History Characters / SinCity

* TokenGoodCop: He's the only cop in the Basin City Police Department who isn't in on the payroll of mobsters and/or {{Corrupt Politicians}}, demonstrated by his pursuit of Roark Jr., a serial [[PaedoHunt pedophile rapist]], who is "normally" protected from legal consequences by his father, Senator Roark.

* DropTheHammer: In his first fight with Marv, he knocks him out with a sledgehammer. He doesn't have it the next time, and Marv manages to last longer.

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* BigSisterInstinct: Goldie has been murdered; Wendy is not pleased...

* TokenGoodCop: He's the only cop in the Basin City Police Department who isn't in on the payroll of mobsters and/or {{Corrupt Politicians}}, demonstrated by his pursuit of Roark Jr., a serial [[PaedoHunt pedophile rapist]], who is "normally" protected from legal consequences by his father, Senator Roark.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a gravelly voice in the movies courtesy of Mickey Rourke.

* GutturalGrowler: How Benicio del Toro voices him in the movie.

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* FourEyesZeroSoul: Provides the page image.

-->Kadie's is my kind of joint. Country and I don't mean that touchy-feely "You put me on a natural high" garbage they're passing off as country these days. No, at Kadie's it's the old stuff. It's [[Music/ConwayTwitty Conway]] and [[Music/TammyWynette Tammy]] and [[Music/MerleHaggard Merle]], from back before they went all squishy. Songs to drink to and cry to.

* FaceOfAThug: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. He legitimately can be as violent and thuggish as he looks, but if you're not actively antagonizing him or someone he likes, he's a pretty decent guy overall.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: It's hard to tell because the comics are [[DeliberatelyMonochrome largely black and white]], but she's canonically blonde and is always depicted as such in colorized versions. Nancy is a young woman working herself through law school by working as a topless exotic dancer off hours, and is probably the kindest and most innocent character in the comics (WordOfGod calls her "an angel" living in a WretchedHive). She's acquainted with a lot of the major characters, who protect her from abusive or downright evil men out to hurt her.

* MsFanservice: Most of her appearances have her topless, since she is a stripper. Downplayed in the film, due to Jessica Alba's refusal to appear topless. Though in the film, it IS still Jessica Alba as a [[{{Stripperific}} stripper]] with killer abs.

* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler: Senator Roark cuts Marcie's head off and throws it to him.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Accepts his fate before being killed by Senator Roark.]]

* AntiHero: Type III with a few NominalHero tendencies in general. He can get [[{{Squick}} squicked out]] by the actions of both Marv and Miho.

* NobleDemon: WordOfGod is that she's this, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent literally]]. Does seem more noble than usual though.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:
** In the comic, [[spoiler:she's gunned down with Manute and the gangsters by the Old Town girls and Dwight]].
** In the movie, she survives the assault by the girls of Old Town, only being shot in the arm. [[spoiler:However, the film ends with her being confronted by the Salesman, who was apparently hired to kill her.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: In the ending of the first film, she is aware that the Colonel is there to kill her.

* HateSink: And in this setting it's saying a lot! Unlike the other villains who are either too cool to hate or have troubled backgrounds, Roark is just a repulsive pedophile and a petty coward with no likable qualities whatsoever and it really is nothing short of cathartic when Hartigan finally beats him to death. Hell, a scene even shows Kevin noticing John sneak around but leaving him to finish Junior off and Main/WordOfGod says it's because Kevin hates Junior as much as anyone else. When a cannibalistic serial killer is disgusted by you, you're very definitely this trope.

* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: He rapes and murders little girls and loves to hear them scream. As Nancy Callahan reveals during her ColdBloodedTorture at his hands eight years after his first attempt on her is foiled by Hartigan, [[DeconstructedTrope the screams of his victims are the only way that Junior can receive any kind of sexual gratification, to the point of being practically impotent without it.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: WordOfGod is Kevin hates Roark Jr. and thinks he's an abomination. He briefly appears in "That Yellow Bastard" and apparently ignores Hartigan as he goes to finish off Roark Jr and doesn't come to rescue him. Any disgust from Kevin is not really apparent from the panels themselves, however. When a cannibal finds a rapist repulsive, you know something's all kinds of wrong in this series.
* EvilCounterpart: WordOfGod is that he's this to Miho, and it's easy to see their similarities. Both of them are silent characters who are incredibly good at fighting and killing people, and work on behalf of a specific person.