Revolver Ocelot

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Revolver Ocelot is a fictional character from the Metal Gear series, created by Hideo Kojima. He looks like a classic Western gunslinger, wearing a duster and gun belts, and wields a Colt revolver he calls “the greatest handgun ever made.” The name Ocelot is used for several versions of the character, including his younger self, Major Ocelot, and his long-running identity as Liquid Ocelot.

In Metal Gear Solid (1998), Ocelot is a top member of FOXHOUND and the right-hand man to Liquid Snake. He serves as the team’s interrogation expert and challenges Solid Snake to a gunfight, losing his right hand to the Cyborg Ninja but continuing to operate. By the end of the game, he’s the last surviving FOXHOUND member and is secretly aligned with the U.S. President, George Sears.

In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Ocelot returns as Liquid Ocelot. He has Liquid Snake’s arm grafted on, which affects his mind when Snake is nearby. He pretends to work for Sergei Gurlukovich but betrays friends, hijacks a weapons platform, and joins the Sons of Liberty. He eventually reveals his true allegiance to a behind-the-scenes group called the Patriots and fights to control the world’s fate.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater introduces a young Major Ocelot. He’s a GRU officer who leads his own unit and develops a rivalry with Naked Snake. Ocelot becomes involved in major plotting and is revealed as the Boss’s illegitimate child. Over time, he is shown as a triple agent, taking orders from multiple factions while pursuing his own goals.

In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, he appears as Liquid Ocelot, using self-hypnosis and nanomachines to act as Liquid’s mental double. He leads a private army of PMCs and fights Solid Snake before the Patriots’ systems are taken down. His apparent death comes after a climactic battle, though his fate is tied to the evolving plot.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain places Ocelot with Venom Snake and the Diamond Dogs. He helps with Zero’s deception by subjecting himself and Snake to hypnosis and supports Big Boss’s covert war. He often clashes with Kazuhira Miller over strategic matters and stays a key figure behind the scenes.

Reception and impact: Ocelot is one of the series’ most important and recurring characters, often praised as a complex villain and master strategist. He’s ranked highly on lists of top video game villains and is noted for his influence across nearly every Metal Gear title.