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{{quote|''"I got to admit, It's tough to keep going. Everyone I loved is dead. Some call them the lucky ones... the ones that died on E-day, they never lived to see how much we've lost and how many principles we've compromised. But whenever I doubt what we're fighting for I just look to my squad. I mean maybe it's a good thing we lost everything. It's like a clean slate. We can make the world we always wanted to. Without repeating the same mistakes. I look at guys like Jace and Dom and realize we'll inherit this world. We're the ones who will make Sera beautiful again. That's a world worth fighting for." ''}}

* [[Bash Brothers]] -: Originally with Carlos, and then with Dom.

* [[Battle Couple]] -: With Anya.

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Badass]]}} - : {{spoiler|By the end of the trilogy, Marcus finally cracks, taking off his armor and lying completely and utterly defeated emotionally on Azura's beach. He's spent his entire adult life at war, and he's lost everyone he's ever cared about, save Anya}}.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] -: His affections for Anya;: the fact that [[Everyone Can See It]] since the Pendulum Wars doesn't help. Thankfully, she realizes it and tells him she feels the same way. They begin a quiet relationship.

* [[Covered with Scars|Covered With]] [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]] -: One across his lip since the Pendulum Wars, and many more gained from his time in prison.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -: Not as often as say Damon Baird, but he usually can't pass up the opportunity to snark, especially at Victor Hoffman.

* [[Disappeared Dad]] -: His dad was there, but was extremely emotionally distant.

* [[Flashback Nightmare]] -: How ''Gears of War 3'' begins;: [[Expanded Universe]] reveals Marcus has been having the same nightmare for years.

* [[Genius Bruiser]] -: Shows this much more in the books rather than the games.

* [[Icy Blue Eyes]] -: [[Expanded Universe]] states it's a Fenix family trait.

* [[Ink Suit Actor]] -: Somewhat to John Dimaggio, though not as pronounced as Augustus Cole's example below.

* [[Nice Hat]] -: He's always wearing that do-rag in the games. It's lumped in with the symbolism of him {{spoiler|taking off his armor at the end of the third game, as he takes the do-rag off as well}}.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]] -: Marcus NEVER smiles;: to emphasize, [[Word of God]] says he doesn't smile when it's his birthday... even when there's cake.

* [[Sergeant Rock]] -: Briefly when Benjamin Carmine is part of Delta Squad.

* [[The Stoic]]: Crossed at [[Not So Stoic]] at key points.

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{{quote|'' "Look, Marcus is busy saving the world again, so I gotta be there for him." ''}}

* [[Badass]]:

* [[Bash Brothers]] -: With Marcus.

* [[Beard of Sorrow]] -: Grows one by the time ''Gears of War 3'' occurs.

* [[Call to Agriculture]] -: In ''Gears of War 3'', it's implied Dom has spent most of his time aboard the ''Sovereign'' growing plants. When called away to the CIC, he gets annoyed and just wants to hurry up so he can get back to them. The attacking Lambent end up ruining them in a battle, though they probably would've been anyway even if the Lambent were nowhere near them since the ship gets toppled.

* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]}} - : {{spoiler|The repurcussionrepercussion of euthanisingeuthanizing Maria}}. Lampshaded in the first ''Gears of War 3'' trailer "Ashes to Ashes".

** {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]] via [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} - : {{spoiler|Arguably the [[Wham! Episode|WHAM moment]] in ''Gears of War 3''}}.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]] -: After having {{spoiler|to kill Maria}}, Dom dedicates himself to cultivating a fruit and vegetable garden on the ''Sovereign'' just so he can sort of distract himself. He'll still fight the Locust, but the burning hatred he showed for them in ''Gears of War 2'' is almost buried under his depression... until they [[Berserk Button|ruined his tomatoes]].

* [[Determinator]] -: Never gave up hope searching for his wife. OccassionallyOccasionally frustrated, but it didn't hold.

* [[Happily Married]] -: For the brief time, he and Maria were together before their kids died.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} - : {{spoiler|In order to save the rest of the team, Dom takes control of an old junker and rams it into a gas pump to destroy the massive waves of Locust '''AND''' Lambent that were about to overwhelm them. [[The Stoic|Marcus']] reaction when he sees Dom drive off and the aftermath accompanied by a [[Dark Reprise]] of "[[Tears for Fears|Mad World]]" is part of what makes this the most [[Tear Jerker|heartrending scene in the series]]}}.

* [[Ink Suit Actor]] -: Somewhat: Dom doesn't look like exactly like Carlos Ferro, but by the time ''Gears of War 3'' was in production, Dom was growing a [[Beard of Sorrow]]; Ferro was growing one himself and looked just like Dom.

* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Ones You Love]]}} - : {{spoiler|Dom euthanizes Maria after finding her catonic, scarred and malnourished in the Hollow}}.

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{{quote|'' "Our enemy talks to worms. If they're outsmarting us in this war, then we probably deserve to be extinct." ''}}

* [[Aggressive Categorism]] -: For Baird, all officers (except Anya and Hoffman) are idiotic parasites, and most people who aren't in Delta Squad are idiots.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Captain Ersatz]] -: The [[Final Fantasy VII|Cid Highwind]] of ''Gears of War'': both look physically similar (aside from Baird's musculature), the only tech-savvy people of their respective parties, gets by with sarcasm and snark, but deeply care about their friends. The only thing Baird needs is a spear.

