| 1 | Need a hand working out the story? [[MindScrew We can't exactly blame you]], so this character guide should prove useful. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | '''''Many characters in this game have plot-sensitive spoilers. You have been warned.''''' |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !The Smith Syndicate - Harman and the killer7 |
| 8 | [[folder:The [=killer7=] ]] |
| 9 | !! The [=killer7=] |
| 10 | A group of multinational, multi-ethnic individuals operating out of America who work together to combat the Heaven Smile threat. They are the [[SplitPersonality Split Personalities]] of their leader, Harman Smith, an old man in a wheelchair. You play as them throughout the game, each of them wielding a different weapon and using different abilities in their missions. All of them are borderline unstable, and it's evident right from the first mission that they have some supernatural tinge to them that doesn't get true clarification until the end of the game [[AllThereInTheManual and beyond]]. |
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| 12 | * AdvertisedExtra: Only Harman, Garcian and Dan have extensive focus in the game. The other five have little to virtually no focus, and are more like weapons than actual characters. [[spoiler: And more literally than you might think...]] |
| 13 | * CarnivalOfKillers: A rare protagonist example. Though, while they are psychotic, they seem to be able to get along with people well enough (e.g. Dan Smith holding an amicable conversation with a civilian musician in Alter Ego). |
| 14 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: Harman originally manifested his accumulated personas into [[LiteralSplitPersonality separate beings]] to fulfil his objectives, but after their [[spoiler:previous incarnation during the Union 7 incident was soundly defeated by being picked off one-by-one by Emir Parkreiner]], he sees fit to just let them incarnate individually [[spoiler:using Garcian as their medium]] depending on whose skills are needed at the time. |
| 15 | * DeadAllAlong: It's suggested that some of the Smiths have been killed at some point before. [[spoiler:In reality, ''all'' of them have]]. |
| 16 | * DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted. It's later revealed that every member of the syndicate was already dead at the start of the game and that Garcian or rather Emir Parkreiner was merely mimicking their personalities and abilities. Regardless, even those "personaes" ended up being killed in the endgame with only Garcian and Harman Smith as the Syndicate's surviving personalities. Come the next level and Harman is apparently gunned down alongside Kun Lan by an off-screen assailant implied to be his very own younger incarnation, leaving only Garcian until the DistantFinale epilogue.]] |
| 17 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being violent contract killers, they're outright disgusted by Curtis. It's also mentioned in the pigeon letters that they killed Susie because of how violent she was even though she was trying to hire them. |
| 18 | * GodzillaThreshold: When the Handsome Men challenge them to individual duels, Harman deigns to manifest the entire team all at once, something he hadn't done in years, and [[spoiler:[[ConservationOfNinjutsu for very good reason.]]]] |
| 19 | * LimitedWardrobe: Downplayed. They wear the exact same style of clothes between missions but the colors on their clothes tends to change or at least an article of clothing like Dan's shirt and tie or Coyote's jacket. |
| 20 | * LongRangeFighter: DoubleSubverted. They're specialty lies in ranged combat with even the knife-wielding Kevin relying on knife-throwing but most of them can be upgraded to defend themself against most Smiles through special Counter Attacks and Finisher Attacks on downed foes. Still, the only way to get [[ExperiencePoints thick blood]] from foes is to shoot their weakpoints and it's not like all Smiles can be hurt via these close-range attacks. Thus, it's best to fight from a distance anyway. |
| 21 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The game seems to imply that Harman is physically projecting the persona when they take control - this is evidenced by the fact that Curtis Blackburn, who has a history with Dan, recognizes him, when he would be seeing an old man in a wheelchair. This is backed up by Hand in killer7 detailing it as a special ability [[spoiler:to absorb the dead]] called the Multifoliate Personae Phenomenon. Despite this, the game constantly calls them "personas", and nothing about the Phenomenon is spelled out to a new player, making it very ambiguous initially. [[spoiler:The end of the game, though, features Garcian, the true host personality, finding the Smiths' weapons in his briefcase, which implies to many players that he was only imagining being them; this despite the aforementioned evidence to the contrary with Curtis and Dan.]] |
| 22 | * MultinationalTeam: Harman and Garcian are American, Dan is Irish-American, KAEDE is Japanese-American, Coyote is South-American, Kevin is British, Con is Chinese, and MASK is Tejano. |
| 23 | * NonIndicativeName: There are eight members of the killer7, though Harman tends to take a backseat and is more of a leader figure than an active killer. [[spoiler: The real odd one out is Garcian.]] |
| 24 | * ProfessionalKiller: They fight back against both the Heaven Smiles and threats to national security. While the first mission is a routine extermination of Heaven Smile forces, the second is an assassination of a politician. |
| 25 | * SplitMindSplitPowers: Each personality has different weapons, attributes, and PersonalityPowers which are required to progress through levels and fight bosses. |
| 26 | * YourSoulIsMine: Through Harman's powers, they can conscript the souls of some of their targets into Remnant Psyches who are forced to assist them. This is also how Harman "recruits" the members of his various Smith Syndicates. |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Harman Smith]] |
| 30 | !! Harman Smith |
| 31 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harman_smith.jpg]] |
| 32 | ->VA: Creator/DwightSchultz |
| 33 | |
| 34 | -->''"Good night, child. It's past your bedtime."'' |
| 35 | |
| 36 | The commander of the killer7. An elderly old man in a wheelchair who spends most of his time in a comatose state getting abused by his [[{{Meido}} maid]], Samantha. When he's awake though, he wields a high-velocity sniper rifle and plays [[TheChessmaster a mean game of chess]]. In gameplay, he has the highest stamina of all the Smiths, but he is only usable in particular scenes. |
| 37 | ---- |
| 38 | * AffablyEvil: Harman is very polite and soft spoken but is still a ruthless assassin and [[spoiler:a driving force behind any of the conflict on top of having turn Garcian into a killer at the age of 13]]. |
| 39 | * AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:As indicated by Young Harman, a plot-important and bonus playable character, there are at least two Harmans, and possibly more. According to the book's timeline, this is the result of a LiteralSplitPersonality event that happened in his past]]. |
| 40 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Due to the powers he possesses, [[spoiler:as well as the fact that he seems to be immortal and have multiple manifestations]]. |
| 41 | * BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler:Young Harman wears a pretty snazzy tan suit. Combined with his fedora and Tommy Gun, he's the spitting image of a classic gangster.]] |
| 42 | * BadHabits: Played with. Harman's clothing has religious undertones, but in a vague sense that it's hard to tell ''what'' religion is being referenced. Given [=Suda51=] is Japanese, it's likely the headgear is a variant of a galero, worn by cardinals of the Catholic Church, while his suit is a cassock similar to one worn by Jesuits. Equally possible, though, is that the hat and suit are meant to be referencing clothing worn by male Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews. Regardless, his religious clothing correllates with his subdued role in the game, not to mention being a leader of an assassin syndicate. Also could hint at his [[AmbiguouslyHuman true nature]]. |
| 43 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: His rifle is the deadliest weapon in the game, and he is the leader of an assassin syndicate. This said, he uses his resources to oppose Kun Lan. |
| 44 | * {{BFG}}: His weapon of choice is an anti-tank rifle. Appropriately named "God-Killer". |
| 45 | * BigGood: For a loose interpretation of what can be considered "good", anyway. |
| 46 | * BloodKnight: Foregoes trying to negotiate with the Handsome Men before their duel starts, flashing a SlasherSmile at the prospect of getting to fight them. |
| 47 | * TheChessmaster: A benevolent example, in contrast to Kun Lan. Both are literal examples as well. |
| 48 | * ColdSniper: Very calm and with a massive gun. |
| 49 | * DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Garcian is the true protagonist and host personality, not Harman, even though Harman is painted as the leader. By the end of the game, the story has shifted from Harman and Kun Lan's battle to the personal struggles and past of Garcian]]. |
| 50 | * KillingYourAlternateSelf: Seems to be what happens near the end, [[spoiler:as Harman's young AlternateSelf shoots up both the original Harman and Kun Lan. It doesn't stick, according to the epilogue]]. |
| 51 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:How Young Harman was created, although they're part of the same collective psyche with the rest of the personas now]]. |
| 52 | * LostHimInACardGame: When not sending their proxies to fight on their behalf, he and Kun Lan tend to settle disputes over games of chess with Harman once infamously giving his rival all of ''Seattle'' when he lost. |
| 53 | * MoreDakka: [[spoiler:Young Harman's tommy gun]]. |
| 54 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: As the animated cut scene played after the prologue shows, Harman is perfectly fine using his anti-tank sniper rifle ''on people.'' |
| 55 | * OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: While they both represent primordial forces of human civilisation, Harman's incarnations often wind up being older than Kun Lan's for one reason or another. |
| 56 | * OneHitKill: his rifle is ''massively'' powerful, being able to disintegrate a Handsome Man with a single shot. |
| 57 | * PromotedToPlayable: In the bonus [[spoiler:killer8]] mode, [[spoiler:his younger AlternateSelf is playable like any other personality]]. |
| 58 | * ReadingsAreOffTheScale: His life bar extends past the edge of the character selection TV screen. |
| 59 | * SlasherSmile: It's much subtler than Kun Lan's and much rarer as he only flashes it when he's about to kill someone, but it's oozing with bloodlust. |
| 60 | * StoneWall: He has so much health that his health gauge on his channel goes way off the right side of the screen. Too bad he's never in a situation where he takes damage. [[spoiler:Young Harman also has an absurd amount of health, but the trade-off is that if he dies, he's an absolute nightmare on your wrists to try and revive.]] |
| 61 | * UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Young Harman lacks any kind of special ability, but his weapon is pretty strong (but can still gain blood, unlike Mask's) and has tons of ammo. Also, he has very high health]]. |
| 62 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Young Harman who's an entire existence isn't made clear until the literal last level of the game. Harman Smith as a whole may count with all the supplementary material going over what his deal truly is.]] |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Garcian Smith]] |
| 66 | !! Garcian Smith |
| 67 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garcian_smith.jpg]] |
| 68 | ->VA: Creator/GregEagles |
| 69 | |
| 70 | -->''"Don't make me say it again. I'm a cleaner."'' |
| 71 | |
| 72 | The second-in-command. The only member of the killer7 who directly reports to Harman. A suave, detached man whose job as a "cleaner" leaves him without remorse for the dead. He can resurrect any of the Smiths who are killed in action by venturing out into the field and collecting their head. He uses a silenced pistol, but isn't very effective in combat. He wields the Vision Ring, which allows him (and the others) to see the Heaven Smiles, as well as a large suitcase. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * AmnesiacDissonance: He's coldly professional but always polite, even being described as the sort of person who wouldn't hurt a fly. [[spoiler:He used to be known as Emir Parkreiner, an AxCrazy ChildSoldiers prone to psychotic murder sprees to the point where he was known as "The Bloody Heartland".]] |
| 75 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:The only member of the Smith Syndicate capable of "handling" the Golden Gun when Greg Nightmare drops it during their fight against him. It's strong enough to one-shot most Heaven Smiles without even having to scan for them.]] |
| 76 | * BadassInANiceSuit: One of the most well-dressed assassins and the most important to ensuring their success. |
| 77 | * BlackGuyDiesFirst: An enforced aversion - Garcian's death is the only way to get a GameOver, since he's [[spoiler: the core personality]] and the only one capable of retrieving and reviving the other dead assassins. In fact, [[spoiler:at the end, he is the only member of the killer7 left until the epilogue]]. |
| 78 | * CleanupCrew: As he's a "cleaner". This is represented in gameplay by his picking up fallen members of Smith Syndicate's severed heads and placing them in his suitcase. |
| 79 | * ConsummateProfessional: A true professional, unflappable and focused when on the job. |
| 80 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: What's actually going on is more complicated, but this is what's suggested by [[spoiler:all the other personaes' weapons being in his briefcase]]. |
| 81 | * DecoyProtagonist: He's the first Smith we see, and often has a lot of focus in cutscenes as the one talking to the informants the Syndicate deals with, but Harman is the host personality and the person guiding these fractured psyches. [[spoiler:As the story progresses he begins getting more and more focus, until eventually its revealed that he was the protagonist all along and the real host personality.]] |
