Max Payne (series)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Badass]]: Max spends most of his time doing one of two things: [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|Tearing himself down]], and [[One-Man Army|tearing other guys to shreds.]]

** [[Badass Beard]]: Gradually grows one in ''3'', starting out as a [[Beard of Sorrow]].

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Blood doesn't show as much on black leather.

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Throughout part of the third game.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Max dreads turning into a violent killer like the mob he's infiltrating, and later the "rent-a-clowns" who have their boots on the necks of the poor in Brazil.

* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: You better believe it. His home and office gets trashed in every game!

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: While he never did so vocally, the young Max, [[Tranquil Fury|with no hints that he was kidding what-so-ever]], pointed a very realistic looking gun-replica at his father's head after his mother had been driven to an early grave due to his neglect and abuse, making it very clear what he thought of him.

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: When pointed towards a case or a conspiracy, Max will ''always'' put his life on line and follow it through to the bitter end to ensure that [[Justice Will Prevail]], no matter how hopeless his odds are and how much he is going to regret it afterwards.

* [[Dye or Die]]: Before venturing into the favela, Max shaves his head as an admittedly feeble disguise.

* [[Failure Knight]]: The poor guy can just never, ever catch a break. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] with every game, too.

* [[Guilt Complex]]: It doesn't help that half his friends betray him in each game, and the other half die messily.

* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: Which Max comments on in ''3'', labeling it "ridiculous."

{{quote| '''Max''': "{{spoiler|YOU'RE TURNING HUMANS INTO GLUE! THAT'S WHAT MY FUCKING PROBLEM IS!}}"}}

* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Has this in spades, to the point that his self-blame for what happened to his family makes up the bulk of his nightmare sequences at certain points in the first game.

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: One of his trademarks.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: Without Woden to protect him, Max finally gets the boot in the aftermath of ''2''.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Lisa or Natasha.

* [[Femme Fatale]]

* [[Made of Iron]]

* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]: As evidenced by a family photo.

* [[The Vamp]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: In both games, Mona's default weapon is a Desert Eagle.

* [[Hero Antagonist]]

* [[Inspector Javert]]

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: As he's taking Max into custody, Bravua grouses that he gave them "one Hell of a ride."

 

Max's other partner in the DEA, who first sends Max to Roscoe Street Station. {{spoiler|He's revealed in the middle of Act 3 to be the one who murdered Alex and set Max up to take the fall}}.

 

* [[Badass Longcoat]]

* [[Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are]]

* [[Milking the Giant Cow]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]

* [[The Unfought]]

* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Son]]

Rodrigo and Victor's younger brother, he is a party-loving playboy.

 

* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Marcelo's not so much a person as a device used to dispose of cocaine.

 

Becker is the leader of the Unidade de Forças Especiais (UFE), a {{spoiler|''spectacularly'' corrupt}} special police organization in Sao Paulo.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Dirty Cop]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]]: He is the right-hand man to Victor.}}