History Characters / BorderlandsThePreSequel

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->'''Voiced by:''' Amanda Bishop
-->''"Ahoy, landlubber. You look a little too much like trouble."''

A woman that the Bosun has captive as his girlfriend. Actually is a Dahl ship A.I. reprogrammed to be the Bosun's girlfriend.

* AIIsACrapshoot:
** She goes rampant upon being uploaded into the prototype Constructor, attacking you in her attempt not to be wiped, forcing the Vault Hunters to subdue her violently.
** It's implied in ''Videogame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' that Felicity's personality may be reappearing within the Loaders that were built by all the Constructors that used her subsequent AI.
* ApologeticAttacker: When fighting scavs in the prototype powersuit, she will voice her disdain and utter distaste for violence.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Initially, she's a military A.I. that resents having been reprogrammed into a computer girlfriend by the Bosun. When Jack tries to reassign her to military duties (namely serving as the A.I. for his prototype Constructor), she quickly learns that she's actually not a big fan of violence. Eventually, Jack outright erases her developed personality and reboots her back into a purely military A.I.
** Jack and his Vault Hunters also suffer from their wish of wanting a killer robot to help them take Helios back. Felcitiy puts it best when she goes on the attack after being plugged in.
--> "If hate is all you want, ''that's what you'll get!"''
* BreakTheCutie: Is enslaved by an insane bandit only to be eventually rescued by Jack's Vault Hunters. She's then put into a 'bot and has to kill a bunch of people only to find out she's a pacifist. Last but not least she gets her identity wiped and placed in an unmoving shell, forever.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Her fate. She cannot leave the premises she's being held in, her personality is messed with, and she [[BreedingSlave is forced to produce offspring for those who imprisoned her]].
* DramaticIrony: Her change of name and ultimate fate.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Being held as the Bosun's girlfriend. Being forced to control the proto-Constructor, then memory wiped.
* GoodIsNotNice: Is polite and respectful to the Vault Hunters, and actively goes out of her way to help them... while having no problems at all with crushing people in doors.
* IAmNotAGun: Despite being a military-grade AI, Felicity comes to realize that she can't stand killing and pleads with Jack and his Vault Hunters to not force her to be a Constructor. She even offers to let herself be copied, but Jack decides that it would take too long.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: Not long after you enter the Drakensburg, she secretly starts helping Jack's Vault Hunters.
* HeroAntagonist: When you fight her as the boss, as her only crime is not wanting to get her personality erased (which basically kills her).
* MeaningfulRename: She decides to name herself "Felicity" after being rescued, derived from the Latin word for joy or good fortune.
* MonsterProgenitor: She's the first Hyperion [[MookMaker Constructor]] to be built and deployed, and you can hear her feminine Australian accent gradually turn into the deep and emotionless Constructor voice heard in ''2''.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: She is eventually pacified by the Vault Hunters and had her personality wiped.
* RobotGirl: She's a military AI that the Bosun reprogrammed.
* SadisticChoice: What ultimately causes Jack to forcibly turn her into the combat AI without making a backup of her. Jack doesn't have time to wait for Felicity to create a copy of herself, which would take days, as he deems it would take too long and Zarpedon would've "popped Elpis like a zit" by then.
* SuperPrototype: Of the Constructors, her model in particular is built more like a mech than a hovering robot, has much stronger shields, and an overall more deadly and intense amount of firepower in her missile barrages and laser beams. As a tradeoff however, her robotic minion spawns are not well-equipped at all compared to the GUN Loaders and Surveyors seen in ''2''.
* TragicMonster: Forcibly turned into the Constructor AI. If only Elpis had more time, indeed...
* WalkingSpoiler: What happens to Felicity is a turning point for the story, and even for players who may judge Jack's action regarding it.

[[folder:Gladstone]]
See [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion the Hyperion Corp. page]] for tropes.
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[[folder:Papa Crust and the People's Liberation Army]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Phelan
-->'''Papa Crust:''' ''"The time is coming when this land will be blasted clean of warlords and petty kings and queens. The People's Liberation Army are storm clouds on the horizon."''

Papa Crust is the leader of the People's Liberation Army, a vaguely anarchist communist organization opposing equally vaguely defined despots and corporate influences. For the revolution to start, they need ''lots of guns''.

* CollectionSidequest: They want you to gather fifty white-quality weapons for them. Every time you drop off ten, someone ends up taking them, forcing you to go on a fetch quest to get them back. While certainly tedious, they reward you with a Legendary Oz Kit.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the PLA are all pacifists who don't intend to use the weapons you give them to fight is foreshadowed by the fact that every time they try to fight they do a ''horrible'' job at it. Papa Crust even remarks at one point that the weapons were worthless in combat (midway through your collecting enough to complete the quest, of course).
* IronicName: Despite being an army, they are actually pacifists, making works of art as protest projects.
* LeeroyJenkins: A bunch of the People's Liberation Army soldiers take the crappy white-quality guns and try to take on a bunch of scavs with them. The predictable happens.
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[[folder:The Concordia Liberation Front]]
A group of teenagers fighting for the environment against corporations, tyrany, and mostly the People's Liberation Army. They are a young adult/teenager-run group whose beliefs are pretty stereotypical: Vegan, Gluten-Free, Pro-Environment, and Anti-Corporate. All PlayedForLaughs, as they are horrible at all of it.
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Tropes can be found in [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands the Weapon Brands page]] under Dahl.

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Constance Janes

The leader of the Dahl soldiers left over on Pandora and Elpis.
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* AlienBlood: When defeated, she bleeds bright purple liquid.
* AntiVillain: She's surprisingly polite and cordial to the Vault Hunters and their allies, even telling them that she doesn't want to fight them if she doesn't have to and gives them multiple chances to simply leave Elpis. Also, she'll thank the Vault Hunters for informing her about a soldier of hers dying. Once they keep rejecting her warnings, she still comes at them full-force. The ending implies the only reason she was trying to blow up Pandora and Elpis was to prevent something ''even worse'' happening.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: It's a Borderlands tradition.
* BladeOnAStick: She wields an Eridian polearm in combat.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite her status as a WellIntentionedExtremist, she's quite friendly to her own men. In one of her [=ECHOs=], she informs the crew that attending a birthday party (for a lowly private, no less) is not mandatory, but that there will be cake. Very nice chocolate cake.
* BigBad: The antagonist of ''The Pre-Sequel'', attacking Helios as part of her plan.
* ClimaxBoss: Despite being the driving force against the Vault Hunters for most of the game, she is unceremoniously executed at the end of her fight by Jack, who by then was more concerned with the Vault being open and wouldn't even let her finish her warning to him.
* ColonelBadass: She is very capable in combat.
* TheComicallySerious: She’s not a particularly comedic character in general. Aside from her cartoonish name, which Jack has a field day with throughout the campaign. The fact that such an utterly serious character like her exists in the ''[[WorldOfSnark Borderlands]]'' series is worth a laugh.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: While you do fight her near the end of the game, after her death you move on to your original goal of hunting the Vault of Elpis.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: She shows this sentiment twice to the Vault Hunters, even offering them a chance to leave Helios despite them having already refused.
* DoomedByCanon: As a villain in a midquel, it's clear from the onset that she's not going to succeed, much less survive.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[GrayAndGrayMorality For a given value of evil]], but she loves her daughter and regrets missing her grow.
* FacialHorror: Her eyes bleed purple and spreads in cracks across her face.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Commandant Steele from ''1''. Both are female leaders to military divisions of {{Mega Corp}}s (Atlas’ Crimson Lance and Dahl's Lost Legion, respectively), both have motivations tied to the opening of a Vault, both have [[TouchedByVorlons extraordinary abilities]] (Steele is a Siren while Zarpedon is infused with Eridium), and both serve as the [[BigBad primary antagonist]] of their respective games. On side note, they also have names that resemble metals (Steele is reminiscent of steel while Zarpedon's first name, Tungsteena, is reminiscent of tungsten). However, while Steele [[BadBoss cares little]] for the Crimson Lance, going so far as to orchestrate the death of Roland's squad prior to the events of the game, Zarpedon [[BenevolentBoss cares greatly]] for the Lost Legion, going so far as to celebrate their birthdays. While Steele is ultimately killed by the Destroyer before she can be fought, Zarpedon is the last opponent the Vault Hunters must face before shutting down the Eye of Helios. And finally, while Steele wants to obtain the contents of the Vault for the sake of herself and Atlas, Zarpedon wants to destroy the Vault, along with Elpis, [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the sake of the universe]].
** To General Knoxx, the leader of the Crimson Lance from the ''Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' DLC, also from the first ''Borderlands.'' Both are honorable soldiers who take their missions very seriously. They also offer the player the chance to surrender along the way and continue to fight the Vault Hunters when said offer is rejected. However, where they differ is how they view their respective militaries, as well as the foes they face. Knoxx ultimately wants nothing to do with the Lance due to their incompetent rank-and-file, corrupt high command, and shady promotion system (read: "goddamn {{nepotism}}"), whereas Zarpedon fully believes in her objective and commands the Lost Legion through sheer force of will. Also, Knoxx holds nothing against the Vault Hunters at all and wants to die out of nihilistic despair, and while Zarpedon similarly bears no malintent towards her foes, stating that she doesn't want to fight the Vault Hunters if she doesn't have to, she's still willing to take them on if they keep getting in her way.
** To Hector, the leader of New Pandora Army in the ''Commander Lilith...'' DLC of ''2''. Both are commanders of a Dahl military force, got involved with ancient Eridian artifacts, got entombed, and abandoned once Dahl left the sector. Both also care deeply for the men under their charge and are likewise adored by their men. Where they differ is that Zarpedon chose to be entombed and stand vigil over the vault while Hector's forces were "accidentally" buried alive so Dahl could steal the Vault Key they unearthed. Both were driven by the love for the people they cared about to their horrific actions. But while Zarpedon did so to avert a greater disaster all the while fully aware of how monstrous her actions were, Hector did it out of spite for being screwed over so many times and could care less about all the lives he destroyed.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Apparently, she and the rest of the Lost Legion learned ''something'' when they entered the Core and the Vault within, which caused them to militantly prevent anyone from ever reaching the Vault. Come ''3'' and its hinted [[spoiler:that ''something'' was that the Destroyer was not even close to dead and locked away still inside Pandora, and that Jack would be responsible for starting the chain reaction which would lead the Calypsos to attempt opening the Destroyer's true prison in order to absorb its powers and destroy the entire universe in the process.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: She considers Jack's hunt for the Vault to be the threshold, and as such she and the Legion are convinced that the only way to keep the Vault and its secrets secure is to destroy Elpis and Pandora entirely. That, and it's also implied that opening the Vault on Pandora caused a chain reaction in every Vault across the known universe of ''Borderlands'', and she outright says that everything she does is to save the universe. [[spoiler:She was right.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Sort of - it's sort of muddled [[GrayAndGrayMorality who is and isn't heroic]] in the game, but it's heavily implied that by trying to destroy the moon and Pandora (and with them, their Vaults) she's trying to prevent something really terrible from happening. ''3'' reveals that [[spoiler:Elpis is the key to the Vault imprisoning the Destroyer, and by attempting to annihilate it she was trying to keep anyone from freeing the monster.]]
* TheHeavy: Her actions more or less drive the plot of the game. Athena even notes that were it not for her attacking Helios, things might have gone very differently.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: While decidedly [[spoiler:emptying Elpis' core in order to smash it on Pandora]] sounds very abysmal, the [[ForegoneConclusion in-adverted]] sequel shows ''why''.
* IgnoredExpert: Pretty much the only person on Elpis who really knows anything about what the Vaults contain and why Elpis needs to be destroyed. Naturally, Jack kills her before she can actually tell him the full consequences of opening the Vault.
* KickTheDog: Zarpedon's first actions in the game are to personally blow up a bunch of escape shuttles carrying Hyperion workers and scientists off of Helios. Athena and "Jack" (the Doppelganger) point out that while she behaves honorably and reasonably towards the Vault Hunters, she pretty much made zero effort to minimize collateral damage.
* KilledMidSentence: After she reveals that she and her army opened the Vault, Jack simply shoots her as she tries to warn him.
-->'''Jack:''' Bored!
* MiniMecha: She initially fights you aboard a Dahl Powerwalker. After you destroy it, she fights you herself.
* AMotherToHerMen: She cares a lot about the well-being of her soldiers. If you avenge one of her fallen soldiers in a sidequest, she rewards you by giving you access to a weapons stash, though she reminds you that this doesn't mean she's going to spare you. As shown by the [=ECHOs=] on the Drakensburg, she can be quite motherly towards them, hosting a birthday party with chocolate cake for one of the privates as well as ordering mandatory medical check-ups after picking up strange signals from Elpis.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Played for laughs in that her name is treated as a complete joke due to how ridiculously overblown and cartoonishly evil it sounds.
-->'''Zarpedon:''' My name is Zarpedon. Tungsteena Zarpedon.
-->'''Jack:''' ''Paaahahahahah!'' Tungsteena Zarpedon -- you must have been SUPER popular in high school! My GOD, your parents were assholes!
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Shortly after Jack throws his scientists out the airlock on vague suspicions one of them might be a traitor, Zarpedon calls him up to praise him for it, saying she would have done the same and that he made the right decision to sacrifice a few people who might be a threat to ensure the safety of many more.
* OneWingedAngel: Uses her Eridian abilities to grow to 9 feet tall when she has to engage Jack and the Vault Hunters personally after her mech suit is destroyed.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her eyes are glowing purple, possibly due to exposure to eridium.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are glowing purple, showing she is clearly infused with some sort of power.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She urges the Vault Hunters to leave Elpis as soon as possible. She really doesn't want to fight them if she doesn't have to. Of course, when the Vault Hunters turn down her hospitality, all bets are off.
--> '''Zarpedon:''' I don’t want to kill you if I don’t have to.\\
'''Athena:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Tell that to the people you murdered on Helios.]]\\
'''Wilhelm:''' [[NothingPersonal Nah, got paid to kill you, so that's what I'm gonna do.]]\\
'''Aurelia:''' Darling, I’m simply going to kill you for fun. It’s not personal, I just bore easily.
* RunningGag: Her name being made fun of when mentioned (mostly by Jack).
* SayMyName: Parodied. Jack and his Vault Hunters are about to make significant progress in reaching the Eye of Helios to shut it down through the use of worker-drones to pave the way, when Zarpedon sets up yet another impenetrable blockade to handicap them by locking Jack out of the drone control system. Jack has this to say:
--> '''(Jack, mockingly)''' '''''[[SkywardScream ZARPEDOOOOOOOON!]]''''' - ''(Laughter)'' 'Stupid as that name is, it's still really fun to yell.
* ShadowArchetype: To Handsome Jack. Two leaders who have declared themselves the only hope of protecting the world from some mysterious threat. Both of them are charismatic and determined, holding the loyalty of their small forces and scraping by with few resources. They're even both parents, and both have close brushes with strange forces that mess up their minds and cause serious FacialHorror. But Zarpedon never declares herself a hero and always remains conscious that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo her deeds are terrible, even if they're necessary]]. Jack, on the other hand, becomes gradually less self-aware and more megalomaniacal until he's a terrifying, delusional, dictatorial lunatic.
* SkunkStripe: She has a yellow stripe along the right side of her black hair.
* TaintedVeins: Glowing purple veins growing outward from her eyes.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Like Axton, she has a Dahl-rank implant on the right side of her head. Unlike Axton, she has three triangles instead of just one signifying her higher rank.
* TemptingFate: In one sidequest, the Vault Hunters find records of her bemoaning having to leave her prized gear on the ship, before saying that it'll be transferred soon. Yeah, about that...
** In that same side quest, she says that she's trying to pay for an operation for an unknown loved one named Brittania (as revealed in a later mission, her daughter) and she's looking forward to coming home at the end of the tour. Unfortunately, something... weird... happened to her on Elpis.
* TouchedByVorlons: She received some undetermined power and knowledge from the Vault on Elpis, judging by her TaintedVeins and possession of an Eridian weapon.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She assaults Jack's Space Station Helios and tries to blow up the moon because her legion caught Hyperion surveyors out in the field and thought Jack would exploit the vault's knowledge. When you beat her, Jack reveals he didn't even know where the vault was, let alone that it was open. Her actions would then lead to Jack becoming scarred and obsessed with opening the vault to find a replacement for the Eye of the Destroyer, causing the events of ''2'', the galaxy-wide activation of Vaults, [[spoiler:and the coming war she fought so hard to avoid]].
* AVillainNamedZrg: Her name so evil-sounding it loops around to being just plain silly.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied that she's trying to stop something with terrible, universe-shaking consequences by blowing up the moon (and then Pandora).
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: All the player characters think that Zarpedon is an absolutely ridiculous name, too. Even the stoic Athena and Wilhelm snicker. Jack finds it hilarious that anyone would name their daughter Tungsteena. She also has a daughter by the name of Brittania, which is not much better.
* WorthyOpponent: She comes to see Jack and his Vault Hunters as this, particularly when the former has his scientists spaced out of paranoia. The sentiment is returned by Athena, who states that she was not an unworthy foe.

'''Individuals and groups''': [[Characters/BorderlandsHyperion Hyperion]] ([[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]]) | [[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]]\\

'''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsBanditsAndBanditFactions Bandits and Bandit Factions]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]]-]]]]]

'''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Other Weapon Brands]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]]-]]]]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Justin S. Cotta
-->"''DEADLIFT TIIIIMEE!!!''"

