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->''"You want to cut that "sir, yes sir" crap. I'm a Sergeant, not the goddamn President."''
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* ScaryBlackMan: Redford can be rather coercive, particularly towards Haggard and Sweetwater, whether it's threatening to shoot them when they try coming up with their own plans, or the following exchange after the squad goes AWOL:
->'''Sweetwater:''' You know these things, and I don't. That's really weird.\\
'''Redford:''' Well, that's why I'm in charge.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Yeah, about that – now that we're AWOL, you're not really a sergeant anymore, are you, Redford?\\
'''Redford:''' Hmm... either you do as I say, or I'm gonna have to beat your ass into submission!\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Yeah, okay, it was just, y'know, a technical question, Sarge!\\
'''Redford:''' Well don't ask me no technical questions!\\
->'''Sweetwater:''' You know these things, and I don't. That's really weird.\\
'''Redford:''' Well, that's why I'm in charge.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Yeah, about that – now that we're AWOL, you're not really a sergeant anymore, are you, Redford?\\
'''Redford:''' Hmm... either you do as I say, or I'm gonna have to beat your ass into submission!\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Yeah, okay, it was just, y'know, a technical question, Sarge!\\
'''Redford:''' Well don't ask me no technical questions!\\
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!! B Company in general:
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Characters that appear in the ''Battlefield: Bad Company'' duology.
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!!''Bad Company''
[[folder:In General]]
!!B Bad Company
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->''"We want you to do what you do best. Be unorthodox. Be lethal. Can you do that for me?"''
-->-- '''General Braidwood,''' ''Bad Companyin general:2''
The titular squad.
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!!''Bad Company''
[[folder:In General]]
!!
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[SouthernFriedPrivate George Haggard]], [[TheHero Preston]] [[OnlySaneMan Marlowe]], [[TheSmartGuy Terrence Sweetwater]], and [[SergeantRock Samuel Redford]].]]
->''"We want you to do what you do best. Be unorthodox. Be lethal. Can you do that for me?"''
-->-- '''General Braidwood,''' ''Bad Company
The titular squad.
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: As soon as Miss July, a.k.a. Mike-One Juliet, makes her introduction to the group, Sweetwater instantly starts swooning over her dulcet tones. Haggard has [[ButterFace another opinion...]]
--> '''Haggard:''' I've been thinking about Miss July. How do you ''know'' she's good looking? I mean, I got a cousin who's got a beautiful voice, but a face like a can of dog food.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Wasn't she the one you dated?\\
'''Haggard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Sweetwater:''' ...Cool.
* {{Expy}}: Sarge looks and sounds a lot like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson]] while wearing his hat.
--> '''Haggard:''' I've been thinking about Miss July. How do you ''know'' she's good looking? I mean, I got a cousin who's got a beautiful voice, but a face like a can of dog food.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Wasn't she the one you dated?\\
'''Haggard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Sweetwater:''' ...Cool.
* {{Expy}}: Sarge looks and sounds a lot like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson]] while wearing his hat.
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!! Private Preston
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->''"Wars are fought for any number of reasons. Sometimes, if the ones they give you aren't good enough, you have to find your own. And, maybe, if you're lucky, you get out in one piece. But in the end, I guess it's really about the guys next to you."''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidMenkin
The newest member of the squad, and the main protagonist of both games.
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* TheDeterminator: Despite the seemingly impossible odds of their missions, Marlowe refuses to throw in the towel and give up. This is perhaps best exemplified in ''Bad Company 2's'' DarkestHour, [[spoiler:when his squadmates nearly give up after [[BigBad Kirilenko]] successfully test-fires the Scalar Weapon.]]
->'''Marlowe:''' Fine. I'll go my [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] self!
->'''Marlowe:''' Fine. I'll go my [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] self!
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!! Samuel D. Redford
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[[folder:Samuel Redford]]
!!Sergeant Samuel D.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is gonna get real ugly!"'']]
->''"You want to cut that "sir, yes sir" crap. I'm a Sergeant, not the goddamn President."''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Bruce Johnson
The leader of the squad.
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* {{Expy}}: He looks and sounds a lot like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson]] while wearing his hat.
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[[folder:George Haggard]]
!!Private George Gordon Haggard
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Truckasaurus Rex, here I come!"'']]
->''"Outta my way! I gotta go save me some cheerleaders!"''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Nigel Whitmey
One of Marlowe's squadmates.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Haggard can be rude to his squadmates in both games, and to Flynn in the second game, but when push comes to shove, he'll fight alongside them to the very end, and when the latter gets captured, he's the one to suggest rescuing him.
