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Clarence's team who took part in [=SJ2=]. While they don't take part in [=SJ3=], Clarence is able to {{Blackmail}} them into helping her and Sam through the Prelems.

* NoodleIncident: Whatever Clarence was threatening to reveal to get them to help her and Sam through the prelems, it can't have been good...

* ExtremeDoormat: He's easily pressured by Clarence into taking part in the Squad Jam before she even has to whip out the {{Blackmail}} to get the rest to help with the prelems.

* LoopholeAbuse: While he could upload footage of he and his team fighting monsters, he couldn't do the same with {{PvP}} combat since uploading without permission of the players he fought would be a breach of privacy and possibly get him in trouble. However, since the footage of the Squad Jams is already aired to all of GGO and to anyone who may be watching elsewhere, there's no privacy concern since everyone signed up knowing that they'd be filmed, allowing him to record his participation.

* VictoryThroughIntimidation: They're not actually good at PvP, [[TookALevelInBadass at first anyway]], but the fact that they all used machine guns intimidated any players they bumped into in the field.

* BornLucky: The only way to explain their victory in the second Squad Jam, especially seeing as they had no prior experience in PvP combat. Shortly after spawining, they managed to find a way to climb up the border wall and bikes to allow them to traverse across it more easily. The high ground allows to take out [[ButtMonkey Team ZEMAL]] and allows them to avoid conflict for most of the tournament. And when they finally get off their [[{{Pun}} high]] horses and go back to the ground, they just so happen upon a weakened Team LF just as they finish off [=PM4=], allowing them to score an easy win.

* UnskilledButStrong: In the first and second Squad Jam, they're largely inexperienced in PvP and largely got by on [[BornLucky luck]], but they make up for it with their equipment; namely, their PoweredArmor that is so tough, that Ervin is able to receive zero damage from a ''[[BoomHeadshot headshot!]]''

** Surprisngly enough, [[spoiler: they seem to get this with Sophie and Rosa after the Test Play, who approach them about their new backpack feeding system, leading to an enthusiastic conversation.]]

* LethalJokeCharacter: They are ''still' large hams but they end up vastly improving, consistently making it into the top five since [=SJ2=], and LPFM and SHINC acknowledge that they TookALevelInBadass after a fight with them during the Test Play. [[spoiler: And if that wasn't enough, [[DarkHorseVictory they manage to win [=SJ4=].]]]]

* CoolGuns: The Machine Gun he uses is a FN [=M240B=], a model of MAG used by the American Military.

* CoolGuns: His Machine Gun is an [=M60E3=], just like a certain movie action hero.

* CoolGuns: Wields a FN MAG, one of the most famous machine guns in the world.

* CoolGuns: His Machine Gun is an IMI Negev, a gun made by IWI modelled after the Minimi.

* CoolGuns: His Machine Gun is a FN Minimi, the most famous 5.56 mm machine gun in the world. Specifically, he uses the [=Mk2=] type, which distinguishes itself with it's longer fixed stock. In ''Five Ordeals'', he's shown to upgrade to an [=Mk46=] with a laser sight to better fit into his role as a SupportPartyMember.

* CoolGuns: In preparation for the second Squad Jam, they squadron got their hands on guns that have futuristic designs to go with their space marine aesthetic.
** The team's machine gunner uses an [=H&K=] [=GR9=], a version of the [=HK21=] with a built in-scope and a rounded design.
** Two members use Steyr [=AUGs=].
** Two other members use [=SAR=] 21s.
** The last of them, Ervin, wields a H&K [=XM8=], a lightweight assault rifle that never left the development stage, with an equipped suppressor. The anime simplifies things by having them all use the [=XM8=].

!!Others

[[folder:The Drill Sergeant]]
!!The Drill Sergeant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Tamara Ryan (English)

A female [=NPC=] character who helps players get oriented to Gun Gale Online... by acting like a DrillSergeantNasty.

* AscendedExtra: The NPC trainer wasn't even described in the light novel (to the point that their gender wasn't even revealed until Volume 9 when LLENN briefly remembers her) and only has one line recommending LLENN to use submachine guns, and was completely absent from the manga adaptation (where LLENN's tutorial was only one panel). The anime adaptation is the only medium where she gets a lengthy scene to herself.
* DrillSergeantNasty: As is fitting for the tutorial program of a gritty game setting like GGO, her entire personality is based on the idea of an intense training officer who does a lot of shouting. It nearly scares the crap out of LLENN.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her shots upon demonstrating the pistol create, as they say in the gun community, a "ragged hole" in the bullseye of the target. Then again, she should expected to have perfect aim as she ''is'' a trainer NPC.
* MsFanservice: A very intentional example. She's a voluptuous and beautiful [=NPC=] wearing an [[{{Stripperific}} outfit that leaves little to the imagine]], making it clear she's there to appeal to GGO's predominantly male playerbase. Even her DrillSergeantNasty personality could have been made to appeal to those TooKinkyToTorture which, considering that there are some shown GGO players who like the idea of getting shot by a females and sometimes ''ask'' for it, shows that Zaskar certainly thought ahead when designing.
* NonPlayerCharacter: She is a tutorial NPC.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit is barely there, as it is.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She demands that LLENN reply with a "Yes, ma'am."

[[folder:Boss]]
!! Boss

A manga-original character. A mercenary player who leads a Squadron to try and take out "The Pink Devil".

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: They're the only one of the six [=SJ3=] finalists to have lost teammates along the way, losing two of their number. [[spoiler: This puts them in the worst scenario when Cole, the fastest member, is chosen for Team BTRY, as it leaves them with only three.]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** While most of the squadron effectively act as lone wolves, there are two members who are noted to be close to the point they have a joint ConfusionFu tactic; dress the same and use the same gun so that if one of them is caught and needs to hide, to other can expose themselves to make the enemy think the other teleported. The others even jokingly call them the "Wrong Lancer Brothers".
** [[spoiler: It's {{Implied}} that they're the only Squad of the Alliance's initial three that have no IRL connection to Fire, unlike all of WEEI and possibly the leader of [=V2HG=].]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While their armour makes them all but invincible, that doesn't necessarily mean that their ''guns'' are invincible, [[spoiler: which 003 learns the hard way when he shoots a grenade at [=V2HG=] only for the leader to shoot it's barrel while he's reloading.]]

** The thin man is evidently the {{Leader}}, or {{Lancer}} in this case, and appears to [[JustForPun lean]] more towards [[TheStrategist strategy and tactics than fighting]], given the only weapon he uses is 45. calibre Glock 21 and that he often discusses the team's tactics with M.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's very young-looking and handsome, immediately catching Fuka's eye and getting her to try and make the mission about extracting him from the castle. LLENN even speculates that he was modelled off some pretty boy actor.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Basically the short man's reaction when he realizes, [[spoiler: after Pito gets shot, that Pito was using a NerveGear.]]

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'''''[[LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline Alternative Gun Gale Online]]''''' '''[[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline Characters]]''': [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamLPFM Team LPFM]] | [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamSHINC Team SHINC]] | [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamMMTM Team MMTM]] | '''Others'''\\

* NoPronunciationGuide: Volume 6 mentions that there's no "correct" way to pronounce ZEMAL, since it's an acronym.

* AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler: If Clarence killing him by stripping to her underwear and offering to let him grope her to lower his guard is anything to go by. Clarence even jokes that they probably could have convinced him to outright change sides and drive the Humvee for them if [[BuxomIsBetter Shirley]] joined in.]]

* KillEmAll: Over the course of the battle with SHINC and MMTM, all four of them get killed.
** The chubby man is the first casualty, being killed when SHINC uses their PTRD to snipe M's shield and knock a section of it into his head, [[NeckSnap twisting his head at an unnatural angle.]]
** The large man straps a bunch of Plasma Grenades onto himself and charges the advancing MMTM. Unfortunately, they gun him down before he can take any of them down with him.
** The short man comes down after the large man's sacrifice and fires at them, managing to hit Summon in the leg before he's gunned down by Kenta, Lax and David.
** The thin man is the last to go, throwing a bed down the stairs to pin MMTM down when they start climbing and shooting at them, only Jake to shoot him from the floor below, puncturing the wood and filling him with holes.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Ultimately {{Subverted}}. While every member gets killed as the battle goes on, the team ends up with a SoleSurvivor in the form of LLENN, LPFM's true traitor who ends up taking out Pito and is prevented from dying by M at the cost of his life, giving BTRY the victory.]]

* KillEmAll:
** Car 2 is the first to go, Shirley sniping the gunner before she and Clarence pursue the Humvee on horseback. Then when they catch up, the driver gets a bullet to the brain when Clarence boards the Humvee and [[DistractedByTheSexy strips to her underwear to get his guard down.]]
** TheLeader gets taken out when he tries sniping at LLENN, Clarence and Shirley and stays behind in the Humvee to do so, only for LLENN to obliterate them with their stolen Humvee's minigun.
** The remaining three of them are taken out by ZEMAL as they're making their way to mall.

* KillEmAll: After the alliance of squadrons perform a successful attack, they all start dropping like flies.
** Cain is killed by LLENN the moment she's able to enter the castle.
** PlayedWith in regards to Vodka, who resigns after Tanya destroys his machine gun, but everyone refers to him as dead.
** Hassan is killed by Pitohui's Bazooka, with the fact [[DeaderThanDead that all the RPG ammo exploded ensuring he died.]]
** Roy ends up part of a MutualKill courtesy of David, the two of them [[BoomHeadshot shooting each other in the head.]]
** Rock is sniped by Shirley and her explosive bullets before he can do anything to MMTM, his arm getting blown off before his torso gets blown apart.
** Doc is shot down by LLENN when she ambushes him and Jacob while they're transporting the [[MacGuffin poison gas warhead they were tasked with guarding]].
** And finally [[SoleSurvivor Jacob]], who's killed when LLENN [[SlashedThroat slashes his throat]] then [[EyeScream stabs him in the eye.]]

* BlackBestFriend: He's Jacob's, having known him during their time serving together.

[[caption-width-right:350: From left to right: [[DumbMuscle Max]], [[DumbMuscle Shinohara]], [[DumbMuscle Huey]], [[DumbMuscle TomTom]], [[DumbMuscle Peter]] Not pictured: "[[WomenAreWiser The Goddess]]"]]

* MoreDakka: Their favorite strategy is to endlessly fire until they're out of ammunition. [[spoiler: By the time of the Test Play, they even get the blueprints for special backpacks that can carry huge stocks of bullets and link to a machine to reload it continuously, removing the need for them to reload so that they can fire bullets for much, ''much'' longer.]] It is in their name, it is in their creed, and anyone who uses any other weapon, for any reason, is kicked out.

ZEMAL's SixthRanger who joins them before [=SJ4=].

* BigDamnHeroes: How she meets ZEMAL, killing a monster that was about to kill them while they were too distracted by the news of [=SJ4=].

* TheStrategist: Despite having her own powerful Machine Gun, this is her main role as a member, directing [[DumbMuscle the others]] in combat

* TheScrappy: Becomes this InUniverse, with fans of ZEMAL getting annoyed at their more careful approach with her as TheLeader.

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[[folder:Team MMTM]]
->see [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamMMTM this page]] for more details.

* HatedByAll: [[spoiler: They do almost nothing for the whole Squad Jam 2 tournament and then arrive last minute for a KillSteal, after Teams LF and [=PM4=] had done all the work in clearing the other teams up. The fact such an undeserving team won the tournament led them to be reviled by the entirety of GGO's residents.]] The novels suggests that the players had to immediately logout to avoid getting into trouble. As time goes on however, a lot of this ire seems to die down, though you still won't find many people rooting for them over other recurring participants.
* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Inverted}}. In [=SJ4=], 006 reveals that she works as a railway engineer IRL, [[spoiler: which proves useful in getting the locomotive moving again after the RPG assault it suffered.]]

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[[folder:Team NSS]]

A group of roleplayers who act like soldiers from different wars flung into the post-apocalyptic world of GGO. Their team name is short for "New Soldiers."

* GunNut: Specifically, they're ''Machine'' Gun Nuts, and they take this obsession to cult-like extremes, even claiming there's a "God of Machine Guns" who dictates their actions. Outside of that however, the are practically experts in their craft, recognizing the strengths and practical applications of their [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]], such as their effectiveness on higher ground and can even recognize other machine guns based on sound.

* MoreDakka: Their favorite strategy is to endlessly fire until they're out of ammunition. [[spoiler: By the time of the Test Play, they even get the blueprints for special backpacks that can carry huge stocks of bullets and link to a machine to reload it continuously, removing the need for them to reload so that they can fire bullets for much, ''much'' longer.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: All of them exclusively carry machine guns. It is in their name, it is in their creed, and anyone who uses any other weapon, for any reason, is kicked out.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Machine Gun he uses is a FN [=M240B=], a model of MAG used by the American Military.

* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is an [=M60E3=], just like a certain movie action hero.

* WeaponOfChoice: Wields a FN MAG, one of the most famous machine guns in the world.

* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is an IMI Negev, a gun made by IWI modelled after the Minimi.

* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is a FN Minimi, the most famous 5.56 mm machine gun in the world. Specifically, he uses the [=Mk2=] type, which distinguishes itself with it's longer fixed stock. In ''Five Ordeals'', he's shown to upgrade to an [=Mk46=] with a laser sight.

* DudeMagnet: Effectively this already due to having an attractive female avatar, but ZEMAL practically worship her as a Goddess due to her WeaponOfChoice.

* WeaponOfChoice: Her machine gun is an RPD, a light 7.62×39mm soviet machine gun that she's modified with a shortened barrel and no tripod to allow for greater mobility.

[[folder:Team MMTM]]
->see [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamMMTM this page]] for more details.
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* WeaponOfChoice: In preparation for the second Squad Jam, they squadron got their hands on guns that have futuristic designs to go with their space marine aesthetic.
** The team's machine gunner uses an [=H&K=] [=GR9=], a version of the [=HK21=] with a built in-scope and a rounded design.
** Two members use Steyr [=AUGs=].
** Two other members use [=SAR=] 21s.
** The last of them, Ervin, wields a H&K [=XM8=], a lightweight assault rifle that never left the development stage, with an equipped suppressor. The anime simplifies things by having them all use the [=XM8=].

* WeaponOfChoice: Like his teammates, he uses a Live-Ammo gun with a futuristic design. He himself uses a Heckler and Koch [=XM8=] with an equipped suppressor.

* WeaponOfChoice: Due to their [[FragileSpeedster stat build]], the team primarily uses [=SMGs=] and light, compact assault rifles.

* WeaponOfChoice: His preferred firearm is a H&K [=MP7A1=] SMG, which was designed with an idea similar to the P90 in mind; shoot faster and harder than a pistol from a small gun. It even uses bullets smaller than your average pistols that travel faster.

* WeaponOfChoice: Their standard assault rifle appears to be an [=M4A1=] used by the U.S. Military.

* WeaponOfChoice: Unlike the others who main with assault rifles, he uses a Steyr F90, an upgrade of the Steyr AUG with an under-barrel GrenadeLauncher.

* AscendedExtra: The NPC trainer wasn't even described in the light novel (to the point that its sex wasn't even revealed until Volume 9 when LLENN briefly remembers her) and only has one line recommending LLENN to use submachine guns, and was completely absent from the manga adaptation (where LLENN's tutorial was only one panel). The anime adaptation is the only medium where she gets to shine.

!! Mai Kirishima / Shirley
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marika Kouno (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)
See "Clarence and Shirley" above

[[folder:Clarence and Shirley]]
A pair of GGO players who, [[spoiler: after fighting and scoring a MutualKill in the 3rd Squad Jam]], became a [=PKing=] ActionDuo.

* ActionGirl: The both of them are this, with Shirley being a ColdSniper with AbnormalAmmo while Clarence is a skilled assault rifle user and CombatPragmatist.
* AloofAlly: In Squad Jam 4 make it clear that they only teamed up with Team LPFM to bypass the preliminaries, and that they intend to do their own thing once the tournament starts. However, they're forced to work with them after the special rule takes effect, though.
* AscendedExtra: They get increasing prominence in subsequent Squad Jams after their initial appearance in Squad Jam 2.
* BirdsOfAFeather: While personality-wise they are both [[RedOniBlueOni very different]], they are both [[BloodKnight PvP Enthusiasts]] to almost sadistic levels, with Shirley actively coming up with [[AbnormalAmmo brutal ways]] to make her killing more efficient, while Clarence often goes into gruesome and vulgar detail about how she'd like to kill other players.
* CombatPragmatist: They have utilised tactics such as this, often on account of their [[ActionDuo small numbers]].
** In [[spoiler: the Test Play, they recognize that the two of them alone, even with three lives each, couldn't conquer the castle. So instead, they bided their time, waited, and when the other teams allied together to take on the castle, they used it as a distraction to climb up the north-east castle wall, and attempted to win by KillSteal by taking out Rock, which would have worked if LLENN killed Jacob and Doc before then.]]
* EnemyMine: While they're all technically on the same team, Clarence and Shirley were originally gonna split off from LPFM to do their own thing and maybe fight them later. However, they're forced to stick with them when it turns out that [=SJ4=] has monster spawns. [[spoiler: The moment they deal with DOOM, Shirley shoots the scout monster to summon more and quickly flees with Clarence on one of DOOM's motorcycles, taking a backpack of explosives with them.]]
* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse. [[spoiler: Despite not being one of the last remaining teams in [=SJ3=], The Novelist was apparently so impressed with their fight that he invited them to take part in the Test Play.]]
* InternetJerk: {{Discussed}}. While the two of them are arguably the most ruthless and [[TheSadist Sadistic]] [=PKers=] shown outside of [[TheSociopath Pitohui]], the both of them note during the prologue of Volume 7 that they probably wouldn't hang out with each other if either of them were like that in real-life, with Shirley effectively saying that Clarence's teammates overreacted when they booted her from their Squadron.
* NonIndicativeName: Clarence is a male name[[note]]Probably best known from the Angel in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''[[/note]]
* RedOniBlueOni: While Shirley lives up to her IRL occupation as a hunter with her calm attitude and borderline ProfessionalKiller approach towards PvP, Clarence is comparatively more friendly and cheerful, as well as much more open about her sadistic tendencies. Shirley also often has to rein in Clarence's violent tendencies with, in an unusual example of the trope, threats to kill her.
* RivalsTeamUp: Two times in [=SJ4=].
** When they initially enter the tournament, they technically enter as part of LPFM but, as agreed to by Pito, plan to split off from them and do their own thing. The revelation of there being Monster enemies roaming around forces them to work together to (literally) get out of the woods and deal with Team DOOM. [[spoiler: The partnership ends there though, when they betray the group by summoning more monsters and driving off on a bike with a backpack of explosives.]]
** [[spoiler: They enter a brief team up with LLENN when she jumps into the Humvee they stole to escape from Wrong Lancer and meet up with Pito and the others, before working with her to deal with the pursuing [=V2GH=]. In the end, they end up teaming up indefinitely and Shirley, who decided to stick with LPFM after Clarence's HeroicSacrifice, joins in the mall battle alongside them.]]
* ShipTease: Despite more of the focus being on their deadly competence as a team, there is hints of this in their interactions if you squint hard enough.
** When they're introduced [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play]], it's revealed that Shirley said that she would tell Clarence what her IRL job was at some point, and reveals it to her in response to her quip about shooting ducks. Considering that it's generally a unspoken rule to not talk about real life matters in-game, this suggests a good deal of trust and companionship between them.
** The first chapter of Volume 7 is full of this. While lying in wait for targets to attack, the two of them show themselves to be rather comfortable around each other, with Shirley not minding Clarance resting her stomach on her butt while spotting and even [[NotSoStoic chuckling and smiling at some of the things she says]], despite the only other times she smiled being in the midst in combat. She also reveals that she honestly doesn't mind hanging out with Clarance despite her BloodKnight tendencies, when her previous teammates were shown to be uncomfortable with and, by this point, kicked her out and unfriended her because of them. Her reluctantce to meet up with Clarence in real life also seems less because she doesn't want to necessarely, but more because of the fact that she lives on an island off the coast of Japan, which might make it difficult. Clarence also appears genuinly disappointed about this, much to Shirley's surprise.
** [[spoiler: Potentially {{Subverted}} with the TheReveal that Clarence is a Middle School Third Year IRL, making her at least ten years younger than Shirley. That is, assuming [[DepravedBisexual she]] doesn't [[LikesOlderWomen Like Older Women]].]]
* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[spoiler: After splitting off from them in [=SJ4=], the both of them follow LPFM from a distance, finding positions like a cathedral or an airway tower and trying to snipe Pito. Clarence jokingly refers to it as stalking, only for Shirley to state that it's an accurate description based on IRL hunting terms.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The two of them are certainly an effective duo, but their low numbers can still serve to their disadvantage. In the [[spoiler: Test Play, it forces them to avoid conflict against other teams and the NPC team and instead rely on a gamble strategy, which fails,]] and they discuss how it will make clearing the [=SJ4=] Prelim's difficult, if not impossible, due to the narrower arena and that they'd be in a direct one-on-one confrontation with the other, larger teams, which prompts Shirley to put aside her rivalry with Pito and accept her offer to join LPFM to bypass them.
* ThoseTwoGirls: After their duel to the death in [=SJ3=], the two of them struck a partnership with each other, going hunting together and [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play together]]. They even appear together in ''Fatal Bullet''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: ShipTease aside, the two of them are this, often making jabs at each other, Clarence flirting with Shirley and Shirley threatening to kill Clarence. But it's evident they have a strong partnership and are an effective duo.

