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Broforce
Tropes That Apply to the Broforce in General
- Celebrity Paradox: We've got three Schwarzeneggers, two Norrises, two Lamberts, two Gibsons and two Van Dammes. Possibly two Stallones if you assume Bro Dredd is him and not Karl Urban.
- Friendly Fireproof: Explosions from a Bro's weapon will never hurt them (other explosions caused by that explosion are another story, though).
- Gag Nose: They all have red noses for some reason. So does everyone else, including the President and Jesus.
- Heroic Build: Most of them sport arms that are nearly as thick as their torsos. Including the women.
- I Am Not Shazam: Some of them, like Brommando, Bro Hard, and Broheart, are named after the movie instead of the character.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: ALL of them. Yes, including the women.
- Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: An entire army of them.
- One-Hit-Point Wonder: With the exception of the Boondock Bros and Brolander, one hit from anything is death.
- One-Man Army: Every single one of them is able to slaughter hundreds of terrorists in any given map.
Rambro
"Don't push it or I'll give a war you won't believe."
The default character. Armed with an M60 machine gun, frag grenades, and a knife. Mooks are going to need a good supply of body bags. Based on John Rambo from Rambo.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He's dubbed the Emperor of Earth in the Hard Mode ending.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: No Rambo Expy would be complete without one.
- Boring Yet Practical: Unlike the rest of the bros, he doesn't have any gimmicky abilities, just a machine gun and grenades.
- Grenade Spam: Has a total of 6 grenades, and given his relatively poor crowd control, they'll be used quite often.
- Jack of All Stats: Out of every bro in the game, he is the simplest one to play as.
- Long-Range Fighter: Long-ranged, accurate, but relatively low damage.
- More Dakka: His main weapon is a machine gun, after all.
- Shout-Out: He plays almost exactly as the player characters from Metal Slug. This is no coincidence.
- What the Hell, Hero?: It is possible for him to murder the president in the Playable Epilogue, triggering the Bad Ending.
Brommando
"Let off some steam, Bennett!"
The second bro unlocked. Armed with an M202 FLASH rocket launcher and a knife. He may promise to kill you last, but it's a lie. Based on John Matrix from Commando.
- The Ahnold: He's based on a character played by Arnie himself.
- The Lancer: He's this to Rambro in the cutscenes.
- Long-Range Fighter: Like Rambro, Brommando has a noticeably longer range than later bros.
- Macross Missile Massacre: His special consists of simply firing a volley of rockets.
- Shout-Out: Throwing the devil at the end of the level off a cliff while playing as him unlocks an achievement, as a nod to one of the most iconic scenes
from Commando. - Stuff Blowing Up: When your only weapon is a rocket launcher, this is bound to happen.
- This Means Warpaint: He wears camouflage stripes across his face.
B. A. Broracus
"I ain't gettin' on no helicopter!"
The third bro unlocked. Armed with a flamethrower, incendiary grenades, and his own head. He pities the fools he sets on fire. Based on B. A. Baracus from The A-Team.
- Bling of War: Downplayed, but he does kick terrorist ass while wearing a bunch of huge gold necklaces. Again, he's based on Mr. T, so it should be expected.
- Dungeon Bypass: His flamethrower is one of the fastest tunneling weapons in the game.
- Fire-Breathing Weapon: His flamethrower, of course. It's extremely effective against aliens.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: The Forever update gave him a stronger version of the usual throw attack as a nod to the original character's fighting style in The A-Team. He can fling mooks across the room hard enough to gib enemies and break through walls
- Playing with Fire: His overall arsenal. It lets him cause panic to anything he hits (excluding certain larger enemies).
- Scary Black Man: Being able to set people on fire helps.
- Trick Bomb: His special is incendiary grenades that release a wave of flames after exploding.
- Use Your Head: His melee attack.
- Videogame Flamethrowers Suck: Averted. His flamethrower, despite having short range, does a lot of damage and scares enemies, preventing them from retaliating.
Brodell Walker
"When you're in Texas look behind you, 'cos that's where the Ranger's gonna be."
The fourth bro unlocked. Armed with a pump-action shotgun, airstrike flares, and roundhouse kicks. Based on Cordell Walker from Walker, Texas Ranger.
- Death from Above: His special calls in an airstrike.
- Eagleland: His airstrike's trails are colored red, white, and blue. Singing the Star-Spangled Banner while the bombs fall is entirely optional.
- Friendly Fireproof: His special is an aversion. Try not to kill yourself or your co-op buddies with it!
- Roundhouse Kick: Being based on Chuck Norris, he uses these for melee attacks. They do more damage and have a variety of angled variations in comparison to the standard punches and knives.
- Short-Range Shotgun: Like all shotgun bros, his range is rather lacking, but he makes up for it in firepower.
- Shout-Out: His airstrike special is very reminiscent of the Air Strike item from Worms.
Bro Hard
"Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!"
Bro number five. Has two machine guns, ho ho ho, and flash bangs. Based on John McClane.
- Blinded by the Light: His special is a flash bang that confuses enemies.
- Cherry Tapping: His stun grenade deals a minute amount of damage to the person it hits. Enough to kill a mook with a direct hit to the head.
- Guns Akimbo: Uses two machine guns instead of the normal one.
- More Dakka: Another prominent example in this game.
- Pistol-Whipping: His melee attack.
- Sacrificial Lion: Falls victim to a facehugger in the game's trailer, and is then torn to shreds from the inside out by the newly hatched Alien. This is exactly what can happen to the player if they're not careful in Alien-infested levels.
- Set a Mook to Kill a Mook: Enemies affected by his flash bang will ignore him and any other bros and fight among themselves.
MacBrover
"If I had some duct tape, I could fix that."
The Sixth Bro. Carries lots of dynamite, and turkeys to hide it in. Based on Angus MacGyver of MacGyver.
- Adaptational Badass: The character he's based on is pretty much a Technical Pacifist, despite his penchant for improvised explosives. MacBrover, however, blows up Mooks by the dozens in any given level.
- A Day in the Limelight: He's the playable character in the Covert Operations mission that unlocks the RC Car explosive.
- Big, Bulky Bomb: Those turkeys stuffed with explosives are huge. Their explosions are as big as you'd expect, as well.
- Cool Shades: In his unlock art and cutscenes, though not in his portrait.
- '80s Hair: Being based on MacGyver, this shouldn't come as a surprise.
- Grenade Tag: He can stick dynamite to enemies and terrain if he's close enough.
- MacGyvering: If you pay attention when climbing walls, he seems to have fashioned some climbing tool out of what looks like chewing gum.
- Stuff Blowing Up: His entire fighting style is based on this. His default attack has him tossing dynamite around (which can stick to enemies if they're close enough), his Special is a booby-trapped turkey that will attract every Mook in the vicinity for an easy mass-kill, and even his melee throw will have him stick explosives to his opponent's face. Out of all the Bros, MacBrover is the most explosion-happy one, and that's saying something.
- Schmuck Bait: His special is a turkey. With a bomb in it. Any nearby enemies will stop paying attention to you and head towards the turkey, despite it being an Incredibly Obvious Bomb.
- The Smart Guy: He's portrayed as this in cutscenes. And he's heavily implied to be the inventor of the unlockable RC car bombs.
- Throw Down the Bomblet: His primary and secondary attacks.
Brade
"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill."
The Seventh Bro. A Dhampyr with a taste for bladed weapons, as befits his namesake.
- Air-Dashing: His special allows him to dash in air.
- Attack Reflector: Like most melee Bros, his sword can reflect bullets (and certain other projectiles) if he times a swing correctly. His entire body does this during his special.
- Badass Longcoat: It even looks like a cloak.
- Cool Shades: Much like the character he's based on, he never takes them off.
- Dash Attack: His special involves using his martial arts skills to dash across the screen, destroying anything in his path. He's invulnerable while doing this.
- Katanas Are Just Better: His can deflect bullets.
