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* TookALevelInBadass: Taken UpToEleven. While the original brain was very slow and had no ranged attacks, making them pretty much sitting ducks, the Beta Class brain has both EyeBeams and, even worse, a CombatTentacles attack with a ''very'' long reach (about 30 feet or so) which also pulls you towards the brain and drains your health, meaning if you get into range [[InstantDeathRadius it's pretty much lights out.]]]] Furthermore, the Beta Brains ''doesn't'' have its own skin.
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-> ''"They shoot a wide variety of weaponry, and they're deadly wherever you find them. If you can see one of these, dance!"''
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-> ''"They shoot a wide variety of weaponry, and they're deadly wherever you find them. If you can see one of these, dance!"''
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-> ''"This is a more powerful version of the Icarus. He shoots an upgraded Blaster from his shoulder-mounted lasers. He utilizes the Power Screen to blunt the force of your attacks."''
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-> ''"If re-animating dead comrades and creating new enemies were not enough, this guy also fires an upgraded Blaster. Keep your eyes peeled for the S.O.B. He's itching to kick your butt!"''
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* {{Expy}}: They fulfill the standard (by now) role of the weakest enemy in an Id game being a slow, fragile, gun-toting zombie, like the Zombiemen in ''{{VideoGame/Doom}} and the Grunts in ''VideoGame/QuakeI''.
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* SilentProtagonist: Bitterman actually has quite a lot to say in the intro cinematic, but is completely silent for the rest of the game.
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* SilentProtagonist: Bitterman actually has They speak quite a lot to say in the their intro cinematic, cinematics (and in Joker and Stepchild cases' also their ending cinematics), but is are completely silent for during the rest of the game.games themselves.
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* NamesTheSame: The first ''Quake'' also had an enemy called the Enforcer; outside of their both being the second-weakest enemy in their particular game (after ''I'''s Grunts and ''II'''s Guards), they don't have much in common.
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* NamesTheSame: The first ''Quake'' also had an enemy called the Enforcer; outside of their both being the second-weakest enemy in their particular game (after ''I'''s Grunts and ''II'''s Guards), game, they don't have much in common.
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* {{Expy}}: They fulfill the standard (by now) role of the weakest enemy in an Id game being a slow, fragile, gun-toting zombie, like the Zombiemen in ''{{VideoGame/Doom}} and the Grunts in ''VideoGame/QuakeI''.
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* {{Expy}}: They're the game's only aquatic enemy, they have only a weak bite attack, and they are easily dealt with on their own but frequently appear in groups, just like the Rotfish of the first ''Quake''.
* MixAndMatchCritters: On Earth, a barracuda and a shark are two different animals.
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* MascotMook: The console versions of the game used an image of a Tank for their cover art.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: At the very beginning of "Outer Base", a Shotgun Guard runs in order to attack the player.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: At EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the main game: at the very beginning of "Outer Base", a Shotgun Guard runs in order to attack theplayer.player.
** In ''The Reckoning'': when the player faces their first Gekk, two duos of Guards (Light and Shotgun) spawn behind each laser fence in "The Swamps".
** In ''Ground Zero'': either the player takes a detour to the elevator to the next unit and finds them, or they follow the intended path and the Guards scramble to take strategic positions to take them down.
** In the main game: at the very beginning of "Outer Base", a Shotgun Guard runs in order to attack the
** In ''The Reckoning'': when the player faces their first Gekk, two duos of Guards (Light and Shotgun) spawn behind each laser fence in "The Swamps".
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** If the player went to "Lost Station" in the main game, either ''four'' of them appear in the big water pool that follows the tram, or one in the water pool at the end of the tram stop before returning to the first area.
** If the player didn't, two are found in the flooded room of "Ammo Depot".
** In ''The Reckoning'', they're first found in the water tanks of "The Warehouse".
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** If the player went to "Lost Station" in the main game, either ''four'' of them appear in the big water pool that follows the tram, or one in the water pool at the end of the tram stop before returning to the first area.
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** In the demo, one of them comes running from the outer area in "Comm Center", after the slime pool area.
** In the full game, two of them await the player after the first retractable bridge in "Ammo Depot".
** In ''The Reckoning'', they're hidden in a passage when going to the third outer area (near the explosive barrels and a secret) of "Outer Compound", or they await the player when ''en route'' to the laser wall room.
** In ''Ground Zero'', there's one near the Super Shotgun and the entrance to "Eastern Warehouse" in "Lower Mines" which can be fought when the player only has a Shotgun.
** In the demo, one of them comes running from the outer area in "Comm Center", after the slime pool area.
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** In ''The Reckoning'', they appear at the beginning of "Sewers", attacking from the upper level balcony in the first room.
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The most regular enemies in the game. The main game has Blaster (Light), Shotgun and Machinegun varieties. In addition, ''The Reckoning'' introduces Hyperblaster and Laser variants.
