History Characters / MetalGearSolidV

** Hideo Kojima declared fans would be "ashamed of their words and deeds" releated to Quiet's appearance. As it turns out, the reason that she is that her lungs were burnt to a crisp so now she can ''only'' breathe through her skin. Her physiology's so mangled that even wearing a ''shirt'' causes her to ''[[BizarreHumanBiology suffocate]]''.

[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | [[Characters/MetalGearBigBoss Big Boss / Naked Snake]]) | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | '''The Phantom Pain''' | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Acid 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]

* TheMole: One on your side, he's been planted to gather information on the Cuban base, and stashed a tape for you to collect.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:He sets you up, sending you to a trap baited with the wrong tape.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It's pretty telling how much Snake and Miller's clients hate these two when you can kill both men and ''still'' get an [[RankInflation S Rank]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: A retroactive example - see "Bait the Dog".

* WhoNeedsEnemies: See EnemyMine above.

* MsFanservice: Her revealing attire exists because [[spoiler:after being set on fire and receiving parasite therapy, she breathes, drinks, and absorbs sunlight through her skin. With no other form of nourishment available to her due to the damage inflicted by her burns, heavier clothing would slowly kill her]]. Still, her "sensitive condition" aside, the camera doesn't stop from giving players lots of close-up shots of Quiet's body, nor does it prevent her from having fanservice scenes. See HeldGaze above. It's briefly subverted [[spoiler:in the prologue, since she's shown donning full combat uniform. The "bikini and stockings" look comes later. It's also so blatant she's clearly being sexy on purpose, possibly to be a HoneyTrap to Snake. Also, she does have her own characterization and hidden agenda, despite her attractive exterior.]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to progressive upgrades into his cybernetic arm, Venom eventually gains access to a small range of "powers" that no other Snake (before or after him) has ever displayed. This includes '''raining lightning storms''' down on his enemies, like Volgin used to. See ShockAndAwe below.

* CoolGuns: He uses a Mare's Leg, a sawed-off lever action rifle.

* HandicappedBadass: He loses his left arm during the events of ''Ground Zeroes''. Not that it hinders him at all...

** Activating Sahelanthropus via [[spoiler:Tretij, whose loyalties are pretty fickle and dependent-on-ThePowerOfHatred, ultimately guarantees that he will lose control of Sahelanthropus at some point. It earns him a stomp when it goes berserk, getting crushed by a radio tower]].

* AmbitiouslyBi: He has a lot of ShipTease with Quiet, a female sniper, but also with Kazuhira Miller. The camera keeps framing their faces very close together whenever they talk, and according to WordOfGod, this was intentional and Creator/HideoKojima, the game's director, kept insisting on it despite his team's concerns.

An organisation created by Major Zero, connected to XOF. They would eventually become led by a bunch of AI's that will become The Patriots by ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''.

* CallForward: Their uses foreshadow [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid FOXDIE]] and the role played by [[NanoMachines nanomachines]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 decades]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 down]] the [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance line.]]

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGear2'', a character off-handedly mentions a rumor that Big Boss was some kind of {{Cyborg}}. ''Phantom Pain'' reveals that this particular "phantom" Big Boss did indeed lose his left arm and had it replaced with a cybernetic one. The real Big Boss, of course, still has his arm.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: You can later research and have her wear [[spoiler:her old XOF]] tactical uniform with no ill effect. Same goes for the Sniper Wolf outfit DLC.

* GroinAttack: Pulls off two ''very'' brutal ones in a cutscene during "A Quiet Exit," first by axe-kicking one mook below the belt with enough force to draw blood, and then by repeatedly ''stabbing'' another mook in the jewels with a knife.

