Resident Evil/Characters

A Character Sheet for the cast of the Resident Evil series. Please remember that this is for the games and CGI movies, not for the Paul Anderson movies.


 * Resident Evil Outbreak
 * Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City

Chris Redfield
""There's one thing I do know: I have a job to do, and I'm gonna' see it through.""

The first male protagonist of the series, appearing in the first game, Code Veronica, RE5, Revelations, and RE6. He was a member of STARS Alpha team, and like many of the protagonists, has made a vow to stop bio-weapon experiments and bring down Umbrella. He currently serves as a top agent for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), an NGO he co-founded that acts to disrupt and quell acts of bioterrorism worldwide. Despite the series having no 'official' main protagonist, Chris is generally assumed to be it, since he's The Rival of Big Bad Wesker.


 * Badass: Goes from surviving the events of the first game to punching boulders and
 * The boulder was twice Chris's height and refused to move until Chris punched it out of its rut.
 * Big Brother Instinct: During Code Veronica.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Likewise.
 * Big Brother Mentor: He taught Claire how to use weapons.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Though stated on his ID in RE5 as such, his eyes in the past have been blue, and at times appear green. Even in the game itself they may not even be brown. To compound things, his sister Claire is always depicted with blue eyes.
 * The series is notoriously bad with eye colors in general, considering that Leon's also go between blue, grey, and brown; plus Ada's swap between green and brown. The character data in RE5 quite obviously disregarded the rest of the series, seeing as both Chris and Wesker mysteriously grow upwards of six inches, so it can be safely counted as void. And so Chris' true eye color remains a mystery.
 * Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity: He's climbing one during his introduction in Code Veronica.
 * Continuity Nod: In 5, he gets Hunk's Neckbreaker from 4. Josh similarly seems to have adopted many moves found in Leon from 4's Mercenaries.
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Although it varies in shade, Chris is invariably dressed in some form of hunter green through every game.
 * Charles Atlas Superpower: Up to and including punching a multi-ton boulder out of the way during the Final Boss fight of 5.
 * Some fans joke that the extra muscle mass he sports in 5 could only have come from ingesting one of the viruses if not from this trope.
 * Cool Shades: The alternate outfits.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Particularly in Resident Evil 5.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait: Chris's Warrior costume in 5 certainly shows a lot of skin, not to mention the Game Mod for the PC that makes him completely shirtless.
 * The Gunslinger
 * Hidden Depths: One of the easter eggs early in Resident Evil 5 indicates that he disapproves of capitalism and isn't all that patriotic. Sadly, this is never referenced again.
 * Hunk
 * Jack of All Stats: In The Mercenaries mini-games where he packs balanced weapon-sets, impressive health and decent punching and Neck Snap melee attacks with good crowd control capabilities.
 * Knight in Sour Armor: Due to the numerous amounts of biological experiments that eventually wind up in the hands of terrorists, Chris often wonders if fighting is even worth it.
 * Married to The Job: He comes off like this in Revelations. He's partnered with Jessica, who's routinely dressed much more attractively than the mission demands and who does everything up to and including throwing herself at him, and Chris doesn't seem to notice. He is pretty devoted to Jill, though.
 * Meaningful Name: Redfield is also the name of an American company that manufactures high-quality rifle scopes and binoculars. Chris was the best marksman in the STARS unit.
 * Perma Stubble: In 5.
 * Platonic Life Partners/Battle Couple: With Jill. Which one you get depends entirely on whether you take several moments as Like Brother and Sister or as Ship Tease.
 * Promotion to Parent: For Claire.
 * Rated M for Manly
 * Secret Character: In Resident Evil 2's Extreme Battle Mode.
 * Ship Tease: In the first big trailer of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Chris does a Diving Save to catch a falling Morrigan. Granted, she had just been stunned by Iron Man, but, the fans didn't let it slide. Morrigan is later shown wrapping her hands lovingly around Chris in the game's opening movie.
 * Smoking Is Cool: In the intro for the first game. For some reason was removed in the American version.
 * True Companions: With Jill and Sheva.
 * Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: He's a character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Interestingly, his "rival" within the trailers is The friggin' HULK.
 * Wrestler in All of Us

Jill Valentine


""You want S.T.A.R.S.? I'll give you S.T.A.R.S.""

Co-protagonist of the first RE, alongside Chris, and also protagonist of the third game. She's a strong-willed woman and shares a deep friendship with Chris.

She's the primary player character in Resident Evil 3, in which she attempts a "last escape" from the doomed Raccoon City. Aside from the horde of undead standing in her way, she has a bigger problem to deal with, in the form of Nemesis, a B.O.W specifically designed to hunt down and kill any surviving STARS members.

Jill goes on to be one of the founding members of the BSAA with Chris, and is the primary playable character in Revelations.

She later appears to die before the start of Resident Evil 5, and.


 * Action Girl:
 * Author Appeal: Shinji Mikami's acknowledged that Jill is his favorite character, which explains her widespread appearances in other games.
 * Back-to-Back Badasses: With Josh in "Desperate Escape".
 * Be My Valentine
 * Blue Eyes: Icy and piercing.
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Hers has slightly more variance than Chris, but it's still there. She's consistently dressed in cadet blue through the earlier games, but it gives way to a darker indigo-blue as time goes on.
 * Determinator: She's the irresistible force to Nemesis's immovable object.
 * And again in RE5,
 * In Revelations, her reaction when confronted with a giant monster is to say, in a relatively calm voice, "We can do this, Chris."
 * Did Not Do the Research: Jill is identified in the RE3 manual as ex-Delta Force at the age of twenty-three; even assuming women can join Delta in the RE-verse, she's way too young. Subsequent biographies have completely glossed over her military background, although Chris's has remained consistent. If it does get mentioned, it just states she served in the U.S. Special Forces.
 * Actually there was a project at that time to bring women into Delta Force, it was called the Funny Platoon. Still doesn't solve the experience problem, though.
 * The S.D. Perry novels change it, where she was portrayed as an ex-thief before cutting a deal to work for STARS, although the novels are technically non-canon.
 * Expy:
 * Fragile Speedster: In the first game, she has less health than Chris, but was faster than him. She is also this type of character in The Mercenaries mini-games, typically packing low power rapid fire weapons with powerful kicking attacks, Murderous Thighs and low vitality.
 * Hey It's That Voice: In her recent appearances, she's voiced by Cassie Chan.
 * In Operation Raccoon City, she's Rukia Kuchiki and Crimson Viper.
 * Hidden Depths: As shown in "Lost in Nightmares", she's quite the accomplished pianist, playing a very superb rendition of "Midnight Sonata". And this is after an extended period without practice.
 * Hot Amazon: Brad's right; out of all the female characters, Jill fits this trope the best.
 * The Immune: As per RE5, Jill is basically a walking sack of antibodies.
 * In-Series Nickname: Umbrella Chronicles states that, yes, she did have the nickname "The Master of Unlocking" at the RPD.
 * Ascended Meme/Fandom Nod
 * Intercontinuity Crossover: Jill is arguably the most iconic character in the series. She's the first canon-verse character to cross over to the films, and she represents RE in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. She returns in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as DLC, with her Resident Evil 5 look.
 * Kick Chick: To contrast Chris, her physicals are usually straight kicks.
 * She Fu: Lots of these too.
 * Locked Into Strangeness: In 5, she's gone blonde, and it's not because of hair dye. What else, she's pale.
 * Master of Unlocking: Heck, she's the Trope Namer!
 * Nice Hat: Her BSAA uniform includes a blue baseball cap. Her STARS uniform had a blue beret.
 * Platonic Life Partners/Battle Couple: With Chris. Which one you get depends entirely on whether you take several moments as Like Brother and Sister or as Ship Tease.
 * Statuesque Stunner: Not originally, but according to 5, Jill stands at 5'8" (her bio in the REmake listed her as 5'5").
 * Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: She's a character in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, albeit with a different control scheme in each game.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: She can carry a lot more than Chris or Carlos, even if she's just wearing a T-Shirt and shoulder pads or a tube top and a skirt.
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: She expresses anger at Nicholai killing someone who was bitten, who hadn't turned into a zombie yet.
 * Platonic Life Partners/Battle Couple: With Chris. Which one you get depends entirely on whether you take several moments as Like Brother and Sister or as Ship Tease.
 * Statuesque Stunner: Not originally, but according to 5, Jill stands at 5'8" (her bio in the REmake listed her as 5'5").
 * Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: She's a character in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, albeit with a different control scheme in each game.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: She can carry a lot more than Chris or Carlos, even if she's just wearing a T-Shirt and shoulder pads or a tube top and a skirt.
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: She expresses anger at Nicholai killing someone who was bitten, who hadn't turned into a zombie yet.
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: She expresses anger at Nicholai killing someone who was bitten, who hadn't turned into a zombie yet.

Rebecca Chambers.


""The name is Rebecca Chambers, but that's Officer Chambers to you!""

The most recent and youngest member of STARS Bravo team in Resident Evil, who supported Chris in the first game, and is one of the two protagonists of the prequel, Resident Evil 0. She's a specialist in chemicals and first-aid assistance.


 * Brown Eyes/Green Eyes: Varies based on interpretation. Brown for her pragmatism, green for Rule of Cool.
 * Bulletproof Vest: Gameplay and Story Segregation aside, she wears one, and it becomes a plot point late in the first game.
 * Combat Pragmatist: She uses bug spray, mace and lighter fluid against bad guys, the latter to Kill It With Fire. Most of her Melee attacks work this way as well including Ass Kicks You, Shoving and Kick Them While They Are Down.
 * The Cutie
 * Dual-Wielding: Promo art for her appearance in Resident Evil 5 features her with a shotgun in one hand and a machine gun in the other.
 * Glass Cannon: Is this type of character in The Mercenaries mini-games having powerful weapons, and weaker melee attacks that have high chance of getting a Critical Hit, combined with the games lowest health and the greatest recovery ability.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: She's a midget compared to any guy teamed up with her.
 * In-Series Nickname: Dollface, Ms. Do-It-Yourself, princess, honey... All given by Billy.
 * Kill It With Fire: In Zero, both her and Billy need to Kill It With Fire with leech-zombies. In Umbrella Chronicles, her counterattack is pushing the zombie off and throwing a small explosive at it. In the REmake, she says how she needs to set off the self-destruct mechanism in Chris's scenario. It may be important to contain the outbreak, but that's also all the proof that STARS is going to get... In Mercenaries Reunion, she gets flame spray.
 * The Medic: Her job on the STARS squad, in the first game she can heal Chris when he visits her in the first aid room of the mansion and in The Mercenaries mini-games she starts of with and benefits more from medical items.
 * Science Hero: Rebecca's specialties other then medicine being handling chemicals, including those that result in the take-down of the Man-Eating Plant.
 * Teen Genius: The reason for her Improbable Age, she is a newly minted STARS member when disaster strikes.
 * Took a Level In Badass: In 0 and Umbrella Chronicles, and especially in the novels where she is elevated to the status of Mary Sue.
 * Little Becky makes a triumphant return in Mercenaries Reunion where she wields a powerful MP5 and Striker shotgun to become a Majini-slaying monster. It being the Protecta Striker doesn't seem to matter much, she's still devilishly effective with it.
 * Waif Fu: Being 93lbs won't stop her from taking down much larger enemies in The Mercenaries games.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: Hasn't been seen nor heard from since the ending of the first game, despite having her own prequel.
 * She finally got a nod in Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, where she's playable in the Mercenaries Reunion minigame.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: She is only eighteen years old and already a member of an Elite Forces Squad however it is Justified to an extent. She is apparently something of a teen genius which was why she was recruited to STARS. The novels state that she has zero combat experience near the beginning of the series and was something of the teams baggage. This also carries over with in both games she's in. In Resident Evil 0, her only specialty is mixing herbs and chemicals. In Resident Evil 1, she can mix chemicals and administer serum. Both scenarios, the big, burly guy does most of the combat.
 * Yes, sir!

