Line #252 Characters/DeadliestWarrior


1	The various warriors featured in the show:
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5	[[folder: Tropes about Season 1 warriors]]
6	!!Apache
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8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/apache_5.jpg]]
9	[[caption-width-right:350:The Apache, fierce, scalp-taking master of death]]
10	-->"There's no rules to an Apache when it comes to fighting. The bottom line is if you're my enemy, I'm going to kill you."
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12	Appeared in the first episode fighting against the Gladiator.
13	----
14	* BadassBoast: Fierce, scalp-taking master of death.
15	%%* BadassNative
16	* LickingTheBlade: Licks the blood of his knife after the battle.
17	* OhCrap: The Apache has a non-verbal one when he sees the Gladiator yank an arrow out of himself.
18
19	!![[GladiatorGames Gladiator]]
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21	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gladiator_5.jpg]]
22	[[caption-width-right:350:The Gladiator, proud, thrilling killer of Ancient Rome]]
23	-->"The Gladiator lived only for one thing, and that is to kill."
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25	* BadassBoast: Crowd-thrilling killer of ancient Rome.
26	* BloodSport
27	* CripplingOverspecialisation: [[spoiler: The Gladiator's lack of armour and specialized weapons mean he loses to the more versatile Apache.]]
28	* KukrisAreKool: He has a sword-length predecessor of the kukri known as the sica.
29	* MadeOfIron: The Gladiator is trained to resist pain and damage. [[spoiler: He even manages to pull out an arrow from his chest, which only makes him angry. However, this doesn't compensate for his lack of armor, allowing the Apache to eventually kill him.]]
30	* PowerFist: The Cestus and Scissor.
31	* SlashedThroat: How he [[spoiler: dies at the hands of the Apache]].
32	* SufferTheSlings: One of his weapons.
33
34	!![[{{Samurai}} Samurai]]
35	* ArmorIsUseless: Played with. His helmet can’t protect him from concussions, [[spoiler: but the lamellar body armor saves him from every lethal blow the Viking tries to land]].
36	* BadassBoast: Japan's lightning-fast dealer of death.
37	* CarryABigStick: The Kanabo.
38	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Their experts certainly thought so. The katana was said to be a "two-body blade", as it [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cut through two whole pig carcasses.]]
39	** That said they actually gave the edge to the Viking's axe in that category.
40	* OrnamentalWeapon: He carries a wakizashi in the simulation with his katana, but never draws it.
41	* PintSizedPowerhouse: The plucky little Japanese dude goes around with a gigantic club and can swing it for good.
42	* [[JidaiGeki Sengoku Period]]: The test was based on the samurai of this time frame, fighting more on foot than on horseback and wearing more practical gusoku-type armor rather than a heavy and complex o-yoroi.
43	* SwipeYourBladeOff: He flicks blood off his sword [[spoiler: after impaling the Viking]].
44
45	!!Viking
46	* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Katana does nothing against chain mail. Unless, of course, you ''thrust'' with it.
47	* BadassBoast: The battle-crazed berserker who terrorized Europe.
48	* DeathByAThousandCuts: How he [[spoiler: loses. He’s a raging berserker but can’t fatally wound the more heavily armored samurai, who takes him down with an arrow to the shoulder, a stab with the naginata, an arm-crushing blow with the kanabo, and half a dozen strikes with the katana.]]
49	* HornyVikings: Averted. This is a realistic depiction.
50	* ShieldsAreUseless: The Viking shield fails to withstand the kanabo strike.
51
52	!!Spartan
53	* BadassBoast: The battlefield butcher from ancient Greece.
54	* BoringButPractical: The Spartan has exceedingly simple equipment by the standards of the show, consisting of just a short sword, a spear, a javelin, and a shield. [[spoiler: It’s more than enough to curb-stomp the ninja.]]
55	* TheComicallySerious: He’s presented in the simulation as a consummate warrior going up against the more theatrical ninja.
56	* EliteArmy: As one of the smallest armies in Greece, their military power was second only to the Athenian Navy.
57	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: One of the most noted things about the Spartans are how well their shields stand up against attacks. [[spoiler: the Ninja had no weapons that could destroy the shield, and the massive Samurai kanabo needed multiple hits to do any damage. Even then, it would at most just dent the shield.]]
58	* ShieldBash: [[spoiler: The most effective weapon against the Ninja, as the shield is so massive that the Ninja had few options in dodging, blocking, or parrying it. The Samurai could also be killed by the shield, though it wasn't as relatively effective since the Samurai's armor was so strong.]]
59	%% * TheSpartanWay: Trope Namers.
60
61	!!{{Ninja}}
62	* BadassBoast: The legendary master of death from Japan.
63	* CombatPragmatist: Mentioned by the experts but rather lacking it on-screen.
64	* EyeScream: The main purpose of the glass eggs.
65	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Sadly. He never seems to seriously try to go stealthy during the simulated battle, and nearly the entirety of his offensive is full-frontal.
66	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He [[spoiler: gets run through twice by the Spartan's sword.]]
67	* PoisonedWeapons: The blowgun anyways.
68	* ScreamingWarrior: Which unfortunately for him [[WithCatlikeTread gives out his position]] before a potentially finishing attack InTheBack.
