The following is a list of recurring fictional characters that appeared thorough the Metal Gear series in more than one canonical installment. The series' canon comprises (not including re-releases and remakes) Metal Gear (MG) and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MG2) for the MSX2, Metal Gear Solid (MGS) for the PlayStation, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (MGS2) and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (MGS3) for PS2, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (MPO) for PSP and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (MGS4) for PS3. A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that is created from ones imagination or from an adaption of an existing entity. ... For the original video game titled Metal Gear, see Metal Gear. ... This article is about the 1987 video game. ... Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami . ... Sony MSX 1, Model HitBit-10-P MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. ... This article is about the original PlayStation game. ... For other uses, see PlayStation (disambiguation). ... Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (commonly abbreviated MGS2) is a stealth-based game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. ... Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP)[5] is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... The PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[3] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment; successor to the PlayStation 2. ...

The Snakes

Solid Snake

Main article: Solid Snake

Solid Snake is the series' primary protagonist and the player's character in Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2 and Metal Gear Solid. In Metal Gear Solid 2, he is playable only in the main game's prologue sequence, while Metal Gear Solid 3 and Portable Ops are prequels set before his birth. He returns as the protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 4, where he appears as a prematurely aged soldier under the new codename Old Snake. Solid Snake ) is the protagonist of the Metal Gear series of video games by Konami. ...

Big Boss

Main article: Big Boss (Metal Gear)

Big Boss is introduced as Solid Snake's commanding officer in the Metal Gear, but reveals himself to be the enemy leader at the end of the game and fights Snake a second time in Metal Gear 2, apparently killed. In Metal Gear Solid, he is revealed to be the genetic father of Solid Snake and his clone brothers: Liquid and Solidus. He appears as the protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 3 and Portable Ops under the identity of Naked Snake and makes an appearance in the ending of Metal Gear Solid 4. Big Boss ) is a central character in the Metal Gear series, reputed to be The Greatest Warrior of the Twentieth Century. ... // Liquid Snake is the ultimate villain. ... Solidus Snake is a fictional character the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by Konami. ...

Liquid Snake

Further information: List of Metal Gear Solid characters#Liquid Snake

Liquid Snake is introduced in Metal Gear Solid as the main antagonist. He is the twin brother of Solid Snake and the second of Big Boss's clones. He dies during the events of the game, but returns in Metal Gear Solid 2 as a dormant personality which takes over his former henchman Revolver Ocelot's mind as a result of an arms transplant. In Metal Gear Solid 4, Ocelot replaces the arm with a cybernetic prosthetic, but Ocelot pretends to be possessed as part of an elaborate ruse. This is a list of characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid (and, by extension, its remake, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes). ...

Solidus Snake

Further information: List of Metal Gear Solid 2 characters#Solidus Snake

Solidus Snake is first mentioned by name in the post-credits coda of Metal Gear Solid, where he is revealed to be a third clone of Big Boss and the President of the United States during the events of the game, George Sears. He appears as the antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2, where he is revealed to be the adoptive father of the protagonist Raiden. After he is killed in the events of that game, Solidus' body is used as a decoy for Big Boss's in Metal Gear Solid 4. This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. ... Look up coda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Introduced in Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2

Gray Fox

Character artwork of the Cyborg Ninja (Gray Fox) by Yoji Shinkawa.

Gray Fox (グレイ・フォックス, Gurei Fokkusu^?, "Grey Fox" in the MSX2 games) first appears in the original Metal Gear as a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND (the "Fox" codename being the highest commemoration within the unit) who goes missing during a mission prior to the events of the game, his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear". Solid Snake's initial objective in the game is to rescue Gray Fox, who reveals the true nature of Metal Gear to the player. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Kaneto Shiozawa , January 28, 1954 - May 10, 2000) (Real name: Toshikazu Shiozawa ) was a seiyÅ« from Tokyo affiliated with Aoni Production. ... Jun Fukuyama , born November 26, 1978 in Takatsuki, Osaka) is a male seiyÅ« (voice actor). ... Greg Eagles is the voice actor for Peter Stillman in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and is also the voice actor for the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and the Ninja under the name George Byrd. ... This article is about the voice actor Rob Paulsen. ... Larc Spies is an American actor who is best known for playing Derrick Blank, step-brother to main character Jerri Blank on the comedy TV series Strangers with Candy. ... Solid Snake ) is the protagonist of the Metal Gear series of video games by Konami. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gear series of video games. ...

Fox returns in Metal Gear 2, having left FOXHOUND and defected to Zanzibar Land to join Big Boss' side. Fox pilots the new Metal Gear model, Metal Gear D, and confronts Snake a few times, while secretly assisting him as an anonymous informant. Snake destroys Metal Gear D and ends up being challenged by Fox to a fistfight in the middle of a minefield. Fox's past is fleshed out in this game and his civilian identity is revealed to be Frank Jaeger (フランク・イェーガー, Furanku Iēgā^?, "Frank Yeager" in the MSX2 version). His face portrait in the MSX2 version was modeled after actor Tom Berenger. Big Boss ) is a central character in the Metal Gear series, reputed to be The Greatest Warrior of the Twentieth Century. ... Tom Berenger (born May 31, 1949) is an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning American actor known mainly for his roles in action films. ...

In Metal Gear Solid, a Cyborg Ninja (サイボーグ忍者, Saibōgu Ninja^?) in a powered exoskeleton and armed with a high-frequency blade (a Chokuto), confronts Solid Snake. Help comes from a mysterious ally, code-named "Deepthroat," giving Snake cryptic advice via CODEC. They both turn out to be Gray Fox, who challenges Snake to a final duel. This battle isn't to death, however; the Cyborg Ninja is later killed by Liquid Snake, piloting Metal Gear REX, after Fox destroys the vehicle's radome. During the fight with Rex, Fox displays physical abilities of superhuman levels, being able to hold Rex's massive foot over his head, leaping dozens of feet into the air, and even survives, abit barely, getting slammed into a wall by Rex. Olga Gurlukovich adopts the Cyborg Ninja persona during the Plant chapter of Metal Gear Solid 2. Raiden also wears a Cyborg Ninja exoskeleton similar to Fox's in Metal Gear Solid 4.^[1] A chokutō The chokutō (直刀), often confused with the ninjatō, is a type of Japanese sword that dates back to pre-Heian times. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gear series of video games. ... Raiden ), whose real name is Jack, is a character in the Metal Gear series. ...

