History Characters / DesperadosIII

* AnimalMotifs:

** Isabelle is dark green.

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The main protagonist of all the games. He's an adventurous and charismatic bounty hunter who, in ''Desperados III'', is trying to settle an old grudge with Frank, a notorious outlaw.

* AudienceSurrogate: He's the least fleshed-out member of the team as among his most prevalent characteristics are his magnetism, his line of work, his deceased [[spoiler:father]]/brother, and not much else.

* BountyHunter: His father trains him to be one in the tutorial mission. In ''Desperados III'', apart from [=DeVitt=], he doesn't really track down any bounties as the game's central plot is near and dear to his own heart. ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', however, is all about him rounding up his motley crew to claim the bounty placed on a bandit that's been terrorizing the Deep South.

* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's the knightly and intrepid counterpart to the cynical and acerbic [=McCoy=].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The game spends quite some time hinting at that Cooper really, ''really'' wants to [[spoiler:face Frank one-on-one]]. In Kate's intro mission John orders Hector to stay behind just before he sneaks into Higgins's estate, spaces out whenever Frank is mentioned, and during the second New Orleans mission he substitutes his entire normally-chipper soundset with gruff, curt barks.

* GunsAkimbo: He wields a Remington New Model Army and a Colt 1851 Navy, allowing him to simultaneously take out two enemies.

* HatOfAuthority: He's the gang's leader and is almost never seen without his classic cowboy hat.

* LastNameBasis: Just like with [=McCoy=], the game's UI itself addresses John as "Cooper."
* MagneticHero: He's more or less the glue that holds the band together. Subverted as his single-minded, bullheaded nature does cause [[spoiler:Doc to walk out on them after they blast their way out of [=DeVitt's=] gold mine]]. Double subverted when [[spoiler:Doc comes back two weeks later to help Cooper see things with Frank through]].

* TragicKeepsake: Implied with his Colt Navy, likely belonging to his father, if his talk with Marshal Wayne is any indication.

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A veteran of the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and a Scottish doctor, [=McCoy=] is also a shady hitman, a professional safe-cracker, and a mercenary who works for whoever pays him more.

* TheAce: Let's just say, everything he specializes in (sharpshooting, lockpicking, alchemy, first aid)? He's pretty damn good at all of it and he knows it.

* ActuallyNotAVampire: He's a Scotsman of refined taste and delicate sensibilities who has the appearance of both a TheatrePhantom and ClassicalMovieVampire (pallor, widow's peak, an eyepatch hiding an InformedDeformity, black garb complete with an OminousOperaCape). He's also a killer-for-hire who relishes his role and at least on one occasion is seen whiling away the time in a graveyard. But since ''Desperados'' is a (fairly) grounded series, it's unlikely he's a vampire.

* AdaptationalSeriousness: With some overlapping from AdaptationalBadass. In ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', he made his debut as a harmless if vicious-looking salesman whom the townsfolk of a small town are attempting to lynch, and his knack for lockpicking, sharpshooting, and alchemy is presented as more of a side gig than anything serious. In ''Cooper's Revenge'', he's also can be heard peppering his speech with vulgar metaphors. ''Desperados III'', being the soft reboot for the series, remade him into a strait-laced, arrogant, no-nonsense, and extremely competent hitman who's as single-minded and professional as one can get and who's more prone to snark than swearing.
* AllThereInTheScript: The ending credits to ''III'' gave us his name for the first time since the series' inception: Arthur. Before ''III'', it was a case of HisNameReallyIsBarkeep to many if not all.

** He supposedly owes the enigmatic Baron something and has to repay the debt, but no one knows what it is.
* AnimalMotifs:

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Literally. He's got quite a GoldFever and will repeatedly pester his teammates on the matter of the Devil's Canyon mine containing any gold. Isabelle has to continuously remind him that they've got a job to do.

* BagOfHolding: His doctor's bag almost acts as one as he's able to hold his own possessions (bandages, gas flasks, syringe + different poisons for it, lockpicks), Cooper's possessions (hat, knife, two revolvers), ''and'' Kate's possessions (perfume bottles, Derringer) in it at the same time [[spoiler:for the [=DeVitt=] gold mine mission]].

* BringingInTheExpert: He's this to the [=DeVitt=] Company in the first mission of ''III'' -- Vincent [=DeVitt=] grew irritated with a series of raids on his trains, so he subcontracted [=McCoy=] to safeguard one. [[ForWantOfANail Too bad Vincent then decided not to pay him...]]

* TheComicallySerious: Given his dour and taciturn personality, [=McCoy=] habitually finds himself on the receiving end of the gang's endless quips – though he, to his credit, [[NotSoAboveItAll takes almost all of them all in stride]]. Nonetheless, some of his would-be snappy comebacks cross straight into hilarious SelfDeprecation.

* CoolOldGuy: Is the oldest member of the gang[[labelnote:*]]at least in ''[=WDoA=]''[[/labelnote]], lost an eye, can snipe, can pick almost any lock, has developed his own special knock-out gas, crafts his own bullets, is a professional hitman, doctor ''and'' a war veteran. You cannot really be more badass than that.
* CrisisCatchAndCarry: The Baton Rouge mission of ''III'' has him drugged and knocked out cold for its entirety, forcing others to not-so-gracefully carry him to the level exit.

* DependingOnTheArtist: His Buntline and its custom stock have changed wildly between the games. In ''[=WDoA=]'', the telescopic sight took around two-thirds of the barrel's length; in ''Cooper's Revenge'' and ''Helldorado'', the scope became bulkier and as long as the barrel; ''III'' downgraded the stock into an honest-to-god SniperPistol -- and the now pint-sized sight got permanently attached to the barrel. ''III'' likewise deleted the 'stock' part of his gun.

* TheDreaded: Late-game, you'll start running into mooks that discuss your gang's accomplishments between themselves. As it turns out, Doc tops their lists as, in their opinion, the "nastiest" member of Cooper's team -- even as some try to assuage others that he'd never attempt to take them all on.

* EyepatchOfPower: Sports one in ''[=WDoA=]'' and onward over his missing eye.

* FightingTheLancer: While not an all-out fight, [=McCoy=] makes it transparently clear that [[spoiler:he's leaving the party because of Cooper's frivolous decisions that'd led to everyone's capture]].

** In ''III'', his bracing-to-shoot animation has him kneel and lay the barrel of his Buntline on the forearm of his other arm, without anything supporting that forearm at all. One piece of concept art depicts him firing with his arm fully extended. ''III'' justifies this by correspondingly including a tremendous recoil that sends his firing arm in an arc.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler:When [=DeVitt=] corners the rest of the gang, Doc chooses his friends over walking off with the money he just received from Wayne]].

* GentlemanSnarker: Suave, sophisticated, snarky, and shuts down Isabelle in a positively spectacular way [[spoiler:as he's about to (temporarily) "cut his losses" with the gang.]]

* GeniusSweetTooth: He's a pastry chef who specializes in cupcakes and is the most academically inclined of the group.
* GoshDangItToHeck: The [[https://youtu.be/XFYdiSrweIc interview with the producer of the first game]] reveals that this happened to Doc when the game was translated from German to English. The publisher felt that the f-bombs courtesy of [=McCoy=] would raise the game's rating from the PG-13 they were aiming for and requested the devs to tone the swearing down. As a result, [=McCoy=] uses much milder swearwords in the English localization, and this swearing-less interpretation of him was used as a template for his appearance in ''III''.

* GoodPaysBetter: [=DeVitt=] refused to pay him, forcing him to switch sides and join the heroes. In the finale of the game, he also hints at Marshal Wayne having made good on his promise and paying quite a handsome sum. Not that it stops him from sizing up the derelict gold mine that's in the Devil's Canyon...
* GrumpyOldMan: He's in his mere forties and is easily the most multitalented member of Cooper's gang, but he fits into the blatant stereotype of one. He's so notoriously foul-tempered in fact that enemy mooks, at one point, characterize [=McCoy=] as "tall, long coat, mean as sin."

* HandCannon: His Colt Buntline Special fitted with a custom sniper's stock. It's also the only firearm in the game that, upon the pulling of the trigger, will not give away [=McCoy's=] position in any shape or form.
* HandicappedBadass: In that he's a one-eyed sniper. He lampshades this trope in the manual to ''[=WDoA=]''. Subverted in ''III''.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Outwardly, [=McCoy=] is prickly and disdainful of anything that does not suggest monetary compensation, but at the same time he decides to tag along Cooper and Co. long after his contract had expired, drinks and jokes with them, and downright abhors when someone calls him out on being "unprofessional" i.e. [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional not his usual materialistic and bad-tempered self]].