[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | [[Characters/MetalGearBigBoss Big Boss / Naked Snake]]) | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | '''The Phantom Pain''' | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid2 Ac!d 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]

[[center:[-[[Characters/MetalGear Main Character Index]] | Characters/MetalGear1 ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake]] | [[Characters/MetalGearBigBoss Big Boss / Naked Snake]]) | [[Characters/MetalGear2SolidSnake Metal Gear 2]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSolidFOXHOUND FOXHOUND]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]] ([[Characters/MetalGearRaiden Raiden]]) | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]] | [[Characters/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]] | [[Characters/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]] ([[Characters/MetalGearSenatorArmstrong Senator Armstrong]]) | '''The Phantom Pain''' | [[Characters/MetalGearAcid Acid]] | [[Characters/MetalGearGhostBabel Ghost Babel]] | [[Characters/SnakesRevenge Snake's Revenge]]-]]]

** "Ahab" also qualifies, as he pursues revenge to a self-destructive degree. Being named by the original Big Boss/Ishmael hints that he was intended to do just that.

* CloningBlues: Averted. His hyponotherapy is effective enough that, even after learning that he isn't the "real" Big Boss, he takes it in stride and prepares for the next mission.

* BandOfBrothers: In ''Peacewalker'' they will readily rush to a mortally wounded comrade's side to [[CombatMedic patch them up]], as well as shoot down Fulton balloons carrying off captured teammates. [[spoiler: In the secret / cut Mission 51 from ''MGSV'', a XOF soldier can be seen carrying a wounded comrade to safety after being wounded during the attempt to retrieve Sahelanthropus.]]

** BadassNormal EliteMooks who are MalevolentMaskedMen and [[SociopathicSoldier sociopathic soldiers]] wearing all-black in a world where there are more powerful, supernatural/paranormal enemies? Sounds a lot like the [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Ops]] as well.
** In a more local and literal sense, the "shadow team to Snake's former unit" role makes them to FOX what [[VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel Black Chamber]] will be to FOXHOUND, highlighting similarities between Black Arts Viper and Skull Face as EvilCounterpart versions of their respective Snakes.
** Additionally, their voice lines are the exact same for the PF soldiers you fight in FOB mode and "Retake the Platform".

* SociopathicSoldier: The prologue of ''Phantom Pain'' pretty much confirms this. During the hospital massacre, when you're fortunate enough to see them murdering the staff firsthand, they ''intentionally shoot innocent civilians in non-vital areas and make them writhe in pain for several agonizing seconds'' before finally capping them in the head. And there's no obvious tactical advantage to this, so it's apparent they do it ForTheEvulz.[[note]] It could also potentially be a way to lure the injured Big Boss out of hiding by preying on his morality, but that still doesn't justify their atrocities in the slightest. [[/note]] They also brutally beat and raped Paz and Chico to near death.
** However, in the cut ending, episode 51, they can be seen to actually care for each other, [[spoiler:one can be seen carrying his comrade out of danger from the Sahelanthropus piloted by Eli]]

* YoureInsane: [[spoiler:When Huey stands trial to be judged, he unjustifiably accuses them of being this by word, and ''"seeing phantoms"'' citing that (in his eyes) they are alone; hence they "suspect their own" saying that they cling on to ''"dogs, wolves, and even Big Boss"'' to forget all their pain and sins. This doesn't work since the Diamond Dogs have a very good reason to treat Huey with disdain and anger. The man after all did screw over MSF just to get a position within Cipher, and him accusing them of being ''Psychopaths'' only ensured Miller that Huey is '''indeed''' isn't one of them.]]
-->'''Huey:''' [[spoiler: You're nothing but a bunch of psychopaths!]]
-->'''Miller:''' [[spoiler: "You're?" So you're not with us?]]
-->'''Huey:''' [[spoiler: [[OhCrap No! I didn't--]]]]

* LogicalWeakness: Being a ManOnFire, he's vulnerable to water. In the cassette tape "The Man on Fire's Weakness," Ocelot, despite expressing surprise at how simple it is to ward him off, [[LampshadeHanging nonetheless acknowledges that it makes sense]].
* ManOnFire: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin You bet]]. And he sets fire to everything else around him.

* EliteMook: By far the most dangerously competent powerless mooks in all of ''Metal Gear''. Justified as they were once FOX's counterpart.