Leon Scott Kennedy


""I'm gonna scrub this virus from the face of the earth!""

Introduced in Resident Evil 2. A rookie police officer, who unfortunately was caught in the Raccoon City outbreak on his first day on the job. He later returned in Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil 6, Gaiden (non-canon), and the movie Degeneration. Like Chris, he has made a vow to rid the world of viral weapons. An intelligent man with a strong sense of justice, he currently is employed as a federal agent of the United States government and answers directly to the president.

"Salazar: So maybe you have nine lives. But it doesn't matter now, Mr. Kennedy! I've sent my right hand to dispose of you.
 * Always Save the Girl: After losing Ada once, this seems to have become a principle for him.
 * An Offer You Can't Refuse: Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles puts forth the explanation that, following the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon and Sherry were captured by the US government. They subsequently forced Leon, whose experience was highly sought after, into service as a special agent using Sherry's life as leverage.
 * Badass: For most people, defeating a sinister cult of monstrous puppet masters is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. For Leon? That's just how he earns his paycheck.
 * Badass in A Nice Suit: In the PS 2 port and onwards, [[http://smhspanthers.k12tn.net/web_student_projects/Matt%27s_css_page/bamboo
 * Bishonen: He might just fall under this. While he's not very effeminate (just look at his muscles), Leon is much more of a pretty-boy than any of the other male protagonists.
 * One of the Policia in the beginning of 4 asks if he "forgot his makeup".
 * Blue Eyes: Another example of icy and piercing, but since they're blue-gray, some of the marksman legends creep in as well. Subverted in that Chris is actually the one with a history of being a marksman, not Leon.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: In one nightmare-inducing scene.
 * Bodyguard Crush: All the girls he ends up protecting develop a crush on him, with the exception of Sherry--who's a child.
 * Chick Magnet: So far, the one with most Love Interests in the series: Ada, Angela, Ashley, and Manuela all have a thing for him.
 * Unwanted Harem maybe?
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Averted hard. He's the only major character who's never dressed in the same color twice. (Dark blue, army green, brown, and black.)
 * Though those are all camouflage/outdoor coloring.
 * Crazy Prepared: In Resident Evil 4, he only goes to the village to investigate and ask questions, yet he brings with him a pistol, knife, attache case, flashlight, radio, binoculars, a tracking device and a grappling hook.
 * He was investigating a group that had kidnapped the President's daughter, so he had pretty good reason to expect trouble.
 * Dating Catwoman: Of course, Ada.
 * Deadpan Snarker: His lines in 4 are full of this, but it's severely dialed back in Degeneration.
 * It's still there if you listen for it. ("Try telling them that.")
 * Distracted By the Sexy: With Ada, see here and just follow his line of sight.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait: Explains a lot about his status as the Fandom Bicycle.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Has been known to do this to some players, such as Adam Sessler from X-Play.
 * Everyone Loves Blondes: Blonde hair, and a harem of ladies to boot.
 * Then again, Saddler and Salazar aren't exactly lookers either.
 * Find the Cure: He spends the majority of 4 infected with a Plaga, and part of his mission becomes a race to get rid of the parasite before it matures and takes control of his body permanently.
 * Genre Savvy: His expertise in Degeneration can basically be summed up as, "I've been in these kinds of games before, I know what I'm talking about."
 * Jack of All Stats: In the minigames such as "The Mercenaries", he's usually the most balanced character.
 * Jade-Colored Glasses: In 4 and Degeneration.
 * Knife Nut: In Resident Evil 4, particularly. Many of Leon's fights involve knives: the knife fight with Krauser, and the fight with Ada, to name but a few.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: For Ashley.
 * Le Parkour
 * Literal Minded:

Leon: Your right hand comes off !?"

"Luis: Got smoke?
 * Made of Iron: Well, in a series with zombies and other unholy biological abominations, this isn't that notable but through the course of Resident Evil 4, Leon does take some pretty hard hits and keeps on kicking. For example, he's hit by a fearsome chained flail and stays on his feet. Not only is he still conscious, he doesn't even fall down. Plus he can get kicked across the room by a gigantic monster, kip up, and keep right on shooting. His tenacity is highlighted somewhat by the fact that he's smaller and a lot slimmer than the other (very buff) male protagonist Chris is in 5 but tends to take more damage.
 * And even before he got all toned for Resident Evil 4, he went through the entire second half of Resident Evil 2 with a freaking bullet embedded in his shoulder.
 * Morality Pet: To Ada.
 * Nice Hat: A fedora to complement his Chicago 1920s mob alternate outfit (PS2 version onwards). Since the Chicago Typewriter doesn't have to be reloaded, the developers switched the reload animation to Leon adjusting his hat when wearing this outfit. Do it multiple times in a row and he tosses the hat into the air and catches it.
 * One-Man Army: Arguably moreso than any of the other characters.
 * Only a Flesh Wound: Really, a bullet to the shoulder did nothing to stop him from fighting a giant crocodile!
 * Papa Wolf: For Ashley.
 * Peek-a-Bangs: In Resident Evil 4.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: One of the side effects of his Plaga infection.
 * Say My Name: My god! He does this to pretty much everyone.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal: Hilariously and awesomely so. Just as Salazar attempts to give a confident and well-prepared speech on terrorism, Leon stops him by throwing a knife at his hand that pins him to the wall.
 * Slept Through the Apocalypse: Oversleeping at a distant motel before heading to Raccoon City turned out to be the best mistake of his life.
 * Slouch of Villainy: You get to do one with him in Resident Evil 4!
 * Smoking Is Cool: Subverted. Leon Scott Kennedy does not tolerate smoking, he prefers gum.

Leon: Got gum..."

"Ada: Practically a genius. He has smarts and he knows how to use them."
 * The Smart Guy: Practically, if not intellectually. Ada certainly describes him as such.

"Leon: Your right hand comes off?
 * In context, she seems to mean he is more of a Combat Pragmatist and Determinator as opposed to a literal genius.
 * The Stoic: During the first half or so of Degeneration, he really acts like one.
 * Not So Stoic: If you've played the games.
 * Suplex Finisher: During the Castle and Island stages of 4, he can stun enemies with a knee-shot, and use a Northern Lights Suplex as a finisher. It has a high chance of instant head-exploding death and stops plagas from spawning.
 * Taking the Bullet:
 * Took a Level In Badass: He start off as a rookie cop, and becomes a One Man Zombie-Slaying Army by Resident Evil 4.
 * Trap Door Fail: Leon narrowly manages to avoid being impaled on spikes by Salazar by using a grappling-hook.
 * Trash Talk: Resident Evil 4 has quite a lot of this between Leon, Saddler and Salazar when the Los Illuminados hack into his radio-phone.
 * The constant banter between Leon and Salazar did, however, cause Salazar to have a Villainous Breakdown.

Salazar: Say whatever you please. DIE YOU WORM!"


 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Somewhat discussed in Darkside Chronicles.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: Partway into the game, Leon can suplex Ganados, crushing their heads.
 * Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: As the plot demands, he pulls a grappling hook and an Incredibly Obvious Bug out of nowhere.
 * He does work for the government...

Claire Redfield


""Look, you have two choices here: kill or be killed, your call!""

Chris's younger sister, Claire was introduced in Resident Evil 2 alongside Leon, returned in Code: Veronica where she found her brother, and later reunited with Leon in Degeneration. She's one of the few characters without special training, yet she still holds up fairly well against the zombies.

She is the only character who's kept the same American voice actress (Alyson Court) throughout every appearance she's made, including Degeneration. (Ada--usually voiced by Sally Cahill--had a different actress in Umbrella Chronicles.)

"Claire, on the Tyrant in Code Veronica: "Just a big cockroach that needed to be stepped on.""
 * Action Girl
 * Action Survivor
 * Badass Biker: Claire's main hobby is riding motorcycles.
 * Badass in A Nice Suit: Her alternate outfit in Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D
 * Badass: For being the only one with no professional training, yet still managing to fight zombies as well as the rest.
 * According to The Darkside Chronicles, her brother did give her some basic training. Still pretty badass, given everything she can do.
 * Badass Pacifist/The So-Called Coward: Sort of. After Code: Veronica, Claire, unlike her brother and Leon, has given up actively fighting against bio weapon outbreaks to work with an NGO that focuses on helping its victims. As Degeneration shows, when push comes to shove, she's still entirely capable of kicking zombie ass. She gets a little mopey at one point about taking a less aggressive role, but Leon snaps her out of it quickly enough.
 * Badly-Battered Babysitter: You lose count of how many times you missed Sherry, and in just one game.
 * May tread into Babysitter From Hell territory. She did a complete u-turn at the end of the game, which is strange and out of character seeing as she had just spent the entire game risking her life to protect Sherry. Almost immediately after they've all escaped, she buggers off to find Chris and doesn't think twice about leaving her (Sherry) with Leon to take care of.
 * Bare Your Midriff: Her most well known outfit, from Code: Veronica has this.
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Once again, she's always dressed in some shade of maroon-pink, even if Code Veronica took it a bit father towards red.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Of the four main protagonists, Claire is the only one who's really capable of effective sarcasm. (Chris is too stoic, Jill doesn't have that much of a sense of humor, and Leon's just kind of terrible at it.)
 * From the same game, if you go back to her when playing as Steve, she turns the snark Up to Eleven.


 * How Dare You Die On Me: In Code: Veronica, she tells Chris he better not die on her.
 * I Surrender, Suckers: And then she blew up an entire squad.
 * Lampshade Hanging: "Never saw this coming."
 * Mama Bear: Between Sherry from RE2 and Rani from Degeneration, Claire is very protective of children even if she has none of her own.
 * Not only did she dive into a group of zombies to save Rani, but she proceeded to bitch-slap a standing United States Senator.
 * Shout Out: Her RE2 vest says "Made in Heaven" and her Code: Veronica vest says "Let Me Live". Those are both titles of Queen songs.
 * When All You Have Is An Umbrella: In Degeneration.

Jake Muller
""I want 200,000 up-front, another 200 when this is over... oh, and B.O.W.s? Those are extra.""

The mysterious third protagonist of Resident Evil 6. Acting as a mercenary in war-torn Eastern Europe, he's apparently told that he's the "the man to save the world". Has been seen running around with Sherry Birkin, but other than this, as well as, almost nothing is known about him.

""Well the world can have [my blood], as long as someone ponies up the dough.""
 * Anti-Hero: He doesn't really seem to care much that the world needs him/his blood; he's more concerned with how much cash it could earn him.
 * Badass Abnormal:
 * Bald of Awesome: Not totally bald but it's shaven pretty close, and he's seen doing a lot of pretty cool stuff in the trailer.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Sports a long, straight one down the cheek.
 * Have We Met: Said by Chris in the Captivate trailer.
 * Luke, I Am Your Father:
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * Good Old Fisticuffs: His gameplay appears to be simply beating the shit out of zombies/J'avo/whatever with his bare hands.
 * Only in It For The Money: His domineering character trait in the reveal trailer is his fixation on money:

Barry Burton


""Are you ready to finish this?""