** The games do not elaborate on how [=McCoy=] had lost his eye, but promotional material for ''Cooper's Revenge'' stated that, whatever that was, had left a hideous scar on the left side of his face. In spite of that, the one time we get to peek behind his eyepatch in a gag with Goodman's widow's infant son, said disfiguring scar is nowhere to be seen.
** But at the same time, said scar can be seen in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of [=McCoy's=] mission intro cinematic of ''[=WDoA=]'': it's a large x-shaped RuggedScar that goes across both his left eyebrow (destroying it) and over his eye. The scar is not present on [=McCoy's=] actual render due to the early and low-fidelity 3D graphics of ''[=WDoA=]''.
* InSeriesNickname:

* InstantDeathBullet: His high-precision rounds in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' are this i.e. one bullet is enough to vaporize anyone and anything. Yes, that includes the FinalBoss who can be (via SequenceBreaking) [[https://youtu.be/XKhL1aYnLT8 sniped for ludicrous 10000 damage]][[labelnote:*]]an average mook has 50 – 150 hit points, and El Diablo himself, if fought properly, has only 666 hit points[[/labelnote]].

* LastNameBasis: Justified as no one knows his first name.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Exaggerated to the point of it becoming Major Injury ''No Reaction''. Late into ''[=WDoA=]'', Doc is taken hostage. His captors try to impromptu hang him (again), but the tree branch snaps before anyone does anything worthwhile. His captors' response? To beat the living daylights out of him and continue to beat him senseless until Cooper interferes by killing everyone around him. [=McCoy's=] reaction to the beating of mythic proportions he just endured? '''Nothing.''' Not even a disinterested "ow."

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: His KnockoutGas. The games do not explain what kind of chemical it is or how [=McCoy=] condensed it into a liquid, but seeing as Isabelle -- with her ties to voodoo and BloodMagic -- instantly identifies it as swamp gas implies that it is magical. At least, to a degree.

* MultipleGunshotDeath: In the announcement trailer for ''Desperados III'', for Cooper's second "savegame," Doc gets shredded into a bloody pulp by enemy Gatling fire. The trailer then promptly reloads.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite hailing from Scotland and coming to the United States only in his mid-twenties, [=McCoy=] speaks with a Midland U.S. accent in all four games. Though his military background -- breaking recruits of their accents as a safety measure was common back then -- might explain that.

* NotSoAboveItAll: All of his attempts at humor are conveyed without a single pause, laugh, or change of inflection.

* SnakeOilSalesman: Quit being a mercenary and became a mundane traveling merchant (complete with his own MedicineShow) sometime after ''III'', though the genuineness of his "goods" has remained ambiguous. All one knows is that the local populace tries to lynch him for the alleged fraud and that all his merchandise was highly combustible.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat:

'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''(bristles instantly, menacingly)'' What's that supposed to mean?\\

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A strong-willed woman trying to save her uncle's ranch from the [=DeVitt=] Company's hostile takeover.

* AncestralWeapon: Her Derringer was passed down from her mother.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: One of her idle animations in ''III'' have her take out her Derringer and attempt to [[GunTwirling twirl it...]] only to drop it soundly on the ground.
* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Her default cowgirl outfit in ''Wanted Dead or Alive.''
* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: As a result of blasting Mayor Higgins with a shotgun at point-blank range, Kate must find a new disguise to replace her blood-spattered wedding dress as it will immediately give her away to guards.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Has a peek or two at Cooper's ass should both of them start climbing the same ladder during the Eagle Falls mission.
* FieryRedhead: Has lustrous red hair and following her uncle's death at the hands of the [=DeVitt=] Company's thugs, chooses to hire a bounty hunter and a professional killer to help her demolish a bridge so [=DeVitt=] would never threaten the people of Flagstone (and her ranch) ever again.
* GroinAttack: In contrast to everyone else, her melee attack involves booting an enemy in the crotch. This is just as effective on female mooks.
* HeadTurningBeauty: When she uses her Seduce/Entice ability, not one simple guard can resist her.
* HeroicSeductress: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her pretending to marry the Mayor of Flagstone in order to sneak into his house and find the documents she's looking for. This is her main role in the game as well, being able to dress in disguises she can take from courtesans and distract male enemies (bar Long Coats) with her charms.
* HiddenWeapons: Because her Derringer is small, it's easy to conceal in her garter, allowing her to bring it with her to the [=DeVitt=] mansion party.
* ImmigrantParents: Her Irish parents brought her to the States when she was 12.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Her disguise options often involve stunning {{Pimped Out Dress}}es that do not hinder her movement or penchant for kneeing her foes in the groin at all.
* LittleUselessGun: Downplayed with her Derringer, while it has the lowest amount of ammo, over heats quickly in the first game and has low range compared to the rest of the gang's firearms, it can still instantly kill foes in the earlier games with point-blank gunfire and always kills anyone who isn't a longcoat in''3'' and it's low caliber is actually a subtle advatange, as it's gunshot noise doesn't travel as far as other firearms so Kate can sometimes shoot an enemy dead with it undetected whle everyone else's firearms would draw attention.
* MeaningfulEcho: Throws Cooper's own "nobody goes in alone" phrase from Chapter 2 back at him in the finale of the game. The proud John is humbled.
* OneOfTheBoys: After the Eagle Falls mission decides to keep Cooper, Doc, and Hector company on their bounty-hunting adventures. She also doesn't shy away from swearing and heavy drinking.

* RunawayBride: Her plan was always to skip out of the wedding to Flagstone's mayor once she got the deed to her family's ranch back. Circumstances force her hand, resulting in her blasting the groom with a shotgun.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Defied. [[spoiler:Kate toys with the notion of leaving the gang altogether after John screws everyone over, parroting Doc, but Hector manages to sway her after a soulful banter.]]

* WomanScorned: When she learns that her 'groom' Mayor Higgins is intending to sell her family's ranch to [=DeVitt=] company and tries to blackmail her into going along with the threat of death, she doesn't hesitate to blast the greedy bastard away with a sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:She also doesn't take it well when Cooper's misguided attempt to take on Frank alone gets everybody captured, and spends two whole missions calling him out for his foolishness.]]

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A jovial ex-thug and an experienced trapper, Hector is Cooper's best friend, and who's known him for many years.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The entire "Money for the Vultures" DLC is all about him.
* TheAtoner: It's implied that the reason Hector is so loyal to Cooper [[spoiler:is to atone for his role in James Cooper's death.]]

** Played for Drama in the DLC. Should [=McCoy=] snipe someone during the first mission, Kate will laugh and say that Hector now owes her half of his cut – they'd bet on whether Doc would hit his shot. Come the [=DLC's=] epilogue, and [[spoiler:Hector has made off with the entirety of [=DeVitt=] hoard.]]

* DumbMuscle: Is the strongman of the team but is, to quote [=McCoy=], a neanderthal. Justified in that he can't read and has some problems counting.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Played for Laughs. The Baton Rouge episode opens with Hector waking up from a night of heavy binging next to the sheriff's wife, Rosie, and forgetting how they'd met. Rosie, on the other hand, remembers everything as [[spoiler:she's the one who spiked the team's drinks the other night.]]

* SexIsViolence: Judging from the tone of his voice, he gets progressively more hot and bothered the more kills he gets under his belt during the O'Hara ranch mission – in contrast to the ever-professional [=McCoy=] who counts his kills with muted, delightful viciousness.

* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Refused to hurt the fourteen-year-old John which set him up on a path to redemption.]]

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A voodoo witch working with Marshal Wayne to try and put an end to the [=DeVitt=]'s criminal activities and who joins the gang mid-to-late game.

* AllWitchesHaveCats: She's a voodoo witch with a pet cat.
* AmbiguouslyBi: In addition to the BelligerentSexualTension entry just below, she low-key flirts with Kate, knows the inside of one of the "fanciest whorehouse" in New Orleans, and is not embarrassed to point out the "curves" and the "colors" of a raunchy illustration you can potentially acquire during the first New Orleans mission.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:Stella, alongside Agent Floofs (a dog) and Sergeant Cluckers (a chicken), get their own Baron's Challenge level. Yes, for real]].
* BelligerentSexualTension: With [=McCoy=]. They spend plenty of time arguing and generally being unpleasant towards one another (or even ''about'' each other when they're stranded on opposite sides of a map) but after [[spoiler:Doc walks out on the gang, Isabelle – begrudgingly [[note]]and not-so-begrudgingly via the mind-controlled Hector[[/note]] – confesses that she misses "the old grump"]].

