Doom (2016 video game)/Characters

For tropes regarding non Doom (2016) specific characters, see the series character page

The Doom Slayer

Found sealed away inside a temple in in Argent D'Nuir in Hell, he wakes up to find out that yet another demonic invasion by Hell has begun, and it's up to him to rip and tear them apart.

Implied via Broad Strokes to be the canon hero of the classic Doom games and by extension Doom 64.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Badass
- Sealed Badass in a Can: The opening quote just before he wakes up spells out he was intended to be such while sealed and that if he ever had to be unleashed, that meant he was needed very badly.
- Sealed Good in a Can: Not only is he the only thing willing and able to kill the demons, it's also implied he's blessed by God himself.
Broad Strokes: It's left vague as to whether he really is the original Doom hero, though his backstory does not rule this out, and even matches up disturbingly well with the canon ending for Doom 64.
Genius Bruiser: He's quite intelligent, as Hayden notes, adapting to various technology in no time flat despite having been sealed away for a long time, but Hayden also notes the Doom Salyer's intelligence, while considerable, is generally limited towards answering the question "How does doing X help me kill demons?", mostly because that's the only question he wants answers to.
Good Is Not Nice: The Doom Slayer is too pissed off at the whole situation around him to relax, and since demons are his personal Berserk Button, the whole game is him venting that rage against the demons.
- We do get indications, however, that he otherwise would be pretty pleasant to be around, especially when he stops on occasion to linger on a scene where someone died brutally (especially when Hayden casually brushes off their deaths, implying the Doom Slayer has much more respect for their deaths), and he apparently likes the action figures he can find, even giving one a fist bump.

Samuel Hayden

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Robot Buddy: He's not a friend per se, but he's the closest to this trope as he can get as his entire body save parts of his former human brain are in a robot body and he's one of the very few beings not trying to kill you.
Too Dumb To Live: The Doom Slayer makes it very obvious he feels this way about Hayden, especially anytime Hayden insists exploiting Hell is a good idea. To his credit, he does concede the Doom Slayer has a point, at least From a Certain Point of View.

Olivia Pierce

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Expy: Essentially Malcom Betruger, genderbent edition.

VEGA

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