Freeman's Body Count

[silverius]

I had nothing to do today so I decided to make a list of Freeman's kills. This may not actually be accurate in any way, since it is just manual labor. However, Freeman kept wondering how many counts of self defense with an automatic weapon he could still justify, and now he knows how to prepare his lawsuit.

 

I found another thread that did this here already, but it hadn't been updated in almost a year. I thought I'd make a new thread rather than necroing that one. If that's frowned upon I hope a mod can merge the threads.

 

The tally is in spoiler tags since it is rather large:

 

e4

2 scientists

----+

2 scientist

2

 

e5

1 scientist

----+

1 scientist

1

 

e6

2 houndeye

2 houndeye

1 vort

1 headcrab

1 zombie

4 headcrab

----+

4 houndeye + 1 vort + 5 headcrabs + 1 zombie

11

 

e7

(first mention of the grappling hook)

1 bullsquid

----+

1 bullsquid

1

 

e8

3 headcrabs

2 headcrabs

1 headcrab

----+

6 headcrabs

6

 

e9

5 headcrabs

1 headcrab

2 vorts

1 vort

2 vorts

1 headcrab

3 vorts

1 barnacle

3 headcrabs

1 zombie

2 vorts

1 zombie

9 headcrabs

2 zombies

----+

19 headcrabs + 11 vorts + 1 barnacle + 4 zombies

35

 

e10

1 bullsquid

1 headcrab

1 bullsquid

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

1 barnacle

1 headcrab

1 zombie

1 headcrab

(actually notices the g-man)

3 zombies

----+

2 bullsquid + 6 headcrab + 1 barnacle + 4 zombie

13

 

e10.5

1 freeman

----+

1 freeman

1

 

e11

1 turret

1 headcrab

4 headcrabs

3 vort

1 vort

3 headcrabs

----+

1 turret + 8 headcrab + 4 vorts

13

 

e12

(again notices the g-man)

1 soldier (one count of self-defence)

2 soldiers

3 soldiers

4 soldiers

1 headcrab

2 soldiers

----+

12 soldiers + 1 headcrab

13

 

e13

2 headcrabs

1 bullsquid

1 zombie

2 bullsquid

2 headcrabs

4 houndeyes

----+

4 headcrab + 3 bullsquid + 1 zombie + 4 houndeyes

12

 

e14

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

4 houndeyes

1 houndeye

1 headcrab

1 houndeye

1 bullsquid

1 zombie

1 barnacle

1 barnacle

----+

7 bullsquid + 6 houndeye + 1 headcrab + 1 zombie + 2 barnacle

17

 

e15

1 zombie

2 zombies

1 zombie

2 zombies

----+

6 zombies

6

 

e16

2 headcrabs

1 headcrab

3 zombies

1 headcrab

1 zombie

3 houndeyes

1 bullsquid

----+

4 headcrab + 4 zombies + 3 houndeyes + 1 bullsquid

12

 

e17

1 zombies

----+

1 zombie

1

 

e18

0

 

e19

3 tentacles (Physics Rules!)

----+

3 tentacles

3

 

e20

0

 

e21

1 vort

2 vort

5 headcrab

1 vort

1 headcrab

2 headcrab

2 vort

1 soldier

1 soldier

----+

6 vort + 8 headcrab + 2 soldiers

16

 

e22

3 soldier

1 soldier

2 soldier

1 soldier

1 houndeye

4 houndeye

1 headcrab

1 zombie

----+

7 soldiers + 5 houndeye + 1 headcrab + 1 zombie

14

 

e23

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

2 headcrabs

1 turret

1 vort

----+

6 soldiers + 2 headcrabs + 1 turret + 1 vort

10

 

e24

1 gargantua

----+

1 gargantua

1

 

e25

1 barnacle

2 houndeyes

1 bullsquid

1 turret

3 houndeye

1 bullsquid

3 houndeye

1 bullsuid

1 barnacle

1 barnacle

1 bullsquid

----+

3 barnacle + 8 houndeye + 4 bullsquid + 1 turret + 2 barnacle

18

 

e26

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

1 bullsquid

1 barnacle

1 bullsquid

1 headcrab

5 soldiers

----+

3 headcrab + 2 bullsquid + 1 barnacle + 5 soldiers

11

 

e27 (pirate)