* BlowGun: She uses one to fire darts that enable usage of her ''Link'' and ''Mind Control'' abilities.
* CastFromHitPoints: Using her ''Mind Control'' ability costs one point of health per use. Luckily, her Jimson herbs can redress the balance.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At one point in the DLC missions, Isabelle confesses to [[spoiler:having been Rosie's "supplier" -- Rosie had used the narcotic she'd gotten off Isabelle to drug the gang back in Baton Rouge]]. When Cooper wisely asks whether [[spoiler:Rosie has any more of that drug on her]], Isabelle replies with a cautious 'maybe.' It's implied that [[spoiler:Rosie with Hector slipped everyone a mickey ''again'' in the end of the DLC, albeit this dose was a lot smaller -- it knocked the gang unconscious but they woke up with no ill aftereffects.]]

* GenreShift: Until she appears, the setting seems firmly grounded; she suddenly introduces actual magical abilities which nobody else uses barring, perhaps, Doc's KnockoutGas.

* HollywoodVoodoo: Her ''Connect'' and ''Mind Control'' abilities are magical in nature in contrast to the more grounded nature of everyone else's skills.

* TheMedic: Her Jimson herbs heal up characters when ingested.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Whenever she and Doc wind up on a stint together, expect them to fling snide comments or outright insults at each other almost non-stop.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Fills the same role as Mia from the first game -- a SixthRanger who joins the gang mid-to-late game, who has a pet that can draw the enemies' attention, and who uses darts to make enemies attack each other.
* {{Synchronization}}: Her ''Connect'' ability works like this; you link two people, and whatever happens to them happens to the other. You can even link your own party members and Isabelle herself.
* ThatOldTimePrescription: Her HealingHerb of choice is jimsonweed, a plant known for its delirium-inducing and hallucinogenic properties. She does make an explicit remark that somehow 'prepares' fresh leaves.

* NoodleIncident: A Santa Fe bank job he went on with Cooper – heavily implied to be the job that Kate references in the DLC to ''Desperados III'' – during which half of the town was "blown to hell and back." We never learn what really happened.
* PerpetualSmiler: Sam positively brims with joy and with a desire to live and thrive – in contrast to the ever-surly [=McCoy=] in whom Sam's joie de vivre induces vomiting.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He may be scrawny and wimpy-looking, but as some of his underlings comment, he's got quite an evil eye, and will readily bully almost anyone into submission. [[spoiler:The heroes learn this far too late]].

* BadBoss: His men fear him as he's perfectly willing to maim and even kill those who tick him off.
* BloodKnight: He's an old-west version of this; he loves showdowns at high noon, to the point where he'll set them up intentionally even when he could kill someone without giving them a chance to fight back.

* NobleDemon: To an extent, at least compared to the utterly amoral [=DeVitt=]; Frank has a code, is nostalgic for the good old days, and would prefer to kill man in duels rather than from behind. However, his code only extends to respecting people who ''can'' fight back; he [[WouldHurtAChild has no qualms about murdering children in cold blood]].
* RetiredGunfighter: What he fancies himself as, but he's still absurdly quick on the draw.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has enough of [=DeVitt=] in the penultimate mission and leaves him just before Cooper infiltrates Casa [=DeVitt=].
* WouldHurtAChild: He ordered [[spoiler:Hector to kill Cooper when the latter was just a child, sparking Hector's defection from decadence.]]

* BrutalBonusLevel: His Challenges can become these as more often than not he will throw in a new rule or two (e.g. he takes away all of your weapons, your ability to carry corpses, or limits you to one corner of the map) to make things more interesting.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "My clients are watching."
* MysteriousBacker: Supplies the heroes with various inventive gadgets so they can perform the great feats he's expecting them to.
* OddFriendship: With [=McCoy=] whom he candidly calls "[his] friend" in "Bird Hunting." On the other hand, it's not known what Doc thinks about the Baron, but it's implied the feeling is mutual.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Given his "name", the grisly nature of his tasks, his apparent supernatural abilities, and how much he knows about the protagonists, it is strongly implied he's [[UsefulNotes/{{Voudoun}} Baron Samedi]] himself, the Voudoun god of death.
* SecondPersonNarration: Every Challenge begins with a briefing that summarizes how, well, ''you'' came to be in his employment... with the exception of two levels ("One Woman Army" and "Bird Hunting") which address Isabelle and [=McCoy=] respectively, informing the player that the Baron knows them already.

* HeroesWantRedheads: He and the FieryRedhead Kate hook up late in ''Desperados III'' and every subsequent game onward treats them as a couple.

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!!Hawkeye

A wounded Native American archer who is patched up by the gang at Fort Wingate. In gratitude, he chooses to aid them in exposing the cloak-and-dagger conspiracy surrounding Angelface.

* DominoMask: His face is painted to resemble one.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Late-''Cooper’s Revenge'', forgets the fact [=McCoy’s=] missing an eye when asking what Doc can see which prompts an exasperated grunt from him.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Refers to himself almost exclusively as “Hawkeye.”
* TontoTalk: Speaks understandable English but has a propensity to skip over prepositions. Adding to that, he never addresses other gang members by their names instead preferring to use epithets (i.e. “white medicine man” for [=McCoy=]).

* AllThereInTheScript: The ending credits to ''III'' gave us his first name since the series’ inception: Arthur. Before ''III'', it was a case of HisNameReallyIsBarkeep to many if not all.

* InformedDeformity: The games do not elaborate on how [=McCoy=] had lost his eye, but promotional material for ''Cooper’s Revenge'' stated that, whatever that was, had left a hideous scar on the left side of his face. In spite of that, the one time we get to peek behind his eyepatch in a gag with Goodman’s widow’s infant son, said disfiguring scar is nowhere to be seen.

!!Tropes applying to all gang members

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[[caption-width-right:500:The gang as it appears in ''Desperados III'']]

->'''Voiced By:''' John Chancer (''I''), Doug Gochman (''III'')

* AudienceSurrogate: He’s the least fleshed-out member of the team as among his most prevalent characteristics are his magnetism, his line of work, his deceased father/brother, and not much else.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The game spends quite some time hinting at that Cooper really, ''really'' wants to [[spoiler:face Frank one-on-one.]] In Kate’s intro mission John orders Hector to stay behind just before he sneaks into Higgins's estate, spaces out whenever Frank is mentioned, and during the second New Orleans mission he substitutes his entire normally-chipper soundset with gruff, curt barks.
* GunsAkimbo: He wields a Remington New Model Army and a Colt 1851 Navy, allowing him to take out two enemies at once.

* HatOfAuthority: He’s the gang's leader and is never seen without his classic cowboy hat.

* InstantDeathStab: When Cooper uses his Bowie knife in melee, the result is always fatal.

* MagneticHero: He’s more or less the glue that holds the band together. Subverted as his single-minded, bullheaded nature does cause [[spoiler:Doc to walk out on them after they blast their way out of [=DeVitt’s=] gold mine.]] Double subverted when [[spoiler:Doc comes back two weeks later to help Cooper see things with Frank through.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: John has a ''very'' personal reason for wanting Frank dead as [[spoiler: he was the one who murdered his father right in front of the then fourteen-year-old John]], to the point that he wants to be the one who does away with Frank. This has disastrous consequences at the conclusion of Chapter 2, [[spoiler:where his misguided attempt to take on Frank alone -- almost -- gets him killed and his companions -- inevitably -- captured. He learns to get over this by the final mission, though, where he doesn't turn away his companions' help in taking Frank and his men down.]]

* ThrowingTheDistraction: He carries an unlimited number of (fake) coins that, when thrown, cause enemies to look in the direction of the noise it makes.

->'''Voiced By:''' Garrick Hagon (''I''), Creator/ToddHaberkorn (''III'')

A veteran of the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and a former Scottish doctor, [=McCoy=] is also a shady hitman, a professional safe-cracker, and a mercenary who works for whoever pays him more.

* AceCustom: His personalized 16” Colt Buntline Special has three times the range and is five times as quiet as Cooper’s standard-issue Colt Navy 51/the New Model Army and, in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', can chamber two types of ammo at the same time.
* AllThereInTheScript: The artbook to ''III'' -- as well as the game's ending credits -- give us his first name: Arthur.
* AmbiguousSituation:

* AnimalMotifs: Vultures, so much so that he keeps referencing them in every game he’s been in. Him dressing in all black and having a crooked, beak-like nose also helps.

