| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !Task Force Vanguard |
| 4 | [[folder:Arthur Kingsley]] |
| 5 | !!Sergeant/Lieutenant Arthur Kingsley |
| 6 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Chiké Okonkwo |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vgd_campaign_bios_001.jpg]] |
| 8 | The British protagonist. |
| 9 | ---- |
| 10 | * AFatherToHisMen: He takes things to heart and harbors deep empathy for those close to him. |
| 11 | * {{Kneecapping}}: His MVP animation has him kneecap a German soldier with a burst from the Sten. |
| 12 | * TheLeader: Of the "Headstrong" variety. His multiplayer intro spells it out, going back and forth between scenes of leading his men during training and on the frontline. |
| 13 | * MeaningfulName: Who better to lead a team than a man who has both [[Myth/KingArthur "King" and "Arthur"]] in his name? |
| 14 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on Sidney Cornell. |
| 15 | * {{Omniglot}}: He knows many languages, such as English, German, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Bantu, both the Equatorial and Northern dialects. |
| 16 | * RedOni: Arthur is this to Richard's BlueOni. |
| 17 | * SherlockScan: Is shown doing this frequently, such as deducing that Freisinger is a Rhinelander from his accent, or that Richter is a weaselly bureaucrat from the fact he has a high rank insignia but no combat medals. |
| 18 | * TakeMeInstead: When the squad is captured in Hamburg, Arthur tries to goad Friesinger into directing his ire at him specifically, by speaking to him in German and mocking him for being from Neustadt (and thus growing up under French occupation of the Rhineland). Unfortunately, Friesinger sees right through it and beats Novak to death instead while Arthur and the squad are ForcedToWatch. |
| 19 | * ThemeNaming: Both Arthur and Richard are names of English kings - one mythological, one historical. |
| 20 | * TokenMinority: He is an Afro-British soldier hailing from West Africa. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Polina Petrova]] |
| 24 | !!Lieutenant Polina Borisovna Petrova |
| 25 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraBailey |
| 26 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vgd_campaign_bios_002.jpg]] |
| 27 | The Soviet protagonist. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | * ActionGirl: And a very deadly one at that. |
| 30 | * BloodKnight: [[PlayedForDrama A rather tragic example]]-- she lives for combat because she has nothing else. When Kingsley attempts to rally the squad's morale with a discussion of [[IfWeGetThroughThis what they'll do when they get home]], Polina bitterly replies that her family and friends are dead, her home is a pile of rubble, and the only thing she has left in the world is killing Nazis. |
| 31 | * ChummyCommies: A Red Army sniper fighting alongside a U.S./Commonwealth special operations team. Downplayed in that the Soviet Union's political system is never addressed at all; for example, amid all of the [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Russian]] in Polina's levels, no Soviet characters are even once addressed as ''tovarisch'' or "comrade". |
| 32 | * ColdSniper: A very vengeful and deadly ActionGirl who uses a sniper rifle as her weapon. With fellow Russians, she's much more of a FriendlySniper. |
| 33 | * DoomedHometown: She was born and raised in Stalingrad, a city soon to become host to the deadliest battle in human history. |
| 34 | * EmergencyWeapon: Uses a kitchen knife recovered from her family home in Stalingrad to kill up close. |
| 35 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: {{Inverted}}. Polina, who joined the team primarily to get revenge on the Nazis for destroying Stalingrad, doesn't seem to like the other members of Vanguard very much, although by the end of the game she clearly respects Arthur quite a lot. |
| 36 | * MissingMom: Her mother died a decade before the events of the game. |
| 37 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko Lyudmila Pavlichenko]]. |
| 38 | * RedBaron: Lady Nightingale. |
| 39 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She was a nurse before the Nazis destroyed her hometown and killed her father and brother. Then she picked up a rifle and slaughtered her way across the Eastern Front before joining up with Vanguard. |
| 40 | * [[RussianGuySuffersMost Russian Girl Suffers Most]]: She is extremely vengeful due to her losing her family in the Battle of Stalingrad. |
| 41 | * TragicKeepsake: Her Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle doubles as a memento from her deceased father. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Lucas Riggs]] |
| 45 | !!2nd Lieutenant Lucas Riggs |
| 46 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Martin Copping |
| 47 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vgd_campaign_bios_003.jpg]] |
| 48 | The Australian protagonist. |
| 49 | ---- |
| 50 | * AlmightyJanitor: He never rose above the rank of private despite his meritorious service because his [[TheNeidermeyer incompetent and abusive]] commanding officer, Major Hamms, bore prejudice against the enlisted Australians under his command... and because he slugged Hamms in the face after the Battle of El Alamein. It's not until joining the Vanguard he gets promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
