SAM FISHER

Samuel Leo Fisher
'Full Name'	Samuel Leo Fisher
'Born'	1957
'Family'	Wife, Regan. (Deceased) Daughter, Sarah. (Deceased)
'Nationality'	United States of America
'Affiliations'	NSA (Third Echelon), CIA, U.S. Navy SEALs
'Rank'	Lt. Cmdr (ret.)
'Gender'	Male
'Hair'	Brown
'Race'	Caucasian
'Eyes'	Green
'Height'	5 ft. 10 in.
'Weight'	170 lbs.
'Education'	Major in Political Science ★ Military Training ★ ★ ★ Advanced Weapons Training ★ ★ ★ SCUBA Training ★ ★ ★ SAO Qualification ★ ★ ★ SQT Training ★ ★ ★ HAHO and HALO training ★ ★ ★ Krav Maga training. (Level 3B)
'Voice Actor'	Michael Ironside

'Samuel Leo Fisher', known simply as 'Sam Fisher', is the main character in the ''Splinter Cell'' series of video games and novels based on the world endorsed—but not authored—by Tom Clancy. Fisher is voiced by actor Michael Ironside.
Sam Fisher is a veteran of the CIA Directorate of Operations and of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 3. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall (178 cm), weighs 170 pounds (77 kg), has brown and green eyes, and usually has a stubble. He was an operative of Third Echelon, a clandestine division of the National Security Agency, up to the conclusion of Splinter Cell Double Agent. Fisher is extremely agile and an expert in the art of stealth. Fisher was the first person to be recruited as a field operative of the "Splinter Cell" program for Third Echelon. He prefers to work alone in the field. Fisher resides in Towson, Maryland, when not on the job. Fisher is a student of the merciless military hand-to-hand combat system of Krav Maga.
While Fisher was working on an American Air Force base in Germany during the 1980s, he met and later married Regan Burns in 1984. They had one daughter together, Sarah (born June 16, 1985). Fisher and Regan later divorced and she had Sarah's surname changed. Regan died from ovarian cancer in 1989, and Sarah was killed by a drunk driver in 2008.
Sam's direct supervisor is Colonel Irving Lambert, USA (ret.) Lambert is accompanied and supported on missions by NSA employees Anna Grimsdóttír, Vernon Wilkes Jr (now deceased) and later Frances Coen, who was Wilkes' temporary replacement and was replaced by former Marine, William Redding. One of his aides, D.P. Brunton, became the head of SHADOWNET Operations, a sister group of Third Echelon, which uses teams of operatives.
Fisher has traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Iceland, Israel, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, North and South Korea, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Myanmar, Serbia, Georgia, and France in order to complete his missions. Places he has conducted operations inside the United States include LAX International Airport in Los Angeles, California, New York City, New Orleans, Ellsworth Prison and the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Contents

Background

Personality

Tactics and Equipment

Skills

Weapons

Other Weaponry/Equipment

Clothing

Goggles

Trivia

Locations

North America

Central America

South America

Europe

Asia

Africa

Middle East

Oceania

Other

Featured In

External links

Background

Lead character artist Martin Caya established in early interviews about the game that during his career Fisher had served in Afghanistan, where he had an experience in which he was forced to hide under dead bodies in order to avoid being killed. Caya also established that Fisher had served in East Germany and in "other Soviet satellite countries leading up to the collapse of the USSR."
The novel establishes that he hated his time in the CIA, and that he mostly had official cover (i.e. he was a "diplomatic aide"). The "Bank" mission in ''Chaos Theory'' established that he served in Kuwait, where he said he spent most of 1989 lying in a ditch on the road between Baghdad and Kuwait. The "Bank" mission also established that he served in Panama when the U.S overthrew Manuel Noriega (see Operation Just Cause) and raided the same bank during the conflict. The end of the training mission in the first Splinter Cell game established that he served in the First Gulf War since Lambert told Wilkes that Sam served in that war.
In the beginning of the second game, a conversation between Fisher and Douglas Shetland established Fisher had served with the Navy SEALs, and that he left the Navy in 1996 ("I haven't been Navy for a decade"). establishes that Fisher saved Douglas Shetland's life in Norte de Santander, Colombia when he was the commanding officer of Fisher's SEAL team. Other than for anti-terrorist operations, which are the purview of SEAL Team 6 (now known as DEVGRU), only SEAL Team 3 has a Middle Eastern Area of Responsibility (AOR). Sam also performed operations in ex-Yugoslavia during the NATO strikes.
Fisher is considered to be "non-existent", as much of his actual history is known by only a select few. This creates problems for recording certain facts; the game manual for Chaos Theory gives Fisher's birth year as 1957, but the webpage for Pandora Tomorrow has it at 1963. To add to the confusion, Double Agent has it listed as 1966. Ubisoft made a statement however before Double Agent was released stating that they would 'freeze' Sam Fishers age at 42 to keep him fit and able to cope with physical demands his tradecraft puts on him; this will also ensure he's never too old to be the main character in future Splinter Cell releases.

