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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  3 роки тому +255

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    • @thegoatslayer7403
      @thegoatslayer7403 3 роки тому

      Really love the vids

    • @hadtrio6629
      @hadtrio6629 3 роки тому +4

      Ah yes the model for guts character from Berserk
      yep definitely deserves a like

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 3 роки тому +2

      I am absolutely tickled that this is one of their sponsored videos. All hail Minnesota H&HS! (or whatever their equivalent is called).

    • @JohnSmith-ex9mv
      @JohnSmith-ex9mv 3 роки тому

      @Extra Credits, do you think you could do a video or series on El Cid and the Reconquista at some point? I've been watching El Cid with Charlton Heston and thought that would be a neat series.

    • @aaronpaul899
      @aaronpaul899 3 роки тому +1

      Nice too see one of my favorite youtube channels say my state

  • @Jian13
    @Jian13 3 роки тому +3972

    Not that I'm sure about the average life span of a medieval general, but 81 seems pretty impressive for someone who got his hand shot off before modern medicine.

    • @SnarkyZazu
      @SnarkyZazu 3 роки тому +596

      Even without the hand getting shot off, getting to 81 was impressive at that time

    • @Orinslayer
      @Orinslayer 3 роки тому +271

      Renaissance. NOT medieval.

    • @thefrenchbastard1646
      @thefrenchbastard1646 3 роки тому +60

      @@SnarkyZazu not wen your a noble

    • @Crocophant572
      @Crocophant572 3 роки тому +185

      @@SnarkyZazu Poor people were the ones living much shorter lives than today. Rich nobles had superiour nutrition, access to better medical treatment, lots of leisure etc. and could live into their 80s or 90s if they were lucky.

    • @bnmnsmp4547
      @bnmnsmp4547 3 роки тому +249

      The average life span was lower. But the main Factor was the higher Child mortality. Think of having 5 Children three die before the age of five and two get 80 you would have an average live expectancy below 35. That's one reason why summery statistics can be misleading. Especially when the variance is rarely reported.

  • @PeregrineHawthorn
    @PeregrineHawthorn 3 роки тому +1527

    As a frequent user of a prosthetic hand, the charisma bonus is real. Folks go nuts for a mechanical fist.

  • @Faenwolf
    @Faenwolf 3 роки тому +2707

    If you ever come to visit southern Germany and want to see the iron Hands of Götz, they are on display in the museum of Burg Jagsthausen (also called Götzenburg), not far from the city of Heilbronn. In the summer you can also see the play by Goethe there. Quite a show and worth the visit 🙂

    • @freakyvisser
      @freakyvisser 3 роки тому +15

      Its on my list live in the netherlands so its quite doable for me !!

    • @illicitline4552
      @illicitline4552 3 роки тому +21

      Now my question is: did Gotz have a feud with that city as well? If so that would be pretty ironic

    • @ty_teynium
      @ty_teynium 3 роки тому +20

      Is Goethe the same one who did Fuast the Tragedy?
      Edit: * Faust*, and by the name I was referring to was Wolfgang

    • @sonkeschluter3654
      @sonkeschluter3654 3 роки тому +7

      @@ty_teynium Yep

    • @Faenwolf
      @Faenwolf 3 роки тому +11

      @@ty_teynium yes Goethe wrote Faust as well as Götz von Berlichingen, but Faust 1 and 2 are his most famous plays.

  • @fantabulisticous
    @fantabulisticous 3 роки тому +3392

    fun fact, Kentaro Miura did not base the character Guts in the manga Berserk off of Gotz of the Iron Hand, Miura had never even heard of Gotz until well after he had given his character the metal arm. this is just one of those strange almost insane coincidences that happen in the world.

    • @phantom8906
      @phantom8906 3 роки тому +125

      I had rpg characters like that its nuts lol

    • @ordelian7795
      @ordelian7795 3 роки тому +213

      Or he just flat out lied to appear more original.