1 soldier

2 soldiers

1 soldier

1 soldier

1 soldier

3 soldiers

2 vorts

2 soldiers

1 vort

2 headcrabs (shiver me timbers)

1 vort

----+

11 soldiers + 4 vort + 2 headcrab

17

 

e28

1 soldier

1 soldier

2 bullsquid

1 headcrab

1 bullsquid

1 headcrab

1 soldier

5 vort

(freeman starts thinking this whole thing isn't a rescue operation)

----+

3 soldier + 3 bullsquid + 2 headcrab + 5 vorts

13

 

e29

1 soldier

2 soldiers (did they just pop out of a box)

2 zombies

1 soldier

1 soldier

2 soldiers

----+

7 soldiers + 2 zombies

9

 

e30

1 soldier

2 soldiers

----+

3 soldiers

3

 

e31

2 soldiers

1 zombie

1 zombie

----+

2 soldiers + 2 zombies

4

 

e32

3 barnacle

1 barnacle

1 ichesaur (you think I work at sea-world?)

3 barnacle

----+

7 barnacle + 1 itchisaur (sp?)

8

 

e33

2 vorts

1 barnacle

1 vort

2 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

2 headcrabs

3 vorts

----+

6 vort + 1 barnacle + 3 bullsquid + 2 headcrabs

12

 

e34

2 vort

1 headcrab

2 vorts

2 vorts

3 ninjas

----+

6 vorts + 1 headcrab + 3 ninjas

10

 

e0 (hazard course)

 

e35

(I woke up in a trash compactor again)

2 headcrab

----+

2 headcrabs

2

 

e36

3 barnacles

1 barnacle

2 headcrabs

----+

4 barnacles + 2 headcrabs

6

 

e37

1 bullsquid

2 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

----+

4 bullsquid

4

 

e38

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

1 bullsquid

----+

3 headcrabs + 1 bullsquid

4

 

e39

1 headcrab

5 houndeyes

1 grunt

4 headcrabs

1 soldier

1 guard

4 soldiers

----+

5 headcrabs + 5 houndeyes + 1 grunt + 5 soldiers + 1 guard

17

 

e40

2 soldiers

1 grunt

3 soldiers

1 soldier

1 soldier

1 bullsquid

1 bullsquid

3 soldiers

4 houndeyes

----+

10 soldiers + 1 grunt + 2 bullsquid + 4 houndeyes

17

 

e41

1 suicidal scientist (walks into the surgery robot)

4 headcrabs

3 headcrabs

1 soldier

1 soldier

2 turrets

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

----+

1 scientist + 7 headcrabs + 6 soldiers + 2 turrets

16

 

e42

1 soldier

1 damn apache

1 ichisaur

----+

1 soldier + 1 apache + 1 ichesaur

3

 

e43

1 houndeye

4 soldiers

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

2 headcrabs

----+

1 houndeye + 4 soldiers + 4 headcrabs

9

 

e44

1 turret

2 soldiers

1 soldier

1 soldier

1 soldier

1 apache

1 headcrab (by dodge)

----+

1 turret + 5 soldiers + 1 apache + 1 headcrab

8

 

e45

8 soldiers

1 tank

2 soldiers

1 tank

----+

10 soldiers + 2 tanks

12

 

e46

1 grunt

1 vort

----+

1 grunt + 1 vort

2

 

e47

2 headcrabs

1 headcrab

1 hive hand

3 soldiers

1 guard ('friendly' fire)

1 turret

2 grunts

2 soldiers

----+

3 headcrabs + 1 hivehand + 5 soldiers + 1 guard + 1 turret + 2 grunts

13

 

e48

3 soldiers

1 tank

1 soldier (sniper)

3 soldiers

2 grunts

1 osprey

1 grunt

1 guard (told him not to do that)

----+

7 soldiers + 1 tank + 3 grunts + 1 osprey + 1 guard

13

 

e49

2 grunts

22 vorts

2 soldiers

2 snarks

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

4 grunts

1 vort

1 grunt

3 soldiers

1 grunt

1 soldier

1 grunt

----+

9 grunts + 23 vorts + 10 soldiers + 2 snarks (vorts here were really difficult to count)

44

 

e50

3 soldiers (the ghost told him to)

