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1Though not a very {{plot}}-intensive series, there are still some twists that occur. '''Beware of unmarked {{spoiler}}s'''.
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4
5! Protagonists
6!! ''The House of the Dead''
7[[folder:Thomas Rogan]]
8[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/special_agent_ps3_trophy_36277.png]]
9 [[caption-width-right:240:''"Remember, Lisa. Believe in yourself, no matter what happens."'']]
10
11->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Okawa (''Remake''), David Nowlin (''III'')
12
13The hot-blooded, persistent top agent of the AMS government agency. Rescues his fiancée, Sophie, from Dr. Curien's bio-engineered monstrosities in 1998. When AMS and the world collapse in 2003 due to similar bioterror incidents, he leads a group of survivors to continue fighting for mankind. In 2019, he goes missing when attempting to find the source of the apocalypse in the EFI Research Facility.
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16* BadassInDistress: He gets kidnapped (or so we thought until the ending) in ''III'', setting the plot into motion.
17* BadassLongcoat: It even flows in the air while he's climbing a ladder.
18* TheCameo: In ''2'', he appears in the good ending.
19* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Series director Takashi Oda confirms Rogan's design was based on Creator/BradPitt in his role as detective David Mills from ''Film/Se7en''.
20* CrusadingWidower: Unless he gets the good ending.
21* {{Determinator}}: Once he gets a target, he will pursue it until the end of time. G compares him with Death, the super persistent zombie security guard from ''III''.
22* EarnYourHappyEnding: If you get the good ending in the first game, Rogan successfully rescues his fiancée. As ''III'' shows, he marries, has a daughter, and grows old with Sophie, lives to twenty one years later, and survives his experience in EFI while others sent with him are not so lucky. Compared to James, he has a ''much'' better life as a protagonist of a zombie apocalypse series.
23* HeterosexualLifePartners: Not obvious in the first game, but ''III'' makes it clear that he has had a partnership with G for a long time, and since he is a workaholic, G is probably the person he spent the most time with.
24* LastNameBasis: Always referred to as "Rogan," even by his fiancée.
25* MarriedToTheJob: Lisa states in ''III'' that she barely has any memory of her father playing with her, since he always puts his job above his family.
26* ParentsAsPeople: His job requires him to work around the world for long periods of time, so he has little time to spend with his family, even if he sincerely cares for them.
27* RetiredBadass: By ''III'', he has retired from the AMS, but still occasionally participates in missions.
28* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. His character description in ''III'' describes him as retired and at the end of the prologue, he is seemingly killed by Death. The last chapter reveals that Daniel manages to rescue him moments before Death smashes him.
29* {{Revenge}}: For Sophie.
30* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
31** The arcade control panel artwork for the original ''House of the Dead'' spells his last name as "Rowgun".
32** Possibly due to [[JapaneseRanguage a translation error]], he's referred to as "Logan" by characters in ''The House of the Dead 4'' and ''The House of the Dead 4 Special'' if the player earns a high rank. This, even after multiple games and supplemental materials had all agreed on "Rogan" as his name.
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34[[/folder]]
35
36[[folder:Agent G]]
37[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1210909_hotd_ok___g.jpg]]
38 [[caption-width-right:320:''"How many times do I have to tell you ''[[NotUsingTheZWord not]]'' [[NotUsingTheZWord to use the z-word]]?"'']]
39->'''Voiced by:''' Will Sierra (''Overkill''), Charlie Weirauch III (''Remake''), Casey Robertson (''III'')
40
41A mysterious, cold and calculating AMS agent. Confronts several bioterror incidents, including Papa Caesar's Formula X outbreak in 1991, Dr. Curien's homicidal rampage in 1998, and Caleb Goldman's citywide incident in 2000. Later assists agent Kate Green in 2003 following the death of her partner James Taylor. In 2019, he searches for his missing partner Thomas Rogan within the EFI Research Facility, with Rogan's daughter Lisa joining him.
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44* BadassBoast: An odd case, where Washington gives one on G's behalf.
45--> '''Washington''': The G stands for ''genocide'', motherfucker!
46* BadassInANiceSuit: From all the games from ''Overkill'' to ''III'', even though he does not wear one in ''III''.
47* BadassNormal: Until ''Scarlet Dawn'', he is the only character to make appearances in each game, and for good reason. Not even "suffering" at the hands of Judgment is enough to bring him down.
48* BagOfSpilling: Despite having analyzed Magician's weak points by the time of ''2'', he seems to have lost track of them for ''4 Special'' for unexplained reasons.
49* BreakoutCharacter: Started as the generic partner character for protagonist Rogan, but became popular enough to appear in nearly every game ''and'' be playable in all but one of them.
50* CoolOldGuy: By the time of ''III'' his hair is graying, but he still is kicking zombie ass.
51* CoolShades: Only in ''Overkill'', but he makes up for that by never taking them off.
52* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He's modeled after Creator/KeanuReeves as he appears in ''Film/PointBreak''.
53* DefiantToTheEnd: In ''4 Special''[='=]s bad ending, where the player fails to stop the Magician from summoning a legion of clones of himself, he stares down the horde and says "Who's next?" before the game cuts to black (and due to how powerful just ''one'' iteration of the Magician is, it's implied that he and Kate meet their end there).
54* DueToTheDead: If you unlock his ending in ''4'', he is seen paying his respects to the [[HeroicSacrifice late James]] and swearing to fight the ZombieApocalypse "back to the source", [[CallForward as we see in]] ''[[CallForward III]]''.
55* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Hinted at, but disproved. Manuals for ''The House of the Dead'''s Sega Saturn and PC ports imply that he's a robot, but Sega ignored this in the sequels.
56* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rogan.
57* MentorArchetype: In ''III'', he more or less serves this role to Lisa. G is much older and has had over two decades of experience, whereas Lisa's young and just getting started.
58* NoNameGiven: He is only ever referred to as G. ''Overkill'' lampshades this, becoming a RunningGag as Washington comes up with names like Gwendolyn for him.
59-->'''Isaac''': You ever gonna tell anyone what that fuckin' "G" stands for?\
60'''G''': No.
61* NotUsingTheZWord: He insists to Isaac that he refers to the zombies as "mutants".
62* OddCouple: With Isaac Washington.
63* OneLetterName: G, lampshaded in ''Overkill''.
64* PrecisionFStrike: Gives a few of these every now and then in ''Overkill'' compared to [[SirSwearsALot Washington]], usually to mock the latter's habit, before going off in a ClusterFBomb rant with him in the final level.
65-->'''G''': All you do is get pissed off at -- and with -- just about everything and everyone. I'm attempting conversation here with you.\
66'''Washington''': Conver-fucking-sation?\
67'''G''': Yes, conver-''motherfucking''-sation.
68* ShoutOut: G in ''Overkill'' resembles Nick Kang from ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeStreetsOfLA'' in terms of appearance, badassery, and attitude.
69* TheStoic: Characterized as lacking emotion and always remaining cool under pressure, although his personality becomes more apparent in each subsequent game.
70*** In ''The House of the Dead'', he's basically a robot (the home version manual implies that he was a ''literal'' one, but Sega appears to have ignored this).
71* StraightMan: The StraightMan to Washington's SirSwearsALot.
72* UnexplainedRecovery: You meet him at the beginning of ''The House of the Dead 2'', where's he's been seriously wounded and urges you to go on without him, seeming to suggest that it's a BackForTheDead situation for him. In the best ending, Rogan shows up out of nowhere to tell you that he's fine, but even if that ending isn't canon, the fact that he's alive and well in the third and fourth games certainly settles it.
73* TheWorfEffect: Is one of the AMS's most veteran agents, yet in ''The House of the Dead 2'' he gets the tar beaten out of him by Kuarl and Zeal enough that he's forced to entrust the remainder of the mission to James and Gary.
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder:Sophie Richards]]
77->'''Voiced by:''' Natalie Roers (''Remake'')
78A researcher working for Dr. Curien, and AMS agent Thomas Rogan's fiancée at the time of the 1998 Curien Mansion incident. Later becomes Lisa Rogan's mother.
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81* ActionSurvivor: Sophie is a civilian with no known self-defense skills, yet she is among the few people (and the only woman) who manage to escape the mansion and reach the front gardens when all hell breaks loose. Not to mention that she is the person responsible for summoning Rogan and G to the mansion. As ''III'' shows, she is still alive after twenty one years, despite the zombie apocalypse.
82* AllThereInTheManual: It was first confirmed in ''The House of the Dead III Perfect Guide'' that Sophie married Rogan and gave birth to Lisa, which was backed in an interview with series director Takashi Oda.
83* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: If you get the worst ending in the first game.
84* DamselInDistress: Though she almost escapes the mansion by herself before Hanged Man swoops in and carries her back.
85* TheGhost: She is indirectly mentioned in ''III'' to have made Lisa promise to save Rogan.
86* LastWords: If you don't get the good ending, then "You must stop Curien. Or else... something terrible will happen!" is the last thing she says to you.
87* LittleDeadRidingHood: She wears a red coat over her lab coat, making her stand out against her other scientist collages. And unless you get the GoldenEnding, she will be dead.
88* SaveThePrincess: The initial mission of Rogan and G was to save her until the Chariot apparently fatally wounded her. This drives the pair to continue on their mission to apprehend Curien.
89* SecretCharacter: A code for the arcade and home versions of the first game allows her to be playable. Unfortunately, it's just a model swap and none of the dialogue changes, giving her Rogan's or G's voices.
90* UnexplainedRecovery: In the good ending, if your score is high enough. An interview with the developers for the ''Official Sega Saturn Magazine'' states that Sophie actually fainted from the shock. This was later revealed to be the game's canon ending.
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92[[/folder]]
93
94!! ''The House of the Dead 2''
95[[folder:James Taylor]]
96[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/top_agent_ps3_trophy_37732.png]]
97->"This is exactly how it happened 3 years ago. The battle is starting again."
98
99A special agent of the AMS who, in 2000, is dispatched to stop a citywide bioterror incident organized by Caleb Goldman. He and partner Gary Stewart stop Goldman's plan to unleash the "Emperor", but fail to arrest Goldman, who commits suicide. Three years later, James and agent Kate Green discover that Goldman has enacted a plot beyond the grave to launch nuclear missiles worldwide. Despite foiling the launch, the agents are forced to battle Emperor's successor, "The World", who they cannot destroy. Left with no other option, James sets his PDA to self-destruct and blows himself and the monster up together.
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102* BadassLongcoat: Wears one in ''4''.
103* TheCameo: His younger self appears in the "Detective Zobiko" minigame in ''EX''.
104* DeathByDisfigurement: He is wounded by The Star and mentions that he has "an old wound" on top of it. It is implied that he is SecretlyDying throughout the final level, and that his HeroicSacrifice is only a way for him to go out with a bang (and quick).
105* HeroicSacrifice: Realizing that The World cannot be beaten through normal means, James takes his own life in a set explosion to destroy the creature.
106* KilledOffForReal: In ''4''.
107* LastWords: "Kate...don't...give up hope."
108* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance in ''2'' and the flashback scenes in ''4'' resembles Creator/HarrisonFord from ''Film/{{Frantic}}''.
109* ShutUpHannibal:
110** When Goldman gives a MotiveRant, James is having none of it asking him if that all he has to say. In fact, this carries on to the next game.
111** He also gives one to Zeal and the Magician.
112* TakingYouWithMe: He activates the self-destruct sequence of his PDA as he runs towards The World in order to kill it from beneath.
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Gary Stewart]]
116->"Someday, until an answer is found..."
117
118An AMS agent and James's partner during the 2000 Goldman case. Together, they stopped Goldman's plan to unleash the "Emperor", but fail to arrest Goldman.
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120* TheCameo: Appears in the final flashback of ''4''. He also appears in ''EX'' during the "Detective Zobiko" minigame.
121* {{Expy}}: Of Leon S. Kennedy from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' in terms of resemblance and role. Note that both are young and are newcomers to the agency they are working for.
122* FlatCharacter: Of the playable characters, he notably lacks any real character traits or personality.
123* HandCannon: His weapon appears to be an IMI Desert Eagle. Unfortunately, it functions as a basic pistol.
124* NaiveNewcomer: Implied to be one.
125* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: By mere coincidence, FBI Special John Agent Murphy (portrayed by actor [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338022/ Josh Green]]) from ''Film/{{Spiders}}'' closely resembles Gary with his suit on.
126* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ''The House of the Dead 4'' flashback aside, Gary has never appeared in later sequels, including ''III'', where it's unknown whether he survived the apocalypse or not.
127
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder:Harry Harris]]
131Another AMS agent sent to stop Goldman's citywide incident in 2000, and the partner of Amy Crystal.
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134* CoolShades: Never seen without his sunglasses.
135* RepetitiveName: His first and last name are almost identical.
136* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Humorously, some players have commented he resembles Creator/JeffGoldblum.
137* UniversalDriversLicense: He can drive boats and cars.
138* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the good ending, Thomas Rogan states that both Harry and G are alright, thus making him officially SavedByCanon for the rest of the game. However, he does not make future appearances in ''III'', ''4'', and ''Scarlet Dawn''.
139* WoundedHeroWeakerHelper: After being wounded by Strength, he's unable to travel to Goldman's headquarters and thus passes the task to James and Gary.
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141[[/folder]]
142
143[[folder:Amy Crystal]]
144A female AMS agent and the partner of Harry Harris.
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146* ActionGirl: She's no slouch with a gun.
147* BigBrotherInstinct: Has a big sister instinct towards Gary.
148* DamselInDistress: After Strength wounds Harry, both Harry and Amy are held hostage by the giant zombie armed with a chainsaw.
149%%* LadyInRed
150* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While implied to be alive after the events of the 2000 Goldman incident, her fate is unknown by the time of the World Collapse.
151[[/folder]]
152
153!! ''The House of the Dead III''
154[[folder:Dan Taylor]]
155[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dan_taylor.jpg]]
156 [[caption-width-right:320:"How many of these things are there!?"]]
157->"No one's responding."
158
159A member of Rogan's secret division. Was brought in for his tactical expertise in battle.
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161* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: Brought in for his tactical expertise, yet he dies to a surprise attack from Death.
162* WeHardlyKnewYe: Debuts and dies in Chapter 0.
163[[/folder]]
164
165[[folder:Lisa Rogan]]
166->"'Believe in yourself, Lisa.' I think I finally understand what that means now."
167->'''Voiced by:''' Brandy Collazo
168
169Thomas and Sophie's daughter. Goes to the EFI Research Facility in 2019, along with Rogan's former partner G, to find her father after he disappeared two weeks prior on a mission to put an end to the disaster that ruined the world.
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171* ActionGirl: The first female playable character in the series.
172%%zce* TheHeroine: Of ''III''.
173* LikeParentLikeChild: Takes after her zombie-slaughtering father far more than her DamselInDistress mother, despite her strained relationship with him.
174* NaiveNewcomer: She is barely in her twenties and is not an AMS agent on top of it. Still, she manages to kick a lot of zombie ass.
175* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Her weapon is a SPAS-12 shotgun.
176* SpinOffspring: Daughter of Thomas Rogan and Sophie Richards (Player 1 character and his then-fiancée in the first game, respectively).
177[[/folder]]
178
179[[folder:Daniel Curien]]
180->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Miller
181The son of Dr. Curien whose childhood illness inspired his father to research the essence of life and death, and ultimately go insane. Believes he bears the responsibility to put an end to the evils unleashed on the world by Curien in his name.
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183* AmbiguouslyEvil: While good on the whole (feeling the ZombieApocalypse is his duty to clean up as penance for the Curien name), he still seems to think highly of his (real) father and doesn't necessarily seem opposed to continuing the work of Dr. Curien if humanity gets too out of hand again.
184* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Should you get the bad ending in ''[=III=]''.
185* ApocalypseMaiden: The reason why the ZombieApocalypse occurred is because Curien wanted to cure his son from a terminal illness. It is implied he has Formula X within him and may turn into a zombie at any time, which he does if you get the above bad ending.
186* SinsOfOurFathers: He tells Lisa he is ready to bear the burden of his father's crime of starting the ZombieApocalypse.
187* SpinOffspring: Son of Dr. Curien, the BigBad of the first game.
188* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from sick to fighting off zombies in the final battle.
189* YoureNotMyFather: Daniel says this during the cutscene after the Wheel of Fate is defeated.
190[[/folder]]
191
192!! ''The House of the Dead 4''
193[[folder:Kate Green]]
194[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kate_trophy_image.png]]
195% [[caption-width-right:150:]]
196An AMS agent who assisted James Taylor in 2003. After she and James uncover Caleb Goldman's final plan, together they stop "The World" from coming to fruition. She later teams up with G in order to fight a newly-resurrected Magician. Three years later, Kate is assigned on a mission to Scarecrow Manor with Ryan, James' brother, where she uncovers a problem bigger than she faced years before.
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198* ActionGirl: The second playable female protagonist to be introduced in the series after Lisa.
199* TheCameo: As the ring girl in the "Detective Zobiko" minigame of ''EX''.
200* CombatStilettos: Always wears these.
201* DumbBlonde: Averted. While naive, she isn't completely stupid. In fact, she survived a brief period on her own before linking up with Agent G.
202* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: She wears a very fancy dress in ''Scarlet Dawn'' as part of a mansion party. It doesn't stop her from feeding lead to a veritable ZergRush of zombies.
203* LadyInRed: She seems to like red a lot. In ''4'', her AMS suit is predominantly red, while in ''Scarlet Dawn'', she wears a red dress.
204* MsFanservice:
205** In ''4'', she sports a classy-but-sexy leather miniskirt and boots, which accentuate her legs.
206** ''Scarlet Dawn'' ups the fanservice by having her wear a leg-exposing dress.
207* NaiveNewcomer: Said to be new to AMS and working her first case with James. She gets the hang of things quickly enough, though. By ''Scarlet Dawn'', she's got three more years of experience under her belt and serves as a senior agent to James' brother Ryan.
208* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her appearance in ''Scarlet Dawn'' resembles Creator/KeiraKnightley.
209* PluckyGirl: She tries her best to maintain a positive attitude despite all the dangers she and James face.
210* SayMyName:
211** She screams James' name moments before [[HeroicSacrifice he detonates the bomb to kill the World]].
212** She also screams Ryan's name before he stabs the Moon with a spear. HistoryRepeats, it seems.
213* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a big houndstooth pattern scarf. Kicks a lot of ass.
214* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her dress in ''Scarlet Dawn'' is backless, other than the translucent lace covering whatever her dress doesn't.
215[[/folder]]
216
217!! ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill''
218[[folder:Isaac Washington]]
219->'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Aroya
220A foul-mouthed detective with a troubled past, he joins up with Agent G when he learns that Papa Caesar, the man who murdered his father, was responsible for the outbreak of mutants. Loves to swear, [[SirSwearsALot a lot]].
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222
223* BadassBoast: Delivers one on G's behalf in the final chapter:
224--> "The 'G' stands for ''genocide'', motherfucker!"
225* BlaxploitationParody: His [[SirSwearsALot constant swearing]] is meant to parody stereotypical black career cops found in B-Movies.
226* BoisterousBruiser: Compared to G.
227* ClusterFBomb:
228** The game held the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness World Record]]'' for the most of them thanks to him.
229** Drops the act a little when faced with Clement, a [[ParentalIncest literal motherfucker]]. Clement is the one character that he does ''not'' call a "motherfucker". G points out the {{irony}} of this (see JerkWithAHeartOfGold below).
230* CoolCar: Otherwise known as his "pride and joy". Unfortunately, when he tries to offer G a ride in it, it [[EveryCarIsAPinto promptly]] blows [[StuffBlowingUp up]].
231* EekAMouse: Is not a big fan of insects. Pointed out after the battle against The Crawler.
232* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He establishes what kind of agent he is with the very first line of spoken dialogue (along with a punch straight to G's jaw):
233--> "What's up, ''[[SirSwearsALot motherfucker]]?''"
234* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The reason why he wasn't infected by the virus is that he was with his mother. Of course, he won't admit it.
235* EveryoneHasStandards:
236** PlayedForLaughs in the ending; even though practically every sentence he speaks has a few profanities or insults towards others, he stops to realize that the finale of his and G's mission carries some incidental anti-feminist undertones with "two dick-wielding cop cliches" putting down a "hundred-foot birthing mother" and that "the strongest female role model in this whole affair [Varla Guns] ain't much more than a [[BrainInAJar gherkin in a pickle jar]]."
237* GunsAkimbo: In cutscenes, at least.
238* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all the trash talk and swearing he does to everyone else, ''especially'' G, he has more of a heart than most would be led to believe. G points out that Isaac doesn't mean most of the things he says, hence why Isaac refuses to use the MF-word on Clement. What does G conclude? That Isaac sees G as a good friend. [[{{Tsundere}} Of course, Isaac won't admit it.]]
239* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's modeled after Common, an American rapper, in terms of design and personality.
240* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he confronts [[ParentalIncest literal motherfucker]] Clement Darling, Isaac ceases his usual act of [[ClusterFBomb dropping MF-bombs all over the place]].
241* ScaryBlackMan: A heroic example. He's tall, muscular, and very gruff, but is firmly committed to justice.
242* SirSwearsALot: Oh ''so'' much. As was famously said about him on WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation, he uses the word "Motherfucker" the same way most people would use a comma.
243* {{Tsundere}}: A ''[[ClusterFBomb very foul-mouthed one]]'', but by the end of the game, G notices it.
244* YouKilledMyFather: Towards Papa Caesar. Although in TheStinger of OVERKILL, Caesar says in a tape recording that Washington's father is still alive.
245[[/folder]]
246
247[[folder:Varla Guns]]
248->'''Voiced by:''' Sarah Connor
249An exotic dancer at the Pink Pussycat strip club and the sister of Dr. Jasper Guns. Despite hating her job, Varla worked to support her crippled brother and is furious when Agent G and Isaac kill him in self-defense. Realizing that Papa Caesar is ultimately responsible for her brother's death, she goes off on her own to seek revenge.
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251* ActionGirl:
252** In the original version, she tries to be one, but fails to make much of an impact.
253** However, the Extended Cut promotes her to a proper one, showing that she can kick as much mutant ass as G and Isaac. At least, until [[HeroicBSOD Candi dies.]]
254* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The game introduces Varla as "a '''v'''oluptuous '''v'''ixen '''v'''owing '''v'''iolent '''v'''engeance."
255* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Played for BlackHumor. She's still alive as a BrainInAJar, but is unable to do anything except continuing existing.]]
256* BrainInAJar: [[spoiler: After being captured, her brain is removed so Darling can use her body to host his mother's brain. But they never kill her and preserve her brain in a jar instead, apparently just to deal her a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
257* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a sizable bust that is emphasized by her cleavage, and even the narrator often comments on her "voluptuous" figure. [[spoiler:This gets {{Subverted|Trope}} and PlayedForLaughs by Darling's mother after she takes over Varla's body, as she still considers her tits to be "too small".]]
258
259* DamselInDistress: She's kidnapped by Papa Caesar and later by Warden Darling. [[spoiler:She's never rescued, and her body gets hijacked by Darling's mother while she gets to live as a BrainInAJar.]]
260
261* DisposableWoman: Discussed by Issac and G at the end of the game, as she's the only positive female character in the game and gets a FateWorseThanDeath. She does seem to exist mostly to [[MsFanservice provide fanservice]] and [[DamselInDistress motivation]].
262* {{Expy}}: She's both named after and closely resembles Tura Satana's character from ''Film/FasterPussycatKillKill''.
263* GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman: Slaps Candi after she lets out two {{Big No}}s.
264* HeroicBSOD: It's heavily implied the combined pain of Jasper's and Candi's deaths broke her far more than she let on, as she becomes a FauxActionGirl after that point of the game.
265* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Her drive for revenge led to her becoming a BrainInAJar. G claims that she's still alive.
266* ItsPersonal: She wants to avenge her little brother Jasper, and later Candi.
267* LustObject: G often expresses attraction towards her, even after she's a [[spoiler:BrainInAJar]].
268* MsFanservice: She's an attractive stripper with a sexualized design and a [[{{Stripperific}} fairly skimpy outfit]], and she's prone to be the focus of MaleGaze shots.
269* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She's modeled after Vikki Blows, an American glamor model, in terms of design.
270* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Varla hated the nightly need to demean herself when working at a strip club and dreamed of leaving Bayou City with Jasper, but she felt trapped.
271* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation throughout the game is to get revenge on Papa Caesar for what he did to her brother and Candi. It's safe to say that her fate determined she failed to avenge both her brother and Candi.
272* SupermodelStrut: In cutscenes, she walks with a cocky strut to her step.
273* TattooAsCharacterType: She has several tattoos on risque parts of her body, like her belly button, left breast and right bicep, illustrating her fanservicey ActionGirl.
274
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Candi Stryper]]
278Varla's co-worker at the Pink Pussycat strip club and Jasper's girlfriend. She joins Varla in her quest for revenge in the Extended Cut version of ''The House of the Dead: Overkill'', acting as Player 2 in Varla's exclusive levels.
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280* ActionGirl: She proves quite capable when fighting mutants, especially with Varla guiding her.
281* AnArmAndALeg: Her right arm gets cut off when Meat Katie's gigantic cleaver falls from the rafters of a slaughterhouse, resulting in her bleeding to death.