Introduced in the first game as the STARS weapon supplier. He befriended Chris in the Air Force in the mid-1990s and is the only protagonist known to have children. Since Resident Evil he has only made a cameo appearance in Resident Evil 3 and had his own game Resident Evil Gaiden Game, the latter not being considered canon.


 * An Offer He Can't Refuse:
 * Ascended Meme: Both his infamous lines below are referenced in Dead Rising with a store called "Jill's Sandwiches", which touts its owner as being "a master of sandwich making."
 * Not to mention Resident Evil 5, where you get the achievement "Master of Removing." And in RE5's Mercenaries Reunion, one of his melee moves is the Barry Sandwich.
 * In Image's tie-in comic for the second game, a flashback shows Wesker assembling the S.T.A.R.S. team that goes into Raccoon City. He mentions Jill as an afterthought, saying that he knows nothing about her other than Barry's assurance that she's the master of unlocking.
 * Badass Beard
 * The Big Guy
 * The Cameo: Despite only having a major role in one game in the series, he's a made a few appearances.
 * Appears in one of the endings of Resident Evil 3(as well as having a epilogue), rescuing Jill and Carlos right the nuke hits Raccoon City.
 * Playable in the Mercenaries minigame of Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
 * Canon Dis Continuity: Gaiden Game.
 * The Danza: His voice actor in the original happened to be named Barry as well.
 * Fake Defector
 * Hand Cannon: Barry runs around in the REmake wielding a massive .44 caliber revolver. If you get your hands on it, it drops the Tyrant in one shot.
 * I Have Your Wife: How Wesker kept Barry on a leash.
 * Large Ham: By far the most Narmish character of the entire series. Good thing Resident Evil Gaiden was on Gameboy and didn't have voice acting!
 * "Good" thing?
 * Mighty Glacier: Is this kind of character in The Mercenaries mini-games where he has powerful brute melee attacks such as a Pistol Whip that only attack single targets and Hand Cannon weapons.
 * The Nicknamer: To Jill.
 * Papa Wolf
 * Pinball Protagonist: In Resident Evil Gaiden.
 * Took a Level In Badass: His reappearance in Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition's Mercenaries Reunion. Four words: headbutt zombie = head explodes.

Ada Wong


""Maybe you forgot, Wesker, I don't always play by your rules.""

Introduced in 2. She was looking for a man named Ben, one of those reporter types. Known for her signature red dress and for betraying every team she plays for. Works for the mysterious "Agency", and reappears in 4 to bedevil Leon further.


 * Action Girl/Dark Action Girl: No matter which side you think she's on, there's no doubting her effectiveness.
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Has betrayed Leon, Umbrella, Wesker, and possibly her bosses at the "Agency". Unlike Wesker, however, she rarely kills those she's suckered.
 * Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: She's consistently shown wearing crimson red, to the point that Krasuer refers to her as "the bitch in the red dress".
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Dating Catwoman: The Catwoman to Leon's Batman.
 * Dragon Lady
 * Dragon With an Agenda
 * Fatal Attraction
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fragile Speedster: She's the fastest Resident Evil 4 mercenary, but she has the smallest health bar.
 * Kicking Ass in All Her Finery
 * Kick Chick
 * Grappling Hook Pistol: It's either called this, or a Hookshot.
 * Heel Face Revolving Door: Seriously, nobody knows whose side she's on!
 * Heroic Sacrifice: In Leon's B scenario. Subverted in that she survives it (although Leon doesn't know that).
 * I Can Still Fight: In Umbrella Chronicles, one scenario is about her fighting her way out of Umbrella's lab, despite being covered in wounds.
 * Lady in Red and Of War
 * Love Martyr: Again in Leon's B scenario.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Not Quite Dead
 * Pet the Dog: Her constantly keeping Leon's wellbeing as a priority shows you there's some goodness in her.
 * She Fu or Waif Fu
 * Spy Master
 * Unexplained Recovery: Almost as much as Wesker.
 * Worst Aid: Leon was shot trying to defend Ada. As thanks for saving her life, Ada attempted to patch him up... by putting the bandages over his clothes.
 * It's even the page quote.

Sherry Birkin


""Thanks Claire. Even though I'm an only child, neither of my parents spent much time with me... because of their work. But now that you're with me I finally have someone to rely upon.""

The daughter of the Mad Scientists William and Annette Birkin that Claire (and to a lesser extent, Leon) must protect during 2. Returns in Resident Evil 6 as Jake Muller's partner.


 * Action Girl: By 6
 * Bridal Carry: Leon carries her like this when she's unconscious at the end of the "Leon B" scenario.
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Outside of the epilogues in RE3, she never appeared in another game, except in Darkside Chronicles, which basically rehashes the same info from RE3.
 * The Bus Came Back: In Resident Evil 6.
 * Distressed Damsel: Of the younger variety.
 * Ill Girl
 * Ironic Echo: Early reports on RE6 seem to indicate that Sherry's relationship with Jake Muller is a direct inversion of her father's partnership with Wesker.
 * The Glomp: She likes to hug Claire everytime she can.
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Took a Level In Badass: In Resident Evil 6, Sherry is now a government agent.
 * Video Game Caring Potential: She makes you go "Aww..." sometimes.
 * What Happened To Daddy

Carlos Oliveira


""Looks like our roles have been reversed from the time we first met, huh?""

A mercenary and member of Umbrella's U.B.C.S. squad tasked with evacuating the zombie-infested Raccoon City, Jill's partner character in 3.


 * Casanova
 * More like Casanova Wannabe.
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After he and Jill escape the city, he's never heard from again.
 * Everything Sounds Sexier With Mexican Accents: "All the foxy ladies dig my accent. It drives them cra-a-a-zy." On the other hand...
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Gets slapped and given this by Jill.
 * Played with in the official strategy guide, which says Jill is ostensibly doing it to snap him out of his despair, but you just know she's really thinking "This is for that 'all zee ladies love my accent' crap."
 * Loveable Rogue: Your friendly hired-for-money mercenary, that's what he is.
 * The Mario: In Resident Evil 3's Mercenaries mode.
 * Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
 * Unbroken Vigil: Did it for Jill when she needed him.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: He has no epilogue in 3 for him. He simply faded into obscurity, only to resurface in Umbrella Chronicles, albeit playing the same role in a retread of the third game.

Steve Burnside
""I'm glad that I met you ... I... I love you... Claire...""

The seventeen-year-old son of an Umbrella double agent appearing in Code: Veronica, captured and sent to prison on Rockfort Island along with his father. He managed to escape in the chaos of an outbreak of the T-Virus along with Claire Redfield, who he found himself teaming up with beyond the prison.


 * An Axe to Grind: His Weapon of Choice when he's
 * Big Damn Heroes: He has more than one scene of being this.
 * Bling Bling Bang: He first takes the Gold Lugers.
 * Did Not Get the Girl:
 * Emo Teen: Though it's not unjustified. If you need specifics,
 * : See below.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Green Eyed Red Head
 * Guns Akimbo: First his Lugers, then his machine guns. If he weren't Dual-Wielding... he probably wouldn't be Steve.
 * Hot Blooded
 * The Internet Is for Porn: In Darkside Chronicles, he mentions that the guards at Rockfort Island had computers that were used for games and porn.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Again in Darkside Chronicles, he has a tendancy to lampshade what's going on.
 * Magic Pants:
 * Stepford Smiler: Type A.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Again in Darkside Chronicles, he has a tendancy to lampshade what's going on.
 * Magic Pants:
 * Stepford Smiler: Type A.
 * Stepford Smiler: Type A.

Billy Coen
""Listen, little girl, if you haven't noticed there's some pretty freaked out things on this train. And I, for one, wanna' get out of here. I don't think we stand a chance of doing it alone.""

Former Marine, Billy was wrongfully sentenced to execution for the slaughter of 23 people in Africa. However, when his transport through the Arklay mountains was overrun by mutated leeches (No, seriously...), he escaped. He proceeded to team up with Rebecca Chambers, and the two investigated zombie filled trains and a research facility in the woods. He was last seen in the woods around the mansion area, and hasn't been heard from since.


 * Badass
 * Chained By Fashion: He wears handcuffs throughout the game, dangling off of one wrist. He manages to pick them off by the end of the game, and he discards them by tossing them off of a cliff.
 * Death Faked for You: By Rebecca, at the end of the game.
 * Hidden Depths: Despite how brutish he seems more often than not,
 * Tip of the iceberg. Someone knows a little more than they're letting on.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: One of the brawniest male characters, partnered up with the smallest adult female character.
 * Inferred Holocaust: One possible reason he didn't show up in later games? The last you see of him is him walking into a forest infested with man-eating monsters, unarmed.
 * Then again, he can fit a grenade launcher in his pants.
 * Possibly averted, as Word of God states that they plan to have him return in the future.
 * Jade-Colored Glasses: Billy is almost bizarrely aloof about his conviction, resigned to his fate and cynically shot down Rebecca when she tried to be optimistic about it. And yet...
 * Knight in Sour Armor: ... the cynical, wrongfully convicted murderer has a powerful sense of justice. He's the one who convinces Rebecca to partner up with him and he's the one who refuses to go back on his word.
 * I Won't Say I'm Guilty: Granted, he's not.
 * The Nicknamer: To Rebecca.
 * The Quiet One: Man of few words.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: Hasn't been seen or heard from since Zero. The only continuity nod is in Resident Evil 2, where Rebecca reported him dead.
 * Where she misspells his surname as "Koen"...

Luis Sera
""A little rough, don't you think?""

Appearing in 4, showing up mysteriously to aid Leon from time to time before running off. He claims to have been a policeman in Madrid before later admitting that he was also once a researcher for Los Illuminados. He does his best to help Leon and Ashley.

"Luis: "I see the president has equipped his daughter with ballistics.""
 * The Atoner: He goes well out of his way to help Leon and Ashley because of the responsibility he feels for the situation at hand.
 * Badass Spaniard
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Casanova: He claims to be "quite the ladies' man."
 * Handsome Lech:


 * Heel Face Turn: Though he went through it before Leon ever met him.
 * Hot Scientist
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Leon seems incapable of correctly pronouncing his name. In the form of a Big No, it reaches Narm proportions.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: He acts like a sleaze, but as the notes, the medication and the laser he created attest, he's a genius. Even Ada calls him "brilliant."
 * Unkempt Beauty
 * Unkempt Beauty
 * Unkempt Beauty

Jack Krauser


An antagonist in 4, he literally shows up in the last section of the game, though he's one of the causes of the whole mess: He's the one who originally kidnapped Ashley. Also a playable character Darkside Chronicles, which serves as his Start of Darkness, showing the actual mission he worked with Leon and why he hooked up with Wesker.