* AtomicFBomb: [[spoiler:Upon being told that Hector and Rosie pocketed all of the heist money right from under the gang’s noses causes [=McCoy=] to have a truly explosive meltdown. Seeing as Hector had the nerve to end his farewell letter with a sassy postscript “shame I can't see Doc's face right now,”]] Doc’s reaction is justified.

* BadassInDistress: ''Helldorado'' puts him out of action for a chunk of its runtime. Subverted in that the poison which is killing him does little to stop him from aiding his friends. Double subverted when the poison ultimately overwhelms him – but by that time Cooper has the antidote on his person.

* BagOfHolding: His doctor's bag almost acts as one as he’s able to hold his own possessions (bandages, gas flasks, syringe + six different poisons for it, lockpicks), Cooper’s possessions (knife, two revolvers), ''and'' Kate’s possessions (perfume bottles, Derringer) in it at the same time [[spoiler:for the [=DeVitt=] gold mine mission.]]

---> '''[=McCoy=]:''' ''(referencing [=DeVitt’s=] safe and a thief who’s trying to break into it)'' I doubt they'll get that thing open anytime soon.\\

** Should Isabelle put him under her Mind Control (see the DevelopersForesight entry on the main page) in the finale of the game, Doc will reveal that he [[spoiler:loathed letting Cooper’s task go unfinished so much he had to come back. That, and he muses over whether Isabelle missed him.]]

* CallBack: In his ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' tutorial mission threatens to give Sam a “shot of something that’ll shut [him] up for ever” referencing his poison syringe melee attack from ''III''.

* ColdSniper: His main motivation is money and he is generally more snarky and aloof when compared to the other playable characters.

* DangerousDeserter: He’s a Civil War deserter who started to indulge in killing for hire shortly afterward.

* DependingOnTheArtist: His Buntline and its custom stock have changed wildly between the games. In ''[=WDoA=]'', the telescopic sight took around two-thirds of the barrel’s length; in ''Cooper’s Revenge'' and ''Helldorado'', the scope became bulkier and as long as the barrel; ''III'' downgraded the stock into an honest-to-god SniperPistol -- and the now pint-sized sight got perma-affixed to the barrel.
* DissonantLaughter: He doesn’t laugh much, if at all, but he cannot help but let out a sinister chuckle when he’s about to execute an unconscious opponent.
* DramaticIrony:

* DrJerk: For sure, his reputation truly precedes him.

* ExposedToTheElements: Inverted. Despite all the games being set in the Deep South i.e. the states where temperatures, especially in the desert areas, can reach over 100°F, Doc won’t ever be seen without his black hat, gloves, and overcoat. Sam calls this out in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' and [=McCoy=] justifies this (he wears all that so he could put up a “double” and claims this trick had saved his life more than once) but no one ever questions his fashion choices in ''Desperados III''.

* FiringOneHanded: Played straight in ''III'', ''Cooper’s Revenge'', and ''Helldorado'' and downplayed in ''[=WDoA=]''.
** In ''III'', his bracing-to-shoot animation has him kneel and lay the barrel of his Buntline on the forearm of his other arm, without anything supporting that forearm at all. One piece of concept art depicts him firing with his arm fully extended. ''III'' justifies this by correspondingly including a tremendous recoil that sends his firing arm in an arc.
** ''[=WDoA=]'' -- as well as ''Cooper’s Revenge'' and ''Helldorado'' -- downplays this by making the scoped high-precision fire use both his hands.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Spends the entire [[spoiler:[=DeVitt=] goldmine mission]] being even more sullen, bitter, and bloodthirsty than usual and literally {{Neck Snap}}s a mook (instead of sedating them like he always does) seconds after breaking out of there.

* FrontierDoctor: Served as one prior to becoming a professional hitman. In the games, he fulfills this role by always having bandages on him to treat his injured companions.

* GoshDangItToHeck: The [[https://youtu.be/XFYdiSrweIc interview with the producer of the first game]] reveals that this happened to Doc when the game was translated from German to English. The publisher felt that the incessant f-bombs courtesy of [=McCoy=] would raise the game’s rating from the PG-13 they were aiming for and requested the devs to tone the swearing down. As a result, [=McCoy=] uses much milder swearwords in the English localization, and this “swearing-less” interpretation of him was used as a template for his appearance in ''III''.

* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: His Buntline in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', and, more precisely, his elongated precision bullets. Said bullets resemble full-on carbine/rifle rounds which he then somehow crams into a cylinder that ordinarily chambers hollow-point .45 caliber cartridges. Although, taking into account Buntline’s easily modifiable design -- it was its main selling point -- it is likely Doc [[AceCustom traded the factory-issued cylinder in for something that could chamber both .45 caliber cartridges and rifle cartridges]]. ''III'' averts this by making him use one type of ammo.

* ImprobableAge: He’s 39 in ''Desperados III'', but has already obtained a medical license, got drafted into the Civil War against his will, deserted, became an extremely deadly assassin in addition to mastering one of the most unwieldy revolvers in history, learning how to pick locks, inventing his own (alchemical) knockout gas, traps, and bullets, and becoming a pastry chef.

* IronicNickname: Isabelle almost exclusively calls this sourpuss of an assassin “Sunshine.” He, oddly, doesn’t seem to mind it much.
* InSeriesNickname: Doc. ''Desperados III'' reveals that it was Hector who first came up with it, and the rest of the crew went along.
* InstantDeathBullet: His high-precision rounds in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' are this i.e. one bullet will vaporize anyone and anything. Yes, that includes the FinalBoss who can be (via SequenceBreaking) [[https://youtu.be/XKhL1aYnLT8 sniped for ludicrous 10000 damage]][[labelnote:*]]an average mook has 50 – 150 hit points, and El Diablo himself, if fought properly, has only 666 hit points[[/labelnote]].

* LonerTurnedFriend: Prior to meeting John and Kate, he worked solo as a high-profile, unscrupulous mercenary. All of his snark aside, it’s obvious that the two (as well as Hector and Isabelle later) had rubbed off on him, to the point of him [[spoiler:choosing his friends over his selfish desires and rescuing them all from certain death]]. In the finale, he even expresses a desire to stay grouped together should Isabelle try to go where he can’t follow.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Exaggerated to the point of it becoming Major Injury ''No Reaction''. Late into ''[=WDoA=]'', Doc is taken hostage. His captors try to hang him (again), but the tree branch snaps before anyone does anything worthwhile. His captors’ response? To beat the living daylights out of him and continue to beat him senseless until Cooper interferes by killing everyone around him. [=McCoy’s=] reaction to the beating of mythic proportions he just endured? '''Nothing.''' Not even a disinterested “ow.”
* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools: Makes his own bullets and his own KnockoutGas vials. The trap that comes with his bag is also his invention.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Can crack pretty much any type of lock in mere seconds. Only doors that are barred or bolted from the other side will defeat him.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Played for laughs. In the “Once More With Feeling” DLC, [[spoiler:at long last, getting his hands on [=DeVitt’s=] great wealth fills him with so much wholesome joy that he offers to buy everyone involved a round of drinks. This enables Hector and Rosie to vanish into the night along with all the money while the gang slept off their drinks]]. Doc’s morning-after reaction is… [[AtomicFBomb something to behold.]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: With [=McCoy’s=] InSeriesNickname and standing as a cold-blooded doctor-slash-killer, he shares more than a passing similarity with the real-life [[http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Holliday Doc Holliday]]. The fact Holliday’s best friend, the renowned lawman Wyatt Earp, carries a (personalized) Colt Buntline Special (and Creator/ValKilmer’s terrific portrayal of Holliday) in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' only makes the homage all so obvious.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In his own [[StealthPun subtle way]].
--> '''[=McCoy=]:''' ''(moments after killing a mook by putting him through an industrial saw, voice flat and emotionless)'' He never saw that coming.

* PimpedOutCape: Wears a flowing, burgundy-red one in ''[=WDoA=]''.

** In the manual to ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' it’s stated Doc fought in the Civil War and lost his left eye during the Battle of Gettysburg (1863). ''III'', on the other hand, made him desert the army altogether in 1862, therefore preserving his eye.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Isabelle whose tongue is sometimes even sharper than his.
* SniperPistol: Justified. His Buntline Special is a long-barreled Single Action Army that functions as a SniperRifle.

* StabTheScorpion: How he and Cooper first meet. Cooper eliminates the two bandits holding [=McCoy=] at gunpoint, to which [=McCoy=] responds by aiming his Buntline at Cooper. John has a fleeting “are you serious?” reaction and [=McCoy=] pulls the trigger, killing the third bandit who was about to jump John from behind.

