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San Francisco Police Department
Harry Callahan
Inspector Harold Francis "Dirty Harry" Callahan
"Go ahead. Make my day."
Played By: Clint Eastwood
Appears In: Dirty Harry | Magnum Force |The Enforcer | Sudden Impact | The Dead Pool
"I know what you're thinking: 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"
The main protagonist of the series and the titular character, an uncouth, cynical, sarcastic Cowboy Cop with a tendency to break police protocol and occasionally the law in the name of stopping violent criminals and avenging their victims.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: As an inspector, he's willing to walk into any situation in his signature tailored suits.
- Badges and Dog Tags: In Magnum Force, Charlie McCoy says "We should have done our 20 in the Marines", indicating that they served together in the armed forces (most likely in the Korean War).
- Character Development: In Magnum Force, he seems to have learned from his experience in the first film and spends more time investigating the vigilante cops than going after them in his usual hot-headed manner.
- Chick Magnet: Most of the films show at least one woman showing some sort of attraction to him, apart from the first one, where he mentions his dead wife. Magnum Force has his attractive neighbour ask him what it would take for him to have sex with her, to which he responds "Try knocking on the door", a piece of advice she immediately takes.
- Cowboy Cop: The Trope Codifier. He's hated by his superiors a whole damn lot.
- Deadpan Snarker: Always has a quip or barb for any occasion.
- Dead Partner: Harry doesn't have much luck with partners. Five of his partners end up dead, one of which occurred before the films. On top of that, Chico Gonzalez suffers a career ending wound in the first film.
- The Dulcinea Effect: For all his misgivings about female police officers, he's very protective of women:
- In the first film, his priority is finding the kidnapped girl, procedure be damned.
- In The Enforcer, Kate Moore's death at the hands of Bobby Maxwell gets him so angry that he uses a fucking LAW to avenge her death.
- Despite knowing that Jennifer is the killer in Sudden Impact, he is willing to pin the murders on Mick, since he knows that Jennifer is a victim of rape and that Mick really had it coming.
- Everyone Has Standards: While Harry has no problem blowing away crooks left, right and center, they are always justified shootings (they are either trying to kill him or they are committing a violent crime and Harry needs to intervene) and he only shoots the crooks, and never if they don't shoot at him first. He also gives them a chance to surrender whenever he can and takes them in unharmed if they do.
- This becomes an important plot point in Magnum Force, in which the main antagonists are a group of vigilante cops who care nothing about innocent bystanders becoming collateral damage or whatever the crooks did to earn death (Harry snarks at them at the climax that they will eventually start to shoot jaywalkers and their answer is, paraphrased, "We didn't kill one man who didn't have it coming."). They even try to recruit Harry at one point and he tells them to go to hell.
- Failure Hero: In the original film. Harry repeatedly fails to catch Scorpio, and his brutal interrogation of him results in Scorpio being able to walk free because Harry forced a confession out of him. He does manage to finally put an end to Scorpio's rampage by shooting him, but by then he's already caused a lot of death that could have easily been prevented. The following films depict him as much more competent and slightly more level-headed.
- Hand Cannon:
- His preferred weapon is a Smith & Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum, which he describes as the most powerful handgun in the world.
- He owns an AutoMag as a personal weapon, as shown in Sudden Impact. When he loses his revolver off the pier, he uses the AutoMag in the film's climax.
- Hates Everyone Equally: It's noted that Harry plays no favorites. DiGiorgio tells Chico Gonzalez that Harry hates every ethnic group in the city, including "honkies". That said, he eventually gets along with each of his partners, be they Latino, black, Asian, or female.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He isn't the nicest man you can meet, and his recklessness leaves a lot to be desired, but he cares deeply about protecting people and getting justice for victims and is capable of being a very good friend to those he takes a liking to.
- Only Friend: Possibly for Charlie McCoy, who confides his problems to him.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He delivers these every chance he gets to his superiors, though they are really aimed at the system itself for letting serial murderers and store robbers walk free and (as he thinks) showing no remorse for their victims.Harry: When a fourteen-year-old girl is raped and left to die, who speaks for her? And what about the lady with a gun in her ear?
