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5!!The Investigators
6[[folder:Francis York Morgan]]
7!Francis York Morgan
8
9[[quoteright:133:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_francis_york.png]]
10->'''Voiced By:''' Jeff Kramer
11
12->''Did you see that, Zach? Clear as a crisp spring morning! FK... in the coffee!''
13
14The PlayerCharacter. An FBI Special Agent that is sent out to investigate the most bizarre of cases. While he has a lot of strange mannerisms, he is an excellent field profiler. He's passionate about the cases he investigates and a huge fan of drinking his daily cup of coffee.
15
16Just call him 'York'. That's what everyone calls him.
17
18A younger York returns as the protagonist of the sequel, which deals with a case he worked on during 2004 before the events of the first game.
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20* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: The York personality becomes a god of the forest and joins with Emily.]]
21* BadassInANiceSuit: Eccentricity aside, he is a capable FBI agent and has a suit as his default attire. He can even acquire several more suits throughout the game. It's even lampshaded as a gameplay mechanic; He is rewarded for keeping his clothes clean and penalized for letting them get dirty.
22* BadassNormal: He singlehandedly fights off dozens of Shadows from the Red World. [[spoiler:And by the end of the game, he also kills a super-empowered, mutated human and a transdimensional cosmic horror.]]
23* BerserkButton: The sequel reveals that he becomes pretty incensed by acts of bigotry. When Melvin tells York that Professor R isn't a "normal woman" (meaning that she's UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}), York immediately calls him out on his prejudice. He calls him out in an even harsher tone when Melvin seemingly repeats the same transphobic behavior over the radio later.
24* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler:His relationship with Zach could be seen this way.]]
25* BrutalHonesty: He's quite blunt with his words, whether it deals with a situation or even food. When asked what Emily's cooking is like, he relates it to a ''sewer mission'' he was on.
26* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's got terrible social skills and often oversteps some boundaries, but he's still a good profiler and his sense of premonition often helps him in his investigations.
27** York is a weirdo, but he may be putting on a little bit of a show on to catch serial killers. As he muses in one car conversation, serial killers never make sense, and can't be caught by logic. Given the sort of place Greenvale is, it's implied he's somewhat correct on this.
28* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. [[spoiler:Zach is very similar to [[Series/TrueDetective Rust Cohle]] in the sequel.]]
29* CharacterExaggeration: York's love of movies is exaggerated in the sequel. While he is willing to talk at length about movies during optional car conversations in the first game, York constantly makes movie references and goes on tangents about them even in the story cutscenes in the sequel. Considering a portion of it takes place years before the events of Greenvale, this could be more reflective of him being YoungerAndHipper.
30* CitySlicker: Played straight and subverted when talking with Jim Green.
31-->'''Jim:''' I want to keep them away from the filth of the material world as long as I can. So that's why I'm asking you to solve this crime quickly then go home.
32-->'''York:''' I guess I do reek of the material world, don't I.
33* CloudCuckooLander: He can come off as this because of his conversations with Zach. And his conversations with everyone else, too, for that matter.
34* CoolCar: He drives one towards Greenvale, but he gets into an accident before arriving and loses it. Though there is a sidequest to repair his car, which then becomes the fastest in the game and is unbreakable.
35* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A RunningGag in the sequel is York's tendency to completely misinterpret movies that are actually a part of the mainstream consciousness. Among other things, he thinks ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' is a straightforward horror movie and considers ''Film/TheIsland'' an arthouse film.
36* CreepyGood: He's odd to the point of macabre, having once stood by and watched a suspect cut himself in half because he admired that he had the willpower necessary to perform such a gross act of mortal self-harm.
37* DecoyProtagonist: In a manner of speaking. [[spoiler:Majority of the game is spent playing as the 'York' personality between York and Zach, with the final moments reverting to 'Zach'. And Zach could be seen as the real protagonist, since he has a bigger connection to Kaysen.]]
38* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments. Especially before fighting [[spoiler:George Woodman]].
39--> ''[[spoiler:George]], no olympics for you. You'd fail the doping test.''
40* DrivesLikeCrazy: He's immediately established as the ultimate distracted driver, though he seems to drive just fine.
41* DualityMotif: Subverted[[spoiler:, with York. Played straight with Zach, who has one blue eye and one red-brown eye because of the wound Kaysen inflicted on him years ago]].
42* EstablishingCharacterMoment: York is first seen driving his car in a heavy storm, with his cellphone clenched between his ear and shoulder, one hand on the driving wheel and the other typing on a laptop that is lying on the passenger's seat. While having a conversation with his superior about his theory on how WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are actually living in a codependent, sadomasochistic relationship. Then York talks with Zach. It immediately establishes what a weirdo this guy is.
43* ExhaustedEyeBags: [[spoiler:Zach has them, which helps make him look older than he actually is.]]
44* {{Expy}}: Of Agent Dale Cooper from ''Series/TwinPeaks''. They're both {{FBI Agent}}s brought in to investigate a murder in an unassuming TownWithADarkSecret in Washington state, only to uncover a supernatural conspiracy there-in. They're both notable for their combed hair and suit-and-tie, their TrademarkFavoriteFood is coffee, they talk to an InventedIndividual to help themselves think (Cooper talking to a "Diane" on his tape-recorder; York talking to "Zack" [[spoiler:who's later revealed to be his original personality]]), have eccentric methods in uncovering clues (up to and including prophetic visions) and they eventually undergo DemonicPossession by the BigBad.
45* FascinatingEyebrow: In the very beginning of the game, York sports it when he finds himself in a disturbing dream of the red room, filled with doors, random furniture and [[CreepyTwins twin angels]] whispering among themselves.
46* FormerTeenRebel: Admits to having been a punk rocker as a teen, but kept good grades.
47* FreudianExcuse: His oddities make a lot more sense as coping mechanisms when he eventually reveals [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrific things he witnessed as a child]]. [[spoiler: And more so as a SplitPersonality capable of dealing with Zach's trauma.]]
48* GeniusBruiser: While he may be exceptionally resilient, a good shot and proficient with a variety of melee weapons, he also has a keen intellect, a talent for criminal profiling, and is implied to be a brilliant chess player.
49* GoodCopBadCop: While he's an equally brilliant partner, [[spoiler:Zach]] is also a lot less nice.
50* GoodScarsEvilScars: York has two small scars on his left cheekbone, courtesy from a recent case. [[spoiler:Zach's scar is much larger and goes from his head diagonally down to his eye.]] It becomes {{Foreshadowing}} once, [[spoiler:York is confused when he is told that townspeople refer to him as "Scarface"; a confusion the player is very likely to share, as York's scars shouldn't really that notable to the casual observer. Once TheReveal hits and Zach officially becomes the player character, it is rather easy to see why]].
51* GoodIsNotNice: He may be an FBI Agent that works to find criminals and bring them to justice, as well as risk his life on multiple occassions, but he also rubs people the wrong way with his arrogant attitude and blunt words.
52* GuardianEntity: [[spoiler:York is this to Zach.]]
53* GuiltComplex: [[spoiler:It's revealed in the sequel that Zach's been haunted ''badly'' by his inability to save Emily]].
54* HairstyleInertia: Bizarrely subverted in a case of FridgeLogic. His child self looks nothing like his adult self... but does look similar to the [[http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/B002WSR8BC.01.sm.jpg original character design]], which was changed because it seemed to be too blatantly ripping off [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. Perhaps the developers did not have enough time to alter the child's appearance before release.
55* {{Hipster}}: He's rather horrified at Patricia Woods' more mainstream preferences in entertainment media (''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'', etc.), and whispers to Zach that the young girl probably doesn't know any better. [[spoiler:Zach]] later bemoans how everyone but him "has bad taste."
