Line #58 Characters/Illbleed


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!!Playable Characters
4	[[folder:Eriko Christy]]
5	!!!'''Voiced by: Lani Minella'''
6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erikochristy_6.png]]
7	Eriko’s parents ran a traveling haunted house called “The Horror Caravan”. She was forced to watch only horror movies since she was 1[[labelnote:Note]][[Main/{{Bowdlerise}} 7 in the U.S. translation]][[/labelnote]], and had to also deal with her father constantly scaring her with his traps and other terrors. This lead to her losing her sense of fear. She’s now the Head of the [[ClubPresident Horror Movie Research Club]] and [[StudentCouncilPresident President of the Student Council]].
8	----
9	* AbusiveParents: Eriko's father put her through scare tests on a consistent basis when she was just five. [[spoiler:Though, if the picture after the credits for the True Ending is to be believed, and some of the dialogue, there was a time he cared for her.]] However, it’s ambiguous whether Eriko’s mother was involved in traumatizing her, but she eventually decided to divorce from her husband and took Eriko with her.
10	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She wants to get her sense of fear back, [[spoiler:and she does in the True Ending, but it leaves her a [[BrokenBird nervous wreck]] unable to live by herself any more]].
11	* ButNotTooForeign: “Eriko” is a Japanese name, while “Christy” is Western.
12	* ClothingDamage: If, during NewGamePlus, you fail to save her friends, then Eriko's clothing gets damaged. If you don't save any of them then she winds up completely naked ([[NippleAndDimed aside from a few strategically-placed scraps of underwear and mud covering her naughty bits]]), which is in fact necessary in order to get the [[GoldenEnding True Ending]].
13	* EmotionlessGirl: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While Eriko shows less emotion than the other characters, she still expresses some; she doesn't display overt fear beyond the initial shock.
14	* FinalGirl: Can become this if you fail to save all other characters, which is actually required to unlock the True Ending.
15	* FormerChildStar: Starred in “Killerman VII – Killer Goes to Japan” when she was a kid.
16	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:
17	** Her "fearlessness" translates into her being the only character to recover immediately upon knockdown, while all other characters need a Shock Bracer to do that. If they don't possess one, they'll have to spend some time on their hands and knees before getting back up.
18	** [[spoiler:In the True Ending, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she doesn't recover immediately]] at the start of the FinalBoss fight, a sign that she's gotten her fear back.]]
19	* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:It’s not clear ''what'' Eriko’s father (Michael Reynolds) is, but he's most likely not human]].
20	* InformedAbility: Zigzagged. Eriko is said to have no sense of fear, but that just means she isn't temporarily disabled by monster ambushes; she can be startled and die of fright from traps just as easily as any other playable character. [[spoiler: This goes out the window for Eriko on the final boss fight, as she reacts to the start of the battle the same way the other playable characters react to ambushes; An early indication that she's regained her sense of fear.]]
21	* MagicSkirt: Despite being very short, her skirt will always stay firmly in place, except for one brief PantyShot in the Good Ending.
22	* MsFanservice: Very curvy and leggy with a short skirt. And then there's the ClothingDamage she endures in the true ending path.
23	[[/folder]]
24
25	[[folder:Kevin Kertsman]]
26	!!!'''Voiced by: Ryan Drummond'''
27	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevinkertsman.png]]
28	One of Eriko’s friends, he’s a big fan of [[Creator/ChristopherLee Christopher Lee’s]] [[Film/HorrorOfDracula Dracula]] and hates post-80’s splatter films.
29	----
30	* AlliterativeName: '''K'''evin '''K'''ertsman.
31	* TheCaretaker: [[spoiler:Becomes this for Eriko in the True Ending]].
32	* HiddenDepths: According to the game’s manual, he knows a lot about middle-age legends and earned high grades in history.
33	* JackOfAllStats: His base stats are the most balanced out all of the other characters.
