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'''Manon Batiste''' is the main character and ] in '']''.<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=WWII Game Salutes |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/64817635.html?dids=64817635:64817635&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30,+2000&author=Dan+Dinello+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=WWII+GAME+SALUTES+RESISTANCE+FIGHTERS&pqatl=google |quote=An epic World War II adventure, Medal of Honor Underground (PlayStation, $40) tells the engaging story of fictional freedom fighter Manon Batiste. With her French homeland occupied in 1940, Manon (the player) joins the Resistance, acquires a hefty armory of weaponry and battles the dreaded Nazis and their evil collaborators in the streets of Paris, across war-torn Europe to North Africa. |work=] |date=November 30, 2000 |accessdate=2009-12-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Glorieu, Thomas |url=http://www.maintitles.net/reviews/medal-of-honor-underground/ |title=Review of ''Medal of Honor: Underground |accessdate=2009-12-24 |quote=Michael Giacchino answers by adding more colour, more emotional power and with a less than adequate bombastic score. Instead he offers us a rather emotional, colourful and heroic musical palette to underscore the main character of the story, Manon Batiste, a volunteer resistance fighter. |publisher=maintitles.net }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Marc|last=Saltzman|title=Game creation and careers: insider secrets from industry experts''|year=2004|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=cJ9QAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Manon+Batiste%22&dq=%22Manon+Batiste%22|pages=282|isbn=0735713677|publisher=New Riders|location=Indianapolis, Ind.}}</ref> She is also a minor character in '']'', '']'', and '']''. As part of the ], she assists the original game's ] and performs various dangerous missions.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mark H.|last=Walker|title=A Parents Guide to Playstation Games: A Comprehensive Look at Playstation 2|edition=2nd|year=2001|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Uc8TAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Manon+Batiste%22&dq=%22Manon+Batiste%22|pages=159}}</ref> Her last name was changed from Batiste to Du Champs in '']''.{{Fact|date=December 2009}} In ''European Assault'', she is voiced by Olivia D'abo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/medalofhonor4/tech_info.html|title=Medal of Honor: European Assault Tech Info|publisher=]}}</ref>

== Development ==
Batiste is based on French Resistance spy ], a former member of the ] and consultant for the game.<ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Pyle|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/09/21/helene_deschamps_adams_85_daring_french_spy_rescuer_in_wwii/|title=Helene Deschamps Adams, 85, daring French spy, rescuer in WWII|publisher=]|quote=She also was a consultant in 2000 for a Sony PlayStation game called ''Medal of Honor: Underground'', featuring a heroine named Manon and based on her World War II missions. |date=2006-09-21|accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref>

Soundtrack composer ] wanted two distinct but not "completely different" themes for Batiste.<ref name="streview">As quoted in Gary Huff, "," ''Soundtrack Review Central''.</ref> The resulting themes are a major tone that conveys "great national purpose", while a secondary theme "describes Manon's more intimate and emotional feelings".<ref name="streview" /> A third theme that "bookend"s the two major themes is meant to "represent the moments where Manon is called upon to steel her nerves and gather the courage to continue on with the fight".<ref name="streview" />

Producer Scott Langteau offers that the developers "Manon used petrol bombs and also used her femininity to gain access to restricted areas. We used the freedom of telling her backstory&nbsp;— she was in the French Resistance, then joined the OSS&nbsp;— to give the game its own flair and widely varied missions that took us all over Europe: Greece, Italy, etc."<ref>As quoted in Air Hendrix, "," ''GamePro'' (March 29, 2002).</ref>

==Depiction==
Batiste appears in ''Medal of Honor'' as part of the ] and as ]'s OSS "control" agent.<ref name="gamingage">Patrick Klepek, "," ''Gaming Age'' (11/22/2000).</ref><ref name="gamepro">"," ''GamePro'' (2009).</ref> In the ''Underground'' prequel, Batiste's brother is killed; she meets with her brother's Resistance contacts to continue the fight against the ]s.<ref name="gamingage" /> ''Underground'' depicts the character's progress from an inexperienced rebel to an agent recruited by the OSS.<ref name="gamepro" /> She eventually plays an important role in the ] and ].<ref name="gamepro" />

== Reception ==

'']'' praises the gamemakers for placing Manon Batiste "in the lead role so that her full story can be told".<ref>{{cite web|first=Brad|last=Shoemaker|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/medalofhonorunderground/review.html|title=Medal of Honor Underground'' Review|publisher=]|date=2000-11-03|accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref> William Abner describes the game as "a refreshing change of pace because you played Manon Batiste."<ref>William Abner, ''Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs, and Lightsabers'' (Que, 2005), .</ref> Critic Ian Lace said Ciacchino's theme for Batiste makes him "want to anticipate the old pop song, ''Arrivederci Roma''", which he found "disconcerting because is French and so much of the action, particularly at the beginning and end, takes place in Paris".<ref>Ian Lace, "," ''MusicWeb International''(January 2001).</ref>

== See also ==
⚫ * '']''

== References ==
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== External links ==
* "," ''Medal of Honor Wiki''.

{{Medal of Honor series}}

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