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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As in the games' lore, "Smasher" is a fitting name for a monster who enjoys ''[[{{Pun}} smashing]]'' people to death for his sheer sadism.
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* RedBaron: “The NC Boogeyman”.Boogeyman”, though [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast his name "Smasher" also fits this trope well]].
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* DiabolusExMachina: His involvement in the final episode pretty much [[DoomedByCanon seals the deal]] that there's no way for David to come out alive.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe, Arasaka Counter Intelligence comes to the conclusion he's a moron [[spoiler: after not only causing David to go on a rampage with their cyber-skeleton in public but also demanding a job. As a result, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they decide he's too much trouble for them to let live, let alone hire.]]]]
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* DumbassNoLonger: Unlike his less than cunning 2020 self, ''this'' Smasher is not nearly vulnerable to being hacked and brought down that way, and by how it works, it's implied to be atleast semi-active on his part, rather than just an overpowered cutting edge [=black-ICE=] he has installed.
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* DumbassNoLonger: DumbassNoMore: Unlike his less than cunning 2020 self, ''this'' Smasher is not nearly vulnerable to being hacked and brought down that way, and by how it works, it's implied to be atleast semi-active on his part, rather than just an overpowered cutting edge [=black-ICE=] he has installed.
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** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.[[note]]In fact, in the tabletop, hacking him is practically the ''only'' way to stand even a slim chance against him, given that his remaining stats are otherwise through the roof.[[/note]]
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** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.[[note]]In fact, in the tabletop, hacking him is practically the ''only'' way to stand even a slim chance against him, given that his remaining stats are otherwise through the roof.[[/note]][[/note]] Of course, it ''has'' been 50 something years since his statline in 2020...
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Is this to David, despite his affinity for cybernetics enabling him to use [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]], Adam Smasher is vastly more powerful, skilled, and fully capable of ripping him apart with his bare hands.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Is this to David, despite his affinity for cybernetics enabling him to use [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]], Adam Smasher is vastly more powerful, skilled, and fully capable of ripping him apart with his bare hands. Symbolized in the square-up before the fight proper. Even encased in a MiniMecha about as tall as Smasher and much broader, the position of his torso means David has to crane his neck up to look Smasher in the eye.
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* BoringButPractical: Compared to David in the final showdown, as Smasher's extensive chrome is nothing flashy besides the cyberskeleton and its powerful grav and mag abilities. The practical part shows up when David's showy tech can't put a scratch on him through the entire fight even as Smasher takes him to pieces.
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* BoringButPractical: Compared to David in the final showdown, as Smasher's extensive chrome is nothing flashy besides compared to the cyberskeleton and its powerful grav and mag abilities. The practical part shows up when David's showy tech can't put a scratch on him through the entire fight even as Smasher takes him to pieces.
* DumbassNoLonger: Unlike his less than cunning 2020 self, ''this'' Smasher is not nearly vulnerable to being hacked and brought down that way, and by how it works, it's implied to be atleast semi-active on his part, rather than just an overpowered cutting edge [=black-ICE=] he has installed.
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* BishounenLine: Compared to the boxy MiniMecha David becomes after donning the Cyberskeleton, Adam’s cybernetic chassis is far more humanoid and compact.
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* BishounenLine: Compared to the boxy MiniMecha David becomes after donning the Cyberskeleton, Cyberskeleton. Adam’s cybernetic chassis is far more humanoid and compact.compact, and it ''far'' outperforms the skeleton during Smasher and David’s climatic fight.
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* BishounenLine: Compared to the boxy MiniMecha David becomes after donning the Cyberskeleton, Adam’s cybernetic chassis is far more humanoid and compact.
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* EvilCounterpart: Is one to David, by the end of the series bordering a full-borg himself -- but whereas Adam Smasher looks down [[LackOfEmpathy on what makes us human]] and has distanced himself as far as he possibly can by chroming up to a point where [[FullConversionCyborg he looks more like a mechanical abomination not unlike RoboCop]], David [[AllLovingHero values others so much that he chromed up]] to such a insane degree that overwhelmed even his gifted tolerance to cybernetics to protect them and remains physically human by end despite being more metal than meat as well.
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* EvilCounterpart: Is one to Just like David, by the end of the series bordering a full-borg himself -- but whereas Adam Smasher looks down [[LackOfEmpathy expelled from a prestigious institution (The US military [[AllThereInTheManual according to the original tabletop’s lore]]) for misbehaviour, went on what makes us human]] and has distanced himself as far as he possibly can by chroming up to achieve a point where [[FullConversionCyborg he looks more like a mechanical abomination not unlike RoboCop]], David [[AllLovingHero values others so much that he chromed up]] lucrative criminal career thanks to such a insane degree that overwhelmed even his gifted abnormal tolerance to for cybernetics to protect them and remains physically human by end despite being before biting off more metal than meat then he could chew, and on Death’s door received a chance of survival from an Arasaka agent if they agreed to throw away their humanity and become fully mechanical: Adam by going “[[FullConversionCyborg full-Borg]]”, David through the [[BrainUploading Soulkiller]]. While [[AxCrazy Smasher]] jumped at the chance for freedom as well.a monster and never once looked back, David descent into cyberpsychosis was fuelled by the desire to keep the women he loved safe; and once that was accomplished, [[DefiantToTheEnd accepted death gladly rather then serve the corporation responsible for her suffering]].
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* GeniusBruiser: Despite his appearance Smasher is far from a mindless thug. Upon being given his mission briefing he immediately deduces that the Cyberskeleton's anti-grav emitters are its key weakness. He also has enough hacking knowledge to completely NoSell Lucy's attempts to attack him from cyberspace. Counts as AdaptationalIntelligence, as in CP2020 his intelligence stat is only 4, what doesn't make him the sharpest tool in the shed.
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* GeniusBruiser: Despite his appearance Smasher is far from a mindless thug. Upon being given his mission briefing he immediately deduces that the Cyberskeleton's anti-grav emitters are its key weakness. He also has enough hacking knowledge to completely NoSell Lucy's attempts to attack him from cyberspace. Counts Could count as AdaptationalIntelligence, as in CP2020 his intelligence stat is only 4, what doesn't make him the sharpest tool in the shed.shed, or him taking the time in the intervening decades to [[RemovedAchillesHeel deal with his biggest vulnerability]].
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** David manages to catch Smasher off guard and hold him down with the Cyberskeleton's GravityMaster capabilities (which was shown to be powerful enough to flatten Militech soldiers into a paste), but this only serves to piss him off as he quickly goes to tear off the antigravity supports in the skeleton's shoulders.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who gleefully tread on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] Or maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who gleefully tread on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] Or maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe perhaps they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who gleefully tread on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who gleefully tread on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] Or maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who are gleefully on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who are gleefully tread on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who are gleefully on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better spread across the side of a megabuilding.
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who are gleefully on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better be on their good side. Otherwise, have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better spread smeared across the side of a megabuilding.
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** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.
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** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.[[note]]In fact, in the tabletop, hacking him is practically the ''only'' way to stand even a slim chance against him, given that his remaining stats are otherwise through the roof.[[/note]]
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In the City of Dreams, there are few with a spotless record. For many, turning to a life of crime is a choice of necessity, not whim, but there are many more who are gleefully on the wrong side of the law with no signs of repentance. Maybe they [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney have enough eddies to keep the Badges at bay.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Or maybe they know which strings to pull that keep those detectives on a tight leash]]. Or, more likely, they're just [[TheDreaded so dangerous that no one would would dare to raise a hand against them]]. Or maybe they're just a slippery fucker who knows how to avoid the eyes of good old Johnny Law. At any rate, they're the type of person where, whenever they're around, the only people who can protect you from them are yourself and your chooms, so you'd better have that iron ready, just in case they decide you'd look better spread across the side of a megabuilding.
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* CurbStompBattle: To call what Smasher did to David and his crew a ''fight'' is pure hyperbole. Despite all their efforts, Smasher doesn’t get a single scratch by the end of his appearance.
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* CurbStompBattle: To call what Smasher did to David and his crew a ''fight'' is pure hyperbole. Despite all their efforts, Smasher doesn’t get a single scratch by goes through the end remnants of his appearance.the Edgerunners like a vibroblade through butter.
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* MomentKiller: He literally ''[[{{Pun}} smashes]]'' on the heartfelt reunion after David saves Lucy and rendezvous with the gang, something Rebecca exclaims before being SquashedFlat by him.
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* MomentKiller: He literally ''[[{{Pun}} smashes]]'' on the heartfelt reunion after David saves Lucy and rendezvous with the gang, something Rebecca exclaims before being SquashedFlat by him. Given the tragic outcome of his cockblocking, this example is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Sure, he dies at the end of the episode, but Trauma Team shows up and they have been known to be able to resuscitate people.]]
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* BadBoss: Infamously so, as a Fixer's job is to provide a reliable workflow for mercenary solos or teams and the best ensure their people are satisifed with fair deals and loads of work that they'll be more than happy to take up; Faraday does neither of those, seeing ''everyone'' [[WeHaveReserves as an expense]] he's gladly able to part with at a moment's notice and rarely, if ever, follows his word on any deals he makes, leaving his mercs either hanging or dead, which has made him a ''very dodgy'' person to most to work for as Rebecca dryly notes [[spoiler:during the Cyberskeleton heist]], leaving either only the desperate or those who cannot pass up the whole "AnOfferYouCantRefuse" speel as they begrudgingly work for him. [[spoiler:Both Kiwi and, indirectly, David pay the price as a result.]]