- Lightning Bruiser: Moves very fast, is very agile and slices through mooks like a hot knife through butter.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Like the character he's based on, he's a half-vampire. You can actually see his fangs on his avatar portrait.
- Super-Speed: Downplayed, although he moves faster and jumps higher than any other bro.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Or knife, in this case. He does this as his "melee" attack.
Bro Dredd
"Court's adjourned."
Bro number Eight. He is the law. Carries his Lawgiver pistol, whose bullets will curve to meet the nearest target and a secondary fire that launches controllable rockets.
- Cool Helmet: Unlike Sly's portrayal, his is always there.
- The Faceless: His helmet is always on. No Canon Defilement here, thankfully.
- Homing Projectile: His Lawgiver fires these.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His name is Dredd.
- Perpetual Frowner: His portrait shows him grimacing at all times, especially when firing.
- Player-Guided Missile: His secondary attack.
- Robo Teching: Downplayed.
- The Lawgiver's homing bullets will curve to hit enemies, but can't make sharp turns.
- His special, a homing missile, can only turn 90 degrees and defaults to horizontal
- Shock and Awe: His melee is a stun gun. It's far more lethal than it sounds.
- Shoulders of Doom: Golden ones, at that.
Bro in Black
"You know what the difference is between you and me? I make this look good!"
If you could look over here, please... *FLASH*. He is not based on Agent J. He does not carry a Noisy Cricket and Neuralyzer. You will now close this page and do something productive.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: The last suit he'll ever wear.
- Cool Shades: Wears them everywhere. Including inside a darkened alien hive.
- Hand Cannon: The Noisy Cricket is so powerful the recoil launches Bro In Black backwards slightly with every shot. This can be used to supplement his jump distance.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: His secondary attack is the Neuralyzer.
- The Men in Black: Based on the most popular one.
- Stuff Blowing Up: His Noisy Cricket often results in this.
- Set a Mook to Kill a Mook: Enemies affected by his Neuralyzer will ignore him and any other bros and fight among themselves.
Dirty Brorry
"I know what you're thinking. You're thinking: did he fire six shots or only five...?"
Go ahead. Make his day. Carries a .44 caliber Magnum (the most powerful handgun in the world) and Molotov Cocktails.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Well, somewhat. His suit may seem old-fashioned now, but it was all the rage in The '70s, when Dirty Harry was made. The badass part isn't up for discussion.
- Boom, Headshot!: Mooks he shoots will indeed have their heads blown clean off.
- Bottomless Magazines: The most notable aversion.
- Counting Bullets: He must reload every six shots, forcing players to do this if they don't want to be caught firing on empty cylinders in the middle of a gun battle.
- Eyes Always Shut: His portrait attempts to imitate Clint Eastwood's famous squint. And if he gets killed, you can even see that his skeleton is also squinting!
- Fascinating Eyebrow: Gives one in his portrait when he's firing his revolver.
- Long-Range Fighter: His Magnum has the longest range of all primary weapons in the game.
- Molotov Cocktail: His secondary weapon.
- Moveset Clone: Faster rate of fire and Bottomless Magazines aversion aside, he plays exactly like Snake Broskin before the update on July 7, 2016.
- One-Hit Polykill: His Magnum has a very long range and pierces through enemies, often resulting in this.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: His Magnum has a extremely long range, packs a decent punch and can be fired as fast as you press the fire button, making it an all-around pretty solid weapon. Its only downside is that it has to reload every six shots.
The Brominator
"I'll be back."
He cannot be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until the enemy is dead, he is a Cyberdyne series T-800 Model 101 Terminator. Wields a M134 Minigun, and the inhuman strength to heft it. Can temporarily shed his organic exterior, revealing the mechanical endoskeleton beneath it, becoming unaffected by recoil and totally invulnerable to damage.
- The Ahnold: Based on Schwarzenegger himself.
- Cool Shades: On his unlock screen only.
- Determinator: Inevitable, given that he's based on the trope namer. His secondary fire allows him to wade through literally anything save for instant death pits, all while firing his minigun at full capacity.
- Gatling Good: Hell yes.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: He wears his classic Badass Biker attire.
- Megaton Punch: His melee attack is an uppercut, which originally sent enemies flying offscreen. A patch eventually lowered the knockback, making it Downplayed.
- Mighty Glacier: If you don't use his Recoil Boost, he plays as this.
- More Dakka: Comes with carrying a minigun. His damage output is the highest of any bullet user.
- No-Sell: His special reveals his endoskeleton to make him impervious to everything... except Bottomless Pits.
- Recoil Boost: The principle behind his speed. By using the recoil from the minigun as a thruster, he can launch himself around the map, making seemingly impossible jumps and moving faster than any character in the game, with the added bonus of killing everything he passes over.
- Robotic Reveal: Of sorts. His avatar portrait and in-game sprite have the living tissue of one side of his face damaged, revealing his robotic skull beneath. Using his special removes it completely, showing his full robotic endoskeleton.
- Shout-Out:
- According to Word of God, his minigun was inspired by that of Super Crate Box.
- If you manage to get killed while he's on his endoskeleton modenote , you get an achievment based on one of his most iconic lines: "I'll be back".
- If he gets killed, his profile will not show a skeleton like with most others, but will instead show his thumbs up at the end of the second movie.
Brobocop
"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"
Another cyborg Bro, this time based on Alex Murphy, the legendary RoboCop. Carries his standard Auto-9 pistol, which he can fire in short bursts or charge for a very powerful attack. Your move, creep.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: His melee attack has him stabbing enemies with his retractable data spike.
- Charge Attack: His Auto-9 has this, at full charge it can release an abundance of bullets.
- Cool Helmet: It houses his secondary fire, which lets him lock onto enemies on the screen and then fire shots that will travel around obstacles to reach them.
- Crosshair Aware: A targeting reticle appears on-screen when using his special, letting you lock on any enemy.
- Determinator: In a sense, his secondary fire allows him to be this. He can get you even if you're hiding down a mineshaft behind some boxes. If he can see you, his secondary fire will let him shoot you.
- The Faceless: Never seen without his face plate.
- More Dakka: His fully charged attack unleashes lots of dakka indeed.
- Robo Cam: His targeting HUD heavily implies this. Plus, it looks exactly like the one in the movies◊.
- Robo Teching: His Special allows him to target his next burst of shots, and they are unerringly accurate.
Indiana Brones
"No ticket!"
Named after the family dog. Carries his trademark whip, hat, and gun. Also has a pickaxe to help him get through terrain and enemies alike.
- A Day in the Limelight: He's the playable bro during the Muscle Temple missions added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Building Swing: His whip allows him to grapple ledges and swing to them.
- Dungeon Bypass: He can easily do this thanks to his whip.
- Grappling-Hook Pistol: His whip serves this purpose. And some bonus levels are entirely built on him having to do this many times.
- Hand Cannon: His revolver will destroy almost anything that isn't a boss in only one shot.
- One-Hit Polykill: Given their limited use, his bullets travel through multiple targets and kill in one shot, unlike most bullet using Bros.
- Powerful Pick: His melee weapon. Very good at digging.
- Shout-Out: Throwing an enemy from atop the Sky Fortress boss while playing as him unlocks an achievement, as an homage to this scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: The playstyle he inevitably requires, as his gun is his secondary fire and only has six shots.
Ash Brolliams
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."
Boomstick? Check. Chainsaw? Check. Groovy.
- Ambidextrous Sprite: His chainsaw switches hands depending on which way he's facing. It also swaps hands during his flexing animation.
- Artificial Limbs: Has a chainsaw instead of his right hand.
- Attack Reflector: During his special, his chainsaw will reflect bullets from the front.
- The Berserker: His special has him running around at top speed, swinging his chainsaw like a madman and turning his enemies into Ludicrous Gibs.
- Blood-Splattered Warrior: His portrait gets splattered with blood after killing enemies using his special.
- Chainsaw Good: His defining feature. He makes good use of it in his melee attack and his special.
