History Characters / BorderlandsTorgue

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His intro in his starring Campaign of Carnage [=DLC=] pretty much sums up what kind of person he is.

* {{Foil}}: To Handsome Jack. Where Jack is smooth, cultured, arrogant, cruel, well-dressed, and tries to build a perfectly-ordered world enforced by fascist policies of mass execution, intimidation, and terror, Mr. Torgue is friendly, kind, anarchic, loud, crude, childish, and focused on explosions and destruction.

* BloodKnight: Torgue loves nothing more than watching people fight and blowing stuff up. He runs his tournament in the DLC for ''Borderlands 2'' because he wants people fighting each other, and fully intends to blow up the arena when all is said and done.

* SirSwearsalot: The situation was bad enough that the corporate shareholders decided to attach a cybernetic CensorBox directly to Mr. Torgue's voicebox. He does tone it down considerably in ''Assault on Dragon Keep'' most likely due to being around the young Tiny Tina. This does come back with a vengeance as he narrates the Circles of Slaughter in ''3'' and you'll hear '''a lot''' of bleeps while killing stuff there.

-->'''Torgue:''' I'M STILL MAD I CAN'T SAY ''F*CK''. '''''F***CK.'''''

* SirSwearsalot: The situation was bad enough that the corporate shareholders decided to attach a cybernetic CensorBox directly to Mr. Torgue's voicebox.

'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | '''Torgue''' | [[Characters/BorderlandsTediore Tediore]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\

--> '''Mister Torgue:''' HELLO, I'M MISTER TORGUE! AND I LOVE YOU.

--->'''Torgue:''' THE VAULT HUNTER JUST DEFEATED THE NUMBER THREE BADASS ON PANDORA, GOING FROM NUMBER FOUR ON THE LEADERBOARD TO NUMBER THREE. THIS IS ONE NUMBER HIGHER THAN FOUR.\\

--> '''Torgue:''' BY SIGNING UP FOR THE TORGUE BADASS TOURNAMENT, YOU LEGALLY FORFEIT [[MenDontCry YOUR RIGHT TO CRY]], [[RealMenEatMeat EAT TOFU]], OR WATCH MOVIES WHERE PEOPLE KISS IN THE RAIN AND SH*T.

--> '''Torgue:''' LOTTA PEOPLE BEEN ASKING ME WHY MY VOICE BEEPS ALL THE F*CKIN TIME. THE TORGUE SHAREHOLDERS WIRED MY VOICEBOX WITH A DIGITAL CENSOR SO I CAN'T SAY STUFF LIKE SH*T, C*CK, OR P*SSY-F*CKIN'-D*CKBALLS. THAT'S HALF MY F*CKIN' VOCABULARY, IT'S GODDAMN BULLSH*T.

-->'''Torgue:''' WHY BE A HERO WHEN YOU CAN EAT ONE.\\

-->'''Reddit Question''': WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF EXPLOSION?\\
'''Mister Torgue''': YES.

---> '''Torgue:''' ''WHAT DO YOU THINK NEW-U STATIONS ARE FOR?''

-->'''Torgue:''' The Torgue board of directors made the Gobbler unbeatable, so it'd eat all the contestants and get us a bunch of hits on the [=ECHOnet!=] But I don't want you to die, 'cause YOU'RE COOL. AND ''OH CRAP I'M NOT WHISPERING ANYMORE,'' '''''MY BAD.'''''

--->'''Torgue''': Wow, that quest was dark and ironic, a true look into the duplicitous of interpersonal relationships. NOW GET BACK HERE SO YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL I JUST SAID.

'''Torgue:''' THAT QUESTION IMPLIES I HAVE A LEAST FAVORITE WAY TO BLOW THINGS UP WHICH IS F*CKING QUITTER TALK.
-->'''Reddit Question:''' Mr. Torgue, what's better: an explosion that shoots guns, or a gun that shoots explosions?\\

--> ''(Whispering)'' Real talk: the Gobbler fight is rigged. The board of directors made the Gobbler unkillable so it'd eat all the contestants and get us loads of hits on the Echonet, but I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE CAUSE YOU'RE AWESOME AND OH CRAP I'M NOT WHISPERING ANYMORE MY BAD!

** In ''The Pre-Sequel'', he hates laser weapons because they're not explosive. During a mission where you get a light reactor for Janey Springs, he offers to give you a Torgue gun if you drop it into lava instead. Janey thinks his offer is a bit excessive, but she likes his enthusiasm. Later on, at the end of a mission to test out a laser prototype for Janey, he'll have you drop the laser next to a beacon, and then crash a spaceship loaded with fifty tons of high explosive into it.

