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* BilingualBonus: In the Viz release, when he recieves his orders to kill Golgo, his handler's dialogue is rendered in transliterated Russian. This is averted in the original Japanese version, anime (both in the subbed and dubbed), and the French release by Glenat Comics.
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* BilingualBonus: In the Viz release, when he recieves receives his orders to kill Golgo, his handler's dialogue is rendered in transliterated Russian. This is averted in the original Japanese version, anime (both in the subbed and dubbed), and the French release by Glenat Comics.
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AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
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* DefiantToTheEnd: DefiantToTheEnd:
** One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
** Averted in the manga. [[spoiler: When he finds out the truth behind Robert's death, he simply calls Golgo out to end his misery and gets what he wants.]]
** One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
** Averted in the manga. [[spoiler: When he finds out the truth behind Robert's death, he simply calls Golgo out to end his misery and gets what he wants.]]
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* ContemplateOurNavels: When the job's over, he opnely acknowledges the dangers of the job with Golgo, and has no illusions about the ineviatbility regarding his possible fate. Even Golgo can't help but agree with him.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: When the job's over, he opnely openly acknowledges the dangers of the job with Golgo, and has no illusions about the ineviatbility inevitability regarding his possible fate. Even Golgo can't help but agree with him.fate, though he does tend to romanticize it a bit.
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A veteran of the Sierra Leone Civil War, who later became an internationally-renowned assassin of Golgo's caliber. Millionare duo Gabriel Rossmacdonald and Ingmar Petensen hire him to "protect" them from Golgo, but in actuality, they're setting both up for a man-to-man duel for their personal pleasure - and taping it on snuff film. After a quick duel at the Roman Colisseum, Spartacus is hit by the last of Golgo's shots, but lives long enough to learn the truth of the duel via Golgo. Incensed, Spartacus manages to hire Golgo for a hit on the two with his dying breath. Considered by Golgo fans in Japan to be Golgo's greatest rival, as evidenced by them voting him #1 when poll to decide to position was announced.
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A veteran of the Sierra Leone Civil War, several African conflicts who later became an internationally-renowned assassin of Golgo's caliber. Millionare duo Gabriel Rossmacdonald and Ingmar Petensen hire him to "protect" them from Golgo, but in actuality, they're setting both up for a man-to-man duel for their personal pleasure - and taping it on snuff film. After a quick duel at the Roman Colisseum, Spartacus is hit by the last of Golgo's shots, but lives long enough to learn the truth of the duel via Golgo. Incensed, Spartacus manages to hire Golgo for a hit on the two with his dying breath. Considered by Golgo fans in Japan to be Golgo's greatest rival, as evidenced by them voting him #1 when poll to decide to position was announced.
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* AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
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* AdaptationalNationality: He fought in UsefulNotes/TheCongoWars in the manga, in the anime novelizations, he fought in the Sierra Leone Civil War.
AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
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** [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A racist merc he fought against agrees, thinking him the only black soilder who put up a good fight during the war they served in.]]
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** [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A racist merc he fought against agrees, thinking him the only black soilder soldier who put up a good fight during the war they served in.]]
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[[folder:Story #106 ("Far From an Era")]]
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before the police caught her. He hires Golgo 13 to graze his wife with a bullet so she would be scared and cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before the police caught her. He hires Golgo 13 to graze his wife with a bullet so she would be scared and cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
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[[folder:Story #106 ("Far From an Era")]]
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist#108 ("Trap of the Emperor")]]
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson andwants heir to drive her away from her old organization before Dawson Concern. He is killed right at the police caught her. He hires start of the 1983 movie by Golgo 13 to graze 13, which sends his wife with grieving father into a bullet so she would be scared vengeful rage and cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
kicks off the main plot.
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and
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* MayDecemberRomance: He is substantially older than his wife.
* ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in that the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 to address the matter, he decides to step in himself.
* ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in that the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 to address the matter, he decides to step in himself.
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* MayDecemberRomance: He is substantially older than his wife.
BoomHeadshot: Golgo 13 kills him with a single bullet to the forehead.
*ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one that the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiringhired Golgo 13 to address perform the matter, hit on him in the first place. Apparently, he decides felt that he just couldn't live up to step his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot inhimself.
the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
*
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
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* CorruptCop: He's a police chief who assassinates a terrorist rather than arrest her because he doesn't want the terrorist's husband to get into trouble.'
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* CorruptCop: He's a police chief BigBad: The main antagonist of "The Professional" and the man who assassinates sets the whole plot in motion after the death of his son.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off with aterrorist single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather thanarrest her because face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn'twant the terrorist's husband hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him intotrouble.'
a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson was responsible for setting this up.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off with a
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn't
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him into
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson was responsible for setting this up.
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[[folder:Story #108 ("Trap of the Emperor")]]
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern. He is killed right at the start of the 1983 movie by Golgo 13, which sends his grieving father into a vengeful rage and kicks off the main plot.
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern. He is killed right at the start of the 1983 movie by Golgo 13, which sends his grieving father into a vengeful rage and kicks off the main plot.
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[[folder:Story #108 ("Trap of #126 ("Far From an Era")]]
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before theEmperor")]]
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern.police caught her. He is killed right at the start of the 1983 movie by hires Golgo 13, which sends 13 to graze his grieving father into wife with a vengeful rage bullet so she would be scared and kicks off the main plot.cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before the
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern.
