History Franchise / ResidentEvil

*** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilGunSurvivor Resident Evil: Dead Aim]]'': [[EvilutionaryBiologist Morpheus D. Duvall.]]

*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'': [[TheCartel Javier Hidalgo]], a South American drug lord profiteering off of the fallout of the T-Veronica virus outbreak.

*** ''Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation'': [[PresidentEvil President Svetlana Belikova]].
*** ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'': [[ArmsDealer Glenn Arias]], the man who inherited the assets of Umbrella and Tricell and plans to release the A-Virus

''Resident Evil'' (known in Japan as ''Biohazard'') is a SurvivalHorror and science fiction video game series. It has since branched off to become a media franchise consisting of comic books, novelizations, a live-action film series, and a variety of collectibles (including action figures, strategy guides, and publications). Developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} and produced by Creator/ShinjiMikami up until 2005, the series has sold 103 million copies as of 2020.

* BareYourMidriff: A few bonus outfits and Claire's main outfit in ''Code: Veronica''. There's also Sienna "Party Girl" Fowler of Echo Six in ''Operation: Raccoon City'' who wears an outfit like this.

* BareYourMidriff: A number of bonus outfits and Claire's main outfit in ''Resident Evil: Code Veronica''.

* ExposedToTheElements: A perfect example is when Claire and Steve end up in Antarctica in light clothes. Particularly Claire, who is in a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] t-shirt. However, they do not complain, seeing as they have other things to worry about, nor does the cold seem to effect them. In the Battle Game, though, during a certain point of Claire's game, after defeating all the zombies, if you walk back a few steps, she will do a special animation where she shivers.

* BareYourMidriff: A few bonus outfits and Claire's main outfit in ''Code: Veronica''. There's also Sienna "Party Girl" Fowler of Echo Six in ''Operation: Raccoon City'' who wears an outfit like this.

* ''{{VideoGame/Fortnite}}'': ''Resident Evil'' cosmetics were leaked in a datamine on October 23, 2021, being officially announced and released on the same day. Dubbed the “S.T.A.R.S. Team” Collection, it includes Chris Redfield in both his ''Resident Evil 5'' and ''Village'' attire, Jill Valentine in her ''Resident Evil 1'' and ''3 (Remake)'' attire, a typewriter, a green herb, the “Hot Dogger” knife from ''3 (Remake)'', the stun rod from ''5'', an emote with an actual Umbrella.. [[VisualPun umbrella]], and a loading screen.

** The epilogues in ''[=RE3=]'' implied that nearly every main character was going to join forces to stop Umbrella. The only real thing to come out of this was Claire and Chris reuniting in ''Code: Veronica'' and Leon becoming a government agent in ''[=RE4=]''. The rest? Chris and Jill reunite offscreen, Barry's and HUNK's roles in the series were reduced to minigame cameos (until the former's return in ''Revelations 2''), Ada Wong still used the same name and identity in subsequent appearances, Sherry is left unmentioned for the course of the entire franchise up until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' where her so-awaited reunion with Claire is revealed to have happened long ago offscreen and is only briefly explained in a file, and Umbrella goes down offscreen from the stock market [[spoiler:after Albert Wesker exposes their crimes against humanity to the public]].

** Two Radio Drama's made by Flagship and the writers of the game were released after Resident Evil 2 to continue certain character arcs. One was about Sherry being separated from Claire after being pursued by Umbrella agents and Raccoon city being destroyed by a missile to contain the outbreak and taking refuge in the nearby town of Stoneville where another outbreak soon happens and she meets a girl named Meg who promised to help her reunite with Claire. Another radio drama was about Ada's mission after escaping Raccoon City where agent HUNK managed to obtain Sherry's pendant with the G-virus and delivered it to the head of Umbrella's French division, Christine Henry, who is related to one of the founding members of Umbrella. During the drama, Ada manages to kill HUNK and his men as well as Christine Henry while realizing her feelings for Leon and planning to leave her life as a spy behind her to pursue him. However, later games events retroactively made the events of the radio drama's non-canon since Sherry was taken in by the US government in order to force Leon to work with them and Ada is still a spy after the events of the game.

** Two Radio Drama's made by Flagship and the writers of the game were released after Resident Evil 2 to continue certain character arcs. One was about Sherry being separated from Claire after being pursued by Umbrella agents and Raccoon city being destroyed by a missile to contain the outbreak and taking refuge in the nearby town of Stoneville where another outbreak soon happens and she meets a girl named Meg who promised to help her reunite with Claire. Another radio drama was about Ada's mission after escaping Raccoon City where agent HUNK managed to obtain Sherry's pendant with the G-virus and delivered it to the head of Umbrella's French division, Christine Henry, who is related to one of the founding members of Umbrella. During the drama, Ada manages to kill HUNK and his men as well as Christine Henry while realizing her feelings for Leon and planning to leave her life as a spy behind her to pursue him.

** Two Radio Drama's made by Flagship and the writers of the game were released after Resident Evil 2 to continue certain character arcs. One was about Sherry being separated from Claire after being pursued by Umbrella agents and Raccoon city being destroyed by a missile to contain the outbreak and taking refuge in the nearby town of Stoneville where another outbreak soon happens and she meets a girl named Meg who promised to help her reunite with Claire.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After everything that has happened in the series, the ultimate downfall of Umbrella Corporation is not in the form of heroes having a climactic battle where they take down the leaders and blow up their headquarters. It happens offscreen as everything that has come to light about Umbrella's activities results in corporate litigation, government regulators clamping down and their stock price crashing.

The premise of the original ''Resident Evil'' was that the Umbrella Corporation was conducting sinister experiments in a mansion outside of the [[TheMountainsOfIllinois "Midwestern"]] town of Raccoon City, and a team of SWAT-like police called the Special Tactics and Rescue Service, or S.T.A.R.S., stumbles onto it in an investigation of several cannibalistic murders. Further games expanded on this premise, and it has since become one of the most critically and commercially successful action-horror games series of all time in addition to [[TropeNamer coining the term]] survival horror. This also includes three CGI films, ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'' and ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'', set in the same universe as the games. The latest [[StoppedNumberingSequels installment]], ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', was released in May 7, 2021 on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, [[UsefulNotes/XboxOne Xbox Series X]], and [=PC=].

* BeMyValentine: Jill Valentine, the most iconic heroine of the series.

** Even before that, he was a zombie in ''2'' (but only encountered under special circumstances), which proves that Capcom hated him so much, it took two games to tell the entire story of his gruesome fate,

* PreviewPiggybacking:
** ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut'' included a demo for ''Resident Evil 2''.
** Earlier prints of ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'' contained demos for ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'', which also returned the favor.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'': ''Resident Evil'' content was announced to be added to the game on June 15th, 2021; eventually revealed to be Leon and Jill as Survivors (with Chris and Claire, respectively, playable through DLC skins), Nemesis as a Killer, and Raccoon City as a map during the 5th Anniversary live stream on May 25th, 2021.

* WeaponOfChoice: You can be almost certain that the final boss is going to be finished off with a rocket launcher shot to the face.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] Capcom RPG ''VideoGame/SweetHome'', one of the very first SurvivalHorror games.