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-> '''[Ripper Guard]:''' ''"His arm-mounted weapon has been modified to accommodate a body-shredding Ion Ripper."''
-> '''[Hyperblaster Guard]:''' ''"These troops have a modified version of the Hyper Blaster as a deadly prosthetic."''
-> '''[Laser Guard]:''' ''"Advancing Strogg technology has given these guards the ability to mount a high-powered laser on their arm."''
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The most regular enemies in the game. The main game has Blaster (Light), Shotgun and Machinegun varieties. In addition, ''The Reckoning'' introducesHyperblaster Hyperblaster, Ripper and Laser variants.
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* UnusableEnemyEquipment: While all of the other Guards' weapons can be used in the game, the Laser Guard is the only one that lacks an equivalent.
-> ''"A lightning-fast amphibious creature that lives and hunts in the planet’s proto-swamps. Commonly found in packs, these creatures will hunt you down, leaping from the shadows to claw or bite."''
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-> ''"Better left alone, these hard-working robots can usually be found repairing doors, lights, and other types of equipment. Keep you eye on these guys – though innocent looking they also have the ability to awaken dead Strogg from eternal sleep."''
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-> ''"When revealed, his tentacles will pull you within range of his slashing hooked arms. When out of tentacle range, lasers from his eyes will cut his prey in half."''
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-> ''"Her arm-mounted rocket launcher has been modified with heat-seeking rockets that track their targets."''
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-> ''"This mutant's shoulder-mounted weapon has been modified to fire Phalanx Particle Cannon rounds. He has also been fitted with protective energy armor."''
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-> ''"The ultimate combination of man and machine has been enhanced with powerful energy armor."''
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A giant tank which guards key areas of Stroggos. Like its regular namesake, it contains a Rocket Launcher, but unlike it, it eschews the Machinegun and Blaster for a more damaging Chaingun. Fought at the "Grid Control" and "Power Plant" levels.
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The FinalBoss itself. Starts the fight in its gigantic Jorg suit, which gives it double Chainguns and a BFG attack. Once the suit is done, it fights as its regular self, which retains the BFG attack but replaces the dual Chainguns with a head-mounted Railgun and a barrage of Blaster beams. Fought in the "Final Showdown" level.
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The FinalBoss itself. Starts the fight in its gigantic Jorg suit, which gives it double Chainguns and a BFG attack. Once the suit is done, it fights as its regular self, which retains the BFG attack but replaces the dual Chainguns with a head-mounted Railgun and a barrage of Blaster beams. Fought in the "Final Showdown" level.
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* BossInMookClithing: Sport 750 and 1000 HP respectively, each of their rockets deal 50 HP, each of their blaster bolts deal 30 HP and even their Machinegun shots deal 20 HP (so a lot of cover is required, woe to you if you're forced to fight one of these in a corridor without any cover), have a movepool on par with the Makron itself, and can be found ''everywhere'' (Tanks are scattered across the different units, while Tank Commanders are ''everywhere'' in the City unit).
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* BossInMookClithing: BossInMookClothing: Sport 750 and 1000 HP respectively, each of their rockets deal 50 HP, each of their blaster bolts deal 30 HP and even their Machinegun shots deal 20 HP (so a lot of cover is required, woe to you if you're forced to fight one of these in a corridor without any cover), have a movepool on par with the Makron itself, and can be found ''everywhere'' (Tanks are scattered across the different units, while Tank Commanders are ''everywhere'' in the City unit).
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-> '''[Light Guard]:''' ''"Weakest of the three processed humans, armed solely with a simple blaster."''
-> '''[Shotgun Guard]:''' ''"These loyal troops have an automatic scatter gun prosthetic."''
-> '''[Machinegun Guard]:''' ''"Bigger, meaner, and deadlier than above…with a machine-gun for a right arm."''
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-> '''[Shotgun Guard]:''' ''"These loyal troops have an automatic scatter gun prosthetic."''
-> '''[Machinegun Guard]:''' ''"Bigger, meaner, and deadlier than above…with a machine-gun for a right arm."''
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-> ''"The only creatures indigenous to water on Stroggos. Their blade-like teeth and spiked tail are capable of disemboweling you."''
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-> ''"A vicious cyborg abomination with life-stealing tentacles protruding from its chest during attack."''
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-> ''"Strong, muscle-bound warrior who dishes out chain gun speed damage."''
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-> ''"A small two-winged monster, comprised of a controlling brain and a cyborg body that allows it to levitate."''
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-> ''"With two massively mechanized legs and one shoulder-mounted railgun, the Gladiator is the daddy of all the adapted humanoids."''
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-> ''"The fighting elite for the Strogg, outfitted with a powerful machine gun and an automatic grenade launcher."''
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-> ''"Relies on a huge jet packed attached to its back, with laser blasters mounted into his shoulders."''
