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** Also, he goes under the name "George Brown", which is distinctly Anglo-Saxon, as well as very common, but being a defector from the enemy he would change his name to not be suspicious to his own side and, being spy, he would obviously take an unremarkable alias. The name "George Brown" is also quite interesting for a guy working for the Americans while spying on the Germans, because its closer equivalent in German would be "Georg Braun". "Brown"/"Braun" are phonetically identical ("George"/"George" are very distinct, though), which has the advantage of allowing him to use the same alias (well, two different names pronounced the same way, but still) both at home and while undercover. Georg Braun may even very well be his real name!

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** Also, he goes under the name "George Brown", which is distinctly Anglo-Saxon, as well as very common, but being a defector from the enemy he would change his name to not be suspicious to his own side and, being spy, he would obviously take an unremarkable alias. The name "George Brown" is also quite interesting for a guy working for the Americans while spying on the Germans, because its closer equivalent in German would be "Georg Braun". "Brown"/"Braun" are phonetically identical ("George"/"George" ("George"/"Georg" are very distinct, though), which has the advantage of allowing him to use the same alias (well, two different names pronounced the same way, but still) both at home and while undercover. Georg Braun may even very well be his real name!

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer (with {{Yellowface}} most likely) would get him killed. The manual doesn't mention him to be fluent in Japanese.
** Also, he is not noted to be fluent in Dutch, which could explain why the last ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' mission (set in the Netherlands) involves a Dutch DistaffCounterpart.
** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't explain why, despite being obviously caucasian, she can casually walk inside a Japanese naval base without being stopped by the guards]].
** [[FridgeBrilliance If she's posing as a White Russian, and the mistress of a high-ranking officer, this could explain it...]]
** [[RefugeInAudacity With a rifle slung across her back?]]

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer (with {{Yellowface}} most likely) would get him killed. The manual doesn't mention him to be fluent in Japanese.
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Japanese. Also, he is not noted to be fluent in Dutch, which could explain why the last ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' mission (set in the Netherlands) involves a Dutch DistaffCounterpart.
** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't explain why, may seem weird that, despite being obviously caucasian, she can casually walk inside a Japanese naval base without being stopped by the guards]].
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guards, but if she's posing as a White Russian, and the mistress of a high-ranking officer, this could explain it...]]
** [[RefugeInAudacity With
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** Also, he goes under the name "George Brown", which is distinctly Anglo-Saxon, as well as very common, but being a defector from the enemy he would change his name to not be suspicious to his own side and, being spy, he would obviously take an unremarkable alias. The name "George Brown" is also quite interesting for a guy working for the Americans while spying on the Germans, because its closer equivalent in German would be "Georg Braun". "Brown"/"Braun" are phonetically identical ("George"/"George" are very distinct, though), which has the advantage of allowing him to use the same alias (well, two different names pronounced the same way, but still) both at home and while undercover. Georg Braun may even very well be his real name!
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* In the finale mission of ''Behind Enemy Lines'', the objectives consists in destroying the main building of a castle and two V2 rockets. Those rockets aren't just here to spice up the mission: the briefing explains the mission is about stopping Nazi Germany to develop nuclear weapons, so the V2 were probably supposed to be the vectors of the protoype nukes once they were ready to be used.
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* There is [[http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/35/67/80/g_spy_10.jpg an official artwork]] for ''Destination Berlin'' in which the Spy looks like [[YoungerThanTheyLook at least fifty years old]], although the manual stats that he was born in 1911. In fact, he is a MasterOfDisguise (and an high member of the [[LaResistance French Resistance]], so the artwork might represent him disguised with make up and wig to be unrecognisable.

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* There is [[http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/35/67/80/g_spy_10.jpg an official artwork]] for ''Destination Berlin'' in which the Spy looks like [[YoungerThanTheyLook at least fifty years old]], although the manual stats that he was born in 1911. In fact, he is a MasterOfDisguise (and an a high member of the [[LaResistance French Resistance]], Resistance]]), so the artwork might represent him disguised with make up and wig to be unrecognisable.



** Also, he is not noted to be fluent in Dutch, which could explain why the last ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' mission (set in Netherland) involves a Dutch DistaffCounterpart.

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** Also, he is not noted to be fluent in Dutch, which could explain why the last ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' mission (set in Netherland) the Netherlands) involves a Dutch DistaffCounterpart.

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer would get him killed. The manual doesn't mention him to be fluent in Japanese.

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer (with {{Yellowface}} most likely) would get him killed. The manual doesn't mention him to be fluent in Japanese.



* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).

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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).skills).
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** [[RefugeInAudacity With a rifle slung across her back?]]
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** [[FridgeBrilliance If she's posing as a White Russian, and the mistress of a high-ranking officer, this could explain it...]]
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** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't explain why, despite being obviously caucasian, she can casually enter inside a Japanese naval base without being stopped by the guards]].

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** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't explain why, despite being obviously caucasian, she can casually enter walk inside a Japanese naval base without being stopped by the guards]].
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** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''.

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** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't explain why, despite being obviously caucasian, she can casually enter inside a Japanese naval base without being stopped by the guards]].
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Removed a confusion between the Spy from the main series and the Spy from Strike Force. Source: Commandos 2 Manual and Strike Force game dialogs.


* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).
** As I recall, he was with the French Secret Service and was assigned to the French embassy in Berlin before the war.

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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).
** As I recall, he was with the French Secret Service and was assigned to the French embassy in Berlin before the war.
skills).
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** Natasha probably can speak Japanese, as she is in the Spy's place in ''The Giant Of Haiphong''.
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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).

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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).skills).
** As I recall, he was with the French Secret Service and was assigned to the French embassy in Berlin before the war.
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The deleted line is a confusion between the main series and Strike Force (which features totally different characters).


* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).
** His backstory says he's French, but worked in the French embassy in Berlin.

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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).
** His backstory says he's French, but worked in the French embassy in Berlin.
skills).
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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).

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* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).skills).
** His backstory says he's French, but worked in the French embassy in Berlin.

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer would get him killed.

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* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer would get him killed. The manual doesn't mention him to be fluent in Japanese.
** Also, he is not noted to be fluent in Dutch, which could explain why the last ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' mission (set in Netherland) involves a Dutch DistaffCounterpart.
* ''Strike Force'''s Spy is described to be fluent in German and very gifted to impersonate German soldiers and officers. He is actually a German exilee with a MysteriousPast (but his abilities could also be helped by innate observation and imitation skills).
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* There is [[http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/35/67/80/g_spy_10.jpg an official artwork]] for ''Destination Berlin'' in which the Spy looks like [[YoungerThanTheyLook at least fifty years old]], although the manual stats that he was born in 1911. In fact, he is a MasterOfDisguise (and an high member of the [[LaResistance French Resistance]], so the artwork might represent him disguised with make up and wig to be unrecognisable.

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* There is [[http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/35/67/80/g_spy_10.jpg an official artwork]] for ''Destination Berlin'' in which the Spy looks like [[YoungerThanTheyLook at least fifty years old]], although the manual stats that he was born in 1911. In fact, he is a MasterOfDisguise (and an high member of the [[LaResistance French Resistance]], so the artwork might represent him disguised with make up and wig to be unrecognisable.unrecognisable.
* The Spy doesn't appear in the Pacific missions. Good thing too, as him attempting to impersonate a Japanese officer would get him killed.
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* In ''Men of Courage'', most of items are found in logical places, but it can seem odd to find CocktailMolotov anywhere, as they are mostly use by insurgents or special forces, not by regular armies... and even less by unarmed civilians. The most logical explaination would be that the member of the team doesn't find actual cocktail Molotov, but ingredients needed to created one, which are immediatly combined when the commando opens and searchs the container.

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* In ''Men of Courage'', most of items are found in logical places, but it can seem odd to find CocktailMolotov MolotovCocktail anywhere, as they are mostly use by insurgents or special forces, not by regular armies... and even less by unarmed civilians. The most logical explaination would be that the member of the team doesn't find actual cocktail Molotov, Molotov cocktail, but ingredients needed to created one, which are immediatly combined when the commando opens and searchs the container.
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* In ''Men of Courage'', most of items are found in logical places, but it can seem odd to find CocktailMolotov anywhere, as they are mostly use by insurgents or special forces, not by regular armies... and even less by unarmed civilians. The most logical explaination would be that the member of the team doesn't find actual cocktail Molotov, but ingredients needed to created one, which are immediatly combined when the commando opens and searchs the container.
* There is [[http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/11/35/67/80/g_spy_10.jpg an official artwork]] for ''Destination Berlin'' in which the Spy looks like [[YoungerThanTheyLook at least fifty years old]], although the manual stats that he was born in 1911. In fact, he is a MasterOfDisguise (and an high member of the [[LaResistance French Resistance]], so the artwork might represent him disguised with make up and wig to be unrecognisable.

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