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2
3!!Boddicker's Gang
4
5[[folder:In general]]
6A ruthless gang of OCP-backed criminals.
7----
8* CreateYourOwnHero: Boddicker and his gang kill Alex Murphy--which bites them in the ass when Robert Morton and OCP use what's left of Murphy to create [=RoboCop=].
9* ForTheEvulz: It's their main motivation, with money just being a nice bonus.
10* {{Hate Sink}}s: Every member qualifies. Boddicker takes great joy in his sadism and is a BadBoss, Emil is willing to kill a gas station employee simply for being a college student (even while he's cooperating), and all of them (especially Joe) enjoy every single bit of inflicting as much pain as possible upon Murphy before his death. All in all, their downfall at the end of the movie is them getting their just desserts.
11* LargeHam: All of them are incredibly over the top in the best way.
12* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Nash and Mihn are the only ones who don't fit this.
13** Boddicker himself has two of his most famous lines: first telling the ladies with Morton, "Bitches, leave," and then telling Sal he'd "shove enough of this factory up his stupid wop ass." Oddly, he doesn't refer to Robo as "it."
14** Joe calls Emil a "faggot" twice.
15** Emil himself makes a crack about PrisonRape after he escapes from prison during the police strike.
16* VillainousFriendship: About as close to being friends as a bunch of AxCrazy murderers can get.
17[[/folder]]
18
19[[folder:Clarence Boddicker]]
20[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clarencebodickerwithhissmugface.jpg]]
21[[caption-width-right:300:''"See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops."'']]
22[-Played by Creator/KurtwoodSmith-]
23
24The secondary antagonist of the first movie. He is the crime boss of Old Detroit.
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26* ArchEnemy: Out of all of Robocop's foes, Clarence Boddicker is the one with whom it's the most personal. With good reason, as he and his gang were the ones who killed Alex Murphy, [[CreateYourOwnHero inadvertently bringing about his rebirth as Robocop]]. Murphy's hatred for the man and his desire for revenge is so strong that it sparks the return of his memories and humanity, and overrides his programming to uphold the law, almost resulting in Boddicker getting beaten to death during the raid on the drug factory and leading to his demise at the steel mill in the climax.
27* AxCrazy: As his execution of Murphy and [[spoiler: Bob Morton]] shows, he's a violent sadist fond of torture and murder.
28* BadBoss: Asks an injured lackey, "Can you fly, Bobby?" before throwing him at a pursuing police car.
29* BadassNormal: No special cybernetics or crazy drugs in his system, yet still capable of posing a threat to [=RoboCop=] through ruthlessness, equipment, and no small amount of guile.
30* BaldOfEvil: He's balding and a sadistic monster.
31* {{BFG}}: He and his gang obtain Cobra Assault Cannons from Dick Jones to (try) to destroy [=RoboCop=].
32* BigBadDuumvirate: With Jones. Boddicker is the [[TheHeavy much-more immediate threat]] due to personally being in the field with his goons killing people, and it's his actions that result in Murphy becoming [=Robocop=] in the first place.
33* CardCarryingVillain: Doesn't even try to hide the fact he is a despicable excuse for a human being; in fact, Boddicker ''revels'' in it.
34-->'''Clarence:''' See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. ''So I don't like cops.''
35* CopKiller: He's essentially a serial killer of cops, wanted in connection to the death of at least 32 of them before killing Alex. Boddicker openly tells Alex that cops don't like him, so he doesn't like them.
36* DeadpanSnarker: He makes some dismissive, nasty yet witty comments.
37* DestinationDefenestration: When he's cornered by [=RoboCop=] at the drug factory and is read his Miranda rights, he gets thrown through several windows until he confesses his plot.
38* DiabolicalMastermind: As a crime boss in Old Detroit, he has connections with companies and some law enforcers and is pretty much untouched by law.
39* DirtyCoward: Clarence's arrogance and cruelty vanish when Robocop backs him into a corner, especially the second time, and he quickly devolves into a pleading wreck who will say anything to save his skin. But a good chunk of this display is [[ISurrenderSuckers an act to lure his adversary]] into a position where Nash can drop hundreds of pounds of steel upon him.
40* EqualOpportunityEvil: He has African-American Joe Cox, Asian-American Steve Minh, and Emil Antonowsky, who may have some Slavic ancestry, in his gang.
41* EvilGloating: "Are you a good cop, hotshot? You gotta be some kind of ''great'' cop, coming in here all by yourself!"
42* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He's not above the occasional violence-based pun.
43* EvilIsHammy: Unlike Alex Murphy and the other good guys, he is quite loud.
44* EvilSoundsDeep: He has Kurtwood Smith's impressive vocals and is as bad as they come.
45* EvilWearsBlack: He wears almost nothing but black and grey—clearly, a bad dude.
46* 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 eliminate them as well if it suits his needs.
47* ForTheEvulz: This is Clarence's main motivation for almost everything he does.
48* FourEyesZeroSoul: Typically seen with his glasses. And there is the whole "based on UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler" thing...
49* HandCannon: Carries a Desert Eagle with a massive silencer.
50* HateSink: While every member qualifies, Boddicker especially stands out. He has the main protagonist brutally killed via a long and drawn-out firing squad, treats his own gang as expendable, is a hitman for a CorruptCorporateExecutive, has an extensive record of killing police officers, and [[CardCarryingVillain takes joy in his heinous acts]]. His death, while not the most painfully slow (that would be Emil) or quick and overkill (that would be Leon), is all the more fitting.
51* HeroKiller: Murphy is just the latest in a long string of victims. He nearly does it again against Robo in their second fight, but thankfully Robo manages to finally end his life.
52* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: While Boddicker is technically part of a BigBadDuumvirate, he technically works for Dick 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.
