Line #37 VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica


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4	''Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'' is the fourth game in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise.
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6	Three months after [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis the nuking of Raccoon City]], Umbrella is still busy making bioweapons despite a minor setback or two. Claire Redfield, still on the hunt for her missing brother, Chris, is nabbed while infiltrating a Umbrella facility in Paris. They promptly ship Claire to Rockfort Island, a prison complex located somewhere in the South Seas; while Claire rots away in solitary, an unknown party bombs the island and sets off yet another T-Virus outbreak. Aided by fellow prisoner Steve Burnside, Claire searches for a way off the island while being stalked by the other survivor: Alfred Ashford, the demented former warden of the prison.
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8	Meanwhile, Chris, who was alerted to Claire's arrest, comes out of hiding and makes landfall at Rockfort, where he bumps into the leader of the assault: Albert Wesker, who was thought to have perished during the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Mansion Incident]]. But Wesker isn't after the Redfield siblings; rather, he wants the cryogenically-preserved body of Alfred's (even crazier) sister, Alexia.
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10	''Code: Veronica'' marks the series' [[VideoGame3DLeap leap into full 3D environments]], with nary [[TwoAndAHalfD a pre-rendered background]] in sight. The [[AnotherSideAnotherStory alternate scenarios]] of the Platform/{{PlayStation}} era bid their farewell, at least until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'': Rather than picking which character to control at the start, ''Code: Veronica'' opens from Claire's perspective before switching to Chris' for the second half.
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12	Originally a Platform/{{Dreamcast}} exclusive (hence [[StoppedNumberingSequels the lack of a numbered title]]), and the final ''Resident Evil'' game to be released on a Creator/{{Sega}} platform, it was ported to Platform/{{PlayStation 2}} a year after its initial release in 2000; this updated edition, subtitled ''Code: Veronica X'', was ported the Platform/{{Nintendo GameCube}} in 2003. An HD version was later released for the Platform/{{PlayStation 3}} and Platform/{{Xbox 360}} in 2011.
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15	!! ''Code: Veronica'' contains the following tropes:
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19	* AbortedArc: Wesker mentions that [[spoiler:Steve could still be alive and used against Claire]], but nothing comes of this.
20	* ActionGirl: Claire is capable of taking care of herself. A good example of this is when she infiltrated an Umbrella facility in Paris.
21	* AdaptationalBadass:
22	** In the original Dreamcast version of the game, Alexia smacks [[spoiler:Wesker]] around like a bitch, forcing him to flee for his life. In ''Code: Veronica X'', [[spoiler:Wesker]] is able to dodge her attacks and even land a hit on her, which she shrugs off, and while he still realizes Alexia is too much for him, he affects a stylish VillainExitStageLeft instead while [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastically]] leaving her to "one of my best men" (read: Chris).
23	** The already competent Claire, Steve, and Chris are turn into full-fledged {{shonen}} heroes in the comic book adaptation. Highlights include multiple feats of acrobatic combat bordering on GunFu, Claire and Steve beating a Bandersnatch to death with their bare hands, and Chris killing a Hunter ''with one punch''.
24	* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Alfred]] dies in Alexia's arms as she strokes his hair and sings to him. And bear in mind that this is the first (and last) time they've seen each other since they were children.
25	* AllForNothing: Heavily implied by Wesker's comment. Alexia spent 15 years in cryostasis to gain control of the T-Veronica Virus, but she was still brought down by gunfire and a last minute surprise from her deceased father. Her virus was certainly a unique strain, but ultimately served not much of a notable difference from a run of the mill T-Virus break. With that, it's as Wesker muses at the end of the game that Alexia's research really amounted to nothing. [[spoiler:However, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' would later reveal that the T-Veronica Virus was a part of the C-Virus' makeup.]]
26	* AndIMustScream: Alexander Ashford was subjected to horrifying experiments by Alfred and Alexia, turning him into Nosferatu.
27	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The player starts out as Claire, has a brief turn as Steve before going back to Claire, then switches to Chris after a mid-game cliffhanger, goes back to Claire a third time ever so briefly, before finishing the game as Chris.
28	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie:
29	** Many of Wesker's subordinates became zombies during the invasion of Rockfort Island.
30	** [[spoiler:Steve is forced to kill his own father after he becomes a zombie, while Steve himself]] and Alexia both become T-Veronica monsters.
31	* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Averted in the main game,[[note]]The reason is that unlike the prior games, ''Code: Veronica'' uses different, more detailed character models in its cutscenes, and the development team evidently didn't feel like going to the extra trouble of crafting new ones to go with alternate costumes.[[/note]] but the Battle Game mode has an alternate version of Claire who wears an Umbrella-branded "Race Queen" getup.
32	* AnimalMotifs: Ants played a big part in the Ashford twins' lives. As kids, they happily watched a bunch of ants tear apart a dragonfly Alfred de-winged, which someone videotaped, there are several ant statues around their home, the basis for the T-Veronica virus was found in a queen ant, Alexia decided she wanted to rule the world like an anthill with herself as the queen, and all of Alexia's mutations involve a giant anthill in her base. The save screen even abbreviates "Antarctica" as "[[{{Pun}} Ant.]]".
33	* AnnoyingArrows: Played very much straight with the Bow Gun. It takes around ten shots to knock a single zombie down, and half again that to kill it for good. Unless you're using gunpowder arrows, it's worthless to shoot anything but zombies with it.
34	* AntagonistTitle: Sort of. While there isn't an antagonist named "Veronica", the title refers to [[spoiler:the project to clone Veronica Ashford that resulted in the creation of Alfred and Alexia Ashford. Furthermore, there's the T-Veronica virus, which is the crux of Alexia's plot]].
35	* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
36	** In every ''Resident Evil'' game prior to this one, picking up an herb or First Aid Spray when your inventory is full causes the game to tell you that you can't carry any more items. This installment is kind enough to ask if you want to use it at that particular moment. Future games in the series would keep this mechanism.
37	** Late in the game, [[spoiler:when you switch back over to Claire for a bit, there's a checkpoint, but no typewriter. Why is this a good thing? Because if you didn't leave Chris with enough weaponry to fight Alexia with before switching to Claire, if you could save during this point, it'd render the game unwinnable. While you ''can'' hinder your file by leaving Chris without any of the really powerful guns, this ensures that you at least have a chance.]]
38	* AristocratsAreEvil: Alfred and Alexia are of noble birth and ''completely out of their minds''.
39	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Alexander Ashford [[spoiler:created Alexia and Alfred]] by discovering a gene that raises intelligence. In reality, intelligence is governed by thousands of genes, each of which only has slight influence. Considering this is a franchise centered around a virus reanimating corpses and mutating humans into gigantic monsters beyond the realm of mortal understanding, this is par for the course for the series.
40	* AssholeVictim: The [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate sadistic doctor]],[[note]][[NamedByTheAdaptation named as Dr. Stoker in the novelization]].[[/note]] who [[TortureTechnician horribly tortures the island's prisoners for kicks]], ends up becoming a zombie.
