| 1 | The main characters of ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans''. |
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| 4 | !Main Characters |
| 5 | [[folder:Cryptosporidium 136/7/8/9, "Crypto"]] |
| 6 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JGrantAlbrecht, Sean Donnellan (''Big Willy Unleashed'') |
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| 8 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crypto_137.jpg]] |
| 9 | [[caption-width-right:255:''"This planet is now a territory of the Furon Empire, and your asses belong to me!"'']] |
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| 11 | The protagonist of the ''Destroy All Humans!'' series. Crypto is a member of a race of aliens called the Furons, who all clone themselves due to their race's [[NonHumansLackAttributes lack of genitalia]], Crypto himself having been cloned at least 139 times in-lore. He is on a mission to invade and conquer Earth to harvest human brainstems, which contain Pure Furon DNA, in order to save his race from extinction due to CloneDegeneration, but this also won't stop him from having fun as he goes, either through wanton destruction or debauchery. |
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| 13 | * AbusiveAlienParents: According to Crypto, his ''cloning tube'' is more lovable than his own mother. |
| 14 | * AlienAmongUs: His Holobob disguise allows him to blend in with other humans. Later games give him the Body Snatch ability to take over human bodies, provided he can distract them first. |
| 15 | * AliensAreBastards: He thoroughly enjoys inflicting pain, suffering and death on the humans. |
| 16 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: Compared to the other alien invaders the Blisk, Crypto at least wants to make sure humanity survives since the Furons need them. |
| 17 | * AmazonChaser: If the player makes a lewd comment about Natalya when first speaking with her, she'll threaten him with the fact that she carries three knives on her. He responds that he's pretty sure he's in love. |
| 18 | * AmbiguouslyBi: In ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', if the player correctly answers that the Stonewall Bar wasn't one of the locations in Bay City he visited when the White Ninja Master quizes him, Crypto then hastily adds a "OrSoIHeard." |
| 19 | * AndThisIsFor: Done to Saxon in "''Path of the Furon''": |
| 20 | --> '''Crypto''': This is for [[spoiler:The Master]]! And because I don't like you! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And for your]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Bogus! Satin! JAMMIES!]] |
| 21 | * AntiVillain: Sure, Crypto is annihilating humankind, but he has a better reason than most alien invaders, namely the survival of his own species. |
| 22 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Crypto, an alien from outer space, believes the Yeti to be a crock. |
| 23 | * AxCrazy: Crypto epitomizes this trope often. To the point where he complains about missions in the second game where the goal is to save humans instead of kill them. |
| 24 | * BerserkButton: |
| 25 | ** Don't call Crypto "green".[[note]]In the Japanese version, this was swapped out about being called a [[IAmNotWeasel Martian]].[[/note]] |
| 26 | ** If you're a human, it's probably also not a good idea to bring up Crypto-136 becoming sushi by "[[HumansAreMorons Monkeys]]". Notably, this is the one that seems to make him legitimately angry instead of [[SurroundedByIdiots merely irritated]] or [[BloodKnight cheerily bloodthirsty.]] |
| 27 | ** In ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', it's revealed that Crypto has had a few bad encounters with alien plant-life and has since developed a distaste for plants in general. |
| 28 | * {{BFG}}: Crypto hefts around some pretty big guns, especially considering his short stature. |
| 29 | * BigNo: In the third game, [[spoiler:Crypto yells out a big one after the Master dies. This one is so big, in fact, Crypto needs to take a breath before finishing it.]] |
| 30 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Crypto is apparently revolted to find out that earthly creatures eat with their mouths, bringing into question how a Furon eats and the purpose of their [[FangsAreEvil rows of pointed dentures]]. The second game implies he doesn't have a heart, so how his species circulates their blood is a mystery. The 2020 remake of the first game also shows that his nostrils are on the back of his head, which breath in and out. |
| 31 | * BloodKnight: Blowing things up is basically Crypto's ''raison d'etre''. |
| 32 | * BodySnatcher: One of Crypto's main, and possibly favorite skills is the ability to take over human bodies. It's his go-to disguise ability from the second game onwards. |
| 33 | * BoldlyComing: Upgrades to this once he receives his ''Package''. |
| 34 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Pox's Brains; he goes around doing the dirty work, while Pox come up with the schemes. |
| 35 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Whenever he gets really aggravated, he tends to speak to the audience about how exasperating a situation is. For example, when if you attempt to get a recap on Coyote Bongwater's blimp plan from the Freak, he'll have no memory of the plan and force Crypto to re-explain it to him. Crypto will turn to the camera and say this is why people shouldn't do drugs. |
| 36 | * BusCrash: Technically; by the beginning of ''both Destroy All Humans! 2'' and ''Path of the Furon'', both Crypto 137 and 138 died respectively in-between all three games. Though this obviously means nothing due to the Furons' ability to clone themselves. |
| 37 | * CaptureAndReplicate: Crypto's Holobob freezes a victim and makes them invisible while Crypto assumes the identity of the target while they're incapacitated. Should Crypto discard his disguise or blow his cover, the victim is released. |
| 38 | * TheCasino: By "''Path of the Furon''", he's founded a casino called the Space Dust, where he's mostly just lounging around while only occasionally using it to make customers "disappear" so he can collect Furon DNA. |
| 39 | * ChildHater: Dismisses the idea of making his casino more family-friendly for this reason, believing that children are too smart to gamble. |
| 40 | * CloneArmy: Though we only play as one Crypto throughout the series; in the first game, a mission failure message from Orthopox implies that there's an entire military clone program of him. Meaning there may be more than one Cryptosporidium causing havoc in the galaxy (which would explain why he's been cloned an abnormally large number of times). |
| 41 | * CloneDegeneration: Subject to this as all Furons are, with ''Destroy All Humans!'' largely focusing on siezing control of Earth to harvest the Pure Furon DNA in humanity to fix it. By ''Destroy All Humans! 2'' his new clone has reversed this to the point where his ''"Package"'' is restored |
| 42 | * DeadpanSnarker: He, along with Pox, engages in this quite often throughout the series. He and his boss' dialogue is often comprised of SnarkToSnarkCombat. |
| 43 | * DeflectorShields: Crypto has a shield that takes the damage dealt by enemies for him, and regenerates if he hasn't taken damage for some time. Once his shield is down, he can be killed in one strike. |
| 44 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Crypto hates being called "green" or "toddler", a recurring joke in the games. |
| 45 | * DoubleJump: Thanks to his trusty Jetpack, which is what keeps the second jump going for longer if the player holds down the jump button the second time. The second game onward requires the Jetpack to be upgraded for a longer floating period and higher reaches. |
| 46 | * DubPersonalityChange: In the Japanese dub, Crypto sounds and acts more like a JapaneseDelinquent speaking like WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, rather than the [[EvilSoundsDeep evil-sounding voice from the English version]]. Extra bonus that [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi he is voiced by Bugs Bunny's official voice actor in Japan]]. |
| 47 | * DumbMuscle: Downplayed when compared to the Humans, but it is pronounced when it comes to discussing with Orthopox or about the higher-ups of the Furon Empire, considering that he is just a Furon Warrior. |
| 48 | --> "''We gotta crack some craniums! We gotta rescue me - him! He's gotta rescue me - I mean we gotta - I gotta - Brains, man. [[SuddenlyShouting WHEN DO I GET TO BLOW THINGS UP?]]''" |
| 49 | * EmergencyWeapon: The Zap-O-Matic is Cryptos starting weapon, and can be upgraded to be a powerful tool when invested into. While it won't pack as much of an instant punch as other guns like the Disintegrator Ray, it doesn't require ammo and its battery will recharge when depleted relatively quickly, making it a viable choice to switch to if you've ran dry on ammo. |
| 50 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: |
| 51 | ** Natalya is one of the few humans Crypto's ever gotten attached to. He is visibly upset when [[spoiler:Milenkov kills her]] and [[spoiler:clones her after killing him]]. |
| 52 | ** Happens briefly again when [[spoiler: The Master]] dies in the third game. |
| 53 | ** In "Big Willy Unleashed" he sees that the human who has been plotting against him throughout the game was his son with Natalya and lets him off the hook. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished It instantly bites him in ass.]] |
| 54 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 55 | ** While fairly hypocritical [[HumanResources in the context of his own mission]], Crypto-137 is still dismayed upon discovering that Crypto-136 was [[TheyWouldCutYouUp crudely autopsied by human scientists]] and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay put on display alongside his wrecked saucer]], openly wondering how "civilized beings" could do something so barbaric. |
| 56 | ** The sight of Roboprez, a formerly-deceased human brain swollen to an absurd size and hooked up to a colossal robot body, leaves Crypto with a dumbstruck gasp of "that is seriously messed up." |
| 57 | ** He gets pissed when the White Ninjas reveal they kidnapped a random woman from a supermarket to sacrifice in Arkvoodle's name (apparently one of their exes), and [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out on their callousness]]. The White Ninja leader immediately counters that he kidnapped and harvested DNA from Miss Rockwell (which drove her hopelessly insane) in the first game, [[HypocriticalHumor to which Crypto stammers that that was different]]. |
| 58 | ** This actually comes up twice in "''Path of the Furon''". Mostly PlayedForLaughs, but he has a horrified reaction after learning [[DrugsAreBad what smoking does to one's "extremities"]]. In a moment comparatively less funny, Crypto may whine about his mission sometimes, but after learning that someone has been [[spoiler:manufacturing synthetic Furon DNA]], he becomes genuinely disgusted. |
| 59 | ** In the final level of ''[=PotF=]'' on [[spoiler:Furon]], Crypto is horrified at the idea of killing [[spoiler: other Furons,]] stating that he's an invader, not a mass murderer. [[spoiler:Until Pox reminds them that [[ExpendableClone they're all clones anyway]]]]. |
| 60 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Crypto, AKA Crypto 137/8/9, AKA Cryptosporidium, AKA Cryptosporidium 137/8/9. |
| 61 | * EvilVersusEvil: Crypto is evil, no question, but most of the antagonists he fights(excluding regular enemies such as police officers and farmers of course) are not much better. In fact, Crypto might be slightly easier to root for since he at least has a reason for invading. |
| 62 | * FantasticRacism: Like most of the other Furons, he has a disdain for humans and refers to them as "monkeys" in a biting tone. He lightens up a bit as he starts indulging in human culture, but it never quite goes away. |
| 63 | * FreudianExcuse: Crypto-137's mission to harvest human DNA becomes understandable after what they did to his brother Crypto-136. |
| 64 | * GoingNative: In the first game, all Crypto ever does is express how much he finds humanity disgusting. Over the course of the games, [[TookALevelInKindness this hatred devolves to condescension]] and develops a fondness for their pop culture and in human women. By "''Path of the Furon''", Pox notes that his brain-harvesting productivity had dropped significantly because Crypto has essentially built a life on Earth. He's still willing to kill humans for fun, profit and the maintenance of his species, but that doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate Earth television and ogling bikini babes when off-duty. |
| 65 | ** Tellingly, by the third game, he’s anguished over having to destroy Las Paradiso, all of his favorite hang out spots and his own casino to cover his tracks, something he'd take glee in doing otherwise. |
| 66 | * TheGreys: Crypto embodies the trope a little better than the other Furons, since this is a general base design for them. |
| 67 | * HiddenDepths: Despite being the Furon equivalent of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill Jack Churchill]] and a zoophiliac[[note]]As Furons see humans more like animals than sentient beings.[[/note]], Crypto has actually become quite well versed in a lot of Human cultures during his twenty year mission on Earth. So much so that Pox accuses him of going native in ''Path of the Furon''. But even in ''Destroy All Humans 2'', there are some blink-and-you'll-miss-it scenes which prove that Crypto had more advanced Furon knowledge than he lets on. Such as being able to build an extremely powerful communications satellite and is able to replicate the cloning process upon non-Furons. |
| 68 | * HughMann: Despite having the ability to [[HumanDisguise disguise as]], and eventually [[BodySurf body snatch]] humans, Crypto's disguises are often far from convincing. Its mentioned that Pox made a mechanism of President Huffman since Crypto rarely spends time pretending to be him. |
| 69 | * InsaneTrollLogic: In the first game, the player can do this during "Citizen Crypto" mission during the mayor's speech. Read, for example, his response as to why the town fair burned down: |
| 70 | --> "''Look, cows fart methane, and methane is flammable. We've got more cows than Santa Modesta; you do the math.''" |
| 71 | ** In general, he seems to have a tenuous grasp of logic at the best of times; for instance, one conversation at the beginning of the second game has him blaming hippies for the destruction of the Mothership by being in league with the KGB, until Pox points out that they're, well, ''hippies''. Ironically enough, [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting he's partially right in this case]] in that the hippies' leader really is a KGB stooge. |
| 72 | * InterspeciesRomance: In the second game, Crypto gets new genitalia, and the only thing he can experiment on is human women, he doesn't get that far though. In the ending of the game, it is heavily implied that he made out with Natalya. |
| 73 | * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Crypto is only offended by the ''green'' part of being called a Little Green (Space)Man. Then again, that may be because it's the only inaccurate part, or to him that's the most off-putting part. |
| 74 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's a sociopath alien hell-bent on destruction, and has little regards for others' lives. He starts to show a slightly (read: slightly) softer side after being cloned for the 138th time, but it still shows. |
| 75 | * JetPack: Crypto's suit has a built-in jet pack that can pop out and allow him to fly around. |
| 76 | * KickTheDog: The "Ruined!" side missions in the second game have Crypto going out of his way to ruin random people's lives for no reason other than because [[ForTheEvulz he felt like it]]. |
| 77 | * LackOfEmpathy: Crypto claims that he has little concern for the rapid decline of the Furons and the fact they're headed for extinction, but is following Pox's orders to kill the humans and extract their brains because of his sadistic penchant for violence and killing. By the time ''Path of the Furon'''s plot kicks in, he seems to have mellowed out a bit on this. |
| 78 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Once he gets cloned "fully intact", Crypto's sexual appetite is as large as his destructive one. Given the Furons' general opinion of humanity as unevolved apes, this would be considered akin to bestiality under normal circumstances, but Pox admits that a fetish for Earth women isn't uncommon among Furon grunts with functioning genitals -- "sailors on shore leave, letting off steam" were the ones that seeded Furon DNA into humanity's "nubile" ancestors in the first place after the Martian War. |
| 79 | * MeaningfulName: Cryptosporidium is a parasite that causes diarrhea, so of course [[StealthPun he talks a lot of crap]] at times; incidentally, he also possesses a weapon that causes victims to lose bowel control as one of its side effects. The shorthand, "Crypto", invokes the term Cryptozoology, which is the pseudoscientific study of folklore to find out what inspired a local myth. |
| 80 | * MobWar: "''Path of the Furon''" starts with Crypto waging a one-man mob war against a rival casino in Las Paradiso, with acts of sabotage including shooting up the interior of their casino, making their owners look like paranoid fools in front of their mafia dons when they begin to suspect that Crypto is an alien, and eventually just flat-out destroying the building. |
| 81 | * MonsterProgenitor: Crypto is the first Furon in millennia to have working sex organs. Pox would've been the second, had the KGB not intervened. |
| 82 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He talks in a Creator/JackNicholson impression. He also ends up torturing a Nicholson parody for having a grating voice in "''Path Of the Furon''". |
| 83 | * OneHitPointWonder: Unless he has his shield up and fully stabilized, a single shot or hit from an enemy will kill the active Crypto clone and spawn the next. |
| 84 | * OneManArmy: Crypto being the only soldier under Pox's command, he can single-handedly wipe out the U.S. military and overthrow the government, doing the same years later with the KGB. |
| 85 | * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Combines this with AuthorityEqualsAsskicking and PresidentEvil. By the time of the sequel, he's referred to as "Mr. President" by people in the higher echelons of international espionage (like the KGB and the M-16), at least until the mandate of "President Huffman" finally ends during the 70s. |
| 86 | * PaperThinDisguise: Apparently, in France, all Crypto really needs to disguise himself among the locals is a beret. |
| 87 | ** Technically in play during the first game, too. His disguise as the mayor of Rockwell is easy to see through given that, while he does perfectly impersonate the mayor's voice, he can't be bothered to imitate colloquial English for even two seconds and repeatedly calls the outraged citizens pathetic and inferior to their faces in full invader lingo. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This CAN actually backfire]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment if the player chooses the wrong speech option three times too many and insults the crowd too much, but the right choices]] [[PlayedForLaughs make the crowd not seem to notice any of it.]] |
| 88 | ** He also ''really'' doesn't want to act like a hippie when talking to the Freak in Bay City, and flat-out admits to him he wanted to kill Coyote Bongwater the first time the Freak pointed him to the guy. |
| 89 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: His modus operandi. |
| 90 | * PhraseCatcher: Crypto gets called "little green man!" a lot, much to his displeasure. |
| 91 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: He possesses a stature of about three feet backed by devastating psychokinetic powers and enough firepower to single-handedly wage war against the United States. |
| 92 | * PlayingBothSides: In ''2'', he does this in several of the Odd Jobs. He helps Sgt. Fauxhall kill a rogue private selling weapons to the KGB, then kills Fauxhall at the KGB's request before Pox tells him to dismantle the KGB's weapons ring. He kills the Takoshima yakuza's leadership for the KGB, only to kill them afterwards. He then helps Blazitsky with his errands, and then gets him demoted so Grigoriy can take his place. |
| 93 | * PlayingWithFire: Not quite "fire", but the Disintegrator Ray fires super-heated plasma orbs that vaporize humans where they stand, reducing them to ashes. The Death Ray has the same effect as the Saucer's primary weapon. |
| 94 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Crosses over with PoliticallyIncorrectVillain since he is technically an alien invader with the goal to conquer Earth, but one of his main traits is his rather blatant chauvinism, constantly making lewd remarks regarding Natalya's outfit as well as other human women. |
| 95 | * PowerPerversionPotential: By the time Crypto gets his genitalia restored in the second game, and in turn his sex drive, he uses his Furon based psychic abilities to his own devious sexual intent. Once Body Snatching a woman to indulge in lesbian intercourse, whilst also using his telekinesis to grope human females. |
| 96 | * PretendPrejudice: In the first game, Crypto genuinely despises humans. By the second game, he's really just pretending (to a degree). |
| 97 | -->'''Crypto:''' Hey, you know, that big blue mudball starts to grow on ya. I mean at first you think it's a boil but-\ |
| 98 | '''Natalya:''' It's alright Crypto. You don't have to pretend. I know how you feel about humans. |
| 99 | -->'''Crypto:''' Weeellll... not ''all'' humans. |
| 100 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: |
| 101 | --> '''Crypto:''' Attention Blisk! I am Cryptosporidium of the planet Furon. This planet is a territory of the Furon Empire! And your asses belong to me! |
| 102 | * PresidentEvil: Crypto becomes this at the end of the first game when he takes over the U.S. government, pulling a KillAndReplace on President Huffman. |
| 103 | * PuppeteerParasite: Body-snatching becomes one of Crypto's favorite main powers by the second game, replacing the [=HoloBob=] from the first. It serves the same purpose by letting him blend in with the human population, at the cost of slowly killing his host, and unlike the [=HoloBob=] which can be renewed by scanning thoughts, he can't refresh the body-snatched disguise, or at least he couldn't until "''Path of the Furon''" made him able to preserve a snatched body through Cortex Scan again. |
| 104 | * PunyEarthlings: Just try to count the times he says ''"Pathetic human(s)!"'' or refers to them as "monkeys". |
| 105 | * PsychopathicManchild: He shows some shades of this with how excited he is to kill humans and blow stuff up, and how conversely distasteful he is of having to save humans or go stealthy. Not helping matters is this line when he faces off with [[spoiler:the Blisk Warship]] in the second game: |
| 106 | -->'''Crypto:''' About freakin' time! Enough pussyfootin' around - me wanna make boom-boom! |
| 107 | * RedEyesTakeWarning. Bordering on the verge of BlackEyesOfEvil in some iterations, his eyes are a deep shade of red. |
| 108 | * RedOniBlueOni: Crypto is the destruction-loving, party-loving Red to Orthopox' analyzing, logical blue. |
| 109 | * RichBoredom: Seem to be suffering this when he gave up killing and abducting for becoming a casino owner. It's visible Crypto gets easily bored with his powers superbly overpowering weak, puny humans. |
| 110 | * ScaryTeeth: He’s got an impressively sharp set of teeth, which are put to good use [[SlasherSmile whenever he's sneering]] and are put on a more prominent display in his HD remakes touch-up. |
| 111 | * ShockAndAwe: The Zap-O-Matic, Crypto's trademark starting gun, which fires a concentrated electrical burst that shocks humans to a crisp. Upgrading it allows it to inflict ChainLightning on nearby victims. |
| 112 | * ShoutOut: Crypto is basically an amalgamate of several different alien invasion flicks put together, essentially being an AffectionateParody of the genre as a whole. Influences cited for his design, weapons and Saucer stem from B-movies like ''[[Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' to mainstream blockbusters like the movie adaptation of ''[[Film/MarsAttacks Mars Attacks!]]''. |
| 113 | * SonOfAnApe: His go-to insult for humans is distastefully calling them "monkeys". |
| 114 | * SummonBiggerFish: The Burrow Beast and Venus Human Trap weapons have this effect, the former producing a lure that summons a subterranean creature that can eat humans and Blisk whole, and the latter growing a giant man-eating plant that can eat cars and grow more tentacles to eat faster and spew out DNA for collection. |
