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Major Antagonists
The Origami Killer
- Affably Evil: Once his identity is let out of the bag, he is revealed to be this. He even goes as far as helping the parents whose children he murdered, and grieving over Ethan's grave in one of the endings.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: If Jayden is the one to fight him, he will beg Jayden to save him from falling into the waste grinder. If Madison fights him instead, he will beg her to save him from falling off the crane into the water below.
- Alas, Poor Villain: His backstory, while it doesn't excuse his actions, really makes you feel sorry for the guy. He’s been alone in his misery when he should've gotten psychological help and support after witnessing the death of his twin brother, which would traumatize anyone. Even Madison can't help but sympathize with him when they finally meet face to face.
- Angsty Surviving Twin: Scott had a twin brother named John, who drowned after their drunken, abusive father basically left him to die. His grief and helplessness soured him considerably, and the reason he kidnaps and drowns children is to find a father willing to sacrifice anything to save their son: something his own father didn't have the heart to do with John.Scott: When [my twin] died... it was like a part of me died with him.
- Antagonist in Mourning: "Ethan's Grave", if he survives the events of the warehouse.
- Apologetic Attacker: Keeping in with his Affably Evil persona, he will apologize before trying to kill Ethan and Madison in one path.
- Bait the Dog: If you play Scott as a decent human being, it all comes across as this when you finally learn what a monster he really is on the inside.
- Big Bad: He's the one behind the murders and his kidnapping of Shaun triggers the plot of the game. Every playable character is after this guy in some shape or form.
- Boom, Headshot!: One of his deaths, courtesy of Lauren.
- Burn Baby Burn: In The Reveal, Scott burns the evidence.
- Cop Killer: If he kills Agent Jayden.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: One of his death involves falling into a trash compactor while still conscious. Luckily, the actual death isn't shown, only the aftermath of the blood-covered blades. Still, yikes.
- Death by Irony: If Ethan makes it to the warehouse either alone or with Madison, the Origami Killer can die at the hands of the very character type he sought out.
- Death Seeker: With a bit of in-universe Alternate Character Interpretation. If Ethan confronts Scott alone, Scott tells Ethan that he can shoot him, since he finally found a father who would risk everything to save his son. If another character confronts him or Ethan is not alone, Scott will try to murder them because they know too much.
- Dramatic Ammo Depletion: If Madison is the one to confront the Killer at the warehouse, he'll chase her while trying to gun her down. Succeeding enough QTEs results in him running out of ammo and the gun clicking harmlessly just as he gets a clear shot at her.
- Driving Question: Who is the Origami Killer? Scott Shelby.
- Disney Villain Death: All but one of his death scenes has him fighting a character, and if he loses, the fighting ends with him falling to his death in either an aquarium or a trash compactor.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- The motive behind his killings? His twin brother John drowned in the rain at a construction site when they were children. Scott is still not over his death, and his killings are motivated by a desire to find a father who could do what his own Abusive Dad couldn't: sacrifice everything to save his son.
- He also seems to have truly fallen in love with Lauren Winter, his Morality Pet.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As par the course for his Secret Test of Character. He can choose to rescue many of the parents of the very children he killed from violent thugs more than once.
- Evil All Along: No matter how heroic or nice you play Scott as, he always turns out to be a deranged child murderer in the end.
- Evil Overlooker: In the US box art for the game.
- Face Death with Dignity:
- If Ethan confronts him at the warehouse alone, he'll give him an opportunity to shoot him. If Ethen does so, the Killer will fall to his knees and smile at him before dying.
- Doesn't blink an eye when Lauren holds him at gunpoint, preparing to shoot.
- Fat Bastard: The ARI recording Norman can view of the fight at the Blue Lagoon shows that the guy who attacked him is quite bulky. It's one of the first clues it's actually Scott Shelby.
- For Want Of A Nail: In the final confrontation, if Ethan is the one to rescue Shaun, whether the killer will let him go or shoot him in the back depends on if Ethan is alone or not.
- Freudian Excuse: His father was an abusive drunk, who ultimately left Scott's brother to drown less than twenty feet away from his lawn chair. As a result, Scott grew up to become obsessed with finding a father who would do literally anything for his son - Not Hyperbole.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: If Lauren discovers that Scott Shelby is the Origami Killer after he's been killed she will go to his grave and tell him that no matter how horrible his childhood was, nothing justifies him killing innocent children, which includes her son.
- Ethan and Madison also question Scott on his motives. If Madison is alone, she tells Scott that Shaun isn’t responsible for what happened to him, and that he has to stop murdering innocent children because it won’t ease his pain. If Ethan arrives alone, he becomes furious and threatens him with a gun when the latter tells him he suffered as much as his victims did.
- Gone Horribly Right: Two of the endgame scenarios are this in regards to his plan. He wants to find a father willing to go to great lengths to protect his son. In scenarios where Ethan makes it to the old warehouse (whether alone or with Madison), he gets exactly that when Ethan rescues Shaun and shoots him.
- Go Out with a Smile: If Ethan shoots him when he goes alone to save Shaun, he'll smile at him before dying.
- Graceful Loser: Only in the ending where Ethan has surpassed his expectations, saved Shaun and come alone for the final confrontation, as he'll even allow Ethan to shoot him outright for fulfilling all of his trials. Any other variation whatsoever will result in him either murdering Ethan just to be petty and close up loose ends, or do his damnedest to kill whoever has come to confront him for his crimes.
- He Knows Too Much: He will try to murder the protagonists for this reason, particularly if Madison or Norman shows up to confront him in the end instead of Ethan.
- Hero Killer: He can personally kill Madison and/or Norman at multiple points going into the endgame. He can kill Norman either with the katana in "Fish Tank" or by letting him fall in the trash compactor during their fight at the warehouse, and he can either kill Madison in his apartment or if she confronts him at the warehouse and loses.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: If he's fighting Madison, he can end up with a pipe through his chest. Bonus points for having tried to kill her the same way with it moments earlier.