 * Anti-Villain: Somewhat of a Type II, given the Start of Darkness shown in Darkside Chronicles.
 * Badass Abnormal: Darkside Chronicles shows us that he was pretty badass before
 * Blade Below the Shoulder:
 * Blood Knight
 * Compensating for Something: Implied by Ada.
 * Dirty Coward: Played with in Darkside Chronicles. In the last few missions, Krauser essentially breaks under the strain, scrambling with fear from the giant viral monsters attacking him and Leon, even (mentally) desperately begging Leon to save his ass when he thought the odds were too great. Despite all this, and an extremely injured arm, he fights competently and professionally and never really lets any of this show.
 * The game justifies this as a result of an extensive military career; his professionalism and experience tends to be highlighted throughout the campaign. Which makes The Reveal of his inner thoughts to be all the more frightening. The point at which you realize just how disassociated his thoughts are from his actions is when the warning bells start going off.
 * Disney Death: Played straight and subverted.
 * Evil Counterpart: For Leon. Both are Knife Nuts, worked for the US government, and even served on the same mission in Darkside Chronicles. Ironically, Krauser falls to the dark side because he liked his work with SOCOM so much, so when he
 * Face Heel Turn: Ends up turning to Wesker (and presumably faking his own death).
 * Mistreatment Induced Betrayal: One of the major factors in his allying himself with Wesker was because of deep anger about feeling used by the United States Military, especially when they didn't even request for him to join up with the organization to stop bioweapon threats, yet they allowed Leon to join, and later their firing him because the Javier mission had him injured in his arm with it not fully recovering. That would probably explain why Krauser, despite swearing an oath to his native country, was perfectly willing to undergo a mission to kidnap the President's daughter.
 * Fallen Hero
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: The giant scar on his face is supposed to make him look more intimidating. When he puts war paint on his face, it lessens the appearance of it.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Has shades of this when he learns about Leon's being ordered to join the secret organization to stop bioweapons, despite the fact that Krauser, at least in his viewpoint, would have willingly joined up to aid the government get rid of the bioweapons, and yet was not even given that chance.
 * Hypocrite
 * Knife Nut: And used to make him seem a good deal like an Evil Opposite for Leon, his former teammate.
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Lightning Bruiser: Of the Mercenaries, he's got the largest health bar, his bow is extremely powerful, his physical attacks will demolish just about anyone, and he can run at a pretty good pace.
 * But he becomes a Mighty Glacier when injured (he becomes incredibly slow; which is not good when Super-Salvador is chasing you).
 * Nerves of Steel: Played with, see Dirty Coward.
 * Nice Hat: A raspberry beret.
 * The Paragon Always Rebels: The bio for Krauser in Darkside Chronicles noted that he had a long and outstanding service in the military prior to his ultimate fall.
 * Psycho Supporter: By Resident Evil 4, he is very much loyal to Wesker, presumably because of his healing his arm so he can be a soldier again.
 * Remember the New Guy: "I died in the crash 2 years ago... Is that what they told you?" What crash? What mission? Who are you?
 * Rival Turned Evil: Darkside Chronicles lays out the rather tragic story. Leon and Krauser only knew each other for the one mission, but they earned each other's respect and friendship and from Leon's point of view, parted as friends. In reality, because of a combination of insane stress of the mission, fear of rejection by the government after major injury, and subsequent fascination of power with which he could liberate himself from others' control, Krauser sought after organic weaponry to augment himself immediately after that mission, breaking all bonds with Leon and the US government (although the fact that the US government fired him because of his injury was probably a huge factor in that last part of his viewpoint).
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: Similar to Gray Fox, Jack Krauser feels he is useless outside of the battlefield, and that being a soldier is his calling, to the extent that he often underwent mercenary missions even when he was off-duty from SOCOM. This is a large part of the reason why he ultimately turned to Wesker's help after
 * Stab the Scorpion: In Darkside Chronicles, he stabs a snake that's about to strike Leon.
 * Step Three: Profit: Although he kidnapped Ashley Graham, its also implied that he intended to interfere with Ashley Graham's getting a plaga strain and have it delivered to Wesker. What he planned to do with her afterwards is left ambiguous.
 * Warrior Poet: He develops into a rather cynical philosopher over the course of The Darkside Chronicles.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:

Ashley Graham
""I'm never turning into one of them! Never!""

The president's daughter that Leon must rescue in 4. Before the game's release, she was thought to be Sherry by some.

""Secure the Ballistics""
 * Badass Damsel: In her scenario.
 * Bodyguard Crush: On Leon.
 * Hilariously so.
 * The Chick: While most of the time she's pretty much a Distressed Damsel, there's a few times in which she makes herself useful.
 * The Dev Team Thinks of Everything: A minor example. When you play with the default outfit, Ashley won't let you look under her skirt if she's above you (she'll close her legs and admonish you for trying). Play with the second outfit (where she's wearing a pop-starlet kind of outfit with a pair of long pants) and she doesn't respond if you try the same thing.
 * Distressed Damsel: She sticks with you for a couple of chapters when you first find her before traps in the castle separate you. The next two times you find her, she wind up kidnapped again by the end of the chapter.
 * Eyes of Gold/Curtains Match the Window
 * Improvised Weapon User: She can use candles/lanterns in the rooms when you play her.
 * Kill It With Fire: One of her few attacks is to throw candles at enemies.
 * Gag Boobs: A result of Luis's Lampshading.
 * Further lampshaded, the trophy for rescuing her?


 * Panty Shot: Allegedly, the panties have a rather detailed graphic...
 * The President's Daughter
 * Stone Wall: Armor Ashley is completely invincible to any form of attack. It is a perfectly viable strategy to use Armor Ashley to lure enemies away from Leon as he snipes them from a distance... with a rocket. Ashley will be perfectly fine.
 * Video Game Caring Potential/Video Game Cruelty Potential: Depends on your take on Escort Missions.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: No kidding! Do it right, and you can have her performing Leon's very suplex move on enemies!
 * Ashley uses the same controls as Leon, but since she never finds any weapons in her chapter, you're not supposed to be able to fight. If you manage to hit a monk with one of the doors, though, you can run up and use one of the context-sensitive melee commands.
 * Sadly, said ability only works in the original Game Cube release.

Ingrid Hunnigan
""May I remind you that you're still on duty?""

Leon's Mission Control in Resident Evil 4.


 * Beautiful All Along
 * The Glasses Gotta Go
 * He Knows About Timed Hits: "I'm sending you a playing manual!"
 * Meganekko
 * Mission Control
 * Sexy Secretary

The Merchant
""Got a collection of good things on sale, stranger!""

A strange pirate-merchant guy introduced in RE4. Clad in a black, hooded coat and purple neckerchief, the Merchant would be available at some point during the level to sell and buy items. He's a mysterious and quirky fellow and gained quite the fanbase as a result.


 * British Accents: For whatever reason, he is voiced with a Cornish/rural accent, commonly thought of as a "pirate" accent.
 * Catch Phrase: "Wot're ye buyin'?"/"Wot're ye sellin'?"
 * Everyone Calls Him The Merchant
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: Subverted. He's a good guy.
 * Intrepid Merchant
 * Large Ham
 * We Buy Anything: "I'll buy it fer a high price."
 * We Sell Everything: Well, everything you need to survive a zombie-infested Spanish town.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: We miss him...

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

Chris' partner during 5, with whom he develops a strong bond. She joined the BSAA to fight against biological weapons since her parents had been victims of experiments carried out in Africa with said weapons.

"Josh: Sheva became the little sister of the team."
 * Action Girl
 * Bilingual Bonus: Her tattoo reads "Shujaa," which is Swahili for "Hero."
 * But Not Too Black: Which raises even further Unfortunate Implications.
 * The Chick: For her team.

"Sheva: There's only so much one person can do. Even a superhero like you, Chris."
 * Dead Little Sister: Or more accurately, Dead Parents.
 * Fur Bikini: One of her alternate costume.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Knife Nut: Sheva will straight-up shank a fool if given the opportunity.
 * Including
 * Male Gaze: The first thing you're shown of her is pretty much her ass. Lampshaded by Unskippable.
 * The Lancer: For Chris.


 * Little Red Riding Hood: One of her alternate costumes is a Hotter and Sexier version of the fairy tale (for some reason).
 * Shout Out: One of her alternate costumes is a throwback to Hunnigan from 4.
 * Sexy Secretary: She isn't one of course, but one of her alternate costumes is of a Sexy Secretary with a Badass in A Nice Suit vibe.
 * True Companions: She's pretty much about this, either for Chris or for her team.

Josh Stone
The captain of BSAA West Africa Branch and Sheva's mentor. .


 * Black Dude Dies First: Averted.
 * Fake Nationality: He's voiced by TJ Storm, an American.
 * The Mentor: To Sheva.
 * Wrestler in All of Us: His melee takedowns include elbow drops, German suplexes and chokeslams.

Manuela Hidalgo


The daughter of the drug lord Javier Hidalgo. Kept alive by the T-Veronica virus, she is rescued by Leon and Krauser during the prequel story in Darkside Chronicles.


 * Awesomeness Is Volatile:
 * Achey Scars: Repeatedly throughout Darkside Chronicles, she clutches her arm in pain.
 * Bad Powers, Good People: She's definitely good, but this series is notorious for having people who augment their bodies or gain special abilities as being evil.
 * Blessed With Suck:
 * Blondes Are Evil: Subverted.  she's one of the good guys.
 * Bloody Murder:
 * Blue Eyes: For innocence
 * Body Horror: Her right arm is
 * Bodyguard Crush: She really does like Leon.
 * Character Development: Becomes more proactive throughout The Darkside Chronicles.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: She wears all white. She's naturally the '"pure" character in Darkside Chronicles.
 * Damsel in Distress: She has the sense to break out and run for the heroes, though.
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * Earn Your Happy Ending:
 * Foil: To Alexia Ashford, especially as she is presented in The Darkside Chronicles.
 * Freaky Is Cool: Krauser thinks so, at least.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * The Ingenue: She is soft-spoken as all get-out, but also intelligent and highly courageous. The naivety fades out as she comes to develop her own philosophy regarding the Veronica virus and its gifts
 * Leitmotif: She even sings it.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: Right before the final boss, she decides to quit sitting back
 * Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: With regards to her father, Javier Hidalgo, a drug lord and bioterrorist.
 * Playing With Fire
 * Red Right Hand: The bandages on her arm are covering scarring that is.
 * Scars Are Forever: Averted in the bad ending.
 * Sweet and Sour Grapes: The essence of her relationship with
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Somewhat discussed in Darkside Chronicles.
 * Woman in White: Runs around the entire game in a tattered white bloodstained mini dress.
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Somewhat discussed in Darkside Chronicles.
 * Woman in White: Runs around the entire game in a tattered white bloodstained mini dress.

Parker Luciani


Jill's partner in Revelations and a relatively new BSAA agent.


 * An Axe to Grind
 * Big Brother Mentor: He was rather protective of Vester during the Terragrigia Incident, but he also followed the theory that rookies need a bit of "towel-snapping" in order to grow up.
 * Call Back:
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe: A wetsuit
 * Hot Blooded
 * Perma Stubble
 * Sir Swearsalot: He swears much more than the other characters in Revelations.
 * Too Many Belts: He's wearing a wetsuit for the mission on the Zenobia and has all his equipment strapped onto him.

Jessica Sherawat
Chris's partner in Revelations. She was an agent in the Federal Bioterrorism Commission, but following the Terragrigia incident, she joined the BSAA "to be on the right side."


 * Faux Action Girl: Jessica is ostensibly as capable as any other BSAA agent in the series, and to her credit, she survives right alongside Parker in the levels set during the Terragrigia Panic. As Chris's partner, however, she does next to nothing, and is mostly remembered for the abbreviated wetsuit she puts on when Chris's game shifts to the Zenobia.
 * Flirting Under Fire: She's capable of keeping up a breezy, vaguely flirtatious dialogue with Parker while their position is being swarmed by Hunters, and she does everything short of throwing herself at Chris while they're investigating hostile territory swarming with BOWs.
 * Friendly Sniper: Carries a large rifle in the current-day missions with Chris.