- Handicapped Badass: One of his hands has been replaced with a chainsaw.
- Ludicrous Gibs: The end result of either of his weapons. Amusingly enough, this makes him one of the best characters against undead (deadite?) mooks in the final Hell levels.
- Mook Horror Show: Attacking an enemy with his melee attack causes other nearby enemies to run away in fear rather than fight back, making it surprisingly viable despite being one of the slowest melee attacks.
- Short Range Boomstick: Well, yes. But it's compensated by its sheer power.
- Shout-Out: When you start later hell levels as him, he will emerge from portal along with his car, as in the end of the second film.
- Sword and Gun: More like Chainsaw And Boomstick, but the same principle applies.
Mr. Anderbro
"I know Kung Fu."
He is the One. Unfortunately that doesn't come with his Flying Brick superpowers nor his "lots of guns". Instead he gets...his fists. And the ability to stop bullets with a gesture.
- Air-Dashing: His melee attack allows him to dash mid-air, 1 dash per direction per airtime.
- Attack Reflector: His special catches any bullets fired at him while it is active and returns them to sender.
- Badass Longcoat: Given that it's part of his iconic attire in the movie, it was to be expected.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Most Bros use weapons, he is a weapon.
- Cool Shades: Much like the previously mentioned longcoat.
- Flash Step: Can perform one of these by hitting his melee key and a direction.
- Ground Pound: Using his downwards dash while in mid-air results in this when he lands.
- Punched Across the Room: He hits hard enough to send mooks flying backwards.
- Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: What his playstyle revolves around. Mash the fire button as fast as possible and rush at nearby enemies before they can get a shot off. It's surprisingly effective, especially when combined with his secondary fire.
The Boondock Bros
"Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river..."
Based on Connor and Murphy McManus of The Boondock Saints, they're a pair of vigilante brothers on a mission from God to rid the world from terrorists. Each one carries dual handguns, and they can summon their father to aid them in battle.
- Assist Character: Il (Bro) Duce, who is basically a third AI controlled Boondock Bro.
- Badass Family: If both brothers are alive, their special calls their father to join them in battle.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: Part of their duo functionality. The non-player controlled brother will occasionally turn around and fire behind the pair.
- Boring, but Practical: Their entire moveset effectively only includes pistols, which are somewhat mundane compared to many other characters' fighting styles. Despite this, they are still an incredibly effective character, due to being several times more resilient than almost every other character.
- The Dividual: They count as one single character for all intents and purposes.
- Guns Akimbo: Both brothers dual wield their pistols.
- More Dakka: Pretty much the only other thing they bring to the table. Twice the guns of any other Bro gives them an abundance of conventional firepower to supplement their staying power.
- Pistol-Whipping: Their melee attack is this.
- Resurrective Immortality: As long as they can use their special after getting hit, the Boondock Bros will never die. Getting hit removes one bro, and their special brings him back.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: If one of the brothers dies, the remaining one will get very pissed. See Turns Red below.
- Shout-Out: According to Word of God, their gameplay style is based on the Ice Climbers from Super Smash Bros..
- Sibling Team/Bash Brothers: Yep.
- Turns Red: Literally happens upon getting hit. The hit causes one bro to die, and the other turns red and doubles movement speed and rate of fire briefly.
Brochete
"You just fucked with the wrong Mexican."
An ex-Federale who sometimes has to negotiate with a big machete. In addition to his aforementioned machete, he carries a plethora of knives. Fitting, considering who he's based on.
- Blown Across the Room: His knives "carry" small enemies who are killed by them, allowing him to send explosive enemies flying into their allies.
- Denial of Diagonal Attack: His special can be rotated 360 degrees, making him an aversion.
- Dual Wielding: His sprite wields a pair of machetes.
- Flechette Storm: His special involves him creating one from the machetes he carries on his person.
- Gutted Like a Fish: His melee attack does this to terrorists. They will react appropriately upon seeing it. Ironically, he actually does this with his bare hands, rather than a machete.Announcer: ORGAN PUNCHES!
- Hammerspace: He keeps there an infinite supply of machetes.
- Jack of All Stats: His primary fire has good damage, range, and firing speed, and carries enemies away from him. His special is one of the few directional attacks in the game, allowing him to strike from angles unavailable to most other Bros. Finally, his melee attack is the most powerful one in the game, can quickly chain from enemy to enemy, and inflicts the Fear status on surviving enemies. There are few situations he doesn't have a solution to.
- Machete Mayhem: His weapon of choice, for obvious reasons.
- Mook Horror Show: Getting a kill with his melee attack causes any nearby enemies to drop what they're doing and run for their lives.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: No matter how many machetes he throws, they never fail to stab something.
Bronan the Brobarian
"Crom laughs at your four winds!"
He crushes his enemies, sees them driven before him, and hears the lamentations of their women. Carrying only a sword, it is his sheer strength that makes him such a force to be reckoned with. And if you do not listen to his prayers.... then to hell with you.
- The Ahnold: The third Arnie character in the game. His special even includes a very Arnie-ish "NYAAAGH!"
- Attack Reflector: Like the other melee Bros, his sword can reflect bullets if timed correctly. Though his slower swing speed makes reflecting individual shots more difficult than with other Bros, charging his attack allows him to reflect even a full burst from a Bruiser's minigun.
- Audible Sharpness: After a fashion. When his swing is fully charged his sword emits the standard "Shing!" sound effect.
- Barbarian Hero: Well, duh.
- Charged Attack: He can charge up his sword to release short-ranged Sword Beams. A fully charged strike will release a short range shockwave that will destroy both terrain and enemies in front of him.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: There's no magic or technology in his powers. He simply swings his sword so hard that it kills people thirty feet away from him.
- Cool Crown: He wears the Crown of Aquilonia.
- Death from Above: His special involves launching himself into the air before landing in an enormous shockwave. Using his melee attack in the air results in a falling stab.
- Megaton Punch: His melee attack is an uppercut, which originally sent enemies flying offscreen. A patch eventually lowered the knockback, making it Downplayed.
- Screaming Warrior: Upon performing his special, he'll let out Arnie's trademark scream.
- Shockwave Stomp: Both his fully charged primary strikes and his special result in this. Ludicrous Gibs will ensue if an enemy is caught by them.
- Sword Beam: His basic swings have a short shock wave that will take out enemies slightly beyond his reach. Charging his swing allows a maximum strike to take out all the terrain in front of him.
Ellen Ripbro
"Get away from her, you BITCH!"
Last surviving crew member of the Nostromo, xenomorph killer extraordinaire, and all around badass, she is the first unlockable female character. She has her pulse rifle/flamethrower combo from Aliens.
- Action Girl: Of course.
- Adaptational Badass: Not her (she's badass enough already,) but her pulse rifle is upgraded to a Plasma Cannon from its origin as an assault rifle with explosive bullets.
- A Day in the Limelight: The last Covert Operation mission has the player going deep inside an Alien hive in order to unlock the Alien Pheromones item. Unsurprisingly, Ellen is the Bro the player will be playing as during said mission.
- Amazonian Beauty: Considering the Heroic Build given to basically every playable character, this is a given.
- Big Damn Heroes: She's the one who saves Rambro, Brommando and B.A. Broracus from the xenomorphs in the game trailer.
- Kill It with Fire: Her special fires a literal, long range firewall.
- Mix-and-Match Weapon: Her pulse rifle + flamethrower combo. Her primary fire is the pulse rifle, while her special is the flamethrower.
- One of the Boys: May be female, but she's still a Bro through and through.
- Slasher Smile: Look at her avatar portrait when firing. She seems to be having a jolly good time.
- Shock and Awe: Her pulse rifle does electric damage, making enemies explode. Other enemies affected by these explosions will explode as well, making her great at crowd control (especially against those pesky xenomorphs).
- Videogame Flamethrowers Suck: Averted. Her flamethrower not only deals massive damage, it also has a very long range. It's only limited by its number of uses, being her special attack and all.