282* DumbBlonde: She has blonde hair and is not very bright, acting in an unheeding manner that could get her killed during a ZombieApocalypse.
283* DumbIsGood: She has the most innocent outlook among the cast of ''The House of the Dead: Overkill'', at least as innocent as one can be in a place such as Bayou City. Also, because of her obliviousness, she never panics despite hordes of mutants trying to kill her.
284* {{Foil}}: To her partner and co-worker Varla. Whereas Varla is serious, driven, and (relatively) smart, Candi is a cheerful, oblivious idiot. Despite this, Candi still [[ItsPersonal wants revenge on Papa Caesar as well because of her relationship with Jasper]].
285* GirlishPigtails: She wears her hair in twin pigtails.
286* HandicappedBadass: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. She wears a leg brace on her right leg, but this doesn't slow her down.
287* HeroOfAnotherStory: She only hears about Agent G and Isaac in passing from Varla and never gets to meet them.
288* LiteralMinded: Her understanding of words is too literal and Varla's sarcasm tends to fly over her head.
289** When Varla once sarcastically said, "Tell me something I DON'T know!", Candi started to talk about [[YouDoNotWantToKnow what Jasper liked during sex (or something close to it)]], forcing Varla to shut her up and get her focused.
290** When Candi was a little girl, her mother told her to say nothing if she had nothing nice to say. Because of this, would literally say "nothing" whenever she would otherwise swear. ("Nothing you, Varla Guns!")
291* LoveMakesYouDumb: Along with TooDumbToLive. After being left on the outskirts of Bayou City by Varla, Candi tried to hitchhike back to the city because she forgot Jasper's voice box at the Pink Pussycat. Unheeding the mutants roaming around, Candi wanted a reminder of her now-dead lover.
292* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Subverted. When amputated, she screams "Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!", which would be this trope, until the player remembers she is censoring her swearing.
293* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Like Varla, Candi has no love for working in a strip club, but still needed the money the club paid her.
294[[/folder]]
295
296!! ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn''
297[[folder:Ryan Taylor]]
298An AMS agent and James' younger brother. He is sent along with James' former partner, Kate, to attend a party at Scarecrow Manor, where he gets front seat to see just what his brother was up against all this time.
299----
300* BigBrotherWorship: In the Japanese subtitle, he calls James "aniki", which is a rough but very respectful way to call one's older brother (it's stereotyped as a honorific used by [[{{Yakuza}} gang members]] to call their male superiors).
301* DarkAndTroubledPast: One of the game's endings implies this. James might only be one of the many people he lost throughout the years.
302* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: He is fond of doing this.
303* HistoryRepeats: Ryan ends up having to risk his life to kill a final boss, just like his brother. Unlike James, he has a better luck and survives the deed.
304* LeeroyJenkins: Many times. It all culminates with the fight against Moon, where in desperation he picks the nearest spear visible and ''jumps from a multiple-stories building to stab the monster'' without a second thought. [[CrazyEnoughToWork It actually works]].
305* NaiveNewcomer: Judging by his dialogue and the reckless actions he does throughout the game, Ryan seems to be a recent recruit of the AMS.
306* RememberTheNewGuy: There was never any indication that James ever had a brother in the previous games, much less one who works in the same agency as he did.
307* WaistcoatOfStyle: The suit he wears at the party features this.
308[[/folder]]
309-----
310! Antagonists
311
312!! ''The House of the Dead''
313[[folder:Dr. Curien]]
314[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_curien_hotd1.png]]
315 [[caption-width-right:260:''"You... shall... all... die!"'']]
316->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Conner (''Remake'')
317
318->"I must admit, I really respect your consistency. But you will never, '''''EVER''''', defeat me! Say hello to my masterpiece!"
319
320A genetic engineer and ex-research director of the DBR Corporation. He sought removing the barrier between life and death to cure his ailing son Daniel, but is driven mad by his research. In 1998, he unleashes hostile creatures upon his research team, and is killed by his "masterpiece", Magician. His remains are brought to the EFI Research Facility, where, after twenty years, he is resurrected as the Wheel of Fate to destroy mankind. He is ultimately destroyed by Daniel and Lisa Rogan.
321
322----
323* BackFromTheDead: In the third game, he's resurrected as the Wheel of Fate.
324* BadBoss: After going insane, he watches gleefully as his undead creations proceed to massacre his own staff.
325* BigBad: Of the first and third game.
326* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's depicted with completely contrasting personalities in the first and third games, enough that first time players of the third game will probably be surprised to see the madman being suddenly depicted as a loving father trying to save his son's life. Probably justified, since he's pretty much gone off the deep end by the first game.
327* DeathByIrony: Is ultimately slain by the Magician, his self-proclaimed "masterpiece" just moments before the final battle with G and Rogan. The irony continues in ''III'', where his son, whose sickness was what drove him mad and made him dive into the genetic experiments that served as the catalyst for the events of the series, ends up being one of the ones to put an end to him for good by killing his resurrected form.
328* DrivenToVillainy: Implied in the original game, and explored in ''III''. He was just a normal scientist trying to solve the world's problems, but desperately sought a cure for his terminally-ill son. It cost him his coworkers and his sanity.
329* EvilutionaryBiologist: Averted, initially. He was actively seeking a cure for his son and, well, he did end up starting a ZombieApocalypse…
330* FinalBoss: Of ''III'', resurrected as the Wheel of Fate.
331* FreudianExcuse: He's not given one in the first game at all, and is simply depicted as a madman who seems hellbent on killing everyone and laughs at at Rogan and G's attempts to stop him. The third game depicts him in a much more sympathetic light, revealing that he was trying to discover a way to remove the barrier between life and death in order to save his son's life, but went insane as he went further into forbidden territory.
332* FriendlyEnemy: Towards the player in the third game's time attack mode, where he'll provide an analysis of your performance. He'll compliment you and encourage you to do better if you do well. Most of the time.
333* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Goes from trying to save his son and [[WasItReallyWorthIt questioning his actions when his staff objects]] to LaughingMad to seeking to destroy and resurrect everything.
334* LegacyCharacter: The Wheel of Fate.
335* LoveMakesYouEvil: His love for his son and desire for said son to be well causes his MadScientist gig.
336* MadScientist: Well, he is responsible for discovering how to make zombies.
337* NonActionBigBad: He only taunts you through the first game, getting killed by the Magician.
338* OhCrap: He is completely aghast when the Magician turns on him, thinking he had control of the now-sentient creature. He pays the ultimate price just moments after awakening him.
339* TheUnfought: In the first game. But not in the third.
340* ShoutOut: His name Curien is probably derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Curien Hubert Curien]], a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN Council (1994–1996).
341* SmugSnake: In the first game. He doesn't consider the AMS agents a threat to his plans and treats their struggle as if it were a game.
342* WorthyOpponent: He acknowledges Rogan and G as this when they manage to breach his lab, but is still confident in his ability to defeat them.
343[[/folder]]
344
345!! ''The House of the Dead 2''
346[[folder:Caleb Goldman]]
347[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caleb_goldman.png]]
348 [[caption-width-right:290:''"Dogs of the AMS. It's time they made a move."'']]
349->"Earth has evolved in a way so that it naturally regulates the population of any given species. Humans were once subject to this system, regardless of whether or not they knew it! Pandora's Box is opening..."
350
351The misanthropic head of a financial group, and an expert on the genome theory. Believes in regulating human populations to prevent Earth's destruction. Funds Dr. Curien's genetic research, and in 2000 unleashes hostile creatures upon an Italian city. He commits suicide after AMS agents destroy his creature, the Emperor. Three years later, he posthumously plants the seeds of destuction through a planned nuclear missile launch, as well as "Pandora's Box", a second plan in case the missiles do not launch.
352
353----
354* AmbiguouslyJewish: Goldman is an extremely common Ashkenazi surname, and Caleb likewise is an old-fashioned Biblical name. In-story, Goldman is initially portrayed as a CorruptCorporateExecutive (a Jewish stereotype), although you later find out that this is the ''least'' worrying problem about him.
355* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Should you get the "bad" ending in ''2'' and ''4''.
356* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Throws himself off the roof of his headquarters instead of surrendering to the AMS agents.
357* BigBad: Of ''2'' and ''4''.
358* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: His default pose as he sits behind his desk.
359* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Though not of the typical sort, using his vast power and knowledge to create zombies [[KnightTemplar in order to cleanse the world]].
360* EvilLaugh: "HMM HMM HMM HMM HMM. People of the AMS, I am Goldman."
361* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Goldman may have started a zombie apocalypse, he claims that he does not wish to destroy humanity outright, but merely reduce human populations in order to protect the environment. Thornheart lampshades this, calling Goldman "soft" towards humans.
362* FauxAffablyEvil: Frequently and mockingly calls the agents "friends" as they approach him, and calls Strength his "present" for them.
363* GaiasVengeance: What he wants to bring to fruition; or rather what he's trying to prevent. Goldman believes that if nature had its way, then all of humanity would have been destroyed.
364* GoneHorriblyWrong: In some way. By ''III'' Earth is covered in desolate wastelands ravaged by the ZombieApocalypse and what little we see seems devoid of growth and life, contrary to the goal of reestablishing a proper balance with nature that he sought through his works.
365* GreaterScopeVillain: Goldman has the most connections to the events of the series, being Curien's financier and eventually the one implied to set off the events that ravage society come ''III'' in addition to his role as direct antagonist in ''2'' and ''4''.
366* KnightTemplar: Rather than wanting just destruction, he wants human populations to be decreased so nature doesn't just up and kill everyone.
367* TheManBehindTheMan: Curien's main benefactor during the first game.
368* MisanthropeSupreme: Is sick and tired of humans wrecking the environment.
369* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Despite dying in ''House of the Dead 2'', he still sets numerous events in motion, as shown in ''House of the Dead 4''.
370* NonActionBigBad: He sits behind a desk during much of ''The House of the Dead 2'' while feeding the AMS agents to his various creatures. When James and Gary arrive, he simply directs their attention to the Emperor, and when they defeat it, [[DisneyVillainDeath he jumps off the building]].
371* PosthumousCharacter: In ''4''. Doesn't stop him from serving as the BigBad of the game.
372* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the bad ending of ''4'', his eyes start to glow red as he transforms into a zombie.
373* SinisterShades: Is always shown wearing sunglasses.
374* ThisIsTheFinalBattle: Says this before the battle with the [[FinalBoss Emperor]].
375* VillainousLegacy: His actions ensure zombies will continue to plague humanity long after his death in ''2''.
376* WellIntentionedExtremist: When humanity was plagued by increasing warfare, disease, and natural disaster, he saw these things as signs that humanity is on the brink of utter destruction. While his methods are without a doubt evil, he never wanted to exterminate mankind, but rather perform a culling of humans, in order to reign in what he saw as [[OverpopulationCrisis humanity's rampant breeding]]. Goldman concludes that while Pandora's boxes must be opened, there must be hope in order for humanity to survive. In the 4th game, his nuclear plot was a gambit to lure the AMS to the old DBR and stop The World from being released on humanity, as he was unable to do so himself.
377[[/folder]]
378
379!! ''The House of the Dead III''
380[[folder:Thornheart]]
381[[quoteright:272:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thornheart.png]]
382 [[caption-width-right:272:''"Curien, Goldman, it's time for humans to decide: extinction or evolution?"'']]
383->"Goldman, you are soft. These wretched humans have no need of hope. Soon the true end shall begin... There is more than one Pandora's Box."
384
385The mysterious owner of Scarecrow Manor, and an associate of both Curien and Goldman. Suffered a fatal disease and was believed to have been dead for years. He believes that the human mind is plagued beyond redemption, and with his previous associates out of the way, he launches his plan to destroy humanity to usher in a new evolution. Appears in endings for ''III'', ''4'', and ''4 Special'' before serving as the main antagonist of ''Scarlet Dawn''.
386----
387* BigBad: Of ''Scarlet Dawn''.
388* EvilCripple: His most defining feature is a limp.
389* TheFaceless: In the third game. Although he's seen in one of the endings for the fourth game, a trophy for the [=PS3=] port finally revealed him completely, and ''Scarlet Dawn'' does away with this trope entirely.
390* TheFundamentalist: Certainly has religious overtones. He brings up the SevenDeadlySins, his plan is called "Noah's Ark", and his base of operations resembles a large cathedral filled with stained-glass windows.
391* GreaterScopeVillain: Appeared to be working behind the scenes of the third and fourth games, and uses the research of Curien and Goldman to further his own goals.
392* HiddenVillain: Never encountered any of the heroes in person, until ''Scarlet Dawn'' established him as the main antagonist for the game.
393* KarmaHoudini: Currently the only ''House of the Dead'' villain to remain at large, if the ending of ''Scarlet Dawn'' and the third game are of any indication.