Raymond Vester


A member of the FBC also present on the Zenobia along with Parker and Jill in Revelations. Another survivor of the Terragrigia Panic.


 * Affectionate Nickname:
 * Agent Peacock: Not a straight example of this, but he's more effeminate-looking than the rest of the male cast.
 * Dead Partner:
 * I Can Still Fight
 * New Meat: With regard to the FBC anyway. He was with the US Military before joining them, but this didn't prove experience enough for taking on bioterrorism incidents, and he was subsequently badly injured during the Terragrigia Panic.
 * New Meat: With regard to the FBC anyway. He was with the US Military before joining them, but this didn't prove experience enough for taking on bioterrorism incidents, and he was subsequently badly injured during the Terragrigia Panic.
 * New Meat: With regard to the FBC anyway. He was with the US Military before joining them, but this didn't prove experience enough for taking on bioterrorism incidents, and he was subsequently badly injured during the Terragrigia Panic.

Clive R. O'Brian
The director of the North American BSAA during the time of Revelations. Was heavily involved with the Terragrigia Panic as well as the Queen Zenobia Incident.


 * Batman Gambit:
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Quint Cetcham
A member of the BSAA introduced in Revelations. A dab hand with technology and a film buff.


 * Bash Brothers: With Keith.
 * Code Name: "Jackass".
 * Lower Deck Episode: You occasionally get to follow Quint and Keith's mission in Northern Europe during the main Campaign, with Quint acting as the AI companion.
 * Mission Control: Briefly, to Jill and Parker in Episode 6 and 7.
 * Otaku: Likes to make movie references fairly regularly.
 * Techno Wizard: Invented the technology behind the Genesis Scanner (which is incorporated into his headset) and scavenges data with ease from a computer found in aircraft wreckage.

Keith Lumley
Another BSAA operative introduced in Revelations. He hangs out with Quint and is a close-combat specialist.


 * But Not Too Black: He's one of those dudes who doesn't have an immediately identifiable ethnicity. Best guess: he's half-black, half-white.
 * Code Name: "Grinder".
 * Bash Brothers: With Quint.
 * In the Hood: Wears a green hooded sweater under his fatigues, although it doesn't exactly make him look brooding or threatening.
 * Kukris Are Kool: Uses two of 'em as his melee weaponry of choice.
 * Lower Deck Episode: Same as with Quint, but Keith is the playable character.

Helena Harper
Leon's companion in 6. She is a government agent who holds herself responsible for the virus outbreak in Tall Oaks.


 * It's All My Fault

Piers Nivans
A BSAA operative serving under Special Operations Unit Alpha Team, and Chris's partner in RE6.


 * Early Bird Cameo: First appeared in the preview chapter of serialised manga BIOHAZARD: Marhawa Desire, in September 2011.
 * His first name was mistakenly translated there as "Beards," which caused a lot of amused reactions from Western journalists and fans.

Albert Wesker
""Every day, humans come one step closer to self destruction! I'm not destroying the world, I'm saving it!""

The series's chief antagonist, Wesker has been directly or indirectly responsible for the events of every game, and always seems to come out on top. He has a stronger rivalry with Chris than with any other character.

"Wesker: The Tyrant virus leaked, polluting this whole place... and unfortunately, I had to give up my lovely members of S.T.A.R.S...."
 * A Father to His Men: Going by his referring to S.T.A.R.S. as "lovely" (see Even Evil Has Standards/Pragmatic Villainy below), he did to some extent care for the S.T.A.R.S. unit, although that doesn't stop him from
 * A God Am I: By Resident Evil 5 he's gone this way, after absorbing too much of Spencer's deluded philosophy.
 * Animal Eyes
 * Arch Enemy: To all the protagonists, but especially Jill and Chris.
 * Back From the Dead: Repeatedly.
 * Badass Abnormal: As Umbrella Chronicles establishes, he was a Badass long before he injected himself with the Progenitor Virus.
 * Badass in A Nice Suit: In Umbrella Chronicles and in 4.
 * Badass Longcoat: In some of Umbrella Chronicles and most of 5.
 * Big Bad: For the original and 5. His influence is felt across the entire series as well.
 * Blackmail: Want to know the reason why Wesker got Robby Burton to aid him in luring several STARS to their death? It's because he threatened to hurt his family if he didn't do so. Ironically, he had no intention of carrying out the threat, which bit him in the butt when he admitted it.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Blue Eyes: Going by renders of Wesker prior to his mutation (without his sunglasses), his eye-color was blue.
 * Blue Oni: To Birkin's red.
 * The Chessmaster: Nothing, no one, and no event is out of his scope when he's scheming; you will be accounted for.
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: First as The Mole for STARS, then double-crosses Umbrella, kills and then pulls a You Have Outlived Your Usefulness on
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: All black(and later red/orange), for evil. Even if he wears deep navy blue during the Mansion Incident, it still counts.
 * Dark Messiah: During his villainous breakdown in Resident Evil 5, he tells Chris that he doesn't plan on destroying the planet Earth, but rather he plans to save it. Unfortunately, his method of doing so involves exterminating several people with the Uroboros virus.
 * Ironically, given Jake Muller, carrying the only thing that would remove the bioterrorist viruses from the world, Wesker may in a way have saved the world, in a sense.
 * Death Activated Superpower: How he became even more badass after the first game.
 * Dirty Cop/The Mole: In the first Resident Evil game, he was the leader of STARS, and also happened to be under Umbrella's employ. In fact, he lured them to the mansion to have more test subjects.
 * Slight subversion to the former trope, as it is made clear that he was with Umbrella from the start.
 * Dodge the Bullet: Can individually dodge bullets fired from automatic weapons, unless he isn't aware of the player's position.
 * Enemy Mine: In Umbrella Chronicles, he fights Sergei as Jill and Chris fight T.A.L.O.S., which is Sergei's experiment. In Code: Veronica, it looked like him and Chris would fight Alexia together, but then he ran off.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait: To the Majority of Females Fans at least.
 * Even Evil Has Standards/Pragmatic Villainy: Although he makes it clear that he does plan to destroy STARS to gain battle data for the B.O.Ws, his choice of words when revealing this implies that he is not particularly happy about having to do so.

"Wesker: "Complete. Global. Saturation.""
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Evil Mentor: To Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, as he says that they were trained under him
 * Final Boss: Of RE5.
 * Flash Step: By 5, his Super Speed takes this form at times, especially when dodging bullets.
 * Genius Bruiser: Is repeatedly stated as having been a child prodigy by files you find throughout the game. He can also punch you across a room.
 * And through doors made of stone.
 * Heck, even before he faked his death and mutated, he was skilled enough in martial arts to take down zombie dogs with no effort, and was actually able to go toe-to-toe with an Ivan (which would have been far more powerful than the Tyrant he "got killed" by) during the events of Resident Evil Zero, and also during that time, he was part of the research team.
 * Go Mad From the Revelation: Prior to paying Spencer a visit, Wesker was a pretty level-headed Chessmaster. Afterwards (once he learns of his origins) he jumps off the deep end and forms a god-complex.
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: He has freaky orange and gold eyes slit like a Snake, that is when you actually see them. Naturally, he's evil.
 * The Heavy: He's still working for Spencer in Resident Evil 1, but it's Wesker who actually moves the plot along. He takes over this role again in RE5.
 * Humans Are Bastards: If certain portions of his Hannibal Lecture towards Chris and Sheva during the final level of Resident Evil 5 is to be taken literally.
 * Immortality: Implied to be a Type 2, as he looks like he is only in his twenties, even when, by the time of his, he was a lot closer to his late forties. Most likely, this was the result of the result of the virus he injected himself with.
 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: This was the cause of his "death" in the first game (both the original and the remake) in all scenarios except for the Barry Burton Lives ending (in which case, he is shot by Barry, and later either ends up decapitated offscreen, or escaped completely, depending on whether it is the original version or the remake, respectively.)
 * Implacable Man: Throw something at him. Chances are it won't hit him in the first place or that it won't keep him down for more than a minute at most.
 * Wesker had a crane full of steel girders dropped on his head in Code Veronica X. It only fazed him for a few moments.
 * Ink Suit Actor: Based very heavily on David Bowie.
 * As for the voice, according to Richard Waugh himself, that was a Sure Why Not - in an interview, he stated that his voice for Wesker was based on Shere Khan.
 * DC Douglas, Wesker's current voice as of Umbrella Chronicles, even stated that he based the voice on Bowie.
 * Also, his mannerisms in the fifth game at least, not to mention his overall attire and appearance, are indicative of Agent Smith.
 * Joker Immunity:
 * Large Ham: By 5 (with his most villainous British accent to date). DC Douglas indulges in some Ham and Cheese for a few outtake lines.
 * Large Ham: By 5 (with his most villainous British accent to date). DC Douglas indulges in some Ham and Cheese for a few outtake lines.

""Has it never occurred to you that this planet is overpopulated? Only a handful of humans truly matter. Everyone else is just so much chaff. So now, I have to separate this chaff from the wheat. And with Uroboros, I can finally accomplish this.""
 * Last-Name Basis: Somewhat of a problem, what with
 * Lightning Bruiser: Wesker can move too fast to be seen, yet punch straight through a person's chest.
 * Not to mention throw Rockets at you, or kick you through a stone door.
 * Mighty Glacier:
 * Luke, I Am Your Father / Parental Abandonment:
 * Mad Scientist: But try telling him that.
 * The Man Behind the Man: Too much of Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil 1, Resident Evil 4, and parts of the Umbrella Chronicles. A great deal of the plot is the result of him and Sergei trying to outdo one another in The Man Behind the Man department.
 * Mole in Charge: Was the commanding officer of S.T.A.R.S., and yet
 * Motive Rant: During his second fight with Chris.


