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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: His head gets sliced in half by Kiro during the climax of Sift Heads World - Ultimatum.]]
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He is gunned down by Alonzo's men during his vacation in Hawaii, though he does tell Vinnie one final piece of information about Alonzo's plans before he dies.]]
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* VillainsOutShopping: He can play video games in between killing mobsters and civilians in the first act of world.
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* BathingBeauty: She can be this in the third act of world. If Kiro walks in on her, she'll playfully milk this trope for all it's worth. If Vinnie does the same, she'll invite him in for some X-rated fun. Sadly, Vinnie's occupied with fighting the mafia.
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* BathingBeauty: She can be this in the third act of world.Sift Heads World - Act 3. If Kiro walks in on her, she'll playfully milk this trope for all it's worth. If Vinnie does the same, she'll invite him in for some X-rated fun. Sadly, Vinnie's occupied with fighting the mafia.
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* BigBad: He's the overarching antagonist of the world, though he's not as big a player in some chapters, even if his actions still have an impact on them.
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* ItsPersonal: He wants to kill Kira for betraying the Yakuza. He doubles down on this view when his sacred urn is pilfered.
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* ItsPersonal: He wants to kill Kira Kiro for betraying the Yakuza. He doubles down on this view when his sacred urn is pilfered.
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* DeathBySex: Played with. Her client dies while raping her. In the remake, she's passed out as he's killed.
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* TheChick: She's the only female protagonist, and just as able to dish it out as they are.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female protagonist, and just as able to dish it out as they are.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her christmas special game is this, with her tummy being as visible as her cleavage and thigh. Merry christmas indeed.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He is a very formidable opponent, even being able to dash insane distances in a second. It's no wonder he's so respected.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He is a very formidable opponent, even being able to dash insane distances in a second. It's no wonder he's so respected.
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The Sift Heads series has a large amount of entries and spin offs which has created a very large cast.
There's a lot of characters who sift or are sifted, so expect lots of pages
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[[folder:Vinnie]]
The protagonist of the series. An assassin with a knack for sifting heads.
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* TheAce: He's an excellent shooter, sniper, knife user, driver, and he has an extensive knowledge of the criminal underworld. He's not a man to be messed with.
* AffablyEvil: He's an assassin with an absurdly high killcount, but he's a loyal and friendly guy to those he's not killing and generally leaves people alone if they don't piss him off.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He tends to kill people more morally bankrupt than himself.
* AntiVillain: He's a ProfessionalKiller, but he has a clear moral code and can be reasoned with under the right circumstances. He also has plenty of PetTheDog moments and is genuinely AffablyEvil.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: His first kill was his pet cat for killing his teddy bear. Though since he was a baby when he did this, it's not a great indication of his personality.
* BattleCouple: With Shorty, his assassin girlfriend.
* BerserkButton: People who don't play by the rules. Once someone tries dirty tactics against him, the gloves come off.
* BigGood: Of the VillainProtagonist variety. He's the most prominent of his team and the most connected to the stories that unfold.
* BoomHeadshot: His preferred method of killing. Headshots tend to be lethal, after all.
* ColdBloodedTorture: If the need arises, he's willing to use torture to extract information from people.
* ColdSniper: Something Vinnie is infamous for. No matter the circumstance, his targets are as good as dead once he's got his rifle in hand.
* CoolCar: He always seems to have one. It could be his, it could be stolen, it doesn't matter as long as it's fancy and expensive.
* CopKiller: He'll kill cops as quickly as crooks, providing they get in his way.
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** Characters/{{Kiro}}
* DarkIsEvil: He can wear dark clothes, that accentuate his dark personality.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's quite witty and keen to engage in banter with both friends and foes.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He does this in the second game, in order to get to a vantage point to kill a mobster before he can board a plane. He also has a habit of doing this, due to being preoccupied with shooting at assailants.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:He and Kiro patched things up even though Vinnie assassinated Kiro's brother.]]
* EnfantTerrible: He was already a murderer by the time he was in preschool. He had killed almost a dozen people by the time he was an adult.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Shorty is his beloved girlfriend and Kiro is a platonic version of this.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He'll eagerly opt to kill terrorists, human traffickers, and domestic abusers, seeing them as too low even for him.
* EvilVsEvil: Most of his victims are just as bad if not worse than he is.
* GlassCannon: He's nowhere near as good at taking hits as he is at dishing them out.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He can sometimes be seen smoking and he's not that good a guy.
* HasAType: He likes well endowed women.