34	[[/folder]]
35
36	[[folder:Michel Waters]]
37	!!!'''Voiced by: Lani Minella'''
38	[[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michelwaters_3.png]]
39	One of Eriko’s friends, Michel is interested in horror movies featuring evil spirits. She’s also the one who got the group the tickets for Illbleed.
40	----
41	* InformedAbility: According to the manual, she’s [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and has even performed exorcisms. The former only shows up in the game once, when she sends out a telepathic cry for help (if you didn't read the manual, it could be chalked up to yet more ''Illbleed'' weirdness), while the latter never comes up at all.
42	** Admittingly, it does explain how she has the highest amount of adrenaline in the game.
43	* SquishyWizard: Michel has the most adrenaline of all the playable characters (apparently due to her psychic nature), but she has the lowest health as well. This means she can easily afford to tag basically every possible trap spot with the Horror Monitor, but any tagging mistake or fight will be more punishing. If she's chosen for a stage which has parts without traps (e.g. "Woodpuppets" and "Killer Department Store"), her primary advantage will become worthless and her weakness is much more pronounced.
44	* TomboyishName: Michel is a girl, but the name “Michel” is the French form of "Michael". Probably they wanted it to be Michelle (her name is pronounced as such, anyway), but [[LostInTranslation the translators screwed up]].
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Randy Fairbanks]]
48	!!!'''Voiced by: ???'''
49	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/randyfairbanks.png]]
50	One of Eriko’s friends, Randy’s a typical horror movie fan, who prefers female roles in splatter films rather than plot. What’s notable about Randy, is that if [[ItMakesSenseInContext you don’t find his brain before finding him]], he’ll spend the rest of the game as ''Brainless Randy'' and his dialog will turn into utter gibberish.
51	----
52	* AmbiguouslyBrown: His hair and most of his facial features are caucasian, but he has light brown skin and pronounced lips.
53	* BodyHorror: Not retrieving Randy’s brain leaves him as a mindless, drooling, walking husk throughout the rest of the game. Keep in mind that his brain was removed while he was still alive.
54	* BoisterousBruiser: He’s doesn’t appear to be very sharp but he has the highest base stamina out all the characters.
55	* ChainsawGood: According to the manual, he brought a $10,000 chainsaw that was used in a horror movie. He also mentions in the game’s opening, that he wants to buy another chainsaw with the prize money from Illbleed.
56	* TheDitz: It's even worse if you fail to find his brain before turning him back from being a woodpuppet.
57	* JokeCharacter: Brainless Randy lacks any adrenaline needed to mark possible traps. Bear in mind that Randy's adrenaline count will drop to zero each time you rescue him without getting his brain, so any adrenal upgrades you may have bought for him will go to waste.
58	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Despite Brainless Randy speaking in gibberish, everyone reacts the same as usual in cutscenes.
59	* UnexplainedRecovery: In the Good Ending, [[spoiler:even if you didn’t give him his brain back, he’s back to his normal self]].
60	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Not giving Randy his brain back and have him as a living, walking vegetable for the rest of the game.
61	** VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Of course, if you decide to play as Brainless Randy, you’ll most like end up getting killed a lot since he has no adrenaline and therefore can’t mark traps. And he'll ''still'' have zero adrenaline on a NewGamePlus, forcing you to build it all the way up again from scratch even if you do retrieve his brain afterward.
62	* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Type I if/until you put his brain back in.
63	[[/folder]]
64
65	[[folder:Jorg Baker]]
66	[[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jorg_4.png]]
67	[[caption-width-right:134:]]
68	!!!'''Voiced by: Jorg Tittel'''
69	A reporter that's investigating the recent string of disappearances and deaths occurring at Illbleed.
70	----
71	* DistressedDude: He eventually ends up grabbed by Zombies before he can solve the case and has to be rescued.
72	* IntrepidReporter: He's a reporter who has entered the Illbleed park to investigate Killerman, attempting to find out his identity.
