History VideoGame / GunsGoreAndCannoli

* StormingTheBeaches: Vinnie, alongside several US Army soldiers, storm Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Unfortunately, all of the US soldiers accompanying Vinnie get killed by German fire or landmines, forcing Vinnie to take out the German defensive positions by himself.
* StupidJetpackHitler: [[spoiler:Frankie, as the Dark Don, ends up becoming one of the Nazis' top researchers following the events of the first game, having sold to them the secrets to the zombie serum. Amongst the technological developments he helps create include the Haunebu, the flying saucer he uses to fight Vinnie.]]

* DeaderThanDead: As revenge for his betrayal, Vinnie shoots Joe Barista with an 88 mm Flak cannon, leaving little more than a bloody stain on the ground. [[spoiler:And to make sure Frankie is really dead this time, Vinnie tosses him into a giant meat grinder.]]

* DeadlyRotaryFan: The Dark Don's laboratory is full of giant spinning blades that grind anybody caught in them to a pulp. It's justified, as the Don specifically wants to turn Vinnie into LudicrousGibs to harvest his blood.

* KarmicDeath: Vinnie shoves the MadScientist who made the poison into one of his own vats of the stuff. [[spoiler:Also, Vinnie tosses Frankie off the blimp to his [[DisneyVillainDeath apparent demise. Unfortunately for Vinnie, Frankie comes back as the Dark Don in the sequel without any explanation as to how he survived a 20 story drop, poison gas, and lots of zombies. Thankfully, Vinnie kills him off for real by tossing him into a giant meat grinder after beating him in the final boss level.]]

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Frankie tries to wipe out the gangsters by spiking their alcohol with a poison that'll turn them into zombies. It turns out that the mob only drinks imported alcohol and not the local brews that he spikes, and he ends up turning everyone ''except'' them into zombies.

* KarmicDeath: Vinnie shoves the MadScientist who made the poison into one of his own vats of the stuff. Also, Vinnie tosses Frankie off the blimp to his [[DisneyVillainDeath apparent demise]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Vinnie, Frankie comes back as the Dark Don in the sequel without any explanation as to how he survived a 20 story drop, poison gas, and lots of zombies. Thankfully, Vinnie kills him off for real by tossing him into a giant meat grinder after beating him in the final boss level.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: The first mafia family you encounter are well aware that Frankie has something to do with the zombie outbreak, but they aren't very interested in telling this to Vinnie and Vinnie isn't very interested in asking. Not that they don't already want to kill Vinnie anyway, as he was hired by a rival family.

* SequelHook: In the sequel game, Vinnie finishes the self-imposed job he started in Thugtown (killing off Frankie the Fly and making sure he's dead) and crash lands into Roswell via stolen UFO. However, it is not known if he remembered to destroy the secret base and all the zombie poison in it so that nobody could continue making zombies.

* ShutUpHannibal: After landing in France and storming the German fortifications, Vinnie confronts the German commander. The commander reveals to Vinnie that the pilot who flew Vinnie to Europe was actually a spy. The German commander then demands that Vinnie immediately surrender (or the Germans will capture him with the use of deadly force). Vinnie responds with a very well made taunt.

* TheImmune: Vinnie is immune to the zombie poison; Frankie wants to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grind him into paste]] in the sequel to monopolize the cure.

** After being betrayed by Frankie, Vinnie tore his way through a whole city full of zombies, gangsters and soldiers to get even, which he got by throwing him out of the airship he intends to escape Thugtown with. [[spoiler:When Frankie somehow survived, Vinnie made sure he stayed dead in the sequel by throwing him into his own giant meat grinder]].

* UnexplainedRecovery: Frankie somehow survives falling from an airship into a city full of poison gas with no explanation. [[https://steamcommunity.com/app/525510/discussions/0/1697168437869382794/ Word Of God]] says that he grabbed onto the blimp's anchor and was able to jump to safety when it passed a tall building, and survived by scavenging gas masks from dead soldiers.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Frankie definitely suffers from this disorder. His victims have been: Vinnie, the mob bosses, [[spoiler:the scientist who created the zombie plague]], [[spoiler:the Nazis in the sequel]]... ''nobody'' is safe from this guy!
* CoolAirship: Bellucio has one, and he needs Frankie (who's a pilot) to fly it for him. It serves as the final boss, protected by heavy armor, grenade launchers, and machine guns. Vinnie boards it after shooting its armor and guns to pieces.

