History VideoGame / DeadToRights

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: [[spoiler:Hennessey and Pinnacle. Pinnacle deserves special mention for essentially being a cross between [[{{Acrofatic}} the Kingpin]] and an evil version of [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar.]]]]

A series of third-person shooter games, published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] that combined (or tried to) gunplay and hand-to-hand combat.

** ''Every'' female character in the first game. One character, an ActionGirl hitwoman, gets unceremoniously back-stabbed exactly one chapter after she was introduced, and at the end of your EscortMission for her, too. Two others betray Jack out of desperation only to be killed soon after in rather-too-conveinent examples of KarmicDeath. The game took fridging to a whole new level, which is likely owed to ''ComicBook/SinCity'' being one of its influences.

** ''Every'' female character in the first game. One character, an ActionGirl hitwoman, gets unceremoniously back-stabbed exactly one chapter after she was introduced, and at the end of your EscortMission for her, too. Two others betray Jack out of desperation only to be killed soon after in rather-too-conveinent examples of KarmicDeath. The game took fridging to a whole new level.

* DistractedByTheSexy: The purpose of the Stripper minigame of the first game is for Jack's stripper friend to distract guards so that he can sneak into the building without anyone noticing.

* PhallicWeapon: [[spoiler: after killing Augie Blatz, Patch places his gold Luger in the dead man's lap and at a suggestive angle, saying "Why, I'm amazed that Mr. Blatz was able to squeeze off a round in self-defense".]]

* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Downplayed, but Jack survives getting shot across the temple, leaving him with a distinct scar, by Patch, who lampshades how much skill was required to pull off a shot like that ''without'' blowing his brains out.

* TisOnlyABulletToTheBrain: Downplayed, but Jack survives getting shot across the temple by Patch, who lampshades how much skill was required to pull off a shot like that ''without'' blowing his brains out.

** Bomb defusing takes the form of a marble labyrinth-style challenge, where the player has to navigate a ball through a narrow path within a time limit. Some bombs later on up the difficulty by [[InferfaceScrew adjusting the brightness of the room you're in, or having the lights flickering]].

* ObviousBeta: Fahook's plane. The inexplicable scene of the prisoners Jack just rescued trying to kill him, Fahook running around shirtless with incredibly glitchy animation, your clearly being meant to end the fight with him with some kind of special move that doesn't seem to exist (luckily, shooting him works too), and having a 50/50 chance of Jack getting stuck running into the cockpit doorframe after the cutscene there.

* StealthBasedMission: Several sections in ''Retribution'' have the player take control of [[CanineCompanion Shadow]] whenever Jack needs something to be done especially stealthy, such as retrieving keys or deactivating generators without notice. Shadow possesses an AuraVision to detect enemies, can provide distractions by barking, and take down enemies.

* OnlyTrueBeliever: The BigBad of ''Retribution'' is ironically the only backer of the GAC who genuinely believes its unethical and extreme methods will save the city. Meanwhile, Temple only backed the GAC to plaster his name over a new project that could increase his reputation, and Riggs was only in it to justify his own sadism. [[spoiler:Incidentally, the latter two conspire to kill Redwater after the GAC gets approved because they know his fervent desire to stamp out all crime would eventually put the two of them in his crosshairs.]]

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The Den of Iniquity from the first game.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Jack Slate's appearance changes significantly among games. His first appearance is him at his most "normal", of average size but being pretty realistically built. In ''2'' and ''Reckoning'', despite being prequels, Jack's [[HeroicBuild significantly larger]] [[RatedMForManly and more gruff]], sporting [[BaritoneOfStrength a much deeper voice]] in ''2'' courtesy of Creator/SteveBlum. His appearance in ''Retribution'' is somewhere in between, not quite as exaggerated but still looking like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield]] at times.

* RatedMForManly: To a ridiculous extent. Jack Slate himself circa ''Retribution'' crosses straight into TestosteronePoisoning, complete with [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield-like physique]].

* CameraScrew: The camera in the original game tends to point at the least useful position after a cutscene, especially bad when said cutscene is immediately followed by a shooting segment.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Jack Slate's appearance changes significantly among games. His first appearance is him at his most "normal", of average size but being pretty realistically built. In ''2'' and ''Reckoning'', despite being prequels, Jack's [[HeroicBuild significantly larger]] [[RatedMForManly and more gruff]], sporting [[BadassBaritone a much deeper voice]] in ''2'' courtesy of Creator/SteveBlum. His appearance in ''Retribution'' is somewhere in between, not quite as exaggerated but still looking like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Chris Redfield]] at times.

The first game ([[FanNickname alternatively known]] as ''VideoGame/RollingThunder: Dead to Rights'' or ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis: Dead to Rights'' due to being SpiritualSuccessor) from 2002, developed by Namco [=HomeTek=], follows the story of Jack Slate, a tough-as-nails CowboyCop with a canine companion, who delves deeply into Grant City's criminal underbelly after his father's murder and his subsequent arrest for killing the guy who did it (he was framed). What follows is a mad-cap adventure filled with snark as Jack fights his way through an entirely corrupt system full of strange, quirky bosses.

The first game (alternatively known as ''VideoGame/RollingThunder: Dead to Rights'' due to being SpiritualSuccessor) from 2002, developed by Namco [=HomeTek=], follows the story of Jack Slate, a tough-as-nails CowboyCop with a canine companion, who delves deeply into Grant City's criminal underbelly after his father's murder and his subsequent arrest for killing the guy who did it (he was framed). What follows is a mad-cap adventure filled with snark as Jack fights his way through an entirely corrupt system full of strange, quirky bosses.

The first game (alternatively known as ''Rolling Thunder: Dead to Rights'' due to being SpiritualSuccessor) from 2002, developed by Namco [=HomeTek=], follows the story of Jack Slate, a tough-as-nails CowboyCop with a canine companion, who delves deeply into Grant City's criminal underbelly after his father's murder and his subsequent arrest for killing the guy who did it (he was framed). What follows is a mad-cap adventure filled with snark as Jack fights his way through an entirely corrupt system full of strange, quirky bosses.

The first game from 2002, developed by Namco [=HomeTek=], follows the story of Jack Slate, a tough-as-nails CowboyCop with a canine companion, who delves deeply into Grant City's criminal underbelly after his father's murder and his subsequent arrest for killing the guy who did it (he was framed). What follows is a mad-cap adventure filled with snark as Jack fights his way through an entirely corrupt system full of strange, quirky bosses. The references and similarities to ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' (Jack Slate has been even often compared to the original ''Time Crisis'''s protagonist Richard Miller, and its sequel's two protagonists Keith Martin and Robert Baxter) causing the game to be alternatively [[FanNickname known as]] ''Time Crisis: Dead to Rights''.