Line #24 Characters/RedVsBlueTheInsurrection


1	Tropes pertaining to the Insurrection, the faction that the Freelancers battled in the past, in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. '''Spoilers below!'''
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5	[[folder:In general]]
6	[[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrection_9844.png]]
7	[[caption-width-right:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charon_industries_2031.png]]
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9	The Insurrection is a military force made up of soldiers who have broken off from the UNSC. They serve as the main antagonists for the Freelancers. They are possibly [[MythologyGag a nod to]] ''Halo'' canon, in which prior to the war with the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]], Earth (and human-controlled space) was undergoing a civil war between the UNSC and a coalition of rebel groups, for the control of human colonies. Incidentally, it was during this civil war the SPARTAN-II program was initiated, as a countermeasure against the rebellion.
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11	As Season 12 reveals, they are actually a private security force for Charon Industries, a corrupt organization headed by Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Malcolm Hargroove, AKA "Control". They are actually part of the same group that the Space Pirates, Locus, and Felix are a part of.
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13	!!Associated Tropes:
14	* AllThereInTheManual: Any of their names come from the credits, tweets, or commentary. None of them are named in the series proper.
15	* AirborneMook: The jetpack trio.
16	* BigBadEnsemble: Alongside the Director in Season 9, though the former is more [[ManBehindTheMan behind the scenes]].
17	* CoolStarship: The ''Staff of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Charon]]'' early in Season 10. It's a clue to their true employer: Charon Insustries.
18	* EarlyBirdCameo: One of the Smiley twins is seen spray painting his mini-gun during Episode 7 of Season 10. Also, the Leader shows up in the lineup of EliteMooks, but isn't identified until Season 10.
19	* EliteMooks: Several are shown, and they all manage to give the Freelancers a tough fight. Individuals are listed below. Given the revelation that they're actually UNSC soldiers working for Charon Industries, they may be actual Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
20	* EvilVersusEvil: Revealed to be the true dynamic of their conflict with Project Freelancer in Season 12.
21	* TheFaceless: Only the Leader and Girlie ever show their faces.
22	** [[spoiler: The flame soldier later shows his face in season 13.]]
23	* FillerVillain: Subverted. At first glance, the Insurrection merely exist to throw down with the Freelancers in some [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting awesome fight scenes.]] However, they're shown to be much more plot relevant than it seems. Especially in Season 12.
24	* HeavilyArmoredMook: One way to differentiate a usual mook Insurrectionist from his EliteMook counterpart. The latter (with the exception of the sleeveless guy) are heavily armoured and tend to be MadeOfIron.
25	* HeroAntagonist: Suggested. York questions whether or not the Freelancers are the "good guys". And judging from the Director's illegal actions and the fact that the Blood Gulch crew, Carolina, and Washington are using their information to find and kill the Director, the suggestion might actually be right. They may not even be an Insurrection at all, as Connecticut implies, instead being part of the legitimate armed forces while it's the Freelancers that are the rebels/terrorists.
26	--> '''Connecticut:''' Here, take the info. It's not complete, but it'll get them started.
27	* LaResistance: Freelancers tend to call them this, to their amusement.
28	-->'''Insurectionist Leader:''' Ha, ha, [[IsThatWhatHeToldYou is that who he told you we are?]]\
29	'''[[TheMole C.T.:]]''' ''They'' [[HeroAntagonist aren't the enemy Carolina.]] [[HeelRealization We're the ones working outside the rules, not them.]] [[ColdBloodedTorture You don't know what the Director has done.]] He's broken major laws. When this war ends, we're all going to have to pay for his crimes!
30	** Season 12 reveals that while they were a splinter UNSC group, they weren't exactly a resistance. Rather, they were under Charon Industries and Chairman Malcolm Hargrove, and were actually [[SubvertedTrope even worse than the Freelancers]].
31	* MookChivalry: The lesser grunts suffer from this.
32	* MythologyGag: Their existence is a reference to how the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower United Nations Space Command]] wasn't exactly... united prior to the Human-Covenant War.
33	* NoNameGiven: Every member of the group unless one counts Connecticut.
34	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The [[ArtificialLimbs Red]] [[HairTriggerTemper demoman]], [[DarkActionGirl the female member]], [[ColdSniper the Sniper]], [[TheLeader Pill man]], the [[GiantMook sleeveless guy]], and [[PyroManiac the flame soldier]] count as one, especially with more characterization in Season 10 (with the exception of the flame soldier who died in Season 9).
