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[[folder:Bastion - ''???'']]
!!SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54 / Bastion
!!!'''Age:''' 30
!!!'''Occupation:''' Battle Automaton
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Unknown
!!!'''Affiliation:''' None
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''The Last Bastion'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Binary" (focus)
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->''[[TheUnintelligible (beeping noises)]]''

->Voiced by: Chris Metzen

Originally created for peacekeeping purposes, Bastion robot units possessed the unique ability to rapidly reconfigure themselves into an assault-cannon mode. During the Omnic Crisis, they were turned against their human makers, forming the bulk of the omnics' rebel army. Following the resolution of the crisis, nearly all of them were destroyed or disassembled. To this day, Bastion units still symbolize the horrors of the conflict.

One unique Bastion unit, severely damaged in the final battles of the war, was left forgotten for over a decade. It lay dormant, exposed to the elements and rusting while nature slowly reclaimed it. Overgrown with vines and roots and nested upon by small animals, the robot sat inert, seemingly unaware of the passing of time. That was until one fateful day, when it unexpectedly reactivated. With its combat programming all but lost, it instead displayed an intense curiosity about the natural world and its inhabitants. This inquisitive Bastion unit set out to explore its surroundings and discover its purpose on a war-ravaged planet.

Though "Bastion" appears to be gentle — even harmless, at times — its core combat programming takes over when the unit senses danger, utilizing its entire arsenal to eliminate anything it perceives as a threat. This has led to instances of conflict with the few humans it has encountered, and has driven it to avoid populated areas in favor of the wild, uncharted regions of the world.

Bastion is a Defensive character who excels at nesting down at a location and killing foes as they approach while sustaining itself through their assaults. Its ''Reconfigure'' ability allows it to switch between two modes: ''Configuration: Recon'', which allows Bastion to move around and attack with a submachine gun that fires steady bursts of bullets at mid range, and ''Configuration: Sentry'', which morphs Bastion into a stationary turret armed with a devastating Gatling gun that will rapidly shred apart any enemy unfortunate enough to be in its range. In order to sustain itself Bastion can ''Self-Repair'', rapidly regaining health; this ability works on a resource bar that recharges when not in use. Its ultimate, ''Configuration: Tank'', morphs Bastion into a small tank armed with a long-range cannon that fires devastating explosive shells that blats enemies in a wide radius to bits. Bastion also has a passive, ''Ironclad'', that reduces damage taken while in Sentry or Tank mode.

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* ActivationSequence: Has a short one when Ganymede inadvertently wakes it up. Its systems begin powering up, then its external scanners light up, and it finally pulls itself from the moss and dirt that has been accumulating for years and years.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Was a member of a line of Bastion units that were built for peacekeeping purposes, but they ended up participating in the Omnic Crisis on the Omnic side.
* TheAloner: Since the few encounters with humans have led to the activation of its combat programming, it avoids populated areas and prefers to live in the wilderness.
* AntiArmor: To compensate for other buffs, the February 2017 patch made ''Configuration: Sentry'' PowerfulButInaccurate and unable to get headshots. This shifted it from a general purpose weapon to one focused more on tearing apart Tanks and especially shields. Its DPS is so ridiculously high that Reinhardt's, Winston's, and Symmetra's barriers will be shattered in a few seconds. It doesn't work near as well against D.Va, however, as her ''Defense Matrix''[='=]s durability is based on how long it's used rather than how much damage it soaks up. ZigZagged with Zarya as her barriers cause her to grow stronger upon taking damage, but they still have a limit that Bastion can easily mow down through along with Zarya herself.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: You'll notice that it takes much faster for Bastion to switch back from turret mode to robot mode; all the better to dodge incoming attacks or projectiles.
* ArmCannon: Bastion has a machine gun in place of a right arm.
* BalanceBuff: In February of 2017, Bastion got a number of buffs and nerfs to its kit, with the overall goal of transferring some of the power from its sentry configuration to recon and boosting its overall survivability. These changes cover things like larger clip sizes for both modes, self-repair being usable when moving and when taking damage, DamageReduction while transformed (sentry and tank), but a wider spread and no headshots for sentry mode. The result is a Bastion that is less of a hassle to play against, but that nevertheless plays a much more active role and with more options for when things get down and dirty.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Though usually friendly and peaceful, its combat programming still surfaces when provoked, turning it into a merciless killing machine.
* {{BFG}}: [[TransformingMecha Bastion actually IS a giant gun]], and comes in two flavors: a stationary [[GatlingGood Gatling turret]] perfect for holding a defensive line, and an Ultimate in the shape of a mobile tank form that fires devastating explosive shots.
* BoringButPractical: Bastion's ''Recon'' form might not be flashy with its standard machine-gun fire, but it's fairly accurate and reliable, comparable to Soldier: 76's weapon. Its ''Sentry'' form can also count, as while it's not very accurate over a long distance, it can't critical-hit, and renders Bastion immobile, it's remarkably effective at mowing down large tanks and their shields.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Mixed with GameplayAndStorySegregation, as seen in its short. In-game, a lone Bastion can mow down an entire team with ease if they don't know what they're doing, able to easily take down any targets advancing towards it. In ''The Last Bastion'', a Crusader is able to easily destroy multiple Bastions with a single Fire Strike, a move not even powerful enough to kill one Bastion in the game. Then again, the self-aware Bastion is a ''very'' unusual specimen of its model, and the Crusader in question was Balderich, the leader of their order and one of their strongest fighters.
* CranialProcessingUnit: In ''Recon'' form, it clearly has a head that takes double damage just like any human character. In ''Sentry'' form, its head folds down and its weak point changes to a glowing blue block that sticks out the back (its power core, which stays tucked away in its chest in recon mode). In ''The Last Bastion'', when Bastion encounters a wreckage of other Bastion-series robots, it scans the head for its memories.
* CriticalHit: Averted in Sentry Mode as of a February 2017 update; its bullets can now only crit while in Recon mode. It's still not a good idea to run into the line of sight of a Bastion rapidly firing away its 300-round clip, but at least it won't send you back to spawn as fast anymore.
* CooldownHug: Ganymede essentially does this at the end of ''The Last Bastion'' when it places a stick on its friend's arm, snapping the omnic out of its murderous programming and leading it back to the forest where it can be at peace.
* CuteMachines: Gentle and curious when it's not fighting, and even when it is it makes rather cute beeping noises.
* CyberCyclops: It sees the world through a vertical slit.
* DamageReduction: Bastion's ''Ironclad'' passive allows it to take less damage while as a sentry or a tank. Combined with its [[HealThyself heal ability,]] it's able to endure ''a lot'' of damage very easily.
* ADogNamedDog: "Bastion" is the name of its model series, and the character itself. But this Bastion is the LastOfItsKind, so at least it won't get confused for another Bastion.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the short, Bastion is gentle to everything it comes across. However, upon seeing or hearing something that reminds it of its past and the Omnic Crisis, [[ShellShockedVeteran its battle-based instincts take over.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Its "Overgrown" skin was released way before it was shown to be its canon appearance in ''The Last Bastion'' short.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Bastion has four optics in both of its shoulder guards, giving a total of nine "eyes". When in Sentry Mode, the shoulder guards open up for the optics, explaining how Bastion can see after tucking away its head.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Intensely curious about the world and wants to live unharmed and without harming others. In the short, it's shown that birds and butterflies flock to it when it's standing still.
* GatlingGood: In its sentry mode it transforms into a stationary turret with a Gatling gun with some of the highest potential DPS in the entire game.
* GentleGiant: Towers over most of the characters in "Recon" mode (except Reinhardt), and is really gentle towards all living creatures (except maybe humans).
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: The single eye has a faint glow to it.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Was originally designed for peacekeeping purposes, but eventually turned against its creators during the Omnic Crisis. Upon its awakening from a long period of inactivity, it displays an inquisitive and almost innocent nature (though its original combat capabilities still resurface when it feels threatened).
* HealThyself: Bastion's ''Self-Repair'' ability can heal it over time while in ''Recon'' or ''Sentry'' mode, though it's restricted by a resource meter that recharges over time. For the longest time up until February 2017, it didn't have a resource meter, but you weren't able to move while healing and taking any damage immediately stopped it.
* HeelFaceTurn: Having fought for the Omnics during the Omnic Crisis, it wakes up with no memory and once Bastion regains it, the omnic chooses to live in isolation with its bird friend rather than return to its original purpose of killing humans.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Zenyatta seems to be able to understand Bastion's robotic beeps in one of their team-up quotes.
* KillerRobot: Was one during the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], but nowadays since gaining self-awareness, it only fights when provoked and only wants to live alone in peace.
* LastOfItsKind: Of the "Bastion" unit series after most of them were destroyed or dissembled.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Bastion is almost always accompanied by a small bird named "Ganymede" when not in combat.
* MadeOfIron: [[LiteralMetaphor Aside from the literal meaning,]] Bastion became ''very'' durable following its Season 4 rework as a consequence of both its tweaked [[HealThyself Self-Repair]] and new [[DamageReduction Ironclad passive.]] The passive initially reduced 35% of all incoming damage, but it was considered way too much, as Bastion was able to shrug off an immense amount of damage with little effort, even [[AttackItsWeakPoint focused-fire to its weak point]] [[UpToEleven and multiple enemy ultimates,]] something other actual Tank heroes could only dream of. [[GameBreaker Naturally,]] 3 days after its introduction, it was nerfed to 20%.
* MeaningfulName: "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion Bastion]]" is a part of a fortification that is built at an angle, allowing defensive fire. Even more meaningful considering the common use of "last bastion" as a metaphor (may qualify as a StealthPun).
* MechaMooks: Originally one of the “Bastion" model production Omnics that made up some of the most effective killers during the Omnic Crisis.
* MightyGlacier: Has high health with a self-heal, and can deal immense damage while in Sentry mode, however, it has no movement abilities and loses the ability to move at all in said Sentry mode.
* MoralityChain: Bastion's bird companion, Ganymede, doubles as this. In the short, they're the one who snaps Bastion out of its combat programming and convinces Bastion to return to the forest rather than follow its objective into the nearby city.
* MoreDakka: Bastion's entire playstyle consist of gunning down the opponent with continious fire in its turret form. If not dealt properly, it can kill anyone in a matter of seconds. Only a few characters can counter Bastion's high damage output without resorting to their ultimates.
* NoBiologicalSex: On account of being an Omnic robot, though unlike Zenyatta and Orisa, Bastion isn't labeled with a gendered pronoun, and is instead [[ItIsDehumanizing referred to as "it"]] by the game and its developers.
* TheOnlyOne: The implications of the comic "Binary" is that Bastion [[spoiler: is a key figure in the second Omnic crisis due to its child like sentience and for going against its central programming. The usually xenophobic Torbjörn actually saves it from a town that is hunting it out of hate and fear. Bastion wasn't saved by an act of kindness however, it was saved by an act of curiosity and for Torbjörn's need for redemption.]]
* OntologicalMystery: In ''The Last Bastion'', it simply activates, whole, if weathered and covered in earth and plant growth, in the middle of a forest, unaware of what it is or where it came from. The short concludes with several more mysteries, such as why the robot is more self-aware than its brethren or what led it to shut-down, fully-functional, in the middle of the woods.
* PartsUnknown: Where this particular Bastion was built isn't known. For what it's worth, the writing on its body and HUD seems to be in English and the woods it wakes up in are near Eichenwalde, Germany.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: The ''Sentry'' form's Gatling gun has the highest damage rate for a non-ultimate weapon by a wide margin, but the spread is quite wide even for the very first shot.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of its skins, appropriately titled "Omnic Crisis", has its vertical-slitted eye colored a dark red-violet. This also happens in its short whenever its combat programming begins to take over.
* RocketJump: The projectiles fired during ''Configuration: Tank'' can repel Bastion up a decent height if you shoot at the ground below, allowing you to be more unpredictable while using your ultimate.
* ShellShockedVeteran: A robotic version. Any sound or visual cue that makes Bastion remember the Omnic Crisis causes it to revert to its original programming against its will. Mistaking the sound of a woodpecker in the forest for machine-gun fire causes it to revert to sentry mode not long after it wakes up in ''The Last Bastion'', and Bastion reverts to its original programming when it later downloads the memories of the Omnic Crisis from a fallen Bastion unit. It's only Ganymede's innocent intervention that snaps them out of it.
* SimpleYetAwesome: Bastion doesn't have any fancy abilities; just a self-heal and the ability to turn into a [[GatlingGood Gatling turret]]. But that Gatling turret packs enough firepower to demolish the ''entire'' enemy team should they be dumb enough to try a frontal assault.
* SkillGateCharacter: Far and away the biggest headache for inexperienced players, who are unfamiliar with its counters and possible flank routes through the map. Once players figure out how to counter it, Bastion very quickly becomes one of the weaker characters, though some more clever Bastion players can rely on shifting their position often to ambush opponents and make it useful at higher skill levels. A Bastion player who masters the positioning, when to use the turret and when ''not'' to, as well as having a good communication with your teammates, however, is an absolute beast to be reckoned with.
* TheSouthpaw: On account of only having a left hand.
* SplitPersonality: "The Last Bastion'' short makes its combat programming act like one. In its "blue-eyed" personality, the robot seems inquisitive, innocent, and gentle, with smooth, careful movements. Its "red-eyed" combat-oriented personality, by contrast, moves in a clipped, efficient fashion and attempts to achieve its long-since-pointless "objective" by attacking a nearby city. The two seemingly struggle for control when Ganymede perches on it, with the blue-eyed personality emerging as dominant.
* SteamPunk: Its "Steambot" and "Gearbot" skins change them designs based on this style.
* SpentShellsShower: The "Bullet Rain" intro showers the camera in spent shells before zooming out to show its minigun firing away.
* TankGoodness: Its ultimate transforms it into a tank.
* TransformingMecha: It can switch between its ''Recon'' and ''Sentry'' configurations, and has an Ultimate that has it transform into a ''Tank''.
* {{Trigger}}: Things that remind it of the Omnic Crisis can cause it to revert back into its combat programming, much like a PTSD trigger.
* TheTurretMaster: However, instead of building turrets, it transforms into one itself.
* TheUnintelligible: Doesn't have a distinguishable voice of any sort, just beeping chirps, similar to the tweets of its bird friend. Its short animation reveals that the beeping is its native tongue, so to speak. It should be noted though that they came from an actual voice actor who was asked to make sounds representing emotions, whatever exactly that entails.
* WalkDontSwim: It's implied that Bastion walked along the ocean floor in "Binary" to reach its destination, as it's seen [[ClingyAquaticLife with starfish and an octopus clinging to it.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Despite Omnic rights coming into prominence, there wasn't much grief spent on either side over the mass dismantling of whatever Bastion units remained. Several characters in-game treat the last of them with a measure of dignity though.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: The first part of its short has it wandering around the forest experiencing the wonders of nature, until the woodpecker is heard.
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[[folder:Hanzo - ''Japan'']]
!!Hanzo Shimada
!!!'''Age:''' 38
!!!'''Occupation:''' Mercenary, Assassin
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Hanamura, Japan (formerly)
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Shimada Clan (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''Dragons'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Reflections" (cameo)
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Expect nothing less."'']]

->''"With every death comes honor. With honor, redemption."''

->Voiced by: Paul Nakauchi (English), Dan Osorio (Latin American Spanish), Miguel Ángel Montero (European Spanish), Shuhei Sakaguchi (Japanese), Lionel Tua (French), Reginaldo Primo (Brazilian Portuguese), Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian), Bernd Vollbrecht (German), Hanshin (Korean), Kang Dian-Hong (Taiwanese Chinese), Liú Běichén (Mandarin Chinese), Krzysztof Cybiński (Polish), Ilya Isayev (Russian)

The Shimada family was established centuries ago, a clan of assassins whose power grew over the years, enabling them to build a vast criminal empire that profited from lucrative trade in arms and illegal substances. As the eldest son of the family's head, Hanzo was bound by duty to succeed his father and rule the Shimada empire. From a young age, he was trained for that responsibility, displaying a natural aptitude for leadership and possessing an innate understanding of strategy and tactics. He also excelled in more practical areas: he was a prodigy in martial arts, swordplay, and bowmanship.