53* KarmicDeath: Opens 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.]]
54* KneeCapping: Does this to Bob Morton at Dick 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.
55* LargeHam: ''Very'' enthusiastic and expressive. You can tell Kurtwood Smith had a lot of fun in the role. The TV Asahi Japanese dub [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4N8xXHKLJ0 raised this angle]] up to eleven, courtesy of the late Nobuo Tanaka, aka [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure DIO in the 90s OVAs]]. Meanwhile, in English:
56-->"Ooh, guns guns ''guuuuuns!'' Come on Sal! The Tigers are playing... ''tonight'': And I ''never'' miss a game!"
57* LaughablyEvil: He can actually be pretty funny at times.
58* TheLeader: Of the crooks that kill Alex Murphy.
59* ListOfTransgressions: He's got a ''very'' large rap sheet, with numerous homicides both confirmed and suspected of, as well as several charges of assault, armed robbery, narcotics distribution, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]].
60* NoHonorAmongThieves: He throws his incompetent minion Bobby at Murphy and Lewis's car to slow them down.
61* NoIndoorVoice: Especially when he is very happy or angry.
62* OhCrap: When he realizes that Robo is trying to ''kill him'' the second time, not arrest him.
63* PetRat: He's a crime boss who does "odd jobs" (read: theft, drug running 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.
64* PetTheDog: Subverted. He stops Emil from killing Murphy, [[CruelMercy but only to give him a far more torturous death.]]
65** In a more straightforward example, when he enters OCP VP Robert Morton's home to home (at the behest of Dick Jones) to murder him, he just as easily could have murdered the two "escorts" Morton was with as simply telling them (rudely) to leave. Especially when you consider either of them might have identified him as Morton's murder. But it's possible Boddicker actually felt some miniscule measure of mercy for two (basically) innocent bystanders, and probable he knew his connections would prevent anything close to an actual indictment to come to pass.
66* PinPullingTeeth: He does this with the grenade he uses to finish off Bob Morton. Although since it seems to be designed differently from normal grenades, it might be a type with a pin especially easy to pull.
67* PragmaticVillainy: When he arrives 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.
68* PreMortemOneLiner: He attempts this with "Sayonara, [=RoboCop=]!" after beating and stabbing him with a metal rod, but unfortunately for Boddicker, the process of saying it puts his throat within range of Robocop's computer spike...
69* PsychoForHire: Dick Jones enlists a ruthless crime lord to do his bidding.
70* PuttingOnTheReich: His costuming (wiry glasses, overcoat, leather gloves) were inspired by UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler, reinforcing the idea of him as intelligent but highly sadistic and evil.
71* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He doesn't rape anyone onscreen, but one of the many [[LongList many]] charges on his rap sheet is rape, hammering home just how much of a scumbag he is.
72* RightForTheWrongReasons: During his first confrontation with [=RoboCop=], Clarence turns his brutalization (and possible murder) 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 ultimately chooses to uphold the law and abide by his program.
73* {{Sadist}}: His joy in inflicting pain and causing carnage is clear in every scene and line he speaks.
74* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Initially plans to walk out of his deal with Dick Jones when Dick asks him to kill [=RoboCop=]. Then Dick tempts him with the promise of the business he can have when Delta City's construction begins.
75* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, courtesy of Murphy ramming his data spike into his throat and violently ripping it out in a spray of blood.]]
76* TheSociopath: To him, other people are just toys to be played with and disposed of once they break.
77* SoftSpokenSadist: One of the less hammy villains in the movie, though still a veritable fountain of meme-tastic, scenery-chewing one-liners.
78* SparedByTheAdaptation: Is still alive in [[LighterAndSofter the animated series]] and reappears in a couple of episodes to continue antagonizing Robocop.
79* TomTheDarkLord: It takes a special kind of evil to be a middle-aged, bespectacled, skinny man with a receding hairline named Clarence and remain intimidating. Boddicker is that man.
80* VillainousBreakdown: After Robo throws him through a few windows, he starts pleading with him not to kill him because he (Boddicker) works for OCP higher-up Dick Jones.
81* VillainousValor: He's a selfish, greedy man, a career criminal and a sociopathic murderer. But if you offer him enough of a reward, he will even risk his neck to try and kill Robocop.
82* VillainsWantMercy: While he's still too proud to beg for it, he desperately starts trying to appeal to Murphy's sense of duty both times and loses the upper hand to Robo. [[spoiler: It only saves him the first time.]]
83* WouldntHitAGirl: Downplayed- while he definitely is willing to kill females as much as he is others, he does allow the two prostitutes with Morton to leave the premises instead of killing them.
84* YouHaveFailedMe: A combination of this and YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. When one of his goons ends up burning the money during a bank robbery by blowing the doors and gets his legs shot during a shoot-out between the cops and their getaway van, Boddicker decides to use his incompetent and useless henchman as a way to keep the cop car from pursuing. "Can you fly, Bobby?"
85[[/folder]]
86
87[[folder:Emil M. Antonowsky]]
88[[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emil_from_robocop.jpg]]
89[[caption-width-right:264:''"I know you! You're dead! We killed you! We killed you! WE KILLED YOU!!"'']]
90[-Played by Creator/PaulMcCrane-]
91
92One of Clarence's thugs.
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94* AssholeVictim: Let's be honest, even if Emil's moments before death are brutal and nightmarish, his lack of redeeming qualities means no one will feel bad for his death.
95* AxCrazy: Just as insane as his boss, but more impulsive, as seen when he threatens to kill an employee at the gas station [[ForTheEvulz simply for laughs]].
