History Fridge / ResidentEvil5

* Many fans have complained that Wesker's god complex, and his desire to transform humanity into mutated beings like himself comes out of nowhere, especially in contrast to his earlier behavior. Sure, Wesker was a middle manager in the corporate power scene trying to become his own master, but at the end of the day Wesker was in it for the money and sold out his unit so he could retire as a rich man. In Code Veronica he boasts about how great his power feels, but nothing so absurd as wanting to be the god of a new age of humanity. The most ambition we see prior to RE5 is his desire to rule over the new Umbrella and overcome Spencer's legacy; gathering the viral samples was just a means to attain more corporate power than he already had, so that even Spencer would look weak compared to ''his empire''. But remember that Spencer manufactured Wesker by genetically modifying him, so it's not even all that great a stretch to assume that Wesker's bizarre change in motivation and personality is also a result of Spencer's modifications. Wesker wants to carry on Spencer's legacy because he was programmed to do so: the programming takes on sacred significance, even if Spencer himself is sacrificed in the process of reaching this goal -- all that matters is that the goal itself is achieved.

*** A note in the Ndipaya village by a boy describes the people in the village starting to don the tribal outfits after they were infected, with the youth saying it was strange because it wasn't "festival day" so probably they are usually generally "modern" by African tribe standards, but the Plaga caused them to go pure "savage tribe"

* I always thought that Jill's battle catsuit was purely for fanservice (and realistically that probably was the intention behind it), but the more I think about it, the more I think that it actually makes sense in-universe. Jill is second only to Chris and possibly Spencer as Wesker's greatest enemy, and as we all know, everything Wesker does he does UpToEleven. So with that in mind, it makes perfect sense that Wesker would seek ''absolute revenge'' upon her. Killing Jill wasn't enough - he wanted to ''hurt'' her and he wanted to ''hurt'' Chris more than mere death was capable of. After all, why has Wesker kept that STARS handgun of his after all these years? Is it because the gun is just that good, or is it to taunt Chris and Jill as to his betrayal and the friends that he has killed? By forcing her to wear this obviously ridiculous and impractical garment that shows off her boobs, is so tight that she might as well be wearing nothing at all, the blonde dye-job, and of course those ridiculous heels; Wesker is bragging to the world (and more importantly Chris) that he now not only owns Jill's mind, but her body too.

** Actually, the little vignettes at the end of ''4'' show that the people of the Pueblo actually lived like that ''before'' Saddler showed up, just without all the burning and crucifying, my guess is that they were something like a Spanish Mennonite commune, the Ndipaya just held enough of their old custom that they regressed ''further'' back than the Ganados did.

* Nothing really pertaining to do with the main story, but if you hit dying status with Barry Burton in the Mercenaries Reunion, you'll bear witness to the poor guy yelling "Don't let me die!" At first this seems nothing more than a dying plea, but if you're a hardcore Resident Evil fan then you will know Barry has a wife and two daughters so in essence he's begging you to save him from leaving his wife a widow and his daughters fatherless!
** And now, had Barry died, this would've been Harsher in Hindsight considering the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2. If he had died before the events of that game, no one, not even Claire, would've known that Moira was actually alive following the explosion set off by Alex Wesker's self-destruct sequence. Meaning she would've been left to fend for herself on the island, alone.

** According to a file in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'', which is a letter from her to Barry Burton, she's getting better and is actually eager to get back into the field. Of course, as of the events of Resident Evil 6, Jill's apparently still not back in action so she may in fact still be at least undergoing serious psychiatric therapy.

* It seems that overdose of his own serum just made Wesker... ''drunk''. He doesn't lose his speed nor strength nor healing, but with each shot he staggers more when walking, he gets a headache, his vision blurs and his ears start ringing, and there's a drastic change in his behavior and speech. After the first dose of serum, he completely loses his usual cool, becomes loud, angrily raising his voice at Chris (rare for him), spits some God complex bullshit, and is easily beaten by Sheva. After the second... well, he does such things that he'd never do if sober, but would be prone to if drunk, such as shouting "comic book villain's ideas", completely forgetting that Chris & Co eat ''superstrong'' monsters for supper, while the ''superfast '''Wesker''''' has teased them for years, and the whole "Look, Chris, I just turned my arms into awful CombatTentacles ''permanently'' so we can fight like men, isn't it cool?" thing. And his final TakingYouWithMe, while he could reach a rock and pull himself from lava much easier.

* Wesker's final form has been said to be a bit of a ClippedWingAngel; he's got exposed weak points, is no longer as fast, and can be defeated by repeated stabbing. Worth noting, however, is the fact the final battle takes place in a volcano; the earlier Uroboros you fought displayed an aversion to heat (the first being killed in a furnace and the second being particularly vulnerable to flamethrowers). He's in the absolute worst environment he could've been in to expose himself to Uroboros. Still, granting him an out on this ground doesn't excuse the fact that Sheva and Chris didn't immediately burst into flames, but still.

* The fact that infection makes its host revert to a more primal, antiquated state is actually consistent with ''4''. The village's people were Puritan-esque: burning and crucifying their victims, attacking with farming implements despite modern weapons being right there in their houses, obsessively obeying the church-bell's call even though doing so allowed their 'prey' to escape, etc. It's just that the village's inhabitants weren't African, so they reverted to different 'traditions' than the infected who were.
** Actually, the little vignettes at the end of 4 show that the people of the Pueblo actually lived like that ''before'' Saddler showed up, just without all the burning and crucifying, my guess is that they were something like a Spanish Mennonite commune, the Ndipaya just held enough of their old custom that they regressed ''further'' back than the Ganados did.