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2%%The majority of characters will be OriginalGeneration, and the ones that are from MadWorld are specified as such. We don't need to add that.
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6[[index]]
7!!Related Entries:
8* Characters/BayonettaTitularCharacter
9* Characters/{{MadWorld}}
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12[[foldercontrol]]
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14!Playable Characters:
15
16[[folder:Jack Cayman]]
17
18[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anarchy_reigns___jack.png]]
19
20-> "Looks like gator bait!"
21
22-->-- Voice actors: Creator/JojiNakata (JP), Creator/SteveBlum (EN)
23
24The previous champion of Death Watch hailing from VideoGame/MadWorld, Jack Cayman is ex-military special forces, an expert in all forms of combat and an infamous [[BountyHunter Chaser]]. The Chaser Guild is a private organization that deals with cases regular police are not prepared to handle: Kidnappings, disappearances, and fugitive apprehension.
25
26Nearly 75% of Jack's body has been retrofitted with cybernetic parts, including his right arm, eyes, and skeleton. Combined with an already superhuman strength and a vicious double bladed chainsaw mounted directly on his arm, Jack's fighting abilities are unmatched.
27
28Once the heaviest of chain smokers, Jack quit after a request from his only daughter. One of the two protagonists in Story Mode, he's been hired by Jeannie Caxton to find her father Max despite having a serious grudge against him.
29----
30* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Even more apparent this time around.
31* AnimalMotifs: Crocodiles[=/=]Alligators. Jack's chainsaw weapon is called the Gator Tooth and Leo's boss battle against Jack is called "the Wiley Crocodile". Cayman alludes to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiman caiman]], a subspecies of alligator, Cayman itself is a Spanish surname meaning "Crocodile".
32* AntiHero: He might be one of the main protagonists, but that doesn't mean he has any problems with killing people.
33* ArtificialLimbs: His famous chainsaw-equipped right arm.
34* BadassBoast: During his fight with Max
35-->'''Max:''' You fight pretty good for a bounty hunter. So what are you, ex-military? Marines?
36-->'''Jack:''' I'm ex-everything, that suffice? I'm the guy the Chaser Guild hires when they don't feel like fucking around.
37* BountyHunter: Technically a Chaser. A combination of a bounty hunter, private investigator, and assassin.
38* CarpetOfVirility: With his vest left open, one can see the hefty amount of chest hair he has.
39* ChainedByFashion: Jack has chains hooked onto his belt and has a chain wrapped around his left wrist.
40* ChainsawGood: Jack's Gator Tooth is a pair of chainsaw blades lined side by side.
41* CharacterArc: If you take his characterization in Madworld as valid at all. In that game, Jack is an unapologetic, vicious, remorseless murderer. The end of the game (particularly "Soul", which seems to be sang from his point of view) imply that even ''he'' crossed the despair event horizon over how much of a CrapsackWorld he was in. In ''this'' game, Jack is in much the same condition, except he has a conscience that gradually grows much more apparent, even when he tries to put on the same show that he did in Death Watch. Over the course of the game, his choice to differentiate between justice and revenge and work with Leo shows that he's regained some measure of hope in the world.
42* CharacterTics: During a few cutscenes (and as an idle animation), he pulls out a cigar and lighter, but just as he lights it up, he'll pause, shake his head, and then put them both away.
43* {{Cyborg}}: Thanks to his right arm and cybernetic eyes. It serves as a major contrast with Leo - Jack's cybernetics are more blatant, with one arm being obviously mechanical and housing a powerful double chainsaw. By comparison, Leo's are more subtle and involve energy blades mounted on his limbs that you wouldn't notice at first glance.
44* {{Deuteragonist}}: He's one of the two main characters of the story mode, serving as the main character of the Black Side story, with Leo being one for the White Side.
45* HeelRealization: When Leo [[ArmorPiercingQuestion points out]] that [[spoiler:by killing Max, Jack will only be causing Jeannie to feel the pain he did when he lost Stela]].
46* HotBlade: When leveled up, Jack's double chainsaw sets his victims on fire.
47* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: A combination of a double chainsaw as long as he is tall and a PowerFist, which also sets his victims aflame.
48* JackOfAllStats: No pun intended. Compared to the other fighters, Jack doesn't have any major strengths, but he lacks any crippling weaknesses either.
49* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUS2lOl8hQ "Sound The Alarm"]], obviously styled after ''Videogame/MadWorld's'' soundtrack (particularly the loud sax, and Ox on vocals, who did most of the songs in ''Videogame/MadWorld's'' soundtrack).
50* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Called "Deathwatcher Jack" because he personally attends each execution of all the criminals he catches.
51* PowerFist: When his chainsaw isn't in play, Jack's not above walloping enemies with his metal fist.
52* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:To Max, but [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when the Baron stops Jack from killing him.]]
53--> '''Jack''': I'd ask you to say hi to [[spoiler:Stela]], but you're not going where she is!
54* PunnyName: "Cayman" sounds like "caiman", a type of alligator. Given Jack's AnimalMotifs, this is certainly not a coincidence.
55* ReusedCharacterDesign: He looks almost exactly the same as he did in ''[=MadWorld=]'', albeit with a lot more bulk and muscle so that he looks much wider than his original incarnation.
56* RedEyesTakeWarning: Before and after the fight with [[spoiler:Max in his Black Side mission.]] Notably, it follows the trend of other cyborg characters having red eyes when they're extremely angry or being threatening.
57* RevengeBeforeReason: Somewhere along the road, [[spoiler:Jack forgoes any thoughts of bringing Max back alive and opts to kill him for causing Stela's death.]]
58* SleevesAreForWimps: Had small ones in ''Videogame/MadWorld'', but here it looks like they were ripped out.
59* SmokingIsCool: Subverted; he quit smoking sometime before the start of the game [[spoiler:in memory of his daughter]].
60* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He has suplexes and powerbombs as his grapples.
61* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Towards Max for accidentally killing his daughter Stela, even though he's been hired by Jeannie to save Max.]]
62[[/folder]]
63
64[[folder:Leonhardt Victorion (Leo)]]
65
66[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leo_6263.png]]
67
68-> "Justice!"
69
70-->-- Voice actors: Creator/HirokiTochi (JP), Jon Curry (EN)
71
72Leo boasts a background in the Navy's Special Operations Command unit and is currently an agent of the Strike One task force, an elite detachment of the Milvallen Ministry of Justices's Bureau of Public Safety High Crimes Division.
73
74Honest to a fault and with a deeply ingrained sense of justice, Leo operates according to his own convictions and beliefs. As a practitioner of the BPS' Cybrid Arts, he is widely considered to be the best on the force. The other of the two protagonists in Story Mode who works with Nikolai and Sasha in pursuit of a fugitive -- a man all three once called their mentor.
75----
76* AnimalMotifs: Lions. His name means "lion heart" or "courageous" and Jack's boss battle against him is titled "the Young Lion".
77* ArtificialLimbs: All four of Leo's limbs are cybernetic.
78* CoolBike: To contrast [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Jack's theme]], Leo is themed on futuristic concept bikes.
79* {{Cyborg}}: Like the rest of the cast, but his augments look more streamlined and in the vein of external PoweredArmor.
80* DanceBattler: Not to a massive extent, but a couple of his regular attacks are taken from capoeira.
81%%* DeadpanSnarker
82* TheDeterminator: Will do anything to get Max back to Milvallen alive, [[spoiler:including attacking and incapacitating Nikolai, who up till then was equally determined to have Max killed.]]
83* {{Deuteragonist}}: With Jack.
84%%* ElectronicEyes
85%%* ForGreatJustice
86* GenerationXerox: Leo's overall look and moveset all but mirror Maximillian, baring a few details.
87** This is most evident in ther Killer Weapon atacks: Leo's charged heavy uses almost the exact same animation as Max's normal heavy, the main differences being that Leo does his faster and slices the opponent away at the end, while Max goes for more deliberate attacks and impales the victim before throwing them into the ground.
88** Though this is justified since Leo was Maximillian's direct protege; he likely chose the same Cyber Arts model for that reason.
89* IdenticalStranger: Evidently is not the same Leo from ''Videogame/MadWorld'' and simply someone else with the same first name and a similar appearance.
90** The devs might be aware of this, as the launch trailer shows Leo right after Jack, Baron, and Mathilda with the words ("Guess who's back") from the accompanying music spoken.
91* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: He keeps up a constant stream of encouragement when fighting a deranged Maximillian. [[spoiler:Max's mental issues are so severe that it's questionable whether he can be held responsible for his actions, which is why Leo tries so hard. He'd just be beating up a mentally handicapped old man, otherwise.]]
92* JackOfAllStats: Similar to Jack, Leo doesn't have any obvious weaknesses or strengths, though he is slightly faster.
93%%* JusticeWillPrevail
94* LaserBlade: The Positron Blades are small emitters that produce thin and deadly sharp blades.
95* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzwXgKxJGY "Testin' Me"]], representing Leo's doubts in the fucked up world of ''Anarchy Reigns'', about whether he should fight for the law or what is right.
96* PrettyBoy: Lampshaded with Jack calling him a pretty boy.
97* ShockAndAwe: Leveled up, Leo's blades electrocute his victims.
98* ThouShaltNotKill: Even though BPS has ordered "shoot to kill" on Max, Leo wants to take his former mentor back alive for a trial [[spoiler:and to get him help for his mental condition.]]
99* WolverineClaws: Positron blades emitted from his fingertips.
100* YouFightLikeACow: Mocks Jack's outdated cybernetics and "tree whacker" in their fight.
101[[/folder]]
102
103[[folder:The Blacker Baron]]
104
105[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blacker_baron.png]]
106
107-> "We don't get ridiculed, we get rid of fools!"
108
109-->-- Voice actors: Creator/WataruTakagi (JP) Arif S. Kinchen (EN)
110
111That's right, pimps, playas, and pain purveyors, the Black Baron (stop starin') from ''Videogame/MadWorld'' is back too!
112
113The Blacker Baron is a bounty hunter who specializes in bringing marks back dead. He has a long history with Jack and considers him to be his only rival. The cybernetic arms the Baron uses spontaneously generate flame, which he can control at will. His partner Mathilda teases him constantly.
114
115The Baron uses a variety of punches based on boxing techniques, as well as illegal moves like headbutts -- something he seems to enjoy a little too much. Unrepentantly egocentric, he enjoys talking smack almost as much as he loves the ladies. The Baron has even been known to refer to himself as "your favorite pimp's favorite pimp's pimp."
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117* BadassLongcoat: The Baron's bright orange coat which lacks any sleeves.
118* BattleCouple: He's the bounty hunter partner of Mathilda, with the two often hunting down their marks together. During the story mode; the two are more or less inseparable.
119* BaldHeadOfToughness: He's bald under his pimp hat, further illustrating his tough BoisterousBruiser persona.
120* BerserkButton: He gets very pissed whenever someone questions his manhood or [[LousyLoversAreLosers sexual prowess]], though this gets PlayedForLaughs due to his ButtMonkey status. Even [GuileHero Amala uses his insecurity against him], taunting him about "[[TheLoinsSleepTonight going limp]]" when he refuses to take a job for her, and he soon changes his tune just to prove his masculinity.
121* BoisterousBruiser: He's a hammy, jovial fist-fighter who enjoys boasting about himself and taunting his opponents.
122* BountyHunter: He's in the same business as Jack. The Blacker Baron just kills his marks instead of bringing them to trial.
123* BoxingBattler: The Baron mostly fights like a boxer, though he mixes in some illegal headbutts.
124* ButtMonkey: ''Nobody'' takes him seriously and he often gets owned for comedy's sake. It doesn't help that Mathilda, the only person who truly likes him, is a {{Dominatrix}} who also enjoys hurting and humiliating him.
125* CatchPhrase: His trademark ''"Awwww Hell Naw!"'' is back from ''Videogame/MadWorld''.
126* CharacterBlog: [[https://twitter.com/blackerbaron Here.]]
127* CoolShades: He's almost always wearing a pair of golden sunglasses, to go with his "pimp" aesthetic.
128* DanceBattler: Works in break dancing and Music/MichaelJackson dance moves in a few of his throws and specials.
129* ElectronicEyes: Baron's eyes are cybernetic. He usually hides them behind his sunglasses.
130%%* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
131* FriendlyRivalry: With Jack, for a given value of "friendly" in that the two have worked together in the past, and that Baron merely annoys Jack. That said, Baron is close enough to know about [[spoiler:Stela]] and even ''empathize'' with Jack's situation.
132* FurAndLoathing: His coat has white fur along the collar, he can also be very aggressive and makes a point of killing his bounty hunting marks.
133* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Golden fists and golden shoes for starters.
134* GratuitousEnglish: In the Japanese Dub, using words like "showtime" and "superstar".
135* HardHead: The Baron is ridiculous in this regard. His approach to a ground pound is to jump up and just slam straight onto his dome.
136* HiddenDepths: His leitmotif is all about celebrating TrueCompanions and mourning the ones that have been lost.
137%%* JackOfAllStats
138* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's brash, loud, and violent, but he's kind enough to respect someone losing their loved ones and he's pretty tender towards Mathilda, dropping everything when she's hurt. He also drops in just to say "Hi" to Jack out of simple courtesy, so it seems.
139* LargeHam: Loud, bombastic, and almost always strives to be the center of attention.
140* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIvx-fKFwVk The Days Of Old]], a snazzy number that screams Baron. Also continues the theme from ''Videogame/MadWorld'' of the Baron's themes having jazz-sampling beats.
141* LousyLoversAreLosers: It's a RunningGag for the female characters to put his sexual prowess into question, which ''always'' [[BerserkButton throws him off]]. It doesn't help that Mathilda seems to agree with them, though it's unclear if it's true or if she just likes messing with him.
142* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: Come on, gold-and-silver frames with ''pink'' lenses!
143* MoralityPet: ''Don't touch Mathilda''. Baron will drop everything to ensure she's alright.
144* MythicalMotifs: Is referred to as "The Phoenix" by the game, and his gloves can be viewed as either phoenixes or fiery eagles. FridgeBrilliance for those who played ''VideoGame/MadWorld'', where he "died" multiple times, but came back to life every time.
145* OhNoYouDidnt: Word for Word [[spoiler:after Jack tries to recruit Mathilda away from him in Black Side.]]
146* PimpDuds: A wide-brimmed feather cap, long flowing cloak, fur trim, and large loud sunglasses to complete the look.
147* PluckyComicRelief: His bombastic nature and banter with Jack are the largest source of comedy in Black Side.
148* PowerFist: He has huge cybernetic hands that can get enveloped in fire, serving as his primary weapon. Jack [[NoodleIncident mentions he got them from a 'pyromaniac sex-freak', but it's unclear how that occurred]].
149* RapidFireFisticuffs: The Baron's 360 attack involves spinning in place and punching wildly. His Mutant Finisher involves keeping them in the air with several flaming punches before finishing them off with an uppercut.
150* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Baron's eyes are cybernetic, and the pupils constantly give a red light. The take warning part comes when the glasses come off.
151* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted in that he is one of the game's funniest characters (and seemingly the most well-adjusted). Played straight in multiplayer if you are fighting a very competent Baron player.
152** Played straight, however, when the hat and [[GlassesPull Glasses come off]].
153* SequelReset: Confirmed in a developer blog to be the same guy. How he keeps living is still not known. That said, he was killed well nigh a dozen times over in Madworld, coming back no worse for wear each time due to the RuleOfFun.
154* {{Shoryuken}}, and he crashes down as a combo to this.
155* ShoutOut: Much of his moveset is derived from the final battle against him in ''Videogame/MadWorld''. He retains almost every move he had, though many have all new applications (the giant projectile fist he fired at you in ''Videogame/MadWorld'' now serves as his Mutant Execution technique). Some, however, are just like you remember them (the dashing straight he used to initiate a Power Struggle in ''Videogame/MadWorld'' is his charged heavy Killer Weapon attack, and his weak Killer Weapon combo string is the same sequence of one-two punches he used in ''Videogame/MadWorld'', with the spinning kick being replaced by a spinning punch). His stance when his Killer Weapon is active is the same fighting stance from ''Videogame/MadWorld'', and even his powerful tornado punch that knocked Jack into the audience is back -- albeit without the actual tornado this time -- and serves as the strongest single attack in the game.
