History Characters / AceCombat5TheUnsungWar

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Common Wild Mass Guesses by the fandom include that members of Wardog Squadron actually are possessed by Razgriz at various points (particularly after [[spoiler:Chopper's death]], when they go absolutely ''berserk'' on the Yuke planes still left in the sky), or that Blaze ''is'' Razgriz.

--> '''''"[[FamousLastWords DON'T THINK]] [[SoreLOSER YOU'VE WON!]] [[WeWILLmeetAGAIN THIS ISN'T OVER YET!]]"'''''

The mythological demon mentioned in ''[[ShowWithinAShow A Blue Dove for the Princess]]''. Speculation abounds whether or not he is actually present in some form in the game. The Wardog Squadron's members are branded "The Demons of Razgriz" after they sink the Hrimfaxi. Later in the game [[spoiler: after they get shot down fleeing from Sand Island, they take Razgriz' name for themselves]].

* EvilRedhead: At least, according to the Razgriz Squadron's emblem.

** Add to this the fact that [[spoiler: they never flew again after the war.]]

* CallingYourAttacks: Whenever he initiates Electronic Counter-Counter Measures to overcome enemy jamming, he shouts out ''"ECCM! Restore communication link!"'' It's not hard to imagine him hammily pressing a BigRedButton up in the [=AWACs=] plane.

* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: After spending much of the first half of the game pursued by mysterious enemies, ambushed by a nigh-invincible nuclear submarine and AWACS-disrupting fighter squadrons, and betrayed by their own government, Wardog squadron manages to turn the tables and begin taking apart their tormentors after they are reborn as the Razgriz.

Formerly the South Belkan Munitions Factory. Manufactures weapons and warplanes for the Osean Self Defense Forces. [[spoiler:Has also been supplying arms to the Yuktobanians as well, and is controlled by the Grey Men]].

[[folder:Grunder Industries]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Mentioned only tangentially in this game. ''Zero'' made the company responsible for the [[spoiler:ADFX-01 and ADFX-02 Morgan]]. ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' features an ace who used Grunder's blueprints for the [[spoiler:XB-0]] to create the [[spoiler:P-1112 Aigaion]]. ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy'', a remake of the second game that retcons ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'' into the Strangereal universe, also makes it responsible for the production of the [[spoiler:Z.O.E. and ADF-01 FALKEN]]. And ''again'' in ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', [[spoiler:where they are responsible for the AI technology that they sold to the Eruseans, heavily implied to be a new version of Z.O.E., which they then used to create an advanced [=UAV=] army and leads to the Lighthouse War. Said technology is also implied to pave the way for the rise in AI development in ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' as well.]] Thus, Grunder has become an indirect enemy in many entries in the franchise.
* MeaningfulName: Grunder means founder. Considering that it's responsible for many conflicts in the franchise, this is pretty appropriate.

* WeaponOfChoice: In official art, the F-14A Tomcat. In one mission, specifically [[spoiler: the first mission after you're branded traitors and join the Kestrel]], you're immediately given 4 Tomcats for your squadron, free of charge--which makes perfect sense in-story, too, since the Tomcats are [[spoiler: primarily carrier-based aircraft, and you're stuck on the Kestrel]]. What isn't justified is that Tomcats simply cannot fly to their fullest potential without [[GuyInBack an RIO]]. One IS provided whenever you select the aircraft, but the game acts as if they aren't there.

President of the Osean Federation. After his plane is forced down due to an unfortunate case of friendly fire, he is [[spoiler:presumably]] rescued by the 8492nd Squadron and disappears soon after, just before the war escalates. [[spoiler:It turns out he was kidnapped by the 8492nd (actually the Belkan aggressor squadron "Grey Men") to prevent him from holding peace talks with Yuktobania. After being rescued from captivity by Razgriz, he makes good on his promise and strikes a peace accord with the (also kidnapped and rescued) Yuktobanian Prime Minister Nikanor.]]

