History Characters / PAYDAY2ThePaydayGang

* DropTheHammer: He comes with the "Carpenter's Delight" hammer as a melee weapon. Unlike most examples of the trope, it's a literal carpentry hammer.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Their melee weapon is a giant metal ruler. [[LethalJokeWeapon Said ruler also has identical stats to Jiro's katana]].
* JokeCharacter: Yeeeeeeeah, it kind of goes without saying, especially with Ethan.
** LethalJokeCharacter: That said, they're still frighteningly competent heisters, coming with a strong Airbow, a fairly decent melee weapon and a decent Perk Deck.

* BloodBrothers: With Wick, as they served in the military together.

* BloodBrothers: He is apparently close friends with Chains, as they served together in the military.

'''Joy''' is a Japanese hacker, Locke's new protegé, and is an expert in the field, and Locke has brought her into the gang to bolster it up in all things related to hacking and cyber-security. Her first assignment by Locke was scrubbing bogus invites electronically to appear legitimate, something which is a cakewalk for her compared to what she's normally up to. With the fight against the Kataru heating up, Joy will be increasingly important to protect Crime.net from interlopers. She was released as a [[VersionExclusiveContent timed-exclusive character]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of ''PAYDAY 2'', and was released on PC in August 13th 2018 as day 1 of the Icebreaker Event. The UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 got Joy and her associated perk deck / weapons on the 17th May 2019 update.\\

* ShoutOut: Her "default" mask pattern is red and light blue split in the middle, a reference to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and its [=JoyCon=] controllers, the normal colors for which are red/light blue. Her sneakers are also mismatched for one to be red and the other to be light blue.

* EleventhHourRanger: Chronologically-speaking, Joy is the final heister to join the PAYDAY Gang before [[spoiler:the gang's official disbandment]]. She joins the crew before the Shacklethorne Auction job, just ''three'' missions (canonically '''two,''' since No Mercy is a flashback) before the GrandFinale. Subverted in ''Payday 3'', where she's one of the returning heisters alongside the original four.

* GutturalGrowler: His voice in-game is this, but his voice in most trailers (and the webseries) is that of Eric Etabari's, who is soft-spoken and calm most of the time. Like with Bain and his voice and demeanor, It's completely at odds with his in-game personality.

'''Jacket''' may be the last one to brag – in fact, he doesn’t speak at all – but his murderous exploits have made him a feared name in the criminal underworld. Allegedly, he wiped out the entire Russian mafia in Miami all on his own back in 1989. His military background and unflinching attitude towards over-the-top violence have made him an excellent hitman – or “messenger” as some prefer to call him. For unknown reasons, he remains completely mute and chooses to communicate only with the help of a tape recorder – playing back bits and pieces of language learning tapes, [=PAs=] and documentary narrations instead of speaking.\\

* RetiredOutlaw: [[spoiler:''All'' of them, at the end of the story. ''The End'' shows the group dropping their masks into Bain's open grave and walking away scot-free owing to the pardons they stole, free to live their lives without fear of the police coming after them. However, the setup for ''PAYDAY 3'' is the original four being forced out of retirement (though time will tell if this sticks for the others).]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Leaves the gang and returns to Sweden in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, where he's said to have gone underground and left crime behind.]]

* ReformedCriminal: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, he spends his fortune to become a legitimate and incredibly successful stuntman, helping to revitalize practical effects in films.]]

* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:Rather, sailing the Earth, according to the GoldenEnding.]]

* BoyishShortHair: Sports this underneath the mask, in contrast to Clover's medium-length locks and Bonnie and Sydney's DelinquentHair. Averted in ''3'', as she has let her hair grow in-between games.

* BoyishShortHair: Sports this underneath the mask, in contrast to Clover's medium-length locks and Bonnie and Sydney's DelinquentHair.

* ReformedCriminal: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, he retires from crime entirely, buying the Golden Grin Casino and spending his retirement partying on the beach and playing poker for fun.]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Ulf Andersson (game & voice), Christian Hicks (The Web Series, episode 3 on)

* EleventhHourRanger: Chronologically-speaking, Joy is the final heister to join the PAYDAY Gang before [[spoiler:the gang's official disbandment]]. She joins the crew before the Shacklethorne Auction job, just ''three'' missions (canonically '''two,''' since No Mercy is a flashback) before the GrandFinale.

