Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1.64.54.37-20130727105311

I agree we can't take things from the [unconfirmed history] as source, but I would say Octopus' background being an enigma is the exact reason why Kojima can say literally anything about him (well perhaps except if he changes Octopus into a woman).

If you take whatever available regarding Octopus' background as genuine information (unlike Master Miller's MGS1 artwork which is now considered by many as Liquid Snake), then I'd say he shares at least two similarities with Chico, one is their hair colour and the other is that Octopus' specialty is disguising (I know there's no evidence Chico is good at disguising YET but read on). Technically speaking Octopus' role in MGS1 could be considered as intel gathering (Chico's specialty). His goal was to find out from Snake the way to bypass the PAL code, only that Snake truly doesn't know the bypass method and FOXDIE killed Octopus.

The only reason I am hesitant to say Chico = Octopus is their age. Of course, even if that is true, it doesn't necessarily mean Chico = Ishmael = Octopus.