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** Cole speaks ''fluent'' Japanese (though somewhat accented) to two captured Japanese soldiers during the Battle for Okinawa.
** In one particular Homicide case, he is recalled back to Central Station for the purposes of analysing a poem left by the murderer. He quickly deduces it is not an original and identifies it as written by Shelley. One of the Technical Services guys even mentions, "That's why we asked for you."
* {{spoiler|[[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Kelso's Red.}}▼
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]
* [[Cultured Warrior]]: During his times as a soldier.
** He chides one of his men for not understanding why the Japanese attacked them at Pearl Harbor, citing America's oil embargo against Japan as the primary motivation.
* {{spoiler|[[Et Tu, Brute
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: During the "A Slip of the Tongue" case, Bekowsky asks him what kind of women he likes, after some coaxing he says he has a thing for blondes. This is also {{spoiler|a bit of [[Foreshadowing]]: Cole's wife is not a blonde. Then again, neither is Elsa}}.
* [[Expy]]: Of Detective Ed Exley from ''[[L.A. Confidential]]''. Both of them are [[Glory Hound]] war heroes whom saw action in the Pacific during [[World War Two]] whom initially earn the distrust of their fellow officers. Both of them are [[By-The-Book Cop
▲* [[Expy]]: Of Detective Ed Exley from [[L.A. Confidential]]. Both of them are [[Glory Hound]] war heroes whom saw action in the Pacific during [[World War Two]] whom initially earn the distrust of their fellow officers. Both of them are [[By-The-Book Cop|By The Book Cops]] who eventually learn to break the rules a little. {{spoiler|And both of them only earned their medals - a Distinguished Service Cross for Exley and a Silver Star for Phelps - because they were the only survivors from their units due to cowardice, but played it up.}}
* [[Fair Cop]]: Civilians will [[Welcome to Corneria|comment]] on it.
* {{spoiler|[[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Cole actually didn't do anything worthy of earning the Silver Star, he merely was the last man standing (or, more accurately, cowering) after a big battle, and the CO in charge just recommended him for the medal thinking he was a badass for managing to live through it. Many of the men in the battle died because of Cole's orders, so he has a lot of [[The Atoner|atoning]] to do
* [[Glory Hound]]: He went into the War as this, and still retains traits of it through most desks.
* {{spoiler|[[General Failure|Lieutenant Failure]]: Most of his men seemed to wish they weren't serving under him in the war.}}▼
▲* [[Glory Hound]]: He went into the War as this, and still retains traits of it through most desks. {{spoiler|It's not until the Arson desk that he truly wants justice for more than personal gain.}}
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: He plays the good cop routine with almost all of his partners.
** In many interrogrations, he's both. He responds in a good cop manner if you choose "truth" and a bad cop manner if you choose "doubt".
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: To his partners. Phelps is always the one to do 'hard stuff'.
▲* {{spoiler|[[General Failure|Lieutenant Failure]]: Most of his men seemed to wish they weren't serving under him in the war
* [[Meddlesome Patrolman]]: His willingness to go the extra mile in a few cases that may not actually concern him is what gets him promoted to the Traffic Department so fast.
* [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]:
** {{spoiler|
** {{spoiler|All adultery charges against Cole are dropped and labelled as fraudulent after he dies}}.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: He loses it occasionally during interrogations or [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|when talking to Earle]]. In a flashback from Okinawa, he is shown to be unusually hysterical for a male [[Film Noir]] protagonist ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psdgOI4mlrs&feature=related to the point that his voice cracks in the final one]).
* [[Old Cop, Young Cop]]: With Galloway and Biggs. [[Captain Obvious|Cole's the young one
* [[Only Sane Man|Only Honest Cop]]
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* [[Semper Fi]]: He served as a First Lieutenant in the USMC during World War II.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: His relationship with his partners.
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|One word]]: Hawkshaw.
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* [[The Generic Guy]]
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Doesn't appear in the game after Cole is promoted to Detective. Ralph Dunn does make a brief appearance in the DLC case "Nicholson Electroplating"; however, the only interaction he has with Cole is to address him as "detective". This could either be developer oversight, or he cuts his association with Cole after the affair goes public, as others have. {{spoiler|Ralph is also present during Cole's funeral}}.
=== Stefan Bekowsky ===
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A detective working in LAPD's Traffic Desk, and Cole's second partner.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He's a pretty funny and easy-going guy.
* [[Handsome Lech]]: If his (failed) attempts to curry favor with the female suspects/victims are any indication.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: In a conversation during "A Slip of the Tongue" he states a preference for redheads. And [[Everyone Loves Blondes|blondes]]. And brunettes.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: he implies he's like this in "A Slip of the Tongue", when he's drunk, at least.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. He shows up in a Vice case
=== Finbarr "Rusty" Galloway ===
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* [[Back for the Finale]]
* [[Cowboy Cop]]
* [[Do Not Call Me Paul]]▼
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
▲* [[Do Not Call Me Paul]]
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]:
** During the second case he speaks calmly and reassuringly to the victim's daughter.
** Also he has a small rant in the third homicide case about how Hollywood chews and spits women out.
* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge|Noble Sexist With A Badge]]: He's largely dismissive of women, but admits the killings you investigate with him are horrible and cares about keeping the streets safe, no matter what underhanded tactics have to be used.
