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[[folder:The G-Man]]
!!??? / "The G-Man"
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' | [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'']]
-> Voice Actor: Mike Shapiro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Stéphane Cornicard (French), Fernando Tiberini (German and Italian), Hobi Jang (Korean), Oleg Fedorov (''Half-Life 2''), Nikita Prozorovsky (''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'') (Russian), Carlos Pando (Spanish)[[/note]]
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''[[caption-width-right:300:"Some believe the fate of our worlds is - inflexible. My... employers... '''disagree'''."]]''
->''"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and... smell the ashes."''
An eldritch and enigmatic character, looking like a blend between a government worker and a businessman, who apparently possess a degree of control over space and time. All we know is that he's been observing the events of the entire ''Half-Life'' series. And that he is possibly not entirely human. He apparently answers to some higher authority which he simply refers to as his "employers". He has, however, on a couple of occasions hinted that he does not necessarily obey these "employers".
[[folder:The G-Man]]
!!??? / "The G-Man"
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' | [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'']]
-> Voice Actor: Mike Shapiro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Stéphane Cornicard (French), Fernando Tiberini (German and Italian), Hobi Jang (Korean), Oleg Fedorov (''Half-Life 2''), Nikita Prozorovsky (''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'') (Russian), Carlos Pando (Spanish)[[/note]]
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''[[caption-width-right:300:"Some believe the fate of our worlds is - inflexible. My... employers... '''disagree'''."]]''
->''"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and... smell the ashes."''
An eldritch and enigmatic character, looking like a blend between a government worker and a businessman, who apparently possess a degree of control over space and time. All we know is that he's been observing the events of the entire ''Half-Life'' series. And that he is possibly not entirely human. He apparently answers to some higher authority which he simply refers to as his "employers". He has, however, on a couple of occasions hinted that he does not necessarily obey these "employers".
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!!Otis Laurey
!!!'''Appearances:'''
-> Voice Actor: Mike
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* AllThereInTheManual: His name is not mentioned in-game, instead being written down in supplementary material for Decay.
* BasementDweller: Lives with his mom.
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* BigEater: Fond of donuts specifically.
* BigFun: In a facility where death is almost certain, Otis manages to keep in high spirits even as he's gunning down headcrabs.
* ComicRelief: Added by Gearbox to ease the tension a little early on in the game.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He is this to Barney/generic security guard. A handful of quotes are even parodies of the usual guard ones.
* DonutMessWithACop: Security guard variant. Humorously, an Otis in the first chapter of Blue Shift can be seen fruitlessly reaching for his gun while holding a donut in his right hand.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Opposing Force, the first Otis encountered is first done so as he's reaching into a broken vending machine trying to grab snacks.
* IAmBigBoned: It might be SelfDeprecatingHumor, but he says it nonetheless.
''[[caption-width-right:300:"Oh no, I'm not fat! I'm just what you call "big boned.""]]''
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Like Barney and Walter, there are multiple security guards bearing his appearance and personality. Unlike Barney and Walter however, neither the game nor outside sources give a 'definitive' Otis, meaning it's unclear who the 'real' one is.
* LethalJokeCharacter: The one Otis companion in Opposing Force. While he might be ComicRelief, he is armed with a Magnum and scarily precise. Should the player bring him on the short walk to the elevator, they may not even need to shoot, as Otis simply guns down every alien the moment he sees them.
* MustNotDieAVirgin:
''[[caption-width-right:300:"I don't wanna die a virgin."]]''
* NoNameGiven: As noted above, his name is only mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual Decay manual]].
* NotWhatISignedOnFor:
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[[folder:The G-Man]]
!!??? / "The G-Man"
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' | [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'']]
-> Voice Actor: Mike Shapiro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Stéphane Cornicard (French), Fernando Tiberini (German and Italian), Hobi Jang (Korean), Oleg Fedorov (''Half-Life 2''), Nikita Prozorovsky (''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'') (Russian), Carlos Pando (Spanish)[[/note]]
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''[[caption-width-right:300:"Some believe the fate of our worlds is - inflexible. My... employers... '''disagree'''."]]''