!! Mai Kirishima / Shirley
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marika Kouno (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)

A real life nature guide and deer hunter who started GGO as a way to practice her sniping under the suggestion of a co-worker. She's reluctantly dragged into taking part in the second Squad Jam with a team comprising of her fellow IRL hunters, but becomes a massive BloodKnight after shooting Pito in an attempt to avenge her team.

* AbnormalAmmo: In Squad Jam 3, she has equipped her rifle with nothing but [[StuffBlowingUp exploding bullets]], having taken advantage of the in-game [[ItemCrafting ammo customization]] ability to overload her cartridges with enough smokeless powder to turn each shot into an InstantDeathBullet.
* AchievementInIgnorance: When Pito backstabs her team, she attempted to save one of her dead teammates by picking him up and running off with him. However, this actually served to save her life since her teammate became an Immortal Object upon death, preventing Pito and [=PM4=]'s machine gunner from shooting her as she ran.
* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: When she and Clarence enact their betrayal, she says "Sorry" as she shoots the scouting monster to summon more to attack LPFM.]]
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: Before the mall battle in [=SJ4=], she claims to intend on being the only one to leave the mall alive, go back for her R93, and then kill ZEMAL, which LLENN admits she could honestly see her being capable of doing.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], she snipes Jake's trike and blows it up, saving Pitohui from his and David's pincer tactic.]]
* BloodKnight: She becomes this after [=SJ2=], having a new appreciation for PvP and, in an ironic reversal, is the one to force her teammates to join [=SJ3=] when they voice their reluctance to do so.
* BoobsOfSteel: Her avatar is noted to be well-endowed and, after [=SJ2=], she’s become the deadliest member of her Squad and, with her experience hunting IRL and her [[AbnormalAmmo explosive bullets]], quite possibly one of GGO's deadliest snipers.
* CarFu: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], her poor driving of the Humvee she and Clarence took accidentally kills one of the Wrong Lancers' members, when she crashes into a building while making a turn and crushing him in the process, and intentionally kills another of them and slamming into his back form behind while making a bee-line to Pito.]]
* CountryMouse: While she was born and raised in Tokyo, she has always had an affinity for nature and working outdoors in general, so she moved to the Hokkaido wilderness as an adult and makes a living as a huntress and nature guide.
* ColdSniper: Being a real life huntress she's a very skilled sniper. She manages to land a head shot on Pitohui and very nearly kills her. She also has a SugarAndIcePersonality, showing the "ice" in-game and the "sugar" in real life.
* ComplimentBackfire: Whenever they're working together and Pito compliments her, it only serves to piss her off. She prefers compliments from ''literally'' anybody else.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As a pure sniper, she suffers a bit from being largely vulnerable in close range, with her only melee weapon being a hunting knife. It's part of why she engages in her partnership with Clarence, as she can defend her with her more mid-ranged gear if someone gets close. It also forces her to ask Clarence to help her buy a pistol and learn to use it in light of [=SJ4=]'s Pistol Only Zones. [[spoiler: And even then, said pistol is basically [[SniperPistol a miniature sniper rifle.]]]]
* CutenessProximity: Being an animal lover in real life, Shirley ends up being to first, even before known former dog owner Fuka, to react to the dog LPFM and SHINC meets as part of the ''Five Ordeals'' quest, gushing about cute it is before composing herself.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In the Third Ordeal of the ''Five Ordeals'' quest, she instinctively shoots a cephalopod monster in the head despite the fact that they can survive losing it, with her cursing that she should have shot it's body.
* DeathSeeker: PlayedWith. In [=SJ2=], she abstained from fighting and intentionally served as the team's scout and spotter in hopes that she'd get killed in the process. Though unlike [[AmbiguousDisorder Pitohui]], this was because she wanted to get booted from the tournament as quickly as possible.
* DudeMagnet: {{Subverted}}. Many of the guys who see her before [=SJ2=] begins note that she's rather attractive with her cute face and [[BoobsOfSteel impressive bust]], but the [[PerpetualFrowner scowl on her face]] kept anyone from trying to hit on her. If anything, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Clarence is the only one who dares to try anything flirty.]]
* DumbMuscle: Very {{Downplayed}}. For all intents and purposes, Shirley is one of the most competent players in the Squad Jams, and she's the BlueOni between her and Clarence, often reigning in the latter's more murder-happy qualities. However, her single-minded focus on killing Pitohui can cause her to miss a few details, and her plans typically start and end with "kill Pitohui" while failing to consider outside factors. In comparison Clarence, while a more overt BloodKnight who seems willing to enter an all-out brawl, is not as single-minded and so is more aware of their surroundings, and is a lot more perceptive and craftier than her often silly behaviour would suggest.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Her username, Shirley, was a nickname her friend from middle school gave based her on her real name, with the kanji for her first being read as "rice" instead of it's original meaning of "dance", which turned into "shari" by free association, meaning "vinegary sushi rice". Mai didn't like being called this in public, but was less bothered using it as an online handle.
* ExactWords: During [=SJ2=], she's uncomfortable with killing other players in GGO, seeing it as analogous to killing humans. Then Pitohui backstabs her team. Once she's sure she's safe, Shirley declares that Pitohui isn't human, she's ''vermin''. Vermin are to be eradicated.
* FamedInStory: Her near kill of Pitohui in [=SJ2=], even if most just assume she merely grazed her with her bullet, was enough to earn Shirley a reputation among Squad Jam spectators.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: {{Downplayed}}, unlike with Clarence. While there's no hints their IRL working relationship is being affected, it's mentioned that the rest of KKHC are slowly veering away from GGO due to be intimidated by Shirley's intensity.
* FriendlyRivalry: Despite her hostile attitude towards her, there are hints that this is how she sees her obsession with killing Pitohui; before shooting her in [=SJ2=], she realized in that moment that everything really was just a game, and that after she shot Pito and avenged her team, the two could have a drink together and talk about how they got back at each other, with the narration even saying that her bullet was "without anger or resentment". It's likely her ongoing obsession is because, since Pito survived her shot, they never actually settled the score of Pito killing her teammates, meaning this attitude will remain until she pulls it off.
* GladHesOnOurSide: ZigZagged. When [=SJ4=] begins, Shirley is eager for her and Clarence to split off from LPFM so they can raise hell on their own. However, when they're forced to stick together due to the monster spawns and the difficulties in crossing the bridge, LLENN is quick to realize how cool-headed and clever Shirley, and hopes that she'll and Clarence be forced to work together for the long haul. [[spoiler: They don't.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: She's noted to have had a smile on her face when she died, feeling euphoric from the first time she actually enjoyed GGO as a game.
* GracefulLoser: After LLENN kills her after she shoots Pitohui, she responds with only mild disappointment while admonishing herself for being sloppy before dying with a satisfied smile on her face, at least glad she seemingly took out Pito and avenged her team.
* GrewASpine: She was a very passive girl who was unwilling to shoot other players in-game (though she had no problem with the [=PVE=] Monsters), but seeing Pito gun down her team in cold blood ''after'' explicitly promising not to do so, sends her on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and leads her to be out for Pito's blood. She's a willing and eager participant in the third Squad Jam, much to her teammates' surprise.
* HeroAntagonist: Shirley is on an opposing team to the main characters, but is actually portrayed in a very sympathetic light. In any other situation she could have easily been TheHero of the story, going up against Pitohui to avenge her fallen team who was cruelly gunned down.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: As Shirley, she's rather anti-social best and {{Sadist}}ic at her worst, but she does legitimately care about Clarence and value their partnership, and her occupation (as a nature guide, not a hunter) has given her a love of animals, which she displays in Volumes 9 and 10.
* HypocriticalHumour: When Team DOOM reveal themselves as a team of Suicide Bombers, she calls it "the calling card of scum", only for Clarence to point out she uses explosive bullets.
* IKnowMortalKombat:
** {{Downplayed}}. Ever since Shirley really got into [=PKing=] in GGO, she found herself studying snipers and sniping in a variety of ways, from books, to films, to online information. While most of her skill does still come from her IRL job as a hunter, it also became part of the reason she teamed up with Clarance, as she learned that most real-life Snipers had spotters to help find targets and watch the sniper's back.
** PlayedWith in regards to horse-riding, which she's able to use to ride the mechanical horse she and Clarence find in [=SJ4=], which she and her team is stated to have practice extensively in-game to do, but Shirley certainly had help as she did horse-riding IRL and frequently does horse-mounted tours.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Like M above, Shirley is capable of Lineless Shooting thanks to her IRL hunting experience. While her squadmates are capable of the same, Shirley proves herself multiple times to be the more devastating markswoman.
** In [=SJ4=], she's able to [[spoiler: snipe Jake's trike and blow it up from twelve hundred yards, just a hundred and sixty seven yards short of the 20th longest sniper kill and something not even she was sure she could pull off, in one shot. She tries to underplay it by stating that a vehicle is a larger target than a person, but that doesn't deter Clarence's praise of the feat.]]
* InstantlyProvenWrong: [[spoiler: When it seems like Pito isn't gonna reach the final area of the ''Five Ordeals'' quest, seemingly having been killed by her MirrorBoss, Shirley curses her for dying before she can kill her. Cue Pito spawning in at that exact moment.]]
* InTheHood: In [=SJ3=], she comes equipped with various poncho’s for different environments.
* {{Irony}}: For the second Squad Jam, it was her teammates who wanted to join the tournament and dragged her into it, with her deciding not to actually fight due to being a TechnicalPacifist. By the time of the third one, she's quite possibly the biggest BloodKnight among them and was forcing them to join when they proved reluctant.
** Also, the group save for Shirley were a close to becoming a bunch of {{Blood Knight}}s, getting excited and eager whenever they scored a kill while Shirley made it a rule to not shoot anyone before Pito killed the others. In [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: their entire strategy revolves around not getting caught and killed, which prompts them to avoid picking fights, while ''Shirley'' is the one doing all the killing.]]
* IWorkAlone:
** [[spoiler: Took this stance in [=SJ3=], having her team utilize a strategy that would allow her to split up from them and wreak havoc on her own. In fact, she was the only one in her team who kept her comm off, while the rest opted to keep them on to chat.]]
** [[spoiler: Before the final battle of [=SJ4=] when Pito suggests a buddy system, Shirley claims she'd rather work alone when told to work with Fuka, perhaps not liking the idea to work with someone other than Clarence.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=]. While she would love to have another shot at Pitohui and possibly LLENN as revenge for [=SJ2=], she knows that she wasn’t in the best position for a sneak attack and instead focuses on the remnants of the Squads they and Clarance were decimating.]]
** [[spoiler: She makes one last attempt on Pito's life in the last stretch of the "Fourth Ordeal" in the ''Five Ordeals'' Quest, only for Tohma to aim the PTRD at her and silently threaten to shoot, prompting her to call it quits.]]
* LastBreathBullet: [[spoiler: As she's getting shot to death by MMTM in [=SJ4=], she chooses to shoot at WEEI's grenadier before dying instead of running, taking his arm in the process.]]
* TheLoad: {{Invoked}}, hoping to drag her team down and get them to lose, or at least get killed herself and get to leave the tournament sooner.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: After [=SJ2=], she’s become a BloodKnight and the deadliest and most effective fighter in her Squadron, who are all men. She is the only one among them using their knowledge of hunting to inflict greater harm on other players per bullet.
* MotiveDecay: Initially, Shirley wanted to kill Pitohu to avenge her team, who Pito mercilessly gunned down after they tried to strike up an alliance with [=PM4=], in part due to her difficulty in distinguishing the real and virtual worlds, and therefore seeing her as a monster. Considering that she finally realizes the difference just before she shoots Pito, her insistent attempts on her life in the present seem to be more about her ''surviving'' said shot, likely feeling that the score was never properly settled and potentially seeing it as a wound to her pride as a hunter.
* MyGreatestFailure: Somewhat PlayedForLaughs. She reveals to Clarence that not killing her before Sam in the third Squad Jam 3 was "the biggest regret of her GGO life", to which Clarence joking jabs that there's no take-backs.
* NotSoAboveItAll: During LPFM's team huddle before [=SJ4=] begins, with Clarence joining in their cheer despite the two of them planning to splinter off, she's also clenching her fist, silently taking part in the cheer.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Sure, she hated Pito's guts and wanted to avenge her team, but it's doubtful that she knew that Pito was planning to kill herself IRL if she died in the Squad Jam and, considering her TechnicalPacifist status at the time, she very likely wouldn't have shot if she did know.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Most impressively among the group, she's the first to clear the MirrorBoss Fifth Ordeal, which she explains to LLENN turned into a knife fight when she grab her doubles Ken-Nata with her thigh before strangling her to death.]]
* OffWithHerHead: Not quite. [[spoiler: During the "Sixth Ordeal" in the ''Five Ordeals'' quest, Pito kills her by stabbing her hand with her Photon Sword to get her to drop the handgun she borrowed from Fuka, before cutting her head vertically.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler: Her reasoning for killing Jake in [=SJ4=], giving Pito a chance to escape certain death at David's hands.]]
--> "I'm her GrimReaper."
* PerpetualFrowner: Her default mood is being sour and gloomy. Even though her in-game avatar is quite pretty, the aura of negativity she emits dissuades any guys from flirting with her.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Unlike the much taller Shirley, Mai is actually five foot one IRL. Doesn't stop her from being an effective hunter.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: [[spoiler: Tells Clarence to do this while they're retreating in a Humvee, which they commandeered via Clarence stripping down to get the drop on the original driver.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Has one after Pitohui kills her entire team, leading her to drop her pacifism and swear to kill Pito herself. She very nearly succeeds. That being said, the light novels reveal that by the time she pulls the trigger, she's no longer angry with Pito for tricking the others, but has simply come to accept that it's a game and sees her animosity to her as part of a fun rivalry.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Due to the requirements for getting a Rifle License IRL, Shirley is adept with a shotgun. Pito actually lends her her 870 for the first challenge of the ''Five Ordeals'' quest.
* SlasherSmile: Becomes a bit more prone to flashing these over time.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Shirley is the only female member of the team. This is because the team is composed of the "real-life" team of hunters, the "Northern Country Hunters' Club", and it is difficult for anyone, man or woman, to legally be a rifle-owning hunter in Japan. So the odds of Shirley having female teammates is rather slim.
* SniperPistol: [[spoiler: Fittingly, instead of getting a normal pistol for [=SJ4=]'s pistol zones, Clarence helped her procure a Remington XP-100 chambered in .308 so she can use her explosive bullets and she put in enough practice with it to kill from at least 400 meters away. This helps in the mall battle not just by allowing her to retain her sniping style, but allowing her to notice Beralto, who's using the same gun, take up position and warn the others.]]
* SoleSurvivor: In the second Squad Jam, Shirley is left as the only surviving member after Pitohui betrays and kills the entirety of her team. She got spared due to Pito deeming her NotWorthKilling. This [[UnderestimatingBadassery was a mistake on Pito's part]], where Shirley later returns for revenge and manages to land a head shot on her.
* SpannerInTheWorks: She utterly ruins the elaborate plan that Teams LF and SHINC set up to eliminate Pitohui when she ends up sniping Pito from afar.
* TheStrategist: In Squad Jam 3, she is the one who basically drags her team kicking and screaming into the tournament, and the one who forcefully takes over the leadership role by laying out her whole plan to deal with Pitohui to the rest of KKHC. [[spoiler: Her plan was to make herself the last person on her team to gain leadership among her teammates in the event that the leader dies, and have the others scatter and avoid danger while she goes around killing with no one seeing her coming, as only the leader can appear on the scan.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: While Shirley is a bit cold in-game, Mai comes off as warmer and more personable in real life, especially when interacting with Ai.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A female ColdSniper with greenish-coloured hair, generally unsociable, has a BloodKnight streak, has what is essentially an insta-kill weapon and is partners with a black-clad player who is the opposite gender that their avatar would suggest. [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineShinoAsada Sound familiar?]]
* SweetTooth: {{Implied}}. In their attempts to get Shirley to join the second Squad Jam with them, the others in KKHC offered to buy her a slice of her favourite cake.
* TargetSpotter: Serves as this in [=SJ2=] instead of actually taking part, hoping to end up getting shot and booted from the tournament.
* TechnicalPacifist: Shirley was initially reluctant in shooting people in-game, having difficulty keeping reality and the virtual world separate. However after watching Pitohui gun down her team in cold blood, after they had struck up a deal, she draws her rifle and prepares to kill Pitohui herself. After she manages to land a headshot on, [[BloodKnight she drops all pretences of being one in-game.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In Squad Jam 4 when Pitohui invites her and Clarence to join LPFM. She still hates the woman and accepts the offer solely so she and Clarence can bypass the prelims, but loudly proclaims they will do their own thing and run off when the tournament starts. However, the special rules of [=SJ4=] lead to them sticking with LPFM longer than she intended.
* {{Tomboy}}: From a young age, she always preferred outdoors physical activities rather than fashion, and took up horse riding, camping, mountain climbing, and eventually hunting.
* TomboyishPonytail: Her hair IRL is black and much longer, and she usually ties it up like this.
* TooAwesomeToUse: {{Subverted}}. The narration states that her [[AbnormalAmmo explosive bullets]] are ''50'' times more expensive than basic assault rifle ammo, due to the required materials and the possibility of screwing up the creation process. Despite this, she made a whopping ''200'' of these rounds in preparation for the Squad Jam, even using the cash-conversion system to buy more materials.
* TookALevelInBadass: A ''massive'' one. After Squad Jam 2, she dedicates all her time in VR to becoming stronger and more skilled for the sole purpose of killing Pito in the next tournament, becoming almost obsessive with it. Any semblance of her previous shy, subdued self is gone. She develops her own explosive ammo for the tournament, goes out hunting monsters day in and day out to test her skills, and wipes out almost a dozen players on her own. Her final kill in Squad Jam 3 is [[spoiler: Clarence, whom she mercilessly stabs through the chest right before she too is also killed by Clarence triggering a grenade.]]
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Towards Clarence. She generally acts rude and cold to her, often threatening to kill her and even citing not killing her before Sam back in [=SJ3=] as MyGreatestFailure. [[spoiler: She's also rather upset when Clarence chooses to sacrifice herself to take out PORL and RGB, trying to talk her out of it and admitting she wanted her to be there when she killed Pito.]]
** Also towards LPFM in [=SJ4=]. Despite making it no secret that she plans to kill Pito and her and Clarence's plans to split off from them, [[spoiler: with the both of them even betraying them after they deal with DOOM]], she shows herself to be a surprisingly dedicated team player, [[spoiler: allying with them later after Clarence's HeroicSacrifice, expressing concern when LLENN seems to drown trying to save her, saving Fuka from a member of SATOH, and eventually [[LastBreathBullet opting to risk her life to shoot off the arm of the WEEI's grenadier to stop him from reloading]], something that surprises even her as she dies.]]
* UnknownRival: She is heavily motivated to kill Pitohui, who she has labelled as "vermin" for shooting her team mates in cold blood immediately after a negotiation. Meanwhile, Pito really has no idea who she is. LLENN knows that Shirley was the one who landed the headshot on Pito in [=SJ2=] but even she is also clueless as to how consumed with hatred Shirley is with Pito. {{Subverted}} by the [[spoiler: Test Play]] and [=SJ4=], where Pito not only tries to invite her and Clarence for a [[spoiler: celebration after the Test Play]], but also tracks them down to offer a temporary spot in LPFM to bypass the prelims.
* VitriolicBestBuds: On the surface, their partnership can appear rather dysfunctional, with Shirley generally being rather cold and not above threatening to kill her, while Clarence frequently teases her and isn't afraid to snipe back. That being said, the two of them display themselves multiple times as TrueCompanions.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After her team got killed by Pito, her immediate decision, after calling Pito a bitch a few times, was just resign with her new leadership status and leave the tournament without firing a single bullet, just like she wanted. Then, as she was opening her menu to log out, she saw her R93 Tactical in her inventory list. Thus, Shirley the BloodKnight was born.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Her reaction when, defiant of her hopes that her team would suffer a CurbStompBattle and swear off PvP, their opponents in the [=SJ2=] prelims ended up being Photon Sword users reliant on dodging and ParryingBullets, which they couldn't do with her team's ability to fire without Bullet Lines appearing.

!! Ai Onoda / Clarence
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese), Creator/LauraStahl (English)

A participant introduced in Squad Jam 2 as part of an alliance of teams that tries to ambush LLENN. She forms a partnership with Shirley after they have a duel to the death in [=SJ3=].