- In the Back: If Ethan doesn't show up alone to the old warehouse, the Killer will try shooting him while he's trying to rescue Shaun.
- Karma Houdini: Depending on your choices, he can get away with the murderers and potentially murder some of the cast personally.
- Karmic Death: He can die in many different ways, and considering he's a Serial Killer drowning children, it's well deserved. But the top example is the "Mother's Revenge" ending, where Lauren confronts Scott Shelby personally after finding out he was the Origami Killer, and murders him in the street.
- Kick the Dog:
- It's possible for him to try to shoot Ethan while he's trying to rescue Shaun, even after Ethan had proved what lengths he was willing to go to in order to get Shaun back.
- He tries to murder Norman after the guy saves his life.
- Kick the Morality Pet: Should he leave Lauren to drown in the sinking car.
- Killer Cop: He was a retired police lieutenant before becoming a killer in the disguise of a private investigator.
- Manipulative Bastard: All the psychological trials he puts the fathers of his victims through. Madison also discovers how he was able to kidnap children easily: he dressed as a cop to earn the children's trust.
- Mask of Sanity: Scott seems like a mostly normal guy, but is actually criminally insane.
- Never My Fault: He claims to have suffered just as much as his victims because their fathers didn't save them, seeing it as proof that their fathers are just as neglectful as his own, and ranting that the people who say they love each other are nothing more than liars, not considering that the previous fathers might have tried but failed to save their sons because of his deadly trials or were too stricken with despair to do anything.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: As listed in Karmic Death above, if Shelby saves Lauren she will kill him herself if no one else does.
- Not the Fall That Kills You…: In an aversion of Soft Water, getting knocked off the crane into the water below will kill him.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Inverted. He sees Ethan as the only person who can come rescue Shaun and will allow him to shoot him dead if he likes. If Madison or Jayden show up instead of Ethan, he'll undergo a Villainous Breakdown.
- Playing the Victim Card: Claims to have suffered just as much as his victims - the same victims that he kidnapped and imprisoned in a well before drowning them to death.
- Plot Armor: Though encountered a few times, he cannot be killed until the final confrontation. This actually comes with a bit of Foreshadowing. Out of the playable characters there are two who can't be killed until the game's finale. One is Ethan who is a Red Herring, while the other is Scott Shelby, who actually is the Origami Killer.
- Psychopathic Manchild: The Origami killer's motives of kidnapping children and putting their fathers through dangerous trials in order for them to prove they would sacrifice themselves in order to save their sons before they drown stem from untreated childhood trauma in the form of watching his twin brother drown while his alcoholic father refused to help. The villain tends to lash out when people call him out on the fact that his motives couldn't possibly justify his actions because he feels invalidated, judged or misunderstood, which always happens as nobody accepts his Freudian Excuse, and should Madison Paige reach the climax alone, she can't get through to him as he stubbornly clings to his motives and refuses to question the legitimacy of his actions while he keeps playing the victim. Should Norman Jayden reach the finale alone instead, the Origami killer throws a massive tantrum because only Ethan is supposed to save Shaun, kicking and screaming at the FBI agent while ranting that real love from a father can only be proven through sacrifice, and the people saying they love each other are all liars, not taking into account that they might have tried but failed to save their sons because of his trials.
- Save the Villain: The player can choose to save him from falling to his death in the final confrontation. Doing so causes him to try and kill them instead.
- Secret Test of Character: He pulls this on the fathers of the children he kidnaps, putting them through trials to see what lengths they will cross to save them.
- Serial Killer: At least eight 10-13 year old children via drowning, by the start of the game. There's also Manfred, Paco, the Mooks he mows down in Kramer's mansion, Kramer himself (possibly), Lauren (possibly), Hassan (possibly), Shaun (possibly), Jayden (possibly), and Madison (possibly). He has a high body count (possibly).
- Sociopathic Soldier: He was a former U.S. Marine, prior to becoming a child murderer.
- Undercover When Alone: He seemed genuinely shocked and flinches when he saw Manfred dead.
- Ungrateful Bastard: If Norman or Madison chooses to save him from falling to his death, he will thank them by trying to make them fall instead.
- Unreliable Narrator: An odd case, as he isn't a narrator by any means. But playing through his chapter gives almost no indications that who you're playing as is the Origami Killer, even as you're looking through his thoughts.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: In spite of their abusive father, as a child Scott and his twin brother John were rather sweet and playful kids, seeing an empty construction site as a playground. It all went out the window after their father left John to drown.
- Villain Respect: It’s implied that he has this for Ethan, particularly if Ethan is the only one to confront him at the end. Should Ethan die and he survives, he mourns at his grave in the epilogue.
- Also has this towards Lauren. If both of them live to the end, he says nothing as Lauren confronts him for lying to her and killing her son, and doesn't try to defend himself when she prepares to shoot him in the head.
- Villainous Breakdown: He has one if anyone other than Ethan goes to save Shaun, since it is going against his plan.
- Villain Protagonist: He is one of the playable characters of the game, but this isn't revealed until the end.
- Villains Want Mercy: He begs the very people he tried to kill to help him if he dangles over a metal grinder/high fall from a lake. If they choose to save him, he thanks them by trying to make them fall instead due to the fact they know too much of his real identity.
- Walking Spoiler: The reveal of his identity and by extension his backstory makes him this. It's Scott Shelby.
- Would Hit a Girl: Madison isn't safe from getting punched, shot or hit with a crowbar by this guy.
- Would Hurt a Child: He has killed almost a dozen children and has no intention of stopping any time soon.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Is the way he is all because his own father was a complete bastard who regularly abused him and his brother both physically and verbally and ultimately convinced him he was worthless, and then to top it all off was forced to watch his own brother drown and said dad refused to help him. And his mom, the nice parent, apparently contracted Alzheimer's and all but lost her mind so she couldn't take care of him anymore. And now he drowns children and puts their fathers through sadistic tests all in the deluded hope that they can save them and that the kids can have fathers that are worthwhile and will always be there for them, something he never had.