* HiredGuns: As an assassin, he'll work for most people, not pledging loyalty to anyone for too long. This naturally puts him at odds with many gangs, who don't appreciate that kind of mindset.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He could shoot a moving target with a handgun. As an infant.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: He has this in Shorty's cover, when pulling a bullet out of his arm. He recovers quickly when Shorty offers killing those who shot him as revenge as a quick remedy.
* ItsPersonal: He is furious with the Triads for destroying his house and has an enhanced hatred of them for this reason. He seems to be forgetting that he did murder the boss' son.
* IWorkAlone: Vinnie prefers this way of doing things. He says this word for word on certain occasions, usually to unsympathetic listeners.
* LackOfEmpathy: Very much so. Vinnie is a remorseless killer with an icy professionalism that could make the most hardened hitmen shudder. He'd be a textbook sociopath if he wasn't capable of forming genuine bonds with those he wasn't murdering.
* LightIsNotGood: If he's wearing white clothes, it doesn't change his decidedly evil moral scaling.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: His hedonism is a defining character trait of his. He has a particular soft spot for the CoolCar.
* MeaningfulName: Vinnie means "to conquer." A fitting name for a walking apocalypse.
* NobleDemon: He doesn't like needless violence and will generally work with people without betraying them. If they don't respond fairly, he'll repay their treachery.
* OneManArmy: Entire gangs have been eviscerated by his hand. Vinnie is not a man to be messed with.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Vinnie spares Kiro as an apology for killing his brother and suggests taking on the Yakuza who hired Vinnie and betrayed him in the first place. Eventually Vinnie does come to Kiro's aid when the Yakuza corner him, and in turn Kiro joins him.]]
* SinisterShades: He sports these in the first game.
* SlasherSmile: He gives one to the triad boss in the third game through the elevator camera.
* StartOfDarkness: He crosses this by killing his pet cat. While still a baby.
* TeensAreMonsters: His age didn't stop his ruthlessness, it only made it worse.
* TheStoic: He's the human embodiment of an iceberg. Unmoving, icy, and unaffected by his surroundings.
* TookALevelInKindness: He's a sociopathic and petty murderer before he becomes an adult. While he's still murderous later on, he's a lot more reasonable and pragmatic than his "boys will be boys" phase.
* TranquilFury: When angered, he tends to show it with his actions rather than his words.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He liked firearms and drawing corpses as a baby, and he also killed his cat and attacked other children. He wasn't showing red flags, he was the red flag.
* VigilanteMan: Sometimes he's a hired gun for the police, sometime's he's a traditional bounty hunter. Regardless, he fits several versions of this trope.
* VillainProtagonist: He may be badass and deadly, but he's still a cold blooded killer who frequently allies himself with criminal organisations, meaning that at the very best, he's a NobleDemon.
* VillainsOutShopping: He can play video games in between killing mobsters and civilians in the first act of world.
* WifeBeaterBeater: In the fifth game, he assassinates a domestic abuser for this reason.
* WouldHitAGirl: The second game has him shooting a female assassin.
* WouldHurtAChild: Though Vinnie was the same age as the kid he killed. He fortunately grew out of this as an adult.
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Vinnie's hot girlfriend.
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* AffablyEvil: Like every other protagonist, she's ruthless yet cordial.
* BareYourMidriff: Her christmas special game is this, with her tummy being as visible as her cleavage and thigh. Merry christmas indeed.
* BathingBeauty: She can be this in the third act of world. If Kiro walks in on her, she'll playfully milk this trope for all it's worth. If Vinnie does the same, she'll invite him in for some X-rated fun. Sadly, Vinnie's occupied with fighting the mafia.
* BattleCouple: With Vinnie, her assassin boyfriend.
* BeautyIsBad: She's gorgeous and an AffablyEvil mass murderer just as morally bankrupt as Vinnie and Kiro are.
* TheChick: She's the only female protagonist, and just as able to dish it out as they are.
* CleavageWindow: Her breasts don't exactly fit inside her dress, giving her a rather egregious example of this trope.
* ColdSniper: Like Vinnie, she's an ace with a rifle. While not as strong as he is, she can take a few more hits before going down.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:She gets abducted by Kiro in the fifth game. Fortunately, Kiro does so only to draw out and directly confront Vinnie for killing Kienji, his brother. Vinnie defeats Kiro, and Shorty gets out of things relatively unscathed.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
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* ExcusePlot: Her games are pretty much "hot stick chick shoots the shit out of dozens of other guys." There's almost no characters apart from her that aren't generic enemies.
* HandCannon: She's this in her spinoff games, with most of her bullets shooting off the heads of her victims.
* IntimateHealing: Her vagina apparently has healing properties that rejuvenate Vinnie when he's wounded.