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* BoomHeadshot: Golgo 13 kills him with a single bullet to the forehead.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one that hired Golgo 13 to perform the hit on him in the first place. Apparently, he felt that he just couldn't live up to his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one that hired Golgo 13 to perform the hit on him in the first place. Apparently, he felt that he just couldn't live up to his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
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* BoomHeadshot: Golgo 13 kills him with a single bullet to the forehead.
MayDecemberRomance: He is substantially older than his wife.
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in that hired the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 toperform address the hit on him matter, he decides to step in the first place. Apparently, he felt that he just couldn't live up to his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.himself.
*
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 to
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum", "Oil Baron"
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
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* BigBad: The main antagonist of "The Professional" and the man who sets the whole plot in motion after the death of his son.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn't hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him into a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn't hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him into a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
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* BigBad: The main antagonist of "The Professional" and the man CorruptCop: He's a police chief who sets the whole plot in motion after the death of his son.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off withassassinates a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own termsterrorist rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before arrest her because he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals anddoesn't hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required want the terrorist's husband to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends himinto a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.trouble.'
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo finishes him off with
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him
* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
* WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
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One of Golgo's two clients/targets in "Behind the President", he serves as an advisor for candidate "E.M. Kennedy". He hires Golgo to kill his opposite number for Jimmy Carter, Marcos Gabon. Coincidentally, Gabon also hired Golgo to kill Bernard as well. The two come to terms and decide to have Golgo killed, but as usual the hitman finds a way to get the job done.
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One of Golgo's two clients/targets in "Behind the President", he serves as an advisor for presidential candidate "E.M. Kennedy". Ted Kennedy. He hires Golgo to kill his opposite number for Jimmy Carter, Marcos Marcus Gabon. Coincidentally, Gabon also hired Golgo to kill Bernard as well. The two come to terms and decide to have Golgo killed, but as usual the hitman finds a way to get the job done.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's campaign advisor for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee on top of being campaign advisor.
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* FailedFutureForecast: Averted. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't affect the results, at least in the Golgo 13 universe. Perhaps Golgo taking out Gabon balanced things out.
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* BadassBaritone: As voiced by Banjo Ginga and to be expected.
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One of Golgo's two clients/targets in "Behind the President", he serves as an advisor for candidate "E.M. Kennedy". He hires Golgo to kill his opposite number for Jimmy Carter, Marcos Gabon. Coincidentally, Gabon also hired Golgo to kill Bernard/Waltham as well. The two come to terms and decide to have Golgo killed, but as usual the hitman finds a way to get the job done.
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One of Golgo's two clients/targets in "Behind the President", he serves as an advisor for candidate "E.M. Kennedy". He hires Golgo to kill his opposite number for Jimmy Carter, Marcos Gabon. Coincidentally, Gabon also hired Golgo to kill Bernard/Waltham Bernard as well. The two come to terms and decide to have Golgo killed, but as usual the hitman finds a way to get the job done.
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* FailedFutureForecast: Sort of. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't affect the results, at least in the Golgo 13 universe.
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* FailedFutureForecast: Sort of.Averted. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't affect the results, at least in the Golgo 13 universe. Perhaps Golgo taking out Gabon balanced things out.
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* HistoryMarchesOn: Sort of. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't seem to affect the results.
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* HistoryMarchesOn: FailedFutureForecast: Sort of. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't seem to affect the results.results, at least in the Golgo 13 universe.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's simply a campaign advisor, presumably for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee on top of being campaign advisor.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's simply a campaign advisor, presumably advisor for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee on top of being campaign advisor.
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AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum/Petrolneum", "Oil Baron"
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* WhoKilledJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
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* WhoKilledJFK: WhoShotJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's simply a campaign advisor, presumably for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's simply a campaign advisor, presumably for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee.nominee on top of being campaign advisor.
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[[folder: Story #169, ("Behind the President")]]
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[[folder: Story #169, #169 ("Behind the President")]]
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[[folder:Story #184 ("Telepath")]]
!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for
!!Henry Bernard, AKA Thomas Waltham
-> Also appears in ''Queen Bee''
One of Golgo's
Bernard appears again in Queen Bee, albeit under his pseudonym, Thomas Waltham. There he serves as Rob Hardy's running mate and potential VP. He's quick to keep Robert on the straight and narrow with the election getting so close but it seems like Thomas doesn't really have the presidential hopeful's best interests at heart...
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, he's simply a campaign advisor, presumably for the Republican Party. In the OVA he's a Democrat and the VP nominee.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:He is the true villain of "Queen Bee", not the title character as it first appears.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Just when it looked like he might get away clean with his misdeeds Golgo 13 puts an end to the vile son of a bitch with a well-deserved headshot during the end credits.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: The guy puts up the facade of being a caring and helpful friend who only wants to make sure his partner stays on the right path. [[spoiler:In reality, he's a cruel manipulative snake of a man who doesn't give a damn about Robert or his family.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: [[spoiler:Pretends to be Robert's best friend and loyal adviser while manipulating him in the hopes of winning the upcoming presidential election and doesn't hesitate to rape a young Joanna before separating her from her father for good.]]
