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{{quote|''"Yesterday, we were a ''family''..."''}}
''[[Call of Juarez]]'' was a critical and financial success and a prequel, ''Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood'', was developed and released mid-2009, centering on Ray and his brother Thomas' exploits in their youth. After deserting from the [[American Civil War|Confederate Army]] shortly before its defeat, the McCalls find their old home burned down, their youngest brother William being the only survivor. To rebuild their home, the three travel to Mexico to find the legendary treasure of Juarez but [[Token Good Teammate|William]] worries that his brothers are [[The Dark Side|becoming outlaw murderers]] who only want the money...
''Bound in Blood'' keeps the fast pace of the original, but shifts the narrative focus towards the intense [[Family Drama]] of the McCalls. Gameplay-wise, the game adds [[Regenerating Health]] and a [[Taking Cover|cover mechanic]], and also does away with the stealth segments from the first game. It also revamps the old concept of playing through the same level twice: you can choose to play most levels either as [[Glass Cannon|Thomas]] or [[Mighty Glacier|Ray]], as they fight together at the same time (the other is controlled by AI). Sadly and perplexingly, there's no cooperative mode. Additionally, ''BiB'' introduces more realistic [[Showdown At High Noon|quick-draw duels]].
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* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: ''Bound in Blood'' has both Juarez/Juan Mendoza and Colonel Barnesby acting as the main antagonists. ''The Cartel'' has Cartel leader Juan Mendoza and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Michael Duke, as well as {{spoiler|Assistant Deputy Director Shane Dickson acting as Mendoza's partner inside the Justice Department}}, and [[Psycho for Hire]] Antonio Alvarez playing all sides against each other for his own advantage.
* [[Big Sister Instinct]]: Kim in ''Cartel'' is very protective of her last surviving younger brother, Deon. Her intro cutscene shows Kim using her authority as an FBI agent to prevent Deon from imprisonment due to a DEA drug sting, and {{spoiler|she asked Ben to jail Deon for public intoxication to prevent him from getting caught in the crossfire of a gang war setup}}.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]:
** In the extra story on the original Call of Juarez {{spoiler|The unnamed sheriff kills his corrupt boss, County Commissioner Grizzwald, and the bandit, Vasquez, is executed leaving Round Rock in peace... but the whole town saw him gun down Grizzwald and Vasquez was the only person who knew he was corrupt, forcing the sheriff to flee to Mexico, or get hung by the citizens.}}
** The main endings in both games count as this. In the first, {{spoiler|Juarez is killed, Billy and Molly get married, and Billy has finally found the treasure, but Ray dies.}} In the second, {{spoiler|Ray becomes a reverend and marries Thomas and Marisa, but William is dead, Juarez is alive (possibly unknown if you haven't played the original), and then there's the fact this is a [[Doomed by Canon|prequel...]] }}
** The "good" ending to ''Cartel'' is also this: {{spoiler|Alvarez testifies to Dickson's involvement with the Cartel, resulting in her being arrested. However, the team wasn't able to prevent Jessica from being killed, and Kim and Eddie both turn out to be dirty and are arrested at the end as well}}.
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]:
** In ''Cartel'' all three main characters have their own personal agendas: Eddie owes a lot of people money and runs a network of street dealers selling drugs for him to pay it back, Kim tries to cover up {{spoiler|Alvarez being a mole for the FBI and kills a retired FBI agent who may or may not have been working for the cartel}}, Ben McCall is the most "moral" of the group, and he's engaged in petty theft against criminals to help pay for a child's medical expenses, as well as willing to kill Alvarez regardless of how many lives are lost in the process.
** It's also ambiguously implied that Eddie and Kim {{spoiler|may have been complicit in Jessica Stone's murder, Eddie due to his heavy debt and Kim in order to protect Alvarez}}.
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* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Ben McCall, figuratively ''and'' literally.
* [[Crucified Hero Shot]]: This is how Ray imagines William in ''Bound in Blood'' [[So What Do We Do Now?|epilogue]] (while directly comparing him to [[Jesus]], no less), though it was somewhat different in reality.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Billy's dad {{spoiler|''is'' the titular Juarez.}}▼
* [[Dirty Cop]]: ▼
** Kim Evans and Eddie Guerrera in ''Cartel''. Both have their own agendas to pursue; Eddie steals drugs to sell on the streets and Kim steals rare guns to give the F.B.I. for her own investigation {{spoiler|and is also actively working to undermine the investigation into Alvarez in order to protect him, due to him being an FBI mole. She also kills one witness to Alvarez's crimes and it's implied she might have been complicit in Jessica Stone's killing}}. In comparison, Ben McCall steals wallets from gangsters to help pay for medical care for the child of one of the hookers in his jurisdiction that he's protecting. You can also get an achievement with this title by getting 15 secret items as any of three characters.▼
** ''The Cartel'' has a pretty dim view of federal bureaucrats performing law enforcement duties in general. Besides {{spoiler|Task Force Director Shane Dickson}} being revealed as [[The Mole]], in the endgame the FBI director and DEA director both order the assassination of the competing agency's agent.▼
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Thomas obviously named Billy after his youngest brother.
