.

Oberyn v Mountain was my biggest jaw drop moment

I was so excited to see a video on Gendry yesterday and I'm happy to see a second one up so fast!

I believe that Sandor Clegane (the Hound) is the Valonqar from Cersei's Proffecy as he is the younger brother from Gregor Clegane (the Mountain). As implied with Tyrion's quote at 8'14" from this video, the Cleganes are responsible to execute the Lannisters orders.

"He's not a complicated guy" - lol I love that you all are doing character profiles on some of the supporting roles. Can't wait to see who you do next.

Now you should do a video about the Redemption of Sandor Clegane

I've heard talk from people knowledgeable in the lore that Gregor has been witnessed to suffer fits and seizures, it's been speculated that his violence is the result of undiagnosed and untreated psychosis or chronic pains. Maybe GRRM's own nod to the way primitive medical knowledge led to unnoticed or mishandled conditions.

I really hope the Hound lives up to his promise to kill him. While we’re on the subject of characters and in depth analysis any chance you can do one for Robb?

The Living Mountain was actually damned smart and clever, and was a talented cavalry commander and vanguard disciplinary. Calling him stupid when his career was wildly successful, repeatedly catching forces off guard and fighting his way out of ambushes, successfully preserving the manpower of his unit, avoiding and retreating from poor odds and engaging when in his favor, is a bit of a lie. His failure to hamper down on the Brotherhood is far from a mark against him, seeing as how modern forces aren't that much better.

This was good but you never brought up the migraines that are so painful for gregor that he just drinks milk of the poppy.

An incredibly lovable figure in GOT, almost impossible not to root for him every-time you see that armor walk onscreen.

How many times did they use that clip of the Mountain pushing that guys head into the wall?!?

"A redundant little tale of redundancy, you say?" is how you respond when someone says "a lovely little tale of brotherly love"

The Mountain is THE most overrated fighter in the show. Sure he's big strong, initimidating, and he's really good at killing innocent villagers and defenseless prisoners but whenever he has to fight someone with ACTUAL skill, he doesnt do so well.

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You missed the best clip of the mountain: before Tyrion's trial by combat, he tells Jamie the story of his cousin Orson Lannister. This was analogous to the Mountain. This is GoT telling us that the Mountain doesn't have anything behind the curtain. He's not in pain, he's a psychopath.

That Oberyn scene will always be so disturbing and heartbreaking to me.

The biggest psycho in GOT (in every meaning)

Was this a show only explanation? I would have thought Gregor's physical aliments of his gigantism and his need of the milk of the poppy for his massive head aches would have been interesting.

Conan Stevens was the meanest looking Mountain.

Good to mention would be that a squire admits to quyburn that the mountain is drinking milk of the poppy because of blinding headings and is pretty much immune for it. Means the only way he can escape pain is to spread it

Woah hey, that’s my ancient art at 1:51 ! Thanks so much for the credit, and a lovely video analysis to Ser Gregor! 💖

I will never feel pity for the mountain , he killed Pedro Pascal

I giggle every time Gregor just slams that guys head into the wall

And the fact book Zombie Clegane may or may not be missing a head.

Little-known fact: He first earned the nickname of “The Mountain” because of his love of alpine beauty.

I find it cool that his last moments when he sees his brother makes him remember who he is that’s why he kills Cersei’s guy and stays to fight his brother

This 17 minute video had more depth than EVERYTHING in season 8

So, which actor was best suited to the mountain character? The first one looked most mean and as if he was in constant pain. The third looked the largest and strongest. But I thought number two was most credible as the hound's brother. In my opinion, he had the face most similar to the hound.

Character study for "The Mountain that Rides": -Big as a mountain -Rides

Wow who knew you could break down a character who seems so simple, like The Mountain. Wonderful video!

Or The Mountain's rage could come from constipation. Perhaps some milk of the prune?

14:10 That's the first time I've heard "Clegane-Bowl" without air horns blasting in the background.

