| 1 | Character page for the ''Film/DirtyHarry'' film series. |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !!San Francisco Police Department |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Harry Callahan]] |
| 8 | !!Inspector Harold Francis "Dirty Harry" Callahan |
| 9 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5de833ba_aea1_41fb_979a_6a9a9603ae6b.jpeg]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Go ahead. Make my day."'']] |
| 11 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ClintEastwood |
| 12 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' | ''Film/MagnumForce'' |''Film/TheEnforcer'' | ''Film/SuddenImpact'' | ''Film/TheDeadPool'' |
| 13 | -> ''"I know what you're thinking: 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"'' |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The main protagonist of the series and the titular character, an uncouth, cynical, sarcastic CowboyCop with a tendency to break police protocol and occasionally the law in the name of stopping violent criminals and avenging their victims. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | * BadassInANiceSuit: As an inspector, he's willing to walk into any situation in his signature tailored suits. |
| 18 | * BadgesAndDogTags: In ''Magnum Force'', Charlie [=McCoy=] says "We should have done our 20 in the Marines", indicating that they served together in the armed forces (most likely in the Korean War). |
| 19 | * CharacterDevelopment: In ''Magnum Force'', he seems to have learned from his experience in the first film and spends more time investigating the vigilante cops than going after them in his usual hot-headed manner. |
| 20 | * ChickMagnet: Most of the films show at least one woman showing some sort of attraction to him, apart from the first one, where he mentions his dead wife. ''Magnum Force'' has his attractive neighbour ask him what it would take for him to have sex with her, to which he responds "Try knocking on the door", a piece of advice she immediately takes. |
| 21 | * CowboyCop: The TropeCodifier. He's hated by his superiors a whole damn lot. |
| 22 | * DeadpanSnarker: Always has a quip or barb for any occasion. |
| 23 | * DeadPartner: Harry doesn't have much luck with partners. Five of his partners end up dead, one of which occurred before the films. On top of that, Chico Gonzalez suffers a career ending wound in the first film. |
| 24 | * TheDulcineaEffect: For all his misgivings about female police officers, he's very protective of women: |
| 25 | ** In the first film, his priority is finding the kidnapped girl, procedure be damned. |
| 26 | ** In ''The Enforcer'', [[spoiler: Kate Moore's]] death at the hands of Bobby Maxwell gets him so angry that he uses a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill fucking LAW]] to avenge her death. |
| 27 | ** Despite knowing that Jennifer is the killer in ''Sudden Impact'', he is willing to pin the murders on Mick, since he knows that Jennifer is a victim of rape and that Mick really had it coming. |
| 28 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While Harry has no problem blowing away crooks left, right and center, they are always justified shootings (they are either trying to kill him or they are committing a violent crime and Harry needs to intervene) and he ''only'' shoots the crooks, and ''never'' if they don't shoot at him ''first''. He also gives them a chance to surrender whenever he can and takes them in unharmed if they do. |
| 29 | ** This becomes an important plot point in ''Magnum Force'', in which the main antagonists are a group of [[DirtyCops vigilante cops]] who care nothing about innocent bystanders becoming collateral damage or whatever the crooks did to earn death (Harry snarks at them at the climax that they will eventually [[AllCrimesAreEqual start to shoot jaywalkers]] and their answer is, paraphrased, "We didn't kill one man who didn't have it coming."). They even try to recruit Harry at one point and he tells them to go to hell. |
| 30 | -->'''Harry''': [[ArcWords A man's got to know his limitations]]. |
| 31 | * FailureHero: In the original film. Harry repeatedly fails to catch Scorpio, and [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique his brutal interrogation]] of him results in [[OffOnATechnicality Scorpio being able to walk free because Harry forced a confession out of him.]] He does manage to finally put an end to Scorpio's rampage by shooting him, but by then he's already caused a lot of death that could have easily been prevented. The following films depict him as much more competent and slightly more level-headed. |
| 32 | * HandCannon: |
