History Fridge / ResidentEvil

** Also, as of why it generates electricity: one of the files in the series mentions that the T-virus destroys cells (causing rot) in order to produce a lot of energy, which is used for the reanimation. The G-virus gives extreme, but hardly controllable, regeneration. Combine the two, and you get a being capable to shoot lighting and able to easily regenerate from wounds and the strain to produce said energy. Though, it's an unstable equilibrium: if T prevails, we have a weaker T monster without G regeneration (the tentacled Tyrant); if G prevails, the subject tends to selfdestruct (Duvall).

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* It's said outright in the second Wesker's Report that the Arklay mansion lab was in the worst possible place to research the T-Virus, since it was in the middle of a major forest preserve. The original outbreak in the first game thus heavily contaminated the entire forest with a virus that mutates everything it touches into a carnivorous killer. In the various Raccoon City games, it spread into a major metropolitan area and there were mild cases in the city as early as ''three months'' before the disaster, which gives it ample time to spread outside of Raccoon. ''Dead Aim'' sees a contaminated ocean liner packed with dead and undead T-Virus carriers sink in the middle of the ocean, ''Darkside Chronicles'' has an outbreak in rural South America in the middle of the rain forest, and in ''Revelations'', there are still contaminated and potentially lethal T-Abyss mutants washing up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea a ''full year'' after the Terragrigia Panic. Combine that with the multiple listed bioterror outbreaks mentioned in ''Degeneration'', and it becomes obvious that the RE 'verse may not be in the middle of a full-blown zombie apocalypse in the classic style, but they are heading toward a massive mutation that could potentially affect the ''entire planetary biosphere''.
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[[folder: The first game]]

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* If you're one of those players that like to explore all the little details of the glorious mansion in the ''REmake'', you'll find that several photographs and pictures have been removed from their frames; one in praticular was removed after the glass was smashed. You wonder why this is the case and then [[spoiler: once you realize who the traitor is]], it makes perfect sense; [[spoiler: Albert Wesker may have been in several of those photographs and just to keep his cover for as long as he could, removed them all.]] [[spoiler: MagnificentBastard indeed.]]
* The original Resident Evil. Forest of the BRAVO team has been pecked to death by crows. If you're playing as Jill he has a grenade launcher lying next to his corpse. This makes perfect sense (and not just because the crows in this game are vicious, overpowered bastards): have you ever tried to hit a crow with a grenade launcher? Assuming Forest even bothered to try shooting them, he would have just missed time and time again. Of course, if you're playing as Chris he has a clip of handgun ammo next to him instead, but let's just ignore that little incongruity...
** On reflection, it's actually just as interesting from Chris's perspective as it was from Jill's. Forest has a clip full of handgun ammo - but no handgun. He was trying to attack these fast, agile enemies with his fists or his weak knife. Even if he managed to hit each crow repeatedly, it wouldn't have done him any good...
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* All of the complicated puzzles found in the series (until Resident Evil 4) are part of the Umbrella Corp's security protocols. Think about it: if your company is developing the deadliest biological agents known to man, you'd want to keep that stuff locked up tight. In order to prevent theft, sabotage, or escape of one of the test subjects, the Umbrella Corp has set up a complex procedure for totally unlocking their facilities, part of which involves that someone be a skilled piano player. In the event that something goes wrong, all of the doors are locked and their keys are secured inside either a puzzle or a specific room. They probably assigned each key/puzzle to a specific person or a select few people so that no single person would fully know how to fully bypass their security. Fortunately, some of them left clues for others to find in case things went from bad to worse. Guess the Umbrella Corp didn't do a good enough job of screening for employees that wouldn't leak company secrets.

* All of the complicated puzzles found in the series (until Resident Evil 4) are part of the Umbrella Corp's security protocols. Think about it: if your company is developing the deadliest biological agents known to man, you'd want to keep that stuff locked up tight. In order to prevent theft, sabotage, or escape of one of the test subjects, the Umbrella Corp has set up a complex procedure for totally unlocking their facilities, part of which involves that someone be a skilled piano player. In the event that something goes wrong, all of the doors are locked and their keys are secured inside either a puzzle or a specific room. They probably assigned each key/puzzle to a specific person or a select few people. Fortunately, some of them left clues for others to find in case things went from bad to worse. Guess the Umbrella Corp didn't do a good enough job of screening for employees that wouldn't leak company secrets.

* All of the complicated puzzles found in the series (until Resident Evil 4) are part of the Umbrella Corp's security protocols. Think about it: if your company is developing the deadliest biological agents known to man, you'd want to keep that stuff locked up tight. In order to prevent theft, sabotage, or escape of one of the test subjects, the Umbrella Corp has set up a complex procedure for totally unlocking their facilities, part of which involves that someone be a skilled piano player. In the event that something goes wrong, all of the doors are locked and their keys are secured inside either a puzzle or a specific room. They probably assigned each key/puzzle to a specific person or a select few people. Fortunately, some of them left clues for others to find in case something went wrong. Guess the Umbrella Corp didn't do a good enough job of screening for employees that wouldn't leak company secrets.