| 82 | * DiscardAndDraw: The Vision Ring he has permanently equipped is what grants him and the rest of The Smith Syndicate the ability to scan for and see Heaven Smiles. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, he has to use the Vision Ring as a security key of sorts, losing it in the process and rendering the Syndicate incapable of scanning though it wouldn't be helpful against Greg Nightmare's Smiles who then kills off all of the Smith Syndicate except for Garcian and Harman. Garcian then picks up Nightmare's Golden Gun and defeats him. In the final level, while he's still unable to scan for Smiles or access the other deceased personalities of the Smith Syndicate, the Golden Gun proves to be extremely effective on the Heaven Smiles without having to scan for them. In fact with the lock-on mechanic, he can mow them down with ease.]] |
| 83 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being an assassin, he really didn't like the idea of Curtis harvesting organs from children. |
| 84 | * {{Expy}}: As a young [[spoiler:Emir]] he bears a number of visual similarities to Step Sding from ''Videogame/FlowerSunAndRain''. |
| 85 | * HandbagOfHurt: Uses his briefcase in his special Finishing Attack on downed enemies. |
| 86 | * HiddenDepths: [[AllThereInTheManual "Hand in killer7"]] describes him as "a sweet man who would not hurt a fly." |
| 87 | * InformedAttribute: Despite the above, he usually acts cold in the game and has no problem with assassination. His TV quotes consist of him reaffirming as much. [[spoiler:Subverted near the end, where he remembers what he did as Emir and has an emotional breakdown]]. There are hints that he is mostly fronting a cold exterior as shown when he takes a moment lamenting the innocent children's deaths. |
| 88 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's very tall, around the height of Mask De Smith and while he's not their official leader, he's described as the "Middle Manager" of the Smith Syndicate and is responsible for keeping all the members alive. [[spoiler:Then again, he's also the original personality controlling the others so in a way he truly is the one in charge of the current Smith Syndicate, albeit unknowingly.]] |
| 89 | * TheMedic: Gameplay wise, this is his only role. You take him to the site where another member died, and he revives them. He is notably the only member of the killer7 (other than Harman) who cannot be upgraded at all. |
| 90 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Once he sees what's ''really'' in his briefcase, he realizes what he's done and can only back away in awful horror as he gazes upon the Smith's weapons.]] |
| 91 | * NervesOfSteel: In a game of Russian Roulette, he puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger 3 times without flinching or hestitating. This is especially ballsy of him since [[spoiler: as the core and dominant personality of the Killer7]], [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou his death would bring his entire assassin group down with him]]. |
| 92 | * NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:After several flashbacks to murdering the rest of the [=killer7=], he apparently starts weeping; though the player doesn't see it, Mills comments on it. After the reveal that he's an amnesiac Emir, he begins visibly panicking and refuses to believe it's the truth. He's stunned into silence when he sees what's really in his briefcase: the weapons of his "teammates."]] |
| 93 | * ScaryBlackMan: Despite not being that useful in combat, he comes across as very intimidating in cutscenes. [[spoiler:Again, subverted when he starts to get more emotional, though he actually doubles down on the appearance after his reawakening]]. |
| 94 | * StoneWall: Has a relatively large health bar though it's lower than Mask's and Harman's. He also carries around a weak silenced pistol so while he's equipped to survive, he's not really meant to fight like the others are, especially since he can't upgrade. [[spoiler:This changes once he gets hold of a golden pistol. Its power means he can oneshot Smiles without having to even need to scan for them. The one level he gets with the golden pistol can allow one to abuse lock-on to have him gun down a whole mob of Smiles at a swift pace.]] |
| 95 | * SupportingProtagonist: For most of the game, he takes a back seat to the other personas, mostly only appearing in cutscenes or if you need to recover a dead Smith. [[spoiler:This changes in Smile, specifically after the Black Smiles kill the other Smiths.]] |
| 96 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: His critical quote is 'son of a bitch'. |
| 97 | * TokenMinority: The only black guy, although he has a major role. |
| 98 | * TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:He doesn't remember it, but he used to be Emir, the psychopathic assassin who killed the Smith Syndicate years ago. Throughout Smile, Garcian has to collect tapes describing how dangerous Emir was, only to find out that it's him]]. |
| 99 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:Compared to Emir, who was batshit insane and downright unsympathetic in his actions, Garcian is there for the Smiths, potentially as [[TheAtoner penance for killing them]], and clearly someone with an actual set of [[EveryoneHasStandards standards.]] As "Hand in killer7" implies, Emir's failed suicide seems to have effectively rewritten him into a much better person overall.]] |
| 100 | * UtilityPartyMember: Garcian isn't exactly a NonActionGuy, but he's not a front-line combatant like the other Smiths. He organizes the group's hits and retrieves corpses for resuscitation, but the other Smiths are ones who do the wetwork. |
| 101 | * WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Let him bite it, and you'll have to reload your last save. |
| 102 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:He killed off all but Harman of the Smith Syndicate at the Union Hotel back when he was Emir, before [[AteHisGun killing himself.]] Now that his reincarnation as Garcian is a Smith, Harman likely brought him into the fold to carry on where the rest of the Smiths failed, working as their replacement catalyst into the world.]] |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Dan Smith]] |
| 106 | !! Dan Smith |
| 107 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dan_smith.jpg]] |
| 108 | ->VA: Creator/MichaelJGough |
| 109 | |
| 110 | -->''"I feel my blood rushing through my body once more. Yes, this is it. This feeling is coming back to me! The sensation of ''killing''. The doom and darkness. The dark streets, they're calling me...calling me to the ultimate ring!"'' |
| 111 | |
| 112 | The first member of the main team, the Hellion, a SociopathicHero whose bloodlust would be terrifying if he wasn't enthusiastic about fighting the Heaven Smiles. He wields a powerful revolver which can unleash a [[WaveMotionGun massive blast of energy]] called the Collateral Shot. The only member of the team besides Harman and Garcian to have his past explored in detail. He later revives his ultimate weapon: the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Demon Gun]]. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Encounter. |
| 115 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Sports a pretty smart suit. His special skills all revolve around shooting targets dead. |
| 116 | * BilingualBonus: Likely a coincidence, but in Japanese, the katakana for Dan—ダン—can mean "bullet", which reflects both his weapon choices and his title as The Hellion. |
| 117 | * BloodKnight: He ''definitely'' loves fighting the Heavenly Smiles. |
| 118 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Unlike the bloody and violent [[MultipleGunshotDeath gun-downs]] the other Smiths got at Emir's hand, Dan and him put their guns to eachother's faces- before Dan gets a single blast right into the cranium at point-blank, as he failed to take the shot.]] |
| 119 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Like the others, he despises Curtis for that harvesting of organs thing. [[spoiler:That, and [[RageAgainstTheMentor Curtis used to be his mentor]] before Dan got set up by him.]] |
| 120 | * FightingIrish: As detailed in "Hand in [=killer7=]". |
| 121 | * HandCannon: Dan's guns can be considered this as aside from normal rounds, he can fire "demon shells", which are basically huge energy balls. |
| 122 | * HeelFaceTurn: Was once Curtis' top lieutenant in his human trafficking racket (although he never did anything sexual with the merchandise), but after being forced to fight on Harman's behalf against terrorists and other menaces that threaten world peace, Dan's edge (if not his bloodlust) has softened somewhat and he goes so far as to spare [[spoiler:Shigeki Birkin]] after discovering why he sold him out in the first place. |
| 123 | * HotBloodedSideburns: More obvious in Alter Ego's anime cutscenes for the sideburns. As for the hot bloodedness, he wasn't called the Hellion by Iwazaru for nothing. |
| 124 | * TheLancer: To Garcian, although the contrast between them is seen as more of a problem for Garcian than endearing. |
| 125 | * PetTheDog: In Alter Ego, he gives spare change to the Singer and actually holds a relatively polite conversation with him. [[spoiler: There's also the detail about him sparing Shigeki Birkin's life so he can kill [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] and avenge his daughter.]] |
| 126 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: A recurring theme with him; his arch-enemy Curtis used to be his mentor, and it's mentioned in the book that he attempted to kill Harman before. |
| 127 | * RedBaron: He's known as 'The Hellion'. |
| 128 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: Especially if they're a 12-shot gun called the "Demon Gun". |
| 129 | * SlasherSmile: To compliment him fighting off the Heavenly Smiles. |
| 130 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:In life, he could talk [[DeathByIrony but couldn't back it up.]] In death, he gained the power to prove it.]] |
| 131 | * SociopathicHero: Big time, he's the most outwardly violent of the team. |
| 132 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: After Garcian and Harman, Dan has the most scenes and plot of the rest of the team by far. This especially stands out in Alter Ego, in which he's the focus of two of the anime cutscenes even though the chapter immediately follows his day in the limelight chapter. |
| 133 | ** WolverinePublicity: Even in marketing he tends to be treated as the face of ''killer7'' as a whole instead of the actual leading members Garcian and Harman, frequently getting a lot of focus and billing that none of the other characters ever match. [[spoiler:This culminates in him being the only Smith to make an appearance outside of ''killer7'' in a completely seperate game ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' during the updated intro sequence. Turns out he's affiliated with the secondary lead Badman, hunting him down as a target only to spare his life and instead inform the vengeful father of Travis Touchdown's location and giving him a chance to revive his deceased daughter.]] |
| 134 | * WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The only Smith who specializes entirely in combat and because of it, he's one of the most prominent and useful of the bunch. |
| 135 | * WouldntHurtAChild: After Harman "helped" him see the error in his ways, Dan wound up growing a soft spot for kids. This ultimately resulted in his ''second'' demise when he couldn't bring himself to [[spoiler:gun down a young Emir.]] |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:KAEDE Smith]] |
| 139 | !! KAEDE Smith |
| 140 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaede_smith.jpg]] |
| 141 | ->VA: Creator/TaraStrong |
| 142 | |
| 143 | -->''"I've changed my makeup. Did you notice? Tch... men. They never notice... these kinds of things."'' |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[TheSmurfettePrinciple The only girl]]. A sarcastic yet downtrodden woman with a permanent bloodstain on her dress and always barefoot, giving her the nickname "Barefoot". She can [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic slit her wrists]] and use the ensuing RainOfBlood to destroy hidden barriers, as well as absorb other blood into herself. Her [[SniperPistol pistol has a very handy scope]]. Notably, when written in Japanese, her name uses kanji instead of katakana (yes, even the Smith). |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * ActionGirl: Can take down the deadly Heaven Smiles with her SniperPistol and even with her barefoot kicks. |
| 148 | * DeadpanSnarker: A slightly strange one, but one nonetheless. |
| 149 | * ColdSniper: This is her role within the syndicate, although she uses a scoped handgun rather than a rifle. |
| 150 | * EmotionlessGirl: Other than swearing in anger, she's very reserved and placid. Suda has stated he specifically made KAEDE to make players uncomfortable. [[invoked]] |
| 151 | * HandCannon: She wields an absolutely gigantic AMT Hardballer with a scope. It's about as powerful and accurate as you'd expect for it to be, but it has a sharp recoil (especially when aiming through the scope) and it takes a long time to reload. |
| 152 | * KickChick: Both of her counters. She kicks to show off her bare feet |
| 153 | * PrecisionFStrike: "The fuck are you looking at?" |
| 154 | ** Her counter has her saying "Shit! Fuck it!" |
| 155 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: It's never justified why she is barefoot, but she clearly does it by herself |
| 156 | * RainOfBlood: Her ability is to do so with her blood. |
| 157 | * SquishyWizard: Of a sort. Her pistol has a scope which has some utility in larger, longer areas and one of her special abilities involves slitting her wrist to rain down blood and summon Iwazaru's ex-wife to break down hidden barriers. However she has one of the smaller healthpools of the group. |
| 158 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only girl on the team. ([[spoiler:Samantha used to be a persona as well, but is not presently]].) |