35	[[/folder]]
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37	[[folder:Insurrectionist Leader]]
38	!'''Insurrectionist/Resistance Leader/C.T. (Season 7)'''
39	[[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrection_leader_9175.png]]
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41	->''"[[WhamLine Ha, ha,]] [[IsThatWhatHeToldYou is]] [[LaResistance that]] what he told [[UnwittingPawn you]] [[HeroAntagonist we]] are?"''
42	-->'''Voiced By:''' Michael Joplin
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44	Leader of the Insurrection group that the Freelancers regularly combat, who has a thing going with Connecticut.
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46	After Connecticut was killed by Tex, he donned her helmet. He shows up in ''Recreation'', in charge of a dig site in the desert. As it turns out, his alien sidekick "Smith," and his men took over the operation, killing the other men (and aliens) working there. They are evidently after a pyramid-shaped superweapon, which Tucker theorizes they intend to sell to the highest bidder. He is very unwilling to tell Sarge, Grif, and Caboose anything about what he's doing in the desert, leading them to get suspicious, and rightfully so. After finally entering the dig site, C.T. ordered Jones (one of his men) to disable Epsilon-Church, who happens to be inside [[AveMachina one of those Forerunner monitors]]. That enraged the Elites and led to them killing off his forces.
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48	!!Associated Tropes:
49	* ArchEnemy: Considers Tucker as one in Season 7, since his entire operation in the dig site is being singlehandedly held back by the Blue. C.T. himself gets noticeably panicked (and ''pissed'') once it turned out that Tucker was released from the dig sites' structure, and repeatedly said that he ''really'' wanted to kill him when they meet both times on-screen.
50	* BadassNormal: Even though he's clearly no match for the top level [[SuperSoldier Freelancers]], he does manage to keep up against them.
51	* BattleCouple[=/=]OfficialCouple: With Connecticut.
52	* BenevolentBoss: To the point of UndyingLoyalty to his men, in distinct contrast to [[BadBoss the]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Director]].
53	* BigBadEnsemble: With the Meta for ''Recreation''.
54	* BigBad: During Season 10. Could also be qualified BigGood if you see the Freelancers as the bad guys.
55	* ChekhovsGunman: When the EliteMooks are first seen, he's among them. However, it isn't until Season 10 that he is revealed to be their leader.
56	* DeadPersonImpersonation: Impersonates the real Agent Connecticut after she died in his arms.
57	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The Insurectionist Leader (aka Pillman)'s weapon of choice seems to be collapsible throwing axes. Pretty impractical, but he seems to pull it off. It seems as though he stopped using them after one of them killed C.T., however.
58	* KickTheDog: When he was being chased by a pissed off Smith and another Elite in a Prowler, he rammed his Warthog into their vehicle, running over their bodies for good measure. Before that, he took over the operation in the desert temple by killing off every other Elite and Marine that was sent there beforehand and threw their corpses into a pile to keep them hidden.
59	* KilledOffForReal: Gets lasered by Epsilon-Church, with his body being buried in Sandtrap.
60	* MadeOfIron: After being chased down, his Warthog gets sliced by an energy sword, destroying it seconds later and propelling his body chest-first onto the ground, before he gets up and runs away almost immediately thereafter, completely unscathed. In Season 10 episode 10, he takes a beating from Tex and still manages to go the distance against her, something which only Maine had previously been able to do.
61	%%* TheMenFirst
62	* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as the Leader. Or C.T. in Season 7.
63	* OnlySaneMan: Gives off vibes of this during the first meeting with Sarge, Grif and Caboose.
64	* RebelLeader: What the agents of Project Freelancer assume him to be, as an especially cynical, even villainous version. However, he and his group assume it to be a subversion.
65	* SecretKeeper: Of his own plans, identity and motives, to the bitter end. C.T.'s memory is probably a major part of the reason.
66	* TragicKeepsake: C.T's armor, making him the C.T. we see manning the desert excavation.
67	* UndyingLoyalty: He refuses to abandon his teammates, even though C.T. reminds him they're most likely dead if the Freelancers have gotten that far. He only flees with C.T. after Tex mortally wounds her with a throwing axe. This behavior seems to persist into Season 7, where he refuses to tell Tucker [[JustBetweenYouAndMe why he was in Sandtrap]] due to his loyalty to Connecticut over someone who was essentially a low grade agent of Project Freelancer.
68	* VillainousBreakdown: Completely panics when the operation in Sandtrap doesn't go as planned.
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71	[[folder:Red Bandolier Demoman]]
72	[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrection_demo_man_4121.png]]
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74	->''"Get into position! ''Completely'' surround them! No-one gets ''[[TemptingFate behind]]'' me!"''
