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“ | Kuwabara, Kuwabara! | „ |
~ Volgin. |
“ | Welcome to my country, and to my unit. | „ |
~ Volgin. |
“ | Ocelot: But... does this mean Granin was the spy? Volgin: Perhaps he was being used by someone else. Ocelot: Perhaps? This man was our comrade! Volgin: Comrade or not, he is of no use to us now. Ocelot: I don't approve of your methods! Volgin: I don't need your approval. I'm in command here. |
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~ Colonel Volgin after killing Granin. |
“ | Who's afraid of a little thunder? | „ |
~ Volgin's last words. |
Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin (Russian: Евгений Борисович Волгин), better known as Colonel Volgin and Thunderbolt, is one of the main antagonists of the Metal Gear franchise. He is a Stalinist GRU colonel who attempted to seize control and overthrow Nikita Khrushchev as the leader of the Soviet Union. After his defeat in his debut appearance, Volgin returns as the Man on Fire, although with his humanity lost to the point he had to be controlled by Tretji Rebenok.
He was voiced by Neil Ross in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, who also voiced the Cyclops in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the Mad Bomber in the Spider-Man 3 video game adaptations, Grandfather in Operation: Z.E.R.O., Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Fin Fang Foom in Iron Man: The Animated Series, CatNap in Poppy Playtime, and Mac Mange in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. In Japanese, he was voiced by the late Kenji Utsumi, who also voiced M. Bison in Street Fighter II V, Nosferatu Zodd in Berserk, Commander Red in Dragon Ball, Garland in Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Raoh in Fist of the North Star, among others.
Personality[]
“ | This is war, Major. A Cold War, fought with information and espionage. We must root out spies wherever they hide. It is kill or be killed. Potential threats must be weeded out. | „ |
~ Volgin giving his philosophy to Major Ocelot. |
Volgin is remorseless, merciless, and power hungry and wants to overthrow Khrushchev so that he can secretly control the Soviet Union. He also has a rather sadistic side, taking enjoyment in torture, but has trouble controlling the high he gets from it. Often times, Volgin kills his victims before they tell him anything, which can often work to his disadvantage and his sadism would rub off on Ocelot, who would also develop a love of torture.
Volgin is an extremely arrogant megalomaniac, believing his men should follow his commands without question. But even with all these negative traits, Volgin states that his goal to control the Eastern Bloc is so he can reunite the Philosophers, who’d been warring among themselves, thus ending the Cold War. Volgin had great respect (and possibly even fear) for the Boss, as seen when he backed away from her while torturing Snake when she accused him of not trusting her.
Volgin also seemed to respect Snake to some extent since he said fighting him would be a once in a lifetime opportunity. Volgin is apparently bisexual since he had relationships with both Raikov and EVA, who he knew as Tatyana. He did seem to really care about Raikov since he became enraged at the thought that Snake had hurt him. Also, even though he was very abusive to EVA, Volgin said he cared for her as a “pet” and it almost pained him to have to execute her.
He also has a habit of chanting “Kuwabara, Kuwabara”, (Japanese for mulberry bush), when it rains, which according to Japanese superstition, keeps lightning away. Ironically one of the few times he didn’t, he was struck by lightning.
Abilities[]
As Colonel Volgin[]
Colonel Volgin has unusual abilities such as his advanced strength and he even uses a Makarov pistol as a sidearm. However, his most notable ability is a physical anomaly in his body that allows Volgin to generate 10 million volts of electricity.
- Superhuman Strength: Volgin possesses practically superhuman strength, even for a man of his size and can use his electrical powers to their full potential thanks to the suit, such as augmenting his strength. He can send opponents flying and even lifting a Davy Crockett launcher by his hand which is about 300 kilograms. He can use his electricity to augment his strength to the point where he would punch through the Shagodod's armor when even a RPG could not do.
- Electricity Generation: However, his most notable ability is a physical anomaly in his body that allows Volgin to generate 10 million volts of electricity. And a shock from the metal of the bullets conducting the electricity. Volgin can also electrify metallic objects, send out beams of electricity, create a shield to protect himself from gunshots, and channel his electricity into things. Volgin’s electricity is attracted to metal and his powers can be weakened if he comes into contact with water.
- Enhanced Combatant: He has put together a combined attack with his electrical powers, which consists of holding four bullets between his knuckles and punching an enemy. This attack has the damage of the punch, the bullets gunpowder causing a gunshot-like effect.
- Rubber Combat Suit: He wears a rubber combat suit to protect himself from the electricity, which had previously caused the scars on his face.
As Man on Fire[]
After his defeat by Big Boss, his desire for vengeance would not only influence Mantis, but also allow himself to be experiments upon by soviet scientists to further enhance himself and gained a new set of powers and abilities, transforming himself into a figurative "demon". Like the original Volgin, Man on Fire is extremely vulnerable to water. This was even seen when Venom Snake can use a Water Pistol to defeat him or how in Cyprus, Naked Snake and Venom Snake used water sprinklers to make him flee.
- Kinetic Absorption: He could absorb bullets and explosive projectiles fired at him and then fire them out of his body as projectiles, similarly as he did before by firing bullets out of his body by igniting them with electricity.
- Superhuman Durability: His durability was enhanced tot he point where he could take a direct hit from a heavy grade weapon such as air to surface missiles or tank rounds without visible damage. In Cyprus, he even survived being run over by a tank and then being plummeted into a wall by an ambulance at high speed. Even being crushed by Sahelanthropus was not enough to kill him.
- Superhuman Strength: Volgin demonstrated even greater superhuman strength, as he could throw various vehicles and even rubble as projectiles during the mission in Cyprus. He was even able to physically push back and overpower a tank and somehow toss a whale across a large distance.
- Fire Manipulation: As Man on Fire, Volga's most notorious ability was his command over fire. During his fight with Venom Snake, it was seen that he could conjure up pillars of flames and fire blasts of fiery energy. He could even imbue his horse with fire based powers and make the horse resilient enough to run through car wreckages without losing its momentum.
- Self-Teleportation: As Man of Fire, he was somehow able to teleport across short distances by manifesting himself out his own flames.
- Power Bestowal: As Man on Fire, Volgin was able to imbue his personal horse with supernatural abilities. These abilities engulfed the horse in flames, gave the horse the ability to manifest flaming wings for flying. The empowered horse was also able to take ballistic damage from Snake's gun without permanent damage as well as run extremely fast and through most obstacles using brute force.
- Equestrianism: As Man on Fire, Volgin demonstrates proficiency in riding his flaming empowered horse.
Trivia[]
- Volgin’s last name is a common Russian surname that comes from the Volga River.
- While never explicitly confirmed, it is implied that the Man on Fire was used to clean up failed vocal cord parasite experiments, resulting in the destruction of Malak's village in the mission Angel with Broken Wings.
External Links[]
- Colonel Volgin on the Pure Evil Wiki