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-> ''"Equally as powerful as the Gunner, this femme fatale has both an arm-mounted rocket launcher and flesh tearing claws."''
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-> ''"As the name suggests, this threatening organism has the ability to awaken dead Strogg from eternal sleep."''
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-> ''"The Strogg refineries have spewed toxins into the ecosystem for untold decades causing this once docile creature to mutate into a fierce, fast, flesh tearing beast."''
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-> ''"Four-legged beast with a probe on its back. Once fired, it attaches itself and literally sucks the life from you."''
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-> '''[Tank]:''' ''"Tanks have three weapons they use at random: an arm-mounted machine gun, an arm-mounted laser blaster, and a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher."''
-> '''[Tank Commander]:''' ''"These Tanks are a special class, designed to secure the Inner City from infiltrators."''
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-> ''"An almost completely robotic brute, controlled by a brain that floats around inside it’s metal body in a red preserving fluid. This creature moves about by hovering on four jets that sit under its body and is equipped with three weapons: a shocking prod, a flesh-ripping claw, and a laser blaster. Use energy armor if you’ve got any."''
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A mostly inoffensive, robotic, floating creature whose main role is the maintenance of the Strogg systems. Beware, though, if it detects dead (not gibbed) Strogg, it can resurrect them.
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* TheMedic: Can bring fallen Strogg BackFromTheDead.
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* UndergroundMonkey: They fire Mag Slugs instead of regular Slugs, have a PowerScreen Shield and extra health.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Two of them await the player after a pipe ladder while the player tries to find a way into the Processing Plant in the "Receiving Center" level.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: A bunch of them are awaiting the player at the end of the "Outer Base" level, hidden behind walls.
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** For Tanks, they're found near the end of "The Warehouse", guarding a computer.
** For Tank Commanders, the first one is located after the entrance to the Strogg Palace in the "Outer Courts" level.
** For Tanks, they're found near the end of "The Warehouse", guarding a computer.
** For Tank Commanders, the first one is located after the entrance to the Strogg Palace in the "Outer Courts" level.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Their first appearance takes place in the "Ammo Depot" level, where they appear from behind some boxes after the player opens an entrance.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first Super Tank is located in the "Grid Control" level. After the player beats the two Tanks surrounding the square-shaped walls, an earthquake is triggered and the four walls (sans their corners) explode, revealing the aforementioned Tank.
* FlunkyBoss: In the higher levels, the one guarding the Grid Control is surrounded by a bunch of Berserkers.
* FlunkyBoss: In the higher levels, the one guarding the Grid Control is surrounded by a bunch of Berserkers.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After arriving in the "Big Gun" area, the player must traverse atop of a balcony. This triggers a floor explosion and a Hornet comes from the ground.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first one is found at the end of the first corridor in the "The Swamps" level.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first one is found after the player enters into the "Inner Compound" level, where it appears from a door and tries to use their Hookshot to attract the player to them.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first Stalker is found at the beginning of the "Eastern Warehouse" level, lurking at the first elevator.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first Turret is found guarding the door to the backyard leading to the "The Warehouse" level.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first one is found at the beginning of the "Lower Hangars" level, after the player passes through the water current.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After the player manages to complete almost all of the objectives of the area and return to the Lower Hangars level, they arrive in a huge hangar with no pillars, sans for a pair of side curved ramps. Then there's an explosion in the ceiling and the Carrier appears.
* FlunkyBoss: Attacks alongside the Flyers it summons.
* MookMaker: Can summon Flyers at will. These Flyers come in two varieties: regular Flyers and homing kamikaze ones.
* FlunkyBoss: Attacks alongside the Flyers it summons.
* MookMaker: Can summon Flyers at will. These Flyers come in two varieties: regular Flyers and homing kamikaze ones.
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** If yes, the first time would be three of these guarding the small island with the spiral path at the end of the level.
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** The left side to the entrance leads to the Guard House, which is where the Pyramid Key is found. Returning from this area and going straight onto the Pyramid itself will reveal one on the elevator leading to the final chamber of the level.
** The right side leads to the Torture Chambers, which is where the Security Pass is found. After triggering the bridge, two of them appear from above.
** The left side to the entrance leads to the Guard House, which is where the Pyramid Key is found. Returning from this area and going straight onto the Pyramid itself will reveal one on the elevator leading to the final chamber of the level.
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* DualWielding: Each of its wings has a laser blaster.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The PlayerCharacter (Bitterman/Stepchild/Joker)]]
The three different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'', ''The Reckoning'' and ''Ground Zero''.
Bitterman, one of the few survivors of Operation: Counterstrike, was part of the TCM fleet that launched an attack on Stroggos in order to locate and disable key structures as well as the Makron.
After Bitterman's success, the TCM launched a new strike on Stroggos with the intent of locating the Moon Reactor and shutting it down. The task was given to a fleet of which Joker was one of the few survivors.