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70	!!{{Pirate}}
71	* BadassBoast: Murderous killer of the high seas.
72	* BoomHeadshot: The pirate does this at the end of the re-enactment, removing the Knight's visor and blasting him right between the eyes with his pistol.
73	* StuffBlowingUp: The first warrior (in the series, that is) to use an explosive weapon - in this case, a primitive grenade.
74	* SinisterScimitar: The pirate, as a lawless marauder, uses a curved cutlass to contrast the knight’s straight-bladed longsword.
75
76	!!{{Knight\|InShiningArmor}}
77	* BadassBoast: Sword-wielding slayer of the medieval age.
78	* CombatPragmatist: He plays dead for a chance to shoot the pirate in the leg with a crossbow.
79	* EpicFlail: The Morningstar split open a skull on one of DW's test dummies with one hit.
80	* RockBeatsLaser: [[spoiler: Averted. The pirate's more advanced technology (read: gunpowder) is cited as the reason the knight lost the matchup.]]
81
82	!!TheMafia
83	The Sicilian crime family who flourished in the 1920s in New York. Appeared first in Episode 5 fighting against the Yakuza.
84	* AwesomeButImpractical: The Molotov Cocktail turned out to be one in the fight.
85	* BoringButPractical: The [[BatterUp baseball bat]] may not have been the flashiest weapon (especially compared to the Yakuza's nunchaku), but it was perfectly legal to carry, and pretty effective, too. [[spoiler: A smart swing from one of the experts visibly snapped several of a test pig's vertebrae.]]
86	* BadassBoast: Deadly enforcers on the mean streets of New York.
87	* ImprovisedWeaponUser: Two of their weapons are [[BatterUp baseball bat]] and icepick.
88	* TheMafia: [[CaptainObvious Of course]].
89	* MoreDakka: Their firearms.
90	* TheRoaringTwenties: Is from this time frame.
91
92	!!{{Yakuza}}
93	* BadassBoast: Cruel warlords of Japan's underworld.
94	* DualWielding: With the Sai.
95	* TheForties: Specifically the post-WWII period in Japan
96	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Inverted. One Yakuza member in the simulation has a katana but doesn’t get a single blow in before being shot.
97	* {{Yakuza}}: [[CaptainObvious Of course]].
98	* {{Yubitsume}}: The show goes into depth about the ritual and the reasoning behind it.
99
100	!!Green Beret
101	* BadassBoast: One of America's most elite soldiers, fighting the fiercest battles.
102	* ShovelStrike: The Green Beret's close-range weapon is the E-Tool, a collapsible shovel with sharp edges.
103
104	!!Spetsnaz
105	* BadassArmy: The show takes great pains to show off just how hardcore these guys are.
106	* BadassBoast: Top secret commandos, the spearhead of the Russian army.
107	* CoolOldGuy: The Spetsnaz commander kills four of the opposing Green Berets on his own despite looking to be in his forties.
108	* DetachableBlades: The ballistic knife can launch its blade as a last-ditch projectile.
109	* TrainingFromHell
110
111	!!Shaolin Monk
112	* ApologeticAttacker: After [[spoiler: killing the Maori, he stops to pray for his opponent]].
113	* BadassBoast: The ultimate kung-fu killing machine from China.
114	* BareFistedMonk: Averted, but they still used their martial arts skill in the fight.
115	* TheStoic
116	* SwissArmyWeapon: The Twin Hooks, described as four killing tools in one.
117	* ThouShallNotKill: Unless in self-defense.
118	* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler: Went into the final confrontation with three of the four 'edges' going against him and then won by a very large margin.]]
119	* WarriorMonk: Of course.
120
121	!!Maori Warrior
122	* BadassBoast: Fierce, unforgiving slayer of the South Seas.
123	* BadassNative
124	* DanceBattler: Well, they started their fights with a war dance, in any case...
125	* ImAHumanitarian
126	* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler: Fell prey to this against the Shaolin, having three of four edges against him but still losing quite badly. A big reason for this is his lack of armor.]]
127
128	!!William Wallace
129	* BadassBoast: The legendary Scottish rebel who led a bloodthirsty army of Highlanders against the mighty English empire.
130	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
131	* HeroesPreferSwords: And in this Scottish Hero's case a...
132	** {{BFS}} called the Claymore.
133	* MightyGlacier: The sheer size of his Claymore and his access to chainmail slows him down compared to the unarmoured and more agile Shaka. [[spoiler: Wallace still wins.]]
134	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His war against the English was essentially this, according to the experts.
135	--> [[AscendedExtra Kieran Elliot]]: "[William Wallace] married a lovely girl, and the English murdered her, and that's when he just went ''off the rails''..." (Cue SkywardScream, cut to Wallace kicking ass)
136	* ViolentGlaswegian
137
138	!! UsefulNotes/ShakaZulu
139	* BadassBoast: The fierce African warlord who built a Zulu army that killed two million enemies and transformed a continent.
140	* FragileSpeedster: Lightly armored but quicker in comparison to William Wallace. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him.]]