** And then there's his middle name of High-Five, and his last name of Flexington, which are [[RatedMForManly just silly]].

* RedHotMasculinity: Mister Torgue is a muscular, [[RatedMForManly manly guy]] obsessed with [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]], to the point of screwing up a task just because of the mere possibility of a massive explosion. While he goes [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]], he wears a red cap on his head, and the higher rarity Torgue weapons tend to have red stripes somewhere on their frames.

* FriendToAllChildren: Well, Tiny Tina's the only child you encounter in the game, but Torgue is very polite to her when she takes over his show in one echo cast. She also allows him to play during the [[MagicAmpersand Bunkers & Badasses]] game she's running in the 4th DLC, although his only role in it is to provide some comedy relief and give you a couple of sidequests.

** He wants to play Tiny Tina's ''[[MagicAmpersand Bunkers & Badasses]]'' game and has an honest enthusiasm for nerd stuff, even if he mainly just to hang out with others.

** That being said, he pretty much does InelegantBlubbering after he fails to answer the third question to prove his geek cred in a question for ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'', causing Lilth to say he's not allowed to play ''[[MagicAmpersand Bunkers & Badasses]]'' with everyone else. In the Wattle Gobbler DLC, he states that real badasses are not afraid of showing their emotions.

* TheTeamWannabe: In one sidequest during Tiny Tina's DLC, Torgue mentions just wanting to hang out with the Vault Hunters as they play the [[MagicAmpersand Bunkers & Badasses]] game. He sobs quite a bit about it, to the point that Lilith, who felt he just wanted to jump on the bandwagon since everyone else was playing it, feels a bit sorry and allows him to play with them. However, his only role in the DLC is to give you a couple of sidequests and provide some comedy relief.

* TheVoice: Aside from the intro cutscene, you never actually see Torgue in his DLC as he's broadcasting to you from space. However, he does show in Assault on Dragon Keep after he calls up Tina to put him in her campaign as an NPC. He lampshades the fact that this is the first time that he and the players have actually met in person, though even then it's only in the context of the "[[MagicAmpersand Bunkers & Badasses]]" game. The Wattle Gobbler DLC is technically the first time you physically meet Torgue.

* TokenGoodTeammate: The Torgue corporation under Mr. Torgue's command is less concerned with power or influence and more with CrazyIsCool stunts. Sure, people often get hurt in the process, but there's rarely any active malice or greed behind it. Even their shareholders are decidedly less malicious since, more often than not, they're there to clean up after Torgue. Yhe worst they've been seen to do is rig a competition in his favor, but just as a promotional stunt.

'''Other''': [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault Children of the Vault]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans Hodunk and Zaford Clans]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsRaidBosses Raid Bosses]])-]]]]]

'''Other''': [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsChildrenOfTheVault Children of the Vault]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsHodunkAndZafordClans Hodunk and Zaford Clans]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsRaidBosses Raid Bosses]])-]]]]]

'''Weapon Brands''': [[Characters/BorderlandsAtlas Atlas]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsDahl Dahl]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsMaliwan Maliwan]] | '''Torgue''' | [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]]\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Rager

The Torgue corporation owes its existence to Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington. It's said that the boss of a company sets the tone, and while the actual authority of Mister Torgue is somewhat limited, the company wouldn't be what it is without him... because "what it is" is off its nut in a violently proactive manner. Torgue weapons started out powerful and slow but otherwise fairly generic in the original ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', but in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' they picked up their defining trait: [[AwesomenessIsVolatile EXPLOSIONS]]. All Torgue weapons in ''2'' fire slow but destructive gyrojet rounds that explode either on contact or after a slight delay, and there are no Torgue submachine guns or sniper rifles; guns tend to be named basically at random with a faint tendency towards sex jokes, while rocket launchers are given goofy onomatopoeic names for the sound of blowing stuff up ("Boom", "Blaaa"). Torgue barrels massively increase damage with a few penalties, and in the case of assault rifles, make them fire mini-grenades or rockets. Torgue shields punish attackers with explosive novas and spikes, and their grenades exclusively use MIRV technology.

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'''Supporting Characters''': ''[[Characters/Borderlands1 Borderlands]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands2'' (''Characters/TinyTinasAssaultOnDragonKeep'' DLC) | ''[[Characters/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' | ''Characters/Borderlands3'' | ''Characters/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' | ''Characters/TinyTinasWonderlands'' | ''Characters/NewTalesFromTheBorderlands'' | [[Characters/BorderlandsOtherCharacters Other media]]\\