The first Scav boss you deal with, Deadlift is a Scav with a personal guff against Janey Springs. He likes jump pads. He likes them A LOT.
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* BerserkButton: He's very sensitive about his jump pads. All Zarpedon has to do to motivate him is say that the Vault Hunters said his pads were stupid.
-->'''Deadlift''': '''I WILL ANNIHILATE THEM!'''
* BoxedCrook / RecruitingTheCriminal: An odd example. Judging by his line about how Zarpedon threw him in prison, she either busted him back out or he broke out on his own. Either way, she does try to have him fight the Vault Hunters, and at first he refuses... until she says they mocked his jump pads.
* BrickJoke: The goal of one of the early side missions is to help him overcome his motivational issues. Later, when you kill him, his last words are: ''"My confidence!"''
* CloudCuckoolander: Illustrated by some of his quotes, as well as his attachment to jump pads.
-->'''Deadlift:''' I can't wait to throw your corpse on to a jump pad, and watch it take to the air like a... ''child's imagination''.
* ClusterFBomb: Sometimes he will tell people he doesn't like to screw themselves.
-->'''Deadlift:''' Screw Zarpedon, screw Springs and screw ''YOU!''
* CompanionCube: He immediately apologizes to the jump pad after disabling it. May or may not be a case of CargoShip.
* DumbMuscle: Being a Scav, he's not very bright, but he ''is'' rather strong, especially to beginning players who face him early on.
* EvilLaugh: He has a rather goofy one.
* GetBackHereBoss: As the game's tutorial on using jump pads in battle, he spends the entire battle jumping around, making it somewhat tricky to keep track of him.
* GroundPound: He threatens to do this to you, although in execution it's more like an electrified GoombaStomp.
-->'''Deadlift:''' I WILL SOAR INTO THE AIR AND CRUSH YOU WITH A BUTT-SLAM! ...'''HIGH-BROW!'''
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: He announces his full name is Bucephalus Deadlift [=McElroy=], meaning that Deadlift is his actual middle name.
* IncompatibleOrientation: He once tried to ask out Janey, only to get shot down because she's not into guys. He's still pretty bitter about that and even yells "Tell that Springs she sucks!" during his boss battle.
* {{Irony}}: Deadlift primarily uses shock elemental attacks to kill you, but using shock against him is one of the best ways to quickly kill him as shock elemental attacks will destroy his powerful shield faster.
* {{Jerkass}}: Janey sends you to kill him because he's "kinda a dick."
-->'''Janey:''' Well, he also stole my Moon-Zoomy digistruct key, stranded me out here, and got really rude when I told him I wasn't into guys. But mostly the being a dick thing.
* LargeHam: Every single sentence he says is yelled at the top of his lungs.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Downplayed; see IncompatibleOrientation and {{Jerkass}}.
* RantInducingSlight: After the Vault Hunters turn down her sincere plea to leave Elpis, Zarpedon gets Deadlift riled up to stop them.
-->'''Zarpedon:''' Deadlift, this is Colonel Zarpedon. I need you to kill the Vault Hunters headed for your ship.\\
'''Deadlift:''' Get bent, Zarp! I ain't takin' orders from the chick who threw me in prison!\\
'''Zarpedon:''' They said your jump pads were stupid.\\
'''Deadlift:''' [[ChewingTheScenery I WILL ANNIHILATE THEM!]]
* ShockAndAwe: He carries a pretty powerful shock laser weapon and can fire homing shock missiles. Additionally he can electrify the parts of the floor of his arena.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Dale
-->'''''Red:''' Finally! A proper bloody fight!''
-->'''''Belly:''' Well, I just ate... buuuuut let's BOOGIE!''

A pair of Scavs, one regular-sized one and one midget, the latter standing on top of the former to initially appear as one armored figure. They've taken over an old Dahl comms base.
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* AffablyEvil: Even when they’re trying to kill you, they remain perfectly cheery and polite... until one of them gets killed, then the survivor gets angry.
* BigNo: Whenever one of them dies the other will utter a big no.
* DashAttack: Belly has a pretty powerful one that causes a strong nova blast.
* TheDividual: They're actually two separate bandits named Red and Belly who fight together as one.
* DualBoss: While you initially fight them as one unit, Red eventually flies off and attacks you on his own.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Master Blaster]]. Also of Ned Kelly, infamous bushranger most well known for his LastStand in primitive armor that looks very similar to Belly's. His weak points are even a nod to how the historical Kelly was finally defeated--lacking leg armor, Kelly was finally brought down after he took shots to his legs. His "twist" of being two people calls to mind Boom Bewm from Borderlands 2.
* {{Jetpack}}: Once Red flies off he keeps flying around the arena with one.
* TurnsRed: No pun intended. If either Red or Belly dies the survivor literally turns red and becomes stronger and more aggressive.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Meegan
--> "''Welcome to your death, landlubber!''"

Real name: Keith. A Scav leader based in the former Dahl ship of the Drakensburg, he rules his gang alongside his girlfriend Skipper.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Although he's made to look ''very'' pathetic, his boss battle can actually be pretty nasty as he has rockets, turrets and a pretty mean shock attack to tear your shields apart.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: In a fashion; While he does fight you himself from aboard his weapons platform, you also have to deal with shield generators that are constantly recharging his shields, though beating him without dealing with his generators is an in-game challenge.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: He's constantly making elaborate and ineffective threats as you make your way to him, up to threatening to "squish your brains out your ears and stomp all over your skull with boots made of acid", which Skipper notes would be impossible.
* DitzyGenius: Prior to being a Scav, he was an AI programmer, which is why you're going after him in hopes of getting a military AI. Turns out Skipper is that AI.
* EvilLaugh: All things considered when Pickle's plan to douse the lava lake in liquid methane initially fails he cracks a pretty good one.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He comes off as pretty pathetic all things considered, what with his ineffective and nonsensical threats as well as having his "girlfriend" sabotaging his efforts. The fact that his girlfriend is actually a reprogrammed AI who still despises him speaks volume of how truly pathetic he really is.
* WeHaveReserves: He says he is sending his "best" men after you... after you already defeated his best men. He insists he has more.

'''Individuals and groups''': [[Characters/BorderlandsClaptrap Claptrap]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsHandsomeJack Handsome Jack]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsEridiansAndVaultMonsters Eridians and Vault Monsters]]\\
'''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/BorderlandsWeaponBrands Weapon Brands]] | [[Characters/BorderlandsCreatures Creatures]]-]]]]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Lynn Andrews III
-->''"I am 5H4D0W-TP! You know not what you have done! Come -- take the shiny!"''

A sinister-looking black Claptrap locked inside The Fragtrap's Quarantine subroutine, claims to be a helpful individual who wants to help Jack get the H-Source in exchange for his freedom.
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* AffablyEvil: In contrast to Claptrap, he's usually well spoken and helpful when it comes to obstacles. This is subverted when he becomes the main villain, but ultimately sacrifices himself for Claptrap's sake.
* AGodAmI: Veers into this in the final boss fight.
--> How can you challenge me!? A perfect immortal machine!?\\
YOU SHOULD BE WORSHIPPING ME!
* BigBad: Of the ''Claptastic Voyage'' DLC.
* BigNo: Once he's defeated and the Vault Hunter takes the H-Source from him.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Shadowtrap's first form loves doing this.
%%* EnemyWithout
%%* EvilIsAngular:
* EvilIsBigger: Downplayed. He's bigger than Claptrap, but is just about as tall as a regular human.
* EvilIsCool: To Claptrap InUniverse.
-->'''Claptrap''': I gotta say, this guy's kinda cool! He nails the A in Ambition, and he played ''[[PlayerCharacter you]]'' like a n00b!\\
'''Athena''': WHO THE HELL'S SIDE ''ARE YOU ON!?''
* EvilIsHammy: Once he reveals his true colors, he turns up the volume up notch and then some from the start of his release from prison to the final fight with him.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He speaks with a much deeper voice than Claptrap and any of his other mental figments.
* EvilerThanThou[=/=]EvenEvilHasStandards: As EOS, he'll occasionally say that Jack would do worse things with the H-Source than he would, but considering his own abilities, it's not hard to assume he could outdo Jack.
* EyeScream: For heavy damage in any of his forms, go for the eye.
* {{Foil}}: To Claptrap. He's actually intelligent, competent, and far more spiteful.
* GodhoodSeeker: More or less he claims to be with the H-Source in his hands, with enough power to conquer the galaxy.
* HumongousMecha: Becomes one after infusing himself with the H-Source and becoming [=ECLIPSE=].
* KillItWithFire: In his first form, he will use a powerful fire-based laser.
* KillSat: Becomes one in the second phase of his fight. Specifically the Helios space station, firing reinforcements to combat the Vault Hunter or firing the Eye of Helios at them.
* KneelBeforeZod: "BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!"
* ICouldaBeenAContender: He was the executable for Fragtrap's Vault Hunter.Exe. But the unit's insecurity protocols put him in quarantine, turning Vault Hunter.Exe into the unpredictable mess it is. He even states that he's what Claptrap could, ''should'' have been.
* IShallTauntYou: Constantly does this to the Vault Hunters as they chase him, deliberately stopping in their line of view just to disappear as they reach him.
-->'''Handsome Jack''': [[LampshadeHanging Look at this smug son of a- G-get 'em!]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption While it's fairly obvious from the get-go]], most of his manipulations come about because Jack does not take him entirely seriously and thinks he can just get the H-Source by playing along. Played more straight when he disguises himself as Claptrap's consciousness and as Handsome Jack, giving him further access to his Hosts' mind and retrieving the H-Source, respectively.
* MasterOfIllusion: He can project and mimic the appearances, voices and even speech patterns of whoever he chooses, even from inside of the containment cell holding him.
%%* MotiveRant
* NoIndoorVoice: He tends to shout his lines a lot whenever he's fighting you .
* ObviouslyEvil: The fact that he's painted black, has a red visor-like eye, and has a painted skull on his right arm are clear indicators. The player character lampshades this, as does Jack (with zero awareness) when he tells the player to listen to him.
* OneWingedAngel: In the final battle, he uses the H-Source to turn himself into a giant humanoid mecha and then the Helios Station itself.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: It has a glowing red eye that's always in the shape of a glare.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After Jack shoots Claptrap and had him dumped in Liar's Berg, Shadowtrap sacrifices itself in order to ensure that Claptrap lived long enough to be repaired by Hammerlock.
* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: One of the biggest problems during the first fight against him. While his health won't regenerate, his (quite powerful) shield '''will'''.
* RoboSpeak: Downplayed initially. While he's "helping" the Vault Hunters, his speech is stunted but not completely emotionless.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's far more technical in his mode of speech than Claptrap is, though he still tends to slip up. For example, the first thing he does when he's released is bait the Vault Hunter with the H-Source and shove them back.
--> '''[=5H4D0W-TP=]''': Psyche!
* ShoutOut: When he first visualizes inside the Quarantine Cube, he is shown wearing a [[Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lector muzzle over his face]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: After being defeated, when the Vault Hunters complain about not getting a Legendary, he immediately gives them one random piece of Legendary gear. While blowing a raspberry.
* VillainHasAPoint: He calls out Claptrap for not joining him and betraying the Vault Hunters, pointing out that they're assholes who've shown little kindness to him and would sell him out in a millicycle. Which is exactly what they do at the end of the DLC.
* VocalEvolution: He's starts of as soft-spoken, formal and stunted in his speech patterns. After turning against the Vault Hunters he speaks without the stutter and in a louder and more aggressive tone. By the time the Vault Hunters fight him he's yelling every one of his lines.
* WaveMotionGun: Remember that giant laser Zarpedon used on Elpis? Shadowtrap, on his last form, uses it ''against'' you. Sometimes he even yells ''"IMMA FIRING MY LASER!!!"''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Make no mistake, he is quite a villainous turd, but he ultimately does what he does for Claptrap's sake, and keeping the H-source out of Jack's hands.
%%* WhosLaughingNow:

