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* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:An odd case in ''MGSV''. He is the protagonist of the first part ''Ground Zeroes'' but TheReveal is that ''The Phantom Pain'' was in fact not him but his body double Venom Snake. So the twist is essentially that he was a DecoyProtagonist when we were lead to believe he was simply the protagonist of the whole thing]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:An odd case in ''MGSV''. He is the protagonist of the first part part, ''Ground Zeroes'' Zeroes'', but TheReveal is that in ''The Phantom Pain'' was in fact not is that we weren't playing as him but his body double Venom Snake. So the twist is essentially that he was a DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist when we were lead to believe he was simply the protagonist of the whole thing]].
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* TheOneThatGotAway:[[spoiler:''Portable Ops'' at least has it be clear that Snake still cares for EVA despite her betrayal, while Snake and EVA can meet again as part of a difficult side-quest with the implication they get together again, ''[=MGS4=]'' establishes this didn't happen.]]
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* TheOneThatGotAway:[[spoiler:''Portable TheOneThatGotAway: [[spoiler:''Portable Ops'' at least has it be clear that Snake still cares for EVA despite her betrayal, and while Snake and EVA can meet again as part of a difficult side-quest with the implication they get together again, ''[=MGS4=]'' establishes this didn't happen.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: He's actually the ''real'' Big Boss who went into hiding after the hospital escape to begin work on creating Outer Heaven while leaving the player character to be his "phantom".]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: He's actually [[spoiler:He's the ''real'' Big Boss twist villain of the very first game who went into hiding after comes back from seemingly certain death on two later occasions, as well as the hospital escape to begin work on creating Outer Heaven while leaving DecoyProtagonist of the player character to be his "phantom".''MGSV'' duology.]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Acid 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Ground Zeroes/The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Acid 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]Revenge]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSurvive Survive]]-]]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Let's face it. From Operation Snake Eater to Zanzibar Land, his life has been one huge TraumaCongaLine. See ShellShockedVeteran and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds to elaborate in his backstory.
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** He trusted EVA throughout Operation Snake Eater even though EVA never provided the correct passphrase. While EVA did assist him in completing it, it turns out [[spoiler:EVA was actually a Chinese {{double agent}} who was using him to complete her own mission]]. Though at least in this case, [[spoiler:he [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation may or may not have been onto her ruse]] given he slipped her the fake Philosopher's Legacy microfilm by the end.]]
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** He trusted EVA throughout Operation Snake Eater even though EVA never provided the correct passphrase. While EVA did assist him in completing it, it turns out [[spoiler:EVA was actually a Chinese {{double agent}} who was using him to complete her own mission]]. Though at least in this case, [[spoiler:he [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation may or may not have been onto her ruse]] ruse given he slipped her the fake Philosopher's Legacy microfilm by the end.]]
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* CreateYourOwnHero: If he hadn't betrayed Solid Snake in Outer Heaven, the latter would have been his greatest asset in his war against the Patriots, considering they have a mutual goal to put an end to the Patriots' hold on the world. Plus, it was Solid Snake who ironically manages to accomplish the goal The Boss wanted.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: A large case of irony, given he was Solid Snake's commander ''and'' the man who taught him what he knew in FOXHOUND. If he hadn't betrayed Solid Snake in Outer Heaven, the latter would have been his greatest asset in his war against the Patriots, considering they have a mutual goal to put an end to the Patriots' hold on the world. Plus, it was Solid Snake who ironically manages to accomplish the goal The Boss wanted.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: It's the training that he gave Solid Snake in FOXHOUND, along with instilling the mindset of a soldier that would haunt Snake for the rest of his life, that Snake proceeded to use to foil his and everyone else's plots multiple times over. Big Boss himself even admits in his betrayal that Snake was supposed to die as part of an elaborate ploy to get the rest of the world to back off -- but [[GoneHorriblyRight he was just too good to be stopped.]]
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** He trusted EVA throughout Operation Snake Eater even though EVA never provided the correct passphrase. While EVA did assist him in completing it, it turns out [[spoiler:EVA was actually a Chinese {{double agent}} who was using him to complete her own mission]].
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** He trusted EVA throughout Operation Snake Eater even though EVA never provided the correct passphrase. While EVA did assist him in completing it, it turns out [[spoiler:EVA was actually a Chinese {{double agent}} who was using him to complete her own mission]]. Though at least in this case, [[spoiler:he [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation may or may not have been onto her ruse]] given he slipped her the fake Philosopher's Legacy microfilm by the end.]]