156** Further referencing his appearance in ''Videogame/MadWorld'', during the cutscene that follows Jack's first fight with Max (which already has a pretty heavy reference to ''Videogame/MadWorld''), the Baron [[spoiler:stops Jack from killing Max]], threatening to get serious. When he does, his hat and glasses come off, and his eyes are glowing. Anyone who's played ''Videogame/MadWorld'' likely heard [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic ''So Cold'']] cue up in their minds...
157-->'''Blacker Baron''': C'mon, don't make me BEAT my cut outta you, muthafuckah!
158** An unrelated one is his powerful hand-to-hand fire based fighting style, manifesting Eagles during powerful punches. [[VideoGame/FZero Sound]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros familiar?]].
159** His eagle bracelets are the same ones that [[Music/WuTangClan Ghostface Killah]] are known for.
160* SirSwearsALot: Wasn't shy about cussing back in the [[Videogame/MadWorld days of monochrome]], sure as hell ain't shy about it now.
161* SleevesAreForWimps: His coat has no sleeves, fully exposing his muscular arms.
162* ThatCameOutWrong: His encounter with Sasha is filled with double entendres about The Baron's 'manhood'. After Baron convinces Jack to leave, he says "I'll be done with her in 30 seconds..." cue both Mathilda and Sasha looking at him as he fumbles to correct himself.
163* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "I'm the Blacker Baron, bitch!"
164* TokenMinority: He's the only black character in the series [[LampshadeHanging and he knows it]], even referencing himself as the "token black guy" in one cutscene.
165* TrickedOutGloves: They have a similar structure to boxing gloves (no individual fingers). We can't forget the gold, naturally.
166* UncleTomfoolery: He's the token black character and the primary source of comedy in the main story. [[BewareTheSillyOnes Doesn't make him any less dangerous when the chips are down though]].
167* VerbalTic: "Motherfucker".
168* VillainousGoldTooth: His gold teeth are a sign of his crooked nature, though it was hard to tell they were gold in ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' since the game is in black and white. The teeth have engraving on them that spell out "DEATHWATCH" ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' and in ''Anarchy Reigns'', his teeth say "Fuck You!".
169* VocalDissonance: Has a remarkably high-pitched voice for a ScaryBlackMan, which climbs even higher when excited or irritated.
170* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: He got the gloves from a [[NoodleIncident "pyromaniac sex freak"]] he and Jack worked together to kill.
171[[/folder]]
172
173[[folder:Mathilda]]
174
175[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mathilda_1381.png]]
176
177-> "Uhuh! Ahahahaha!"
178
179-->-- Voice actors: Mari Malta (JP) Masasa Moyo (EN)
180
181Mathilda is always seen with her partner, the bounty hunter Blacker Baron, and never leaves his side.
182
183She possesses strength that belies her svelte appearance, as almost her entire body has been replaced with cybernetic enhancements.
184
185Mathilda's background is shrouded in mystery, as she is famously a woman of few words. Of course, she hardly has to tell people she likes it rough: the fact oozes out of her every (remaining) pore.
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187* AnimalMotifs: When not using the '''IRON MAIDEN''', it flops around like a cat's tail. She can also be rather coy and [[CatsAreMean sadistic]].
188* AscendedExtra: Going from minor recurring [=NPC=] to playable character, she certainly qualifies.
189* BatterUp: She'll wind up for a classic home run hit whenever the '''IRON MAIDEN''' is charged.
190* BattleCouple: She's the bounty hunter partner and lover of Blacker Baron, with the two often hunting down their marks together.
191* CameraAbuse: When you pick her in multiplayer, the camera tries to get a closer look on Mathilda's backside. Mathilda smashes the camera in anger.
192* CarryABigStick: The Iron Maiden can coil on itself to become a large spiked club for Mathilda to brutalize her victims with.
193* CombatStilettos: Her feet are built as a pair of high heels. That doesn't slow her down in the slightest in a fight, she can even weaponize the heels with long energy spikes.
194* CoolShades: Mathilda is almost always wearing black sunglasses to help with her cool FemmeFatale aesthetic. It also serves to hide her purple eyes.
195* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: She's a ruthless {{Dominatrix}} with psychotic tendencies and a [[TheHyena penchant for crazy laughter]], but that's played up to enhance her sex appeal and her lover Blacker Baron is utterly dedicated to her, and seems to be completely beguiled by her bizarre sensuality. This is even lampshaded by her tagline "Never let the crazy outweigh the hot!"
196* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Both her eyes and her bobbed hair are purple. The eyes are the result of them being cybernetic.
197* {{Cyborg}}: To the point she clangs when hit by someone and sparks fly when impaled.
198* {{Dominatrix}}: The way she digs her heel into things, and overall ruthless personality invoke this. The spikes do nothing to detract from it, either. During the story mode; the two are more or less inseparable.
199* FemmeFatale: She's a mysterious and sensuous bounty hunter who serves as Blacker Baron's partner-in-crime, and seems to have him wrapped in her finger. It's unclear if she has some mysterious agenda or if she simply enjoys toying with him.
200* FragileSpeedster: Sharing the "light" classification with all the other female characters, complete with greater speed and less health.
201* GroinAttack: One of her combos ends with her kicking her target right in the nethers. There's an animation for every character reacting to this. Even the people who technically don't have bits to kick like Big Bull and Douglas Williamsburg.
202* TheHyena: She barely speaks, but tends to laugh or giggle a lot, especially in combat.
203* LasciviousBeautyMark: She has a beauty mark on her cheek, to better illustrate her status as a sexualized and domineering woman.
204* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Characters InUniverse tend to take her more seriously than they do her partner Baron and consider her the more dangerous and competent of the duo. Even Jack seems to respect her abilities and wonders why she plays second fiddle to Baron.
205* MsFanservice: She's a gorgeous woman with a skintight outfit whose {{Dominatrix}} antics with Baron are played for sex appeal. She's also often under MaleGaze camera shots.
206* MusclesAreMeaningless: Just watch in disbelief as she effortlessly swings huge guys such as Jack around like they're made of styrofoam. However, she's almost entirely cybernetic, raising the question of what the muscle-to-cybernetics strength ratio is.
207* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: She uses ebonics just like the Blacker Baron whenever she does speak.
208* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a more brutal fighting style than the other "light" characters, and she has one of the more powerful Killer Weapons on the roster. That and most of her body is purple apart from her face and clothing.
209* TheQuietOne: She rarely speaks, though she tends to laugh often and the type of laugh is an indicator of her mood.
210* ReusedCharacterDesign: You may remember her as the woman who would show you how to play the [[Videogame/MadWorld Bloodbath Challenges]], using the Baron himself to exemplify.
211* {{Sadist}} She's enjoys the pain and misery of others, [[{{Dominatrix}} including Baron's]].
212* ShockStick: Iron Maiden is an electrically-charged spiked club.
213* SomethingAboutARose: Her arms and legs are engraved with a rose design. You can take it a step further and consider her spiked bat as her thorns.
214* SuddenlyVoiced: While she does have a voice actor, [[TheQuietOne Mathilda very rarely speaks]]. She instead tends to giggle a lot. When she does talk... she's actually quite girly sounding.
215* ToughSpikesAndStuds: Not only does she fight with a spiked club, but her jacket, boots and even her ''breasts'' have spikes on them.
216* WhipOfDominance: Mathilda's personal weapon, the Iron Maiden is a [[MorphWeapon collapsible whip that transforms into a giant spiked bat]], fitting with her ultra-violent {{Dominatrix}} motif.
217* WhipSword: When not used in club form, the Iron Maiden is a long spiked whip. Her Mutant Finisher involves using the whip form to tear off all of the mutant's limbs.
218* WorfEffect: As the only (implicitly) non-human protagonist, she doesn't do as well in fights as the others in cutscenes. She apparently can't take a hit to save her life and ends up in the worst condition by the game's end.
219[[/folder]]
220
221[[folder:Big Bull]]
222
223[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anarchy_reigns___bigbull.png]]
224
225-> "I was BORN horny!"
226
227-->-- Voice actors: Kenichiro Matsuda (JP) Creator/RickDWasserman (EN)
228
229Four years ago, Big Bull suffered a debilitating injury, and elected to have his brain transplanted into a cybernetic behemoth. Despite complete mechanization, Bull remains fully juiced with {{testosterone|Poisoning}}... and always ready to settle a dispute with his hooves.