73	* LateCharacterSyndrome: If he's saved, he's only playable for "Toy Hunter" (and being forced to play the role of Cork for most of it) and the Museum fight. Ironically, his stats being relatively high coupled with "Toy Hunter"'s Anti-Shock Brace being very early in the level means he doesn't suffer being obsoleted by Eriko as much as the other characters.
74	* SixthRanger: Last to join, and the only member of the group who wasn't part of Eriko's friend group before entering Illbleed. He doesn't show up in the epilogue either.
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder:Cork Inda]]
78	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/illbleed_cork.jpg]]
79	[[caption-width-right:350:]]
80	!!!'''Voiced by: Marc Biagi'''
81	A toy doll whose persona one of the above characters adopts when playing through the "Toy Hunter" stage.
82	----
83	* DeathSeeker: After getting sent to prison and sentenced to death, Cork accepts it, as he thinks it's the fastest way to reunite with his beloved.
84	* DisproportionateRetribution: After losing Sexy Doll, Cork goes to a bar, where a trio of Rotten Egg enemies sing an insulting song about him and his lost love. So Cork kills them all, and gets sent to prison for it.
85	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Cork decides to ''kill a child'' in order to be buried in his casket, go to Toy Hell, and reunite with Sexy Doll. Unlike the Rotten Egg murders, Cork isn't punished for this (aside from, well, going to Toy Hell like he wanted), though a line mentions the plan was just to fake his death by knocking him unconscious.
86	* ToHellAndBack: After his girlfriend Sexy Doll is buried with his deceased former owner, his motivation is to find a way to reunite with her in Toy Hell. Then, once he gets there, he rescues her from Zodick and [[spoiler:his spaceman/rocketship prison friend arrives to give them a lift out of Toy Hell]].
87	* UnwantedRescue: When he's saved from execution by his cell neighbor in prison, he's furious and states [[DeathSeeker he wanted to die in order to reunite with Sexy Doll]], until he's informed that ''Toy'' Hell can only be reached by being buried with a new owner, and any other death will take him to ''regular'' Hell.
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	!!Enemies
91	[[folder:Inside-Out Man]]
92	Humanoid monsters with their muscles and bones on their outsides.
93	----
94	* TheGoomba: The first enemy you will encounter in-game. They are slow and easy targets.
95	* PrimalStance: Will run on all fours if the player gets too far from them.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder:Crash-Test Dummy]]
99	Animate dummies brought to life by Dummyman.
100	----
101	* AmbiguousRobots: It's unclear if these are animatronics or if Dummyman's actor has the same powers of bringing dummies to life as the character he portrays.
102	* TheGoomba: More of a threat than the Inside-Out Man, but still not all that tough.
103	* PunchClockVillain: Some dummies run the hospital during and outside of levels.
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Dummyman]]
107	The Dummies' leader.
108	----
109	* AlienBlood: Has brown blood like the dummies, despite not actually being one of them.
110	* AlterEgoActing: In-universe, Dummyman is the villain in a series of movies.
111	* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Is actually a man in a costume. He doesn't fall apart like the dummies when beaten and can be seen with his mask off in "Killerman".
112	* PunchClockVillain: Runs the [[SavePoint Photo-Booth]] outside of levels.
113	* ZombieAdvocate: Believed that making dummies crash into walls was "Mistreating" them, and brought the dummies to life to fight back against this abuse.
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	[[folder:Worm]]
117	The Queen Worm's offspring that have taken over Camp David.
118	----
119	* ArtifactMook: Reappears in "Killer Department Store", which the Queen is absent from.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Monkiller]]
123	Primates that have become undead due to Doronto's poor handling of Camp David. Wield hooked canes.
124	----
125	* ArtifactMook: Like the Worms, only Stage 2 justifies them as part of the story.
126	* WolfpackBoss: You must fight three of them to save Michel.