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** This becomes particularly noticeable in ''Ground Zeroes'', where the game introduces him as "Snake", and even refers to him as "a former hero once known by the codename "Big Boss", when the '''reverse''' is true, and the only times he's referred to as "Snake" is when receiving certain orders and the game over sequence.
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** This becomes particularly noticeable in ''Ground Zeroes'', where the game introduces him as "Snake", and even refers to him as "a former hero once known by the codename "Big Boss", Boss"", when the '''reverse''' is true, and the only times he's referred to as "Snake" is when receiving certain orders and the game over sequence.
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** His ambition of creating a world of perpetual conflict where soldiers will always be needed winds up coming true thanks to the War Economy come ''Meteal Gear Solid 4,'' and it's a product of the very system he was trying to destroy. The irony is not lost on Solid Snake.
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** His ambition of creating a world of perpetual conflict where soldiers will always be needed winds up coming true thanks to the War Economy come ''Meteal ''Metal Gear Solid 4,'' and it's a product of the very system he was trying to destroy. The irony is not lost on Solid Snake.
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* BaritoneOfStrength: Befitting someone who is known as "Big Boss" and has founded two [=PMCs=] and a U.S. Army black ops group, Creator/DavidHayter gives him the same baritone Solid Snake's famous for. Replaced later by Creator/RichardDoyle and Creator/KieferSutherland.
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* BaritoneOfStrength: Befitting someone who is known as "Big Boss" and has founded two [=PMCs=] and a U.S. Army black ops group, Creator/AkioOtsuka and Creator/DavidHayter gives give him the same baritone Solid Snake's famous for. Replaced The latter replaced later by Creator/RichardDoyle and Creator/KieferSutherland.
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* GutturalGrowler: Like father, like son.
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* SmokingIsCool: [[spoiler: He even smokes while he's dying, even lampshading it saying: "This is good, isn't it?"]]
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* SmokingIsCool: [[spoiler: He His choice of cigars are Habano-brand Cuban cigars, and will correct you if you mistakenly call them cigarettes. [[spoiler:He even smokes while he's dying, even lampshading it saying: "This is good, isn't it?"]]it?"]]
* SmokyVoice: Like father, like son, Big Boss has a coarse and weathered voice from both his time as a soldier and being a habitual smoker. While both Snakes have the same smoking habits, Big Boss smokes Habano-brand Cuban cigars instead of normal cigarettes.
* SmokyVoice: Like father, like son, Big Boss has a coarse and weathered voice from both his time as a soldier and being a habitual smoker. While both Snakes have the same smoking habits, Big Boss smokes Habano-brand Cuban cigars instead of normal cigarettes.
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* AndIMustScream: After his [[spoiler: battle with Solid Snake at Zanzibar, he was left heavily burned and just barely alive, but the Patriots recovered him and injected him with nanomachines to keep him from dying. After this he was kept in a [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic coma]], during which he was semi-aware, as the Patriots used him for extensive experiments, leaving quite the marks on his already damaged body. He was in that state [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid for]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 fifteen]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 years]] until the destruction of the Patriots' [=AIs=] finally let him wake up. Luckily for him, EVA had in the meantime been able to steal his body back from where the Patriots kept him and used parts of Liquid's and Solidus's bodies to restore him to his former appearance]].
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* AndIMustScream: After his [[spoiler: battle with Solid Snake at Zanzibar, he was left heavily burned and just barely alive, but the Patriots recovered him and injected him with nanomachines to keep him from dying. After this he was kept in a [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic coma]], during which he was semi-aware, as the Patriots used him for extensive experiments, leaving quite the marks on his already damaged body. He was in that state [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid for]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty fifteen]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots years]] until the destruction of the Patriots' [=AIs=] finally let him wake up. Luckily for him, EVA had in the meantime been able to steal his body back from where the Patriots kept him and used parts of Liquid's and Solidus's bodies to restore him to his former appearance]].
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** [[spoiler: He eventually [[HeelFaceTurn returns]] to anti-nihilism at the end of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', [[RedemptionEqualsDeath finding closure]] to his long and storied life: he [[RepairedPedestal reconciles]] with his son and reaffirms that world peace is WorthLivingFor, performs a [[MercyKill mercy kill]] on a comatose old friend who had [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly]] become the keystone of the WarEconomy, salutes the grave of his mentor (who was also an AntiNihilist who sacrificed her life and reputation to make the world a better place) and enjoys a [[OneLastSmoke final smoke]] before finally passing away]].