230
231Well-versed in Baijiquan, a style of kung-fu he studied while still fully human, Bull also makes use of a monolithic jet-propelled hammer. Of course, his most frightening asset in combat may be the ability to throw 1.5 tons of body weight around without breaking a (metaphorical) sweat.
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233* AmbiguouslyGay: During the first story mission of Black Side, he makes several jokes referring to Jack being his riding "cowboy" and he the "bull". Shortly after being defeated, Big Bull declares Jack a member of his gang. Not to mention the way he stares at Jack at the beginning of his campaign, blowing off steam from his mechanical snout and eyes lighting red, which he tends to do when excited.
234* AnimalMotifs: Bulls, of course.
235* TheBerserker: Shown to fight vigorously and nonstop when excited, a bull's spirit in him, until he becomes completely incapacitated.
236* BoisterousBruiser: Bull talks big and loves to throw down.
237* BrooklynRage: He speaks with a notable Brooklyn accent.
238* ButtMonkey: In Nikolai's trailer, the lights go off while he's reading, and Big Bull moves in for the kill, GlowingEyesOfDoom and all! Cue a grab from the BadassBookworm and Nikolai resumes his reading while Big Bull acts as his involuntary light bulb.
239* CaptainErsatz: To anybody who's played ''Videogame/MadWorld'', Big Bull will easily recall [[MiniBoss "Big Bull" Crocker]] from that game, and even pulls out a drill for his Mutant Execution. Whether this means Bull is a LegacyCharacter, SequelReset, or IdenticalStranger like the others, is unknown.
240* TheCavalry: Shows an example of this multiple times on the Black Side of the campaign, helping Jack twice even when far from his home town, alongside Rin Rin.
241* ChestInsignia: He has the word ''blind spot'' [死角] painted on his chest. The planetary symbol for ''Neptune'' [♆] is also on his forehead.
242* {{Cyborg}}: All that's left of his original body is his brain.
243* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After Jack beats him and his gang, Big Bull declares him a member of his gang and occasionally shows up to help him out.
244* AFatherToHisMen: Makes a point of looking out for his own. This includes Jack (to the latter's chagrin).
245* GlowingMechanicalEyes: His eyes already have a faint red glow, but when excited they brighten intensely, such as when he fights Jack.
246* HotBlade: Leveled up, his hammer ignites enemies.
247* ICanStillFight: Exclaims that it is "Bullshit, BULLSHIT!" that he can't keep fighting when his body breaks down. Pun... probably intended.
248* JetPack: When not used as a weapon, the Jet Hammer sits on Bull's back and propels him up to running speeds.
249* LargeHam: When he gets excited. Which happens a lot in the midst of a fight.
250--> ''' "NAILED YA!" '''
251* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_rj5hc3Mwk Over In A Flash]], a suitably tough song for the Bull. Worth noting that it mentions a nobody coming back to kick ass (fitting for a former mid-boss graduating to a proper boss/player character), and is performed by Sick YG, another artist returning from ''Videogame/MadWorld's'' soundtrack.
252* ManInTheMachine: The official site claims his brain is the only organic tissue he has left.
253* MightyGlacier: As one of the "heavy" characters, he's slower and can't combo as well as smaller characters, but can grab two enemies at once, and every hit he dishes out deals more damage per blow than those smaller than him. And his Killer Weapon is exceptionally effective at hitting a crowd of enemies, be they player or {{Mook}}.
254* NoSell: Some of his attacks appear to have super armor.
255* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: His cybernetic body is specifically modeled after a minotaur.
256* PungeonMaster: Yeeaaaah. Expect a bull related pun every other sentence.
257* RocketPoweredWeapon: Big Bull's Jet Hammer uses its thruster to increase the impact of his swing.
258* ThisIsADrill: Kills {{Giant Mook}}s with a drill from his right arm [[BladeBelowTheShoulder below the shoulder]]. A ''Videogame/MadWorld'' Homage to be sure.
259* TransformingMecha: Big Bull's random arm-horns may seem out of place at first (he extends them mainly during his 360 attack and while finishing off large enemies), but these have a purpose, as is revealed during Deathball: Big Bull's body can, effectively, transform into a giant bull head for the king of all bullrushes!
260[[/folder]]
261
262[[folder:Zero]]
263
264[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Zero_9358.png]]
265
266-> "Kirisute-gomen!"
267
268-->-- Voice actors: Kazuhiro Nakaya (JP) Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN)
269
270This enigmatic swordsman is a master of [[DualWielding dual-wielding]] katana and a skilled practitioner of Zero-Style Ninjutsu, a discipline employing beam kunai. He dons a pitch black, nanomachine-equipped suit to maximized his physical potential for grueling infiltration missions.
271
272He has but one goal: to harvest the data needed for developing the drone army's latest weaponry. He is prepared to mow down hordes of twisted mutants and combat-enhanced cyborgs to achieve it.
273
274His code name is Zero; in dark alleys, it is whispered he may be descended from a clan of ancient warriors once known as ninjas.
275
276([[{{Expy}} Totally not inspired by]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Raiden.]] No sir. No way. Becomes ironic thanks to VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance, though...) And not to be confused for that [[Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}} other Zer0]]...
277----
278* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: To his credit, Zero's English is near perfect, but he still has shades of this in his speech.
279* CollapsibleHelmet: Of the flip-up faceplate variety.
280* CyberNinja: Zero's ninja skills are all augmented by his high tech suit and weapons.
281* DiagonalCut: His Mutant Finisher involves first cutting off a mutant's arms, then bisecting them which only takes effect after he sheaths his swords.
282* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: His last appearance in story mode seems to be this. Ashamed of his failed missions against Jack, an explosion goes off, implying Zero blew himself up]].
283* DualWielding: Zero's Killer Weapons are a pair of katanas he uses together.
284* EmpathicWeapon: Zero [[InformedAbility claims]] that "Demons live within these blades!"
285* EyeScream: Jams both katanas into a victim's eyes whenever he lands a Killer Weapon hit from above.
286* HidingBehindYourBangs: When his visor is up, Zero's black hair is shown to partly cover his eyes. He is also described as an enigmatic swordsman in his game profile.
287%%* JackOfAllStats
288* JapaneseRanguage: Zero's English is passable, but he still falls into the old L=R issue, or making less of an R sound on syllables where there would be.
289* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHC2DsEXrk "Demise"]], showing Zero's intensity and skill.
290* MyHeroZero: Not really a Hero, though; he opposes Jack in story mode, and seems to be a neutral mercenary.
291* NinjaRun: Does this by default, but will actually keep both his arms down when the "Sprinter" perk is picked. Presumably he's trying to cut down on wind resistance.
292* PoisonedWeapons: Leveled up, those katanas inflict a poison status on victims that slowly (albeit briefly) drains their health.
293* PoweredArmor: Zero is a pure human. His suit is used on missions to augment his skills.
294* SpinningPiledriver: His back grab is an Izuna drop.
295* StockNinjaWeaponry: Two swords and multiple kunai.
296* XanatosGambit: His very first appearance in story mode; [[spoiler:he was hired to kill Jack by the game's BigBad. If he succeeded, good. If he fails (which he does), he uses the data he collected during the fight for his next appearance, where he sics a [[HumongousMecha Cthulu]] on Jack!]]
297* YinYangBomb: Light and Dark energy radiate from his swords when in use.
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder:Sasha Ivanoff]]
301
302[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sasha_6555.png]]
303
304-->"So disappointing..."
305
306-->-- Voice actors: Creator/YuuAsakawa (JP) Creator/KimMaiGuest (EN)
307
308Sasha Ivanoff is a woman of icy intelligence, fast-tracked into the Milvallen Ministry of Justice's Bureau of Public Safety despite her youth. After a mere two years on the force, she joined the High Crimes Division and was later scouted by the elite Strike One detachment.
309
310Remarkably multi-talented, Sasha serves the Bureau with both brilliant analytic skills and mastery of BPS combat techniques. When armed with her Snow Spikes and the latest BPS nanomachine-equipped suit, Sasha's combat potential can surpass even cyborgs and mutants.
311----
312* TheAce: She only spent two years on the BPS before being promoted to Strike One.
313* AttackDrone: Four levitating drones make up Sasha's Killer Weapon, freezing the air around them to create the Snow Spikes.
314* {{Combos}}: More than the average character.