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* [[The Comically Serious]]: Several characters sarcastically remark about "what a funny man" Earle is.
* [[Dirty Cop]]
* [[Expy]]: Bears a resemblance to Detective Jack Vincennes from ''[[L.A. Confidential]]''. Both men are familiar with the Hollywood and Mafia scene and both are [[Dirty Cop]]s. The only difference is that Vincennes is actually likeable and fairly pleasant.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[Jerkass]]: He has a ''very'' unpleasant personality.
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: [[Refuge in Audacity|He gives the eulogy at Phelps' funeral]]. His handshake with Petersen at the end implies he isn't prosecuted as a result of the Suburban Redevelopment fiasco
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Constantly
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Allowing the boxer to escape ''and'' agreeing with Cole's cover story directly afterwards, when he could easily have screwed Cole over, had the boxer caught, and gotten his money back. Which arguably makes the way he rats Cole out about Elsa even more of a [[Player Punch]]. Sure, he's a [[Jerkass]] [[Dirty Cop]], but we thought he was ''our'' [[Jerkass]] [[Dirty Cop]]}}.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]
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* [[Badass]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Well, nearly everyone in the game is presented three dimensionally, but Biggs in particular seems like a complete [[Jerkass]] but eventually becomes the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]. He's essentially a burnt out cop whom Phelps gets to actually give a shit once more.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: At one point, he claims to have never fired his weapon in the line of duty. This is [[Blatant Lies]] if you've completed any street crimes prior to him saying this.▼
* [[I Work Alone]]: He isn't too happy about being assigned a partner.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He's not exactly a sociable person
▲* [[Informed Attribute]]: At one point he claims to have never fired his weapon in the line of duty. This is [[Blatant Lies]] if you've completed any street crimes prior to him saying this.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He clearly thinks his job is a waste of time and isn't doing anyone any good, yet he keeps doggedly trying to solve the case anyway.
▲* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He's not exactly a sociable person {{spoiler|but he ended up standing up for Cole in some occasions, and in the end helped him in the final mission which had them going against the entire LAPD.}}
* [[Narrator]]: He narrates the opening of the game, as well as the intros to all the patrol missions, but for some reason not any others.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: Loses it after
* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: He seems to love giving 'em, despite being an actual cop.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: [[Ambiguously Evil|While he is arguably a corrupt cop]], he always speaks to Cole in a fatherly tone and praises him every time he solves the case.
* [[Da Chief]]
* [[Expy]]: He pretty much IS Dudley Smith from
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: For the most part, Donnelly maintains a calm and professional tone, but one wrong sentence is enough to have him yelling in the face of the poor sap (Cole or Rusty) who dared to speak up.▼
* [[First-Name Basis]]: With Rusty. He is the only person who can call him Finbarr without making him angry.
▲* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: For the most part, Donnelly maintains a calm and professional tone, but one wrong sentence is enough to have him yelling in the face of the poor sap (Cole or Rusty) who dared to speak up.
* [[Knight Templar]]: When he allows Cole to do his first interrogation at the station, he tells him that if he can't get a confession through questioning, Cole shouldn't be afraid of using violence to extract one. He's also rather enthusiastic about sending men to the gas chamber. In the first Homicide case, he encourages Cole to convict their only suspect, even though they have a better lead just to get the press off the LAPD's ass, and at the crime scene in the second Homicide case he even tells the journalists that are looking for a story that the LAPD are "doing God's work".
** Speaking of his desire to get on the press' good side he praises Cole if the latter charges {{spoiler|[[Dirty Old Man|Eli Rooney]]}} with the murder in "The Golden Butterfly
* [[Large Ham]]: Delivers his every word with the gravitas of a Shakespeare tragedy. Except when he shouts. Then he just becomes frickin' intimidating.
* [[Officer O'Hara]]: Played by a native Irishman, who is implied to be one in-game as well.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]:
=== Gordon Leary ===
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* [[Fair Cop]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: He is once presented completely out of character (yet delightfully [[
* [[Nice Guy]]: He's an all-around pleasant guy and is very friendly with the officers in his Unit.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Unlike many other LAPD officers, Leary's an out-and-out good guy.
▲* [[Hidden Depths]]: He is once presented completely out of character (yet delightfully [[narm]]y) when he is put under pressure by his [[It Makes Sense in Context|balls-grilling, frying pan-toting chief]]. Can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnmkVLykLQ#t=04m03s here].
=== Archie Colmyer ===
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Chief forensics expert for the LAPD. Mal is one of Cole's most useful and trusted allies throughout the course of the game, providing him with forensic evidence and autopsy reports crucial to solving his investigations. The most recurrent character in the game next to Cole himself, since he's present at pretty much every crime scene in the game, and he's most certainly [[Ensemble Darkhorse|earned his place amongst the fandom]].
