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Comic Explains Why Solid Snake Never Gets Any Fox Tail
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 9:40 AM on July 9, 2008
You'd think with the raw sexuality that Solid Snake oozes in every episode of Metal Gear that he'd be swatting away the ladies with baseball bat or, at the very least, tranquilising them and moving their unconscious bodies to less conspicuous locations. It's not like he hasn't come across his share of foxes who could use some post-traumatic stress relief. Sure, there may not be a lot of time for love on the battlefield, but according to the philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Given that, we'd think Snake's romantic adventures would be a natural spin off for the series.
Kotaku reader Michal's comic, however, might help explain why Snake strikes out with the women of Metal Gear Solid in a spin on this theory about Old Snake's shortcomings. I guess, technically, it's NSFW, so proceed with caution.

Sorry, Old Snake. That's a tough hand you've been dealt.
Full sized version at Michal's deviantArt space.
Bear's Beer Talk [deviantArt]

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slomo788
Posted 10:17 AM 9/7/08
@Kanik: Hmm. Interesting...
slomo788
ƒox
Posted 10:15 AM 9/7/08
We never see him have sex therefore he has no dick? Wha...?
Anyway, that's some pretty rough English. >_<
ƒox
KentKarma
Posted 10:13 AM 9/7/08
They never touch on it, but I wouldn't doubt that snake may not have a solid snake in his sneaking suit.
He is a clone and they did give him a shorter life so he wouldn't be misused. Why not remove his little metal gear too?
KentKarma
AlKusanagi
Posted 10:13 AM 9/7/08
Well I guess that explains why he doesn't pee in the games...
AlKusanagi
Daemonstalker
Posted 10:08 AM 9/7/08
"This my Rifle, this is my Gun. This is for fighting, but the bastards removed the other one"
Poor snake
/sad face
Daemonstalker
PsycheE
Posted 10:05 AM 9/7/08
He showed more variables of emotions to Raiden. We may have finally found out why this man's face is so stern all the time.
Not much to live for, except to kill.
PsycheE
TheLegendof_Erick
Posted 10:05 AM 9/7/08
Damn, first Kratos and now Snake. wtf
TheLegendof_Erick
Evil J
Posted 10:04 AM 9/7/08
I'm not sure I get the whole "does he have a dick" thing...
I think it's more his single-minded determination and desire to not get the clap that's kept him from getting his.
I mean, they said
***SPOILER*** that N.H. died of "cancer" but I think it was the HIV. Anyone who thinks that I'm being insensitive? Yeah, her last partner was fond of licking blood off of a knife. In combat zones. From soldiers/sailors.
Seems to me that Snake might just be thinking smarter, not "harder".
Evil J
vanlingo
Posted 10:02 AM 9/7/08
@coffeehair: I noticed that, too.
vanlingo
ThaiGrocer
Posted 10:01 AM 9/7/08
Ha! Mermaids get more action than you, Snake!
ThaiGrocer
super otaku girl
Posted 10:00 AM 9/7/08
What's the matter with all of you? Shiny crotches not sexy?
super otaku girl
InsidiousTuna
Posted 9:59 AM 9/7/08
Jesus. Just because he isn't shown having sex doesn't mean it never happened. Leave him that, at least. The guy's lead a pretty shit life, otherwise.
InsidiousTuna
kommanderk
Posted 9:57 AM 9/7/08
I like my humping like I have my martinis, Dry
kommanderk
wild homes is a booth babe
Posted 9:57 AM 9/7/08
That's a funny comic. I like the sudden nature of the third panel. I was just expecting some talking. The content on this guy's site, here, is pretty good. I like the video content-- especially the Patapon thing. It's all very cute.
And no, I am not this guy.
Leigh Alexander is going to comment on this article in 3... 2...
wild homes is a booth babe
Glass_bomb
Posted 9:56 AM 9/7/08
@coffeehair:
They ARE drunk
Glass_bomb
Proto_Man
Posted 9:56 AM 9/7/08
There's a lot of attention being paid to Snake's wang (or lackthereof). Guess it beats the 360 rumors.
