History Characters / ResidentEvilUmbrellaParamilitaries

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: During their introduction to the series, U.S.S. operatives played the SociopathicSoldier cliche straight, with all of them up to HUNK being flat characters void of personality. Later games significantly downplay this by emphasizing more distinct personalities among its named members and softening their stoicism.

* SecretCharacter: If he's playable, he's more often than not a secret character. Downplayed in the later releases where he's explicitly used as a selling point and[=/=]or promotional item. Averted in ''Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D'', in which he is one of the three starter characters.

* VillainsNeverLie: Interestingly, Nikolai does not lie to Jill at any point in time. He attacks her in a couple of possible scenarios in ''[=RE3=]'', but he's always absolutely truthful. Averted in the remake, where he is a liar and trickster.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: In the original game, he's an evil Monitor. Averted in the remake.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Averted. It looks like he will be in one of the endings during the final confrontation, he responds with a terse 'whatever' when Ark points out who he is. But instead of gunning down Ark then and there, he proceeds to start forward while engaging in some EvilGloating and BondVillainStupidity, and is himself slain by a Tyrant before he can shoot Ark.

* KarmaHoudini: The canonical branching path of ''Resident Evil 3'' sees Nicholai simply escape Raccoon City on a helicopter. Despite his countless atrocities, he's never heard of again afterward. The remake, however, leaves how he escaped more ambiguous, with Jill and Carlos taking his chopper and leaving him behind with a bullet wound to the shoulder and the nuke due to arrive in just a short time.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the original Nikolai was no saint, and was also driven by greed, he was highly self-contained - and his evilest actions did not extend much past assassinating high-profile individuals [[KickTheSonOfABitch or other Monitors]]. His remake incarnation, however, is openly sadistic, kills members of his own platoon just to show his social Darwinist ideals, leaves Jill and Mikhail to die when Nemesis storms the train, and deliberately orchestrates events to ensure Raccoon City is nuked. In short, he's less of a ruthless but rational mercenary and more of a psychopathic state-sponsored terrorist.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Nikolai murders Dr. Nathaniel Bard offscreen but the latter's death isn't framed in a tragic light as Carlos moments earlier learns how rude and aggressive he is to those around him.

* WeaponSpecialization: All U.S.S. soldiers are equipped with [=MP5=] rifles.

* WeaponSpecialization: All U.S.S. soldiers are equipped with MP5 rifles.

* SignatureWeapon: U.S.S. soldiers are all equipped with MP5 rifles, although since HUNK is the most recognizable of them, they also serve as his.

Other media: [[Characters/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilTheMarhawaDesire The Marhawa Desire]] | [[Characters/ResidentEvilHeavenlyIsland Heavenly Island]]-]]]]]

* NiceGuy: In the remake Carlos is shown to be a lighthearted, friendly man who Jill gradually grows to trust after he’s had her back multiple times.

* AmbiguousSituation: While it's known he returned to South America and Jill pursued her life fighting bioterrorism in the BSAA, it's unknown if a romantic relationship with her occurred. It's shown in the special ending cards to ''3'' he spent a little time with Jill after surviving their terrible ordeal, but their relationship has never been elaborated on past that, with them parting ways after sharing a drink at a hotel bar.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake 2019 remake]]), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles Darkside Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 Revelations 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake (2019 remake)]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake]]), ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake]])

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake]])

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake]]), ''Resistance'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak Outbreak]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]''

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 3]]'' (and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 2020 remake]])

* UncertainDoom: His fate in the remake has him being shot by Jill and trying to plea with her by telling her who hired him to take down Umbrella before she declines and leaves him for dead. Then the US government destroys Raccoon City shortly after. Whereas he canonically survives in the original, his fate is unaccounted for. For now.

* BadassBaritone: Complete with a reverb effect thanks to his gas mask.

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

* GasMaskMooks: In contrast to the colorful cast of unmasked U.B.C.S. members that extends to the Monitors, the U.S.S. lack of humanity is represented by their members all wearing face-concealing gas masks and helmets.

* TheWorfEffect: Most U.S.S. soldiers are shown being killed or are already dead by the time they're introduced, typically to the latest B.O.W. threat the narrative wants to show off.

* BadassNormal: Unlike most villains, he is not modified by any viruses or bioweapons.

