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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The younger, foolish sibling to Joe's older, responsible sibling. [[spoiler:Joe instantly recognizes the danger the crate of grenades represents. Robbie doesn't, and it ends up costing him his life.]]
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[[folder:Joe Davis]]
! Joe Davis
[[quoteright:104:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160518183122_1.jpg]]
-> ''"This...Is...The end."''
The main protagonist of the game.
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Later in the game, you find out Joe is this.]]
* AnAxeToGrind: One of the more iconic weapons Joe wields in the game.
* {{Jerkass}}: In the original. In the remake the player has more control over how much of a jerk he is, though he has his moments even at his nicest.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler: The ''entire game'' is this. The hotel Joe and his wife are staying at doesn't even ''exist''!]]
* SanitySlippage: If he was ever sane to begin with. [[spoiler: The game shows him sliding farther and farther into his delusions.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Due to Joe's SanitySlippage most of what happens in the game either didn't happen or didn't happen the way [[AxCrazy he remembers it]].]]
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:All those people he killed were real people...[[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Maybe]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ivy Davis]]
! Ivy Davis
[[quoteright:115:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160529183235_1.jpg]]
-> ''"I've been making myself sick."''
Joe's wife. She's been sick for awhile, but the trip to [[HellHotel Quiet Haven]] doesn't help her state.
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* {{Hallucinations}}: In one scene (after Joe peers into a corpses head) Ivy sees many strange and horrifying things in the bathroom.
* HearingVoices: Ivy seems to hear strange things as soon as they get to the hotel...
* NervousWreck: At the hotel, at least. She spends the first few minutes of the game screaming at things that aren't there. Joe can acknowledge this or not, depending on player actions.
* WeightWoe: Played for drama. Her (incorrect) belief that she is fat drives her eating disorder, to a degree.
** In her hallucination in the bathroom the voice that speaks to her claims [[spoiler: she is fat. More specifically, the voice encourages her to crawl into the toilet "Like a good little fat girl".]]
** It's implied by [[spoiler: the first]] Sophie that some of the delusions play on this, such as there being a "monster" in the mirror that whispers bad things to you when you're alone.
* IAmNotPretty: Her believing in this trope doesn't help her state of mind.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Agnes]]
! Agnes
[[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160520150035_1_4.jpg]]
A mysterious amnesiac woman Joe meets after he [[spoiler: brings her back to life while assisting Doctor Z.]]
----
* AmbiguouslyBrown: At least in the remake. Her skin appears notably darker than that of any other character she contacts with, even with the Main/DeliberatelyMonochrome art style.
* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: If Joe kills her.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Agnes is very straightforward, justified due to her circumstances.
--> '''Agnes''': (''to Joe'') It's totally beyond me how any woman could like a guy like you.
* DeadpanSnarker: Some of her dialogue options are very sarcastic, either playfully or out of desperation.
--> '''Queen of Maggots''': But the only thing that matters if what YOU think I am.
--> '''Agnes''': An unlucky victim of lip augmentation gone wrong?
* GenkiGirl: She is, very noticeably, the liveliest and bubbliest character in the game's grim setting. A recurring animation of hers exemplifies this; whenever she's happy or congratulatory, she [[{{Squee}} bounces and claps her hands enthusiastically]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She accompanies the constantly brooding Joe and he is noticeably more relaxed when she's around. [[spoiler: Since she's literately made from Joe's fond memories of his wife in the remake, this may also apply to Ivy.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Especially in her more sarcastic moments.
* QuirkyCurls: In the remake.
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler:Agnes was this all along, due to her not real nature, but still being independent and able to interact with other people and objects without Joe's input. Joe created her from the fond past memories of his wife, Ivy, before she became sick.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Doctor Z]]
! Doctor Z
A doctor who is working at the Quiet Haven hotel.
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* AllGermansAreNazis: [[spoiler: if you look around enough, you'll find evidence of him being a former Nazi, or at least has a strong fascination with them.]] An AvertedTrope in the remake, which has no reference to Nazi affiliation.
* HerrDoktor: Speaks with a thick German accent.
* MadScientist: Putting a random brain into a corpse and electrocuting it until it came alive would certainly make him qualify as one. Joe can call him out on this too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sophie]]
! Sophie
A resident of Quiet Haven hotel. There are four different versions of "Sophie" that Joe must kill in order to leave Quiet Haven. [[spoiler: not that he was ever there to [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness begin with]]...]]
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* BathSuicide: One of the already-dead Sophies killed herself this way.
* BoomHeadshot: One of the already-dead Sophies killed herself with a shotgun this way.
* DeathSeeker: The young and the adult Sophie both express a willingness to die.
* DrivenToSuicide: Three Sophies are dead in the bathroom before Joe even intervenes.
* FatBastard: The fat Sophie in the room full of corpses.