Time Bro
"Same matter can't occupy same space."
He's still kicking. He must be in Broadway. He has the unique ability to control time, making him great at dealing with large groups of enemies or escaping from a dangerous spot.
- A Day in the Limelight: He's the playable character in the Covert Operation level that unlocks the Time Stop powerup.
- Bullet Time: His special could be described as this.
- Colour-Coded Timestop: While his special ability is active, the screen will turn into a grey monochrome.
- '80s Hair: Just like the character he's based on, he sports a mullet.
- Move in the Frozen Time: The main reason his special is so damn effective.
- Roundhouse Kick: One of his melee attacks is this.
- Slow Laser: His gun fires these in short bursts.
- Time Master: The closest this game has to one. While all characters can stop time if they find special Time Slow ammo crates, Time Bro has this as his innate ability, can do it twice without collecting ammo, and every single use of his ability lasts longer than the one provided by the Time Slow ammo.
- Time Stands Still: Not totally still, but slowed down to a crawl when using his special. He can still move and attack at normal speed, though.
Broniversal Soldier
"You're discharged, Sarge!"
Based on Luc Deveraux, AKA GR44 from Universal Soldier, he is able to resurrect both enemies and allies to fight at his side.
- Back from the Dead: He can bring back any killed (human) enemies and bros in his special's area of effect.
- Blown Across the Room: His primary weapon will often do this to Mooks.
- Chunky Salsa Rule: His special will not work if bodies are turned into Ludicrous Gibs.
- Combat Medic: He can resurrect other players in co-op, and he is more than able to stand his ground in a fight.
- Eyepatch of Power: His camera/comm device resembles one.
- The Minion Master: Resurrected terrorists will mimic his movements and fire at his command (that is, whenever he fires).
- Resurrective Immortality: As of the Forever update, he will automatically revive from death if killed during his special, though this ends the effect. He can immediately use another dose of serum, of course, giving him as many extra lives as he has ammunition.
- Roundhouse Kick: One of his melee attacks.
- Super Serum: His special was buffed in the Broforce Forever update. Besides resurrecting fallen enemies and allies, it also grants him a number of temporary buffs (such as increased speed and throwing capabilities), similar to the Vitamins powerup.
- Shoulders of Doom: His combat armor has these.
Col. James Broddock
"I don't step on toes, Littlejohn. I step on necks."
After spending some time looking for POWs in 'Nam in Missing in Action, he now rescues them from the Mooks here in Broforce. He specializes in indirect fighting, blowing enemies from behind cover with his trusty Grenade Launcher.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: Less prominent than Rambro's, but he also wears one.
- Cluster Bomb: His special. It's one of the most destructive attacks in the game and used to avert Friendly Fireproof before it was patched.
- Charged Attack: As of the Broforce Forever update, you can charge his primary attack to "cook" the grenades before firing so they detonate earlier.
- Cherry Tapping: His grenades deal a small amount of contact damage on a direct hit, enough to kill a lowly mook if it hits him in the head.
- Colonel Badass: Col. James Broddock.
- Glitch Entity: Due to a bug, he was actually playable before he was properly added in the Death From Above update on July 2014.
- Grenade Launcher: His main attack. It's a bit unwieldy, but its destructive power can't be denied.
- Oh, Crap!: Enemies will try to run away from his grenades shortly before they detonate. Emphasis on try.
- Roundhouse Kick: You can't give Chuck Norris anythinge else.
- Stuff Blowing Up: His entire arsenal consists of grenades.
Cherry Broling
"It's go-go, not cry-cry."
Based on Cherry Darling from Planet Terror, her main "useless talent" is to use her machinegun leg to rain death upon her enemies from above with impunity. She has a harder time on the ground, so try to stay in the air as long as possible!
- Action Girl: Yup. The second one in this game.
- Ambidextrous Sprite: Her machine gun leg is subject to this.
- Artificial Limbs: She has a Leg Cannon instead of, you know, a leg.
- Death from Above: Her playstyle revolves around this.
- Dungeon Bypass: Another possible use of her Rocket Jump skills.
- Handicapped Badass: Due to having a gun for a leg, she walks/runs with a noticeable limp, and cannot fire left or right unless she crouches, rendering her unable to move. Despite this, she's as much of a One Woman Army as any other bro.
- Goomba Springboard: A variation with her melee attack, which is a flip kick that sends her skyward if she hits an enemy. The Forever update buffed this attack to make it easier to hit enemies with it from the air, making it a full-on Goomba Stomp.
- One of the Boys: Arguably the most "feminine" character in Broforce, she still mows down crowds of terrorists with her gun.
- Recoil Boost: Firing her machine gun while airborne will allow her to stay in the air for a bit longer.
- Rocket Jump: She specializes in this. In fact, according to Free Lives, they decided to add her to the game because she does this in the movie!
- Unnecessary Combat Roll: She does this when crouching in order to get ready to fire.
Bro Max
"I remember a time of chaos, ruined dreams, this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior. The man we called Max."
The mythical Road Warrior. Although he doesn't have access to his Cool Car in this game, he's still able to kick serious amounts of ass with his trusty sawed-off and the boomerang he borrowed from the Feral Kid.
- Attack Deflector: His boomerang deflects enemy bullets. Timing it well may save your life.
- Battle Boomerang: His special is the metal boomerang used by the Feral Kid in the second movie.
- Eye Scream: A mild example. Both his avatar portrait and his unlock screen feature him with a bruised left eye. Exactly as it happens to him in the second film.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears his iconic black leather outfit.
- Kill It with Fire: His shotgun fires incendiary shells. Shotguns Are Just Better indeed.
- Off with His Head!: Killing a mook with the boomerang results in this.
- Short-Range Shotgun: As is the norm. But at least his can set mooks on fire.
- Shoulders of Doom: He wears a noticeable shoulder pad.
- Shout-Out: His boomerangs are quite similar to the cross subweapon of the Castlevania franchise.
The Brode
"You and I have unfinished business."
The world's deadliest assassin, embarked on a quest for revenge. Armed with her katana and her deadly martial techniques, she is a fearsome foe to the terrorists.
- Action Girl: The third one in the game.
- Attack Reflector: Like other melee Bros, her katana can reflect bullets if timed correctly.
- Double Jump: Sort of. Using her upwards primary attack while in mid-air will propel her slightly up.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Her katana is one of the only primary weapons that can be aimed in directions other than left or right.
- Ludicrous Gibs: Her special is an exaggerated version of the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. Emphasis on exploding.
- Self-Damaging Attack Backfire: Failing to hit any enemy with her special will result in a massive movement speed decrease for a few seconds. This doesn't consume one of her special's uses, however, and using it immediately after an upward or downward attack results in a massive leap.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: She uses throwing knives as her "melee" attack.
- Touch of Death: Her special, based on the (in)famous Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique.
- You Are Already Dead: Any enemy hit by her special will explode in a matter of seconds.
Double Bro Seven
"Vodka Martini. Shaken, not stirred."
His name is Brond. James Brond. He has a wide array of gadgets and his trusty Walther PPK in order to put a stop to terrorism.
- The Alcoholic: Sipping three martinis in a single life will result in Double Bro Seven swaggling drunkenly while idle. Fortunately, this is just a cosmetic effect.
- Aside Glance: The portrait of Sean Connery appears to be smirking at the player.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Complete with bowtie and a flower on the lap, as in Diamonds Are Forever.
- Energy Weapon: His third special fires a laser from his Gadget Watch that sweeps across half of the screen, dealing massive damage to terrain and setting mooks on fire.
- The Faceless: A variation. His avatar portrait depicts either Sean Connery, Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan. Which one of those is Double Bro Seven's true face is anyone's guess.
- Hollywood Silencer: His Walther PPK makes the trademark "fwip" sound and doesn't alert enemies when fired.
- Jetpack: His second special is this. Weaponized Exhaust is in effect here. It can also be used as a Double Jump.
