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This article is about the the character Bonnie. For the DLC pack, see Bonnie Character Pack. | |||
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| Bonnie | |
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| Career information | |
| Role | Gambler |
| Signature weapons | |
| Ranged | Joceline O/U 12G |
| Melee | Rivertown Glen Bottle |
| Biographical information | |
| Also known as | Bonnie McGee |
| Nationality |  Scottish
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| Language(s) | English, Scottish Gaelic |
| Age | 43 |
| Physical description | |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Light Green |
| Height | 6' 3'' |
| Build | Heavy-set |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Other | |
| Appearance(s) | PAYDAY 2 |
| Portrayed by | None, modeled after Lea DeLaria |
| Voiced by | Rhona Cameron |
| Quotes | Quotation page |
| Room | Bonnie's Gambling Den |
| Internal name | bonnie
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| FBI Description |
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FBI Files: “Bonnie” McGee was well known to the authorities even before she joined the Payday gang. Standing at 6’ 3”, she is a formidable physical presence. Under investigation since the early 90’s for a string of honeymoon’ murders, starting with car salesman Chuck Jones. Insurance money was quickly gambled away, however. “Bonnie” was eventually incarcerated, notably sharing a cell with Juliana Morales, before having her parole and release fast-tracked.
For her involvement in the assassination of Hector Morales, it is possible that “Bonnie” will be targeted by the remaining members of the Sinoloan cartel. |
- "For freedom!"
- —Bonnie upon masking up
"Bonnie" McGee is a Scottish Gambler and the ninth announced character for PAYDAY 2 and the tenth to be released. Bonnie is the first free female heister added to the game, and the second one overall, after Clover. Bonnie was unlocked on the Hype Train event on March 1, 2015 and was released March 15th during the Spring Break event.
Background
Description
Bonnie grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, during the Thatcher Era of the 1980s. The working class was put under significant pressure by the Conservative reign and the austerity measures therein, and these harsh circumstances likely caused Bonnie to turn to a life of crime, becoming a hardened gangster, specializing in bank robbery. She is also implied to be a veteran from the infamous Glasgow Ice Cream Wars.
At some point in her criminal life, she met Hoxton and the two formed a friendship, pulling off con jobs and scams. Additionally, Bonnie would also become a prolific gambler and also a heavy drinker, though taking chances wasn't the best bet for her, as some years before the events of PAYDAY 2, Bonnie was arrested and incarcerated, likely for an armed bank robbery. In prison, she used her skills as a gambler to win, among other things, information, and managed to find out about the infamous Payday gang which she intended to join after her release, figuring that to be a more profitable option as opposed to continuing alone. She also discovered some pieces of information regarding the person who framed Hoxton. She would latter pass this information onto the Englishman, setting the first pieces of his plan for retribution into place.
Given Hoxton's determination to catch the rat, he reluctantly accepted her into the gang and used his diplomatic skills and charisma to convince the others.
On first impression, Bonnie doesn't look like much, but that is exactly what she wants people to believe, for like any skilled gambler, Bonnie knows how to hide her strengths to lure people in and catch them by surprise. She is very much the definition of a diamond in the rough, where looks can be very deceiving (which she exploits).
At face value, one would believe her qualifications are; being really big (6' 3" or around 1,91 m tall and somewhat chubby), very strong (and heavyset) and very tough (and durable) and that is about it. According to Bonnie's own dialogue, from her own perspective she views herself as a big beautiful woman, though the reality is much more nuanced, as she is not particularly pretty, especially so given her somewhat crude mannerisms and rough appearance. Bonnie is very much a dumb muscle brute; she is street smart and practically skilled, but functionally illiterate when it comes to more abstract and complicated thinking. Her signature weapons also reflect this; being a relatively simple and straightforward double-barreled shotgun and an empty bottle of alcohol.
However, any would-be opponent of Bonnie takes these things for granted at their own peril! Behind this veneer of coarse mediocrity, Bonnie conceals some very valuable qualities and assets for the team. She is physically imposing due to her sheer size and incredible strength (a very large frame and a height of 6'3), making her a valuable asset to the gang. She totes heavy gear like ICTV armor or the Buzzsaw 42 without problems, she can effortlessly carry ammo bags and other equipment without breaking a sweat, in addition to being able to perform the neccessary feats of strength for sawing open doors or forcing open things with crowbars and hammers or breaching safes and vaults with drills and thermal lances. Her hulking strength also means that even if completely out of ammunition she can just as easily grab a melee weapon and start smashing people to pieces. If things go loud, then Bonnie forms a powerful ally for more fragile dodge-based heisters like Houston, Hoxton or Clover, to take cover behind when needed. Bonnie is the Payday gang's equivalent to the Bulldozer.