->'''Haggard:''' Shit, I don't know about you, but I think it's time to go and rescue us a commie, pinko, liberal pilot called ''my friend''.
* ReligiousBruiser: According to idle dialogue in ''Bad Company 2'', he is a Christian, and he kicks a lot of ass.
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[[folder:Terrence Sweetwater]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hey, I just brought that bitch down on a quarter of a dime, so a little respect!"'']]
->''"Hey, welcome to the sandbox."''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Richard Lyson
Another one of Marlowe's squadmates.
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: As soon as Miss July, a.k.a. Mike-One Juliet, makes her introduction to the group, Sweetwater instantly starts swooning over her dulcet tones. Haggard has [[ButterFace another opinion...]]
--> '''Haggard:''' I've been thinking about Miss July. How do you ''know'' she's good looking? I mean, I got a cousin who's got a beautiful voice, but a face like a can of dog food.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Wasn't she the one you dated?\\
'''Haggard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Sweetwater:''' ...Cool.
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* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
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* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.sweat.
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** By the second game, Bravo-2 have earned something of a MemeticBadass reputation among the US Army, and are treated with the same respect (and sent on the same kinds of missions) as an actual special ops team even though they actually aren't. Note that this is partly because ''there are hardly any real Special Forces operators left'' - it's strongly implied that the war is going very, ''very'' badly for the United States and her allies.
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** By the second game, Bravo-2 have earned something of a MemeticBadass LivingLegend reputation among the US Army, and are treated with the same respect (and sent on the same kinds of missions) as an actual special ops team even though they actually aren't. Note that this is partly because ''there are hardly any real Special Forces operators left'' - it's strongly implied that the war is going very, ''very'' badly for the United States and her allies.
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* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Sergeant Samuel Redford
** TheLancer: Private Preston Marlowe
** TheSmartGuy: Private Terrence Sweetwater
** TheBigGuy: Private George Haggard
** TheChick: Miss July[=/=]Flynn
** Sweetwater also qualifies as a BigGuy, specifically Class 5 which doubles as the Smart Guy, since being physically imposing isn't a requirement, just common. He's the squad's SAW gunner and thus carries a larger, faster-firing weapon, he's competent with it, and in one instance, smashes a Russian soldier off a rooftop with it, without breaking stride.
*** Also a case of ShownTheirWork, as Sweetwater is carrying a weapon that only weighs about 22lbs fully loaded, which is absolutely light by machine gun standards. Most folks can reasonably use the SAW after getting used to it, he practically uses it like a regular old firearm.
** TheHero: Sergeant Samuel Redford
** TheLancer: Private Preston Marlowe
** TheSmartGuy: Private Terrence Sweetwater
** TheBigGuy: Private George Haggard
** TheChick: Miss July[=/=]Flynn
** Sweetwater also qualifies as a BigGuy, specifically Class 5 which doubles as the Smart Guy, since being physically imposing isn't a requirement, just common. He's the squad's SAW gunner and thus carries a larger, faster-firing weapon, he's competent with it, and in one instance, smashes a Russian soldier off a rooftop with it, without breaking stride.
*** Also a case of ShownTheirWork, as Sweetwater is carrying a weapon that only weighs about 22lbs fully loaded, which is absolutely light by machine gun standards. Most folks can reasonably use the SAW after getting used to it, he practically uses it like a regular old firearm.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
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* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being on his last mission before retirement, constantly TemptingFate, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst being the only non-white member of the squad]], and the fact that his senior position in the group pretty much saddles him with the MentorOccupationalHazard, Redford always manages to come alive through everything that is thrown against him. Unfortunately, this apparently also have the inverse effect of getting his retirement constantly postponed.
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* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being on his last mission before retirement, constantly TemptingFate, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst being the only non-white member of the squad]], and the fact that his senior position in the group pretty much saddles him with the MentorOccupationalHazard, Redford always manages to come alive through everything that is thrown against him. Unfortunately, this apparently also seems to have the inverse effect of getting his retirement constantly postponed.
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* BadassBookworm: Good enough with computers to try upload a virus onto the US military mainframe, also consistently carries the biggest gun in the squad, a M60.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much, more sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much, more sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
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* BadassBookworm: Good enough with computers to try and upload a virus onto the US military mainframe, also consistently carries the biggest gun in the squad, a M60.
an M60 MG.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made ofmuch, more much sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of
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* BadassBookworm: Good enough with computers to try upload a virus onto the US military mainframe, also consistently carries the biggest gun in the squad, a M60.
