Venom Snake
| Venom Snake | |
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Promotional CGI of Venom Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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| First game |
Metal Gear (1987) (retroactive) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014) (cameo) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) (official) |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| Designed by | Yoji Shinkawa |
| Voiced by (English) | Kiefer Sutherland |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Akio Ōtsuka |
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| Fictional profile | |
| Real name | Assigned by the player |
| Aliases | Punished Snake, Ahab, V, Big Boss's phantom |
| Nationality | United States |
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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 the protagonist in the 2015 video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. He is the leader of the mercenary unit Diamond Dogs who returns to the battlefield after waking up from a nine-year coma in an incident that also resulted in the loss of his left arm and a piece of shrapnel embedded into the right side of his forehead. Initially introduced as recurring Metal Gear prequel protagonist and series antagonist Big Boss, hints of his true identity gradually emerge throughout the course of the story until it is ultimately revealed that he is actually a former combat medic who underwent facial reconstruction and subliminal brainwashing to serve as Big Boss's body double. The character is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version and by Kiefer Sutherland in the English version.
The character of Big Boss debuted in the original Metal Gear, where he initially serves as Solid Snake's commanding officer and main radio contact while also serving as the leader of the enemy forces. Despite his apparent defeat, the game ends with a message from Big Boss vowing revenge against Solid Snake following the credits. At the time there was no indication that the character in the original Metal Gear was supposed to be a body double of the original. In Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, an optional radio call mentions a rumor about Big Boss being mortally wounded during the final encounter with Solid Snake in the previous game, only to be rebuilt with cybernetic parts. This was the explanation used for Big Boss's survival in the Metal Gear Solid 4 Database.
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