* AwesomenessByAnalysis:
** Along with Pito, she's the only one to realize that [[spoiler: the monsters from the Third Ordeal were actually other players.]]
* BattleStrip: [[spoiler: Strips down to her underwear to get the drop of one of [=V2HG=]'s drivers.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite her eccentric and somewhat pervy personality, Clarence is not only a skilled fighter, but she's also rather devious. When we first meet her, she's FakingTheDead by laying atop of other player's corpses, which likely would have fooled anyone else if they weren't LLENN who recently TookALevelInBadass. Then in [=SJ3=], she's able to trick the remaining players from LPFM's counter and kill at least eight of them, and later fights on even footing with Shirley and [[spoiler: manages to pull off a TakingYouWithMe on her.]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Combines her androgynous looking avatar with a [[GenderBlenderName traditionally male name.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: While she's this with Shirley, as seen above, she and Pito are also quick to hit it off due to their similarly excitable demeanors and BloodKnight personalities. Shirley's reaction to them interacting could be summed as "Oh God, there's two of them.".
* {{Blackmail}}: {{Implied}}. She apparently knows something about her male teammates that they don't want anyone else to know, which is what she used to convince to take part in the [=SJ3=] prelems with her. [[spoiler: She reveals to Mai IRL that as Clarence, she recorded a teammate making weird noises after putting on a sexy outfit and made him buy stuff for her or else she'd upload it online.]]
* BloodKnight: Along with being a massive flirt and a bit of a pervert, Clarence really enjoys killing, to the point of going into gruesome detail about what she’ll do to enemy players. While it's not enough for her teammates to outright abandon her like what happened with Pitohui, they often very disturbed by this aspect of her.
* {{Bokukko}}: She deliberately styles her speech pattern to sound like a male.
* BoyishShortHair: It's more gender neutral length hair, but nonetheless makes it harder to tell she's female.
* ChoosingNeutrality: In Volume 10, [[spoiler: when the remainder of the group splits into two sides over whether or not to kill Suuzaburou to complete the quest, Clarence opts to stay on the sidelines to ensure there's at least one survivor in case both sides kill each other so someone can complete, or if Fuka's side wins, resign the quest.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Has no problem with making an alliance with other teams to target LLENN and Fuka in [=SJ2=] [[spoiler: and in [=SJ3=], pretends to form an alliance with some survivor of LPFM’s counterattack only to kill them all.]]
* DayInTheLimelight: Compared to her first appearance in Squad Jam 2, she gets more combat focus in Squad Jam 3. She tricks several rival teams into spreading out so she can more easily eliminate them and goes head-to-head against [[ColdSniper Shirley]]. [[spoiler: [[TakingYouWithMe Neither of them walks away from this encounter.]] ]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: For all her perverted behaviour, Clarence was being genuine when she wanted to be friends with LLENN and Fuka, and proves it by TakingTheBullet for LLENN when they get sniped by Team MMTM.
* DepravedBisexual: {{Downplayed}}. She openly admits to being bi, albeit hinting that she prefers girls, and while she's hardly what one would call "evil", being largely friendly and upbeat, she's {{Sadist}}ic BloodKnight who tends to give out TooMuchInformation when describing how she'd kill players, and she can come off as kind of creepy, such as when she asked LLENN for a kiss on the cheek in exchange for her magazines.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** The light novel says that "Even Clarence's own teammates in their random outfits didn't seem to want anything to do with (her)," after she phrases a question about their impromptu alliance in the most vulgar way possible. She is so off-putting that she has to enter Squad Jam 3 with only one partner, a man named Sam. By the time of [=SJ4=], she was kicked out of her squad and unfriended by them.
** {{Averted}} with her partnership with Shirley, who admits to not minding working with her despite her quirks, and their [[spoiler: brief]] team-up with LPFM, with them exchanging friendly banter and opting not to put her at risk by shooting the monster that grabbed her. {{Justified}} in that her BloodKnight status makes her BirdsOfAFeather with Shirley, Pito and Fuka, and [[NiceGuy M and LLENN are fairly friendly]], if a bit [[TheStoic deadpan]] and [[FirstPersonSmartass snarky]] respectively.
* ForTheLulz: When asked, she simply states that she joined the Squad Jam because she thought it'd be fun, taking Shirley, who joined the first one simply because her teammates dragged her into it and largely plays GGO for practice, off-guard.
* GenderBlenderName: "Clarence" is a male name.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** [[TakingTheBullet Takes the bullet]] meant for LLENN and tells her to win before dying.
** [[spoiler: How she goes out in [=SJ4=]. She decides to eliminate PORL and stop their RPG assault on them and the locomotive by sneaking over to them with a white poncho to blend in with the snow, and then setting off the backpack of explosives once she got close enough to them, killing them all.]]
* HiddenDepths: The end of Squad Jam 4 reveals that [[spoiler: Clarence is actually Ai, a third-year in middle school(younger than even Team SHINC) who's being homeschooled.]]
* HypocriticalHumour: [[DepravedBisexual She]], with absolutely no basis, calls one of DOOM's members a "perverted weirdo".
* IdenticalStranger: Clarence's in-game avatar has a strong resemblance to Karen's real life appearance.
* InSeriesNickname: Goes by "Clay."
* ISurrenderSuckers: She tries to pull this. She requests permission from LLENN to move her right hand, only to reach for her gun. LLENN [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoots her hand]] for her trouble.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: She happened to chance on an androgynous avatar and as a result pretends to be male. [[CallBack Just like Kirito did.]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: She's one of the few of the LPFM-SHINC alliance to clear the MirrorBoss of the ''Five Ordeals quest''. Unlike with LLENN, who's fight we follow, and Shirley and Pito, who described their fights, we don't get any details on how she accomplished this.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Says this word for word after her teammate Sam is sniped by Shirley.]]
* PlayingPossum: After LLENN massacres her entire team, Clarence tries to avoid their fate by pretending to be one of the dead corpses on the ground. LLENN notices there should be one more person and exposes her by shooting at the corpse she's using for cover.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: In real life, [[spoiler: Ai has long dark hair and her skin is so pale Mai is worried about her health.]]
* TheReveal: The last chapter of Volume 9 implicitly reveals Clarence's real life identity to the reader.
* SamusIsAGirl: Clarence reveals she's a female player with an androgynous avatar, which led her to pretend to be a guy. In the localized version of the light novels, she's referred to with male pronouns by the narration until her gender is revealed.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Her reaction to some kind of "armadillo person" grabbing her leg in [=SJ4=], not expecting the tournament to have monsters.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: When discussing their advantages with Shirley in [=SJ4=], she enthusiastically says that another is their beauty, saying they [[DistractedByTheSexy could strip down to distract the]] ([[AllMenArePerverts mostly male]]) competition, and bemoans that they can’t remove their underwear as well. [[spoiler: She later ''does'' strip down to her underwear to take out the driver for [=V2HG=]'s second humvee.]]
* ShootTheDog: ZigZagged. [[spoiler: She opts to not take a side in the "Sixth Ordeal" to keep the teams even and make it there's at least someone alive to finish things, and states that depending on who wins, she'll either do the deed or resign the quest if the winners are unable to.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She comes off as rather shy and reserved in real life, at least at first glance.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Appears to be the only female member of her team. This is not immediately clear because SamusIsAGirl, so the team appears to have ''no'' female members at all.
* TakingTheBullet: Shields LLENN from Team MMTM's gunfire at the cost of her own life.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Does this when Shirley manages to get on top of her and stab her, activating a plasma grenade and giving her no chance to escape.]]
* TargetSpotter: Has this role in her partnership with Shirley, surveying the area for targets and anyone sneaking up on them with binoculars and being able to defend her with her assault rifle.
* TooMuchInformation: She starts going into way too much detail on her experiences kissing guys and girls in real life, [[CringeComedy making LLENN and Fuka cringe]], and this is on top of violating the unwritten rule to not talk about personal real life stuff in a VR game in general. She also tends to do this in regards to what she wants to do to enemy players when she kills them.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Well she's not really a child, [[spoiler: being a third-year Middle Schooler IRL]], but her behaviour as Clarence can be seen as rather concerning for a girl her age. [[spoiler: As she confides to Mai when they meet IRL for the first time, she enjoys being "dirty" and doing morally ambiguous things she otherwise couldn't do IRL, such as {{Blackmail}} and [[ReallyGetsAround Really Getting Around]].]]
* UniversalAmmunition:
** Luckily for LLENN, Clarence is one of the few players in GGO who uses a weapon that is not only chambered for 5.7x28mm ammo, but also uses the same magazines as her P90: the [[RareGuns ultra-rare AR-57 rifle.]] On top of that, her sidearm is the FN Five-seveN pistol, which also uses the same ammunition.
** [[spoiler: Before her HeroicSacrifice in [=SJ4=], she gives LLENN her remaining ammunition for her to use.]]

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[[folder:Thane]]
!! Thane
A frequent Squad Jam participant as part of Team ZAT[[note]]an abbreviation of "Zangiri Atama no Tama", which in English means "Close-Cropped Companions" [[/note]] who's an IRL video maker who records his participations to upload later.

* AdaptedOut: He made no appearance in [=SJ2=] in the anime.
* CameraFiend: For his videos, his helmet has cameras affixed all around it to capture footage.
* ChivalrousPervert: He appears friendly and affable enough, but when he's killed by SHINC in [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: he gets himself shot by saying he'd like to see some boobs before he dies.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: {{Implied}}. He generally presents himself as kind of a goof and he dies every time he appears, but since he's not one of the top four participants, who are instantly exempt from having to take part in the preliminaries, it's suggested that he and his squad are good enough to get through them.
* FamedInStory: His live-streaming has become well-known among Squad Jam participants and spectators, with some even finding them more entertaining that the actual live footage.
* LoopholeAbuse: While he could upload footage of he and his team fighting monsters, he couldn't do the same with {{PvP}} combat since uploading without permission of the players he fought would be a breach of privacy and possibly get him in trouble. However, since the footage of the Squad Jams is already aired to all of GGO and to anyone who may be watching elsewhere, there's no privacy concern since everyone signed up knowing that they'd be filmed, allowing him to record his participation.
* RedShirt: Whenever he appears, expect him to be killed, usually by one of the best teams.
** In [=SJ2=], he and his squadmates are sniped down by MMTM while engaging them in the snowy mountains. He's starts off attempting to return fire while giving commentary, and he attempts a LastStand when he becomes the SoleSurvivor, only to shot in the head by David.
** In [=SJ3=], he and his team are among the first victims of SHINC's initial rampage. He once again becomes the SoleSurvivor and SHINC recognize him from having used his video for research. Tanya allows him some last words, and he chooses [[spoiler: "Before I die! I would be very happy if, just once, I got to touch some boobs!"]]
** In [=SJ4=], he and his teammates are among the first victims of the monsters that spawn, and are forced to fight them off. While they manage to emerge victorious, their excitement over their victory causes them to let their guard down, during which LPFM gets the drop on them, with Shirley shooting Thane in the chest before the rest are wiped out by LLENN, M and Pito.
[[/folder]]

!!1st Squad Jam debut
[[folder:Team LM]]
A team consisting of only LLENN and M.

-> See [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamLPFM this page]] for the individual characters.

* AnimalMotif: The two of them invoke the ''Tortoise and the Hare''.
* BrainsAndBrawn: LLENN is the brawn to M's brains. She acts as a decoy for the enemies and takes them down by using her small size and nimble speed, while M comes up with the plans and guides her on what to do. Ironic considering LLENN is physically smaller in height and build.
* DecoyLeader: LLENN is registered as the squad leader of LPFM, but in reality she's the one who gets instructions from M. Subverted by the second Squad Jam where she's the proper leader compared to Fuka who is a newbie in comparison.
* EtTuBrute: M turns his gun on LLENN when he finds out his real life is on the line, thinking he could become the team leader and resign.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: LLENN is the tiny tiny girl to M's huge guy.
* RecurringElement: In the first Squad Jam, Team LM is composed of LLENN who is a [[SuperSpeed speedy]] short-range fighter who is relatively new to the game, backed by M who is an [[ExperiencedProtagonist experienced]] long-range ColdSniper with ImprobableAimingSkills. This mirrors Kirito and Sinon back in the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc who were also a ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy duo, this was likely intentional since Kirito and Sinon's teamwork in the third [=BoB=] was the inspiration behind Squad Jam.
* RookieRedRanger: LLENN is the leader of the LM squadron in the first Squad Jam, but far less experienced than M. In her debut episode, M is actually the seasoned player and the one calling all the shots over radio, while her squad leader status is mainly so she can act as a decoy for the satellite scanners.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: LLENN is the short-range sub-machine gunner to M's sniper.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team Narrows]]
A group of combat professionals using the first Squad Jam tournament as a training exercise.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Their last casualty before they resign [[DieLaughing Dies Laughing]] after fully comprehending the fact that they suffered a CurbStompBattle at the hands of [[CuteBruiser LLENN.]]
* CurbStompBattle: They wipe out multiple other teams in the first Squad Jam without taking any casualties or even any injuries, and they make it look easy. At least, until the end of the episode, when they are the ones on the receiving end of one from LLENN herself.
* FastRoping: In the first phase of the tournament, the team leader and spotter set up in overwatch positions in skyscrapers to view the battlespace, and use their real life skills in rappelling to quickly evacuate their positions.
* IDontKnowMortalKombat: They were doing pretty well in the tournament until they came across LLENN, who is so small and moves at such an unrealistically fast speed, that all their actual training and tactics completely failed at that moment.
* IKnowMortalKombat: This is what they were ''hoping'' to achieve by entering the Squad Jam tournament. In the end, however, it was decided that the game has too many unrealistic elements and may reinforce too many bad habits in training (such as ''not'' putting a finger on the trigger to prevent a Bullet Line from appearing, a technique that sets you up for disaster in real life shooting) that the JSDF decided not to use GGO as a training tool.
* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: They are armed with the FN FAL rifle, which is completely out of place for the JSDF as that weapon was never adopted by them. More realistically, they should be using the Howa Type 64.
* UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce: They are a JSDF squad evaluating the Gun Gale Online game on whether it can be used for actual combat training. More specifically, [[spoiler: they are a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force garrison security team from Hyakuri Air Base who report to Lieutenant Colonel Seijirou Kikuouka.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The leader decides to resign from the game after LLENN eliminates two-thirds of his team in less than a minute, as the situation she presented would never happen in real life and is thus completely useless in training.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The light novel didn't give their team a name, it came from the anime. This actually causes an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, as Volume 7 mentions team names max out at 5 letters long, which "Narrows" exceeds by 2 letters.
* SelfImposedChallenge: Of a sort. Since their team is there strictly to evaluate the game as a training tool, it can be inferred that all their in-game builds are designed to simulate a real life person as closely as possible, meaning no one on their team has any kind of superhuman abilities such as SuperSpeed or SuperStrength to carry equipment loads that would break a soldier's back in reality.
* SeriousBusiness: PlayedWith: Unlike all the other participants who are competing in Squad Jam for glory, for the prizes, or just for fun, they are dead serious in everything they do in the game and treat it exactly like real life. Quite understandable, as they are gathering data in the interest of their country's national security. However, post-game, while delivering a status report, their leader notes that rather than being depressed, everyone is joking around and had a blast playing the game.
* SoldierVsWarrior: Related to the above, they are in Squad Jam with a specific objective in mind and are just there to get it done. There's no time for fame and fortune in GGO for them.
* VillainousBreakdown: Although they're not villains at all, just antagonists for LLENN, all their cool-headed planning and tactics go out the window once LLENN uses abilities that are only possible in-game to take them down.
* WeakButSkilled: As whole, the team are an extremely competent squadron thanks to their IRL military training, employing effective tactics and having coordination and teamwork. Unfortunately, since their avatars where likely built up to resemble real life humans as closely as possible, they are likely much weaker compared to the rest of [=SJ=] competitors, which is part of the reason LLENN is able to dispatch them so easily.
* WhamLine: In the light novel, during the post-match meeting, one of them addresses [[spoiler:Kikuoka]] by name, which may come as a shock to anyone who hasn't read ''Alicization''.
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[[folder:Team ZEMAL]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: From left to right: [[DumbMuscle Max]], [[DumbMuscle Shinohara]], [[DumbMuscle Huey]], [[DumbMuscle TomTom]], [[DumbMuscle Peter]] Not pictured: "[[WomenAreWiser The Goddess]]"]]

A team of machine gun fanatics. Their name stands for "'''Ze'''n Nihon '''Ma'''chine Gun '''L'''overs" which means "All-Japan Machine Gun Lovers."