In addition to her usefulness as muscle, the aforementioned street smarts and simple mindset means that Bonnie will not get distracted with unneccesary bells and whistles or overcomplicate things and instead focuses purely on getting things done through whatever means are the easiest and most expedient. She prefers her weapons simple and straightforward; with just a Joceline or a Galant, she can fell Bulldozers like trees. Bonnie is not dumb, despite what she might seem. She is boring but practical and cares about getting results, not style points. She can strategise and plot things out just fine, but the end of the day, it's the money that counts, and the less hassle needed the better.
Bonnie is also a capable heister in terms of mobility; despite her bulky frame, she is as agile as the other heisters and her size, strength and toughness make her a very capable fighter, which, in combination with armor, make her a dangerous enemy in a firefight. She can both move swiftly to take ground and then hold it once she gets there. Additionally, her perk deck allows her to regain health and also heal others by picking up dropped ammo packs, which helps to save on First Aid Kits and Doctor Bags and pairs very well with skills like Scavenger. Bonnie is also adaptable when needed; if the situation calls for it, she can change tactics and transform herself into a very stealthy and silent heister on par with her peers, allowing her to participate in and pull off stealth heists equally well as her crewmates.
All in all, Bonnie is a giant among the Payday gang members. Others have to crane their necks as she walks by, and if anybody tries to get between Bonnie and her quarry, she will be very happy to introduce them to her favorite brand of scotch whiskey (by smashing it over their heads) and they will be very unpleasantly surprised to discover that she is much more capable than she looks.
Behind the scenes
Bonnie's voice actor, Rhona Cameron, originally voiced Clover in the "Happy Birthday Crimenet" teaser, but was replaced by Aoife Duffin before Clover's release. Simon Viklund tweeted[1] that Clover's Scottish voice would be used for another character in the future, implying that Bonnie was designed specifically so Rhona Cameron could return.
Trivia
- Bonnie's Scottish nationality was hinted at prior to her release, as her promotional image shows her wearing a T-shirt with "I ♥ GLGW" written across it with the heart bearing the Saltire. The font is also reminiscent of medieval Celtic scripture.
- "GLGW" is the abbreviated form of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland and also Bonnie's hometown.
- As a nod to her nationality and her being a native Glaswegian, Bonnie's mask sports a stylized Glasgow Smile, a type of wound that goes from both sides of the mouth to the ear as a result of an attack, rumored to have originated from Glasgow, Scotland. Additionally, her mask is also decorated with the Scottish saltire flag.
- Despite her butch and somewhat masculine appearance, the word "bonnie" is a Scottish slang for "beautiful", in the feminine and tender sense. which is probably deliberately meant to be ironic.
- Bonnie's appearance was most likely modeled after actress Lea DeLaria's character Carrie "Big Boo" Black in Orange is the new Black, with the most notable resemblances being facial details, (pre-release) similar hairstyles, heavy-set butch appearance and criminal background.
- Despite wearing a casual t-shirt and pants in the Hype Train website, she wears a nearly all-black outfit (With red diamonds on her undershirt, fitting her Gambler role) in-game, regardless of armor. She also has a different haircut from the Hype Train image, having close shaves on both sides instead of a full hairdo.
- Like Clover, Bonnie does not wear a tie.
- Bonnie is the second female heister in PAYDAY 2, after Clover.
- When answering a pager, Bonnie will sometimes speak in a highly stereotypical impression of an American accent. Also, like Clover and Sydney, the pager operator doesn't find it suspicious that a female is answering a pager when all the guards are male.
- Bonnie is the second character to be initiated into the gang by Hoxton, the first being Clover.
- Bonnie is implied to have been the culprit behind several honeymoon murders in the 90's where she orchestrated the killing of her newlywed husbands to claim their insurance money. The "Chuck" tattoo she now wears is a reference to Chuck Jones, a used car salesman and the first victim of said murders.
- According to the FBI Files, Bonnie shared a jail cell with a woman named Juliana Morales, who is a probable relative of Hector, which in turn helped her gain information to contribute to the success of Hoxton Revenge.
- Bonnie is an alcoholic, and her signature melee weapon is a bottle of Rivertown Glen. Rivertown is a famous brewery of alcoholic beverages.
- Bonnie may ask the pager operator to send up some more alcohol when answering his calls. She can also be observed drinking alcohol in the Safe House and notably, drinks from the wine bottle itself without moderation.
- A loading screen tip implies that, despite having a noted fondness for strong drinks, Bonnie apparently does not handle alcohol very well and can become even more volatile and angry than she usually is when inebriated. Such a case was a drinking contest between her and fellow drinker Jimmy that almost escalated into violence had the other crew mates not intervened.
- After The White House heist, Bonnie used her fortune to build a distillery near Riverview Gardens and become a reasonably successful entrepreneur. In time, "Bonnie's Single Malt" would replace Wine and Champagne as the victory drink of choice in the criminal underworld.
- Bonnie is the second heister to have tattoos, preceded by John Wick, and followed by Jiro, Bodhi and Sydney.
- Another loading screen tip claims that Bonnie is not very good with computers.
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