History Characters / HalfLifeSupportingCharacters

* PropheticName: Eli seems to share some elements with [[Literature/BookOfSamuel Prophet Eli]]. Like Prophet Eli, Eli Vance is haunted by knowledge of future events which he cannot change, and has great love for his daughter like Prophet Eli had for his sons. Also, [[spoiler:Prophet Eli snaps his neck after learning of his sons' death, while Eli dies of a neck injury after he tries to save his own daughter.]]

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-> Voice Actor: John Patrick Lowrie (Griggs); Creator/AdamBaldwin (Sheckley) (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Yaroslavtsev (Griggs); Maxim Pinsker (Sheckley) (Russian)[[/note]]
->''Griggs:"[[OhCrap The Vort says as long as we don't step on their Grubs, they shouldn't hear us this far from the nest...]]"''
->''Sheckley:"Yeah, well, that's a theory I would rather not test."''
A pair of resistance members in an underground base, they help Freeman defend the base against an army of Antlions to protect the Vortigaunts while they heal Alyx. Griggs the field medic , and Sheckley is the rebel soldier.

-->'''Griggs:''' The Vort says as long as we don't step on their grubs, they shouldn't hear us this far from the nest.\\

* {{Narcissist}}: To the point where he names anti-strider bombs after himself.

* BaldOfAwesome: He's almost completely bald, but still a highly capable scientist and a fairly entertaining fellow.

* BaldOfAwesome: Barring his beard, Grigori lacks a strand of hair on his scalp and he fends off Headcrabs and Headcrab zombies of all kinds with his massive arsenal and clever traps.

-> '''Voice Actor''': John St. John

* BitchInSheepsClothing: While he remains a source of ambiguity and it's hard to tell his loyalties, [[spoiler:at the end of ''Alyx'', he does at least show a shade of his true colors by cruelly abducting Alyx and abandoning Gordon to fend for himself after the end of ''Episode 2'']].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He obviously isn't, but we don't know ''what'' he actually is. Even he doesn't consider himself human, responding to [[spoiler: Alyx's query of "who" he is with "what"]]. Presumably he just took AFormYouAreComfortableWith.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He obviously isn't, but we don't know ''what'' he actually is. Presumably he just took AFormYouAreComfortableWith.

* SkewedPriorities: When he talks to Freeman about the debacle at Black Mesa, he's actually referring to his lunch that he ruined.

* SkewedPriorities: When he refers to the debacle at Black Mesa to Freeman, he's actually talking about the lunch he ruined.

** ''Half-Life'' and its expansions didn't give him any official character art, so all players could go off of was his primitive, low-poly model. Gearbox would later give him a higher-poly model with the expansions. Here, his eyebrows are noticeably thicker than in later iterations.

* NoNameGiven: While he is called "G-Man" in terms of both the credits and his associated character models, he is never actually referred to as this in-story. The only direct reference to him in-game is Eli's label of "our mutual friend." As such, the G-Man is not his actual name or even an InSeriesNickname. In the manual for ''Opposing Force'', Adrian Shephard does call him "'''a''' G-man" in his diary, but this seems to be a generic term.

-> Voice Actor: Mike Shapiro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Oleg Fedorov (''Half-Life 2''), Nikita Prozorovsky (''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'') (Russian)[[/note]]

* AllPowerfulBystander: {{Downplayed}} because of his occasional interference, but it's implied that he's capable of doing ''a lot'' more than popping in randomly and giving cryptic speeches. Notably, when he refuses to [[spoiler:remove the Combine from Earth at the end of ''Alyx'']] he doesn't say that such a drastic move is beyond his abilities, he simply says that it would go against the interest of his employers.

* AllPowerfulBystander: {{Downplayed}} because of his occasional interference, but it's implied that he could be doing ''a lot'' more. Notably, when he refuses to [[spoiler:remove the Combine from Earth at the end of ''Alyx'']] he doesn't say that such a drastic move is beyond his abilities, he simply says that it would go against the interest of his employers.

* VoiceOfTheResistance: Becomes one temporarily in Episode 1 when the Resistance hijacks Breen public broadcast system. It's mostly to give instructions on how to evacuate City 17, but he does take some time to give an inspirational speech about finally taking back the planet which is pretty impressive for someone who admits he's not very good at public speaking. [[MomentKiller Then he reminds everyone that the suppression field is down and now would be a good time to fuck.]]

* ForWantOfANail: The situation was already bad for Gordon when he got off the train, but Lamarr actively made it worse. When he was about to be teleported to Black Mesa East, Lamarr jumps into the teleporter too and causes it to go haywire. Gordon teleports into Dr. Breens office and surprises him, leading to City 17 being put on high alert, which leads to the entire Civil Protection force going after him, and later the formal Combine military, and a broken teleporter so he can't even get to Black Mesa East in time. All because Kleiner didn't decide to leave Lamarr caged up for the experiment.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Rosenberg is a Jewish name of German origin. [[JustifiedTrope]] as his name and likeness are likely inspired by the electrical engineer Julius Rosenberg.

* BaldOfAwesome: [[BadassBeard Barring his beard]], Grigori lacks a strand of hair on his scalp and he fends off Headcrabs and Headcrab zombies of all kinds with his massive arsenal and clever traps.

** When Gordon and Alyx teleport from Nova Prospekt right outside Kleiner's lab, Kleiner greets them with a ''[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]],'' clearly not expecting them and very ready to blow away any Combine intruders. Thankfully, he lets his guard down when he realizes who he's talking to. Additionally, inside the lab, Gordon can find the wreckage of a Manhack, most definitely destroyed by Kleiner himself.

** When Gordon and Alyx teleport from Nova Prospekt right outside Kleiner's lab, Kleiner greets them with a ''[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]],'' clearly not expecting them and very ready to blow away any Combine intruders. Additionally, inside the lab, Gordon can find the wreckage of a Manhack, most definitely destroyed by Kleiner himself.

** When Gordon and Alyx teleport from Nova Prospekt right outside Kleiner's lab, Kleiner greets them with a ''[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]],'' clearly not expecting them and very ready to blow away any Combine intruders from his lab. Additionally, inside the lab, Gordon can find the wreckage of a Manhack, most definitely destroyed by Kleiner himself.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The badass is hidden pretty deep down, but, he did manage to escape from Black Mesa alive and stay alive for years afterwards as a rebel. There are a few subtle demonstrations of this competence throughout ''Half-Life 2''

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The badass is hidden pretty deep down, but, he did manage to escape from Black Mesa alive and stay alive for years afterwards as a rebel. Plus, he somehow managed to catch a headcrab alive and surgically remove its zombifying fangs without getting turned into a zombie himself; give the man some credit for that.
** Then there's the part of the game where Gordon and Alyx teleport from Nova Prospekt right into Kleiner's lab when he isn't looking. His first reaction to the strange noises is to slowly creep through the door with a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]], presumably expecting to blow away Combine intruders from his lab.
*** If you look around, you can find the wreckage of a Manhack, most definitely destroyed by Kleiner himself.

* MilesGloriosus: While there is no explicit mentions of his great military exploits, he does by no means seem like someone deserving a colonel title.
** Better yet, a passing comment in ''Episode One'' reveals that he took the credit for shooting down aforementioned gunship.
* MysteriousPast: The Prima Guide to ''Half-Life 2'' states that virtually nothing is known of Cubbage's past, his name may even be taken from the outpost, the only thing sure is his cowardice.
** If Gordon uses the Combine binoculars overlooking New Little Odessa, he can be seen talking to the G-Man.

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