| 115 | * SuperDrowningSkills: Crypto's main power in every game, except the third, in which he still can't swim, however he just gets warped back to the shore. The first game even has [[HaveANiceDeath different post-mission headlines used when Crypto drowns]]. The remake explains this as water affecting Furons similarly to how acid affects humans. |
| 116 | * TakeMeToYourLeader: Parodied in the beginning of the first game, which has Crypto doing the routine to a cow after mistaking them for the dominant life form on the planet. |
| 117 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Crypto managing to guise as President Huffman. Not what Crypto set out to do, but it does make it that much easier to get Furon DNA out of human brains. |
| 118 | * TelepathicSpacemen: The privilege of being a member of the Furon race. Crypto's PsychicPowers allow him to [[MindOverMatter telekinetically throw objects/people around]] and read minds (which refreshes his [[ManaMeter concentration]] in the first game but is really just for fun in the second onwards, aside from the few instances where it's required to get information). |
| 119 | * TornadoMove: The Tornadotron in ''Path of the Furon'' is a saucer-mounted weapon that charges up a tornado when fired, can be controlled and steered when holding the fire button while moving, and can even be used while cloaked, allowing for the illusion of a natural catastrophe cleaving its way through town and flinging cars high into the atmosphere. This also makes it an arguable 'stealth' weapon since chaos inflicted by it while invisible won't raise the alert level. |
| 120 | * TheDragon: [[VillainProtagonist Crypto]] plays this three times. Mostly to Pox, but also to [[spoiler:The Master]], and ultimately he and Pox are this to Emperor Meningitis. At least until [[spoiler:Emperor Meningitis dies and Pox becomes Emperor]]. |
| 121 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Crypto pleads the Master to allow him to face Saxon in the third game. |
| 122 | * TooDumbToLive: Pretty much the reason why Crypto-136 dies. What gave him the idea to position his saucer '''in front of a rocket that was ready to take off?''' |
| 123 | * TookALevelInKindness: In the first game, Crypto is completely AxCrazy and only lives to kill humans, expressing frustration and disappointment whenever a mission calls for subtly. After a decade living on Earth (and a new set of working genitalia), Crypto in the sequel develops a broader appreciation for things outside of blowing stuff up ([[BoldlyComing including human broads]]). Sure he's still perfectly okay with vaporizing people and still gets a sick joy out of it, but he's also content with watching TV, going to parties with drugs involved, starting a casino and is genuinely saddened when he's told to return to his Homeworld. |
| 124 | * TranquilFury: When Crypto-137 stumbles across [[spoiler:the carcass of Crypto-136]], he lapses into this. |
| 125 | --> Okay, monkeys. You want a war? ''[[ItsPersonal You've got a war]].'' |
| 126 | * VerbThis: Crypto does this after defeating Silhouette in the first game. |
| 127 | --> '''Silhouette:''' Majestic will never give up the struggle to resist you alien freaks... (dies)\ |
| 128 | '''Crypto:''' Resist ''this''. *squish* |
| 129 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Crypto has ''a lot'' of tools and ways to destroy a human, including but not limited to: making their heads burst with telepathic powers, incinerating/electrocuting them, launching an anal probe that digs its way to the brain while the target craps themselves uncontrollably, crushing vehicles with the occupants still inside, punting them far distances with telekinesis, and just simply blowing them up. |
| 130 | * VirtualPaperDoll: In ''Big Willy Unleashed'' the series introduced alternate reskins of Crypto's space suits as bonus content. In ''Path of the Furon'' however, the reskins became fully detailed outfits with even their own accessories and hats. These outfits returned in the remakes as rewards for completing certain challenges, with ''Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed'' introducing a whole wardrobe of alternate outfits and reskins. |
| 131 | * VitriolicBestBuds: He and Pox constantly bicker at each other even before the first game began during their trip between Furon and Earth in search of the latter. Nonetheless, they respect their roles as commander and soldier down to Crypto saluting to Pox upon landing on Earth the second time. Their mocking to each other mellowed down to inside jokes in later games, due to being the only Furons on Earth for the next twenty years. |
| 132 | * YouAreNumberSix: Because Furons can clone themselves, each clone is designated by the number of times they have been cloned. It's quite telling that, at the beginning of the series, Crypto is already at ''137'' while Pox is only at 13. |
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| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Orthopox 13/14, Holopox, "Pox"]] |
| 136 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, Darryl Kurylo (''Big Willy Unleashed'') |
| 137 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pox4.png]] |
| 138 | [[caption-width-right:255:''"Let's just say I'm glad I'm up here, and you're down there. Loathsome little planet..."'']] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | Orthopox, otherwise called Pox, is a high-ranking fleet commander of the Furon Empire [[spoiler:and later the new Furon Emperor]]. The deuteragonist of the series, he normally appears as a holographic projection upon a floating communication device, which becomes his indefinite avatar after the Furon Mothership is destroyed by a Russian nuclear missile. He acts as a scientist and Crypto's superior officer, giving him missions and advice on certain tasks to fulfill. |
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| 142 | * AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Pox quickly develops a fondness for "human telly-vision", after the mothership arrives over Earth. ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' is his favourite program. |
| 143 | * AliensStealCable: Spends at least part of his free time watching human TV channels. He also tried to weaponize this in the first game by broadcasting a brainwashing signal on TV; unfortunately, [[MySkullRunnethOver he forgot to account for the differing cranial capacity between Furons and humans]]. |
| 144 | * AntiVillain: Like Crypto, he's trying to save his own species from extinction. |
| 145 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In "''Path of the Furon''", [[spoiler:replacing Meningitis as the new Furon Emperor]]. |
| 146 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Crypto's Brawn. He's the mastermind of the invasion and the provider of Crypto's arsenal; Crypto simply uses that arsenal to devastating effect. |
| 147 | * BrainUploading: In ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', Orthopox uploads his consciousness into a [=HoloPox=] Unit just before the mothership is destroyed by a Soviet missile. |
| 148 | * BreakTheHaughty: He becomes incredibly bitter after being reduced to a floating hologram (as you would expect). While the snark doesn't go away, he'll lament constantly about the loss of his body. |
| 149 | ** Happens again when he finally does get a replacement body in the form of a monkey/Furon hybrid, leaving him more or less dejected for the remainder of the game, and also constantly lamenting on the bad things about having a body (like the possibility of getting killed). |
| 150 | * ButtMonkey: Starting with the second game, life just starts treating him like crap. He's reduced to a floating hologram and Crypto treats him with no respect. It becomes more literal when Pox becomes a monkey-Furon hybrid and the emperor still makes fun of him. |
| 151 | * CameBackWrong: Played for laughs; in "''Path of the Furon''", he gets a chance to clone himself again... only to have the wrong base DNA used, meaning he comes back with the body of an ape. To rub salt in the wound, the machine used to grant him his new body blew up the moment he wondered if they can revert this accident. |
| 152 | * CameBackStrong: While his new ape body does seem humiliating at first, it also means having the ''[[GeniusBruiser strength]]'' of an ape as well as his intellect, amidst a planet of traditionally skinny people who rely heavily on technology. [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership It's little surprise his ascent to the throne by the end of the game is unchallenged.]] |
| 153 | * CastingGag: Orthopox is voiced by WesternAnimation/InvaderZim's voice actor, Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, and shares many of his personality traits, such as his random shouting and several of the same vocal mannerisms, except here he's smarter and more competent. If one were to make him the main character, you'd essentially have ''Invader Zim: The Game'', ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' (which stars Zim among others) notwithstanding. |
| 154 | * CharacterCatchphrase: At least once per game he has to scream [[TitleDrop the title of the series]] in as dramatic a fashion as possible. |
| 155 | * DeadpanSnarker: Just like Crypto. It seems to be a Furon trait. |
| 156 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: His attempt to spread Furon propaganda to humans via TV fails because [[MySkullRunnethOver the broadcast signals are too strong for the human mind]]. Crypto has to clean up afterwards, and he resorts to using a radio broadcast instead. |
| 157 | * EvilIsHammy: He's essentially an M-rated WesternAnimation/InvaderZim. This trope just comes with the territory. |
| 158 | * EvilVersusEvil: Like Crypto, Pox isn't necessarily evil, but when compared to most of the antagonists he's far more forgiving. |
| 159 | * GenreSavvy: Usually when LeaningOnTheFourthWall and invoking tropes learned about by studying human culture. |
| 160 | * GoingNative: Not to the same extent as Crypto, but he’s developed a hobby of watching human television and holds more than a passing knowledge on human pop culture icons and its tropes. Also, in ''Path of the Furon'', all it takes for him to forget about the plan to harvest Furon DNA and instead think of a plan to improve their casino is Crypto cutting him in a share of business profits. |
| 161 | * TheGreys: As is standard for the Furons, though his head is noticeably longer and thornier than Crypto's smoothed out head. |
| 162 | * HandicappedBadass: Implied at first, given he's always at his command chair and we never see him walk in his old body. As it turns out, his brain is so massive that it puts strain on his legs, and those metal tentacle-like devices are used to help prop up his head. |
| 163 | * {{Hologram}}: Orthopox's [=HoloPox=] holographic projector unit. |
| 164 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: When Kojira reaches the shore of Takoshima, he audibly screams for help. |
| 165 | * IncomingHam: Expect the start of most of your missions to begin with a briefing by him, the hammiest character in the game. |
| 166 | * {{Jerkass}}: Has his moments, such as constantly moaning to Crypto in the second game to get his new clone body. [[spoiler:By the time he gets it, on the other hand...]] |
| 167 | * LargeHam: Whenever he gets excited or angry, you can count on him to start leaving teeth marks on the scenery. Comes with the territory of being voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz. |
| 168 | * LaughablyEvil: In contrast to Crypto's DeadpanSnarker, he's this. His ChewingTheScenery definitely helps. |
| 169 | * LikeASonToMe: In "''Path of the Furon''", he says to Crypto that he's begun to care for him like he was spawned from his own birthing tube. Crypto is audibly creeped/grossed out by this. |
| 170 | * MadScientist: The Furon who develops all your [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon diabolical weapons]] and their upgrades. |
| 171 | * MeaningfulName: "Orthopox" is a genus of viruses that include the progenitors of diseases such as smallpox, which devastated a large portion of the human race until the late 60s to early 70s when it was eradicated, mirroring the time period when Pox' physical body was destroyed after the initial invasion stages were successful. Another disease brought on by this virus is the monkeypox, [[StealthPun which is what he ends up becoming.]] |
| 172 | * MissionControl: He is Crypto's commander-in-chief, so he serves as this for the entire series. |
| 173 | * MyBrainIsBig: Pox is confined to a floating alien wheelchair for this reason. |
| 174 | * NeverLearnedToRead: Played for laughs in "''Path of the Furon''". While on the 4th Ring of Furon, Crypto and Pox are [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking about how the player has probably heard this dialogue before from a previous playthrough and the THQ market report reveals that 20% of their playerbase is female]], where Pox shamefully admits he can't read. |
| 175 | * NonActionGuy: Up until the third installment, he never gets in on the action, preferring to help out behind the scenes. |
| 176 | * NoRespectGuy; To the rest of the Furon High Control, namely Admiral Cyclosporiasis and the Emperor himself. Even Crypto treats him like crap. |
| 177 | * NotSoAboveItAll: In ''Path of the Furon'' he objects to Crypto's GoingNative, until Crypto offers him a cut of the profits. |
| 178 | * NukeEm: He's a little bit nuke-happy, but to be fair, that's kind of how the Furons roll in general. For all the good it did to their genes. It's telling that most of Crypto's arsenal relies on compact nuclear reactors, ionized cells and super-heated plasma. |
| 179 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: His conversation with Space Traffic Control shows that he is a high ranking Furon Commander who led the Empire to victory on numerous occasions. |
| 180 | * OhCrap: Two of them in the second game. |
| 181 | ** His first one comes in Tunguska when he and Crypto first enter the "Strange Base" and see that [[spoiler:the Blisk, an ancient enemy of the Furons, are NotQuiteDead]]. |
| 182 | ** A second, more humorous one comes when facing the FinalBoss, where you have to blast off [[spoiler:Milenkov's]] armor in order to disable his HealingFactor. As Pox is explaining this to Crypto, he [[ExplainExplainOhCrap realizes]] that this will result in [[spoiler:Milenkov's grotesque Blisk form]] being completely naked, and reacts with [[FauxHorrific mock horror]]. |
| 183 | * PlayingWithSyringes: He is an evil alien scientist after all, so prodding ''([[AndIMustScream still-living]])'' brains with syringes is par for the course. |
| 184 | * PrecisionFStrike: Despite Crypto's more aggressive demeanour, he's the first character to properly curse in the game: |
| 185 | -->Pox: Those humans are trying to stop the movie. Kill the bastards! Have they no respect for art? |
| 186 | * ProjectedMan: Orthopox when using his holographic projector. |
| 187 | * RapidFireNo: In the first game, whenever Crypto would fail a mission: |
| 188 | -->Pox: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, ''no, no,'' '''NO.''' Crypto, you incompetent buffoon. |
| 189 | * RedOniBlueOni: Pox is the Blue Oni to Crypto's Red Oni, though he's still not above wanton death and destruction, he's just more mindful on when it's time to start leveling buildings. |
| 190 | * SoProudOfYou: Pox is pleased in an almost paternal sense when Crypto destroys the Blisk warship. |
| 191 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Pox dies at the very beginning of the second game. Not that it stops him from harassing Crypto. Or vice versa. |
| 192 | * SuddenlyShouting: Often, when pissed off by Crypto. |
| 193 | -->'''Pox:''' ''(on Kojira)'' Actually, I want you to read its mind and intuit the source of its cognitive dissonance so that we can get it some help and, over time, teach it confidence and self-esteem.\ |
| 194 | '''Crypto:''' ... you've GOTTA be kidding me.\ |
| 195 | '''Pox:''' OF COURSE I AM, YOU MUTATION! NOW GO KILL THAT THING! |
| 196 | * TelepathicSpacemen: Highly likely given that he's also a Furon. After all, he has to communicate with Crypto from orbit somehow. |
| 197 | * ToiletHumor: Reveals that he served as Emperor Meningitis's Wiper for a summer once, meaning he had to wipe his ass for him whenever he wanted it or needed it. Crypto [[RunningGag mocks this shameful secret relentlessly.]] |
| 198 | --> '''Crypto:'''' Oh, I thought you said classified. You meant ''assified''. ''(Laughs)'' |
| 199 | --> '''Pox:''' It was an internship! One summer! And I did not enjoy it! |
| 200 | --> '''Crypto:''' Alright, no need to get defensive. Just forget it, forget I mentioned it. Let's ''wipe the slate clean.'' ''(Laughs)'' |
| 201 | ** And in the scene after. |
| 202 | --> '''Pox:''' In order to make my new clone body we'll need a fresh supply of clone jelly. Normally it would be made from waste product. |
| 203 | --> '''Crypto:''' And you still got some lying around from your wiper days, right? |
| 204 | --> '''Pox:''' Noooooooo... And we don't have time to go straining the sewers for epithelial cells, so I say we go to right to the source. |
| 205 | --> '''Crypto:''' So what was your wage back then, did they pay you in paper money? |
| 206 | --> '''(Later)''' |
| 207 | --> '''Crypto:''' So uh, wait wait, what if the Emperor just ate spicy food? '''(Laughs)''' |
| 208 | ** [[OverlyLongGag And much later into the main story while talking about an artist who can revive Pox.]] |
| 209 | --> '''Pox:''' Endometriosis here has made the biggest splash in clone research, but Helicobacter will always dominate this district. He's the Emperor's right hand man. |
| 210 | --> '''Crypto:''' ''You'' used to be his right hand man. Oh, no wait, you were just his right hand! |
| 211 | --> '''Pox:''' That's getting old, Crypto. |
| 212 | --> '''Crypto:''' Oh no, oh no it isn't, really. |
| 213 | * VirtualGhost: He dies in the Mothership's destruction at the start of the second game, but before that, he managed to upload his consciousness into a [=HoloPox=] unit to live on as a hologram. |
| 214 | * VitriolicBestFriends: After bring downgraded to a hologram, he finds himself having to swallow his pride a little, and he and Crypto become a little friendlier as a result. |
| 215 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Acts as this for Crypto in addition to being MissionControl, by monitoring his progress from the Mothership. In the second game, he subverts the trope, as his [=HoloPox=] unit hangs around in Crypto's pocket. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !Introduced in ''[[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans1 DAH! 1]]'' |
| 219 | [[folder:Majestic]] |
| 220 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JimWard (Agents) |
| 221 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/majestic_agents_jpg.jpg]] |
| 222 | ->''"Get on the horn to Silhouette. We've got the worst-case scenario."'' |
| 223 | |
| 224 | A governmental organization in charge of overseeing suspicious events related to possible alien activity in the United States, composed of men-in-black types with advanced weapons. The main opposing faction in the first game, they seem to be merely opposing the Furon invasion of Earth until it's revealed they have their own plans for America. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * BigBad: Their leader is the main antagonist of the first game, and the men in black are the final Alert Level for all the invasion sites. |
| 227 | * ChromeDomePsi: Psychic agents go hatless and have noticeable bald heads. In the remake, they also get [[MyBrainIsBig enlarged craniums]] and [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation grey skin]]. |
| 228 | * EliteMooks: Majestic agents are the strongest regular enemies in the first game and are only deployed en masse at the final alert level. They possess powerful weaponry, lots of health, and can forcibly strip away Crypto's [=HoloBob=] disguise if he stands near one of them for too long. The remake also allows them to use grenades and gives their laser weaponry the ability to briefly disable Crypto's weapons and jetpack on hit. |
| 229 | * JurisdictionFriction: Their leader acts directly under the president's orders (and very much [[DragonInChief ABOVE him]] as well) and is the one calling the shots regarding the alien invasion, much to General Armquist's dismay. In the remake, a few soldiers in Area 42 will mentally groan at having to work under the Majestic agents, who are giving them and their direct superiors orders at that point. |
| 230 | * TheMenInBlack: A top-secret organization working under the government to keep the public from knowing about alien activity, with every member wearing black suits and hats for good measure. |
| 231 | * NoSuchAgency: Only high-ranking government officials like Armquist know of them, and even the few times we see agents interact with the public only shows them furthering their agenda through snappy comments and quick stealth recruitment under the pretense of fighting the "commies". |
| 232 | * PsychicPowers: As part of their experiments in Area 42, they've managed to awaken the Furon DNA in some of their agents and made them into Furon-human hybrids with the ability to create psychic shockwaves and shields. |
| 233 | * RayGun: In the original, the field agents all had laser pistols they used against Crypto, either as a common "pistol" or a bigger "shotgun" that could knock him down temporarily. The remake has a few of them use common guns among the actual laser ones. |
| 234 | * ShadowGovernment: While ''on paper'' they represent a branch of America's military, they are actually working to use Cold War hysteria and stolen Furon tech and DNA to reduce the president into a puppet that works for them, becoming the sole authority in control of the world. The fact that we find out that there are branches of Majestic in the rest of the world (or there ''were'' before the Blisk acted out) in the sequel compounds the trope further. |
| 235 | * TakeOverTheWorld: What their real objective is; they intend on using mind control and hypnotic suggestion to make American citizens paranoid and aggressive against would-be enemies of the country, then hiring them for Majestic after unifying the other branches of homeland defense under their name alone. All in a bid to have the United States as THE uncontested global superpower. |
| 236 | [[/folder]] |
| 237 | |
| 238 | [[folder:General Armquist]] |
| 239 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' John Cygan |
| 240 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/armquistnbots.png]] |
| 241 | ->"''Tanks!! Pull in the tanks!! Show 'em some American steel!''" |
| 242 | |
| 243 | The central representative of the US Army in the governmental branches and the leader of the counterattack against the Furon invasion. Delegated to being Silhouette's subordinate, he resents the appropriation of the Military into a single chain of command under the American government, but has no choice except to comply. |
| 244 | ---- |
| 245 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Becomes this to Silhouette as Majestic starts making a move to unify all branches of homeland defense into a single chain of command. |
| 246 | * CoolShades: Never seen without a pair of aviators in the original to fit with his "gruff military general" role. In the remake he occasionally takes them off whilst stressed. |
| 247 | * DeceasedFallGuyGambit: The Furons pull one using Armquist by first discrediting him, then killing him and presenting him as a Red sympathizer in order to avoid making him a martyr. |
| 248 | * TheDragon: Effectively Silhouette's right-hand man in the first game. Not that he likes the idea. |
| 249 | * FlunkyBoss: In the remake, he periodically calls in reinforcements to attack Crypto. |
| 250 | * FourStarBadass: He has to use a mech suit to fight Crypto evenly, but he still gives the Furon one hell of a fight in the process. Prior to being in the suit, he manages to give Crypto a sound kick in the head, knocking him flat, before running to fetch his mech. Not bad for a guy presumably in his late 50s. |
| 251 | * HeroAntagonist: 50's [[PatrioticFervor jingoism]] aside, Armquist is simply a military leader genuinely trying to protect humanity from an extraterrestrial threat, and clearly [[JurisdictionFriction isn't happy]] about working with Majestic, nor approves of their [[ShadowGovernment plots]]. |
| 252 | * IgnoredExpert: He calls a meeting of all branches of the US military to try and unite them against the Furon threat. Unfortunately for him, a disguised Crypto also happens to be in attendance, and spins Armquist's words to make him look like a crackpot. |
| 253 | ** This is however, averted if the player picks the wrong options to convince the Air Force and Navy commanders that Armquist is a crackpot. |
| 254 | * KingMook: His personal mech suit is this to the default mechas fought throughout the game, being stronger and tougher with a missile attack that they don't have. |