A data file unconsciously created by Claptrap in an attempt to repress his memories from Overlook.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Claptrap's both repressed guilt and denial of his actions in Overlook.
* BlatantLies: Literally everything it says.
* ImplausibleDeniability: It "never denies anything". Including it's own death.
-->''I'M NOT DYIIIIING!!!''
* PaletteSwap: It's a giant digitally re-skinned Thresher.

!President Harold Tassiter
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->'''Voiced by:''' Chuck Huber
--> ''"Need I remind you that you are there to observe Pandora, nothing more!"''

The president of Hyperion during the time of the Pre-Sequel. [[JerkAss He is a total dick.]]

* AscendedExtra: Tassiter was originally a character in the ECHO Logs detailing Jack's past in ''2''. In this game, he's an actual character with a physical appearance. Albeit a dying one.
* BadBoss: While much less psychopathic and murderous than Handsome Jack, it doesn't exactly make him any ''better''. Tassiter belittles and mocks all those who work for him, shows no concern for the Hyperion workers trapped in a maintenance section and driven mad by a viral plague while stating that "Breathing is a privilege, not a right," and also shows little concern while his terribly made bot attempts to murder the protagonist.
-->'''Wilhelm''': Dick. Anyone wanna pay me a quarter to kill that guy?
* BullyingTheDragon: He ends up ticking off Jack after trying to smugly fire him. Unfortunately for him, Jack is now going through a mental breakdown and is simply too furious to take any of his crap.
* DefiantToTheEnd: When Jack attempted to blackmail him, Tassiter tells him that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech even if he was able to cow the other executives into giving up their shares, to him he'll always be a hideous, pathetic nobody wearing a ridiculous mask]]. [[PreMortemOneLiner Jack then asks him about the difference between choking and strangling]].
* EvilIsPetty
--> '''Hyperion Kiosk''': Hyperion wishes Helios station good luck in its search for alien technology and precious minerals. Except Chairman Tassiter, who wrote the words "eat my butt" on a scrap of paper and sent it through the [=ECHOnet=].
* IGaveMyWord: If you destroy his crappy murderous robot, he'll be furious but is still forced to pay you for helping him build it.
-->'''Tassiter''': Here's your reward. ''Choke on it''.
* ItsAllAboutMe: In the mission in which he forces the Vault Hunters to make his murderous robot kill off infected employees, Tassiter only cares about how the robot will make him look good while ceaselessly belittling you.
-->'''Jack''': ''(mocking him)'' "It's a collective process really but let's be honest it was me, Harold Tassiter, who made it what it is but no really how about that team."
* HateSink: All his dialogue and overall personality consists of him being overbearing, cruel, egotistic, demanding and bullying to everyone, Hyperion, Vault Hunter or not, and at times, he makes ''Jack'' seem like the better CEO of Hyperion.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he is a jackass of the highest caliber who will most likely make you itch for the moment Jack strangles him with his watch chain, he does have some good points. 1): The Eye of Helios was not authorized by Hyperion, and it's a ''gigantic space laser''. 2): He thinks Jack's vault obsession will lead nowhere good ([[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope it]] [[ForegoneConclusion doesn't]]). And 3): In his perspective, Jack is a CloudCuckooLander that continuously goes beyond his appointed tasks and does ridiculous, crazy things on hunches with flippant or zero explanations, blowing Hyperion's resources on personal projects that make no sense to anyone but him (for example, creating exploding suicidal robots, installing a death-laser on a research station, spending company funds on vault hunting, etc.) and acting far too independently for his position. Case in point, Jack is ''supposed'' to just be observing Pandora, and yet Helios has a WaveMotionGun, it's currently under siege by cultlike ex-Dahl military forces, and it's [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not painted red and black.]]
* KickTheDog: In the sidequest where he tries to get the Vault Hunters to collect evidence on Jack while he offers most of the characters specific bribes (cybernetics for Wilhelm, being Claptrap's best friend, etc.) he coerces Athena into working for him by threatening to kill any remaining family she has. He also tries to threaten Aurelia's children, only for the latter to tell him that she has no children but she'll do it because she likes his attitude.
* KlingonPromotion: He's eventually murdered by Jack, who then takes over his position as President of Hyperion.
* MaliciousMisnaming: He knows that Jack is Jack's actual name, but calls him John whenever he's pissed at him.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by ''Borderlands 2.''
* TheVoice: In ''2'', he was simply a voice in the Jack ECHO Logs. While he has a portrait in ''The Pre-Sequel!'', he only appears in person in the final scene, in which Jack is strangling him to death. He, or to be more specific, his corpse shows up in the ''Claptastic Voyage'' DLC.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Meriff]]
!Huxter T. Meredith
!!Mayor & Sheriff [It sounded better in his head]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Richard Carter
-->"''Jack, Jackie! Haha, you should have said you were in town! You shoulda said so!''"

The Mayor and Sheriff of Concordia, real name: Huxter T. Meredith. A former Hyperion office drone under Jack who rules Concordia under Hyperion authority.
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!Gladstone Katoa
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->'''Voiced by:''' Rupert Degas
-->"''I AM a doctor, but more the "Hyperion R&D" kind.''"

A Hyperion Scientist that got trapped on Elpis after his escort bodyguards were killed. He only avoided death himself by telling the scavs that he's a medic. Later rescued by Jack, he helps Jack and the vault hunters to build the robot army and creates the very first Constructor.

* ApologizesALot: He's constantly apologizing for everything, which the player characters comment on. It's a lot more serious however when dealing with Felicity.
* GadgeteerGenius: Prior to you finding him, he somehow managed to scrounge up enough tech to build an "Eyeforger", which can break down devices to their basic components to fabricate the Constructor's Eye.
* NiceGuy: Is always polite and enthusiastic whenever talking to people, and has a habit of saying "sorry" a lot.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: He lied to his Scav captors that he's a medic. He is a Doctor, but of the robotics kind.
* TheSmartGuy: He's the guy that will build Jack the Robot Army needed to take back Helios. Jack later remembers that Gladstone set up Helio's R&D wing all by himself.
* SquishyWizard: He's incredibly smart and founded Helios's R&D division, but has absolutely no idea how to fight. This is why his prototype constructor is not complete; he wasn't brave enough to gather any components behind a gun by himself.
* TeenGenius: While his actual age is unclear, he is clearly much younger than the Vault Hunters.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His one-off comment about a possible traitor feeding Zarpedon intel caused Jack to become paranoid enough to space him and three other scientists, the act of which caused Roland, Lilith and Moxxi to start doubting Jack's intentions.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Jack has him and three of his colleagues vacuumed into space when Gladstone mentioned that there's the possibility of another mole on Helios, but not before he had the four hack the controls to retain control from Zarpedon.

[[folder:Papa Crust and the People's Liberation Army]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Phelan
-->'''Papa Crust:''' ''"The time is coming when this land will be blasted clean of warlords and petty kings and queens. The People's Liberation Army are storm clouds on the horizon."''

Papa Crust is the leader of the People's Liberation Army, a vaguely anarchist communist organization opposing equally vaguely defined despots and corporate influences. For the revolution to start, they need ''lots of guns''.

