History Characters / DeusEx

* ThisIsUnforgivable: If you kill Anne on Juan's jet, later he'll angrily voice comm you that killing Anne was unforgivable and now ItsPersonal.

* TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar: Happens to carry a sawed-off shotgun, which she keeps behind the bar for particularly-troublesome patrons.

--> Voice: Jay Anthony Franke

--> Voice: Jay Anthony Franke

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Overhearing other NSF agents, it seems no one in the organization likes or even trusts Jojo, and barely tolerates him for his connections.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's probably supposed to be Latino, although he has a black voice actor. In ''Deus Ex'' the ethnicity and nationality of the voice actors don't really matter though.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Claims to be a bigshot NSF colonel, but as revealed by his ex-girlfriend Janey, most of Jojo's personality is all bluster, and his scars are cosmetic.

--> Voice: Cliff Stephens

* FrontlineGeneral: He comes to New York to oversee operations against the NSF in Manhattan, while also personally interrogating and executing NSF prisoners.

--> Voice: Sean Hennigan

* CuriousQualmsOfConscience: When Morpheus starts becoming unusually moody-acting, Everett contemplates in a journal regardia battery of tests on its inner workings to find out what's going on. However, he experiences reluctance to do so because Morpheus might find it "unpleasant", mulling over the nature of Morpheus and whether or not it's "alive".

--> Voice: Randy Tallman

* NiceGuy: At least from what the game shows us.

** This is nothing compared to the one he has if you decide to [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll blow up the facility]]]].

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Precipitated a war between the Red Arrow and Luminous Path Triads over the murder of the Red Arrow's Dragon Head and the theft of the Dragon's Tooth Sword when she herself had stolen the sword and murdered the Dragon Head. She then proceeds to tell JC Denton she's Paul's lover and tries to convince him to go on a suicide mission against the Hong Kong Military Police and the Luminous Path (which actually backfires on her if Denton follows the police lead she suggests and gets into the evidence locker, the evidence instead implicates ''her'' as the main instigator of the gang war). A rare example of remaining this ''even after she's dead,'' as the revelation of her various crimes fails to damage public perception of her character.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: He has white hair, but still. The reason could be anything from augmentations (like his yellow eyes), severe worry/paranoia or premature graying.

* BadassLongcoat: Lampshaded when Anna tells you you will have to do more than just scare your enemies with a coat that makes you look bigger that you really are.

* CodeName: The player is prompted to enter JC's real name, which will be used in written correspondence, but "JC Denton" is the UNACTO-issued codename the world will better know the character by.

* CoolShades: He even wears them at night, although his augmented vision helps prevent the world being too shady. The shades are to hide his eyes.

"''A bomb's a bad choice for close range combat.''"\\

* ElectronicEyes: "My vision is augmented." In gameplay, this allows you to have a built in flashlight, and as the game progresses, advanced vision to help you in combat.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: The game starts with him on his first day on the job, being sent into Liberty Island alone with nothing more than a "pistol and a riot prod", much to the chagrin of his brother. By the final missions, JC represents the most clear and present threat to [=MJ12=], with troopers whispering about his whereabouts and Bob Page mistakenly believing him to be a "punk" before [[NotSoStoic begging him to stop what he's doing]] while in Area 51.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: After what happened at the airfield, Paul opts to finally let the bullet drop and reveal the truth behind UNATCO and a part of the greater conspiracy at large, requesting JC hack their own agency's broadcasts to be the proof of the matter. No matter how loyal JC was to UNATCO up to this point, Walton Simmons will declare him a traitor for finding out too much to be left alone, and this kicks off the rest of the game as the conspiracy comes to learn [[NiceJobFixingItVillain it was a bad idea to make an enemy of JC.]]

* JackOfAllTrades: Investing into skills in moderation allows to be this. JC cannot become a MasterOfAll (not without exploits). Quite a bit of newcomers forget that fact, thus making Denton a MasterOfNone, since they invest into [[SarcasmMode useful skills, like Swimming.]]

** It can also work the other way, since JC is stoic and dry (Blue) while his brother is much more emotional and social (Red).

