The taser is a melee weapon that appears in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, it only appears on the levels Final Cut and Caught. The Taser is used by Inspectors and can be picked up after killing them. The Taser can not be picked up in the first Hotline Miami, being an unusable weapon used by Inspectors. Jacket's animation upon being killed with a taser is similar to that of Martin Brown and Manny Pardo's taser death animations in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.
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The taser has a slow attack animation, however it will electrocute enemies that come in contact with the taser during the animation, allowing the player to easily deal with multiple enemies with a single attack as long as the animation is still playing. The Taser can only be obtained on the levels Final Cut and Caught and is dropped by Inspectors.
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- Despite the fact the Inspectors use tasers in Hotline Miami, they will not drop it upon death, making the Taser unusable in Hotline Miami.
- The taser has a unique animation where it electrocutes enemies.
- Though the taser is intended to be a non-lethal weapon, the player clearly kills enemies when they use it, as they remain motionless on the ground and do not get back up. This is most likely because the enemy was sent into cardiac arrest from excessive shocks made with a single blow.
- The A BOX FULL OF SHARP OBJECTS Achievement only counts "kills" with the taser in Final Cut toward its progress.
- The taser was supposed to appear in Hotline Miami but was cut, however it made a return in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.
- Jacket has sprites, which show him using the taser, hinting like the 9mm, it was removed, most likely due to either: Creative Reasons, lack of development time, lack of resources, or due to it's small appearance time (Assault).
- Despite being a non-lethal weapon, the taser will kill people if used on an enemy that is knocked down against a wall, this is because the Taser previously did not have a unique death animation when used on enemies against the wall, so it instead uses the knife's death animation instead. However, this has since been corrected in an update, and the taser now has its own animation for enemies against the wall.
- Due to the fact the Taser only appears on two levels, it is one of the rarest weapons in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.
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