| 51 | * AwesomeAussie: As the Australian protagonist of the game, he naturally is. |
| 52 | * BerserkButton: Anyone who dares disrespect his fallen comrades will get a right hook from him. It doesn't matter if you're his commanding officer. Major Hamms finds out the hard way that his rank will protect him no longer from the one most victimized by his racism. |
| 53 | * TheBigGuy: The largest and strongest member of the team, with the ability to carry a dozen grenades or more at once, and "a mean right hook" to boot. |
| 54 | * DemolitionsExpert: His specialty, he even has special abilities in the campaign that allows him to aim the trajectory of his grenade throw and carry more grenades and explosives than any other characters. |
| 55 | * FarmBoy: He collected wool along his family before the war. |
| 56 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: For his notorious insubordination and being looked down upon by Major Hamms for his nationality, Riggs had it rough. |
| 57 | * JumpedAtTheCall: He signed up for combat in World War 2 even before conscription was implemented in his area. (Although it’s worth noting that conscripts only served in the militia for home service in Australia, at least until the Papua New Guinea campaign.) |
| 58 | * HotBlooded: Is described as being highly combustible in his method of dealing with problems. |
| 59 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Upham Charles Upham]], although Upham was a New Zealander. |
| 60 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When Major Hamms decides to replace the Australian flag with the Union Jack on the hill Lucas claimed to honor his fallen comrade, Lucas decides he's had enough of Hamms' tyranny and bullying that he punches him out. Rank be damned. |
| 61 | * TragicBigot: The tie-in comics reveal that he harbors prejudice against Brits because his British commanding officer, Major Henry Hamms was a corrupt, abusive racist who treated him like crap. As such, he believes all Brits are as bad as him, and as far as Riggs was concerned, there was no difference between Brits and Germans. When Lucas got thrown in prison for assaulting Hamms, he refused to ever work for or with a British soldier ever again when Carver Butcher came to recruit him. Those events revitalized his resolve to serve the Allies again. Even in the game itself, he’s somewhat at odds with Kingsley (a British soldier) because of how he does things, but his prejudice has more or less faded. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Wade Jackson]] |
| 65 | !!Lieutenant Wade Jackson |
| 66 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DerekPhillips |
| 67 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vgd_campaign_bios_004.jpg]] |
| 68 | The American protagonist. |
| 69 | ---- |
| 70 | * AcePilot: He is said to be more at home in the skies than on the ground. |
| 71 | %%* AdventurerOutfit: Gets a very stereotypical airman outfit in the Season 1 Battle Pass, complete with a wool-lined leather jacket, scarf and a leather flight helmet. |
| 72 | * AuraVision: Has a special "focus" mechanic that outlines enemy silhouettes through walls and cover, and allows the player to automatically lock on to targets while it's active. |
| 73 | * BatterUp: His finishing move involves beating the opponent with a baseball bat, and his highlight animation has him swing his Type 100 submachine gun like a bat. |
| 74 | * BloodKnight: He really enjoys fighting this war, due to his Thrill-Seeking nature. |
| 75 | * BrooklynRage: He is an impulsive and headstrong New Yorker prone to reckless actions and arguing, fighting in the war. He even mentions being a Dodgers fan during a mission. |
| 76 | * DynamicEntry: His multiplayer intro. Starts with him ComingInHot, then has Wade jump from a crashed plane to a Japanese staff car going full on DeadfootLeadfoot, drive the car right into a command room and give one of the Japanese soldiers a PineappleSurprise, and ends with an UnflinchingWalk. |
| 77 | * IWorkAlone: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While he prefers working alone, he doesn't mind working with people he sees as competent. |
| 78 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: "Wade" comes from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Wade_McClusky Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr.]], the Air Group commander for USS ''Enterprise'' during the Battle of Midway. It was him who led the carrier's dive bomber ([=VB-6=]) and scout bomber ([=VS-6=]) squadrons on a surprise attack, simultaneously with USS ''Yorktown'''s dive bomber squadron ([=VB-3=]) led by Maxwell F. Leslie, against the Imperial Japanese Navy's four fleet carriers that resulted in what the Japanese would later dub the ''Five Minutes of Death'', wherein three of those carriers sustained fatal damage within that span of time. |
| 79 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on Vernon L. Micheel, who was attached to the aforementioned [=VS-6=] and flew sorties during the Battle of Midway, including the aforementioned "Five Minutes of Death". Fittingly enough, Wade himself also was attached to [=VS-6=] during the in-game representation of said battle. |
| 80 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He calls Novak "The Bohunk."[[labelnote:*]]"Bohunk" is a racial slur used on people originating from Central or Southern Europe.[[/labelnote]] |