Upon the death of his father, the clan elders instructed Hanzo to straighten out his wayward younger brother so that he, too, might help rule the Shimada empire. When his brother refused, Hanzo was forced to kill him. This act broke Hanzo's heart and drove him to reject his father's legacy, ultimately leading him to abandon the clan and all that he had worked so hard to attain.

Now, Hanzo travels the world, perfecting his skills as a warrior, attempting to restore his honor and put the ghosts of his past to rest.

Once a year, he snuck into his old home, which now sends assassins to kill him for his desertion. His goal was mostly to honor the spirit of his brother. Until one day, he was assaulted in the same place by a mysterious CyberNinja that lectured him about his actions, or rather, his inaction towards the changing world. The lecture turned into a fierce battle and, to Hanzo's shock, the ninja revealed himself as Genji, saved from death by Overwatch. Genji forgives him, but Hanzo becomes furious after realizing that Genji's survival rendered the RedemptionQuest to honor him meaningless, and calls Genji foolish to still believe in childish ideals from fairy tales. Even so, Genji's words left him conflicted about the future and his feelings for his brother.

Hanzo is a Defensive character who can sneak into an enemy's holdout and silently kill them before moving on to his next target. Eschewing the favored weapons of his time, his weapon is the ''Storm Bow'', a mechanical bow that can fire all sorts of mechanical, or mundane, arrows at enemies. He has the ability to ''Wall Climb'', which lets him climb up a vertical surface. His first ability is ''Sonic Arrow''. Hanzo fires at arrow at the location that releases a pulse of sound, signaling to him whether or not nearby enemies are beyond the wall or nearby. His second ability, ''Scatter Arrow'', fires an arrow that ricochets off walls and objects, enabling him to strike at angles and hit multiple targets. His ultimate, ''Dragonstrike'', takes off the guise of stealth and summons a pair of Spirit Dragons that travel forward from his location, killing any enemies in its path.
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* AnimalMotifs:
** Dragons. On a symbolic level, dragons in some Asian cultures represent prosperity, strength, and good fortune and are typically benevolent creatures, but because the dragon is the family icon of the Shimada clan's criminal empire, the Western depiction of dragons being creatures of evil applies as well.
** His "Lone Wolf" and "Okami" skins replace it with a wolf motif instead, with wolf pelts, a changed Ultimate that replaces the Spirit Dragons with howling wolves, and his voiceover is updated from mentioning dragons to wolves. Wolves represent freedom as well as family and community, but they also symbolize a lack of trust in others and/or yourself -- despite having had broken away from his family after nearly killing Genji, Hanzo still feels a lingering sense of loyalty and duty, and much of his inner conflict stems from his choice of either following his clan's footsteps or forgive himself and pursue the heroic path like Genji did.
* TheAtoner: He seeks to regain his honor for both killing his brother and for being a part of a criminal clan that would force him to do such a thing.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's quite cocky and contemptuous towards his enemies, and openly gloats about his skills in combat.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: His outfit is based on feudal Japanese ninja clothing with modern touches such as futuristic boots and a waist pack. Doesn't stop it from looking awesome.
* BadassBaritone: Has a deep voice with a strong Japanese accent, and is a very competent bowman and assassin.
* BadassBeard: He has a small one along with a BadassMustache.
* BadassBoast: Gives one to Genji in ''Dragons'', mistaking him for an assassin:
-->'''Hanzo''': You are not the first assassin sent to kill me. And you will not be the last.
* BeardOfSorrow: The mustache and small beard he has now? He didn't start growing it until after he was forced to kill his younger brother Genji.
* BecomingTheCostume: Hanzo's "Okami" and "Lone Wolf" skins change a large number of lines, replacing his dragon motif with a wolf one. For example, when launching his ''Sonic Arrow'', instead of saying "Marked by the dragon," he'll say "The wolf marks its prey." His [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Ultimate line]] changes from "Ryū ga waga teki o kurau!"[[labelnote:*]]"Let the dragon consume you!"[[/labelnote]] to "Ōkami yo, waga teki o kurae!"[[labelnote:*]]"The wolf hunts for his prey!"[[/labelnote]] Additionally, the projectile itself becomes two wolves instead of dragons, the roar sounds become howling, and if it gets any kills, Hanzo says "The wolf is sated," instead of "The dragon is sated."
* BerserkButton: '''Genji'''. As if being forced to kill him wasn't enough to leave Hanzo a remorseful wreck, he now finds out that his brother is alive and well and is willing to forgive him for an act that caused him to abandon his family and spend his entire life on an ultimately-pointless redemption quest for something he began to view as irredeemable. Mentioning Genji or bringing up the fact that the two are similar will result in Hanzo furiously and spitefully denying him.
* BottomlessMagazines: While played straight in the game itself, in the animated short ''Dragons'', he runs out of arrows during his fight with Genji and has to pick them up from where he fired them.
* BringIt: One of his taunts is a classic "Come and get me" gesture.
* CainAndAbel: After their father's death, tensions rose between him and his brother Genji until he was forced by the clan elders to kill him. Even after his brother shows up alive again, Hanzo has very conflicted feelings about him, despite Genji forgiving him.
-->'''Genji''': "It is not too late to change your course, brother."
-->'''Hanzo''': "You may call yourself my brother, but you are not the Genji I knew."
* ChargedAttack: His ''Storm Bow'' is Hold-type; simply tapping the fire button fires a very weak arrow, but holding it down for full power allows it to OneHitKill non-tanks with a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite wearing mostly black, having an evil looking scowl most of the time, and is not the WhiteSheep of his criminal empire family, he's far from evil himself; having performed a HeelFaceTurn after (almost) murdering Genji.
* DeathSeeker: Implied: he tells Genji to kill him in ''Dragons'' and Genji replies that he will not grant him the death he wishes for. There's also his Halloween "R.I.P." victory pose, where unlike everybody else who is bursting from out of their graves, [[https://s3.amazonaws.com/zam-overking-media/media/Halloween/RIP%20Pose/hanzo.jpg Hanzo seems perfectly content staying put.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen He and his brother were originally one cyber ninja in concept named Hanzo,]] but the design was deemed too unfocused and crammed with too many ninja weapons and gimmicks. Rather than completely scrap the idea, the character was made into two brothers, with Hanzo inheriting the clothes, bow usage, and name the original character had.
* DefectorFromDecadence: He left his family and the criminal empire he could have ruled since it cost him his brother. Downplayed as a few of his quotes imply he regret having left the Yakuza lifestyle.
* DifficultButAwesome: He's rated 3 stars for a reason. He's difficult in that his arrows require draw time and are projectiles instead of hitscan-based which also ''[[AvertedTrope avert]]'' NoArcInArchery, meaning actually hitting a target requires consistent aim ''and'' prediction, not helped by the lack of a scope making it more difficult to aim precisely. His kit is entirely based around dealing burst damage and getting picks, and if he fails to do so, he might be considered TheMillstone by his team. His ''Dragonstrike'' ultimate is also difficult to use effectively, as while it has huge damage and [=AoE=], it's a PainfullySlowProjectile that can be easily avoided through experience, meaning you'll have to get crafty to use it properly. He's ''awesome'' in that his arrows' lack of a scope prevents him from suffering tunnel vision, he requires virtually no reloading, he has one of the only abilities in the game that can provide team-wide vision, and his potential mid-to-long-range damage output is absolutely absurd. A well-trained Hanzo can easily shut down enemy teams before they can touch the objective.
* DontYouDarePityMe: In every interaction where Genji shows Hanzo sympathy or tries to give him a [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech]], Hanzo lashes out and insults Genji.
* DrowningMySorrows: The Halloween update reveals his canteen is always full of sake. And it's one of the biggest canteens among the cast members who have them. Presumably it's to dull the constant guilt and regret he feels.
* DueToTheDead: It's revealed in ''Dragons'' that every year he returns to Hanamura, his former home, to pay tribute to his dead younger brother Genji. Until he learns Genji is not dead as previously thought.
* TheDutifulSon: While he ''has'' renounced his family ties after being forced to kill Genji, pre-match dialogue implies that he on some level regrets his decision and wants to make his family powerful again, yet it is implied that he has some clear standards on how to do it, such as when he turns down Widowmaker's offer to join Talon in exchange for his family's restoration. And part of the reason why Hanzo resents Genji is because of the latter's refusal to toe the line, resulting in their fated battle and causing everything to fall apart. And now that brother is revealed to be still alive, all of that grief and the journey to atone for his sins had been completely for nothing.
* FingerlessGloves: Of a sort. He wears a special archery glove[[note]]called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yugake&redirect=no yugake]][[/note]] on his right hand that covers everything except his ring finger and pinky.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The dutiful, responsible older brother of the foolish, hedonistic Genji, back when both of them were living in Hanamura and their scuffle that led to Genji's cybernetic transformation didn't happen yet.
* GlassCannon: Can deal high damage with his arrows and ultimate ability, however, he has mediocre health and no mobility-boosting abilities other than wall-climbing.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In-game, Hanzo can only shoot his arrows straight, even if they will eventually fall to gravity. In the ''Dragons'' animated short, his arrows can make a sideway arc, shoot to the side, and the arrow takes a turn to straight in front of Hanzo.
* HazyFeelTurn: Hanzo did not leave the life of a criminal behind, seeing as he still carries out assassinations. He did, however, leave the Shimada clan behind, and, even if he express regret at doing it, refuses to associate with [[CardCarryingVillain outright villainous groups]] like Talon.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon learning in the end of ''Dragons'' that Genji is still alive (albeit as a cyborg) and has forgiven him for nearly killing him on the orders of their clan elders, Hanzo's response is to continue burning incense as tribute to his brother like nothing happened as if he's in complete denial. It's suggested that his hostile banter with Genji during gameplay may have stemmed from this.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Averted. He was trained in the use of one, but after he was forced to kill Genji with one, he swore never to pick up another blade, instead using a bow and arrow.
* HitboxDissonance: Hanzo's arrow hitbox is roughly twice as wide as the actual character model, and just hitting in the upper portion of that giant hitbox counts as a headshot.
* {{Hunk}}: Half-shirtless, with a very extensive dragon tattoo.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He considers his act of killing Genji as something he had to do in order to placate his clan's elders and restore order to his already broken family, but it's clear that he deeply regrets it.
* ImportantHaircut: He used to have much longer hair in his twenties, and in "Reflections" (which takes place after ''Dragons'') he sports an undercut.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A good chunk of what he does with his arrows in ''Dragons'', most notably the part where he shoots an arrow which curves to hit and destroy a cellphone when a) he's grappling someone at the same time, b) the cellphone is moving and c) from where he shoots, Hanzo couldn't possibly see the point where his arrow lands.
* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: He's shown to be quite versatile with his bow in ''Dragons'', using it as a melee weapon in several instances. In fact, in his fight against Genji, he actually finds more success this way than through firing arrows.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His ultimate summons ''two'' Spirit Dragons that go through walls and kills everything in their path.
* JerkassFacade: Usually his default persona is TheAtoner. But, he's usually very nasty to Genji even after what he did, for ill-defined reasons.
* MageMarksman: Uses [[TrickArrow Trick Arrows]] to fight, and then there's the whole "shooting out two spirit dragons" thing.
* MasterSwordsman: WordOfGod says he's actually a master swordsman who's probably even better than his brother. However because of what happened with Genji, Hanzo put down the sword for good and picked up the bow instead. His old sword can still be found displayed in the Hanamura dojo with a chipped blade.
* MeaningfulName: His name alludes to UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, one of the most famous RealLife samurai.[[labelnote:*]]Contrary to popular depiction, Hattori Hanzo was NOT purely a ninja, his actual job was being a front-line soldier for Tokugawa Ieysu.[[/labelnote]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Seemingly killing his brother Genji broke his heart and caused him to leave the clan to atone for what he had done.
* MyGreatestFailure: The day he was forced to kill his little brother by his clan's elders was this for Hanzo. It's one of the main reasons he became TheAtoner.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When he (apparently) murdered his own brother to appease the clan elders and prevent the families dissolution, he instead accidentally turned Genji into the hero who would single-handedly dismantle the clan and leave it a pale husk of its former self.
* {{Ninja}}: Since the Shimada Clan was a family of ninjas before becoming Yakuza, Hanzo was trained as a ninja himself.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His Halloween skin basically makes him into a Zombie Ninja.
* NoArcInArchery: {{Averted}}! Unlike every other primary weapon in the game other than Torbjörn's, all of Hanzo's arrows are affected by gravity, including those spawning from his ''[[TrickArrow Scatter Arrow]]''. Judging how to aim at a distance based on this arc is one of the reasons aiming with him can be quite tough.
* NotSoDifferent: From Genji, at least in the eyes of Zenyatta.
--> '''Zenyatta:''' I sense within you the same rage that once consumed your brother.
--> '''Hanzo:''' We are ''nothing'' alike!
* NotSoStoic: His in-game lines are pretty chill and monotonous, but mentioning his younger brother (as seen in the ''Dragons'' short) makes him rash and angry.
* PerpetualFrowner: Admittedly, for good reason.
* PinballProjectile: ''Scatter Arrow'' causes Hanzo's arrow to explode into several more upon hitting a surface, each of which retain a normal arrow's general damage. An easy strategy for taking out squishy targets is to aim one right at their feet so multiple arrows explode from under them. Or just have some really, ''really'' [[https://gfycat.com/ForsakenTeemingBorer lucky geometry working for you.]]
* PowerTattoo: In the animated short ''Dragons'', his dragon tattoo glows as he unleashes his Dragonstrike. In fact the spirit dragons seem to appear ''from'' the tattoo before being unleashed through the arrow he fires.
* RedemptionRejection: Self-invoked example. He simply won't forgive himself for what he did to Genji and refused to redeem himself with Overwatch even after Genji explicitly forgave him with a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech at the end of ''Dragons''.
* SiblingRivalry: Despite wishing to atone for nearly killing Genji, Hanzo still prides himself on honor and looks down upon his brother for his hedonistic lifestyle even after he had become a cyborg and mellowed out. This conversation before a match begins says it all.
-->'''Hanzo:''' You will never amount to anything!
-->'''Genji:''' We shall see...''brother''.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: To Genji in ''Dragons'':
-->'''Hanzo''': Real life is not like the stories our father told us! You are a fool for believing it so!
* SummonMagic: He summons two giant spirit dragons to kill anything in their path. No explanation for this magic is offered, except that only a Shimada can control these dragons.
* TattooedCrook: Has a dragon tattoo on his left arm and was formerly the heir of a powerful {{Yakuza}} clan.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: In a world with guns and rockets and robot suits and teleporters, Hanzo uses a humble bow. A technologically enhanced bow, but a bow nonetheless.
* ThickerThanWater: Hanzo is a firm believer of traditional family loyalty and that honor lies in family loyalty, which was why he's TheDutifulSon who didn't seem to mind much about how the criminal activities of the clan are not good deeds, they're still his family, and while he left the clan in shame, he still held some regrets that he somehow wanted to return to his family. This is also why he's rather cross at Genji for his actions to shut down the Shimada clan, he cannot see honor in betraying one's own family even if it was for the greater good or common morality.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen, just like his brother. Thankfully for Hanzo, he's still able to enjoy it as he's still full human.
* TrickArrow: His ''Scatter Shot'' explodes when it hits a wall, releasing ricocheting arrows that bounce off walls and hit foes, and he also has ''Sonic Arrow'', which alerts him to nearby enemies. Additionally, in ''Dragons'' his normal arrows are apparently electric and homing.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He wears a kimono, but the left side is not on his body, showing off his left pec, left side of his torso, and an impressive arm-length dragon tattoo.
* WallCrawl: Thanks to his ''Wall Climb'' ability.
* WhiteSheep: Became this to his clan after he defected out of guilt for killing his little brother on the clan elders' orders.
* {{Yakuza}}: Former heir to the Shimada Clan's criminal empire and still has the tattoo to prove it.
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[[folder:Junkrat - ''Australia'']]
!!Jamison Fawkes / Junkrat
!!!'''Age:''' 25
!!!'''Occupation:''' Anarchist, Thief, Demolitionist, Mercenary, Scavenger
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Junkertown, Australia (formerly)
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Junkers (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''A Moment in Crime Special Report: "The Junkers"'' (focus), ''Junkertown: The Plan'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Going Legit" (focus), "Junkenstein" (focus), "Reflections" (cameo)
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock!"'']]