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Attempts to extort Arasaka with Lucy when his plan goes south, despite all the carnage his plans caused, and even tries to talk down to '''''[[TheDreaded Adam Smasher]]''''' of all people, demanding him to put David down despite having no authority over him whatsoever.]]
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Attempts to extort Arasaka with Lucy when his plan goes south, despite all the carnage his plans caused, and even tries to talk down to '''''[[TheDreaded [[TheDreaded Adam Smasher]]''''' Smasher]] of all people, demanding him to put David down despite having no authority over him whatsoever.whatsoever. Amusingly, Adam Smasher has no idea who he even is or why he is ordering him to do the job he was going to do anyway.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It is my place to see the larger picture. It is yours to listen. You will do as you're told."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Creator/GiancarloEsposito (English)
A four-eyed fixer from Santo Domingo who often employs Maine and his crew for gigs.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His personal security squad is exclusively comprised of men dressed in rather sexual and flamboyant outfits, who he on occasions will stroke and touch sensually. They contrast rather conspicuously with his otherwise very professional and straight-laced look. On the other side though he does drop a few vaguely sexual innuendos when talking to [[spoiler: Kiwi]] and their shared past, hinting at a possible relationship, but again is vague and could just as equally be him trolling her. Otherwise, nothing about his sexuality comes up in either direction.
** In the Japanese subtitles, his gunman is tagged as "gigolo" during their phone call in Episode 10.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Faraday is an ambitious man willing to do anything to achieve his goals. [[spoiler:This includes sending David's crew to either be slaughtered by Militech or captured by Arasaka, handing over Lucy to Arasaka for the bounty on her head and murdering Kiwi for outliving her usefulness. Even after he believes he's secured corporate protection from Arasaka, he states he has no intention on stopping and will keep doing everything he can to rise to the top.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:David's gravity implant severs one of Faraday's legs from his body, forcing him to call Trauma Team in an effort to escape]].
* BadBoss: Infamously so, as a Fixer's job is to provide a reliable workflow for mercenary solos or teams and the best ensure their people are satisifed with fair deals and loads of work that they'll be more than happy to take up; Faraday does neither of those, seeing ''everyone'' [[WeHaveReserves as an expense]] he's gladly able to part with at a moment's notice and rarely, if ever, follows his word on any deals he makes, leaving his mercs either hanging or dead, which has made him a ''very dodgy'' person to most to work for as Rebecca dryly notes [[spoiler:during the Cyberskeleton heist]], leaving either only the desperate or those who cannot pass up the whole "AnOfferYouCantRefuse" speel as they begrudgingly work for him. [[spoiler:Both Kiwi and, indirectly, David pay the price as a result.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He has designs on being a hotshot corpo and [[spoiler:starts playing both sides of the field with Militech and Arasaka in hopes of becoming more than a fixer. Ultimately, his plan falls completely flat and he dies a rather ignominious death.]]
* BullyingADragon: Faraday can't stop antagonizing people who could crush him like a bug ranging from Militech to Arasaka to [[spoiler:''Adam Smasher'']]. He even becomes his most hostile to David only after [[spoiler: he's equipped with an Arasaka superweapon.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has a habit of switching allegiances on a dime the second it suits his end goals or his stands something to gain from it. [[spoiler:He betrays Militech for Arasaka for a better offer, sends David and his crew into a trap and tries to personally kill his long-time associate Kiwi after she helped him with the setup.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Ultimately meets his end when David knocks him out of the top of Arasaka Tower. Viewers even get treated to the [[LudicrousGibs gory, gory impact.]]]]
* ExtraEyes: Has a distinctive face implant which replaces one of his eyes with three stacked on top of each other.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks rather formally and keeps a respectful air around the people he organizes, at first, but is quick to show how terse and slimy he really is once he's established power over his runners' pockets and he isn't afraid to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness double cross any of the people in his employ]] at a moment's notice, [[spoiler:as both David and Kiwi can attest too]].
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Becomes the most personal opponent to David once he decides to double-cross Militech and side with Arasaka, kidnapping Lucy to secure his deal with them. However, it's made abundantly clear for all of his efforts, he is ''a nobody'' in the grand scope of the setting.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Faraday only cares about himself and his ambitions, everyone else can go hang the moment they stop being useful.
* {{Jerkass}}: Permanently rude and condescending to everyone he talks to, even people vastly out of his weight class like [[spoiler:Arasaka's top enforcer, Adam Smasher]]. Unfortunately for him, it's not without consequences - his abrasive, obstructive attitude is terrible for engendering loyalty and tends to result in people planning around him because they know he won't tell them important details.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:It's what you'd expect from getting to watch the end result of a DisneyVillainDeath unfold. Some of the only recognizable bits left of him are his eyes rolling away from his remains.]]
* MeaningfulName: Faraday is an exceedingly appropriate name for such a fair-weather ally.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage Faraday cages]] are devices which can block cell and radio signals. Quite appropriate for a man who likes witholding information even to his supposed allies.
* MiddleManagementMook: As a fixer Faraday serves as a middle man, passing on assignments to mercs from his corporate bosses. Best exemplified when Faraday meets with his Militech handlers and they withhold crucial information and treat him just as condescending and disposable as Faraday treats his own mercs. [[spoiler:He becomes this to Arasaka when they make him a better offer, giving David and his crew a "job" which is a trap to get David to put on the cyberskeleton. Despite Faraday's ambition to rise to the top, he's ultimately a BigBadWannabe as he has neither the brains nor the brawn to achieve his goals and relies on hiring out more competent and deadlier people to do his dirty work for him.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: Faraday may act like a big shot but he's not even an especially important Fixer. Just a Fixer who sometimes acts as a middleman for the corps, but he wants to move up to becoming an actual corporate employee instead. But at the end of the day, he's nothing but just another tool for them, something that can be exploited to put a degree of separation from themselves; used without any respect or care, only kept around because he's convenient, [[spoiler:[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and thrown away without hesitation when he proves too much trouble to keep.]]]] He even has the temerity to think that he can give orders to ''[[spoiler:Adam Smasher.]]''
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Attempts to extort Arasaka with Lucy when his plan goes south, despite all the carnage his plans caused, and even tries to talk down to '''''[[TheDreaded Adam Smasher]]''''' of all people, demanding him to put David down despite having no authority over him whatsoever.]]
-->'''Faraday:''' [[spoiler:Adam Smasher]], hurry! Go on, kill the boy!\\
'''[[spoiler:Smasher]]:''' Who the fuck are you?\\
'''Faraday:''' You fucking merc! Do your job!
* TreacherousQuestgiver: [[spoiler:He gives David's crew a job to hit an Arasaka convoy which is actually arranged for David to put on the cyberskeleton and perform a "field test" against an army of Militech soldiers.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Faraday's attempts to exceed his orders results in [[spoiler: David succumbing to cyberpsychosis and going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to get back his girlfriend.]]
* VirtueIsWeakness: Faraday believes Maine's flaw is his personal attachment to the people in his crew, saying that familiarity muddies the mind [[spoiler:and was what led to his death]]. Faraday displays no such attachment, being willing to betray anyone at a moment's notice for his own advancement.
* WeHaveReserves: How he treats his hires ultimately, as Faraday could not actually give a shit less if they come back in one piece or not, and in fact counts on ''massive causalities'' when hiring for big jobs [[spoiler:such as during the Cyberskeleton con]] so he pays far fewer dividends. It's to the point it's {{Lampshaded}} by Rebecca that it's typical behavior when they see he's hired a bunch of {{Mooks}} [[spoiler:to distract an Arasaka convoy carrying the Cyberskeleton]] and didn't tell them he expects them to die. [[spoiler:It makes the irony of the reveal, that Arasaka sees him as just as expendable, all the sweeter.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe, Arasaka Counter Intelligence comes to the conclusion he's a moron [[spoiler: after not only causing David to go on a rampage with their cyber-skeleton in public but also demanding a job. As a result, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they decide he's too much trouble for them to let live, let alone hire.]]]]
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Militech [[spoiler:scale back their support for Faraday and refuse to protect him from Arasaka due to his repeated failures to procure information about the Cyberskeleton.]]
** [[spoiler:While Arasaka are initially happy to turn Faraday to their side, they quickly lose their patience with him when his plan to force David to don the Cyberskeleton backfires horrendously on them. When Faraday arrives at Arasaka Tower, security is given very specific instructions to kill him.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** [[spoiler:After Kiwi does her part in handing over Lucy and luring David's crew into a trap, when she meets him to get her payment, Faraday shoots her, revealing part of securing his own corporate protection with Arasaka is eliminating anyone who knows about the cyberskeleton project. Kiwi manages to escape and survive just long enough to send a vengeful David after their traitorous fixer.]]
** [[spoiler:Was also planned for ''him'' as well by Arasaka when his ambition to please causes the biggest shit-show Night City has seen since [[NukeEm Johnny Silverhand's bombing of the Arasaka headquarters]] when his plan for David goes [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge hard south]] with their tech, closing out their deal abruptly and seeking to dispose of him once they resolve the crisis with the Cyberskeleton. However, [[DisneyVillainDeath David is able to do their work for them after goading Smasher's missiles to help his escape with Lucy]]]].