| 81 | * ThrillSeeker: He started chasing thrills from the age of 16 onwards. [[BloodKnight He joined the war for this purpose too, much to the displeasure of his copilot.]] |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Richard Webb]] |
| 85 | !!Sergeant Richard Webb |
| 86 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Simon Quarterman |
| 87 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vgd_campaign_bios_005.jpg]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | Kingsley's right-hand man. |
| 90 | ---- |
| 91 | * BlueOni: Richard is this to Arthur's RedOni. |
| 92 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he's ultimately dispatched courtesy of Richter in order to demoralise the other members of Vanguard. He barely has a moment to process the gun aimed at his face before it happens.]] |
| 93 | * TheConsigliere: He is this to [[TheLeader Kingsley]], who relies on him for his level-headed nature and planning abilities. |
| 94 | * TheCynic: He isn't exactly described as an overtly positive person. |
| 95 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:See BoomHeadshot.]] |
| 96 | * GentlemanAndAScholar: He is an academic, now fighting for the British in World War 2. |
| 97 | * KnightInSourArmour: He knows his country needs him for the war, but he sees no honor in the duty. Rather, he sees soldiering as a job that must be done if there is any hope of life returning to normalcy. |
| 98 | * NeverMyFault: The other Character Flaw of his besides his Pessimistic nature. |
| 99 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Otway Terence Otway]], [[spoiler:except Otway lived until 2006 while Webb was executed by Richter in 1945]]. |
| 100 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Assumed that his nature as an academic would help him stay away from the war. [[SubvertedTrope Sadly for him, that isn't the case.]] |
| 101 | * ThemeNaming: Both Arthur and Richard are names of English kings - one mythological, one historical. |
| 102 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Gets some development and a major part in Kingsley’s story, but ultimately is unceremoniously executed by Richter.]] |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Miloš Novak]] |
| 106 | !!Miloš Novak |
| 107 | [[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/novak_vanguard_comic.png]] |
| 108 | [[caption-width-right:296:Novak in the Vanguard Comic.]] |
| 109 | The sixth member of Task Force Vanguard. |
| 110 | ---- |
| 111 | * BludgeonedToDeath: [[spoiler:[[ChairmanOfTheBrawl With a chair no less.]]]] |
| 112 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He's bludgeoned to death by Freisinger, who uses a chair to brutally break his head open. The player is force to watch this happen from his perspective.]] |
| 113 | * EmbarrassingNickname: He is called "The Bohunk" by Wade Jackson in the comics.[[labelnote:Info]]"Bohunk" is a racial slur used for people originating from Central or Southern Europe.[[/labelnote]] |
| 114 | * FlatCharacter: The only pieces of personal information we learn about him in the game [[spoiler:before he is killed]] are his name and that he can pick locks. |
| 115 | ** His characterizations expanded quite a bit in the official Vanguard comics which reveals him to be a Serbo-Croatian descent and former covert operative for the [[LaResistance Yugoslav partisans]]. |
| 116 | * LaResistance: The comics reveals that he used to be an undercover agent within the Wehrmacht occupation forces in Serbia for the Yugoslav [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans National Liberation Army]]. |
| 117 | * RedShirt: [[spoiler:Serves as a third-person introduction to the main characters, then dies to establish the villain.]] |
| 118 | * SilentProtagonist: Not a single word from his mouth from beginning till end. |
| 119 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Dies at the end of the prologue.]] |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | !Antagonists |
| 123 | [[folder:Hermann Freisinger]] |
| 124 | !!SS Untersturmführer Hermann Wenzel Freisinger |
| 125 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Dan Donohue |
| 126 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_255581e1f6fcd3f45496fbe271429bbf_ea7150f8_2048.jpg]] |
| 127 | The main antagonist. |
| 128 | ---- |
| 129 | * AlmightyJanitor: He's an Unterstürmführer, equivalent to a second lieutenant. Despite this, he's still leader of the Gestapo and the ringleader of Project Phoenix. |
| 130 | * BadBoss: He threatens to have Richter killed if he disappoints him. |
| 131 | * BerserkButton: Arthur Kingsley mocks Freisinger for being a Rhinelander, and thus growing up under occupation by French troops-- including black troops ("Walking through your streets... marrying your women."). Rather than lashing out at Kingsley, however, Freisinger beats Novak to death while Vanguard Squad [[ForcedToWatch can only watch helplessly]]. |
| 132 | * BigBad: The leader of UsefulNotes/TheGestapo who wants to bring back the Reich. |
| 133 | * ChairmanOfTheBrawl: [[spoiler:Beats Novak to death with a chair.]] |
| 134 | * FourthReich: He wants to bring back Germany as this. |
| 135 | * GovernmentConspiracy: His ultimate plan, to create a FourthReich from the shadows. |
| 136 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Müller_(Gestapo) Heinrich Müller]]. |