2 soldiers

2 vorts

----+

5 soldiers + 2 vorts

7

 

e51

1 grunt

1 vort

3 vorts

1 grunt

1 vort

1 snark

1 snark nest (just not going to count this one)

1 snark

1 grunt

2 grunts

1 grunt

----+

6 grunts + 5 vorts + 2 snarks

13

 

e52

1 turret

1 barnacle

1 barnacle

1 headcrab

1 barnacle

1 turret

1 soldier

2 soldiers

1 tank

1 turret

----+

3 turrets + 3 barnacle + 1 headcrab + 3 soldiers + 1 tank

11

 

e53

2 soldiers

3 grunt

3 vort

2 grunt

1 grunt

1 grunt

1 blue space laser

3 headcrab

1 bullsquid

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

----+

2 soldiers + 7 grunt + 3 vorts + 1 blue space laser + 5 headcrab + 1 bullsquid

19

 

e54

1 ninja (Ockhams Shuriken)

1 ninja

1 ninja

1 ninja

2 grunts

1 grunt

1 grunt

1 scientist ('you handle it!' im calling this death by criminal negligence)

----+

4 ninjas + 4 grunts + 1 scientist

9

 

e55

2 vorts

1 grunt

2 vorts

1 vort

2 grunts

1 grunt

1 headcrab

2 vorts

1 headcrab

2 vorts

----+

9 vorts + 4 grunts + 2 headcrabs

15

 

freeman across the universe

 

e56

2 grunt

1 grunt

1 barnacle

3 headcrabs

2 barnacle

6 grunts ('this is Innsbruck all over again')

----+

9 grunts + 3 barnacles + 3 headcrabs

16

 

e57

1 vort

1 grunt

1 vort

1 grunt

1 vort

1 grunt

2 grunts

----+

3 vorts + 5 grunts

8

 

e58

1 vending machine

1 headcrab

3 headcrabs

1 headcrab

2 headcrabs

1 zombie

3 soldiers

1 soldier

1 soldier

1 soldier

4 soldiers

2 soldiers

1 soldier

3 soldiers

1 soldier

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

2 soldiers

----+

7 headcrabs + 1 zombie + 23 soldiers

31

 

e59

2 zombies

1 zombie

3 headcrabs

2 vort

1 soldier

1 vort

1 vort

1 soldier

2 vorts

1 vort

2 soldier

1 vort

4 vorts

1 vort

2 vorts

2 headcrabs

1 headcrab

1 scientist

1 houndeye

2 zombies

1 headcrab

1 headcrab

----+

5 zombies + 8 headcrabs + 13 vorts + 4 soldiers + 1 scientist + 1 houndeye

32

 

e60

1 scientist

2 vort

----+

1 scientist + 2 vort

3

 

e61

3 headcrabs

14 overseers

----+

3 headcrabs + 14 overseers

7

 

e61.5

0

 

e62

1 vort

1 vort

1 houndeye

2 houndeye

1 zapper

2 houndeyes

----+

2 vorts + 5 houndeyes + 1 purple zapper

7

 

e63

2 headcrabs

6 baby headcrabs

3 headcrabs

1 gonarch

----+

5 headcrabs + 6 baby headcrabs + 1 gonarch

12

 

e64

2 vorts

1 overseer

1 vort

1 overseer

2 vort

2 headcrabs

1 bullsquid

2 overseers

1 vort

2 vorts

----+

8 vorts + 4 overseers + 2 headcrabs + 1 bullsquid

15

 

e65

2 grunts

1 vort

1 vort

1 vort

1 barnacle

2 vorts

----+

2 grunts + 5 vorts + 1 barnacle

8

 

e66

2 vort

1 overseer

1 vort (only time he kills something other than a headcrab with the crowbar)

2 vort

2 overseers

1 vort

1 overseer

3 vort

1 vort

2 vort

1 vort

1 grunt

5 grunt

2 vort

2 overseer

1 grunt

1 grunt

2 overseer

2 vort

----+

17 vorts + 8 overseer + 8 grunts

31

 

e67

2 vort

2 overseer

2 vort

1 overseer

1 vort

1 vort

1 vort

1 vort

3 overseer

1 vort

1 vort

1 grunt

1 vort

1 vort

3 overseer

----+

11 vorts + 9 overseer + 1 grunt

21

 

e68

3 overseers

1 vort

3 overseers

1 vort

2 vort

1 vort

2 vorts

1 nihilant

----+

6 overseer + 7 vorts + 1 nihilant

14

 

