History Characters / Postal

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!!Champ

-> "When you're done screwing around, I made a list of errands for you on the fridge."

-> "I AM MIKE J, KOSHER MAD COW ZOMBIE, GOD OF HELLFIRE! ALL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP MY ASSCOCK!"

* KillEmAll: Downplayed. They kill everyone inside the library except for the Dude, the librarian and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd the lone Taliban Terrorist]].

!!Terrorists / Taliban

* ButtMonkey: Things rarely go well for them.
** TheChewToy: In ''Postal 2'', alone they get attacked by a Taliban suicide bomber and attacked by belligerent elephants, and this is without Postal Dude having any interference. In ''Paradise Lost'', they turn out to have been zombified offscreen.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Stars and Stripes Forever in both of their appearances.

!!Krotchy

** TheChewToy: In ''Postal 2'', alone they get attacked by a Taliban suicide bomber and attacked by belligerent elephants, and this is without Postal Dude having any interference.

->"Save a tree! Burn a book!"

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* CombatPragmatist: Two of them attempt to ambush the Dude on his way to the Church, and take up defensive positions on a balcony instead of directly confronting him.

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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Their counterparts in Eternal Damnation don't sound Southern at all. To quote WebVideo/Civvie11:

!!Terrorists

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A local terrorist infestation in Paradise, they are responsible for various terrorist acts occurring in Paradise. Despite not being an official hate group in Postal 2, they are encountered frequently throughout the week. They finally become an official hate group in Apocalypse Weekend, [[spoiler: when the Postal Dude storms their Training Camp]]. In Paradise Lost, [[spoiler: they have started to smoke Marijuana and as a result have [[HeelFaceTurn renounced their violent ways]]. They now aid the Postal Dude in his quest to save Champ despite previous incidents.]]

* AwfulWeddedLife: Postal 2 does not mince anything with regards to what he thinks of his love life and in Apocalypse Weekend, he notably notes his wife moving back to her mother's place was good news. It more or less gets cemented in Paradise Lost where they more or less are actively killing each other on sight.

* CreepyMonotone: In the original and ''Redux'', where he speaks with a low-pitched tone (unless he's taking bullets or on fire of course). Later games made him a lot more emotive.

* AsHimself: Until he gets mad cow disease and turns into a giant monster.

!!Parents for Decency/RWS Protestors

* AbusiveParents: Apparently only one reason for the Dude to urinate on his [[spoiler:step]]father's grave.

* IconicOutfit: A BadassLongcoat with a grey alien T-shirt underneath.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Postal 2 alone has the Dude being able to use a Shovel, picket sign, badger, sex toys, his own ''urine''.

* OneManArmy: Slaughtered an entire military base all by himself.

* TheFundamentalist: His appearance in ''Postal 2''. By the time of ''Paradise Lost'', he's mellowed out.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Well, a certain kind of "celebrity". Uncle Dave is loosely based on late cult leader David Koresh.

* AxCrazy: Mostly due to VideogameCrueltyPotential in the Postal series.

* CreepyMonotone: In the original and ''Redux''. Later games made him a lot more emotive.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted with the Bitch, whom the Dude is married to and does errands for. At the end of ''Postal 2'', when asked about the rocky road ice cream he forgot, he chose suicide over facing her wrath. He did get better, but had pretty much forgotten about her since. In Paradise Lost, this is averted as the Bitch acts completely hostile to the moment she meets him again.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Shovel, picket sign, badger, sex toys, his own ''urine''.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He eventually comes across as this, though, by treating the Postal Dude to a night of absolute luxury.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see Vince, he fires you for no good reason at all.

-> "I regret nothing."

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BadassBoast The gene pool is stagnant, and I am the minister of chlorine.]]]]

!!RWS Protestors
->"Games are bad! They make you mad!"

The Parents for Decency (Also known as the RWS Protestors) first hate group to appear, they attack The Running With Scissors HQ at the same time the Dude gets his check. It doesn't end well for them.

