History Characters / QuakeII

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The only organic enemy on Stroggos, it attacks launching itself at its enemy.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the main game: at the very beginning of "Outer Base", a Shotgun Guard runs in order to attack the 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 both the [=PlayStation=] and Nintendo 64 versions, the first ones are guarding the entrance to the Strogg Outpost.

** The left side of 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.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After the player enters the Power Station, two sections of the floor at both sides of the Strogg reactor explode and reveal two Maidens.

** If the player opts to do the SecretLevel prior to entering the above encounter, the first Parasite is located after the first underwater secret, on top of the entrance to the tram area.

** In ''Call of the Machine'', one appears in the level "The Death Gate" enclosed in a forcefield. The moment you drop down to the arena, the forcefield drops and a boss bar appears at the top.

* WeCanRebuildHim: They got quite the upgrade: they carry a Power Shield and their weapons hit harder than in the original game. There are also 3 of them unlike the original game's 2.

** The first Rocket Turret is found at the tail end of "Eastern Warehouse", appearing after the player eliminated the Gunner, Berserker and Gladiator of the area.

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* SpiderLimbs: A six-legged crawling threat. Appears quite often in the PSX version, not so much in ''Call of the Machine'' where only one instance is fought.

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[[caption-width-right:371:The Guardian's first form.[[labelnote:Click here to see her second form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/q2_blackwidowf2spider.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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** If you took the lower road on the same level, it appears after opening the doors to the "Detention Center", from the same place.

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[[folder:Guards]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Upper, left to right:''' Light Guard, Shotgun Guard, Machinegun Guard.\\
'''Lower, left to right:''' Hyperblaster Guard, Laser Guard, Ripper Guard]]

[[folder:Enforcer]]
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Iron Maiden is the only female enemy in the entire game. This remains true for both expansion packs as well, not counting ''Ground Zero'''s [[FinalBoss Black Widow Guardian]].

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* {{BFG}}: His head is a Railgun that works just like yours. His left arm is a literal [=BFG=].

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Upper row:''' Inactive, Blaster turret\\

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* SpiderMook: A six-legged crawling threat. Appears quite often in the PSX version, not so much in ''Call of the Machine'' where only one instance is fought.

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* EliteMook: They're basically tougher, deadlier Enforcers.

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[[folder:Repair Bot]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** 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".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** 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".

* 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 await the player at the end of the "Outer Base" level, hidden behind walls, in both the PC and [=PlayStation=] versions.
** In ''The Reckoning'', they appear at the beginning of "Sewers", attacking from the upper-level balcony in the first room.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** If the player went to "Lost Station", three of them guard the small island with the spiral path leading to the Super Shotgun chamber.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The very first Gladiator the player faces appears from a wall in the "Main Gate" level if you took the upper road.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Two are found guarding the controls of the Comm Satellite in "Comm Center" in the PC and [=PlayStation=] versions, and the death of one of them disables the red lasers.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Two, depending on which side of the Security Complex was first tackled after deactivating the yellow lasers.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very moment the player reaches the house leading to the Security Complex in "Detention Center", two hidden pillars reveal two Medics hidden on them in the area's backyard hub.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time the player faces one is on the Guard House, after going through a ramp, either on the left or forward side. On the left, a wall explodes, and the monster instantly attacks the player. On the front, there's already one running in an area the player must traverse in order to reach the eponymous house.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The first Parasite found in the PC (not counting the SecretLevel) and [=PlayStation=] versions is lurking in a dark ramp, after crossing the two initial water rooms in the "Comm Center" level. It comes straight from the darkness.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** For Tanks, they're found near the end of "The Warehouse", guarding a computer in the PC version, and guarding the entrance to the Detention Center in the [=PlayStation=] version. In the 2023 remastered version, the cargo boxes near the tank explode in order to reveal it.
** For Tank Commanders, the first one is located after the entrance to the Strogg Palace in the "Outer Courts" level.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the main game, their first appearance takes place in the "Ammo Depot" level, where they appear from behind some boxes after the player opens an entrance.
** In ''The Reckoning'', two appear from a MonsterCloset in one of the first turns in "Sewers".

* 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.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the main game, after arriving in the [[Recap/QuakeIIBigGunUnit "Big Gun"]] area, the player must traverse atop 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 player finds them across the Outer Compound, fixing broken stuff with their lasers, near the end of both paths.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first one is found after the player enters the "Inner Compound" level, where it appears from a door and tries to use its Hookshot to attract the player to them.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: They're found all across the "Strogg Freighter" level.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first Stalker is found at the "Tectonic Stabilizer" level, in the left hall.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The first Blaster Turret is found in the Ore Mover room of "Eastern Warehouse".

* AirborneMook: One of the few.
* 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.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the "Widow's Lair" level, appears in its Guard form, roaming through the level.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Two of them guard the lower level of the big molten metal pool room of the Torture Chambers.

* CompositeCharacter: There's only one Guard class in the [=PlayStation=] version, and it combines the look of the Shotgun Guard with the arsenal of the Light Guard.

