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* NiceGuy: Empathetic, reasonable, and always willing to help a comrade or fellow survivor. Hell, he regularly risks his life to help people who have lied to or attacked him as long as they aren't actually evil. Rather than [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished backfiring]], trying to help everyone has so far netted him several lucky breaks, a few good friends, and [[ChickMagnet a lot of]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan love interests]].

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* NiceGuy: Empathetic, reasonable, and always willing to help a comrade or fellow survivor. Hell, he regularly risks his life to help people who have lied to or attacked him as long as they aren't actually evil. Rather than [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished backfiring]], trying to help everyone has so far netted him several lucky breaks, a few good friends, and [[ChickMagnet a lot of]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan love interests]]. In the remake of Resident Evil 4, he takes the time to comfort a terrified Ashley in the castle, reassuring her he’ll protect her at all costs and removing the Plagas from her body.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Has grown a bit of stubble after the events of ''Resident Evil 4'', which makes him look older and a lot more tired and depressed. It's most noticeable in ''Vendetta'', when his outlook on life was at its worst and he was [[DrowningMySorrows an alcoholic]].

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* BeardOfSorrow: Has grown a bit of stubble after the events of ''Resident Evil 4'', which makes him look older and a lot more tired and depressed. It's most noticeable in ''Vendetta'', when his outlook on life was at its worst and he was [[DrowningMySorrows an alcoholic]].lowest point.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as a [[NaiveNewcomer naive]] and [[IdealHero idealistic]] [[EagerRookie rookie cop]] who is very [[ChronicHeroSyndrome motivated to do what is right and to protect/help others]] (''Resident Evil 2 Remake'') who evolves into a [[TookALevelInBadass badass]] but rather tired, DeadpanSnarker government agent (''Resident Evil 4''), then into a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded]] [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]], though is [[SamaritanSyndrome still heroic and willing to do the right thing despite tragedy]] (''Resident Evil 6''), and then to a HurtingHero who is exhausted of the constant tragedy, jaded by the [[ForeverWar constant unending battle]], and now has a [[DrowningMySorrows drinking problem]] (''Vendetta'').

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* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as a [[NaiveNewcomer naive]] and [[IdealHero idealistic]] [[EagerRookie rookie cop]] who is very [[ChronicHeroSyndrome motivated to do what is right and to protect/help others]] (''Resident Evil 2 Remake'') who evolves into a [[TookALevelInBadass badass]] but rather tired, DeadpanSnarker government agent (''Resident Evil 4''), then into a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded]] [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]], though is [[SamaritanSyndrome still heroic and willing to do the right thing despite tragedy]] (''Resident Evil 6''), and then to a HurtingHero KnightInSourArmor who is exhausted of the constant tragedy, jaded by the [[ForeverWar constant unending battle]], and now has a [[DrowningMySorrows drinking problem]] (''Vendetta'').



* HurtingHero: Has eventually evolved into one over the years. Every game and movie seem to tack on more emotional baggage and pain for him to carry. His most recent appearance in ''Vendetta'' has him trying to drink away his sorrows to deal with the repeated tragedy in his life, frustrated with what his life has become.



* JumpedAtTheCall: He was fully devoted and fairly excited to become a police officer, even willing to trespass into danger out of sheer sense of duty, though that didn't turn out too well. In fact, he specifically requested to be assigned to Raccoon City because of the Arklay murders. Even though he didn't become a cop in the end, he still seems devoted to stopping bioterrorism, though that motivation has become quite shaky due to his slow evolution to a HurtingHero.

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* JumpedAtTheCall: He was fully devoted and fairly excited to become a police officer, even willing to trespass into danger out of sheer sense of duty, though that didn't turn out too well. In fact, he specifically requested to be assigned to Raccoon City because of the Arklay murders. Even though he didn't become a cop in the end, he still seems devoted to stopping bioterrorism, though that motivation has become quite shaky due to his slow evolution to a HurtingHero.KnightInSourArmor.


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* TraumaCongaLine: Every game and movie seem to tack on more emotional baggage and pain for him to carry. His most recent appearance in ''Vendetta'' has him trying to drink away his sorrows to deal with the repeated tragedy in his life, frustrated with what his life has become.
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Other media: [[Characters/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheMarhawaDesire The Marhawa Desire]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilHeavenlyIsland Heavenly Island]]-]]]]]

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Other media: [[Characters/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilDeathIsland Death Island]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheMarhawaDesire The Marhawa Desire]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilHeavenlyIsland Heavenly Island]]-]]]]]
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* BadassBiker: Leon acquires a Ducati in ''Vendetta'' to drive along New York while killing A-Virus Cerberi. He later drives it into Arias' headquarters to kick both zombies and Arias' asses.