* IronicName: She's quite tall for someone called Shorty.
* JackOfAllStats: She has no major strengths or weaknesses, she's just a solid all-rounder.
* LadyInRed: She mainly wears red, though she can switch colors based on the player's cosmetic preferences.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: She's as hedonistic as Vinnie. Hell, her starting mission is her in a luxury clothing store, the dream destination of all barbie expies.
* MasterOfDisguise: In world, she dresses like a police officer and an air hostess in order to infiltrate otherwise unreachable locations, succeeding both in deception and sexiness.
* MsFanservice: She has big boobs and buns, especially for a stick(wo)man.
* NaughtyNurseOutfit: She can wear one if the player wishes. It's purely for fanservice.
* OneManArmy: Possibly even more than her boyfriend. She can kill an entire game's worth of enemies in half the time, all in her sexy dress. It's no wonder Vinnie's heads over heels for her.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unless her name is actually Shorty (which is doubtful), her name is never revealed, contrasting Kiro and Vinnie who are known by their first names.
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* RedIsHeroic: Or a really stretched definition of heroic, anyway. Still, red is her main color scheme, as shown by her eye-catching dress.
* SingleTear: She has this when she realized her sister has been kidnapped by human traffickers. Considering the circumstances, it's amazing how much emotional restraint she shows.
* {{Stripperific}}: Her outfits are this most of the time. Possibly, she's going for the weightless option that they offer.
* TokenMinority: She's the only female of the team.
* VillainsOutShopping: She can play video games in between killing mobsters and civilians in the first act of world.
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A former Yakuza member and eventual ally of Vinnie.
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* AffablyEvil: Like Vinnie, he's a reasonable, honorable, and utterly ruthless man.
* BadassBiker: He's an ace on two wheels and a badass no matter what the situation is.
* CoolBike: He's got one, which puts him at odds with the CoolCar philosophy following Vinnie.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Vinnie and Shorty forgave him for kidnapping her and attempting to kill him due to realise the restraint and respect he showed the both of them. This leads to the three becoming a force to be reckoned with.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His brother is greatly missed by him, [[spoiler:though surprisingly, his brother's killer becomes a platonic version of this trope later too.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He kidnaps [[spoiler:Shorty]] instead of just killing [[spoiler:her]] even though that would have been a more apt revenge plot.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:He kidnaps Shorty to draw out and kill Vinnie for killing his brother.]]
* ItsPersonal: He wants revenge on [[spoiler:Vinnie]] for killing his brother and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get it.
* JapanesePoliteness: He's Japanese and AffablyEvil almost all the time, [[spoiler:even when him and Vinnie are dueling.]] Doesn't stop him from being a DeadpanSnarker at points, though it's always in good spirits.
* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler:Forgiving Vinnie and Shorty gave him a new start in life and the two best partners in crime he could ever ask for.]]
* KatanasAreBetter: Fitting for a Yakuza member, he shares this belief.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He can get knocked out with the chair his hostage is being held on by the [[spoiler:lover]] of said hostage.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Like every other protagonist, he enjoys the finer things in life, as shown by his taste in vehicles and property.
* OneManArmy: Like Vinnie and Shorty, he leaves a forest of bodies behind him when he's in action. Woe to those who cross him.
* RedemptionEqualsLife: [[spoiler:Sparing Shorty netted him a valuable set of allies, though he did get hit on the head with a falling chair.]]
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Him kidnapping Shorty to spite Vinnie is pretty much the gangster version of tit for tat.]]
* ShoutOut: One of his outfits is a reference to the teenage mutant ninja turtles.
* StoneWall: Due to his specialization in direct action, he's more durable.
* TokenMinority: He's the only Asian member of the trio.
* VillainsOutShopping: He can play video games in between killing mobsters and civilians in the first act of world.
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:He's spared by Vinnie due to putting up a good fight. He becomes a loyal companion to Vinnie in later games.]]
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[[folder:Alonzo]]
The evil leader of the mafia
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* AnArmAndALeg: He has his arm sliced off by a katana.
* ArtificialLimbs: He has one due to having his arm sliced off.
* BadassBoast: He gives one to the player claiming they'll die if they try to topple his criminal organisation.
* BigBad: He's the overarching antagonist of the world, though he's not as big a player in some chapters, even if his actions still have an impact on them.
* BondVillainStupidity: He complains to Vinnie about how disruptive he is instead of simply shooting him. This almost gets him killed and costs him his arm.
* DirtyCoward: He hightails it rather than face Vinnie in the third act after his EliteMooks are turned to swiss cheese.