 * Obviously Evil: Not as apparent back in the day, but since Umbrella Chronicles, with his current voice, would you imagine him as a good guy?
 * Off With His Head: In the original version's Barry Lives ending of Jill's scenario, Wesker's decapitated head is seen in the self-destruct chamber. Not so much in the remake.
 * One of Us: His current voice actor, D.C. Douglas, if his work here is anything to go by.
 * Playing Both Sides: Plays every. single. freaking. side. to his own advantage.
 * Putting On the Reich: Kind of. Wesker has Blond hair, blue eyes (prior to his mutation), and upon mutating gained superhuman strength, speed, and endurance, similar to the Nazi's view of the ideal Aryan. Likewise, he was engineered to be the perfect human, similar to the supposed Aryans.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: After he comes Back From the Dead in Code: Veronica. Although they were yellow first.
 * Renaissance Man: Geneticist, virologist, corporate executive, corporate spy, elite SWAT team commander, supersoldier and criminal mastermind.
 * Ret Canon: Prior to Code Veronica, and especially the first Wesker's Report, the only time it was hinted at that Wesker would be infected (whether deliberately or not) with any strain of the t-Virus was in the optional Battle Mode included in the Sega Saturn version, where Wesker appears as an enemy zombie that's tougher than the usual kind.
 * The Rival: To Sergei Vladimir.
 * The Sociopath: If the novelizations are to be believed.
 * The Social Darwinist: Believes the vast bulk of humanity are worthless and that only a minority of people- with superior talent, intelligence, physical stats. etc- have ever actually mattered throughout human history. He assumes that Ourobouros will weed out the weak and the strong will survive and become superhuman, though baring in mind that the only reason  was probably due to all the experiments performed on him and the fact that he was already superhuman, , his plan might actually have just wiped out every living thing on the planet.
 * The Starscream: To Umbrella. Deconstructed, as it is strongly implied that not only was Spencer fully aware of Wesker's intentions of betraying Spencer and Umbrella, he actually orchestrated the events that would result in Wesker deciding to take down Umbrella.
 * Sunglasses At Night: His trademark.
 * Super Speed: After taking the experimental virus, he moves faster than the human mind can process. See Dodge the Bullet above. To the naked eye, it looks like he's teleporting.
 * Super Soldier: The virus strain that he injected himself with to fake his death to Umbrella essentially made him this. It's also implied that the virus was actually designed by Spencer as part of his ultimate scheme, making the virus almost a super soldier serum.
 * Super Strength: Capable of lifting missles with one hand, piercing through his enemies' chests with his fingers, and holding Chris with one hand by the throat, among other feats of his strength after his upgrade.
 * Teens Are Monsters: Got his start at 18.
 * Those Two Bad Guys: With William Birkin, his long time friend and rival. Admittedly, their time as this is mostly in the series backstory and Resident Evil 0, but they went to college and later worked as top researchers at Umbrella together for years.
 * Tyke Bomb: Revealed to be one of several Wesker children by Spencer.
 * Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: He is a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 with Chris, Jill & (in Ultimate MVC 3) Nemesis.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Was revealed to be this to Spencer all along in Resident Evil 5. Suffice to say, he doesn't take this revelation very well...
 * Villain Team-Up: With Doctor Doom in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
 * Villain Protagonist: In Umbrella Chronicles and various bonus levels.
 * Villainous Breakdown: RE5. Full stop.
 * CHRIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
 * Well, Ada does play him in the end of Separate Ways.
 * The fact that Wesker was Out Gambitted by Ada could be seen as more of a case of the Villain Ball than Ada actually being any good at manipulating people. Being tricked so easily is very Out of Character for Wesker, seeing as Ada is an absolute disaster when it comes to not acting suspicious (makes you wonder how she's still a spy). Those who have played Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways will have realised that every single conversation Ada had with Wesker pretty much said "I'm going to stab you in the back". Heck, the fact that she hesitated when Wesker first told her to kill Leon (and then failed to do) was a massive give-away that she was unreliable, something someone with supposedly genius-level intelligence should have noticed (although it is strongly implied that he was fully aware of the likelihood that Ada would betray him).
 * His actual Villainous Breakdown arguably occurred far earlier, when he learned that, resulting in the full blown god complex that he currently has. Beforehand, he usually manipulates both sides, by the main game of Resident Evil 5, however, he's spouting that he's a god.
 * Villainous BSOD: See Villainous Breakdown, specifically the last entry.
 * Weapon of Choice: His S.T.A.R.S. issued Beretta handgun, which he still carries during the events in Kijuju.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Assuming that Wesker wasn't a nut to begin with, his injecting himself with a virus (and being revived by it) certainly made him such. Even if he was, it certainly made him a lot more nuttier than before.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess:

Lisa Trevor
Umbrella's "patient zero", the first individual to survive injection with the Progenitor Virus, T-Virus, and many others and come out stronger. Her genetic tissue was also the origin for Birkin's "G-Virus". Introduced in the REmake, Lisa is the daughter of the Spencer mansion's architect, George Trevor. When her father was murdered to protect the mansion's secrets, both Lisa and her mother Jessica were kidnapped and used as test subjects by Umbrella. While Jessica had no reaction to viral injection and was killed before she could attempt escape with Lisa, Lisa had a strong reaction to everything Umbrella could think to throw at her, and was heavily experimented upon for the greater part of forty years, breaking her fragile sanity, while also turning her into to a nearly invincible monstrosity. Testing finally ceased when Lisa murdered the Umbrella researchers posing as her parents, and sewed their faces to her own in hopes that she might return them to her parents. Yup. Believed by many fans to be the creepiest character in the series.


 * And I Must Scream
 * Berserk Button: When she realised the researchers weren't her parents she tore their faces off.
 * Chained By Fashion
 * Combat Tentacles
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Dear God.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Implacable Girl Hunchback Thing... With Tentacles
 * Psychopathic Manchild: She's in her mid-forties when the player meets her, but she still acts very much like a young child.
 * Was Once A Girl
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

William Birkin


Umbrella's top scientist, cohort of Albert Wesker, father of Sherry Birkin, and creator of the G-Virus. The main enemy of 2, having become a monster after injecting his virus into his own system to keep it out of the hands of the Umbrella Security Service and to save his own life.


 * Bishounen: Not to the same degree a young Marcus, but yeah, definitely.
 * Blob Monster: His final form is a featurless blob with dozens of teeth and Combat Tentacles.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: His hair is brown in 2, but in the Chronicles games, he's blond.
 * Body Horror: To a terrifying degree after he injects himself with the G-Virus.
 * Carry a Big Stick: Birkin's first form wields a section of piping as a makeshift club.
 * Clipped-Wing Angel: One of the series's most notable examples.
 * Combat Tentacles: In his final form.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Pre-G-virus his wife and daughter were this to him.
 * Evilutionary Biologist: Worked on the Progenitor virus and the T-virus with Marcus, designed the G-virus and Wesker's experimental mutagen himself, cheerfully experimented on human beings in order to do so...yeah he counts.
 * Eyes Do Not Belong There: As a monster, he has one on his shoulder.
 * Final Boss: His Clipped-Wing Angel form is the last boss you face in RE2.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Alexia Ashford, who was hired at an even younger age than he was.
 * Healing Factor: Everytime he's damaged his mutations increase, closing the wounds and altering his body still further. It isn't perfect though, and the mutations are at times far from beneficial; when his fourth form is almost destroyed the only way for his healing factor to bail him out to transform him into a limbless immobile blob.
 * The Heavy: In RE2, where he's the opponent you face the most, the one responsible for the outbreak, and the one who drives most of Claire's actions as he attempts to reclaim his daughter from her.
 * Hey It's That Voice: In the Chronicles and Operation Raccoon City games, he shares a voice actor with none other than Frank West.
 * Implacable Man: Goes through 4 different One-Winged Angel forms and one Clipped-Wing Angel before he's finally stopped.
 * Klingon Promotion: He and Wesker murdered their mentor, Dr. James Marcus, on Spencer's orders. Afterwards Wesker became Spencer's spy, and Birkin recieved Marcus' old job and control of his research.
 * Lovecraftian Superpower
 * Mad Scientist
 * Monster Is A Daddy: A bit of an inversion in terms of the trope's usual turn of events.
 * One-Winged Angel: To an ungodly degree. He goes through four dangerous forms and one Clipped-Wing Angel form, before finally dying.
 * Recurring Boss: Comes back in one One-Winged Angel form after another, forcing you to face him no fewer than five times.
 * Red Oni: To Wesker's blue.
 * Super Strength: Starts out strong and gets stronger with each transformation.
 * Teen Genius: Was 16 when he was hired by Umbrella.
 * Teens Are Monsters: Had no problems committing horrifically unethical experiments at 16.
 * Those Two Bad Guys: Birkin and Wesker went to college, trained and worked at Umbrella together, and hung out together in Resident Evil 0. A file in 5 confirms that Birkin was the one who gave Wesker the virus that made him super-human.
 * Tragic Monster: An unusual example - he was by no means a sympathetic character before his transformation, but try telling that to his distraught family.
 * Especially since you
 * Villainous Breakdown: In the backstory. Birkin absolutely snapped when the U.S.S. came for the G-Virus, and attacked the HUNK and his men, setting off the events of RE2.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: The G-virus has a profoundly negative impact on his sanity.

Brian Irons
The corrupt police chief of Raccoon City bribed by Umbrella, mostly by Birkin, into keeping it from harm.


 * Axe Crazy: And how.
 * Body Horror:
 * Bad Boss: It's implied he murdered his secretary, he hunted surviving officers down for sport, and he installed a nerve gas system in the police station.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Seriously, how did this man become the Chief of Police?
 * Dirty Cop
 * Fat Bastard
 * Half the Man He Used To Be: The alternate method of his death, committed by G-Birkin.
 * Rape As Backstory: The opposite of how this trope usually works. 'cringe'
 * Taxidermy Is Creepy
 * Villainous Breakdown: Pre-outbreak, he was no charmer, but the security of his position and the extravagant lifestyle he bought with bribe money kept him from losing it publicly. Once the T-Virus did its thing, he just snapped, hiding the RPD's ammo, and hunting the survivors through the precinct.
 * Wicked Cultured: Not only does he put on a faux-british accent, he's filled the RPD station with creepy artwork, much of which secretly obscures the keys to his

HUNK
""The mission objective takes priority over everything else. Holding to that principle is why I have never failed a mission... The death cannot die!""

Also known as "Mr. Death," HUNK is one of Umbrella's mercenaries, and a member of the Umbrella Security Service. He was sent to retrieve the G-Virus from Birkin. After his unit was decimated, he had to make his way back up to the top of the police station to escape. To date, he's never met any of the main characters. He has a habit of being the only survivor of any missions he undertakes, which is the cause of his nickname.


 * Badass: Just look at the man.
 * Badass Normal: Unlike most villains, he is not modified by any viruses or bioweapons.
 * Badass Boast: His is "The Death cannot die!"
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: In Mercenaries 3-D, HUNK has a set of hidden blades to stab perform melee attacks with.
 * Cool Mask
 * Determinator
 * Everybody's Dead, Dave: Happens to him so often that a helicopter pilot has commented: "Once again, only you survived, Mr. Death."
 * Gas Mask Mooks: Subverted. He may look like just another one of Umbrella's Faceless Goons, but he's a total Badass and a character in his own right.
 * Grim Reaper: His alternate costume in the "Mercenaries" minigame in 5, complete with Sinister Scythe.
 * Hey It's That Voice: In the Chronicles games and Operation Raccoon City, he shares the same voice actor none other than Johan Liebert.
 * In-Series Nickname: "Mr. Death".
 * Lack of Empathy: Big time. He leaves a wounded teammate behind to die, shows no emotion as he watches zombies and B.O.W.s cut down RPD officers, and is far more concerned about the possibility that the G-virus sample might be damaged than the fact that his men just murdered the guy who was holding it.
 * Lethal Joke Character: In RE4, he starts out with a TMP, some ammo, and three grenades. Used correctly, he racks up a lot of combos from using the Neck Snap ability mentioned below. Used incorrectly... You'll run out of ammo and spend the rest of the time running away from enemies, because he has no knife.
 * Mentor Archetype: Is this to Vector of Operation Raccoon City. Both have a mutual respect towards each others' abilities and prefer serving together.
 * More Dakka: Typically appears with some sort of machinegun. In the Mercenaries game, a customized submachine gun is his only weapon aside from grenades, making him particularly difficult to play as, since he doesn't have much of a crowd control option.
 * Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer: Inverted--he's trying to escape the city, just like the protagonists.
 * Mysterious Past: Aside from two mentions from "The History of Resident Evil", which was about his training at Rockfort Island in 1996 and mission to retrieve the G-Virus in 1998, there's no other information about his past.
 * Neck Snap: His main physical attack in RE4's Mercenaries game, which even works against the the Bella sisters, but not other minibosses.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: Not really, only his gas mask.
 * Secret Character: If he's playable, it's as a secret character.
 * Until Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D, in which he is one of the three normal characters.
 * Sociopathic Soldier: Of the cold-blooded, "the mission comes first" variety.
 * The Stoic: He has only ever been shown to emote twice: The first is when a teammate went trigger-happy on William Birkin and HUNK berated him for risking hitting the G-Virus sample, and the second is when he resents not being told what the contents are of the package he delivered for Alfred Ashford.
 * Villain Protagonist: In "The Fourth Survivor" side-missions in 2 and Umbrella Chronicles.

