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Act 1
Guy at park
Reason for death
For being yet another asshole harrassing someone's family.Details
A Starter Villain slain on a park bench due to his continuous harrassment of a family.- Asshole Victim: Yep, another asshole who won't leave someone's family alone. He's killed for this, meaning it's hard to have too much sympathy for this guy.
- Recycled Premise: He's like the fourth guy killed for the exact same reason. Bumville still has a problem with family harrassers it seems.
- Starter Villain: The first unambiguously evil starting target in the reboot series. This guy is the first victim in Tyler's new outing.
- Warm-Up Boss: Wind and distance isn't a factor yet so this guy is meant to be a walk in the park, no pun intended.
Electrician
Reason for death
Never statedDetails
An electrician working on a phone line at the time of his death.- Cruel and Unusual Death: He's electrocuted and then falls from a large height. That had to hurt.
- High-Voltage Death: He's zapped to death by a shot circuit box, or this is a contributing factor that leads to him falling to his death. Either way, it plays a part in his demise.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: He falls to his death after having electricity surge through his body. Either thing probably killed him instantly, making the other cause mere overkill. Never mind the bullet in the circuit box that the police would probably find while investigating.
Chef
Reason for death
Having a photo of the client in a compromising position which he hoped to use as blackmailDetails
A chef killed due to attempting to blackmail the client- Asshole Victim: A blackmailer killed by a client pushed to the edge by his actions.
- Blackmail: He was doing this to the client, courtesy of some compromising photos he had in his disposal.
- Evil Chef: He's a chef who moonlights as an extortionist, so he's certainly this.
- Hat of Authority: His chef's hat is this, which makes it easier to spot and snipe him.
- Noodle Incident: What the picture depicts and how he got it are unexplained.
Nerd
Reason for death
Stealing comic booksDetails
A comic book thief killed for his stealing sprees.- Disproportionate Retribution: While he's a douchey criminal, murder is a punishment that certainly doesn't match the crime.
- Evil Nerd: On the lower end of the evil spectrum, but he's still a thief.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: The police left him alone but Tyler didn't.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: It's doubtful that anyone in their right mind would hire an assassin to kill a nerd stealing comic books. Perhaps they were valuable beyond belief?
Bouncer
Reason for death
Not letting someone in the nightclubDetails
A bouncer killed so the client could get in the nightclub without any fuss- Bouncer: What he is. Unfortunately, he's bouncing at the club the client is so desperate to enter that he'll resort to murder to get inside without hassle.
- Complexity Addiction: Hiring an assassin to kill a bouncer is messier and more difficult than simply sneaking in the nightclub or using a disguise to get in undisturbed.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Killed so he wouldn't stop the client from waltzing inside the nightclub.
- Stupid Crooks: The client probably got the event shut down by soliciting a murder on the premises, which would be a great dose of Laser-Guided Karma if he somehow managed to avoid arrest for his actions.
Convienence store owner
Reason for death
Not paying the client (due to him not showing up to work ever)Details
A store owner killed while working by a disgruntled employee- Disproportionate Retribution: He's killed for understandably not paying someone who ignored all their duties.
- Entitled Bastard: The client is such a selfish prick he believes that he should be paid even when he doesn't even show up at his job, let alone do any work.
- Insane Troll Logic: The client employs this and bemoans how unfair it is that he's not being paid even though he never shows up to work.
Repairman
Reason for death
UnknownDetails
A repairman killed while repairing stuff- Flat Character: Why he's killed is never explained, and nothing is known about him apart from his profession, making it unclear if he's an Asshole Victim or a victim of Kick the Dog syndrome.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The person working with him wisely makes haste to the exit when his co-worker is murdered right in front of him.
Strange man
Reason for death
Kidnapping and attempting to murder the client's fatherDetails
A strange man who kidnapped the father of the client. Killed while holding him at gunpoint.- Asshole Victim: Considering he was about to murder someone in cold blood, it's one of the rare times in the series where Tyler was Killing in Self-Defense.
- Dig Your Own Grave: What they were forcing their intended victim to do before they were shot by Tyler.
- Karmic Death: Killed in the same graveyard they attempted to murder someone else in.
- Noodle Incident: It's not certain why they kidnapped the client's father and attempted to murder him in such a brutal way.
- Timed Mission: He has to be killed before he executes the father.
