Tenenbaum

o Love for Science
o Useless Experiments
o Finding the Sea Slug
o ADAM Discovery
o Fontaine's Smugglers
o Mass Producing ADAM
o Maternal Instinct
o Hatred
o Functional Children
o ADAM Explained
o Why Just Girls?

[@Animeluver711]

I think Tenenbaum, out of all of the Bioshock characters (besides Jack), is one that has gone through a considerable amount of character development. She, at first, did everything for science, but then felt feelings towards the little sisters she tested on, then hatred (of herself and what she has done to herself and to the little girls), and then sympathy. She truly is a character worth remembering.

[@lovechafes]

The way she cracks as she describes her changing feelings for the girls is just amazing. Such a great voice actor.

[@mcihay246]

"If you're going to do such things, at least you should do them properly"- Tennenbaum Favourite quote.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Same

[@Darkstar263]

According to Ken Levine, she is apparently Autistic. I am as well so I can relate to that quote a lot.

[@des6801]

Darkstar263 fr? That’s interesting even tho she shows no signs of it. It would made her character stand out more tbh

[@MasakanSolaris]

@@des6801 I'm autistic as well, you learn to hide it as you get older to the point where only those familiar with the signs will notice

[@mcihay246]

@Philip Tucker Some people just prefer to see the results of their findings and experiments regardless of the morals. I mean, there's a reason why she's in Rapture in the first place.

[@aabbklll101]

The most lovely german ever.

[@aabbklll101]

***** if true then she makes german girls look good then

[@levvy3006]

Shes Belarusian, not German.

[@garrettsattem4799]

Leonard M She speaks small bouts of German too.

[@MySushiBear]

She's not German, she's from Belarus. Ken Levine revealed it on his Twitter account. Her father was German, that's why she uses German phrases and slang. Levine even wrote an additional audio diary of her on the train coming from Belarus to the concentration camp, but it never made it into the game.

[@KnoxCarbon]

Tenenbaum sounded like she was about to cry when she talked about the little sisters.

[@Tywil714]

Tennenbaum to me has the best character development in the series besides Elizebeth she goes from being an amoral and heartless scientist like schuchong but she sees the error of her ways as she wittensses the fall of rapture and helps the little sisters in the best way possible as if she was their mother and even after leaving rapture in bioshock 1 she goes out of her way to free the new batch of little sisters from lamb and manages to find a permanant cure towards the adam sickness and returning a person to normal from being a big daddy She really redeemed herself i was happy seeing her bioshcok 2 and in mi ervas den

[@jamesvega6813]

in its Raw form its green, but it's only red when the ADAM is extracted and mixed in the blood of the dead splicer.The Little Sister then drinks, recycles the extraction in her stomach due to the sea slug, and regurgitates new ADAM which is again green. as for the ADAM counter... not sure why that is red but most likely because the ADAM in the Syringe Gun of the Little Sisters is the only kind of "Pure" ADAM you see

[@ObPoScene]

her face in the radio looks like a actually photo in the 1940's. the others look kinda like cartoony

[@vineshperera2668]

She found her faith in Subject Delta and hope for Rapture when she saw his relationship with Elenaor her dream of seeing a Little Sister experience love came through Elenaor lamb and Subject delta in Bioshock 2

[@Novazi74]

Ironically, although her model in the 1st game makes her a hideous splicer, in the 2nd game she looks a lot better, albeit aged.

[@DerDoodler]

Jewish name, Russian accent, said to be German. What are you woman?!

[@brainwasher9876]

Belorussian, with German father.

[@michaelcs4183]

Maybe one of her parents is Russian, or her family were Russian immigrants to Germany?

[@levvy3006]

She is a Belarusian Jew that was captured by the Nazis, then used for scientific research. Not that hard to figure out.

[@shrinkman200]

I think that was the wit of the development team, though. My expectations were significantly lowered when she departed. Then, Bioshock 2 went and surprised me by how many characters I came to love even when Tenenbaum left.

[@gamesfan1693]

Love For Science 0:01 Useless Experiments 0:39 Finding the Sea Slug 1:10 ADAM Discovery 1:45 Fontaine’s Smugglers 2:17 Mass Producing ADAM 2:47 Maternal Instinct 3:27 Hatred 4:03 Functional Children 4:45 ADAM Explained 5:23 Why Just Girls? 5:57

[@IliyaMoroumetz]

It was bothering me for a while, because she looked like someone familiar. Then, it hit me, she reminded me of Myrna Loy, actress from the 30s, most notably in 'The Thin Man' movies. Good times.