- Joke Weapon: His first special is a Martini glass. It serves no real purpose, but it is capable of killing a mook if the glass hits him in the head.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: His fourth special has him donning a mask to fool enemies and prevent them from attacking. Even if he starts murdering them in front of their allies. It even works on the alien enemies, who not only hate terrorists, but have no eyes to see the ski mask.
- Shout-Out: Killing an enemy with the martini glass nets you the achievment "Shaken, not stirred".
The Brodator
"You're one... ugly... motherfucker!"
An intergalactic alien hunter seeking worthy prey for honor and glory. Unfortunately, he will have to do with the Mooks. Using his skills as well as his advanced hunting weapons, he is a formidable foe to the terrorists.
- Adaptational Heroism: In Broforce, he's one of the good guys. In his source material, however, he's the one hunting the good guys. Word of God says he was added as a playable character exclusively because of the Rule of Cool.
- Alien Blood: He has green blood.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: His wristblades are his melee attack. He can skin and hang enemies with them, which will make enemies that see the body flee in terror.
- Charged Attack: Can charge his combi-sticks for increased range and damage.
- The Faceless: His face is perpetually covered by his mask. Knowing what is behind that mask, it's perhaps for the better.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: His main weapon does this to enemies.
- Invisibility Cloak: His special renders him invisible for a few seconds.
- Javelin Thrower: As his primary attack, he uses the combi-sticks from Predator 2 as throwing spears.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: His mask's eyes glow red when he's charging his primary attack.
- Shoulder Cannon: His special attack also has him automatically targeting and blasting enemies with his Plasma Caster.
- Shout-Out: His combi-sticks work in the exact same way than the spears used by the main character from Völgarr the Viking.
- Sudden Name Change: Was originally going to be named "Predabro," but the announcer's voice line had already been recorded, so Brodator stuck.
- Taking You with Me: Upon dying, he will self-destruct in a massive explosion. If he was your last life, it won't do much good, but otherwise it can soften things up for your next bro (or your coop allies).
- Token Non-Human: Though not technically the first or only example, he is the most obvious. He's visibly the most alien of the cast, bleeds green blood, and occasionally emits an ominous hissing sound in place of the humanoid grunts of the other Bros.
The Brocketeer
"Peevy, you'd pay to see a man fly, wouldn't you?"
Based on the film adaptation of the Rocketeer comics, The Brocketeer's main feature is his jetpack, which he uses both for offense and mobility.
- Death from Above: His special has him propelling himself into the air and then dive bombing towards the ground, performing a Ground-Shattering Landing on impact.
- The Faceless: He's never seen without his Cool Mask.
- Jetpack: This is what this character is all about. Unlike most depictions, it doesn't allow flight, but it greatly increases his jumping abilities.
- Jump Jetpack: As mentioned, his jetpack actually works like this.
- Little Useless Gun: His primary weapon is the weakest in the game, useful only for utility and common mooks.
- Rocket Punch: His melee attack uses his jetpack to add momentum (and damage) to his punch.
- Weaponized Exhaust: Every time he jumps, his jetpack emits gouts of flame to burn nearby enemies.
Bro Heart
"They may take our lives, but they'll never take OUR FREEDOM!"
A Scottish warrior that in a time past led a rebellion against tyranny, he is once again fighting for freedom. His mighty warcry strikes fear even in the most ruthless terrorist's heart.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: This is what you should be doing whenever his special is active.
- Attack Reflector: More difficult than the other melee Bros, given his claymore's slow swing speed. Throwing it, however, is a reliable way to reflect incoming fire...even after it's landed in the ground.
- Adaptational Nationality: Probably the most notable example, given that William Wallace was an actual Scottish soldier. Broheart, on the other hand, is so dedicated to the United States that screaming about it gives him a Status Buff.
- Barbarian Hero: He certainly looks the part.
- The Berserker: His special makes him run faster, hit harder, and causes a Mass "Oh, Crap!" to all nearby enemies. This allows him to charge with reckless abandon while it lasts.
- BFS: His sword is big enough to have a range of two blocks.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: If he loses his Claymore, he resorts to punching his enemies to death. His fists have a faster firing speed than his claymore, and are surprisingly powerful, however they have a shorter reach and cannot reflect bullets. You're still better off not losing your claymore, though.
- Screaming Warrior: "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
- Status Buff: His special warcry not only makes enemies run for their lives, it also greatly increases his movement and attack speed.
- Sudden Name Change: Was originally going to be named "Broveheart," but the announcer's voice line had already been recorded, so Broheart stuck.
- This Means Warpaint: The warpaint on his face, unlike in the movie, is red, white and blue.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: His melee attack throws his sword. It not only decapitates mooks it hits, it sticks to the ground and serves as a Deflector Shield.
The Brofessional
"No women, no kids. That's the rules."
Based on Léon from The Professional, he is a supremely skilled hitman who counts on little Brotilda as an Assist Character. His silenced weapon, fire-and-forget special and ability to teleport in and out of sight makes him the closest thing to a stealth character in the game.
- Action Girl: Downplayed with Brotilda, who is an Assist Character.
- Assist Character: As mentioned, Brotilda. The Brofessional's special marks enemies in front of him; enemies marked are shot from offscreen by Brotilda.
- Back Stab: His melee is centered around this: He teleports behind the nearest mook and stabs him in the back.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears one of these.
- Cool Shades: He wears his trademark vintage round shades.
- Cold Sniper: Brotilda. Her expression when she appears in the avatar portrait is completely neutral.
- Hollywood Silencer: Same as Double Bro Seven, "fwip" sound and all.
- No-Sell: He is briefly immune to damage while teleporting.
- Offscreen Teleportation: His teleporting ability is a slightly exaggerated take on how the original character moves around (i.e he appears to teleport whenever people take their eyes off him).
- Stealth Expert: His weapon is silenced and his melee attack automatically teleports you to the back of a unsuspecting enemy, so his primary skillset is about being stealthy.
- Weaponized Teleportation: Upon using his melee attack, he teleports to the nearest enemy and stabs them before they can react. If enemies are present, it has decent range and can go through thin (1-2 blocks) layers of terrain.
Broden
"The fate of billions will depend upon you...heh heh heh..."
The god of lightning and thunder and protector of Earthrealm, Broden has come to perform a fatality on terrorism. He is based on the movie adaptation of a certain well-known game franchise.
- Adaptational Badass: In the movie Raiden is actually a mentor figure to the protagonists, and doesn't actually take part in any fight (mainly because Christopher Lambert isn't trained in martial arts). His Broforce counterpart, however, does indeed fight a lot.
- Attack Reflector: His special attack is a variation on Brade's, and similarly reflects projectiles while he's flying.
- Calling Your Attacks: According to Free Lives, his special attack is called "Shalibabayee", which is what he yells when performing it.
- Chain Lightning: His lightning bolts make enemies explode upon death. These explosions also deal electric damage to nearby enemies, who will in turn explode if they are killed, further spreading the lightning love.
- Composite Character: Combines traits from both the Mortal Kombat movies and videogames.
- Foe-Tossing Charge: His special can be described as this.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: He even has lightning shooting out of them whenever he attacks.
- Megaton Punch: His melee uppercuts send enemies' heads flying.
- Mighty Glacier: Since he deals massive damage and can't move while summoning lightning, he plays pretty much as this.
- It's possible, however, to maintain the momentum of his special attack after it's completed. This allows him to temporarily move at ridiculous speeds (albeit only in a single direction, and only until he stops moving) comparable to other Bros leaping off a propane tank or zipline. Consequently, he can become a literal Lightning Bruiser.
- Mystical White Hair: He's a Physical God of lightning and thunder, and he has a mane of white hair, as in Christopher Lambert's portrayal of the character.
- Screaming Warrior: "SHALIBABAYEEEEEE!"
- Shock and Awe: His primary attack consists on frying enemies with bolts of lightning. He isn't the god of lighting and thunder for nothing.
