Biker Hotline Miami

Biker is continuously portrayed as assertive and frank, as well as boastful and prone to rationalization. He serves largely as a foil to Jacket: he wears a practical motorcycle helmet instead of his assigned 50 Blessings animal mask, and instead of a jacket he dons a vest that shows off muscular arms. He wears bright pinks instead of dull browns, and his hair color is an unnatural likely dyed shade of teal instead of Jacket's natural blonde. His undroppable meat cleaver and throwing knives layout indicates he relies less on Jacket's hurried improvisation and more on proven familiar methods of both ranged and close quarters attack. His sports bike is a high-adrenaline alternative to Jacket's trendy Acado GT.

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Unlike Jacket, Biker talks to non-hostiles in an effort to learn information and often at least has the option to spare them, for example Aubrey from the opening of Safehouse and the Chinese restaurant technician at the end of that same level, as well as the Janitors in Resolution and all Phone Hom employees excluding the manager in Prank Call.

He joined 50 Blessings "out of boredom" and nominally wants out because it's "not exciting enough," though it's hinted he truly wants out because he's spooked by the political nature of Clean Hit, the date of which marks the beginning of his investigation. This rationalization of political fear comes up again in Resolution, where he tells the Janitors they've "wasted enough of his time," but proceeds to flee Miami and hide out in the desert for two years anyway (a parallel to Ryan Gosling's character in Drive, who is also being hunted by a criminal organization and is eventually forced to flee Los Angeles when he gets too much heat).

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In contrast to Jacket's sparse apartment Biker's apartment is crowded with expensive belongings. The source of his finances is unknown but theories range from professional hacker to music producer to drug enforcer. Biker seems to like music from the looks of his LP collection and turntables and the keytar on his bedroom floor. He does eat pizza, but not to the excessive degree shown in Jacket's apartment, indicating he's more comfortable with stress. He has a computer in his bedroom and seems to have some hacking skills as seen in Prank Call and Resolution; this can also be seen as a stealth pun on his main weapon - the meat cleaver. He is also much more social than Jacket as there are signs of the aftermath of a party in the intro to Prank Call, including a girl in the bathroom and a drunk male sleeping on his sofa. It's possible substances at this party warped his view of the events of that level.

Appearance: Blue eyes, teal hair, tanish pale skin, pink biker jacket with a white skull on the back, jeans as pants, somewhat muscular