41	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Gulp Worm and Giant Black Widow are enemies that were mutated by the T-Virus and grew to enormous size.
42	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although the Virus Research Report file explicitly states that Alexia saw Alfred as nothing more than an "inept but loyal soldier ant", [[spoiler:the first thing she does when she reawakens is avenge his death. Alexia then holds Alfred's corpse in her arms while she strokes his hair and sings to him.]]
43	* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Alfred.]] Such is what happens when one forms bonds with someone [[spoiler:that remained frozen for over a decade]]. It doesn't help that he was mentally unstable prior to [[spoiler:Alexia's 15 year slumber]].
44	* {{Backtracking}}: While common in some areas of previous ''Resident Evil'' games, ''Code: Veronica'' ''[[ExaggeratedTrope takes this up to eleven]]''. You'll find yourself running back and forth through the complexes often, ''especially'' when you accidentally forget to bring a required puzzle item with you.
45	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One early indicator of just how messed up the Ashford siblings are, is a creepy home movie where they pull off a dragonfly's wings and feed it to ants for their own sick amusement.
46	* BagOfSpilling: Happens all the time throughout the series, but a ''literal'' example occurs here where Chris drops a bag of equipment into the ocean at the beginning of his portion of the game.
47	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Even though Claire's shirt shows her belly, there is no visible belly button on her.
48	* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Claire's main outfit in the game does this. The black T-shirt underneath her red vest shows off her stomach. This is also the case concerning her alternate race queen outfit in the Battle Game, which helps show off her femininity.
49	* BigBrotherInstinct: Chris goes all the way to Antarctica to rescue his sister.
50	* BigScrewedUpFamily: ''Code: Veronica'' is, if nothing else, a big demonstration of how screwed up the deeply twisted Ashford family is. Contrast their main opponents, the far more stable and healthy Redfield family.
51	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Steve ends up dead, and Wesker escapes with his corpse to collect samples of the T-Veronica Virus. But Chris and Claire manage to kill Alexia, destroy her Antarctic base, and set out to take down Umbrella.]]
52	* BodyHorror:
53	** Nosferatu, the product of a failed experiment on the twins' father. Sports bondage, EyelessFace, razor-tipped CombatTentacles, exposed beating heart, poisonous breath, etc.
54	** Late in the game, [[spoiler:Steve is injected with the T-Veronica Virus]] and becomes a hulking monstrosity with spikes and muscle tearing through his skin. However, he goes back to human form before dying.
55	** [[spoiler:Alexia]]'s transformations. In her first form, she burns off her clothes and turns her hair into a veiny material resembling either chitin or wood, with an arm and a leg, neither on the same side, being similarly covered. In her second form, her arms wither away as her lower body bloats up into a massive, tentacle-equipped, disturbingly yonic brood-sac that disgorges mutated insect-forms. In her final form, she sprouts four giant dragonfly-like wings and tears away from her brood-sac, now consisting of a monstrous wasp or dragonfly-like creature with [[spoiler:Alexia]]'s head.
56	* BondVillainStupidity: Subverted. While Alfred does subject Claire and Steve to an overly elaborate death trap (and gives up on it fairly quickly), he does try to shoot and kill them both before and after. [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Though his aim leaves something to be desired]].
57	* BoringButPractical:
58	** With practice, the player will discover that the knife in this game is unusually effective. Knowing how and when to use it makes the game a ''lot'' easier.
59	** The Bow Gun with standard bolts is nothing to write home about, but ammo is plentiful and it can make for a decent anti-zombie weapon if you're low on handgun bullets, making up for its lack of power with its prodigious fire rate and limited homing ability.
60	* BossInMookClothing:
61	** The very first Bandersnatch. The best weapon the player can use on it is either their pair of [=M100Ps=] or their much more valuable explosive-tipped arrows, which a prudent gamer will probably rather save for the Tyrant later on. Yes, the player can ''try'' to run to its left side where it has no arm, but it can still ''slap'' them with its one elastic arm.
62	** The zombified doctor on Rockfort Island seems like just another zombie at first glance, but he's easily the fastest, toughest, and all-around most dangerous zombie in the whole game.
63	* BottomlessMagazines: Played straight during the Battle Game for all weapons, favoring a speedy playstyle. Averted with the Calico M100-P pistols, though; they have a percentage-based ammo count but still hold a factually accurate 100 rounds each and can't be reloaded.[[note]]They're chambered in [=.22LR=], not 9mm like the regular handguns.[[/note]]
64	* BreakTheBadass: Near the end, [[spoiler:after Steve dies]], the normally tough and cool under pressure Claire becomes a crying, helpless mess.
65	* CallBack: A lot to ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil\|1}}''. Chris is one of the player characters, Wesker is back, and a portion of the Antarctic base looks like the Spencer Mansion in the Arklay Mountains.
66	* CatScare: In the first save room in Antarctica, you'll hear an [[HellIsThatNoise awful racket]] coming from somewhere in the room. Moving a piece of furniture reveals a secret room with a set of lockers, with one of them containing ''something'' trying to get out, which was causing the noise. Open the locker, and you're jumped at by... a cute little mouse. He even stops and looks up at you, as if to say "Ha! Got ya!", before scurrying off.
67	* CheckPointStarvation: If you want an "A" rank for the main game, one of the requirements is that you are only allowed to save ''once'' when prompted to do so.
68	* CherryTapping: The gas from the Anti-B.O.W Gas Grenades can't actually ''kill'' creatures, and has no effect if their hit points drop too low to divide... but a creature with such low health ''can'' be killed if it is hit directly by the Gas Grenade, as the explosion does its own separate damage to the gas itself.
69	* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Alfred and Alexia are the results of Project CODE:Veronica, a human genetic engineering project with the goal of creating a "true" successor to the Ashford dynasty by using the DNA of its founder, Veronica Ashford. When the twins found out, they showed their gratitude by making their "father" a guinea pig for their horrific experiments.]]
70	* ColonCancer: Due to the unusual placement of the colon in the title, the game is also referred to as ''Resident Evil: Code: Veronica''.
71	* ComplexityAddiction: Claire could have simply thrown the metal emblem through the metal detector, then stayed behind to reopen the doors instead of using a nonmetallic sample to make a new emblem.
72	* CoolVersusAwesome: The franchise's GreaterScopeVillain Wesker confronts this game's BigBad, [[spoiler:Alexia]], in a cutscene. [[spoiler:While neither of them manage to hurt each other, Alexia's pyrokinetic powers quickly put Wesker on the defensive, and he flees once Chris arrives on the scene.]]
73	* CreepyChild: Early on, you find a home movie of the Ashford twins as children that shows they were ''always'' deeply disturbed individuals.
74	* CreepyCrossdresser: Due to suffering from [[SplitPersonality Dissociative Identity Disorder]], [[spoiler:Alfred]] dresses himself as a woman and pretends to be [[spoiler:his twin sister Alexia in Rockfort Island]].
