Barbara Johnson



Barbara Johnson (often referred to as the Housewife) is one of the selectable characters in BioShock 2 Multiplayer. She was the second character to be shown on the Cult of Rapture's Faces of Rapture's Civil War.

"Barbara Johnson is a dutiful housewife and an attentive mother. She arrived in Rapture hoping that the unique and exciting circumstances of life under the sea would dispel the sense of dissatisfaction that plagued her topside. And at first it did. But as the novelty of her new environment wore off, and her household duties again demanded her full attention, she found herself once again beset by the familiar and nagging sense that there must be something more."

Story


Barbara's husband, Fred, forbade her from splicing in front of the children, despite her warnings that the neighbors were trying to kill them. After her daughter, Susie, is nearly attacked by a Big Daddy as she was trying to play with a Little Sister, Barbara goes against her husband's wishes and heads to the store to buy some more "Special Medicine". However, as ADAM became harder to find, Barbara becomes so desperate to acquire some that she lets several strange men claiming they've got ADAM into her apartment. They immediately kidnap Susie, and despite successfully shocking one of the men, another strikes Barbara with a Winter Blast, freezing her as they take her daughter away. However, she knows that they are taking her to the Little Sister Orphanage and states that she will march down there and find her daughter and then the men who kidnapped her.

As Barbara splices more and more, she begins losing her grip on reality, believing the war zone to be her household. For example, she becomes deluded into thinking an enemy Big Daddy is the family dog and that the Little Sister and the Splicers she researches are in fact her own child.

Audio Diaries

 * Keeping Up: Unlocked from the start.
 * Maternal Instincts: Unlocked at Rank 3.
 * Hard to Find: Unlocked at Rank 23.

Character Selection Screen

 * "There are just way too many parasites in this garden!" [NOTE: Barbara may also say this in combat]
 * "My word: a woman's work is never done!" [NOTE: Barbara may also say this in combat]
 * "Blood never washes out!" [NOTE: Barbara may also say this in combat]
 * "Tell me about your day dear."
 * "I'm gonna have to do some exterminating in here!"

Picked up a Little Sister

 * "There there, DON'T CRY!" (when Little Sister talks back)
 * "Tell me about your day, dear."
 * "We're almost there!"
 * "Mommy's playing too!"
 * "Come help mommy in the kitchen!"
 * "Upsie-daisy cutie pie!"
 * "Mommy's gonna get you a treat!"
 * "Peek-a-boo!"
 * "Mommy's got'cha!"

Attacking a Rosie

 * "FETCH!"
 * "No! We can not keep it!"
 * "Bad dog! Down!"
 * "I'll never get your smell out of the rug!"
 * "Don't make me take you straight to the pound!"
 * "Stop digging up my TOMATOES!"
 * "Play DEAD boy!"
 * "Let's play fetch!"

Killed a Rosie

 * "Kiiids! Come help me bury the dog!"
 * "Now you don't have to play dead!"
 * "I'll just tell the kids you ran away."

Attacking an Enemy Splicer

 * "Maggots, mealybugs and worms!"
 * "You are all grounded!"
 * "I'M. NOT. IN THE. MOOD!"
 * "This is going to hurt you, more than it's going to hurt me!"
 * "Blood never washes out!"
 * "My word: a woman's work is never done!"
 * "There are just way too many parasites in this garden!"

Killed an Enemy Splicer

 * "Till death do us part! Goodbye, dear..."
 * "Nap time's over."
 * "I'll put the loveliest flowers on your grave."
 * "My headache's gone!"
 * "I'll use your body for mulch in my garden."
 * "I suppose I'll have to clean this up!"
 * "No need to wake up, dear."
 * "You let mommy down!"
 * "You make such a lovely compost"
 * "And I had such high hopes for you."
 * "Someone's gonna get hurt!"
 * "Nighty night."
 * "Mommy's not mad anymore."

Researching an Enemy

 * "I warned you not to play with bigger kids."
 * "Oh, look at what these bullies did to you."
 * "Humm, I hope you learned your lesson."
 * "Your mother would be so ashamed of you."
 * "You look absolutely mortified! Hahaha."
 * "Oh, look at you, silly-dilly!"
 * "Proud of yourself, hmm?"

Regenerating Health

 * "Mommy just needed a little rest!"
 * "Well..guess there is rest for the wicked!"
 * "Haven't felt this good since I was single!"
 * "Ready or not, here comes mommy!"
 * "Mommy just needed her medicine."

Electrocuted

 * (Loud yelp of pain)

Burning

 * "WAH!!! Put it out! PUT IT OUT!!!"

Swarmed

 * "Ah! Nasty things!"
 * "Ah! Oh my god, bees!"

Frozen

 * (Indistinct gibberish)
 * "Goodness..."