The Boss - Definition and Overview

"The Boss" is also a nickname for American singer Bruce Springsteen

The Boss is a fictional character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. She is a legendary American soldier, and the founder and leader of the Cobra unit. She is known as the mother of US special forces. During World War 2 she was part of the invasion of Normandy and ultimately helped lead the Allied forces to victory. She is also called The Joy, and in Russia she is known as Voyevoda.

The Boss serves as a mentor and mother-like figure to Snake, with whom she developed the fighting technique known as Close Quarters Combat (CQC). Snake has a deep attatchment to her, and is reluctant to oppose her in combat even though he must in order to complete his mission.

The Boss and The Sorrow had a romantic affair in the early 1940s, and it is heavily implied in MGS3 that Revolver Ocelot is their child. But neither The Boss nor Ocelot seems to be aware of this.

She is also the daughter of one the original members of the Wiseman's Commitee, the head council of the Patriots, the true powerholders of the United States of America.