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{{quote|''"They call me a killer. A monster. A terrorist... I am all of these things."''}}

 

* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|No matter how much of a monster you play Alex as, the man whose form he took was worse.}}

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Initially a type V, but is a type IV by the end of the first game due to [[Character Development]].

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Played with. {{spoiler|The real Alex died; the player character is just [[The Virus]] using him as a mask. But the virus has some redeeming qualities and is fiercely protective of Dana. The real Alex was definitely in [[Complete Monster]] territory.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Lots of things, but especially don't hurt his sister or throw innocent people into his path to save yourself.

* {{spoiler|[[The Empath]]}}: {{spoiler|[[I'm a Humanitarian|In a very messed up way]], he absorbs so many people that their screaming in his head forces him to develop a conscience. He is extremely unhappy about that.}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Anti Heroes Have Standards]]: As ruthless and violent as ZEUS is, even he was disgusted when he learned {{spoiler|what his creator did.}}

* [[Face Stealer]]: The basis of his 'consume and become' abilities, along with [[Brain Food]].

* {{spoiler|[[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]}}: {{spoiler|The real Alex sported glasses prior to his death; the virus doesn't need them.}}

** [[Wolverine Claws]]: The Claws.

* [[The Sociopath]]: Mercer is diagnosed a [[It's All About Me|narcissist]] and a [[Sociopathic Hero|sociopath]] in one Web of Intrigue cutscene and the lack of a [[Karma Meter]] - along with the sheer scope for destruction that his powers have and the way they're fuelled - means he'll be doing some awful things in the name of his goals. He rarely displays so much as a flicker of regret for the murder, ''mass''-murder, mass-cannibalism, all kinds of destruction, collateral damage... {{spoiler|However, [[Subverted]] in that he ''does'' have regrets, even if only Dana and Cross ever see them. That diagnosis was more likely for the ''original'' Mercer.}}

* [[The Stoic]]

** {{spoiler|[[Not So Stoic]]: During his confrontation with Colonel Taggart.}}

 

 

 

In the sequel, [[Rogue Protagonist|Alex is no longer the protagonist and differs a great deal in characterisation]], stemming from some bad experiences in between the games recounted in ''The Anchor''. '''Spoilers ahead.'''

* [[Social Darwinist]]: He believes the "[[Humanoid Abomination|Evolved]]", especially himself and Heller, are at the top of the food chain.

* [[Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome]]: Went from a conflicted, guilt-ridden [[Anti-Hero]] at the end of Prototype to a megalomaniacal supervillain just in time for the next game.

{{quote|'''Alex:''' "Hey! ''I'm'' using that!" {{spoiler|(said if Heller uses the same weapon as him)}}}}

* {{spoiler|[[Take Over the World]]: His goal in ''[[Prototype 2]]'' amounts to turning the human race into Evolved under his command in order to end all conflict.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Would Hurt a Child]]: Makes explicit his intention to infect Amaya ''in front of Heller''. Of course, [[Blue and Orange Morality|he doesn't see it as 'hurting' her]], and [[Pet the Dog|specifically made sure she'd be safe during the final battle]], but if it'll piss off his opponent and cause him to start making mistakes... hey, whatever works.}}

 

{{quote|''"Someone's gotta know what the fuck is going on here."''}}

 

* [[Blue Eyes]]: She ''is'' Alex's sister, although hers aren't as... creepy.

* {{spoiler|[[Code Name]]: "[[Classical Mythology|Athena]]" in ''[[Prototype 2]]''.}}

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: But only because she's always in the dark. She'd probably look normal in good light.

** In ''2'', she takes issue with being called "pasty".

** {{spoiler|She does show up in the sequel, however, as "Athena", Heller's contact and second [[Mission Control]].}}

 

Alex's ex-girlfriend and a scientist like him; her picture still hangs on the wall of his apartment. She helps him create a cure for the virus ravaging Manhattan. {{spoiler|One of the viruses, anyway. Specifically, Alex himself; Karen was (possibly) forced into working for Blackwatch and the "cure" turns out to be a parasite designed to kill him.}} Voiced by Vanessa Marshall.

