Red Zealot

"Everyone, everyone, look unto me! I possess the blue flag! I have seen the top of the mountain, and you will worship me as though I were a god! (Blues kill him) Bleh....I regret nothing! I lived as few men dared to dream!"

—Red Zealot

Of all of the Battle Creek Grunts, the Red Zealot is by far the most devout follower of their bizarre flag-worshiping religion. He talks in semi-monologues, adding a somewhat holy aspect to whatever the subject is. He first stood out by taking the blue's flag in Battle Creek, and attracted everyone's attention by screaming the above quote about the flag. However, at the end his rambling, the blue grunts all kill him. The Red Zealot also reacted the most when Caboose took their flag, yelling "Repent!, Repent!"

He ended up being blasted into the future, after he was teleported with the other zealots to Sidewinder to fight O'Malley. Thinking that he had found a holy shrine, (which is actually the Zanzibar structure), O'Malley dupes the Red Zealot into working for him. He ends up doing menial tasks, such as polishing the ammunition. However, when the base is attacked by the Reds and Blues, he arms a turret and fires at them. He is killed by Tucker, and respawned later in a deleted scene, being killed again. His last quote was "I can see the flag. It's so... flappy. 'Herk, ble-ag'. In a deleted scene, he was revived shortly after saying "I have reformed! I have been sent back to my earthly shell to continue my mission. Oh flag, I will not fail you in this second chance that you have given me. I will make you proud. I will vanquish our enemy." before being shot at by Tex, to which he responds, "Unhg? I will get a better weapon and return."