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* FashionVictimVillain: wears a pink padded jacket, has dyed-blue hair, wears a hairband, and enjoys decorating with the colors pink and purple.
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!!The Producer
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* DegradedBoss: Becomes a regular enemy in the last few levels.
* EyeScream: Jacket kills him by gouging his eyes out.
* MadeOfIron: He is immune to melee attacks and is more resistant against guns.
* ScaryBlackMan

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* [[spoiler: DefiantToTheEnd: If you kill one of them, the other one will flip the Biker off.]]
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* PinballProtagonist: Goes through the whole game apparently never questioning what he's doing [[spoiler: and is played like a fiddle by the Janitors through the whole game.]] Richard even tells him just before his RoaringRampageOfRevenge that nothing he does from that point on will mean anything.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: after striking her with the trophy from the wall, 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 TheMafiya boss's attacks.
* LightIsNotGood: wears a sparkly, sequined pink jacket and has light hair.


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* EvilIsHammy: Biker seems to get an obvious thrill out of confronting the other assassins and has a very dramatic attitude.
* FashionVictimVillain: wears a pink padded jacket, has dyed-blue hair, wears a hairband, and enjoys decorating with the colors pink and purple.
* InformedAbility: 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.

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The player character, a bloodthirsty assassin who takes orders from his answering machine. Also known as the Hitman.



* BloodKnight: He mocks the Hitman for possibly enjoying his killing spree.

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* BloodKnight: He mocks the Hitman Jacket for possibly enjoying his killing spree.



* MoralityPet: Possibly. [[spoiler: After she's dead, Hitman goes straight after her assassin, going as far as clearing the police department of all the cops inside, just so he can give him a nice good punch, and if you want, kill him too.]]
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: After killing the security guard at the end of part one, she begs the Hitman to do the same. He instead [[PetTheDog takes her back to his place as her new home.]]

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* MoralityPet: Possibly. [[spoiler: After she's dead, Hitman Jacket goes straight after her assassin, going as far as clearing the police department of all the cops inside, just so he can give him a nice good punch, and if you want, kill him too.]]
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: After killing the security guard at the end of part one, she begs the Hitman Jacket to do the same. He instead [[PetTheDog takes her back to his place as her new home.]]



A man who seems to be taking over for Beard at a few stores and bars. [[spoiler:He is sent to kill Jacket, but only succeds in killing Hooker. Jacket later finds him and either kills him or leaves him.]]

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A man who seems to be taking over for Beard at a few stores and bars. [[spoiler:He is sent to kill Jacket, but only succeds succeeds in killing Hooker. Jacket later finds him and either kills him or leaves him.]]
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* OnlySixFaces: His face is the exact same as Beard's, minus hair and glasses. Whether this means anything, or the artist was just being lazy, is unknown.
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Good Old Fisticuffs carries a specific connotation of being a styleless brawler.


* GoodOldFisticuffs: He cannot equip any weapons at all.

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* GoodOldFisticuffs: BareFistedMonk: He cannot equip any weapons at all.
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An actor portraying Jacket-as-Aubrey in a movie.

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An actor portraying Jacket-as-Aubrey in a movie.
the movie ''Midnight Animal''.
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* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:While Jacket's character is rather ambiguous, the Biker is much more openly psychotic, wishing to get out of the assassination game because he finds it ''boring'']].
** [[spoiler: Of course, he's only a villain in the sense that he is bloodthirsty. He opposes the Janitors, can spare the workers at Phonehom, and doesn't kill informants needlessly. YourMileageMayVary, but he's either a VillainProtagonist or an UnscrupulousHero]].

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* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:While Jacket's character is rather ambiguous, the Biker is much more openly psychotic, wishing to get out of the assassination game because he finds it ''boring'']].
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''boring''. Of course, he's only a villain in the sense that he is bloodthirsty. He opposes the Janitors, can spare the workers at Phonehom, and doesn't kill informants needlessly. YourMileageMayVary, but he's either a VillainProtagonist or an UnscrupulousHero]].
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* SanitySlippage



* BloodKnight: Unlike Jacket, there is no question that the Biker loves killing.