* ReformedCriminal: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, she opens a retro arcade in Seattle and goes on to establish an award-winning game development studio.]]

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!The Payday Gang

* BadassCrew: The Payday Gang lets nothing stand in their way. While they start off with smaller crimes, they have canonically robbed The Benevolent Bank (which had a record of never being robbed in its 200-year history), raided an FBI satellite office, robbed a mercenary group without being seen, and stolen a server full of extremely sensitive (and valuable) information from '''''FBI Headquarters'''''. And, to top it all off, '''[[spoiler:they steal from the damn White House]]''' There's a ''reason'' cops respond with overwhelming force to reports of a Payday heist.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Payday Gang includes not only men and women, but also Swedes, Russians, Australians and even a mixed-race Japanese man.

** Akin to ''Heat'', the robbers are professionals and thus minimize innocent casualties. Also encouraged in-game, as players who [[VideogameCrueltyPotential take liberties]] with civs will be scolded by either Bain [[spoiler:or Locke]], and will lose cash to bribe the death away, and will also sit in custody for longer if caught.

** Bain and presumably the rest of the crew are perturbed when the cargo Vlad wants them to steal from the Murkywater mercenaries in "Meltdown" turn out to be [[spoiler:Nuclear Warheads.]] When Bain figures this out, he promptly calls Vlad out for not telling them. The whole scene is set-up as if the team wouldn't have taken the job if Vlad had been straight up with them, and only continue the heist because they're now surrounded by Murkywater mercenaries, and police with a lethal payload slung round their backs, and no safe way to extract except by way of the train Vlad so-graciously provided.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Canonically, the crew try to minimize civilian casualties and are outright helpful to some of the civilians that get wrapped up in their heists (Bain wires some cash into a few bank accounts if you hack the wrong computer in the Big Bank heist and Dallas tosses Bobblehead Bob a wad of cash for his efforts in helping the Payday Gang), but ingame it's a slightly different story. While Bain [[WhatTheHellHero will chew you out on it]], many players find it easier to just kill any civilians that might cause trouble (such as on Stealth). [[ZigzaggedTrope The game does penalize this behavior on Loud, though,]] as killing civilians will make a hostage trade take longer if somebody is taken into custody.
* HiredGuns: While the lower level jobs are all robberies or petty crimes of some sort (though of the type to make petty criminals cringe), the Payday crew is sufficiently professional that they get involved as criminals for hire by all sorts of people. [[ObviouslyEvil Their personal morality aside]], they never decline even the dirtiest of jobs, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney as long as the money is good]].

** Ethan and Hila are portrayed by...[[WebVideo/H3H3Productions themselves.]]

* MonsterClown: Surprisingly, averted for three of the default masks; they're all fairly mundane clown masks, albeit made iconic and terrifying by the Payday Gang's prominence. Played straight by Wolf's, and later Hoxton's, masks, however, the former being a scary white-red demon mask and the latter featuring black tears from the eyes and a huge burn mark. Also played straight by several of the unlockable masks.

* RetiredOutlaw: [[spoiler:''All'' of them, at the end of the story. ''The End'' shows the group dropping their masks into Bain's open grave and walking away scot-free owing to the pardons they stole, free to live their lives without fear of the police coming after them. However, the setup for Payday 3 is the original four being forced out of retirement (though time will tell if this sticks for the others).]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Make 'em remember the day they fought the PAYDAY gang!]]

After things calmed down, he worked his way back up the criminal ladder, bringing in Chains, Hoxton, Wolf, and eventually his brother, Houston, to found the Payday crew. Now he's the face that everyone fears. As the universe rolled on, and more live-action trailers were released, he became more and more of the official face of the game (outside of what little we see of Bain), serving as de-facto lead.\\

-> '''The Dentist:''' ''"How did it feel... leaving him behind?"''

** He seems to really ''really'' dislike the drug trade. Reflected in the "Dentist" trailer, where he refuses Novocaine for his tooth problem which has to be injected[[note]]Though, given Novocaine's tendency to loosen lips, this might be less of a moral stance and more of a necessity in making sure he doesn't blow his cover while under the influence[[/note]]. Also sort of reflected in his top tier skill set which allows him to revive others by yelling at them, without using the adrenaline shots everyone else uses.
--> "Pain is just mental, get back in the fight buddy!"

