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*** Sorry guys, Brad had them beat a long time ago, he lasted through [[Resident Evil 1]], into [[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]], and topped it all off with a postmortem cameo in [[Resident Evil 2]].
*** No, no, no. Mike, if you'll recall, was about to tell Leon the location of a good bar. Leon is sad because he doesn't know any good bars, and now it looks like he never will.
** On the subject of Leon... His little death rattle... Did anyone besides me just stand there and let Ganados or whatnot kill them on occasion just to hear that "UUUUUUWAAAAAAAHHHH". What was that?
*** It plays even if you die by, say, zombies eating your head off, which just makes it even ''more'' absurd.
** And then there's how Leon simply ''cannot'' call Luis by his actual name. No, Leon always calls him "Lewis." What?
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7DfooiMCw Got dat right, we'll FIND a cure!]
** Giant. Robotic. [[The Napoleon|Salazar]]. Really now? The fact that it had absolutely no thematic connection to either the previous areas or the key needed to enter the room was silly enough. The fact that the hands moved up and down to be used as lifts (which enemies [[Artificial Stupidity|could barely maneuver]]) was silly enough. Hell, the idea of Salazar spending money on a giant robotic statue of himself is enough narm for the entire series. But the chase at the end with falling pillars... Just what? Here's the scene, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eSi42-zzFg&feature=related sped up and set to a familiar piece of music].
** The ''[[Wayne's World]]'' reference.
** When you get to the Island, you have to go through a kitchen-like area in the medical facility. When you walk past the oven, a mook bursts out of it and attacks you, ''on fire''. What he was doing in there in the first place, I have no idea.
** "I've sent my right hand to dispose of you." "You're right hand comes off?" (Yes, the in-game text says "you're".)
** This exchange:
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** The voice-acting was part of the B-movie charm for many gamers.
** Claire's monotone "There's a gun inside."
** When William Birkin is gunned down by Umbrella Special Forces in Annette's flashback, she stops him to take care of the "bullet wound." ''Wound?'' he got shot, like, ''fifteen times!''
*** [[Ass Pull|Maybe she was trying to lift his spirits a bit by making him think he got shot fifteen-ish times but only ended up getting one bullet wound?]] ...Yeah, I got nothin'. Maybe she just can't fucking count, that'd be about right for most Umbrella employees.
*** Or she was counting ''his whole arm'' as one bigass bullet wound.
** Oh my god, as great a game it is, the narm could get bloody ridiculous at times. There is a diary you pick up in the police station that starts with "The police station was unexpectedly attacked by zombies. Many have been injured, more have been killed." What kind of a fucked up place do you live in where you can write this like it's an everyday occurrence? This would have been better: "This city's going to hell. Last month, we busted a crackhouse. Last week, we were informed of an illegal pornography ring. Just now, the undead are coming to kill us. It's like these people are coming up with new ways to fucking spite us."
** The bonus EX Files in the [[Nintendo 64]] port of the game are alright aside from one being a transcript of Jill's monologue from the opening of [[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]] and some of them being lifted wholesale from that game, but two of them, Brad's Note and Chris' Report to the Chief take the cake. Brad's Note is humourous for him actually writing down stuff that would be more suited to a voiced inner monologue like "No!! It's that monster in the black suit again! Why does that thing keep chasing me?! What did I do? This must be someone's sick idea of a joke." even if he was in a panic with Nemesis chasing him, but Chris' Report is funnier since he's relating the Mansion Incident to the Chief but not only does he forget that Enrico Marini was shot dead by Wesker and not killed by the monsters (Moreso if you played as Chris and got to Enrico since Chris ''would be there to witness it'') but he looks especially silly with the line about the zombie dogs with him saying "We later discovered that these dogs were actually zombie dogs as they did not even feel our gunfire." How does he expect Chief Irons to take him seriously if he's writing insane stuff like that? Also Rebecca's Report on [[Resident Evil 0|Billy Coen]]'s "[[Death Faked for You|death]]" which misspells his surname as "Koen".
* ''Nemesis'': "He's after STARS members! There's no escape!"
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{{quote|I need those! Give ''them'' to ''me''.}}
** All the above Code Veronica moments were parodied in [http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/RECV/chapter8.html/ this] Lets Play.
** Speaking of Code Veronica, this troper actually finds Alfred Ashford's [[Noblewoman's Laugh|Nobleman's Laughs]] truly creepy in their own strange way - but has to admit his [[Un Evil Laugh|goddamn]] [[Giggling Villain|girlish]] [[
* ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'' has a moment in the middle of the final boss battle where Chris Redfield literally ''punches a boulder out of his way.'' If this doesn't qualify as narm, nothing does.
** This troper saw that one first on [[YouTube]] while it was muted, and instantly wondered how anyone could think that would actually help. Or not break his knuckles either.
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*** Oh, well that explains everything!
** Enrico. Let's just say that the voice you get over the radio is not altered because he's shouting into a radio.
** Less funny than most of these examples: the part where Rebecca briefly reunited with one of her team members stood out because after he left the room, she narrated, "I never saw him again". She ''did'' never see him again, but it always seemed like some pretty lazy storytelling...
*** Especially because it's the only other narration she does after the intro, long after you'd forgotten she was even narrating in the first place.
** How about Rebecca's annoyed tone when she demands to know "'''WHO''' triggered the self-destruct mechanism?!" From the sound of it, whoever did is in for ''such'' a timeout.
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* ''[[Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles|Umbrella Chronicles]]'' has Chris's amazing ability to [[Captain Obvious|state the obvious]]. After [[Man-Eating Plant|Plant42]] has thrown acid at Chris and Jill and attacked them with its vines...
{{quote|'''Chris:''' "Be careful, I'm sure it's dangerous." NO SHIT DUDE.}}
** This exchange from the Talos fight:
{{quote|Chris: He [[One-Winged Angel|changed forms?!]]<br />
Jill: Is this his true form. }}
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* And as pointed out in one Let's Play: Martin Crackhorn. That poor sumbitch's name was Martin '''Crackhorn'''! One can only imagine the amazing restraint Capcom showed in not making his first name ''Jimmy''.
* While not ''quite'' as bad as earlier games, the first ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak|Outbreak]]'' definitely had some Narm. The scene where you could attempt to make a call over a dead firefighter's radio in the "Hellfire" scenario was outstanding in its stupidity. Why? They used some of the random voice clips that you would get when you spammed the adlib button in-game for that scene. I don't think they did that for any of the other cutscenes in the game. One of the [[Downer Ending|downer endings]] for the final scenario, "Decisions, Decisions", with Kevin and Jim stranded at the Umbrella University, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLiEZzRue8E was pretty cheesy too].
** Also, in ''File # 2'', there was a weird thing about the good endings where you save Linda the scientist. Earlier on in the final scenario, Linda got shot in the leg by a sniper. But at the end, she appears to be standing and ''walking'' just fine on her own without being supported by anything or anyone else. What the f-?
** "Mass Production? '''RIDICULOUS!!!'''" Notably, this was in the opening cutscene for the level, a few seconds in. It was an unspoken rule of the game that you didn't vote to skip the cutscene until after that line.
* When playing the Revelations demo, make sure the people around you understand that you're playing a game demo that is going to have a guy being strangled (if you have the sound on and don't have headphones on). Otherwise, the random grunting sounds rather... questionable.
** Without even playing Resident Evil: Revelations, the game is already narmy because [http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/03/resident-evil-revelaitons-misprint-makes-it-to-retail/ the title isn't even spelled correctly.]
** [http://twitpic.com/8eg9gt God, these tentacles are so annoying!]
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