* [[Death From Above]]: {{spoiler|After the task force catches Juan Mendoza, the Cartel leader, Shane Dickson sends a Predator drone to silence Mendoza from testifying against her in court, as well as attempt to kill the task force since [[He Knows Too Much|they know too much]].}}
▲** Kim Evans and Eddie Guerrera in ''Cartel''. Both have their own agendas to pursue; Eddie steals drugs to sell on the streets and Kim steals rare guns to give the F.B.I. for her own investigation {{spoiler|and is also actively working to undermine the investigation into Alvarez in order to protect him, due to him being an FBI mole. She also kills one witness to Alvarez's crimes and it's implied she might have been complicit in Jessica Stone's killing}}. In comparison, Ben McCall steals wallets from gangsters to help pay for medical care for the child of one of the hookers in his jurisdiction that he's protecting. You can also get an achievement with this title by getting 15 secret items as any of three characters.
▲** ''The Cartel'' has a pretty dim view of federal bureaucrats performing law enforcement duties in general. Besides {{spoiler|Task Force Director Shane Dickson}} being revealed as [[The Mole]], in the endgame the FBI director and DEA director both order the assassination of the competing agency's agent.
▲* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Billy's dad {{spoiler|''is'' the titular Juarez.}}
* [[Dodge the Bullet]]: In the first game, quick-draw duels take place in slow motion, and (if you're quick enough) you can even lean left or right to dodge incoming enemy bullets.
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Thomas Ray has beaten Billy up regularly.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: The single-player campaign of ''The Cartel'' can be like this at times, as it is balanced for 3-player co-op. If you're playing single-player, your A.I.-controlled teammates are limited to the weak starting pistol, and are unable to perform objective-based actions. This is especially a problem in scenes where you're supposed to fulfill co-op based objectives, such as two players moving bags of money against a time limit, or one player carrying the money while the other two cover them. Since your A.I. teammates are incapable of doing any of this stuff, you end up having to do it all yourself, which the game isn't balanced for.
* [[Fisticuffs Boss]]: There are two in the original game, the bigoted farmhand leader and the final boss.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: If you've played through ''Call of Juarez'' up to Ray's confession, you already know how ''Bound In Blood'' is going to end. Although {{spoiler|there ''is'' a final duel against Colonel [[Big Bad]] [[Conflict Killer]] [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] whose appearance at the end is something of an unexpected surprise.}}
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Billy.
* [[
** In ''Cartel'' Ben McCall is [[The Big Guy]], Kim Evans it [[The Chick]] and Eddie Guerrera is [[The Smart Guy]].
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: While in Hope, before being accused of murder, Billy, armed only with a whip, can, if the player is skilled and determined enough, kill just about the entire town population, without any long-term repercussions.
* [[Gatling Good]]: Ray can pick up a gatling gun and carry it around.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: It's something of a surprise, but in ''Bound in Blood'' Thomas McCall plays quite similar to how his stepson Billy Candle did in the original game, including the inability to dual-wield and instead using a lasso and a bow as signature equipment. The reason for this is open to any amount of [[Wild Mass Guessing]].
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Subverted, as {{spoiler|Col. Barnsby}}'s appearance as the [[Final Boss]] of ''Bound in Blood'' turns out to be a plot point that underlines the absolution motif in the game, {{spoiler|since Running River finds the inner strength to forgive him for killing his village and his son}}.
* [[God Is Good]]: William believes that firmly and Ray comes to believe in it in the end.
** Eventually proven true {{spoiler|at the end of the first game, where Ray prays to God for a chance to save Billy and is given it, shooting the [[Big Bad]] before he can kill Billy.}} Or it may have been a case of [[Heroic Resolve]] and [[Dying Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Guide Dang It]]: It's not immediately obvious that {{spoiler|you have to make the final shot on Juarez as a duel - i.e. flick the control stick to draw - because every previous duel was announced openly}}.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]:
** Ray's most powerful weapon are his trusty dual [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolvers]], even in the final stages, though everyone else can use them in general. You can even do it with [[Sawn Off Shotgun|Sawn Off Shotguns]].
