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| “ | This is turning into one fuck of a bad-hair day. | „ |
| ~ Rob |
The Journalist, known as Rob, is the deuteragonist of the 2003 Rockstar video game Manhunt.
She was voiced by Kate Miller, who voiced Debbie DuPree in Sealab 2021.
Description[]
She is a young woman with brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a red jacket, a white undershirt, a short black skirt, and black high-heels.
Biography[]
During Manhunt[]
It's unknown how, but the Journalist somehow discovered Cash's execution was fake in order to use him on another of Starkweather's snuff films. After watching Cash's "execution", she began searching for clues of his location intending to have him as a witness to accuse Starkweather. Mysteriously, the Journalist did discover Cash's location after he's captured by Ramirez and the remaining Wardogs.
Then, she courageously headed there in her red Blista Compact and rescued him, coincidentally, when he was already leaving the place. Cash recognized the Journalist, saying she looks familiar, and then she briefly introduced herself as a reporter who witnessed his execution and explained her intentions about the current situation. Cash agrees to help the Journalist by safely escort her back to her apartment.
Later, the duo headed to the Journalist's apartment to pick up the evidence material that the Journalist has already gathered against Starkweather. Before they reach the building itself, the street is surrounded by corrupt officers from Carcer City Police Department, working for Gary Schaffer to kill her and Cash. The Cops seem to have ignored Gary's order to capture both of them alive, instead of killing them.
Cash kills all the patrolling officers, before leading the Journalist back to her apartment and, finally, the locked room where she hid all the evidence. Cash then ordered the Journalist to leave the city until he 'deals with Starkweather personally', to avenge his family after having been 'murdered', thanked her for rescuing him and wished her to "have a nice life". At the same time Cash is making his way to the Starkweather's mansion, the Journalist manages to accuse Starkweather with her evidence. However, Starkweather refutes the accusations.
After Starkweather was killed, the evidence found on his estate exposes the corruption of the Carcer City police without a doubt. She is last seen on a TV broadcast doing a news bulletin about Starkweather being found dead in his estate alongside his security personnel, thus discovering the snuff film ring.
After Manhunt[]
A bonus sound file of an audio transcript from the Manhunt website reveals that the aftermath has put her in a state of mental paranoia, unable to cope with witnessing so much violence and the whole concept of people willingly participating in such a depraved sport for the amusement of others. She mentions that she had post-traumatic stress disorder, or at least, thinks she does.
She is being interviewed in a mental hospital by a doctor who says the Journalist was found wandering the streets in tears with a knife in her hand. She blindly believed the doctor is part of a conspiracy to somewhat keep her quiet and refused the doctor's suggestion to sedate her as part of the treatment. It's also mentioned that she is suffering from insomnia. During this interview, she actually reveals some information about herself.
At the time of Manhunt, she had worked at a television station for three years, then a radio station two years before that. She also mentions both her parents are dead.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- She is the only female in the game, aside from Cash's two sisters.
- She originally had a revolver, but ended up unarmed in the final game.
- A cat picture from her apartment was put in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- On the desk by her bed, there's a photo of Campbell-John Dick, one of the game's map designers.
- The shopping bags inside her bedroom have on them the logo of GASH, which is a clothing brand in the Grand Theft Auto world.
- Her name begins with "Rob", as stated in the subtitles for the opening cutscene of "Border Patrol", but the report cuts out before her full name is revealed. Her full first name is most likely any variation of "Robin" or "Roberta".
- If the player gets her to walk into a painkiller pickup (whilst she's hurt), she will say some rare lines that go mostly unheard.
- "Aahh, sweet pharmaceuticul relief."
- "These babies should numb the pain."
- "I'm not usually a 'pill popper', but given the circumstances..."
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Licensing[]
This article contains content derived from the "Journalist" article on Wikihunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA.