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14. The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
Nominated by hombad46
Look at this scar. This is proof that I was once a mother. I gave up my body and my child for my country. There is nothing left inside me now. Nothing at all. No hatred, not even regret. And yet sometimes at night I can still feel the pain creeping up inside me. Slithering through my body like a snake.


So heres an interesting character. The Boss is the mentor to Naked Snake, aka Big Boss. In Metal Gear Solid 3, the Boss turns traitor to America and becomes Snakes main antagonist. She appears throughout the game in boss fights and cutscenes, always one step ahead of Snake. He fights her in a climactic showdown in a memorable fight, only to learn that she never defected at all, and it was all, in true MGS fashion, an elaborate plot. So she dies, destined to be forever reviled as a traitor, with only Snake knowing the truth.

The Boss is the most feared character in the game. Her skills as a soldier are far beyond everyone elses. As the writeup hombad46 linked me to says, even the supernatural freaks she commands defer to her. Its evident that she loves Snake as a mentor, and in this massive conspiracy hes found himself in, shes still testing him, giving him his final exam.

Its nice to see a female character whos quite the I hate this word but Ill use it here badass. Shes not really sexualized at all either. Shes a professional, and shes got a job to do, and woe to anyone who stands in her way.