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'''''Resident Evil''''' (known in Japan as '''''Biohazard''''') is a [[Survival Horror]] and science fiction video game series. It has since branched off to become a media franchise consisting of comic books, novelizations, five films, and a variety of collectibles (including action figures, strategy guides and publications.) Developed by [[Capcom]] and created by [[Shinji Mikami]], the series has sold 34.5 million games as of February 27, 2008.
The premise of the original Resident Evil was that the Umbrella Corporation was conducting sinister experiments in a mansion outside of the [[The Mountains of Illinois|"Midwestern"]] town of Raccoon City, and a team of SWAT-like police called the Special Tactics and Rescue Service, or STARS, stumbles onto it in an investigation of several cannibalistic murders. Further games expanded on this premise, and it has since become one of the most successful action-horror games series of all time in addition to [[Trope Namer|coining the term]] ''[[Survival Horror]]''. The movie franchise, starring [[Milla Jovovich]], is also moderately successful and has spawned
Works in this series include:
* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''
** ''[[Resident Evil Gun Survivor|Resident Evil: Survivor]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]''
** ''[[Resident Evil Gaiden]]''
** ''Resident Evil: Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica''
* ''[[Resident Evil
** ''Resident Evil: Dead Aim''
* ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]''
** ''Resident Evil Outbreak File #2''
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
** ''[[Resident Evil: The
* ''[[Resident Evil 5]]''
** ''[[Resident Evil: The
* ''[[Resident Evil 6]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Revelations]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].
** ''[[Resident Evil: The
* ''[[Resident Evil:
* ''[[Resident Evil: Revelations 2]]''
* ''[[Umbrella Corps]]'' (a multiplayer [[Tactical Shooter]])
* ''[[Resident Evil 7: Biohazard]]''
The live-action film series includes the following films:
* ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil:
* ''[[Resident Evil:
* ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Retribution]]''
* ''[[Redisent Evil: The Final Chapter]]''
There are also
* ''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'', which follows Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield.
* ''[[Resident Evil: Damnation]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'', which follows Chris Redfield, Leon and Rebecca Chambers
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* [[Master of Unlocking]]
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Gas, acid, and freeze rounds for grenade launchers.
* [[Action Commands]]: Becoming quite popular after ''RE4'' and ''Umbrella Chronicles''. Especially in [[Press X to Not Die]] form.
* [[Action Girl]]: All the playable female characters, not including Ashley and Sherry.
** Although Sherry does get promoted to one by RE6.
* [[Actionized Sequel]]: The clearest example is the fourth game, but even the second game had more of an emphasis on fighting than the first. The original gave you very little ammo, so you could only really use it when you had to. The second game, on the other hand, gives you a whole lot more, to the point you could probably kill everything in the game and still have ammo left over.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Barry Burton, Alfred, Alexia, and Alexander Ashford.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: A lot of supplemental info can be gleaned from the manuals, novels, and other associated media.
* [[Always Night]]: For all the early games, which last through the night and end at dawn. Finally averted in ''4'' and ''5'', which both start in the day time. The sun going down is a signal that things [[It Got Worse|are about to get worse]].
** Actually averted in [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]. It starts during the daylight hours; you just can't tell because of the camera angle and the fact that half the city is on fire, so the sky is filled with smoke.
** During Claire's final part in Code Veronica, when she battles the Nosferatu, it's dawn or very early morning. During Chris's game, it's mid morning, and when he rescues Claire, it's high noon.
*** Which is tricky considering they're in Antarctica, below the Antarctic circle. A region which alternates days/nights of ''six months each''.
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* [[America Saves the Day]]: [[Lampshaded]] in ''RE4'' and ''RE5''. And still played straight.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: A staple in the series.
** [[Resident Evil
*** And James Marcus becomes the Leech Queen.
** [[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil Director's Cut and Remake:]] And [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509181512/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091108082807/residentevil/images/4/4a/Ct93_lg.jpg Forest Speyer] becomes One Dangerous Zombie.
*** [
** [[Resident Evil 2]]: And [
** [[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]: Steve Burnsides and Alexia Ashford both mutate into T-Veronica type monsters.
** [[Resident Evil 4]]: Ramon Salazar, Bittores Mendez, Jack Krauser, and Osmund Saddler turn into Plaga-fied monsters.
** [[Resident Evil Outbreak]]: In the [[Downer Ending|Bad Ending]], your player character can turn into a zombie while escaping by helicopter in the first Outbreak. Said characters also show up as zombies in certain scenarios in both Outbreak games.
