History Characters / MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty

* FountainOfMemes: "I NEED SCISSORS! 61!" references were ''inescapable'' on the Internet for a very long time.

** ItWasHisSled: However, see FountainOfMemes; the nonsense GW spouts after the reveal is one of the most well-remembered parts of the game, and is frequently used as shorthand for just ''how [[MindScrew bugfuck crazy]]'' the game gets.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen[=/=]ForWantOfANail: A rare InUniverse example. [[spoiler: When the AIs were being developed by Dr. Strangelove, she initially intended them to be programmed to understand human concepts like empathy so that they could better understand why humans do things and could guide humanity along a brighter path more directly inspired by The Boss' will. However, after she was killed by a vengeful Huey due to not wanting their child to pilot Metal Gear, their development was handed over to Sigint. He instilled them with a much broader set of instructions and gave them the ability to learn for themselves, but they developed their exceedingly pessimistic view of humanity from this.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Realizing he was checking if Raiden was actually Olga in a different suit starts to unravel some of the mysteries and allegiances tied to this entire mess.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't live beyond the scene he's introduced in. But said scene is a massive ExpositionDump that lasts quite a long while, and Johnson outlines more about the manipulative terror of [[GreaterScopeVillain the Patriots]] than what the cast knows up to that point, as well as the real purpose of the Big Shell as a cover for Arsenal Gear. He's also apparently the recipient of the [[TheStinger mysterious message Ocelot sent]] from the end of the previous game, meaning whether it was reporting it to the Patriots or not, he ''was'' going to be a bigger power player over the aftermath of the Shadow Moses Incident.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't live beyond the scene he's introduced in. But said scene is a massive ExpositionDump that lasts quite a long while, and Johnson outlines the manipulative terror of [[GreaterScopeVillain the Patriots]] than what the cast knows up to that point, as well as the real purpose of the Big Shell as a cover for Arsenal Gear.

* MakingASplash: Its main weapon is a powerful water cutter allowing it to slice through dense armor. The Desperado model uses a plasma cannon instead. This goes hand-in-hand with the fact RAY models are designed to swim and are almost universally fielded near water sources where they can both restock their ammunition and launch surprise attacks - the two exceptions, both fought in ''Revengeance,'' are fought in a densely populated cityscape where getting more water would be difficult and inside a ''massive'' building, where it would be impossible to access the water necessary to fuel their weapon; these models instead [[BlowYouAway work with]] [[PlayingWithFire plasma weapons.]]

* MakingASplash: Its main weapon is a powerful water cutter allowing it to slice through dense armor. The Desperado model uses a plasma cannon instead. This goes hand-in-hand with the fact RAYs are designed to swim and are almost universally fielded near water sources where they can both restock their ammunition and launch surprise attacks - the two exceptions, both fought in ''Revengeance,'' are fought in a densely populated cityscape where getting more water would be difficult and inside a ''massive'' building, where it would be impossible to access the water necessary to fuel their weapon; these models instead [[BlowYouAway work with]] [[PlayingWithFire plasma weapons.]]

* MakingASplash: Its main weapon is a powerful water cutter allowing it to slice through dense armor. The Desperado model uses a plasma cannon instead.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The guy could give [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Ronaldo Fryman]] a run for his money, claiming to have been abducted by aliens as a child.

After having Liquid Snake's arm grafted onto his [[AnArmAndALeg right stump]], Revolver Ocelot was apparently possessed by the spirit of the former character. Surviving the events of ''Sons of Liberty''', he took over several {{PMC}}s and formed his own version of Outer Heaven. [[spoiler:However, Big Boss at the end of [=MGS4=] reveals that this merger wasn't real, though external materials and WordOfGod have stated that Oceleot ''was'' possessed by Liquid but removed the arm and recreated his "possession" because "Liquid" would be less unpredictable and easier for Ocelot to control.]]

