The Fury
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| Also known as | Flame Soldier |
| Nationality |  Soviet Russian
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| Affiliations | Cobra Unit GRU |
| Occcupation | Ex-Cosmonaut |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| Designed by | Yoji Shinkawa |
| English voice | Richard Doyle |
| Japanese voice | Takeshi Endo |
The Fury (ザ・フューリー Za Fyūrī?) appears in the game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He was the "Flame Soldier" of the Cobra Unit.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
The Fury was a member of the Cobra Unit during World War II. After the war, when the Cobra Unit was disbanded, he returned to Russia. There, he was selected to be the first ever human in outer space (ahead of Yuri Gagarin). However, towards the end of the flight, an accident occured.
During his re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, he somehow became engulfed in flames. He suffered severe burns to his entire body, and became incapable of feeling pain. During this experience, he saw the Earth obscured by the wall of fire. He subsequently obsessed over this vision of the Earth in flames, which may have contributed to his pyromania.
It is unknown what his speciality was whilst fighting as part of the Cobra Unit in WWII. However, judging by his proficiency with a flamethrower, it seems safe to assume he had always specialized in the use of flamethrowers.
As with the rest of the Cobra Unit, his codename reflects the specific emotion he experiences whilst on the battlefield; he feels a boundless and unrelenting rage towards the world and everything he is fighting.
He wore a fireproof Soviet Cosmonaut suit, equipped with a jetpack and a powerful flamethrower. Unlike most flamethrowers, the Fury's utilized a type of fuel that continued to burn long after it had been set ablaze.
[edit] Operation Snake Eater
See Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater
En route to Groznyj Grad, Colonel Volgin's fortified mountain fortress, Naked Snake encountered The Fury in an underground tunnel. After explaining his vision of the Earth in flames to Snake, the two fight one another. After a grueling battle, Snake eventually defeats the Fury by ripping his foe's flame retardant suit.
Accepting defeat, the heavily-injured Cobra laments the passing of the Cobra Unit before firing his jetpack, propelling himself upwards at full speed. Hitting the roof of the tunnel, the Fury explodes on impact. Out of the ensuing fireball spring two heads made of fire. They pursue Snake as far the exit, ultimately colliding with the closed door. This triggers a cave-in, rendering the tunnel inaccessible.
[edit] Trivia
- The Fury's line where he says that he is "coming home" is a reference to David Bowie's Major Tom character. Kojima once mentioned in his blog that he originally wanted to use "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie (which both feature the Major Tom character) as the ending themes for Metal Gear Solid 3.
- The voice actor for The Fury, Richard Doyle, would later provide the voice of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4.
- The letters on his helmet (БЕИ), have no meaning in russian, although a very similar word, "БЕЙ" translates as "beat", "hit", "whip" in imperative form, . Same letters are on Volgin suit (look at sleeve). Also this could mean Bey, for Turkish Governor, or BEI, for Butanol-Extractable Iodine.
[edit] See Also
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Characters |
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| Naked Snake — Major Zero — Para-Medic — Sigint The Boss — Colonel Volgin — Ocelot — EVA The Pain — The Fear — The Fury — The End — The Sorrow Sokolov — Granin — Raikov — Johnny Sasaki, Sr. |
