| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''VideoGame/{{LISA}}'' '''[[Characters/{{LISA}} Characters Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/LisaMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/LisaBradsGang Brad's Gang]] | [[Characters/LisaTheWarlords The Warlords]] | '''Other Characters''']]-]]] |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 6 | [[folder:Marty Armstrong]] |
| 7 | [[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hfs.png]] |
| 8 | -> ''"You're wasting your time... You really don't get it do you? You really thought you could forget? Why are you trying so hard?... Accept it... You can't fight something that already happened... There is no understanding, no purpose... There is only life, and this one is yours... Accept it... I'm here to stay."'' |
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| 10 | Brad and Lisa's father. An abusive, alcoholic, middle-aged deadbeat. He molested Lisa and physically and verbally assaulted Brad. He had an extremely negative effect on both Brad and Lisa's lives. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | * AbusiveParent: His abusiveness towards both Lisa and Brad from the backstory of the game. |
| 13 | * TheAlcoholic: He is first seen with a beer in the prologue of ''The Painful'', [[spoiler:and you can find a bunch of glass bottles on the island he lives on. He also attacks by throwing bottles at Brad.]] |
| 14 | * AnimalMotifs: Spiders. One of the forms Marty takes in Lisa's (and later, Brad's) mind is that of a spider with his head as the body. [[spoiler:In the Definitive Edition as the Manifestation of Marty, he can consume your party and turn ''them'' into spiders, and reaching the Manifestation himself will have him grow sacs on his body that provide him with constant healing. ]] |
| 15 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Gets beaten up brutally by Brad and then blasted into bits, but after what he did to Lisa he had it coming. The tragedy of his death lies more in 1) the fact that Buddy had to watch, all while protesting and begging Brad not to kill him, and 2) that Brad is proving himself to be no better than he ever was by beating the shit out of ''Buddy'' just to finish off a defenseless old man.]] |
| 16 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In ''Painful'', he's attempting to make up for his mistakes by taking care of Buddy, and coming to her protection when she gets hit by Brad. Unfortunately, Brad's too far gone to be capable of forgiving him. In his final moments, he begs Lisa for forgiveness.]] |
| 17 | * BaldOfEvil: He's almost bald and is viciously abusive towards his children. [[spoiler:Subverted near the end of the game, as he tries to take care of Buddy as an actual father figure of sorts, and even tries to protect Buddy from Brad.]] |
| 18 | * BigBad: Only in ''The First''. |
| 19 | * TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: He begins to creep into Lisa's mind more and more throughout the game. In ''Joyful'', it's heavily implied in one of the endings that he caused Brad to rape Lisa while under the influence.]] |
| 20 | ** [[spoiler: ''Inverted'' in ''The Painful'', where he tells Buddy to stay away from the Joy pills.]] |
| 21 | * DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:His interactions with Buddy show that he was a better father than Brad ever was, and that even though he's turned over a new leaf out of sheer guilt and regret for his actions, he still winds up harming Brad, although indirectly, due to the trauma Brad experienced at his hands.]] |
| 22 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Sure, he’s not as directly involved in the main conflict as [[spoiler: Dr. Yado]], but his physical, emotional, and sexual abuse towards his children had severe repercussions later on, especially after the flash. Him being the root cause of Lisa's suicide was the main straw that broke the camel's back, as it was a major reason for Brad's alcoholism and Joy Addiction, and [[spoiler: severely screwed up Buzzo, who would torture Brad any way he could and became an Addict as well]]. He’s pretty much responsible for 50% of the game's conflict. [[spoiler:It's telling that the end credits give him special thanks.]] |
| 23 | * HateSink: Not only did he abuse Brad and Lisa, but [[spoiler:in one of the epilogues in ''Joyful'', he introduces Brad to drugs, and it's implied he forced him to rape Lisa.]] |
| 24 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He is shown to have started to turn his life around out of guilt for what he has done, but the damage he did to Brad caught up with him, resulting in Brad beating the stuffing out of Marty and then obliterating his upper body with a fireball.]] |
| 25 | * HiddenDepths: He wasn't always the abusive parent that he's known for. It is hinted that it may have something to do with losing his wife. |
| 26 | ** [[spoiler: The fact that he has been protecting Buddy for a few days before Brad showed up, and how Buddy says he was a better father than Brad ever was, shows that he has the potential to be a good parent.]] |
| 27 | * {{Irony}}: In ''The First'', he enjoys his ability to control Lisa, and has no problem with sexually abusing her, as well as physically and emotionally abusing Brad. [[spoiler:In ''The Painful'', he is the one who takes care of Buddy when she was on the run from Brad and even proves to be a far better parent than Brad. He even comes to Buddy's aid the moment Brad assaults her. Also considering that for a setting where a lot of the men are perverts and want Buddy for sex, Marty is among the few that is ''not'' interested in sex with Buddy.]] |
| 28 | * MentalMonster: [[spoiler:The Manifestation of Marty, added in the Definitive Edition, is a giant mountain of flesh that represents just how terrifying and monstrous Brad thought his father was. It's incredibly strong, incredibly hard to defeat and taunts and mocks Brad over his flaws and faults every step of the way. Noticeably, when compared to the real thing (a pathetic, out of shape old man who cannot do much to Brad) this Marty has been warped by Brad's traumatic memories into a nigh-unstoppable beast.]] |
| 29 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Is on the receiving end of the trope by Brad. [[AssholeVictim It's not that he didn't deserve it, though.]]]] |
| 30 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: It's not explained exactly ''how'' Marty found himself living on the Deserted Island, or even how he survived in [[CrapsackWorld the Olathian wasteland]] throughout the years.]] |
| 31 | * PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He saves Buddy's life when she wrecks the boat, and when Brad smacks her away, he immediately comes to her defense.]] |
| 32 | * ParentalIncest: Since his wife passed away, he has no qualms about replacing her with his (unwilling) daughter. [[spoiler: He does come to fully regret this later on, even before [[LaserGuidedKarma he gets his.]] ]] |