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* BadassBiker: Leon acquires a Ducati in ''Vendetta'' to drive along New York while killing A-Virus Cerberi. He later drives it into Arias' headquarters to kick both zombies and Arias' asses. In Anime/ResidentEvilDeathIsland he acquires a badass Kawasakai Ninja H2, one of the meanest super sport bikes in existence [[spoiler: that ends up destroyed by María Gomez, from the previous film.]]
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* PrettyBoy: In the Resident Evil 4 (Remake), Krauser makes it official by explicitly calling Leon a pretty boy, after years and years of gaming media calling him one.
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** Having bested Krauser in a one-on-one knife battle, his EvilMentor warmly tells him that he has trained him well, and proudly dying by the blade of a student who has surpassed him.
** Having successfully secured Ashley's safety, the president's daughter asks if she could put in a word for him with her father to have him on her ''permanent'' security details. Leon ''still'' refuses, but instead of mockingly shutting down the romantic dreams of a naive girl like he did in 2002, he ''proudly'' declares that Ashley has ''[[TookALevelInBadass become as much a hero as he is]], more than able take on the world alone without him.

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** Having bested Krauser in a one-on-one knife battle, his Leon's EvilMentor warmly tells him that he has trained him well, and proudly dying by the blade of a student who has surpassed him.
** Having successfully secured Ashley's safety, the president's daughter asks if she could put in a word for him with her father to have him placed on her ''permanent'' security details. detail. Remake Leon ''still'' refuses, but having earned his ''respect'' with her bravery and resoursefulness, instead of mockingly bluntly shutting down the romantic dreams of a naive girl like he did in 2002, his 2002 version, he ''proudly'' declares that tells Ashley has that ''[[TookALevelInBadass she has become as much a hero as he is]], more than able and can take on the world alone herself without him. him.
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* SoProudOfYou: On the receiving and ''giving'' end of this trope in during the 2023 remake or ''Resident Evil 4.''
** Having bested Krauser in a one-on-one knife battle, his EvilMentor warmly tells him that he has trained him well, and proudly dying by the blade of a student who has surpassed him.
** Having successfully secured Ashley's safety, the president's daughter asks if she could put in a word for him with her father to have him on her ''permanent'' security details. Leon ''still'' refuses, but instead of mockingly shutting down the romantic dreams of a naive girl like he did in 2002, he ''proudly'' declares that Ashley has ''[[TookALevelInBadass become as much a hero as he is]], more than able take on the world alone without him.
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* LargeHam: Leon in the original ''Resident Evil 4'' and the Remake of ''Resident Evil 2'' is basically a handsome late 80's early 90's action hero, defiantly throwing cocky and confident one liners with gusto in the face of danger, with the ''(in)famous'' "No thanks, '''Bro!"''' and ''"Your right hand comes off?"'' retort sto Salazar in ''RE4'' being most beloved. He no longer eats this confident ham sandwhich as of the 2023 remake of ''Resident Evil 4'', instead opting for calmly and drily delivered wit to cope with the mind numbing terror of his predicament instead.

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* LargeHam: Leon in the original ''Resident Evil 4'' and the Remake of ''Resident Evil 2'' is basically a handsome late 80's early 90's action hero, defiantly throwing cocky and confident one liners with gusto in the face of danger, with the ''(in)famous'' "No thanks, '''Bro!"''' and ''"Your right hand comes off?"'' retort sto to Salazar in ''RE4'' ''Resident Evil 2002'' being most beloved. He no longer eats this confident ham sandwhich as of in the 2023 remake of ''Resident Evil 4'', instead opting for calmly and drily delivered wit to cope with the mind numbing terror of his predicament instead.
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* LargeHam: Leon in the original ''Resident Evil 4'' and the Remake of ''Resident Evil 2'' is basically a handsome late 80's early 90's action hero, defiantly throwing cocky and confident one liners with gusto in the face of danger, with the ''(in)famous'' "No thanks, '''Bro!"''' and ''"Your right hand comes off?"'' retort sto Salazar in ''RE4'' being most beloved. He no longer eats this confident ham sandwhich as of the 2023 remake of ''Resident Evil 4'', instead opting for calmly and drily delivered wit to cope with the mind numbing terror of his predicament instead.
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* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: The combination of significantly dimmer in-game lighting and Leon's constantly furrowed brow in ''4's'' remake gives him this look for the majority of the game. Justified as he is no longer the innocent, bright-eyed cop he was in ''2's'' remake. Taken to its logical conclusion when wearing his "Villain" DLC costume, which gives him actual creepy undereyes along with RedEyesTakeWarning.