| 33 | ** His preferred weapon is a Smith & Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum, which he describes as the most powerful handgun in the world. |
| 34 | ** He owns an [=AutoMag=] as a personal weapon, as shown in ''Sudden Impact''. When he loses his revolver off the pier, he uses the [=AutoMag=] in the film's climax. |
| 35 | * HatesEveryoneEqually: It's noted that Harry plays no favorites. [=DiGiorgio=] tells Chico Gonzalez that Harry hates every ethnic group in the city, including "[[BoomerangBigot honkies]]". That said, he eventually gets along with each of his partners, be they [[Film/DirtyHarry Latino]], [[Film/MagnumForce bla]][[Film/SuddenImpact ck]], [[Film/TheDeadPool Asian]], or [[Film/TheEnforcer female]]. |
| 36 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He isn't the nicest man you can meet, [[CowboyCop and his recklessness leaves a lot to be desired]], but he cares deeply about protecting people and getting justice for victims and is capable of being a very good friend to those he takes a liking to. |
| 37 | * OnlyFriend: Possibly for Charlie [=McCoy=], who confides his problems to him. |
| 38 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He delivers these every chance he gets to his superiors, though they are really aimed at the system itself for letting serial murderers and store robbers walk free and (as he thinks) showing no remorse for their victims. |
| 39 | -->'''Harry''': When a fourteen-year-old girl is raped and left to die, who speaks for ''her''? And what about the lady ''with a gun in her ear''? |
| 40 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: Happens to him twice. He's been demoted to the Stakeout division at the start of ''Magnum Force'', possibly as punishment for the events of the first film. In ''The Enforcer'', he gets sent to Personnel ("That's for assholes!"), where he's stuck doing interviews for promotion boards. |
| 41 | * SemperFi: It's briefly stated by Charlie [=McCoy=] in 'Magnum Force' that they were in the Marines together before he became a cop. He also keeps a coffee mug with the Corps logo in his apartment and is already checked out on the LAWS rocket in 'The Enforcer', a USMC weapon. |
| 42 | * SinisterSwitchblade: Although licensed to carry a gun, he lives up to his name yet again by bringing a hidden switchblade to his meeting with Scorpio and stabbing him with it. |
| 43 | -->'''Lieutenant Bresler:''' It's disgusting that a police officer knows how to use a weapon like that. |
| 44 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: He and Early, as part of their VitriolicBestBuds relationship. |
| 45 | * StrawMisogynist: Subverted. He's accused of scoffing at an potential officer's desire to make inspector simply because she's a woman. However, it's really down to the fact that she never made an arrest in her nine-year career and essentially has no experience on the street. |
| 46 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: He has a preference for weapons that are on the overpowered side. His weapon being the Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum aside, he's used a Winchester Model 70 chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum for countersniping (which Bressler even notes is heavy on stopping power), an [=AutoMag=] intended for when his usual revolver isn't overkill enough, but actually used when he loses the revolver into the sea, a giant harpoon gun, and a LAW rocket launcher. |
| 47 | * TragicHero: Sure he's a CowboyCop, but was married once before losing his wife, mostly a loner MarriedToTheJob and has to suffer losing a partner while on duty every time. |
| 48 | * VillainKiller: Has a tendency to shoot large holes in criminals, branding him as a CowboyCop among the precinct brass. His victims include dangerous criminals, rogue cops, a terrorist group, and rapist-robbers. |
| 49 | * VitriolicBestBuds: He and Early snark at one another, but it’s clear they’re friends and Harry is [[spoiler: sadden by his death]]. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Frank [=DiGiorgio=]]] |
| 53 | !!Inspector Frank [=DiGiorgio=] |
| 54 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnMitchum |
| 55 | !!!'''Dubbed By:''' Creator/SergeSauvion (European French) |
| 56 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' | ''Film/MagnumForce'' | ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 57 | |
| 58 | A fellow cop and one of Harry's few friends in the department. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:[=DiGiorgio=] is one of the few recurring characters outside of Harry himself, giving his death in ''The Enforcer'' more impact.]] |
| 61 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He's stabbed InTheBack by Maxwell in ''Film/TheEnforcer'' and later dies in a hospital]]. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Chico Gonzalez]] |