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** [[spoiler: He eventually [[HeelFaceTurn returns]] to anti-nihilism at the end of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'', [[RedemptionEqualsDeath finding closure]] to his long and storied life: he [[RepairedPedestal reconciles]] with his son and reaffirms that world peace is WorthLivingFor, performs a [[MercyKill mercy kill]] on a comatose old friend who had [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly]] become the keystone of the WarEconomy, salutes the grave of his mentor (who was also an AntiNihilist who sacrificed her life and reputation to make the world a better place) and enjoys a [[OneLastSmoke final smoke]] before finally passing away]].
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* BigBad: Of ''Metal Gear'' and ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'', wanting to enforce his ideals of ''Outer Heaven'' and give soldiers like him [[WarriorHeaven a place in the world]] through nuclear superiority, using ''Outer Heaven'' in South Africa (''VideoGame/MetalGear1'') and Zanzibar/[[spoiler: Tselinoyarsk]] (''VideoGame/MetalGear2'') as his bases of operations.
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* BigBad: Of ''Metal Gear'' and ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'', wanting to enforce his ideals of ''Outer Heaven'' and give soldiers like him [[WarriorHeaven a place in the world]] through nuclear superiority, using ''Outer Heaven'' in South Africa (''VideoGame/MetalGear1'') and Zanzibar/[[spoiler: Tselinoyarsk]] (''VideoGame/MetalGear2'') (''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'') as his bases of operations.
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* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Guns of the Patriots]]'' novelization claims that Zanzibar Land was originally Tselinoyarsk, the place Naked Snake infiltrated in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Snake Eater]]'', suggesting that the location where his fame arose is also where he meets his final defeat]].
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* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'' novelization claims that Zanzibar Land was originally Tselinoyarsk, the place Naked Snake infiltrated in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]]'', suggesting that the location where his fame arose is also where he meets his final defeat]].
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first game, Big Boss is a generic villain with no personality. Come ''Metal Gear 2'', and he becomes far more complex and with more complicated motives and philosophies than most villains in modern games, let alone the 8-bit era. However, his [[LukeIAmYourFather father-son relationship]] with Solid Snake is completely absent, since the plot point wasn't even introduced at that point, leaving his appearance in [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'']] to address that. The prequel games add on to this, detailing that he was an eccentric dork prior to his FaceHeelTurn.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first game, Big Boss is a generic villain with no personality. Come ''Metal Gear 2'', and he becomes far more complex and with more complicated motives and philosophies than most villains in modern games, let alone the 8-bit era. However, his [[LukeIAmYourFather father-son relationship]] with Solid Snake is completely absent, since the plot point wasn't even introduced at that point, leaving his appearance in [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'']] ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'']] to address that. The prequel games add on to this, detailing that he was an eccentric dork prior to his FaceHeelTurn.
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* CooldownHug[=/=][[spoiler: FinalFirstHug]]: With [[spoiler:Solid Snake]]. And a damn touching one at that.
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* CooldownHug[=/=][[spoiler: FinalFirstHug]]: CooldownHug: With [[spoiler:Solid Snake]]. And a damn touching one at that.
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* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Overlapping with a TearfulSmile, at the end of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Guns of the Patriots]]'']].
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* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Overlapping with a TearfulSmile, at the end of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'']].
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** His fight against Quiet turns out to be a mirror of the fight between him and Solid Snake in VideoGame/MetalGear2, except this time Big Boss is the one injured, weaponless, and forced to make an improvised incendiary weapon, against an opponent armed to the teeth. Quiet's [=XOF=] uniform's color palette being similar to Solid Snake's iconic Sneaking Suit in [=MGS1=] helps with the allusion. [[GenerationXerox Like father, like son, huh?]]
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** His fight against Quiet turns out to be a mirror of the fight between him and Solid Snake in VideoGame/MetalGear2, VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake, except this time Big Boss is the one injured, weaponless, and forced to make an improvised incendiary weapon, against an opponent armed to the teeth. Quiet's [=XOF=] uniform's color palette being similar to Solid Snake's iconic Sneaking Suit in [=MGS1=] helps with the allusion. [[GenerationXerox Like father, like son, huh?]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: He was already TheAce when he goes into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', but [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter The Boss]], his very own mentor, utterly [[CurbStompBattle trounced him with zero effort]] when they were forced to fight for the first couple times. By the end of ''Operation Snake Eater'', he has SurpassedTheTeacher, and gains the legendary moniker of Big Boss, going from a "newborn" without any emotion of his own to carry into battle into a genuine war hero -- and a ByronicHero that has firmly become a BrokenAce for what it took to come so far.