->''"It's a perfect day for some mayhem."''

->Voiced by: Chris Parson (English), Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan (Latin American Spanish), César Díaz (European Spanish), Hiroki Goto (Japanese), Stéphane Ronchewski (French), Cristiano Torreão (Brazilian Portuguese), Matteo Zanotti (Italian), Manuel Straube (German), Jeong-il Jin (Korean), Niu Kai Yang (Taiwanese Chinese), Zhāng Xīn (Mandarin Chinese), Krzysztof Plewako-Szczerbiński (Polish), Daniil Shcheblanov (Russian)

Junkrat is an explosives-obsessed freak who lives to cause chaos and destruction.

The attack on the Australian Omnium's fusion core forever altered the landscape of the Outback. After the detonation, the area was transformed into a harsh, irradiated wasteland, littered with debris and the twisted fragments of the ruined facility, and unlivable to most.

But there were some who survived. Calling themselves the Junkers, they scavenged the husk of the Omnium and formed a lawless, cutthroat society in its shadow. Junkrat, born Jamison Fawkes, was one of them, eking out a living reclaiming metal and components from the ruins. Like many others, he was affected by the lingering radiation. This touch of madness made him ideal for handling dangerous explosives, a love which he turned into an obsession.

He came to notoriety when he discovered an extremely valuable secret in the bones of the Omnium. Though few knew the nature of what he found, he was nonetheless pursued by bounty hunters, gangs, and opportunists wherever he went, until he made a deal with the Junker enforcer Roadhog, who grudgingly agreed to be his personal bodyguard in exchange for a fifty-fifty share of the spoils.

Now, with Roadhog in tow, Junkrat has left the Outback, and embarked upon an international crime spree leaving nothing but havoc and bedlam in his wake.

Junkrat is a Defense character who relies on heavy damage frags and traps in order to deny areas from his enemies. His ''Frag Launcher'' launches grenades in an arc that bounce when they hit the ground, and they blow up when they hit an enemy. His first ability, ''Concussion Mine'', sets down a triggerable mine that can be used to heavily damage and send enemies flying, or to propel himself to areas he would normally be unable to reach. His second ability, ''Steel Trap'', sets down a trap that clamps onto an enemy and roots them in place should they wander too close. His third ability, ''Total Mayhem'', is a non-activated passive ability that not only makes him immune to any damage from his own explosions, but also causes him to drop several live grenades upon his death in an attempt to take his enemy with him. Finally, in his ultimate, ''RIP-Tire'', Junkrat sends out an explosive, controllable tire on a 10-second timer that deals massive damage to enemies upon detonation and climbs over any walls and obstacles in its way. He can either remotely detonate the tire, or simply wait for it to explode on its own.
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* ActionBomb: His ''RIP-Tire'' sends out a controllable, [[PerfectlyCromulentWord explosified]] tire which can be steered almost anywhere and explode for ''massive'' damage, but it can be prematurely shot down by the enemy. Junkrat himself is an example of this, as if he's killed, he drops a few grenades that [[TakingYouWithMe can cause major damage if you're close enough.]]
* AffablyEvil: By far the most friendly and jovial of the {{Villain Protagonist}}s.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Junkrat shows signs of having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder impulsive type thanks to his childish behavior, constant fidgeting and twitching, impatience, nonstop talking, inability to stay quiet, acting without regard for consequences, and trouble socializing with others. However, no official statement about him having ADHD has been made, so it's up in the air.
* AnimalMotifs: A rat. His playstyle rewards sneakiness (as you deploy his trap and mine), and he's a thief who scavenges parts (for his arsenal), not unlike real-life rats. His darker soot-covered forehead and eye region, in contrast to his lighter pinkish pointy nose and mouth area, enhance his resemblance to a black-and-white pet rat or pet ferret.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: In "Junkertown: The Plan", he and Roadhog seem to think alike due to Roadhog's lack of objections to Junkrat's plan. When Roadhog silently dampens the match and fuse, Junkrat immediately understands Roadhog's objections and tailors his plan for Roadhog.
* ArtificialLimbs: Both his right arm and leg, probably lost in an explosive-related accident. Funnily enough, since he's one of the only playable heroes to have an artificial ''right'' arm, its only use is limited to holding his weapon, and his QuickMelee has him punch forward using his left, organic fist.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: According to "A Moment in Crime Special Report", he specializes in explosives, arson, demolition and barbecue.
* AshFace: Most of his head is covered in ash and his hair is smoking.
* AwesomeAussie: An Australian villain who fights with homemade explosives and leftover scrap in a game where everyone has modern-to-futuristic technology, with a heavy accent to go along with it. Doesn't get much more awesome than that.
* AxCrazy: Junkrat lives to cause mayhem and destruction.
* BadassBandolier: Wears a bandolier of grenades.
* BadassNormal: He doesn't have any special powers, hardware or training, but that doesn't make him any less dangerous.
* BearTrap: His Steel Trap ability.
* BecomingTheCostume:
** His "Hayseed" and "Scarecrow" skins give him a few bonus lines when "on fire," specifically mentioning that for his costume, [[LiteralMinded being "on fire" isn't very good.]]
** His "Dr. Junkenstein" skin gives him a few miscellaneous MadScientist lines, including changing his Ultimate callout to "Get ready for a shock!/Ladies and gentlemen, my latest creation!"
** His Summer games 2017 skins adds a few cricket-related lines.
* BerserkButton:
** As revealed in the comic short "Going Legit", he becomes absolutely ''furious'' whenever people call his partner Roadhog "fat" within earshot of him. [[HypocriticalHeartwarming However, he has no qualms in dishing out the fat jokes himself]].
** On a more serious note, [[FantasticRacism Omnics]]. The Omnic based maps makes him drop his silly AffablyEvil demeanor and start voicing genuine disgust towards their existence. And in place of his usual psychotic laughter for when he eliminates someone, he spitefully calls any Omnic character a "piece of scrap!"
* BetterThanSex: The face he makes when he lights the fuse for the dynamite in ''Junkertown: The Plan'' makes it appear [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like he's having an orgasm]].
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Junkrat is one of the most jovial and quirkiest characters in the game, but that doesn't mean he isn't dangerous. Far from it, he is an internationally wanted criminal and capable enough to put up a fight with other characters with far more technologically advanced weaponry or even professionally trained soldiers and assassins.
* BigBad: Of the Halloween event "Junkenstein's Revenge." Dr. Junkenstein has built an army of "Zomics" along with his monster to take revenge against the king that spurned him.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Little Guy to Roadhog's Big Guy. Even though he's 6'5'' (1.95m), he's scrawny and hunched over most of the time.
* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting the other heroes and in the comic he gets angry at Roadhog for destroying an omnic before he could and states that he would be upset if that was the only omnic.
* BondOneLiner: From his character ability trailer:
--> '''Junkrat''': [[{{Pun}} Rest In Pieces!]]
* BrainsAndBrawn: At first, he appears to be the Brains to Roadhog's Brawn, but as both the "Going Legit" comic and several of Junkrat's in-game voice lines make it very clear, [[SubvertedTrope he's very scatterbrained and easily distracted.]] Roadhog may be both the Brain and the Brawn of the team, but Junkrat is certainly the Mouth.
* ButtMonkey: Has two highlight introes where he makes a complete fool of himself and while he and Roadhog are an infamous criminal duo, he's the only one of the pair who gets sassed by other characters.
* ChainsawGood: During "Junkenstein's Revenge", the sound effect for the ''RIP-Tire'' is replaced with that of a revving chainsaw.
* ChurchgoingVillain: Downplayed, but this line in Nepal implies he's at least somewhat religious.
--> '''Junkrat''': Now this place? Eugh, makes me wanna be an atheist.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Implied to be the result of living in a country that has a very toxic environment. It did ''wonders'' to his sanity.
* CoolSidecar: Rides in one, which has his symbol on the front, attached to Roadhog's motorcycle.
* CuteLittleFangs: More apparent in his comic portrayal, but his canines are sharper than usual regardless.
* DamageDiscrimination: If used on himself, his ''Concussion Mine'' deals knockback but not damage, allowing him to harmlessly RocketJump to high places or out of danger. His ''Frag Launcher'' and ''RIP-Tire'' ''used'' to [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this [[ExplosiveStupidity and he was susceptible to his own explosives,]] but it's since been changed so it's not the case anymore.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He and Roadhog (as well as Mercy and Reaper) get more focus in the 2016 Halloween update by staring in the Halloween comic and being one the antagonists (or in Junkrat's case, the main antagonist) in the "Junkenstein's Revenge" brawl.
* DeadManSwitch: If killed, he drops several live grenades.
* DemolitionsExpert: He uses explosives for almost all of his moves.
* DroneDeployer: His ultimate is a remote-controlled, self-propelled bomb.
* DrFakenstein: His Halloween costume/persona is MadScientist "Dr. Junkenstein."
* DumbassHasAPoint: He's not the sanest of people, but his comment regarding Overwatch's idealism and how it contributed to the organization's downfall is eerily perceptive of him, especially when it could be applied to [[FallenHero Jack Morrison/Soldier: 76]].
* EvilLaugh: Does this constantly. So often it almost becomes little more than background noise after you have played as him a bit.
* ExplosiveCigar: Inverted; his Bad For Your Health victory pose has lit stick of dynamite in his mouth used like a cigar.
* ExplosiveStupidity: [[SubvertedTrope It's no longer the case,]] but for nearly a full year after the game's release, Junkrat's grenades and ''RIP-Tire'' could damage him, [[YetAnotherStupidDeath potentially causing him to blow himself up.]] ''Concussion Mine'' wouldn't hurt him even back then, but it's still capable of blasting him to unsafe places or off the map into a BottomlessPit if the player isn't careful.
* FantasticRacism: He is sickened by the idea of peace with the Omnics and believes that Overwatch accepting them was a major element of their downfall. When put in the Numbani map, his response is to suggest they raze it to the ground. He also is so fundamentally disgusted by the idea of Omnics and humans sharing the capacity for religion as a common point that he half jokingly says it makes him want to be an atheist.
* FatAndSkinny: The skinny partner to the fat Roadhog.
* FingerlessGloves: Wears one on one hand, since the other hand is a cybernetic replacement.
* FlamingHair: The tips of hair are not just smoking, but appear to be actively on fire. Even more with his "Scorched" skin equipped.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: You'd be hard-pressed to find a character who actually likes Junkrat. Most of his interactions consist of the other characters speaking negatively to him, sometimes involving his treasure. Even his partner-in-crime, Roadhog, thinks little of him.
** In "Junkertown: The Plan" it's revealed that Roadhog had a good reason to have a grudge against Junkrat. Junkrat got them exiled from Junkertown and then he lead the pair on a worldwide crime spree so that they can have revenge. The plan could have worked, but Junkrat's flamboyancy destroyed their chances of getting past the entrance gate.
* TheGadfly: He is quite gregarious and likes to chat, but he does not seem to have (or ''ever have had'') any close friends he ever mentions, except for Roadhog whom he hired as a bodyguard, probably due to his lack of any normal socialization. Or sanity. Or hygiene.
* GadgeteerGenius: All his weapons and traps are clearly homemade, yet he can go toe-to-toe with heroes like [[HardLight Symmetra]] or [[PoweredArmor Pharah]] and win. It's implied that his ArtificialLimbs were also made by his own hand. Roadhogs scrap gun is also implied to be Junkrat made, and the big guy liked it so much he never unholsters his original, more traditional, firearm anymore (at least in game).
* GrenadeLauncher: His main weapon is a custom built ''Frag Launcher''.
* GrenadeSpam: His ''Frag Launcher'' is a custom-made grenade launcher that allows him to shoot explosive grenades at people with a decent fire rate. [[PowerfulButInaccurate It may be inacurate as all get-out,]] but spamming grenades is usually effective for area denial, especially at chokepoints.
* GroinAttack: Does this to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself]] in one of his intros, aptly titled "Unfortunate".
* HandicappedBadass: He presumably lost both an arm and leg to a explosives-related accident and had to replace them with ArtificialLimbs. Still doesn't stop him from kicking ass.
* HappyHarlequinHat: Not entirely in his "Jester" skin, but his hair is styled to give the impression of one.
* HiddenDepths:
** If "[[ADayInTheLimelight Going Legit]]" is to go by, Junkrat at one point wanted to leave crime behind and go the legal way by getting a job that'll earn him big cash while letting him do what he does best (which is blowing things up). [[spoiler:His desire to go legit made him and Roadhog targets for a CorruptCorporateExecutive who hired them to take the fall for an insurance fraud scheme, specifically because honest workers are big targets for the legal system. Now thanks to that asshole, although Junkrat and Roadhog catch on and [[KarmicDeath kill him]], any chances of living honestly are shot to hell]].
** Junkrat is also able to speak some Mandarin Chinese.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A very specific case--Junkrat's GrenadeSpam, while useful as area denial, can also quickly charge up the energy of an enemy Zarya (by striking both her and her ally's barrier). Given that at maximum charge she dishes out 190DPS, if he's not careful around her, Junkrat can be the indirect cause of his entire team being melted.
* TheHyena: He laughs and [[GigglingVillain giggles]] while in combat ''a lot.''
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: He might not have any problems making fat jokes at Roadhog's expense, but he [[BerserkButton loses it]] when someone else calls him fat. Killing a Roadhog on his team also warrants this type of response:
--> '''Junkrat''': Hey! I'm the only one who gets to kill the big lug!
* InsistentTerminology: Mei refers him as TheBully, but Junkrat finds it inaccurate... he's more of a ''freedom fighter''. A misguided one.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: For a certain value of "friendship", but there's a twenty-three year age gap between Roadhog and him.
* InvulnerableKnuckles: His melee attack? Not a pistol whip with his grenade launcher or a swipe with his cybernetic limb, but an outright screaming jab with his regular hand.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's a violent, explosives-obsessed criminal, but in the comic "Going Legit", he comments that Overwatch's idealism ultimately led to its downfall. Given Overwatch's turbulent history, he may be right...
* KingKoopaCopy: Borrows the hairstyle and EvilEyebrows. The spiky tire on his back also resembles Bowser's shell. He also has a violent (if not wise) personality.
* {{Knockback}}: The main property of his ''Concussion Mine''; while it's so-so in the damage department, it can easily disrupt an enemy formation or push someone into dangerous situations or [[BottomlessPits off to their doom]]. He can also [[RocketJump use the knockback to propel himself around the map]].
* LaughablyEvil: Junkrat is a criminal, but most of his emotes and interactions are lighthearted and amusing to watch. His goal is to have you laugh right alongside him just before the boom.
* LaughingMad: It's not uncommon to hear him giggling like a maniac, his laughing emote just further invoakes this.
* LeanAndMean: To contrast his FatBastard partner Roadhog.
* LittleGuyBigBuddy: Roadhog's bodyguard duty means not only is he protecting Junkrat from other criminals, it has him basically babysitting Junkrat to protect the skinny idiot from his own recklessness. Meanwhile Junkrat has (perhaps naively) come to regard Roadhog as a friend.
* MadBomber: A complete psycho who uses bombs for the majority of his abilities.
* MadScientist: His "Dr. Junkenstein" Halloween skin makes him into one, [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} just like the person that the skin takes its name from.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** His real name, Jamison Fawkes, brings to mind Guy Fawkes, the infamous provincial English Catholic who attempted to blow up the House of Lords in 1605. Along with that, "Guy Fawkes Night" is a holiday that was once commonly celebrated in Australia, which is Junkrat's home country. One of his voice lines even references the famous ''Gunpowder Plot'' poem:
--> '''Junkrat''': ''Remember, remember''... what the heck was I saying again?
** "Junkertown: The Plan", involved him and Roadhog plotting to get revenge on the queen of Junkertown by using explosives. Sound familiar?
** His moniker "Junkrat" also counts - like a real rat, he looks around for pieces of discarded junk that no one wants and converts them into useful tools.
* MonsterClown: His "Jester" and "Fool" legendary skins, natch.
* NeverMyFault: In "Junkertown: The Plan", Junkrat repeatedly blames Roadhog for messing everything up and ultimately getting them kicked out of Junkertown. Junkrat's track record so far would suggest he's the one who screwed up.
* NonchalantDodge: In contrast to other "sitting" emotes, Junkrat's "Lounging" emote takes up very little vertical space in comparison to his default stance. With exceptionally good timing and luck, you can actually make him dodge bullets as he flops himself to the ground.
* OhCrap:
** In the comic short "Going Legit", he plans to invade a warehouse by blowing a hole through the roof and going from there... only to realize after jumping in that it's a ''long'' way down.
---> '''Junkrat''': I'm coming for ya, you scrap-headed—! ...''Oh-there's-no-top-floor-you-sons-of''...
** Also present in one of his intros, where he trips, falls over, and drops a live bomb next to his own face.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He and Roadhog might not always get along, but kill Roadhog in gameplay and Junkrat ''will'' call you out on it, saying that he's the only one who gets to kill the big guy.
* PlayerGuidedMissile: ''RIP-Tire'' is basically a remote-controlled explosive that can be steered into enemies to really ruin their day.
* PokeThePoodle: As well as bank robberies and stealing an ice cream truck, perhaps his most heinous crime is stealing pop from a kid.
* PostApunkalypticArmor: Wears attire that wouldn't be uncommon in an [[TheApunkalypse Apunkalypse setting]] like Film/MadMax.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: All of Junkrat's weaponry are parabolic-launching projectiles while every other character has at least one straight-firing one. Hitting a target is thus a matter of aim, calculation and experience. On the other hand, his weapons have some of the highest DPS in the game, he has significant burst damage potential with his ''Steel Trap'' and ''Concussion Mine'' on top of his usual grenades, he could fire behind obstacles, and if everything else fails, can just GrenadeSpam with impunity and cause major area denial to the enemy team.
* PsychoForHire: In "Going Legit" both he and Roadhog were hired to rescue some hostages from Omnic Terrorists, [[spoiler: This turned out to be a trap as the businessman was simply using them to gain the insurance money and possibly claim their $25,000,00 bounty]]. However in "Junkertown: The Plan", Junkrat didn't realise that his initial plan will destroy the stolen money until Roadhog brought it to his attention.
* PsychopathicManchild: In his and Roadhog's "A Moment in Crime" trailer, he is seen robbing an arcade, and he's often laughing and giggling during battles. His relationship to Roadhog also appears to be similar to a hyperactive child and a stressed babysitter.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Roadhog's Blue Oni.
* RhymesOnADime: In the Halloween trailer, Junkrat is the narrator and spends most of the time rhyming.
* RockBeatsLaser: In stark contrast to the rest of the cast using highly advanced and futuristic weapons and equipment, Junkrat's means of combat consist of weapons built entirely from scrap. Even the frag grenades he fires are entirely homemade.
* RocketJump: With his Concussion Mine. Unlike the other heroes' version of this, his own Mines don't damage him at all, so his conc-jumping is only limited by the cooldown. Savvy players can take advantage of this to propel to high places where Junkrat becomes harder to counter.
* SkillGateCharacter: He's quite easy to pick up, and his kit contains a lot of bulky burst damage, making him the one-shotting bane of low-level players' existence. Unfortunately, he's also pretty niche in high-level scenarios since his damage usually comes from counting on enemies to make mistakes, and his inaccuracy and destroyable ultimate can make him as a whole somewhat underwhelming when compared to other more DifficultButAwesome heroes. In fact, because his damage is so PowerfulButInaccurate, it can actually [[TheMillstone directly assist the enemy team]] by giving healers ult charge or Zarya her shield charge if he can't instantly kill them. But make no mistake, when it comes to tightly-packed enemy teams, Junkrat is unparalleled in his niche.
* SlasherSmile: Sports a huge scary grin that would make even [[{{Franchise/Batman}}The Joker]] proud.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Like Roadhog, his outfit has spikes all over the place, and he's also a dangerous criminal.
* StillWearingTheOldColors: Still wears his Junker attire despite having cut ties with them.
* StuffBlowingUp: Most of his kit involves explosives in some way.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Some of his pre-game dialogue has characters like Hanzo and Reaper inquiring about the Omnium treasure Junkrat found in the past, causing him to nervously feign ignorance.
* SoreLoser: One of his voiclines when respawning after getting a kill with [[TakingYouWithMe Total Mayhem]] has him [[BlatantLies vehemently denying being this]].
* TakingYouWithMe: The point of his ''Total Mayhem'' ability.
* TalkativeLoon: He has quite a lot to say when using his abilities, getting kills, etc. [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight Sometimes he makes sense]], other times... not so much.
-->'''When laying down a Concussion Mine''': Stop me if you've heard this one before!
* TattooedCrook: He has a faded tattoo of a flaming skull with crossbones on his right shoulder, and is a notorious criminal.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: He and his partner Roadhog are on an international crime spree because they felt like it. While they are mere criminals, albeit really dangerous, the "Moment in Crime" report describes them as Terrorists.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Roadhog. Together, they cause chaos and destruction all over the world.
* TranquilFury: For a crazy guy who loves explosives, in the comic short "Going Legit" Junkrat responds not with explosive rage as expected, but with cold fury [[spoiler:when he realizes the CorruptCorporateExecutive hired him and Roadhog for the purpose of taking the fall for his insurance fraud scheme]], and his usual joviality takes on an icy edge [[spoiler:when he confronts his employer and blows him up to kingdom come]]. This was right after his outburst towards a cop who [[BerserkButton called Roadhog "fat"]].
* TrickBomb: His ''Concussion Mine'' blasts opponents and sends them flying into oblivion, while also helping him reach normally inaccessible areas. Oh, and they can be activated remotely at any time.
* TrapMaster: His ''Steel Trap'' ability allows him to place large, custom-made bear traps that clamp onto opposing players and immobilizes them, doing 80 damage in the process.
* UnwittingPawn: In the comic short "Going Legit", he and Roadhog are hired by a wealthy CorruptCorporateExecutive [[spoiler: to take the fall for an insurance fraud scheme under the guise of "rescuing" some factory workers from Omnic terrorists. Once Roadhog and Junkrat catch on, they kill the guy by hanging him with chains several hundred stories high in the air and then blowing him (and his office building) to Kingdom Come]].
* VerbalBackpedaling: His quote as his team is losing their objective:
-->'''Junkrat''': They're taking the point! Time to blow it -- ''them'' up! I meant them.
* VillainProtagonist: Naturally, since he's been orchestrating a string of crimes across the world with Roadhog, and is one of the playable characters.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Seems to be his relationship with Roadhog, they might insult each other, but they also have their moments showing they care for each other.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Both he and Roadhog never wear shirts (probably due to Australia's blistering heat, shoulder gear notwithstanding), but unlike Roadhog who is massive with fat and muscles, Junkrat is all muscle even though he's rather on the scrawny side. [[MrFanservice Not that there's anything wrong with it]].
* WheresTheKaboom: In Junkrat's "Dud?" emote, Junkrat lights a firework in his hand and holds it away, only for the fuse to fizzle out. Curious about the lack of detonation, Junkrat shakes the firework and holds it to his face, only for it to ''then'' blow up.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Has yellow eyes and his gameplay has some elements of stealth regarding how he places his traps.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He looks like he's in his 30s at least, but he's only 25, the second youngest human character after D.Va. Though to be fair, the radiation and constant sun exposure from living in Australia probably hasn't done wonders for him. Many were actually surprised to learn that he is ''twenty-three years'' Roadhog's junior.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Junkrat executes a lot of terror and mayhem sprees for fun enough to be labelled as one of those loose cannon terrorists, but in his mind, he's being some sort of freedom fighter, a misguided one, for some unknown cause (or none at all).
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[[folder:Mei - ''China'']]
!!Mei-Ling Zhou
!!!'''Age:''' 40 (physically 31)
!!!'''Occupation:''' Climatologist, Adventurer
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Xi’an, China (formerly)
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Overwatch
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''Rise and Shine'' (focus)
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Reflections" (cameo)
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Hang in there."'']]



