History Characters / GunsGoreAndCannoli

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: After the final battle of ''Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2'', Vinnie conclusively kills Frankie by throwing him into a meat grinder-like trap.]]
* [[spoiler:LesCollaborateurs: As the Dark Don, he ends up betraying the United States to Nazi Germany, leading a mob willing to collaborate with wartime enemies of the United States for profit. In addition, Frankie has command over a battalion of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS soldiers.]]

* [[spoiler:PiggybackingOnHitler: He is allied with Nazi Germany [[OnlyInItForTheMoney only for the money]] they paid him for the zombie poison and the resources they provided. Frankie has no real interest in aiding the Germans in their war against the Allies and plans to eventually betray them, claiming that even the Führer would answer to him in the end.]]
* [[spoiler:TheQuisling: As the Dark Don, who's been working with the Nazis as one of their top researchers and backers by continuing to experiment with zombie poison, and leads his own personal syndicate composed of [[LesCollaboreteurs Mafiosos willing to work with the Axis Powers]].]]

* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: By 1944, he has become a powerful and wealthy mob boss known as the Dark Don, having taken over the criminal underworld of Syndicate City and allied himself with Nazi Germany. Because of this, Frankie is in command of an entire army (consisting of gangsters, German soldiers, and zombies) and has many resources at his disposal, including experimental German weaponry.]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: By 1944, he was even more manipulative and ruthless than before, along with becoming megalomaniacal.]]

* [[spoiler:TheImmune: During the story of ''Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2'', Vinnie was revealed to be immune to the zombie poison, according to a government investigation. This was the reason why the Dark Don wanted to capture him alive and use his blood to synthesize an antidote, thereby making the zombie poison a more controllable biological weapon.]]

* SharpDressedMan: Obviously, since the is a mafia gunman after all. Though the [[MrFanservice "attractive"]] part of the trope is noticeably downplayed in favor of it making him look flashy and badass instead.

* SharpDressedMan: Just like Vinnie, for the same reasons as well.

* AdaptationalJerkass: While Frankie in ''WebAnimation/HellbentForWhiskey'' was at least amicable towards Vinnie and Paulie before his death, here [[spoiler:he's shown to be an unrepentant career criminal who will do ''anything'' to become rich and powerful, including backstabbing anyone ''and'' everyone he works with.]]

* LesCollaboreteurs: [[spoiler:They're ultimately revealed to be Mafiosos willing to sell their own country out to the Nazis, having been funded and backed by the Wehrmacht.]]

* EnemyMine: In ''2'', he is forced to aid the US Army, who have by now twice attempted to kill him, in storming the German beach fortifications at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Thanks to his ultimately successful breakthrough attempt, the Army decides to return the favor and aid him in his quest to stop the Dark Don by providing him with ammunition resupply.

* NominalHero: Like most people, Vinnie does what he does because he [[OnlyInItForTheMoney gets paid for it]], though the fact that he [[BloodKnight enjoys fighting and killing]] helps. [[ItsPersonal Vengeance]] is also one of his most powerful motivations if someone makes an enemy of him. Despite this, Vinnie is [[ALighterShadeOfBlack rather honorable for gangster]] because he has a low opinion of [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil betrayal]] and [[NeverHurtAnInnocent murdering the innocent]].

* WalkingArmory: He carries only his trademark M1911 pistol when he first arrives in Thugtown. As he makes his way through the ruined city, Vinnie picks up a Lupara, a Thompson sub-machine gun, a Magnum revolver, an Ithaca 37, an M2 flamethrower, an M1 bazooka, a Maxim MG 08, and even a [[LightningGun Tesla gun]]. In the sequel, Vinnie gets caught by the Dark Don's goons and is initially disarmed, but when he breaks free and rampages through the levels, he gets a baseball bat, a chainsaw, a pair of Beretta-styled pistols, a Thompson, a sawed-down pump-action shotgun, a Mauser C96, an MP-40, a Sturmgewehr 44, a Flammenwerfer 41, Panzerfaust rockets, a prototype revolving grenade launcher, and even an MG-42. Try fitting half of that in your jacket, folks!

[[caption-width-right:427:''"One more thing, Mr. Vinnie: I hate Cannoli!"'']]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Oh so much. In ''WebAnimation/HellbentForWhiskey'', while he still ends up betraying the Bellucios, he was merely acting on orders from the Constelli Crime Family to destroy the Bellucios' brewery. Here, [[spoiler:he purposefully infects almost everyone in Thugtown with zombie poison-laced alcohol, backstabs both the Bonnitos and the Bellucios (even personally murdering Don Bellucio via headshot), and attempts to steal Don Bellucio's entire fortune for himself. And, after that EvilPlan is foiled, he decides to ''sell out his own country'' [[PiggybackingOnHitler by working closely with the Nazis]], amassing a massive fortune from providing them with the zombie poison formula and wonderweapons research. And even after that, he decides to plan on eventually TakingOverTheWorld, by unleashing the ZombieApocalypse on the Allies and eventually replacing Hitler as the new Nazi leader.]]

* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: By 1944, he was even more manipulative and ruthless than before, along with becoming megalomanical.]]

* YouDirtyRat: It is a giant hungry rat, and looks particularly mean, ugly, and diseased as a result of mutation by the zombie poison.

* LaserGuidedKarma: In the end, Vinnie [[VigilanteExecution drowns the scientist in a vat of zombie poison]]. Given that the scientist created the poison and was partially responsible for the 1928 Thugtown Incident (along with having no true regrets for his crimes), he deserved his CruelAndUnusualDeath. One could even say that he was finally [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor rewarded for his work]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: Whenever he encounters Vinnie, he politely and condescendingly asks the gangster to surrender quietly. After Vinnie predictably (and defiantly) refuses, Wienerschnitzel quickly loses his temper and attempts to kill Vinnie.

