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Most folk won't spare me the time of day, but you did. You did and it was real nice. Real nice.
Mickey to the player

Mickey is a minor character featured in Red Dead Redemption 2.

History[]

Background[]

Mickey is a homeless man who claims to have served in the U.S. Army, allegedly losing his left arm in battle. He can be found opposite Keane's Saloon in Valentine, or outside the train station, begging for money, or even just a conversation. 

Events of Red Dead Redemption 2[]

Arthur Morgan can encounter Mickey and talk with him on several occasions, making Mickey happy that someone is sparing him the time of day. When Arthur is dying of tuberculosis, Mickey comforts him, and admits to Arthur that he was not actually a soldier and is just trying to gain sympathy.

In the epilogue, John Marston can have similar encounters with Mickey eight years later, with not much having changed. Mickey tries to hug John, but he refuses. John also informs Mickey of Arthur's death, whom he mourns.

Character[]

Personality[]

Mickey is an extremely lonely man, who has almost no human contact whatsoever. It is likely that Arthur and John are the only people he has ever actually spoken to in decades. His speech is awkward, repetitive and strained, but he is very thankful towards anyone willing to talk to him for more than a couple of seconds.

Appearance[]

[1]Mickey is an overweight, balding man with dark hair and a beard. He wears a dirty, worn out Spanish American War-era U.S. Army military uniform[citation needed], and he has a missing left arm, which he claims he lost during the war.

In 1907, Mickey looks roughly the same, except he now has longer hair and beard, giving him a more scruffy appearance. His uniform also looks more faded in color.

Quotes[]

I fought in the war. I fought for you.
Mickey begging
I'm too old to get a job, mister. Way too old... can't we be friends?
Mickey to Arthur
You're like a brother... but I didn't learn your name, and I said to myself, Mickey, you never learnt that fella's name. Now, you'll never see him again and you'll be sad like... when your puppy passed, 'cause you slept on it...
Mickey to Arthur
I fought in a war, mister. I did. Sent me strange seeing all them... fellers die. I... I saw terrible things. I ain't been the same since.
Mickey about his past
It's nice to be held sometimes. Oh, we used to hold each other in the war.
Mickey to Arthur
Remember with kindness.
Mickey to Arthur
Most folk won't spare me the time of day.
Mickey to John
I just kinda like folk but... most folk don't like me.
Mickey to John
Ain't ever harmful to be held, mister; only most folk find me creepy and strange, which ain't nice.
Mickey to John

Trivia[]

  • Mickey once had a puppy, which he accidentally killed by rolling on top of it while sleeping.
  • Mickey claims that he was once assaulted by Tommy.
  • During the development of Red Dead Redemption II, Mickey was supposed to appear in "Red Dead Redemption" as there was audio lines for Mickey in the game files.
  • The three chevrons on the sleeves of Mickey's coat indicate that he is wearing a sergeant's uniform, although it could also be a first sergeant's uniform, as the difference is one diamond just above the chevrons. However Mickey has a patch over his rank insignia, making it difficult to tell.
  • He couldn't know as he didn't serve; Mickey's stripes are not of any color used by enlisted personnel of the time. Unlike Joe Butler, the disabled veteran that hangs out by the store in Rhodes, whose red uniform cuffs & forage cap indicate he served in the artillery. Blue denoted infantry, yellow cavalry, and white/silver was used in officer uniforms & doctors.
  • Mickey's charade is initially convincing because Civil War veterans migrated to the postwar West in great numbers. Those who did so had often served in combat-heavy units and therefore suffered trauma and mental illness at greater rates than those veterans who managed to successfully re-engage in the civilian life of their hometowns in the East after the war. Struggling Civil War veterans were not an uncommon sight in the postwar West, particularly among isolated small towns.
  • It is possible to kill Mickey, although he cannot be lassoed or hogtied.
  • Making friends with Mickey will raise the player's Honor, as well as giving him a hug.
  • Occasionally, Mickey will walk over to Smithfield's Saloon or Keane's Saloon and hang out at the bar.
  • Mickey is a direct contrast to Joe Butler, seeing as Mickey was lying about being a veteran, whereas Joe really did fight in the war. This contrast also goes further, seeing as Joe and Mickey have opposite injuries, with Joe missing his right leg, and Mickey, his left arm, as well as the fact that Joe was a Confederate soldier, and Mickey wears the uniform of a Spanish-American War-era soldier.

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