Madeline Bergman

Madeline Bergman is a supporting character in her single appearance in Metroid: Other M. She is the Site Manager and Development Director on the BOTTLE SHIP and the person who partook in the creation of the android MB (Melissa Bergman) with the infrastructure of Mother for the purpose of controlling the Metroids and the Space Pirates and she was responsible for sending the Baby's Cry distress call, which would lead both Samus and the 07th Platoon led by Adam Malkovich.
==Biography==
Madeline Bergman is the director behind the creation of various life forms on the BOTTLE SHIP. One of them in particular is MB who was initially an infrastructure of Mother Brain, but when the scientists started to create the Metroids, MB was converted into an android in form of a young platinum blonde woman to allow for a maternal connection with the creatures which is inspired by Samus's bond with the Baby Metroid. Madeline decided to call her Melissa Bergman so that she would feel more human, a name which MB is well pleased with, and they formed a mother-daughter bond to which Madeline gives Melissa a hair chip and compliments her look. While MB was interacting with the Metroids, she started to develop human emotions and began to display a rebellious nature and often harshly criticized the work of the scientists to the point where they have to reprogram her. Madeline could only watch as MB was restrained and the android came to believed that all humans should be judged for their actions as she completely lost control and violently attacked her persecutors and with her telepathy, she leads all of the bioforms to kill all of the scientists on the BOTTLE SHIP, minus Madeline, who sent the Baby's Cry SOS signal before going into hiding, which Samus Aran and the 07th Platoon would pick up on it and get involved, leading to the events of Metroid: Other M. MB decided to lead the attack against the Federation capital by bringing the BOTTLE SHIP and its bioweapons to the planet. 
When Samus meets MB, she claims that she is "Madeline Bergman" as she goes on to explain what "she" was doing on the BOTTLE SHIP and tells Samus to head to Sector Zero where the Unfreezable Metroids are contained and has both the detach and self-destruct function when the Sector is damaged enough. It is there that Adam Malcovich destroys the sector which in turn kills him, but not before telling Samus to find the survivor hiding in Room MW; with the BOTTLE SHIP on collision course that she must hit the emergency breaks and warns her that the "Madeline Bergman" that she interacted with earlier is no ally to her or anyone. 
Upon arrival at MW, Samus sees the real Madeline Bergman, who evades Samus in a similar manner of MB earlier and activates the terminal to open the blast doors which brings in the Queen Metroid, the creature that created the Unfreezable Metroids. During the battle, the emergency brakes are slammed by someone else and Samus, despite being startled was able to gain the advantage over her stunned foe and defeats it by taking the risk of using the Power Bomb. Madeline was hidden within the well-fortified chamber and survives the explosion, but she still distrusted Samus, believing that she might silence her, but the Bounty Hunter managed to convince her otherwise. 
Once she calms down, the director introduces herself as the real Madeline Bergman, to Samus's surprise and confusion as she met another woman with a similar name, until Madeline gave proof with her official name tag and explains that the lady that Samus met earlier was an android named MB and explains the story of MB's origins, where Madeline treated her like a real daughter and referred to her as Melissa Bergman and the real events were due to MB's rampage that led to Madeline sending the Baby's Cry distress call. Because Madeline was helpless to help MB in her time of need, she feels at fault for the terrible events that have occurred on the BOTTLE SHIP. 
After the conversation, MB herself appears and points a Freeze Gun at Madeline which things start to heat up between them. Madeline then tries to coax the android into calming down and apologizes for not helping her earlier and just when it appeared that she was successful, the Galactic Federation Army appears which MB detected, and seemingly pushes Madeline away from the path of the freeze gun shot. MB quickly thaws and passes the Freeze Gun to Madeline as she summons the Desbrachians, Ghalmanians and Mighty Griptians to fight back. Samus uses herself as a human shield for Madeline as she fends off the Desbrachians. Before she could shoot at MB, Madeline then grabs up the Freeze Gun and shoots MB herself, accidentally leaving her open to being killed. 
Devastated over the revelations, Madeline runs over to the fallen android as she mourns over her before being restrained. With the loss of the 07th Platoon soldiers and Samus not an official Federation Soldier, she is forbidden by the Colonel from having any contact with Madeline and a soldier is ordered to bring Samus to her Gunship and he calls her "Princess" as he was about to do so, which surprises both Samus and the Colonel. When asked who he was, the soldier opens his visor and it was revealed that Anthony Higgs, who was thought to have been slain in his scuffle with Ridley and confirms his place as a soldier in the 07th Platoon and he was given orders to secure the safety of the survivors on the BOTTLE SHIP which allowed Samus to bring both Anthony and Madeline to take leave of the ship. Madeline was able to fall asleep and is accidentally awakened by Anthony's self-musings over the recent events which Samus states that Anthony is trying to be courteous while adding that Madeline was muttering "I was the insane one." when she fell back asleep, which refers to the belief that the scientists have dubbed MB as the insane one as Samus wonders if MB was indeed monstrous or just misunderstood. 
It's currently uncertain what happened to Madeline after the events of Metroid: Other M, but it can be assumed that she made it back to the Federation to testify against any surviving backers behind the BOTTLE SHIP project while under the protection and Samus and Anthony. The Japanese version of Metroid Fusion makes it more evident as the Federation was restructured sometime before the events of that game began. 
==Trivia==
*Madeline Bergman is the only scientist on the BOTTLE SHIP to survive MB's rampage. This scenario is similar to Anthony Higgs, who was the last surviving member of the 07th Platoon where the rest of his comrades have died in action. 
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