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* EvilIsEasy: Downplayed in that you still have to solve a problem with a virus and that it is ambiguous to call him evil, but even so if you help him dethrone [=McNamara=], you will get rid of having to do the last two parts of the mission that involved going to place out of the way on the map, and go to different vaults, including one in Fiend territory.
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* SmugSnake[=/=]UngratefulBastard: {{Averted|Trope}}. Hardin always talks respectfully to the Courier, even if they disagree with him. Should the Courier help him become Elder, he gives them the same rewards [=McNamara=] would've, including a chance at membership. The only thing he ''won't'' do that [=McNamara=] would is make peace with the NCR.
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* SmugSnake[=/=]UngratefulBastard: SmugSnake: {{Averted|Trope}}. Hardin always talks respectfully to the Courier, even if they disagree with him. Should the Courier help him become Elder, he gives them the same rewards [=McNamara=] would've, including a chance at membership. The only thing he ''won't'' do that [=McNamara=] would is make peace with the NCR.
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* ShopliftAndDie: Ordinary merchants have themselves and ''maybe'' a guard or two on hand. These guys have no less than five heavily armed and armored guards, who will open fire if you so much as take a microfusion cell.
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* ShopliftAndDie: Ordinary merchants have themselves and ''maybe'' a guard or two on hand. These guys have no less than five heavily armed and armored guards, who will open fire if you so much as take a microfusion cell. As Gloria says, thieves make for good target dummies.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: If you ask Gloria about Caesar's Legion, she suggestively says that she finds Caesar an "interesting man", despite how badly women are treated in the Legion's territory.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: If you ask Gloria about Caesar's Legion, she suggestively says that she finds Caesar an "interesting man", despite how badly women are treated in the Legion's territory. She was also involved with [[{{Jerkass}} Pacer]] at one point, something she does not like to talk about.
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* MightMakesRight: Gloria agreed with the Kings assessment that Freesiders should have the freedom to do whatever they want. So when the Kings objected to her taking over the Silver Rush from its former occupants, she used her superior energy weapons to reduce several of them to goo, showing them she had the power to take whatever she wanted.
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* MightMakesRight: Gloria agreed with the Kings assessment that Freesiders should have the freedom to do whatever they want. want so long as they are strong enough to back it up. So when the Kings objected to her taking over the Silver Rush from its former occupants, she used her superior energy weapons to reduce several of them to goo, showing them she had the power strength to take whatever she wanted.do exactly that.
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* TheChessmaster: Gloria's the brains of the Van Graffs operating in New Vegas and completing her quests shows the true depths of her cunning. [[spoiler:When the Legion approached her with an offer to buy energy weapons from her, Gloria cuts a deal with the NCR instead to lure the Legion representatives into a trap. Normally the NCR would find the Van Graffs too unsavory to do business with, but by capitalizing on their desperation for victories over the Legion, Gloria ensured the NCR buys energy weapons from the Van Graffs from now on, creating an alliance with a group whose economy is three times larger than that of the Legion, and keeping the money the Legion paid her as a bonus. She also went behind her mother's back to accomplish it, knowing her mother is too smart to pass up so many new lucrative connections.]]
* MightMakesRight: Gloria agreed with the Kings assessment that Freesiders should have the freedom to do whatever they want. So when the Kings objected to her taking over the Silver Rush from its former occupants, she used her superior energy weapons to reduce several of them to goo, showing them she had the power to take whatever she wanted.
* MommyIssues: Implied. The Van Graffs are a BigScrewedUpFamily run by an EvilMatriarch and Gloria's reason from moving west to New Vegas was both out of personal ambition and a desire to get away from her parents, who she doesn't get along with. [[spoiler:She went behind her mother's back to set up a business relationship between the Van Graffs and the NCR, knowing her mother is too pragmatic to turn down such a lucrative operation, implying a desire of Gloria to get her [[WellDoneSonGuy mother's respect]] as well.]]
* MommyIssues: Implied. The Van Graffs are a BigScrewedUpFamily run by an EvilMatriarch and Gloria's reason from moving west to New Vegas was both out of personal ambition and a desire to get away from her parents, who she doesn't get along with. [[spoiler:She went behind her mother's back to set up a business relationship between the Van Graffs and the NCR, knowing her mother is too pragmatic to turn down such a lucrative operation, implying a desire of Gloria to get her [[WellDoneSonGuy mother's respect]] as well.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: She views the Gun Runners as such. Which is why Gloria is obligated to obliterate them however she can.
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* WorthyOpponent: She views the Gun Runners as such. Which is why Gloria is obligated to obliterate them however she can.
can. [[spoiler:It's why she made an alliance with Alice [=McLafferty=] to wipe out Cassidy Caravans in exchange for her ally undermining the Gun Runners.]]
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* SiblingsInCrime: He and his half-sister Gloria serve as a pair of corrupt, murderous ArmsDealers.
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* SiblingsInCrime: He and his half-sister Gloria serve as a pair of corrupt, murderous ArmsDealers.{{Arms Dealer}}s.
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* SiblingsInCrime: Gloria is the brains behind the Van Graffs criminal activities to advance their business while her half-brother Jean-Baptiste is her top enforcer who loves getting his hands dirty.
* SiblingYinYang: Gloria is affable, reserved, pragmatic and serves as the brains of the organization while Jean-Baptiste is aggressive, rude, sadistic and serves as the brawn of the operation.
* SiblingYinYang: Gloria is affable, reserved, pragmatic and serves as the brains of the organization while Jean-Baptiste is aggressive, rude, sadistic and serves as the brawn of the operation.
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* TheDragon: Jean-Baptiste serves as this to Gloria. He ''loves'' personally doing her dirty work.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]].]]
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]].]]
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* AffectionateNickname: He calls his half-sister Glory instead of Gloria.
* DeadGuyJunior: The reason why his last name is different from his sister's is because he was given his father's last name. According to him, his mother didn't discard his father like she usually did with her lovers and genuinely cared for him. When he died, she gave Jean-Baptiste his father's last name in honor of him, figuring it was the least she owed him since he never got to meet his son.
* TheDragon: Jean-Baptiste serves as this to Gloria. He ''loves'' personally doing her dirtywork.
work. [[spoiler:He was the one who wiped out Cass's caravan on his sister's orders.]]
* DumbMuscle: While his intelligence is an average 5, he's portrayed as a sadistic brute that serves as the muscle of Gloria's organization and even his own mother doubted he'd get far in life.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]]. He even gloats about the look on her face afterwards.]]
* DeadGuyJunior: The reason why his last name is different from his sister's is because he was given his father's last name. According to him, his mother didn't discard his father like she usually did with her lovers and genuinely cared for him. When he died, she gave Jean-Baptiste his father's last name in honor of him, figuring it was the least she owed him since he never got to meet his son.
* TheDragon: Jean-Baptiste serves as this to Gloria. He ''loves'' personally doing her dirty
* DumbMuscle: While his intelligence is an average 5, he's portrayed as a sadistic brute that serves as the muscle of Gloria's organization and even his own mother doubted he'd get far in life.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]]. He even gloats about the look on her face afterwards.]]
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* SiblingsInCrime: He and his half-sister Gloria serve as a pair of corrupt, murderous ArmsDealers.
* SiblingYinYang: Gloria is affable, reserved, pragmatic and serves as the brains of the organization while Jean-Baptiste is aggressive, rude, sadistic and serves as the brawn of the operation.
* SiblingYinYang: Gloria is affable, reserved, pragmatic and serves as the brains of the organization while Jean-Baptiste is aggressive, rude, sadistic and serves as the brawn of the operation.
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* TheDragon: Jean-Baptiste to Gloria. He ''loves'' personally doing her dirty work.
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* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]].]]
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* KingMook: Jean-Baptiste is a normal Van Graff thug, except he has his health and skills inflated to boss-like levels.
* MadeOfIron: Jean-Baptiste has good armor and twice as much health as a Companion.
* MadeOfIron: Jean-Baptiste has good armor and twice as much health as a Companion.
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* PragmaticVillainy:
** When you work for them as a door guard, your orders are to be polite but stern to customers, and keep out the riff-raff with non-violent means unless they start a fight. They're in the business of encouraging fights elsewhere, not on their doorstep.
** [[spoiler:The reason that they have been secretly working with NCR to take down the Legion isn't because they oppose slavery, but because the NCR's economy is three times larger than the Legion's and therefore pays better. There's also the major fact that Caesar is infamous for pulling a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on his allies once they're no longer needed, and (unlike Papa Khan or the Omertas) Gloria is smart enough not to imagine that she'd somehow be an exception. Not to mention the Legion's [[ScienceIsBad usual approach towards energy weapons.]]]]
** When you work for them as a door guard, your orders are to be polite but stern to customers, and keep out the riff-raff with non-violent means unless they start a fight. They're in the business of encouraging fights elsewhere, not on their doorstep.