75	* CreepyTwins: The Ashford twins are cruel and apathetic to other beings. In their youth, they are shown entertaining themselves by removing the wings of a dragonfly and feeding it to a bunch of ants.
76	* CutsceneIncompetence: When [[spoiler:Steve's father]], who is now a zombie, tries to munch on Claire, she apparently forgets all about the weapons she's been carrying around. Steve does nothing for a while, saying that he can't help her. Admittedly, Steve's inaction is justified as he just found out [[spoiler:that his dad is dead the hard way]]. There are also other situations in cutscenes where Claire is rendered helpless and in need of rescue.
77	* CutscenePowerToTheMax:
78	** Claire's infiltration of a Umbrella facility in Paris features her outrunning an attack helicopter and taking out a bunch of guards.
79	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se4BERJ_wGI Steve vs. a Bandersnatcher.]]
80	* CuttingCorners: The reason that Bandersnatchers exist is because the Tyrant program cost too much money and finding a suitable host was more difficult than not. Someone came up with the Bandersnatcher project as a means of mass-producing Tyrants with a fraction of the costs; but they didn't succeed very well.
81	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: This game returns to the classic ''[=RE1=]'' scheme where the Start button brings up the status screen. The HD re-release doubles down by switching the action and run buttons. You can't change the control scheme.
82	* DefectorFromDecadence: The guard who captured Claire in Paris, Rodrigo Juan Raval, stumbles into her cell to seek shelter, then releases her after an attack of conscience.
83	* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Claire and Steve during Chris' half of the story since they only reappear near the end of the game.]]
84	* DenserAndWackier: It's still a cult favorite, even if some elements are ripe for mockery: namely [[CreepyCrossdresser the cross-dressing villain]] and being the origin of the Wesker we know today, for better or worse. See ''Code Veronica X'': the Wesker vs. Alexia fight was redone to make him look more badass. Originally, Alexia was so powerful that [[CurbStompBattle he got thrown around like a ragdoll and narrowly avoided dying]]. Critics single out this game for starting the series' trend of over-the-top action and fans are inclined to agree. It's amazing that an untrained college student can pull off such ridiculous feats in the intro.
85	* DepletedPhlebotinumShells: The Anti-B.O.W. Gas Rounds for the grenade launcher make their sole appearance here. You only find three of them in the whole game, which screams "Do ''not'' waste these on regular enemies!" pretty loudly, and indeed, this is justified: they have the unique property of ''halving'' the health of any creature hit with them, and this includes ''bosses''. They work wonders against the [[spoiler:Tyrant]] you encounter at the end of Act 1 and [[spoiler:Alexia Ashford's OneWingedAngel form]].
86	* DevelopersForesight:
87	** If you make it through the area where you play as Steve without killing anything, Steve will have a different line of dialogue when Claire comes out.
88	** The Navy, Army, and Air Force Proofs are required items to leave the island. If you are missing one of these before the cutscene where the [[spoiler:self-destruct system]] would normally activate, it won't occur until you pick up all three items, with a short cutscene triggered on the last pick up.
89	** Nosferatu has different death animations depending on if you kill him by normal means, with the sniper rifle or knife.
90	** If you have the boss fight with Alexia before the Giant Black Widow, then the scene with Alexia taunting Chris doesn't happen, skipping right to the spider crushing the crane.
91	** If you didn't take the Sniper Rifle as Claire, and instead go into the bulldozer, When Alexia appears after Chris frees Claire, she will not have the rifle in her hands that she would take from Claire.
92	* DiedInYourArmsTonight:
93	** [[spoiler:Alfred dies in Alexia's arms.]]
94	** [[spoiler:Steve dies in Claire's arms.]]
95	* DifficultButAwesome:
96	** Unlike the previous "classic" titles before it, the knife is actually a very viable weapon this time around[[note]]Jill's knife in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' is also surprisingly effective, but guns and ammo are so plentiful that the knife is unlikely to ever see any use[[/note]]. Attacking the legs of an approaching zombie can drop it in as little as one swipe. You'll likely get an extra bite or two on the odd occasion where it doesn't down them in time, but using the knife even for brief stretches of gameplay can save ''loads'' of ammo, eliminating the possibility of running out when you need it most.
97	** The Gold Lugers Steve can use in Battle Mode have a hidden ability to deal lethal headshots to zombies. Since you can only continuously aim weapons in the usual three directions, it requires you to quickly tap upward and then time your shot at the exact point where the barrels are aimed directly at a zombie's head, but if you get it right it's a guaranteed OneHitKill.
98	* DifficultyLevels: They are in the JP/Asian releases (with Normal, Easy [[note]]Take less damage from enemies, double the ammo pickups, plenty of ink ribbons to get, and three first aid sprays in both the Security Box and Item Boxes, along with some bonus ammo inside the first item box you find.[[/note]] and Very Easy [[note]]Same as Easy, but take way less damage, even from bosses, infinite ink ribbons, and most, if not all of the weapons, bonus ammo, and upgrades earned normally can easily be picked up from the first item box you find. Although you can still pick up the same weapons in the same locations for more extra ammo.[[/note]]), but definitely not in the Western versions (fixed to Normal difficulty).
99	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Alfred as he serves as the main antagonist of Claire's half of the game. [[spoiler:Once he is dealt with, you have to fight Nosferatu before the game switches to Chris.]]
100	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Alfred is shot up by Steve, causing him to fall down an elevator shaft. He does survive the fall, but soon succumbs to his injuries after Alexia wakes from her cryogenic sleep.]]
101	* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens to Steve twice, once while Claire is sleeping on the plane, the second time when trying to operate a crane. Unfortunately, the second time has him distracted enough that he slams the crane into a pipe, spilling poisonous gas into the room and requiring Claire to find a gas mask elsewhere to traverse it.
102	* DistressBall: There are a couple of moments where Claire seems to forget how to fight or use firearms.
103	* DistressedDude: Steve claims to be Claire's "knight in shining armor", and to his credit he does save her bacon a few times, but he also needs to be saved in return. Very early on, he falls for the boobytrapped golden Lugers in the Palace, and needs Claire to solve a puzzle to free him. Late in the game, [[spoiler:he is captured by Alexia and is experimented on to turn into a monster, which leads to his death soon after]]. Not to mention that the reason he's on Rockfort Island to begin with is because he's an Umbrella prisoner.
104	* DramaticChaseOpening: Although it takes a minute for the chase to show up, once the opening cutscene flashes back to Claire escaping from Umbrella's security.
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108	* EarlyGameHell:
109	** Claire doesn't actually get a gun until after zombies show up, and even then it isn't fully loaded. Ammo doesn't get plentiful until well into the training facility. In an interesting {{z\|igZaggedTrope}}igzag, though, the lack of early-game ammo becomes much more tolerable once you learn that the [[JokeWeapon knife]] is actually a ''[[TookALevelInBadass decent weapon]]'' this time around.
