History Characters / ResidentEvil7Biohazard

* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Is eventually burned alive courtesy of one of Lucas' UnwinnableByDesign traps.]]

Ethan's wife, who has been missing for three years. Fate would befall their reunion as there are more to her than anyone, including her own husband, realizes...

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|Trope}}, while [[PunchClockVilain she isn't the worst person in the world]] and does genuainly love her husband and daughter, she ''is'' techically a former bio-terrorist.]]

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That is not groovy."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Todd Soley (English), Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (Japanese)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Javier Lorca (European Spanish), Creator/RenatoNovara (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

The protagonist of ''7'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Village]]''. An ordinary, run-of-the-mill systems engineer who travels to Dulvey, Louisiana taking him to the "Dulvey Haunted House" formerly owned by the Baker family in search of his wife Mia, who has been missing for three years and was presumed dead. His character page can be found [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters here]].

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[[folder:Mia Winters]]
!! Mia Winters
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[[caption-width-right:350: She's had better years.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Katie O'Hagan (English), Akari Higuchi (Japanese)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Ana Esther Alborg (European Spanish), Katia Sorrentino (Italian) [[/labelnote]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard 7]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Village]]''

Ethan's wife, who has been missing for three years. Fate would befall their reunion as there are more to her than anyone, including her own husband, realizes...

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Because the Connections is implied to be as bad or worse than Umbrella Corporation, the BSAA written her and Ethan as missing, and relocated to Europe for their safety]].

* PunchPackingPistol: One of Umbrella's signature firearms is the Albert.W.Model 01. Based on the Beretta 92F and customized with additional performance enhancers, it does heavy damage with a reasonable ammo capacity of nine rounds, making it a reliable choice against B.O.W.s. It also can be loaded with specialty "[[FunWithAcronyms RAMROD]]" ammunition that is capable of killing the "White Molded" enemies (who are immune to regular firearms due to their enhanced HealingFactor).
* RedShirtArmy: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. Even they have it as bad as the BSAA under [[DoomMagnet Chris Redfield]] despite being well-equipped; ''Not a Hero'' and ''End of Zoe'' shows them dropping like flies. However, they are never shown as having trouble dealing with the normal Molded; the things that take them out are beings like [[EvilGenius Lucas]] [[PracticallyJoker Baker]] - who are smarter than the Molded and took down three Umbrella mercenaries using traps he had set up in advance - and the [[MadeOfIron Swamp]] [[ItCanThink Man]] who is both smarter and tougher than the other Molded. Umbrella associates are also shown as being able to develop a cure and counter-Mold weapons quickly, set up a containment wall within hours of arriving on-site, and have gear that prevents them from getting infected to the point that there is no record of any of them being turned into a Molded during the operation. In the end, they have a ''far'' better track record of success than other anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA.
* RememberTheNewGuy: They have been around since 2007, meaning its creation occurred sometime after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'''''s'' ''Lost In Nightmares'' DLC. However, some files in ''Not A Hero'' mention that this mission is the first for many of their operatives, or at least their first with Umbrella, implying they may have only recently become active in the field.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: One of Umbrella's signature firearms is the Albert Wesker Model-02, aka "Thor's Hammer," which packs a massive punch in close-quarters combat. Due to its high ammo capacity of twelve shot shells and reloaded via magazine (solving a shotgun's traditional weakness of slowly hand-feeding ammo into the magazine tube), the shotgun was tailor-made to fight B.O.W.s in large groups.

->'''Voiced by:''' Todd Soley (English), Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (Japanese), Javier Lorca (European Spanish), Creator/RenatoNovara (Italian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Katie O'Hagan (English), Akari Higuchi (Japanese), Ana Esther Alborg (European Spanish), Katia Sorrentino (Italian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Robert Vestal (English), Koji Ochiai (Japanese), Juan Antonio García Sainz De La Maza (European Spanish), Davide Fumagalli (Italian)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Peter Fabiano (Advertisements)

->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Ashman (English), Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Juan Logar Jr. (European Spanish), Francesco Mei (Italian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Tony Vogel (English), Yu Seki (Japanese), David Hernán (European Spanish), Alessandro Germano (Italian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Hari Williams (English), Minoru Kawai (Japanese), Abraham Aguilar (European Spanish), Matteo de Mojana (Italian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Kip Pardue (English), Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi (Japanese), Marco Benedetti (Italian)

* ActionSurvivor: Played with. [[spoiler:He wound up captured, and the ''Banned Footage'' DLC shows that he was considered for being brought into the family. After escaping from Marguerite, Jack, and surviving Lucas's deadly blackjack game, he ultimately ends up dying to the "Happy Birthday" trap and you encounter his charred corpse later on.]]

* BodyHorror: In the ''21'' DLC. Round 1 has him [[{{Fingore}} losing fingers]] as he loses blackjack hands, while Round 2 has his skin char with electrical burns the higher the voltage goes.

* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Lucas has strings attached to him so that he can manipulate his body even while he's knocked out and use him as a surrogate in the final blackjack game, just to ''blatantly'' cheat.]]

!! Ethan Winters
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That is not groovy."'']]

* MissingMom: Becomes one in the ''Shadows of Rose'' [=DLC=]. Rose mentions she hasn't seen her in years.
* MoodSwinger: When Ethan finds her she swaps between her regular attitude and her violent molded form [[spoiler: it's revealed this is a result of Eveline compelling her to attack Ethan]]. In ''Village'' she dislikes any mention of the Dulvey incident, becoming cold and forefulling changing the subject, understandably given how traumatic this was. [[spoiler: Although it's revealed this it was actually Miranda posing as Mia doing this, avoiding a subject she didn't know the details about.]]

** If it helps, his face model, Manuel Trillo, has black hair, so it could be assumed that Clancy’s hair is meant to be black as well.

A private military corporation composed of scientists; researchers; and mercenaries previously involved with the original Umbrella corporation whom seek redemption for their namesake’s predecessor’s actions in the creation of B.O.W.s. They use their predecessor’s information on B.O.W.s to create weapons, technology, and new strategies to combat bio-terrorism as well as assist existing anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA. They also continue to operate under the Umbrella name, all to make sure the world knows they are aware of their predecessor’s infamous legacy and wish to right all wrongs committed under said name. In-universe they are often nicknamed “Blue Umbrella” as opposed to their EvilCounterpart the Umbrella Corps (who uses a red color scheme and is known as “Red Umbrella” respectively).

* AmbiguousSituation: While "Blue Umbrella" helped save the world repeatedly from bio-terrorism — helping the BSAA deal with several high-profile incidents — the presence of “Red Umbrella” and their ability to obtain samples of B.O.W.s involved in said incidents does raise questions about whether or not there are [[TheMole moles]] in Umbrella’s midst. The original Umbrella also worked hard to obtain positive PR worldwide before making their move, hinting at a sinister movement waiting in the newly reformed Umbrella’s shadow for the perfect opportunity to strike. If this were true, it remains to see how far the corruption goes, but for now, Umbrella has refused to support bio-terrorism and fights against B.O.W.s wherever they strike [[spoiler:unlike the BSAA that has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]], as revealed in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' near the endgame]].
* TheAtoner: One of the reformed Umbrella’s main goals is to right the wrongs committed by the original before and after the events of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Raccoon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis City]]; the US government and the BSAA are keeping them on a tight leash to keep it that way. Which makes it all the more [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that the US Government once had an interest in using B.O.W.s themselves, resorting to nuking Raccoon City partially to cover up their involvement with the original Umbrella Corporation, and it also doesn’t help matters that [[spoiler:the BSAA has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]] as of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'']].

* HeelFaceTurn: They are no longer a shady pharmaceutical company that creates bioweapons and profits from their sales to terrorists, nor has any ties with corrupt organizations like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 The Family]]. Instead, they are a private military corporation that employs groups of [[ScienceHero researchers and scientists]] alongside mercenaries, assisting in the fight against bioterrorism by creating weapons; equipment; and supplying the original Umbrella’s information on B.O.W.s to many anti-bioterrorism groups like the BSAA. [[spoiler:But unlike the BSAA, who are revealed in ''Village'' to have [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using B.O.W.s of their own to combat bio-terrorism]], Umbrella appears to have learned their lesson from the past and refrain from taking similar extreme actions]].
* MarkOfShame: They kept the Umbrella name rather than reform it under a different name to remind them of their past crimes. Notably, they do this despite other organizations containing former Umbrella researchers and mercenaries, such as the Umbrella Corps, to show the world there are many former Umbrella scientists and researchers who do regret their past actions. However, in-universe, they are commonly known as “Blue Umbrella” because of their color palette swap to blue, compared to their EvilCounterpart the Umbrella Corps - aka “Red Umbrella” - using the same red color scheme of the original company.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Albert Wesker was the mastermind behind the creation of “Blue Umbrella,” taking advantage of innocent scientists and researchers who would unknowingly provide him with important B.O.W.-related data. At the same time, his other company, “Tricell,” used the data to develop deadlier B.O.W.s. This was all part of a plan for global dominance by selling B.O.W.s on the market to various countries/terrorists, thus pitting everyone against each other and making Wesker indispensable to the world. But after developing a megalomaniacal [[AGodAmI god complex]] in the aftermath of finding the original Umbrella Corporation’s founder Oswell Spenser, Wesker abandoned his pet project, leaving the scientists of “Blue Umbrella” to focus their attention on finding ways to kill B.O.W.s more effectively. This meant Wesker provided many former scientists of the original Umbrella Corporation - all of whom [[TheAtoner wanted to redeem themselves]] after learning they had unknowingly helped create deadly B.O.W.s - with the means to do so, giving them money and important research information from the original Umbrella Corporation as well as from his findings.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Continuing to operate under the Umbrella name, while noble for showing they’re doing their best to fix the problems they made, has made some people leery of cooperating with them. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since their actions in the Baker House Incident of ''Biohazard'' and discovering the source of the A-Virus contamination in the Great Lakes Incident of ''Vendetta'' has helped improve their standing amongst other anti-B.O.W. organizations. They even supplied the Hound Wolf Squad in ''Village'' with various equipment and healing items to combat the Molded found in Romania, hinting that Chris Redfield has kept close ties with the organization after leaving the BSAA.
* PunchPackingPistol: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert.W.Model 01. Based on the Beretta 92F and customized with additional performance enhancers, it does heavy damage with a reasonable ammo capacity of nine rounds, making it a reliable choice against B.O.W.s. It also can be loaded with specialty “[[FunWithAcronyms RAMROD]]” ammunition that is capable of killing the “White Molded” enemies (who are immune to regular firearms due to their enhanced HealingFactor).
* RedShirtArmy: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Even they have it as bad as the BSAA under [[DoomMagnet Chris Redfield]] despite being well-equipped; ''Not a Hero'' and ''End of Zoe'' shows them dropping like flies. However, they are never shown as having trouble dealing with the normal Molded; the things that take them out are beings like [[EvilGenius Lucas]] [[PracticallyJoker Baker]] - who are smarter than the Molded and took down three Umbrella mercenaries using traps he had set up in advance - and the [[MadeOfIron Swamp]] [[ItCanThink Man]] who is both smarter and tougher than the other Molded. Umbrella associates are also shown as being able to develop a cure and counter-Mold weapons quickly, set up a containment wall within hours of arriving on-site, and have gear that prevents them from getting infected to the point that there is no record of any of them being turned into a Molded during the operation. In the end, they have a ''far'' better track record of success than other anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert Wesker Model-02, aka “Thor’s Hammer,” which packs a massive punch in close-quarters combat. Due to its high ammo capacity of twelve shot shells and reloaded via magazine (solving a shotgun’s traditional weakness of slowly hand-feeding ammo into the magazine tube), the shotgun was tailor-made to fight B.O.W.s in large groups.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Zigzagged; he's not ''technically'' the first dead person that Ethan sees in the game -- that would be on the Sewer Gators' last tape and Andre’s corpse that Ethan comes across while traveling under the guest house — but the Deputy is the first person to be murdered on-screen during the present time of the game. [[spoiler:Unusually, this gets subverted ''retroactively'' when ''Village'' revealed Ethan actually died the first time.]]

* CluelessDeputy: {{Zigzagged}}. The Deputy ''is'' trying to follow procedure, not to mention Ethan does no favors with trying to prove his innocence by acting unhinged when they talk (e.g. demanding the Deputy give Ethan a gun, despite the fact the Deputy cannot rule out the possibility that Ethan is the criminal). Still, there’s a possibility the Deputy never called for backup when he realized something was going down in the decrepit and spooky house where people were supposedly disappearing - one occupied by a terrified man acting crazed to boot. It also doesn’t help matters he decided to investigate the house alone. However, this could also be explained by the Deputy being worried about Ethan’s safety if he was a victim, yet arming him with a knife also means the Deputy would be in possible danger if Ethan got the jump on him. Had the Deputy survived, he would’ve had a lot of explaining to do with his superiors.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Jack Baker slices and scoops off half of the Deputy’s head [[ShovelStrike with a sharpened shovel]], ending with Jack bludgeoning the corpse to vent his rage out on it.]]
* DramaticIrony: It’s easy to get mad at the Deputy for being reluctant to help Ethan and even aggressively questioning him, despite all the horror he went through up to this point, but all the Deputy knew at that point was that people were going missing in the area for suspected foul play. It doesn’t help matters that Ethan was terrified and running on pure adrenaline, acting somewhat unhinged and making unreasonable demands like asking for a gun, not to mention he could’ve gotten the Deputy’s cooperation more easily if Ethan had shown his [[WorstAid stapled left hand]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: [[spoiler:When Jack slices the Deputy’s head in half with a sharpened shovel, the former doesn’t visibly show a lot of effort thrusting the shovel blade. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; Jack has SuperStrength, and this scene was designed to showcase this, similar to how the earlier dinner scene revealed to the player that the Bakers have SuperToughness and a HealingFactor]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The Deputy does give Ethan a hard time. Still, the former decides to hand the latter a pocket knife to defend himself, despite the fact the Deputy has zero clue if he handed a weapon to a violent perpetrator [[WoundedGazelleGambit trying to fool him]] instead of an innocent victim pleading for help. [[TruthInTelevision In real life this would get the Deputy into trouble]] since he had no proof Ethan was innocent, the Deputy decided he didn’t want to risk the chance that Ethan was in danger and did nothing to help him, thus gave him a weapon that would be inferior to the Deputy’s handgun if Ethan turned out to be a violent criminal instead.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Zigzagged}}. Police are ''not'' supposed to give out their weapons, and Ethan ''is'' a suspicious character who's babbling like a maniac, which makes him as likely to be an intruder as much as one of the missing people. When the Deputy pointed this out, Ethan did his best to calm himself down and tried to explain himself more clearly. Regardless of what the Deputy thinks of Ethan, the former either found a victim or the perpetrator of the missing person case he's investigating - which is a pretty big break in such a case. However, the Deputy was also taking a huge risk by entering the residence alone, possibly having not called for backup offscreen beforehand. Either he was worried about Ethan being a possible victim in the missing person case who was in grave danger, or the Deputy underestimated the criminal’s threat level and believed he could handle the situation.

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->For Chris Redfield check the Characters/ResidentEvil1 sheet.

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\
Groups: [[Characters/ResidentEvilUmbrellaCorporation Umbrella Corporation]] ([[Characters/ResidentEvilAlbertWesker Albert Wesker]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilUmbrellaParamilitaries Paramilitary]]) | [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonsterIndex Monsters]] ([[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersMainstays Mainstays]], [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersIrregulars Irregulars]], [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersMold Mold]]) | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheBakerFamily The Baker Family]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheFourHouses The Four Houses]]\\

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield Chris Redfield]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield Chris Redfield]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

->For Chris Redfield, see his character sheet [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield here]].

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield Chris Redfield]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilClaireRedfield Claire Redfield]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

Heroes: [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield Chris Redfield]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilJillValentine Jill Valentine]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLeonSKennedy Leon S. Kennedy]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

* KarmaHoudini: PlayedWith. She receives precisely zero punishment or even acknowledgement, from Ethan or the Government, [[spoiler:for being a bioterrorist and child trafficker, as well as getting an entire ship of people killed thanks to her own negligence, though this can be attributed to her EasyAmnesia and she just wants to reunite with Ethan. By the time of ''Village'', she's even under federal protection, living comfortably in Europe with her husband and daughter.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: While “Blue Umbrella” helped save the world repeatedly from bio-terrorism — helping the BSAA deal with several high profile incidents — the presence of “Red Umbrella” and their ability to obtain samples of B.O.W.s involved in said incidents does raise questions about whether or not there are [[TheMole moles]] in Umbrella’s midst. The original Umbrella also worked hard to obtain positive PR worldwide before making their move, hinting at a sinister movement waiting in the newly reformed Umbrella’s shadow for the perfect opportunity to strike. If this were true, it remains to see how far the corruption goes, but for now Umbrella has refused to support bio-terrorism and fights against B.O.W.s wherever they strike [[spoiler:unlike the BSAA that has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]], as revealed in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' near the endgame]].
* TheAtoner: One of the reformed Umbrella’s main goals is to right the wrongs committed by the original before and after the events of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Raccoon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis City]]; the US government and the BSAA are keeping them on a tight leash to keep it that way. Which makes it all the more [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that the US Government once had interest in using B.O.W.s themselves, resorting to nuking Raccoon City partially to cover up their involvement with the original Umbrella Corporation, and it also doesn’t help matters that [[spoiler:the BSAA has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]] as of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'']].
* GodzillaThreshold: Umbrella is aware that Chris Redfield has serious (and understandable) misgivings about the reformed company due to his past encounters with the original, but the threat posed by [[spoiler:Eveline, the true BigBad of ''Biohazard'', and her mutamycete army]] prompted Umbrella to contact him so he could personally lead their strike teams. Chris had mixed feelings about this, but ultimately decided the threat present was too dangerous to ignore, [[{{Irony}} thus he cooperated with the successor of the company he spent a good portion of his life trying to shut down]].

* HeelFaceTurn: They are no longer a shady pharmaceutical company that creates bioweapons and profits off their sales to terrorists, nor has any ties with corrupt organizations like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 The Family]]. Instead, they are a private military corporation who employ groups of [[ScienceHero researchers and scientists]] alongside mercenaries, assisting in the fight against bioterrorism by creating weapons; equipment; and supplying the original Umbrella’s information on B.O.W.s to many anti-bioterrorism groups like the BSAA. [[spoiler:But unlike the BSAA who are revealed in ''Village'' to have [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using B.O.W.s of their own to combat bio-terrorism]], Umbrella appears to have learned their lesson from the past and refrain from taking similar extreme actions]].
* MarkOfShame: They kept the Umbrella name rather than reform under a different name to serve as a reminder of their past crimes. Notably they do this despite the existence of other organizations containing former Umbrella researchers and mercenaries, such as the Umbrella Corps, in order to show the world there are many former Umbrella scientists and researchers who do regret their past actions. However, in-universe they are commonly known as “Blue Umbrella” because of their color palette swap to blue, compared to their EvilCounterpart the Umbrella Corps - aka “Red Umbrella” - using the same red color scheme of the original company.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Albert Wesker was the mastermind behind the creation of “Blue Umbrella,” taking advantage of innocent scientists and researchers who would unknowingly provide him with important B.O.W. related data while his other company, “Tricell,” used the data to develop deadlier B.O.W.s. This was all part of a plan for global dominance by selling B.O.W.s on the market to various countries/terrorists, thus pitting everyone against each other and making Wesker indispensable to the world. But after developing a megalomaniacal [[AGodAmI god complex]] in the aftermath of finding the original Umbrella Corporation’s founder Oswell Spenser, Wesker abandoned his pet project, leaving the scientists of “Blue Umbrella” to focus their attention on finding ways to kill B.O.W.s more effectively. This meant Wesker provided many former scientists of the original Umbrella Corporation - all of whom [[TheAtoner wanted to redeem themselves]] after learning they had unknowingly helped create deadly B.O.W.s - with the means to do so, giving them money and important research information from the original Umbrella Corporation as well as from his own findings.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Continuing to operate under the Umbrella name, while noble for showing they’re doing their best to fix the problems they made, has made some people leery of cooperating with them. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since their actions in the Baker House Incident of ''Biohazard'' as well as discovering the source of the A-Virus contamination in the Great Lakes Incident of ''Vendetta'' has helped improve their standing amongst other anti-B.O.W. organizations. They even supplied the Hound Wolf Squad in ''Village'' with various equipment and healing items to combat the Molded found in Romania, hinting that Chris Redfield has kept close ties with the organization after leaving the BSAA.
* PunchPackingPistol: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert.W.Model 01. Based on the Beretta 92F and customized with additional performance enhancers, it does heavy damage with a reasonable ammo capacity of nine rounds, making it a reliable choice against B.O.W.s. It also can be loaded with speciality “[[FunWithAcronyms RAMROD]]” ammunition that is capable of killing the “White Molded” enemies (who are immune to regular firearms due to their enhanced HealingFactor).
* RedShirtArmy: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Even they have it as bad as the BSAA under [[DoomMagnet Chris Redfield]] despite beng well-equipped; ''Not a Hero'' and ''End of Zoe'' shows them dropping like flies. However, they are never shown as having trouble dealing with the normal Molded; the things that take them out are beings like [[EvilGenius Lucas]] [[PracticallyJoker Baker]] - who is smarter than the Molded and took down three Umbrella mercenaries using traps he had set up in advance - and the [[MadeOfIron Swamp]] [[ItCanThink Man]] who is both smarter and tougher than the other Molded. Umbrella associates are also shown as being able to develop a cure and counter-Mold weapons quickly, set up a containment wall within hours of arriving on site, and have gear that prevents them from getting infected to the point that there is no record of any of them being turned into a Molded during the operation. In the end run, they have a ''far'' better track record of success than other anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA.
* RememberTheNewGuy: They have been around since 2007, meaning its creation occurred some time after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'''''s'' ''Lost In Nightmares'' DLC. However, some files in ''Not A Hero'' mention that this mission is the first for many of their operatives, or at least their first with Umbrella, implying they may have only become active in the field recently.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert Wesker Model-02, aka “Thor’s Hammer,” which packs a massive punch in close quarters combat. Due to its high ammo capacity of twelve shot shells and reloaded via magazine (solving a shotgun’s traditional weakness of slowly hand feeding ammo into the magazine tube), the shotgun was tailor made to fight B.O.W.s in large groups.

A local police deputy who is investigating the Baker plantation due to the swathe of disappearances in the area.

* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned during the game, so he's simply known as "The Deputy". However, he's credited as David Anderson.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Zigzagged; he's not ''technically'' the first dead person that Ethan sees in the game -- that would be on the Sewer Gators' last tape and Andre’s corpse that Ethan comes across while traveling under the guest house — but the Deputy is the first person to be murdered on-screen during the present time of the game. A few years later, it’s revealed that [[spoiler:this is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]]]. [[spoiler:'''Ethan''' was the first character to die on-screen during the events of ''Biohazard'', but that's something a person going in blind wouldn't find out until toward the end of ''Village'', so the point still stands.]]

* CluelessDeputy: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. The Deputy ''is'' trying to follow procedure, not to mention Ethan does no favors with trying to prove his innocence by acting unhinged when they talk (e.g. demanding the Deputy give Ethan a gun, despite the fact the Deputy cannot rule out the possibility that Ethan is the criminal). Still, there’s a possibility the Deputy never called for backup when he realized something was going down in the decrepit and spooky house where people were supposedly disappearing - one that was being occupied by a terrified man acting crazed to boot. It also doesn’t help matters he decided to investigate the house alone, though this could also be explained by the Deputy being worried about Ethan’s safety if he really was a victim, yet arming him with a knife also means the Deputy would be in possible danger if Ethan got the jump on him. In short, had the Deputy survived he would’ve had a lot of explaining to do with his superiors.

* DramaticIrony: It’s easy to get mad at the Deputy for being reluctant to help Ethan and even aggressively questioning him, despite all the horror he went through up to this point, but all the Deputy knew at that point is that people were going missing in the area for suspected foul play. It doesn’t help matters that Ethan was terrified and running on pure adrenaline, acting somewhat unhinged and making unreasonable demands like asking for a gun, not to mention he could’ve gotten the Deputy’s cooperation more easily if Ethan had simply shown his [[WorstAid stapled left hand]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: [[spoiler:When Jack slices the Deputy’s head in half with a sharpened shovel, the former doesn’t visibly show a lot of effort thrusting the shovel blade. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; Jack has SuperStrength and this scene was designed to showcase this, similar to how the earlier dinner scene revealed to the player that the Bakers have SuperToughness and a HealingFactor]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The Deputy does give Ethan a hard time, but the former decides to hand the latter a pocket knife in order to defend himself, despite the fact the Deputy has zero clue if he handed a weapon to a violent perpetrator [[WoundedGazelleGambit trying to fool him]] instead of an innocent victim pleading for help. [[TruthInTelevision In real life this would get the Deputy into trouble]] since he had no proof Ethan was innocent, but the Deputy decided he didn’t want to risk the chance that Ethan was in danger and did nothing to help him, thus gave him a weapon that would be inferior to the Deputy’s handgun if Ethan turned out to be a violent criminal instead.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Zigzagged}}. Police are ''not'' supposed to give out their weapons and Ethan ''is'' a suspicious character who's babbling like a maniac, which makes him as likely to be an intruder as much as one of the missing people. When the Deputy points this out, Ethan did his best to calm himself down and tried to explain himself more clearly. Regardless of what the Deputy thinks of Ethan, the former either found a victim or the perpetrator of the missing persons case he's investigating - which is a pretty big break in such a case. However, the Deputy was also taking a huge risk deciding to enter the residence by himself, possibly having not called for backup offscreen beforehand. Either he was worried about Ethan being a possible victim in the missing persons case who was in grave danger, or the Deputy underestimated the criminal’s level of threat and believed he could handle the situation.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[SarcasmMode A fine Southern family.]]]]

The Baker Family are a family of recluses -- patriarch Jack Baker, his wife Marguerite, their son Lucas, the grandmother of the family, and their daughter Zoe -- who live in a decrepit plantation mansion out in the Louisiana bayou near the town of Dulvey. With the exception of [[WhiteSheep Zoe]] and [[CoolUncle Joe]] they serve as the primary antagonists of the game. Territorial, deranged, and inhumanly strong, they are determined to either recruit Ethan into their “family” or slaughter him.
[[folder:In general]]
* AbusiveParents: In the "Tape-2: The Bakers" teaser trailer, Jack infamously punishes Lucas by stabbing him in the arm with a knife. In the game proper, that scene is changed to Jack ''sawing his son's arm off''. He can reattach it, but still it’s a rather egregious punishment [[DisproportionateRetribution for throwing food.]] It also turns out that Jack and Marguerite shamelessly abuse and mistreat their daughter, Zoe, due to her perceived status as a "traitor to the family". [[spoiler:They became this way as a result of their Mold infection, which ironically involved their regular GoodParents nature.]] Though before this happens, Lucas's journal in ''Daughters'' does make angry references to him getting yelled at for speaking badly about Marguerite's cooking or getting slapped for playing with his phone at the table.
* TheAllegedHouse: Their house was damaged by a hurricane beforehand, but the conditions of the living space decreased significantly when [[spoiler:Eveline infected the family with the Mold. Rotten food in the refrigerator, disgusting Mold covering rooms and furniture, holes in the building, and a severe lack of cleanliness and hygiene in the household, the Baker house is a Homeowners Association’s nightmare]].
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:They're a part of the HiveMind that Eveline created. Jack and Marguerite know what their physical selves have done and are doing but are powerless to stop it, plus Zoe will eventually join them -- and does later as Eveline puts Zoe into a comatose state that finally links her to the HiveMind. The only way they can escape is if they completely die in the real world (like Marguerite does later on) or Eveline is killed; Jack begs Ethan to do this once the latter finds a sane version of the former due to FightingFromTheInside on Jack’s part within the HiveMind]].
* AttackItsWeakPoint: All the Bakers seem indestructible thanks to their HealingFactor and being MadeOfIron, though you can stun them by shooting them in the head enough times. Jack in particular also doesn’t like it when you hurt his knees, bending over in pain after taking too much abuse. [[spoiler:Thankfully they gain more weak points that are obvious in their "mutant" forms.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Demonstrated in a twisted [[BlackComedy (yet humorous)]] way -- taking too long to escape in the ''Bedroom'' DLC [[spoiler:leads to a dispute between Marguerite and Jack. The former will dart into the room to repeatedly stab Clancy, accusing him of being a home wrecker, while the latter calms her down and expresses his love for her. All of which is done as if she'd taken her frustration out on a rag doll instead of a human being]].
* AxCrazy: Their mindset, minus [[WhiteSheep Zoe]], is that of psychopathic murderers [[spoiler:serving Eveline mindlessly due to her mind control]]. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]; unlike zombies or Las Plagas hosts they retain most if not all of their human intelligence, being able to pass for completely normal if they need to, which is a big help when [[spoiler:Eveline wants them to go out and abduct new members to add to the “family.”]]
** In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC [[spoiler:Joe realizes after TheReveal that Jack is the Swamp Man that the latter has finally crossed the line, having become a nigh-mindless monster trying to “protect Zoe” by slaughtering anyone who gets near his comatose daughter. Joe lampshades it, calling him a 'rabid dog'.]]
* BigScrewedUpFamily: They’re a family of AxCrazy cannibalistic [[SerialKiller serial murderers]] with superhuman [[SuperStrength strength]], [[SuperToughness durability]], and [[HealingFactor regenerative properties]] that kidnap people to integrate them into their “family,” but will murder them more often than not. Jack is an abusive and domineering [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] who is violently protective over his role as “Father”, Marguerite is the “Mother” who murders anyone that intrudes on her “sacred grounds,” and Lucas is a sadistic PsychopathicManchild who serves as the “Brother.” The OnlySaneWoman and WhiteSheep is Zoe, but she is shunned and abused by the rest of her family for it, and then there’s their elderly grandmother in a wheelchair who is quiet compared to the others [[spoiler:who isn’t a Baker, she’s the true appearance of the BigBad Eveline who [[BrainwashedAndCrazy took over the majority of the family through mind control]]]].
** In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, [[CoolUncle Joe Baker]] is revealed to have [[OffTheGrid lived off the land far away from civilization]], though he is still of sane mind and hasn’t participated in the Baker family’s activities. However, he’s a ConspiracyTheorist who blames the government for everything that happened to his swamp in regards to [[spoiler:the Molded slowly taking it over. Needless to say, this ends badly for two hapless BSAA agents who happened to find Zoe shortly before Joe did]].
* BookEnds:
** The very first line we hear from any of the Bakers, way back in the demo:
--->'''Jack''': Welcome to the family, son.
** And the last thing [[spoiler:Joe says to his brother Jack in ''End of Zoe'']]:
--->[[spoiler:'''Joe Baker''']]: This is a farewell from the family, [[spoiler:brother]]!
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:The Bakers weren't always cannibalistic murderers, but after they got infected by Eveline, she used her control to twist them into murderous psychopaths, becoming members of her "family". [[WhiteSheep Zoe]] is an exception, but that won’t last forever, and Lucas is later discovered to [[NotBrainwashed have been freed years prior]] from the HiveMind thanks to the Connections, a bioterrorist organization that wanted to recruit Lucas as an undercover agent.]]
* CannibalClan: They're not picky about what they eat, so human flesh isn't off the menu. Leading players to wonder how in the world [[WhiteSheep Zoe]] survived for three years without practicing cannibalism unlike the rest of her family [[spoiler:except, maybe, Lucas who had wealth and power thanks to the Connections providing him with whatever he needed to spy on Eveline]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:On the receiving end, pre-infection. They didn't stand a chance the moment Eveline woke up in their house, infecting and integrating them into her HiveMind within ''minutes'' of her introduction.]]
* DeepSouth: Their status as Louisiana natives shows through in their accents and speech mannerisms.
* DiseaseBleach: [[spoiler:Being infected by the Mold turned their otherwise dark-colored hair brighter and grayer in an instant. By the time you catch up with Zoe in ''End of Zoe'' she has white hair, powder-white skin, and a layer of modesty-preserving white fungus crystals. This is in stark contrast to the greyish pallor and persistent black sludge which show up around the rest of the clan, indicating that without Eveline the ways that the Mold affects a person changes]].
* DysfunctionalFamily: [[spoiler:With the exception of [[{{Jerkass}} Lucas]], the Bakers were originally sweet, well-meaning good people before their infection... but the notes scattered about do suggest that in spite of that, they still weren't exactly all sunshine and rainbows as a family even back then: Jack was an alcoholic who sometimes had alcohol-fueled fits of rage that scared Marguerite, Lucas's bratty behavior provoked more than one smack upside the head from Jack, and Lucas and Zoe had the usual SiblingRivalry which was exacerbated by Lucas's latent creepiness. Still, if Jack's last FightingFromTheInside speech and the parent’s initial warmth in the ''Daughters'' DLC is sincere, they were still a loving family who simply had their problems like every normal one does. Even Lucas wasn’t as bad back then, being the one who discovered the wrecked tanker and went out with his father to try and save survivors]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They may be a [[BigScrewedUpFamily Big Screwed Up]] CannibalClan of HillbillyHorrors, but they did show a basic caring of each other. [[spoiler:In particular, during his last boss fight, Jack fights you in an UnstoppableRage whilst shedding BerserkerTears over how Ethan has not only persisted in trying to "kidnap (his) daughters," Zoe and Mia, but also killed his wife Marguerite in the process.]]
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Most of the Bakers are serial murderers who kidnap strangers and trespassers on or around their land, gathering together for family meals to [[CannibalClan eat]] those who are executed under their roof, and whose nature and dynamics as a family are a part of how they operate; their victims are treated twistedly as honorary family members, but those who don’t make the cut are eventually murdered as well.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When you meet up with Jack while Ethan is trapped [[spoiler:in Evie's MindHive, you see Jack and Zoe... but not Marguerite, who's been KilledOffForReal, or Lucas, who [[NotBrainwashed managed to free himself from Evie's control years ago]] and has stuck around for his own selfish agendas. Zoe and Jack are both still alive and infected, as is revealed in the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, making the GoodEnding in the main game via giving Mia the serum canon to the series]].
* GasLeakCoverUp: [[spoiler:Following Eveline's demise and the relocation of Ethan and Mia Winters in ''Village'', a news clipping found in the Winters' new home and the Baker Incident Report curated by [[WhiteSheep Zoe]] [[IntrepidReporter Baker]] [[SoleSurvivor herself]] reveals that the BSAA had collaborated with the Dulvey County Sheriff's Office to cover up the horrors that took place on the Baker estate as [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidental deaths caused by a hydrogen sulfide gas leak that claimed the lives of the Baker family and their victims]]; nonetheless, despite there being evidence to the contrary (sightings of Eveline emerging from the guest house as a [[OneWingedAngel giant fungal monster]], satellite pictures of the shipwreck she and Mia originally came from, as well as studies showing that the town of Dulvey had absolutely no volcanic activity or hydrogen sulfide in the area), [[ExtraStrengthMasquerade the general public eventually moved on from the Baker House Incident and accepted this explanation after initial suspicions of a cover-up.]]]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Late in the game, Ethan meets a sane Jack inside Eveline's HiveMind who explains that his family were not murderers until the day he found Eveline, who infected them with the Mold and began controlling their actions in order to start her own “family.” [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter He is wrong about Lucas, though.]]]]
* HealingFactor: As hinted at in the trailers, they can regenerate damage you inflict, which is part of what makes them so dangerous. [[spoiler:It's so potent that even when Jack gets his entire upper torso ''obliterated'', he still comes back for one final round.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Their advanced Mold infection has made them into this, as they are now superhumanly tough, can change into grotesque and inhuman forms to even their odds when hunting their foes, and in Jack's case bulbous face-covered tumors erupt from his being when he’s critically injured]].
* HillbillyHorrors: Well, technically they're swamp-rats (the bayou-dwelling equivalent to hillbillies), but they fit the archetype as rural, Southern American woodlands dwellers who are crazy, cannibalistic murderers. [[spoiler:It's subverted when you learn that the Bakers were decent, ordinary people once upon a time -- and decently well-off at some point, given the amount of land they own, which includes a huge house, a boathouse, and a barn (which probably wasn't quite as elaborate before Lucas turned it into his personal playhouse). All of this, of course, was before [[BigBad Eveline]] was brought into their house, turning them into her "family" of mind controlled slaves as well as continuing to work on Zoe -- who managed to keep her sanity for most of the time and created a serum to try and resist Eveline’s control, ultimately failing and joining the HiveMind near the end of the main game until Eveline was killed by Ethan and she was rescued by her [[CoolUncle uncle]] Joe.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: The Bakers are ''not'' picky eaters in the slightest, greedily devouring all manner of filthy and disgusting food (with the exception of unseasoned garbage, though ironically their favorite meal is seasoned garbage Marguerite nicknamed the “Baker Special”); notes on their refrigerator door make it clear that they consume human meat on a regular basis. Only Zoe [[spoiler:and maybe [[NotBrainwashed Lucas]]]] [[AvertedTrope averts]] this.
** In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, Joe Baker also [[AvertedTrope averts]] this since he lived far away from the Baker household and instead lives off the land. [[spoiler:Thus he was never exposed to [[HiveMind Eveline]] and avoided eating Mold-tainted food, henceforth why he still has all his marbles in his head]].
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:The serum that Zoe creates that she thinks could free them from the Mold's HiveMind fails, forcing Jack into pleading to Ethan to kill Eveline in order to end their suffering once and for all]].
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:When Ethan manages to kill Jack and Marguerite, they solidify into a white, chalky substance and then crumble into dust. This also happens to Zoe if you choose to cure her instead of Mia. An R&R Report file states that this is normal behavior for a truly killed host of the megamycete.]]
* LaughingMad: Jack and Marguerite both have their moments of chuckling or cackling while in the middle of trying to tear Ethan apart. The less physical Lucas is more of a GigglingVillain, whooping with laughter when he's especially pleased with his own cleverness.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in how the various viruses and parasites of the series gave Wesker and a few others the equivalent of superpowers, all the while still allowing them to pass as human and making said powers seem like they’d be useful for [[BadPowersGoodPeople normal people who didn’t use them for evil]] (unless they lost control of them and mutated into a OneWingedAngel). The Bakers can act normal to a degree when they need to, but [[spoiler:with the powers granted to them by the Mold also turning most of the Bakers insane,]] they showcase how terrifying it would be for normal people to be targeted by super powered [[SerialKiller serial murderers]] whose behavior cannot be considered sane by human standards, not to mention the emotional trauma that good natured people armed with said Lovecraftian powers would suffer in a realistic world setting [[spoiler:like Ethan. ''Village'' revealed he was DeadAllAlong and brought back to life as a RevenantZombie due to being infected the Mold (without him ever knowing until Eveline broke the AwfulTruth to him), thus shady and evil organizations/people became interested in kidnapping his daughter due to believing she had inherited the Mold’s powers from Ethan]].
* NiceGirl: Zoe, the WhiteSheep of the family who wants to help Ethan escape with Mia and herself in tow. [[spoiler:With the exception of [[TheSociopath Lucas]], all of the Bakers were kindhearted people who were willing to help out the less fortunate, which makes their fates all the more tragic once [[BigBad Eveline]] found them]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:The Bakers were your normal happy family (minus Lucas’s sociopathic tendencies), but when Jack and Lucas rescued many survivors of a shipwreck the Baker family (minus Joe) came into contact with [[HumanoidAbomination Eveline]], who promptly {{Mind Rape}}d them into being her surrogate family and turned them into monsters in the bargain. Only Zoe avoided this fate initially, later succumbing to Eveline’s power and crystallizing after entering a comatose state.]]
* NoZombieCannibals: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTroped Averted]] with a great deal of the family. Not only do they eat the Mold in the form of Marguerite's meals, which they are partially made of, they are just as willing to hurt and mutilate each other as they are to strangers if prompted so, despite being part of the same HiveMind. The only exceptions are Zoe (the WhiteSheep of the family who has managed to resist Eveline’s mind control for years) and Joe (who was never part of the Hive Mind since he lived far away from the Baker mansion), though Lucas might apply as well given he’s never directly seen eating the meat (and had many ways to obtain normal food thanks to his partnership with “The Connections” organization)]].
* OneWingedAngel: In grand ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' tradition, both of the Baker parents ultimately mutate into a much less human form by the end of the game. [[spoiler:Lucas also does so to spite Chris Redfield and becomes the final boss of the ''Not a Hero'' DLC.]]
* RaginCajun: They fit the archetype, but despite the story taking place in a part of Louisiana with a very large Cajun population, they don't have a French surname ("Baker" is English), and their accent and dialect are broadly Louisianan, but not specifically Cajun, apart from Marguerite (the only member of the family with a specifically French name) occasionally referring to people as "''[[TermsOfEndangerment cher]]''"[[note]]she pronounces the term as "share", where an authentic Cajun dialect tends to render it as "shah" or "sheh"[[/note]]. [[AxCrazy The ragin' part, unfortunately, is right on.]]
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: [[spoiler:Despite being part of Eveline's HiveMind and knowing her plans for Ethan to become her new “father,” most of them still go against her wishes through their attempts of killing him. Jack out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], Marguerite out of her compulsive desire to protect her nest/altar from anyone -- even her own family -- and Lucas ForTheEvulz]].
* SanityHasAdvantages: Even if the insane Bakers have SuperStrength, SuperToughness, and a HealingFactor that makes them shrug off bullets, they still feel the pain that causes them to act irrationally at times despite their superpowers. Jack panics if you take out more than one gun to fight him (after completely emptying a magazine into him with the first gun), Marguerite outright freaks out and runs away for a while if you hurt her enough while she’s patrolling her boat house (which even nets you a trophy on the PlayStation Network), and Lucas is a PsychoticManchild who cowers and panics if things don’t go his way during one of his death traps - not even wanting to get hurt by Ethan at all. While getting slashed, burned, and shot at would terrify the average person, the reality is that if they toughed it out through Ethan’s attacks they could easily retaliate, but they dislike pain so much that they comically panic if Ethan puts up a fight long enough, granting him some breathing room in order to escape for a limited time. Only Jack shows any attempts to grit through Ethan’s attacks, highlighting the threat he poses as ThePatriarch.
* SeriouslyScruffy: In keeping with the game's grungy aesthetic, plus their years spent succumbing to madness off the grid in an isolated swamp house, the Bakers are haggard and wild-looking as well as don't bother to get much in the way of sleep or eating. Zoe, the OnlySaneWoman and a victim of circumstances, balance this out into being an UnkemptBeauty, [[spoiler:while the fact that it's somewhat milder on Lucas than his parents is likewise appropriate to his [[NotBrainwashed regaining and retaining self-control over his mind]], even while having Mold in him and being able to see Eveline.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Both Jack and Marguerite are incredibly foul-mouthed, spewing profanity constantly as they fight you. Lucas has his moments too when [[spoiler:his elaborate death traps are being beaten by Ethan and Chris Redfield]].
* ShoutOut: The player's introduction to the family proper is in a DinnerScene heavily inspired by the Film/TexasChainsawMassacre, down to the catatonic wheelchair-bound elder and an abusive patriarch taking out his anger on a PsychopathicManchild with a sadistic streak.
* SuperStrength: They are inhumanly strong, Jack and Marguerite, in particular, being capable of lifting up a grown man like Ethan with ease. Due to the presence of steroids through the Baker property, it’s possible they used them to juice themselves up, [[spoiler:and the Mold likely has changed their biology as well]].
* SuperToughness: Of the HealingFactor kind, being able to soak up an inhuman amount of damage and even resisting bullets to a degree (though they still feel pain and hate being shot at).
* TalkativeLoon: All of the ones you fight, which is equally unnerving as it is funny.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: If the highly outdated technology still in use around the house wasn't enough of an indication, you can find a shopping list in the ''Daughters'' DLC which includes Lucas asking for someone to bring him a condenser[[note]]more commonly known as a capacitor[[/note]] and a flash drive with question marks next to them, indicating the elder Bakers have no idea what those are.
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:They weren't always the superpowered lunatics that you see them as by the time the game rolls around; in fact, despite being a DysfunctionalFamily, they were happy and well-meaning to others. The meeting in the HiveMind where Jack and Ethan have their final conversation reveals that Jack and Marguerite knew what they had become, [[AndIMustScream but were unable to do anything about it due to Eveline’s mind control]], thus Ethan is asked by Jack to free his family from Eveline's control for good by killing her.]]
* WickedCultured: The clutter of their estate includes a lot of books, paintings, jazz records, and various historical antiques. The present desolate state of the place indicates that they have probably lost interest in these things, [[spoiler:mostly because [[BigBad Eveline]] is more interested in having a “family” and thus directs those she controls away from the arts]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Jack is 55, Marguerite is 53, and Lucas is 25 -- but their sunken eyes, gaunt appearances, and fading hair make each of them look about 10-15 years older than they actually are.
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[[folder:Jack Baker]]
!!Jack Baker
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Welcome to the family, son."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jack Brand (English), Creator/KazuhiroYamaji (Japanese), Vicente Gil (European Spanish), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)

-> ''"Now she says '''he''' is to be her father. Oh no, no, no, no..."''

Jack Baker is the patriarch of the Baker family of Dulvey, Louisiana. He is the husband of Marguerite Baker and father to Zoe and Lucas Baker.

[[Characters/ResidentEvilJackBaker See his page for more about him]].

[[folder:Marguerite Baker]]
!!Marguerite Baker
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[SarcasmMode All she ever did was house and feed you.]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Coates (English), Maki Izawa (Japanese), Olga Cano (European Spanish), Marina Thovez (Italian)

->''"I'll feed you to my babies and fertilize the garden with what was left."''

Marguerite is the matriarch of the Baker family; she is the wife of Jack Baker and the mother of Lucas and Zoe Baker.

* AbusiveMom: Everything she says and does plays up a dysfunctional, evil take on the old-style "family values" approach to parenting; guilt-tripping; corporal punishment and all. In the ''Bedroom'' DLC from the ''Banned Footage'' vol. 1 collection, [[spoiler:you play as Clancy in a similar role of a child being sent to their room while being terrified that ''anything'' they do [[MoodSwinger might set mom off again]]]]. Furthermore, in the ''Daughters'' DLC [[spoiler:she’s revealed to be have a sweet lady who’s nowhere as violent or crazy as the Marguerite you meet during the main game; Eveline is the reason why Marguerite develops a HairTriggerTemper]].
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: In a chilling memo threatening Zoe.
-->'''Marguerite:''' Zoe, You tried to sneak up to the second floor again, didn't you?! Did you think I wouldn't notice?!?! Even after what happened to Eveline, you just keep talking about some strange medicine. And what are you planning to do with my altar? You better keep those sticky fingers off of it! Nobody touches my sacred altar! You think your father and I are idiots?! You spoiled pathetic child...I wish you [=NeVEr=] been born. [=UnforGIVably=] pathetic yet always [=lookingDOWN=] on [=uS aNd=] trying to Leave our HOME! After [=EVERYthing=] WE'VE done for YOU... Pathetic [=PATHETICpathetic=] pathetic...If you EVER even touch my altar I'll slice off your chest and serve it up as potroast...
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:She’s fully aware of what she is doing, but has no control over her own body at all due to [[BigBad Eveline’s]] influence. By killing her, [[MercyKill you’re doing her a favor]]; noticeably she’s nowhere to be seen in Eveline’s HiveMind once Ethan enters it and learns the truth about [[BrainwashedAndCrazy what happened to the Bakers]] from a sane [[GoodAllAlong Jack.]]]]
* AttackItsWeakPoint: In her second boss fight, [[spoiler:Mutated Marguerite takes more damage and is staggered if you can hit her in the [[BodyHorror womb/hive]] [[FanDisservice area]], i.e. [[GroinAttack the crotch]].]]
* BerserkButton: She gets ''pissed'' if anyone refuses to eat her cooking; Ethan and Clancy learn this the hard way. Judging by Lucas's shitlist on his computer in the ''Daughters'' DLC, this was the case to some extent even before [[spoiler:she was infected and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] by Eveline]].
* BigCreepyCrawlies: [[PestController She controls many forms of insects]], including housecat-sized wasps which serve as watchdogs in the hive she's turned the boathouse into.
* BodyHorror: In her second boss fight, [[spoiler:Mutated Marguerite's arms and legs elongate to insane extents, creating what would be a NoodlePeople look if she didn't remain so potbellied, and allow her to crawl around on all fours like a spider. More grotesquely, her womb rips through her dress and turns into a slime-seeping honeycombed "hive" of mangled flesh full of gestating mutant wasp larvae.]]
* CreepyBlueEyes: So light they glow, constantly reflecting the light of her lantern; Lucas inherited them from her.
* CreepyCentipedes: In the ''Bedroom'' DLC, a centipede [[spoiler:crawls out of her mouth and into Clancy's when she catches him out of bed, instantly killing him]]. It happens again in the ''Daughters'' DLC [[spoiler:as part of a FaceRevealingTurn that shows how rapidly Eveline has infected the family]].
* DarkActionGirl: Despite being a middle aged housewife, her SuperStrength; SuperToughness; and PestController powers makes her more than a match for Ethan. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during her second boss fight where she’s [[OneWingedAngel mutated into a grotesque B.O.W.]]]]
* FanDisservice: During your second boss fight with Marguerite you'll get a look up her dress; [[BodyHorror you will not enjoy this,]] considering that she has [[spoiler:a giant insect hive located where her groin would normally be]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:She is stuck as part of Eveline's HiveMind — unable to control her physical body and murdering several innocent people — until Ethan kills Marguerite during her second boss fight. Furthermore, while she’s nowhere to be seen in said hive mind once Ethan enters it too, it’s possible she was still there until Eveline dies by Ethan’s hands at the end of the game.]]
* FightingFromTheInside: In the ''Daughters'' DLC, [[spoiler:[[HeroicWillpower she manages to take back control from Eveline]] for a minute or two and then tells Zoe to run while tossing her the car keys, all the while Marguerite struggles with Eveline's mental control in order to allow Zoe to escape]].
* FinalBoss: Of the ''Ethan Must Die'' game mode.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:During your fight with Marguerite in her second boss fight [[OneWingedAngel as a mutant B.O.W.]], shooting her womb-hive cuts off any attempt by her to spawn a wasp nest on a wall, which summons wasps to attack you if you get too close to the nest]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Flies completely off the handle at the slightest sign of disobedience or perceived ingratitude. Her husband [[ThePatriarch Jack]] is the only one she’ll carefully limit her attitude to yelling at when enraged.
* HouseWife: Overlaps with MamaBear and DarkActionGirl to become an evil take on a normally innocent family profession. In the ''Daughters'' DLC, [[spoiler:she wasn’t evil at all, instead being a simple and kind house wife without [[MoodSwinger violent mood swings]]. [[BigBad Eveline’s]] influence took Marguerite’s docile personality and twisted it into a horrifying take on what the former considered a “mother.”]]
* KillItWithFire: Marguerite’s main weakness is fire, plus her insect swarms/nests must be killed by burning them to death with either the flame sprayer or a fire round by a grenade launcher. Since the flame sprayers’s damage output isn’t impressive against normal Molded enemies, it’s advised to get the most out of the flame sprayer while fighting Marguerite and her insects to conserve ammo for your other firearms.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:One possible fate Marguerite gets once Ethan defeats her in her mutated form. She never shows up in Eveline’s HiveMind when Ethan enters it, though it’s possible she was still a part of it until Eveline was killed by Ethan at the end of the game.]]
* LadySwearsALot: Is viciously foulmouthed when riled up, the better to offset her motherly sweetness.
* LargeHam: She's... pretty loud when she wants to be, especially [[spoiler:right before the first time you fight her]]:
-->'''Marguerite:''' ''Stay the'' '''''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]''''' '''''OUT!!!'''''
* LaughingMad: If Ethan deals a high amount of damage to Marguerite while she’s wandering the boat house, she eventually decides to RageQuit and knocks Ethan down, laughing while running away in hysterical fashion and not showing up again until her first boss fight. In the ''Daughters'' DLC [[spoiler:once Eveline takes control of Marguerite, she acts this way when Zoe meets her mother in her first post-infection state]].
* LethalChef: Not only is her food capable of ''killing'' anyone trying it, [[spoiler:it's also infested with the Mold, accelerating the infection state of any Mold-infected in the process.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Her creepy lantern, which she uses to guide her bugs.
* LogicalWeakness: Since her main forms of attack are controlling her precious insects to attack you, light sources and fire are useful for stopping them. Unfortunately, Marguerite is already using a lantern to control them so Ethan cannot exploit that traditional motif. Fortunately, Ethan does have access to a homemade flamethrower once he finds the parts for it as well as a grenade launcher that can shoot explosive fire rounds.
* MamaBear: In the ''Daughters'' DLC, [[spoiler:she manages to briefly take back control from Eveline long enough to warn Zoe and let her get away, even giving her the keys to the car and screaming at her to run; by contrast, Jack isn't shown being able to hold back from attacking their children even ''once''.]] This is eventually twisted into her protectiveness over her "beauties," the swarms of insects and centipedes she controls, and her deranged obsession with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Eveline]], treating her as an esteemed member of the Baker family and sealing away the arm of a D-type Mold prototype that can be used to create a serum which resists Eveline’s [[BrainwashedAndCrazy control.]]]]
-->'''Marguerite:''' Don't ''touch'' her! Don't hurt my family!
* MoodSwinger: Turns on a dime between acting like a sweet, motherly old lady and going into a screaming, violent rage when even slightly provoked.
* MookMaker: [[spoiler:In the most grotesque way possible; Mutant Marguerite has the ability to give birth to wasp nests when you're fighting her.]]
* MyBelovedSmother: As dark a take as possible on the alternately syrupy-sweet and caustically abusive withholding mother stereotype. She hits Ethan with twisted guilt trips even as her bugs are killing him by inches. And she's like this with ''everyone''. The ''Daughters'' DLC twists the knife by [[spoiler:showing just how pleasant she could be before the corruption took hold.]]
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Once she's dead for good, her nests shrivel up and crumble to dust.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After the first boss fight with her, she tumbles into the bottom of the pit and mutates into a potbellied, spider-limbed insect queen, with just enough of the old Marguerite left to make it even worse.]]
* PestController: Marguerite is one, as her entire area is essentially one giant wasp hive. During your exploration of the "Old House", she bedevils you with her "babies"; giant wasps ranging from the size of a sparrow to the size of a cat, swarming spiders, and even a writhing carpet of centipedes. She even spawns wasps herself when [[spoiler:her [[BodyHorror womb transforms into a wasp hive]] upon [[OneWingedAngel transforming]] for her fight with Ethan.]]
* RecurringBoss: After moving on to the boathouse, Marguerite starts roaming the halls once you [[spoiler: discover Mia in the lower section of the house]]. While Marguerite doesn't pursue Ethan as aggressively as Jack, her swarms of bugs make it difficult to get close to her; unless you’re trying to unlock the “Back Off Mrs. B!” trophy you're better off not wasting the ammo or health. She also has a few boss fights, [[spoiler:one in human form where she directs her bugs at you while she has you trapped at the bottom of a pit, the other with her much more aggressive OneWingedAngel form in the Bakers' greenhouse.]]
* SanitySlippage: A note written by Marguerite before going fully insane, [[spoiler:follows up on her doctor's concerns over something (Mold) growing in her head. In it, she expresses her fear of becoming something else entirely. She panics she is slowly losing her sense of self by the day since they brought Eveline home, and the note ends with her having gone off the deep end]].
* SlasherSmile: Has a very wide, unnervingly toothy smile when she's in her nicer moods. It doesn't take much for it to pull into an almost feral snarl.
* SuperStrength: Despite appearances, she’s more than strong enough to push Ethan around if the situation calls for it.
* SuperToughness: Like her husband Jack, she can take a considerable amount of damage from Ethan, but unlike Jack she’s less willing to deal with pain and will RageQuit on Ethan if she takes too much abuse from him until her first proper boss fight.
* SupremeChef: Only in the non-canon "Jack's 55th Birthday" mode, given that her "Baker Family Special" is made of garbage and sugar, yet is one of the highest scoring items in the game alongside the Sugar Cake.
* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Before Marguerite’s second boss fight you stumble upon a greenhouse, one that has a room with a slew of useful items and a giant hole in the floor. If you saved a lockpick up to that point on Easy and Normal difficulty you can use it to unlock a drawer that has a small collection of flame rounds for the Grenade Launcher — which is also a hint that you can unlock that particular weapon now that you have the Crow Key. And you’re going to need those rounds too, because anything [[KillItWithFire fire-related]] is going to be useful for what you’re up against next…
* VillainousCheekbones: You could lose a finger on those things.
* WallCrawl: [[spoiler:Once she finally decides to [[OneWingedAngel get serious]] in her efforts of killing Ethan that is...]]
* WildHair: She hasn't done wonders for her hair; at the start of the night it's dirty, greasy, and unkempt.
* WickedWitch: Her straggly hair, hatchet-like features, strange powers (as opposed to Jack's SuperStrength or Lucas's MadScientist tendencies), and above all her screeching, cackling voice all evoke the archetype, though as the late game is quick to point out nothing the Bakers do is magic.

[[folder:Lucas Baker]]
!!Lucas Baker
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[[caption-width-right:330:''"I don't know about you, Christopher, but I'm getting real tired of playing games."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jesse Pimentel (English), Setsuji Sato (Japanese), Eduardo Bosch (European Spanish), Alessandro Capra (Italian)

->''"Now that would be tellin', Ethan! And I don't do ''spoilers!''"''

The Baker family's son, notorious as a "bad seed" even before the Bakers dropped off the grid.

[[Characters/ResidentEvilLucasBaker See his page for more about him]].

[[folder:The Grandmother]]
!!The Grandmother
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pat [=McNeely=] (English), Yuri Tabata (Japanese), Mayte Torres (European Spanish), Elisabetta Cesone (Italian)

->''"[[AlasPoorVillain I just wanted a family.]]"''

A seemingly catatonic old lady that sits in a wheelchair, immobile. She appears to be watching Ethan and can get around the house easily despite her physical state.\\
For more information about her, [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersMold see here]].

* BeneathSuspicion: She's paralyzed, or catatonic. What could she do? [[spoiler:Given that you spend most of the game running for your life and she stops showing up around the time you get out of the house proper, it's very easy for most players to have forgotten about Grandma Baker entirely until you start finding Lucas's notes about how Evie is starting to look ''old'', and then the game drops that photo of grandma from the guest house in front of you again -- labeled on the back, as it always was, "E-001".]]
* EvilCripple: Seemingly this although how she's able to move around is never explained.
* EvilOldFolks: She has this appearance, [[spoiler:but it's ultimately something of a subversion. She's chronologically younger than every member of the Baker family, but she's afflicted with rapid aging. The evil part? That's more or less played straight.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She can be seen on a photo in the basement of the guest house, before you've met any of the other Bakers. [[spoiler:It won't mean anything to you at the time, but the writing on the back of the photo says "E-001"... so of course you find that same photo again, in the same place, during your return trip through the guest house, when you'll know exactly what that means.]]
** A subtler one that becomes more obvious in hindsight is the fact that [[spoiler:out of the many family photos that can be found in the Bakers' house, "Granny" appears in ''none'' of them; this "E-001" photo is the ''only'' photo that shows her anywhere on the estate and it's not displayed by the family themselves, hinting that she's really an outsider and hasn't lived with the family very long]].
* ObliviouslyEvil: As Ethan injects [[spoiler:Evie]] with the cure: "Why does everyone hate me?"
* OffscreenTeleportation: How she gets around the house is anybody's guess, and as you go through the house yourself, it seems increasingly unlikely that Jack or [[spoiler:the Molded]] would be moving her. [[spoiler:For example: the first time you see her is just after "dinner", sitting with the rest of the family. After Ethan escapes from Jack, she then vanishes from the kitchen, only to reappear at the top of a flight of stairs... despite, you know, being in a wheelchair. Possibly she uses the Molded or her fungokinesis to lift her when she wants to be moved, but this is never shown -- the better to add to her [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane more ambiguous qualities]].]] When you catch her humming after coming out of the basement, you can actually leave the room and come back, and she'll already be gone.
* PerceptionFilter: Possibly in tandem with her OffscreenTeleportation, but eventually you'll begin to notice that nobody seems to pay any attention to Grandma. The only real sign of her presence is a "grandmother's room" on the top floor. [[spoiler:This is a RedHerring. The game never says whose room that is, but it ''doesn't'' belong to the old woman Ethan keeps meeting -- it's possible it belonged to the ''actual'' Grandma Baker (who did exist if a picture in Lucas's "Happy Birthday" game is to be believed). Presumably the other Bakers don't see her because she doesn't want them to, but at "dinner", she doesn't yet have enough power over Ethan to force him to see her as she wants to be seen: as the ghostly little girl you later see, which is how she looked before her extreme RapidAging set in.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Inverted. She's a little girl who grew up ''way'' too fast]].
* RedHerring: At one point in the game, you find her in what seems to be her bedroom, [[spoiler:but it isn't. While there are hints that the real Grandma Baker may have lived with the family at one point, it's made very clear that that's ''definitely'' not her]]. Additionally, the presence of an old photo of Jack from when he was young would seem to imply that she's his mother, [[spoiler:but not only is this not the case, ''Jack'' considers himself ''her'' father]].
* TheReveal: She's not [[spoiler:Grandma Baker.]] She's [[spoiler:''[[RapidAging Evie]]''.]]
* TheVoiceless: She never utters more than a mumble, though you can hear her humming briefly after coming out of the basement [[spoiler:for the first time. The tune, naturally? "Go Tell Aunt Rhody".]]
* TheWatcher: She tilts her head to look at you when you walk by, and appears throughout the game. She seems to be watching Ethan, never interacting with him.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her role in the game is deceptively large, leading to lots of spoilers.

[[folder:Zoe Baker]]
!!Zoe Baker

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[[caption-width-right:350: The White Sheep.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Giselle Gilbert (English), Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese), Sandra Jara (European Spanish), Ludovica de Caro (Italian)

The daughter of Jack and Marguerite Baker as well as sister of Lucas, Zoe serves as Ethan's [[MissionContact contact]] in the main game with a trailer in the estate's front yard serving as her "home."

