Grim Fandango/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: It's just his job. Manny doesn't fit traditional expectations of [[The Grim Reaper]] much - them being along the lines of forbidding, laconic, and tall. Instead, Manny's charming, sarcastic, happy to talk his way into or out of trouble, and...short. Really ''really'' short. He wears lifts on his shoes under the cloak. [[The Reveal]] of this in the intro is probably one of the funnier sight gags in adventure gaming history.

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Apparently [[Throw It In|thrown in]] by his voice actor and kept just because it sounded neat.

* [[Iconic Item]]: His [[Sinister Scythe]]. It comes in handy for solving a lot of puzzles. Not really a [[Weapon of Choice]], however, since he's not very good at fighting with it.

{{quote|'''Manny:''' My scythe. I like to keep it close to where my heart used to be.}}

* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Manny's one smooth-talking, deadpan-snarking, morally-flexible dead guy - particularly during Chapter 1 and 2. Like any good LucasArts adventure protagonist, he cons, steals from and screws over various people in various ways, and it's worth noting that we never ''do'' find out what exactly landed him in the Department of Death, which is for people who don't even deserve walking sticks on their way to the true afterlife.

* [[Self-Made Man]]: In less then a year he elevates from a janitor in a run-down club to the owner of said club, which he turns into the second most successful joint in the town, and then from a galley worker on a shaggy old tub to a captain of a sterling liner.

* [[The Big Guy]]: ''Huge.''

* [[Butt Monkey]]: The poor guy is often the victim of Manny's [[Comedic Sociopathy]], although it helps that he's damn near indestructible.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Capable of lifting a struggling person off the ground with one hand effortlessly, yet easily scared and automatically kind.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: A good piano-player. He's also a big fan of the kitty races, which can cause problems.