->''"Our world is worth fighting for."''

->Voiced by: Zhang Yu (English and Mandarin Chinese), Joana Ruvalcaba (Latin American Spanish), Laura Barriga (European Spanish), Creator/{{Lynn}} (Japanese), Adeline Chetail (French), Erika Menezes (Brazilian Portuguese), Katia Sorrentino (Italian), Rubina Kuraoka (German), Suk-kyung Jeon (Korean), Lin Mei-hsiu (Taiwanese Chinese), Marta Dobecka (Polish), Darya Frolova (Russian)

Mei is a scientist who has taken the fight to preserve the environment into her own hands.

Though many blamed the planet's escalating, unexplained climate phenomena on the advent of new technologies, the rapidly growing Omnic population, and drastically increased consumption of resources, the true cause remained unknown. To find a solution, Overwatch established a series of eco-Watchpoints at remote, critical locations worldwide.

Mei-Ling Zhou (周美灵 ''Zhōu Měi-líng'' [[labelnote: Note]]Her Chinese name can be seen in the news ticker found in the Lijiang Tower "Night Market" map[[/labelnote]]) was a member of this multiyear initiative. A peerless climatologist, she had introduced cutting-edge innovations in the field of climate manipulation that protected at-risk areas in Asia and beyond. She was assigned to the program's monitoring station at Watchpoint: Antarctica when disaster struck: a sudden, catastrophic polar storm battered the installation and cut it off from the outside world, leaving the facility damaged and the scientists stranded. As their supplies dwindled, they entered cryostasis in a last-ditch effort to survive until a rescue attempt could be made.

But that rescue never came. It was years later when the team's cryogenics chamber was finally discovered. Mei, still in hibernation, was the only survivor. The world Mei awoke to had gone through considerable changes: Overwatch was no more, the serious climate issues had worsened, and none of the eco-Watchpoints were in operation. Any clues that they had uncovered were lost.

Mei has decided to continue her work on her own. Equipped with a portable version of her climate-manipulation technology, she travels around the world, hoping to re-establish the eco-network and track down the causes of the threats to the planet's ecosystem.

Mei received the recall to join the new Overwatch after Winston reinstated the organization, albeit indirectly. After waking up from cryostasis, she has now set out to rejoin Overwatch, becoming the second member confirmed to accept the call.