    • @phucdinh1020
      @phucdinh1020 3 роки тому +171

      I think prosthetic hand is just badass and people tend to want to be badass
      I mean, look at Venom Snake

    • @drewdederer8965
      @drewdederer8965 3 роки тому +304

      @@ordelian7795 Doubtful, Miura was always quite open that his character was based on Rutger Hauer's (entirely fictional) character from "Flesh & Blood" (who WAS a roughly 15/16th Century Mercenary, just one with all his limbs).

    • @thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247
      @thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 3 роки тому +63

      Kinda like how an Austrian genocidal maniac and a Japanese manga-artist both settled on blond hair and blue eyes as a visual shorthand for "Ancient, Long-Lost Race Of Strong Guys." VERY uncomfortable coincidence, that.

  • @SaiyanHeretic
    @SaiyanHeretic 3 роки тому +890

    Another one of those historical personages whom really needs a movie or miniseries about them. What a fascinating life story.

    • @username-ru6ul
      @username-ru6ul 3 роки тому +24

      Hehehe, watch or read Berserk ;) the main character is Götz. 1998 version is best

    • @thetruthisouthere933
      @thetruthisouthere933 3 роки тому +3

      count dancula did a lad lads story on him that's worth a watch.

    • @Matteus2109
      @Matteus2109 3 роки тому +13

      I mean, we have Berserk?

    • @dariusgunter5344
      @dariusgunter5344 3 роки тому +5

      honestly there are probably countless man like him, most forgotten or barely remembered. Council leaders of cities, small knights, etc. The reason we remember him is because his story survived till our time, while many others like him probably didnt.

  • @andrewvarney5687
    @andrewvarney5687 3 роки тому +406

    Gotz: Looses his hand
    Gets an Iron one made
    Gotz: "Groovy."

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 3 роки тому +12

      Guess chainsaw wasn't invented yet, or Ash Williams would have competition.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 роки тому +19

      @@ceu160193 maybe That’s how Gotz got the inspiration, when Ash travelled back in time to fight the Army Of Darkness

    • @Jon_the_Wizard
      @Jon_the_Wizard 3 роки тому +5

      Who knew Ash was an homage?

    • @ravanpee1325
      @ravanpee1325 7 місяців тому

      Götz not Gotz

  • @mutantmaster1
    @mutantmaster1 3 роки тому +486

    This badass got his hand shredded in an age where medicine was a hope and a prayer, survived that, got two prosthetics, and passed away at 81 after a life of fighting
    What a mad lad!

    • @ethanramos4441
      @ethanramos4441 2 роки тому +13

      Not mention he supposedly created the Swabian Salute

    • @tiringsarcasm
      @tiringsarcasm 2 роки тому +16

      @@ethanramos4441 Not created, popularized, the name however does come from him insulting the Swabians.

    • @AkiKii519
      @AkiKii519 7 місяців тому

      madchad ;)

  • @facundogonzalez1277
    @facundogonzalez1277 3 роки тому +943

    There is a legend that said that at one point he left his usual feuding, took his sword, his armour and his metal hand and went of to fight armies of demons and their Five leaders. History does not like to talk about that period.

    • @zollen123
      @zollen123 3 роки тому +59

      Did the demons beg for mercy?

    • @alichi101
      @alichi101 3 роки тому +103

      Yeah, the manga went into a bit more detail about his adventures, too bad Extra Credits didn't have time to cover the three decades of chronicles.

    • @facundogonzalez1277
      @facundogonzalez1277 3 роки тому +38

      @@zollen123 He was so badass that Demons kept coming to fight him.

    • @yuvalgabay1023
      @yuvalgabay1023 3 роки тому +29

      Middvle doom slayer be like

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 3 роки тому +32

      Meanwhile, a reformed mercenary unit is counterattacking a large Central Asian empire and both belligerents have supernatural strike force & calvary.

  • @GallowglassVT
    @GallowglassVT 3 роки тому +693

    What isn't well known is that on top of being a mercenary and poet, he also hunted demons with the aid of an elf and a sword called Dragonslayer.