394* MisanthropeSupreme: Believes humans must be purged because of the corruption of the human mind. Although Goldman did believe in hope, Thornheart believes that humans are completely beyond it.
395* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Thornheart in ''Scarlet Dawn'' resembles actor Creator/JonVoight.
396* NoNameGiven: He was referred to as "The Mystery Man" by the fans before ''Scarlet Dawn'' revealed his name.
397* SavedByCanon: He survives the events of ''Scarlet Dawn'', as it takes place in 2006, 13 years before the third game where he first appeared.
398* SevenDeadlySins: He brings them up as his reason for wanting to destroy humanity and begin a new evolution.
399* ShoutOut: To the G-man from ''Half Life'', both in terms of mysteriousness and appearance.
400** His goal of Noah's Ark is similar to Alexander Isaac's apocalypse plan as seen in ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter''.
401* TheUnfought: In ''Scarlet Dawn''. He goes on a brief rant when the heroes approach him, before unleashing his ultimate creation on them and escaping.
402[[/folder]]
403
404!! ''The House of the Dead: OVERKILL''
405[[folder:Papa Caesar]]
406[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/papa_c_render.png]]
407 [[caption-width-right:350:''"We shall celebrate this tonight with take-out Chinese."'']]
408
409A crime lord and kingpin in Bayou City. He seemingly killed Isaac's father and was believed to have caused a 1991 mutant outbreak in the city, caused by experimentation with the war mutagen Formula X. In reality, he was an accomplice to prison warden Clement Darling.
410
411* BigBad: Who you're chasing throughout ''Overkill.'' It turns out he was working for Warden Darling.
412* DeadManWriting: While threatening Varla to take him to the Bayou City prison, he throws Isaac a cassette tape. While Isaac ignores the tape, it is picked up and eventually played by a concerned Agent G. In the tape, Caesar warns that Clement Darling, who discovered the mutant compound that caused the Bayou City outbreak, had "powerful friends" who likely have [[VillainousLegacy their own plans to use the compound]]. Caesar also reveals that Isaac's father is still alive.
413* EvilSoundsDeep: He's a deranged crime lord and pimp, and has a deep voice to reflect this.
414* FauxAffablyEvil: Adopts this tone around Isaac and the other heroes.
415* IHaveYourWife: He forces Jasper to work for him by threatening Varla.
416* IOwnThisTown: According to the ''Prelude to an Overkill'' comic, much of Bayou City is under Caesar's control. The fact that he owns a large sugar plantation and uses the local hospital and a slaughterhouse to house mutant experiments lend credence to this. It's also the reason why few people, such as Isaac and Varla, even think about crossing Papa Caesar, other than the fact that most of those who do tend to be tortured until they ''beg'' for death.
417* KarmicDeath: See KilledOffForReal below.
418* KickTheDog: How he treats Jasper (who, by the way, is paraplegic).
419* KilledOffForReal: He gets electrocuted by Warden Darling when he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlives his usefulness]].
420* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: According to his Chinese dinner analogy, describing it as the "sweet".
421* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's modeled after Creator/BurtReynolds in terms of design and voice.
422* ObviouslyEvil: And the [[LargeHam narrator]] couldn't make it more clear than this.
423* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Seen in how he treats Jasper.
424* RedHerring: He's set up to be the BigBad and for Washington to avenge his father's death, but Caesar dies more than halfway through the game.
425* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Likes Chinese food. [[ObviouslyEvil And pain.]]
426-->'''Caesar:''' "I enjoy pain. It's like a good Chinese dinner, you know? With the sweet, and the sour? Expanding on that analogy, I will smile with delight, that's the sweet, [[FauxAffablyEvil as you scream for your fucking life]]. [[ToThePain Of course, that's the sour]]. [[VillainExitStageLeft Ciao!]]"
427[[/folder]]
428
429[[folder:Clement Darling]]
430
431The psychotic warden of the Bayou County Correctional Facility and the true mastermind of the 1991 Bayou City mutant outbreak.
432
433* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In his case, though, it's a little ''too'' much.
434* {{Gonk}}: Those eyes and those teeth… uuuggh.
435* {{Hypocrite}}: His introduction cutscene has lecturing the protagonists on the importance of first impressions and how bad his first impression of them is (they had just come from the swamp and so smell bad, and they didn’t introduce themselves). He then relieves himself in front of them while going on some bizarre monologue about urine sloshing around in his bladder and fails to introduce himself.
436* TheManBehindTheMan: For Papa Caesar.
437* ParentalIncest: He does everything out of love for his mother, but it isn't familial love…
438* PsychopathicManchild: "I want my mommy!"
439* ShoutOut: His appearance is an expy to Sergei Dragunov from Namco's ''Tekken'' franchise, only while Sergei is played as something of a MrFanservice in his series, the Warden is… [[{{Gonk}} not]].
440* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He was the one who found the mutant compound under his prison, but just wanted to use it to extend his mother's life. Unfortunately, after his death, it got into the hands of Dr. Curien, and, [[ZombieApocalypse well…]]
441* VillainousBreakdown: Goes through a rather calm one after Mother's death.
442* VillainousLegacy: TheStinger notes he had "powerful friends" who had access to his compound, revealing that his work enabled all the subsequent conflicts, and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the eventual collapse of the world]], in the franchise long after his death.
443[[/folder]]
444
445----
446! Bosses
447[[folder:General]]
448* AttackItsWeakPoint: They all have a specific weak spot, although some aren't always shown in their introduction. Special note goes to the Magician, who, despite showing up three different times as a boss, has the exact same weakness every time.[[note]]The pulsating red tissue on his arms and legs.[[/note]] In ''2'', they even know how to deal with him because of the data gathered from the first battle (though for whatever reason, this information isn't available again when you fight him in ''4 Special'').
449* NoticeThis: Regardless of whether or not their weakpoints are shown, there's usually some sort of visual cue that lets you know about it during battle. In extreme cases (such as with The Tower), a giant crosshair will shine on-screen to indicate them. The main exception to this mostly revolves around the final bosses, their weaknesses listed as "unknown", though for most of them, they're still pretty obvious.
450* ThemeNaming: Many of them are named after [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards]], with The Devil being the only one absent; the only exceptions are Yukio and the ''Overkill'' bosses.
451* YouAreNumberSix: Each main series boss has a numerical designation and a Tarot-based code name. The exceptions are [[GratuitousGreek the Emperor, Type α, and the World, Type β]]. The Moon and the High Priestess from ''Scarlet Dawn'' also don't have their types revealed, although presumably The Chariot and The Hangedman retain their type number from their previous appearances in the series.
452[[/folder]]
453
454!! ''The House of the Dead''
455[[folder:Chariot (Type 27)]]
456[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chariot_form_1.jpg]]
457 [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Chariot in Scarlet Dawn]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chariot_sp.png [[/labelnote]]]]
458A large mutant wearing an armored suit and carrying a bardiche. He is the first boss fought in the first game, and later returns as a boss in ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn''.
459----
460* AdaptationalBadass: He's noticeably more relentless in the remake, where shooting his weak point only pushes him back slightly, requiring you to ''really'' nail those shots to delay him from attacking you.
461* AttackItsWeakPoint: The full body armor it wears makes it impervious… except for the very obvious gap in its chest. Once it breaks down, though, every part of its body is susceptible. The Chariot in ''Scarlet Dawn'' doesn't have a hole in its armor, and therefore doesn't have a weak point; you have to ''make'' one with a rocket launcher.
462* TheDeadCanDance: He has a very odd gyrating walk cycle that makes it seem like he's dancing as he fights you. It's never clear why, although the way he uses these movements to smoothly wind up his slashes in ''Scarlet Dawn'' suggests it's some kind of rhythmic battle stance.
463* GasMaskMooks: Its metal helmet is modeled after a gas mask.
464* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', going along with its extremely high body temperature.
465* GrievousHarmWithABody: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', it announces itself by tossing corpses at you.
466* HeroKiller: The first time you meet it, it strikes Sophie (whom it holds hostage) off the room with his bardiche. If you get the normal or bad endings, Sophie then dies or gets turned into a zombie after this.
467* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', after his boss fight, his own axe will slide down and chop his neck, delivering the coup de grace.
468* ImmuneToBullets: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', The Chariot's armor lacks the conspicuous gap and therefore it can't be damaged. Fortunately, it's not immune to an RPG to the face.
469* KingMook: Unlike every other boss in the series, after it loses its armor, it's essentially a giant zombie with more health. Its only remaining gimmick after that is that once you strip a part of him to the bone, it stops taking damage.
470* MeaningfulName: While at first it doesn't look like it, Chariot (the tarot card) in Japanese reads as "Sensha", which means both War Chariot and Tank, which probably explains his heavily armored body.
471* MyBloodRunsHot: Unlike in its original incarnation, The Chariot in ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn'' has flesh that glows bright red with heat underneath its armor, to the point that steam rises out between the gaps.
472* PaletteSwap: It was given green skin in later releases of the first game in order to differentiate it from the standard zombies.
473* ShedArmorGainSpeed: In both of its appearances, it moves significantly faster once it's lost its armor.
474* StrippedToTheBone: What happens to him as you shoot him after his TurnsRed phase.
475* TacticalSuicideBoss: Played with. When it suffers enough damage, it breaks out of its armor... So now it's vulnerable everywhere, but if you only shoot the same spot over and over, he'll stop taking damage, so you ''must'' shoot pretty much every part of his body.
476* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', Chariot returns as a much, much stronger boss with a significantly tougher armored skeleton. While bullets were enough to plink off his armor in the first game, it now takes an ''RPG'' to blow off enough of his armor to get at his vulnerable flesh, and even then, his attacks have become much more difficult to dodge and he's gained far more of them, like flinging projectiles at you with his bardiche.
477* WarmUpBoss: In ''House of the Dead I'', his easy-to-hit weak point lets him be an easy introduction to how the game's bosses work. In ''Scarlet Dawn'', he TookALevelInBadass, so this trope no longer applies.
478[[/folder]]
479
480[[folder:Hangedman (Type 041)]]
481->"I'll crush your foolish hope underfoot. You two are ''going down next!''"
482[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hangedman_flashback.jpg]]
483 [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Hangedman in Scarlet Dawn]] [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hangedman_sd.png]][[/labelnote]]]]
484->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Conner (''Remake'')
485
486A mutant bat/human hybrid who kidnaps Rogan's girlfriend and later attacks him and G on the roof. He's the second boss of the first game. He later returns as a boss in ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn''.
487----
488* BatOutOfHell: He can command a flock of zombie bats.
489* TheBeastmaster: He can control and attack with zombie bats, though halfway through the battle, he will ditch them and fight Rogan and G personally.
490* BirdPeople: More so in its original appearance, where it possessed a clear beak. In ''Scarlet Dawn'', it possesses a flat bat-like mouth instead.
491* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Sounds like he ingested too much helium.
492* DeathFromAbove: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', he will drop objects such as broken pillars and gasoline cans onto Kate and Ryan.
493* DisneyVillainDeath: Does this to two of Curien's scientists by picking them up in his talons and dropping them from several stories up. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard However, he later suffers the same fate. Three times.]]
494* EvilLaugh: A very high-pitched and very evil laugh.
495* FlunkyBoss: In the first phase, he hangs back and attacks by summoning a swarm of zombie bats. If Hangedman himself is shot enough times at this point, the bats all drop out of the air and die at once, causing him to attack. In ''Scarlet Dawn'', he sends the bats in different directions to confuse the agents about where the bats will attack from.
496* FlyCrazy: He flies quickly and somewhat erratically in battle.
497* ForTheEvulz: When you reach him, he drops a couple scientists to their deaths for no reason. Unlike other zombies, he's intelligent, so he clearly enjoys this.
498* KickTheDog: The Hangedman's aforementioned killing of two of Curien's scientists by dropping them to their deaths.
499* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: At the beginning of the first level, it grabs Sophie in front of the agents and flies away with her in its claws.
500* NightVisionGoggles: While not very apparent on its in-game model, the official artwork shows that it wears goggles with long lenses that stick out in the front.
501* PlayingWithFire: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', during the second half of his boss fight, The Hangedman sets fire to a rooftop area with gasoline and uses his wings to take advantage of the flames, such as using the flames to partially hide his low swooping attacks or using his wings to fan the flames in the agents' direction. Luckily, Kate and Ryan find [[ContrivedCoincidence fire-extinguishing grenades]] in a small rooftop shed.
502* RecurringBoss: He harries you in the first two levels, serves as the boss of level two, and gets a brief rematch in before the final boss.
503* StockSoundEffects: His laugh can also be heard in ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''.
504* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', he is much stronger than before. The Hangedman demonstrates this by picking up a helicopter with his feet and throwing it onto a nearby tower, wrecking it. This also emphasizes his desire to make sure that no one leaves alive. He is now also resistant to fire, enabling him to use a rooftop fire to his advantage in a fight.