96* BodyHorror: Trying to run over [=RoboCop=] with a truck, he instead crashes into a tanker of toxic waste, which drenches him and [[ImMelting melts him alive]], completely disfiguring him.
97* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His body starts rapidly deteriorating after getting drenched in toxic waste. His subsequently getting run over by Boddicker's car was effectively a MercyKill. Though despite being really grisly, [[LaserGuidedKarma he definitely deserved it]].
98* DeadlyDodging: With [=RoboCop=] as the dodger. Emil attempts to run over Murphy, but he sidesteps and causes Emil to crash into a tank of toxic waste which [[ImMelting melts him alive]].
99* DeathByDisfigurement: Emil gets disfigured by toxic waste but is still alive [[ICannotSelfTerminate and well-aware he is agonizing]]. Boddicker running over his car finally does the trick.
100* TheDriver: Acts as the group's getaway driver during their introductory scene.
101* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He cruelly teases the gas station attendant, who turns out to be a college kid studying plane geometry, with this quip: "I bet you think you're pretty smart, huh? Think you can ''outsmart'' a bullet?!"
102* EvilIsPetty: Threatening to shoot the gas station's employee simply for being at college and doing homework easily qualifies as this.
103* FauxAffablyEvil: Easily demonstrated when he threatens the gas station's employee. He laughs at the employee being at college and threatens the man to shoot him dead with a SlasherSmile... which he soon [[MoodSwinger drops]] for [[AxCrazy his actual personality]].
104-->'''Emil:''' Hey man, what'cha reading in there? ''(The book reads "Plane Geometry")'' Hahahahahaha... you're a college boy or something, huh? ''(the employee nods)'' I bet you think you're pretty smart, huh? Think you can outsmart a bullet? What do you say we find out, huh? ''(his smile falters) [[SuddenlyShouting I'm talking to you!]] What do you say? Huh? Huh?! '''I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!'''''
105* HairTriggerTemper: Is infuriated when Murphy accidentally shoots the gang's stolen TV.
106-->'''Emil:''' [[BerserkButton Your ass is mine.]]
107* HellBentForLeather: Wears a leather jacket and rides a motorcycle.
108* HollywoodAcid: Involved in a horrible accident leading to his famous "melting man" scene.
109* HumanoidAbomination: His last moments were completely unpleasant, to say the least. Once the toxic waste [[ImMelting disfigures Emil]], all that remains is the sad husk of a man walking away in his last moments.
110* ImMelting: During the gang's final showdown with [=RoboCop=], his truck crashes into a large vat of green goo labeled with a radioactive sign... and it ''really'' did not agree with his squishy bits. [[BodyHorror His body melts as a result]].
111* {{Irony}}: Earlier, he offers Dougie a cigarette which the latter declines, warning him that they'll kill him. Emil mockingly brushes him off, asking if he “wants to live forever?”. Later on in the movie, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath he gets the slowest and most painful death out of all of Clarence’s gang members]].
112* {{Jerkass}}: Even for a sadistic henchman, he's really obnoxious.
113* LudicrousGibs: His entire body explodes once Boddicker runs over his melted, disfigured body that gets [[AlienBlood reduced to green slime]]; all that can be seen from that is [[OffWithHisHead his head]] flying over Boddicker's car.
114* MadeOfPlasticine: The acidic toxic waste weakens his bones to the point he goes ''splat'' when hit by Boddicker's car.
115* MoodSwinger: Goes from calm to laughing to crazy and violent at the gas station when threatening the employee.
116* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He tells [=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).
117* NotQuiteDead: Although the scene where Robo fires at him and he crashes his motorcycle looks like he's dying, he shows up later alive (though he still has a gash on his face). [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Then he dies]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a much, much more horrible death]].
118* PredecessorVillain: In a way. [[spoiler:During ''Rogue City'', OCP manufactures a false identity for one of their operatives (and the game's BigBad) tailored to press Robocop's {{Trauma Button}}s: "Wendell Antonowsky", who runs around pretending to be Emil's brother [[AvengingTheVillain out for revenge]].]]
119* PrisonRape: Seems to be averted. He claims not to have been raped while in prison.
120* SkewedPriorities: Is infuriated when Murphy shoots Dougy... because he shoots the stolen TV in the process.
121* VillainousBreakdown: His terrified disbelief when he first sees [=RoboCop=].
122-->'''Emil:''' I know you. You're dead... We killed you! ''We killed you!! '''[[ThisCannotBe WE KILLED YOU!!!]]'''''
123[[/folder]]
124
125[[folder:Leon Nash]]
126[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/600px_vlcsnap_233326.jpg]]
127[[caption-width-right:330:''"I got him, Clarence! I got him!"'']]
128[-Played by Creator/RayWise-]
129
130One of Clarence's thugs.
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132* 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.
133* EvilGloating: After dropping a ton of scrap metal on Robo and incapacitating him, he yells and cheers, which leads to KilledMidSentence below.
134* GroinAttack: He tries to knee Robo in the balls. Too bad [=RoboCop=] is a cyborg.
135* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His own grenade launcher is turned on him by Lewis.
136* KilledMidSentence: Lewis [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fires his own grenade launcher at him]] and blows him up.
137-->'''Leon:''' [[LastWords I got him, Clarence! I got hi-]] ''(BOOM)''
138* NumberTwo: Acts like this for Clarence, being more level-headed and reliable overall than Joe or Emil.
139* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When a melting Emil comes to him for help, Nash freaks out (in all fairness, it's hard to blame him), yells "Don't touch me, man!" and runs away.
140* ShootingSuperman: Punching [=RoboCop=].
141* StuffBlowingUp: His fate, what with being on the receiving end of a rocket launcher and all.