- You Are What You Hate: His motivation is the death of his brother due to their father's criminal neglect when they were children. But considering Scott outright murders children to see how far their fathers will actually go to save them, he's become even worse than his own father was. It's especially ironic that his most prominent victim, Johnny Winter, has the same first name as his brother John.
Dr. Adrian Baker (Doctor Death)
"Did your mother ever tell you about accepting gifts from strangers?"
Voiced by: Christian Erickson (English)note
- Ambiguous Situation:
- How much of a Karma Houdini he is if Madison is killed or escapes his house without getting caught. In the events where he kills Madison, she is given a funeral, which implies her body was found and logically that Adrian was busted and arrested for her murder. If Madison lives but escapes before confronting him, however, it's unknown if she sold him out to the police, since she didn't see the body in the basement and had no idea yet of Dr. Baker's true colours (though selling drugs without a prescription is an illegal act in itself, and a good reason for the police to get a warrant).
- It's also unknown how many other people he has kidnapped and killed, as he only speaks about his past victim who was a government spy.
- Ankle Drag: He uses it on Madison more than once during their brawl.
- Asshole Victim: He's a complete madman and a revolting necrophiliac, but getting stabbed in the heart with a drill? Ouch.
- Attack on the Heart: How Madison kills him with the drill.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: He instantly recognizes Madison as someone investigating him, and spikes the drink he offers her.
- Ax-Crazy: The guy is completely insane and violent, kidnapping people investigating him and killing them in gruesome manners in his basement, all in sadistic delight.
- Bald of Evil: The top of his head is bald, and he's a violent psychopath.
- Batter Up!: Uses a baseball bat to knock out Madison if she goes at the end of the hallway while looking through his house. The many dried blood stains on it hints that he's used it on other people for quite some time.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Plays the polite senior card when meeting Madison, but plans on spiking her drink and make her his next "surgery" victim.
- Bloodless Carnage: While he bleeds when Madison hits him in the head with a hammer, a drill in the heart surprisingly does not leave the mess it normally would...
- Cold-Blooded Torture: His new hobby since retiring appears to be kidnapping people and use power tools on them while they're still alive. Just For the Evulz.
- Combat Pragmatist: He throws everything within reach at Madison if she ends up fighting with him.
- Creepy Basement: His main headquarters for his murderous activities.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Killed by a drill right in the heart. Not that he didn't deserve it.
- Deadly Euphemism: He refers to his torture methods as "surgeries" or "housework".
- Dr Feel Good: His primary source of income is selling prescription medicine. Madison gets into his house by pretending to be a customer.
- Dies Wide Open: His eyes remain opened after Madison kills him with his drill.
- Dirty Old Man: He asks Madison if she's for sale if the player asks him about the price of his medicine. It takes a disturbing turn when his predatory ways aren't reserved only for living women, as seen with the disgusting way he feels Madison's corpse should he succeed in killing her (even if Madison doesn't die, he will grope her anyway thinking that he knocked her out).
- Evil Laugh: Lets out a few of those when he has Madison helpless in his basement.
- Evil Old Folks: Don't let his age and frail demeanor fool you: he's actually a bloodthirsty psychopath and necrophiliac.
- Fantastic Drug: Madison asks him if he has "Butropen", a fictional sleeping pill.
- Faux Affably Evil: He puts on a Cool Old Guy front when inviting Madison into his home, but is rotten to the core and batshit crazy.
- Foil: To The Origami Killer. Both are kidnappers and serial killers, but are different in terms of their psyche, who they kill and how.
- The Origami Killer principally kills children, young boys to be precise. Baker only kills adults, but mostly people who try to investigate him.
- The Origami Killer doesn't directly kills his victims: he locks them in a cellar and lets it fill with rain water until they drown. Dr. Baker for himself takes vicious glee in performing "surgery" on his victims with power tools while they are still alive.
- The Origami Killer, once his backstory is revealed, shows himself to be a case of Tragic Villain. Baker, however, is a revolting sadist and Hate Sink who kills people For the Evulz.
- The Origami Killer is shown to have people he deeply cares about in spite of being a dangerous madman. Baker, on his side, has no family mentioned at all to make him seen like anything but a homicidal maniac.
- Foreshadowing: When Madison goes through his closet, she notices surgical gowns and thinks them to be a "weird nostalgia for the past". If she ends up in the basement, she discovers exactly what they are for (although the Doc decides to wear a simple white blouse instead for Madison's "surgery").
- In Spite of a Nail: No matter how much it takes for Madison to break free while the Doc answers the bible seller at the door, he will always arrive for the boss fight when she takes off her last bind.
- Freudian Threat: Before being interrupted by a Bible seller ringing on his door, he was about to drill a still living Madison between her legs.
- Green and Mean: As part of colour coding, Dr. Baker wears a green shirt, which hints at his creepy antagonistic nature.
- Hate Sink: Let's see: a sadist psychopath who tortures and kills people, and is revealed to engage in necrophiliac acts if he succeeds in killing Madison. He's such a revolting individual that he could make the Origami Killer look like a puppy in comparison. Sure enough, his death at Madison's hands is very much deserved.
- Hero Killer: He can be the first villain to directly kill Madison.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: If Madison ends up fighting Baker and wins, she finishes him off by stabbing him in the chest with the same electric drill he was about to use on her at the start of her "operation."
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: He gloats in front of the helpless, terrified Madison when she's at his mercy, and
- I Love the Dead: Hinted at by the way he feels up Madison's corpse, should he succeed in killing her.
- Implied Death Threat: After he knocks out Madison: "We're gonna have some fun together, my darling. I promise... [evil laugh]"
- In-Series Nickname: Madison refers to him "Dr. Death", or simply "The Doc".
- Ironic Name: "Adrian" is a Latin name meaning "water", the very thing the Origami Killer uses to kill his victims. However, while Adrian is a Serial Killer, he is not the Origami Killer and prefers to use power tools on his living victims. However, he does have connections to the Origami Killer, hence why Madison pays him a visit.
- Karmic Death: If Madison gets captured and wins the fight against Baker, she puts an end to his reign of terror by killing him in self-defense with his own drill.
- Knight of Cerebus: While he isn't the Big Bad of the game, he's proven himself to be even more disturbing and terrifying than the Origami Killer. Madison's death at his hands is just a cruel Fate Worse than Death, since he reveals himself to be a necrophiliac by how he touches her corpse afterwards.
- Light Is Not Good: Wears a white blouse just as he attempts to drill Madison between the legs.
- Mad Doctor: He admits that he is addicted to performing surgical operations. Unfortunately, since he's been struck from the medical register and no longer permitted to practise officially, he's resorted to kidnapping people and dissecting them with power tools.
- Made of Iron: Madison can cut his arms with tools, hit him multiple times with a shovel and even bludgeon his head with a hammer. While a man his age would obviously be seriously injured in real life, all it seem to do is piss off the doc even more. Sure enough, it takes a drill in the heart to put the bastard down for good.
- Obviously Evil: While Adrian Baker appears polite when letting Madison into his house, the more she discusses with him, the creepier his demeanor becomes. Accepting his drink is a death wish, as it leads Madison straight to the basement.
- Sadist: Kills his victims by strapping them down and torturing and later killing them with tools. Not without Laughing Mad inbetween their screams.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: A deleted scene from the game's early concepts had Madison be sexually abused by Baker when she wakes up in the basement, but it was eventually scrapped for being too dark. While it was cut from the original game, it's very likely that Baker did such revolting acts to other women before Madison.
- Rasputinian Death: Madison wins the fight by: slashing his arms and chest with a circular saw, whacking him multiple times with a shovel, hit his head with a hammer, kick him in the balls, punch him in the face, and finally, use his drill to stab him in the heart, which finally kills him.
- Schmuck Bait: Accepting Dr. Baker's drink equals being drugged and waking up tied up in a basement next to the corpse of his previous victim.
- Serial Killer: Madison soon realizes who she really has to deal with when she wakes up strapped in his basement next to the corpse of Baker's previous victim.
- She Knows Too Much: Why he's dead set on killing Madison should she end up in his basement. When she breaks free, he gives his all to make sure she won't get out to repeat what she saw.
- Skippable Boss: Madison only has to fight him if a) she accepts his drink, or b) she gets caught while wandering around his house.
- Slipping a Mickey: When Madison enters his house, Baker offers her a drink to "take the edge off the pills." Actually drinking it sends her straight to the operating table.
- Smug Snake: He has a cool, creepy demeanor to suit a serial killer.
- This Is a Drill: Uses a drill during his killing sessions, which he fully intends to use on Madison. It's with this very drill that Madison kills him with.
- Villain of Another Story: He's also a Serial Killer, but not the one the main characters are trying to stop. Although he is affiliated with the Origami Killer, Baker has his own fucked up business on the side.
- Villainous Breakdown: A gradual one. The more the player gets QT Es right, the more the doc appears pissed to be losing to his would-be victim, and grows angrier and more aggressive during his fight with Madison.
- When Elders Attack: He's a complete madman and is no slouch in a fight in spite of his age.
- Would Hit a Girl: He tries to kill Madison with a drill and many other power tools, and who knows how many of his past victims were women.
Paco Mendez
"It's now or never, baby. And I never take never for an answer!"
Voiced by: David Gasman (English)note
- Abhorrent Admirer: The instant he sees Madison dance at the Blue Lagoon, he aims to get into her pants. Whether she likes it or not.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: He begs the Origami Killer to spare him when he has him at gunpoint. It doesn't work.
- All Abusers Are Male: Forces Madison to strip at gunpoint and was heavily implied to plan on raping her if it wasn't from her clubbing him with a lamp. He does point out that he "never takes never for an answer".
- All Men Are Perverts: According to Dr. Baker, Paco rents his apartments to "fornicate" with a ton of dancers from the Blue Lagoon. Then there's him oogling over Madison and making it crystal clear she won't get away without having sex with him.
- Asshole Victim: He was far from being a good person, but the fact he begged for his life and looked terrified before Scott gunned him down adds a slight degree of sympathy towards him.
- Beard of Evil: Has a goatee and is one of the Origami Killer's associates, as well as a complete degenerate in his own right.
- Boom, Headshot!: Courtesy of the Origami Killer.
- Deadpan Snarker: When he is tied and helpless to Madison's interrogation, he doesn't let her intimidate him in the slightest and talks back at her:Paco: [after Madison punches him] Not bad for a chica. But you're only hurting my feelings a little bit, mama.
- Death by Irony: Tells Madison she doesn't have it in her to shoot him. Maybe not Madison, but definitely The Origami Killer, who shoots Paco dead after Madison leaves.
- Death Glare: Sends these at Madison when she has him tied up to his office chair.
- Distracted by the Sexy: He’s too busy staring at Madison doing a strip tease to notice her reaching for a nearby lamp to knock him out with.
- The Dragon: Sort of. He's an associate of the Origami Killer and the only antagonist that knows his true identity.
- Entitled to Have You: His view towards Madison. He brings her to his office with the crystal clear intention to have sex with her. When she attempts to leave, he forces her to strip for him at gunpoint, stating that he "never takes never for an answer".
- Fat Bastard: Clearly overweight and a perverted amoral person.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Has hispanic ancestry (his last name is Mendez) and drops a few Spanish words in his dialogue by occasion.
- Groin Attack: Madison gets him to talk by crushing his balls.
- Gun Nut: Loves to point his gun at Madison to force her to strip.
- Hookers and Blow: Heavily implied to have this "lifestyle".
- I'll Kill You!: His reaction to Madison pistol-whipping him is to snarl this at her.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Of the number of characters David Gasman plays, this one looks the most like him.
- Jaw Drop: His priceless reaction when Madison fakes moaning to trick his guard into leaving.
- Kavorka Man: Madison needs to get his attention from the other girls at the club, and Adrian Baker speculates that Paco probably uses one of his apartments to "copulate with his dancers from the Blue Lagoon".
- Laser-Guided Karma: His plan to force Madison into having sex with him thankfully gets foiled once she clubs him with a lamp, and later crushes his balls to force him to talk about what he knows of the Origami Killer. Then he gets a Karmic Death at Scott Shelby's hands.
- Not Good with Rejection: His answer to Madison attempting to leave his office is to point a gun at her and force her to strip to have sex with him.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Forces Madison to strip at gun point and almost certainly would have done much worse if she didn't manage to hit him in the head with a lamp.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Claims that Scott, who is a former police lieutenant, kept him out of prison several times.
- Slimeball: Literally everything about him evokes revulsion. Madison even lampshades this.
- Sunglasses at Night: Wears his sun shades even inside his night club.
- Tattooed Crook: A sketchy individual with a tattoo on his face and chest.
- Too Kinky to Torture: Played with. When Madison ties Paco to a chair with duct tape to interrogate him, one of his bodyguards will knock on the door and ask if everything is alright. Madison has the option of telling the bodyguard that Paco is "all tied up at the moment". The bodyguard will just smile suggestively and leave.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The Origami Killer shoots Mendez in the head after he reveals the name of his brother to Madison.
- You Wouldn't Shoot Me: Taunts Madison that she doesn't have it in her to kill him when she has him bound to a chair with a pistol pointed at his forehead. Instead, she decides to make him talk with her plan B.
Gordi Kramer
"Do you know who my father is? He only has to lift one finger and you won't wake up tomorrow morning."
Voiced by: Antony Hickling (English)
- Ambiguous Situation: Did Charles said the truth about Gordi regretting his first murder of a child? Or did he lie to protect his son from Shelby's wrath?
- Bad Samaritan: He picked up a lost child with his limousine, but ended up drowning him to copy the Origami Killer.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Revealed to be nothing but a Red Herring for the Origami Killer. Even if he did kill at least one child, he apparently cried after his crime and is a Spoiled Brat and Psychopathic Manchild hiding behind his father's wealth and power.
- Jack the Ripoff: Is ultimately not the Origami Killer.
- Karma Houdini: He is the only antagonist in the game who, regardless of any decisions you make in the game, must be this, as he doesn't seem to be facing the consequences of killing a child whether or not his father is still alive by the end.
- Missing Mom: He appears close of his father but his mother is never mentioned.
- Morality Pet: To his father Charles.
- My God, What Have I Done?: According to Charles, Gordi immediately regreted killing his first victim and broke down crying. But then again, what proves that Charles isn't an Unreliable Narrator...
- Not Me This Time: He tries to be the Origami Killer, as he drowned a single child to copy him, but he's nothing but a meek novice compared to Scott Shelby, the actual killer.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Most notably, he seems more interested in the cartoon playing on the plasma TV than the girls necking on the couch next to him.
- Red Herring: Despite admitting to being the Origami Killer, he's actually just bullshitting either out of wishful thinking or a desire to be important. His real purpose in the story is to deflect the player's suspicion from Shelby, the true Origami Killer.
- Sarcastic Confession: Partial case in that while he's definitely lying (or at the very least taking wishful thinking to an insane degree) about being the Origami Killer, he's being perfectly honest when he says that he's bored and finds killing entertaining.
- Smug Smiler: This is paired with his very smug way of speaking.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: He never raises his voice and you can clearly sence some mental instability when he talks.
- Spoiled Brat: He is very wealthy, aloof and thinks he is above the law because of his father's influence and wealth.
- Villains Out Shopping: In his only scene, he's introduced watching cartoons on a massive plasma TV set.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's unclear of what happens to him after Scott leaves Kramer's mansion, no matter if his father is still alive or not.
- Would Hurt a Child: He killed a child to mimick the Origami Killer. According to his father, he didn't mean to drown him and regretted his actions right after it happened.
Charles Kramer
"You leave me no choice. Your investigation is over. For good."
Voiced by: Leslie Clack (English)note
- Affably Evil: In his first appearance, where he invites Scott to play golf and gives him golfing tips.
- The Atoner: As the owner of the construction site where John Sheppard drowned, he evidently feels some degree of responsibility for the death, as he lays flowers on John's grave every year.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Zig-Zagged/subverted in that while he's definitely corrupt, it isn't actually connected to him being a Corporate Executive.
- Disappeared Dad: To Gordi if he dies during the game.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's a morally-corrupted bastard for sure, but he clearly loves and looks after his son.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Casually invites Scott to play golf in order to convince him to drop his investigation on his son.
- Hollywood Heart Attack: A possible death for him if Scott doesn't give him his medication.
- Idiot Ball: Sure, Kramer. Rub the salt in the wound about no one missing the kid your son murdered and calling the woman you killed a whore in front of the guy beating the shit out of you. That'll get him to stop for sure.
- Jerkass: Wanting to legally protect his son by bribing the cops? Fairly understandable. Saying no one will miss the boy said son murdered in imitation of a Serial Killer, and calling Lauren "just a whore" if she died? Not so much.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In regard to John Sheppard.
- Karma Houdini: If you fail too many QTEs in "Face to Face".
- Kick the Dog: Saying no one will miss his son's young victim and possibly calling Lauren "just a whore" if she dies by his fault. It immediately results with Scott punching him in the face.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After attempting to murder Scott and Lauren (who can actually die), Scott goes One-Man Army on his men and gives Kramer the ass beating of a lifetime.
- Papa Wolf: He defends his son with many trained bodyguards, even if Gordi is far from being innocent.
- Pet the Dog: He feels some degree of responsability over John Sheppard's death, and brings flowers on his grave every year. It definitely adds some sympathy points over his character.