A Defensive character, Mei uses her technology to freeze opponents and defend herself and her allies from harm. She utilizes her ''Endothermic Blaster'' to damage, slow, and eventually encase enemy heroes in ice, making them unable to move. She can also shoot icicles from the weapon. Her first ability, ''Cryo-Freeze'', lets her surround herself in ice, allowing her to heal and ignore damage with the consequence of being unable to move or use other abilities. In her second ability, ''Ice Wall'', she raises a solid wall of ice, which breaks line of sight, defends against enemy attacks, and stops enemy movement; it's also useful for raising allies to higher ground and creating pathways. Her ultimate, ''Blizzard'', has her toss a weather-modification drone, which creates freezing winds and snow in a small area; any enemies caught within will be slowed, damaged, and ultimately frozen.
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* {{Adorkable}}: A big, adorable smile, an optimistic outlook, a Ph.D...
* AmmunitionBackpack: Carries a large transparent canister, presumably filled with cooling agent. The end of the ''Rise and Shine'' cinematic shows that the bulk of it is Snowball's battery charging station.
* AnIcePerson: She primarily uses ice for her moves, either by freezing enemies solid, firing painful icicles at them, or blocking them off with a giant ''Ice Wall.''
* AsianAndNerdy: A brilliant Chinese climatologist who is able to correct ''[[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Winston's]]'' calculations on occasion.
* ApologeticAttacker: Some of her lines after a kill are "Sorry, sorry, [[RuleOfThree I'm sorry,]] [[ApologisesALot sorry!]]" and "Sorry about that!"
* BadassAdorable: Cute as a button, and armed with devices which can freeze the hell out of you.
* BadassBookworm: She's an excellent climatologist who uses her technology to fight alongside the other heroes.
* BecomingTheCostume:
** Her "Rescue" and "Firefighter" skins change her hero-change line from "Mei, checking in!" to "Mei on duty," and gives her a bonus "on-fire" line in "I'm on fire! [[LampshadeHanging Isn't that against regulations?"]]
** Her "Mei-rry" skin gives her a bonus line of her cheerily saying "Happy holidays!" [[MoodWhiplash upon killing an enemy.]]
** Her [[Myth/ChineseMythology "Chang'e"]] skin (not the "Luna" recolor) gives her the line "Those astronauts never found me!" She also has some unique quotes while on the Horizon Lunar Base map, including a simple "Home sweet home."
** Her "Beekeeper" outfit gives her the respawn line "Ouch, that really stings."
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: She seems to have a fondness for yetis, doodling them in notes found in Ecopoint: Antarctica, and she also has her own Legendary "Yeti Hunter" and "Abominable" skins.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her winter gear has a lot of blue, and she firmly believes in fighting for a better world.
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair, and she's a peerless climatologist.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Beneath her adorable outlook, Mei has a very negative view of bullies. This is why she hates Junkrat and dismisses him in spite his [[AffablyEvil joyful manner]], and she'll proclaim her hatred towards bullies to any villainous characters that she just killed. In "Mei's Snowball Offensive" where everyone is Mei and shooting snowballs at each other, she'll sometimes say "I'm putting a rock in this one" while making a snowball. And she gets a very "Time to die" expression on her face when lining up an icicle shot.
* BoringButPractical: Her moveset is chiefly concerned with slowing down her opponents rather than outright killing them. Since time is a major component on all the maps, delaying the demise of your enemies paradoxically debilitates their assaults more than murder because it will take them longer to reach the objective (if they survive) or to respawn (if they are killed while frozen).
* BreakTheCutie: The ''Rise and Shine'' short shows Mei when she first woke up from her cryo-sleep. First, she finds out the data she was collecting is way worse then originally predicted, next she finds she and the team have been asleep for 9 years. ''Then'' she finds out Overwatch had been shut down, meaning rescue isn't coming, and finally, she finds out that her whole team is dead except for her. This all happens in just a few minutes.
* CatchPhrase: "Our world is worth fighting for." Aside from it being her selection quote, the Chinese translation of it is one of her manual voice lines, and when [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome viewing the earth through a telescope on the Horizon Lunar Colony,]] she'll say "Our world ''is'' worth fighting for."
* ColdHam: Pun not intended. Mei does not raise her voice or shout, but when she expresses an emotion (such as excitement or anger), it carries a weight of emotion all the same.
* ColdSleepColdFuture: She spent ''years'' in cryogenic sleep, waiting for a rescue from a violent polar storm that never came. By the time she woke up, Overwatch was dismantled, the Earth's climate grew even worse, and all of the established eco-Watchposts were long defunct, leaving much of her co-workers' research lost.
* CoupDeGrace: Perhaps the most memetic example in the game. Step 1: Freeze an enemy solid. Step 2: Aim an icicle to their head, point-blank range.
* TheCutie: Very adorable, huggable with big eyes, wears NerdGlasses, and is ridiculously sweet? Yes, she definitely qualifies.
* {{Determinator}}: She may not look the part, but her quote above speaks for itself. One of her unlockable sound clips has the quote in Mandarin.
* DissonantSerenity:
** Most likely unintentional on Blizzard’s part, but anyone who has ever had a good view of being frozen and promptly killed by Mei would notice that she appears to be concentrating very hard and very calmly on the moment (see the link in SlasherSmile below).
** One of her lines in "Mei's Snowball Offensive" when refilling her snowball gun is a chipper "I'm putting a rock in this one!"
* ElementalBaggage: Her ammo is (presumably) coolant, and like the ammo used by all heroes, she can reload without limit.
* TheEveryman: Was stated by the developers that she was designed to be more relatable to the audience than the other. Indeed, Mei is a NonActionGuy ScienceHero rather than adventurers or super villains from the rest of the cast.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Downplayed. She does mention that she has difficulty getting used to the "newer" technology of the present day.
* FreezeRay: Her primary attack, where her weapon fires a continuous short-ranged stream of frost that slows and freezes enemies in their tracks for a few seconds.
* GadgeteerGenius: She developed the ''Endothermic Blaster'' herself as shown in ''Rise and Shine'', seemingly out of spare parts and chemicals found around the Ecopoint.
* HairDecorations: Wears a single hairpin in her bun with a white flower dangling from it by a chain.
* HarmlessFreezing: When she freezes herself. It's not just harmless; it actually heals her and makes her ImmuneToBullets. Also, her weapon's primary fire is mostly used to slow and freeze enemies, dealing barely any damage; for that, she has giant icicles to the head.
* HealThyself: When she encases herself in a block of ice, she heals herself for the duration of the ice block, before it breaks.
* HeroicBSOD: Mei suffers one upon learning that the stasis pods of the other scientists all failed. In ''Rise & Shine'', she huddles herself into a fetal position and mourns their loss. A JumpCut shows her still in that position for an indeterminate amount of time before she snaps out of it.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the ''Rise & Shine'' cinematic, after the last battery runs out of power, Snowball transfers his own battery power to give Mei just enough to finish building her Endothermic Blaster. Fortunately, he can recharge through solar power.
* HiddenBuxom: According to [[http://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatchs-new-heroes-and-the-design-behind-them concept art of her]], Mei has a surprisingly large chest underneath her thermal suit. The ''Rise and Shine'' cinematic shows she isn't quite as busty as her concept art, but still has around a D-cup size.
* HumanPopsicle: One of her specials and her Ultimate turns enemies into this, allowing her and her allies to pick them off while they're helpless. She can also do this to herself, encasing herself in a block of ice that lets her avoid damage and heal, but she's totally immobile until the ice breaks.
* IconicOutfit: Mei's early concept designs depicted her wearing a blue tank top underneath her heavy coat. Said tank top has become just as recognizable as her in-game outfit.
* InstantDeathRadius: Unless you happen to have an escape ability (or a team mate bails you out), once you get caught by her FreezeRay, it's just a matter of a few seconds before you're completely helpless and she executes you.
* InstantIceJustAddCold: Not only do her abilities instantly create entire meters-tall ice blocks, any enemy exposed to her primary fire for two seconds is briefly frozen solid.
* JumpedAtTheCall: [[spoiler:In ''Rise and Shine'', she received the emergency transmission from Winston after finally establishing re-connection from her satellite about Overwatch's reinstatement. She quietly made a simple yes and was last seen with all her belongings traveling to Winston, becoming the second known former member to return to active duty.]]
* JumpScare: Her Halloween themed character intro has Snowball (dressed as a BedSheetGhost) pop behind and scare her. She screams and activates her Cryo-Freeze, then falls over while still frozen. Snowball laughs.
* KillItWithIce: She excels at this, with an ''Endothermic Blaster'' that slows and freezes enemies momentarily or shoots icicles for great damage, and an Ultimate that creates a localized blizzard which quickly slows, freezes, and potentially kills anyone who doesn't escape in time.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She's a fan of Winston's glasses, thinking they are "cute." Winston proceeds to nervously compliment hers.
* LibationForTheDead: She didn't pour drinks for her co-workers who perished in the CryonicsFailure, but she did serve them a cup of coffee each as a DueToTheDead.
* TheLoad: PlayedWith. Blizzard is very aware that Mei's kit, her ''Ice Wall'' in particular, can often hinder her teammates. The Anniversary update added a voiceline that reflects this.
-->'''Mei:''' I was only trying to help!
* LostInTranslation: Her ultimate quote is "Dòng zhù! Bùxǔ zǒu!" (Chinese: "冻住！不许走！") which literally translates to "Freeze! Don't move!" However, "Dòng zhù!" in Chinese doesn't have the connotations that "Freeze!" has in English (as in "don't move" e.g. a police telling you to "freeze"), and thus some of the meaning is lost. Then again, she ''is'' telling them to ''literally'' freeze. [[note]]In Mandarin, the term synonymous with "Freeze!" literally translates into "stand/hold still".[[/note]]
* MacGyvering: Mei had to improvise to build her Endothermic Blaster with what she had laying around the base. The main chassis of the blaster is a hair dryer, and the cooling agent is water-based.
%%* MeaningfulName: "Mei" (beautiful) refers to her beauty, while "Ling" (spirit) refers to her Determinator spirit.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Mei is the only character able to create an outright physical impediment. Reinhardt and Winston's barriers can be walked through and Junkrat's trap can be quickly destroyed. Mei's walls, however, must be gone around or over unless the enemy has a quick 2000 damage (500 per pylon) they can throw at it or if the player decides to remove the ice wall themselves.
* MinoredInAsskicking: Unlike most other heroes, she doesn't have benefits of combat training or military hardware, but that doesn't make her any less badass.
* MundaneUtility: One of her highlight intros has her firing her ''Ice Wall'' to give her a place to sit down.
* NiceGal: She is very kind and friendly.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's 31, but can pass off as a lady at least a decade younger. [[http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20751985037?page=2#post-30 Later, a post in the Overwatch forums reveals that her listed age doesn't include the years she spent in cryostasis,]] meaning that she's around 40-years old chronologically.
* OnePersonBirthdayParty: [[http://i.imgur.com/fafiHDn.jpg This image]] heavily implies she had one while she was stuck in Antarctica.
* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Enterprising Mei players can use her ''Ice Wall'' to give themselves and their teammates a temporary platform, allowing characters with no special mobility options to access and attack from places they can't reach normally.
* PinkIsFeminine: Mei is a Chinese lady, complete with SilkHidingSteel. One of her beta skins, "Snow Plum", is pink with green accents.
* ThePollyanna: Mei's cheerful, friendly and optimistic personality is offset by a dark and depressing backstory, as well as the CrapsaccharineWorld that she woke up to. This is best demonstrated in the map Ecopoint: Antarctica, where the notes found could qualify as an ApocalypticLog in any other game, except for the cute and cheerful doodles Mei made on most of them. When visiting the cryopods that her research team froze themselves in, you find a grim scene where all of the pods malfunctioned [[SoleSurvivor except one]]...and that's the one that has fuzzy Yeti slippers sitting right in front of it.
* PungeonMaster: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. She like to make puns on her name from time to time. Several of her quotes contain jokes relating to ice and cold as well.
* RecklessGunUsage: PlayedForLaughs. In one of her intros, she accidentally shoots an ''Ice Wall'' under herself while cleaning her blaster.
* RobotBuddy: A small drone named Snowball, which sits on her back and is used in her ultimate ability and some emotes.
* ScienceHero: She's a climatologist, and as shown by ''Rise and Shine'', she built the gear she uses in game.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Her ''Endothermic Blaster'' (or "endothermic diffuser") is a relatively mild example, a title that's a few more syllables needed to say "FreezeRay". Even in her journal, she notes she needs to "come up with a less science-y name."
* SheCleansUpNicely: She already looks pretty cute normally, but her "Chang'e" and "Luna" skins put her in a very fancy costume along with makeup and a more elaborate hairstyle, and the effect is spectacular.
* SkillGateCharacter: At lower levels, she is an extremely effective ambush character who can easily eliminate lone or closely grouped players, and thus is seen as extremely annoying to fight against. However, at higher levels, her weaknesses become more apparent, namely her short range main attack, low damage per second, and ambush tactics being less effective against a closely coordinated team. Having said that, a veteran Mei who masters aiming with her icicles is still a menace.
* SlasherSmile: [[FreezeFrameBonus Hard to notice]], but Mei makes a distinctly ''sinister'' grin [[https://gfycat.com/AptShoddyHagfish just as she's about to kill someone]].
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She wears glasses and is a spectacular climatologist.
* SniperPistol: Her alternative fire creates and shoots an icicle at an enemy with pinpoint accuracy, though it takes a while to charge before it fires, and it suffers from damage falloff (but less than most HitScan weapons).
* SoleSurvivor: Of a team of climatologists sent to Antarctica to monitor recent changes in the Earth's climate.
* StandardStatusEffects: Her primary fire and ultimate apply a stacking slow to all affected targets, freezing them after two seconds.
* StoneWall: Has a higher-than-average health pool for a non-tank, can put up literal walls that can be used to stop the movement and block the shots of the enemy team as well as protect her allies among other things, and can make herself temporarily invulnerable and self-heal in a pinch. However, her primary fire is more useful for slowing the enemy and making them vulnerable to her allies than dealing damage directly, and her alternate fire is difficult to reliably score hits with, making her a mediocre damage-dealer.
* TranquilFury: PlayedForLaughs with her New Years' resolution voice line, where she states that she'll do a better job controlling her temper. Aside from her pre-battle lines with Junkrat, we've rarely even seen Mei visibly ''annoyed'', let alone angry.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: One of Mei's snowball reloading lines during "Mei's Snowball Offensive."
-->''"I'm putting a rock in this one!"''
* UnorthodoxReload: Her ''Endothermic Blaster'' has a reservoir of coolant in the back that gradually empties as she depletes her ammunition, and a small canister of (presumably compressed) coolant on the side. Mei reloads by giving the canister a brief twist, pinkie adorably outstretched.
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[[folder:Torbjörn - ''Sweden'']]
!!Torbjörn Lindholm
!!!'''Age:''' 57
!!!'''Occupation:''' Weapons Designer
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Gothenburg, Sweden
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Overwatch (formerly)
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''Cinematic Trailer'' (cameo), ''Recall'' (cameo), ''Ana Origin Story'' (cameo), ''King's Row Uprising Origin Story''
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Destroyer" (focus), "Reflections" (cameo), "Binary" (focus), "Uprising"
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Hard work pays off."'']]


->''"Build 'em up, break 'em down!"''

->Voiced by: Creator/KeithSilverstein (English), Arturo Mercado (Latin American Spanish), Carlos Ysbert (European Spanish), Binbin Takaoka (Japanese), José Luccioni (French), Mauricio Berger (Brazilian Portuguese), Mario Scarabelli (Italian), Stefan Gossler (German), Jae-beom Lee (Korean), Tong Shaozong (Taiwanese Chinese), Jiǎ Qiū (Mandarin Chinese), Tomasz Grochoczyński (Polish), Aleksandr Pozharov (Russian)

A Dwarf from Azeroth flung into Earth's future!

Just kidding. Torbjörn Lindholm is a Swedish former Overwatch Engineer who provided it with some of its finest and most effective technological designs. Before the Omnic Crisis, Torbjörn had gained notoriety for designing weapons systems used by countries around the world. However, his belief that technology must serve a better vision for humanity put him at odds with his employers, who desired to control his weapons using networked computer intelligence.

Torbjörn had a deep mistrust of sentient robotic intelligence, and while many of his peers wrote this off as paranoia, his worst fears were realized when the robot populations of the world turned against their human creators during the Omnic Crisis. Because of his engineering genius, he was recruited to join the original Overwatch strike team, and his many inventions proved integral to ending the crisis. In the years that followed, Overwatch became an international peacekeeping force, and Torbjörn remained a critical resource for all of its technological needs and signature weapons systems.

But in the aftermath of Overwatch's fall, many of Torbjörn's weapons were stolen or stashed away around the world. Feeling responsible for his creations, Torbjörn is determined to stop them from falling into the wrong hands and wreaking havoc on the innocent.

Torbjörn was one of the agents that were recalled to serve Overwatch after Winston reinstated the organization. At the time, he was near Moscow, Russia.

