THE COBRA UNIT

The Cobra Unit is the team of bosses you fight in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. In the story, they were an elite special forces unit fighting for the Allied forces during World War 2, which disbanded once the war ended. They reunite for one last battle in 1964, to fight against Naked Snake during operation Snake Eater.

MEMBERS

Listed in order of when they appear in-game, except for The Joy. Since she’s the leader it felt fitting to put her first!

THE JOY

More commonly known as The Boss, she was the founder/leader of the Cobra unit and the mentor of Naked Snake(who later became Big Boss) before defecting to the Soviet Union in 1964 as a part of Operation Snake Eater. Despite her codename of “Joy”, she rarely smiled, and took her role as a soldier very seriously.

THE PAIN

He was known as “The Hornet Soldier” for reasons that will soon become obvious. Namely, he could control a large swarm of hornets, which he would use to attack his enemies. He’s the first member of the Cobra Unit you face in-game, after interrupting the duel between Snake and Ocelot.

THE FEAR

He is named after the terror he instills in his opponents, both by hiding extremely well using stealth camouflage, and with his appearance and mannerisms. For example he would crawl up trees exorcist-style, while sticking out his freakishly long(forked!!!) tongue. Not exactly the type of guy you wanna meet while taking a walk through the woods!
His primary weapons were crossbows, and his nickname of “Spider Soldier” might come from the fact that his arrows are coated in the venom of the Brazilian wandering spider.

THE END

The End is the units sniper. He is a master of camoflague who can blend into natural environments by using photosynthesis. Another thing that stands out about The End is how old he is, being over a hundred years old and mostly using a wheelchair to move. In fact, he is so old that if you don't want to play through his boss fight, you can just wait a week in real-time, come back to the game, and The End will have died of old age.

THE FURY

The Fury was the unit's pyrotechnics specialist, utilizing a flamethrower during battle. After World War 2, he returned to Russia and was made the first human in space. Sadly, an accident occured during his mission which caused him to set on fire. During it, he saw the earth covered in flames. He survived the accident but it gave him severe injuries and left him with a burning hatred for all of humanity.
Honestly, I think The Fury's a really underrated character. His backstory is really interesting and honestly gets me a little emotional somehow. I also think his vision of the world on fire plays a really interesting parallel to what The Boss says in her final monolue about seeing the earth from space, and how it gave her hope for a future where humanity could be united. I don't know, something about those two experiences and how it caused their worldviews to become complete opposites, I think it's pretty cool.

THE SORROW

Cobra Unit-related stuff I own!

I don't own any actual merch of the group, whether it be official or fan-made...so I've made my own!

Two little chrocheted plushies of Sorrow and The Cobra Days version of Fury. I wanna make a raincoat for Sorrow sometime, as well as a canon-compliant version of Fury.

Plastic bead bracelets for each member! On most of them i put some special bead that fit the theme. For Pain, I picked the wooden bead because it reminded me of a beehive(?), a leaf charm for The End, a little umbrella for Sorrow, and a white flower for Joy *sheds single tear*