* [[Character Development]] -: Starts off as a know-it-all jerkass who only cares about himself and Cole, but eventually becomes a know-it-all jerkass who secretly cares about everyone he knows and [[Self-Deprecation|hates himself for it]].

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]] -: If the "Chicks dig the Baird" shirt available on the Xbox Avatar Marketplace is any indication.

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] -: With Cole, and by ''Gears of War 3'', all of Delta.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] -: With Cole.

* [[Ink Suit Actor]] -: Although Fred Tatasciore is a bigger guy and older, and Baird is pretty skinny in the ''Gears of War'' universe, put him in fighting shape and give him blonde hair, and you can see the resemblenceresemblance.

* [[It's All About Me]] -: Pre-[[Character Development]].

* [[Jerkass]]:

** [[Jerkass Facade]] -: After he starts caring about people he knows, he tries to act like he doesn't care, but has trouble keeping it up.

* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]] -: His technical skills have gotten him several promotions, but he has repeatedly gotten himself busted back down to Corporal. In ''Anvil Gate'', Dom comes to believe that while Baird is happy knowing he's smart enough to be a sergeant, he doesn't believe he has the neccessarynecessary command ability.

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]] -: Due to his parents keeping him in a [[Gilded Cage]].

* [[Noodle Incident]] -: Implied in ''Gears of War 3'' regarding a certain event with him and his bladder... That or a [[Call Back]] to ''Gears of War 2'', when Marcus makes a long jump over a pit with a Centaur in the Hollow and Cole jokes that he thinks Baird pissed himself.

* [[Reluctant Warrior]] -: His interests always lay in the academic field, but his parents forced him to enlist as a Gear or else have no access to his inheritance,; once the Locust war started, his single tour of duty became a career. This actually explains his jerkass nature,: he figures his mechanical skills are more valuable than money now and thus no one is willing to kick him out.

* [[Ship Tease]] -: With Sam, making it a point to tell her personally to take care of herself after he, Marcus, Anya and Cole split off to {{spoiler|find Adam and his superweapon on Azura}}.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] -: Type 2 with nearly everyone in Delta Squad, especially Bernie. Averted with Cole, as the two never come close to an argument, though Baird's still bitter about the Hanover Cougars beating the Sharks.

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{{quote|'' "Can't stop the Train, baby!" ''}}

* [[Big Damn Heroes]] -: Cole lives on this trope.

* [[The Big Guy]] -: Class 2 and 4.

* [[Black Best Friend]] -: To Baird and Bernie.

* [[Emotional Bruiser]] -: Cole's reminiscing of his Thrashball days in ''Gears of War 3'', along with the following quote, is practically a lampshade of this trope:

* [[Establishing Character Moment]] -: Holding off several Locust all by himself.

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] -: With Baird.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] -: With Baird

* [[Hidden Depths]] -: He comes across as a shallow [[Boisterous Bruiser]] who obsesses over his glory days as a star athlete, but he does what he does out of an intense loyalty to his nation, fans and buddies. ''Gears of War 3'' especially shows him with some emotional undercurrents, a good degree of people skills and is a very competent squad leader.

* [[Hometown Hero]]: [[In-Universe]]. Well-loved in his hometown Hanover where he used to be the star player for the Cougars. The stadium even has a giant bronze statue of him, which Baird notes, with surprise, the Stranded in the area didn't melt down for scrap.

* [[In-Series Nickname]] -: "Cole Train".

* [[Ink Suit Actor]] -: Cole '''IS''' Lester Speight; more specifically, Cole's a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Speight's [[Notable Commercial Campaigns|"Terry Tate, Office Linebacker"]], in a viral video series for Reebok.

* [[Large Ham]] -: And is awesome because of it.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]] -: He became a Gear at the height of his Thrashball career, and still hasn't lost his speed.

* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]] -: Refuses every promotion, with the reasoning that a higher rank won't help him kill Locust any faster, plus he'd much rather stay with his buddies.

* [[Scary Black Man]] -: Arguably a positive example;: his [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment in ''Gears of War 2'' certainly shows sign of this, judging by the fleeing Locust Drones.

* [[Submissive Badass]] -: He dislikes being put in positions of authority, causing him to turn down many promotions.

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{{quote|'' "Oh, I'm fine. That's the scary thing. I want to do it again. I'm not finished. Ad all this hilarity- I hear it all the time in Control. But now I've done it myself. Tell me it's normal. Tell me I've not got some terrible thing in me waiting to get out and kill and joke about it." ''}}

* [[Action Girl]] -: Becomes one of three playable female Gears in ''Gears of War 3''. [[Expanded Universe]] states she heads to the frontlines during the novel ''Jacinto's Remnant''. Interestingly, she regrets not doing this earlier than she should have.

* [[Adrenaline Makeover]] -: Dom notes in ''Coalition's End'' that several months of wearing full battle gear has caused her to walk and act like a soldier, as well as getting a bit more muscular from its weight. She also cuts a lot of her long hair off towards the end of the book, when an exploding Lambent Polyp singes the ends.

* [[Badass]] -: [[It Runs in The Family]]

** [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]

* [[Battle Couple]] -: With Marcus.