110	** An initial blind run by a new player is the hardest that the game will ever get, due to several difficult bosses, a couple of [[GuideDangIt well-hidden weapons]], and Claire's limited arsenal. There's actually an astonishing amount of ammo lying around the game compared to the previous installments, but it's expected that you're using most of it up in a blind panic.
111	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Steve, in the original release of the game, had the curtains hairstyle that was wildly popular at the time and made him look not unlike Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. The release of ''Code: Veronica X'' took the product out of his hair, giving him some unruly bangs that he has had ever since.
112	* EasterEgg: Try heading back to Claire's location when playing as Steve. If you do, you'll be treated to a brief cutscene where she makes fun of Steve. This even nets you an achievement/trophy in the HD version.
113	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Antarctica Facility, a sprawling Umbrella base with housing, laboratory and military facilities, as well as a mockup of a mansion with a small "outdoor" courtyard. It makes more sense than the usual ''Resident Evil'' fare: the Antarctic continent has no population centres and not much wildlife, so an outbreak would not spread much, and any spies would be hard pressed to get in and out unnoticed.
114	* EmergencyWeapon: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. In this game, the knife is actually useful, since, as opposed to the measly stab from the predecessor games, it registers multiple hits as the blade slices through.
115	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: This is the game that reveals that Wesker's had some enhancements since the first game.
116	* EnemyMine: Subverted. It looks like Wesker and Chris will fight Alexia together, but then Wesker runs off sarcastically remarking Chris can handle it.
117	* EnterSolutionHere: A code to open a sealed lab. The code won't work until the contaminated laboratory finishes venting. Learning the code, [[spoiler:by reading it off of a painting in the lab via a surveillance camera,]] also causes the venting to finish. The player still has to enter the code manually. Subverted in another case where the player can enter the temperature setting for the refrigerator to identify a needed chemical without having to learn it in-game.
118	* EquipmentUpgrade: The Beretta 93 you find near the beginning of the game can be upgraded to use its burst-fire capability and a larger magazine if you find the parts for it. Chris's Glock can also get a damage boost if you bring it to a workbench at the right point in the game.
119	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Ashford twins clearly love each other despite being thoroughly evil and insane.
120	* EvilBrit: As aforementioned, the Ashford twins are a pair of evil and insane British nobles. Alfred confronts Claire in her half of the story, while Alexia confronts Chris during his half.
121	* EvilIsHammy: The Ashford twins. This is especially the case when Alfred confronts Claire for the first time in a hammy matter.
122	%%* EvilLaugh: About half of Alexia's dialogue, some of which she will turn to a camera that she cannot possibly know anyone is looking at, laugh, and turn it off. The novel explains it by giving Alexia psychic powers (to the point that the narration from her point of view really gives the impression of her being omnipotent). The fact that she could project herself in an island half around the globe, or the fact that she knows that an agent of Umbrella is there, [[HorrifyingTheHorror scares the shit out of Wesker]].[[note]]The novel is based on the original version where Wesker is utterly dominated by Alexia unlike in ''X''.[[/note]]
123	%%** Wesker gets one at the end of ''X'' when he's confronted by Chris and Claire, and he talks about how his plan has succeeded.
124	* EvilVersusEvil: Wesker and his invading battalion versus Alexia and her monster-filled base. Claire and Steve are caught in the middle of it.
125	* ExposedToTheElements: Umbrella's Antarctic facility is clearly no longer heated, but lightly dressed Claire and Steve barely seem to notice. Claire even has an outdoor boss battle in a snowstorm with apparently no ill effects.
126	* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler:Steve is infected with the T-Veronica Virus]] and attacks Claire until ThePowerOfLove stops him from killing her. He then returns to (almost) normal after being mortally wounded.
127	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Both Alfred and Alexia are good-looking, fair-haired, blue-eyed, and ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick absolutely batshit insane]]''.
128	* FixedCamera: Still fixed like the [=PlayStation=] games, but this time the camera follows the player around in certain areas as opposed to only switching at fixed points, since ''Code: Veronica'' uses real time environments instead of pre-rendered backdrops. This is also the only game with the classic gameplay that doesn't have a delay when a new camera angle loads.
129	* {{Flashback}}: After being hit on the head after arriving to Rockfort Prison, there is a flashback of Claire infiltrating Umbrella's Paris Lab, so this is probably a dream she's having while she is unconscious on the floor of the prison.
130	* FriendOrFoe: In the opening cutscene, when Claire is running from the two security guards chasing her, the helicopter that chases after her accidently guns down the two guards while trying to get her.
131	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: When Claire finally finds a pistol, she fires three shots into the bunker Steve is hiding in. When the cutscene ends, Claire's gun, which holds 15 rounds, only has 12. And no, skipping the cutscene will not save those three rounds.
132	* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
133	** Although Claire can use an item box to re-equip herself with any weapon in it, it's implied in the cutscenes that she is completely unarmed, hence why she doesn't try to defend herself against [[spoiler:mutant Steve]] or Alexia. This is certainly the case in the S.D. Perry book.
134	** Claire's meeting with Wesker isn't exactly gentle since he lays the smackdown on her. You could be hobbling up to the Palace entrance, a mere single hit away from death, yet the cutscene happens and you're no worse for wear after watching Claire getting the crap beaten out of her. Obviously, this would be pretty unfair if you were injured after, but it's a pretty glaring and almost silly example.
135	* GasChamber: The TortureCellar and part of the Training Facility basement is filled with gas.
136	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Gulp Worm does this twice during both halves of the game where it appears out of nowhere to confront Claire and Chris.
137	* GiantSpider: Like in many other games in the series, you'll have giant spiders to contend with, only here they're based on black widows rather than tarantulas.
138	* GigglingVillain: The Ashford twins are prone to giggling or laughing wherever they confront someone.
139	* GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls: When Claire and Steve crash land in the Antarctic, they enter an Umbrella base and attempt to move a work vehicle out of the way with a crane. Steve operates the crane, with Claire staring off into the frigid tundra. While she's doing that, Steve proceeds to [[MaleGaze longingly stare at Claire's backside]], resulting in him not paying attention and unknowingly knocking the vehicle into a gas pipe, resulting in the two needing to evacuate the base.
140	* GlamourFailure: The reason why Wesker wears his sunglasses everywhere is to not show off his gold/red cat eyes.
141	* AGodAmI: Alexia. She wants to make the world like an anthill, with herself as the queen.
142	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Wesker's eyes sometimes flash red, ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' style.
143	* GuideDangIt:
144	** You know the fire extinguisher, the one the you used way back at the very beginning of the game and then left in the security box? [[spoiler:Well you better take it with you to Antarctica or you're not getting the magnum, which makes the final boss much easier to handle.]] The only clue the game gives you at all is that it's still hanging around in your inventory after you emptied it (as items normally vanish from your inventory once they're no longer needed), which is ridiculously easy to write off as an insignificant detail.
