Line #26 Trivia/ResidentEvil


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4	* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/JuliaVoth, the face model for Jill in ''[=REmake=]'' and ''5'', supports the Jill/Chris ship, [[https://cyancaddy.tumblr.com/post/624699759081521152/redfield-bloodline-secured-inspired-by-julia joking in the comments of her Instagram post announcing her pregnancy that Chris got her pregnant.]]
5	* CashCowFranchise: ''Resident Evil'' is one of Creator/{{Capcom}}'s most popular and successful franchises. By 2020, it actually became their best-selling franchise ''period'', surpassing even ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
6	* HeAlsoDid: Hideaki Utsumi, the lead sound engineer for most of the classic games up until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', is also the same guy whose [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter pet chattering lory "Gumi"]] is the star of the [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/red-bird-laughing-then-staring Red Birb meme]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJw2eVYznw WUEWUEWUEWUE!]]
7	* NoDubForYou: Prior to the 2010s, the games are only voiced in English for quite some time, being released with subtitles for different regions but without the corresponding voice tracks even in Capcom's native Japan. The trend later got averted when Chris, Jill, Wesker, Leon, Ada, and others received Japanese voice actors for the live-action films and {{Crossover}}s like ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', the ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' games, and ''[[VideoGame/Teppen2019 TEPPEN]]''. ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' marked the first time players could choose between Japanese and English audio and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 6]]'' released a free DLC update which provided a Japanese voice track.
8	* TheOtherDarrin:
9	%% Will need to add characters and voice actors from 4 and its remake as that information becomes available.
10	** '''Chris Redfield:'''
11	*** Charlie Kraslavsky [[note]]Credited as "Charlie."[[/note]] (FMV scenes)/Scott [=McCulloch=] (''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil\|1}}'')
12	*** Michael Filipowich (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'')
13	*** Joe Whyte (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake REmake]]'')
14	*** Creator/DaveWittenberg (''PACHI-SLOT biohazard'')
15	*** Kevin Dorman (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDeathIsland Death Island]]'')
16	*** Creator/RogerCraigSmith (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles The Darkside Chronicles]]'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheMercenaries3D The Mercenaries 3D]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'')
17	*** [[spoiler:David Vaughn (''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 7\|Biohazard}}'')]]
18	*** Creator/JeffSchine (''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'')
19	*** Gerard Vachon (''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'')
20	** '''Jill Valentine:'''
21	*** "Inezh" (FMV scenes)/Una Kavanagh (''Resident Evil'')
22	*** Catherine Disher (''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 3\|Nemesis}}'', ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'')
23	*** Heidi Anderson (''[=REmake=]'')
24	*** Creator/KathleenBarr (''Under the Skin'')
25	*** Patricia Ja Lee (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'', ''[[VideoGame/Teppen2019 TEPPEN]]'')
26	*** Creator/TaraPlatt (''PACHI-SLOT biohazard'')
27	*** Creator/KariWahlgren (''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'')
28	*** Creator/MichelleRuff (''Revelations'')
29	*** Nicole Tompkins (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', ''Death Island'')
30	*** [[Music/{{Entheos}} Chaney Crabb]] (''Dead by Daylight'')
31	** '''Barry Burton:'''
32	*** Gregory Smith [[note]]Credited as "Gregory."[[/note]] (FMV scenes)/[[TheDanza Barry Gjerde]] (''Resident Evil'')
33	*** Ed Smaron (''[=REmake=]'')
