History Monster / MetalGear

[[caption-width-right:350:"If [Volgin's Shagohod] is unleashed on the world, it would not be long before all nations are engulfed in conflict. The Cold War will end and the entire planet will be consumed by the fires of war."]]

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid[[superscript:2]]'': [[InsaneAdmiral Wiseman]] instigated a horrific event known as the Praulia Massacre: Wiseman felt that the data about the Model 2 soldiers was insufficient, so he had technicians provoke said soldiers into going berserk, causing the deaths of 10,000 people. He then sent the Model 3 soldiers in to eliminate the Model 2 soldiers, knowing that eliminating their brethren hurt them. Wiseman was also responsible for the death of Koppelthorne's wife, resulting in what happened later on. In addition, he had Venus render Snake amnesiac in to help him obtain the Lucinda File with the evidence of the massacre, and had Venus execute him simply because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlived his usefulness]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid[[superscript:2]]'': [[InsaneAdmiral General Wiseman]] instigated a horrific event known as the Praulia Massacre: Wiseman felt that the data about the Model 2 soldiers was insufficient, so he had technicians provoke said soldiers into going berserk, causing the deaths of 10,000 people. He then sent the Model 3 soldiers in to eliminate the Model 2 soldiers, knowing that eliminating their brethren hurt them. Besides this, Wiseman was also responsible for the death of Koppelthorne's wife, which also resulted in the events of what happened later on. In addition, he had Venus render Snake amnesiac to help him obtain the Lucinda File with the evidence of the massacre, and had Venus execute him simply because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlived his usefulness]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid[[superscript:2]]'': [[InsaneAdmiral General Wiseman]] instigated a horrific event known as the Praulia Massacre: Wiseman felt that the data about the Model 2 soldiers was insufficient, so he had technicians provoke said soldiers into going berserk, causing the deaths of 10,000 people. He then sent the Model 3 soldiers in to eliminate the Model 2 soldiers, knowing that eliminating their brethren hurt them. Besides this, Wiseman was also responsible for the death of Koppelthorne's wife, which also resulted in the events of what happened later on. In addition, he had Venus render Snake amnesiac in to help him obtain the Lucinda File with the evidence of the massacre, and had Venus execute him simply because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlived his usefulness]].

** Liquid Snake is one of the 3 clones of the Big Boss, who was jealous of his status as the most inferior of them. Growing to hate Big Boss, Liquid became furious upon hearing that Solid Snake killed him, angry that he "stole his chance for revenge", he organized a scheme to take over nuclear base on Shadow Moses, using his FOXHOUND unit to get his hands on new Metal Gear Rex, so that he could use it to force US government in handing him over body of the Big Boss and when they refused, he has DARPA Chief Donald Anderson and [=ArmsTech=] President Kenneth Baker tortured for the codes to launch Metal Gear. When that failed, he manipulated Solid Snake in to activating Metal Gear and tries to kill him with it, brutally crushing to death Solid Snake's ally Grey Fox in the process, whom he had brutally brainwashed before. Managing to survive by possessing the body of Revolver Ocelot, Liquid first managed to take over his body, when he was about to steal Metal Gear RAY from USS Discovery tanker, and used this Metal Gear to tear this tanker apart, killing dozens of people, who were on board of the tanker. Taking over Ocelot's body again, when Ocelot betrayed Solidus Snake and taken over Arsenal Gear, Liquid sended Arsenal Gear towards Manhattan, escaping before it crashed into the city, destroying big part of it.

*** Solidus Snake is a self-proclaimed best of the 3 clones of the Big Boss and a former president of the United States, known as George Sears, who was deeply involved in the Liberian Civil Wars, personally going in to the field and killing countless people, innocent and otherwise. Building his own army of child soldiers there, Solidus at one point killed the parents of Jack and adopted him and makes another child soldiers for his army from him by abusing him his entire life and forces him to commit murders, like during his 10 year birthday he forces Jack to brutally kill 10 of his hostages as a "birthday gift". After Jack was taken away from him by the Patriots, Solidus, angry that the Patriots taken away "a precious resource" from him, soon started to create a plan of overthrowing the Patriots and usurping their power. When the Patriots find out about this, Solidus escaped, bombing Paris Hotel as a cover up, framing Solid Snake in the process. Forming his own army of "The Sons of Liberty" and hiring Dead Cell unit, Solidus has taken over Big Shell facility, planning to get the names of the Patriots from Arsenal Gear and when that's failed, he tried to get them by attempting to extract the brains of a grown up Jack, who became known as Raiden. Scheming to abandon Dead Cell on Arsenal Gear, so they would distract the government from him, Solidus wanted to kill the Patriots and be hailed as a hero by the public for returning their freedom.

* ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid]]'' (Creator/IDWPublishing series):

* ''Metal Gear Solid IDW comic series'':

** ''Sons of Liberty'':

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': [[BigBad Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin]] is a PsychoElectro Soviet colonel whose history is replete with awful violence. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Within minutes of appearing]], Volgin fires a Davy Crockett nuke at his countrymen just to give it "a test drive", knowing full well that he won't be blamed for it. A [[AxCrazy cruel sadist who gets off on the pain of others]], Volgin abuses his "lover" Tatyana--actually EVA in disguise; arbitrarily suspecting one of his own men might be a spy, tortures him by beating him within a drum can, eventually killing him; and subjects Naked Snake to a vicious round of torture that ends with Naked Snake less one eye, intending to visit further cruelties on him later. Volgin, with the Philosopher's Legacy, intends to [[RenegadeRussian overthrow Khrushchev, take over Russia]], and throw the entire world into a storm of violent uprisings and war with his mass-produced weapons, the Shagohod.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': [[BigBad Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin]] is a PsychoElectro Soviet colonel whose history is replete with awful violence. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Within minutes of appearing]], Volgin fires a Davy Crockett nuke at his countrymen just to give it "a test drive", knowing full well that he won't be blamed for it. A [[AxCrazy cruel sadist who gets off on the pain of others]], Volgin abuses his "lover" Tatyana--actually EVA in disguise; arbitrarily suspecting one of his own men might be a spy, tortures him by beating him within a drum can, eventually killing him; and subjects Naked Snake to a vicious round of torture that ends with Naked Snake less one eye, intending to visit further cruelties on him later. Volgin, with the Philosopher's Legacy, intends to [[RenegadeRussian overthrow Khrushchev, take over Russia]], and throw the entire world into a storm of violent uprisings and war with his mass-produced weapons, the Shagohods.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid[[superscript:2]]'': [[InsaneAdmiral Wiseman]] instigated a horrific event known as the Praulia Massacre: Wiseman felt that the data about the Model 2 soldiers was insufficient, so he had technicians provoke said soldiers into going berserk, causing the deaths of 10,000 people. He then sent the Model 3 soldiers in to eliminate the Model 2 soldiers, knowing that eliminating their brethren hurt them. Besides this, Wiseman was also responsible for the death of Koppelthorne's wife, which also resulted in the events of what happened later on. In addition, he had Venus render Snake amnesiac in to help him obtain the Lucinda File with the evidence of the massacre, and had Venus execute him simply because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlived his usefulness]].

->''"Colonel Vermon [=CaTaffy=]! The single most feared terrorist on the planet, a psychopath bent on dominating the world, his nature so cruel as to verge on insanity. He was a total paranoid, his deeds those of a madman. Colonel [=CaTaffy=] was dictator for life of his small but incredibly wealthy and savage desert country, Nouria. [=CaTaffy=]'s sole purpose in life was to bring the democratic nations to their knees. His terrorist actions were hideous, violent, always unexpected. And always effective, because they struck fear into the hearts of world leaders. [=CaTaffy=] bombed civilian aircraft, killed innocent people, took non-combatants hostage, and tortured them without mercy."''