145	** The Anti-B.O.W. Gas Grenades get ''no'' files dedicated to them and don't have an obvious effect when used, as they flood the screen with a temporary green tinge and knock all visible enemies to the ground temporarily. You need to either read a strategy guide or go online to find out that what they do is halve the current health of all enemies within the area of effect.
146	%%* GunFu: Claire and Steve went to Creator/JohnWoo's at one point as they will do this during cutscenes where they take out numerous guards or a tough enemy in slow motion acrobatics.
147	* GunsAkimbo: The gold lugers, sub-machine guns, and calico pistols are all paired and are each able to target two different enemies at once.
148	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Unlike ''Resident Evil 1'' and ''2'', the characters must be played in order:
149	** First half: Claire and Steve versus Alfred.
150	** Second half: [[spoiler:Chris must rescue Claire, retrace her steps through the ruins of Rockford Island and the Antarctic Base, as well as confront Wesker and finally Alexia. Steve barely appears here, losing the role of deuteragonist.]]
151	* TheHeavy: Alfred isn't the BigBad, but he's the one who drives the plot. [[spoiler:Even though he dies about halfway through, he manages to wake the real BigBad, Alexia, from her cryogenic slumber, which causes no end of trouble for Claire, Steve and Chris for the rest of the game.]]
152	* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:Wesker, having returned from his death in the original game. True to his word, he's looking to steal Umbrella's best-kept secrets and enrich himself.]]
153	* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:Mutant Steve]]. He cannot be defeated, and will kill the player in two hits, lest there're a couple of full-health items handy (or heavy-duty weaponry to hold him off while running away).
154	* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Claire tells Chris he better not die on her:
155	-->'''Claire:''' You HAVE to make it! Don't die on me!
156	* IncestSubtext:
157	** The [[TwinCest Ashford twins]] are depicted as being close only to each other, with Alfred especially being obsessively devoted to his twin sister Alexia, which adds to their [[CreepyTwins creepiness]] as well as gives them some [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes sympathetic qualities]]. Their first FMV cutscene together introduces them torturing a dragonfly, then ends on them [[HeldGaze staring longingly into each other's eyes]]. Word of God would later confirm that [[TwinCest the twins kissed]] after the cutscene cuts away. Alfred believes that he and his sister are "two sides of the same coin", and his extreme obsessive devotion to her is the motivation behind everything he does, while [[spoiler:her 15-year absence is the reason for his [[LoveMakesYouCrazy deteriorated mental state]].]] On Alexia's part, while her personal notes show a detached and condescending attitude towards everyone else, including her brother, [[spoiler:her ''immediate'' reaction to Alfred's death is [[BigSisterInstinct attacking his killers]] while simultaneously gently stroking his hair while [[LapPillow laying his head on her lap]], and humming their childhood lullaby to him.]] She [[CradleOfLoneliness continued to do this]] for some time even after the player takes control of Chris in the latter half of the game. Seems that when faced with [[spoiler:the reality of her brother's death]], Alexia [[BelatedLoveEpiphany can't easily let her twin go either]].
158	** In the {{Novelization}} of ''Code: Veronica'', Alfred's romantic and sexual attraction to his sister is explicitly revealed through his inner thoughts. Likewise, Alexia confirms she "loves her brother very much", although it's not confirmed if she loved him romantically.
159	** In [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles The Darkside Chronicles]], Alfred's romantic feelings for Alexia is also more overt, as he has a contraption depicting two figurines representing himself and his sister kissing, with the clues to using it even referring to how they are "destined to be one". However, Alexia here is completely the [[CainAndAbel opposite]] from either her original or novelization characterization, as she bears no love for her brother and even [[spoiler:murders him herself.]]
160	* ISurrenderSuckers: In the opening cutscene, Claire runs into a room full of Umbrella soldiers. She drops her pistol, grabs it again before it hits the ground, and takes them all out by shooting a fuel tank.
161	* InASingleBound: By extending their arm and latching onto a wall, railing or the ceiling, Bandersnatchers can pull themselves over to new areas in a grappling hook manner.
162	* InfinityMinusOneSword: Like in the very first edition of the original ''Resident Evil'', the Rocket Launcher is your only unlockable weapon in the main game. Just like in the original, it has infinite ammo and works wonders on almost everything... except that you cannot aim the weapon up or down, so certain enemies are impossible to hit with it, making it necessary for you to keep a backup gun to deal with those threats.
163	* IronicNurseryTune: Zigzagged with "Berceuse" (taken from the French for "Lullaby"), which is the leitmotif of Alfred and Alexia's childhood. Played in instrumental form throughout the first half of the game, it's fairly unremarkable, and barely qualifies as an OminousMusicBoxTune. But the game's OST has a vocal version of the song, which can also be heard in brief during the cutscene after Chris reaches Rockfort Island's control station. This reveals the song is about a friendly but naive king who is wed to [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen a ruthlessly evil queen]], who is implied to ultimately murder him to seize power for herself. The vocal version of the song reappeared in the ''Code: Veronica'' levels for ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles The Darkside Chronicles]]'', where it was retitled as "Alexia's Lullabye", and it makes it impossible to not be creeped out by the instrumental version ever again.
164	* {{Jerkass}}: Steve seems to be this at first, stating that he doesn't want Claire following him as she will only slow him down. Claire seems to be offended by this, but only for a little bit, she lets it go almost right after he leaves and continues on her journey. In the comic book adaptation, after Claire first meets Steve and he tells her this, when he leaves she outright calls him a jerk.
165	* JustifiedSavePoint: The "security boxes" in the prison are actually metal detectors. Each security station has a save point and a box for confiscating metallic objects. You can use them like a regular item box. However, they aren't tied into the regular item boxes elsewhere in the game, so don't leave anything in them that you either want or have to use later on.
166	* KarmaHoudini: Suffice to say, [[spoiler:Wesker went on to star in more ''Resident Evil'' games as he's able to successfully recover the T-Veronica Virus.]]
167	* KickTheDog: Early on, you find a home movie of Alfred and Alexia as children, in which Alexia watches Alfred slowly pull the wings off a dragonfly before they drop it into a jar to be eaten alive by ants. [[spoiler:This becomes your major clue to solving a small puzzle later on, where you find a Silver Dragonfly key in a room with a giant mural of an ant on the wall. You must check the Dragonfly in the menu to remove its wings before sticking it into the keyhole in the ant mural's mandibles.]]
168	* LateArrivalSpoiler: Some versions of the game have Wesker's face on the title screen, and all the ''Code: Veronica X'' re-releases display him prominently on the back of the box, despite the fact that his resurrection is supposed to be the game's big plot twist.
169	* LateToTheTragedy: Chris only makes it to Rockfort Island ''after'' Claire and Steve have already left and the self-destruct has already occurred.
170	* {{Leitmotif}}: The Ashford twins' favorite lullaby is heard multiple times in instrumental form ([[LonelyPianoPiece via an automated piano]], a music box, a carousel, etc.), and Alexia later sings it to [[spoiler:Alfred's corpse]].
