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| “ | You think my job is easy? You try and keep a bunch of Fables from killing each other. How do you think this works? By being big and being bad. | „ |
| ~ Bigby Wolf. |
| “ | What the hell is wrong with you?! You f--ked up your own lives, dealing with criminals, making your own bad f--king choices, and now you wanna blame us for your screwed-up situation? I've been trying to fix the mess you made! | „ |
| ~ Bigby insulting the jury for turning on him for killing the Crooked Man (player determinant). |
Sheriff Bigby Wolf, also or formerly known as the Big Bad Wolf, is the titular main protagonist of 2013 video game The Wolf Among Us and its upcoming sequel The Wolf Among Us 2.
Bigby is a fable and the Big Bad Wolf of lore that terrorizes and even killed several fairy tale characters throughout history. He now serves as the Sheriff of Fabletown, protecting all the Fables forced to live in there in an attempt to redeem himself of his past horrible deeds. He is Snow White's partner, Colin's best friend, and Woody's optional archenemy turned friend.
He is portrayed by Adam Harrington.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
Past[]
- When his mother Winter Wolf died tragically after being abandoned by his husband, North Wind, Bigby stayed behind to protect his mother's corpse from scavengers while all of his siblings left to search for their father.
- After seeing her bravery, he freed Snow White, who was held captive by the invading forces of Black Forest, which Big Bad Wolf slaughtered and destroyed.
- While he was a villain as the Big Bad Wolf for centuries, having some offenses such as antagonizing the three little pigs, terrorizing Little Red Riding Hood in an attempt to devour her, he redeems himself and is trying to put those dark days behind him, trying to gain trust of the citizens of Fabletown.
"Faith"[]
- Saves Faith from the hands of an angry and drunk Woodsman, who tries to beat Faith up.
- Apologizes to Toad for indirectly breaking his car. (determinant)
- Gives Faith some money, which the Woodsman owed her. (determinant)
- Stops Faith from torturing Woodsman with his own axe. (determinant)
- After seeing Faith's severed head in front of the apartment, he decides to handle the case and find the murderer.
- Either goes to Toad's house in order to save him from home invasion, or to Lawrence's house in order to save him from his fatal injury.
- If he goes to Lawrence's house, he will try (and determinately succeed) to stop him committing suicide.
- After defeating Gren, he shows him mercy, even though the former attacked him first. (determinant)
"Smoke & Mirrors"[]
- During the interrogation of Twedledee/Woodsman, he has the choice of being nice of them instead of behaving badly.
- Calmly question TJ, understanding that he was scared. (determinant)
- He gently breaks the news to Holly that her sister has died. (determinant)
- She defends Nerissa when Georgie insults her.(determinant)
- During the confrontation with Georgie, he behaves calmly to him despite Georgie's provoking. (determinant)
- He asks Beauty for help to solve Lily's murder case.
- Inspect the room where Lily was murdered.
"A Crooked Mile"[]
- Respectfully waits for Snow finishing her eulogy during Lily's funeral, instead of interrupting her. (determinant)
- Fights the Tweedles during the shootout in order to protect people in funeral.
- Protects Snow White while getting rapid shot by the Tweedles.
- He promises Holly that he cares about Fabletown and that he will do justice to Lily. (determinant)
- Offers Flycatcher a job at the Woodlands again, who is fired from there. (determinant)
- He defends Nerissa from Crane, then decides to arrest him.
- Shows Dum mercy although he attempted to kill the Wolf. (determinant)
"In Sheep's Clothing"[]
- Comforts Nerissa while she's trying to confess. (determinant)
- Gives Mr. Toad some money to help him buy a glamour. (determinant)
- Saves Woodsman from the hands of Jersey Devil.
- Offers Johann protection from Bloody Mary. (determinant)
- He gives Toad money to buy a glamour. (determinant)
- He locates the Crooked Man's lair and promises Snow to bring him back alive.
- Waits for Tiny Tim to enter the Crooked Man's office, who has a physical disability. (determinant)
"Cry Wolf"[]
- Kills Georgie quickly in order to put his misery. (determinant)
- He brings the Crooked Man to the trial and there he manages to convince Fabletown that the Crooked Man is really a loan shark.
- Either kills the Crooked Man in order to stop his evil deeds, or arrests him in order to bring him to the justice, and judge him lawfully, while the second option is considered more admirable.
- Accepts TJ's gift to Snow when he is leaving for the farm. (determinant)
- He comforts Nerissa again when he discovers that she had helped him.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Being the Big Bad Wolf originally, he has a lethal and violent side, which is the cause of Fables being afraid of them. This is shown in various scenes, yet most -if not all- of these scenes are player dependent and can be avoided for more merciful choices, however while they can be avoided that doesn't mean they all aren't, giving too much uncertainty on how incorruptible he is throughout the game.
- Slapping Toad or violently grabbing him at his apartment when he lies to him about nothing bad happening at his apartment.
- Starting violence by glassing the Woodsman with a beer glass at the Trip Trap Bar.
- Ripping Grendel's arm off after their fight at the Trip Trap Bar, even though he was already down and defeated and didn't really do anything too bad besides insult Snow.
