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* "Amor e Damas", the over the top soap opera, with a LoveTriangle and a backward feet baby[[note]]Actually a "curupira", a Brazilian folklore elf-like creature who uses said backward feet to trick hunters into following his tracks the wrong way[[/note]]. [[BilingualBonus Even funnier if you know portuguese.]]

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* "Amor e Damas", the over the top soap opera, with a LoveTriangle and a backward feet baby[[note]]Actually a "curupira", a Brazilian folklore elf-like creature who uses said backward feet to trick hunters into following his tracks the wrong way[[/note]]. [[BilingualBonus Even funnier if you know portuguese.Portuguese.]]



-->'''Max''': FUCK YOU!!!
-->[[spoiler:'''Raul''']] ''[nonchalantly]'': Sure, later. But now, we gotta move.

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-->'''Max''': FUCK YOU!!!
-->[[spoiler:'''Raul''']]
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''[nonchalantly]'': Sure, later. But now, we we gotta move.



-->'''Classic!Max''': Pass me your gun, I'll give it back to you one bullet at a time!
-->'''[=OldSchool=]!Max''': Lady luck is really a hooker, and you're ''fresh out of cash!''

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-->'''Classic!Max''': [[CallBack Pass me your gun, I'll give it back to you one bullet at a time!
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time!]]\\
'''[=OldSchool=]!Max''':
Lady luck is really a hooker, and you're ''fresh out of cash!''
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* '''Max''': "I had a hole in my second favorite drinking arm."

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* '''Max''': "I had a hole in my second favorite drinking arm.arm, and the only way we were going to get Fabiana back now was in ''installments''..."
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** Another is an American ex-cop who happens to be the exact opposite of Max in just about every way. He's a happy-go-lucky, overweight fellow with a stable family life who is in Brazil primarily to help with a charity. He also just so happens to be from the Northwest, and his accent and the way he talks about the things he has seen on the job could have come straight out of ''{{Fargo}}''.

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** Another is an American ex-cop who happens to be the exact opposite of Max in just about every way. He's a happy-go-lucky, overweight fellow with a stable family life who is in Brazil primarily to help with a charity. He also just so happens to be from the Northwest, and his accent and the way he talks about the things he has seen on the job could have come straight out of ''{{Fargo}}''.''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
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It's not Mona, it's Winterson


* During the part when you play as Mona, if you are sneaky you can find some murderous thugs mocking Mona's relationship with another character. One of them actually prances around pretending to *be* Mona. It is quite possible to shoot this thug dead mid-prance.

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* During Chapter 2 of Act 2, Max in the part when you play as Mona, if you Cleaners' hideout warns Mona over radio about how the cleaners are sneaky you can find some murderous thugs mocking serious professional killers, to which the player gets back only Mona's relationship with another character. One response of "Doesn't seem that way from where I'm standing." Two chapters later, we finally see what Mona saw: if you are quiet enough when Max's warning comes into Mona's ear via radio you can open a door to find some supposedly-murderous thugs whooping it up as one of them actually prances around pretending to *be* Mona. like a runway model ("Work it, baby, work it!"). It is quite possible to shoot this thug dead mid-prance.
mid-prance. It isn't until later that the full context becomes clear: [[spoiler:the thug was imitating Winterson strutting like an ice queen until she sees "the boss", aka Vladimir Lem.]]
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* "So what does B.B. stand for anyway? Backstabbing Bastard?"

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''Max Payne''

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''Max Payne''[[AC:''Max Payne'']]



''Max Payne 2''

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''Max Payne 3''

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\n''General''* Some of Max's internal snark can be utterly hilarious.
--> '''Max''': *''about to jump from a windowsill to a window-cleaning platform''* I knew this was going to be a bad idea, but in the continued absence of any good ones, I decided to go with it.\\
'''Max''': *''after getting off the platform right before it falls 50 stories to the ground''* A couple more seconds and I'd have given some poor street cleaner a crappy start to his day.\\
'''Max''': *''after being disarmed and shot by a sniper, Raul steals a pistol''* At least one of us had a gun now. That raised our chances of survival all the way from nil to slim.

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--> '''Max''': [[CaptainObvious It wasn't pretty.]]\\

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--> '''Max''': [[CaptainObvious It wasn't pretty.]]\\]]
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\n* Towards the end of the game, the BigBad apparently forgets that the microphone is live when talking to the goons you're slaughtering. Doubles as a moment of awesome, too:
--> "What do you mean 'he's unstoppable'? You are superior to him in every way that counts. You are better trained, better equipped, and outnumber him at least twenty to one. Do. Your. Job."