| 137 | ** As an interesting inversion, [[spoiler:Erwin Rommel is explicitly listed as one of his co-conspirators]]. |
| 138 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: As you’d expect of a Nazi; he’s deeply dismissive of Kingsley because of his race, and Nazis were definitely hostile towards Blacks. |
| 139 | * TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Ultimately plans to usurp Hitler and start a new Reich, with himself as the Führer. Though Hitler took his life before this could happen.]] At one point he responds to the typical "Heil Hitler" with a noncommittal "Ja". |
| 140 | * SecretPolice: He is the leader of UsefulNotes/TheGestapo. |
| 141 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Even when finally captured by Vanguard, he's supremely overconfident they won't kill him [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou because of the covert intel he has]], even bragging that he'll likely be a [[GildedCage well-treated prisoner in America]] in exchange for his cooperation with the Allies. It gets him clubbed over the head by Polina with her rifle butt, doused in gasoline and set ablaze by Kingsley.]] |
| 142 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When he realises Vanguard Squad are going to forgo the value of the information he has for the satisfaction of killing him.]] |
| 143 | -->'''Freisinger:''' Do you even know who I am?! The value I can provide?!\ |
| 144 | '''[[spoiler:Kingsley]]:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner You're not worth it.]] |
| 145 | * VisionaryVillain: He has the grand plan of bringing back the Reich. |
| 146 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Freisinger disposes of officers that are no longer useful to him as he makes his escape. If Richter’s theory is correct, he may have done this to Hitler himself.]] |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Jannick Richter]] |
| 150 | !!SS Hauptsturmführer Jannick Richter |
| 151 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DominicMonaghan |
| 152 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jannickrichter_codv.png]] |
| 153 | The secondary antagonist. |
| 154 | ---- |
| 155 | * BreakThemByTalking: He's enlisted to do this to Task Force Vanguard, but he's so jittery and inexperienced that they're able to turn the tables and do it to ''him'' instead. |
| 156 | * DeskJockey: Kingsley immediately notices that Richter has a high rank insignia but no combat medals, and immediately pegs him as a spineless bureaucrat. |
| 157 | * FantasticRacism: Like his boss Freisinger, Richter makes several racist jibes at Kingsley and Polina. |
| 158 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears round spectacles and is a dedicated Nazi. |
| 159 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:His reaction when he walks into his interrogation room and sees the pile of officers Freisinger has had killed.]] |
| 160 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Knows nothing about Project Phoenix at the beginning of the story, and grows steadily more paranoid and alarmed as he discovers more about it. |
| 161 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Kingsley's monologue marks Richter as the perfect patsy as soon as he sees him-- but Richter is still dangerous enough to [[spoiler:blow Webb's brains out]] without warning. |
| 162 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:When he realises Freisinger has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness hung him out to dry]], Richter declares he'll use Polina as a bargaining chip with the Soviets to ensure his safety. He doesn't get the chance to act on it when Lucas breaks out of custody and overpowers Richter.]] |
| 163 | * VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Pleads for his life when he's at the mercy of Vanguard Squad. It doesn't do him any good.]] |
| 164 | * VillainousBreakdown: He grows subtly more disheveled as he realises just how bad his situation actually is. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Leo Steiner]] |
| 168 | !!SS Oberst-Gruppenführer Leo Steiner |
| 169 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Ray Proscia |
| 170 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_screenshots_of_the_call_of_duty_vanguard_story_campaign.jpeg]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | The antagonist in the sixth mission, "Lady Nightingale". |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | |
| 175 | * BaldOfEvil: A Nazi commander without a hair on his head. |
| 176 | * BossBattle: You lose your weapons shortly before confronting him one-on-one, so similarly to Russian soldier J-12 from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' you have to sneak around and avoid him in order to [[RuleOfThree backstab him 3 times]]. He's much more cunning than J-12 was and will use various environmental tricks to distract you and lure you out of hiding. |
| 177 | * DisneyVillainDeath: Downplayed: [[spoiler:Polina flings him off the roof of a building in Stalingrad, but Steiner was [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge already dead from the multiple times she'd stabbed him]] before he hit the ground.]] |
| 178 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He's heard in the previous Polina mission at the start of the Battle of Stalingrad. |
| 179 | * EvilIsHammy |
| 180 | * LargeHam |
