History Headscratchers / MetalGear

*** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' reveals that he is...both. Originally a member of the Patriots, but when the great schism occurred, he covertly supported Big Boss while overtly working for the Patriots. So...yeah, both.

** The short answer is no; FOX was a CIA division, and FOXHOUND was modeled after FOX by Big Boss. Both were geared towards Solo sneaking missions, so rank would be irrelevant as you shouldn't be interacting with allied forces anyway. The only person who had a rank in the operation would be the CO (aka Big Boss in MG1, and Cambell in the second onwards, with Major Zero in 3 as FOX's), and there are plenty of members of both organisations who were never apart of the US military (ie; everyone in Liquid's FOXHOUND was either a civillion, a mercenary, or was a member of another nation's army before FOXHOUND). There's no need for them to have ranks, as they're not supposed to be in the field with other military units anyway.

** You're taking everything ''way'' too much at face value. You're talking about ''Revolver Ocelot'', a guy most famous for simultaneously lying to and backstabbing everyone he meets for his entire life. He's a guy who went UpToEleven as far as double agenting and backstabbing goes, and you're taking him at his word for ''any'' of those names? You can ''never'' presume he's telling the truth.\\

*** At the beginning of MGS3, Naked Snake is CIA, which is actually a civilian organisation. 'Big Boss' as a title doesn't come with a promotion to a higher rank because John didn't have one to begin with.

** HideoKojima got precisely one thing correct about genes. Blond hair is, in fact, a recessive trait. That and lifestyle differences.

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* Has there ever been an in-universe, story justification for the ability to arrest enemy soldiers on the ground? This ability, available since Snake Eater, allows the player to freeze guards and render them scared and immobile unless they are knocked out or other enemies happen upon them. It's the best means of neutralising the opposition, as they aren't knocked out so cannot regain consciousness nor are they killed (thus the player doesn't incur kills). But how would this work in reality? Snake can hold them up then run away. The guards can hear/see him, right? Surely they understand once he reaches a safe distance they can get up and raise an alert. In some games he can destroy their radios but they can still call to comrades in the vicinity. He doesn't take their weapons, either, except in MGS4 (and even then they still have sidearms) so they still have a means of attacking him. There is no real reason to remain prone, especially in a wide open area where he can't keep his gun trained on them (and others) at all times. It gets worse when you consider you can do this to all the enemies in an area, and even cluster them in close proximity. You can achieve totals of upwards of 40 in Ground Zeroes! Granted over a wide area. In close proximity, they would surely band together and attempt to defend themselves at an opportune moment. So what's keeping them afraid and unwilling to stand up? The idea that Snake could have set an AP mine nearby? That would be understandable, but that's never even implied unless of course you do carry that action out in gameplay. Otherwise, he never even mentions that he's set a deterrant in the vicinity. So what gives? And please don't say GameplayAndStorySegregation or TheGuardsMustBeCrazy because that's just lazy.