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* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: The combination of significantly dimmer in-game lighting and Leon's constantly furrowed brow in ''4's'' remake gives him this look for the majority of the game. Justified as he is no longer the innocent, bright-eyed cop he was in ''2's'' remake.remake, and he probably developed sleep problems after the incident in Raccoon City. Taken to its logical conclusion when wearing his "Villain" DLC costume, which gives him actual creepy undereyes along with RedEyesTakeWarning.
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* PeekABangs: A subtle example in the remakes. In the ''4'' remake, Leon's bangs slightly cover more of face compared to ''2''. This signifies a slight change in demeanor to someone who's become more jaded and cynical after surviving a bioterrorist outbreak.



* PeekABangs: Most notable in ''Resident Evil 4'', but Leon tends to keep his hair cut in a style that hangs over his right eye.
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->'''Face model:''' Eduard Badaluta (''2'' 2019, ''4'' 2023) Christian Duerre (''4'' 2005)

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->'''Face model:''' Christian Duerre (''4'' 2005), Jamisin Matthews (''Degeneration'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Operation Raccoon City'', ''Damnation''), Bart Voitila (''6''), Eduard Badaluta (''2'' 2019, ''4'' 2023) Christian Duerre (''4'' 2005)
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* ExtremityExtremist: Post-''2''. While every male character would liberally make use of punches and kicks, he stands out for usually employing a wide variety of kicks in hand-to-hand combat. Only using his hands for holding a knife, and performing wrestling moves (such as his trademark suplex, and a bulldog).

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* ExtremityExtremist: Post-''2''. While every male character would liberally make use of punches and kicks, he stands out for usually employing a wide variety of kicks in hand-to-hand combat. Only combat; only using his hands for holding a knife, knife and performing wrestling moves (such such as his trademark signature suplex, and a bulldog).bulldog.
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* TaintedVeins: After being infected with a Plagas parasite in ''4'', black veins appear across Leon's face and arms whenever it advances its evolution and acting up from Saddler's influence.
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* PeekABangs: A subtle example in the remakes. In the ''4'' remake, Leon's bangs slightly cover more of face compared to ''2''. This signifies a slight change in demeanor to someone who's become more jaded and cynical after surviving a bioterrorist outbreak.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AvanJogia (''Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City'')

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AvanJogia (''Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City'')City'') Johan Urb (''Resident Evil: Retribution'')
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->'''Mentioned:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilSurvivor Survivor]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 3 remake]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'', ''Wesker's Report I''

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->'''Mentioned:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilSurvivor Survivor]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 3 remake]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil 5]]'', ''Wesker's Report I''



->'''Face model:''' Eduard Badaluta (''2'' 2019, ''4'' 2023)
Christian Duerre (''4'' 2005)

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->'''Face model:''' Eduard Badaluta (''2'' 2019, ''4'' 2023)
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* ExtremityExtremist: Post-''2''. While every male character would liberally make use of punches and kicks, he stands out for usually using a variety of kicks to fight his foes. Only using his hands for holding a knife, and performing wrestling moves (such as his trademark suplex, and a bulldog).

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* ExtremityExtremist: Post-''2''. While every male character would liberally make use of punches and kicks, he stands out for usually using employing a wide variety of kicks to fight his foes.in hand-to-hand combat. Only using his hands for holding a knife, and performing wrestling moves (such as his trademark suplex, and a bulldog).
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* ExtremityExtremist: Post-''2''. While every male character would liberally make use of punches and kicks, he stands out for usually using a variety of kicks to fight his foes. Only using his hands for holding a knife, and performing wrestling moves (such as his trademark suplex, and a bulldog).

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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Leon in the remake continuity is notably smarter and less gullible than his original counterpart, having enough common sense to know when he's being played and reacting appropriately instead of living in denial.

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Leon in the remake continuity is notably smarter and less gullible than his original counterpart, having enough common sense to know when he's being played and reacting appropriately instead of living in denial.denial.
** In the remake of ''4'' Leon is shown to be fluent in Spanish and does try speaking with the first villager he meets in the local language, something he inexplicably never did in the original.
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Heroes: '''Leon S. Kennedy''' | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

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Heroes: Recurring Characters: '''Leon S. Kennedy''' | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\
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----> '''Nick Apostolides:''' ''([[WordOfSaintPaul BTS commentating]])'' [Leon's] crushed. His soul went down with [Ada].