56* {{Hypocrite}}: When he learns that Anna was secretly shaming away a smoking addiction, he muses to himself how there are no good small-town morals anymore. This said by the guy who cannot leave bed without lighting up.
57* ImaginaryFriend: Zach. [[spoiler:Well, actually it's York.]]
58* InnocentBlueEyes: His childhood self had blue eyes, but they turned more green as an adult. [[spoiler:Zach's right eye is still its usual blue, while the other is red-brown because of the injury Kaysen inflicted on him.]]
59* InsistentTerminology: Call him 'York'. It's what everyone calls him.
60* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude, arrogant and is generally incapable of reading the atmosphere properly, but he is still surprisingly gentle at times. Noticeable when he's talking to Isaach and Isaiah or during the sidequest between Quint and Becky. [[spoiler:As well as when he offers to help Thomas escape Greenvale, when it's clear that he's going insane, and his entire relation with Zach.]] The sequel also makes it clear that he believes that no one should be judged negatively for how they choose to identify themselves, best demonstrated when he gets legitimately frustrated with Melvin when he seemingly makes a transphobic remark about Professor R, a trans woman.
61* JurisdictionFriction: He regularly "steals" investigations from local authorities by claiming that the case he's concerned with is ancillary to a "larger" investigation being made by the FBI.
62* LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:Zach's hair turned white after witnessing his mother's death and being attacked by Kaysen.]]
63* TheMovieBuff: York loves to talk about '80s movies with Zach while driving.
64* MustHaveCaffeine: He is very particular about his coffee.
65* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:For Zach in the sequel, it's his failure to save Emily]].
66* NightmareFetishist: He shows a very keen and somewhat unnerving interest in the macabre, often reflecting back on bizarre and often gruesome murder cases casually and occasionally with a hint of actual nostalgia. Naturally, he creeps everyone else out whenever this happens.
67* NoIndoorVoice: Loudly confers with Zach while he's having conversations with others, much to the confusion of onlookers.
68* OnlyFriend: Describes Zach as such. He takes on a different tone of voice and has different mannerisms during his chats with Zach.
69* PalsWithJesus: [[spoiler: It's very probable 'York' is some sort of angel or spirit from the White Room. Kaysen is noted as being completely confused as to how Zach escaped the Red Room and is able to harm him.]]
70* PopCulturedBadass: Specializes in B movies, though if the conversation about WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry in the beginning of the game is anything to go by, he spends a lot of time on that, too.
71* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "[[spoiler:You know, Kaysen, I've always wanted to tell you... [[{{Narm}} you're one crazy guy]].]]"
72* TheProfiler: It's his job.
73* RealMenWearPink: One of the suits he can obtain from a sidequest is cherry pink.
74* SeenItAll: He's got a number of accounts of bizarre murder cases that he can recall without even a hint of trauma. Possibly as a result, the weirdness he encounters in both games doesn't really faze him all that much. [[spoiler:It might also have to do with York [[GuardianEntity being somewhat supernatural in origin himself]]]].
75* ShrugTake: Has a few of these.
76* ShutUpHannibal: Has several ones very late in the game during TheReveal.
77* SmokingIsCool: Has an incredibly distinctive way of lighting a cigarette.
78* TheStoic: York spends most of the game as a man who cannot be fazed by anything, be it a murder or supernatural horror. Though during the story's climax, he begins to crumble. [[spoiler:And Zach proves to not be as stoic as York was in the beginning of the game.]]
79* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Just before the first phase of the final showdown, and confirmed by talking to Olivia in the epilogue, it turns out that [[spoiler:most, if not all, utterances of York and Zach in the story were actually reversed. With Zach actually calling himself Zach, but thinking York was addressing everyone]].
80* TimePassageBeard: Can eventually grow one over time if the player doesn't make him shave.
81* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:York and Emily.]]
82* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Zach is the real personality; York is merely a split personality developed ages ago, to protect Zach from the horror of his past. Or an angel. It's complicated.]]
83* TheUnsmile: York cannot smile without it looking weird.
84* ThrowTheDogABone: The Director's Cut edition does this to [[spoiler:Zach, who went on to get married and have a family]]. He had to go through hell, but still obtains a happy ending.
85* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler: See PalsWithJesus.]]
86* {{Trigger}}: [[spoiler:Due to his imprisonment in the Red Room, Zach suffers panic attacks whenever he sees bright red, as expounded upon in the sequel]].
87* WeaksauceWeakness: His precognitive abilities only work with coffee. Tea doesn't cut it.
88* YoungerAndHipper: The second game features a York five years younger than he is in the first. He's noticeably more peppy and energetic in it.
89* YoungerThanTheyLook: Several characters mention that they thought York was older. [[spoiler:Because Zach has baggy eyes and white hair, making him look much older. Taken further in the sequel where Zach is in his early forties but looks decades more elderly than that due to having cancer. In TheStinger, he looks somewhat younger, reflecting his new lease on life.]]
90[[/folder]]
91
92[[folder:Emily Wyatt]]
93!Emily Wyatt
94[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_emily_wyatt.png]]
95->'''Voiced By:''' Rebecca Wink
96
97One of Greenvale's deputy sherriffs. She moved to the town during her high school years and eventually joined the police force. She assists George and York in the investigation of Anna's murder. She's a terrible cook.
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99* ActionGirl: She's just as capable as York in combat. Justified, she ''is'' a trained cop.
100* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: She becomes a playable character during a late section of the game.
101* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Becomes one of the Forest Goddesses with the other women.]]
102* BreakTheCutie: She comes off as decently put together, despite Anna's death. But as the story continues and more people die, Emily definitely begins to crack under the emotional and mental strain it's putting on her.
103* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Choose not to MercyKill her when prompted, and the game treats you to a shot of her shriveled corpse sitting in the White Room as a result of the tree sprouting from her body. Fortunately, as this is a NonStandardGameOver, York offers a redo to make sure this does not come to pass.]]
104* FairCop: She's mentioned to be quite pretty, even in uniform. And wait until you see her in a dress.
105* GuardianEntity: [[spoiler:She becomes one for Zach in the sequel, though he only refers to her as his "fairy" for much of the story due to his guilt over being unable to save her]].
106* HeroicBSOD: Suffers a bad one when [[spoiler:Diane dies. Especially since Diane's corpse was still gripping her arm tightly]]. She does get better soon.
107* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She doesn't survive the game.]]
108* LethalChef: Her cooking is ''horrendous''. Just look at the giant scorch mark at the stove, which came from a time when she cooked a ''towel''. And the trading card 'Industrial Waste' depicts her cooking.
109** During her first sidequest, she attempts to make Italian beef stew with milk, macaroni, flour, butter...and no beef. York comes along and gets her to add cheese, which turns it into surprisingly edible macaroni and cheese, but she gets offended that he can't tell what she was originally trying to make.
110* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Zach is still haunted by her death [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition2 nine years later]].]]
111* MercyKill: [[spoiler:She begs Zach to shoot her when the red tree begins to grow out of her stomach. Zach cannot bring himself to do it, so she rips the tree out herself and bleeds out within seconds.]]
112* TheMovieBuff: She is a huge fan of movies. Her car's licenseplate says ILUVMOVIES.
113* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She looks ''exactly'' like Creator/NaomiWatts.
114* OnlySaneMan: Feels like she's the only normal person in Greenvale. She's probably not wrong, though it helps that she's not native to Greenvale to begin with.
115* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Is raped by Kaysen due to him making her think she was having sex with York.]]
116* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's dutiful, dependable and honest and she is the first to console someone in a time of need, like when [[spoiler:Olivia begins to break down, concerned that her husband may be having an affair and was near the crime scene when Becky was killed]].
