Catherine/Characters

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A page for all the characters who appear in Atlus' Catherine.

Main Characters

Vincent Brooks

Voice Actors: Koichi Yamadera (JP), Troy Baker (EN)

The protagonist of our story; a fairly unambitious man whose life gets turned around very quickly after his girlfriend Katherine McBride states she wants to get married, and he is seduced by the mysterious Catherine. Before long, he's having nightmares where he has to climb towards a cathedral alongside countless other people turned into sheep in order to escape.

Catherine

Voice Actors: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)

The titular seductress; Catherine seduces Vincent at the Stray Sheep bar and it's after meeting her that his nightmares begin. She is quite the Clingy Jealous Girl and is implied to be more than a little crazy. She is eventually revealed to be a succubus sent to seduce men who won't get married in order to "weed out" the unfruitful couples as part of a scheme by Mutton.

Katherine McBride

Voice Actors: Kotono Mitsuishi (JP), Michelle Ruff (EN)

Vincent's girlfriend. They met at a high school reunion and struck up a relationship. She's described as being a career woman, but she also wants to get married. The pressure over whether or not to do so is partially what sets Vincent's story into motion. As it turns out, she was aware of his affair the whole time and eventually breaks up with him over it. Depending on the player's choices, they may or may not get back together.


Vincent's Friends

Orlando Haddick

Voice Actors: Hiroaki Hirata (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN)

Orlando is one of Vincent's oldest friends and another frequenter of the Stray Sheep bar. He tends to lean towards freedom in everything he does and isn't particularly keen on the idea of marriage.

  • All Men Are Perverts: His immediate reaction to Vincent's ramblings about whether or not he should call the affair with Catherine off and apologize to Katherine can basically be summed up as, "Great - Hook me up with her instead."
    • When Vincent starts telling him about the pics that Catherine is sending him, he demands that he save those pics so he can see them later.
  • Blue Eyes
  • Deadpan Snarker:
    • While talking to Vincent in the cubicles:

Vincent: "Does all this feel like a dream to you?"
Orlando: "Who dreams of taking a shit with another guy?"

Jonathan "Jonny" Ariga

Voice Actors: Takehito Koyasu (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)

Jonny is another bachelor friend of Vincent's who frequents the bar. A used car salesman who works for his father's company and plans to continue the family business. He tends to lean towards the "order" side of things and has a yearning to find his own soulmate some day.

  • All Love Is Unrequited: If you break up with Katherine, he reveals that he's had feelings for her for years.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To Toby.
  • The Bro Code: He'll break it if Vincent breaks up with Katherine for good, but gets turned down by Katherine. Somewhat subverted in that it isn't treated as too much of a big deal.
  • Drink Order: Sake.
  • Fan Nickname: An In-Universe example. Toby frequently calls him "Chief".
  • Foil: Given his similar appearance, his leaning towards order and eventual asking of Katherine out, he's basically what Vincent could become if he actually made up his mind for once.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Mostly towards Toby. He tends to be calm, level-headed and clad in duller clothing to represent his leaning towards stability as opposed to Toby's bright young enthusiasm.
  • Smoking Is Cool
  • The Stoic: The least talkative of Vincent's friends.
  • Token Minority: With a last name like Ariga, this makes him the only Asian in Vincent's group, let alone the entire game.

Tobias "Toby" Nebbins

Voice Actors: Kisho Taniyama (JP), Yuri Lowenthal (EN)

One of Jonny's workmates, Toby is the youngest member of the group and another regular at the bar. He looks up to his coworker and has a similar desire to find "the one" and get married. He's also quite the cake eater and has a huge crush on Erica.

Erica Anderson/Eric

Voice Actors: Junko Minagawa (JP), Erin Fitzgerald (EN)

A waitress at the Stray Sheep bar and a childhood friend of Vincent's. She is bright, cheerful and a little bit of a gossiper. She seems well aware of Tobias' crush on her and it's hinted that she reciprocates it on some level, as he eventually loses his virginity to her. In the True Lovers ending, it's revealed that she was born as "Eric".