'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''(instantly bristles, menacingly)'' What's that supposed to mean?\\

* SupportingLeader: He is Cooper’s right-hand man, and will take command of the gang when Cooper is otherwise indisposed e.g. jailed or about to be executed.

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Is very quick to correct anyone who tries to address him as “Mr. [=McCoy=]” instead of “Dr. [=McCoy=].”

->'''Voiced By:''' Elly Fairman (''I''), Creator/EricaLindbeck (''III'')

* BrainBleach: Obtaining and reading the fake letter from the Chez Manu Café during the New Orleans mission will make all three heroes (Kate, Isabelle, and [=McCoy=]) positively dry heave with disgust. Soon after, Kate also suggests burning said letter and washing their eyes with soap.
* CardSharp: By ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', she’s become a ProfessionalGambler who always has an extra Queen of Hearts card on her person. She then cheats at poker by covering the lowest-ranking card on her hand with it.

!!Gang members introduced in ''Desperados III''

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Played for laughs. The Baton Rouge episode opens with Hector waking up from a night of heavy binging next to the sheriff’s wife, Rosie, and forgetting how they’d met. Rosie, on the other hand, remembers everything as [[spoiler:she’s the one who spiked the team’s drinks the other night.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: In addition to the BelligerentSexualTension entry just below, she low-key flirts with Kate, knows the inside of the “fanciest whorehouse” in New Orleans, and is not embarrassed to point out the “curves” and the “colors” of a raunchy illustration you can potentially acquire during the first New Orleans mission.
* ApronMatron: She’s petite, middle-aged, maintains constant discipline, and even when troubled, shows wisdom.

* VoodooDoll: Subverted. She carries a straw one with her at all times, but all of her abilities require blood.

!!Gang members introduced in ''Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive''

->'''Voiced By:''' Dean Hill (''I'')

Cooper’s trusted friend, one of the best demolitionists in the western United States, and generally a man who enjoys the company of a fair lady.

* DemolitionsExpert : He handles most of the explosives, such as TNT and nitroglycerine.
* NoodleIncident: Some Santa Fe bank job he went on with Cooper – implied to be the job referenced by Kate in ''Desperados III'' – sometime in the past during which half of the town was “blown to hell and back.”

->'''Voiced By:''' John Guerrasario (''I'')

A gang leader known for his monstrous strength, he crosses paths with Cooper first as his bounty target, but later becomes one of his most steadfast allies.

* BathroomBreakout: [[spoiler:How he outwits the gang in the end -- he asks for a chance to relieve himself, dividing the oblivious group and allowing him to take on Hector. He would’ve succeeded in shooting at least someone too if it was not for the returning [=McCoy=] incapacitating him from afar]].

** For some undisclosed reason, Vincent refused [=McCoy=] payment for services rendered which, more or less, jumpstarts the plot.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: In the aftermath of his rescue, Wayne goes on to say that he “owes [the gang] a great deal” and hopes to “repay the favor someday.” Cue [=McCoy=] cashing in all of his goody-two-shoes points and Isabelle letting out a long-suffering sigh.

* PositiveFriendInfluence: When asked why she would go to such great lengths to save Wayne, Isabelle explains that there was a time that she'd do anything for money, and Wayne was the one who helped Isabelle out of that situation. Gameplay-wise, his instructions in the 15th mission prevent the heroes from killing innocent civilians.

* ClandestineChemist: Back in the New Orleans, before her and the gang’s paths crossed, Isabelle was a vendor of all sorts of herbs, potions, and drugs. One of her clients was [[spoiler:Rosie Adams.]]

* GenreShift: Until she appears, the setting seems firmly grounded; she suddenly introduces actual magical abilities which nobody else uses.

* PrimalStance: Her default idle/walking animation has her bend and slouch. Subverted whenever she enters a Public Zone -- there, she walks and runs with her spine straight as a new pencil.
* RaginCajun: She’s a hard-as-nails voodoo witch from New Orleans, so she obviously qualifies.

* DemolitonsExpert: He handles most of the explosives, such as TNT and nitroglycerine.

->'''Voiced By:''' Doug Gochman

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn (''III'')

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EricaLindbeck (''III'')

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EricaLindbeck

* PublicDomainCharacter: Given his “name”, the grisly nature of his tasks, his apparent supernatural abilities, and how much he knows about the protagonists, it is strongly implied he’s [[UsefulNotes/Voudoun Baron Samedi]] himself, the Voudoun god of death.

[[folder:Frank]]
!!Frank
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DanielRiordan

An infamous outlaw who’s the head of a powerful gang. Currently, he's working as the top enforcer of the corrupt [=DeVitt=] Company.

* BadBoss: His men fear him as he's perfectly willing to maim and even kill those who tick him off.
* TheDragon: He's Vincent [=DeVitt’s=] top enforcer.
* DragonTheirFeet: He quits [=DeVitt=]'s employ just before the main characters enact their plan to stop the corrupt businessman. Therefore, after [=DeVitt=] has been taken into custody, the final mission involves tracking and taking Frank down.
* RetiredGunfighter: What he fancies himself as, but he’s still absurdly quick on the draw.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has enough of [=DeVitt=] in the penultimate mission and leaves him just before Cooper infiltrates Casa [=DeVitt=].

[[folder:Vincent [=DeVitt=]]]
!!Vincent [=DeVitt=]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JoeZieja

The owner of a powerful railroad company. This corrupt businessman is responsible for some of the most heinous crimes in the game.

* BathroomBreakout: [[spoiler:How he outwits the gang in the end -- he asks for a chance to relieve himself, dividing the group and allowing him to disarm Hector. He would’ve succeeded in shooting at least someone too if it was not for the returning [=McCoy=]]].
* BigBad: While Cooper's main beef is with Frank, [=DeVitt=]'s top enforcer, Vincent [=DeVitt=] and his cronies are still responsible for most of the plot.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He uses political connections to boot people out of their homes, take control of the O'Hara ranch, and, thanks to LoopholeAbuse, make use of slave labor.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: He employs women and people of color as HiredGuns in nearly equal numbers to men and white people.
* RailroadBaron: His railroad company is so powerful he's able to get houses in Flagstone demolished to run tracks through the town.

* USMarshal: Yup.

[-'''Note:''' this page predominantly describes character tropes found in the ''VideoGame/DesperadosIII''. Tropes associated with characters as they appear in ''VideoGame/DesperadosWantedDeadOrAlive'', ''VideoGame/Desperados2CoopersRevenge'' and ''Helldorado'' will be indicated as such.-]

* DestructiveSaviour: Downplayed in that he has no qualms about blowing up [=McCoy’s=] MobileKiosk if it means saving him from the gallows. [=McCoy=] himself, all things considered, is pretty okay with it too.

* HatOfAuthority: He’s the leader of the gang and is never seen without his classic cowboy hat.

* TragicKeepsake: Implied with his Colt Navy, likely belonging to his father, if his talk with Marshall Wayne is any indication.

* AnimalsHateHim: Downplayed in that Isabelle’s cat, Stella, doesn’t like him [[spoiler:and in her own Baron’s Challenge level, refers to him exclusively as “the grumpy man.”]] The feeling is mutual as he, in his own words, doesn’t “need gaff from a cat.”

* TheArtifact: Becomes a temporary one for the Flagstone mission. He’s right there in the middle of the map and can be somewhat interacted with, but he won’t join Cooper and Hector in their little escapade.

* BloodKnight: Does not take kindly to threats, and will, with little hesitation -- [[MoralityChain if Cooper isn’t there to cool him off, that is]] -- answer anything he perceives as a slight with lethal force. Heck, one of his selection lines for choosing the chloroform takedown is a disgruntled “killing would be faster.” Justified as he’s a ProfessionalKiller.
* CallBack: In his ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' tutorial mission threatens to give Sam a “shot of something that’ll shut [him] up forever” referencing his poison syringe melee attack from ''III''.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Played straight in ''[=WDoA=]'' and downplayed in ''III'' as there his outfit was reworked to incorporate more grey/purple tones into it.

* DissonantLaughter: He doesn’t laugh much, if at all, but he cannot help but let out a sinister chuckle when he’s about execute an unconscious opponent.

* ExposedToTheElements: Inverted. Despite all the games being set in the Deep South i.e. the states where temperatures, especially in the desert areas, can reach over 100°F, Doc won’t ever be seen without his black hat, gloves, and overcoat. Sam calls this out in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' and [=McCoy=] justifies this (he wears all that so he could put up a “double” and claims this trick had saved his life more than once) but no one ever questions his fashion choices in ''Desperados III''.