Portable Ops, set in 1970, features a character named Null (ヌル, Nuru^?) as one of the members of FOX the player faces in the game. Null is a teenage assassin subjected to a secret CIA project to be the "Perfect Soldier". Null is eventually revealed to be a young Frank Jaeger, who was previously acquainted with Naked Snake as a child soldier. Like the other major characters in the game, he can be added to the player's squad by meeting certain requirements. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... CIA redirects here. ... Big Boss ) is a central character in the Metal Gear series, reputed to be The Greatest Warrior of the Twentieth Century. ...

The Cyborg Ninja appears as a hidden character in Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, and as an alternate outfit for Raiden in the extra missions mode in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance. The Ninja has also appeared outside the Metal Gear series: as a race car driver in Konami Krazy Racers and as an "assist trophy" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Konami Krazy Racers (Konami Wai Wai Racing Advance in Japan) is a racing video game, published and developed by Konami, and was released for Game Boy Advance in 2001. ... Super Smash Bros. ...

Roy Campbell

Col. Roy Campbell (ロイ・キャンベル大佐, Roi Kyanberu Taisa^?, "Roy Kyanbel" in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2), is introduced in Metal Gear 2 as the new commanding officer of FOXHOUND. He serves as Snake's primary radio contact in the game and gives information about his mission objective and general gameplay tips. Colonel Campbell's speaking portrait in the MSX2 version was modeled after Richard Crenna, who is known for the role of Col. Sam Trautman in the Rambo films. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Takeshi Aono Takeshi Aono (青野 æ­¦ Aono Takeshi, born June 19, 1936) is a veteran seiyÅ« who was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. ... Toshio Furukawa ) is a veteran seiyÅ« who was born on July 16, 1946 in Tochigi. ... Paul A. Eiding (born March 28, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American voice actor, voice instructor, and actor. ... Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 - January 17, 2003) was an American actor. ... This article is about the Sylvester Stallone character and films. ...

In Metal Gear Solid, Campbell comes out of retirement to command Solid Snake once again. Campbell has more of a personal stake in this mission, as his niece, Meryl Silverburgh, is held captive by the revolutionary force Snake is battling. While Campbell is initially forced to keep a number of secrets from Snake, he gradually reveals more and more of them as the story continues, until, finally, Campbell is briefly arrested. However, he is exonerated after Solid Snake defeats Liquid Snake. He reveals in the alternate ending of the game that Meryl is actually his biological daughter.

In Metal Gear Solid 2, a man who appears to be Col. Campbell (but simply identified as "Colonel") serves as Raiden's commanding officer, supporting him via codec. When a computer virus starts taking effect on Arsenal Gear, however, the Colonel begins acting erratically (engaging in such non-sequitur behaviors as reading the stations on the Nose Electric Railway in communications with Raiden), revealing its true nature: "the Colonel" is, in fact, not the real Roy Campbell, but an elaborate A.I. constructed by GW, a supercomputer, and based on Raiden's perceptions and expectations from his VR Training.^[2] The Colonel's advice to "turn off the game console" parallels Big Boss' final radio transmission in the original Metal Gear ordering Snake to abort his mission and "switch off (the) MSX computer".^[3] The following is a list of recurring fictional characters that appeared thorough the Metal Gear series in more than one canonical installment. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gear series of video games. ... Nose Railway (能勢電 noseden) is a Japanese private railway which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka area to Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station in Ikeda, Osaka where one can transfer to Hankyu Railway to complete a trip into Osaka. ... AI redirects here. ... This article is about the 1987 video game. ...

In Portable Ops, a young Roy Campbell appears as one of Naked Snake's (Big Boss) comrades in the game. When the story begins, Naked Snake finds himself imprisoned by the FOX unit in South America with Roy in the cell next to him. Roy is introduced as a captured Green Beret whose unit was wiped out in an ambush by FOX members. The two formulate an escape plan and realize that in order to stop the FOX unit's revolt, they must form their own team of specialists, leading to the foundation of FOXHOUND. In the original version of Portable Ops, Roy is the only main character who cannot be added as a member of Snake's squad: instead he only communicates with the player via the radio and drives the truck which transports captured enemy soldiers. Roy can only be added to the player's squad in the Portable Ops Plus expansion. This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

Campbell seen in MGS4.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Campbell now works for a UN Security Council advisory body that monitors PMC activities. He sends Snake on an unofficial mission to assassinate Liquid in order to put a stop to his plans. He provides the means of transportation Snake uses to complete his mission.^[1] He is married to Raiden's former girlfriend, Rosemary, which causes a rift between him and Meryl (who is now aware that Campbell is her father). However, the marriage is a sham used to fool the Patriots in order to protect Raiden's son, John. A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ... A private military company (PMC) provides specialised expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary (soldiers for hire).[1] Such companies are equally known as Private Security Contractors (PSCs), Private Military Corporations, Private Military Firms, Military Service Providers, and generally as the Private Military Industry. ...