Punk as fisher
Reason for death
Blackmailing the clientDetails
A fisherman killed while fishing down at the pier- Asshole Victim: Blackmailers aren't very nice people and this guy is no exception. Regardless of the morality of his victim, it's hard to cry when he becomes one too.
- Blackmail: Yet another bozo killed due to blackmailing the wrong person. Though this time it's implied said blackmail victim was actually doing something legally dubious.
- Death by Irony: A fisherman who was shot into the sea that he was fishing in. An almost fitting way to go for such a guy.
- Evil vs. Evil: It's implied by the client that the punk as fisher caught him doing something illegal. Said fisherman is still a blackmailer, meaning both of them are far from morally sound.
Father-in-law
Reason for death
InsuranceDetails
The client's father in law who was killed in order for the client to make some money from the insurance- Greed: Yet another family member of a greedy little shit who hired Tyler to end someone related to them (though this time by marriage instead of kin.) Some things never change in the clear vision world, it seems.
- Insurance Fraud: A dark example. He's murdered so his son in law could claim insurance for his murder.
- Kick the Dog: He was only a source of money for the client, and likely didn't do anything worthy of being killed for.
- Recycled Premise: Apparently, people being murdered for inheritance and insurance is scarily common in Bumville. Though considering the Crapsack World nature of the place, it's probably the least concerning of all the many horrors that befall the citizens there.
Act 2
Poacher
Reason for death
Poaching at a national parkDetails
A poacher killed while camping after his most recent poaching spree.- Asshole Victim: A poacher who hunted in national parks is far from a sympathetic person, so his death isn't too much of a tragedy.
- Evil Poacher: He was hunting animals in a national park, so he clearly was playing fast and loose with moral guidelines.
- Karmic Death: He was poached by Tyler, Bumville's very own hunter of the most dangerous game.
Photographer
Reason for death
To eliminate him from a competitionDetails
A photographer killed while taking photographs at the park.- Death by Irony: He was shot while taking a shot.
- Kick the Dog: He didn't do anything to deserve being shot, other than competing against a guy who would do anything to win a photography contest.
- Serious Business: How the client treats this contest, even stooping so low as to have the guy murdered to secure his victory.
Boss
Reason for death
Bossing his employer aroundDetails
A boss killed at work while bossing around his underlings- Bad Boss: A lazy and obnoxious employer who paid the ultimate price for his misdeeds.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He's a clear cut Jerkass but his death was uncalled for.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Well, evil's stretching it a bit, though his cigarette highlights his aloof nature in regards to how he treats his employees.
- Jerkass: He stands there and smokes as his employees do all the work.
- Lazy Bum: Watching his employees sweat as they complete their menial labor is his favorite pasttime. It's not appreciated by his employee, who in turn asks Tyler to make him see the error of his ways in the most abrupt style possible.
Lone shark victim
Reason for death
Not paying back his debtDetails
A man killed for not paying his debt to a Loan Shark who sought to make an example out of him.- Kick the Dog: Killing victims of loan sharks is not one of Tyler's most sympathetic of moments.
- Loan Shark: Another guy who fell victim to one (and Tyler at their behest.)
- Make an Example of Them: His death serves to do this for anyone else considering stiffing their Loan Shark of their "hard earned" money.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: He was murdered in the safety of his own home while pacing to and from the windows. He clearly wasn't expecting to be offed on the behalf of those he wronged.
Newspaper reader
Reason for death
UnknownDetails
A man killed while waiting for the train- Flat Character: All Tyler (and the player) is told is that this guy has to die. And he does. Though, nothing is ever learned about the poor fellow.
- Needle in a Stack of Needles: He's one of several waiting for the train station, though he's easily identified by the newspaper he reads. It even lands by his hand when he slumps down dead.
Construction worker
Reason for death
To gain insurance moneyDetails
A construction worker killed in an accident to gain insurance money- Bad Boss: The boss (Tyler's client) has his own employee murdered to make a bit of extra money. One can only hope he's sued to hell by the grieving family.
- Buried Alive: He's killed this way by the cement mixer he's working near.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He's crushed to death before he can sufforcate after being Buried Alive in cement.
- Gone Horribly Right: In the client's eyes. The workplace has been so safe that they haven't been able to claim insurance due to nobody dying on the job.
- Insurance Fraud: An even more sinister example than the father-in-law. An innocent man is brutally murdered in a way that looks like a tragic workplace accident so the unscrupulous boss can claim insurance money.