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* BodyHorror: As Naked Snake, he participated in a Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb test to show the effects radiation had on soldiers exposed to the site aftermath. Whereas most others developed acute radiation symptoms, this [[BornLucky simply rendered him sterile.]] Then he went through ''[=MGS3=]'', having most of his body tortured and brutalized with permanent scarring and a [[EyeScream dead eye]]. Then he went through ''Ground Zeroes'' and ''The Phantom Pain'', barely surviving a chopper crash in the middle of the ocean and an explosion practically to his face. Then came the MSX games, where [[spoiler:Venom Snake is the one killed by rockets]] in ''Metal Gear'' and then he's seemingly put down for good by [[ManOnFire being set aflame into a burning crisp]] in ''Metal Gear 2''. [[spoiler:Then he [[NobodyCouldSurviveThat survived]] as little more than a burnt husk of a [[AndIMustScream mentally conscious]] cadaver for the years that followed until he was restored in secret in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', which still doesn't last long before his heart is killed internally once and for all by FOXDIE.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: Amusingly, going into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', Naked Snake is easily the most smug a protagonist has been in the entire franchise, utterly cocksure of himself from beginning to end.. until [[CurbStompBattle The Boss shows up in person.]] The rest of ''[=MGS3=]'' is him having to take his pride and capability as a soldier and temper it on top of [[TookALevelInBadass his skill]] to overcome the impossible, setting in stone the legend of Big Boss as we know it -- where, [[BreakTheCutie by that point]], he simply doesn't [[{CharacterDevelopment give a damn]] about how much of a legendary soldier he's become.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Amusingly, going into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', Naked Snake is easily the most smug a protagonist has been in the entire franchise, utterly cocksure of himself from beginning to end.. until [[CurbStompBattle The Boss shows up in person.]] The rest of ''[=MGS3=]'' is him having to take his pride and capability as a soldier and temper it on top of [[TookALevelInBadass his skill]] to overcome the impossible, setting in stone the legend of Big Boss as we know it -- where, [[BreakTheCutie by that point]], he simply doesn't [[{CharacterDevelopment [[CharacterDevelopment give a damn]] about how much of a legendary soldier he's become.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Amusingly, going into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', Naked Snake is considered [[TheAce the ace in the hole]] for the foundation of the FOX Squad, and has a confident, if not downright ''arrogant'', attitude about him, between how he casually handles the HALO Jump, his smug disregard for Ocelot's threat in their first meeting thanks to noticing the flaws in the young man's style, and the nonchalance he has about the mission overall. Then The Boss betrays him ''and'' the United States, knocks his ass flat and breaks his arm before leaving him for dead, and the entire operation goes up in smoke thanks to Sokolov being taken by Volgin and The Boss, plus America being framed for the detonation of a Davy Crockett nuclear warhead on Russian soil. While he has his more cheeky moments in side-conversations or with less tense situations, the somber realization that one of his goals in ''Operation Snake Eater'' is to kill The Boss herself creates a much more mission-focused mindset and rather grim outlook for the rest of ''[=MGS3=]'', since it's either a successful mission, death in Russia, or death by firing squad back home. Succeeding that mission resulted in [[BreakTheCutie the above.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: Amusingly, going into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', Naked Snake is considered [[TheAce easily the ace in the hole]] for the foundation of the FOX Squad, and has a confident, if not downright ''arrogant'', attitude about him, between how he casually handles the HALO Jump, his most smug disregard for Ocelot's threat in their first meeting thanks to noticing the flaws in the young man's style, and the nonchalance he a protagonist has about the mission overall. Then The Boss betrays him ''and'' the United States, knocks his ass flat and breaks his arm before leaving him for dead, and been in the entire operation goes up in smoke thanks franchise, utterly cocksure of himself from beginning to Sokolov being taken by Volgin and The Boss, plus America being framed for the detonation of a Davy Crockett nuclear warhead on Russian soil. While he has his more cheeky moments in side-conversations or with less tense situations, the somber realization that one of his goals in ''Operation Snake Eater'' is to kill end.. until [[CurbStompBattle The Boss herself creates a much more mission-focused mindset and rather grim outlook for the shows up in person.]] The rest of ''[=MGS3=]'', since it's either ''[=MGS3=]'' is him having to take his pride and capability as a successful mission, death soldier and temper it on top of [[TookALevelInBadass his skill]] to overcome the impossible, setting in Russia, or death by firing squad back home. Succeeding that mission resulted in stone the legend of Big Boss as we know it -- where, [[BreakTheCutie the above.]]by that point]], he simply doesn't [[{CharacterDevelopment give a damn]] about how much of a legendary soldier he's become.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Amusingly, going into ''Operation Virtuous Mission'', Naked Snake is considered [[TheAce the ace in the hole]] for the foundation of the FOX Squad, and has a confident, if not downright ''arrogant'', attitude about him, between how he casually handles the HALO Jump, his smug disregard for Ocelot's threat in their first meeting thanks to noticing the flaws in the young man's style, and the nonchalance he has about the mission overall. Then The Boss betrays him ''and'' the United States, knocks his ass flat and breaks his arm before leaving him for dead, and the entire operation goes up in smoke thanks to Sokolov being taken by Volgin and The Boss, plus America being framed for the detonation of a Davy Crockett nuclear warhead on Russian soil. While he has his more cheeky moments in side-conversations or with less tense situations, the somber realization that one of his goals in ''Operation Snake Eater'' is to kill The Boss herself creates a much more mission-focused mindset and rather grim outlook for the rest of ''[=MGS3=]'', since it's either a successful mission, death in Russia, or death by firing squad back home. Succeeding that mission resulted in [[BreakTheCutie the above.]]