    • @Link6817
      @Link6817 3 роки тому +44

      That sounds suspiciously like the plot of berserk >.>

    • @cant5864
      @cant5864 3 роки тому +50

      I knew someone else wouldve thought about Guts from Berserk too

    • @issaicx
      @issaicx 3 роки тому +18

      I'm glad I'm not the only degenerate

    • @juice_juice685
      @juice_juice685 3 роки тому +7

      Is this a dark souls reference

    • @yamiyomizuki
      @yamiyomizuki 3 роки тому +1

      the dragon slayer wasn't made by elves

  • @christianokami2220
    @christianokami2220 3 роки тому +546

    Expect a flood of Berserk references!
    That being said: in a parallel universe, the life of Gutz could mirror Gotz even more after defeating Griffith.
    RIP Miura 🙏🏽

    • @theArab__
      @theArab__ 3 роки тому +2

      Guts won’t defeat griffith

    • @apex2000
      @apex2000 Рік тому +1

      Medieval Mercenary with a robot hand. With basically the same name. Yep

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector Рік тому +3

      @@apex2000the real gotz probably had way less PTSD though, and considering he had his hand shot off by a cannon that’s saying something

    • @longwlenguyen4214
      @longwlenguyen4214 Рік тому +2

      @@ColddirectorHe more of a Conan the Barbarian type than Guts though since he made a fortune in kidnapping high ranking lords and made an enemy out of many Imperial cities and towns included religious fanatics hence the nickname Robber Knight, yet due to his thick plot armour he escape Imperial Ban (similar to mark of sacrifice instead of being hunted by daemons, Götz got the whole army of knights, Lords and fanatics on his back) twice and live a rich life with 5 healthy children to carry his name, so Götz is the anti-Guts.

    • @NoQuestionsAskedd
      @NoQuestionsAskedd Рік тому

      If only D4C exists

  • @NathanS__
    @NathanS__ 3 роки тому +679

    As a HRE stan, I've been appreciating the resurgence of its history in popular history culture.

    • @TheTariqibnziyad
      @TheTariqibnziyad 3 роки тому +24

      There is HRE stans ? You guys are fake as the name itself

    • @Toonrick12
      @Toonrick12 3 роки тому +55

      The clusterfuck of its existence is just so underlooked. You got nearly a millennium of stories to tell and joke about.

    • @anartapoashan5714
      @anartapoashan5714 3 роки тому +29

      Neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

    • @NathanS__
      @NathanS__ 3 роки тому +60

      @@anartapoashan5714 shut up, Voltaire

    • @danjudex2475
      @danjudex2475 3 роки тому +1

      >
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  • @enclavesoldier8893
    @enclavesoldier8893 3 роки тому +372

    Why was the renaissance/middle era so weird, these anecdotes are always so interesting, thank you EC.

    • @jarekwrzosek2048
      @jarekwrzosek2048 3 роки тому +13

      It's renaissance not Middle Ages tho.

    • @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447
      @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 3 роки тому +27

      @@jarekwrzosek2048 that's arguable. there's no cut and dry divide between the two

    • @ctchimchar5258
      @ctchimchar5258 3 роки тому +3

      How the oil rig holding up soldier

    • @jarekwrzosek2048
      @jarekwrzosek2048 3 роки тому +4

      @@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 16th century (1500s) is without a doubt when we're talking about Renaissance.

    • @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447
      @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 3 роки тому +9

      @@jarekwrzosek2048 not really, many people would still consider this to be the middle ages, or a transition preiod

  • @richardjao748
    @richardjao748 3 роки тому +641

    So you’re saying this man with an iron hand made a career of going BERSERK on everybody?

    • @Targe0
      @Targe0 3 роки тому +19

      I am glad I am not the only person who thought there was a lot in common there.

    • @naganuina
      @naganuina 3 роки тому +14

      Miura had acknowledged that Guts is influenced by him.

    • @gryphonprovenzano3156
      @gryphonprovenzano3156 3 роки тому +20

      @nagauina I thought he said he didn’t thou when did he change his mind?

    • @Klaaism
      @Klaaism 2 роки тому +2

      Anyone who had the guts to stand up.

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 2 роки тому

      BA-DUM! Tiss...

  • @harrisonhargrove4702
    @harrisonhargrove4702 2 роки тому +87

    Gotz is my 18th great grandfather on my father’s side. Makes me so proud to see he’s loved by many

  • @undsetmarai7116
    @undsetmarai7116 3 роки тому +129

    Ok I was hoping to see Griffith and Casca too, but good summary!