* TheDon: Of the mafia.
* DrugsAreBad: Not only is he a ruthless mobster, but he also peddles drugs in the streets of Chicago. Even worse, he uses it to incapacitate and rape women and force them into being prostitutes for the Italian mob.
* EatingPetFood: He's forced to do this while imprisoned by the heroes, due to still being a JerkAss to them.
* EvilCripple: He's an amputee and evil as hell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's smarmy and articulate, yet a ruthless sociopath who will stoop to new lows no matter how far down he's gone already.
* GetBackHereBoss: He becomes this in the third game due to running away like a little bitch.
* GoodProstheticEvilProsthetic: He got an artificial limb by the next time he reunites with the protagonist. They compliment him on it.
* {{Greed}}: He's pissed off about losing profits, which is why he has such a grudge against Vinnie and his friends.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Many of his men died and his top lieutenants were murdered. He's more concerned his profits have been decreasing, which is what is the prime focus of his MotiveRant.
* MoreDakka: He uses a turret to achieve this when the player faces him down. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, a police shield was dropped nearby that can withstand his bullets and he finds out the hard way that even turrets need to reload.]]
* MotiveRant: He complains about his loss of income when he's got Vinnie at gunpoint. Vinnie would rather attack him than listen to his problems.
* OhCrap: He looks terrified when he realises his limb is about to get sliced right off.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the remake, his mafia is shown to drug up women and force them into prostitution to make money, something he's almost certainly complicit in. It makes him just that bit more despicable.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He boasts he'll never go to jail because of his allies. [[spoiler:He's imprisoned by the protagonists instead.]]
* SmugSnake: He tries to taunt the player every chance he gets. Even when his arm was sliced off by one of them.
* StarterVillain: He's the first of many major threats the player faces and the main antagonist of the first act.
* VillainTeamUp: He works with the corrupt commisioner in the third act to try and take down the protagonists.
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[[folder:Darwen]]
An old man Vinnie is acquainted with
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: He appears in the first act on the mobile remaster to give Vinnie and co some munitions.
* AffablyEvil: He's knee deep in the criminal underworld, and the sweetest old man you could hope to meet.
* BaldOfEvil: His hairline has almost completely receeded and he's a rather amoral dude.
* CoolOldGuy: In the fifth game, he held onto Vinnie's massive sniper rifle for him. Vinnie seems to respect him enough that he trusted him with it in the first place.
* EvilOldFolks: AffablyEvil sure, but he's still a menace to society, no matter how many guns he keeps safe for Vinnie or how many sweet weapons he gives the players.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket: He has access to weapons not usually avaliable to the public. It's illegal as hell but a boon for Vinnie and his team.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He's an evil, if pleasant man, and has a prominent scar running down his face.
* NiceGuy: He's a friendly old man who let Vinnie store his rifle in his backyard for safekeeping. He's also friendly during their reunion in the fifth game, looking away from his tv to greet the assassin.
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[[folder:The Black Fox]]
An enigmatic criminal the player seeks information from.
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* TheAce: He's a fantastic information broker and a valuable ally to the player. He's able to locate anyone, no matter where in the world they're standing.
* AffablyEvil: He's a criminal, though he can be reasoned with and isn't needlessly brutal.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The protagonist spares him in exchange for him becoming their informant. He jumps at the offer, though it's not like he had much of a choice.
* ArcVillain: Of the Black fox missions. He joins the players after being given AnOfferYouCantRefuse.
* BeardOfEvil: Sports a snazzy one.
* CoolOldGuy: He's an extremely capable criminal, and an old man. Two things Vinnie and his friends seem to have a soft spot for, providing the criteria fitter doesn't betray them.
* CoolShades: He wears them to add to his mysterious look.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's appauled that the player would kill all his henchmen just to make a deal with him.
** This is AdaptedOut in the remake, where he's just happy that Vinnie spared him, taking the money thrown at him without a fuss.
* EvilOldFolks: He's elderly and not the most upstanding citizen.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He joins sides with the players shortly after being cornered by them. This probably has something to do with the fact that all his guards got killed by them moments earlier.
* OhCrap: He freaks out after seeing his bodyguard get subjected to a nasty case of the EyeScream.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's referred to as the black fox by even his own men.
* TheSpook: He's this to most of the criminal underworld, though the player strips this from him after their encounter and partnership.
* VillainousBreakdown: A very minor one, but he's understandably shaking when the player closes in on him, begging for his life. Fortunately, they're not there to kill him, but rather offer him a deal.
