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!!Condor Three

* DistressedDude: The [=VCs=] shot down his Thunderchief and Douglas and his team sees it going down. Naturally, both parties start searching for him.

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!!Rigley

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* TheCaptain
* DeadpanSnarker
* EntitledBastard: Boone ''absolutely'' hates him.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's in charge of a failed mission (depicted in the intro) near the DMZ which ends with his marines either getting shot by the [=VCs=] or blown up by minefields and [=RPGs=]. Boone, who participated (and gets wounded) in said mission, hates him so bad that he filed a complaint and he almost got court-martialed. Cobber seems to hate him as well.
-->'''MACV soldier''': Rivalry between army and marines. The marines swept it under the table.
* SirSwearsALot
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen or mentioned again after the second game's ninth level.

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[[folder:CIDG]]
!!Lim

* TheSmartGuy: Lampshaded by Nguyen.
-->'''Nguyen''': Villager know it here better than me.
* ThirdPersonPerson
-->'''Lim''': Lim will take! Follow!
* YouNoTakeCandle

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!!Condor Three

* DistressedDude: The [=VCs=] shot down his Thunderchief and Douglas and his team sees it going down. Naturally, both parties start searching for him.

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[[folder:USMC]]

!!Rigley

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* TheCaptain
* DeadpanSnarker
* EntitledBastard: Boone ''absolutely'' hates him.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's in charge of a failed mission (depicted in the intro) near the DMZ which ends with his marines either getting shot by the [=VCs=] or blown up by minefields and [=RPGs=]. Boone, who participated (and gets wounded) in said mission, hates him so bad that he filed a complaint and he almost got court-martialed. Cobber seems to hate him as well.
-->'''MACV soldier''': Rivalry between army and marines. The marines swept it under the table.
* SirSwearsALot
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen or mentioned again after the second game's ninth level.

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[[folder:CIDG]]
!!Lim

* TheSmartGuy: Lampshaded by Nguyen.
-->'''Nguyen''': Villager know it here better than me.
* ThirdPersonPerson
-->'''Lim''': Lim will take! Follow!
* YouNoTakeCandle

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[[folder:Civilian Irregular Defense Group]][[folder:CIDG]]



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[[folder:Army of the Republic of Vietnam]][[folder:ARVN]]



[[folder:Viet Cong]]

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[[folder:Viet Cong]][[folder:VC]]



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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to suffer this fate]].

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]]: [[spoiler:Was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] going to suffer this fate]].




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen or mentioned again after the second game's ninth level.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Duh.

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* DrillSergeantNasty: Duh.Well, duh. He naturally appears as the player's instructor in the tutorial mode. He returns in the campaign as a colonel. Complete with a [[Film/ApocalypseNow Colonel Kilgore]] attire.

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* TheCaptain



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[[folder:Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]]
!!Daniel Boone

* {{Badass}}

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[[folder:Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]]
!!Daniel Boone

* {{Badass}}
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* CoolShades: Wears one when he becomes a colonel.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Duh.
* {{Expy}}: To both [[Film/FullMetalJacket Hartman]] and [[Film/ApocalypseNow Kilgore]].
* MissionControl: Briefs Rosenfield and the rest of the Nui Pek troops on the assault on Po Tlong Karai.
* NoIndoorVoice
* SirSwearsALot: As expected from a DrillSergeantNasty.

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[[folder:Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]]
!!Daniel Boone

* {{Badass}}
* BaldOfAwesome


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* ColonelBadass
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the first level.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the second game's first level.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the third level [[spoiler:when the Tet Offensive begins]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the second game's third level [[spoiler:when the Tet Offensive begins]].
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* SociopathicHero: Downplayed. He's friendly to his fellow US[=/=]ARVN soldiers, but when it goes to the NVA[=/VCs=]...

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* SociopathicHero: Downplayed. He's friendly to his fellow US[=/=]ARVN soldiers, but when it goes to the NVA[=/VCs=]...
NVA[=/VCs=], he's pretty much PayingEvilUntoEvil. [[spoiler:Best exemplified in the VC campaign's ending, where he orders Minh and all the dead VC soldiers to be buried along with their victims]].
-->''[[spoiler:Bury the dead.]]''



* AuthortiyEqualsAsskicking: Can usually be seen fighting alongside other friendly forces.

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* AuthortiyEqualsAsskicking: AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Can usually be seen fighting alongside other friendly forces.
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* SociopathicHero: Downplayed. He's friendly to his fellow US[=/=]ARVN soldiers, but when it goes to the NVA[=/VCs=]...

