Juan Rico
| John Rico | |
|---|---|
| Starship Troopers character | |
| Created by | Robert A. Heinlein |
| Portrayed by |
Casper Van Dien (movies, VG) Rino Romano (voice, Roughnecks') David Matranga (voice, Invasion) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Nationality | Argentines (In movies, series and OVAS) |
John or "Johnny" Rico is a fictional character and the protagonist of Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 military science fiction novel Starship Troopers. Rico is a space marine in the fictional "Mobile Infantry", an army group which is airdropped into combat by "dropships". He also appears in the 1988 Starship Troopers OVA series, the 1997, 2008 and 2012 installments of the film series, and the 1999 television series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles.
The character is also referred to by the nickname "Johnnie" or, in letters from his Filipino mother, as "Juan".
In Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Rico is the son of a wealthy Filipino family who joins the Terran Mobile Infantry almost on impulse and over his parents' objections. He is sent to Camp Arthur Currie on the Canadian prairie for basic training and graduates as one of 187 remaining recruits, from an original class of over 2000 enlistees. He is assigned as a private in "Willie's Wildcats" (Company K, Third Regiment, First Mobile Infantry Division), aboard the transport Valley Forge.
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