- Kick the Dog: Tyler causes a horrific workplace "accident" to help his client profit off such a murder.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: A requirement for the hit and a tactic to sell the lie to the insurance agency.
"Peaceful boatowner"
Reason for death
Unspeakably horrible crimesDetails
A boatowner killed while tending to his boat in the day.- Asshole Victim: While his crimes are never elaborated, they're apparently pretty heinous, meaning he almost certainly fits this trope unless the client is an Unreliable Narrator.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: As described in his briefing, he's a peaceful boat owner by day and a horrible man at night.
- Noodle Incident: What horrible crimes he's responsible for are as mysterious as he is.
- Villains Out Shopping: He's killed while innocously polishing his beloved boat.
Drug dealer
Reason for death
Selling drugs to childrenDetails
A drug dealer outside a liquor store and possibly one of the biggest Asshole Victims in the series- Asshole Victim: A drug dealer who targets children, it's clear his death is ten thousand times more useful than an anti-drug PSA could ever be.
- Hate Sink: Drug dealers are bad enough, but one who targets children is a special type of scum.
- Papa Wolf: The client hired Tyler (who is a loving father himself) to kill the dealer for targetting his children.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: His mission is when the wind and distance starts really becoming an issue, and without an upgraded gun, his face won't even be in the scope's view when he's shot.
- Would Hurt a Child: He sells drugs to kids, and it's implied he's done this many times.
Fake captain
Reason for death
Stealing someone's boat every fridayDetails
A fake captain who steals someone's boat each friday to support his sea of lies. He's killed while at the dockyard.- Asshole Victim: Boats are expensive, and an inexperienced captain could have cost the client millions. Such inconsideration makes it harder to feel too sorry for him when he meets his end.
- Even Evil Has Standards: While he's an unrepentant boat thief, he always returns it after using it.
- Hat of Authority: He's a fraud without his own boat, but his captain's hat is there to try and sell his image to others.
- It's All About Me: His entitlement makes him believe that he can take boats on joyrides to fill his own ego. He's brought down to and out of reality by Tyler with a simple reality check in the form of a bullet.
- Karmic Death: His captain Hat of Authority is used to identify and kill him.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: He's slain while in conversation with someone not wearing a captain's hat.
- Refuge in Audacity: His plan is so strange and idiotic that it's likely that the reason he even got away with it for more than a week was out of sheer disbelief from the client.
Another bouncer
Reason for death
So the same client as before can get into the clubDetails
A bouncer killed while bouncing outside another club the client happened to be banned from- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: It's likely the bum is either a drunkard or an imbecile, though the former would explain away his absurdly stupid escape attempt.
- Bouncer: Yet another bouncer who bounces for the last time due to guarding the doors on the wrong day.
- Disposable Vagrant: A hobo is also killed due to witnessing the crime, though he's crawling on the floor, indicating he may have been too drunk to comprehend the severity of what just happened.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Not letting someone into a club is not a justifiable reason for homicide.
- It's All About Me: The client values their need to party more than innocent lives, as shown by their willingness to have people murdered so they can indulge in the former.
- Kick the Dog: He was just doing his job, and didn't deserve to die on the orders of a narcissistic imbecile who wanted to party at a different nightclub.
- Leave No Witnesses: Some nearby bum is also assassinated due to witnessing the bum get killed.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: This is liberally employed so the client can enjoy a night of clubbing.
- Never My Fault: The client doesn't seem to be able to accept that taking responsibility and not doing the things that got you banned may be better than murdering innocent bouncers.
- Noodle Incident: What got the client banned from this nightclub (or the last one) is yet another mystery to add to the mysteries that plague Bumville.
- Running Gag: He's not even the first bouncer of the game to die because the client couldn't bear to be banned from a nightclub. They even reference the deja vu in the briefing.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The bum tries this, in the slowest example imaginable.
- Too Dumb to Live: In a likely case of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy, the bum's escape method is crawling right beside the target in the open to get to safety. It really doesn't work.
Act 3
"Neighboor"
Reason for death
Making the client's life a living hell with his annoying habitsDetails
An annoying neighbor killed in his apartment- Needle in a Stack of Needles: He acts differently but doesn't look differently than everyone else in the apartment complex. His hatred of plants makes it easier to identify and eliminate him.
- Noodle Incident: What his bad habits are is unclear.