| 181 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: As an ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer'', he's based on either Sepp Dietrich or Paul Hausser, who were the only two soldiers to hold that rank.[[note]]Two other men, Kurt Daluege and Franz Xaver Schwarz, were also given the rank of ''Oberst-Gruppenführer'', but neither served in the Waffen-SS, with Daluege being the Chief of the Orpo and Schwarz serving in the Allgemeine-SS only.[[/note]] As commander of German forces in Stalingrad, he takes the place of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, who survived the battle and thus earned the ignominious distinction of being the first field marshal in German history to be taken prisoner. |
| 182 | * PraetorianGuard: Has a few [[HeavilyArmoredMook Jagermorders]] acting as his personal bodyguards. |
| 183 | |
| 184 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking : He's the SS equivalent of a four-star general and skilled with a sniper rifle and a shotgun, putting up a decent fight even after being stabbed multiple times. He's also skilled enough in hand-to-hand that you can't just run up to him and stab him and must sneak attack him, and is hardy enough to throw you off multiple times after being stabbed. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | !6th Airborne Division |
| 188 | [[folder:Thomas Jones]] |
| 189 | !!Corporal Thomas Jones |
| 190 | A young NCO under Kingsley’s command. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he meets his very sudden demise.]] |
| 193 | * KilledMidSentence |
| 194 | * RedShirt |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Phillip Evans]] |
| 198 | !!Private Phillip Evans |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * MauveShirt |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Henry Baker]] |
| 204 | !!Captain Henry Baker |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * KilledOffscreen |
| 207 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He appears once on the plane and is not seen again; when Kingsley links up with Webb, he learns that he’s been killed. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | !Red Army and Partisans |
| 211 | [[folder:Boris Petrov]] |
| 212 | !!Boris Petrov |
| 213 | ---- |
| 214 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Mocks the SS firing squad about to kill him, insisting the Nazis will fail in their attempt to conquer Russia.]] |
| 215 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Taught Polina to shoot, [[spoiler:and was murdered by the SS]]. |
| 216 | * OldSoldier: A veteran, presumably of either the First World War or the Russian Civil War. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Misha Petrov]] |
| 220 | !!Mikhail Borisovich Petrov |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * TakingYouWithMe: In order to cover Polina's escape, he blows himself up along with the German soldiers chasing her. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !Scouting Squadron Six |
| 226 | |
| 227 | !93rd Infantry Division |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !9th Australian Division |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Des Wilmot]] |
| 232 | !!Private Desmond ‘Des’ Wilmot |
| 233 | Lucas’ best friend and companion. |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * BashBrothers: With Lucas. [[spoiler:Until he dies at El Alamein.]] |
| 236 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: Is frequently seen swigging from a hip flask. |
| 237 | * MildlyMilitary: Doesn’t really care much for military discipline. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Robert Jacobs]] |
| 241 | !!Lieutenant Robert Jacobs |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * {{Foil}}: To Major Hamms. Unlike him, Jacobs is reasonable and respectful towards the Australians, and eventually becomes friends with Lucas and Des. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Henry Hamms]] |
| 247 | !!Major Henry Hamms |
| 248 | ---- |
| 249 | * AmbitionIsEvil: It's clear Hamms only cares about getting medals and a promotion, that he will go as far as StealingTheCredit from his Australian subordinates, and doesn't care about how many people die from his incompetence. |
| 250 | * ArcVillain: Of the Australian missions. |
| 251 | * AssholeVictim: Nobody’s likely to feel sorry for him when Lucas punches him. Even the British soldiers who arrest him don’t look particularly concerned for Hamms, arresting Riggs more out of duty than in anger. |
| 252 | * BadBoss: If you so much as take one of his personal belongings, you're dead. Considering his treatment towards the Australians, the way Lucas says it implies this is NotHyperbole and likely ''will'' kill you. |
| 253 | * BeardOfEvil: Hamms has a mustache, and he's a cruel officer to Lucas and his comrades. |
| 254 | * DirtyCoward: Hamms mostly hides behind his tanks, men and rank, all of which he's nothing without. He led an attack on El Alamein, and when it was not going well, he stubbornly insisted on holding the line, hiding in while his men get mercilessly torn and pummeled. It really shows when he couldn't defend himself against Lucas punching him out. |
| 255 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Major Hamms does speak politely at times, but everything that comes out of his mouth is condescending at best, or downright nasty at worst. |