** In ''III'', his bracing-to-shoot animation has him kneel and lay the barrel of his Buntline on the forearm of his other arm, without anything supporting the forearm at all. One piece of concept art -- as well as ''Cooper’s Revenge'' and ''Helldorado'' -- depicts him firing with his arm fully extended. ''III'' justifies this by correspondingly including a tremendous recoil that sends his firing arm in an arc.
** ''[=WDoA=]'' downplays this by making the scoped high-precision fire use both his hands. For conventional non-scoped fire, he uses one hand while supporting the elbow with his other.

* GoodPaysBetter: [=DeVitt=] refused to pay him, forcing him to switch sides and join the heroes. In the finale of the game, he also hints at Marshall Wayne having made good on his promise and paying quite a handsome sum. Not that it stops him from sizing up the derelict gold mine that’s in the Devil’s Canyon…

* HotbloodedSideburns: Downplayed. His sideburns are a thin strip of finely groomed hair going down his jowls and he only seldomly gets really upset.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Loathes puzzles and wild goose chases so much that he, in the first New Orleans mission, suggests CuttingTheKnot on the whole by murdering all three potential marks. All of them are still bad people, but Kate is disappointed nonetheless.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Played for laughs. In the “Once More With Feeling” DLC, [[spoiler:at long last, getting his hands on [=DeVitt’s=] great wealth fills him with so much wholesome joy that he offers to buy everyone involved a round of drinks. This enables Hector and Rosie to vanish into the night along with all the money while the gang slept off their drinks.]] Doc’s morning-after reaction is… [[AtomicFBomb something to behold.]]
* NothingPersonal: One of his melee kill voice lines. Also has a few words of wisdom on the topic; see his quote. [[spoiler:He shares his thoughts with Cooper to boot, foreshadowing Cooper’s true motives.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:At least for the first half of the game]], [=McCoy=] is only there to get paid. [[spoiler:And even after undergoing CharacterDevelopment]], he’s still very much allured by the would-be sweet chime of profit.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Subverted. He muses about the war in his idle voice lines, and the war is explicitly stated to have been his CynicismCatalyst, but, if anything, the war had turned him into a BloodKnight.

* SniperPistol: His customized Buntline Special is a long-barreled Single Action Army that functions as a SniperRifle.

* ThrowingTheDistraction: He can throw his doctor's bag as a distraction. It will also briefly blind anyone who opens it. In ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' it’s more like Placing a Distraction.

* BrainBleach: Obtaining and reading the fake letter from the Chez Manu Café during the New Orleans mission will make all three heroes (Kate, Isabelle, and [=McCoy=]) positively dry heave with disgust. Soon after, Kate also suggests burning said letter and washing their eyes with soap.

* GroinAttack: In contrast to everyone else, her melee attack involves booting an enemy in the crotch. This is just as effective on female mooks.

* HealItWithBooze: He carries a flask of [[GargleBlaster high proof whiskey]] that heals him and him alone. It's too strong for anyone else to drink, something that can be taken advantage of using Isabelle's ''Link''.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:Stella, alongside Agent Floofs (a dog) and Sergeant Cluckers (a chicken), get their own Baron’s Challenge level. Yes, for real.]]

* FootPopping: Does a variation on the norm of this trope when offering to chaperone her new friends to New Orleans. Doc, at whom the FootPopping is aimed, is not amused.
* TheGadfly: To Doc and Doc only, as part of their BelligerentSexualTension and SnarkToSnarkCombat gimmick.

* HollywoodVoodoo: Her ''Link'' and ''Mind Control'' abilities are magical in nature in contrast to the more grounded nature of everyone else's skills.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Subverted and lampshaded. Isabelle openly admits there was once a time when she’d do anything -- emphasis on anything -- for money before Marshall Wayne pulled her out of that pit. She then lampshades the trope in relation to Doc and says she cannot tolerate people like him. The fact [=McCoy=], at this very moment, is establishing that he wouldn’t do some things even if he was paid to do them [[{{Irony}} is lost on her due to them not being within each’s other earshot.]]

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DanielRiordan

An infamous outlaw who was the head of a powerful gang. Currently, he's working as the top enforcer of the corrupt [=DeVitt=] company.

* BadBoss: His men fear him, as he's perfectly willing to maim and even kill those who tick him off.
* TheDragon: He's Vincent [=DeVitt=] top enforcer.
* DragonTheirFeet: He quits [=DeVitt=]'s employ just before the main characters enact their plan to stop the corrupt businessman. Therefore, after [=DeVitt=] has been taken into custody, the final mission involves taking Frank down.
* TheGunslinger: The reason Cooper fails to take down Frank in New Orleans is because Frank is faster on the draw.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has enough of [=DeVitt=] in the penultimate mission and leaves him just before the heroes infiltrate Casa [=DeVitt=].

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JoeZieja

The owner of a powerful railroad company. This corrupt merciless businessman is ready to do the most amoral actions if it can net him a profit.

* BigBad: While Cooper's main beef is with Frank, [=DeVitt=]'s top enforcer, Vincent [=DeVitt=] and his company are still responsible of most of the plot.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He uses political connections to kick people out of their homes, take control of the O'Hara ranch and, thanks to LoopholeAbuse, makes use of slave labour.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: He employs women as HiredGuns in nearly equal numbers to men.
* RailroadBaron: His railroad company is so powerful, he's able to get houses in Flagstone demolished to run tracks through the town.

[[folder:Wayne]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Ted Barton

A U.S. Marshal who is investigating into [=DeVitt=] company's corruption. He is also Isabelle's old friend whom she cared about a lot.

* BadassInDistress: He's implied to be a good shot, but he's just too outnumbered and outgunned to take on [[TheDreaded Frank]] and his goons at once, which gets him captured and requires Isabelle to enlist Cooper and his friends' help to save him.

* PositiveFriendInfluence: When asked why she would go to great lengths to save Wayne, Isabelle explains that there was a time that she'd do anything for money, and Wayne was the one who helped Isabelle out of that situation, which is why she wants to do everything in her power to save him. Gameplay-wise, his instructions in the 15th mission prevent the heroes from killing innocent civilians.

* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to quite approve of Cooper and Kate as a couple as he sees them off on an infiltration mission into Casa [=DeVitt=]

* SoundCodedForYourConvenience: Each gang member produces musical stingers when they perform character-specific actions.
** Cooper’s: acoustic and electric guitar.
** [=McCoy’s=]: harmonica.
** Kate’s: violin.
** Hector’s: whistling.
** Isabelle’s: trumpet.

* DestructiveSaviour: Downplayed in that he has no qualms about blowing up [=McCoy’s=] MobileKiosk if it means saving him from the gallows. [=McCoy=] himself is pretty okay with it too.
* {{Fauxshadow}}: Tells Hector and Kate during the second New Orleans mission that they “will meet at the gate; no one goes in alone.” [[spoiler:He goes back on his word]]. Kate later borrows the phrase as her MeaningfulEcho.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The game spends quite some time hinting at that Cooper really, ''really'' wants to [[spoiler:face Frank one-on-one.]] In Kate’s intro mission John orders Hector to stay behind just before he sneaks into Higgins's estate and during the second New Orleans mission he substitutes his entire normally-chipper soundset with gruff, curt barks.

* AmbiguousSituation: See the TalkingInYourSleep entry below. It’s not quite clear how or when [=McCoy=] became aware of the fact [[spoiler:Rosie]] was the true culprit behind the Baton Rouge bank job, but bearing in mind the fact he was left on the floor of said bank, it’s heavily implied it was before the rest of the group passed out – after which [=McCoy=] himself was strategically incapacitated to prevent him from intervening.

* CoolOldGuy: Is the oldest member of the gang, lost an eye, can snipe, can pick almost any lock, has developed his own special knock-out gas, crafts his own bullets, is a professional hitman, doctor ''and'' a war veteran. You cannot really be more badass than that.

* DebtDetester: Really, ''really'' hates letting debts go unpaid, despite Isabelle’s insistence that her saving the gang from their little Mississippi predicament was “on the house.” The sheer number of times he cites and recites that him helping Isabelle and Kate find Marshall Wayne is going to [[MakesUsEven make them even]] staggers both women.
* DramaticIrony: Loudly complains about the swamp in the Burn the Queen mission without yet knowing he will have ended up living in a swamp by the time ''[=WDoA=]'' rolled around. [[note]]Though, he very pointedly says “this swamp” which [[AmbiguousSyntax can be interpreted as him complaining about that particular swamp, and not swamps in general.]][[/note]]

* ExposedToTheElements: Inverted. Despite all the games being set in the Deep South i.e. the states where temperatures, especially in the desert areas, can reach over 100°F, Doc won’t ever be seen without his black hat, gloves, and overcoat. Sam calls this out in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' and [=McCoy=] justifies this (he wears all that so he could put up a “double” and claims this trick had saved his life more than once) but no one ever questions his fashion choices in ''Desperados III''.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Spends the entire [[spoiler:[=DeVitt=] Goldmine mission]] being even more sullen, bitter, and bloodthirsty than usual and literally {{Neck Snap}}s a mook (instead of sedating them like he always does) seconds after breaking out of there.

