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Tropes relating to the characters introduced in Resident Evil 5.


For Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, check the Resident Evil S.T.A.R.S. sheet.
For Albert Wesker, check his character sheet here.
For Oswell E. Spencer, check the Resident Evil - Umbrella Corporation sheet.


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B.S.A.A.

    Sheva Alomar 
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Voiced by: Karen Dyer, Kayla Dixon (Dead by Daylight)

"Don't worry. I may not be as big as you, but I can still hold my own!"

Chris' partner in the Kijuju Incident and co-protagonist of 5, with whom he develops a strong bond. She joined the B.S.A.A. to fight against biological weapons since her parents had been victims of experiments carried out in Africa with said weapons.


  • Action Girl: Can be just as capable as Chris is.
  • Badass Normal: She's just a girl with a gun, she doesn't even have the experience fighting B.O.Ws that Chris does, and yet she doesn't back down for a second as she faces deformed psychopathic killers and horrible mutations.
  • Bilingual Bonus: Her tattoo reads "Shujaa," which is Swahili for "Hero."
  • Colour-Coded Characters: Production notes state that it took the team a while before deciding on her signature color — lavender.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Her parents and village worked for an Umbrella facility as menial laborers. When she was a child, Umbrella used the workers for experimentation; her parents died and she was taken in by her uncle, who lived in poverty with his seven children. Unable to feed herself and convinced her parents were still alive, she ran away, but almost died wandering the savanna. She was rescued by anti-government guerrilla fighters, who explained how Umbrella had destroyed her village and killed all the survivors when she was done, with the help of the government, so she joined with them to make Umbrella and the government pay. When she was a teenager, she found out that her "friends" were actually going to buy bio-weapons from Umbrella to overthrow the government, which was all they really cared about, so she helped sabotage the deal. For this, she ended up being taken to America and adopted, after which she eventually joined the B.S.A.A. and returned to her native country to continue her quest.
  • Fur Bikini: One of her alternate costumes.
  • Genius Bruiser: Her file tells of her highly improbable exploits after coming to America, including enrolling in university at the age of 17 and learning English at a native level within six months of arrival.
  • Good Is Not Soft: Even amongst the other player characters, Sheva stands out. She is one of the nicest characters in the series, especially if you build up her trust, established to be just as good as Chris, Jill, Leon, or Claire, and in the final boss fight, you can have her do one of the most badass things in the series and turn Wesker's chest into a scratching post.
  • The Heart: For her team.
    Josh: Sheva became the little sister of the team.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: She was about to perform one to kill Wesker and spare Chris, but Chris refuses to let history repeat itself.
  • Hotter and Sexier: One of her alternate costumes is a sexier version of the Little Red Riding Hood.
  • The Lancer: For Chris.
    Sheva: There's only so much one person can do. Even a superhero like you, Chris.
  • Male Gaze: The first thing you're shown of her is pretty much her ass.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Her "Clubbin'" alternate costume is visibly inspired by a similar outfit worn by Halle Berry in Swordfish.
  • Sexy Secretary: One of her alternate costumes is of a sexy secretary with a Badass in a Nice Suit vibe.
  • Shout-Out: One of her alternate costumes is a throwback to Hunnigan from 4.
  • Stepford Smiler: She outrightly defies this trope based on analysis. Despite her tragic background, she refuses to be a let down, and instead keeps a healthy and upbeat attitude.
  • The Straight and Arrow Path: Her unlockable Long Bow weapon.
  • True Companions: She's pretty much about this, either for Chris or for her team.
  • Unwanted Assistance: In-Universe. She becomes this if you allow her to carry all the healing items while you prioritize yourself with weaponry. If you get so much as a scratch she'll chase after you and try to waste the best herb/spray items futilely fixing you up.
  • What the Hell Is That Accent?: It sounds like she's attempting an Afrikaans accent, but comes off sounding British.

    Josh Stone 
Voiced by: T.J. Storm
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"Captain Josh Stone. B.S.A.A. West African Branch."

The captain of B.S.A.A. West Africa Branch and Sheva's mentor. He becomes Jill's partner in the DLC, Desperate Escape.


