History VideoGame / SplinterCellPandoraTomorrow

From [[UsefulNotes/TimorLeste East Timor]] to UsefulNotes/{{France}}, UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}}, UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} and [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles LAX Airport]], Sam Fisher must thwart a bioterrorist attack plot involving Suhadi Sadono (a Che Guevara-like Indonesian revolutionary leader) and Norman Soth, a rogue CIA agent who seeks revenge for getting betrayed by the agency he served.

''Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'' (or ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'') is a StealthBasedGame and the second entry in the ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'' series, released on [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames Sixth Generation consoles]] and PC in 2004.

* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: This is how Suhadi Sadono frames his demand that all American armed forces leave Timor-Leste, but in practice it's actually an {{Inver|tedTrope}}sion: he wants the US out so that the country's former occupiers, the Indonesian military, can move back in unopposed.

* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Suhadi Sadono demands that all U.S. forces leave Indonesia and East Timor.

* BlatantLies: When interrogating a Timorese guard of Sadono.
-->'''Fisher''': I need information.\\
'''Guard''': I -- I don't speak English!\\
'''Fisher''': I'd be willing to bet your neck that you do.\\
'''Guard''': I know a little English...

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: The primary antagonists, Darah Dan Doa, are a gang of radical Indonesian ultranationalists originally trained by the CIA to clandestinely root out Marxist [[UsefulNotes/TimorLeste East Timorese]] independence groups, before they were cut loose and branded as terrorists when [[{{Realpolitik}} America's foreign policy shifted toward supporting the Timorese instead]] and the CIA [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had no further use for them]]. Embittered by this betrayal, Sadono eventually took control and rebuilt the gang into a proper guerilla army with the intent of reclaiming East Timor for Indonesia, while plotting to detonate smallpox bombs in American cities to intimidate the US from opposing them.

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Darah Dan Doa, the primary antagonists, are a gang of radical Indonesian ultranationalists who were originally set up by the CIA as a "grassroots" anti-Communist militia, but when the US shifted its foreign policy to back the East Timor independence movement instead and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the CIA had no further use for them]], the group was cut loose and officially branded a terrorist organization. Embittered by this betrayal, Sadono eventually took control of the group and rebuilt them from a glorified Golden Triangle drug cartel into a proper guerilla army with a renewed purpose: reclaiming East Timor for Indonesia and getting revenge on the US at any cost by threatening to detonate smallpox bombs in American cities should they try to oppose them.

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Darah Dan Doa, the primary antagonists, are a gang of radical Indonesian ultranationalists originally set up clandestinely by the CIA as a "grassroots" anti-Communist militia, but were eventually cut loose and officially branded a terrorist organization when the US shifted its foreign policy to back the East Timor independence movement instead and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the CIA had no further use for them]]. Embittered by this betrayal, the charismatic firebrand Suhadi Sadono then took control of the group and rebuilt them from a glorified Golden Triangle drug cartel into a proper guerilla army with a renewed purpose: reclaiming East Timor for Indonesia and getting revenge on the US at any cost by threatening to detonate smallpox bombs in American cities should they try to oppose them.

* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Darah Dan Doa, the primary antagonists, were originally created by the CIA to be a grassroots, anti-Communist militia opposing Suharto's regime, then fell to become a lowly drug cartel when Suharto lost power and the US had no further use for them. Then Sadono took over and rebuilt them into a nationalist terrorist organization with the goal of reclaiming East Timor for Indonesia and plan to detonate smallpox bombs all over the US if they try and interfere.

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** [[spoiler:After the first mission in East Timor, a news broadcast shows Delta Force extracting Shetland from the compound with him obscuring his face to avoid being publicly identified. Immediately after that, the next news topic is about Japan's new Information Self Defence Force being brought into the spotlight and harsh sanctions other countries are bringing upon them over it, seeing it as a break of their post-war constitution. Shetland's Displace, the ISDF, and the machinations of its leader Admiral Otomo all consequently unfold the events of ''Chaos Theory.'']]

The game adds multiplayer capabilities to the series, with a versus mode and specially designed [[CoOpMultiplayer co-op]] levels. For the solo campaign, it adds some new moves such as shooting while hanging from pipes and a few new gadgets. Triggering alarms is even ''more'' unforgiving than in the [[VideoGame/SplinterCell1 first game]]. The main theme was composed by none other than Hollywood veteran composer Music/LaloSchifrin.

* CostumeEvolution: Sam's suit was fully black in the first game. When he's in East Timor and Indonesia here, he wears a suit with green camouflage to blend in with the jungles.

** [[spoiler:After the first mission in East Timor, a news broadcast shows Delta Force extracting Shetland from the compound with him obscuring his face to avoid being publicly identified. 'Immediately' after that, the next news topic is about Japan's new Information Self Defence Force being brought onto the spotlight and about to receive harsh sanctions. Both Shetland's Displace, and IDSF Admiral Otomo's machinations consequently unfold the events of ''Chaos Theory.'']]

