History Characters / BrokTheInvestiGator

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate in the "Fall" ending. After accidentally killing Graff and realizing with Shay's letter that he has become no better than the criminals he's fighting against, Brok throws himself off the top of the building where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago, hoping to join her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: He struggles with reining in his temper in certain situations; a flaw that becomes more and more pronounced if Brok relies too much on brute force when solving puzzles. [[spoiler:This ''will'' bite him hard in the "Fall" ending, where Brok not only kills the Squealers Chief despite Dee's plea for mercy, he also snaps and beats Graff to death in the midst of a heated argument at their apartment. By the time Brok manages to cool off, it was too late to resuscitate him.]]

* PerpetualPoverty: More often than not, Brok complains about being broke and not having enough money for a lot of things. His preference for eating real foods, which are mentioned to be a lot more expensive compared to meal replacement tubes, also contributes to his financial problems. [[spoiler:It's revealed later in the game that he has access to a bank account under Lia's name with 100,000 Unis on it. However, he intends on having Graff inherits it upon his sixteenth birthday so he won't be poor after becoming a Drumer.]]

* NiceGuy: Moody teenager tendencies aside, Graff is a nice kid who cares deeply for his family and friend. He even goes out of his way to help clean The Tramp's stove after using it to melt down a plastic figurine to fix his damaged science project, courtesy of Klay.

* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:The "Secret Locker" ending reveals that Shay harbored romantic feelings for Brok, but she couldn't tell him partly because she never found the courage to say how she truly felt for him.]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable: He considered Sin to be his friend. However, Sin destroyed his friendship with him after [[spoiler:Sin attempted to steal his identity by drugging him and stealing his uniform and equipment. Whilst Sin did have a rather sympathetic motive, R.J. is understandably not in the forgiving mood considering that he was drugged, robbed and risked losing his job]].

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Should the real culprit of Chapter 4 be exposed, then the after-credits reveals that Dr. Mink will quit his job, because he realizes that he's been a scientist for so long that he doesn't know anything else. So he's leaving to live a normal life.]]

* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:When Brok accuses him of starting the fire that killed Lia, Wes denies any involvement. Wes admits that he did all he could to investigate Lia's death, but was ultimately uncertain if there was any foul play, and so concluded that the fire that killed Lia was really just an accident that occurred during the global power shutdown.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: His motivation is ending crime. He's going about this by executing imprisoned criminals and sabotaging the life support of the demographic most likely to turn to crime to make ends meet.

->'''Voiced by:''' Daisy Guevara

* TheNudifier: [[spoiler:Apparently, one of the features that Dr. Hush programmed on Tidy was the ability to strip clothes, because "he likes getting naked" in the robot's own words. Tidy even proposes to do this feature ''on Brok'', in which the latter politely declines.]]

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* {{Fartillery}}: Graff's special attack appears, for all the world, to be him getting high in the air before releasing multiple waves of gas from underneath him.

* ADogNamedDog: He's a mink scientist who's name is Dr. Mink.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This can occur in the "Rupture" ending. [[spoiler:If Ott and Graff escapes from the Squealers together, they'll arrive at the final confrontation Brok and Dee have with Wes at the Garbage Dumps before it actually begins, which culminates in Brok taking a near-fatal shot from Wes to protect Graff. Wes, who believed that all criminals were irredeemable and that Brok was a criminal for not saving his wife, is stunned by his act of selflessness. When he walks away to parts unknown, Dee dissuades Graff and Ott from giving chase, convinced that [[HeelRealization he has realized the error of his ways]].]]

* BadassBaritone: Brok has a deep and smooth voice befitting that of a private eye who can put up his dukes if push comes to shove.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: He doesn't wear shoes and is an anthropomorphic crocodile/alligator private investigator. [[spoiler:He wears a pair of white sandals when he is 85-year-old in the "Till the End of Time" ending, however, making this a ZigZaggingTrope.]]

* IMeantToDoThat: Brok sometimes comes up with flimsy justifications as to why he's doing things that are nonsensical and/or are questionably legal, such as walking around on a table or taking food that doesn't belong to him, with varying degrees of success.

* PerpetualPoverty: More often than not, Brok complains about being broke and not having enough money for a lot of things. His preference for eating real foods, which are mentioned to be a lot more expensive compared to meal replacement tubes, also contributes to his financial problems. [[spoiler:It's revealed later in the game that he has access to a bank account under Lia's name with 100,000 Unis on it. However, he intends on having Graff inherits it upon his sixteenth birthday so he won't be poor after becoming a Drumer.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Antburgers. In the NonStandardGameOver screen obtained from losing in a plot-mandated Virtual Arena fight, two of them are even seen spinning above his head!
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:In the "Rupture" ending, Brok leaps in front of Graff to protect him from getting shot by Wes, or rather, P-26 during the climatic confrontation at the Garbage Dumps. He gets badly injured as a result, and when he regains consciousness in a hospital one week later, Graff informs him that he can no longer walk since [[GameBreakingInjury his spine was permanently damaged]]. However, after the Slums' fighting pits gets reopened an unspecified amount of time later, Brok is later shown making his grand comeback as a professional boxer ''while standing on his own two feet'', confirming that the damage was far from long-lasting.]]
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:He tries to get Graff to hold his hand when his stepson gets caught in the time paradox in the "Out of Loop" ending. He doesn't succeed.]]

* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:A platonic example with Graff in the "Till the End of Time" ending, where Brok does his best to wait for him after he used Shay's time machine to travel 5 years into the past in an attempt to save his mother and Ott, who got killed by the Squealers. While he waited, Brok pulled all stops to improve life for himself and a few others still residing in the Slums, and he ''succeeded''. Eventually, Graff, who has failed his mission and is still a teenager, reunites with an 85-year-old Brok sitting alone on a rocking chair in 3085 A.R. They share one last hug before Brok passes away from natural causes.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate in the "Fall" ending. After accidentally killing Graff and realizing with Shay's letter that he has become no better than the criminals he's fighting against, Brok throws himself off the top of the building where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago, hoping to join her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife.]]

* TokenHuman: Well, stork.[[spoiler: He is the only member of the Triangle that isn't a robot.]]
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* StoutStrength: Brok used to be a heavyweight boxer and currently weighs at 220lb (while his character design suggests considerably more), so this is to be expected. It's also mentioned on his reference sheet and in an in-game tutorial that he's [[AcroFatic much more agile than he looks]].

* FragileSpeedster: Graff is a good fighter who uses his speed to his advantage, and his moveset includes a [[SlideAttack slide kick]] (replacing Brok's Powerful Punch), a GoombaStomp that can be executed thrice, and a 360-degree leg sweep as his backward attack (which differs from Brok's TailSlap). However, he can't take as many hits as Brok. Justified as he's still just a teenager, and the enemies he faces are either adult thugs or robots who are physically stronger than him.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:hit him, and he will understandably be pissed at you, keep hitting him and he will call for the Rat Guard to kill you.]]