    • @Valhain
      @Valhain 3 роки тому +4

      Casca the Immortal Soldier? That might be to vague a reference, but it's a book series worth reading.

    • @lilqueso8190
      @lilqueso8190 2 роки тому

      Griffith did nun wrong

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector Рік тому

      I’m imagining them doing an April fools follow up on Gotz but it’s just five minutes of him screaming “GRIFFIIIITH” over and over

  • @Fixxa11
    @Fixxa11 3 роки тому +115

    You forgot to mention that the Götz von Berlichen got his Iron Fist from the master engineers and blacksmiths in Nürnberg, the silicon Valley of medieval Europe!

    • @silubr1
      @silubr1 3 роки тому +13

      Possibly. We don’t really know where either of his prostheses were made. We only know with reasonably certainty that Hans von Mittelhausen (in Alsace, now part of France), who died in 1564, owned a prosthesis from the same maker.

  • @jasminemiller7485
    @jasminemiller7485 3 роки тому +126

    I had a really bad day yesterday. Thanks Extra Credits, I needed some animated history today

  • @TopsideCrisis346
    @TopsideCrisis346 3 роки тому +371

    You may find this peculiar, but I was expecting a lot more demon-slaying in this episode.
    Rest in peace, Miura.

    • @itsonlyafleshwound9024
      @itsonlyafleshwound9024 3 роки тому +7

      Its all a question of how you define "demon". Some elders not paying out prize money to a peasent might seem pretty demonic?

    • @phil3114
      @phil3114 3 роки тому +2

      Hail to the King, baby.

  • @anomwibisono1850
    @anomwibisono1850 3 роки тому +66

    Legends told that he once fought 100 soldiers alone to rescue a general. He was known since then as the hundred-man-slayer.

    • @gryphonprovenzano3156
      @gryphonprovenzano3156 3 роки тому +8

      Did he fight for a man named Griffith in a group called the band of the hawk and when they all suddenly disappeared he began hunting him down?

  • @safe-keeper1042
    @safe-keeper1042 3 роки тому +55

    The Child and Teen Checkups ad made me so grateful to live in a country with universal health care.

    • @bigsauce6645
      @bigsauce6645 3 роки тому +7

      Americans: We’re the best country in history, I love paying for ambulance rides and surgery

    • @bbirda1287
      @bbirda1287 3 роки тому +2

      @@bigsauce6645 Ambulance rides ain't cheap either, last time I took a taxi.

  • @zachbonney7372
    @zachbonney7372 3 роки тому +60

    This is the EC video/series that I did not know I needed. As a history lover, especially of the Early Modern period/HRE, era this brings me great excitement and joy to watch!

  • @lostastronaut5865
    @lostastronaut5865 3 роки тому +37

    I just saw cyborg and knight and warhammer 40k music starting playing in my mind.

    • @joshuaghozeil8061
      @joshuaghozeil8061 3 роки тому +2

      I mean looking at his life....
      40k is not inaccurate

    • @lostastronaut5865
      @lostastronaut5865 3 роки тому +2

      @@joshuaghozeil8061 your correct his life is more epic because had happened. 😎

  • @ZechsMerquise195
    @ZechsMerquise195 3 роки тому +179

    Götz of the Iron Hand; really sounds like an anime character.

    • @hemidas
      @hemidas 3 роки тому +28

      There's a WH40K Space Marine chapter called Iron Hands.

    • @lastone9744
      @lastone9744 3 роки тому +4

      @@hemidas also the Iron Warriors

    • @vidividivicious
      @vidividivicious 3 роки тому +49

      Is this a Berserk reference? I hope so

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas 3 роки тому +29

      @@vidividivicious Apparently Kentaro Muira didn’t know about Gots when he was writing Berserk.

    • @yamiyomizuki
      @yamiyomizuki 3 роки тому +9

      @@InquisitorThomas I'm deeply sceptical of that claim

  • @garrettnoid8681
    @garrettnoid8681 3 роки тому +63

    As a person with Cerebral Palsey, and a lover of history I love this episode

  • @jasonl6130
    @jasonl6130 3 роки тому +35

    Part III of the Knights series on Curiosity Stream spends a lot of time talking about Gotz. Definitely worth a watch.

