Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty/Characters: Difference between revisions

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== Raiden/Jack/{{spoiler|Jack the Ripper}} ==

 

* [[Badass]]: Even before the fourth game, he was one.

** [[Badass Baritone]]: Only in the Japanese versions.

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Wears one in the fourth game. ''A lot''.

** {{spoiler|[[Handicapped Badass]]: Becomes this in the latter parts of the fourth game due to a [[Life or Limb Decision]] followed by a [[No One Could Survive That|non-fatal]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. But thanks to reconstructive surgery, he got better.}}

* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]: Implied by a guard's comment to Raiden if he sees him seemingly restrained in the torture device (he claims that he "wishes that he has that"). Not that it's apparent due to [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|obvious reasons]].

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Raiden's birth parents were killed while he was still a very young child, and Solidus, being his "Godfather", took him in. {{spoiler|It's later revealed that Solidus was the one who murdered Raiden's parents.}}

* [[Determinator]]

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Rosemary claimed that Raiden took to heavily drinking after his [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]] memories as a [[Child Soldier]] returned to him.

* [[Expy]]: Weirdly [[Invoked Trope|invoked]]. {{spoiler|1=Most of MGS2 consisted of the Patriots supposedly trying to make him another Solid Snake, and for that they had to make his character and experiences match Snake's as closely as possible. However, during the Master AI's speech to Raiden, they reveal that molding him into the next Solid Snake wasn't even the true goal (they had misled Ocelot earlier), but to try to manipulate Raiden's experiences to craft him to be their viewpoint of the masses and essentially control humanity.}}

* [[Foil]]: To Solid Snake. Snake is a gruff, grizzled, [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] ladies man, Raiden is a young, [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|idealistic]], [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] with a steady girlfriend.

* [[Glasgow Grin]]: Seems to sport this in ''Revengeance''. See [[Slasher Smile]] below.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: So much that, despite having a gun strapped to his leg throughout the fourth game, he never once uses it. (Ironically, his sword is not a katana at all, but rather a straight-bladed ''ninjato''.)

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: {{spoiler|"Jack the Ripper".}}

* [[Shock and Awe]]: '' I'm Lightning. The Rain Transformed.''.

** And the tagline for his game is "Lightning Bolt Action".

* [[Shout-Out]]: Cyborg Raiden's blood being white could be a reference to the androids of the [[Alien]] franchise

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Seems to sport this in ''Revengeance'', although the smile itself almost looks like a [[Glasgow Grin]].

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: In MGS2.

* [[Tyke Bomb]]

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: In ''Metal Gear Solid 2''.

* [[Zen Survivor]]

 

== Sergei Gurlukovich ==

 

The leader of a Russian a mercenary group and Olga Gurlukovich's father. He was briefly involved in Liquid's revolt on Shadow Moses Island as being the supplier of some of the Sons of Big Boss's heavy weaponry and Liquid's Hind D. Sergei worked with Revolver Ocelot in the hopes of stealing Metal Gear RAY to restor power to Russia, but was stabbed in the back by Ocelot and killed.

* [[The Ghost]]: Was briefly mentioned in the first ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' as being one of Liquid's backers in his revolution, and his being the reason why Liquid had a Hind D in that game.

* [[Glorious Mother Russia]]

'''Sergei''': Damn you. }}

* [[Papa Wolf]] / [[Morality Pet]]: It's very clear that he does deeply care about his daughter, Olga, as well as the well-being of his grandchild. Also, as evidenced in the [[Lame Comeback]] line, he was not pleased with Ocelot's threat against his daughter when the latter betrayed him.