* IconicItem: His mask, above any other in the group. You think ''Payday'', you think either the Thermal Drill (go get it), or that mask. [[spoiler:Notably, he keeps it rather than throw it in Bain's grave in ''The End'', a good sign he's not quite ready to call it quits, even after everyone else is ready to move on.]]

Chains later left the military and become a soldier of fortune, offering military expertise to the highest bidder. He eventually joined up with Dallas and the Payday crew, and the rest is history. As the universe rolls on and more live-action trailers are released, Chains has morphed into something of TheLancer, usually acting as and being trusted by Dallas as his second-in-command. Perhaps understandable being one of the originals, very experienced, and by comparison, not nearly as quirky as some of their other gang members.\\

* TheBrute: Played straight (and then some) with ''Payday 2'', as the Enforcer [[ImplacableMan soaks up damage like a literal bullet sponge]], [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower can easily carry bags that would leave the rest of the crew struggling]], and has a propensity for "loud" weapons, like [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] and [[ChainsawGood the OVE-9000 saw]].

-->"You seen that new [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Captain America]] movie? It's got some ''[[ActorAllusion great actors]]'' in it![[labelnote: *]]Damion Poiteir plays a mercenary in the opening of Captain America: Civil War, not to mention having a non-speaking role as Thanos in Film/TheAvengers2012.[[/labelnote]]"

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Subverted. Originally, the game was supposed to feature entirely new heisters taking up the masks and names of the original four from ''Payday: The Heist'', but this only applied for Houston and Chains before the fans made it clear they didn't agree with this direction. Houston was very much a different person from Hox, but Chains was so synonymous with the original that you could hardly tell they were different people. While the original Hoxton returned via lore that explained he was arrested and set free during Hoxton's Breakout, leaving Houston to rename himself, Chains just sort of... melded with his predecessor to the point that they're completely one and the same; of all people, he's the one to lament [[spoiler:how they gave Murkywater what they needed to infect and kill Bain all those years ago in the No Mercy heist.]]

* ThirdPersonPerson: Explained by Bain in one of his descriptions, is the reason why he keeps changing foster homes when he was kid and probably one of the distinctions of AxCrazy behavior which the Navy kicked him out from the first place. He just keeps calling himself "Chains" even before the Payday heists.

* RealitySubtext: [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, it's mentioned that he's believed to have decided to "get the fck out" of the criminal underworld. Wolf's voice actor left Overkill to start his own studio, and their first game (which didn't come out until after the end of Payday 2) was named ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}''.]]

The original bearer of the codename '''Hoxton''', '''James Hoxworth''' got his nickname after being arrested as a teenager in the East End of London. After doing time in HMYOI, he worked with several crime syndicates in his 20's, until he finally joined the Payday Gang. After a successful stint of major heists up until 2011, Hoxton was captured by the FBI and sent to prison.\\

** Subverted in the true Payday 2 ending when his burn scar is gone, indicating that he used the money to rectify his skin.

** Hilariously translated to gameplay, but ''only'' when dealing with [[RunningGag Houston.]] When downed, Hoxton will still cry out to him desperately for help... right after calling him more insulting and vulgar nicknames.

In mid-2015, when it was announced that John would be getting his own game (not made by Overkill), it was also announced that more John Wick content would be included in ''Payday'' in even more CanonWelding. This eventually resulted in the John Wick Weapon Pack in late 2016, adding a few new weapons that showed up in the film, including Wick's signature pistol. Another DLC was added in February 2017, just in time for the release of ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' that sees the gang assisting the concierge of the Continental.\\

* CanonWelding: Given that John's now joined the crew and information in his bio, his movie seemingly has happened in this universe and John has returned fully to a criminal lifestyle or the ''PAYDAY 2'' canon is an alternate universe to his. [[spoiler:The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue implies that PAYDAY 2 is a StealthPrequel to the first John Wick film.]]

* GuestFighter: Essentially what he is, though he is more integrated into the game and its universe than most examples. For instance, much like the rest of the Payday Gang, one of his biggest character traits is his UndyingLoyalty as well as being a Determinator able to keep going through sheer grit and medicine.