Personality

As a covert agent of the government, Fisher approaches his target objectives in a gruff, no-nonsense manner, but maintains a light-hearted relationship with his colleagues and even with his momentary hostages. Fisher has little patience for government bureaucracy or political maneuvering. A political realist, Fisher maintains a cynical, jaded and sarcastic sense of humor about the covert, illegal, and often morally ambiguous nature of his work. At the same time, he is highly loyal and a staunch believer in the American ideals his work ultimately protects; he will follow orders even if he finds them disagreeable or inconvenient to his mission, and he is quickly angered by the casual slaughter of Americans or U.S. military personnel by his enemies.
In the original ''Splinter Cell'', Fisher is a new member of Third Echelon, and thus his interactions with his commander Colonel Lambert are relatively straightforward and respectful. At the same time, Fisher does drop the occasional "smart" comment at particularly unusual or obtuse mission orders.
In ''Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'', Fisher is shown as rather ruthless towards his enemies, and he appears fairly disappointed when Lambert orders him to avoid enemy fatalities as part of his mission parameters. Frequently holding captured enemies at knife-point, his dialogue with them is creative and highly intimidating, though often morbidly humorous to the audience. For example, in the "Penthouse" level in '', Fisher captures a guard and says: "Pick a number between 1 and 10". When the guard guesses, Fisher says: "Huh. Lucky guess. You get to live. Now tell me something useful or we'll play another round". He also references Robert DeNiro's role as Tuttle in the movie Brazil.
However it must be said that Sam is not a sadistic individual as he states in the Chaos Theory trailer "I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake - I do what needs to be done to preserve the greater peace. I take the lives of a few to protect the freedoms of many. I am a Splinter Cell."
It is stated in the manual to ''Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' that Fisher's dark sense of humor during missions is his way of dealing with the tension that he feels during a stealth operation. The manual explains that while Fisher is a very competent and experienced soldier and operative, he is also keenly aware of his own limitations and mortality, and thus he uses humor to help keep himself calm in the dangerous situations he is often ordered into.
Throughout the games, Fisher attempts to uphold what he believes is "right". A notable instance occurs during ''Chaos Theory'' where Lambert instructs Fisher to leave the unconscious bodies of downed pilots at the scene of the crash, which Fisher is about to demolish. While the game allows the player to demolish the site, he or she can first pick up the pilots and carry them to safety. Lambert tells Fisher to stop because it may compromise the mission, but Fisher continues anyway. Lambert then reminds him that his valiant actions can not be officially recognized and that he will not receive a medal, to which Fisher replies, "Medals don't help me sleep at night, Lambert."
Another instance is when Fisher is ordered to not tamper with the corpse of tortured computer engineer Bruce Morgenholt whose body cannot be extracted. The player may choose to cut down the ropes binding the corpse, causing Lambert to admonish Fisher who replies by saying, "Just because he's dead doesn't mean I have to leave him there hanging like a piece of meat....You can spare thirty seconds for some simple dignity." If the player proceeds to shoot the corpse, Fisher explains that he is "making sure he [the engineer] is not suffering."