- Plant Person: Averted. He absolutely despises plants, unlike most of the apartment dwellers who have several plants on their balcony.
Running man
Reason for death
Running from his misdeeds for too longDetails
A man living off the grid killed in his isolated abode.- Cruel and Unusual Death: He's shot in the head, and impaled with his own ax to boot.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He's sliced with his own ax after being shot in the head. He should be introduced to garden shears guy from the last game, as they'd have a lot in common.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: He's appartently been running from something all his life. Too bad that doesn't include Tyler's bullet.
- Noodle Incident: What's so bad that he's done that has caused him to run away from it for years is left unclear. It's apparently bad enough to warrant his death but considering how petty some clients are, it may just be the guy's paranoia.
- Running Gag: He's not the first guy to be comically struck with his own sharp object.
- Villains Out Shopping: This supposed fugitive is found and killed while chopping wood.
Two guys
Reason for death
Who the hell knows?Details
- Flat Character: Their mission is just an excuse to force Tyler to perform a double kill. There's less depth to the two of them combined than to most targets individually.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Killing them is quite the difficult feat even for Tyler, as it requires shooting both in the head from hundreds of meters away with the same bullet.
Soda thief
Reason for death
Stealing sodaDetails
A guy stealing soda from a subway- Blatant Lies: Yeah, stealing soda from vending machines will cause an entire subway network to go bankrupt. Sure...
- Disproportionate Retribution: The guy's killed for larceny. While what he's doing is wrong, so is killing him for such a minor crime.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life: Larceny earned him a bullet in the skull.
- Karmic Death: He's killed in the middle of another of his notorious heists.
- Refuge in Audacity: The guy has the balls to rob from the vending machines in a crowded subway, where people can easily see him. He's not exactly a criminal mastermind.
Richard Cowen
Reason for death
Destroying the South American rainforest with his factoriesDetails
A wealthy businessman with unscrupulous practices.- Asshole Victim: He's destroying the environment to make more money, so it's not too sad when Tyler destroys him to make some money.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He's destroying the rainforests to fill his own profits, which is a greedy and environmentally destructive way of maintaining his business.
- Greed: The only green he cares about is money.
- It's All About Me: His motto is pretty much "fuck the rainforests if they fuck with my income." He's a selfish and greedy man to the core.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: He's murdered while having a friendly chat with an acquaintance.
- Take That!: He's an Asshole Victim based on many Real Life corrupt businessmen who destroy South American rainforests for their own selfish ends.
- Villain with Good Publicity: He's a billionaire and famous businessman who is secretly exploiting the rainforests by destroying and polluting them with his factory's output.
Bob
Reason for death
Competing for votes against the mayorDetails
An aspiring politician killed during a campaign rally.- Conspicuously Public Assassination: Killed in the middle of a campaign speech, a rather public platform to kill a guy at.
- Corrupt Politician: It's not clear if he is one (though considering the game series he's from, he probably is) but the person who hires Tyler to kill him certainly is.
- Kick the Dog: A (likely) innocent man murdered to secure the election for a Corrupt Politician.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: He's assassinated while giving a speech to potential voters.
"Colleuge"
Reason for death
Becoming a "serious threat" to the clientDetails
A man killed while sailing with a friend- Cruel and Unusual Death: If the friend didn't die instantly from the bullet, he would have from drowning.
- Hope Spot: When the buddy successfully escapes the ship and is close to escaping, he's given an express pass to Davy Jones' locker with a Boom, Headshot!.
- Kick the Dog: His innocent friend is killed in order to Leave No Witnesses.
- Leave No Witnesses: His friend is killed alongside him as he tries to swin to safety.
- Noodle Incident: He apparently did something offscreen that made Tyler's client see him as a serious threat. It's never revealed what exactly this thing was, though he dies for it.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: His sailing buddy tries to swim to safety after the target is killed. Sadly, it doesn't save him from Tyler's rifle.
- Too Dumb to Live: He apparently told someone he was becoming a serious threat that he was out sailing, which would make him an easy target for a Professional Killer. This could be subverted though if he was merely an Unknown Rival to the client.
Slobs
Reason for death
Scaring away customersDetails
Some slobs killed while loitering.- Disproportionate Retribution: Loitering is about on the same level as jaywalking in terms of crime severity, yet these guys are killed for doing so.