  • @burebor9940
    @burebor9940 3 роки тому +51

    You missed the part where he fought demons with a cannon attachment to his prosthetic arm and a giant sword

    • @maninhu9837
      @maninhu9837 2 роки тому +3

      Wow that surely is a good stort, they could make a videogame out of this

  • @zuckertorte5782
    @zuckertorte5782 3 роки тому +21

    Thanks for creating this video! Götz is a true legend! I was even more facinated when i found out that he lost his hand in the city of my birth.

  • @wyattwanders
    @wyattwanders 3 роки тому +30

    You seriously can't do a video on Gutz without talking about BERSERK baby. Best manga/anime ever

  • @aaronareese1997
    @aaronareese1997 3 роки тому +29

    *Blood and Guts intensifies*

  • @Bee-zr5pb
    @Bee-zr5pb 3 роки тому +9

    Gotta love when history makes a berserk reference

  • @iang257
    @iang257 3 роки тому +18

    My man's living the dream here. Gets a badass hand and spends his life kicking ass and taking names.
    Absolute madlad

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 3 роки тому +6

    this is one of my favorite historical figures and you guys totally did him justice I can't think of a better way to close out this year thank you so much EC!

  • @beep-beep
    @beep-beep 2 роки тому +10

    I love stories like these about disabled men like Götz who rejected a life of comfort and meritocracy he easily could’ve lived and chose instead to keep pursuing glory. He could have retired, and no one would blame him, but he lived for the fight and doesn’t seem the type to piddle through life on pity. In no small way, his tenacity and his own peculiarity earned his place in the annuals of history.

    • @MouldMadeMind
      @MouldMadeMind Рік тому +3

      Meritocracy, do you even know how monarchy works?

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 4 місяці тому

      @@MouldMadeMind
      Por favor, olhe para a minha publicação na comunidade. É sobre BadEmpanada

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 4 місяці тому

      @@MouldMadeMind
      my community tab

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 4 місяці тому

      @@MouldMadeMind
      bad empanada

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 4 місяці тому

      @@MouldMadeMind Por favor, olhe na minha aba da comunidade. É sobre empanada ruim

  • @creativepop8196
    @creativepop8196 2 роки тому +21

    What you guys have missed in the video is the story of how Gotz is fighting Ganishka's, Kushan Emperor, monster underlings with a wizard, a boy, two fairies, a Christian knight and her servant

  • @frostymug5939
    @frostymug5939 3 роки тому +10

    This fits so well into my D&D world
    Thanks for the perfect example of prosthetics in the era

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 3 роки тому

      This is the high end level of prosthetics of the era

    • @frostymug5939
      @frostymug5939 3 роки тому

      @@connormclernon26 i know. But he also mentioned other types of prosthetics, and in a fantasy world I can make even more types. Like with kanekuo’s Video on the subject

  • @danielhuneke5862
    @danielhuneke5862 3 роки тому +41

    Gotz, I believe, is what we might call a chad.

    • @The13thclam
      @The13thclam 3 роки тому +6

      Spends his entire life fighting in renaissance era warfare as a mercenary, gets summoned by the Emperor to fight the Ottomans in his 60s, and lives to 81. With a clockwork hand. He should be called Götz of the Iron Balls.

  • @vertabun427
    @vertabun427 3 роки тому +17

    This is so cool! I had no idea Guts from Berserk had a real life inspiration

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 роки тому +146

    I’m sure Anakin took the same path as he did… just not in the same arc as Götz did.

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 3 роки тому +8

      Luke is ore like Götz in this regard, minus the sailor language.

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 роки тому +10

      @@florians9949 Han, "Travelling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy!"
      Luke, "FEUD! FEUD! FEUD! FEUD! FEUD!"