Occasionally, Fisher demonstrates complete contempt for the mission objectives to the point where the player may decide to not comply with all the parameters. In one instance, Fisher is suddenly told to kill Dahlia Tal, a Shin Bet double agent with whom he had been working. If the player kills her Fisher angrily asks, "Tell me what I just did, Lambert." If the player does not, Lambert shouts at Fisher to which Fisher responds, "I'm going to need a little more warning to shoot unarmed women," and "When I return to the States, I'll go sit in a corner with a cone cap on." In either case, Fisher openly declares his moral disagreement with the order to shoot Tal.
Another time he shows contempt for the missions, is in the bath house level of ''Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'', when the player has the choice to shoot Shetland or not. The player can shoot Shetland, but if he holsters his weapon, then Shetland will attack, and Sam will be forced to kill him anyway. He holds loyalty in VERY high regards and maintained multiple times in the story that he felt Shetland was playing straight. "If Shetland's crooked I'll take him down myself" he mentions as the plot thickens. At the climax of Shetland's rogue-rant on the roof of the bathhouse Doug says "I know you Sam, you and I have bled a lot together. Blood is thicker than their agenda. You wouldn't shoot an old friend". Doug's betrayal makes Sam sarcastically tell Doug that "he wouldn't shoot an old friend" since he stabbed him instead. It should be noted that in the cutscene that follows Shetland's body flies backward a few feet before being stopped by a wooden beam. If Shetland is shot he only stumbles backward, but if Sam stabs him he is thrown by Sam, which shows that Sam choosing to holster his pistol is the canonical choice. Sam's comment about "not shooting an old friend" since he stabbed Doug instead also shows that holstering his weapon is the canonical choice.
In the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of Double Agent, Sam displays moral contempt at having to "clean up the place" when Emile Dufraisne and Carson Moss order Sam to kill an entire mercenary crew of oil smugglers transporting their oil in a supertanker. He calls Lambert for advice on what to do and Lambert tells him to continue earning the JBA's trust and that he can't blow his cover now. This shows that while Sam is ruthless, he does not enjoy killing people, but does it when his mission requires it or in self defense. It is left up to the player to decide whether to kill the entire crew or knock them out although dialogue in the level suggests that knocking out most of the mercenary crew is the canonical choice.
One criticism of the Splinter Cell franchise has always been that Fisher is underdeveloped as a character. In response to this criticism, the makers of the franchise, Ubisoft, are in the midst of an overhaul of the franchise. The final phase of this overhaul begins in Fall 2007 when is released. The intention of the new game is to open up Sam Fisher as a character and reveal much more of his personality. It is now in the series that Sam is officially no longer a soldier of sorts. He is now a man driven by the roots of his moral fiber. His return to the U.S. in Splinter Cell: Conviction is prompted ONLY by his desire to help Anna Grimmsdottir. Anna has long been a character Sam has been more openly playful in interacting with.

