Catherine (Video Game): Difference between revisions

'''Vincent Brooks (ヴィンセント・ブルックス Vinsento Burukkusu?)'''<ref name="Catherine Multiplayer">http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/29/catherine_multiplayer/ </ref>

:''Voiced by:'' Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)

:Vincent is the game's main protagonist. He is a 32-year-old single office worker at the point in life between independence from one's parents and marriage. He has no ambitions in terms of love and romance. He is under pressure to marry Katherine, but wants to continue his carefree ways of living alone. His life changes when he meets Catherine, a mysterious beauty, by chance, at a bar. Dreams and reality begin to blur together, and he seemingly becomes trapped in a different world within his nightmares. He previously made a cameo appearance in ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable''.

'''Catherine (キャサリン Kyasarin?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)

:Catherine is a mysterious 22-year-old woman who has a charming face and a "well-proportioned" body, which makes men turn and stare. She also has a "Koakuma (Gyaru) air" about her, which happens to be Vincent's type, and the two end up spending the night together after she seduces him. Her carefree behaviour begins to disturb Vincent's life. It is after meeting Catherine that Vincent begins to have nightmares. Catherine is featured on the PS3 version's cover art.

'''Katherine McBride (キャサリン・マクブライド Kyasarin Makuburaido?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)

:Katherine is a 32-year-old mid-management level employee at an apparel maker. She and Vincent are from the same town and were classmates at school, and after a chance meeting at a school reunion they strike up a relationship. Katherine suggests marriage to Vincent, which he is not ready for.<ref name="Catherine Katherine">http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/11/catherine_katherine/</ref> Katherine is featured on the Xbox 360 version's cover art.

'''Orlando Haddick (オーランド Ōrando?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)

:Orlando is a divorced 32-year-old software engineer, a long time friend of Vincent, and also a regular at the bar. He often hangs around the sushi bar, Kappa Heaven, during the day. He is carefree in both his words and actions, doesn't seem too fond of the idea of marriage and advises a worried Vincent against. He suffered a lot when his former wife dumped him when he had a financial problem, and still feel betrayed. <ref name="Catherine Vincent Friends">http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/26/catherine_vincent_friends/ </ref>

'''Jonathan "Jonny" Ariga (ジョニー Jonī?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Travis Willingham (English)

'''Tobias "Toby" Nebbins (トビー Tobī?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Kishō Taniyama (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)

'''Erica Anderson (エリカ Erika?)'''

:''Voiced by:'' Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Erin Fitzgerald (English)

:Erica is Stray Sheep's 32-year-old bar waitress and Vincent's childhood friend. She has a bright personality and is up to date on town gossip.<ref name="Catherine Stray Sheep">http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/12/catherine_stray_sheep/</ref> Tobias has a crush on her and loses his virginity to her. It is revealed during the Lovers' true ending that she is transsexual, something that was alluded to throughout the game, and was previously known as Eric.

:Boss (known as "Master" in the Japanese version) is Stray Sheep's barkeeper. The player will go through him to make friends with new customers. Although some articles for the game affirms that "Boss has personally experienced many scenes of carnage", there's not a single reference to this in the entire game. Even this very phrase doesn't appear at all. <ref name="Catherine Stray Sheep"/> Very little is known about him and he is seldom seen without his sunglasses. Later in the game, he reveals himself to be an incarnation of Dumuzid the Shepherd as well as the very cause of the nightmares.