117* SheCleansUpNicely: Just look at her in that pretty, black dress.
118* SignatureLaugh: Emily throws her head back and slaps her knees.
119* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:With York.]]
120* UnkemptBeauty: At the climax of the game, her hair is noticeably disheveled [[spoiler:from having been attacked by Carol and subsequently raped by Kaysen]], but she is still very pretty.
121* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Her coming to town inspired George's love for her, which ended up being a major contributing factor to all the things he, Thomas, and Carol did.]]
122[[/folder]]
123
124[[folder:George Woodman]]
125!George Woodman
126[[quoteright:133:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_george_woodman.png]]
127->'''Voiced By:''' Casey Robertson
128
129->''I'm the Sheriff, George Woodman. Welcome to Greenvale, Agent Francis York Morgan.''
130
131The Sheriff of Greenvale. George is dedicated to keeping peace and order in Greenvale. Considers himself to be the 'King' of Greenvale. He's currently trying to track down Anna's murderer. He doesn't take to York that well.
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133* AbusiveParents: George's mother was physically abusive.
134* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Harry S. Truman]]. Though it turns out that [[spoiler:there is also undeniably quite a bit of Leland Palmer, Wyndom Earle and [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]] thrown into the mix]].
135* DisappearedDad: His father left before George could remember him.
136* {{Ephebophile}}: He fell in love with Emily when she was 16 years old, despite being over a decade older.
137* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After York introduces himself in his typical manner and states he'll be resting at the hotel to prepare for tackling the case, George purposely calls him "Agent Morgan" with emphasis on his last name and tells him to just consider this a paid vacation and not get in the police's way. It immediately cements George as a prideful man not at all keen on York muscling in on his jurisdiction (or "kingdom", as York puts it in an aside).
138* GoodScarsEvilScars: He's got a bad scar on his left cheek and dozens of them on his back. All of them were given to him by his abusive mother.
139* HatOfAuthority: He wouldn't be a sheriff, if he didn't have one.
140* IOwnThisTown: York quickly profiles him with having some sort of ruler complex, identifying him as the "King" of the town, and there are several signs that he and most of the townfolk don't disagree.
141* JurisdictionFriction: To begin with, George doesn't take very kindly to York, as he feels the agent's presence is representative of the FBI muscling in on his territory. Though he does eventually warm a bit up to York as person a bit into the story, his low-intensity resentment towards his employer never quite goes away. Notably, neither Emily or Thomas share his misgivings and are happy to help York.
142* LastNameBasis: Purposefully calls York "Agent Morgan" for most of the game. It isn't until the third victim that George calls him York.
143* MightMakesRight: His mother's abuse drove him to the belief that the world is separated into strong and weak people and that the strong are always right.
144* NiceJobBreakingItHero: On several occasions, George's hotheadedness has caused catastrophic events, such as [[spoiler:Becky and Diane's deaths]]. [[spoiler:Subverted, as he actually disguised his killing intent with "clumsiness"]].
145* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: {{Implied| Trope}}. During a lunch scene where York asks Emily if she is afraid of dogs, George looks to Thomas sharply tells him not to say anything, suggesting that George himself might actually be scared of dogs. [[spoiler:Considering what happens to the dogs in town during the night, ESPECIALLY when it rains, it's justified.]]
146[[/folder]]
147
148[[folder:Thomas [=MacLaine=] ]]
149!Thomas [=MacLaine=]
150[[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_thomas.png]]
151->'''Voiced By:''' Christopher Sullivan
152
153The other deputy sheriff of Greenvale. Thomas is rather weak-willed and often becomes stressed under pressure, but still does a good job as a deputy sheriff. During the day, he works at the sheriff's department. At night, he tends bar in his sister's club, the Galaxy of Terror.
154
155His cooking is to die for.
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157* BespectacledCutie: A male example. His glass certainly is used to highlight his rather fragile nature.
158* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Andy Brennan]].
159* TheCutie: His sheer niceness is his most noticeable attribute.
160* GirlyRun: He's got a girlier run than Emily!
161* IncompatibleOrientation: He develops a crush on York, who only dates women. [[spoiler: Is in a sexual relationship with George Woodman.]]
162* {{LeitMotif}}: ''Pillow Stains'', a song that is only ever played in-game in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksixRLhC3V8 his apartment]]. The connection to the song and its actual foreshadowing becomes clearer with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9ivItGrbU the lyrics]].
163* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: To his sister, Carol.
164* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Looks a lot like Adrian Brody.
165* ShrinkingViolet: A male example. He's a sweet guy that works in the sherriff's department, but is meek.
166* SiblingYinYang: Thomas is kind, submissive, meek and easily nervous. In turn, Carol is aggressive, assertive, dominant and confident.
167* SilkHidingSteel: A male example. York's observation of Thomas notes that he clearly has a lot of inner strength beneath the shy personality.
168* SupremeChef: An amazing chef. Thomas' Biscuit is ''the'' best healing item in the game.
169[[/folder]]
170
171!!Townspeople
172[[folder:Anna Graham]]
173!Anna Graham
174[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_anna.png]]
175->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MelissaHutchison
176
177The murder victim that brings York to Greenvale. Anna had big dreams of eventually leaving the town and becoming a model and worked at the [=A&G=] Diner part-time to save money for it.
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179* BrainlessBeauty: Carol describes her as an airhead.
180* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Laura Palmer]].
181* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Her tongue was bitten off and then she was sliced from her chest down to her crotch, left to bleed out at full consciousness.
182* GodivaHair: Her blonde hair covers her breasts when her naked corpse is found.
183* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: She seemed to enjoy smoking cigarettes, but still saw it as bad and hid the used stumps.
184* HairColorDissonance: In the ''Director's Cut'', a new post-credit scene depicts Anna with black hair - which happened at some points in the Red World previously - and then with blonde hair again, after the camera changes position.
185* InformedAttractiveness: Anna is repeatedly described as having been one of the prettiest girls in all of Greenvale. When she is seen, she's not ugly, but nowhere near the gorgeous woman everyone says she is.
186* NotSoImaginaryFriend: She's dead, but her spirit is implied to be this. York sees her in the Red World a lot, Isaach and Isaiah can apparently see and believe her to be a Goddess of the Forest. And Becky's diary notes that she believes the twins' words. [[spoiler:Her spirit can also be seen extending its hand towards Becky during her death.]]
187* PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death causes York to come to Greenvale.
188* PosthumousCharacter: She's dead when the game begins, so anything found out about her is this.
189* PunnyName: Another possible reference to ''Series/TwinPeaks'', in which the character Annie is played by Heather Graham.
190** Subverted with regard to the word 'anagram'; despite the similarities to her name, and several characters saying her name '''as''' 'anagram', anagrams play no significant role in the story, or in her characterization.
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Becky Ames]]
194!Becky Ames
195[[quoteright:130:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_becky.png]]
196->'''Voiced By:''' Amy Provenzano
197
198Anna's best friend. Her death caused Becky to sequester herself in her own home.
199
200[[spoiler: She eventually becomes the second victim.]]
201----
202* BlackBraAndPanties: [[spoiler: The only thing she wears, when her corpse is found.]]
203* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Flayed alive, her tongue removed, then strung up by wires in her own bathroom, which triggered her neck to be broken by her own, bloodstained bed sheets, if the wires were cut.]]
204* {{Hikkikomori}}: She becomes a complete shut-in after Anna's death. [[spoiler:It's a safety mechanism. She knows that George will kill her if she leaves her house. Not that it helped, in the end.]]
205* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: One of the reasons she was killed. [[spoiler:She was part of the same sex club as Anna and saw George kill her, making her a witness. She also has the little locket that Anna gripped during her death.]]
