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* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Resident_Evil_Wiki Resident Evil Wikia]
=== Games ===
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: ''Resident Evil'' is one of [[Capcom]]'s most popular and successful franchises.
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Nergal and Wesker must be related.
** Do Jill ([[The Other Darrin|in RE3''Resident Evil 3'']]), Claire, and Annette sound kind of familiar? What if we threw the names [[X-Men (animation)|Jean Grey, Jubilee, and Mystique]] at you? How about [[Alyson Court]]?
*** Adding in Leon to the mix, his VA in ''Resident Evil 2'' voiced Quicksilver from the same 90s90's ''X-Men'' animated series.
** Claire's voice actress also, in the 1990's, portrayed Loonette the Clown on ''[[The Big Comfy Couch]]''.
** She's not the only PBS veteran in the series. In ''RE2Resident Evil 2'', Sherry shares a voice with [[The Magic School Bus|Wanda Li]].
*** Her voice actress in ''Resident Evil 2'' also voices Paula in ''[[Dino Crisis]] 2''.
** Don't forget, Jill's ''RE5Resident Evil 5'' voice was twice a [[Power Rangers Turbo|Pink]] [[Power Rangers in Space|Power Ranger]].
** It appears that one of Wesker's powers is immortality, because back in [[The Sixties]], he was [[wikipedia:Jimmy MacDonaldchr(27)s Canada|a reactionary Canadian commentator.]]
** In ''Resident Evil 5'', Wesker [[D. C. Douglas|is]] [[.hack GU Games|Taihaiku and Gabi]], [[Xenosaga|Voyager]], [[Mass Effect 2|Legion]], and [[Tales of Vesperia|Alexei]].
** In the recent ''REResident Evil'' games, Chris [[Roger Craig Smith|is]] secretly an [[Assassin's Creed|assassin]]. And [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]!
** HUNK [[Keith Silverstein|is]] [[Monster (manga)|Johan Liebert]], [[Soul Series|Zasalamel]], and [[Bleach|Coyote Starrk]] in ''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'', and ''Operation Raccoon City''.
** Birkin's voice actor in both ''Chronicles'' games and ''Operation Raccoon City'' is none other than the one who voiced [[Dead Rising|Frank West]].
*** Which makes it all the more sad that Jill (being voiced by Patricia Ja Lee and all) never crossed paths with Birkin, seeing as T.J. Rotolo also voiced [[Power Rangers in Space|Dark Specter]].
** In ''Revelations'', Jessica [[Ali Hillis|is none other than]] [[Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning]], [[Mass Effect|Liara T'Soni]], and [[Kid Icarus: Uprising|Palutena]].
** Carlos's "All the foxy ladies love my accent. It drives them crazy" line becomes a bit more hilarious when you realize that his original VA (Vincent Corazza) was once [[Sailor Moon|Tuxedo Mask]] and his VA as of ''Operation Raccoon City'' ([[Gideon Emery]]) is [[Final Fantasy XII|Balthier]].
*** And speaking of Tuxedo Mask, Luis Sera (Rino Romano) was not only Tuxedo Mask [[The Other Darrin|himself]], but [[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Revan]], Spider-Man ([[Spider-Man (2000 video game)|on a]] [[Spider-Man Unlimited|few occasions]]), and even [[The Batman|the goddamn Batman!]]
** Ashley Graham's VA Carolyn Lawrence is better known to some as [[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|Cindy Vortex]], [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sandy Cheeks]], and [[Moral Orel|Orel Puppington]].
* [[The Other Darrin]]:
** '''Chris Redfield:''' "Charlie" (FMV scenes)/Scott McCulloch (''Resident Evil''); Michael Filipowich (''Code: Veronica X''); Joe Whyte (REmake) [[Roger Craig Smith]] (''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'', ''Revelations'').
** '''Jill Valentine:''' "Inezh" (FMV scenes)/Una Kavanagh (''Resident Evil''); Catherine Disher (''Nemesis''); Heidi Anderson (REmake''Resident Evil'' remake); Patricia Ja Lee (''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''The Mercenaries 3D''); [[Kari Wahlgren]] (''Marvel vs. Capcom 3''); [[Michelle Ruff]] (''Revelations'').
** '''Barry Burton:''' [[The Danza|Barry Gjerde]] (''Resident Evil''); Ed Smaron (REmake''Resident Evil'' remake); [[Jamieson Price]] (''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'').
** '''Rebecca Chambers:''' "Linda" (FMV scenes)/Lynn Harris (''Resident Evil''); Hope Levy (REmake''Resident Evil'' remake); Riva Di Paolo (''Resident Evil Zero''); [[Stephanie Sheh]] (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'').
** '''Albert Wesker:''' "Eric" (FMV scenes)/Sergio Jones (''Resident Evil''); Richard Waugh (''Code: Veronica X'', ''Resident Evil 4'', ''Wesker's Report''); Peter Jessop (REmake), [[D. C. Douglas]] (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''Resident Evil 5'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', ''The Mercenaries 3D'').
