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Crash

Distaff Counterpart of Doom, though she makes her debut in this game. Formerly, Doom's military instructor. Now, she trains and introduces the newcomers to the Arena Eternal.

• Action Girl
• Bare Your Midriff
• Distaff Counterpart: Towards Doom.
• Space Marine

Ranger

The Player Character from the first Quake, Ranger is a former veteran of the Slipgate wars. His experiences left him more alien than human. The player fights against him in the Arena Gate.

Phobos

Another counterpart to Doom. He led the invasion of the demon-haunted tunnels of Phobos, where he was betrayed by his superiors, who thought they could learn more from watching him die than studying his reports. The player fights against him in the House of Pain.

• Space Marine

Mynx

Not much is known about her, other than her occupations: porn star, master assassin and fashion model. She's part viper, part black widow, and all woman. The player fights against her in the Arena of Death, alongside Orbb.

• Action Girl
• Ms. Fanservice: A former porn star.

Orbb

Once an Arena watcher, he evolved beyond his specifications and became a deadly combatant. The player fights against it in the Arena of Death, alongside Mynx. Later, he appears in the Place Of Many Deaths and the Camping Grounds.

• Faceless Eye
• Your Mom:

"Your parental unit." "Your female parental unit."

Sarge

A combat veteran. Not much is known about him. The player fights against him in the Powerstation 0218.

• Decoy Protagonist: He appears in the intro video, as fighting against thousands of monsters. Later, he does appear, but as one of the bosses, and not as the player character.
• Mid Boss: The final boss of Tier 1.

Bitterman

The main Player Character of Quake II, he's a veteran of the Strogg wars. According to the manual, the Strogg did some experiments on him, which left him more Strogg than human. The player fights against him in the Place Of Many Deaths, the Camping Grounds and Brimstone Abbey.

• Deep South

(after dying in the lava) "This is like an Alabama August!"

• Gratuitous Spanish: Has an habit of sprouting an "Amigo" each 4 or 5 lines.
• Mythology Gag: As the Player Character of Quake II, he makes some references to his adventures in that game:
  • When he ends last in the ranking:

"Don't push me, <player>. I've been to hell and back, and back I'll be!" "I've seen tougher, killed 'em too."

• Shirtless Scene
• Take That:

"Hey, <player>! A sleeping cow makes a tougher target than you!"

Grunt

One of the characters from Quake II. Nathan Grunt is a Strogg invasion veteran who still fights a war which ended years ago. He's fought in the Place Of Many Deaths, the Camping Grounds, and the Temple of Retribution.

• Ascended Extra: A selectable multiplayer skin in Quake II, he becomes a full-fledged warrior in this game.
• Mythology Gag: He does a few callbacks to his original series, like Bitterman:

(When fragging someone with the Railgun) "'Old Betsy' still works like a charm." (When fragging someone with a Gauntlet) "Beats a hand blaster any day."

Hossman

A character who looks like a big fat guy who would have been out of place here. The manual says that he's agiler than that. The player fights against him in the Forgotten Place and the Camping Grounds.

• Acrofatic
• Bare Your Midriff
• Lightning Bruiser: In-universe, the manual shows him like this.

Daemia

A Bounty Hunter who doesn't care who or what is in her sights. The player fights against her in the Forgotten Place, the Camping Grounds and the Temple of Retribution.

• Action Girl
• Ax Crazy / Hot-Blooded
• Gratuitous Spanish: Sprouts a lot of lines such as "Hasta la vista", "Adios." or "Te hablo luego."
• Shout-Out:

"I'm a pinball wizard, <player>." "Caramba! I've just enrolled in the WILE E. School of Stupidity."

Hunter

The second boss character of the game. She's an inhabitant of Tau Ceti who seeks revenge against the Sorg, Sorlag's race, for destroying her village. She's fought in the Proving Grounds.

• Action Girl
• Bare Your Midriff
• Mid Boss: The final boss of Tier 2.
• Ms. Fanservice: An alien-hunter who wears next to nothing and, well...
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: What she wants on the Sorg race, specially Sorlag, according to All There in the Manual.

Gorre

• Artificial Human
• Rhymes on a Dime:

"Here lies, <player>, the scab. Fought a god and bought a slab." "Here lies, <player>, the whining puke. He'd have had more chance if he swallowed a nuke."