75	-->'''Voiced By:''' Brandon Farmahini
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77	Assumed to be the leader of this group of the Insurrection in Season 9, this [[ButtMonkey unlucky]] soldier ends up being involved in every Freelancer operation shown against the Resistance. Although he ''tries'' to be smart, he doesn't quite make it all the way there. He is distinguished by his dual bandoliers (and later on, his robotic arm) and [[HairTriggerTemper attitude]].
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79	!!Associated Tropes
80	* AnArmAndALeg: Type 2, losing his arm in battle to against Freelancers due to an explosion twice, the second time being from his subverted DisneyVillainDeath.
81	* ArtificialLimbs: He receives a mechanical replacement for his left arm in Season 10, presumably due to damage sustained in Season 9.
82	* BadassTransplant: In Season 10, he seems much more competent, mostly due to the mechanical arm being able to grab Brute Shot grenades out of the air. It also seems to give him SuperStrength.
83	* ButtMonkey: Every single time he shows up, he gets hurt badly by the Freelancers. He's understandably pissed off by this situation.
84	* CatchAndReturn: Fully capable of doing this with a Brute Shot grenade using his artificial arm in Season 10.
85	%%* DiscOneFinalBoss
86	* DisneyVillainDeath: He seems to have suffered from this in Season 10, courtesy of a [[GrenadeLauncher Brute Shot]] barrage. However, subverted, as a deleted scene for Season 10 shows that he survived, at the cost of his other biological arm.
87	* EliteMook[=/=]MookLieutenant: To the point where he was initially assumed to be the leader of the Insurrection.
88	* EmpoweredBadassNormal
89	%%* TheFaceless
90	* HairTriggerTemper: Though, having to deal with the [[SurroundedByIdiots incompetence]] of [[MookChivalry his troops]] so much around Freelancers, one can probably understand his irritation.
91	* IronButtMonkey: He survives a ''lot'' of punishment.
92	* MadeOfIron: He's both this and ''extremely'' lucky. See NoOneShouldSurviveThat for why.
93	* NarratingTheObvious: "Ah! My robot arm!" Said when said arm is torn off by Maine.
94	* NoIndoorVoice: Like HairTriggerTemper, justified. The first time, he didn't have a microphone to call down to North and South. The other times, he's too pissed off to be quieter.
95	* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: He has survived being at the center of a massive explosive ''twice'' now, with his only visible injury being a missing arm.
96	* {{Revenge}}: After the encounter in Season 10, he swears revenge on the Freelancers for his latest misfortune, having lost his other biological arm.
97	* SirSwearsALot: Probably because every time he's seen, he's being attacked by Freelancers. He seems especially prone to swearing in Episode 15 of Season 9.
98	* SoleSurvivor: Has a bad habit of being the only survivor in very large explosions. And, if a deleted scene from Season 10 is anything to go by, he is very likely the last survivor of the EliteMook group from the Insurrection, provided he's survived to the present day.
99	* UnexplainedRecovery: The highest amount of this of the EliteMooks. He took a KillSat to the ''face'' and came out with just a mechanical arm.
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102	[[folder:Flamethrower Soldier]]
103	!Insurrectionist Flame Soldier
104	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrection_flamer_7952.png]]
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106	->'''Washington:''' ''What the fuck is with this guy?''
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108	A large soldier who wields a flamethrower and has a shark decal on his faceplate. The first of the Insurrection EliteMooks to die, he fights his only battle in Episode 15 of Season 9, where he faces Carolina and Washington in combat.
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110	!!Associated Tropes:
111	* BoomHeadshot: Granted, it's not with a gun, but he still gets a Gravity Hammer to the face.
112	%%* EliteMook
113	* FireBreathingWeapon: His weapon is a [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/M7057/Defoliant_Projector M7057 Flamethrower]] that he can utilize with enough proficiency to prematurely detonate grenades in mid-air.
114	* GiantMook: He seems to be the largest of the EliteMooks.
115	* KilledOffForReal: The first of the Insurrectionist EliteMooks to get this fate in Season 9.
116	** [[spoiler: It's later revealed in season 13 that he is alive and imprisoned on the UNSC Tartarus]]
117	* MadeOfIron: He takes handgun and battle rifle fire like it's nothing, and takes a full on [[CoolPlane Banshee]] to the face and survives. It takes a Gravity Hammer to the face to finally kill him.
118	* PyroManiac: Wields a flamethrower and [[spoiler: is covered in burns, including half his face being burned off.]]