* EvilChancellor: He spends most of Queen Bee pretending to be Robert's loyal lackey while controlling his every move in the hopes of becoming the vice president. Eventually, he is revealed to be the true BigBad of the movie who was behind everything that happened.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Sort of. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't seem to affect the results.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Raped [[spoiler: an 11-year old Joanna Hardy.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even after [[spoiler:Robert calls him out on his crimes in in front of the whole world and commits suicide he manages to spin it so that Robert appears to have snapped under the pressure of his campaign and he comes off as the grieving friend. Luckily, Golgo manages to track him down shortly afterwards and kills him alongside his cronies.]]
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:He is the true villain of "Queen Bee", not the title character as it first appears.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Just when it looked like he might get away clean with his misdeeds Golgo 13 puts an end to the vile son of a bitch with a well-deserved headshot during the end credits.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: The guy puts up the facade of being a caring and helpful friend who only wants to make sure his partner stays on the right path. [[spoiler:In reality, he's a cruel manipulative snake of a man who doesn't give a damn about Robert or his family.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: [[spoiler:Pretends to be Robert's best friend and loyal adviser while manipulating him in the hopes of winning the upcoming presidential election and doesn't hesitate to rape a young Joanna before separating her from her father for good.]]
* EvilChancellor: He spends most of Queen Bee pretending to be Robert's loyal lackey while controlling his every move in the hopes of becoming the vice president. Eventually, he is revealed to be the true BigBad of the movie who was behind everything that happened.
* HistoryMarchesOn: Sort of. The manga was written months ahead of the 1980 US presidential election, which was won by the Republicans. Presumably, Bernard was working for them, but it seems his death didn't seem to affect the results.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Raped [[spoiler: an 11-year old Joanna Hardy.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even after [[spoiler:Robert calls him out on his crimes in in front of the whole world and commits suicide he manages to spin it so that Robert appears to have snapped under the pressure of his campaign and he comes off as the grieving friend. Luckily, Golgo manages to track him down shortly afterwards and kills him alongside his cronies.]]
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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AKA: "The Emperor", "The Emperor of Petroleum/Petrolneum", "Oil Baron"
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end Golgo 13 finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end of the movie, Golgo 13 finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
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* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men.
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* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men. Subverted in the manga, where he remains bitter until the very end.
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* RedBaron: "The Emperor". A fitting nickname for a man who could shut down the entire economy of the U.S. if he felt like it.
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* WhoKilledJFK: Garvin hints Dawson set up the hit that killed JFK.
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* DistressedDude: After Golgo tricks the mafia goons into thinking that Torri is an assassin, the mafia has him tortured.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
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* DistressedDude: After Golgo tricks the mafia goons into thinking that Torri is an assassin, the mafia has him tortured.
tortured until they can confirm his police credentials.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Torri mentions that he was originally assigned to quietly bring Moretti into custody after he stole the money for Golgo's fee.
* OutGambitted: At the end of the story, he's waiting to find where Golgo will fire on the second Valento brother during the funeral for the first brother who was killed. Unfortunately, he wasn't expecting Moretti to perform the second assassination himself, or that Golgo was already prepared to exfiltrate from the island once the deed was done.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri as a potential assassin and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Torri mentions that he was originally assigned to quietly bring Moretti into custody after he stole the money for Golgo's fee.
* OutGambitted: At the end of the story, he's waiting to find where Golgo will fire on the second Valento brother during the funeral for the first brother who was killed. Unfortunately, he wasn't expecting Moretti to perform the second assassination himself, or that Golgo was already prepared to exfiltrate from the island once the deed was done.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri as a potential assassin and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
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!!Angelo Torri
An Italian detective who was blamed when Golgo assassinated a diplomat. He stumbles upon Golgo during one of the assassin's later missions and tries to bring him down.
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* DistressedDude: After Golgo tricks the mafia goons into thinking that Torri is an assassin, the mafia has him tortured.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
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* DistressedDude: After Golgo tricks the mafia goons into thinking that Torri is an assassin, the mafia has him tortured.
* SmugSnake: Upon finding Golgo, he takes the seat next to him on Golgo's airplane, tells Golgo who he is and why he hates him, and then declares he'll have Golgo arrested. Golgo, thus knowing that Torri is after him, arranges for the mafia to seize Torri and drag him away while Golgo gets on with his business.
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A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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* CowboyCop: He tortures a chop shop owner for information, which is how he learns Andreou was driving the car that hit his fiancé.
* ParanoiaGambit: He seeks to inflict this on Andreou by arranging for Andreou to 'learn' that he's hired Golgo 13. It works spectacularly well.
* {{Revenge}}: He wants revenge on Andreou for killing his fiancé.
!!George Andreau
A powerful gangster who runs over a woman that, unknown to him, was engaged to a police detective. He is confident he'll get away with it, but then one of his sources tells him the detective hired the infamous Golgo 13 to kill him.
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* BaldOfEvil: He's bald, and he runs over a woman without showing a hint of remorse.
* GetIntoJailFree: He eventually pleads guilty to his various crimes so that he can be incarcerated and thus hopefully safe from Golgo 13.
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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* ParanoiaGambit: He seeks to inflict this on Andreou by arranging for Andreou to 'learn' that he's hired Golgo 13. It works spectacularly well.
* {{Revenge}}: He wants revenge on Andreou for killing his fiancé.
!!George Andreau
A powerful gangster who runs over a woman that, unknown to him, was engaged to a police detective. He is confident he'll get away with it, but then one of his sources tells him the detective hired the infamous Golgo 13 to kill him.
