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[[File:resident-evil-4-box lg.jpg|frame| ...or is it ''4 Resident Evil''?]]
'''''Resident Evil 4''''' is a 2005 [[Game Cube]] game which was eventually ported to the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Porting Disaster|PC]], and the [[Wii]] (in 2007); an HD remake for the [[
''RE4's'' story takes place six years after the "Raccoon City Incident" (as outlined in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''); the story was conceived as a fresh starting point for a new chapter in the franchise's storyline. The Umbrella Corporation—the [[Big Bad]] of previous ''Resident Evil'' games—is a dead corporation (as explained during opening [[cutscene]]s), rural Europe (rather than Raccoon City) is the setting, and zombies are replaced with creepy villagers infected by an ancient parasite and cultists looking to capitalize on this new outbreak.▼
▲'''''Resident Evil 4''''' is a 2005 [[Game Cube]] game which was eventually ported to the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Porting Disaster|PC]], and the [[Wii]] (in 2007); an HD remake for the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] was released in 2011. ''RE4'' was an adrenaline shot to the [[Survival Horror]] genre (and Capcom's ''[[Resident Evil]]'' franchise in general): it features an over-the-shoulder camera angle (compared to the fixed camera angles of prior ''Resident Evil'' games) and a more action-oriented slant on gameplay, which helped in [[Aversion|averting]] [[Capcom Sequel Stagnation]]. ''RE4's'' success kicked off a wave of [[Follow the Leader]], as numerous [[Third-Person Shooter|Third Person Shooters]] began using the [[Always Over the Shoulder]] perspective—and numerous survival horror games now resemble third person shooters.
[[Resident Evil 2|Leon S. Kennedy]] is now [[Took a Level
▲''RE4's'' story takes place six years after the "Raccoon City Incident" (as outlined in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]''); the story was conceived as a fresh starting point for a new chapter in the franchise's storyline. The Umbrella Corporation—the [[Big Bad]] of previous ''Resident Evil'' games—is a dead corporation (as explained during opening [[cutscene]]s), rural Europe (rather than Raccoon City) is the setting, and zombies are replaced with creepy villagers infected by an ancient parasite and cultists looking to capitalize on this new outbreak.
''This game has a [[Resident Evil 4/Shout Out|Shout Out]] page.''▼
▲[[Resident Evil 2|Leon S. Kennedy]] is now [[Took a Level In Badass|a secret agent for the United States government]], who've decided Leon's a [[Bad Dudes|bad enough dude]] to rescue the president's kidnapped daughter from a group of crazed European cultists who have kidnapped her. As this is a ''Resident Evil'' game, Leon soon finds that he has bigger things to deal with than a missing person. Much bigger. ''Three-stories-tall'' bigger.
▲''This game has a [[Resident Evil 4/Shout Out|Shout Out]] page.''
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The Novistador-infested waterway beneath Ramon Salazar's castle.
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* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The original GC version had Leon's RPD outfit from ''RE2'' and a pop star-esque outfit for Ashley.
** The later ports added a gangster suit for Leon (complete with a Tommy gun) and a suit of medieval armor for Ashley that actually affects the game (it makes invulnerable to enemies).
** Ada also wears three different outfits: her main Chinese dress outfit, a black spysuit in "Assignment: Ada" and an updated version of her red dress from ''RE2'' in "The Mercenaries". Strangely, her main outfit wasn't usable by the player until the "Separate Ways" scenario added in later versions.
* [[Animated Armour]]: Once you reach the castle, be on the lookout for seemingly inanimate suits of armor.
* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: Ashley's sequence. Normally, you need to hit the enemies in the first room with three lamps to kill them. There are two of them in the room and only six lamps, and they run fast enough to potentially dodge them when you throw them. Die enough times, however, and they stop running and will only take two hits to kill.
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** The Handgun and Punisher's exclusive upgrades. The Handgun's instant kill head-shot can be more of a hindrance than a help since it can cause Plagas to spawn, and the Punisher's exclusive of piercing up to five enemies is mostly useless, since if you're faced with a group that large, you'll likely be wanting to use something more powerful and with spread such as a Shotgun. They are both also far too weak for the mid to late game, even fully upgraded, which is why the Red9 and Blacktail see more use.