* AmmunitionBackpack: Before the Test Play, all members get their hands on a backpack feeding system, large, box-like backpacks that contain all their ammo and link it to their machine guns. This not only means they can fire for much longer without having to reload, but reloading itself just becomes a simple matter of accessing their menu and putting a fresh belt in the empty backpack.
* BirdsOfAFeather: They met in-game and bonded over their love of machine guns, prompting them to form a squadron.
** Surprisngly enough, [[spoiler: they seem to get this with Sophie and Rosa after the Test Play, who approach them about their new backpack feeding system, leading to an enthusiastic conversation.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Whatever else one can say about them, they certainly know how to have a fun time in GGO.
* ButtMonkey: They get totally wiped out by Team Narrows in the first Squad Jam without them even managing to put a single scratch on them. Later, when they read the notice that LLENN and Fuka have registered for Squad Jam 2, they're so fixated on their computer that they fail to notice a giant sand worm is about to eat them for lunch.
* CoolShades: To help with Max's [[SupportPartyMember new role in the team]] post [=SJ4=], they all got smart glasses with a night vision mode to help them see his infrared laser in dark environments.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: During the Test Play, their method of infiltrating the castle, which isn't to go in guns blazing like you'd expect, is to actually approach the castle with a large sign saying that they're on the NPC team's side. [[spoiler: And it actually would have worked if Pito didn't ruin it. This is because they were real soldiers who legitimately thought they were in a foreign environment instead of mere [=NPCs=].]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: Effectively their largest flaw as a squadron. While Machine Guns are extremely powerful with their [[MoreDakka absurd fire rates]], it's also literally the only weapon they collectively own, carrying no other weapons and anyone who so much as suggests such a thing being kicked out immediately, meaning they collectively suffer the same weaknesses as each other. They start to [[DownplayedTrope Downplay]] this down the line, basing their tactics on the strengths of their signature weapons instead of merely relying on their high firepower.
* CurbStompBattle: In [=SJ4=], [[spoiler: they end up delivering one to ''LPFM, SHINC and T-S'' with Vivi's leadership, setting up an ambush for anyone who rides the train to the mall.]]
* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:They win Squad Jam 4.]]
* DualWielding: Their dream is to put enough points into their STR stat so they can dual wield machine guns.
* DumbassNoMore: ... Okay, [[DownplayedTrope they're still kind of dumb]], but their rapid rising in the Squad Jam's rank can be attributed to them actually using their heads more and focusing on their Machine Gun's strengths as opposed to just their ability to fire loads of bullets.
** In [=SJ2=], they spawned on the top of a hill and quickly realized the terrain advantage it gave them over other teams and so stayed there and shot anyone who came by, only dying because they weren't prepared for an enemy with even ''higher'' ground.
** In [=SJ3=] they were able to create what was essentially mobile turrets with just their machine guns and some random stuff they found in a abandoned store that carried them to being one of the last six surviving teams [[spoiler: and netting them fifth place in the end]]
** And in the Test Play they manage to get their hands on backpacks that attach to their guns' feeding system to let them fire for longer.
* DumbMuscle: All five of them are big tough guys in game, and none of them are very bright either.
* FailedASpotCheck: They often don't pay attention to their surroundings. A monster takes them by surprise when they hear the news about [=SJ2=], and apparently kills them. Something similar happens when they hear about [=SJ4=], but the intervention of a third party saves them.
* FriendlyRivalry: Unlike the other teams, who express varying levels of disdain for the rule, [[spoiler: they're actually rather ecstatic to learn of [=SJ3=]'s traitor and the chance to have a machine gun vs machine gun battle.]]
* GlassCannon: Statistically, they are this. Their machine guns are plenty powerful with their [[MoreDakka high fire rate]], but their weight combined with that of the ammo needed for them slows them down in spite of their STR-centric stat-builds, lessening their overall speed, also prevents them from donning heavy defensive equipment like T-S' PoweredArmor.
* GunNut: Specifically, they're ''Machine'' Gun Nuts, and they take this obsession to cult-like extremes, even claiming there's a "God of Machine Guns" who dictates their actions. Outside of that however, the are practically experts in their craft, recognizing the strengths and practical applications of their [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]], such as their effectiveness on higher ground and can even recognize other machine guns based on sound.
* TheHamSquad: They're very flamboyant and make sure to announce their presence to everyone through shouts or gunfire.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: With a combination of traps and strategic firing, led by Vivi, ZEMAL manage to kill Tohma, Tanya and the last four survivors of T-S in [=SJ4=].]]
* HiddenDepths:
** It's not known which of them said it, but one of them seemed to realize that Team Narrows were IRL military, hearing they were ASDF, after viewing footage of the first Squad Jam, and even correctly guesses that they won't take part, [[RightForTheWrongReasons though because he thinks their participation got them in trouble with their SO.]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: During the first Squad Jam, they empty entire belts of ammo in the general direction LLENN is located, which does absolutely nothing, as LLENN has taken cover behind a tree. The only thing they accomplish is give away their position to other teams from the noise of the gunfire.
* {{Infinite}}: Their team logo, as embroidered on their uniform jackets from [=SJ3=] onward, is a machine gun ammo belt shaped as an infinity symbol.
* JokeCharacter: They are only present to showcase the LighterAndSofter attitude of ''Alternative''; nobody in Squad Jam is of a comparable level to Bullet of Bullets qualifiers, but they're playing GGO as a game, to have fun, and these guys make both points emphatically clear.
* KilledOffscreen: In the anime, the whole team gets effortlessly wiped out by Team T-S in Squad Jam 2 and we only learn about it when Fuka offhandedly notices they got taken out after LLENN is finished with the dome battle.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Assuming they witnessed MMTM and SHINC's attempts, or another team before them, it's likely that the reason for their attempt to use a sign to get into the castle meant that not even ''they'' were dumb to try challenging the [=NPC=] team.]]
* LethalJokeCharacter: They are ''still' large hams but they end up vastly improving, consistently making it into the top five since [=SJ2=], and LPFM and SHINC acknowledge that they TookALevelInBadass after a fight with them during the Test Play. [[spoiler: And if that wasn't enough, [[DarkHorseVictory they manage to win [=SJ4=].]]]]
* LongRangeFighter: Despite not looking like guys one would want to take on in a fist fight, they're ultimately this, as their machine guns are most effective when used from a long-range where they can rain bullets on their opponents while they're too far to properly fire back. This is especially the case for Huey, Shinohara and Tomtom, whose machine guns are chambered in 7.62, making them suitable for firing at longer ranges.
* MacGyvering: Surprisingly, they do this in Squad Jam 3. Upon finding a hardware store and plenty of tools, they begin by using hacksaws to cut down metal pipes to size, tying clusters of the pipes together, then [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-taping the pipe clusters to the sides of the carts to create makeshift armor]]. Then mounting their guns on the carts and stuffing backpacks full of ammo links in the bottom section, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/swordartonline/images/9/9b/Gun_Gale_Online_Vol_05_-_068.png/revision/latest?cb=20161005201518 you have]] ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome shopping carts turned into mobile gun platforms!]]''
* MeaningfulName: The "All-Japan" part of their name comes from the fact that the five members of their team are spread out across the Japanese islands, all the way from Okinawa to Hokkaido.
* MoreDakka: Their favorite strategy is to endlessly fire until they're out of ammunition. [[spoiler: By the time of the Test Play, they even get the blueprints for special backpacks that can carry huge stocks of bullets and link to a machine to reload it continuously, removing the need for them to reload so that they can fire bullets for much, ''much'' longer.]]
-->Rapid-fire, rapid-fire! Strafe! Ack-ack! Random fire! As long as we've got bullets, keep firing! That's the way of life for the All-Japan Machine Gun Lovers!
* NoNameGiven: The individual members aren't given names until Volume 5.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Volume 6 mentions that there's no "correct" way to pronounce ZEMAL, since it's an acronym.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Not knowing about [[WomenAreWiser their new member]] and not having access to live footage like the spectators, a lot of teams are wary of the fact that they seemingly haven't moved from the crater they started in.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: While they do win [=SJ4=] thanks to Vivi's leadership, most of them are disappointed that they couldn't fight in their normal, HotBlooded manner, while Vivi ponders if she could have thought up a strategy that could have left them satisfied with their win.]]
* RefugeInAudacity:
** How they exit [=SJ3=]; [[spoiler: after killing Tomtom with the stray, thereby killing who they thought was Team BTRY's strongest, the remaining four decide to have a free-for-all shoot out as if they were kids playing, and the last one standing strikes a pose shooting in the air as the water engulfs. The audience couldn't believe their eyes.]]
** Before [=SJ4=], they shock the spectators by entering carrying their new member, the RPD wielding woman, on a makeshift palanquin.
* SeriousBusiness: Machine Guns, to the point where if a team member were to suggest they use another tactically sensible weapon for the situation, they would get kicked out of the squadron.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: It's heavily {{Implied}} that they, along with MMTM, opted to kill their canine companion at the end of the ''Five Ordeals'' quest, not realizing that it was a SecretTestOfCharacter by the Novelist and in turn failing the quest.]]
* SmarterThanTheyLook: For an entire group of DumbMuscle who have a cult-like obsession with Machine Guns, they've managed to come up with some good and effective strategies after their loss in the first Squad Jam that allow them to start consistently making the top tens.
* StarterVillain: The first opponents LLENN encounters in the very first Squad Jam. Appropriately they [[HarmlessVillain turn out to be a complete joke]].
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: In the Test Play during the allied assault on the castle, all of them save Peter, who got killed earlier, are the second victims after T-S to Hassan's [=RPG=] barrage.]]
* TooDumbToLive:
** In the first Squad Jam tournament, they seem to think standing out in the open and resorting to MoreDakka is a good strategy to beat LLENN. Ultimately all they accomplish is giving away their position due to the loud noises they're making from the continuous fire, making them easy pickings for other teams.
** While they're preoccupied with looking at a computer upon learning that LLENN's joining [=SJ2=], they fail to notice a giant panther monster/sand worm rearing up behind to devour them.
** In Squad Jam 2, the reason they got wiped out by Team T-S at a distance of only 50 meters away was because it never occurred to them that the satellite scan doesn't account for altitude, so they completely failed to ''look up''.
** When getting the news of [=SJ4=], they nearly get killed again while distracted by a bear monster, only to be saved by "The Goddess".
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Their skills have improved considerably by Squad Jam 3, to the point that they are among the last six teams still standing. It's lampshaded in Volume 6, in which they actually manage to present a significant threat to Teams SHINC and LPFM.
** They're shown to have taken an arguably larger leap in the ''Five Ordeals'' Quest. When LPFM and SHINC meet them and MMTM in the Fourth Ordeal, they're noted to have gotten their hands on some more advanced equipment, such as a pair of Smart Glasses each that provided better night vision and displays in-depth info for Player use. Also, if Max's new appearance is anything to go by, they've finally decided to at least carry handguns on their person, A SIG Sauer P320. It's also noted that their machine gun zealotry and has died down somewhat, [[StatusQuoIsGod though not completely of course.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: {{Downplayed}}. As stated in SeriousBusiness, they treat someone suggesting the use of a weapon other than a machine gun as grounds to kick them from the team, and in [=SJ3=], they're quick to kill Team TOMS when they propose an alliance to reach ''There Is Still Time'' when they're honest about their preference for [=SMGs=] and light assault rifles over machine guns. In the Test Play however, they have less qualms with joining Pito's proposed alliance to take out the [=NPC=] Team, and even before that they seemed willing to let M join despite him being a ColdSniper on account that he owned an MG 42.]]
* UnknownRival: They seem to think of themselves as {{Worthy Opponent}}s to LLENN, but in reality she doesn't heed them any attention after their first encounter.
* VictoryThroughIntimidation: They're not actually good at PvP, [[TookALevelInBadass at first anyway]], but the fact that they all used machine guns intimidated any players they bumped into in the field.
* WeaponOfChoice: All of them exclusively carry machine guns. It is in their name, it is in their creed, and anyone who uses any other weapon, for any reason, is kicked out.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: [[TookALevelInBadass Over time]], their CripplingOverspecialization in regards to their machine guns turns into this. What they lack in diversity, they more than make up for their [[MoreDakka immense firepower]] and the way they base their tactics around it and improve upon it, such as the AmmunitionBackpack they got for the Test Play. [[spoiler: And when Vivi becomes their leader, she shows them some unique ways in how to use their machine guns.]]
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: As a testament to how skilled a strategist Vivi is, ZEMAL is able to deal a CurbStompBattle against the combined forces of LPFM, SHINC and T-S as they're passing on a train, killing Tohma, Tanya and all of the latter while leaving the rest at their mercy.]]
!! Huey

The tallest member of the team, who serves as their {{Leader}} in [=SJ3=] and the Test Play.

* AnimalMotif: {{Downplayed}}. His reddish brown hair and the way he styles it brings rooster’s to mind.
* TheFace: Despite his role as TheLeader being a formality more than anything, [[spoiler: he's the one to negotiate with M in the Test Play.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: He takes grievance with the author's description of their (and other teams) by blood, saying ZEMAL is bonded by belt links. However, he seems to forget that machine gun belt links break apart as the bullets are fired.
* FieryRedhead: He has reddish brown hair, and is just as HotBlooded and [[LargeHam Hammy]] as his teammates.
* GentleGiant: {{Downplayed}}. He’s stated to be the tallest member of the team, yet has a friendly face. Still a machine-gun obsessed BloodKnight though.
* TheLeader: He's registered as the leader [=SJ3=] and the Test Play and is definitely the headstrong type, though this is merely a formality since the team never cared much about hierarchy. However, he does seem to take charge often, acting as TheFace when they actually negotiate and even giving directions and orders.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Unlike his teammates, he spent the first two Squad Jams going completely shirtless.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Machine Gun he uses is a FN [=M240B=], a model of MAG used by the American Military.
!! Shinohara

The headband wearing member of the team.

* BoomHeadshot: He's the third death in [=SJ1=], getting shot between the eyes upon realizing they're getting sniped.
* ChekhovsSkill: {{Implied}}. [[spoiler: With TheReveal that he's a teacher IRL, it's likely that he's the one who did the English for ZEMAL's sign strategy in the Test Play. The fact that he was directing the others in taping up a second one after the initial attempt fails adds to this theory.]]
* CluelessChickMagnet: {{Implied}}. [[spoiler: The reveal of his IRL job as a teacher, or at least one for cram school, has a female student energetically wave him goodbye and his teaching assistant make clear attempts to spend time alone with him that he doesn't pick up on.]]
* CompanionCube: He himself views his Machine Gun as this, buying an airsoft model IRL and going as far to sleep, eat breakfast, and watch movies with it. His team is naturally impressed by this dedication.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Volume 10, [[spoiler: after he's knocked off his buggy by the Crab-Dragon's ice machine gun, he fires at it to DrawAggro towards himself to give the others a chance to flee. And, being a true man of ZEMAL, he goes as far to toss his beloved machine gun to the side before he's killed the hail of ice, sparing it from destruction.]]
* FreudianSlip: [[spoiler: When trying to buy M's MG 42 in the Test Play, he inadvertently outs himself as some manner of office worker by offering his summer bonus for it.]]
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Shinohara's IRL teaching assistant is very clearly into him and makes it extremely obvious, but he doesn't seem to pick up on it.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Despite sharing the same last name, he is unrelated to Miyu Shinohara, the real life identity of Fukaziroh.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: He couldn’t be bothered to think up something creative when making his account, so just settled for his family name.
* ShoutOut: His appearance draws a great number of influences from Rambo, with his long hair, headband, buff appearance and, of course, the M60 machine gun.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: He is revealed in Volume 6 to be a cram school teacher IRL.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is an [=M60E3=], just like a certain movie action hero.
!! Tomtom

The tanned member with the bandana.

* AerithAndBob: He ''attempted'' to [[AvertedTrope Avert]] this; he initially wanted to name himself Tom, but figured there were a lot of Toms in the world and so decided to add a second one to his name.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Stands out with the green bandana he wears.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: He's this in [=SJ2=], being the first member of the team to get killed by T-S.
* BoomHeadshot:
** In [=SJ1=], he's the team's second casualty when he's shot in the back, causing him to lurch back before the next bullet hits him on the back of the head.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], he’s killed by one of Shinohara’s bullets hitting his head while he’s reloading.]]
* CounterAttack: In the Test Play, when shot through the arm by Vodka, he responds with a roar and returns fire to stop them from firing.
* DumbassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: He's the one to suggest that Team BTRY officially register themselves as a squad after Pito brings up how inconvenient it is that they can't see each other's health bars.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[spoiler: {{Downplayed}} with Team BTRY. There aren't any hints that they hate him necessarily, but Pito gets annoyed at how he and Ervin don't think that she can use her Photon Sword to cut the supports holding the life boats and the narrator notes that the rest of BTRY is rather unfortunate to listen to his LargeHam shouting while he fires. Ervin outright calls him crazy when reflecting on his new team, though he pretty uses that to describe all of them.]]
* NiceGuy: He’s very friendly and enthusiastic when [[spoiler: he meets his new teammates in Team BTRY]]. The narrator outright notes that his bright and ditzy nature remained no matter [[spoiler: the team he was on.]]
* OhCrap: Suffers this in ''Five Ordeals'' when [[spoiler: the Crab-Dragon ignores him and M in favour of sending a hail of ice at the rest of the group, warning them to look out.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: He’s stated to be the kind of guy who always has a smile on his face.
* TemptingFate: In [=SJ2=], he outlines the team's advantage against MMTM should they come to them, that being their range and firepower compared to their five assault rifles, before going on to say how they're gonna protect their spot and be winners. He's then immediately killed by T-S.
* WeaponOfChoice: Wields a FN MAG, one of the most famous machine guns in the world.
!! Peter

The shortest member of the team with a bandage on his nose.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the Light Novel and Manga, he has black hair. In the anime, he's instead given brown hair.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: In the Test Play, shortly after dying, respawning, and meeting up with the other alliance members at the castle, he's immediately used as bait for Hassan's rocket launcher barrage.]]
* BigGuyLittleGuy: He’s stated to be the shortest member of ZEMAL.
* DumbassHasAPoint: In [=SJ2=], when the team realizes that the team closest to them, aside from T-S which they think is the result of a glitch due to them being atop the walls, is MMTM, the third place runner-ups from last time, he actually expresses doubt that they could beat them.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the Test Play,[[spoiler: he, with the help of a grenade David gave him, draws Hassan's attention so Pito can shoot at him with her Bazooka. While shot from his sacrifice doesn't kill Hassan, it gives a Pito a feel for his location and allows her to adjust her aim for David's distraction.]]
* TheEngineer: He was the one who used the plans Max and Tomtom to create the [[AmmunitionBackpack backpack feeder system]] they use in the Test Play.
* InTheBack: In [=SJ1=], he and Max are shot in the back after getting knocked down by a grenade.
* PointlessBandAid: He wears one on his nose.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: {{Downplayed}}. Like the rest of his team, he's DumbMuscle who has brief flashes of brilliance. However, it's stated that once the team got the plans for the backpack feeding system, he's the one who actually built them.
* SkewedPriorities: [[spoiler: When Pitohui whips out a bazooka to allow them to fight against Hassan and his [=RPG=]-7 collection, he's just disappointed that it's not a machine gun.]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: His reaction to getting [[spoiler: the role as bait for Hassan to shoot at.]]
--> '''Peter:''' Aw, hell, I guess that's me.
* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is an IMI Negev, a gun made by IWI modelled after the Minimi.
!! Max

ZEMAL's [[TokenMinority black]] member.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: {{Averted}}. He's not only not the first casualty in his team in [=SJ1=], but he's the first to notice Huey get killed and is among the last of them killed by Team Narrows.
* InTheBack: In [=SJ1=], he and Peter are shot in the back after getting knocked down by a grenade.
* ScaryBlackMan: Along with Tomtom, he’s one of the team’s(in-game at least) [[TokenMinority Token Minorities]], but unlike Tomtom he doesn’t get enough screen time to establish himself as anything more than another of ZEMAL’s LargeHam {{Blood Knight}}s.
* SupportPartyMember: His set-up in the ''Five Ordeals'' quest seems geared towards making him this with the help of ZEMAL's new Smart Glasses. Using the laser sight on his upgraded Minimi, he can pinpoint a target for his teammates so that they can all concentrate fire at specific areas, wasting less ammo than they would normally. And since his laser sight has both optical and infrared modes, he can do this in bright and dark areas.
* TookALevelInBadass: While of ZEMAL display this in their brief appearance in Volume 10, Max himself has the most overt changes. Along with their handguns and Smart Glasses, Max upgraded from [=Mk2=] model Minimi to a custom [=Mk46=] model with a shortened barrel and a standardised rail on the front end for attaching accessories carrying an laser sight that can switch between an optical beam and infrared laser. Plus, in a truly shocking move for a member of [[MoreDakka ZEMAL]], he's traded his AmmunitionBackpack for a hundred round box magazine for better manoeuvrability.
* WeaponOfChoice: His Machine Gun is a FN Minimi, the most famous 5.56 mm machine gun in the world. Specifically, he uses the [=Mk2=] type, which distinguishes itself with it's longer fixed stock. In ''Five Ordeals'', he's shown to upgrade to an [=Mk46=] with a laser sight.
!! Vivi

ZEMAL's SixthRanger who joins them before [=SJ4=].

* BigDamnHeroes: How she meets ZEMAL, killing a monster that was about to kill them while they were too distracted by the news of [=SJ4=].
* BowAndSwordInAccord: [[spoiler: {{Implied}}. When recounting the multitude of ways Vivi has killed her back in ALO, two instances Fukaziroh mentions was her cutting her wings off as she was flying and [[BoomHeadshot scoring a headshot on her with an arrow.]] While the exact melee weapon melee is kept vague, this makes it evident that her ALO avatar uses a bow.]]
* CuteBruiser: A cute girl who immediately entices ZEMAL with her looks and use of a modified short-barrelled RPD.
* DudeMagnet: Effectively this already due to having an attractive female avatar, but ZEMAL practically worship her as a Goddess due to her WeaponOfChoice.
* FieryRedhead: {{Subverted}}. Her hair is described as wine-red and while she does use a machine gun like ZEMAL, [[WomenAreWiser she's a lot calmer and more strategic than ZEMAL.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: [[spoiler: Revealed to be one to Fuka from back in ALO, the both of them being Salamander and Sylph respectively and natural enemies. That being said, Vivi speaks with her rather friendlily and agrees to let LPFM and the remains of SHINC go if they just leave their main weapons.]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: When ZEMAL requests that she be their {{Leader}} for [=SJ4=], she's initially surprised and laughs over their overdramatic kneeling, but she accepts and promises to make them into the toughest guys in the tournament.
* TheLeader: Gets slapped with this role when ZEMAL begs her to join their team.
* NoNameGiven: ZEMAL is so enamoured by her [[AmazonChaser being a girl with a Machine Gun]] that they never really bother to learn her name, just referring to her as "Goddess". It's not until Volume 9 where we learn that her name is Vivi.
* OnlySaneWoman: While she also likes and uses a Machine Gun, an modified RPD to be exact, she's not as cult-like about them as the male members. This serves to ZEMAL's benefit as unlike them, [[BloodKnight she's not as trigger happy as them]] [[TheStrategist and can effectively give them commands to increase their efficiency.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 10, she speaks in a very harsh tone by her standards when LPFM and SHINC spawn, annoyed at having failed the quest.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: She's hardly described as not smiling, even when ZEMAL make their entrance carrying her on a makeshift palanquin.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler: After their CurbStompBattle against LPFM, SHINC and T-S, she actually approaches them and requests they surrender instead of killing them outright.]]
** [[spoiler: After ZEMAL wins the tournament, she notices that they don't seem too happy with their victory on account that they couldn't play in their usual HotBlooded fashion. Instead of getting angry at them for being {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s, she actually seems to wonder if she should have come up with a strategy that would have let them win more satisfied.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Well villainy's a stretch, but [[spoiler: unlike requesting they surrender and resign of their own volition, her decision to spare LFPM, Eva and Rosa was less of a PetTheDog in this regard; the reason she let them go with only their pistols was so they could fight the other teams converging on the mall and weaken them for ZEMAL to finish off, figuring that they'd die in the process anyway.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler: After she leads a successful assault on the locomotive and leads ZEMAL on finishing off T-S and kill Tohma and Tanya in the process, she almost casually approaches the surviving players completely unprotected, save for Peter and Max still in hiding, and asks them to resign, catching them off guard to the point that they forget to counter-attack and actually hear her out.]]
* TheStrategist: Despite having her own powerful Machine Gun, this is her main role as a member, directing [[DumbMuscle the others]] in combat
* SixthRanger: A quite literal one, seeing as ZEMAL were a five-man Squadron, who joins them when [=SJ4=] is announced and acts as TheStrategist.
* TheSquadette: Is this [=SJ4=], joining as their {{Leader}} with the promise whip them into shape. They see her as a Goddess sent by the "God of Machine Guns".
* TheScrappy: Becomes this InUniverse, with fans of ZEMAL getting annoyed at their more careful approach with her as TheLeader.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler: While it doesn't backfire on her necessarily, she let LPFM and SHINC go to the mall assuming they'd be able to weaken the remaining teams for ZEMAL to finish off before dying. They end up defying her expectations by killing practically everyone there, meaning ZEMAL only had to finish off the remnants of [=V2HG=] to secure the win.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Her machine gun is an RPD, a light 7.62×39mm soviet machine gun that she's modified with a shortened barrel and no tripod to allow for greater mobility.

[[folder:Team MMTM]]
->see [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamMMTM this page]] for more details.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team SHINC]]
-> See [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamSHINC this page]] for more details.
[[/folder]]

!!2nd Squad Jam debut
[[folder:Team LF]]
A team consisting of only LLENN and Fukaziroh.

