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** [[An Ice Person]]: Winter Blast
** [[Blow You Away]]: Cyclone Trap
** [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Incinerate!
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Electro Bolt
* [[Heroic Mime]] (Aside from grunts of pain, he speaks a grand total of 19 words in the entire game, all of them in the opening cutscene. {{spoiler|So,surgically altering himself to sound like a Big Daddy may not have been that bad for him after all.}}) {{spoiler|He is also heard as a child, in one of the audio diaries.}}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: If the player chooses to be a [[Sociopathic Hero]], but still decides to rescue all the little sisters. Jack could be this (even if the player isn't a lunatic, Jack has to take many measures to get through the game, and kill ''a lot'' of people ([[Asshole Victim|crazy murderous people]], but still).
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[Manchurian Agent]] (For Fontaine/Atlas, against Ryan)}}
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: His voice actor also portrays somebody who [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|worships the almighty gold-pressed latinum]].
* {{spoiler|[[Archnemesis Dad]]}}
* [[Badass Moustache]]
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** Probably even moreso in the case of Fontaine. Fontaine builds up a company from simple foodstuffs to high technology, catching Ryan off-guard when Fontaine Futuristics surpasses Ryan Industries. This he admired. What caused Ryan to have a colossal freakout was discovering that Fontaine was smuggling surface-produced goods into Rapture, setting off his paranoia that the "parasites" would come nationalize his [[Hidden Elf Village]].
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: As seen in introductory video, Ryan smokes a pipe.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Twice over. His [[The Fettered|ideals]] and [[Determinator|determination]] built a business empire unheard of in reality, and Rapture itself was a true Objectivist Utopia... for a time. [[Hidden Elf Village|Isolating Rapture from the surface]] created Fontaine - his own personal [[Al Capone]] to run the resulting smuggling black market; worse still, after Fontaine was killed, he nationalized his business in an outright betrayal of Rapture's guiding philosophy, and rushed ADAM onto the market without bothering to regulate its sale or use- thus leaving the blame for the many thousands of addictions and the civil war squarely on his head. All downhill from there, but he ''might'' have been able to salvage things if he hadn't taken {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bitch|Sofia Lamb's]]}} bait and thrown her in prison with all his other enemies - giving them a leader, his own personal Bolshevik.
* [[Hypocrite]]: And how! He acts like a stereotypical tyrant once things stop going his way, but it's okay as long as he [[Completely Missing the Point|technically doesn't pass any laws]].
* [[Lack of Empathy]] / [[The Unfettered]]: He sees ''nothing'' wrong with {{spoiler|murdering a woman in cold blood for selling his unborn child}} or with {{spoiler|gassing a scientist who was trying to save Acadia from his poisons}}, or with {{spoiler|decorating the entrance hall to his office with the grimly mutilated corpses of his would-be assassins}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Not only does his name contain all the letters to spell out [[Ayn Rand (Creator)|Ayn Rand]], you can also get the joke by transposing the first letter of his last name- Rand[rew], Yan (pronounced the same as Ayn).
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Ayn Rand (Creator)|Immigrant from Communist Russia, develops a fiercely individualistic philosophy promoting self-interest, dreams of building a hidden libertarian utopia where men of ability and independence can live free from the predation of government and moochers...]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: According to the [http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Ryan Bioshock wiki] Ryan was born in 1892, which would make him 67 or 68 at the time of the first game. From his pictures on the audio diaries he looks like a healthy man in his mid-forties, and while he seems older when you meet him at the end, he certainly doesn't look nearly 70.
** Justified. In Rapture, you will often see ads for a gene tonic that makes you look 'twenty years younger!' Apparently they actually work.
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* [[Self-Made Man]]
* [[Straight Edge Evil]]: In spite of all the dangers in Rapture, he doesn't appear to have made use of any Gene Tonics or Plasmids to defend himself. In fact, it's very likely that he's only used ''one'' gene tonic in all his years spent in Rapture.
* {{spoiler|[[Suicide Byby Cop]]: What his controlling Jack to test whether he's a man or a slave, according to his binary thinking, turns out to be.}}
* [[Ubermensch]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: In his own mind, he probably had the best of intentions, perceiving the outside world as morally bankrupt and parasite-infested.
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* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}
* [[Rebel Leader]]
* [[Voice Withwith an Internet Connection]]
 
=== Brigid Tenenbaum ===
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* [[Les Collaborateurs]]: Despite her Jewish heritage, her [[For Science!|love of science]] led her to become an aide to the Nazi scientists of Auschwitz.)
* {{spoiler|[[Mission Control]] (After [[The Reveal]] in the first game)}}
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: The first twenty minutes of [[Bio ShockBioshock]] 2 imply she'll have as large a role as she did in the first game, then after meeting up with her, she flees from Lamb, sending Delta off to Sinclair {{spoiler|She came back in the Minerva's Den DLC}}
 