34	*** Creator/JamiesonPrice (''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'')
35	*** Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 Revelations 2]]'')
36	** '''Rebecca Chambers:'''
37	*** "Linda" (FMV scenes)/Lynn Harris (''Resident Evil'')
38	*** Hope Levy (''[=REmake=]'')
39	*** Riva Di Paola (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 Resident Evil Zero]]'')
40	*** Creator/StephanieSheh (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'')
41	*** Creator/ErinCahill (''Vendetta'', ''Death Island'')
42	*** Megan Orvold-Scheider (''Dead by Daylight'')
43	** '''Albert Wesker:'''
44	*** Eric Pirius [[note]]Credited as "Eric."[[/note]] (FMV scenes)/Pablo Kuntz (''Resident Evil'')
45	*** Creator/RichardWaugh (''Code: Veronica'', ''Wesker's Report'', ''Resident Evil Zero'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'')
46	*** Peter Jessop (''[=REmake=]'')
47	*** Creator/DCDouglas (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'', ''Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster'', [[spoiler:''VideoGame/UmbrellaCorps'']], ''TEPPEN'')
48	*** Connor Fogarty (''Dead by Daylight'')
49	*** Craig Burnatowski (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'')
50	** '''Leon S. Kennedy:'''
51	*** Paul Haddad (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'')
52	*** Paul Mercier (''Resident Evil 4'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'')
53	*** Creator/ChristianLanz (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'')
54	*** Creator/MatthewMercer (''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'', ''Resident Evil 6'', ''Vendetta'', ''Death Island'')
55	*** Creator/NickApostolides (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness Infinite Darkness]]'', ''Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'')
56	*** [[Music/{{Allegaeon}} Riley McShane]] (''Dead by Daylight'')
57	** '''Claire Redfield:'''
58	*** Creator/AlysonCourt (''Resident Evil 2'', ''Code: Veronica'', ''Degeneration'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'', ''Operation Raccoon City'')
59	*** Danielle Nicolet [[note]]Credited as "James Baker."[[/note]] (''Revelations 2'')
60	*** Stephanie Panisello (''Resident Evil 2 (Remake)'', ''Infinite Darkness'', ''Death Island'')
61	*** Danielle Evans (''Dead by Daylight'')
62	** '''Ada Wong:'''
63	*** Sally Cahill (''Resident Evil 2'', ''Resident Evil 4'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''[[Film/ResidentEvilRetribution Retribution]]'')
64	*** Creator/MeganHollingshead (''The Umbrella Chronicles'')
65	*** Creator/CourtenayTaylor (''Operation Raccoon City'', ''Damnation'', ''Resident Evil 6'', ''TEPPEN'')
66	*** Jolene Anderson (''Resident Evil 2 (Remake)'')
67	*** Lily Gao ([[spoiler:''[[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity Welcome to Raccoon City]]'']], ''Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'')
68	*** [[Music/TheAgonist Vicky Psarakis]] (''Dead by Daylight'')
69	** '''William Birkin:'''
70	*** Diego Matamoros (''Resident Evil 2'')
71	*** Unknown (''Resident Evil Zero'')
72	*** T.J. Rotolo (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Operation Raccoon City'', ''Resident Evil 2 (Remake)'')
73	*** Misha Standjofski (''Dead by Daylight'')
74	** '''Annette Birkin:'''
75	*** Jennifer Dale (''Resident Evil 2'')
76	*** Deborah Sale Butler (''The Darkside Chronicles'')
77	*** Creator/KarenStrassman (''Resident Evil 2 (Remake)'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake Resistance]]'')
78	** '''Sherry Birkin:'''
79	*** Lisa Yamanaka (''Resident Evil 2'')
80	*** Creator/LauraBailey (''The Darkside Chronicles'')
81	*** Creator/EdenRiegel (''Operation Raccoon City'', ''Resident Evil 6'')
82	*** Eliza Pryor (''Resident Evil 2 (Remake)'')
83	** '''Carlos Oliveira:'''
84	*** Vincent Corazza (''Resident Evil 3'')
85	*** Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Under the Skin'')
86	*** Kim Strauss (''The Umbrella Chronicles'')
87	*** Creator/GideonEmery (''Operation Raccoon City'')
88	*** Creator/JeffSchine (''Resident Evil 3 (Remake)'')
89	*** Drake Mefestta (''Dead by Daylight'')
90	** '''Nicholai Zinoviev:'''
