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| “ | We're losing our place in a world that no longer needs us. A world that now spurns our very existence. You should know that as well as I do. After I launch this weapon and get our billion dollars, we'll be able to bring chaos and honor back to this world gone soft. | „ |
| ~ Liquid Snake |
Liquid Snake is a clone of Big Boss created alongside Solid Snake and the main antagonist in the video game Metal Gear Solid, as well as the GameCube remake "Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes".
In the video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, he appears as a supporting antagonist as a child, and frequently causes problems for Venom Snake. By the end of the game, he directly instigates the climax, and can be considered one of the game's primary antagonists.
History
Past
Liquid was created in 1972, alongside his “brother”, Solid Snake in the Les Enfants Terribles project. In the project, eight clone embryos were developed after Big Boss’ DNA were inserted into egg cells, which were then placed in the womb of a surrogate mother. Six of the embryos were eventually aborted to allow the last two to develop. These two were genetically enhanced; one received Big Boss’ dominant traits and the other his recessive ones. After nine months, Liquid and Snake were born, but Liquid would come to believe he had received Big Boss’ inferior recessive traits.
Phantom Pain
Eli, aka Liquid Snake, in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Later, as Venom Snake returned to Mother Base from a day in the field, he witnessed Eli speaking with a fellow child soldier. The child mentioned his "papa" to Eli, throwing Eli into a fit that he would ever look up to an adult. A Diamond Dogs soldier attempted to reprimand him, but soon found his own knife stolen and held at his neck by the enraged child. Ocelot attempted to confiscate the knife, but was met with resistance and was forced to perform CQC on him. After losing the knife Eli still put up his fists, but found himself quickly beaten back down. Ocelot then sent him off with a disapproving look, fully aware of the child's true origins.
During the final confrontation between Venom Snake and Skull Face's forces, Eli had smuggled himself onto a Diamond Dogs helicopter in an attempt so see some real action, much to the chagrin of Miller. Unbeknownst to either Venom Snake and Skull Face, Tretij Rebenok, the boy who would become Psycho Mantis, let himself be used as a conduit by Liquid to hijack Metal Gear Sahelanthropus in order for Eli to enact his vengeance against Venom Snake. Eli influenced the Metal Gear to chase down Venom Snake, but the Metal Gear was stopped by a narrow gap in the canyon it was running in, forcing Eli to switch the Metal Gear into a more humanoid configuration and later causing further mayhem with what seems to be a plasma whip. Wreaking havoc on Skull Face's forces, the Metal Gear decidedly attacked Skull Face himself, causing him to become trapped under a large amount of debris. Eli would then focus his efforts on attempting to kill Venom Snake once again by using the Metal Gear. After a prolonged battle, Venom Snake was able to incapacitate the Metal Gear, thus removing Eli's control over it. However, in the run-up to Skull Face's death, and the disposal of the parasite vials, Eli managed to receive the remaining parasite vial from Tretij Rebenok who had intercepted it before it could be destroyed when Venom Snake discarded it.
At some point in time, he met up with Venom Snake and Ocelot again, the latter telling him that his father "[wasn't] around." He was eventually subjected to a DNA test, which confirmed that he and Venom Snake were not a genetic match. This later turned out to be a foreshadowing to the fact that Venom Snake actually was a "phantom" of Big Boss and therefore had different DNA than him.
Diamond Dogs extracted Sahelanthropus and repaired it back on Mother Base; it was around this time Eli began to plan an escape for the various child soldiers at Mother Base, causing an "accident" involving pipes that killed one of the child soldiers, Ralph. While Venom Snake went out in search of the missing children, Eli began organizing a revolt against the adults on Mother Base, having the children construct makeshift weapons in order cause trouble for the mercenaries. Part of his planned 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 behaviour on the base until Miller was relieved of his duties as the children's caretaker by Ocelot, having failed to keep the situation contained. Eli was eventually caught and placed under surveillance. 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.
Eli then boarded the hijacked Metal Gear and left, though not before telling his "father" that he's not like him, and that he didn't need him any more. Eli and Tretij Rebenok would take the rest of the child soldiers back to Africa via helicopter, establishing a new stronghold that was likened to the Lord of the Flies. They made it fifty miles inland upon arriving at Africa before they were forced to land the hijacked chopper due to it running out of fuel. Eli and his child soldiers then deliberately tied the chopper pilot to his seat with vines and duct tape to ensure Diamond Dogs, whom he anticipated would pursue him, found the pilot, sending a message that he intends to fight them. Unbeknownst to him, however, XOF, now reintegrated with Cipher, were also pursuing him and his "flying giant." To prepare for Venom Snake's arrival, Eli and his soldiers set up traps all over the island and had banished the island's population.
Learning the whereabouts of Eli and their stolen Metal Gear, remnants of XOF were deployed on the island to reclaim their investment. Slowly approaching Sahelanthropus, an XOF marksman attempted to snipe Eli while he was in the cockpit of the Metal Gear, only to be saved by Tretij Rebenok. A full blown fire fight ensued, resulting in XOF initially pulling out and Venom Snake intervening. Eli had infected the area with the parasite, thus forcing everyone present, including Eli, Venom Snake, and Ocelot, to wear breather masks and hazmat suits, declaring that he'd die, as he had wished for so long, as it ensured he broke the curse of his heritage.