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[[folder:Jimmy Kurosaki]]
!!Jimmy Kurosaki
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitoYasuhara (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English), Creator/BorisRehlinger (French)
A renowned braindance artist with ties to a certain Arasaka executive, putting him in the crew's crosshairs.
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* AceCustom: Has at least two [[AttackDrone Militech Wyverns]] he modified himself to be both bulletproof and resistant to hacking.
* AgentPeacock: While he's mostly known as a flamboyant techie, Jimmy is a very dangerous man between his [[{{EMP}} EMP emitter]] that's strong enough to put David on the ground and his custom attack drones. He's the first indication the crew has gotten in over their heads in their pursuit of [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Subjects David to a brutal custom braindance, forcing him to experience the perspective of several murderous cyberpsychos while preying on his insecurities.
* DieLaughing: [[spoiler:Before he bleeds out he fixes David with a ''very'' creepy grin and knowing look, gurgling out a final chuckle before flatlining]].
** [[spoiler: The worst part is, it is difficult to know if this actually happened, or if it was an early sign of David's encroaching Cyberpsycosis.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} Peter Riviera]], being a hammy and over-the-top MasterOfIllusion, that loves inflicting MindRape to anyone that crosses his bad side.
* ExtraEyes: Has several extra eye implants mounted to the back of his head, albeit covered by his hair.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When David introduces himself, Kurosaki is civil but not exactly warm. The second David regains consciousness after Kurosaki forced him to experience an XBD, Kurosaki begins speaking in a much more excited and friendly manner, clearly reveling in trying to drive David to madness. He maintains his shallow affect of affability even as he's forced to work with Maine's crew.
* HannibalLecture: As part of his attempt to break David he gives him a vicious speech digging into his fears and insecurities, saying he's ''not'' special, he ''will'' die horribly and/or go insane, and there's ''nothing'' he can do to stop it. [[spoiler:He's ultimately right.]]
-->'''Kurosaki:''' I've seen plenty of chrome jocks go psycho over the years. Some metal's simply not meant to mix with meat. Your 'ganic body, your soul, gets pushed to the edge. Teeters on the brink. And it always ends one of two ways. You either lose yourself forever... Or die. No in-between.
* ISurrenderSuckers: When Dorio and Lucy hold him at gunpoint, Kurosaki surrenders. Only for his two bulletproof drones to come after his attackers.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler:Catches one of Tanaka Sr.'s flechettes straight to the throat, dying in minutes from a combination of bleeding out and choking on blood.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He surrenders "for real" once his drones are disabled, knowing mercs aren't inclined to show mercy to a hostage who doesn't do as he's told. It doesn't stop him from giving David a HannibalLecture as they're waiting for [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr.]] to fall into their trap.
* NervesOfSteel: Kurosaki never drops his casual, sarcastically friendly demeanor even when he's being used as a human shield or has a gun pressed against his temple. [[spoiler:Even when he's bleeding out and choking on his own blood from a flechette to the throat, Kurosaki uses his last moments to look at David and laugh. [[AmbiguousSituation Provided it wasn't just David's hallucination.]]]]
* NightmareFetishist: Kurosaki loves his work as an [=XBD=] editor, is enraptured by the carnage of cyberpsycho attacks, and looks forward to what damage David will do once he uses his [=XBDs=] to drive him insane.
* SnuffFilm: Along with his above-board dances he scrolls [=XBDs=] of extreme violence and murder, including the cyberpsycho attack from the very start of the series. [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr. is one of his clients, leading the crew to go after Jimmy to get him]].
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[[folder:Tanaka Sr.]]
!!Tanaka Sr.
->'''Voiced by:''' Tetsuo Komura (Japanese), Creator/PaulNakauchi (English)
The father of David's bully and a high-ranking executive at Arasaka with some information Faraday wants for himself.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: He openly begs David to let him go, appealing to his naivete claiming Maine will kill him after he's no longer useful, as well as promising a cushy position at Arasaka.
* BadSamaritan: Offers to forgive David for assaulting his son and even pressures the academy to re-enroll him ''with a scholarship''. Of course, all of this goodwill is [[spoiler:bait to lure in David and abduct him for the Cyber-Skeleton program, after he sees his extreme tolerance for cyberware]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It's practically a job requirement for being an executive at a MegaCorp like Arasaka. [[spoiler:After finding out David has an extremely high tolerance for cyberware, Tanaka Sr. tries to lure him back to Arasaka Academy just so he can turn him into a human lab rat to test out his cyberskeleton project.]]
* CovertPervert: [[spoiler: Employs Delamain's taxi services to secretly buy Jimmy Kurosaki's [=XBDs=] tuned specifically for him. This fact allows the crew to get the drop on him.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Tanaka Sr. is the target for Maine's crew, who've been ordered to steal data from him, and he's the one trying to lure David back to Arasaka Academy as part of a mysterious plot. [[spoiler:He's killed by Lucy in episode 6 of 10 after she finds out he planned to use David as a test subject for his Cyberskeleton project.]]
* FlechetteStorm: [[spoiler:Has launchers in his hands that send out a huge blast of flechettes]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the reason the crew is working for Faraday to begin with and as [[spoiler:director of the Cyber-Skeleton program he has ties to nearly every tragedy David suffers after installing the Sandevistan]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Lucy kills him and deletes the data in his head noting David as a prime test subject for his Cyberskeleton project. Though he's briefly resuscitated by Maine, he doesn't regain consciousness and dies permanently a little later. Because he over-consolidated the information on the project, Arasaka hires netrunners to reconstruct the lost data, resulting in Lucy hunting them down too.]]
* HumanShield: [[spoiler:Maine and Dorio use him as one against Trauma Team because he's technically still alive, just unconscious, by the time the paramedics come to get him.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The crew works him over both physically ''and'' mentally to get at the info Faraday wants.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:The crew did not expect the pudgy corporate executive to be mounting heavy combat cyberware, and he puts up a decent fight before Maine puts him down for the count]].
* NightmareFetishist: It turns out he's into [[spoiler:[=XBDs=], ones that feature more gore than porn according to Kiwi.]] Maine is left reflecting that the rich really are freaks.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:While he was likely already dead from Lucy short-circuiting him, an enraged Maine rips off his head and hurls it at the Trauma Team and NCPD hit squad sent to rescue him]].
* ParentalNeglect: The few glimpses of his attitude towards his son doesn't exactly depict him as a loving father. He watches the video of David beating Katsuo with a look of annoyance rather than concern, he tells a subordinate concerned about Katsuo's feelings that it's time his son learns to serve the company's best interests when he orders David to be offered a full-scholarship at Arasaka Academy [[spoiler:albeit for sinister reasons]], and he postpones seeing his son being discharged from the hospital to pick up [[spoiler:an [=XBD=]]] for his own pleasure instead.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Like his son, he beats his opponents with fast punches and chrome hands.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The elder Tanaka, while has substantially more presence than his son, is only a plot device for three episodes [[spoiler:before he's killed off]], but his actions—or more specifically his knowledge [[spoiler:is what sends Lucy over the edge in her ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend tendencies with David as she finds out he's targeted to be a lab rat for Arasaka due to his tolerance to cybernetics, leading to her botching the job deliberately (which gets Maine and Dorio killed due to Trauma Team being called) and eventually to David's death as well after she gets caught trying to cover their tracks [[HeroicSacrifice and David goes out of his way to save her]].]]
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He's left begging for mercy from the very person he intended to use as an Arasaka lab rat.]]
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[[folder:Final Boss - '''Warning: Walking Spoiler''']]
!![[Characters/Cyberpunk2077CorposAndCorporations Adam Smasher]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_smasher_anime.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"All the same meat to me. I'll slaughter each and every one of you."'']]
-> Voiced by: Yukihiro Misono (Japanese), Alec Newman (English)
Arasaka's [[TheDragon chief of security and personal attack dog]]. He comes in the final episode to resolve [[FinalBoss the crisis with the Cyberskeleton]].
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* AdaptationalBadass:
** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.
** He's definitely buffed compared to his game counterpart, however, where in the game a properly specced V can kill him in minutes, while here he's truly a LightningBruiser that easily shrugs off hits far more severe than the bullets and grenades that a player can easily kill him with and has SuperSpeed thanks to a Sandevistan.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Is this to David, despite his affinity for cybernetics enabling him to use [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]], Adam Smasher is vastly more powerful, skilled, and fully capable of ripping him apart with his bare hands.
* AxCrazy: Just like in the tabletop and ''2077'', Smasher revels in the carnage and bloodshed that ensues whenever his employers take him off the leash, and he's functionally always been like this. The rumour goes that Smasher is immune to cyberpsychosis no matter how he chromes up because he was already a sadistic killing machine.
* {{BFG}}: His primary handheld weapon is a heavy machine gun of the type usually mounted on security turrets. The fact that he's able to effortlessly carry and fire it one-handed is yet another testament to his superhuman strength.
* BloodKnight: He wouldn't be Adam Smasher if he wasn't ''obsessed'' with mass carnage or collateral damage for the shits and giggles of it. In fact, if it wasn't for David [[HeroicSacrifice attacking him and wounding his ego enough to refocus on him]], he'd have killed Lucy and Falco too simply because they tried to escape.
--> '''Adam Smasher''': None leave the slaughterhouse! Not alive!
* BoringButPractical: Compared to David in the final showdown, as Smasher's extensive chrome is nothing flashy besides the cyberskeleton and its powerful grav and mag abilities. The practical part shows up when David's showy tech can't put a scratch on him through the entire fight even as Smasher takes him to pieces.