The final strike on Stroggos was given to a fleet which had Stepchild as its only survivor, as the rest of the fleet were gunned down by Strogg aerial forces.
For the ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' incarnation, check [[Characters/QuakeIIIArena here]].
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* CanonName: If the EasterEgg at the beginning of the game wasn't clear enough, ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' gave the main game's PlayerCharacter the nickname Bitterman.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: All of them can take a lot of appearances, usually related to the game's multiplayer skins, including female and cyborg.
* HeroicMime: In-game, at least, Bitterman never speaks, and he's the PlayerCharacter.
* SilentProtagonist: Bitterman actually has quite a lot to say in the intro cinematic, but is completely silent for the rest of the game.
* {{Tuckerization}}: [[https://twitter.com/romero/status/958765841478311936 According to John Romero]], the name of the protagonist, Bitterman, comes from the real nickname of id Software employee Kevin Cloud.
[[/folder]]
! The Strogg
[[folder:In general]]
* AdaptedOut: The ''Ground Zero'' and ''The Reckoning'' enemies were left out of the PSX and [=N64=] versions.
* AliensAreBastards: Not only did they start an unprovoked war that killed millions, they subject any prisoners of war they get to horrific tortures, use them for inhumane experiments, and [[DeadlyEuphemism "process"]] them to make Strogg parts.
* AnatomyArsenal: Many of them had their limbs replaced with assorted weaponry. {{Arm Cannon}}s seem to be the most common, especially among [[WasOnceAMan former human]] Stroggs.
* ArtificialLimbs: The Strogg fit this trope to varying extremes. Some of them possess [[AnatomyArsenal weaponry in place of limbs]], others just have mechanical body parts to replace the organic ones. The most extreme case would probably be [[spoiler:the Makron]] - the only organic part of him left is his ''brain'', and it's not even in his head.
* ArtificialStupidity: Counting only vanilla ''Quake'' up to Id's 3.21. There are source ports which fix these behaviours such as kmquake, with the obvious consequence of making the game harder than it already is.
** AI enemies run towards walls while finding a way to find you. This especially happens if you're used to cover behind a wall or object while they're shooting you, and it's especially grating with the Berserkers.
** Enemies running towards laser grids ignoring they exist at all.
** Enemies not being able to aim, the most jarring example being the Gunner and its grenades.
** There's an odd bug where sometimes some enemies (gladiators being one) that don't have line of sight to you but have body parts sticking out where you can shoot them wont react when shot as long as you stay out of their line of sight and will just stand there getting shot until you kill them (the game has no SubsystemDamage so it doesn't matter what body part you shoot.)
* EnemyCivilWar: Airborne mooks shot by other airborne mooks will attack each other. Ditto for ground-based mooks. The only exceptions are that ground-based {{mooks}} will detect that you made them to fight if they're attacked by air-based mooks and viceversa, and that mooks can't kill bosses.
* HiveMind: They seem to use this to some degree, although the backstory is a bit inconsistent as to how much. There're mentions of rival warlords and in-fighting, which seems to suggest that at least the higher-ranking Stroggs have some degree of individuality/autonomy.
* ImplacableMan: In the [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]] difficulty, monsters don't flinch when hit.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extremely warlike, eegard all other life as worthless inferiors, throw lots of people into {{Hellhole Prison}}s, do horrible MadScientist experiments on captives... Even the Strogg flag looks very like the Nazi flag, just with a winged skull where the swastika should be.
* ScaryDogmaticAliens: They are the "Nazi" variety, as they are extremely warlike and regard all non Strogg lifeforms as worthless inferiors fit only to be killed for Strogg parts or used in experiments.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The entire race is composed of humans subjected to UnwillingRoboticization.
* ZombieApocalypse: They are even [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg zombies]].
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[[folder:Weapon Soldiers]]
The most regular enemies in the game. The main game has Blaster (Light), Shotgun and Machinegun varieties. In addition, ''The Reckoning'' introduces Hyperblaster and Laser variants.
* AdaptedOut: The Hyperblaster and Laser guards are absent from the PSX and [=N64=] versions.
* TheGoomba: They are armed only with blasters and have all of 20 hp, meaning even 2 shots from the blaster is enough to kill them.
* HellIsThatNoise: Their breathing sound, indicating their presence.
* UndergroundMonkey: All of them share the same models, with the only relevant changes being the weapon they carry, their skin and their amount of health:
** Light Guards have HP and fire Blaster beams.
** Shotgun Guards have HP and fire Shotgun shots.
** Machinegun Guards have HP and fire Machinegun barrages.
** ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Hyperblaster Guards have HP and fire Hyperblaster streams.
** ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Laser Guards have HP and fire continuous Laser beams.
* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Laser Guards' laser is {{hitscan}} rather than an EnergyWeapon, which is a lot more realistic: a real laser would travel at the speed of light and appear to hit someone instantly unless they were thousands of miles away or more.