141	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
142
143	!!Irish Republican Army
144	* BackFromTheBrink: [[spoiler: In the battle simulation against the Tailban, four IRA fighters get wiped out in the ''first few seconds''. It all comes down to just ''one'' last IRA fighter somehow taking out the remaining Taliban fighters ''by himself'' and winning the battle for the IRA. It helps that one Talib got killed at the beginning of the fight and another got killed by FriendlyFire.]]
145	* BadassBoast: Unstoppable urban guerrillas, who waged a bloody, savage war for Irish independence.
146	* FireBreathingWeapon: The LPO-50 flamethrower.
147	* LaResistance
148	* MadBomber: Their nail bombs are one of their key advantages, and they really seem to like using them.
149	* SlasherSmile: The IRA leader flashes one [[spoiler: while trapping the last Talib in a bomb-rigged bus and taunting him with the remote.]]
150	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Your Freedom Fighters Are Our Terrorists: These episodes were never screened in Britain... Funny, that.
151
152	!!Taliban
153	* BadassBoast: Hardline religious extremists who back their beliefs with bullets.
154	* FriendlyFire: [[spoiler: At one point during the battle simulation, one Talib is killed by an RPG [[IdiotBall fired by one of his teammates]] during a scuffle with the last IRA fighter (who manages to jump away at the last second).]]
155	[[/folder]]
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157	[[folder: Tropes about Season 2 warriors]]
158	!!{{SWAT\|Team}}
159	* BadassBoast: The elite special forces of US law enforcement who take on the country's most dangerous police missions.
160	* SWATTeam: Goes without saying
161
162	!!GSG-9
163	* BadassBoast: The top-secret paramilitary arm of the German police known as the most lethal counter-terrorism squad in the world.
164	* BadassCrew: What the GSG-9 are trained to be; they completed their first-ever deployment in under 7 minutes with no civilian casualties.
165	* LeeroyJenkins: In the simulated battle, the GSG-9 frequently wander into one ambush after another. [[spoiler: And it's even how the last SWAT Team member ends up finishing off the last GSG-9 member.]]
166	* SWATTeam: The German counter-terrorist elite forces.
167
168	!!UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun (and his Huns)
169	* BadassBoast: The notorious barbarian horseman who terrorized and ravaged the European continent.
170	* TheConqueror
171	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
172	* HorseArcher
173	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Attila's mid-range weapon, the lasso. However, he may have been onto something, as, with the proper timing and aim, one could cause a hangman's fracture.
174
175	!!UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat (and Macedonian Hoplites)
176	* AGodAmI: The Oracle of Delphi told him he was the son of a God.
177	* AwesomeButImpractical: The Gastraphetes was a ''huge'' crossbow that certainly did damage when it hit its mark, but its insanely long reload time (1+ minute per shot) severely limited its effectiveness.
178	* BadassBoast: The warrior king, whose brutal tactics carved out one of the largest empires in history.
179	* [[TheConqueror The Great Conqueror]]
180	* HeroesPreferSwords: And his is the Kopis.
181	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
182	* TheMagnificent
183
184	!!Jesse James (and the James-Younger Gang)
185	* BadassBoast: The vicious outlaw whose bloody crime sprees made him the most famous bank robber in America.
186	* BigBrotherInstinct: When Al Capone is delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Jesse, Frank delivers the killing shot with his Winchester to save him.
187	* BigDamnHero: Frank James in the battle.
188	* GunsAkimbo: The Colt Revolvers are always wielded one in each hand.
189	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
190	* QuickDraw: Naturally.
191	* SoleSurvivor: Subverted. Both Frank and Jesse survive the final showdown.
192	* TrueCompanions: James's gang is portrayed as this; J.W. Wiseman, one of his experts, had this to offer about them.
193	--> "The James Gang worked as a democracy. They looked out for each other. They took care of you and you took care of them.
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195	!!UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and the Chicago Outfit)
196	* ATeamFiring: Having a Thompson does that.
197	* BadassBoast: The ruthless gangster whose criminal empire bloodied the streets of Depression-era Chicago.
198	* BadBoss
199	* TheDon: Of the Chicago Outfit
200	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
201	* MoreDakka
202	* TheMafia: The best-known and most famous leader of the Chicago Outfit. Sam Giancana is the only one who can come even ''close'' to making this "arguable".
203	* SinisterSwitchblade: His gang's close-range weapon is a "stilleto."
204
205	!!Aztec Jaguar
206	* BadassBoast: Swift-moving slayer of the ancient Mexican empire.
207	* BadassNative: Essentially the Aztec Empire's equivalent to a knight.
208	* HumanSacrifice: The Jaguars were the cornerstone of the Aztec's sacrifice business, being responsible for the capture and execution of victims.
209	* {{Mayincatec}}: Actually averted, the hosts and experts did their homework on this one.
210
211	!!Azande
212	* BadassBoast: Ferocious barbarian of Central Africa.
213	* DarkestAfrica
214	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Just take a look at the design of their weapons. "It's a symbol of masculinity!"
215	* FragileSpeedster: The Azande wore little armor and the Kube shield was one of the most frail shields on the entire show, but because of their lightweight tools and experience as hunters and fighters on the African plains, they were fast runners. Even the Jaguar Warrior, who are also known for their speed, are only on par with the Azande.