206[[/folder]]
207
208[[folder:Brian the Insomniac]]
209!Brian The Insomniac
210->'''Voiced By:''' Andrew Ceglio
211
212A pale man with eyebags. He's the caretaker of the local graveyard. He supposedly never sleeps, which is why he is called the Insomniac.
213----
214* DeadAllAlong: Maybe. During the game, Brian has a sidequest to retrieve seven bones from a human skeleton that was dug up and taken away by wild dogs. In the epilogue, the graveyard can be revisited and has a grave refilled with a fresh mark, with Brian's name on it. It's taken as a joke in poor taste, though how true it is...
215* ExhaustedEyeBags: Apparently a result from his rumored insomnia.
216* {{Expy}}: Of Cesare from ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''.
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Carol [=MacLaine=] ]]
220!Carol [=MacLaine=]
221->'''Voiced By:''' Amy Rubinate
222
223->''Anna was an airhead.''
224
225Thomas' sister. She owns the Galaxy of Terror bar and sings in it, while her brother bartends for her. [[spoiler: Carol becomes another victim]].
226----
227* DeadpanSnarker: Show elements of this, especially when talking to her between singing.
228-->'''York:''' The name of this place, Galaxy of Terror, did you get it from the movie of the same name?\
229'''Carol:''' And what if I did?\
230'''York:''' Then you must remember the scene where the giant worm attacks the woman. You know, and then...\
231'''Carol:''' Don’t tell me you came here to talk about giant space worms?\
232'''York:''' I guess I did. Unless you want to talk about something else? But I think that’s a great topic to break the ice, you know.\
233'''Carol:''' ...You were dropped as a baby, right?
234* {{Jerkass}}: It's part of her trading card's description.
235** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite talking rudely about Anna at times, she does seem to have considered her a good friend, even going to the tree where Anna's corpse was found. And she even flat-out says that [[spoiler:Nick did not kill Diane]] later in the game.
236* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Compared to her brother, Thomas.
237* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman]]: York is impressed that she owns a bar and sings in it, despite her rather young age.
238* TragicKeepsake: She loses a photograph of her and Anna together and searches for it nearly every day. If you find it and give it back to her, she admits that she couldn't bring herself to throw it away.
239[[/folder]]
240
241[[folder:Diane Ames]]
242!Diane Ames
243->'''Voiced By:''' Christiane Crawford
244
245Becky's older sister. She's the owner of Muses' Art Gallery and is infamous among the women of the town, because she is known to be rather open with her love and legs.
246
247[[spoiler: Diane becomes the third victim.]]
248----
249* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Beaten, had her tongue bitten off and gets crushed by a giant, pointy sculpture. Which is better than what was ''planned'', which was to let her fall onto said sculpture and get impaled.]]
250* DaddysGirl: She remembers her father rather fondly.
251* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:She gives off some really strange rambling about the sculpture, just before she gets crushed by it.]]
252* PlatonicLifePartners: With Nick, since the two have a great appreciation for art. Despite her [[ReallyGetsAround reputation]], the two have never slept with each other.
253* ReallyGetsAround: She's very upfront with her advances when she feels like it. She even offers to sleep with York shortly after meeting him.
254* SlasherSmile: A creepy one, just before her death.
255* SpannerInTheWorks: Her killer knows she is one. [[spoiler:She had access to the locket that Anna had, which was given to her on Becky's demand, and she learned the connection of George and Carol's to Anna's death.]]
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder:Fiona 'Freckles']]
259!Fiona 'Freckles'
260->'''Voiced By:''' Amy Provenzano
261
262The freckled, redhaired receptionist of Greenvale General Hospital. She has a crush on Dr. Ushah.
263----
264* CannotSpitItOut: Not without hiding it in a riddle first.
265* YouthfulFreckles: So many, she looks to be in her early twenties.
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Forrest Kaysen]]
269!Forrest Kaysen
270->'''Voiced By:''' Doug Boyd
271
272A travelling sapling salesman. He frequently stops in Greenvale and spends some time there, usually with Diane. Forrest is generally seen with a sapling in his hand and followed by his loyal dog, Willie.
273----
274* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being fat, he's got some great stamina and speed. He can easily keep up with Emily.
275* BigFun: He calls himself a "jolly old bumble bee, spreading pollen wherever he goes" and is quite well liked by the Greenvale inhabitants.
276* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme is called ''Comic Relief'' because of his [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bumbling, ridiculous nature]].
277* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Various gamers see him as John Goodman, Gabe Newell or Michael Moore.
278* PluckyComicRelief: His theme is called this. And he even lampshades it at one point, saying that he thought he was gonna be a hero, but is nothing but the sidecharacter.
279* ReusedCharacterDesign: Kaysen is a recurring character in [=SWERY's=] works, with versions of him making appearances in both ''VideoGame/SpyFiction2003'' and ''VideoGame/{{D4}}''.
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:Gina 'Rosy Lips']]
283!Gina 'Rosy Lips'
284->'''Voiced By:''' Erin Beers
285
286Jack's wife, who helps run the Heaven 'n' Hell Gas Station. She flirts with anything in pants.
287----
288* DoubleEntendre: Everything she says. Even her name.
289* MsFanservice: Her 'special service' at the gas station.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Harry Stewart]]
293!Harry Stewart
294->'''Voiced By:''' Gary Martinez
295
296A mysterious capitalist and the richest man in Greenvale. He owns most of the land. Harry is bound to a wheelchair and wears a gas mask at all times, using his assistant, Michael, to talk for him.
297----
298* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Just like everyone else in the '50s when the Purple Gas was released. Harry was simply lucky that he didn't die while under its influence.]]
299* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Andrew Packard]].
300* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Failing to prevent his wife from beating their son, George.]]
301* ProperlyParanoid: He's got a good reason for wearing that mask. [[spoiler:He wears it to prevent the purple fog, which he knows can still come out from the ground when it rains, from turning him insane again.]]
302* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:His father was the original Raincoat Killer.]]
303* TheVoiceless: Initially never talks, making Michael Tillotson relay his messages. Later on, Harry foregoes it and decides to talk himself, using a machine to help him do so.
304* WellDoneSonGuy: He says this to Michael in an end-game sidequest.
305[[/folder]]
306
307[[folder:Isaach and Isaiah Ingram]]
308!Isaach & Isaiah Ingram
309->'''Voiced By:''' Cameron Caldwell Thrope (Isaach), Simon Lunch (Isaiah)
310
311Twin boys of Keith and Lilly Ingram. They often spend time with their grandfather, Jim, or playing with Kaysen's dog. They were the first to find Anna's body.
312
313For some reason, York sees them as angels in his dreams.
314----
315* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: You can tell them apart on sight by what color they're wearing; Isaach tends to wear blue and Isaiah tends to wear green.
316* ChildrenAreInnocent: Enforced by the townsfolk, who refuse to explain the concept of death to them.
317* CreepyTwins: They often whisper to each other before answering in a conversation and repeat each other's lines. [[spoiler:They get fully creepy when the purple fog causes them to go insane, just like the rest of town.]] Outside of that, though, it's subverted. They are sweet twins.
318* ISeeDeadPeople: They claim to see Anna in the forest, despite her being dead. And it's flat-out revealed to be true in the epilogue.
319[[/folder]]
320
321[[folder:Jack 'The Raging Bull']]
322!Jack 'The Raging Bull'
323->'''Voiced By:''' Roger L. Jackson
324
325Gina's husband and owner of the Heaven 'n' Hell Gas Station. He hates cops, but loves their money.
326----
327* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Carol.
