Next to nothing is known about him specifically, apart from the incident that got his ass to Mars: not only had he refused to follow a direct order to fire on innocent civilians, but he also put the officer who gave that order in a full-body cast. In a reference to the Marine's confrontation with the Cyberdemon, when Blazkowicz defeats the 'Harbinger of Doom', the creature states that he will return in the future to confront his descendants. In Wolfenstein RPG, it is hinted that the Marine is a descendant of William 'B.J.' Blazkowicz. In Doom (2016), the Doomslayer is implied to be the same Marine from Doom, Doom II, and Doom 64, after sealing himself inside Hell for an unspecified amount of time at the end of Doom 64. However, his is never directly stated or implied within any of the Doom games.ĭoomguy appears in many of the sequels although it is unclear if there are of the same person. Blazkowicz, and is another continuation of that line ( Commander Keen is acknowledged as B.J.'s grandson). It is also suggested that Doomguy is a descendant of B.J. Creator John Romero has stated that 'there was never a name for the DOOM marine because it's supposed to be YOU.' This does not officially extend to the game universe though. In the Doom series of novels by Dafydd ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver, Doomguy is given the name Corporal Flynn 'Fly' Taggart. In Doom 2016, he is called the 'Doom Slayer', the 'Hell Walker', and the 'Unchained Predator' by the demons, while the UAC just nicknames 'the Doom marine'.

Chapter text breaks in Doom and Doom II address the player directly as Doomguy ('YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE ESCAPING FROM HELL, BUT YOU'LL MAKE THE BASTARDS SORRY THEY EVER HEARD OF YOU!' etc.) In Doom 3, in-game characters never refer to the player character by name, only calling him 'marine'.

Doomguy is the name given by fans to the anonymous space marine that the player controls throughout every game in the Doom series.ĭoomguy has no officially recognized name.

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