216	* ImAHumanitarian: Invoked and subverted. They pretended to be cannibals to terrorize their enemies but were just faking it.
217
218	!![[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Viet Cong]]
219	* BadassBoast: The ragtag guerilla force that took the U.S. military head on, and won the Vietnam War
220	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Punji stakes, which are sharpened bamboo covered in human feces.
221	* LesserOfTwoEvils: Despite being communist terrorists and having a history of committing war crimes, the Viet Cong pale in comparison to their explicitly genocidal enemy; the Waffen-SS.
222
223	!![[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Waffen-SS]]
224	* BadassBoast: The fanatical shock troops who led Adolf Hitler's evil charge for world domination.
225	* FireBreathingWeapon: The Flammenwerfer 41.
226	* GroinAttack[=/=]CripplingCastration: The "Bouncing Betty" landmine, named such because its secondary fuse system was designed to propel a triggered mine a couple of feet off the ground before the primary explosion sent steel ball bearings every which way as deadly shrapnel. The height at detonation meant that any man unlucky enough to be in the blast zone, even if they didn't die immediately, was liable to have his genitals shredded by shrapnel. As a result, it earned a feared reputation among the Allied troops. When the DW crew tested it, well...
227	--> '''Max Geiger''': ...[this dummy's] junk is ''pushed in.''
228	* StateSec: There's a reason they're the trope image.
229
230	!![[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Centurion]]
231	* BadassBoast: The killer commander whose brutal assaults led Rome to conquer the world.
232
233	!!Rajput
234	* AwesomeButImpractical: The aara; [[spoiler: which was deemed capable of grisly lacerations, but ended up getting zero kills in the sim. It was entirely ineffective against the Centurion's armour]].
235	* BadassBoast: India's menacing martial arts master who defeated enemies with a diabolical arsenal designed to kill.
236	* {{BFS}}: The Khanda.
237	* RingsOfDeath: The Chakrams.
238	* WhipSword: The Aara.
239
240	!![[RuthlessModernPirates Somali Pirates]]
241	* BadassBoast: Africa's deadly new breed of high seas hijackers who make millions holding merchant ships hostage.
242	* EnemyMine: The ships fishing in the waters of Somalia were a common enemy for people who once fought each other in the Somali Civil War, from fishermen who spent their lives on the seas to militiamen who knew guns.
243	* MoreDakka
244	* RuthlessModernPirates
245
246	!![[TheCartel Medellin Cartel]]
247	* BadassBoast: Colombia's killer drug lords who built the world's largest cocaine empire.
248	* TheCartel: Of course.
249	* TheDon: UsefulNotes/PabloEscobar appears in the fight.
250	* MoreDakka
251	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: At the height of their power, the Cartel made up to $65 million a day; they put it to good use by paying off government officials.
252
253	!!Persian Immortal:
254	* AwesomeButImpractical: Played with via the chariot scythes. They look nice and [[spoiler: tore through two pig carcasses, but they were deemed to lack true killing power and lost the edge to the Celt's Burda club. However, it still got over 100 kills]].
255	* BadassBoast: The precision killer in a massive war machine who forged the largest empire the Middle East has ever seen.
256	* EliteMooks
257	* TheEmpire: Because history is written by the winners, and they were imperial troops.
258	* SpikedWheels: What the Immortals' chariots become with the scythes attached.
259
260	!!Celt
261	* BadassBoast: The savage, war-loving barbarian from 400 BC who dominated Europe through brute force and raw fighting skills.
262	* {{BFS}}: The Celtic Longsword.
263	* FightingIrish: The Ur Example.
264	* FullFrontalAssault: Not seen in the show, but the Celt experts note that some of them used to fight dressed in nothing but war paint.
265	* ViolentGlaswegian: [[{{Scotireland}} Also]] The Ur Example
266
267	!!KGB
268	* BadassBoast: Communist Russia's secret police, whose reign of terror left nations marred with blood.
269	* DirtyCommunists
270	* SecretPolice
271
272	!!CIA
273	* BadassBoast: America's elite corps of espionage artists, fighting an undercover war around the globe.
274
275	!!UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler
276	* AssShove: How Vlad the Impaler typically did said impaling. Despite not being a weapon as accounted for in the simulation, an entire segment is dedicated to testing it with predictably grisly results.
277	* AxCrazy: Allegedly, not only did he [[WouldHurtAChild kill babies]] and force the parents to eat the corpse, but he dunked his bread in the blood of his enemies.
278	* BadassBoast: The medieval Romanian prince whose insatiable thirst for blood inspired the legend of Dracula.
279	* HandCannon: Vlad's special weapon is literally called this.
280	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
281	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: His favorite form of execution.
282	* {{Irony}}: The same Turks who beat and tortured Vlad when he was a child fell by his hand when he was an adult.
283	* LaughablyEvil: He gets presented as this in the simulation, namely by shooting out Sun Tzu's teapot with an EvilLaugh and [[spoiler: mockingly saluting his foe's corpse after impaling him]].