Proto_Man
namesRhard
Posted 9:55 AM 9/7/08
I've just noticed why it disturbs me so! The artwork greatly resemble the illustrations from Roal Dahl books 0_o
Somebody get that man some of George's marvelous medicine!
namesRhard
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 9:55 AM 9/7/08
Heh. Pretty good comic.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
IntelSilver
Posted 9:52 AM 9/7/08
Ever heard of dry sex, Snake? Use those tranquilizers dammit!
IntelSilver
coffeehair
Posted 9:52 AM 9/7/08
Very funny ^_^. Is the English supposed to be so bad though? :P
coffeehair
Kanik
Posted 9:49 AM 9/7/08
The Original post is by Mike. This one is by Michael. And the comic is by Michal.
Ladies and gentlemen (aka fanboys) I thought I found us a conspiracy.
Kanik
udiie
Posted 9:49 AM 9/7/08
NICE.
@namesRhard: I agree.
udiie
Primebuster
Posted 9:49 AM 9/7/08
He has a rash... He must at least shave there, then.
Primebuster
namesRhard
Posted 9:48 AM 9/7/08
I think the best touch is the squiggly line before the last talky bubble =D
namesRhard
Viciouschan
Posted 10:42 AM 9/7/08
god that's stupid :P Solid Snake could have a penis and still not give birth.. it's like they've never heard of being sterile or vasectomy or anything other than "can't have children, must mean he has no penis!". He could have a penis but no balls >.> after all the balls are what create the sperm.
Viciouschan
Evil J
Posted 10:40 AM 9/7/08
@AlKusanagi:
Very true. To pee one definitely needs a penis. Just ask any woman.
Evil J
SG79
Posted 10:32 AM 9/7/08
@Saint Anima:
Call Otacon after 30 seconds or so when looking at those posters for... well, you'll see.
SG79
SG79
Posted 10:31 AM 9/7/08
@mind in rewind:
She didn't. Try pressing R1 as prompted.
SG79
Saint Anima
Posted 10:29 AM 9/7/08
Don't get it. So, all the attraction he got from Meryl in MGS, hitting on Mei Ling and Naomi at some points, the posters in MGS2 that make squishy noises when you zoom in on them, and the fact his psyche goes up when you look at Playboys in MGS4...means he has no Tsuchinoko?
Oh well. Poor guy. At least he still has Otacon.
.......
Saint Anima
trogam
Posted 10:29 AM 9/7/08
Heh, funny. I think I can make it through the rest of my calculas class now! Thank you mike!
trogam
mind in rewind
Posted 10:26 AM 9/7/08
So that's why Naomi freaked out when Snake got naked. It all makes sense now.
mind in rewind
otaking241
Posted 10:25 AM 9/7/08
Michael needs English lessons...
otaking241
TheIrishNinja
Posted 10:59 AM 9/7/08
@Murdoc: why, wherever do you draw that from?! cant he and his hetero life partner octacon hang around talking on a plane in turtlenecks all day with their adopted daugh...oh, shit.
TheIrishNinja
ƒox
Posted 10:55 AM 9/7/08
@Murdoc: ...because he's not.
ƒox
Fadakar
Posted 10:55 AM 9/7/08
What's with the random commas? Pretty annoying.
Fadakar
mind in rewind
Posted 10:53 AM 9/7/08
@SG79: I did.
mind in rewind
yashichi8bit
Posted 10:49 AM 9/7/08
@SG79: Yeah I dont know why people always bring that part up...didnt anyone press L1 and clearly see he is in a hospital gown?
No nudity to be seen
yashichi8bit
KeroseneClimax
Posted 10:49 AM 9/7/08
I doubt the man is androgynous. I mean, there were safety measures implemented to prevent him from procreating by making him sterile. What point would there be in taking his sack and wang after placing those and other precautions on him at birth?
As for the age old question of whether Solid Snake gets laid; who knows. There was never a reasonable, or relevant, need for us to know. No matter what way you implement it; it would have always felt like tacked on information at the most inappropriate time which, at the end of the day, wasn't important at all. His sex life never had no relevance to the storyline like Big Boss's, Raiden's or Otacon's.
KeroseneClimax
Murdoc
Posted 10:45 AM 9/7/08
This just in, he's gay. It's like no one can accept that this character is a homosexual.