- Reassigned to Antarctica: Happens to him twice. He's been demoted to the Stakeout division at the start of Magnum Force, possibly as punishment for the events of the first film. In The Enforcer, he gets sent to Personnel ("That's for assholes!"), where he's stuck doing interviews for promotion boards.
- Semper Fi: It's briefly stated by Charlie McCoy in 'Magnum Force' that they were in the Marines together before he became a cop. He also keeps a coffee mug with the Corps logo in his apartment and is already checked out on the LAWS rocket in 'The Enforcer', a USMC weapon.
- Sinister Switchblade: Although licensed to carry a gun, he lives up to his name yet again by bringing a hidden switchblade to his meeting with Scorpio and stabbing him with it.Lieutenant Bresler: It's disgusting that a police officer knows how to use a weapon like that.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: He and Early, as part of their Vitriolic Best Buds relationship.
- Straw Misogynist: Subverted. He's accused of scoffing at an potential officer's desire to make inspector simply because she's a woman. However, it's really down to the fact that she never made an arrest in her nine-year career and essentially has no experience on the street.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: He has a preference for weapons that are on the overpowered side. His weapon being the Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum aside, he's used a Winchester Model 70 chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum for countersniping (which Bressler even notes is heavy on stopping power), an AutoMag intended for when his usual revolver isn't overkill enough, but actually used when he loses the revolver into the sea, a giant harpoon gun, and a LAW rocket launcher.
- Tragic Hero: Sure he's a Cowboy Cop, but was married once before losing his wife, mostly a loner Married to the Job and has to suffer losing a partner while on duty every time.
- Villain Killer: Has a tendency to shoot large holes in criminals, branding him as a Cowboy Cop among the precinct brass. His victims include dangerous criminals, rogue cops, a terrorist group, and rapist-robbers.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Early snark at one another, but it’s clear they’re friends and Harry is sadden by his death.
Frank DiGiorgio
Inspector Frank DiGiorgio
Played By: John Mitchum
Dubbed By: Serge Sauvion (European French)
Appears In: Dirty Harry | Magnum Force | The Enforcer
A fellow cop and one of Harry's few friends in the department.
- Sacrificial Lion: DiGiorgio is one of the few recurring characters outside of Harry himself, giving his death in The Enforcer more impact.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: He's stabbed In the Back by Maxwell in The Enforcer and later dies in a hospital.
Chico Gonzalez
Inspector Chico Gonzalez
Played By: Reni Santoni
Appears In: Dirty Harry | Magnum Force (mentioned)
A rookie officer assigned as Harry's partner.
- New Meat: He's new on the job, and not as accustomed to life in Homicide as Harry is.
- Nice Guy: In contrast to Harry's abrasive demeanor, he's a friendly man.
- Put on a Bus: After being shot by Scorpio, he decides he's not cut out to be a cop and retires, hoping to use his sociology degree to get a job. In Magnum Force, Harry mentions he's become a teacher.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Harry's Red.
- Sole Survivor: One of the two partners of Harry who did not have the unfortunate luck of being killed in the line of duty.
Al Bressler
Lt. Al J. Bressler
Played By: Harry Guardino
Appears In: Dirty Harry | The Enforcer
Harry's superior officer and the head of the Homicide department.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike Da Chiefs in the rest of the films, he's the only one who's ever on Harry's side. He's also the most competent of Harry's superiors shown in the films.
Neil Briggs
Lt. Neil Briggs
"...I never had to take my gun out of its holster once. I'm proud of that."
Played By: Hal Holbrook
Appears In: Magnum Force
"I've got nothing against you, Callahan. But we can't exactly have the public crying police brutality every time you go out on the street."
One of Harry's superior officers and regular headaches.
- Big Bad: He turns out to be the leader of the vigilante cops.
- Da Chief: He's always on Harry's case about his Cowboy Cop tendencies. Subverted in that he's the Big Bad.
- Non-Action Big Bad: He is the only Big Bad to not fight Harry.
Charlie McCoy
Traffic Officer Charlie McCoy
Played By: Mitchell Ryan
Appears In: Magnum Force
A mentally unstable motorcycle cop and Korean War veteran.
- Action Dad: He has kids and is a police officer and war veteran.
- Badges And Dogtags: In Magnum Force, he says "We should have done our 20 in the Marines", indicating that he served with Harry together in the armed forces (most likely in the Korean War).