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!! Introduced in the main game
[[folder:Barracuda Shark]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX and N64 versions.
* EverythingsWorseWithSharks: If you find a wide pool, chances are it's infested with these creatures.
* SequelNonEntity: They're absent from the entirety of ''Ground Zero''.
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[[folder:Berserker]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brains]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX and N64 versions.
* TheGoomba: Likely an unintentional example. They can take a fair amount of punishment, but due to being extremely slow and having no ranged attacks they are pretty much sitting ducks. They have a power screen which increases their life expectancy somewhat, however it only protects them from frontal attacks, meaning you can just circlestrafe to get behind them or use grenades.
* SequelNonEntity: They're replaced with the more efficient and threatening Beta Class Brains in ''The Reckoning'' and are absolutely absent in ''Ground Zero''.
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[[folder:Enforcer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flyer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gladiator]]
* GiantMook: [[MightyGlacier The sturdiest and slowest enemies outside of bosses, matching with their size]], next to the Tanks.
* PrepareToDie: [[InvokedTrope Said verbatim by them]].
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[[folder:Gunner]]
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[[folder:Icarus]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Iron Maiden]]
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: They have much more human-like faces in ''Quake II RTX'', having normal lips instead of the original's lipless teeth-filled mouth, and lacking the original's ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''-esque alien brow ridge.
* OrgasmicCombat: They do a lot of moaning and deep breathing.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Iron Maiden is the only female enemy in the entire game. This remains true for both expansion packs as well.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Medic]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out from the [=N64=] version.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mutant]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX version.
* DeadlyLunge: They leap towards their enemies (be it the player or [[EnemyCivilWar another mook which took a shot to it]]) should they be in a long distance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Parasite]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX version.
* HellIsThatNoise: Their screeching and skittering noises, as they are always a pain in the ass.
* VampiricDraining: They attack you with a really long tongue like appendage which is implied to suck your blood (It's also {{Hitscan}} and automatically hits you if they have line of sight). Unlike most examples, doing this doesn't heal the parasite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tank and Tank Commander]]
* AdaptedOut: They were left out of the PSX version.
* FakeUltimateMook: They look like they could be a threat to the player due to being a WalkingArmory, but they're so slow and their attacks are so painfully telegraphed that it's easy to take them out unscathed.
* GiantMook: [[MightyGlacier The sturdiest and slowest enemies outside of bosses, matching with their size]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Their whump-whump-whump stomping.
* TurnsRed: The enhanced Tank Commanders you face at the end of the "Command Core" level in the N64 version turn red after they took some beating. This means that they're close to defeat and will attack even more aggressively than before.
* UndergroundMonkey: Tank Commanders have extra health and deal extra damage than their regular counterparts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Technician]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out from the [=N64=] version.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Super Tank]]
* HellIsThatNoise: The actual tank treads.
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hornet]]
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spoiler character''']]
!! The Makron
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* DecapitatedArmy: According to the manual, by killing him, the Strogg Warlords start to battle each other for the supremacy, leaving the Stroggos not only without a leader, but in a very bad situation.
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: Jorg form only, after its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits, leaving the player facing the real Makron on its own.
* SequentialBoss: First fought in its Jorg battle suit, then battled standalone. Both forms have 3000 HP.
** In the Jorg suit, it has a dual Chaingun barrage and a BFG blast.
** As the Makron, he retains the BFG blast, but adds a barrage of painful beams in a circle and a Railgun blast.
[[/folder]]
!! Introduced in ''The Reckoning''
[[folder:Gekk]]
* DeadlyLunge: They leap towards their enemies (be it the player or [[EnemyCivilWar another mook which took a shot to it]]) should they be in a long distance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beta Class Brains]]
* EyeBeams: They shoot lasers from their eyes.
* TookALevelInBadass: Taken UpToEleven. While the original brain was very slow and had no ranged attacks, making them pretty much sitting ducks, the Beta Class brain has both EyeBeams and, even worse, a CombatTentacles attack with a ''very'' long reach (about 30 feet or so) which also pulls you towards the brain and drains your health, meaning if you get into range [[InstantDeathRadius it's pretty much lights out.]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Differentiate themselves from the regular Brains' with the inclusion of hookshot tentacles which attract their foes to them and laser eyes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beta Class Gladiator]]
* UndergroundMonkey: They fire Mag Slugs instead of regular Slugs, have a Power Screen and extra health.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beta Class Iron Maiden]]
* UndergroundMonkey: They fire homing missiles, unlike the regular Maidens' straight missiles.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beta Class Super Tank]]
* DamageSpongeBoss: It's basically the same as the normal supertank but with more hp (about 2500) meaning you just have to strafe and shoot for a while (using a QuadDamage or Dualfire Damage powerup will definitely help).
