Vinnie

"Show your head..."

- Vinnie, Sift Heads 2

Vinnie is the main protagonist of the Sift Heads game series. He's a legendary bounty hunter and veteran assassin, the primary target of various criminals and mafia organizations. He first appears in Sift Heads as the main protagonist and is a main character in Sift Heads World and Sift Heads Cartels. He reappears in Sift Heads Reborn as one of three main playable characters.

Early Life
Vinnie was born in Florence, Italy.

When Vinnie was born, his father was killed in a gunfight resulting in his father's death. His mother wanted to forget this incident and moved to America, which happened to be the same year Vinnie made his first kill when he shot his cat who had “killed” Vinnie's teddy bear, Mobo. In 1980, he killed his younger brother Michael with a toy car as payback for stealing and playing with his GT 500 toy car. Seven years later, he murdered his math teacher to avoid going to school. As a teenager, Vinnie decorated his room with pornographic posters, a real AK47 and a Japanese katana sword which has "Blossom stem” with a note saying "If found please return to Kiro or else!" inscribed on it. (The following information is incorrect because when Vinnie was a teen, Kiro wasn't born yet.)

Adulthood
In 1993, he had a run-in with law enforcement while being under the influence of alcohol, which resulted in him murdering two cops with his Taurus PT92. He later got his first taste of money by conning the cons themselves in the streets of Chicago. What was originally a simple hobby quickly turned into a profession. His name would soon spread quickly amongst the locals, gaining a reputation as being the best bounty hunter in the area and eventually the best in the world, he leads a group of bounty hunters. The number of members of the group is 17 (with Vinnie). But later his friends were killed by Gray Mafia members and Vinnie was the only survivor in the Bounty Hunters. Naturally, such notoriety would bring him not only many contracts, money, and women, but also his share of enemies that never intimidated him. Amidst all the bloodshed and violence, a woman entered his life. Vinnie was surprised that she could withstand bloodbaths and violence, but behold she could not resist Vinnie's charm, and she fell for him. And since this day, Shorty has stayed by his side as not only his lover, but as his partner-in-crime. Later on, a contract turned sour forced Vinnie to meet one of his biggest adversaries: Kiro, an ex-member of the Yakuza, who had a thirst for vengeance for the death of his brother (see: Sift Renegade, Sift Heads 5 and Sift Renegade 2). After several heated battles, Vinnie proposed an alternative to this quarrel and to let Kiro become a part of his team.

Shorty
Vinnie met Shorty on a beach and they both fell in love with one another. Vinnie admires how Shorty is terrific at shooting and for always knowing what to do for fun. In Sift Heads 4 when Vinnie was bored (due to the fact he had eliminated all the criminals in Chicago and there was nothing left to do), Shorty suggested that Vinnie should go on vacation by sifting heads — but on an international level this time. Another time, Vinnie received help from Shorty due to being unable to sift heads alone when he was infiltrating a base and needed backup in Shorty Covers. Vinnie cares a lot for Shorty and this is evident from the time he rescued Shorty when she was captured by Kiro (during the events of Sift Heads 5), the Crips, and the Red Mafia (during the events of Sift Heads Cartels - Act 1), and also took care of her when she was injured in Sift Heads World: Act 7 - Ultimatum.

Kiro
When Vinnie was ordered by Yuuma to kill Kienji (Kiro&apos;s Brother) for rebelling against older members of the Yakuza, Kiro was trying to kill him after the murder of several members of the Triads, but Vinnie defeated him. He spared the beaten samurai and told him "not to kill someone who is paid, but one who is paying." Later, when Kiro confronted some Triads, Vinnie reappeared and shot the leader, leaving the rest for Kiro. Afterwards, Kiro met with Vinnie again, as he had his own enemies as well. Eventually, Kiro decided to shake off his hatred on Vinnie and became his partner instead.

Formerly enemies, Vinnie and Kiro eventually became trusted allies, and Kiro proved to be a formidable assassin to the gang. Though, the two mostly poke fun at each other at times around. Vinnie is also annoyed by Kiro for making fun of him for living in the past; when Kiro started to ask about his age, Vinnie retorted Kiro to throw himself out of the car, prompting Kiro to stop annoying Vinnie.

Vinnie also stopped Kiro for trying to kill police officers due to his fuel of rage. When Kiro was arrested, Vinnie rescued him to help him kill Alonzo and Yuuma.

During Sift Heads: Street Wars - Prologue, Vinnie started to tease Kiro for guarding the safe house. Kiro just explained that if they left the safe house unprotected, it might be blown up again.

Trivia

 * Vinnie likes R&B and classic rock music, cars & weapons.
 * Vinnie has been fascinated with the Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor for a very long time.
 * Before Sift Heads World: Act 1 - Deadly Newcomer, Vinnie's favorite gun was a Beretta 92 FS. Now, it seems to have changed to a Desert Eagle.
 * Vinnie's first ever kill was his cat, whose name is still unconfirmed.
 * On the Main Menu screen of Sift Heads 2, Vinnie seems to be exiting a BMW M3 instead of a Shelby GT500 E.
 * His eyes are never shown throughout the entire series.
 * However, his eyes were seen in one of the game over screens in Sift Heads 2, when Vinnie was shot in the head.
 * Vinnie fights the person who holds Claire at gunpoint in a fist fight at the end of Sift Heads World: Act 4 - Cold Memories, regardless of who the player chooses to play as at the beginning of the game.
 * Vinnie has only been voiced in two games, Sift Heads, and the spin-off game, Vinnie's Rampage.
 * Vinnie shows no remorse after killing Kienji but would show remorse when the Blackfox died, which shows how cold Vinnie could be, considering his past.
 * Darwen makes a reference of Vinnie saying "it isn't easy living with a natural born killer", a reference to Vinnie's past of killing his cat, his brother, his teacher, and the cop.
 * Vinnie is unaware of Kiro entering the bathroom when Shorty is bathing.

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