->''"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and... smell the ashes."''
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* BasementDweller: Lives with his mom.
''[[caption-width-right:300:"My mom is gonna worry when I don't make it home tonight!"]]''
* BigEater: Fond of donuts specifically.
* BigFun: In a facility where death is almost certain, Otis manages to keep in high spirits even as he's gunning down headcrabs.
* ComicRelief: Added by Gearbox to ease the tension a little early on in the game.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He is this to Barney/generic security guard. A handful of quotes are even parodies of the usual guard ones.
* DonutMessWithACop: Security guard variant. Humorously, an Otis in the first chapter of Blue Shift can be seen fruitlessly reaching for his gun while holding a donut in his right hand.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Opposing Force, the first Otis encountered is first done so as he's reaching into a broken vending machine trying to grab snacks.
* IAmBigBoned: It might be SelfDeprecatingHumor, but he says it nonetheless.
''[[caption-width-right:300:"Oh no, I'm not fat! I'm just what you call "big boned.""]]''
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Like Barney and Walter, there are multiple security guards bearing his appearance and personality. Unlike Barney and Walter however, neither the game nor outside sources give a 'definitive' Otis, meaning it's unclear who the 'real' one is.
* LethalJokeCharacter: The one Otis companion in Opposing Force. While he might be ComicRelief, he is armed with a Magnum and scarily precise. Should the player bring him on the short walk to the elevator, they may not even need to shoot, as Otis simply guns down every alien the moment he sees them.
* MustNotDieAVirgin:
''[[caption-width-right:300:"I don't wanna die a virgin."]]''
* NoNameGiven: As noted above, his name is only mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual Decay manual]].
* NotWhatISignedOnFor:
''[[caption-width-right:300:"Fighting aliens is not in my job description!"]]''
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!!Other
[[folder:The G-Man]]
!!??? / "The G-Man"
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeBlueShift'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay'' | ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' | ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' | [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'']]
-> Voice Actor: Mike Shapiro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Stéphane Cornicard (French), Fernando Tiberini (German and Italian), Hobi Jang (Korean), Oleg Fedorov (''Half-Life 2''), Nikita Prozorovsky (''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'') (Russian), Carlos Pando (Spanish)[[/note]]
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''[[caption-width-right:300:"Some believe the fate of our worlds is - inflexible. My... employers... '''disagree'''."]]''
->''"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and... smell the ashes."''
An eldritch and enigmatic character, looking like a blend between a government worker and a businessman, who apparently possess a degree of control over space and time. All we know is that he's been observing the events of the entire ''Half-Life'' series. And that he is possibly not entirely human. He apparently answers to some higher authority which he simply refers to as his "employers". He has, however, on a couple of occasions hinted that he does not necessarily obey these "employers".
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->Voice Actor: Harry S. Robins (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Jérôme Berthoud (French), Walter Bohnacker (German), Kim Min-sung (Korean), Sam Yossman (Russian Valve - SDL dub), Dmitry Polonsky (Russian - Buka dub), Carlos Cogul (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actors: John Patrick Lowrie and Mary Kae Irvin (English) [[note]]'''Other Languages''': Tony Beck and Cécile Hopkins (French), Silvio D'Alessandro and Alletta Lawson (German), Min Noh and Yeo Min-jeong (Korean), Boris Isarov and Katarina Burgess (''Half-Life 2''), Dmitry Polonsky and Zhanna Nikonova Olga Kuznetsova (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Javier Fernández and Pilar Ortí (Spanish)[[/note]]
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* InkSuitActor: Looks quite a lot like Michelle Forbes.
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!!Dr. Richard Keller
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay''
->''"My chair is powered, [[IgnoreTheDisability I did not need a push.]]"''
-> '''Voice Actor''': Creator/JonStJohn
A colleague of Drs Eli and Rosenberg who is partially responsible for the resonance cascade. With much of the science team dead and scattered, he, Dr. Cross and Dr. Green take it upon themselves to deal with the consequences.