Stray Sheep Characters

Boss/Thomas Mutton/Dumuzid

Voice Actors: Norio Wakamoto (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)

The Boss is the barkeeper of the Stray Sheep bar, who always wears sunglasses indoors. Very little is known about him, although there are plenty of weird rumours surrounding him. He turns out to be the mastermind behind the nightmares and is trying to use them to weed out men who won't marry their partners for the sake of allowing the human race to keep populating the world, as per the will of Astaroth/Ishtar.

  • Batman Gambit: It's clear that he thinks he's planning a Xanatos one, but Vincent basically undermines that illusion when he takes the whole plan apart by saying men and women don't need guidance and there's no way their lives can be so easily controlled.
  • Big Bad: The one responsible for creating the Nightmares, for the purpose of weeding out men who either cheat on their partners or won't commit themselves to marriage.
  • Calling Your Attacks: DUMUZID BEAM! Head goes BOOM!!
  • The Chessmaster
  • Cool Old Guy
  • Cool Shades: Turns out they're to hide his Glowing Eyes of Doom.
  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Japanese language track calls him Master, the traditional way of addressing the barkeep in Japan as he's the master of the bar you're in. The English dub changed it to Boss, but the meaning behind it is the same. So at the end of the day, he's still being called Barkeep, confusing ain't it?
  • Dirty Old Man: Erica complains that he's not going to stop hitting on her.
  • Dub Name Change: From "Master" in the Japanese version to "Boss".
    • Done as you traditionally call the Barkeep in Japan "Master" out of respect, and calling him "Boss" is just a translation of how respectfully you're suppose to address them in Japan.
  • Final Boss: Of the game.
  • Friendly Enemy: He's only antagonistic when directly challenged. Even after being defeated, he doesn't seem to hold a grudge against Vincent.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom/Red Eyes, Take Warning: Turns out that these are what his sunglasses are hiding.
  • Humanoid Abomination: In the true ending, he transforms into a deity/monster.
  • Mr. Exposition
  • Not So Omniscient After All: Vincent calls him out on this after the final battle.
  • Physical God: ...albeit one who can't even scrape together 50 grand.
  • Revolvers Are Just Better: His weapon of choice when you face him in the penultimate level.
  • Service Sector Stereotypes: A plot-significant barkeeper? Yep.
  • Shrouded in Myth: Mostly played for laughs. There are quite a few wacky rumours about the Boss.
  • Smug Snake: After Vincent beats him, he can do little more than sulk at his defeat.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Turns out all he really wanted was for men and women to "continue populating the planet" and he intended to weed out cheaters in order to assist with that. Subverted in that he himself was cheating on Ishtar and fell out of favor with her as a result.

Justin Bailey

One of the regulars at the Stray Sheep. He's a reporter, and is studying the mysterious deaths of young men in their sleep. During the Nightmare stages, he appears as the Sheep with Glasses, teaching climbing techniques that Vincent may find useful.

  • But You Were There and You and You: Eventually, he recognizes Vincent from the bar during the Nightmare.
  • Catch Phrase: "It's the truth."
  • My Greatest Failure: Justin once wrote an article about an impoverished ballerina who was looking for her big break. After the story was published, she became famous, but was tormented by rivals and ended up committing suicide. He thinks the nightmares are punishing him for this, and plans on wishing the ballerina back to life if he reaches the Cathedral.
  • Shout-Out: To the Classic Cheat Code of Metroid.

Todd Bozeman

A businessman that frequents the Stray Sheep. He appears in the Nightmare as the Sheep with Regent Hair.

Archie Wallace

Todd's employee, often seen with him at the Stray Sheep. In the Nightmare stages, he's the Long-Haired Sheep.

Daniel Kirsch

One of Vincent's old classmates, and the heir to a huge corporation. He's seen as the Sheep with Sunglasses in Nightmares.

  • Arranged Marriage: His parents force one onto him, to get him to break up with his poor girlfriend.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: Averted.
  • Creepy Doll: Daniel's Nightmare monster is one of these, modeled after himself. It doesn't even chase after him.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Daniel envies Vincent's carefree life. It's a small case; bonus for actually having Green Eyes, too.
  • Star-Crossed Lovers: He's been dating Anna, but his parents won't accept someone of her financial status for a daughter-in-law. If he survives the Nightmare, they end up eloping.
  • Unknown Rival: He claims to have spent life since graduating from high school trying to be more successful than Vincent. Vincent, for his part, barely even remembers him.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: His adoptive parents have very high standards which Daniel feels he can never live up to.
  • The White Prince: Pretty much everything in his life has been mapped out for him, so he tends to just go with what he's told.