* LegendaryInTheSequel: His exploits in the Circum-Pacific War has become famous by the time ''Ace Combat 7'' takes place, particularly when [[spoiler:he scrambled the Razgriz Squadron into the air before his ship sank. This has got to the point where the Osean Navy commissioned another aircraft carrier with the name ''Kestrel'', and another one named after the man himself, which like the original Kestrel before it, is responsible for launching the pilot that would go on to end another war.]]

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:She shows up in the ending of ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' as the astronaut in charge of a space exploration mission of the spaceship ''Pilgrim One''. She thanks Trigger for saving the space elevator so that she could safely dock the ship. Though it's not directly stated, it's heavily implied that she is the same Kei Nagase in this game.]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He takes his defeat stoically:]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He reappears in ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' as a former-president well after his term is over, but still a Very Important Person, politically influential, warmly-regarded within in Osea, and one of the big names behind the newly-constructed SpaceElevator. Unfortunately, his transport is shot down during a rescue operation to get him out from behind Erusian lines.]]

--> '''''"[[FamousLastWords DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON! THIS ISN'T OVER YET!]]"'''''

** Then again, it’s established that Osea doesn’t exactly have the manpower to double up skilled crew members in a single plane, and [[FridgeBrilliance no weapon in the game can lock on past 4 miles, a far cry from the several dozen miles a 2 seater Tomcat could achieve at a minimum]]

** Then again, it’s established that Osea doesn’t exactly have the manpower to double up skilled crew members in a single plane, and [[FridgeBrilliance: no weapon in the game can lock on past 4 miles, a far cry from the several dozen miles a 2 seater Tomcat could achieve at a minimum]]

* FormerRegimePersonnel: Formerly members of [[spoiler:the Belkan military industrial complex, wanting to take revenge on Osea and Yuktobania and make Belka great again]].

--> '''''"[[FamousLastWords We will haunt you for all of eternity ! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!]]"'''''

* LegacyCharacter: Edge has incarnations that appeared all the way from ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'', where her callsign and rough features are the same (though more emphasis is based on her being TheStoic, and in ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' (the Japanese version), where in a very specific news broadcast that you can only view in taking a specific path, you can see a person's photograph below Dision's, clearly spelling Kei Nagase, with a very similar face as ''the'' Kei Nagase that we know. ''[[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Shattered Skies]]'' has a brave airline first officer who tries to control a plane after terrorists shoot the pilot: Nagase, the very same one from Ace Combat 2.

'''Voiced by''': Creator/WakanaYamazaki (Japanese, [=AC5=]), Creator/SeikoYoshida (Japanese, [=AC7=]), Creator/KarenStrassman (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/HideoIshikawa (Japanese), Eddie Frierson (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Japanese), Creator/SteveBlum (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese), Creator/BobPapenbrook (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/KirkThornton (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiNomura (Japanese), Creator/BeauBillingslea (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroakiHirata (Japanese), Creator/MatthewMercer (English) ([=AC5=]), Peter von Gomm (ACX)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaisukeGori (Japanese), Peter Lurie (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Creator/CrispinFreeman (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakeshiAono (Japanese), Simon Prescott (English)

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'''Voiced by''': Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Japanese), Creator/RobertBuchholz (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasashiEbara (Japanese), Creator/PaulStPeter (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaveWittenberg (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese) Creator/WendeeLee (English)

'''Voiced by''': Creator/PaulStPeter (English)

* DarkIsEvil: A black winged demon that brings death [[spoiler: at first. It becomes [[DarkisnotEvil much nicer]] [[CameBackStrong after it revives]]]].

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath / DeathEqualsRedemption]]: The latter part of the legend.

* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment: To the public eye, [[spoiler:the Wardog pilots betrayed Osean Federation and were killed in an attempt to escape on December 7, 2010. The fact that they survived, rescued the kidnapped leaders of both Osea and Yuktobania, and prevented two atomic bombings, one doomsday scenario, and a ColonyDrop didn't reach the public until a decade later because the Osean Government consistently denied the existence of the "Ghosts of Razgriz"]].
** Add to this the fact that [[spoiler: they never flew again after the war.]]: Like the 8492nd in Osea, the Ofnir Squadron doesn't officially exist in the Yuktobanian military.

* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment: To the public eye, [[spoiler:the Wardog pilots betrayed Osean Federation and were killed in an attempt to escape on December 7, 2010. The fact that they survived, rescued the kidnapped leaders of both Osea and Yuktobania, and prevented two atomic bombings, one doomsday scenario, and a ColonyDrop didn't reach the public until a decade later because the Osean Government consistently denied the existence of the "Ghosts of Razgriz"]].
** Add to this the fact that [[spoiler: they never flew again after the war.]]: ''The 8492nd doesn't exist.'' Officially, that is.

->"[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Hrimfaxi, it appears you're up against Razgriz itself out there.]]"
->--'''A Yuktobanian commander''', on the Wardog Squadron

->"I'm telling you, Kid could single-handedly turn the tide of this war. It's almost scary."
-->--'''Chopper''', on Blaze

->"There's no doubt about it! He's the true ace of aces!"
-->--'''Snow''', also on Blaze

->"No, Blaze is leading, I'll protect his six o'clock. And I'm not gonna lose another flight lead."
-->--'''Nagase''', on her promotion to flight lead

->"If he's a captain, then I want him to start trash-talkin' like a captain!"
-->--'''Chopper''', on Grimm's suggestion to show Blaze some respect

->"I bet my mom will be glad to see my brother come back home from Yuktobania."
-->--'''Grimm''', on the end of the war

->"I hate not being able to move in three dimensions. Cramps my style."
-->--'''Bartlett''', on driving

->"Look at that wreckage. I'm surprised they're still makin' them like this."
-->--'''Pops''', upon seeing a wrecked Yuke plane.

->This is Thunderhead. Cut the chatter.
-->--'''Thunderhead''', on pretty much anything Chopper says

->"Quit screwing around! This is war. The enemy is all over and they're gonna eat you alive!"
-->--'''Snow''', to Nagase

->"On a distal island,far away from civilization, the protectors of the peace take to the skies..."
-->--'''Genette''', in the opening intro

->"Woof! Woof!"
-->--'''Kirk''', on the subject of aerial acrobatics

->"Gah, you people are like the plague, you know that?"
-->--'''Perrault''', commenting upon how Wardog always seems to bring trouble to Sand Island

->[[spoiler:"I'm going to take those Belkan nukes and terrify both sides into ending this foolish war! '''''DON'T GET IN MY WAY!"''''']]
-->--'''Hamilton''', [[spoiler:showing his true colors]]

->"You shall fall to your deaths and lead the way for the [[KillSat SOLG]] as it smashes into the earth!"
-->--'''Bernitz''', being...[[LargeHam himself]]

->"I'm just a guy who's fought one losing battle after another."
-->--'''Andersen''', commenting upon himself at Genette's prompting

->"And this path shall go on, as long as the blaze of fire that shines through the darkness is not extinguished."
-->--'''Anderson''', on the peace that the [[spoiler:Ghosts of Razgriz]] helped create

->"Don't worry. We'll take your princess back to base safely."
-->--'''Sea Goblin''', on rescuing Nagase

->"We will regain the pride we lost [[VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar fifteen years ago !]]"
-->--'''Heimeroth''', being...[[LargeHam himself]]

Leader of the Ofnir Squadron, [[spoiler:8492nd's Yuktobanian counterpart. Like Grabacr, Heimeroth is an agent of the Grey Men]].

->"LA, LA, LA, LA! Listen to our beautiful voice!"
-->--'''Oka Nieba''', [[IncomingHam introducing himself]].

->"When history witnesses a great change, Razgriz reveals itself, first as a dark demon. As a demon, it uses its power to rain death upon the land, and then it dies. However, after a period of slumber, Razgriz returns... [[spoiler:this time as a great hero.]]"
->--'''Genette''', quoting the legend of Razgriz