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* [[Back Stab]]: No matter what you hit an enemy with, as long as their back is turned it's a one hit kill.
* [[Back Stab]]: No matter what you hit an enemy with, as long as their back is turned it's a one hit kill.
* [[Backstory]]: Accessible by playing the co-op mode.
* [[Backstory]]: Accessible by playing the co-op mode.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Shank has nothing on [[God of War (Video Game)|Kratos]], that we can assure you.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Shank has nothing on [[God of War (series)|Kratos]], that we can assure you.
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: A variation; at the start of the second game, Shank starts off with a pair of machete (likely the same pair he used in the first game) as his "heavy" weapon, and throwing knives for ranged attacks. He eventually gets his starting combo from the first game (pair of handguns and a chainsaw) as he progresses.
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: A variation; at the start of the second game, Shank starts off with a pair of machete (likely the same pair he used in the first game) as his "heavy" weapon, and throwing knives for ranged attacks. He eventually gets his starting combo from the first game (pair of handguns and a chainsaw) as he progresses.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: The aversion thereof is the reason for {{spoiler|Cassandra}}'s vendetta against Shank.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: The aversion thereof is the reason for {{spoiler|Cassandra}}'s vendetta against Shank.
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** In the same game, there is a picture of Shank and Falcone located in the Hotel level.
** In the same game, there is a picture of Shank and Falcone located in the Hotel level.
* [[Death Cry Echo]]
* [[Death Cry Echo]]
* [[Determinator]]: Shank holds his own next to ''[[Max Payne (Video Game)|Max Payne]]'' for sheer [[Made of Iron|iron plating]]; he's in potentially worse shape by the end of the game, and is running on his own badassitude and ''[[Booze-Based Buff|booze]]''.
* [[Determinator]]: Shank holds his own next to ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' for sheer [[Made of Iron|iron plating]]; he's in potentially worse shape by the end of the game, and is running on his own badassitude and ''[[Booze-Based Buff|booze]]''.
* [[Dies Wide Open]]: Most bosses. Shank leaves them like that most of the time, but he closes {{spoiler|Cesar's}} eyes.
* [[Dies Wide Open]]: Most bosses. Shank leaves them like that most of the time, but he closes {{spoiler|Cesar's}} eyes.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Arguably Corina in the sequel.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Arguably Corina in the sequel.
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* [[Goddamned Bats]]: The attack dogs.
* [[Goddamned Bats]]: The attack dogs.
* [[Grenade Launcher]]: The larger enemies sometimes carry these.
* [[Grenade Launcher]]: The larger enemies sometimes carry these.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: [[Death Spank (Video Game)|Death Spank]]! And [[God of War (Video Game)|Kratos!]]
* [[Guest Fighter]]: [[Death Spank]]! And [[God of War (series)|Kratos!]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: You start off with two pistols in the first game.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: You start off with two pistols in the first game.
* [[Homage]]: To the bloody B-level action movies of the 1970s, most likely, a la [[Machete]].
* [[Homage]]: To the bloody B-level action movies of the 1970s, most likely, a la [[Machete]].
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* [[More Dakka]]: From SMGs to freaking miniguns!
* [[More Dakka]]: From SMGs to freaking miniguns!
* [[Mirror Boss]]: {{spoiler|Cesar}} is more-or-less this for Shank, fighting in almost the same manner. {{spoiler|Including pouncing on you near the end of the fight.}}
* [[Mirror Boss]]: {{spoiler|Cesar}} is more-or-less this for Shank, fighting in almost the same manner. {{spoiler|Including pouncing on you near the end of the fight.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Shank. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|He certainly does.]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Shank. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|He certainly does.]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Cesar's}} death ignites a gang war that becomes big enough to require an entire extragovernmental militia to stop it. Said militia then overthrew the government. Nice one, Shank.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Cesar's}} death ignites a gang war that becomes big enough to require an entire extragovernmental militia to stop it. Said militia then overthrew the government. Nice one, Shank.
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: You can continue to beat up enemies even after they've died.
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: You can continue to beat up enemies even after they've died.

Revision as of 09:59, 9 April 2014

Shank is a 2D beat 'em up released on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network on August 25, 2010 and on PC October 26. It was developed by Klei Games and published by Electronic Arts.

Betrayed by the only family he ever knew and left for dead, Shank feels the need to seek revenge for the death of his beloved at the hands of the underworld's deadliest assassins. Utilizing his knowledge of gang warfare and weaponry, Shank must battle his way through the criminal underground in order to seek revenge against the people who brought his world crashing down around him.

A sequel was released on February 7, 2012. Shank's attempts to settle down and leave his past behind him is abruptly ended when a new crime group called The Militia appears and threatens the lives of those closest to him. Now, Shank has to once again take up his weapons and take the fight to the enemy.


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