* [[Good -Looking Privates]]

* [[Ink Suit Actor]] -: Try visualizing Anya in her mid-40s;: Nan McNamara looks eerily similar to her.

* [[Mission Control]] -: Before moving to the frontlines.

* [[Undying Loyalty]] -: To Hoffman: even in situations where she's supposed to report to Chairman Prescott first, she makes sure Hoffman winds up with the information beforehand.

* [[Well Done Daughter Girl]] -: When her mother Helena Stroud was alive, she was absolutely terrified of disappointing her. Luckily, Helena managed to tell her how proud she was of her before she died.

{{quote|'' "Guns and bombs don't kill people. Clever scientists who want to build a better method of destruction kill people - lots of them. Most of my Gears couldn't make anything more lethal than a blade or a bow. So you'll forgive me if I think it stinks that my Gears get your "baby-killer" crap and your educated colleagues get research grants. And that's before you start inventing other shit you can't control." ''}}

* [[Anti-Hero]] -: Type 3, sometimes dipping into Type 4.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] -: Hoffman's in charge of the COG military because he's the highest ranking officer that was [[Badass]] enough to survive against the Locust.

* [[The Atoner]] -: He feels he needs to make up for all of the horrible choices he had to make during the Pendulum Wars, and for the fact he left Marcus in prison to die, when the war hero could've saved more lives and killed more Locust.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] -: Second-in-command of what remains of humanity, and ''still'' just as capable as the rest of the heroes.

* [[Badass]]:

* [[Battle Couple]] -: With Bernie.

* [[December-DecemberDecember–December Romance]] -: With Bernie.

* [[Dirty Business]] -: [[The Siege]] of Anvil Gate.

* [[Freudian Trio]] -: [[The McCoy]] to Miran Trescu's [[The Spock|Spock]] and Quentin Michaelson's [[The Kirk|Kirk]].

* [[I Surrender, Suckers]] -: How he won the Siege of Anvil Gate. Unfortunately, he hates himself for it.

* [[The Last DJ]] -: See [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]] below.

* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]] -: Holds the rank of Colonel, despite being the head of the COG armed forces, for a couple of reasons: first, he insulted Chairman Prescott's predecessor, who made sure he would never get promoted again; second, everyone ranked higher than him died so quickly during the Locust War that it simply made Hoffman the highest ranking officer left; there was no need for a promotion. Before all that, he also worked to ''avoid'' promotions, fearing he would get promoted so high he wouldn't be able to fight on the battlefield alongside his men, and many of the higher ups didn't want to promote him because of his unorthodox ideas.

* [[Military Maverick]] -: Promoted commando tactics over traditional warfare, which annoyed the hell out of his superiors, but worked very effectively. This is also what leads to much of his conflict with Marcus: both are this trope, and are very alike in many ways. The sad part is they can't stand each other before the first game.

* [[My Greatest Failure]] -: Not stopping his wife from trying to rescue her sister in an area that would be hit by the [[Kill Sat|Hammer of Dawn counterattack]].

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] -: Most of the time.

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{{quote|'' "And I'm fucking Bernie Mataki, Two-Six RTI! And I will rejoin my fucking regiment!" ''}}

* [[Badass]]:

** [[Badass Long Hair]] -: Dreadlocks.

* [[Battle Couple]] -: With Hoffman.

* [[Berserk Button]] -: Anyone insulting Marcus or Hoffman, and violent Stranded.

* [[Cold Sniper]] / [[Friendly Sniper]] -: Has aspects of both.

* [[Cool Old Lady]]:

* [[December-DecemberDecember–December Romance]] -: With Hoffman.

* [[The Hunter]] -: Began by hunting down every single one of her rapists, and then transferred to any Stranded insurgent who fought the COG.

* [[In-Series Nickname]] -: Cole calls her "Boomer Lady", Baird refers to her as "Granny".

* [[The Lancer]] -: Served in this role to both Helena Stroud and Hoffman.

* [[Mentor]] -: To Anya.

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] -: She leveled Baird with one punch to the jaw when he annoyed her enough, though she also realized that if the much stronger Baird retaliated, he would have beaten the crap out of her.

* [[Rape and Revenge]] -: She hunted down two of her three rapists, and used her combat knife to [[Flaying Alive|personally show them how she skinned animals]]. She then removed [[Groin Attack|certain parts of their body]] and stuffed them down their throats before finally killing them.

* [[Rape as Backstory]] -: Gang-raped by three Stranded during her trek across Sera.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] -: Against her rapists.

* [[She Who Fights Monsters]] -: Fears becoming this in her hunt for her rapists.

* [[Team Mom]] -: To Delta Squad.

* [[Undying Loyalty]] -: To Helena

* [[Veteran Instructor]] -: But still fights.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] -: Type 2 with Baird. By ''Jacinto's Remnant'', they're more-or-less friends.

{{quote|'' "Some have said that [[War Is Hell]]. War is not Hell... for in Hell, innocence is spared." ''}}

A friend of Marcus from the Pendulum Wars, he saw his entire home village wiped out by Indie forces, and joined the COG to gain revenge. He has a tendency to survive where others didn't, {{spoiler|but that didn't help him when he was captured by the Locust in the Hollow and tortured into committing suicide}}.

