History Characters / BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions

* BerserkButton: (In)Conveniently placed as their helmets. Shoot it off somehow and the Goliath becomes enraged going about killing anything-- friend or not.
* TheBerserker: If you shot its helmet off, a Goliath will drop its guns, [[TurnsRed changes its appearance, tone]] and opting to fight any nearby targets in melee combat instead.

Me don't wanna hurt you, hehe kidding just I do.\\

!Scavs (''The Pre-Sequel!'')

* SmashMook: Enraged Goliaths usually have only one strategy: punch shit until it frigging dies. Variants can vomit acid and in ''3'' Anointed Goliaths can spew slow homing projectiles or unleash a energy wave by clapping their hands besides the usual punchy approach.

* TheDreaded: Among Bandits, who will plead and helpfully let you know why shooting a Goliath's helmet off is a terrible idea and promptly freak out if they start getting too powerful. For the players though, Goliaths can be a fun distraction to take the edge off of themselves in a gunfight.

--> Mistake!~ ''(Pause)'' '''... BIG,''' '''''GOD DAMN MISTAKE!'''''
--> Angry! ''(Pause)'' '''''I'M SO GOD DAMN ANGRY!'''''
--> It's- ''(Pause)'' ''Oh!'' '''''IT'S SERIOUS NOW!'''''

--> '''I'M GONNA GOUGE YOUR EYES OUT!'''
--> '''MURDERING YOU IS GONNA FEEL SO RIGHT!'''
--> '''YOU BETTER GOD DAMN SCREAM FOR ME!'''

--> Squish you!
--> Let's make face gravy!
--> Prepare for die!

--> Get that Assassin!

* IdiotSavant: Most bandits are crazy, insane and quite murderous, but they're surprisingly good at cobbling up gun, hence the Bandit/Scav/[=CoV=] brands, some which are ''very'' powerful, and can even engineer and maintain surprisingly complex machinery. Justified that a lot of bandits are former engineers, workers and soldiers from Dahl that were abandoned on Pandora when things went south.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: With how many of them you kill it's easy to forget these guys are actual threats to anyone who isn't a Vault Hunter, be it with heavy, if clunky, weapons or sheer numbers. You often hear tales of bandits slaughtering innocent people and if Brick's dialogue is any indication some gangs like the Sawtooth are dangerous enough to be capable capturing other Vault Hunters and hand them over to Handsome Jack. [[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault And then came the unholy amalgamation of all bandit clans...]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: She puts on a presentable, fairly nice persona, but it's quick to slip into bouts of TranquilFury if you fail or defy her.

* StoutStrength: She can carry and wield her rocket launcher with ease, but Fiona gets pinned helplessly underneath it in Episode 3 and can barely lift it in Episode 5, needing Sasha's help to actually keep it steady.

-->"I NOTICE YOU DIDN'T SHOOT ME IN THE FACE YET! CURIOUS AS TO WHY! Maybe you are weighing the moral pros and cons, but let me assure you that OHMYGODJUSTSHOOTMEINTHEGODDAMNFACE!!!"

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Psychos in ''1'' are much less of {{Talkative Loon}}s and almost never spout the complete nonsense they do in ''2'' onwards, being far more prone to yell more nightmarish (and coherent) threats about carving your flesh or eating you.

--> Mistake!~ ''(Pause)'' '''...BIG,''' '''''GOD DAMN MISTAKE!'''''

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: With how many of them you kill it's easy to forget these guys are actual threats to anyone who isn't a Vault Hunter, be it with heavy, if clunky, weapons or sheer numbers. You often hear tales of bandits slaughtering innocent people and if Brick's dialogue is any indication some gangs like the Sawtooth are dangerous enough to be capable capturing other Vault Hunters and hand them over to Handsome Jack.

* DropTheHammer: As indicated by his name, he has a rather large sledgehammer as a melee weapon. In the second game, it's carried by Brick.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Psychos in ''1'' are much less of {{Talkative Loon}}s and almost never spout the complete nonsense they do in ''2'' onwards, being far more prone to yell more nightmarish threats about carving your flesh or eating you.