| 33 | * ParentalNeglect: One flashback depicts him handing the baby Lisa to Brad telling him to 'deal with it', suggesting he forced him to [[PromotionToParent handle her care]]. |
| 34 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: In a scene from Brad's nightmare, Marty resents his father for taking Brad away, and implores the latter not to leave him, since Marty had already lost his wife. He even offers Brad to buy another shirt. |
| 35 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: While he's certainly not responsible for the White Flash, he's directly and indirectly responsible for most of the main characters' flaws and conflicts. |
| 36 | * {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:The definitive edition adds a secret area culminating in a rough MarathonBoss against a hallucination of a Joy Mutant-esque Marty, [[CallBack taking the form of his head atop a massive heap of hairy, disgusting flesh not unlike the Marty abomination found in the White Palace in ''First'']], as well as [[TheBusCameBack Tricky Rick returning]] and summoning [[MirrorBoss shadow clones of Brad and his party members]] alongside [[FlunkyBoss Spider Thralls taking the form of either Marty or a consumed party member]]]]. |
| 37 | * VengeanceFeelsEmpty: [[spoiler:Invoked. By the time he finally appears again at a very advanced age, it's clear that he's filled with an extreme amount of guilt for what he did to Brad and Lisa, and winds up being no different from Brad as it's implied that he's trying to be a better person, making killing him feeling less like a cathartic moment for Brad and more like a completely uneccessary murder on a guilty, yet undeserving man.]] |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Tricky Rick]] |
| 41 | The only other person Lisa encounters in her mind. Rick is a sleazy man that speaks in double entendres, whom Lisa must harm to progress. |
| 42 | ---- |
| 43 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: He's heavily implied to represent Marty's sexual abuse, as he always appears spouting entendres while Lisa tries to evade or attack him. |
| 44 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Rick's head is phallic in shape, all of his dialogue has a sexual connotation, he acts uncomfortably around Lisa, and the only ways to get past him are to kill him or make him take pills. |
| 45 | * GroinAttack: One of the ways he goes down is by Lisa using a razor on him. Given what he's supposed to represent... |
| 46 | * MeaningfulName: "Tricky Rick" is a letter off from "Tricky ''Dick''" (Dick is an alternate shorthand nickname for Richard), an appendage he physically resembles. It's also the nickname of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, a man generally regarded in the public view as a (metaphorical) sleazebag. |
| 47 | * OneSteveLimit: Another Rick appears in ''The Painful'' as one of Buddy's "uncles", but due to being a mental construct, this Rick is already gone by then. |
| 48 | * RhymingNames: Both parts of his name end in "-ick". |
| 49 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: Every time he acts as a roadblock, Lisa must use an item on him that will kill him. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Joy Mutants]] |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mutants_1.png]] |
| 54 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right, top to bottom: Charmy, Peter, Doctor, Cooper, Louie, and Sweetheart]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Bizarre, contorted, and deadly creatures who came to be as a result of humans overdosing on Joy. They are motivated by their "deepest desires", which often manifest in the form of violence. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * AIRoulette: Joy Mutants aren't traditional "boss battles" like other bosses in the game; they're more like walls you have to hope you survive through. You might get incredibly lucky and have them spend the whole combat crying and [[SelfHarm hurting themselves]], which isn't too difficult but very disturbing, or they might break two of your party members' necks(which is a OneHitKill with NoSavingThrow) and leave Brad at near-death. This is very intentional, as most Joy mutants are barely-conscious monsters wallowing in their own self-pity and aren't even trying to attack you, so engaging in combat with them is essentially a high-stakes version of BullyingADragon. |
| 59 | * AmbiguousGender: There are some hints towards Sweetheart being one of the few remaining females prior to its transformation, such as its moaning (which sounds rather feminine) and long hair. Dingaling has stated that Sweetheart's gender is irrelevant. [[spoiler: Sweetheart’s sprites in the game’s code imply it’s real name is Gale, which doesn’t help matters]]. |
| 60 | * AndIMustScream: It's implied that they're aware of their current state, but can't do anything about it. Many will spend turns crying and/or screaming. |
| 61 | * AxCrazy: Their desires come in the form of killing everyone in sight. |
| 62 | * BattleThemeMusic: With a few exceptions, [[https://youtu.be/lt5R8ElvWPI a slowed-down version of Soft Skin]] in ''The Painful'' and [[https://youtu.be/OEYBxXA8T8g The Big Girl Has Cometh]] in ''The Joyful''. |
| 63 | * BeefGate: Several of them block off side areas or hold key items that unlock more stuff, but beating them is always going to be a challenge at every point in the game. Charmy, the first[[note]]or second, depending on if or when you fight Punkert[[/note]] mutant you'll encounter, is a definitive example of this; it's guarding the Toy Bicycle, which is a key item needed to progress the story, but Brad has no chance of killing it without a full party and some firebombs, which the game encourages you to go find. |
| 64 | * BlobMonster: Bobby from ''The Joyful'' resembles one. |
| 65 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Several Mutants will squander turns coughing up blood, dealing damage to themselves. |
| 66 | * BodyHorror: It varies from Mutant to Mutant, but it often involves the body becoming horribly stretched and/or bloated. |
| 67 | * CarFu: Rex Thunderstorm will sometimes slam his bike to attack you. |
| 68 | * ClippedWingAngel: Humans turn into Mutants when under physical and/or mental trauma, or when they're at death's door. However, they're greatly impaired by their [[AxCrazy screwy mental states]] and physical deformities. |
| 69 | * DeathGlare: One of their shared attacks is Glare, which can induce the Weird condition on your party. |
| 70 | * DespairEventHorizon: The reason that Joy addicts mutate in the first place is due to a catalystic moment where they become totally overwhelmed by their own negative emotions, meaning that whatever mutated pile of flesh is left is an EmptyShell with barely any coherent thought or personality left except sadness or violent anger depending on the trigger. [[spoiler:Brad fighting his way through the whole Rando Army after killing Rando and Buzzo/Berny losing his mind and having a VillainousBreakdown both trigger their Joy mutations]]. |
| 71 | * TheDragon: Sweetheart serves as one to [[spoiler: Dr. Yado]] in ''The Joyful''. |
| 72 | * DrugsAreBad: They're all the result of people using the FantasticDrug Joy. |
| 73 | * FirstNameBasis: Barring Henry Wyatt and Rex Thunderstorm, all mutants lose their last names upon mutating, being known only by their first name (or a nickname). |
| 74 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Many mutants have ordinary, even cutesy names such as Georgy, Beady, and Baby, which serve to contrast against their horrific state and deadly natures. |
| 75 | * HowlOfSorrow: A lot of them know Yell, which can be interpreted as this. It induces Scared on its targets. |
| 76 | * InterplayOfSexAndViolence: As one deteriorates into a mutant, oftentimes thoughts of intimacy and violence slowly merge and blur together as their desires become twisted by Joy. In his notes, Doctor begins to comment about how much he suddenly wants to brutally kill his beloved wife, and a pre-transformation Blue confesses he has been having “Violent, intimate thoughts”. |
| 77 | * JumpScare: |
| 78 | ** After grabbing the record from Henry Wyatt, he lowers his head to attack you immediately after you leave his room. |
| 79 | ** As you're climbing Snow Mountain, Peter will suddenly jump down to ambush you. |
| 80 | * ManBitesMan: Almost all mutants will bite to attack. Most also know Fatal Chomp, a far [[{{Permadeath}} deadlier]] variant of Bite. |
| 81 | * MightyGlacier: With the exception of Jonathan, who has 99 Agility, all Mutants only have 1 Agility but have buckets of HP and high Attack stats. |
| 82 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: [[spoiler: The majority of Mutants are able to be controlled via Dr. Yado's trumpet.]] |
| 83 | * MythologyGag: Harry in ''The Joyful'' greatly resembles [[spoiler: the horrifically-mutated Marty hallucination]] seen in ''The First''. |
| 84 | * NeckSnap: A handful of mutants carry Neck Break, which permanently kills its target in a similar manner to Fatal Chomp. |
| 85 | * NonMaliciousMonster: You'll encounter a handful of mutants who don't want to fight, likely because they've fulfilled their desires. One Mutant even acts as a save point in ''The Painful'' (though it's not present in Pain Mode). |
| 86 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: |
| 87 | ** Doctor looks rather different from the other mutants, as it has yellowed teeth, red-and-black eyes, and an UndeathlyPallor. Possibly justified in that it's implied that he's been sitting in his basement for years. |
| 88 | ** Similarly, Jonathan also has an UndeathlyPallor and red eyes in addition to gray teeth, but outside of these traits and his [[NoodlePeople stretchy arms]], he looks somewhat normal. This in conjunction with him not dropping Joy made many fans question his status as a Mutant. Dingaling ultimately confirmed that he is a Mutant in spite of these factors. |
| 89 | * NumberOfTheBeast: Jonathan gives you 6666 Experience after you defeat him. |
| 90 | * OddNameOut: Henry Wyatt, Rex Thunderstorm, and Dice Mahone are the only mutants with full names. |
| 91 | * OffWithHisHead: The majority of Mutants carry Fatal Chomp, which bites the head off of its target, killing them instantly and [[{{Permadeath}} permanently]]. |
| 92 | * OneNameOnly: Nearly all of them have only a first name, a nickname, or a title, with the exceptions of Henry Wyatt and Rex Thunderstorm, as well as Dice Mahone. |
| 93 | * PaletteSwap: Some of the Mutant designs in ''The Joyful'' are based off of pre-existing and/or [[DummiedOut unused]] Mutant sprites, such as Baby (whose sprite is a flipped Rex Thunderstorm without the motorcycle) and Dice Mahone (who is based off the unused Peter Smoove Mutant sprite from ''The Painful''). |
| 94 | * {{Permadeath}}: The biggest source of these in ''The Painful''. All Mutants, with the exception of Doctor, carry at least one attack that can permanently kill a party member. Most notably, Peter carries ''[[FromBadToWorse both]]'' Fatal Chomp and Neck Break. This is averted in ''The Joyful'', as their permadeath moves have been downgraded to slightly stronger attacks to compensate for the lack of party members. |
| 95 | * RhymeThemeNaming: Most Joy Mutants' names end in "-y" in some way, with examples such as Georg'''y''', Henr'''y''' Wyatt, Bobb'''y''', Dice Mahon'''e''', Bab'''y''', Bead'''y''', and [[spoiler:Bern'''y''']]. |
| 96 | * SanitySlippage: As a person degenerates into a mutant, they begin to succumb more and more to intrustive thoughts of violence and the impulsive need to kill. In Brad's case, these thoughts are visually represented as a screen-wide covering of red brambles. Of course, the Joy user may then try to block out the intrusive thoughts with more Joy, which [[SelfFulfillingProphecy accelerates the onset of said thoughts]] until the user hits a DespairEventHorizon and becomes a mindless killing machine. |
| 97 | -->'''Dr. Lemont's notes:''' Dr. Yado's Joy project is a complete failure, and I'm glad. None of the experiments had any military benefit. I can't wait to go home. Some of the other sciintists are staying behind. As for as am concernd they are sik. It sholdnt be ligal . I want to feel her agin. smash her fase in over over agin. (It trails off making less and less sense.) |
| 98 | * SpiderPeople: Peter's elongated limbs make him resemble a fleshy spider. |
| 99 | * SuperStrength: Fittingly since Joy was [[spoiler: originally funded as super soldier drug]], the mutants develop truly incredible strength that lets them slaughter their opponents, even the mutants who have been twisted into something that otherwise shouldn’t even be able to move unaided. |
| 100 | * TragicMonster: They were ordinary people who took Joy to stop the pain of the apocalypse from getting to them, only to turn into horrific creatures. Several of them will spend turns crying and screaming. |
| 101 | * UndeathlyPallor: Both Doctor and Jonathan have oddly pale skin, setting them apart from the other Mutants. |
| 102 | * WasOnceAMan: They were all human at one point, and you can even encounter some Mutants prior to their transformation. |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Richard "Rick" Weeks, Tony "Sticky" Angoneli and Cheeks Gaywood]] |
| 106 | [[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/friend.png]] |
| 107 | [[caption-width-right:291: Sticky (left), Cheeks (middle), Rick (right)]] |
| 108 | -> ''"She's our only hope for re-population, and you know it."'' |
| 109 | -->--'''Rick''' |
| 110 | |
| 111 | -> ''"She's not your child, you fool."'' |
| 112 | -->--'''Sticky''' |
| 113 | |
| 114 | -> ''"Secret's out Brad... She's gone."'' |
| 115 | -->--'''Cheeks''' |
| 116 | |
| 117 | Buddy's "uncles" and Brad's lifelong friends. They all bonded over their shared miseries. |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * ChocolateBaby: A flashback reveals Rick had an estranged son who was a few shades too dark to match him or his wife, implying he at least is not actually Rick's. |