=== Frank Fontaine ===
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* [[Badass Moustache]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Quite a shiny dome he's got there. {{spoiler|One wonders how he was able to pass so well as the fully-haired Atlas}}.
** ''[[Bio ShockBioShock: Rapture (Literature)|Bio Shock Rapture]]'' reveals that he shaves his head because "the ladies like him bald"
* {{spoiler|[[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]}}: In his final appearance.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
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** He mentions {{spoiler|having spent six months as a [[Master of Disguise|chinaman]] once}}.
* [[Consummate Liar]]: There is no doubt that Fontaine is a lying bastard from beginning to end.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]: [[Bio ShockBioShock: Rapture (Literature)|Bio Shock Rapture]] reveals that he murdered and stole the identity of the real Frank Fontaine in order to take over Fontaine Fisheries and gain access to Rapture. While his real name is in fact Frank, his real last name is unknown (and it's stated that only a handful of people in the world know it)}}
* [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side]]: {{spoiler|After overdoing a self-defensive splicing.}}
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]: He eventually gains a lot of power within Rapture, even rivaling Andrew Ryan's, because "he's got the [[Psycho Serum|ADAM]], and that makes him the guv'nor".
* [[Evil Gloating]]: It's practically ''endemic'' to the man. {{spoiler|After [[The Reveal]] he divides his time between stopping your heart with code phrases and ''pontificating'' about how awesome his (admittedly, rather impressive) accomplishments are. He even brags to ''himself'' in his audio diaries, which at one point almost gets his cover as Atlas blown}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}
* [[Functional Addict]]: {{spoiler|Prior to the boss battle, Fontaine has clearly been using ADAM, but only enough of it to survive the dangers of Rapture. Unfortunately, when Jack corners him, Fontaine splices up with all the ADAM he's been able to gather, driving himself mad in the process.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: He had Jack created to kill Andrew Ryan... only for Jack to turn on him when Fontaine showed his hand and tried to kill him. He was also partly responsible for creating the Little Sisters, a group of whom swarm him to deliver the killing blows.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: He confronts you after splicing himself into a hulkish superman with multiple [[Elemental Powers|plasmids]] and more than a passing resemblance to the [[Irony|mythical Atlas]]. It's twice as ironic when you realize that in the end he's defeated by a bunch of little girls}}.
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Given that {{spoiler|it's possible for you to ''not'' kill him and that he could come back from the dead}}, don't be surprised if you {{spoiler|hear him laughing maniacally}} in Cohen's Collection in the sequel.
* [[Performance Artist]]
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: If he ever gets pissed off enough to attack you in person, a lot of fireball-tossing will be involved.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "Screw you! Screw all you fucking doubters!"
** Also [[Large Ham|very notably]], in one of his audio dairies: ''It's my curse! It's my '''fucking''' curse!''
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{{quote| ''"Before ADAM, you could no more domesticate a child than a boa constrictor. They eat and drink like pig, and give nothing back. Must find way to accelerate process."'' }}
** {{spoiler|Eventually, he succeeded in this by creating Jack.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Irony]]: Minutes before his death, he complained that the Big Daddies didn't seem to be especially protective of the Little Sisters; after he made the mistake of slapping one of said Little Sisters in the face, he ended up getting drilled to a desk by one of the supposedly neglectful Big Daddies.}}
* [[Evil Genius]]
* [[I Fight for Thethe Strongest Side]]: As the quote illustrates, Suchong has a habit of making himself valuable to the enemy. In fact, after Fontaine was killed and his company seized by Ryan Industries, Suchong's only major complaint was that Ryan didn't pay as much as Fontaine.
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: After going into so much detail as to how much he despised children and how responsible he was for the creation of the Little Sisters and the Big Daddies, Suchong finally dies as a direct result of slapping a Little Sister in the face and angering her Big Daddy.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Suchong has a very literal example in one of his audio diaries. {{spoiler|While Jack was still being prepared, Suchong gave him a puppy to play with; after seeing that the boy had gotten quite attached to it, he activated Jack's mind control and ordered him to break the dog's neck.}}
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=== Subject Delta ===
 
The protagonist of ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]] 2'' and the [[Player Character|player character]], a [[Super Prototype|super prototype]] Big Daddy.
 