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* BaldOfEvil: He's bald, and he runs over a woman without showing a hint of remorse.
* GetIntoJailFree: He eventually pleads guilty to his various crimes so that he can be incarcerated and thus hopefully safe from Golgo 13.
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Despite having an intense dislike for men in general it's implied that she's started to fall for Golgo by the end of her story.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: She actually ''wins'' her first round against Golgo due to her telepathy and successfully counters both of his initial shots.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Her powers have left her with a deep disgust and hatred of men since she [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead can hear all the extremely perverted thoughts they have about her.]]
* TheEmpath: She is able to sense Golgo whenever he concentrates on a target and uses this ability to predict and negate his attacks. He ultimately beats her when he fires a grenade at the boat she's on, bypassing her ability with an attack she can't avoid.
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!!Alina Dovator, [=AKA=] "Anna"
A beautiful special agent for the KGB who is put on an assignment to protect Golgo's current target, an important KGB asset named Kuprin, from being assassinated by the titular hitman. Unexpectedly, she actually manages to successfully protect Kuprin from not just one, but ''two'' shots fired by Golgo when he finally decides to make his move! As it turns out she has a few special skills of her own thanks to experiments done on her at the Lytkarino State Clinic and she may just prove to be one of Golgo's toughest rivals yet.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Despite having an intense dislike for men in general it's implied that she's started to fall for Golgo by the end of her story.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: She actually ''wins'' her first round against Golgo due to her telepathy and successfully counters both of his initial shots.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Her powers have left her with a deep disgust and hatred of men since she [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead can hear all the extremely perverted thoughts they have about her.]]
* TheEmpath: She is able to sense Golgo whenever he concentrates on a target and uses this ability to predict and negate his attacks. He ultimately beats her when he fires a grenade at the boat she's on, bypassing her ability with an attack she can't avoid.
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[[folder:Story #139 ("Gravestone in Sicily")]]
!!Sergio Moretti
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
A priest whose adoptive father was murdered by mafiosi working for the Valentino brothers. Moretti desires revenge on the brothers and wants to hire Golgo 13, but his lack of resources lead him to make several risky decisions along the way.
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* BadassPreacher: Moretti only manages to steal enough money to pay Golgo for one assassination, but there are two people he wants dead. So what does he do? He has Golgo kill the first guy, then hides in the coffin and personally shoots the second guy during the burial ceremony.
* TheCameo: In ''The Professional''. Given the AdaptationDistillation, it's he who gives the contract to kill Dr. Z and not the US government as per the manga.
* DeathByCameo: Instead of becoming an active accomplice in the plot, he opts to kill himself in the film after Golgo accepts the contract, knowing that Golgo will get the job done.
* RankUp: He's a priest in the manga, but a bishop in the movie.
* SinisterMinister: ''Barely'' averted. He's not above condoning and committing murder (as well as robbery), but it's clear he takes little, if no pleasure in doing so.
* SuicideMission: He knows he won't survive his quest for revenge, and he even writes Golgo a note before getting into the coffin in which he says he knows that he's doomed.
!!Vittore and Tommaso Valentino
Two mafia bosses and brothers who lost a gang war in America and retreated to a Sicilian island to regroup. Part of their plans involved instituting gambling on the island, and when a local bishop objected, their goons murdered the bishop. Unfortunately for them, the bishop's adopted son decided to get Golgo 13 involved.
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* CrazyPrepared: They have their goons (and some policemen they bribe) secure all the ways onto the island and search every visitor to make sure nobody was armed. Unfortunately for them, they are up against Golgo, who is able to have a gun built from a fountain pipe that is already on the island as well as some small parts that he has flown in via doves.
* TheMafia: The Valentino brothers are both mafia bosses.
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!!Sergio Moretti
->Also appears in the movie ''The Professional''
A priest whose adoptive father was murdered by mafiosi working for the Valentino brothers. Moretti desires revenge on the brothers and wants to hire Golgo 13, but his lack of resources lead him to make several risky decisions along the way.
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* BadassPreacher: Moretti only manages to steal enough money to pay Golgo for one assassination, but there are two people he wants dead. So what does he do? He has Golgo kill the first guy, then hides in the coffin and personally shoots the second guy during the burial ceremony.
* TheCameo: In ''The Professional''. Given the AdaptationDistillation, it's he who gives the contract to kill Dr. Z and not the US government as per the manga.
* DeathByCameo: Instead of becoming an active accomplice in the plot, he opts to kill himself in the film after Golgo accepts the contract, knowing that Golgo will get the job done.
* RankUp: He's a priest in the manga, but a bishop in the movie.
* SinisterMinister: ''Barely'' averted. He's not above condoning and committing murder (as well as robbery), but it's clear he takes little, if no pleasure in doing so.
* SuicideMission: He knows he won't survive his quest for revenge, and he even writes Golgo a note before getting into the coffin in which he says he knows that he's doomed.
!!Vittore and Tommaso Valentino
Two mafia bosses and brothers who lost a gang war in America and retreated to a Sicilian island to regroup. Part of their plans involved instituting gambling on the island, and when a local bishop objected, their goons murdered the bishop. Unfortunately for them, the bishop's adopted son decided to get Golgo 13 involved.
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* CrazyPrepared: They have their goons (and some policemen they bribe) secure all the ways onto the island and search every visitor to make sure nobody was armed. Unfortunately for them, they are up against Golgo, who is able to have a gun built from a fountain pipe that is already on the island as well as some small parts that he has flown in via doves.
