Flashlight

WEAPON
Flashlight
The Flashlight in Manhunt 2.
Appearance(s):	Manhunt [CUT] Manhunt 2
Also known as:	Torch (HUD icon texture name)
Weapon class:	Blue
HUD icon
Manhunt
Manhunt 2

The Flashlight was an item scrapped from Manhunt, which then returned as a blue class weapon in Manhunt 2.

Description

A generic Maglite styled flashlight, with a black and yellow color scheme.

In the hands of the average man, it can help with alot of things, such as searching through dark places, walking through the night, tracking down dangerous individuals.

However, in the hands of dangerous individuals, they inflict gruesome destruction. Thanks to their weight and quality, they often cause devastating damage, with individuals like Danny and Leo often bludgeoning their enemies to death, causing their heads to cave in from the violent barrage of blunt trauma.

Cut Content

The following is based on Manhunt series cut content and has not been verified by canon sources. Reader discretion is advised.
Please do not add unverified or speculative content to this article unless confirmed by Rockstar Games or in-game data.

Manhunt

During the early development of Manhunt, the Flashlight was originally an item that would've served as a tool to help the player, rather than as a weapon. The PS2 version of Manhunt contains .TXT files requesting the Flashlight, along with several other nonexistent items.

A HUD icon is leftover in the Global files of the Prototype Version 0.69, and it is also requested in the entity file.

The model and texture was later recycled for Manhunt 2.

0.69 HUD icon.

ID_STR  torch
QUICK   0

ENG    "Torch"
GER    "Taschenlampe"
FRA    "Torch"
ITA    "Torch"
SPA    "Torch"
JAP    "Torch"

Executions

Type	Execution	Description	Prompts
Hasty		The player swings the flashlight across the back of the target's skull, killing them.
Violent		From behind, the player swings the flashlight down on the target's occiput, stunning them and forcing them to kneel. The player then swings it across their face, the resulting blow having enough force to utterly destroy their head.
Gruesome		From behind, the player swings the flashlight down on the target's occiput, forcing them to look at their future murderer. The player bars the target's arm from interrupting him with his free hand and bludgeons their face with the flashlight five times until they fall to the ground. The player then delivers the last two blows to their skull, the final one destroying it.
Jump		Shares animation with the nightstick. The player jumps from an elevated position and strikes the target's occiput as they fall, forcing them to their knees. The player then swings the flashlight across their occiput twice, destroying their head. The skull exploding is the only difference it has from the nightstick's jump execution.

Appearances

Manhunt

• Mouth of Madness (Cutscene only, wielded by the Cerberus leader looking around the asylum.)

Manhunt 2

• Ghosts (PSP 0.01 Only. Found in the house's bedroom)
• Most Wanted (PlayStation 2 and PSP only. Found in the backyard of the vigilante dad's house)
• Ritual Cleansing (PSP 0.01; Wielded by 2 Security Guards)
• Origins (PSP 0.01; Unobtainable)
• Domestic Disturbance (PlayStation 2 and PSP only. Found in a backyard of a house in the episode's starting area)
• Personality Clash (PSP 0.01; Unobtainable)

Trivia

• During the development of Manhunt, the Flashlight was intended to be an item, rather than a weapon. The unused animation/mechanic for turning the flashlight on in Manhunt 2 seems to have followed this concept.
• On the PSP, PS2 and Wii versions, the Pliers will use the same animations as the Flashlight