* NervousWreck: Comes off as one when heists go loud, as she more than anyone else in the gang seem terrified of the special SWAT units, screaming and stuttering often times. Often times she'll also laugh to herself when downing a special, a common thing people do when they're very suddenly relieved of stress. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considering she's a burglar and a con-artist, the type of criminal who prefers to deal with things quietly, as reflected by her perk deck.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Before Bonnie, Sydney, Hila and Joy joined the Gang, she was the only playable character circa early 2015 to be female. This was enforced in the Road to Crimefest 2015, as being one of only two girls in the Payday Gang at that time she's needed to enter one of the paths to Cagliostro's treasure.

A crooked Interpol agent from Croatia, '''Dragan Zubović''' has made a lucrative career out of playing both sides. He makes his big break when he betrays his assigned partner from Budapest to the Butcher, who in turn sends him on a mission to the US to join the PAYDAY gang as part of her deal with Bain.\\

-->"[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The radio is near my crotch. My boner pressed the button, not me.]]"

* {{Irony}}: Others in the Payday gang would poke fun at his weight and looking unhealthy. After the safehouse update, he has a gym in the basement, and will sometimes mock other crew members that they need to hit the gym to so they can work off their "baby fat".

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Is the main character of ''Hotline Miami'', but it's unlikely that the story takes place in the same universe as ''Payday'' itself.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Bonnie obtained some clues on who betrayed Hoxton through [[InformationBroker information gambling]] while incarcerated, and she used that information as leverage to get Hoxton and the crew to agree in letting her join the gang. Hoxton reluctantly agreed to let Bonnie join the PAYDAY crew if it meant getting one step closer to the bastard who got him thrown in prison.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: His bio states that Sokol more or less had no experience in the crime world prior to joining the Payday gang, he had all the makings for a legendary criminal. His strength, wits, technical skills, and attitude simply made him a natural heister. [[spoiler:In the GoldenEnding, he establishes a crime organization in Cyprus powerful enough to have direct influence in the local government.]]

* StartOfDarkness: Interestingly, Sokol's time in the Payday gang is his start of darkness. [[spoiler:He goes on to become an even more infamous criminal after the gang disbands in the GoldenEnding.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: In his introductory trailer (and parts of The Search for Kento), Jiro is close to being TheStoic, going over his backstory in a very dark, brooding and sombre manner. In the game, his pager responses can be [[YourMom very juvenile,]] and he always sounds loud and excited, even becoming a ScreamingWarrior while using his katana. The latter can possibly be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to adrenaline (he is in the middle of a gunfight, after all), the former not so much.

'''Bodhi''' is known as one of the greatest legends in world of crime, but few know the man behind the mask. As the founding father of [[Film/PointBreak1991 the Ex-Presidents gang]], Bodhi's renowned in the criminal underworld for his extreme athleticism and daring heists. His recent feats of strength in Mumbai and Austria got Bain’s attention, granting him an invitation to the PAYDAY gang.\\

* CompositeCharacter: While his character design loosely resembles Creator/EdgarRamirez (who portrayed him in the 2015 remake), his personality has more in common with the late Creator/PatrickSwayze's portrayal of Bodhi in the original ''Point Break''. This is likely because Bodhi was established to be [[CanonWelding part of the]] ''[[CanonWelding PAYDAY]]'' [[CanonWelding canon]] long before the remake was in production.

* GuestFighter: Just like John Wick, Bodhi was released for free to the game at the same time as the remake of ''Film/PointBreak1991''. Unlike Wick, however, Bodhi was hinted to exist as a character within the ''Payday'' Universe since the first game, thanks to ShoutOut[=s=] to the original film (such as the gang going under "Bodhi's Pool Repair" as a cover for the Counterfeit job, which amusingly would be added back into ''Payday 2'').

** SparedByTheAdaptation: Maybe. He still appears in the intro cutscenes for some of the heists, [[spoiler: and ''The End'' shows him at the funeral, dumping his mask into Bain's grave. Considering this means he ''wouldn't'' have it for the little cameo in ''Hardcore Henry'', it is clear ''Payday'''s timeline deviates just enough for him to potentially live. He is still alive in the GoldenEnding, too]].