** '''Leon S. Kennedy:''' Paul Haddad (''Resident Evil 2''); Paul Mercier (''Resident Evil 4'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Degeneration''); [[Dave Wittenberg]] (''Operation Raccoon City'').
** '''William Birkin:''' Diego Matamoros (''Resident Evil 2''); T.J. Rotolo (''The Umbrella Chronicles'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''Operation Raccoon City'').
** '''Sherry Birkin:''' Lisa Yamanaka (''Resident Evil 2''); [[Laura Bailey]] (''The Darkside Chronicles''); Eden Riegel (''Operation Raccoon City'').
** '''Carlos Oliveira:''' Vincent Corazza (''Resident Evil 3''); Kim Strauss (''The Umbrella Chronicles''); [[Gideon Emery]] (''Operation Raccoon City'').
** '''Nicholai Zinoviev:''' Roger Honeywell (''Resident Evil 3''), Rick D. Wasserman (''Operation Raccoon City'').
** '''Steve Burnside:''' Bill Houston (''Resident Evil 3''); [[Sam Riegel]] (''The Darkside Chronicles'').
** '''Alfred Ashford:''' Peter Oldring (''Code: Veronica''); [[Richard Cansino]] (''The Darkside Chronicles'').
** '''Alicia Ashford:''' Leila Johnson (''Code: Veronica''); [[Karen Strassman]] (''The Darkside Chronicles'').
** Subverted with the voice actors for Claire Redfield and Ada Wong, as they have been voiced by their same actors ([[Alyson Court]] and Sally Cahill respectively) for the entire series.
*** Mostly subverted in Ada's case. She was darrin'd by an uncredited voice actress in ''The Umbrella Chronicles'', but returned to the role in ''The Darkside Chronicles''... only to be darrin'd again in ''Operation Raccoon City'' by Courtney Taylor.
*** Jim Ward (Krauser) also holds the distinction of reprising his role, although this can be chalked up to Krauser originating in an era where most of the VAs were consistent and Krauser's limited number of appearances throughout the series (''Resident Evil 4'', ''The Darkside Chronicles'', ''The Mercernaries 3D''). The same can be said of Salli Saffioti (Ingrid Hunnigan in ''Resident Evil 4'' and ''Degeneration'').
* [[Playing Against Type]]: A surprising number of characters throughout the series (particularly in ''Resident Evil 2'', ''Resident Evil 3'' and ''Resident Evil 4'') are voiced by actors who previously only appeared in children's entertainment.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** The original versions of ''RE2Resident Evil 2'' and ''RE4Resident Evil 4'', known as ''Resident Evil 1.5'' and ''Resident Evil 3.5'' respectively. Both versions were scrapped due to the developers being unsatisfied with the direction they were taking. One of the scrapped ''Resident Evil 4'' ideas had Leon going through a castle fighting living dolls. Which was deemed too "supernatural" for a series based on science. The two versions of ''Resident Evil 4'' before that got retooled into ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' (the "Stylish" build) and ''[[Haunting Ground]]'' (the "Castle" build), respectively. At one point, according to an interview with the actor who played Leon, Leon was actually supposed to be killed as a result of the virus mutating inside of him, but this tested poorly even among Capcom executives and the idea was scrapped (Paul Mercier was kept, much to his delight, however).
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** In 2001, Capcom announced that the ''Resident Evil'' franchise was going to be exclusive for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. In addition to straight ports of ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'', ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'', and ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Code Veronica X]]'', a total of two new games (one of which was the [[Resident Evil (video game)|''Resident Evil'' remake]]) were released (and remained) exclusive to Nintendo's consoles; ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' was also anounced as a GameCube exclusive before Capcom decided that due to poor sales of ''[[Resident Evil Zero]]'' and the ''Resident Evil'' remake, they would release the game on the [[PlayStation 2]] as well.
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|And then Resident Evil 5 wasn't even released on a Nintendo console...]]
** The title may have changed, but ''CVCode Veronica'' is still the direct sequel to ''Resident Evil 2''.▼
** ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' was originally going to be a [[Gaiden Game]], a side story to ''[[Resident Evil 2|2]]'', while ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Code: Veronica]]'' was going to be called "Resident Evil 3: Code: Veronica". ''Nemesis'' then proved to have a lot more content than what was typical of gaiden games, so they took away ''CV'''s "3" and slapped it onto ''Nemesis''.
▲** The title may have changed, but ''CV'' is still the direct sequel to ''Resident Evil 2''.
 
=== Movies ===
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** Some people might recognise Carlos Olivera as [[The Mummy Trilogy|Ardeth Bay.]]
** Also, William Birkin (and the Narrator) is portrayed by [[Harry Potter (film)|Lucius Malfoy]].
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Milla Jovovich [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630063307/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=11268 flat out admits] that this is why they made a 4th live-action movie. [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/milla_jovovich_were_definitely.html True for the fifth] as well (to a degree).
* [[Shout-Out]]: The Red and White Queens, the main character named [[Alice Allusion|Alice]], the fact that the entrance to the hive was behind a mirror (known less commonly as a ''looking glass''). [[Alice in Wonderland|Do the math.]]
** A character is named K-Mart, because she was found in a K-Mart.
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