Outside the main series, Campbell reprises his role as Snake's reluctant commanding officer in the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, a side-story which serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the original Metal Gear. Campbell also makes a pair of voice-only cameos in Metal Gear Solid 3: whenever the player does an action which conflicts with the development of the plot (namely killing Sokolov, Ocelot or EVA), Campbell will scold Snake for causing a time paradox. He also appears in the "Snake vs. Monkey" minigame in MGS3, as well in the corresponding "Mesal Gear Solid"^[sic] minigame in Ape Escape 3. Campbell, along with Otacon and Mei Ling, serves as one of Snake's codec contacts in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States and 1999 in Europe. ... Metal Gear: Ghost Babel *boxart needed* Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (West) Publisher: Konami Computer Entertainment Designer: Shinta Nojiri Release date: April 2000 (Japan), May 2000 (US/Europe) Genre: Stealth action Game modes: Single player, Two-player competitive ESRB rating: Everyone ELSPA rating: +11 Platform: Game Boy Color Media: ROM... This article is about the 1987 video game. ... The grandfather paradox is a paradox of time travel, first described by the science fiction writer René Barjavel in his 1943 book Le Voyageur Imprudent (The Imprudent Traveller).[1] The paradox is this: Suppose a man traveled back in time and killed his biological grandfather before the latter met the... For other uses, see SIC. Sic is a Latin word meaning thus, so, as such, or just as that. In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized—[sic]—to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been reproduced... Ape Escape 3 is a platforming video game published and developed by Sony for the PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Super Smash Bros. ...

Other characters

• Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar - The Eastern engineer responsible for creating the TX-55 Metal Gear mecha in the original Metal Gear, as well the TX-11 Arnold (Bloody Brad) androids. Dr. Pettrovich is one of the hostages Snake must rescue along with his daughter Ellen. In Metal Gear 2, Dr. Pettrovich defects to Zanzibar Land and develops Metal Gear D. He comes in contact with Snake in the game while posing as a hostage, but attacks him after the truth is revealed. He somehow survives and is mentioned in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the scientist who turned Raiden into a cyborg.^[4] A character bearing Dr. Pettrovich's namesake appears in Snatcher.^[5]
• Kyle Schneider - The leader of a resistance movement in Metal Gear, who helps Snake as a radio contact. He discovers the identity of the Outer Heaven leader, but is silenced before he can mention his name. In Metal Gear 2, Schneider appears under the guise of "Black Color" ("Black Ninja" in the re-releases), a high-tech ninja under the service of Zanzibar Land and the first boss in the game.
• Master Miller - His real name is McDonnell Benedict Miller. A drill instructor and survival coach, Master is introduced in Metal Gear 2 as a member of FOXHOUND and one of Snake's radio contacts. In Metal Gear Solid, Master is murdered prior to the events of the game and a disguised Liquid assumes his identity, tricking Snake to unknowingly do his bidding.

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Introduced in Metal Gear Solid

Hal Emmerich

Hal Emmerich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, as drawn by Yoji Shinkawa.

Dr. Hal Emmerich (ハル・エメリッヒ博士, Haru Emerihhi Hakase^?), nicknamed Otacon (オタコン, Otakon^?) due to his fondness of anime, first appears in Metal Gear Solid as an ArmsTech employee who designed Metal Gear REX. After being rescued by Snake from the Ninja, he begins to assist him after he realizes that REX is being used by the terrorists to launch a new type of nuclear warhead. Kojima states that he created Otacon as his way of glorifying the otaku stereotype by having a character who fights the terrorists with his intellect rather than his brawn.^[6] According to Kojima, the original idea of Otacon was to make him "heavier, wearing a cap, and programming while eating a chocolate bar". However, the design Shinkawa did for the character was a slender one instead.^[7] For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Hideyuki Tanaka (田中 秀幸 Tanaka Hideyuki, born November 12, 1950) is a veteran seiyuu who was born in Tokyo. ... Christopher Randolph is an American voice actor. ... Animé redirects here. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gear series of video games. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... The Akihabara neighborhood of Tokyo is a popular gathering place for otaku. ...

In Metal Gear Solid 2, Otacon and Solid Snake form Philanthropy, an anti-proliferation organization. During the Tanker chapter, Otacon once again supports Snake via the codec and is in charge of saving the player's progress. He later appears in the Plant chapter, having infiltrated the Big Shell facility with Snake to save his stepsister Emma, who is among the hostages. After Emma is killed by Vamp, Otacon transports the surviving hostages to safety and then provides support to Raiden via codec for the remainder of the game. Lead character designer Yoji Shinkawa stated in an interview that Otacon was designed to look somewhat "tougher" than he did in Metal Gear Solid.^[8] World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color. ... This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. ... This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. ... Raiden ), whose real name is Jack, is a character in the Metal Gear series. ...

Otacon in MGS4.

Otacon appears in Metal Gear Solid 4, still lending his support to Snake. He builds with Sunny (Olga's daughter), a robotic companion to Snake called Metal Gear Mk. II, which he controls remotely. The Mk. II is taken from a robotic character of the same name in Snatcher.^[1] He becomes romantically involved with Naomi Hunter through the course of the story. In the coda of MGS4, Otacon tells Snake that he and Sunny will live with Snake for the remaining few months he has left to live to serve as witnesses of his existence. Snatcher ) is a cyberpunk-themed adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima. ... Look up coda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Though Otacon himself does not appear in Metal Gear Solid 3 (the game being set in the 1960s), His grandfather (who was part of the Manhattan project) is mentioned in a radio call between Naked Snake and Sigint (although Sigint is unable to remember his name correctly) and he appears in a photograph alongside Russian weapons designer Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin.^[9] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Big Boss. ... For other uses, see Sigint (disambiguation). ... Aleksander Leonovitch Granin is a fictional character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ...

Otacon is also seen with Solid Snake's crew in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Super Smash Bros. ...