| 159 | * UnorthodoxReload: The only killer7 member to avert this. Unfortunately, this also means that she has the slowest reload time (and if you reload while zoomed in, she fumbles with the magazine, making it take even longer.) |
| 160 | * WhiteShirtOfDeath: Her default attire consists of a bloodstained white sleeping dress. [[spoiler:And she was killed wearing it.]] |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Con Smith]] |
| 164 | !! Con Smith |
| 165 | [[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/con_smith.jpg]] |
| 166 | ->VA: Jun Hee Lee |
| 167 | |
| 168 | -->''"Laaaater! Peace!"'' |
| 169 | |
| 170 | A blind kid, the Punk, who is naturally the youngest member of the team. Wields [[GunsAkimbo two rapid-fire pistols]] and is the fastest of the Smiths. His special power [[OffLikeAShot gives a massive boost to his running speed]]. Being a kid, he can also fit through spaces that are too small for the others. His blindness also allows him to hear weakened walls and hidden passages. |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | * BigBrotherWorship: According to [[AllThereInTheManual "Hand in killer7,"]] Con holds Coyote in high regard. This could explain why Con, like Coyote, holds his guns at a weird angle, swears a lot, and has a dislike of Dan. |
| 173 | * BlindWeaponmaster: Being blind means that his hearing has become exceptionally better. This means he can shoot down enemies without ever seeing them. |
| 174 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Con had his headphones on with his face to a window before he died, unable to hear Emir killing Kevin below or enter his own room; someone so dependent on hearing thanks to his blindness ''literally'' had no way of realizing his killer was right behind him because of the one time he blocked the necessity.]] |
| 175 | * {{Fanboy}}: He gets super excited when he "sees" the Handsome Men do their famous pose. |
| 176 | * FragileSpeedster: Is the fastest of the Smiths, but has the lowest health. |
| 177 | * GangstaStyle: Has probably the [[http://images.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/satsuinohadouandy/afda028f70467f077203c5c83eb7cd64.png?v=100473 weirdest aiming stance]] of the Smiths. First-person view shows him tilting his guns in the same direction, one held over the other. This is possibly to facilitate the fact that he has to hear his targets to know where they are, and the stance allows him to point one ear straight towards them. |
| 178 | * GunsAkimbo: Con uses a pair of automatic pistols, giving him a high firing rate. |
| 179 | * HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Subverted. Apparently it makes him hear better. [[spoiler:Might be played straight when he was killed by Emir, if he didn't hear the assassin because he was listening to music]]. |
| 180 | * MoreDakka: He's the fastest-shooting Smith and is ideal for bullet spam. |
| 181 | * MysteriousPast: No information on his life prior to joining the Smith Syndicate has been revealed. |
| 182 | * PrecisionFStrike: "Fuck you!" |
| 183 | * PrimalStance: Like Kevin, he doesn't stand straight. |
| 184 | * {{Squee}}: He's a {{Fanboy}} of the Handsome Men, and reacts with a childlike glee when they arrive for their duel and start posing. |
| 185 | * SuperSpeed: One of Con's abilities is to grant himself this by going into a crane stance. This allows him to practically zip through the map very quickly. |
| 186 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He's the youngest in the group, at age 14. He's also a skilled assassin who's not afraid to drop F bombs. |
| 187 | * UnorthodoxReload: He uses his feet to help reload his guns, basically playing hacky sack with the magazines. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Coyote Smith]] |
| 191 | !! Coyote Smith |
| 192 | ->VA: Benito Martinez |
| 193 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coyote_smith.jpg]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | -->''"Sorry pal, but this is the moment I've been waiting for, I have to do this, or the anger inside will not go away."'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | The Thief. A small-time hood with a penchant for loud Hawaiian shirts. Wields his revolver GangstaStyle to look cool and has a foul mouth, as well as a strong rivalry with Dan. He can remove padlocks from doors and can make [[InASingleBound incredible vertical jumps]] to reach otherwise inaccessible places. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In spite of his efforts and boasting abilities entirely unique to himself, Coyote remains Dan's inferior in terms of combat with his own "charged" revolver shot paling in comparison to his rival's trademark Collateral Shot. |
| 200 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Coyote is full of himself and jealous of his [[TeethClenchedTeamwork teammate]] Dan. |
| 201 | * DashingHispanic: He's a cocky and smoldering assassin who's always decked out in flashy clothing. |
| 202 | * GreaserDelinquents: His pompadour and side burns are vaguely reminiscent of this. |
| 203 | * DoorToBefore: Almost every padlock in the game he needs to unlock is one of these. |
| 204 | * GangstaStyle: So gangsta that it's almost ''upside-down''. |
| 205 | * HairTriggerTemper: He's always filled with rage, by his own admission. |
| 206 | * HotBloodedSideburns: He has these and a wicked pompadour, which gives him sort of a "rockabilly" look. |
| 207 | * InASingleBound: Is able to jump ''very'' high, though this doesn't come in handy as often as his lock picking skills. |
| 208 | * JapaneseDelinquents: Suda has said Coyote was designed with the ''yankii'' aesthetic in mind, most notable in his pompadour. |
| 209 | * MasterOfUnlocking: Is capable of picking padlocks with one hand by just manhandling them for a few seconds. His back is always turned to the camera when he does this, so it's possible that he's doing ''something'' more technical than what we can see. |
| 210 | * MysteriousPast: Other than being shot by Dan, little is said about his life prior to joining the Smith Syndicate. All we know is that he was a hustler or crook of some description from South America. |
| 211 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:The only Smith that managed to try to put up a fight with Emir and held an advantageous position on covering his own room -- up until Emir rounded about to shoot him from the window. Coyote ends up the only Smith besides Dan to look his killer in the eyes as he's gunned down.]] |
| 212 | * PrecisionFStrike: "You're fucked!" |
| 213 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: He holds his ''diagonally'' when targeting. |
| 214 | %%ZCE* SirSwearsALot |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:MASK de Smith]] |
| 218 | !! MASK de Smith |
| 219 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mask_de_smith.jpg]] |
| 220 | ->VA: Miguel Caballero |
| 221 | |
| 222 | -->''"I'm not a monster, it's only a mask."'' |
| 223 | |
| 224 | A powerful [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional lucha libre wrestler]]. A generally nice guy who draws his strength from MaskPower, HeroicWillpower, and [[GunsAkimbo two]] {{Grenade Launcher}}s. Has the greatest vitality of all the Smiths save for Harman himself. You need him to blow holes through cracked walls and move heavy objects. He is implied to have been highly popular and successful as a wrestler, until his sudden disappearance from the wrestling circuit. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * AdaptationalJerkass: His comicbook counterpart is much more aggressive and foul-mouthed. |
| 227 | * AuthorAppeal: Creator/Suda51 likes his luchadors. |
| 228 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Doesn't get much more cool than a masked luchador in a white suit blowing monsters away with a grenade launcher. However, he loses it when he moves on to his subsequent masks and costumes. |
| 229 | * TheBigGuy: The biggest of all the Smiths, of course. |
| 230 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: One of his tenets. |
| 231 | --> '''Mask:''' "Children are pure. They know who's the strongest." |
| 232 | * CrutchCharacter: His powerful grenade launchers can take down low-level Smiles in a single hit. But because you can't hit their weak points, you never get any thick blood from doing so. |
| 233 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Emir ambushes him while he's in the shower, maskless and thus effectively defenseless. The MightyGlacier is filled with lead and left to die in a bathtub.]] |
| 234 | * {{Face}}: Basically is the answer to the question "what if a wrestling face was also an assassin?". Jean even calls him a babyface. |
| 235 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Per the official website, "animals naturally flock to the young and kind-hearted Babyface." |
| 236 | * GentleGiant: The nicest of the team. He likes kids. |
| 237 | * GunsAkimbo: Fights with a grenade launcher in each hand. |
| 238 | * KillItWithFire: His grenades will light up enemies they don't kill. One of his character selection quotes states this. |
| 239 | --> '''Mask:''' Right, I'll just set them on fire. No problem. |
| 240 | * MagikarpPower: Even though he's strong, he can be awkward to use due to the frequent reloads. If you take the time to find all of his masks, he'll become super powerful and he won't have to reload every time he fires. |
| 241 | * MaskedLuchador: Duh. It's even in his name. |
| 242 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Mask is completely unable to hit weak points, which means there is no point scanning them with him either, but given his main weapons are grenade launchers, he is the only Smith that can hit multiple Smiles with his normal attacks. Because of that, he doesn't have a "Critical" ability to upgrade like the other Smiths, as it is replaced by a "Range" ability, which increases the blast radius of his grenades with each upgrade. |
| 243 | * MightyGlacier: Has the best vitality strength and fights with grenade launchers, but he's also the slowest out of the 7. [[spoiler:Unless you find his masks]]. |
| 244 | * NiceGuy: Easily the nicest and most sensible of his team. |
| 245 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Comes back to life after dying in his HopelessBossFight against Handsome Purple, with a new costume and stronger moves.]] |
| 246 | * ShoutOut: In the shootout with the Handsome Men, Mask seemingly loses his duel, but then he revives in a new outfit that makes him look like a Franchise/KamenRider. Fitting as his opponents are expies of Franchise/SuperSentai. |
| 247 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: During the short-lived comicbook adaptation, Mask was the team's most frequently used persona, overshadowing the typically prolific Dan. |
| 248 | * SuplexFinisher: [[MaskedLuchador Of course]]. Using Counter Attack while playing as him will have him suplex the life out of the Smile unfortunate enough to get close to him. |
| 249 | * TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:In his final two forms, he can charge five vials of blood to fire what appear to be missiles straight ahead. These are powerful enough to even take down Duplicators in one shot.]] |
| 250 | * UseYourHead: He can smash rocks and bullets with his head. |
| 251 | * VocalDissonance: At first glance you would not expect MASK to be the most soft-spoken of the group. It does help highlight his GentleGiant nature. |
| 252 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: He ''suplexes rubble'' and ''headbutts a bullet'' at one point. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Kevin Smith]] |
| 256 | !! Kevin Smith |
| 257 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevin_smith25.jpg]] |
| 258 | The Four-Eyes. A mysterious, [[ElectiveMute silent]] albino with SinisterShades, no shirt and an [[BottomlessMagazines unlimited supply of throwing knives]]. A MasterOfDisguise with the power to [[{{Invisibility}} literally turn invisible]] just by taking his shades off, letting him waltz through enemies and security systems with ease. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * AllThereInTheManual: Almost everything we know about him. He's gay [[AmbiguouslyBi (or at least was in love with a man)]], his voice apparently has the ability to summon gods, [[VideoGame/TheSilverCase his eyes are said to shine in the dark]] and he once fought the pharmaceutical mafia in Miami. In-game, though, he gets absolutely zero story content of his own. |
| 261 | * CoolShades: Dons a pair of them in battle. He only takes them off when going into stealth mode. |
| 262 | * DifficultButAwesome: Kevin's knives deal the least amount of damage out of all the weapons the Smiths wield, but the fact he is also the only one who doesn't have to reload ([[spoiler:Beside Mask, once you find his final mask upgrade]]) and has perfect aim means a player with good accuracy and reaction speeds can just mow down entire rooms of Smiles by striking their hit weakpoints and [[OneHitKill and taking them out in one shot]] one by one. As such, "Critical" for him is usually the OneStatToRuleThemAll alongside "Speed" to remove what little delay there is to his throws. |
| 263 | * ElectiveMute: Apparently because he would summon the gods if he spoke. He actually has some [[DummiedOut unused voice clips]] in the game's files, though. |
| 264 | * FlatCharacter: Kevin gets the least in-game characterization of the Smiths. All we can deduce from playing as him is that he's a stone-cold, no-nonsense killer. |
| 265 | * FlechetteStorm: His special charged attack is to throw several knives in quick succession. A stronger variation lets him throw them out in a spread like a shotgun. |
| 266 | * MasterOfDisguise: To the point where he can turn invisible. [[spoiler:In his previous life, he used normal disguises; he was killed in a failed bellhop disguise]]. |
| 267 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: By far the Smith that plays the most differently from the others, alongside Mask. |
| 268 | ** Because he throws [[DeviousDaggers knives]] instead of using a gun, Kevin is the only Smith that doesn't need to reload (beside [[spoiler: Mask, in his final costume]]). [[NecessaryDrawback To balance this advantage out however, they also have the worst attack and stopping power out of all the other weapons the Smith use]] |
