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* BiTheWay: He's perfectly willing to snap Kingston out of his HeroicBSOD by [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments kissing him on the lips,]]]].

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Leon's [[WordOfGod confirmed]] [[BiTheWay bisexuality]] makes him this. Elena as well to a lesser extent.

* HoYay: Leon and Mikado occasionally delve into this, especially in the later episodes. Hell, Leon has some of these moments, whether intentional on his part or not, with (almost) ALL of his male party members at least once (except for his kids), sometimes more than one at a time. It's kinda nice to see Leon and Mikado [[{{WAFF}} cuddled next to Kingston after comforting him]]. [[{{Squee}} D'awww...]]

* PettingZooPeople: Almost anyone that isn't human is this, such as [[GenderBlenderName John]].

* PettingZooPeople: John is a wolf-woman.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: See "SuperlativeDubbing".

* SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub is '''incredibly''' popular in the series' native Japan since ''Saga International's'' release, so much that Japanese fans successfully petitioned to have ''Anthology's'' HD port have the English language track as an option. It helps that from the anime onwards, future games/projects would be recorded in English first.

* JapanesePronouns: He uses "boku".

* AmericanAccents: Cajun, [[FantasyCounterpartCulture or Soleian]].

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Plenty: Dorado is basically {{Eagleland}} Type III [[XMeetsY meets]] {{Spexico}} and the rest of North America, the and the Southern Continent has the country of Kosimatori, which combines Argentina and Brazil, with a hint of Japan.

* XMeetsY: Franchise/MetalGear meets Franchise/DragonBall meets VideoGame/FinalFantasy.

''PROTOCOL'' is a (fictional) series of UrbanFantasy {{Role Playing Game}}s that @/CreativeName24 believes would be a collaborative effort between Hideo Kojima and Akira Toriyama. The series centers around an adolescent super-soldier named Leon Sierra and his various exploits and the friends and foes he meets, as well as the formation of the Whiskey-Delta Task Force (WDTF) to face against the legendary special-operations-unit-turned-terrorist-crime-network [[TitleDrop PROTOCOL]].

However, the series got a new lease on life outside of Japan in 2004 with ''The PROTOCOL Saga''. Released episodically in Japan with 5 parts in total, all 5 parts were released together in the U.S. and Europe for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, and UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. This quintology’s cutscenes use anime [[FullMotionVideo FMVs]] provided by Creator/ToeiAnimation. The series in general uses [[EdibleThemeNaming many tropes]] [[OnlySixFaces used by both]] Creator/AkiraToriyama [[BreakingTheFourthWall as well]] [[HumongousMecha as those]] [[TrollingCreator of co-creator]] Creator/HideoKojima. Although initial sales were slow in the U.S., word spread by mouth quickly, and reception and sales skyrocketed.

* ''The PROTOCOL HD Collection'' (An HD Remastering of ‘Saga’ and ‘Anthology’, with a choice both remastered and original music and cleaned up [[FullMotionVideo FMVs]] by Toei Animation. Also marks the official US and European debuts of the original trilogy of games {For Wii U and PC only}.) (World: 2015) (UsefulNotes/XboxOne[=/=]UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}/Wii U/Steam)

* DarkerAndEdgier: TheAnimeOfTheGame and the [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]], while just as campy and over-the-top as the games, possibly even more so, they were much more risque than the games, showing much more graphic detail, coarser language, and more BlackComedy.
** DenserAndWackier: That being said though, the anime also has a LOT of sillier moments as well, such as a mini-arc inspired by Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers and various movies.

* ElectricTorture: Elena tortures Kazuhira with this method and powers it by [[ADateWithRosiePalms by unusual]] [[ImmodestOrgasm means]], which in turn saps Kaz's strength and draws it to power the electric sabers that she uses in her boss battle.