142* VillainBall: He opts to dump a load of scrapped metal onto Murphy (which doesn't do much) instead of just firing at him from a safe distance using the powerful rocket launcher gun his gang got for the job.
143[[/folder]]
144
145[[folder:Joe P. Cox]]
146[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joe_from_robocop.jpg]]
147[[caption-width-right:350:''"Good night, sweet prince. Hahahahahahahaha!"'']]
148[-Played by Creator/JesseDGoins-]
149
150One of Clarence's thugs.
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152* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. He is not the first of the gang to die overall, as Bobby dies (with help from Clarence) in the initial confrontation with Murphy and Lewis, Dougy was shot by Murphy before the gang killed him, and Steve Minh dies previously during the shootout with Robo at the cocaine factory. However, he is the first of Clarence's gang to die in their final confrontation with [=RoboCop=].]]
153* CampingACrapper: Subverted. He is caught relieving himself by Lewis but manages to knock her out and escape unharmed.
154* CoolCar: When released from prison, he gets a 6000 SUX.
155* DroppedABridgeOnHim: During their final showdown with Robocop, [[spoiler: Boddicker's gang all get memorable deaths except for Joe, who just gets shot in the chest at the beginning and quickly forgotten about. Originally it was planned that he would be knocked over a railing and impaled on a fence (not unlike how he threw Lewis over a railing), but it was cut to tighten up the sequence]]. He ''does'' go over a railing and get taken out of the fight during the cocaine factory sequence, however.
156* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He finds every aspect of the gang's execution of Murphy hilarious.
157* EvilLaugh: Every time he laughs is when he's done something bad or is about to do it.
158* GoodNightSweetPrince: He says this to Murphy as he lies dying.
159* HumanShield: Leon uses him as one in the climax.
160* TheHyena: He is recognizable for his high-pitched crazy laugh, which he lets out in most scenes he appears in.
161* KickTheDog: After blasting off Murphy's hand, arm, and countless shots to his chest, Joe reacts to Murphy's loud cries of pain with a mocking 'Does it hurt, does it hurt?' question before cackling loudly.
162* LargeHam: Always laughing loudly and acting all camp.
163* MoodSwinger: Goes from being upset that Boddicker blows up his new stolen car to thrilled about the Cobra Assault Cannon that did it.
164* 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 monty," knowing she'll be distracted, giving him the opening he needs to take her out.
165* OddNameOut: The only member of Clarence's gang to not have a cutesy French name (after the death of Bobby, Dougy, and Steve, at least).
166* ScaryBlackMan: A black member of a ruthless crime gang known for deranged laughter and being trigger-happy.
167* SignatureLaugh: Again, his laughter is probably his most notable trait.
168* TokenMinority: As mentioned, he’s the only black member of Clarence’s gang.
169[[/folder]]
170
171[[folder:Steve Minh]]
172[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9016_16148_0.jpg]]
173[[caption-width-right:320:''"Oh, fuck you!"'']]
174
175[-Played by Creator/CalvinJung-]
176
177Another of Clarence's thugs.
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179* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: All together now, "Oh, fuck you!"
180* FlatCharacter: Minh is the one in the gang that gets the least characterization.
181* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Normally carried around a Mossberg 500 Cruiser shotgun.
182* ThoseTwoGuys: Often paired with or seen with Cox.
183* TokenMinority: He's the only Asian gang member.
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder:Bobby]]
187[-Played by Creator/FreddieHice-]
188
189A thug who was put in charge of breaking open bank vaults to get the cash.
190----
191* CarFu: He gets rammed by Murphy and Lewis's car when Clarence orders he be literally thrown under the bus and most likely dies from the collision.
192* OneSteveLimit: Averted when there's another character called Bob Morton.
193* WeHardlyKnewYou: The most short-lived member of Clarence's gang. We learn that he cannot fly, crash-landing on Murphy and Lewis's car and likely left for dead.
194* YouHaveFailedMe: Clarence is outraged that Bobby burnt the cash with bombs. While beating up Bobby for the burnt money, Emil alerted him about a car of cops closing in on them, and the cops shot Bobby in his legs. With Bobby dying from blood loss, Clarence found Bobby to be a burden to carry around and had his crew [[NoHonorAmongThieves throw Bobby at the cops]] to slow them down.
195[[/folder]]
196
197[[folder:Dougy]]
198[-Played by Creator/NeilSummers-]
199
200Another of Clarence's thugs.
201----
202* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Literally, as he and Emil seem to be fans of the horrible in-universe sitcom "It's Not My Problem."
203* FlatCharacter: His character makes so little an impression that he's often forgotten about in write-ups of the film. Makes sense since Summers's works primarily as a stuntman, and his character is only in two scenes.
204* ForgettableCharacter: None of the members of Clarence's gang even acknowledge his death. He's also the only gang member whose name is not mentioned onscreen.
205* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: He's only in two scenes and uses a Remington 870 shotgun in both (or tries to the second time before being ventilated by Murphy).
206* SmokingIsNotCool: Believes so and tries to warn Emil about the dangers of smoking.
207* TooDumbToLive: When Murphy tells him, "Don't move," he reaches for his gun and gets shot.
208[[/folder]]
209
210!!Nuke Cult
211
212[[folder:In General]]
213A ReligionOfEvil and criminal organization centered around Cain.
214----
215* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: Hob was the only one of the main trio ''not'' getting high on Nuke himself.
216** Cain takes shots of Nuke during his scenes as a human, and he can immediately tell that his chemist used the wrong ingredients after taking a hit from the latest batch. This bites Cain in the ass later, as his addiction keeps him in agonizing withdrawal pains even after being transferred to the [=RoboCop=] 2 chassis, forcing him to play along with orders to get his fix.
