Solid Snake, real name David, also known as Old Snake, and briefly known as Iroquois Pliskin, or simply Snake, was a former spy, special operations soldier, and mercenary.Possessing an IQ of 180 and fluent in six languages, he was known as "the Man Who Makes the Impossible Possible" and his exploits made him into a living legend among the military black ops. Snake subdued Eli and brought him and his group of child soldiers back to Mother Base, confused by Eli's inherent hostility towards him. The second time was nearing the end of the mission, having a suspiciously excited reaction when Snake managed to heat up the key, causing Snake to wonder why "Miller" was feeling oddly happy about it. He is the only Snake who hasn't been seen using any tobacco products, not counting Liquid Ocelot (although Solidus Snake has never been seen smoking in the games themselves, he was seen smoking a cigar in the ARG viral marketing site "Make it Right" during the various videos). As such, while he tries to play it cool, he feels weak and vulnerable truthfully. Liquid was an especially adept pilot; as demonstrated by his piloting of a Hind D during a blizzard when the gunships IR and navigation systems were nonfunctional, especially in combat against two F-16s, as well as co-pilot it from within the weapons operator's cockpit, which Revolver Ocelot attributed to the successes of the "Les Enfants Terribles" project. Cam Clarke (Liquid Snake) replies to David Hayter (Solid Snake) at the Taco Bell Drive Thru.In reply to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbi1gJXI3Y Venom Snake ordered that Eli was to be evacuated too, but just then Eli started coming to, and the medical team, realized to their horror that his parasites were starting to go into outbreak. Part of his plan involved taking advantage of Miller's new-found responsibilities for the children, allowing him and his band to avoid being put in containment for bad behavior on the base until Miller was relieved of his duties as the children's caretaker by Ocelot, having failed to keep the situation contained. Real Name: Eli. Konami Debut 2012-11-21 Ring Intro Music Metal Gear Solid - Hind D Past Intro Music (Killscreen IV) Signature(s)/ Finisher(s) Modified Codecbreaker (Single Knee Facebreaker) Right Arm BRRROOOTHEEERRR (Hulk Hogan Comeback) Unfortunately, he had fully anticipated this and proceeded to escape the interrogation room with the aid of Tretij Rebenok and the Metal Gear in the middle of an interrogation session with Ocelot and Miller in attendance and Venom Snake watching in behind a two-way mirror. Big boss - Jack/john same difference. [19] Continuing his Master Miller impersonation, he then tricked Snake into focusing on his mission support adviser Naomi Hunter as an enemy spy. [14] He was eventually reunited with his old ally Mantis and the two joined FOXHOUND in 2000, with Liquid becoming its squad leader after Snake had already retired from the unit. He staggered towards Snake and Meryl, FAMAS in hand. Having survived the explosion, Liquid dragged Snake to the top of REX, and directly threatened the Pentagon via Snake's Codec implant. Just as he was about to kill them, as they were both trapped underneath their vehicle, Liquid suddenly lurched backwards and collapsed to the ground, succumbing to the FOXDIE virus. Liquid Snake (リキッド・スネーク, Rikiddo Sunēku?) As a young boy, Liquid despised adult authority due to his handlers' treatment of him and broke away from them while in Africa to form his own personal militia. During this time, Liquid secretly observed directly Snake's actions and reactions to killing his comrades. Liquid Snake — The 50 Coolest Video Game Villains of All Time", "The Top 7... Outrageously Evil Bad Guys", "The Top 7... Games with mega plot twists you never saw coming", "The 8 best brotherly rivalries in gaming", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liquid_Snake&oldid=991589738, Fictional characters with accelerated ageing, Genetically engineered characters in video games, Fictional military personnel in video games, Fictional secret agents and spies in video games, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 21:12. He also had a tattoo on his left arm, which resembled the Rod of Asclepius, but with a sword in its place and with the words "Temptation Revelation". controlling the Sons of the Patriots system. Big Boss (Japanese: ビッグ・ボス, Hepburn: Biggu Bosu) is a video game character from the Metal Gear video game series created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami.He was first introduced in the 1987 Metal Gear game as the commanding officer and father of the main character, Solid Snake, later revealing himself as a terrorist leading a faction known as Outer Heaven.He is later … In large part because of his upbringing and his knowledge of how he was conceived, he harbored a belief that he should follow what his genes told him, under the hopes that he would surpass his genetic destiny. Liquid and Solid Snake were also somewhat aware