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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He kills Fabiana simply [[ForTheEvulz for shit and giggles]].]]

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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He kills Fabiana simply [[ForTheEvulz for shit shits and giggles]].]]

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Bang! You're dead, Max Payne!", "Have no fear, Vlad is here!", and "Dearest of all my friends." (He [[TermsOfEndangerment refers to everyone]] as this.)



* CharacterCatchphrase: "Bang! You're dead, Max Payne!", "Have no fear, Vlad is here!", and "Dearest of all my friends." (He [[TermsOfEndangerment refers to everyone]] as this.)



* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He's an AffablyEvil VillainInAWhiteSuit, while the previous BigBad, Nicole Horne, was an overtly evil woman in a pitch black suit.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He's an AffablyEvil VillainInAWhiteSuit, while the previous BigBad, Nicole Horne, was an overtly evil woman in a pitch black suit.trenchcoat.



* EvilIsPetty: Outside of his greed and ambition, his actions seem to be motivated by a petty grudge against his ex-mentor.

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* EvilIsPetty: Outside of his greed and ambition, his actions seem to be motivated by a petty grudge against his ex-mentor. [[spoiler: Nevermind that the mentor in question is already dying from cancer and the Inner Circle is basically at his feet, he still has to attack the mansion and execute Woden personally, just because of an old grudge.]]



* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His namesake is a ScienceFiction author Creator/StanislawLem.



* RuleOfSymbolism: In keeping with the Biblical theme, Vlad, as a stand-in for Satan, [[spoiler:comes between Max and Mona, causing the death of the latter, and is killed by Max, falling into an inferno of his own making when he plummets through a skylight into a mass of explosives]]. A painting of Adam and Eve behind the wreckage completes the picture.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: In keeping with the Biblical theme, Vlad, as a stand-in for Satan, [[spoiler:comes between Max and Mona, causing the death of the latter, and is killed by Max, falling into an inferno of his own making when he plummets through a skylight into a mass of explosives]].and his corpse is set on fire my Molotovs]]. A painting of Adam and Eve behind the wreckage completes the picture.



* WickedCultured: He's a ruthless, backstabbing crime lord who often makes references to Old Hollywood classics, and quotes Creator/JohnMilton's Satan when confronting Woden.



* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes himself to be a [[LoveableRogue Rogue-ish]] YoungGun character like Billy the Kid, in the kind of Western that glamorises this kind of character, and Max is the tired, old Sheriff that goes after him and his friends. It doesn't quite play out that way.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes himself to be a [[LoveableRogue Rogue-ish]] LoveableRogue YoungGun character like Billy the Kid, in the kind of Western that glamorises this kind of character, and Max is the tired, old Sheriff that goes after him and his friends. It doesn't quite play out that way.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He is killed via necklacing: a legendary Brazilian gang execution which involves immolating the victim while he is trapped in a stack of gasoline-soaked tyres.]]



* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He is killed via necklacing: a legendary Brazilian gang execution which involves immolating the victim while he is trapped in a stack of gasoline-soaked tyres.]]
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: As a stark inversion of the first game, Max is about 49 in the third game, yet looks almost a decade older than that, likely due to decades of alcoholism and painkiller addiction.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: As a stark inversion of the first game, Max is about 49 in the third game, yet looks almost a decade older than that, likely due to decades of alcoholism and painkiller addiction.addiction, in addition to the sheer physical stress he put himself through in the first two games.
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* HawaiianShirtedTourist: During Max Payne 3, he tries to disguise himself as one.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Lupino has been reading up on occult tomes and mythology textbooks lately, and in tandem with the Valkyr it's gone to his head. He's fully aware of all the Norse symbolism peppering the game and thinks it's for real: the seemingly endless blizzard engulfing New York is a sign that Ragnarok is coming, and he is the Fenris Wolf who will help usher in the end of the world. Of course, Ragnarok isn't coming and the world isn't really ending, Lupino is just ''really'' crazy.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Lupino has been reading up on occult tomes and mythology textbooks lately, and in tandem with the Valkyr it's gone to his head. He's fully aware of all the Norse symbolism peppering the game and thinks it's for real: the seemingly endless blizzard engulfing New York is a sign that Ragnarok is coming, and he is the Fenris Wolf who will help usher in the end of the world. Of course, Ragnarok isn't coming and the world isn't really ending, Lupino is just ''really'' crazy. Furthermore, Lupino goes down with bullets just like any other mortal human being (though [[FeelNoPain it does take quite a lot]], as Max points out).

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