Tactics and Equipment

Skills

Sam Fisher is extremely athletic, especially for a person of his age. He is capable of many different climbing and scaling abilities, such as step-jumping to climb raised walls, performing a split leg maneuver to keep himself supported for a long period of time, as well as being able to hold on tightly to ceiling pipes or even the undercarriage of a moving train. He is also strong enough to lift the body of a full grown man onto his back and carry it around, and can run somewhat faster than the average soldier. He utilizes some aspects of the French gymnastic art of parkour while surmounting obstacles, albeit in a slightly slower and stealthier way. Nonetheless, Fisher's age is apparently catching up to him, as in ''Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' he can regularly be heard making various grunts and groans of exertion during a mission. Though throughout the series he can be heard making such noises when hefting dead/unconscious bodies, hoisting himself up, and whatnot, it seems to be more prevalent during his foray into his fifties.
As the nature of Fisher's job relies on stealth and non-detection, he is highly adept at blending into shadows and moving silently. He is able to sneak up on most opponents undetected and quickly subdue them using either lethal or non-lethal means.
The novel establishes that he "exclusively uses Krav Maga" for unarmed combat. Krav Maga is a combat form that was developed by the Israeli Special Forces. He has reached the advanced level of 3B under the tutelage of his instructor, Katia Loernstern. It is also possible that Sam has also been highly trained in the SEALS CQB and the US Marine Martial Arts program, the novel Checkmate states that Lambert and Fisher first met during a training program where the best of the best from the SEALS, Rangers, Delta and Force Recon all trained together to create the best special forces operators in the intelligence community. In the first two games, Fisher's hand to hand capabilities seemed limited in direct combat with opponents, although he becomes much more effective in hand-to-hand combat and even gains the ability to use a knife to deadly effect in ''Chaos Theory''. The newest official trailer of Conviction shows Sam fighting as he has never before. While this has caused concern that it is changing the very format of the series it would accommodate Sam's touted martial art skills. The new moves displayed are more akin to a "fighter" genre of videogaming.
Fisher possesses a command of a startling number of foreign languages and scripts including Russian, Korean, Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish. This is stated and demonstrated explicitly in the books and is evidenced in the games by Fisher's ability to interrogate guards and understand conversations between guards, regardless of the country he is operating in. While certainly possible, it is highly improbable that all guards encountered in all Splinter Cell games speak passable English, especially amongst each other. It is meant for the players to know that the native language is being spoken but is 'dubbed' for the consumers to understand - almost like having and automatic interpreter. However, in Pandora Tomorrow there are two instances where Sam asks a guard how good their English is.
Fisher is also ambidextrous, as he can switch which hand he fires his rifle and pistol with in ''Chaos Theory'' in order to keep better cover without any apparent loss of accuracy. However, he draws his weapons right-handed, and in the first two games he could only use his right hand to shoot with. It is unknown whether he acquired or perfected this talent in the time between ''Pandora Tomorrow'' and ''Chaos Theory'' or he always had this ability without it being included in the first two games' controls, but the former seems unlikely. He also holds his knife right handed, and in Splinter Cell and Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Fisher knocks out guards by striking their head with his right hand or elbow.
It has been said in GameInformer in a Splinter Cell: Conviction article, that Sam is "so adept at being a spy that his senses have been honed to an almost superhuman level". In Conviction, Sam's hero instinct will demonstrate this. It is a possibility that Sam always had this instinct in the previous games but in the form of a certain sound.

Weapons

Through the games, Fisher primarily uses two firearms, the SC Pistol and SC-20K Assault Rifle. In ''Chaos Theory'', Fisher added a knife to his arsenal of weapons.
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★ 'Knife'
::'Standard Military CQC Weapon'
::The player first got the chance to wield Fisher's knife in ''Chaos Theory.'' In the first novel, it is described as a USMC Ka-bar with a hilt covered in compressed leather of standard design. In the third novel, Sam uses a Fairbairn-Sykes dagger, given to him by Frank Bunch, a close friend of Sam's father. However, in ''Chaos Theory'', some close-ups of the hilt suggest that it is custom made. The knife appears to be double-edged, with a blade roughly 5 inches long, and lacks any sort of guard.. It has a central groove called a "fuller" in order to reduce weight, often mistakenly called a "blood groove". With the exception of its large size, the knife is very similar to the Gerber Guardian Back Up or an SOG Pentagon. In , the knife looks very different and is described as, quote:
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"SC 'Protector' double-edged combat knife. Overall length 7 1/2 inches with a 3 and 3/8 inch, black oxidized high carbon stainless steel blade to prevent reflections and a black polymer rubber handle."

