Anthony Higgs

Anthony Higgs is a major supporting character in his debut in Metroid: Other M. He is a soldier of the Galactic Federation who acts as 07th Platoon’s point man. He is one of Samus Aran's old friends from her Federation days.
He is voiced by Mike McGillicuty in the English version, and by Kenji Nomura in the Japanese version.
==Personality==
Anthony is laidback and full of charisma who has no problems laughing at himself and making light out of strange situations, but he has several moments when he can be serious which occur in the most appropriate circumstances. While he does tend to wonder things out loud and has moments where he might unintentionally upset someone, they often tend to be purely accidental, and he will apologize when realized that he struck a nerve. 
He also seems to enjoy playfully teasing Samus from time to time, he holds her in high regard and shows great confidence in her abilities and competence and also cares for her safety immensely as well as being protective of her in dangerous situations. There is some implication that he has feelings for Samus, with him sometimes flirting with her, but it has yet to be clear.
==History==
===Past===
In the past, Anthony Higgs is a soldier who serves in the Galactic Federation Unit, which is run under Commander Adam Malcovich, which is where he first met a young Samus Aran, and they became close friends with one another, and he is most familiar with her "defiant personality". With Samus being the lone female soldier in their ranks, he often addressed her as "Princess". He was present at the time of the incident where Adam's younger brother, Ian was testing the drive unit of the Lusitania, which went horribly wrong and Samus desperately pleads Adam to let her use the time to save him, but Adam orders them to disengage the drive unit, which was sent out and exploded, killing Ian who was still inside. This results in Samus leaving the Galactic Federation to become an independent bounty hunter, while Anthony remained in the Federation.
===Metroid: Other M===
Anthony is a member of the Galactic Federation 07th Platoon at the time he went to investigate the BOTTLE SHIP with the rest of the crew, which is under Adam's command. They run into Samus Aran, who coincidentally caught on to the Baby's Cry distress call, and he immediately recognized her by removing his visor and addressing her by the "Princess" nickname and asks if she remembers him, which she did. While he and the rest of the platoon could not open the Red Blast Shield, Samus managed to do so with greater ease, much to the amusement of Anthony.
Once he, Samus, and the platoon managed to destroy the Brug Mass, Anthony was assigned to search in Sector 3's Pyrosphere, but it was interrupted when he was told to regroup with the platoon at Sector 1's Biosphere. When they arrive at the Exam Center, Anthony issued orders to search around the building for any important intel or survivors as Maurice Favreau took to the computers. When James Pierce gets into the database, Anthony tells the platoon to search for Madeline Bergman. 
When Samus saw the Cyborg Zebesians, Adam then issues orders for them to vacate the Exam Center as Anthony is worried for Samus. Sometime later, Anthony and the others were ambushed by a strange creature and as it noticed Samus inside the Exam Center and attacks her as soon as she leaves it as Anthony tried to warn her about. Anthony charges up his Plasma Gun and opens fire, severely injuring the beast and made it retreat. Anthony apologizes to Samus for not firing his shot earlier and blames the long charging time of his Plasma Gun, but he trusts that she can handle herself. Anthony and Samus both find Lyle Smithsonian dead on the grass, and the platoon split up again to resume their searches as Anthony heads to his original assigned area, the Pyrosphere. 
During their expedition in the Pyrosphere, Adam orders Anthony to regroup with the rest of the platoon soldiers so they could open the magma-eruption port to restore geothermal power. However, the rest of the platoon did not turn up, and Anthony is suddenly ambushed by a Rhedogian that was about to drop him into a pool of lava. By coincidence, Samus happened to be there in the nick of time to save him. Anthony is grateful for her help and asks how she felt working with Adam again, which annoyed Samus. Anthony then apologized before heading out his way.
Anthony arrived at the Geothermal Power Plant, where he runs into a fully evolved Ridley, and they get into a standoff. Samus also arrived and unintentionally got in the way of Anthony's line of fire, which had her erroneously believe that Anthony is the Deleter until Ridley's roar echoed in the vicinity. Before they could retreat, Ridley had demolished the bridge, trapping them in the same spot. Anthony gets ready to fight the assailant, but Samus insists that this should be left to her and opens the magma-eruption room to brighten the area where Ridley is fully revealed, causing Samus to go into a shocked state upon seeing Ridley again, which gave the beast an opportunity to seize her. Anthony fired his Plasma Gun and while Ridley dodged it, it was forced to release Samus as Anthony threatens and taunts it as he gets ready to go for a one-on-one duel with it, but he is quickly defeated as he is knocked away by Ridley's tail and he falls towards the lava below, leaving Samus to believe that he died before she gets into a battle with Ridley, defeating it.
Unbeknownst to anyone in the BOTTLE SHIP, Anthony narrowly escaped a fiery fate by using his Freeze Gun on a Magdollite to use as a solid platform. This saved his life, but the impact had destroyed his Plasma Gun and he found a way out of the area. Unable to get in contact with Adam and separated from Samus, Anthony soldiers on with the investigation on his own. When he learned that the BOTTLE SHIP is on a crash course with the Galactic Federation HQ's planet, and while the task was given to Samus by Adam as the latter isn't aware of Anthony's survival, he takes matters into his own hands and went all out to apply the emergency brakes and stopped the engines. Samus was battling the Queen Metroid at the time and the brakes ended up giving her a huge advantage over her stunned adversary.
At some point, Anthony infiltrated a unit of Federation troopers commanded by The Colonel and it isn't known if he was there during the battle with Melissa Bergman (or MB). After MB's defeat, the Colonel tells Samus that she isn't on official status and hasn't been able to contact Madeline and was to be taken out of the BOTTLE SHIP. A soldier who offered to bring her out was none other than Anthony himself, who addresses Samus as "Princess" once more, which baffles Samus and shocks everyone around him. Anthony tells The Colonel that he is a soldier from the 07th Platoon and since Adam, who recently died to save the BOTTLE SHIP, was the one who instigated the investigation in the first place, Anthony's authority nullifies his. Anthony's presence had saved Madeline's witness from being shrouded by the ringleaders.
Samus flies her Gunship to the Galactic Federation HQ with both Anthony and Madeline as her passengers, as Anthony thought out loud about how ridiculous the whole situation is, but he realized that he is disrupting Madeline's sleep and chooses not to say anything further, which Samus appreciates how courteous he was. 
After having recuperated from the mission, Samus and Anthony pass by each other in the Galactic Federation complex and while Samus gave a "thumbs up" to the deceased Adam, Anthony jokingly gave her a "thumbs down". After that Samus reflects on her comradeship with Anthony and notes the similarities and differences between him and Adam.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*When Anthony Higgs appeared in Metroid: Other M's trailer, he quickly became a popular character along with a running joke among the fans, since have never seen him in any of the previous games and his name was never revealed either until the full game came out, and up until then have often referred to him as MBD, abbreviated for Mysterious Black Dude. His popularity still holds up after the game released and fans and critics alike have agreed that Anthony Higgs is one of the best characters, in the game that was otherwise given a negative rep no less. 
*Anthony Higgs is the only member of the 07th Platoon, excluding Samus, to remain alive as all the other members have perished in action.
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