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* Multiplayer deathmatch allows players to play as nearly any named character from the story mode and the first two games, all fully voiced. Most of them are just pissed off at each other. But some, like the [[NonActionGuy Branco techie]] and [[DamselInDistress Fabiana]] are hilariously out of character in having the time of their lives shooting everyone else dead. But the kicker goes to the "Classic" and "Old-School" Max Payne skins, as his lines consist of his PurpleProse narration from the first two games ''being shouted at his enemies''.
-->'''Classic!Max''': Pass me your gun, I'll give it back to you one bullet at a time!
-->'''[=OldSchool=]!Max''': Lady luck is really a hooker, and you're ''fresh out of cash!''
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* This little gem from Part One, Chapter Four: "Live From the Crime Scene":

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* This little gem from Part One, Chapter Four: Two: "Live From the Crime Scene":



--> '''Max''': Whats this supposed to be, 'Cops And Robbers'? Look, if you want something with me get in line.

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--> '''Max''': Whats this supposed to be, 'Cops And Robbers'? Look, if you want something with me me, get in line.



'''Mook 1''': So, green?\\

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'''Mook 1''': So, green?\\[[TakeAThirdOption green]]?\\
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* The [[spoiler: Dearest Of All My Friends show]] during Max's post-escort-mission dream in part three is surreal, horrific, and downright hilarious, especially considering what is written on the wall.

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* The [[spoiler: Dearest Of All My Friends show]] during Max's post-escort-mission dream in part three is surreal, horrific, [[NightmareFuel horrific]], and [[CrossesTheLineTwice downright hilarious, hilarious]], especially considering what is written on the wall.
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::The perp has this insane conspiracy theory going, claiming his wife and the pizza guy were in on it and setting him up as a fall guy. The cop snarks his way through the questioning, eventually saying:

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::The perp has this insane conspiracy theory going, claiming his wife and the pizza guy were in on it and setting him up as a fall guy. The cop snarks his way through the questioning, eventually saying:saying[=:=]
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* During the part when you play as Mona, if you are sneaky you can find some murderous thugs mocking Mona's relationship with another character. One of them actually prances around pretending to *be* Mona. It is quite possible to shoot this thug dead mid-prance.
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** And inside Vinnie's flat, it's revealed that Vinnie is a huge collector of Captain [=BaseBallBat=] Boy merchandise. And when Max starts shooting his items, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Vinnie will call out on him,]] [[WhatTheHellHero saying they're priceless collector's items]].

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** And inside Vinnie's flat, it's revealed that Vinnie is a huge collector of Captain [=BaseBallBat=] Boy merchandise. And when Max starts shooting his items, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything [[DevelopersForesight Vinnie will call out on him,]] [[WhatTheHellHero saying they're priceless collector's items]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ROipP_cKo Two Mooks trying to disarm a bomb.]]

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* [[http://www.*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ROipP_cKo Two Mooks trying to disarm a bomb.]]




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*[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lKKgcCGA5s The many faces of Max Payne.]]
--> '''Max''': [[CaptainObvious It wasn't pretty.]]\\

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* When Max meets with Frankie "The Bat" Niagara.

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* When Max meets with Frankie "The Bat" Niagara.
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--> '''Max Payne''' ''[over a phone]'': We come to you now live from the crime scene.
--> '''Jim Bravura''': Who is this?
--> '''Max Payne''': Right back at you.
--> '''Jim Bravura''':This is Deputy Chief Jim Bravura from the NYPD. You are to cease your criminal activities and surrender immediately.
--> '''Max Payne''' ''[[[AtopAMountainOfCorpses surrounded by corpses he killed a minute ago]]]'': ''[[SarcasticConfession Sure thing, Jim! Me and the boys been talking, and everyone's REAL sorry. They'll never do it again.]]''
--> '''Jim Bravura''': Who the hell is this?
--> '''Max Payne''' ''[narrating]'': Being placed at the scene of a bank robbery wouldn't have tipped the odds in my favor.

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--> '''Max Payne''' '''Max''' ''[over a phone]'': We come to you now live from the crime scene.
--> '''Jim Bravura''': '''Jim''': Who is this?
--> '''Max Payne''': '''Max''': Right back at you.
--> '''Jim Bravura''':This '''Jim''':This is Deputy Chief Jim Bravura from the NYPD. You are to cease your criminal activities and surrender immediately.
--> '''Max Payne''' '''Max''' ''[[[AtopAMountainOfCorpses surrounded by corpses he killed a minute ago]]]'': ''[[SarcasticConfession Sure thing, Jim! Me and the boys been talking, and everyone's REAL sorry. They'll never do it again.]]''
--> '''Jim Bravura''': '''Jim''': Who the hell is this?
--> '''Max Payne''' '''Max''' ''[narrating]'': Being placed at the scene of a bank robbery wouldn't have tipped the odds in my favor.



--> '''Max (narrating)''': ''He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. [[SarcasmMode Pissing him off was the smart thing to do.]]''