| 269 | ** Kevin also has perfect accuracy from the start, so he does not have a "Waver" ability to improve, which is instead is replaced by "Invisibility". As expected, it lengthens the amount of time Kevin can stay invisible to avoid detection from enemies and security systems. |
| 270 | * NervesOfSteel: Kevin is nothing if not a professional. He's reserved, focused, and his throwing hand never wavers. He starts the game with perfect accuracy, so his "Waver" stat is replaced with "Invisibility." |
| 271 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:He was the first Smith to be murdered by Emir, and got a good look at his killer as the gun was pulled; he doesn't even get time to express this until he's being filled with lead, right before the fatal [[BoomHeadshot round to the skull]] as he's gunned down within the span of two seconds.]] |
| 272 | * PrimalStance: Constantly hunched over which combined with his shirtless look makes him seem somewhat wild despite his actual demeaner. [[FlatCharacter Not that we have much else to go on.]] |
| 273 | * SunglassesAtNight: He's always seen with sunglasses on, he does take them off when he goes invisible and when he disguises himself. |
| 274 | * TheStoic: Kevin is stoic to the point of being completely silent. |
| 275 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: The only time he puts on a shirt is if he's in disguise. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | !The Smith Syndicate - Allies |
| 279 | [[folder:Iwazaru (Vincel Dill Boris VII Iwazarucof)]] |
| 280 | !! Iwazaru (Vincel Dill Boris VII Iwazaruscof) |
| 281 | [[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iwazaru16.jpg]] |
| 282 | --> ''"Master. We're in a tight spot. A very tight spot."'' |
| 283 | |
| 284 | A servant of the Smiths dressed in what seems to be bondage gear, he speaks primarily in nonsense, along with the occasional gameplay tip. Always starts talking with "Master" and ends with "In the name of Harman...". Seems to be a Remnant Psyche like the characters in the section below, but there's something a little off about him... |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: It's unclear whether he's a Remnant Psyche or a still-living human, as he isn't mentioned in the letters that summarize the other main psyches. [[spoiler:Or a Heaven Smile, or Kun Lan]]. |
| 287 | * CatchPhrase: "Master...", and "In the name of Harman..." |
| 288 | ** He also has a phrase for each stage that he starts his dialogs with, always pointing out that things aren't going well. "We're in a tight spot!" "This is harsh." etc. |
| 289 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Iwazaru's personal demeanor and manner of speaking are nothing if not eccentric. |
| 290 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: It's hard to make out but he begins most of his speeches with phrases like "Master, it is dangerous, it is dangerous, dangerous!". |
| 291 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Goes on a number of off-screen sidequests during Alter Ego to collect items needed to complete the level. |
| 292 | * {{Irony}}: "Iwazaru" is Japanese for "Speak no evil", but he's awfully chatty. |
| 293 | * MysteriousPast: No one says anything about his backstory except for his connections to Mizaru and Kikazaru. [[spoiler:This means there's something wrong with him, since all of the Remnant Psyches have a backstory. Turns out he may be Kun Lan, or... something]]. |
| 294 | * TheNicknamer: He has nicknames for most of the Smiths and rarely refers to them with their real names. Dan is the Hellion, Coyote is the Thief, Kaede is Barefoot, Kevin is Four-Eyes... |
| 295 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He says afros horrify him, which is the reason he only shows up in Cloudman once, barring the Iwazaru Notes. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Samantha Sitbon/Smith]] |
| 299 | !! Samantha Sitbon/Smith |
| 300 | ->VA: Heidi Anderson |
| 301 | [[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samantha_sitbon.jpg]] |
| 302 | -->''"I don't have time for this shit, you know I'm busy with my classes!"'' |
| 303 | -->''"The Master is awake."'' |
| 304 | |
| 305 | Harman's caretaker. When the lights are on, she's a moody, foul-mouthed AlphaBitch who thinks nothing of physically abusing the comatose Harman. When the lights are off, she's a perfect and loyal {{Meido}} servant to Harman. She saves your game for you, but only when "on the clock" as the Save Maid.\ |
| 306 | In the past, she was one of Harman's personae, as Samantha Smith. When Harman was wounded and entered his near-comatose state, she gave up her work as an assassin to help him. The abuse, on the other hand, [[AllThereInTheManual came later]]. |
| 307 | ---- |
| 308 | * AllThereInTheManual: Much of the backstory on her comes from ''Hand in killer7''. |
| 309 | * HateSink: Considering how ruthless most of the cast is, Samantha stands out for her vicious abuse of Harman while he's comatose, even going as far as to rape him. |
| 310 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: She regularly rapes Harman when he's comatose and the lights are on, but acts like she's his loyal maid when he's awake. Garcian even catches her in the middle of assaulting him and doesn't even comment on it, and she suffers no punishment for this until Harman is finally awake when the lights are on, where he then kills her.]] |
| 311 | * {{Meido}}: When the lights are off. |
| 312 | * NinjaMaid: [[spoiler:It isn't shown, but she's also an assassin, and is the one who killed Johnny Gagnon.]] |
| 313 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Jaco describes her as a greedy girl who'll do anything for money. |
| 314 | * SplitPersonality: She acts like a totally different person depending on whether the lights are on or off. How conscious she is of this and which one is her "real" self is not clear. |
| 315 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Most of what she does to Harman is done out of Checkbox using her as an "alter ego" via hypnotism.]] |
| 316 | * TheWorfEffect: According to the backstory, the first time she met the Smiths, [[spoiler:she took out all of them except for Harman]]. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Christopher Mills]] |
| 320 | !! Christopher Mills |
| 321 | ->VA: Bart Flynn |
| 322 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christopher_mills.jpg]] |
| 323 | -->''"What can you do when the whole world has its eyes on you?"'' |
| 324 | |
| 325 | The liaison between the American government and the killer7, and a good friend of Garcian. He's not a member of the group, but is close to them and knows everything about them. |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * AffectionateNickname: Briefly calls Garcian "Garcie" [[spoiler:as a Remnant Psyche. He does so when trying to comfort Garcian when he seems to be crying after remembering his DarkAndTroubledPast.]] |
| 328 | * AllThereInTheManual: He was previously an informant to Curtis Blackburn, and is an assassin himself, though not a very good one. |
| 329 | * CatchPhrase: [[SpySpeak "Hello, Mr. Smith, the election is drawing near, have you decided on your vote? If you haven't, please let the Republic Party make the most of your precious vote, thank you and have a nice day."]] |
| 330 | * HisNameIs: [[spoiler:Is assassinated right when he's about to tell Garcian about his backstory]]. |
| 331 | * KarmicDeath: A man who assigned missions to assassins on the behest of the government [[spoiler:is killed by an assassin, on the behest of the government]]. |
| 332 | * MrExposition: For the premise of most targets. Travis tells you more throughout the level. |
| 333 | * SkewedPriorities: He takes a moment during his Alter Ego briefing to criticize the government's PR firm for buying up the Handsome Men merchandising rights so they can make a quick buck off of the carnage the team is causing. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Mad Doctor]] |
| 337 | !! Mad Doctor |
| 338 | A doctor living inside the television set. He converts blood into serum for the purposes of leveling up your characters. |
| 339 | ---- |
| 340 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Isn't specified to be a Remnant Psyche, but at the same time, he lives in a TV. |
| 341 | * MadDoctor: It's literally his name. |
| 342 | * TheVoiceless: He's never seen speaking, and his mouth is covered. |
| 343 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Just up and vanishes following [[spoiler:Garcian regaining his memories.]] |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:Gary Wanderers ("Steward")]] |
| 347 | !! Gary Wanderers ("Steward") |
| 348 | A man who replaces Samantha's save game duty late in the game. Very little is known about him, but he does his job well. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: You can only find out his name by asking Iwazaru. |
| 351 | * TheJeeves: All there is to say about him. |
| 352 | * TheStoic: He's much more quiet and professional than his predecessor. |
| 353 | * TheVoiceless: He probably ''does'' speak, but seeing as his only purpose is to save your game and thus he never appears in a cutscene, we never witness it. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | !The Smith Syndicate - Remnant Psyches |
| 357 | [[folder:Travis Bell]] |
| 358 | !! Travis Bell |
| 359 | [[quoteright:201:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/travis_bell.jpg]] |
| 360 | -->''"A blood-red flower's gonna go up like a firework. And it's up to the owner Fukushima to prevent it from hitting and killing everybody. So, Chief, which side are you on? The homeland? Or Japan?"'' |
| 361 | |
| 362 | The most major recurring Remnant Psyche that follows the killer7 around wherever they go, commenting on the situation and providing confusing but informative exposition. He was the Syndicate's first target back in the day. Wears a shirt with large, usually pink text that changes every time you see him. Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes that other Travis]]... [[EpilepticTrees probably]]. |
| 363 | ---- |
| 364 | * AmbiguouslyGay: If some of the flamboyant messages on his shirts weren't enough of an indication, he seems to have found Harman assassinating him an arousing experience. |
| 365 | * CatchPhrase: Usually says "straight up" at least once in each of his monologues. Tends to call you "chief" as well. |
| 366 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Travis is an odd guy, to say the least. He's consistently upbeat when he's talking about the grim situations the Smiths are in or the circumstances of his own death. [[spoiler:[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness That is]], until his final appearance in Smile Pt.2 when he solemnly warns Garcian about the terrible truths he's about to learn.]] |
| 367 | * DeadpanSnarker: He intermingles his expository dialogue with witty remarks and dry observations. |
| 368 | * FunTShirt: His tank top has a different word or phrase printed on it depending on where he is when you talk to him. |
| 369 | * HyperactiveSprite: A few. One of his more notable appearances has him incessantly pelvic thrusting. |
| 370 | * MrExposition: Though by his own admission he's not very good at it. Still, he's more informative and honest about the story than anyone else. |
| 371 | * OnlySaneMan: Possibly the most relatable character; once you understand what he's saying, it's clear he's just a chill guy who's mostly happy to talk with you. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Susie Sumner]] |
| 375 | !! Susie Sumner |
| 376 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/susie_sumner_2.png]] |
| 377 | -->''"Well, hello, Smith. ( ´－｀)ノ"'' |
| 378 | A complete lunatic. She likes to play PeekABooCorpse with her severed head (if she still has a body we never see it) and then offer the syndicate an elemental ring for solving puzzles after regaling tales of her bloody life. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * AxCrazy: It's clear right from the get-go that Susie's clock went cuckoo a ''long'' time ago. While she was still alive, she had extreme anger problems that frequently led her to murder (or castrate) anyone she felt had wronged her. |
| 381 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the last ring is given in Encounter, she's never heard from again. |
| 382 | * DisproportionateRetribution: What led to a lot of her crimes. For example, her boyfriend hit her by accident when he used a rock that was too big for the "window call" trick, so she took her dad's hunting rifle and shot him in the face. |
| 383 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Hates them all, except possibly the male Smiths. |
| 384 | * {{Emoticon}}: Speaks with Japanese emoticons that some western audiences may be unfamiliar with (she often uses (`?´) when flustered, for example). |
| 385 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When she tried to contact the killer7 to hire them, they were so disgusted by what a psychopath she was they killed her out of principle. |
| 386 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: She was originally a slightly frustrated high school student, but after accidentally killing her mom, she got the taste for killing and embarked on a bloody murder streak that didn't end until she was killed. |
| 387 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A ghostly, buzzing theme plays to let you know rooms where Suzie is present. |
| 388 | * PeekABooCorpse: {{Invoked|Trope}}, being that she's just a ghostly head she likes to manifest herself in cramped spaces like dryers and floor cabinets. |
| 389 | * SerialKiller: She became a notorious one over time as her thirst for blood escalated to ghoulish extremes. |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:Kess [=BloodySunday=] ]] |
| 393 | !! Kess [=BloodySunday=] |
| 394 | [[quoteright:143:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kess_bloodysunday.png]] |
| 395 | --> ''"Then before I knew it I was lost, all alone again. Please help me! I can't see a thing."'' |
| 396 | |
| 397 | A boy who was a brutal murderer and good at making bombs. [[MeaningfulName Was killed on a Sunday by the killer7.]] He knows how to defeat the bosses, including the Queen Smiles and the Ceramic Smile. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * CamelCase: His last name is written in this for some reason. |