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Naturally. Spoiler for ''Film/HardcoreHenry'' ahead. [[spoiler:Jimmy prepares two of himself for working with the Payday gang. The suave, James Bond-like superspy is intimidatingly good at what he does, but he makes the mistake of underestimating their loyalty to each other and ends up having to off himself to make amends, leaving the coked-up maniac version to step in as a less-threatening but more emotionally-invested backup.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:One of him, anyway.]] While it is badass for Jimmy to capture three of the Payday Gang at once, it is also a very bad idea. Messing with any ''one'' of them on a personal level is guaranteed to piss off all the others, but messing with three of them ''and'' giving back their guns might as well be the definition of this trope.

A heister first announced during PAYDAYCON 2015; '''Kelli "Sydney" King''' is of Australian descent, and apparently stole ''from'' the PAYDAY gang mid-heist, making off with a single bag of money in a flurry of explosives and bullets. Impressed with the kid's bravado, Bain offered her an official invitation into the crew, which she accepted without hesitation.\\

* {{Greed}}: Much like [[Series/SonsOfAnarchy Clay]], Rust's actions are largely motivated by his greed. The bikers are heard complaining about how greedy he always was and ultimately betrayed them when it became clear that he could profit from it. However he does at least have the decency to have the PAYDAY gang save his friend from his old gang, even if it means going through a lot of hassle.

A heister announced in December 2016 in conjunction with Creator/{{Universal}} Studios. Infamous Miami drug lord '''Scarface''' (Tony Montana. Yes, ''that'' [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} Tony Montana]])[[note]]Well...[[JackTheRipoff maybe not]]...[[/note]] joins the Payday Gang seeking money, power, and respect. And he'll do whatever it takes to obtain the American Dream.\\

* LegacyCharacter: Like Jacket, Scarface is implied to not be the original holder of his persona, [[spoiler:also sharing the fact that they are both canonically dead.]] Unlike Jacket, it's been stated fully by WordOfGod that the Payday Gang's Scarface isn't the original Scarface, and that The World Is Yours is not canon to the Payday universe.

A former hitman from Mexico, added to the lineup in May 2017 to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Having defected from TheCartel, '''Antonio Benitez Rodriguez''', AKA '''Sangres''' found himself travelling to the US seeking bigger things. Gage introduced him to the Payday Crew, and he's proven himself a reliable asset.\\

* CulturedBadass: You don't get to be an art thief without being cultured. And you don't get to join the PAYDAY crew without being a badass.

* TapOnTheHead: His melee weapon is a simple Leather Sap. Unlike most examples of the trope, it is always a lethal weapon, since ''Payday 2'' lacks the ability to knock out enemies without killing them.

->'''Portrayed By:''' [[Webvideo/{{h3h3 productions}} Ethan Klein and Hila Hakmon]]
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In a first for Payday 2, Ethan and Hila share a Perk Deck, known as the Tag Team. By looking at a fellow heister within ten meters, they create a symbiotic link between themselves and an ally. During this, the Tag Team provides themselves and their selected ally with a health boost for every enemy either heister kills. Additionally, higher perk abilities can grant damage absorption, and reduce the cooldown of the ability.

'''Joy''' is a Japanese hacker, Locke's new protegé, and is an expert in the field, and Locke has brought her into the gang to bolster it up in all things related to hacking and cyber-security. Her first assignment by Locke was scrubbing bogus invites electronically to appear legitimate, something which is a cakewalk for her compared to what she's normally up to. With the fight against the Kataru heating up, Joy will be increasingly important to protect Crime.net from interlopers. She was released as a [[VersionExclusiveContent timed-exclusive character]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of ''Payday 2'', and was released on PC in August 13th 2018 as day 1 of the Icebreaker Event. The UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 got Joy and her associated perk deck / weapons on the 17th May 2019 update.\\

* EleventhHourRanger: Chronologically-speaking, Joy is the final heister to join the Payday Gang before [[spoiler:the gang's official disbandment.]] She joins the crew before the Shacklethorne Auction job, just ''three'' missions (canonically '''two,''' since No Mercy is a flashback) before the GrandFinale.