    • @GodsDumbLamb
      @GodsDumbLamb Рік тому

      I mean you can make the claim that Anakin was just declaring feuds on children

  • @captainvalourous6668
    @captainvalourous6668 3 роки тому +13

    "Iron within, Iron without"
    -Iron Warriors ( WH40k )

  • @Jungoguy
    @Jungoguy 3 роки тому +21

    Dude, that is so badass.

  • @Double_D__
    @Double_D__ 3 роки тому +47

    I would love if EH worked on other wacky actors in history. I'd love to see their take on Mad Jack Churchill, or Joseph Beyrle.

    • @Shaun_Jones
      @Shaun_Jones 2 роки тому +2

      “…where this absolute jewel of a photo was taken. This is the face of a man whose captors should fear him.”

  • @bitzovhadez7214
    @bitzovhadez7214 3 роки тому +26

    Real life Guts

  • @vexaris1890
    @vexaris1890 3 роки тому +118

    I'm sad that you didn't pronounce Götz correctly. An ö isn't an o! But I really love that you shined some light on Götz von Berlichingen - he's one of the most famous germans of all time and, sadly, seems to slide into obscurity.

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko 3 роки тому +11

      Its hard to write the exact sound for us English, but I think it's a little like geutz? Or geotz?

    • @TheVoiceOfReason93
      @TheVoiceOfReason93 3 роки тому +2

      But now we remember he exists, and boy will we remember him fondly. LECK MICH IM ARSCH!

    • @andrewsuryali8540
      @andrewsuryali8540 3 роки тому

      Guts!

    • @okj579
      @okj579 3 роки тому +1

      @@FFKonoko It's the same vowel as good

    • @richardmangelmann4975
      @richardmangelmann4975 2 роки тому

      Yeah but they don’t have that letter, they also pronounce I wrong in any other English video. As much as it annoys me, I don’t think we can expect people of another language to pronounce everything as we do, although it would’ve been nice if he looked online on how to do it beforehand

  • @CAI877
    @CAI877 3 роки тому

    Thanks

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  Рік тому

      Thank you for helping support our channel and the amazing people that work here!

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 3 роки тому +15

    Mad respect to my man Götz.

  • @KelsaRavenlock
    @KelsaRavenlock Рік тому +5

    He was one of the inspirations for the evolution of Ash Williams in the Evil Dead franchise.
    Not simply his hand but also his response to authority and crass retort.
    With out Gotz we never would have had the perfection of the scene where Ash gets his new hand =)

  • @nicholasroberge4399
    @nicholasroberge4399 3 роки тому +17

    I love this channel, this episode is one of the most interesting I've seen. New life goal is to go to Germany and see the Iron fists!

  • @christophermote1019
    @christophermote1019 3 роки тому +1

    Duuuuude, people in history like this are a major reason why I'm learning to build prosthetics today!

  • @comradebusman3
    @comradebusman3 2 роки тому +4

    I have been asking for this for ages! Such a cool story, and one of my favorite historic figures

  • @joinmarch76
    @joinmarch76 3 роки тому +16

    I admit, Gotz was belligerent, but I can't deny...he has a hustle to rival Ned Kelly! In fact, the two are eerily similar in certain aspects. Probably a coincidence, though, they were from completely different parts of the world. Maybe Convergent People Defense...?

  • @seannguyen7586
    @seannguyen7586 3 роки тому +34

    How is the renaissance this awesome? This comes straight out from an adventure novel.

    • @yamiyomizuki
      @yamiyomizuki 3 роки тому +8

      or possibly a famous and tragically cut short manga series.

    • @seannguyen7586
      @seannguyen7586 3 роки тому +2

      F for Miura😢

  • @inquisitorgarza312
    @inquisitorgarza312 3 роки тому +31

    Strap a cannon on that hand and he would have been an absolute legend for even fantasy nerd.

    • @gryphonprovenzano3156
      @gryphonprovenzano3156 3 роки тому +2

      He just needs a massive thick heavy slab of iron too rough to be called a sword…

    • @ninototo1
      @ninototo1 3 роки тому +1

      @@gryphonprovenzano3156 Germans did have swords like that such as the zweihänder

    • @gryphonprovenzano3156
      @gryphonprovenzano3156 3 роки тому +1

      @@ninototo1 I know of Zweihänder’s however they are not 200lbs of raw iron I was going for that metaphor actually…

    • @richardjao748
      @richardjao748 3 роки тому +2

      @@gryphonprovenzano3156 Maybe throw in some customized armor that’ll suck out your soul while forcing your body to continue to fight even if you’re half dead. But what kind of madman would ever commission such a thing….