- Fat Slob: They're apparently so slobbish that their mere prescence scares away customers from the store they loiter outside. They're killed for this.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Well, they're probably the least evil characters in the series (if "evil" is even the right term for them) and one of them is smoking.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life: Well, loitering, and more like end your life than ruin it. Well, the other loiterer will probably have his life ruined by witnessing his friend get murdered right in front of him.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: If one of them is assassinated, the other guy will hightail it, knowing that he'll die if he stays around. Fortunately, only one of them needs to die, as the main point of the assassination was to send a message rather than kill every last loiterer.
Guy with sciatica nerve problems
Reason for death
UnknownDetails
A guy who can't sit down made to lie down for an eternity while waiting at a bus stop.- Flat Character: His medical condition is given more focus than his personality or misdeeds.
- Noodle Incident: The client claims they've never hired an assassin before, so what drove them to this extreme is a mystery, as Tyler and the player are never given any insight into this guy's crimes.
Truck drivers
Reason for death
To stop their valuable shipment from reaching its destinationDetails
Two truckers killed while dealing with their broken down vehicle.- Epic Fail: Their truck has a habit of breaking down. Unfortunately, this leaves them open to a perfect assassination opportunity.
- The reason for the assassination could also be this, due to the sheer stupidity of the plot.
- Insane Troll Logic: They die to stop their shipment from reaching its destination but this merely delays the transfer of goods, as they're untouched during the assassination. Unless that was the goal, the assassination was pretty excessive.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: They're the targets instead of Tyler being paid to wreck their truck further.
- Stupid Crooks: The client is this, as his goal has already been achieved due to the truck breaking down. Not only does killing the drivers not ruin the products the truck is carrying, it also makes a simple sabotage mission turn into a double homicide, which is a far worse crime. If this guy is aiming to be Tyler's dumbest client, he's succeeding with flying colors.
Act 4
Bad dudes
Reason for death
Trying to shoot their dealersDetails
A group of criminals not happy to pay for a fair trade.- Asshole Victim: They're killed while trying to murder some other people who hadn't wronged them, so their deaths are cathartic rather than another example of Kick the Dog from Tyler.
- Genre Savvy: The client is smart enough to ask Tyler for backup before going to the deal, and even has guns on hand in case Tyler can't act fast enough. He's Crazy-Prepared and intelligent to boot, with it seeming like Tyler might not have needed to be there after all.
- Karmic Death: They're killed in an ambush while trying to abruptly shoot their sellers to death.
- Killing in Self-Defense: They're killed to stop them from murdering Tyler's clients, so their death is completely justified.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: What they try to employ on their sellers and what is used on them.
- Properly Paranoid: The client is worried the deal will go south and asks Tyler to watch over it. That's exactly what happens and his life is saved due to Tyler's intervention.
Grocer
Reason for death
UnknownDetails
A man killed while working at a grocery store.- Flat Character: His place of work is the only detail known about him, with his motivations, personality, and reason for death not being elaborated.
- Noodle Incident: He apparently did something that made someone want him dead. What is yet another mystery in the enigmatic world of Bumville.
Pond fisher
Reason for death
Who knows?Details
A man killed while fishing at the pond.- Flat Character: Yet another character who pissed off someone and paid the price for it.
- Noodle Incident: What he did when he wasn't fishing at the pond all day was apparently enough to justify his death in the eyes of the client. It's unknown what it was.
Dealer
Reason for death
Trying to shoot the same client who asked Tyler for protection several levels agoDetails
Another trigger-happy dealer killed before he can kill the client- Asshole Victim: He got shot before he could murder his seller. He then had his briefcase stolen for added insult to injury.
- Karmic Death: He's shot before he can shoot the client.
- Killing in Self-Defense: While the deal was probably for contraband, it's undeniable that Tyler saved the client from a lethal shot to the head.
- Running Gag: Mr. Williams likes putting himself in harm's way for his risky deals it seems.
Drug dealers
Reason for death
Selling drugs by someone's farmDetails
Some drug dealers killed to stop the police from snooping around the farm- Asshole Victim: While they're killed for a selfish reason, it's hard to feel bad that they died.
- Evil vs. Evil: The client is a farmer who states he has skeletons in his closet he isn't fond of the police discovering. He hires Tyler to execute several drug dealers. Who is worse out of the two groups is unknown.
- Insane Troll Logic: The client states he wants these dealers gone to stop the police from being alerted of the illegal events happening inside the farm, though a murder investigation would likely ruffle the feathers of law enforcement more than drug dealers, meaning this farmer is a collosal moron.