::This description is contradicted by the knife's visual appearance in-game and in cutscenes. It appears much larger, with a silver, partially serrated blade that is roughly 5 inches long. It also appears to be single-edged, and may even be a folding knife as it has a thumb-stud near the spine and a visible liner-lock, though it is still carried opened in a sheath.
::Fisher carries his knife horizontally at the back of his belt, allowing him to draw it easily and quickly in either forward or reverse grips. When attacking with it, he always aims for the heart, throat, or axillary artery, and thus a single strike with the weapon always results in the immediate takedown of the target. In addition to being a deadly weapon, Fisher also makes use of it as a multipurpose tool in the field. He can use the knife to interrogate suspects, cut tent-fabric, chainlink fences, wires, and plastic sheeting, break locks, disable small machinery (such as gas powered generators), defuse bombs, pry hidden microphones from walls, and strip wires to tap into phone lines and camera feeds.
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★ 'SC Pistol
::'A Modified FN Five-seveN'
::The pistol in the game is a 20-round, semi-automatic Fabrique National Five-seveN handgun with an attached suppressor that uses NATO 5.7 mm ammunition.
::The Five-seveN is touted by FN to be able to penetrate NATO kevlar vests and helmets, but in the games its ability to penetrate armor is limited, taking at least three to five shots to the torso to down a foe. This is likely due to the subsonic ammunition being used, instead of the normal SS190 Duty Round, a high velocity, military-grade bullet designed to penetrate armor. The suppressor reduces the report of the pistol by slowly allowing gases from the barrel to expand and escape, resulting in a soft "pfft" noise. In addition, the slower-moving subsonic rounds are used to quiet the report further by eliminating the supersonic crack of a bullet traveling at a speed faster than that of sound.
::The pistol is much quieter than the SC-20K. In ''Pandora Tomorrow'', the pistol is equipped with a laser aiming module. In the series' third installment, ''Chaos Theory'', the pistol is equipped with an Optically Channeled Potentiator (OCP) prototype, a device that can be used to temporarily disrupt electronic devices, such as light fixtures, gun turrets and security cameras. Oddly enough, as with the SC-20K, the spent shells were no longer visible in ''Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' or ''Splinter Cell: Double Agent''.
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★ 'SC-20K
::'A modified FN F2000 Tactical'
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::This is a 30-round, selective fire 5.56 x 45 mm NATO bullpup assault rifle with a suppressor, a 1.5x reflex sight or a 2/4/6x scope (in the first 2 games), and an underslung grenade launcher used to launch various less-than-lethal devices. It's most likely a variation of the F2000 Assault Rifle.
::The SC-20K was modified for use in ''Chaos Theory''. The fixed buttstock was replaced by a collapsible buttstock. Also, the 1.5x reflex sight replaced the stronger 6x full scope, but in compensation the SC-20K gained the ability to mount additional undermount modular configurations. It has been designed with a bullpup configuration, allowing for maximum power with a minimum weight and size. In the field, Fisher can carry a maximum of two undermount modules at once. The modules were removed from the next-gen version of ''Double Agent'', except for the launcher, and a shotgun shell (despite the fact that Sam does not put a shotgun module underneath). The current gen version features all but the foregrip. The following is a list of details about the modules:
:::'Launcher:' A Splinter Cell's standard loadout (as seen in ''Splinter Cell'' and ''Pandora Tomorrow''), the attached 40mm grenade launcher, is able to fire ring airfoil rounds, sticky shockers, sticky cameras, gas grenades, EMP ammunition and other such less-than-lethal devices. The ring airfoil round is a small ring that can knock out enemies silently, and can be reused, if it isn't lost. The drawback is its parabolic trajectory. The sticky shocker is a LTL device that shocks enemies into unconsciousness. They are launched at a flat trajectory and causes some noise. Sticky cameras are reusable devices that allow you to observe areas without being detected, or, in case of a head shot, can incapacitate an enemy. They can also make noises that can attract the enemy or can self-destruct which will release a non-lethal gas. The latest incarnation of the sticky camera can also create a small, lethal explosion. If enemies detect the sticky camera then they will open fire on it which will either release the gas or explode, depending on the version of the camera. The launcher can also launch grenades, including gas grenades that release a non-lethal gas that will knock out anybody in the vicinity of the gas.
:::'Foregrip:' A foregrip used to steady firing and counter the effects of recoil, resulting in far more accurate fire when shooting in fully automatic mode.
:::'Shotgun:' An undermount 12-gauge triple ought buckshot shotgun attachment. Useful for close quarters combat. Extremely lethal against enemy personnel, but also very loud. It was first introduced in Chaos Theory.
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:::'Sniper:' A huge modification that chambers the SC-20K for a 20 mm APDS (Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot) round that can rip straight through armor and cover alike. This version has a full 4x scope and modified barrel, increasing range and accuracy, though it is rather loud and unwieldy. This weapon has the highest penetration power in Sam's arsenal, and is the one weapon he carries capable of destroying certain forms of enemy armor (such as North Korean UAVs). This weapon configuration can only be fired when the scope is used however.
::The SC-20K was again modified for use in ''Double Agent''. The F2000 design was retained, but the buttstock was greatly stripped down, along with the fore-end of the weapon. The scope was replaced with a Picatinny rail that later had a reflex sight attached to it.

