History Characters / ResidentEvil

** [[spoiler:Actualy she doesn't becomes a worm woman, the uroboros are a seperated organism which have a slim chance of fusing with a person and enhance them, if they reject the host, they eat them up to increase their mass. Unlike with T and G Virus infections, Excella doesn't transform into anything, the worms eat her up after comming out of her mouth, infact her stomach pains are most likely the worms eating her up from the inside. Enjoy your nightmare fuel.]]

* VillainousCrossdresser

** It wasn't really unbroken, since he went to find a vaccine for her infection.

* BFG: Barry runs around in the REmake wielding a massive .44 caliber revolver. If you get your hands on it, it drops the Tyrant in one shot.

* TheWesley: On the other hand, due to her overrepresentation (especially when compared to fan-favorite Leon, who appears in exactly two games) and the fact that she's a bit...lacking...in the intelligence department, many fans perceive her as this.

She's the primary player character in ''Resident Evil 3'', in which she attempts a "last escape" from the doomed Raccoon City. Aside from the horde of undead standing in her way, she has a bigger problem to deal with, in the form of Nemesis the Chaser, a B.O.W specifically designed to hunt down and kill any surviving STARS members.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Jill is identified in the ''RE3'' manual as ex-Delta Force at the age of twenty-three; even assuming women can join Delta in the ''RE''-verse, she's way too young. Subsequent biographies have completely glossed over her military background, although Chris's has remained consistent.
** The novels get it worse, where she was portrayed as an ex-thief before cutting a deal to work for STARS.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts like a sleaze, but as the notes, the medication and the ''laser'' he created attest, he's a genius. Even Ada calls him "brilliant."

* StabTheScorpion: In DarksideChronicles, he stabs a snake that's about to strike Leon.

* ThePettanko: Because, y'know, she's wearing body armor.

* ThePettenko: Because, y'know, she's wearing body armor.

* CombatPragmatist: She uses bug spray, mace and lightermages/229px-LeonS.Kennedy.jpg]]

** Even when she's invincible, she still manages to make annoying noises while wroduced in [=RE4=]. Clad in a black, hooded coat and purple neckerchief, the Merchant would be available at some point during the level to sell and buy items. He's a mysterious and quirky fellow and gained quite the fanbase as a result.

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:As part of his research, Saddler had Luis build a machine in the research building that could kill Las Plagas without damaging the host under certain conditions. Knowing full well that the machine was still operational and that it waracter before his transformation, but try telling that to his distraught family.

* CombatPragmatist: She uses bug spray, mace and lighter fluid against bad guys, the latter to KillItWithFire.
* TheCutie
* FetishFuel: She's basically never had an alternate outfit that didn't zero in on ''somebody's'' kink.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's a ''midget'' compared to any guy teamed up with her.
** She's just a midget at 5' 3". Period.
* MarySue: Only in S.D. Perry's novels, since Rebecca is clearly the author's favourite character to the point of writing two original stories based on her, where Becky basically saves the world.
* TheMedic
* MemeticOutfit: In ''2'', a player could search Wesker's desk some ridiculous amount of times to find a picture of Rebecca in a basketball uniform. Some fans really, really like that outfit.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''0'' and ''Umbrella Chronicles'', and especially in the novels where she is elevated to the status of MarySue.
** Little Becky makes a triumphant return in Mercenaries Reunion where she wields a powerful [[CoolGuns M]][[ModernBattleFieldWeapons P]][[SmallGirlBigGun 5]] and [[AKA47 Striker]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] to become a Majini-slaying monster. It being the Protecta Striker doesn't seem to matter much, she's still devilishly effective with it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hasn't been seen nor heard from since the ending of the first game, despite having her own prequel.
** She [[TheCameo finally got a nod]] in ''ResidentEvil5 Gold Edition'', where she's playable in the ''Mercenaries Reunion'' minigame.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Seriously, eighteen years old and ''already'' a member of an Elite Forces Squad!?
** Justified to an extent. She is apparently something of a teen genius which was why she was recruited to STARS. If this troper remembers correctly the novels state that she has zero combat experience near the beginning of the series and was something of the teams [[TheLoad baggage]].
*** This is also justified with in both games she's in. In ResidentEvil0, her only specialty is mixing herbs and chemicals. In ResidentEvil1, she can mix chemicals and administer serum. Both scenarios, the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl big, burly guy]] does most of the combat.
* [[YesMan Yes, sir!]]


!!Barry Burton
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-->''"Are you ready to finish this?"''

Introduced in the first game as the STARS weapon supplier. He befriended Chris in the Air Force in the mid-1990s and is the only protagonist known to have children. Since ''Resident Evil'' he has only made a cameo appearance in ''Resident Evil 3'' and had his own game ''Resident Evil Gaiden'', the latter not being considered canon.

* [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse An Offer He Can't Refuse]]: [[spoiler:Wesker is holding Barry's family hostage.]]
* AscendedMeme: Both his infamous lines below are referenced in ''DeadRising'' with a store called "Jill's Sandwiches", which touts its owner as being "a master of sandwich making."
** Not to mention Resident Evil 5, where [[spoiler:when you finish the part where you remove Jill's mind control device from her chest,]] you get the achievement "Master of Removing." And in RE5's ''Mercenaries Reunion'', one of his melee moves is the Barry Sandwich.
* BFG: Barry runs around in the REmake wielding a massive .44 caliber revolver. If you get your hands on it, it drops the Tyrant in one shot.
* TheBigGuy
* TheCameo: Playable in the Mercenaries minigame of ''ResidentEvil5 Gold Edition''.
* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Gaiden''.
* FakeDefector
* LargeHam: By far the most [[{{Narm}} Narmish]] character of the entire series. Good thing ''ResidentEvil [[CanonDiscontinuity Gaiden]]'' was on Gameboy and didn't have voice acting!
** [[NarmCharm "Good"]] [[SoBadItsGood thing?]]
* MemeticMutation:
-->"Jill Sandwich!"
-->"You, the Master of Unlocking."
* PapaWolf
* PinballProtagonist: In ''ResidentEvil [[CanonDiscontinuity Gaiden]]''.
* TookALevelInBadass: His reappearance in ''ResidentEvil5 Gold Edition's'' ''Mercenaries Reunion''. Four words: [[UseYourHead headbutt zombie]] = [[YourHeadAsplode head explodes]]


!!Leon Scott Kennedy
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** Even when she's invincible, she still manages to make annoying noises while walking thanks to her heavy steel armor.
* MostCommonSuperPower: Lampshaded by Luis.
** GagBoobs: A result of Luis's Lampshading.
* {{Pantyshot}}: Allegedly, the panties have a rather detailed graphic...
* [=~The President's Daughter~=]
* StoneWall: Armor Ashley is completely invincible to any form of attack. It is a perfectly viable strategy to use Armor Ashley to lure enemies away from Leon as he snipes them from a distance... with a rocket. Ashley will be perfectly fine.
* VideoGameCaringPotential[=/=]VideoGameCrueltyPotential: [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on your take on]] {{Escort Mission}}s.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: No kidding! Do it right, and you can have [[LethalJokeCharacter her]] performing Leon's very [[SuplexFinisher suplex move]] on enemies!
** Ashley uses the same controls as Leon, but since she never finds any weapons in her chapter, you're not supposed to be able to fight. If you manage to hit a monk with one of the doors, though, you can run up and use one of the context-sensitive melee commands.
** Sadly, [[GoodBadBugs said ability]] only works in the original GameCube release.


!!Luis Sera
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-->''"A little rough, don't you think?"''

