History Characters / CallOfDutyZombiesVictisAndOtherPlayableCharacters

* ADateWithRosiePalms: A sizable amount of his quotes in ''Buried'' and ''Tag der Toten'' mention various forms of masturbation. Considering the only woman in his life hates his guts and is more interested in someone who ''also'' hates his guts, you could say he's gotten pretty desperate.

* BareYourMidriff: Thanks to playing a MsFanservice character, even in the cold of Siberia, her belly is exposed as if it were a summer day. She often lampshades this during several quotes.

* BareYourMidriff: Her stomach is completely exposed thanks to her MsFanservice get-up. She lets her shirt down for ''Black Ops 4''.

->'''Voiced by''': Courtenay Taylor (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Varvara Chaban (Russian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Andrew Morgado (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Mikhail Georgiou (Russian)[[/note]]

* OffModel: His model in ''Black Ops 4'' makes him look a bit chunkier than the frail-looking old man he was before, complete with longer hair. What makes it weird is that his art in cutscenes still retain the old look.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Combinging the use of Multiplayer characters and some of the gaudy skins you can buy for them, there's nothing stopping you from turning up to an infested zone dressed as a literal clown, or an 80's fitness coach or - in ''Vanguard'' - as '''Snoop Dog'''. Doesn't stop them from being Zombie-killing machines, of course.
* CanonImmigrant: Barring Samantha Maxis and [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Captain Price]], all of the ''Cold War Zombies'' Operators are from the main ''Black Ops'' universe.
* CelebritySurvivor: Even Music/SnoopDogg finds time to smoke some zeds. The film crossover characters ([[{{Franchise/Rambo}} John Rambo]], [[Franchise/DieHard John McClane]], [[{{Film/Scream}} Ghostface]], and [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} the Terminators]]} could also count.

* TheTeam: They form an organized unit in ''Buried''. Russman serves as the ''de facto'' [[TheLeader leader]], with Misty as his [[TheLancer lancer]] who keeps the peace in the group. Arthur, the friendly giant, serves as TheBigGuy who can help access areas for free and fight the zombies without being harmed by them, making him basically invincible. Marlton is still TheSmartGuy and will never let you forget it. Samuel is left as TheChick, as although this is downplayed compared to past maps, he's definitely more prone to panic than the others.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: You can play this straight by having one female operator in your team, subvert it with two or three, or avert it entirely with [[AmazonBrigade a four-woman squad]]. Official materials has Kwan Song as the sole female operator on the Requiem Strike Team.

->'''Voiced by''': Chaz Palminterri (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Anton Savenkov (Russian)[[/note]]

Creator/MichaelRooker has experience with zombies from his role in ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. Never did he dream that he would be in a real life outbreak.

* WeaponOfChoice: {{Handguns}}.

* WeaponOfChoice: Seems to have a preference for [=SMGs=], and is seen in the intro to carry one around in her handbag.

* TheEvilGenius: He's a highly intelligent con-man who also was able to successfully bet on several horse races.

---> "[[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim Answer me this, Misty: why Marlton? I know there's not a lot of men to choose from, but come on,]] ''[[{{Nerd}} Marlton!?]]''"

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:All four of the Alcatraz Survivors were supposed to remain trapped in the Alcatraz Pocket Dimension, to repeat a chain of events in purgatory forever. From the beginning; they were doomed to an eternal cycle of escaping, being sent back to prison, finding Albert's notes, the other Survivors turn on Albert, killing him and repeating the cycle again. Albert could never remember anything from the previous cycles and was never meant to break it, however when he wrote down his notes from previous cycles, he set up the possibility to finally break the cycle. With the Weasel killing the other three Alcatraz Survivors and causing a paradox. Creating a new chain of events; changing the Kronorium, ruining both Primis Richtofen's and Monty's plans, and finally nuking all of creation and the Agarthans into the Dark Aether.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:All four of the Alcatraz Survivors were supposed to remain trapped in the Alcatraz Pocket Dimension, to repeat a chain of events in purgatory forever. From the beginning; they were doomed to an eternal cycle of escaping, being sent back to prison, finding Albert's notes, the other Survivors turn on Albert, killing him and repeating the cycle again. Albert could never remember anything from the previous cycles and was never meant to break it, however when he wrote down his notes from previous cycles, he set up the possibility to finally break the cycle. With the Weasel killing the other three Alcatraz Survivors and causing a paradox. Creating a new chain of events; changing the Kronorium, ruining Primis Richtofen's plan, nuking all of creation and the Agarthans into the Dark Aether.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:All four of the Alcatraz Survivors were supposed to remain trapped in the Alcatraz Pocket Dimension, to repeat a chain of events in purgatory forever. From the beginning; they were doomed to an eternal cycle of escaping, being sent back to prison, finding Albert's notes, the other Survivors turn on Albert, killing him and repeating the cycle again. Albert could never remember anything from the previous cycles and was never meant to break it, however when he wrote down his notes from previous cycles, he set up the possibility to finally break the cycle. With the Weasel killing the other three Alcatraz Survivors and causing a paradox. Creating a new chain of events and changing the Kronorium.]]

