Characters in Resident Evil 2: Difference between revisions
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[[Image:Hunkuc.PNG|200px|thumb|left|HUNK in ''[[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]'']] |
[[Image:Hunkuc.PNG|200px|thumb|left|HUNK in ''[[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]'']] |
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'''HUNK''' debuted as the player's character in the unlockable [[minigame]] "The 4th Survivor" in ''Resident Evil 2''. He is a member of the Umbrella Special Forces team which is attacked and wiped out by the mutated William Birkin. HUNK is the only member of the team to survive Birkin's attack, and successfully procure a sample of the G-Virus. The player's objective as HUNK is to escape the sewer, and reach the heliport atop the police precinct. Another minigame, titled "The Tofu Survivor," is essentially identical, replacing HUNK with a giant piece of [[tofu]], is a parody, and a harder version of HUNK's minigame. |
'''[[HUNK]]''' debuted as the player's character in the unlockable [[minigame]] "The 4th Survivor" in ''Resident Evil 2''. He is a member of the Umbrella Special Forces team which is attacked and wiped out by the mutated William Birkin. HUNK is the only member of the team to survive Birkin's attack, and successfully procure a sample of the G-Virus. The player's objective as HUNK is to escape the sewer, and reach the heliport atop the police precinct. Another minigame, titled "The Tofu Survivor," is essentially identical, replacing HUNK with a giant piece of [[tofu]], is a parody, and a harder version of HUNK's minigame. |
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HUNK's character is fleshed out in subsequent games through in-game documents acquired by the player, and sourcebooks related to the series. HUNK's operational orders is one of the added "EX Files" in the Nintendo 64 version of the game. A character-specific epilogue in ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'' states that HUNK has a habit of being the only survivor of his team, earning him the nickname "Mr. Death". A document in ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica'' reveals that he received his military training on Rockfort Island. He made frequent stops there, delivering experimental B.O.W.s. |
HUNK's character is fleshed out in subsequent games through in-game documents acquired by the player, and sourcebooks related to the series. HUNK's operational orders is one of the added "EX Files" in the Nintendo 64 version of the game. A character-specific epilogue in ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis'' states that HUNK has a habit of being the only survivor of his team, earning him the nickname "Mr. Death". A document in ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica'' reveals that he received his military training on Rockfort Island. He made frequent stops there, delivering experimental B.O.W.s. |
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Revision as of 22:25, 1 December 2007
This article lists the various characters of the Resident Evil 2 video game.
Leon S. Kennedy
Claire Redfield
Ada Wong
Sherry Birkin
Sherry Birkin (voiced by Lisa Yamanaka) is a 12 year old girl who serves as Claire's partner in the game. She is the daughter of G-Virus creator William Birkin and was instructed by her mother to seek refuge in the police station during the zombie outbreak. She spends time on the run from the zombies until she meets Claire. The dangers Sherry faces change depending on the order in which Claire's half of the game is played. In the "Claire A" scenario, she is implanted with a G-Virus embryo by G, the creature that was once her father, and Claire must prepare a G-Virus vaccine before Sherry undergoes mutation. In the "Claire B" scenario, Sherry is chased by the Tyrant sent by Umbrella to retrieve the G-Virus hidden inside her locket.
In the character-specific epilogues featured in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis it is revealed that she was picked up by the military after escaping the city with Leon and Claire, and was then taken into custody by the U.S. government. However, in the fictional documentary Wesker's Report, Wesker states that Sherry is "safe in our hands".
Annette Birkin
Dr. Annette Birkin (voiced by Jennifer Dale) is a scientist for the Umbrella Corporation, as well as the wife of William and Sherry's mother. She plays an important role in the game, but her attitude toward Leon/Ada and Claire/Sherry differs. She cooperates with Claire when her daughter is in danger, and in the "Claire A" scenario, provides her with documents that help Claire to create a G-Virus vaccine to cure Sherry. In contrast, she is openly hostile toward Leon and Ada; during the course of the game, Annette shoots Leon (and Ada, too, in the Leon A scenario) - although she fails to kill either. Her death also differs: if the player follows the Claire A/Leon B path, Annette is killed by her mutated husband. If the player follows the Leon A/Claire B path, Annette is fatally wounded by falling debris.
