History Characters / Cyberpunk2077CriminalsFixersAndGangMembers

* BadassPreacher: Despite being a humble servant of God, he's not afraid to get violent to protect his proteges.

* CutsceneBoss: [[spoiler:Royce can be shot point blank in the face or pistol whipped in the back of the head mid-conversation, which takes him out early and lets you just steal the spiderbot and pocket Stout's money, but immediately turns all Maelstrom members in the building hostile.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: His assertion that Brick's contract is null and void and V will have to deal with him now involves immediate violation of personal space with guns, without provocation.

* KlingonPromotion: Royce took over the gang from their previous leader, Brick, [[spoiler:locking him in a cell with a claymore set to blow him apart if he even thinks about breaking out]].

* ShownTheirWork: Look how deep Royce's cyber-eyes go into his head. He clearly had a lobotomy into his frontal lobe to accomodate it: a lobe of the brain that is responsible for, among other things, impulse control... which Royce clearly lacks.
* SkippableBoss: Royce can be stealthed past if the player avoids his sightlines while sneaking out of the plant. He may also fight by V's side against a Militech strike team if the player decides to wipe the virus off the chip and betray Stout. The fight with him can also be avoided either by paying with V's own money, or simply eliminating him when the negotiations start to go sour.

* SanityHasAdvantages: See BoringButPractical and ReasonableAuthorityFigure above. It would appear that one of the reasons he's managed to take control of the gang is because he's further away from cyberpsychosis than your average 'Sromer, and is less likely to cause random chaos and violence for the hell of it.

* PetTheDog: As [[ALighterShadeOfBlack arguably the least actively evil gang in Night City]], they get a couple of these moments -- for one, they actually let Jackie Welles leave the gang amicably and pay their respects at his offend, and one of the "Assault in Progress" NCPD Scanner Hustles involves them bringing down a Trauma Team AV to steal its medicine [[JustLikeRobinHood and distribute it to the local community]].

* PunchClockVillain: To a greater degree than the Animals.They're basically Heywood's local economy and government, and while their biz is often dirty, [[NothingPersonal it's just biz]]. They don't have the AxCrazy PsychoForHire street-terrors you'll find in the Maelstrom or the worst Animal packs, and they're a lot better at fostering meaningful community ties within their territory than the Tyger Claws, the Scavs, or the modern incarnation of 6th Street.

* IWillFindYou: [[spoiler:If V makes a deal with Netwatch or chooses to attack the Voodoo Boyz in "Transmission", but spares Placide after his boss fight, he sends a message to V warning them to watch out for their back before cutting off all communication. He never comes after them, however.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael-Leon Wooley (English), Przemysław Bluszcz (Polish)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (Japanese), Mikhail Georgiou (Russian)[[/note]]

* CameBackWrong: One cyberpsycho that V can fight is Zaria Hughes, a Maelstrom member who was subjected to a strange ritual to commune with one of the AIs that the gang worships. The ritual involves "killing" her and bringing her back to life; the experience rendered her completely insane instead and caused her to slaughter her comrades.

* AffablyEvil: Slider doesn't bare any animosity to V if they killed Mama Brigitte and Placide.

* AmbiguousSituation: While it is made very clear [[spoiler:what kind of absolute ''hell'' Ev went through post-Heist, what isn't made clear is what part of her experience resulted in her catatonic state up until the point that she committed suicide, or whether it was simply a combination of ''all'' of it. Dialogue regarding the Voodoo Boyz' initial netrunner attack essentially likens the event to a ''nuke'' going off in her brain, as can be seen in the security footage of the incident in Clouds. Then there's Woodman's..."[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil taking care of]]" her, which brings forth his own trauma, but he himself stated that she was still "broken," implying that she was still mostly out of it with him too, and with Fingers, who likewise is implied to have sexually assaulted her but similarly couldn't do much for Evelyn either. And finally there's the Scavs, who did what horrible things they do best, up until Judy and V manage to rescue Evelyn and bring her home. At no point during any of this ordeal is it mentioned or shown that Evelyn was lucid, so it remains unclear if she was put in her catatonic state by the combined TraumaCongaLine, or if the attack on the chip was what put her into the catatonic state, [[AndIMustScream making her helpless to the abuses heaped upon her in the following weeks to come.]]

* MeaningfulName: The bar holds a special place for those mercs who have died during an op, commemorating them with a drink named in their honor. It doesn't help that all three Afterlives (2020's, [[TabletopGame/CyberpunkRED 2045's]], and 2077's) were built in former morgues.

* HollywoodVoodoo: It's right in their name. They surround their hacking expertise with a veneer of ominous imagery derived from Afro-Caribbean beliefs - for example, their private network is called ''Rezo Agwé'' (Agwé Network in Creole), after the Loa of the sea. It's noted that they largely play it up for mystique; V notes that despite their ritualistic trappings, they don't seem particularly religious, with Brigitte replying that they left their gods in Haiti. V can even ask Placide why they're called the Voodoo Boyz when they don't seem to believe in voodoo. Placide just shrugs and suggests that V would be better off asking those who actually call the gang "the Voodoo Boyz" that question instead. V comes to the conclusion that they have another name for their organization that they don't share.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Their withdrawal from Pacifica costs tremendous respect not just from other gangs, but from the citizens as well. V can actually overhear a conversation between two citizens openly comparing the current Voodoo Boys to the posergang of old. Meanwhile in Dogtown, the Voodoo Boys (or [[TheRemnant what's left of them]]) are split into bickering factions over who ought to lead, while becoming increasingly beholden to ''ranyon'' like BARGHEST [[spoiler:and even lending their services to an arms dealer from Belgrade, something that Brigitte would have never allowed]].