| 400 | * CreepyChild: To the point of being a murderer in life, and still very creepy in death. |
| 401 | * MeaningfulName: He was killed on a Sunday. His last name could also possibly be a reference to "Bloody Sunday," a 1972 massacre in Derry during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. |
| 402 | * MadBomber: He had a propensity for building bombs, which is appropriate given [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles what his surname may be a reference to]]. |
| 403 | * MrExposition: Cryptically describes how to beat the majority of the bosses. |
| 404 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Kess supposed to be a boy, yet he could pass for a older teen or young adult. |
| 405 | \ |
| 406 | \ |
| 407 | \ |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Yoon-Hyun/True Mask]] |
| 411 | !! Yoon-Hyun/True Mask |
| 412 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yoonhyun.jpg]] |
| 413 | --> ''"Mr. Smith. I sell information, yes?"'' |
| 414 | --> ''"Loser. I am the True Mask, and I shall guide you."'' |
| 415 | |
| 416 | An informant to the killer7 who was killed and became a Remnant Psyche. He carries around a mask that "craves Thick Blood" and, if you shoot it, his personality changes, you lose Thick Blood, and gives expanded hints. According to Johnny Gagnon, he was the owner of the Union Hotel. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | * BloodLust: The Mask. Literally stated - "the mask lusts for thick blood". In the bonus [[spoiler:killer8]] mode, the Mask craves blood whether or not Yoon-Hyun is wearing the mask. |
| 419 | * CatchPhrase: As the True Mask: "Tomorrow, it could be you." |
| 420 | * FlippingTheBird: Flips two of them if you shoot him. |
| 421 | * PunnyName: Yoon-Hyun was the owner of the ''Union'' Hotel. |
| 422 | * SplitPersonality: It depends on whether or not the Mask is on. |
| 423 | * YouNoTakeCandle: Speaks somewhat awkwardly initially, but is more gramatically correct (and more rude) as the True Mask. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:Mizaru and Kikazaru]] |
| 427 | !! Mizaru and Kikazaru |
| 428 | |
| 429 | The ex-wife and handler of Iwazaru, respectively. Mizaru serves under KAEDE, and Kikazaru points out the locations of Soul Shells. They also wear what looks like bondage gear. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * {{Dominatrix}}: Mizaru is dressed like one, although she doesn't do anything dominatrix-y. She also wears heels, in contrast to her barefoot mistress KAEDE. |
| 432 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They're linked by their relations to Iwazaru, and have little backstory otherwise. |
| 433 | * TheVoiceless: In contrast to the chatty Iwazaru, they fulfill their purposes in silence. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | !Heaven Smile |
| 437 | [[folder:Kun Lan]] |
| 438 | !! Kun Lan |
| 439 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kun_lan.png]] |
| 440 | ->VA: Creator/JoeLala |
| 441 | |
| 442 | -->''"A new generation of children will bring order to this age..."'' |
| 443 | |
| 444 | Harman's rival and friend, and leader of the Heaven Smiles. A godlike figure with the power of life in his hand, able to grant immortality to whoever he chooses. Despite being set up as an antagonist for the killer7, [[FriendlyEnemy he and Harman remain civil towards one another]], and the two are often seen playing chess together. His war with Harman is eternal. |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: His penchant for maniacal laughter aside, he asks Harman why he always loses to the latter in chess. Harman's BrutalHonesty about Kun Lan just flat out being a bad player gets ''both'' of them to laugh it up. |
| 447 | * AffablyEvil: He remains polite to everyone, even though he's a terrorist. |
| 448 | * AlternateSelf: Though it never comes up explicitly in the game, according to the "hand in killer7" book, like Harman, he can manifest in different versions of himself. |
| 449 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Similarly to Harman. |
| 450 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: For some reason, his skin is depicted as grey. It's not known if it is natural or if it's evidence of [[AmbiguouslyHuman his inhuman nature]]. |
| 451 | * BigBad: As the leader and creator of the Heaven Smiles who's involvement is tied to the conflict of every mission. |
| 452 | * TheChessmaster: Literally and otherwise, competes with Harman (who does note that Kun Lan is a really terrible chess player). |
| 453 | * CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Has a much higher-pitched voice than this rival Harman. You'll hear it quite a bit [[spoiler:since all the Heaven Smiles trooper share his laughter.]] |
| 454 | * EvilLaugh: He's capable of belting out some seriously wicked ones. It's actually [[spoiler: the same laughter as the Heaven Smile troopers, which is foreshadowing to his involvement as the Last Shot Smile.]] |
| 455 | * FriendlyEnemy: To Harman. They have opposing goals, but don't have issues interacting with each other. |
| 456 | * GigglingVillain: He's where the Heaven Smile get it from, after all. |
| 457 | * GoodPowersBadPeople: He has the power of life, but [[LightIsNotGood uses it to kill, mutate, and terrify]]. Contrast Harman, who specializes in death but seemingly uses it for good. |
| 458 | * TheHyena: His laughter is just as insane and hysterical as the Smiles he creates. |
| 459 | * TheUnfought: If he isn't the Last Shot Smile, then he's one of these. [[spoiler:You do fight his angel projection early on, but you never actually have a proper showdown with him - the closest thing there is is an ambiguously symbolic cutscene in a level full of flashbacks, in which Garcian and/or young Harman may or may not have shot up both him and old Harman.]] |
| 460 | * VisionaryVillain: Implied by his quote above though what this "order" he's referring to entails is never really specified at least in the game. |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[folder:Heaven Smile]] |
| 464 | !! Heaven Smile |
| 465 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heaven_smile.jpg]] |
| 466 | -->''"At heaven's command, we will kill the unwanted. We must get rid of bad trees from their roots. I hope that you are not one of them."'' |
| 467 | |
| 468 | A terrorist organization [[TerroristsWithoutACause hell-bent on causing terror for its own sake]], headed by Kun Lan. Heaven Smiles are ordinary people infected by a virus that turns them into strangely coloured, ever-smirking, ever-cackling zombies, whose primary means of attack is suicide-bombing their target. They are still easily dispatched [[AttackItsWeakPoint by shooting their weak points]], turning them into clouds of blood. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * ActionBomb: Their defining trait. |
| 471 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Low-level smiles can be shot anywhere, but shooting their weak point is a OneHitKill. Eventually, more Smile types appear that can ''only'' be killed by hitting their weakpoint, and a couple will actually teleport right in front of you and explode if you hit them anywhere ''but'' their weak point. |
| 472 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Giant Smiles. |
| 473 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: They can get undeniably silly at times but the threat they pose as living bombs can be quite terrifying as those [[CruelAndUnusualDeath poor civilians in the first mission can attest to.]] |
| 474 | * BodyHorror: Just the whole process of becoming a Smile is bad enough. But then you start running into Smiles that don't even look ''remotely'' human. |
| 475 | * ChasingYourTail: The Ceramic Smile. |
| 476 | * ClimaxBoss: The [[BodyOfBodies Galactic]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre Tomahawk]] Smile, last of the [[BossCorridor Vinculum Gate]] boss fights. Considering how later "fights" amount more to plot-centric [[ZeroEffortBoss Zero Effort Bosses]], the Galactic Tomahawk Smile provides the last real test of player skill before the game wraps up. |
| 477 | * DegradedBoss: A couple of the miniboss Smiles become regular enemies later on. |
| 478 | * {{Determinator}}: They'll keep shuffling towards you even without their heads. Shoot off one or more of their legs, and they'll just crawl (in fact, they crawl even faster than they walk.) |
| 479 | * EyeBeams: The Laser Smile. |
| 480 | * TheHeartless: People that are turned into these typically lose their personalities and free will. |
| 481 | * TheHyena: ''Every sound'' they make is some kind of laughter. |
| 482 | * LaughablyEvil: Some of the Smiles manage to be pretty silly, like Smiles that jog towards you making strange noises, or contort themselves into a ball and ''roll'' towards you. |
| 483 | * LaughingMad: They make a maniac laugh when they're doing their suicidal explosion towards a Smith. |
| 484 | * MadeOfIron: The Protector series of Smiles can only be killed by Mask's grenades. The vanilla Protector Smile only requires the basic grenade, while Protector Z needs a level 1 charge attack, and the Protector ZZ needs a fully charged attack. |
| 485 | * MadnessMantra: Get close enough to one without agitating them and you can hear them mumbling to themselves incessantly in a distorted manner. It's actually a slowed down excerpt from Kun Lan's conversation with Harman Smith. |
| 486 | -->''[[VisionaryVillain ...will bring order to this age... will bring order to this age...]]'' |
| 487 | * MetalSlime: Micro and Camellia smiles. Both give huge amounts of thick blood when killed (and the Micros awaken all the sleeping Smiths,) but Micros are small and hard to hit, and fly towards you really quickly (fortunately, the explosion doesn't hurt you, but it does blind the player) and Camellia's sprint as fast as they can away from you and then explode if you shoot them without killing them or get too close. |
| 488 | * MookMaker: Duplicator and Mother Smiles. |
| 489 | * OneHitKill: The miniboss Smiles encountered after passing through the Viniculum Gate can kill you in one hit if you don’t kill them fast enough. Fortunately they lose this when they become DegradedBoss. |
| 490 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Extremely different, to the point where them being more or less zombies doesn't cross most players' minds. |
| 491 | * SlasherSmile: More of a massive rictus grin, but it serves the same purpose. |
| 492 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Camellia Smiles who as Iwazaru describes actually want to defect to the killer7's side. Thus they are marked as traitors of the Heaven Smile with their distinct [[LightIsGood white bodies,]] [[MarkOfShame stained with blood]] via "baptism". Apparently the best they can do is act as [[HelpfulMook Helpful Mooks]], standing next to spots where it is necessary to use a Smith's special ability. Instead of attacking the Smiths when approached, they will simply flee screaming and detonate themselves safely out of range. They also act as [[MetalSlime Metal Slimes]] as noted above so they're always a welcome sight. It's fitting that they're the only Smile to have a voiceline that is reused from a victim of the Heaven Smile[[note]]Specifically, they reuse the second Red Gunner gangmember's crying for help on the second floor inside the "Celtic" Building of the first mission but reversed.[[/note]] rather than from Kun Lan, the Heaven Smile's leader. |
| 493 | * UniqueEnemy: The Ceramic Smile could count, as it's only fought once like the mini-boss Smiles, but unlike them it's not fought inside the Vinculum Gate. |
| 494 | * TheUsualAdversaries: You fight them even when the antagonist of the chapter isn't remotely affiliated with HS. |
| 495 | * WasOnceAMan: Are created from humans. |
| 496 | * ZombieGait: Both played straight and averted. Most Smiles will leisurely shamble towards you, but certain types will run or outright sprint at you. Some Smiles (like the Mithril and Timer Smiles) will do both. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[folder:Gatekeeper]] |
| 500 | !! Gatekeeper |
| 501 | |
| 502 | The man who guards the Vinculum Gate, which leads to the Colosseum in which new Heaven Smiles are tested. Although he's in league with Kun Lan, he will let the Smiths through if they provide him with Soul Shells. |
| 503 | ---- |
| 504 | * FlatCharacter: He really doesn't have much of a purpose beyond guarding the Viculum Gate. Aside from his unexplained connection to Kun Lan nothing else is revealed about him. |
| 505 | * LivingProp: See above. |
| 506 | [[/folder]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[folder:Curtis Blackburn]] |
| 509 | !! Curtis Blackburn |
| 510 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/curtis_blackburn.png]] |
| 511 | ->VA: Creator/AlastairDuncan |
| 512 | |
| 513 | -->''"Doesn't hurt to have a hobby after retirement. What do you think?"'' |
| 514 | |
| 515 | An assassin currently in the business of abducting orphans and harvesting their organs to sell on the black market for use in creating the Heaven Smile. He was once the mentor of Dan Smith, and was also the one to kill him. He seems to have a supernatural control over light and darkness, and has an adopted daughter - AYAME Blackburn - who he has raised in his footsteps. |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Encounter''. |
| 518 | * DecapitationPresentation: Does this to Pedro with his daughter's head. |
| 519 | * DirtyOldMan: A particularly disgusting example. He's in his fifties and his first cutscene sees him with a prostitute (who he murders). Later, it's revealed he's a pedophile. |
| 520 | * DisturbedDoves: "We shoot when the bird flies." [[spoiler:It coos just before it takes off.]] |
| 521 | * DuelToTheDeath: His boss fight with Dan, who accuses him of trying to die in style afterwards. |
| 522 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introduction involves him loading his gun, shooting the callgirl in the limo with him, and gunning down a waiting room for seemingly no reason, all without a care in the world. |
| 523 | * EvilOldFolks: He's somewhere in his fifties and is a vicious assassin. |