** [[spoiler:The reason that they have been secretly working with NCR to take down the Legion isn't because they oppose slavery, but because the NCR's economy is three times larger than the Legion's and therefore pays better. There's also the major fact that Caesar is infamous for pulling a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on his allies once they're no longer needed, and (unlike Papa Khan or the Omertas) Gloria is smart enough not to imagine that she'd somehow be an exception. Not to mention the Legion's [[ScienceIsBad usual approach towards energy weapons.]]]]
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* WomanScorned: DummiedOut dialogue establishes that Gloria was in a relationship with the guy that gets killed by Jean-Baptiste as an "example". Despite her warnings to him that she can be a ''very'' jealous woman, she caught him being serviced at Gomorrah. She was ''not'' pleased.
* WorthyOpponent: The Gun Runners. Which is why Gloria is obligated to obliterate them however she can.
* WorthyOpponent: The Gun Runners. Which is why Gloria is obligated to obliterate them however she can.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: That guy who got blasted when the Courier first entered the shop? Turns out he was Gloria's former lover whom she caught being serviced over at Gommorah...
* WomanScorned: She executes one of her own men to serve as an example to a high profile customer. The reason? He was caught cheating on her at one of the casinos on the strip.
* WomanScorned: She executes one of her own men to serve as an example to a high profile customer. The reason? He was caught cheating on her at one of the casinos on the strip.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: That guy who got blasted when the Courier first entered the shop? Turns out he was Gloria's former lover whom she caught being serviced over at Gommorah...
Gomorrah.
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** When you work for them as a door guard, Gloria's orders are to be polite but stern to customers, and keep out the riff-raff with non-violent means unless they start a fight. They're in the business of encouraging fights elsewhere, not on their doorstep.
** [[spoiler:The reason that they have been secretly working with NCR to take down the Legion isn't because they oppose slavery, but because the NCR's economy is three times larger than the Legion's and therefore pays better. There's also the major fact that Caesar is infamous for pulling a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on his allies once they're no longer needed, and (unlike Papa Khan or the Omertas) Gloria is smart enough not to imagine that she'd somehow be an exception. Not to mention the Legion's [[ScienceIsBad usual approach towards energy weapons.]]]]
* WomanScorned:She executes one of her own men to serve DummiedOut dialogue establishes that Gloria was in a relationship with the guy that gets killed by Jean-Baptiste as an example "example". Despite her warnings to him that she can be a high profile customer. The reason? He was ''very'' jealous woman, she caught cheating on her him being serviced at one of Gomorrah. She was ''not'' pleased.
* WorthyOpponent: She views thecasinos on the strip.Gun Runners as such. Which is why Gloria is obligated to obliterate them however she can.
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** When you work for them as a door guard, Gloria's orders are to be polite but stern to customers, and keep out the riff-raff with non-violent means unless they start a fight. They're in the business of encouraging fights elsewhere, not on their doorstep.
** [[spoiler:The reason that they have been secretly working with NCR to take down the Legion isn't because they oppose slavery, but because the NCR's economy is three times larger than the Legion's and therefore pays better. There's also the major fact that Caesar is infamous for pulling a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on his allies once they're no longer needed, and (unlike Papa Khan or the Omertas) Gloria is smart enough not to imagine that she'd somehow be an exception. Not to mention the Legion's [[ScienceIsBad usual approach towards energy weapons.]]]]
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* WorthyOpponent: She views the
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* TheDragon: Jean-Baptiste serves as this to Gloria. He ''loves'' personally doing her dirty work.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]].]]
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, this is the motivation for Jean-Baptiste when he [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog executes Cass]].]]
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* KingMook: Jean-Baptiste is a normal Van Graff thug, except he has his health and skills inflated to boss-like levels.
* MadeOfIron: Jean-Baptiste has good armor and twice as much health as a Companion.
* MadeOfIron: Jean-Baptiste has good armor and twice as much health as a Companion.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: If you help him take over the Brotherhood of Steel, he'll then ask you to kill the Van Graffs, who are easily one of the most evil factions in the game.
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* InformedAttribute: As he is just an optional enemy, it is not clear that he made to have Very Evil Karma or because he has such high intelligence.
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* OptionalBoss: Unlike the other Fiends leaders, there is no reward for their head, so he can be ignored, and even if you do not kill him, even the end will be the end in which the Fiends became extinct due to not having their leaders.