328* EveryManHasHisPrice: He doesn't want to talk to York or share his secrets with him. He has no problem doing it with Benjamin Franklin, though.
329* {{Jerkass}}: Positively rude and he goes out of his way to be extra rude to York.
330* UglyGuyHotWife: Jack is a burly, hairy, surly-looking ogre of a man. Gina is a slim, beautiful blonde.
331[[/folder]]
332
333[[folder:Jim Green]]
334!Jim Green
335-> '''Voiced By:''' Gary Martinez
336
337The parkranger of Greenvale Forest Park. He's the grandfather of Isaach and Isaiah, who adore him.
338----
339* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Pete Martell]].
340* GreenThumb: Says that he used to work as a tree surgeon.
341* InHarmonyWithNature: He doesn't care much for CitySlickers like York.
342[[/folder]]
343
344[[folder:Keith Ingram]]
345!Keith Ingram
346->'''Voiced By:''' Brian Sommer
347
348->''Yo, dude!''
349
350The owner of the Milk Bar and father of Isaach and Isaiah. He's a huge rocker fan and calls his guitar his second most prized possession in the world - next to his family.
351----
352* HappilyMarried: He often brings up his wife and kids being the most important thing to him in the world. And other characters comment that they seem like a practically perfect family.
353* ICallItVera: His guitar, Grecotch. It's the strongest melee weapon in the game.
354* MayDecemberRomance: He's a decade younger than his wife.
355* MythologyGag: His jacket reads 'Back in the Hole' on the back, presumably a band in this continuity, but actually referring to a line repeatedly said in ''VideoGame/SpyFiction2003''.
356* TheStoryteller: Takes on this role for each Psychic Spot sidequest.
357* SurferDude: Despite being a rocker, he talks this way.
358[[/folder]]
359
360[[folder:Lilly Ingram]]
361!Lilly Ingram
362->'''Voiced By:''' Amy Rubinate
363
364Keith's wife and mother of Isaach and Isaiah. She works in the Milk Barn with Keith and is much more organized than him.
365----
366* HappilyMarried: To her husband, whom she calls perfect for the role.
367* MayDecemberRomance: She is a decade older than Keith.
368* WomenAreWiser: She's a little more grounded than her husband, making her more attentive to things and less forgetful.
369[[/folder]]
370
371[[folder:Lysander 'The General']]
372!Lysander 'The General'
373->'''Voiced By:''' Roger L. Jackson
374
375->''This'll save your life on the battlefield someday, boy.''
376
377A Vietnam veteran that owns the local junkyard. He sells cars to York and can fix his own car up, if he gets paid for it.
378----
379* GreaterNeedThanMine: [[spoiler:He received this from Sergeant 'Cry-Baby' Timothy, who trekked back and forth from the river, to give Lysander water in his cupped hands, despite being heavily wounded. Lysander survived. Timothy didn't.]]
380* PhonyVeteran: York wonders why he calls himself a General if he's clearly wearing a Sergeant's uniform. [[spoiler:Lysander's sidequests reveal that he opts for the Sergeant uniform out of guilt.]]
381* RedHerring: When he first meets York, he tells him that the Raincoat Killer is not a legend and to come to him later for further information. He's absolutely right about the Raincoat Killer, but when you do go speak to Lysander, the only stories he will ever tell you are about Vietnam. This despite the fact that [[spoiler: he was in the military at the time the town was gassed, and thus should know a great deal about the Raincoat Killer.]]
382* RetiredBadass: He served in Vietnam.
383* ReusedCharacterDesign: A character with a similar last name and appearance is first used in ''VideoGame/SpyFiction2003'', though as an antagonistic character.
384* SurvivorsGuilt: [[spoiler:After realizing that Timothy sacrificed his life to keep Lysander alive, Lysander honored his memory by wearing the old uniform.]]
385[[/folder]]
386
387[[folder:Michael Tillotson]]
388!Michael Tillotson
389-> '''Voiced By:''' Andrew Ceglio
390
391Mr. John Doe Troper. He is my - that is to say, Mr. Stewart's - mysterious aide. When it comes to his work, he certainly makes the grade. [[CatchPhrase So says Mr. Stewart]].
392----
393* CatchPhrase: So says Mr. Stewart.
394* FullNameBasis: He insists on using the full name when addressing someone.
395* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: His epilogue sidequest reveals that he's Mr. Stewart's adopted son.]]
396* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:When the purple fog is released and drives the town insane, he picks one up.]]
397* RhymesOnADime: Michael is always rhyming, whether he's speaking on his own or relaying Mr Stewart's messages. There's no reason given for why he does so. [[spoiler:He does drop it, though, when Zach admits to having read his diary.]]
398[[/folder]]
399
400[[folder:Nick Cormack]]
401!Nick Cormack
402->'''Voiced By:''' Daron Jennings
403
404The chef and owner of the A & G Diner, married to Olivia. He's blunt and short with words, but is an amazing cook. He often goes drinking in the bar, chatting with Diane.
405----
406* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Most of the town at the end; Nick slowly began to lose it while in jail when Thomas disappears.]]
407* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Hank Jennings]]. [[spoiler:The difference is that Nick turns out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=,=] while Hank never truly attempts to better himself]].
408* ClearMyName: [[spoiler:He's eventually arrested for the suspicion of being the serial killer, when he's found at Diane's murder scene. York believes Nick to be innocent, though, and continues to work on finding out who the real killer is.]]
409* HiddenDepths: Nick is actually quite an art buff; he regularly chats with Diane about art, and has a small art studio in his house. Even York is surprised to learn that.
410* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude and brusque when talking to people. [[spoiler:But he does genuinely love his wife dearly, despite not being very good at expressing himself. And his main thought, after being arrested, is of Olivia and worrying how she's holding up.]]
411* NoSocialSkills: He's terrible at talking politely to people and even worse at expressing himself with more honest feelings.
412* PlatonicLifePartners: With Diane. The two spend hours talking about art, but their relationship never became sexual and neither of them wanted to.
413* SupremeChef: He's an even better cook than Thomas.
414* ThisIsMyChair: The only one allowed into the kitchen is himself, except for Olivia when she's picking up orders. And Nick does not like it when people try to enter his kitchen.
415[[/folder]]
416
417[[folder:Olivia Cormack]]
418!Olivia Cormack
419->'''Voiced By:''' Michele Johnston
420
421Nick's wife. She works at the A & G Diner as a waitress.
422----
423* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Norma Jennings]].
424* InHarmonyWithNature: She claims to like trees and goes to the art gallery to look at paintings of trees. She's lying about the art part of it, though.
425* MistakenForCheating: She worries that Nick may be having an affair with Diane, because she knows that they go to her art gallery after drinking at the bar. Turns out, though, that he is not cheating on her.
426* MysteriousPast: According to her trading card description.
427* PrimAndProperBun: The best hairstyle to keep it under control when working around food.
428* ShrinkingViolet: She's very meek and quiet around people, even when taking orders.
429[[/folder]]
430
431[[folder:Polly Oxford]]
432!Polly Oxford
433->'''Voiced By:''' Christiane Crawford
434
435The owner of the Great Deer Yard Hotel. She's a widow and loves to talk about the town and its people. However, she's a bit hard of hearing at times.
436----
437* CloudCuckooLander: Comes off as this, especially when her hearing impairment gets the better of her.
438* ICantHearYou: York talks noticeably louder around her. She still manages to mishear him at times, resulting in some rather hilarious dialogue.
439-->'''York:''' Memories, Polly?\
440'''Polly:''' Mr Morgan! [[AccidentalPervert That is not a question you should ask a lady]]!
441* IWasQuiteALooker: She won second place of the Miss Greenvale Pageant in her youth.