91	*** Roger Honeywell (''Resident Evil 3'')
92	*** Unknown (''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak Outbreak]]'')
93	*** Creator/RickDWasserman (''Operation Raccoon City'')
94	*** Neil Newbon (''Resident Evil 3 (Remake)'')
95	** '''Nemesis T-Type:'''
96	*** Creator/TonyRosato (''Resident Evil 3'', ''Under the Skin'')
97	*** Creator/GreggBerger (''Operation Raccoon City'')
98	*** Damon Dayoub (''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'')
99	*** David Cockman (''Resident Evil 3 (Remake)'')
100	*** Sébastien Croteau (''Dead by Daylight'')
101	** '''Steve Burnside:'''
102	*** Bill Houston (''Code: Veronica'')
103	*** Creator/SamRiegel (''The Darkside Chronicles'')
104	** '''Alfred Ashford:'''
105	*** Peter Oldring (''Code: Veronica'')
106	*** Creator/RichardCansino (''The Darkside Chronicles'')
107	** '''Alexia Ashford:'''
108	*** Leila Johnson (''Code: Veronica'')
109	*** Creator/KarenStrassman (''The Darkside Chronicles'')
110	** '''Billy Coen:'''
111	*** David Webster (''Resident Evil Zero'')
112	*** Steve Van Wormer (''The Umbrella Chronicles'')
113	** '''Osmund Saddler:'''
114	*** Creator/MichaelJGough (''Resident Evil 4'')
115	*** Christopher Jane (''Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'')
116	** '''Sheva Alomar:'''
117	*** Karen Dyer (''Resident Evil 5'')
118	*** Kayla Dixon (''Dead by Daylight'')
119	** '''Oswell E. Spencer:'''
120	*** Adam D. Clark (''Resident Evil 5'')
121	*** Time Winters (''Resistance'')
122	** '''The Merchant:'''
123	*** Paul Mercier (''Resident Evil 4'')
124	*** Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite (''Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'')
125	** '''Jack Krauser:'''
126	*** Creator/JimWard (''Resident Evil 4'')
127	*** Mike Kovac (''Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'')
128	* PlayingAgainstType: A surprising number of characters throughout the series (particularly in ''Resident Evil 2'', ''Resident Evil 3'', and ''Resident Evil 4'') are voiced by actors who previously only appeared in children's entertainment.
129	* PreviewPiggybacking:
130	** ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut'' included a demo for ''Resident Evil 2''.
131	** Earlier prints of ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'' contained demos for ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'', which also returned the favor.
132	* ReferencedBy:
133	** ''Film/BioZombie'' is a zombie film where an outbreak occurred inside a Hong Kong mall, and at one point a video game store is playing the first ''Resident Evil''. The characters even lampshades their movie is like one of those zombie games.
134	** ''Last Empire: War Z'', a ZombieApocalypse base-building game for smartphones, has an item that looks identical to the T-Virus samples; i.e. a glass jar with a double-helix decoration down the middle, capped with a metal plug on each end, filled with green liquid. To really ram it home, the item is called "Virus Stock" and is used to manufacture zombie-based SuperSoldiers -- basically Tyrants and other [=B.O.W.s=].
135	** ''VideoGame/NotDyingToday'', references the RE franchise alongside a ''ton'' of other zombie media, with it's zombified Doberman looking exactly like those from the ''Resident Evil'' sequels and a hulking zombie boss wearing a green trenchcoat called Z-Lord, who's loosely based on Mr. X. There's also a zombie mook with an insectoid head, not unlike the Plagas from the fourth ''Resident Evil''.
136	** ''VideoGame/PlagueInc'' has the Necroa Virus as [[DownloadableContent DLC]], a highly mutagenic virus that induces a HealingFactor in its victims strong enough to bring them BackFromTheDead. (Sounds an awful lot like the T-Virus, doesn't it?) [[MultipleChoicePast In the American backstory]], it's a bioweapon created by an unscrupulous pharmaceutical MegaCorp that throws their considerable resources behind covering it up. Unlike Umbrella [[spoiler:(that is, until the reveal of [[RedeemingReplacement "Blue" Umbrella]] in ''[=RE7=]'')]], said company has a HeelFaceTurn and uses its RedShirtArmy to try and fix things. Eventually.