* [[Badass]]:

** [[Break the Badass]] - : {{spoiler|Loses the fight against Skorge, is captured, and is tortured so painfully and horribly that both his [[Scars Are Forever|body]] and his [[Mind Rape|mind]] are broken and utterly violated, and he commits suicide out of insanity}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} - : {{spoiler|Fights Skorge to give Delta and Dizzy Wallin enough time to head down to the Hollow, but ends up captured and tortured. When Delta Squad extracts him, he immediately kills himself}}.

* [[Improvised Weapon]] -: Tai is noted for doing this in the [[Expanded Universe]];: notably, it's he who creatively used a chainsaw against the Locust after his Retro Lancer's bayonet broke, leading to the invention of the modern-day Lancer assault rifle.

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]:

'''Dom''': "You've got a sick mind, Tai." }}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] -: Against the Indies after his hometown was slaughtered.

* [[Screaming Warrior]] -: When fighting, especially when using a chainsaw.

** [[The Stoic]] -: When not fighting, he is normally meditating or giving out philosophical advice.

* [[Tribal Face Paint]] -: His tribal tattoos, known as Bakuaia.

{{quote|'' "Something's wrong with this thing! It keeps jamming!" ''}}

* [[The Cameo]] -: He appears as the third player in the dream sequence at the start of ''Gears of War 3''.

* [[The Ditz]] -: Not exactly the brightest of the Carmine siblings.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]] -: He ignores the Golden Rule of the Gears: {{spoiler|take cover and keep your head down.}}.

{{quote|'' "Sergeant Fenix? Are you Sergeant Fenix? Delta squad? I'm your new Trainee!" ''}}

* [[The Cameo]] -: Is the fourth player in the initial dream sequence of ''Gears of War 3''.

* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] - : {{spoiler|Half his body is burned away by digestive acid produced by digestive parasites in the Riftworm}}.

* [[Final Speech]] - : {{spoiler|He asks Marcus to tell his brothers and mom that he loves them, and tried to say something else, but died before he could finish}}.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice -]]: Averted: he attempts one, but ultimately does get on the {{spoiler|Raven. He falls out and dies almost immediately afterwards}}.

* [[Kick the Dog]] - : {{spoiler|Not only does he die, his body's unrecoverable due to the Riftworm digesting it}}.

* [[Pyromaniac]] -: While never shown in the campaign, Marcus and Dom stated he likes fire, and his multiplayermulti-player quotes when using the Scorcher flamethrower are suitably crazy.

* [[Weapon of Choice]] -: He is seen using the sniper rifle more often than not.

{{quote|'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Eat dirt and die, motherfucker!"]] ''}}

* [[Call Back]] -: "Good thing I wear a helmet."

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brothers]] -: His primary motivation.

* [[Gatling Good]] -: Most promotional materials for ''Gears of War 3'' have him wielding a Mulcher minigun.

* [[Hot-Blooded]] -: He becomes really fired up in combat. Of note is he also gets pissed off a couple times during the campaign and speaks his mind (though it was justified each time), something his brothers never did.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] -: He did not appreciate [[Tear Jerker|losing Anthony and Benjamin]].

* [[Running Gag]] -: Clayton's multiple brushes with death are some of the funniest moments in ''Gears of War 3''.

* [[Take That]] -: In Versus multiplayermulti-player, Clayton's skin may sometimes shout "Who's expendable now?!" after achieving a kill as a strike against the Carmine family's [[Running Gag]].

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] -: ''Coalition's End'' and ''Gears of War 3'' indicate Clayton has a rather unsettling obsession for [[Bacon Addiction|bacon]].

* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] -: It's implied by the writing on his armor that he put himself through this [[Running Gag|so he could reload properly]].

* {{spoiler|[[You Can't Fight Fate]]}} - : {{spoiler|Both of his brothers died at the beginning and middle of the first two games, respectively. Clayton arrives via [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to aid Delta Squad in the final battle, but Myrrah has her Tempest take down his chopper}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}} - : {{spoiler|...But he ultimately survives}}.

{{quote|'' [[Memetic Mutation|"I have the code."]] ''}}

* [[Honor Before Reason]] -: Even with orders to evacuate and the impending Kryllstorm minutes away, he refuses to give up on rescuing the civilians from the Ilima City orphanage.

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{{quote|'' "I hate myself. All I could think at first was that [[Disappeared Dad|he]] left me and Mum to stay with his mates. But I'm a Gear. I know it's not that simple." ''}}

'''Samantha''': "That'll save me from poisoning your dinner." }}

** Heads to [[Ship Tease]] in the final act where after Baird is informed of {{spoiler|Dom's death}}, in a moment of playing against his usual demeanor, Baird tells Samantha to take care of herself. She responds in the same way.

* [[Bomb Disposal]] -: Her specialty, she was trained as an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) technician.

* [[Disappeared Dad]] -: Samuel was killed in action during the Siege of Anvil Gate.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]] -: She has a crush on Dom, but he can't move past {{spoiler|killing Maria}} and return her feelings.

* [[In-Series Nickname]] -: "Duchashka", a Gorasini word meaning "lovely duchess".

* [[Tomboyish Name]] -: Goes exclusivlyexclusively by "Sam".