- The Determinator: Vows to Harry that' he'll never retire no matter if he's aging.
- Driven to Suicide: Has become suicidal.
- Foil: To his Only Friend Harry, as both expresses a Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! viewpoint on administering justice while on the police force, but while Harry is The Stoic who handled his military experience very well and already a Cowboy Cop who sometimes bend the rules, Charlie was an angry Not So Stoic man who wanted to be a Cowboy Cop, but never took up the chance and struggles with his traumatic memories during his time in the military.
- Heroic Wannabe: Wanted to be a Cowboy Cop just like his Only Friend Harry.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While an angry, bitter and despondent person tempted to become a Vigilante Man out of his belief of Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!, he acts as a good friend for Harry who he can confide his issues to and is said to be a loving father towards his children, despite his divorce from his wife.
- Old Soldier: Despite his aging, he vows to his Only Friend and confident that he'll never retire.
- Red Herring: McCoy's unstable behavior and his admission to being tempted to become a Vigilante Man set him up as one of the vigilante traffic cops, and Harry clearly suspects him of being one of them.
- Sacrificial Lion: His killing by Davis is what cause Harry to realize Charlie was innocent all along and pinpoint who are the real villains.
- Sanity Slippage: The stress of his job starts to take a toll on him.
- Semper Fi: It's briefly stated that he was in the Marines before he became a cop. It's possible he served during The Korean War, just like his actor Ryan.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: He doesn't handle his memories of his military service very well.
- Tragic Hero: A washed-up middle-aged cop and Korean War marine vet who had just undergone a divorce and suffering from a mental breakdown upon realizing the incompetent revolving door justice system that he's forced to obliged to in his duty as a police officer.
Early Smith
Inspector Earlington "Early" Smith
Played By: Felton Perry
Appears In: Magnum Force
Harry’s partner by the time of Magnum Force. The two prove to be two Cowboy Cops in a pod, and have a Vitriolic Best Buds dynamic.
- Deadpan Snarker: Enough of one to have Snark-to-Snark Combat with Harry.
- Defiant to the End: When a robber holds him at gunpoint while Early is undercover, he demands Early kneel before him and suck his gun while yelling racial slurs at him. Early just gives the guy a Death Glare and refuses to comply for several minutes. When he does kneel, it's so Harry can get a shot at the guy.
- Kill It with Fire: He's killed by a bomb the vigilante cops had rigged in his mailbox.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: He and Harry love trading verbal blows.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Harry.
Donnelly
Captain (formerly Lieutenant) Donnelly
Played By: Michael Currie
Appears In: Sudden Impact | The Dead Pool
One of Harry's superiors, who is far more tolerant of his Cowboy Cop tendencies.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Al Bressler.
Kate Moore
Inspector Kate Moore
Played By: Tyne Daly
Appears In: The Enforcer
An inexperienced rookie assigned to be Harry's partner.
- Affirmative Action Girl: She gets promoted to Inspector to fulfill departmental quotas on gender equality, despite her lack of arrest experience, something which Harry is quick to point out at her interview.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Ended up Taking the Bullet by Maxwell to save her partner Harry.
- New Meat: Harry is reluctant to recommend her promotion because she lacks experience, having never made an arrest. In the field, she's shown struggling in a foot pursuit and has to be pulled away from the backblast of a LAW rocket at a demo for the weapon.
- Sacrificial Lion: Performs a Heroic Sacrifice near the end of the film.
- The Smurfette Principle: She's this out of Harry's partners in the overall series.
- Took a Level in Badass: She struggles starting out with her unable to keep up during a foot pursuit. Later in the film, once Harry warms to her, she shows what she's capable of, especially during the final shootout that ultimately costs her her life.
Horace King
Inspector Horace King
Played By: Albert Popwell
Appears In: Sudden Impact
Harry’s partner in Sudden Impact.
McKay
Captain McKay
Played By: Bradford Dillman
Appears In: The Enforcer
Harry's superior, who loathes Harry.
- Da Chief: Of all Harry's superiors, he's the one who clashes with Harry the most.
- Desk Jockey: He spent ten years working in Personnel, as he is quick to remind Harry when Harry complains "That's for assholes!" when being reassigned there.