Revolver Ocelot

Main article: Revolver Ocelot

Revolver Ocelot appears in Metal Gear Solid as a member of FOXHOUND secretly working as a spy for Solidus Snake, also the U.S. President. He becomes a recurring antagonist in subsequent games, appearing in Metal Gear Solid 2 as an agent of the Patriots who gets possessed by Liquid Snake as the result of an arm transplant, and appears in Metal Gear Solid 3 and Portable Ops as his young self, Major Ocelot. He becomes the main antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 4, where he assumes the identity of Liquid Ocelot. Revolver Ocelot ) is an antagonist in the Metal Gear video game series created by game designer Hideo Kojima. ... // Liquid Snake is the ultimate villain. ...

Meryl Silverburgh

Meryl Silverburgh in Metal Gear Solid as drawn by Yoji Shinkawa.

Meryl Silverburgh (メリル・シルバーバーグ, Meriru Shirubābāgu^?) is introduced as the teenage niece of Solid Snake's commander, Roy Campbell, in Metal Gear Solid, where she serves as Snake's rookie sidekick. Prior to the events of the game, she gets assigned to Shadow Moses for a field exercise, but refuses to join the rebellion led by Liquid Snake and is imprisoned. She tricks Johnny Sasaki, her cell guard, into releasing her and then subdues him, stealing his uniform afterwards. She comes in contact with Snake via the Codec and then meets up with him afterwards. Snake rescues her from Psycho Mantis's mind control, but she is later shot and captured by Sniper Wolf. Her ultimate fate depends on the player's actions during the Torture sequence afterwards: if the player succeeds in resisting Revolver Ocelot's torture, Meryl is then rescued by Snake after his fistfight with Liquid and the two escape together from the Shadow Moses base; if the player submits, then an alternate ending is played where Snake finds Meryl dead and Campbell reveals to Snake that Meryl was his biological daughter. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Kyoko Terase ) (born July 5, 1958) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyÅ«) currently employed by Aoni Production. ... Debi Mae West is an American voice actor who, to date, is best known as the English voice of Meryl Silverburgh in Metal Gear Solid and its 2004 GameCube remake. ... Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid. ... Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid. ... Solid Snake ) is the protagonist of the Metal Gear series of video games by Konami. ... Psycho Mantis is a fictional character and boss in the game Metal Gear Solid. ... Sniper Wolf is a fictional character in the Metal Gear Solid video game. ... Alternate ending is a term used (usually in movies) to describe the ending of a story that was planned or debated but ultimately unused in favor of the actual ending. ...

When character designer Yoji Shinkawa was asked about Meryl's omission in Metal Gear Solid 2, he stated that they purposely avoided mentioning her directly in the game, so that the sequel could follow either of the two endings from the first game.^[10] Despite this, the character's survival is mentioned in the fictional publication featured in the game, In the Darkness of Shadow Moses. Meryl appears in the expanded version of the game, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, in a few of the supplemental game modes unrelated to the main story.

Meryl in Metal Gear Solid 4, wearing the Rat Patrol uniform.

Meryl appears in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the commander of "Rat Patrol Team 01", a fictional division of the US Army's CID sent to investigate Liquid Ocelot's PMC activities.^[1] She wears a military outfit similar to Solid Snake's sneaking suit in the first Metal Gear Solid (which was an alternate outfit Meryl wore in Metal Gear Solid: Integral, an expanded version of the first game) decked with the FOXHOUND logo, along with a bandanna and a bullet for an earring. She is now aware that Roy Campbell is her true father, but openly resents him due to his marriage with Rosemary. She reconciles with him at the end of the game. At first, Meryl dislikes her subordinate, Johnny due to his clumsiness and diahrrhea bouts but falls in love with him after he saves her life in Eastern Europe and Outer Haven. She marries him at the end of the game. Image File history File links Meryl. ... Image File history File links Meryl. ... United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) conducts and controls all Army investigations of serious crimes. ... A private military company (PMC) provides specialised expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary (soldiers for hire).[1] Such companies are equally known as Private Security Contractors (PSCs), Private Military Corporations, Private Military Firms, Military Service Providers, and generally as the Private Military Industry. ... Metal Gear Solid: Integral is a stealth-based game that was directed by Hideo Kojima and developed by Konami for the PlayStation. ...

Meryl Silverburgh originally appeared as a character in Hideo Kojima's 1994 adventure game Policenauts (released only in Japan).^[11] In this game, Meryl is a former special forces operative who works in the space colony Beyond Coast as an officer in the Police Department's vice unit. She works with a partner named Dave Forrest.
Policenauts ) is a Japanese adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. ... Artists conception of a space habitat called the Stanford torus Space colonization, also called space settlement and space humanization, is the hypothetical permanent autonomous (self-sufficient) human habitation of locations outside Earth. ... A Vice Unit is a department in many police forces that investigates morality crimes. ...

Naomi Hunter

Naomi Hunter in MGS4.

Dr. Naomi Hunter (ナオミ・ハンター博士, Naomi Hantā Hakase^?) is the chief of FOXHOUND's medical staff, and part of the support crew assembled to assist Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, providing the player with information on the FOXHOUND members Snake faces.^[12] A geneticist by practice, she specializes in nanotechnology-based gene therapy. Revealed to be Gray Fox's adopted sister,^[13] Naomi seeks revenge on Snake for attempting to kill her brother.^[14] When instructed to inject Snake with the FoxDie virus, she illegally modifies it so that it will kill Snake in addition to FOXHOUND.^[1] However, Naomi chooses to set FoxDie to a "wildcard" value, sparing Snake's life during the mission, but leaving him vulnerable at a later time.^[15] For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Hiromi Tsuru Hiromi Tsuru , born on March 29, 1960) is a veteran Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. ... Jennifer R. Hale (born January 30, 1972 in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian-born actress best known for her voice over work in games like Tales of Symphonia, the Metroid Prime series, Metal Gear series, Mass Effect, and Disneys animated movies. ... A geneticist is a scientist who studies genetics, the science of heredity and variation of organisms. ...