 

== Olga Gurlukovich/{{spoiler|Mr. X}} ==

 

A Russian mercenary whom Snake first encounters aboard the Tanker, Olga is a tough cookie. She has been raised all her life to be strong, both out of necessity and because her father was a colonel for a Russian private army. She is seen again in the Plant, having inherited her father's unit after the old man died. She may or may not be having [[Double Agent|her own agenda]]. {{spoiler|She is also being used by The Patriots, who are threatening to kill her child if she doesn't allow for Raiden's mission to suceed. To this end, she disguises herself as a ninja called Mr. X and randomly calls Raiden to give him advice. She dies in the end to save Raiden and her baby.}}

* [[Action Girl]]: In the Tank Chapter

* [[Action Mom]]: In the Plant Chapter

* [[Scars Are Forever]]/[[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Olga possessed a long scar across her face, above her right eye to below her left eye (this is made more apparent in artwork of her, being barely visible in the game itself). Presumably, she got the scar during combat.

* {{spoiler|[[Vasquez Always Dies]]}}

 

 

== Scott Dolph ==

 

* [[Bi the Way]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]: The reason he wasn't willing to allow Fortune, his daughter, to join the military was because he didn't want her to experience the harsh possibility of a nuclear war.

 

== Rosemary ==

 

Raiden's girlfriend, who is determined to make him be a little more open with her. There may be more to her than it seems. {{spoiler|Turns out there is - she was originally a spy for The Patriots sent to analyze Raiden, but sure enough, things got out of hand and her feelings became personal}}.

 

Reappears in ''Guns of the Patriots'' as Snake's psychiatric support. She's married to Colonel Campbell, to the disgust of everybody.

* {{spoiler|[[Becoming the Mask]]}}

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: She expresses a bit of jealousy when Raiden is escorting Emma.

* [[Gainaxing]]: While having Codec-conversations with Rosemary in ''Guns Of The Patriots'', give your controller a few nice hard shakes and watch what happens on the screen...[[Squee|(snickers)]].

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]]}}: In the fourth game.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Take Raiden's word for it.

 

Raiden's commanding officer during the Big Shell incident. {{spoiler|An AI recreation of Roy Campbell.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Artificial Intelligence]]}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: {{spoiler|Well, until he turns out to be an AI.}}

 

== Solidus Snake ==

 

In the first ''Metal Gear Solid'', Solidus shows up in [[The Stinger]] at the end of the game in the role of the U.S. President, and is a major character in the second game. He's the third of Big Boss' clones, a former agent of the Patriots, and Raiden's adopted father. He was once the 43rd President under the alias of George Sears, but was forced to resign from office after Metal Gear REX and the Genome Project soldiers, as well as the events of the Shadow Moses Incident and his involvement in the Sons of Big Boss's actions, were exposed to the public. The Patriots pinned him as the scapegoat, as he'd before advocated against genetic engineering, and becomes a terrorist with the group The Sons of Liberty. He might reappear in flashbacks for ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', although what is certain is that he is certainly in the flashbacks in viral marketing trailers for the game.

* [[Alliterative Name|Alliterative]] [[Code Name]]

* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains|Type III]]. [[Word of God]] stated that Solidus was intended to be of this trope.

* [[Military Brat]]: He's a clone of Big Boss, and he also participated as a [[Child Soldier]] (actually, not just a child soldier, but a child soldier who leads an entire army of child soldiers) in the Liberian Civil War.

* [[Named Weapons]]: His [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana and wakizashi set]] (i.e. daishou), [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Minshuto ("Democrat") and Kyowato ("Republican")]].

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Let's just say that he did not take it well when he learned that the Patriots had wiped Raiden's memory, and probably took him from him.

* [[President Evil]]

 

 

 

The second-in-command of Dead Cell, with the miraculous ability to avoid death. She incorrectly believes that Solid Snake is responsible for the death of her father Dolph. A bit of a [[Death Seeker]].

** In a way, it's also due to her "powers" that she's even capable of using it, going by Rosemary's statements in a CODEC call.

* {{spoiler|[[Bizarre Human Biology]]: She was born with her heart on the '''right''' side, due to ''[[wikipedia:Situs inversus|situs inversus]]''. It briefly prolongs her life expectancy when Revolver Ocelot decides to off her with a shot to the heart, while ''forgetting'' that little fact.}}

* [[The Pawn]]: The Patriots used her for their own goals.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Just about every scene she's in introduces her with the camera slowly panning up those long legs of hers.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Vamp and Fortune want to destroy Manhattan (which was also against Solidus' supposed goals) as their revenge against the Patriots for their involvement in the destruction of Dead Cell's unit, and presumably for framing Dead Cell for terrorist actions that the Patriots orchestrated. Not to mention the pain they endured from the deaths of Scott Dolph and Colonel Jackson. Unfortunately, they ended up being used by them anyways.