Briggs
Captain Briggs
Played By: Bradford Dillman
Appears In: Sudden Impact
- Jerkass Has a Point: Briggs sends Harry out of San Francisco because with the mob hit on his back he is at extreme risk as are the general public who are in danger of being caught in the crossfire. He assigns him to San Paulo as the victim of the murder Harry is investigating came from there and an almost identical killing has occurred in the town. He is proven absolutely right on both counts.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He's basically McKay with a different name. He's even played by the same actor. Why they didn't just have him as McKay again is anyone's guess.
Criminals
Scorpio
Charles Davis/Scorpio
Played By: Andrew Robinson
Appears In: Dirty Harry
A sadistic serial sniper who serves as the main villain of the first film.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The football stadium scene. Nuff said.
- Ax-Crazy: A sadistic serial killer prone to violent rages. He cackles wildly when shooting it out with Harry, and when kicking him half to death. Later, when he hijacks a school bus, he starts shrieking at the children and slapping them around when they plead to be let go.
- Big Bad: Of the first film.
- Cold Sniper: He kills most of his victims by sniping them from a rooftop.
- Dirty Coward: When he has the advantage or his victim is defenseless he makes all sorts of bravado-fueled threats and boasts, but all of that crumbles the moment Harry manages to stab him in the leg. And later when Harry corners and tortures him, he's left as nothing but a whimpering mess pathetically begging for mercy.
- Evil Cripple: His left leg gets stabbed and then later broken by Harry, and as result he has a limp for the rest of the film.
- Evil Laugh: He breaks out into a truly vile laugh of enjoyment during some of his acts of evil in a way that would make the Joker proud.
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: The filmmakers chose Andy Robinson to play the Scorpio Killer because he had a "face like a choir boy". The liquor store and schoolbus scenes definitely back up that claim.
- Fallen Hero: Was The Vietnam Vet.
- Faux Affably Evil: Scorpio can pretend to be a friendly sort before showing his true Ax-Crazy nature. It's especially apparent when he sweet-talks the owner of the liquor store before mugging him. Later, when he hijacks the school bus, he cheerfully tells the children that they're taking a trip to an ice cream factory to keep them from suspecting anything.
- For the Evulz: He absolutely revels in murder and violence. Monetary gain is just a bonus for him. As Harry says, he will kill again "because he likes it".
- Frame-Up: He pays a man to beat him up in an attempt to frame Harry for police brutality.
- From Camouflage to Criminal: Robinson created a backstory for him which involved him being drafted into the Vietnam War, and seeing unspeakable horrors. When he returned home to the United States, he found himself a figure of hate, and his war experiences, combined with the people's treatment of soldiers, caused him to go insane.
- Hate Sink: Scorpio is pure evil and there's nothing redeemable about him in the slightest. He's racist, a murderer and rapist of women and children, and a Dirty Coward of the highest order. Even Andy Robinson felt bad playing him because he's a pacifist in real life. It's so satisfying when Harry finally kills him.
- I Lied: He cruelly tells Harry that he "changed his mind" about releasing a kidnapped girl, and gloats that he'll just leave her to suffocate and kill Harry anyway.
- Jerkass: He's a racist, egotistical, reckless coward who commits all sorts of atrocities for no reason.
- Kick the Dog: Even after getting the money, he decides to let the girl he kidnapped die anyway and tells Harry as much before killing him. Then it's revealed the girl had already died before Harry ever could have reached her.
- Lack of Empathy: To a terrifying degree. He kills people left and right, including children, without the slightest hint of remorse.
- Laughing Mad: Cackles maniacally whenever he's shooting it out with Harry.
- Made of Iron: He takes a lot of punishment over the film, tanking a stab wound, a gunshot, and a self-inflicted beating before finally taking a point-blank shot from Harry's revolver.
- Miles Gloriosus: Scorpio only acts tough when wielding a gun against an unarmed man or threatening defenseless women and children. If the tables are turned, he'll start bawling like a baby.
- No Name Given: While the novelization eventually reveals his name to be Charles Davis, the movie only ever refers to him as "Scorpio".