505* WingedHumanoid: His bat wings let him fly.
506* WreathedInFlames: In ''Scarlet Dawn'', he accidentally sets himself on fire, but remains mostly unharmed due to his new resistance to fire. In this state, The Hangedman continues to attack Kate and Ryan with power dives.
507[[/folder]]
508
509[[folder:Hermit (Type 6803)]]
510[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hermit_8.jpg]]
511
512A giant, spider crab-like zombie that is summoned by Curien as a distraction for Rogan and G while he escapes down to his laboratory, and tries to kill the duo with its massive claws, web projectiles, and crawling speed. The third boss of the first game. Notably the only boss in the game, sans the Magician, who does not appear again ''at all'', either in-game or in the franchise.
513----
514* AbnormalAmmo: In the second stage of the fight, it fires web balls at you from a distance.
515* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Hermit is fought inside a maintenance tunnel that's somehow big enough to accommodate it and an entire elevator system leading to Curien's laboratory.
516* AdaptationalBadass: It's noticeably much more formidable in the remake, where it takes cues from Justice and covers its weakpoint while advancing towards you to attack, and also takes more shots to put down.
517* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Inverted, Rogan has to push it back down a corridor, forcing it back with each shot.
518* BoomHeadshot: Its head is its weak point, but as the fight goes on, it will cover it up with its front legs as it closes in. It notably sprays gore when it's finally killed, and there's even [[http://pre08.deviantart.net/50af/th/pre/f/2014/295/0/2/house_of_the_dead_hermit_damaged_by_house_of_the_dead-d83s35d.jpg a bit of official art]] showing a close-up of the creature with [[{{Gorn}} its head partially-blown open]].
519* TheBusCameBack: It wouldn't be until 2019 and the surprise appearance of Dr. Curien in ''VideoGame/SegaHeroes'' that Hermit would reappear, as one of Curien's attacks.
520* DeadlyLunge: Its main form of attack involves it crawling quickly toward you and lunging with its claws.
521* GetBackHereBoss: After the first stage of the battle — in which it attacks from the upper part of the maintenance tunnel — Hermit drops down into the lower section with a screech, requiring you to go in afterward to kill it properly.
522* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Curien just sics it on you with ''no'' prior hints at its existence. However, it does make sense that this would be the case, given that he was using it to distract you whilst he escaped back to his laboratory.
523* GiantSpider: A giant ''zombie'' spider, albeit with elements (most notably, its armor and claws) from spider crabs, as well as a slightly unusual, elongated body.
524* HoldTheLine: Hermit performs a villainous version of this for Curien; preventing Rogan and G from pursuing him while he escapes back to his main laboratory.
525* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: It's enormous, and crawls unnervingly fast for a creature of its size.
526* KilledOffForReal: Given that it's the only previous boss who is not fought again in the final chapter, it can be assumed that unlike Chariot and Hangedman, it stayed dead after being killed.
527* PutOnABus: As of ''Scarlet Dawn'', Hermit is the only boss to not reappear in another main series game — the Magician has reappeared several times since the original game, and both Chariot and Hangedman return as bosses in ''Scarlet Dawn'' itself.
528* WolverineClaws: Has very large forked claws on its front legs that it, of course, uses to slash with.
529[[/folder]]
530
531[[folder:Magician (Type 0)]]
532[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magician_1.png]]
533[[caption-width-right:260:[[labelnote:Magician in House of the Dead 2]]\
534https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magician_type_0_reborn.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
535[[caption-width-right:260:[[labelnote:Magician in House of the Dead 4 Special]]\
536https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magician_the_house_of_the_dead_4_special.png[[/labelnote]]]]
537->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Okawa (''Remake'')
538
539->"''Who are you? Nobody gives me instructions! I shall destroy everything!''"
540
541Curien's most powerful creation, which is a mutant with [[PlayingWithFire fire control]] and psychic powers. The fourth ([[FinalBoss and final]]) boss of the first game. He later serves as the fifth boss of the second game, and the second (and once again final) boss of ''The House of the Dead 4 Special''.
542----
543* AchillesHeel: His right shin, left calf, right forearm, and left upper arm are exposed to gunfire. Perhaps the only final boss in the series where despite the weak point being listed as 'unknown,' the weak point isn't blindingly obvious.
544* AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged, as he already was a formidable boss, but the remake nerfed his SuperSpeed, though he also uses his ultimate attack at ''much'' earlier instances during the fight.
545* AssKickingPose: His standard pose before and during a fight is a sort-of-but-not-really BadassArmfold, as seen in the image.
546* BodyHorror: Though he is resurrected in ''The House of the Dead 2'', his body apparently stays rotten as it was, because there are visible ''maggots'' surrounding it.
547* BreakoutVillain: The Magician has proven to be very popular among fans, and has appeared in most games in the main series as a boss. He also makes cameo appearances in ''The House of the Dead III'' and ''4'' as a bonus item that can be shot for extra points.
548* FinalBoss: Of the original game and ''4 Special''.
549* GetBackHereBoss: The Magician moves around. ''[[FlashStep A lot.]]'' You don't actually need to run around (since your character's stuck in a stationary position), but the general feeling is there.
550* HornedHumanoid: To go with the satanic appearance.
551* HumanoidAbomination: He's a skinless (though armored), demonic, fire-spewing monster.
552* ItCanThink: He's one of the few mutants in the series to display capacity for intelligent thought, as well as some sort of independent ego. Curien found out the hard way.
553* LegacyBossBattle: Especially strange, considering his first appearance had him kill his creator. Goldman was apparently able to fix this problem for all future incarnations.
554* {{Leitmotif}}: He keeps the same battle theme in all of his appearances.
555* LightningBruiser: He's incredibly agile, hits hard, and can take large amounts of punishment.
556* PlayingWithFire: His main attacks are fireballs and fiery claw swipes, and his ultimate attack is a literal rain of fire.
557* PowerFloats: Levitates above the ground at all times.
558* PreAsskickingOneLiner: He seems rather fond of these:
559--> ''(in the first game)'' "Who are you? [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Nobody gives me instructions!]] I shall destroy everything!" \
560''(in ''2'')'' "I've been waiting for this time to come. You have no future: either I get you or The Emperor will. Either way, your fate is in OUR hands!" \
561''(in ''4 Special'')'' "Welcome, my AMS friends! I have been waiting for this moment for some time. Now you shall have a taste of the pain that I have endured!"
562* PurpleIsPowerful: He radiates a purple glow in ''4 Special''.
563* SimpleYetAwesome: In ''Typing'', he doesn't need pop quizzes, long paragraphs, or turning off your typing every few seconds to be deadly. Instead, his gimmicks are just making you type very quickly, and for the first half of his fight in particular, typing quickly ''without making any mistakes''.
564* SuperSpeed: Either this or TeleportSpam. Especially in ''4 Special'', where the camera has trouble keeping up with him.
565* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: His first words are announcing he will not obey any orders, and then it kills Curien.
566* UnexplainedRecovery: For ''The House of the Dead 2'', and ''again'' for ''The House of the Dead 4 Special''.
567** Gets explained (sort of) if you fail to stop his last-ditch attack in ''The House Of The Dead 4 Special''; he summons a '''''legion''''' of clones of himself, [[NonStandardGameOver and the game just ends there without even letting you TRY to fight them off]].
568* WolverineClaws: Huge, sharp ones that can easily do just as much damage as his fireballs.
569[[/folder]]
570
571!! ''The House of the Dead 2''
572[[folder:Judgment (Type 28)]]
573->"I've already taken care of G, this is only the beginning!"
574[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/judgement.jpg]]
575
576A small imp (Zeal) and a living suit of Armor (Kuarl), who are met in an unnamed Italian city by James and Gary. It's the first boss in ''The House of the Dead 2''.
577----
578* AchillesHeel: Kuarl is fully dependent on Zeal. If Zeal takes enough damage, Kuarl will fall.
579* AnimatedArmour: It's unknown if Kuarl is this trope, or there's a mass of undead inside that armor.
580* BigGuyLittleGuy: Kuarl is the big guy while Zeal is the little guy.
581* BrainsAndBrawn: Zeal hides behind the hulking Kuarl and barks orders. Of course, after Kuarl dies, Zeal can still fly up to you and scratch your face off.
582* CallingYourAttacks: "Go, Kuarl!" Conveniently, the normally mobile Zeal holds still while calling the attack, giving you a perfect opportunity to interrupt it by shooting him.
583* CherryTapping: Kuarl isn't completely invincible and his health can be slowly chipped away with rapid fire. As a bonus, Zeal will often fly right into your line of fire.
584* DualBoss: Technically, but they tend to attack one at a time.
585* {{Expy}}: Of The Hangedman (Zeal) and The Chariot (Kuarl).
586* FragileSpeedster: Zeal moves very quickly when he's on the attack, but he takes a lot of damage whenever he is hit anywhere.
587* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
588--> '''Zeal:''' "Seems like my advice had no effect. Suffer like G did!"
589** Zeal gains another one during the second encounter:
590--> '''Zeal:''' "Sir Goldman has given me a second chance. [[YouShallNotPass Don't even think you can get past me!]]"
591* RecurringBoss: You fight them again in the second-to-last level.
592* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: [[AvertedTrope Kuarl is an example where this trope doesn't work.]] Mainly because he doesn't have a head!
593* ScratchDamage: You can lower their health by shooting at Kuarl, but doing so depletes his health at such a slow rate that you're better off focusing on Zeal -- although it's also a valid strategy for attacking Zeal, since his erratic flight pattern frequently places him directly in front of Kuarl, where you're likely to catch him in the crossfire.
594* Synchronization: Their movements are synched with each other's. Shooting Zeal will make him - and Kuarl - stagger backwards, and in fact you can only cancel Kuarl's attacks by aiming for Zeal.
595[[/folder]]
596
597[[folder:Hierophant (Type B 05)]]
598An aquatic reptilian zombie armed with a trident. The second boss of the second game.
599[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hierophant.jpg]]
600----
601* AchillesHeel: Its chest opens on a regular basis to expose its heart.
602* BadBoss: Implied to be this when if you reach Sunset Bridge, it destroys it with some of its fellow zombies.
603* TheBeastmaster: Like the Hangedman, he seems to have some form of control over Zombie Piranhas.
604* FishPeople: More like amphibian people, but the idea is there.
605* FlunkyBoss: He'll summon [[PiranhaProblem piranhas]] to attack you as backup.
606* KingMook: In a way, he can be considered this to the "aquatic" green mutants encountered earlier.
607* InASingleBound: That guy can do some amazing jumps.
608* ProngsOfPoseidon: He's an aquatic zombie who fights with a wicked-looking trident.
609* UnexplainedRecovery: As you're about to reach Goldman's Tower, he destroys the bridge again and fights you.
610* WarmUpBoss: His weak point is fairly obvious and pretty easy to hit, knocking him back.
611[[/folder]]
612
613[[folder:Tower (Type 8000)]]
614[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tower_1.jpg]]
615A Hydra-like mutant who dwells in the sewers of an unnamed Italian city. The third boss of the second game.
616----
617* HydraProblem: Averted. The boss has several snake heads, but destroying one won't make another respawn. Instead, you just need to hunt for the blue-colored one (which seems to be the actual Tower, since once you take them all down, you will have another showdown with just it).
618* ManBitesMan: Or "zombie snake bites man" as the case may be, but this is the Tower's only form of attack. Shooting one of the serpents in the mouth as it winds up a bite will stop the attack cold, though.
619* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Apparently based on Dragons, it's an eyeless serpentine monster with large fangs and a segmented body.
620* ThePawnsGoFirst: In the initial fight, only the four red serpents attack during the Tower's first phase. Once they go down and the second phase begins, then the blue one fights you. In the second encounter, the blue head attacks alongside the others.
621* PopQuiz: In ''The Typing of the Dead''. You get a question and have to type one of three answers. Type the wrong answer and it's -1 life.
622* RecurringBoss: The Tower is fought twice in a row in level 3, and you have to fight the whole monster again (phase 1 only) in the final level in Goldman's laboratory.
623* SandWorm: If you choose the right path, the second stage of the battle has the large blue worm burrow through a large sand pit arena. Otherwise, she'll simply swim across a flooded catacomb.
624* StationaryBoss: For the first part of the battle. After killing all the red heads, the blue one will slither away.
625* StockScream: Its roars are familiar. Specifically, they're stock roars first used in Film/KingKong1976.
626* TurnsRed: After losing her four red heads.
627* WakeUpCallBoss: Adds a second phase with a harder to hit weak point, upping the ante.
628* WolfpackBoss: It's never clarified whether it's a single creature with multiple heads or a collection of five separate creatures. However, as the blue serpent slithers away by itself after the others are killed, the latter is more likely.