127	[[/folder]]
128
129	[[folder:Faceless Woman]]
130	Unsightly-looking ladies that wield revolvers.
131	----
132	* PunchClockVillain: One is running the Visitor Bank out of levels.
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	[[folder:Woodpuppet]]
136	People changed into wooden monsters by Trent. Most of them have lost their minds...literally.
137	----
138	* HeliCritter: Weaponized. They attack by whirling their limbs. The player can also do this as a woodpuppet.
139	* KarmicTransformation: From Trent's point of view, at least.
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder:Woodcutter]]
143	The workers of Maclachlan who have been enslaved by Trent and now have a mad desire to cut ''people''.
144	----
145	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Literally AxCrazy thanks to Trent.
146	* PunchClockVillain: One mans the reception gate in the intro cutscene.
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Rotten Egg]]
150	Ugly, egg-shaped monsters that roll and hop at you.
151	----
152	* AssholeVictim: Cork killing the trio who sang an insulting song about him and his love-interest is treated as an act of murder, but one can hardly blame him.
153	* EarlyBirdCameo: First appear when backstage in "Killerman".
154	[[/folder]]
155
156	[[folder:Cuty Mary]]
157	A CreepyDoll who wants to play some games. Really violent games.
158	----
159	[[/folder]]
160
161	!!Bosses
162
163	[[folder:Gale Banballow]]
164	An Innkeeper who was severely disfigured in a fire started by careless teens, one that also killed his son Jimmy. He won't leave his hotel or his memories.
165	----
166	* ArcVillain: For the first stage, "Home Run of DEATH".
167	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Inexplicably is giant at the end and for some of the scares.
168	* BodyHorror: Barely looks human anymore after the fire.
169	* CutTheJuice: The giant version of Banballow is beaten by going to the control room and taking out the animatronic's operator.
170	* OffScreenTeleportation: In-game. During the maze section of his level, he will jump you from around corners and intersections, since he's teleporting to keep up with the player.
171	* PayEvilUntoEvil: His first victims were those responsible for starting the fire, using a blowtorch to give them a taste of their own medicine.
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:Queen Worm / Rachel]]
175	Queen of the worms infesting Camp David. She was the prized queen of worm farmer David Rodriguez, who was DrivenToSuicide after being conned by the company who developed the camp. After an incident in which she slipped in to a gasoline can, she ended up growing larger and became the mother of the high-quality worms that David used to sell.
176	----
177	* ArcVillain: For stage 2, "Revenge of Queen Worm".
178	* HopelessBossFight: There's a platforming section in Stage 2 involving hopping on cars and billboards in order to reach the fuel the player needs for the flamethrower. Touch the dirt at any point during this and it will trigger a fight with an invincible Rachel, which you must flee from.
179	* KillItWithFire: You [[HopelessBossFight cannot harm her]] until you find both a flamethrower and fuel for it.
180	* KingMook: For the Worm enemies.
181	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It's implied the massacre at the campsite was Rachel taking revenge on the Doronto company for screwing over her "father", David.
182	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Gasoline, which turned her from a regular earthworm into the monster she is now. Presumably it's also why she's WeakToFire.
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Trent]]
186	An 800 year old tree that, after almost being cut down by George Macachlan, took over his lumberyard in an attempt to cut mankind down.
187	----
188	* ArcVillain: For "Woodpuppets", Stage 3.
189	* ViolationOfCommonSense: By the time you reach him, you've likely taken a beating from "hunting ground" section of the level. Luckily there's a "[[AutoRevive Scapegoat Mary]]" item before the boss, meaning it's often advantageous to ''deliberately lose'' then jump back into the fight with full strength after being revived.
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Donald Cashman / Dollantula]]
193	A department store owner who went on a killing spree after business began slipping. His greed brought him back as a money-obsessed spider monster.
194	----
195	* ArcVillain: For the fourth stage, "Killer Department Store".
196	* GiantSpider: His Dollantula form is a money covered spider with his face on its abdomen.