[@GangreenGangBunny123]

@companioncube40 Apparently little girls were "found to be the only viable hosts on a technical and biological level." It's not that she hates them, Tenenbaum really does love the Little Ones. Despite having slugs put in their stomachs and their "mental conditioning", they still behaved like regular girls. She was just angry at herself for making them Little Sisters and wants to turn them normal so they don't suffer.

[@Encetz]

Even if the game came out a long time ago, I hope Irrational would have used a different character model for Tenenbaum :(

[@Kinkynafnaf]

she's such a fantastic character! I just have to love her!

[@JokeriPokeri17]

Sometimes they look at me... and won't stop. Sometimes they smile... ;____;

[@MySushiBear]

Ken Levine said on his Twitter that she was, in fact, born and raised in the city of Minsk in Belarus. That explains her accent. He also says her father was German, which explains her name. She's of the Jewish faith (or at least, she was.) Fontaine calls her a 'kraut' (a derogatory term for a German person mainly used during WWII) in one of his audio diaries, but this is because he just made an assumption that she was German.

[@ampersandman757]

Kyle Greer Jewish ethnicity

[@RinLockhart]

I don't like how she was downgraded in the sequel... I love her character in the first game.

[@Skinn-Tuh-Lor]

"I saw one of the smugglers having a game of catching..." me: you mean "playing a game of catch"? that always makes me laugh.

[@Frankrm7]

One of my favorite Bioshock characters. Just found out that she was voiced my Anne Bobby.

[@castlevania82]

A true masterpiece!!!!

[@88rainbowmilkshake88]

@companioncube40 She used to experiment on people during the war, so i guess she didn't care much for the girls at first. Rapture was supposed to be a place were science wouldn't be held back by morality. However, as she lived everyday close to the girls, she began to realize how wrong were the things she did, and decided to use science to help them... little girls were used to make the game more appealing and to make the player reflect on his actions.

[@alexanderradcliffe5578]

I've been thinking about her return in Bioshock 2 lately. You have to question why she'd stay/return when you start but then you hear the recording: "Someone is making *new* Little Ones. I have to stop them" Honestly gave me goosebumps even thinking about someone creating more Little Sisters after Bioshock 1

[@AymiChyan]

"....and one other thing." She says she needs human guine pigs so she can experiment. It got dark

[@trunksbrief1]

She's a babe in the picture but hideous when you look at her in-game model! o_O

[@cr1ng3_king]

trunksbrief1 Yea, in the first one they used a splicer model. In the second one she looks better.

[@opticalraven1935]

Brigid is the poster child of curiosity killing the cat. She is a beautiful character.

[@RinLockhart]

My heart was broken when I saw her role in the sequel.

[@TheGroumpfy]

Finally someone who can agree with me! I instantly thought that the moment I saw her.

[@renaldoseraphin792]

How did she escape? In she said lamb broke her sub

[@vineshperera2668]

It was included in the dlc

[@HanataroKikumiya]

@KayoJediOutcast Wow this response is really late, but I just finished the novel, and actually it was because adult cells weren't as malleable as child cells, any adult implanted died, and little girls responded much better to being implanted than boys (it is implied that the boys died when implanted). Just wanted to clear that up...

[@ZoOlja]

According to this photo she looks almost exactly like Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) from the X-files series.

[@ChristopherZavalaVlogs]

Actually, according to Ken Levine and the BioShock team, they used an old picture of the late actress, Geraldine Fitzgerald.

[@PainKillerOverdose]

4:10 'I can see the ADAM oozing out of her mouth, sick and green' Isn't ADAM red?

[@cr1ng3_king]

PainKillerOverdose In it's pure form, no. It's red when mixed with the blood of splicers.

[@ZachPankratz]

4:02 I love this part.

[@GhostLink92]

Hmm. Her voice reminds me of Tali from Mass Effect. Even if Tali is supposed to have a Russian accent.

[@trickster3696]

i think i know what she hates: herself

[@vexillethepretzel9086]

Little do people know the reason why Tenenbaum wasn't in Bioshock Infinite is because she had 5 of my children. So she stopped making games to be a stay at home mom.

[@hobojoe2031]

Am i the only one who thinks that voice is dead sexy?