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----> '''Nick Apostolides:''' ''([[WordOfSaintPaul '' BTS commentating]])'' commentating)'' [Leon's] crushed. His soul went down with [Ada].
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Heroes: '''Leon S. Kennedy''' | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\

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Heroes: '''Leon S. Kennedy''' | [[Characters/ResidentEvilEthanWinters Ethan Winters]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilAdaWong Ada Wong]] \\
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->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake 2019 remake]]''), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilGaiden Gaiden]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake 2023 remake]]''), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles Darkside Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 6]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]]''

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->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake 2019 remake]]''), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilGaiden Gaiden]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake 2023 remake]]''), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles Darkside Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 6]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]]''Darkness]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDeathIsland Death Island]]''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulHaddad (''2'' (1998)), Paul Mercier (''4'' (2005), ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Degeneration''), Creator/ChristianLanz (''Operation Raccoon City''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Damnation'', ''6'', ''Vendetta''), Creator/NickApostolides (''2'' (2019), ''Infinite Darkness'', ''4'' (2023)), [[Music/{{Allegaeon}} Riley McShane]] (''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''), Creator/JinYamanoi (''JP, Damnation''), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP, since ''Operation Raccoon City'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jorge Roig Jr. (LA, ''Degeneration''), Martin Gopar (LA, ''Damnation''), Gerardo García (LA, ''Vendetta'' and ''Infinite Darkness''), Lorenzo Beteta (Spanish, ''Damnation'',''2'' (2019)), Felipe Grinnan (BP, ''Degeneration'', ''Damnation''), Daniel Müller (BP, ''Vendetta'', ''Infinite Darkness''), Anatole de Bodinat (French, ''2'' (2019)), Mathieu Moreau (French, ''Degeneration''), Alessandro Rigotti (Italian, ''2'' (2019))[[/labelnote]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulHaddad (''2'' (1998)), Paul Mercier (''4'' (2005), ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Degeneration''), Creator/ChristianLanz (''Operation Raccoon City''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Damnation'', ''6'', ''Vendetta''), ''Vendetta'', ''Death Island''), Creator/NickApostolides (''2'' (2019), ''Infinite Darkness'', ''4'' (2023)), [[Music/{{Allegaeon}} Riley McShane]] (''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''), Creator/JinYamanoi (''JP, Damnation''), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP, since ''Operation Raccoon City'') [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jorge Roig Jr. (LA, ''Degeneration''), Martin Gopar (LA, ''Damnation''), Gerardo García (LA, ''Vendetta'' and ''Infinite Darkness''), Lorenzo Beteta (Spanish, ''Damnation'',''2'' (2019)), Felipe Grinnan (BP, ''Degeneration'', ''Damnation''), Daniel Müller (BP, ''Vendetta'', ''Infinite Darkness''), Anatole de Bodinat (French, ''2'' (2019)), Mathieu Moreau (French, ''Degeneration''), Alessandro Rigotti (Italian, ''2'' (2019))[[/labelnote]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: He start off as a rookie cop and becomes a [[OneManArmy One Man Zombie-Slaying Army]] by ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. By the events of ''Vendetta'', he's already stopped multiple bioterror attacks -- including two in heavily populated cities.

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* TookALevelInBadass: He start off as Leon goes from a rookie cop and becomes neophyte police officer in his first appearance to a [[OneManArmy One Man Zombie-Slaying Zombie-Slaying, Cult-Destroying Army]] by in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. By the events of ''Vendetta'', he's already stopped multiple bioterror attacks -- attacks, including two in heavily populated cities.cities.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: No matter how good Leon is, no matter how many zombies, mutants or horrible creatures he takes out, he is ''never'' given the respect he really should have by his enemies. They either constantly underestimate him, denigrate him, or brush off his successes as mere luck or chance. Leon then proves them wrong. Every single time! Even his own ''allies'' doubts his abilities when he is sent by Presidents Graham and Benford themselves, who treat him with respect, and trusts him when things go south.

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: No matter how good Leon is, no matter how many zombies, mutants or horrible creatures villains he takes out, he is ''never'' given the respect he really should have deserves by his enemies. They either constantly underestimate him, denigrate him, or brush off his successes as mere luck or chance. luck. Leon then proves them wrong. Every wrong, every single time! time. Even his own ''allies'' doubts doubt his abilities when he is sent by Presidents Graham despite having the respect and Benford themselves, who treat him with respect, and trusts him when things go south.trust of two different U.S. presidents.
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Leon in ''Resident Evil 4''.]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/re4_leon_s_kennedy_0.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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