| “ | I think I should warn you all, when a vampire bites it, it's never a pretty sight. No two blood suckers go out the same way. Some yell and scream, some go quietly, some explode, some implode. But, all will try and take you with them. | „ |
| ~ Edgar's most famous lines |
Edgar "Eddie" Frog is one of the protagonists of The Lost Boys and Lost Boys: The Tribe, and the main protagonist of Lost Boys: The Thirst. He grew up in the beach town of Santa Carla, California with his family, who owned a comic book store. Edgar is a skilled vampire hunter, a trait which he took up with his brother Alan when they were both very young.
He is portrayed by Corey Feldman, who also portrayed Teddy Duchamp in Stand By Me and Donatello in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.
History[]
Edgar and Alan worked in their parents' comic book store at a very early age, not for money, but for survival guides and tactics. They somehow surmised, and were correct, that their hometown Santa Carla was fraught with vampires, so they read a comic called "Vampires Everywhere" to learn how to destroy blood-suckers.
When they were both around twelve or thirteen, the Emerson family moved to their town, and they warned the younger brother Sam about Santa Carla's vampires. This paid off later when Sam's older brother Michael became a half-vampire; Sam asked for help, and the Frogs obliged. The two pairs of brothers set out to destroy a small clan of vampires to turn Michael and his girlfriend Star back into humans. In the vampires' lair, the clan was asleep, suspended from the ceiling when the Frogs and Sam arrived. Edgar managed to kill one by staking it through the heart, but this awakened the other three killers. The Frogs and Sam fled back to the latter's house with Michael and Star. The vampires attempted to kill all of them in the house, but were unsuccessful and killed in gruesome ways. Edgar and Alan managed to kill one of them by making him fall into a bathtub full of holy water, while Sam managed to kill another, and Michael impaled the vampire leader David on a pair of mounted antelope horns.
In Lost Boys: The Tribe, Edgar has moved to Luna Bay and lives alone in a trailer, which he has covered with crosses and garlic to keep vampires away. He also now has a job as a surfboard shaper to pay the bills. He lives in apparent solitude until Chris and Nicole move to Luna Bay as well, the former leaves his address on Edgar's door, hoping to get a job. Later that night, after the siblings go to a party at a luxurious mansion belonging to Shane Powers (who is secretly a head vampire and is shown to be infatuated with Nicole); Nicole unwittingly drinks Shane's blood, turning her into a half-vampire, Edgar knocks her out with a surfboard and attempts to kill her, but Chris obviously calls that off.
Edgar attempting to stake Nicole
Chris is initially skeptical of Edgar's theory that Nicole and Shane are vampires, but comes around eventually after he is forced to impale one vampire, Lisa, on a pair of deer antlers; he then realizes that Edgar was right. The two are unable to pin-point a location on Shane's nest to kill him, so Edgar suggests that Chris get close to Shane and earn his trust. This leads to Chris becoming a half-vampire himself, but nonetheless he discovers the location of Shane's lair, a series of old mine tunnels. Edgar kills Shane's clan, while Chris himself kills Shane by slicing off his head with a sword after Nicole shoves a stake into his chest (as she had agreed with Chris’s words to Edgar that she was family, and showed it when she told Shane the same thing in regards to Chris).
In Lost Boys: The Thirst, it's revealed that five years previously, while saving a congressman from a vampire attack, Alan got turned into a half-vampire. By only feeding on animal blood, Alan is able to remain that way, but has become disillusioned with the idea of finding a head vampire. In addition, shortly after the events of Lost Boys: The Tribe, Edgar was forced to stake Sam Emerson who had become a vampire, something that is shown to greatly haunt Edgar and has destroyed his relationships with the entire Emerson family.
Now struggling financially, Edgar is approached by Gwen Lieber to save her brother Peter from the vampires who have kidnapped him which he initially refuses to do. The vampire DJ X intends to spread vampire blood through his raves in order to create a vampire army and Edgar approaches Alan for help, but Alan refuses, having lost all hope that he can be saved and thinking that the Alpha Vampire is just a "never-ending pyramid scheme." After visiting Sam's grave and returning the rare comic that Sam had bragged about having during their first meeting, Edgar agrees to join the fight alongside Gwen, former reality TV star Lars Van Goetz, Lars' cameraman Claus and Edgar's love interest Zoe. Edgar arms himself with the help of Congressman Blake who has become his weapons supplier ever since Edgar and Alan had saved his life years prior. However, their first attack goes wrong, leading to the death of Lars and Edgar getting injured.
On the night of the rave, Edgar and his surviving team assault DJ X's hideout where he has already distributed vampire blood to the crowd. Edgar manages to kill DJ X's girlfriend Lily, but he proves to be no match for the experience vampire. Edgar is nearly killed before Alan unexpectedly shows up to help, allowing Edgar to incapacitate DJ X with a resin grenade stolen from Area 51 by Congressman Blake. Together, the Frog Brothers kill DJ X, but the partygoers fail to turn back into humans as does Alan.
To everyone's surprise, Gwen's "brother" Peter is revealed to be the true Alpha Vampire whose power DJ X was trying to steal using a Blood Moon ritual. Peter attempts to get Edgar to work for him as an assassin, targeting vampires that get out of line, but Edgar refuses and Peter uses his power over Alan to make him attack Edgar. Edgar manages to spray Peter with water which he then blesses into holy water, killing him. Killing Peter turns the people infected by DJ X back into humans and Alan too.
Later, Edgar and Zoe reflect upon their adventure and Edgar wonders how Zoe knew that vampires were real, unaware that she's actually a werewolf.
Skills/Abilities[]
Edgar is skilled in tracking down vampires and recognizing them. He is self-trained in handling special weaponry that assists him in killing blood-suckers, and is known to even design a few of his own. He always keeps some sort of defense on him, be it balloons full of holy water or custom-made metal stakes.
Edgar is an ordained minister, given him the title of Reverend. This gives him the ability to take any water and bless it with a prayer or incantation, thus turning it into holy water.
Personality[]
Edgar is very dedicated to his "job" of vampire hunting. He is always ready and willing to kill them and always carries around special weaponry to eradicate them. If someone is hesitant to eliminate vampires, he tends to get in their face and express how evil he sees them to be. The only exception to this is his own brother, Alan, who became a vampire when they were either teenagers or young adults. Edgar is always trying to find the head vampire responsible for Alan's transformation, determined to return his dear brother to normal; he achieved this goal in Lost Boys: The Thirst. This shows that he has a tough, but somewhat warm disposition. He is rather paranoid and mistrusting of people he is not familiar with due to his years of hunting vampires that can hide their monstrous features to appear as normal.
Edgar in his youth
Now a prime and experienced vampire hunter