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Tony Montana
Antonio "Tony" Montana
Voiced by: André Sogliuzzo
- Adaptational Heroism: In spades. In contrast to his self-destructive personality in the film, Tony manages to be more self-conscious, remedying most of his more negative aspects and is fighting people far worse than him in terms of evil.
- The Atoner: He swears off coke after escaping the mansion raid and in general makes a conscious effort to clean himself up as to avoid the mistakes that caused his first drug empire to collapse.
- Ax-Crazy: Of course, this side of his personality is still there. After learning that the Diaz brothers killed his mother, he completely loses his head and goes on a murderous rampage with a chainsaw. Furthermore, he is more than willing to wipe entire gangs with his Carbine Assault Rifle.
- Badass Boast: Particularly in his dialogues.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: As expected from Tony Montana.
- Benevolent Boss: He's generally a decent employer and treats his associates in a very friendly way. After hiring one of Sosa's goons as a butler, he's shown to be friendly with him in the ending, and even good-naturedly ribs him a little.
- Character Development: Since his narrow escape from death, he's changed for the better. He's quit his coke habit, become nicer, and learned to use his anger rather than letting it use him.
- The Don: Becomes one after Sosa's death.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After Sosa's death.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He loses it when he learns that the Diaz Brothers had his mother killed.
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- See Never Hurt an Innocent.
- When he hears that Nacho is a rapist, he's clearly disgusted.
- Heel Realization: After the Mansion Shootout, he berates himself for his downfall and regrets killing Manny. Then he vows his vendetta against Sosa.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being rude and hotheaded, he's much more moral and good than other drug lords.
- Kick The Son Of A Bitch: In the game, all his victims fall under this definition.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: Tony's still not a good person by any means, but he's practically a saint compared to most of his enemies. His refusal to hurt innocent bystanders alone puts him well above them.
- Made of Iron: He is practically unstoppable when he is angry enough.
- My Greatest Failure: He voices his regrets over having killed Manny and contributing to the death of his sister.
- Noble Demon: Compared with Sosa and Nacho, Tony has morals. It's reflected even in-game, where he refuses to shoot civilians.
- Never Hurt an Innocent: More than you expect from your average Sandbox game. While he has no problem murdering gangsters and cops, he completely refuses to murder innocents.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Basically, the whole premise of the game can be summed up in this trope.
- Sanity Slippage: Averted. This time, Tony is much more sane, intelligent and reasonable.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Whereas Tony in the film is shot during the mansion shootout, here, he manages to kill his would-be assassin and flee his manor just as Sosa's and later the Police take over.
- Stepford Smiler: Being friendly and talkative toward everyone that isn't out for his blood. However, he still hold his deep seated regret toward Manny and Gina's death, and his monologues reflect that.
- Straight Edge Evil: Swears off using cocaine after the introduction, doesn't stop him from selling it though.
- Took a Level in Kindness: One of many ways he's learned from his mistakes is that he's far more pleasant to everyone, so long as they cooperate with him.
- Villain Protagonist: Less so than the film, but he's still a ruthless drug lord, after all. In fact, the whole premise of the game revolves around his forming the most powerful drug empire in Miami, eliminating his rivals in the process and finally becoming the most powerful man in Miami.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Even more evident than before in the film. After the deaths of Manny, his sister and especially his mother, Tony is clearly devastated.
The Sandman
The Sandman
"I just want a safe place to sell my goods. You have respect for this business, Tony. You are someone I can trust."
Voiced by: Steven Bauer
A mysterious, yet friendly drug lord who has drug business in the islands.
- Affably Evil: Despite being a hardened drug lord, he's very friendly, polite and civil.
- Arch-Enemy: To Sosa and the Colombian Cartel.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: He wears a nice suit and is very capable in a gunfight, after all.
- Bald of Authority: He's bald and runs the entire operation on the islands, until he sells Tony his Drug business.
- Cool Shades: He never takes off his sunglasses.
- Expy: He has a lot of features in common with Manny Ribera, such as the same vivid colors in his suit and the fact that he's voiced by Steven Bauer, the same actor who played Manny in the film.
- Foil: To Sosa. Both are the biggest drug suppliers and both maintain a friendly and civil attitude towards people, but while Sosa is disloyal, cold and ruthless, the Sandman is loyal and never acts against Tony.
- Rule of Cool: He's seems to live around this trope.
Alejandro Sosa
Alejandro "Alex" Sosa
"So, how's this going to work, Tony? How do we solve our problem?"
Voiced by: Robert Davi
The main antagonist of the game, as well as Tony's main target.
- Arch-Enemy: To both Montana and the Sandman.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Should one pass on the chance of using Rage Mode during the shootout against him, he can and will give Tony a run for his money. Pretty impressive for someone who's only been sending his goons to deal with Tony up until this point.