In The Darkness of Shadow Moses, Nastasha's account of the previous game in Metal Gear Solid 2, reveals that Naomi was arrested following the Shadow Moses Island incident. She escaped from detainment three weeks later; it is heavily implied that Snake assisted her in doing so.^[16], However, in Metal Gear Solid 4 it is revealed that it was Liquid Ocelot who helped her escape.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Naomi is working with Liquid in order to hijack the SOP battlefield control system.^[1] She becomes romantically involved with Otacon after the rescue and forms a friendship with Sunny. She reveals she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and at the end, she disables the nanomachines that have been prolonging her life, allowing her to die naturally. Naomi dies in the same location where Gray Fox was killed in the first Metal Gear Solid.

Mei Ling

Mei Ling in VR Missions.

Mei Ling (美玲(メイ・リン), Mei Rin^?, Měi Líng in Pinyin) is a Chinese-American data analyst in charge of saving the player's progress in Metal Gear Solid. She is the one who invented Snake's wireless communication equipment, the Codec, as well the Soliton Radar, which detects the positions and field of vision of nearby enemy soldiers. Every time Snake saves his data, Mei Ling provides him with advice through Chinese proverbs, as well as quotations from Western authors. In the Japanese version, Mei Ling only quoted Chinese proverbs: she would cite the original proverb in Chinese and then explain its meaning to Snake in Japanese. According to Kojima, this made some of the proverbs redundant after translating them to English, since Mei Ling would be saying the same thing twice. The western quotes were added under Jeremy Blaustein's (the game's translator) suggestion. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Houko Kuwashima ) is a seiyÅ« and singer born December 12, 1975 in Kanegasaki, Isawa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. ... Kim Mai Angela Guest (Born August 5, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is a voice actress, best known for her work in Metal Gear Solid as Mei Ling. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese descent. ... Solid Snake talking to Mei Ling on the Codec ingame. ... Jeremy Blaustein (born June 7, 1966 in Long Island, New York) is a video game localization coordinator and translator. ...

In Metal Gear Solid 2, Mei Ling is part of Philanthropy, an anti-Metal Gear organization, but assists Snake and Otacon off-screen, attempting to steal equipment from the SSCEN. She makes a voice only cameo in the game as an easter egg during the Tanker chapter, after the player has saved their progress 13 times.^[17] The United States Army Soldier Systems Center (SSC) is a military research complex and installation in Natick, Massachusetts charged by the U.S. Department of Defense with the research and development (including fielding and sustainment) of food, clothing, shelters, airdrop systems, and other servicemember support items for the U.S... For a hidden feature or message, see Easter egg (media). ...

Mei-Ling seen in MGS4.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Mei Ling commands the museum-turned-training vessel USS Missouri and provides Snake and Otacon with backup, courtesy of her connections from the SSCEN.^[1] Due to her position on the USS Missouri, she is dressed in a Navy uniform with a Captain (Navy) rank.^[18] Radars: AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar Fire control: 4 × Mk 37 Gun Fire Control 2 × Mk 38 Gun Director 1 × Mk 40 Gun Director EW: AN/SLQ-32 Other: AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Decoy System 8 × Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers (SRBOC) Armor...

Mei Ling has made a few appearances outside the mainstream Metal Gear canon. She is a central character in the radio drama version of Metal Gear Solid (set after the events of the original game) and appears in the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (a side story set in an alternate universe). In Substance, the character "appears" (in narration only) in the "Snake Tales" story "External Gazer". Mei Ling is also one of Snake's support crew in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. ... The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States and 1999 in Europe. ... Metal Gear: Ghost Babel *boxart needed* Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (West) Publisher: Konami Computer Entertainment Designer: Shinta Nojiri Release date: April 2000 (Japan), May 2000 (US/Europe) Genre: Stealth action Game modes: Single player, Two-player competitive ESRB rating: Everyone ELSPA rating: +11 Platform: Game Boy Color Media: ROM... A side story in fiction is a form of narrative that occurs alongside established stories set within a fictional universe. ... A parallel universe, also sometimes called an alternate universe, is a hypothetical universe which exists separately from our own. ... Super Smash Bros. ...

Johnny

Johnny Sasaki (ジョニー佐々木, Jonī Sasaki^?, simply "Johnny" in MGS4) is a recurring comic relief character who first appears as an enemy guard in Metal Gear Solid, whose uniform is stolen by Meryl, and again later in the game whilst Snake is being held in between torture sessions with Revolver Ocelot, while suffering from a cold and diarrhea. The character was named after the game's character model designer, Hideki Sasaki. According to the developers' commentary in Metal Gear Solid: Integral, Hideki was known among the staff for his slackoff behavior and the character was included in the game as an in-joke.^[19] His name is never mentioned by characters in the game and simply appears in the closing credits. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Jun Fukuyama , born November 26, 1978 in Takatsuki, Osaka) is a male seiyÅ« (voice actor). ... Dean Scofield (born January 12, 1957, Alhambra California) is a voice actor who has provided the voice of the recurring joke character Johnny Sasaki in Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2. ... Michael Gough is an American voice actor. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... Revolver Ocelot ) is an antagonist in the Metal Gear video game series created by game designer Hideo Kojima. ... Acute viral nasopharyngitis, or acute coryza, usually known as the common cold, is a highly contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by picornaviruses or coronaviruses. ... In medicine, diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), refers to frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. ...