* KnifeNut: Mentions being a champion in knife-fighting.

* KillEmAll: Heavily implied; the only reference to the group after this is an obscure bit that states the film crew went missing and was never heard from again.

* KillEmAll: Heavily implied; the only reference to the group after this is an obscure bit that states the film crew went missing and was never heard from again.

* KillEmAll: Heavily implied; the only reference to the group after this is an obscure bit that states the film crew went missing and was never heard from again.

* KillEmAll: Heavily implied; the only reference to the group after this is an obscure bit that states the film crew went missing and was never heard from again.

* KillEmAll: To break the cycle (get the ''good'' ending for the easter egg), Weasel has to kill the others. Killing ''him'' results in the ''bad'' ending, which continues the cycle.

* KillEmAll: Maxis and Richtofen are unable to save them from the destruction of their dimension, [[spoiler:though that probably wouldn't have saved them from being swallowed by the Dark Aether anyway]].

* KillThemAll: [[spoiler:Kills off the others before quickly getting shot by Scarlett.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: See TheButlerDidIt [[spoiler:and KillThemAll.]]

* TheGenericGuy: A first for the series since the Marines from ''Verrückt''. While every character from the Campaign and Multiplayer/Warzone lore (plus Samantha Maxis, obviously) has a personality, in Zombies, not much of that shines through. They make very tame quips and speak in military lingo (taken further in a patch around Season 3 which occasionally has them use quotes from Multiplayer), and have no unique dialogue for picking up power-ups, drinking Perk-a-Colas, or any of the lore. Taken UpToEleven in the cinematics, particularly the ending cutscene of ''Firebase Z'' in which they have absolutely ''nothing'' to say about Maxis' appearance nor the gigantic EldritchAbomination coming to kill them, coming across like ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA]]/[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Red Dead]] Online'' characters. To be fair, an effort was made to improve Zombies specific dialogue with later characters, to the point some of the later ones have genuinely amusing and even personality-driven lines.

* CanonImmigrant: Barring Samantha Maxis and [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Captain Price]], all of the Operators are from the main ''Black Ops'' universe.

!!Requiem Strike Team
->'''Appearances''': ''Die Maschine'' | ''Onslaught'' | ''Firebase Z'' | ''Outbreak'' | ''Mauer der Toten''

* DullSurprise: In contrast to their predecessors, the Operators have rather mundane, subdued reactions to just about everything the Dark Aether throws at them. Not even the Wonder Weapons seem to faze them.

* TheGenericGuy: A first for the series since the Marines from ''Verrückt''. While every character from the Campaign and Multiplayer/Warzone lore (plus Samantha Maxis, obviously) has a personality, in Zombies, not much of that shines through. They make very tame quips and speak in military lingo (taken further in a patch around Season 3 which occasionally has them use quotes from Multiplayer), and have no unique dialogue for picking up power-ups, drinking Perk-a-Colas, or any of the lore. Taken UpToEleven in the cinematics, particularly the ending cutscene of ''Firebase Z'' in which they have absolutely ''nothing'' to say about Maxis' appearance nor the gigantic EldritchAbomination coming to kill them, coming across like ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA]]/[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Red Dead]] Online'' characters.

---> "[[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim Answer me this, Misty: why Marlton? I know there's not a lot of men to choose from, but come on,]] ''[[HollywoodNerd Marlton!?]]''"

!!Requiem

For the first time since ''Verrückt'', ''Cold War Zombies'' forgoes unique playable characters, and just uses the Multiplayer Operatives. See [[Characters/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar here]] for most of them. For Samantha Maxis, who became an Operator as of Season 2, see [[Characters/CallOfDutyZombiesOtherCharacters here]].

* EnemyMine: It's possible to pair up NATO Operators with the Warsaw Pact. Some of the latter are even allied with ''[[BigBad Perseus]]''.

!Secretary Robert [=McNamara=]

* FingerlessGloves: For a couple of frames in ''Buried'''s opening cutscene, most likely an artistic error.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Pronounces his own name as "Russ-MAN", as opposed to the expected "Russmun".