* 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.

* AdaptedOut: Was left out of the PSX version.

* 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.

* AdaptedOut: They were left out of the PSX version.

The different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'' (Bitterman), ''The Reckoning'' (Joker), ''Ground Zero'' (Stepchild, also the protagonist of the PSX version), ''Quake II 64'' (Viper), and ''Call of the Machine'' (the six Marines and their commanding officer). Bitterman has his own folder below.

Near the end of the Stroggos campaign, a group of six marines were dispatched from an orbital base to various conflict zones with the goal of seeking out Strogg Data Discs and uploading the contents, all to determine the identity of the Strogg Maker, the newest leader of the Strogg forces, with their commanding officer remaining behind to monitor their progress.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Marine sent to the moon in ''Call of the Machine'' doesn't make it out alive after transmitting the data disc.]]

** The commander's reward for defeating the Masters of the Machine from the same campaign is to be [[spoiler:trapped in an infinite void]].

* LetsSplitUpGang: The marines that protagonize ''Call of the Machine'' take a mission each, with the one in the control room fighting the final boss.
* OneRiotOneRanger: Compared to the other campaigns where the player character is solo due to circumstances, the missions in ''Call of the Machine'' is deliberately handled by [[OneManArmy only one Marine]] each.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The commander that dispatches the Marines to their missions in ''Call of the Machine'' is the same one to fight the final boss.

-> ''"The only creatures indigenous to water on Stroggos. Their blade-like teeth and spiked tail are capable of disemboweling you."''

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Subverted, unlike the other Beta Classes from ''The Reckoning'', the Beta Class Brains has the same skin as its counterpart, the implication being that this isn't just a different Brains, but a Brains unit from the past having been [[TookALevelInBadass upgraded]].

* 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.

* DeflectorShields: They are equipped with Power Shields, making their even more durable against non-energy weapons.

* LastBreathBullet: Occassionally when downed they will fire off a final blast from their ETF Rifle.

** Averted for the Marine sent to [[spoiler:the Darkest Depths, but he [[FateWorseThanDeath probably wishes he did]]]].

* AdaptedOut: In ''Ground Zero'' there's only the regular Iron Maiden.

* DamageSpongeBoss: In the 2023 remaster the Jorg has a massive amount of health, as the devs expect you to kill it with Quad Damage. It is killable without Quad Damage, but you'd need several dozen rockets or railgun slugs to do the job.

* DegradedBoss: Previously the FinalBoss of the main game and ''The Reconing'', turns into this in ''Call of the Machine'', where he's fought in the lesser form ''twice'', and two even lesser versions are fought after one of these encounters.
* DualBoss: At the end of ''Operation: Corpse Run'' in ''Call of the Machine'', you face the second form (and ''only'' the second form), and ''then'' two lesser copies of it.

* RecurringBoss: Appears at the end of the main game, [[Recap/QuakeIITheReckoningMoonUnit at the end]] of ''The Reckoning'' in both of his forms, at the end of ''[[Recap/QuakeIICallOfTheMachineOperationCorpseRun Operation: Corpse Run]]'' in his second lesser form (with two even lesser forms following afterwards as the "Sons of Makron") and at the end of ''[[Recap/QuakeIICallOfTheMachineOperationFirewall Operation: Firewall]]'' as the "System Administrator".
* 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.

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.

* 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 an attack suite 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).

* RecurringBoss: Fought in "Grid Control" and a second one at the beginning of "Power Plant". In ''The Reckoning'', it's upgraded to Beta Class.
* SkippableBoss: The second Super Tank you encounter is guarding a red keycard. You can run past it to grab the keycard without fighting it, or can even ignore it completely as there is a secret shortcut that lets you skip to the end of the level and skip the red keycard door entirely.

* RecurringBoss: ''Thrice'' in the main game ("The Big Gun", "Inner Hangar" and "Comm Satellite"), once at the PSX version ("Defence Command" after getting the Gravity Booster), and another in ''Call of the Machine'' ("The Death Gate").

* RecurringBoss: Appears at the end of the main game and at the end of ''The Reckoning'' in both of his forms and at the end of ''Operation: Corpse Run'' in his second lesser form, with two even lesser forms following afterwards.

* RecurringBoss: Fought twice in "Intelligent Center", with a third one being stationed at a garage at the beginning of "Industrial Facility".

* MookMaker: Can summon Flyers at will. These Flyers come in two varieties: regular Flyers and homing kamikaze ones.

* 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]].

The different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'' (Bitterman), ''The Reckoning'' (Joker), ''Ground Zero'' (Stepchild, also the protagonist of the PSX version), ''Quake II 64'' (Viper), and ''Call of the Machine'' (the seven Marines). Bitterman has his own folder below.

* ShirtlessScene: Has nothing covering his chest in ''III''. Justified in that he's now "more man than machine" and his original game didn't really showed how he looked like.