* FissionMailed: When Mikado [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat gets hit with a seemingly fatal blast]] by Lobar.
--> '''''GameOver'''''
--> '''{{Beat}}'''
--> '''Mikado''': ''[[FakingTheDead THINK]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments AGAIN!]]''
* [[spoiler:IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:]] In Part II, Leon does this on CyberNinja [[spoiler:Mikado]] ''accidentally''!
* LargeHam: Mikado [[EvilIsHammy revels in this]], even post-HeelFaceTurn. He's enjoyably hammy [[Creator/TimCurry no matter]] [[Creator/RyoHorikawa what language.]]

* QuicksandSucks: Vincent saves Kaz twice and later Leon from this hazard, since he can walk across the muddy swamps with extreme ease, though in their cases Kaz had lost his strength trying to free himself the first time, and Leon and Kaz were knocked unconscious after a fall the second time.

* SleepCute: Leon and whoever he takes with him on the gondola in Ciudad del Dorado's park, [[GayOption regardless of]] [[HoYay gender]]. Also, Leon and Kaz on the airship, Leon and Roxanne, and Leon and pretty much everyone at some point.

* BadassMustache: A faint one that grows from Part II onwards.

* BiTheWay: He's perfectly willing to snap Kazuhira out of his HeroicBSOD by [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments kissing him on the lips,]]]].

* TheLancer: Shares this role with Francis and later Mikado, as well as Kaz to an extent.

[[folder:Kazuhira]]

Specimen #6, dubbed “Kazuhira” by Professor Roland, is a creation of the Professor. He is a cat-like alien resurrected by the doctor after being dormant for several hundred years. Kazuhira was resurrected during the events of Part I, but doesn’t show up until Part II. Goliath attempts to have him taken and made into a living weapon, but he escapes and is saved from the swamp by Vincent. Soon, he encounters Leon and eventually joins the WDTF, reuniting with Roland. Eventually he starts a romance and has a kid with Roland's colleague Professor Tatyana Clark.

-> Voiced by Creator/RyoHorikawa (Japanese)

Leon’s initial adversary and the main antagonist of the two Famicom PROTOCOL games. Mikado is a green [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Reptil]][[LizardFolk oid]], and the initial founder of the titular [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PROTOCOL]]. He abandoned it after Goliath took charge and fucked shit up by razing part of southern Fort [[VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}} Kobe]]. Because of his involvement, Mikado is painted as an extremist terrorist, [[HeelRealization which he admits is fairly accurate]] and is killed by Leon and co. in ''Callister Fortress'' at the end of ''PROTOCOL II'' [[BroadStrokes (or Part I)]], but he is revived as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid a cyborg ninja]] by Goliath in Part II/PROTOCOL III. After failing to kill Leon and capture Specimen #6 (Kazuhira), Goliath left him [[YouHaveFailedMe to be killed by Leon again]], which he discovers when Leon's radio accidentally intercepts a message between him and Elena. Mikado gets reasonably pissed and decides [[EnemyMine to join Leon in taking him out]]. From then on, he becomes a permanent party member, developing a romance with Jacqueline Hunter.

* [[spoiler:CyberNinja: Rebuilt as this by [[BiggerBad Goliath]] after his death. His suit ramps up his urge to fight, and Goliath sends him after Leon. However, Leon and Kazuhira accidentally snap him back to normal, though he decides to keep most of the cyborg implants.]]

-> Vincent voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka (Japanese)

-> Voiced by Creator/NicoleKidman (English)

* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape]]: It's not addressed as [[spoiler:rape]] '''directly''', and the scene itself is pretty tame (the game is rated T). But in the anime, '''''[[MoralEventHorizon DAMN]]'''''!

* [[spoiler:ADateWithRosiePalms: Combines this with ElectricTorture on Mikado in the uncut anime.]]
* DeathBySex: Attempts this on Mikado in ''Origin'' and Part II of ''Saga'', combined with ElectricTorture in the latter.
* DepravedBisexual: Not above seducing, [[ColdBloodedTorture or doing anything]], to men or women to get what she wants.

* [[InkSuitActor Ink-Suit Actress]]: Akira Toriyama deliberately modeled Elena after [[Film/MoulinRouge Satine]], but he didn’t expect Kojima to get [[Creator/NicoleKidman the same actress]].

