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| caption = John Hodge in [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1)|''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'' (Version 1)]].
!colspan="2"|<font size="2">John Hodge</font>
 
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| died = September 3, 2007<br />20 kilometers from Akureyri, Iceland
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| cause_of_death = Shot to death by a terrorist.
|style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"|[[File:John_Hodge.jpg|250px|John Hodge, as he appeared in ''Double Agent'']]
 
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| citizenship = [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|22px]] American
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| occupation = [[Third Echelon]] [[Third Echelon#Splinter Cell|Splinter Cell]]
|'''Full Name'''
 
 
| affiliations = [[Third Echelon]]
|Johnathon Hodge
 
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| appearances = [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1)|''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'' (Version 1)]]
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|1978, Grand Rapids, Michigan
 
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{{Quote|Just like you would have done it, Agent [[Sam Fisher|Fisher]].|John Hodge to Sam Fisher after killing a guard.|Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1)}}'''John Hodge''' was a [[Third Echelon]] [[Splinter Cell Program|Splinter Cell]] who appeared in [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1)|''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'' (Version 1)]]. He was required to team up with veteran Splinter Cell [[Sam Fisher]] in the game's first mission, but he was killed due to his arrogance.
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|'''Family'''
 
|Unknown
 
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|'''Nationality'''
 
|American
 
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|'''Position'''
 
|Field Operative ("[[Splinter Cell]]")
 
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|'''Hair'''
 
|???
 
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|'''Eyes'''
 
|???
 
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|???
 
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|'''Weight'''
 
|???
 
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|'''Affiliations'''
 
|[[National Security Agency]]<br /> ([[Third Echelon]])
 
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|'''Status'''
 
|KIA (3<sup>rd</sup> September 2007, 20km Akureyi, Iceland)
 
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|'''Appearances'''
 
|[[Tom_Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent|DA]] (Version 1)
 
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==Biography==
'''Johnathan "John" Hodge''' was a newly-recruited [[Splinter Cell#Recruitment_and_Training|Splinter Cell]] of [[Third Echelon]], the [[National Security Agency|NSA]]'s top-secret sub-branch, who appeared in Version 1 of ''[[Tom_Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent|Double Agent]]''. He was required to team up with veteran Splinter Cell [[Sam Fisher]] in the game's first mission. He was killed due to his own ignorance and was a catalyst for Sam's downfall during the JBA Crisis.
 
   
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=== 2007: Geothermal Plant Investigation ===
''"Are you scared?"''<br /> ''"Why? Should I be?"'' <br /> — John Hodge and [[Sam Fisher]]
 
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[[File:Hodge_Iceland.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hodge and Sam Fisher during their operation in Iceland.]]
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On September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2007, newly recruited Splinter Cell agent John Hodge was sent to a geothermal plant twenty kilometers from Akureyri in Northern Iceland with veteran Splinter Cell agent [[Sam Fisher]] to investigate the geothermal plant regarding suspicious terrorist activity. As the [[V-22 Osprey]] neared the icy waters near the geothermal plant, Fisher asked Hodge if he was afraid. Hodge stated no, and with a smug response, asked, "Should I be?" Fisher merely gave a grunt and then the doors in the back of the Osprey lowered. Without warning, Hodge quickly ran ahead of Fisher and jumped out, shouting, "Let me lead the way!" before plummeting in the cold waters below.
   
 
Sam believed he was too fresh and cocky to actually be on a real mission and asked Third Echelon Director [[Irving Lambert]] to pull Hodge out of the mission after finding out that the mission was getting too dangerous for him. Lambert refused, stating that they are already in too deep, and let the mission continue on. During the mission, Hodge broke from his assignment to enter the plant himself over Fisher and Lambert's protests. As Sam entered the launch facility through a disabled air vent, he watched as Hodge was confronted by an armed guard. Hodge then put his hands up in surrender, realizing that there was no way out alive because there were more guards cornering him nearby. The armed guard shot him several times, killing him. Lambert stated that, "He did not break", with Fisher replying that his death was totally avoidable.
==Background==
 
Little is known about John Hodge other than that he was an over-enthusiastic rookie Splinter Cell who was very eager to impress Fisher because he saw him as a role model. Going as far as jumping out of the [[V-22 Osprey|Osprey]] before Fisher shouting, "Let me lead the way!".
 
