History Headscratchers / ResidentEvil

* What was the point of Alice? This is from a troper that likes the games and somewhat likes the movies. But it seems as if the only two reasons for her existence is to: 1. Distinct the movies from the games. 2. Make her basically a what if someone made a GameShark human.
*** ThirdOptionAdaptation is in play here. The point of using Alice, and thus the looser interpretation, was to prevent people from feeling invalidated when they made a playthrough with only Jill or only Chris in the first game. Rather than retelling the story exactly with the characters and choosing one of the protagonists to be the 'true' protagonist, they went with the safer route and made an OC along with giving her MarySue traits in order to make her credible in the series.

*** This troper assumed he merged with a pack...nest...pod...''group'' of swimming crocodiles or something.

** Six years ago, this troper had a case of IKnewIt while discussing the issue with a fellow player. I accurately predicted that Wesker's super virus wasn't perfect and required some special stuff just to keep it up and running. It is a major plot point of the final chapter of [=RE5=], and Wesker's one and only weakness. That probably also what made this virus useless for a SuperSoldier program like the one Irving was working on. Imagine that Wesker's body needs something that probably costs more than 200000 bucks per shot and need one shot per 24 hours just to keep running correctly.

*** Says who? This troper thinks a game where you shamble around looking for people to devour would be pretty cool.

** This troper has been under the impression that in game canon, the characters are never bitten/clawed/ect/ect. The only exceptions were Jill Valentine and the Outbreak characters, who all required some manner of cure. After all, the characters are only bitten or clawed or whatever if the player screws up. It is possible to get a no-damage run, if you're good enough. (This troper has never managed to do that, but knows people who have. I envy them greatly.)
** On the subject of the Cure, they did eventually develop a viable vaccine, which was important to the plot in the CG movie. This troper hasn't played [=RE3=], but even if they had the formula (which they probably did in the form of the Mercenary's memory, which isn't exactly the best for a vaccine formula), it would still take several months to years to synthesis a viable, mass producible vaccine they can give to everyone.

** Forgoing the Lulz to be had over a complaint about bugs in this Trope, the reason is a lot of people are afraid of Bugs and Arachnids. Easier to tap into an existing fear than try to create a new one and fail.

*** Original troper who started this conversation stream here, what I meant by "would 9/11 have happened" is not "would Bin Ladin have tried it in the face of {{=BOWs=}}" it's "would the US have implemented the same security measures they did in the real world after 9/11 back in 1998?" It's more of a what-if question which is never going to get touched by the series itself.
*** There doesn't appear to be a good answer to that. The only good security measure against the BOWs would be some kind of travel quarantine for a few days longer than whatever the average (or longest if you're smart) incubation period is for a BOWs development. Checking people for guns wouldn't help. They probably implemented entirely different protocols if at all and the games never touch on this largely because only RE6 at all touches on civilian life after the original games which all take place over a few weeks.

** What the above troper calls "stupid", this troper calls "deliberate". They planned to spread the T-virus all over the world. It was just some unlucky spanner in the works that the virus got sprung prematurely under Raccoon City, to the point where certain individuals (*cough*Alice*cough*) could withstand and defeat them.

** [[MetalSlug Well Actually....]]

**** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaIhQFDdcJM Here's the scene itself]]. The plane is clearly low on gas, you can hear the engine sputtering and a flashing red light of doom which could only be the fuel light in context. Even if you assume that the drums are full of gasoline (Why would they be? And why would they be up there?), and assume it was of a type to run that engine (SureWhyNot), the landing should have wrecked the plane. She smashed through a concrete wall, the prop blades should have smashed themselves to bits.

** The effects of the T-virus has different effects on different organisms. When the dogs became zombies, they ripped off their skins when they escaped their kennels.

** Now if the zombies [[http://ocremix.org/files/images/games/ps1/1/resident-evil-2-ps1-cover-front-eu-47266.jpg all looked like this]], I'd be a little more terrified.

'''Note:''' [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/resident_evil_plot.txt Thomas Wilde's]] and [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/file/resident_evil_gaiden_plot.txt Efrem Orizzonte's]] plot analyses are probably the most detailed and well-researched documents summarizing the Resident Evil series, answering frequently asked questions, and pointing out valuable information. [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/resident_evil_plot_a.txt Marleone's]] summary, while not as high quality, also contains transcripts for most of the files in the series. Please give them a look before asking a question.

'''Note:''' ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil0'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil1'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil2'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilGunSurvivor'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil4'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil5'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilMercenaries3D'', and ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil6'' all have their own pages. Consider putting Headscratchers there first, if your question is only about something in one of those games before putting it here.

'''Note 2:''' [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/resident_evil_plot.txt Thomas Wilde's]] and [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/file/resident_evil_gaiden_plot.txt Efrem Orizzonte's]] plot analyses are probably the most detailed and well-researched documents summarizing the Resident Evil series, answering frequently asked questions, and pointing out valuable information. [[http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/resident_evil_plot_a.txt Marleone's]] summary, while not as high quality, also contains transcripts for most of the files in the series. Please give them a look before asking a question.

**** Original troper who started this conversation stream here, what I meant by "would 9/11 have happened" is not "would Bin Ladin have tred it in the face of {{=BOWs=}}" it's "would the US have implemented the same security measures they did in the real world after 9/11 back in 1998?" It's more of a what-if question which is never going to get touched by the series itself.

Also, define an "unguarded and easily searchable location"? Are you, by chance, referring to the hidden underground laboratory that you needed to track down a bunch of SoupCans in order to get to, which has surveillance equipment? The only reason these things are "unguarded" is because the guards were ''eaten''.

*** Why the heck was anyone testifying before the Supreme Court at all? The Supreme Court doesn't (directly) decide issues of guilt. It handles matters like questions of how constitutional[[hottip:*:that means whether or not something is permitted or not by the U.S Constitution for non-U.S tropers]] something is or state disputes over land. If they had said that it was a Congressional inquiry, it would have made much more sense.

'''Note:''' ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil0'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil1'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil2'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil4'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil5'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilMercenaries3D'', and ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil6'' all have their own pages. Consider putting Headscratchers there first, if your question is only about something in one of those games before putting it here.

'''Note:''' ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil0'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil1'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil2'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil4'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil5'', ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvilMercenaries3D'', and ''Headscratchers/ResidentEvil6'' all have their own pages. Consider putting Headscratchers there first, if your question is only about something in one of those games before putting it here.