Appearing in ''4'', showing up mysteriously to aid Leon from time to time before running off. He claims to have been a policeman in Madrid before later admitting that he was also once a researcher for Los Illuminados. He does his best to help Leon and Ashley.

* TheAtoner: He goes well out of his way to help Leon and Ashley because of the responsibility he feels for the situation at hand.
* BadassSpaniard
* {{Casanova}}: He claims to be "quite the ladies' man."
* HandsomeLech:
-->'''Luis''': "I see the president has equipped his daughter with [[MostCommonSuperpower ballistics]]."
* HeelFaceTurn: Though he went through it before Leon ever met him.
* HoYay: Anything bad that happens to him in-series when it is taken out of context and some of his more... questionable dialogue.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Leon seems incapable of correctly pronouncing his name. In the form of a BigNo, it reaches Narm proportions.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts like a sleaze, but as the notes, the medication and the ''laser'' he created attest, he's a genius. Even Ada calls him "brilliant."

!!Sheva Alomar
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-->''"Don't worry. I may not be as big as you, but I can still hold my own!"''

Chris' partner during ''5'', with whom he develops a strong bond. She joined the BSAA to fight against biological weapons since her parents had been victims of experiments carried out in Africa with said weapons.

* ActionGirl
* ButNotTooBlack: Which raises even ''further'' UnfortunateImplications
* DeadLittleSister: Or more accurately, [[YouKilledMyFather Dead Parents.]]
* FurBikini: One of her alternate costume.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She was about to perform one, but Chris saved her from herself.]]
* KnifeNut: Sheva will straight-up shank a fool if given the opportunity.
* MaleGaze: The first thing you're shown of her is pretty much her ''ass''. Lampshaded by The {{Unskippable}}.
* {{Nakama}}: She's pretty much about this, either for Chris or for her team.
* TheChick: For her team.
--> '''Josh:''' Sheva became the little sister of the team.
* TheLancer: For Chris.
--> '''Sheva:''' There's only so much one person can do. Even a superhero like you, Chris.
* LittleRedRidingHood: One of her alternate costumes is a HotterAndSexier version of the fairy tale (for [[FetishFuel some reason]]).
* ShoutOut: One of her alternate costumes is a throwback to Hunnigan from ''4''.
* SexySecretary: She isn't one of course, but one of her alternate costumes is of a SexySecretary with a DressedToKill vibe.

!!The Merchant
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-->''"Got some rare things on sale, stranger! What're you buyin'?"''

A strange [[ZeroPunctuation pirate-merchant guy]] introduced in [=RE4=]. Clad in a black, hooded coat and purple neckerchief, the Merchant would be available at some point during the level to sell and buy items. He's a mysterious and quirky fellow and gained quite the fanbase as a result.

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:As part of his research, Saddler had Luis build a machine in the research building that could kill Las Plagas without damaging the host under certain conditions. Knowing full well that the machine was still operational and that it was very near where he was holding Ashley, Saddler made no effort to destroy the machine. Lo and behold, Ashley and Leon found it and used it to get rid of their parasites.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Saddler tries to keep a normal appearance throughout the game. Once he discovers that [[spoiler:Leon found a way to remove his Plaga, and Ashley probably did too,]] Saddler goes mad and mutates into a mass of legs and tentacles.
* [=~Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him~=]: Despite his many, ''many'' opportunities to kill Leon, Saddler never gives up hope that Leon will succumb to Las Plagas and, in turn, his mind control. [[{{Understatement}} This comes back to bite him in the end]].
* XanatosSucker: For all his hard work, [[spoiler:he was being played by both Wesker and whatever organization Ada was truly loyal to]].

!!Excella Gionne
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[[caption-width-right:197:You're just not ready for me!]]

An antagonist apearing on ''ResidentEvil5''. She was CEO of [[MegaCorp Tricell]] Africa and one of the responsibles for the creation of the Uroboros Virus. She also shared Wesker's idea of WorldDomination and intended to be the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] of the new world with Wesker as her King.

