The Beauty and The Beast Unit
Metal Gear Solid 4 introduces four new bosses, who are all part of a unit named "The Beauty and The Beast Unit". The theme around these characters is how the horrors of war have transformed a beauty, in this case a beautiful woman, into a beast, the bosses which debued in the GC 2007 Trailer. Their names are Crying Wolf, Raging Raven, Screaming Mantis, and Laughing Octopus. Metal Gear Solid fans will quickly notice that their names are related to the names of members of the FOXHOUND unit, and the emotions relating to members of the Cobra Unit from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. For example, Crying Wolf = The Sorrow + Sniper Wolf. Four real-life actors have been chosen to have their faces captured as the "Beauty" side. They are Lyndall Jarvis, Scarlett Chorvat, Mieko Rye, and Yumi Kikuchi. Check out the screenshots gallery for full HD screenshots of this unit in action, as well as some renders.
| Screaming Mantis |
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Name: Screaming Mantis
Real Name: Unknown
Last seen: Never, a new character introduced to MGS4.
Affiliations: PMC.
Screaming Mantis appears to share more than a name with Psycho Mantis. Screaming Mantius can manipluate anything seemingly with her mind, much like Psycho Mantis. In the GC 2007 trailer she is seen literally crushing a PMC soldier with her mind, holding him up with what looks like puppet strings coming from no where. On closer inspection, she has two puppets of two previous Metal Gear Solid bosses: The Sorrow and Psycho Mantis. |
| Raging Raven |
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Name: Raging Raven
Real Name: Unknown
Last seen: Never, a new character introduced to MGS4.
Affiliations: PMC.
Raging Raven acts as their ariel support. She has wings and can swoop down on an enemy, either lifting them and dropping them or simply bombing them. She wears a mask, presumably for an oxygen tank which looks a lot like Naked Snake's mask from MGS3. |
| Laughing Octopus |
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Name: Laughing Octopus
Real Name: Unknown
Last seen: Never, a new character introduced to MGS4.
Affiliations: PMC.
Not much is known about Laughing Octopus, other than she uses her tentacles to move and attack at the same time. In the GC 2007 trailer she is seen lifting up a man and impaling him on one of her tentacles. Relevant or not, her tentacles resemble Solidus' from MGS2 somewhat. |
| Crying Wolf |
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Name: Crying Wolf
Real Name: Unknown
Last seen: Never, a new character introduced to MGS4.
Affiliations: PMC.
Almost nothing is known about this character. She has a gun on her back and appears to be rather strong and agile, more than able to take down the 10 or so soldiers she does in the GC 2007 trailer. |
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