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
* WeCanRebuildHim: They got quite the upgrade: they carry a Power Shield and their weapons hit harder than the original game. There's also 3 of them unlike the original game's 2.
[[/folder]]
!! Introduced in ''Ground Zero''
[[folder:Stalker]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Turrets]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Daedalus]]
* UndergroundMonkey: An Icarus with Power Screen and extra health.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Medic Commander]]
* EnemySummoner: Can recall several {{mook}}s into the battlefield.
* UndergroundMonkey: A Medic which can heal and recall foes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carrier]]
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
* MookMaker: Can summon Flyers at will.
* WeCanRebuildHim: An improved version of the Hornet in every sense of the word: in addition to the Machinegun and 4-Rocket launch attacks, it got a Railgun, a Grenade Launcher, and [[MookMaker the ability to summon Flyers]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spoiler character''']]
!! Black Widow Guard
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* ContractualBossImmunity: In Hard and [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]] difficulties will mimick any powerup the player uses against her. Thus, if you use Double Damage, she will also use it and double the damage of her attacks (same with Quad Damage, beware of those 4x attacks). And if you use Invulnerability, she also becomes invulnerable.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Combining both forms, sitting at 4.000 health points just in the Easy mode, and at a whopping 13.500 in [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]], it's ''the'' strongest foe in all of ''Quake II'' combined.
* GiantSpider: It's a Strogg-spider hybrid, and the biggest foe of the game [[spoiler:in her second form]].
* MookMaker: Can summon Stalkers at will.
* SequentialBoss: Like the Makron, it has two forms: a humanoid one, and the GiantSpider. Both have different arsenals[[note]]Humanoid has a Railgun and a Hyperblaster, plus a kick to repel the player at close range; GiantSpider has a Plasma Beam and a Disruptor, plus a hookshot to catch the player at medium range[[/note]] but otherwise share the [[MookMaker Stalker summon]] and powerup mimicry in Hard and [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]].
[[/folder]]
!! Introduced in the console versions
[[folder:Arachnid]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Guardian]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:The PlayerCharacter (Bitterman/Stepchild/Joker)]]
The three different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'', ''The Reckoning'' and ''Ground Zero''.
Bitterman, one of the few survivors of Operation: Counterstrike, was part of the TCM fleet that launched an attack on Stroggos in order to locate and disable key structures as well as the Makron.
After Bitterman's success, the TCM launched a new strike on Stroggos with the intent of locating the Moon Reactor and shutting it down. The task was given to a fleet of which Joker was one of the few survivors.
The final strike on Stroggos was given to a fleet which had Stepchild as its only survivor, as the rest of the fleet were gunned down by Strogg aerial forces.
For the ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' incarnation, check [[Characters/QuakeIIIArena here]].
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* CanonName: If the EasterEgg at the beginning of the game wasn't clear enough, ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' gave the main game's PlayerCharacter the nickname Bitterman.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: All of them can take a lot of appearances, usually related to the game's multiplayer skins, including female and cyborg.
* HeroicMime: In-game, at least, Bitterman never speaks, and he's the PlayerCharacter.
* SilentProtagonist: Bitterman actually has quite a lot to say in the intro cinematic, but is completely silent for the rest of the game.
* {{Tuckerization}}: [[https://twitter.com/romero/status/958765841478311936 According to John Romero]], the name of the protagonist, Bitterman, comes from the real nickname of id Software employee Kevin Cloud.
[[/folder]]
! The Strogg
[[folder:In general]]
* AdaptedOut: The ''Ground Zero'' and ''The Reckoning'' enemies were left out of the PSX and [=N64=] versions.
* AliensAreBastards: Not only did they start an unprovoked war that killed millions, they subject any prisoners of war they get to horrific tortures, use them for inhumane experiments, and [[DeadlyEuphemism "process"]] them to make Strogg parts.
* AnatomyArsenal: Many of them had their limbs replaced with assorted weaponry. {{Arm Cannon}}s seem to be the most common, especially among [[WasOnceAMan former human]] Stroggs.
* ArtificialLimbs: The Strogg fit this trope to varying extremes. Some of them possess [[AnatomyArsenal weaponry in place of limbs]], others just have mechanical body parts to replace the organic ones. The most extreme case would probably be [[spoiler:the Makron]] - the only organic part of him left is his ''brain'', and it's not even in his head.
* ArtificialStupidity: Counting only vanilla ''Quake'' up to Id's 3.21. There are source ports which fix these behaviours such as kmquake, with the obvious consequence of making the game harder than it already is.
** AI enemies run towards walls while finding a way to find you. This especially happens if you're used to cover behind a wall or object while they're shooting you, and it's especially grating with the Berserkers.