Other Weaponry/Equipment

In addition to the SC-20K and SC-Pistol, Sam uses several other weapons and gadgets such as the M67 Fragmentation Grenades, Smoke Grenades with a much more rapid release than a standard M18, EMP Grenades that release a pulse of electromagnetic energy affecting surrounding electronics in the same way as the OCP, flashbangs, a Laser Mic (which was separate from the goggles in the first and second games, and the next generation version of the fourth), a Fingerprint Scanner, and a Retinal Scanner. In the prison level on Splinter Cell: Double Agent Sam also gets to carry a standard handgun (depending in whether he killed a target or not) (only on Xbox and PS2). Also in ''Double Agent'', Sam uses a non lethal shotgun, which is basically a 7 round M303 less-lethal launcher. Sam also uses a rubber bullet pistol. It shoots rubber ammunition and also tranquilizer darts (ammunition). Fingerprint scanners are also used in missions such as JBA (John Brown's Army) headquarter missions. In certain missions, he carries a syringe filled with adrenaline, which can bring someone back from the brink of death. He has been known to use a V22 Osprey for insertion and extraction in certain missions.

Clothing

Remaining unseen is a very important factor for Fisher on his missions, thus wearing the right clothing is necessary. Mostly he wears a specialized wet suit, designed for stealth. The fabric is interwoven with kevlar, allowing it to stop bullets from long range. The cloth and equipment are black, but at times other versions of the suit will even appear to be a blue green color in very bright light. This suit fits tightly around his body, making it almost impossible to hear it move. Though mostly wearing his signature black suit, Fisher sometimes changes his suit to fit the appropriate conditions, such as jungle camouflage or shorts with a short-sleeved shirt in hot environments. Some versions also come with some covers that peel off, like in ''Double Agent'', where he pulls off the white cover to reveal the black suit underneath. Sam also has a pair of black combat boots and a weapons belt, and sometimes a compact re-breather for underwater. He sometimes has a radio on his back which emits light (only the player can see this, however, as the light would alert enemies otherwise).
In the novel, Splinter Cell (2004), Fisher explains a few of the features that his black suit has. These features include:

★ A heating/cooling system that uses water to regulate the suit's temperature

★ Kevlar threads that are sewn in make his suit almost bulletproof (as stated above)

★ Photosensitive threads that detect sniper lasers

★ Several bladders of water to sustain him for up to twelve hours
The only thing that Fisher doesn't like about his suit is how it looks. In the novel, he says, "My only beef with the uniform is that it's so tight fitting and neat that it makes me look like a comic book superhero. Even my special headpiece looks like a mask when I have the goggles down."
In Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, his clothing has changed dramatically. He no longer wears the specialized wet suit, he now wears a hoodie and leather jacket, normal clothing to blend in with the civilian population.