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* BloodKnight: Unlike Jacket, there is no question that the Biker loves killing. On the opposite side of the coin, unlike Jacket, [[spoiler:Biker seems to be able to keep this under control when he wants to.]]




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** [[spoiler: Of course, he's only a villain in the sense that he is bloodthirsty. He opposes the Janitors, can spare the workers at Phonehom, and doesn't kill informants needlessly. YourMileageMayVary, but he's either a VillainProtagonist or an UnscrupulousHero]].
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* KillEmAll: Subverted. He'll lay waste to all the thugs, but he can spare some people, and you have the option to [[spoiler: not kill anyone at pheromone, and the janitors at the end.]]

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* KillEmAll: Subverted. He'll lay waste to all the thugs, but he can spare some people, and you have the option to [[spoiler: not kill anyone at pheromone, Phonehom, and the janitors at the end.]]
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* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs



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-->Agile and flexible

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* GoodOldFisticuffs: He cannot equip any weapons at all.



* TheQuietOne

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TheQuietOne: This does not make him any less violent than the others though.

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!!Corey

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The leader of the fans who somehow managed to get a hold of Jacket's tiger mask.

!!Corey
One of the fans, with a zebra mask.

* TheQuietOne
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!!Pig Butcher

!!Corey

!!Tony

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A biker whom decided to take matters in his own hands. [[spoiler: He has a vital role in his own chapters, although he is killed by Jacket. Whether he or Jacket actually died, is up to the player to find out.]]

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A biker whom An assassin involved with the phonecalls who decided to take matters in his own hands. [[spoiler: He has a vital role in his own chapters, although he is killed by Jacket. Whether he or Jacket actually died, is up to the player to find out.]]



* [[spoiler: AwfulTruth: They will mock the Biker for not getting the big picture, and tell him that he's better off killing them anyway.]]

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* [[spoiler: AuthorAvatar: They physically resemble cactus and Dennis Wedin. Their dialog not only alludes to independent game development, but it is more or less addressed to the player, telling them that the only thing that matters was that they had some fun from the experience]].
* [[spoiler: AwfulTruth: They will mock the Biker for not getting the big picture, picture if he doesn't read their files, and tell him that he's better off killing them anyway.]]


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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:If Biker manages to unlock the password to their computer and read their files, they're shocked that he actually did so.]]

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* KillEmAll: Everyone he can reach to is dead by the time he leaves. Except for his girlfriend.



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: After learning about his girlfriend being assassinated, he escapes from the hospital, gets his regular outfit on, and mows through a precinct full of cops just to nearly (or fully if you want) kill the assassin.]]



* FigureItOutYourself: Richard encourages the Hitman to do just that. [[spoiler: In the end, he told him that he'll never see the big picture. The sad thing is that it's technically true.]]
* TheGenericGuy: This mask has no special characteristic aside from possibly revealing the Hitman's name, if [[spoiler: Richter's mask is to be believed.]]



A man wearing an owl mask. He wears the same clothes as the mobster, Jacket kills.

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A man wearing an owl mask. He wears the same clothes as the mobster, mobster Jacket kills.
killed and continues killing.

* BloodKnight: He mocks the Hitman for possibly enjoying his killing spree.
* SeeThruSpecs: Technically. This mask makes all the secret items [[MadeOfShiny more obvious to spot.]]



* MoralityPet: Possibly. [[spoiler: After she's dead, Hitman goes straight after her assassin, going as far as clearing the police department of all the cops inside, just so he can give him a nice good punch, and if you want, kill him too.]]
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: After killing the security guard at the end of part one, she begs the Hitman to do the same. He instead [[PetTheDog takes her back to his place as her new home.]]




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The man that the Hitman sees after the end of every chapter. [[spoiler: Well, ''almost'' every chapter.]] He provides the Hitman some free merchandise when he comes by.

* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim: He is apparently murdered in part three. All the three places he'd normally be.]]
* MuggleBestFriend: He always gives something to the Hitman. He even gets genuinely worried for him later on.
* NiceGuy


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* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: If you collect all the puzzle pieces, Biker learns the truth of what was going on. It doesn't phase him from either leaving the job or killing the people responsible.]]