** Enemies running towards laser grids ignoring they exist at all.
** Enemies not being able to aim, the most jarring example being the Gunner and its grenades.
** There's an odd bug where sometimes some enemies (gladiators being one) that don't have line of sight to you but have body parts sticking out where you can shoot them wont react when shot as long as you stay out of their line of sight and will just stand there getting shot until you kill them (the game has no SubsystemDamage so it doesn't matter what body part you shoot.)
* EnemyCivilWar: Airborne mooks shot by other airborne mooks will attack each other. Ditto for ground-based mooks. The only exceptions are that ground-based {{mooks}} will detect that you made them to fight if they're attacked by air-based mooks and viceversa, and that mooks can't kill bosses.
* HiveMind: They seem to use this to some degree, although the backstory is a bit inconsistent as to how much. There're mentions of rival warlords and in-fighting, which seems to suggest that at least the higher-ranking Stroggs have some degree of individuality/autonomy.
* ImplacableMan: In the [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]] difficulty, monsters don't flinch when hit.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extremely warlike, eegard all other life as worthless inferiors, throw lots of people into {{Hellhole Prison}}s, do horrible MadScientist experiments on captives... Even the Strogg flag looks very like the Nazi flag, just with a winged skull where the swastika should be.
* ScaryDogmaticAliens: They are the "Nazi" variety, as they are extremely warlike and regard all non Strogg lifeforms as worthless inferiors fit only to be killed for Strogg parts or used in experiments.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The entire race is composed of humans subjected to UnwillingRoboticization.
* ZombieApocalypse: They are even [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg zombies]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Weapon Soldiers]]
The most regular enemies in the game. The main game has Blaster (Light), Shotgun and Machinegun varieties. In addition, ''The Reckoning'' introduces Hyperblaster and Laser variants.
* AdaptedOut: The Hyperblaster and Laser guards are absent from the PSX and [=N64=] versions.
* TheGoomba: They are armed only with blasters and have all of 20 hp, meaning even 2 shots from the blaster is enough to kill them.
* HellIsThatNoise: Their breathing sound, indicating their presence.
* UndergroundMonkey: All of them share the same models, with the only relevant changes being the weapon they carry, their skin and their amount of health:
** Light Guards have HP and fire Blaster beams.
** Shotgun Guards have HP and fire Shotgun shots.
** Machinegun Guards have HP and fire Machinegun barrages.
** ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Hyperblaster Guards have HP and fire Hyperblaster streams.
** ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Laser Guards have HP and fire continuous Laser beams.
* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: ''The Reckoning''[='=]s Laser Guards' laser is {{hitscan}} rather than an EnergyWeapon, which is a lot more realistic: a real laser would travel at the speed of light and appear to hit someone instantly unless they were thousands of miles away or more.
[[/folder]]
!! Introduced in the main game
[[folder:Barracuda Shark]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX and N64 versions.
* EverythingsWorseWithSharks: If you find a wide pool, chances are it's infested with these creatures.
* SequelNonEntity: They're absent from the entirety of ''Ground Zero''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Berserker]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brains]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX and N64 versions.
* TheGoomba: Likely an unintentional example. They can take a fair amount of punishment, but due to being extremely slow and having no ranged attacks they are pretty much sitting ducks. They have a power screen which increases their life expectancy somewhat, however it only protects them from frontal attacks, meaning you can just circlestrafe to get behind them or use grenades.
* SequelNonEntity: They're replaced with the more efficient and threatening Beta Class Brains in ''The Reckoning'' and are absolutely absent in ''Ground Zero''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Enforcer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flyer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gladiator]]
* GiantMook: [[MightyGlacier The sturdiest and slowest enemies outside of bosses, matching with their size]], next to the Tanks.
* PrepareToDie: [[InvokedTrope Said verbatim by them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gunner]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Icarus]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Iron Maiden]]
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: They have much more human-like faces in ''Quake II RTX'', having normal lips instead of the original's lipless teeth-filled mouth, and lacking the original's ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''-esque alien brow ridge.
* OrgasmicCombat: They do a lot of moaning and deep breathing.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Iron Maiden is the only female enemy in the entire game. This remains true for both expansion packs as well.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Medic]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out from the [=N64=] version.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mutant]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX version.
* DeadlyLunge: They leap towards their enemies (be it the player or [[EnemyCivilWar another mook which took a shot to it]]) should they be in a long distance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Parasite]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX version.
* HellIsThatNoise: Their screeching and skittering noises, as they are always a pain in the ass.
* VampiricDraining: They attack you with a really long tongue like appendage which is implied to suck your blood (It's also {{Hitscan}} and automatically hits you if they have line of sight). Unlike most examples, doing this doesn't heal the parasite.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tank and Tank Commander]]
* AdaptedOut: They were left out of the PSX version.
* FakeUltimateMook: They look like they could be a threat to the player due to being a WalkingArmory, but they're so slow and their attacks are so painfully telegraphed that it's easy to take them out unscathed.