284	* TheMagnificent: in format, though it also doubles as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name to run away from really fast]]
285
286	!![[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu]]
287	* ArrowsOnFire: Used these. [[spoiler: They proved useful for setting off flame traps, but not so much in direct assault, mostly owing to Vlad's armor minimizing penetration.]]
288	* BadassBoast: The ruthless Chinese warmonger whose revolutionary "Art of War" led to the massacre of millions.
289	* BigBookOfWar: Literature/{{The Art of War\|SunTzu}}, which has, according to the show, been called The Bible of Battle Tactics.
290	* TheStrategist: Arguably the most famous in history, due to having written ''The Art of War''.
291
292	!!Ming Warrior
293	* BadassBoast: The merciless 14th-century weapons innovators who launched China's greatest dynasty.
294	* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Nest of Bees, a rocket battery containing a multitude of arrows fired at once.
295	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Nest of Bees''
296	* StuffBlowingUp: The Ming were one of the earliest adopters of black powder as a weapon of war, and brought it to bear in the form of an explosive land mine trap.
297
298	!!Musketeer
299	* BadassBoast: The king's ruthless personal guard and fierce defenders of France's borders.
300	* BadassInANiceSuit: Quite possibly one of the more ''fashionable'' warriors to appear on the show.
301	* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: The representatives like to avert this trope and portray the Musketeers as classy gentlemen and superb soldiers. [[spoiler:[[CurbStompBattle They're right]].]]
302	* RoyalRapier: Their main weapon in melee combat.
303	** DualWielding: They used the main-gauche in their off (usually left) hand [[note]]''Main-gauche'' literally translates to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "left hand"]][[/note]], mainly for parrying[=/=]disarming purposes. Of course, being a long dagger, it proves effective as a weapon in its own right.
304	* StateSec: Yes, they did exist. The French Musketeers (the kind examined on the show) was divided into two branches: one worked to guard the king, the other for the cardinal. Making them also an example of a PraetorianGuard.
305
306	!!Comanche:
307	* BadassBoast: The born-in-the-saddle killers who terrorized the 18th century American plains.
308	* HorseArcher: As it turns out, superior to the Mongol, who is more famous for it, due to better speed and accuracy.
309	* InjunCountry: Protecting their lands is often described as one of the reasons why they fight.
310
311	!!Mongol
312	* BadassBoast: The vicious Asian horse warriors who used pure savagery to conquer more territory in the 13th century than any empire in history.
313	* HorseArcher: Naturally, what they are most famous for. Ironically, it loses the edge to the Comanche bow, due to being less suitable for one-on-one long-ranged combat.
314
315	!!Navy SEAL
316	* BadassBoast: America's amphibious special force, trained to neutralize any enemy, any time, anywhere.
317	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: The US Navy's special forces unit, one of the most famous and well-respected military units in the country.
318
319	!!Israeli Commando
320	* BadassBoast: Israel's top secret assassins, who fend off terrorists dedicated to destroying the Jewish nation.
321	* BadassIsraeli: [[CaptainObvious Do we really need to say it]]?
322	[[/folder]]
323
324	[[folder: Tropes about Season 3 warriors]]
325	!!UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington
326	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Became the first American President
327	* BadassBoast: The American hero who against all odds, defeated the mighty British army.
328	* LargeAndInCharge: The leader of the Continental Army, listed at 6'3", about 200 pounds - bigger than today's average American male, practically a giant in the late 18th century.
329	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Scattershot, the poor soldier's grapeshot
330	* TheStoic: [[spoiler: After winning, George calmly cleans his sword and stares off into the horizon.]]
331	* WorthyOpponent: The experts note that in real life, Napoleon had a great deal of respect for Washington as a fellow tactical genius and fellow enemy of the British.
332
333	!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
334	* BadassBoast: The bloodthirsty French emperor whose maniacal dream was to conquer the world.
335	* BaitAndSwitch: His tactic that earned him the victory at the Battle of Austerlitz: fool the Prussians into thinking he and the Grande Armée were surrendering, luring them onto the hill Napoleon and his men were just on; then obliterate the present forces when a dense fog overcame the area.
336	* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey: Averted. [[spoiler: Even though he lost, it was a difference of 60 battles out of 5000, the second-closest margin of defeat throughout all three seasons.]]
337	* TheConqueror: Responsible for the First French Empire, a massive conquest of neighboring countries and assorted colonies.
338	* TheNapoleon: The experts mentioned how 5'6" was actually about normal height for a European man of that time period, but he comes off looking like this anyway because he's paired with the freakishly tall Washington and his own taller-than-average bodyguards.
339	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Grapeshot
340	* WrongGenreSavvy: The experts speculate he probably could have beaten Washington handily had the fight been using armies, which Napoleon was considered a genius at commanding, instead of the small squads Washington often led.
341
342	!!UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc
343	* ActionGirl: At the age of 17, Joan led the entire French army to win the Hundred Years War; without her, a British victory would've been inevitable.
344	* BadassBoast: The teenage French fighter whose battlefield heroics defeated England's superior army and ended the Hundred Years War.
345	* FanservicePack: In the game, she suddenly upgrades a couple of cup sizes, gets a [[FormFittingWardrobe form-fitting breastplate]], and [[CombatStilettos marches around in heels]].
346	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Greatly outsized by William the Conqueror.