* TheMafia: The Valentino brothers are both mafia bosses.
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!!General Daniel J. Ferguson
A military general whose responsibilities include a satellite that controls nuclear missiles. When a freak accident causes the satellite to go out of control, Golgo 13 is brought in to address the situation. Ferguson vehemently objects to a criminal being brought in to solve the situation, and when he's overruled, he attempts to deal with Golgo himself.
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* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that Golgo is going to kill him, but we don't see it.
* TheMutiny: After President Ford orders that Ferguson not get involved in the satellite situation, Ferguson goes to the military base anyways, then has Golgo's spacesuit sabotaged in the hope that Golgo will die in space.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He calls Golgo 13 a 'Jap' and makes it clear that he dislikes Golgo for his race as well as his criminal nature.
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!!Barnaby, [=AKA=] "The Cheerful Sniper"
A freewheeling playboy assassin, hired by Grumman Aircraft to sabotage a [=McDonnell=]-Douglas fighter that's on trials for the Ethopian Air Force with their own. While he is good with a gun, he's quite arrogant and a loose, freewheeling playboy. This cavalier attitude is what causes him to fail the job.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Makes no open threats to Golgo during the run up to the hit, and doesn't try to sabotage the latter's attempts at preparation. Likewise, it wasn't in Golgo's contract to kill him, so he just lets him off with some advice regarding how to make the shot. Barnaby doesn't take it too seriously.
* HonorBeforeReason: Out of professional pride, he challenges Golgo to a duel after he outsnipes him. Needless to say, only one person walks out of the forest they duel in, and it's not him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He seems to love the attention he gets from being a top-class hitman.
* RagsToRiches: Was a poor Virginian farmer before he entered the murder-for-hire buisiness.
* ReallyGetsAround: Matches Golgo in this regard, and is far more flamboyant with it.
* TakeThat: [[Franchise/JamesBond He's a freewheeling hedonistic playboy despite being an assassin.]] Golgo proves again why those sort of antics realistically don't get anyone anywhere in a job as cold as being a hitman.
* RealSongThemeTune: Music/DeanMartin's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2_OstpR5c Everyone Loves Somebody]].''
* SkilledButNaive: Does not take Golgo's advice to use a different scope for his gun and fails despite using the same weapon Golgo has. He misses the shot.
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!!Barnaby, [=AKA=] "The Cheerful Sniper"
A freewheeling playboy assassin, hired by Grumman Aircraft to sabotage a [=McDonnell=]-Douglas fighter that's on trials for the Ethopian Air Force with their own. While he is good with a gun, he's quite arrogant and a loose, freewheeling playboy. This cavalier attitude is what causes him to fail the job.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Makes no open threats to Golgo during the run up to the hit, and doesn't try to sabotage the latter's attempts at preparation. Likewise, it wasn't in Golgo's contract to kill him, so he just lets him off with some advice regarding how to make the shot. Barnaby doesn't take it too seriously.
* HonorBeforeReason: Out of professional pride, he challenges Golgo to a duel after he outsnipes him. Needless to say, only one person walks out of the forest they duel in, and it's not him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He seems to love the attention he gets from being a top-class hitman.
* RagsToRiches: Was a poor Virginian farmer before he entered the murder-for-hire buisiness.
* ReallyGetsAround: Matches Golgo in this regard, and is far more flamboyant with it.
* TakeThat: [[Franchise/JamesBond He's a freewheeling hedonistic playboy despite being an assassin.]] Golgo proves again why those sort of antics realistically don't get anyone anywhere in a job as cold as being a hitman.
* RealSongThemeTune: Music/DeanMartin's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2_OstpR5c Everyone Loves Somebody]].''
* SkilledButNaive: Does not take Golgo's advice to use a different scope for his gun and fails despite using the same weapon Golgo has. He misses the shot.
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!!Spartacus
->Also appears in anime episode #40 and [[VideoGame/Golgo13 ''Top Secret Episode'']]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BanjoGinga (JP), Jovan Jackson (US)
A veteran of the Sierra Leone Civil War, who later became an internationally-renowned assassin of Golgo's caliber. Millionare duo Gabriel Rossmacdonald and Ingmar Petensen hire him to "protect" them from Golgo, but in actuality, they're setting both up for a man-to-man duel for their personal pleasure - and taping it on snuff film. After a quick duel at the Roman Colisseum, Spartacus is hit by the last of Golgo's shots, but lives long enough to learn the truth of the duel via Golgo. Incensed, Spartacus manages to hire Golgo for a hit on the two with his dying breath. Considered by Golgo fans in Japan to be Golgo's greatest rival, as evidenced by them voting him #1 when poll to decide to position was announced.
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* AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
* BadassBaritone: As voiced by Banjo Ginga and to be expected.
* CountingBullets: Made Golgo miss his first six shots and forced him to reload. It was the last two of the spare shots that nailed Spartacus.
* CrazyPrepared: He has his Swiss bank account sewn into his suit. This proves crucial when he decides to hire Golgo to kill the men who hired him.
* CryingWolf: How his clients hire him, they trick him into thinking Golgo's after the two, so they get him as a bodyguard.
* GodzillaThreshold: Does not bullshit around when he finds out he is contracted to kill Golgo 13, and instantly orders a higher fee from his clients.