** All the characters in ''Cartel'' can do this with pistols, though Eddie can also dual-wield SMGs.
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* [[Hated Hometown]]: Billy hates his hometown (as well as everything from his crappy childhood, except his mother), but has to return to it in the beginning of the first game.
* [[Heel Faith Turn]]: Ray.
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]:
** Ray and Thomas in the prequel. Both out to amass fortune to rebuild their family home, but gleefully engaging in as much chaos as possible as they do it. ''Especially'' Ray.
{{quote|'''William''': Do not violate the word of God! The Fifth Commandment: '[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]'.
'''Ray''': ''[gesturing to the numerous corpses]'' It's a ''little late'' for that, little brother! }}
** Ben, Kim and Eddie in ''Cartel'' also qualify.
* [[How We Got Here]]:
** ''Bound in Blood'' begins with the opening scene from the final mission, and the rest of the game is William's narration of how his caring and more-or-less responsible older brothers became brazen murderers ready to kill each other.
** ''Cartel'' opens with a frantic chase on a freeway, and the first half of the game leads up to that point.
* [[Identical Grandson]]:
** Ben McCall in ''Cartel'' is pretty much his ancestor Ray with a bulletproof vest instead of a metal cuirass, right down to his kicking ass while reciting scripture and fear of heights.
** The leader of the Cartel is Juan "Juarez" Mendoza, who's pretty much identical to his 19th century counterpart {{spoiler|(although he ultimately dies in a very [[Anticlimax Boss]] manner)}}.
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* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Ben McCall gets Jesus to talk by threatening to hang him with a noose, and Kim, Ben and Eddie repeatedly punch and kick strip club owner Javier until he gives up the location of the missing girls.
* [[Joke Item]]: The Ladies Pistol (Derringer) in ''Bound in Blood''. It's the weakest firearm in the game, and only holds 2 shots. It takes at least 3 or 4 hits from it to kill most enemies. At gun stores it's the cheapest weapon available, and rightly so.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Alvarez escapes punishment for his crimes regardless of what ending you get. If you try to kill him and your partners, he uses a grenade to escape and you end up in a shootout with your partners. If you take him alive, he gets complete immunity in exchange for his testimony against Dickson. Also, if you choose to kill your partners, Shane Dickson also gets away with her crimes and even becomes promoted to director of the Justice Department, although it's implied in Kim's ending that despite her apparent success, the stress that she may one day be found out is getting to her.}}
* [[Large Ham]]: Michael Duke in ''Cartel'' turns into one during your boss fight with him.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Mostly averted, as all boss battles are quick-draw duels that end with only a couple shots. The only exception is Juarez himself when you fight him as Ray inside the treasure cave, {{spoiler|and his ability to take a few dozen bullets before retreating is later explained by the fact that he's wearing armor just like Ray}}.
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* [[Mayincatec]]: The final prize in the game are the cursed Aztec treasures.
** The treasure is identified as the ransom for Montezuma, seized by Cortez's men. The [[Mayincatec]] temple near Juarez, roughly 1000 miles north from the territory of the Aztec is another thing though.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]:
** Ray combines the toughness and power of a [[Mighty Glacier]] (and he is immune to frontal attacks thanks to the cuirass he's wearing) with speed of a Trick Shot, thus being effectively indestructible in combat. Think Death Star on legs.
** But he was [[Nerf|nerfed]] somewhat for ''Bound in Blood''.
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* [[Non-Action Guy]]: In ''Bound In Blood'' there's William, the youngest McCall brother, a non-violent priest.
* [[Overheating]]: Happens to guns in the original game.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: The McCalls in ''Bound in Blood''. William is the [[Token Good Teammate|Super Ego]]; Thomas, the Ego; and Ray, the Id.
▲** In ''Cartel'' Ben McCall is [[The Big Guy]], Kim Evans it [[The Chick]] and Eddie Guerrera is [[The Smart Guy]].
* [[Railroading]]: Early in the game, as Billy enters Hope, sheriff on the bridge will take his gun away. If you try to trick the game by dropping your weapon before the bridge encounter, you'll discover afterwards that it has "mysteriously" vanished.
* [[Redemption Failure]]: Ray becomes a priest after {{spoiler|killing his brother William}} in ''Bound in Blood''. In the original game, he goes right back to being [[The Gunslinger]] after his ''other'' brother is killed.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Inverted. In the first game, neither Ray nor Juarez act as though they recognize each other, despite the fact that they're meeting under extremely similar circumstances as before, and neither has changed ''that'' much over the past 20 years (Ray is still even wearing his signature armor).
* [[Remixed Level]]: In the original game.