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* 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.


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* KillEmAll: Subverted. He'll lay waste to all the thugs, but he can spare some people, and you have the option to [[spoiler: not kill anyone at pheromone, and the janitors at the end.]]


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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: He decided that he wouldn't bother to beg for his life as he's sure Jacket will kill him.]]
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler: He said he had no ill-feelings towards his girlfriend when he shot her.]]


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[[spoiler: The duo behind the conspiracy to wipe out the Russian mafia to make America strong. They do this by hiring their hitmen and threatening to come after them if they don't do their jobs.]]

* [[spoiler: AwfulTruth: They will mock the Biker for not getting the big picture, and tell him that he's better off killing them anyway.]]
* [[spoiler: DialogueTree: The only time the Biker has the option to select what to say, and none of them lead to anything helpful.]]
* [[spoiler: PsychoticSmirk: They give one to Jacket whenever he walks by. They also give one to the biker when he interrogates them. [[OhCrap They wipe it off when he reveals the password of their computer to him, admitting the truth.]] ]]
* WalkingSpoiler
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* NoNameGiven: Like Jacket, the game doesn't give him a name of any sorts.
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* [[spoiler:ViilainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:While Jacket's character is rather ambiguous, the Biker is much more openly psychotic, wishing to get out of the assassination game because he finds it ''boring'']].

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* [[spoiler:ViilainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:While Jacket's character is rather ambiguous, the Biker is much more openly psychotic, wishing to get out of the assassination game because he finds it ''boring'']].

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* BloodKnight: Unlike Jacket, there is no question that the Biker loves killing.




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* [[spoiler:ViilainProtagonist]] [[spoiler:While Jacket's character is rather ambiguous, the Biker is much more openly psychotic, wishing to get out of the assassination game because he finds it ''boring'']].

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* AxeCrazy: [[Main:Understatement Implied strongly.]]

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* AxeCrazy: [[Main:Understatement Implied strongly.]] AxCrazy



* CoolCar: Drives a [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]].
* [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist]]: [[spoiler:Probably. It is Biker that actually gets to the bottom of the mystery while Jacket simply kills off a Mafiya boss.]]
* MaskOfPower: The various animal masks he gains gives him different abilities, some of which beneficial, some of which not so beneficial and some of which simply result in cosmetic change.



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* OneHitPointWonder
OneHitPointWonder: Normally dies in a single hit unless he's wearing certain masks.
* SilentProtagonistSilentProtagonist: [[spoiler:Even when he appears as a boss for Biker, he doesn't speak]].


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* BadassBiker: [[CaptainObvious Unsurprisingly]].
* [[spoiler:HeroOfAnotherStory]]: [[spoiler:He is the protagonist of the epilogue. Whether it is the true end of the story is up for debate.]]
* KnifeNut: Uses a butcher knife as his weapon as well as a limited supply of throwing knives.
* PeekABangs: How he wears his hair underneath the helmet.

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* AxeCrazy: Implied strongly.
* BadassNormal: The "Normal" may be a bit off, depending on whether the masks do actually give Jacket new abilities, or if it's all in his head.
* NoNameGiven: Not even "Jacket", really.
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A man wearing a chicken mask. He wears the same clothes as Jacket.


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A woman wearing a horse mask. She wears the same clothes as hooker.


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A man wearing an owl mask. He wears the same clothes as the mobster, Jacket kills.


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!!Hooker
A woman Jacket saves after killing a director who possibly abused her, while she was drugged.
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A biker whom decided to take matters in his own hands. [[spoiler: He has a vital role in his own chapters, although he is killed by Jacket. Whether he or Jacket actually died, is up to the player to find out.]]
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A man who seems to be taking over for Beard at a few stores and bars. [[spoiler:He is sent to kill Jacket, but only succeds in killing Hooker. Jacket later finds him and either kills him or leaves him.]]
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Serval other hitmen who can be seen on the street or in the game world, serve usually a minor role. Their masks are possibly named after them.
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