* GullibleLemmings: Never knew the real nature of his contract until it was too late.
* HitmanWithAHeart: The episode's novelization reveals that he donates much of his fees to help rebuild Sierra Leone following the civil war.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never learn his real name.
* MeaningfulName: He shares a name with the legendary gladiator who led a slave revolt against Rome, and died in the Colisseum.
* ScaryBlackMan: Fits this to a T. He's a head taller than Golgo, and just as imposing.
* SnuffFilm: Why Macdonald and Pettensen hire Spartacus and sic him on Golgo. Spartacus isn't pleased when he finds the truth.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Golgo certainly thinks so - and with good reason. Spartacus made Golgo use all of his ammo, forcing him to use his back-up bullet - which he usually reserves in order to finish someone off. It was this one bullet that killed Spartacus, and had Golgo not had it on hand, he very well could have ended up dead.
** [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A racist merc he fought against agrees, thinking him the only black soilder who put up a good fight during the war they served in.]]
* QuickDraw: How he decides to approach fighting Golgo.
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!!Spartacus
->Also appears in anime episode #40 and [[VideoGame/Golgo13 ''Top Secret Episode'']]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/BanjoGinga (JP), Jovan Jackson (US)
A veteran of the Sierra Leone Civil War, who later became an internationally-renowned assassin of Golgo's caliber. Millionare duo Gabriel Rossmacdonald and Ingmar Petensen hire him to "protect" them from Golgo, but in actuality, they're setting both up for a man-to-man duel for their personal pleasure - and taping it on snuff film. After a quick duel at the Roman Colisseum, Spartacus is hit by the last of Golgo's shots, but lives long enough to learn the truth of the duel via Golgo. Incensed, Spartacus manages to hire Golgo for a hit on the two with his dying breath. Considered by Golgo fans in Japan to be Golgo's greatest rival, as evidenced by them voting him #1 when poll to decide to position was announced.
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* AscendedExtra: One of the rare examples in the Golgo 13 franchise, as he's joined Golgo in the anime and in Top Secret Episode.
* BadassBaritone: As voiced by Banjo Ginga and to be expected.
* CountingBullets: Made Golgo miss his first six shots and forced him to reload. It was the last two of the spare shots that nailed Spartacus.
* CrazyPrepared: He has his Swiss bank account sewn into his suit. This proves crucial when he decides to hire Golgo to kill the men who hired him.
* CryingWolf: How his clients hire him, they trick him into thinking Golgo's after the two, so they get him as a bodyguard.
* GodzillaThreshold: Does not bullshit around when he finds out he is contracted to kill Golgo 13, and instantly orders a higher fee from his clients.
* GullibleLemmings: Never knew the real nature of his contract until it was too late.
* HitmanWithAHeart: The episode's novelization reveals that he donates much of his fees to help rebuild Sierra Leone following the civil war.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never learn his real name.
* MeaningfulName: He shares a name with the legendary gladiator who led a slave revolt against Rome, and died in the Colisseum.
* ScaryBlackMan: Fits this to a T. He's a head taller than Golgo, and just as imposing.
* SnuffFilm: Why Macdonald and Pettensen hire Spartacus and sic him on Golgo. Spartacus isn't pleased when he finds the truth.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Golgo certainly thinks so - and with good reason. Spartacus made Golgo use all of his ammo, forcing him to use his back-up bullet - which he usually reserves in order to finish someone off. It was this one bullet that killed Spartacus, and had Golgo not had it on hand, he very well could have ended up dead.
** [[YouAreACreditToYourRace A racist merc he fought against agrees, thinking him the only black soilder who put up a good fight during the war they served in.]]
* QuickDraw: How he decides to approach fighting Golgo.
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!!Hans Jurgens, [=AKA=] "[=AX-3=]"
->Also appears in [[Recap/Golgo13Ep14DeadlyShadowOfTheSettingSun anime episode #14]]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (JP), Creator/AndyMcAvin (EN)
A hitman who goes by the codename "AX-3" and who is sent by the Russians to destroy a secret CIA biological weapons program in the South Pacific. Unknown to him or his clients, that weapons facility also happens to be Golgo's next target. Arriving mere hours before Golgo does, he proceeds to everything Golgo would have planned to do from infillitrating the program's front operations to tracking down the island they've set up in. Eventually, he and Golgo agree to team up to destroy the base. After they're done with the mission, AX-3 gets new orders from his superiors - get Golgo.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His real name, Hans Jurgens, is revealed in the episode's novelization. It's also revealed that he was a member of the Stasi during the Cold War, racking up 19 kills (mostly fellow Germans) before being transferred to the KGB. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunifcation, he went freelance and works for the highest bidder.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Does most of his jobs for the Eastern Bloc, wheras Golgo tends to operate on an international level.
* BilingualBonus: In the Viz release, when he recieves his orders to kill Golgo, his handler's dialogue is rendered in transliterated Russian. This is averted in the original Japanese version, anime (both in the subbed and dubbed), and the French release by Glenat Comics.
* ContemplateOurNavels: When the job's over, he opnely acknowledges the dangers of the job with Golgo, and has no illusions about the ineviatbility regarding his possible fate. Even Golgo can't help but agree with him.
* CountingBullets: Knows Golgo's down to one last round before the final showdown.
