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A [[Third-Person Shooter]] released in 2004 by THQ based on Marvel's [[The Punisher]]. The game starts with Frank Castle in a interrogation room in Ryker's Prison and the whole game is a [[How We Got Here|series of flashbacks to the present.]] It had Thomas Jane reprise his role from the [[The Punisher (2004 film)|2004 film]].
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* [[Arm Cannon]]: Bushwacker
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: The Punisher in most of the levels
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: Frank nonchalantly walks into a bar full of mob thugs, none of whom recognize him until he pulls his guns and kills them all. In a bizarre coincidence, a cop was hanging out at the bar but not killed because he was in the bathroom. 
* [[Black Humor]]: The story ''is'' written by [[Garth Ennis]].
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: The Russian
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Frank delivers these frequently.
* [[Broad Strokes]]: The game is kind of a sequel to the [[The Punisher (2004 film)|2004 Thomas Jane Punisher film]], due to  {{spoiler|Jigsaw actually being John Saint, son of Howard Saint}}. However it now takes place firmly in the Marvel Universe, and even features a rematch between Frank and [[Boisterous Bruiser|the Russian]].<ref>Who Frank ''already killed'' in the movie. If it was fun the first time...</ref>
* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: The Punisher can grab mooks and use them as this. Several mooks also do this with the most notable example of Bushwacker who [[Bad Boss|uses his own minions as shields.]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: There's quite a bit of swearing in this game. Frank himself doesn't curse though.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Frank does quite a bit of snarking in this game.
{{quote|'''[[Black Widow]]''': (After Frank kills a bunch of bad guys interrogating her) "What the hell are you doing here, Castle?"
'''[[The Punisher]]''': "You're welcome." }}

{{quote|'''Frank''': (Commenitng on  {{spoiler|Soap's}} disguise) "Nice disguise. Subtle. Inconspicuous"}}

{{quote|'''The Punisher''': (Talking about Bullseye) "Tossed him out the window."
'''the Kingpin''': "Are you planning the same fate for me?"
'''The Punisher''': "No, you I'd have to roll." }}
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: During Slaughter Mode everything except Frank and still living enemies turn black and white. The censored versions of the game do a black-and-white [[Gory Discretion Shot]] whenever Frank goes too far with a [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]].
* [[The Dragon]]: Bushwacker for the [[The Mafia|Gnucci's]], Bullseye for The Kingpin and The Russian for... [[The Mafiya|the Russians]]
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: In Slaughter Mode Frank uses several pairs of knives.
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: The Punisher can use "Quick Kills" on nearby enemies which involve killing them in several over the top ways.
* [[Enemy Chatter]]: Mooks talk ''a lot'' in this game.
* [[Fisticuffs Boss]]: The first fight with the Russian
* [[Gorn]]: This game is one of the few games that got the Ao rating purely for gratuitous violence.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: A [[Deliberately Monochrome]] close up of the Punisher's face occurs whenever you kill someone with the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]].
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: The game takes this to ridiculous extremes, allowing the player to fire 2 M60s, among other things. However, the game is pretty realistic when it comes to reloading for when the Punisher is wielding a pair of big weapons (assault rifles, shotguns, machine guns, etc.), rather than try to reload both weapons at once he just tosses aside the second weapon.
* [[Hand Cannon]]: One of the handguns is literally named this.
* [[Hey, Catch!]]: One of the "Quick Kills" the Punisher can perform, is to toss his longarm at an enemy who will reflexively catch it, distracting him. The Punisher then shoots/stabs the guy in the face while he is distracted.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The Russian
{{quote|'''The Russian''': "Bullets are like mosquitoes to the Russian!"}}
* [[Infernal Retaliation]]: Using the flamethrower will occasionally cause flaming mooks to run into and damage you. Also  {{spoiler|The Russian}} during the final phase of his boss fight.
* [[Interrogation as Framing Device]]: Used. {{spoiler|Naturally, Frank breaks out in the end, taking advantage of a prison riot}}.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: One of the main selling points of the game is the ability to inflict this on ''every'' mook you come across.
* [[The Joys of Torturing Mooks]]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]:  {{spoiler|Takagi}} will ask that you kill him with his ceremonial katana.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Bullseye and Frank himself during Slaughter Mode.
* [[The Mafia]]: The Gnucci family.
* [[The Mafiya]]: Kreigkopf's Russian mercenaries
* [[The Mole]]:  {{spoiler|Detective Soap}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Most of the dialogue of the mooks consists of this.
* [[Puzzle Boss]]: The Russian
* [[Ragdoll Physics]]
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: The revolver and the [[Hand Cannon]] are both very accurate.
* [[Retirony]]: Many mooks claim they were about to retire/are married/have kids/whatever. It's possible to leave them alive (but not as much fun). 
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many mooks mention [[Daredevil]].
** During an assault on a group of Yakuza: "[[South Park|Oh no.]] [[They Killed Kenny|They killed Kenchi.]]"
* [[Super Mode]]: In "Slaughter Mode", the Punisher regains health and uses a limitless supply of dual throwing knives.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: And how!
* [[Vigilante Man]]
* [[The Yakuza]]: The Eternal Sun
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: It's entirely possible to blast off the heads and limbs of enemies.

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