* CombatPragmatist: Shoots David in the gut as punishment for him getting distracted by a Trauma Team attempting to rescue Faraday. He also targets David's [[AchillesHeel antigravity supports]] to immediately end his threat rather than draw it out once David [[RageBreakingPoint insults his pride]].
* ConsummateProfessional: His only mode of operation is to be chucked at a problem, [[NoKillLikeOverkill and to deal with it with extreme prejudice]], and refuses to do anything for anyone else before or after, but it becomes [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] once he's ''actually'' [[GodzillaThreshold set loose]] as he becomes a complete sociopathic BloodKnight who [[KillEmAll lives for the carnage and mayhem he causes all around him]].
* CurbStompBattle: To call what Smasher did to David and his crew a ''fight'' is pure hyperbole. Despite all their efforts, Smasher doesn’t get a single scratch by the end of his appearance.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Averted. In fact, [[TheDreaded this is what makes him so frightening]] as it is argued that Adam Smasher [[TheSociopath never had really much of a soul to begin with]] and couldn't undergo cyberpsychosis from borging himself like most people because he was already [[InsanityImmunity crazy to begin with]], which means he can operate at full capacity -- unlike David whose [[SanitySlippage mind is breaking]] from the cyberskeleton.
* DiabolusExMachina: His involvement in the final episode pretty much [[DoomedByCanon seals the deal]] that there's no way for David to come out alive.
* TheDreaded: He's hyped up as a Night City Legend and a boogeyman for edgerunners. By the finale, David and friends learn the very hard way that this reputation might actually be an ''{{Understatement}}''.
* DubPersonalityChange: Unlike the English dub, the Japanese version drops his habit of referring to others as meatbags that need to be slaughtered.
* EvilCounterpart: Is one to David, by the end of the series bordering a full-borg himself -- but whereas Adam Smasher looks down [[LackOfEmpathy on what makes us human]] and has distanced himself as far as he possibly can by chroming up to a point where [[FullConversionCyborg he looks more like a mechanical abomination not unlike RoboCop]], David [[AllLovingHero values others so much that he chromed up]] to such a insane degree that overwhelmed even his gifted tolerance to cybernetics to protect them and remains physically human by end despite being more metal than meat as well.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He exchanges some banter with David when they first meet and commends him for putting up a fight as David lays dying, even stating he’d make an interesting Construct. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s an AxCrazy monster who lives to kill everything he’s pointed at.
* FinalBoss: Much like the game, he is the very last opponent faced by David as he makes his march on Arasaka headquarters to retrieve Lucy. But since Smasher is both TheDreaded and [[SavedByCanon still alive by 2077]], David's chances of success were pretty much [[ForegoneConclusion dashed against the stones]].
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his appearance Smasher is far from a mindless thug. Upon being given his mission briefing he immediately deduces that the Cyberskeleton's anti-grav emitters are its key weakness. He also has enough hacking knowledge to completely NoSell Lucy's attempts to attack him from cyberspace. Counts as AdaptationalIntelligence, as in CP2020 his intelligence stat is only 4, what doesn't make him the sharpest tool in the shed.
* GodzillaThreshold: Arasaka is generally not keen to deploy Adam Smasher due to his violent tendencies, and keep him in reserve for only the most serious of threats, such as when David steals their Cyberskeleton and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge with it.
* HateSink: Smasher here is just as cruel and bloodthirsty as he is in the game. The fact he ruins David's reunion with Lucy before [[JustForPun smashing Rebecca on the floor]] and killing David all serve to reinforce his willingness to embrace his own brutality and irredeemable qualities.
* HeroKiller: Kills Rebecca by smashing her into a fine paste with barely any effort, and brutally kills David not too long after to establish exactly ''why'' he's so feared.
* HopelessBossFight: Due to being both his well-deserved reputation as [[TheDreaded the boogeyman of Night City]] and [[SavedByCanon needing to still be alive by the events of the game]], there was no chance David was going to actually do anything meaningful against Smasher.
* ImplacableMan: When Arasaka sets Smasher loose on someone, nothing is stopping him until either he or his target is dead.
** When Rebecca fires into the air as he plummets towards the gang, he casually dodges all her shots before landing right on top of her.
** David's new GravityMaster ability in the finale slows him down but only for a bit. Adam is quick to walk towards him and disassemble David's stolen suit even as massive gravitational weight is being exerted upon his frame.
* InsanityImmunity: It's heavily implied the reason CyberneticsEatYourSoul is because excessive chroming up [[SanitySlippage aggravates emotional trauma and feelings of alienation inherent to Night City]], until the cyborg is completely unable to tell between memories and reality. Because Smasher was an already AxCrazy PsychoForHire who was ''completely at peace'' with the WretchedHive around him, he's more or less immune to it.
* ItsPersonal: Sort of. He couldn't care less about David as an individual during their encounter, but as explained by the Arasaka suits, [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]] was meant as an additional upgrade for Adam Smasher's already [[FullConversionCyborg chromed out]] body, but as David takes it on a joyride far longer than Arasaka intended, they let Adam Smasher off the leash against it because he'd be extremely frustrated over his "new toy" being taken from him and bring him down. [[CurbStompBattle They were right]].
* TheJuggernaut: Adam Smasher is a force to be reckoned with and simply shrugs off everything thrown at him.
* KarmaHoudini: As far as the show is concerned, at least. He kills David plus Rebecca and ends up none the worse for wear. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty V ends up fighting him.]]
* KickTheDog: Kills Rebecca, and attempts to do the same to Lucy and Falco, for no reason while pursuing David because, as he says himself, "they are all the same meat" to him and will KillEmAll just because he can.
* KnightOfCerebus: Not the show was very light-hearted to begin with, but the second Adam Smasher shows up is when things go from bad to downright hopeless for our protagonists, and pretty much spoils that David and Lucy’s story is not going to have a happy ending.
* LaserGuidedKarma: This is possible in the game if you kill Smasher with Rebecca's signature shotgun Guts, thus avenging her death at his hands.
* {{Leitmotif}}: His [[https://youtu.be/tYAhtSZHQ_o eponymous theme]] from ''2077'' plays just as his beatdown of the protagonists commences.
* MomentKiller: He literally ''[[{{Pun}} smashes]]'' on the heartfelt reunion after David saves Lucy and rendezvous with the gang, something Rebecca exclaims before being SquashedFlat by him.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: If Adam Smasher wants a piece of you, you and your fellow Runners might as well just pack it in. Aside from some [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptively friendly chit-chat]] with David, he doesn't fuck around in battle, and relentlessly chases down and attacks his targets until they're dead by his hands. He kills Rebecca instantly with a GoombaStomp and rips apart and executes David within a matter of minutes. Smasher even shoots David in the gut while he's distracted at one point.
--> '''Adam Smasher''': Can you ''really'' afford distractions now?
* NoSell: Not only does he shrug off everything David's Cyberskeleton throws at him, and flat out ignore David's SuperSpeed with his own; Smasher isn't even fazed by Lucy's attempt [[DuelingHackers to hack him and nearly fries her brain]] instead midst the fight.
* OffhandBackhand: When Falco tries to attack him after Rebecca's death, Smasher doesn't even break his stride as he casually swats Falco away hard enough to sever his cybernetic arm.
* PetTheDog: He slides into the final battle with just enough time to protect a single Arasaka employee from David's bullets and actually bothers to do so.
** In his own twisted way he respected David enough to honor his request. Insisting he had fun fighting David he offered him the chance to become a construct, which is well within the means of Arasaka and are able to do so even with a corpse. David refuses the offer and mentions not caring about that. Adam Smasher summarily destroys his brain, which is the part of the body essential for making engrams of people. In his own way Adam Smasher honored David's wishes and by destroying his brain prevented Arasaka from being able to make an engram out of him.
* PretenderDiss: As seen under ReasonYouSuckSpeech, Smasher is downright ''insulted'' that David thinks his affinity for cyberware makes them equal.
-->'''David:''' Heard you went no-ganic full-borg, so I gotta ask. Any brain left in that chrome dome of yours?\\
'''Smasher:''' You could say [[IronicEcho I'm special]].\\
'''David:''' Well, so the fuck am I!\\
'''Smasher:''' That a joke?
* PsychoForHire: As in the source material, he is a bloodthirsty and sadistic psychopath on the payroll of the [[MegaCorp Arasaka Corporation]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Being looked down on by David grinds his gears so much that he forgoes his typical BloodKnight tendencies of LeaveNoSurvivors and purely focuses on killing him instead, which David [[HeroicSacrifice was counting on]] to ensure Lucy and Falco escaped.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Has an absolutely vicious one towards David as he begins pummels him to death during his HeroicSacrifice after pushing him to his RageBreakingPoint.
--> '''Adam Smasher:''' You... Who are you... to challenge ''[[TheDreaded me]]''?! You can't even stand without your antigrav crutches. [[{{Pride}} You think you're special 'cause you're scrappy]]? Don't make me laugh!
* {{Reconstruction}}: In the game, he was the FinalBoss, but was surprisingly underpowered against a properly-specced [[PlayerCharacter V]], who is effectively on their last legs thanks to the Relic killing them internally. Here, he's such an absurdly lethal force of nature that he serves as a OneManArmy and straight-up shrugs off a fully kitted-out David inside a [[MiniMecha cyberskeleton]], retaining a much more lore-accurate depiction of his character in that there was one fundamental rule with him in the tabletop game: [[HopelessBossFight you didn't fight Adam Smasher unless you wanted to die.]]
* RedBaron: “The NC Boogeyman”.
* {{Sadist}}: Much like in the game, he revels in causing others agony as much as he loves killing them. He could have ''very easily'' killed David on the spot of their meeting, but draws it out not only to size the kid up but for his own twisted amusement as he hounds him down into the city streets and tears him down.
* SavedByCanon: Since none of the characters are Morgan Blackhand or V, none of them have any chance of putting him down and Smasher won't meet his fate until [[VideoGame/{{Cyberpunk2077}} V defeats him at Arasaka Tower]].
* StealthyColossus: He’s actually present in the room with the two Arasaka agents, but his black color scheme and uncharacteristic silence mean he blends into the shadows surprisingly well. The male agent is even surprised by his presence.
* StrongAndSkilled: Contrasting David, Smasher has had decades of being a full borg and shows it. Nothing David can do leaves so much as a scratch on him.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only exists as an actual character for around five minutes altogether in the final episode, but Adam Smasher appearing alone turns things into an outright SuddenDownerEnding if it wasn't for David's HeroicSacrifice allowing Lucy and Falco to escape.
* TheSociopath: A textbook example, as Smasher is extremely self-centered and completely uncaring of everyone and everything around him except whether or not he can get excited [[{{Pun}} smashing]] it to bits with extreme prejudice, [[AxCrazy regardless if they are the target he's after or not]]. In fact, his lifelong sociopathy is probably the sole reason why he hasn't succumbed to cyberpsychosis [[FullConversionCyborg despite how chromed he is]], because it's doubtful he can experience a level of emotion necessary for trauma to affect him when ''he'' is gleefully [[TheDreaded the traumatic event for others]].
* SoftSpokenSadist: Despite his appearance, turns out to be this and is perfectly calm throughout the battle with David, at least until David insults his pride.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The moment he has David in his sights, Adam Smasher is absolutely relentless in pursuing him, even far outside of the Arasaka headquarters and down into Night City, and is completely uncaring of [[BloodKnight the collateral damage or lives lost]] that gets between him and David.
* SuperSpeed: Just to drive home how screwed David is, Adam shows that he has a Sandevistan of his own, negating the former's advantage. Just to twist the knife, Adam casually refers to it as a "rudimentary implant" -- the augment that David placed so much of his personal value on is just an easily acquirable gimmick for the big leaguers.
* VillainRespect: Despite looking down on David and barely working up a sweat, he ''does'' admit that the kid had given him a bit of fun before putting him down like a dog, even offering to use Soulkiller on him before he does so. And he respect's David's refusal, as well.
* WalkingSpoiler: While foreshadowed earlier by Ripperdoc mentioning him to an unknowing David, his appearance in the final episode to deal with David's rampage against Arasaka [[DoomedByCanon affirms]] he isn't [[TheHeroDies making it out of the series alive]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: Averted ''hard'', as despite being canonically ''weaker'' to being hacked than most due to his FullConversionCyborg status and is ''actually'' a legitimate strategy (to the point of borderline being a requirement) to be able to fight evenly with him, he [[NoSell No Sells]] Lucy's hack outright and counter hacks ''her''.
* WreckedWeapon: [[ImpliedTrope Implied.]] An instant before their collision, it's shown that Rebecca and Smasher fired on one another at point blank range, barrel-to-barrel. Afterwards his rifle is nowhere to be seen, giving the impression that the little Solo managed to take out his main weapon with her last moment alive.
* WorldsBestWarrior: With decades of combat experience, the best cyberware Arasaka has to offer, and having taken on the likes of Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand and lived, Smasher is, to put it bluntly, the deadliest killing machine on the planet. David simply never stood a chance.
* WorthyOpponent: Subverted. Adam Smasher doesn't see David as any sort of threat, and both before and during their fight he constantly talks down and belittles the idea of seriously facing him, and sure enough, despite packing some serious heat, David is [[AlwaysABiggerFish barely a fart to him]]. That said, when he looks back in hindsight just before he kills him, he ''[[DoubleSubverted does]]'' [[VillainRespect admit]] that David was actually fun to fight and even offers the opportunity to have [[ImmortalityInducer the Soulkiller]] used on him, but the moment David blows him off, he follows through without hesitation and kills David on the spot.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In [[OffModel a weird way]], as despite his cameo appearance prior, he is spot-on design-wise to his game appearance. Adam Smasher's appearance in the final episode, while superficially similar, has a lot of details that are different enough to be noticeable. Namely: his ElectronicEyes are standard GlowingMechanicalEyes instead of the weird multi-lensed camera ones, his jaw doesn't move when he speaks, and he's [[YourSizeMayVary far more top-heavy at times]] than his freakishly huge body already was. Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as WordOfGod states that Adam's status as a full-borg allows him to pilot different bodies, so it's possible that he's literally in a different body than when we later see him in ''2077''.
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!!Faraday
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It is my place to see the larger picture. It is yours to listen. You will do as you're told."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Creator/GiancarloEsposito (English)
A four-eyed fixer from Santo Domingo who often employs Maine and his crew for gigs.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His personal security squad is exclusively comprised of men dressed in rather sexual and flamboyant outfits, who he on occasions will stroke and touch sensually. They contrast rather conspicuously with his otherwise very professional and straight-laced look. On the other side though he does drop a few vaguely sexual innuendos when talking to [[spoiler: Kiwi]] and their shared past, hinting at a possible relationship, but again is vague and could just as equally be him trolling her. Otherwise, nothing about his sexuality comes up in either direction.
** In the Japanese subtitles, his gunman is tagged as "gigolo" during their phone call in Episode 10.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Faraday is an ambitious man willing to do anything to achieve his goals. [[spoiler:This includes sending David's crew to either be slaughtered by Militech or captured by Arasaka, handing over Lucy to Arasaka for the bounty on her head and murdering Kiwi for outliving her usefulness. Even after he believes he's secured corporate protection from Arasaka, he states he has no intention on stopping and will keep doing everything he can to rise to the top.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:David's gravity implant severs one of Faraday's legs from his body, forcing him to call Trauma Team in an effort to escape]].
* BadBoss: Infamously so, as a Fixer's job is to provide a reliable workflow for mercenary solos or teams and the best ensure their people are satisifed with fair deals and loads of work that they'll be more than happy to take up; Faraday does neither of those, seeing ''everyone'' [[WeHaveReserves as an expense]] he's gladly able to part with at a moment's notice and rarely, if ever, follows his word on any deals he makes, leaving his mercs either hanging or dead, which has made him a ''very dodgy'' person to most to work for as Rebecca dryly notes [[spoiler:during the Cyberskeleton heist]], leaving either only the desperate or those who cannot pass up the whole "AnOfferYouCantRefuse" speel as they begrudgingly work for him. [[spoiler:Both Kiwi and, indirectly, David pay the price as a result.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He has designs on being a hotshot corpo and [[spoiler:starts playing both sides of the field with Militech and Arasaka in hopes of becoming more than a fixer. Ultimately, his plan falls completely flat and he dies a rather ignominious death.]]
* BullyingADragon: Faraday can't stop antagonizing people who could crush him like a bug ranging from Militech to Arasaka to [[spoiler:''Adam Smasher'']]. He even becomes his most hostile to David only after [[spoiler: he's equipped with an Arasaka superweapon.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has a habit of switching allegiances on a dime the second it suits his end goals or his stands something to gain from it. [[spoiler:He betrays Militech for Arasaka for a better offer, sends David and his crew into a trap and tries to personally kill his long-time associate Kiwi after she helped him with the setup.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Ultimately meets his end when David knocks him out of the top of Arasaka Tower. Viewers even get treated to the [[LudicrousGibs gory, gory impact.]]]]
* ExtraEyes: Has a distinctive face implant which replaces one of his eyes with three stacked on top of each other.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks rather formally and keeps a respectful air around the people he organizes, at first, but is quick to show how terse and slimy he really is once he's established power over his runners' pockets and he isn't afraid to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness double cross any of the people in his employ]] at a moment's notice, [[spoiler:as both David and Kiwi can attest too]].
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Becomes the most personal opponent to David once he decides to double-cross Militech and side with Arasaka, kidnapping Lucy to secure his deal with them. However, it's made abundantly clear for all of his efforts, he is ''a nobody'' in the grand scope of the setting.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Faraday only cares about himself and his ambitions, everyone else can go hang the moment they stop being useful.
* {{Jerkass}}: Permanently rude and condescending to everyone he talks to, even people vastly out of his weight class like [[spoiler:Arasaka's top enforcer, Adam Smasher]]. Unfortunately for him, it's not without consequences - his abrasive, obstructive attitude is terrible for engendering loyalty and tends to result in people planning around him because they know he won't tell them important details.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:It's what you'd expect from getting to watch the end result of a DisneyVillainDeath unfold. Some of the only recognizable bits left of him are his eyes rolling away from his remains.]]
* MeaningfulName: Faraday is an exceedingly appropriate name for such a fair-weather ally.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage Faraday cages]] are devices which can block cell and radio signals. Quite appropriate for a man who likes witholding information even to his supposed allies.
