* CompleteMonster: Nicholai is surprisingly an extremely dangerous and cruel hearted man. [[spoiler: First he pretends to aid Jill, Carlos, and Mikhail and then goes on to fake his death all so he could secretly kill off all his "supervisor" comrades one by one so he could have more bargaining power with the company to discussing a bonus. He then tries to kill Jill and Carlos to try and rack up the sum further]]. Finally, he [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini makes away after all is said and done]] and makes away with the last chopper]]. You DO have the option to [[spoiler: kill him in the chopper or have Nemesis kill him depending on your choices]] , but [[spoiler: canon wise, he's alive]].
* DemonicSpiders: Hunter Betas. They aren't quite as hardy as their Alpha cousins, but they're twice as [[OneHitKill decap-happy]] and they don't always wait until you've hit "caution" before they swat off your noggin.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nemesis is one of the series' longest standing popular monsters. He is highly regarded as the best thing about the game and for contributing a ParanoiaFuel feel to the game that was unlike the series ever had before.
** Nicholai is surprisingly popular with a great deal of the fanbase as well. Sure he's a CompleteMonster and huge jerkass, but he's also deliciously LargeHam and extremely Russian. He also has the distinct honor of [[spoiler: being like HUNK as the only surviving Umbrella operative]].
* HilariousInHindsight: A bit of an obscure one. In the ''Versus Books Perfect Guide'' for ''Resident Evil 3'', the author as a joke, pointed out various similarities between Nemesis and Sagat from ''StreetFighter''. At the end he hopes that "Street Fighter Vs Resident Evil happens someday soon!" Fast forward to 2011, Nemesis is one of the playable characters in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.
* {{Narm}}: [[Narm/ResidentEvil Listed here.]]
* TearJerker: The ending. Seeing Raccoon City being decimated with all those helpless people turned Zombies as Jill, Carlos, [[spoiler: and Barry Burton]] watch from helicopter is absolutely heart retching. Not to worry, it gets much worse. We are then treated to still of a large mushroom cloud following the nuclear explosion as we are fed a news story informing us that other than Jill, Carlos, Leon, Claire, Sherry, [[spoiler: Ada Wong, Barry Burton, HUNK, and Nicholai]] there was not a single survivor. Yep, all 100,000 people vanished. All while this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwVUlOSgpY8&feature=related heart crushing]] track is played in the background.
** And then followed with even further heartbreak with this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AExQkO5zrT4&feature=related sad, but beautiful track.]]
* ThatOneBoss: The fight with Nemesis at the Clock Tower is one of the toughest boss battles in the game. You have a very limited space in which to fight him in, and he will often knock you down, then pick you up and do a OneHitKill move. Plus, you can't see your health indicator any more.
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