Goggles

Fisher's green, three-lensed goggles have become one of the trademarks of the Splinter Cell series. While fans of the series regularly point out that they would give Fisher's position away, it was revealed in "The Real Sam Fisher blog" (Fisher's fictional web journal stating that he's merely the man the games are based on) that the goggles did not actually glow, and were simply portrayed that way onscreen to provide visual interest and the location of the character in the dark. This is proven in the first multiplayer outing of Pandora Tomorrow where ARGUS mercenaries viewing SHADOWNET devices similar to Fisher's will not notice any illumination. If the player were to look at Sam's reflection in mirrors or reflective surfaces during single player mode in Chaos Theory, he or she would notice that the glowing of all aforementioned gear is nonexistent. Fisher's glowing goggles, radio, and OPSAT merely show the current location of his head, body, and arms respectively in the darkness for the benefit of the player. It has never been explained what the function of the third lens in the center is for.
In the first two games of the series, Fisher's goggles have both thermal and night vision capabilities. In reality, this would have required separate sets of goggles because of the complicated circuitry involved. However, game developments decided to combine them into one device, as switching goggles would have made gameplay very cumbersome. In ''Pandora Tomorrow'', the goggles also have limited zoom capability. Starting with ''Chaos Theory'', the goggles have an integrated laser microphone and a third view mode highlighting electromagnetic radiation emitted from nearby power lines, generators, and electrical equipment. ''Double Agent'' rewards players who complete side objectives with upgraded goggles that have "enhanced" night vision which shows the full color spectrum, making it seem less obvious that the player is using the night vision (with the exception of some blurring when moving).
The goggles were used as a parody item in '' and ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'', where a parody character called Sam Shieffer and some of the antagonist rabbids, respectively, bear the same style of headwear. The goggles are also an accessory used in ''Madness Interactive''. The heat vision can be used to see if there is a person behind a thin wall. Finally, the first downloadable content pack for ''Crackdown'' includes an agent with the aforementioned goggles. In "Worms 4 Mayhem" players have the option of fitting their custom worm squad with nightvision goggles that are actually Sam's trident goggles. Also, in BIONICLE, Piraka Reidak's eyes not only look like his goggles, but are also used in the same way.

Trivia

★ His full name, 'Samuel Leo Fisher', is seen when he was using the computer in the Osprey to encrypt his call home in ''Splinter Cell''.

★ While earlier in the series it was determined that Sam's daughter was unaware of his real job, on the Xbox 360/PC version of ''Splinter Cell: Double Agent'', players can move around the Osprey in the first mission and access an email that references her knowledge of him "saving the world." Also in Splinter Cell after the oil rig mission, Sam calls Sarah and she asks him if he was in Georgia. Sam says he can't answer that question and she says "I know".

★ Fisher likes to chew Wrigley's Airwaves, a type of chewing gum from Wrigley's. He can be seen chewing them in the first cutscene of . He can also be seen putting some Tic Tacs in his hand in the final cutscene of the same game.

★ In the very first trailer for , several characters are sitting down in chairs for respective roles within the game. When the time for the lead character comes, Raiden, one of the protagonists from the last game comes to sit down only to be met by Solid Snake, wearing a suit that parodies Sam's three-lensed goggles, even changing the color of the goggles to green and pink.

★ In the Kukubo Sosho level of Chaos Theory, Sam captures a guard patrolling the moving sidewalk from the ground level to the sub-level. Upon interrogation the guard belligerently tells Sam he'll show him what kind of weapon he carries if he lets him go. Sam tells him he's awfully brave for someone with a knife at his throat and the guard retorts that Sam can't just shake his body and make his equipment fall on the ground to pick up. This statement is a play on the gaming mechanic in the Metal Gear Solid series by which you can claim ammo and such from bodies by doing nothing more than shaking them.

★ Just as well, in the monkey hunt mini game in Metal Gear Solid 3, another game of the stealth genre, the main character, Snake, is presented with an assignment by Colonel Campbell and pleads "Can´t you make Sam or Gabe do it?". He is, of course, referring to Sam Fisher of Splinter Cell (as well as Gabriel Logan of the Syphon Filter series)

Locations

North America

★ United States

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★ The headquarters of Third Echelon and the National Security Agency are located in the United States, which Sam Fisher is frequently seen visiting.

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★ The first mission of the first game takes place at "the Farm", Camp Peary, Virginia, in the United States.

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★ Sam Fisher is forced to infiltrate the Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia in the original game.

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★ In '', Sam Fisher is forced to infiltrateLos Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles.

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★ In '', Sam Fisher breaks into a penthouse in Manhattan, New York to gain information on a potential hostile cyber-terrorist

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★ In '', Sam Fisher infiltrates the headquarters of Displace International (an American PMC), in order to gain information on a suspected assassination plot.