- Sadistic Choice: It doesn't impact anything but an achievement, but it says something about him that a choice whether or not to bring him his medication as he is having a heart attack is one.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: If Scott is shot too many times in "Face to Face", he will make a retreat from Kramer's house without ever confronting him, leaving Kramer's role in the story unfinished.
- Would Hit a Girl: He attempts to murder Lauren along with Scott in a sinking car. He might succeed if Scott doesn't save her.
Mad Jack (Jackson Neville)
"One of your cop buddies, askin' too many questions. I had to solder up his little mouth!"
Voiced by: David Gasman (English)note
- Acid Pool: Has one hidden away in his garage, used for easy disposal of corpses.
- Asshole Victim: He's a sadistic killer, but can possibly die by getting crushed by a bulldozer.
- Ax-Crazy: The police files on him describe Mad Jack as "extremely dangerous" for good reason when Jayden pays him a visit.
- Bald of Evil: No hair on his face or head and willing to try to bump off Jayden.
- The Brute: He is very large and has an imposingly muscular frame, and is the one who sells cars to the Origami Killer.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: For most of the second fight with Jack, Jayden is losing very badly. In fact, he only wins by accident.
- Cop Killer: If he kills Jayden at any point during their fight(s). He also claims that the skull in the acid bath belonged to a cop who was "asking too many questions."
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Can be flattened by his own bulldozer after a part of his clothes gets stuck in the grousers.
- Evil Is Hammy: Almost all of his lines are overacted, and he's laughing like a maniac while he tries to attack Jayden during his second boss fight.
- Evil Laugh: Lets out a few of those during his second boss fight.
- Expy: Probably a shout-out to the comic book The Crow. He's similar in appearance and identical in name to a minor thug the Crow kills in short order.
- Finishing Stomp: Knocks out Jayden this way before restraining him in his own car. During his second boss fight, he uses this move again, that Jayden has to block in time.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Unlike a lot of the characters in this game, Jack mainly prefers to use his fists in close combat rather than the usual barrage of improvised weaponry. This is because he's so strong he doesn't need to use anything other than his fists to beat down a trained FBI agent.
- Gory Discretion Shot: If he gets crushed by his bulldozer, his death isn't shown other than a pool of his blood under the grousers at the end of the chapter.
- Hero Killer: He can possibly kill Jayden during any of their confrontations.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Should Jayden fight him a second time and survive long enough, Mad Jack is accidentally flattened by his own bulldozer.
- Just Hit Him: While he does go after him with a pole and attempt to step on his head, Mad Jack does seem to enjoy throwing Jayden around in typical Giant Mook fashion, especially in their second fight.
- Karma Houdini: If you die during either fight with him. The news report at the end of the game implies that Norman's remains were discovered in the end (as he would otherwise be considered missing, not deceased), meaning Jack may have been found out, but it's also possible he may have simply left Jayden's body to be discovered elsewhere to draw suspicion away from himself.
- Karmic Death: During the (optional) second boss fight, Jack will be crushed by his own bulldozer after attempting to kill him Jayden and tormenting him.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: "Mad" isn't just for show.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Could've avoided his death if he didn't leave his bulldozer free to roam around without a pilot.
- Nonchalant Dodge: During their second battle, Jayden flings a metal box at Jack. In spite of being less than three feet away, Jack dodges it easily.
- No-Sell: Just about all of Jayden's attacks are given this kind of treatment during the second battle- even if the player completes the button sequences without fail. However, the most obvious example occurs in the latter stages of the fight, when a particularly desperate Jayden throws another bit of scrap metal at close range. Jack lets it bounce off his chest.
- Obviously Evil: Mad Jack is a Perpetual Frowner of huge stature with a long criminal record, and Norman doesn't trust him one bit.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Calls Jayden "cracker" if the latter tries to enter his garage without talking to him first.
- Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: At one point, Jayden attempts to beat Jack down with the front fender of a car; not only does Jack manage to soak up every single hit without even staggering, but he finishes off by snatching the fender out of the air in mid-swing and kicking Jayden in the stomach hard enough to send him tumbling for a few feet.
- A classic version happens a little while later when Jayden attacks Jack with his bare hands; he lands at least two punches- both of which seem to hurt him more than Jack- and on the third, Jack grabs his arms and headbutts him.
- Sadist: Takes vicious glee chasing and scaring Jayden during both their confrontations. He also attempts to kill him by handcuffing him to inside his car and throw it in a car crusher. All while laughing like a madman.
- Scary Black Man: He is the only black antagonist in the game and he looks like he could rip Jayden apart.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Implied to be his fate in the event where Jayden takes his triptocaine in time and arrests him.
- Skippable Boss: His second battle, which only happens if Jayden fails to get to a dose of triptocaine in time.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Wears a tanktop underneath his overalls to show off his muscles.
- Smug Snake: He taunts Jayden when he begins to go through withdrawal symptoms.
- Tattooed Crook: A known thug with visible tattoos.
- There's No Kill like Overkill: He does try to kill Jayden with a car crusher after all!
- Token Black: The only prominent black character of the game.
- Use Your Head: Uses headbutts against Jayden during his fights with him (it is possible to avoid them by pressing the quick time event button).
- What Happened to the Mouse?: If Jayden takes the triptocaine, he is arrested and never seen again.
Leland White (The Taxidermist)
"You're gonna be my doll, my pretty little doll. You're gonna be all mine!"
Voiced by: Sam Douglas (English)note
- Asshole Victim: If Madison kills him with the chainsaw. He's still a crazy woman murderer, so no tears are shed.
- Ax-Crazy: At first, he seems like a calm and quiet lonely man. Once he finds out Madison is hidden in his house, he takes his bowie knife and reveals the crazy murderous monster he is.
- Big Bad: Of the Taxidermist DLC.
- Chainsaw Good: How Madison kills him, if she actually fights him head-on. If she loses, Leland can kill her this way instead.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Can die bleeding out from a chainsaw wound in the groin.
