History Characters / HotlineMiami

* DeathSeeker: By the time Jacket raids Fisker's mansion, she's been kept for an unknown amount of time forcibly drugged and tied to a bed to be used as his SexSlave. After Jacket [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally murders Fisker]] and indeed ''everyone else in the mansion'', Hooker just asks him to get it over with and kill her too. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Jacket instead carries her gently out of the building and takes her home to nurse her to health.]] [[spoiler:Sadly, by the time she's grown out of this mentality and is implied to have gotten together with Jacket, 50 Blessings has her killed.]]

* BatterUp: The very first weapon Jacket gets to try out is a baseball bat.

* BadassNormal: More so than Jacket, since he relies only on two weapons (a cleaver and three throwing knives) and doesn't wear any special masks.

* HiddenDepths: Biker is implied to be a DJ and/or musician, as a hobby if nothing else, judging from the turntables and keytar in his apartment. He also seems to be quite skilled with computers.

* PyschoKnifeNut: Though its debatable how much Biker enjoys killing people, he uses a cleaver and can throw knives.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:After striking her with a heavy trophy, Jacket has to let her crawl around on the floor in pain before finding a position to kill her where he won't be left vulnerable to The Underboss's attacks.]]

* InstantDeathRadius: Don't even think about trying to melee her with that trophy, because she ''will'' kill you dead with that katana.

* TheMafiya

* DropTheHammer: In the tutorial, his first weapon is a hammer that he uses against the two remaining thugs before going upstairs. It's also his main weapon in the digital comic and he uses it to bludgeon the Casey family to death.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the head of the Mafiya of the 90's and is arguably his organization's most dangerous killer.

* DropTheHammer: Averted. Despite his name and his trailer showing him holding a hammer as a weapon, he can't do that in-game.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Rage Mode aside, Evan is the sole playable character in ''Hotline Miami'' who can complete a level without killing anybody. Consequently, he's also the only character who never encounters any Dogs or Thugs in his levels, as the Level Editor shows that his non-lethal playstyle simply wasn't built with them in mind.

* CloseRangedCombatant: Unlike most other playable characters in both ''Hotline Miami'' games, Biker has very little beyond his three throwing knives for long-range engagements and can't pick up any firearms at all as a result, meaning you have to be really quick up close, and very precise with those knives of his. On the bright side, he can dispatch Thugs in a single hit in ''Wrong Number's'' level editor, unlike Tony or The Son's Dirty Hands.

* AdvertisedExtra: Sort of. He appears on ''UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}'' trading cards and has his own emoticons, and he is even the tutorial narrator of all characters. But his actual role in the story is incredibly minor compared to what could be expected.

* YouDirtyRat: Wears a rat mask, is another assassin who tries to kill Jacket, and is a {{Jerkass}} to Jacket during the store segments. Later subverted entirely in ''Wrong Number''.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the CowboyCop. [[spoiler:He's a bloodthirsty psychopath using his dangerous profession to release his violent urges and hides behind his badge to justify his actions. He's worse than those he goes against and completely self serving.]]

* AttentionWhore: [[spoiler: His reason for being the Miami Mutilator is to gain fame for solving the case.]]