| 255 | * MiniMecha: He pilots a two-story tall mech suit ([[AceCustom customized]], of course) to fight Crypto. |
| 256 | --> '''Crypto:''' Your way's not very sportsmanlike... |
| 257 | * MurderByCremation: Crypto finishes him off with his Disintegrator Ray, leaving just his hat behind. |
| 258 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's a pretty blatant parody of General Douglas [=MacArthur=]. |
| 259 | * OhCrap: When Crypto reveals himself to be impersonating the Marine Commander, Armquist and the soldiers attending (as well as the air force and navy commanders if the Player picks the wrong options) all react with varying grades of shock and horror. |
| 260 | * PatrioticFervor: Being a military officer in the 50s, he compares the Furon invaders to the "[[DirtyCommunists commies]]" at every opportunity, mirroring and parodying the time period's paranoia during the Cold War. He avoids being a full-on GeneralRipper, however, due to legitimately wanting to protect the United States from an actual invading force bent on enslaving humanity. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:President Huffman/Roboprez]] |
| 264 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreSogliuzzo |
| 265 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dah_re_pres_huffman.png]] |
| 266 | [[caption-width-right:350:President Huffman]] |
| 267 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_647.jpg]] |
| 268 | [[caption-width-right:350:Roboprez]] |
| 269 | ->"''If... elected... I promise... to... DESTROY... ALL... FURONS!''" |
| 270 | |
| 271 | President of the United States of America. He's assassinated by Crypto late in the game, only for his brain to return piloting a gigantic mecha called "Roboprez", invented by Silhouette as a weapon against Crypto. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: In the remake, Roboprez' ChestBlaster is its only constructional weakness. Hitting it at least once fulfills the battle's optional mission objective. |
| 274 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Roboprez. The final mission's name is even a direct reference to this trope. |
| 275 | * BrainInAJar: Huffman's brain is the giant mech's controller. |
| 276 | * ChestBlaster: Roboprez' most powerful weapon is a massive energy weapon built into its chest that gets increasingly more difficult to evade the longer the battle drags on. Hitting the blaster opening with the saucer's weapons deals noticeably more damage to the mecha (only in the remake), so it's not all bad. In the original, Roboprez would only use it if Crypto's saucer gets too close, but it deals massive damage when he does. |
| 277 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: After his death, Crypto assumes his form as a disguise and becomes the real President through Huffman's image. |
| 278 | * FlunkyBoss: Regular Army mechas occasionally join the fight with Roboprez, but since you're fighting in the saucer, they're little more than shield boosters on legs. He also summons explosive barrage balloons that act like aerial mines at set points during the battle. |
| 279 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Even if you assassinate Huffman by completely disintegrating him or extracting and collecting his brain, he will still come back as Roboprez for the final battle. |
| 280 | * GetBackHereBoss: Downplayed. Every time you bring down Roboprez' health, he runs away to another nearby location before he turns into a stationary boss once more. You can't actually lose him, but you can deal him a nice bit of damage by shooting him InTheBack while he's relocating. His escape routes also lead you past massive amounts of saucer ammo. |
| 281 | * HumongousMecha: Roboprez is taller than all of Capitol City's monuments and can easily just reach up and grab the Saucer with its metal claws. |
| 282 | * KingMook: To the mechas fought throughout the game, being large enough to attack the Saucer head-on. |
| 283 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a composite of Harry S. Truman's name and John F. Kennedy's election period (1959-1960), with his appearance inspired by Ronald Reagan. The Kennedy connection is strengthened in the remake where he has a number of thoughts about Creator/MarilynMonroe (in lines presumably cut from the original). |
| 284 | * PreFinalBoss: Although Roboprez can be a tough nut to crack if you lack a crucial piece of saucer equipment, he's generally much less of a hassle than Silhouette, who's fought right after him. This is especially the case in the original, where Roboprez was generally not much of a threat unless you stayed in his ChestBlaster's range for too long. |
| 285 | * PresidentEvil: Implied, but the game essentially leaves the hint that Huffman is a patsy who requested Majestic's services in dealing with the Furon invasion, to the point of either aiding or turning a blind eye to Silhouette in her plans for mind-controlling American citizens into signing up for the organization over the military draft. Evident as Roboprez, where his only quote is a taunt towards Crypto, followed by doing Silhouette's bidding blindly. Even in-game, male citizens will often sneer at Huffman for being a crook, with the female citizens' only defense for him being his attractiveness. |
| 286 | * {{Sadist}}: Using Cortex Scan on Huffman before assassinating him reveals he was in Area 42 to witness the autopsy of Crypto-136, and reacting with glee when he "squealed like a pig". |
| 287 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: In the remake, while the first phase of the Roboprez battle is mostly a BulletHell segment, the other two phases consist of an escalating amount of missile spam. These missiles deal a lot of damage to the saucer, but at this point you should've upgraded the saucer's AttackReflector ability to redirect incoming missiles to their source, so all you have to do is circle the mecha at a safe distance while it's being taken apart by its own weapons. Even his BeamSpam attack becomes more of a threat to him than you if you have a fully-upgraded Sonic Boom, which reflects his barrages and deals increased damage when it does. |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Mayor of Rockwell]] |
| 291 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimWard |
| 292 | |
| 293 | A small town mayor that Crypto needs to impersonate in order to calm the locals and assure them that there is no alien invasion. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: He's this to Miss Rockwell. He's a pudgy, balding, and much older man who plans to use his position to tryst with the [[BrainlessBeauty beauty queen]], but Crypto [[AlienAbduction gets to her first.]] |
| 296 | * CorruptPolitician: He uses his position for his own gain and at one point he can even be seen conversing with agents of [[TheMenInBlack Majestic]] implying that he may be involved with them. |
| 297 | * DirtyOldMan: He's a man well into middle-age who lusts after a younger woman. |
| 298 | * {{Expy}}: He's this to Mayor Joe 'Diamond' Quimby of WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons. Both are fat, lechourus, and corrupt small town mayors who speak like President John F. Kennedy. |
| 299 | * UltimateAuthorityMayor: Even though he's only the mayor of a small, farming town he seems to hold a great deal of power. He's the figure that all the townsfolk turn to and trust after Crypto attacks their fair. |
| 300 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Crypto impersonates him a newspaper headline says that he's gone missing. What happened to him exactly is never revealed. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder:Miss Rockwell]] |
| 304 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KateHiggins |
| 305 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_rockwell_3.png]] |
| 306 | [[caption-width-right:250:Miss Rockwell]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | The beautiful, but unintelligent, winner of the Miss Rockwell Beauty Contest. Orthopox sends Crypto to abduct her for study. |
| 309 | ---- |
| 310 | * AlienAbduction: Crypto and Orthopox need a human specimen that they can examine and they decide on Miss Rockwell due to her lack of intelligence. Crypto lures her away from the BeautyContest and into the woods where he puts her into his saucer and then takes her up to the mothership. They return her after they've examined her and she is shortly afterward committed to an asylum. |
| 311 | * BeautyContest: She's a beautiful woman who is the winner of the town's beauty contest. |
| 312 | * BedlamHouse: Her final fate. After she is returned to Earth following her abduction she finds herself committed to Shady Pines Sanitarium. |
| 313 | * BrainlessBeauty: The men of Rockwell are interested in her for her good looks while the Furons are interested in her for her lack of intelligence. |
| 314 | * {{Brainwashed}}: Crypto hypnotizes her into leaving the fairgrounds and going into the woods so he can abduct her. |
| 315 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: She's well-endowed which, according to the thoughts of several citizens, is part of the reason why she's so desirable. |
| 316 | * DamselInDistress: She's a beautiful and helpless woman who is captured by a misanthropic alien. |
| 317 | * TheDitz: She first mistakes Crypto's FlyingSaucer for her car. She also mentions that she can never remember where she parks. |
| 318 | * DumbBlonde: She's unintelligent and she has blonde hair. |
| 319 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: By winning the beauty competition she earns the title "Miss Rockwell" and this is what everyone calls her. |
| 320 | * GenreBlindness: As she's entering the woods she says aloud that she has nothing to fear because nothing bad ever happens to people who go into dark forests. |
| 321 | * HighHeelHurt: At one point she mentions that the high heels she is wearing are causing her feet to hurt. |
| 322 | * LadyInRed: An attractive woman who wears a red swimsuit and red high heels. |
| 323 | * LegFocus: In ''Reprobed'' we get a good view of her shapely legs as she is lifted up into Crypto's ship. |
| 324 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Crypto abducts her for study to see if the Furon DNA contained within the human race can help the Furon's overcome their CloneDegeneration. |
| 325 | * MsFanservice: She's a beauty contest winner wearing a tight-fitting one-piece swimsuit and high heels. |
| 326 | * NiceGuy: She has a warm and friendly personality. |
| 327 | * NoNameGiven: She's only called by her title, Miss Rockwell, and her actual name is never revealed. |
| 328 | * NothingIsScarier: We don't see what exactly happens to her after she's been taken up into Crypto's ship. |
| 329 | * OhCrap: As soon as she gets to Crypto's ship her hypnotic state wears off. At first she wonders aloud where she is and why she's there. Then she looks up and sees the FlyingSaucer above her. At that moment it's door opens and a TractorBeam begins to lift her up inside... |
| 330 | * SkewedPriorities: When she's put under hypnosis and led away from the fairgrounds her only concern is that she left her purse behind. |
| 331 | * TooKinkyToTorture: According to Orthopox she didn't mind being probed. |
| 332 | * TractorBeam: She's lifted up into Crypto's ship with one. She finds it to be a pleasurable experience. |
| 333 | * WeightWoe: She only eats cabbage soup in order to maintain her figure. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Harold Turnipseed]] |
| 337 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreSogliuzzo |
| 338 | |
| 339 | The owner of Turnipseed Farms and the first human that Crypto encounters. |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | * FirstContactFarmer: He plays this straight. He's a shotgun-toting farmer who is the first human that Crypto encounters in the game. |
| 342 | * HalfwittedHillbilly: He's not especially bright. It takes him a little while to realize that his cows have been zapped by an alien. |
| 343 | * HillbillyIncest: He and his wife, Martha, are cousins. |
| 344 | * OverallsAndGingham: He's a farmer who wears blue bib overalls and a cowboy hat. |
| 345 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: As soon as he sees Crypto he grabs his trusty shotgun and attacks. |
| 346 | * WarmUpBoss: He's the first real boss fight that you face and he's pretty weak and easily defeated, due to essentially being a regular farmer with no real improvements. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Martha Turnipseed]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Harold's wife who lives with him on Turnipseed Farm. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * HalfwittedHillbilly: She's ecstatic about a television show that [[Series/MisterEd features a talking horse.]] |
| 354 | * HillbillyIncest: She and her husband, Harold, are cousins. |
| 355 | * {{Housewife}}: More like farmwife. She's a housewife who lives on a farm. |
| 356 | * HystericalWoman: When she [[JustifiedTrope sees that Crypto has killed her husband.]] |
| 357 | * IWasQuiteALooker: She was her high school's Homecoming Queen and she regrets what she's become. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Silhouette]] |
| 361 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman |
| 362 | [[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silhouettere.png]] |
| 363 | [[caption-width-right:296:In her disguise.]] |
| 364 | [[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silhoutte_2.jpg]] |
| 365 | [[caption-width-right:296:Out of disguise]] |
| 366 | ->''"I'm a patriot. If you had to put up with politicians playing grabass all day long, you'd wear a mask too."'' |
| 367 | |
| 368 | The enigmatic head of Majestic-12, often seen wearing a gas mask and a black trench coat and fedora, as well as a voice modulator device to hide her real voice. Yes, ''her'' voice, since the leader of Majestic is actually a woman, with her OWN plans for world domination. |
| 369 | ---- |
| 370 | * AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged in the remake. She doesn't have as much health, but in the original her attacks just consisted of basic shots from her guns, with the enemies called in during the fight posing more of a threat. In the remake she has a much wider variety of attacks, becoming the main threat in the boss fight while the enemies who appear are just an inconvenience. |
| 371 | * BadassLongcoat: Silhouette usually sports a long, black trench coat. However, she takes it off along with the rest of her disguise during the confrontation with Crypto. |
| 372 | * BeamSpam: Her ray pistols have a dizzying rate of fire, plus the remake Silhouette herself can perform some over-the-top GunKata moves that cover the entire screen in laser beams, with her whirlwind attack being the most outstanding example. From the second phase of the battle onwards, she also starts firing continuous beams of an incandescent purple in addition to her rapid-fire barrages. |
| 373 | * BigBad: The main antagonist of the first game. |
| 374 | * CleavageWindow: In the remake, her catsuit now has a zip going through it with the collar undone, resulting in this. |
| 375 | * CoatHatMask: Dons a black trench coat, fedora, and gas mask to conceal her identity all the way up to the final mission. |
| 376 | * DamageSpongeBoss: It takes multiple Ion Detonators to the face to bring Silhouette's health down, and that's before she starts regenerating health. |
| 377 | * DarkActionGirl: Despite opposing Crytpo’s plans of destroying all humans, Silhouette is not a hero by any stretch as she wants to take over the world when Crypto reads her mind. She is easily one of the strongest human combatants in the series, if not ''the'' strongest. She can easily fight Crypto on even footing with just two simple ray guns and a shield ability. |
| 378 | * DeflectorShields: She's the only enemy in the game that has access to the same shield technology Crypto himself relies on, and her shield is much stronger than his. Unlike him, she also has a massive health bar underneath the shield, making her ridiculously tanky. |
| 379 | * DoesNotLikeMen: After shedding her disguise, she quickly snarks about what sex is the fairest, while her thoughts are peppered with a comical dislike of men and desire for a matriarchal world domination. |
| 380 | * DragonInChief: She supposedly answers to President Huffman, but in reality she's the one calling the shots in the United States. Tellingly, Crypto isn't able to take over the U.S. government until Silhouette is out of the way. |
| 381 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: She's already incredibly proficient with her ray guns, but she let herself be experimented on to awaken the Furon DNA in her brain, giving her a shield ability not unlike Crypto's that also helps her regenerate. |
| 382 | * {{Expy}}: To [[Characters/StarWarsDarthVaderAndServants Darth Vader]]. She's dressed in [[DarkIsEvil all-black]], with a gas-mask masking her voice and [[VaderBreath emphasizing her breathing]]. She's a KingMook to the Majestic agents in the way Vader is to the stormtroopers, being the hands-on leader of a fascist military operation with aspirations of conquest and the use of PsychicPowers for their own ends. She's also prone to making deals and then altering the deals when it suits her, with those she allies with being not being able to do anything about it, as Armquist can attest. She supposedly works for her country's leader unflinchingly, all the while seeking to usurp his authority, in this case making the President a puppet before turning him into a giant robot/personal weapon post-mortem. |
| 383 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Even as she lies dying, she still insists that the Furons' victory is far from complete, and that Majestic will keep up the fight against their invasion. |
| 384 | * FinalBoss: The final opponent of the first game's main story. |
| 385 | * FlunkyBoss: Throughout the fight against Silhouette, she will be assisted by numerous Majestic agents and mechs. Downplayed heavily in the remake, where Silhouette fights largely solo and only spawns small handfuls of enemies. |
| 386 | * GunsAkimbo: She dual-wields powerful rapid-firing beam pistols with lethal accuracy. |
| 387 | * HeadTurningBeauty: Implied to be a contributing factor to Silhouette donning a masculine disguise in order to be taken seriously. Even Majestic agents aren't immune to hitting on her, if you read their thoughts. |
| 388 | * HealThyself: Can create an impenetrable barrier around herself to regenerate health. However, [[RuleOfThree she can only use this move three times]], and the regeneration can be interrupted by destroying the generators she uses for it (in the remake). |
| 389 | * HypocriticalHumor: Despite disguising herself as a man to make other men take her seriously, she herself doesn't have a high opinion of the opposite sex. |
| 390 | * InterfaceSpoiler: Cortex Scan a Majestic agent enough times and chances are good one of them will spill the twist about Silhouette's identity before you even get to it. And frankly, just listening to her voice for long enough should be enough to realize that there's a woman behind the voice scrambler. |
| 391 | * KingMook: To Majestic as a whole, using laser pistols similar to the base agents (albeit rapid-firing) while also having a shield power similar to the Mutant G-Men. |
| 392 | * MadeOfIron: She withstands enough punishment to put basically everything else in the series to shame, despite having no apparent protective gear at all. That being said, the awakening of the Furon DNA in her brain likely was a factor in this. |
| 393 | * ManBehindTheMan: She's the driving force behind all the other antagonists Crypto has to deal with during the first game, with both the US military and the POTUS himself being under her thumb more or less completely. |
| 394 | * {{Nerf}}: A patch for the 2020 remake reduced the amount of damage her {{Super Persistent Missile}}s do. |
| 395 | * SamusIsAGirl: Silhouette taking off her mask to reveal that she's a woman is meant to be a twist, and certainly is one to Crypto. However, you can scan Majestic agents to learn this way earlier (along with her voice filter not doing the best job at hiding the fact she's a woman), likely making it more of an InternalReveal. |
| 396 | * SmugSuper: Almost all of her dialogue with Armquist and the Furons oozes smug confidence, and between her abilities and influence, she can more than back it up. |
| 397 | * SpyCatsuit: Wears one under her coat. |
| 398 | * StrawFeminist: For someone who disguises herself as a man to make the agents take her seriously, she assumes the Furons don't have women and therefore can't conquer the world, and wants a matriarchal world domination. |
| 399 | * ThisCannotBe: A downplayed example after her defeat where her initial response is disbelief that Crypto actually beat her. To her credit, she still manages to keep it together instead of going into a total breakdown. |
| 400 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's difficult to talk about Silhouette without revealing that she's a woman. |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | !Introduced in ''[[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2 DAH! 2]]'' |
| 404 | !!Quest Givers & Allies |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Arkvoodle]] |
| 407 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimWard |
| 408 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arkvoodle_idol_reprobed.png]] |
| 409 | ->''"Sacred Son of Arkvoodle! By the holy book of Pudenda, it pleases me to see thee back in action! Thou knowest the drill, boy."'' |
| 410 | |
| 411 | Arkvoodle of the Sacred Crotch, a Furon god held in high regard in Crypto's homeworld. Effigies of his likeness were hidden on Earth over a millennia ago, containing landing beacons for Furon spaceships. By completing small requests given by Arkvoodle, Crypto can unlock new landing zones for his saucer in each different location. |
| 412 | |
| 413 | In ''DAH!2'', Crypto is revealed to be the ChosenOne of a prophecy that heralds the second coming of Arkvoodle, thus starting the Cult of Arkvoodle sidequests in which he assembles a mass gathering of humans to appease the Furon god and give himself a new weapon in the process. |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | * AuthoritySoundsDeep: Fitting for the top of the Furon pantheon, he has a loud, deep, echoing voice. |
| 416 | * ArcSymbol: His eyes, which act as the symbol for the Cult sidequests on the mini-map in the second game, as well as the aura that appears whenever a new cult location is established. |
| 417 | * CrystalDragonJesus: His presence in the second game serves as a pastiche of Hippie-based cults and gatherings in the 60s, with Crypto and Pox deliberately [[LampshadeHanging exploiting the decade's newfound interest in religion]] to get as many humans converted as they can so Arkvoodle will return. |
| 418 | * DemotedToExtra: In "''Path of the Furon''", Arkvoodle is delegated to just the landing zone unlocks and only one quest in the main storyline for tutorial reasons. In-universe, Pox shrugs it off as the decrease of religion's involvement in mainstream media, with even the Cult of Arkvoodle eventually just fizzling out. |
| 419 | * FertilityGod: He has the basic trappings of a god who's domain falls under "sex", "sex" and "more sex." Being a ''Furon'' god though, [[JerkassGods a lot of the tasks he demands of Crypto still require the use of his weaponry]]. |
| 420 | * FetchQuest: The Cult missions are also paired up with the collection of at least 30 Alien Artifacts in the game, in order for Crypto to unlock the Burrow Beast weapon. |
| 421 | * GagPenis: Apparently in days gone by, he was "prodigious in size and stamina". Presumably, he earned the title "Lord of the Sacred Crotch" for a reason. |
| 422 | * GodsNeedPrayerBadly: According to the prophecy, Arkvoodle's power and authority is predicated on the proliferation of believers on Earth, hence why Crypto and Pox have to build the Cult of Arkvoodle themselves. |
| 423 | --> '''Pox:''' The scriptures say Arkvoodle will return when enough seekers believe in him again.\ |
| 424 | '''Crypto:''' You mean like Tinkerbell?\ |
| 425 | '''Pox:''' Something like that. |
| 426 | * JerkassGods: Often makes Crypto do petty things in order to unlock landing pads, such as killing mods for smoking near him, destroying a lighthouse or smiting humans for daring to be on the Moon. In the attempted assassination of Shama Lama, Arkvoodle will take his side, granting the guy extra lives equal to the amount Crypto wasted. Even in "''Path of the Furon''", he's completely fine with hurting the Furons in the Fourth Ring for his missions (although to be fair, those are just temporary clones of the original citizens back in Furon proper). |
| 427 | [[/folder]] |
| 428 | |
| 429 | [[folder:Gastroenteritis-999]] |
| 430 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilMorris |
| 431 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gastro_999_remake.png]] |
| 432 | [[caption-width-right:255:''"GO GO GASTRO!"'']] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | The janitor and cook aboard the Mothership. When it was destroyed, Gastro's consciousness was saved to a Holopox unit much like Pox himself. However, rather than acting as mission control, Gastro's Holopox unit has been outfitted with heavy weaponry that he uses with extreme prejudice when prompted. After finding the appropriate gun, Crypto can deploy Gastro for additional firepower and to put a body between himself and the enemy. |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * AlmightyJanitor: He was brought along for the invasion of Earth as the mothership's janitor, but once the Soviets nuke the mothership, he can be unlocked, and upgraded, as [[AttackDrone a floating holographic projector that attacks enemies,]] and allow Crypto some breathing room to fight back or retreat and regroup. |
| 437 | * AttackDrone: Basically what he serves as in the game: a mobile weapons platform that Crypto can deploy at will. |
| 438 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Talks like a typical jive sidekick from a 70s flick, but is one of the strongest weapons in the game. |
| 439 | * BodyHorror: In the first game, Pox explained that with each new clone produced the Furon DNA degrades and we can see the results of said degradation with Gastro's pictured image. |
| 440 | * BrokeTheRatingScale: Gastro claims to have been cloned over ''30,000'' times over the course of his career, to the point where he broke the numbering system for Furon clones (hence why his number is stuck at 999). |
| 441 | * DefeatEqualsExplosion: Not just defeat, since he CAN be destroyed with enough enemy fire, but after a certain time limit runs out, Gastro's projection will cease and the device will fall to the ground, exploding into an Ion Detonator-like blast (only in the original; he simply flies away in the remake). |
| 442 | * MeaningfulName: Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and small intestine tissues that may lead to diarrhea and nausea. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Not exactly the kind of name you'd want associated with cooking.]] |
| 443 | * MoreDakka: His holographic projection unit is outfitted with rapid-firing laser weapons that vaporize human enemies and detonate vehicles with ease. Upgrading the Gastro weapon lets him fire faster, harder, and add a potent charged shot for even MORE damage; in the remake, a fully-upgraded Gastro has a fully functional Disintegrator Ray ''and'' Ion Detonator. |
| 444 | * JiveTurkey: Spouts oneliners like it's his job. |
| 445 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Similar to how Crypto is voiced with a Jack Nicholson impression, Gastro sounds an awful lot like Creator/EddieMurphy. |
| 446 | * OldSoldier: The HD remake of the first game has him appear in text form to give commentary and anecdotes on the various tips and Furon gear descriptions, a whole bunch of which indicate that he’s participated on the frontlines of the Furon-Martian War, to the point of being able to tell when exactly a weapon was conceived and how they used it way back then, all in the manner of a kooky old Furon. |
| 447 | * PutOnABus: He's only mentioned in "''Path of the Furon''", but neither he nor his weapon are seen. |
| 448 | * RetiredBadass: The remake finally shows Gastro in person (as an image on the Mothership) and his best days are clearly behind him, to the point where he seems to be confined to a tripodal walker. That being said, put him in a heavily-armed holographic projector and he can still fight with the best of them. |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Natalya Ivanova]] |
| 452 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor |
| 453 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nat_2.jpg]] |
| 454 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Oh, and spaceman? Good hunting, da?"]] |
| 455 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Natalya at Tunguska]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natalya_winter_outfit.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 456 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote: Natalya at Solaris]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natalya_spacesuit.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | ->''"I've had wet dreams that weren't this good!"'' |
| 459 | -->-- '''Crypto''' upon first seeing her |
| 460 | |
| 461 | A former high-ranking KGB spy, having left the agency with her colleague Sergei due to its increasingly-shadier schemes and oppressive governmental influence. She ends up helping Crypto in his own fight against the KGB, hoping to find answers as to why the agency is becoming increasingly inhumane. |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | * ActionGirl: She has one hell of a firearm which helps out Crypto quite a bit and, unlike Silhouette, has more heroic qualities to her as she actively opposes the KGB. |
| 464 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Not that she wasn't already an absolute [[MsFanservice knockout]], but Natalya's ''Reprobed'' design is noticeably improved from the [[https://destroy-all-humans.fandom.com/wiki/File:Natayla_in_Bay_City.png original game]]. Her SpyCatsuit is more detailed, with additional red accents and boots, and the rather dinky hammer and sickle pin she wore has been replaced by a more impressive [[SigilSpam red star]] belt buckle. Her CleavageWindow has also been [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natalya_dah2_reprobed.png taken up a notch.]] |
| 465 | * AffectionateParody: Of the so-called "[[Franchise/JamesBond Bond Girls]]", to better match the spy movie motif the game is going for with the plot. |
| 466 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Whether or not she's that sexually attracted to either of her suitors is left up in the air -- scanning her reveals that she finds Sergei's he-man warrior poet shtick a little tiresome, while Crypto she mostly considers [[JustFriends just a friend]], possibly due to his sadism, lechery and hideous-by-human-standards Furon body. She ''does'', however, have a number of idle thoughts about women [[StupidSexyFlanders that even she's surprised by]]; in one Cortex Scan, a desire for female friends turns into a lesbian sleepover fantasy, and in another, she expresses a desire to sleep with Creator/RulaLenska and Creator/JulieChristie. |
| 467 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Crypto makes a clone of her at the end of the game so he'll finally have her sleep with him. Unfortunately, she doesn't survive into the 70s.]] |
| 468 | * BusCrash: [[spoiler:"''Path of the Furon''" reveals the Natalya clone died sometime before Crypto established his casino, since clones don't have a long-enough lifespan compared to normal humans.]] |
| 469 | * CameBackStrong: Downplayed. [[spoiler:When Crypto clones her in ''Reprobed'', one of the "adjustments" he makes is allowing Natalya to tap into her Furon DNA, unlocking her psi powers. [[MundaneUtility We only see her use it to steal Crypto's drink though.]]]] |
| 470 | * TheComicallySerious: Compared to the laid-back, trigger-happy Crypto, Natalya is the one who prefers to come up with plans and strategies against the KGB and will often be the one to help him regain his focus on the mission. That being said, she's not above snark herself, and will often join in on the running gags. |
| 471 | * DefectorFromDecadence: She turned her back on the KGB when their regime became far too oppressive. Her attack on the Russian "art exhibit" in Albion was essentially her letter of resignation. |
| 472 | * FemmeFataleSpy: [[DownplayedTrope Mind you]], she only mentions using her looks to get information out of people a few times, but it's still present. |
| 473 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Scanning her mind after some plot progression reveals she's having an odd dream where she's sledding down the Urals with Sergei until Crypto shows up riding a horse, trying to take her away with him, [[spoiler:but at the end of the descent is a dark tunnel]]. |
| 474 | * GlassCannon: She's likely the one who'll be escorting YOU some of the time, as one shot from her gun can take out 90% of any human enemy's health, if not kill them outright, with even her laser pistol on Moon Base Solaris being able to ''remove the Blisks' shields in '''one shot'''''. All that being said, her HP is consistently low when you have to escort her out of a dangerous situation, with her bar only getting a nice, tankier boost during her final escort mission. Averted in the remake, which makes her much more durable. |
| 475 | * GratuitousRussian: Like her fellow Russian citizens in the game, especially since she enjoys calling Crypto "tovarisch". Several of her battle cries are in Russian as well. |
| 476 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has a massive blond hairdo and is one of the few humans in the franchise to actually help Crypto for a good cause. |
| 477 | * HellBentForLeather: Her default outfit is a leather catsuit. |
| 478 | * HoneyTrap: Downplayed. While she does mention using her looks a few times, scanning her mind makes it clear she's not fond of the concept. |
| 479 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: A Russian spy with a killer body shape to make [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]] proud. Especially since her hips are noticeably way too thin to be realistic. Averted in the remake, where her hip size is still thin but far more realistic. |
| 480 | * InTheBack: [[spoiler:Is shot by Milenkov and dies instantly just after destroying the Blisk base.]] |
| 481 | * LatexSpaceSuit: Switches up to one while on the Moon. Crypto eventually asks how she managed to get into it. |
| 482 | -->''Shoehorns and vaseline, baby.'' |
| 483 | * LoveTriangle: Between herself, Crypto and Sergei, not that she'll admit it to the Furon. [[spoiler:It ends up solved in Tunguska when Sergei gets infected by Blisk spores off-screen.]] |
| 484 | * MsFanservice: Natalya is a bombshell of a woman who wears tight suits with very little imagination and one of them showing off her impressive cleavage. This is carried over into the remake with the new graphical quality greatly improving her SpyCatsuit. The ending of the remake takes it even further, featuring her and Crypto taking a vacation to Takoshima where she has a SexySurfacingShot from the surf whilst wearing an orange bikini, [[Film/DrNo Honey Rider]] style. |
| 485 | * OffscreenBreakup: Breaks up with Crypto before the events of ''Big Willy Unleashed'', only calling him to reveal that [[HalfHumanHybrid Blastomycosis is their son]]. |
| 486 | * SensualSlavs: Even the KGB themselves think she's hot enough to make the Siberian tundra burn. |
| 487 | * ShoutOut: Natalya's SpyCatsuit appears to be inspired by the one worn by Emma Peel in ''Series/TheAvengers1960s''. Furthering the reference, early concept art shows her as an accomplice to Ponsonby, who is based on John Steed. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Agent Sergei]] |
| 491 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimWard |
| 492 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sergei_reprobed.png]] |
| 493 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Natalya is a glorious mare who will suffer no bridle. That is why we desire her."'']] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | A former KGB spy alongside Natalya, who he trained with in the academy. Like her, he wants to uncover the truth behind the KGB's operations, while also harboring some feelings for her, all while Crypto immediately targets him as a rival for Natalya's affections. |
| 496 | ---- |
| 497 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: He's so handsome that even the men of Tunguska occasionally fantasize about him. Even ''Orthopox'' seems to take a passing interest in him. |
| 498 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Infected and transformed off-screen, rather, but same principle. After Tunguska's plot missions are done with, he's never seen or heard from again.]] |
| 499 | * MinorMajorCharacter: He's Natalya's go-to source of intel for most of the game, and a reliable one at that, whose spying skills are vital for the plans against the KGB. But not only does he have two extremely minor mission roles in Tunguska, [[spoiler:he gets unceremoniously kicked off the plot due to being infected by the Blisk spores off-screen.]] |
| 500 | * TheNotLoveInterest: His eventual fate [[spoiler:due to Blisk spore infection]]. |
| 501 | * UnknownRival: Crypto doesn't approve of his relationship with Natalya, although Sergei doesn't pay much attention to his jealousy. |
| 502 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Natalya reveals he was infected by Blisk spores sometime before she was kidnapped in the final Tunguska story mission, Sergei is never heard from again. The player is never given the option to find or save him afterwards, [[LoveTriangle not that Crypto would ever do so willingly anyway]].]] |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:The Freak]] |
| 506 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PhilMorris |
| 507 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_freak_reprobed.png]] |
| 508 | ->''"The chicks always come for the stash, but they never stay for the Freak."'' |
| 509 | |
| 510 | A hippie drug dealer and informant in Bay City. He becomes a valuable source of intel for Crypto during his missions there, eventually helping with the Cult of Arkvoodle's promotion. |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentricity]], The Freak is a valuable source of intel for Crypto due to knowing everything that's happening in Bay City, which helps him foil Bongwater's plans. Reading other hippie's minds suggests that he's the main drug dealer in the area. |
| 513 | * CaptainOblivious: |
| 514 | ** If Crypto has to speak to him to start a mission, he will be completely unaware of Crypto being out of his disguise or gunfire. He'll only cower if he is shot at. Presumably it is due to him being ''really'' baked. |
| 515 | ** In his second encounter, he acts surprised when Crypto states Bongwater got away before he killed him, resulting in Crypto telling him [[YouDidntAsk he never asked]]. He'll then tell Crypto about Bongwater's blimps, only to ''immediately forget it'' should Crypto ask for a recap. |
| 516 | -->'''Crypto''': Alright, hit me again with the part about Bongwater's blimps. |
| 517 | -->'''The Freak''': [[FlatWhat What]]? |
| 518 | -->'''Crypto''': Bongwater. He has blimps full of Revelade. |
| 519 | -->'''The Freak''': He does? Far out! |
| 520 | -->'''Crypto''': N-No-- You're the one who said so! Y-You just said he's gonna cover Bay City in Revelade gas! |
| 521 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Fittingly, he is a constantly baked hippie who is always seen dancing and makes several bizarre claims such as picking up radio signals with his teeth. |
| 522 | * DreadlockRasta: ''Reprobed'' gives him long ginger dreads to go with his rastacap. |
| 523 | * GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: Why he's constantly stoned according to ''Reprobed'''s secret files. |
| 524 | * HiddenDepths: He majored in economics and muses about starting up his own computer company in San Jose (referencing the history of Cisco Systems). His art skills are also impressive enough for Shama Llama to commission him to make flyers for the Arkvoodle Cult. Additionally, if Crypto asks him how to get women to like him, he gives a rather thoughtful response of being patient, understanding, and respectful, even if Crypto is disguised as a woman. In ''Reprobed'', he also wears a set of dog tags, adding more fuel to his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial about having served in Vietnam. |
| 525 | * ImmuneToDrugs: According to Crypto, The Freak doesn't even need drugs to be high and lives in his own personal space. In most of his appearances he's seen dancing on the spot before being talked to (and this ''without'' Free Love being in effect). |
| 526 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only referred to in-game as "The Freak." If he has a real name, it's not mentioned. |
| 527 | * TheStoner: He's almost always stoned, often to the point of being oblivious or forgetful. The one time he isn't stoned is when Crypto needs him to make cult flyers. |
| 528 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In their second encounter, Crypto can ask The Freak if he's ever been to Capitol City (the series' equivalent to Washington D.C.), resulting in him doing this. |
| 529 | -->'''Crypto''': Ever been to Capitol City? |
| 530 | -->'''The Freak''': Yes-- I mean, no! What would I be doing in a town of squares and politicians? And I ain't ever been to 'nam either. |
| 531 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: The Freak's model is nearly identical to a regular male hippie in Bay City, bar his rastacap and sunglasses. Averted in ''Reprobed'', where his model is completely different to any other hippie. |
| 532 | [[/folder]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | [[folder:Reginald Ponsonby-Smythe]] |
| 535 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnthonyStewartHead |
| 536 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ponsonby_reprobed.png]] |
| 537 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Forgive me; it seemed best simply to stand clear and give you room to do what you do so well."'']] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | A member of the British Intelligence agency M16, under the Queen's secret service in Albion. He briefly joins forces with Crypto in order to drive away the KGB operating on the city. M16, however, is actually the last active international cell of Majestic, and he seeks to avenge the fallen sectors by killing Crypto. |
| 540 | ---- |
| 541 | * AdaptationalVillainy: It's mentioned in ''Reprobed'' that he's had a price on Natalya's head for years, whereas in the original he simply compliments her after they destroy the KGB's spores. This clears up a PlotHole in "From Russia With Guns" where his men go after her alongside the KGB. |
| 542 | * AgentPeacock: He's a highly competent Majestic agent and a surprisingly durable fighter... who's also an effete, refined fashion plate, dressing in a robin egg blue Carnaby Street mod suit with an added frilly cravat. His ''Reprobed'' design uses the additional levels of detail on his new model to make him look even fancier than before. |
| 543 | * ArcVillain: He's revealed to be this for Albion in the city's penultimate mission, where he takes Crypto in for questioning and tries to kill him afterwards. |
| 544 | * ClassyCravat: He wears a cravat underneath his suit to emphasize his flamboyancy. |
| 545 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: He's basically what you'd get if Franchise/JamesBond worked for [[SinisterSpyAgency SPECTER]] instead of [=MI6=]. |
| 546 | * DefiantToTheEnd: He spends his last moments mocking Crypto's arrogance, and ''Reprobed'' includes him reaching out for his ParasolOfPain just before he expires. |
| 547 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: He took Crypto as a prisoner but forgot to account for Natalya, who genuinely needs the Furon's help in toppling the KGB. Sure enough, she's the one who invades their secret base to bust Crypto out. |
| 548 | * EnemyMine: Claims this to be the case for his partnership with Crypto, since neither of them has much love for the KGB. While he's honest about that, he actually has his own agenda. |
| 549 | * ExactWords: He introduces himself as a Foreign Intelligence agent of "M16", which Crypto takes at face value (likely confusing it as MI-6). Except the agency's name is actually "Majestic Command - 16th Sector", which "M16" is just an abbreviation of. |
| 550 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Initially generous, if rather snooty, which lets Crypto trust him. He only snaps after Crypto beats him and misinterprets his comment about the rest of Majestic being destroyed by [[spoiler:the Blisk]]. |
| 551 | * FlunkyBoss: Starts his boss fight surrounded by soldiers, Secret Agents and the occasional wandering Cop in Hyde Park. |
| 552 | * {{Foil}}: To Natalya, the other ally NPC Crypto meets in Albion. While both of them are spies working for their respective areas of Foreign Intelligence, Natalya is upfront with Crypto about her origins and goals, never failing to give him the necessary intel while also keeping him grounded on the mission. Ponsonby, on the other hand, uses half-truths and humors Crypto's snark half-heartedly, since he's secretly plotting to kill him. |
| 553 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: After Crypto fatally wounds him, Ponsonby laments how all the international Majestic sectors fell to aliens. When Crypto corrects him by stating he only dismantled the American sector, he angrily asks him if he thinks he's the only alien on Earth before dying. Orthopox simply brushes it off as him going crazy, but it's later revealed that [[spoiler:Ponsonby was referring to the Blisk]]. |
| 554 | * GratuitousLatin: Invoked during his boss fight in ''Reprobed'', where he assumes Crypto can't read his thoughts if they're in Latin. |
| 555 | -->"Oh no! Raptus regaliter sum!" |
| 556 | * InkSuitActor: His model in the original version is the splitting image of Anthony Head. |
| 557 | * InterfaceSpoiler: As with the Majestic agents in the first game revealing Silhouette's gender through Cortex Scan, scanning Ponsonby's mind reveals he misses Silhouette ''and'' knows she was a woman, which gives away that he's affiliated with Majestic. He later even says this thought out loud as BossBanter. |
| 558 | * ItsPersonal: Hopes to avenge Silhouette by killing Crypto. Both for destroying the American branch, and for killing the only woman he loved. |
| 559 | * KilledMidSentence: He dies right before he can reveal the existence of [[spoiler:The Blisk]]. |
| 560 | * KingMook: A souped up version of the M16 Secret Agents with more health and a faster weapon. |
| 561 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: His drug-induced interrogation of Crypto not only does little to make him talk, it ends up awakening his Mind Flash ability, which comes in real handy to escape the M16 complex. |
| 562 | * ParasolOfPain: Carries an umbrella at all times, which is actually a functioning machine gun he uses in combat. It has even more tricks in the remake, including the ability to spray hallucinogenic gas [[InterfaceScrew that seriously messes with the player's controls]]. |
| 563 | * RevengeBeforeReason: He's so hellbent on killing Crypto over the fall of Majestic that he completely foregoes the attacks on the KGB in favor of targeting the Furon. |
| 564 | * ShoutOut: |
| 565 | ** With the Secret Agent enemies acting as the MI-6 stand-ins, Ponsonby is essentially their equivalent of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' himself. |
| 566 | ** The umbrella he carries around makes Ponsonby a reference to [[Series/TheAvengers1960s John Steed]] as well. His concept art shows him wearing a bowler hat, and concept art shows he was intended to have a female partner at one point in development. |
| 567 | * TortureForFunAndInformation: Uses an old army bunker to trap Crypto and douse him in drugs to try and make him spill the beans on how his weapons and technology work. All it does is give Crypto a minor headache and make him spout random nonsense should the player choose the funnier dialogue options. |
| 568 | * TuxedoAndMartini: As a Bond {{Expy}}, this is a must. No martini, but he still invokes the basic image. |
| 569 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Crypto beats him in battle, he laments the fall of Majestic's worldwide branches at the hands of aliens. When Crypto corrects him by stating he only destroyed the American branch, he snaps at Crypto's ego, but perishes before revealing the existence of [[spoiler:the Blisk]]. |
| 570 | -->'''Ponsonby:''' You bastard... you finally did it... M16 was all there was left... the last of the Majestic agencies... all the others... the French, the Mongolian station... the Argentinians... every one of them, destroyed by... aliens... |
| 571 | -->'''Crypto:''' That last round musta scrambled your synapses. I only took down the American Majestic. Silhouette's Majestic. |
| 572 | -->'''Ponsonby:''' [[DyingSmirk You? Ha ha ha...]] you cosmic egomaniac, you think this is all about you? Oh the irony -- beaten by a solipsistic simpleton from space... [[KilledMidSentence you actually believe you're the only-]] |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder:Takoshima Ninja Clans]] |
| 576 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulNakauchi (White Ninjas), Creator/SteveBlum (Black Ninjas) |