* UniversalDriversLicense: Lampshaded when Frankie insists he's too valuable to kill because of his expertise in piloting airships. Vinnie however didn't care for it.
-->'''Frankie''': "Vinnie, please... you can't kill me! I'm the only one who can fly this thing. You NEED me!"
-->'''Vinnie''': "I'll read the freaking manual! Now let's see if ''you'' can fly without the blimp!"
-->'''Frankie''': "No! NO! AAAAH!!"

* VillainsWantMercy: Frankie, [[spoiler:in both games]]. As befitting his cowardly nature, he begs Vinnie to spare his life after the final battle. [[spoiler:Both times,]] Vinnie doesn't show any mercy and wisely throws him to his doom [[spoiler:(which is an actual death the second time around)]].
-->'''Frankie:''' "Ah, Vinnie, don't hurt me! It was just a joke, you know, heh-heh..."
-->'''Vinnie:''' "Yeah, freaking hysterical. You know what else is funny? YOU, [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a little girl]], on the way DOWN!!" (grabs Frankie in order to throw him to his death)
-->'''Frankie:''' "No! NO!! AAAAAAAH!!!"

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Frankie seems like a nice, meek fellow, but is actually a spiteful psychopath who starts a zombie apocalypse to get back at the local mafia families for not giving him enough "respect."

* CrosshairAware: The sequel game features manned heavy flak cannons that try to target Vinnie directly. When a German soldier loads a shell into the cannon and aims at Vinnie, a crosshair circle and a red aiming line (the shell's trajectory) appear. When the targeting circle stops shrinking and the loading process is done, the cannon will fire and explode the first thing that intersects its aiming line [[FriendlyFire including any German soldiers who happen to be in front of the cannon.]] Thankfully, Vinnie can [[DodgeTheBullet easily dodge the shell and mislead the flak gunners.]] This shell-dodging is very much emphasized [[spoiler:during the fight against the Tiger Tank, as its main gun loads and fires much faster than the flak turrets]].

* WeaponSpecialization: Vinnie appears to prefer the M1921 Tommy gun as his weapon of choice, although he also has a soft spot for the shotgun in the sequel as well. During the boss fight against the German Commander, however, Vinnie is shown brandishing a captured Sturmgewehr.

** As one of his one-liners, Vinnie will sometimes say [[Film/HomeAlone "Keep the change, you filthy animal"]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In ''2'', the Nazis have guided missiles. This was actually in the test phase by the Germans in World War 2, although it was a very bulky missile with a tripod-mounted, crew-served launcher.

* VillainWantsMercy: Frankie, [[spoiler:in both games]]. As befitting his cowardly nature, he begs Vinnie to spare his life after the final battle. [[spoiler:Both times,]] Vinnie doesn't show any mercy and wisely throws him to his doom [[spoiler:(which is an actual death the second time around)]].
--->'''Frankie:''' "Ah, Vinnie, don't hurt me! It was just a joke, you know, heh-heh..."
--->'''Vinnie:''' "Yeah, freaking hysterical. You know what else is funny? YOU, [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a little girl]], on the way DOWN!!" (grabs Frankie in order to throw him to his death)
--->'''Frankie:''' "No! NO!! AAAAAAAH!!!"

--->Vinnie: "People always lose their heads when they meet me!"

** Zombie Hookers are discolored, slack jawed, and bug-eyed. They're also dressed in lingerie and, um, [[{{Gainaxing}} jiggle.]] It doesn't help that they try to whip the player to death.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Frankie, [[spoiler:in both games]]. As befitting his cowardly nature, he begs Vinnie to spare his life after the final battle. [[spoiler:Both times,]] Vinnie doesn't show any mercy and wisely throws him to his doom [[spoiler:(which is an actual death the second time around)]].
--->'''Frankie:''' "Ah, Vinnie, don't hurt me! It was just a joke, you know, heh-heh..."
--->'''Vinnie:''' "Yeah, freaking hysterical. You know what else is funny? YOU, [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a little girl]], on the way DOWN!!" (grabs Frankie in order to throw him to his death)
--->'''Frankie:''' "No! NO!! AAAAAAAH!!!"