Morgan Cortez

A widowed police officer who can be found at the Stray Sheep. Also known as the Sheep with Police Hat.

Anna Rosmont

Daniel's girlfriend, who occasionally accompanies him to the Stray Sheep.

  • Samaritan Relationship Starter: Anna was devastated by the suicide of her friend the ballerina, but Daniel comforted her and got her life back on track. Shortly afterwards, they started dating.
  • Star-Crossed Lovers: Daniel's family doesn't approve of her economic status.

Lindsay and Martha Uspenski

A pair of old women who seem to know about the Nightmare world.


Other Characters

Trisha, the Midnight Venus/Astaroth/Ishtar

The hostess of the Golden Playhouse, the Framing Device for our story. She provides opening and ending narration to the events of the story.

Paul

A former classmate of Vincent's, and one of the first men claimed by the curse.

  • Death by Sex: Paul's acquaintances knew him as a real ladies' man, which is more than likely how he got tangled up with Catherine.
  • Posthumous Character: Dead by the time the game starts, killed by the Nightmare.

Steve Delhomme

A man who accuses Vincent of stealing Catherine from him. Also known as the Sheep with a Tie. Eaten by Vincent's Shadow before he can escape the Nightmare.

  • But You Were There and You and You: He and Vincent both recognize each other (by voice) towards the end of the Nightmare.
  • Chekhov's Gun: After sleeping with Vincent, Catherine runs off to see the dentist. Steve's profession? Dentist.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: He's the sheep who gave you tutorials on the first Nightmare.
  • Evil Phone: Only at first, as he threatened to kill Vincent. Never follows through with it, however.
  • Killed Off for Real: Steve is the only sheep that can't be saved.
  • Mauve Shirt: He plays a fairly significant role as the guy who teaches you the ropes of the nightmares, but sadly, he doesn't make it to the end of them.
  • Sanity Slippage: First, Catherine leaves him, and Steve becomes desperate to win her back through the Nightmares. Then he finds out that she didn't really exist.
  • Your Cheating Heart: He had an affair with, and later left his wife for, Catherine.

Mysterious Voice/Astaroth

A strange voice that frequently tests Vincent's beliefs in the nightmares and asks him questions from the window of a confession booth before each level.

Nergal

Catherine's father, the plenipotentiary of the netherworld. Despite what that may imply, he's actually more of a bumbling dad than anything else.

  • Badass Beard
  • Big No: In Catherine's True Ending, when she tells him to give up and stop opposing her relationship with Vincent.
  • Bumbling Dad: He comes off as fairly ridiculous, allowing a human wearing nothing but underwear and a random sword topple his control of the netherworld, pathetically asking his daughter to play video games with him instead of dating Vincent, and other silly things.
  • The Chew Toy: He really only exists to be laughed at.
  • The Devil Is a Loser: Big time. His attempts to talk Catherine out of seeing Vincent end with him getting a Groin Attack from her, and in the True Cheater ending, after getting overthrown, he's used as a throne. He's easily the least dangerous supernatural entity in the game.
  • Fantastic Racism: Implied towards humans in general from his treatment of Vincent and his constant (attempted) dismissal of him as a "mere human".
  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: A non-boss example. He appears very late into the story and is only really used for a couple of cheap laughs.
  • Groin Attack: Is the victim of one courtesy of Catherine, who does it to stop his whining.
  • Large and In Charge: He's physically the largest character in the game unless you count others going One-Winged Angel.
  • Large Ham: It's Jamieson Price. What did you expect?
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: It's probably unintentional, but his broad face and gigantic beard are somewhat reminiscent of Brian Blessed.
  • Parental Marriage Veto: He's not too fond of the idea of Catherine marrying Vincent. Not that any attention is paid to his opinion...
  • Satan Is Inept: For the lord of the underworld, Nergal sure doesn't seem very dangerous.
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