Revolver Ocelot

Lore & Background

Introduced in Metal Gear Solid, Ocelot is normally clothed in a duster, spurs, and gunbelts, the traditional garb of gunslingers in spaghetti westerns, as well as a black armband on his left arm, and wields the Colt Single Action Army revolver, which he refers to as "the greatest handgun ever made." In designing the character, Hideo Kojima wanted to add Western tones to a character resulting in Ocelot's appearance, which is based on that of veteran Western film actor Lee Van Cleef. For Metal Gear Solid 2, Yoji Shinkawa originally intended to give Ocelot a cybernetic arm in place of the one Gray Fox took from him, but this idea was not used as the staff intended to have Ocelot use the arm of Liquid Snake. While Kojima acknowledged fans finding the idea of Liquid's arm possessing Ocelot's mind ridiculous, he promised to answer the reason behind it in Metal Gear Solid 4.

In Their Own Story

Revolver Ocelot is introduced in Metal Gear Solid as a gunslinger-themed member of the FOXHOUND terrorists involved with the hostile revolt on Shadow Moses Island which housed Metal Gear REX, serving as the team's interrogation expert and their leader Liquid Snake's right-hand man. He challenges Solid Snake to a gunfight in the game's first boss-encounter, but their fight ends with Ocelot losing his right hand from an encounter with the Cyborg Ninja. Despite his loss, Ocelot later appears to torture Snake after Snake is captured. During Snake's torture, Ocelot reveals he was originally from the former Soviet Union and a former member of Spetsnaz, secretly wishing for Liquid's and Big Boss's dream world as well. Ocelot is the sole surviving member of FOXHOUND by the game's end. After the ending credits, it's revealed that he's in league with the U.S. President George Sears. In Metal Gear Solid 2, now known as Shalashaska, he gains a new, surgically attached right-arm that originally belonged to Liquid, resulting in a dormant personality which takes over Ocelot's mind whenever Solid Snake is nearby. During the game's introductory Tanker Chapter, he is seemingly under Sergei Gurlukovich's employ, but ends up betraying his old friend when Ocelot hijacks Metal Gear RAY, framing Snake and Otacon for the deed. During the main Plant Chapter, Ocelot forms part of the terrorist group "Sons of Liberty" with Solidus Snake but ends up betraying the former President as well after revealing his true allegiance to the Patriots. In Metal Gear Solid 3, set four decades before the original, a young version known as Major Ocelot is a GRU Major under Colonel Volgin's command and the leader of his own "Ocelot Unit" within GRU. His encounters with Naked Snake are why he acquires a preference for revolvers. He is revealed to be Adamska, The Boss's illegitimate child. After the deaths of Volgin and The Boss, Ocelot is revealed to be a triple agent, taking orders from the Philosophers and the KGB, while also receiving orders from the Director of Central Intelligence. In Metal Gear Solid 4, the character appears as Liquid Ocelot, the primary antagonist. He deliberately uses self-hypnosis and nano-machines to act as Liquid's mental doppelgänger to trick the Patriots' AIs. After hijacking the Patriots' systems, Ocelot's PMCs engage Old Snake. After Snake and Otacon use Naomi Hunter's FOXALIVE virus to delete the Patriots' AIs, Ocelot challenges Snake to a fistfight and appears to die from exhaustion after the final fight; however, Ocelot's death was actually caused by the new FOXDIE strain that Drebin injected into Snake. In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, he assists Venom Snake and the Diamond Dogs, playing a key role in facilitating Zero's deception by subjecting both himself and Snake to hypnosis to cover it up and aiding Big Boss's and Snake's escape from XOF in Cyprus. Ocelot acts as the Diamond Dogs' interrogator, frequently clashing with Kazuhira Miller over matters involving Skull Face and the White Mamba.

Reader's Guide

Codename: Revolver Ocelot / Shalashaska / Liquid Ocelot / Major Ocelot / ADAM Real Name: Adamska (revealed in Metal Gear Solid 3) Role: Major antagonist; archenemy of Solid Snake; friendly rival to Big Boss; right-hand man to Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake; close ally to Venom Snake. Key Relationships: Solid Snake (archenemy), Big Boss (friendly rival), Liquid Snake (commander/possessor), Solidus Snake (ally), Venom Snake (ally), The Boss (mother), The Patriots (former masters). In Metal Gear Solid 3, as a young GRU Major, he develops a preference for revolvers after encounters with Naked Snake. In Portable Ops, he assassinates the DCI to "end" the Philosophers before being invited to join the Philosophers' reorganized American branch. In Metal Gear Solid, he serves as FOXHOUND's interrogation expert and loses his right hand to the Cyborg Ninja. In Metal Gear Solid 2, he gains Liquid Snake's arm and becomes Shalashaska, betraying both Gurlukovich and Solidus to serve the Patriots. In Metal Gear Solid 4, as Liquid Ocelot, he uses self-hypnosis to impersonate Liquid and hijacks the Patriots' systems, ultimately dying from a new FOXDIE strain after a fistfight with Old Snake. In Metal Gear Solid V, he assists Venom Snake as an interrogator and helps facilitate Big Boss's deception through hypnosis.

Did You Know?

• Ocelot's appearance in Metal Gear Solid is based on veteran Western film actor Lee Van Cleef.
• In Metal Gear Solid 2, Yoji Shinkawa originally intended to give Ocelot a cybernetic arm, but the staff decided to use Liquid Snake's arm instead.
• Ocelot is revealed to be Adamska, The Boss's illegitimate child, in Metal Gear Solid 3.
• In Metal Gear Solid 4, Ocelot deliberately uses self-hypnosis and nano-machines to act as Liquid's mental doppelgänger to trick the Patriots' AIs.
• Ocelot's death in Metal Gear Solid 4 was actually caused by the new FOXDIE strain that Drebin injected into Snake, not from exhaustion.