* AbsoluteCleavage
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She was in love with Wesker of all people!
* AllWomenAreLustful: Some of her interactions with Wesker seems to verge on this. Though it is understandable since Wesker is a [[EstrogenBrigadeBait steamy hunk]].
* TheBaroness
* BetterLivingThroughEvil
* BrainyBrunette: Evil Brainy Brunette.
* CombatStilettos: She keeps her high heels in Mercenaries Reunion.
* [[DarkActionGirl Dark]] LadyOfWar: Though she doesn't fight in the actual game on Mercenaries Reunion she kicks ass with vicious elegance.
* EtTuBrute
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Oh God! Her accent turns her sexiness UpToEleven!
* EvilIsSexy
* EvilutionaryBiologist
* FemmeFatale: {{Subverted}}. She has all it takes to be one, beauty, intelligence and cunning, but [[spoiler:in the end she is the one who falls for Wesker's [[{{Casanova}} masculine wiles]] and pays for it.]]
* ForeignFanService: She's French.
* HotScientist: She majored in genetic engineering.
* MsFanservice
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:It was forced on her, though]]
* RichBitch
* SayMyName: '''ALBERT!!!'''
* SexyBack
* {{Stripperific}}
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It's hard to believe she really thought Wesker ''wasn't'' going to stab her in the ribs.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: With Wesker, though they weren't indeed married to each other but in her head...
* TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:She qualifies to a lesser extant, because she becomes a worm woman very briefly and then almost instantly becomes a gargantuan mass of giant worms]]

!!William Birkin
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Umbrella's top scientist, cohort of Albert Wesker, father of Sherry Birkin, and creator of the G-Virus. The main enemy of ''2'', having become a monster after injecting his virus into his own system to keep it out of the hands of Umbrella and to save his own life.

* ClippedWingAngel: One of the series's most notable examples. [[spoiler:His "highest" transformation is a massive blob with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily - and complete lack of mobility.]]
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: As a monster, he has one on his ''shoulder.''
* ImplacableMan: Goes through about 3 different OneWingedAngel forms and one ClippedWingAngel before he's finally stopped.
* MadScientist
* [[MonsterIsAMommy Monster Is A Daddy]]: A bit of an inversion in terms of the trope's usual turn of events.
* OneWingedAngel
* ThoseTwoGuys: Birkin and Wesker went to college, trained and worked at Umbrella together, and hung out together in ''ResidentEvil0.'' WordOfDante also says that Birkin was the one who gave Wesker the virus that made him super-human.
** Nope, that's from either Umbrella Chronicles or Zero. Check your facts.
* TragicMonster: An unusual example - by no means was he much of a sympathetic character before his transformation, but try telling that to his distraught family.

* GeniusBruiser
** This is debatable, as the only intelligent things he says regard military tactics, and he does a decent amount of less-than-intelligent things. Probably just on the high end of DumbMuscle. He may not exactly be stupid, but he's pretty low in a game of covert ops and scientist characters.

*TheScrappy: Several find his whiplashing moods, brashness, and oftentimes his [[{{Narm}} voice]] rather obnoxious and annoying.
**[[spoiler:[[AlasPoorScrappy Yet, even those who despised him had to admit his death]] [[TearJerker was pretty sad]].]]
**Thankfully, the Darkside Chronicles scenario for Code: Veronica seems to have mellowed him out and given him a better voice actor.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She would be named "Elza Walker" if ''[=RE 1.5=]'' was the version that came out.

*TheWoobie: Almost everyone he meets dies or betrays him. No wonder he's so mopey.

*DeusAngstMachina: Almost everyone he meets dies or betrays him. No wonder he's so mopey.