Summary:

Vortigaunts: 155

Headcrabs: 138

Alien grunts: 54

Houndeyes: 46

Overseers: 41

Bullsquids: 35

Barnacles: 19

Baby Headcrabs: 6

Snarks: 4

Tentacles: 3

Ichthyosaur: 2

Gargantua: 2

Blue space laser: 1

Gonarch: 1

Nihilant: 1

 

Turrets: 9

Tanks: 4

Apaches: 2

Osprey: 1

 

Soldiers: 158 (so Freeman is strictly more of a one man Company rather than an Army)

Ninjas: 7

 

Scientists: 6

Guards: 3

 

TOTAL

508 Aliens

16 Military hardware

165 Hostile soldiers

9 'Friendly' Fire

 

SUM TOTAL:

698 kills

 

Notes:

- I'm not guaranteeing any kind of accuracy here in either the counting or the summing.

- Please do point out any errors I've made.

- This took me about a day.

- Freeman kills more aliens then humans.

- Freeman kills barely more alien soldiers at (grunts, gargs, vorts) 211 than human soldiers and equipment at 181.

- Freeman kills more overseers than barnacles, and barely more houndeyes than overseers.

- The tanks, Apaches and the Osprey destroyed have a combined unit cost of about 135 million dollars.

- Freeman is the most deadly in episode 49, with 44 kills, followed by episode 9 with 35 kills and then episode 59 with 32

kills.

 

edit 1 (2015-01-03). Forgot Bullsquids and Garg. Thanks BTGBullseye and Zaraki.

edit 2 (2015-01-04). One more Garg. Thanks RandomGuy.

Edited January 4, 2015 by Guest (see edit history)

[AustinH]

Holy crap this is pure gold xD Good job man

[Nex]

Yeah, good luck pinning all that on one scientist who's never fired a gun before, has no military training whatsoever, who has a doctorate in theoretical physicist, is not a member of extremist organizations, and who has been acquitted of petty theft.

[St. Goliath]

Gordon probably wouldn't live long enough to see the end of that court hearing.

[Timmynator]

Fucking Ninjas, man!

 

Those stats need to make it into a trailer for the series:

1 free man...

1 incredibly unlikely intergalactic coincidence...

600-odd counts of self-defense with an automatic weapons...

 

 

cut to the scene where Freeman shouts : "I have to kill everyone to prove I'm not crazy!"

 

 

A 7 year odyssee in 68 parts - one man on a mission to get home.

 

Freeman's Mind - giving Gordon a voice.

 

Now streaming to a device near you!

 

 

crowbar and weapons not included, sanity sold seperately

[Artlav]

Those stats need to make it into a trailer for the series

And now i can't stop planning to do it.

Thanks.

[Artlav]

Also, it's "I have to BLOW everything up! It's the only way to prove i'm not crazy"!

There is also "I'm on your side! How many of you do i have to kill before you understand that!"

 

You seem to have mixed the two together...

 

Hm, the general theme is Freeman answering the narrator with his shouts.

Benny Hill music does seem to cut it very well.

 

Or, it's Benny Hill music, and no answering.

Or, combine the two...

[Timmynator]

Sounds about right Maybe both shouts should make it into that trailer.

 

Put the "how many do I have to kill" right after the self-defense statement, then the "blow everything up" after the montage. Although it could've very well been "kill everyone to prove I'm not crazy" given Freeman's sociopathic tendencies

[Zaraki]

Just one question.Any Bullsquids?

[Twilight Sparkle]

Just one question.Any Bullsquids?

 

He's definitely killed a bunch of those. He seems to hate them especially, so I remember quite a few rants about them.

[BTGBullseye]

He killed a Gargantua too...

 

I also think there were significantly more baby headcrabs killed, but they all died of explosive perforation intended for the Gonarch, and therefore are difficult to enumerate accurately.

 

Oh, and what about all those poor boxes he killed in his travels? Who's counting them?

[silverius]

Just one question.Any Bullsquids?

Damn you're right of course.

 

He killed a Gargantua too...

 

I also think there were significantly more baby headcrabs killed, but they all died of explosive perforation intended for the Gonarch, and therefore are difficult to enumerate accurately.