* ZergRush: They attempt to overwhelm the Postal Dude and [[AuthorAvatar the RWS staff]] with their superior numbers. Even if the Dude doesn't interfere, the RWS staff manage to kill all of the Protestors because they all [[ArtificialStupidity run in a straight line]].

* AssholeVictim: They burn down an entire library full of innocent bystanders to "save the trees". Safe to say nobody's missing them any time soon.

* PaletteSwap: They are basically the Parents for Decency but with books instead of violent video games.

->"You fight like a little girly-girl!"

The fourth hate group encountered, they are employees of Meat World who turn out to be making steaks and meat out of humans. When the Dude catches them in the act while looking for some steaks, they attack him because he knows too much.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Their reason for attacking the Postal Dude is because he finds out their meat is made from humans.

->"Let's see here...yes, Mr. Dude."

* DemotedToExtra: Their only appearance in Paradise Lost is the [[MoodWhiplash corpse of a female carrier ]] inside a bathtub of a house at Chicken Queen Estates.

* TooDumbToLive: In addition to the numerous red flags on the package itself, there are multiple [[WantedPoster posters]] inside the Parcel Center warning people not to accept packages like the Postal Dude's.

A marching band that strolls through Paradise in the first two Postal games.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's one of the goofiest characters in the series, yet despite that boasts a ton of health and carries around a ''rocket launcher!''

* TheGhost: In ''Postal 2''. He actually shows up in ''Postal III'' and ''Paradise Lost'', however.

The protagonist of ''Postal III'', deuteragonist of ''Paradise Lost'', and the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/PostalBrainDamaged Brain Damaged]''. After waking up from his coma, the Postal Dude starts to hear a second voice in his head. At first it just seems to be lingering after-effects of his gunshot wound somehow changing his voice, but it's not long before that second voice proves to be a separate entity.

!!The "Alternate" Postal Dude
-> "I regret nothing."
->'''Played by:''' Corey Cruise (''Postal III'' and ''Paradise Lost'')

The protagonist of ''Postal III'' and deuteragonist of ''Paradise Lost''. After waking up from his coma, the Postal Dude starts to hear a second voice in his head. At first it just seems to be lingering after-effects of his gunshot wound somehow changing his voice, but it's not long before that second voice proves to be a separate entity.

* SplitPersonality: From Monday till Thursday in ''Paradise Lost''. Subverted on Friday when he becomes an EnemyWithout. [[spoiler:Although due to the Alternate Dude asking about "a pack of ostriches" that have been "missing for 17 years" at one point, he's apparently been {{retcon}}ned into having existed in the Dude's mind since all the way back in ''Postal 1'', maybe even being the "one in charge" during the events of it.]]

!!The Other Dude
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->"Yes. I cannot be vanquished. Every time you kill me, I become stronger. I am you, and you are me. I'm like a fucking Jungian persona, a cancer at the back of the head, the demon that won't let you sleep at night."
->'''Played by:''' Rick Hunter

The BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/PostalBrainDamaged Brain Damaged]]''.

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* AmbiguousSituation:
** He's implied to be the demon from the first game, giving the voice lines for the Dude in that game, seeing how he's referred to as a "demon" in that game and he himself refers to himself as a demon here. However, it is never confirmed or denied, likely on purpose.
** He does state that the Dude has already killed him multiple times before, and he always came back. It remains ambiguous if he was simply gloating or was really serious and the Dude killing him in the ending did nothing. As stated above, if the implication that he's the demon from the first game is true, it's possible that he really meant it and, while the Dude is nowhere near as AxCrazy as he is in the first game, [[TheBadGuyWins he will always be a part of him]].
* BadassLongcoat: To make himself further standout from his "original", the Other Dude wears the signature black trenchcoat over his hospital gown.
* BoomHeadshot: How he meets his end. [[KilledMidSentence During his speech no less]].
* FinalBoss: Of ''Brain Damaged'', both fighting by himself, and then his second phase piloting a mech.
* HannibalLecture: In the ending, he gives a speech on how the Dude will never be able to get rid of him, and he will forever be in his mind... [[ShutUpHannibal only for the Dude to]] [[KilledMidSentence blow half his head off with his shotgun]].
* MirrorMatch: His first phase has him play like the player and use the Dude's weapons, [[ShoutOut kinda like Jakob from]] ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has glowing red dotes on his sunglasses unlike the Dude. Also, [[FreezeFrameBonus you can briefly see his eyes actually are red, not green, when they fly out]] of his skull [[BoomHeadshot during his death]].
* ShoutOut: Several concerning him
** His first phase, as stated above, is a MirrorMatch that plays similarly to [[VideoGame/{{Dusk}} Jakob]]
** When he begins his HannibalLecture, he mimics the [[WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}} "THINK MARK"]] pose Omni-Man does, complete with the "main" Dude being in a similar pose to Mark.
* WalkingSpoiler: He himself isn't a spoiler, since he's seen throughout the game, though the ending gives a bit of insight for who he might really be...