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***Also a case of ShownTheirWork, as Sweetwater is carrying a weapon that only weighs about 22lbs fully loaded, which is absolutely light by machine gun standards. Most folks can reasonably use the SAW after getting used to it, he practically uses it like a regular old firearm.
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* UniversalDriversLicense: Zizagged. In gameplay, Marlowe can use any vehicle, ranging from golf carts, armored vehicles, and a customized Hind gunship without any problem. However, story-wise, a subversion comes from when he smashed a Black Hawk into a general's limo. Then again, he's mostly learned in between the backstory and first game how to fly. Only mostly though.
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* UniversalDriversLicense: Zizagged. In gameplay, Marlowe can use any vehicle, ranging from golf carts, armored vehicles, and a customized Hind gunship without any problem. However, story-wise, a subversion comes from when he smashed a Black Hawk into a general's limo. Then again, he's mostly learned in between the backstory and first game how to fly. [[CaptainCrash Only mostly though.
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* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much, more sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He might have [[NerdGlasses the glasses,]] but Sweetwater is made of much, more sterner stuff. In the second game, he knocks a Russian soldier over a railing without breaking a sweat.
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* DoAnythingSoldier: Haggard and Marlowe are especially this. Marlowe can operate all sorts of military vehicles, and can even use a captured Russian artillery cannon, despite being an infantryman. Haggard might technically be a demolitions expert, but he can double as a spotter as observed in the second game.
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* UniversalDriver'sLicense: Zizagged. In gameplay, Marlowe can use any vehicle, ranging from golf carts, armored vehicles, and a customized Hind gunship without any problem. However, story-wise, a subversion comes from when he smashed a Black Hawk into a general's limo. Then again, he's mostly learned in between the backstory and first game how to fly. Only mostly though.
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* UniversalDriver'sLicense: UniversalDriversLicense: Zizagged. In gameplay, Marlowe can use any vehicle, ranging from golf carts, armored vehicles, and a customized Hind gunship without any problem. However, story-wise, a subversion comes from when he smashed a Black Hawk into a general's limo. Then again, he's mostly learned in between the backstory and first game how to fly. Only mostly though.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
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* SouthernFriedPrivate: Subverted in ''Bad Company''. Haggard is a pretty good guy that likes explosives and happens to have a Southern accent.
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
* CaptainCrash: Marlowe gets behind the controls of a helicopter twice. The first crash was his fault while he was shot down in the second try.
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* UniversalDriver'sLicense: Zizagged. In gameplay, Marlowe can use any vehicle, ranging from golf carts, armored vehicles, and a customized Hind gunship without any problem. However, story-wise, a subversion comes from when he smashed a Black Hawk into a general's limo. Then again, he's mostly learned in between the backstory and first game how to fly. Only mostly though.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Redford refers to Haggard, Sweetwater and Marlowe as his "bastard children".
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* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Redford refers to Haggard, Sweetwater and Marlowe as his "bastard children".children" in the second game.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
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* SouthernFriedPrivate: Subverted in ''Bad Company''. Haggard is a pretty good guy that likes explosives and happens to have a Southern accent.
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
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* ActionSurvivor: Preston Marlow; also a BadassNormal along with the rest of the squad, but he's clearly softer than they are, and his blog video for the first game had him telling his little brother back home about his intention to ''be'' this. Most evident when ''Bad Company'' starts, but still visible even as he starts growing out of it, notably in ''Bad Company 2''.
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* ActionSurvivor: Preston Marlow; Marlowe; also a BadassNormal along with the rest of the squad, but he's clearly softer than they are, and his blog video for the first game had him telling his little brother back home about his intention to ''be'' this. Most evident when ''Bad Company'' starts, but still visible even as he starts growing out of it, notably in ''Bad Company 2''.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Redford refers to Haggard, Sweetwater and Marlowe as his "bastard children".
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* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being on his last mission before retirement, constantly TemptingFate, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst being the only non-white member of the squad]], and the fact that his senior position in the group pretty much saddles him with the MentorOccupationalHazard, Redford always manages to come alive through everything that is thrown against him. Unfortunately, this apparently also have the inverse effect of getting his retirement constantly postponed.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The rest of TheSquad before the game starts in the blog posts for the original ''Bad Company'' had Sweetwater being more worried of his squadmates killing him then the enemy, but they were otherwise reasonable friends.