* [[The Coroner]]: Obviously.▼
* [[Consummate Professional]]: Mal takes his job [[Incredibly Lame Pun|DEAD]] serious. He's most definitely not the typical [[Deadpan Snarker]] coroner usually portrayed in fiction ([[Cough-Snark-Cough|*cough*]]''[[CSI]]''*ahem*). He cracks no jokes, does not make fun of the dead and sees no morbid humor in his profession. He goes in, gets the evidence, provides it and that's that.
** The way he {{spoiler|dismisses his personal feelings about Cole's adultery charge in favor of just doing his job and helping him investigate during Cole's time in Arson}} is also a perfect example of how professional he is, not to mention being the game's [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. You can't help loving Mal after that moment.
▲* [[The Coroner]]: Obviously.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Comes with the job, but Mal is one of the best examples of said job in all of fiction.
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A rich and influential real estate tycoon.
* {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil]]: At first, he's fairly polite to Cole and Biggs
* {{spoiler|[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]}}
▲* {{spoiler|[[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: Who didn't cheer when Jack shot him in the leg?}}
* [[Smug Smiler]]: Face it, you've wanted to wipe that grin off all those billboards/waybills at one time or another.
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: The moment Jack shot him in the leg
=== Dr. Harlan Fontaine ===
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* [[Affably Evil]]: He convinced many important people to partake in illegal activities and has shown a disturbingly casual willingness to kill people. At the same time, he is shown to be rather soft-spoken and polite.
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** {{spoiler|[[Non-Action Big Bad]]}}▼
▲* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}: {{spoiler|He only appeared in the early parts of the game in the newspaper cutscenes. It wasn't until much later in the game that he was proven to be one of the villains, though [[Obviously Evil|it's easy for a player to guess he will be.]]}}
* [[Deadly Doctor]]
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Southern Gentleman]]: He certainly has a way with words.
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]:
=== Curtis Benson ===
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Dirty Old Man]]:
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: You can find an insurance letter written by him on the victim in the early Traffic case "A Marriage Made In Heaven
=== William Worrell ===
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{{quote|Actor: Gil McKinney}}
A Marine who served under Cole's command in World War II as a sergeant. Currently works for California Fire & Life as an insurance investigator {{spoiler|and later for the DA's office as a special investigator
* {{spoiler|[[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]}}: {{spoiler|Becomes the playable character in three of the six arson cases}}.
* [[Badass]]: Arguably more than Phelps.
** {{spoiler|1=The flashbacks to the war show he IS much more of a badass. Cole might have gotten a rep for badassery during his stint in the LAPD, but Jack brings it from much further back
* [[Hero of Another Story]]
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Kelso spends much of his time feeling frustrated and disappointed in just about everyone, but he tries his best to help them anyway.
* [[The Lancer]]: To Cole during the war with a shade of [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]. {{spoiler|Although involuntarily, since Jack hated Cole's guts. Badly
* {{spoiler|[[Quit Your Whining]]: Gives one of these to Cole when he tries to apologize to Jack about his bad leadership during the war
* {{spoiler|[[Red Oni, Blue
* [[The Rival]]: During his days together with Cole in Marine Officer Candidate School, until it is implied that Kelso was driven out after a case of insubordination with a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]].
▲* {{spoiler|[[Quit Your Whining]]: Gives one of these to Cole when he tries to apologize to Jack about his bad leadership during the war.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Frequently refers to young women as "princess" when speaking to them.
* [[With Due Respect]]: DEFINES the relationship between Jack and Cole.
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A German nightclub singer and junkie that Cole forms an attachment with.
* [[Broken Bird]]▼
* [[Beauty Mark]]: In keeping with the way she comes off as a [[Femme Fatale]] sometimes.
▲* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]: A subversion.
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A former Marine who was once part of Cole's Unit in Okinawa.
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* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]
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* [[Mercy Kill]]: Does this to a fellow soldier during the war.
* [[The Pawn]]
* {{spoiler|[[Too Dumb to Live]]: This becomes glaringly obvious in the 11th newspaper cutscene
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Courtney's theft of the morphine and his medical career later all have one thing in common: he wants to compensate and alleviate his fellow Marines for all the bad shit they had to go through during the war. He just wants his fellow brothers in arms to have wealth and health he believes they've won twice over. Sadly for him, the road to hell and you know the rest
=== June Ballard ===
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A fading [[B-Movie]] actress Cole runs into after she and her niece drive off a cliff and into a billboard.
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* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: A bit of a subversion, as she seems to know she's her best years are behind her.
=== {{spoiler|Garrett Mason}} ===
{{spoiler|A temporary bartender filling in at the Bamba Club. He's the first person}} of interest that Cole and Galloway come across in their search for the Werewolf killer. {{spoiler|And the last
* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}
* [[The Generic Guy]]: When the player meets him, he doesn't seem to have any outstanding character traits. {{spoiler|The first time you meet him, anyway
* {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]]: He's The Werewolf killer, mastermind behind all the murders in the Homicide cases
* {{spoiler|[[Serial Killer]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Wicked Cultured]]: He's clearly well-versed in Greek mythology and the works of Percy Shelley
* {{spoiler|[[The World Is Not Ready]]: Donnelly's justification for keeping his identity as The Werewolf under wraps
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