 

* [[No Accounting for Taste]]

 

{{quote|''"My medical opinion's not for sale."''}}

 

 

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Good, but worked with McMullen in the past.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: {{spoiler|Alex leaves Dana in his care, and they both are not seen or heard from again afterwards. Unlike Dana, his fate is not alluded to in the sequel.}}

 

 

The Director of Research at GENTEK; Alex's ex-boss, who knows more of Blackwatch's secrets than is healthy due to his insatiable scientific curiosity. This fascination extends to Alex's abilities {{spoiler|and eventually leads to his death}}. Voiced by Paul Guilfoyle.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Yes, another one. He's evil.

 

{{quote|'''Soldier''': Is it true that he caught the last [[Person of Mass Destruction|Runner]] on his own?<br />

'''Randall''': Not caught. [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Killed]].|Discussing [[Badass|Cross]]}}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Cross might be significantly less insane than the rest of his division, but he's Blackwatch to the core. He'll throw men at Mercer to whittle him down, {{spoiler|speak worryingly casually about helping Mercer eat his superiors, and even while 'allied' with Alex tries pretty hard to get him killed}}. All for the greater good, of course, but yeesh.

* [[Green Eyes]]: It's hard to tell because of colour issues, but [[All There in the Manual|his character profile]] lists them as green. More to the point, his eyes are important because he is the only front line Blackwatch officer to leave them uncovered, {{spoiler|humanising him for an eventual [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: Caused by {{spoiler|the General's plan to nuke Manhattan}}.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Though the shock baton admittedly represents much of his damage potential, this man can dodge every blow Mercer throws at him so long as he isn't setting up for an attack with his arm-mounted grenade launcher.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: He's thirty-eight. Really.

 

{{quote|'''Alex''': [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Randall's not crazy enough]] [[Nuke'Em|to nuke]] [[Big Applesauce|Manhattan.]]<br />

{{spoiler|'''Cross'''}}: [[The Unfettered|You're wrong.]] }}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He says outright that he believes all casualties of any outbreak and resultant purge are "sacrificial lambs" necessary to learn how to fight the infection and "save the world" {{spoiler|and may or may not have deliberately engineered the catastrophe that was the Manhattan outbreak, just to learn how to fight the virus on a larger scale}}. That this outlook and method are ''balls crazy'' {{spoiler|and result in things like nuking Manhattan only ''after'' Greene is dead and the infection is weakening (because she couldn't then be retrieved for further study)}} seems not to occur to him.

 

The leader of the Marines in Manhattan and Randall's second-in-command. Voiced by Richard McGonagle.

 

* [[We Have Reserves]]: He begins throwing his troops into Mercer's path and certain death to gain time to escape himself. It fails. But on [[Sarcasm Mode|the bright side]], he ''did'' succeed in making [[Horrifying Hero|Mercer]] [[Berserk Button|really, really angry]]. {{spoiler|He also wanted to perform [[Nuke'Em|Operation Firebreak]] on Manhattan from the very beginning in order to wipe out the infection from a distance, thereby exhibiting this idea for the ''[[Moral Event Horizon|enter population of civilians and other soldiers operating there]]''.}}

 

'''Greene''': Everything! }}

 

* [[Voice of the Legion]]: After she speaks, her words are repeated in multiple whispers.

 

{{spoiler|After Alex removes the parasite, he attempts to kill Greene by using it on her, but her body rejects it. The result combines Mercer's and Greene's DNA and becomes something new: a creature with characteristics of both the Redlight and Blacklight viruses. It is ''not'' happy with its 'father' for attempting to destroy it.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]}}: {{spoiler|First, it doesn't seem terribly distressed about Alex killing and absorbing Greene, its genetic 'mother'. Second, its purpose in life is to kill and devour Alex -- implied to be at least in part because it ''resents'' him for ''not letting himself be eaten alive''.}}

 

{{spoiler|Of all the children born during Hope, Idaho's infection, only one did not suffer fatal defects within months of birth. Codenamed PARIAH by the military, the surviving child was forcibly separated from his mother, Elizabeth Greene, and moved to a secure facility for study and containment. He never appears in the game, but plays a fairly large part in the Web of Intrigue.}}

 

* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|Averted in the second game; the sequel doesn't involve Alex looking for him. He is mentioned once as the assignment of [[The Men in Black|Agent Barnes Griffin]], and otherwise seems to have no bearing on events. But he's still out there...}}