* All of the complicated puzzles found in the series (until Resident Evil 4) are part of the Umbrella Corp's security protocols. Think about it: if your company is developing the deadliest biological agents known to man, you'd want to keep that stuff locked up tight. In order to prevent theft, sabotage, or escape of one of the test subjects, the Umbrella Corp has set up a complex procedure for totally unlocking their facilities, one of which involves that someone be a skilled piano player. In the event that something goes wrong, all of the doors are locked and their keys are secured inside either a puzzle or a specific room. They probably assigned each key/puzzle to a specific person or a select few people. Fortunately, some of them left clues for others to find in case something went wrong. Guess the Umbrella Corp didn't do a good enough job of screening for employees that wouldn't leak company secrets.

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[[folder: The Paul WS Anderson films]]

[[AC:Fridge Brilliance]]
* People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in Film/ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realized while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}

[[AC:Fridge Logic]]
* The now-infamous scene of the world's water impossibly drying up due to the T-Virus at the start of Extinction --which is then contradicted ''in the same movie''-- becomes even more baffling when considering the above FridgeBrilliance; all that time between the scriptwriting and principal photography phases and '''nobody''' noticed such a glaring plot hole?
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!!The Games

* The original Resident Evil. Forest of the BRAVO team has been pecked to death by crows. If you're playing as Jill he has a grenade launcher lying next to his corpse. This makes perfect sense (and not just because the crows in this game are vicious, overpowered bastards): have you ever tried to hit a crow with a grenade launcher? Assuming Forest even bothered to try shooting them, he would have just missed time and time again. Of course, if you're playing as Chris he has a clip of handgun ammo next to him instead, but let's just ignore that little incongruity...
** On reflection, it's actually just as interesting from Chris's perspective as it was from Jill's. Forest has a clip full of handgun ammo - but no handgun. He was trying to attack these fast, agile enemies with his fists or his weak knife. Even if he managed to hit each crow repeatedly, it wouldn't have done him any good...

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* In ''Degeneration'', Leon is shown to be extremely GenreSavvy and to ignore standard procedure in favor of what works. So why is Claire, who is more experienced and probably a better shot than the two squad members with him, not immediately given a gun?

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!!The first game

* FridgeBrilliance: If you're one of those players that like to explore all the little details of the glorious mansion in the ''REmake'', you'll find that several photographs and pictures have been removed from their frames; one in praticular was removed after the glass was smashed. You wonder why this is the case and then [[spoiler: once you realize who the traitor is]], it makes perfect sense; [[spoiler: Albert Wesker may have been in several of those photographs and just to keep his cover for as long as he could, removed them all.]] [[spoiler: MagnificentBastard indeed.]]

!!The Films

* In ResidentEvil Code Veronica, Alexia Ashford's boss themes are all complemented by soprano vocals, which, understandably had no lyrics in the original Dreamcast release, as all the music was produced with sampled [=MIDIs=]. However, in the [[VideoGameRemake Darkside Chronicles]], which remixes the song, replacing MIDI samples with a real soprano, the song still has no lyrics. This is actually a reference to Alexia herself: the vocals are seemingly human, beautiful, and refined, but on further inspection are inhuman, speaking but not really saying anything - Alexia's human shell covering the monster within.

* People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in Film/ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realized while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}

** I came to a realization that the franchise is not just a horror game series, it's progressed similarly to horror movies that have turned into action flicks, think about it, the first game was like a BMovie, it had a sequel that introduced darker elements and a coherent story, later had more emphasis on action, as well as remaking the first game to introduce more continuity to be consistent with the sequels, it's like how EvilDead progressed, in a way.

* The now-infamous scene of the world's water impossibly drying up due to the T-Virus at the start of Extinction --which is then contradicted ''in the same movie''-- becomes even more baffling when considering the above FridgeBrilliance; all that time between the scriptwriting and principal photography phases and '''nobody''' noticed such a glaring plot hole?

* People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in Film/ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realikzed while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}

* People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realikzed while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}

** Another take on Alexia's soprano theme could referencing to the nature of dramatic coloratura soprano in classic operas as well. Most character who are written as dramatic coloratura soprano is either tragic, mad, or evil. The fact that she and Alfred was "created", leads to a tragic fate of both of the twins and their father, as both of the twins succumb into madness. This leads Alexia obsessed to become a mighty queen, a queen who is mad and evil. This is actually a good reference to classical opera trope.

** Another take on Alexia's soprano theme could referencing to the nature of dramatic coloratura soprano in classic operas as well. Most character who are written as dramatic coloratura soprano is either tragic, mad, or evil. The fact that she and Alfred was "created", leads to a tragic fate of both of the twins and their father, as both of the twins succumb into madness. This leads Alexia obsessed to become a mighty queen, a queen who is mad and evil. This is actually a good classical opera trope reference.

* People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realikzed while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}

Fridge Brilliance: People say that the movies are not faithful to the games, as the virus spread through the whole world in ResidentEvilExtinction instead of being stopped at raccoon City as shown in ResidentEvil4, However, this makes sense when you find out that the story of the films was written before that game came out, and while Extinction came out years after ResidentEvil4, the story was already written by the time RE4 came out, (realikzed while listening to the commentary for RE:Extinction}