| 577 | |
| 578 | Two opposing ninja factions that inhabit Takoshima Island, being once an united school of ninjas under the color gray that was split due to clothing manufacturing disputes. The White Ninja clan resides just outside of the Zen Temple and are quick to ally themselves with Crypto and the Cult of Arkvoodle, while the Black Ninja clan lives on an islet just outside of Takoshima City and have placed their allegiance with the KGB. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | !!General tropes |
| 581 | * GratuitousNinja: There's no in-universe reason given for why there's ninjas roaming Takoshima in 1969. Ruthlessly lampshaded by Crypto and Pox, of course. |
| 582 | --> '''Pox:''' Just go with it. Besides, who doesn't love ninjas? |
| 583 | * GratuitousIambicPentameter: They think in Haiku. / [[ShownTheirWork Even follow the structure.]] / It's quite impressive. |
| 584 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: Their outfits aren't exactly made for stealth, to say the least. The White Ninjas stick out like a sore thumb pretty much everywhere, while the Black Ninjas freely attack during the day, where black is not ideal for blending in. |
| 585 | * HomingProjectile: Their shuriken, which will chase a target and take a lot of health off should they hit. |
| 586 | * LightDarknessJuxtaposition: They follow this motif only [[DownplayedTrope superficially]], with the two sides only being "good" and "evil" due to their affiliations and fighting over a ridiculous motive. |
| 587 | * MetaGuy: ''Like you wouldn't believe.'' Just look at their quotes above for one of MANY examples of each clan BreakingTheFourthWall. That being said, this is more of a trait of the White Ninjas, with the Black Ninjas having fewer examples. |
| 588 | * {{Mook}}: The White Ninjas are this for the Cult of Arkvoodle, essentially becoming the cult's own defense force, while the Black Ninjas ally themselves with the KGB simply to oppose their rivals. |
| 589 | * MookMaker: There are small gongs spread across Takoshima that, when rung, will summon ninjas from one of the factions to that respective area. |
| 590 | * SillyReasonForWar: The two factions were once a single Gray Ninja clan, but the manufacturer for their gray clothing stopped making that color and only had two left. The Black Ninjas basically called dibs. |
| 591 | |
| 592 | !!Tropes applying to the White Ninja clan |
| 593 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/white_ninja_clan_reprobed.png]] |
| 594 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I liked the first game / I hope this one's just as good / And that I don't die."'']] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | * CloudCuckooLander: They're very feeble-minded and follow a weird logic regarding Furons. They just up and decide to send a Datacore on a "rocket" so the Furons will contact them, and think the best way to appease an alien god of sex is through human sacrifice ([[RightForTheWrongReasons which, granted]], Arkvoodle WOULD approve of and does, in fact, request it of Crypto to enable some landing zones). Their recruitment consists of Crypto basically having to endure their collective stupidity just to get them to sign up. |
| 597 | * CoolHelmet: Their leader dons a battle helm similar to a samurai's. |
| 598 | * FaceHeelTurn: In the final Takoshima Odd Job mission, where they side with Shama Llama against Crypto and become his flunkies that you need to kill. |
| 599 | * FriendlyFireproof: In ''Reprobed'', the members found in the Zen Temple base are immune to attacks from some of Crypto's weapons. |
| 600 | * HumanSacrifice: They kidnap a random woman from a supermarket in order to sacrifice her for the Arkvoodle cult in their recruitment mission (apparently the ex-girlfriend of one of the members). Crypto is disgusted by this and has the option to tell them to stop. |
| 601 | ** Choosing to have Crypto agree with the ninjas pointing out [[HypocrisyNod he did something similar with Miss Rockwell]] ends up [[SubvertedTrope subverting]] this, though, as they start admitting there is no woman to be sacrificed. |
| 602 | * LightIsGood: For a given definition of "good", but they side with Crypto and join the Arkvoodle cult, so they're on the side of the protagonist... [[LightIsNotGood Until Shama Llama sics them on Crypto.]] At the very least, they're a peaceful (if weird) bunch that don't go out of their way to attack anyone, in contrast to the Black Ninjas who attack everyone that's not them. |
| 603 | * {{Mook}}: For the Cult of Arkvoodle once it reaches Takoshima, making them Shama Llama's own personal bodyguards, which is why they turn on Crypto when he finally tries to kill Llama for his insufferable ego. |
| 604 | |
| 605 | !!Tropes applying to the Black Ninja clan |
| 606 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_ninja_clan_reprobed.png]] |
| 607 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"What if we are all / Characters in video game? / Now my mind is blown!"'']] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | * ActorAllusion: A retroactive one, as ''Reprobed'' arms them with three retractable blades very similar to those used by ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. A character Creator/SteveBlum has frequently voiced since the original game was released. |
| 610 | * ArcVillain: The closest to this trope there is for Takoshima, since it's mostly dominated by the KGB. |
| 611 | * BadassBoast: Regarding their outfit, which the White Ninjas actually wanted for themselves. |
| 612 | -->'''Black Ninja Leader:''' ''We are only wearing black until they make something ''darker''!'' |
| 613 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: ''Reprobed'' further distinguishes them from the white ninja's by equipping them with three retractable blades on their bracers. |
| 614 | * CoolMask: Their leader, in contrast to the White Ninja leader's helm. |
| 615 | * DarkIsEvil: They're the most willing to attack and kill civilians unprompted. The suburban area between Takoshima City and the Zen Temple is perpetually terrorized by them. |
| 616 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Telling them Arkvoodle created reality television or how flammable and inflammable are the same because of Arkvoodle will make them kill you for being too evil. |
| 617 | * HardCodedHostility: Unlike most combative humans, who focus solely on Crypto, Black Ninjas will fight ''everything'' that's not another Black Ninja or a KGB agent, including cops, soldiers, and civilians. |
| 618 | * {{Mook}}: They join forces with the KGB and share a base in Castle Kuro and Mount Seyuki with them, likely to oppose the White Ninjas siding with Crypto. |
| 619 | [[/folder]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | [[folder:Dr. Go!]] |
| 622 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal |
| 623 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_go_reprobed.png]] |
| 624 | ->''"No deal. If you do not rescue me, KGB will kill me. Then you will never find base, ne?"'' |
| 625 | |
| 626 | The cyclopean leader of the White Ninja Clan, who is still hung up on his ex-girlfriend. Crypto has to rescue him from the KGB's custody so he can learn how to enter their secret base. |
| 627 | ---- |
| 628 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the original, he's completely defenseless and relies entirely on Crypto to not get killed. The remake not only gives him more health but also a revolver, and while he's not quite as formidable as Natalya he's still decently capable with it. |
| 629 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He states that he dresses to impress both women and gay or bi-curious men, though the only person he shows attraction to is Professor Yuki. |
| 630 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Invokes this by refusing to give Crypto the info he wants until he's escorted from KGB captivity, knowing the Furon would likely leave him behind, or kill him personally, once he had what he wanted. |
| 631 | -->'''Crypto:''' You're insidiously clever for a monkey, you know that? |
| 632 | -->'''Dr. Go!:''' And you are amusingly dim for a Furon. |
| 633 | * FormFittingWardrobe: His white suit is tight-fitting enough for Crypto to point it out. |
| 634 | * {{Homage}}: To the Bond villain Dr. No and, possibly, the likewise eyepatched Daisuke Serizawa from the original Film/Godzilla1954. |
| 635 | * TheLoad: Will gladly whine and quip snarky remarks at Crypto during their escape from Castle Kuro, all while not being much help and possibly even getting into the line of fire by accident during the escort mission. This is slightly mitigated by him having a decently-tanky HP bar, but you ARE defending him from ''[[HomingProjectile Black Ninjas]]'' on top of the KGB agents. |
| 636 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: He's quite happy to point Crypto in the direction of his romantic rival, [[PunnyName Sascha Soysorski]], to retrieve the part of the passcode he needs to get into the KGB base [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial while insisting that this is not what he had in mind when Crypto brings it up]]. |
| 637 | * MyNaymeIs: Yes, the exclamation point is a part of his name. Crypto even brings it up to Orlov, asking why Orlov doesn't have the cool punctuation in his name. |
| 638 | * ServileSnarker: He may run a cult dedicated to worshipping Arkvoodle but that doesn't mean he owes Crypto much reverence. [[BeleagueredAssistant Until he's threatened, that is.]] |
| 639 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being the White Ninja leader, he vanishes as soon as the main plot of Takoshima is done with. It's very likely the clan abandoned him in favor of Shama Llama once he became the head of the Arkvoodle Cult. |
| 640 | [[/folder]] |
| 641 | |
| 642 | [[folder:Professor Yuki]] |
| 643 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Edita Brychta |
| 644 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/professor_yuki.png]] |
| 645 | ->''"I think of him fondly, but... that is the only thing I have left to give him. My heart has moved on, like summer storm."'' |
| 646 | |
| 647 | The ex-girlfriend of Dr. Go, who holds part of the passcode for the KGB volcano base in her possession. She later gives Crypto the task of disposing of several giant Kaiju eggs that washed ashore around Takoshima. |
| 648 | ---- |
| 649 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: ''Reprobed'' makes her dress more form-fitting and with slits through the legs, while her bobcut is sleeker and her face more youthful, all to help emphasize how "enigmatically beautiful" she is. |
| 650 | * AmicableExes: Regards Dr. Go this way and, depending on what dialogue Crypto picks, will consider catching up with him. |
| 651 | * GodzillaThreshold: Ironic as the trope is for this case, she ends up having to rely on a "KGB agent" (Crypto in disguise), the same people who harass and attack Takoshima citizens unprompted, to dispose of the Mohgra eggs around the island. |
| 652 | * NaughtyByNight: Implied in ''Reprobed'', which adds a bonus objective to the mission to retrieve her passcode to uncover other "secret documents" which turn out to be saucy pictures of her. |
| 653 | [[/folder]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | [[folder:Shama Llama]] |
| 656 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Richard Tatum |
| 657 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shama_llama_reprobed.png]] |
| 658 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Hail Arkvoodle! Hail Shama Llama!"'']] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | A hippie commune leader Crypto rescues from police custody in Bay City to serve as the figurehead of the Arkvoodle Cult. After his rescue, he becomes the quest giver for the Cult of Arkvoodle missions, directing Crypto in how to properly gather support for the plan, while also providing one of the game's strongest weapons [[FetchQuest if enough Alien Artifacts are collected]]. He stays as the frontman of the Cult up until the fame starts going into his head a little ''too'' much... |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Gaining Arkvoodle's favor and the adoration of both the press and the cult members made it so Shama's ego skyrocketed so far that he completely takes over the Cult's operations from Crypto and point-blank vilifies the angry alien with a ray gun on standby when he comes back with a bone to pick. |
| 663 | * AdaptationalUgliness: In the original game, Shama is simply a recolor of Coyote Bongwater with grey hair, sunglasses, and a peace symbol on his forehead. The remake significantly exaggerates his facial features, giving him a massive jaw and a ForeheadOfDoom with a receding hairline, making him look more like a caricature of UsefulNotes/CharlesManson. |
| 664 | * AssholeVictim: After turning the Arkvoodle Cult into his own CultOfPersonality, Crypto gladly takes on the Black Ninja Leader's request to assassinate him. Arkvoodle himself lets Shama stay dead after killing his clones, and in the original, the cult falls apart with his death. |
| 665 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Depends. If the player died too many times, Shama's health bar drops like a fly but he'll revive repeatedly. If Crypto was only re-cloned a few times, then Shama won't revive as often, but his health takes longer to deplete. |
| 666 | * DirtyCoward: Surrounds himself with White Ninjas when his ego finally gets Crypto to just try and kill him. In the remake, he'll also teleport away from him into areas full of other Arkvoodle followers so they'll soak up the fire in his place. |
| 667 | * DivineIntervention: Because Shama is so high up the ladder of the Arkvoodle cult, Arkvoodle himself granted him the power to resurrect depending on how many times Crypto has died throughout the game. This is the mechanic of his boss battle, since he cannot die, but will continuously revive himself until all his extra lives run out, on which Arkvoodle finally decides enough is enough. |
| 668 | * EarthyBarefootCharacter: The remake designs him as a barefoot hippy. |
| 669 | * EgocentricallyReligious: As the game goes on and the Cult of Arkvoodle escalates in popularity, he makes it more and more about his status as a celebrity spiritual leader, even making merchandise based around himself as a marketing gimmick. After Crypto collects all of the alien artifacts and is acknowledged as the favored son of Arkvoodle in front of his cultists, Shama Llama manipulates the cultists into attacking Crypto, hoping to replace him as their messiah. |
| 670 | * TheFace: Of the Cult of Arkvoodle, as assigned by Crypto so the general public will have a public figure to talk to in order to join while Crypto carries out his own plans. |
| 671 | * FakeNationality: InUniverse. ''Reprobed'' reveals he's originally a New England native called Steve Larson, with his Indian accent being fake. |
| 672 | * FlunkyBoss: Llama has no attacks of his own, so he relies on a small army of White Ninjas to deal damage to Crypto. |
| 673 | * {{Foil}}: To Coyote Bongwater, down to the same voice actor. Bongwater was a WellIntentionedExtremist who didn't know he was carrying out the plans of corrupt authorities, but still acted out of a self-serving desire to "save" the United States. Shama Llama knows exactly what he's getting into and has the full extent of his duties outlined to him, but lets his ego swell to the point of defying Crypto directly and use the Cult as an excuse to be famous. |
| 674 | * GetBackHereBoss: It was bad enough in the original that Shama's respawning would cause him to dart around the hill near Takoshima City where the main cult tents were located, but ''Reprobed'' upgrades his teleportation to cover ''the entire cult area around the Zen Temple'', meaning Crypto will be chasing him all over the place to take out all of his lives. Also, he runs away instead of standing in one place like in the original. |
| 675 | * GreenEyedMonster: The cutscene at the end of the questline in ''Reprobed'' has Shama standing in the back and quietly seething as the Cult worships Crypto, which gives further context to him antagonizing Crypto in the ensuing Odd Job where the Black Ninja leader puts a hit on him. |
| 676 | * HorrorHippies: He uses a lot of hippie slang and most of his "flock" are comprised of hippies and mods, but he is also knowingly working for brain-harvesting aliens, condones his destructive habits (unless it makes the cult look bad) and eventually tries to have his cultists kill Crypto so that he could gain full-control over the cult. |
| 677 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Reading his thoughts in the late-game of ''Reprobed'' shows that he thinks Crypto is an arrogant prat who needs to be taken down a notch... which is exactly what Crypto rightly thinks about him, due to his ego-stoking shenanigans. If anything, this description applies ''more'' to Shama than Crypto, since Crypto only started the cult as part of a scheme to exert control over people rather than to be worshipped. |
| 678 | * ItsAllAboutMe: By the time the Cult hits Takoshima, Shama's ego has gotten to his head and he turns it into a cult of personality, and he constantly slips his tongue and refers to ''his'' "magnificence" being threatened rather than Arkvoodle's. Before his boss fight, he even has the gall to ''pretend to not know who Crypto is'' in spite of Crypto being the center of the cult as the prodigal son of Arkvoodle. Even in his boss fight, after Crypto keeps killing him repeatedly, the Furon god himself decides Shama pushed his luck too far and lets Crypto finally kill him for good. |
| 679 | * JustifiedExtraLives: Shama's boss fight has him revive after every death depending on how many deaths Crypto had accumulated in total up until that point. In this case, [[AWizardDidIt it's the handiwork of an alien god]]. |
| 680 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: |
| 681 | ** A hippie cult leader with a God complex who isn't above murder to consolidate his influence? He's essentially a tamer, non-bigoted parody of UsefulNotes/CharlesManson. He even has a marking on his forehead. His real name in ''Reprobed'', Steve Larson, solidifies the reference. |
| 682 | ** His Indian accent and influence in the counterculture are likely based on that of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 683 | * PaletteSwap: His in-game model in the original is a recolored and re-textured version of Bongwater's. The two even share the same voice actor. He gets his own unique model in ''Reprobed''. |
| 684 | * RaceLift: Goes from AmbiguouslyBrown (likely East Indian) to white in ''Reprobed'', complete with an intelligence report late in the Cult of Arkvoodle missions saying his original name is Steve Larson, and he's a New England native that moved to Indiana, NYC, and finally Bay City. This was likely done to help make his accent less offensive [[UnexplainedAccent and even more like a bizarre affectation]]. |
| 685 | * TeleportSpam: To make the battle more difficult, Shama will teleport around the hill he's fought at so Crypto has a harder time aiming. |
| 686 | * TraitorShot: In the Remake, he is shown to get very angry with all the praise Crypto gets when summoning the super weapon. |
| 687 | * UngratefulBastard: Crypto calls him out on it in the Odd Job to assassinate him, reminding Shama that Crypto was the one responsible for dragging him out of the gutter to where he is now, only for him to constantly overlook Crypto's accomplishments. By this point, Shama's ego has gone so far out of control that he ignores this in favor of focusing on how he is the center of the cult. |
| 688 | * UniversallyBelovedLeader: The media loves him, and the cultists are devoted to him as they are to Arkvoodle himself. Only Crypto himself doesn't seem to get along with him, since he finds Llama annoying and egotistic. He's very much correct. |
| 689 | [[/folder]] |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder:Doctor Orlov]] |
| 692 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' David Shaughnessey |
| 693 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_orlov.png]] |
| 694 | ->''"Ah -- Solaris, da. That, I know something about..."'' |
| 695 | |
| 696 | A scientist in Tunguska who previously worked on Project Solaris. He quit upon discovering [[spoiler:the Blisk]] and has gone into hiding. |
| 697 | ---- |
| 698 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: He mentions developing computer games in his spare time, which Crypto calls a waste of time. |
| 699 | * BrickJoke: You can actually talk to him inside the gulag during the final Tunguska mission, where he'll inform Crypto of Natalya's whereabouts and the Furon will gladly leave him behind to focus on saving her. Naturally, you can come back afterwards to save him from his death. |
| 700 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Having extensive knowledge on [[spoiler:the Blisk]], alongside a datacore with data on the Martian War, are the reasons the KGB are hunting him down. He later ends up being imprisoned in the gulag, though Crypto rescues him before he can be killed (although this is done via Odd Job). |
| 701 | * PetTheDog: As an optional side mission, Crypto breaks him out of the gulag and helps him flee Tunguska. |
| 702 | * TooKinkyToTorture: When Orlov states he presumed Crypto to have been an alien coming to infect him, one choice of dialogue is to threaten him. If done, rather than be intimidated, Orlov states he suddenly feels turned on, prompting Crypto to end that conversation branch. |
| 703 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: His model is the same as the regular scientists seen around Tunguska. Interestingly, ''Reprobed'' gives him an updated version of this model, whereas the civilian scientists now wear hoods and masks. |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[folder:Biff Aldrake and Carl Livestrong]] |
| 707 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Jason Harris (Biff), Creator/YuriLowenthal (Carl) |
| 708 | |
| 709 | Two NASA astronauts landing on the moon as part of Apollo 11, while discreetly delivering [[spoiler:Pox's anti-Blisk virus]]. |
| 710 | ---- |
| 711 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: They're the game's versions of UsefulNotes/BuzzAldrin and UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong. Carl's attacks on Biff are likely references to Aldrin's Republican views. |
| 712 | * ReallyGetsAround: Carl is apparently hedonistic, which Biff thinks makes him a poor role model. |
| 713 | -->'''Biff''': You've got the number of every cocktail bar hooker on Cocoa Beach! |
| 714 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: During the landing, both of them argue with each other about who should land on the moon. Biff mocks Carl's status as mission commander and calls him a [[ReallyGetsAround slut]], while Carl thinks Biff is too HolierThanThou to be the first man to walk on the moon. When they do land, Biff's mockery of Carl leads to him furiously calling off the mission. |
| 715 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The two's argument about who steps on the moon first gets so volatile that they completely ignore both the cosmonauts attacking their space shuttle and Crypto. |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | !!Antagonists |
| 719 | [[folder:The KGB]] |
| 720 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimMeskimen (normal agents), Creator/FredTatasciore (heavy agents) |
| 721 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reprobed21_kgb_agents.jpg]] |
| 722 | ->''"Greetings, comrade. Mother Russia sends her regards."'' |
| 723 | |
| 724 | The main opposing force in the second game, the [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti]] (KGB for short) has discovered Crypto's ruse as the President of the United States and launched an attack, destroying the Mothership and stranding both Crypto and a now-holographic Orthopox on Earth. The Furons discover that their plans reach even further beyond, and therefore need to stop them in order to save the human race from extinction so their brains will be safe for harvesting. |
| 725 | ---- |
| 726 | * BigBad: The organization as a whole serves as the one constant enemy force against Crypto in ''[=DAH!2=]'', seeking to further their plans of world domination and eliminate the Furon threat for their own selfish reasons. |
| 727 | ** BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Except they're unaware of the Blisk and their manipulations, ultimately serving as their unwitting peons in their plan to exterminate humanity, which would include themselves.]] |
| 728 | * CardCarryingVillain: Zigzagged, as Cortex Scans of the agents will show that they go back and forth between despising playing the bad guys and loving every second of it. |