- Rule of Three: The three drugsketeers are slain in one swoop.
- Stealth-Based Mission: The three of them have to be eliminated in an order that doesn't alert the others that their buddy just got snuffed out.
Park visitors
Reason for death
Being disruptiveDetails
Some park visitors killed to make the place quieter.- Disproportionate Retribution: Littering and making noise is a pain in the ass, but to kill someone for being disruptive and inconsiderate is a lousy justification for your actions.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life: The visitors are either killed or traumatized for trivial offences which would usually get you a stern talking to in the most extreme circumstances.
- Kick the Dog: This task is up there as one of the dumbest reasons Tyler has been asked to kill someone.
"Forrest" cutters
Reason for death
Cutting down treesDetails
Two lumberjacks killed on the behalf of a tree-loving client.- Death by Irony: These tree cutters are victims of a falling branch.
- Death from Above: They're crushed to death with a tree branch that is dislodged by Tyler's bullets.
- Disproportionate Retribution: In Real Life, tree cutting is a contentious subject, but most people agree that those who cut down trees shouldn't be brutally murdered.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: Ballistic markings aside, this is how the deaths are made to look, as it would disrupt further tree cutting as the police got to the bottom of things.
Bully
Reason for death
BullyingDetails
A bully killed while diving off a diving board- Asshole Victim: He's a bully and bullies suck, so no tears are shed for this Jerkass.
- The Bully: What he is and what leads to a contract being put on him.
- Bully Hunter: Tyler becomes one on his client's behalf.
Bean flickers owner
Reason for death
So the business can be handed over to the next in lineDetails
An indoorsy business owner killed while working.- Ambition Is Evil: Not him but the client, who dreams of running the store, no matter what he has to do to speed up the changing of hands.
- Kick the Dog: A hard working old man is killed because someone else also has their eyes on running the cafe.
- Unfortunate Names: Maybe it's an In-Universe example of Getting Crap Past the Radar but naming a cafe after a sexual innuendo isn't exactly the best choice.
Mountain climber
Reason for death
Escaping multiple assassination attemptsDetails
A man who has cheated death several times. He meets his end at the hands of a skilled Professional Killer while hiking.- Assassination Attempt: He's survived several. Tyler makes sure this pattern comes to an end when he's finished with the guy.
- Born Lucky: The guy is able to cheat death multiple times before encountering Tyler, who brings his luck to a halt with a single bullet.
- Noodle Incident: What he's done to make him the target of several assassination attempts is left unclear.
Fancy waiter
Reason for death
UnknownDetails
A man working in a fancy restaurant when he's killed.- Conspicuously Public Assassination: He's shot to death while serving food in a crowded restaurant.
- Noodle Incident: There's a reason why he's killed on the orders of the client years after whatever he did, though Tyler's left out of the loop about what he did.
- Revenge: The reason the client wants him dead, though why he wants revenge on him is one more Noodle Incident to add to the already long list of them.
Guts brother
Reason for death
Becoming too successfulDetails
A businessman and part of a Sibling Team killed to weaken the business.- Greed: The reason for his death is rooted solely in financial motivations.
- Kick the Dog: There's no indication that he's corrupt, and it seems that he's killed in a case of Removing the Rival.
- Removing the Rival: He's killed on the behest of a rival businessman who is worried that he and his brother are getting too powerful.
- Sibling Team: He's part of one and killed to remove a key player from it.
Final act
Briefcase guy
Reason for death
Possibly his briefcaseDetails
A guy killed outside aunt fatty's.- Killed Mid-Sentence: He dies while talking to some no briefcasing having pleb.
- Needle in a Stack of Needles: He looks identical to most stickmen in the series, only recognisable by his conspicuous briefcase which he's killed holding.
- Noodle Incident: Why he's killed is unknown. It does make the client "happy," so there's that.
Boss
Reason for death
Ripping his employee offDetails
A safety helmet wearing guy killed while at the workplace.- Asshole Victim: He's killed for swindling his employee out of a fair deal.
- Bad Boss: An evil variation. He ripped off his own employee out of greed.
- Bullying a Dragon: He pissed off someone he thought would't retaliate. Too bad they had an assassin on standby.
- Death by Irony: His safety helmet doesn't save him from a Boom, Headshot!.
- Greed: Greedy enough to rip off his employee, so it's a given that he's forced to pay the price.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: He dies while chatting away with an employee.