| 65 | !!Inspector Chico Gonzalez |
| 66 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ReniSantoni |
| 67 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' | ''Film/MagnumForce'' (mentioned) |
| 68 | |
| 69 | A rookie officer assigned as Harry's partner. |
| 70 | ---- |
| 71 | * NewMeat: He's new on the job, and not as accustomed to life in Homicide as Harry is. |
| 72 | * NiceGuy: In contrast to Harry's abrasive demeanor, he's a friendly man. |
| 73 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After being shot by Scorpio, he decides he's not cut out to be a cop and retires, hoping to use his sociology degree to get a job. In ''Film/MagnumForce'', Harry mentions he's become a teacher.]] |
| 74 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Harry's Red. |
| 75 | * SoleSurvivor: One of the two partners of Harry who did not have the unfortunate luck of being killed in the line of duty. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Al Bressler]] |
| 79 | !!Lt. Al J. Bressler |
| 80 | !!!'''Played By:''' Harry Guardino |
| 81 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' | ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Harry's superior officer and the head of the Homicide department. |
| 84 | ---- |
| 85 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike {{Da Chief}}s in the rest of the films, he's the only one who's ever on Harry's side. He's also the most competent of Harry's superiors shown in the films. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Neil Briggs]] |
| 89 | !!Lt. Neil Briggs |
| 90 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/94fa6318_11b3_468a_9ccc_c7be7a53232d.jpeg]] |
| 91 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"...I never had to take my gun out of its holster once. I'm proud of that."'']] |
| 92 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HalHolbrook |
| 93 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/MagnumForce'' |
| 94 | -> ''"I've got nothing against you, Callahan. But we can't exactly have the public crying police brutality every time you go out on the street."'' |
| 95 | |
| 96 | One of Harry's superior officers and regular headaches. |
| 97 | ---- |
| 98 | * [[spoiler:BigBad]]: [[spoiler:He turns out to be the leader of the vigilante cops.]] |
| 99 | * DaChief: He's always on Harry's case about his CowboyCop tendencies. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he's the BigBad.]] |
| 100 | * [[spoiler:NonActionBigBad]]: [[spoiler: He is the only BigBad to not fight Harry.]] |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Charlie [=McCoy=]]] |
| 104 | !!Traffic Officer Charlie [=McCoy=] |
| 105 | !!!'''Played By:''' Mitchell Ryan |
| 106 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/MagnumForce'' |
| 107 | |
| 108 | A mentally unstable motorcycle cop and Korean War veteran. |
| 109 | ---- |
| 110 | * ActionDad: He has kids and is a police officer and war veteran. |
| 111 | * BadgesAndDogtags: In ''Magnum Force'', he says "We should have done our 20 in the Marines", indicating that he served with Harry together in the armed forces (most likely in the Korean War). |
| 112 | * TheDeterminator: Vows to Harry that' he'll never retire no matter if he's aging. |
| 113 | * DrivenToSuicide: Has become suicidal. |
| 114 | * {{Foil}}: To his OnlyFriend Harry, as both expresses a ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight viewpoint on administering justice while on the police force, but while Harry is TheStoic who handled his military experience very well and already a CowboyCop who sometimes bend the rules, Charlie was an angry NotSoStoic man who wanted to be a CowboyCop, but never took up the chance and struggles with his traumatic memories during his time in the military. |
| 115 | * HeroicWannabe: Wanted to be a CowboyCop just like his OnlyFriend Harry. |
| 116 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While an angry, bitter and despondent person tempted to become a VigilanteMan out of his belief of ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight, he acts as a good friend for Harry who he can confide his issues to and is [[InformedAbility said]] to be a loving father towards his children, despite his divorce from his wife. |
| 117 | * OldSoldier: Despite his aging, he vows to his OnlyFriend and confident that he'll never retire. |
| 118 | * RedHerring: [=McCoy=]'s unstable behavior and his admission to being tempted to become a VigilanteMan set him up as one of the vigilante traffic cops, and Harry clearly suspects him of being one of them. |