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: The Red9. It's basically a [[Cool Guns|red Mauser C96 pistol]] converted to use 9mm rounds. Thanks to the high (for handgun standards) firepower, relatively high firing speed, and the abundant ammo, it chews through [[Mook|Ganados]], [[Everything's Worse with Wolves|Colm]][[Demonic Spiders|illos]], and [[Goddamned Bats|Novistadors]] in no time, and even comes in handy against [[Elite Mooks|Chainsaw Ganados]] and ''even some weaker bosses''. Not only that, it's also the only handgun that can be fitted with a stock, allowing for easier targeting over longer distances. It's considered by many experienced players to be the best handgun-class weapon in the game.
* [[Back
** {{spoiler|Ada Wong}}, though they [[Never Found the Body]] in the first place...
** {{spoiler|Krauser in ''Seperate Ways''.}}
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* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Luis, as the cabin siege sequence can attest. "Did you send out those invitations!? I told you, no more than FEEEFTY PEOPLE!"
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Ashley's popstar outfit and Ada's tactical outfit.
* [[Big Bad]]: Subverted with Bitores Mendez. He appears to be the Big Bad at first, but it turns out that the Big Bad was Osmund Saddler. Bitores Mendez is a major antagonist, however.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: If you help [[Chekhov's Gun|the dog in the bear trap]] at the start of the game, it repays the favor by [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|coming to your aid during the El Gigante fight]].
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: For the most part, the Ganados' Spanish consists of curse words and threats, but sneak attacks from behind will always, ''[[So Much for Stealth|always]]'' [[With Catlike Tread|be announced]] with "¡Detrás de ti, imbécil!" (Behind you, imbecile!) in both the village and island levels (zealots in the castle just chuckle evilly), giving the player ample time to pull a 180 and open fire.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Leon succeeds in his mission and rescues Ashley, Saddler is dead, and his cult is pretty much destroyed. However, Ada manages to steal the dominant species Plaga sample, and while she ultimately double-crosses Wesker (giving him a sample of a regular Plaga and bringing the dominant species sample to the third party she was loyal to) Wesker is no fool, and does manage to use the info for his benefit, as seen later in the franchise.}}
* [[Black Comedy]]: Upon discovering a woman nailed to the wall by way of a pitchfork through the face:
{{quote|"Guess there's no sex discrimination here..."}}
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* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: In the conversation that occurs after Saddler has his rocket launcher-wielding minion shoot {{spoiler|Mike}} down, Leon shouts "Saddler, you bastard!" However, the text version simply says "Saddler you..."
* [[Body Horror]]: It's a ''Resident Evil'' game, so par for the course.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]] Unfortunately, in ''this'' game, killing a zombie this way can make things ''worse'', causing it to become a Plaga-mook with bladed tentacles, making it stronger, tougher, and giving it more reach.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: The knife and the pistols (Handgun, Punisher, Red9, Blacktail). It might not be impressive to play using those weapons 90% of the time, but it's much more likely to lead you to success than using your flashy weapons all the time. Considering the general lack of ammo for the more impressive weapons, the game basically forces this option during the first playthough.
* [[Boss Arena Recovery]]: Played straight for the whole game, but a particular mention goes to fighting Salazar. There's crates in quite a few places, and going to the bottom level, there are infinitely spawning spider plagas. They randomly drop ammo for whatever weapons you have.
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** Wesker is a [[Glass Cannon]].
* [[Continuity Nod]]: For ''Resident Evil 2''. The gun Matilda is apparently the name of HUNK's favorite handgun. You could also upgrade Leon's standard handgun to the Matilda.
** Also, the typewriters are used as save points again, but at least this time, you don't have to search for ribbons to use them.
* [[Cool Chair]]: Saddler's chair near the end of the game. The player can actually sit down in the chair. However, if they do, the text will telling them that "there's no time for resting."
* [[Cool Guns]]: With special exclusive maximum upgrades:
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** You don't actually need to fight {{spoiler|Saddler's [[One-Winged Angel]] form, a.k.a. the ''final boss''}}, at least on Normal difficulty. Much frustration is saved when you realize {{spoiler|you can just run away from him and immediately end the fight with the cranes holding the I-beams, followed by the Special Rocket Launcher Ada drops.}}
** Also done earlier in the [[Press X to Not Die]] flavor when fighting {{spoiler|Krauser for the first time}}; the entirety of the battle is a dialogue exchange with the occasional unexpected QTE thrown in to keep things interesting.
* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]: Several times in the game, Ashley is caught by some trap or monster during a cutscene, and neither Leon nor the player can do anything to stop it. Also, their are many times when Leon could put a bullet in Salazar's head but shows restraint for some god-forsaken reason, choosing instead to listen to the bastard's insults.
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]:
** On the other hand, Leon often displays acrobatic feats and neat gadgets that the player doesn't get to use.
** In the GameCube version, Ada's grappling hook only appears in cutscenes, not being utilized in the ''Assignment Ada'' quest. The PS2 and Wii versions allow limited use of it in [[Simultaneous Arcs|''Separate Ways'']].
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The Merchant is a shady, ominous-looking fellow, but it seems like he's only trying to make a living; he's certainly not a threat.
* [[Daylight Horror]]: Notable in the series for starting during the day.
** Of course, it gets worse at night: Plaga start showing up.
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** {{spoiler|Leon and Ashley getting their Plagas removed also has a bit of this thrown in.}}
* [[The Dragon]]: Mendez and Verdugo to Salazar, and Salazar and Krauser to Saddler.
* [[Don't Celebrate Just Yet]]: {{spoiler|When the [[Final Boss]] falls, Leon and Ashley aren't out of danger; they have to escape the island through an underground river on jet-skis and outrun a massive wave before either is truly safe.}}
* [[Drone of Dread]]: A good portion of the soundtrack.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: The entire Umbrella Corporation.
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* [[Edible Ammunition]]: It is actually possible to equip eggs as weapons, which can be thrown like grenades. However, this is a massive waste, because the eggs do barely any damage at all. It's a much better idea to just eat them.
** They at least make it easier to [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|harm Ashley without deducting a single bit of health]].
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: Halfway through the battle with the [[Final Boss]], Ada appears and throws Leon a Special Rocket Launcher. Once you manage to get hold of this (not easy) Leon can crush the boss in one hit.
* [[Elite Mook]]:
** Any of the chainsaw-wielding enemies,
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** In Assignment Ada, you are required to store [[Plot Coupon|Las Plagas Samples]] in your attaché case, whereas in the main game, you stored other plot-relevant (but useless in-gameplay) items in a separate screen.
** In ''Separate Ways'', you cannot upgrade your weapons like you can in the main game, and enemy placement in general puts more of an emphasis on blindsiding sneak attacks rather than action-horror.
* [[Fake Longevity]]: Mostly averted in-game, but invoked with unlocking the [[Infinity-1 Sword|Chicago Typewriter]] in later ports. In the [[Game Cube]] version, you unlock the Typewriter after beating [[Brutal Bonus Level|Assignment Ada]], but in the [[PlayStation 2]] and Wii versions you have to beat both Assignment Ada AND [[Another Side, Another Story|Separate Ways]].
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Discussed when Leon finds Luis' last memo, which details how the Plaga parasite can be removed from a host:
{{quote|'''Notebook:''' Another fact that must be mentioned is that once the Plaga grows into an adult, the removal procedure could kill the host. But perhaps death isn't so bad when you think about the alternative.}}
* [[Friend or Foe]]: It's possible to shoot Ashley by mistake, but unless she's tied up or in an enemy's grip, she's at least smart enough to get out of the way.
** In the battle where Mike supports you with artillery fire from his copter, it's pretty easy for him to hit Leon if you aren't careful.
** Fortunately, this is not limited to the good guys, as the [[Elite Mooks]] with the chainguns will often decimate the other zombies while aiming at Leon.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: This game was hugely influential on a number of other games that followed it, including ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]],'' ''[[Gears of War]],'' ''[[Dark Sector]],'' and many others.
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: Spanish peasants like calling you any number of foul things.
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* [[A God Am I]]: Saddler.
* [[Go for the Eye]]: Played straight for the end bosses of the second and third stages of the game, used in name only for the first stage's final boss (Leon needs to bypass a retinal scanner).
* [[Grenade Tag]]
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: Helicopter Mike.
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*** The most stunning example may be the Striker shotgun. Its exclusive upgrade allows its magazine to hold 100 shells at once. Logically, you would expect the fully-upgraded drum magazine to be more than eight times as large as the default, which would make for a drum more than six feet in diameter, and the weapon itself would likely exceed hundred pounds in weight—but, this absurdly spacious magazine is no different in size than the default magazine, which holds 12 rounds.