[@Radioactive1080z]

@BioShockisAWESOME she hated their useless experiments on humans which focused only on cosmetic features instead of the more useful physical modifications she was into.

[@carveking]

tenenbaums hot

[@Mirinovic]

even his father was german?

[@danieela15]

no, its because when they found the adam, it was tested in all the subjects and they discovered it works better in little girls. only that

[@SazhoVilliers]

Strange thing is..shes meant to be german.But she doesnt have a german accent at all.She sounds more russian.

[@willmarsden7657]

She's Belarusian - and whether her father was German or not would help determine whether she was picked from a handful of captured prisoners, or directly brought into the scientific ranks of the prison camps.

[@SamusX10]

@KayoJediOutcast Not only that, but you have to consider the role they play in reproduction as a host. Add the pairbond dynamic with the big daddy, and you have a system that makes perfect sense.

[@syazmiensuhaimi6759]

in Bioshock Jack Wynand 😍😍😘😚

[@darksparks07]

try not to say mommy challenge level impossible

[@a1sonew130]

@Destnai i know i wish thay put her in the new bioshock

[@TwisterTurnbuckle]

@companioncube40 I agree. Why not young boys? Why just girls. What happened to all the boy kids living in rapture??

[@Ampharosmaster64]

Love tennenbaum! :)

[@Mirinovic]

Well she not be a prisoner in Concentration camp?

[@aaronyox6319]

Why does she look like rose from titanic

[@Kinkynafnaf]

she makes me think of Dana Scully from x-files (her face, not the accent)

[@goldcherries]

The entire game I thought she was Russian. While the accent was good, I don't think it was the right one...

[@levvy3006]

Shes Belarusian, it was part of the Soviet Union.

[@Cowmaize]

She was Belarusian

[@007whitespy]

better in Boishock 2

[@KayoJediOutcast]

Consider the era. Woman were viewed as inferiors to men, and children didn't contribute like an adult did. Not my opinion on the matter, just an explanation.

[@hairyzombie678]

@companioncube40 is it not explained in the last video?

[@Livincitylife]

So sad

[@gta4freak666]

shes soo cute :3

[@rexter42]

Was tenenbaum the lady in bioshock 2 behind the ticket booth with the children? I never really took any notice.

[@cr1ng3_king]

rexter42 I believe so

[@Hyxhxie]

Tennenbuam is a German name

[@Hyxhxie]

Never mind someone told me that was the name given to her when she was in a German camp

[@Mirinovic]

@TwisterTurnbuckle bicome PIgskin splicers?

[@almightytallest9812]

2:03 is being tall a bad thing?

[@dragonkeeper19600]

Is being black a bad thing, you racist?

[@almightytallest9812]

dragonkeeper19600 no of course it isnt

[@RealParadoxBlues]

Did you play Minerva's Den?

[@Goblinoid90]

Sigmund Freud.. You and your "Über Coca"-publication.. I couldn't have imagined you used wikipedia to check the validificality of things. By the way, has the fallos references ceased, concerning your constant consumption of cigars?

[@straightpimpin888]

Tenenbaum is hot and I love her accent!

[@tablob]

@a1sonew130 bit hard as she isnt een born in the new game

[@cokefanatics678]

also later she questions why it has to be girls. She says she knows why it has to be children

[@hansolo6920]

3:25

[@BioShockisAWESOME]

@straightpimpin888 yes! the accent is so sexy

[@ArtPatron25]

5:23

[@babbisp1]

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[@SazhoVilliers]

Eher wie eine Russin

[@mckennasmith7249]

i dont know if i like her that much :/ ...she just lets the children suffer slowly without trying to help...i would help and let them out...instead of saying "GET AWAY FROM ME!"

[@theimmortalrain867]

Leaving this here in case somebody stumbles into this: Tenenbaum came to regret what she did to the children, birthing her maternal instinct, and she actually gives you a Plasmid that will free them from the ADAM. In 2, when she realized more girls were being kidnapped to be made into Little Sisters, she risked her life to return to Rapture to stop the person responsible and save them.

[@ravedy]

lustig, wie sie klingt nicht, dass Deutsch ha ha

[@mafiagman]

"black can be reborn white big, tall short strong" lol so racist.

[@marcus4155]

When did she say that.

[@marcus4155]

I don't think she meant it that way. Her English isn't the best.