| 119 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:His killing by Davis is what cause Harry to realize Charlie was innocent all along and pinpoint who are the real villains.]] |
| 120 | * SanitySlippage: The stress of his job starts to take a toll on him. |
| 121 | * SemperFi: It's briefly stated that he was in the Marines before he became a cop. It's possible he served during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, just like his actor Ryan. |
| 122 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He doesn't handle his memories of his military service very well. |
| 123 | * TragicHero: A washed-up middle-aged cop and Korean War marine vet who had just undergone a divorce and suffering from a mental breakdown upon realizing the incompetent revolving door justice system that he's forced to obliged to in his duty as a police officer. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Early Smith]] |
| 127 | !!Inspector Earlington "Early" Smith |
| 128 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/FeltonPerry |
| 129 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/MagnumForce'' |
| 130 | |
| 131 | Harry’s partner by the time of ''Film/MagnumForce''. The two prove to be two [[CowboyCop Cowboy Cops]] in a pod, and have a VitriolicBestBuds dynamic. |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | * DeadpanSnarker: Enough of one to have SnarkToSnarkCombat with [[DeadpanSnarker Harry.]] |
| 134 | * DefiantToTheEnd: When a robber holds him at gunpoint while Early is undercover, he demands Early [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before him and suck his gun]] while yelling racial slurs at him. Early just gives the guy a DeathGlare and refuses to comply for several minutes. When he does kneel, it's so Harry can get a shot at the guy. |
| 135 | * KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's killed by a bomb the vigilante cops had rigged in his mailbox.]] |
| 136 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: He and Harry love trading verbal blows. |
| 137 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Harry. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Donnelly]] |
| 141 | !!Captain (formerly Lieutenant) Donnelly |
| 142 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelCurrie |
| 143 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SuddenImpact'' | ''Film/TheDeadPool'' |
| 144 | |
| 145 | One of Harry's superiors, who is far more tolerant of his CowboyCop tendencies. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Al Bressler. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Kate Moore]] |
| 151 | !!Inspector Kate Moore |
| 152 | !!!'''Played By:''' Tyne Daly |
| 153 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 154 | |
| 155 | An inexperienced rookie assigned to be Harry's partner. |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * AffirmativeActionGirl: She gets promoted to Inspector to fulfill departmental quotas on gender equality, despite her lack of arrest experience, something which Harry is quick to point out at her interview. |
| 158 | * HeroicSacrifice: Ended up [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet by Maxwell to save her partner Harry]]. |
| 159 | * NewMeat: Harry is reluctant to recommend her promotion because she lacks experience, having never made an arrest. In the field, she's shown struggling in a foot pursuit and has to be pulled away from the backblast of a LAW rocket at a demo for the weapon. |
| 160 | * SacrificialLion: Performs a [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] near the end of the film. |
| 161 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's this out of Harry's partners in the overall series. |
| 162 | * TookALevelInBadass: She struggles starting out with her unable to keep up during a foot pursuit. Later in the film, once Harry warms to her, she shows what she's capable of, especially during the final shootout [[spoiler: that ultimately costs her her life.]] |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Horace King]] |
| 166 | !!Inspector Horace King |
| 167 | !!!'''Played By:''' Albert Popwell |
| 168 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SuddenImpact'' |
| 169 | |
| 170 | Harry’s partner in ''Sudden Impact''. |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:[=McKay=]]] |
| 175 | !!Captain [=McKay=] |
| 176 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BradfordDillman |
| 177 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 178 | |
| 179 | Harry's superior, who loathes Harry. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * DaChief: Of all Harry's superiors, he's the one who clashes with Harry the most. |