He returns for a pair of voice-over cameos in Metal Gear Solid 2.^[17] In an early version of the MGS2 story, his full name was to be Johnny Sasaki Slater (ジョニー・佐々木・スレイター, Jonī Sasaki Sureitā^?) and originally had a minor role in the story in which his character, a Patriots spy, would die from a pacemaker malfunction after coming in contact with Raiden (the scene was retained in the final game, but Ames in his place).^[3]

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Johnny is a member of Meryl's Rat Patrol Team 01, his face being revealed for the first time in the series. Johnny's nickname given by his teammates is Akiba, shortened from Akihabara, due to his fascination with high-tech gadgets. He, along with Meryl, assist Snake in Outer Haven by allowing him time to reach the server room. It is revealed that he had been in love with Meryl since he first saw her at Shadow Moses, and he marries her in the epilogue. Also, unlike all of the other soldiers in the Army and the PMCs, Johnny does not have nanomachines since he always avoided the injections due to his fear of needles, the lack of nano machines explains his frequent spells of cold and diarrhea. While this gives him poor combat performance in comparison to his squad mates, an unintended side effect is that he is effectively immune to any attacks that utilize the manipulation of nanomachines. Akihabara in 2007 Akihabara ), also known as Akihabara Electric Town ), is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. ... Acute viral nasopharyngitis, or acute coryza, usually known as the common cold, is a highly contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by picornaviruses or coronaviruses. ... In medicine, diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), refers to frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. ...

His grandfather (also named Johnny; all firstborn sons in his family are named "Johnny") makes an appearance as a cell guard in Metal Gear Solid 3, where he tries to befriend Naked Snake after he is imprisoned by Colonel Volgin.

Introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2

Raiden

Main article: Raiden (Metal Gear)

Raiden was the surprise protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2, who substituted Solid Snake as the player's character in the main portion of the game. He returns in Metal Gear Solid 4 as a Cyborg Ninja similar to Gray Fox who supports Old Snake. Raiden ), whose real name is Jack, is a character in the Metal Gear series. ...

Vamp

Vamp in MGS4.

Vamp (ヴァンプ, Vanpu^?) first appears in Metal Gear Solid 2 as a member of Dead Cell from Romania who forms part of the "Sons of Liberty" terrorist group during the Plant chapter. He is a knife-throwing specialist endowed with superhuman strength and agility, as well some apparent immortality (being able to quickly recover from a bullet wound to the head). Vamp confronts Raiden several times throughout the course of the game, before being, apparently, killed by Raiden's sniper fire and lost to the seas (but not before inflicting a mortal wound on Otacon's stepsister, Emma). Despite his apparent death, he somehow manages to survive and appears among the crowd that forms in the streets of Manhattan after Arsenal Gear crashes into Federal Hall.^[17] Vamp was originally designed as a woman, but when the character of Fortune was introduced, the design was changed to that of a man, although the long black hair was retained.^[20] His moniker has dual meanings, being a short form of the English word vampire as well as refering to his bisexual orientation.^[21] Vamp's appearance is based on Spanish dancer Joaquín Cortés. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Ryotaro Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎 Okiayu Ryōtarō, born November 17, 1969) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Fukuoka. ... Shinya Tsukamoto (塚本 晋也 Tsukamoto Shinya) is a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad. ... Phillip Phil LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and prolific voice actor as well as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv. ... Raiden ), whose real name is Jack, is a character in the Metal Gear series. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Joaquín Cortés (born 1969) is a world famous flamenco dancer from Spain. ...

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Vamp appears as a member of Liquid Ocelot's private army and as Raiden's rival.^[1] His immortality is revealed to be caused by nanomachines in his body that heals all of his wounds in a matter of seconds. Using a syringe designed by Naomi Hunter to destablise the functionality of nanites, Snake disables Vamp's nanomachines, allowing Raiden to mortally wound him.

Rosemary

Rosemary (ローズマリー, Rōzumarī^?, Rose for short) is introduced as Raiden's girlfriend in the Plant chapter portion of Metal Gear Solid 2. She is employed by the army as a data analyst, and saves the player's progress over Codec. Rosemary also supports Raiden by providing information about the Big Shell facilites and the other characters Raiden encounters in the game. Raiden and Rose spend most of their conversation talking about their relationship. By the end of the game, Rosemary reveals herself to be a spy for the Patriots. She is then taken off the mission and replaced by an A.I. duplicate of her who openly mocks Raiden. After the final battle, Raiden is reunited with the real Rose in front of Federal Hall, who is pregnant with his child. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... // From Sakura Taisen Paris no Christmas, Joyeux Noel Kikuko Inoue ) (her birth name is 井之上 喜久子, pronounced the same as her stage name) is a popular Japanese seiyÅ« (voice actress) and singer born on September 25, 1964 (though she frequently says I am 17 years old) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. ... Lara Cody is an American voice actress. ...

In an early version of MGS2 story, Rosemary dies in the game; in this version, Rosemary and Raiden never meet in person, as she's a supposed hostage in the Big Shell who communicates with Raiden via the Codec, which would lead the player to wonder whether she was real or just an AI construct.^[22]

In Metal Gear Solid 4, ^[18] Rosemary appears as a psychological counselor in a combat stress platoon, offering Snake tips on dealing with stress.^[23] Though she became engaged to Raiden after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2, their relationship ended after Rosemary purportedly miscarried their child.^[1] Rosemary later marries Campbell, causing a rift between Campbell and Meryl. In reality, Rosemary gave birth to her son; her marriage is a ploy to protect him from the Patriots, by having Campbell pose as his father. After she reveals the truth to Raiden, the couple reconciles.

