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Does apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \'\'have\'\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment and at most possessing CharlesAtlasSuperpower, or have derive their \
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Does this trope apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\\\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\\\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \\\'\\\'have\\\'\\\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\\\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\\\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment and at most possessing CharlesAtlasSuperpower, or have derive their \\\"superpowers\\\" from \\\'\\\'technology\\\'\\\', e.g. PoweredArmor, {{Cyborg}} augmentation, or {{Nanomachines}}, though; only a handful possess more typical superpowers, like Psycho Mantis having PsychicPowers and Vulcan Raven being implied to possess \\\'\\\'genuine\\\'\\\' shaman magic (though he doesn\\\'t actually use it in his boss fight).

Oh, and MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater has the Cobra Unit, whose members, while \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' themed after snakes, do possess subtle motifs and/or powers related to other animals -- [[BeeBeeGun The Pain]] is bees and hornets, The Fear is spiders (due to his abnormal flexibility and WallCrawling) and chameleons (long surgically-forked tongue, has [[InvisibilityCloak a stealth camo device]]), The End... okay, his theme is with \\\'\\\'plants\\\'\\\', not \\\'\\\'animals\\\'\\\'. The Fury, though, has no apparent AnimalMotif whatsoever, unless we take his PyroManiac tendencies and FireBreathingWeapon as a cue that he\\\'s themed after dragons. The last two, The Sorrow and The Joy, have no animal themes besides the latter\\\'s snake-shaped scar (ironic, giving that TheProtagonist is named Naked Snake, and [[ItWasHisSled she turns traitor early on]] and predictably has to fight against her).
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Does apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \'\'have\'\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment and at most possessing CharlesAtlasSuperpower, or have derive their \
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Does apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\\\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\\\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \\\'\\\'have\\\'\\\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\\\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\\\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment and at most possessing CharlesAtlasSuperpower, or have derive their \\\"superpowers\\\" from \\\'\\\'technology\\\'\\\', e.g. PoweredArmor, {{Cyborg}} augmentation, or {{Nanomachines}}, though; only a handful possess more typical superpowers, like Psycho Mantis having PsychicPowers and Vulcan Raven being implied to possess \\\'\\\'genuine\\\'\\\' shaman magic (though he doesn\\\'t actually use it in his boss fight).

Oh, and MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater has the Cobra Unit, whose members, while \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' themed after snakes, do possess subtle motifs and/or powers related to other animals -- [[BeeBeeGun The Pain]] is bees and hornets, The Fear is spiders (due to his abnormal flexibility and WallCrawling) and chameleons (long surgically-forked tongue, has [[InvisibilityCloak a stealth camo device]]), The End... okay, his theme is with \\\'\\\'plants\\\'\\\', not \\\'\\\'animals\\\'\\\'. The Fury, though, has no apparent AnimalMotif whatsoever, unless we take his PyroManiac tendencies and FireBreathingWeapon as a cue that he\\\'s themed after dragons. The last two, The Sorrow and The Joy, have no animal themes besides the latter\\\'s snake-shaped scar (ironic, giving that TheProtagonist is named Naked Snake, and [[ItWasHisSled she turns traitor early on]] and predictably has to fight against her).
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Does apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \'\'have\'\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment or have derive their \
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Does apply to (para)military/mercenary groups like the MetalGear series\\\'s FOXHOUND and Beauty and Beast Unit? Both have animal codenames (the former for their elite operatives), FOXHOUND usually have a subtle motif related to their codenames\\\' animal namesakes (and in a few cases, they \\\'\\\'have\\\'\\\' said animal namesakes as their pets/companions), and the BB Unit\\\'s cyborg exoskeletons are actually designed to resemble the member\\\'s animal namesake. Most of them are either {{Badass Normal}}s wielding advanced (and often experimental) weapons/equipment and at most possessing CharlesAtlasSuperpower, or have derive their \\\"superpowers\\\" from \\\'\\\'technology\\\'\\\', e.g. PoweredArmor, {{Cyborg}} augmentation, or {{Nanomachines}}, though; only a handful possess more typical superpowers, like Psycho Mantis having PsychicPowers and Vulcan Raven being implied to possess \\\'\\\'genuine\\\'\\\' shaman magic (though he doesn\\\'t actually use it in his boss fight).

Oh, and MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater has the Cobra Unit, whose members, while \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' themed after snakes, do possess subtle motifs and/or powers related to other animals -- [[BeeBeeGun The Pain]] is bees and hornets, The Fear is spiders (due to his abnormal flexibility and WallCrawling) and chameleons (long forked tongue, stealth camo), The End... okay, his theme is with \\\'\\\'plants\\\'\\\', not \\\'\\\'animals\\\'\\\'. The Fury, though, has no apparent AnimalMotif whatsoever, unless we take his PyroManiac tendencies and FireBreathingWeapon as a cue that he\\\'s themed after dragons. The last two, The Sorrow and The Joy, have no animal themes besides the latter\\\'s snake-shaped scar (ironic, giving that TheProtagonist is named Naked Snake, and [[ItWasHisSled she turns traitor early on]] and predictably has to fight against her).
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