The Boss (Payback)

The Boss is the deuteragonist of the 2001 video game, Payback and its 2012 sequel, Payback 2. He is an unseen character who gives missions to the main protagonist, Travis.
==Biography==
In Payback, The boss is a crime lord of a gang that has many henchmen and in it and Travis is one of them. He calls the payphones of various cities to give Travis missions to do.
The missions that he gives can go from very villainous such as doing destruction with explosive weapons, killing other people and stealing vehicles to bring it back to his associates' garages to more heroic ones such as getting Travis to pay a ransom to the kidnapper so the boss can get his daughter back from that kidnapper and informing Travis to go and help out and protect his allies in dangerous situations such as protecting Kyle in a gunfight from two rival henchmen.
At the 5th chapter, "Caught by the Fuzz", he notices that the police have done a raid on Travis' house and gave him a life sentence in prison so he tell Travis that there is no prison that he can't break out of. He has sent someone over to the prison to pick open Travis' cell so Travis would be able to escape. After Travis had gone out of the island prison, the boss will tell him that the cops are on a manhunt for him so he tells Travis to go to Fry's garage where Travis is able to hide there.
In Payback 2, the boss' missions are basically the same, except some of them have a few minor changes.
==Personality==
The Boss is a character with a bit of a nuanced personality. He is generally nice towards Travis, praising their success whether it be when the mission is complete or when Travis wins a race and will give a generous amount of money to Travis. However, he can get a bit wrathful when Travis fails the missions and he throws insults at him. In Payback 2, he is a bit xenophobic a couple of times towards English people such as saying to Travis "Oh, you English are useless" and "Ha, you stupid English fool" when he fails the missions. He can also be a bit of a control freak when he commands Travis to get back in the vehicles that he tells him to get in if Travis is messing about.
He does care for some people such as his minions as he informs Travis to help them out when they're in trouble, his daughter as when she got kidnapped by a kidnapper, he tells Travis to go deal with the kidnapper and get her back to him and he also cares for his older brother, Nick. When Nick was visiting from Germany, he assigns him to Travis as his partner, he tells him to make sure he looks after Nick in the mission. The boss does have a honorable side as he keeps to the deal that he made with Travis to can steal the car with $300,000 in it, he will split it with him 50-50 and he gives him $150,000 when Travis stole it and got it back.
==Heroic Acts==
* In "Ready or Not": Orders Travis to kill 5 Ku Klux Klan members who were holding a meeting in central park (Payback 1 only).
* In "Gangster Tripping": Orders Travis to help out Harry who was in trouble but later avenge Harry's death by killing his killer.
* In "Going for Gold": Orders Travis to protect Kyle in a gunfight from two rival henchmen, kill a tail who had a shotgun and was following Ike around and save Kyle's younger brother from two kidnappers.
* In "Caught by the Fuzz": Sends someone to lockpick open Travis' cell so Travis can escape from prison and rescue his daughter.
* In "Born Slippy": Orders Travis to brings back his kidnapped daughter to him.
==External Links==
The Boss on the Villains Wiki
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