| 120 | * ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:For area 3, should you spare him, Sticky stands in your way right at the end of your mission to give you a pretty damn tough fight before you can move into endgame.]] |
| 121 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The strange image of [[spoiler: Sticky]] in Brad's Joy-induced fight with him. [[spoiler: This symbolic Sticky has a very phallic shape, asks Brad not to be angry with him for possibly raping Buddy, and when he is killed, has some kind of clear outer layer surrounding himself, with a protrusion emerging from the top of it.]] |
| 122 | * HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sticky and Rick end up joining the Rando Army and oppose Brad. Rando's army has some genuinely good and genuinely awful people, and Brad is a KnightTemplar to the extreme. Sticky possibly raped Buddy, though there's just as much evidence that Brad jumped to conclusions; Buddy confirms this to be the case in ''The Joyful'' when she reveals that Sticky never touched her.]] |
| 123 | ** [[spoiler: Buddy's spirit quest (implied to be a manifestation of their afterlives) in the Definitive Edition of Joyful implies that at the very least, they feel guilty for kickstarting the events of the story and realize that their plan to give Buddy to Rando made everything worse. Rick and Cheeks still believe it was a necessity to get Buddy away from Brad (with Rick in particular still holding a lot of anger against him), while Sticky is far more remorseful and introspective over enabling Brad's descent into addiction and despair.]] |
| 124 | * HonoraryUncle: All three of them to Buddy. |
| 125 | * MeaningfulName: Sticky, when it is hinted that [[spoiler: he possibly raped Buddy.[[labelnote:*]]Though because Brad was under influence of joy, it's likely that the rape part is what Brad imagines, enforced by Buddy saying that Sticky never touched her.[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 126 | * NoNeckChump: Sticky stands out among the character designs in that he doesn't have a chin. |
| 127 | * OneSteveLimit: ''The First'' includes a separate character named Tricky Rick, but this Rick exists at a later time than he does. |
| 128 | * OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Sticky prefers it to his real name, [[spoiler:Tony]]. |
| 129 | * RapeAsDrama: Played with. [[spoiler: In ''The Painful'', the player is led to believe that Sticky raped Buddy, though she and Sticky deny it, and Brad is a bit of an Unreliable Narrator. In ''The Joyful'', Buddy ultimately reveals that Sticky never touched her.]] |
| 130 | * RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:Should Brad choose to spare Sticky, he will later reappear in a final effort to stop Brad from reclaiming Buddy. His story ends with ultimately being KilledOffForReal.]] |
| 131 | * SacrificialLamb: Cheeks ends up dead at the beginning when Buddy's hideout is raided, bearing the dubious honor of being the first death in a game full of them. [[spoiler: Possibly betrayed by Sticky and Rick as well.]] |
| 132 | * StepfordSmiler: One {{Flashback}} shows that Rick tried to deal with his own troubled home life this way, though he still vents to Brad about it. |
| 133 | * TheTalk: [[spoiler:Sticky was the one who gave it to Buddy, encouraging her to "save humanity."]] |
| 134 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: On top of being the first of the three to die, Cheeks is the only member of the trio not to receive any character-expanding flashbacks. |
| 135 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Brad defended them from bullies as kids and they all stuck together during the apocalypse, but Rick and Sticky come to despise Brad, disgusted by his selfish desire to deprive humanity of their only hope for survival. [[spoiler:The effects of Joy cause Brad to nearly kill Rick, but he succeeds in killing Sticky]]. |
| 136 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:If Rick and Sticky are left alive, Sticky comes back as a boss fight right before the end, but Rick is never seen again.]] |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Chris Columbo]] |
| 140 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_columbo.png]] |
| 141 | -> ''"Time is a great teacher. Sadly, it kills all its pupils. Howdy motherfucker."'' |
| 142 | |
| 143 | A bully who's gang tormented Brad and his friends growing up, and keeps it up even as adults in the apocalypse. |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | * BaitAndSwitchBoss: It may seem that he's an arch-enemy of Brad, but the main villain role is soon revealed to belong to ''Buzzo''. |
| 146 | * BigBadWannabe: Columbo seems to think of himself as Brad's arch-enemy, but he's more of a difficult road-bump than anything. |
| 147 | * DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Becomes one after Brad kills his gang, and blows his own brains out after one last race with you.]] |
| 148 | * EasterEgg: If Brad works enough shifts at the Beehive, he may see Spaghetti enter his room, implying that Columbo is one of the patrons who visits the brothel. |
| 149 | * GangOfBullies: Has been the leader of one since he was a kid. |
| 150 | * MercyKill: Kills his pet deer Spaghetti before [[spoiler:offing himself]]. |
| 151 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: He has one last race with Brad, just for fun, and apologizes for bullying him all this time, before killing his pet deer, then himself.]] |
| 152 | * SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Decades later, Columbo is still a petty bully looking to give Brad a hard time. |
| 153 | * TheUnfought: [[spoiler:You fight the rest of his gang, but Columbo opts to shoot himself rather than fight you.]] |
| 154 | * YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Speaks like this, apparently as an attempt to sound smart. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:The Salvation Rangers]] |
| 158 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/byh6zs1cuaejcnx.png]] |
| 159 | -> ''"For we are... THE SALVATION RANGERS!"'' |
| 160 | |
| 161 | A team of wannabe superheroes fighting for justice in Olathe. |
| 162 | ---- |
| 163 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Salvation Green can be seeing entering Brad's room in the Beehive if Brad decides to work to Queen Roger. If this happens, Green will only say "don't tell this to the other guys" and leave. Also [[spoiler: he's the only NPC in ''The Joyful'' that will never try to attack Buddy if she interacts with him without a mask.]] |
| 164 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Black is evidently the youngest of the group, considering that he has the shortest sprites and his flashback is also depicted in what is clearly a post-flash environment, considering the barren landscape, presence of mudhuts, and crossdressing male stripper. |