* ChekhovsGun: Remember that wheelchair space on the Black Mesa trams? Yeah, here's someone that uses them.
* DecompositeCharacter: His textures bear the name 'Kleiner', indicating he and Kleiner were originally going to be the same character.
* Foil: To Rosenberg. Keller is boisterous and quite stubborn in spite of his physical disability, whereas Rosenberg is a bit of a coward in spite of being very much qualified to deal with the resonance cascade.
* IgnoreTheDisability: He seems to take this approach to the situation regarding his legs. Despite (or maybe because of) the fact that his condition is so dire as to require an electric wheelchair, he hates being pushed and reminded of his disability.
* SuperWheelchair: Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]. It's an ordinary electric wheelchair, but it seems to have a built-in connection to Black Mesa systems, allowing him to pass through without a retinal scan and access some of the equipment.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: PlayedForLaughs in files left by the developers. An unused animation and sound file has Keller get up from his wheelchair, rub his legs and walk in a circle while shouting [[Film/DrStrangeLove "Mein Führer!... I can walk!"]]
* UncertainDoom: He is not seen after the events of Decay. Given that Gina is apparently dead and Colette locked away, it's unlikely he survived.
* UniformityException: He is the only scientist not to wear the labcoat and blue shirt, and instead sports a comfy sweater. Possibly perks of his disability, since he is not going to be handling any material with his own hands.
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!!Dr. Richard Keller
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/HalfLifeDecay''
->''"My chair is powered, [[IgnoreTheDisability I did not need a push.]]"''
-> '''Voice Actor''': Creator/JonStJohn
A colleague of Drs Eli and Rosenberg who is partially responsible for the resonance cascade. With much of the science team dead and scattered, he, Dr. Cross and Dr. Green take it upon themselves to deal with the consequences.
* ChekhovsGun: Remember that wheelchair space on the Black Mesa trams? Yeah, here's someone that uses them.
* DecompositeCharacter: His textures bear the name 'Kleiner', indicating he and Kleiner were originally going to be the same character.
* Foil: To Rosenberg. Keller is boisterous and quite stubborn in spite of his physical disability, whereas Rosenberg is a bit of a coward in spite of being very much qualified to deal with the resonance cascade.
* IgnoreTheDisability: He seems to take this approach to the situation regarding his legs. Despite (or maybe because of) the fact that his condition is so dire as to require an electric wheelchair, he hates being pushed and reminded of his disability.
* SuperWheelchair: Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]. It's an ordinary electric wheelchair, but it seems to have a built-in connection to Black Mesa systems, allowing him to pass through without a retinal scan and access some of the equipment.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: PlayedForLaughs in files left by the developers. An unused animation and sound file has Keller get up from his wheelchair, rub his legs and walk in a circle while shouting [[Film/DrStrangeLove "Mein Führer!... I can walk!"]]
* UncertainDoom: He is not seen after the events of Decay. Given that Gina is apparently dead and Colette locked away, it's unlikely he survived.
* UniformityException: He is the only scientist not to wear the labcoat and blue shirt, and instead sports a comfy sweater. Possibly perks of his disability, since he is not going to be handling any material with his own hands.
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** Both his characterization and role in the plot resemble that of the Cigarette-Smoking Man from ''Series/TheXFiles'', being the embodiment of a vast conspiracy who shows up seemingly at random to speak cryptically about larger plans.
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** Both his characterization and role in the plot resemble that of the Cigarette-Smoking Man from ''Series/TheXFiles'', being the embodiment of a vast conspiracy who shows up seemingly at random to speak cryptically about larger plans. According to WordOfGod, studio head Gabe Newell [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/characters-oppenheimer specifically asked]] for a character similar to the CSM to be included in the game.