* MiddleManagementMook: As a fixer Faraday serves as a middle man, passing on assignments to mercs from his corporate bosses. Best exemplified when Faraday meets with his Militech handlers and they withhold crucial information and treat him just as condescending and disposable as Faraday treats his own mercs. [[spoiler:He becomes this to Arasaka when they make him a better offer, giving David and his crew a "job" which is a trap to get David to put on the cyberskeleton. Despite Faraday's ambition to rise to the top, he's ultimately a BigBadWannabe as he has neither the brains nor the brawn to achieve his goals and relies on hiring out more competent and deadlier people to do his dirty work for him.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: Faraday may act like a big shot but he's not even an especially important Fixer. Just a Fixer who sometimes acts as a middleman for the corps, but he wants to move up to becoming an actual corporate employee instead. But at the end of the day, he's nothing but just another tool for them, something that can be exploited to put a degree of separation from themselves; used without any respect or care, only kept around because he's convenient, [[spoiler:[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and thrown away without hesitation when he proves too much trouble to keep.]]]] He even has the temerity to think that he can give orders to ''[[spoiler:Adam Smasher.]]''
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Attempts to extort Arasaka with Lucy when his plan goes south, despite all the carnage his plans caused, and even tries to talk down to '''''[[TheDreaded Adam Smasher]]''''' of all people, demanding him to put David down despite having no authority over him whatsoever.]]
-->'''Faraday:''' [[spoiler:Adam Smasher]], hurry! Go on, kill the boy!\\
'''[[spoiler:Smasher]]:''' Who the fuck are you?\\
'''Faraday:''' You fucking merc! Do your job!
* TreacherousQuestgiver: [[spoiler:He gives David's crew a job to hit an Arasaka convoy which is actually arranged for David to put on the cyberskeleton and perform a "field test" against an army of Militech soldiers.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Faraday's attempts to exceed his orders results in [[spoiler: David succumbing to cyberpsychosis and going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to get back his girlfriend.]]
* VirtueIsWeakness: Faraday believes Maine's flaw is his personal attachment to the people in his crew, saying that familiarity muddies the mind [[spoiler:and was what led to his death]]. Faraday displays no such attachment, being willing to betray anyone at a moment's notice for his own advancement.
* WeHaveReserves: How he treats his hires ultimately, as Faraday could not actually give a shit less if they come back in one piece or not, and in fact counts on ''massive causalities'' when hiring for big jobs [[spoiler:such as during the Cyberskeleton con]] so he pays far fewer dividends. It's to the point it's {{Lampshaded}} by Rebecca that it's typical behavior when they see he's hired a bunch of {{Mooks}} [[spoiler:to distract an Arasaka convoy carrying the Cyberskeleton]] and didn't tell them he expects them to die. [[spoiler:It makes the irony of the reveal, that Arasaka sees him as just as expendable, all the sweeter.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe, Arasaka Counter Intelligence comes to the conclusion he's a moron [[spoiler: after not only causing David to go on a rampage with their cyber-skeleton in public but also demanding a job. As a result, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they decide he's too much trouble for them to let live, let alone hire.]]]]
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Militech [[spoiler:scale back their support for Faraday and refuse to protect him from Arasaka due to his repeated failures to procure information about the Cyberskeleton.]]
** [[spoiler:While Arasaka are initially happy to turn Faraday to their side, they quickly lose their patience with him when his plan to force David to don the Cyberskeleton backfires horrendously on them. When Faraday arrives at Arasaka Tower, security is given very specific instructions to kill him.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** [[spoiler:After Kiwi does her part in handing over Lucy and luring David's crew into a trap, when she meets him to get her payment, Faraday shoots her, revealing part of securing his own corporate protection with Arasaka is eliminating anyone who knows about the cyberskeleton project. Kiwi manages to escape and survive just long enough to send a vengeful David after their traitorous fixer.]]
** [[spoiler:Was also planned for ''him'' as well by Arasaka when his ambition to please causes the biggest shit-show Night City has seen since [[NukeEm Johnny Silverhand's bombing of the Arasaka headquarters]] when his plan for David goes [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge hard south]] with their tech, closing out their deal abruptly and seeking to dispose of him once they resolve the crisis with the Cyberskeleton. However, [[DisneyVillainDeath David is able to do their work for them after goading Smasher's missiles to help his escape with Lucy]]]].
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[[folder:Jimmy Kurosaki]]
!!Jimmy Kurosaki
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitoYasuhara (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English), Creator/BorisRehlinger (French)
A renowned braindance artist with ties to a certain Arasaka executive, putting him in the crew's crosshairs.
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* AceCustom: Has at least two [[AttackDrone Militech Wyverns]] he modified himself to be both bulletproof and resistant to hacking.
* AgentPeacock: While he's mostly known as a flamboyant techie, Jimmy is a very dangerous man between his [[{{EMP}} EMP emitter]] that's strong enough to put David on the ground and his custom attack drones. He's the first indication the crew has gotten in over their heads in their pursuit of [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Subjects David to a brutal custom braindance, forcing him to experience the perspective of several murderous cyberpsychos while preying on his insecurities.
* DieLaughing: [[spoiler:Before he bleeds out he fixes David with a ''very'' creepy grin and knowing look, gurgling out a final chuckle before flatlining]].
** [[spoiler: The worst part is, it is difficult to know if this actually happened, or if it was an early sign of David's encroaching Cyberpsycosis.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} Peter Riviera]], being a hammy and over-the-top MasterOfIllusion, that loves inflicting MindRape to anyone that crosses his bad side.
* ExtraEyes: Has several extra eye implants mounted to the back of his head, albeit covered by his hair.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When David introduces himself, Kurosaki is civil but not exactly warm. The second David regains consciousness after Kurosaki forced him to experience an XBD, Kurosaki begins speaking in a much more excited and friendly manner, clearly reveling in trying to drive David to madness. He maintains his shallow affect of affability even as he's forced to work with Maine's crew.
* HannibalLecture: As part of his attempt to break David he gives him a vicious speech digging into his fears and insecurities, saying he's ''not'' special, he ''will'' die horribly and/or go insane, and there's ''nothing'' he can do to stop it. [[spoiler:He's ultimately right.]]
-->'''Kurosaki:''' I've seen plenty of chrome jocks go psycho over the years. Some metal's simply not meant to mix with meat. Your 'ganic body, your soul, gets pushed to the edge. Teeters on the brink. And it always ends one of two ways. You either lose yourself forever... Or die. No in-between.
* ISurrenderSuckers: When Dorio and Lucy hold him at gunpoint, Kurosaki surrenders. Only for his two bulletproof drones to come after his attackers.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler:Catches one of Tanaka Sr.'s flechettes straight to the throat, dying in minutes from a combination of bleeding out and choking on blood.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He surrenders "for real" once his drones are disabled, knowing mercs aren't inclined to show mercy to a hostage who doesn't do as he's told. It doesn't stop him from giving David a HannibalLecture as they're waiting for [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr.]] to fall into their trap.
* NervesOfSteel: Kurosaki never drops his casual, sarcastically friendly demeanor even when he's being used as a human shield or has a gun pressed against his temple. [[spoiler:Even when he's bleeding out and choking on his own blood from a flechette to the throat, Kurosaki uses his last moments to look at David and laugh. [[AmbiguousSituation Provided it wasn't just David's hallucination.]]]]
* NightmareFetishist: Kurosaki loves his work as an [=XBD=] editor, is enraptured by the carnage of cyberpsycho attacks, and looks forward to what damage David will do once he uses his [=XBDs=] to drive him insane.
* SnuffFilm: Along with his above-board dances he scrolls [=XBDs=] of extreme violence and murder, including the cyberpsycho attack from the very start of the series. [[spoiler:Tanaka Sr. is one of his clients, leading the crew to go after Jimmy to get him]].
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[[folder:Tanaka Sr.]]
!!Tanaka Sr.
->'''Voiced by:''' Tetsuo Komura (Japanese), Creator/PaulNakauchi (English)
The father of David's bully and a high-ranking executive at Arasaka with some information Faraday wants for himself.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: He openly begs David to let him go, appealing to his naivete claiming Maine will kill him after he's no longer useful, as well as promising a cushy position at Arasaka.
* BadSamaritan: Offers to forgive David for assaulting his son and even pressures the academy to re-enroll him ''with a scholarship''. Of course, all of this goodwill is [[spoiler:bait to lure in David and abduct him for the Cyber-Skeleton program, after he sees his extreme tolerance for cyberware]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It's practically a job requirement for being an executive at a MegaCorp like Arasaka. [[spoiler:After finding out David has an extremely high tolerance for cyberware, Tanaka Sr. tries to lure him back to Arasaka Academy just so he can turn him into a human lab rat to test out his cyberskeleton project.]]
* CovertPervert: [[spoiler: Employs Delamain's taxi services to secretly buy Jimmy Kurosaki's [=XBDs=] tuned specifically for him. This fact allows the crew to get the drop on him.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Tanaka Sr. is the target for Maine's crew, who've been ordered to steal data from him, and he's the one trying to lure David back to Arasaka Academy as part of a mysterious plot. [[spoiler:He's killed by Lucy in episode 6 of 10 after she finds out he planned to use David as a test subject for his Cyberskeleton project.]]
* FlechetteStorm: [[spoiler:Has launchers in his hands that send out a huge blast of flechettes]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the reason the crew is working for Faraday to begin with and as [[spoiler:director of the Cyber-Skeleton program he has ties to nearly every tragedy David suffers after installing the Sandevistan]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Lucy kills him and deletes the data in his head noting David as a prime test subject for his Cyberskeleton project. Though he's briefly resuscitated by Maine, he doesn't regain consciousness and dies permanently a little later. Because he over-consolidated the information on the project, Arasaka hires netrunners to reconstruct the lost data, resulting in Lucy hunting them down too.]]
