Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-93.40.5.79-20150815230147/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150816034600

Paranoid Donkey wrote: I actually had a theory a while back (not that I believed it, but I thought it would be interesting) that Chico would actually go on to become Decoy Octopus. Honestly I can't be bothered typing it out all over again, but suffice it to say that the ages match up (Octopus was an "older" memeber of FOXHOUND by Ocelot's admission), and all it would take is a simple retcon from Mexican heritage to Costa Rican to match Chico.

The gist of it is that Chico is traumatised after Camp Omega, and develops an obsession with hiding from himself (not by getting a sex change mind you). Then, he starts impersonating other people, and finally he becomes the Decoy Octopus we all know, who literally takes the blood of those he impersonates, as it helps him cope with the trauma. The only immediate problem I have with Chico being Octopus is that he never displayed the ability to disguise himself. Whereas when we first see Mantis and Eli (Liquid) in the trailers, their behavior is reminiscent of their counterparts in MGS1.

I suppose he could have developed those abilities some time after GZ, but that's a considerably long setup without any hint of a connection. Although, in the Deja Vu version of Ground Zeroes, Donald Anderson/Decoy Octopus appears in the place of Chico...