Line #2 VideoGame/MafiaIITheBetrayalOfJimmy


1	->''"It wasn't always like this. I used to be a real NiceGuy. Got a problem? You call Jimmy. In a Jam? You call Jimmy. [[ContractOnTheHitman And look what that got me]]: fifteen years of rubbing elbows with the kind of guys who don't have a problem sucking each other off for a pack of smokes. Let's just say I was a "cleaner". I cleaned shit up for wiseguys who weren't smart enough to wipe their own asses. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness The greaseballs screwed me over first chance they got.]] [[DidntSeeThatComing Pshhh...Should have seen it coming.]] On the bright side, it gave me plenty of time to figure out how I was gonna...[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge repay the favor.]] Yep, today's gonna be a real good day."''
2	-->-- '''Jimmy''', Opening level of ''Jimmy's Vendetta''
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4	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portal_betrayal_of_jimmy.png]]
5	[[caption-width-right:270:''...That was the day I got fucked...'']]
6	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portal_jimmys_vendetta.png]]
7	[[caption-width-right:270:''Today's gonna be a real good day...'']]
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9	In an AlternateUniverse version of ''VideoGame/MafiaII'''s Empire Bay, a ProfessionalKiller named Jimmy is given the job of ruining the operations of the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triads]] and [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang Bombers]] by his long time friends [[TheDon Sal Gravina]] and [[TheIrishMob Tam Brody]]. [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed As a reward for his services to them]], he is promptly set-up by them [[HeKnowsTooMuch for being a loose end]], and is promptly thrown into prison. He eventually escapes, vowing to get {{revenge}} on those responsible for his twist of fortunes.
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11	''The Betrayal of Jimmy'' and ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' are the first and second DownloadableContent packs for ''Mafia II'', respectively. ''The Betrayal of Jimmy'' was intially a Platform/PlayStation3 exclusive, before being made a free download for all platforms, while ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' was released on September 7, 2010, also for all platforms. An UpdatedRerelease of both campaign packs is included in the ''Definitve Edition'' of ''Mafia II'', which released in May 19, 2020.
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14	! These two DLC campaigns contain the following tropes:
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16	* AdaptationalBadass: The Bombers, the Empire Bay Triads, and the Irish Gang are all much bigger and better organized than they were in the main game, with each having their own legal front businesses and operations comparable to TheMafia's own.
17	* AffablyEvil: Jimmy is a rather NiceGuy...who happens to kill, steal cars, and cover-up loose ends for Crime bosses as a living.
18	* AlternateUniverse: ''The Betrayal of Jimmy'' and ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' are set in an alternate Empire Bay where the Mafia is just one of four gangs vying for control of the city.
19	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Both campaign packs implemented several features that made the gameplay experience more forgiving.
20	** Any damaged or destroyed cars are automatically repaired in the garage, and without the need to pay hundreds of dollars each time.
21	** Speaking of the garage, it now houses up to 30 cars as opposed to the main story's 10.
22	** Saving automatically resets shops, meaning they're not shut down or under police watch if you've robbed them earlier.
23	* AntiHero: Jimmy becomes a NominalHero in ''Vendetta'', by virtue of wiping out the crime rings in control of Empire Bay.
24	* AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed: This is what happens to Jimmy at the end of ''Betrayal'', and becomes the motivating factor in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge in ''Vendetta''.
25	* AscendedExtra: The Triads and The Bombers get significantly more screentime and role in ''Betrayal'' than in the main story. The same can be said for the Irish Gang in ''Vendetta'', who are now half of the BigBadDuumvirate.
26	* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
27	** Don Gravina, like Don Falcone from the main game, has about 4 times the amount of health as a normal Mook and takes over a dozen rounds from the tommy gun to put down. Averted with all the other [=DLC=] bosses, including the Big Boss, [[spoiler: Judge Hillwood]], who all go down after a standard amount of lead.
28	** Eddie Fu's brother and the 3 Hong Kong fixer captains also have enhanced health, with Fu having about 3 times normal health and the captains having about 4 times normal health. Oddly, Fu himself isn't particularly tougher than a regular Mook, just like most other bosses in the [=DLC=].
29	* BeingEvilSucks: Downplayed compared to the main story. Jimmy realizes a little too late that working closely with high profile mobsters isn't exactly a good thing, especially when his life comes tumbling down upon getting set up by his so-called friends and being thrown into jail. Unlike Vito, however, he isn't broken by this realization, and instead becomes part of his motivation for {{revenge}}.
30	* BigBad:
31	** In ''The Betrayal of Jimmy'', it's Eddie Fu, the leader of the Empire Bay Triads, who establishes himself as a threat to both the Gravina Crime Family and Brody's Irish Gang.