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* {{Expy}}: Marc Laidlaw, one of the series' main writers, admitted in an [[https://www.combineoverwiki.net/wiki/References:Marc_Laidlaw_emails#On_connections_between_Half-Life_and_his_books email]] that that the G-Man was "weirdly/interdimensionally related" to the character Theodore Slowslop from the ''[[VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture Gadget]]'' game series, the tie-in novel for which Laidlaw wrote before joining Valve. Both characters are cold, AmbiguouslyHuman suited characters who act as the handler of their respective games' protagonists at the behest of their employers, while at the same time having their own ambiguous motives for doing certain things, such as G-Man saving Alyx Vance from Black Mesa at his own initiative, and Slowslop possibly working with the very scientists he was supposed to be hunting down.
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* {{Expy}}: {{Expy}}:
** Marc Laidlaw, one of the series' main writers, admitted in an [[https://www.combineoverwiki.net/wiki/References:Marc_Laidlaw_emails#On_connections_between_Half-Life_and_his_books email]] that that the G-Man was "weirdly/interdimensionally related" to the character Theodore Slowslop from the ''[[VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture Gadget]]'' game series, the tie-in novel for which Laidlaw wrote before joining Valve. Both characters are cold, AmbiguouslyHuman suited characters who act as the handler of their respective games' protagonists at the behest of their employers, while at the same time having their own ambiguous motives for doing certain things, such as G-Man saving Alyx Vance from Black Mesa at his own initiative, and Slowslop possibly working with the very scientists he was supposed to be hunting down.
** Marc Laidlaw, one of the series' main writers, admitted in an [[https://www.combineoverwiki.net/wiki/References:Marc_Laidlaw_emails#On_connections_between_Half-Life_and_his_books email]] that that the G-Man was "weirdly/interdimensionally related" to the character Theodore Slowslop from the ''[[VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture Gadget]]'' game series, the tie-in novel for which Laidlaw wrote before joining Valve. Both characters are cold, AmbiguouslyHuman suited characters who act as the handler of their respective games' protagonists at the behest of their employers, while at the same time having their own ambiguous motives for doing certain things, such as G-Man saving Alyx Vance from Black Mesa at his own initiative, and Slowslop possibly working with the very scientists he was supposed to be hunting down.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Does this to '''[[TheHero Gordon Freeman]]''' at the end of ''Alyx'', disappointed with his lack of progress - or lack of willingness to obey him - and deciding to replace him with Alyx instead once she makes a DealWithTheDevil to save her father.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Does this in a nonlethal fashion to '''[[TheHero Gordon Freeman]]''' at the end of ''Alyx'', disappointed with his lack of progress - or lack of willingness to obey him - and deciding to replace him with Alyx instead once she makes a DealWithTheDevil to save her father.father. This leaves Gordon free from his control but isolated from his help and at odds with his goals.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Debatable. He saves Gordon's life quite a few times and later [[spoiler:he admits he saved Alyx during the Black Mesa disaster]] suggesting that maybe he's capable of mercy. He also mentions to Shephard that he saved his life specifically because he sees him as a kindred spirit. Considering that he only seems to save people that he sees potential for exploitation in, it's debatable how much emotion is involved. [[spoiler:His sequence in ''Alyx'' also sees him refer to Eli and an Advisor as "This entity", implying he sees ''both'' as being beneath him.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Debatable. He saves Gordon's life quite a few times and later [[spoiler:he admits he saved Alyx during the Black Mesa disaster]] suggesting that maybe he's capable of mercy. He also mentions to Shephard that he saved his life specifically because he sees him as a kindred spirit. Considering that he only seems to save people that he sees potential for exploitation in, it's debatable how much emotion is involved. [[spoiler:His sequence in ''Alyx'' also sees him refer to Eli and an Advisor as "This entity", implying he sees ''both'' as being equally beneath him.]]
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** ''Alyx'' is his most realistic iteration to-date. Wrinkles and aged skin were added to make him look more like a skinny middle-aged businessman and he emotes at almost-LargeHam levels. His eyes returned to being green again, but much darker, and he now has a noticeable lazy eye.
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** ''Alyx'' is his most realistic iteration to-date. Wrinkles and aged skin were added to make him look more like a skinny middle-aged businessman and he emotes at almost-LargeHam levels.levels, though this may be due to having a different audience. His eyes returned to being green again, but much darker, and he now has a noticeable lazy eye.