* WeaponOfChoice: Vinnie appears to prefer the M1921 Tommy gun as his weapon of choice, although he also has a soft spot for the shotgun in the sequel as well. During the boss fight against the German Commander, however, Vinnie is shown brandishing a captured Sturmgewehr.

In June 2021 it was announced that Rogueside is working on a ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''-themed SpiritualSuccessor titled ''VideoGame/ShootasBloodAndTeef''.

In June 2021 it was announced that Rogueside is working on a ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''-themed SpiritualSuccessor titled ''Shootas, Blood, & Teef''. The reveal trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KSCJP7-OA here]].

* StupidJetpackHitler: [[spiler:Frankie, as the Dark Don, ends up becoming one of the Nazis' top researchers following the events of the first game, having sold to them the secrets to the zombie serum. Amongst the technological developments he helps create include the Haunebu, the flying saucer he uses to fight Vinnie.]]

** In the sequel, the shotgun will instantly kill any normal enemy who absorbs all the buckshot from one blast at point-blank range. The knock-back ability is taken UpToEleven, allowing the player to launch surviving enemies into the air. The player can also knock the enemies into the ground if the enemies are jumping up from directly below. Thankfully, the shotgun pellets also cause victims (especially giant zombies) to flinch a lot.

* StuffBlowingUp: UpToEleven with [[EverythingExplodesEnding the cartoon's ending]], [[spoiler:when the cask whiskey in the Constelli distillery is ignited all at once, resulting in a colossal explosion which took out the zombies, both Bellucio and Constelli gangs and the ''entire freaking city'' all at once]].

* CoolHelmet: The US Army soldiers (and soldier zombies) in the first game wear Brodie Helmets, which are more effective at deflecting bullets than they were in real life. In the sequel, however, while the game does show the Wermarcht's stahlhelms and the American M1 Helmet, no helmet can stop Vinnie's bullets.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite Vinnie being an unrepentant mob enforcer, he was genuinely horrified by [[spoiler:the Scientist's creation of a toxin that would turn any drinkers into zombies ([[EveryoneHasStandards even causing the Prohibition Bureau to shut down the program as a result]]) and Frankie's instigation of entire ZombieApocalypse from his financial backing]]. He also shows disgust towards the Nazis, who try to kidnap him twice [[spoiler:and one of his grudges against Frankie include his willing collaboration with them]]. [[note]]Vinnie's distaste for the Nazis has historical basis, as Germany backed Facist Italy, who had been attempting to exterminate Sicily's crime families. Cosa Nostra actually made a deal with the US government to use their influence to weed out spies, saboteurs, and sympathizers.[[/note]]

** Zombie Hookers are discolored, slackjawed, and bug-eyed. They're also dressed in lingerie and, um, [[{{Gainaxing}} jiggle.]] It doesn't help that they try to whip the player to death.

** When the Dark Don is finally shown, [[spoiler:he knows the place where the zombie poison was made and the same tank-top wearing and baseball bat-wielding thug is killed with a shot to the throat. Pretty much foreshadows that Frankie was the Dark Don all along]].
** When Vinnie visits Joe Barista again after escaping Thugtown from the Dark Don and his subordinates. [[spoiler:A Wehrmact officer's cap is seen on the table inside of the bar.]]

** As one of his one liners, Vinnie will sometimes say [[Film/HomeAlone "Keep the change, you filthy animal"]].

** In the sequel, Vinnie cannot pick up rifles used by American or German soldiers.

* WeaponOfChoice: Vinnie appears to prefer the M1921 Tommy gun as his weapon of choice, although he also has a soft-spot for the shotgun in the sequel as well.