347	* SmallGirlBigGun: Despite being one of the smallest warriors on the show, Joan brings a Medieval cannon, which is absolute overkill when it hits its target.
348	* StoneWall: Joan's small size, young age, and lack of experience made her physically weaker than her opponent William; [[spoiler: however her more advanced plate armor allowed her to outlast him in combat. Joan was able to stab directly through William's chainmail, but William (despite his strength) could not do any damage to Joan's plate armor.]]
349	* ThouShaltNotKill: In RealLife, she actually did not personally fight but rather held on to the flag to keep herself from killing.
350	* WoundedGazelleWarcry: How she managed to be LittleMissBadass while adhering to ThouShaltNotKill. She herself didn't take up arms but took to the battlefield to motivate the troops with her presence.
351
352	!!William the Conqueror
353	* BadassBoast: The daring and deadly French duke who crushed his English enemies and crowned himself king.
354	* DisproportionateRetribution: Edward the Confessor promised William (who was Duke of Normandy) that he would be the next King of England. After Edward's death, when William found out that Harold Godwinson (one of the most powerful English barons) had claimed the throne instead, he was furious and raised an army to invade England.
355	* EyeScream: How William used his crossbow to kill Harold.
356	* IHaveManyNames: Also known as Duke William of Normandy, and William [[BastardBastard the Bastard]] before earning the one above in becoming King William I of England.
357	* LargeAndInCharge: Future king of England and, at 5'10", much taller than what was normal at the time. Naturally, he towers over Joan of Arc.
358	* TheMagnificent: He actually gets this treatment twice (see IHaveManyNames above) and one of them just so happens to be TheConqueror, which he is also.
359	* RockBeatsLaser: [[spoiler: {{Averted\|Trope}}. William ''loses'' to Joan of Arc in part because his equipment is no match for a teenage girl equipped with weapons and armor literally centuries ahead of him. He puts up a good fight though.]]
360	* WouldHitAGirl: He is momentarily surprised to find himself fighting a teenage girl, but it doesn't stop him.
361
362	!!U.S. Army Rangers
363	* BadassBoast: "America's premiere light infantry division who would lead a massive counterattack."
364	* {{Eagleland}}: They're given the Type 1 treatment, characterized as the pinnacle of the American martial way.
365	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Often considered the elite of the U.S. military alongside fellow elites like the Green Berets and Navy Seals.
366	* [[spoiler: PreMortemOneLiner: "'''Rangers lead the way!'''"]]
367
368	!!North Korean Special Operations Force
369	* BadassBoast: "Extremist super-commandos poised to launch a communist invasion of South Korea."
370	* DirtyCommunists: They're military from one of the last remaining Communist countries in the world, and the show is pretty overt about villainizing them accordingly.
371	* {{Seppuku}}: Ok, they're Korean, not Japanese, and it is with guns by someone else, but the crucial elements of being Asian and making a big deal about submitting to their own deaths for honor are there.
372	* TheSpartanWay: The only "modern" army in the show that made a point of using this trope. Many KPA's were drafted in their early teens.
373	* YellowPeril: The show clearly doesn't want to be racist, but it can't exactly afford to make them out as the good guys either.
374
375	!![[UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca Hannibal]]
376	* AmbiguouslyBrown: The videogame portrays him as having a dark complexion that can be taken as either Moorish or East African.
377	* BeastOfBattle: The War Elephant.
378	* TheUnfettered: His army is getting to Rome one way or another. That is the bottom line.
379
380	!!UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan
381	* TheConqueror: Of large tracts of Eurasia.
382	* EnemyMine: The tribes located throughout central Asia were all at war with one another prior to Genghis uniting them.
383	* GetBackHereBoss: He had a fondness for goading his enemies this way.
384	* NeckSnap: His grapple kill in the second game ends with his opponent's neck being broken.
385
386	!!UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein
387	* ColdBloodedTorture: Notorious for his use of acid baths in interrogations.
388	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Since he died in 2003, apparently.
389	* ImprobableAimingSkills: At one point during the battle simulation, Saddam manages to take out one of Pol Pot's men (who was on the ground) with a pistol shot from a second-story window.
390	* MarkedBullet: According to one of his generals, his personal pistol had the words "هدية من الرئيس صدام حسين"[[note]]"[[BondOneLiner A gift from the president, Saddam Hussein]]"[[/note]] inscribed on the slide.
391	* SanityHasAdvantages: Or at least [[OnlySaneByComparison relative sanity]] anyways. His higher psychological health compared to [[AxeCrazy Pol Pot]] was considered an X-factor advantage.
392	* SuppressedRage: He ''completely'' flips out when his car gets shot up, but he's able to reel it back in a minute later.
393
394	!!Pol Pot
395	* AxCrazy: He probably takes the cake of all the contestants on the show in terms of murderous insanity.
396	* TheCaligula: The show makes no bones about how utterly insane his ideas were.
397	* ChildSoldier: Pol Pot himself led the Khmer Rouge as an adult, but it was mentioned that the average age of his soldiers was 16.
398	* ColdBloodedTorture: Infamous for his use of ElectricTorture.
399	* YoureInsane: The show made it abundantly clear just how gonzo this guy's plan was.
