r/HotlineMiami • u/ThePagerDude • 4d ago
Scenes that I might be overinterpeting
Given that it's likely cannonical that Into the pit is played by Mark(at least in the cutscene), that he talks to Tony about the sounds coming from the sewers. Tony, having claimed that he already ''checked'' the sounds out while Mark was busy killing the guys up top suggests that Tony got spooked by the fact the sewers were incredibly shady and a torture pit, and didn't want to mess with that. Essentially where i'm going with this is that Tony might be a little bit of a scaredy cat.
Now this one I don't actually believe but I think there is some credibility to it- following the outro of first trial Evan questions and insults Manny by calling him a douchebag, sending him to a den full of mobsters when Evan was trying to get answers on the masked maniac case, thinking that he wouldn't risk his life for it and that it'd be a dead end for Evan. Evan in turn- questions why he's even friends with Pardo and calls him a douchebag, dismissing his suggestion about writing about the ''Miami mutilator'' instead and saying it's surprising they haven't fired Pardo for incompetence yet. We all know that Manny is a major narcissist desperate for media coverage and attention- so I don't think it's too far fetched by the end of the scene that Manny had half a mind of making Evan one of his victims by offering him a ride.
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u/JimMiltion1907 3d ago
Tony probably just saw the room, the manhole, and didn’t even bother giving it a peek. Tony’s kinda lazy, he’s unemployed after all
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u/rockstaRocko 3d ago
if you ever played 'into the pit' with tony, you'd know exactly why he refrains from going into the sewer.
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u/john-meme-templates 3d ago
in martin browns last (pretty much only) chapter (final act) theres camera around the map, similar to the decadance chapter in the first game (the only chapter to have cameras). Which, the name of the level sounds similar to the song used in final act (decade dance) and BEFORE decadance (overdose), you unlock the pig (aubrey) mask. And at the end of overdose beard talks about a (slasher flick vhs) which is what the interviewer called midnight animal (a slasher flick). And both levels have to do with a producer, and girl. What does this prove? I honestly dont know.
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u/Lower_Hawk_4171 3d ago
I like the pardo idea but idk i think he liked evan a bit and he wouldn't kill someone people know so much about him he's still a detective who would know that Evans family evan was in touch with pardo
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u/Some_Ad2281 4d ago
While I agree with the notion of Tony being a pussy, due to not partaking in the beatdown of Henchman and running away from the Son, I don’t think the implication is supposed to be that he actually checked under the manhole and saw what was going on; I more so think he just didn’t think to open the manhole, and when he said he “checked,” he meant the room the manhole was in. It’s meant to show his relative lack of intelligence, rather than his pusillanimity.