* SignificantMonogram: WordOfGod (that is, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffX3VljTtI#t=51m20s Warren Spector]]) is that "JC" literally stands for "Jesus Christ". [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Earlier drafts of the the game had him be a direct descendant of Jesus Christ.]] [[SubvertedTrope That being said]], the initial impetus for the name JC Denton came from Warren Spector having an apparently extremely-nice friend named Bradley Denton who was just ''so'' helpful that he led to Spector frequently jokingly groan "Jesus Christ, Denton" at him.

* SwissCheeseSecurity: His infolink is stated by Alex Jacobsen to be on 24/7, making it so that UNATCO always has some form of trying to contact him -- and as the game continues, more and people get a direct line to him. By the end of his game, every faction leader (and then some) will be barking requests, demands and pleas into his ear as he runs around Area 51.

* WeakButSkilled: On the "Realistic" difficulty setting. It's still possible to go through the game as an OneManArmy, but you have to be extra-careful.

The United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition is an organization which operates off Liberty Island and hunts terrorists with seemingly unlimited authority.

* BloodKnight: It becomes increasingly that many of the top agents and rank-and-file soldiers, including Anna and Gunther, are way too trigger-happy and content to leave battlefields as graveyards, despite the concern of senior personnel. Non-lethal equipment (like Gas Grenades) are treated as a joke by the trooper, and they themselves will bad-mouth JC (up to and including requesting reassignment, in Anna's case) if he's too "gentle" with his enemies. [[TheReveal There's a very good reason for that, though]].
* ConspiracyRedemption: The majority of its upper leadership eventually turn against it as Walton Simons flexes his authority.
* CloakAndDagger: It is a group which operates squarely in this field.

* SuperSoldier: What makes UNATCO so effective.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: At the Airfield, he goes on about a wide-ranging conspiracy that goes all the way back to "old-money" families like the Rockefellers and Bilderbergs, speculating on the reasons why they took certain courses of actions and how it resulted in the world's current predicament. Of course, in the Deus Ex universe, he is completely right.

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* PlotArmor: A subversion; he cannot be killed by any means until the raid on the 'Ton Hotel -- and only ''if'' you bother to go out the back window, as he orders you to. If you stick around and fight with him, he'll more-than-likely clear out the troops on his own, allowing JC to exit through the front and save him.

* TechnicalPacifist: Will lecture the player on avoiding fatalities, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ubWxcj2FU put him in a room with a hostile]] and he'll gib the poor guy with a plasma rifle. [[spoiler:Subverted. He's secretly a member of the NSF, so he's aiding them by making sure none of them die, which is why when JC joins him, he drops this line of thought entirely.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cwiWhHwDTk Under the right circumstances]], he will reveal his true colors and turn on UNATCO troops, with lethal results. Some mods (such as ''Revision'' and ''GMDX'') accurately reflect his combat nature in the opening mission by giving him a non-lethal tranq crossbow.

* BodyCountCompetition: She and Gunther seems to have such a competition. If the PlayerCharacter is killed by Anna, she’ll sometimes say ”Nine hundred and ''ten''. I’m catching up, Gunther.”

* {{Jerkass}}: Unless you're a merciless killer, she treats you like crap. However, showing a little humility and deferring to her early on during the second mission will delay some of her more abrasive tendencies, but still, she'll wind up treating you like shit for not being a cold blooded killer sooner or later. She has her reasons, however; both she and Gunther know you're going to replace Gunther at some point.

* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:You can kill Anna when she intervenes during your meeting with Lebedev, which obviously cancels her boss fight. And of course, both her and Gunther have killphrases that you can learn to kill them with no more expenditure than a breath.]]

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Probably the biggest challenge in his "boss fight" is the fact that he fights you with a flamethrower in a relatively cramp space.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Anna is very skeptical about Gunther's conspiracy theory that the maintenance man who stocks the drink machines at UNATCO is purposely trying to screw him over. [[spoiler:A datapad at the end of this game's sequel shows that the maintenance man was in fact screwing with him.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After Anna's death, he vows to kill JC over infolink. From that point on he chases you around the world and always seems to be just one step behind you...]]

* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: He maybe a psychotic murderer, but by the end of the game you can’t really blame him for wanting JC dead.]]

The quartermaster for UNATCO and a former general.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Overhearing other NSF agents, it seems no one in the organization likes or even trust Jojo, and barely tolerate him for his connections.