* [[Can't Live Without You]]: As an Alpha Series Big Daddy, Delta will either lapse into a coma or die unless he is reunited with Eleanor soon.
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** [[An Ice Person]]: Winter Blast
** [[Blow You Away]]: Cyclone Trap
** [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Incinerate!
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Electro Bolt
* [[The Faceless]]
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** [[Mind Over Matter]]: Telekinesis
* {{spoiler|[[Spirit Advisor]]: In most of the endings, Eleanor injects herself with Delta's ADAM, allowing him to live on inside her mind.}}
* [[Super Prototype]]: He moves faster than the Big Daddies in Bioshock 1, and can use plasmids. Dr. Suchong also [[Lampshade Hanging|mentions]] that it's superior to what is to come, but they had to [[Nerf]] the following versions to the point of [[Lowered Monster Difficulty|"mediocrity"]], mostly because they would be too [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|dangerously]] overpowered.
* [[This Is a Drill]]
* [[Was Once a Man]]: Apparently, he was known as {{spoiler|Johnny Topside, a deep-sea explorer who found Rapture whilst exploring the sea-bed}}. At least that's what Stanley says.
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{{quote| ''"Until ADAM, the human animal was a slave to the gene... the inner Tyrant. Lust... greed... rage; self obsession was etched into our DNA. We were not pulling the 'Great Chain of progress,' as Ryan believed - but shackled to it. But now, in theory, we can redraft the human blueprint. Serving the common interest can become as natural as breathing."''}}
 
The [[Big Bad]] of [[Bio ShockBioshock]] 2. ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans [[Hey, It's That Guy!|may recognize her as]] [[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Agatha Christie]], played by Fenella Woolgar. An idealist as obsessive as Ryan, but with a philosophy that's diametrically opposite. She believes in absolute collectivism, denouncing individuality and. indeed, sentience as a curse. She plans to use her daughter Eleanor to set the foundations for Utopia, [[Utopia Justifies the Means|whatever it takes]].
 
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* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Can be seen holding a cigarette holder on the one occasion Delta meets him face to face. In defiance of convention, however, Sinclair's not truly evil, just mercenary.
* {{spoiler|[[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: An absolutely heartbreaking example.}}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Sure, he's an exploitative sleazebag who wants to sell Rapture's biotechnology to the highest bidder, but he goes out of his way to help Delta and prefers him showing mercy.
* {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill]]}}
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: Born in Panama and raised in Georgia, Sinclair is a shrewd businessman, and according to some, a brilliant scientist. He ''did'' help develop the Vita-Chamber, after all.
* [[Voice Withwith an Internet Connection]]
 
=== Eleanor Lamb ===
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* [[Messianic Archetype]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Gloriously torn apart and vaporized]].
* [[Noodle People]]: As a result of Lamb's experiments, she is somewhat malnourished.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: She can shoot fireballs out of her hands.
* [[Psychic Link]]: With Delta.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
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* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Teleportation is another one of her powers as a Big Sister.
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Badass]]}}: Near the end of the game, {{spoiler|the frail teenager you've been trying to reach for the whole game gets in a Big Sister suit, and proceeds to wreak ungodly havoc upon her mother's regime with [[Gone Horribly Right|the powers given by the ADAM injected into her]].}}
* [[Voice Withwith an Internet Connection]]: Or, more accurately, a telepathic connection.
 
=== Dr. Gilbert Alexander ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Monster]]}}
* [[The Voice]]: Subject Delta never sees Gil Alexander's entire face at any point in the game except in old photographs. {{spoiler|Unless you're playing the PC version of the game, and you're prepared to use noclip.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Weakened Byby the Light]]: Dr. Alexander's new body can't stand bright light, and naturally recoils when Delta switches on the overhead lights in his chamber.}}
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler|After it was found that the attempt to transform him into a Utopian had failed, Lamb abandoned Dr. Alexander.}}
 
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=== Subject Sigma ===
 
The protagonist of [[Bio ShockBioshock]] 2 DLC Minerva's Den and the [[Player Character|player character]], another [[Super Prototype|super prototype]] Big Daddy.
 
* [[Elemental Powers]]: same as two previous protagonists
** [[An Ice Person]]: Winter Blast
** [[Blow You Away]]: Cyclone Trap
** [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Incinerate!
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Electro Bolt
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He is {{spoiler|C.M. Porter}}
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* [[Super Prototype]]
* [[This Is a Drill]]
* [[Tomato in Thethe Mirror]]: Inverted. {{spoiler|It is revealed at the end of Minerva's Den that Subject Sigma is C.M. Porter; C.M. Porter who has been assisting him turns out to be The Thinker.}}
* [[Tragic Monster]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in the end where he is back to an unspliced state.}}
 
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* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Undoubtedly the most attractive of the Splicers, even though she's just as disfigured as the others.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]],'' of course.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]: Close examination shows that her makeup consists of a layer of greasepaint and lipstick smeared [[The Joker|Jokerishly]] over her face.
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== Bouncer ==
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Made a playable character on ''[[Play Station All Stars Battle Royale (Video Game)|Play Station All Stars Battle Royale]]''.
* [[This Is a Drill]]: Their primary weapon.
 
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