The Doomguy is the protagonist of the Doom series of video games created by id Software. In all the games, he is a space marine working for the United States Space Marine Corps, who never speaks (as there is usually no one around to talk to) and is never referred to by name.
In the Doom novels, the main character is referred to as Flynn "Fly" Taggart, which is universally suggested to be the Doomguy from the games. However, Tom Hall's original de...
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The Doomguy is the protagonist of the Doom series of video games created by id Software. In all the games, he is a space marine working for the United States Space Marine Corps, who never speaks (as there is usually no one around to talk to) and is never referred to by name.
In the Doom novels, the main character is referred to as Flynn "Fly" Taggart, which is universally suggested to be the Doomguy from the games. However, Tom Hall's original design draft, also known as The Doom Bible, suggested his name was Buddy Dacote ("Dacote" standing for "Dies at conclusion of this episode", which is indeed the fate of the character, although he continues his adventure in the second episode). In Wolfenstein RPG, it is implied that doomguy is the descendent of William "B.J." Blazkowicz. In the game Blazkowicz defeats the "Harbinger of Doom" (after taking off one arm and one leg), the creature states that he will return in the future to confront his descendants (this is a reference to the Doom...
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