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--> '''Max (narrating)''': '''Max''' ''[narrating]'': ''He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. [[SarcasmMode Pissing him off was the smart thing to do.]]''

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* Also from the first game, when Vladimir meets up with Max.

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* Also from the first game, when Vladimir When Vlad meets up with Max.


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* When Max meets with Frankie "The Bat" Niagara.
--> '''Frankie''': Max Payne, I envy your name. Pleased to meet you. I'm Frankie 'The Bat' Niagara.
--> '''Max''': Niagara, as in you cry a lot?
--> '''Max (narrating)''': ''He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. [[SarcasmMode Pissing him off was the smart thing to do.]]''
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4G5O-f5d_s Two Mooks trying to disarm a bomb.]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4G5O-f5d_s com/watch?v=k2ROipP_cKo Two Mooks trying to disarm a bomb.]]
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** And inside Vinnie's flat, it's revealed that Vinnie is a huge collector of Captain Baseball-Bat-Boy merchandise. And when Max starts shooting his items, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Vinnie will call out on him,]] [[WhatTheHellHero saying they're priceless collector's items]].

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** And inside Vinnie's flat, it's revealed that Vinnie is a huge collector of Captain Baseball-Bat-Boy [=BaseBallBat=] Boy merchandise. And when Max starts shooting his items, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Vinnie will call out on him,]] [[WhatTheHellHero saying they're priceless collector's items]].
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** And inside Vinnie's flat, it's revealed that Vinnie is a huge collector of Captain Baseball-Bat-Boy merchandise. And when Max starts shooting his items, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Vinnie will call out on him,]] [[WhatTheHellHero saying they're priceless collector's items]].

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* [[spoiler:Vlad's]] particularly hilarious breakdown towards the end:
--> What the fuck is ''WRONG'' with you Max? Why won't you just ''DIE?!'' You ''hate'' life, you're ''miserable'' all the time, afraid to enjoy yourself even a little! Face it, you might as well be dead already. Do yourself a favor, ''give up!''

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* On the way to Vinnie's workshop as a mob war is going on between his men and Vlad's, three of Vinnie's men see Max and mistake him for reinforcements that Vinnie told them were coming. Max just decides to go along with it.



** [[spoiler: Before the event above, the 3 men from Vinnie's group who mistake Max as one of the reinforcements. Max just casually goes along with it, until they run into someone who does know Max. Cue bullet time and 4 dead men.]]

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** [[spoiler: Before Additionally, at the event above, the 3 men from Vinnie's group who mistake Max as one end of the reinforcements. Max just casually goes along with it, until they run into someone who does know Max. Cue bullet time level when [[spoiler:Max and 4 dead men.]]Vinnie make their escape]], the Captain [=BaseBallBat=] Boy theme plays like a victory fanfare.
** Vinnie sums up the level perfectly in the following cutscene.
-->"Well, that was fun. In a fuckin' sick, terrible, not-at-all-fun way."
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* In part 2, as they escape Max gives us some of his trademark deadpan BlackComedy.
-->'''Max''': I'm at the edge of a pit, I can see a way out from here. \\
'''Mona''': I'm at the end of the pit, I'll find a way up. \\
'''Max''': Okay. ''*gunfire*'' The commandos don't want us to leave. I'll talk to them. ''*static*''
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-->[[spoiler:'''Raul''']] ''[nonchalantly]'': Ok...But not now, we gotta move.

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-->[[spoiler:'''Raul''']] ''[nonchalantly]'': Ok...Sure, later. But not now, we gotta move.
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* During Part 3, chapter 2 when you return to Vodka, you enter a room to find a mannequin propped up against several explosives. If you go to the back of the room, you'll find 2 thugs with fingers in their ears, waiting for it all to explode. Right around the same time, another thug will walk into their trap. You might see it actually happen but it's more likely that you'll suddenly find a giant hole in the wall, allowing you to progress.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K62WEi_mJOc Shoot-dodging down a flight of stairs]]
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'''Mook 2''': In the movies, it's always red or blue.\\

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'''Mook 2''': In the movies, it's It's always red or blue.blue in the movies.\\
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* You can also include ''Dick Justice'', an ultra-campy, cliche-riddled noir parody of the first ''Max Payne'', presented here as a TV show. It also takes several drama tropes and turns them into comedy simply by way of excessively hammy acting and 70s porn music for a theme. It intersects at the crossroads of cringingly bad and painfully hilarious, and manages to be a better parody of its own source material than most third-party attempts at the same. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TepSYnRmcyk Enjoy a compilation.]]

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* After Max shaves his head and gets off the sauce, he wanders through a favela and eventually ends up in a bar where, of course, things devolve into a shootout. Sometimes, when you pick up painkillers at this point (the first point you can after Max stops drinking), he'll say the following line:
--> '''Max''': One vice at a time.

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