* AntiVillain: Despite working for [[EvilInc Umbrella]] to cover up incriminating evidence and the threat he and his unit pose to [[TheHero Ark]] and other inhabitants of the island, there is no personal or malevolent motive for it to him, he and the Cleaners are only there to clean up the mess [[BigBad Vincent]] made, and he does succeed in keeping the outbreak from spreading beyond Sheena Island.
* BadassNormal: Has no powers or advantages of the B.O.W.'s and is the lone commander of the Undertaker Unit cleaning up Sheena Island. Makes it to the end of the game on the infested island, and in two of the endings likely survives the experience and succeeds in his mission entirely.

%%* MookLieutenant: As leader of the Cleaners.

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

* DifficultButAwesome: In ''[=RE4=]'', he starts out with a TMP, some ammo, and three grenades. Used correctly, he racks up a lot of combos from using the NeckSnap ability mentioned below. Used incorrectly... You'll run out of ammo and spend the rest of the time running away from enemies because he ''has no knife.'' In the village stage, he is near unstoppable since he can OneHitKill the Bella sisters with his neck snap move. In the remake however he's buffed considerably since he uses the [=LE5=], effectively a straight upgrade to the TMP, while still retaining his neck snap and also having access to knives like everyone else.

* MoreDakka: Typically appears with some sort of rapid-fire weaponry.In the Mercenaries game, a customized submachine gun is his only weapon aside from grenades, making him particularly difficult to play as, since he doesn't have much of a crowd control option. In ''Revelations 2's'' Raid Mode, his first skill gives him buffs to ammo capacity and damage for assault rifles. In the original [=RE2=] he curiously lacked an [=MP5=], despite his character art depicting him with one, but the remake has since rectified this, on top of giving him a fully pimped-out shotgun and a HandCannon. ''Resident Evil 4 Remake'''s Mercenaries mode encourages this as his Mayhem Mode gives him infinite ammo for its duration.

* NeckSnap: One of his two melee moves as a playable character in The Mercenaries game mode of Resident Evil 4. It is the only melee move that will instantly kill anybody it is performed on, including the Bella Sisters in the village, in addition to preventing their Plaga from spawning. In 2 Remake's 4th Survivor scenario, the animation after a zombie pins him down includes him breaking its neck before pushing it off. It returns in the remake's version of The Mercenaries.
* MoreDakka: Typically appears with some sort of rapid-fire weaponry.In the Mercenaries game, a customized submachine gun is his only weapon aside from grenades, making him particularly difficult to play as, since he doesn't have much of a crowd control option. In ''Revelations 2's'' Raid Mode, his first skill gives him buffs to ammo capacity and damage for assault rifles. In the original [=RE2=] he curiously lacked an [=MP5=], despite his character art depicting him with one, but the remake has since rectified this, on top of giving him a fully pimped-out shotgun and a HandCannon. RE4 Remake's Mercenaries mode encourages this as his Mayhem Mode gives him infinite ammo for its duration.

* DifficultButAwesome: In ''[=RE4=]'', he starts out with a TMP, some ammo, and three grenades. Used correctly, he racks up a lot of combos from using the NeckSnap ability mentioned below. Used incorrectly... You'll run out of ammo and spend the rest of the time running away from enemies because he ''has no knife.'' In the village stage, he is near unstoppable since he can OneHitKill the Bella sisters with his neck snap move. In the remake however he's buffed considerably since he uses the [=LE5=], effectively a straight upgrade to the TMP, while still retaining his neck snap.

* NeckSnap: One of his two melee moves as a playable character in The Mercenaries game mode of Resident Evil 4. It is the only melee move that will instantly kill anybody it is performed on, including the Bella Sisters in the village, in addition to preventing their Plaga from spawning. It returns in the remake's version of The Mercenaries.
* MoreDakka: Typically appears with some sort of rapid-fire weaponry. In the Mercenaries game, a customized submachine gun is his only weapon aside from grenades, making him particularly difficult to play as, since he doesn't have much of a crowd control option. In ''Revelations 2's'' Raid Mode, his first skill gives him buffs to ammo capacity and damage for assault rifles. In the original [=RE2=] he curiously lacked an [=MP5=], despite his character art depicting him with one, but the remake has since rectified this, on top of giving him a fully pimped-out shotgun and a HandCannon.

* SocialDarwinist: One possible interpretation of his philosophy "This is war, survival is your responsibility." If you died during a mission, all that says is that you weren't strong enough to take responsibility for your own survival. However, Hunk is shown to not be a hypocrite on this concept, since he tells his rescue pilot to leave him in Raccoon City if it's going to endanger Night Hawk's chances of survival. If Hunk can't escape the city on his own merits then all it shows is that he wasn't strong enough to survive. Tellingly, Hunk shows no fear even at the prospect of being left behind, suggesting he's confident enough in his own ability that he thinks Raccoon City wouldn't be enough to kill him.