T-00 (Mr X)
The main antagonist of Scenario B, the T-00 (more commonly known as Mr X), is a T-103, a new type of mass produced Tyrant. It, along with several other T-103's, were sent into Raccoon City as part of Umbrella's attempts to cover up the disaster. However, unlike its brethren, who were tasked with combating the US SpecOps, Mr X was sent to succeed where HUNK had failed and recover the G-Virus, as well as silence any witnesses he found, especially any police officers.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Implacable Man
 * Megaton Punch
 * There Was a Door: His preferred manner of entry.
 * Unflinching Walk

Nemesis T-Type (T-02)


A Tyrant tasked with killing the remaining members of S.T.A.R.S. from the Mansion Incident, appearing in 3 as The Heavy. With the exception of Combat Tentacles, and the BFG, and the ability to talk, "Mr X" from 2 is identical. Which is only natural, seeing as how Nemesis is a Mr. X customized with a dose of extra Body Horror.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * BFG: He wields a rocket launcher. One-handed.
 * Catch Phrase: STARS!
 * Combat Tentacles: And a lot of Power Perversion Potential.
 * Determinator: The whole reason why he made you and everyone else who played piss out all your testosterone.
 * Facial Horror: Aside from the fact he's rotting; he's missing a lot of his facial anatomy (lips, nose, and an eye), and that's not counting the staples running across the empty eye socket.
 * Final Boss: Of RE3.
 * Guttural Growler: Raspy, deep, groaning voice? Check.
 * The Heavy: Of RE3, pursuing Jill from the first chapter to the last.
 * Implacable Man: He stalks Jill relentlessly through most any kind of attack...
 * Kill It With Fire: ...but can be warded off by fire and explosions.
 * Neck Lift: Prior to getting his coat burned off, he uses this as a finisher.
 * Puppeteer Parasite: Controlled by one.
 * Recurring Boss
 * Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: He is a playable character in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, joining Chris, Wesker and Jill.
 * Why Won't You Die?: Go ahead and tell us you weren't at least about to yell this at some point!

Nicholai Ginovaef


A sergeant for Umbrella's U.B.C.S. in 3 also secretly tasked with gathering data on the numerous B.O.W.s roaming the city - of course, for a hefty price, which brings him to the decision to kill all others on the operation.


 * Ax Crazy: He seems pretty grounded and as rational as you can say a sociopath trying to assassinate his own team is in the games, but in the sections of the S.D. Perry novelizations from his point of view, he really likes what he does.
 * In RE3 and Outbreak, Nicholai is calm and dispassionate, even while he's setting up the rest of his team to get killed. In Operation Raccoon City, he spends two levels trying to take out the Wolfpack, and comes off like he's one facial wound away from going full-blown monologue-spouting Bond villain, complete with rigging up half the zombies in the hospital with suicide vests.
 * Badass Normal: Somewhat unusual for a Resident Evil villain, he never goes One-Winged Angel. In fact, he's probably one hundred percent baseline human, yet he survives against ridiculous odds two or three times.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Former Regime Personnel: Like Mikhail and Sergei, Nicholai is former Soviet military, hired in the wake of the USSR's collapse.
 * Hired Guns
 * Karma Houdini: Canonically survives.
 * Made of Iron: He swallows a lot of punishment for a guy with no viruses in him. Depending on player actions, it's possible for him to somehow survive being inside a gas station when it explodes (in fact, he was practically leaning over the epicenter of the blast), and then get blasted out a forth-story window, with no apparent ill effects.
 * Like every other boss character, he gets a double dose of this in Operation Raccoon City. You can put about two dozen .30-06 rounds through him at one point, doing enough damage to repaint the wall behind him, and it doesn't kill him. In fact, the fight ends when he's survived for long enough that your handler loses patience and makes him a lower priority.
 * Murder Is the Best Solution: He wants more money from Umbrella, so his solution is to kill all the other supervisors; therefore giving him a monopoly on the information.
 * Only in It For The Money: His modus operandi.
 * Sergeant Rock: Or at least, he looks and acts like one up until aforementioned Face Heel Turn.
 * Sociopathic Soldier: In spades. The U.B.C.S. and U.S.S. have their fair share of these, but Nicholai is the standout.
 * Unfriendly Fire: Apparently spent most of his time in Raccoon tracking down and killing other Umbrella monitors to have a monopoly on Bioweapon combat data.
 * Villains Never Lie: Interestingly, Nicholai does not lie to Jill at any point in time. He attacks her in a couple of possible scenarios in RE3, but he is always absolutely truthful.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: We have his reports to Sergei Vladimir, so cannonically he's alive, but he hasn't been seen since.

Alfred Ashford


Alexia's twin brother who had been running their estate and facilities on Rockfort Island in her place. Notably rather obsessed with his sister, having practically worshipped her ever since they were children, fully acknowledging her as the most intelligent of the two, and missed her like crazy for fifteen years.


 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * Axe Crazy
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Brother-Sister Incest/Twincest: Really, just ask anyone who's played Code: Veronica.
 * Cloning Blues
 * Creepy Twins: With Alexia
 * The Dandy
 * Disc One Final Boss
 * The Dragon
 * Enfante Terrible: In the Backstory.
 * Evil Brit
 * Giggling Villain: Infamously.
 * The Heavy: To his sister's Big Bad.
 * Large Ham
 * Morality Pet: Well, not a Morality Pet whatsoever so much as a Humanity Pet to Alexia.
 * Noblewoman's Laugh: As Alexia and otherwise, almost impressively.
 * Not So Harmless:
 * Psychopathic Manchild: It's been stated that it's something he and his sister share, but Darkside Chronicles really goes to town displaying his.
 * Self Made Orphan: Used his father as a guinea pig.
 * Siblings in Crime
 * Sissy Villain
 * Sniper Rifle: His Weapon of Choice... though he's a really, really bad shot.
 * Split Personality: Ever since Alexia left, it appeared he'd.
 * Undying Loyalty: To Alexia
 * The Unfavorite: For being born without his sister's ungodly intellectual capacity. It really isn't brought up, however, except as one of a few reasons the twins used their father as a guinea pig.

Alexia Ashford


A noblewoman descended from one of Umbrella's founders, a genius scientist since at least the age of ten, and the prominent antagonist of Code: Veronica despite having been, as far as anyone knows, dead as of fifteen years before the game took place.


 * A God Am I: Especially in the novelisation.
 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * Big Bad: Of Code: Veronica.
 * Big Creepy Crawlies: Her final form.
 * Bloody Murder:
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Child Prodigy: Hired by Umbrella at ten.
 * Cloning Blues: She was created from a piece of skin from her ancestor. She did NOT take it well when she learned this.
 * Combat Tentacles
 * Creepy Twins/Half-Identical Twins: Her and her brother Alfred.
 * Enfante Terrible: In the Backstory.
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Laugh/Giggling Villain/Noblewoman's Laugh: She certainly uses less breath on speaking than she does on laughing.
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Final Boss
 * Full Frontal Assault: In her first One-Winged Angel form, she is completely stark naked, although due to her mutations nothing explicit is shown.
 * Go Mad From the Revelation: How much sanity she actually had to begin with is questionable, as she was seen shattering ants as a kid, but she at least had some integrity. However, after learning about the nature of her birth, let's just say that she really went off the deep end a'la Sephiroth.
 * Large Ham
 * Mad Scientist
 * One-Winged Angel: Three times. First her skin sloughs off, then she fuses with one of the birthing pods, and finally she becomes some sort of twisted dragonfly monster.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Her and Alfred alike.
 * Self Made Orphan: Used her father as a guinea pig.
 * Siblings in Crime
 * Stronger Sibling: To Alfred.
 * Twincest: Without actually saying it.

Dr. James Marcus


One of Umbrella's three founding members, he was murdered by Wesker and Birkin on Spencer's orders. He returns in Resident Evil Zero, where it's revealed that he is the one responisble for the Arklay Mountain and Mansion outbreaks.


 * Achilles Heel: Sunlight.
 * Back From the Dead: Thanks to some T-Virus infected leeches.
 * The Bad Guy Wins: In a way: he dies, but his plan to bring down Umbrella goes off without a hitch.
 * Big Bad: Of Resident Evil 0.
 * Bishounen: As his younger self.
 * Body Horror: Good god, Marcus.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Though he was more concerned with R&D than Spencer or Ashford.
 * Doomed By Canon
 * Evil Old Folks: Pre-murder.
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * The Heavy: For RE0, overlapping with his status as Big Bad.
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * I Am Legion
 * Mad Scientist
 * Older Than They Look:
 * One-Winged Angel: His Leech Queen form.
 * Revenge: His motivation is revenge on Spencer, Birkin, Wesker, and Umbrella as a whole.
 * The Undead: Naturally.
 * Voice of the Legion
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Sunlight.
 * Wicked Cultured: A talented opera singer.
 * The Worm That Walks: Composed of thousands of leeches.

Osmund Saddler


The true mastermind behind the events of Resident Evil 4. He had Krauser capture the president's daughter in order to infect her with Las Plagas and then return her to the White House (after collecting ransom, of course), where she would presumably attack and spread Las Plagas throughout the United States. His plans were foiled by Leon and his crew.

"Saddler: Perhaps you are disillusioned with overconfidence just because you killed my small-time subordinate?
 * Affably Evil: To some extent.
 * America Saves the Day: Saddler references this trope before fighting Leon and promises to subvert it.
 * Big Bad: This is the man behind both Mendez and Salazar.
 * Biggus Dickus: Okay, that probably wasn't his penis, but he should know better than to dangle tentacles from that area.
 * Catch and Return: If you pump enough bullets into him during the Separate Ways boss fight, he fires them back at Ada by forcing them out his finger.
 * Combat Tentacles: These are most prominent during his boss fight in Separate Ways.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Conversations between Saddler and Leon can best be described as snark-offs.
 * Eyes Do Not Belong There: He's got an eye in his mouth that only pops out when he's taken a lot of damage. He also has eyes on the legs that grow out of his face in One-Winged Angel mode.
 * Hive Mind: Using supersonic waves from his staff, he can control anyone or anything who hosts a Plaga, with a few possible exceptions.
 * Idiot Ball:
 * In the Hood
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Naughty Tentacles: His infamous killer-wang.
 * No, You: In possibly the Narmiest moment of Resident Evil 4...
 * No, You: In possibly the Narmiest moment of Resident Evil 4...

Leon: Saddler, you're small-time."


 * One-Winged Angel: As noted above, he has legs that grow out of his face.
 * Religion of Evil: Whether or not Saddler actually believes in the religion of Los Illuminados is unclear, but he is their leader and is at least using them as a cover for his own goals.
 * Super Speed: In human form, Saddler can move very quickly. He almost seems to hover along the ground as he does so.
 * Villain Ball: His persistence to keep Ashley for ransom. Had he just quietly returned her, or allowed Leon to rescue her before he could get to the bottom of the things, nobody would've known  untill it was too late.
 * Villainous Breakdown: Saddler tries to keep a normal appearance throughout the game. Once he discovers that Saddler goes mad and mutates into a mass of legs and tentacles.
 * Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him: Despite his many, many opportunities to kill Leon, Saddler never gives up hope that Leon will succumb to Las Plagas and, in turn, his mind control. This comes back to bite him in the end.
 * Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him: Despite his many, many opportunities to kill Leon, Saddler never gives up hope that Leon will succumb to Las Plagas and, in turn, his mind control. This comes back to bite him in the end.