* RealMenWearPink: Subverted. A NSF goon actually derides him (not to his face) for wearing an earring.

A NSF supporter and the mastermind behind the operation of capturing the Ambrosia vaccine.

A NSF terrorist held prisoner in Majestic-12's underground facility. Accompanies JC if you get him out of his cell.

An offshoot branch of the Illuminati which has gone on to become the most powerful organization in the world. It is controlled by Bob Page and exerts a massive amount of influence world-wide.

* EliteMooks: Their [=MJ12=] Commandoes and Men in Black are the toughest non-boss human enemies in the game; the [=MIB=] has lots of health and usually carry higher-tier weapons like auto-shotguns or dragon tooth swords, while the Commandoes are resistant to most non-bullet weapons and are equipped with mini-rocket launchers and high-caliber arm cannons.

* PuttingOnTheReich: It's hard not to see the parallels with their symbol as well as occupation of France. Plus, the whole KillThePoor thing.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: They were originally a subbranch of the Illuminati, but broke away once Bob Page gained control. Thanks to their possession of Area 51, and by extension the Aquinas Protocol, [=MJ12=] won the civil war and all but extermianted the Illuminati.

* TheAntichrist: He's not divine or demonic, but he fits the mold. Page is a highly charismatic individual who's setting himself up as the one who will save humanity from a deadly plague that is ravaging the planet...that he created and unleashed in the first place, and who has plans to effectively elevate himself to godhood by seizing control of all global communication systems through a merger with an all powerful AI.

--->'''Bob Page:''' What's happening? Helios? Icarus!? Don't leave me....

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's the CEO of Page Industries, one of the largest if not THE largest {{Megacorp}}s in the world. He's also the leader of a vast global conspiracy that seeks to control every aspect of human life, and is unleashing a deadly plague to elevate himself even further.

** At the end of the Training mission, he shows up via hologram and congratulates you, telling you that the real test will be how you perform in active duty. This is his only onscreen appearance where he isn't portrayed as a flat-out evil bastard.

* EmperorScientist: This is his goal. While it's unclear how personally involved Bob Page is in Majestic-12's various projects, it becomes abundantly clear that [[spoiler:he intends to use those projects to seize control of the entire planet, merging with Helios and using the nanoreplicators at Area 51 to unleash an army of gentically engineered monstrosities on anyone who opposes him.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Ultimately, this is his FatalFlaw. Page just doesn't truly understand that there are some people who can't be paid off, some things that can't be bought and some causes people would rather die than abandon, so despite his immense political and economic power, he's at a complete loss as to how to deal with people it can't influence. He developed not one but two AIs that turned against him because his methods and motives are too destructive and selfish, and yet seems utterly baffled by this.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: On the exterior he's a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity wealthy philanthropist]] that [[BenevolentBoss treats his employees well]] and insists only to be referred as Bob, instead of his full name and title. [[spoiler: On the interior he's a [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]] megalomaniac with a [[AGodAmI God complex]] [[EvilGloating who taunts his enemies]] and has created a artificial virus and uses it to blackmail politicians for power and wouldn't care less if it was spread in schools and churches, and he drops the affable facade in the face of enemies who know his true nature]].

** Developing [[spoiler:Icarus]] as a facilitation AI to bring about the New World Order, not realising his own behaviour and attitude acted as one of the largest threats to world order.

* NonActionBigBad: By the time you actually get to him, he's already confined in some merging apparatus in his lab and doesn't actually fight you beyond sending some RespawningEnemies from their [[MookMaker Mook Making Machines]] which you have to disable.

* PowerfulAndHelpless: [[spoiler:By the time JC reaches him in Area 51, Page is minutes away from achieving his goal of cybernetic godhood, and is protected by a barrier that renders him untouchable while he receives his final augmentations. However, despite all of his AGodAmI bluster, there's absolutely nothing Page can do to actually stop JC aside from beg him to reconsider or hope that the creatures spawned from the Universal Constructors will kill him.]]

** While it's not nearly as loud, he does this if JC is doing the steps to reach the Helios Ending as well. Hell, the first break in his composure is when he first realizes that Helios wants to merge with JC instead of him. [[spoiler: His final line in this case is an almost child-like "Helios? Icarus? Don't leave me..."]]

