History Characters / Predator2

->'''Played By:''' Rubén Blades

[[folder: Elder Predator "Greyback"]]

* WorthyOpponent: Comes to view King Willie and Harrigan as this. The novel states that it, along with the rest of its kind, view Dutch as this.

* NeckLift: The Predator does this to Leona when confronting her in the subway — lifting her to just the right height for it to realize [[spoiler: she is pregnant. He lets her live]].

* BadassBookworm: A background check reveals he has a PHD in Physical Sciences from Cornell University, and is a former captain in Air Force intelligence.

* WouldHitAGirl: The Predator attacked Leona [[spoiler:only sparing her when it saw she was pregnant. Before then it did kill armed female commuters in the attack on the train shootout including an elderly woman]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Implied in the film only to be Subverted. When the City Hunter came across a child carrying a gun it aimed its plasma weapon at the boy's head, [[spoiler:only sparing the child after double-checking and identifying the gun as a toy]].
** Judging by the Predator's sudden movements while camouflaged, the boy's presence startled him while he was stalking Harrigan. Once he regained his composure, he realized it was a boy with a toy gun in his proximity. Expanded universe material indicates that Predators never kill children.

* DueToTheDead: Does this with [[spoiler:the corpse of the City Hunter despite the City Hunter having lost several pieces of their technology that could fall into human hands, which the EU reveals is a crime in Predator society. He also does this in Predator: 1718 when he buries Raphael Adolini, the original owner of the flintlock pistol he owns]].

* TimeAbyss: As its flintlock trophy implies, Predators live for centuries before becoming elderly. ''VideoGame/PredatorHuntingGrounds'' reveals the City Hunter is 300 years old and still a youth by Predator standards, which means the Greyback is likely exceptionally old.

* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler: Awards Harrigan its flintlock trophy for defeating the City Hunter and allows him to live. In Predator: 1718, he shows his respect to Raphael Adolini by burying him.]]

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* AssholeVictim: A nonfatal example, Harrigan punches him out late in the movie when he's had enough of his nosing around.

** Their methods of dealing with their perspective Predator opponents also strongly contrast. Duke's fight against the first Predator was more like a duel between two master hunters. Harrigan's fight? He just got [[UnstoppableRage really, really pissed off and comes at the City Hunter with everything he's got.]]

* ImperiledInPregnancy: [[spoiler: She is almost killed by The Predator on the subway. She only survives because she is pregnant, and that The Predator doesn't harm women or children]].

* HappilyMarried: The novelization and a deleted scene show she's married.

* ImmuneToBullets: Absorbs 30 bullets from Lambert and barely slows down, while Harrigan's shotgun blasts merely knock him out.

* PlasmaCannon: In addition to the shoulder mounted weapon, this Predator has one built into its left gauntlet.

* TragicMistake: One he had no way of knowing he was making. If he hadn't pulled the gun on the City Hunter who caught him and kept him from falling, it's entirely possible it wouldn't have killed him, given its code of honor.

* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:Danny is investigating the massacre of Gold Tooth and his men when the Predator snags him by the leg and drags him into the ceiling, where it kills him.]]

* FamousLastWords: "His foundation lie in the holy mountain. Selah."

* HateSink: Though not as much as Tony Pope, the moment he made his debut as a {{Jerkass}} ObstructiveBureaucrat who fulfills the trope PoliceAreUseless and acts as an UngratefulBastard towards Harrigan's actions, some viewers wished he end up an AssholeVictim of the Predator, but [[KarmaHoudini at some point did not]], or at least get knocked out by Harrigan like how Pope got. Overall, he's just an unsympathetic, unhelpful DaChief with a [[ItsAllAboutMe fragile ego about looking good in the eyes of the public over effective police work]] and [[ObstructiveBureaucrat immutable issues with said effectiveness and efforts despite them proving they do get the job done]] and [[LeaderWannabe not having his useless orders followed]].

* BadassNormal: Harrigan is not a [[SemperFi special forces soldier or trained recon expert.]] Yet he is able to prove a worthy opponent to the Predator. Not only that he manages to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cause the Predator to actually run from him]], before turning the tables and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame hunting down]] / killing the Predator in hand to hand combat! Although when it comes to fighting skills, it's a ZigZaggedTrope as, while Harragin is technically a normal police officer, his section of the city is an urban hellhole describe in no uncertain terms as a war-zone. He might not have all of the skills that Dutch and his team did but he's every bit their match when it comes to open combat.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Dutch. Dutch was an experienced special forces operative with a bodybuilder physique. Mike is an average cop who doesn't have any military experience and isn't in especially big though still in good physical shape. Of course given that Mike's command is explicitly stated to be in a part of the city that's a straight up warzone, he has every bit as much experience as Dutch in fighting and shooting people.

* HateSink: Though not as much as Tony Pope, the moment he made his debut as a {{Jerkass}} ObstructiveBureaucrat who fulfills the trope PoliceAreUseless and acts as an UngratefulBastard towards Harrigan's actions, some viewers wished he end up an AssholeVictim of the Predator, but [[KarmaHoudini at some point did not]], or at least get knocked out by Harrigan like how Pope got. Overall, he's just an unsympathetic, unhelpful DaChief with a [[ItsAllAboutMe fragile ego about looking good in the eyes of the public over effective police work]] and [[ObstructiveBureaucrat immutable issues with said effectiveness and efforts despite them proving they do get the job done]].

* HateSink: Though not as much as Tony Pope, the moment he made his debut as a {{Jerkass}} ObstructiveBureaucrat who fulfills the trope PoliceAreUseless and acts as an UngratefulBastard towards Harrigan's actions, some viewers wished he end up an AssholeVictim of the Predator, but [[KarmaHoudini at some point did not]], or at least get knocked out by Harrigan like how Pope got.

* BadassNormal: Harrigan is not a [[SemperFi special forces soldier or trained recon expert.]] Yet he is able to prove a worthy opponent to the Predator. Not only that he manages to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cause the Predator to actually run from him]], before turning the tables and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame hunting down]] / killing the Predator in hand to hand combat! Although when it comes to fighting skills, it's a ZiggZaggedTrope as, while Harragin is technically a normal police office, his section of the city is an urban hellhole describe in no uncertain terms as a war-zone. He might not have all of the skills that Dutch and his team did but he's every bit their match when it comes to open combat.

* BadassNormal: Harrigan is not a [[SemperFi special forces soldier or trained recon expert.]] Yet he is able to prove a worthy opponent to the Predator. Not only that he manages to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cause the Predator to actually run from him]], before turning the tables and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame hunting down]] / killing the Predator in hand to hand combat!
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Dutch. Dutch was an experienced special forces operative with a bodybuilder physique. Mike is an average cop who doesn't have any military experience and isn't in especially great shape.

* BadassNormal: Able to hold his own in a gunfight [[spoiler:and holds off the Predator to save a crowded subway, which is enough for the Predator to claim his skull as a trophy.]]

* ActorAllusion: BillPaxton has [[Film/{{Aliens}} has experience fighting aliens.]]

* DueToTheDead: Does this with [[spoiler:the corpse of the City Hunter despite the City Hunter having lost several pieces of their technology that could fall into human hands, which the EU reveals is a crime in Predator society. He also does this in Predator: 1718 when he buries Rapheal Adolini, the original owner of the flintlock pistol he owns]].

* RabidCop: His LAPD record's psych profile mentions that he has a history of violent behavior. Captain Pilgrim defends Harrigan by pointing out that he also has the highest arrest record in the police force ''and'' multiple condecorations.