217** Like the rest of the gang, Angie's also a Nuke user. Hob uses her addiction to stop her from rescuing Cain from the hospital and instead help him take over.
218[[/folder]]
219
220[[folder:Cain / [=RoboCop=] 2]]
221[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cain_3.jpg]]
222[[caption-width-right:350:''"The people want paradise. They will have it."'']]
223[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robocop_2_1.jpg]]
224[-Played by Creator/TomNoonan-]
225
226The main antagonist of the second movie and the distributor of a street drug called "Nuke."
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228* AddledAddict: Cain's Nuke addiction doesn't seem to slow him down at first. As a cyborg, his withdrawals are excruciating, and OCP uses the drug to control him. Ultimately, his need for Nuke gets him killed--Murphy exploits it to finish him off.
229* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear exactly what Cain is like when sober and how much of his villainy results from his Nuke addition. We only see Cain in his Nuke-addicted state throughout the film and learn that he served in an Amazon War and got court-martialed for an unknown charge.
230* AndIMustScream: His still-alive brain (with eyeballs attached) is put in a jar after OCP doctors remove it from his body. It's implied that seeing his own hollowed-out severed head is what causes Cain to ''really'' snap.
231* ArmorPiercingAttack: [=RoboCain's=] Assault Cannon is effectively an armor-piercing shotgun. [=RoboCop=] prioritizes taking it out with his Auto-9 after suffering chest damage and being knocked off his feet from the force of its projectiles.
232* AxCrazy: He was a psychotic killer ''before'' he became a cyborg. After that, he gets worse.
233* BackFromTheDead: As [=RoboCop=] 2 aka [=RoboCain=].
234* BerserkButton: Snitching is one major thing Cain despises. Duffy gets [[ColdBloodedTorture special treatment]] for it after [=RoboCop=] makes him crack and reveal the location of Cain's hideout.
235* BigBad: Of ''[=RoboCop=] 2''. He is even ''called'' ''[=RoboCop=] 2'' in-universe during the press release, so the film's title is his alias when he becomes a cyborg. However, he doesn't live up to his name, being used by Dr. Faxx as an indestructible assassin, and acts as a full-on [=RoboCrook=] once he sets himself free of his restraining bolt.
236* BrainInAJar: His organic components are basically limited to the brain, eyes, and spinal cord.
237* BreakTheBadass: His transformation into a cyborg on top of being enslaved by a Nuke addiction, and Dr. Faxx marks the point where he goes through a major mental meltdown.
238* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: A two-fold example of both a human criminal and killer cyborg:
239** Unlike Dick Jones from the original, a CorruptCorporateExecutive of OCP, Cain is an anarchistic drug lord who doesn't work for OCP until his robotic rebirth. While Dick Jones seeks to move up in the company, Cain is motivated by a god complex and to lord over Detroit. And while Dick Jones is pushing the "Delta City" project to bulldoze Old Detroit, Cain wants to keep Detroit as a hellhole for the Nuke Cult.
240** Unlike Clarence Boddicker, Cain is highly irrational due to GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply. While Clarence is business-minded but still revels in gratuitous violence, Cain is largely a NonActionBigBad who lets his gang do the fighting for him until his transformation into [=RoboCain=] and has a vague notion of turning Detroit into a "paradise." Finally, while Clarence is an associate of a BigBad at OCP, Cain becomes an unwilling slave in a prototype by Dr. Faxx.
241** As [=RoboCain=], he fills the same role as ED-209, a hulking robot who challenges Robocop. But while ED 209 is a ChickenWalker with limited mobility, [=RoboCain=] is humanoid, far less clumsy, and more heavily armed. ED 209 has faulty programming, while Cain goes haywire because he has the mind of a psychopathic criminal. Also, while ED 209 remains a lumbering weapon to OCP, [=RoboCain=] proves uncontrollable and rampages against the company.
242* CopKiller: He had Duffy gutted for ratting him out.
243* DarkMessiah: What he sees himself as. Cain promises that his drugs will bring humanity to "paradise."
244-->'''Cain, when Murphy is at his mercy''': Jesus... had days like these.
245* DeaderThanDead: Let's see... getting his life support taken off, his brain used to control [=RoboCop=] 2, then having said brain ripped out and smashed to pieces by [=RoboCop=]. That's about as dead as you get!
246* DecompositeCharacter: Cain originally started in Creator/FrankMiller's [[ComicBook/FrankMillersRoboCop original script for]] ''Film/RoboCop2'' as a drug-addled merc/Rehab officer named Kong, who'd be severely injured fighting Murphy and turned into [=RoboCop=] 2. While Cain would keep many of these elements, the Rehab/merc aspect would be recycled for ''Film/RoboCop3''[='=]s Paul [=McDaggett=].
247* DrugsAreBad: Cain's Nuke addiction is presumably not doing his mental stability any favors, while the withdrawal pains are agonizing. Once transformed into [=RoboCain=], Dr. Faxx exploits the latter by withholding his Nuke fix until he complies with OCP orders.
248* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When escaping from Robocop and Lewis busting one of his Nuke lab operations, he finds a Chinese woman in his limousine, pleading to take her with him so she doesn't get arrested; he proceeds to draw a handgun and kill her without flinching, pushing her body out of the limo without missing a beat, establishing Cain as having a gross LackOfEmpathy.
249* EvenEvilHasStandards: Cain isn't necessarily committed to becoming a cyborg and shows great fright when Dr. Faxx lies about him dying and kills his life support for his surgery transplant. Cain presumably starts to regret his predicament once he learns he's a pawn of OCP and won't get his Nuke fix unless he follows orders. Once [=RoboCain=] steals the remote, controlling his weapons to arm his guns and destroy the remote, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against OCP and everything in sight.