442* ObfuscatingStupidity: Hinted at sometimes. At one point when York is questioning her, she manages to completely avoid answering him while passing it off as rambling about not being able to remember things very well anymore.
443* ShipperOnDeck: She often tells York to go hang out with Emily.
444[[/folder]]
445
446[[folder:Quint Dunn]]
447!Quint Dunn
448->'''Voiced By:''' Nick Tagas
449
450Becky's boyfriend. He's a motorcycle enthusiast and works at his father's bar, the SWERY '65.
451----
452* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks James Hurley]], with a dash of Bobby Briggs.
453* InsecureLoveInterest: Is self-conscious about the fact that Becky lives in a giant mansion while he lives in a trailer, and worries that he isn't good enough for her. [[spoiler: He gets into smuggling in order to raise enough money to move somewhere nice with her.]]
454* MissingMom: His mother left the family when he was young.
455* SatelliteLoveInterest: His character is basically 'motorcycle' and 'boyfriend of Becky'. There's even a sidequest where it turns out he's [[spoiler: smuggling things in town. Using his motorcycle. Hoping to save money to move somewhere nice with Becky.]]
456[[/folder]]
457
458[[folder:Richard Dunn]]
459!Richard Dunn
460->'''Voiced By:''' Danny Shorago
461
462Quint's father and owner of the SWERY '65 bar. He's a master at darts.
463----
464* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Big Ed Hurley]].
465* GracefulLoser: He doesn't mind if York manages to beat his darts record.
466* NiceGuy: He's concerned for Sally and checks up on her.
467* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: It's implied that Richard has been in love with Sally since childhood.
468[[/folder]]
469
470[[folder:Sally Graham]]
471!Sally Graham
472->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MelissaHutchison
473
474Anna's mother. After losing her husband in an accident years ago, Anna was the only thing that still kept her going. With Anna's death, Sally rarely leaves the house.
475----
476* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Sarah and Leland Palmer]].
477* DrowningMySorrows: She began to drink heavily after her daughter died.
478* LadyDrunk: About never sober in the game.
479* TheOphelia: An older example than most, but she's clearly unhinged after her daughter's death.
480* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Richard, in the past.
481[[/folder]]
482
483[[folder:Sigourney]]
484!Sigourney
485->'''Voiced By:''' Michele Johnston
486
487->''My pot! It's getting cold!''
488
489A crazy old lady that roams the streets of Greenvale, giving her the name 'Roaming' Sigourney. She always carries a pot around and is concerned with it going cold.
490----
491* CaptainErsatz: Of the [[Series/TwinPeaks Log Lady]].
492* CloudCuckooLander: She's weirder than the rest of the Greenvale inhabitants.
493* [[CrazyCatLady Crazy Pot Lady]]: Never seen without her pot.
494* IceCreamKoan: Mostly involving stew.
495* IWasQuiteALooker: According to Polly, Sigourney won ''first place'' of the Miss Greenvale Pageant in the past.
496* TalkativeLoon: She doesn't shut up when York is driving her around town to her home. And even after leaving his car, Sigourney still talks a lot.
497* TheUnreveal: Invoked by York. After completing all of Sigourney's sidequests, she actually offers York the chance to see what's in the pot, but he declines, deciding that the mystery is what makes it fun.
498[[/folder]]
499
500[[folder:Ushah Johnson]]
501!Ushah Johnson
502->'''Voiced By:''' David Rosenthal
503
504He's the doctor at the General Hospital and a huge chess fan.
505----
506* HiddenDepths: He made a lot of money as a doctor in Los Angeles, but moved to Greenvale because he wanted to help people.
507* HospitalHottie: Fiona certainly sees him as one.
508* ObliviousToLove: Subverted. During his sidequest, he requests help from York to solve a riddle Fiona left for him, and the riddle turns out to basically be a LoveConfession. However, he then says that Fiona has been sending him signals like this for at least a year, but he doesn't really know how to answer them because he's never had a girlfriend before.
509* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His name is a reference to Music/{{Usher}}.
510* NonIdleRich: Fiona reveals that Ushah made huge earnings in Los Angeles as a doctor before moving to Greenvale.
511* NoSocialSkills: A sidequest reveals that he never had a girlfriend, so he doesn't know how to react to Fiona's rather unsubtle hints.
512* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Has a fondness for chess and uses it in a riddle he sets for York before the two meet.
513* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Potato chips. Apparently he thinks that they raise his chances of winning.
514[[/folder]]
515
516[[folder:Wesley the Gunsmith]]
517!Wesley the Gunsmith
518->'''Voiced By:''' Roger L. Jackson
519
520->''Guns are tools used to kill people. I don't like it any more than you do.''
521
522The local gunsmith and owner of the gun store 'Panda Bear'. He's a card collector.
523----
524* CatchPhrase: Guns are tools used to kill people. I don't like it any more than you do.
525* FlatCharacter: He sells guns, and he gives a purpose to the trading cards. That's about it.
526* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Named after and resembles Creator/WesleySnipes.
527[[/folder]]
528
529!!Enemies and Bosses (Massive Spoilers!)
530[[folder:Shadows]]
531!Shadows
532[[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_shadows.png]]
533
534The inhabitants of the Red World that are a constant source of trouble for York during his investigations. Most of them stumble around and garble in low voices while trying to attack.
535
536A second variation is called Crawling Shadow, which cling to walls and try to grab York.
537----
538* CreepyMonotone: Their voices are purposefully designed to be this, though it [[NightmareRetardant actually]] comes off as more of a SimpletonVoice.
539* FlashStep: They can turn into mist and take a sudden leap forward. Usually done to bridge small gaps or to avoid gun shots.
540* GlasgowGrin: The regular Shadows sport them.
541* KillItWithFire: Not really a good idea. If they are set on fire, they become faster and charge towards the player, trying to set him on fire, too. However, they tend to die soon after. And fire is great against Crawling Shadows.
542* MadeOfIron: They can take quite some hits with many bullets before going down. Especially the [[GoddamnedBats Crawling Shadows]].
543* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never specified if the Shadows are real or just imaginations from York's head. WordOfGod, though, said that the Shadows are a mixture of the purple fog and red seeds, along with the victims of the first Greenvale massacre, making them real.
544* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They're the victims of the first Greenvale massacre, having been twisted into grotesque forms by the Red World.
545* OrificeInvasion: If they grab York, they try to get into his body by shoving their arms down his throat. Managing their whole body into his, York will die.
546* StringyHairedGhostGirl: The Crawling Shadows.
547* TragicMonster: It's heavily implied that the reason why they're trying to kill York is so that they can use their body to live again.
548* UselessUsefulStealth: York can hold his breath, which makes it so that Shadows do not notice him, even if he's walking right past them. However, holding his breath raises his heart rate very quickly and he moves slowly, making it not that useful.
549* ZombieGait: Usually walk around like this, unless they use their FlashStep.
550[[/folder]]
551
552[[folder:The Raincoat Killer]]
553!The Raincoat Killer
554[[quoteright:153:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_raincoat_killer.png]]
555->'''Voiced By:''' Casey Robertson
556
557->''I see you...''
558
559A mysterious killer from Greenvale folklore, who is said to appear whenever it rains. He is believed to be behind the current killings and was responsible for a large part of the massacre of Greenvale in the '50s.
560----
561* AmazingFreakingGrace: Played during his section.
562* AxeBeforeEntering: He chops up doors in his way to enter a room, even if the door is one he left through just a minute ago...
563* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: He's playable for a bit near the end of the game.
564* AntiVillain: In the '50s, if one sees his murdering of majority of the townspeople as [[MercyKill mercy killings]], knowing that they are all driven insane and bloodthirsty by the purple fog. Including rushing to the Clock Tower, in an attempt to stop the purple fog.