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!!!Targets
[[folder:Valet]]
Some dick that stole your car.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Think he's just a nice valet? Wrong, he's a car thief and DirtyCoward.
* BullyingADragon: He really chose the wrong person to steal from.
* CurbStompBattle: He tries to avoid being shot by playing peekaboo behind the counter. Against a guy/gal with a gun. Oh, and he's unarmed. He's more annoying than difficult to kill.
* DirtyCoward: He ducks between the desks in the hotel reception rather than face the player head on.
* TooDumbToLive: He stole a car in a city swarming with the mafia. While they weren't who killed him, he unfortunately chose another criminal as his victim.
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[[folder:Black Fox's man]]
One of the henchmen of the black fox.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: He's subjected to this, to force him to cough up information about his employer. It doesn't work, and the only thing he coughs up is blood.
* UncertainDoom: It's unclear if he died from his injuries or simply was KilledOffscreen. Or maybe he simply was NotWorthKilling?
* UndyingLoyalty: He refuses to disclose information about the black fox, even when beaten to a pulp.
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[[folder:Black Fox's man 2]]
Another one of the Black Fox's men.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: He uses a table to attack the PlayerCharacter by kicking it at them in order to make a getaway.
* KilledOffscreen: After making death threats to whoever shot him in the leg, he's finished off with a bullet as the screen fades to black. RIP.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He'd rather haul ass than deal with the player. It doesn't end up working, and he's shot in the leg before he can properly escape.
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[[folder:Black Fox's man 3]]
Yet another men in the Black Fox's employ. This guy is a racer.
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* CoolCar: He races in one. He may be one of the only npcs to not be killed in or out of a vehicle as classy as Vinnie's.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: His method of navigating the streets during his illegal racing boils down to this.
* IGaveMyWord: He surprisingly stays true to his promise, and gives Vinnie useful intel.
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[[folder:Cocaine supplier/winemaker]]
A drug dealer in the mafia's employ who hides behind a legitimate business.
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* AssholeVictim: He's killed so the player can infiltrate the Mafia HQ, though considering he was a drug dealer working with organised crime, little sympathy can be offered to him.
* MuggedForDisguise: Why he's killed. His services give him easy access to the mafia base, so the player uses his vehicle and job to speed up their infiltration process.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He's explicitly spared in the remake, with a non lethal shot being required to complete the mission. It'd still probably hurt like hell being shot though, so it's only a small mercy.
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!!!Non-targets
[[folder:Cosima]]
A prostitute with information about the mafia.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Her breasts are covered in the remake and she's wearing panties instead of a thong. Considering what she's been through, it's probably for the better she's in less revealing clothes.
* ButtMonkey: A tragic example in the remake. It's explicitly stated that she's a sex slave who is being drugged up and raped in order for the mafia to sell her body to criminals against her wishes. It's fortunate for her that the player is there to save her.
* DeathBySex: Played with. Her client dies while raping her. In the remake, she's passed out as he's killed.
* FanDisservice: She's topless and in a thong when encountered, though she's next to a corpse and heavily implied to have been raped moments earlier.
* ForgetfulJones: A very dark example. She doesn't remember being raped due to the heavy drugs she's forced on, forcing the player to snap her out of it to get information about the red mafia.
* PetTheDog: Vinnie frees her from the mafia's grasp by killing several mobsters having sex with her.
* SexSlave: It's heavily implied that her services for the mafia are not consentual on her part.
** In the remake, it's explicitly stated that this is the case, and made even more tragic once her circumstances are fully revealed.
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[[folder:Old lady]]
An old woman looking for her cat.
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* CoolOldGuy: She gives you a thousand dollars for finding her cat for her. A nice reward for a nice deed.
* DisproportionateRestitution: A thousand dollars is an awfully nice reward for rescuing a cat. Of course, the protagonist doesn't complain in the least.
* PetTheDog: Her mission requires finding a cat and doesn't involve any violence whatsoever. It's simply a good deed for a nice old lady who just wanted to be reunited with her beloved pet.
* QuestGiver: In an unsually wholesome example for the series, hers simply involves rescuing her cat from a tree. Considering what happened to the first cat introduced in the series, it can be seen as an act of redemption if Vinnie is the one who accepts the quest.
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!!Sift heads world act 2: the treacherous return
!!Main characters
[[folder:Master Yuuma]]
The Yakuza head. He has a grudge against Kiro
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* ArcVillain: Of the second act.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He is a very formidable opponent, even being able to dash insane distances in a second. It's no wonder he's so respected.
* BerserkButton: He really values his urn with the spirit of a fallen samurai, going into a frenzy when it's stolen. The protagonists use this to lure the yakuza to their safehouse for a bloody confrontation.