137	** WebVideo/KarolinaZebrowska discusses the historical inspiration behind Lady Dimitrescu's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgnn6Y3xdgE outfit.]]
138	** ''VideoGame/TheWindRoad'' has a gigantic SewerGator boss lifted directly from the second RE game, where the gator pursues you first before fighting you in a large cavern. As the boss [[SHowsDamage takes damage]], its injuries even makes it look like the game's zombified gator.
139	* ShipperOnSet: Creator/NickApostolides (Leon's English VA for the remakes of ''2'' and ''4'') is very vocal about his support for the Leon/Ada ([[PortmanteauCoupleName Aeon]]) ship, liking and sharing fan art of the ship and even taking part in [[https://twitter.com/Nik_apostolides/status/1293321131017961472 cosplay]]. In streams and posts he also regularly refers to Ada as his (Leon's) wife despite the characters not being married.
140	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
141	** The original game didn't originally have the auto-aim mode, and its item boxes weren't interconnected. Both these features were added to the game due to criticism from play testers (through the original North American release didn't have the auto-aim). However, the "[[HarderThanHard Real Survival]]" mode from the remake removes those options again, bringing the game back to how it was originally planned; something that the mode's unlockable message lampshades.
142	** The original versions of ''[=RE2=]'' and ''[=RE4=]'', known as ''Resident Evil 1.5'' and ''3.5'', respectively. Both versions were scrapped due to the developers being unsatisfied with the direction they were taking. One of the scrapped ''Resident Evil 4'' ideas had Leon going through a castle fighting living dolls. Which was deemed too "supernatural" for a series based on science. The two versions of ''Resident Evil 4'' before that got retooled into ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' (the "{{Stylish\|Action}}" build) and ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' (the "Castle" build), respectively. At one point, according to an interview with the actor who played Leon, Leon was actually supposed to be killed as a result of the virus mutating inside of him, but this tested poorly even among Capcom executives and the idea was scrapped (Paul Mercier was kept, much to his delight, however).
143	** ''Resident Evil 2'' went through a slightly less drastic rewrite, but nonetheless the only elements which really stayed the same were Leon's inclusion as a police officer and the main antagonist being Birkin. To whit:
144	*** Claire was another character named Elza Walker. [[note]]Who is blonde but has lots of Claire's traits; this change was made as, without Chris and Claire's relation, there'd be no tie between the first two games.[[/note]]
145	*** Leon would've already been in the RPD and would've begun his scenario trying to rally the rest of his devastated force to combat the zombies, Chief Irons would've filled the role of Marvin Branagh. [[note]]Heavily wounded, heroic authority cop figure.[[/note]]
146	*** Robert Kendo was originally Ada's boyfriend John. [[note]]It's not clear what role Ada filled at this point; John was one of Elza's support characters.[[/note]]
147	*** There were beta versions of what appear to be the Eliminators from ''Resident Evil Zero'', an infected ''gorilla'' which could swing from the ceiling in gorilla-like fashion, though they were far larger than the final version of the Eliminators.
148	*** Birkin constantly cried Sherry's name.
149	*** It would have featured some kind of human/spider hybrid monster.
150	*** In addition to the trusty Remington 870, the player also would've gotten a SPAS-12 semi-auto shotgun, a Ruger Super Redhawk, characters showed damage, there was an armor system, an assault rifle, more than one melee weapons, and grenades.
151	*** The game's models are less detailed but as a result the game can make better use of the Platform/PlayStation's processing power, as more zombies were visible on screen at a time, they had more variants, and could be gibbed in much more varied ways.
152	*** Leon had a different voice actor at this stage; what dialogue was recorded (grunts of pain) using this actor was recycled for Chris Redfield in the PC port's Extreme Battle Mode.
153	*** The overall design of the game also changed, with the RPD building going from an ultra-modern police HQ to the renovated art museum it was in the final version.