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!! Preston Marlowe
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The rest of TheSquad before the game starts in the blog posts for the original ''Bad Company'' had Sweetwater being more worried of his squadmates killing him then the enemy, but they were otherwise reasonable friends.
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* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being
!! George Gordon Haggard Jr.
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!! B Company in general:
* ActionSurvivor: Preston Marlow; also a BadassNormal along with the rest of the squad, but he's clearly softer than they are, and his blog video for the first game had him telling his little brother back home about his intention to ''be'' this. Most evident when ''Bad Company'' starts, but still visible even as he starts growing out of it, notably in ''Bad Company 2''.
** All of Bravo-2 fits, actually. While Haggard loves to blow shit up, when things escalate wildly out of control in the second game, he declares that he's not really all that keen on pushing forward against impossible odds. Redford is ''pissed'' that his squad keeps getting the short end of the stick with missions because he doesn't want to die. Sweetwater notably points out several times that they're pretty far off-mission in their escapades, and while they're surviving, the odds are definitely against them. But when the shit hits the fan and they're the only ones that can make a difference, they all still pull out all the stops to save the day (Haggard needs to be convinced to save the cheerleaders, though).
* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Redford refers to Haggard, Sweetwater and Marlowe as his "bastard children".
* ArousedByTheirVoice: As soon as Miss July, a.k.a. Mike-One Juliet, makes her introduction to the group, Sweetwater instantly starts swooning over her dulcet tones. Haggard has [[ButterFace another opinion...]]
--> '''Haggard:''' I've been thinking about Miss July. How do you ''know'' she's good looking? I mean, I got a cousin who's got a beautiful voice, but a face like a can of dog food.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Wasn't she the one you dated?\\
'''Haggard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Sweetwater:''' ...Cool.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
* {{Expy}}: Sarge looks and sounds a lot like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson]] while wearing his hat.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Sergeant Samuel Redford
** TheLancer: Private Preston Marlowe
** TheSmartGuy: Private Terrence Sweetwater
** TheBigGuy: Private George Haggard
** TheChick: Miss July[=/=]Flynn
** Sweetwater also qualifies as a BigGuy, specifically Class 5 which doubles as the Smart Guy, since being physically imposing isn't a requirement, just common. He's the squad's SAW gunner and thus carries a larger, faster-firing weapon, he's competent with it, and in one instance, smashes a Russian soldier off a rooftop with it, without breaking stride.
* HiddenBadass: B-Company is where all the screw-ups in the Army go to be used as cannon fodder since they're good for little else. The main characters of ''Bad Company'' are easily just as competent as a spec-ops team, but they're winging it without any advanced training.
** By the second game, Bravo-2 have earned something of a MemeticBadass reputation among the US Army, and are treated with the same respect (and sent on the same kinds of missions) as an actual special ops team even though they actually aren't. Note that this is partly because ''there are hardly any real Special Forces operators left'' - it's strongly implied that the war is going very, ''very'' badly for the United States and her allies.
* KarmaHoudini: TheSquad in ''Bad Company 1&2''. Over the course of the game, they mutiny once, go AWOL once, and, at the end of the game, steal a truckload of gold bullion and desert from the army, driving off into the sunset. Not only are they not put on trial, by the second game they're back on duty, and being trusted with important assignments - both because they have a reputation for surviving just about anything, and because ''the war is just going that badly''.
* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being on his last mission before retirement, constantly TemptingFate, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst being the only non-white member of the squad]], and the fact that his senior position in the group pretty much saddles him with the MentorOccupationalHazard, Redford always manages to come alive through everything that is thrown against him. Unfortunately, this apparently also have the inverse effect of getting his retirement constantly postponed.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: Subverted in ''Bad Company''. Haggard is a pretty good guy that likes explosives and happens to have a Southern accent.
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
* TheSquad: Your buddies in ''Bad Company''.
* SurprisinglyEliteCannonFodder: Command keeps sending them on suicide missions that they refuse to actually die on.
* TheQuietOne: Marlowe doesn't talk as much as his squadmates. In fact, he doesn't speak at all outside of cutscenes, and even then he still doesn't talk much.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The rest of TheSquad before the game starts in the blog posts for the original ''Bad Company'' had Sweetwater being more worried of his squadmates killing him then the enemy, but they were otherwise reasonable friends.