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* BigGood

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* BigGoodBigGood: He's TheLeader of TheSquad. And [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou they can't go on without him]].



* BigGood

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* BigGoodBigGood: He's TheLeader of TheSquad. And [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou they can't go on without him]].



* KnightTemplar: Gets dangerously close to this trope as the VC campaign progresses.
* TheLeader
* MyCountryRightOrWrong:
-->'''Minh's diary''': I am a soldier, and a soldier must obey what he is ordered to do.



* InTheBack: Dies this way.

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* InTheBack: Dies Can be killed this way.


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* BigGood



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* CoolOldGuy



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* BigGoodAuthortiyEqualsAsskicking: Can usually be seen fighting alongside other friendly forces.
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* BigGood

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* BigGoodBigGood: He's TheLeader of TheSquad. And [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou they can't go on without him]].



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* TagalongKidTagalongKid: He's not a member of Boone's team, and merely acting as a liaison between them and the MACV high command. There's a reason why Boone calls him "boy scout".
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the first level.




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after the third level [[spoiler:when the Tet Offensive begins]].
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* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: At the very first level of the US campaign.
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!!VC Propagandist

* InTheBack: Dies this way.
* KilledOffForReal: Can be killed by Boone.
* PropagandaMachine: He tries to convince the civilians in Hue to rise up against the Americans using the town hall's radio.
* TooDumbToLive: Too oblivious to hear gunfire in and around the town hall, not even hearing ''Boone entering his room and sneaking up to him''.
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!!NVA Hero

* AllThereInTheManual: Game files, not to mention his class's description in the multiplayer mode identified him as a "hero of the revolution".
* BigBad: The closest the US campaign gets to one, being one of the remaining officers who were (probably) in charge of the NVA and VC forces in Hue.
* BossInMookClothing
* FinalBoss: Bonus points for being the very last enemy fought in the US campaign.
* KilledOffForReal
* MoreDakka: Equipped with an RPD.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Rank]]
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* ShellShockedVeteran: As shown in the {{flashback}} at the beginning of the game.




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* BlackBestFriend: To Boone.




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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Not seen again after [[spoiler:the assault on the MACV HQ was repelled]].

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* YouAllLookFamiliar: His model is used by other NPC American soldiers.

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* YouAllLookFamiliar: His model is also used by other NPC American soldiers.
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* YouAllLookFamiliar: His model is used by other NPC American soldiers.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: First the [[FrenchJerk French killed his people]], then the Americans and the CIDG slaughtered his family.
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* CowerPower[=/=]DirtyCoward: Hides behind his compound and relies on his {{mooks}} and reinforcements to protect himself from Douglas, being armed with only a handgun.
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* BerserkButton: '''NEVER''' call him "the protector of all the Congs".
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!!Condor Three

* DistressedDude: The [=VCs=] shot down his Thunderchief and Douglas and his team sees it going down. Naturally, both parties start searching for him.

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!!NVA Colonel

* BaldOfEvil
* ColonelBadass: Averted ''big time''.
* KilledOffForReal
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Rank]]

!!NVA Officer

* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Rank]]
* PoliticalOfficer: A commissar, no less.

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* DeadpanSnarker
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* BloodKnight: Gets berated for it, too.
-->'''Hornster''': A nice little camp, with plenty of gooks to shoot! My idea of heaven!

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* DemolitionsExpert

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* DemolitionsExpertDemolitionsExpert: Does demolition work alongside Bronson.


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* DemolitionsExpert: Does demolition work alongside Douglas and Hawkins.

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* DemolitionsExpert

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* DemolitionsExpertDemolitionsExpert: Does demolition work alongside Bronson.
* EnsignNewbie: He is Douglas' replacement, after all.



* FingerlessGloves

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* FingerlessGlovesFingerlessGloves: Wears one in all of his appearances, except the second game.



* CombatMedic



* TheMedic

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* TheMedic

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* TheMedic
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* TheSmartGuy

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* TheSmartGuy
TheSmartGuy: Lampshaded by Nguyen.
-->'''Nguyen''': Villager know it here better than me.
* ThirdPersonPerson
-->'''Lim''': Lim will take! Follow!
* YouNoTakeCandle



* TheFace



* TheSmartGuy

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* TheSmartGuy
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* YouNoTakeCandle



* TheFace



* TheSmartGuy

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* TheSmartGuy
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* PoirotSpeak
-->'''Soat''': ...no, they're all dead. We should didi mau.



* PoirotSpeak[=/=]YouNoTakeCandle
-->'''Minh''': Dung lai! VC number one! You didi mau!



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* TheLeader



* SergeantRock



* TheLeader




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