* HitlerAteSugar: One of their protest signs reads "ACHTUNG! Hitler wrote a book!". Not taking into account that the Nazis themselves [[CriticalResearchFailure burned books]].

* VillainProtagonist: In ''Postal'' and ''Redux'', as while all future games have him act violent of your own will and potentially try to not kill anyone, the Postal Dude here is a homicidal maniac of his own volition.

* GuestFighter: He appears as a unlockable character in ''VideoGame/OhSirTheInsultSimulator'' alongside [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior Lo Wang]] and VideoGame/SeriousSam.

->'''Civvie:''' "I've been feeding you fast food and donuts all morning, you should be shitting hot tar, but not hungry."

->'''Played by:''' Corey Cruise, Rick Hunter, or Jon St. John

The enigmatic kingpin of Edensin, "The Boss" controls the town from the top of the ERC Tower. He enlists the Postal Dude's help on Friday to clear up the last loose ends on his list of tasks.

* AmbiguousSituation: There's a few hints that imply he's the same Postal Dude from the original ''Postal'', such as the red trenchcoat or referencing the Air Force Base loading screen, but it's never outright confirmed or denied.

** EvilSoundsRaspy: After TheReveal, if voiced by Corey.

* GenerationXerox: Apart from the balding head and greying hair, he looks almost exactly like his son.

** He's implied to be the demon from the first game, giving the voice lines for the Dude in that game, seeing how he's referred to as "demon" in that game and he himself refers to himself as a demon here. However, it is never confirmed.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has glowing red dotes on his sunglasses unlike the Dude. Also, [[FreezeFrameBonus you can briefly see his eyes actually are red, not green, when they fly out]] [[BoomHeadshot during his death]].

** When he begins his HannibalLecture, he mimics the [[WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}} "THINK MARK"]] pose Omni-Man does, complete with the Dude being in a similar pose to Mark.
* WalkingSpoiler: While he's seen throughout the game, the ending gives insight for who he might be...

* ArchnemesisDad: [As it turns out, he's the Postal Dude's birth father.

* AxCrazy: Mostly due VideogameCrueltyPotential of the Postal series.

->''Civvie:'' "I've been feeding you fast food and donuts all morning, you should be shitting hot tar, but not hungry."

* DrivenToSuicide: As a ''gameplay mechanic'' if you want to restart. In the first game, it is a mundane pistol shot to the head, which was changed to fit every weapon in '''Redux''. In the second, it is eating a grenade (which as of the Steam version has an achievement for both doing it once and for [[HoistByHisOwnPetard catching a Taliban fighter]] in the blast). Both are up to the player. ''III'' lampshades this by having the "Emo" achievement, unlocked by damaging yourself.

* BigBad: At his worst, and even then it depends on your interpretation of things. Was definitely this for ''Postal 1,'' crosses over with VillainProtagonist.

* VillainProtagonist: In ''Postal'' and ''Redux'', even crossing into BigBad territories sometimes.

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!!John Murray
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->'''Played by:''' Tim Wambolt

The protagonist of the AscendedFanfic mod, ''Eternal Damnation.'' He escaped a mental hospital, where he was being held for killing a man who attempted to murder his girlfriend, Lorie Heath.