Murdoc
SG79
Posted 11:31 AM 9/7/08
@mind in rewind:
So your post was one of those "swing and a miss" jokes?
SG79
Alaron
Posted 11:29 AM 9/7/08
*spoiler*
Snake was wearing pants when Naomi saw him and freaked out. There is no way it's because he lacks his own Metal Gear. She was probably taken aback from his emaciated old/young and strong body. He looked kind of freaky...
Besides, if you also remember from MGS1, she saw him naked then during the briefing. She was probably surprised at the difference of 9 years and what it had done to him.
Alaron
vanlingo
Posted 11:25 AM 9/7/08
@trogam: You mean "calculus"?
vanlingo
sarcasmOD
Posted 11:22 AM 9/7/08
@KeroseneClimax: maybe by removing it they are trying to make him less of a man and more of a killing machine? Like he doesn't have to worry about his behavior or actions to 'be a man' and he doesn't have to be distracted by his humanity and can just focus on killing, while at the same time have the physical advantages given to the male body as a whole.
sarcasmOD
notquitecenter
Posted 11:56 AM 9/7/08
Come on guys, do a little digging. In two clicks you would have found out the artist is Polish. English is probably his second language, give him a break.
notquitecenter
Proto_Man
Posted 11:56 AM 9/7/08
BTW, you guys need to get Shinkawa to send you a picture of naked Snake...and I'm not talking about Big Boss.
Proto_Man
Nside
Posted 11:50 AM 9/7/08
@KentKarma:
"They never touch on it..."
*snickers*
Nside
Cyber
Posted 11:39 AM 9/7/08
As a card-carrying member of the grammar/spelling gestapo, I cringed at the spelling of "through" in the second panel.
Cyber
bobtheduck
Posted 11:37 AM 9/7/08
Raiden didn't have one, either, and he got a girl AND a son... How's that work?
bobtheduck
kingme
Posted 11:35 AM 9/7/08
thats somewhat funny..not really haha funny...
and i think originally snake is sterile which means he has a mini snake...
kingme
schizorogue
Posted 11:35 AM 9/7/08
@TheIrishNinja:
lol classic, man, just classic.
schizorogue
Nitroid
Posted 12:17 PM 9/7/08
Good lord, people. Despite this being a topic that you really have to reach into the bottom of the barrel for, here's some info to clarify:
Snake has his junk, he's just shooting blanks. This stuff about Naomi being shocked when she sees him naked -- firstly, he's wearing pants and second, she's seen him in the nude before -- in MGS1 -- and made a pretty clear advance towards him just shortly after.
I can't believe I'm actually arguing this.
Nitroid
ajnewman
Posted 12:26 PM 9/7/08
This comic would have been slightly amusing had I not seen the original posting on this website debating whether he has a penis or not. And even then, I probably wouldn't have laughed due to those absolutely HEINOUS spelling errors and the fact that the guy doesn't know how to use a comma. Good lord.
ajnewman
Ryodestined
Posted 12:21 PM 9/7/08
I guess that's NOT why they call him Snake.
Ryodestined
Foxdie
Posted 1:03 PM 9/7/08
@Nitroid: I know what you mean. I can't believe I'm arguing this.
Foxdie
Foxdie
Posted 1:02 PM 9/7/08
Oh dear God, Snake has a penis. How else would the man pee? Urethra in his middle finger? I THINK NOT. His genes were just constructed so that he could not reproduce. There are naturally occurring sterile men.
Foxdie
TouchMyBox
Posted 12:55 PM 9/7/08
@Cyber: Yeah, the grammar in this comic is rather awful. :(
TouchMyBox
Eltigro
Posted 12:54 PM 9/7/08
Missing Snake.
Eltigro
nou_phabmixay
Posted 1:19 PM 9/7/08
Everyone calm down! So a little people want to imagine or talk about Snake's penis. It's okay! He's not real! We're just fantasizing!
Just remember, it's normal for straight men to do this.
nou_phabmixay
Otacon85
Posted 2:38 PM 9/7/08
@kommanderk:
Amen, Dry hump= baby free.