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*** Fatman AKA "The Emperor of Explosives" is one of the members of the Dead Cell terrorist group and the vilest of them. Having a fascination with bombs, Fatman at one point creates a nuclear bomb, which was used on Nagasaki and in his childhood he killed at least one of his classmates by blowing him up, all because he wanted to build himself a name and hated that classmate, for daring to think he smarter than him. Helping Dead Cell to commit their crimes by creating them explosives and assisting them in taking over the Big Shell facility, Fatman in reality became a spy for the Patriots, just for the chance of killing his former mentor Peter Stillman. Chaotically blowing up parts of the facility solely to kill Raiden, Fatman rigged the entire facility, desiring destroy it and to kill all hostages and his own teammates, if either Raiden or Stillman would have bested him.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] led [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Desperado Enforcement LLC]] and Desperado's Winds of Destruction. Selling weapons and technology to terrorists, Sundowner [[WarForFunAndProfit instigates war]], which he believes to be the natural state of man. Sundowner comes up with a project to create his own army by kidnapping hundreds of homeless children from third world countries and having all of their organs removed, [[AndIMustScream keeping the brains]], which he puts in a realistic war VR simulator of war to brainwash them into becoming [[ChildSoldiers killing machines]]; he sells the rest on the black market. Sundowner starts the plot by gleefully murdering African Prime Minister, N'mani, and all his guards, while using the Metal Gear RAY unit to spread destruction all over the city, solely to ensure that Africa descends into war once again. Sundowner later assists World Marshal, Inc. in trying to create widespread conflict.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] led [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Desperado Enforcement LLC]] and Desperado's Winds of Destruction. Selling weapons and technology to terrorists and helping to create conflicts among nations [[WarForFunAndProfit in order to ensure war]], which he believes to be the natural state of man, Sundowner comes up with a project to create his own army by kidnapping hundreds of homeless children from third world countries and having all of their organs removed, [[AndIMustScream keeping the brains]], which he puts in a realistic war VR simulator of war to brainwash them into becoming [[ChildSoldiers killing machines]]; he sells the rest on the black market. Sundowner starts the plot by gleefully murdering African Prime Minister, N'mani, and all his guards, while using the Metal Gear RAY unit to spread destruction all over the city, solely to ensure that Africa descends into war once again. Sundowner later assists World Marshal, Inc. in trying to create widespread conflict.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] is a chief of operations of Desperado Enforcement LLC. and the leader of Winds of Destruction. Making business out of selling weapons and technology to the terrorists and helping to create conflicts among nations [[WarForFunAndProfit in order to ensure war]], which he believes to be the natural state of man, Sundowner comes up with a project to create his own army by kidnapping hundreds of homeless children from third world countries and having all of their organs removed, [[AndIMustScream keeping the brains]], which he puts in realistic VR simulator of war to brainwash them in to becoming [[ChildSoldiers killing machines]], and selling the rest on the black market. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Starting the plot]] by gleefully murdering the African Prime Minister, N'mani, and all his guards, while using Metal Gear RAY unit to spread destruction all over the city, solely to ensure that Africa descends into war once again, Sundowner assists World Marshal, Inc. three weeks later in trying to create widespread conflict.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] is a chief of operations of Desperado Enforcement LLC. and the leader of Winds of Destruction. Making business out of selling weapons and technology to the terrorists and helping to create conflicts among nations [[WarForFunAndProfit in order to ensure war]], which he believes to be the natural state of man, Sundowner comes up with a project to create his own army by kidnapping hundreds of homeless children from third world countries and having all of their organs removed, keeping the brains, which he puts in realistic VR simulator of war to brainwash them in to becoming [[ChildSoldiers killing machines]], and selling the rest on the black market. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Starting the plot]] by gleefully murdering the African Prime Minister, N'mani, and all his guards, while using Metal Gear RAY unit to spread destruction all over the city, solely to ensure that Africa descends into war once again, Sundowner assists World Marshal, Inc. three weeks later in trying to create widespread conflict.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]], a gleefully sadistic [[WarForFunAndProfit war profiteer]] who believes war to be the natural state of mankind, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment begins the game]] by brutally killing President N'mami in front of Raiden. Sundowner has street [[WouldHurtAChild children]] kidnapped while their brains, of which we see hundreds, are removed into cyborg casings [[AndIMustScream while they are aware the whole time]]. Said children are forced to commit endless atrocities in virtual reality before they are sent off to commit them in the real world as well.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' ([[https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_(audio_drama) audio drama]]): [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Sergei Ivanovich]] is a partner of the commander of the Esteria Army Special Forces, Mark Cortez, in an attempt to overthrow the local government in South America. In reality using Cortez for a scheme of his own, Ivanovich has Cortez assist him in capturing Colonel Ray Campbell in the planned ambush, killing Cortez's entire unit in the process. From there, torturing Campbell for fun, he uses his life signal to lure Solid Snake and Meryl to him, promising to torture them all to death. Ivanovich reveals his plan to extract the FOXDIE virus from Solid Snake, so that he could use it to create a [[{{Bioweapon}} biological weapon]] to use against the government and innocent people; Ivanovich turned on Cortez, mortally wounding him, before killing the arriving soldiers, and then trying to sadistically kill Campbell, Meryl and Solid Snake.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' ([[https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_(audio_drama) audio drama]]): [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Sergei Ivanovich]] is a partner of the commander of the Esteria Army Special Forces, Mark Cortez, in an attempt to overthrow the local government in South America. In reality using Cortez for a scheme of his own, Ivanovich has Cortez assist him in capturing Colonel Ray Campbell in the planned ambush, killing Cortez's entire unit in the process. From there, torturing Campbell for fun, he uses his life signal to lure Solid Snake and Meryl to him, promising to torture them all to death. Ivanovich reveals his plan to extract the FOXDIE virus from Solid Snake, so that he could use it to create a biological weapon to use against the government and innocent people; Ivanovich turned on Cortez, mortally wounding him, before killing the arriving soldiers, and then trying to sadistically kill Campbell, Meryl and Solid Snake.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]], a gleefully sadistic [[WarForFunAndProfit war profiteer]] who believes war to be the natural state of mankind, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment begins the game]] by killing President N'mami in front of Raiden. Sundowner has street [[WouldHurtAChild children]] kidnapped while their brains, of which we see hundreds, are removed into cyborg casings [[AndIMustScream while they are aware the whole time]]. Said children are forced to commit endless atrocities in virtual reality before they are sent off to commit them in the real world as well.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] is a war profiteer who seeks to spread WarForFunAndProfit around the world, believing it to be the natural state of mankind. He begins the game by killing President N'mami in front of Raiden whilst being needlessly sadistic, and has street children kidnapped while their brains, of which we see hundreds, are removed into cyborg casings [[AndIMustScream while they are aware the whole time]]. They're forced to commit endless atrocities in virtual reality before they are sent off to commit them in the real world as well. Sundowner has no [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions or vision for peace]] like the game's BigBad; he's more sadistically gleeful and sociopathically unrepentant of his atrocities.