119	* NeverFoundTheBody: After his bout with Agents Washington and Carolina, he is assumed to be dead, [[spoiler: but it turns out he is alive and has been imprisoned by the UNSC.]]
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122	[[folder:Sleeveless Soldier]]
123	!Sleeveless Insurrectionist Soldier
124	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sleeveless_insurectionist_9879.png]]
125
126	->'''[[ArtificialIntelligence Sigma]]:''' ''Agent Maine, isn't that the soldier from the freeway? The one who shot you in the throat? ...I thought so. SicEm.''
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128	Seemingly the physically strongest of the Insurrection soldiers in terms of brute strength, this soldier is famous for shooting Maine in the throat, rendering him mute and inadvertently causing the entirety of ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The Recollection]]''.
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130	!!Associated Tropes:
131	* AirborneMook: When he takes to the sky in Episodes 16 and 17 of Season 9 on a JetPack.
132	* BadassNormal: We are talking about a guy who managed to withstand, block, and dodge several blows from [[TheAce Carolina]] and brilliantly win a fight against [[TheBrute Maine]]. If those are not some of the most incredible feats from the series...
133	* BareFistedMonk: Although he seems perfectly capable of using guns when he has them, this soldier seems to prefer simply pummeling people with his bare hands first.
134	* TheBrute: Rather than any weapon, he seems to focus on pure strength. Downplayed in that unlike Maine, he seems to succeed more through strategy and ruthlessness than by his actual strength. His beating of Maine is a good example considering he actually hits Maine twice to piss him off, then waits for him to try to strike back, which leaves his guard fully open.
135	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Downplayed. Despite not seeming to have any actual enhancements, this soldier manages to out-muscle [[SuperSoldier Maine]] in their first encounter. That said, once Maine gets SuperStrength, things go in quite the other direction.
136	%%* EliteMook
137	* EvilCounterpart: Or Good Counterpart, depending on how you look at it, to Maine.
138	%%* TheFaceless
139	* GiantMook: Rivals the Flame Soldier in sheer size.
140	%%* MusclesAreMeaningful
141	* NeverFoundTheBody: In Season 9, he is last seen being thrown off the freeway after a fight with Carolina. He shows up again in Season 10.
142	* OneHitKill[=/=]OffWithHisHead: His final fate in Episode 9 of Season 10 at the hands of Maine. After Maine gives him a PunchCatch and [[KneelBeforeZod forced to his knees]], Maine punches him in the head, knocking his helmet off. He doesn't get back up, and we never see his head after the incident. It's been confirmed by WordOfGod (through DVD commentary) that the punch did indeed kill and decapitate him.
143	* SleevesAreForWimps: He's known for his muscle mass and his sleevelessness.
144	* UnexplainedRecovery: Not as bad as the Demoman, but still unexplained.
145	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's the one who shot Maine in the throat, inadvertently providing Carolina's excuse to give Sigma away. And we all know what Sigma did as a result.
146	* TheWorfEffect: The second time Maine fights him, the battle is decidedly very one-sided, most likely to showcase Maine's new SuperStrength.
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:The Sniper]]
150	!Insurrectionist Sniper
151	[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrectionist_sniper_3704.png]]
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153	->''"Okay, what have you got for me?"''
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155	A member of the jetpack trio of "Sleeveless Guy" and "Female Soldier", this Insurrectionist is known for his use of a sniper rifle. He is notable for being the only member of the group who is not assumed dead at the end of Season 9, though he is on the receiving end of a pretty brutal punch from Maine. Like his fellows, he survives to Season 10.
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157	!!Associated Tropes
158	* AirborneMook: In Season 9, thanks to his JetPack.
159	%%* ColdSniper
160	%%* EliteMook
161	%%* TheFaceless
162	* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: In Season 10, his fellow sniper makes the mistake of firing his SMG inside of North's [[BeehiveBarrier bubble shield]]. The results are BloodyHilarious, but also a GoryDiscretionShot to a degree.
163	* LaserSight: On his sniper rifle.
164	* OhCrap: His reaction to the aforementioned HyperDestructiveBouncingBall just before death.
165	* OneHitKO: In Episode 17 of Season 9, he is punched in the face while on a jetpack moving at high speed down a freeway by Maine, causing him to get off balance and fall behind. He survives, though, appearing again in Season 10 no worse for wear.
166	%%* SniperRifle
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168
169	[[folder:Girlie]]
170	!Girlie
171	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/female_insurrectionist_6539.png]]
172
173	->''"I can't believe he trusts [[TheMole that bitch]] after what she did to us."''