Otacon85
Killalaz
Posted 2:30 PM 9/7/08
The grammar in the first panel is so bad my brain almost exploded through my skull when I read it.
Killalaz
Tatsujinken
Posted 3:37 PM 9/7/08
where does he urinate :(
Tatsujinken
HuffmanDickings
Posted 3:24 PM 9/7/08
i don't understand where this rumor that snake has no dick started.... it doesn't make any sense...
HuffmanDickings
crabman484
Posted 3:22 PM 9/7/08
I've got to say...
After my first play through, I laid Snake down next to each and every Frog I tranqed for at least 5 minutes to see what would happen.
Not even a bump...
crabman484
Stitched
Posted 5:07 PM 9/7/08
"swatting away the ladies with baseball bat or, at the very least, tranquilizing them and moving their unconscious bodies to less conspicuous locations."
Thanks for the thinly veiled reference to date rape - classy.
As for the comic, the last panel should have the "bear" with a big exclamation mark over his head, instead of "fuck..."; at least then it would canon/funny.
Stitched
Purple Dave
Posted 5:03 PM 9/7/08
@ThaiGrocer:
Philip J. Fry begs to differ.
@KeroseneClimax:
Yeah, but if you really think about it...not letting him have any junk is a pretty effective way of making a man sterile. Downright mean, but very effective.
@Ryodestined:
That's not entirely logical. It's an odd joke that pops up every now and then where a group of people will nickname one of their friends based on a deficiency. Like if they called him "Lefty", it could signify that he only had his left hand, that he was _missing_ his left hand, or that his left hand was the dominant hand. The problem lies in the fact that he probably wouldn't introduce himself by that name if that was, indeed, how he came by it.
Purple Dave
Primebuster
Posted 8:01 PM 9/7/08
lol @ all the otaku losers who believe with an absolute fervour all these game characters are gay. You know who you are... the people that would speak in normal english but use 'baka' for idiot out of the blue. The people who get all giggly at the throught of sephiroth having a shower. Geez, it's like you read between lines that aren't there, somehow HOPING a fictional characters sexuality is set to gay.
the irony is, after i used the word shower, I know those people will have automatically placed 'golden' before it. thats how warped your minds are.
Here's an idea; stop reading your little unofficial hentai doujins. You may very well restore your sanity. The question now is; Can you handle that?
Primebuster
Furysetzer
Posted 8:01 PM 9/7/08
Hello and welcome to last week. All of you.
Furysetzer
AlKusanagi
Posted 8:30 PM 9/7/08
@Evil J: Oh my god! Snake has a vagina?!?
How oddly compelling...
AlKusanagi
Mr Herring
Posted 9:20 PM 9/7/08
Well, I know , that my grama is bad, I mean BAD. But like someone has wrote it, english is my second language, I'm Polish, dudes. I have my last lesson of English, when I was finishing my high school, and it was 11 years ago.
The more important for me is how you find my drawings, my coloring patern etc.
Mr Herring
shade-black
Posted 9:53 PM 9/7/08
@Primebuster: lol @ you. where did you get all that from? your own mind of course. You must be sick if you're thinking about sephy in the shower.
some people are referencing to the possibility of snake being gay. That doesn't mean they think every game character is.
Why doesn't someone ask Hideo Kojima in an interview or something? that would settle things a bit... if anyone knew, he would.
shade-black
Mr Herring
Posted 9:39 PM 9/7/08
More correct version ---> [bp1.blogger.com] and sorry for the double post.
Mr Herring
Guizzy
Posted 12:16 AM 10/7/08
@Primebuster: Wow, that was... Aggressive...
Guizzy
Omnimon
Posted 12:27 AM 10/7/08
@KeroseneClimax: Although this is great commentary, it's just a take on the artistic style question that was raised a few days ago on, "Does Snake Pack a... Snake?" It's meant to be funny!
Omnimon
GTA4er
Posted 1:16 AM 10/7/08
Snake was made infertile so Big Boss' could not live on after him... Just to put that out there...
GTA4er
PowerButton
Posted 2:55 AM 10/7/08
What about Master Chief sexuality? Grab thousands of weapons and travel around the galaxy it is not sinonymous of "being a man", do you get it?
PowerButton