315* {{Expy}}: Of VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}, but with ice-themed powers instead of hair-themed powers.
316%% * FragileSpeedster
317* TheHeart: Seemingly the only character capable of ''self-sacrifice''. More than once she prevents fights from turning lethal.
318* HeelRealization: In ''Black Fire, White Ice'', Jack points out that Sasha sounds like she lost faith in the system.
319* AnIcePerson: Sasha's nanomachines chill the air around her into long shards of ice.
320* IceQueen: She seems like it in the Black Side campaign, since she beats up Blacker Baron and Mathilda without ([[TheBattleDidntCount after you beat her in the actual fight]], [[GameplayAndStorySegregation argh!]]) breaking poise. However, in the White Side, it's clear that she is fairly compassionate and worries over Leo a bit, and she [[PerpetualSmiler always has a rather warm smile on her face]].
321* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVii_9QDgQ "Here We Go"]], since it plays during her fight with Baron and Mathilda.
322* MsFanservice: Sasha wears a skintight suit that shows off her curves. She also gets a few shots that [[MaleGaze focus on her bust and ass]].
323* {{Nanomachines}}: The source of her ice powers, equipped in her suit.
324* PerpetualSmiler: She always has a faint smile, though it seems to be because she's vaguely cheerful rather than smug or condescending.
325* TeamMom: Highly protective of her team, refuses to let them endanger the mission or themselves over personal issues.
326* ThisIsADrill: Her aerial Killer Weapon attack resembles some horrid amalgamation of a drill and a blender. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Aimed right at the victim's chest]].
327* UndyingLoyalty: To Leo, as she's most concerned about his safety and joins him when he defects.
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder:Nikolai Dmitri Bulygin]]
331
332[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nikolai_8836.png]]
333
334-> "What is corruption? It is envy of loser for winner, this is all."
335
336-->-- Voice actors: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (JP), Creator/ZachMcGowan (EN)
337
338A former special ops operator and now a captain in the Bureau of Public Safety High Crimes Division under the Milvallen Ministry of Justice. He recently took command of the elite Strike One detachment, a team including Sasha and Leo.
339
340The rule of law is paramount to this career enforcer; Nikolai dispenses great justice to those he deems to be criminals.
341
342Equipped with a cutting-edge pair of cybernetic arms powered by the current that flows from the reactor on his back, the tremendous voltage generated allows Nikolai to unleash devastating electrical blows.
343----
344* BadassBookworm: When not fighting on the front lines, Nikolai is found in the multiplayer lobby reading a book.
345* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Subverted. It seems like he overcame both Jack and Leo in the end, but that turned out to just be a fantasy he was having as Jack bisects him.]]
346* BrutalHonesty: When Leo asks if Nikolai thinks he's a liability, he confirms that he does indeed think that, and that he tried to get him off of the mission to find and detain Max for that reason. He also says that the reason him and Sasha are on the team is more or less to act as bait.
347* TheCaptain: Is identified as possessing this rank during a cutscene in Jack's route.
348* CulturedBadass: He seems to pass the time he has in between missions reading.
349* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:His idea of "justice" is basically [[MightMakesRight using his position of power to make the rules]].]]
350%%* DrunkWithPower
351* FacePalmOfDoom: His aerial Killer Weapon attack. He knocks you to the ground and puts both hands against your face before turning on the ol' ShockAndAwe.
352* FinalBoss: Of the Red Side story.
353* GratuitousRussian: Barks off a few untranslated lines to establish his Russianness, da.
354* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Courtesy of a finishing blow from Jack. And from the way the characters are talking about him afterwards, he's apparently ''still alive''.]]
355* HuskyRusskie: Nikolai is the largest and most muscular member of Strike One, easily able to down Jack with one punch.
356%%* JackOfAllStats
357* KnightTemplar: Of the worst kind. To him, breaking the letter of the law is what warrants punishment, no matter the circumstances. He claims that it's because order must be upheld, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans no matter the cost]]. [[spoiler:When push comes to shove, however, Nikolai punishes "criminals" simply because he believes that law and order exists to control people.]]
358* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvHhBZ750s Venom]], a high-intensity song that fits right along with Nikolai's electrical powers.
359** [[spoiler:And the final boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmWfkFEVLU Find You]], as well, with lyrics that serve as an indictment of the system Nikolai supports.]]
360* LightIsNotGood: He wears white and his electrical powers give off light, but he is the least moral out of Strike One due to his [[KnightTemplar views on justice]]. [[spoiler:He's also the final obstacle Jack and Leo face after they resolve their issues with Max, and is more or less what illuminates the stage [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot during a solar eclipse]].]]
361* TheStoic: Nikolai has a rigid control over his emotions, offering very little expression.
362** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:He ends up [[EvilLaugh losing it]] by the end.]]
363* VerbalTic: He has a preference to using "da" in place of "yes" after some of his statements.
364[[/folder]]
365
366[[folder:Durga]]
367
368[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Durga_7858.png]]
369
370-> "I have the powers of a god!"
371
372-->-- Voice actors: Creator/TakumiYamazaki (JP) Sunil Malhotra (EN)
373
374Once a ruthless mercenary, Durga lost nearly the entire right half of his body in battle. After augmenting his ruined flesh with cybernetic enhancements, he teamed up with a former comrade named Garuda. Together they eke out a living as bounty hunters.
375
376To Durga, work is work: He will track and execute any target, be it man, woman, or child. Usually rude, psychotic, and violent, Durga becomes a cold and calculating killing machine in the midst of combat.
377
378Possessing naturally superb musculature, as well as phenomenal agility, Durga fights with a preference for kicking techniques -- complemented by a customized cybernetic leg capable of transforming into a cannon.
379----
380* AGodAmI: "I have the powers of a ''God''!"
381* AnimalMotifs: Tigers, with a prominent focus on his cybernetic leg's claws during Durga's attacks and him possessing a tail.
382%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: In the Japanese dub.
383* ArtificialLimbs: He has a reloader on his right arm, a ''revolver-equipped right leg'', and a tiger tail.
384* AxCrazy: In the English dub.
385* BilingualBonus: "Durga" is Bengali for "the Invincible." It's also one of the names of a goddess who rides a tiger.
386** StealthPun: "I am '''Durga!/Invicible!'''"
387%%* {{Cyborg}}
388* ElectronicEyes: Possesses an electronic right eye.
389* ExtremityExtremist: He fights primarily with kicks, only using his mechanical right arm to reload the giant revolver built into his leg. The only time he actually punches is when he grapples a downed opponent.
390* JackOfAllStats: Firmly in the middle of the road in all regards, albeit being one of the few characters with a ranged Killer Weapon.
391* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In the third story mission in White Side. Ouch.]]
392%%* LaughingMad: In the English dub.
393* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNRxNc2pC5I "Play My Ass Off"]], showing Durga's highly-competitive and boastful mindset fairly accurately.
394* LetsGetDangerous: According to the bio, when in a fight, he's all business.
395%%* PantheraAwesome
396* PetTheDog: Despite his psychosis, Durga ''did'' save Garuda's life.
397* PsychoForHire: Is a mercenary who, according to Leo's analysis, killed his former partner.
398[[/folder]]
399
400[[folder:Garuda]]
401
402[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Garuda_8695.png]]
403
404-> "[[TheVoiceless ...]]"
405
406-->-- Voice actors: Chris Edgerly (EN)
407
408Technically speaking, Garuda is a dead man. After being killed in action, his severed head was smuggled by fellow mercenary Durga to a cybernetics hospital. There, Garuda's memories were hastily copied onto a memory chip. For better or worse, the dead man was resurrected, his consciousness transferred into a mass-produced Gargoyle robot. Garuda's combat abilities are essentially identical to other AI-controlled Gargoyles, save for a pair of drill-equipped cybernetic arms customized for close-quarters combat.
409
410However, he retains his human consciousness and memories, and now fights alongside Durga, his savior and one-time mercenary comrade in arms.
411----
412* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Spins his torso 360 during parts of his combos.
413* AceCustom: His body is a melee-centric variant of the Gargoyle drone.
414* CoolBike: Not a bike really, but other players can ride on Garuda when in his vehicle alt.
415* EmergencyTransformation: Durga saved Garuda's life by having his brain downloaded into a close-combat Gargoyle.