Vandal
Reason for death
VandalismDetails
A vandal killed while tagging.- Disproportionate Retribution: They're killed for an annoying misdemenour, which isn't a punishment that fits the crime.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: These gangsters try to keep it family friendly with the tagging, showing they're at least a bit considerate towards easily offended pedestrians.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life: They die for a rather minor crime.
- Karmic Death: A bit of red is added to their vandalism. Too bad that red happens to be their blood.
- Oh, Crap!: The other vandals make a hasty retreat as soon as a gunshot is fired, sparing them from a similar demise.
- Recycled Premise: The exact same mission happened in the second game. The only slight difference is the Gosh Dang It to Heck! grafitti.
Saboteur
Reason for death
Stealing classified blueprintsDetails
A mole for a rival company killed before he can escape with important blueprints.- Asshole Victim: His theft could have sent an entire business belly up so his death doesn't tug too hard at the heartstrings.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: A saboteur masquerading as just another hardworking employee.
- Bullying a Dragon: It wasn't the best decision to steal blueprints from people who would hire an assassin out of retribution.
- Hope Spot: He's already at the train station with escape only a few minutes away before the bullet train (minus the train) reaches him first.
- The Mole: He was secretly planning to steal blueprints while working for the client's company.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He wisely decides to flee right after finishing his act of espionage.
Bastard and son drug manufacturers
Reason for death
Stealing a rival drug business' earnings by being a competitionDetails
Drug lab employees wiped out to secure profits for their rivals.- Asshole Victim: Even if the client isn't much better than these guys, they're still drug manufacturers killed due to their illegal occupation.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: They hide their illegal drug empire underneath a legitimate seeming auto shop. They're even killed at the auto shop.
- Death by Irony: One of the mechanics is killed due to his work and headgear drowning out the sound of his co-workers being shot to death.
- Evil vs. Evil: The client who administers their assassination is a rival drug production empire.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: One of the trio is lighting a cigarette when he's lit up by Tyler.
- Honest John's Dealership: They hide their drug empire under the "innocent sounding" Bastard and son auto emporium.
- Rule of Three: They're yet another trio of drug producers to be killed by Tyler.
- Stealth-Based Mission: The three of them have to be killed in a way that prevents the alarm from being raised.
Comic nerd v. 2
Reason for death
Stealing comicsDetails
A comic nerd who is blocking off the comic store so he can read a comic he just stole.- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: He's trespassing in a store he's banned from, scares away customers due to his repulsive nature, and is casually reading a comic outside that he recently stole.
- Disproportionate Retribution: This idiotic loser probably didn't deserve to die for his rather minor misdeed.
- Evil Nerd: He's a thief and a nerd who really likes comic books and really hates paying for them.
- Laughably Evil: He's too pathetic to be taken even the tiniest bit seriously, even for a petty thief.
- Recycled Premise: This guy is just a slightly ballsier criminal than the Evil Nerd near the start of the game.
- Refuge in Audacity:He's standing there while reading a comic he just stole right outside the shop where anyone could arrest or assassinate him. He's truly the D.B Cooper of the clear vision series.
- Stupid Crooks: He had to have known he'd be caught, and must have thought that reading this specific comic was worth the consequences. Too bad he didn't anticipate a bullet to the dome being one of them.
Wu Watt Warehouse employee
Reason for death
Harassing the clientDetails
A belligerant employee killed for his actions while at work.- Asshole Victim: While he probably didn't deserve to die, it's portrayed as satisfying due to this guy's dickishness.
- Bad Boss: He's as bad an employee, but the client (his boss Mr Wu) did hire an assassin to murder him for a trivial reason.
- Berserk Button: This guy found out the hard way he pressed it by getting up in the client's face one too many times.
- Bullying a Dragon: Mr Wu saw to it that the employee paid with his life for his rudeness.
- Disproportionate Retribution: The guy is a Jerkass for sure, but not one who deserves to be killed.
- Hate Sink: He's a rare example of a mere Jerkass who is made to be totally unlikable to make killing him less morally reprehensible.
- Jerkass: An unlikable and rude man who is enough of a dick to bully the man paying his salary.
- Karmic Death: He's killed while berating his employer.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: He's murdered while berating his boss.