* ImAHumanitarian: The ingredients for the "smoothie" the third Sophie asks you to make are more than a ''little'' odd.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: All the mirrors in Quiet Haven Hotel are broken, save for one...
* StuffBlowingUp: Two of the Four Sophies that Joe kills over the course of the story die this way.
* WaifProphet: The first Sophie.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Adult Sophie right before her death.
* {{Yandere}}: Adult Sophie, especially after [[spoiler:you kill her boyfriend]].
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: The first one regardless of which poison you give her]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Manageress]]
! The Manageress
The manager of Quiet Haven hotel.
----
* DissonantSerenity: Constantly.
-->"Joe, do you realize how HARD it is to wash blood off these carpets? -sighs- We just can't carry on like this."
* TheVamp: The manageress takes this role in the remake as she, [[spoiler: tries to seduce Joe into killing Agnes which if Joe agrees to results in a DownerEnding]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Robbie Davis]]
! Robbie Davis
Joe's little brother.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Queen Of Maggots/[[spoiler: Lorelai]]]]
! The Queen Of Maggots
A mysterious being Joe and Agnes encounter. She has many names.
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* DemotedToExtra: Plays a much more minor role in this game.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She's manipulating events not only in this game but in ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'' and ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'' as well.
* IHaveManyNames: Just like in VideoGame/TheCatLady her introduction includes this.
** Apparently, her real name is [[spoiler: Lorelai]]. She will tell Agnes if you press her long enough. [[spoiler:Which could be considered a way to bring attention to the ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'' game, which was only released in 2019 but was already being planned by the time the ''Downfall'' remake was released.]]
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Gets a lot more development in ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'' and ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'', but she's still shown to be a malevolent force in this game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: [[spoiler: Susan Ashworth]]]]
! Susan Ashworth
The protagonist of ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'', Joe and Ivy's neighbor and a Parasite killer.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She is far more attractive compared to how she looked in her game. Though it could be a case of her Informed Attractiveness being addressed.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the remake, the last third of the game is played from her perspective.
* HeroAntagonist: At the remake's final act, she confronts Joe in the climax.
* TookALevelInBadass: Susan is shown in the ''Downfall'' remake as a genre savvy parasite killer that mastered MacGyvering various weapons and is utterly ruthless and efficient in dispatching anyone she sees as a parasite. This is demonstrated when she nearly kills Joe during his attempt to resurrect Ivy.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Ending C, after spending her entire game destroying parasites that kill other people or that make people kill themselves, Susan is now encouraging people to commit suicide. This is the only ending where she does this, though; the rest she's her usual heroic self.
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Joe Davis]]
! Joe Davis
[[quoteright:104:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160518183122_1.jpg]]
-> ''"This...Is...The end."''
The main protagonist of the game.
----
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Later in the game, you find out Joe is this.]]
* AnAxeToGrind: One of the more iconic weapons Joe wields in the game.
* {{Jerkass}}: In the original. In the remake the player has more control over how much of a jerk he is, though he has his moments even at his nicest.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler: The ''entire game'' is this. The hotel Joe and his wife are staying at doesn't even ''exist''!]]
* SanitySlippage: If he was ever sane to begin with. [[spoiler: The game shows him sliding farther and farther into his delusions.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Due to Joe's SanitySlippage most of what happens in the game either didn't happen or didn't happen the way [[AxCrazy he remembers it]].]]
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:All those people he killed were real people...[[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Maybe]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ivy Davis]]
! Ivy Davis
[[quoteright:115:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160529183235_1.jpg]]
-> ''"I've been making myself sick."''
Joe's wife. She's been sick for awhile, but the trip to [[HellHotel Quiet Haven]] doesn't help her state.
----
* {{Hallucinations}}: In one scene (after Joe peers into a corpses head) Ivy sees many strange and horrifying things in the bathroom.
* HearingVoices: Ivy seems to hear strange things as soon as they get to the hotel...
* NervousWreck: At the hotel, at least. She spends the first few minutes of the game screaming at things that aren't there. Joe can acknowledge this or not, depending on player actions.
* WeightWoe: Played for drama. Her (incorrect) belief that she is fat drives her eating disorder, to a degree.
** In her hallucination in the bathroom the voice that speaks to her claims [[spoiler: she is fat. More specifically, the voice encourages her to crawl into the toilet "Like a good little fat girl".]]
** It's implied by [[spoiler: the first]] Sophie that some of the delusions play on this, such as there being a "monster" in the mirror that whispers bad things to you when you're alone.
* IAmNotPretty: Her believing in this trope doesn't help her state of mind.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Agnes]]
! Agnes
[[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20160520150035_1_4.jpg]]
A mysterious amnesiac woman Joe meets after he [[spoiler: brings her back to life while assisting Doctor Z.]]
----
* AmbiguouslyBrown: At least in the remake. Her skin appears notably darker than that of any other character she contacts with, even with the Main/DeliberatelyMonochrome art style.
* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: If Joe kills her.]]