| 524 | * EvilMentor: To Dan. |
| 525 | * FinalSpeech: Subverted. He tries to give one, but Dan interrupts him. |
| 526 | * GunsAkimbo: Wields duel pistols. |
| 527 | * HateSink: A horrible, vile excuse for a human being as the other tropes in his folder can attest to. No one who talks about him has anything positive to say about him and he's generally considered pure scum. |
| 528 | * HeroKiller: He killed Dan a long time ago. Granted, Dan isn't much of a hero, but he's nowhere near as bad as Curtis. |
| 529 | * KarmicDeath: Gets shot by the man he supposedly killed, and he gets killed by the machine he uses to cleanse the little girls of their organs. |
| 530 | * KnightOfCerebus: His chapter is directly after the surreal Cloudman, and is ''far'' darker, marking the point where the situation begins to slide downwards for the Smiths. |
| 531 | * LightIsNotGood: His color scheme consists almost completely of white and he is the most reprehensible antagonist in the game. |
| 532 | * LivingADoubleLife: A far darker case than normal. His organ dealing? That's his ''public'' face. Privately, he's a pedophile who rapes all the girls he kidnaps and, after taking their organs, he taxidermizes them. |
| 533 | * MurdererPOV: His introduction cutscene. |
| 534 | * OrganTheft: His specialty, along with killing. |
| 535 | * PaedoHunt: One of his main targets is children, who he also rapes. |
| 536 | * TheParanoiac: He has a wide-scale security system fitted throughout his home alongside the Heaven Smiles running around the property as an added security measure. Iwazaru describes him as a "neurotic fellow". |
| 537 | * PsychoForHire: A hired hitman working for the Heaven Smile. |
| 538 | * {{Sadist}}: He expressed glee when he killed his partner, Pedro and even went as far as to taunt him over raping his wife and murdering his children. |
| 539 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Never raises his voice, even when killing people. |
| 540 | * TheSociopath: He shows no remorse for all the horrible things he's done, doesn't bat an eye at mass murder, and he cares for no one, not even his partner, Pedro. |
| 541 | * TheStoic: A much more calm character than most in this game. |
| 542 | * WalkOnWater: Kind of. He's able to lie down and stand on water, almost as if it were a bed. |
| 543 | * WouldHitAGirl: The children he murdered were all girls and we're even introduced to him murdering a woman in his limo. |
| 544 | * WouldHurtAChild: Doesn't mind raping children and harvesting their organs. |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder:AYAME Blackburn]] |
| 548 | !! AYAME Blackburn |
| 549 | [[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ayame_blackburn.png]] |
| 550 | ->VA: Masayo Hosono |
| 551 | |
| 552 | -->''"Like a flower that blooms in the soil of our carnal and corrupt society, I shall administer retribution to stray vermin that graze this land. For I am the Chairman of the Education Guidance Council! Ayame Blackburn, survive!"'' |
| 553 | |
| 554 | Curtis Blackburn's adopted daughter. Her weapon of choice is a machine gun and as Curtis' protégé she possesses the same powers over light and shadow as he does. She is a CosplayOtakuGirl who wears an animegao kigurumi mask and fashions herself as a MagicalGirl. |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | * AxCrazy: She acts like an anime protagonist and seems disconnected from reality, no doubt because of the extreme mental trauma Curtis put her through. |
| 557 | * BecomingTheMask: The whole "magical girl" persona is apparently something Curtis conditioned her into adopting as part of his depraved sexual whims. |
| 558 | * BrokenBird: She was an random innocent young woman before Curtis got to her. |
| 559 | * CastingAShadow: She has some of Curtis's power over light and shadow; as such, during her fight, she can only be injured when she's in the radius of the streetlights. |
| 560 | * CosplayOtakuGirl: She wears a Japanese schoolgirl outfit reminiscent of an anime high school girl. Possibly Curtis' doing, see below. |
| 561 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Though, given how terrible Curtis is, it's likely she was abused into this position. |
| 562 | * TheDragon: To Curtis. |
| 563 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Curtis is introduced to the player slaughtering his way through an office building, finally cornering a young woman. [[spoiler:When you kill AYAME, the mask rolls off to reveal she's that young woman.]] |
| 564 | * KillerRabbit: She'll tear you apart if you aren't careful. |
| 565 | * LightningBruiser: Her automatic machine gun lets her tear through your healthbar, she's crazy fast during her boss fight with her first fight having her reach ludicrous speeds the more damage she takes, and she takes a crazy amount of bullets both times you fight her. |
| 566 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: AYAME's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animegao_kigurumi ''kigurumi'']] mask is part of what makes her such a memorable antagonist. The bug-eyed anime features stick out in a game where characters have realistically-rendered faces. This contrast creates a rather eerie effect, which isn't helped by her holding a completely realistic submachine gun. She looks less like a cosplayer and more like a masked terrorist... which is kind of what she ''is'', given that she's working for Heaven Smile. |
| 567 | * MagicalGirl: Acts like one, but with machine guns instead of magic. |
| 568 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Between her meaningful first name AND her last name, it's one deadly combo. |
| 569 | * RecurringBoss: The only boss fought multiple times while not being some sort of ZeroEffortBoss. |
| 570 | * SuperSpeed: She runs around the parking lot ''very'' fast. It’s hard to get a bead on her. |
| 571 | * TakeThat: One big stab at Japanese politics and otaku culture. She looks and acts like a stereotypical anime waifu that otakus would fantasize about, complete with a sexually risque high school uniform. The truth is that she's a mentally-broken orphan who's been abused by Curtis into acting like a fantasy anime heroine, which is implied to be one of his sexual fantasies. The point seems to be that an anime waifu girl could only exist in real life if a girl was conditioned to behave like a fictional character through rigorous abuse. |
| 572 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: The Smiths pity her awful situation enough not to [[spoiler:turn her into a Remnant Psyche like they do with Curtis.]] |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder:Greg Nightmare and the Seven Black Smiles]] |
| 576 | !! Greg Nightmare and the Seven Black Smiles |
| 577 | |
| 578 | -->"''Haah haah haah...''" |
| 579 | |
| 580 | The Secretary of Education. Saying any more would be a spoiler. |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | * AlmightyJanitor: See MilkmanConspiracy below. |
| 583 | * BlingBlingBang: [[spoiler:Shoots at the Smiths with a Golden Gun. He drops it during the 2nd phase though only Garcian Smith can "handle" it.]] |
| 584 | * EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:A very deep guttural one that he lets out everytime he takes damage.]] |
| 585 | * FatBastard: [[spoiler:Hostile towards the Smith Syndicate at the end of ''Smile, Part 2'' to the extent that he kills off every one of them except for Garcian.]] |
| 586 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The last boss that you can actually lose to.]] |
| 587 | * GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Shooting him here triggers his second phase.]] |
| 588 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:The Seven Black Smiles, the only things in the game that can kill off killer7 personae for good]]. |
| 589 | * HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:The second form, when Nightmare creates the Black Smiles, until Garcian comes out]]. |
| 590 | * MilkmanConspiracy: [[spoiler:The most powerful man in the country, despite the lack of power that his job title may imply. This is explained by all the voting stations in elections being held at schools, and through controlling the schools he controls the elections.]] |
| 591 | * MookMaker: [[spoiler:Nightmare makes Special Black Smiles that can kill anyone for good in one shot and are invincible to anything except the Golden Gun]]. |
| 592 | * OneHitKill: [[spoiler:The suicidal explosions of the Black Smiles can ''and'' will kill the Smiths instantly. Garcian is the only one who can avoid the fate by grabbing the Golden Gun]] (in killer8 mode, [[spoiler:Young Harman bites the bullet from the Smile aimed at Garcian, so the latter simply has to grab the Gun to kill the boss in one hit]]). |
| 593 | * PsychoRangers: [[spoiler:The Seven Black Smiles could be seen as a more serious and less colorful take on this. Like the usual trope, there's one for every one of the protagonists, but unlike the trope, they don't have EvilOpposite personalities or anything - they just show up and start suicide bombing, one by one]]. |
| 594 | * WalkingSpoiler: Who they are and what they do cannot be discussed openly since it's mostly major revelations. |
| 595 | * ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Once his last Black Smile is defeated using the newly acquired Golden Gun, he's left completely helpless before Garcian who then takes him down with one shot. Even moreso in Killer8 mode with Harman Smith having to die to the final Black Smile before switching to Garcian making the Black Smile phase of his fight more of a formality if anything.]] |
| 596 | [[/folder]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | [[folder:Last Shot Smile]] |
| 599 | !! Last Shot Smile |
| 600 | |
| 601 | -->''"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"'' |
| 602 | |
| 603 | The last Heaven Smile. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * AllThereInTheManual: ''Hand In killer7'''s chronology gives the name "Last Shot." It also tells a very confusing tale regarding his creation, seemingly invalidating the idea that he's [[spoiler:Kun Lan and/or Iwazaru]], despite the very same book stating that he's [[spoiler:Kun Lan]] somewhere else. |
| 606 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Lion'', along with Matsuoka. |
| 607 | * HeWasRightThereAllAlong: He's in [[spoiler:Garcian's Trailerhouse.]] |
| 608 | * MadeOfIron: While the invulnerable [[spoiler:Black Smiles]] finally went down in one hit from the Golden Gun, this guy takes five hits from it, implying a large amount of durability. |
| 609 | * PostFinalBoss: The final "fight". |
| 610 | * ZeroEffortBoss: All you do is chase him and then shoot him down. |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | !Other Antagonists |
| 614 | [[folder:Kenjiro Matsuoka]] |
| 615 | !! Kenjiro Matsuoka |
| 616 | [[quoteright:213:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kenjiro_matsuoka.jpg]] |
| 617 | -->''"[[LampshadeHanging I'm Japanese, how the hell should I know]]?"'' |
| 618 | |
| 619 | The timid new leader of the U.N. party, mocked by party seniors. In his very first scene, Akiba and Kurahashi order him to commit suicide, as Japan will most likely be destroyed by missiles. After he shoots their heads, he becomes a spiritual [[TheDragon Dragon]] to Kun Lan and gains a lot of confidence. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * ArcVillain: ''Smile, Part 1'' is about taking him down. He returns as one of the two villains of ''Lion'', along with the Last Shot Smile. |
| 622 | * ButtMonkey: In his first scene he is mocked by his seniors and goaded into suicide. Even the game interupt his attempt at standing for himself by putting the his title shot mid outburst. After that Kun Lan empowers into becoming much more confident. |
| 623 | * TheDragon: Sort of. Kun Lan approves of him and assists him in his rise to power, but the U.N. and the Heaven Smile are separate groups. |
| 624 | * {{Foil}}: To Garcian, like him he was saved from commiting suicide by one of the resident demigods of the world, both underwent a massive personality change where they become a calmer, more focused individual. Lastly both of them are able to break from the grasps of their enablers. The difference between them is Garcian has supernatural powers, while Matsuoka has vast political power. |
| 625 | * TheHeavy: You can argue that he gets directly involved more often than his new "master" Kun Lan does. |
| 626 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential / VideoGameCaringPotential: [[spoiler:One or the other. At the end of the game, you can alter the ending by choosing to kill or spare him]]. Might be considered an aversion, though, given how [[spoiler:he frames the choice as regarding what he symbolizes, and the consequences of his life]]. The motivations that drive the player, however, could easily be these tropes as well. |
| 627 | * UnwittingPawn: He is just another assets for Kun Lan in his game of East vs West with Harman. Although Kenjiro is free to do his own planning and goal. |
| 628 | * ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler:Because he's not actually fighting you. You choose whether to kill him or not, and if you do he just lets you do it, but you can also choose to just walk right on past.]] |
| 629 | [[/folder]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | [[folder:Julia Kisugi]] |
| 632 | !! Julia Kisugi |
| 633 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julia_kisugi.png]] |
| 634 | -->''"A pet of the United States... interesting."'' |
| 635 | |
| 636 | The secretary to Toru Fukushima, working in his restaurant. She's really another assassin sent to retrieve the Yakumo document. |
| 637 | ---- |
| 638 | * ActionGirl: Obviously, being an assassin. |
| 639 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After her defeat, she [[AteHisGun eats a grenade]] and promptly explodes into gibs. |
| 640 | * GracefulLoser: You can encounter her ghost in "Cloudman", and she is grateful to have been killed and freed from the miserable life of an assassin. |
| 641 | * GunsAkimbo: Lets her shoot extra fast. |
| 642 | * TheMole: She works for the Liberal Party. |
| 643 | * TheStarscream: Works under Fukushima, but ultimately kills him and then attempts to kill the Smiths to get her hands on the Yakumo. |
| 644 | |
