The Hoods

"You may have seen our tags around Carcer City, that's right the Hoods, your friendly neighborhood thugs. You need to pull a hospital job on somebody, got an old teacher that still pisses you off after all these years, did a cop actually give you a parking ticket? Give my associates and me a call and we will personally fix any problems you may have."

- Hood Thug

The Hoods are the first gang James Earl Cash encounters in the controversial stealth/horror game Manhunt.

Biography
The Hoods are the first group of Hunters Cash must face off. After Cash is sprung out of prison by Lionel Starkweather, he makes his way through a desolate street in Carcer Mark under strict supervision of the Director. He picks off several Hoods members and breaks into the Carcer City mall. and dispatches the remaining hoods in the level.

After that, Cash escapes through the garbage chute of the mall and makes his way through the back alleys and streets of the Hood's turf while continuing to kill many Hoods. He breaks into a basement and kills a crowbar-wielding Hood in a padded bondage room to finish the scene. Cash then makes his way to the Carcer City Library in the following scene.

After breaking into the Library's cellar and killing several Hoods along the way, he is picked up by Cerberus and extracted from the Hoods Turf.

The Hoods don't make any more appearances after the completion of that scene, apart from a dead Hood found in a toilet stall in the mall. However, the Hoods have starring roles in three of the bonus scenes.

Description
The Hoods consist of a loose-knit group of criminals and off-duty cops and are the first gang that Cash encounters. They are unruly and disorganized, purely in the hunt for financial gain. They wear dark non-descript street clothes and a variety of masks and hoods. They are also armed with blackjacks, crowbars and wooden bats.

Many of the Hoods appear to be unaware of the danger they are in, being dismissive of Cash and chatting noisily about women and cars. They are impatient and easily distracted, tending to patrol their turf alone, making them easy pickings for Cash.

Known Members

 * Joe
 * Mike
 * Zed
 * Vince
 * Duke
 * Carl

Enemies

 * James Earl Cash
 * The Innocentz
 * Skinz

Trivia

 * They only appear in 7 out of the 20 missions in the game.
 * At the police station of Las Venturas, in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are several wanted posters featuring Hoods members.
 * In GTA: Vice City Stories, there's a Hood outfit that Victor Vance can wear.
 * Some of the Hoods members wear jackets that read "Furys". A probable reference to the 1979 film The Warriors, as this film was also turned into a game by Rockstar in 2005.