* BaldOfEvil: He has as much hair on his head as he does good in his heart.
* DuelBoss: His style of battle. [[spoiler:It's the question of whether his katana or your firepower is superior.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of the second chapter, he's the last foe faced.]]
* FragileSpeedster: He's very swift, but his attacks are predictable and easy to dodge once his movements are countered.
* ItsPersonal: He wants to kill Kira for betraying the Yakuza. He doubles down on this view when his sacred urn is pilfered.
* KatanasAreBetter: He holds one in his opening cinematic, as do many of his henchmen. [[spoiler:He uses one against the protagonist.]]
* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:His attacks revolve around dashing at his foes to slice them with his katana, so shooting him in the legs opens him up to attacks from the protagonist.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:He's able to make a hasty retreat when wounded, stopping the player from delievering the killing blow to him right there.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: He looks terrifying, with his withered face and creepy tattoos.
* TattooedCrook: He's covered in tattoos, which is taboo in Japan and a sign of his rebellious nature.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He's far hardier and harder than those before him, with some enhanced combat skills taken from the EliteMooks faced before him.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His robe covers his shoulders, allowing his torso some breathing space.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Says a variation of this when [[spoiler:He's wounded in a duel.]] He says this word for word in the remake.
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!!Minor characters
!!!Targets
[[folder:Information broker]]
A yakuza spy killed to weaken the information network.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Not him but everyone else on the rooftop in the remake. While a mission requirement is to spare them, they're fair game the second time around, with the ruthless protagonists making the roof less lively.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He dies before he can start to prepare the yakuza with information and insight about the trio's plans.
* KnowledgeBroker: His trade and why he's killed. His death cripples the information network the Yakuza rely on to stay a step ahead of their foes.
* StarterVillain: He's one of the first enemies that can have his head sifted. While a few more informants come after he is slain, they're not as noteworthy as him due to retreading the benchmark he laid, even if they can do parkour like the best of them.
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[[folder:Rooftop information broker]]
Another informant who uses the rooftops to travel.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: He uses buildings to cover more ground without traffic to worry about. Pity he didn't anticipate being shot at.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Like the previous guy, he's killed to further cripple the information network the yakuza set up.
* KnowledgeBroker: His trade as well. Unlike the first guy, he wasn't in the middle of a transaction to demonstrate his specialty, but rather getting to somewhere before he was hastily slain mid travel.
* LeParkour: His method of transport, and what he was doing when he was shot to death.
* {{Roofhopping}}: How he covers ground faster. Pity it didn't save him from the protagonist's wrath.
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[[folder:Marketplace information broker]]
Another informant
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Noticing a pattern here? He's killed to add another nail in the coffin to the already suffering information network.
* KnowledgeBroker: He's yet another informant, though he's the least demonstrated example due to dying while doing nothing related to his line of work.
* PuzzleBoss: Killing him involves using the environment to reveal where he's located, then killing him when the barrier is removed.
* VillainsOutShopping: He's eating some food in a store at the time of his death.
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[[folder:Chicago information broker]]
Yet another informant
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Probably the most blatant example out of the information brokers. He'd already started building a case against Kiro and co by the time of his death, making his death even more necessary than the brokers who came before him.
* KnowledgeBroker: Yet another one, though he's killed a bit farther west than his fellow informants.
* OvertOperative: He's apparently been quite conspicuous, allowing the black fox to track him with ease.
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[[folder:Masseur]]
Some guy that did a piss poor job at a massage.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Did he purposely mess up a massage, or was he really that bad at his job?
* EpicFail: If his acts are put down to ineptitude, he may be the worst masseur in the world.
* MiserableMassage: Regardless of his moral alignment, his massage certainly wasn't a happy ending for his victim.
* WouldHitAGirl: If his acts are blamed on malice, it's made even worse that his onscreen victim is a woman.
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!!!Non-targets
[[folder:Old man]]
Some poor guy who had his cane stolen.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the remake. Hopefully that means his cane wasn't stolen.
* ButtMonkey: Poor guy had his cane stolen and is rendered immobile until it is returned by a good samaritan.
* FetchQuest: His cane is stolen, and it needs to be returned, with the punks who stole it getting taught a lesson as an added bonus.
* KickTheDog: Someone stole his cane, which he obviously needs due to his frail physique. Fortunately, the protagonist can get it back for him.
* PetTheDog: While it's a humble mission, there's some brownie points to be made for reuniting him with his cane.
* QuestGiver: He asks for help in getting his cane back from the punks who stole it.