565* BreakoutCharacter: Swery has thought of creating a game, where you play as the Raincoat Killer.
566* {{Expy}}: He has a superficial resemblance to [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 Pyramid Head]]. He appears in a DarkWorld, dragging his weapon of choice on the ground, is completely invincible and wears bloody clothes that hide his face. However, his motives and origin are completely different.
567* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Grandson]]: This Raincoat Killer is actually George Woodman's paternal grandfather.
568* RedEyesTakeWarning: The only thing visible are his glowing, red eyes. You don't want him to come near you.
569* SwordDrag: He has his arms loosely on his side, leaving his axe to drag along the ground.
570[[/folder]]
571
572[[folder:Other Killer]]
573!Thomas [=MacLaine=]
574[[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_first_boss.png]]
575-> '''Voiced By:''' Christopher Sullivan
576
577-> ''Die, you skanky'' '''''swine'''''''!''
578
579Thomas disappears late into the game and comes under suspicion of being the actual serial killer. Slowly losing his mind because of the witnessed murders, Thomas knocks York out in his apartment and locks him up in the Clock Tower.
580
581Eventually, Emily confronts Thomas in the Clock Tower and fights him.
582----
583* AlasPoorVillain: Thomas in the middle of a mental breakdown during the boss fight against him, and it's hard to not feel sorry for him.
584* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: He has a feminine nature and a painting of the 'Goddesses of the Forest' has what appears to be a female Thomas depicted. But it's just as likely that Thomas is simply a gay crossdresser, possibly dressing up in an attempt to appeal to George's desires.
585* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his knife stabs him]], Thomas decides to rather commit suicide by jumping face-first into a giant hook than potentially die through the stab wound.
586* DeathEqualsRedemption: If his appearance among the dead in the epilogue is anything to go by.
587* DepravedHomosexual: Subverted, since he didn't actually murder anybody. Not that he wasn't trying with Emily. And York sees Thomas' more effeminate traits in a positive light.
588* TheDragon: Thomas was more or less this to George, assisting him a few times in covering his crimes.
589* DrivenToMadness: He begins to go insane after Becky's and Diane's murders.
590* GetBackHereBoss: Thomas constantly spins and jumps around the gears and on a giant hook during his battle, making it difficult for Emily to properly aim at him.
591* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Thomas is first a meek, NiceGuy that will happily cook lunch every day. But a combination of his insane love for George and the purple fog takes its toll on him, ending up with his attempt at murdering Emily. After his death, he becomes a Goddess of the Forest, though, and seems redeemed.
592* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The knife he was going to stab Emily with gets flung into the air and stabs Thomas in the chest.
593* IgnoredEpiphany: When the kidnapped York talks rather calmly to him and gives him a means of escaping the horrors of Greenvale and starting anew. Thomas is clearly touched, but decides to continue to follow George's plan.
594-->''You're so kind. Unlike... him.''
595* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: With a giant hook. Through the face.
596* [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery Kicking Ass In All His Finery]]: He battles Emily while dressed in an ankle-length, red dress with fitting boa.
597* MurderTheHypotenuse: He's in love with George, who only really loves Emily and Thomas plans to kill her for that. Certainly doesn't help that York, who he develops a bit of a VillainousCrush on, also has eyes on Emily.
598* ReplacementGoldfish: He was one to George, for Emily.
599* SilkHidingSteel: That strong will York sensed in him? Manifests itself in his intense desire to kill Emily. Though downplayed, as his entire time as a boss stems from mentally breaking.
600* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He was the one that told George about the Raincoat Killer folklore and the 'red seeds ritual', which led to George forming his plan of committing murders to become divine.
601* VillainousCrush: Towards York.
602* WholesomeCrossdresser: Thomas wore a dress very often for the sex club.
603* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He comes off as pretty tragic and desperate, when it's clear that he's just as much of a victim of George's manipulation as anyone else.
604* {{Yandere}}: For George, just like his sister, Carol.
605[[/folder]]
606
607[[folder:The New Raincoat Killer]]
608!The New Raincoat Killer (George Woodman)
609[[quoteright:142:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_second_boss.png]]
610->'''Voiced By:''' Casey Robertson
611
612The 'New' Raincoat Killer, as Harry dubs him, and the one behind the current murders of women in Greenvale. It turns out that it is actually George Woodman beneath the coat. Following a rumor that having the killer and victim eat red seeds while committing murder would cause the killer to become immortal, George killed Anna and the others.
613----
614* AlasPoorVillain: Particularly with his final words.
615* BadassBiker: His outfit for the sex club and while performing the murders. Also wears it during his boss battle.
616* BigBad: He's the murderer.
617* BreakingSpeech: Tries one on York, which doesn't work so well.
618--> ''You're the fool here, York! Becky, Diane and Carol! They all died in front of you! And you couldn't save even one of them. Not even one. You're the worthless fool here. And that's what proves it.''
619* ClimaxBoss: The story doesn't end with his defeat, but goddamn if it didn't feel like it could.
620* DepravedBisexual: Kind of. He is a passionate man and loves Emily, but he still used Thomas as one of his replacements for Emily.
621* {{Ephebophile}}: He fell in love with Emily when she was 16 years old, despite being a decade older. He also had sexual relations with Carol and Thomas, when both were likely the same age, as well as with Anna and Becky in the sex club.
622* FreudianExcuse: He was raised by an abusive single mother, which led to him seeking power over others as an adult.
623* AGodAmI: He believes himself the 'chosen one' who has been chosen by the tree to get its power and become immortal.
624* GoodScarsEvilScars: The scar on his cheek darkens and becomes more prominent with each murder.
625* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His axe gets shot back at him, which launches into his chest. And then a lightning bolt hits George, killing him. Better yet, his charred up-right corpse with the axe still lodged into his chest casts a shadow in the form of a tree, much like the motif established with his previous victims.
626* HumanoidAbomination: Turns into one as he keeps ingesting red seeds during his battle, turning him into a huge, hulking beast with blue skin and [[{{Narm}} spikey, glowing]] [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan-esque]] [[{{Narm}} hair]].
627* ImmortalitySeeker: He committed the murders under the false belief that performing them like sacrifices would cause him to become immortal.
628* InTheHood: As the New Raincoat Killer, he always wears the red, bloodstained raincoat. He ditches it for the boss battle, though.
629* KavorkaMan: It's not clear ''what'' caused him to become so desirable to the members of the sex club.
630* LargeHam: During his boss battle.
631--> ''WELLLLCOME TO GREEEENVALE!! AGENT FRANCIS! YORRKK! MORRGANN!''
632* LoveMakesYouEvil: Part of the reasons he turned to murders was because of his unreciprocated feelings for Emily.
633* ObfuscatingStupidity: At the murder scenes of Becky and Diane, George does things that seem to accidentally ''cause'' their deaths. However, he knew exactly what he was doing and purposefully played it up like it just happened because of his rash, hot head.
634* OneWingedAngel: After consuming the seeds, he turns into a hulking grey-skinned monster with long flowing white hair. The transformation also makes his weak spot more visible with power glowing through it.
635* PowerIsSexy: His sex club runs on this idea.
636* VillainousBreakdown: Just before the third part of his boss battle.
637--> ''Mama! I didn't do anything bad! Why? Why are you doing this to me? It wasn't me! I didn't do anything! I knelt and apologized in front of Anna, didn't I? I know I didn't with the others, but still. I didn't do anything wrong! ...you know who it was! He's the one who made me do all this!''
638* VillainousLineage: His grandfather was the original Raincoat Killer.