250* EvilCounterpart: To [=RoboCop=]. He even strikes Robo's iconic firing pose while firing on civilians during the press conference, seemingly to taunt his counterpart.
251* EvilIsBigger: As [=RoboCop=] 2, he's almost MiniMecha sized and almost twice as large as the more human-like Robocop.
252* EvilIsNotAToy: Turns out putting the brain of a psychopathic criminal mastermind inside a war-machine robot isn't the best of ideas.
253* FromCamouflageToCriminal: When Faxx looks him up, it's revealed he served in the Amazon War and was court-martialed on an unknown charge. He escaped from his prison and moved to Detroit to set up shop.
254* FullConversionCyborg: When he's critically injured and captured, OCP uses the opportunity to convert him to a cyborg against his will (temporarily rendering him a BrainInAJar while he goes through drug withdrawal, which doesn't help his mood), banking on using his Nuke addiction to keep him under control. Go fig, placing a brain with a severe drug addiction, a GodComplex, a sadistic sense of humor, and zero empathy into a massive, heavily armed robotic body is a ''bad'' idea, and Cain goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against OCP and the police the second he has a chance.
255* GatlingGood: Mounts a minigun on one of his arms.
256* GlassCannon: Not [=RoboCain=] himself (who is merely staggered by multiple anti-tank rounds that could one-shot an ED-209), but his Assault Cannon is literally this due to being vulnerable to small arms fire. The cannon has enough stopping power to knock [=RoboCop=] off his feet and damage his torso armor, so it could cause major damage to any target without significant protection. However, ordinary 9mm Parabellum bullets are enough to destroy the cannon in relatively few rounds.
257* GoneHorriblyRight: Doctor Faxx reasoned that to endure the psychological trauma of being turned into another [=RoboCop=], they should start with someone with a mind that doesn't value their own humanity that much to begin with. It worked. Congratulations, now you have a military-grade combat robot with the mind of a violent psychopath.
258* HateSink: Kane's actions throughout the film firmly serve to establish him as an unlikable sociopath. In his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing scene]] where he escapes a Nuke lab being raided by [=RoboCop=], he opens a back door to his limo and finds a Chinese EthnicMenialLabor lady pleading to not let the police arrest her. He proceeds to pull out his side arm and shoot her without flinching, pushing her body out the other door very disrespectfully. He is also raising the kid Hob as a child soldier to do his bidding, and even forces him to watch a torture murder that clearly, deeply disturbs him.
259* {{Hypocrite}}: He fancies himself as a messiah and talks to Murphy about him being persecuted (implied by him saying, "Jesus had days like this...") and "forgives" Murphy for trying to shoot him. However, Cain has already been shown killing someone in cold blood on screen, and not long after capturing and releasing [=RoboCop=] with his mechanical limbs detached, has someone tortured to death with mock surgery and looks on the scene in blank apathy while forcing Hob (a child) to watch the brutality.
260* 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=]. His street drug Nuke suggests he has some medical knowledge, but we don't get any canon verification on his history here.
261* IronicEcho: His recreation as [=RoboCain=] and ultimate defeat are prefaced respectively with "[Good]night." from Dr. Faxx and "''Good''bye." from Alex Murphy.
262* TheJuggernaut: As [=RoboCop=] 2. He was built to be superior to the original, and on that front, it succeeded. He is better armored, with Murphy spending the entire climax trying to kill him and only succeeding by removing the brain from his robot body and smashing it.
263* JunkieProphet: How he views himself.
264* KarmicTransformation: Similar to what he ordered done to torture Duffy, Cain is forced to endure having his body disassembled, his spine and brain extracted and suspended in life-supporting fluid. He is at the mercy of Dr. Faxx, a person who has a god complex of her own and who tries to control him by using his Nuke addiction against him. Given Nuke's narcotic traits, the withdrawal pains are presumably agonizing and torturous, and Cain is forced alive on his life support.
265* KickTheDog: Cain likes to be sadistic or ruthless for little to no apparent gain besides the fact that [[JustifiedTrope he loathes snitching]]. When he finds a Chinese EthnicMenialLabor worker in his limo pleading not to allow the cops to arrest her, he robotically pulls out his personal side arm and shoots-and-dumps her out the other door of the limo, presumably to eliminate a possible snitch. He also has his TortureTechnician vivisect Duffy to death for snitching to [=RoboCop=] (under duress) and forces Hob to watch.
266* LaserGuidedKarma: His smug VillainBall choice of damaging and dumping Murphy in front of the protesting cops to rub it on their faces instead of throwing him into a furnace and being 100% sure he's out of the picture will end up biting him in the ass once Murphy gets rebuilt and severely cripples him after a chase, which will then lead into his transformation into [=RoboCain=], and eventually to his death.
267* LeanAndMean: As Cain, he's tall, thin, and creepily evil.
268* LightningBruiser: Despite his huge size, immense firepower, and heavily armored chassis, [=RoboCop=] 2 is capable of surprising speed and is even fast enough to run up an elevator shaft.
269* ImmuneToBullets: Even more so than the original Robocop. In the first film, sustained concentrated fire from multiple SWAT teams armed with military-grade weaponry was able to at least seriously injure Murphy (granted, Murphy was unable to shoot back and had to take it for a solid minute). The same amount of firepower directed against Cain just mildly annoys him. Even the Cobra Assault Cannon, a weapon that can destroy an ED-209, can't even put a dent in [=RoboCain=].
270* MadeOfIron: As [=RoboCop=] 2, he's so heavily armored that he can shrug off shots from the Cobra Assault Cannon, which two-hit killed ED-209 in the first film.
271* NameOfCain: Naturally.