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: He's very loosely based on the real-life Zodiac Killer
. - Politically Incorrect Villain: Scorpio is a blatant racist, using N-Word Privileges in his first ransom note and then later calling the guy he pays to beat him up a "black sonuvabitch". He also tries to snipe a gay black man, implying homophobia as well.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Good lord, yes. If he's not terrorizing weaker people like a schoolyard bully, he's crying like a bratty little kid threatening to tell on his parents about Harry.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: To further solidify him as an irredeemable monster, Scorpio rapes Ann Mary Deacon after kidnapping and torturing her. And she was only 14.
- Sadist: He clearly enjoys torturing and murdering. Making money out of it is largely just an addition.
- Serial Killer: He murders several people over the course of the film, mostly for the thrill of it along with some Greed by demanding ransoms to the police.
- Sissy Villain: He's rather feminine compared to Harry.
- Smug Snake: As mentioned on Dirty Coward above, Scorpio only acts tough when up against defenseless people, but turns into a sniveling crybaby when up against someone like Harry. He also suffers from a severe case of Stupid Evil and underestimates Harry a lot, which results in him catching a bullet.
- The Sociopath: He's a cold-blooded murderer and a rapist who never has any remorse or hesitation about any of his crimes, so he is definitely this too.
- Sociopathic Soldier: Was The Vietnam Vet whose War Is Hell experience is what turned him into a psychopath by the time of the film.
- Starter Villain: The first villain Harry confronts in the franchise.
- Too Dumb to Live: An injured Scorpio decides to try and shoot Callahan even though he's not sure if the latter has any bullets left. Scorpio ends up shot dead.
- Two First Names: "Davis" can also be used a first name for men.
- Villain Has a Point: Scorpio's an absolute scumbag, but he's not wrong to say Harry shouldn't have tortured him, if only because that prevented him from being lawfully put in jail.
- Would Hit a Girl:
- Snipes a swimming woman in her rooftop pool.
- Tortures and rapes a teenage girl before burying her alive, leaving her to die.
- Pistol-whips an older woman to drive her bus when Harry intervenes.
- Would Hurt a Child: Besides brutally murdering a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, he also abducts a busload of schoolkids. When one cries about wanting to see his mother, Scorpio punches the kid square in the face and then smacks another in the back of the head, screaming death threats so they'll sing. He also uses a young boy fishing as a human shield in his final duel against Harry.
Bobby Maxwell
Bobby Maxwell
Played By: DeVeren Bookwalter
Appears In: The Enforcer
The leader of the terrorist group the People's Revolutionary Strike Force.
- Big Bad: Of The Enforcer.
- Fallen Hero: Was The Vietnam Vet.
- Hero Killer: Had killed Frank DiGiorgio, one of Harry friends from the first film, and later Kate Moore.
- Sociopathic Soldier: He was The Vietnam Vet who turned terrorist against the country he once fought for.
- Western Terrorists: Is one himself and is the leader of a group of these.
The Vigilante Cops
Lt. Neil Briggs, Officer John Davis, Officer Philip Sweet, Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan, and Officer Michael Grimes
Played By: Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven, Robert Urich
Appears In: Magnum Force
A group of vigilante cops who murder any criminals who escape or evade justice, and anyone who gets in their way.
- Ax-Crazy: They are batshit insane when it comes to killing, despite their Knight Templar intentions. They are basically Ghostfaces with badges and Knight Templar vigilante motives.
- The Bad Guys Are Cops: A first for the films.
- Badges And Dogtags: They all have been in special forces prior to becoming cops.
- Dirty Cop: They carry out the execution of criminals who escape the justice system and give zero shits about who gets killed in the crossfire.
- Disney Villain Death: Davis overshoots his motorcycle jump and falls off the aircraft carrier to his watery death in the climax.
- The Dragon: Davis is one for Briggs, as he and his accomplices are The Heavy group, with him acting as the immediate field leader of his motorcycle gang.
- Fallen Hero: They were ex-military spec-ops operators before becoming Killer Cops.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Both Davis and Sweet are wear glasses.
- The Heavy: While Briggs is the Big Bad, Davis and his posse do most of the dirty work for him.
- Hero Killer: They killed fellow officers Charlie McCoy and Early Smith.
- Killer Cop: They are a squad of motorcycle cops that have turned vigilante and are going out executing criminals who evade the justice system.