Torbjörn is a Defensive character who sets up a sentry turret to defend an area and boosts the defenses of allies. His weapon is the ''Rivet Gun'', which can either fire rivets at long range or eject molten slag in a shotgun burst at close enemies. He also has an alternate weapon, ''Forge Hammer'', which is a melee weapon and also factors into his abilities. His first ability is ''Build Turret'', to build a stationary sentry gun that deal damage to enemies who come by. Using his ''Forge Hammer'', he can also repair or upgrade his turret to Level 2 one, increasing its health and giving it an extra gun for more firepower. His third ability is ''Armor Pack''. Torbjörn generates scrap metal passively and collects scrap from dead enemies and allies. He can then use the scrap metal to eject an armor pack onto the ground that either he or an ally can pick up to increase their armor, reducing the damage they take. His ultimate, ''Molten Core'', causes him to overheat his personal forge, rapidly increasing his attack speed, turret building speed, and a large amount of armor. While ''Molten Core'' is activated, his Level 2 turret will temporarily upgrade to a level 3 one, granting it more health and a rocket launcher to its firepower.
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* AbnormalAmmo: He primarily fires superheated rivets in long-range arcs or molten slag like buckshot.
* ActionDad: As seen in "Reflections", Torbjörn is married with lots of children, all confirmed to be his.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Believed this would happen when people started building robots with sentient intelligence, but no one believed him. Cue the Omnic Crisis.
%%* AntiHero: Was responsible for the creation of some of the [[HumongousMecha larger, more destructive Omnics]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone considers himself responsible for the devastation they've caused.]] Nevertheless, Torbjörn is very committed to fighting the good fight and defending humanity, and gets along well with all of his former teammates from Overwatch.
* ArtificialLimbs: Much like Symmetra's left arm, the design of his left arm seems to suggest it is an enhanced cybernetic replacement, though the ''Reflection'' comic shows him with a normal left arm, implying it might just be a gauntlet of some sort, although given we only see it gloved, he could simply have a more conventional prosthetic for when he's not on the job.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: His first name translates to "Thor's bear".
* BadassBeard: He sports a suitably [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarfish]] beard, and is a badass.
* BadassBiker: His "Chopper" and "Deadlock" skins, with his personal forge looking like a motorcycle chopper engine strapped to his back and replacing his hammer with a tire iron.
* BadassGrandpa: He was one of the original members of Overwatch before it grew from an ordinary strike team into an international superhero organization.
* BadassMustache: To go along with his BadassBeard.
* BecomingTheCostume:
** His "Barbarossa" and "Blackbeard" skins gives him an extra "Hello" line in "Ahoy, matey!" and a new Elimination line in "Shiver me timbers!"
** His Santaclad skin gives him a few additional voice lines, including changing his ultimate callout to "MEEEERRRRY MOLTEN CORE!"
* BlueIsHeroic: When equipped with the "Blå" (Swedish for blue) skin, while Torb is undeniably heroic (if somewhat racist towards omnics).
* BodyCountCompetition: Before a match, Torbjörn might challenge an ally Reinhardt to this, where the one with the least number of eliminations buys the post-mission drinks. Reinhardt's all too happy to take him on.
* BraidsOfAction: He has braids in his beard. His "Chopper" and "Deadlock" skins have braids in his ''hair''.
* ButtMonkey: Other people's comments towards Torbjörn are often made at his expense. If Ana witnesses her other friends die, she will make a sad comment, but if it's Torbjörn who dies, she doesn't sound very worried, only saying "Torbjörn, your luck ran out!" D.Va also tells him to back off when he asks for a peek inside her MEKA, and even Mei asks him to keep his hammer to himself if she reluctantly lets him look at her robot. While other Omnic-hating characters will merely express dislike for pro-Omnic maps like Numbani or Nepal, Torbjörn has an over-the-top breakdown each time.
** He also gets a bit of flack due to his traditional technology. Symmetra considers his armor "positively medieval," and with Pharah, she [[InnocentlyInsensitive accidentally]] highlights just how antiquated his own work is.
-->'''Pharah''': Hey, Torbjörn, check out [[PoweredArmor my new suit.]] Mark IV, state of the art.\\
'''Torbjörn''': Ugh, jump jets, concussion rockets. Umm... well... yes, it's looking pretty good.
** Continued in the Uprising event where characters typically have supportive lines towards one another...except when it comes to [[NoRespectGuy Torbjörn.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: "Molten Core!"
* CompanionCube: His turret is more than just his "baby", he treats it like it's a living companion, up to showing it a photo album in a highlight intro appropriately called "My Baby".
* CoolOldGuy: To the younger Overwatch members. [[http://overwatch.blizzpro.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/viking-and-witch.jpg Here's a photo of him and Mercy in Halloween costumes.]]
%%* CoolShades: His "Chopper" and "Deadlock" skins gives him these.
* DropTheHammer: Both for repairing his turret and for breaking kneecaps.
* TheEngineer: One of the greatest weapon designers and builders in history.
* {{Expy}}: His defensive, turret-building role is an easy match for the Engineer from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', right down to [[PercussiveMaintenance whacking his equipment]] to make it operate faster. He can also collect a supply of scrap metal, though unlike the Engineer he does not use it to build and upgrade his turret but to make armor packs--which, amusingly enough, was a ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' Engineer skill. Torbjörn also doesn't have any equivalent to Dispensers (due to the abundance of healing sources and the fact all heroes carry infinite clips) or Teleporters (which is Symmetra's ultimate).
* EyePatchOfPower: Apparently he somehow lost his right eye and wears a red, metallic-looking eyepatch over it. It gets replaced with a more traditional one in his "Barbarossa" and "Blackbeard" skins.
* FantasticRacism: He was always distrustful of self-aware AI and the first Omnic crisis justified him, but even in the present day he's quite racist towards Omnics regardless of their personality, letting off a RapidFireNo when the match is in Numbani (a city where human and Omnic live in peace together) and ''complimenting'' the apartheid-esque conditions in King's Row, even saying "the Brits have their heads on straight!". Even when compliments Omnic teammates, they're still undercut with [[YouAreACreditToYourRace racist undertones]]. However, he is still willing to tolerate some Omnics, and in "Binary" he actually ''protects'' Bastion when he realizes it's gone against its normal, violent programming and is instead relatively peaceful, to the point that it runs away when shot at.
* FireBreathingDiner: One of his unique intros is to drink some of his ''molten slag'', then a moment later belch out some fire.
* HappilyMarried: "Reflections" not only reveals that he has a wife, but at least ''eight'' children.
* ICallItVera: He refers to his turret as "my baby" and is very affectionate towards it while repairing it.
* IWasQuiteALooker: He's actually more fit now than he's ever been, but back when he was younger, he wasn't as bald and he still had two eyes and both his arms.
* IgnoredExpert: Was viewed as a very paranoid person when he warned people against installing sentient AIs, fearing a rebellion. Then the Omnic Crisis happened. To rub salt into the wound, a lot of people blame him for the destruction they caused, because of his role in creating them (including Zarya, and himself).
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's not the most approachable person, even to his friends, and [[FantasticRacism his distrust of Omnics]] colors his view of the world a great deal. [[CassandraTruth Everything he warned about making sentient weapons turned out to be true]] and the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]] wreaked havoc on humanity and still rages on in Russia, to devastating results.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He displays FantasticRacism and shows himself to be a little condescending and grumpy towards allies and enemies alike, but he's a stalwart defender of mankind and genuinely gave his all to protect the world during the Omnic Crisis, not solely because of a chance to legally destroy the Omnics as he likes. In the comic Binary [[spoiler:he overcomes his racism enough to learn that the last Bastion unit is more or less harmless and finally leads it away from the village rather than leaving it to a confrontation with the locals in which first they and then (after military reinforcements) it would die, all the while noting that [[FriendshipDenial ''this doesn't mean they're friends!]]'']]
* LanternJawOfJustice: His Ironclad skin shows him before he got his beard. Without it, he's got a rather rugged jaw.
* LethalJokeItem: His hammer may not look very dangerous, but it used to deal 75 damage per hit - just as much as ''Reinhardt's''. The Sombra patch reduced this value, but increased its attack speed, keeping the damage output roughly the same. And with attack speed boost from ''Molten Core'', he can take down over half of the cast in two seconds.
* MagikarpPower: At Level 1, his turret is little more than a nuisance. At Level 2, it becomes a serious threat to characters who can't do much damage. The ''Molten Core''-only Level 3 grants the turret more than ''double'' its hitpoints and does a lot more damage as well.
%%* MeaningfulName: His name is derived from the Old Norse name "Þòrbjörn", which means "thunder bear".
* {{Metalhead}}: One of his skins. Also counts as StealthPun.
* MyGreatestFailure: While heavily hinted at before, the "Binary" comic confirms that he was the creator of many omnic units that would eventually attack and kill people in the Omnic Crisis, including the Bastion Unit. Something that filled him with shame and grief.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: He's basically your typical fantasy dwarf with a Swedish accent.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Hitting his turret with his ''Forge Hammer'' is how he repairs and upgrades it.
* PetTheDog:
** Torbjörn really hates Omnics in general and think that the Shambali monastery in Nepal (where Omnic monks gather) is the culmination of his nightmares. However, when an allied Zenyatta scores a kill near him, Torbjörn surprisingly praises him, before backpedalling to 'for a machine' to keep his racist outlook intact.
** In "Binary," he actually chooses to [[spoiler: protect Bastion from the police rather than kill it, because Bastion is peaceful and behaving differently from the cold, mechanical killers from the Omnic Crisis.]]
* {{Pirate}}: His "Barbarossa" and "Blackbeard" skins have him DressedToPlunder. He even has a few unique voice clips with these skins, including a "hello" in the form of a hearty "Ahoy, matey!"
* ProperlyParanoid: Apparently he was the only one who worried that AIs could [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters rebel]]. [[IWarnedYou Up until he was proven right]] with the whole RobotWar thing.
* PowerArmor: Has a "personal forge" in the form of his mechanical backpack that allows him to build turrets.
* PowerEchoes: His voice has a bellowing echo when he activate his SuperMode.
* PowerPincers: His left arm looks to have been replaced by a set of these.
* PyrrhicVictory: Was instrumental in ending the Omnic Crisis and creating Overwatch, but for all his efforts, Omnics still got the rights they wanted from the very start with several of his teammates outright supporting those rights.
* RapidFireNo: During the early start of the Numbani stage, a city where humans and Omnics co-exist in peace.
-->''"No, no, nooo! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis N. O.]] '''NO!!"'''''
* ShorterMeansSmarter: He's the shortest character of the main cast, yet he was responsible for one of the most advanced weapon systems in the world.
* SkillGateCharacter: New Torb players can at least rely on his level 2 turret to harass the enemy team and throw armor packs on the floor as he passively generates scrap. However, new players (especially new-to-Overwatch [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Engie]] players) are often fixated on keeping the turret up at all costs (allowing an enemy team to pick off Torb easily), do not know maps well enough to position the turret to get the maximum effect, rarely ever fight with Torbjörn himself and use ''Molten Core'' only to save themselves or the turret. A veteran Torb will know where to place the turret and when to repair/redeploy it, will master Torb's rivet gun to increase his damage output (and to faster charge up ''Molten Core'') and will know when to activate ''Molten Core'' to wipe or repel an entire enemy team.
* SpikesOfVillainy: His "Chopper" and "Deadlock" skins have studs on his outfit, and his cybernetic arm is loaded with spikes. Averted in that the spikes themselves are simply part of unlockable cosmetics.
* SuperMode: His "Molten Core" ability greatly increases his build, repair and fire rates as well as giving him a significant amount of armor.
* SwissArmyAppendage: His arm can eject molten slag to be used to build devices and also serves as a means to reload the ammo-supply for his Rivet Gun.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Apparently what Torbjörn's ultimate Molten Core is, the effect happening from "overheating his personal forge".
* TheTurretMaster: He can set up a stationary turret and upgrade it by hammering it with his ''Forge Hammer'', which can then further upgrade itself again when he activates ''Molten Core''.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Who'd have thought that Torb would have such an absurdly gorgeous wife?
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Most of his children are girls and, so far, seem to take more after their mother.
* UnorthodoxReload: He reloads his ''Rivet Gun'' by pouring molten metal into it.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Reinhardt; several of their pre-game interactions have them ribbing each other and competing over elimination count.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: His Summer Games-exclusive "Tre Kronor" skin gives him the colors of the Swedish flag (Blue with a bit of yellow).
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: If he witnesses Zenyatta or Bastion get a kill, he'll say, "Good shot! Well... for a machine."
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[[folder:Widowmaker - ''France'']]
!!Amélie Lacroix (née Guillard) / Widowmaker
!!!'''Age:''' 33
!!!'''Occupation:''' Assassin
!!!'''Base of Operations:''' Annecy, France
!!!'''Affiliation:''' Talon
!!!'''Appearances (shorts):''' ''Cinematic Trailer'', ''Alive'' (focus), ''Ana Origin Story'', ''Infiltration''
!!!'''Appearances (comics):''' "Legacy", "Reflections" (cameo), "Masquerade"
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/widowmaker_4.png]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''"A single death can change everything."'']]

->''"One shot, one kill."''

->Voiced by: Chloé Hollings (English and French), Erica Edwards (Latin American Spanish), Conchi López (European Spanish), Creator/ShizukaIto (Japanese), Flavia Saddy (Brazilian Portuguese), Francesca Perilli (Italian), Vera Teltz (German), Ji-hyun Lee (Korean), Sylvia Wang (Taiwanese Chinese), Yángmènglù (Mandarin Chinese), Anna Sroka-Hryń (Polish), Tatyana Shitova (Russian)

Widowmaker is the perfect assassin: a patient, ruthlessly efficient killer who shows neither emotion nor remorse.

It is believed that in her former life, Widowmaker was married to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent spearheading operations against the Talon terrorist organization. After several unsuccessful attempts to eliminate Gérard, Talon decided to change its focus to his wife, Amélie. Talon operatives kidnapped her and subjected her to an intense program of neural reconditioning. They broke her will, suppressed her personality, and reprogrammed her as a sleeper agent. She was eventually found by Overwatch agents, apparently none the worse for wear, and returned to her normal life.

Two weeks later she killed Gérard in his sleep. Afterwards, she returned to Talon, her mission complete. They completed the process of turning her into a living weapon. She was given extensive training in the covert arts, and then her physiology was altered, drastically slowing her heart, which turned her skin cold and blue and numbed her ability to experience human emotion. Amélie was gone. Despite that, there are hints that Amélie's personality still reside within Widowmaker, as she still defends her late husband when someone criticizes him. Regardless, Widowmaker's persona is still dominant.