  • Bald of Authority: Buzzed short rather than bald, actually. But Josh is definitely the competent and respected leader of the BSAA Delta team.
  • The Captain: Captain of B.S.A.A. West Africa, and proves himself a capable leader under the worst circumstances.
  • Chivalrous Pervert: A minor example. He briefly flirts with Jill after they first meet, but he keeps things professional afterwards.
  • Genius Bruiser: He's a physically imposing and talented soldier, but also skilled with computers and a capable pilot.
  • Getaway Driver: A heroic example, providing the transportation to help Chris and Sheva escape hordes of murderous pursuers.
  • Lower-Deck Episode: The DLC campaign ("Desperate Escape") allows you to play as him and Jill Valentine while trying to escape from the TRICELL headquarters.
  • The Mentor: To Sheva.
  • Promoted to Playable: He becomes playable in the Desperate Escape DLC campaign.
  • Protection Mission: In Chapter 3-2, Chris and Sheva must fend off waves of enemies while Josh hacks terminals to aid their escape.
  • The Smart Guy: Chapter 3-2 focuses on Josh hacking several terminals to escape a lockdown, while Chris and Sheva defend him.
  • Supporting Leader: Although the highest ranking officer not immediately killed off, Josh takes a supporting role to protagonists Chris and Sheva.
  • Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Hailing at 6'1".
  • Wrestler in All of Us: His melee takedowns include elbow drops, German suplexes, and chokeslams.

Tricell

    Excella Gionne 
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Voiced by: Nina Fehren

"You're just not ready for me!"

Excella is the CEO of TRICELL Inc., Africa and one of the people responsible for the creation of the Uroboros Virus. She also shares Wesker's idea of world domination and intends to be the Queen of the new world with Wesker as her King.


  • All Girls Want Bad Boys: Was in love with Wesker.
  • Asshole Victim: Infected with Uroboros by Wesker during the penultimate chapter. Considering the things she's done, no one is shedding any tears.
  • The Baroness: She's the Sexpot variety, being very well-aware of her looks and used to being in a position of authority. She has ambitions to become the queen of the new world once Uroboros is unleashed.
  • Better Living Through Evil: Wesker assisted her in cementing her authority within TRICELL, and she's devoted to using her power to make his goal of world domination a reality.
  • The Cameo: A picture of her briefly appears on Wesker's command console during Remake 4s post-credit scene.
  • Combat Stilettos: She keeps her high heels in Mercenaries Reunion.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: She is the CEO of TRICELL Inc., Africa and one of TRICELL's representatives in the Federation of Pharmaceutical Companies, which gives her executive power over the B.S.A.A. Not only is Excella in charge of TRICELL's secret illegal bioweapon business, but she also keeps watch over B.S.A.A. activities for Wesker or steers them away from illegal TRICELL operations. However, this fails to stop Chris' search for Jill Valentine.
  • Dark Action Girl: Though she doesn't fight in the actual game, on Mercenaries Reunion, she kicks ass with vicious elegance.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Accidental and post-mortem on her part. During an encounter with Chris and Sheva, Excella accidentally drops an attache case with syringes containing the serum PG67A/W inside. One of these syringes is later used by the two B.S.A.A. operatives to give Wesker an overdose shock. Given that Excella is dead because of Wesker by this time, this event gives her some form of poetic justice.
  • The Dragon: She is Wesker’s right hand woman and while she doesn’t actively fight throughout the game, she does provide Wesker numerous amounts of money and resources needed for his experiments.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: On the receiving end of this, though given it's Wesker we're talking about, it's really no surprise.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: While Excella is fully onboard with Wesker's plan for global genocide, according to the Resident Evil 6 Official Complete Guide she and the rest of Tricell realized that after obtaining a sample of the T-Abyss Virus from her agents Jessica Sherawat and Raymond Vester that it was too dangerous to use as a bioweapon and used the company's position to prevent it from getting onto the black market.
  • Everyone Looks Sexier if French: Sort of. She possesses a French accent, but her last name suggests she's of Italian descent.
  • Evilutionary Biologist: One of TRICELL Inc.'s CEOs and completely onboard with Wesker's genocidal plans for humanity. She's been using the local population as her test subjects, uncaring of the horrors she unleashes or the lives lost.
  • Femme Fatale: Subverted. She has all it takes to be a femme fatale — beauty, intelligence, and cunning — but she is the one who falls for Wesker's masculine wiles and pays dearly.
  • Irony: Fully supports Wesker's plans to kill/mutate most of the global population with Uroboros. Ends up finding out she'd be one of those killed/mutated the hard way when Wesker injects her with Uroboros.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: Modelled after her voice and motion capture actress, Nina Fehren.
  • Jiggle Physics: The primary reason for this in the game, thanks to that low-cut and backless dress.
  • Mole in Charge: She's the representative overseeing B.S.A.A. West Africa's activities, but also a bio-terrorist using that position to keep the authorities off Wesker's trail.
  • Ms. Fanservice: She wears a very revealing evening dress throughout the game, and turns on the sexuality to try to charm Wesker.
  • Navel-Deep Neckline: Her outfit has a plunging neckline that reaches her stomach.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Excella agrees with Wesker's plan in Resident Evil 5, which would include killing, at the least, billions of humans.
  • Rich Bitch: The Gionne family owns a very successful European export-import business and one of Excella's grandmothers is of the Travis family, the original founders of TRICELL Inc. Rich, smart and beautiful, Excella looks down on almost everyone she meets.
  • Say My Name: ALBEEEEEERRRT!!!
  • Sexy Backless Outfit: Wearing a halter-style dress with a low-cut back that leaves little to the imagination.
  • She-Fu: Her Disco Spin move.
  • Smug Snake: Right up until she was betrayed by Wesker, Excella believes that she has all the cards on deck and fully believes Chris and Sheva won't survive.
  • Statuesque Stunner: 5'9".
  • Stripperific: A backless mini-dress and pumps isn't appropriate attire for running around the African jungle or an oil rig.
  • Unholy Matrimony: With Wesker, that she wants to supplant as the "King of the New World" while she will rule as its "Queen". Unfortunately, Wesker just sees her as another pawn, and his comments later when fighting Chris and Sheva makes it very clear why this is a bad idea.
    Wesker: "Let me clarify something for you, Chris. I don't think of myself as a king. No, I am a god! And even kings bow to gods!"
  • Unwitting Pawn: She believes that she will become partners with Wesker in his "New World". Too bad, Wesker was only interested in using her and was planning to dispose him like he did with several other of his pawns.
  • Villainous Breakdown: She doesn’t take being betrayed by Wesker and her body rejecting the Uroboros virus very well, bemoaning her situation as her body is being ravaged by the virus.
  • Vomit Indiscretion Shot: She vomits out tentacles that have been growing in her body, killing her and using her body as a base while gathering more bodies to make itself bigger.
  • Woman Of Wealth And Taste: Her dress and shoes are both based on pieces by real life haute-couture designers. Her jewels look just as expensive and chic.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once the Uroboros Project is nearing its final phase, Wesker no longer has any use for Excella and infects her with Uroboros. With the virus rejecting her body, Excella can only anguish in pain and cry for Wesker one last time before dying.