Introduced in Metal Gear Solid 3

EVA

EVA first appears in Metal Gear Solid 3 as a female spy in the service of the People's Republic of China sent to retrieve the Philosophers' Legacy.^[24] EVA uses her charm and good looks to win over the trust of Snake and his enemies. During the events of Snake Eater, she infiltrates Colonel Volgin's base through the disguise of being Sokolov's lover named Tatyana and assists Naked Snake through the alternative disguise of a KGB spy, to help him reach the Philosophers' Legacy so that she can later steal it from him, even seeming to fall in love with him. After the mission is completed, EVA fails to carry out the order of assassinating Snake as she promised The Boss she would not, and flees with what she believes to be the Philosophers' Legacy (later revealed to be a fake). The epilogue prior to the credits goes on to state that EVA disappeared in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1968. EVA's presence in MGS3 has been compared to that of the Bond Girls in the 007 film series.^[25] For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Misa Watanabe , born April 30, 1964 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyū). She is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. ... Mari Natsuki (夏木 マリ Natsuki Mari, real name 中島 淳子 Nakajima Junko, born 1952-05-02) is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. ... Suzetta Miñet is an alias used by American voice actress Vanessa Marshall. ... Vanessa Marshall (born October 19, 1975), daughter of Joan Van Ark and niece of Carol Kuykendall) is an actress best known for her voice over work. ... Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is Miss America 1955, and an American actress, appearing in movies, soap operas, game shows and television. ... For the puzzle, see Tower of Hanoi. ... A Bond Girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest or sex object of James Bond in a film, novel or video game. ... This article is about the spy series. ...

EVA reappears in Portable Ops as a recruitable character by completing a series of optional missions.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, which is set 50 years after the events of MGS3^[26], she appears under the identity of Big Mama.^[1] as the leader of a resistance movement against the Patriots. EVA reveals to Snake that she was fired from her job as a spy by PLA Intelligence after the microfilm she brought to her superiors turned out to be a fake. She was expelled from China and spent years on the run. She met Big Boss again in 1968 when he rescued her in Hanoi, Vietnam, and he invited her to become part of the Patriots. She later became the surrogate mother who gave birth to Snake and his brother, Liquid.^[27] She aids Snake at Eastern Europe, ultimately dying due to coming into contact with Solid Snake whose FOXDIE triggers her death.^[28] SPY may refer to: SPY (spiders), ticker symbol for Standard & Poors Depository Receipts SPY (magazine), a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps SPY (Ivory Coast), airport code for San Pédro, Côte dIvoire SPY (Ship Planning Yard), a U.S. Navy acronym SPY, short for MOWAG SPY, a... Peoples Liberation Army redirects here. ... An intelligence agency is a governmental organization that for the purposes of national security is devoted to the gathering of information (known in the context as intelligence) by means of espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. ...

Zero

Zero, also known as Major Tom, is introduced in Metal Gear Solid 3 as the commanding officer of the FOX unit, who communicates with Naked Snake (Big Boss) via the radio. In Portable Ops, he is supposedly arrested by the Pentagon after being convicted for the FOX unit's revolt, but is "exonerated" after the events of the game. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Banjo Ginga, 2006. ... Jim Piddock (b. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Big Boss. ...

In Metal Gear Solid 4, he is revealed to be the founder of the Patriots along with Big Boss. However, a fallout between the two causes Zero to plot Big Boss's demise through the use of his clone son, Solid Snake. He appears in the ending as a 105-year-old vegetative man in a wheelchair. He dies in the final scene of the game after Big Boss cuts off his oxygen supply. Big Boss ) is a central character in the Metal Gear series, reputed to be The Greatest Warrior of the Twentieth Century. ...

N.S. Sokolov

Dr. Nicholai Stephanovich Sokolov is the rocket scientist who develops the Shagohod, the featured mecha in Metal Gear Solid 3. He is captured by Colonel Volgin, who forced him to complete the weapon, and seemingly dies off-screen after he is tortured for trying to escape. Despite his apparent death, he appears in Portable Ops as an informant named Ghost, revealing that he survived Volgin's torture and escaped to the U.S. with the help of the new FOX unit commander Gene. He builds the first Metal Gear model, the ICBMG, a quadrupedal model. For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Image:Naoki tatsuta. ... The Shagohod (Russian Шагоход, step-walker) is a fictional weapon featured in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ... A quadruped is an animal having exactly four walking legs. ...

Groups and Organizations

FOXHOUND

The FOXHOUND logo introduced in Metal Gear Solid. A more cartoon-like version was used for the MSX2 games.

High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND (ハイテク特殊部隊フォックスハウンド, Haiteku Tokushu Butai Fokkusuhaundo^?, also spelled FOX-HOUND) is an elite special forces unit that has appeared in numerous forms thorough the Metal Gear series. FOXHOUND was formed during the 1990s (later retconned to 1971) to cope with local revolutions, regional complications, and global terrorist activities. This unit specializes in black ops, carrying out top-secret operations within "unauthorized" combat zones which are too politically-sensitive to intervene in through conventional means. In the original Metal Gear, FOXHOUND is led by Big Boss (the team's commanding officer), with Solid Snake and Gray Fox serving as field operatives, although Big Boss betrays the unit in the end of the game. Roy Campbell, the unit's executive officer, becomes the new commanding officer in Metal Gear 2, with him, drill instructor Master Miller and military strategist George Kasler forming part of Snake's support crew in the game. FOXHOUND logo from the Metal Gear Solid series. ... FOXHOUND logo from the Metal Gear Solid series. ... For other uses, see Special forces (disambiguation). ... The term black op has two related meanings: Black operation which is a type of covert operation. ... The commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ... While Executive officer literally refers to a person responsible for the performance of duties involved in running an organization, the exact meaning of the role is highly variable, depending on the organization. ...

In Metal Gear Solid, Snake and Campbell are already retired from FOXHOUND and the unit turns rogue under the leadership of Liquid Snake, with five other members involved in the terrorist activity. Although the unit is disbanded by the time of Metal Gear Solid 2, Raiden is led to believe that he is serving a newly-reinstated FOXHOUND under the command of "The Colonel" (an A.I. representation of Colonel Campbell controlled by The Patriots).

The FOX unit, a precursor to FOXHOUND led by Major Zero, is introduced in Metal Gear Solid 3 as the special forces unit Naked Snake (Big Boss) belonged to prior to forming FOXHOUND. The FOX unit turns renegade in Portable Ops under the leadership of Gene, leading to Naked Snake and his new partner Roy Campbell to form their own team of specialists, which forms the foundation of FOXHOUND. This is a list of characters appearing in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ...