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: In the main game she's dark-haired and aloof, especially in her phone conversations with Ethan. In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, [[spoiler:this is subverted, for the white mold she was covered in dyed her hair white and her personality is more animated after the ordeal she went through.]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: She is the main character of the DLC game ''Daughters'', [[spoiler:showcasing how she survived the beginning of [[BigBad Eveline's]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy control]] over Zoe’s parents and her brother.]]
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Lucas's Cain.
* ConvenientComa: In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, she falls into one after [[spoiler:being left behind by Ethan and Mia (due to Eveline crystallizing Zoe) and remains in one for several weeks and most of the DLC. She only awakes when Joe injects her with a full dosage the cure that Umbrella made for her.]]
* DamselInDistress: In the main game, she reveals to Ethan that she cannot leave the Baker home because [[spoiler:[[BigBad Eveline]] will either brainwash Zoe or murder her if she isn’t cured of her Mold infection first]]. Part of Ethan’s exploration of the Baker’s plantation home is thus following Zoe’s requests in order to help facilitate an escape for Ethan, Mia, and herself.
** In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, [[spoiler:she is incapacitated and put into a coma by Eveline when she tries to escape on her own in the CanonEnding, leading to her uncle [[CoolUncle Joe]] attempting to find a cure for her.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crosses this if Ethan cures Mia, despondently yelling "there won't be anyone left to help!" when he claims he'll call for rescue before departing.]]
* {{Determinator}}: She survived for ''three years'' in a household where everyone and everything is out to kill her with nothing but her wits. Not to mention how she somehow got by when clean water and human food would be scarce.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC she’s this.
* DiseaseBleach: [[spoiler:Her infection in ''End of Zoe'' bleaches her hair white. At the end of the DLC, her hair retains the colour despite being cured of her Mold infection.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Zigzagged. She makes an early cameo in the ''Beginning Hour'' demo until the "Midnight" update, which removed the phone calls, but the demos are considered non-canon to the main game’s storyline.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After being trapped by her Mold-infected family for so long, she is finally cured (though her hair is left white). Additionally, she's relieved that Ethan kept his promise, rather than abandon her as she thought he would do.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:After Umbrella cures her of the Mold, the BSAA had intentionally listed her as deceased as seen in the Baker Incident Report, all so that Zoe could finally start a new life.]]
* FanDisservice: In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, she is naked and also has added JigglePhysics, none of which makes for a titillating experience because [[spoiler:her being deathly ill invokes a sense of dread and she’s covered by a strange white mold colony growing on her skin.]]
* TheImmune: [[spoiler:Subverted. At first, once Ethan learns Zoe is the daughter of Jack — therefore is part of the crazed Baker family — it’s easy to believe that she has immunity to whatever is causing the rest of her family to act insane since she’s the OnlySaneWoman that Ethan knows at the time. But later she reveals that she’s only resistant to it, requiring a special serum to cure both Mia and herself, otherwise they’ll eventually join the others. And in both the CanonEnding and non-canon routes she eventually begins to calcify due to Eveline punishing Zoe for trying to escape the plantation. In either case, the serum was a bust due to being an inferior D-type being matched against a superior E-type like Eveline.]]
** The True Ending in the ''Daughters'' DLC makes it clear that [[spoiler:although she's infected like the rest of her family (minus her uncle), she's immune to the MindControl aspect of the Mold because she knows Eveline's true nature (as shown in the investigation notes found in her trailer) after reading the letter that Mia wrote as a warning to the Bakers to stay away from Eveline; it can be inferred that Zoe was able to identify and resist Eveline's attempts in brainwashing Zoe, preventing herself from progressing past the initial stages of her infection. As a result, this along with being able to maintain her calm protected her from Evie's control, despite being infected for the same duration of three years as Mia and the other Bakers.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: In contrast to her brother's and mother’s CreepyBlueEyes.
* IntrepidReporter: In ''Resident Evil Village'', [[spoiler:it’s revealed she became a rookie reporter trying to investigate the BSAA and the Connections in the aftermath of the Dulvey incident.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:Like her mother, Zoe calcifies into white mold and crumbles to dust after Eveline murders Zoe if you use the remaining serum on her in the non-canon ending.]]
* LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:At the finale of ''End of Zoe'', even though she's been cured of her infection, her hair is left bleached a dull gray-white.]]
* MagicPants: In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, Zoe has suffered massive ClothingDamage, but has [[spoiler:crystalline mold growth on the right locations]] to preserve modesty, yet it’s FanDisservice due to the creepy aspects.
* MissionControl: She’s Ethan's only ally on the Baker estate; her knowledge from her time spent on the plantation helps her direct him to safety as well as help him survive her family, all so he can [[spoiler:find an important ingredient to create a serum she believes would cure Mia and herself of the Mold.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She's instrumental in helping Ethan [[spoiler:create the serum that counteracts Eveline's infection]]. In return, [[spoiler:Ethan either gives the only remaining serum to Mia, abandoning Zoe to her fate; or if he gives the serum to Zoe, it ultimately proves ineffective and Eveline murders her, though this is the non-canon ending]].
** In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, [[spoiler:the game [[ThrowTheDogABone throws her a bone]] and [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this when she’s freed of the Mold's influence, thanks to her uncle Joe Baker and the Umbrella members sent there to rescue her at Ethan’s behest, proving to her he had every intention on making good on his promise to send her help.]]
* NonIndicativeName: In the ''End of Zoe'' DLC, Zoe does indeed meet her end. [[spoiler: The end of her nightmarish living conditions under the influence of the Mold and beginning anew, that is, thanks to her heroic uncle Joe Baker and the Umbrella corporation who sent agents looking for her at Ethan’s behest for helping him several days earlier.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Unlike Zoe’s family, she doesn't keep a consistent Louisiana accent, sounding more broadly Southern when she gets upset. A big example takes place when [[spoiler:she gets mad at Ethan for choosing to use the remaining serum on his wife in the choice leading to the CanonEnding, despite the fact Zoe had been instrumental in making the serum in the first place.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Zoe is the only Baker who hasn’t gone completely bananas, outside of her uncle Joe who lived OffTheGrid away from the rest of the Bakers.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:The non-canon route ends on this note with Zoe. After defeating her father for the third time, if you choose to use the serum on her instead of Mia, it doesn't work and Eveline calcifies her while Ethan and her were trying to escape.]]
* SlutShaming: Zoe is on the receiving end of this from [[spoiler:Mia [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the influence of Eveline]], albeit posthumously since she already calcified Zoe.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Averted. As the ''End of Zoe'' DLC reveals, Zoe wasn’t the only member of the Baker family left, since her uncle Joe had lived OffTheGrid away from the plantation and the mutated remains of her father Jack roamed the swamps [[OntologicalInertia even after Eveline’s death.]]]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Mia's girly girl.
* UnkemptBeauty: Due to being trapped on the Baker estate for three years, Zoe is dirty; wears discolored clothes; and sports a somewhat unkempt hairstyle, yet is still attractive despite this.
* WhiteSheep: Of the Baker family; whilst the rest of the clan minus Joe Baker tries to murder Ethan, Zoe calls him with advice on escaping.
* WorstAid: Zoe had sneaked into the main house to reattach Ethan's severed hand to his arm by ''stapling it back onto his stump,'' all so that the infection's healing effect could take hold.

[[folder:Joe Baker]]
!! Joe Baker
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're gonna fix this, Zoe. You're my family"''.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Gage Maverik (English), Kosei Hirota (Japanese), Gianni Quillico (Italian)

->''"Alright, you moldy motherfuckers. I can take you fuckers with my bare hands."''

Jack's older brother, who lives along the bank of the marshes. He is the protagonist of the DLC ''End of Zoe''.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: ''End of Zoe'' takes place from his perspective.
* BadassBoast: Oh, ''hell yeah''.
-->'''Joe:''' You never had in ya! You were a wimp, [[spoiler:Jack]]! Never could beat me! Just 'cause you're a monster now, don't mean I can't ''still'' kick your ass!
* BadassNormal: He is not infected like the other Bakers due to living on the outskirts of the Baker property and doesn't get guns in his initial playthrough like other characters. He is, however, incredibly tough and strong due to his time hunting gators prior to the outbreak and monsters afterward. It's implied he's a veteran, as he wears a dog tag, a bullet, and a peace sign together on a chain around his neck.
* BigBrotherBully: While he does genuinely love him, a lot of dialogue indicates Joe used to bully Jack physically as an adolescent. [[spoiler:He remarks on all these occasions during his final battle with Jack as the Swamp Man.]]
* BrickJoke: In the main game, Ethan once moved through a narrow passageway in the boat house that was filled with centipedes, [[NotSoStoic something that caused even him to panic]]. Later, when Joe visits the same spot in his DLC [[ExtremeOmnivore what he sees instead is an all-you-can-eat buffet]].
* BoxingBattler: While he uses a few wrestling moves, his primary way of dispatching foes is just beating the shit out of them with all sorts of boxing punches.
* BladeOnAStick: Joe's other weapon of choice besides his fists are throwing spears.
* BloodKnight: Gets thrills fighting Molded with nothing but his bare hands, even the fat one and the Swamp Man [[spoiler:Jack Baker]] himself! After picking up the PowerFist, he enjoys himself more, especially when taking on the Swamp Man. He then [[spoiler:proceeds to beat the shit out of the Swamp Man and delivers a PreMortemOneLiner before decapitating Jack with a MegatonPunch to show how fight-happy he is.]]
* BookEnds: Contrasting Jack's "Welcome to the family, son.", Joe closes out the saga of the Bakers with [[spoiler:"This is a farewell from the family, brother!"]]
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Jack's Cain. [[spoiler:Joe and Jack face off three times before the final third time in a fight to the death, which only ends when Joe uses his newly acquired PowerFist to smash Jack’s entire upper body apart, killing him for good.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's strong enough to kill Molded with his bare hands. [[spoiler:And finishes his first fight against a revived Jack by ''tearing Jack's head off with his bare hands''.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Joe has no qualms about doing whatever he can to turn the fight in his favor, including sneak-attacks and stomping on downed opponents.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In this case DLC Main Character, Ethan is an [[TheEveryman Everyman]] dragged into one of the horrifying situations an ''RE'' protagonist would experience. [[spoiler:Chris]] is a soldier with experience in the world of ''Resident Evil'' and yet is still horrified by the creatures he encounters. ''Joe'' contrasts both of them by being both unafraid of the circumstances around him and see monsters most ''RE'' protagonists would be horrified by and ''punch them to death with his bare fists.''
* CoolOldGuy: Despite his age, he is fully capable of destroying the Molded with his bare hands, killing multiple alligators armed with only makeshift spears, and in the opening cutscene, immediately attacks two armed soldiers with his bare hands to protect his niece.
* CoolUncle: He uses his bare fists [[spoiler:and a robot one]] to rescue his own niece! If that does not mean this trope, what does?
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Nothing will stop him from rescuing his niece, be it a horde of fungal beasts or his own brother.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Outright ''[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower physically]] overpowered'' [[HumanoidAbomination Jack]] four times and killed him twice, in their final confrontation doing this literally by smashing him apart with a fully charged blow from his PowerFist, killing him once and for all.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's a big strong man living in the swamps who fights with his bare hands and wants to save Zoe. This is all illustrated in his first scene where he punches out two fully-equipped Blue Umbrella soldiers with his bare hands because they found Zoe's body.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Joe will happily consume live (and quite possibly infected) grubs, centipedes, and crawfish.
* FailedASpotCheck: The mold had been infecting the area for three years, but never ''once'' did he check on his immediate family to see if they were okay. Nor did he noticed Blue Umbrella's activities in preventing the mold from spreading further in the area. This is noticeable when he reacts in shock upon Zoe's state, and the Swamp Man [[spoiler:being his brother Jack]].
* HollywoodVoodoo: Joe can find "black magic" effigies that power up his attack power scattered through the swamp, although this is clearly a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation.
* HotBlooded: Immediately leaps to attack the Blue Umbrella soldiers who found Zoe, even though they're saying they want to help the two of them.
* HyperactiveMetabolism: Joe's main source of healing is eating the various critters he can scavenge throughout the swamp.
* TheImmune: Implied. Unlike Ethan, who struggles with the infection within hours of being exposed to it, and Chris, who wears a gasmask to prevent the spread, Joe has been fighting the Molded with his ''bare hands'' for years and yet is completely overlooked by Eveline.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Invoked; Joe's throwing spears and stake bombs riddle an enemy with long, sharp shafts of wood.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Joe's spears are basically tree branches with sharpened metal junk strapped to the tip. His stake bombs are home-made remote mines loaded up with sharpened wooden stakes.
* KnightOfCerebus: Inverted. While the monsters are still just as monstrous, there's a blatant and deliberate lightheartedness in being able to simply punch them to death without having to worry about things like conserving ammo.
* LifeDrain: A special property that the Spirit Blade has; every time you cut up a Molded, you will regain health.
* LightningBruiser: Despite Joe being an older man he is still just as strong as if not stronger than a person half his age. He's also incredibly agile and durable when fighting.
* MegatonPunch:
** Joe's four-hit combo [[note]]Right/Left/Right/Left[[/note]] finishes with one of these, which knocks the Molded off of its feet and gives him a chance to follow up with a stomp attack.
** When Joe's beaten a Molded sufficiently close to death, he can pull off a MegatonPunch finisher that splatters its brains across the surroundings.
** [[spoiler:After he equips his PowerFist, he gains one as a ChargeAttack that insta-kills any Molded it hits. He even kills Jack for good with one.]]
** [[spoiler:And to turn it up a notch, he gets ''dual'' Power Fists after finishing and then replaying the game. Which means a dual MegatonPunch.]]
* MountainMan: Joe fits the archetype perfectly despite not living anywhere near any mountains, being a tough and resourceful older man who lives off the land and earns his keep hunting dangerous animals.
* NeckSnap: He can do this to a Molded ''and tear its head off in the process''.
* PapaWolf: He's Zoe's uncle to be more precise, but he'll do everything he can to protect her, even if it means [[spoiler:killing his own brother]].
* PercussiveMaintenance: When the antigen synthesizer in the paddle boat freezes up, Joe starts desperately beating on it with both fists until it starts up again.
* PreMortemOneLiner: “This is a farewell from the family, brother!”
* PowerFist: [[spoiler:Near the end of the DLC, he comes across the AMG-78 (short for Advanced Multi-Purpose Gauntlet) that fits upon his left arm which lets him perform {{Charged Attack}}s capable of one-shotting enemies]].
** It reaches a new level when if you finish the game, and play it again. [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/jSH1z1hj0Aw You get dual AMGs]].]]
* RaginCajun: Despite the not-very-Cajun last name of Baker, he's got the accent, attitude, and toughness ''down pat'', even more so than his brother Jack.
* RatedMForManly: The things he does wouldn't make him out of place in the previous installments, such as eating bugs to recover health, spearing gators, and ''punching'' enemies to death.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He's Jack's brother, but has never been mentioned until the DLC. Not even Umbrella and [[spoiler:Eveline]] knew about him.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: [[spoiler:After Jack kidnaps Zoe and heads back to the main house, Joe goes into a TranquilFury fuelled rampage through the monster-occupied swampland to get her back.]]
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: When you beat the DLC for the first time, he gains an old hunting over-and-under shotgun as an unlocked weapon.
* SouthPawAdvantage: Tends to deliver his heavier punches with his left hand [[spoiler:and gains a PowerFist exoskeleton segment that fits over his left arm]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks just like Jack only with hair, a thicker beard, and without glasses.
* StrongerSibling: Based on his comments during [[spoiler:his final fight with Jack]], Joe has always been capable of beating Jack in fights even when they were children and young adults. [[spoiler:He even tells Jack, who is stronger than he ever was as a human due to his Swamp Man form, that he’s always considered him a wimp and proceeds to back it up by beating him to death with a power gauntlet. The sheer fact that Joe can decapitate the mutated Jack with his bare hands in a previous fight really hammers home that Jack NEVER stood a chance of beating Joe as a monster and even less as a human.]]
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After Jack kidnaps his niece,]] most of his comments are surprisingly subdued yet utterly murderous.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the Baker Incident story, no mention was made of him after Zoe was cured, despite being her uncle.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He can pull off a [[https://youtu.be/vuLNas3Da4o?t=10m43s power-bomb]] or a [[https://youtu.be/VFXOZoFo46c?t=48m13s bodyslam]] on the Swamp Man [[spoiler:aka Jack]]. He also mentions clotheslining Jack when they were kids.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He apparently has heard of Umbrella and their crooked dealings in the past games and believed they were up to their old shady tricks again when he {{Misblamed}} them initially for [[spoiler:Zoe's state, unaware they were sent to help her. Also, he seems unaware that Umbrella as a whole has undergone a HeelFaceTurn to sincerely atone for their sins. On top of all of this, the Mold infestation in Dulvey isn't [[NotMeThisTime Umbrella's fault at all]]]].