174	-->'''Voiced By:''' Hannah Hart
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176	The only known female member of the Insurrection except Connecticut, this soldier is notable for both her gender and the fact that she has her face shown, one of the few members of the Insurrection to do so.
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178	!!Associated Tropes
179	%%* BadassNormal
180	%%* DarkActionGirl
181	* DisneyVillainDeath: Dropped to her death along with the Demoman's "robot arm" by Maine in Episode 9 of Season 10.
182	* DualWielding: Wields two combat knives in her one-on-one fight with Carolina in Season 10.
183	%%* EliteMook
184	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice[=/=]BayonetYa: Carolina impales her in the chest with the bayonet of Maine's Brute Shot in Season 9. It doesn't kill her, however.
185	* LadySwearsALot: She has exactly three lines. Two include the word "bitch", and the last includes "fuck".
186	* LongHairIsFeminine: Subverted. Her hair is longer than any of the other women in the prequel segments, but she's just as action oriented and vulgar as any of them.
187	* UnexplainedRecovery: Not as bad as the Demoman, but still unexplained.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Rhee Sebeil]]
191	[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rhee_sebial_7091.png]]
192
193	A civilian scientist, he is a high ranking official in the Insurrection, and has the briefcase that holds the code to opening [[MacGuffin the Sarcophagus]]. He only appears in Season 9.
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195	!!Associated Tropes
196	* BaldOfEvil: For a certain degree of "evil". See HeroAntagonist on the whole group.
197	* CoolShades: Not quite SinisterShades, since we don't see enough of him or know enough about him to tell anything nefarious about him other than his allegiance.
198	* TheEvilGenius: Again, for a certain degree of "evil".
199	* GoryDiscretionShot: Maine's assassination of him.
200	%%* NonActionGuy
201	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Unlike most of the Insurrection, he is one of the few characters who is rendered without any armor at all.
202	* OhCrap: The look on his face just before the GoryDiscretionShot at the end of Episode 14 of Season 9.
203	%%* SharpDressedMan
204	* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Maine takes him out this way: jumping off a bridge, landing straight on the hood of his car, and, as it manages to swerve only twice in the driver's surprise, kills the official.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Chain Guy and Chain Girl]]
208	!Chain Guy and Chain Girl
209	[[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insurrectionist_turret_men_7715.png]]
210
211	->'''Insurrectionist Leader:''' ''Mow 'em down!''
212	-->'''Voiced By:''' Michael Jones and Lindsey Tuggey
213
214	Two soldiers who guard the entrance to the computer room in which the Leader is staying in Season 10, these two seem to communicate through giggles and weeps, and used their {{Gatling\|Good}} guns to keep the Freelancers at bay for some time. One has a frowning face on their faceplate, the other a smiling one.
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216	!!Associated Tropes:
217	* AlienBlood: Though presumably not alien, their death-by-crushing results in a huge splatter of yellow. It's unknown if it's paint or blood.
218	* AllThereInTheManual: Their names (and the fact one of them is apparently a girl) come from a tweet by Chain Guy's voice actor.
219	* AxCrazy: Seemingly, by the sounds of their communication with one another.
220	* BattleCouple: One possible interpretation of their relationship.
221	* BerserkerTears: The frowning face soldier.
222	* BottomlessMagazines: More noticeable than others, due to almost never stopping firing.
223	* DeathFromAbove[=/=]ForkliftFu: Killed when Florida caused the crane holding a box to throw them off of the side of the platform, then drop the box, killing them both.
224	* DisneyVillainDeath: Sort of. It's unknown if the fall or the box killed them.
225	%%* EliteMooks
226	%%* TheFaceless
227	* GatlingGood: And seemingly limitless ammunition.
228	* GigglingVillain[=/=]TheHyena[=/=]LaughingMad: The Smiley Face soldier.
229	* MonsterClown: Invoked, with their {{Leitmotif}} being creepy carnival music, their "HaveANiceDaySmile[=/=][[PerpetualFrowner Frown]]" reminiscent of face-paint, and the slogans on their chain-guns having clown-like phrases ("Turn That Frown Upside Down!"[=/=]"Have A Nice Day ([[ImpliedDeathThreat Or Else]])!")
230	* SymbolicBlood: Assuming the yellow splatter is paint.
231	* TriggerHappy: The Smiley Face soldier. Emphasis on the "happy".
232	* TheUnintelligible: They do "talk", but in sounds, not words.
233	[[/folder]]

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