171	* LetsSplitUpGang: Claire attempts to avoid this situation several times, but Steve is so moody and confused that he keeps running off on his own anyway. She ''does'' play this straight in Antarctica, however, saying that she and Steve should split up because they'd have a better chance of stopping the gas leak this way.
172	* LifeSavingMisfortune: In a way, Wesker and his men attacking the island saved Claire from the fate of some of the island's other prisoners. Given some of them were used as guinea pigs in Umbrella's experiments on the island, if that hadn't happened and the T-Virus hadn't leaked as a result, Claire would have probably become a victim in said experiments. Of course, some of the other prisoners weren't so lucky and ended up turning into zombies. Steve was also lucky enough to survive... for a while at least.
173	* LonelyPianoPiece: Once the Piano Roll is collected, it can be used on the piano in the games room to play this version of the Ashford Lullaby. Afterwards, a key item becomes available to collect.
174	* LuckBasedMission: There's about a 20% chance of finding D.I.J.'s Diary in the Battle Game instead of the usual special weapon or ammo. Chris, Steve and both Claires can make do without the extra goodies, but because the knife-only Wesker's boss fight happens to be against [[spoiler:Alexia's first form]], who uses a OneHitKill attack if you get too close, getting the diary instead of the magnum means you are completely and utterly ''[[{{Unwinnable}} screwed]]''.
175	* MaleGaze: When Claire bends over the computer to email Leon, the camera ([[EatingTheEyeCandy and Steve]]) quite blatantly focus on her backside.
176	* {{Minigame}}: The Battle Game available upon completing the main story mode.
177	* MothMenace: The Moths, which are poisonous nuisances.
178	* MsFanservice: Claire's alternate outfit in the battle game shows a lot more skin than her default outfit. Arms, Legs, also showing a lot more of her stomach and cleavage.
179	* MythologyGag: The gas in the Anti-B.O.W Gas Grenades is confirmed by sources to be P-Epsilon, an anti-B.O.W toxin that was mentioned and optionally used in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.
180	* NakedOnArrival: Alexia, upon awakening as an adult from her cryogenic tube.
181	* NiceGuy:
182	** Mostly played straight with Claire who is still as kind as ever in this game. She even goes out of her way to help Rodrigo, even though he's the one who had caught and brought her to Rockfort Island in the first place. But if the player, as Steve in his playable sequence, opts to retreat back to the room where Claire is waiting instead of taking on the zombies in the rooms ahead, they're treated to a first person view of Claire turning [[BitchInSheepsClothing bitch mode]] on and mocking him royally for being afraid.
183	** Steve. Despite his jerkass attitude when he and Claire first met, he's ultimately shown to be this once starts to trust her.
184	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
185	** Steve's haircut in ''Code: Veronica X'' was altered to lessen his likeness to Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
186	** Claire's look in the game is similar to Liv Tyler.
187	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Wesker brutally manhandles Claire in their first encounter. He later gives Chris an impressive beating [[spoiler:in the ending of ''Code: Veronica X'']]. Both times, he's interrupted before he can finish them off.
188	* NoGearLevel: Well, technically the game doesn't have any levels, since like most of the other earlier games it's just one huge game from the start. But Claire starts the game in a jail cell with no weapons. Just a lighter and a playing manual. But once she is let out she starts with a knife, having to find more weapons along her journey.
189	* NonStandardGameOver: At the start of the final confrontation with Alexia, Claire tries to make a run for it while Chris stays to deal with Alexia. However, as she tries to escape, Alexia turns towards her, and you, as Chris, have to shoot Alexia in order to get her attention and [[OneWingedAngel trigger her final mutation]]. Otherwise, she'll kill Claire instantly, resulting in an immediate game over.
190	* NostalgiaLevel: A replica of the Spencer Mansion? Sure, why not. Fittingly, Wesker, Chris, and Claire finally reunite in a facsimile of ''[=RE1=]''[='=]s great hall. This is also where they do battle with Alexia.[[note]]According to the logs, the first mansion was based on the Umbrella CEO's family estate, which was also copied by the Ashfords.[[/note]]
191	* OhCrap: Wesker gets one of these moments in the original version when Alexia mutates in front of him and he's completely surprised by this. She then proceeds to slap him down the stairs and completely overwhelm him. In ''X'', the scene is changed where Wesker and Alexia are equal footing before the former leaves and forces Chris to deal with her.
192	* OneHitKill:
193	** The Tyrant is capable of doing this during both of its boss fights:
194	*** In the first fight, it can punch Claire into a fire pit.
195	*** In the second boss fight, it can knock Claire out the back of the seaplane.
196	** If Claire is near the edge of the platform during the boss battle against Nosferatu, he can swipe her off it with his appendage leading to an instant death.
197	** In her first form, Alexia will do this, regardless of health, if you get too close to her.
198	** The Hunters have a secondary swipe attack from the ground that can hit the players neck and can immediately kill the player, regardless of health.
199	** While not an enemy, and while controlling Claire, the stone press can be this if you take too long not avoiding it or not breaking the crystal in time and also to get the key card. However, once you get the key card, the stone press locks back into place.
200	* OneWomanWail: This is heard during [[spoiler:Alfred's death]] and Alexia's boss themes where a woman is wailing in the background.
201	* OppositeSexClone: [[spoiler:Alfred, who is an accidental result of the project to clone Veronica Ashford.]]
202	* OutrunTheFireball:
203	** Wesker's battle against Alexia. While ''wall running'', no less. Only in ''Code: Veronica X'' though.
204	** Chris's escape in both versions as he's forced to flee the self-destruct sequence after he defeats Alexia.
205	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Claire is the main playable character for the majority of the game. But she's largely regulated to a secondary role after Chris shows up.
206	* PapaWolf: Nosferatu, oddly enough. Hearing the sound of his son's [[spoiler:dying scream]] prompts him to break free and attempt to murder the protagonists.
207	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The final puzzle of the game is to enter a password which is [[spoiler:"Veronica". It acts as a TitleDrop too]].
208	* PermanentlyMissableContent:
209	** You know that extinguisher you used early in the game, and then might have left in the security box? Well you better go get it before the island's self-destruct sequence starts, otherwise, you're not going to get the magnum.
210	** If you don't give Rodrigo the hemostat, then you miss out on the lock pick and all the goodies you could only get with it. If you do give it to him, then you will have traded in the lighter. To get it back, you have to have Chris fight the SkippableBoss Gulp Worm, which has swallowed Rodrigo. It's needed to unlock the sub-machine guns.
211	* PetTheDog: Rodrigo releases Claire from her cell, deciding that if she has no hope of escape anyway, she may as well die free. Claire later returns the favor by bringing him another bottle of hemostat to staunch his bleeding.
212	* PlotArmor: Claire, Steve, [[spoiler:and Chris]] all enter Antarctica without the necessary clothing or equipment to protect them from the extreme cold. Furthermore, there's the series wide example of none of the protagonists being infected by the T-Virus, even if a zombie chomps on them.