- Deadly Bath: Madison finds his latest victim in the middle of a taxidermy session inside his bathtub.
- Driven to Suicide: If he discovers Madison but she escapes without killing him, he will go back inside his house and shoot himself.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: His mother's room is noticeably cleaner than the rest of his house. It is also suggested that Leland closed his business and began killing because of his mother's death.
- Evil Gloating: He likes doing this a lot while he chases Madison.
- Evil Is Hammy: Lots of evil laughing and toying with Madison's fear.
- Evil Laugh: He does a pretty convincing one if he manages to kill Madison.
- Expy:
- May have been based on real-life serial killer Ed Gein. It is implied that Leland began killing after the death of his mother, and he also doesn't appear fond of (living) women, preferring to kill them and keep them in his house. It is also suggested that Leland engages in necrophilia, which Gein was accused of doing.
- On another note, he is reminiscent of Norman Bates; a shy and reclusive Momma's Boy who's revealed to be a crazy woman killer behind closed doors. However, it's unknown if Leland and his mother shared Norma and Norman's disturbing relationship.
- Failed a Spot Check: He doesn't notice that you've left doors open in his house, even though seeing the door to his secret boudoir room left open should concern him considerably. However, he does notice if Madison left drawers open or knocked over animals while exploring the house.
- Fat Bastard: He is very far from a heroic build and very, very much a villain.
- Fat Slob: Obvious by the stains on his shirt, and the filthy condition of his house and (urgh!) fridge.
- Groin Attack: Madison knees him in the crotch while running from him. Also how she can kill him with the chainsaw.
- Hero Killer: Can possibly kill Madison by stabbing her to death. However, it is not canon as the events of the DLC takes place two years prior to Heavy Rain.
- I Love the Dead: The taxidermized women in his secret boudoir room are posed in sexually suggestive poses and fetishistic clothing, and said room is much cleaner and better maintained than the rest of his house. And the stuffed woman in the bed is naked.
- Karma Houdini: In the ending "Where Is Madison Paige?", where he kills Madison and she didn't call the police, it's implied she becomes one of his dolls. However, the news article states the police will interrogate White, which means he might be discovered in the end.
- In the canon timeline, this is averted, as Madison is still alive for the events of Heavy Rain; White would either be in jail or dead (by suicide or killed by Madison).
- Karmic Death: If Madison kills him in self-defense, he pays the price for all his nefarious crimes.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Most of the endings have him paying for his crimes:
- In "The End of a Nightmare", he is either killed with a chainsaw by Madison or commits suicide after she escapes.
- He gets arrested in the "The End of Anguish" (if Madison stays hidden until the police arrive) and "In the Middle of the Horror" endings (if Madison escapes without being noticed by White).
- Downplayed in "Sacrificed in the Name of Truth" where he succeeds in killing Madison, but having called the police beforehand has them arresting him for her murder.
- Mummies at the Dinner Table: White has killed at least five women, and put their taxidermied bodies on display in an upstairs room of his house. He holds regular conversations with them— mostly about what new "friends" he's going to make for them next.
- Living Doll Collector: After all, he is a taxidermist with a killing streak.
- Monster Misogyny: He mustn't like (living) women in general, seeing that in his bathroom there is a female corpse in a blood filled bathtub while in another room there are five stuffed women. Aside from animals, no male victim is shown.
- Psycho Knife Nut: Keeps a bowie knife on him, that he can possibly kill Madison with.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Upon realizing that Madison is inside his house, he treats the resulting hunt for her like a game of Hide and Seek, or Hot and Cold. Also, when chasing Madison around the corridors, he can be heard delivering his hammiest impersonation of the Big Bad Wolf.
- Pyrrhic Victory: In the "Sacrificed in the Name of Truth" ending, he succeeds in killing Madison...but not before she informed the police, leading to his arrest.
- Room Full of Crazy: Has a room filled with all the stuffed bodies of his victims, all wearing skimpy clothing and placed in suggestive poses. One of them is naked on a heart-shaped bed. Needless to say, Madison is horrified when she enters it.
- Serial Killer: He has killed many women by the time Madison investigates him. Several of them have been turned into his dolls, and his most recent victim is still in his bathtub.
- Skippable Boss: The main objective of the level is to escape White's house alive; if actually fighting the knife-wielding psychopath doesn't appeal, then Madison can easily call the police from inside the house and wait until they arrest him, or just slip out the door without White noticing.
- Talking to Themself: If he hears Madison walk on the second floor: "Oh? We seem to have a visitor. A little weasel come sniffing around my little secrets? [Evil Laugh]"
- Taxidermy Is Creepy: Most definitely; quite apart from the fact that the inside of White's house is filled with stuffed animal heads and carcasses, he's also used his knowledge of taxidermy to preserve the bodies of his victims as dolls.
- Villain of Another Story: He isn't the main villain of the game, but rather its prequel DLC starring Madison. She goes into his house thinking he might be the Origami Killer, however, he is a completely different sort of Serial Killer targeting and stuffing women.
- Villains Out Shopping: Once he returns home, White immediately sits down in front of the TV to watch some boxing.
- Wham Shot: The dead girl Madison finds in the bathtub is the first hint that Leland White is not just a lonely man, but a killer... just not the Origami Killer.
- Would Hit a Girl: All of his victims are women, and if he discovers Madison, he makes it clear that he wants to add her to his kill list.
- You Sound Familiar: He's voiced by the same actor as Scott Shelby. It's a nod to the fact that Sam Douglas actually portrays the Origami Killer in the main game. They even both say Madison discovered their "little secret".
Minor Antagonists
Troy
"What do you want, asshole?!"
Voiced by: Peter Thias (English)
A violent ex-customer of Lauren. He serves as Scott Shelby's Starter Villain.
- Ambiguous Situation: Troy threatens Scott that he hasn't seen the last of him, only to never be seen or mentioned again. Is it possible that Scott, being the Origami Killer, killed him because of what he put Lauren through?
