History VideoGame / DeadRising2

** [[spoiler:Chuck, who is more than capable of punching zombies until they die and performing wrestling/ninja/[=CQC=] moves on multitudes of zombies, AND should have plenty of weapons leftover, is subdued by Zombie TK in Ending A.]]
** [[spoiler: We watch the rest of the struggle at the beginning of Case West. Frank saves him.]]
** Chuck chops his way through a tram full of armed mercenaries to confront [[spoiler: TK]], who pulls out a pistol and fires a few rounds instead of answering Chuck's questions. Chuck dives for cover, despite the fact that getting to that point at all means he's probably been shot forty or fifty times.

* GameBreakingBug: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 remastered version saw many people report that their copies wouldn't even let them ''start the game''. Not all copies were affected, but it was an alarming number of them. The UsefulNotes/XboxOne version, to its credit, wasn't nearly as widespread with this issue, if any players of that release even bumped into it at all.

** "Paddle Party Massacre", seemingly a {{Fanservice}}-laden horror-action movie that's a parody of ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' (the plot) and ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacre'' (the title). Looking at the poster gives the Paddlesaw Combo Card. Amusingly, this movie actually gets a scared reaction out of [[TheStoic Chuck]].

** A noticeable, if minor Mixed Flavor example occurs during the side-mission "Barn Burner". You end up running into a pair of survivors who [[DeepSouth check off every redneck stereotype in the book]]. But once you save them from nearly burning to death, they are both grateful, the lady of the pair flirts with you and the male says he considers you [[BloodBrothers "as good as kin" to him]].

** Looters are about twice as tough as zombies, but that just means you need to use [[WolverineClaws Knife Gloves]], [[DropTheHammer Defilers]], or [[LaserBlade Laser Swords]] to [[OneHitKill drop them with one blow]]. The Mercenaries are just Looters with [[MoreDakka machine-guns]].

* GoodParents: [[TheHero Chuck Greene]] gets the trophy for this trope. The magnificent bastard is willing to go to hell and back to get Zombrex for his daughter, Katey, even if it means going through zombies, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Gas]] [[DemonicSpiders Zombies]], [[ChainsawGood chainsaw-wielding gimps]], [[AxCrazy glass-wielding maniacs]], [[ThatOneBoss overpowered twins with katanas]], ''[[LethalChef literally]]'' [[LethalChef Lethal Chefs]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers psychotic mascots with flamethrowers.]] If that isn't good parenting, ''then I don't know what is.''

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: One minor quality of life improvement over the first game is that survivors will now display an icon over their heads if they will move to the next room alongside Chuck. No more moving back and forth between loading screens just because one survivor was just slightly outside the eligible area.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: How the flagship product of Phenotrans is made, it is publicized that a synthetic alternative to the zombie making wasps goes into their product. In truth however, Phenotrans secretly promotes outbreaks so as to procure zombies to produce queens for their profit margins. Killing thousands to millions across the tri-state to make a mint off of fear.

** The Mercenary Assault Rifle is a common weapon to find and its high rate of fire makes it your early version of the LMG. However, it has very limited amounts of ammo and it's an inaccurate weapon. For Chuck, the Assault Rifle with its larger magazine and greater accuracy is a better choice despite having a lower rate of fire. However, put the Mercenary Assault Rifle [[DiskOneNuke in the hands of a survivor...]]

* BadassBiker: Chuck is a former Motocross champion. The skills he picked up souping up his bike is how he learned to create insane weapons.

** The metal baseball bat deviates from this by having Chuck/Frank toss a baseball and hit it with the bat to hit a zombie.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Any psychopath the player finds on his or her first playthrough is bound to rip out their lungs through their butts.

** [[spoiler: Sullivan]] is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: a mole that started the outbreak and framed Chuck. He shows no regrets for his actions. Once his fight is over, he ends up getting decapitated.]]

** At the beginning of the game Chuck is partacing in game hosted by TK to kill as many zombies as possible in order to provide for Katie. [[spoiler:In the S ending TK kidnaps Katie and Stacy and takes them to the area where he ties them and hangs over a horde of zombies. He Then kidnaps Chuck and After pretending to host another show fights him While he also has to make sure the girls aren’t DevouredByTheHorde.]]
** Both Chuck’s first and last encounter with Leon Bell have them competing to kill as many zombies as possible with motorbikes.

--> "You may now kiss the Bride."

--> "[[MemeticMutation I]] '''[[JustForPun saw]]''' [[MemeticMutation what you did there.]]"

--> "Yeah... you're on fire."

%%* DuctTapeForEverything: '''TheGame'''.

MermaidingSwimsuit: Chuck Greene is given [[SideQuest an optional side mission]] to rescue Tammy Blaine, whose job was to dress up as a mermaid in the Atlantica Casino. When Chuck reaches her, she says that she was doing her job of entertaining the gamblers when "[[ShowWithinAShow Terror is Reality's]]" [[ZombieApocalypse zombies got loose and infected Fortune city]]. Chuck tell her that [[EscortMission they can reach the shelter quickly]] if she takes off tail end of her costume, only for Tammy to say she's "going commando," [[BridalCarry forcing Chuck to carry her]] through a zombie horde.