Crippler
Reason for death
Crippling the client's sonDetails
A man killed after being kneecapped as revenge by the client.- Asshole Victim: He beat someone bad enough to paralyse them, so it's easy to think he gets what is coming to him.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He get his knee shattered by a bullet and then is put down by a shot to the head while writhing in agony.
- Karmic Death: He's crippled before being executed, just like how he put someone in a wheelchair.
- Knee Capping: He's shot in the knee before being put down like a lame horse.
- Recycled Premise: While the mission story is very different, the objective is a carbon copy from the Knee Capping mission of the first game's DLC.
Bonus mission targets
Stewart
Reason for death
Stealing a paintingDetails
A man interrogated for stealing a painting- Asshole Victim: While the killing method is cruel, he did steal a very valuable painting, making him a particuarly noteworthy and extreme thief.
- Partially averted as while he is covering for the real culprit, he isn't the mastermind of the theft.
- Bullying a Dragon: Shouts curses and insults at the man torturing him. It makes one wonder what he's like when not at the mercy of Tyler.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: He's held upside down over a pool to get him to spill the beans about the whereabouts of the beautiful painting he stole.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He can die from being drowned while hanging upside down and helpless to do anything about it.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Like car dude from the first game, he's subjected to one to get him to cough up the whereabouts of the painting he stole.
- Jerk Ass Has A Point: He's right in saying that Tyler is a psychopath, though this is probably only because he's the current victim of his psychopathy.
- Kick the Dog: As in previous games, he can be killed after he gives up the needed information.
- Not Me This Time: He didn't steal the painting, but he's covering for the culprit.
- Optional Boss: He's only a target if the player has the super rare premium currency. Interrogating him nets a far greater reward than normal missions.
- Pet the Dog: In this game, it's possible to spare him, leaving him only worse for the wear rather than a soaking corpse.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: He utters a lot of curses out of stress from his current situation. And it's not bleeped out this time, which shows that shit's getting fucking real for the third game.
- Undying Loyalty: To the true culprit of the robbery, who he refuses to snitch on.
John M. Casey
Reason for death
Stealing a relic and trying to rip off the people he stole it from.Details
A man tortured in his car- Asshole Victim: A thief who targetted the same people in two different ways, he's certainly this, even if the information gathering he's subjected to is extreme.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: He's given a brutal dose of this, just as John was in the first game.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He can be crushed to death while trapped inside his car.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Torture is used to coerce a confession from him.
- Optional Boss: He's accessed with premium currency and doesn't have to be encountered to beat the game.
- Reused Character Design: As well as mission dialogue and gameplay mechanics. He's a slightly modified version of the car torture victim from the first game. He's even referred to Paul (which was his name in the first game,) despite being named John in the briefing.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike in the first game, this guy can be spared from death by compaction.
Juan Cortez
Reason for death
Stealing a valuable item.Details
A reskin of Ron, the torture victim of the second game.- Cold-Blooded Torture: What he's subjected to in his mission.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Sliced in half groin first with a buzzsaw.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: The methods for getting him to talk are generally not encouraged by most law enforcement.
- Optional Boss: He's an optional fight, available for those with enough premium currency to unlock him.
- Reused Character Design: He's pretty much the Ron (down to the mission gameplay) with a few cosmetic stickers slapped on and around him.
- Spared by the Adaptation: It's up to the player, but it's an option Ron was never granted.
Juan Cortez (the other one)
Reason for death
Being a druglordDetails
A druglord always flanked by buildings and walls. He's killed with an infrared scope.- Asshole Victim: He's a drug kingpin so it's hard to mourn it when he kicks the bucket.
- Genre Savvy: He never opens himself up to a potential attacker by giving them a clear vision of him. Too bad he didn't anticipate Tyler shooting him through a wall.
- Optional Boss: Yet another bonus mission that can be avoided if the player doesn't feel like coughing up real life money to encounter and kill him.
Billy Jones, Travis Benton, and Kylie Oneil
Reason for death
Being notorious fugitivesDetails
Three fugitives killed for their bounty.- Asshole Victim: They're a trio of wanted criminals, so it's safe to say the world's better with them out of it.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: They'd evaded justice until they met Tyler and his handy rifle.
- Properly Paranoid: They're laying low in the countryside so as not to fall within the reach of authorities. Too bad Tyler gets to them instead.
- Rule of Three: They're yet another trio of unsavory types just waiting to be assassinated.
- Stealth-Based Mission: The three have to be killed in a quiet way, so as not to alert the others.