629[[/folder]]
630
631[[folder:Strength (Type 205)]]
632[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strength_9.jpg]]
633A huge, chainsaw-wielding brute fought in a Coliseum. The fourth boss of the second game.
634----
635* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Chases you through a labyrinth, sometimes jumping over walls or smashing through them to surprise you.
636* BoomHeadshot: His weak point. However, opportunities to shoot him in the head are rare due to him always holding his chainsaw in front of it.
637* TheBrute: Doesn't do anything particularly fancy, it just chases you, jumping off of or smashing through walls to get at you.
638* ChainsawGood: His weapon is a '''huge''' chainsaw with the word BLAME etched on both sides of the blade.
639* ClimaxBoss: Much tougher than the previous bosses, he's fought in a Coliseum before heading for the final stage itself, and he's the only mutant boss of the game who's not brought back by Goldman in the final levels.
640* TheDeterminator: He won't stop coming until he's dead.
641* {{Expy}}: To [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]. Doubles as a ShoutOut.
642* HeroKiller: Severely, and possibly fatally, wounds Harry.
643[[/folder]]
644
645[[folder:Emperor (Type α)]]
646[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emperor_6.jpg]]
647->"I am... I am... [[GaiasVengeance I am the one...who rules over nature...I shall destroy...and hate mankind....]] I am... the Emperor!"
648A humanoid being made of shape-shifting fluid, and Goldman's last creature. The sixth (and final) boss of the second game.
649----
650* AllYourPowersCombined: Copies several previous bosses to fight you.
651* BlobMonster: A constantly-shifting humanoid liquid being.
652* DragonInChief: Goldman's entire plan revolved around this creature, and once it goes down he's ruined.
653* FinalBoss: Of the second game.
654* HumanoidAbomination: A translucent, horned, shape-shifting blob of liquid with a visible organic heart.
655* LightIsNotGood: Unlike other mutants, the Emperor resembles a shiny, silvery humanoid being that is glowing slightly, but is much worse than all of them combined.
656* PopQuiz: In ''The Typing of the Dead'', he parodies the format that The Tower used three chapters ago, using questions with silly answers. This time, ''all three answers'' to each question are considered correct, although they influence which of the MultipleEndings you get.
657* PredecessorVillain: Literally. He and The World are both parts of the same experiment, but The Emperor was released too early so Goldman can show off, as a beta test. His defeat thus prevents the protagonists from discovering that Goldman had in fact built ''another'' being…
658* RoboSpeak: "I am... I am..."
659* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Since he's made of molten metal, much like the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]].
660[[/folder]]
661
662!! ''The House of the Dead III''
663[[folder:Death (Type 0011)]]
664[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotdiii_death.jpg]]
665A huge skull-faced mutant dressed as a security guard and armed with a club. He'll chase G and Lisa for two levels. One of the bosses in the third game.
666----
667* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Unlike other bosses, which are usually fought at the end of the level, Death keeps chasing G and Lisa into the building and across the corridors, smashing obstacles in his way to get at them.
668* TheBrute: Another large, muscular zombie, now as a series tradition.
669* CarryABigStick: With skulls embedded in it.
670* ChainedByFashion: He has chains wrapped around his torso.
671* ClothingDamage: At low health, [[HatDamage he loses his hat]].
672* {{Determinator}}: Won't stop at anything to get to G and Lisa.
673* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in the opening sequence, where he knocks Thomas Rogan down, but is stopped by Curien's son.
674* FacialHorror: If you utilize his weak point (his face, obviously) enough, by the time he finally goes down, what little flesh his face had is gone, and is reduced to a bloody, eyeless skull.
675* ImplacableMan: The only boss that you fight twice and relentlessly smashes through cement walls, shrugs off bullets, and at one point bursts out of the ground to kill you.
676* {{Irony}}: He's the first boss seen in the game, and he's the hardest to kill in the whole game.
677* LevelInBossClothing: Unlike other bosses in the game, Death is fought for the entire duration of the levels where he appears, instead of only showing up at the end. Said levels have you alternate between fending off Death and fighting lesser zombies.
678* RecurringBoss: Fights you across two stages.
679[[/folder]]
680
681[[folder:Fool (Type 0028)]]
682[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fool_6.jpg]]
683A mutated giant sloth who resides in a well-like cage inside the building. One of the bosses in the third game.
684----
685* AnimalsNotToScale: Normal sloths reach around two and half feet long at the biggest. The Fool, however, appears to be roughly the size of a grizzly bear, which makes its speed all the more alarming as it closes in on you.
686* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: A sloth.
687* CherryTapping: You can slowly tick away at its health by shooting it in the chest, even when it's not actively chasing you.
688* CollapsingCeilingBoss: Said "ceiling parts" being the corpses hanging from it.
689* {{Determinator}}: Even when it can only hang by one foot, it will make a flying leap for you.
690* GrievousHarmWithABody: Can shower you with his former meals. Aka Corpses.
691* LightningBruiser: The mutation process seems to have made it far larger and faster than the average sloth would be.
692* LogicalWeakness: Its weak spots aren't its head, but its feet. By shooting them down, it becomes unable to cling on the cage, and plummets to its death.
693* SlasherSmile: A permanent bare grin of sharp fangs.
694* TurnsRed: When it has one functional limb left, it will attack by jumping straight at you, and you have all of one second to unload an entire clip's worth of bullets. Or [[MultiplayerDifficultySpike two in a 2-player game]] (meaning both players each must hit it with an entire clip).
695* WallCrawl: The Fool can crawl along the sides of its cage faster than you can run away — if you don't hit its weak points in time, it will always catch up to you before too long.
696* WolverineClaws: It has long claws for clinging onto the cage as well as for slashing you apart.
697[[/folder]]
698
699[[folder:Sun (Type 8830)]]
700[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sun_3.jpg]]
701A mutant giant plant with many tentacle-like roots and human faces on its stalk. One of the bosses in the third game.
702----
703* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: You see its roots and tentacles all over the place, but meet it later in the level.
704* BulletSeed: One of its attacks at low health shoots a burst of spiked seeds into the air.
705* DamageSpongeBoss: To offset its immobility and large weak points, the Sun can take much more punishment than most other bosses.
706* {{Expy}}: Resembles Plant 42 from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
707* FantasticFlora: It's a genetically mutated tree with spiked spores, giant fanged protrusions, and killer vines.
708* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: The entire first half of the stage is filled with vines and plant life, some of which try to attack you. ''All'' of this vegetation is part of the Sun, making it one of the largest bosses in the series in terms of total biomass.
709* ManEatingPlant: Not that many reasons why a zombie plant is trying to kill a person.
710* {{Planimal}}: It seems to be mostly plant-like, but it also has a ring of human faces in its trunk, and it has three buds that open to release large, Xenomorph-esque heads.
711* StationaryBoss: One of the few bosses in the series that doesn't move from its spot, justified because it's a tree.
712* VineTentacles: It will sic them on you [[{{Foreshadowing}} before you even know what they're attached to]].
713* WhenTreesAttack: It resembles a large tree, although the skulls embedded into its trunk suggest human remains were used in its creation.
714* VoiceOfTheLegion: The moans and vocalizations it makes have this effect, as if the many faces on its trunk are wailing in unison.
715[[/folder]]
716
717[[folder:Yukio]]
718->"We're humanity's last hope! We cannot lose!"
719A military commando who took part in the botched raid on the [=EFI=] Research Facility alongside Thomas Rogan and Dan Taylor. After being killed by the biologically-engineered creatures in the opening cutscene, his reanimated corpse is encountered as a miniboss before the final battle against the Wheel of Fate.
720----
721* AllThereInTheScript: He isn't named during the game, but his in-game data and his entry in ''The House of the Dead III Perfect Guide'' reveals it to be Yukio.
722* {{Determinator}}: It takes his entire torso being blasted to bits to finally put him down.
723* DualWielding: Wields a knife in each hand like the other Rogan Commandos.
724* EvilSoundsDeep: His corpse's voice has a heavy filter applied to it (which makes the line above hard to discern from Daniel's line).
725* {{Foreshadowing}}: He's the first of the Rogan Commandos to die to the creatures, and the rest of his comrades have been appearing as enemies.
726* {{Irony}}: He's one of the first characters seen in the game who dies in the opening cutscene, and his corpse ends up being one of the last non-boss enemies.
727* MiniBoss: His corpse is a stronger version of the Rogan Commando enemy.
728* TurnsRed: His agility increases as he gets shot down each time.
729* VerbalTic: Each time he gets up, he says "[[AndThisIsFor That was for my buddies!]]" ''Even after his head's been blasted off.''
730[[/folder]]
731
732[[folder:Wheel of Fate (Type 0000)]]
733[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e4f0280ebbf2f87463cacf42890a050a.jpg]]
734[[caption-width-right:206:I shall destroy everything… and resurrect everything.]]
735Curien's ultimate creation/transformation, it is a cybernetic monster surrounded by a metal ring. It manipulates electricity to fight. It's the final boss of the third game, and is actually Dr. Curien himself.
736----
737* ChromeChampion: His entire body seems to be composed of chrome metal. He has [[SpikesOfVillainy spines]] on his forearms and a sun emblem on his chest.
738* DefeatEqualsExplosion: The Wheel of Fate explodes upon defeat.
739* FinalBoss: The ultimate threat to humanity itself — or what's left of it.
740* TheGambler: Keeping with his namesake's traits of fortune and chance, he will spin his ring around to randomly select from a handful of attacks to use on you, some of which are much harder to stop than others.
741* GoldenSuperMode: Gains one when on his last legs.
742* HumanoidAbomination: Bonus points for previously being human.
743%%* IcyBlueEyes
744* OneWingedAngel: Of Curien.
745* RealityWarper: Turns the surrounding laboratory into some kind of cyberspace-like dimension just before the fight.
746* RingsOfDeath: Is surrounded by a large metal ring made from the metal of his stasis tube. He can use it to attack you directly or fire electrical projectiles at you. The ring also acts a revolving shield, blocking your bullets if you shoot at the wrong time.
747* RoboSpeak: His voice seems to be mechanized, especially compared to his voice when he was alive.
748* ShockAndAwe: He has power over electricity, and whichever attack he uses depends on a "spin of the wheel".
749* WasOnceAMan: Is / Was Dr. Curien himself.
750* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is to "destroy everything and resurrect everything," and laments the planet's overpopulation upon defeat.
751[[/folder]]
752
753!! ''The House of the Dead 4''
754[[folder:Justice (Type 0053)]]
755[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_124.jpg]]
756A huge, four-armed mutant that chases Kate and James in the sewers. The first boss of ''The House of the Dead 4'' and ''The House of the Dead 4 Special''. He also appears as the first boss of ''The House of the Dead EX'', though instead of defeating him, you need to shoot his bad teeth.
757----
758* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Viciously gives chase across the sewers, trying to grab Kate and James on the way.
759* ChainedByFashion: Has huge chains and manacles on each of his ankles and four wrists. It's likely that he was restrained in Pandora's Box and the first thing he did upon activation was break free.
760* DivingKick: One of his two attacks is basically a flying stomp.
761* FeedItABomb: His weak spot is his mouth. Chucking a grenade in there will instantly cancel whatever attack he's using.
762* GrappleMove: The other of its two attacks is to grab the characters and attempt to lick them.
763* ImMelting: When James and Kate kill it, Justice melts into nondescript goo.
764* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Four giant, muscular, ape-like arms. However, it doesn't do anything special with them.
765* OverlyLongTongue: Lets its tongue dangling out of its mouth.
766* RecurringBoss: Fought twice, both times at the beginning of the ''The House of the Dead 4'' stories.
767* RecurringBossTemplate: See also Strength and Death for a similar boss fight. Justice is one of many bosses who are shown pursuing the characters and have to be shot in a specific spot before the boss can attack. Much like Death, he also comes back for a second round with the protagonists.
768* ScaryTeeth: Spikes and all.
769* TongueTrauma: His dangling tongue serves as the weak point you'll need to shoot.
770* WorstAid: In ''EX'', you take care of its dental problems by ''shooting its bad teeth out''.
771[[/folder]]
772
773[[folder:The Lovers (Type 6805)]]
774[[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/type_6805_lovers.png]]
775A pair of mutated Tarantulas which attack Kate and James as they try to leave the underground via elevator. The second boss of the fourth game.
776----
777* AllWebbedUp: One of their attacks involves wrapping the players in silk.
778* ArtisticLicenseBiology: For some reason, these two mutated tarantulas have only four legs each. Might be justified as an effect of mutation.
779* BigCreepyCrawlies: They're big enough to take up most of the elevator shaft they're in.
780* CreepilyLongArms: The male tarantula has very long and big forelegs for its size.