Ramon Salazar


The eighth castellan of the Salazar family castle and a high-ranking member of Los Illuminados, Salazar played a huge part in Saddler's plans by excavating fossilized Las Plagas and donating them to his cause. His goal was to create a world without sin: After all, if people have no free will, how can they do evil? He causes Leon a lot of trouble when Leon and Ashley wander into his castle.

"Salazar: I've sent my right hand to dispose of you.
 * Compensating for Something: Giant mecha Salazar GO!!!
 * Depraved Dwarf
 * Devour the Dragon: He absorbs the second Verdugo when going One-Winged Angel.
 * Giggling Villain
 * Hannibal Lecture: Subverted. Just as Salazar prepares to deliver a presumably well-rehearsed lecture on the nature of terrorism, Leon delivers a brilliant, wordless Shut UP, Hannibal using violence, which leaves Salazar whimpering like a sick puppy, only less adorable and more pathetic.
 * Name's the Same: As a major villain from the third season of 24.
 * The Napoleon: Not only is he short--he wears a Napoleon-esque outfit (including the Cool Hat). The fact that he spent money on a giant robotic statue of himself also suggests a Napoleon complex.
 * One-Winged Angel: Some sort of... plant thing?
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Oh so much.
 * The Walls Are Closing In: Pulls this trick on Leon. Twice.
 * Trap Door: Leading into a spike pit. Ramon Salazar: Part Napoleon Boneparte, part Vlad the Impaler.
 * Trap Door Fail: He tries to kill Leon by having him fall into a pit of spikes. It fails of course.
 * Villainous Breakdown: The first major villain of the game, Mendez, ends up nearly killing Leon every time they meet. In contrast, Leon always has a cool head when talking down Salazar, despite Salazar's efforts, and that drives him insane.

Leon: You're [sic] right hand comes off?

Salazar: Say whatever you please. DIE YOU WORM! (breaks the camera)"


 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He wanted to rid the world of sin. However, his method of doing so is to sap people's will by allowing the Los Illuminados cult to plant Las Plagas into them.
 * Younger Than They Look: "It may come as a surprise, but I am only twenty years old!"

Colonel Sergei Vladimir


A former Soviet colonel, Sergei Vladimir is Umbrella's chief of security, and following the company's collapse, its acting CEO. As Spencer's right-hand man, Sergei is privy to most of the company's secrets, and specialises in keeping them that way. Characterised by his Undying Loyalty, he has a strong rivalry with the treacherous Albert Wesker. He is the main antagonist of Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles.


 * Badass Abnormal: He was elite Russian military long before he was undead.
 * Badass Longcoat: His greatcoat is very badass.
 * Big Bad: Of Umbrella Chronicles (unless you wanna give that role to Wesker).
 * Cleanup Crew: Controls the Umbrella Security Service and Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service, who both specialise in cleaning up/hiding the evidence of, Umbrella's screw-ups
 * Colonel Badass
 * Dirty Commies: If his constantly addressing you as "Comrade" is any tipoff.
 * He was a former Soviet officer. Obviously, the collapse of the Soviet Union left him without a job until Spencer hired him.
 * Eviler Than Thou: With Wesker, to see who will control Umbrella's future.
 * Final Boss: Of Umbrella Chronicles, following his mutation into some sort of hideous Tyrant.
 * Foil: To Wesker. They're both mutant gunmen entrusted to do Ozwell Spencer's bidding, but Sergei remains The Dragon to Wesker's Chronic Backstabbing Disorder-afflicted Wild Card. He'd be Wesker's Evil Counterpart if the latter weren't already a Villain Protagonist.
 * Former Regime Personnel: Recruited by Umbrella following the collapse of the USSR.
 * Genius Bruiser: Sergei's far from stupid; in fact the entire T.A.L.O.S. design was his idea.
 * Handicapped Badass: Blind in one eye, due to action in Afghanistan. It doesn't slow him down much.
 * The Heavy: In Umbrella Chronicles, where almost every major event is determined by his actions. More broadly, he fills this role to Ozwell Spencer. Spencer's the mastermind, but his age and crippling leave him reliant on Sergei to do just about everything for him. Actually Justified; see Undying Loyalty below.
 * Large Ham: As bad as Wesker. Leads to Ham to Ham Combat.
 * Laughing Mad:
 * Licking the Blade: Repeatedly cuts himself with his double-edged knife, before licking up the blood.
 * Lightning Bruiser: In the same vein as Wesker.
 * The Man Behind the Man: To many of the events in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, as well as much of Umbrella Chronicles.
 * Obviously Evil: So, the huge Russian guy in the greatcoat, with the booming voice is evil huh? Who'd'a thunk it?
 * One-Winged Angel: Loses control and transforms into an utterly hideous Tyrant during his confrontation with Wesker.
 * Psycho Supporter: Sergei is, like most Umbrella personnel, highly unstable. His loyalty towards Spencer stems from this.
 * That, as well as basically his even being granted a job after he lost his from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
 * Renegade Russian: The note towards Silver Fox indicated that he planned to revive the Soviet Union.
 * The Rival: To Wesker.
 * Sociopathic Soldier
 * The Spymaster: Almost all of Umbrella's behind the scenes actions are run by this man.
 * Undying Loyalty: To Umbrella as a whole, and Spencer in particular. It stems from their giving him a place after the collapse of his homeland.
 * The Unfought: From an in-game perspective. The player gets to face him as Wesker, but the heroes never do.

Ozwell E. Spencer


A British lord and founder and President of the Umbrella Corporation, who sent in motion the events of the entire series in an attempt to make a new, superior race with himself ruling over it.


 * A God Am I: "I was to become a god!"
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: He's a Lord......his last name is perhaps a Shout Out to the venerable Spencer family, of which Princess Diana was a member.
 * Bigger Bad:: He's The Man Behind the Man to all of Umbrella, including Alexia, Sergei, Birkin, and series' most recurring villain, Albert Wesker. Yet is rarely seen throughout the series and doesn't even interact with the protagonists
 * The Chessmaster
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Kills Marcus through Wesker and Birkin, betrays the latter for attempting to leave Umbrella, betrays George Trevor by locking him inside his mansion, and lastly betrays.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Evil Cripple: He's in a wheelchair when Wesker finds him.
 * Evil Old Folks: 89
 * Mad Scientist
 * The Man Behind the Curtain: He's behind all the bad stuff in series, whether directly or indirectly, but he's little more than a pitiful old man, whining about how he was unable to achieve godhood.
 * The Man Behind the Man: To Sergei, who's his Dragon-in-Chief, Alexia and Birkin (who he employs), and in an odd way, Wesker, who he created.
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: If Spencer didn't order Wesker and Birkin to assassinate Dr. Marcus, none of the events relating to Umbrella's downfall and afterwards would have happened.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: Par excellence.
 * Smug Snake: Smart and a capable schemer, he's behind almost every bad thing in-series, but he waited too long to put his plan in motion, allowing Wesker to highjack it for himself.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: Par excellence.
 * Smug Snake: Smart and a capable schemer, he's behind almost every bad thing in-series, but he waited too long to put his plan in motion, allowing Wesker to highjack it for himself.

Excella Gionne


An antagonist apearing on Resident Evil 5. She was CEO of Tricell Africa and one of the responsibles for the creation of the Uroboros Virus. She also shared Wesker's idea of World Domination and intended to be the Queen of the new world with Wesker as her King.


 * Absolute Cleavage
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: She was in love with Wesker of all people!
 * All Women Are Lustful: Some of her interactions with Wesker seems to verge on this. Though it is understandable since Wesker is a steamy hunk.
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: Has the literal version in Mercenaries Reunion. And yes, her slaps can make enemies' heads explode.
 * The Baroness
 * Better Living Through Evil
 * Brainy Brunette: Evil Brainy Brunette.
 * Combat Stilettos: She keeps her high heels in Mercenaries Reunion.
 * Dark Action Girl Lady of War: Though she doesn't fight in the actual game on Mercenaries Reunion she kicks ass with vicious elegance.
 * Et Tu, Brute?:
 * Everyone Looks Sexier If French: Sort of. She possesses a French Accent, but her last name is closer to that of Italian.
 * Everything Sounds Sexier in French: Oh God! Her accent turns her sexiness Up to Eleven!
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Femme Fatale: Subverted. She has all it takes to be one, beauty, intelligence and cunning, but
 * Foreign Fanservice: She's Italian.
 * Fridge Logic: With a french accent and a name that's everything but italian.
 * Hot Scientist: She majored in genetic engineering.
 * Jiggle Physics
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Rich Bitch
 * Say My Name: ALBERT!!!
 * Sexy Backless Outfit
 * She Fu: Her Disco Spin move.
 * Statuesque Stunner: 5'9".
 * Stripperific
 * Unholy Matrimony: With Wesker, though they weren't indeed married to each other but in her head...
 * What Could Have Been: She would have simply been a secretary to Tricell, and her death was portrayed very differently (she would have died in the hands of a Tyrant-like creature, literally), although its unknown whether Wesker was involved in that particular death.
 * Wicked Cultured: Her dress and shoes are both based on pieces by real life designers.
 * Woman in White: Though it's not played for mystery or necessarily to show that she is evil.
 * Woman in White: Though it's not played for mystery or necessarily to show that she is evil.

Alex Wesker
""You'll be pleased to hear that all experiments are running smoothly.""

A trusted servant of Oswell E. Spencer and, after. His existence is revealed by files in Resident Evil 5's 'Lost In Nightmares' DLC, where it's revealed he was conducting experiments for Spencer in the South Seas. With Spencer's death, his current whereabouts are unknown.


 * The Dragon: To Spencer.
 * Dragon With an Agenda: It's implied in one file that he betrayed Spencer shortly before his death, having ceased all contact with him.
 * Evilutionary Biologist: Spencer notes that Alex's experiments to find the secret of immortality required "thousands upon thousands" of test subjects. It's unknown if he succeded or not.
 * Genius Bruiser: Said to be the brightest of all the Wesker children, and has comparable powers to Albert having been administered the same experimental virus.
 * Lightning Bruiser: As with Albert.
 * Parental Favoritism: Spencer's favorite of all the Wesker children.
 * Samus Is a Girl: Subverted. Because of botched translations and localizations of Lost of Nightmares, any third person gender identifiers were left out, leading several fans to assume that Alex was female. The Japanese version makes it very clear that Alex was a male.
 * Stronger Sibling: Is already being set up this way, although who knows if it will last.
 * Super Soldier: Given the strong implications that he took the same virus as Albert Wesker did in the notes regarding Alex, it is extremely likely that he became this, with all the abilities Albert Wesker had.

Chris Miller
The brother of Angela Miller. He injected himself with the G-Virus prior to the events of Degeneration.


 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Unusually for most Resident Evil villains, his motivations for doing evil was actually for benign reasons: He injected himself with the G-Virus and caused an outbreak in the WilPharma facility and at the airport in order to get them to reveal the truth of what happened in Raccoon City, as he didn't want the tragedy to ever happen again.