* RemovableTurretGun: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. During his final battle with Vinnie, Wienerschnitzel uses a salvaged bomber plane turret, its weapons and ammunition still intact.
* SmugSnake: He is arrogant and tends to underestimate his enemies. Despite personally witnessing Vinnie fight off a U-boat, Wienerschnitzel remains as arrogant as ever, believing that he could kill Vinnie on his second (and final) try.

* BoomHeadshot: He is shot in the head from behind by Frankie [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness as soon as he finishes ordering his men to stop Vinnie]]. [[DeathByIrony Ironically enough]], his rival Sonny was killed this way by Vinnie a short time ago.

* NonHumanUndead: He's a mutated zombie rat, and, most notably, one of the very first victims of the Zombie Poison.
* RaisingTheSteaks: It is a zombie animal and one of the deadliest creatures that resulted from the effects of the zombie poison.

* TheTeetotaler: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. It is unknown if he drinks alcohol or not, but he would have avoided drinking Thugtown's moonshine on St. Patrick's Day to be one of the few to not become a zombie. It's very likely he either doesn't, or instead he drinks imported alcohol like the Bonnino and Bellucio mobsters.

* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma: Despite knowing that Vinnie [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil takes betrayal very personally]], Joe chose to betray him in exchange for money. As a result of his utterly selfish choice, Joe suffers [[BloodKnight Vinnie's wrath]] in full.]]

* KnowledgeBroker: He has contacts in various places, including the Syndicate City police, leading him to being well-informed about much of the criminal underworld. Vinnie occasionally talks to Joe about the underworld's current events.

* SoleSurvivor: It's heavily implied that he's the only resident of Thugtown to survive the ZombieApocalypse [[spoiler:aside from Frankie, who manages to slip away alive following his defeat by Vinnie, as revealed in the sequel.]]

A gigantic zombie rat that lives in the Thugtown sewers. Once an ordinary sewer rat, Mickey grew to an immense size and gained an enormous appetite after consuming zombie poison that leaked into the sewers from a secret underground laboratory. During the 1928 Thugtown Incident, it encounters Vinnie in the sewers and attempts to make a meal out of him...

A freelance enforcer and hitman from [[WretchedHive Syndicate City]], Vinnie proudly considers himself a product of violent crime during the [[TheRoaringTwenties Roaring '20s]]. When he was hired by the Thugtown mob boss Mr. Belluccio to find and bring back a certain man known as "Frankie the Fly", Vinnie had no idea that accepting this particular assignment would change his life forever...

[[folder:German scientist]]

!!German scientist
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A scientist appointed by the Bureau of Prohibition to lead a [[GovernmentConspiracy government project]] aimed at creating a toxin that could be used to secretly poison the ingredients for moonshine, thus justifying the goals of Prohibition and depriving the [[TheMafia Mafia]] of the illegal alcohol trade. After the project was terminated, the scientist was left with nothing to his name except an abandoned underground laboratory in Thugtown's sewers and dozens of barrels of zombie poison. Sometime later, he was approached by a local gangster named Frankie the Fly...

The Don of the Belluccio mob and the owner of the luxurious Belluccio Tower, one of Thugtown's tallest buildings. Having thrived on the illegal alcohol trade during the Prohibition years, the Belluccios have become very wealthy and gained control over the northern half of Thugtown, with the Bonninos as their only serious rivals. During the 1928 Thugtown Incident, Mr. Belluccio decides that the only way to escape his now-doomed hometown is to use his blimp. Unfortunately for him, the blimp's pilot, Frankie the Fly, went missing during the chaos. Deciding that certain talents were needed to find Frankie (and perhaps unwilling to send his own men), Mr. Belluccio makes a phone call to a certain freelance gangster...

* UnwittingPawn: After [[ManipulativeBastard Frankie]] reaches Mr. Belluccio alive and alone, he lies to the mob boss about Vinnie being a mad dog, killing anyone who got his way. With this, Mr. Belluccio orders his men over the phone to stop Vinnie at any cost. No sooner does he put down the phone, the mob boss is killed by the treacherous Frankie.

A freelance pilot, mob associate, and the proprietor of Joe's Pilot Bar. A long-time resident of the crime-ridden Syndicate City, Joe has moonlighted for various crime organizations and is well-informed about the inner workings and latest events of the criminal underworld. At some point, he befriended the notorious Vinnie Cannoli, becoming one of the gangster's trusted contacts. In 1944, Joe informs Vinnie about the Dark Don and how this mysterious crime boss wants to capture him.

* [[spoiler:GracefulLoser: After he is defeated by Vinnie, Joe uses his last breath to warn Vinnie about the Dark Don's intentions to build an army of [[EliteZombie giant zombies]] and TakeOverTheWorld. He also tells Vinnie about [[TheImmune his immunity to the zombie poison]], which was why the Dark Don wanted to capture him.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Vinnie, the man he betrayed for money, kills him with the 88mm Flak 36 gun in his compound, which happens to be the same gun Vinnie used to damage his tank.]]

* VillainousValor: [[spoiler:Knowing Vinnie will stop at nothing to kill him, and seeing that his own bodyguards and German allies are dead, Joe elects to make a LastStand against Vinnie by busting out a tank and fighting him to the end.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him and his actions considering his role in the second half of the game.

* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: He is blown to pieces when he is shot point-blank by Vinnie with an 8.8 cm Flak 16 anti-aircraft gun.]]

* TheTeetotaler: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. It is unknown if he drinks alcohol or not, but he would have avoided drinking Thugtown's moonshine on St. Patrick's Day to be one of the few to not become a zombie.