213	* PostClimaxConfrontation: [[spoiler:Chris and Wesker's fight during the Antarctic Base's self-destruct sequence following Alexia's death.]]
214	* PuzzleBoss: Downplayed. You ''cannot'' kill two specific bosses with your conventional weapons, but need to instead weaken them low enough that you can successfully deploy an environmental weapon to kill them. [[spoiler:The Tyrant in the plane's cargo hold has to be knocked out of the hold using the cargo launcher.]] [[spoiler:Alexia's final form has to be shot with the unlocked Linear Launcher.]]
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216
217	[[folder:R-Z]]
218	* RailingKill: It's possible, in a few places, to shove a zombie over a railing, killing it. The best place to try it is the path that separates the palace and military training facility.
219	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Wesker, Alexia, and [[spoiler:Steve]] all have red eyes.
220	* RedRightHand: Wesker's not a bad looking guy, but his red catlike eyes should tell you that he doesn't want to be your friend.
221	* RespawningEnemies:
222	** The zombies in the graveyard and prison area respawn whenever you return to these areas.
223	** The Moths. Any that are killed get replaced as soon as you leave the room.
224	* RevengeByProxy: Wesker attempts this by killing Claire so Chris can find her body later, but decides at the last minute that she still has some use to him alive.
225	* SaunaOfDeath: The trap room in the Palace seals itself and heats up to an uncomfortable degree when the Gold Lugers are removed, though it's impossible for Claire or Steve to die this way. There's also a literal sauna outside the training facility with a zombie lurking within.
226	* SceneryDissonance: Due to it being Summer in the southern hemisphere, the Antarctic portion of the story takes place during the day, with Claire's fight against Nosferatu taking place in early morning, and Chris arriving at around noon, with the two leaving mid-day.
227	* SchizophrenicDifficulty: The game heavily features respawning zombies in the backtrack-heavy early game, so getting lost can result in losing a lot of health and ammo fighting them if you aren't very good with the knife. However, after this part of the game, the game cuts back on respawning enemies for the rest of the game, effectively only having mutated moths respawn in one single area of the Arctic base, and only when playing as Claire, so getting lost/backtracking is much less of a drain on resources.
228	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the original version of ''Code: Veronica'', Wesker leaves after losing to Alexia. Even in ''Code: Veronica X'', where he puts up a much better show, he decides to not continue fighting her and let Chris have a go at it.
229	* SequelNumberSnarl: While not a numbered entry in the series, ''Code: Veronica'' is seen as a truer sequel to ''Resident Evil 2'' than the actual ''Resident Evil 3'' released a few months prior for several reasons, including the return of a certain villain from the first game.
230	* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica See here]].
231	* ShowsDamage: Once you manage to severely wound the Tyrant in the seaplane, he begins to limp and noticeably bleed. This isn't just for show; it's your cue that it's time to activate the catapult and push him out the back of the plane.
232	* SkippableBoss: With the exception of the first Tyrant fight, {{Hopeless Boss\|Fight}} [[spoiler:Steve]] and FinalBoss [[spoiler:Alexia]], every other BossBattle is skippable to some degree:
233	** The Gulp Worm can be skipped not once but twice; the first time by Claire, the second time by Chris. However, doing so the second time results in a couple of items being permanently missable (assuming [[spoiler:Claire gave Rodrigo the hemostat earlier]]; otherwise there's no point in fighting it).
234	** While the Tyrant ''must'' be catapulted from the seaplane in order to be defeated, Claire can either do that five times in a row and defeat him. Or she can choose to fight him, weaken him enough and ''then'' catapult him to his death.
235	** With Nosferatu, Claire can OneHitKill him with a precise sniper shot or stab to the heart, bypassing the whole fight, though [[LuckBasedMission this requires quite a lot of luck in striking the one polygon]].
236	** Chris can fight the adult Albinoid from a safe distance and afterwards fetch the Eagle Plate unharmed. Or he can just jump in, absorb some damage from the electrified pool and leave with the Plate without even firing a shot.
237	** Chris can fight the Giant Black Widow guarding Alexander's Pierce. Or he can fetch the item in question ''without even getting hit once'', so there's even less of a reason to stay and fight the spider in the first place.
238	* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Don't take any big guns when you switch back to Claire, or you won't be able to get them back as Chris. Although it's quite a good idea for her to take the explosive bowgun [[spoiler:to stall Mutated Steve long enough to escape him.]][[note]]However, doing that is not a good idea, considering that 1. You won't have the bowgun back after fighting/dodging Steve and 2. Alexia's second form is really weak against the explosive bowgun ammo.[[/note]]
239	* SpinOff: The game is considered this, but the storyline is still canon to the series. Which is pretty odd, considering it did just as much to advance the overall storyline of the series as ''Resident Evil 3'' did, if not more.
240	* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler:Steve is forced to kill his father after the latter becomes a zombie.]]
241	* StarterVillain: During Claire's portion of the game, Alfred is the main antagonist causing problems for her and Steve. [[spoiler:At the end of her portion, Alfred is mortally wounded by Steve and soon dies of his wounds... but not before waking Alexia, the real BigBad, who proves to be ''much'' more dangerous than her brother.]]
242	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Steve, wannabe Lothario with connections to Umbrella, shares a few characteristics with ''Resident Evil 3''[='=]s Carlos. He's even wearing fatigues. His haircut in ''Code: Veronica X'' makes him look similar to Leon S. Kennedy. In fact, he was originally supposed to be Leon.
243	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the original version, [[spoiler:Chris kills Alexia, triggering the self-destruct which he barely escapes. ''Code: Veronica X'' includes a long extra scene while that clock is ticking. Somehow, Chris still barely escapes.]]
244	* SwallowedWhole: The Gulp Worm is large enough that it can devour a man in a single swallow, hence its name. [[spoiler:It kills Rodrigo this way.]]
245	* TankControls: Up and down on the D-pad to move forwards and backwards, left and right to turn clockwise and anti-clockwise. It is possible to turn and move at the same time, and if you're not careful you can find yourself lurching off in all sorts of unplanned directions.
246	* TapOnTheHead:
247	** Claire is knocked unconscious on three separate occasions. In the opening cutscene, a guard hits her on the head with the butt of his rifle. Later, she and Steve are both knocked unconscious when their plane crashes at the Antarctic base, and again when their snowmobile is wrecked by Alexia's tentacle.
248	** In the comic book adaptation, after Steve frees Claire from her restraints after they are captured by Alexia and she injects Steve with T-Veronica, she goes looking for Steve and is almost killed by a hunter, which is killed by Alexia. Alexia immediately knocks Claire out again and places her in the cocoon.