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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Some animals are zombified by the T-Virus, but others just get really ''big''. Examples include spiders, centipedes, scorpions, sharks, and crocodiles.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Quite a few weapons.
* [[Back
* [[Badass]]: Most of the cast, and in different types.
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: Wesker, starting with ''Code Veronica''. He is shown performing moves akin to those seen in ''[[The Matrix]]'', up and including dodging bullets.
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* [[Caramelldansen Vid]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr3esd05w-4 Behold!]
* [[Casanova]]: Leon, Luis, and Carlos.
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Back in the day, Chris Redfield just wasn't as good as Jill Valentine. Oh, he had higher stamina, sure, but he couldn't carry as much, and he didn't get access to the grenade launcher like Jill did. He fared a little better in ''Code: Veronica'', on account of getting some cooler toys to play with and a possible ten inventory slots, but still got the crap knocked out of him by Wesker in the end. As of ''Resident Evil 5'', he can knock enemies through closed doors with a right hook and is fully capable of killing a man by ''punching him in the ass''.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: To quote President Evil's RE plot analysis FAQ, "someone on the development team hated Brad's guts."▼
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Chris is this to his sister. Thanks to his training, Claire survived Raccoon City, Rockfort Island, and Harvardille.
** Jill Valentine counts as "Chekhov's Gunwoman". {{spoiler|She was infected with the [[The Virus|T-virus]] in Resident Evil 3, but was cured thanks to Carlos Oliveira synthesizing a cure. Following her [[Heroic Sacrifice|tackling Wesker through a window]], Wesker discovers the T-virus antibodies in her bloodstream, which he would later use to further his experiments with Uroborous.}}
▲* [[The Chew Toy]]: To quote President Evil's RE plot analysis FAQ, "someone on the development team hated Brad's guts."
* [[Chinese Girl]]: Ada Wong and Fong Ling.
* [[Clipped-Wing Angel]]: This happens a lot in the series. Birkin from ''RE2'', Nemesis in ''RE3'', Tyrant Morpheus in ''Dead Aim'', Alexia in ''Code: Veronica'', Saddler in ''RE4'', and {{spoiler|Wesker}} in ''RE5'' all transform into giant monsters that are noticeably slower, dumber, and less effective than their superhuman normal forms.
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* [[Disposable Pilot]]: Happens repeatedly throughout the series.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The main healing item in all the games is "green herbs." Which, when mixed together, are resting as a fine powder on a sheet of rolling paper. This is actually a pretty common method of preparing traditional herbal medicine in Eastern cultures (the games ''were'' made by the Japanese, after all), but in America, it comes off like someone over at Capcom is a fan of the Grateful Dead.
* [[Do Not Run with a Gun]]: More like Do Not Walk With A Gun. The only game in the series which lets you move and shoot simultaneously is ''Outbreak File #2'' and ''Dead Aim'', and then you move so slowly that it's barely worth the effort.
** This is ''finally'' averted with the two 3DS games. You will be able to aim and fire your guns while on the move. Not only this, you can also reload and switch your weapons on the run instead of standing still while performing said actions and praying that nothing hits you for those few precious seconds.
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* [[Ghost Ship]]: The Starlight from ''Gaiden'', the Spencer Rain from ''Dead Aim'', and the Queen Zenobia from ''Revelations''.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: A staple of the series. The sewer alligator and the mutated worms come to mind.
* [[Giant Spider]]: A staple of the series to invoke fear. [[Resident Evil (video game)|The]] [[Resident Evil 2|first]] [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|three]] used tarantulas, [[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]] had exotic black widows, [[Resident Evil 4]] gave it a break and had a few normal spiders, and [[Resident Evil 5]], aside from spider-like enemies, had normal (though still big) African spiders. The [[Video Game Remake]] of 1 redesigned the boss spider into the Australian funnelweb, the Lost in Nightmares DLC for some reason had spiders bigger than Jill's ass, and [[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles|the Chronicles]] games have a lovely mix of giant spiders.
* [[Giggling Villain]]: Many of them.
* [[A God Am I]]: Several villains.