416* {{Expy}}: If you look closely, you can see similarities with ''Madworld'' boss Baron Von Twirlenkiller: Garuda floats when his Killer Weapon is active, and it creates powerful tornadoes during strong strikes.
417* MeaningfulName: Garuda is named for a mythological bird from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Bonus points for the fact that said bird serves as Vishnu's mount, just like Garuda can be ridden by other players. Additional bonus points because [[ThemeNaming his partner is also named after a Hindu divinity]].
418* MightyGlacier: Slow, but get hit with his drills? Hope you like [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill being dead.]]
419* NotQuiteFlight: Only when playable; in story mode, he's perfectly capable of flight, and even carrying another person while still flying.
420* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He and Durga die together in the third story mission from White Side.]]
421* SyntheticVoiceActor: It was commonly believed that Garuda did not speak. He doesn't, but he does emit a deathly synthetic bellow when killed.
422* ThisIsADrill: Both of his arms become drills when the Tornado Drill is active.
423* TransformingMecha: A human-sized example, he turns into a jet upon reaching maximum running speed. Other team members can hitch a ride by hopping on when he transforms, and even shoot little shots out of Garuda's front.
424[[/folder]]
425
426[[folder:Edgar Oinkie]]
427
428[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Oinkie_1574.png]]
429
430-> "All this fighting makes me hot!"
431
432-->-- Voice actors: Taichi Setogawa (JP) Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN)
433
434As a purveyor of black-market cybernetic parts, Edgar Oinkie lives some semblance of the high life. Once a legitimate scientist, Oinkie dared to inject himself with one of his own experiments. Affectionately dubbed "The Juice", the synthetic compound granted him the awesome physical strength of a mutant. Using his newfound powers to attack cyborgs around the city and strip them of their parts, Oinkie amassed vast sums of money fencing the stolen limbs. Putting his new cash flow to work, he expanded his sphere of influence, eventually becoming the underground, de facto ruler of Port Valenda. Oinkie is the worst type of "new money" -- rude, loud, uncouth, short tempered, violent, and gluttonous. Whether or not these personality traits are side effects of The Juice is open to debate.
435----
436* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite his girth, Oinkie is a competent fighter and light on his feet.
437* AnimalMotifs: His name and mask evoke pigs, but he transforms into a giant lizard-man. Go figure.
438* BigEater: Good fucking lord... just look at the plate of bacon he's eating in the multiplayer lobby. And it's his seventh plate!
439* BewareTheSillyOnes: At first glance, he's a fat, cowardly slob who makes a living off of taking things from others. He's also practiced enough karate to be able to hold his own, and with the help of The Juice, strike faster than most people can even perceive.
440* CowardlyBoss: In his first fight with Leo, he hangs back and throws an endless amount of shock traps while letting the minions punch him. After getting beat around by Leo, he eventually runs off and sics more of his mooks on him. [[BadBoss Leaves them to die in the exploding oil rig too]].
441* DiagonalCut: He [[FinishingMove finishes]] [[GiantMook Giant Mooks]] by karate chopping them in half.
442* DirtyCoward: One thing he's certainly good at is running from a fight.
443* {{Expy}}: Outside of an entirely different AnimalMotif and the whole "Juice" thing, he has a ''lot'' in common with Yee Fung from ''Videogame/MadWorld'', from his rotundity [[{{Acrofatic to his surprisingly agile fighting style]] to his comically high voice.
444%%* FatBastard
445* FromNobodyToNightmare: Downplayed. He used to be a legitimate scientist, but is now a Cybrid Arts black marketer after his last creation gave him an undeniable edge over the people around him.
446* GeniusBruiser: Synthesized a powerful mutagen, runs a black market cybernetics empire, and capable of holding his ground when backed into a corner.
447* {{Hypocrite}}: He complains about being outnumbered in his fight with Leo and Nikolai. He himself had recently tried to fight them with his own gang ''and'' a Mutant he'd tamed.
448* IHaveAFamily: After being defeated by Leo a second time, he whines about how he has to feed his [[KavorkaMan three wives]] and 18 kids somehow.
449* JackOfAllStats: Below average range notwithstanding, Oinkie is a "medium" character.
450%%* LargeHam
451* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B1B-Wll458 "Soon Enough"]], which declares Oinkie's desire to [[OnlyInItForTheMoney get filthy, stinking rich]].
452* LightningBruiser: Uniquely, Oinkie is the only character that can dash while having his Killer Weapon active.
453* MetronomicManMashing: Just grab someone from behind and enjoy the show.
454* NouveauRiche: Attained this status from all his black market dealings. He is wealthy to the point he has heaps of gold bars and cash bags just lying around in his throne room in Port Valenda.
455* ObfuscatingStupidity: Yes, Oinkie's more yellow than a canary circus. He was a scientist before the whole Juice thing, so the endless puns and rather bizarre appearance could just be a mind games strategy.
456* PoisonousPerson: When Oinkie is leveled up, the Juice gives him the natural toxins of mutants.
457* ProfessorGuineaPig: As stated in his bio, his Juice was a product of his own design that he tested on himself.
458* PungeonMaster: Has a fondness for pig puns.
459* ScaledUp: Briefly becomes one of the Mutants while the Juice is flowing.
460* SpinAttack: Has Yee Fung's rolling spin-dash attack.
461* SuperSerum: The Juice, his Killer Weapon with a neat spine-centered injection device.
462* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Seems to be bacon. He uses the word a lot (particularly when running), and he's seen scarfing down a huge plate of the stuff in the multiplayer lobby.
463* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He runs from Leo and Nikolai after they defeat him in Hong Long, after which he never shows up in the story again.
464* WithCatLikeTread: Most players can sneak up on other people with their relatively quiet running and take their target by surprise. Oinkie's habit of shouting "BACON!" while on the move ruins any attempt at such shenanigans.
465[[/folder]]
466
467[[folder:Rin Rin]]
468
469[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rinrin_3807.png]]
470
471-> "You want to touch me? Come on!"
472
473-->-- Voice actors: Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)
474
475Rin Rin is the middle sister in a trio of sibling assassins trained since infancy. True professionals in the art of death, they are considered the deadliest in their clan.
476
477Every inch a hardened killer, Rin Rin is nonetheless well-mannered and reliable, assuming the leadership role among her sisters (though some less charitable might use the term "babysitter").
478
479Rin Rin employs ancient assassination techniques passed down through her clan's long history, and dons a reactor-powered, nanomachine-equipped suit to booster her physical ability. She fights with a pair of transformable fans known as Yanlong, or "Fire Dragons".
480----
481%%* BoomerangComeback: Her charged strong attack launches Yanlong like this, but the knockback the initial throw causes prevents the return from hitting enemies. [[TooDumbToLive Most of the time.]]
482* TheCavalry: Shows an example of this on the Black Side of the campaign, helping Jack alongside Big Bull.
483* CombatHandFan: Rin Rin fights with [[DualWielding a pair]] of fiery fans called Yanlong.
484* CombatStilettos: Her shoes are actually a part of her feet, it seems, as the front comes off a bit, and it looks like her feet wouldn't fit in there. Same with the other sisters.
485* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After Jack defeats her and spares her life, Rinrin states that [[IOweYouMyLife she now owes him]] and later comes to help him alongside Big Bull against Cthulhu.
486* DragonLady: Notably less fanservicey compared to the last game. Her older sister seems to have taken the more sexy role this time.
487%%* FragileSpeedster: Like the other playable women.
488* GetBackHereBoss: Makes use of TeleportSpam during her fight with Jack.
489* IOweYouMyLife: claims this after Jack defeats her but spares her life.
490* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuETuApX-WM "I Know U Want Me"]], a [[LyricalDissonance song with rather dark perverse lyrics despite its cheery melody,]] reflecting Rin Rin's profession as an assassin despite her exterior, but also hints at some {{Tsundere}}-ish tendencies.
491* {{Nanomachines}}: Her body suit is equipped with them to help her keep up with the rest.
492* NeckSnap: Her back throw.
493* SequelReset: Returning from ''Videogame/MadWorld'' (even though she was shown being eaten to death by an animatronic sumo wrestler).
494* TattooedCrook: She has a dragon on one of her legs, while her sisters have theirs on other parts of their bodies.
495* TykeBomb: Raised from birth as an assassin like her sisters.
496[[/folder]]
497
498[[folder:Fei Rin]]
499
500[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Feirin_7361.png]]
501
502-> "Me? You want me?"