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* PreciousPhoto: He constantly keeps a framed photo of himself, his late wife Azian, and an infant Alyx close by. Examining the photo while in Black Mesa East prompts him to comment on how it's the only thing aside from Alyx he managed to bring out of Black Mesa.
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* CreepyBlueEyes: Look at those eyes. What the hell is up with those eyes?
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* CreepyBlueEyes: Look at those eyes. What the hell is up with those eyes?In Half Life 1. [[DependingOnTheArtist In Half Life 2, he has green eyes.]]
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** ''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, and his briefcase bears a Black Mesa emblem unlike in subsequent titles.
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** ''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, his eyes are blue, and his briefcase bears a Black Mesa emblem unlike in subsequent titles.
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* BadassBaritone: He has a deep, gravelly voice, courtesy of the late Jim French.
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-> Voice Actors: John Patrick Lowrie and Mary Kae Irvin (English) [[note]]'''Other Languages''': Tony Beck and Cécile Hopkins (French), Silvio D'Alessandro and Alletta Lawson (German), Min Noh and Yeo Min-jeong (Korean), Boris Isarov and Katarina Burgess (''Half-Life 2''), Dmitry Polonsky and Zhanna Nikonova (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Javier Fernandez Fernández and Pilar Orti Ortí (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: Creator/RobertGuillaume (''Half-Life 2'', Episodes ''One'' and ''Two''), Creator/JamesMosesBlack (''Half-Life: Alyx'') (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Philippe Smolikowski (French), Werner Kastor (German), Kwon Hyuk-Soo (Korean), Diran Megreblyan (''Half-Life 2''), Alexander Gruzdev (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Luis Soto (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: Creator/RobertGuillaume (''Half-Life 2'', Episodes ''One'' and ''Two''), Creator/JamesMosesBlack (''Half-Life: Alyx'') (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Philippe Smolikowski Smolikovski (French), Werner Kastor (German), Kwon Hyuk-Soo (Korean), Diran Megreblyan (''Half-Life 2''), Alexander Gruzdev (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Luis Soto (Spanish)[[/note]]
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->Voice Actor: Harry S. Robins (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Jérome Jérôme Berthoud (French), Walter Bohnacker (German), Kim Min-sung (Korean), Sam Yossman (Russian Valve dub), Dmitry Polonsky (Russian Buka dub), Carlos Cogul (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: Jim French (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Emmanuel Bonami (French), Steffan Boje (German), Min Noh (Korean), Vyacheslav Shumov (Russian), Javier Fernandez (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: Jim French (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Emmanuel Bonami (French), Steffan Boje (German), Min Noh (Korean), Vyacheslav Shumov (Russian), Javier Fernandez Fernández (Spanish)[[/note]]
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** On the other hand, there are many signs that [[spoiler:the Combine were ''pants-shittingly terrified'' of him.]] They went to the trouble of [[spoiler:building an enormous, space-bending ship that was larger than a city block, and ''executing anyone who even glimpsed it'' - all for the sole purpose of containing the G-man. It still wasn't enough. When Alyx frees him, he's merely... waiting, with the aura of someone who knows he won't be locked up for long. He then proceeds to lend some ability to Alyx that allows her to OneHitKO an ''Advisor,'' one of the absolute top dogs of the Combine Empire.]] In summary, he casually demonstrates that he can potentially completely dismantle the strongest efforts the Combine could possibly make, at least on Earth, without even having to dirty his hands personally.
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** On the other hand, there are many signs that [[spoiler:the Combine were ''pants-shittingly terrified'' of him.]] They went to the trouble of [[spoiler:building an enormous, space-bending ship that was larger than a city block, and ''executing anyone who even glimpsed it'' - all for the sole purpose of containing the G-man. It still wasn't enough. When Alyx frees him, he's merely... waiting, with the aura of someone who knows he won't be locked up for long. He then proceeds to lend some ability to Alyx that allows her to OneHitKO OneHitKill an ''Advisor,'' one of the absolute top dogs of the Combine Empire.]] In summary, he casually demonstrates that he can potentially completely dismantle the strongest efforts the Combine could possibly make, at least on Earth, without even having to dirty his hands personally.