* BoomHeadshot: Paulie does this to Luigi with his double-barrelled sawn-off shotgun when Luigi turned into a zombie after drinking the tainted whiskey the Constellis brewed and the duo stole on orders of their boss in the Bellucios gang.
* DestroyTheEvidence: After the mob enforcer duo barely escaped from the zombies, their boss demand they go back and destroy both the Constelli's distillery and Luigi's bar with dynamite so to leave nothing for the police to find.

* ZombieApocalypse: Vinnie and Paulie accidentally set off a small one when the booze they stole from the Constellis turned out to be defective, though they can't figure out [[RiddleForTheAges why it turns people into Zombie]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite Vinnie being an unrepentant mob enforcer, he was genuinely horrified by [[spoiler:the Scientist's creation of a toxin that would turn any drinkers into zombies ([[EveryoneHasStandards even causing the Prohibition Bureau to shut down the program as a result]]) and Frankie's instigation of entire ZombieApocalypse from his financial backing]]. He also shows disgust towards the Nazis, who try to kidnap him twice [[spoiler:and one of his grudges against Frankie include his willing collaboration with them]]. [[note]]Vinnie's distaste for the Nazis has historical basis, as Germany backed Facist Italy, who had been attempting to exterminate Sicily's crime families. Cosa Nostra actually made a deal with the US government to use their influence to weed out spies, saboteurs, and sympathizers.

* KarmaHoudini: Vinnie would have been convicted for multiple counts of gruesome murder had it not been for the fact that all of the victims and all of the evidence are now stuck in a quarantined zone that's permanently guarded by the US Army[[note]]Nobody in the government, least of all the former prohibition bureau, wants evidence of the kill-moonshiners-by-deadly-toxin-injected-alcohol plan revealed to the public. The courts dropped all charges against Vinnie according to the sequel, which makes sense considering that any leak of the poison plan would spell doom for the federal government's relationship with the general public[[/note]].

* AintTooProudToBeg: Frankie,[[spoiler: in both games.]] As befitting his cowardly nature, he begs Vinnie to spare his life after the final battle.[[spoiler: Both times,]] Vinnie doesn't show any mercy and wisely throws him to his doom[[spoiler: (which is an actual death the second time around)]].
--->Frankie: "Ah, Vinnie, don't hurt me! It was just a joke, you know, heh-heh..."
--->Vinnie: "Yeah, freaking hysterical. You know what else is funny? YOU, screaming like a little girl, on the way DOWN!!" (grabs Frankie in order to throw him to his death)
--->Frankie: "No! NO!! AAAAAAAH!!!"
* AluminumChristmasTrees: In 2, the Nazis have guided missiles. This was actually in the test phase by the Germans in World War 2, although it was a very bulky missile with a tripod-mounted, crew-served launcher.

--->Vinnie: "When I play baseball, a home-run means ''you're out!"''

--->Vinnie: "That'll cost you an arm and a leg... and a head."

--->Vinnie: "Oh yeah? You'd better have a freaking army ready if you want to put me in ''that thing'' alive!"
--->Dark Don: "Ever heard of the Wehrmacht? We've got about a ZILLION soldiers! NAZIS, TAKE HIM!!"
* CallBack: When Vinnie reaches the submarine bay in the sequel. An establishing shot of the U-boat shows a large row of giant vats with one of them ''still'' holding the body of the scientist that Vinnie threw inside (although obviously now a skeleton due to how long it's been floating in the vat). Another call back in the same scene is Vinnie killing a baseball bat-wielding with his Tommy gun by shooting him in the throat. Just like he did when he first saved Frankie, [[spoiler:most likely {{foreshadowing}} as in this cutscene the Dark Don is present]].

--->Joe: "Road-kill!! Heh-heh-heh!"

--->Vinnie: "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were a tree!"

--->Vinnie: "Ain't '''that''' a kick in the teeth?!"
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Frankie, definitely suffers from this disorder. His victims have been: Vinnie, the mob bosses, [[spoiler:the scientist who created the zombie plague]], [[spoiler:the Nazis in the sequel]]... ''nobody'' is safe from this guy!