- Shout-Out: His looks are taken from Christopher Lambert's character in the movie, but at least part of his moveset comes from the games (to be more precise, his special is Raiden's Signature Move and his melee attack is Johnny Cage's MKI fatality).
- Teleport Spam: The Forever update gives him the ability to teleport a short distance by crouching twice. It has no cooldown, and the noticeable invincibility frames on it can be abused to great effect.
- Unexpected Character: It's a safe bet no one expected the movie version of a Mortal Kombat character to show up.
The Brolander
"There can be only one!"
Based on Connor MacLeod from Highlander, he is an immortal swordsman who gains power by claiming the heads of his enemies. He can either store said power to increase his movement and combat abilities, or he can unleash it in a deadly Quickening attack.
- Attack Reflector: Can reflect bullets with a well-timed swing of his sword. Difficult at first, though becomes much easier when he's gathered a few heads, as it boosts his attack speed.
- Elemental Punch: His melee attack is a punch charged with electricity. Due to an apparent bug, however, it deals little to no damage if he has no charges of his special. If he has at least one charge, however, his punch deals enough damage to instantly defeat even the first two forms of the final boss.
- Lightning Bruiser: When fully charged, he becomes a literal one.
- Magikarp Power: He starts with no specials and almost no movement speed. However, for every 5 mooks he kills he gains a special charge. Big enemies like Bruisers or ammo crates will also give him one special, and attacking bosses will grant charge proportional to how much damage he deals (so the speed at which he builds power against bosses rises exponentially as he fights). For every one of these special charges he collects, he gradually becomes faster and more powerful. By the time he's fully charged (at 5 specials), he not only moves extremely fast, but he's also able to kill almost anything in only one swing.
- Master of None: When he has no special charges, he's slow and has little mobility. Being a melee character, it makes him very vulnerable, so prioritize weaker enemies and ammo crates to quickly build up your specials.
- Off with His Head!: His sword almost invariably decapitates enemies able to lose their heads. And when he dies, his profile will show a skull-less skeleton instead of a normal one like most others.
- Power Glows: His body will start glowing when he's got all five special charges.
- Resurrective Immortality: If he has at least two special charges, he will get back up moments after being killed, provided his body hasn't been turned into Ludicrous Gibs. This will consume all his special charges, so don't rely on it too much.
- Shock and Awe: His Quickening special releases a storm of lightning bolts around him. It's extremely powerful and he's invincible while performing it.
- Speed Echoes: He will project afterimages while moving after collecting enough charges.
Snake Broskin
"Call me Snake."
A former war hero turned criminal, Snake Brosken now has to escape from whatever terrorist infested hellhole he has been sent to. He carries a pair of silenced SMGs, hologram devices and a hang glider.
- Batter Up!: There was a brief period of time where he had a baseball bat melee attack, but it was removed during his rework. The Forever update finally brought it back, and gave it huge knockback to boot.
- Divergent Character Evolution: When Dirty Brorry was added to the roster in the 7th July 2016, Snake was given new weapons, special and a hang glider to avoid Moveset Clone issues.
- Dungeon Bypass: His hang glider allows to skip large sections of the map if used right. The most notable example is the Covert Operation that teaches the player how to sprint. Most Bros with advanced mobility cannot spawn on this map, forcing the player to master sprint-jumping. Snake is the exception, as he was never removed from the level when he received the hang glider.
- Eyepatch of Power: Look at the trope page's picture.
- Flipping the Bird: He gives the finger when activating his teleport.
- Guns Akimbo: He dual wields silenced MAC-10's.
- Hammerspace: Where he keeps his hang glider.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears his leather outfit from Escape from L.A..
- Hologram: His special. Also doubles as a teleport device.
- Kite Riding: He pulls out a hang glider if the jump key is being held while in mid-air.
- More Dakka: Dual submachineguns tend to invoke this.
- No-Sell: Whenever his hologram is active, he will teleport back to it when he receives a potentially lethal hit.
- Tele-Frag: Any enemy unfortunate enough to stand on the same space as his hologram will be gibbed when he teleports there.
Tank Bro
"I'm gonna hit you so hard, your children will be born bruised!"
Based on the obscure movie adaptation of the Tank Girl comic, she is a wacky post-apocalyptic wasteland warrior whose pet is a sentient tank and whose boyfriend is a mutant kangaroo. Makes As Much Sense In Context. Her main ability is to summon her tank into the battlefield, and she's armed with a huge custom rocket launcher to cause untold mayhem even on foot.
- Action Girl: The fourth playable female character.
- Attack Reflector: The tank is so bulletproof that bullets will generally just bounce off, making them more dangerous to the Mooks firing them than to Tank Bro.
- BFG: Her rocket launcher. It is very slow but destroys half of the screen in one shot.
- Cool Helmet: Complete with goggles and all.
- Dynamic Entry: The tank arrives either by falling from the sky, causing a gigantic shockwave that will liquefy anything in the area, or by charging in from the left side of the screen, causing a similar degree of destruction.
- Foe-Tossing Charge: Using the tank's special (by sprinting), will make the tank run at full throttle and trample enemies and terrain alike.
- Girly Bruiser: Judging by the expression on her portrait, she's the girlest of the female Bros, but can still obliterate terrorists with the best of them.
- The Juggernaut: Her tank is very resistant to bullets, and deals damage to enemies and terrain alike simply by moving forward. Thus, a viable strategy against ranged enemies is to simply plow through them without fear. Melee attacks and explosives will make quick work of the tank, however, making this technique less useful against the aliens and kamikaze enemies.
- Pistol Whip: Exaggerated. Pressing the melee button in the air will cause her to slam to the ground with her rocket launcher of all things, dealing heavy damage to enemies below her.
- Rocket Jump: She is able to do this by running into her rocket's explosion.
- Secondary Fire: Her tank has it. Press special while driving it to change from lobbed artillery shells to straight firing howitzers (and the other way around).
- Shout-Out: Her tank is very similar to the titular vehicle from the Metal Slug series.
- Slasher Smile: She seems to enjoy blasting things into bits, judging by her avatar portrait.
- Stuff Blowing Up: She is a mistress of this trope.
- Taking You with Me: Her tank will explode upon taking enough damage, destroying anything nearby. If you stay in the tank while this happens, you will survive unscathed.
- Tank Goodness: Her special calls in her tank. Any player can control it.
- Unexpected Character: When one thinks of 80's and 90's action movies, most people won't have the Tank Girl movie as the first thing that pops up in their head.
Bro Lee
"Don't think, FEEL!"
The man. The legend. The Dragon. After years of requests (and a Drinking Game that, according to Free Lives, almost turned them into alcoholics), the martial arts master finally is here to kick some terrorist ass. Word of God says he's based on Lee from Enter the Dragon.
- Air-Dashing: His melee allows him to dash mid-air.
- All Asians Know Martial Arts: Subverted. While he's the only Asian character, and he certainly knows his martial arts, he's not the only character that uses them, at least in their respective source material.
- Attack Reflector: The only melee Bro who reflects bullets with his bare hands, rather than a blade.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Much like Mr. Anderbro he doesn't need weapons to kill stuff.
- Bullet Time: When using his special, the game's speed slows down considerably, so you can easily chain your combo.
- Composite Character: Downplayed. He combines Mr. Anderbro's dashes with The Brode's directional standard attacks, but he has some features, such as his special, that are entirely his.
- Double Jump: He has similar directional attacks to those of The Brode, so the same principle applies. He can even triple jump if he also uses his upwards dash.
- Flash Step: Just like Mr. Anderbro, he can dash in any direction by pressing the melee key and a direction. His special attack is able to chain a combo of up to fifteen hits by dashing in all directions, provided he doesn't miss a hit.
- Kiai / Funny Bruce Lee Noises: Well, of course, being based on Bruce Lee himself.
- Punched Across the Room: Or kicked, as the case may be.