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A friendly old fisherman who appears in the dubiously canon ''Lost Coast'' that asks for Gordon's help in destroying a nearby Headcrab Shell Launcher that is attacking the town of St. Olga.
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A friendly old fisherman who appears in the dubiously canon ''Lost Coast'' that Coast''. He asks for Gordon's help in destroying a nearby Headcrab Shell Launcher that is attacking the town of St. Olga.
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* BeneathNotice: Presumably the reason why Combine troops do not seem to notice him, since he looks just like a normal fisherman.
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* BeneathNotice: Presumably the reason why Combine troops do not seem to notice him, since he looks just like a normal fisherman. It's unknown if he's a Resistance member, but he's certainly not afraid to criticize the Combine and hates them as much as everybody else.
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* RousingSpeech: Delivers one to the people of City 17 during ''Episode 1''. Kleiner urges the remaining citizens to hold on to hope and fight back against the Combine, even when the odds seem stacked against them.
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* RousingSpeech: Delivers one to the people of City 17 during ''Episode 1''.One''. Kleiner urges the remaining citizens to hold on to hope and fight back against the Combine, even when the odds seem stacked against them.
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** 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'']].
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** 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'']].Two'']].
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** ''Half-Life 2: Episode 1'' made his green eyes slightly darker, his eyes properly in-line, and made him emote more often. ''Episode 2'' added more detail to his face and changed his eyes to be glowing white.
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** ''Half-Life 2: Episode 1'' One'' made his green eyes slightly darker, his eyes properly in-line, and made him emote more often. ''Episode 2'' Two'' added more detail to his face and changed his eyes to be glowing white.
* GlowingEyes: From ''Half-Life 2'' onwards, though in ''Alyx'' his eyes only glow when he's being particularly emotive.
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* TheHandler: After the end of the first game, he becomes this to Freeman, apparently keeping him as a kind of private mercenary to drop into conflicts in different periods of Earth's future for some unknown ends. He [[SchrodingersCanon may]] also still have Adrian Shepherd on lock and [[spoiler:takes Alyx into his 'employment' as a result of the [[ForWantOfANail events of]] ''[[RetGone Alyx]]'' as a sort of payment for his meddling with her father's original death in ''Episode 2.'' ]]
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* TheHandler: After the end of the first game, he becomes this to Freeman, apparently keeping him as a kind of private mercenary to drop into conflicts in different periods of Earth's future for some unknown ends. He [[SchrodingersCanon may]] also still have Adrian Shepherd on lock and [[spoiler:takes Alyx into his 'employment' as a result of the [[ForWantOfANail events of]] ''[[RetGone Alyx]]'' as a sort of payment for his meddling with her father's original death in ''Episode 2.Two.'' ]]
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* PrecisionFStrike: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uq3kLL3SCA An infamous example]]. In one of the unused Episode 1 lines, he literally says "Well, shit."
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* PrecisionFStrike: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uq3kLL3SCA An infamous example]]. In one of the unused Episode 1 ''Episode One'' lines, he literally says "Well, shit."
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* TimeMaster: He seems to be able to stop time for his "employees" at the very least. And as shown in ''Alyx'', he can even [[spoiler:rewrite entire timelines, such as him allowing Alyx Vance to save her father from a Combine Advisor at the end of ''Episode 2'']].
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* TimeMaster: He seems to be able to stop time for his "employees" at the very least. And as shown in ''Alyx'', he can even [[spoiler:rewrite entire timelines, such as him allowing Alyx Vance to save her father from a Combine Advisor at the end of ''Episode 2'']].Two'']].
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* VocalEvolution: Starting with ''Half-Life 2'' he drops his tendency towards [[SssssnakeTalk drawing out syllables]] in favor of a [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable different form of erratic pronunciation]], and in the Episodes and ''Alyx'' his speech is noticeably slower and more mellow.