* KnightOfCerebus: When she shows up, shit gets fucked up [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one.]]
* TheLadette: Villainous example

* '''''{{Sadist}}'''''

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Described as such by some characters, but Leon sees her as "Goliath's classic $20 (or 2000 Yen) whore" in the anime.

-> Voiced by Creator/BanjoGinga (Japanese)
-> Voiced by Creator/PatrickWarburton (English)

A dorky but extremely highly-regarded scientist. He is the creator of Kazuhira and is extremely protective of him, as well as his daughter Roxanne. When he becomes a party member, he uses a rifle.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: '''''Very''''' protective of Roxanne and Kaz. This is PlayedForLaughs early in Part I where he jokingly threatens Leon not to hurt Roxanne.

* TookALevelInBadass: Decides to do this after he, Leon, Roxanne, Vincent, Queen, and Mikado carry Kaz to Vincent's healing lake. He becomes an actual party member from Part III onwards.

Tatyana is Prof. Roland's colleague, and later the lover of Kazuhira, with whom she bears a child.

* After Leon, Roxanne, and Kaz save Mikado [[spoiler:from Elena's AttemptedRape:]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Kazuhira''': Elena, PLEASE! '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis No! Means! NO!]]''''']]
--> [[spoiler:'''Mikado''': Have you ever considered a safeword?]]

* Leon kissing Kaz on the lips to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD.

* EnforcedMethodActing: When recording [[spoiler:[[AttemptedRape THAT]] [[ElectricTorture scene]]]] in Part II of ''Saga'', Creator/HideoKojima deliberately left Creator/TimCurry in the dark about that part until he and Creator/NicoleKidman actually reached those lines. When the recording was finished, Tim asked Kojima [[spoiler:"Did she just '''''RAPE''''' him?!"]]
** In a more benign example, in the scene when [[spoiler:Leon kisses Kaz]], Robin Atkin Downes was unexpectedly kissed on the lips by Nicole Kidman in the recording booth to get a natural reaction.

* ThrowItIn: Some of the dialogue in the English dub of the anime was improvised by the actors to make it seem more natural.
** Leon's line in Part II to Roxanne during [[spoiler:his proposal]]: "For a long time, I've been searching for me, for you...for you, for me...you know what I mean..." That was an actual messed up line on Flynn's part.

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[StuffBlowingUp in more ways than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Kazuhira]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Kaz's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. Plus, Elena also ran a human slaughterhouse disguised as a brothel where she would lure men (and usually women), [[DeathBySex kill them]], burn the bodies into carbon to make diamonds, and sell them on the black market, funding her and Goliath's organization. On top of her sheer [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] behavior, and generally [[KnightOfCerebus sticking out]] [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she's also probably an ex-porn star.]]
* CrossesTheLineTwice: As mentioned above, in the anime's uncensored version of Mikado's ElectricTorture, he is being tortured by a machine powered by Elena [[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasuring herself.]] [[NarmCharm It's so ridiculous that it's impossible to take seriously, but that was likely intentional.]]

* HoYay: Leon and Mikado occasionally delve into this, especially in the later episodes. Hell, Leon has some of these moments, whether intentional on his part or not, with (almost) ALL of his male party members at least once (except for his kids), sometimes more than one at a time. It's kinda nice to see Leon and Mikado [[{{WAFF}} cuddled next to Kaz after comforting him]]. [[{{Squee}} D'awww...]]

The series was initially released Japan only for the MSX2 and the Famicom 2 years later. Toriyama wanted to appeal to an American audience, but Kojima felt that it would never catch on outside of Asia, especially since the first game was released a bit into the Super Famicom’s lifespan. Strangely, even though the first three games were only in Japan, they still had a complete English dialogue option.

* ''PROTOCOL'' (1989: MSX2) (1991: Famicom)

* {{Badass}}:
** BadassAdorable: Even as an adult.
** BadassMustache: A faint one that grows from Part II onwards.