| 729 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Majestic, despite their own agenda of world domination, were still an organization with the end goal of keeping humanity safe from extraterrestrials, as well as keeping their master plan limited to only the United States. The KGB, meanwhile, operate on a global scale and fully intend to take over the world, innocent lives be damned, while also eliminating the Furons and their DNA harvesting scheme. [[spoiler:They're also working under aliens themselves without knowing.]] |
| 730 | * DumbMuscle: The blond-haired agents speak in deep voices and are relatively simple-minded, but tend to be tougher than the black-haired agents. They're more muscular in ''Reprobed'' and often use heavier weapons like miniguns to distinguish from the normal agents. |
| 731 | * EliteMook: They're about as strong as the soldiers in each region, having high health and their weapons can hit Crypto hard early on. In the original, the Gene Blend for body snatching them isn't unlocked until Tunguska. |
| 732 | * LeanAndMean: The regular agents tend to be thin and gaunt, particularly in ''Reprobed''. |
| 733 | * TheMenInBlack: They take over this role from Majestic, with their agents wearing dressing in similar black suits. [[spoiler:However, most of them are unaware of [[TheManBehindTheMan the Blisk]].]] |
| 734 | * MisanthropeSupreme: A lot of their plans involve putting the lives of innocent people at risk, even flat-out threatening to destroy entire cities when their plans on the site are foiled by Crypto. Even their master plan, Project Solaris, uses concerning amounts of radiation and human tissue as materials. [[spoiler:Because they're actually helping the Blisk with destroying human life on Earth, unaware that they're helping with their own deaths in the process.]] |
| 735 | ** This also translates to gameplay, as normal citizens are scared witless of KGB agents and will run away at the sight of one. For their part, agents will open fire on civilians gratuitously and even go after police and soldiers if they're nearby. |
| 736 | * {{Mook}}: The recurring enemy force in the second game that consistently appears in every invasion site without any significant changes until the very last level. |
| 737 | * NukeEm: A lot of their plans involve radiation or nuclear warheads in some capacity. Their attack on Bay City involved nukes on top of vans, and their tunnel network hideout underneath Albion had noxious clouds of radioactive gas spread throughout it. [[spoiler:All because the Blisk favor radiation, and are tricking the KGB into using as much of it as possible.]] |
| 738 | * SecretPolice: The infamous Russian task force created by the USSR for international affairs. Naturally, the game milks this for all its worth and exaggerates their dictatorship over the Soviet Union by portraying them as single-minded villains bent on world domination and their precious "revolution". The trope gets slightly downplayed in Tunguska itself, however, as the KGB becomes the site's "cop" equivalent and show up at low alert levels (though ''Reprobed'' gives Tunguska its own police force). |
| 739 | * TakeOverTheWorld: The agents seem to think this is their objective along with killing the Furons, appearing on all the invasion sites with different plans to spread their influence or, failing that, ''terrorizing the population just because''. |
| 740 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: Zigzagged. The agents normally have two variants (thin with black hair, or heavy with blond hair), except for Tunguska, which uses the same model for every agent (itself a reskin of the unarmed cops found there). Averted in ''Reprobed'', where both models are used in Tunguska. |
| 741 | [[/folder]] |
| 742 | |
| 743 | [[folder:Agent Oranchov]] |
| 744 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobinAtkinDownes |
| 745 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chrome_screenshot_1631916140831.png]] |
| 746 | [[caption-width-right:350:"''These [[GratuitousRussian zhopas]] must be harder to kill than we thought...''"]] |
| 747 | |
| 748 | A high-ranking KGB agent in charge of their operations in Bay City. He's cornered by Crypto in their secret headquarters in Albion, where he mutates himself to fight Crypto. |
| 749 | ---- |
| 750 | * AchillesHeel: Like any other Blisk Mutant, using the Anal Probe will revert him to his frailer human form. In the remake, this is all but required to deal noticeable damage to him, and every time you do, he will re-infect himself from one of the many spore barrels in his boss room shortly after. |
| 751 | * AdaptationalUgliness: ''Reprobed'' reimagines him as a TopHeavyGuy and [[EyeScream enhances]] the [[RuggedScar scar]] on his face, making him significantly more intimidating than the other KGB agents he leads. |
| 752 | * BodyHorror: Oranchov's boss fight is the game's introduction to the Blisk spores and how they affect humans horrifically. |
| 753 | * TheDreaded: During his introductory cutscene in ''Reprobed'', the agent beside him feigns laughter after Oranchov gives him a DeathGlare. Some of the heavy KGB agent's scans show they find him mean. |
| 754 | * EliteMook: He's a common KGB agent with slightly more health and a mutant transformation from the get-go, but turning him back to normal is all that's needed to kill him easily. Even as a mutant, he's comparatively ''[[SubvertedTrope less]]'' powerful than the later Blisk Mutants that Crypto fights in the game (only in the original, though; he's much tougher in the remake). |
| 755 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks in a deep, gravelly voice that stands out compared to the rest of the cast. |
| 756 | * TheManBehindTheMan: He uses Coyote Bongwater as a front to cover up the KGB's operation in Bay City. |
| 757 | * MorphicResonance: In the remake, his Blisk Mutant form retains the scar, some of his hair and his tattered clothing ([[MagicPants which mostly repairs itself when he gets disinfected]]). |
| 758 | * NukeEm: Attempts to destroy Bay City with mobile nukes after Bongwater's death. |
| 759 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His introductory cutscene has him praising Stalin's regime, under the logic that ideals may start revolutions, but brutality and violence is what allows them to be completed. When Bongwater is defeated by Crypto, he opts to nuke the city while comparing it to the Prague Spring. |
| 760 | * PunnyName: His name is a pun on Agent Orange, the chemical herbicide used by the US army in Vietnam. Given that his role in the story basically amounts to an attempt at chemical warfare against the Furons, this is quite appropriate. |
| 761 | * StarterVillain: The first real antagonist encountered in the second game. He's responsible for getting the Mothership destroyed and the distribution of Revelade in Bay City, before becoming the first Mutant enemy fought. |
| 762 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Oranchov's boss fight is [[AdaptationalBadass significantly beefed up]] in the remake. Not only do you have to fight his first phase without the Anal Probe, his mutant form also [[DamageSpongeBoss shrugs off everything in Crypto's arsenal available at that point]] and packs a hard-hitting SuperSpit attack, making him much more challenging than the relatively harmless Coyote Bongwater. Additionally, while he can still be uninfected with the Anal Probe in the fight's second phase, he will re-infect himself every time you do so, limiting the time he spends vulnerable. |
| 763 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: In the original game, his model is the blond KGB agent's edited to have a scar through his eye. Averted in the remake, which changes his design completely. |
| 764 | [[/folder]] |
| 765 | |
| 766 | [[folder:Coyote Bongwater]] |
| 767 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Richard Tatum |
| 768 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bongwater_reprobed.png]] |
| 769 | ->''"We're about to FREE the people of this city! Soon they'll see the TRUTH! And embrace our beautiful new utopia: the Bay City Super-Organic Communal Collective and Compost Farm! ARE YOU WITH US, MAN??"'' |
| 770 | |
| 771 | A spiritual leader of Bay City's hippies, Coyote Bongwater is responsible for distributing a new drink known as "Revelade" - one of whose side effects is the degradation of Furon DNA in humans' genes. |
| 772 | ---- |
| 773 | * AdaptationalBadass: In "Reprobed", his boss fight leans more into the psychedelic aspects of the fight as Crypto has to pursue Bongwater across his hallucinations and fight clones of him. A far cry from the original game where Coyote Bongwater is fought like any other NPC except his gun just makes a purple filter on the screen. |
| 774 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: ''Reprobed'' changes his hair color from dark brown to a lighter blond. |
| 775 | * AlasPoorVillain: After his MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, Crypto kills him in a relatively quick and painless manner while remarking "Sometimes it's just kinder to put 'em down." |
| 776 | * ArcVillain: For Bay City. |
| 777 | * {{Bookworm}}: Implied in the remake as books are strewn around his apartment and bunker. Oversized books even appear in the LSD wonderland Crypto sees the boss fight with Bongwater as. Some of the books aren't what a hippie would normally be expected to read like military history and ''Literature/TheGodfather'' by Mario Puzo. |
| 778 | * ChickMagnet: He's pretty much the leading expert in getting into the pants of hippie girls. Crypto walks in on him finishing a lecture on tantric intercourse during their first encounter. |
| 779 | * FantasticDrug: Revelade, a purplish-pink liquid (green in the remake) that seems to have a similar effect to both ecstasy and LSD on humans, but its real purpose is to eliminate the pure Furon DNA in human brainstems by deteriorating the brain. |
| 780 | * HorrorHippies: Subverted, he wants to set off a righteous rebellion against the US government but he is an unwitting pawn of the KGB and has no intention of destroying America. |
| 781 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Believes that the KGB are helping him liberate Bay City from the American government even though [[UnwittingPawn he's only advancing the KGB's plans]]. |
| 782 | * InterfaceScrew: He has a specialized crossbow that shoots arrows laced with Revelade at Crypto, which causes the screen to distort in a gaudy mash of colors and flowers while distorted music plays. |
| 783 | * LargeHam: He's a hippie stoner. The word "subtle" is not in his dictionary. |
| 784 | * MeaningfulName: It's meant to sound as stereotypically "hippie" as possible, while also making it obvious he's a lunatic stoner. |
| 785 | * MercyKill: Crypto fries him after Oranchov tells Bongwater what his true plan for Bay City was. |
| 786 | * MushroomSamba: His Revelade gun will cause Crypto to trip if he's shot. In the remake, Crypto has to fight him during a trip that turns his base into a massive ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''-like labyrinth. |
| 787 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He earnestly believed that he was going to save and liberate America, which made him blind to how corrupt and evil his backers were. After Crypto defeats Bongwater, he contacts Oranchov and tells him to "start the revolution without him", only to have Oranchov reveal the KGB's plan to destroy America. He died in horror at what he helped bring. |
| 788 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Bongwater believes that distributing Revelade is the start of a revolution against the system. Unfortunately for him, Revelade is really the KGB's plan to destroy Furon DNA. He freaks out when Oranchov reveals his intention to bomb Bay City once he's failed. |
| 789 | -->'''Bongwater''': But-- No! No! I wanted to save America, not destroy it! What have I done!? |
| 790 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: Had he succeeded in fully distributing the Revelade throughout Bay City, it would eventually lead to him getting his "Super-Organic Communal Collective and Compost Farm" at the hands of the Blisk, as they irradiate the Earth and turn it into exactly that. |
| 791 | * ShoutOut: Bongwater sounds remarkably similar to [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]]. |
| 792 | * UnwittingPawn: While he thinks he's a visionary leading a revolution against "the man", Oranchov's pulling all his strings, and he remains ignorant of the KGB's true intentions. |
| 793 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Unless Crypto's weapons are upgraded to an acceptable level, Bongwater will be a pain to take down, since his Revelade gun can take huge chunks of health off of Crypto, not to mention the KGB agents present for the boss fight. ''Reprobed'' increases his gun's accuracy and fire rate, and the KGB agents around him are replaced with tougher hippies. |
| 794 | * YouHaveFailedMe: After their Revelade scheme is foiled by Crypto, Oranchov leaves Bongwater to die at Crypto's hands. |
| 795 | [[/folder]] |
| 796 | |
| 797 | [[folder:Prudence Kane]] |
| 798 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor |
| 799 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prudance_kane_reprobed.png]] |
| 800 | ->''"Brothers and sisters! Children of the Revolution! This is the dawning of the Age of [[{{Malaproper}} Aquariums]]!"'' |
| 801 | |
| 802 | Bongwater's girlfriend and protégé, currently helping him assist his distribution of Revelade. |
| 803 | ---- |
| 804 | * ConMan: Her intel in ''Reprobed'' reveals she's far more interested in living off the money of those she gets involved with and discarding them once they're no longer useful to her. |
| 805 | * RichBitch: Cortex scans reveal her father's a rich publisher who bribes the police into keeping Golden Gate Park off-limits to anyone but the local commune. ''Reprobed'' makes her a con-artist who leeches off her trust fund, which is currently around $40,000 (which would be nearly $323,000 in 2022). |
| 806 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears from the plot after Bongwater's death. Justified in ''Reprobed'', where she's stated to get easily bored and move on after using up their money. |
| 807 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: In the original, her model's an earlier variant of the white female hippies in Bay City, just with sunglasses and a sky blue dress. The remaster gives her a new model that is also shared by the Slippies member Crypto talks to. |
| 808 | [[/folder]] |
| 809 | |
| 810 | [[folder:Kojira]] |
| 811 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kojira_reprobed.png]] |
| 812 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''FAMILIAR LOOKING MONSTER ATTACKS TAKOSHIMA CITY''']] |
| 813 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kojira_pre_transformation.png]] |
| 814 | [[caption-width-right:350:Before her mutation.]] |
| 815 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kojira_partly_restored_to_human.png]] |
| 816 | [[caption-width-right:350:After her rampage]] |
| 817 | |
| 818 | A college-aged Japanese girl, mutated by the KGB into a reptilian monster sent to destroy Takoshima. |
| 819 | ---- |
| 820 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: ''Reprobed'' gives her human self dyed purple hair. |
| 821 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In ''Reprobed'', Kojira can now summon Blisk spores [[FlunkyBoss to infect the soldiers fighting her and distract Crypto]]. |
| 822 | * AndIMustScream: As Pox can attest to, the college student Kojira really is can feel every ''excruciating'' part of her transformation even as she mindlessly attacks the city. She's mentally begging for death. |
| 823 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Pox notes that her underbelly is significantly less armored than her back, eventually suggesting that Crypto fight the monster on foot. In the original, this is subverted as it simply means she takes more damage from Crypto's on-foot weaponry than she does from the saucer; in the remake, she ''must'' be shot in the underbelly to take damage from Crypto's guns (meaning the Meteor Strike, among other things, is no longer effective). |
| 824 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: After her defeat, she looks the same as she was before her transformation. Though ''Reprobed'' partially subverts this as she now has traces of mutated skin, glowing green eyes and dirty clothing. |
| 825 | * BreathWeapon: Wouldn't be a Godzilla {{Expy}} without this. |
| 826 | * CameBackWrong: In ''Reprobed'', she returns to her human form post-defeat, albeit with traces of mutated skin, glowing green eyes and growling monstrously. |
| 827 | * ClimaxBoss: For Takoshima, showing the extent of the KGB's human experimentation. |
| 828 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Even with a fully-upgraded Sonic Boom, the best weapon for the Saucer at that point, Crypto will be taking only ''bits'' of her health off with each shot. The Meteor Strike ''on land'' can do more damage if the player can even get close. |
| 829 | * HealingFactor: She'll regain her HP whenever she levels a building with her attacks. Destroying Takoshima City ahead of her is the best way to make sure she can't regenerate. |
| 830 | * HomingProjectile: The scales on her back can fire green spikes that chase the nearest target. |
| 831 | * {{Irony}}: She's a dig at the original Japanese Godzilla, but has a closer design semblance to the American version known as just "Zilla" in Japan. |
| 832 | * KingMook: She's an exaggerated version of the Blisk Mutants, big enough to be fought from the saucer. |
| 833 | * MercyKill: What the remaining human mind of Kojira seeks, but this is ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]]; Crypto does defeat the monster, but she reverts to her original human form afterwards, still alive but in a state of shock in the original while maintaining a monstrous mind in ''Reprobed''. He spares her life, and tosses money to pay for the therapy she needs afterwards in the original while letting her wander off in the remake. She is even seen again at the end of the remake. |
| 834 | * NotZilla: She's a parody of Godzilla, so this goes without saying. That being said, it's a different take on the classic formula since it's actually a human forcibly transformed into a kaiju. |
| 835 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: She works as an intern for the secret KGB base in Takoshima, even helping film a video showing her transformation, where she waves cheerfully to the camera before she gets ScaledUp. |
| 836 | * PunnyName: Her name is a mispronunciation of the Japanese equivalent of "Godzilla" ('''G'''ojira). |
| 837 | * RightHandAttackDog: One of the Holopox Deck mutators in ''Reprobed'' gives Crypto a mini-Kojira that follows him around and attacks enemies. |
| 838 | * SailorFuku: Wears one in her human form. ''Reprobed'' makes the skirt longer and have a paper-chain belt to distinguish from the other co-eds. |
| 839 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: In the original, Kojira's human form used the same model as regular Takoshima coeds. Like most cases of this, the remake gives her a distinctive appearance. |
| 840 | [[/folder]] |
| 841 | |
| 842 | [[folder:The True Enemy ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 843 | !!The Blisk |
| 844 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenStanton |
| 845 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_blisk_dah2_reprobed.png]] |
| 846 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"FOR MARS!"'']] |
| 847 | |
| 848 | A warrior race of arthropod-like aliens who originally inhabited Mars, defeated by the Furons during an event called the Martian War. The stragglers managed to escape and crash-land on Earth, specifically the north of Siberia, causing the famous Tunguska Event of 1908 in-universe. Their goal is to irradiate Earth from their second base on the moon and transform it into a Blisk paradise like Mars once was. |
| 849 | ---- |
| 850 | !!Tropes applying to the Blisk proper |
| 851 | * AchillesHeel: While resistant to most of Crypto's arsenal, they're vulnerable to the Zap-o-Matic. |
| 852 | * AliensAreBastards: They manage to be worse than the Furons, seeking to transform all of planet Earth into their new irradiated paradise at the cost of wiping out its indigenous life. |
| 853 | * AnimalMotifs: Lobsters and various insects. They have hardened exoskeletons, long necks, mandibles and asymmetrical pincers reminiscent of lobsters, and thrive in aquatic environments. They have a HiveMind and maintain a base comparable to a beehive, while their crashed warship greatly resembles a lobster's claw. ''Reprobed'' strengthens their resemblance to lobsters greatly, and their habitats are covered in glowing deep-sea plants. |
| 854 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: The 1908 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event Tunguska Event]] was actually the last Blisk warship crash-landing on Earth after being adrift since the fall of Mars. The marooned Blisk then manipulated the Russian Revolution to establish the Soviet Union as their puppet-state. |
| 855 | ** BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: In turn, Milenkhov claims that every major Soviet leader was a Blisk in disguise -- UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin, UsefulNotes/JosephStalin and UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev are named. Though, Milenkhov scoffs at Crypto's aghast assumption of UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky. |
| 856 | * TheDreaded: Despite winning the Martian War against them, the Furons are terrified of these things, [[OhCrap with Pox freaking out]] when he learns they are still alive. Given that the war against them cost the Furons heavily (according to ''Reprobed'', one million Furons perished in the Martian War, and this is before they developed cloning technology so that's a good chunk of their military being KilledOffForReal) and winning it required them to bring out the strongest weapons they had to render Mars completely inhospitable [[PyrrhicVictory at the cost of dooming their own reproductive ability]], that says something about how threatening they must have been in their prime. |
| 857 | * EliteMook: The Tunguska-exclusive Yeti, found at any remote part of the invasion site. One sidequest involves slaying it. |
| 858 | * EnergyWeapon: They can fire a continuous laser from their claws and have it follow Crypto to take a good amount of health off. |
| 859 | * GiantEnemyCrab: They're radioactive lobster-like aliens that tower over humans and Crypto. |
| 860 | * HostileTerraforming: Their ultimate plan is to heavily irradiate Earth to make it ideal for Martian life, destroying the existing planetary biosphere. |
| 861 | * KnightOfCerebus: The majority of antagonists in the series tend to be LaughablyEvil, but the Blisk are largely played straight and treated as deadly, frightening enemies from start to finish. |
| 862 | * KungFuProofMook: The Blisk are impervious to the majority of Crypto's weapons; only the Zap-O-Matic can damage them without a specific anti-Blisk upgrade. They're also immune to hypnosis and psychokinesis. In-universe, the reasoning given by Orthopox is that the Furons' military budget was downsized after nuking the Blisk into submission since nothing else demanded such gratuitous firepower, so their modern military hardware is significantly weaker than what they had in their heyday, and the anti-Blisk upgrades only become accessible after recovering a datacore with information on them. |
| 863 | * {{Martians}}: The Blisk are the native lifeforms of Mars, which was an ocean planet in the distant past. The GreatOffscreenWar with the Furons ended with their homeworld [[OnceGreenMars being bombed into the lifeless red desert it is today]]. |
| 864 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Described by Pox as the result of "a cockroach mating with a lobster". They're arthropod-like in build, with exoskeletons and large pincer claws, but with a hive mind and hive-like bases like insects. |
| 865 | * ObviouslyEvil: Lampshaded by Crypto when trying to convince the Russians to turn on them, pointing out that "They're giant freaking lobsters from outer-freaking space!". |
| 866 | * OrganicTechnology: Their devices are built like this, with their ships looking like they're made of keratin rather than any kind of metal. |
| 867 | * PaletteSwap: The "Yeti" variant has white scales instead of green. |
| 868 | * ProudWarriorRace: Pride themselves in their strength and numbers, all of which took a massive blow after their loss to the Furons. |
| 869 | * PunnyName: Their name sounds nearly identical to bisque, a soup commonly made using lobsters. |
| 870 | * ScaryDogmaticAliens: Subverted. They may have seized power by overthrowing the Czar and creating a centrally-planned Communist government in his place, but this appears to have been a ruse to industrialize Russia so that it could be capable of atomic proliferation and start a nuclear war; their actual social structure is more of an insectoid hive, with the Blisk known as Milenkov as their king figure. |