32	** In ''Jimmy's Vendetta'', it's [[spoiler:Judge Hillwood, the real perpetrator behind Jimmy's betrayal and subsequent imprisonment during the events of ''Betrayal''.]]
33	* BigBadDuumvirate: In ''Vendetta'', there's Sal Gravina, head of Empire Bay's Italian mob, and Tam Brody, leader of the local Irish Gang. [[spoiler: It's revealed late in ''Vendetta'' that they're CoDragons under Judge Hillwood, the real BigBad.]]
34	* BigBadEnsemble: ''Betrayal'' has Eddie Fu, leader of the Empire Bay Triads, and Elroy Tussle, head of The Bombers. Of these two, however, Fu and his Triads are clearly the bigger threat, mainly due to their larger manpower, more resources, and larger sphere of influence in the criminal underworld.
35	* BigBadWannabe: Elroy Tussle, leader of the Bombers. While he is a significant threat to the Gravina Crime Family, he is ultimately a sideshow compared to the likes of Eddie Fu and his Triads, as Tam Brody never even mentions Tussle as a thorn on his side, and that even Sal Gravina, who is himself being harrassed by the Bombers, tells Jimmy that Eddie Fu is a much bigger threat.
36	* BookEnds: The missions against Sal Gravina in ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' begin and end at the ports he controls.
37	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Inverted.
38	--> Jimmy: For everyone else, it was Thursday, but for me, it was the day I got fucked.
39	* TheConsigliere: Ettore, who serves as the real brains behind the Gravina Crime Family. Jimmy kills him during "The Lobotomy", when he ambushes Ettore's limousine.
40	* ContractOnTheHitman: Attempted several times on Jimmy, both in prison and after his escape by members of the Gravina Crime Family. All fail, with Jimmy killing all of his attempted assassins.
41	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In contrast to [[VideoGame/MafiaTheCityOfLostHeaven Tommy]] and [[VideoGame/MafiaII Vito and Joe]], Jimmy is not a made man or of Italian descent, but a low-ranking albeit [[AlmightyJanitor very efficient]] hitman, enforcer, and part-time car thief. Also, while the other three [[spoiler:end up finding out the hard way that associating yourself with TheMafia will lead to fatal or near-fatal consequences]], Jimmy simply opts to get payback for it, with little consequences suffered. And finally, Tommy, Joe, and Vito at the start of their stories were relatively young guns who had to learn how the criminal underworld worked, while Jimmy is first shown as a middle-aged man already accustomed to criminal life.
42	* CoolShades: Worn by Jimmy himself, [[SunglassesAtNight even at night.]] The only time he isn't wearing them is during his time in prison.
43	* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Played straight and then subverted at the end of ''Betrayal''. As Jimmy himself admits, he was living the high life, earning thousands of dollars for doing part-time work as an enforcer, hitman, and car thief. His life comes tumbling down after his employers figure that he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]], and have him thrown into jail for being a loose end.
44	* DemotedToExtra: TheMafia goes from being the central antagonist in the main game to just one of four gangs vying for control in Empire Bay.
45	* DidntSeeThatComing: By his own admission, Jimmy never even expected his two close friends/bosses to sell him out and have him thrown into jail.
46	* DirtyCop: The police that end up arresting Jimmy are revealed to be led by a corrupt detective under Sal Gravina's payroll.
47	* DirtyCoward: Tam Brody, in contrast to Sal Gravina, Eddie Fu, and even Elroy Tussle, chooses to run for his life instead of fighting back when Jimmy comes knocking on his doorstep.
48	* DownerEnding: Jimmy the end of his first [=DLC=], ''The Betrayal of Jimmy'', where he's set up by TheMafia (and by extent, Brody's Irish Gang) and thrown into prison for [[HeKnowsTooMuch being a loose end]].
49	* DownloadableContent: The story is divided into two DLC campaigns, the first depicting Jimmy's fall from grace, and the second showing him getting revenge against his former bosses.
50	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In contrast to the main story]], ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' ends with the titular protagonist [[spoiler:succeeding in killing those who had set him up, with no ill repercussions in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
51	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Jimmy is betrayed and then he has a vendetta. Nuff said.
52	* ExcusePlot: ''Jimmy's Vendetta'''s plot is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
53	** Same goes for its prequel, The Betrayal of Jimmy.
54	* ExpansionPack: The two DLC form into one full length story about, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jimmy's betrayal and vendetta]].
55	* ExperiencedProtagonist: Jimmy at the start of ''Betrayal'' is already an established career criminal doing errands for major criminal organizations. This is in stark contrast to Vito and Joe in the main story, who have to climb up TheMafia's ranks and prove themselves.