| 182 | * DeskJockey: He spent ten years working in Personnel, as he is quick to remind Harry when Harry complains "That's for assholes!" when being reassigned there. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder:Briggs]] |
| 186 | !!Captain Briggs |
| 187 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BradfordDillman |
| 188 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SuddenImpact'' |
| 189 | ---- |
| 190 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Briggs sends Harry out of San Francisco because with the mob hit on his back he is at extreme risk as are the general public who are in danger of being caught in the crossfire. He assigns him to San Paulo as the victim of the murder Harry is investigating came from there and an almost identical killing has occurred in the town. He is proven absolutely right on both counts. |
| 191 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's basically [=McKay=] with a different name. He's even played by ''the same actor''. Why they didn't just have him as [=McKay=] again is anyone's guess. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | !!Criminals |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Scorpio]] |
| 197 | !!Charles Davis/Scorpio |
| 198 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scorpio_4.jpg]] |
| 199 | [[caption-width-right:250: ''"[[DirtyCoward I have rights for a lawyer!]]"'']] |
| 200 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AndrewRobinson |
| 201 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' |
| 202 | |
| 203 | A [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] [[SerialKiller serial sniper]] who serves as the main villain of the first film. |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | * AintTooProudToBeg: The football stadium scene. Nuff said. |
| 206 | * AxCrazy: A sadistic serial killer prone to violent rages. He cackles wildly when shooting it out with Harry, and when kicking him half to death. Later, when he hijacks a school bus, he starts shrieking at the children and slapping them around when they plead to be let go. |
| 207 | * BigBad: Of the first film. |
| 208 | * ColdSniper: He kills most of his victims by sniping them from a rooftop. |
| 209 | * DirtyCoward: When he has the advantage or his victim is defenseless he makes all sorts of bravado-fueled threats and boasts, but all of that crumbles the moment Harry manages to stab him in the leg. And later when Harry corners and tortures him, he's left as nothing but a whimpering mess pathetically begging for mercy. |
| 210 | * EvilCripple: His left leg gets stabbed and then later broken by Harry, and as result he has a limp for the rest of the film. |
| 211 | * EvilLaugh: He breaks out into a truly vile laugh of enjoyment during some of his acts of evil in a way that would make the Joker proud. |
| 212 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: The filmmakers chose Andy Robinson to play the Scorpio Killer because he had a "face like a choir boy". The liquor store and schoolbus scenes definitely back up that claim. |
| 213 | * FallenHero: Was TheVietnamVet. |
| 214 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Scorpio can pretend to be a friendly sort before showing his true AxCrazy nature. It's especially apparent when he sweet-talks the owner of the liquor store before mugging him. Later, when he hijacks the school bus, he cheerfully tells the children that they're taking a trip to an ice cream factory to keep them from suspecting anything. |
| 215 | * ForTheEvulz: He absolutely revels in murder and violence. Monetary gain is just a bonus for him. As Harry says, he will kill again "because he likes it". |
| 216 | * FrameUp: He pays a man to beat him up in an attempt to frame Harry for police brutality. |
| 217 | * FromCamouflageToCriminal: Robinson created a backstory for him which involved him being drafted into the Vietnam War, and seeing unspeakable horrors. When he returned home to the United States, he found himself a figure of hate, and his war experiences, combined with the people's treatment of soldiers, caused him to go insane. |
| 218 | * HateSink: Scorpio is pure evil and there's nothing redeemable about him in the slightest. He's racist, a murderer and rapist of women and children, and a DirtyCoward of the highest order. Even Andy Robinson felt bad playing him because he's a pacifist in real life. It's so satisfying when Harry finally kills him. |
| 219 | * ILied: He [[KickTheDog cruelly]] tells Harry that he "changed his mind" about releasing a kidnapped girl, and gloats that he'll just leave her to suffocate and kill Harry anyway. |
| 220 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's a racist, egotistical, reckless coward who commits all sorts of atrocities for no reason. |
