History Characters / RobocopCriminals

* DeathEqualsRedemption: In a way. [[spoiler: As Hob lays dying, he no longer bears ill will against Robo, and revealing who is his killer provides a clue on how to fight him.]]

* InformedAttribute: Cain is an Amazon War veteran which implies that he has experience on the battlefield, however, his exact role is left ambiguous as he does very little fighting until his transformation into [=RoboCain=].

* ArchEnemy: For Alex/Robo, being the one who killed him and all.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He looks legitimately horrified seeing his buddy Emil graphically dissolved
Considering he didn't flinch at the gruesome execution of Alex Murphy, that says a lot.

* MyEyesAreUpHere: Invoked. Cox is making water when Lewis comes upon him. Rather than zip himself up before turning around and putting his hands up, he opts to give Lewis "the full month," knowing she'll be distracted, giving him the opening he needs to take her out.

* NumberTwo: Acts like this for Clarence, as being more reliable than Joe or Emil.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He told [=RoboCop=] "We killed you!", which helps Murphy learn he used to be a man with a loving wife and son (his past was meant to be covered up a secret from him by Morton).

* VillainousValor: He's a selfish, greedy man, and if you offer him enough reward, he will even risk his neck to try and kill Robocop.

* VillainousBreakdown: After Robo throws him through a few windows, he starts pleading with him not to kill him because he has dirt on Jones.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Downplayed- while he definitely is willing to kill females as much as he is others, he does tell the two prostitutes with Morton to leave his house instead of killing them.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: During his first confrontation with [=RoboCop=], Clarence can turn his brutalization into a lawful arrest by pointing out that he works for Dick Jones, who runs OCP and the cops by extension, so, since [=RoboCop=] is a cop, their personal, derivative allegiance to Dick Jones must defuse the conflict. [=RoboCop=] does stop upon hearing it, but only because Murphy abides to uphold the law and his program.

* PsychoForHire: Dick Jones got to hire a ruthless crime lord to do his bidding.
* PuttingOnTheReich: His costuming (wiry glasses, overcoat, leather gloves) was inspired by UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler, reinforcing the idea of him as intelligent but highly sadistic and evil.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He doesn't rape anyone onscreen, but one of the many [[LongList many]] charges on his rap sheet is rape to hammer home how much of a scumbag he is.

* PetRat: He's a crime boss who does odd jobs and assassinations for Dick Jones, the number two guy at [=OCP=]. Jones gets obstacles to his position eliminated while Boddicker gains new opportunities to expand his criminal empire with Jones's connections in exchange.

* PragmaticVillainy: When he's going to assassinate Bob Morton, the target is in the company of two hookers. Clarence simply orders them, "Bitches, leave!" and lets them flee the scene unharmed, showing his violence is not completely wanton.

* PetRat: He's a crime boss who does odd jobs and assassinations for Dick Jones, the number two guy at [=OCP=]. Jones gets obstacles to his position eliminated while Boddicker gains new opportunities to expand his criminal empire with Jones's connections in exchange.

* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: While Boddicker is technically part of a BigBadDuumvirate, he technically works for Jones to advance himself. However, Jones and Murphy don't have any personal animosity towards each other, with Jones hating [=RoboCop's=] creator, Bob Morton, for endangering his position in the company and wanting [=RoboCop=] dead only because he threatens his ED-209 project. By contrast, Murphy only regains his sense of identity through his desire for vengeance against Boddicker for killing him, and their fight in the climax is much more personal than Murphy going after Jones, which is more akin to just taking down another criminal.
* KarmicDeath: Opened his protracted torture of a helpless Murphy at the steel mill by blowing his right hand off with a shotgun. [[BookEnds At the end of the film at the same mill]], Murphy is once more rendered seemingly helpless and at Clarence's mercy [[spoiler: but having use of his right hand lets Murphy finally kill him.]]
* KneeCapping: Does this to Morton at Jones' orders, keeping him alive long enough to show him Jones' final message and futilely struggle to defuse a grenade that he plants in his house.

* TheLeader: Of the crooks that killed Alex.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: He threw his incompetent minion Bobby at Murphy and Lewis's car to slow them down.

* EvilIsHammy: Unlike Alex and the other good guys, he is quite loud.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to sound polite to his opponents, even when he threatens to kill them. He treats his gang members like friends but won't hesitate to kill them if it suits his needs.

* LaughablyEvil: He can actually be pretty funny at times.