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** There's a big difference between copying martial arts you see on TV and being a black belt.

*** Probably because he has no ki control training. The energy attacks some characters have are implied to take far more training to master than the physical moves used by guys like Zangief. The Double Lariat just requires inhuman strength to be effective (which Frank West possesses to some degree, given how easily he lifts and throws grown people), and the Flash Kick is something people actually do in real life, albeit without the energy flash that gives it its name.

He immediately knows everyone's name to write them down in his journal and can see how long they have left to live...

* The Death Note is the journal, but it's malfunctioning. This would also mean Otis is his Shinigami.

* ...but infected with the parasite. Some of them had to have been reasonable, successful people beforehand, and the specific stimulus of a zombie infection doesn't explain all of their behavior. Why would a highly successful chef decide to become a [[I Am a Humanitarian|cannibal?]] Why would magicians who presumably have had a successful career before this forget how to do one of the most basic tricks and turn it into a murder machine? Why does a STOOOOOOOOORE manager suddenly become violent and paranoid? Easy. The wasp larva are eating into their brains. They will probably die eventually, but when they do the wasps will have had to do too much damage for them to be useful, which is why you never see one resurrected as a zombie (Wii version notwithstanding).

 

* You know how sometimes, Chuck says "Just like mom used to make" after building one of his zombie-killing contraptions? Well, that's not just a clever quip, that's actually him nostalgically remembering the days where he would observe his mother gathering up all sorts of objects and duct-taping them together to create outlandish murder machines specifically made to mow down the undead. This would also explain why Chuck is otherwise a pretty normal guy: to him, getting creative and improvising some weird weaponry was just a regular part of his everyday life when he was little.

** Hopefully this means that we'll eventually get to see Chucks mother, rolling around in a Blitzkrieg, casually taking down zombies left right and center in the middle of giving Chuck mixtures of motherly comments and tips on how to properly cave in the skull of a zombie. Cross your fingers for that DLC everyone.

*** [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, 'cause there have only been four outbreaks by the time of Dead Rising 2 within six years.]]