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May 15, 1998: Well I'd say live and learn, but that would be ironic.

An Abridged Halloween oneshot of the first Resident Evil game created by cloudstrife8 (Best known as the creator of Final Fantasy VII Abridged).

It begins with S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team heading to the outskirts of Raccoon City on a search and rescue mission for the missing members of Bravo Team. The two lead characters are: Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, who are joined by their fellow officer Barry Burton, and their captain, Wesker... along with some disposable fodder.

They're barely on the ground five minutes before they suffer their first casualty and their pilot bails on them, forcing the surviving team members to take refuge in the Spencer Mansion. It's at this point that The Abridge's narrative diverges from the game itself, since the characters are aware they're just characters and know exactly what sort of situation they're in.

Resident Evil 2 Abridged is set two months later and follows Leon Kennedy's first assignment with the RPD, where he teams up with Chris' sister, Claire Redfield. It was split into two parts and can be viewed here.

Resident Evil 3 Abridged is a 3-part series in progress (see the pattern?), which follows Jill's attempt to escape Raccoon City before Umbrella Corp. nukes it to cover all evidence of the T-virus experiments. All three parts can be viewed here, here and here.

Now has a character sheet in progress, all character specific entries should go there.

RE1 Abridged provides examples of:

  • An Offer You Can't Refuse: Invoked by Wesker, when Jill overhears his conversation with Barry and learns that Barry's being forced to work for him.
    Barry: (from other side of the door) Look I've disposed of all the documents with your name on it, but that was the ONLY part of our deal. I refuse to help you kill them!
    Barry: (nervously) "I-I-I... don't...?
    Wesker: (condescending tone) Then WHY do you think you're in any postion to bargain?
  • Big Damn Heroes:
    • Barry saves Jill from the ceiling trap room, by shooting the lock then pulling her out mere moments before she would've been crushed. And later, he uses a flamethrower to save her from a giant mutated plant.
    • Chris arrives in the nick of time to save Rebecca from a Hunter, then frees Jill from her holding cell, and ultimately kills the Tyrant once they reach the helipad.
  • Blatant Lies:
    • Brad is the team's pilot, who takes off immediately after Joseph's death; leaving the others stranded and likely to die. He's also aware that Chris is pissed at him, so he keeps lying about "radio interference" as an excuse not to come back.
    • Also done by Wesker immediately after he shoots Enrico. Chris turns around and asks if someone's there, to which Wesker plainly mutters "no," while fleeing the scene!
    • Rebecca's just as guilty, since she said she'd wait 20 minutes before triggering the Umbrella lab's self-destruct sequence. She pushes the button after only waiting 7.
    Chris: "What th— Rebecca~AAAA!!"
    Rebecca: (over the intercom) "Sorry, my bad. Wrong button."
    other voice: (over the intercom) "BULLSHIT! You totally did that on purpose!"
  • Brain Bleach: Chris's reaction upon finding the slash fic Wesker wrote about them in his journal.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: The entire cast is aware of the sort of situation they're in, from Rebecca plainly pointing out why having a medic around in a Survival Horror game would be an unfair advantage, to Jill recognizing when she's entered a boss battle.
  • Butt-Monkey: Good lord almighty, Richard. He's left to die by three S.T.A.R.S. members, which ends up getting him bitten not once, not twice, but three times by a giant, venomous snake. In the same damn spot no less! And when he finally has the chance to exact revenge on one of them, Chris, he's inexplicably mauled and eaten by a shark!
  • The Cameo: The Mystery Gang makes a guest appearance at the mansion, but they end up hightailing it and aren't seen again 'til the end credits, which reveals Scooby's been infected by the T-virus.
  • Catastrophic Countdown: Once the self-destruct is initiated, the team only has 4min. to get topside and defeat the Tyrant, before the Umbrella base goes up along with the Spencer Mansion.
  • Comically Missing the Point: Happens to Chris and Wesker after Chris asks why Wesker why he didn't just let the group get eaten by the Cerberi if his goal was to kill them all. The two then get into a debate over what the plural for Cerberus is before settling on "Zombie dogs" and then move on.
  • Continuity Nod: Just before Chris enters the room to save Rebecca from the Hunter, she says she regrets using all her ammo in the prequel.
  • Cutscene Incompetence: Chris lampshaded this after he saved a frozen Jill from an attacking Cerberus.
    Chris: "Jill, you're useful, remember?"
    Jill: "Oh right!"
  • Deadpan Snarker: Applies to the cast in general, with Chris, Jill, Rebecca, and Wesker being the main offenders. Each is covered in their respective sections of the character page.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: Repeatedly played for laughs at Richard's expensenote .
  • Dwindling Party: The mission starts with most of Bravo Team either missing, or dead, and S.T.A.R.S. Alpha doesn't fare much better, thanks to Wesker betraying them. By the time they escape the mansion, Chris, Barry, and Jill are the only three members of Alpha Team left and Rebecca is all that's left of Bravo Team.
  • First Day from Hell: For Richard and Rebecca who are both new recruits to S.T.A.R.S. Except it's worse for Richard, since Rebecca already endured most of her hardships during the train incident (REØ).
  • Foreshadowing:
    • "Till now I never realized how rough those animated schoolgirls have it". Easy to miss, but after learning that Wesker is blackmailing Barry about all the hentai he has hidden in his browser history, it becomes absolutely hilarious.
    • In the scene before Chris and Rebecca take the elevator down to confront Wesker, she warns him about her panic attacks. It comes into play when Wesker tries to shoot Rebecca, which causes her to scream and play dead.
    • A more long-term example. After Chris narrowly escapes being run over by a boulder...
    Chris: That's it! From now on, I'm punching every boulder I see!
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: No one on the team respects Wesker. Chris describes him as, "a jackal who's married to his sunglasses", Jill thinks he's condescending, and Barry's only working for him because he has to. In the end, even the Tyrant turns on him.
  • Good-Looking Privates: Applies to S.T.A.R.S. as a whole, since everyone on the team is attractive. Jill and Rebecca are the obvious standouts, and Wesker is essentially an evil version of Val Kilmer.
  • Heel–Face Revolving Door: Barry alternates between saving Jill's life one moment, to setting her up the next because he's being blackmailed. Even after Jill learns of his predicament, she no longer trusts him and heads in the opposite direction of the exit, simply because Barry's standing there.
  • It's Quiet… Too Quiet: While exploring the attic, Jill stumbles upon a large empty room and notes the absence of background music. Which tells her she's just entered a boss room, right before Yawn appears.
  • Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: Wesker's goal is to kill off his subordinates to cover up his involvement with Umbrella. He succeeds in eliminating most of them; including Enrico.
  • Lured into a Trap: The crux of RE1's narrative is that S.T.A.R.S. Alpha has been lead to the Spencer Mansion, on what was supposed to be a search and rescue mission to save what's left of Bravo Team. Except it's a ruse by Wesker, so he can kill them off by pitting them against his B.O.W.snote .
  • Mad Love: It's implied that Chris is aware of Wesker's crush on him, but he doesn't fully acknowledge it until the end of the series.
  • Not Now, Kiddo: Invoked by Wesker, right before he shoots Rebecca for interrupting his conversation with Chris.
    Rebecca: "Um... excuse my interruption, but I'm a bit confused with what-"
    Wesker: (impatiently) "Quiet! Mommy and Daddy are talking!" (BLAM!!)
  • Otherworldly Communication Failure: In RE 2 abridged, Mr. X is depicted as Not Evil, Just Misunderstood as he actually just wants to befriend Leon and seems cheerful and affable enough, but his monstrous appearance spooks Leon so much that he shoots him on sight. Mr. X's subsequent reactions are understandable from there.
  • Pragmatic Hero: Chris and Rebecca have no qualms with ditching an injured teammate in a survival situation. Rebecca was only relieved that Chris suggested it first.
  • Redshirt Army: From the moment they arrive at the Spencer Mansion, the members of S.T.A.R.S. start dropping like flies. Joseph is the first one to go, only two minutes after they land.
  • Say My Name: The last minute of the staff roll features the surviving team calling each other's names, which ends with Wesker's death scene from RE5, where he screams: "CHRIIIIIIIISS!!"
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The Mystery Gang shows up about 18min. in to investigate the homicides around the Spencer Mansion. But the moment Daphne finds the Nemesis hiding in the closet, the gang calls it quits and hauls ass.
  • Self-Destruct Mechanism: Located in the underground Umbrella base, which is ultimately how the Spencer Mansion goes up in flames.
  • Shout-Out: Chris makes several references to other series:
  • Skewed Priorities: After finding out there is a traitor in S.T.A.R.S and that Enrico was just murdered, Chris was more preoccupied with moaning about the additional paperwork he would have to do.
  • Snark-to-Snark Combat: In almost every scene between Chris and Wesker, and especially between Chris and Rebecca. Such as:
    Wesker: (checking perimeter) "Alright team, I want an update from each of you."
    Chris: (over com-link) "Here's your update, Wesker: It's easier to see at night without sunglasses."
    Wesker: (not amused) "Right then, so Chris' update is that he's an asshole."
  • Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Enrico accuses Chris of being a traitor since Chris had more screen time than him.
    Enrico: "But you did betray me ... hogging the lion's share of the campaign. I'm in the game less than Joseph!"
  • Vomit Discretion Shot: After seeing the rotting corpse of a Bravo Team member, Joseph briefly excuses himself to toss his cookies.
  • You Keep Using That Word: Rebecca calls out Chris and Richard when they said Yawn the snake was "poisonous", when it is "venomous".