* ActionSurvivor: Preston Marlow; also a BadassNormal along with the rest of the squad, but he's clearly softer than they are, and his blog video for the first game had him telling his little brother back home about his intention to ''be'' this. Most evident when ''Bad Company'' starts, but still visible even as he starts growing out of it, notably in ''Bad Company 2''.
** All of Bravo-2 fits, actually. While Haggard loves to blow shit up, when things escalate wildly out of control in the second game, he declares that he's not really all that keen on pushing forward against impossible odds. Redford is ''pissed'' that his squad keeps getting the short end of the stick with missions because he doesn't want to die. Sweetwater notably points out several times that they're pretty far off-mission in their escapades, and while they're surviving, the odds are definitely against them. But when the shit hits the fan and they're the only ones that can make a difference, they all still pull out all the stops to save the day (Haggard needs to be convinced to save the cheerleaders, though).
* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Redford refers to Haggard, Sweetwater and Marlowe as his "bastard children".
* ArousedByTheirVoice: As soon as Miss July, a.k.a. Mike-One Juliet, makes her introduction to the group, Sweetwater instantly starts swooning over her dulcet tones. Haggard has [[ButterFace another opinion...]]
--> '''Haggard:''' I've been thinking about Miss July. How do you ''know'' she's good looking? I mean, I got a cousin who's got a beautiful voice, but a face like a can of dog food.\\
'''Sweetwater:''' Wasn't she the one you dated?\\
'''Haggard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Sweetwater:''' ...Cool.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Early teasers for ''Bad Company'' showed Sarge as one, but he ended up wearing a cap on his head and appearing to have hair under it.
* {{Expy}}: Sarge looks and sounds a lot like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson]] while wearing his hat.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Sergeant Samuel Redford
** TheLancer: Private Preston Marlowe
** TheSmartGuy: Private Terrence Sweetwater
** TheBigGuy: Private George Haggard
** TheChick: Miss July[=/=]Flynn
** Sweetwater also qualifies as a BigGuy, specifically Class 5 which doubles as the Smart Guy, since being physically imposing isn't a requirement, just common. He's the squad's SAW gunner and thus carries a larger, faster-firing weapon, he's competent with it, and in one instance, smashes a Russian soldier off a rooftop with it, without breaking stride.
* HiddenBadass: B-Company is where all the screw-ups in the Army go to be used as cannon fodder since they're good for little else. The main characters of ''Bad Company'' are easily just as competent as a spec-ops team, but they're winging it without any advanced training.
** By the second game, Bravo-2 have earned something of a MemeticBadass reputation among the US Army, and are treated with the same respect (and sent on the same kinds of missions) as an actual special ops team even though they actually aren't. Note that this is partly because ''there are hardly any real Special Forces operators left'' - it's strongly implied that the war is going very, ''very'' badly for the United States and her allies.
* KarmaHoudini: TheSquad in ''Bad Company 1&2''. Over the course of the game, they mutiny once, go AWOL once, and, at the end of the game, steal a truckload of gold bullion and desert from the army, driving off into the sunset. Not only are they not put on trial, by the second game they're back on duty, and being trusted with important assignments - both because they have a reputation for surviving just about anything, and because ''the war is just going that badly''.
* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. Despite always being on his last mission before retirement, constantly TemptingFate, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst being the only non-white member of the squad]], and the fact that his senior position in the group pretty much saddles him with the MentorOccupationalHazard, Redford always manages to come alive through everything that is thrown against him. Unfortunately, this apparently also have the inverse effect of getting his retirement constantly postponed.
* SouthernFriedPrivate: Subverted in ''Bad Company''. Haggard is a pretty good guy that likes explosives and happens to have a Southern accent.
** Haggard seems to follow the stereotype a bit more in the sequel, where he's a bit meaner and calls their rather hippie-appearing helicopter pilot a "hippy", "liberal", "pinko", and some more, but he is later the one to initiate the rest of TheSquad to [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind save him later]], and [[spoiler:is the most immediately and visibly-affected by his death]].
* TheSquad: Your buddies in ''Bad Company''.
* SurprisinglyEliteCannonFodder: Command keeps sending them on suicide missions that they refuse to actually die on.
* TheQuietOne: Marlowe doesn't talk as much as his squadmates. In fact, he doesn't speak at all outside of cutscenes, and even then he still doesn't talk much.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The rest of TheSquad before the game starts in the blog posts for the original ''Bad Company'' had Sweetwater being more worried of his squadmates killing him then the enemy, but they were otherwise reasonable friends.