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* ActionPolitician: JC is surprised that so powerful a bureaucrat possesses physical augmentations, but Simons is far more then a desk jockey. He claims the demands of his work necessitate his augs and personally dirties his hands when it comes time to deal with rogue elements. Including JC.

* BadassBureaucrat: He's the head of FEMA, he takes a more hands-on approach than his job would normally require, and he has enough training and augmentations to rival JC. Even JC is a bit surprised that a desk-worker like Simons would have augmentations.

'''JC:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That makes me one ugly son of a bitch. How'd my face get all marked-up with bioelectrics?]]

* IHaveYourWife: Threatens an NSF's prisoner's family to try to get him to talk.

* ObviouslyEvil: Simons' face and voice really says everything you need to know about his personality. Comically, he's known as a philanthropist by the public.

* SkippableBoss: If you're quick enough at the Ocean Lab, the fight won't even start since Simons has to catch you and go into conversation before he'll turn hostile.

* VillainsOutShopping: One of your first potential interactions with him is eavesdropping on a nano-aug-related medical consultation Simons seeks from Dr. Reyes.

The main antagonist of the Hong Kong area, a former actress and current business executive who is in league with Bob Page.

* EarlyBirdCameo: She can be seen walking past Bob Page and Walton Simmons in the Versalife Level 2 Labs during the opening cutscene.

An organization which has supposedly been controlling the world for centuries but may just be an invention of the last few decades according to ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''. The Illuminati used to control the world from behind-the-scenes but the destruction of the Knights Templars followed by the break-away of Majestic-12 has ruined them.

** They do some morally dubious things, but seem largely well-intentioned. Siding with them in the endgame leads to a pretty hopeful set of circumstances, though it's unclear if the "status quo" will remain or if JC has just bought the world time until the next disaster.

** The Illuminati ending (in the original release) paints Everett as someone who's willing to do things "right" now that he has a second chance, with the tone being uplifting as he talks about "leading (society) into the day." The [=PS2=] port, ''The Conspiracy'', on the other hand, goes the other way, removing several of Everett's lines (particularly about a "compassionate conspiracy") and makes his parallel with Page much more explicit (the BookEnds of the game have Page[=/=]Everett watching a wall of television feeds), and JC's own reactions being animated to be much more ambiguous (if not [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone slightly distraught]]) at what he's just done.

* CuriousQualmsOfConscience: When Morpheus starts becoming unusually moody-acting, Everett contemplates in a journal about a battery of tests on its inner workings to find out what's going on. However, he experiences reluctance to do so because Morpheus might find it "unpleasant", mulling over the nature of Morpheus and whether or not it's "alive".

** ''Human Revolution'' establishes that he works as the CEO of Picus News Network -- though he never appears in-person, and his actions are referenced in TheStinger, where Bob Page is heard ordering Everett to keep "going through the wreckage" of Panchaea for any tech Page Industries can use.

** He's a leader of a conspiracy who scares many who approach him, and has many suspicious of him and what he says by virtue of the fact he still exists.

* TheSmartGuy: Created the A.I. programs which started all of the Illuminati's problems. Also doubles as NiceJobBreakingItHero (though hero may be stretching the definition).

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Regardless of what happens in the ending of the original game, he doesn't appear in-person or get a reference in ''Invisible War'', with his fate left deliberately unknown.
* WickedCultured: He's an Illuminati leader who happens to live in one of the nicest looking homes in the game, which goes nicely with his extremely polished manner.

* ProperlyParanoid: If JC kills the gate keeper, Stanton will note that everyone becomes this when dealing with the Illuminati and Majestic 12.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: During the final stage (apparently with Everett's assistance), he calls JC's infolink during the agent's trip through Sector 3, talking about how the Illuminati can put the world back together again.

* TheChessmaster: Given the hints of his reign extending all the way back to the 1960's (via his hints about [[WhoShotJFK assassinating John F. Kennedy]]), it can be presumed that he's been leading / advising the Illuminati for the better part of ''150 years''.