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->''"Like I said, kids are cruel, Jack. And I'm very in touch with my inner child."''
-->--'''Sundowner''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' franchise has some [[CompleteMonster really bad characters]].

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': {{Colonel|Badass}} [[BigBad Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin]] is a {{Sadist}} who, within minutes of appearing, fires a Davy Crocket nuke at his countrymen just to give it "a test drive," knowing full well that he won't be blamed for it, even when one of his subordinates is clinging to his arm, begging him not to. Then come one of the most vicious ColdBloodedTorture scenes in video games. It's clear he didn't care if the torturee lives or dies before getting the proper information, as long as he gets his kicks. Then we also have the fact that Volgin, long before the events of the game, had participated in the Katyn Forest Massacre as a NKVD member, where he managed to kill over 20,000 Polish officers with his bare hands, and not only that, but he also removed their blindfolds ''before'' beating them to a pulp, and he killed several people in both the Hungarian Revolution and the East Germany Uprising, which he not only had absolutely no regrets about killing 100,000 anti-communist activists, but even boasted about the feat.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid[[superscript:2]]'': [[GeneralRipper Wiseman]] instigated a horrific event known as the [[MoralEventHorizon Praulia Massacre]]: Wiseman felt that the data about the Model 2 soldiers was insufficient, so he had technicians provoke said soldiers into going berserk, causing the deaths of 10,000 people. He then sent the Model 3 soldiers in to eliminate the Model 2 soldiers, knowing that eliminating their brethren hurt them. Besides this, Wiseman was also responsible for the death of Koppelthorne's wife, which also resulted in the events of what happened later on. In addition, he had Venus render Snake amnesiac in to help him obtain the Lucinda File with the evidence of the massacre, and had Venus execute him simply because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he outlived his usefulness]].
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] is a war profiteer who seeks to spread WarForFunAndProfit around the world, believing it to be the natural state of mankind. He begins the game by killing President N'mami in front of Raiden whilst being needlessly sadistic, and has street children kidnapped while their brains (of which we see hundreds) are removed into cyborg casings [[AndIMustScream while they are aware the whole time.]] They're forced to commit endless atrocities in virtual reality before they are sent off to commit them in the real world as well. Sundowner has no good intentions or vision for peace like [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Hot Coldman]] or ''Revengeance'''s own BigBad; he's more sadistically gleeful and sociopathically unrepentant of his atrocities.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': [[BloodKnight Sundowner]] is a war profiteer who seeks to spread WarForFunAndProfit around the world, believing it to be the natural state of mankind. He begins the game by killing President N'mami in front of Raiden whilst being needlessly sadistic, and has street children kidnapped while their brains (of which we see hundreds) are removed into cyborg casings [[AndIMustScream while they are aware the whole time.]] They're forced to commit endless atrocities in virtual reality before they are sent off to commit them in the real world as well. Sundowner has no good intentions or vision for peace like Hot Coldman; he's more sadistically gleeful and sociopathically unrepentant of his atrocities.