"Tank" Dempsey

"Meet Tank Dempsey, your worst nightmare!"

- Dempsey

Tank Dempsey was a Marine Raider and is a playable character in the Zombies game mode. His player indicator color is white. He is voiced by Steve Blum.

Biography
"Tank Dempsey: American hero. Give him a loaded weapon, a good woman, and something to shoot at and he’s happy. Cross him and he’ll rip your guts out and use them as a bandolier. Dempsey was selected for this mission after he showed his true grit at the battle for Peleliu. His unit was captured during the early raids before the main invasion, and he spent two weeks in a rat infested bamboo cage submerged in malarial water. Eventually, he gnawed his way through the cage, and then gnawed his way through his captors armed only with a Bobby pin and his Medal of Honor which he keeps secreted in various body cavities. There is no before the war for Dempsey, there is no after. There is only the legend of Tank Dempsey, and how he won the war for the rest of us. Leaving behind a wake of destruction and meat sacks wherever he goes, Dempsey is the man to have on your side when faced with an undead apocalypse which he seems to like".
 * — Tank's Bio added in with Map Pack 2 in World at War.

Appearences

 * Nacht der Untoten (Black Ops version only)
 * Verrückt (Black Ops version only)
 * Shi No Numa
 * Der Riese
 * Kino der Toten
 * "Five" (Portrait only) (Only viewable by noclipping)
 * Ascension
 * Call of the Dead (Heard only)
 * Shangri-La

Trivia

 * Dempsey is based around a stereotypical, exaggerated American war hero.
 * Dempsey is voiced by Steve Blum, who also did the voice of Captain Foley from Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive.
 * Dempsey bears a resemblance to Polonsky, although he appears to be slightly more muscular. This is just the result of the developers re-using existing character models.
 * Dempsey hates Doctor Richtofen, mocking him throughout the events of Shi No Numa, Der Riese, Kino der Toten, Ascension and Call of the Dead.
 * Dempsey seems to disrespect Nikolai Belinski, however he doesn't seem to actually hate him.
 * Dempsey's favorite weapon seems to be the BAR, most likely because it is American. Dempsey's favorite weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops, is the M16, which is also American.
 * He also appears to like heavy German weaponry, such as the MG42 and HK21.
 * Dempsey often calls the Wunderwaffe DG-2 the “Wonder Waffle”. This has sparked a trend among the community, who often do the same.
 * Rarely, whilst using the Pack-A-Punch machine, Dempsey will sing the jingle for the Juggernog vendor.
 * Dempsey was featured in Treyarch's Shi No Numa example map, nazi_zombie_kyassuru.
 * By the time of Kino der Toten, Dempsey has grown a small beard, and by the time of Ascension he is covered in dirt and blood.
 * In a file on the computer terminal, it says that part of Dr. Maxis' super-soldier experiments were Dempsey, Nikolai, and Takeo.
 * When Pack-a-Punching a weapon he may say, "I'm sure I've seen Richtofen before Shi No Numa. He's got something to do with this. But... I just can't remember!" referring to his memory being wiped.
 * Treyarch confirmed that he was in the raid on Zombie Verrückt.
 * Along with Takeo Masaki, Nikolai Belinski and Richtofen, he is found in Call of the Dead for the Original Characters Trapped easter egg.
 * Dempsey seems to be the only character in the Call of Duty series who realizes he is in a Video Game.
 * He is also the most easily angered and threatening of all the characters, going so far as to threaten the player.
 * He hates having to turn on the power more than any character.
 * While using the pack-a-punch he references Sarah Michelle Gellar saying he wished he could've saw her as she was the first woman he heard in who knows how long