- Rugged Scar: His unlock screen shows him with claw-like scars on his chest. Very similar, in fact, to the ones the Big Bad from Enter the Dragon inflicts Lee in their final fight.
Desperabro
"Bless me Father, for I have just killed quite a few men."
A wandering musician who has lost the love of his life. No longer the man of peace resigned to simply play his guitar, he joins the Bros as a hardened, vengeance-driven gunslinger. Armed with his guitar case - and more weapons than you can count - he strikes the fear of the Lord into the cartel, petty criminals, and the Devil himself. Based on the Antonio Banderas portrayal.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Assist Character: His special summons his bandmates for an impromptu concert, making all enemies stop whatever they're doing and dance to the tune. After a while, said bandmates will start wreaking havoc with machineguns and rocket launchers.
- Attack Reflector: He performs a guitar slide when sprinting or landing from a jump, which can reflect bullets if timed correctly.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Dressed in his signature mariachi outfit.
- The Bard: Complete with using music to inflict a variety of debuffs on his enemies.
- Dashing Hispanic: Obviously, since he's based on a character played by Antonio Banderas.
- Guns Akimbo: He dual wields a couple of sawed-off shotguns.
- Idle Animation: If you stay idle for a couple of seconds, he'll start playing his guitar. Nearby enemies will be distracted enough to dance, though the radius is much smaller than during his special.
- Musical Assassin: His melee attack has him hitting enemies with his guitar. In the teaser trailer, he decapitates a couple of mooks with it. And when summoning his fellow musicians, he can make nearby enemies dance before he blasts them apart.
- Short-Range Shotgun: His dual shotties have so little range they're almost melee weapons. This is compensated by their firepower and faster firing rate.
Xebro Warrior Princess
"Where I come from, you fight for what you believe in."
A former warlord who left her past life behind to become a wandering hero. But even that got stale after a while, as she has now taken up the mantle of a fellow Bro.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Action Girl: Quite possibly the original action girl, alongside Ellen Ripley.
- Barbarian Hero: A female example, based on possibly the most well known example in fiction.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Comes with the territory of once leading an army.
- Choice of Two Weapons: Like in her original series, she goes into battle with a sword and chakram.
- Invulnerable Attack: Her screaming flip attack has noticeable invincibility frames at the beginning, allowing her to power through bullets and explosions to reach her enemies.
- Precision-Guided Boomerang: Her chakram. If it flies offscreen, after a few seconds it will return from a random angle.
- Screaming Warrior: She'll emit her trademark ululating scream while slicing and dicing enemies with her sword.
Demolition Bro
"Send a maniac to catch one."
When dealing with old fashioned evil, you need an old fashioned cop. A loose cannon who specializes in total mayhem and destruction, which is exactly the kind of man the Broforce is looking for.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Cowboy Cop: It wouldn't be John Spartan if he wasn't this.
- Dynamic Entry: How he makes his grand entrance in the animated teaser trailer.
- Kill It with Ice: His special are cryogrenades that freeze solid any enemies within its radius.
- Literally Shattered Lives: What happens to frozen enemies when they recieve damage.
- Shout-Out: His bombs explode in a very familiar cross pattern.
- Throw Down the Bomblet: His primary attack are remotely detonated bombs.
Broffy Vampire Slayer
"If the apocalypse comes, beep me."
Into every generation a Slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a Chosen One. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. She is the Slayer. And now, one of the Bros and fellow expert vampire-killer alongside Brade.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Action Girl: The final playable female character.
- Badass Longcoat: Sports a decidedly awesome red trench coat.
- Deadpan Snarker: While she obviously has no dialogue in the teaser (or main game for that matter), her expression basically confirms this has carried over fully. She is, after all, the modern Deadpan Snarker all other snarkers aspire to be.
- Holy Burns Evil: While run of the mill Mooks and aliens won't be affected by the flames created by her holy water, it will damage undead Mooks found in Hell.
- Resurrective Immortality: As long as she's inside the area of effect of her holy water, she'll get back up right after being killed. Chunky Salsa Rule still applies, though.
- Improbable Weapon User: She goes into battle with wooden stakes. It's more than enough.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Or wooden stakes. She does this as her primary attack.
- Wooden Stake: She wields one in her unlock art, uses them as her primary attack and in one of her two possible melee attacks.
Seth Brondle
"I'm saying I'll hurt you if you stay."
A scientist who wanted to change the world, and human life as we know it. Unfortunately, his experiments also turned him into a horrifying monster-fly-man: Brondlefly! But luckily for him, the Bros' fight against EVIL could use a deadly Humanoid Abomination.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: While he is still a mutant and some Body Horror is involved, Seth Brondle doesn't look nearly as hideous as his movie counterpart.
- Adaptational Badass: A given, since The Fly (1986) isn't even an action movie.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the movie, Brundlefly is a tragic monster that slowly loses his sanity and humanity and ends up trying to murder his former love. In Broforce, he's one of the Bros.
- Hollywood Acid: His primary attack consists in melting mooks with acid vomit.
- Humanoid Abomination: A given, seeing as he's based on Brundlefly. But all things considered, still not quite that horrifying.
- Not Quite Flight: This version of the character gives him a tiny pair of wings, allowing him to hover slowly through the air. While its total distance isn't very far, it does allow him to drop acid on enemies as he glides over them.
- Tele-Frag: His special is a short range teleport that can bypass obstacles. This is what happens to any mook that happens to be in the destination.
- Unexpected Character: It's safe to say few people would expect Seth Brundle to star alongside a collection of action movie badasses.
- Wall Crawl: While all bros can climb walls, Seth Brondle can also climb and move across ceilings.
Burt Brommer
"Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't you, you bastard!"
A paranoid Crazy Survivalist and devoted artillery enthusiast who is also the single most experienced Graboid killer alive. Eagleland personified, he fits right in as the Bros' newest sharpshooter.
Added in the Broforce Forever update.
- BFG: His weapon is based on the LAR Grizzly Big Boar .50 caliber rifle he uses in the second movie.
- Badass Mustache: Just look at the screenshot above.
- Collateral Damage: His rifle pierces through targets and his melee attack is explosive, meaning Burt has to be more careful than most bros about accidentally setting off chain reactions.
- Cold Sniper: His weapon of choice is a modified anti-material rifle that he uses in both his primary and special attacks.
- Grenade Tag: His "melee" attack sticks pipe bombs on terrain and enemies alike.
- Homing Projectile: His special attack is a variation on Brobocop's, marking enemies with a crosshair before firing a single giant bullet that blasts through them all.
- Long-Range Fighter: Both his primary and special attacks are meant to take benefit of his extreme range.
- One-Hit Polykill: His special is an oversized bullet that goes through multiple enemies.
The Expendabros
The Expendabros is a Broforce spinoff released in August 2014. When Lionsgate, the producers of The Expendables, found out about the success of Broforce (by then still in Early Access) they contacted Free Lives to make The Expendabros in order to promote the then upcoming The Expendables 3 movie. All characters in The Expendabros are based on their counterparts from The Expendables 3. The Expendabros is available in Steam for free, as a demo of sorts of Broforce. Broney Ross
Based on Barney Ross, the leader of the Expendables, played by Sylvester Stallone.
- Guns Akimbo: He dual wields what look like Desert Eagles. In practice, his primary is very similar to that of Bro Hard.
- Sticky Bomb: His special throws three of these.
Lee Broxmas
Based on Lee Christmas, the knife expert of the team, played by Jason Statham.
- Sudden Name Change: Referred to as "Bro Christmas" in the Expendabros trailer.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Attacks by throwing knives.
Bro Caesar
Based on Hale Caesar, the huge Scary Black Man of the Expendables. Played by Terry Crews.
- Death from Above: His special consists in launching himself upwards using his minigun's recoil and landing with a huge shockwave. This attack was taken from Bronan the Brobarian in the main game.
- Gatling Good: His primary attack was imported from The Brominator in the main game.
- More Dakka: He has a freaking minigun, so it's to be expected.