of their Japanese heritage. Like Sonic, he is a newcomer and appears on the cover for the game. The Liquid Magazine featured two lines uttered by Liquid on the cover: "We have no past, no future", in reference to his statement to Solid Snake regarding their creation for the sole purpose of fighting; and "Did you like my Sunglasses", referring to his line when Snake confronts him in the hangar, regarding his disguise as Master Miller. In Act 4, when arriving at the Supply Route where REX's remains are located, taking a photograph of the cockpit area with the camera will reveal a ghost of Liquid Snake. Solid Snake (real name David, commonly referred to as Snake, and later referred to as Old Snake) was a former spy, special operations soldier, and mercenary. Not only that, but with Metal Gear REX in his possession, Liquid planned to join forces with Colonel Gurlukovich's forces, and turn Shadow Moses into a new "Outer Heaven." For more info, click here. After this, Liquid's psyche was able to dominate Ocelot's mind completely. Following an intense battle, the Hind eventually went down in flames due to stinger missiles fired by Snake, though Liquid was able to survive. I've played metal gear solid 1-4 and i still have no idea what Liquids name is. However, once again, Liquid emerged relatively unscathed, dragging Snake to the top of REX's remains for a final fight. Blond [16] Liquid anticipated that his clone brother Solid Snake would be sent in to eliminate the terrorist threat, and intended to trick him into activating REX for them, as a backup plan. He was cloned from Big Boss's DNA as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project, along with his brothers Solid Snake and Solidus Snake. [49] Voiced by (English) Who the hell are you? He explained to Snake that his ultimate goal was to give soldiers a purpose again, especially since soldiers continued to be abused by hypocritical politicians and political gambits. Eli briefly opened the cockpit to taunt Snake, whom he still believed to be his father, the real Big Boss, declaring he would kill him and thereby break his heritage. (May 2013) Introduced in … When he was younger, his hatred for Big Boss was intense enough that he reacted violently to even the mere mention of the subject of fathers or even parents, as evidenced by his becoming threatening to one of the soldiers in his squad when the latter relayed to him how his own father was doing with his work in the mines, as well as his instantly attacking Venom Snake when they first met after the latter expressed doubts that his parents named him "White Mamba", and was also severe enough that it overpowered both Skull Face and Volgin's control over Tretij Rebenok (both of whom did so due to their mutual hatred of Big Boss). Liquid Snake (real name Eli) is one of three clones of the legendary Big Boss, created alongside Solid Snake as a pair of twins. Big Boss ("father")Clark's assistant (mtDNA donor) EVA (surrogate mother)Solid Snake (twin brother)Solidus Snake (brother)Six unborn brothersGene therapy test subjects[6] While he would be lead to believe that he was made to be the inferior member of this pair, in truth, he was the superior one, possessing advanced physical capabilities even in his youth. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots shows Liquid's consciousness seemingly taking over his host's body completely as a new personality: Liquid Ocelot. We have no past, no future. He also largely believed for the same reasons that he couldn't become anything else than a soldier, and wouldn't have the right to even possess a real name, reacting angrily at one point when Snake claimed that he did have a name other than his codename. His body was able to withstand freezing temperatures for several minutes with little clothing or protection. The incident was deliberately brought about to coincide with the signing of the START III Accord between the U.S. and Russia: exposing REX's existence would put the signing of the treaty in jeopardy, erode confidence in America’s commitment to non-proliferation, and create international turmoil. Both actors would reprise the role in Metal Gear Solid 2, where Liquid's personality takes over the mind of Revolver Ocelot, who switches between his natural voice (provided by Kōji Totani in the Japanese version and Pat Zimmerman in English) and Liquid's. An adult Liquid Snake was foreseen in Elisa and Ursula's prophetic vision in 1970, as the son of Big Boss that would "bring the world to ruin."[9]. When Solid Snake flashes back to when Meryl was shot, Liquid, disguised as Master Miller, tells Solid Snake "You can’t keep attacking yourself for things that happened in the past. With these vast resources at his command, Liquid would drag the world into a Third World War, fulfilling Big Boss's dream of a world which always had a place for soldiers. Solid Snake (real name David, commonly referred to as Snake, and later referred to as Old Snake) was a former spy, special operations soldier, and mercenary. Unlocking this flashback after downloading the trophy patch will also result in the trophy, "You Enjoy All the Killing, That's Why! He’s very visionary and focused than just tactical opportunistic, and he have an obviously Se developed because his genes and training. Solid snake - David. Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, & Solidus Snake As genetic experiments, Solid Snake and Liquid Snake differed greatly from each other. On a related note, the game also first revealed the birth year of Solid Snake, being born in 1972 as noted in the timeline. This is likely deliberate to showcase his desire to imitate and surpass him. Killing enough human enemies in Metal Gear Solid 4 will cause Old Snake to recall Liquid’s words to him at the end of Metal Gear Solid ("You enjoy all the killing, that's why!"). But as he watched Diamond Dogs leaving the island with Sahelanthropus and his former men, he realized the completeness of his defeat, and instead placed the gun against his own temple, preparing to commit suicide. Ceasing this moment of weakness, the surviving XOF troopers moved in to make another attempt on Eli's life, with Snake desperately attempting to fight them off. The Soldier Billed From? Liquid Ocelot's attack patterns in this stage are similar to the ones Liquid Snake used in the fistfight atop REX. This was changed from the real life Dengeki PlayStation magazine featured in the original Japanese version. One of Liquid's motivations in Metal Gear Solid is his jealousy and hatred towards Snake and his desire to surpass his "genetic destiny" from Big Boss. With a bombing raid on the facility, ordered by the U.S Secretary of Defense, due to commence shortly, Liquid and Snake battled barehanded atop REX's ruins. Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. While a recap of Liquid's dialogue was included in the in-game novel In the Darkness of Shadow Moses, there is no mention of dominant and recessive traits, whereas the dialogue remains essentially unchanged in The Twin Snakes. 1972 United States of America[3] Venom Snake (ヴェノム・スネーク, Venomu Sunēku), also known as Punished Snake (パニッシュド・スネーク, Panishudo Sunēku), is a fictional character from Konami 's Metal Gear video game series. Post Jul 10, 2008 #1 2008-07-10T03:59. During the Shadow Moses Incident, Liquid almost let slip his true identity, while posing as Master Miller, when discussing Snake's and Vulcan Raven's common ancestry. The dog tags were later included in the The Twin Snakes remake, which the player can obtain from Liquid if he is knocked off the edge of Metal Gear REX, although he will retain them in various following cutscenes. Venom Snake disarmed Eli and threw him to the ground, driving the same knife into the ground beside Eli's head. In 1984, Big Boss and Ocelot, meeting in Dhekelia SBA Memorial Hospital, discussed, among other subjects, the Les Enfants Terribles project and Eli's disappearance in Africa, with Ocelot noticing that he was still on the loose, and that the British government had made no real effort to recover him, seeing it as a sign that they had essentially abandoned him. His hatred of having his will constrained to the extent that the only "liberty" that it can be allowed is to live was also stemmed from the brainwashing in the POW camps. [14] GameDaily ranked him ninth on their "Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time". Aside from this, Miller mimics Liquid in the post-mission quiz relating to events from the original Metal Gear Solid, using either direct lines from the game or paraphrases relating to the context of the quiz. It's not over yet!" Dr. Naomi Hunter : Didn't you know that cigarettes contain benzopyrene, a chemical that leads to lung cancer? [20] In 2011, UGO Networks ranked Liquid as the fourth-scariest fictional terrorist in entertainment,[21] also featuring him revealing himself in Metal Gear Solid on the list of the most shocking twists in gaming. Liquid Snake : [Liquid Fox has Gray Fox pinned against REX, Gray Fox fired at it's raydome destroying it, and forcing Liquid to open REX's cockpit] Impressive! Created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa, he is most notably the protagonist in the 2015 game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.He is performed via voice acting and performance … However, Liquid's persona is ultimately revealed to be an elaborate facade by Ocelot, made possible through a process of self-hypnosis, in order to trick the A.I. 51. The rising demand for private military companies in the world following the Manhattan Incident allowed him to secretly amass an army for this purpose. [3][8] His main language, English, was also spoken with an English accent of the Received Pronunciation dialect during adulthood, and a Central London dialect during his childhood. Favorite Answer. Eli's reply was merely to angrily declare his hatred of Big Boss once again. During the opening stage of the final battle with Liquid Ocelot, images of Liquid from Metal Gear Solid