*** Close behind is the TMP, which allows for a magazine capacity of 250 rounds. Such a magazine should be almost ''seven and a half feet in length''.
** Some mooks can throw axes of sickles at Leon, and seem to somehow carry extras in their pockets.
* [[Hand Cannon]]: Any of the Magnums. Also, a weapon actually called the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Handcannon]] is made available by getting the high score on all the Mercenaries levels with each character. It uses its own unique ammo, which is very rare. Upgrade it fully, though, and it gains infinite ammo, and becomes about as powerful as the [[Stuff Blowing Up|Rocket Launcher]]. Ammo is generated half by predetermined drops and half by what weapons you have. If you sell your shotgun, TMP, and Pistol, you'll get TONS of handcannon ammo drops. Sadly, they won't stop dropping if you have the infinite ammo upgrade. Magnum ammo is considerably less frequent, followed by the extremely rare Mine Darts.
* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Professional Mode. You ''will'' run out of ammo in the village intro, and you can't bring weapons and ammo from previous playthroughs. Hope you learned knife-fu!
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* [[Heart Container]]: Mixing yellow herbs with green or mixed red/green herbs will give a permanent boost to your health meter.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Luis}}.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Ada Wong is this in the main game, although you get to play ''her'' story in the "Separate Ways" scenario; do so, and her scenes in the main story make much more sense.
* [[He Knows About Timed Hits]]: "I'm sending you a playing manual."
* [[Hive Mind]]: Las Plagas.
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* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: Herbs, fish, and eggs restore health.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Regenerators, Iron Maidens, and Verdugo. They tend to come off like [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]s to most first time players (and the first two aren't even bosses).
* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: Leon can throw eggs at enemies. [[Joke Item|Not that it does much good]]. [[Death
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Oven Man, a militia Ganado who stuffs himself in a gas oven, presumably for the express purpose of bum-rushing you while [[Infernal Retaliation|on fire]]. If you examine the oven afterwards, Leon will wonder what in the world he was doing in there.
* [[Incredibly Obvious Bug]]: Leon seems genuinely surprised that Saddler found the beeping, flashing red tracking device that he threw onto Ashley's back ''while Saddler was watching''.And followed it all the way through, letting Saddler pit him against "It" the creature.
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* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: Ashley and the Merchant can both be killed by accidentally grazing both or getting knifed once.
* [[Instant Sedation]]: In ''Separate Ways'', Ada gets shot by a tranquilizer gun and instantly passes out.
* [[Iron Butt-Monkey]]: As fragile as Ashley is, she still recovers quickly radiation treatment needed to purge the Plaga parasite, something that seemed to cause even Leon a great deal of pain. Oh, and she can suplex and body-slam a mook if the player times it right.
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Ashley's "ballistics," though it's mostly realistic and not overdone.
* [[Just Add Water]]: Mixing herbs.
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* [[The Many Deaths of You]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOzFDYVapiw And how!]
* [[Mascot Mook]]: Dr. Salvador.
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: ''Los Iluminados''
* [[Missing Mission Control]] / [[Mission Control Is Off Its Meds]]: Leon's handler, Hunnigan, loses contact with Leon at the beginning of Chapter 3. It is soon revealed that the baddies have hijacked Leon's comm line, and then use it for the rest of the game as a vehicle for taunting Leon.
* [[Misplaced Accent]]: The game is apparently set in a Spanish-speaking European country where everyone speaks Mexican Spanish.
* [[More Dakka]]: [[Infinity+1 Sword|Chicago Typewriter]]. [[Bottomless Magazines|Infinite Ammo]]. Have fun.
* [[More Deadly That The Male]]: The Bella Sisters are more dangerous than Dr. Salvador, because they can swing the chainsaw much faster. Considering that Saddler prefers recruiting men to his cause, it’s fairly ironic.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The laser hallway sequence is almost certainly a reference to the ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' movie's laser hallway.▼
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: While the Ganados are certainly under control, it’s safe to say they’re naturally violent without anyone giving them commands.
▲* [[Mythology Gag]]: The laser hallway sequence is almost certainly a reference to the ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' movie's laser hallway. Leon won’t get cut into pieces if he fails, however.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Salazar.
* [[Neck Lift]]: Mendez has a tendency to do this to Leon after suddenly appearing from behind. During the boss battle, if the player isn't [[Press X to Not Die|fast enough to dodge his grip]] in the cutscene, [[Neck Snap|he breaks Leon's neck]].