[STAND NAME]: Ser Robert Strong (evolved from a previous stand named The Mountain). {Stand User}: Cersei Lannister (transferred from Father, Tywin, when he was killed). Stand Stats: Destructive Power: A Range: C Potential: E Durability: B Ability: A Speed: D Stand Ability: "Does it matter?" - Ser Robert Strong is an incredibly violent stand with strength that can be considered limitless (Strong is his last name after all), Ser Robert Strong has an immense passion for violence, which is only amplified by emotions (the key ones being sadness and rage), the more depressed or angry the user the more violent, and thus more powerful, Ser Robert Strong becomes, and those killed by him also fuel him to become more powerful. Stand Characteristics: - No transfer of pain if stand or user is hurt. - Can become an independent stand if user dies. - An "Undead" stand, meaning death by normal physical means may not work.

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He pretty easy to explain... He's just a big boy

The Hound's revenge is the main reason I watched Game of thrones. What a disappointment how it played out.

There are so many brilliant lines from GOT that I either never heard clearly or forgot, that I'm reminded of through your videos. Thanks!

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The Mountain is a psychopath and it will be a good day when he destroyed; struck down and dismembered.

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Damn. Only you girls could provide nuance and analysis to the freaking Mountain. Well done!

That’s amazing. I never expected a character analysis of the mountain. Like, what can you get from grunts, groans and evil stares? Y’all are epic. 🙌🏼

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Thank you for these GOT character analyses! You always provide a deeper insight and show me some things that I missed or forgot. I liked how you some times include what happened in the books. This is a great build up and review before the final season. I Really liked the one on Gendry as well.

CLEGANEBOWL HYPE

The Hound vs The Mountain, the Dog fight or the Big Brothers fights.

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Plot Twist: Cleganebowl is confirmed for season 8

In the video essays that Lindsey Ellis made critizicing the horrible writing of the show on it's final season, she said something that I think is true: Cleganebowl is poetic justice for Gregor, but it does not work for Sandor. Not anymore. He is still "missing" in the books, yet when he comes back, because he will, it won't make sense that he will still pursue the revenge that has been eating him from the inside all those years. If he does come back, as he did in the show, it will come off as a pointless endeavor. And we know that George R.R. Martin is far more fond of storytelling and thematic narratives than those cynical Benioff and Weiss, so I believe in him, that he won't be doing Cleganebowl for fanservice like it did in the show, for he is indeed interested on telling the Hound's story.

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You guys omitted one detail about The Mountain, that he is said to suffer constant immeasurably painful headaches force which he is constantly taking milk of the poppy. It's possible that the violence is born from constant pain he himself is suffering.

Very thoughtful and meticulous character study. I love these videos.

He looked so badass in the Golden kingsguard armor I wish they brought it back

I'm sorry I have to stop watching whenever people start talking about Oberyn. I'm still grieving, damnit. It brings my whole mood down somehow lmao

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Wow, that was an amazing video! Great work!

to be fair most noble houses behave like thugs or the Mafia.

The Hound is much different than his brother and has been from the start. He was constantly trying to save Sansa and did save Sansa many times and even helped Arya even though the bitch left him for dead. Most of the anger came from the hound killing that boy in book 1 even though you know he was commanded to. Also, "there is no true knight". Best male fictional character ever.

Thanks for doing Game of Thrones videos. I love it.

Great video as always.

I generally like this video but I take issue with a few points. Cersei isn’t necessarily a victim of the world because she’s a woman. She’s simply the embodiment of a entitled rich kid who FEELS everything is unfair to her. I say this because the story goes in hard about how she feels mistreated for being a born a girl vs Jamie born male; however the story subverts this a little by detailing how hard and unstoppable Jamie’s drive was in becoming a knight (he would train for hours everyday since he was a child) and no one was going to stop him being who he was. This is mirrored in Arya and Brienne. Cersei on the other hand demands accolades and honors being handed to her...she’s never actually worked for anything. And on the love of cruelty comparisons made I feel this grossly oversimplifies Tywin. Tywin doesn’t enjoy hurting people, he’s simply pragmatic about the end goals. At one point in the story he mentions his greatest achievement is that he only had to commit an act like Reigns of Castamere only once. He didn’t enjoy it but rather enjoys the fact people take him seriously and he doesn’t have to visit atrocities onto other people needlessly. Edit: and even Cersei’s marriage to Robert, she sells it after the fact like she was “sold” to him. She WANTED Robert, he was a tall, handsome, young knight who was also the lord of a famous castle. He was basically a celebrity and she wanted to be his wife...those feelings didn’t last of course and now acts as if she never wanted it.

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Amazing work!!

Well done!!