Major William Cage

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fictional character film character

Major William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public affairs officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tom Cruise as Major William Cage	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
adaptedBy	Christopher McQuarrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Jez Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ John-Henry Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ
affiliation	United Defense Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
ally	J Squad NERFINISHED ⓘ Master Sergeant Farell NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Vrataski NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Edge of Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (home media title) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Keiji Kiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWork	All You Need Is Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterArc	cowardly officer becomes skilled frontline soldier ⓘ self-centered survivor becomes self-sacrificing hero ⓘ
conflict	Mimic invasion of Earth ⓘ
createdBy	Hiroshi Sakurazaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
directorOfWork	Doug Liman NERFINISHED ⓘ
enemy	Alpha Mimic NERFINISHED ⓘ Mimics ⓘ Omega Mimic NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmGenre	action ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
firstAppearance	Edge of Tomorrow (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gainsPowerFrom	Mimic alpha blood ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
goal	defeat the Omega Mimic ⓘ end the time loop ⓘ
hasAbility	retains memories across time loops ⓘ time loop reset upon death ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
militaryRank	Major ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableEvent	dies repeatedly and resets the day ⓘ participates in the Battle of Verdun (future battle) ⓘ
notableTrait	dark humor in face of repeated deaths ⓘ initial inexperience in combat ⓘ rapid learning through repeated timelines ⓘ
occupation	military public affairs officer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Tom Cruise NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationship	comrade of Rita Vrataski ⓘ
setting	future Europe ⓘ
trainedBy	Rita Vrataski NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesEquipment	combat exosuit ⓘ
usesWeapon	automatic rifle ⓘ melee weapon ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sergeant Rita Vrataski → associatedWith → Major William Cage ⓘ

Forward Operating Base Heathrow → associatedWithCharacter → Major William Cage ⓘ

Live Die Repeat → featuresCharacter → Major William Cage ⓘ

William Cage → fullName → Major William Cage ⓘ

Master Sergeant Farell in Edge of Tomorrow → interactsWith → Major William Cage ⓘ

subject surface form: Master Sergeant Farell

Live Die Repeat → leadActorRole → Major William Cage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tom Cruise as Major William Cage

United Defense Force → notableMember → Major William Cage ⓘ

Sergeant Rita Vrataski → trains → Major William Cage ⓘ