   
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== Profile ==
==[[Tom_Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent|20km Akureyi, Iceland]]==
 
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[[File:John_Hodge.jpg|thumb|John Hodge before his first mission with Sam Fisher.]]John Hodge was an over-enthusiastic rookie Splinter Cell who was eager to impress Fisher. He went as far as leaping out of the [[V-22 Osprey|Osprey]] before Fisher, shouting, "Let me lead the way!" to the dismay of Fisher. Despite seemingly being too much of a rookie to be on their current high-risk mission, Hodge showed quick movement when he took out the first guard at the open ice cap after swimming in from the water intake tube.
[[File:Hodge_Iceland.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hodge and Sam Fisher during their operation in Iceland.]]In September 2007, Hodge was sent to his first mission to aid [[Sam Fisher]] at a geothermal plant in northern Iceland. He was tasked with covering Sam's entrance so he can enter the plant covertly. During the mission, Hodge broke from his assignment to enter the plant himself over Sam's and Lambert's protests. Sam believed he was too fresh and cocky to actually be on a real mission and asked [[Irving Lambert]] to pull Hodge out of the mission after finding out that the mission was getting too dangerous for him. Lambert refused and let the mission continue. As Sam entered the launch facility through a disabled air vent, he watched as Hodge was confronted by an armed guard. Hodge then put his hands up in surrender, realizing that there was no way out alive because there were more guards cornering him nearby. The armed guard shot him several times, killing him. This puts the facility on alert, making Fisher's presence less covered.
 
   
==See Also==
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==Trivia==
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*John Hodge only appears in Version 1 of ''Splinter Cell: Double Agent. ''In Version 2, Sam's partner in the first mission is [[Hisham Hamza]].
* [[Third Echelon]]
 
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*John Hodge is the first Splinter Cell to ever canonically die in a ''Splinter Cell'' video game.
* [[Splinter Cell]]
 
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*John Hodge was technically the last 'partner' Sam Fisher had in a mission before ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]'', where Sam is partnered with [[Fourth Echelon]] operator [[Isaac Briggs]] in a variety of mission.
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==See also==
[[Category:Characters of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent]]
 
[[Category:Third Echelon]]
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*[[Third Echelon]]
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*[[Third Echelon#Splinter Cell program|Splinter Cell program]]
 
[[Category:Characters|Hodge, John]]
 
[[Category:Characters of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1)|Hodge, John]]
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[[Category:Splinter Cells|Hodge, John]]
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[[Category:Third Echelon|Hodge, John]]
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[[Category:Deceased characters]]

Revision as of 23:26, 12 January 2019

"Just like you would have done it, Agent Fisher."
― John Hodge to Sam Fisher after killing a guard.[src]

John Hodge was a Third Echelon Splinter Cell who appeared in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Version 1). He was required to team up with veteran Splinter Cell Sam Fisher in the game's first mission, but he was killed due to his arrogance.

Biography

2007: Geothermal Plant Investigation

Hodge Iceland

Hodge and Sam Fisher during their operation in Iceland.

On September 3rd, 2007, newly recruited Splinter Cell agent John Hodge was sent to a geothermal plant twenty kilometers from Akureyri in Northern Iceland with veteran Splinter Cell agent Sam Fisher to investigate the geothermal plant regarding suspicious terrorist activity. As the V-22 Osprey neared the icy waters near the geothermal plant, Fisher asked Hodge if he was afraid. Hodge stated no, and with a smug response, asked, "Should I be?" Fisher merely gave a grunt and then the doors in the back of the Osprey lowered. Without warning, Hodge quickly ran ahead of Fisher and jumped out, shouting, "Let me lead the way!" before plummeting in the cold waters below.

Sam believed he was too fresh and cocky to actually be on a real mission and asked Third Echelon Director Irving Lambert to pull Hodge out of the mission after finding out that the mission was getting too dangerous for him. Lambert refused, stating that they are already in too deep, and let the mission continue on. During the mission, Hodge broke from his assignment to enter the plant himself over Fisher and Lambert's protests. As Sam entered the launch facility through a disabled air vent, he watched as Hodge was confronted by an armed guard. Hodge then put his hands up in surrender, realizing that there was no way out alive because there were more guards cornering him nearby. The armed guard shot him several times, killing him. Lambert stated that, "He did not break", with Fisher replying that his death was totally avoidable.

Profile

John Hodge

John Hodge before his first mission with Sam Fisher.

John Hodge was an over-enthusiastic rookie Splinter Cell who was eager to impress Fisher. He went as far as leaping out of the Osprey before Fisher, shouting, "Let me lead the way!" to the dismay of Fisher. Despite seemingly being too much of a rookie to be on their current high-risk mission, Hodge showed quick movement when he took out the first guard at the open ice cap after swimming in from the water intake tube.

Trivia

  • John Hodge only appears in Version 1 of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. In Version 2, Sam's partner in the first mission is Hisham Hamza.
  • John Hodge is the first Splinter Cell to ever canonically die in a Splinter Cell video game.
  • John Hodge was technically the last 'partner' Sam Fisher had in a mission before Splinter Cell: Blacklist, where Sam is partnered with Fourth Echelon operator Isaac Briggs in a variety of mission.

See also