flash on the screen, and the "Encounter" music from Metal Gear Solid is played. Main appearance(s) When outside the control room of Metal Gear REX before Snake loses the PAL card, the player can contact Liquid, who will still answer disguised as Master Miller, even though Liquid will still appear to be sharing a conversation with Ocelot if the player looks at the control room in first person view (at this point, the player is unaware that Miller is really Liquid, and the player cannot look in First Person View while using the Codec. Afterwards, Revolver Ocelot informed Solidus Snake that Liquid had wrongly believed himself to be the inferior one right until his death. He was also shown to have a lot of self-loathing to the extent of being suicidal in his younger years, as evidenced by his comment about freeing himself from his cursed heritage when about to fight Venom Snake, his lamentation about his fate being written into his genes, as well as his deeply considering suicide until he was convinced otherwise. Liquid became the squad commander of FOXHOUND, possessed an IQ of 180, spoke seven languages (English, French, Spanish, Malay, Kikongo, and Arabic speaking it like a native). Liquid Snake is almost identical to Solid Snake in terms of facial appearance and physique, with the only difference between them being Liquid's darker skin tone and medium-length blond hair. Liquid Snake The genetically superior son of Big Boss and the one who inherited FOXHOUND. Real Name: Eli Nickname(s) Liquid, White Mamba Ring Announcer Name? Immediately afterwards, Liquid gave chase to Snake and Meryl, eventually causing both vehicles to crash. [25] He would later use the same chopper to combat Snake. After losing the knife Eli still put up his fists, but found himself quickly beaten back down. As such, The Phantom Pain was the first game in the series to divulge Liquid's first name. Liquid then revealed to Snake the history of their own creation, as well as that of the Genome Soldiers, and the reason why they needed Big Boss's remains. In the original plot for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Liquid was intended to have faked his death from FOXDIE and was also to have been the main antagonist of the Tanker Chapter (which was originally supposed to be on an aircraft carrier). He left Ocelot to interrogate Snake, but warned him not to make the same mistake as he did with the DARPA Chief. Notable family Born in 1935, Jack’s military career dated back to the 1950s, becoming The Boss's disciple in June 1950, and fighting in the Korean War. He was a product of the Les Enfants Terribles project and "son" of legendary soldier Big Boss, along with his "brothers" Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake. Possessing an IQ of 180, Liquid spoke seven languages fluently, including English, Spanish, French, Malay, Arabic and Kikongo. [11] For most of Metal Gear Solid, Liquid is dressed in a brown trenchcoat but fights shirtless when he confronts Snake at the end of the game. Expressing his hatred for Big Boss, Liquid told Snake that he intended to destroy their father by surpassing him, and escaped into REX's cockpit to engage Snake in battle. Metal Gear Solid (The Twin Snakes)Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain His appearance in the E3 2015 trailer shows him jumping into the Metal Gear Skull Face leads Big Boss to, subsequently using it to chase Big Boss. nicks8890. Always know your endgame … Liquid, although impressed at Gray Fox's destruction of the radome, nonetheless killed Fox shortly thereafter by stomping on him with REX. Liquid is the only one of the Snakes whose real name is never revealed, possibly because it was heavily classified. The Phantom Pain Xbox One Footage! Solid Snake,(real name David) is the main character of Metal Gear. Ocelot then sent him off with a disapproving look, fully aware of the child's true origins. According to the cardboard box trophy, "both Liquid and Solid Snake have a deep affection for cardboard." Real Name Eli Nickname(s) Liquid, White Mamba Ring Announcer Name? He was the commander for Operation Snake Eater, a mission to assassinate the (supposed) defector The Boss, destroy the Russian nuclear weapon the Shagohod, and recover The Philosopher's Legacy. At the same time Snake tries to keep Meryl at a distance, just as he’s done with everything the past six years. [2] He leads the hostile takeover of Shadow Moses Island to acquire Big Boss's remains and use his genetic information to treat the mutations affecting his subordinates, the Genome Army. He is also the only one of the Snakes to have never worked for the CIA under any capacity (while Raiden did not directly work for the CIA, he did belong to the Army of the Devil as one of the child soldiers of Liberia, which had been run by Solidus Snake who was revealed to be CIA paramilitary at the time). The back of his jacket has a drawing of a pig with an eye patch meant to resemble Big Boss and the phrase "Never Be Game Over" atop of it.