-> See [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamLPFM this page]] for the individual characters.

* {{Action Girl}}s: They are both more than capable of kicking ass.
* AdventureDuo: LLENN is the more serious [[TheHero hero]], while Fuka is the eccentric and excitable [[TheLancer lancer]] who provides much of the humor.
* BrainsAndBrawn: LLENN is now the brains to Fuka's brawn. LLENN being the more knowledgeable and experienced combatant who comes up with the plans, while Fuka is the newbie with high stats and lots of firepower.
* CrazyPrepared: Fuka is carrying AbnormalAmmo of pink smoke canisters to help keep LLENN under cover.
* LovelyAngels: A two girl badass squadron who absolutely annihilate the competition.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Both of them are short enough to get mistaken for children, yet are among the top participants in Squad Jam.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: LLENN is the short-range sub-machine gunner to Fuka's long-range grenadier.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team [=PM4=]]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pm4.jpg]]

A team composing of Pitohui, M, and a group of mercenaries they hired.

->For Pitohui and M's individual entries see [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamLPFM this page]].

* BattleCouple: If one considers Pitohui and M to be dating, then they are very much this.
* EtTuBrute: Pito is not forgiving of M's betrayal, even though he was doing it out for love for her.
* FourIsDeath: {{Invoked}} with their name, with P and M representing their initials (or name in M's case), and a 4 at the end of their name, which in Japan is pronounced similarly as the word for death. Fuka outright interprets it as meaning "The death of Pitohui and M".
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: M is the long range sniper, while Pitohui likes to get up close and personal either with firearms or her photon sword.

!!Team [=PM4=] Mercenaries
* AmbiguousSituation: While they're being paid to assist Pito and M, the amount of knowledge they have on Pito and M's impromptu Death Game is vague. [[spoiler: While they do willingly make a LastStand to defend Pito and M after their {{Leader}} hears M conviction and love for Pito, it's hard to tell if they did so to keep them dying or if they just assumed the two, or at least M, were intense {{Roleplayers}} and they decided, since they're likely to die anyway, to play along for the hell of it.]]
* BigThinShortTrio: Well, quartet. The main way anyone tells them apart are their varying body types; one is a short man of at least five five, one is slender with stick-like limbs, and two fulfill the big part with one being a similar build to M, though not as large, and other being tubby with a physique reminiscent of a Sumo wrestler.
* TheFaceless: The four of them wear camo masks with sunglasses to cover their faces. Some speculate is that it's because they'd be recognized otherwise, with some thinking that they're actually [=BoB=] participants, though this is unconfirmed.
* HoldTheLine: Do this against MMTM to give M time to wake up Pito.
* KillEmAll: Over the course of the battle with SHINC and MMTM, all four of them get killed.
** The chubby man is the first casualty, being killed when SHINC uses their PTRD to snipe M's shield and knock a section of it into his head, [[NeckSnap twisting his head at an unnatural angle.]]
** The large man straps a bunch of Plasma Grenades onto himself and charges the advancing MMTM. Unfortunately, they gun him down before he can take any of them down with him.
** The short man comes down after the large man's sacrifice and fires at them, managing to hit Summon in the leg before he's gunned down by Kenta, Lax and David.
** The thin man is the last to go, throwing a bed down the stairs to pin MMTM down when they start climbing and shooting at them, only Jake to shoot him from the floor below, puncturing the wood and filling him with holes.
* NotSoStoic: The chubby sniper displays some emotion during the fight with SHINC, getting annoyed when they dodge his shots, cheering when M takes out Anna, and expressing a good deal of bewilderment when Sophie sits crossed-leg and gets killed by Eva. Later on the others, after deciding to help M protect Pito from MMTM, become very enthusiastic.
* TheSquad:
** The thin man is evidently the {{Leader}}, or {{Lancer}} in this case, and appears to [[JustForPun lean]] more towards [[TheStrategist strategy and tactics than fighting]], given the only weapon he uses is 45. calibre Glock 21 and that he often discusses the team's tactics with M.
** The short is likely infantry, with his use of a UTS-15 fourteen round shotgun.
** The large man is the BigGuy and possibly alternates between infantry and support with his German [=MG3=] Machine gun, though the suppressor suggests he also serves as some manner of scout.
** The fat man is, along with M, the ColdSniper, with a Savage 110 BA SniperRifle using .338 Lapua rounds. Though unlike M, assuming he isn't using the Barret Pito borrowed, he serves better in longer ranges.
* TheStoic: Not unlike M, they are all rather silent and calm, and hardly react to Pito's eccentricities.
* UnskilledButStrong: In a way, the chubby sniper is this. He's in his own right an excellent sniper, and his rifle is more powerful and has longer range than M's signature EBR, but he has no IRL experience with firearms, meaning he's incapable of performing the Lineless Shooting feat like M, meaning the most help he can be to M during the fight with SHINC is to misdirect them with his Bullet Line so M can hit them.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Basically the short man's reaction when he realizes, [[spoiler: after Pito gets shot, that Pito was using a NerveGear.]]

[[folder:Team KKHC]]
A team that debuted in Squad Jam 2. They are made up of a group of hunters from Hokkaido. Due to Japan's strict anti-gun laws, they are among the few regular players in the Japanese server who have extensive experience with rifles in real life.[[labelnote:note]]Becoming a legal rifle owner in Japan first requires prior ownership of a shotgun for a minimum of '''ten years'''. See [[http://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/fukuoka-gun-hunting-guide/ here]] for an explanation of the long, pricy, and tedious process of becoming a gun owner in Japan and it becomes clear why rifles [[http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/10/potd-his-wives/ like these]] are so rare and expensive.[[/labelnote]]

* DecoyLeader: [[spoiler: Their strategy in [=SJ3=] hinged on this; the plan was for the team to make it so that [[ColdSniper Shirley]] would be the last person to claim leadership in the event the leader dies, then [[LetsSplitUpGang everyone would go their separate ways and avoid dying]], allowing Shirley to go around undetected and wreak havoc.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The team leader attempted to form an alliance with Pitohui, even offering to let them win the tournament when it was down to just the two of their teams left. Completely unaware of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder her awful reputation for betrayal and backstabbing]], it comes as no surprise that she guns them all down [[ILied right after she promised she wouldn't.]]
* HumblePie: As Shirley hoped, their humiliating defeat in [=SJ2=] served as this for them, making the team reluctant to take part in [=SJ3=]. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]] however, Shirley herself, having become a bigger BloodKnight than any of them, pretty much forces ''them'' to take part with her.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Team [=KKHC=] comes at the game this way. They use their real world hunting skills in Squad Jam 2.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Before [=SJ3=] begins, they express worry to Shirley about their chances since they hardly practiced their teamwork and coordination, conviniently forgetting how they got arrogant and immediately assumed they'd win after a few kills.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Each of the members got into GGO to practice their IRL shooting without the risks of accidentally shooting other people, specifically hunting monsters that had behavioural algorithms resembling real-life animals they might hunt in areas resembling Hokkaido. During the winter hunting season preceding [=SJ2=], the team found their clean kill rate[[note]] the amount of times they scored a clean head or neckshot in order to kill prey instantly and ensure better quality meat[[/note]] being higher than their average, meaning this evidently worked.
* InTheBack: Pito kills four out of five of them, sans Shirley, in the back mag-dumping her pistol into them as they walk away.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: After Shirley dies in her fight against Clarence and their DecoyLeader is discovered and killed by ZEMAL, the other three decided to resign from [=SJ3=].]]
* MassOhCrap: Their reaction when Pito starts shooting at them.
* MeaningfulName: Their name stands for "Kita no Kuni Hunters' Club," or "Northern Country Hunters' Club".
* PrideBeforeAFall: Due to their Lineless Shooting allowing them to deal {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s to more hapless players, and assuming their superiority based on anyone retreating, they quickly became arrogant and assumed they'd win in a landslide. Then they met Pito...
* TooDumbToLive: While trying to pull this with Pitohui was bound to end horribly, the fact that they considered allying with anyone as opposed to just relying on their Lineless Shooting the whole time only served to give them a less-than-dignified death in [=SJ2=]
!! Mai Kirishima / Shirley
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marika Kouno (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)
See "Clarence and Shirley" above

[[folder:Clarence's Team]]

Clarence's team who took part in [=SJ2=]. While they don't take part in [=SJ3=], Clarence is able to {{Blackmail}} them into helping her and Sam through the Prelems.

* CurbStompBattle: They're just one of the few squadrons that LLENN is able to effortlessly wipe out thanks to her and Fuka's new pink smoke strategy, with them being completely unable to see her and her pink outfit while she's able to see them due to more contrasting outfits and bullet lines.
* EveryoneHasStandards: As the narration puts it, "Even Clarence's teammates in their random seem to want nothing to do with them." This eventually leads to them kicking her out of the Squad, allowing her to dedicate herself with her partnership with Shirley.
* DefectorFromDecadence: {{Inverted}}. Around the time Clarence and Shirley started their partnership, they kicked the former out after getting tired of her {{Sadist}}ic behaviour.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever Clarence was threatening to reveal to get them to help her and Sam through the prelems, it can't have been good...
* VillainTeamUp: When LF come to the Dome, they accept a proposal from another squadron to team up against them.

!! Sam

A member of Clarence's team who she effectively forces to take part in [=SJ3=] with her.

* ApologeticAttacker: After Clarence betrays the alliance of Squads targeting LPFM, all he can do is apologize as he joins the massacre.
* BadassIsraeli: {{Invoked}}. His Avatar resembles a middle-eastern man with a beard, and he dresses the part with a turban and a muffler.
* ButtMonkey: He’s forced to join Clarence for the third Squad Jam, dragged into her plan to kill an alliance of squadrons and potentially LPFM, and [[spoiler: he gets killed by Shirley the [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere moment he tries to bail]].]]
* ExtremeDoormat: He's easily pressured by Clarence into taking part in the Squad Jam before she even has to whip out the {{Blackmail}} to get the rest to help with the prelems.
* MoreDakka: He wields a FAMAS, which has the highest fire rate of any assault rifle, going up to 1,150 rounds per minute.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Clarence expresses interest in going after LPFM, [[BadassCrew despite the fact that they just took out seven squadrons]], he quickly tries to bail [[spoiler: only to be killed by [[ColdSniper Shirley]].]]
* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler: How he gets killed in [=SJ3=], being shot in the chest by an explosive round courtesy of [[ColdSniper Shirley]].]]

[[folder:Team T-S]]
[[TheFaceless A faceless team]] running around with full body power armor and H&K [=XM8=] assault rifles.

* BigNo: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], 005 lets out one when an [=RPG=] rocket destroys the hand railing for the locomotive and he falls off, landing on his head and dying instantly.]]
* CaptainErsatz: They are all dressed in green armor, and look like [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Galactic Federation Marines]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** They're able to deal an easy one to ZEMAL due to them not realizing they were up on the wall behind them, shooting them like fish in a barrel. [[spoiler: They later do the same to LF, [[WorfHadTheFlu catching them by surprise while they were tired and injured when they were injured from their fight with [=PM4=].]]]]
** In [=SJ4=], [[spoiler: they happen to run into Team TOMS and utterly decimate them due to a combination of their [[StoneWall armour making their low-calibre weapons useless]], their new GrenadeLaunchers increasing their range and damage, and finding a vehicle to let them make up for the speed difference between them.]]
* BornLucky: The only way to explain their victory in the second Squad Jam, especially seeing as they had no prior experience in PvP combat. Shortly after spawining, they managed to find a way to climb up the border wall and bikes to allow them to traverse across it more easily. The high ground allows to take out [[ButtMonkey Team ZEMAL]] and allows them to avoid conflict for most of the tournament. And when they finally get off their [[{{Pun}} high]] horses and go back to the ground, they just so happen upon a weakened Team LF just as they finish off [=PM4=], allowing them to score an easy win.
** Extends to [=SJ3=]. Not equipping their signature armour to avoid being recognised, they're approached by a guy instigating other players in a plot to pull an EnemyMine against the four champion[[note]] Them, LPFM, SHINC and MMTM[[/note]] and gives them a letter detailing the plan and flares to signal other teams that they found them, tipping them off to the fact that they're a target.
* DidntSeeThatComing: In [=SJ3=], in order to avoid being targeted by other teams, [[spoiler: who are all in on a plot to gang up on the top teams (which are them, LPFM, SHINC, and MMTM), a plan that they learned of due to not wearing their armour, they camp out on top of a tall building and shoot at anyone who comes close. However, they did not notice the rising water level aspect of the tournament until it was too late, which leads to them getting stuck on top of the building with no way to leave once the traitor rule comes into play.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: The real reason the crowd watching Squad Jam 2 hated them so much is because aside from sniping ZEMAL down, they spent the entire tournament just hiding out in one corner, and won by gunning down LLENN and Fuka when they were down, winning with practically zero effort.]]
** They're this again in Squad Jam 3, [[spoiler: by accident. Being the champions of Squad Jam 2, and knowing that a lot of people hate them for their victory, they correctly understand that a lot of players will be gunning for them, so T-S sets up shop at the top of a skyscraper with a machine gun overlooking the approach. The only problem is, the map is slowly sinking, so by the time they realize the water has washed away any hope of any team going after them, they're stuck on top of a tower with no way to participate in the tournament.]]
** And they do this ''again'' in Squad Jam 4, [[spoiler: trying to flee when they, LPFM and SHINC get ambushed by ZEMAL after their train ride. While LLENN doesn't exactly fault them for it, saying they can get revenge later, [[DeathByPragmatism their quickness to flee bites them in the ass]] when they trip a plasma grenade landmine trap and get blown up.]]
* FacelessGoons: Their armor is completely face-covering.
* FishOutOfWater: Before [=SJ2=], they were a squadron that only focused on [=MvP=] and merely joined out of curiosity. Needless to say, they were only able to come out the champions because of [[BornLucky sheer, dumb luck.]]
* TheFool: In reality, these guys are a bunch of idiots whose victory in [=SJ2=] was the result of [[BornLucky sheer luck]] and in [=SJ3=], they managed to get themselves stuck on the top of a building [[FailedASpotCheck because they didn't notice the rising water]].
* GrenadeLauncher: [[spoiler: For [=SJ4=], three of them equipped themselves with HK M320 grenade launchers wielded with a stock attached, which they use to make quick works of TOMS.]]
* HatedByAll: [[spoiler: They do almost nothing for the whole Squad Jam 2 tournament and then arrive last minute for a KillSteal, after Teams LF and [=PM4=] had done all the work in clearing the other teams up. The fact such an undeserving team won the tournament led them to be reviled by the entirety of GGO's residents.]] The novels suggests that the players had to immediately logout to avoid getting into trouble. As time goes on however, a lot of this ire seems to die down, though you still won't find many people rooting for them over other recurring participants.
* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Inverted}}. In [=SJ4=], 006 reveals that she works as a railway engineer IRL, [[spoiler: which proves useful in getting the locomotive moving again after the RPG assault it suffered.]]
* ItsPersonal: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler: It's evident that they're frightened of and have a grudge against Pitohui for how she killed them in [=SJ3=], especially Ervin considering she stabbed him in the back of the throat with a LaserBlade, but they are willing to negotiate with and agree to Pitohui's proposal of an alliance in the Test Play to take out the [=NPC=]. However, Ervin states in no uncertain terms that if given the chance, they will kill Pito.]]
* KillSteal: During the second Squad Jam, Team T-S camped the entire battle, [[spoiler: and came up after the bitter, desperate battle between Pitohui and [=LLENN=] to finish off the badly wounded survivors and win the game.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Each member has a metal plate equipped on their non-gun arms to serve as arm shields.
* MightyGlacier: Their armour gives them a speed penalty, but is very, very strong for defense: in Squad Jam 3, M sniped Ervin multiple times with his M14, but did no damage to him. In fact, his first shot hit Ervin dead center on the head and it simply bounced off! On the other hand, they can still feel the physical impact of the bullets hitting and it can rattle them. Ervin only died because [[spoiler: Pitohui betrayed him, as expected of her, and stabbed him with her Photon Sword at point-blank range which no armour could protect against. And the rest of T-S died when Pito rammed the cruise ship right against the building they were stuck on, causing them to fall into the water and drown.]]
** However it is later shown that explosives are the most effective weapons against them. In the Test Play Battle even their armor is no use [[spoiler: when the NPC team busts out half a dozen RPG-7 launchers and blasts all of Team T-S to kingdom come. And in Squad Jam 4, they all die to explosives, with four of them taken out at once when they step on a buried plasma grenade trap.]]
* NoBikesInTheApocalypse: They avert the trope, as they use bicycles to travel along the boundary wall in Squad Jam 2.
* PoweredArmor: Their outfits look like this, and it's not just for show; while extremely heavy, it also has extremely high defence against bullets of at least up to 7.62x54, [[spoiler: as evidenced by M attempting to shoot Ervin in the head only for him to survive disoriented but unscathed.]] Nothing short of an explosion, [[spoiler: [[SuperDrowningSkills falling into a deep body of water]], or a Photon Sword]] will do the job.
* RivalsTeamUp: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], the group bumps into LPFM and SHINC, who convince them to help against [=V2HG=] and WNGL.]]
* SkewedPriorities: They just found a way to the top of the barriers, giving them an unmatched height advantage over the other teams, and one appears more concerned that there's literally only clouds and sky behind it, claiming whoever developed the arena got lazy.
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], the four surviving members get taken out by a Plasma Grenade trap as they try fleeing from ZEMAL's assault on the locomotive, eliminating them from the tournament.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler: Due to the weight of armour, Pitohui is able to kill all save Ervin, who was on her side at the time, in [=SJ3=] by crashing the ''There Is Still Time'' into the building they're stuck on, causing them to fall into the water and drown.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While their armour makes them all but invincible, that doesn't necessarily mean that their ''guns'' are invincible, [[spoiler: which 003 learns the hard way when he shoots a grenade at [=V2HG=] only for the leader to shoot it's barrel while he's reloading.]]
* TrueCompanions: They establish themselves as this when Ervin, [[spoiler: their representative in team BTRY, tries bringing them with him to the "There Is Still Time" to get them off the building they're stuck on and later when he asks Pitohui to pick them up with the ship, despite the fact it'd be disadvantageous to his current team.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: By [=SJ4=], three of them outfitted themselves with GrenadeLaunchers.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: In the first and second Squad Jam, they're largely inexperienced in PvP and largely got by on [[BornLucky luck]], but they make up for it with their equipment; namely, their PoweredArmor that is so tough, that Ervin is able to receive zero damage from a ''[[BoomHeadshot headshot!]]''
* TheVoiceless: Unlike the other teams, they never say a word throughout their appearances in the anime. This changes as of Volume 4, where they are shown talking.
* WeaponOfChoice: In preparation for the second Squad Jam, they squadron got their hands on guns that have futuristic designs to go with their space marine aesthetic.
** The team's machine gunner uses an [=H&K=] [=GR9=], a version of the [=HK21=] with a built in-scope and a rounded design.
** Two members use Steyr [=AUGs=].
** Two other members use [=SAR=] 21s.
** The last of them, Ervin, wields a H&K [=XM8=], a lightweight assault rifle that never left the development stage, with an equipped suppressor. The anime simplifies things by having them all use the [=XM8=].
* YouAreNumberSix: Each member is simply known by a number from 001 to 006. Although in Squad Jam 3, the one who is chosen for the Betrayer team decides to use his actual online handle of "Ervin."
!! Ervin
The "Number 2" of T-S and [[spoiler: the traitor in [=SJ3=]]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Averted. Despite his team scoring a cheap win in [=SJ2=], [[spoiler: none of the other members of Team BTRY seem to give him grief over it, with Pitohui even telling him “A win’s a win” to ease his nerves about his situation.]] [[spoiler: David even resolves to avenge him after Pitohui kills him.]]
* TheFace: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Since he's interacted with them before, he's the one who discusses an alliance with the other teams instead of his teammates.]]
* GentleGiant: He is described as being pretty large, but he’s fairly soft-spoken and clearly cares about his teammates.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the Test Play, he leads the charge against Hassan during the attack on the castle to ensure that if there are any mines in their path, he'll be the only one taken out by them. Unfortunately, he didn't account of Hassan having access to [=RPGs=].]]
* HonorBeforeReason: In [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: he asks Pitohui to rescue [[TrueCompanions his teammates]] from the building they got stuck on before the Traitor Rule came into play, despite the fact that doing so would give Team BTRY a huge disadvantage and that it’d be smarter to deal with the other teams and go after them last. Too bad it’s [[{{Sadist}} Pitohui]] he’s asking this of.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Pitohui kills him by stabbing him from behind with her Photon Sword.]]
* NiceGuy: Despite being part of a widely reviled team, Ervin himself is a decent guy who cares about his teammates and [[spoiler: refers to his new teammates in Team BTRY in honorifics. Even when Pitohui kills off his team against his wishes, he still refers to her politely.]]
* NumberTwo: Implied. Each of the members of T-S have a number on their helmet and Ervin’s is “002”, implying that he’s the team’s sub-leader.
* RapidFireNo: [[spoiler: How he responds to Pitohui killing off his team.]]
* TrueCompanions: Clearly feels this way about his teammates, being upset [[spoiler: by being chosen as the traitor in [=SJ3=] and making multiple attempts to help them get back into the tournament even after, since they ended up stuck on a sinking building. He’s clearly devastated after Pitohui, instead of helping them like he asked her to, crashes the ship into the building they’re stuck on to kill them in one fell swoop.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: The number on his helmet is “002”.
* WeaponOfChoice: Like his teammates, he uses a Live-Ammo gun with a futuristic design. He himself uses a Heckler and Koch [=XM8=] with an equipped suppressor.