Ben Bertolucci
Ben Bertolucci (voiced by Rod Wilson) is a freelance journalist who has a prominent role in Leon's half of the game. Leon and Ada first meet Ben after he has locked himself in one of the precinct's holding cells and refuses to divulge any information. Later, the G-Type finds a way into his cell and he is fatally injured or infected with the G-Virus. While dying, he provides Leon with a copy of Birkin's e-mails to Chief Irons, which details the dealings between the two.
He reappears in Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2, in which he has a small role within the "Desperate Times" scenario. He provides the player a puzzle piece, required for an escape attempt, in exchange for Irons' account information, which details large financial donations contributed by the Umbrella Corporation.
Brian Irons
Brian Irons (voiced by Gary Krawford) is the city's corrupt Chief of Police and appears only in Claire's half of the game. Claire first meets the Chief in his office with the recently deceased body of the Mayor's daughter on his desk. He later disappears from the office and leaves behind his diary, in which he describes his desire to hunt down the Mayor's daughter and use her body as a stuffed trophy.
Irons was responsible for the deaths of several officers when he went insane and hunted them. Additional documents also reveal that the character was previously accused, but never convicted, of sexual assault and had been taking bribes from Umbrella, particularly from William Birkin. Claire confronts Irons one last time in a hidden room behind his office before he is killed by the mutated Birkin, either because he injects the G-Virus embryo or by being torn apart.
In the prototype version of Resident Evil 2 (aka Resident Evil 1.5), Irons was originally a supporting character.
William Birkin
Marvin Branagh
Marvin Branagh is a surviving R.P.D. officer whom the player meets after their arrival at the precinct. Marvin, already suffering from a fatal wound and succumbing to the T-Virus, urges the player to locate any survivors and provides them with a card key before locking himself inside the west office. When the player regains access to the office, Marvin, near death, turns into a zombie.
Marvin Branagh was originally intended to be a major supporting character who aided Leon in the prototype version of Resident Evil 2 (known as Resident Evil 1.5) along with Ada, but in the end was turned into a minor character who gets killed off early in the story. Marvin's unconscious self reappears in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and the character plays a supporting role in the Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 scenario, "Desperate Times", which depicts how Marvin got his fatal wound.
Robert Kendo
Robert Kendo is a gun shop owner whom the player encounters at the beginning of the first scenario. He offers the player refuge by allowing them to stay inside the gun shop. Moments later, zombies break through the window of the store and kill him. Additional in-game documents featured in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis reveal that Kendo was the weapons supplier for S.T.A.R.S. and that his brother Joe designed their sidearm, the Samurai Edge. In addition, Kendo is revealed to be a close friend of Barry Burton, according to a file in the Nintendo 64 version of the game. The Kendo Gun Shop logo is visible on Leon's default gun in Resident Evil 4.
Like Marvin before him, Robert was originally meant to be a major character in Resident Evil 1.5 who aided Elza Walker (the prototype version of Claire Redfield), before being turned into a minor character.
HUNK
HUNK debuted as the player's character in the unlockable minigame "The 4th Survivor" in Resident Evil 2. He is a member of the Umbrella Special Forces team which is attacked and wiped out by the mutated William Birkin. HUNK is the only member of the team to survive Birkin's attack, and successfully procure a sample of the G-Virus. The player's objective as HUNK is to escape the sewer, and reach the heliport atop the police precinct. Another minigame, titled "The Tofu Survivor," is essentially identical, replacing HUNK with a giant piece of tofu, is a parody, and a harder version of HUNK's minigame.
HUNK's character is fleshed out in subsequent games through in-game documents acquired by the player, and sourcebooks related to the series. HUNK's operational orders is one of the added "EX Files" in the Nintendo 64 version of the game. A character-specific epilogue in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis states that HUNK has a habit of being the only survivor of his team, earning him the nickname "Mr. Death". A document in Resident Evil Code: Veronica reveals that he received his military training on Rockfort Island. He made frequent stops there, delivering experimental B.O.W.s.
Since then he has been a playable character in Resident Evil 4's non-canon minigame, "The Mercenaries". He is also one of the 8 playable characters in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, which features a canonical first person remake of "The 4th Survivor"