| 645 | \ |
| 646 | \ |
| 647 | \ |
| 648 | \ |
| 649 | [[/folder]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[folder:Jean Depaul]] |
| 652 | !! Jean Depaul |
| 653 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jean_depaul.png]] |
| 654 | ->VA: Creator/JamesHoran |
| 655 | |
| 656 | -->''"Lucha Libre is for kids! But, you know, you are great with the kids, masked man!"'' |
| 657 | |
| 658 | A chef working for Toru Fukushima, and a fan of MASK. Like Julia, he too is attempting to get ahold of the Yakumo document. |
| 659 | ---- |
| 660 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Sunset, Part 2'', though the mission doesn't end with his defeat. |
| 661 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:When wounded, he shoots himself rather than let the killer7 take care of him.]] |
| 662 | * GuiltyPleasures: Despite the quote above saying otherwise, he LOVES MASK's fighting style. |
| 663 | * {{Heel}}: The Japanese subtitles has MASK de Smith refer to him as this in their second meeting. |
| 664 | * TheMole: You know you're a big target when you have two of them. Poor Fukushima... |
| 665 | * PuzzleBoss: You are forced to fight him as MASK, and he's too quick to hit directly with MASK's grenade launchers. [[spoiler:You have to hit the arch above him and drop part of the ceiling onto him.]] |
| 666 | * SignatureHeadgear: Or perhaps occupational headgear-- wears a chef's hat initially, and then a black cap (as pictured) as part of his assassin gear. |
| 667 | [[/folder]] |
| 668 | |
| 669 | [[folder:Hiroyasu Kurahashi and Shinya Akiba]] |
| 670 | !! Hiroyasu Kurahashi and Shinya Akiba |
| 671 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/old_men.jpg]] |
| 672 | -->''"This is EXACTLY the reason I hate young pricks like him."'' |
| 673 | |
| 674 | Two elderly members of the Japanese UN party. They goad Matsuoka into killing them, but they stay alive due to Kun Lan's influence and powers. |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * BoomHeadshot: How Matsuoka kills them both. Though they come back [[{{Squick}} with the insides of their heads exposed]]. |
| 677 | * DualBoss: They're both fought simultaneously at the end of the third level. |
| 678 | * EvilOldFolks: ''Undead'' evil old folks. |
| 679 | * GrumpyOldMan: They ''hate'' the younger generation. |
| 680 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: They throw ''chunks of their own brains'' at the Smiths. |
| 681 | * KlingonPromotion: This is how they rose in politics and society. And they consider it appropriate that eventually they themselves shall also be killed by someone below them. |
| 682 | \ |
| 683 | \ |
| 684 | \ |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder:Andrei Ulmeyda]] |
| 688 | !! Andrei Ulmeyda |
| 689 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andrei_ulmeyda.jpg]] |
| 690 | ->VA: Creator/CamClarke |
| 691 | |
| 692 | -->''"I am a man with a plan!"'' |
| 693 | |
| 694 | A cult leader with a bright yellow Texas Bronco T-shirt and glorious afro. Once an average mailman, Ulmeyda found a portion of the Yakumo Policy and used the instructions contained within it to establish a powerful cult devoted to him and become the head of a multi-million dollar corporation. In the ''Cloudman'' chapter, Ulmeyda challenges the killer7 to come to his city and track him down, taking credit for the bombing of a Stacy's concert. |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * AdaptationalVillainy: His comic book interpretation lacks the affable and well-intentioned qualities of his main counterpart, being instead a power-hungry terrorist who willingly sells his own cult out to the Heaven Smile. |
| 697 | * AffablyEvil: To the point where he's the least like an antagonist you can find in the game. He's a REALLY nice guy. |
| 698 | * ArcVillain: Of Cloudman. |
| 699 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:''Cloudman'' ends with Ulmeyda getting infected with Heaven Smile thanks to the US government trying to use his blood to make a cure, only for it to backfire horribly and turn him into a Heaven Smile. He's put out of his misery thanks to killer7, and Ulmeyda [=InterCity=] is ultimately left in the hands of the young man he chose to drive a dangerous car, who is implied to be his son, ensuring that their community will still live, even after he's gone]]. |
| 700 | * CombatTentacles: [[spoiler:As a Heaven Smile, he can attack the smiths with blood-red tendrils extending from his back.]] |
| 701 | * DarkMessiah: His incredible charisma and business acumen is rather disturbing, to the point where [[LampshadeHanging several characters comment on it]]. Although despite that he's actually not that bad a guy. |
| 702 | * DesignatedVillain: Invoked. The only reason he's classified as a villain at all is because he forces the killer7 to target him. [[spoiler:In fact, he's not even behind the bombing of the concert during his intro. It was in fact Heaven Smile all along, and he just took the credit so that he could ask them to kill him should he become a Smile himself.]] |
| 703 | * DieLaughing: [[spoiler:After forcibly mutating into a Heaven Smile and getting put down like any other Smile. It's [[MirthlessLaughter oddly melancholy sounding.]]]] |
| 704 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: His former boss sees him as this. [[spoiler:This is thanks to the Yakumo, in reality.]] |
| 705 | * FunnyAfro: Has a giant afro. This is the reason why Iwazaru [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes doesn't appear in Cloudman.]] [[spoiler:It's also his weak point during his boss fight.]] |
| 706 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: "I told ya to ''kill'' me... now I'm going '''MAD'''!" |
| 707 | * TheImmune: He made his fortune by infecting himself with deadly diseases so he could overcome them and sell the date from his immunized blood as miracle cures. However, he's [[spoiler:terrified of being mutated into a Heaven Smile and wouldn't dare risk challenging the condition.]] |
| 708 | * {{Kiai}}: [[spoiler:As a Heaven Smile, he makes loud wooping noises whenever he attacks with his tendrils.]] |
| 709 | * LargeHam: To EXTREME levels. He's a fan favorite for this reason. |
| 710 | * MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Mentioned. "We're talking guys who beat off ''four times a day!''" |
| 711 | * MercyKill: [[spoiler:It makes his death only slightly less sad.]] |
| 712 | * ProperlyParanoid: Not knowing how one is made, everything from his space suit to his roundabout way of contacting the Smith Syndicate is all due to Ulmeyda's immense fear of "catching" Heaven Smile. Then [[spoiler:the government invades his compound and forcibly injects him with a strain in hopes that his body will develop a cure to it.]] |
| 713 | * ReligionOfEvil: Ultimately averted. Even though he built a cult around himself, he doesn't really have any evil plans, he's just eccentric. |
| 714 | * SuicideByCop: The reason why he calls out Garcian on live TV is because he knows the Smiths are the only people who can kill Heaven Smiles, [[spoiler:so he wants them to kill him if he goes bad]]. |
| 715 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: He can and will, ''willingly'', contract all sorts of deadly diseases in the hopes of overcoming them so that he can produce an antibody to save others, but he wants to stay ''far'' away from Heaven Smile because he recognizes that it's a whole other beast. [[spoiler:His fears are well founded.]] |
| 716 | * TragicMonster: Once he [[spoiler:turns into a Heaven Smile thanks to the US. Unable to control the urge to kill, he mutates into Heaven Smile and is forced to be put down]]. |
| 717 | [[/folder]] |
| 718 | |
| 719 | [[folder:Trevor Pearlharbor]] |
| 720 | !! Trevor Pearlharbor |
| 721 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trevor_pearlharbor.PNG]] |
| 722 | -->''"I already wrote it. I wrote the story, so YOU'LL die."'' |
| 723 | |
| 724 | Writer of the Handsome Man comic book. When he is suspected for causing the real life group based on them to go rogue, the killer7 are asked to take him out. |
| 725 | ---- |
| 726 | * AffablyEvil: From his one cutscene, he's shown not to be a pretty bad guy, at worst arrogant. |
| 727 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Alter Ego'', at least until [[spoiler:he's killed by Handsome Black]]. |
| 728 | * TheFaceless: You never see him in the game's normal graphics, just in anime graphics. If you take a look at his picture, his face has a shadow over it. |
| 729 | * MeaningfulName: In a ridiculously roundabout way. Basically, the word for the Handsome Men's kind of multicolored group is sentai, which literally means task force. Before its usage in pop culture, it was used instead during World War II; [[spoiler:Handsome Black kills Trevor Pearlharbor. In other words, just as the WWII sentai bombed Pearl Harbor, the modern-age sentai killed Pearlharbor]]. |
| 730 | * PsychicPowers: How he knows what the Handsome Men will do. |
| 731 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Downplayed. He's a comic book artist who is successful enough to own a villa in the Dominican Republic and his ego has inflated dramatically since he's come to believe he can control the Handsome Men. However, he can only predict what the Handsome Men will do and Travis reveals that Trevor's success is largely due to the efforts of his publishers and representatives and that as a artist, he doesn't actually have enough talent to succeed on his own. His arrogance was the reason why the Smiths were hired to assassinate him, as Trevor's representatives lost their patience with his ego. |
| 732 | * SmugSuper: He is rather proud that he has control of the Handsome Men, [[spoiler:or so he thinks]]. |
| 733 | * TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Is accidentally killed by Handsome Black.]] |
| 734 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Once he realizes the stories he writes predict the future, he thinks he can use it to ''dictate'' the future. He's wrong. |
| 735 | [[/folder]] |
| 736 | |
| 737 | [[folder:The Handsome Men]] |
| 738 | !! The Handsome Men |
| 739 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/handsome_men.PNG]] |
| 740 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Handsome Pink, Handsome Purple, Handsome Light Brown, Handsome Red, Handsome Blue, Handsome Dead, Handsome White Pearl, Handsome Gold. Not pictured: Handsome Black.]] |
| 741 | -->''"We are the punishing rangers!"'' |
| 742 | |
| 743 | A set of nine multicoloured {{Sentai}} superheroes who act as a counterpart to the killer7. Originally designed by the military to fight the Heaven Smile, they defected and began committing terrorism instead. Their actions and targets would be predicted in advance by the artist of the Handsome Men comic, Trevor Pearlharbor. |
| 744 | ---- |
| 745 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Alter Ego''. |
| 746 | * CutsceneBoss: Handsome Black, who's killed by Dan in an anime cutscene. |
| 747 | * DecoyProtagonist: Of his own story, at least. Handsome Red acts like the leader, but Harman kills him easily in the first round of the battle. [[spoiler:This is because Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, is the actual protagonist of their team]]. |
| 748 | * DistaffCounterpart: Seemingly Handsome Pink/LOVE Wilcox to Garcian Smith/Emir Parkreiner, notably she is the only counterpart to not match with her opposites gender. |
| 749 | * {{Expy}}: Of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers.'' |
| 750 | * EyeBeams: '''"Handsome Wink!"''' |
| 751 | * FairPlayVillain: Presumably the reason why they decide to forgo using Handsome Wink like Handsome Black did. Then again, considering how ineffective it was against Dan Smith, it's possible they just decided that they'd be better off trying to BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame. |
| 752 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, admits defeat when Garcian's turn comes.]] |
| 753 | * ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, to Trevor Pearlharbor and Handsome Red]]. |
| 754 | * MirrorMatch: The Handsome Men wield the exact same weapon as their opponent in the one-on-one matches and only attack when they do. Harman's opponent even shows up to the match with his own wheelchair. |
| 755 | * OddNameOut: What the heck kind of color is "Dead"? |
| 756 | * ThePsychoRangers: To the killer7. In the in-universe comic book, the killer7 is this to them, which fits their respective personalities more. |
| 757 | * QuirkyMinibossSquad |
| 758 | * ScriptedBattle: When you finally fight them, it's in a series of one-on-one matchups. Technically, you have control over the characters, you effectively ''also'' have control of the Handsome Men only attack when you do, who use the exact same weapons, shooting, reloading, and even ''missing'' whenever you do, as a result the same characters win and lose every time. |
| 759 | * TheUnfought: Handsome Pink [[spoiler:reveals her true identity as a hacker named LOVE Wilcox. She teleports away instead of battling Garcian]]. |
| 760 | [[/folder]] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | [[folder:Benjamin Keane]] |
| 763 | !! Benjamin Keane |
| 764 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benjamin_keane.jpg]] |
| 765 | ->VA: Creator/SteveBlum |
| 766 | |
| 767 | -->''"What's a country? Who are the people? What are politicians? Who knows... I just wanted to become President!"'' |
| 768 | |
| 769 | A presidential candidate and the principal of Colburn Elementary School. Is the target of Smile, Part 2, and is waiting patiently in the Principal's Office. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He knows the secret on how to pick up women with 100% success.]] |
| 770 | ---- |
| 771 | * ArcVillain: Of ''Smile, Part 2'', as according to Garcian's photo, he's the target. |
| 772 | * TheCasanova: Thinks he's this, if his touting of picking up women is anything to go by. Given the low quality of his advice, though, he probably isn't. |
| 773 | * CheatersNeverProsper: He would have won his game of Russian Roulette against Garcian [[spoiler:if he hadn't tried to stack the odds ever so slightly by using a revolver with a seven bullet chamber.]] |
| 774 | * CutsceneBoss: Is fought through a cutscene of RussianRoulette. |