* [[Well Done Daughter Girl]] -: Grew up hearing stories about her father and tries to live up to his reputation, but worries she might have disappointed him somehow.

=== Richard Prescott (Voiced by Charles Cioffi (''Gears of War 2'') and [[Dwight Schultz]] (''Gears of War 3'') ===

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{{quote|'' "The Coalition of Ordered Governments still exists, the rule of law still exists, and our social covenants still exist. We may no longer be in a state of war, but we still have a battle ahead to survive and rebuild, and in these difficult days there will be no tolerance of lawlessness and antisocial behavior. Unity defeated the Locust. But disunity will be the certain end of us all." ''}}

* [[Badass]] -: He fights against the Lambent invading the ''Sovereign'' armed with nothing but a Snub pistol and without armor, while not losing his calm, collected manner.

* [[Character Development]] -: Started off hating keeping secrets and being honest with his advisorsadvisers and the military, but became very secretive and lied a lot over his fifteen years in office.

* [[Chest of Medals]] -: Which people wonder how he got, considering the fact that he was only in the army for 18 months and never saw combat.

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]] -: One of his defining character traits. He hates himself for ordering the Hammer counterstrikes as well as many other decisions he's made since E-Day, but believes them all to have been absolutely necessary for humanity to survive. While Marcus can't stand the guy and the things he did, even he had to admit there were some logic to it however morally shady it may have been.

* [[Permanent Elected Official]] -: There are no more elections after Emergence Day.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] -: When a battle or military crises is about to break out, Prescott knows to step back and let Hoffman do his job without interference.

* [[Rousing Speech]] -: He's very good at these, and even Hoffman has to acknowledge he can motivate people like nobody else he has ever seen. The opening of ''Gears of War 2'' is straight out of a Hollywood action movie.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]] -: He abandons the COG only a few months after the sinking of Jacinto, and without a leader, it disbands. However, he is insistent that he has a reason to leave, and wants the others to come with him, but they don't trust him and refuse. His return with information about Adam Fenix is what kicks off the plot of the third game.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] -: Has some elements of this in the flashback portions of ''Jacinto's Remnant''.

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{{quote|'' "Our government's doing more than abandoning us. They're killing more of us than the damn grubs have." ''}}

* [[The Alcoholic]] [[Alcoholic Parent|Parent]] -: He does drink a lot, but it never affects his work as a Gear, nor is he an abusive parent because of it.

* [[Badass]] -: This is noted in the third game: Delta Squad accidentally rendezvous with Dizzy after hijacking a Locust Barge. They wonder if he's fighting the entire Locust army at a supply depot; Dizzy replies he'd [[Call Back|learned his lesson against Skorge]]. When he's held hostage by Griffin's men in Char to force Delta to get Griffin's fuel, Marcus worries he'll attempt to escape. He winds up holding off Myrrah's Royal Guards singlehandedlysingle-handedly.

** [[Badass Beard]]

** [[Badass Driver]]

* [[Berserk Button]] -: He hates whenever someone suggests he's not loyal to the COG or a full Gear because he's a former Stranded.

* [[Cargo Ship]] -: With Betty, his grindlift.

* [[The Drunken Sailor]] -: In his merchant navy days.

* [[Going Cold Turkey]] -: After his last tour in the merchant navy, he was going to do this. Sadly, the day he started was Emergence Day.

* [[Nice Hat]] -: Wears a cowboy hat. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|It may be knocked off in multiplayermulti-player]] -... very, very, very regrettably, it may.

* [[Survivor Guilt]] -: Felt this after his first wife and child were killed on Emergence Day, and later after his second wife died. However, the need to care for his twin daughters pulled him out of it.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] -: His disappearance from ''Gears of War 2'' was not followed up on, unlike Tai. The graphic novels reveal he managed to escape and survived, and returns as a supporting character in the novels beginning with ''Jacinto's Remnant''. He reappears in ''Gears of War 3'', working with Delta Squad to be the driver and engineer of the naval transportation they'll need to get to Azura.

[[Goddamned Bats|Storm's about to hit]]..."'' }}

* [[Badass]]:

* [[Downloadable Content]] -: Not only is he the poster boy for the ''Gears of War 3'' Season Pass, but he's the headlining protagonist in "RAAM's Shadow".

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]}} - : {{spoiler|If charging into dozens of Locusts and Bloodmounts doesn't count as this, nothing does}}.

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]] -: Barrick smokes a lot, but it's okay since he's a badass {{spoiler|and dying of rustlung}}.

* [[Sole Survivor]] -: Of his original squad in the comics.

* [[Weapon of Choice]] -: Shotguns.

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{{quote|'' "I’veI've tried to stay in the light… I’mI'm trying every day. It’sIt's tricky, though. So much pain in the world, you can’tcan't help but feel it. And tough as it is you realize that feeling is the key to everything. Being hollow is the danger… feeling is the key. It’sIt's tough sometimes. Hell, it’sit's tough most of the time. But feeling is what makes us human." ''}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: To a slight degree.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]] -: Will sometimes drop one if he fails an Active Reload.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]] -: Watched his parents and brother get murdered by the Locust.

* [[Ear Ache]] -: Lost half his left ear to shrapnel from a Torque Bow bolt. Strangely, his character skin in ''Gears of War 3'' has his ear intact.