| 256 | * GeneralFailure: His poor command abilities get dozens of Australian infantryman and British tankers killed, [[spoiler:including Des]]. |
| 257 | %%* GloryHound |
| 258 | %%* HateSink |
| 259 | * HatedByAll: Not just amongst the Australians, but by his fellow Brits too. |
| 260 | * ItsAllAboutMe |
| 261 | * MajorlyAwesome: [[AvertedTrope Not even slightly.]] |
| 262 | %%* TheNeidermeyer |
| 263 | * NeverMyFault: Blames the Australians for his mistakes. |
| 264 | * PatrioticFervor: To the point where even Jacobs gets sick of it. |
| 265 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Against Australians. |
| 266 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: His reason for his treatment of others? According to Bluey, he's a major and thus, can get away with what he wants. Everyone under him only exists to do his bidding. |
| 267 | %%* UngratefulBastard |
| 268 | * UpperClassTwit |
| 269 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: It's heavily implied Hamms has the respect of Allied Command, but he's a racist, selfish bastard who denies credit to his Australian soldiers and yet he gets away with doing with them as he pleases. After Lucas punched him out, it is spun as Riggs assaulting his superior rather than him standing up to racism. |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:’Bluey’ Smith]] |
| 273 | !!Private ‘Bluey’ Smith |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * TheEeyore: A little more downbeat than his comrades. |
| 276 | * MauveShirt: Doesn’t get as much focus as the others. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | !Multiplayer Operators |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !!Task Force Hellhounds |
| 282 | [[folder:Daniel]] |
| 283 | !!Daniel Take Yatsu |
| 284 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Kobe Shimada |
| 285 | -->'''Voiced by:''' JB Tadena |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Japanese-American auto mechanic from California, Daniel's family was sent to an internment camp when the US entered the war, and Daniel himself was drafted to fight in Italy. |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Shows them off in his introductory video, providing covering fire to a medic carrying a wounded soldier to safety. At night, using iron sights only, he pulls off several headshots in quick succession, then detonates a dropped grenade and finally drops a church bell on a German truck by shooting the rope that holds the bell on top of the church tower. |
| 290 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Based on US Senator [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye Daniel Inouye]]. |
| 291 | [[/folder]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Halima]] |
| 294 | !!Halima Zambardi |
| 295 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Djaka Souare |
| 296 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Candice Renee |
| 297 | |
| 298 | The daughter of an Italian fascist and a Somali woman, Halima decided to join the Somali resistance instead of escaping to Italy with her parents. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Her father served Mussolini, but she took up arms against the Italians. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | !!Task Force Sentinel |
| 304 | [[folder:Constanze]] |
| 305 | !!Constanze Trude Muller |
| 306 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Olivia Rose Keegan |
| 307 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Anna Ewelina |
| 308 | |
| 309 | Forced to join the League of German Girls, Constanze kept bucking against authority until she finally defected after falling in love with a Polish resistance member. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * ButchLesbian: Short-haired, clad in German uniform, defected after falling in love with a girl. |
| 312 | * LittleMissBadass: Born in 1926, she's the youngest of the operators, making her about 19. Yet she not only defected from the Volkssturm, but also prefers to use heavy weapons. |
| 313 | * SmallGirlBigGun: Her favorite weapon is the [=MG42=] machine gun. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Padmavati]] |
| 317 | !!Padmavati Balan |
| 318 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Hayden Shinger |
| 319 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Natasha Chandel |
| 320 | |
| 321 | Daughter of laborers working in a British Raj estate, Padmavati joined the Indian National Army in order to fight against the British occupation. |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * CloseRangeCombatant: Her favored weapon is the Winchester 1897 combat shotgun, as depicted in her intro. |
| 324 | * CulturedBadass: Her hobbies are music and poetry, and her bio even calls her a WarriorPoet. |
| 325 | * EasilyForgiven: Given that she fought ''against'' the British, her showing up in an Allied unit might mean she got off easy. Or perhaps, like Shigenori, she defected in disgust at the atrocities being committed. |
| 326 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: She has a M1897 combat shotgun as her weapon. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | !!Task Force Barbarian |
| 330 | [[folder:Roland]] |
| 331 | !!Roland Zeimet |
| 332 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Johnny Kostrey |
| 333 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DarinDePaul |
| 334 | |