* '''{{Badass}}'''

* WomanInBlack: Whenever Elena goes to fight, she likes to wear black body armor.

* BlondeGuysAreEvil

* ''The PROTOCOL HD Collection'' (An HD Remastering of ‘Saga’ and ‘Anthology’, with a choice both remastered and original music and cleaned up [[FullMotionVideo FMVs]] by Toei Animation. Also marks the official US and European debuts of the original trilogy of games {For Wii U and PC only}.) (World: 2015) (XboxOne /PS4/Wii U/Steam)

* ''DarthWiki/ThePROTOCOLAnthology'' (Xbox 360/PS3) (Japan: Summer 2009) (USA/Europe: November 2009)

* HeyItsThatVoice: Pretty much everyone from Funimation is present, along with some of the Metal Gear voice actors, including Christopher Randolph as Otacon {{Expy}} Professor Roland, Creator/DavidHayter as several male NPCs, Creator/PaulEiding as Leon's father Leonidas, and as mentioned earlier: Mark Hamill, Tim Curry, Nicole Kidman, and Jim Cummings.

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[StuffBlowingUp in more ways than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Kazuhira]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Kaz's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. Plus, Elena also ran a human slaughterhouse disguised as a brothel where she would lure men (and usually women), [[DeathBySex kill them]], and sell their organs on the black market, funding her and Goliath's organization. On top of her sheer [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] behavior, and generally [[KnightOfCerebus sticking out]] [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she's also probably an ex-porn star.]]

-> Voiced by Jun Fukuyama (Japanese)

-> Voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese)

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* SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub is '''incredibly''' popular in the series' native Japan since ''Saga International's'' release, so much that Japanese fans petitioned to have ''Anthology's'' HD port have the English language track as an option.

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[StuffBlowingUp in more ways than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Mikado]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Mikado's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. On top of her sheer [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] behavior, and generally [[KnightOfCerebus sticking out]] [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she never does taxes.]]

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his [[TheDragon own second-in-command]] BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[StuffBlowingUp in more ways than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Mikado]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Mikado's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. On top of her sheer [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] behavior, and generally [[KnightOfCerebus sticking out]] [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she never does taxes.]]

* BigBad: Of PROTOCOL III, and by extension Parts II and V.

** BiggerBad: Of the entire series.

* BigBad: Of ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology''.

* TheDragon: To Goliath.

* KnightOfCerebus

* FieryReadhead

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his [[TheDragon own second-in-command]] BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[StuffBlowingUp in more ways than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Mikado]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Mikado's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. On top of [[KnightOfCerebus sticking out]] [[DoubleEntendre in more ways than one]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she never does taxes.]]

* CompleteMonster: As warped as Goliath is, he’s substantially less vile than his [[TheDragon own second-in-command]] BastardGirlfriend, [[FemmeFatale Elena de Winter]]. She gets sexual gratification out of making people suffer, or killing them outright. Elena also took pride in [[BiggerBad orchestrating most of the events of Part I]], including Mikado's downfall and resurrection. Before that, as shown in ''Origin of PROTOCOL'' from ''Anthology'', Elena was the one who proposed the Razing of Fort Kobe, and she was the main driving force of the whole attack, which is shown as it happens in ''Origin'' unlike the brief flashbacks in ''Saga''. Speaking of ''Origin'', she also tries to force herself onto Mikado, [[CurbStompBattle beats the hell out of him when he resists]], and even has him [[DarkestHour near hopeless]] and about to go OutWithABang [[DoubleEntendre in more]] [[StuffBlowingUp ways]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom than one]]. Speaking of which, let’s not forget '''[[ElectricTorture the OTHER]]''' [[ImmodestOrgasm scene]] [[OrgasmicCombat between her]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and Mikado]]. Elena's depravity is demonstrated even more so in the anime's uncut version of Mikado's ElectricTorture: She's '''''[[ADateWithRosiePalms PLEASURING HERSELF]]''''', and it powers the torture machine. On top of that, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she never does taxes.]]