| 871 | * VilerNewVillain: To the Furon invasion, going hand-in-hand with Cryptosporidium getting some CharacterDevelopment and learning to appreciate living on Earth. Unlike the Furons, who are darkly comical and merely want to ''enslave'' humanity, the Blisk are distinctly inhuman and serious foes who want to completely wipe out all terrestrial life so they can terraform the planet to their liking. Crypto has a hands-off approach to controlling the United States of America and delights in the hedonism of the Swinging Sixties, while the Blisk are revealed to be the architects of [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny the Soviet Union]]. |
| 872 | * VillainousLegacy: Their resistance to radiation prompted the Furons to develop ''extremely'' powerful nuclear-based weapons to wipe all traces of them from Mars. That same nuclear proliferation caused the Furon race to go sterile, which later drove the Furons to begin their harvesting of human brains to find a cure (which in turn only have latent Furon DNA thanks to some horny Furon navy crews visiting during that war). |
| 873 | * WalkingSpoiler: Their very existence is only properly revealed in the last few missions of the game. |
| 874 | |
| 875 | !!Tropes applying to the Blisk Mutants |
| 876 | * AchillesHeel: They can die to anything (although they're fairly resistant to most weapons), but the Anal Probe will immediately cleanse the infected human hosts and remove the spores, causing it to be unable to infect that person and seek another host, leaving it open to be destroyed. As for the spores, they initially are only vulnerable to the Zap-o-Matic like the Blisk themselves, though the remake allows them to be damaged by the Anal Probe. |
| 877 | * AndIMustScream: Reading their minds reveals they're in constant pain from the infection and are begging for death, unable to vocalize their wishes properly. |
| 878 | * BodyHorror: The remake emphasizes the horror of the spores infecting humans. Rather than being engulfed in green gas, infected humans become covered in bulging green spores, which stick to the changing skin, as their teeth sharpen drastically and their eyes bulge out. |
| 879 | * BreathWeapon: Can spew out acid at their targets. |
| 880 | * EliteMooks: Much tougher than normal human enemies, though not quite at the same level as the actual Blisk. |
| 881 | * HumanoidAbomination: They're vaguely reminiscent of the Blisk, but still keeping an overall human shape due to being infected humans themselves. |
| 882 | * OverlyLongTongue: ''Reprobed'' gives them elongated tongues to add onto their creepiness. |
| 883 | * TheVirus: Blisk spores target humans and rapidly mutate them. The Anal Probe cures any target and will seek another host until its destroyed. In ''Reprobed'', the spores can launch themselves at Crypto. |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:Premier Milenkov]] |
| 887 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimWard |
| 888 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/premier_milenkov.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:''"We had such glorious renovation plans for that pathetic little planet. But no matter; you've merely staved off the inevitable. You can't fight progress, Furon!"'']] |
| 889 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote: Milenkov on Solaris ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melinkovs_solaris_spacesuit_reprobed.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 890 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote: Milenkov's true form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milenkovs_blisk_form.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 891 | |
| 892 | Premier of the Soviet Union and the mastermind behind the KGB's operations across the globe, including the attack on Crypto's mothership. He's plotting to eliminate Furon DNA by destroying humanity itself, an act that seems incredibly genocidal for a world leader. |
| 893 | ---- |
| 894 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler:He reveals in Solaris that pretty much the '''''entirety''''' of Russian history from the Tunguska Crash of 1908 onward has been orchestrated by the Blisk that crash-landed on Earth after the Martian War against the Furons, including every dictator and political figure until himself (except [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Leon Trotsky]]). The Cold War was also a ploy to encourage the build of radioactive weapons precisely because the Blisk are the only creatures that can survive and thrive in radiation.]] |
| 895 | * BigBad: Of ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', as the chief of operations for the KGB, [[spoiler:as well as the Blisk in their true plan to conquer Earth.]] |
| 896 | * BondVillainStupidity: Fitting for a wannabe Bond villain himself, Milenkov has quite a few opportunities to deal away with Crypto and Natalya that he wastes due to his own ego. Namely, setting the volcano base in Takoshima to explode and just hoping it would kill Crypto, a classic Bond villain mistake. [[spoiler:Even when he kills Natalya, he could have aimed and shot at Crypto as well using the element of surprise, but he chooses to wait and transform instead, giving him a fair shot at killing him.]] |
| 897 | * CardCarryingVillain: It's clear from his introduction that he's enjoying the "spy movie villain" clichés a little too much. |
| 898 | * CompositeCharacter: His design is based off the recurring ''[[Franchise/JamesBond James Bond]]'' villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld - particularly the facial scar over his eye - while his name is derived from the real-life Soviet Union leader Georgy Malenkov, Premier from 1953 to 1955, briefly succeeding Stalin. |
| 899 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: While Silhouette was plotting the domination of America through mind control and paranoia, she still sought to keep the world from being taken over by aliens and would at least prevent people from dying. Milenkov is a genocidal tyrant who orders the KGB to carry every dirty scheme he can think of to ensure the destruction of their own species, [[spoiler:since Milenkov himself is an alien that plans to turn Earth into a Blisk paradise and exterminate both humanity and the Furons in the process.]] |
| 900 | * EvilCounterpart: To Crypto and Pox, [[spoiler:as the mastermind of an alien invasion attempting to take over Earth and ensure the survival of his species and disguising himself as a human political leader to do it. However, the Blisk are hinted to be even more brutal and warlike than the Furons (which is ''really'' saying something) and can only thrive in irradiated aquatic habitats, which they plan on turning Earth into, which would result in the extinction of humanity. Furons, on the other hand, need humanity alive but available for harvesting due to the pure Furon DNA in their brains.]] |
| 901 | * EvilGloating: ''Revels'' in it, to the point of at one point refusing to move on in a discussion until he's gotten a chance to talk about his '''''FIENDISH MASTER PLAN!''''' |
| 902 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Fought at the remains of the Blisk base at the moon to wrap up the main story quests for the game.]] |
| 903 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: To his real identity [[spoiler:as a Blisk]]: |
| 904 | ** Bongwater's plans for Bay City involves turning it into a "Super-Organic Communal Collective and Compost Farm", [[spoiler:which is a very basic definition of the Blisk's plans for Earth]]. |
| 905 | *** On top of that, the KGB were planning to destroy the city using nuclear warheads. [[spoiler:Only the Blisk survive in radiation.]] |
| 906 | ** The KGB's plans involve mutating humans into horrific monstrosities and using radiation wherever possible, despite the fact humans cannot survive prolonged exposure to it. [[spoiler:This is because they're unwittingly plotting their own deaths and Milenkov doesn't really care about them.]] |
| 907 | ** After Ponsonby is defeated by Crypto, he laments the destruction of other Majestic branches by aliens. When Crypto corrects him by telling him that he had only wiped out the American branch, he mocks him for believing that he's the only alien on the planet before dying. |
| 908 | ** Regarding Kojira, Crypto quizzes Pox on how the Soviets have technology so advanced as to completely transform a college-aged girl into a kaiju. Pox's only conclusion is that ''they don't''. |
| 909 | ** A minor example, but Milenkov is the only Russian character in the game to avoid the stereotypical YouNoTakeCandle speech patterns that the other Russian characters utilize (ex: "What ''is being'' fridge?"), even refraining from using too many Russian terms in favor of a ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent very]]'' superficial accent. Compare this to Natalya, who uses a lot more terminology in her native tongue without falling into the same stereotypical inflections. |
| 910 | ** Milenkov's secret files in ''Reprobed'' make note of chitin detected on his body and the tentacle he has. |
| 911 | * GoodColorsEvilColors: Both his suit's jacket and his spacesuit are accentuated in red, fitting his role as the Premier of the USSR and his status as the BigBad. [[spoiler:His Blisk armor is also red, and ''Reprobed'' makes his exoskeleton red.]] |
| 912 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: A large one across one eye, as part of the spy movie villain theme he has going for him. |
| 913 | * HealingFactor: [[spoiler:His Blisk form has a red suit of armor that regenerates his health when enough is taken down. Crypto has to aim precisely at the plating to destroy it so Milenkov will be exposed and unable to heal.]] |
| 914 | * HoistByTheirOwnPetard: In ''Reprobed'', Crypto tries shooting him during their third meeting, but Milenkov [[NoSell walks away without damage]] [[spoiler:since he hasn't revealed his true form yet]]. During his boss fight, [[spoiler:Crypto fries him with his Zap-o-matic until he explodes]]. |
| 915 | * KingMook: [[spoiler:He's functionally a Blisk Warrior with different projectile attacks and regenerative armor.]] |
| 916 | * LargeHam: He's clearly having a ball taunting Crypto. To say nothing of the '''''FIENDISH MASTER PLAN'''''. |
| 917 | * MorphicResonance: [[spoiler:His [[GoodScarsEvilScars scarred eye]] is present on both his Human and [[OneWingedAngel Blisk]] forms.]] |
| 918 | * NoSell: Mockingly dusts off his spacesuit when Crypto blasts him point-blank with his zap-o-matic, after TheReveal in ''Reprobed'', during a [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cutscene]]. Milenkov even rubs it in by walking off while Crypto is still shooting him with the disintegrator. |
| 919 | * OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:In comparison to the Furons, who need Earth to harvest Furon DNA, Milenkov wants to water-lodge and irradiate the Earth to turn it into the Blisk's new home.]] |
| 920 | * OneWingedAngel: Reveals his true form when confronting Crypto on the Soviet moon base. |
| 921 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: During his monologue, he makes it clear that he couldn't care less for wiping out both Russia and humanity. |
| 922 | * WhamLine: When he gets to monologue about his plan. Crypto expects a long, tiresome diatribe on world domination. [[spoiler:Instead he gets a decades-long conspiracy for global reform and genocide, and the reveal that the Blisk are only so presently powerful because ''every leader of the USSR until Milenkov himself have ALL been Blisk''.]] |
| 923 | -->''"You of all creatures should know - '''[[spoiler:aliens walk among us, da?]]'''"'' |
| 924 | * WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Uses the line when revealing just what he really is, asking what sane being would be insane enough to risk a nuclear war that would destroy their own planet. Someone ''else's'' planet, though... |
| 925 | [[/folder]] |
| 926 | |
| 927 | !!Odd Job Characters |
| 928 | [[folder:Verity]] |
| 929 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/PaulaTiso |
| 930 | ->''"Thanks, but I don't need any help ruining my life."'' |
| 931 | |
| 932 | A secretary in Bay City who ended up giving her own boss a lap dance during an office party. Introducing the Ruin Lives missions, Crypto's goal is to lead Verity into making an even bigger fool of herself. |
| 933 | ---- |
| 934 | * EmbarrassingHobby: Considers her dancing to be this. |
| 935 | * EmbarrassmentPlot: After discovering she gave her boss a lap-dance while drunk, Crypto makes her dance around several hippies to further humiliate her. |
| 936 | * MeaningfulName: "Verity" is synonymous with "truth", something she'd really hate getting out there. |
| 937 | * TemptingFate: Tells Crypto that she doesn't need any help "ruining her life" before the mission starts. |
| 938 | -->'''Crypto''': "Are you sure? I'm pretty good at it." |
| 939 | * WalkOfShame: In the remake, Crypto hypnotizes her into taking a walk around town; as her actions are apparently already known, this is enough for the people of Bay City to point and laugh. |
| 940 | * YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: She did this to her boss after getting a little too drunk at a party in her workplace. Crypto's objective in her mission is to destroy the rest of her credibility by having her come across as a hippie sympathizer; in the remake, after this happens, Verity apparently gives up on salvaging what's left of her reputation and becomes a full-blown convert to the Cult of Arkvoodle. |
| 941 | [[/folder]] |
| 942 | |
| 943 | [[folder:Sergeant Fauxhall]] |
| 944 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/KeithFerguson |
| 945 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sgt_fauxhall_reprobed.png]] |
| 946 | ->''"The next hippie I catch dodging the draft is gonna spit-polish my boots till they shine! From inside his ASS!"'' |
| 947 | |
| 948 | The military sergeant of the army depot in Bay City, having to deal with several breaches of security in his sector. |
| 949 | ---- |
| 950 | * DraftDodging: His first mission involves bringing a draft-dodging hippie called Clayton Cartwell Jr. to the depot. |
| 951 | * {{Irony}}: Incorrectly believes that Armquist was responsible for blowing up Area 42 in his first encounter. Fauxhall later gets assassinated by Crypto for the KGB and gets posthumously blamed for their weapons smuggling ring, much like what Crypto did to Armquist. |
| 952 | * PunnyName: Fauxhall likely refers to fox hole. |
| 953 | * IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: Outright states this as one of the reasons he wants Private Danza dead. In ''Reprobed'', Crypto can see naked photoshoots of him on the boat Danza is on. |
| 954 | [[/folder]] |
| 955 | |
| 956 | [[folder:Eddie Haversham]] |
| 957 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuriLowenthal |
| 958 | A troubled Albion citizen who rants to Crypto about their wife friend's gender transition, who secretly wants to undergo one themselves. |
| 959 | ---- |
| 960 | * AdaptedOut: Both Eddie and the odd job they're a part of aren't in ''Reprobed''. |
| 961 | * ArmoredClosetGay: Crypto immediately discovers that Eddie wants to undergo gender reassignment surgery after talking to them. He proceeds to body snatch them and humiliate their bigoted wife about it. |
| 962 | * ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Crypto does so while bodysnatched as them. |
| 963 | * OffscreenBreakup: A newspaper after the mission reveals Reeny left Eddie after their operation. |
| 964 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: Shares their model with Albion businessmen, albeit with sunglasses instead of a hat. |
| 965 | [[/folder]] |
| 966 | |
| 967 | [[folder:The Executive]] |
| 968 | A member of the Toymoto corporation in Takoshima, who is very proud of his shiny new car. Crypto decides to amuse himself by wrecking it. |
| 969 | ---- |
| 970 | * BlandNameProduct: "Toymoto" is an obvious send-up of the Toyota Motor Corporation. |
| 971 | * NoNameGiven: Unlike other Odd Job characters, the Executive is never named. Even in the remake, he's only listed as "[[YouAreNumberSix Employee #24336]]". |
| 972 | * TheParanoiac: In the first mission, Crypto needs to regularly use 'forget' on the Executive to keep him calm, lest his runaway paranoia cause him to freak out. |
| 973 | * ThePreciousPreciousCar: He's emotionally invested in his new car as the key to his "prosperity" and corporate success, [[KickTheDog prompting Crypto to wreck it for fun]]. He later buys a new car, and goes as far as to hire the ''Yakuza'' to escort it. Losing both cars ends up ruining his career, as the Toymoto corporation considers losing Toymoto-brand vehicles to be a serious infraction. |
| 974 | -->'''Executive:''' "Is a status symbol. I must impress boss with prosperity so he promote me further, or I fall into dishonor!" |
| 975 | [[/folder]] |
| 976 | |
| 977 | [[folder:Takoshima Yakuza]] |
| 978 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PaulNakauchi |
| 979 | Two opposing mafia factions within Takoshima City's territory. They are the East Yakuza Tigers led by Kenji Mojo and the West Yakuza Panthers led by Yamanosuke Hiroto, eternally in conflict with each other. While the two factions will attack Crypto, they only receive importance in Takoshima's Odd Job missions. |
| 980 | ---- |
| 981 | * ArcVillain: Surprisingly for such a minor threat, the Odd Jobs in Takoshima are partially dedicated to their ongoing feud, which becomes even worse later when the KGB starts interfering with their leadership. |
| 982 | * {{BFG}}: Some Yakuza goons are equipped with rocket launchers that deal huge damage to Crypto's shields. Kenji Mojo himself uses one when the time comes to kill him. Meanwhile, their {{Giant Mook}}s come with miniguns. |
| 983 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Panthers wear black suits while the Tigers have white suits. |
| 984 | * DecapitatedArmy: Villainous example; the Odd Job after helping the West Yakuza has the KGB ask a disguised Crypto to kill both Kenji Mojo and Hiroto so they'll take over more territory inside Takoshima City without interference. |
| 985 | * EvilIsPetty: Among the horrible acts Kenji Mojo has committed against Hiroto, he's mentioned that his own wife is prettier than his as well as insulting his skills at ikebana. |
| 986 | * {{Fundoshi}}: The brutes in ''Reprobed'' only wear these alongside socks. |
| 987 | * GatlingGood: ''Reprobed'' gives the two factions a heavyset henchman that carries a huge minigun. |
| 988 | * HiredGuns: The East Tigers are hired by the Executive from a previous Odd Job mission at one point to defend his new car inside their territory at all costs. The worker's paranoia is so big that, in the original, the thugs will [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness run away screaming from the car]] as to avoid getting close to it. |
| 989 | * TheMole: Mojo planted one inside the West Yakuza to let him know of Hiroto's plans of revenge against him. The corresponding Odd Job ends with Hiroto ordering the mole to be found and killed, which Crypto does. |
| 990 | * PaletteSwap: They are nearly indistinguishable from the suited-up salarymen citizens of Takoshima in the original, save for wearing sunglasses, wielding guns and being aggressive against Crypto and each other. ''Reprobed'' gives them unique models, although they still share them. |
| 991 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Apparently the case with Hiroto and Mojo, who fell out after one petty insult too many and split their Yakuza faction into two. |
| 992 | [[/folder]] |
| 993 | |
| 994 | !Introduced in ''[[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansPathOfTheFuron Path of the Furon]]'' |
| 995 | !!Quest Givers & Allies |
| 996 | [[folder:Veronica Stone]] |
| 997 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SalliSaffioti |
| 998 | ->''"I'm Veronica Stone, and for 42 of the next 60 minutes, we'll be "IN QUEST FOR... ALIENS!""'' |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | A newswoman and field reporter from Sunnywood. She's called in by Crypto and Pox to help them get closer to Dr. Calvin and the Church of Alientology, in exchange for the story of a lifetime from the Furon. |
| 1001 | ---- |
| 1002 | * DamselInDistress: Twice. Her introductory mission in Sunnywood has Crypto needing to save her from the Lunarians after they kidnap her in their van, and an Odd Job in Shen Long has her be attacked by the corrupt police department after exposing their illegal operations and [[EscortMission requiring Crypto's help to escape]]. |
| 1003 | * IntrepidReporter: She's certainly hard to scare. Even after her cameraman gets eaten alive by an alien man-eating plant before her eyes, she just grabs the camera from the ground and keeps the report going until the Lunarians kidnap her. |
| 1004 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She's a blond, feisty woman who gets herself in dangerous situations which require Crypto's assistance to get her out of, or sends the Furon out scouting for something to help with her mission. She's essentially a stand-in for ''"DAH!2"'''s Natalya, only an American reporter instead of a Russian spy. |
| 1005 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the previously mentioned Odd Job in Shen Long, she's never seen or heard from again in the plot. |
| 1006 | [[/folder]] |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | [[folder:The Master]] |
| 1009 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Darryl Kurylo |
| 1010 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_master_3.png]] |
| 1011 | ->''"Submit to my tutelage, Crypto, and when you are ready I will tell you who is behind your recent troubles."'' |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | An elderly Furon who escaped his homeworld and crash-landed on Earth, off the coast of China, after thwarting an assassination attempt on Meningitis and being marked for death. Over the past century he's indulged himself in Chinese philosophy and founded an academy to pass down his teachings, with one student in particular, Saxon, growing too power-hungry and leaving his old master to form his own clan. While he dies, Crypto promises to avenge him by discovering the origin of the Nexosporidium warriors' return. |
| 1014 | ----- |
| 1015 | * BigBad: [[spoiler: He's really responsible for sending the Nexo after Crypto, all to ensure Crypto would kill the Emperor.]] |
| 1016 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:It turns out that he was the one responsible for calling in a Nexo attack on Crypto and teaching synthetic Furon DNA to Crousteau as part of an especially complicated plot to overthrow the Emperor and take the throne for himself, disregarding Crypto as a fool at the end of the game when he reveals himself.]] |
| 1017 | * CharacterTics: As usual for the OldMaster trope, he likes to stroke his long beard. |
| 1018 | * ComplexityAddiction: [[spoiler:His basic plan is to cause an uprising and kill Emperor Meningitis so he himself can seize the throne, but he ends up targeted and stranded on Earth. So he manipulates a dispatched collection drone - Crypto - who was marooned on Earth for over 20 years since his first landing, by reviving an old artificial race of drones used by his old conspirator fellows in Furon, the Nexosporidium warriors, and feeding them synthetic Furon DNA to keep them under his thumb. He then tricks a human in France, Crousteau, into finding his old saucer with the Nexos formula and the synthetic DNA to manufacture Nexos on Earth, using a signal rebounding from Furon to keep them in check while making it unable to be traced directly to him. Then, through Saxon, the Furon technology for the Nexos is smuggled into Shen Long so he can have access to it in his Monastery and have a cloner handy which, through sacrificing himself to Saxon, allows him to go with Crypto to Furon so he can reappear just as the Emperor is killed in battle, giving him free access to the throne.]] Considering the size of the paragraph for this plan's explanation, it's safe to say he really likes making things complicated. |
| 1019 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He's quickly and almost instantly killed when Pox, now sporting a strong ape body, smacks him so hard he splatters against the wall in a big stain of Synthetic Furon DNA.]] |
| 1020 | * EnlightenmentSuperpowers: While all Furons have PsychicPowers, his time on Earth learning the ways of Zen-Buddhism have allowed him to unlock unheard of powers like the [[TimeMaster Temporal Fist]]. |
| 1021 | * FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:He ''deliberately'' set himself up to die by Saxon's hands so Crypto would take his Jade Talisman, which contains a one-use cloning device set to go off as soon as Crypto kills Emperor Meningitis.]] |