- Big Bad: While he's in a Big Bad Ensemble with Gaspar Gomez and Nacho Contreras, Sosa is the Final Boss.
- Cornered Rattlesnake: Upon finally being cornered by Tony, he chooses to fight him rather than flee or accept defeat.
- Defiant to the End: Even when Tony has him at gunpoint, in his own mansion, and after wiping out the last of his goons and high ranking associates (prety much crippling his empire), he still tries to taunt his former associate, completely in denial of his defeat.
- Evil Sounds Deep: In this game, his voice is even deeper thanks to Robert Davi's delivery.
- Final Boss: He is the final enemy to kill throughout the entire storyline.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: In the video game, Tony's survival is the beginning of the end for him, and Tony proceeds to destroy his entire enterprise and biggest allies before cornering him in his own mansion in a reflection of the film's climax.
- Last Villain Stand: When Tony comes gunning for him, he doesn't try to flee or beg for his life. Instead, he gets in a gunfight with him.
- Non-Action Big Bad: Subverted. While he does spend most of the game away from all the shooting, once Tony corners him in his own mansion, he chooses to fight back, and can potentially kill Tony if the player is caught off-guard or chooses not to use Rage Mode.
- Punch-Packing Pistol: He wields a Desert Eagle during his final battle with Tony that does a staggering amount of damage if the player opts to fight him without using Rage Mode.
- Villainous Valor: Despite Tony wiping out his private army and cornering him in his own mansion, he decides to make a last, desperate stand by attempting to shoot it out with his former associate.
- Would Hurt a Child: During his final confrontation with Tony, he tries to justify targeting children if it means that he can get his drugs into the US. Tony, of course, is having nothing of it, and simply proceeds to fight and kill him.
Gaspar Gomez
Gaspar Gomez
Voiced by: Cheech Marin
- Affably Evil: Unlike Sosa and Nacho, he has a very civil, casual demeanor.Gaspar: I heard about your mother. Montana. I just wanted to pass along my condolences and to say that the Diaz Brothers got what's coming to them.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Sosa and Nacho Contreras.
- The Dragon: To Sosa.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Saying that the Diaz Brothers deserve what happened to them.
Nacho Contreras
Nacho "El Gordo" Contreras
Voiced by: Miguel Sandoval
- Adaptational Villainy: In the film, Nacho barely appears and only had a brief cameo. In the game, however, he's pure evil.
- Asshole Victim: After being shot by Tony himself, this bastard is devoured by a shark seconds later.
- Bad Boss: He clearly forced several people to work in their illegal business.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Sosa and Gaspar Gomez.
- Dirty Coward: He is an absolutely depraved man, but when the gunfight starts, he runs and sends his minions.
- Fat Bastard: He is obese and a ruthless drug lord and human trafficker.
- Hate Sink: Unlike Sosa, he absolutely lacks of cool qualities, being a man who would do things like raping (or beating) women, killing women and human trafficking. He's also a Dirty Coward.
- Karmic Death: He beats and rapes women, then throws their bodies overboard to feed the sharks. Tony only wounded him while he was swimming away, letting a shark eat him instead.
- Offscreen Villainy: Venus talks about how he was a rapist who throws his victims into the ocean where they get eaten by sharks, but we only see him try and kill Tony.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He calls Tony "a Cuban piece of shit."
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Tony is visibly disgusted when he learns that Nacho has a reputation of raping women.
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Possibly. He's a human trafficker, after all.
- Would Hit a Girl: If Venus's dialogue is any indication.
The Skull
The Skull
- Cool Shades: He's always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses, even at night. Makes him look very similar to a Terminator.
- Death by Cameo: In his short screentime, he's shown approaching Tony from behind, much like in the film. Here however, Tony fills him with lead before he can even fire a shot on his intended victim.
- The Dragon: To Sosa. He does whatever dirty work Sosa doesn't want to do.
- Death by Adaptation: Whereas he gets away with killing Tony in the film, here, he gets shot for his trouble.
- Karmic Death: Tony blasts him with his assault rifle before he can fatally shoot him.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Here, he's taken out by Tony in the first mission, setting the stage for Tony's Roaring Rampage of Revenge against Sosa.
- The Quiet One: Doesn't speak much, if at all.
- Shotguns Are Just Better: Wields a shotgun during the assault on Tony's mansion. In the game, it's a pump-action instead of a double barrel as shown in the movie.
- Starter Villain: The first major villain Tony is shown fighting, and is also the first to go down.
The Diaz Brothers
Edgar and Alfonso
- Dirty Coward: Both brothers flee from the sight of Tony. Especially Alfonso, who'll take off in a muscle car the moment Edgar is killed.
- "Get Back Here!" Boss: Neither brother is willing to fight Tony head on, letting their mooks do the fighting while they flee.
- Would Hit a Girl: Murders Tony's mother, causing Tony to go ballistic.