* AscendedExtra: In the original game, Beth is an unseen, unheard individual who died prior to the main plot and only exists to give JC motivation to ally with her and Silhouette. Both ''Human Revolution'', ''Mankind Divided'' and its cross-media tie-ins do more to explain her backstory, including her role as the head of the World Health Organization and machinations behind the scenes.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Duclare is directly responsible for several major events in the franchise's timeline, despite her lack of screentime. As the leader of the World Health Organization, she announces Tai Yong Medical's upgraded biochip (which indirectly leads to the Aug Incident of 2029). In TheStinger of ''Human Revolution'', [[spoiler:she is the one who fishes Adam's body out of Panchaea and sends him to [[Recap/DeusExBlackLight Facility 451]]]]. In ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', she uses an agent (Madame Photographe) to track both Adam Jensen and Alex Vega, and in TheStinger, is shown to be directly allied with [[spoiler:Delara Auzenne, TheMole in Task Force 29]]. She is also the one to help Lucius Debeers go into cryostasis after his health begins to fail, and prior to the events of the original game, she helps fund Silhouette.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Helios believes that human ambition is the root of all conflict, and that it is the ideal administrator of human affairs because as a machine it lacks ambition beyond its preprogrammed directives.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Daedalus was created by MJ-12 to monitor the internet and crack down on terrorist groups. By the logic that they put in, it identified ''them'' as a terrorist organization. When Page sprung the Helios merge trap, Helios in turn continued to pursue its own agenda counteractive to Page's, but now with Icarus's directives merged. Daedalus was programmed to identify threats to the world order (and identified its creators [=MJ12=] as such a threat). Icarus was programmed to assist in the establishment of a new world order. The combination of directives resulted in Helios identifying Page and his despotic megalomania as a threat to the new world order. As a result, Helios instead chooses JC Denton to merge with instead of Bob Page to become the benevolent machine-god it intends to be.

* MysteriousProtector: Daedalus first appears by contacting JC out of the blue over the Infolink and unlocking the cell he's being kept in; JC initially thinks its Alex, which freaks the latter out. From then on, it provides periodic assistance without ever telling JC why. It takes talking to Daedalus' creators to find out what its intentions are.
* PowerfulAndHelpless: In Tracer Tong's ending. Helios may be completely omnipotent and one third of the way to godhood, but since it isn't interfaced with the systems JC uses to destroy Area 51 it can do nothing but wait to die.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The "more power you think you have, the more it slips through your fingers" quote, and a congratulations to JC if the player uses a trellis to break into the Cathedral hints towards his [[spoiler: LuddWasRight beliefs, and what he will expect at the endgame.]]

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Not so much as his father was in ''Human Revolution'' from what we can see. He seems more interested in his lab than day-to-day gang activity. The side mission with him in ''HR'' reveals he had no interest in following his father in his footsteps. He is only with the Triads because of the convenience they offer him.

* PetTheDog: He initially acts cold and dismissive of JC when the latter first arrives in the Wan Chai Market, but progress the story enough and he warms up, noting that JC is "the man I hoped you were" and offering him increasingly-pricey bottles of wine at the Lucky Money.

* WhatTheHellHero: He will have harsh words for JC if the latter knocks out or kills Louis Pan, the "local watchman" who harrasses vendors for protection money.

* DistressedDamsel: Her sole purpose in the original game is to exist as a hostage being held by [=MJ12=], who are using her as leverage in an attempt to compel Gary Savage to bring them reaction modules. Depending on JC's actions, she can either be rescued or killed during the gas station raid -- notably, it has no bearing for the rest of the plot, as JC still gets the information he needs if she is killed. However, he will receive an augmentation upgrade canister from her father as thanks if he successfully rescues her, so the player still has an incentive to not screw up the rescue.

A bum and a street informant in New York who gives JC advice on multiple occasion.

* ConspiracyTheorist: He happens to be extremely knowledgable (and ProperlyParanoid) about various conspiracies, causing JC to remark with ArbitrarySkepticism. As it turns out, he's also completely accurate regarding the scope of the operation.

* CrazyPrepared: To the point that even Alex acknowledges him as being "whacked-out paranoid," but his preparations are necessary -- he notes in his initial conversation with JC that his friends have been "disappearing", and he's taken steps to cover himself, including laser traps and sentry bots. Later in the game, he has more than enough supplies to stock up JC for the Shipyard level, and if sufficiently warned, he's long-gone by the time UNATCO raids his base.