!!The Sewer Gators
A team of amateur paranormal investigators who create online videos of themselves exploring haunted houses, the Sewer Gators were the Bakers' most recent victims before Ethan arrived. Their tale is told on the very first VHS you find whilst exploring during the game.

[[folder:Peter Walken]]
!!Peter Walken
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peterwalken.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[SmallNameBigEgo "Fuck me.. I was an anchor, you know?"]]'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Robert Vestal (English), Koji Ochiai (Japanese), Juan Antonio García Sainz De La Maza (European Spanish), Davide Fumagalli (Italian)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Peter Fabiano (Advertisements)

The host of ''Sewer Gators'', Peter is technically the "boss" of the small team and makes sure everyone knows it.

* BenevolentBoss: He does genuinely care about his team as people, at least once they start disappearing moments after entering the guest house.
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite being dead in the main game, he appears in the advertisements for ''Not a Hero'' and ''End of Zoe'', wondering if they’re doing advertisements now.
* CantStopTheSignal: Attempted. After getting separated from Clancy, but having the camera, Peter records himself telling whoever's watching it that the Bakers are insane and dangerous and that the tape needs to get out to whoever can spread the word -- and then he's attacked. Presumably he's banking on the idea that someone may have snuck in undetected and found the tape.
* TheDanza: Shares his first name with Peter Fabiano, his face model and actor in advertisements.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:He and the rest of the Sewer Gators don't make it out of the house.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: For what little good it ultimately does, [[spoiler:his last conscious act is to rush at Mia and try to tackle her before she can stab Clancy]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Peter is portrayed as being quite an asshole. Aside from boasting about his status as having once been a news anchor -- for all of two days -- he also openly mocks Clancy and discusses replacing him ''right in front of him'', has done absolutely no prep work for this episode of the show (and not for the first time, it's implied), and mocks the presumed-dead Bakers as "hillbillies".
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being presented as a pompous, arrogant asshole, he does genuinely care about his team. [[spoiler:When Andre vanishes and strange noises are heard, he immediately decides they should find Andre and then leave; if this place is dangerous, the show isn't worth risking their lives for. Also, in the kitchen demo, his first thought is to cut Clancy free when he could have just run... which, unfortunately, got him killed.]]
* MeanBoss: He basically says to the cameraman he's fired before the job even begins, then expects him to go ahead with the job.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:In the ''KITCHEN'' footage, he gets decapitated by Mia. We don't get to see this happen in-game.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After his {{Jerkass}} behavior, [[HeroicSacrifice he saves Clancy]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome by charging Mia]], [[OffWithHisHead getting his head lopped off as a result]].
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:He gives his life to save Clancy, which, given what ends up happening to Clancy, only serves to prolong his suffering.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: At one point in the VHS, he complains about being forced into his role for the Sewer Gators, complaining that he used to be a news anchor. As Andre informs us, he was only given the role as a weekend substitute. The fact that he wears a poorly fitted suit and tie while messing around in old abandoned houses says a lot about who he is as a person -- and who he ''thinks'' he is.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Comes across as being in his mid-late 30s at least, but is 43 according to a Famitsu article.

[[folder:Andre Stickland]]
!!Andre Stickland

->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Ashman (English), Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Juan Logar Jr. (European Spanish), Francesco Mei (Italian)
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[VitriolicBestBuds "Give me a break, Pete."]]'']]

The Sewer Gators' producer and Peter's best friend.

* BloodFromEveryOrifice: [[spoiler:When you find him murdered by being jammed mouth-first onto a pipe, his face is covered in gore as a result.]]
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:He and the rest of the Sewer Gators don't make it out of the house. He himself only has a few lines, being the first to die.]]
* MrExposition: Explains a bit about the house and the Baker family in his short appearance.
* PeekABooCorpse: About the first JumpScare in the house is [[spoiler:Andre's rotted body bubbling up from under the water Ethan has to crawl through in the crawlspace]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Repeatedly calls Peter out on his unprofessional attitude and is clearly less than pleased to hear him refer to the Bakers as hillbillies.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Decides to just wander off into the Bakers' guest house whilst Peter and Clancy are talking in the kitchen. This gets him attacked and killed by one of the Bakers or possibly Mia. To be fair, however, to go by Pete's ranting, they'd done 17 episodes of their show and never found an abandoned house that actually had anything interesting in it. Given he was found past a secret passageway and shoved against a wall, it's very likely he was kidnapped by Jack, given he is most known for his SuperStrength.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Disappears within a few minutes of his appearance, only to be found murdered by the Bakers.]]

[[folder:Clancy Jarvis]]
!!Clancy Jarvis
->'''Voiced by:''' Tony Vogel (English), Yu Seki (Japanese), David Hernán (European Spanish), Alessandro Germano (Italian)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Happy birthday!"'']]

Clancy is the new cameraman for the Sewer Gators. His videos provide insight into what happened to the Sewer Gators in 'Beginning Hour' with the Derelict House tape.
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* ActionSurvivor: Played with. [[spoiler:He wound up captured, and the ''Banned Footage'' DLC shows that he was considered for being brought into the family. After escaping from Marguerite, Jack, and surviving Lucas's deadly blackjack game, he ultimately ends up dying to the "Happy Birthday" trap and you encounter his charred corpse later on.]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: He's only playable in the Derelict House and [[spoiler:Happy Birthday]] tapes in the main game, and is the protagonist of the "Bedroom", "Nightmare", and "21" tapes of the ''Banned Footage'' DLC.
* BodyHorror: In the ''21'' DLC. Round 1 has him [[{{Fingore}} losing fingers]] as he loses blackjack hands, while Round 2 has his skin char with electrical burns the higher the voltage goes.
** Fortunately, [[spoiler:the former of those are not canon injuries, as all his fingers are intact in "Happy Birthday".]]
* ButtMonkey: The DLC games treat him like one when he's the main character. Such as having an OhCrap and BringMeMyBrownPants in in both ''Nightmare'' and ''Bedroom'' games. And that's not even getting into ''21'' game.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Due to being captured by Lucas and forced to play his UnwinnableByDesign "Happy Birthday" death trap, he gets a nail shot through his hand, a quill fired off into his gut, has "LOSER" carved on his arm by a mannequin with the same quill, and then gets blown up in the face and slowly burns to death in an enclosed room.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: He is the main character for the DLC games ''Bedroom'', ''Nightmare'', ''21'', and the two tapes featuring him in the main game.
* {{Determinator}}: Goes through absolute ''Hell'' at the hands of each Baker family member throughout the VHS tapes but continues to push himself to survive even managing to temporarily knock Marguerite down, defeat Jack and beat Lucas at his own card game despite Lucas's cheating tactics. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Lucas is forced to cheat a final time to kill him.]]
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:He and the rest of the Sewer Gators don't make it out of the house. Clancy lasts the longest, but ends up suffering the cruelest death.]]
* DoomedPredecessor: [[spoiler:He dies to Lucas's "Happy Birthday" trap, but the video he left of it allows Ethan to throw the game OffTheRails and get past it.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Is the protagonist for most of the [[DownloadableContent "Banned Footage"]] episodes.
* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Is eventually burned alive courtesy of one of Lucas' UnwinnableByDesign traps.]]
* TheQuietOne: In the "Derelict House" tape, Clancy's breathing, grunts, and screams are the only thing heard as he never utters a word. Later on in the game, you do get to hear him when he's by himself, [[spoiler:shortly before he gets injured, tortured, and ultimately killed by Lucas's elaborate death traps amidst a flurry of ClusterFBomb]]. He's also way more vocal in the DLC.
* RageBreakingPoint: Throughout the ''Nightmare'' DLC, he gets more and more frustrated until he declares that he'll burn the house down once he's done. FridgeHorror kicks in as this sudden-increase of aggression is one of the symptoms for later stages of Mold-infestation in a host. Although it's unknown as to how far his infection has progressed when the ''Nightmare'' DLC takes place, so it may be genuine frustration instead of Mold-induced/enhanced aggression.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Survives numerous horrors at the hands of the Bakers before finally succumbing to Lucas's game.]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: Aside from grunts, Clancy doesn't speak at all during the demo and the first tape found by Ethan. His subsequent appearances in the DLC and "Happy Birthday" tape have him speaking more often.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: His hair appears to be graying despite being only 35-years-old. This could be the unfinished textures on his face model, however.
** If it helps, his face model, Manuel Trillo, has black hair, so it could be assumed that Clancy’s hair is meant to be black as well.
[[/folder]]

!!Umbrella (2007)

->For Chris Redfield, see his character sheet [[Characters/ResidentEvilChrisRedfield here]].

[[folder:In General]]

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A private military corporation composed of scientists; researchers; and mercenaries previously involved with the original Umbrella corporation whom seek redemption for their namesake’s predecessor’s actions in the creation of B.O.W.s. They use their predecessor’s information on B.O.W.s to create weapons, technology, and new strategies to combat bio-terrorism as well as assist existing anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA. They also continue to operate under the Umbrella name, all to make sure the world knows they are aware of their predecessor’s infamous legacy and wish to right all wrongs committed under said name. In-universe they are often nicknamed “Blue Umbrella” as opposed to their EvilCounterpart the Umbrella Corps (who uses a red color scheme and is known as “Red Umbrella” respectively).

