What is the Foxdie virus?

FOXDIE is a type of retrovirus that targets and kills only specific people. Naomi Hunter. FOXDIE was an engineered retrovirus developed by the DIA for the Pentagon. It was programmed to kill specific people by recognizing a person's DNA, causing cardiac arrest.
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How did Big Boss get FOXDIE?

Then, Big Boss has a steady death. The cause is the new FOXDIE virus, which he contracted from Solid Snake. This virus kills specific people based on recognizing DNA, and Snake got a new strain from Drebin so that he could use any weapons purchased from him.
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Why didn t FOXDIE kill Ocelot?

In MGS1, it was hinted that it's only because Ocelot was mainly working in the shadows, and in doing so, was specifically ruled out from being targetted by FOXDIE.
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Why did Drebin inject Snake with FOXDIE?

Drebin also provided Snake with an injection of nanomachines so that he could operate any weapons he might purchase from him, though he secretly infected him with a new strain of FOXDIE, which was programmed to kill former Patriot members Big Mama, Liquid Ocelot, and Big Boss under orders from JD and the other Patriot ...
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Did Snake die from FOXDIE?

John (or sometimes Jack) met his tragic end due to the FOXDIE virus, but he died in the most peaceful way possible: having a conversation with his only living son by the grave of his beloved mentor and mother, The Boss.
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Who kills Venom Snake?

It's stated in the timeline after the credits that during the Outer Heaven Uprising in 1995, Solid Snake kills Venom Snake.
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Is Venom Snake a clone?

The now-infamous ending plot twist reveals that Venom Snake is simply a "clone" of Big Boss, a double created to distract the world while the real Big Boss betrays his allegiances to build Outer Heaven.
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How did Snake survive FOXDIE?

However, Naomi believed since FOXDIE was programmed to kill Liquid, it would kill Snake as well due to their genetic similarities, even though it was never programmed to kill him. This was not the case since despite being clones of Big Boss, their genome was manipulated to have distinct differences.
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Who is Solid Snake a clone of?

Snake was one of the children born of the 1972 project Les Enfants Terribles. He was created as a clone of the world-renowned soldier Big Boss, along with his brothers Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake.
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Why did Big Boss Send Solid Snake?

He was planning on to build this company a larger military establishment, and he built Outer Heaven as its base. His purpose for sending the rookie Snake was to cause information confusion amongst the west.
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Is Ocelot in love with Big Boss?

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Metal Gear Solid 4 further plays with the idea by having Ocelot kiss Snake during the final battle, and The Phantom Pain more or less confirms Ocelot's infatuation with Big Boss.
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Why do gekkos bleed MGS?

Being bio-mechanical, a Gekko had a circulatory system that used blood to nourish its legs. If cut or shot, its legs would bleed. Since they were made of living muscle tissue, the legs produced lactic acid, which accumulated with muscle activity and had to be expelled periodically.
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Who is Ocelot loyal to?

During the game's main Plant Chapter, Ocelot then forms part of the terrorist group "Sons of Liberty" with Solidus Snake but ends up betraying the former President as well after revealing his true allegiance to the Patriots, a group that controls the United States.
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Is Venom Snake alive?

As such, Venom Snake is the first Snake to die, having living in the shadow of Big Boss for so long the two characters were one in the same all the way to his death. Venom Snake lived as he died, building the legacy of Big Boss, and that's a symptom of a unique problem for MGS6.
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Does Raiden have FoxDie?

Just as Solid Snake was the vector that spreads the biological form of FoxDie in the first MGS, Raiden can be seen in MGS2 as a vector for a digitized form of FoxDie. The difference being that this form of FoxDie controls information.
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Does Big Boss turn evil?

Metal Gear Solid V was advertised as the moment Big Boss truly became evil. While he is not the protagonist of The Phantom Pain, it does reveal his worst sin in brainwashing a loyal member of his own men into his proxy, Venom Snake.
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Why does Raiden wear an eyepatch?

Although not an eyepatch, Raiden utilized a cloth to cover his missing left eye, after a fight with Samuel Rodrigues resulted in his eye being injured and amputated, and because a cybernetic replacement eye wasn't fully created prior to his surgery, in 2018.
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Who is the perfect clone of Big Boss?

Solidus Snake (real name: George Sears) is the third and only perfect clone son of Big Boss and the main antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. He was voiced by the late John Cygan in English, who also played Hedley in Treasure Planet, Twitch in Toy Story 3, and the Mugger in The Cleveland Show.
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Why did Big Boss turn evil?

Big Boss became a mad man, Peace Walker explains that, he gave up on his mentor because she wanted peace and he wanted war/conflict because that's the only thing he knew. There's no way a guy that wants war and have his own nuclear nation so the world can be afraid of him be a good guy. Only for his own greedy beliefs.
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Is Solid Snake a virgin?

Solid Snake could be a virgin, but he's never been implied as such.
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Is Solid Snake a hero or villain?

Solid Snake, born as David, is one of the three main protagonists of the Metal Gear series (alongside Big Boss and Raiden), appearing as the main protagonist of Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and Metal Gear Solid, the deuteragonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and the main protagonist of Metal Gear ...
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Does venom carry DNA?

DNA exists in venom primarily as a result of cellular content deposition in the lumen of the venom gland following cell death. This cell debris may be ejected along with venom during prey envenomation or during venom extraction [40,41].
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What is demon snake?

Demon Snake is a secret character transformation in which the condition physically alters Snake's appearance into one of a "Demon". advertisement. Snake has an invisible Demon Value, a pool of points which are altered by player actions.
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Who became immune to snake venom?

Researchers have discovered that African and Asian primates evolved a certain resistance to diurnal cobra venoms. The research shows that the last common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas had evolved an even greater resistance to venom.
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