* BrutalHonesty: Agnes is very straightforward, justified due to her circumstances.
--> '''Agnes''': (''to Joe'') It's totally beyond me how any woman could like a guy like you.
* DeadpanSnarker: Some of her dialogue options are very sarcastic, either playfully or out of desperation.
--> '''Queen of Maggots''': But the only thing that matters if what YOU think I am.
--> '''Agnes''': An unlucky victim of lip augmentation gone wrong?
* GenkiGirl: She is, very noticeably, the liveliest and bubbliest character in the game's grim setting. A recurring animation of hers exemplifies this; whenever she's happy or congratulatory, she [[{{Squee}} bounces and claps her hands enthusiastically]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She accompanies the constantly brooding Joe and he is noticeably more relaxed when she's around. [[spoiler: Since she's literately made from Joe's fond memories of his wife in the remake, this may also apply to Ivy.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Especially in her more sarcastic moments.
* QuirkyCurls: In the remake.
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler:Agnes was this all along, due to her not real nature, but still being independent and able to interact with other people and objects without Joe's input. Joe created her from the fond past memories of his wife, Ivy, before she became sick.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Doctor Z]]
! Doctor Z
A doctor who is working at the Quiet Haven hotel.
----
* AllGermansAreNazis: [[spoiler: if you look around enough, you'll find evidence of him being a former Nazi, or at least has a strong fascination with them.]] An AvertedTrope in the remake, which has no reference to Nazi affiliation.
* HerrDoktor: Speaks with a thick German accent.
* MadScientist: Putting a random brain into a corpse and electrocuting it until it came alive would certainly make him qualify as one. Joe can call him out on this too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sophie]]
! Sophie
A resident of Quiet Haven hotel. There are four different versions of "Sophie" that Joe must kill in order to leave Quiet Haven. [[spoiler: not that he was ever there to [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness begin with]]...]]
----
* BathSuicide: One of the already-dead Sophies killed herself this way.
* BoomHeadshot: One of the already-dead Sophies killed herself with a shotgun this way.
* DeathSeeker: The young and the adult Sophie both express a willingness to die.
* DrivenToSuicide: Three Sophies are dead in the bathroom before Joe even intervenes.
* FatBastard: The fat Sophie in the room full of corpses.
* ImAHumanitarian: The ingredients for the "smoothie" the third Sophie asks you to make are more than a ''little'' odd.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: All the mirrors in Quiet Haven Hotel are broken, save for one...
* StuffBlowingUp: Two of the Four Sophies that Joe kills over the course of the story die this way.
* WaifProphet: The first Sophie.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Adult Sophie right before her death.
* {{Yandere}}: Adult Sophie, especially after [[spoiler:you kill her boyfriend]].
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: The first one regardless of which poison you give her]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Manageress]]
! The Manageress
The manager of Quiet Haven hotel.
----
* DissonantSerenity: Constantly.
-->"Joe, do you realize how HARD it is to wash blood off these carpets? -sighs- We just can't carry on like this."
* TheVamp: The manageress takes this role in the remake as she, [[spoiler: tries to seduce Joe into killing Agnes which if Joe agrees to results in a DownerEnding]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Robbie Davis]]
! Robbie Davis
Joe's little brother.
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Queen Of Maggots/[[spoiler: Lorelai]]]]
! The Queen Of Maggots
A mysterious being Joe and Agnes encounter. She has many names.
----
* DemotedToExtra: Plays a much more minor role in this game.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She's manipulating events not only in this game but in ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'' and ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'' as well.
* IHaveManyNames: Just like in VideoGame/TheCatLady her introduction includes this.
** Apparently, her real name is [[spoiler: Lorelai]]. She will tell Agnes if you press her long enough. [[spoiler:Which could be considered a way to bring attention to the ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'' game, which was only released in 2019 but was already being planned by the time the ''Downfall'' remake was released.]]
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Gets a lot more development in ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'' and ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}'', but she's still shown to be a malevolent force in this game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: [[spoiler: Susan Ashworth]]]]
! Susan Ashworth
The protagonist of ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'', Joe and Ivy's neighbor and a Parasite killer.
----
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She is far more attractive compared to how she looked in her game. Though it could be a case of her Informed Attractiveness being addressed.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the remake, the last third of the game is played from her perspective.
* HeroAntagonist: At the remake's final act, she confronts Joe in the climax.
* TookALevelInBadass: Susan is shown in the ''Downfall'' remake as a genre savvy parasite killer that mastered MacGyvering various weapons and is utterly ruthless and efficient in dispatching anyone she sees as a parasite. This is demonstrated when she nearly kills Joe during his attempt to resurrect Ivy.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Ending C, after spending her entire game destroying parasites that kill other people or that make people kill themselves, Susan is now encouraging people to commit suicide. This is the only ending where she does this, though; the rest she's her usual heroic self.
[[/folder]]