400
401	!!Theodore Roosevelt
402	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: To paraphrase his own words, "better to do [[AttackAttackAttack the wrong thing]] than nothing at all".
403	* GatlingGood: Uses the TropeNamer. [[spoiler: Barely manages to win the fight for Roosevelt.]]
404	* GoodOldFisticuffs: UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt was an amateur boxer in his younger days.
405	* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler: Most of the x-factors were against him and even most of his weapons and tactics were rated lower than his opponent]], yet he still came out on top.
406	* VocalDissonance: His [[spoiler: victory cry]] is notably less energetic and fierce than every other warrior we've seen. This carries over from real life: he was actually a soft-spoken man with a rather posh speech pattern and an oddly squeaky voice.
407
408	!!Lawrence of Arabia
409	* TheChessmaster: The guest experts are effusive in their praise of Lawrence's skill as a strategist, citing his campaign against the Ottomans as proof.
410	* GoingNative: And the Arabs ''loved'' him for it.
411	* GatlingGood: Actually a Vicker's. [[spoiler: Just, you know, not as good as a proper Gatling Gun.]]
412
413	!!Ivan the Terrible
414	* AxeCrazy: The episode emphasizes the rumors that Ivan's brutality was rooted in insanity and sadism.
415	* BadassBoast: Russia's sadistic sixteenth-century Tsar, whose murderous death squads built Europe's largest empire of its time.
416	* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Used one of his own soldiers as a [[BulletproofHumanShield meat shield]] and shoved another off a horse so he could ride it]] during the sim.
417	* TheCaligula: In terms of sheer insanity, he's one of the "greats" among monarchs.
418	* ColdBloodedTorture: With such variety and such a hands-on approach as to be his own TortureTechnician
419	* TheConqueror: Responsible for greatly expanding the holdings of the Russian Empire.
420	* ForTheEvulz: During the sim, he doesn't let Cortés's attack stop him from torturing and killing a peasant.
421	* AGodAmI: Believes he is the ArchangelMichael.
422	* HuskyRusskie: The show hedges its bets at 6-foot even, and some accounts add at least three inches
423	* KnightTemplar: His acts of brutality are motivated by a fanatical devotion to the idea of divine punishment, as well as his belief that he himself is the ArchangelMichael, divinely appointed to mete out that punishment.
424	* TheMagnificent: One of the most noteworthy examples. As stated in the episode, the "Terrible" epithet is meant literally, as in "inspiring terror".
425	* PowerBornOfMadness: How else does a 51-year-old man with a bad back kill his healthy adult son?
426	* SanityHasAdvantages: This is [[spoiler: played straight]] in Hernán Cortés VS Ivan the Terrible, and is one of the biggest reasons why Ivan [[spoiler: lost the fight]].
427
428	!!UsefulNotes/HernanCortez
429	* BadassBoast: The brutal Spanish explorer, whose conquistadors conquered the largest empire in North America of the sixteenth century.
430	* ColdBloodedTorture: His methods are simple compared to the others but effective.
431	* [[TheConqueror The Conquistador]]
432	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He looked positively disgusted when he saw Ivan torturing and killing a random peasant apparently [[ForTheEvulz just because he enjoyed it]].
433	* GoldFever: At the end of his match against Ivan, [[spoiler: Cortés helps himself to the Tsar's purse after killing him.]]
434	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His stated motive.
435	* SanityHasAdvantages: This is [[spoiler: played straight]] in Hernan Cortés VS Ivan the Terrible, and is one of the biggest reasons why Cortés [[spoiler: won the fight]].
436	* TheSociopath: He was stated by the experts to display signs of psychopathy.
437	* SwissArmyWeapon: The Alabarda has a pike on top for thrusting, a hook on the back for dismounting mounted opponents/pulling invaders off ladders, and an axe head for cutting.
438
439	!!Crazy Horse
440	* DoomedHometown: Crazy Horse's motivation is said to be the mass slaughter of Lakota at Blue Water Creek.
441	* ImprobableAimingSkills: At one point during the battle simulation, Crazy Horse uses ''a revolver'' to take out one of Pancho's men with [[EyeScream a single bullet to his eye socket]] from quite a good distance.
442	* MythologyGag: Crazy Horse is said to have received a vision that bullets could not kill him. [[spoiler: Sure enough, while Pancho still kills Crazy Horse, it's not with any of his guns. Rather the final blow comes from his bolo knife.]]
443	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The episode frames his career as a warrior with a desire for revenge for "the Blue Water massacre". In reality, Crazy Horse was simply one of the most famous commanders in a long-term war between the US Army and the various tribes of Plains Indians.
444
445	!!Pancho Villa
446	* {{Bandito}}: His IconicOutfit is noted to be the inspiration behind the visual aspects of this trope, and Villa himself started out this way before the Mexican Revolution.
447	* HandicappedBadass: Pancho Villa had his hands crippled by arthritis. He was still able to use guns with them [[spoiler: and win the battle]].
448	* JustLikeRobinHood: "Robbing from the rich" and all that, according to the show.
449	* LaResistance: One of the more well-known rebel leaders during UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution.