* HumanShield: [[spoiler:Maine and Dorio use him as one against Trauma Team because he's technically still alive, just unconscious, by the time the paramedics come to get him.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The crew works him over both physically ''and'' mentally to get at the info Faraday wants.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:The crew did not expect the pudgy corporate executive to be mounting heavy combat cyberware, and he puts up a decent fight before Maine puts him down for the count]].
* NightmareFetishist: It turns out he's into [[spoiler:[=XBDs=], ones that feature more gore than porn according to Kiwi.]] Maine is left reflecting that the rich really are freaks.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:While he was likely already dead from Lucy short-circuiting him, an enraged Maine rips off his head and hurls it at the Trauma Team and NCPD hit squad sent to rescue him]].
* ParentalNeglect: The few glimpses of his attitude towards his son doesn't exactly depict him as a loving father. He watches the video of David beating Katsuo with a look of annoyance rather than concern, he tells a subordinate concerned about Katsuo's feelings that it's time his son learns to serve the company's best interests when he orders David to be offered a full-scholarship at Arasaka Academy [[spoiler:albeit for sinister reasons]], and he postpones seeing his son being discharged from the hospital to pick up [[spoiler:an [=XBD=]]] for his own pleasure instead.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Like his son, he beats his opponents with fast punches and chrome hands.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The elder Tanaka, while has substantially more presence than his son, is only a plot device for three episodes [[spoiler:before he's killed off]], but his actions—or more specifically his knowledge [[spoiler:is what sends Lucy over the edge in her ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend tendencies with David as she finds out he's targeted to be a lab rat for Arasaka due to his tolerance to cybernetics, leading to her botching the job deliberately (which gets Maine and Dorio killed due to Trauma Team being called) and eventually to David's death as well after she gets caught trying to cover their tracks [[HeroicSacrifice and David goes out of his way to save her]].]]
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:He's left begging for mercy from the very person he intended to use as an Arasaka lab rat.]]
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[[folder:Final Boss - '''Warning: Walking Spoiler''']]
!![[Characters/Cyberpunk2077CorposAndCorporations Adam Smasher]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"All the same meat to me. I'll slaughter each and every one of you."'']]
-> Voiced by: Yukihiro Misono (Japanese), Alec Newman (English)
Arasaka's [[TheDragon chief of security and personal attack dog]]. He comes in the final episode to resolve [[FinalBoss the crisis with the Cyberskeleton]].
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* AdaptationalBadass:
** Downplayed in relation to his canon characteristics. While his physical feats are 100% in line with his actual power scale, he is able to outright NoSell hacks from Lucy. Smasher should have had a far more difficult time ignoring them, given how vulnerable he is to being hacked compared to most (both in the game and on the tabletop), especially since it's the fastest ''and'' easiest way for him to be taken down in a straight fight.
** He's definitely buffed compared to his game counterpart, however, where in the game a properly specced V can kill him in minutes, while here he's truly a LightningBruiser that easily shrugs off hits far more severe than the bullets and grenades that a player can easily kill him with and has SuperSpeed thanks to a Sandevistan.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Is this to David, despite his affinity for cybernetics enabling him to use [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]], Adam Smasher is vastly more powerful, skilled, and fully capable of ripping him apart with his bare hands.
* AxCrazy: Just like in the tabletop and ''2077'', Smasher revels in the carnage and bloodshed that ensues whenever his employers take him off the leash, and he's functionally always been like this. The rumour goes that Smasher is immune to cyberpsychosis no matter how he chromes up because he was already a sadistic killing machine.
* {{BFG}}: His primary handheld weapon is a heavy machine gun of the type usually mounted on security turrets. The fact that he's able to effortlessly carry and fire it one-handed is yet another testament to his superhuman strength.
* BloodKnight: He wouldn't be Adam Smasher if he wasn't ''obsessed'' with mass carnage or collateral damage for the shits and giggles of it. In fact, if it wasn't for David [[HeroicSacrifice attacking him and wounding his ego enough to refocus on him]], he'd have killed Lucy and Falco too simply because they tried to escape.
--> '''Adam Smasher''': None leave the slaughterhouse! Not alive!
* BoringButPractical: Compared to David in the final showdown, as Smasher's extensive chrome is nothing flashy besides the cyberskeleton and its powerful grav and mag abilities. The practical part shows up when David's showy tech can't put a scratch on him through the entire fight even as Smasher takes him to pieces.
* CombatPragmatist: Shoots David in the gut as punishment for him getting distracted by a Trauma Team attempting to rescue Faraday. He also targets David's [[AchillesHeel antigravity supports]] to immediately end his threat rather than draw it out once David [[RageBreakingPoint insults his pride]].
* ConsummateProfessional: His only mode of operation is to be chucked at a problem, [[NoKillLikeOverkill and to deal with it with extreme prejudice]], and refuses to do anything for anyone else before or after, but it becomes [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] once he's ''actually'' [[GodzillaThreshold set loose]] as he becomes a complete sociopathic BloodKnight who [[KillEmAll lives for the carnage and mayhem he causes all around him]].
* CurbStompBattle: To call what Smasher did to David and his crew a ''fight'' is pure hyperbole. Despite all their efforts, Smasher doesn’t get a single scratch by the end of his appearance.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Averted. In fact, [[TheDreaded this is what makes him so frightening]] as it is argued that Adam Smasher [[TheSociopath never had really much of a soul to begin with]] and couldn't undergo cyberpsychosis from borging himself like most people because he was already [[InsanityImmunity crazy to begin with]], which means he can operate at full capacity -- unlike David whose [[SanitySlippage mind is breaking]] from the cyberskeleton.
* DiabolusExMachina: His involvement in the final episode pretty much [[DoomedByCanon seals the deal]] that there's no way for David to come out alive.
* TheDreaded: He's hyped up as a Night City Legend and a boogeyman for edgerunners. By the finale, David and friends learn the very hard way that this reputation might actually be an ''{{Understatement}}''.
* DubPersonalityChange: Unlike the English dub, the Japanese version drops his habit of referring to others as meatbags that need to be slaughtered.
* EvilCounterpart: Is one to David, by the end of the series bordering a full-borg himself -- but whereas Adam Smasher looks down [[LackOfEmpathy on what makes us human]] and has distanced himself as far as he possibly can by chroming up to a point where [[FullConversionCyborg he looks more like a mechanical abomination not unlike RoboCop]], David [[AllLovingHero values others so much that he chromed up]] to such a insane degree that overwhelmed even his gifted tolerance to cybernetics to protect them and remains physically human by end despite being more metal than meat as well.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He exchanges some banter with David when they first meet and commends him for putting up a fight as David lays dying, even stating he’d make an interesting Construct. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s an AxCrazy monster who lives to kill everything he’s pointed at.
* FinalBoss: Much like the game, he is the very last opponent faced by David as he makes his march on Arasaka headquarters to retrieve Lucy. But since Smasher is both TheDreaded and [[SavedByCanon still alive by 2077]], David's chances of success were pretty much [[ForegoneConclusion dashed against the stones]].
* GeniusBruiser: Despite his appearance Smasher is far from a mindless thug. Upon being given his mission briefing he immediately deduces that the Cyberskeleton's anti-grav emitters are its key weakness. He also has enough hacking knowledge to completely NoSell Lucy's attempts to attack him from cyberspace. Counts as AdaptationalIntelligence, as in CP2020 his intelligence stat is only 4, what doesn't make him the sharpest tool in the shed.
* GodzillaThreshold: Arasaka is generally not keen to deploy Adam Smasher due to his violent tendencies, and keep him in reserve for only the most serious of threats, such as when David steals their Cyberskeleton and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge with it.
* HateSink: Smasher here is just as cruel and bloodthirsty as he is in the game. The fact he ruins David's reunion with Lucy before [[JustForPun smashing Rebecca on the floor]] and killing David all serve to reinforce his willingness to embrace his own brutality and irredeemable qualities.
* HeroKiller: Kills Rebecca by smashing her into a fine paste with barely any effort, and brutally kills David not too long after to establish exactly ''why'' he's so feared.
* HopelessBossFight: Due to being both his well-deserved reputation as [[TheDreaded the boogeyman of Night City]] and [[SavedByCanon needing to still be alive by the events of the game]], there was no chance David was going to actually do anything meaningful against Smasher.
* ImplacableMan: When Arasaka sets Smasher loose on someone, nothing is stopping him until either he or his target is dead.
** When Rebecca fires into the air as he plummets towards the gang, he casually dodges all her shots before landing right on top of her.
** David's new GravityMaster ability in the finale slows him down but only for a bit. Adam is quick to walk towards him and disassemble David's stolen suit even as massive gravitational weight is being exerted upon his frame.
* InsanityImmunity: It's heavily implied the reason CyberneticsEatYourSoul is because excessive chroming up [[SanitySlippage aggravates emotional trauma and feelings of alienation inherent to Night City]], until the cyborg is completely unable to tell between memories and reality. Because Smasher was an already AxCrazy PsychoForHire who was ''completely at peace'' with the WretchedHive around him, he's more or less immune to it.