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* [[Oh Crap]]: During the opening segment, when Leon accidentally gets the attention of all of the villagers interested in killing him, you can take cover in a nearby house. In a cutscene, Leon will block the door with a dresser, then see Dr. Salvador show up with a chainsaw, prompting this reaction.
* [[One Bullet Clips]]: Played straight, though possibly justified in that Leon collects loose bullets, rather than ammo clips, so he could theoretically drop the bullets from the previous clip into his attache case and take a new clip from the case.
* [[One-Man Army]]: Leon. Luis is no slouch either.
* [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope]]: Played for laughs. During the end credits, it says how that if you should try to copy it illegally, you will fall under a RPD investigation and be prosecuted by S.T.A.R.S. members, and then some.
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: They aren't actual zombies. They are people controlled by a parasite called Las Plagas. Although some varieties will have the Plagas take over if the human host ends up killed by decapitation or from damage, or even during night time.
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Bitores Mendez (well, [[Glass Eye|one of them]] is), {{spoiler|Ashley and Leon.}}
* [[Refrigerator Ambush]]: Well, it's more of an oven ambush, actually, but it's close enough.
* [[Religion of Evil]]: The bad guys stink of this. Whether Saddler truly believes any of the dogma of Los Illuminados is unclear, but he's obviously using it for his own goals.
* [[Rescue Sex]]: Subverted when Ashley's offer for Leon to do some "overtime" with her is met with stoic rejection.
* [[Rewarding Vandalism]]: Subverted on occasion, when snakes are in the crates instead of money or bullets. [[Double Subverted|Killing the snake gets you an egg, though]].
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* [[Terrifying Rescuer]]: Leon gets attacked by Ashley when he first finds her.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: When {{spoiler|Krauser is betrayed by Ada as he expected}}, he refers to her as "the bitch in the red dress".
* [[Took a Level
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: The [[Mook|Gan]][[Our Zombies Are Different|ados]].
* [[Trap Door]]:
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Salazar goes from being cocky to throwing a crazier-than-usual tantrum every ten seconds after Leon escapes his [[Trap Door|spiked pit trap]] and probably blows out one of his eardrums. Taking a knife to the hand doesn't help Salazar's disposition, either.
* [[The Virus]]: Las Plagas.
* [["Wake
** Countless are the players that met the Game Over screen for the first time thanks to Dr. Salvador in the village—and he's an optional miniboss.
** The village itself. On the path to the village, you manage to kill the first "swarm" of Ganados and work on picking off individual enemies and small groups. Then you reach their home. They're not happy to see you. At all. Compared to the zombies of the previous games, they are faster, very aggressive, and much more resistant to damage. When you first get to the village, you'll at most have a few clips of handgun bullets and (if you're lucky) a grenade. You'll quickly find out that this is not nearly enough to deal with the respawning villager swarms and Dr. Salvador, especially in Professional difficulty, so be prepared to run around like mad to scavenge whatever you can while trying to not get killed.
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* [[Warmup Boss]]: Del Lago. Not long afterwards, parasites start coming out of the Ganados' heads.
* [[War On Terror]]: Salazar makes a humorous remark about this.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: The Mooks in this game are called "Ganado", which means "cattle", a reflection of how Saddler has no respect for human life whatsoever, and will sacrifice them without a second thought.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: When a Ganado "pops" (has its head burst to let a Plaga out), it can be killed with a single flash grenade. This affects both the "scythe tentacle" Plaga and the "head-eating worm" Plaga. The "facehugger" Plaga, though, merely detaches from its body immediately, so it still takes more ammo (or another flash grenade) to kill the now-free Plaga—then again, this is what happens if you try pumping bullets into it anyway.
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Leon and Krauser, as well as Ada and Leon.
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* [[Younger Than They Look]]/[[Older Than They Look]]: Ramon Salazar has the skin and hair of a man in his seventies, but the stature and voice of a twelve-year-old. In reality, he is twenty years old.
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: From headshots, obviously (and a certain end-game upgrade makes this much easier to invoke). Also possible when you suplex or kick enemies. With a little bending of the rules, it can even be done with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dSCUdvBVhE chicken eggs].
* [[Zero Effort Boss]]: {{spoiler|Zigzagged with Salazar. He is actually a very difficult boss, unless you have the Rocket Launcher. If you do, he's dead in one shot.}}
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