56	* FaceHeelTurn: Sal Gravina of TheMafia and Tam Brody of TheIrishMob start out as Jimmy's close friend and contact, respectively, only for the former to sell him out to the cops and the latter joining the former in an alliance.
57	* FalseFriend: Sal Gravina and Tam Brody are shown to be affable towards Jimmy, pay him lots of money, and even have drinks and dinner with him on occasion. And then both of them conspire to sell him out to the cops with zero hesitation once he's tied their loose ends for them...
58	* GaidenGame: For all intents and purposes, the two DLC add up to being one of these. It's a side story with nothing to do with the main ''Mafia II'' storyline.
59	* GreatEscape: The first level of ''Jimmy's Vendetta'' has Jimmy come up with a PrisonRiot in order to distract most of the prison guards while he escapes.
60	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Judge Hillwood, who happens to have the crime rings in Empire Bay under his whim, as well as the police.]]
61	* HonorAmongThieves: Jimmy thinks this exists. [[NoHonorAmongThieves He's sadly mistaken]].
62	* InkSuitActor: Jimmy is seemingly based on Creator/EdHarris. Yes, Series/{{Westworld}}'s Man in Black.
63	* {{Irony}}: Jimmy's specialty is tying up loose ends for high profile mob bosses. By the end of ''Betrayal'', Jimmy himself is betrayed and arrested for being being a loose end himself.
64	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the main story, which involves a lot of dramatic deaths and plot twists, this story is more oriented towards action and revenge.
65	* MadeOfPlasticine: Elroy Tussle and his brother Duke are armed only with pistols and go down in one shot from any weapon. Even random civilians usually take at least 2 shots from an automatic weapon to put down.
66	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Had Tam Brody and Sal Gravina not double-crossed Jimmy at the of ''Betrayal'', they'd probably still have their organizations and their lives. Having him imprisoned was probably the most fatal mistake both of them had made.
67	* OneManArmy: Jimmy. By the end of ''Vendetta'', he ends up wiping out no less than ''four'' of Empire Bay's largest criminal organizations.
68	* PrisonLevel: "Jimmy's Vendetta" begins with the titular former Mafia hitman pulling off a GreatEscape during a PrisonRiot that he himself arranged. Ultimately, Jimmy manages to escape through the prison's sewers unscathed, thanks to the riot distracting most of the guards, and Jimmy himself beating up any who remain.
69	* PrisonRiot: Jimmy arranges one at the start of ''Vendetta'', in order to allow him to divert the guards' attention and make a clean getaway.
70	* ProfessionalKiller: Jimmy's job during the entirety of ''Betrayal'', a hitman and enforcer for both TheMafia and their allies TheIrishMob, tasked with assassinating high profile members of both the Empire Bay Triads and the Bombers gang.
71	* ProtagonistTitle: Jimmy is the titular PlayerCharacter, whose betrayal and subsequent RoaringRampageOfRevenge we play through.
72	* PunchClockVillain: Jimmy in ''Betrayal'', before being set up by Sal and Tam.
73	* {{Reconstruction}}: The two DLC campaigns are essentially this to ''VideoGame/MafiaII'''s main story. While Jimmy does end up going through time in prison and realizing that BeingEvilSucks at the end of ''Betrayal'', he isn't broken by this realization, instead deciding to get {{revenge}} on those responsible for his setup.
74	* ReusableLighterToss: At the end of ''Jimmy's Vendetta'', [[spoiler:Jimmy tosses his lighter in order to set Judge Hillwood's mansion on fire in order to remove any traces of his work.]]
75	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Jimmy's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin main motivation]] in the second [=DLC=] pack.
76	* SunglassesAtNight: With the sole exception being his time in prison, Jimmy's always shown wearing his CoolShades on all of his outfits.
77	* UpdatedRerelease: Both campaigns were bundled with the ''Definitve Edition'' of ''VideoGame/MafiaII''. Among the changes included graphical and sound updates, and Jimmy himself receiving new voicelines.
78	* VigilanteMan: What Jimmy ends up becoming by ''Vendetta'', a OneManArmy intent on stopping both the Mafia and the Irish Gang in Empire Bay for good.
79	* YouDontLookLikeYou: Sal Gravina and [[spoiler: Judge Hillwood]] have the wrong character model when you actually fight them, using the generic "Mafia [=VIP=]" character model instead of the model they have in cutscenes.
80	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: How The Betrayal of Jimmy ends, with the titular enforcer [[spoiler: set up by his own friends and bosses after ending the threats of the Triads and The Bombers.]]
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