781* DualBoss: The Lovers are two separate mutated spiders, but in terms of gameplay, they're fought as a single boss.
782* GiantSpider: Times two.
783* LegacyCharacter: To The Hermit from the first game.
784* MookMaker: Can and will summon several spiders to help them.
785* ShownTheirWork: The male spider is much smaller than the female, just like in real life. Its legs are much bigger than the female's, however.
786* SpikesOfVillainy: The top spider's forelegs are covered in spikes.
787[[/folder]]
788
789[[folder:The Empress (Type 1210)]]
790[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/empress_3.jpg]]
791A powerful purple zombie armed with a ludicrously big double-chainsaw. He/she chases Kate and James on the train. The third boss of the fourth game.
792----
793* ActionGirl: "She" is deadly and has a female name, but is otherwise functionally genderless.
794* AdvancingBossOfDoom: As you can imagine, an undead creature with a double-chainsaw as big as your entire body isn't exactly something you want to be up close and personal with, especially on a cramped subway train. As such, most of the fight is spent running the hell away from Empress to make sure that chainsaw doesn't end up making contact with your body.
795* ChainsawGood: Double it. And it's positively '''enormous'''.
796* DoubleWeapon: It breaks apart during the last part of the fight, forcing her to resort to DualWielding.
797* EvilCripple: For some reason she's hunchbacked, though it doesn't stop her from being deadly and agile.
798* RailroadTracksOfDoom: After her defeat, she falls from the train and gets hit by another one.
799* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has a pair of glowing red eyes.
800[[/folder]]
801
802[[folder:Temperance (Type 0483)]]
803[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/type_0483_temperance.png]]
804A morbidly obese, giant zombie that chases our heroes down the streets. He's so fat that bullets won't damage him. The fourth boss of the fourth game.
805----
806* AdvancingBossOfDoom: One Big Rolling Undead Fat Ball of Doom.
807* AssKicksYou: Fail to damage him fast enough in his first phase and he stomps you with his butt.
808* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A several-story-tall fat zombie.
809* BoomHeadshot: Temperance's weak point is its head, but only in the sense that he actually flinches if shot there; it's ImmuneToBullets like the rest of its body.
810* BrightIsNotGood: Properly enough, since vividly colored frogs are also the most dangerous.
811* CutsceneBoss: As close as you can get in a light gun game. Emptying the "Cancel" meter in this fight only stops him from attacking; it doesn't do any damage. As such, this fight is merely surviving long enough to drop a large clock on his head at the end of the stage, which is a OneHitKO.
812* DeadWeight: An ''[[FatBastard extremely fat]]'' and [[{{Kevlard}} extremely durable]] zombie.
813* FatBastard: Ironically named.
814* GroundPound: In his first phase, if you fail to damage him fast enough, he jumps up into the air and squashes you under his backside.
815* ImmuneToBullets: Bullets do no damage to him; the most you can do is make him flinch. You have to kill him by dropping a far heavier object on his head.
816* ImplacableMan: The one boss where even hitting its weak point will only stun it as opposed to doing damage.
817* IronicName: He's more or less the incarnation of gluttony, basically the opposite of Temperance. Invoked by WordOfGod, stating the inversion was deliberate.
818* JigglePhysics: Disgustingly applied to his pendulous breasts and belly.
819* TheJuggernaut: And if the clock's face used to kill/[[InferredSurvival knock out]] Temperance wasn't there, he might still be chasing James and Kate.
820* {{Kevlard}}: He can't be damaged by bullets; you can only stun him. You defeat him by dropping a clock tower on him, which crushes its unprotected cranium.
821* MagicPants: Somehow, the mutation left his pants undamaged despite causing him to become a giant monster ([[FanDisservice which is a good thing, by the way]]).
822* RollingAttack: Attempts this during the second phase, both by rolling forward and later on backwards.
823* SuperPersistentPredator: Almost the entire second half of Chapter 4 is the fight against Temperance, with the protagonists running away while Temperance tries to crush them.
824* TinyHeadedBehemoth: A gargantuan, morbidly obese abomination with a minuscule, almost non-descriptive head.
825* WalkingShirtlessScene: FanDisservice personified.
826[[/folder]]
827
828[[folder:The Star (Type 0001)]]
829->"Come, you must prove yourself in a test of strength...this was Goldman's parting wish."
830[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reunion_ps3_trophy_37744.png]]
831A humanoid creature armed with kukri knives and a purple aura, which acts as a "test" of strength for Kate and James. When he dies, he wounds James with a shard of his body. He's a perfected model of The Magician, and the fifth boss of ''The House of the Dead 4''. He also appears as a boss and supporting character in the spin-off ''Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX''.
832----
833* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He falls in love with Zobiko in ''The House of the Dead EX'', but Zobiko is already in a committed relationship with Zobio.
834* AscendedExtra: Has a far larger role in ''The House of the Dead EX'' compared to his essentially one-shot appearance in ''4''.
835* BadassBoast: His only spoken line tops off his foreboding entrance where he drops down from the upper floors to right in front of James and Kate. He starts glowing with purple energy in the middle of his words, which pretty much backs up that he's not like the other bosses you've fought up to that point.
836* BeamSpam: His main form of attack.
837* BishonenLine: He's the most human boss that the series can offer, even surpassing the likes of The Wheel of Fate or The Magician. In fact, barring the rather pasty skin, he can pass off as a full human (while The Magician is obviously artificial due to his rather crudely satanic appearance). He's also one of the end bosses.
838* BoomHeadshot: During his tornado attack, his head becomes a weak point. Lampshaded on the analysis window; while all other spots save for his chest are labeled "NO DAMAGE", his head is labeled "NO DAMAGE?" Yes, with a question mark.
839* BrightIsNotGood: Has one of the gaudier color schemes among the bosses, but he's still a zombie trying to kill you.
840* ButtMonkey: In ''The House of the Dead EX'', his constant attempts to impress Zobiko always fall flat to somebody else and causes him to injure himself.
841* ClothingDamage: Sadly, his BadassLongcoat is torn to shreds as you shoot him.
842* TheDragon: To Goldman.
843* DualWielding: Two glowing [[KukrisAreKool kukris]].
844* EvilSoundsDeep: He's the second to last boss in the game, and his voice is notably deep and gruff.
845* FlawedPrototype: His type number indicates he should be in the same class as the other final bosses (the Magician, Emperor, World, and Wheel of Fate) and he certainly does exhibit psychic powers similar to theirs. However, he's weak enough that the PDA can scan him (which none of the others could). His attacks, while powerful, are also nowhere near the world-destroying levels that other four bosses are capable of. However, unlike the final bosses, Star never claims he's some kind of ultimate being or great destroyer, and is more focused on carrying out the last orders he received from Goldman, which may suggest he was designed more for loyalty than sheer power.
846* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The House of the Dead EX'', he is one of the bosses, but after his defeat, promptly falls in love with Zobiko (the female protagonist) and goes to great lengths to help her and Zobio, [[AmusingInjuries with humorous results]].
847* InTheHood: His red coat comes with a hood.
848* {{Leitmotif}}: He's one of the few non-final bosses to get his own unique boss music, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9Poj-xrHU Endless Battle]]".
849* NoShirtLongJacket: He wears a red longcoat that's unzipped (or possibly having no zip at all), exposing the scar on his chest, which is his weak point. Actually, it's exactly like how Dante wore his in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' (see the trope image for reference).
850* PowerFloats: He's constantly floating during the fight.
851* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Its one line amounts to this.
852* PurpleIsPowerful: His swords and many of his attacks have a purple glow.
853* ScarsAreForever: Has a huge gash on his chest.
854* ShoutOut: His red BadassLongcoat makes him similar to Dante's appearance from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''.
855* VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice has a noticeable filter to it, similar to all other creatures capable of speech.
856* TakingYouWithMe: Explodes when killed. It's unknown if it was intentional or not.
857[[/folder]]
858
859[[folder:The World (Type β)]]
860[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download14.jpg]]
861[[caption-width-right:288:I am the ultimate being. There is no hope. My hammer of death shall rain down upon you.]]
862
863Goldman's last trick, which is a powerful, constantly-evolving monster made of ice. He's destroyed by James's sacrifice. He also appears in ''The House of the Dead EX'', also as the final boss.
864----
865* AttackItsWeakPoint: The red spot on his chest.
866* BadassBoast: Its boast, in content and [[VocalDissonance delivery]], is perhaps the single most [[{{Pun}} chilling quote]] from the franchise.
867* DamageSpongeBoss: What it loses in an obvious, easy to hit weak point, it makes up for in how much it can take.
868* EldritchAbomination: Looks like a giant humanoid fly made of ice and embedded in the ground.
869* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Creates ice that ''will'' harm you.
870* FinalBoss: Of ''4'' and ''EX''.
871** Plus, in the traditional tarot deck order, The Magician is the first ("I") card[[note]]not counting The Fool ("0")[[/note]], while The World is the last ("XXI").
872** Also take note that you fight The World and The Magician in ''The House of the Dead 2'' in the exact same place: the courtyard of Goldman's building.
873* GoldenSuperMode: It gains this in the end, requiring a HeroicSacrifice to stop.
874* GratuitousGreek: The game officially gives the designation of his first form as β, signifying that he is the successor of the Emperor (the α). When he gains a second and third form, the designation presumably changes to γ and δ.
875* AnIcePerson: Has ice-based powers.
876* LightIsNotGood: Gets red, then golden lighting as it becomes more dangerous.
877* OneWingedAngel: He has three forms. However, you only have to face two. However, you get to face his third form in ''Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX'' (though because nothing is taken seriously there, he's dumbed down a lot).
878* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "I am the ultimate being. There is no hope. My hammer of death shall rain down upon you." Possibly the most serious and down-to-earth line uttered by any boss in the series.
879* ShoutOut: Its appearance could be referencing Lucifer's plight at the end of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. Lucifer is found in Hell's coldest area, trapped up to his waist in the frozen Lake Cocytus, and has three sets of wings that are constantly flapping, thus keeping the lake's waters cold and making him eternally stuck in ice. Also, Lucifer has three heads, which could be referenced by The World's three forms.
880* StationaryBoss: Unlike past {{Final Boss}}es, The World is stuck in place, with his lower body trapped in the ground.
881* VocalDissonance: Despite its towering and grotesque appearance, it has the soft, withered voice of an elderly man. Ironically, it's probably the only voice in ''4'' (heck, quite possibly even in the entire series) that doesn't sound cheesy.
882* WingedHumanoid: Four sets of inscectoid wings on the top half of a man.
883* WingsDoNothing: Zigzagged. The World's wings are eventually meant for flight, but you never get to see them in action, since he only develops this ability upon entering his δ form and James puts the kibosh on this before the player can do anything. When he appears again in ''EX'', however, you do get the chance to fight his δ form, so you can see it in its glory.
884[[/folder]]
885
886!! ''The House of the Dead: OVERKILL''
887[[folder:Dr. Jasper Guns, [=PhD=]]]
888The first boss in OVERKILL, he's Varla's quadriplegic younger brother, who has injected himself with a PsychoSerum in order to kill Papa Caesar, but got distracted by G and Issac, allowing Caesar to escape. Unfortunately, Jasper ends up so far gone that he can't tell ally from enemy, and ends up attacking G and Issac instead.
889----
890* DeadlyUpgrade: From a harmless cripple to a highly dangerous psychic zomb--[[NotUsingTheZWord er, mutant]].
891* TheDogBitesBack: Tries this, but turns into more of a threat to Caesar's enemies than Caesar himself.
892* GeniusCripple: A quadriplegic [=PhD=].
893* MindOverMatter: He's gained telekinetic abilities from the PsychoSerum.
894* MyBrainIsBig: Also acts as BodyHorror and AchillesHeel.
895* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's modeled after Creator/StephenHawking in terms of design, with some elements of Literature/HarryPotter here and there.
896* OneWingedAngel: Turns himself from a normal person into a telekinetic mutant to try and kill Caesar.
897* PowerFloats: Must be the PsychoSerum talking.
898* RoboSpeak: He is unable to speak due to the disease, so he uses a computer to speak.
899* TragicMonster: He wants Papa Caesar dead as much as G and Issac do. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out as planned.
900[[/folder]]
901
902[[folder:Coco and Sindy]]
903Exclusive to the Playstation 3 version, they're Varla Guns' fellow coworkers who borrowed Varla's bike before getting infected. Appears as a fat woman and a skinny woman. Chronologically the second boss fought in the [=PS3=] version.
904----
905* DualBoss: And like Judgement and the Lovers before them, and Nigel and Sebastian after them, one of them counts as the collective weak point.
906* {{Expy}}:
907** Hands up if you thought of the Judgement from the second game in this fight.
908** Sindy also resembles Temperance, with all the disturbing jigglies and frustrating invulnerability to boot.