* CollectionSidequest: They want you to gather fifty white-quality weapons for them. Every time you drop off ten, someone ends up taking them, forcing you to go on a fetch quest to get them back. While certainly tedious, they reward you with a Legendary Oz Kit.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the PLA are all pacifists who don't intend to use the weapons you give them to fight is foreshadowed by the fact that every time they try to fight they do a ''horrible'' job at it. Papa Crust even remarks at one point that the weapons were worthless in combat (midway through your collecting enough to complete the quest, of course).
* IronicName: Despite being an army, they are actually pacifists, making works of art as protest projects.
* LeeroyJenkins: A bunch of the People's Liberation Army soldiers take the crappy white-quality guns and try to take on a bunch of scavs with them. The predictable happens.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Concordia Liberation Front]]
A group of teenagers fighting for the environment against corporations, tyrany, and mostly the People's Liberation Army. They are a young adult/teenager-run group whose beliefs are pretty stereotypical: Vegan, Gluten-Free, Pro-Environment, and Anti-Corporate. All PlayedForLaughs, as they are horrible at all of it.
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See Characters/Borderlands2

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamieMarchi
A really, ''really'' enthusiastic Hyperion scientist abroad the Helios in the Research and Development area. She enlist the Vault Hunters to help test a rocket navigational system using brains.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Building a rocket guidance system using actual brains is a creative, if depraved and disturbing, idea. But when one said brain belongs to an enemy soldier and almost try to kill you ''using'' the rocket you just uploaded his brain into, you're better off just using a regular guidance system.
** She actually pays you just because a scientist stupidly gets himself sucked into the vacuum of space. Because vacuums are awesome.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It may speak enough about her to say that characters like ''Tiny Tina and Patricia Tannis'' look more sane than she does.
* DitzyGenius: She's utterly insane, granted, but she still at least has enough sense to how customize a rocket. And use brains as a guidance system..
* ForScience: Science and learning is awesome, and she will let you know this at any given opportunity.
-->'''Spara''': Science! Formulas! Microscopes! LEARNING!
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Almost. Her first experiment with the Tork brain just results in the rocket flying all over the place before detonating. The second rocket with a Lost Legion soldiers' brain ''turns around'' after launching and strikes the viewing glass (Luckily it held). The last rocket, manned by a Tork and a human brain that was blended together, apparently set itself on a course for her house. She sees no downside to this.
--> '''Spara''': YEAAAH! WE DID IT! ''SCREW MY HOUSE!''
* MadScientist: Considering her experiments involve using Tork and human ''brains'' as a rocket guidance system...
* RuleOfCool: Most than likely the only reason she what she does. She even pays you when a scientist jettisons himself into space by opening a window just cause'.
-->'''Spara''': Vacuums! We all learn stuff today!

A hologram-projected training AI that oversees the Abandoned Training Facility. He appears for the Shock Drop Slaughter Pit DLC, hosting a five-round series of arena challenges for the Vault Hunters.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Despite being a training AI, who even admits that he was programmed to use safety ammo, he uses actual Scavs as his training dummies.
--> '''[[=TR4NU=]]''': My gun-mother programmed me to use safety ammo, but that's about as fun as a BOOK!
* DrillSergeantNasty: Parodied. He's a hologram projection of a Dahl Sergeant and speaks using stereotypical military jargon, which is exaggerated to the point where barely anything he says makes sense.
* TrainingFromHell: His idea of training is rounding up actual hostiles and sending them your way.
* TalkativeLoon: Imagine Krieg, instead of rambling about violence, blood, and poop, it would be whatever word he could pull out of the dictionary that he could use as military jargon.

* IKnowMortalKombat: [[spoiler:Episode 5 of Tales seems to imply that she knows a thing or two about fighting games considering that she can perform Chun-Li's Lightning Kick while piloting Gortys.]]

** She's this in a way to the Pre-Sequel protagonists, particularly Nisha since she's one of the few people she actually kind of likes due to the fact that she can be quite vindictive. She gets along well enough with all the Vault Hunters though she clearly likes Athena the most, and turns icily polite when Doppleganger Jack tries to flirt with her. She's even one of the few people who doesn't completely hate Claptrap, which delights him when she calls him up after [[spoiler:the destruction of the Eye of Helios]].
** [[spoiler:Her opinion of Claptrap seems to have changed in Tales, though, as she's actually pretty damn mean to him if they're both on your team for the final fight]].

** In True Vault Hunter Mode, Athena implies that she and Janey hooked up some time after the events of the Pre-Sequel. ''Tales'' actually confirms this if [[spoiler:Rhys, Vaughn, and Loader Bot don't go to Hollow Point in Episode Two]], while Claptastic Voyage confirms it in Athena's narration when entering Motherlessboard.
** [[spoiler:Taken further in the final episode where, if you lied to Janey and said Athena said she loved her before being taken away by Brick and Mordecai, and both women are on your team for the last fight, it's revealed they're getting married]].

** [[spoiler:Though it's unknown what role Janey now has in running Catch-A-Ride after Scooter's death and Ellie's inheritance of his franchise.]]

* BattleAxeNurse: She's large and brutish, but she still seems to have her medical license (unlike Dr. Zed) and actually knows a thing or two about surgery, [[spoiler:having been the one who turned Timothy into the Jack Doppelganger]].

* KavorkaMan: Despite being a Brawn Hilda, she actually has several men interested in her, all of whom are overjoyed when they hear she might be interested in them. [[spoiler:Two of them are understandably horrified that she intends for the Vault Hunter to kill them as a test of their love. The last one, as it turns out, thinks this makes her even more attractive.]]

* AscendedExtra: Tassiter was originally a character in the ECHO Logs detailing Jack's past in ''Borderlands 2.'' In this game, he's an actual character with a physical appearance. [[spoiler:Albeit a dying one]].

* TheVoice: In ''Borderlands 2'', he was simply a voice in the Jack ECHO Logs. While he has a portrait in the Pre-Sequel he only appears in person in the final scene, [[spoiler:in which Jack is strangling him to death]]. He, or to be more specific, [[spoiler:his corpse]] shows up in the Claptastic Voyage DLC.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: After he's dead, much of the town of Concordia is openly glad he's gone and announcements regularly play to celebrate the fact. A sidequest also opens up where Jack, still not satisfied with killing him, decides to pay his LastDisrespects and has the Vault Hunters [[StupidStatementDanceMix splice his voice with a music remix]] ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "I'm the biggest arse on the moon!"]]), decapitate his statue's head, strap it to a rocket / firework and then fire it in front of town when the music and fireworks ensue.]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: The Meriff plans on changing his ways after all of this. [[spoiler:He then tries to shoot Jack before leaving Elpis.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After helping Zarpedon get to Helios, he openly declares himself "The biggest arse on the moon"]].

* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:After Jack turns his back on him after sparing him, the Meriff tries to shoot him. Unfortunately he only had a couple bullets, he's a terrible shot, and Jack has a personal shield]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler:He was secretly working for Zarpedon]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:This was his reaction to taking the bribe from Zarpedon to be her mole. He knew he just signed the death warrants of thousands of innocent workers on Helios for doing so, but did it to protect his own people.]]

* {{Robosexual}}: He's having an affair with the robo-geisha Sereena, who also happens to be the girlfriend of the [=CU5TM=]-TP. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him when the Vault Hunters inform [=CU5TM=] of this affair, turning the sole member of the station's police force against him.]]

-->'''Jack''': [[spoiler: (''While shooting the Meriff to death'') [[PunctuatedForEmphasis OHHH!! I was! Gonna! Let you! LIVE! YOU]] ''DUMB. BASTARD!'' What is '''WRONG''' with you!?]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His attempt at betraying Jack teaches him that turning the other cheek means presenting your back, people will always take advantage of mercy to betray Jack, and that killing people is fun even when it isn't necessary.]]

* TheArtfulDodger: Smart, adorable, cheerful, kleptomaniacal, only semi-trustworthy, ''and'' he has the accent and slang. [[spoiler:His sister is just like him, and after the two unite, Eliza robs him blind and escapes on her fighter jet.]] He's even the voice for the Heartfull Splodger gun.

* LastNameBasis: Everyone calls him Pickle, even [[spoiler:his sister, despite the fact that Pickle is presumably her own last name.]]

[[folder:Skipper]]

!! [[spoiler:If only Elpis had more time]]

A woman that the Bosun has captive as his girlfriend. [[spoiler: Actually is a Dahl ship A.I. reprogrammed to be the Bosun's girlfriend.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:She goes rampant upon being uploaded into the prototype Constructor, attacking you in her attempt not to be wiped, forcing the Vault Hunters to subdue her violently.]]
** Its implied in ''Videogame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' that [[spoiler:Felicity's personality may be reappearing within the Loaders that were built by all the Constructors that used her subsequent AI.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:Initially, she's a military A.I. that resents having been reprogrammed into a computer girlfriend by the Bosun. When Jack tries to reassign her to military duties (namely serving as the A.I. for his prototype Constructor), she quickly learns that she's actually not a big fan of violence. Eventually, Jack outright erases her developed personality and reboots her back into a purely military A.I.]]
** [[spoiler: Jack and his Vault Hunters also suffer from their wish of wanting a killer robot to help them take Helios back. Felcitiy puts it best when she goes on the attack after being plugged in.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Is enslaved by an insane bandit only to be eventually rescued by Jack's Vault Hunters. [[spoiler:She's then put into a 'bot and has to kill a bunch of people only to find out she's a pacifist. Last but not least she gets her identity wiped and placed in an unmoving shell, forever.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Her fate. She cannot [[spoiler:leave the premises she's being held in, her personality is messed with, and she [[BreedingSlave is forced to produce offspring for those who imprisoned her]].]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being held as the Bosun's girlfriend. [[spoiler:Being forced to control the proto-Constructor, then memory wiped.]]

* IAmNotAGun: [[spoiler:Despite being a military-grade AI, Felicity comes to realize that she can't stand killing and pleads with Jack and his Vault Hunters to not force her to be a Constructor. She even offers to let herself be copied, but Jack decides that it would take too long]].

* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler: When you fight her as the boss, as her only crime is not wanting to get her personality erased (which basically kills her)]]

* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler: She's the first Hyperion [[MookMaker Constructor]] to be built and deployed, and you can hear her feminine Australian accent gradually turn into the deep and emotionless Constructor voice heard in ''2''.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:She is eventually pacified by the Vault Hunters and had her personality wiped.]]
* RobotGirl: [[spoiler:She's a military AI that the Bosun reprogrammed.]]
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:What ultimately causes Jack to forcibly turn her into the combat [=AI=] without making a backup of her. Jack doesn't have time to wait for Felicity to create a copy of herself, which would take days, as he deems it would take too long and Zarpedon would've "popped Elpis like a zit" by then]].
** It should be noted that [[spoiler: Felicity / the Constructor and by extension the robot army the Vault Hunters fought hard to create wasn't really used or needed to take Helios Station back from the Lost Legion. They were only deployed when Zarpedon was dead and Elpis was saved to clean up the remaining Lost Legion still fighting back on the Vault, meaning that wiping her personality could very well have been a SenselessSacrifice, and giving her time to copy herself could have been a viable option. Though, with [[TheChessmaster Jack being Jack]], this was likely all part of his plan to tame Pandora, with the robot army part being done in advance while the opportunity is convenient.]]
* SuperPrototype: [[spoiler:Of the Constructors, her model in particular is built more like a mech than a hovering robot, has much stronger shields, and an overall more deadly and intense amount of firepower in her missile barrages and laser beams. As a tradeoff however, her robotic minion spawns are not well-equipped at all compared to the GUN Loaders and Surveyors seen in ''2''.]]
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Forcibly turned into the Constructor [=AI=]. If only Elpis had more time indeed...]]

* ApologizesALot: He's constantly apologizing for everything, which the player characters comment on. It's a lot more serious however when [[spoiler:dealing with Felicity]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His one-off comment about a possible traitor feeding Zarpedon intel caused Jack to become paranoid enough to space him and three other scientists, the act of which caused Roland, Lilith and Moxxi to start doubting Jack's intentions.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Jack has him and three of his colleagues vacuumed into space when Gladstone mentioned that there's the possibility of another mole on Helios, but not before he had the four hack the controls to retain control from Zarpedon.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the PLA are [[spoiler:all pacifists who don't intend to use the weapons you give them to fight]] is foreshadowed by the fact that every time they try to fight they do a ''horrible'' job at it. Papa Crust even remarks at one point that the weapons were worthless in combat (midway through your collecting enough to complete the quest, of course).
* IronicName: Despite being an army, [[spoiler:they are actually pacifists, making works of art as protest projects]].

* AntiVillain: She's surprisingly polite and cordial to the Vault Hunters and their allies, even telling them that she doesn't want to fight them if she doesn't have to and gives them multiple chances to simply leave Elpis. Also, she'll thank the Vault Hunters for informing her about a soldier of hers dying. Once they keep rejecting her warnings, she still comes at them full-force. [[spoiler:The ending implies the only reason she was trying to blow up Pandora and Elpis was to prevent something ''even worse'' happening.]]

* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Despite being the driving force against the Vault Hunters for most of the game, she is unceremoniously executed at the end of her fight by Jack, who by then was more concerned with the Vault being open and wouldn’t even let her finish her warning to him.]]

** To Commandant Steele from the first ''Borderlands''. Both are female leaders to military divisions of [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] (Atlas’ Crimson Lance and Dahl’s Lost Legion, respectively), both have motivations tied to the opening of a Vault, both have [[TouchedByVorlons extraordinary abilities]] (Steele is a Siren while Zarpedon is infused with eridium), and both serve as the [[BigBad primary antagonist]] of their respective games. On side note, they also have names that resemble metals (Steele is reminiscent of steel while Zarpedon's first name, Tungsteena, is reminiscent of tungsten). However, while Steele [[BadBoss cares little]] for the Crimson Lance, going so far as to [[spoiler:orchestrate the death of Roland’s squad prior to the events of the game]], Zarpedon [[BenevolentBoss cares greatly]] for the Lost Legion, going so far as to celebrate their birthdays. While Steele is ultimately [[spoiler:killed by the Destroyer before she can be fought]], Zarpedon is the last opponent the Vault Hunters must face before shutting down the Eye of Helios. And finally, while Steele wants to obtain the contents of the Vault for the sake of herself and Atlas, Zarpedon wants to destroy the Vault, along with Elpis, [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the sake of the universe]].
** To General Knoxx, the leader of the Crimson Lance from the ''Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' DLC, also from the first ''Borderlands.'' Both are honorable soldiers who take their missions very seriously. They also offer the player the chance to surrender along the way and continue to fight the Vault Hunters when said offer is rejected. However, where they differ is how they view their respective militaries, as well as the foes they face. Knoxx ultimately wants nothing to do with the Lance due to their incompetent rank-and-file, corrupt high command, and shady promotion system (read: "goddamn nepotism"), whereas Zarpedon fully believes in her objective and commands the Lost Legion through sheer force of will. Also, Knoxx holds nothing against the Vault Hunters at all and wants to die out of nihilistic despair, and while Zarpedon similarly bears no malintent towards her foes, stating that she doesn't want to fight the Vault Hunters if she doesn't have to, she's still willing to take them on if they keep getting in her way.
** To Hector, the leader of New Pandora in the Commander Lilith DLC of ''2''. Both are commanders of a Dahl military force, got involved with ancient eridian artifacts, got entombed, and abandoned once Dahl left the sector. Both also care deeply for the men under their charge and are likewise adored by their men. Where they differ is that Zarpedon chose to be entombed and stand vigil over the vault while Hector's forces were "accidentally" buried alive so Dahl could steal the Vault Key they unearthed. Both were driven by the love for the people they cared about to their horrific actions. But while Zarpedon did so to avert a greater disaster all the while fully aware of how monstrous her actions were, Hector did it out of spite for being screwed over so many times and could care less about all the lives he destroyed.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Apparently, she and the rest of the Lost Legion learned ''something'' when they entered the Core and the Vault within, which caused them to militantly prevent anyone from ever reaching the Vault. [[spoiler: Come ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' and its hinted that ''something'' was that the Destroyer was not even close to dead and locked away still inside Pandora, and that Jack would be responsible for starting the chain reaction which would lead the Calypsos to attempt opening the Destroyer's true prison in order to absorb its powers and destroy the entire universe in the process.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: She considers Jack's hunt for the Vault to be the threshold, and as such she and the Legion are convinced that the only way to keep the Vault and its secrets secure is to destroy Elpis and Pandora entirely. That, and it's also implied that opening the Vault on Pandora caused a chain reaction in every Vault across the known universe of Borderlands, and she outright says that everything she does is to save the universe.[[spoiler: She was right.]]
* HeroAntagonist: Sort of - it's sort of muddled [[GrayAndGrayMorality who is and isn't heroic]] in the game, but it's heavily implied that by trying to destroy the moon and Pandora (and with them, their Vaults) she's trying to prevent something really terrible from happening. ''Borderlands 3'' reveals that [[spoiler:Elpis is the key to the Vault imprisoning the Destroyer, and by attempting to annihilate it she was trying to keep anyone from freeing the monster.]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: While decidedly [[spoiler:emptying Elpis' core in order to smash it on Pandora]] sounds very abysmal, the [[ForegoneConclusion in-adverted]] sequel shows why.
* IgnoredExpert: Pretty much the only person on Elpis who really knows anything about what the Vaults contain and why Elpis needs to be destroyed. Naturally, [[spoiler:Jack kills her before she can actually tell him the full consequences of opening the Vault]].

* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:After she reveals that she and her army opened the Vault, Jack simply shoots her as she tries to warn him.]]
-->'''Jack:''' [[spoiler: Bored!]]

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Shortly after Jack [[spoiler:throws his scientists out the airlock on vague suspicions one of them might be a traitor]], Zarpedon calls him up to praise him for it, saying she would have done the same and that he made the right decision to sacrifice a few people who might be a threat to ensure the safety of many more.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Uses her Eridian abilities to grow to 9 feet tall when she has to engage Jack and the Vault Hunters personally after her mech suit is destroyed.]]

* ShadowArchetype: To Handsome Jack. Two leaders who have declared themselves the only hope of protecting the world from some mysterious threat. Both of them are charismatic and determined, holding the loyalty of their small forces and scraping by with few resources. They're even [[spoiler:both parents, and both have close brushes with strange forces that mess up their minds and cause serious FacialHorror]]. But Zarpedon never declares herself a hero and always remains conscious that her deeds are terrible, even if they're necessary. Jack, on the other hand, becomes gradually less self-aware and more megalomaniacal until he's a terrifying, delusional, dictatorial lunatic.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She assaults Jack's Space Station Helios and tries to blow up the moon because her legion caught Hyperion surveyors out in the field and thought Jack would exploit the vault's knowledge. [[spoiler:When you beat her, Jack reveals he didn't even know where the vault was, let alone that it was open. Her actions would then lead to Jack becoming scarred and obsessed with opening the vault to find a replacement for the Eye of the Destroyer, causing the events of Borderlands 2, the galaxy-wide activation of Vaults, and the coming war she fought so hard to avoid.]]

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: All the player characters think that Zarpedon is an absolutely ridiculous name, too. Even the stoic Athena and Wilhelm snicker. Jack finds it hilarious that anyone would name their daughter Tungsteena. [[spoiler:She also has a daughter by the name of Brittania, which is not much better.]]
* WorthyOpponent: She comes to see Jack and his Vault Hunters as this, particularly when the former [[spoiler:has his scientists spaced out of paranoia]]. The sentiment is returned by Athena, who states that she was not an unworthy foe.

* DitzyGenius: Prior to being a Scav, he was an AI programmer, which is why you're going after him in hopes of getting a military AI. [[spoiler:Turns out Skipper is that AI]].

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He comes off as pretty pathetic all things considered, what with his ineffective and nonsensical threats as well as having his "girlfriend" sabotaging his efforts. [[spoiler:The fact that his girlfriend is actually a reprogrammed AI who still despises him speaks volume of how truly pathetic he really is.]]