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* AmbiguousSituation: While “Blue Umbrella” helped save the world repeatedly from bio-terrorism — helping the BSAA deal with several high profile incidents — the presence of “Red Umbrella” and their ability to obtain samples of B.O.W.s involved in said incidents does raise questions about whether or not there are [[TheMole moles]] in Umbrella’s midst. The original Umbrella also worked hard to obtain positive PR worldwide before making their move, hinting at a sinister movement waiting in the newly reformed Umbrella’s shadow for the perfect opportunity to strike. If this were true, it remains to see how far the corruption goes, but for now Umbrella has refused to support bio-terrorism and fights against B.O.W.s wherever they strike [[spoiler:unlike the BSAA that has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]], as revealed in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' near the endgame]].
* TheAtoner: One of the reformed Umbrella’s main goals is to right the wrongs committed by the original before and after the events of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Raccoon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis City]]; the US government and the BSAA are keeping them on a tight leash to keep it that way. Which makes it all the more [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that the US Government once had interest in using B.O.W.s themselves, resorting to nuking Raccoon City partially to cover up their involvement with the original Umbrella Corporation, and it also doesn’t help matters that [[spoiler:the BSAA has [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using their own B.O.W.s to fight bio-terrorism]] as of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'']].
* GodzillaThreshold: Umbrella is aware that Chris Redfield has serious (and understandable) misgivings about the reformed company due to his past encounters with the original, but the threat posed by [[spoiler:Eveline, the true BigBad of ''Biohazard'', and her mutamycete army]] prompted Umbrella to contact him so he could personally lead their strike teams. Chris had mixed feelings about this, but ultimately decided the threat present was too dangerous to ignore, [[{{Irony}} thus he cooperated with the successor of the company he spent a good portion of his life trying to shut down]].
* GoodCounterpart: As opposed to the Umbrella Corps, aka "Red Umbrella" from ''VideoGame/UmbrellaCorps''.
* HeelFaceTurn: They are no longer a shady pharmaceutical company that creates bioweapons and profits off their sales to terrorists, nor has any ties with corrupt organizations like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 The Family]]. Instead, they are a private military corporation who employ groups of [[ScienceHero researchers and scientists]] alongside mercenaries, assisting in the fight against bioterrorism by creating weapons; equipment; and supplying the original Umbrella’s information on B.O.W.s to many anti-bioterrorism groups like the BSAA. [[spoiler:But unlike the BSAA who are revealed in ''Village'' to have [[HeWhoFightsMonsters resorted to using B.O.W.s of their own to combat bio-terrorism]], Umbrella appears to have learned their lesson from the past and refrain from taking similar extreme actions]].
* MarkOfShame: They kept the Umbrella name rather than reform under a different name to serve as a reminder of their past crimes. Notably they do this despite the existence of other organizations containing former Umbrella researchers and mercenaries, such as the Umbrella Corps, in order to show the world there are many former Umbrella scientists and researchers who do regret their past actions. However, in-universe they are commonly known as “Blue Umbrella” because of their color palette swap to blue, compared to their EvilCounterpart the Umbrella Corps - aka “Red Umbrella” - using the same red color scheme of the original company.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Albert Wesker was the mastermind behind the creation of “Blue Umbrella,” taking advantage of innocent scientists and researchers who would unknowingly provide him with important B.O.W. related data while his other company, “Tricell,” used the data to develop deadlier B.O.W.s. This was all part of a plan for global dominance by selling B.O.W.s on the market to various countries/terrorists, thus pitting everyone against each other and making Wesker indispensable to the world. But after developing a megalomaniacal [[AGodAmI god complex]] in the aftermath of finding the original Umbrella Corporation’s founder Oswell Spenser, Wesker abandoned his pet project, leaving the scientists of “Blue Umbrella” to focus their attention on finding ways to kill B.O.W.s more effectively. This meant Wesker provided many former scientists of the original Umbrella Corporation - all of whom [[TheAtoner wanted to redeem themselves]] after learning they had unknowingly helped create deadly B.O.W.s - with the means to do so, giving them money and important research information from the original Umbrella Corporation as well as from his own findings.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Continuing to operate under the Umbrella name, while noble for showing they’re doing their best to fix the problems they made, has made some people leery of cooperating with them. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], since their actions in the Baker House Incident of ''Biohazard'' as well as discovering the source of the A-Virus contamination in the Great Lakes Incident of ''Vendetta'' has helped improve their standing amongst other anti-B.O.W. organizations. They even supplied the Hound Wolf Squad in ''Village'' with various equipment and healing items to combat the Molded found in Romania, hinting that Chris Redfield has kept close ties with the organization after leaving the BSAA.
* PunchPackingPistol: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert.W.Model 01. Based on the Beretta 92F and customized with additional performance enhancers, it does heavy damage with a reasonable ammo capacity of nine rounds, making it a reliable choice against B.O.W.s. It also can be loaded with speciality “[[FunWithAcronyms RAMROD]]” ammunition that is capable of killing the “White Molded” enemies (who are immune to regular firearms due to their enhanced HealingFactor).
* RedShirtArmy: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Even they have it as bad as the BSAA under [[DoomMagnet Chris Redfield]] despite beng well-equipped; ''Not a Hero'' and ''End of Zoe'' shows them dropping like flies. However, they are never shown as having trouble dealing with the normal Molded; the things that take them out are beings like [[EvilGenius Lucas]] [[PracticallyJoker Baker]] - who is smarter than the Molded and took down three Umbrella mercenaries using traps he had set up in advance - and the [[MadeOfIron Swamp]] [[ItCanThink Man]] who is both smarter and tougher than the other Molded. Umbrella associates are also shown as being able to develop a cure and counter-Mold weapons quickly, set up a containment wall within hours of arriving on site, and have gear that prevents them from getting infected to the point that there is no record of any of them being turned into a Molded during the operation. In the end run, they have a ''far'' better track record of success than other anti-bioterrorism organizations like the BSAA.
* RememberTheNewGuy: They have been around since 2007, meaning its creation occurred some time after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'''''s'' ''Lost In Nightmares'' DLC. However, some files in ''Not A Hero'' mention that this mission is the first for many of their operatives, or at least their first with Umbrella, implying they may have only become active in the field recently.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: One of Umbrella’s signature firearms is the Albert Wesker Model-02, aka “Thor’s Hammer,” which packs a massive punch in close quarters combat. Due to its high ammo capacity of twelve shot shells and reloaded via magazine (solving a shotgun’s traditional weakness of slowly hand feeding ammo into the magazine tube), the shotgun was tailor made to fight B.O.W.s in large groups.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Veronica]]
!! Veronica
->'''Voiced by:''' Caroline Bloom (English)

Chris's Mission Control during the ''Not a Hero'' DLC.
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* MythologyGag: Her name is likely a reference to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Offers guidance to Chris via earpiece in ''Not a Hero'' as he attempts to apprehend Lucas.
[[/folder]]

!! Other characters
[[folder:Deputy David Anderson]]
!!Deputy David Anderson
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/policemanguyre7.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Hari Williams (English), Minoru Kawai (Japanese), Abraham Aguilar (European Spanish), Matteo de Mojana (Italian)

A local police deputy who is investigating the Baker plantation due to the swathe of disappearances in the area.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never mentioned during the game, so he's simply known as "The Deputy". However, he's credited as David Anderson.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Zigzagged; he's not ''technically'' the first dead person that Ethan sees in the game -- that would be on the Sewer Gators' last tape and Andre’s corpse that Ethan comes across while traveling under the guest house — but the Deputy is the first person to be murdered on-screen during the present time of the game. A few years later, it’s revealed that [[spoiler:this is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]]]. [[spoiler:'''Ethan''' was the first character to die on-screen during the events of ''Biohazard'', but that's something a person going in blind wouldn't find out until toward the end of ''Village'', so the point still stands.]]
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:Dies a hilariously ignoble death by getting his head sliced in half by a shovel while in a state of panic. Even in death he can't catch a break, as both Jack and Lucas desecrate his corpse; the latter even takes what's left of his head and crudely stuffs it in a fridge to taunt Ethan with.]]
* CluelessDeputy: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. The Deputy ''is'' trying to follow procedure, not to mention Ethan does no favors with trying to prove his innocence by acting unhinged when they talk (e.g. demanding the Deputy give Ethan a gun, despite the fact the Deputy cannot rule out the possibility that Ethan is the criminal). Still, there’s a possibility the Deputy never called for backup when he realized something was going down in the decrepit and spooky house where people were supposedly disappearing - one that was being occupied by a terrified man acting crazed to boot. It also doesn’t help matters he decided to investigate the house alone, though this could also be explained by the Deputy being worried about Ethan’s safety if he really was a victim, yet arming him with a knife also means the Deputy would be in possible danger if Ethan got the jump on him. In short, had the Deputy survived he would’ve had a lot of explaining to do with his superiors.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Jack Baker slices and scoops off half of the Deputy’s head [[ShovelStrike with a sharpened shovel]], ending with Jack bludgeoning the corpse to vent his rage out on it.]]
* DramaticIrony: It’s easy to get mad at the Deputy for being reluctant to help Ethan and even aggressively questioning him, despite all the horror he went through up to this point, but all the Deputy knew at that point is that people were going missing in the area for suspected foul play. It doesn’t help matters that Ethan was terrified and running on pure adrenaline, acting somewhat unhinged and making unreasonable demands like asking for a gun, not to mention he could’ve gotten the Deputy’s cooperation more easily if Ethan had simply shown his [[WorstAid stapled left hand]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: [[spoiler:When Jack slices the Deputy’s head in half with a sharpened shovel, the former doesn’t visibly show a lot of effort thrusting the shovel blade. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; Jack has SuperStrength and this scene was designed to showcase this, similar to how the earlier dinner scene revealed to the player that the Bakers have SuperToughness and a HealingFactor]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The Deputy does give Ethan a hard time, but the former decides to hand the latter a pocket knife in order to defend himself, despite the fact the Deputy has zero clue if he handed a weapon to a violent perpetrator [[WoundedGazelleGambit trying to fool him]] instead of an innocent victim pleading for help. [[TruthInTelevision In real life this would get the Deputy into trouble]] since he had no proof Ethan was innocent, but the Deputy decided he didn’t want to risk the chance that Ethan was in danger and did nothing to help him, thus gave him a weapon that would be inferior to the Deputy’s handgun if Ethan turned out to be a violent criminal instead.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Zigzagged}}. Police are ''not'' supposed to give out their weapons and Ethan ''is'' a suspicious character who's babbling like a maniac, which makes him as likely to be an intruder as much as one of the missing people. When the Deputy points this out, Ethan did his best to calm himself down and tried to explain himself more clearly. Regardless of what the Deputy thinks of Ethan, the former either found a victim or the perpetrator of the missing persons case he's investigating - which is a pretty big break in such a case. However, the Deputy was also taking a huge risk deciding to enter the residence by himself, possibly having not called for backup offscreen beforehand. Either he was worried about Ethan being a possible victim in the missing persons case who was in grave danger, or the Deputy underestimated the criminal’s level of threat and believed he could handle the situation.
* TooManyMouths: [[spoiler:When you find the Deputy’s head in the trailer's fridge, the segment of his head that Jack cut off has regrown into the distinctive fanged maw of a Molded.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:When you encounter Jack in the dissection room, he's talking to the deputy's suspended corpse about how he's going to help Jack, giving you the impression that the Deputy will return as some mini-boss. But instead Lucas cuts off his head before he finishes transforming, making that earlier scene a RedHerring.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hoffman]]
!!Hoffman
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->''"One more... round..."''

Another of Lucas's numerous victims. He is the man Clancy is forced to play against during the ''21'' DLC.
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Just when you think you've finally won the final round and think you can breathe a sigh of relief because hey, Hoffman was already dead... he wakes up just in time to meet Mr. Saw.]]
* BodyHorror: In "Survival mode", [[spoiler:he's in the mid-transformation of becoming one of the Molded, with a deformed head growing out from his bag with his voice distorting as well]]. And he is ''[[MadeOfIron still]]'' [[AndIMustScream playing the game]] despite this.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: And you have to be pretty cruel if you want to win. Only one of you is going to get out of Lucas's game alive, after all.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after [[spoiler:losing all the fingers on one hand]], he refuses to quit, and remains lucid enough to continue playing so that he can return home to his family. You got to give the man credit.
* EyeScream: Visibly begins to bleed from the eye holes in his mask as the game carries on.
* TheFaceless: We never see his face, since he's wearing a burlap sack as an execution mask. Given it gets gorier as he suffers escalating punishment, this might be for the better.
* IHaveAFamily: What he states repeatedly, to rub in the VideoGameCrueltyPotential. He doesn't have any reservations about letting Clancy die if it means he can see them again.
-->'''Hoffman:''' I have a family. Just... just die, OK? Please...
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:Survives losing half his fingers and being electrocuted at full blast, though the latter does knock him out for the duration of the final game.]]
* MythologyGag: Not a SackheadSlasher himself, but making him look like one of ''[=RE4=]''[='s=] Chainsaw Men/Dr. Salvador enemies is probably deliberate.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Twice. He briefly passes out from the pain of losing half his fingers, then seemingly dies from being shocked to death at the end of the second game, only to awaken in both instances. The first time to continue playing, and the second mere seconds before ''actually'' being killed by Lucas's saw.]]
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Lucas has strings attached to him so that he can manipulate his body even while he's knocked out and use him as a surrogate in the final blackjack game, just to ''blatantly'' cheat.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Lucas:''' ''[goofy voice, pretending to be Hoffman]'' "I'm Hoffman, and I feel fine! I think we should play another round!"]]
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Loses half his fingers, gets electrocuted into unconsciousness, and has his face shredded all in the space of about 5 minutes.]]
* ShoutOut: Shares the same name with Mark Hoffman, one of the main antagonists of {{Franchise/Saw}}.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appears in the ''21'' DLC. Given this is the case, it's [[ForegoneConclusion not hard to guess what his ultimate fate will be]].
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[[folder:Alan Droney]]
!! Alan Droney
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->'''Voiced by:''' Kip Pardue (English), Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi (Japanese), Marco Benedetti (Italian)

Alan Droney is another personnel responsible for transporting Eveline alongside Mia.
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* CorporateSamurai: Both he and Mia are special agents for The Connections.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When Eveline kills him, the Mold inside him grows extremely rapidly until it grows out onto his skin, causing his entire body to visibly rot and deteriorate, and he eventually dies while vomiting endless amounts of the shit from his mouth.
* DubNameChange: His surname is Droney in the "Orders" file and the ''BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil kaitaishinsho'' guidebook, but Douglas in the credits. This is most likely a localisation error.
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards Eveline, though understandably given that she got loose and is slaughtering everyone on the ship. He's subtly this involving Mia as well, given that he forces Mia to go trek across the ship and find a sample of the serum instead of giving her the sample ''he was holding onto''. This lets things escalate wildly out of control and leads to far, far more many deaths.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite working for The Connections, he still gives quite a lot of help to Mia even when badly infected.
* TooDumbToLive: Calls Eveline a bitch and insults her despite the fact he's infected with her mind-control/reading spores. Partially justified in that he was in an ''extremely'' stressful situation, and he [[OhCrap immediately realized what he had done]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Is responsible, somehow, for Eveline getting free.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Because Eveline infected him, Mia has to do most of the work with recapturing Eveline in the ship, while Alan assists her with helpful tips along the way through the wrist communicator.
* WalkingSpoiler: His role is not that big in the story proper, being mainly a VoiceWithAnInternetConnection in Mia's VCR flashback, but discussing his existence is dependent on the player knowing that Mia is not what she initially seems.
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Antagonists: [[Characters/ResidentEvilAlbertWesker Albert Wesker]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilJackBaker Jack Baker]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilLucasBaker Lucas Baker]]\\
Groups: [[Characters/ResidentEvilUmbrellaCorporation Umbrella Corporation]] ([[Characters/ResidentEvilUmbrellaParamilitaries Paramilitary]]) | [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonsterIndex Monsters]] ([[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersMainstays Mainstays]], [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersIrregulars Irregulars]], [[Characters/ResidentEvilMonstersMold Mold]]) | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheFourHouses The Four Houses]]\\

* MissingMom: Becomes one in the Shadow of Rose DLC. Rose mentions she hasn't seen her in years

* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:Was working for [[GreaterScopeVillain The Connections]], but may have honestly cared for Eveline and really lacks any major negative traits.]]