- Torturing Tweedle Dee/The Woodsman (depending by hurting them really bad during the interrogation forcing them to talk, and almost hits Crane when he tries to stop him before Snow walks in, what makes this worse is that Toad mentions that he and TJ witnessed the entire thing, and that it left the latter traumatized.
- Smashing up Georgie's properties at Pudding & Pie and hurting him in order to make him talk.
- Hitting Beast a second time even though their fight was due to a misunderstanding and he didn't deserve it and Beauty begged him not to.
- Hitting Jack one/two times at Crane's apartment even though he's defenseless and not fighting back.
- Slapping Crane and/or breaking his nose, even though he's not fighting back and is defenseless.
- Killing Tweedle Dum by ripping out his throat when Bloody Mary orders the Tweedles to attack him for Crane. Although technically this could be considered an act of self-defense since they were trying to kill him (Even Bigby can determinately say this was the reason later on too), he still took it too far and didn't have to resort to murder. There's even an determinant option in the next episode where he can say to Snow that he killed him because he "felt like it and wanted to destroy something".
- Hitting Jack if he goes to the Lucky Pawn before the Cut Above, giving him a black eye even though he's defenseless and not fighting back.
- Violently slamming Johann the butcher against a door in the meat locker covering his mouth so he can't breath (and can determinantly squeeze his jaw, where you can hear the bones crack) or hitting him in the face giving him a black eye even though he was scared, defenseless, begging him not to kill him, not trying to fight back and trying to tell him what he knows. Before Bigby leaves the Cut Above, he can even show no remorse for what he did to him saying that he "asked for it" and can choose not to offer help when he says that Bloody Mary will be after him and Bigby advises him to leave town.
- Trying to remove Vivian's ribbon without her consent to free the girls from the spell even knowing she will die. Although his intentions are heroic, he still shows no concern for Vivian's life.
- Torturing Georgie while he is sitting on the ground dying and leaving him behind to suffer and bleed out from his wounds rather than putting him out of his misery.
- Killing the Crooked Man before the trial and taking his corpse to it instead even though Snow ordered him to bring him back alive. And lying saying that it was in self-defense even though he was negotiating with Bigby.
- Tearing off the Crooked Man's head as his punishment once he is found guilty at the trial if Bigby brings him back alive, leaving Fabletown afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.
- He can be rude and jerk, as being shown in various scenes, yet most -if not all- of these scenes are player dependent and can be avoided for more merciful choices unless if decided to do so
- Threatening to break the Woodsman's face rather than trying to reason with him when he is beating Faith and causing a disturbance at Toad's apartment complex.
- Not apologizing to Toad and showing no remorse or concern for indirectly breaking his car.
- Threatening Beauty and calling her an "asshole" when she hides behind a tree on the grass when he walks by even though there's a "no walking on the grass" sign not knowing it's her.
- Telling Beast that he saw Beauty even though she specifically told him not to. And he can also promise her that he won't tell Beast, but can break his promise and tell him anyway.
- Letting the elevator door slam in Beast's face when he asks about Beauty without saying if he saw her or not.
- Drinking his whole drink in front of Colin after he begs him for it and says he "probably" will let Bigby sleep like he wants if he gives him it. Colin then says that he hates him and walks away.
- Taking Crane's side when he blames Snow for Faith's murder even though she did nothing wrong, by him being silent and not standing up to Crane.
- Telling Bufkin to "fuck off" after he politely asks how he was doing.
- Threatening to break everything in the room Detective Brannigan is interrogating him in and telling her to "fuck off".
- Being rude and insensitive to TJ when asking him about what he saw even though he's really scared and frightened. And attempting to keep him at the business office against his will for further questioning, and not apologizing to Toad after.
- Burning Aunty Greenleaf's glamour tree at her apartment, even though it's all she has left and she begs him not to, and even told him where Crane is so he wouldn't burn it. Although technically this was an order from Snow (who is Bigby's boss at this time, but not officially), but it was very cruel and unnecessary and he could have stood up to her.
- Threatening Beast when he questions if Bigby will kill the people of Fabletown too, if he kills the Crooked Man before the trial.
- Not accepting TJ's gift to Snow when he is leaving for the farm even though he begs him to.
Trivia[]
- Although Bigby's personality is determinant in The Wolf Among Us, him being more of a villain is considered canon as this is how he is in the Fables comics and in the comic adaption of the game, where most of the choices present in the adaption are the more evil ones. However, since it is confirmed by Bill Willingham that the game is not canon to the comics any longer, the game counterpart of Bigby Wolf should be considered on its own.
- While Bigby Wolf is currently Inconsistently Admirable, there's a possibility this may change upon his return in the sequel The Wolf Among Us 2. Whether this is for Near Pure Good or Heroic/Villainous Benchmark is not only up for debate but highly questionable given the circumstance that its sequel is also going for a heavily status dependent on Player's Choice as well.
External Links[]
- Bigby Wolf on the Heroes Wiki
- Bigby Wolf on the Villains Wiki
- Bigby Wolf on the Fables Wiki
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