| 221 | * KickTheDog: Even after getting the money, he decides to let the girl he kidnapped die anyway and tells Harry as much before killing him. Then it's revealed the girl had already died before Harry ever could have reached her. |
| 222 | * LackOfEmpathy: To a terrifying degree. He kills people left and right, including children, without the slightest hint of remorse. |
| 223 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He gets his comeuppance when Harry shoots him after he hijacks a schoolbus full of kids and tries to hold a fishing boy hostage. |
| 224 | * LaughingMad: Cackles maniacally whenever he's shooting it out with Harry. |
| 225 | * MadeOfIron: He takes a lot of punishment over the film, tanking a stab wound, a gunshot, and a self-inflicted beating before finally taking a point-blank shot from Harry's revolver. |
| 226 | * MilesGloriosus: Scorpio only acts tough when wielding a gun against an unarmed man or threatening defenseless women and children. If the tables are turned, he'll start bawling like a baby. |
| 227 | * NoNameGiven: While the novelization eventually reveals his name to be Charles Davis, the movie only ever refers to him as "Scorpio". |
| 228 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's very loosely based on the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]]. |
| 229 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Scorpio is a blatant racist, using NWordPrivileges in his first ransom note and then later calling the guy he pays to beat him up a "black sonuvabitch". He also tries to snipe a gay black man, implying homophobia as well. |
| 230 | * PsychopathicManchild: ''Good lord'', yes. If he's not terrorizing weaker people like a schoolyard bully, he's crying like a bratty little kid threatening to tell on his parents about Harry. |
| 231 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: To further solidify him as an irredeemable monster, Scorpio rapes Ann Mary Deacon after kidnapping and torturing her. [[{{Ephebophile}} And she was only 14]]. |
| 232 | * {{Sadist}}: He clearly enjoys torturing and murdering. Making money out of it is largely just an addition. |
| 233 | * SerialKiller: He murders several people over the course of the film, mostly [[ForTheEvulz for the thrill of it]] along with some {{Greed}} by demanding ransoms to the police. |
| 234 | * SissyVillain: He's rather feminine compared to Harry. |
| 235 | * SmugSnake: As mentioned on DirtyCoward above, Scorpio only acts tough when up against defenseless people, but turns into a sniveling crybaby when up against someone like Harry. He also suffers from a severe case of StupidEvil and underestimates Harry a lot, which results in [[spoiler:him catching a bullet]]. |
| 236 | * TheSociopath: He's a cold-blooded murderer and a rapist who never has any remorse or hesitation about any of his crimes, so he is definitely this too. |
| 237 | * SociopathicSoldier: Was TheVietnamVet whose WarIsHell experience is what turned him into a psychopath by the time of the film. |
| 238 | * StarterVillain: The first villain Harry confronts in the franchise. |
| 239 | * TooDumbToLive: An injured Scorpio decides to try and shoot Callahan even though he's not sure if the latter has any bullets left. Scorpio ends up shot dead. |
| 240 | * TwoFirstNames: "Davis" can also be used a first name for men. |
| 241 | * VillainHasAPoint: Scorpio's an absolute scumbag, but he's not wrong to say Harry shouldn't have tortured him, if only because that prevented him from being lawfully put in jail. |
| 242 | * WouldHitAGirl: |
| 243 | ** Snipes a swimming woman in her rooftop pool. |
| 244 | ** Tortures and rapes a teenage girl before burying her alive, leaving her to die. |
| 245 | ** Pistol-whips an older woman to drive her bus when Harry intervenes. |
| 246 | * WouldHurtAChild: Besides brutally murdering a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, he also abducts a busload of schoolkids. When one cries about wanting to see his mother, Scorpio ''punches'' the kid square in the face and then smacks another in the back of the head, screaming death threats so they'll sing. He also uses a young boy fishing as a human shield in his final duel against Harry. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[folder:Bobby Maxwell]] |
| 250 | !!Bobby Maxwell |
| 251 | !!!'''Played By:''' [=DeVeren=] Bookwalter |
| 252 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 253 | |
| 254 | The leader of the terrorist group the People's Revolutionary Strike Force. |
| 255 | ----- |
| 256 | |
| 257 | * BigBad: Of ''The Enforcer''. |
| 258 | * FallenHero: Was TheVietnamVet. |
| 259 | * HeroKiller: Had killed Frank [=DiGiorgio=], one of Harry friends from the first film, and later Kate Moore. |