| 775 | * FinalSpeech: |
| 776 | -->'''Benjamin Keane:''' ''"You and I, we're both sick. The only time we feel alive is when we put our lives on the line. It's a sad reality. But we people are never satisfied. We'll always seek a higher rush. The history of the United States rests within the walls of this institution. It's an old tradition that has continued since the first presidential election. I want you to see it through to the end. And by the way: [[spoiler:Women are all the same]]! Gah...!"'' |
| 777 | * LargeHam: Every time it's his turn to play RussianRoulette, he speaks a BadassBoast, breathes heavily, loudly grunts, etc. Garcian Smith responds each time by quickly pointing the gun at his own head and pulling the trigger without any sort of hesitation or fanfare, leaving Benjamin stunned each time. |
| 778 | * RussianRoulette: One of the most famous scenes from the game. Garcian wins, Keane shares the secret on how to pick up women with 100% success. If Keane wins, Garcian has to kill the president. |
| 779 | [[/folder]] |
| 780 | |
| 781 | [[folder:Emir Parkreiner]] |
| 782 | !! Emir Parkreiner |
| 783 | [[caption-width-right:318:[[labelnote:SPOILER]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emir_5.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 784 | |
| 785 | Somebody who paid Johnny Gagnon to investigate the killer7. Throughout the game, you receive his mail via carrier pigeon. Later on, at the Coburn Elementary School, the killer7 finds tapes detailing an investigation into whoever he really is. |
| 786 | ---- |
| 787 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Has a ThirdEye, weird supernatural powers, is immortal [[spoiler:and glowing eyes in the epilogue.]] That has to count for something. |
| 788 | * AxCrazy: He's nicknamed "The Bloody Heartland" for a reason. |
| 789 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He sometimes decided to beat his opponent using the same skill said opponent was renowed for - for example, [[spoiler:Kevin, Con, Coyote and Dan]]. Apparently this earned him the nickname "Ace of Aces". |
| 790 | * ChildSoldier: He was 13 years old when he went on his rampage, being one of the Coburn Elementary student trained into being an assassin he had all the training needed and showed raw potential. |
| 791 | * DarkMessiah: Despite being feared for his actions, characters like Holbert still react with some sort of reverence when they see him, and he's littered with symbolism. |
| 792 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: One interpretation of the game's story is that it's about Emir's ascension to a godlike figure like Harman and Kun Lan, after freeing himself from their games. |
| 793 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Proclaimed to be evil by Harman, and considered "The Bloody Heartland" by those who know him. But he clearly realized something was wrong with his operation and his ''life'' after [[spoiler:murdering all of the Smiths besides Harman]] and, not wanting to keep dealing with all the manipulation anymore, [[IDieFree took himself out.]] This leads to [[spoiler:being reborn as Garcian, a relative HeelFaceTurn, an extermination of the last of the Smiles by his own hand which arguably saves the world,]] and, [[MindScrew possibly]], an eventual KarmicJackpot of ascension to godhood by freeing himself of Harman and Lun Kan's control. |
| 794 | * DrivenToSuicide: Attempts to kill himself after [[spoiler:killing the Smiths by shooting himself in the third eye.]] He survives, but loses his memories. |
| 795 | * IronicNurseryTune: [[DissonantSerenity Casually whistling]] to the melody of Greensleeves/What Child is This? [[spoiler:as he methodically murders the Smiths one by one.]] It could qualify as his {{Leitmotif}}. |
| 796 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Implied. [[spoiler:Right after killing all of the Smiths, he heads out onto the roof of the Union Hotel -- and proceeds to [[AteHisGun blow his own brains out]]. If Emir-as-Garcian confronting himself is anything to go by, this was not for the sake of wiping himself from the board as his reincarnated self is utterly horrified.]] |
| 797 | * OneManArmy: Downplayed in ''Lion'', where [[spoiler:Emir killing the Smiths was entirely by catching them off-guard without a straight fight, besides his confrontation of Dan at the end.]] Then played straight in the PlayableEpilogue, where his lock-on and the Golden Gun are so powerful that he can OneHitKill all of the Smiles in his path without even having to bother with weak points, slaughtering hordes within seconds. |
| 798 | * PlayableEpilogue: He's the only character playable in it, detailing the last of the Smith Syndicate's final push to complete their mission of taking down the last of the Heaven Smiles once and for all. [[spoiler:The name on the pause menu still says "Garcian", but all [[AllThereInTheManual extra material]] seems to indicate that he's accepted himself as Emir]]. |
| 799 | * RedBaron: He was known as the "Ace of Aces" and the "Bloody Heartland". ''Hand in killer7'' uses the latter for [[spoiler:the version of Garcian/Emir you play as in the epilogue]]. |
| 800 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Aside from reincarnating into Garcian, he also died in 1952, the "fall of Japan", coming back as the insane killer he's known as. Symbolic? Of course it is.]] |
| 801 | * SplitPersonality: The current incarnations of [[spoiler:the killer7]] are this to him, not [[spoiler:Harman]]. |
| 802 | * ThirdEye: His most distinguishing physical feature and treated as his weakpoint in gameplay. |
| 803 | * TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Garcian doesn't realize he's him until the end.]] |
| 804 | * TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: While Garcian does speak throughout the game, Emir never has any dialogue himself.]] |
| 805 | * WalkingSpoiler: The biggest in the game. |
| 806 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Does not appear in the "A 100 Years later" epilogue, it's unknown if he is still an active player at that time. Since he is immortal he has to be still around. |
| 807 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:Murdering the [=killer7=] and then carrying their weapons around once he reincarnated as Garcian implies that Harman's manipulations effectively turned Emir into a guilt-trapped, psychologically blanked successor of the Smiths. It stays this way until he finally realizes who he ''really'' was again, and resorts to the Golden Gun gained from Greg Nightmare, no longer needing to rely on the other personalities and their weapons whatsoever.]] |
| 808 | * ZeroEffortBoss: Shoot his third eye and he'll then kill himself. Very much symbolic. |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | !Notable Others |
| 812 | [[folder:Johnny Gagnon ("Speedster")]] |
| 813 | !! Johnny Gagnon ("Speedster") |
| 814 | |
| 815 | --> ''"My name is Johnny Gagnon, otherwise known as "Speedster." I kinda get excited when I slit a guy's throat. I know that sounds sick, but..."'' |
| 816 | |
| 817 | A man hired by a man named Emir to gather info on the killer7. He does so extraordinarily and sends letters to him via carrier pigeons, but Emir never pays him back. Attempts to infiltrate Garcian's trailer, but gets himself killed. |
| 818 | ---- |
| 819 | * TheGhost: He is never seen in game. |
| 820 | * KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Samantha offs him in the middle of his final memo.]] |
| 821 | * MysteriousInformant: Accidentally becomes one of these to the killer7, who are receiving his letters intended for Emir. |
| 822 | [[/folder]] |
| 823 | |
| 824 | [[folder:Edo Macalister]] |
| 825 | !! Edo Macalister |
| 826 | |
| 827 | --> ''"I remember the faces of all our guests, sir. Even your bag."'' |
| 828 | |
| 829 | The manager of the Union Hotel, formerly the owner of the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel on Lospass Island. He was a previously a major character in ''VideoGame/FlowerSunAndRain''. |
| 830 | ---- |
| 831 | * TheCameo: Would be just this if all he did was greet Garcian, but his mysterious nature teases at something more going on. |
| 832 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie, a recurring theme in Flower, Sun and Rain as well. |
| 833 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No explanation or resolution is given for what he's doing here, how he vanishes, and why he knows Garcian. Already a mysterious character in his first game, his presence here makes him even more so. |
| 834 | [[/folder]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | [[folder:Dmitri Nightmare / THREE EYES]] |
| 837 | !! Dimitri Nightmare / THREE EYES |
| 838 | |
| 839 | A man sitting next to Harman in a spoilery scene late in the game. That's it. Only a small amount of information are given about him in "Hand in killer7", but his connections to Harman and possibly Greg Nightmare (due to the shared last names) hint at something important. |
| 840 | ---- |
| 841 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Suggested in the book, which seems to indicate that he is the previous holder of both the God Killer and the Third Eye. |
| 842 | * GreaterScopeVillain: A theory due to a line in "Hand in killer7", stating that Harman and Kun Lan will battle "fearing ''his'' apparition". Who it's referring to is unknown, but this character is who fans usually point to. |
| 843 | * TheVoiceless: From what is seen. |
| 844 | * WalkingSpoiler: Everything he's connected to is a spoiler, but there's very little to know about him even then. |
| 845 | [[/folder]] |
| 846 | |
| 847 | [[folder:Holbert]] |
| 848 | !! Holbert |
| 849 | |
| 850 | --> ''"[[{{Catchphrase}} It's Holbert.]]"'' |
| 851 | |
| 852 | An FBI agent sent to Coburn Elementary School to figure out its connection to the election system. While doing so, he investigates the enigmatic Emir Parkreiner. The killer7 finds his tapes strewn throughout the school, describing the events of his investigation. |
| 853 | ---- |
| 854 | * ApocalypticLog: His tapes. |
| 855 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. |
| 856 | * TheGhost: You never see him, you only hear his voice. |
| 857 | * PosthumousCharacter: Rather predictably. [[spoiler:He was killed by Emir]]. |
| 858 | [[/folder]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | !''Hand in killer7'' Exclusive Characters |
| 861 | [[folder:Jaco Checkbox]] |
| 862 | !! Jaco Checkbox |
| 863 | |
| 864 | --> "Heaven Smiles . . . they're horrible. Anonymous, infinite in number, and\ |
| 865 | always showing up . . . everyone's scared of them. But what if you see a familiar face\ |
| 866 | among them? A roommate, an old lover, someone you work with, ready to suicide-bomb along with the rest . . . wouldn't that be more truly horrific?" |
| 867 | |
| 868 | "Jaco Checkbox" (which he gives as an alias instead of his real name) is the protagonist of the ''Hand in [=killer7=]'' story Jaco's Report. He is an FBI agent whose unit was wiped out in an incident where he found his wife and daughter turning into Smiles, at which point he was forced to kill them. Having developed a personal hatred for the Smiles, he then hacked into Miss Jacob, a US Government fortune-telling machine, and learned of the existence of the Last Shot Smile. The catch is that the Smile will not come into existence unless 49 predictions in a row come true. Much of the events of the game are an apparent result of Checkbox setting up the predictions to occur in the real world. |
| 869 | ---- |
| 870 | * ArchEnemy: While he hates all Smiles, he specifically wants to bring the Last Shot Smile into existence and either kill it or have the killer7 do it to wipe the Smiles out. |
| 871 | * BadassNormal: Unlike almost every other one of the major players of the game's world, he is a regular human being with no close ties with any of the superpowered central characters. He's just a regular FBI agent who, through sheer ingenuity and determination, ended up having a huge impact on everything. |
| 872 | * BigGood: Not that they were ever aware of it, but he was ultimately responsible for choosing the Smiths' missions, and thus by proxy, responsible for stopping the Heaven Smile threat. |
| 873 | * TheChessmaster: Though he's still being somewhat manipulated by unknown forces, he manages to be this relative to the events of the game. |
| 874 | * DirtyOldMan: He... likes Handsome Pink. And fantasizes about her. And traces her inner thigh. |
| 875 | * MercyKill: His wife and daughter, rather tragically. This drove Checkbox mad with grief, to the point of dropping to the ground and frothing at the mouth. |
| 876 | * OffingTheOffspring: Having to MercyKill his wife and child. |
| 877 | * OutsideTheBoxTactic: Miss Jacob cannot predict a way to eradicate all Heaven Smiles, as the amount of data required is too great. However, Jaco discovers that the "Last Shot Smile", if it will come into existance, will be the last Heaven Smile; and Ms. Jacob ''can'' predict a way to make that Smile appear... |
| 878 | * UnwittingPawn: He calls himself this in the grand scheme of things, protecting the King Piece, the killer7. Doesn't mean his actions still weren't responsible for most of the game. |
| 879 | [[/folder]] |
| 880 | |
| 881 | [[folder:Jack Foley]] |
| 882 | !! Jack Foley |
| 883 | |
| 884 | A writer for the magazine "Spreading the Truth". three articles are included: One where he interviews a man who worked for Kun Lan, one about the seldom-talked about Ishizaka Corporation, and one about Ulmeyda's First Life, Inc. He dies under mysterious circumstances after the last one. |
| 885 | ---- |
| 886 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Implied to be why he was killed. |
| 887 | [[/folder]] |
| 888 | |
| 889 | [[folder:Mr. A]] |
| 890 | !! Mr. A |
| 891 | |
| 892 | An unnamed scientist interviewed by Foley and given this alias. He reveals he and two other men worked with Kun Lan and was responsible for the more complex Smile types. The three were turned into Potential Heaven Smiles, meaning that they are slowly becoming Smiles. The process is complete by the end of the interview, and he becomes a Smile. |
| 893 | ---- |
| 894 | * TheEvilGenius: One of three for Kun Lan. |
| 895 | [[/folder]] |
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