272* NoSell: As [=RoboCop=] 2, '''EVERYTHING'''. Gunfire, the Cobra Assault Cannon, explosions, falling off a skyscraper, nothing damages his robot body. His organic parts are a different story...
273* OhCrap:
274** Even though he can barely move or make a sound, this is clearly his reaction when Doctor Faxx switches off his life support.
275** His screenhead has this reaction when he sees that Murphy has ripped his brain and spine out and is about to splatter them on the pavement.
276* PowerFist: His less-lethal option is a pneumatic ram.
277* RestrainingBolt: After the fiasco that was ED-209, [=OCP=] at least has the sense to have [=RoboCop=] 2's weapon systems controlled by an external remote control. However, [=RoboCop=] 2 just steals the remote from them, activates his guns, and then smashes the remote (apparently [=OCP=] never bothered to make more than one).
278* RoboticPsychopath: Being made a cyborg against his will didn't stop him from being AxCrazy.
279* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [=RoboCain's=] shoulder-mounted armor-piercing Assault Cannon has a shotgun-like spread and projects considerable stopping power even against the otherwise implacable [=RoboCop=]. It can blast away huge chunks of the auditorium seats, leaving visible damage on [=RoboCop=] and knocking [=RoboCop=] off his feet from the force. It's enough of a threat that [=RoboCop=] prioritizes targeting and destroying it.
280* SinisterShades: He wears sunglasses in most of his human appearances.
281* SoftspokenSadist: He's got a much cooler, quieter demeanor than most of the other criminals in the series.
282* TheSpeechless: Post-[=RoboCop=] 2 transformation, Cain never speaks a word on-screen, even when he deploys his TV screen to show his face. The most he does is make various growls and screeches.
283* SuperiorSuccessor: [=RoboCop=] 2 is this to both the original [=RoboCop=] and to the ED-209s, being much more heavily armed and armored than either while retaining Robocop's human-level reasoning abilities. Too bad he's also a Nuke-addicted maniac with the brain of a sociopathic crime lord. His operating system also has a graphical interface similar to Apple's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS Macintosh System]], compared to Robocop's simpler green command-line display.
284* TopHeavyGuy: [=RoboCop=] 2's chest is huge, but its legs and lower body are comparatively thin. This does nothing to hinder its toughness or structural stability, however.
285* TVHeadRobot: After becoming [=RoboCop=] 2, though instead of being a constant feature, it's only deployed when he wants to show his face.
286* WalkingArsenal: [=RoboCop=] 2 has an insane amount of heavy weaponry incorporated into his body, including a minigun with an absurd amount of stored ammo, a shoulder-mounted cannon ''shotgun'', an extendable pneumatic battering ram for a fist, and a plasma cutting arm. The design philosophy while building him was TheresNoKillLikeOverkill.
287* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Cain's personal sidearm is a Walther PPK, a common sidearm for officers of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany and favored by UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler himself. In the very first scene where Cain draws it, he has an ice-cold expression and uses it to shoot trice one of his Chinese [[EthnicMenialLabor ethnic laborers]] who has taken refuge in his limo. She begs him to take her with him so she doesn't get arrested.
288* VillainousBreakdown: [=RoboCain's=] final moments involve watching helplessly as Murphy smashes his brain and spine to mush on the pavement and his TV face glitching and spazzing out in horror and pain as it happens.
289* VillainousLegacy: His Nuke Cult's legacy wouldn't be forgotten as in ''VideoGame/RoboCopRogueCity'', the drug Nuke is still alive and well on the streets and the fall of Cain's gang left an EvilPowerVacuum.
290* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His first act as [=RoboCop=] 2 is to massacre every member of his former gang. Granted, this was done under a directive sent by [=OCP=], but his complete lack of resistance to this particular order compared to later ones suggests this was something Cain was thinking of doing anyway, as he no longer needs his gang as the unstoppable killing machine he's now become.
291[[/folder]]
292
293[[folder:Hob Mills]]
294[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hob_6.png]]
295[[caption-width-right:350:''"Can't shoot a kid, can you, fucker?"'']]
296[-Played by Creator/GabrielDamon-]
297
298A young hoodlum who serves as Cain's apprentice in ''[=RoboCop=] 2''.
299----
300* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His death is played quite tragically, for as evil as he was, we get a glimpse of the child he could have been under better circumstances. He makes some form of amending by revealing Cain to be [=RoboCop=] 2, and all he asks in return is for [=RoboCop=] not to leave him while he dies.]]
301* AllThereInTheManual: His surname is provided in the novelization.
302* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He reasons that the Nuke cult is better than cigarette and fast food companies because they don't advertise a product they ''know'' is no good for you (HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs notwithstanding) as fun and/or cool.
303* BadassAdorable: A gloomy, evil version. A kid he may be, but he's got what it takes to pull his weight in the [[CrapsackWorld crime-ridden hellhole that is Detroit]]. Cain's thugs and clients clearly know better than crossing him.
304* BadassInANiceSuit: Hob dons a classy suit as he takes over the gang, by which time his badass credentials are quite established.
305* CopKiller: Not successful, but one of his earliest acts is to try to garrote Lewis, and he comes close to succeeding.
306* CuteBruiser: Despite his age and size, Hob is a good shot and proves adept in a brawl against trained adults.
307* DeathEqualsRedemption: In a way. [[spoiler: As Hob lays dying, he no longer bears ill will against Robo, and revealing who his killer is provides a clue on how to fight him.]]
308* TheDragon: To Cain.
309* DragonAscendant: Takes over Cain's gang after his apparent demise. But despite coming close to getting his drugs legal, his rule is cut short by his former boss, who just CameBackStrong.
310* EnfantTerrible: He's as bad as any of the adult members of Cain's gang.
311* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hob is horrified when Cain has Officer Duffy eviscerated.
