“ | Listen up, rookie! Your job is plain and simple: Kill everyone we tell you to kill! We give you the weapons, we give you the commands, all you gotta do is pull the trigger! It aint that hard! | ” |
— The Commissioner, Assassin website[1]
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The Commissioner is a character from the Assassin series. He is the leader of the Assassin Organization, which dispatches both real-world celebrities and fictional characters that were prominent in American pop culture at the time. His reasons for desiring to eliminate the subject vary from the individual becoming violent criminals to thinking that the target is annoying.
Background
As the head of the Assassin Organization, The Commissioner sends folders to the player that contain information on the subjects and directions on how to kill them. The first mission created was centered around killing Barney the Dinosaur, as his show was brainwashing children into becoming a fascist army.[2] A description on the weapon used and the process to kill Barney are also included.
There were 45 total Assassin missions, with targets ranging from singers, actors, children's media characters, and criminals. Each one was chosen for irritating some of America's population.[3] The Commissioner made a single physical appearance within the Assassin games, in Assassinate Bill Gates. The player is sent to Bill Gates' virtual house for creating a monopoly over the computer industry.[4] Gates transformed himself into binary code, transferring himself onto the internet to control everything within phone lines. Once he logs into his virtual home, the Assassin Organization can get a trace on his real world location. Online, the player fights and kills a virtual clone named Cyberbill. This causes the real Gates to go online, allowing The Commissioner to locate him. The player confronts the real Gates and shoots him in the head, destroying him after he boasts about his durable endoskeleton.
Character Interactions
Pico
The Commissioner has deliberately chosen Pico due to his skills and reputation as a gunman after stopping a terroristic attack by the Penilians.[5] While he acknowledges that Pico is a fan of Bary due to his age, he asserts that Bary must be killed. He rewards Pico with ice cream after he successfully completes his mission.
Pico vs Bear
The Commissioner is a major character in Pico vs Bear. The Assassin Organization has contacted Pico to kill former children's show host, Big Brown Bary. He gives Pico a folder that contains files on Bary and his friends, and a layout of Bary's house. After Pico successfully assassinates Bary, The Commissioner congratulates Pico and treats him to ice cream.
References
- ↑ Assassin website in 1998.
- ↑ Assassin: The Apocalypse, Mission Briefing: Obliterate Barney
- ↑ About Assassin: the Apocalypse
- ↑ Assassin Bill gates Briefing
- ↑ Pico vs Bear description: "A certain bear has been very naughty - he's taken hostages in his big house! The Assassin commissioner has brought in Pico, who has a good reputation for taking care of business. If you don't know why Pico is so good with terrorist situations, play this."