| 260 | * SociopathicSoldier: He was TheVietnamVet who turned terrorist against the country he once fought for. |
| 261 | * WesternTerrorists: Is one himself and is the leader of a group of these. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:The Vigilante Cops]] |
| 265 | !![[spoiler:Lt. Neil Briggs]], Officer John Davis, Officer Philip Sweet, Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan, and Officer Michael Grimes |
| 266 | !!!'''Played By:''' [[spoiler:Creator/HalHolbrook]], David Soul, Creator/TimMatheson, Kip Niven, Creator/RobertUrich |
| 267 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/MagnumForce'' |
| 268 | |
| 269 | A group of vigilante cops who murder any criminals who escape or evade justice, and anyone who gets in their way. |
| 270 | ---- |
| 271 | * AxCrazy: They are batshit insane when it comes to killing, despite their KnightTemplar intentions. They are basically [[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostfaces]] with badges and KnightTemplar vigilante motives. |
| 272 | * TheBadGuysAreCops: A first for the films. |
| 273 | * BadgesAndDogtags: They all have been in special forces prior to becoming cops. |
| 274 | * DirtyCop: They carry out the execution of criminals who escape the justice system and give zero shits about who gets killed in the crossfire. |
| 275 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Davis overshoots his motorcycle jump and falls off the aircraft carrier to his watery death in the climax. |
| 276 | * TheDragon: Davis is one for [[spoiler:Briggs]], as he and his accomplices are TheHeavy group, with him acting as the immediate field leader of his motorcycle gang. |
| 277 | * FallenHero: They were ex-military spec-ops operators before becoming {{Killer Cop}}s. |
| 278 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Both Davis and Sweet are wear glasses. |
| 279 | * TheHeavy: While [[spoiler:Briggs]] is the BigBad, Davis and his posse do most of the dirty work for him. |
| 280 | * HeroKiller: They killed fellow officers Charlie [=McCoy=] and Early Smith. |
| 281 | * KillerCop: They are a squad of motorcycle cops that have turned vigilante and are going out executing criminals who evade the justice system. |
| 282 | * KnightTemplar: To a T. Even if [[WellIntentionedExtremist their motives are understandable]], they have little concern for collateral damage, as evidenced in their exchange with Harry: |
| 283 | --> '''Harry''': You "heroes" killed a dozen people this week. What are you going to do next week? |
| 284 | --> '''Davis''': ''(flatly)'' [[AxCrazy Kill a dozen more]]. |
| 285 | ** [[spoiler:They've no problem killing police officers either -- Davis shoots Charlie [=McCoy=] to LeaveNoWitnesses. Briggs sends an anonymous call to the gangsters telling them that hitmen dressed as cops are coming to kill them, hoping they'll get killed in the ensuing shoot-out and likely Callahan too. Sweet dies instead.]] |
| 286 | -->'''Smith:''' Yeah, but Sweet died today! |
| 287 | -->'''Callahan:''' Sweet was sacrificed. What's more important if I'm right, I'll be sacrificed. [[YouKnowTooMuch They've gotta figure I told you, which means you'll be sacrificed.]] |
| 288 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: These guys may claim they're killing criminals for the greater good, but they're so vicious, sadistic, and all too happy to kill innocents just for being in their way that it rings hollow. |
| 289 | * PoliceBrutality: They enjoy pulling this. As Harry says, "A man's got to know his limitations." |
| 290 | * PsychoForHire: The uniformed vigilante cops act as this for the BigBad [[spoiler:Briggs]]. |
| 291 | * RabidCop: A whole group of them, in fact! |
| 292 | * SacrificialLion: |
| 293 | ** When vigilante officer Sweet is killed during a shootout during an attempted arrest, Harry believes his death was a necessary sacrifice to get himself and the arrestee killed. He even lampshades it twice; once directly, and once when he notes that Sweet was killed with the first shot. |
| 294 | ** At the end, when the other vigilante cops are killed, their leader, [[spoiler:Lt. Briggs]] says he can use their “murders” to prosecute Harry. |
| 295 | * TheSociopath: Despite the death squads claims of having [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]], they are TheUnfettered when it comes to killing anyone even innocent victims who get in the way of their executions of criminals, showing that without a sense of restraint, the crooked cops used the vigilante initiative to heartlessly satisfy their blood lust without regard for collateral damage. |
| 296 | * SociopathicSoldier: While Sweet was the only character to confirm he used be an [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous spec-ops]] Airborne {{Ranger}}, it's implied all of them had military experience prior to joining the force and are presumed to be each TheVietnamVet, and are weaponizing their combat experience in terms of marksmanship and battle tactics to help their vigilante cause. |
| 297 | * VigilanteMilitia: The gruff but honest detective Callahan investigates a series of murders wherein the victims are repeat felons. Callahan deduces correctly that a band of zealous rookie officers have decided to fight crime by acting as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner as well as arresting officer. Made worse by [[spoiler:the chief of the detective division]] knowingly covering for them. |
| 298 | * WeHaveReserves: [[spoiler:Lt. Briggs]] makes clear after Callahan has killed all of his men that he can always recruit another death squad. |
| 299 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: The vigilantes use this to try to convince Harry to join them. |
| 300 | --> '''Harry:''' I'm afraid you've misjudged me. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder:J.J. Wilson]] |
| 304 | !!J.J. Wilson |
| 305 | !!!'''Played By:''' Albert Popwell |
| 306 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/MagnumForce'' |
| 307 | |
| 308 | A vicious pimp. |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder: Mick]] |
| 313 | !!Mick |
| 314 | !!!'''Played By:''' Paul Drake |
| 315 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/SuddenImpact'' |
| 316 | |
| 317 | The leader of a group of rapists targeted by Jennifer in retaliation for the assault of her sister years ago, which left her in a vegetative state. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * AxCrazy: [[EvilerThanThou More so then Scorpio.]] |
| 320 | * BigBad: Of ''Sudden Impact''. |
| 321 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Meets his end when Harry shoots him four times in the chest, causing him to fall off the roller coaster and through a glass roof of a merry-go-round, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice where he is impaled on a carved unicorn horn]]. |
| 322 | * JerkAss: That's putting it mildly. |
| 323 | * KnightOfCerebus: He is easily the darkest villain of the entire franchise, and a much more depraved and sadistic threat compared to the much later Harlan Rook. |
| 324 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He gets his comeuppance for being a sleazy rapist when Harry shoots him off the roller coaster. |
| 325 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He and his two henchmen Eddie and Carl inflict this upon Harry before throwing him into the ocean. |
| 326 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He's a rapist and one of the most evil characters in the entire series. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder: Harlan Rook]] |
| 331 | !!Harlan Rook |
| 332 | !!!'''Played By:''' David Hunt |
| 333 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheDeadPool'' |
| 334 | |
| 335 | A deranged fan of Peter Swan and his movies. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * AxCrazy |
| 338 | * BigBad: Of ''The Dead Pool''. |
| 339 | * {{Expy}}: He's basically a carbon copy of Scorpio, except as a LoonyFan. |
| 340 | * EvilBrit: He's British. |
| 341 | * FinalBoss: He is the final antagonist in the ''Dirty Harry'' franchise. |
| 342 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Harry finishes him off by shooting him with a HarpoonGun. |
| 343 | * LoonyFan: Harlan Rook is an obsessed fan of Peter Swan. Out of touch from reality, he accuses Swan of stealing ideas from him and tries frame him with the Dead Pool murders. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | !!Civilians |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:Peter Swan]] |
| 351 | !!Peter Swan |
| 352 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LiamNeeson |
| 353 | !!! '''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheDeadPool'' |
| 354 | |
| 355 | An egotistical horror movie director. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * PrimaDonnaDirector |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:The Mayor of San Francisco]] |
| 361 | !!The Mayor of San Francisco |
| 362 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnVernon (''Film/DirtyHarry''), John Crawford (''Film/TheEnforcer'') |
| 363 | !!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/DirtyHarry'' | ''Film/TheEnforcer'' |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The mayor of San Francisco.]] |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
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