| 1022 | * TheGrays: Invokes this basic alien design like all the other Furons, with the one variation being, of course, his grown hair and beard. |
| 1023 | * HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Crypto does fight him in the first Shen Long mission, but the fight is deliberately easy and quick, simply consisting of tossing things in the Monastery at him with PK when his shield is down. Despite the supposed victory, though, Crypto gets his ass handed to him on a platter when the Master stops holding back and breaks out the Temporal Fist. |
| 1024 | * ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Played with. He dies by Saxon's hand and, in his last breath, gives Crypto his talisman to remember him by. [[spoiler:Except it's actually a one-time-only cloning device meant to go off when Crypto kills Emperor Meningitis, so the Master can seize the throne of Furon unopposed.]] |
| 1025 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Crypto believes his enemy is Curt Calvin, supposedly another Furon DNA gatherer. Then, after meeting the Master, Crypto believes his enemy is really Saxon, who supposedly used Calvin to try and destroy Crypto. It then turns out that Saxon was under the employ of Francodyne CEO Henri Crousteau. It is then revealed that Saxon and Crousteau were both part of Emperor Meningitis's operation to manufacture Synthetic DNA. Then after killing Meningitis, the Master appears and reveals that he was the actual conspirator all along, using all of them, including Crypto, in order to usurp the Furon throne.]] |
| 1026 | * OldMaster: He's mastered martial arts and his natural Furon psychic powers to the point of outright being able to pause time itself, a power he passes down to Crypto. |
| 1027 | * ThePhilosopherKing: [[spoiler: He declares that he intends on leading the Furon Empire in the direction of "pure enlightenment", though it's hard to take this at face value considering all the lying and killing he either committed or set in motion to take the throne.]] |
| 1028 | * RunningGag: Insists on pronouncing "Shen Long" with extra length ("Shen Loooooooooooong"), something that Crypto and Pox follow without question. Even Saxon seems to like doing it. |
| 1029 | * WalkingSpoiler: His true role in the plot beyond his death in Shen Long places him on this trope. |
| 1030 | * WiseOldFolkFacade: [[spoiler:As you've probably gathered, he's not nearly as virtuous as the wise old mentor he pretends to be.]] |
| 1031 | [[/folder]] |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | !!Antagonists |
| 1034 | [[folder:Vinnie & Mikey Molinari]] |
| 1035 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' S. Scott Bullock (Vinnie) & Creator/RickPasqualone (Mikey) |
| 1036 | ->'''Mikey:''' ''"For a little guy, you got big balls, I'll give ya that. But this is my town! And nobody's gonna change it while I'm around, you got dat? Vinnie."'' |
| 1037 | ->'''Vinnie:''' ''"Okay, space midget, let's dance."'' |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | A duo of mobster brothers who run Nero's Palazzo, a casino in Las Paradiso and Crypto's main financial competitors during his schtick as a casino owner. |
| 1040 | ----- |
| 1041 | * ArcVillain: The pair and their affiliated mobster goons are this for Las Paradiso. |
| 1042 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Their call-sign for Crypto is "space midget". |
| 1043 | * TheMafia: They’re part of one, and apparently positioned pretty high up in the hierarchy, enough to be in good graces with the dons themselves and to deploy gangs of crooks after Crypto. Part of Crypto and Pox's plot to ruin them involves cutting them off from the leading families to cut their support and financial backing. |
| 1044 | * ProperlyParanoid: They're very much sure that Crypto is an alien invader, and decide to try and ruin his career and get him terminated by outing him as a space alien to their mafia dons. Crypto and Pox retaliate by body-snatching one of the dons en route to one of their meetings and having Mikey made to look like a lunatic. |
| 1045 | * RemovingTheRival: Crypto and the Molinari brothers were starting to escalate their bitter rivalry into outright espionage and sabotage by the time the game starts. Crypto gets the last laugh when he has to abandon his casino and Las Paradiso when the Nexos invade, blowing up Nero's Palazzo with the Molinari brothers still inside. |
| 1046 | * SmokingIsNotCool: As one of the stranger steps of the plan, Pox has Crypto hijack the local television station for him to preach about the dangers of smoking to Las Paradiso, believing that getting everyone off cigarettes will make the overall environment in Nero's Palazzo more miserable when the customers try to quit. It actually works, and to show the trope in action, Mikey starts to cough up his cigarette when Vinnie has to remind him that smoking'll kill him. |
| 1047 | * StarterVillain: They really have no relation to the real plot of the game, and only serve as the first antagonists of the first Invasion Site to give Crypto a rival to gun for and the new players to learn the ropes with before they're promptly discarded and forgotten about. |
| 1048 | * TogetherInDeath: By the time Crypto and Pox decide to cut ties in Las Paradiso and outright kill their old rivals, they spend their last moments hugging each other and admitting defeat before Crypto drops their whole casino down on them. |
| 1049 | * TheUnfought: They're unceremoniously killed when the real storyline takes place, making Las Paradiso the only invasion site without a real boss battle. |
| 1050 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Somewhat, as they're certain Crypto is an alien and take measures to have him killed and later exposed for this fact, but less out of a need to prove a conspiracy correct or for the safety of humanity, but instead because they think he’s a pain in the ass for their business. |
| 1051 | [[/folder]] |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | [[folder:The Nexos]] |
| 1054 | ->''"ELIMINATE CRYPTOSPORIDIUM."'' |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | The Nexosporidium warriors were a race of organic cyborgs created by an old group of conspirators within the Furon Empire, long-thought to be extinct after the conspiracy failed to kill Emperor Meningitis. The main opposing force in "''Path of the Furon''", they're sent to attack Crypto directly, which leads him and Pox into discovering that the conspiracy might not be over. |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | Starting from Sunnywood, Nexos become the game's Red Alert Level enemies, attacking with their Saucers, Nexo Walkers and elite guards. |
| 1059 | ---- |
| 1060 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: The weak point of the Nexo Walkers is the [[GroinAttack hanging sack between their legs]]. |
| 1061 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Which is saying something, considering they were created by the Furons. Regardless, the Nexos have exposed spines, tentacles on their heads and apparently eat Synthetic Furon DNA regularly. |
| 1062 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: On the Fourth Ring of Furon, where they make up the entire Alert spectrum, different colors separate the weakest from the strongest. The weakest being the short and blue Nexos, the middle ground being the standard green Nexos that make up the Red Alerts back on Earth, and red Nexos being considerably tougher and larger than the rest. |
| 1063 | * DegradedBoss: Nexo Walkers, one of which is first fought as the boss of Sunnywood before appearing regularly during Red Alerts in other invasion sites. Ironically, they don't appear in Sunnywood during a Red Alert. |
| 1064 | * DumbMuscle: Emphasis on "dumb". They're created to serve a figure of power and attack their enemies, so their thought process is incredibly limited and short-sighted. |
| 1065 | * ExactWords: A Nexo in the Fourth Ring will demand a "pretty access word" to give another Nexo (body-snatched by Crypto) passage into a protected chamber. What he means is that he wants to hear the ''word'' "pretty". |
| 1066 | -->''"I FEEL PRETTY."'' |
| 1067 | * {{Mook}}: The Red Alert enemies of the game, serving under a number of different entities through the plot. [[spoiler:The key figure commanding them, however, is the Master.]] |
| 1068 | * RoboSpeak: They talk like this, including the heavily-modulated voices. |
| 1069 | * ShoutOut: Read their minds enough times and you'll eventually get [[VideoGame/ZeroWing All Your Base]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Are Belong To Us]]. |
| 1070 | [[/folder]] |
| 1071 | |
| 1072 | [[folder:Dr. C. Curt Calvin]] |
| 1073 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' André Sogliuzzo |
| 1074 | ->''"You speak our language? You truly are as the angels."'' |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | The cult leader of the Lunarian Church of Alientology situated in Sunnywood, who Pox believes to be an incognito Furon disguised as a human, responsible for siccing the Nexos on Crypto. |
| 1077 | ----- |
| 1078 | * AlienAmongUs: What Pox and Crypto think he is, believing that his cult is just a front to indoctrinate and harvest Furon DNA from gullible human cultists with just the help of some drugs and preachy words. [[AvertedTrope Turns out to not be the case.]] |
| 1079 | * ArcVillain: His Alientology church is set up as this for Sunnywood, with the Lunarian cultists even serving as the Invasion Site's unique enemy force for a few missions. But at the final story mission for Sunnywood, the Nexos kill him unceremoniously and the Church is only brought up again for an optional side mission later. |
| 1080 | * ChurchOfHappyology: A cult led by a former sci-fi author who abbreviates his first name to an initial, with a doctrine that involves aliens, and a name that ends in “-ology”. |
| 1081 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: He's quickly and instantly killed - and ruled out as a suspect of who's leading the Nexos - when a Nexo Walker arrives and stomps him to death to fight Crypto. |
| 1082 | * RedHerring: His whole purpose in the plot is to be a decoy for Crypto to chase after, so he can be goaded into a trap by the Nexos and be taken to Shen Long afterwards, [[spoiler:all in accordance to the Master's plan]]. |
| 1083 | * ShoutOut: When an organized public meeting between the Furons and the Church is made, he’s arranged an electronic device that sequenced flashes of light and musical notes to Crypto's ship and expects him to answer back accordingly, straight out of Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind. Crypto thinks it’s a ridiculous way to communicate, but Pox insists on humoring him anyways. |
| 1084 | * TakeThat: The "Church of Alientology" is a ''very'' unsubtle jab at Scientology and other cultish organizations who believe in salvation through the arrival of extraterrestrial beings, Heaven's Gate in particular due to their old headquarters being in California as well (except in San Diego, not Hollywood). Calvin himself is a parody of L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder, with the two even having achieved fame through the publishing of science-fiction novels. Crypto even bemoans the possibility that one of said novels [[Film/BattlefieldEarth could be made into a movie]]. |
| 1085 | [[/folder]] |
| 1086 | |
| 1087 | [[folder:Rolo]] |
| 1088 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilMorris |
| 1089 | ->''"With this token of the hated Master, I will secure my place at Saxon's side. As a reward, you may gaze upon my impressive pectoral muscles."'' |
| 1090 | |
| 1091 | Saxon's right-hand man in the White Dragon Kung Fu Society, feared in Shen Long as a mighty, unstoppable warrior. In reality, he's a cowardly wimp hiding under a barrage of rumors and an admittedly-impressive physique. |
| 1092 | ---- |
| 1093 | * BerserkButton: Insulting his muscles, especially his pectorals. |
| 1094 | * CowardlyBoss: During the Odd Job where you finally get to kill him, his single attack with his helicopter happens [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard at the tail-end of a cutscene]], leaving you with very little time to dodge. He then spends the rest of the "fight" flying away from Crypto into Downtown Shen Long, requriring the player to chase after him. |
| 1095 | * TheDragon: To Saxon, using his reputation to extort money out of businesses and get every martial artist in Shen Long to follow Saxon's rules for fights and tournaments. |
| 1096 | ** DragonAscendant: He rises to the top of the White Dragon's leadership after Saxon's death. |
| 1097 | * TheDreaded: The people of Shen Long fear him over the rumors of his strength, like how he apparently once took down all of Shen Long's police force with a hand tied behind his back, as well as the fact he's the White Dragon's go-to debt collector for the businessmen in the city. On top of his muscles and his ability to put up a convincing intimidation act, word of mouth basically made him even more feared in Shen Long than Saxon himself. |
| 1098 | * EscortMission: Promises to help Cryto draw out Saxon by organizing a martial arts tournament, if the alien helps him escape police custody after he angered the entire military force of Shen Long. |
| 1099 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: All the time, so his muscles are always on display to help with intimidation. |
| 1100 | [[/folder]] |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | [[folder:Saxon]] |
| 1104 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesHoran |
| 1105 | ->''"So, old man. This is the end. With the help of my new friends, the White Dragon Kung Fu Society will rule over the Earth! Starting right here in your beloved [[RunningGag Shen Loooooooooooong]]."'' |
| 1106 | |
| 1107 | The Master's former star pupil, who defected and created his own clan to directly oppose him. Through the White Dragon Kung Fu Society, as he calls it, Saxon rules over Shen Long with an iron fist. |
| 1108 | ---- |
| 1109 | * AffectionateParody: Of kung fu-themed exploitation movies, as is the case for the plot missions in Shen Long itself. |
| 1110 | * ArcVillain: For Shen Long, along with his White Dragon triad and his subordinate Rolo. |
| 1111 | * CatchAndReturn: The first phase of his boss battle requires using the Temporal Fist to stop the missiles fired by the Nexo Dragon and send them back at Saxon, taking down the dragon's shields and allowing Crypto to shoot at it. |
| 1112 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He's set up as the mastermind behind the Nexo attack on Las Paradiso and is even responsible for a major character's death, but his own defeat is just the first real clue Crypto gets to the identity of the real mastermind behind the Nexo manufacturing on Earth. |
| 1113 | * FashionVictimVillain: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as part of what he parodies. As noted by Crypto, he’s got some ridiculous yellow Kung-Fu outfit which the Furon constantly refers to as "satin jemmies". |
| 1114 | * HoldTheLine: Crypto has to defend The Master's island from Saxon's ninja incursion... which is an entire fleet of ''attack helicopters'', contrary to what the situation might be thought of. |
| 1115 | * ImMelting: Melted into sludge by the Nexos when Crypto has him at his mercy, which outs him as just a pawn in the overarching plot of the game. |
| 1116 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: His boss battle has you fight the Nexo Dragon, a robotic alien Chinese dragon. |
| 1117 | * PlayingWithFire: Naturally for a dragon, the Nexo Dragon Saxon rides on has a flamethrower weapon he uses in his boss battle against Crypto. |
| 1118 | * RedHerring: Like with C. Curt Calvin, he's set up as the one behind the Nexos' invasion, when in reality he was only smuggling the technology into Shen Long. |
| 1119 | [[/folder]] |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | [[folder:Henri Crousteau]] |
| 1122 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Michael Lonsdale |
| 1123 | ->''"I would love to some day study your unearthliness in some greater detail... But I have work to do. Au revoir, mes amis."'' |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | Oceanographer, environmentalist and CEO of Francodyne Industries, situated in Belleville, France. The man behind the Earth-based production of Synthetic Furon DNA and the Nexos, Pox and Crypto make it their mission to cripple his factories and exact revenge. |
| 1126 | ---- |
| 1127 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: He engages Crypto in combat while piloting a gigantic Nexo-based squid robot that can wrap its tentacles around the Belleville Tower with ease. |
| 1128 | * ArcVillain: Of Belleville, with shades of TheManBehindTheMan in regard to Saxon's operations in Shen Long. |
| 1129 | * BossBanter: He narrates some of his attacks during his boss battle as if he's recording a nature documentary. |
| 1130 | * EcoTerrorist: Hates humanity with a passion for the damage caused to the environment. While his company is outwardly promoted as being eco-friendly, he secretly wishes to employ more radical means to preserve nature. |
| 1131 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's mild-mannered enough to hold out a conversation with others just fine, but in reality he's a bitter businessman that sees himself as morally superior to his human peers. |
| 1132 | * FrenchJerk: He's a radical eco-terrorist, an amoral business man, manufacturer of a hostile alien army, has the intent to doom a significant portion of the human race, and he's French to boot. |
| 1133 | * MisanthropeSupreme: He has zero tolerance for his own employees and thinks very lowly of the human race in general due to being a fervent environmentalist. His plan was to unload a virus that would destroy the Furon DNA in Belleville's citizens (and possibly further) through the river crossing the city, and he even [[TitleDrop quips the game's title]] at Crypto after his defeat to justify his actions. |
| 1134 | * MockCousteau: A French environmentalist whose surname is one letter off from “Cousteau”? Yup, he qualifies for sure. |
| 1135 | * MonumentalBattle: His boss battle brings you to the base of the game's Eiffel Tower equivalent, fighting against the gigantic Nexo Squid as it surrounds the structure while in the water. The battle is advertised often in promotional material for the game, showing the Nexo Squid clinging to the structure proper. |
| 1136 | * {{Motif}}: As a passionate oceanologist, he likes to make some passing references to sea creatures in his speech, and it culminates in his trump card being a colossal Nexo designed after a sea squid. |
| 1137 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In his last moments alive, he expresses shock when Crypto reveals the presence of pure Furon DNA in human brains and even apologizes for "disrupting" the Furons' "delicate life-cycle" with his plans after outing the Synthetic Furon DNA. |
| 1138 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's named after real-life oceanographer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau, a man renowned for his studies of aquatic life, but also known for his extreme tactics of filming during production of the movie adaptation of his book ''"The Silent World"''. |
| 1139 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: Before the boss fight with him: |
| 1140 | -->''"And now, space creature, you will feel the power of Nature and Technology combined!"'' |
| 1141 | * RedHerring: [[RuleOfThree Like the previous two suspects, he’s, yet again, not the real conspirator behind the Nexo attacks]]. Although he and his business play a much heavier hand in the source of Crypto's troubles, being the primary means of the Nexo production on Earth. |
| 1142 | * ShamuFu: Only once, but when Crypto corners him at his chateau, he bludgeons Crypto with a ''pufferfish'' to knock him out. |
| 1143 | * UnwittingPawn: He's just another tool of the conspiracy against Crypto, and is ultimately not to blame for the attack on Las Paradiso despite the Nexos indeed coming from his factories. |
| 1144 | [[/folder]] |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 | [[folder:Emperor Meningitis]] |
| 1147 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NolanNorth |
| 1148 | ->''"I am not a crook! Besides, I am Emperor. If I do it, it's not illegal."'' |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 | Emperor of the Furon race, the one responsible for Crypto and Pox's mission on Earth. In "''Path of the Furon''", Meningitis is finally revealed in the flesh as the possible leader of a conspiracy involving Synthetic Furon DNA and the long-defunct Nexosporidium warriors, which he now uses as his own personal guard. Crypto and Pox face him at his "summer palace" in the Fourth Ring of Furon in order to get revenge for Crypto's livelihood on Earth supposedly being ruined by him. |
| 1151 | ---- |
| 1152 | * ArcVillain: The last of these for "''Path of the Furon''", as the final target and main opponent in the Fourth Ring of Furon. |
| 1153 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He may have been just another obstacle that The Master used Crypto to remove, but the [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing rejoicing by the masses]] when Orthopox succeeds him would imply that he wasn't well liked anyway.]] |
| 1154 | * FinalBoss: He pilots a large robotic copy of his head to attack Crypto when he invades the palace, kicking off the final battle. |
| 1155 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Played with. The game's plot leads Crypto to believe Meningitis is this, having sent Crypto and Pox to Earth on a fool's errand to collect Furon DNA from humans when he could just manufacture Synthetic DNA back in Furon, especially to keep the Nexos at bay. The Nexos, however, are a leftover from the failed attempt to assassinate Meningitis many years prior, which he incorporated into his service as his personal guard and illegally had the DNA fabricated to keep them under his employ. [[spoiler:The Master just used the convenient list of crimes already present to help paint Meningitis as the chief of the conspiracy against Crypto and draw his attention. The Synthetic DNA wasn't even a solution to the problem. The cheap imitation caused Crypto immediate sickness when he tasted it, leading Pox to realize there was a purpose to them collecting brainstems after all. So really, Meningitis was just taking advantage of the Nexos, not Crypto.]] |
| 1156 | * GrumpyOldMan: He's irritable and frail, acting and speaking like an entitled senior citizen, who apparently has quite a few of his subjects tending to his every biological need. |
| 1157 | * MeaningfulName: Meningitis is an inflammation of the "meninges", the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord, which can be caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, which are the naming conventions for the regular Furons beneath him. |
| 1158 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: His depiction takes a lot of cues from Richard Nixon. |
| 1159 | * ReducedToDust: After his boss battle, he falls to the ground and Crypto grabs him by the collar for a long awaited thrashing. However, he doesn't get to lay a finger on him before this happens. |
| 1160 | --> '''Crypto:''' How long have you had synthetic Furon DNA?! How long have I been living a lie?! |
| 1161 | --> '''Emperor Meningitis:''' Careful, [[KilledMidSentence I'm 500 years ol]]- ''(Disintegrates right over Crypto)'' |
| 1162 | * RobotMe: His aforementioned robotic bust, which is a giant floating mechanical head designed after the Emperor's own. |
| 1163 | * UnwittingPawn: He's not the conspirator making Crypto's life hell, [[spoiler:rather he's the final target for The Master to eliminate so he can ascend to the throne, using Crypto's quest for revenge as a means to have him killed.]] |
| 1164 | * VillainousBreakdown: He does not take kindly to being called a jerk and accused of conspiracy. Or being interrupted from watching his soap operas. [[spoiler: It's kind of understandable, given he isn't really the main villain. Guess who the bad guy really is.]] |
| 1165 | --> '''Emperor Meningitis:''' Jerk wad...? You call me names? Kill my Nexos?? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking YOU INTERRUPT MY SPECIAL BATHTIME PLAYSIS!!??]] What have I - ruler of a thousand worlds - ever done to deserve this treatment?\ |
| 1166 | '''Crypto:''' How bout fraud? Suppression of valuable technologies? Murder? Treason? You're a crook, Meningitis.\ |
| 1167 | '''Emperor Meningitis:''' I am NOT a crook! Besides, [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon I am Emperor. If I do it, it's not illegal.]] |
| 1168 | [[/folder]] |
| 1169 |
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