| 165 | * BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Blue, Red, and possibly Yellow have all mutated by the time you meet them in Holly Wood, with the former being fightable.]] |
| 166 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tooley/Salvation Green hangs himself after the List is completed; his achievement suggests that he did so in response to [[TogetherInDeath the rest of his friends being dead]].]] |
| 167 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Only three of the Salvation Rangers have names: Dick (Pink), Tooley (Green) and Steve (Red). The rest of them are only known by their titles. |
| 168 | * {{Expy}}: They are obviously a parody of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. |
| 169 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:In Area 3, Salvation Blue can be found as a Joy mutant, having killed Salvation Black. Salvation Red and Yellow's inanimate, mutated bodies are also nearby, along with Salvation Beige's seemingly unmutated corpse.]] |
| 170 | * FormerlyFat: Salvation Black. We get to see a flashback of why he went on his weight loss journey. |
| 171 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Aside from the member that's kicked out, Salvation Green is revealed to have survived in ''The Joyful'', and his real name is Tooley. This is later turned into a LastSurvivorSuicide at the end of the game, when he kills himself out of grief for his fallen comrades.]] |
| 172 | * SpoofAesop: Each member gives one when Brad first meets them. |
| 173 | --> '''Salvation Red:''' Do your best to drink water and eat your veggies!\ |
| 174 | '''Salvation Blue:''' Keep your chin down, and eyes up around bullies!\ |
| 175 | '''Salvation Yellow:''' Always listen to Dad, even when he's been drinking!\ |
| 176 | '''Salvation Green:''' Don't pay for drugs, let your friends do that!\ |
| 177 | '''Salvation Black:''' No race jokes, please! |
| 178 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: If you recruit Dick Dickson earlier than expected, he will be replaced with a new guy, Salvation Beige. Lampshaded, in that Beige believes that no one actually likes him. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Mr. Angoneli]] |
| 182 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_hobo.png]] |
| 183 | -> ''"Her face... My mark on history!!! Aaaahahahahaaa!"'' |
| 184 | |
| 185 | A homeless janitor who is terrible to his son Sticky. He lived in Brad's neighborhood when he was a child and somehow survived into the Apocalypse. |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | * ChekhovsGunman: Appears once at the very start of the game as just some window dressing, once halfway through as a vague flashback, and finally [[spoiler: once at the end, carving open Buddy's face.]] The fact that he's even still alive in Olathe is a shock considering his age compared to Brad's. |
| 188 | * FaceHeelTurn: Seems like a perfectly fine guy at first, if Brad's vision of him chastising him for having pornography is any indication. |
| 189 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: His motivation for [[spoiler: attacking Buddy, as he believes scarring the face of the last woman will put him down in history.]] |
| 190 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He considers the Apocalypse the opportunity to be the somebody he's always wanted to be. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Men's Hair Club Presidents]] |
| 194 | [[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_presidents_2.png]] |
| 195 | ->''"You dandy'' '''''fuck!''''' ''You just made the biggest mistake of your life..."'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The presidents of the titular club.]] They serve as the main boss of the first area of the game, having apparently gotten a hold of Buddy. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * ActuallyFourMooks: ZigzaggedTrope. The Men's Hair Club Presidents all count as one unit. However, their hair is a separate enemy. |
| 200 | * AffablyEvil: The Men's Hair Club is pretty much a gang of rapists, but they want to share their fortunes with others... as long as they're not bald. |
| 201 | * AnimeHair: Exaggerated in the fight with them to the point where their hair combines to form a ''[[FlippingTheBird middle finger]]''. |
| 202 | * BerserkButton: Bald people apparently aren't allowed in their presence. |
| 203 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: That hair may look silly, but it can also strike for up to ''1000 damage'', which is downright deadly at that point of the game. |
| 204 | * ClimaxBoss: For the first area of the game; everything you do in area 1, from getting the bicycle, to optionally gathering up firebombs, is preparing you to be able to reach and challenge them. |
| 205 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Come on, you didn't really think you'd find Buddy already, did you? |
| 206 | * DisproportionateRetribution: They fight Brad not because he wants to free their prisoner, but because ''he's bald''. |
| 207 | * FlippingTheBird: Their combined hair somehow manages to pull this off. |
| 208 | * KillItWithFire: Their hair is very weak to fire, presumably because of hair spray. |
| 209 | * PrehensileHair: The hair on the presidents' heads somehow can detach and form a singular entity for the boss fight against them. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Horrace]] |
| 213 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_horrace12.png]] |
| 214 | -> ''"Let me just press the off pedal annnd... Oops!"'' |
| 215 | |
| 216 | A bulldozer operator who isn't actually that good at operating one and acts as a reluctant miniboss. |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * AntiVillain: He doesn't actually do anything wrong and instead gets in a fight with Brad because he loses control of his bulldozer. |
| 219 | * ButtMonkey: The victim of a long line of jokes and tragedies, he's a failure as a bulldozer driver, his incompetence cost his wife her life and he eventually ends up accidentally getting into a fight with Brad. |
| 220 | * DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Parodied, his entire hilariously tragic backstory is shown in a long flashback before his fight. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Bloodiest Wolf]] |
| 224 | [[quoteright:135:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bloodiest_wolf.png]] |
| 225 | -> ''"The painted sky should tell you everything... She doesn't belong to you. This is the last Bloodmoon tree, and i shall not allow you to take her."'' |
| 226 | |
| 227 | The leader of the gang that resides in Bloodmoon mountain. He and his gang protect the last Bloodmoon tree, and they must be fought in order to acquire the wood necessary to build the boat. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Its unknown if Bloodiest Wolf and his tribe are allied with Yado or not, but at the very least they are aware of his identity and his plan]]. |
| 230 | * AnimalMotifs: Wolves. He's named after one and his signature attack is called "Howling Geyser". |