* [[You Killed My Father]]

 

== Vamp ==

 

Vamp is an apparently immortal Romanian with a penchant for knives and a taste for blood. He was once involved with Commander Scott Dolph before becoming close with Dolph's daughter Helena/Fortune.

 

In the fourth game, he begins to look for a [[Worthy Opponent]] who can finally finish him - Raiden.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Enjoys knives, blood, and stabbing people a little too much.

** It's significantly downplayed in MGS4, however, where he questions some of Liquid Ocelot's plans, and was shown to be the only one capable of controlling the definitively [[Ax Crazy]] BATB unit (like when he [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|threw a knife at Laughing Octopus specifically to stop her from slaughtering too many of the rebel soldiers]]).

* [[Blood Lust]]

* [[Beard of Evil]]

* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: Vamp ''really'' loves hurting people. Especially Raiden. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZvIvDHy9vo Just watch this fight scene.]

** Likewise, Vamp also ''really'' enjoys being hurt himself in the same scene. Note what he said to Raiden when Raiden delivered the final blow.

* [[Made of Iron]]: Vamp can consistently take an incredible amount of punishment thanks to his natural [[Healing Factor|healing ability]], {{spoiler|even without his nanomachines}}.

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: Subverted: Similar to Kuja from [[Final Fantasy IX]], Vamp managed to dodge all of Raiden's gunfire, but ended up being grazed on the cheek. He actually is impressed with Raiden for inflicting the cut, as he notes that he has the ability to predict people's actions by their muscles, but Raiden's are "different" (referring to the Skull Suit's pressure against his vital organs), and notes that this will be as much of a promising battle as Ocelot mentioned.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: His design is modeled on flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes.

* [[No Shirt, Long Jacket]]

* {{spoiler|[[Nanomachines]]: The reason for his apparent immortality.}}

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Come on, he's a very pale guy with an eastern European accent, loves to lick blood from his knife, has red eyes in the fourth game, wears a [[Badass Longcoat]] when he isn't shirtless, has a [[Beard of Evil]], this could go on for paragraphs.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: In comparison to his boss, Liquid Ocelot, whom he questions his plans somewhat, and the B&B Corps, who are so [[Ax Crazy]] that the only way to prevent them from getting out of hand is to throw a knife at them, Vamp seems to be the closest thing to a sane member of Outer Heaven that they could have.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Vamp apparently only drinks blood due to a neurosis, and {{spoiler|his running on water as well as straight up high walls is apparently due to wearing special footwear. Gets back into familiar territory with his [[Healing Factor]]; while nanomachines enhance it and allow him to revive from mortal wounds in seconds without a scratch, it's stated that he always had this trait to a lesser degree.}}

* [[The Vamp]]: Despite his codename being "Vamp", its subverted, as it is hinted that he did genuinely love Marine Commandant General Scott Dolph (if he hadn't and played the trope straight, then Helena/Fortune, Scott's daughter, certainly would not have even been friends with him, never mind possible lovers).

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Vamp and Fortune want to destroy Manhattan (which was also against Solidus' supposed goals) as their revenge against the Patriots for their involvement in the destruction of their unit and presumably their framing them for terrorist actions that the Patriots orchestrated, not to mention the pain they endured from the deaths of Scott Dolph and Colonel Jackson. Unfortunately, they ended up being used by them anyways.

 

 

== Fatman ==

 

An obese man on roller-skates. Fatman is a bomb-making expert that revels in blowing things up. Fatman places several explosives around Big Shell that Raiden has to defuse.

* [[Acrofatic]]

* [[Annoying Laugh]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Bald of Evil]]: The game's script implies that the reason for his baldness is from severe burns.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: If his introductory statement is anything to go by, he apparently takes pride in being the lowest humanity has to offer even moreso than being the greatest humanity has to offer.