A Defensive character, Widowmaker sets up a position around a friendly objective, keeping vigil over it and swiftly dispatching foes who enter her line of sight. Her weapon is the ''Widow's Kiss'', a versatile sniper rifle that can zoom in on enemy foes and becomes fully-automatic when foes venture close to her. Her first ability, ''Grappling Hook'', fires a hook to a location, and pulls her instantly to that location, allowing her to flank and avoid attacks as well as easily set up sniping positions. Her second ability, ''Venom Mine'', sets down a proximity mine that releases poison gas on enemies who venture too close. Her ultimate is ''Infra-Sight''; for a short time, Widowmaker can see enemy heat signatures through walls and structures, allowing her to set up perfect shots before her target even knows where she is. This enhanced sight ability extends to her allies, letting ''them'' take enemies by surprise as well.
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* AndIMustScream: Even though her original personality has been suppressed, there are a few signs that she's still in there [[DeathSeeker and somewhat aware of what she's become.]]
* AbsoluteCleavage:
** Her default outfit is a backless bodysuit with a neckline that goes down to her stomach.
** Averted with her "Noire" skin, which covers her cleavage and everything else.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She is the protagonist of ''Alive'' animated short.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Justified, though exaggerated. Her skin color is a result of extremely low blood circulation (A trait that would be very useful for accurate precision shooting). This has done nothing to make her any less [[MsFanservice attractive]], however.
* AnimalMotifs:
** The black widow spider. A tattoo of a female black widow spider decorates most of her back; in addition, her goggles echo similarities to a spider's face, her Grappling Hook can be likened to a spider's thread, and her Venom Mines look like spiders as well. In the ''Alive'' cinematic, the motif is made even clearer with her soliloquy; she once feared spiders, but now associates herself like them in that "at the moment of the kill, they are never more alive".
** To a lesser extent, the swan: both of her Legendary skins, "Odette" and "Odile", respectively make reference to the White and Black Swans of Tchaikovsky's Theatre/SwanLake. Her tattoo of a spider (which is located on her back) is replaced by a swan.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Widowmaker's Grappling Hook automatically locks onto the closest ledge/wall closest where you aimed at so that when you hook onto it, you're almost always guaranteed to actually position onto it instead of clipping then falling off it without having to be incredibly precise. [[ZigZaggingTrope That said,]] you should probably aim for precision anyway, [[https://gfycat.com/ConventionalShamefulGiraffe since it might lock onto the wrong thing, or it might actually fail at bringing you up,]] though sensitivity adjustment was later added for it.
* ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire: Her overall appearance from her spider face-like goggles to her black widow tattoo invokes the spider motif.
* ArchEnemy:
** First, Tracer, as [[spoiler: she assassinated an Omnic leader whom Tracer admired, ''on her home turf''.]]
** Second, Ana, fellow Sniper from the Overwatch who [[EyeScream got her eye shot out by Widowmaker]] and the latter single-handedly ruined her mission that might become the catalyst of Overwatch's overall downfall.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Her "Comtesse" and "Huntress" skins resemble military uniform from 19th century.
* AxCrazy: Murder makes her feel good. '''Really''' good.
* BadassBoast: Gives one of two (depending on her equipped skin) when using her ultimate:
-->'''Widowmaker''': No-one can hide from my sight. / No-one can hide from the Huntress.
* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of ''Alive''. Also, during Ana's introduction story, Widowmaker was in charge of Talon's operations of holding hostages. Widowmaker won that one too, made Overwatch fail the mission and Ana took the opportunity to let the world think that she died.
* BareYourMidriff: Her Talon and Cote D'azur skins.
* BecomingTheCostume: While equipped with the Huntress and Comtesse skins, her ultimate callout changes from "No-one can hide from my sight" to "No-one can hide from the Huntress."
* BeingEvilSucks: She may enjoy her job, but as it turns out there are some serious downsides to her life as an assassin. Her husband is dead, she has no friends, and all connections to her family have been presumably severed. This is highlighted in her single panel appearance in the "Reflections" comic: whereas most of the other characters have a nice Christmas with their loved ones, or at least have ''some'' company, all she has is the tombstone of Gérard to mourn to out in the [[GrayRainOfDepression pouring rain]].
* BerserkButton: As of Ana's introduction, bringing up her husband Gerard—or even bad-mouthing him—is not a good idea. It's one of the few things aside from killing that will make her react strongly.
* BetaOutfit: Before settling on the SpyCatsuit we have now, Widowmaker had at least two different outfits that were quite different from what we know today. The first was a grey and light brown outfit with a [[BareYourMidriff midriff section]], cleavage, and light armor that looks much less stylized than her current attire. She wore this while training as a Talon agent, as her skin was normal (but her [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness eyes]] and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] were not) because her heart rate hadn't yet been slowed down. Sometime afterwards, she would don even less stylized, plain, yet remarkably practical Talon fatigues that stood in even bigger contrast to her current outfit, as shown in ''Legacy''.
* BigFancyHouse: Her home stage, Château Guillard. While it appears to be somewhat abandoned or under renovation given the amount of crates, paint buckets, and tarps over furniture, it also appears to still be Widowmaker's current base of operation to some extent (as evidenced by her open laptop on a table and her rifle propped up next to it), and at the very least she's been there recently to schedule her flight to Monaco (referencing "Masquerade").
* BitchInSheepsClothing: It's complicated, but she would look like this to those that doesn't know how her origin story goes, such as Ana, deeming Gerard to be a fool to even love her. Widowmaker is a bitch, yes, but [[CardCarryingVillain she really doesn't see the need to hide behind a sheep's clothing]] in the current time, and there was a time that she was a pure sheep as Amélie.
* BloodKnight: She ''loves'' to kill.
* BlueBlood: Heavily downplayed, as the titles were stripped away of their privileges after TheFrenchRevolution, but the Guillard seemed to be nobles, judging from the crest that can be found in their estate.
* BondOneLiner:
** After scoring three sniper kills in the gameplay trailer:
---> '''Widowmaker''': Go to sleep.
** From the ''Alive'' short, after assassinating Tekhartha Mondatta:
--->''"Looks like the party's over."''
* BoringButPractical: Her Ultimate in a nutshell. It doesn't sound all that exciting, but giving your entire team the equivalent of a wallhack for a few seconds is very, ''very'' useful, especially since it charges up pretty fast.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: She was kidnapped by Talon and brainwashed into becoming their sleeper agent. She also enjoys killing people ''way'' too much.
* BreakTheCutie: As Amélie, she was subjected to this by Talon. It's been described that they completely broke her will using ColdBloodedTorture, and what has become of it is quite [[TragicVillain tragic]].
* CameraAbuse: In her "Mistletoe" highlight, Widowmaker hold's up the mistletoe, only to use a palm strike to knock the camera to the ground, and then apparently steps down on the "cameraman's" neck.
* CardCarryingVillain: Despite her heartbreaking backstory, she clearly finds being evil for the sake of it exhilarating.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Was subjected to this during her conversion to Widowmaker, as part of the process to break her will.
* ColdSniper: Made to be so, both literally (her body was modified to run at a much lower body temperature) and figuratively (utterly emotionless and amoral).
* ContraltoOfDanger: She speaks with a voice that is significantly lower and softer than the other female cast.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Averted - when hip-fired, her sniper rifle functions as an assault rifle.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: The dresses, that come with "Odette" and "Odile" skins, are so small you can [[PantyShot see what's under them.]]
* DarkActionGirl: A deadly female sniper that counts among the few playable characters that are explicitly villains.
* DeadlyGas: Her ''Venom Mine'' deploys this.
* DeathSeeker: Implied. If resurrected by Mercy, she can lament how she's still alive. It's a pretty clear hint that Amélie is still somewhere in there and probably wants to die.
* DesignatedGirlFight: In-story, the only character we've ever seen Widowmaker directly battle are women: Ana and Tracer. Even during the museum heist, she did little more than take potshots at Winston. Her main opponent was Tracer while Reaper dealt with Winston.
* DifficultButAwesome: FPS snipers are already typically some of the most mechanically demanding characters to play, and Widowmaker is no exception. What makes her stand out from other "snipers" such as Hanzo and Ana is that ''all'' of her team-wide value comes from sniping and one-shotting enemies, meaning all of her abilities serve as utility to complement the player's ability to land constant critical hits, including her ultimate, which won't help decide games in the same way other ultimates in the game will. This means if you don't have good aim or produce as much damage to consistently pick off squishy targets, you aren't taking advantage of her potential, ergo possibly wasting a good hero pick. That said, those who can master her are complete nightmares to face against, and she can shut down entire teams unharmed from a distance.
* DoingInTheScientist: It's hard to see, but her "Comtesse" and "Huntress" skins have a set of puncture wounds on her neck, giving a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent much different explanation for her demeanor and physiology.]]
* DoubleMeaning: Her codename "Widowmaker" carries two equally applicable meanings. One refers to an object with the potential to kill a man. Given that she's little more than a living weapon of murder for Talon, the name fits in that sense. In a more tragic example, it also refers to the fact that she made a widow out of ''herself'' after her first mission, where she killed her own husband Gérard.
* TheDragon: She's not considered to be part of the Council of Leaders that Doomfist and Reaper are members of. However, she is their most effective assassin, essentially making her this to the Council.
* DramaticUnmask: In the comic short "Legacy", [[spoiler:Ana shoots whom she assumed was just another Talon soldier, only for the helmet to come off and reveal Widowmaker, whom Ana was implied to have known before Talon kidnapped and brainwashed her. Ana's shock at the revelation lets Widowmaker shoot her in the eye and escape]].
* TheDreaded: Quite possibly the most feared assassin in the ''Overwatch'' world, and with good reason. Even in her early days as a Talon operative, before Overwatch's total collapse, she had gained a reputation for being a deadly sniper so mobile that it was said she could be in two places at once.
* DrowningMySorrows: If the many wine bottles taken from their cellar throughout Château Guillard are any indication, she's been doing quite a lot of drinking.
* {{Eagleland}}: Seems to view the United States as a Type 2, as she'll say "Americans..." in a not-so-flattering tone when she kills [[AmericansAreCowboys McCree]] or Soldier: 76. Then again, she also mocked the way Tracer speaks, so it's possible that she either doesn't really mean anything by it or just HatesEveryoneEqually.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: In her Comtesse and Huntress skins. It's likely that this was what she looked like pre-kidnapping.
* EmotionlessGirl: Talon numbed her ability to experience human emotion, and has been described as "feeling little save the [[{{Sadist}} satisfaction of a job well done]]".
* EnemyWithin: Inverted. She's an outright villainous character who still possesses the innocent, good-natured Amélie somewhere deep down through all the brainwashing.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even after being forced to murder Gerard, it's shown that she still loves him and mourns him, possibly a result of Amélie still being in her somewhere on some level. Compared to how she [[BloodKnight gets off on killing everyone else]], this is the closest she's come to showing any humanity post-brainwashing. Her [[GraveMarkingScene visiting her husband's grave on Christmas]] [[TearJerker says everything]].
* EvilAllAlong: From the perspective of Overwatch agents like Ana, the reveal of Widowmaker as Amélie Lacroix has given this impression. Because the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy actual reason]] for how she became Widowmaker isn't known outside of Talon, it gives off the idea that she's a complete [[BitchInSheepsClothing bitch]] who was actually evil the whole time and killed her husband once she revealed her true colors.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ana. Widowmaker is a sniper whose attack set focuses entirely on killing and gets off from the people she kills, but her scantily-clad appearance would be impractical in real-life combat. Ana is a Support sniper who heals allies with each shot, dresses up primarily for stealth, and is a weary ShellShockedVeteran whose victims weigh heavily on her conscience.
* EvilLaugh: When a distraught Tracer [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil pleads with her to explain]] why she assassinated Tekhartha Mondatta, her reply is to laugh in Tracer's face.
* EvilMakeover: Went through one after her forced defection to Talon. She used to look like an unassuming brunette with brown eyes that displayed happiness as opposed to malice, had a genuine smile and smooth white skin devoid of [[TattooedCrook spider tattoos]]. Now she has blue-purple skin, blue hair, [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow eyes]], a PsychoticSmirk, and very sinister tattoos on her forearm and back. Compare what Amélie [[http://imgur.com/mVF7hUa used to look like]] to what she looks like now, and she basically looks like a completely different person.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Her voice is more sensual, colder, and deeper than the other female characters. Which is a sign that she's one of the bad guys.
* EveryBulletIsATracer: When she fires a scoped shot, a red trail gives away where the shot came from (white for if it's harmless ally fire). It's a NecessaryDrawback, considering that otherwise, teams wouldn't know where to run to be safe or where to attack to stop her.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: She's from France, and she's quite the looker. She even speaks her lines with a breathless, sexy tone.
* ExposedToTheElements: Subverted. Her blue skin color was specifically granted to her so that she doesn't feel the effects of the weather, which she'll brag about on the Volskaya Industries map.
* {{Expy}}: To ComicBook/BuckyBarnes A.K.A the Winter Soldier. She was a close compatriot (wife in her case) to [[CaptainAmerica a hero who fought an evil organization]]. She was then captured, conditioned, and brainwashed by that organization into becoming one of the deadliest assassins in the world and oppose that hero ([[SlainInTheirSleep Only the opposing part never happened for Widowmaker]]). Now if she could break free of the brainwashing like Bucky....
* FateWorseThanDeath: Amélie Lacroix was tortured, programmed to murder her husband, brainwashed, had her personality obliterated, and her body's physiology altered so it experienced no emotion apart from the joy of killing. The renamed Widowmaker is essentially a completely different person inhabiting her body and mind, and serves as nothing but a tool of murder for Talon. Even if Overwatch ever does manage to revive Amélie, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she would have to deal with the guilt]] [[HeelRealization of murdering her husband, helping to break up the original Overwatch, and murdering countless others]]. It's also been implied that deep down, [[AndIMustScream the old Amélie is still there on some level]], and is at least partially aware of what she has done.
* FingerGun: One of here emotes has her doing this.
* FluffyFashionFeathers: Her "Odette" and "Odile" skins have a lot of decorative feathers.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Her suit shows off every curve of her body.
* FrenchJerk: Though formerly she was a normal, sweet woman, after Talon had their hands on her, she's pretty much this trope.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being a sweet, harmless ballet dancer who happened to be married to a high-ranking Overwatch agent to being one of the most remorseless, deadly, and feared assassins in the ''Overwatch'' universe.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In ''Alive'', she's shown to be able to dangle upside-down from her grappling hook to take a shot, and is called a sniper that strikes like lightning by Ana in "Legacy", capable of deploying her grappling hook quickly. For balance reasons, Widowmaker's grappling hook has a twelve-second cooldown; this puts it among the highest cooldowns in the whole game. Also, due to the fact that attempting to aim at enemies upside-down would be pure NauseaFuel, the grappling hook doesn't allow her to hang from any ledge.
* GlassCannon: She can fell several enemies in succession with her ''Widow's Kiss'', but with only 200 HP she can't take much damage.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual:
** Her goggles, used with her ultimate, let her read heat signatures through walls and set up the perfect shot.
** The ''Alive'' trailer shows more functions, mainly the extra "eyes" adding the ability to monitor the surroundings while she concentrates on the target. When she's lining up her shot, there are six "dots" around the main view, and one starts flashing, then the HUD expands to reveal each of the dots being the feed from one of the auxiliary "eyes" on her mask, giving her warning of Tracer's approach.
** In an unintentional example, they also made [[https://i.imgur.com/oomyzMS.jpg her butt grow bigger]] due to a modelling bug, but that got patched.
* {{Goth}}: Her "Odette" and "Odile" skins involve tight laced corsets with either white or black makeup.
* GrapplingHookPistol: Shoots one for her ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Grappling Hook]]'' ability, pulling her towards terrain, including higher ground. Since you can also detach from it while moving, it can be used to fling yourself up high to land a headshot on an enemy while mid-air (there's even an achievement for doing it).
* GraveMarkingScene: "Reflections" has a shot of her visiting her deceased husband Gérard's grave on Christmas. [[PetTheDog Perhaps one of the only humane things she has done since her brainwashing]].
* HappilyMarried: Was this with her husband... until the Talon organization got its hands on her.
* TheHeavy: Widowmaker is the villain most directly involved with every problem happening in the world of Overwatch. Her assassination of Gerard, her own husband, allowed Talon to rise unopposed. Her confrontation with Ana Amari contributed to the downfall of the Overwatch organization. Her assassination of Mondatta in King's Row has only worsened human-omnic relations and fanned the flames of a second Omnic Crisis. And she and Reaper are involved with trying to recover the legendary Doomfist, something that has Overwatch and many other nations concerned [[spoiler:now that the Doomfist is in the hands of its namesake once again]].
* HeroKiller: Her kidnapping and transformation into Widowmaker was the beginning of the end for Overwatch. First, she killed her husband Gerard, who was Talon biggest obstacle, then she "killed" Ana (along with an entire Overwatch squad) and forced her into hiding, and later, she killed Mondatta and ruined any chance for Omnic peace.
* HiddenDepths: She used to be a ballet dancer before Talon transformed her into the cold assassin she is now.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Does this twice to Tracer during ''Alive''. First, she shoots her Pulse Bomb while it's in mid-flight, knocking her off of the roof they were fighting. She then tricks her enemy into teleporting out of her line of fire, leaving her actual assassination target wide open.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A JustifiedTrope due to her heart rate being vastly slowed down, making her aim much steadier than that of the average sniper.
** During the ''Alive'' cinematic, she fires a shot at Tracer -- who blinks away to avoid being hit in the heart -- and that same shot hits her target, an Omnic Monk, right in the head. And she pulls this shot while falling.
** Prior to being interrupted by Tracer, she was also about to shoot said monk through a very narrow window while dangling upside-down by her leg. It's eerily reminiscent of a spider when she does it.
** She defeated Ana Amari in a SniperDuel by firing a bullet [[ScopeSnipe through the scope of Ana's rifle right in her eye.]]
* InnocentBystander: In her past life, Amélie was just a harmless civilian who never took part in combat, only married to Overwatch agent Gérard. Talon took advantage of this, seeing an opportunity to strike their enemy where they least expect, and everything went downhill from there.
* IronicEcho: Her final lines to Tracer in the ''Alive'', "Adieu cherie", translates to "Goodbye love", mocking Tracer's way of addressing everyone.
* {{Jerkass}}: Like Reaper, she can be very smug and condescending when she wants to be.
* JustAKid: She dismisses D.Va as just a kid that doesn't belong in the battlefield. Not that she has reservations about hurting a kid, [[WouldHurtAChild if they get in the way of her mission, she'll hurt them all right;]] she just doesn't like getting partnered with one.
* KickTheDog: Horrible as it was, killing Mondatta was just her assignment. Gloating about it directly to a distraught Tracer’s face, however, was all her.
* KnightOfCerebus: Fitting of the character who is widely agreed to have the darkest and most tragic backstory, she tends to have this effect when she's the focus, more often-than-not. The idealistic and hopeful tone will disappear, replaced by a dark atmosphere with an aura of tragedy. This is evident by her short ''Alive'', where it presents a ToneShift in stark contrast to the other shorts, lacking any sort of the idealism of the others, being a tense, dread-inducing romp with almost no levity, playing out at points almost like a straight horror. This extends to the comics. "Legacy" also lacks any humor or hope, as we see her early days as a Talon operative, where she is [[TheDreaded widely feared]] for her dangerous effectiveness. Her SniperDuel with Ana, where she is [[DramaticUnmask unmasked by Ana's bullet]], takes a tragic spin as Ana hesitates to shoot, wondering why Gérard's seemingly innocent wife would turn traitor, while being tragically unaware of the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy truth]], allowing her enough time to quite brutally [[EyeScream shoot her eye out]].
* LackOfEmpathy: The result of Talon suppressing and reconditioning her personality. As such she never feels emotion except when she's killing people.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Plays during her infiltration in ''Alive'', and when her face is revealed in the motion comic version of "Legacy".
* LongHairIsFeminine: An evil variation. She's the most feminine on the roster, and has a ponytail that reaches down to her legs. She's never been seen without the ponytail however, and even during days as a [[FacelessMooks faceless mook]] she apparently drilled a hole in her helmet just to fit it.
* LongRangeFighter: Widowmaker does huge damage while her rifle is scoped, but is average in every other regard. Her most effective counters are flankers with high damage or health, like Genji, Reaper, Winston, or D.Va.
* ManchurianAgent: Was kidnapped and brainwashed to kill her husband.
* MeaningfulName: Widowmaker earned her name after finishing her first mission as a Talon agent, which was ''killing her own husband''. [[SarcasmMode Lovely people, those Talon folks]]. Also see MoreDeadlyThanTheMale below.
* MindRape: She was an accomplished ballet dancer until Talon kidnapped her and mentally tortured her into becoming a skilled, ruthless and cruel assassin.
* MiniDressOfPower: Her "Odette" and "Odile" skins. Also counts as PimpedOutDress.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Widowmaker is one of the most dangerous and feared assassins in the world of ''Overwatch'', far deadlier than most male snipers. She's also shown to be far more effective than her male counterpart Reaper, who has succeeded in all but one of her tasks (and the one she failed in so far, the museum robbery, happened to be a task where she was working together with Reaper), whereas Reaper has failed at everything he's shown to do so far. She also had another failure in Volskaya Industries, which is also when Reaper was tagging along, but it's not due to any of them being incompetent, [[spoiler:it's because Sombra was sabotaging them for her own ends]]. [[MeaningfulName It goes nicely with her namesake]], the majority of spider species are known for the trope, with the female eventually consuming the male to reproduce, with the widowmaker species being the poster species for it.
* MorphWeapon: Her weapon needs less than a second to transform from assault rifle to sniper rifle or vice versa.
* MsFanservice: Widowmaker is clad in a skintight bodysuit that shows off her assets. And her later costumes show even [[BareYourMidriff more]] [[ShesGotLegs skin.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Implied. While she's more than willing to commit murder on everyone else, the one person whose death haunts her is her very first victim, her husband Gérard. This surfaces through all the brainwashing by calling his name when revived, being [[BerserkButton displeased]] when someone insults him, and the "Reflections" comic featuring her visiting his grave. Perhaps because Amélie still exists on some level, this is the result. If she is lucid to everything Widowmaker is doing, then one could imagine Amélie feeling like this for the last six years of her life.
* NiceGirl: What she '''''was''''' prior to being turned into Widowmaker. As Amélie, she was a sweet innocent woman who was HappilyMarried to Gerard Lacroix. Once Talon abducted her however, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy everything changed for the worse]].
* NoodleIncident: If she's used in King's Row, she'll talk about the time where she killed someone in the area and ''felt alive''. Her ''Alive'' trailer showed the details.
* NotSoStoic:
** Talon deliberately brainwashed Widowmaker to be a cold emotionless killing machine for them and for the most part, she is. However right before, and after, she kills someone she shows a much wider array of emotions, such as smirking and, when Tracer asks why she [[GoodCanNotComprehendEvil would murder Mondatta]] she [[EvilLaugh laughs in her face]]. As Widowmaker notes in her monologue, the act of killing is what makes her feel alive.
** Widowmaker also has strong feelings about her late husband. Ana managed to get under her skin by criticizing his love for her, and in the comic "Reflections", she is seen visiting his grave.
** OhCrap: It’s subtle, but her eyes visibly widen and her normally calm demeanor becomes less composed when an enraged Winston drops in front of her in the cinematic trailer.
** Widowmaker also notably loses her cool and becomes outright irritated during the ''Infiltration'' short when the [[spoiler: alarms at Volskaya Industries go off and she misses her shot on Katya Volskaya as a result.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Not quite as over-the-top about it as her counterpart Reaper, but it's pretty obvious that she's not supposed to be one of the good guys.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The few instances she's portrayed as anything but a sadistic, emotionless killer are pretty important. These include her being offended to hear Gérard being insulted, sighing his name, [[DeathSeeker wishing she were dead]], mourning his grave, and a spray showing the two on their wedding. It's believed these are hints that she's starting to feel again, and show us that, through all the brainwashing, she is still human.
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* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: The Younger Villain to Ana's Older Hero. Ana is nearly twice her age.
* PetTheDog: Visiting Gérard's grave, making it clear that she [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes still loves him]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets killing him]].
** In-game, you can invoke this trope by having her thank her teammates. The tone in her voice does suggest she's genuinely grateful, unlike [[GrudgingThankYou Reaper]].
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Had this happen to her in the cinematic trailer. ''By a kid, no less!''
* RecurringElement: A [[ColdSniper ranged]] [[ArcherArchetype combat]]-oriented female character who was formerly sympathetic before being abducted by the enemy and [[TheAssimilator forcibly]] [[CameBackWrong turned]] to their side to cause trouble for the heroes. Given how things ultimately [[AssimilationBackfire panned]] [[TheStarscream out]] for [[VideoGame/StarCraft Ker]][[HeelFaceTurn rigan]] and [[{{VideoGame/Warcraft}} Syl]][[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope vanas]], it’s anyone’s guess where she’ll go from here.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her "Noire" skin gives her this color scheme.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Her entire backstory. Going from the civilian wife of an Overwatch agent to being brainwashed and essentially transformed into a living weapon, complete with a new name.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: When Gerard was murdered by Talon, it was assumed she was killed as well. Naturally it came as a surprise to learn that not only was she alive, but was the one responsible for his death and is now a Talon operative.
* {{Sadist}}: She loves killing people, claiming it makes her feel alive.
* SamusIsAGirl: In the comic short "Legacy" (featuring Ana), during her early days as a Talon operative, Widowmaker was believed to be an extremely mobile and deadly ''male'' sniper.
* SayMyName: One of her responses if revived by a friendly Mercy is to call out for her deceased husband, whom she murdered ''against her will''.
* ScopeSnipe: Defeats Ana Amari by landing a shot through the Ana's rifle scope right in her eye.
* SexIsViolence: She parallels herself to a spider in that "at the moment of the kill, they are never more alive".
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her default outfit has an enclosed opening on the back which shows off her huge widow tattoo. Further emphasized with her Year of the Rooster-exclusive "Hairpin" spray, where she wears a {{Qipao}}.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Says it word for word to Sombra in their pre-battle banter.
* SheCleansUpNicely: [[http://imgur.com/mVF7hUa This spray]] shows that, as a normal person before her forced transformation, she looks like an almost completely different person than what she is now. ''Especially'' since she doesn't have her [[TattooedCrook tattoos]]. Still very attractive, but not in a [[EvilIsSexy depraved way]] like she currently is.
** The Uprising event added a pre transformation skin for Widowmaker.
* ShesGotLegs: Widowmaker has very long and shapely legs. This is poked fun at with Widowmaker's [[RiseFromYourGrave R.I.P. victory pose]] where her legs are what come out of the ground, posed in a stereotypical alluring fashion.
* SchmuckBait: The Christmas event added a Play of the Game scene for her where she holds up a sprig of mistletoe, then sucker punches the camera.
* SimpleYetAwesome: Aside from ''Venom Mine'', every ability Widowmaker has revolves around sniping. All a player has to do is hook to a good vantage point, pop up her scope, and shoot. That being said, Widowmaker is one of the most terrifying characters in the hands of an expert.
* SmugSnake: Arrogant, condescending and carries herself like she thinks she’s better than everyone else in the room. Her behavior at the end of the ''Alive'' short ''breathes'' this trope.
* SniperDuel: There are certain in-game scenarios where the best way to deal with an enemy Widowmaker is ''another'' Widowmaker. Case in point, if she sees an enemy sniper, instead of telling the team to watch out, she'll say this:
-->'''Widowmaker''': Sniper! Leave ''this'' to me.
** In the story itself, she got locked into one years ago with Ana. Widowmaker won, resulting in Ana losing her eye and having to fake her death.
* SniperRifle: Her ''Widow's Kiss'' rifle doubles as a fully-automatic assault rifle in close range.
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* SpikesOfVillainy: As if the [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red color scheme of her Noire skin wasn't enough to hint she's evil]], it's also got spikes on one of the sleeves.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her default combat outfit is a skin tight bodysuit that shows off most of her front and back.
* StatuesqueStunner: One of the sexiest female characters, and also one of the tallest at 5'9".
* SympatheticMurderer: She may be a cruel, cold-hearted assassin who takes in pleasure in the act of killing, but it's almost impossible not to sympathize with her once you learn her backstory.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Has "cauchemar" and "araignée du soir" ([[BilingualBonus French for "nightmare" and "evening spider", respectively]]) tattooed in black, scary-looking letters on her right forearm.
* TattooedCrook: Is a cold-blooded assassin with a giant spider tattoo on her back, two French spider-themed tattoos on her forearm and (as her Cote D'azur skin shows) a Talon tattoo on her left thigh. Confirmed in a spray that she ''didn't'' have those tattoos back when she was the completely innocent Amélie.
* TragicVillain: While all the villains in the game have tragic backstories, many would agree that her story is the most tragic out of ''any'' of the playable characters, let alone the villains.
* TranquilFury: When Ana tells her in-game that Gérard was a fool to love her, Widowmaker is [[BerserkButton evidently not pleased]]. She still maintains her normal soft-spoken tone when she retorts, however.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In "Masquerade", Widowmaker casually appears at an underground casino with Doomfist to deal some business, and nobody seems to take notice of her corpse-blue skin. [[WeirdnessCensor Then again,]] this is a world with intelligent robot lifeforms and cybernetic enhancements, [[https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/887721809226878977 and as pointed out by Blizzard themselves, it'd probably be a bad idea to ask.]]
* VillainEpisode: Although Tracer plays a huge role in the ''Alive'' animated short, it's largely told from Widowmaker's perspective as she attempts to assassinate Mondatta.
* VillainousUnderdog:
** A relatively simple assassination mission goes awry with the intervention of Tracer, forcing Widowmaker to fight through several of Tekharthat Mondatta's bodyguards and the former Overwatch agent herself, who has the ability to teleport and can go so far as to undo her mistakes (and all the injuries she sustained during them) by rewinding time for a few seconds while all Widowmaker has is her gun and a few gadgets. [[spoiler:She manages to find a way to win.]]
** Likewise, the sniping duel with Ana. Widowmaker at that point was probably relatively new amongst Talon crews, while Ana was one of the veteran Overwatch founders and one of the best markswomen in the world. Widowmaker won that one too by exploiting Ana's hesitation on the realization of her true identity.
* VillainProtagonist: She's the main protagonist of the ''Alive'' animated short where she tries to assassinate Mondatta, who just wants peace between humans and Omnics.
* VillainsOutShopping: Or swimming, in this case, judging by her "Côte d'Azur" skin.
* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to the rest of the cast. The bulk of her damage and overall usefulness to the team is dependent on her sniper rifle and how good of a shot the player is. Her ''Venom Mine'' is the only offensive ability in her move set, which for all intents is a trap that deals little damage and best alerts her to an enemies' presence. Her ''Grappling Hook'' can get her to places other heroes can't reach, but it has a ''very'' long cool down and she herself doesn't have the inherent or frequent mobility of heroes like [[TeleportSpam Tracer]] or [[DoubleJump Genji]]. Her Ultimate, while useful, will ''not'' not to wipe out an entire team, but can be devastating when used at its full potential through coordinating with her team.
* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder: Her default pose.
* WeCanRuleTogether: She tries to tempt Hanzo to her side by stating that Talon could restore his family's empire. Hanzo's only reaction is "But at what cost?" Due to his [[HazyFeelTurn sometimes-contradictory statements]] to Genji, and about his home, it's unknown how he truly feels about the offer.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Used to a heartbreaking degree. Because Ana doesn't know the full story of how Amélie became Widowmaker, she assumed that her friend willingly turned traitor and [[LoveMakesYouDumb love made Gerard stupid]]. Widowmaker's response to this is... [[BerserkButton rather strong]].
--> '''Ana''': Gerard was a fool to love someone like you.
--> '''Widowmaker''': You don't know ''anything'' about him.
* WhenSheSmiles:
** Her "I See You..." highlight intro has her give a side smile to the camera. Notably, her eyes make it look genuine instead of the cold smirk she usually has.
** Her wedding spray, which shows her as the normal, pre-brainwashed Amélie on her wedding day, also features a genuine smile that only makes her story more tragic.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: The "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tricolore]]" Summer Games skin changes her attire to having the color of the French flag.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Before becoming Widowmaker, she used to be afraid of spiders.
* WouldHurtAChild: For someone who gets off on killing, she has ''just enough'' restraint not to attack a child unless provoked. That is, until said child gets in her way, then she has no qualms about turning her rifle towards them. Good thing that Winston intervened before she could do just that.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Has yellow eyes which is fitting considering she's largely about stealth kills.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is blue to match her skin. Exactly how that works, considering blood doesn't circulate through hair, isn't quite clear. Her Talon skin displays blue hair even before her full transformation process took place, though.
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Though many blamed the planet's escalating, unexplained climate phenomena on the advent of new technologies, the rapidly growing omnic population, and drastically increased consumption of resources, the true cause remained unknown. To find a solution, Overwatch established a series of eco-Watchpoints at remote, critical locations worldwide.