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* AntiHero: Of the UnscrupulousHero variety. Most of his killings are done in self-defense, but since this is a Postal mod, they’re still violent. Not to mention he was institutionalized for beating a man to death with a baseball bat.
* BadassLongcoat: Not as badass as the Postal Dude’s, but still pretty awesome.
* TheCameo: Makes an appearance in ''Paradise Lost'', where he’s praying at an altar where one of the air conditioner parts and attacks the Dude.
* CaptainObvious
-->John: My god, these are '''''FUCKING''''' zombies![[labelnote:note]]Granted, he never saw them actually eating people up until that point, but it should have been obvious what they were from their general behavior.[[/labelnote]]
* CopKiller: Slaughtered a whole bunch of them in his escape from the asylum.
* CountryMatters: Per reusing voice lines from ''Eternal Damnation'', he is the only character in the series to utter the word.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Threatens a couple of cops this way.
-->John: Hey, cocksucker, I have an idea: how about you open the '''''FUCKING''''' gates, and I won’t [[GroinAttack cut your balls off]] and suffocate you to death with them.
* ClusterFBomb: Seriously, the amount of times he says "fuck" would make even ''The Dude'' blush.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Brutally killed a man with a baseball bat to protect his girlfriend. This landed him in the asylum.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Shoots himself because he can’t imagine a life without Lorie.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He’s violent and cusses a lot, but he does love his girlfriend.
* LargeHam: Whenever he says “fuck”, he always overemphasizes it to the point where it seems like he’s trying to make every use of it a PrecisionFStrike.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Seems shocked when he [[spoiler:shot Father Winston, only to find out that he was actually trying to exorcise Lorie, and not rape her like he was told.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Particularly whenever an enemy hits him.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:John kills himself to join Lorie in Hell.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Like the Postal Dude, he can be played this way if you choose to mow down innocent civilians. And even then, he still kills a bunch of cops, which could arguably be seen as a villainous trait.

!!Lorie Heath
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John’s girlfriend.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:While she — or at least the demon possessing her — was ''directly'' behind most of the game’s events, it becomes clear at the end that she’s nothing more than a pawn to the Devil.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Offers John shelter in the museum where she works, [[spoiler:but it’s infested with zombies, and she locks him in with the intention of killing him.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Locked John inside the zombie-infested museum, and called him out on leaving when he returned, then told him to go ask his father why he was prohibited from seeing her, to ensure that he would track down and kill Father Winston.]]
* DarkIsEvil: [[spoiler:A goth chick who's the host for a demon.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:She was possessed by a demon that she’d summoned.]]
%%* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To {{Satan}}.]]
* {{Goth}}: Has this appearance and became one when she was in high school, according to John.
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Satan doesn’t directly get involved in the plot until the end. She does most of his dirty work for him.]]
* HollywoodSatanism: The altar in her apartment is the first clue to her religious beliefs, [[spoiler:which lead to her being possessed by a demon, and in turn, the corruption of the holy water used to resurrect Lazarus and the plague of zombies being unleashed upon Hasselridge.]]
* HornyDevils: [[spoiler:Not one herself, but the demon possessing her resembles one.]]
* HotWitch: Practices witchcraft and is pretty attractive.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Hates Hasselridge so much she corrupted the holy water in the cathedral, which turned everyone into zombies.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:After John kills himself.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out John for fleeing the zombie-infested museum and leaving her alone. [[spoiler:Which she locked him in.]]

!!Mr. Murray
->'''Played by:''' Michael Jaret-Schachter

John’s father.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Refused to let John have contact with Lorie [[spoiler:because he believed that Father Winston raped her and gave her an STD. Unbeknownst to him, [[DemonicPossession the truth is far, far worse]].]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:After only two appearances, he’s [[{{Pun}} unceremoniously]] killed by Lorie to summon the Devil.]]

!!Father Winston
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A priest John is acquainted with.
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* MistakenForPedophile: John’s father thinks he [[spoiler:raped a teenaged Lorie. John himself is furious when he finds out and shoots him for it. Turns out that he was trying to exorcise a demon from her body.]]
* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler:Subverted. He was falsely accused of rape by the police and Mr. Murray, but was actually trying to exorcise a demon.]]