* GiantMook: [[MightyGlacier The sturdiest and slowest enemies outside of bosses, matching with their size]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Their whump-whump-whump stomping.
* TurnsRed: The enhanced Tank Commanders you face at the end of the "Command Core" level in the N64 version turn red after they took some beating. This means that they're close to defeat and will attack even more aggressively than before.
* UndergroundMonkey: Tank Commanders have extra health and deal extra damage than their regular counterparts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Technician]]
* AdaptedOut: Was left out from the [=N64=] version.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Super Tank]]
* HellIsThatNoise: The actual tank treads.
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hornet]]
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''Spoiler character''']]
!! The Makron
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* DecapitatedArmy: According to the manual, by killing him, the Strogg Warlords start to battle each other for the supremacy, leaving the Stroggos not only without a leader, but in a very bad situation.
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: Jorg form only, after its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits, leaving the player facing the real Makron on its own.
* SequentialBoss: First fought in its Jorg battle suit, then battled standalone. Both forms have 3000 HP.
** In the Jorg suit, it has a dual Chaingun barrage and a BFG blast.
** As the Makron, he retains the BFG blast, but adds a barrage of painful beams in a circle and a Railgun blast.
[[/folder]]
!! Introduced in ''The Reckoning''
[[folder:Gekk]]
* DeadlyLunge: They leap towards their enemies (be it the player or [[EnemyCivilWar another mook which took a shot to it]]) should they be in a long distance.
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[[folder:Beta Class Brains]]
* EyeBeams: They shoot lasers from their eyes.
* TookALevelInBadass: Taken UpToEleven. While the original brain was very slow and had no ranged attacks, making them pretty much sitting ducks, the Beta Class brain has both EyeBeams and, even worse, a CombatTentacles attack with a ''very'' long reach (about 30 feet or so) which also pulls you towards the brain and drains your health, meaning if you get into range [[InstantDeathRadius it's pretty much lights out.]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Differentiate themselves from the regular Brains' with the inclusion of hookshot tentacles which attract their foes to them and laser eyes.
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[[folder:Beta Class Gladiator]]
* UndergroundMonkey: They fire Mag Slugs instead of regular Slugs, have a Power Screen and extra health.
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[[folder:Beta Class Iron Maiden]]
* UndergroundMonkey: They fire homing missiles, unlike the regular Maidens' straight missiles.
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[[folder:Beta Class Super Tank]]
* DamageSpongeBoss: It's basically the same as the normal supertank but with more hp (about 2500) meaning you just have to strafe and shoot for a while (using a QuadDamage or Dualfire Damage powerup will definitely help).
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
* WeCanRebuildHim: They got quite the upgrade: they carry a Power Shield and their weapons hit harder than the original game. There's also 3 of them unlike the original game's 2.
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!! Introduced in ''Ground Zero''
[[folder:Stalker]]
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[[folder:Turrets]]
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[[folder:Daedalus]]
* UndergroundMonkey: An Icarus with Power Screen and extra health.
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[[folder:Medic Commander]]
* EnemySummoner: Can recall several {{mook}}s into the battlefield.
* UndergroundMonkey: A Medic which can heal and recall foes.
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[[folder:Carrier]]
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: After its defeat, it falls to the side, a bunch of small explosions take place, and then the bigger (and somehow non-lethal) explosion reduces it to bits.
* MookMaker: Can summon Flyers at will.
* WeCanRebuildHim: An improved version of the Hornet in every sense of the word: in addition to the Machinegun and 4-Rocket launch attacks, it got a Railgun, a Grenade Launcher, and [[MookMaker the ability to summon Flyers]].
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[[folder:'''Spoiler character''']]
!! Black Widow Guard
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* ContractualBossImmunity: In Hard and [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]] difficulties will mimick any powerup the player uses against her. Thus, if you use Double Damage, she will also use it and double the damage of her attacks (same with Quad Damage, beware of those 4x attacks). And if you use Invulnerability, she also becomes invulnerable.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Combining both forms, sitting at 4.000 health points just in the Easy mode, and at a whopping 13.500 in [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]], it's ''the'' strongest foe in all of ''Quake II'' combined.
* GiantSpider: It's a Strogg-spider hybrid, and the biggest foe of the game [[spoiler:in her second form]].
* MookMaker: Can summon Stalkers at will.
* SequentialBoss: Like the Makron, it has two forms: a humanoid one, and the GiantSpider. Both have different arsenals[[note]]Humanoid has a Railgun and a Hyperblaster, plus a kick to repel the player at close range; GiantSpider has a Plasma Beam and a Disruptor, plus a hookshot to catch the player at medium range[[/note]] but otherwise share the [[MookMaker Stalker summon]] and powerup mimicry in Hard and [[HarderThanHard Hard+/Nightmare]].
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!! Introduced in the console versions
[[folder:Arachnid]]
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[[folder:Guardian]]
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