* {{Foil}}: Joy serves as this to the only other Japanese heister, [[{{Yakuza}} Jiro]]. Aside from nationality, they have virtually nothing in common. For one, Jiro's one of the oldest members of the Payday Gang, while Joy is [[TokenMiniMoe easily the youngest]]. Jiro is a grizzled, world-weary man who has a [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark, tragic past]] that serves as the reason why he joined. Joy is a PluckyGirl who joins the Payday Gang as Locke's protege. Jiro speaks [[BilingualBonus almost entirely in Japanese]] with a few GratuitousEnglish phrases peppered here and there due to being a Japanese American raised in Japan for most of his long life, while Joy speaks flawless English as she was born in Japan, but she was raised in the United States for her entire life. Even how their stories ''end'' is vastly different: [[spoiler:Joy ends up becoming a ReformedCriminal and establishes an award-winning game development studio, while Jiro gets revenge for his wife and son by destroying his old Yakuza gang before WalkingTheEarth.]]

In mid-2015, when it was announced that John would be getting his own game (not made by Overkill), it was also announced that more John Wick content would be included in ''Payday'' in even more CanonWelding. This eventually resulted in the John Wick Weapon Pack in late 2016, adding a few new weapons that showed up in the film, including Wick's signature pistol. Another DLC was added in February 2017, just in time for the release of
''Film/JohnWickChapter2'' that sees the gang assisting the concierge of the Continental.\\

* AlternateContinuity: ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' takes place in 1989, while ''PAYDAY 2'' takes place in the present day. Between his youthful appearance and [[spoiler:[[EverybodyDiesEnding the ending]] of the [[Videogame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber sequel]],]] it's utterly impossible for the two games to exist in the same timeline. The Prison Nightmare heist features a voiceline that heavily implies [[JackTheRipoff he's not the real Jacket]] however.

* TheFaceless: Completely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Jacket's face has never been seen in detail, either in his [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami home game]] or official artwork, but it can be easily-seen ingame in the safehouse, before masking up, or by simply wearing a "mask" that doesn't cover his face.

-->''There's [[VideoGame/{{WorldOfWarcraft}} Murlocks-]] Err, I mean Murkies everywhere!\\

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: A minor case. Unlike the rest of the crew, he doesn't have an actual mask, instead having sunglasses. This was reflected in the character select icons prior to them being changed, as while the other heisters' had their masks represent them, John Wick had his own face as his icon

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: A minor case. Unlike the rest of the crew, he wears black leather gloves instead of the usual blue latex gloves and his default masks are just a pair of unique sunglasses.

* TheFaceOfTheBand: In-universe, Dallas' mask is incredibly iconic, and even referred to as "the face everyone fears". He's also the effective leader of the gang when Bain [[spoiler:or Locke]] isn't handling them behind the scenes.

* GamerGirl: She collects Nintendo consoles.

* BilingualBonus: His voice tapes often slip into multiple foreign languages, mostly German or Spanish. If you can speak any of these languages you might notice that they have much more specific threats and even cuss a lot of times.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Subverted. Originally, the game was supposed to feature entirely new heisters taking up the masks and names of the original four, but this only applied for Houston and Chains before the fans made it clear they didn't agree with this. Houston was very much a different person from Hox, but Chains was so synonymous with the original that you could hardly tell they were different people. While the original Hoxton returned in the Hoxton's Housewarming Party update, leaving Houston to rename himself, Chains just sort of melded with his predecessor to the point that they're completely one and the same; of all people, he's the one to lament [[spoiler:how they gave Murkywater what they needed to infect and kill Bain all those years ago in the No Mercy heist.]]

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Never stops harassing Houston and Dallas about it.

* DemotedToExtra: Hoxton Breakout, Hoxton Revenge and the Christmas album aside, his place in the Main Four (Dallas, Wolf and Chains being the other three) has been almost entirely replaced by Houston, though he does make the odd appearance here and there.
** Averted in the Locke and Load event's comic, where he's the group's fourth member once again, with no Houston in sight. And then averted further in Hell's Island and [[spoiler:The White House Heist]], where he gets a full speaking role and thus canonically is along for [[spoiler:both the liberation of Bain and the biggest heist of all]].

** InformedAttribute: Wolf's sadism and brutality are primarily relegated to descriptions of him in flavor text and a few live-action/animated portrayals. In-game, Wolf's primary personality traits are awkwardness during pager calls and yelling a lot. He's not really any more aggressive than any other member of the gang; in fact, Hoxton and Clover are far more outwardly threatening to civilians than Wolf ever is.