* [[Deceptive Disciple]]

 

== Emma Emmerich ==

 

Hal's younger step-sister. When they were young Hal and Emma had a very close relationship, which was ruined when {{spoiler|Hal was seduced by Emma's mother. Hal's father found out and tried to drown himself, but accidentally pulled Emma in too, and Hal couldn't hear Emma screaming because he was with Emma's mother}}.

** It’s worth notating the whole censored alphabet thing makes much more sense in Japanese as they are missing letters, like La Li Lu Le Lo.

* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}

* [[Escort Mission]]: You have to take her from the Shell 2 core to the Shell 1 core. She can't walk very well due to her being injected with something to keep her from running away, so Raiden has to carry her.

* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}: Especially jarring in that it happens almost immediately after the [[Escort Mission]].

 

== Richard Ames ==

 

Allegedly as a member of the secret service under official records, Richard is actually a DIA/Patriot agent going undercover, presumably to assassinate President Johnson for "betraying" the Patriots. Of course, he ends up being an unwitting pawn himself and dies from his nanomachines getting shut down in a similar fashion to FOXDIE.

* [[Jerkass]]: In the beginning of the novel, he is shown to be somewhat unpleasant: He forced Nastasha Romanenko into participating in the Shadow Moses Incident, and was also implied to have forced Roy Campbell into participating in the incident as well.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Initially believed to be what happened to him in the novel, ends up happening for real during the Big Shell Incident.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: When playing the game without reading Nastasha's novel first, it initially seems like they did this for this trope only.

 

 

== Peter Stillman ==

 

A bomb disposal expert and Fatman's mentor. Stillman helps Raiden and Plissken defuse several of his student's bombs, then dies trying to defuse one himself.

 

 

 

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* [[Crotch Grab Sex Check]]: How he makes sure Raiden is a man.

 

 

== The Patriots ==

A nebulous, possibly ancient conspiracy introduced in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. They secretly manipulate American politics and media, and use the "GW" AI to censor and control information flow. The events of the Big Shell incident are a test to extend this control to human thought with Raiden as the test subject. The Patriots themselves may or may not be: A group of twelve people who have been dead for 100 years, a sentient white house, or sentient internet memes. ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' reveals the truth behind The Patriots: {{spoiler|1=they were founded by Big Boss, Major Zero, Ocelot, Eva, Sigint, and Para-medic some time after Portable Ops, and perpetuated by five AIs: GW, TJ, AL, TR, and JD. (the first four being named after the initials of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore and the latter one meaning "John Doe")}}. They later reappeared in Peace Walker, this time under the alias of Cipher.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: If {{spoiler|Paz's diary tapes}} are anything to go by, the Patriots, under the alias of Cipher, adopted her when she was an orphan, and they apparently threatened her with a fate far worse than death if she failed or disobeyed her mission. Then there's their creation of the Sons of Big Boss, which is borderline sexual abuse considering that they created the children without Big Boss's consent.

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|They were actually formed in the 1970s and only used the real [[Ancient Conspiracy]], The Philosophers, as a cover story.}}

* [[Bigger Bad]]: [[Word of God]] stated that the reason why the Patriots were created was so Solidus would not be shown as the absolute bad guy.

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: It was heavily implied that the Patriots were the true villains in Metal Gear Solid 2 and the overall series, and that they actually won in the end of [MGS2]. Arguably, they also won in Metal Gear 2, when Solid Snake defeated Big Boss.

* [[Genocide Backfire]]: Subverted. They deliberately spared only a few members of Dead Cell when they liquidated it specifically to have them try to get revenge on them just to further manipulate them for the S3 Plan. It worked.

* [[He Who Must Not Be Named]]: Not that anyone with nanomachines is actually capable of saying their name, anyways, thanks to those nanomachines being programmed to force the person to say and hear "La Li Lu Le Lo."

** {{spoiler|[[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: EVA and Para-Medic respectively.}}

 

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