503
504-->-- Voice actors: Creator/HitomiNabatame (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)
505
506Fei Rin is the eldest sister in the trio of sibling assassins trained since infancy.
507
508Making ample use of her feminine charms, Feirin specializes in male assassination; the number of hapless, would-be Lotharios who have fallen prey to her deadly wiles cannot even be guessed at. Despite this skill, Fei Rin is less than responsible and more than happy to leave "the boring stuff" to her younger sister Rin Rin.
509
510She fights with a transformable lance known as Zilong, or "Purple Dragon."
511----
512%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Really doesn't like the BPS.
513* BuxomBeautyStandard: She is the oldest and the 'most developed' of the assassin sisters. Her bio says she makes use of her "ample feminine charms" when working as a FemmeFatale assassin.
514* CleavageWindow: Her outfit has a gap right where her cleavage is.
515* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: In the story mode, she keeps Ai Rin's bloodlust in check, even having to physically drag her away to prevent her from getting killed by Leo and Sasha.
516* DanceBattler: Moreso than her sisters, as Fei has no qualms using her weapon for a pole dance as it's pinning a victim to the ground.
517%%* DoubleWeapon
518* DualBoss: In the story mode, she fights Leo and Sasha alongside her sister Ai Rin.
519* ElementalWeapon: Her spear can also [[AnIcePerson freeze people]].
520* FragileSpeedster: She's fast, but can't take a lot of damage.
521%%* TheGambler
522%% GogglesDoNothing
523* GroinAttack: See the spear? She'll ram that through you for her heavy Killer Attacks.
524* ItsAllAboutMe: She's vain, self-centered, and selfish, and doesn't care for anyone other than herself and her sisters. Her {{Leitmotif}} is even called "It's All About Me".
525* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After being defeated in story mode, she's spared by Leo and Sasha. While Ai Rin wants to keep fighting, Fei Rin knows their beaten and makes her retreat while dragging her sister away.
526* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaB-7wnj5Ag "It's All About Me",]] ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a boastful song just drowning in Fei Rin's [[TheFightingNarcissist vanity]]. Performed by Bandy Leggz, who did "You Don't Know Me" (the female boss theme) in ''Madworld''.
527* MsFanservice: She's an attractive woman, with a CleavageWindow that puts her BuxomBeautyStandard figure on display and her assassin work is focused on seduction. She also makes allusions to stripteasing and pole dancing in some of her moves.
528* {{Nanomachines}}: Her body suit is equipped with them to keep up with everyone else.
529* NeckSnap: Her back throw is a neck snap.
530* ProudBeauty: Her {{Leitmotif}} lyrics make it clear she's pretty confident and proud of her good looks, to {{Narcissist}} levels. It's even implied she gets DistractedByMyOwnSexy when looking at herself in the mirror.
531* PurpleIsPowerful: Purple is the color motif of her outfit.
532* TattooedCrook: An assassin with a dragon on her arm.
533* TheTease: She's extremely flirtatious, especially with the people she intends to kill, with the implication she hopes they'll be DistractedByTheSexy.
534* TykeBomb: Raised from birth as an assassin like her sisters.
535* TheVamp: According to the bio, she specializes in using seduction to assassinate males.
536[[/folder]]
537
538[[folder:Ai Rin]]
539
540[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Airin_5025.png]]
541
542-> "Let's fight!"
543
544-->-- Voice actors: Yurin (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)
545
546Rin Rin's youngest sister in her family of assassins. Young Ai Rin still has a childlike air about her, squealing with girlish innocence as she cheerfully goes about her job -- murder.
547
548She fights with a transformable nunchaku known as Huanglong, or "Yellow Dragon."
549----
550* BruceLeeClone: Another rare [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} female example]]. Her default color scheme looks exactly like Creator/BruceLee's [[Film/GameOfDeath tracksuit]].
551* CuteAndPsycho: She has a cute appearance and voice, but she loves fighting and has quite the bloodlust.
552* DisproportionateRetribution: Loses at a video game if picked in the multiplayer lobby, and proceeds to break the handheld in two over her knee.
553* DualBoss: In the story mode, she fights Leo and Sasha alongside her sister Fei Rin.
554* EyePatchOfPower: She has one over her right eye.
555%% * FragileSpeedster
556%%* FunnyBruceLeeNoises
557%%* GamerChick
558* GenkiGirl: She's the most hyperactive out of all the three sisters.
559* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Uses gratuitous Chinese amongst the cast.
560* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaB-7wnj5Ag "It's All About Me",]] shared with Fei Rin.
561%%* MiniDressOfPower
562* {{Nanomachines}}: Her power suit is equipped with them to enhance her abilities.
563* NeckSnap: Her back throw.
564%%* PerkyFemaleMinion
565* PoweredArmor: Wears "a reactor-powered, nanomachine-equipped suit" according to her profile.
566* PsychopathicWomanchild: She is just ''giddy'' at the chance to rip Leo apart.
567%%* SexyBacklessOutfit
568%%* ShockAndAwe
569* TattooedCrook: Noticeably across her back.
570* TykeBomb: Raised from birth as an assassin like her sisters.
571[[/folder]]
572
573[[folder:Douglas Williamsburg]]
574
575[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Douglas_3595.png]]
576
577-> "My foot, your ass!"
578
579-->-- Voice actors: Creator/{{Mugihito}} (JP) Chris Edgerly (EN)
580
581Douglas Williamsburg stood helplessly as his wife and child were eaten alive by mutants, suffering near mortal injuries himself in the process. Only by submitting to an almost complete cybernetic overhaul was he able to survive; all that remains of his original body is his head.
582
583Douglas has made hunting mutants a personal crusade for decades, using a pair of tremendously powerful {{pile bunker}}s installed in his arms. He has no specific fighting style, preferring to leap into the fray on instinct and let his massive armament do the work. According to Douglas, the mutants deserve little else.
584----
585* {{Cyborg}}: Part of him is mechanical.
586* FireForgedFriends: With Leo. Initially picking a fight with him due to his status as a BPS agent, they later work together to fight off attacking mutants. Afterwards, Douglas lets Leo be on his way while asking him to kill any mutants on his way.
587* InTheHood: For as long as he doesn't get hit, anyway.
588* ItsPersonal: His old town was wiped out by mutants. Now he hates them with a passion, and the Bureau of Public Safety by extension for failing to do their job.
589* MightyGlacier: Eeeeeeeyup.
590* OldSoldier: Played up. His stats say he's ''180(?)''. They don't even ''know'' how old he is, only that he's still kicking ass. Even his cybernetics look archaic.
591* PileBunker: Douglas has a retractable spike built into each arm.
592* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In his own words:
593-->''"I am making it my personal mission to eradicate every one of those cocksuckers."''
594* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1fuwUJnKFM "My Town, My City"]], A.K.A "Get off my lawn, the rap song", explains Douglas' attitude for his crusade against the mutants.
595* ShoutOut: He looks and moves a lot like [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Iron Tager]].
596* UnskilledButStrong: As the bio indicates. Of course, you don't need to be skilled when you are a behemoth of a cyborg.
597[[/folder]]
598
599
600[[folder:Maximillian Caxton]]
601
602[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximillion_caxton.png]]
603
604-> "Imposing your will... is a matter of strength."
605
606-->-- Voice actors: Shinji Ogawa (JP) Robert Pine (EN)
607
608Maximillian Caxton is a wanted man. In a former life, he led Nikolai, Leo, and Sasha as the commanding officer of the Bureau of Public Safety High Crimes Division's elite Strike One detachment. As the ultimate master of the Cybrid Arts, Max taught the Strike One agents everything they know, as his ability is such that a simultaneous three-way attack by his former students would present little threat.
609
610Max carved the eight jagged scars running down the sides of his face with his own hands and in a mere handful of years has aged to the verge of unrecognizable. The apparent BigBad of ''Anarchy Reigns'', Max has set himself up in Altambra City, and is pursued by both Jack and Leo.
611----
612* AttackDrone: Max's version of Tesla Blitz detaches from his back before shocking enemies.
613* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Not normally. The ax craziness comes from his split personality, who is willing to kill anyone he doesn't recognize (which is ''everyone'').]]