▲* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Inverted. In the first game, neither Ray nor Juarez act as though they recognize each other, despite the fact that they're meeting under extremely similar circumstances as before, and neither has changed ''that'' much over the past 20 years (Ray is still even wearing his signature armor).
* [[The Remnant]]: In ''Bound in Blood'', Colonel Barnsby and his Confederate remnants are undaunted by the end of the American Civil War, and start up a gun-running operation in the hopes of putting together enough money to finance a second rebellion.
* [[Rollercoaster Mine]]: The original game had some, the prequel doesn't.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Kim Evans in ''Cartel''.
* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: ''Bound in Blood'' has [[Regenerating Health]], and also does away with the stealth segments and platform jumping which were the primary source of [[Fake Difficulty]] in the original game. This is balanced out somewhat by making [[Bullet Time]] slightly less common (you have to earn it by killing enemies, instead of it regenerating automatically every few seconds), and also by having Ray be somewhat [[Nerf|Nerfed]].
* [[Sibling Team]]: Ray and Thomas in ''Bound in Blood''. William, too, though he is a [[Non-Action Guy]].▼
* [[Sinister Minister]]: William is a rare full-on subversion, while Ray occasionally dips into this trope.▼
* [[Sins of Our Fathers]]: It's much more clear if you read the tie-in comic, but the reason Thomas beat Billy mercilessly throughout the poor kid's childhood is because he saw Billy's father {{spoiler|Juarez}} in the kid whenever he looked at him, and was also afraid Billy would grow up to be just like the guy. ▼
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: [[Invoked]] by {{spoiler|William in ''Bound in Blood'', when he acts as if he is reaching for a gun to make Ray shoot him, whereas in reality, he pulls out his Bible}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]: One of the achievements in ''Cartel'' is called [[Machete|"The Border Crossed Us"]].
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]: Ray and Thomas get into these regularly.
▲* [[Sibling Team]]: Ray and Thomas in ''Bound in Blood''. William, too, though he is a [[Non-Action Guy]].
▲* [[Sinister Minister]]: William is a rare full-on subversion, while Ray occasionally dips into this trope.
▲* [[Sins of Our Fathers]]: It's much more clear if you read the tie-in comic, but the reason Thomas beat Billy mercilessly throughout the poor kid's childhood is because he saw Billy's father {{spoiler|Juarez}} in the kid whenever he looked at him, and was also afraid Billy would grow up to be just like the guy.
* [[Soft Water]]: Averted.
* [[South of the Border]]: The primary setting.
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: In ''The Cartel'', Jessica Stone points out that the anti-Cartel task force is so dysfunctional, and all of its members so obviously corrupt and/or crazy, that it seems like it was intentionally set up to fail. {{spoiler|She's right. Deputy Assistant Director Shane Dickson, the head of the task force, is the Cartel's mole inside the U.S. government.}} Yet, despite all that, the 3 crooked cops eventually ''do'' succeed in bringing down the Cartel.
* [[Stealth
* [[Stern Chase]]
* [[Story Overwrite]]: {{spoiler|Even if you kill Juarez with a headshot in the first game, he will always be back, claiming that his chestplate saved him.}}
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* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: Ray can throw sticks of dynamite, whereas Thomas can't.
* [[Title Drop]]: "Call of Juarez" also doubles as [[Arc Words]].
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]:
** After several levels of linear cowboy slaying, Billy wakes up from a headshot to the face to find himself dumped into a [[Wide Open Sandbox]] spirit quest taking place in a ''huge'' continuous forest and lake map.
** Happens again in ''Bound in Blood''. Chapters VI and VIII are like mini-sandboxes that pop out of nowhere and then are never seen again.
* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]: Averted in ''Bound in Blood''. This move, used by enemy gunfighters, is actually fairly useful for dodging your gunfire due to the low rate of fire of the period weapons of the time. Their A.I. is also smart enough to use it mostly for diving behind cover, instead of just doing it randomly out in the open.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]:
** Ray can shoot an enemy a couple of times, reload, go into [[Bullet Time]] and unload two pistol magazines into said enemy. Plus a couple to the head if you're accurate enough.
** It's also possible to kill civilians in ''Cartel'' and your teammates won't call you on it, but you will fail the mission if you kill too many.
* [[The Vietnam War]]: Antonio Alvarez, Patrick Stone, and Ben McCall of ''Cartel'' are veterans of Vietnam.
* [["Wake
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Juarez makes this offer to {{spoiler|his son}} Billy at the end of the first game. Seeing as how Juarez recently beat him unconscious as well as kidnapped his girlfriend and threatened to rape and kill her, Billy isn't remotely interested.
* [[The Western]]: All of it.
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