* ItsPersonal: Sort of. He couldn't care less about David as an individual during their encounter, but as explained by the Arasaka suits, [[MiniMecha the Cyberskeleton]] was meant as an additional upgrade for Adam Smasher's already [[FullConversionCyborg chromed out]] body, but as David takes it on a joyride far longer than Arasaka intended, they let Adam Smasher off the leash against it because he'd be extremely frustrated over his "new toy" being taken from him and bring him down. [[CurbStompBattle They were right]].
* TheJuggernaut: Adam Smasher is a force to be reckoned with and simply shrugs off everything thrown at him.
* KarmaHoudini: As far as the show is concerned, at least. He kills David plus Rebecca and ends up none the worse for wear. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty V ends up fighting him.]]
* KickTheDog: Kills Rebecca, and attempts to do the same to Lucy and Falco, for no reason while pursuing David because, as he says himself, "they are all the same meat" to him and will KillEmAll just because he can.
* KnightOfCerebus: Not the show was very light-hearted to begin with, but the second Adam Smasher shows up is when things go from bad to downright hopeless for our protagonists, and pretty much spoils that David and Lucy’s story is not going to have a happy ending.
* LaserGuidedKarma: This is possible in the game if you kill Smasher with Rebecca's signature shotgun Guts, thus avenging her death at his hands.
* {{Leitmotif}}: His [[https://youtu.be/tYAhtSZHQ_o eponymous theme]] from ''2077'' plays just as his beatdown of the protagonists commences.
* MomentKiller: He literally ''[[{{Pun}} smashes]]'' on the heartfelt reunion after David saves Lucy and rendezvous with the gang, something Rebecca exclaims before being SquashedFlat by him.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: If Adam Smasher wants a piece of you, you and your fellow Runners might as well just pack it in. Aside from some [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptively friendly chit-chat]] with David, he doesn't fuck around in battle, and relentlessly chases down and attacks his targets until they're dead by his hands. He kills Rebecca instantly with a GoombaStomp and rips apart and executes David within a matter of minutes. Smasher even shoots David in the gut while he's distracted at one point.
--> '''Adam Smasher''': Can you ''really'' afford distractions now?
* NoSell: Not only does he shrug off everything David's Cyberskeleton throws at him, and flat out ignore David's SuperSpeed with his own; Smasher isn't even fazed by Lucy's attempt [[DuelingHackers to hack him and nearly fries her brain]] instead midst the fight.
* OffhandBackhand: When Falco tries to attack him after Rebecca's death, Smasher doesn't even break his stride as he casually swats Falco away hard enough to sever his cybernetic arm.
* PetTheDog: He slides into the final battle with just enough time to protect a single Arasaka employee from David's bullets and actually bothers to do so.
** In his own twisted way he respected David enough to honor his request. Insisting he had fun fighting David he offered him the chance to become a construct, which is well within the means of Arasaka and are able to do so even with a corpse. David refuses the offer and mentions not caring about that. Adam Smasher summarily destroys his brain, which is the part of the body essential for making engrams of people. In his own way Adam Smasher honored David's wishes and by destroying his brain prevented Arasaka from being able to make an engram out of him.
* PretenderDiss: As seen under ReasonYouSuckSpeech, Smasher is downright ''insulted'' that David thinks his affinity for cyberware makes them equal.
-->'''David:''' Heard you went no-ganic full-borg, so I gotta ask. Any brain left in that chrome dome of yours?\\
'''Smasher:''' You could say [[IronicEcho I'm special]].\\
'''David:''' Well, so the fuck am I!\\
'''Smasher:''' That a joke?
* PsychoForHire: As in the source material, he is a bloodthirsty and sadistic psychopath on the payroll of the [[MegaCorp Arasaka Corporation]].
* RageBreakingPoint: Being looked down on by David grinds his gears so much that he forgoes his typical BloodKnight tendencies of LeaveNoSurvivors and purely focuses on killing him instead, which David [[HeroicSacrifice was counting on]] to ensure Lucy and Falco escaped.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Has an absolutely vicious one towards David as he begins pummels him to death during his HeroicSacrifice after pushing him to his RageBreakingPoint.
--> '''Adam Smasher:''' You... Who are you... to challenge ''[[TheDreaded me]]''?! You can't even stand without your antigrav crutches. [[{{Pride}} You think you're special 'cause you're scrappy]]? Don't make me laugh!
* {{Reconstruction}}: In the game, he was the FinalBoss, but was surprisingly underpowered against a properly-specced [[PlayerCharacter V]], who is effectively on their last legs thanks to the Relic killing them internally. Here, he's such an absurdly lethal force of nature that he serves as a OneManArmy and straight-up shrugs off a fully kitted-out David inside a [[MiniMecha cyberskeleton]], retaining a much more lore-accurate depiction of his character in that there was one fundamental rule with him in the tabletop game: [[HopelessBossFight you didn't fight Adam Smasher unless you wanted to die.]]
* RedBaron: “The NC Boogeyman”.
* {{Sadist}}: Much like in the game, he revels in causing others agony as much as he loves killing them. He could have ''very easily'' killed David on the spot of their meeting, but draws it out not only to size the kid up but for his own twisted amusement as he hounds him down into the city streets and tears him down.
* SavedByCanon: Since none of the characters are Morgan Blackhand or V, none of them have any chance of putting him down and Smasher won't meet his fate until [[VideoGame/{{Cyberpunk2077}} V defeats him at Arasaka Tower]].
* StealthyColossus: He’s actually present in the room with the two Arasaka agents, but his black color scheme and uncharacteristic silence mean he blends into the shadows surprisingly well. The male agent is even surprised by his presence.
* StrongAndSkilled: Contrasting David, Smasher has had decades of being a full borg and shows it. Nothing David can do leaves so much as a scratch on him.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only exists as an actual character for around five minutes altogether in the final episode, but Adam Smasher appearing alone turns things into an outright SuddenDownerEnding if it wasn't for David's HeroicSacrifice allowing Lucy and Falco to escape.
* TheSociopath: A textbook example, as Smasher is extremely self-centered and completely uncaring of everyone and everything around him except whether or not he can get excited [[{{Pun}} smashing]] it to bits with extreme prejudice, [[AxCrazy regardless if they are the target he's after or not]]. In fact, his lifelong sociopathy is probably the sole reason why he hasn't succumbed to cyberpsychosis [[FullConversionCyborg despite how chromed he is]], because it's doubtful he can experience a level of emotion necessary for trauma to affect him when ''he'' is gleefully [[TheDreaded the traumatic event for others]].
* SoftSpokenSadist: Despite his appearance, turns out to be this and is perfectly calm throughout the battle with David, at least until David insults his pride.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The moment he has David in his sights, Adam Smasher is absolutely relentless in pursuing him, even far outside of the Arasaka headquarters and down into Night City, and is completely uncaring of [[BloodKnight the collateral damage or lives lost]] that gets between him and David.
* SuperSpeed: Just to drive home how screwed David is, Adam shows that he has a Sandevistan of his own, negating the former's advantage. Just to twist the knife, Adam casually refers to it as a "rudimentary implant" -- the augment that David placed so much of his personal value on is just an easily acquirable gimmick for the big leaguers.
* VillainRespect: Despite looking down on David and barely working up a sweat, he ''does'' admit that the kid had given him a bit of fun before putting him down like a dog, even offering to use Soulkiller on him before he does so. And he respect's David's refusal, as well.
* WalkingSpoiler: While foreshadowed earlier by Ripperdoc mentioning him to an unknowing David, his appearance in the final episode to deal with David's rampage against Arasaka [[DoomedByCanon affirms]] he isn't [[TheHeroDies making it out of the series alive]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: Averted ''hard'', as despite being canonically ''weaker'' to being hacked than most due to his FullConversionCyborg status and is ''actually'' a legitimate strategy (to the point of borderline being a requirement) to be able to fight evenly with him, he [[NoSell No Sells]] Lucy's hack outright and counter hacks ''her''.
* WreckedWeapon: [[ImpliedTrope Implied.]] An instant before their collision, it's shown that Rebecca and Smasher fired on one another at point blank range, barrel-to-barrel. Afterwards his rifle is nowhere to be seen, giving the impression that the little Solo managed to take out his main weapon with her last moment alive.
* WorldsBestWarrior: With decades of combat experience, the best cyberware Arasaka has to offer, and having taken on the likes of Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand and lived, Smasher is, to put it bluntly, the deadliest killing machine on the planet. David simply never stood a chance.
* WorthyOpponent: Subverted. Adam Smasher doesn't see David as any sort of threat, and both before and during their fight he constantly talks down and belittles the idea of seriously facing him, and sure enough, despite packing some serious heat, David is [[AlwaysABiggerFish barely a fart to him]]. That said, when he looks back in hindsight just before he kills him, he ''[[DoubleSubverted does]]'' [[VillainRespect admit]] that David was actually fun to fight and even offers the opportunity to have [[ImmortalityInducer the Soulkiller]] used on him, but the moment David blows him off, he follows through without hesitation and kills David on the spot.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In [[OffModel a weird way]], as despite his cameo appearance prior, he is spot-on design-wise to his game appearance. Adam Smasher's appearance in the final episode, while superficially similar, has a lot of details that are different enough to be noticeable. Namely: his ElectronicEyes are standard GlowingMechanicalEyes instead of the weird multi-lensed camera ones, his jaw doesn't move when he speaks, and he's [[YourSizeMayVary far more top-heavy at times]] than his freakishly huge body already was. Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as WordOfGod states that Adam's status as a full-borg allows him to pilot different bodies, so it's possible that he's literally in a different body than when we later see him in ''2077''.
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