[[folder:Team NSS]]

A group of roleplayers who act like soldiers from different wars flung into the post-apocalyptic world of GGO. Their team name is short for "New Soldiers."

* AdaptedOut: They make no appearance in the anime.
* AllForNothing: In [=SJ2=], The survivor's decision to retreat from KKHC proves to be for naught when they team up with the alliance of squadrons targeting [=PM4=], leading to rest of them getting wiped out.
* TheAlcoholic: The Green Beret is apparently this, having a habit of logging in drunk, which annoys his teammates. He was however sober during [=SJ2=] due to the West German, his IRL friend, making he was dry for the tournament, which makes his inability to see the Bullet Lines more surprising to his teammates.
* CurbStompBattle: In [=SJ3=], they suffer one at the hands of the now more experienced ZEMAL and their [[MakesSenseInContext shopping cart machine gun turrets.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: They roleplay as this, roleplaying as soldiers who were declared MIA during their respective wars and were flung to the futuristic world of GGO, and are working together to find a way home. Respectively, they consist of a Green Beret from the Vietnam War, a Russian paratrooper from the Soviet Afghanistan war, a merc from the Rhodesian Bush war, a West German soldier from the Cold War, and a English infantryman and Imperial Japanese officer from World War II, wearing equipment and wielding guns that match their chosen time periods.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After their leader and snipers are taken out by KKHC and their Lineless Shooting, the surviving three numbers show no shame in retreating.
* HonorBeforeReason: After the alliance of players fails to kill [=PM4=], the Imperial Japanese soldier intends to go to the mountain and fight them, likely knowing that he'll die, and expresses to his fellow team leaders that it was a good strategy regardless and wishes them luck with a salute, inspiring them to team up with him in his attempt. This gets the rest of them killed.
* TheSquad:
** The Green Beret is TheLeader, but also seems to serve as one of their infantry with his superior speed and [=XMI77E2=] Assault Rifle.
** The West German and the English Infantryman serve as the team's snipers due to their respective use of [=G3A3ZF=] and Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. I rifles.
** The Russian appears to be their DemolitionsExpert due to his AKS-74 having a grenade launcher with an 1,300 feet range.
** The Mercenary and the Imperial Japanese appear to be their infantry based on their use of a FAL Rifle and a Type 100 SMG respectively.

[[folder:Team RGB]]
A team of energy weapon lovers who compete in Squad Jam 2 & 3. Their name stands for Ray Gun Boys.

* AscendedExtra: They go from {{Joke Character}}s to surpass ZEMAL to members of [[NonActionBigBad Fire]]'s alliance of squadrons, effectively making them part of the BigBadEnsemble.
* CurbStompBattle: LLENN and Fuka utterly annihilate them in Squad Jam 2 with their improvised artillery barrage. And then Team SHINC wipes the floor with them in Squad Jam 3 in their POV segment at the start of Volume 5.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They're fond of ray guns.
* JokeCharacter: They more or less exist as a fodder team for the main characters to take down on the way to their confrontation with their primary rivals. In Squad Jam 2, it's Team LF that does it, and in Squad Jam 3 it's SHINC's turn to roll right over them.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Team RGB ends up falling victim to this trope. Lasers do have some advantages over live ammo, such as not being affected by the wind, and power packs for laser weapons being a great deal lighter, but none of them offset the fact that GGO is designed from the get-go for every player to have in-built shields that protect against lasers.
* MeaningfulName: While not the intended meaning in-universe, RGB can refer to red, green and blue, the primary colors of light.
* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Amazingly enough, their stubbornness in using energy weapons works out well for them in Squad Jam 4. The anti-camping measure in [=SJ4=] is to have monster hordes spawning to attack players every five minutes, so for once, their weapons are actually useful in fighting in the tournament as they make short work of monsters much faster than players using conventional bullet-firing guns. This actually gets them invited to [[NonActionBigBad Fire]]'s alliance of Squadrons.
* PrideBeforeAFall: TheLeader suffers this in [=SJ2=] before getting killed by Fuka's grenade.
--> '''Leader:''' Don't worry. We're not going to lose here. Be confident. Trust in your teammates. Trust in our victory. We're going to fight hard, survive this twisted, corrupt world, and carve our names into eternal glo-"
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman:
** In [=SJ4=], they brought into Fire's alliance of squadrons since their use of Optical Guns instead of normal firearms makes them the best for dealing with the tournament's monster spawns, allowing Fire's group make the north of the frozen lake a permanent base of operation instead of having to be constantly on the move.
** It also turns out that their Optical Guns are good for bypassing glass, even bulletproof ones, due to the fact that light can bypass translucent surfaces. [[spoiler: This allows them to hit Shirley and LLENN through their Humvee's bulletproof front window.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler: Along with PORL, they get eliminated from [=SJ4=] when Clarence sacrifices her life to crack the ice they're standing in, causing them to fall into the frozen water and drown.]]
* TooDumbToLive: They go into a [=PvP=] tournament with weapons ''specifically designed for [=PvE=]''. As hotheaded and inept as Team ZEMAL is, at least they have the right tools for the job.

!!3rd Squad Jam debut
[[folder:TEAM LPFM]]
A four member team consisting of LLENN, Pitohui, Fukaziroh, and M, effectively combining Teams LM, LF, and [=PM4=].

-> See [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineTeamLPFM this page]] for more details.

[[folder:Team TOMS]]
A team of [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]] who take part in the third Squad Jam.

* BigWhat: [[spoiler: The {{Leader}}'s response before ZEMAL kills them, either as an OhCrap or because he's confused at ZEMAL killing them [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe because their machine guns told them to.]] Or both.]]
* ButtMonkey: These guys really get the short end of the stick. In [=SJ3=], they're introduced still reeling from a CurbStompBattle against T-S that killed two of their members, used up all their healing items, and left them all at 60% HP, [[spoiler: and that's before their fastest member is chosen to join Team BTRY and they're killed on their way to the ''There Is Still Time'' due to some poor choice words to ZEMAL.]] Then they're not seen during the Test Play not because they weren't invited, but because they suffered two {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s that prompted them to RageQuit. Then in [[spoiler: [=SJ4=], they just so happened to bump into [[StoneWall T-S]] once more, who recently equipped themselves with three {{Grenade Launcher}}s and nearly wipe them out. And, as the icing on the cake, [[SoleSurvivor Cole]] then ends up getting killed when he sets off a trap MMTM set.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Suffer this a few times, [[spoiler: two times from T-S.]]
** In [=SJ3=], they decided to target T-S under the assumption they'd [[GlorySeeker net more glory taking out the defending champs]], and end up assisting in other teams' attempts to take them down, but get hindered by their enviroment and T-S' high ground, leading to two of their guys dying and forcing them to retreat.
** In the Test Play, they tried attaking [=NPC=] team using their speed advantage only to be taken out twice, prompting them to RageQuit.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], they end up bumping with T-S, who recently TookALevelInBadass by equipping themselves with {{Grenade Launcher}}s, and [[StoneWall whose armour prevented their bullets from hurting them anyway]]. The result? Everyone else dead, and Cole running for his life only to trigger a trap MMTM set.]]
* CripplingOverspecialisation: Considering they're an entire team of [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]].
* DemotedToExtra: After their somewhat important role in [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: being one of the six remaining teams and Cole becoming their representative for Team BTRY]], they lose prominience in the Test Play and [=SJ4=], [[spoiler: getting KilledOffscreen in both events.]]
* DifficultButAwesome: As explained, the AGI build is not the GameBreaker it was when GGO launched, but TOMS can still use it effectively enough to be one of the last surviving teams, albeit with two casualties.
* FragileSpeedster: This is TOMS' main gimmick. They're all players with AGI builds and light weaponry that rely on fast movement to make up for their low defence.
* GlorySeeker: Evidently a problem of theirs; The reason for their poor position when we meet them in [=SJ3=] is because they picked a fight with T-S, having gone after them since they figured they would have gotten more glory from killing them. Then [[spoiler: when Cole meets his new teammates in Team BTRY, he gets excited at the possible reputation he'll get for killing the high level players on the team.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: They try to form an alliance with Team ZEMAL, who proceed to kill them after they admit to not liking machine guns.]]
* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler: The rest of the team sans Cole suffer this offscreen at the hands of the GrenadeLauncher equipped T-S, their FragileSpeedster playstyle and low-calibre [=SMGs=] and [=LARs=] proving useless against their [[MightyGlacier powerful armour and new, explosive weapons.]]]]
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: They're the only one of the six [=SJ3=] finalists to have lost teammates along the way, losing two of their number. [[spoiler: This puts them in the worst scenario when Cole, the fastest member, is chosen for Team BTRY, as it leaves them with only three.]]
* RageQuit: [[spoiler: They also take part in the Test Play, but decided to quit after suffering two {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s from the [=NPC=] team.]]
* TacticalWithdrawal: Their keep the ammo mags on their person to a minimal of four, preferring to disengage and get more ammo from their inventories in the event they run out.
* WeakButSkilled: As per their FragileSpeedster stat builds, the team is quick and reliant on skillful dodging and shooting, but have low HP and their guns lack much piercing power. This puts them in contrast to T-S, who are UnskilledButStrong {{Mighty Glacier}}s with their armour, a concept that seems almost heretical to them, [[spoiler: but unfortunately leads to them suffering a CurbStompBattle in [=SJ4=].]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Due to their [[FragileSpeedster stat build]], the team primarily uses [=SMGs=] and light, compact assault rifles.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Part of their loss to T-S in [=SJ3=]; not only did T-S have the ground, being atop a building, but it's hinted that the urban enviroment they were forced to fight on hindered their speed based playstyle.
!! Cole
The fastest member of the team.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: As a member of BTRY, he acts friendly, helpful, and polite to his new team, despite his intent of betraying them so his team can win.]]
* FragileSpeedster: Like the rest of his team, but he’s noted to be the fastest.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: This is how he meets his end in [=SJ3=], being shot by Team SHINC’s PTRD-41 while his back is turned.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Subverted. He planned on doing this on Team BTRY and maybe ZEMAL after his teammates are killed by the latter, but he’s killed by SHINC before he has the chance.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Ends up as this in [=SJ4=] after a run-in with [[MightyGlacier T-S, who recently got their hands on]] GrenadeLaunchers. He plans to hide it out until most of the teams wiped each other before making a hopeful SelfDestructiveCharge, but while he's trying to escape T-S, he tries to use the train MMTM BoobyTrapped when they first spawned, killing him before he can enact his plan.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Attempts to be this for Team BTRY so that his team can score the win. Unfortunately, they’re wiped out by ZEMAL before he can make his move and he’s killed shortly after before he can try avenging them.]]
* TemptingFate: [[spoiler: When he sees a locomotive while running from T-S, he thinks he found an escape, and excitedly tells his now dead squad that he'll win the event for them. Unfortunately, said locomotive is the same one MMTM rigged to explode when they first spawned...]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To his team, which is shown when [[spoiler: unlike the other traitors, he decides to not play along with [=SJ3=]’s traitor rule and planned to betray Team BTRY so his team can win.]]
* TrueCompanions: [[spoiler: His (failed) betrayal is motivated by him wanting his team to win.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: His preferred firearm is a H&K [=MP7A1=] SMG, which was designed with an idea similar to the P90 in mind; shoot faster and harder than a pistol from a small gun. It even uses bullets smaller than your average pistols that travel faster.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team BTRY '''SPOILERS''']]
!! Team BTRY

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/team_btry.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[TheLeader Pitohui]], [[TheLancer Eva]], [[StoneWall Ervin]], [[TheStarscream Cole]], [[ColdSniper David]], [[DumbMuscle Tomtom.]]]]

A team made up of members of the six remaining teams, as per [=SJ3=]'s unique rule. The members are Pitohui (LPFM), Eva (SHINC), David (MMTM), Tomtom (ZEMAL), Ervin (T-S) and Cole (TOMS). [[spoiler: It's later revealed that their representative from LPFM was LLENN, but Pito stole the spot with her quick thinking.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Effectively this, though in some cases they could be seen as ForcedIntoEvil.
* CoolBoat: They meet up on and effectively assume control of the ''There Is Still Time'', a large luxury cruise liner that held some of the last survivors of humanity, but unfortunately crashed with everyone on it presumably dying. [[spoiler: With combined efforts of Pito and LLENN, it ends up sinking during the final battle.]]
* FightingYourFriend: While the traitor rule serves to [[InvokedTrope Invoke]] this, Pito effectively [[EnforcedTrope Enforces]] this by putting David, Tomtom, and Eva in positions where'd they'd be attacking their old teams to keep them from getting onto the ship.
* HoldTheLine: Their first order of business is trying to prevent their former teams from getting onto the ship before the water level rises too much. Their initial plan against this was to cover up the holes that would allow them to enter by cutting down the lifeboats and dropping them down in front of them before proceeding to shoot at them. However, the deaths of Cole, their spotter, and Tomtom, their long range machine gunner, along with SHINC sniping a new hole into the ship with their PTRD forces the battle onto the ship.
* HomeBase: The ''There Is Still Time'', which they attempt to prevent the other teams from getting onto. Once the defence fails however and the fight moves onto the ship, they quickly make base at the bridge.
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Ultimately {{Subverted}}. While every member gets killed as the battle goes on, the team ends up with a SoleSurvivor in the form of LLENN, LPFM's true traitor who ends up taking out Pito and is prevented from dying by M at the cost of his life, giving BTRY the victory.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After Cole and Tomtom are killed, removing their spotter and long range support, Pito has the team retreat into the ship to avoid losing anyone else and to prepare to face the enemy teams in the ship, which the others agree with.
* TheSquad:
** Pitohui serves as TheLeader, displaying a surprising amount of strategic skill in their plans to defend the ship and wipe out the other teams. [[spoiler: Though it's later revealed that she's the SixthRangerTraitor, having claimed the role as her team's traitor before LLENN could realize it was actually her, and heading over to join Team BTRY with every intention of backstabbing them to put LLENN in a tough spot.]]
** The both of them being the leaders of their initial teams, both David and Eva serve as {{Lancer}}s, often discussing tactics with Pito and expressing concern at her riskier ones. David also doubles as a ColdSniper with his STM's long barrel extension and scope, which he uses to hold back his old team before Lax forces him behind cover.
** Both Tomtom and Shinohara serve as TheBigGuy, though in different ways. Tomtom does so with his machine gun, which has sufficient range and firepower to attack and hold back their enemies. Ervin serves as this with his PoweredArmor, which is strong to protect from bullets up to 7.62 mm.
** Cole is the DesignatedPointMan. Though instead of using his speed to scout ahead, he performs this role by going to the top mast using his speed and and using his binoculars to tell the other's team positions.
** Upon retreating to the bridge, the team gets a UtilityPartyMember in the form of Clara, the AI in control of the ''There Is Still Time'', giving them control over the entire ship, which Pito uses to kill MMTM and put the ship on a time limit before it sinks.
** [[spoiler: After Pito reveals herself as the SixthRangerTraitor, LLENN and Eva team up and the former becomes the EnsignNewbie, leading herself and Eva to deal with Pito and Fuka.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: While they do an effective job at first, it'd be a stretch to call this a properly cohesive team, even if they don't hate each other per se; Pito is... [[TeamKiller Pito]], David and Eva, while giving their all, aren't exactly happy to be there, Cole is planning to backstab everyone so his original team can win, Ervin, while polite, thinks his new teammates are crazy, and Tomtom is more concerned with getting to shoot stuff.
* VictoryByEndurance: [[spoiler: Are ultimately able to pull this off; with LLENN officially taking her rightful role in the team and, with the help of Eva, defeating both Pito and Fuka, Team BTRY ends up the winners of [=SJ3=].]]

!! Clara

The AI in control of the ''There Is Still Time'', who Pito and surviving team members meet upon retreating to the bridge.

* AIIsACrapshoot: {{Averted}}. Clara herself is working just fine despite the ship's condition. The problem is that she's taking orders from [[AxCrazy Pitohui]].
* AintTooProudToBeg: As part of her plan to sink the ship, Pito, after [[spoiler: killing Ervin and David]], proceeds to shoot Clara's control console with a burst of automatic fire, prompting her to repeat "Please stop. I will lose functionality" until Pito orders her to just go to sleep.
* BlindObedience: While she will ask her if she's sure about activating certain facilities and devices if there's a potential risk to human life, she pretty much does everything Pitohui tells her to do. David even describes her as a "faithful hound."
* MakingASplash: ''Very'' {{Downplayed}}. Having control over the entire ship, she naturally has control over the sprinkler system. Not too dangerous on its own, but combined with [[ShockAndAwe the broken generator that]] [[ElectrifiedBathtub transfers some of it's charge to the sprinkler's water when both are on at the same time...]]
* SarcasmBlind: When informing Pito of the amount of water entering the ship due to Fuka's accidental Plasma Grenade, we get this exchange.
--> '''Pitohui:''' [[SarcasmMode Ah, how scary.]]\\
'''Clara:''' Please, do not be frightened.

[[/folder]]

!!4th Squad Jam debut
[[folder:Team DOOM]]
A new team in Squad Jam 4. Their main tactic is using suicide bombings.

* ArmorIsUseless: {{Averted}} they wear extremely heavy armor on their heads and fronts of their bodies which is impervious to almost all light-to-medium-caliber bullets. The only ways to reliably kill them are to either shoot them InTheBack where they have not armored themselves [[spoiler: or use a weapon that is an instant-kill... such as Pitohui's Photon Swords, as LLENN realized.]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: Their suicide attacks in a nutshell. Detonating their explosive packs results in a blast larger than most explosives, but it also costs the team the life of the user. The only way for their tactics to be remotely worthwhile is if they take several enemies out in a blast, so LLENN makes quick work of four of them by attacking by herself.
* BadassBiker: All six of them use motorcycles, and prove to be skilled at riding them when they're able to dodge [[MadBomber Fuka's grenades]] and [[ColdSniper Shirley's shots.]]
* BribingYourWayToVictory: {{Downplayed}}. Due to requiring powerful explosives to pull off, their suicide bomber strategy is very expensive. However, their status as rich middle schoolers helps them get around this, as they can simply convert their high IRL allowances into Credits to buy them.
* CripplingOverspecialization: They participate in [=SJ4=] with only their explosives, and no guns whatsoever.
* {{Determinator}}: These guys just don't let up. Even after losing one member without taking out LPFM, they still send another and when he's knocked off his bike, he just gets up and keeps running.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Naturally.
* GlassCannon: Kind of a given when your main strategy is blowing yourselves up with powerful explosives. You're bound to deal damage from even the shockwave, assuming the enemy lacks cover, but that doesn't change the fact that literally you're only attack kills you. ZigZagged however in that they wear heavy armor to help them get close to their targets.
* GlorySeeker: While their strategy guarantees that they're not gonna win the Squad Jam, they are still eager to take down LPFM, the previous champs.
* GracefulLoser: When they meet up in the waiting room, they're not at all bothered that they lost, choosing to root for LPFM the rest of the way.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Their skill in riding motorcycles stems from playing racing games before coming to GGO.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Played with. Their tactics are surprisingly deadly, but can also be easily countered if you know how.
* MeaningfulName: Zigzagged. They certainly will bring doom if caught in their explosions, but in actuality their team name is just an anagram of ''domo'', a basic Japanese greeting.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: {{Inverted}}. When LLENN charges at them with Pito's Photon Sword, the leader opts to not detonate when she gets close since taking out the rest of her team would be more efficient than taking out just her. While logically sound, this unfortunately bites him, and the team, in the ass.
* SenselessSacrifice: The final member of the team detonates and tries to take out LLENN, but she's able to avoid the blast in time.
* SpoiledSweet: They're rich middle schoolers who presumably get a high enough allowance to pay for their powerful suicide bombs, but they're all rather excitable and prove to be {{Graceful Loser}}s when they're beaten.
* SuicideAttack: They attack by detonating their explosive packs in a massive blast.
* TakingYouWithMe: Their modus operandi.
* TooDumbToLive: Having all their members prepared to blow themselves up to take out large groups of the enemies does seem like a good idea, but the fact that they ''[[CripplingOverspecialization only]]'' use their Suicide Bombs with no other weapons effectively guarantees that they won't be winning the Squad Jam. Not that they seem to care.
* UnskilledButStrong: The members of the team converted from other games, so while their basic stats are high, they don't know much about GGO.

!!! Fire's Alliance
[[folder:General]]

A group of players hired by Fire Nishiyamada to help him win the Squad Jam and win the bet he made with LPFM so he can marry Karen.