614* BadassDecay: An InUniverse example, Max has fallen a long way from his days as a BPS agent. He is still an incredibly dangerous individual seeing as during the Campaign mode he fights Leo, Sasha, and Nicolai at the same time, only to escape and fight Jack, Baron, and Matilda supposedly a short time after. [[spoiler:It is only near the end of the story mode that his mental and physical state have deteriorated enough for one of the protagonists to defeat him one on one.]]
615* BadassLongcoat: [[SleevesAreForWimps A sleeveless version.]] Though it does show his sorry state, the coat still undeniably looks badass on him.
616* BigBad: [[spoiler:Though he is the primary antagonist, he's not evil so much as he's dangerously unstable.]]
617* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Both the blades and the electricity are red, as opposed to Leo and Nikolai's blue. In a flashback, however, Max's beams used to be blue.
618* {{Cyborg}}: Seemingly to near-FullConversionCyborg levels, as there doesn't seem to be anything organic beneath his neck.
619* EvilIsBigger: Towers over his fellow BPS agents. Particularly obvious when he and Leo are talking to each other.
620* FallenHero: [[spoiler: He was disgraced after a botched rescue attempt led to the death of the six-year-old Stela, eventually turning towards drinking and drugs.]]
621* GoodScarsEvilScars: He's got eight jagged scars running down the sides of his face that he apparently gave to himself, showing just how unstable he is.
622* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:His actions drive the plot but are not part of any plan.]]
623* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: If the player plays through White Side first, when Leo fights Max in Stage 4, Max is rapidly alternating between begging Leo to kill him, and trying to kill Leo himself.]]
624* JackOfAllStats: He's fairly large, but in terms of gameplay is strictly average.
625* LargeAndInCharge: He's massive, and he used to be Nikolai's, Leo's, and Sasha's officer.
626* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzwXgKxJGY "Testin' Me"]], which emphasizes how much life and his choices have weighed him down and broken him. Shared with Leo, but with different interpretations.
627* MadnessMakeover: A flashback shows him unscarred and clean-shaven with neatly-combed hair, an un-tattered jacket, and blue beams.
628* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He's confronted in chapter four weeping over a drone he had demolished, rambling about him being a sacrifice to some case because everyone wanted a suspect.]]
629* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:His personal guilt and the public scandal that arose from his accidental killing of Stela marked the beginning of the end for his normal life, eventually turning him into what he is in the game. He notes at one point that he wasn't the one who actually killed her, but they were still under his command.]]
630* PermaStubble: Almost enough to be considered a full [[BeardOfSorrow Of Sorrow]]. It shows just how much of a mess he's become.
631* RapidFireNo: If he is not the winner in a multiplayer game or if the timer runs out on Survival, he'll utter this.
632* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:When his eyes flash red, that's a sign that his murderous split personality has taken over.]]
633* RedemptionEqualsLife: [[spoiler:By the chronological end of the story, he's become aware of what his split personality has been up to and is lucid enough to fight against it so that he can submit himself to punishment. It convinces Leo, who in turn convinces Jack, to not execute him but instead take him to get the psychiatric help he desperately needs.]]
634* SecretAIMoves: When fought as a boss in the Campaign, he uses [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma's]] [[TeleportSpam Ashura Warp]] and can do the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Raging Demon]]. [[spoiler:Naturally, the latter kills you instantly if he touches you.]]
635* ShellshockedVeteran: [[spoiler:The botched rescue operation that resulted in the death of Jack's daughter permanently scarred his psyche, causing him to fall into alcohol and drug addiction to cope. Things only got worse from there.]]
636* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:One minute he's a polite, yet depressed man who is quite sociable, the next he's a pissed-off, sociopathic murderer. This is a side effect of the drugs he took for his PTSD.]]
637* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:He is actually guilty of killing his wife, Ondine, but it was during a dissociative episode caused by his wife wanting to leave him over his drug and alcohol addiction. When he remembers enough about what happened, he completely falls apart.]]
638* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Max was once a well-respected officer who seemed to have everything, then one of his rescue operations got botched, leading to the death of an innocent child, and he took the entirety of the blame for it. His psyche never recovered, and he fell into drugs and alcohol, which only did further damage to his mental health until he started suffering full-blown dissociative episodes that gave birth to a murderous split personality, that in turn would cause him to murder his beloved wife after she decided to leave him over the sorry state he was in. By the end, he is outright begging Leo to kill him because he's terrified of what he's turned into.]]
639[[/folder]]
640
641[[folder:Bayonetta]]
642
643[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bayonetta_Anarchy_5262.png]]
644
645-> "''Bad'' boy..."
646
647--> -- Voice actor: Hellena Taylor
648
649She's too hot for just one game to handle! Platinum Games' favorite witch cameos in Anarchy Reigns, bringing all her charm and power as a DLC character.
650----
651* DanceBattler: With GunFu.
652* DownloadableContent: Initially as a bonus for pre-orders or buyers of the game's first print.
653%% * FragileSpeedster
654* FullContactMagic: Uses various dance moves in accordance with her magical spells.
655* GlassCannon: She has some of the most damaging attacks in the game, but has the smallest health bar of any character.
656* GuestFighter: Comes from the [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} eponymous game]].
657* TheGunslinger: Wields guns on her hands ''and'' legs.
658%%* MsFanservice: But of course!
659* NonDubbedGrunts: All of her lines are either taken directly or modified from the original game.
660* PoisonedWeapons: Like Zero and Oinkie, made somewhat disturbing when one realizes [[FridgeHorror her hair is poisonous.]]
661* PrehensileHair: Her weapon amounts to using this in her magic.
662* SpeedBlitz: Her frontal throw, with some assistance from [[BulletTime Witch Time]].
663%%* UnexpectedCharacter
664[[/folder]]
665
666[[folder:Gargoyle]]
667
668[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click to see picture.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gargoyle_9510.png[[/labelnote]]]]
669
670-->'''"ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH ROBOT TO JOIN THE GARGOYLES?"'''
671
672Unlocked after completing both Black Side and White Side campaigns of the main story.
673
674Gargoyles are anti-mutant robots mass-produced by the drone army. Equipped with a full complement of shoulder-mounted missiles, light yet strong composite plating rated to withstand mutant attack, and the ability to transform between humanoid, hovercraft, and flight modes, their cost per unit is incredibly high.
675
676The go-to weapons for a Gargoyle are its Plasma Arms, weapons which compresses plasma into a sphere for high-impact blows. These spheres can also be further charged, then launched a distance of several meters.
677----
678* CyberCyclops
679* MacrossMissileMassacre: Used when executing mutant enemies.
680* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DXYvrnS96Y "We All Soldiers"]], detailing a Gargoyle's simple mindset: kick ass, take names, follow orders.
681* MechaMook: Gargoyles are mass produced robots designed to eliminate mutants and other "undesirables", like [[spoiler:Jack]].
682%% * MightyGlacier
683* NotQuiteFlight: Only when playable, same as Garuda.
684* TransformingMecha: Same as Garuda, but again the Gargoyles' jet forms look different.
685[[/folder]]
686
687----
688!Story Mode and [=NPCs=]:
689
690[[folder:Amala]]
691
692-->-- Voice actors: Kikuko Inoue (JP) Masasa Moyo (EN)
693
694A long-time ally of Jack's and an information specialist second to none. Making frequent use of her data mining skills, she supplies Jack with essential intel during his missions.
695
696Although at ease with the latest tech, Amala is also an ingenious retro hacker, capable of breaking the encryption of long-forgotten military satellites and putting them to surveillance use.
697
698* BatmanGambit: Attacks the Baron's ego in order to get him to help Jack against Max.
699* MrExposition
700* ReusedCharacterDesign: She was Jack's VoiceWithAnInternetConnection in ''Videogame/MadWorld'', and essentially serves the same purpose here.
701* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
702[[/folder]]
703
704[[folder:Jeannie Caxton]]
705
706Max's daughter, who asks Jack to find her father for her.
707
708[[/folder]]
709
710[[folder:Stela Fitzgerald]]
711
712Jack Cayman's young daughter. [[spoiler:She was accidentally killed by Maximillian, or one of his troops, prior to the game during a botched hostage rescue operation. Her death forms the foundation that ties Jack, Max, and Leo together, and enables the plot of Anarchy Reigns to come to pass.]]
713
714* DeadToBeginWith
715* SacrificialLamb
716* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
717[[/folder]]
718

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