249	* ATasteOfPower: Very early on, you'll find yourself [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent playing as Steve for a few zombie-filled rooms]] right after he gets the twin submachine guns, quite a while before you'll get the chance to use something fully automatic as Claire or Chris. This is also the only time you'll play as Steve, and you have more than enough ammo to mow down anything that moves, so feel free to go nuts. In fact, if you ''don't'' kill all the zombies, you'll get an alternate cutscene afterward where Steve will say that he didn't need to take down anyone ''without a scratch and saves the ammo for future use''.[[note]]Not that it really matters anyways, since he still uses it in the next cutscene after.[[/note]]
250	* TitleDrop: Late in the game, there's a computer you need to access whose password was mentioned in a previously obtained file. [[spoiler:It's "Veronica". In a change of pace, it's used to manually activate the facility's self-destruct sequence so the lock on the door Claire is trapped behind from when she encountered mutated Steve will be released. The title isn't dropped by the game -- it's up to the player to type it in.]]
251	* TooAwesomeToUse:
252	** You'd best get used to the pistol and the bow gun -- and get used to running out of ammo for both -- because you won't start finding enough ammunition for bigger guns to actually stockpile until about the last third of the game.
253	** The magnum is a OneHitKill against any normal enemy and rips holes right through bosses, but there are only eighteen bullets for it in the entire game. Six of them are inside a duralumin case, which means the player can quite easily miss them. Heck, it's already pretty easy to bypass even getting the magnum by [[spoiler:forgetting to put the extinguisher in the Item Box before Claire leaves Rockfort Island.]]
254	** The B.O.W. Gas Rounds for the Grenade Launcher are insanely powerful, capable of quickly sending any enemy the game throws at you packing. You'll find three rounds very early on... and you'd better take them with you and not waste them, because those three rounds are the ''only'' rounds you'll find in the whole game. A lot of players use them during the fight against the Tyrant on the plane, as they make one of the toughest bosses in the series ''much'' easier. Others only use one on the Tyrant, and save the rest for the final fight with Alexia.
255	* TookALevelInBadass:
256	** Claire, to a surprising degree considering she was already somewhat of a badass in ''[=RE2=]''. She's been upgraded from an ActionSurvivor to an active protagonist in her own right, as her first appearance has her caught while infiltrating an Umbrella facility searching for her brother.
257	** In terms of weapons, the Combat Knife -- normally a JokeWeapon in earlier ''[=RE=]'' games -- gets a big boost in efficiency here, as it can easily floor zombies, and each swipe that hits a zombie or dog does multiple hits. More so if you swipe a downed zombie. As a result, it now does a better job of helping you save ammo, and it's helpful for clearing out hordes of zombies and dogs deep into the game.
258	* TragicMonster: Nosferatu and [[spoiler:Mutant Steve]] due to them being experimented on, which led to their monstrous forms.
259	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After waking from her cryogenic sleep to find that Alfred has been mortally wounded, Alexia seems calm and composed as she comforts him in his final moments, but judging by the huge tendril she sends after Claire and Steve, she is ''royally'' pissed at them for killing her brother.]]
260	* TwinsAreSpecial: Alexia and Alfred both believe this is played straight, but they wind up being a subversion. Only Alexia was created with the explicit purpose of recreating Veronica. Alfred is merely a byproduct of the cloning process.
261	* TwinSwitch: [[spoiler:That Alexia you interact with for the first half of the game? Yeah, that's Alfred who has at some point had a psychotic break and masquerades as his sister from time to time.]]
262	* UniqueEnemy: Once you take over as Chris, the Bandersnatcher becomes this, as you only fight one the whole time you play as him. There is also parasitic creatures that erupt from a handful of zombies that are the result of the hatchlings the moths lay being allowed to grow.
263	* {{Unwinnable}}: Since Claire's final playable section after being rescued by Chris has all the hallmarks of leading up to a boss fight, it's pretty easy to load up on heavy artillery for what you ''think'' is gonna be an epic throwdown. The issue comes in that any weapons and supplies Claire takes in this segment are lost, which can leave Chris without enough heavy weaponry for the final boss.
264	* UpdatedRerelease: ''Code: Veronica X'' for the Dreamcast (in Japan only), [=PlayStation 2=] and [=GameCube=], which adds in some new cutscenes and changes some existing ones to add more Wesker into the game. Further explored in ''Code: Veronica X HD'' for the Xbox 360 and [=PlayStation 3=], which offers increased resolution and improved lighting effects.
265	* VideoGameCaringPotential: Bringing Rodrigo the hemostat and lighter will reward Chris with submachine guns in his segment of the game. Not doing so will have him flippant to Chris' arrival and unceremoniously bleed out to death after Chris leaves his room.
266	* VillainousLineage: Inverted in relation to why [[CreepyTwins Ashford twins]] turned out to be [[TheSociopath sociopathic sadists]]. The Ashford family were [[BlueBlood aristocratic nobles]] and had members who help found and work at the Umbrella company. However, there is no anecdote or suggestion that the family was sadistic or exhibited sociopathic behavior before Alfred and Alexia. These traits [[spoiler:were actually accidentally induced by the twins' father/creator, Alexander Ashford.]] When Alexander [[spoiler:cloned his ancestor Veronica Ashford, he [[EvilutionaryBiologist further tweaked the gene]] to raise the intelligence level in the clone, which would result in the [[DesignerBabies genius child prodigy]] Alexia, and her twin brother Alfred who was an accidental by-product.]] However, it is explicitly mentioned in the Japanese version of the ''Code: Veronica'' game guide that Alexander had [[spoiler:[[CreateYourOwnVillain accidentally 'warped the nature']] of the resulting children with his genetic tampering]], resulting in the extreme sociopathic and narcissistic traits of the twins from birth, most notably in Alexia. This means the twins almost [[FreudianExcuse had no choice]] but to [[InTheBlood be evil]].
267	* WaveMotionGun: The Linear Launcher fires an energy projectile that does a lot of damage. [[spoiler:It's used to defeat Alexia's final form.]] It can also be unlocked in the Battle Game only by getting an A Rank with all the characters.
268	* WeaponizedOffspring: Alexia's penultimate boss form turns her into a queen ant-like creature that constantly births small poisonous insectoid enemies that run interference while Chris tries to fight her.
269	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
270	** The guard who knocks Claire out in the intro is never seen again after this. Of course, given what happens to Rockfort shortly afterward, it can be assumed he simply died.
271	** Finding D.I.J.'s Diary in the minigame Battle Game tells the player ''exactly'' what the mouse was up to. Fittingly, the mouse is the ''only'' peripheral character [[PutOnABus to get any closure]].
272	* WouldHitAGirl:
273	** The guard who knocks Claire unconscious in the beginning of the game.
274	** Wesker easily overpowers Claire when they first meet.
275	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Claire seems like an adult woman while Steve seems like a teen boy, but the two of them are actually both roughly the same age (Claire is 18-19 and Steve is 17 when the game takes place). ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' gives Steve a more muscular and masculine appearance, making him look closer in age to Claire.
276	* ZombieApocalypse: The game subverts this since the zombies don't get the spotlight this time around. The two major outbreaks of the game take place on an isolated island and the middle of Antarctica, so the virus has little chance of spreading around the world.
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