    Ricardo Irving 
Voiced by: Allan Groves
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"Splendid timing! Youse two are just in time for the fireworks show! Boom!"

Director of the oil facility headed by TRICELL Africa, Irving helped found its B.O.W. research department, and subsequently became known as a "death dealer" on the black market for distributing the products Tricell developed to African bio-terrorists. Chris and Sheva going to Africa to capture him is what kickstarts the events of the game.


  • Alas, Poor Villain: After Irving is finally defeated, Chris pities him as he dies painfully.
    Chris: "Poor bastard..."
  • Defiant to the End: Upon his death, he keeps laughing and mocking Chris and Sheva:
    Irving: "Dying's not so bad. But it doesn't change anything... you're still screwed!"
  • Disc-One Final Boss: The first part of the game is all about chasing him, investigating him, and arresting him — it's only upon his defeat that he lets it slip that he was merely following orders from TRICELL's CEO, Excella.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: When Chris and Sheva finally have him cornered, he complains that nobody is willing to give him respect despite having funded Wesker and Excella's entire operation.
  • Expy: Many fans compared his behavior to that of Salazar from Resident Evil 4. Both are over-the-top antagonists with thick accents (Irving's New York accent in comparison to Salazar's hispanic one) that transform into giant monsters by using a Dominant Strain of Plaga, while retaining their overall intelligence post-mutation.
  • Large Ham: Especially once he goes One-Winged Angel.
    Irving: I just had an extreme make-over!
  • Last-Name Basis: Is usually referred to by his last name.
  • Last Villain Stand: Irving's own boss fight is his last ditch effort to kill Chris and Sheva, since Wesker would kill him anyway for failing to do so.
  • Laughably Evil: He's rather amusing due to his bizarre, New York/Brooklyn accent and his hammy and over the top way of speaking.
  • One-Winged Angel: A gigantic sea-beast most comparable to The Kraken.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Attempted this after failing to kill Chris and Sheva.
  • Villainous Breakdown: After being ordered to kill Chris and Sheva at any cost, Irving sent countless Majini and several B.O.W.s to do the job, only to see them all be gradually cut down by the two B.S.A.A. operatives. Irving's frustration continued to grow until Chris and Sheva finally caught up to him, by which time he complained about their ability to stay alive. Knowing that Wesker would kill him if he failed, Irving decided that he had no choice but to infect himself with a Plaga in a last ditch attempt to kill them.
    Irving: Won't you two just die already? You're making me look bad! Who do you think got this entire operation off the ground? Research like this doesn't fund itself, ya know? Yet everybody looks down on me... but not anymore!
  • What the Hell Is That Accent?: His accent sounds like it's either a Brooklyn or New Jersey accent.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: By being forced to infect himself with a Dominant Strain of Plaga.

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