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[[folder:Thief]]
A guy planning a robbery. The player helps him locate the cameras.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the remake.
* AffablyEvil: He's a thief with little in the way of morality, but he's polite and offers you a fair reward.
* GenreSavvy: He's smart enough to ask a professional to spot the cameras for him before he goes on his heist, making him more competent than a good chunk of bumbling thieves in fiction.
* KarmaHoudini: Thanks to the player, it's highly likely his robbery goes off without a hitch.
* QuestGiver:He requests help scouting out the cameras before he plans his heist on the building they're placed at.
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[[folder:Massage client]]
A woman who is a victim of a botched massage
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* AdaptationalHeroism: She doesn't hire a hitman to get revenge for her botched massage in the remake, though she's sadly still a victim of it.
* BodyHorror: Her body has been disgustingly contorted due to a botched massage. Even the mass murdering protagonist is unnerved by the sight.
* FanDisservice: She's well proportioned and in skimpy clothing, though her mangled body negates any sensuality that may otherwise be derived from her.
* MiserableMassage: She's left in agony after having a massage. Fortunately 500 bucks and a nearby assassin is able to avenge her situation, even if it cannot not heal her condition.
* QuestGiver: She tasks the protagonist with killing the masseur who screwed up her back and legs.
* {{Revenge}}: What she seeks against the person that screwed up her massage and left her looking like a stringless mannequin. Fortunately, such a person is there to avenge her agony.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unknown if she got medical treatment or was arrested for her involvement in the murder of the masseur. What's apparent is that she's not walking out of the parlor on her own two feet for a while.
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!!sift heads world act 3: Alonzo's reinforcements
!!Main characters
[[folder:Commisioner]]
A CorruptCop on Alonzo's payroll
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* CardboardPrison: What he apparently runs. Somehow, two of the protagonists were able to get the PlayerCharacter out by posing as cops and unlocking the cell. Since there is enough evidence that could be used to keep these three in prison forever, it makes you wonder just how bad the security is for less important inmates.
* DirtyCop: He's working with Alonzo, the BigBad red mafia don.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He's got a few scars near his eye.
* {{Greed}}: Works with a mafia don in order to fill his own pockets with some blood money.
* ObviouslyEvil: His scars make him look rather sinister, as does his scowl.
* VillainTeamUp: With Alonzo, the head of the red mafia.
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[[folder:The mayor]]
The mayor of the city, and an unlikely ally with Vinnie's crew against the mafia.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he meets his end, courtesy of some asshole from the mafia.]]
* EnemyMine: Him and the protagonists team up against the mafia, despite Vinnie's gang being a destructive force in their own right.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:With a BoomHeadshot by a mob assassin.]]
* NiceGuy: He may be one of the friendliest characters in the series. Even if his actions are reckless, he's extremely well intentioned and willing to see the good in even ruthless bounty hunters. [[spoiler:This makes his death that much more heartbreaking, as he clearly didn't deserve it.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's an open-minded and pragmatic man who is willing to work with Vinnie for the greater good, [[spoiler:something that sadly gets him killed.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: Teaming up with him involves sneaking into his office and knocking out his guards. Bonus points since the trio are all wanted criminals with a rap sheet just as large as the mafia's. No wonder the mayor is dumbfounded by this attempt.
** His thought process is also this. He eagerly accepts this partnership, despite all three protagonists potentially murdering a bunch of innocent people while roaming the streets. He must really be desperate.
** In the remake, it's even more absurd. He's the one who proposes that the protagonists and him work together, despite all the horrible shit they're guilty of. He's either naive or the most pragmatic person on the planet.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:He's murdered by a mobster before he can give vital information to the player.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:He's not corrupt or evil so of course he had to die.]]
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!!Minor characters
!!!Targets
[[folder:Henchman]]
Alonzo's henchman who is part of the raid on [[spoiler:the cafe.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: He gets his limb sliced off with a chainsaw to hasten him spilling the beans. It works really well for everyone but him.
** In the remake, he gets off more "easily" by simply being stabbed in the skull with a knife and passing out from the blood loss.
* AssholeVictim: Since he was complicit in [[spoiler:the death of the mayor,]] it's hard to feel too sorry for all the brutal ordeals he's subjected to
* BoomHeadshot: A non fatal example. He somehow survives a shell to the skull from the protagonist.
* ButtMonkey: He's brutally maimed several times in rather gruesome yet inventive ways. Not that he doesn't deserve it after all the crap he pulled.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The protagonist subjects him to this in order to get him to cough up some information about Alonzo's whereabouts.