* HangingAround: Happens to him ''twice'' in ''[=WDoA=]'' and in both cases, Cooper has to bail him out. Doc even lodges a complaint regarding the frequency with which these would-be hangings have taken place.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Outwardly, [=McCoy=] is prickly and disdainful of anything that does not suggest monetary compensation, but at the same time he decides to tag along Cooper and Co. long after his contract had expired, drinks and jokes with them, and downright abhors when someone calls him out on being “unprofessional” i.e. not his usual materialistic and bad-tempered self.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Can hit (and light) a fuse on a bundle of dynamite from up to 55 feet away, and the manual to ''[=WDoA=]'' even quotes him saying he can “shoot a fly off a wall from 100 feet” despite lacking an eye.

* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools: Makes his own bullets and his own KnockoutGas vials. The trap that comes with his bag is also his invention.

* BrainBleach: Obtaining and reading the fake letter from the Chez Manu Café during the New Orleans mission will make all three heroes (Kate, Isabelle, and [=McCoy=]) positively dry heave with disgust. Soon after, Kate also suggests burning said letter and washing their eyes with soap.

* BearTrap: Uses one he named “Bianca”. One of the Baron’s Challenges even awards him with two additional traps called “Camilla” and “Lucia.”

* DumbMuscle: Is the strongman of the team but is, to quote [=McCoy=], a neanderthal. Justified in that he can’t read.

A voodoo witch working with Marshall Wayne to try and put an end to the [=DeVitt=]'s criminal activities and who joins the gang mid-to-late game.

* PriceOnTheirHead: Despite themselves making a living off hunting for bounties, all of the playable characters of ''Desperados III'' have accumulated fair prices on their heads.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Brown/teal.

* HeroesWantRedheads: He and the FieryRedhead Kate hook up late in ''Desperados III'' and every subsequent game onward treats them as a couple.
* InstantDeathStab: When Cooper uses his Bowie knife in melee, the result is always fatal.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Purple and/or black.
* TheComicallySerious: Given his dour and taciturn personality, [=McCoy=] habitually finds himself on the receiving end of the gang’s endless quips – though he, to his credit, [[NotSoAboveItAll takes almost all of them all in stride]]. Nonetheless, some of his would-be snappy comebacks cross straight into hilarious SelfDeprecation.

* ExposedToTheElements: Inverted. Despite all the games being set in the Deep South i.e. the states where temperatures, especially in the desert areas, can reach over 100°F, Doc won’t ever be seen without his black hat, gloves, and overcoat. Sam calls this out in ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' and [=McCoy=] justifies this (he wears all that so he could put up a “double” and claims this trick had saved his life more than once) but no one ever questions his fashion choices in ''Desperados III''.

* HiddenDepths:
** You wouldn’t think a doctor with a knack for killing things with sniper fire and poison could turn out to be a [[SupremeChef a competent cook]] with the appropriate vocabulary to describe a variety of tastes? And who also specializes in sweet pastries? This is something that categorically stupefies Cooper who (understandably, this is an uncompromising assassin) did not anticipate this. Or expected Doc to be a CordonBleughChef at best or a LethalChef at worst.
---> '''Cooper:''' Damn, a regular cupcake connoisseur.
** Should Isabelle put him under her Mind Control (see the DevelopersForesight entry on the main page) in the finale of the game, Doc will reveal that he [[spoiler:loathed letting Cooper’s task go unfinished so much he had to come back. That, and he muses over whether Isabelle missed him.]]

* HollywoodSilencer: His Colt Buntline Special uses custom ammo to make it quieter.

* KnockoutGas: Can chuck a vial of his special swamp gas that sends everyone reeling within the area of effect.

* LonerTurnedFriend: Prior to meeting John and Kate, he worked solo as a high-profile, unscrupulous mercenary. All of his snark aside, it’s obvious that the two (as well as Hector and Isabelle later) had rubbed off on him, to the point of him [[spoiler:choosing his friends over his selfish desires and rescuing them all from certain death.]]

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Is very quick to correct anyone -- sans Kate’s (Irish) uncle -- who tries to address him as “Mr. [=McCoy=]” instead of “Dr. [=McCoy=].”
* ThrowingTheDistraction: He can throw his doctor's bag as a distraction. It will also briefly blind anyone who opens it. In ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' it’s more like Placing a Distraction.

* TranquilFury: Justified. Under calmer circumstances, he is impassive and grim, but that changes after [[spoiler:Cooper gets the entire gang captured and sent to the gold mines to be worked to death.]] One can tell from [=McCoy’s=] tone alone that he’d rather wholesale slaughter absolutely everyone there – [[spoiler:and John in particular]] – but reins it in. Unsurprisingly, he [[spoiler:decides to leave the gang scant minutes later, and is absent for roughly two in-game weeks.]]
* VagueAge: ''Desperados III'' gave him a fair smattering of wrinkles that’d fit a man in his sixties. On the other hand, however, in neither ''III'' nor ''[=WDoA=]'' (which is set in 1881 i.e. several years after ''III'') does he have a single silvery strand of hair. And in light of him insisting he’s “not old” in ''III'' and complaining about “getting old” in ''[=WDoA=]'', this puts his age squarely into this trope.
* VillainousWidowsPeak: Hides a truly magnificent one beneath his hat.

* BrainBleach: Obtaining and reading the fake letter from the Chez Manu Café during the New Orleans mission will make all three heroes (Kate, Isabelle, and [=McCoy=]) positively dry heave with disgust. Soon after, Kate also suggests burning said letter and washing their eyes with soap.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Rosey peach.

* HeroicSeductress: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment first introduction has her pretending to marry the Mayor of Flagstone in order to sneak into his house and find the documents she's looking for. This is her main role in the game as well, being able to dress in disguises she can take from courtesans and distract male enemies (bar Long Coats) with her charms.

* OneOfTheBoys: After the Eagle Falls mission decides to keep Cooper, Doc, and Hector company on their bounty-hunting adventures. She also doesn’t shy away from heavy drinking.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Dusky orange.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green.
* {{Familiar}}: Her seal-point cat, Stella, is intelligent enough to understand human speech, can faultlessly distract almost any enemy, and [[spoiler:even leads her fellow pets in a Baron Challenge to rescue Doc]].

* PrimalStance: Her default idle/walking animation has her bend and slouch. This is subverted whenever she enters a Public Zone -- there, she walks and runs with her spine straight as a new pencil.

* {{Synchronization}}: Her ''Link'' ability works like this; you link two people, and whatever happens to them happens to the other. You can even link your own party members and Isabelle herself.

* {{Retcon}}: In the manual to ''VideoGame/DesperadosWantedDeadOrAlive'' it’s stated Doc lost his left eye during the Battle of Gettysburg. ''Desperados III'', on the other hand, is set several years after that battle, and no justification as to why he has both his eyes was offered.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Doug Gochman

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The main protagonist of the game. A bounty hunter who's trying to settle an old grudge with Frank, a notorious outlaw.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: In game, his thrown Bowie Knife is always lethal. In the tutorial, it's shown that he had to practice a lot to get this right.
* BountyHunter: His father is training him to be one in the tutorial mission. Apart from [=DeVitt=], he doesn't really track down any bounties ingame with most of the game's storyline being [[ItsPersonal personal]].
* GunsAkimbo: He uses a Remington New Model Army and a Colt 1851 Navy, allowing him to take out two enemies at once.
* TheGunslinger: Cooper is skilled at a Quick Draw with GunsAkimbo. In that regard, he's able to shoot at two different targets simultaneously.
* InstantDeathStab: When Cooper uses his Bowie knife, it kills instantly and with minimal noise.
* RevengeBeforeReason: John has a ''very'' [[ItsPersonal personal reason]] for wanting Frank dead [[spoiler:because he killed his father]], to the point that he wants himself to be the one who deals with Frank alone without anybody else involved, which leads to a conflict with his companions and leads to disastrous consequences in the conclusion of Chapter 2, [[spoiler:[[NiceJobBreakingItHero where his misguided attempt to take on Frank alone almost gets him killed and his companions captured.]] He learned to get over this by the final mission, though, where he doesn't turn away his companions' help in taking Frank and his men down.]]
* RevolversAreJustBetter: His revolvers are loud, but have a decent range and, by pairing them up, allow him to take down two enemies at once.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: He carries an unlimited number of (fake) coins that, when thrown, cause enemies to look in the direction of the noise it makes.
* TragicKeepsake: Implied with his Colt Navy, likely belonging to his father, if his talk with Wayne have any indication.