In Metal Gear Solid 4, Meryl's squad, Rat Patrol Team 01 sport the FOXHOUND logo as a team emblem. The emblem is used purely out of nostalgia as the squad has no official attatchment with FOXHOUND.

Outside the Metal Gear canon, FOXHOUND is mentioned in Snatcher as a military unit that JUNKER Chief Benson Cunningham previously served; and in Policenauts as Meryl's former unit (the character being the basis for the Meryl in Metal Gear Solid, has a paint tattoo of the team's original logo). Snatcher ) is a cyberpunk-themed adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima. ... Policenauts ) is a Japanese adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. ...

The Patriots

The Patriots (愛国者達, Aikokusha-tachi^?), also known as the La-li-lu-le-lo (らりるれろ, Ra Ri Ru Re Ro^?) are a secret group, revealed in Metal Gear Solid 2, that control the United States of America.^[29] The group is initially introduced as an inner circle consisting of twelve people known as the The Wisemen's Committee (賢人会議, Kenjin Kaigi^?). Through covert and deceptive manipulations, The Patriots control and manipulate the characters and events of the Metal Gear Solid series. Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Inner circle may refer to: The Inner Circle, a secret organization in Max Payne The Inner Circle, an early name for the central circuit route of the London Underground that is now known as the Circle Line friendship networks, where inner circle may describe the closest of friends a social...

An illustrated depiction of the Wisemen's Committee mentioned in Metal Gear Solid 2. The original image in the game had their faces obscured.

The concept of The Patriots was first introduced to the series in Metal Gear Solid 2, where their existence is revealed by Ocelot, along with the fact that Ocelot has seemed to be working for them all along. The Patriots are dedicated to creating a new world order through acts of blackmail, murder and manipulation on an untold scale, unknown to most of the world. Such an example is a Trojan horse in the fix for Y2K bug invented by The Patriots in the run up to the new Millennium, security patches for which installed monitoring software on every computer in America. One World Government redirects here. ... For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ... The word manipulation can refer to: Joint manipulation Social influence Sleight of hand tricks in magic or XCM. Abuse Advertising Brainwashing Charisma Fraud Indoctrination Love bombing Machiavellianism Media manipulation Mind control Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) Propaganda Social psychology Puppeteer Photo manipulation Categories: | | ... In the context of computing and software, a Trojan horse, or simply trojan, is a piece of software which appears to perform a certain action but in fact performs another such as a computer virus. ... The year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug) was a flaw in computer program design that caused some date-related processing to operate incorrectly for dates and times on and after January 1, 2000. ...

Throughout the game, whenever a character mentions "The Patriots", their nanomachines automatically statics it out and replace the phrase with "La-li-lu-le-lo". The only exception is President Johnson, who is ordered to reveal their existence to Raiden. A mite next to a gear chain produced using nanotechnology Nanotechnology as a collective term refers to technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0. ...

At the game's end, Snake acquires a disk containing a list of the members of the Wisemen's Committee. After Otacon examines the contents of the disk, he states that all members had been dead for about "a hundred years".

In Metal Gear Solid 3, the Wisemen's Committee are actually the founding members of The Philosophers (賢者達, Kenja-tachi^?), a group which was formed after the end of World War I when leaders of major Allied powers, China and Bolshevik Russia entered a secret pact with a stated purpose of pooling money to rebuild countries affected by the war. However, the original Wisemen died during the 1930's and their followers began fighting amongst themselves to inherit "The Philosophers' Legacy", a fund left by the original members. In the epilogue of Metal Gear Solid 3, it is stated that the Patriots was formed by the American branch of The Philosophers after accumulating the missing fund. The "Patriots" and "La-li-lu-le-lo" are the passwords Zero gives to Snake at the beginning of Operation: Snake Eater, so that Snake can use to come in contact with ADAM. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting on the Allies side (at one point or another) are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in gray. ... Bolshevist Russia is a common term that refers to the Red side in the Russian government between the Bolsheviks October Revolution (November 7, 1917) and the constitution of the Soviet Union (December 30, 1922). ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to...

However, the ending of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops reveals that Ocelot was ordered by a mysterious man to "end" the American Philosophers. Ocelot kills his former employer, the DCI, and obtains documents containing the identities of the Philosophers, as well as the locations of their funds. The mysterious man contacts Ocelot and invites him to form part of his new organization, the Patriots. Ocelot agrees under the condition that Big Boss joins the organization as well.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, the founders of the Patriots are revealed to be Big Boss and Zero.

In Metal Gear Solid 4, the mysterious man is identified as Major Zero, who formed the organization with Big Boss and Ocelot, along with EVA, Sigint and Para-Medic. The organization was formed to fulfill The Boss's ideal of a unified world. However, Zero, Sigint, and Para-Medic eventually grew too powerful and greedy. A fallout between Zero and Big Boss led to the group being split into two factions: with Ocelot and EVA on Big Boss's side; and Sigint and Para-Medic working for Zero. Para-Medic is revealed to be Dr. Clark, a character mentioned in Metal Gear Solid, who was killed by the Cyborg Ninja prior to the events of that game. Sigint became the DARPA Chief, Donald Anderson, a minor character in Metal Gear Solid who was killed by Ocelot. By the time of Metal Gear Solid 4, Zero is in a vegetative state, and the Patriots now consist of four computer AIs: GW, TJ, TR and AL, all controlled by a fifth proxy AI named JD (John Doe), which eventually evolved from simply maintaining economies and politics into one that is based on war economies. The names of the four AIs are the initials of the U.S. Presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore. This is a list of characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid (and, by extension, its remake, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes). ... For the 1960s rock band, see Mount Rushmore (band). ...

Game-specific characters

• Metal Gear
• Metal Gear 2
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid 2
• Metal Gear Solid 3
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
• Metal Gear Solid 4

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