 

Oh, and what about all those poor boxes he killed in his travels? Who's counting them?

Baby headcrabs were really difficult to count. I forgot to add the Garg.

 

Let me do some fixing...

[K4_Kydure]

Would the crews of the tanks and air craft count as individual kills? I believe the Abrams has a crew of four and the Bradley(s) have a crew of three.

[Sexypotato]

So Freeman has a body count of 174 people so that means he would be one of the biggest mass murderers in history the disturbing part is there are still a few in real life that have him beat.

[Ross Scott]

So Freeman has a body count of 174 people so that means he would be one of the biggest mass murderers in history the disturbing part is there are still a few in real life that have him beat.

Not really, I think the majority of his kills are justifiable homicides in self defense. I would argue almost all are, but if you wanted to give the soldiers the complete benefit of the doubt, you would have to count every kill where a soldier has fired his weapon at him FIRST as justifiable homicide and everything else as a murder. There are iffier situations where the soldier laid a trap, but you're not sure which one. (like the pipe explosion trap).

 

EDIT: You could go farther and argue every soldier point his gun AT Freeman could count, given his circumstances thus far.

[silverius]

Would the crews of the tanks and air craft count as individual kills? I believe the Abrams has a crew of four and the Bradley(s) have a crew of three.

Since I didn't know how many people there were on board (the tanks aren't driving around for example) I just counted it as one, Gimli style.

[danielsangeo]

Doesn't really matter as Freeman's criminal record (had he one) would've been irrelevant as soon as he destroyed Nihilanth and was thrown in stasis for 20 years. The Combine takeover of Earth would've made it irrelevant. And I think any actions that Freeman has taken in Half-Life 2 (and its episodes) and the eventual Half-Life 3 would more than make up for the handful of deaths (comparitively speaking) that Freeman inflicted upon the HECU and Science Team/guard staff.

[BTGBullseye]

was thrown in stasis for 20 years.

Would've blown past the statute of limitations if it really was that long.

[RandomGuy]

He kills two Gargantuas, not one.

 

So Freeman has a body count of 174 people so that means he would be one of the biggest mass murderers in history the disturbing part is there are still a few in real life that have him beat.

Not really, I think the majority of his kills are justifiable homicides in self defense. I would argue almost all are, but if you wanted to give the soldiers the complete benefit of the doubt, you would have to count every kill where a soldier has fired his weapon at him FIRST as justifiable homicide and everything else as a murder. There are iffier situations where the soldier laid a trap, but you're not sure which one. (like the pipe explosion trap).

 

EDIT: You could go farther and argue every soldier point his gun AT Freeman could count, given his circumstances thus far.

 

He does have a few counts of manslaughter though, like the guard who got fried in Blast Pit, and the guard who spooked him by opening the door (though logically he shouldn't even be significantly injured), or the scientist he accidentally shot because he teleported right in front of the scientist at the exact moment he was firing wildly at the Gargantua. And, of course, the two scientists he accidentally dropped down the elevator (though that's arguable, since the elevator still falls anyway even if you don't push the button). But it's notable that he will sometimes not even shoot enemies if they don't attack him first (those two soldiers in On A Rail, the Gargantua in Nihilanth, the Vortigaunts in Interloper).

 

That guard he shot with the magnum in Questionable Ethics because he thought he was working with the soldiers may count as outright murder, though he had a semi-understandable reason in that case.

 

So Freeman has a body count of 174 people so that means he would be one of the biggest mass murderers in history the disturbing part is there are still a few in real life that have him beat.

 

It should be 174 + 242 = 416 people. The military aliens were apparently sapient. Plus, the "extra" people who were in the vehicles when he destroyed them. Even then, though, there are real-life soldiers who have achieved higher body counts than that under worse conditions.

[ThePest179]

He does have a few counts of manslaughter though, like the guard who got fried in Blast Pit, and the guard who spooked him by opening the door (though logically he shouldn't even be significantly injured)

 

He might have gotten shot in the face, though.

 

It should be 174 + 242 = 416 people. The military aliens were apparently sapient. Plus, the "extra" people who were in the vehicles when he destroyed them. Even then, though, there are real-life soldiers who have achieved higher body counts than that under worse conditions.

 

Yeah, Freeman has nothing on Simo Häyhä.