*StoicWoobie

*TakingTheBullet

* CompensatingForSomething: Giant mecha Salazar GO!!!
* DevourTheDragon: He absorbs the second Verdugo when going OneWingedAngel.
* GigglingVillain
* TheNapoleon: Not only is he short - he wears a Napoleon-esque outfit (including the CoolHat). The fact that he spent money on a giant robotic statue of himself also suggests a Napoleon complex.
* OneWingedAngel: Some sort of... plant thing?
* PsychoticManchild: Oh so much.
* ShutUpHannibal: Leon delivers a brilliant, wordless[[hottip:*:He used violence to solve the problem]] ShutUpHannibal just as Salazar was about to deliver what would presumably be a well-rehearsed HannibalLecture on the nature of terrorism.
* TrapDoor: Leading into a spike pit. Ramon Salazar: [[XMeetsY Part Napoleon Boneparte, part Vlad the Impaler]].
* VillainousBreakdown: The first major villain of the game, Mendez, ends up nearly killing Leon every time they meet. In contrast, Leon ''always'' has a cool head when talking down Salazar, despite Salazar's efforts, and that drives him ''insane''.

* AffablyEvil: To some extent.
* AmericaSavesTheDay: Saddler references this trope before fighting Leon and promises to subvert it. [[spoiler:Yeah... it didn't quite go his way.]]
* BigBad: This is the man behind both Mendez and Salazar.
* BiggusDickus: Okay, that probably ''wasn't'' his penis, but he should know better than to dangle tentacles from that area.
* CatchAndReturn: If you pump enough bullets into him during the ''Separate Ways'' boss fight, he fires them back at Ada by forcing them out his finger.
* CombatTentacles: These are most prominent during his boss fight in ''Separate Ways''. [[spoiler:He also kills Luis with a tentacle from between his legs, in a move that fans affectionately call the "Wangpale."]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Conversations between Saddler and Leon can best be described as snark-offs.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: He's got an eye in his mouth that only pops out when he's taken a lot of damage. He also has eyes on the legs that grow out of his face in OneWingedAngel mode.
* HiveMind: Using supersonic waves from his staff, he can control anyone who hosts a Plaga.
* NoYou: In possibly the {{Narm}}iest moment of ''ResidentEvil4''...

* OneWingedAngel: As noted above, he has legs that grow out of his face.
* [[spoiler:ProperlyParanoid: He never really trusted Krauser, who was indeed [[TheMole working for Wesker]].]]
* ReligionOfEvil: Whether or not Saddler actually believes in the religion of Los Illuminados is unclear, but he is their leader and is at least using them as a cover for his own goals.
* SuperSpeed: In human form, Saddler can move very quickly. He almost seems to hover along the ground as he does so.
* VillainousBreakdown: Saddler tries to keep a normal appearance throughout the game. Once he discovers that [[spoiler:Leon found a way to remove his Plaga, and Ashley probably did too,]] Saddler goes mad and mutates into a mass of legs and tentacles.
* [=~Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him~=]: Despite his many, ''many'' opportunities to kill Leon, Saddler never gives up hope that Leon will succumb to Las Plagas and, in turn, his mind control. [[{{Understatement}} This comes back to bite him in the end]].
* XanatosSucker: For all his hard work, [[spoiler:he was being played by both Wesker and whatever organization Ada was truly loyal to]].

*DistressedDamsel
*DamselScrappy: [[YourMileageMayVary Your mileage WILL vary.]]

*{{Pantyshot}}s
*[=~The President's Daughter~=]

** This is debatable, as the only intelligent things he says regard military tactics, and he does a decent amount of less-than-intelligent things. Probably just a Bruiser.

*DidNotDoTheResearch: Jill is identified in the ''RE3'' manual as ex-Delta Force, she'd need several years military experiance and with the STARS background makes her simply too young for Delta. Subsequent biographies have completely glossed over her military background, although Chris's has remained consistent.
** The novels get it worse where she was portrayed as an ex thief before cutting a deal to work for STARS.

** According to ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles, her brother did give her some basic training. Still pretty badass, given everything she can do.