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* DecapitatedArmy: Thankfully subverted. Eli Vance's capture doesn't affect The Resistance at all thanks to the its nonexistent command structure. Not even Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance going missing for a long amount of time.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Most rebels Gordon encounters go unnamed, but looking into the game files will reveal that they do have names.
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* TheMedic: Rebel Medics are encountered during the Uprising. They're able to heal Gordon and other rebels, but not themselves, making protecting them a priority.
* PunnyName: The rebel in ''Sandtraps'' who warns you to stay off the sand, as stepping on it attracts Antlions? According to the game files, he's named Sandy.
* PunnyName: The rebel in ''Sandtraps'' who warns you to stay off the sand, as stepping on it attracts Antlions? According to the game files, he's named Sandy.
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* TheMedic: Rebel Medics are encountered during the Uprising. Uprising in ''Half-Life 2''. They're able to heal Gordon and other rebels, but not themselves, making protecting them their protection a priority.
* PunnyName: The rebel in ''Sandtraps'' who warns you to stay off the sand, as stepping on it attracts Antlions? According to the game files, he's namedSandy.''Sandy''.
* PunnyName: The rebel in ''Sandtraps'' who warns you to stay off the sand, as stepping on it attracts Antlions? According to the game files, he's named
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-> Voice Actors: John Patrick Lowrie and Mary Kae Irvin (female) (English) [[note]]'''Other Languages''': Tony Beck and Cécile Hopkins (French), Silvio D'Alessandro and Alletta Lawson (German), Min Noh and Yeo Min-jeong (Korean), Boris Irarov and Katarina Burgess (''Half-Life 2''), Dmitry Polonsky and Zhanna Nikonova (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Javier Fernandez and Pilar Orti (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actors: John Patrick Lowrie and Mary Kae Irvin (female) (English) [[note]]'''Other Languages''': Tony Beck and Cécile Hopkins (French), Silvio D'Alessandro and Alletta Lawson (German), Min Noh and Yeo Min-jeong (Korean), Boris Irarov Isarov and Katarina Burgess (''Half-Life 2''), Dmitry Polonsky and Zhanna Nikonova (Episodes ''One'' and ''Two'') (Russian), Javier Fernandez and Pilar Orti (Spanish)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: John Aylward (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Yaroslavtsev (Russian)[[/note]]
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-> Voice Actor: John Aylward (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Languages''': Andrey Yaroslavtsev (Russian)[[/note]]
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* TheMedic: Rebel Medics are encountered during the Uprising. They're able to heal Gordon and other rebels, but not themselves, making protecting them a priority.
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* UncertainDoom: There are a few instances in ''Half-Life 2'' where Gordon has to leave a resistance fighters behind to uncertain fates.
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* UncertainDoom: There are a few instances in ''Half-Life 2'' where Gordon has to leave a resistance fighters behind to uncertain fates.
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* MrExposition: Apart from telling Gordon about the nearby Headcrab Shell Launcher, he also tells him information related to the effects of Leeches on Earth.
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* BeneathNotice: Presumably the reason why Combine troops do not seem to notice him, since he looks just like a normal fisherman.
* MrExposition: Apart from telling Gordon about the nearby Headcrab Shell Launcher, he also tells him information related to the effects ofLeeches the Xenian fauna on Earth. Earth.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn his real name.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Downplayed. The fisherman is initially shocked by Gordon becoming "fuzzy around the edges", but reasons that he has other places to go and lets it slide.
* MrExposition: Apart from telling Gordon about the nearby Headcrab Shell Launcher, he also tells him information related to the effects of
* NoNameGiven: We never learn his real name.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Downplayed. The fisherman is initially shocked by Gordon becoming "fuzzy around the edges", but reasons that he has other places to go and lets it slide.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're that scientist chap-Friedman, Fishman-am I right?"'' ]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're that scientist chap-Friedman, Fishman-am I right?"'' ]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: He'll call out Gordon if he tries to shoot the seagulls of St. Olga, even saying that they help keep down the Leech population.
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* WhatTheHellHero: He'll call out Gordon if he tries to shoot the seagulls of St. Olga, even saying reasoning that they help keep down the Leech population.