->Voiced by: Creator/BanjoGinga (JP; ''[=MGS2=]'', ''[=MGS4=]''), Creator/CamClarke (EN; ''[=MGS2=]''), Creator/PatricZimmerman (EN; ''[=MGS4=]'')

* AnArmAndALeg: The reason for his creation: After losing his right arm to the Cyborg Ninja, Ocelot used Liquid's arm for a transplant and gradually gained the latter's personality. [[spoiler:By the time of Metal Gear Solid 4 it has been replaced with a robotic arm.]]
* BadassLongcoat: In ''[=MGS4=]'', one of Liquid's trademark styles of dress. Though he takes it off for the final battle.
* BadBoss: Displays this in ''[=MGS4=]'', with his hacking the [=SOP=] System twice causing his henchmen to have mental breakdowns. During his second attempt, when Vamp warns him of what might happen, Ocelot tells him outright that he's "[[WeHaveReserves willing to make a few sacrifices]]"; the end result is that several of his troops suffer brain damage and become {{Technically Living Zombie}}s. In the Act 3 mission briefing, Naomi tells Snake and Otacon that Ocelot knew from the very beginning that his hacking attempt in South America would fail, and yet he went ahead with it regardless. [[spoiler:All to just revive his war buddy!]]
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Part of the reason he gives for his actions in ''[=MGS4=]'', when he explains his EvilPlan to Snake.

* EvilIsPetty: In his debut appearance, he taunts Snake over the fact that he will soon undergo RapidAging. In Metal Gear Solid 4, he mockingly offers Snake OneLastSmoke before blowing his own cigar smoke into his face.

* NoShirtLongJacket: He dresses like this on occasion; another trait evocative of Liquid Snake.

* RoboticReveal: In [[spoiler:the final fight between himself and Snake in ''[=MGS4=]'', he [[TheCoatsAreOff casts off]] his BadassLongcoat to reveal he's replaced Liquid Snake's transplanted arm with a cybernetic one.]]

* VoicesAreMental: In ''Sons Of Liberty,'' he actually speaks in [[Creator/CamClarke Liquid's voice]] when Liquid possesses him. [[spoiler: Also serves as clever foreshadowing of his true nature in ''Guns of the Patriots'' when "Liquid" spend the whole game voiced by Patric Zimmerman instead of Clarke.]]

* HijackedByGanon: A complicated case. In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', Solidus and the Patriots were among the [[Big Bad Ensemble]], but by the end of that game, he would become Snake's [[Arch-Enemy]] just like in ''Metal Gear Solid''. It is downplayed in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' however when [[spoiler: when the "Liquid" encountered since the Tanker Incident was an artificial personality self-induced by Ocelot to fool the Patriots.]]

* HijackedByGanon: A complicated case. In ''MGS2'', Solidus and the Patriots were among the [[Big Bad Ensemble]], but by the end of that game, he would become Snake's [[Arch-Enemy]] just like in ''MGS1''. It is downplayed in ''MGS4'' however when [[spoiler: when the "Liquid" encountered since the Tanker Incident was an artificial personality self-induced by Ocelot to fool the Patriots.]]

->Voiced by: Creator/AkioOhtsuka (JP), Creator/JohnCygan (EN)

* '''FountainOfMemes''': "I NEED SCISSORS! 61!" references were ''inescapable'' on the Internet for a very long time.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: For all it's toughness, the inside of it's mouth might as well be made of styrofoam. One Stinger missile fired inside the mouth will knock off a third of the Mass Produced [=RAYs=] and, with some help of CutscenePowerToTheMax, Solidus can kill them by shooting in their mouths with ''a [=P90=]''.

* FlawedPrototype: Implied with her gun. Reports that Rosemary dug up during a codec conversation was that the rail gun had issues with its rail plasma and its inner-electromagnetic release were yet to be solved, making it unusable as a field weapon due to a high rate of discharge, hurting if not killing the wielder. It doesn't fail on her because of her luck. That, or if the end game scene with Ocelot is any indication, she might have actually gotten a working model that the Patriots won't release into official circulation.

* DeterminedWidow: Once she lost her whole family, she grieved briefly before she signed up with the military to get revenge and find a way to die.

%%* HotScientist

* {{Gainaxing}}: While having Codec conversations with Rosemary in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', give your controller a few nice hard shakes and watch what happens on the screen...

A Russian mercenary whom Snake first encounters aboard the tanker, Olga is a tough cookie. She has been raised all her life to be strong, both out of necessity and because her father was a colonel for a Russian private army. She is seen again in the Plant, having inherited her father's unit after the old man died. She may or may not be having [[DoubleAgent her own agenda]]. [[spoiler:She is also being used by the Patriots, who are threatening to kill her child if she doesn't allow for Raiden's mission to succeed. To this end, she disguises herself as a ninja called Mr. X and randomly calls Raiden to give him advice. She dies in the end to save Raiden and her baby.]]

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Just like her father.

* ShesGotLegs: Just about every scene she's in introduces her with the camera slowly panning up those long legs of hers.