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* [[Hellish Pupils]]: {{spoiler|Wesker's cat eyes are the first sign of his self-imposed infection kicking in.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Done on four separate occasions:
** In [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]], {{spoiler|Mikhail sacrifices himself to save Jill and Carlos.}}
** In [[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]], {{spoiler|Steve sacrifices himself for Claire.}}
** In [[Resident Evil 5]], {{spoiler|Jill sacrifices herself to save Chris. It didn't quite take, because neither she or Wesker died.}} And {{spoiler|Sheva attempts to sacrifice herself to save everyone from Wesker. Chris stopped her because he was thinking of what happened to Jill.}}
*** If you can trigger the special sequence during the final battle, Sheva holds back from shooting at Wesker because it would hit Chris as well. Chris says do it anyway but Sheva {{spoiler|[[Take the Third Option|instead takes out her knife and goes to town]]}}.
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Wesker. He keeps the shades on for a reason.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: The S.T.A.R.S.'s Beretta handgun, christened Samurai Edge. Wesker still has his as of RE5 and [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|MVC3]].
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: Creatures with really big claws, particularly Tyrants, will do this as a finisher. Other notable practitioners are [[Resident Evil 2|William Birkin]], [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|Nemesis]], [[Resident Evil 4|the Garradors, and Saddler]].
* [[Implacable Man]]: Most bosses, but Nemesis, Mr. X, Lisa Trevor, and Wesker are the most famous.
* [[It's the Only Way to Be Sure]]: Every Umbrella facility has a handy self-destruct device. Also, the government bombs Raccoon City into powder to stop the T-Virus from spreading.
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* [[Late to the Party]]: Nearly all of the protagonists of each installment arrive at their respective settings after the initial viral outbreak. Exceptions include Jill in ''RE3'', Claire and Steve in ''<nowiki>REC:V</nowiki>'', and most of the ''Outbreak'' player characters.
* [[Light Gun Game]]: The ''Gun Survivor'' and ''Chronicles'' games.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: And how. A full list can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102044218/http://projectumbrella.net/articles/Profiles here]
* [[Lovecraftian Superpower]]: Even those human (or formerly human) villains who do go outright [[One-Winged Angel]] with mutation will generally have strange claws or [[Combat Tentacles]].
* [[MacGuffin]]: Chris has two: Leon emails him about Claire's plight in Code: Veronica, and he receives a big one regarding Jill in Resident Evil 5.▼
* [[Made of Iron]]: Most of the cast, really, since the most common enemy attack involves zombies chewing through your jugular vein.
** Many of the otherwise-human characters can survive being shot several times with little problem. {{spoiler|Jill Valentine took a ''rocket'' to the face, and simply shrugged it off.}}
▲* [[MacGuffin]]: Chris has two: Leon emails him about Claire's plight in Code: Veronica, and he receives a big one regarding Jill in Resident Evil 5.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: William and Annette Birkin, Albert Wesker, the Ashfords, and James Marcus. The underlings are either extremely wary (they have no choice -- they're usually locked into what facility they're in) or kept in the dark about things.
* [[Malevolent Architecture]]: The series is, at a whole, more or less the platonic ideal of this trope.
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* [[Sliding Scale of Undead Regeneration]]
* [[The Social Darwinist]]: After 15 years of [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card Carrying Villainy]], they finally throw this in as Wesker's angle with Uroboros in ''Resident Evil 5''.
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: If the ''Resident Evil'' series featured the original "soup cans" puzzle from ''[[The
** To give you an idea of how crazy the drinking water is in Raccoon, the RPD's weapons storage is easier to get into than the sewers.
* [[Songs in the Key of Lock]]: Moonlight Sonata.
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Most of the female characters' alternate outfits.
* [[Stopped Numbering Sequels]]
* [[Sunglasses
** Overlaps with [[Boss Arena Idiocy]] in [[Resident Evil 5]].
* [[Super Soldier]]: The various Tyrants, Nemesis, Mr. X, the rest of the T series.
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* [[Unwilling Suspension]]: Ada at the end of ''RE4''.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut'', ''[[Colon Cancer|Resident Evil: Director's Cut: Dual Shock Edition]]'' ''Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock Edition'', ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica Complete'', the [[Game Cube]] remake of ''Resident Evil'', and ''Resident Evil: Code: Veronica X''; ''Resident Evil 4 [[Wii]]''. For a while there, it seemed it was Capcom's goal to release every game in the series for every system available.
** And now there's ''Resident Evil 4 HD'' and ''Resident Evil: Code: Veronica X HD'' for download on [[
* [[Video Game Remake]]: A Gamecube remake of the original in 2002.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Most notably Wesker at the climax of ''5''.
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