Line #101 Characters/AceCombatAssaultHorizon


1	Below is a list of characters in ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon''.
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5	! NATO
6	[[folder:William Bishop]]
7	!! William Bishop, callsign "Warwolf 1"
8	->'''Voiced by''': Paul Mercier (English), Creator/HiroshiTsuchida (Japanese)
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10	The primary PlayerCharacter of the game, Bishop is an renowned ace who is plagued by nightmares of his own death at the hands of a Russian plane with a "Sharkmouth" on its nose--the plane that he later discovers to belong to the Russian ace Andrei Markov. He is the leader of the Warwolf Squadron.
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12	* TheAce: Both literally and in terms of personality.
13	* AcePilot: He's an ''Ace Combat'' protagonist so this comes naturally.
14	* CompositeCharacter: According to [[WordOfGod Jim DeFelice]], Bishop's characterization is inspired by an F-105 Vietnam War veteran he personally knew, as well as Lieutenant A.K. Waters (played by Bruce Willis) in ''Tears of the Sun''. His name, meanwhile, may be based on Canadian [=WW1=] ace [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop Billy Bishop]].
15	* ColonelBadass
16	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: "I saw my death in my dreams, many times. A nightmare I'll never forget."
17	* AFatherToHisMen: Implied without being stated outright. He is fiercely protective of his pilots, and generally takes crazy risks to help them if they're in trouble.
18	* ForeseeingMyDeath: The very first mission. [[spoiler:Averted, though.]]
19	* HighAltitudeBattle: His specialty.
20	* ImprobableAimingSkills:
21	** In the [[spoiler:second Miami]] mission, when [[spoiler:Guts]] takes damage to his plane, his canopy won't open to allow him to eject, so Bishop uses his machine gun to shoot off the canopy of [[spoiler:Guts']] damaged and out of control plane.
22	** Bishop is also able to snipe an out of control [[spoiler:Trinity missile seconds from impact with the White House]].
23	* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Inverted, his callsign appears to be "Warwolf 1", and he's addressed as Bishop, unlike his wingman Gutierrez, who has the callsign "Guts".
24	* LanternJawOfJustice: Bishop is well endowed in the chin department.
25	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Though he was Canadian, not American, the famous UsefulNotes/WorldWarI flying ace "Billy" Bishop's full first name was "William."
26	* PlaguedByNightmares: He is plagued by recurrent nightmares of getting shot down over Miami by a Russian jet with a shark mouth painted on its nose. This turns out to be a case of DreamingOfThingsToCome, as Bishop later learns that that plane belongs to a RenegadeRussian ace, giving an otherwise stoic Bishop a bad case of anxiety when the two of them ''do'' duke it out over Miami.
27	* PokemonSpeak: Frequently acknowledges orders or events over the radio by simply saying "Warwolf."
28	* TheRival: To Markov.
29	* SkilledButNaive: His fighter pilot skills are top notch, but unlike Guts, he doesn't hold any suspicions towards [[spoiler:Illich, when the latter defects to Markov's side giving "mechanical problems" as an excuse.]]
30	* TheStoic: The ''only'' time he shows any emotion other than cool professionalism is when his plane is damaged, [[AFatherToHisMen or when Guts is in trouble]].
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34	[[folder:José "Guts" Gutierrez]]
35	!! José "Guts" Gutierrez, callsign "Warwolf 2"
36	%%->'''Voiced by''':
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38	Bishop's loud-mouthed {{wingman}} who keeps causing him trouble, much to his own dismay.
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40	* TheAce: Despite his status as TheLoad, and despite the fact that he's nowhere near as good as Bishop, Guts is still an excellent pilot, and can and ''will'' take out targets during missions. [[spoiler: He's the only other pilot that can take out a TGT LEAD enemy, though this happens rarely at best.]]
41	* {{Expy}}: Fans of the series can discover the traits of both [[Characters/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar Chopper]] and [[Characters/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar PJ]] in him.
42	* GratuitousSpanish
43	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Takes a missile from Akula meant for Bishop. Whilst he manages an unorthodox ejection, his fate is left hanging until the epilogue.]]
44	* LikeBrotherAndSister: WordOfGod is that this is his relationship with Rehl.
45	* TheLoad: Seems to view himself like this sometimes, especially in "Pipeline".
46	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Guts is going to be the one who takes a hit.]]
47	* {{Wingman}}: To Bishop.
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51	[[folder:Janice Rehl]]
52	!! Janice Rehl, callsign "Spooky 1", later "Razor 1"
53	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KariWahlgren (English), Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese)
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55	An experienced bomber pilot who has been assigned to pilot the Task Force 108 gunship ''Spooky'' against her wishes. Out of combat, she is a cheerful young woman who is [[OneOfTheBoys best of buds with Bishop and Guts]]. She later gets reassigned to proper bomber duty flying the B1 Lancer or B2 Spirit, hence the callsign change.
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57	* DeathFromAbove: Her specialty.
58	* LikeBrotherAndSister: WordOfGod is that this is her relationship with Guts.
59	* MajorlyAwesome
60	* NumberTwo: Her co-pilot Finn in the bomber missions.
61	* PokemonSpeak: Same as Bishop above, occasionally answers with her callsign.
62	* TokenGirl: The only female character with spoken lines in the game and the first female PlayerCharacter in the entire series.
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66	[[folder:Pierre La Pointe]]
67	!! Pierre La Pointe
68	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RichardDoyle (English), Creator/TomomichiNishimura (Japanese)
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70	The French General in command of the entire Task Force 108.
