History Narm / MetalGear

* The [[FakingTheDead Fake Death Pill]] can be handy when used in the right situation, even tricking boss fights outright and leaving them vulnerable once you use the accompanying Revival Pill. And then you realize his revival animation is just [[SpecialEffectFailure his death animation in reverse]], complete with awkwardly and dramatically clutching his gut as he levitates back up onto his knees to stand again. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

* Though it's a problem throughout most of the series, this very game has it the absolute ''worst'': ParrotExposition. Every time someone brings up a plot point, Snake will just repeat the major term they just said so that whoever he's talking to will repeat it to him with clarification. It's to the point that even when face-to-face with primary antagonists who want him dead, if Snake repeats something, they nearly always exposit about what they're rambling over, effectively ''reverse-interrogating everyone he comes across''. Later games at least tone this down a bit, even if it remains a signature trait.

** And then there's what finally finishes him off. After Snake and Miller indulge in [[NightmareFuel an especially grisly]] KickTheSonOfABitch moment, they walk away to leave [[spoiler: Skull Face]] for dead, only for ''Huey'' of all people to finish him off. After seemingly taking a few minutes to absorb the gravity of what he's done, what are the first words out of Huey's mouth? A childishly {{Adorkable}} cry of "I did it!...Revenge!"

** The scene immediately before becomes Narmful too, if you're a psychopath who enjoys mashing the Square button to hear Snake complaining. "No! I can't do it! -" "[[AC:[[FinalSpeech AFTER ZANZIBAR]]]] - " "[[ButThouMust It's no good! I can't do it!]] -" "[[AC:[[{{Wangst}} I WAS TAKEN FROM THE BATTLE]]]] - " "No! I can't do it! It's no good! I can't do it!" - "[[AC:[[MotiveRant AN UNDYING SHADOW]] - ]]" etcetera.

* [[spoiler:Paz having a bomb in her vagina.]] Granted, it can be heart-rending to some if you know the context, but if you aren't shocked or horrified by it, you'll likely burst out laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of it (and its resemblance to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snuke that episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'') and how it was pushed so stoically despite the fact that [[spoiler:of all places to put a contingency bomb, Skull Face decided in his infinite wisdom to sneak a snuke up Paz's snizz. It's the one place he reckons Big Boss "will never look". Unfortunately, [[GoneHorriblyRight he was right.]] For the wrong reasons.]]

* This is more of a generational Narm, but... If you played the later installments first, then went to the original Metal Gear Solid, you won't be able to take it seriously. At all. Why? '''BECAUSE NOBODY HAS A GODDAMN ''FACE''.''' Say what you will about the Twin Snakes, but they at least have recognizable human anatomy. Making the cutscenes on [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] hardware without changing the engine after being scrapped in favor of the [=PS1=] made the game look dated, even by the standards of the time.

* More than a few players immediately tend to voice their concerns after [[ThatOneBoss the RAY boss fight]] where Raiden needed tons of rockets to take down the horde that attacked him -- and then when Emma's virus causes the rest of them to freak out, Solidus pulls out a P90 submachine gun and starts destroying them within ''seconds'' through [[CutscenePowerToTheMax casually shooting them in their faces.]] There isn't a justification like special ammunition, or any distinctions to him carrying some sort of ultra-powerful version, he's just wiping the floor with five-story high giant robots via what amounts to a small, high-ammunition gun firing off ''pistol rounds''. And then he proceeds to [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy miss Raiden]] against all odds [[EpicFail because of his eyepatch]].