312* EvilOrphan: A hardened, pre-pubescent criminal with no parent around. Though some believe that Hob is Cain's son.
313* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Looks like a cute blond, blue-eyed kid but is nasty as they come.
314* ForcedToWatch: Less in the usual "I want you to suffer along with him" manner, and more "You need to learn to get used to this kind of stuff" when Cain has Duffy tortured in front of him.
315* ImprobableInfantSurvival:
316** First played straight as [=RoboCop=] can't bring himself to shoot Hob, allowing Hob to shoot him in the head and escape.
317---> '''Hob:''' Can't shoot a kid can you [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKER!!!]]
318** Subverted next, as Lewis has no problem beating him up when he tries to strangle her.
319** [[spoiler:Finally dangerously averted when [=RoboCop=] 2 enters the picture.]]
320* KidsAreCruel:
321** Played straight when the thugs are dismantling Murphy. "They say he's got a brain, I wanna see it."
322** Averted when Cain has Duffy butchered in the most horrible way imaginable. Hob is revulsed and can't bear to watch.
323* NervesOfSteel: Not cowed by adults the slightest, nor by the very intimidating [=RoboCop=]. Even before his death, despite being visibly terrified, he remains level-headed enough to hide and almost manages to escape.
324* OnlySaneMan: The sole member of Cain's gang who is not a fanatical psycho or a barely functioning addict. Which might be why the others obey him. Justified as he never took any drug.
325* PragmaticVillainy: Wants to run his business without troubles nor pointless violence. His offers to help Mayor Kuzak pay off the city's debts to OCP in exchange for legalizing Nuke are almost reasonable.
326* {{Sadist}}: This little prick enjoys dishing out the pain too much. Though some things are still too horrible for him.
327* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Hob has zero qualms about high tailing away, leaving Cain to die.
328-->'''Hob:''' Fuck Cain!
329* SirSwearsALot: Can't utter a sentence without an expletive.
330* TheStarscream: While he isn't shown actively plotting against Cain, Hob was disgusted with Cain having Duffy gutted and took advantage of the fact that, unlike Angie, he wasn't using Nuke to force her to abandon Cain after he's hospitalized and take over the operation. [[spoiler:He also ends up killed for this when Cain becomes [=RoboCop=] 2.]]
331* StraightEdgeEvil: Hob's the only one of the main three who's not using Nuke himself, which he uses against Angie to take over the Nuke gang after Cain is hospitalized.
332* TeenGenius: Pretty smart and an effective drug trafficker despite being fourteen at most.
333* TragicDropout: Implied. [=RoboCop=] is bewildered upon entering a busy arcade when he and Lewis try to catch Hob and other gang members.
334-->'''[=RoboCop=]''': Isn't this a school day?
335* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Seeing a boy his age acting like a vicious, unhinged criminal is unsettling, to say the least.
336* VillainSong: Actually gets one on the soundtrack.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rE6YGBKzk "The Kid Goes Wild," by Babylon A.D.]]
337[[/folder]]
338
339[[folder:Angie]]
340[-Played by Galyn Görg-]
341
342Cain's girlfriend and a Nuke addict.
343----
344* AddledAddict: Is forced to choose between Cain and her drug addiction. She chooses the latter.
345* MeaningfulName: Her name is similar to "angel," and she is the girlfriend of a cult leader with messianic delusions.
346* {{Robosexual}}: Her reaction to seeing Cain's new body is to fondle one of its claws and hesitantly say that they may still make it work as a couple. [[spoiler:It just puts her at grappling range when Cain goes berserk (because he wants Nuke, maybe because of her betrayal, maybe because of sexual frustration, or maybe all of the above), grabbing her by the head and either crushing it or snapping her neck]].
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder:Catzo]]
350[-Played by Michael Medeiros-]
351
352A follower of Cain and a member of the Nuke Cult.
353----
354* ElvisImpersonator: Presumably, Catzo based his appearance on Elvis, as deleted scenes of the second film reveal Elvis is worshipped as a god, and his skeleton is seen among the treasures of the Nuke Cult.
355* SharpDressedMan: Always appears in a suit.
356* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Catzo's fate is unknown in the final cut of the film [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation with other media based on the second film giving different deaths.]]
357[[/folder]]
358
359[[folder:Gilette]]
360[-Played by George Cheung-]
361
362Another follower of Cain and a member of the Nuke Cult.
363----
364* TokenMinority: The Nuke Cult's only Asian member.
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder:Frank]]
368[-Played by Creator/FrankMiller-]
369
370A chemist employed by the Nuke Cult.
371----
372* CreatorCameo: He's played by, and named after, one of the writers of ''Film/RoboCop2'', and comics legend, Frank Miller.
373* DeathByCameo: [[spoiler:He blows himself up during the raid on the Nuke lab.]]
374[[/folder]]
375
376!!Other Criminals
377
378[[folder:Sal]]
379[-Played by Lee De Broux-]
380
381An Italian-American crime boss in Old Detroit. He ran a small-time drug operation out of his cocaine factory.
382----
383* BaldOfEvil: Not a single hair on the top of his head.
384* FatBastard: Kind of chubby and runs a cocaine factory.
385* IndirectKiss: A rather unusual example, Boddicker stuck his fingers into Sal's wine glass to sniff it; Sal saw no problem with it and just drank straight out of it right after.
386[[/folder]]
387
388[[folder:Frankie]]
389[-Played by Allan Graf-]
390
391A bodyguard of Sal.
392----
393[[/folder]]
394
395[[folder:Chet]]
396[-Played by Tommy Rosales-]
397
398A criminal who was robbing a gun store alongside his group in the opening of Film/RoboCop2.
399----
400[[/folder]]
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