- Knight Templar: To a T. Even if their motives are understandable, they have little concern for collateral damage, as evidenced in their exchange with Harry:Harry: You "heroes" killed a dozen people this week. What are you going to do next week?Davis: (flatly) Kill a dozen more.
- They've no problem killing police officers either — Davis shoots Charlie McCoy to Leave No Witnesses. Briggs sends an anonymous call to the gangsters telling them that hitmen dressed as cops are coming to kill them, hoping they'll get killed in the ensuing shoot-out and likely Callahan too. Sweet dies instead.
Smith: Yeah, but Sweet died today!Callahan: Sweet was sacrificed. What's more important if I'm right, I'll be sacrificed. They've gotta figure I told you, which means you'll be sacrificed. - Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: These guys may claim they're killing criminals for the greater good, but they're so vicious, sadistic, and all too happy to kill innocents just for being in their way that it rings hollow.
- Police Brutality: They enjoy pulling this. As Harry says, "A man's got to know his limitations."
- Psycho for Hire: The uniformed vigilante cops act as this for the Big Bad Briggs.
- Rabid Cop: A whole group of them, in fact!
- Sacrificial Lion:
- When vigilante officer Sweet is killed during a shootout during an attempted arrest, Harry believes his death was a necessary sacrifice to get himself and the arrestee killed. He even lampshades it twice; once directly, and once when he notes that Sweet was killed with the first shot.
- At the end, when the other vigilante cops are killed, their leader, Lt. Briggs says he can use their “murders” to prosecute Harry.
- The Sociopath: Despite the death squads claims of having good intentions, they are The Unfettered when it comes to killing anyone even innocent victims who get in the way of their executions of criminals, showing that without a sense of restraint, the crooked cops used the vigilante initiative to heartlessly satisfy their blood lust without regard for collateral damage.
- Sociopathic Soldier: While Sweet was the only character to confirm he used be an spec-ops Airborne Ranger, it's implied all of them had military experience prior to joining the force and are presumed to be each The Vietnam Vet, and are weaponizing their combat experience in terms of marksmanship and battle tactics to help their vigilante cause.
- Vigilante Militia: The gruff but honest detective Callahan investigates a series of murders wherein the victims are repeat felons. Callahan deduces correctly that a band of zealous rookie officers have decided to fight crime by acting as Judge, Jury, and Executioner as well as arresting officer. Made worse by the chief of the detective division knowingly covering for them.
- We Have Reserves: Lt. Briggs makes clear after Callahan has killed all of his men that he can always recruit another death squad.
- With Us or Against Us: The vigilantes use this to try to convince Harry to join them.Harry: I'm afraid you've misjudged me.
J.J. Wilson
Mick
Mick
Played By: Paul Drake
Appears In: Sudden Impact
The leader of a group of rapists targeted by Jennifer in retaliation for the assault of her sister years ago, which left her in a vegetative state.
- Ax-Crazy: More so then Scorpio.
- Big Bad: Of Sudden Impact.
- Disney Villain Death: Meets his end when Harry shoots him four times in the chest, causing him to fall off the roller coaster and through a glass roof of a merry-go-round, where he is impaled on a carved unicorn horn.
- Jerkass: That's putting it mildly.
- Knight of Cerebus: He is easily the darkest villain of the entire franchise, and a much more depraved and sadistic threat compared to the much later Harlan Rook.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He and his two henchmen Eddie and Carl inflict this upon Harry before throwing him into the ocean.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He's a rapist and one of the most evil characters in the entire series.
Harlan Rook
Harlan Rook
Played By: David Hunt
Appears In: The Dead Pool
A deranged fan of Peter Swan and his movies.
- Ax-Crazy
- Big Bad: Of The Dead Pool.
- Expy: He's basically a carbon copy of Scorpio, except as a Loony Fan.
- Evil Brit: He's British.
- Final Boss: He is the final antagonist in the Dirty Harry franchise.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Harry finishes him off by shooting him with a Harpoon Gun.
- Loony Fan: Harlan Rook is an obsessed fan of Peter Swan. Out of touch from reality, he accuses Swan of stealing ideas from him and tries frame him with the Dead Pool murders.
Civilians
Peter Swan
The Mayor of San Francisco