* CrazyPrepared: Did EVERYTHING Golgo was planning to do in order to accomplish the job. What's more he did it all before Golgo showed up.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Probably came closer than anyone else ever has when it came to taking out Golgo 13. How close? [[spoiler: The fact that Golgo managed to kill him because of a knife that just happened to by lying around. If it hadn't been around, the series might have ended a lot sooner than it did.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: How he destroys the weapons project's front cover. Later on he and Golgo use grenades to destroy the project labs.
* FailedFutureForecast: Granted, his above backstory probably doesn't apply a lot in the original story, as the anime adaptation took place long after the end of the Cold War.
* QuickDraw: When he and Golgo both understand that only one of them's leaving the island alive. After waiting the better part of the day, at high tide, Golgo makes his move... [[spoiler: for a knife on a Japanese soilder's skeleton instead of his gun, as AX assumed. Golgo's knife finds itself buried in his neck for good measure.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He not only out-thought Golgo, it's hinted that he could possibly even ''outshoot'' him. [[spoiler: Too bad Golgo was trying to get to a knife.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Throughly outplayed Golgo in this regard, until right before the very end.
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[[folder:Story #106 ("Far From an Era")]]
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before the police caught her. He hires Golgo 13 to graze his wife with a bullet so she would be scared and cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
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* MayDecemberRomance: He is substantially older than his wife.
* ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in that the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 to address the matter, he decides to step in himself.
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* CorruptCop: He's a police chief who assassinates a terrorist rather than arrest her because he doesn't want the terrorist's husband to get into trouble.'
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[[folder:Story #108 ("Trap of the Emperor")]]
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie '''The Professional'''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern. He is killed right at the start of the 1983 movie by Golgo 13, which sends his grieving father into a vengeful rage and kicks off the main plot.
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* BoomHeadshot: Golgo 13 kills him with a single bullet to the forehead.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one that hired Golgo 13 to perform the hit on him in the first place. Apparently, he felt that he just couldn't live up to his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->Also appears in the movie '''The Professional'''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
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* BigBad: The main antagonist of "The Professional" and the man who sets the whole plot in motion after the death of his son.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end Golgo 13 finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn't hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him into a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
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[[folder:Story #105 ("Shadow of Death")]]
!!Hans Jurgens, [=AKA=] "[=AX-3=]"
->Also appears in [[Recap/Golgo13Ep14DeadlyShadowOfTheSettingSun anime episode #14]]
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (JP), Creator/AndyMcAvin (EN)
A hitman who goes by the codename "AX-3" and who is sent by the Russians to destroy a secret CIA biological weapons program in the South Pacific. Unknown to him or his clients, that weapons facility also happens to be Golgo's next target. Arriving mere hours before Golgo does, he proceeds to everything Golgo would have planned to do from infillitrating the program's front operations to tracking down the island they've set up in. Eventually, he and Golgo agree to team up to destroy the base. After they're done with the mission, AX-3 gets new orders from his superiors - get Golgo.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His real name, Hans Jurgens, is revealed in the episode's novelization. It's also revealed that he was a member of the Stasi during the Cold War, racking up 19 kills (mostly fellow Germans) before being transferred to the KGB. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunifcation, he went freelance and works for the highest bidder.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Does most of his jobs for the Eastern Bloc, wheras Golgo tends to operate on an international level.
* BilingualBonus: In the Viz release, when he recieves his orders to kill Golgo, his handler's dialogue is rendered in transliterated Russian. This is averted in the original Japanese version, anime (both in the subbed and dubbed), and the French release by Glenat Comics.
* ContemplateOurNavels: When the job's over, he opnely acknowledges the dangers of the job with Golgo, and has no illusions about the ineviatbility regarding his possible fate. Even Golgo can't help but agree with him.
* CountingBullets: Knows Golgo's down to one last round before the final showdown.
* CrazyPrepared: Did EVERYTHING Golgo was planning to do in order to accomplish the job. What's more he did it all before Golgo showed up.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Probably came closer than anyone else ever has when it came to taking out Golgo 13. How close? [[spoiler: The fact that Golgo managed to kill him because of a knife that just happened to by lying around. If it hadn't been around, the series might have ended a lot sooner than it did.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: How he destroys the weapons project's front cover. Later on he and Golgo use grenades to destroy the project labs.
* FailedFutureForecast: Granted, his above backstory probably doesn't apply a lot in the original story, as the anime adaptation took place long after the end of the Cold War.
* QuickDraw: When he and Golgo both understand that only one of them's leaving the island alive. After waiting the better part of the day, at high tide, Golgo makes his move... [[spoiler: for a knife on a Japanese soilder's skeleton instead of his gun, as AX assumed. Golgo's knife finds itself buried in his neck for good measure.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He not only out-thought Golgo, it's hinted that he could possibly even ''outshoot'' him. [[spoiler: Too bad Golgo was trying to get to a knife.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Throughly outplayed Golgo in this regard, until right before the very end.
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[[folder:Story #106 ("Far From an Era")]]
!!Tony Walters
A rich businessman who married a domestic terrorist and wants to drive her away from her old organization before the police caught her. He hires Golgo 13 to graze his wife with a bullet so she would be scared and cease funding her terrorist group. Unfortunately, things go horribly awry.
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* MayDecemberRomance: He is substantially older than his wife.
* ScareEmStraight: An unusual example in that the target is an adult. Tony wants his wife Eleanor to be frightened out of her support for the Weathermen Underground.