* CoolHelmet: The US Army soldiers (and soldier zombies) in the first game wear Brodie Helmets, which are more effective at deflecting bullets than they were in real life. In the sequel however, while the game does show the Wermarcht's stahlhelms and the American M1 Helmet, no helmet can stop Vinnie's bullets.

* CrosshairAware: The sequel game features manned heavy flak cannons that try to target Vinnie directly. When a German soldier loads a shell into the cannon and aims at Vinnie, a crosshair circle and a red aiming line (the shell's trajectory) appear. When the targeting circle stops shrinking and the loading process is done, the cannon will fire and explode the first thing that intersects its aiming line [[FriendlyFire including any German soldiers who happen to be in front of the cannon.]] Thankfully, Vinnie can [[DodgeTheBullet easily dodge the shell and mislead the flak gunners.]] This shell-dodging is very much emphasized [[spoiler:during the fight against the Tiger Tank, as its main gun loads and fires much faster than the flak turrets.]]

* DryCrusader: The Bureau of Prohibition, having realized that Prohibition enforcement through normal police methods was a failure, created a poison so they could spike the ingredients of alcohol. It was rejected because the effects were too..."[[ZombieApocalypse extravagant]]."

*** In the first game, you have Runners (in the forms of attractive women, butlers and waiters), Armored Zombies (carrying placards that mean only explosives, fire or headshots can kill them), Vomit Zombies (zombie housewives who constantly and literally belch clouds of poisonous gas, whose heads burst off when killed and whose bodies keep running around spewing toxic fumes for several seconds afterwards), Soldier Zombies of the "sporadically firing zombie" version (coming in the pistol-packing police and helmeted, tommy-gun-toting soldier), and a fast-moving Brute (zombie footballer, who charges at Vinnie and sends him flying). It also has "Big Zombies", which combine the Brute and Bruiser roles with projectile attacks (a hatchet-flinging chef and a barrel-hurling stevedore), and Zombie Leprechauns, which are midgets who float around on balloons and lob bottles of toxic absinthe at Vinnie.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite Vinnie being an unrepentant mob enforcer, he was genuinely horrified by [[spoiler: the Scientist's creation of a toxin that would turn any drinkers into zombies ([[EveryoneHasStandards even causing the Prohibition Bureau to shut down the program as a result]]) and Frankie's instigation of entire ZombieApocalypse from his financial backing.]] He also shows disgust towards the Nazis, who try to kidnap him twice [[spoiler:and one of his grudges against Frankie include his willing collaboration with them.]] [[note]]Vinnie's distaste for the Nazis has historical basis, as Germany backed Facist Italy, who had been attempting to exterminate Sicily's crime families. Cosa Nostra actually made a deal with the US government to use their influence to weed out spies, saboteurs, and sympathizers.

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Frankie]] in the first game, who becomes the antagonist of 1 and 2. [[spoiler:Joe Barista takes up the role in ''2'', since he deliberately keeps sending Vinnie into the Dark Don's hands and is collaborating with the Nazis. Vinnie is less than pleased about Joe's betrayal and takes revenge using an 88mm Flak cannon to disintegrate him after defeating the Tiger Tank.]]

--->Vinnie: "You're damaged goods, lady!"

--->Vinnie: "Lit them up like a Christmas tree!"

--->Vinnie: "Come on over, I'm having a FIRE SALE!!"

** When the Dark Don is finally shown, [[spoiler:he knows the place to where the zombie poison was made and the same tank-top wearing and baseball bat-wielding thug is killed with a shot to the throat. Pretty much foreshadows that Frankie was the Dark Don all along.]]
** When Vinnie visits Joe Barista again after escaping Thugtown from the Dark Don and his subordinates. [[spoiler:A Wehrmact officer's cap is seen on the table inside of the bar]].

** Literally - the only people left alive in Thugtown are mobsters (although the US Army's moved in as of late). It's because they drink imported alcohol and not the poisoned local booze, and they have the firepower and numbers to fend off the zombies.