After being defeated, Eli lamented that his fate was written into his genes as Venom Snake looked over him. As Diamond Dogs prepared to sterilize the entire island with napalm, Venom Snake pointed his gun at Eli, before deciding against pulling the trigger on the boy, instead placing the weapon a few feet away from him with a single bullet left in the chamber. He then left Eli to decide his fate, with the latter pointing the gun to his own head, implying he was intending to commit suicide. However, Tretij Rebenok stopped him, and instead extracted the parasites from him and convinced Eli to leave with him. Eli vowed that it "[wasn't] over yet", foreshadowing the uprising that led to his battle against Solid Snake.
Post Phantom Pain
Liquid grew up in the United Kingdom, with his real name becoming heavily classified. He became a member of the Special Air Service at age 18, the youngest person to ever do so, and was highly skilled in parachuting, repelling, scuba-diving, free climbing, and use of small arms and combat vehicles. Liquid was assigned to a SAS unit during the Gulf War to find and destroy Scud missiles. However he was actually assigned to act as a sleeper agent for the British SIS, only to be taken prisoner by the Iraqi forces.
In 1994, Liquid was freed by the US government and after Big Boss was apparently killed by Solid Snake, Liquid grew even more jealous of him. He’d been denied his own chance for revenge against Big Boss, believing he’d chosen Liquid to receive his inferior genes. Liquid eventually joined FOXHOUND in 2000 along with his old ally, Mantis, the former becoming its field commander. He put the codename system and personal identifiers back in place, making the unit smaller so it could be as elite as possible.
Launching his Uprising
Liquid and the rest of FOXHOUND
If REX’s existence was revealed, then people would lose confidence in America’s dedication to non-proliferation and cause international controversy. However Liquid hit a major road bump in his plans when Anderson was killed by Ocelot during an interrogation. Now unable to get his activation code for REX, Liquid came up with a back up plan. He had Decoy Octopus disguise himself as Anderson to wait for rescue from the US forces. Liquid planned to have Snake, knowing he’d be sent in to deal with the threat, unwittingly activate REX for him. To help ensure this, Liquid had McDonell Benedict Miller, Snake’s old mentor, murdered, so he could pretend to be him and contact Snake on his Codec, having tricked Colonel Campbell into giving him a position on the mission support staff.
Taking on Snake
"Master Miller" communicating with Snake.
Liquid meeting Snake for the first time
After Snake awoke, Liquid finally met with him face-to-face for the very first time, before ordering the launch preparations for REX be continued since there had been no response to his demands. Liquid suspected that the government had a secret weapon and there could be a spy in his group, wondering about a strange ninja who’d killed twelve of his soldiers. Liquid left Snake at the mercy of Ocelot’s torture, but warned Ocelot not to kill him like he did Anderson.
Liquid attacking Snake in his Hind D
Liquid talking about his plans with Ocelot.
Liquid being forced to open REX's cockpit.
Liquid facing Snake one-on-one.
Liquid dead
Legacy
Liquid possessing Ocelot.
Liquid Ocelot
Personality
Liquid Snake is resentful, persuasive, arrogant, brash, and loud, as opposed to his calm and collected brother. He is very cantankerous, resentful, bitter, and angry towards Big Boss, believing he'd chosen him to receive the inferior genes when he was created. Liquid's entire drive was his desire to prove himself superior, breaking free of what his genes have determined. He never realized he had the superior genes and ironically, Snake proved what Liquid had wanted to prove. Liquid also hated the Patriots for their part in his creation and swore to kill them in an extremely gruesome and unpleasant manner. He is skilled at imitating others, but has trouble maintaining a disguise when he’s excited.
Liquid doesn't seem to care much for his allies, thinking them of as little more than pawns as his real goal was just to prove he was superior to his brother and was more than happy to tarnish Big Boss's ideals. However he does have some sense of honor and pride, fighting Snake unarmed, one-on-one.
Abilities
Liquid is a highly skilled soldier and possess high endurance and durability, surviving numerous events that would kill others, along with other enhanced natural abilities and genius-level intellect. Liquid is a highly skilled pilot, as shown from his ability to fly a Hind D, an extremely hard to pilot helicopter, during a blizzard and take down a pair of F-16 jets. Liquid is also skilled in hand-to-hand combat and can fluently speak French, Spanish, Arabic, and Malay.
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Add a photo to this galleryTrivia
- Liquid speaks with a British accent due to growing up in the UK and has some Japanese heritage from the egg donor in the Les Enfants Terribles.
- He was confirmed to be returned in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, as a boy named Eli where in this game, more of his past eventually revealed.
- According to the cardboard box trophy in Super Smash Bros Brawl, Liquid like Solid Snake and Big Boss, is fond of cardboard boxes.
- In the original script for Metal Gear Solid 2, Liquid was to have faked his death from FOXDIE and to be he main villain of at least the tanker chapter, but was scrapped.
- In Metal Gear Solid 4, a ghost of Liquid appears in the cockpit of REX’s remains if a photo is taken of it.
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