!!Chief Bill Tarrant
A chief of police who knows Tony Walters. When he learns of how Tony's wife Eleanor is connected to terrorists, and how Tony is considering hiring Golgo 13 to address the matter, he decides to step in himself.
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* CorruptCop: He's a police chief who assassinates a terrorist rather than arrest her because he doesn't want the terrorist's husband to get into trouble.'
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[[folder:Story #108 ("Trap of the Emperor")]]
!!Robert Dawson
->Also appears in the movie '''The Professional'''
The son of legendary oil tycoon Leonard Dawson and heir to Dawson Concern. He is killed right at the start of the 1983 movie by Golgo 13, which sends his grieving father into a vengeful rage and kicks off the main plot.
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* BoomHeadshot: Golgo 13 kills him with a single bullet to the forehead.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He's the one that hired Golgo 13 to perform the hit on him in the first place. Apparently, he felt that he just couldn't live up to his father's grand expectations and decided to take the easy way out rather than try to run Dawson Oil after succeeding his world famous parent.]]
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:He believes '''himself''' to be this to the extent that he considers suicide via the world's most famous assassin to be a preferable alternative to attempting to run his father's company.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His assassination by Golgo 13 drives most of the plot in the original story and movie forward when his billionaire father swears to avenge him at all costs.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His decision to kill himself via Golgo 13 at the beginning of the movie causes all sorts of problems for his family after his father goes off the deep end from grief and despair and tries to kill Golgo 13 to avenge him. He even came close to getting the entire US economy shut down and is indirectly responsible for countless lost/ruined lives.]]'
!!Leonard Dawson
->Also appears in the movie '''The Professional'''
The founder and CEO of Dawson Concern, a multi-billion dollar corporation with power and influence to rival that of the US government. After his son Robert is assassinated by Golgo 13 he dedicates his life to finding and killing the legendary professional who murdered his boy by any means necessary, even if he has to "blow up a few cities" to do it.
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* BigBad: The main antagonist of "The Professional" and the man who sets the whole plot in motion after the death of his son.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the end Golgo 13 finishes him off with a single shot to the head much like he had done with his son.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** He uses his status as a billionaire oil tycoon to control most of the US government including the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI. If any of his lackeys refuse his demands he only needs to threaten to shut down the entire nation's economy before they fall back in line.
** Significantly toned down in the manga, but it seems he has enough power to ferret out Golgo's associates and to have the NYPD in his pocket as part of the plan to kill the legendary hitman.
* DefiantToTheEnd: One interpretation of his decision to [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide jump off his office building]] is that he intends to die on his own terms rather than face death at the assassin who managed to defeat all Leonard's attempts to kill him and had him at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Golgo 13 proved to be ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills that]]'' good with a shot even using just a revolver and firing from his office at the top of the tower, [[BoomHeadshot putting a bullet right through his skull]] just before he hit the ground]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both versions. In the manga, he simply calls Golgo out to snipe him after he finds out the truth behind Robert's death and gets what he wants; in the film he opts to fling himself off his office window. Golgo still nails him with a headshot, just to be sure.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He dearly loved his son Robert and was grooming him to take over Dawson Oil as his heir. When Golgo 13 kills Robert on the day of his promotion Leonard immediately swears revenge on the assassin and uses every resource at his disposal to try and kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted and appalled by Snake and his desire to rape Robert's widow, calling him scum. Unfortunately, Leonard needs every advantage he can get to avenge his son's murder and ultimately relents on giving the depraved killer what he wants.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can pretend to be friendly and reasonable when he needs to, but is ultimately shown to be ruthless to the core in achieving his goals and doesn't hesitate to make whatever sacrifice is required to get what he desires. He gets called out on this behavior near the end of the film by Robert's widow.
-->'''Laura''': You almost seem like a different man since Robert was killed... no, maybe this is the real you. So cold that you can even freeze your own heart to get what you want.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was apparently a poor immigrant shoeshine boy when he first set out to make a name for himself in his youth. Decades later he's the billionaire CEO of a powerful oil company with most of the US government under his command and the ability to shut down the entire united states economy if he wanted to.
* GracefulLoser: After spending most of the movie furiously raging and demanding Golgo's head on a platter he finally accepts his imminent death when his last few assassins are killed and calls off the remainder of his men.
* MisplacedRetribution: It's briefly brought up near the end of the film that it's odd how Leonard only wants to kill Golgo 13 himself, rather than whoever ordered the hit on his son in the first place. He merely replies that he can't reveal the reason for this yet and the question goes unanswered. [[spoiler:Until the end, at least, where a note from Robert is read aloud as Dawson falls to his death, showing that Robert himself hired Golgo 13 to murder him since he felt he couldn't live up to the esteemed reputation of his father.]]
* MotiveRant: After being failed by Young, Garvin, and Jefferson for the second time, he details to them how he worked hard to get to where he is for 53 years and how Golgo 13 put everything he accomplished in jeopardy, and threatens them with death if they fail him one more time.
-->'''Leonard''': I will not tolerate it a third time. Do you understand me, ''that the next time you fail is when you all die!?''
* PapaWolf: The murder of his son sends him into a violent vengeful spiral where he tries to kill Golgo 13 at any and all costs.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When his government contacts get squeamish about the extremes he's going to, Dawson tells them that if they don't comply, he'll shut down his corporation, and the ripples that would cause would trigger a national recession within ''days''. They fold.
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