** The magnum revolver in the first game can [[{{OneHitPolyKill}} decapitate two regular enemies in a row]]. It has a long reload time and a slow rate of fire, but it has a very long killing range. It's also worth noting that the magnum is the only weapon apart from the starting pistol that Vinnie aims at head level, which thanks to DenialOfDiagonalAttack means it's one of the few weapons that can reliably take out enemies with torso shields (conversely, it's nigh useless against helmeted enemies unless Vinnie shoots from a crouching position).

** The concept of adding toxins to barrels of bootleg, which one of [[spoiler:the scientists tried to introduce zombification and caused the plan to be scrapped]], was based on government's practice in [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/government-poison-10000-americans/ real life Prohibition]] in order to prevent alcohol consumption (though the real-life measure was used for industrial-purpose alcohol).
** [[spoiler: In TheStinger of the sequel, after defeating and then stealing one of the Dark Don's UFO's, Vinnie crashes it into Roswell. This refers to the Roswell UFO Incident]]
** Vinnie's disdain for the Nazis echoes the reality that the Mafia ''hated'' the Nazis because the Nazis supported the Italian Fascists (who attempted to wipe out the old Mafia families in Sicily), and in fact they literally made an under-the-table deal with the US government to use their influence to stamp out Nazi spies, collaborators and saboteurs!

* KarmicDeath: Vinnie shoves the MadScientist who made the poison into one of his own vats of the stuff. Also, Vinnie tosses Frankie off the blimp to his [[DisneyVillainDeath apparent demise]].[[spoiler: Unfortunately for Vinnie, Frankie comes back as the Dark Don in the sequel without any explanation as to how he survived a 20 story drop, poison gas, and lots of zombies. Thankfully, Vinnie kills him off for real by tossing him into a giant meat grinder after beating him in the final boss level.]]

* NotQuiteDead: In the sequel, [[spoiler:the Dark Don is revealed to be a very much alive Frankie.]]

* OpportunisticBastard: [[spoiler:Frankie is absurdly good at sniffing out opportunities to advance his goals. In both games he gets a NearVillainVictory despite little apparent planning.]]
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: By and large, they take after the general Romero conventions, with serving of PlagueZombie on the side. However, they seem to retain certain elements of their former lives - zombies in football gear will attempt to charge-tackle the player, soldier zombies and some police zombies can still fire their guns (albeit without much accuracy), and quite a few more specialized zombies will serve to make gameplay less boring.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite Vinnie being an unrepentant mob enforcer, he was genuinely horrified by [[spoiler: the Scientist's creation of a toxin that would turn any drinkers into zombies ([[EveryoneHasStandards even causing the Prohibition Bureau to shut down the program as a result]]) and Frankie's instigation of entire ZombieApocalypse from his financial backing.]] Also he shows disgust towards the Nazis, who try to kidnap him twice [[spoiler:and one of his grudges against Frankie include his willing collaboration with them.]]

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Frankie]] in the first game, who becomes the antagonist of 1 and 2. [[spoiler:Joe Barista takes up the role in ''2'', since he deliberately keeps sending Vinnie into the Dark Don's hands and is collaborating with the Nazis. Vinnie is less than pleased about Joe's betrayal and takes revenge using an 88 mm Flak cannon to disintegrate him after defeating the Tiger Tank.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: Vinnie and Paulie raided the Constelli's distillery to get their alcohol and makeup for the shortfall caused by Frankie's sabotage. They not only didn't suspect a thing when they discover the place unguarded, but failed to notice the Constellis guarding the place are all already dead in the distillery office, having fought each other to mutual annihilation after half their number turned into zombies sampling their own product.

* TooDumbToLive: Vinnie and Paulie only thought for a moment how unusual it is a distillery owned by the Bellucios' rivals the Constellis is left unguarded, only thinking that it makes their job of raiding their supply easier. Granted, they would never had suspected the alcohol the Constellis brew somehow turned people into zombies and that the Constelli guards are already dead because of that, but they never suspected for a moment something must be very wrong with the whole situation and never bothered to investigate just to be sure, leading to them shipping some of the whiskey they stole to Vinnie's associate Luigi [[NiceJobBreakingItHero and unwittingly spreading the outbreak]].