* {{spoiler|[[Guest Star Party Member]]}} -: In "RAAM's Shadow".

* [[The Heart]] -: Has been described as this a few times.

* [[Hero Worshipper]] -: Towards Marcus and Dom.

* [[Naive Newcomer]], [[New Meat]] -: A bit at first, but he quickly learns all the ropes of being a Gear and is quickly promoted.

* [[Replacement Goldfish]] -: In the ''Gears of War 3'' campaign {{spoiler|and "RAAM's Shadow"}}, he replaces the Player 2 character {{spoiler|after they die}}.

* [[Smart Guy]] -: He impresses Baird with his levels of analysis and thinking.

* {{spoiler|[[Take Up My Sword]]}} - : {{spoiler|Jace picks up Valera's Lancer in "RAAM's Shadow" to assist Zeta Squad}}.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]] -: Baird considers him to be this a bit, considering what he went through in his childhood.

Part of Zeta Squad, Alicia Valera called Ilima City her hometown, until evacuations were underway as Emergence Day had hit, and she was called into service to help scuttle survivors out of the city. Alicia appears exclusively in "RAAM's Shadow".

* [[Good -Looking Privates]]

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]] -: It's subtle, but there are several cuts at the top of her left eyebrow.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} - : {{spoiler|Shoves Jace out of the way as General RAAM was about to execute him}}.

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]] -: Alicia's definitely Hispanic, but sometimes her words give a resounding Greek/Eastern European accent rather than a Spanish one.

=== Adam Fenix (Voiced by Charles CioffiCijoffi (''Gears of War 2'') and Peter Renaday (''Gears of War 3'')) ===

{{quote|'' "I rarely see Marcus most days. I just don't know who he is, and it's all my fault. I lied to him about what happened to Elaine, and the longer I lie, the harder it is to come clean. Kids know when you're lying. Then their trust withers and dies." ''}}

* [[Blue Eyes]] -: Like Marcus, he has an icy and piercing gaze. However, Adam's noticeably freaked out by their intensity, and once decided to sell all of his ancestors' portraits hanging in his home because he felt their cold blue stares were judging him.

* [[My Greatest Failure]] -: Two of them: failing to be close to Marcus and be a better father than his was, and not finding a way to make peace with the Locust and avoid the Hammer of Dawn counterattack.

* [[Parental Neglect]] -: He was raised this way by his parents, and tried not to act like this toward Marcus; it didn't work.

* [[Professor Guinea Pig]] - : {{spoiler|In an attempt to see how the Imulsion infection spreads, Adam injected himself with it to determine its effects and build his superweapon accordingly}}.

The head of the COG Navy and a personal friend of Hoffman's from their time working together during the Pendulum Wars. He, Hoffman, and Trescu were often forced to deal with Prescott's under-the-table dealing of secrets and runarounds. After Prescott abandons the remainder of the COG and Hoffman leaves for Anvil Gate, Michaelson commands the recommissioned battleship ''CNV Sovereign'' with Delta Squad and COG loyalists.

* [[Freudian Trio]] -: [[The Kirk]] to Trescu's [[The Spock|Spock]] and Hoffman's [[The McCoy|McCoy]].

* [[Seadog Beard]] -: Had one during his pirate catching duties, but shaved it off when he became head of the Navy.

* [[Anti-Hero]] -: A mix of Type IV and V.

* [[Badass Beard]]

* [[The Cavalry]] -: Arrives with a Gorasni ship and reinforcements at Azura to assist the COG for the assault on the island in ''Gears of War 3''.

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] -: Is very willing to do this to get the information he needs, though his methods tend to be more of a psychological nature than a physical one, at least until he shoots one of the subjects to get the others to talk.

* [[Exalted Torturer]] -: Played with: his men and half the COG have no problem with him torturing Stranded Insurgents, while the other half view it as crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]].

* [[Freudian Trio]] -: [[The Spock]] to Hoffman's [[The McCoy|McCoy]] and Michaelson's [[The Kirk|Kirk]].

* [[Hope Bringer]] -: His presence is enough to inspire any Gorasini into fighting to the death.

* [[Shoot the Dog]] -: Executes two captured Stranded Insurgents, a father and his 14 year-old son, after the war is over, reasoning that Hoffman couldn't kill them himself, but he couldn't let them live because they killed several Gears.

Dom's wife, who went missing four years after Emergence Day due to her depression over her childenchildten's death. Dom spends the next ten years looking for her, {{spoiler|eventually finding her as a lobotmizedlobotomized Locust prisoner in the Hollow, and was forced to put her out of her misery}}.

* [[Do-Anything Robot]] -: To a point where Baird installs a ''stun gun'' for JACK to use in ''Gears of War 3''. In fact, JACK will help out during firefights and give Locust infantry trouble.

* [[Robot Buddy]] -: Notably averted throughout ''Gears of War 3'': JACK's been taken offline before the game begins because Baird needs spare parts to repair it. The final act brings it back to resume its usual duties.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]] -: Baird repairs JACK to full function and adds an electrical tazer weapon to help the other in combat.