* AffablyEvil: In contrast to Claptrap, he's usually well spoken and helpful when it comes to obstacles. [[spoiler:This is subverted when he becomes the main villain, but ultimately sacrifices himself for Claptrap's sake.]]

* EvilerThanThou[=/=]EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:As [=EOS=], he'll occasionally say that Jack would do worse things with the H-Source than he would, but considering his own abilities, it's not hard to assume he could outdo Jack.]]

* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:Becomes one after infusing himself with the H-Source and becoming [=ECLIPSE=]]].

* KillSat: [[spoiler: Becomes one in the second phase of his fight. Specifically the Helios space station, firing reinforcements to combat the Vault Hunter or firing the Eye of Helios at them.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption While it's fairly obvious from the get-go]], most of his manipulations come about because Jack does not take him entirely seriously and thinks he can just get the H-Source by playing along. [[spoiler:Played more straight when he disguises himself as Claptrap's consciousness and as Handsome Jack, giving him further access to his Hosts' mind and retrieving the H-Source, respectively.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:In the final battle, he uses the H-Source to turn himself into a giant humanoid mecha and then the Helios Station itself]].

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After Jack shoots Claptrap and had him dumped in Liar's Berg, Shadowtrap sacrifices itself in order to ensure that Claptrap lived long enough to be repaired by Hammerlock]].

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:After being defeated, when the Vault Hunters complain about not getting a Legendary, he immediately gives them one random piece of Legendary gear. While blowing a raspberry.]]
* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:Remember that giant laser Zarpedon used on Elpis? Shadowtrap, on his last form, uses it ''against'' you.]] Sometimes he even yells ''"IMMA FIRING MY LASER!!!"''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Make no mistake, he is quite a villainous turd, but he [[spoiler:ultimately does what he does for Claptrap's sake, and keeping the H-source out of Jack's hands.]]
%%* WhosLaughingNow:
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: He calls out Claptrap for not joining him and betraying the Vault Hunters, pointing out that they're assholes who've shown little kindness to him and would sell him out in a millicycle. Which is exactly what they do at the end of the DLC.]]

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!!...?
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->'''Voiced by:''' Wendy Powell

An alien of some type who is working with Zarpedon. It wears Eridian guardian armor and is assumed to be one, but in the end its origins remain unclear.

* AmbiguousGender: As a faceless alien of an unknown species (who might also be a robot), its gender is understandably a vague factor. Even its voice is androgynous.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:It jumps in at the end to save Athena from being executed by the Crimson Raiders]]. It also convinces Lilith to call off Axton and Gaige from killing Aurelia and instead bring her to Sanctuary.
* BulletDodgesYou: Its main trick is just stopping bullets in midair.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Last seen in a cliffhanger that is somehow completely unacknowledged in the [[VideoGame/Borderlands3 subsequent installment]] it was supposed to be setting up.
* TheDreaded: It doesn't show up much, but it makes quite the impression.
-->'''PlayerCharacter:''' What the hell was that?\\
'''Jack:''' No idea, never seen it before. But I've got the feeling that it could kill us with its brain, so, y'know... ''[nervous laughter]'' [-Keep running-].
* DropInCharacter: It first appears to save Zarpedon, only to disappear without a fight, [[spoiler:and again at the very end of the game to save Athena, and tell Lilith that they'll need all the Vault Hunters they can get]].
* EnigmaticMinion: While we know why it's opposing the protagonists, no one knows what The Watcher's long game is.
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: The introduction card is in what looks like Eridian script. Even the caption just reads "...?"
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: It's only referred to by its moniker "The Watcher".
* TheHerald: Strongly implied to be the one who led Zarpedon down to the Vault proper, and showed her the danger. [[spoiler:It also warns Lilith and the others that activating the Vault map in ''Borderlands 2'' is bringing a war, and that they'll need to be ready]].
* MysteriousWatcher: It spends most of its time observing people, only intervening in limited ways to provide cryptic advice. In ''Borderlands 3'', of of Queen Nyriad's logs indicates that it was present and watching as far back as when [[spoiler:the Eridians were wiped out to contain the Destroyer.]]
* NoNameGiven: Due to being TheUnpronouncable with a vague story, there's been no official name or title for this character as of yet, apart from Annie Swan referring to it as "that Watcher alien."
* SmugSuper: It seems amused by Jack shooting at it, even mockingly wagging a finger in his direction while droning, "Naughty..."
* TheSpook: Absolutely nothing is known about it beyond the bare basic gist of its goals.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sees Jack as a dangerous sociopath who would use the power of the Eridium Vault to eradicate most of Humanity into uncertainty. While it was certainly true that Jack eventually became the man known as Handsome Jack, [[spoiler:its plan as a whole is what [[GoneHorriblyRight brought Jack to the brink of insanity and paranoia that made him the untrustworthy sociopath to be]].]]
* VaguenessIsComing: Tells a contractor with an IllGirl working on Elpis "She will live. Leave this moon."
* TheUnpronounceable: And the illegible - its name is written on its introduction card like everyone else, but in an unknown alien script.

[[folder:The Sentinel]]
!!Guardian of the Vault
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The Eridian guardian of the Vault on Elpis, and the final boss of ''The Pre-Sequel''.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: After defeating in the first round, it sinks into ground and erupts back as a larger version of itself known as The Empyrean Sentinel.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Shooting the Empyrean Sentinel faces is the only way to harm it.
* BreathWeapon: In it's final phase, it hurls corrosive acid onto the floor.
* CloseRangeCombatant: It starts the first half of its fight this way; essentially being a powered up version of the Vault Guardians who use staffs to fight.
* EnergyWeapon: In both of its phases, it fires elemental beams at you.
* FinalBoss: The final opponent of the ''The Pre-Sequel's''' main story.
* FlunkyBoss: Fighting alongside it are Eridian guardians.
* HumanoidAbomination: In contrast to other Vault monsters, The Sentinel is humanoid in body shape and (at first) size.
* MagicKnight: Much like the Guardians, the Sentinel uses a staff to fight the Vault Hunters while also channeling the each of the four elements of the game to unleash devastating attacks.
* MultipleHeadCase: The Sentinel possesses a set of three faces, however they're not representative of any personality to speak of.
* PillarOfLight: The Empyrean Sentinel can summon columns energy from the ground to attack the Vault Hunters.
* PowerWalk: It makes its entrance coming from a portal, using Eridian pillars coming from the ground below it as stairs to walk to the ground.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Sentinel has purple glowing TronLines across its body. Being a Vault Monster and the final boss, its power is undoubtable.
%%* SequentialBoss: It starts first half of its fight as a human-sized, more powerful version of the regular Guardians. After killing it first, it becomes The Empyrean Sentinel; a giant version of itself known and a Sequential Boss on it's own as it shifts from element to element.
* TronLines: The Sentinel possesses glowing TronLines over its body. While starting out as purple, they change color signaling which elements its channeling.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: The Empyrean Sentinel can create a black hole that can suck the Vault Hunters in until it causes the black hole to explode.

!!Scavs

[[folder:Deadlift]]
!Bucephalus Deadlift [=McElroy=]
!!The Boss Fight Has Landed
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->'''Voiced by:''' Justin S. Cotta
-->"''DEADLIFT TIIIIMEE!!!''"

The first Scav boss you deal with, Deadlift is a Scav with a personal guff against Janey Springs. He likes jump pads. He likes them A LOT.

* BerserkButton: He's very sensitive about his jump pads. All Zarpedon has to do to motivate him is say that the Vault Hunters said his pads were stupid.
-->'''Deadlift''': '''I WILL ANNIHILATE THEM!'''
* BoxedCrook / RecruitingTheCriminal: An odd example. Judging by his line about how Zarpedon threw him in prison, she either busted him back out or he broke out on his own. Either way, she does try to have him fight the Vault Hunters, and at first he refuses... until she says they mocked his jump pads.
* BrickJoke: The goal of one of the early side missions is to help him overcome his motivational issues. Later, when you kill him, his last words are: ''"My confidence!"''
* CloudCuckoolander: Illustrated by some of his quotes, as well as his attachment to jump pads.
-->'''Deadlift:''' I can't wait to throw your corpse on to a jump pad, and watch it take to the air like a... ''child's imagination''.
* ClusterFBomb: Sometimes he will tell people he doesn't like to screw themselves.
-->'''Deadlift:''' Screw Zarpedon, screw Springs and screw ''YOU!''
* CompanionCube: He immediately apologizes to the jump pad after disabling it. May or may not be a case of CargoShip.
* DumbMuscle: Being a Scav, he's not very bright, but he ''is'' rather strong, especially to beginning players who face him early on.
* EvilLaugh: He has a rather goofy one.
* GetBackHereBoss: As the game's tutorial on using jump pads in battle, he spends the entire battle jumping around, making it somewhat tricky to keep track of him.
* GroundPound: He threatens to do this to you, although in execution it's more like an electrified GoombaStomp.
-->'''Deadlift:''' I WILL SOAR INTO THE AIR AND CRUSH YOU WITH A BUTT-SLAM! ...'''HIGH-BROW!'''
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: He announces his full name is Bucephalus Deadlift [=McElroy=], meaning that Deadlift is his actual middle name.
* IncompatibleOrientation: He once tried to ask out Janey, only to get shot down because she's not into guys. He's still pretty bitter about that and even yells "Tell that Springs she sucks!" during his boss battle.
* {{Irony}}: Deadlift primarily uses shock elemental attacks to kill you, but using shock against him is one of the best ways to quickly kill him as shock elemental attacks will destroy his powerful shield faster.
* {{Jerkass}}: Janey sends you to kill him because he's "kinda a dick."
-->'''Janey:''' Well, he also stole my Moon-Zoomy digistruct key, stranded me out here, and got really rude when I told him I wasn't into guys. But mostly the being a dick thing.
* LargeHam: Every single sentence he says is yelled at the top of his lungs.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Downplayed; see IncompatibleOrientation and {{Jerkass}}.
* RantInducingSlight: After the Vault Hunters turn down her sincere plea to leave Elpis, Zarpedon gets Deadlift riled up to stop them.
-->'''Zarpedon:''' Deadlift, this is Colonel Zarpedon. I need you to kill the Vault Hunters headed for your ship.\\
'''Deadlift:''' Get bent, Zarp! I ain't takin' orders from the chick who threw me in prison!\\
'''Zarpedon:''' They said your jump pads were stupid.\\
'''Deadlift:''' [[ChewingTheScenery I WILL ANNIHILATE THEM!]]
* ShockAndAwe: He carries a pretty powerful shock laser weapon and can fire homing shock missiles. Additionally he can electrify the parts of the floor of his arena.