    • @IaMaPh1991
      @IaMaPh1991 2 роки тому

      And a wrist mounted, crank powered crossbow

  • @jroden06
    @jroden06 3 роки тому +6

    Awesome!! Thanks for the mid week episode EH!

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year to the whole Extra Credits staff and their families.

  • @lars573
    @lars573 3 роки тому +16

    Also inspired a Space Marine Primarch and Legion. Ferus Manus of the Iron hands.

  • @valeriejames4675
    @valeriejames4675 Рік тому +4

    AND he lived until 81!!
    Man literally to angry to die

  • @ranger24ff
    @ranger24ff 3 роки тому +11

    RIP Kentaro Miura.
    Do what you love to the very end.

  • @internetkurator9256
    @internetkurator9256 2 роки тому +1

    Marvelous Video as always. Götz really deserved more attention.

  • @IzBeReal
    @IzBeReal 3 роки тому +5

    Love hearing about one of my favourite people from history!

  • @robertlarson7224
    @robertlarson7224 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely geeked that y'all covered my single favorite historical figure of all time

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas 3 роки тому +35

    GRIFFITH!!!!!!

  • @Dragonite43
    @Dragonite43 3 роки тому +2

    Great to see you are doing a story about Gotz of the Iron Hand! :D

  • @weldonwin
    @weldonwin 3 роки тому +4

    *(Gotz looking at his new hand)* "Groovy..."

  • @NeonBrocolli
    @NeonBrocolli 3 роки тому +2

    Yesss you guys are doing a video on him! Learned Guts from Berserk was inspired by this person

  • @ItsXodious
    @ItsXodious 3 роки тому +8

    You had me at "Cyborg Knight"

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 3 роки тому +1

    2:30 missed opportunity to say "new hand in hand"

  • @quadeevans6484
    @quadeevans6484 3 роки тому +29

    The original struggler

  • @shawnheatherly
    @shawnheatherly 3 роки тому +4

    What a legend. That's awesome.

  • @joshuatuplano7338
    @joshuatuplano7338 3 роки тому +2

    Ngl that line legit on 5:57 he legit the most salty but thank to him to said that line am I right guy's

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan265 2 роки тому +2

    I can't believe I am only just now learning about this man. Dude is a badass.

  • @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17
    @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 3 роки тому +56

    Historical figures are less awesome than fictio-
    Gotz: Hold my badass metal arm
    Finn and Elric shakin in their boots

    • @marcus4046
      @marcus4046 3 роки тому +1

      Rocket:Sure thing bud....im taking this thing

    • @FREETHEBAY
      @FREETHEBAY 3 роки тому +1

      However guts

    • @Zeknif1
      @Zeknif1 3 роки тому +1

      He proceeds to strap on his other badass metal arm and thanks you.

    • @jakarnilson
      @jakarnilson 3 роки тому

      Corum Jhaelen Irsei just shrugs with his cursed prosthetic hand.

    • @titusjames4912
      @titusjames4912 3 роки тому +2

      @@FREETHEBAY guts and gots would get along nicely.

  • @Taistelukalkkuna
    @Taistelukalkkuna 3 роки тому +10

    Götz - Putting "Feud" back to "Feudalism."

  • @Bobcat205
    @Bobcat205 2 роки тому

    3:39 “Man With Iron Hand Yells At Cloud”

  • @Spikeskawaii
    @Spikeskawaii 3 роки тому +12

    Oh man this is so cool! I'd love to see ya'll do a history on protheses if that's in the cards

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 роки тому +1

      Jean Danjou, of the French Foreglen Legion, is another holder of the Bad Ass With A Prosthetic Limb Award.