{{quote|'' ""The Humans of Sera built a glorious civilization, but Humans are not destined to create. They ultimately did what they do best. Destroy. But this was nothing, compared to a new threat, from below. An enemy that will force Humanity to take their last, inevitable steps, toward extinction." ''}}

* [[Adrenaline Makeover]] -: In ''Gears of War 3'', she's leading the Locust Horde personally. She switches her outfit and even her skin seems to be of a different color.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] -: Her character skin is available for use in multiplayermulti-player for ''Gears of War 3'' , {{spoiler|and she is the game's [[Final Boss]]}}.

* [[Big Bad]] -: ''Gears of War 3'' makes it clear she IS the overall [[Big Bad]] of the trilogy {{spoiler|being the [[Final Boss]]}}.

* [[Cute Monster Girl]] -: Although given Myrrah's appearance, "monster" might be an understatement. Then again, considering how genocidal she is, "monster" might refer to a [[Complete Monster|different use of the term]].

* [[The Determinator]] -: And '''how'''. No matter how many life-threatening things happen to her in ''Gears of War 3'', she does [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|not. Frigging. Die.]] . {{spoiler|Thankfully, she finally does [[Shut UP, Hannibal|after getting stabbed with a knife by Marcus]]}}.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]] -: Delivers a rather bitchin' one throughout the {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]] battle}}.

{{quote|'''Myrrah''': Do you not see your most ''[[Sarcasm Mode|admirable]]'' qualities in us? Oh, yes - we ''are'' genocidal [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil|monsters]] - ''[[No Indoor Voice|JUST.]]'' ''[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|LIKE.]]'' '''''[[Not So Different|YOU!]]'''''<br />

'''Marcus''': ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|I can live with that!]]'' }}

* [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves]] -: In several of her speeches, she claims this is why peace with humans isn't possible.

* [[Large Ham]]: Very much so as the multiplayermulti-player announcer when the Locust win. In ''Gears of War 3'', killing an opponent often has her breaking out in [[Laughing Mad|maniacal laughter]].

* [[Mission Control]], [[Voice with an Internet Connection]] -: Commands General RAAM and his elite troops in the Locust playable segments of "RAAM's Shadow".

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] - : {{spoiler|The Lambent existed years ''before'' Emergence Day;: the Locust were losing more ground, and Myrrah had to turn to Adam Fenix for a solution to the problem. Since he couldn't find a way to destroy the Lambent without harming the Locust, Myrrah was left with no choice and ordered her forces to invade the surface, beginning the Human-Locust War}}.

* [[You Have Failed Me...]] -: In Versus multiplayermulti-player, one of the losing quotes for the Locust team is Myrrah expressing these exact words, with an added, bitter emphasis of "utterly".

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] -: '''[[Four-Star Badass|General]]''' RAAM. May double as [[Asskicking Equals Authority]].

* [[Cool Sword]] -: Carries one, and kills {{spoiler|Alicia Valera and Lieutenant Kim}} with it. Could qualify as a [[BFS]], but since [[Large and In Charge|he's the one using it]], it looks small, almost akin to a dagger.

* [[Elemental Baggage]] -: There's no explanation in ''Gears of War'' or "RAAM's Shadow" on why he seems to be able to summon Kryll out of thin air to protect him. Either that or he's keeping them all under his coat.

* [[Final Boss]]: In the first game.

* [[Finger-Poke of Doom]] -: In "RAAM's Shadow", players controlling RAAM can direct his Kryll shield with a point of a finger and turn enemy Gears into a fine, bloody paste.

* [[Hero-Killer]] -: Kills {{spoiler|Kim}} during his first appearance, while the Locust under his command take out a ''ton'' of [[Red Shirts]] at the same time. In his first ''chronological'' appearance ("RAAM's Shadow"), {{spoiler|he kills a squad of Onyx Guards (the most elite of COG troopers), and later, Alicia Valera}}.

* [[Implacable Man]] -: ''Nothing'' can slow this Locust down. In-universe, if he enters the battlefield, retreat is A MUST. In "RAAM's Shadow", he doesn't just open open gates, let alone even kick them down: he ''backhands them into rubble''.

* [[Large and In Charge]] -: While a Drone, RAAM's the size of a [[Giant Mook|Boomer]] (at least 9nine feet tall, he towers over the already big main characters). This is averted in multiplayermulti-player, where his skin is downsized to the height of a normal Drone for [[Competitive Balance|obvious reasons]].

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|Luckily My Kryll Shield Will Protect Me]]

* [[More Dakka]] -: Wields a portable (well, in comparison) Troika turret in battle in ''Gears of War''.

* [[Captain Ersatz]] -: Of the eponymous [[Predator]], thanks to Skorge's dreadlocks, facial structure and use of a polearm.

* [[High Speed Battle]] -: The second fight against him, where he chases down Delta Squad on Reavers with a gigantic Hydra.

* [[Informed Ability]] -: Marcus labels Skorge as being so tough that he makes RAAM look like a "goddamn pushover", yet doesn't put up much of a fight in-game.

An old Stranded who owned a gas station in Ephyra, until it was accidentlyaccidentally destroyed by Delta Squad. Chaps then led a group of Stranded underground, hoping to evade both the COG and Locust, until he was found by Delta Squad.

* [[Badass]] -: Fights alongside Delta with a Boltok pistol, and can actullyactually take down Locust Drones. Naturally, he complains the whole time.