- Attempted Rape: He feels entitled to Lauren, and refuses to be rejected, forcing himself in her motel room and manhandling her to the point of making her scream. He can be stopped by Scott shall he go check on Lauren, but if he doesn't, it's hinted that he didn't just beat Lauren.
- Ax-Crazy: The guy's only solution to anything is violence.
- Bald of Evil: He's bald and a violent, revolting individual.
- Beard of Evil: A violent man with a trimmed beard.
- Blatant Lies: If Scott asks Lauren if she's alright, Troy states she's "just swell"... right after Scott hears her scream and sees her lying on the ground.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: When Scott attempts to defend Lauren from him, Troy decides to beat up Scott instead (probably thinking he's one of her customers, adding to his entitlement over Lauren). Whether or not he wins the fight is up to how good the player is with QTEs.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Depending how good you are with QTEs, he can either be on the giving or receiving end of it.
- Entitled to Have You: Towards Lauren. Just because he payed for her services, he feels entitled to treat her like a piece of meat to his disposition.
- Green and Mean: Has a green shirt underneath his coat to hint at his violent, antagonistic nature.
- Grievous Bottley Harm: Breaks a beer bottle and attempts to attack Scott with it.
- Hate Sink: He's a violent, misogynistic asshole who beats up Lauren, and can possibly beat up Scott pretty badly if he loses the fight.
- He-Man Woman Hater: A violent bastard who feels entitled to abuse Lauren if he pays her for it.
- Jerkass: He's violent woman abuser who attempts to force himself on Lauren and fights Scott only as an excuse to throw some punches.
- Not Good with Rejection: After Lauren tells him she doesn't want to see him again, he barges into her room anyway to force himself on her.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: After seeing him enter Lauren's room, she starts screaming and is seen on the floor if Scott decides to intervene. If he doesn't, Lauren arrives to his office with a black eye and says it was "nothing important", implying she might've been sexually abused atop of being battered by Troy.
- Starter Villain: If Scott decides to intervene when he hears Lauren scream in "Sleazy Place", he will have his first QTE fight sequence.
- Tattooed Crook: Has visible tattoos on his chest and is a dangerous, unstable individual.
- Terms of Endangerment: He calls Lauren "doll" before entering her room and starting to rough her around.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Whether he wins or lose the fight, he will leave not without saying he'll see Scott again... and proceeds to disappear for the rest of the game. Considering Scott is actually the Origami Killer, there's the possibility Scott tracked and killed him so he would leave Lauren alone.
- Would Hit a Girl: Lauren notes he was starting to get violent during intercourse, and told him she didn't want to see him anymore. His reaction is to burst into her motel room anyway and force himself on her.
Nathaniel Williams
"In the name of the Lord, I exorcise thee, Satan!"
Voiced by: Tercelin Kirtley (English)note
A deeply religious and mentally disturbed individual who is suspected to be the Origami Killer based on Norman Jayden's psychological profile. He's previously been arrested for causing a disturbance in a park.
- Anti-Villain: He was previously arrested in the past, but he's not dangerous unprovoked. All he really needs is help for his mental health.
- Gun Nut: Threatens Blake with a handgun after being roughed around too much.
- Insane Equals Violent: Initially Averted, then played straight. He's very clearly mentally disturbed and paranoid, but he's totally willing to simply talk with the investigators at first. When Carter bullies and assaults him however, Nathanial pulls a gun... not to defend himself from police brutality, but because he believes Carter is possessed by Satan and must be killed in the name of the Lord.
- Large Ham: When he goes into a speech of sending Blake back to the shadow realms.
- The Mentally Disturbed: Is clearly not in a right state of mind, using religion as a way to cope with it. Unfortunately, it doesn't endear him to the likes of Carter Blake.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: He's just a troubled mentally ill man, not a bad person when you compare him to the other antagonists of the game.
- The Paranoiac: If you haven't understood by the thousand of crucifixes in his home, Nathaniel is deadly terrified of satanic forces, that he thinks are after him.
- Room Full of Crazy: His entire apartment is filled from the floor to the ceiling with religious decorations. Crosses, bibles, paintings of holy figures...
- Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!: After finally being talked down by Jayden, he pulls a cross on Blake at the last moment, possibly causing Jayden to mistake it for a weapon and shoot him.
- Token Religious Teammate: The only antagonist confirmed to be religious.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: If Jayden doesn't shoot him, he gets arrested and is never seen again.
Brad Silver
"You think you can come into my house, and steal my dope?!"
Voiced by: Michael Rickwood (English)note
A drug dealer that Ethan must kill as part of his trials.
- The Aggressive Drug Dealer: By how he defends his property and substances with a shotgun, he fits the bill.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: As soon as he gets cornered he turns from cocky and violent to pleading in about half a second.
- Asshole Victim: Depending on how you view him.
- Ax-Crazy: Father or not, he still chases Ethan through his apartment firing a shotgun at him over marijuana while laughing like a maniac, and has no qualms about trying to shoot him point blank in the face in the middle of his daughters' room.
- Boom, Headshot!: Courtesy of Ethan, shall he go through the trial.
- Dirty Coward: As soon as Ethan has the advantage, he is reduced to a crying, begging mess.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He may be an amoral drug dealer, but he does seem to care deeply about his two daughters, Sarah and Cindy.
- Fatal Family Photo: If Ethan shoots him.
- Gun Nut: The instant he suspects Ethan to steal his dope, he yields a shotgun.
- I Have a Family: Tries this while Ethan has him cornered.
- Jerkass: He immediately assumes Ethan is a junkie trying to steal drugs from him, clocks him in the face and chases him around trying to kill him. However, if he manages to catch Ethan, he decides to throw him out rather than kill him.
- Pistol-Whipping: If Ethan decides not to shoot him, he'll instead club him with his handgun to knock him out and make his escape.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Violent drug dealer by day, caring family man by night.
- Trigger-Happy: Laughs with a maniac glee while he attempts to shoot Ethan with a shotgun.
