Solid Snake

Solid Snake is the main protagonist in the Metal Gear video game series. He is known as "the man who makes the impossible possible" and is a mystery and myth to much of the world. He is a highly trained, elite soldier with a personal preference for parachuting, husky racing, SCUBA diving, free climbing, rappelling, small and medium range handguns (though extremely well-versed in all types of munitions), various hand-to-hand combat techniques, and smoking.

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Protagonist - Metal Gear - Video game - Series - Soldier - Parachuting - Husky racing - SCUBA diving - Free climbing - Rappelling - Handguns - Hand-to-hand combat - Smoking

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He is voiced by Akio Otsuka in the Japanese releases of the Metal Gear Solid series, and by David Hayter in the English releases. Hideo Kojima based Solid Snake on a number of different people and characters, including Christopher Walken, Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Biehn, Mel Gibson and the character Snake Plissken from the film Escape from New York.

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Akio Otsuka - Japanese - ''Metal Gear Solid'' series - David Hayter - English - Hideo Kojima - Christopher Walken - Jean Claude Van Damme - Michael Biehn - Mel Gibson - Snake Plissken - Film - Escape from New York

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Snake's real name, David, which was revealed in the original Metal Gear Solid, is a reference to two fictional characters: David Bowman from ' and Dave Forrest from Policenauts (which was also created by Kojima). While Snake shares the same given name with the English voice actor, Hayter, this was not intentional (contrary to popular belief) and is merely coincidental. In ', he uses the alias Iroquois Pliskin, which is a reference to Snake Plissken, the main character in Escape From New York and Escape From L.A.

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Metal Gear Solid - David Bowman - Policenauts

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According to the personal information suppled in ', he is 178 cm tall and weighed 75 kg and has an IQ of "over 160". In the updated stats featured in Metal Gear Solid, he is 182 cm tall and has an IQ of 180.

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Metal Gear 2, set in 1999, features an older-looking Snake than seen in Metal Gear Solid, set in 2005. However, there are numerous inconsistencies between the Metal Gear Solid trilogy and the previous incarnation of the series. Also, the portraits used in Metal Gear 2 were based on real actors, and the characters were redesigned for later games. In Konami's Japanese cell phone re-release of Metal Gear 2, Snake's portrait is brought more in line with his presentation in Metal Gear Solid.

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After a largely non-playable appearance in ' and a virtual absence in ' (wherein he appeared only in the bonus minigame, Snake vs. Monkey), a much older Snake will appear in the upcoming ', in which he will once again be the main character.

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