The End's parrot

The End's parrot
The End's parrot in 1964.
Career and family information
Occupation	Companion animal, spotter
Behind the scenes
Main appearance(s)	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

A parrot acted as a spotter for The End, referring to the latter as "Grandpa." It would wake him up when he fell asleep during sniping missions, should his target be nearby. The parrot accompanied The End during his mission to stop FOX agent Naked Snake from passing through Sokrovenno, Tselinoyarsk, during Operation Snake Eater. When The End was defeated by Snake in battle, the parrot landed on his body, accompanying him in his final moments. Snake later saw both the parrot and The End during his near death experience with The Sorrow.

During the Peace Walker Incident in 1974, the then-mercenary Snake asked his lieutenant Kazuhira Miller whether any enemy snipers were accompanied by parrots, which was a reference to his battle with The End 10 years earlier.

Quick Answers

What role did The End's parrot play during his sniping missions?

Serving as a spotter, The End's parrot was instrumental during his sniping missions. It would rouse The End from sleep, particularly if a target was in proximity. The parrot was with The End in his mission against FOX agent Naked Snake, and remained by his side during his last moments post-defeat.

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How did The End's parrot assist him during Operation Snake Eater?

During Operation Snake Eater, The End's parrot functioned as a spotter, waking The End when Naked Snake was in proximity. After The End's defeat, the parrot remained with him. The parrot reappeared in Snake's near-death experience with The Sorrow. Snake referenced this past encounter during the Peace Walker Incident in 1974.

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What happened to The End's parrot after The End was defeated?

Upon The End's defeat, his parrot triggers The End's microbomb and departs. Should the player have eliminated the parrot during gameplay, it manifests as a spectral figure in the following cutscene. The parrot is a necessary capture, either alive or deceased, for achieving the Markhor ranking that unlocks the EZ Gun. If captured alive during the encounter with The End, the parrot reemerges at Tikhogornyj post-battle with The Sorrow, roosting on a tree limb.

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Did Naked Snake encounter The End's parrot after The End's defeat?

Following The End's defeat during Operation Snake Eater in Sokrovenno, Tselinoyarsk, Naked Snake did encounter The End's parrot. The parrot was present in The End's final moments, landing on his body post-defeat. Snake saw the parrot again during a near-death experience with The Sorrow. Later, in 1974's Peace Walker Incident, Snake, now a mercenary, queried his lieutenant Kazuhira Miller about enemy snipers with parrots, recalling his past battle with The End.

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Was it possible to kill The End early in MGS3 with the help of his parrot?

In Metal Gear Solid 3, the player could use The End's parrot to kill him early in the game. The parrot, acting as The End's spotter, could be killed or captured and released to reveal The End's location on the Directional Mic. Shooting The End at Ponizovje without killing him would also lower his health and stamina.

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Behind the scenes

• Ration Name: BIRD A
• Initial Taste: Bad
• Danger Level: None
• Stamina Recovery: Medium
• Capture: Yes

In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, The End's parrot can be found in Sokrovenno South. Its starting location varies based on the difficulty of the player's current game. On Easy or Very Easy, it will be sitting on the large log near Snake's location at the start of the battle. On Normal, it will be on the munitions shed. On Hard, it will be perched atop a tall tree in the north of Sokrovenno South, and on Extreme, atop a smaller tree to the northwest.

If Snake catches the parrot alive and releases it during the battle with The End, it will fly to The End and distract him by calling out "Grandpa!" repeatedly until he shoos it away. If the parrot is spooked, or if The End shoos it away, it will fly to another predetermined location in one of the three Sokrovenno areas.

If the player catches the parrot alive during the battle with The End, or in the Sokrovenno area after The Early End, it will reappear at Tikhogornyj after the battle with The Sorrow, as it will not be among the player's items that EVA gives back to them so they will need to recapture. It will be perched on a branch of a tree facing the right side of the waterfall across the pool after meeting up with EVA. The player must keep their distance, as it will fly away if spooked, and may not return.

If The End dies in his sleep as a result of the player waiting 8 real days, his parrot, after Snake informs Zero and Para-Medic about The End's death with some disappointment, will posthumously arm The End's microbomb before flying off.

If you defeat The End after killing his parrot, it will still appear in the death cutscene, as a ghost.

The parrot is one of the food items that must be captured, alive or dead, in order to get the Markhor ranking, which unlocks the EZ Gun on any difficulty but Very Easy. The End will get angry if the player kills his parrot or eats it after tranquilizing it.

If Snake contacts Para-Medic after capturing the parrot alive, she tells him that the parrot is an Alexandrine Parakeet. Afterwards, she lashes out at Snake for thinking about eating "a cute little bird" and orders him not to eat it, much to Snake's disappointment.

The End's parrot appears with The End during the battle with The Sorrow, even if the player captured it and kept it alive through the torture scene, or simply left it alone after killing The End.

Hideo Kojima once joked that Emma Emmerich's parrot in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is the grandson of The End's parrot in Metal Gear Solid 3. The Metal Gear Solid 4 Database states that they are the same breed of parrot, and that large parrots can live anywhere from 50 to 100 years, making it unclear whether Emma's and The End's parrots were in fact the same bird.

Trivia

Referred to as "Bird A" in the Rations information, the End's parrot is an Alexandrine Parakeet, a bird native to South and Southeast Asia as well as having feral populations throughout the Middle East and surrounding countries.

See also

• The End