197	* {{Greed}}: His primary motivation.
198	* {{Engrish}}: His monster form is spelled "Dollanchura" ingame. His first name is also spelled "Donard" at one point.
199	* InsaneTrollLogic: According to the narrator, Donald justified murdering his customers by believing that they owed their money to him because he couldn't make enough profit in sales.
200	* SanitySlippage: He snapped after his store began suffering from bad business, murdering his customers so he could steal their money and valuables.
201	* ZeroEffortBoss: You find the Dollantula animatronic's controls and make it destroy itself. You are later given the option to have a real fight in the Reynolds museum.
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	[[folder:Killerman]]
205	A superhero-style motive-less spree killer who suddenly vanished only to reappear 66 years later. The character soon becomes connected to a series of bizarre incidents behind the scenes at his attraction.
206	----
207	* AllPartOfTheShow: Zigzagged for drama. [[spoiler:While Killerman's new spree is framed as something that wasn't at all intended by the park staff, it's unclear just how much, if any, of the Killerman attraction is unintended due to how previous attractions have unfolded.]]
208	* ArcVillain: For "Killerman", the fifth stage.
209	* CorruptedCharacterCopy: One of Advertising/{{Pepsiman}}.
210	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The pre-attraction briefing is typed by Killerman himself. All it says is "K I L L", spelled out as ASCII art, with each letter being made up of itself.
211	* MergerOfSouls: [[spoiler:His true form; a maelstrom of souls of those killed within Illbleed, possessing the Killerman costume to kill the park staff and avenge themselves.]]
212	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Subverted. It's posited that ''you, the player'' are Killerman, after Illbleed drove you insane. This, however, is incorrect.]]
213	* ShapedLikeItself: The correct choice for the list of people suspect of being Killerman is- Killerman!
214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder:Zodick the Hellhog]]
217	A Baron of Hell who resembles a twisted version of Sega's Mascot. He is holding Cork's lover Sexy Doll hostage in Toy Hell.
218	----
219	* ArcVillain: For the penultimate stage, "Toyhunter".
220	* CompanyCrossReferences: Aside from the obvious Sonic parody, his entry screams is a distorted version of the Japanese UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn startup sound.
221	* CorruptedCharacterCopy: For Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, obviously.
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	[[folder:Michael Reynolds]]
225	!!!'''Voiced by: Steve Brodie'''
226	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michael_reynolds.jpg]]
227	A reclusive movie director, and the owner of the titular park of the game, ''Illbleed''.
228	----
229	* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:It's not clear if his head is just a mask or if he's some otherworldly creature, which isn't helped by his rather visceral transformations. The manual does show a silhouetted photo of him that looks far more human than his ingame model]].
230	* BigBad: By virtue of having created the park, he qualifies for the position. [[spoiler:He was also the main source of Eriko's suffering before the game even started]].
231	* {{Expy}}: Bears a striking resemblence to Alien Zetton from {{Series/Ultraman}}.
232	* InsultBackfire: He takes being called a maniac and "out of [his] mind" as a compliment.
233	* KarmaHoudini: He's created a park that has killed thousands of people ''at least'', judging by Illbleed's morgue, and ends the first playthrough just giving the characters 100,000 dollars, with his park still open and ready to kill more people. [[spoiler:He does get killed in the ending, but another horror land called "The Arcade" sports the same font and his name, indicating he's still alive.]]
234	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's revealed to be Eriko's dad at the ending and the whole game was a plot to try to scare her.]]
235	* OneWingedAngel: He transforms into a monstrous giant head for the FinalBoss fight.
236	* PervertDad: [[spoiler:He starts EatingTheEyeCandy when he sees his daughter naked, causing her to have a NakedFreakOut.]]
237	* WalkingSpoiler: You learn a ''lot'' more about [[spoiler:his relationship with Eriko]] on a second playthrough of the game.

Context Characters / Illbleed