Resident Evil 2 Abridged provides examples of:

Resident Evil 3 Abridged provides examples of:

  • …But He Sounds Handsome: When impersonating Nikolai over the radio, Jill claims that "Miss Valentine is unstoppable warrior Amazon. With PERFECT HAIR!"
  • Deliberate Values Dissonance: When Carlos uses his "All the foxy ladies love my accent, it drives them crazy" line, Jill is merely annoyed at first, but then realizes he used a line from the actual game...
    Carlos: I know, right? Casual racism and sexism? Ah, The '90s man...
  • Pungeon Master: The Nemesis has a habit of cheekily using and emphasizing words that feature "star" in their name.
  • Shout-Out: In the intro, Jill says "This is the story all about how my life got flip-turned upside down."
    • After he shoots down the chopper, Nemesis chimes "Oops! Did I do that?" Jill is disgusted with his choice to reference a 90s sitcom, only for Nemesis to rebut "Oh whatever Ms. Fresh Prince Intro!"
  • Take That Us: When Jill is trying to find the right radio frequency, one of the channels she flips to has a voice saying "Yeah, I like this channel, but it only puts out stuff three to five times a year."
    • When Jill mentions Nemesis' propensity for puns, Carlos doesn't know what she's talking about, then points out that this parody series never did establish whether or not the characters could understand the zombies speaking. Jill immediately changes the subject.
      • Becomes a Brick Joke in Episode 2 when zombies break into the Umbrella Office storage room. The scene cuts back and forth between the zombie trying to explain its contract needs and Jill hearing incoherent mumbling. After several back and forths, Jill admits that they should have established that ages ago.

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