| 335 | Forcibly drafted into the Wehrmacht, Roland only served to keep his family safe. After they were sent to a concentration camp, Roland deserted and tried to save them - in vain. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * BloodKnight: His in-game chatter shows off his zeal for fighting and killing. |
| 338 | * TheDogBitesBack: He was forced to join the Wehrmacht in order to protect his family, only for the Reich to haul them off to a concentration camp anyway. |
| 339 | * InappropriateHunger: His callout after scoring a direct hit with a thermite grenade: |
| 340 | --> "Got the sizzle, now bring the steaks!" |
| 341 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He wanted to [[RoaringRampageOfRescue save his family]], but failed and decided to avenge them instead. |
| 342 | * UseYourHead: His MVP animation has him headbutting a helmet-wearing German soldier, and his finishing move involves headbutting the opponent and [[EyeScream shoving thumbs in his eyes]]. |
| 343 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: He was born in 1920, making him about 25, but looks about 40. |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:Beatrice]] |
| 347 | !!Beatrice Mercier |
| 348 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Corinne Mosher |
| 349 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Rini Bell |
| 350 | |
| 351 | A French teacher who joined the Resistance after the Germans arrested her fiance. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * LaResistance: Fought with the French Resistance in the liberation of Paris. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | !!Task Force Shadow |
| 357 | [[folder:Shigenori]] |
| 358 | !!Shigenori Ota |
| 359 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Jonathan Tanigaki |
| 360 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Aleks Le |
| 361 | |
| 362 | A descendant of a samurai clan, Shigenori joined the Imperial Japanese Navy and, after witnessing the atrocities committed by his peers, was framed for desertion and sentenced to death. Having nothing to lose, he defected and surrendered to the Allies. |
| 363 | ---- |
| 364 | * HeelRealization: His disgust with the atrocities committed by the IJA got him in trouble. |
| 365 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: His finishing move, "Iaijutsu", involves the katana he carries on his belt. Also, in his intro video, he takes his former commanding officer down in a swordfight. |
| 366 | * KickTheDog: The victim of this. He suffered abuse at the hands of his commanding officer, culminating in false desertion charges. |
| 367 | ** TheDogBitesBack: His intro video shows him leading Australian forces against his old commanding officer and killing him. |
| 368 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: Inverted. He only joined the Allies after being falsely accused of desertion. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Solange]] |
| 372 | !!Solange Hardewijk |
| 373 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Dara Emery |
| 374 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Ione Butler |
| 375 | |
| 376 | Dutch-Aruban physics student and athlete, Solange was evacuated from Amsterdam to London along with the Dutch Jewish population. |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * MartialPacifist: She fights only to bring peace, so she can [[RetiredBadass retire and focus on her scholarly pursuits.]] |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | !!Task Force Trident |
| 382 | Introduced in Season 1 and tied to the Warzone: Pacific theater. |
| 383 | [[folder:Francis]] |
| 384 | !!Francis "Kai" Lanakila |
| 385 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Jayd Swendseid |
| 386 | |
| 387 | The team's leader, Francis is said to be as much of a show-off as Wade. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * SuplexFinisher: His unlockable finishing move is, indeed, a suplex. |
| 390 | * WildSamoan: His Season 1 "Awoken" skin plays it to the hilt, consisting of a loincloth, a feathery cape and a [[CoolMask skull mask]]. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Lewis]] |
| 394 | !!Lewis Howard |
| 395 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Russell Richardson |
| 396 | |
| 397 | The team's sniper. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * ActorAllusion: He mentions having a brother fighting in Europe, referencing Marcus Howard from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'', also portrayed by Richardson. |
| 400 | * {{BFG}}: His favored weapon is the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle. |
| 401 | * {{Expy}}: Of Mace from ''Modern Warfare 2019'', particularly his "Tombstone" skin. |
| 402 | * InTheHood: Wears a hooded cloak as part of his camouflage. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Isabella]] |
| 406 | !!Isabella Rosario Dulnuan Reyes |
| 407 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Melissa Christine |
| 408 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Jenn Wong |
| 409 | |
| 410 | Filipina freedom fighter and the team's CQB specialist. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | * DualWielding: Carries two barong machetes on her back. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | !!Task Force Yeti |
| 416 | Introduced in Season 2, ''Armored War Machines''. |
| 417 | [[folder:Anna]] |
| 418 | !!Anna Drake |
| 419 | -->'''Facial Capture:''' Keeley Bright |