* AmmunitionBackpack: Carries a large transparent canister, presumably filled with cooling agent. The end of the 'Rise & Shine' cinematic shows that the bulk of it is Snowball's battery charging station.

* HeroicBSOD: Mei suffers one upon learning that the stasis pods of the other scientists all failed. In 'Rise & Shine', she huddles herself into fetal position and mourns their loss. A JumpCut shows her still in that position for an indeterminate amount of time before she snaps out of it.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the "Rise & Shine" cinematic, after the last battery runs out of power, Snowball transfers his own battery power to give Mei just enough to finish building her Endothermic Blaster. Fortunately, he can recharge through solar power.
* HiddenBuxom: According to [[http://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatchs-new-heroes-and-the-design-behind-them concept art of her]], Mei has a surprisingly large chest underneath her thermal suit. The 'Rise and Shine' cinematic shows she isn't quite as busty as her concept art, but still has around a D-cup size.

* LibationForTheDead: She didn't pour drink for her coworkers who perished in the CryonicsFailure, but she did serve them a cup of coffee each as DueToTheDead.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's 31, but can pass off as a lady at least a decade younger. [[http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20751985037?page=2#post-30 Later, a post in the Overwatch forums reveals that her listed age doesn't included the years she spent in the cyrostasis,]] meaning that she's around 40-years old chronologically.

* SheCleansUpNicely: She already looks pretty cute normally, but her "Chang'e" and "Luna" skins put her in a very fancy costume along with make-up and a more elaborate hairstyle, and the effect is spectacular.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Amélie Lacroix was tortured, programmed to murder her husband, brainwashed, had her personality obliterated, and her body's physiology altered so it experienced no emotion apart from the joy of killing. The renamed Widowmaker is essentially a completely different person inhabiting her body and mind, and serves as nothing but a tool of murder for Talon. If Overwatch ever ''did'' manage to revive Amélie, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she would have to deal with the guilt of murdering her husband, helping to break up the original Overwatch, and murdering countless others]]. It's also been implied that deep down, [[AndIMustScream the old Amélie is still there on some level]], and is at least partially aware of what she has done.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: He looks like he's in his 30s at least, but he's only 25, the second youngest human character after D.va. Though to be fair, the radiation and constant sun exposure from living in Australia probably hasn't done wonders for him.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the "Rise & Shine" cinematic, after the last battery runs out of power, Snowball transfers his own battery power to give Mei just enough to finish building her Endothermic Blaster. Fortunately, [[spoiler: he can recharge through solar power.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: In the "Rise & Shine" cinematic, after the last battery runs out of power, Snowball transfers his own battery power to give Mei just enough to finish building her Endothermic Blaster. Fortunately, he can recharge through solar power.

* AmmunitionBackpack: Carries a large transparent canister, presumably filled with cooling agent.

!!!'''Affiliation:''' Overwatch (formerly)

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A very specific case--Junkrat's GrenadeSpam, while useful as area denial, can also quickly charge up the energy of an enemy Zarya (by striking both her and her ally's barrier). Given that at maximum charge she dishes out 190DPS, if he's not careful around her Junkrat can be the indirect cause of his entire team being melted.

* HiddenBuxom: According to [[http://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatchs-new-heroes-and-the-design-behind-them concept art of her]], Mei has a surprisingly large chest underneath her thermal suit.
** The 'Rise and Shine' cinematic shows she isn't quite as big as her concept art, but she isn't small either.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Mei is the only character able to create an outright physical impediment. Reinhardt and Winston's barriers can be walked through and Junkrat's trap can be quickly destroyed. Mei's walls, however, must be gone around or over unless the enemy has a quick 2000 damage (500 per pylon) they can throw at it.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Her ''Endothermic Blaster'' (or "endothermic diffuser") is a relatively mild example, and it's still a few more syllables needed to say "FreezeRay". Even in her journal, she notes she needs to "come up with a less science-y name."