History Characters / KaneAndLynch

* InformedAbility: A compilation of "evidence" and police reports made specifically for use in a sweepstakes reveals that Lynch is apparently very good at cooking. Justified in that there's really nowhere where it would make sense for him to use his superior culinary ability.

* TheMentallyIll: Most media of this caliber would be inclined to play Lynch's mental health issues for laughs. Not this one. Lynch's episodes are clearly portrayed as crippling and his having to deal with the aftermath only a fraction less so.

!! Shelley

* Yakuza

* AntiHero

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a violent lunatic, but even he thinks Hsing is a scumbag.

* LeeroyJenkins: Lynch's short temper is the main reason why everything goes FromBadToWorse.

* SunglassesAtNight: During the second game.

** Lynch himself gives one to Kane when they are kidnapping Yoko, upon learning that Kane using her for ransom against her father.

* LeeroyJenkins

!!Characters from ''Kane and Lynch Dead Men''

!! Jenny

* NoodleIncident: He's the one who blinded Kane's eye. It's not known why, however.

* TooDumbToLive: She can't be blamed for the first time she's knocked out since it was unexpected, but when she escapes she goes to the exact same room, and doesn't think to make an escape. The player then knocks her out in the exact same way, in the exact same place.

* BeardOfSorrow: He has one at the start and near the end of Dead Men. Doubles as a [[BeardOfEvil]].

* BeardOfSorrow: He's sporting a scraggly, unkempt one in Dog Days.

* HairTriggerTemper
* {{Jerkass}}

A "dead man" that Kane enlists for help. While on death row, he found God. Despite this, he's still okay with shooting and killing mass amounts of people. He is opposed to working with Lynch, since he knows about how Lynch killed his wife and is averse to working with the psycho.

* EvenEvilHasStandards

A prominent Japanese businessman and crime lord. Cut Kane's eye out

* FatBastard: He's overweight, and he's a feared crime boss.

* Anti-Villain: Kane's a ruthless mercenary who has a lot of blood on his hands. He's also completely aware of what kind of person he is and doesn't try to hide it; in fact, he's pretty miserable about who he is and never takes pleasure in his life of crime. On a brighter note, it's shown he genuinely loves his daughter and ex-wife.

* BeardOfSorrow

* FatBastard: The fat part is more downplayed, but you can clearly see at certain points that Lynch has a beer belly and is visibly more overweight than Kane.

* PerpetualFrowner

** A bit of an easy to miss moment in the sequel, but in the intro, in which we see flashes of Kane in the midst of a botched job, he's briefly seen in a playground where you can hear people (including children) screaming; you can hear Kane yelling "--away!!" before taking a few shots at whoever's trying to kill him and quickly fleeing away from the playground; which suggests he at least tries to avoid civilians casualties (story-wise anyway). Plus, given he has a kid who he obviously loves, it can be assumed he wouldn't hurt children.

!! The Cameraman

A cameraman that follows Kane and Lynch around Shanghai, who may or may not exist.

* MadeOfIron: His camera can resists hundreds of bullets, explosions, debris and it never breaks.
* NotAfraidToDie: Very likely so, considering he's following two armed individuals picking a fight against all of Hong Kong, for seemingly no reason at all.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the game, he's simply left behind by Kane and Lynch after they board a plane to escape from Shanghai via hijacking a civilian aircraft. The last thing we see from him is him violently shaking the camera up and down and then, the credits roll as he is possibly taken into custody by Shanghai Public Security police.

* SnuffFilm: Heavily implied. He's got a video camera set up and running when he's torturing Kane, Lynch, and Xiu.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Anyone playing Lynch on co-op will see Lynch's hallucinations.

Main protagonist of the second game, a paranoid schizophrenic who may or may not have killed his wife. In the first game, he is The 7's watchdog, making sure that Kane doesn't try anything. [[spoiler: He switches sides after The 7 betrays him, helping Kane get revenge.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* TheSociopath: Subverted, like Kane. While Lynch really is unstable and exhibits numerous sociopathic behaviors, it's not hard to see that he's genuinely mentally ill.

* TheSociopath: Subverted, like Kane. While Lynch really is unstable and exhibits numerous sociopathic behaviors, it's not hard to see that he's criminally insane.

** A bit of an easy to miss moment in the sequel, but in the intro, in which we see flashes of Kane in the midst of a botched job, he's briefly seen in a playground where you can hear people (including children) screaming; you can hear Kane yelling "--away!!" before taking a few shots at whoever's trying to kill him and quickly fleeing away from the playground; which suggests he at least tries to avoid civilians casualties (story-wise anyway). Plus, given he has a kid who he obviously loves, it can be assumed he Wouldn'tHurtAChild.

** A bit of an easy to miss moment in the sequel, but in the intro, in which we see flashes of Kane in the midst of a botched job, he's briefly seen in a playground where you can hear people (including children) screaming; you can hear Kane yelling "--away!!" before taking a few shots at whoever's trying to kill him and quickly fleeing away from the playground; which suggests he at least tries to avoid civilians casualties (story-wise anyway). Plus, given he has a kid who he obviously loves, it can be assumed he [[Wouldn'tHurtAChild]].

* HandicappedBadass: A subtle example. In the first game, he can been seen tilting his weapons slightly to aim with his left eye, implying he is at least partly blind in his right eye. Indeed, looking closely at his right eye shows it to be damaged.

* DeadpanSnarker: In the sequel.

* {{Expy}}: Keeping with the Creator/MichaelMann inspirations of the games, he's a mix of [[Film/{{Heat}} Neil [=McCauley=]]] in being an intelligent and professional criminal and [[Film/{{Collateral}} Vincent]] in his cold-blooded, amoral actions.

* WhatTheHellHero: He messes up so many times it's not even funny.

--> '''Vaultbreaker'''

* TheSociopath: Subverted, like Kane.