| 420 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Marcella Lentz-Pope |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder:Thomas]] |
| 424 | !!Thomas Bolt |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[folder:Gustavo]] |
| 428 | !!Gustavo dos Santos |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | !!Task Force Executioners |
| 432 | [[folder:Snoop Dogg]] |
| 433 | !!Calvin Cordozar "Music/SnoopDogg" Broadus Jr. |
| 434 | -->'''Voiced by:''' [[AsHimself Himself]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | A rapper from Long Beach, California and media personality, Snoop Dogg has chosen to fight in Vanguard as an operator. |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * AscendedExtra: Snoop previously provided his vocal talents for an announcer pack for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts''. |
| 439 | * AnachronismStew: Born 10/20/1971 and somehow fighting in World War II. [[RuleOfCool Don't question it.]] |
| 440 | * CoolShades: Every single one of his operator skins has them. |
| 441 | * TheStoner: It's Snoop Dogg. This was a given. He even has an MVP highlight where after he stops a German soldier from shooting him, he offers him a toke of his joint. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | !!Task Force Harpy |
| 445 | Introduced in Season 3, ''Classified Arms''. |
| 446 | [[folder:Mateo]] |
| 447 | !!Mateo Hernandez |
| 448 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Rivas |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Florence]] |
| 452 | !!Florence Carter |
| 453 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Andia Winslow |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Kim]] |
| 457 | !!Kim Tae Young |
| 458 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Judy Alice Lee |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | !!Task Force Immortal |
| 462 | Introduced in Season 4, ''Mercenaries of Fortune''. |
| 463 | [[folder:Butcher]] |
| 464 | !!Carver Butcher |
| 465 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Ron Bottitta |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Callum]] |
| 469 | !!Callum Hendry |
| 470 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Neal Polister |
| 471 | [[/folder]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[folder:Ikenna]] |
| 474 | !!Ikenna Olowe |
| 475 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkeAmadi |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | !!Task Force Terminators |
| 479 | [[folder:[=T-800=]]] |
| 480 | !![[Film/TheTerminator T-800]] |
| 481 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger (reused audio) |
| 482 | [[/folder]] |
| 483 | |
| 484 | [[folder:[=T-1000=]]] |
| 485 | !![[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]] |
| 486 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertPatrick (reused audio) |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | !!Task Force Tyrants |
| 490 | Introduced in Season 5, ''Last Stand''. |
| 491 | [[folder:Raul]] |
| 492 | !![[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Raul Menendez]] |
| 493 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KamarDeLosReyes |
| 494 | |
| 495 | The charismatic, vengeful Nicaraguan leader of Cordis Die. |
| 496 | ---- |
| 497 | * ArchEnemy: Frank Woods, for (accidentally) murdering his beloved sister, Josefina. Promotional images for ''Last Stand'' even has them staring each other down. |
| 498 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Dons his iconic white suit, and can be swapped for different colors and even patterns of your liking. |
| 499 | * BigBadEnsemble: He leads Task Force Tyrants, alongside Khaled Al-Asad, Gabriel T. Rorke, and Seraph. |
| 500 | * {{Expy}}: His eyepatch, which he never wore in ''Black Ops II'', makes him look a lot like [[VideoGame/MetalGear Big Boss]], especially in the promotional image for ''Last Stand''. Just like Big Boss, he is a tyrannical, yet charismatic leader of whom countless people are unwaveringly loyal to. |
| 501 | * EyepatchOfPower: Wears one as he did in ''Black Ops 4'' and ''Mobile''. |
| 502 | * RayGun: Not to be confused with ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies the]]'' Ray Gun, which he can actually use in Zombies, his favorite weapon is the [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare EX1]]. Could count as FridgeBrilliance considering he comes from a techno-future. |
| 503 | * RuleOfCool: What's a man from 2025 doing fighting in World War II with a laser rifle? This very trope. |
| 504 | * SilverFox: Old age, burn scars, and a missing eye have done nothing to make him less attractive. |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[folder:Khaled]] |
| 508 | !![[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 Khaled Al-Asad]] |
| 509 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Benyaer |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | [[folder:Seraph]] |
| 513 | !![[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen]] |
| 514 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Judy Alice Lee |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder:Gabriel]] |
| 518 | !![[VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts Gabriel T. Rorke]] |
| 519 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinGage |
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