The different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'' (Bitterman), ''The Reckoning'' (Joker), ''Ground Zero'' (Stepchild, also the protagonist of the PSX version), ''Quake II 64'' (Viper), and ''Call of the Machine'' (the six Marines). Bitterman has his own folder below.

Near the end of the Stroggos campaign, a group of six marines were dispatched from an orbital base to various conflict zones with the goal of seeking out Strogg Data Discs and uploading the contents, all to determine the identity of the Strogg Maker, the newest leader of the Strogg forces.

* LetsSplitUpGang: The six marines that protagonize ''Call of the Machine'' take a mission each.

TheProtagonist of the main game of ''VideoGame/QuakeII''. One of the few survivors of Operation: Counterstrike, Bitterman 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. An accidental crash with two other ships leads to him crashing on Stroggos earlier than anticipated, [LifesavingMisfortune saving him from the wipeout his fleet was subjected to] at the hands of the Strogg Big Gun.

--> ''"This is like an Alabama August!"''

--> ''"Hey, <victim>! A sleeping cow makes a tougher target than you!"''

* TookALevelInBadass: The original Brains was very slow and had no ranged attacks, essentially making it a sitting duck. The Beta Class Brains 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 Brains and drains your health, meaning if you get into its range [[InstantDeathRadius it's pretty much lights out.]] Furthermore, the Beta Brains ''doesn't'' have its own skin.

The final strike on Stroggos was given to a fleet which had Stepchild as one of their members. First, Stepchild is tasked with taking down the Gravity Booster on an area of Stroggos that resembles quite a bit the main game (PSX version), and afterwards, he's sent with a fleet again to Stroggos, this time to take down the Gravity Well. In both cases, his fleet is doomed.

* SilentProtagonist: They speak quite a lot in their intro cinematics (and in Joker and Stepchild cases' also their ending cinematics), but are completely silent during the games' themselves.

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* GratuitousSpanish: Has an habit of sprouting "Amigo" each 4 or 5 lines in ''III''.

* AdaptationNameChange: They're renamed "Infantry" in the 2023 remaster.

* DamageSpongeBoss: In the 2023 remaster the Jorg has a massive amount of health, as the devs expect you to kill it with Quad Damage. It is killable without Quad Damage, but you'd need several dozen rocket or railgun shots to do the job.

* RecurringBoss: Appears at the end of the main game and at the end of ''The Reckoning'' in both of his forms, and at the end of ''Operation: Corpse Run'' in his second lesser form, with two even lesser forms following afterwards.

* AdaptationalWimp: One of the sturdiest and most damaging enemies in the original ''The Reckoning''. In the 2023 remaster they take less hits and can only fire two Mag Slugs instead of three. As a result, they go down faster than before.

* RecurringBoss: Fought twice in "Intelligent Center", with a third one being stationed at a garage in the beginning of "Industrial Facility".

The different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'' (Bitterman), ''The Reckoning'' (Joker), ''Ground Zero'' (Stepchild, also the protagonist of the PSX version), and ''Call of the Machine'' (the six Marines). Bitterman has his own folder below.

TheProtagonist of the main game of ''VideoGame/QuakeII''. One of the few survivors of Operation: Counterstrike, Bitterman 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. An accidental crash with two other ships leads to him crashing on Stroggos earlier than anticipated, [[LifesavingMisfortune saving him from the wipeout his fleet was subjected to]] at the hands of the Strogg Big Gun.

The different PlayerCharacters of ''Quake II'', ''The Reckoning'', ''Ground Zero'', and ''Call of the Machine''.

For the ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' incarnation of Bitterman, check [[Characters/QuakeIIIArena here]].

* ShirtlessScene: Has nothing covering his chest in ''III''. Justified in that he's now "more man than machine".

* YouFightLikeACow:

He later appears as a selectable character in ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', revealing that, even after he escaped from Stroggos, he was eventually caught and experimented upon, the results leaving him more Strogg than human.

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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. An accidental crash with two other ships leads to him crashing on Stroggos earlier than anticipated, [[LifesavingMisfortune saving him from the wipeout his fleet was subjected to]] at the hands of the Strogg Big Gun.

* BaldOfAuthority: Bitterman seems to be referred to as a squad leader by MissionControl, and he's completely bald (as are the other male Marine player characters).
* 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.

* HeroicMime: In-game, at least, Bitterman never speaks, and he's the PlayerCharacter.

* LifesavingMisfortune: In the intro for the main game, Bitterman's ship gets hit by another marine pod, prompting him to fall earlier to Stroggos. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the rest of the marine force was wiped out by the Big Gun. Now everything's up to him.
* RaisedHandOfSurvival: At the end of ''II'', Bitterman's escape pod crashes on some planet. The hatch is knocked away, and a hand rises out. It ends with it clenching into a fist.

* {{Tuckerization}}: [[https://twitter.com/romero/status/958765841478311936 According to John Romero]], the name of the main game's protagonist, Bitterman, comes from the real nickname of id Software employee Kevin Cloud.