Angel

• Double Entendre:
  • Hit her without killing her, and you get this gem:

Angel: Ooh, I like the rough stuff.

• • There's also this other gem, when she dies in the lava:

Angel: Now you think I'm hot, right?

• Insistent Terminology:

"Robot?!?! I'm a synthetic humanoid, thank you very much."

• Shout-Out: When killed by a Railgun, she drops this one:

"Ever get the feeling you're being watched?"

• Take That:

"Hey, <player>, repeat after me ... I WILL brush my teeth."

• Turned Against Her Master

Slash

• Artificial Limbs
• Stripperific (especially in her Yuriko skin)
• Rollerblade Good

Klesk

• Mid Boss: The final boss of Tier 3.

Lucy

• Action Girl

Biker

• Acrofatic
• Ironic Name
• Shout-Out:

"You just stepped on the highway to hell, <player>."

• Take That: After he dies because of falling damage:

"Them Kneivel boys ain't got nothin' on me."

• Your Cheating Heart: He seems to be engaged to Lucy:

"Don't go tellin' Lucy I was here ... she'll whip my butt."

Patriot

• Wearing a Flag on Your Head

Anarki

• Artificial Limbs
• Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
• Hover Board: Though it's purely cosmetic.
• Leet Lingo: Everywhere.
• Mid Boss: The final boss of Tier 4.
• Shirtless Scene
• Shout-Out:

"I feel the Need for Speed. Road trip on the cyber-highway!"

• Totally Radical / Cyberpunk: His appearance, his chatlines are wrote in Xtreme Kool Letterz format, and has several of these attitudes...

"Oh ~d00d! <map> is like my totally favorite place to hang." "I ride in kewler circles, lamer. CU L8r."

Visor

• Artificial Limbs

Keel

• Back From the Dead

Uriel

• Mid Boss: The final boss of Tier 5.

Bones

• Buffy-Speak:

"This gauntlet thingy gnaws right to the bone."

• Dem Bones
• Fridge Logic: Invoked:

(Description in the manual) "This fearsome foe showcases the powers of the Vadrigar, for it has no true life of its own. But it begs the question: Where do the gibs and blood come from??"

• Pungeon Master: He can get away with jokes about death and... bones:

"Yo, <player>, I got a bone to pick with you." "I'm NOT gonna need to work my fingers to the bone to beat this crew." "They all die! Isn't that enough! How many more will be thrown at me?"

• Shout-Out:

"Into the valley of death rode the six hundred!" "This <player>'s Bad to the Bone?" "I'm dead Jim." "It is a good day to die." "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." "Is my brother Skully still hangin' around in the training level?"

Cadavre

• Implacable Man: According to his backstory.

Doom

• And Your Little Dog, Too: Invoked:

"You and your little dog Toto too!"

• Mythology Gag: He sprouts many lines referencing his original series:

(When a match ends with him not being first or last) "Over? I haven't found the blue key card yet!" (When last in a match) "I was last once before, and a whole planet paid the price." (When dying for lava) "I've been to hell once ... kinda felt like this." (When dying for slime) "Shouldn't this stuff be in barrels!?!" (When being killed by a BFG) "That toy ain't no BFG." (When kill with a Gauntlet) "Need... Berserk Pack... must... have... Berserk Pack!" "Where's the freakin' red key card?"

• Space Marine

Major

• Action Girl
• Bare Your Midriff
• Distaff Counterpart: Towards Bitterman.

Xaero

• Artificial Limbs
• Final Boss: Of the PC version.
• Ice Cream Koan: He loves these.
• Taken for Granite: When you defeat him in the last match, he becomes this during the credits.

Pi

• Action Girl
• Back From the Dead

Fritzkrieg

• Leet Lingo:

"Well lookie here! It's the infamous <player>. Time to ph34r those l33t 5k1ll5 again, eh?"

Vadrigar

• Announcer All Along:

"I am Vadrigar, the omega master, the supreme being. You shall never be free. You will live to be blasted and torturously defeated in my hands."

• Big Bad
• Final Boss: Of the PlayStation 2 version.
• Sufficiently Advanced Aliens: And the most powerful of them, to boot.