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* StageFatality: ''Fight for NY'' has a few.

* {{Jerkass}}: Sticky. Blowhard, [[spoiler:traitor]] and all-round asshole.

* AntiVillain / AFatherToHisMen: D-Mob becomes one of each in ''Fight for NY''; he's still a ruthless crime lord who uses an empire of illegal fighting rings to make his living, but he instills in his men that fair fighting and respect are what carry the day and his goal in this game is to keep said empire together and functioning smoothly so that everyone in his crew can continue to thrive, as long as they don't double-cross him.

* AntiVillain / AFatherToHisMen: D-Mob becomes one of each in ''Fight for NY''; he's still a ruthless crime lord who uses an empire of illegal fighting rings to make his living, but he instills in his men that fair fighting and respect are what carry the day and his goal is to keep said empire together and functioning smoothly so that everyone in his crew can continue to thrive, as long as they don't double-cross him.

** Likewise, [[spoiler:the player is on the floor and injured when the fight with Crow begins since they got [[BackStab Back Stabbed]] by the latter just a moment prior. Crow is also holding a weapon when the fight begins.]]

* IHaveYourWife: "What? You don't recognize your girl's hair when you see it?" This line is amusing if the player picked the blonde Carmen Electra or the [[DarkSkinnedRedhead red-haired Lil Kim]], since the lock of hair Crow taunts them with is always black.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Trejo, Sticky, and Crow all reach their deserved ends of ''Fight for NY'']].

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: In ''Fight for NY'', many of the opponents are built around power. Increase your speed every chance you get and you can run rings around them.

* GondorCallsForAid: D-Mob's [[spoiler:in prison]]. The player character [[spoiler:went rogue and beat the ever living shit out of every one of D-Mob's soldiers]]. Blaze's last-ditch, desperate response? "We went outside the family, called in a heavy hitter from Baltimore." [[spoiler:It almost works.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: Discussed. D-Mob explains that it's better to run ones gang through respect rather than fear as Crow does, even using the analogy of a beaten dog turning against its abusive owner. [[spoiler:Sure enough, many of Crow's surviving crew abandon him.]]

** When the player is forced to fight for Crow, they're depicted as Player 2 in the following matches.

** Likewise, the player is on the floor and injured when the fight with [[spoiler:Crow begins since they got [[BackStab Back Stabbed]] by the latter just a moment prior. Crow is also holding a weapon when the fight begins.]]

* GondorCallsForAid: D-Mob's [[spoiler:in prison]]. Blaze's [[spoiler:shot and crippled]]. The player character [[spoiler:just beat the ever living shit out of every one of D-Mob's soldiers]]. The last-ditch, desperate response? "We went outside the family, called in a heavy hitter from Baltimore." [[spoiler:It almost works.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Most of the stages that have ring outs as a way of winning the fight involve breaking through a barrier of some kind to make the RingOut possible. Many a player has set up such a ring out for their opponent, only to suffer a sudden reversal and see a couple of quick hits send them flying through the very hole in the ring that they created.

* YouAndWhatArmy: Crow invokes this when the player character shows up to challenge him. When Blaze shows up, Crow is not impressed. [[spoiler:When all of the player character's allies show up as well]], Crow is [[OhCrap visibly stunned]]. This is further exemplified when [[spoiler:Crack and WC]] leaves Crow's crew to help the player character.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Mild example - the protagonist of ''Fight for NY'' is one of D-Mob's long term associates, and the reason he didn't appear in ''Vendetta'' was because he was off doing business elsewhere.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Mild example - the protagonist of ''Fight for NY'' is one of D-Mob's long term associates, and the reason he didn't appear in ''Vendetta'' was because he was just off doing other

* DirtyCop: In ''Icon'', halfway through, the player meets a smart-mouthed cop and a silent cop. [[spoiler:They will shoot the player.]]

** While D-Mob is a criminal mastermind, his talk of honor and respect in ''Fight for NY'' is a complete 180 from his antics in ''Vendetta'', where [[spoiler:he blackmails Manny into betraying the protagonist and tries to shoot them in front of a crowd full of witnesses and spectators]]. This is lampshaded in the beginning of ''Fight for NY'', when one of the first things Blaze does when D-Mob returns is to call him out on it, pointing out that, because he tried (and basically failed) to [[IControlMyMinionsThrough rule with respect]], his antics in ''Vendetta'' caused a lot of trouble, allowing Crow to try to muscle in on his territory and setting the whole plot of the game in motion.

* RingOut: In ''Fight for NY'', there are a few stages which allow the player to do this, but they have to break the barriers surrounding them before doing it. Also, it is available as a regular gametype.

* SilentProtagonist: Whomever you play as in story mode in ''Vendetta''. Proof, Spider and Tank have different fighting styles, but regardless of which one you pick the story plays out exactly the same and they never say a word. This is barely subverted with Briggs, who aforementioned only says "Yeah!" or "Woo!" when he performs one of his Blazin' Taunts.

* CharacterDevelopment: At the start of ''Fight for NY'', the player character is a seemingly down on his luck thug who saves D-Mob so he can join the latter's crew apparently for his own ambitions. Once the player character becomes a member, he gradually learns the meaning of loyality and respect from D-Mob as well as a sense of comradely and friendship from the crew.

* GondorCallsForAid: D-Mob's [[spoiler:in prison]]. Blaze's [[spoiler:shot and crippled]]. The player character [[spoiler:just beat the everliving shit out of every one of D-Mob's soldiers]]. The last-ditch, desperate response? "We went outside the family, called in a heavy hitter from Baltimore." [[spoiler:It almost works.]]