639[[/folder]]
640
641[[folder:The Mastermind (Massive Spoilers)]]
642!Forrest Kaysen
643[[quoteright:153:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dp_final_boss.png]]
644->'''Voiced By:''' Doug Boyd
645
646Forrest is actually the man behind George's killings. Having started a rumor that killing someone while ingesting red seeds would make the murderer immortal, he drove George down the bloody path of becoming the New Raincoat Killer.
647
648Forrest is actually a resident of the Red World and was not just part of the Greenvale massacre in the '50s, but also played a role in the tragedy of Zach's mother's death and father's suicide. He was also the one to attack Zach, leaving him with a large scar and traumatizing him enough to create the 'York' personality.
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650* {{Acrofatic}}: His first form as a boss is pretty fast, despite his weight.
651* AnimalisticAbomination: His dog, Willie, is like him in nature and is in fact his superior, but keeps himself in the form of the lovable Dalmatian you see throughout the game.
652* BedTrick: This is how he rapes Emily.
653* BishonenLine: His first and second forms are progressively more inhuman until he hits his final form, which is just a giant version of his human form with the addition of TaintedVeins and minus the glasses.
654* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems to be a pleasant, fun loving man, but in the end reveals himself to be otherworldly in both nature and sadism.
655* BodyHorror: He twists, contorts and bloats himself up into his OneWingedAngel forms throughout the fight with him. By the time he dies, he's grown to a massive height, his head's split in half in a GlasgowGrin and a red bulb kept aloft by a fleshy stalk protrudes from his mouth.
656* CaptainErsatz: Of BOB. In addition, his human identity being a travelling salesman also means that there is even a bit of MIKE to his character.
657* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Introduced as a regular sapling salesman. He's anything but.
658* ForTheEvulz: He initially claims to have acted as an emissary for the Red Tree, but he's obviously tormenting Greenvale for shits and giggles.
659* FatBastard: And he only gets fatter when he reveals his true self.
660* GreaterScopeVillain: George might've been an evil bastard, but at least his influence only concerned Greenvale. Kaysen was a supernatural being who had presence throughout the whole country, its military and even Zach/York's past.
661* {{Hellhound}}: Willie, who turns out to actually be Kaysen's ''keeper'' and relayer of messages from the Red World.
662* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If the player has completed Kaysen's sidequest, they gain an infinite Magnum; a great weapon that can be found in Willie's doghouse.
663* HumanoidAbomination: A fat, jolly man who turns out to be a fat, sadistic, humanoid shape-shifter.
664* LargeHam: Turns into this when his act is up.
665--> ''And NOOOW, LADIES and GENTLEMEN! The GRAAAND FINALEEEE! REEEED! TREEEE!''
666* {{Leitmotif}}: When his gig is up, he obtains his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XRp3psGiWw&feature=related name-based]] theme.
667** In the sequel, his leitmotif is Life Is Beautiful. He even whistles it in game as Zach tries to strangle him.
668* TheManBehindTheMan: George only became a killer because Kaysen convinced him that the red seeds could bring immortality through sacrifices.
669* MesACrowd: It's highly implied that "Forrest Kaysen" is more than one individual. This is evidenced by the US map in the Red Room at the beginning of the game, which displays a few dolls of Forrest positioned in various states.
670* MythologyGag: In ''VideoGame/SpyFiction2003'', Forrest Kaysen was a corrupt scientist who created a highly lethal virus that took the form of a purple gas. In this game, he's a monster who uses a purple gas to spread death and horror.
671* NightmareFace: I SAW YOU, ZACH!
672* ObfuscatingStupidity: He played up the goofy side a lot, but is much more dangerous and cunning beneath.
673* OneWingedAngel: Has three forms.
674* PsychopathicManchild: Interesting how an extra-dimensional alien fits the human definition of immaturity.
675* RapeAsDrama: It's heavily implied that ''this'' is how he manages to make the red seeds grow into Red Tree saplings.
676* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Unclear how old he is, though he looked identical to how he did in the '50s.
677* RubberMan: His first form bounces around a lot and stretches his arms to clamber about the light fittings.
678* SadisticChoice: He loves putting people through them. Kill your beloved quickly or allow the Red Tree sapling to do it by sprouting out of their chests while their body shrivels into a decayed husk. While this choice renders Zach an orphan due to his mother's Tree-related death and his father committing suicide because he failed to put her out of her misery, Emily TakesAThirdOption by ripping out the sapling with her bare hands, killing herself rather than letting it or Zach have to.
679* VillainousBreakdown: "What...? ''Pain!?'' How can I... feel pain?!"
680* WalkingSpoiler: Can you see how you can't really talk about him?
681* YourHeadAsplode: His head explodes, and something seems to emerge from it to explode, too, when he is finally defeated.
682[[/folder]]
683
684!!Other Spoilers
685[[folder:People from York's Past (SPOILERS)]]
686!!Brian Xander Morgan
687->'''Voiced By:''' David Rosenthal
688
689York's (actually Zach's) father who died when York was a young boy. He was an FBI agent who had also been investigating cases revolving around the Red Seeds.
690----
691* DrivenToSuicide: He shoots himself in the head after failing to prevent his wife's death, all in front of 8-year old Zach.
692* FaceFramedInShadow: We never see the upper half of his face, as it's completely obscured by shadows, even in his trading card.
693* LikeFatherLikeSon: York and Zach have inherited their strong sense of justice and detective skills from him.
694
695!!Valentine Morgan
696->'''Voiced By:''' Rebecca Wink
697
698York's (actually Zach's) mother who died when York was a young boy. Her death happened under mysterious circumstances, and this led to her husband committing suicide.
699----
700* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The sapling of the Red Tree erupts from her womb and drains her lifeforce, leaving her a desiccated husk.
701* FaceFramedInShadow: We never see the upper half of her face, as it's completely obscured by shadows, even in her trading card.
702* RapeAsDrama: It's implied that Kaysen forced himself on her to plant the sapling in her.
703[[/folder]]
704
705[[folder:Framing Device Characters (SPOILERS)]]
706!!Louise Morgan & Grandpa Zach Morgan
707
708Two new characters that appeared in the [[UpdatedRerelease Director's Cut]] as a new FramingDevice. The little girl asks her grandfather for a story, who tells the events of Greenvale to her.
709----
710* BabiesEverAfter: "Zach, with all my profiling skills, I never thought you'd get married and have a family. Never saw it coming."
711* CreepyChild: Louise is first shown in an empty hallway, humming Amazing Grace to herself. Subverted, since she is a regular child, though she does seem to act tough and rather like brutal stories.
712* DeadGuyJunior: Subverted. While the old Zach calls the girl Emily, her name is actually Michelle Louise. Just like her grandfather, she goes by her middle name. It's unclear why he calls her Emily, though it may be an affectionate nickname.
713* DiedHappilyEverAfter: If one reads the new epilogue scene as being an afterlife version of the A & G Diner, where the old Zach meets up with York, Emily and the other victims...
714* {{Foreshadowing}}: Grandpa Zach mentiones the game's ArcWords much earlier than in the original version, which wasn't until past the halfway point. Any veteran player will also take immediate notice of this line.
715--> ''Your grandma and I used to watch a lot of movies on that thing together..''
716* LittleMissSnarker: Louise has her moments. "I ''know'' my own ''name'', Mom."
717* HesBack: "Zach, there have been reports of something strange going on in Louisiana, New Orleans..."
718* NightmareFetishist: Louise isn't all that bothered by the horrifying tale of brutal murders that her grandfather tells her.
719* SecurityBlanket: Her teddy bear wears a [[IconicItem familiar tie]]...
720* TheStoryteller: Seems like Zach has become this to his granddaughter, with the Raincoat Killer story being just the latest of a long string.
721[[/folder]]

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