* DistressedDude: When JC finds him, he's been forced into working for [=MJ12=] researching the Gray Death in the tunnels underneath Hell's Kitchen, and jumps at the chance to escape when JC offers him a way out.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Not really a moron, just a down-on-his-luck middle-aged average Joe who doesn't have much to offer his only daughter besides a place to stay and a job killing rats. Equip him with a good gun, however, and he can take down [=JoJo=] by himself.

* ContrivedCoincidence: In any situation that results in her fleeing the 'Ton in despair, the player will meet her near the end of the game, homeless, broke and camped out near a fire by a gas station ''on the other country'', and right beside the same place JC needs to go to rescue a hostage with valuable intel. Given how short the timeline of events are in the game (with most of the events taking place within a few days, ''at most''), this is extremely improbable.

* ConspiracyTheorist: His articles for the Midnight Sun read like he's a future version of Alex Jones. [[spoiler:In truth, he himself works for the the conspiracy, with his newspaper rants presumably designed to [[FalseFlagOperation make anyone who talks about the real conspiracy look ridiculous]].]]

* BareYourMidriff: Is shown wearing an outfit that accentuates her stomach in the first game. That sense of fashion is gone by the sequel, when she dresses in much more conservative attire.

* TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight: [[spoiler:''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' reveals that he was right about the maintenance man.]]

--->[[spoiler:'''Jock''': JC! Got a problem. Someone planted a bo-----]]

* HappilyAdopted: Indicates he liked his parents and JC mentions he and Paul realized they were not genetically related growing up.

--> '''JC Denton:''' I know your secret... Flatlander Woman.
--> '''Anna:''' (realizes she's about to explode) How did you know...?
--> '''JC:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Sticks and stones.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Ultimately, this is his [[FatalFlaw fatal flaw]]. Page just doesn't truly understand that there are some people who can't be paid off, some things that can't be bought and some causes people would rather die than abandon, so despite his immense political and economic power, he's at a complete loss as to how to deal with people it can't influence. He developed not one but two AIs that turned against him because his methods and motives are too destructive and selfish, and yet seems utterly baffled by this.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Reconstructed. Daedalus turns against its creators when their methods technically classify them as a terrorist organization, showing that A.I. going wrong doesn't always need to be a bad thing. And once Daedalus and Icarus join together, the amalgamized Helios inherits Daedalus's penchant for not doing what its creators intended it to do, and chooses to pursue it's own benevolent agenda.

* TheDreaded: Implied to be this to Bob Page, where it's commented that Everett is the only one Page was ever scared of, and this is even as the Illuminati is falling apart.

--> '''Everett''': Spare the facility. Spare Helios, the power station... They can be made to serve us.
--> '''JC''': Us?
--> '''Everett''': You and me, JC. We'll rule the world in secret, with an invisible hand, the way the Illuminati have always ruled.

* BigGood: Arguably. Daedalus is one of JC's most reliable allies and is helping him out of its own desire to stop MJ12. Even when it transforms into Helios, its ultimate goal is to administrate mankind to protect them from themselves as a benevolent ruler.

* {{Expy}}: His outfit is lifted straight from Creator/WesleySnipes in ''Film/{{Blade}}''.

--> ''"By the way, Denton, stay out of the ladies' restroom. That kind of activity embarrasses the agency more than it does you."''

* HiredGuns: The NSF suppliment its regular forces with hired mercenaries, who can be distinguished by the fact they wear blue sweaters and beanies rather than NSF uniforms. Said mercs are tougher than the basic NSF soldiers, being about on par with [=UNATCO=][=/=]MJ-12 troops in terms of their stats.

* EarlyBirdCameo: In ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', an email in Task Force 29 reveals that Anna Kelso is working for his company, Lebedev Global, and certain ExpandedUniverse works (like ''Black Light'') have him as a minor character.

** In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', he appears in TheStinger in-person, briefly talking with Morgan Everett about recovering tech from Panchaea and greeting Megan Reed, who decides to work for his company.

* CreatorCameo: He is voiced by one of the producers of the game.

* FauxAffablyEvil: It's clear that the small amounts of politeness is just a mask for his and Page's goal.
* FrontlineGeneral: He comes to New York to oversee operations against the NSF in Manhattan, while also personally interrogating and executing NSF prisoners.

** They do some morally dubious things but seem largely well-intentioned. Siding with them in the endgame leads to a pretty hopeful ending.