450	* MagnificentMustachesOfMexico: Villa's is very famous, but one of the experts had a mustache that was particularly magnificent.
451	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His sister being attacked by a wealthy landowner is what set him off.
452
453	!!French Foreign Legion
454	* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: They love to portray themselves as this.
455	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] One of the Legionnaires is a black man who gets killed in the battle simulation. However, he's the ''third'' casualty, not the first. And to his credit, he does manage to take out one Gurkha before getting killed himself.
456	* LegionOfLostSouls: The episode takes this trope and runs with it, referring to the Legion as "real-life expendables".
457
458	!!Gurkhas
459	* KukrisAreKool: One of their signature weapons.
460
461	!!Zombies
462	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Nobody was expecting a fantasy creature to appear in Deadliest Warrior.
463	* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Technically lost the fight, but then the vampire gets infected...]]
464	* OhCrap: Cited as an actual X-Factor. They are physically incapable of feeling any human emotions, such as fear.
465	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[Film/LivingDeadSeries Romero version, more or less.]]
466	* TheVirus: Stated as the reason the zombies need to feed on living flesh is to pass this on.
467	* ZergRush: Their primary tactic is to swarm and overwhelm the opponent by sheer numbers. This is why they decided to pit an entire horde of almost-200 zombies vs 3 vampires. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
468	* ZombieApocalypse: What they are intended to portray, being a 200-strong horde fighting against a trio of vampires.
469
470	!!Vampires
471	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Both [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] and [[ImpliedTrope implied]] when [[spoiler:two of the vampires watch in legitimate horror as their comrade gets torn apart and eaten by the zombie horde]].
472	* GenreBlindness: What's the first thing to do in a zombie attack? Split up! There is no way this can possibly go wrong.
473	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Nobody was expecting a fantasy creature to appear in Deadliest Warrior.
474	* LastStand: Sort of. [[spoiler:The final vampire can't escape because the sun is rising, and thus has to fight back against the remaining horde of Zombies.]] Does it end well? [[spoiler:Yes.]]
475	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: If those 189 zombies were the extent of the zombie outbreak then the three vampires may have saved the world a ZombieApocalypse.]]
476	* OhCrap:
477	** Cited as an actual X-Factor. As powerful as they are, they are still capable of feeling human emotions, like fear. Sure enough, the vampires [[spoiler:freeze up, stare, and then retreat upon seeing a comrade get torn to pieces and then eaten.]]
478	** Also happens at the end of the sim. Once all of the zombies are taken care of, the lead vampire raises his hand and roars in victory...only to realize his hand is rapidly decaying as the zombie virus takes over.
479	* OneManArmy: A fair fight was considered near 200 zombies vs. 3 vampires because one on one the vampires would win every time thanks to being able to OneHitKill zombies thanks to their superior strength. [[spoiler:The vampires ''win''.]]
480	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The ''ComicBook/ThirtyDaysOfNight'' version.
481	* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Technically won the fight, but then infection starts to set in. The resulting zombie-vampire would still have the vampire's weakness to sunlight but not the brains to avoid it, so would last until it tried to chase something in the dawning day. Final score: double KO. Which is probably for the best from mankind's perspective.]]
482	* RiseFromYourGrave: Three vampires rise up from their coffins as soon as the fight begins.
483	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Followed it in regards to the female vampire.
484	[[/folder]]
485
486	[[folder: The hosts]]
487
488	!!Geoff Desmoulin
489	* GeniusBruiser: Obviously well-built former soldier, knows his way around a gun, karate black belt... also has a degree in biomedical engineering.
490	* LargeHam: His response to the testing of weapons ranges from highly-animated to actively screaming with glee.
491	* TheMcCoy: He's absolutely ''ecstatic'' when the weapons start tearing up mannequins, and the way he describes setting up and using his data collection tools is "playing with my toys".
492	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Canadian forces veteran, EMT, biomedical engineer, black belt, and Ph.D.
493
494	!!Max Geiger
495	* CoolShades: A pretty enviable pair of aviators, often seen whenever the group ventures outside.
496	* TeenGenius: Implied to have been this, given his young age (23 at Season One's start) and obvious aptitude and experience with computers.
497
498	!!Doctor Armand Dorian
499	* CaptainObvious: Often when one of the experts goes to town on one of their test targets with a weapon.
500	* TheMedic: When he wasn't at the show, he was usually at the Los Angeles emergency room saving lives.
501	* TheSpock: He's definitely the most stoic of the trio, and his measure of a weapon basically boils down to "which one would I rather not be hit with, and which one is less taxing were I to use it for myself?"
502
503	!!Richard "Mack" Machowicz
504	* TheKirk: While he doesn't get quite as worked up as Geoff, he's definitely more animated than Armand. On top of that, his main role on the judges panel is to bring a more grounded, hands-on perspective to the weapons that the engineer and medic simply aren't as trained for.
505
506	!!Robert Daly
507	* BadassBookworm: Replaced Max Geiger in Season 3 as the team's resident computer expert, mostly distinguished by having actual military experience.
508	* WeHardlyKnewYe: His stint on the show was very brief, due to a controversy over whether he misrepresented his military service forcing him out.
509	[[/folder]]

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