* BadassArmy: Being in an alliance before the tournament even starts, and with Fire hiring more during the tournament, they are technically the largest squadron to ever take part in the Squad Jam.
* CustomUniform: While all three teams work for the same person, each one has a unique uniform, Team A (WNGL) donning a custom made camo pattern mixing brown, green, black and pink spots, Team B ([=V2HG=]) wearing futuristic armour that looks light and durable, and Team C (WEEI), most bizarrely of all, wearing dark-blue sports tracksuits.
* TheFaceless: Despite each team having unique uniforms, the one thing they all have in common is that they wear ski masks and sunglasses to cover their face and eyes.
* HomeBase: With the help of Team RGB, they're able to set up an impromptu base across the frozen lake, which is where all three squads gather themselves and anyone they bring into the fold.
* HiddenBadass: {{Invoked}}. When [[spoiler: Eva tries to get a read on the masked members, she's annoyed to see that]] they are opting to keep their weapons and gear, aside from their armour, in their inventories to hide their combat strength. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} with WEEI, who don't carry primary weapons in favour of handguns that can fulfill similar rolls.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: At the climax, they decide the best course of action would be to engage LPFM and the remainder of SHINC inside the pistols only mall, where their targets would be forced to give up their primary weapon, as opposed to engaging them before they entire since it would likely end up being a CurbStompBattle with LFPM and SHINC on the giving end. Of course, they're unaware that their run-in with ZEMAL has left them two more short and lacking their primary weapons.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: It's evident that every squadron involved, or at least the initial three, are being paid by Fire to help him win the Squad Jam. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} for at least WEEI and potentially TheLeader for [=V2HG=], who are revealed to actually be Fire's friend and co-workers IRL.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler: Like Fire below, this is {{Downplayed}}. While it doesn't stop those in the know from displaying VillainRespect for their female competition and they do display a good deal of respect for Fire despite his appearance and want to help him get together with the girl he likes, that doesn't change the fact that they're trying to help Fire get with a girl with no interest in him, with a clear lack of regard for LLENN/Karen's feelings on the matter.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Unlike most Squad Jam participants who are more than likely to immediately go on the offensive, especially with their technical numbers advantage, the Alliance are more prone to recruit other squadrons with useful skills, the most notable one being Team RGB, who's use of Optical Guns allow the group to camp out at one area without having to worry about the monster spawns.

[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fire Nishiyamada / Fire]]
!! Fire Nishiyamada:

A man Karen meets while accompanying her father to a party.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler: When monsters start spawning after LLENN kills a scout monster to save him, he actually looks more curious about them than frightened.]]
* AffablyEvil: He's a StalkerWithACrush who hints that he'd be a rather controlling husband and serves as the BigBad in the 4th Squad Jam, but he honestly seems genuinely friendly and a lot of his rudeness could be seen as the result of ignorance as opposed to anything genuinely malicious.
* ArcVillain: Appears to be the main antagonist of [=SJ4=] as an opponent who's seeking Karen's hand in marriage.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: No, that's not just his username. His name is ''literally'' Fire, which he notes that a lot of people are often caught off-guard by. That being said, he's a GGO beginner and not very powerful, forcing him into the role of NonActionBigBad.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason he fell for Karen is because she didn't judge him for his short and pudgy appearance IRL. {{Deconstructed}} in that LLENN isn't exactly keen on the idea, since they only shared a fifteen minute conversation, and he goes to some stalkerish when she refused.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite his disdain for GGO and the fact that they're simply hired help, Fire is generally pretty affable to members of his alliance. As opposed to simply [[ZergRush siccing them all on LLENN in an attempt to overwhelm her and LPFM]], he prefers to utilize tactics that can minimise casualties on his side, such as [[spoiler: deceiving SHINC into thinking he'll let them and LPFM duke it mono-e-mono, only to send a Humvee with a minigun to wipe them out.]] Then, [[spoiler: as he reveals to Eva]], there's his plan for when he wins; gather everyone together and detonate a grenade to take them out, ensuring they all tie for 1st. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:the members of the teams he brought to GGO are his friends and employees, all of whom are genuinely loyal to him.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Part of the reason he and Karen hit it off when they meet is that she and Fire are similar in that they have complexes about their heights, and Karen's father seems to approve of the possibility of them getting married based on this.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: {{Downplayed}}. He appears genuinely affable, if ignorant, and aside from the mysterious reason he knows about LLENN's in-game identity, he's largely hinted to be an HonestCorporateExecutive according to Karen's father. However, him tracking down LLENN in-game displays him as a StalkerWithACrush and he hints himself to be rather misogynistic by stating his plans to outright ban LLENN from playing GGO once they're married, with no thought to LLENN's feelings on the matter.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: M speculates that due to his status as a new player, he'll use his IRL wealth to hire mercenary players to do the fighting for him. He's proven right when he hires 18 players, each of which make up 3 teams, to accompany him into the tournament. [[spoiler: He then seemingly does the same with at least four more squadrons in the tournament, including SHINC.]]
* BrokenPedestal: {{Downplayed}} and PlayedForLaughs. While she's not interested in marrying him, Karen didn't really have anything bad to say about Fire as a person. The moment [[StalkerWithACrush he followed her into GGO]], embarrassed her in front of the rest of LPFM, and said that he would forbid her from playing it if they got married, she immediately starts seeing him as an InUniverse HateSink, even seeming ready to take him outside and beat him up.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: In GGO, he's tall and handsome, while Karen is rather short.
* HypocriticalHumour: While he overlooks Pito's behavior under [[BlatantLies her excuse that it's her roleplaying]] (it isn't), he's quick to call Pito pointing at him and everything she does after as "rude", which is rich coming from the guy who cyberstalked Karen, who quickly {{Lampshades}} this.
* NonActionBigBad: As a beginner and and ActualPacifist, he instead has to hire players to fight for him in the 4th Squad Jam. [[spoiler:He ends up as the last man standing on his team after LLENN dies saving him from the monster spawns, and he resigns shortly after.]]
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: [[spoiler:He gives up on getting together with Karen after learning that she and LLENN are the same person, since he's afraid of the latter.]]
* NoSocialSkills: In GGO, the fact that he's a beginner is immediately obvious not just by his gear, but how he acts. He calls LLENN by her real name, which is practically unheard of in-game, he constantly observes the environment in interest, and feels sorry for LLENN having to "role play". And considering his actions in StalkerWithACrush below, he might lack some IRL too.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As noted below, Fire is PerpetualSmiler both IRL and in-game. [[spoiler: This makes the stern look he wears during his date with Karen all the more odd, and he acts very nervous when interacting with Karen. As it turns out, [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon it's because LLENN scared the crap out of him.]]]]
* PerpetualSmiler: He seems to always be smiling, IRL and In-game.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: {{Downplayed}}. He's an overall NiceGuy with no {{Implied}} prejudices and is rather courteous towards the women he's shown interacting with, but his attempts at getting Karen to marry him even after she says no show a lack of regard for her feelings on the matter, and he states that in the event that they ''do'' get married, he would ban her from GGO due to his own distaste for it, showing he'd be a rather controlling husband. [[spoiler: Plus, what ultimately gets him to stop pursuing Karen is the fact that [[NoManWantsAnAmazon LLENN terrified him after]] [[UngratefulBastard she saved his life from a horde of monsters]]. Though granted, the latter is somewhat understandable considering [[CuteAndPsycho how LLENN can get]], plus he's rather apologetic if nervous about it.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler: While it's {{Implied}} that all of WEEI are his IRL friends and subordinates, which is how he got their help, it's {{Implied}} that the the reason he got the help of [=V2HG=] is because he knows their {{Leader}} in some way.]]
* SmugSnake: Not only does he agree to Pito's proposition to [[BestHerToBedHer Best]] [[PintSizedPowerhouse LLENN]] [[BestHerToBedHer to Marry Her]] despite being a new player, but he even states he won't watch clips of previous Squad Jams due to his dislike of violence, meaning he's effectively going in blind.
* StalkerWithACrush: After falling for LLENN in their first meeting, he's quick to contact her father and ask to marry her. When that fails, he decides the next best thing would be to find out who she is in-game, make an account, and search for her there to bring it up.
* StartXToStopX: Despite seeing GGO as barbaric and frightening, even claiming he'll forbid Karen from playing it when they're married, he opts to accept Pito's [[BestHerToBedHer challenge to beat LLENN to win her hand in marriage.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Sugou Nobuyuki. They're a StalkerWithACrush with a fixation on Karen and Asuna respectively who hint that they'd be a ControlFreak of a husband, are effectively {{Non Action Big Bad}}s due to being pathetic combatants yet having a good deal of resources to their name, and their in-game appearances are much more good-looking than they are IRL. That being said, Fire is ''leagues'' a better person than [[HateSink Sugou]], being largely hinted to be an HonestCorporateExecutive as opposed to Sugou's CorruptCorporateExecutive, a lot of his kinder moments are hinted to be genuine and his maliciousness is born of ignorance while Sugou's a {{Sadist}}ic BitchInSheepsClothing, and he doesn't go as far as to try and kidnap Karen and {{Brainwash}} her, instead making a bet that he'd get to marry her if he beats her in the Squad Jam.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: In contrast to IRL, where's he both short and pudgy, his GGO avatar is tall, more so than ''M'', and handsome, and he has black hair. [[spoiler: Eva even {{Lampshades}} when he removes his mask for her, stating that his size would make it hard to mistake him for anyone else.]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: In real life, he's short and rather portly, in comparison to the HugeSchoolgirl Karen.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: It turns out the reason he hired SHINC into his Alliance is because he knew about their and LLENN's rivalry and used it to make sure LLENN and her team were in one spot. The moment they were and both teams were preoccupied with each other, a Humvee equipped with a minigun comes in to take both teams out.]]

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[[folder:WEEI '''SPOILERS''']]

One of the three original groups of the alliance, distinguishable with their track suits. They're the ones Fire joins [=SJ4=] as a member of. They were formed with the pistol-only zone in mind, coming equipped with guns that'd let them act as if they were using primary weapons.

* CrazyPrepared: They got their hands on handguns that would allow them to fight as effectively as players widling primary weapons during the mall battle, some of which must have no doubt been rather rare.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As deduced by Eva, this group was formed ''specifically'' for the pistol-only zone in mind, carrying guns that could be seen as the pistol counterpart to the primary weapons most Squad Jam participants would use. This however meant that they didn't bring any primary weapons.
* DavidVersusGoliath: While in any other scenario they'd be the David, being a handgun heavy team, the mall battle places them firmly as the Goliath, with their specialized handguns with traits similar to more conventional primary firearms giving them a major edge against the normal-pistol wielding LPFM and SHINC. To put it into perspective, it's basically like a more modern military unit with more advanced weaponry going up against a group of older soldiers wielding single-shot rifles with only one SniperRifle, thanks to Shirley getting her own SniperPistol, to their name.
* LoopholeAbuse: Their strategy for the mall battle can be summarised as using any gun designated as a "pistol" in GGO and using them to fulfil roles a normal primary weapon can, giving them an edge against their enemies in the mall battle, who are using relatively normal handguns.
!! Beralto

A member of WEEI who, during the mall battle, serves as their sniper with a Remington XP-100.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He finds the fact that Shirley got the exact same gun as him "Hilarious".
* CombatPragmatist: Realizing he's outmatched by Shirley and can't let the fight drag on due to her explosive bullets, he wastes no time shooting a chandelier hanging above her and dropping it on top of her.
* DeathFromAbove: During their SniperDuel, she shoots at chandelier that was above Shirley and sends it crashing down on her.
* DisneyVillainDeath: {{Subverted}}. Shirley beats him by shooting his climbing rope and causing him to fall, which she ''think'' kills him, but he actually survived long enough for David to finish him off.
* SniperDuel: Ends up in one against Shirley.
* SniperPistol: His main arm is unknown, but for the mall battle he wields a Remington XP-100.
* TemptingFate: As he's celebrates surviving his {{Subverted}} DisneyVillainDeath, David shows up and finishes him with his combat knife.
* WallCrawl: Not quite this, but in order to get a better angle to shoot at Shirley from, he uses a rope to climb further up. This ends up being his undoing when Shirley, after being saved by Fuka, shoots the rope and causes him to fall to the ground, leaving him injured and vulnerable to a finishing blow by David.
* WeakButSkilled: Proves to be this in his match with Shirley, with his gun not only firing less powerful rounds than Shirley's explosive ones but with him also having less overall experience than Shirley. However, his initial higher ground and climbing abilities gives him a distinct edge and he's not afraid to use the environment to his advantage, as shown when he drops a chandelier on Shirley.
!! Penabia

A member of WEEI armed with a pair of Glock 18Cs.

* ArmourIsUseless: {{Averted}}. He's the only one of WEEI to don protective armour, including a chest and stomach plate and padded guards over his thighs, knees, and shins with a protective helmet with a face shield used by special police forces that can deflect bullets, making him resemble a baseball catcher. He does [[ShedArmorGainSpeed remove it for better manoeuvrability in his fist fight with M]], though this arguably serves to his detriment.
* TheBrute: He's evidently this for WEEI. Along with being as big as M, he's the most heavily armoured, [[GunsAkimbo uses a pair of]] [[MoreDakka machine pistols]], and he has enough STR to make the recoil a non-issue. Plus, even unarmed, he's a trained hand-to-hand combatant.
* ChallengeSeeker: As he expresses to M during their fight, he's glad to fight someone who won't go down easy.
* ExactWords: He's confused at M's choice of words referring to him and his team as mercenaries, before saying it makes sense in the sense that their fighting for Fire's wishes.
* GracefulLoser: He takes his loss to M rather well, admitting that he got him good and DiesLaughing.
* GunsAkimbo: Starts off using a pair of Glock 18Cs to pin down M and Pito.
* MoreDakka: His pistol of choice is a Glock 18C, a full-auto handgun that fires at 1200 rounds per minute, and with thirty three round magazine. And what's more, [[GunsAkimbo he's using two of them]], so he can use one while Ron reloads the empty one for him before switching.
* ShedArmorGainSpeed: During his fight with M, he decides to remove his combat armour for greater mobility. This comes back to bite him, as it may have helped him survive M's grenade.
* WorthyOpponent: During their fight, he quickly grows to respect M for his [[MadeOfIron durability]].
* StrongAndSkilled: He's not just big and has a lot of STR, but he's a trained martial artist IRL, a skill he brings into GGO in his fight against M, and gives him the upper hand.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: When M uses his shield to block his blows, he resolves to just keep punching and crush M beneath it.
!! Ron
An acrobatic member of WEEI.

* BoomHeadshot: Pito shoots him in the head while disguised as a mannequin.
* CombatParkour: He has a high Acrobat skill, allowing him to dodge shots from Pito while returning his own, and jumping about the place like a monkey.
* DidntSeeThatComing: {{Downplayed}}. He was unprepared for Pitohui donning a mannequin disguise after throwing a smoke grenade, but he does realize her trick. He just jumps too late.
* LeanAndMean: He's described as short and skinny.
* OhCrap: He realizes that Pito disguised herself as a mannequin at the last possible moment, but is unable to escape in time.
* TheSneakyGuy: He wields a Ruger MK III with a fused silencer that fires .22 Long Rifle rounds.
* SupportPartyMember: Before his fight with Pito, he served as one for Penebia, reloading his Glock 18Cs for him as he laid fire on Pito and M.
!! Unnamed grenadier
A nameless member of WEEI who wields a handgun GrenadeLauncher.

* AnArmAndALeg: Shirley uses a LastBreathBullet to shoot his arm off, preventing him from reloading.
* ArmorIsUseless: Like Penabia, this is {{Averted}}, with him wearing body armour for added protection that carries pouches holding grenades for his Kampfpistole.
* BatterUp: After retreating into a sports shop, he comes at LLENN with a baseball bat and would have finished her off with it if it wasn't for Eva [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands Blasting It Out of His Hand]] and giving LLENN the chance to kill him.
* BerserkButton: He gets insulted when LLENN insinuates that Fire's paying him and his buddies to help him kill LLENN, due to his IRL UndyingLoyalty to him.
* BoomHeadshot: After he loses his bat, LLENN shoots him in the face with both Vorpal Bunnies.
* DemolitionsExpert: By virtue of carrying a flare gun capable of firing explosive rounds.
* DentedIron: He's surprisingly able to survive LLENN unloading both Vorpal Bunnies into him, after losing his arm to Shirley's explosive bullet no less. Though he admits to LLENN when he has her cornered that his HP is pretty gone and that someone could kill him just by flicking his forehead.
* HandicappedBadass: His loss of an arm at the hands of Shirley doesn't make him any less of a threat. Even without being able to reload his grenade launcher, he's able to nearly kill LLENN with [[BatterUp a baseball bat]].
* GrenadeLauncher: He uses a Walther Kampfpistole, a World War II era flare gun that he loads with Sprenpatrone rifle grenades, meaning he basically entered the mall battle with a grenade launcher.
* MightyGlacier: The dude has a surprising amount of HP which, combined with the body armour he wears, allowed him to survive both Vorpal Bunnies getting unloaded into him after Shirley shoots his arm off, albeit with only a sliver of HP remaining after. Plus, his Kampfpistole deals a lot of damage on account of the fact that it's basically a GrenadeLauncher.
* NoNameGiven: Despite the amount of personality he gets and the fact that he's the one to out himself and WEEI to LLENN as Fire's IRL co-workers and friends, he never gets named.
* OhCrap: He gets caught off-guard when LLENN leaps out from behind the electric cart Saki sends his way.
!! Unnamed Deagle User

Another unnamed WEEI member using a HandCannon.

* DeadpanSnarker: This guy certainly isn't without his quips.
** After tricking Pito into cutting a water container and causing a gas explosion;
--> "Welcome to the water shop. I thought you might be thirsty."
** After two discuss the physics and bioligy of in-game objects and player avatars and suggest askings the developers who occasionally log in.
--> "You'll have to leave [=SJ4=] first, then."
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: After pinning him down, Pito opens a nearby container of water and dumps it's contents into his throat, drowning him.
* GuileHero: Guile Antagonist more accurately, but he's able to get the drop on Pitohui by throwing a water container at her from behind a smokescreen, prompting her to cut it with her Photon Sword and cause a gas explosion, knocking her down and disarming her.
* HandCannon: Wields the famous Desert Eagle .50, which makes among the more dangerous WEEI members in the enclosed mall environment.
* NoNameGiven: Like the grenadier above, he never gets named.

[[folder:[=V2HG=] '''SPOILERS''']]

One of the three original groups of the alliance, distinguishable with their futuristic combat armour. They act as a sort of vanguard, equipped with assault rifles, a machine gun, a GrenadeLauncher and a single SniperRifle, and drive the group's Humvees, in contrast to WNGL's pure sniping.

* AffablyEvil: The man with the [=HK433=] who recruits SHINC speaks to Eva in a friendly tone, even though he's clearly cautious.
* BadassDriver: They drive the alliance's collection of Humvees, and Shirley notes that the ones in charge of driving them must be skilled after she commandeers one and has one trouble driving it.
* BlatantLies: When they encounter SHINC, they lie to them by claiming that by claiming that the sniper who shot at them was a member of Team DOOM and that they took him out. However, what the readers know but SHINC don't is that not only were all members of DOOM killed in their encounter with LPFM, but that none of them carried firearms and relied entirely on their suicide bombs. This makes it clear that the actual sniper who attacked SHINC was one of their own and that they made SHINC think they saved them so they'd be more likely to trust them.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Despite the deal being that they would guard the area and prevent anyone from interrupting the match between SHINC and LPFM, they go back on their word and rush in with a minigun equipped Humvee to take out both teams.
* BoringButPractical: Compared to WEEI's [[spoiler: pistol-based specialization]] and WNGL's dedication to sniping, [=V2HG=] is definitely the most conventional team of the alliance's initial three, having at least four assault rifle users, one of which carries a GrenadeLauncher, one Machine Gunner, and the TheLeader serving as their ColdSniper.
* CoolCar: While Humvees aren't an unusual sight in the Squad Jam considering MMTM's use of them in [=SJ2=], they managed to get their hands on one equipped with a M134 Minigun, which they use to try and wipe out LPFM and SHINC.
* KillEmAll:
** Car 2 is the first to go, Shirley sniping the gunner before she and Clarence pursue the Humvee on horseback. Then when they catch up, the driver gets a bullet to the brain when Clarence boards the Humvee and [[DistractedByTheSexy strips to her underwear to get his guard down.]]
** TheLeader gets taken out when he tries sniping at LLENN, Clarence and Shirley and stays behind in the Humvee to do so, only for LLENN to obliterate them with their stolen Humvee's minigun.
** The remaining three of them are taken out by ZEMAL as they're making their way to mall.
* MoreDakka: They somehow came into possession of a Humvee equipped with a minigun, which they use to interrupt LPFM and SHINC's rematch in an attempt to take them both out.
* VillainRespect:
** The two manning Car 2, the one with the minigun turret, come to respect Sophie after she thoroughly outwits them and destroys their tires, removing their ability to chase the rest of SHINC.
** The three guys in Car 3, which have a GrenadeLauncher and a surveillance drone like M's, are both impressed and intimidated upon learning their and the leader's drone were taken out by Fuka's expert flying.
!! Leader
TheLeader of the team, who doubles as their sniper and the driver of Car 1.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: [[spoiler: He not only manages to do this to 003's GrenadeLauncher, but his bullet lodges itself into the barrel and makes it unusable.]]
* ColdSniper: He's shown to generally be rather serious, [[NotSoAboveItAll though goes along with one his guy's tendency to say "Over" like in movies]], and he wields a [=L129A1=] Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When his attempt at sniping Clarence and Shirley fail, the narration states that he finds them hiding in a bullet-proof truck unfair despite him also driving one.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He tries sniping Clarence and Shirley after they kill the guys he had drive Car 2, but gives ups when they commandeer it for themselves and are protected by it's bulletproof windows. It's at that point he decides to surrender the Minigun Humvee and focus on taking out LPFM.
* SecretKeeper: He's keeping his team in the dark about how much Fire's paying them and [[spoiler: about his apparent IRL connection to Fire.]] He tries to tell them [[spoiler: as he dies, but is KilledMidSentence.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: Killed when the team's remaining Humvee is overwhelmed by the stolen one's minigun fire, with a bullet reaching the gas tank and blowing it up with him in it.]]
* VillainousValor: [[spoiler: Recognizing that the Humvee won't last against the Minigun Clarence is firing at them, he orders the others to get out of the Humvee while he remains to try sniping at them, leading to his death.]]