909** A fat, unintelligible blob and a giggling, skinny assistant? Hello [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb]].
910* FanDisservice: Both of them are grotesque mutant strippers.
911* FatAndSkinny: Sindy's the giant, fat one, Coco's the one that looks like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]].
912* FragileSpeedster: Coco darts forward jumping left and right like a maniac chimp, but she's also the easiest to damage.
913* GroundPound: Occasionally Sindy will slam the ground and attack with a shockwave.
914* SquashedFlat: After killing them, Coco is sent flying against Sindy, who then falls over and squashes her under her girth.
915* StationaryBoss: Sindy is too heavy to actually move.
916* ThoseTwoGirls: Well, judging from how Varla refers to them.
917* WasOnceAMan: They were still attractive strippers in the days before the mutant outbreak, having serviced Isaac in the ''Prelude to an Overkill'' comic.
918[[/folder]]
919
920[[folder:The Screamer]]
921Another creation of Caesar, who's released in a hospital in order to kill G and Isaac. Appears as a zombie girl with a mutilated face and powerful screams. The second boss in OVERKILL (third if you count the [=PS3=] version).
922----
923* BodyHorror: You can clearly see her spine.
924* ButterFace: Her face is awfully mutilated.
925* {{Expy}}: Let her succeed in attacking you and you will get reminded of [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]].
926* GroinAttack: Her weak points are her face and her crotch.
927* MakeMeWannaShout: As expected from a mutant dubbed "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Screamer]]".
928* MindRape: Apparently, that's what she does when she screams. During the level, she actually makes a helicopter crash after shouting at it.
929* SheWasRightThereAllAlong: You find her in a room in the dungeons of the Hospital, but if you're careful enough, you can spot her stalking you through the building and running away.
930** In the [[UpdatedReRelease Director's Cut]] of the Playstation 3, she screams at both G and Isaac just when they get inside the hospital.
931[[/folder]]
932
933[[folder:Nigel and Sebastian]]
934A pair of circus freaks mutated by the virus, who are now feeding on corpses in the circus. Nigel is the large guy, while Sebastian is the parasite twin embedded in his belly. The third boss of OVERKILL (fourth in the [=PS3=] version).
935----
936%%* AppendageAssimilation
937* BodyHorror: Zombie conjoined twin freaks.
938* BrainsAndBrawn: Sebastian does the talking and planning, Nigel is the actual fighter.
939* DualBoss: Technically. They are two people, but they still have one body, and so they are fought simultaneously as a single boss.
940* IAmAHumanitarian: They're shown eating a corpse. Well, Nigel anyway.
941* NotQuiteDead: Sebastian after the boss fight, but he's gunned down almost instantly.
942* TheSpeechless: Nigel doesn't speak.
943[[/folder]]
944
945[[folder:Meat Katie]]
946Exclusive to the [=PS3=] version, it is a gigantic cow-like mutant who wields a butcher's knife in the butcher shop. Chronologically the fifth boss of the game.
947----
948* AchievementsInIgnorance: She kills Candi by complete accident in her death throes.
949* {{BFS}}: The cleaver she wields is gigantic, and very sharp.
950* DeathByIrony: Pushed back in her meat grinder.
951* {{Expy}}: It's hard not to see similarities between her and Chariot.
952* HeroKiller: As she dies, her cleaver falls on Candi's arm, severing it and causing her death.
953* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Making her a mutant wasn't enough, so she was given a cow's skull and udders.
954* WasOnceAMan: When you see what her name is and where her weak spot is, you can see on the right side a picture of her as a human woman before she became a mutant.
955[[/folder]]
956
957[[folder:The Crawler]]
958A huge mutant similar to a bug, it attacks Isaac and G on the train. The fourth boss of OVERKILL (sixth in the [=PS3=] version).
959----
960* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's a giant praying mantis.
961* BodyHorror: It's implied from certain parts of its anatomy that it used to be ''[[WasOnceAMan human]]''.
962* EarlyBirdCameo: Only in the [=PS3=] version in Creeping Flesh, one level before his stage (which is Scream Train).
963* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Almost word by word, just replace Space with Zombie and Flea with Mantis. The [=PS3=] version adds some minor background by implying that it was being raised inside the mutant-infested meat factory.
964* GoForTheEye: Its eyes are its weak point in the [=PS3=] version.
965* InASingleBound: Being a giant insect, the Crawler can jump quite high and far away, being able to follow the train from the surrounding woods.
966* SinisterScythe: Its arms, which doubles as its weak point. The weak point is changed in the [=PS3=] version.
967* SlayingMantis: Designed as such.
968[[/folder]]
969
970[[folder:The Lobber]]
971A massive frog-like mutant who's infesting the swamps. The fifth boss of OVERKILL (seventh in the [=PS3=] version).
972----
973* TheBeastmaster: He can occasionally summon swamp bats to help him.
974* BodyHorror: He's covered in pus-filled bubbles.
975* FatBastard: He's both extremely fat and aggressive.
976* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Why is there an obese, giant, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot bubble-covered zombie-frog-man]] in that swamp!?
977* HoistByHisOwnPetard: You can make him vulnerable by shooting his projectiles while he's still holding them.
978* VomitIndiscretionShot: He barfs all over Isaac when he tries to read him his rights.
979[[/folder]]
980
981[[folder:Brutus]]
982A huge, mutated criminal who was executed for his many awful crimes. He's seen together with another similar mutant, who he kills. The sixth boss of OVERKILL (eighth in the [=PS3=] version).
983----
984* ArmCannon: Rather, Crossbow. Doubles as his weakness.
985* BaitAndSwitchBoss: No, you don't have to fight both giant mutant freaks at the same time.
986* DualBoss: Subverted.
987* EatTheDog: Amongst his various misdeeds, he and his partner ''ate'' the puppy of a poor child.
988* {{Expy}}: Of Strength from 2.
989* FlunkyBoss: In addition to Brutus himself, a number of mutant mooks will attack during the fight.
990* MeaningfulName: Tu quoque Brute!?
991[[/folder]]
992
993[[folder:Mother]]
994Clement Darling's mother, who was exposed to the compound and had her brain put in Varla's body. She mutates to a giant, grotesque monster which births smaller mutants from her oversized vagina. The seventh and final boss of OVERKILL (ninth and [[BossRush tenth]] if you count the playable "Missing Reel" in the [=PS3=] version).
995----
996* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Second only to the Moon in terms of height, and probably over 10 feet tall. Temperance, eat your heart out.
997* BodyHorror: The greatest case so far, considering that hers used to be Varla's body.
998* BossRush: It was implied by G and Isaac that they had fought off Mother first before your real fight against her. Played straight in the Director's Cut of the [=PS3=] version, where ''you'' get to experience it.
999* FinalBoss: A two-form one… that has the first form cut out in a "Missing Reel".
1000* FinalExamBoss: Set up as one in ''Typing''. The prompt subverts this trope by instructing you to type ''anything'' "as long as you type like a motherfucker", meaning you can win simply by [[RapidFireTyping mashing "adsfadsfdasdsaf"]] and the like ''ad infinitum''. However, you'll also get "Type words associated with ''(character)''" prompts, and typing matching words will inflict a CriticalHit.
1001* FingerPokeOfDoom: She attacks by literally flicking you off, and also by flicking tires at you.
1002* FullFrontalAssault: She fights Isaac and G while naked.
1003* GuideDangIt: Only in the Director's Cut of the [=PS3=] version; unless you paid attention to your surroundings, you wouldn't even know how to even ''damage'' Mother in the revealed "Missing Reel".
1004* MotherOfAThousandYoung: She can give birth to Pukers in a few seconds.
1005* MyBrainIsBig: The whole back of her head turns into a swollen sac of massive boils.
1006* OneWingedAngel: Accidental, though.
1007[[/folder]]
1008
1009!! ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn''
1010
1011[[folder:High Priestess]]
1012[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/highpriestess.png]]
1013A giant, mutated octopus living in a giant water tank in an underground laboratory.
1014----
1015* CombatTentacles: Its main method of attack is by using those spiked tentacles to slap at the players.
1016* DeathFromAbove: By clinging to an overhead walkway, The Priestess can attack from above.
1017* GiantSquid: While it never appears at sea, The Priestess does give the impression of a sea monster.
1018* GoForTheEye: Its eyes are its weak points. But instead of shooting them until it drops, Kate and Ryan go for [[KillItWithFire a different strategy]].
1019* ImplacableMan: Like Temperance, bullets only stun the Priestess. The only way to kill it is by spilling chemical onto it, before igniting it.
1020* KillItWithFire: It is finally killed when Kate and Ryan spill a flammable chemical onto it and ignite it, causing The Priestess to be blown to pieces.
1021* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Aside from its tentacles, The Priestess' mouth of sharp teeth takes up a large portion of its body.
1022* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The website states that its full name is "High Priestess", like the original tarot card, and the International version also identifies it as such. The Japanese version, however, identifies the boss as simply "Priestess".
1023* ShoutOut: Its design borrows elements from [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos H.P. Lovecraft]], the Dianoga from ''Film/ANewHope'', and the cephalophod sea monster from ''Film/DeepRising''.
1024* StockSoundEffects: It makes sounds similar to that of dolphins, humpback whales or similar sea creatures.
1025* TentacledTerror: ''Spiky'' tentacles, even.
1026[[/folder]]
1027
1028[[folder:Moon]]
1029[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotd_sd_moon.png]]
1030->"I COVET ALL THE WORLD."
1031
1032The ultimate weapon of Thornheart, a giant made from zombie flesh and wood.
1033----
1034* AllYourPowersCombined: Unlike previous final bosses in the franchise, the Moon doesn't base its attacks around any one theme; it displays a variety of powers which call back to bosses seen elsewhere in the franchise, ranging from corpse-flinging to biomass absorption to fire breath to what appears to be either raw energy or lightning manipulation.
1035* AttackItsWeakPoint: Despite being seemingly impervious, the Moon does actually have one: the ThirdEye in the middle of its forehead. Shooting it will deplete the Moon's health, but the HoldTheLine nature of the fight means that you're unlikely to get it all the way down to zero. It [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVasZEUnofg has been shown]] that even if you ''do'' get it to zero (using the most powerful weapons while being a crack shot), the fight will still go on [[EventFlag until the lightning rod phase]].
1036* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Moon's head alone is larger than the other bosses, and as the fight goes on, it continues to grow.
1037* BlowYouAway: Has wind powers.
1038* BodyOfBodies: After the Moon's awakening, a horde of the zombies crawl and melt into its biomass, suggesting that it's using their flesh to build its own body. As this happens, the Moon's body gradually forms from the neck down.
1039* BossBanter: He occasionally speaks to the AMS agents during the fight. However, unlike previous final bosses in the series, he doesn't deliver a speech or a BadassBoast before the battle starts.
1040* CutsceneBoss: Like Temperance from ''4'', Moon's fight is entirely scripted — it's impossible to fully deplete his health bar, his attacks are performed in a linear fashion, and he won't repeat any attack phases that you fail. He's also finished off in a final quick time event, but unlike Temperance, you will beat him regardless of your success or failure at it.
1041* FinalBoss: Of ''House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn''.
1042* GrievousHarmWithABody: He will pick up zombies and hurl them into the air to rain down on Ryan and Kate.
1043* GroundPound: When its body is fully formed, the Moon can slam an energy ball into the ground, creating a powerful shockwave.
1044* HomingProjectile: After it gains arms, the Moon can create energy balls that home in on targets. These projectiles can be stopped by destroying them.
1045* ImplacableMan: Bullets alone do nothing to the Moon by the time it's fully formed. It takes a lighting rod to bring it down.
1046* ImprovisedLightningRod: Ryan stabs it in its ThirdEye with a metal pipe, and nature does the rest, putting it down for good.
1047* OneWingedAngel: And a literal angel at that, thanks to the large, feathery wings it sprouts.
1048* {{Planimal}}: Much like its tarot counterpart, the Sun, the Moon appears to be a plant-based being, which would explain its ability to constantly grow larger and larger throughout the battle.
1049* PlayingWithFire: It can breathe fireballs after [[OneWingedAngel growing wings]].
1050* PowerGivesYouWings: It keeps mutating and growing stronger until it sprouts angelic wings. Luckily, it never gets the chance to see if it can fly.
1051* ShoutOut: To the Colossal Titan from ''[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on Titan]]'', the Evil Spirit Incarnate from ''[[VideoGame/MetalSlug Metal Slug 5]]'', and Groot from the ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]]''.
1052** [[spoiler:The way it is killed using a lightning rod is similar to how Leon Kennedy kills Derek C. Simmons in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.]]
1053* ZombiePukeAttack: While it's still only a head, the Moon spits its vomit to attack Kate and Ryan.

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