* TheRemnant: They're a shell of what they once were.

* TheComicallySerious: He keeps his straight face and dead tone even as he blurts out the most ridiculous quips in the game.

* DarkIsNotEvil: JC is as dark and serious as his brother, but he's good. Ultimately he's revealed to be loyal to the ideals that UNATCO was founded on, his main concern throughout the game is protecting the populace from insane criminals and despots while trying to maintain that idealism.

* NighInvulnerable: It's possible to make him this to pretty much anything but long falls or explosions at point-blank range, even on realistic difficulty.

* RealityWarper: While "offline" and uncontrolled in Antarctica his memories start manifesting in the real world. He ''says'' they're only physical copies, but they're clearly [[AlienGeometries more than that]] (one of them includes the entire Hong Kong cityscape, including ''the sky'').

* TrueCompanions: This is why when JC finally decides to jump ship from his traitorous employers, so many of his senior co workers join him or stay [[TheMole undercover]].

* HeroAntagonist: Any of the named UNATCO soldiers, including Corporal Collins and Lloyd (the front-desk clerk) functionally become this during JC's escape from the building, complete with their names being simply referred to as "UNATCO Trooper".

* ConspiracyTheorist: Of course, in the Deus Ex universe, he is completely right.

* OutOfFocus: In the first part of the game, Paul is a very prominent character, being arguably the {{Deuteragonist}} to JC's protagonist. However, when his role as TheMole for the NSF is revealed, his importance to the story quickly and effectively drops off, and he can even potentially die, depending on player choices. Even if he survives, he stops playing much of an active part in the story, only having a few occasional short appearences from there on out.

* SealedGoodInACan: During ''Invisible War''.

* {{Expy}}: Looks almost exactly like Domino from X-force.

* TragicMonster: There's this entire vibe to Gunther if you pay close attention. He's a man who let himself be turned into a weapon and do monstrosity for masters who give no damn about him, and are willing to toss him to the wayside in favor of more modern technology on agents who are not even as loyal as he is. Gunther's well aware and struggling against his own obsolescence and he's ultimately sent to face JC by his boss simply so JC can kill him.

--> ''"Some say concentrated power leads to abuse, but I believe that if an institution has a solid foundation it can survive the narrow aspirations of the people it employs."''

* CoolOldGuy: He once dispatched an entire platoon with a pocket knife.

* CoolOldGuy
* CoolShades

* WesternTerrorists

--> ''"It's all in the numbers. For a hundred years there's been a conspiracy of plutocrats against ordinary people."''

* TheLoad: If you play vanilla. With the Shifter mod, he becomes a slightly more helpful ally since you can equip him with any weapon by giving it to him. He's still likely to get killed if you let him fight though.

* ArcVillain: Of Hong Kong.

* IJustWantToBeBadass: Insofar as keeping his little girl safe anyway.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She is established as working for [=JoJo=], but it's made clear that she ''really doesn't'' enjoy the lifestyle, having gone into hiding with her friend Janey when the lifestyle became too much for her. Janey will praise JC if he knocks out her pimp, and Sandra is shown to want a better life than "killing rats in the 'Ton". Depending on how JC resolves the situation, she can either repair the relationship with her father or wind up [[TraumaCongaLine even worse off than before]].

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Played straight -- when JC finds him, he is actively considering terms of surrender to the encroaching [=MJ12=] forces (though not for lack of reason -- he is at wits' end knowing that most of his troops arne't equipped to fight). When JC arrives and offers to rescue his captured members, he practically jumps at the chance to agree.

* BareYourMidriff: In the first game.
* BigFancyHouse: Owns one, inherited from her wealthy mother.

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, if you refuse to give him a weapon during the opening mission, he will remind you of this during your final encounter with him at the Cathedral.

* {{Meganekko}}: It doesn't show very well because of the graphics, but...

* AIIsACrapshoot: Daedalus turns against its creators when their methods technically classify them as a terrorist organization. And once Daedalus and Icarus join together, the amalgamized Helios inherits Daedalus's penchant for not doing what its creators intended it to do, and pursuing its own agenda.

* VillainsOutShopping: One of your first potential interactions with him is eavesdropping on a mundane medical consultation Simons seeks from Dr. Reyes.