| 231 | * AnimalThemeNaming: He and his whole gang (except Blood Mountain) are named after animals (Blood Hawk, Blood Bull...etc). |
| 232 | * AntiVillain: He and his gang don't care about Buddy and only seem to be concerned with protecting the [[LastOfHisKind last Bloodmoon tree]]. They live in a remote area of the world, removed from the bloodshed of Olathe, and while they attack you on sight, they [[SociopathicHero don't do]] it without a [[MurderIsTheBestSolution reason]]. |
| 233 | * BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: He along with all the members of his gang wear leather vests, feather ornaments and [[TribalFacePaint face paint]]. |
| 234 | * CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You need Blood Wood to craft the boat, but Bloodiest Wolf and his gang protect the last tree with their lives, so if you want that wood you will have to kill them. |
| 235 | * CrypticConversation: According to the dialogue of its subordinates, its implied that Bloodiest Wolf and his gang are aware [[spoiler: of the existence of Yado and the objective of his plan, although if they are allied with him or not its unknown]]. |
| 236 | --> [[spoiler:'''Blood Bull:''' You've met him.]]\ |
| 237 | [[spoiler: '''Blood Coyote:''' The shadow of the father howls into the night.]]\ |
| 238 | [[spoiler:'''Blood Hawk:''' His song will make us dance.]]\ |
| 239 | [[spoiler:'''Blood Mountain:''' He birthed her, he will have her.]] |
| 240 | * DoubleMeaning: ''"She doesn't belong to you"'' and ''"and I shall not allow you to take her"''. While Bloodiest Wolf is talking about the tree, its implied he is also talking about Buddy. |
| 241 | * InHarmonyWithNature: He dedicates all his efforts to protect the tree, despite that theres nothing to gain from it |
| 242 | * MagicalNativeAmerican: The whole gimmick of the Bloodmoon tribe, specially Bloodiest Wolf. They suddenly appear out of thin air, and during battle Bloodiest Wolf presents supernatural abilities that exceed those of most enemies. |
| 243 | * PowerFloats: While every other sprite remains static during fights, Bloodiest Wolf slowly floats up and down in battle. |
| 244 | * ThemeNaming: Blood; He and his gang have "Blood" as a part of their names, not all that strange since they live in Bloodmoon Mountain. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Wally]] |
| 248 | [[quoteright:135:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_wally.png]] |
| 249 | -> ''"Hi, welcome to--'' '''''No! Stop! You can't be here! Hoo ho ho, go away! Hoo hoooo! Don't!''''' ''Where's Nuggie?'' '''''No! Don't! Did you hurt him?!''''' ''Wally's got what ya' kid needs! Hooo hoo!'' '''''No no no!''''' ''You want to Wally size it?!'' '''''No no no!''''' ''Welcome to Wally's!'' '''''Don't! Please, I want to just die!''''' |
| 250 | |
| 251 | A person wearing the costume of the titular mascot of the fast-food restaurant Wally's, who is worshiped by the village built around the restaurant due to being their only source of food. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: To the point where the villagers pray to ''the restaurant's drive-thru speaker'' for food. |
| 254 | * AndIMustScream: His pre-battle dialogue heavily implies that he's well-aware of his current state, and he outright states that he wants to die. |
| 255 | * BodyHorror: [[spoiler: For unexplained reasons, Wally's skin somehow has been rotting from inside his costume, or has been ''fused to the costume itself''. This is especially jarring since this does ''not'' stem from Joy usage, as he doesn't drop any after being defeated.]] |
| 256 | * BurgerFool: Being the mascot of a fast-food place will do that to you. |
| 257 | * ClimaxBoss: He's fought right before you reunite with Buddy, and is arguably [[ThatOneBoss the hardest story boss in the game.]] |
| 258 | * DamageSpongeBoss: [[spoiler: Is by far the most durable of the required story bosses, with ''19,000 HP'', as well as an [[ImmuneToFlinching immunity to being Fallen or Stunned]]. Being able to heal about 1/40th of his health later on, ''and'' being able to inflict [[DamageReduction Depression]] and [[ExtraTurn Scared]] upon multiple party members, usually ''simultaneously'', helps, too. To put things in perspective; the only other two bosses who are even more defensive than Wally are Beady and Satan, both of whom are late-game {{Optional Boss}}es.]] |
| 259 | * {{Expy}}: A rather obvious one of [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} Ronald McDonald]]. The references go to more subtle areas past that, though; Lil' Nuggie, the sub-mascot character of Wally's, is an {{Expy}} of Grimace, and Wally's general design (namely, his stringy yellow hair, and the prominence of red and blue in his clothes) bring to mind the original 1960 Willard Scott portrayal of the character. |
| 260 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: Wally's dialogue implies that, in his (lack of) state of mind, he isn't able to commit suicide, with Brad and his gang killing him eventually granting him that release.]] |
| 261 | * KnightOfCerebus: The game's BlackComedy tone comes to a ''screeching halt'' when you finally meet Wally in person. Between the BodyHorror, [[LaughingMad insane laughter]], [[TorturedMonster unsettling nature of this biology/appearance]] and other things, the confrontation with Wally is arguably the point where the game's dark undertones really start to slowly seep into the overall narrative, ESPECIALLY if you fight him before you make your way to Area 3. |
| 262 | * LaughingMad: Frequently has psychotic fits of laughter, the [[HellIsThatNoise sound of which]] being a modified version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dZw1iBWL0 Goose's laugh]] from Film/TopGun. [[spoiler:His laughter is apparently scary enough to cause [[DamageReduction Depression]] within ''the entire party'', as well as occasionally Scaring them stiff, giving Wally an {{Extra Turn}} in the fight.]] |
| 263 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N1x4KzGDDE My Lord, My Wally]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F96clRenx4 Praise Wally]]. |
| 264 | * LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler: During the fight against him, his different phases are signified by the head of his costume breaking apart, eventually giving the player a disturbing look at his ''[[BodyHorror rotting skin]]''.]] |
| 265 | * MonsterClown: Being an {{Expy}} of [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]], this was inevitable. |
| 266 | * MoodWhiplash: Wally's entire existence is made of this trope, considering that you discover and fight him right at the end of one of the game's most humorous sub-areas. |
| 267 | * MoralityPet: [[spoiler:The one hint to this is the fact that he briefly mentions Lil' Nuggie, the sub-mascot of Wally's who you find partway up the mountain leading to the restaurant, in a way that he is scared that you have hurt him, which you most likely did.]] |