{{quote|'' "You fuckin' COG bastards! Everywhere you go, everything you do it's always nothin' but death, pain, and miseries! You piece of shit motherfuckers!" ''}}

* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: In his introductory cutscene, you can see a display case in his office containing all the Gold weapons.

* [[Jerkass]] -: He cares solely about his employees, even though he treats them like crap, is an [[Ungrateful Bastard]] and takes every opportunity to shit-talk the COG. Even worse, according to the collectibles, even his ex-employees called him an asshole.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: In his defense, before the Hammerstrikes, Griffin Immulsion was noted for having no processing fatalities in its history largely ''because'' of Griffin's approach to running the company. His attitude was that keeping his employees safe --: whether they were happy or not -- wasnot—was all that mattered, even so much as calling his employees family.

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]] -: So much so he's the only person in the series who has actually made Marcus ''angry'' at him.

Dom's older brother and Marcus' best friend, Carlos was the first to join the COG army during the Pendulum Wars. He was extremely reckless, {{spoiler|and ended up paying for that at the Battle of Aspho Fields}}.

* [[Bash Brothers]] -: With Marcus.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]] -: For Dom and Marcus, even though he knows both are capable of taking care of themselves.

* {{spoiler|[[Mercy Kill]]}} - : {{spoiler|Carlos begged Marcus to do this for him after he's mortally wounded. Subverted since he managed to detonate a grenade to kill himself, stopping Marcus from risking his life to save him and [[Heroic Sacrifice|destroying a bridge that enemy reinforcements were crossing]]}}.

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]] -: Marcus joined the COG army after him but was promoted faster, and was the one Anya was attracted to the most. In a twist, Carlos felt this was alright, since he was happy seeing Marcus, who's the [[Perpetual Frowner]], be happy for once.

* [[Jerkass]] -: So much so that she can out-Jerk [[Up to Eleven|Baird]].

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] -: After Bernie loses her dog Mac, Gill's determined to find him so that one of her friends doesn't lose another thing she cares about.

* [[Cunning Linguist]] -: He is one of the few Gears who speak Gorasni, and is used to evesdrop on their private communications network.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -: This seems to be a recurring requirement to work on a King Raven.

* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]] -: She gets rather annoyed that Bernie keeps bringing her dog Mac to her to be patched up, and Prescott having her examine the remains of Lambent animals.

* [[Pet the Dog]] -: Has a soft spot for amputees, and for Dom after he {{spoiler|was forced to euthanize Maria}}.

* [[The Lancer]] -: Served in this role to Adam Fenix before he retired, and she got promoted.

* [[Undying Loyalty]] -: It is said that any Gear that served under Helena developed this to her.

* [[An Arm and a Leg]] -: Type II. Lost both his legs to a mine during a battle.

* [[Artificial Limbs]] -: Both his legs, but not very good ones. Baird makes upgrades to them when he can.

* [[The Determinator]] -: Will stop at nothing to find a way to walk again, even if it kills him.

* [[Wheelchair Woobie]] -: Lost his legs to the Locust, forcing him to be stuck in the CIC instead of fighting, to his great frustration.

South Islander sniper who fought in the Pendulum Wars, killing over four hundred Indie soldiers. During the Locust War, the death of his best friend and the Hammer of Dawn counterattack pushed him over the edge, and he disappeared without a trace. {{spoiler|He showed up again at Anvil Gate during the Lambent Invasion, having gone to live with the Pesanga}}.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]] -: He doesn't seem to get the point of roads in ''Jacinto's Remnant''.

* [[Heroic BSOD]] -: Small one after his best friend Baz is killed, major one after the Hammer of Dawn counterattack.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] -: He went into a depression after the Hammer of Dawn counterattack and disappeared, with many thinking he was [[Driven to Suicide]]. {{spoiler|He shows up in ''Coalition's End'' and is revealed to have gone to Pesang, where he joined the remaining Pesanga people in trying to survive the Locust}}.

* [[Embarrassing Tattoo]] -: Samantha gave him a skull tattoo on one of his shoulders that apparently has [[The Un-Reveal|something]] hilarious in its eyes. She eventually fixed it for him.

* [[The Lancer]] -: Serves as Anya's Lancer when she is put in command of a garrison in a small town.

* [[Ascended Extra]] -: He only got a small mention or single scene in the first three books, but then he gets a greatly expanded role in ''Coalition's End''.

* [[Badass Mustache]]

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] -: His [[In-Series Nickname]]? "The Disemboweler".

* [[Overranked Soldier]] -: Nobody likes him, and the only reason he hasn't been killed "fighting Locust" is because he is too good at organizing supplies.

* [[The Big Guy]] -: For Prescott.

* [[Secret Keeper]] -: One of the few individuals who knows everything that Prescott does.

* [[The Stoic]] -: He lets out only an occasional smile.

A young Gear soldier who was best friends with Jace, {{spoiler|he was killed shortly after joining Delta Squad}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Due to the Dead]]}} - : {{spoiler|His body is taken back to Jacinto and cremated alongside other dead Gears}}.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]] -: When off duty.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]] -: Much to Delta's surprise.

* [[Punny Name]] -: Bernie has a dog named Mac. [[The Bernie Mac Show|Bernie Mac]], [[Shout-Out|anyone]]?

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Bernie.