** In the remake, it's highly implied he was tortured offscreen, but despite the knife lodged in his head, it's likely it wasn't as brutal as the original game's torture scene.
* DefiantToTheEnd: He doesn't initially crack under torture, even as he's sliced many times with a razor by the protagonist.
* HeroKiller: He's complicit in the murder of [[spoiler:the mayor.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Lets one out while he's being tortured, to show just how thick skinned he is. Maybe it's the reason why the gashes aren't doing him in enough to get him to spill the beans.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While it's highly likely, it's not confirmed at the end of the third act if he died of his injuries.
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!!Sift heads world act 4: cold memories
!!Main characters
[[folder:Claire]]
Shorty's sister who needs help.
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* DamselInDistress: She's been captured by a human trafficker with a penchant for violence against those trapped in his hellish conditions. In desperation, she sends a letter to her sister asking for help, kickstarting the fourth act of world.
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[[folder:Nico]]
Vinnie's friend, first heard of in the fourth game.
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* AffablyEvil: He's nice enough to let the heroes camp out at his home even when they're in the middle of messing with some immensely dangerous people.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a small beard and isn't that upstanding of a guy.
* EpicFail: Out of all the people he could have brought a helicopter from, he chose a scammer. Fortunately, the worst case scenario didn't happen and all it led to was Nico requesting that the helicopter be repaired.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Two of the hits he encouraged Vinnie to do were against a scientist and military general planning to genocide a large portion of Russia in order to make a profit.
* FetchQuest: He sends the players to find the parts needed to fix his helicopter that a scammer sold to him.
* MissionControl: He gives Vinnie three missions in the Russian levels in the fourth game.
* ProfessionalKiller: He's this like Vinnie, and the two have worked together on multiple occasions.
* VodkaDrunkenski: He's Russian and like all Russians, he loves vodka.
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!!Minor characters
!!!Targets
[[folder:Anthony Harris]]
A CorruptCop on vacation the "heroes" seek to assassinate.
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* BoomHeadshot: How he's dispatched. If that's not enough, he's also blown off the boat to sink into the ocean, with half his head still missing.
* CorruptCop: Another one in a series filled with them.
* NeverFoundTheBody: The goal of the mission is to assassinate him, hide his body, and hope that forensic evidence doesn't exist overseas.
* StarterVillain: He's swiftly assassinated at the beginning of the chapter.
* VillainsOutShopping: He's on a vacation when the protagonists go to assassinate him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Henchman]]
A henchman to the human trafficking ring
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* AssholeVictim: He gets the everlasting crap kicked out of him, though he deserves so much more for what he's done.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a full beard and is the henchman to a ruthless human trafficking organisation.
* BloodFromTheMouth: He starts spitting out blood when he gets hit a few times.
* BloodKnight: While it's unclear if the dead prostitutes were killed by him or his boss, his interactions with the heroes makes it clear he likes violence more than what is socially acceptable.
* DisposableSexWorker: There's a lot of dead women leading up to him, either unlucky prostitutes or other women forced into sex slavery. While it's not known if he killed them, he's completely complicit in their deaths.
* FatalFlaw: His BloodKnight tendencies. He accepts an offer for a duel rather than simply shooting Claire and the protagonists with the gun he had on him.
* FinalBoss: Of the fourth chapter.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He deservingly gets one from the player.
* WouldHitAGirl: He's introduced holding Claire at gunpoint, and he clearly would have killed her if given the chance.
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!!!Non targets
[[folder:Cherry]]
A Russian pole dancer/nightclub performer
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* AdaptationalModesty: She's a nightclub performer in the remake, meaning her clothes are a lot more conservative this time around.
* CleavageWindow: She has this in both versions, AdaptationalModesty be damned.
* LadyInRed: What she's wearing in the remake. Cherries are red, after all.
* MrExposition: She gives the character some information about the whereabouts of Shorty's sister.
* MsFanservice: Like most pole dancers, she has little in the way of clothing. In the remake, she's wearing much more clothing, though she still has a sizable CleavageWindow.
* NiceGirl: She gives the character some information about Claire, despite the danger she could face for divulging such information.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's referred to as Cherry, her stage name in the strip club.
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[[folder:Journalist]]
A woman trying to get a picture of a prominent human trafficker.
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* IntrepidReporter:She needs a picture of one of the human traffickers so she can publish an expose of them. Fortunately, the protagonist is there to lend her a helping hand.
* NervesOfSteel: While she's not brave enough to take the photo herself, risking the wrath of the human traffickers by exposing their misdeeds takes guts.
* QuestGiver:She requests a photo of the trafficker that she can publish for her expose.
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