| 268 | ** [[spoiler:Interestingly, this is played with due to the fact that Lil' Nuggie, during the fight against him, occasionally wastes turns to "beg for forgiveness from Wally" like [[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey the villagers]] do, which is evidence to the contrary.]] |
| 269 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Subverted, since he's just wearing a costume. |
| 270 | * ReluctantPsycho: He's a dangerous, LaughingMad foe, but his pre-battle dialogue implies that he hates what he has become, and wants to die because of it. |
| 271 | * RoomFullOfCrazy: The restaurant itself is covered in-and-outside with [[CouldntFindAPen blood-written]] messages like "NO NO" and "DON'T", most likely coming from Wally himself. |
| 272 | * TorturedMonster: [[spoiler:Whatever the exact truth of his situation, he's clearly horrified with what he is, only wanting to die, all while forced to provide food for a community of worshipers down below.]] |
| 273 | * ToServeMan: [[spoiler:Considering the state of the restaurant, it's implied that the Wallyburgers that the villagers eat are seemingly made from corpses, or, even worse, ''his own mutated flesh'']]. |
| 274 | * WalkingSpoiler: While Wally has little-to-no plot significance, the fact that he's the game's NightmareFuelStationAttendant is quite shocking, ''especially'' since he's the primary boss of one of the game's quirkier sub-areas. |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Shardy Hernandez]] |
| 278 | [[quoteright:143:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shardy.png]] |
| 279 | -> ''"Is that a map? Or chart...? Whatever it's called? It is! Whoa, it smells... Garbage Island, huh? Well, I can take you to this island. What do you say?"'' |
| 280 | |
| 281 | Fardy's brother who owns a boat. Unfortunately, he lacks any sea maps, so Brad must acquire them in order to use Shardy's boats. |
| 282 | ---- |
| 283 | * FamilyThemeNaming: "-ardy." |
| 284 | * SecretLevel: His boat can take you to Dismal Island and Garbage Island, where many party members can be recruited, and Resort Island, where plot-relevant secrets can be learned. None of these islands are necessary to visit to complete the game. |
| 285 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Unless he has more brothers out there, Shardy is the only Hernandez who cannot be killed at all, and thus will always implicitly be alive in the end.]] |
| 286 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: He looks almost exactly like his brothers, with only their hair being different. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Tardy Hernandez]] |
| 290 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_tardy.png]] |
| 291 | -> ''"Hey fella, I didn't just go through all that work for a pat on the back. I want a piece of that little bitch..."'' |
| 292 | |
| 293 | Another of Fardy's brothers whose boat ends up stolen by Buddy, and Brad cooperates with him to finish a second boat to go look for her. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * AssholeVictim: Sure he helped Brad, but he only did so so that he could have a piece of Buddy, so it's rather hard to feel bad about killing him. |
| 296 | * ChekhovsGun: His dead body comes in useful for pursuing Buddy after she steals the second boat. |
| 297 | * FaceHeelTurn: When he learns that Brad intends to leave him behind in the final area, he makes his desire for Buddy clear and attacks him. |
| 298 | * FamilyThemeNaming: "-ardy." |
| 299 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: He uses the giant fan he used to propel the boat on Brad. Predictably, it inflicts little to no damage. |
| 300 | * MeaningfulName: Not very smart to take on one of the strongest men in Olathe, eh, Tardy? |
| 301 | * TooDumbToLive: Tardy honestly believes he stands a chance against a man who defeated whole gangs while building his boat. |
| 302 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: He looks like Fardy and Shardy, and in ''The Joyful'', Lardy. |
| 303 | * ZeroEffortBoss: He only has a thousand hp, which a single fireball combo can easily hit at this point of the game, and has pitiful stats across the board. His fight and subsequent death serves as the last joke of the game. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Satan]] |
| 307 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_mike.png]] |
| 308 | -> ''"You people do not learn. Curiosity just killed you."'' |
| 309 | |
| 310 | An evil trucker who terrorizes the wastelands outside of the EWC village. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * ArmorOfInvincibility: Drops his Belt Buckle, one of the best accessories in the game, upon defeat. |
| 313 | * ArtificialLimbs: He has a prosthetic right hand replacing what is presumably an amputated stump. This is clearly a reference to the prosthetic hand that Nnemonic uses as his channel logo. |
| 314 | * BigBadassRig: Satan resides inside of one, which is covered in a flamboyant, badass decal. |
| 315 | * TheCameo: [[LetsPlay/{{Nnemonic}} Mike Nnemonic]] as a murderous trucker, referencing his old job driving rigs. |
| 316 | ** Appearance-wise, Satan resembles Jebidiah, the custom character whom Nnemonic plays as in VideoGame/HardTime and VideoGame/TheYouTestament. |
| 317 | * TheDreaded: The villagers forbid anyone from going near his truck, and there are legends of him reducing people to nothing but meat. |
| 318 | * FingerPokeOfDoom: The Destiny Poke, which inflicts random status affects upon those he hits with it. |
| 319 | * TheGiant: Satan is one of the largest characters in the game by sprite alone, and is also one of the most powerful opponents. |
| 320 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It doesn't get any more blatant than ''Satan''. |
| 321 | ** His rig is referred to by the EWC villagers as the ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Devil's Machine]]''. |
| 322 | * OneHitKill: As befitting of an RPG superboss, he is guaranteed to use [[OffWithHisHead Decapitate]] with reckless abandon, if given the chance. |
| 323 | * StoutStrength: He's got a huge gut on him, but it's clear a lot of his weight is muscle too, as his double chop attack can instantly kill a party member if it connects. |
| 324 | * {{Superboss}}: He highlights it, saying that by facing him, the player's curiosity will be their undoing. |
| 325 | * TomTheDarkLord: [[spoiler:His real name is simply Mike. It's on his truck, as well as the tag on the key to it.]] |
| 326 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He doesn't have a shirt on him. |
| 327 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Among Satan's list of moves are a power bomb and a piledriver. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Gary The Hot Soup]] |
| 331 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_sweat.png]] |
| 332 | -> ''"Soup's on, baby!"'' |
| 333 | |