!![[spoiler:Beelzebub]]

[[spoiler:The true BigBad and GreaterScopeVillain of the game.]]
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* BigBad: Is behind the game’s apocalyptic scenario.
* EvilBrit: For some reason, he has a British accent.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Evil. [[CaptainObvious He’s the Devil]]. It goes without saying.
* GreaterScopeVillain[=/=]TheManBehindTheMan: In addition to being responsible for the game’s events by proxy, [[spoiler:he can also be blamed for Lorie’s possession in the first place. Because he’s the Devil.]]
* HornedHumanoid: [[RuleOfThree He’s the Devil.]]
* RuleOfCool: Is armed with a grenade launcher. Don’t ask why.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Has a chance of blowing Lorie to bits once she’s summoned him.]]
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* [[spoiler:EnemyWithout: As of Friday in ''Paradise Lost'', where actively inhibits the regular Dude's progress throughout all three errands. Though subverted by the end as the two make up.]]

* [[DomesticAbuse Domestic Abuser]]: Can be read as this, as she's extremely verbally abusive to the Dude and even goes as far as to lock him out of their trailer all day long.

* [[AsHimself As Herself]]: The real Walcott lent her voice to the character.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''Postal 4: No Regerts'', he never appears physically, with his presence being reduced to collectable plush dolls, his face as graffiti, and on TVs.

* FakeShemp: ''Paradise Lost'' came out one month shy of five years after his death, so his only lines are stock lines that had already been recorded for the original game 12 years prior. Everything plot-relevant that he didn't already say back then is instead delivered by Big [=McWillis=].

!!"The Boss"/[[spoiler:The Postal Dude, Sr.]]
-> [[spoiler:"I regret nothing. Except you."]]
->'''Played by:''' [[spoiler:Corey Cruise]], [[spoiler:Rick Hunter]], or [[spoiler:Jon St. John]]

The enigmatic kingpin of Edensin, "The Boss" controls the town from the top of the ERC Tower. He enlists the Postal Dude's help on Friday to clear up the last loose ends on his list of tasks.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:There's a few hints that imply he's the same Postal Dude from the original ''Postal'', such as the red trenchcoat or referencing the Air Force Base loading screen, but it's never outright confirmed or denied.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's the Postal Dude's birth father.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of ''Postal 4'', ultimately.]]
* {{Expy}}: The monitor he uses to converse with the Postal Dude in the intro of Friday resembles the one used by Mr. House in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:How he ultimately goes out, falling from the top of the ERC Tower.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Before TheReveal, his voice is mechanically filtered to sound much deeper and more threatening.
** EvilSoundsRaspy: [[spoiler: After TheReveal, if voiced by Corey.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Remember [[VideoGame/Postal2 Senior's grave]] and how [[DesecratingTheDead pissing on it]] was an errand for Wednesday? Turns out the old man wasn't dead after all, and that grave was actually for the Postal Dude's ''step''father.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of ''Postal 4''.]]
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Apart from the balding head and greying hair, he looks almost exactly like his son.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: As he confirms in the intro to Friday, he's behind almost everything in the game, even more so than Mike J and Vince. Per his own words, he sees all. '''And he knows all'''.
* WalkingSpoiler: Just look at how many tropes about him are whited out!

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-->'''Played by:''' Rick Hunter

The BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/PostalBrainDamaged Brain Damaged]]''

* AmbigiousSituation: He's implied to be the demon from the first game, giving the voice lines for the Dude in that game, seeing how he's referred to as "demon" in that game and he himself refers to himself as a demon here. However, it is never confirmed.

** His first phase, as stated above, is a MirrorMatch that plays similarily to [[VideoGame/{{Dusk}} Jakob]]
** When he begins his HannibaLecture, he mimicks the [[WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}} "THINK MARK"]] pose Omni-Man does, complete with the Dude being in a similar pose to Mark.