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S.D "Snake" Plissken is the main character in John Carpenter's films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.. Played by Kurt Russell, Plissken is an ex-war hero. A former U.S Army Lieutenant, the youngest soldier to be awarded by the U.S President, for bravery during campaigns in Leningrad and Siberia. Arrested after breaking into the U.S Federal Reserve. He is called up twice (once in each film) by the government to tackle a situation in each of the cities and escape.
Plissken's name and nickname are referenced in the Metal Gear Solid series of video games, where the main character's codename is Solid Snake and one of his aliases is Iroquois Plissken.
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