* InstantThunder: Played so straight it very well may be a parody - the Jakarta level is set during a thunderstorm in which the thunder is heard ''before'' the lightning is seen. This may be because lightning lights up everything, making you visible for a split second when out in the open, [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality and not having any advance warning for it would be unfair]].

** While those names have meaning within the story, they're all cool-sounding codephrases that don't obviously mean anything unless explained [[note]]Lambert even notes that the ridiculous sound to the name is probably the point, "like the smiley face on a cobra's hood".[[/note]]. Just like the names of the FOXHOUND members, in fact.
** Also, the subnames for sister Tom Clancy series ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' included similar things like "Rogue Spear" and "Athena Sword". Plus, y'know, "Rainbow Six".[[note]][[IAmNotShazam The actual team is just called "Rainbow"]]. The novel explains that the name comes from it's multinational nature, like a bunch of different flags. The codename for the team's leader is "Six", because that's the actual radio proword for a unit's commander. [[/note]]
* JustTrainWrong: The Paris-Nice mission sees Sam opening and closing exit doors on a high-speed train to work his way towards Norman Soth. This is impossible to do, as doors on passenger trains automatically lock when the train is in motion. Even if it were possible, you'd set off alarms, alerting the train crew.

* MissionPackSequel: The game was originally planned as an expansion for the first ''Splinter Cell'' before it ended up releasing as a full game, presumably due to limitations in how an expansion could be delivered to console players at the time; the result is a solo campaign that's shorter than the original and with almost no additions to Sam's movement options or arsenal, with the only major change being the addition of a multiplayer mode.
* NoGearLevel: The [=SC-20K=] rifle is not available in either the first level in Dili or the Paris-Nice train. When Sam lands in Jerusalem, he has to retrieve the rifle at the shop of arms specialist Saul Berkovitz, who improved its suppressor to make it more silent.

* TakeAThirdOption: The ending of the game. [[spoiler:Sam has just neutralized Soth and his thugs and secured the [[PhlebotinumBomb ND133]], which has less than 15 minutes left on its detonation timer. As Third Echelon is unable to step in with the necessary equipment to properly contain the blast in such a small window of time, Lambert mentions that evacuating the airport should limit casualties to the hundreds, or if Sam can take it to the basement and make some attempt to contain it, the dozens.]] Sam instead opts to [[spoiler:find an empty staff room, change into a maintenance worker's jumpsuit, and leave the bomb just behind a pair of airport security, who quickly notice the very suspicious package and manage to mobilize the LAPD bomb squad [[InstantEmergencyResponse quickly enough]] to successfully contain the explosion.]]
* TooDumbToLive: One of the soldiers in the Kundang Camp mission attempts to fix a wonky landmine [[AlcoholInducedStupidity while drunk,]] and gets blown to bits for his troubles. Though the fact that he and his friend chose to get smashed while surrounded by landmines in the first place automatically qualified them for this trope to begin with.

* WithThisHerring: Sam is given the SC-20K in the second mission, but Third Echelon drops him in the fourth mission in Jerusalem without it, telling him where to pick it up. When [[LampshadeHanging he complains]], Irving says the guy it's with was doing some modifications to the acoustics, and he's pretty much the only person nearby with those kind of skills.

'''Lambert: ''' It's not that simple! We can't work that way! The mission's over!

earlier in the game to [[spoiler:Shetland's]]

** In the first mission in Dili, you walk right past a room with BigBad Sadono, and can easily put a bullet in his head without endangering yourself or any hostages, even potentially saving one who's about to be gunned down for [[HeKnowsTooMuch knowing too much]] (this all takes place a week ''before'' Sadono implements his "Pandora Tomorrow" scheme to release smallpox bombs if he dies). However, if you do this, you get an instant Game Over for not following orders, as Lambert wanted to leave Sadono alone until more intel could be gathered. Short-circuiting the entire plot in this manner does, however, reward you with one of the more memorable Game Over exchanges:

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Sadono can kill you with one shot (from a pistol, no less); however, since he cannot be taken hostage if he spots you (a requirement to complete the mission), it's more of a NonStandardGameOver.

* {{Irony}}: Norman Soth is first identified via the alias "Mortified Penguin", a parody of the names of FOXHOUND in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. The irony comes in the fact that the game this takes place in is called ''Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow''. While both parts of the name have meaning within the story, they're both cool-sounding codephrases that don't obviously mean anything unless explained (Lambert even notes that the ridiculous sound to the name is probably the point, "like the smiley face on a cobra's hood"). Just like the names of the FOXHOUND members, in fact. Also, the subnames for sister Tom Clancy series ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' included similar things like "Rogue Spear" and "Athena Sword". Plus, y'know, "Rainbow Six".[[note]][[IAmNotShazam The actual team is just called "Rainbow"]]. The novel explains that the name comes from it's multinational nature, like a bunch of different flags. The codename for the team's leader is "Six". [[/note]]