!! Grant

The gunner for Car 2, utilizing it's equipped minigun.

* AmazonChaser: {{Implied}}. His response to Sophie outwitting them and destroying Car 2's tires "what a woman."
* BloodKnight: Apparently when he got given the role of using the Humvee's minigun, he was rather glad to have gotten the job and was gleeful in his handling of it. After [[spoiler: Clarence kills the remainder of WNGL and wrecks one member's machine gun with it]], they note that he must have be pretty happy with it.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Gets killed when Shirley blows his head off.]]
* ButtMonkey: He and the driver's attempts to take out LPFM and SHINC fail with only one kill to show for it, which was a HeroicSacrifice that kept them from taking out the rest, he fails to take out LPFM's drone, gets said drone dropped on his head when it runs out of charge, and [[spoiler: gets his head blown off by Shirley immediately after he destroys it out of spite.]]
* GatlingGood: It's very doubtful it's his main weapon outside of the Squad Jam, but he was given control of the Minigun for Car 2.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He tries shooting at LPFM's drone but eventually gives up due to Fuka's expert flying.

!! Johann

The driver for Car 2, who wields a [=HK433=]

* AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler: If Clarence killing him by stripping to her underwear and offering to let him grope her to lower his guard is anything to go by. Clarence even jokes that they probably could have convinced him to outright change sides and drive the Humvee for them if [[BuxomIsBetter Shirley]] joined in.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[spoiler: He gets taken out when Clarence strips to her underwear upon entering it, lowering his guard with an offer to touch her breasts before shooting him in the head.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Grant gets headshotted by Shirley.]]

!! The Grenadier

A member of the team armed with a GrenadeLauncher, who's rides in Car 3.

* GrenadeLauncher: Wields an M79 grenade launcher.
* TheMovieBuff: He's evidently a massive fan of military and action films, constantly saying "Over" at the end of his sentences when the Leader contacts him, and ends up getting him to do it too. [[spoiler: Veers into SkewedPriorities when he opted to not get his hands on Plasma Rounds for his M79, which would have allowed them to destroy the locomotive LPFM, SHINC and T-S are using to escape, since he's never seen them in any war movies, causing his friend to snarkily suggest he watch some more sci-fi.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Despite Fire's resources meaning he could have easily gotten his hands on some, he opted out of getting his hands on Plasma Grenades for his GrenadeLauncher since he's never seen a war movie or action film containing them. [[spoiler: This bites the team in the ass when LPFM, SHINC and T-S are able to escape from them with a freight train that their bullets and his normal grenades can't hope to damage.]]

!! The Drone Pilot

A member of the team tasked with flying a drone and the driver of Car 3.

* DesignatedPointMan: As the team's drone pilot, he's used to pinpoint LFPM and SHINC's location so the grenadier can fire at them.

!! Machine Gunner

The team's machine gunner and the final player to ride in Car 3.
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* {{BFG}}: Wields a H&K [=MG5=].
* DeadpanSnarker: When the grenadier states that he didn't get Plasma Grenades for his launcher, [[spoiler: which would have helped in destroying the train LPFM, SHINC and T-S are riding out of town]], since [[SkewedPriorities he's never seen one in a war movie]], he says that's why he keeps telling him to watch more sci-fi.
* WreckedWeapon: His machine gun suffers damage to the barrel when he tries shooting at the minigun Humvee, leading to the grenadier lending him his [=HK433=].
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[[folder:WNGL]]

One of the three original groups of the alliance, distinguishable with their unique camo outfits. Their full name is "Wrong Lancers", a well-known group of snipers capable of acting on their own.

* ColdSniper: An entire team of snipers that are fully capable of acting individually. That being said, [[FriendlySniper they're shown to get along and joke around with each other.]]
* ConfusionFu: While almost every member use their own distinct gun, there are two members of similar builds who use the same MK 12 SPR and often dress the same to confuse the enemy, with one exposing themselves and getting the enemy's attention before the other exposes themselves, confusing the enemies and making them think they teleported or something. This is noted to make them two the best Anti-Personnel fighters in the Squadron.
* CripplingOverspecialization: These guys specialize in sniping alone, without a spotter, so they're not well suited to Squad Jam. This is part of why they work together with [=V2HG=], as their more standard set-up balances things out.
* DeathByIrony: They're a team that specialize in sniping in manners that prevent people from seeing their Bullet Lines and therefore catching them by surprise, and all of them are killed by something they didn't see coming or were caught off-guard by, the first two being killed by Shirley's [[CarFu insane driving]] while the last four are torn apart by the Humvee minigun that they weren't in angle to properly see.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The last four members of the group are killed when Clarence uses the M134 attached to the Humvee she and Shirley stole to shoot at them as they're moving to meet up with the rest of [=V2HG=], splitting all of them in half.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: It's unknown if any of them are capable of doing Lineless Shooting like M and Shirley, but it's noted that they're good at sniping in a way that prevents targets from seeing the Bullet Lines, usually from doing it from unnatural angles.
* TheNavigator: Instead of relying on the map made from the device, the team painstakingly copied a map of the city where they fight LPFM and SHINC on a piece of water-proof paper so they can give certain routes designations for easier coordination.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** While most of the squadron effectively act as lone wolves, there are two members who are noted to be close to the point they have a joint ConfusionFu tactic; dress the same and use the same gun so that if one of them is caught and needs to hide, to other can expose themselves to make the enemy think the other teleported. The others even jokingly call them the "Wrong Lancer Brothers".
** [[spoiler: It's {{Implied}} that they're the only Squad of the Alliance's initial three that have no IRL connection to Fire, unlike all of WEEI and possibly the leader of [=V2HG=].]]
* SniperRifle: Being a team comprised solely of sniper's, they each use their own distinct ones.
** One member, who tried sniping Eva and entered a brief SniperDuel with M, wields an [=M110A1=]
** One member wields a Barret 98B, a bolt-action anti-personnel rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum and holds ten rounds, with an effective range of 1,500 meters max.
** Another member uses a Ruger Precision Rifle with a straight angled stock and pistol-grip, and fires .308 Winchester rounds.
** Two members, as part of the above ConfusionFu, wield the same MK 12 SPR automatic sniper rifle, which uses 5.56 assault rifle ammo and have lower effective range of 700 meters, shorter than most high calibre rifles, but makes up for it with lighter weight and automatic function for close-ranged combat.
* UndignifiedDeath: Instead of dying in battle, the member with the Barrett 98B who came close to killing [[PintSizedPowerhouse LLENN]] gets killed ''in a car accident.'' More specifically, [[DrivesLikeCrazy Shirley]] [[AccidentalMurder accidentally slams the Humvee she and Clarence commandeered into him]] in her eagerness to get to where Pito is.
* WarriorPoet: One of them, a man armed with a Barrett 98B, has this to say when LLENN [[BornLucky unknowingly dodges a bullet to the head by tripping over.]]
--> "Good luck... is the sign of a hero..."
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[[folder:PORL]]

One of the teams that were hired during the tournament. They show up to fight the team on the locomotive as they approach the bridge.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: They're understandably confident due to their [=RPG-7=]'s, noted previously be an InUniverse GameBreaker, and the fact that with [=SJ4=]'s unique reload rule that they effectively got BottomlessMagazines for them. It's to the point that they decide to [[TheStarscream betray Fire after dealing with the locomotive.]]
* {{BFG}}: They use [=RPG=]-7s in the fight against the locomotive team, which caused the allied teams in the Test Play some trouble in the hands of the [=NPC=] team. They're also clearly practiced with them, standing in a horizontal line to prevent the blowback from hitting each other and taking a knee for better stability and accuracy.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: After harassing the locomotive team with [=RPG=] fire, they end up getting killed by an even bigger courtesy of Clarence sacrificing herself.]]
* FailuresOnIce: {{Inverted}}. They're able to reach the bridge before LPFM/SHINC/T-S' locomotive on pairs of ice skates.
* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler: Along with RGB, they get eliminated from [=SJ4=] when Clarence sacrifices her life to crack the ice they're standing in, causing them to fall into the frozen water and drown.]]
* TheStarscream: In the middle of their assault on the locomotive, they decide that once they're done taking out the locomotive, they'll slaughter Fire's Alliance next.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:SATOH '''SPOILERS''']]

One of the teams that were hired during the tournament, a group that based their gear and weapons on the American Marine Corps. They join WEEI in the final battle in the mall, and are sent in before them.

* AchievementInIgnorance: {{Downplayed}}. The leader suggests that both them and WEEI simply intercept LPFM and SHINC on the way to the mall and wipe them all out before they can enter the mall, and said plan would have had a good chance of succeeding considering the CurbStompBattle they suffered at the hands of ZEMAL and the fact they were let go in exchange for their primary weapons. However, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop since none of them know this to be the case]], the plan is shot down.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: TheLeader, after the team's defeat and when LLENN questions him, bursts out laughing when LLENN asks how much Fire is paying them to help him. [[spoiler: This is because he knows that WEEI know Fire IRL.]]
* BloodKnight: Some of the members, such as the one who tries shooting Fuka while she's vulnerable and the guy who gets Eva in the shoulder before getting a bullet in the head back, are noted to be sporting {{Slasher Smile}}s during the fight.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How LLENN finishes off TheLeader.]]
* BoringButPractical: Not unlike MMTM when they first started, the group all wield Assault Rifles and nothing else. Specifically, the use 5.56mm M27 [=IARs=] that are used by American Marines.
* GracefulLoser: TheLeader takes the team's loss rather well, complimenting the team on their victory and respectfully asking M if he can borrow the shield tactic he used on them for future use. Doesn't stop Pito from KneeCapping him though when she realizes she's transmitting the conversation to Fire.
* DeterminedDefeatist: TheLeader recognizes that their odds of beating LPFM and SHINC inside the mall are slim, but plans to fight them with the intent to win and at least weaken them for WEEI to finish off.
* GladHesOnOurSide: When WEEI, [[NonActionBigBad aside from Fire]], take out their in preparation for the mall battle, their leader can only express how he's glad SATOH's not fighting them.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: TheLeader suggests to WEEI that they intercept LFPM and SHINC before they enter the mall and take them out, though the plan is shot down by WEEI since [[LockedOutOfTheLoop none of them know that their weapons, namely the PTRD and Shirley's explosive sniper rifle, have been confiscated by ZEMAL.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: When WEEI tells the them to enter the mall first to fight to be a warm-up for LPFM and SHINC and tell them they're expected to lay down their lives to protect Fire, the leader admits that if it wasn't for the payment he was being promised, he'd tell them to go to hell.
* PreFinalBoss: When the mall battle begins, WEEI requests that they be the first to engage LPFM and SHINC in hopes of weakening them for WEEI to deal with.
* TagTeam: When the mall battle begins, four members try this against LPFM and SHINC.
** TheLeader and another member both team up against Pito and M and fire at them, but their bullets prove useless against M's shield and they're quickly taken out when Pito jumps over it to attack.
** Another pair harass Rosa with gunfire, with one at the front firing at her while the other stays behind them and ready for when he runs out of ammo. Rosa however is able to take out the guy in front by detonating her grenades.
* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler: One member attacking Fuka gets taken out by Shirley, using her Remington XP-100 with her explosive bullets.]]

[[/folder]]
!!Others

[[folder:The Drill Sergeant]]
!!The Drill Sergeant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Tamara Ryan (English)

A female [=NPC=] character who helps players get oriented to Gun Gale Online... by acting like a DrillSergeantNasty.

* AscendedExtra: The NPC trainer wasn't even described in the light novel (to the point that its sex wasn't even revealed until Volume 9 when LLENN briefly remembers her) and only has one line recommending LLENN to use submachine guns, and was completely absent from the manga adaptation (where LLENN's tutorial was only one panel). The anime adaptation is the only medium where she gets to shine.
* DrillSergeantNasty: As is fitting for the tutorial program of a gritty game setting like GGO, her entire personality is based on the idea of an intense training officer who does a lot of shouting. It nearly scares the crap out of LLENN.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her shots upon demonstrating the pistol create, as they say in the gun community, a "ragged hole" in the bullseye of the target. Then again, she should expected to have perfect aim as she ''is'' a trainer NPC.
* MsFanservice: A very intentional example. She's a voluptuous and beautiful [=NPC=] wearing an [[{{Stripperific}} outfit that leaves little to the imagine]], making it clear she's there to appeal to GGO's predominantly male playerbase. Even her DrillSergeantNasty personality could have been made to appeal to those TooKinkyToTorture which, considering that there are some shown GGO players who like the idea of getting shot by a females and sometimes ''ask'' for it, shows that Zaskar certainly thought ahead when designing.
* NonPlayerCharacter: She is a tutorial NPC.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit is barely there, as it is.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She demands that LLENN reply with a "Yes, ma'am."

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Boss]]
!! Boss

A manga-original character. A mercenary player who leads a Squadron to try and take out "The Pink Devil".

* AnArmAndALeg: LLENN disarms him by shooting his gun arm off, leaving him with only his shield.
* BadBoss: As part of his SmugSnake attitude, he's quick to call his guys morons for getting killed by LLENN and claims he'll be taking their share of the pay when he kills her.
* {{BFG}}: He uses an RPK soviet made machine gun in his fight with LLENN.
* BoomHeadshot: After [[AnArmAndALeg disarming him]] of his machine gun and tricking him into getting his shield stuck, LLENN finishes him off by jumping onto his back and [[NoKillLikeOverkill blasting her P-90 into his head.]]
* TheBrute: A large and violent STR/VIT player with the large avatar to match.
* CanonForeigner: He appears in neither the original Light Novel nor the Anime, only appearing in the manga to inadvertently convince LLENN to appear in the Squad Jam by pissing her off.
* InsultBackfire: He constantly throws insults at LLENN pertaining to her height during their fight, [[HeightAngst only for LLENN to smile in response to them]].
* EvilCounterpart:
** While they never actually meet, he could be seen as one to M. He's a large guy with an turtle based AnimalMotif whose playstyle relies on a shield. However, whereas M is a calm and collected LongRangeFighter who uses his shield purely defensively, Boss is a rude and aggressive CloseRangeCombatant with a machine gun who uses his shield more aggressively.
** A similar comparison could be made between him and Eva. Both are large, aggressive players who fight LLENN, and are {{Leader}}s of their own squadrons. But whereas Eva is BenevolentBoss, is called "Boss" as an AffectionateNickname and sign of respect from her squadmates and LLENN, and sees LLENN as a WorthyOpponent, Boss is a BadBoss who insults his guys for getting killed by LLENN, literally named his avatar Boss as opposed to properly earning such a title, and constantly underestimates LLENN.
* FailedASpotCheck: He was too focused on his fight with LLENN that he didn't notice that [[OneWomanArmy Pitohui]] wiped out his squadmates, allowing her to pull a BigDamnHeroes and shoot LLENN out of his grasp.
* FiringOneHanded: He has the potential to fulfil ZEMAL's dream of DualWielding Machine Guns seeing as he has enough STR to carry his RPD in one hand while using his free hand for his massive metal shield.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He's quick to boast about his STR/VIT Build, claiming GGO is all about stats, yet is quick to judge LLENN as a weakling based on the appearance of her [[PintSizedPowerhouse avatar]].
* LargeAndInCharge: Based on the way he talks and his username, it’s safe to assume that he’s the leader of the Mercenary squadron attacking LLENN and Pitohui in the first chapters of the manga.
* TheLeader: The Headstrong who clearly has no gift for strategy, simply ordering his guys to fight Pitohui while he deals with LLENN. Compared to LLENN's fight with Eva later on, which challenges LLENN much more, his lack of teamplay ultimately makes LLENN's fight with him much easier.
* LeftStuckAfterAttack: After he resorts to trying to ShieldBash LLENN to death, she tricks him into with striking a rock with his shield and getting it stuck, allowing her to finish him off.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He wields a large metal riot shield.
* MightyGlacier: In his own words, he utilizes a STR/VIT stat build, and he wields both an machine gun and a large metal shield. As a result however, LLENN is ''leagues'' above in movement speed
* ShieldBash: He uses his shield to break the rock LLENN and Pitohui were hiding behind and when LLENN shoots his gun arm off, he decides to try flattening her with his shield.
* SmarterThanYouLook: You'd be forgiven for thinking he's smug DumbMuscle... because he kind of is, but he is able to trick LLENN into coming into his range so he can grab her by the throat and try and strangle her to death. When LLENN tries again, she opts towards a [[DeathFromAbove higher approach.]]
* SmugSnake: If calling himself “Boss” wasn’t enough, he’s under the constant impression that he can beat LLENN easily because of her small height, forgetting that GGO is a game more about stats than appearances, something he ''literally'' just stated.
* StarterVillain: While he's certainly not the first player LLENN has killed, he serves as the first antagonist and fight in the manga, with LLENN, with some minor support from Pito, fighting him before even entering the Squad Jam.
* SuperStrength: Evidently rocks an STR build, based on him DualWielding a RPD machine gun and a large metal riot shield. He's even able to break a rock LLENN and Pito are hiding behind with a charging ShieldBash.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Upon seeing LLENN, he calls his squadmates idiots for losing to a “Pipsqueak” and casually claims that he’ll kill her and get the reward money himself. She kills him.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Novelist]]
!! The Novelist
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Keiichi Sigsawa (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherBevins (English)

A novelist responsible for sponsoring the Squad Jam tournament concept in Gun Gale Online.

* AuthorAvatar: The InUniverse creator of Squad Jam is essentially the real life author of the ''Squad Jam'' light novel. [[CreatorCameo Sigsawa even voices himself in Episode 3]].
* TheGadfly: Episode 5.5 reveals he took a lot of video clips from Squad Jam without consent and edited over the audio to turn it into a giant joke.
* GunNut: A gun fanatic novelist, much like the real life Sigsawa [[AuthorAvatar who he based himself off of]].
* HatedByAll: Hardly anyone seems to like him InUniverse, especially after Squad Jam 3, in which the special rule he added [[spoiler:split up teams and forced friends to fight each other]].
* ManChild: Volume 7 has him described as a 50-year-old man who writes like a child.
* SelfDeprecation: The novelist is based off of the real life Sigsawa. Pitohui voices her opinions on said individual, stating he's a gun otaku and if ever seeing someone like that in real life they should have the cops called on them. Volume 4 takes it up to eleven, with the short story in the afterword basically showing the novelist to be a loser with an over-inflated ego who isn't even that good with guns despite being totally obsessed with them! [[spoiler: And then he gets taken out in-game by an enemy player named ''Kadokawa''. As in, the light novel company that publishes the ''Sword Art Online'' franchise!]] Volume 5 also has LLENN getting very cross with the novelist for [[spoiler:coming up with the "betrayer" rule for the third Squad Jam, which resulted in her being forced to fight her teammates and friends, despite thinking that Pito was the betrayer for much of the match]]. Volume 6 also has LLENN and Fuka making fun of the author's decision to have an ExcusePlot of reclaiming a WMD from a terrorist group, since it means little considering that most of humanity has already been wiped out, and calling the novelist "an idiot" and his writing "trash." At that point, the narration suggests that this is kicking the author when he's down.
* SelfInsertFic: He is basically Sigsawa himself. While he's not a main character, he's still crucial to the story being possible, due to him sponsoring the very first Squad Jam. He later sponsors Squad Jam 3 and 4, and the Test Play.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His sponsorship of the very first Squad Jam is what enabled the tradition in GGO and making the central plot of the series possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Test Play Team '''SPOILERS''']]
A team consisting of advanced NPC soldiers created and being tested by Zaskar. In the end, it's revealed that they're not [=NPC=]s, but real life soldiers and a Medicuboid doctor, who set up the Test Play as a way to convince one of them to retire from Mercenary work.