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** [[spoiler: As Ishmael, he appears to be an unarmed, otherwise unremarkable individual, he's the only reason why Venom Snake manages to make it out of the hospital, fending off a heavily-armed force of XOF soldiers and The Man On Fire.]]
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* LargeAndInCharge: The [[https://www.tentenpro.com/muni_shinobu/mgs3/leak.html MGS3 casting sheet]] describes him thusly: "6'5" high, and his physical constitution is thick like Schwarzenegger. He has an 'all mighty', tough fighting style."
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->'''A.K.A.''': Naked Snake, Jack, John Doe, The Legendary Soldier, The Legendary Mercenary, The One-Eyed Man, Saladin, Vic Boss, [[spoiler: Ishmael]], [[spoiler: Ishmael, The Bandaged Man]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Ac!d 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Ac!d Acid 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]
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[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | '''Big Boss / Naked Snake''') | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV The Phantom Pain]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Ac!d 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]
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* BadassNormal: Unlike his ''[[CloningBlues sons]]'', Big Boss has had no genetic tampering, nor nano-augmentation, nor suit of power armor (though Solid Snake's genetics are actually ''supposed'' to be a [[FlawedPrototype flawed]] clone), and yet, his feats of military prowess are every bit as legendary.
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* BadassNormal: Unlike his ''[[CloningBlues sons]]'', sons, Big Boss has had no genetic tampering, nor nano-augmentation, nor suit of power armor (though Solid Snake's genetics are actually ''supposed'' to be a [[FlawedPrototype flawed]] clone), and yet, his feats of military prowess are every bit as legendary.
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* NoSocialSkills: PlayedForLaughs. In ''Snake Eater'' it is established that not only he lacks any knowledge about pop culture and films like his future son, Solid Snake,[[note]]The one film the former knows, is the one ''he'' dislikes the most[[/note]] but, in EVA's words, he is completely slow on social cues; he doesn't realize that Ocelot is into him, and doesn't quite get that both Volgin and Raikov are lovers (even as EVA ''directly'' shows a photo of the two together). He loses this as he transitions from "Naked Snake" to "Big Boss".
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* NoSocialSkills: PlayedForLaughs. In ''Snake Eater'' it is established that not only he lacks any knowledge about pop culture and films like his future son, Solid Snake,[[note]]The one film two films the former knows, is the one subject ''he'' dislikes the most[[/note]] but, in EVA's words, he is completely slow on social cues; he doesn't realize that Ocelot is into him, and doesn't quite get that both Volgin and Raikov are lovers (even as EVA ''directly'' shows a photo of the two together). He loses this as he transitions from "Naked Snake" to "Big Boss".
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* NoSocialSkills: PlayedForLaughs. In ''Snake Eater'' it is established that not only he lacks any knowledge about pop culture and films like his future son, Solid Snake,[[note]]The one film the former knows, is the one ''he'' dislikes the most[[/note]] but, in EVA's words, he is completely slow on social cues; he doesn't realize that Ocelot is into him, and doesn't quite get that both Volgin and Raikov are lovers (even as EVA ''directly'' shows a photo of the two together). He loses this as he transitions from "Naked Snake" to "Big Boss".
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For tropes pertaining to his [[spoiler:mental doppelgänger Venom Snake]] in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'', go [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV here]]. [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Same here]] for the version of Big Boss in ''VideoGame/SnakesRevenge''.
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For tropes pertaining to his [[spoiler:mental doppelgänger the Venom Snake]] Snake persona in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'', go [[Characters/MetalGearSolidV here]]. Go [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Same here]] for the version of Big Boss in ''VideoGame/SnakesRevenge''.
