also worked alongside Big Boss, while the latter was running his mercenary business in Africa. Ocelot may have received the FOXDIE vaccination.[37]

At some point, prior to joining FOXHOUND, he encountered and worked alongside Psycho Mantis. However, he became distrustful of Mantis due to his inhuman nature, and tried to warn Liquid Snake against trusting him, although Liquid dismissed it as simply being the rivalry typical between ex-Soviet operatives.[38]

At some point between 2005 and 2007, Ocelot, with EVA's help, utilized a prototype device meant for the S3 Plan that was stolen by the latter from the Patriots to begin his attempt at becoming Liquid Ocelot.[39]

Behind the scenes

Revolver Ocelot (リボルバー・オセロット, Riborubā Oserotto?) is a recurring character in the Metal Gear series.

Metal Gear Solid

The original appearance of Revolver Ocelot in MetalGear Solid was inspired by Western film actor Lee Van Cleef. Requiring a character who could speak about Russia within the main story, director Hideo Kojima made Ocelot of Russian descent.[2] His codename was originally to have been Lynx, though Kojima disliked the sound of it and decided to change it to Ocelot.[2] Ocelot's nickname of Shalashaska (シャラシャーシカ, Sharashāshika?) is a corruption of "sharashka," which is an informal name for the OKB R&D labs in the Soviet Gulag labor camp system. Ocelot's overall spaghetti western design, as well as the character's fascination of the films, were also based on Kojima's own love for the genre, with the 1966 Italian film Django by Sergio Corbucci being his favorite spaghetti western.[40]

Polygon models of Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid (left) and