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72	* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Averted. La Pointe is introduced as a solid, dependable guy and remains so for the duration.
73	* CoolOldGuy: He's decisive, intelligent, and comes up with excellent plans for dealing with the issues his task force encounters.
74	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is quick to trust those under his command, and equally quick to respond to danger.
75	* TheBrigadier: His actual rank is a 1-star general, making him a Brigadier.
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79	[[folder:Doug "D-Ray" Robinson]]
80	!! Doug "D-Ray" Robinson, callsign "Shooter 1"
81	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiNomura (Japanese)
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83	Phlegmatic commander of the "Shooter" Apache squadron and "Nomad" Blackhawk squadron.
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85	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:He crashes his helicopter several times, but survives to the end]].
86	* DeepBreathRevealsTension: When Robinson flies off on a solo mission over the enemy territory with no backup and a lot of lives at stake, he takes several deep, deliberate breaths as the mission starts -- the first indication that the stress is getting to him, too. [[spoiler:He manages to control himself and complete his mission just fine after that.]]
87	* GunshipRescue: His specialty.
88	* NumberTwo: His co-pilot Jack.
89	* OneManArmy: He and Jack fly on a solo mission in enemy-occupied Moscow... and succeed.
90	* SergeantRock: Technically, a Captain, but he fits the personality.
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94	[[folder:AWACS Magic]]
95	!! Magic
96	%%->'''Voiced by''':
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98	The Warwolf Squadron's AWACS.
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100	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
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104	[[folder:Kei Nagase]]
105	!! Kei Nagase
106	%%->'''Voiced by''':
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108	The series LegacyCharacter returns as a cameo as well as having written a CharacterBlog.
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110	* AcePilot: According to her blog she is part of the 19th Task Force ACES.
111	* TheCameo: Seen during cutscenes throughout the game.
112	* CharacterBlog: Project Nagase is Kei in character describing the real life development and news of the game.
113	* {{Expy}}: Of EdgeNagase in previous games.
114	* LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: The ACES portrayal of her is only seen as DLC.
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118	! Russia
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120	[[folder:Ivan Stagleishov]]
121	!! Ivan Stagleishov, callsign "Big Bear 1"
122	->'''Voiced by''': Graham [=McTavish=] (English)
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124	Commander of all Russian forces in the Task Force 108 (who don't belong to NATO and thus don't answer to La Pointe) and simultaneously the leader of the "Big Bear" squadron.
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126	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Gets offed by Markov while trying to surrender to NATO forces. Given all his heinous actions, from treacherously killing his supposed allies to bombing his own country's capital, no tears are wept for him]].
127	* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Once it becomes clear he's lost, he tries to surrender to NATO forces, expecting to be spared if he gives up the last Trinity warhead]].
128	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Turns out to be the leader of Russian insurgents]].
129	* FourStarBadass
130	* OldSoldier: Despite his age, he personally leads the Big Bear Squadron.
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133	[[folder:Sergei Illich]]
134	!! Sergei Illich, callsign "Red Moon 1"
135	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShuheiSakaguchi (Japanese), Creator/YuriLowenthal (English)
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137	Leader of the Russian "Red Moon" squadron and one of the few Russians to remain loyal to Task Force 108 after [[spoiler: Stagleishov's betrayal]].
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139	* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced very early on, and he seems to be one of the few who gets on well with the Americans (unlike his boss).
140	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Markov late in the game.]]
141	* GracefulLoser: He congratulates [[spoiler:Bishop]] on shooting him down.
142	* IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler:Illich is ridiculously devoted to Markov as a result of him saving his life back when he served as his Wingman. So devoted, in fact, that he dutifully carries out Markov's orders to stall Bishop and effectively get himself killed, if not by Bishop then by the approaching hurricane. And he does it with good humor.]]
143	* MajorlyAwesome
144	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Turns out to be Markov's sleeper agent.]]
145	* {{Wingman}}: Flown on Markov's wing before Markov went rogue. [[spoiler:Becomes his wingman again after the Moscow offensive.]]
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148	[[folder:Andrei "Akula" Markov]]
149	!! Andrei "Akula" Markov, a.k.a. "Sharkmouth"
150	%%->'''Voiced by''':
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152	The primary villain of the game, a Russian ace pilot decorated with the "Hero of Russian Federation" medal.
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154	* AcePilot
155	* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Comes pre-broken by the death of his wife.]]
156	* ColonelBadass
157	* CompositeCharacter: According to WordOfGod.
158	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that he has no intention to make it out alive from his vendetta against the United States]].
159	* DisproportionateRetribution: He wants to bomb America (using [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Trinity warheads]], no less) because some American bomber crew accidentally dropped their stuff on his wife.
160	* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:General Stagleishov]].
161	* EvilCounterpart: To Bishop. The writers basically started with the idea of a flip-doppelganger and then built his personality, but for a time that's all he was.
162	* NoseArt: His distinct "Sharkmouth" paint-job.
163	* RedBaron
164	* RenegadeRussian: Markov is explicitly a ''former'' Russian Air Force pilot, with "good Russians" fighting at your side against him.
165	* TheRival: To William Bishop.
166	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Markov kills Stagleishov for trying to surrender and takes control over their organization.]]
167	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: He lost his wife to a U.S. bombing run gone wrong, and now he seeks revenge against America. In the process, however, he also helps the attack on Moscow, meaning he would be willing to get back at anyone to fulfill his task.]]
168	[[/folder]]

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