Bronnar Jenson
Based on Gunnar Jensen, the Ax-Crazy, mentally unstable Swedish mercenary. Played by Dolph Lundgren.
- Grenade Launcher: His main weapon.
- Grenade Tag: His grenades stick to enemies and terrain, causing the appropiate reaction in the former.
- Player-Guided Missile: Played with. His special is the controllable RC car bomb that was later added as a power-up of sorts in Broforce.
Toll Broad
Based on Toll Road, the Expendables' demolition expert. Played by Randy Couture.
- Playing with Fire: Both his primary and his special involve setting things on fire.
- Short-Range Shotgun: His primary is the same incendiary shotgun that was later given to Bro Max in the main game.
Broctor Death
Based on Doc, the recently freed medical expert of the team, played by Wesley Snipes.
- Foe-Tossing Charge: His special has him lunging forward and sending enemies upwards at the end of the move. This special was later given to Broden in the main game.
Trent Broser
Based on Trench Mauser, the Retired Badass that joined the Expendables again in the third movie. Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- The Ahnold: Based on a character played by Arnie himself.
- Death from Above: He has the same airstike Brodell Walker uses in Broforce as his special
- Friendly Fireproof: His special averts this, so watch out!
- Long-Range Fighter: His primary has longe range than any other character's primary attack.
- More Dakka: His primary is an AA12 automatic shotgun that fires long-range slugs.
THE FORCES OF EVIL
Satan
The Lord of Darkness. The Father of Lies, and the creature behind every single foe you meet. Meet the Devil.
- Achilles' Heel: His final form goes down in seconds to Broheart's special.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: As befitting of the Devil, he mostly wears a suit until he Turns Red.
- Big Bad: The game's principal antagonist.
- Big Red Devil: In all of his forms.
- Delicious Distraction: He'll fall for MacBrover's "extra spicy" turkey like any other Mook. There's actually something hilarious about the Lord of Darkness Himself being baited by a roast turkey with an incredibly obvious stick of dynamite sticking out of its ass and eagerly inspecting it while making the same goofy sounds as his bodyguards.
- Fighting a Shadow: The Devil you kill at the end of every level can be assumed to just be a projection.
- Finger-Tenting: You meet him at the end of every level in this stance.
- Giggling Villain: He's giggling at the end of every level.
- Leitmotif: No Sympathy For the Devil, his boss tune and a joke on the classic Rolling Stones hit "Sympathy For the Devil".
- Man of Wealth and Taste: Satan's always dressed in a fine suit (barring his final form).
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: He just stands at the end of the levels, doing nothing and waiting for you to kill him... Until you meet him in his domain, that is.
- One-Winged Angel: He goes through several forms, each more hideous and monstrous than the last. His true form is something to behold.◊
- Red Baron: "The Lord of Terror".
- Satan: The very same.
- Sequential Boss: Has 3 forms in total.
- Stout Strength: Has a bit of a dad gut going on to match with what appears to be his second form, complete with muscles and veiny arms.
- Zero-Effort Boss: He cannot harm you at all when you face him at the end of a level, and because he's a One-Hit-Point Wonder like any standard Mook it's actually quite likely that you will kill him by complete accident on several occasions by causing explosions in his vicinity. Averted big time when you finally meet him in Hell for the final showdown, though.
Terrorists
Satan's army of soldiers and the main foes the Bros fight against.
- Airborne Mook: Some Terrorists fly around on jetpacks, which can make them harder to hit. Be careful when you knock one down, however; that jetpack is explosive!
- Elite Mooks: Red-garbed Terrorists can carry rocket launchers with homing rockets or throw grenades, and they can survive more than a single hit of damage.
- Faceless Goons: They wear balaclavas, which of course hide their faces.
- The Goomba: The first and most numerous foes the Bros face throughout their campaign. They're only a major threat in large numbers or if they're carrying suicide vests.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Which they do if a grenade's nearby about to explode or a certain skill from a Bro is enough to give them fear, or if they're set on fire.
- Shield-Bearing Mook: Some carry ballistic shields, which block all frontal attacks while allowing terrorists behind them to shoot at the Bros with impunity.
- Suicide Attack: Terrorists clad in belts of red dynamite attack by charging at the Bros and blowing themselves up.
Bruisers
Huge terrorists carrying miniguns, and more durability.
- Giant Mook: With more health compared to their smaller counterparts.
- Gatling Good: Which they use to mow you down as soon they see you and don't get in the way in time.
- Suicide Attack: Forever introduces Suicide Bruisers, who are basically standard Suicide Terrorists that take a fair bit of damage to bring down.
Terrorkopter
A helicopter that can drop bombs and has a gatling gun in the center, locked and loaded to fire.
- Throw Downthe Bomblet: One of their methods of attacking, dropping big shells.
- Helicopter Blender: If you foolishly get close to the blades, your Bro will get sliced to bits instantly.
Terrorkannon
Tank that's loaded with their own army to fire upon you.
- Degraded Boss: You will encounter more of them, but they come loaded with either terrorists or cannon shells.
Stealth Tank
A massive tank that launches rockets and fires their gatling gun.
- Ironic Name: For a tank that's labeled as stealthy, their introduction shows that they've been hastily given leaves too small for it to be hidden.
GR- 666
"That's the spirit, soldier!"
The psychotic 'Nam vet. Based off Dolph Lundgren's GR-13 in Universal Soldier.
- Blood Knight: To the point his explosive attacks can and will damage himself eventually, but he won' stop doing them.
- Creepy Souvenir: He carries around the severed ears of his foes in a necklace, just like his movie inspiration.
- Death from Above: He can summon air strikes similar to those of Brodell Walker.
- Disney Villain Death: The only way to finish him is to drop him off a cliff.
- Epic Fail: It's entirely possible for him to accidentally throw himself off a cliff if the fight drags on for too long.
- The Dragon: To Satan. He only is this, though, seeing as how all the other bosses are either machines or aliens. He’s also taken out pretty early in the game.
- Expy: Of GR-13 from Universal Soldier.
- Macross Missile Massacre: He fires volleys of rockets with that huge rocket launcher of his.
- Mad Bomber: He chucks bombs and missiles everywhere.
- Number of the Beast: GR-666. Fitting, given he works for the Devil.
- Slasher Smile: His character portrait has one.
- Sociopathic Soldier: Absolutely merciless.
- Resurrective Immortality: He can return from the dead an unlimited number of times. The only way to finish him off for good is to throw him off the end of a cliff.
- Ring-Out Boss: Disney Villain Death or bust.
- Tactical Suicide Boss: Every time he revives himself, he jumps closer to the cliff.
Megacockter
An incredibly armored helicopter that's inpenetrable with your usual weaponry. You gotta use something else...
- Compensating for Something: The helicopter's gatling gun comes with a pair of balls attached to it, making it look... phallic.
- Phallic Weapon: As mentioned, the Gatling gun attached resembles genetalia.
- Puzzle Boss: Your arsenal will do not good to it. Using the gas tanks and having them rocket towards it will damage it.
Sky Fortress
Rail Fortress
Terrorbot
The Aliens
Vicious creatures from outer space with acidic blood that reproduce by impregnating unwitting humans.
- Acid Attack: Their blood is corrosive and eats through terrain (and flesh). The airborne variant attacks by flinging itself at enemies, exploding into a cloud of acid.
- Captain Ersatz: They're Xenomorphs in all but name.
- Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong: Their larval forms can latch onto the faces of nearby Terrorists or even your own Bro, with an adult Alien bursting out of their chest shortly afterwards.
- Giant Mook: One Alien type is a truck-sized beast that attacks by charging at high speeds.
Acid Crawler
Humongokrawler
Terrorkrawler
Heart of the Hive
Undead Terrorists
When Satan finally makes his move on Earth, he revives many terrorists as corpses.
- Hellhound: The terror dogs become these. When they eat a corpse, they breed into three other hellhounds.
Boomer
Executioners
Bone Wurm