[[folder:Doc [=McCoy=]]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn

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Veteran of war and doctor, [=McCoy=] is also a mercenary and elite marksman who works for whomever pays him.

* BadassLongcoat: His flowing black trench coat, which helps conceal his extra long pistol.
* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler: After breaking out of the mine he had left the group in anger.]] But at the [[spoiler: At the end of the second to last mission]] rescues them by shooting [[spoiler:[=DeVitt=]]] when he had them at gunpoint.
* ColdSniper: His main motivation is money and he is generally snarky and aloof compared to the other playable characters.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dresses entirely in black but is one of the heroes.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Amoral gun for hire though he may be, Doc is disgusted at the very notion of slave trading.
* HiredGuns: A mercenary through and through, he is introduced as having been contracted by the [=DeVitt=] company to protect a train, then joined forces with Cooper and Kate because they're paying him (and because the cheapskate company refused to pay him).
* HollywoodSilencer: He claims his Buntline Special uses custom ammo to make it quieter.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's outright abrasive to the others, but keeps finding excuses to stick around.
* TheMedic: He carries bandages to heal up injured characters.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: At least for the first half of the game, [=McCoy=] is only there to get paid.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: His Buntline Special has [[SniperPistol superior range]] and is silent, meaning he can pick off enemies at a distance without being detected.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After [[spoiler: being captured and sent to the mines by [=DeVitt=] and subsequent breakout]] he cut ties with the group and left on a horse. [[spoiler: But comes in at the last moment to save them after the [=DeVitt=] manor mission.]]
* SniperPistol: His Buntline Special is a long barreled Single Action Army that functions as a SniperRifle.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: He can throw his doctor's bag as a distraction. He has it booby trapped to stun anyone who opens it.
* WholeCostumeReference: His appearance is based on [[Film/ForAFewDollarsMore Colonel Douglas Mortimer]], right down to his choice of weapons.

[[folder:Hector Mendoza]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Lucas Schuneman

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Cooper's best friend.

* TheAtoner: It's implied that [[spoiler:the reason Hector is so loyal to Cooper is to atone for his role in Cooper's father's death.]]
* TheBigGuy: The only one who can take on [[EliteMook longcoats]] in physical combat, he also has the most health and can carry two bodies at once.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The ending of the DLC has Hector swipe the money from the successful Eagles Nest heist and settle down with Rosie somewhere. He leaves a letter for Cooper, telling him he loved the time he spent together, but wants to quit while he's ahead. This also retroactively explains why he's not around for the first two games.]]
* BearTrap: Uses one he names [[ICallItVera Bianca]].
* HealItWithBooze: He carries a flask of [[GargleBlaster high proof whiskey]] that heals him and him alone. It's too strong for anyone else to drink, something that can be taken advantage of using Isabelle's Link ability.
* ManlyFacialHair: Hector's full beard isn't just for show; he's a capable hunter who can use traps to his advantage and swiftly kill enemies with his axe, including the [[EliteMook longcoats]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/BudSpencer.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: While [[ShortRangeShotgun relatively short ranged]], Hector can kill multiple enemies with a single blast as long as they're within his arc of fire.
* StillWearingTheOldColors: [[spoiler:If you look closely, his outfit is a ragged, modified version of the longcoats' uniform, hinting at the fact that he used to be one.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Fills the same role as Sanchez from the previous games (who can't appear due to this being a prequel) - a hard-drinking Mexican BigGuy who uses a shotgun.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kate O'Hara]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EricaLindbeck

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A strong-willed woman trying to save her uncle's ranch from the[=DeVitt=] Company's hostile takeover.
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* AncestralWeapon: Her Derringer was passed down from her mother.

* DirtyHarriet: She can impersonate a prostitute by taking the appropriate outfit.

* HiddenWeapons: Because her Derringer is small, it's easy to conceal, allowing her to bring it with her to the [=DeVitt=] mansion party.
* GroinAttack: In contrast to everyone else, her melee attack involves booting an enemy in the crotch. This is just as effective with female {{Mook}}s.
* RunawayBride: Her plan was always to skip out of the wedding to Flagstone's mayor once she got the deed to her family's ranch back. Circumstances force her hand, resulting in her blasting the groom with a shotgun.
* ShowSomeLeg: When disguised, she can distract any male enemy except for longcoats.
* WomanScorned: When she learns that her 'groom' Mayor Higgins is intending to sell her family's ranch to [=DeVitt=] company and tries to blackmail her into going along with the threat of death, she doesn't hesitate to blast the greedy bastard away with a sawed-off shotgun. [[spoiler:She also doesn't take it well when Cooper's misguided attempt to take on Frank alone gets everybody captured, and spent two whole levels calling him out for his foolishness.]]

[[folder:Isabelle Moreau]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DebraWilson

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A "voodoo witch" working with marshall Wayne to try to put an end to the [=DeVitt=]'s criminal activities.

* BlowGun: She uses one to fire darts that enable her to use her Link and Control abilities.
* CastFromHitPoints: Using her Control ability costs one point of health per use. Luckily, her Jimson herbs can redress the balance.
* GenreShift: Until she appears, the setting seems firmly grounded; she suddenly introduces actual magical abilities, which nobody else uses.
* HiddenDepths: Comments made during the Five Steps Ahead DLC mission imply she used to be a slave- when Kate swipes a housemaids dress to disguise herself, Isabelle comments on her familiarity with how tight the uniforms are, possibly hinting at being a house slave. The fact that this mission takes place on a cotton plantation only heightens this theory.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Her Link and Control abilities are magical in nature in contrast to the more grounded nature of everyone else's skills.
* TheMedic: Her Jimson herbs heal up characters the same as Doc's bandages.
* PeoplePuppets: Her Control ability seems to work like this; enemies she controls shamble around with occasional hints that they're struggling.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Fills the same role as Mia from the first game (who can't appear due to this being a prequel) - a SixthRanger who joins late in the game along with the TeamPet, who uses darts to make enemies attack each other.
* {{Synchronization}}: Her ''Link'' ability works like this - you link two people, and whatever happens to one of them happens to the other.
* WeirdnessCensor: None of her companions notice that she is blatantly using magic. At one point, if you have her mind-control one enemy into shooting another, Hector comments that he must have been really drunk, and Isabelle responds with [[SureLetsGoWithThat "Yessss... drunk..."]]

[[folder:Frank]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DanielRiordan

An infamous outlaw who was the head of a powerful gang. Currently, he's working as the top enforcer of the corrupt [=DeVitt=] company.

* BadBoss: His men fear him, as he's perfectly willing to maim and even kill those who tick him off.
* TheDragon: He's Vincent [=DeVitt=] top enforcer.
* DragonTheirFeet: He quits [=DeVitt=]'s employ just before the main characters enact their plan to stop the corrupt businessman. Therefore, after [=DeVitt=] has been taken into custody, the final mission involves taking Frank down.
* TheGunslinger: The reason Cooper fails to take down Frank in New Orleans is because Frank is faster on the draw.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has enough of [=DeVitt=] in the penultimate mission and leaves him just before the heroes infiltrate Casa [=DeVitt=].

[[folder:Vincent [=DeVitt=]]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JoeZieja

The owner of a powerful railroad company. This corrupt merciless businessman is ready to do the most amoral actions if it can net him a profit.

* BigBad: While Cooper's main beef is with Frank, [=DeVitt=]'s top enforcer, Vincent [=DeVitt=] and his company are still responsible of most of the plot.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He uses political connections to kick people out of their homes, take control of the O'Hara ranch and, thanks to LoopholeAbuse, makes use of slave labour.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: He employs women as HiredGuns in nearly equal numbers to men.
* RailroadBaron: His railroad company is so powerful, he's able to get houses in Flagstone demolished to run tracks through the town.

[[folder:Wayne]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Ted Barton

A U.S. Marshal who is investigating into [=DeVitt=] company's corruption. He is also Isabelle's old friend whom she cared about a lot.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Ingame, his thrown Bowie Knife is always lethal. In the tutorial, it's shown that he had to practice a lot to get this right.