154	** ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'' was originally going to be [[GaidenGame a side story]] set in Raccoon City, involving civilians trying to escape. A game titled ''Resident Evil 3'' was in development at the same time by Hideki Kamiya's team, and involved HUNK on a cruise ship (following from ''[=RE2=]'''s story). The escape story then got an upgrade to a main game and Jill was added as the main character, while Kamiya's "''[=RE3=]''" got scrapped and he and his team moved onto what would become the first version of ''Resident Evil 4'' and after that ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1''. This meant that the number 3 was now free for Jill's game and the game was titled ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'', just in time before being released as ''Resident Evil 1.9'' instead.
155	** In 2001, Capcom announced that the ''Resident Evil'' franchise was going to be exclusive for the Platform/NintendoGameCube. In addition to straight ports of ''Resident Evil 2'', ''3'', and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica X]]'', a total of two new games, one of which was the ''[=REmake=]'', were released; ''Resident Evil 4'' was also announced as a [=GameCube=] exclusive before Capcom decided that due to poor sales of ''Zero'' and the ''[=REmake=]'', they would release the game on the Platform/PlayStation2 as well.
156	** ''Resident Evil Zero'' was originally supposed to be one of the final [[Platform/Nintendo64 N64]] releases, still making it an exclusive Creator/{{Nintendo}} title. Not much is known about this game apart from Rebecca sporting a drastically different uniform resembling Jill's (complete with shoulder pads & beret), and a fully playable demo was released. Capcom later released more information in the run-up to a re-release of the finished game, including they'd at one time planned for two-player co-op. [[note]]Something the main series didn't implement until ''Resident Evil 5'', a full eight years and two console generations later.[[/note]] As a continuity nod, the HD port of ''Zero'' features several DLC outfits for Rebecca and Billy, including Rebecca's beta ''Zero'' uniform.
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160	* ExecutiveMeddling: S.D. Perry's editor encouraged her to write the two original novels (Book 2's ''Caliban Cove'' and Book 4's ''Underworld''), suggested creating Trent, and suggested she focused on a canon character (Perry chose Rebecca).
161	* OvertookTheManga: S.D. Perry's ''Underworld'' was set after the events of ''[=RE2=]'' and featured plot elements that diverged from what was revealed in later games. Perhaps the biggest offender is the original character "Trent", who is [[spoiler:the son of the scientist team who created the T-Virus and were murdered for it]] and who thusly serves as TheManBehindTheMan for ''all'' of the good guys (including Ada) out of his desire to bring Umbrella down, being quite effective at helping because [[spoiler:he's secretly working amongst the upper echelons of Umbrella]].
162	* TroubledProduction: The S.D. Perry novels ([[FanNickname nicknamed]] "The Perryverse") became this, due to Capcom's lack of communication. It's the biggest reason there are so many contradictions in her book series because Perry developed the narrative with her publishing house through the gameplay and the limited information from the game manuals. After the fourth installment published, the rest of the series began with an Author's Note section apologising for inconsistencies and narrative contradictions.
163	** An example of this in characterisation is Perry's version of Jill Valentine, whose short bio in the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 first game]]'s manual mentions her lockpicking talents. From this, Perry gave her a DarkAndTroubledPast as the daughter of famed and now-jailed thief Dick Valentine (her lockpicking teacher and mentor) who joins S.T.A.R.S. as TheAtoner that is DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. Canon!Jill's Delta Force backstory wouldn't feature in a game manual until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''.
164	** The first chapter of ''City of the Dead'' (the novelization of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'') shows Jill, Barry and Chris sneaking out of Raccoon City before sunrise to catch a late-night flight out the country and continue their Umbrella investigation in Austria.[[note]]The Perryverse placed Umbrella's European headquarters in Austria. ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEVilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'' revealed it to be in Paris, two years after the book's publication.[[/note]] After ''3: Nemesis'' released, the novelization backtracked to adapt the game's plot, revealing Jill to still be in Raccoon City preparing to meet up with Barry and Rebecca, and join Chris in Europe.
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