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★ In '', Sam Fisher is detained in a prison in Kansas to help infiltrate a terrorist organization and build up a cover story.

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★ In '', the terrorist organization Sam Fisher has infiltrated orders him to hijack a train in New York City.

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★ In '', the terrorist organization Sam Fisher has infiltrated is located in New Orleans/New York City. Several missions take place in the headquarters.

Central America

★ Panama

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★ In '', Sam Fisher breaks into a bank to recover information on terrorist activities.

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★ In '', it is revealed that Sam Fisher invaded Panama during Operation Just Cause.

South America

★ Peru

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a guerrilla camp in northern Peru.

★ Colombia

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★ '' Sam Fisher rescues his commanding officer Douglas Shetland from FARC guerrillas.

Europe

★ France

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★ '' Sam Fisher travels to Paris to infiltrate a cryogenics lab.

★ Georgia

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher travels through the capital of Tbilisi and infiltrates a police station.

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher infiltrates the Department of Defense Headquarters.

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher infiltrates a converted slaughterhouse in Georgia to rescue capture US soldiers.

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher infiltrates the Georgian Presidential Palace.

★ Iceland

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a geothermal plant.

★ Russia

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher infiltrates a nuclear power plant

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a home in Moscow.

★ Ukraine

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a military compound outside of Kiev.

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★ '' Sam Fisher travels to Chernobyl to track down components of a nuclear weapon.

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★ '' Sam Fisher visits the capital of Kiev for personal reasons.

Asia

★ Japan

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates an isolated resort in Hokkaidō.

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a bathhouse in Tokyo to gain information on a mercenary corporation.

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates the I-SDF Headquarters in Tokyo.

★ North Korea

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a military battery in North Korea to investigate a hijacked missile.

★ South Korea

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★ '' After North Korea invades South Korea, Sam Fisher fights through Seoul to retrieve critical data.

★ People's Republic of China

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★ '' Sam Fisher oversees a terrorist operation in Shanghai.

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates an office in Hong Kong.

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★ '' Sam Fisher spends a prolonged time in Hong Kong dismantling a criminal network.

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★ '' Sam Fisher infiltrates a shipyard.

★ Myanmar

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★ ''Splinter Cell'' Sam Fisher infiltrates the Chinese embassy in the capital of Yangon.

Africa

★ Senegal

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★ '' It is revealed that, when Sam Fisher was a US Navy SEAL, he helped eliminate a French arms dealer.

★ Democratic Republic of the Congo

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★ In '', Sam Fisher acts as a covert bodyguard for the terrorist organization's leader when he travels to Kinshasa.

Middle East

★ Afghanistan

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★ At an unconfirmed date, it was revealed that Sam Fisher served in Afghanistan.

★ Israel

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★ '' Sam Fisher travels to Jerusalem in Israel to identify a dangerous biological agent.

★ Kuwait

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★ '', Sam Fisher reveals he was on a possibly unsuccessful mission in Kuwait during the Gulf War.

★ Qatar

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★ '' Sam Fisher briefly visits an Air Force base near Doha, Qatar.

★ United Arab Emirates

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★ '' Sam Fisher tracks down a cyber-terrorist hiding in the Burj al-Arab in the capital city of Dubai.

Oceania

★ Indonesia

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★ In '', Sam Fisher infiltrates a shipyard in Komodo, Indonesia.

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★ In '', Sam Fisher infiltrates hostile territory in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Other

★ Sam Fisher infiltrates a hostile oil rig in the Caspian Sea in the original Splinter Cell game, although the nationality of the oil rig is never confirmed. It is presumed to belong to either Georgia or Azerbaijan.

Featured In

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;Films:

★ ''Splinter Cell'' (TBA)
;Games:

★ ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' (2002)

★ '' (2004)

★ '' (2005)

★ '' (2006)

★ '' (2006)

★ '' (2008)
;Novels:

★ ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' (2004) — by David Michaels

★ '' (2005) — by David Michaels

★ '' (2006) — by David Michaels

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