| 334 | A wrestler that participates in EWC that you can fight in the Eternal Championship division, and at random in the Dystopian Rumble. He also appears as a mid-boss on Lardy's section. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | %%* BewareTheSillyOnes |
| 337 | * ChekhovsGunman: A minor enemy to face at the EWC and one of the weaker ones. He reappears in ''the Joyful RPG'' as a mid-boss, who is considerably tougher. |
| 338 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In ''the Joyful'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuI3ZkCHfs this is his theme song]], which perfectly summarizes the situation. |
| 339 | * NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Inverted. It is just a wrestling gimmick. |
| 340 | * TookALevelInBadass: You probably beat him in one turn with Brad alone in the Painful. He's able to put up a legitimate fight against Rando and Buddy combined in Joyful. |
| 341 | * TopHeavyGuy: To an exaggerated degree. |
| 342 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: What did you expect from a EWC participant? |
| 343 | * ZeroEffortBoss: In Painful. His HP pool is so low that Brad will most likely knock him out in one hit. Joyful is another story though... |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:Bolo Bugaughtiichi]] |
| 347 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler_bolo11.png]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | -> ''"Look everybody! It's the amazing Buddy! I often wondered... What's more likely? Seeing your pretty little face... Or paying off my home loan! Haaaaaaaaa! You see, friends... It pays to wait. Like Daddy used to say. "When it comes to a king's buffet. There's no shame in eating table scraps." Especially when the scraps are this tasty. Haaaaaaaaa! Okay. Enough goofin'. Grab that pristine meat!"'' |
| 350 | |
| 351 | The first man that Buddy meets in ''The Joyful'', leading his own posse. Unfortunately, he's way over his head. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * BigBadWannabe: He presents himself as a big threat when Buddy and [[spoiler:Rando]] first meet him. He and his gang is immediately attacked by a Joy Mutant and are easily decimated; despite leading a gang, he's not even on the List. |
| 354 | ** NotSoHarmlessVillain: When he returns later in the game, he's [[spoiler:managed to defeat and trap ''Rando'', and comes very, very close to successfully raping Buddy]]. He can also be a surprisingly difficult boss fight. |
| 355 | * ChekhovsGunman: He survives said Joy Mutant, however, and ends up [[spoiler: being an indirect cause of Rando's death]]. |
| 356 | * CombatPragmatist: He prides himself on this trope. [[spoiler: Late in the game he traps Buddy in a dangerous situation by using Rando as leverage, and would have succeeded in molesting Buddy had Sweetheart not intervened.]] If you choose to fight him, his use of Fallen and Poison inflicting attacks means he's surprisingly tough to defeat. |
| 357 | * DuelBoss: [[spoiler:You fight him if you make the choice of letting go of Rando.]] |
| 358 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Given that he somehow managed to ''trap'' ''[[WorldsStrongestMan Rando]]'' as a means of threatening Buddy, it is clear he is more clever than she or the player would've already assumed he would be.]] |
| 359 | * OhCrap: When Sweetheart shows up, all he can muster is, "...oh my." |
| 360 | * PaedoHunt: Unlike the rest of the men in Olathe, who are ok with raping Buddy ''despite'' her being a prepubescent, Bolo seems to take ''glee'' in the fact that Buddy is underage, making his actions towards her that much more evil-seeming and disgusting. |
| 361 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Raping Buddy is his prime motivation, [[spoiler:and he comes extremely close to succeeding too. Even Dr. Yado is apparently disgusted with him.]] |
| 362 | * TheUnfought: {{Played With}}. [[spoiler:You only fight him if you let go of Rando, whereas Sweetheart takes care of him for you if you don't.]] |
| 363 | * TheUnpronounceable: So much so that it's become somewhat of a meme in the LISA fandom. |
| 364 | * VerbalTic: "Like daddy used to say. [Insert [[HurricaneOfAphorisms aphorism]] here]" |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:The Grandfather '''(Spoilers Unmarked)''']] |
| 368 | -> ''"Pain and trauma may always have a place in life... In fact... I'd say it's something that shouldn't be separated from us, even if we had a choice."'' |
| 369 | |
| 370 | Brad and Lisa's grandfather, and Marty's father. A martial arts expert, he took Brad away from Marty to teach him the Armstrong Way. He is only referenced in one epilogue in Joyful, and briefly seen in Brad's Nightmare in the Definitive Edition. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * AbusiveParents: A downplayed example. He's much better of a father figure than Marty ever was by sole virtue of not being Marty, and castigates him for this in his speech. However, his focus on using pain to find strength is implied to have made Brad the [[EmptyShell depressed individual]] we see him to be in game. For whatever reason, he never came back to save Lisa from Marty either. |
| 373 | * CynicalMentor: Believes pain and trauma are a necessity for achieving greatness, and taught Brad how to internalize his pain into power. It worked, [[GoneHorriblyRight too well.]] |
| 374 | * DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: He's seen smoking a pipe. |
| 375 | * TheFaceless: His only appearance shows him from the back. |
| 376 | * InadequateInheritor: His open opinion of Marty. |
| 377 | * StayInTheKitchen: Might be a believer of such a trope, given Lisa mentions he won't teach martial arts to girls. |
| 378 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His only dialogue is a dissociated admonishing against Marty. |
| 379 | -> ''"Pain and trauma may always have a place in life... In fact... I'd say it's something that shouldn't be separated from us, even if we had a choice. Runs the risk of killing greatness. But understand, child... I can't have you tainting my bloodline with your insecurity anymore. There's a difference between what can make us and what can break us. Pushing the body and mind to grow beyond its perceived limitations. Or... Lashing out at those weaker than you to satiate some type of selfish indulgence. He'll resent me, sure... The same way he resents you... But it won't be in vain. Men don't need toys. Men shape the future. And I'll make sure his pain will be a worthy sacrifice. I'll make him stronger. Tougher. More resilient. More grateful. More powerful. The benefits are endless. Frankly. I'll make sure to give him all the toys you lacked... Wisdom... That, against my will, skipped a generation. I'll bear that mistake, but I won't let it happen again... The boy is coming with me, Marty. Whether you like it or not. I will right your wrongs. I will teach him the Armstrong Way."'' |
| 380 | * TrainingFromHell: The essence of the Armstrong Way, which he passed down to Brad. |
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