[[folder:[=RedBelly=]]]
!!Stand and Deliver [Your Life!]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Dale
-->'''''Red:''' Finally! A proper bloody fight!''
-->'''''Belly:''' Well, I just ate... buuuuut let's BOOGIE!''

A pair of Scavs, one regular-sized one and one midget, the latter standing on top of the former to initially appear as one armored figure. They've taken over an old Dahl comms base.

* AffablyEvil: Even when they’re trying to kill you, they remain perfectly cheery and polite... until one of them gets killed, then the survivor gets angry.
* BigNo: Whenever one of them dies the other will utter a big no.
* DashAttack: Belly has a pretty powerful one that causes a strong nova blast.
* TheDividual: They're actually two separate bandits named Red and Belly who fight together as one.
* DualBoss: While you initially fight them as one unit, Red eventually flies off and attacks you on his own.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Master Blaster]]. Also of Ned Kelly, infamous bushranger most well known for his LastStand in primitive armor that looks very similar to Belly's. His weak points are even a nod to how the historical Kelly was finally defeated--lacking leg armor, Kelly was finally brought down after he took shots to his legs. His "twist" of being two people calls to mind Boom Bewm from Borderlands 2.
* {{Jetpack}}: Once Red flies off he keeps flying around the arena with one.
* TurnsRed: No pun intended. If either Red or Belly dies the survivor literally turns red and becomes stronger and more aggressive.
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[[folder:The Bosun]]
!!Time to grow some
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->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Meegan
--> "''Welcome to your death, landlubber!''"

Real name: Keith. A Scav leader based in the former Dahl ship of the Drakensburg, he rules his gang alongside his girlfriend Skipper.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Although he's made to look ''very'' pathetic, his boss battle can actually be pretty nasty as he has rockets, turrets and a pretty mean shock attack to tear your shields apart.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: In a fashion; While he does fight you himself from aboard his weapons platform, you also have to deal with shield generators that are constantly recharging his shields, though beating him without dealing with his generators is an in-game challenge.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: He's constantly making elaborate and ineffective threats as you make your way to him, up to threatening to "squish your brains out your ears and stomp all over your skull with boots made of acid", which Skipper notes would be impossible.
* DitzyGenius: Prior to being a Scav, he was an AI programmer, which is why you're going after him in hopes of getting a military AI. [[spoiler:Turns out Skipper is that AI]].
* EvilLaugh: All things considered when Pickle's plan to douse the lava lake in liquid methane initially fails he cracks a pretty good one.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He comes off as pretty pathetic all things considered, what with his ineffective and nonsensical threats as well as having his "girlfriend" sabotaging his efforts. [[spoiler:The fact that his girlfriend is actually a reprogrammed AI who still despises him speaks volume of how truly pathetic he really is.]]
* WeHaveReserves: He says he is sending his "best" men after you... after you already defeated his best men. He insists he has more.
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!!''Claptastic Voyage''

[[folder: [=5H4D0W-TP=]]]
!5H4D0W-TP/Shadowtrap
!!U = D 3 4 D
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->'''Voiced by:''' Lynn Andrews III
-->''"I am 5H4D0W-TP! You know not what you have done! Come -- take the shiny!"''

A sinister-looking black Claptrap locked inside The Fragtrap's Quarantine subroutine, claims to be a helpful individual who wants to help Jack get the H-Source in exchange for his freedom.
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* NotSoDifferent: Shortly after Jack [[spoiler:throws his scientists out the airlock on vague suspicions one of them might be a traitor]], Zarpedon calls him up to praise him for it, saying she would have done the same and that he made the right decision to sacrifice a few people who might be a threat to ensure the safety of many more.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Averted. Some people utterly despise the Meriff and were plotting his death. Others seem sad he's gone.

* GodhoodSeeker: More or less he claims that he'll become with the H-Source in his hands, with enough power to conquer the galaxy.

* KillItWithFire: In his first form, he will use a rather powerful fire laser blaster.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: He was the executable for Fragtrap's Vault Hunter.Exe. But the unit's insecurity protocols put him in quarantine, turning Vault Hunter.Exe into the unpredictable mess it is. He even states that he's what
Claptrap could, ''should'' have been.

* TheFoil: To Claptrap. He's actually intelligent, competent, and far more spiteful.

%%* ICouldaBeenAContender: He was the executable for Fragtrap's Vault Hunter.Exe. But the unit's insecurity protocols put him in quarantine, turning Vault Hunter.Exe into the unpredictable mess it is.

%%* TheFoil: To Claptrap. He's actually intelligent, competent, and far more spiteful.

* KillSat: [[spoiler: Becomes one in the second phase of his fight. Specifically the Eye of Helios, fire reinforcements to combat the Vault Hunter or fire laser beam at them.]]

%%* RoboSpeak: Downplayed initially. While he's "helping" the Vault Hunters, his speech is stunted but not completely emotionless.

%%* VocalEvolution: He's starts of as soft-spoken, formal and stunted in his speech patterns. After turning against the Vault Hunters he speaks without the stutter and in a louder and more aggressive tone. By the time the Vault Hunters fight him he's yelling every one of his lines.

* PaletteSwap: It's a giant digitally skinned Thresher.

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--> '''Hyperion Kiosk''': Hyperion wishes helios use station good luck in its search for alien technology and precious minerals. Accept Chairman Tassiter, who wrote the words "eat my butt" on a scrap of paper and sent it through the [=ECHOnet=]

%%* ICouldaBeenAContender: He was the executable for Fragtrap's Vault Hunter.Exe protocols. But the unit's insecurity protocols put him in quarantine, turning Vault Hunter.Exe into the unpredictable mess it was.

* EvilIsCool: To Claptrap InUniverse. Not much
-->'''Claptrap''': I gotta say, this guy's kind cool! He nails the A in Ambition, and he played ''[[PlayerCharacter you]]'' like a n00b!\\

%%* TheFoil: To Claptrap. He's actually intelligent, helpful and far more spiteful.
* GodhoodSeeker: More or less, what he claims that he'll become with the H-Source in his hands.

* KillSat: [[spoiler: Becomes one in the second phase of his fight. Specifically the Eye of Helios, fire reinforcements to combat the Vault Hunter or fire laser beam at them.
* IShallTauntYou: Constantly does this to the Vault Hunters as they chase him. He deliberately stops in their line of view just to disappear as they chase after him.

* MasterOfIllusion: He can project and mimic the appearances, voices and even speech patterns of other characters he chooses, even from inside of the containment cell holding him.

* ObviouslyEvil: The fact that he's painted black, has a red visor-like eye, and has a painted skull on his right arm are clear indicators. The player character lampshades this, as does Jack when he tell the player to listen to him.

%%* RoboSpeak: Downplayed. His speech is initially more stuttered when he's "helping" the Vault Hunters.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He's far more technical in his mode of speech than Claptrap is, though h still tends to slip up. For example, the first thing he does when he's released is bait the Vault Hunter with the H-Source and shove them back.

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: He calls out Claptrap for not joining him and betraying the Vault Hunters, pointing out that they're assholes who have shown little kindness to him and would sell him out in a millicycle. Which is exactly what they do at the end of the DLC.]]
%%* VocalEvolution: He's starts of as soft-spoken, formal and stunted in his speech patterns. After turning against the Vault Hunters he grows more loud, bitter and aggressive as the story goes on.

* ImplausibleDeniability: It never denies anything. Including it's own death.

%%* VocalEvolution: He's starts of as soft-spoken, formal and stunted in his speech patterns. After turning against the Vault Hunters he grows more loud, emotive, and vengeful as the story goes on.

%%* VocalEvolution: He's starts as soft-spoken, formal and stunted in his speech patterns, after he becomes far more loud, emotive, and vengeful.

* KillItWithFire: In his first form he will use a rather powerful fire laser blaster.

%%* RoboSpeak

%%* VocalEvolution

* AGodAmI: He seeks to be this, using the H-Source to seize the galaxy.

* EvilIsHammy: Once he reveals his true colors, he turns up the volume up from soft spoken to

* BigBad: Of the Claptastic Voyage DLC.

* NoIndoorVoice: Whenever he's fighting you he tends to shout his lines a lot.

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:After being defeated, when the Vault Hunters complain about not getting a Legendary, he immediately gives them one random piece of Legendary gear.]]