Hotel Dusk: Room 215/Characters

This the the character page for the Hotel Dusk: Room 215 video game. The character page for the sequel, Last Window, is here. Note that the main and recurring character entries are duplicated; trope entries should go on the page of the game in which they appear.

Kyle Hyde
An ex-NYPD-detective-turned-salesman who works for Ed Vincent at the Red Crown company. A bit of a Jerkass and most certainly a First-Person Smartass, Kyle is searching for his partner Brian Bradley, who went missing after he double-crossed NYPD and Kyle shot him. He stays in room 215.


 * Ambiguously Gay: See the Ho Yay entries in the YMMV section.
 * Anti-Hero: Initially arrives at Hotel Dusk to do his job so he can get out of there, before he starts suspecting that the mystery might be related to Bradley.
 * Badass: Oh yes.
 * Captain Obvious: When examining items, he often does this, sometimes on purpose.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: During his life as the NYPD detective three years ago, he was devastated to learn that Bradley backstabs everyone in the NYPD, confronts him at the Hudson River dock and pulled his gun's trigger and shot the latter which resulted in him retiring from his job and moved back to Los Angeles to start a new life.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * First-Person Smartass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Very cynical, but a very kind man to everyone.
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * The Messiah: Though he doesn't necessarily want to be.
 * Parrot Exposition
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Private Detective: Well, a former professional detective, but he still speaks like one.
 * Running Gag: "Good name, isn't it?"
 * Through His Stomach: Not a straight example, but... the shortest and surest way to get in Kyle's good graces is to fix him a good meal or drink.
 * Turn in Your Badge: He was fired from NYPD before the events of Hotel Dusk.

Mila Evans
A mysterious young woman who shows up at Hotel Dusk after Kyle passes her on the way there. Nobody seems to know what she's looking for, and the fact she can't talk doesn't help matters.


 * Cute Mute:.
 * Mysterious Waif
 * Woman in White

Ed Vincent
Kyle's boss at Red Crown and a friend of his father. Ed is blunt and to the point, and has plenty of connections that let him know exactly what's going on most of the time.


 * The Faceless: His eyes are never shown.
 * Grumpy Old Man: Although his grumpiness doesn't show in the first game.
 * Voice with an Internet Connection

Rachel
Ed's secretary and a friend of Kyle's.


 * Love Interest: She may or may not be this to Kyle. Kyle doesn't seem to mind her constant flirting, and they do mention having a dinner together on Christmas Eve in New Game+.
 * Sassy Secretary
 * Sexy Secretary
 * Voice with an Internet Connection

Dunning Smith
The hotel's owner who hates both criminals and cops. He's generally friendly (if a bit dishonest and grumpy), but get on his bad side and it's Game Over for you. He also likes hockey.


 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Game Over Man
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * You Lose At Zero Trust

Rosa Fox
Hotel Dusk's only maid. She is very talkative and often complains that she is the only hard-working one in the hotel, which is pretty true. She's also a great chef.


 * The Cameo: She appears on a photo along with her husband in Another Code R.
 * Catch Phrase: "Busy, busy, busy" and "land's sake". The latter may have something to do with her.
 * Collector of the Strange: She collects autographs.
 * Horrible Judge of Character: Averted, she's great at judging people, if a bit quick to jump on conclusions. However, Kyle makes her out to be one to keep her from finding out about Louie's past.
 * I Was Quite a Looker
 * Mama Bear: She gets really protective of Mila, and won't hesitate to chase Kyle off if she thinks he's bothering her. Imagine if she were ever in real danger.
 * Only Sane Man: Of the hotel staff.
 * Supreme Chef

Louis DeNonno
A former pickpocket who has turned straight and works as the only bellhop in the hotel. His main interests are flirting with ladies and avoiding work. Throughout the game, he pops up and helps Kyle a lot. He's also Italian and hates disco music.


 * The Bartender: The only job he likes to do - and is actually very good at.
 * Big Damn Hero: He.
 * Butt Monkey: Probably takes the most crap from various characters in the game... as well as the universe in general.
 * The Cameo: He can be seen in a photo together with a yet-unidentified man who may be Martin Summer in Another Code 2.
 * Catch Phrase: He uses the word "trip" a lot.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Though he backs off real quick when.
 * Loveable Ex Pickpocket
 * Nice Guy: Helpful, funny, and with some surprising Hidden Depths of empathy and understanding.
 * Reformed Criminal: Although Rosa and Dunning doesn't know about his past.
 * Sidekick: He doesn't follow Kyle 24/7 like Maya Fey does to Phoenix Wright, but he is quite helpful and at least calls Kyle his partner, since.

Kevin Woodward
A surgeon who comes to Hotel Dusk with his daughter, Melissa. His wife left him some time ago.


 * Abusive Parents: May or may not have been this to Melissa.

Melissa Woodward
Kevin's daughter, a young girl who misses her mother, even if she can be a brat sometimes.


 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Morality Pet: She is one of the very few characters that Kyle is nice to.

Iris
An enigmatic woman in her twenties who thinks highly of herself and not so highly of others. .


 * Dark and Troubled Past

Helen Parker
A polite old woman who comes to Hotel Dusk to stay in room 215 in the hopes of having her wish come true. She is.


 * Cool Old Lady
 * Eyepatch of Power: Her nickname isn't "Grandma Patch" or "Pirate Grandpa" for nothing. It looks pretty cool on her.
 * : Used to be one.

Martin Summer
A best-selling novelist in his fifties who is staying at Hotel Dusk to receive a package for him. Since his first blockbuster novel, he's fallen on hard times, with each of his books selling worse than the last. Sometime after the events of Hotel Dusk and Last Window, he writes a number of columns about his time at Hotel Dusk and adapts Kyle's time at Cape West in Last Window into a novel.


 * Adjusting Your Glasses:
 * Glasses Pull:.
 * Jerkass:.
 * Motor Mouth: Kyle in his mind calls him a 'windbag' when he can't shorten his long proses.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Practically, Big name, Big ego.
 * Tough Act to Follow: An in-game example. His only well-received book is his first one, The Secret Word..

Jeff Angel
Obnoxious and self-centered, Jeff is a college student who stops at Hotel Dusk after picking up Mila on the side of the road. He tends to try and act as though he's a lot more in charge of things than he really is.


 * Emo Teen
 * Jerkass: He's a rude, snobby and arrogant dickhead to Kyle when they are talking to each other in the hotel. Not to mention in Chapter 4, he's responsible for putting his own chunk of cash inside room 215's toilet tank after sneaking in and then raise the alarm with Dunning and not only that, the following chapter has him stash a gun inside the laundry cart to be found deliberately.
 * Lonely Rich Kid

Brian Bradley
Kyle's missing NYPD partner. While working on a case about the crime syndicate Nile, Bradley betrayed the police, causing Kyle to tear up the city looking for him. When Kyle caught up with him at the docks, he shot Bradley, who fell into the river.


 * Never Found the Body
 * Never Found the Body
 * Never Found the Body

Grace Woodward
Kevin's missing ex-wife.


 * Missing Mom

Robert Evans
Mila's father, the curator of Gallery May in Santa Monica.

Alan
A mysterious man whose name shows up on a decorative pen Summer owns.

Marcel Osterzone
A famous Impressionist painter whose work recently obtained acclaim after he was rediscovered by Robert Evans. .


 * Dead Artists Are Better: He never had much fame until long after his death.

Jenny
A mysterious girl whose name keeps showing up around Hotel Dusk...