  • @RazeAVillage
    @RazeAVillage 2 роки тому +1

    As a person w/ a prosthetic eye and a fake ligament, I think this story is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

  • @theotherbaratheon1895
    @theotherbaratheon1895 3 роки тому +3

    1) inspiration for a certain manga
    2) Hollywood should cash in on this

  • @JacksonJinn
    @JacksonJinn Рік тому +2

    Imagine being the Holy Roman Emperor and looking over your list of candidates to fight the Ottomans, and going "...Get me the retired cyborg warrior in his 60s." That's impossibly cool that history just has that. That's something straight out of a video game plotline.

  • @ontheedgeofshadow2790
    @ontheedgeofshadow2790 3 роки тому +3

    oh, yeah.. there's documentation for prosthesis in Egypt too.. they also did dental surgery back then too.. fascinating stuff

  • @GamesCourier
    @GamesCourier 3 роки тому

    Watched a video about the play just a few days ago and today I get the historic background. Perfect timing I would say!

  • @christinejaouadi2135
    @christinejaouadi2135 3 роки тому +5

    If you grow up near Jagsthausen ( like I did) where his castle is you will have a mandatory school trip to watch the play ….. nothing better than a a whole open air theatre full of 12 year olds just waiting for that one sentence “ Er solle much a A***** lecken” to then erupt into giggles and laughter!
    Never wanted to be the actor who had to do the afternoon performance…!

  • @jovanvelovski5670
    @jovanvelovski5670 3 роки тому +1

    Im such a fan of you guys, you and OverSimplified helped me Ace 2 history tests! Waiting for that collab! ;)

  • @zaydmerhab6167
    @zaydmerhab6167 3 роки тому +9

    Nice video as always.🙂

  • @thatoneguyii5458
    @thatoneguyii5458 3 роки тому +5

    NGL "Gotz of the Iron Hand" sounds like a name of a Space Marine Chapter Master

  • @No_Name6716
    @No_Name6716 3 роки тому +8

    My man was the Holy Roman empire's version of Thanos

  • @jamescrawford1534
    @jamescrawford1534 3 роки тому +2

    7:11 THE WIG!!!!

  • @rdapigleo
    @rdapigleo 3 роки тому +3

    Brilliant! I’ve worked with Amputees in TV, and I hope they see this, and how awesome humans can be. So inspirational. Thank you for making this. ✊🏼

  • @Interfector0
    @Interfector0 3 роки тому +2

    See Cersei? THIS is the kind of pimped out medieval prosthetic you are suppossed to commission for when you want to give brother a hand.

  • @TADMOORE
    @TADMOORE 3 роки тому +12

    I'm here for the Berserk Easter Egg, and I hope I'm not disappointed in that regard!

  • @wrencormier513
    @wrencormier513 2 роки тому +1

    i made a dnd one shot character based off this man a while ago, he spoke in a lot of bad haiku and was so fun

  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 3 роки тому +3

    Götz after getting his new hand: "Goovy."

  • @OlTimeyChara
    @OlTimeyChara 2 роки тому

    5:56 i was just hearing the audio at this part, this caught me so off guard

  • @cuteButKindaDeadlyBreloom
    @cuteButKindaDeadlyBreloom 3 роки тому +17

    Guts

  • @obiwancoolidge1828
    @obiwancoolidge1828 3 роки тому +2

    Gotz: gets iron hand
    Skywalkers: we would like to know your location

  • @therethan-family1234
    @therethan-family1234 3 роки тому +4

    Hmm... Pelinal Whitestrake and Tyr with the silver hand. There are seemingly so many characters he inspired.

  • @wikiuser92
    @wikiuser92 3 роки тому +1

    What a good EH video to finish the year with!

  • @mckayleepugmire9947
    @mckayleepugmire9947 2 роки тому +5

    It's sorta funny and empowering in a way that such a major landmark in disability history is marked by the kind of action maverick who takes no crap from nobody

  • @Michael_Brock
    @Michael_Brock 3 роки тому

    A hearting example where supreme ability and courage overcame every obstacle. Pity about the anger.

  • @jeremyrossi2716
    @jeremyrossi2716 3 роки тому +6

    Dude was literally built different

  • @aidenabbas2191
    @aidenabbas2191 3 роки тому +1

    Happy new year EC Crew and keep up with the amazing content.