Recurring Characters: Leon S. Kennedy | Ada Wong
Groups: Umbrella Corporation (Albert Wesker | Paramilitary) | S.T.A.R.S. | Monsters (Mainstays, Irregulars, Mold) | The Baker Family | The Four Houses
Mainline games: Resident Evil 0 | Resident Evil | Resident Evil 2 | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | Code: Veronica | Resident Evil 4 | Resident Evil 5 | Resident Evil 6 | Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | Village
Spin-offs: Gun Survivor/Dead Aim | Outbreak | The Umbrella Chronicles | The Darkside Chronicles | Revelations | Revelations 2 | Operation Raccoon City
Other media: Degeneration | Damnation | Vendetta | Infinite Darkness | Death Island | The Marhawa Desire | Heavenly Island
Tropes relating to the characters introduced in Resident Evil 0.
For Rebecca Chambers, Richard Alkin, Enrico Marini, Forest Speyer, Kenneth J. Sullivan and Edward Dewey, check the Resident Evil S.T.A.R.S. sheet.
For James Marcus and William Birkin, check the Resident Evil - Umbrella Corporation sheet.
For Albert Wesker, check his character page here.
For Kevin Dooley, check the Resident Evil sheet.
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Billy Coen
Voiced by: James Kee (Zero), Steve Von Wormer (The Umbrella Chronicles), Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese, Zero HD Remaster)
"Listen, little girl, if you haven't noticed there's some pretty freaked out things on this train. And I, for one, wanna' get out of here. I don't think we stand a chance of doing it alone."
A former Marine, Billy was sentenced to execution for the slaughter of 23 people in Africa. However, when his transport through the Arklay mountains was overrun by mutated leeches (No, seriously...), he escaped. He proceeded to team up with Rebecca Chambers, and the two investigated zombie filled trains and a research facility in the woods. He was last seen in the woods around the mansion area, and hasn't been heard from since.
- Ambiguously Jewish: 'Coen' is one of the variants for 'Cohen', a decidedly Jewish surname.
- Ambiguous Situation: An In-Universe case. While it's clear to the player that Billy didn't slaughter 23 people, he doesn't confirm or deny to Rebecca if he did it.
- Chained by Fashion: He wears handcuffs throughout the game, dangling off of one wrist. He manages to pick them off by the end of the game, and he discards them by tossing them off of a cliff.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: He heavily contrasts the four (so far) canonical male protagonists in the games:
- Like Chris, he is a military man who fought for the right reasons, but whereas Chris decided to keep fighting Umbrella and later bioterrorism, Billy showed no interest in doing so and would rather live in hiding.
- Like Leon, he has a strong sense of justice and will help others. However Leon is a cop-turned secret agent, while Billy is a wrongly convicted man.
- While heavy with the snark factor, Jake is a mercenary Only in It for the Money who is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, which initially gruff, Billy appears to be nicer than his appearance makes him.
- While Ethan contrasts all four men himself, Billy appears to know more than he should, while Ethan unknowingly gets himself into a situation where he has to fight to survive.
- Death Faked for You: By Rebecca, at the end of the game.
- Elites Are More Glamorous: Billy served in a Marine Force Reconnaissance unit.
- Hand Cannon: He makes use of the game's Magnum Revolver in the final cutscene to land the killing blow to the Queen Leech. Since then, it seems to be heavily associated with him, even being his main weapon in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
- Hidden Depths: Despite how brutish he seems more often than not, he's remarkably good at playing the piano.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: One of the brawniest male characters, partnered up with the smallest adult female character.
- Hunk: Absolutely.
- I Won't Say I'm Guilty: Granted, he's not.
- Jade-Colored Glasses: Billy is almost bizarrely aloof about his conviction, resigned to his fate, and cynically shoots down Rebecca when she tries to be optimistic about it. And yet...
- Knight in Sour Armor: ... The cynical, wrongfully convicted murderer has a powerful sense of justice. He's the one who convinces Rebecca to partner up with him and he's the one who refuses to go back on his word.
- Miscarriage of Justice: In reality, his squad committed the massacre and then scapegoated him.
- The Nicknamer: To Rebecca.
- The Quiet One: Man of few words.
- The Scapegoat: When he was in the military, Billy's squad killed an entire village of innocent villagers, though Billy claims he was not involved in said massacre. Billy's squad leader framed the incident to Billy, leading to his imprisonment and subsequent death sentence.
- Sequel Non-Entity: He's never heard from again after 0. Justified due to his circumstances.
- Semper Fi: An ex-Marine.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Downplayed but it's mentioned he was "institutionalized" in the intro and he seems to possibly have a PTSD flashback upon seeing a pile of skeletons at one point with him notably starting to sweat and freezing in place.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Wears a tank top to show off his tattoo.
- Unperson: RE5's "History of Resident Evil" file talks about Zero's events like it was done by Bravo Team, without mentioning Billy at all. Worth mentioning that the file isn't written In-Universe, it's an mini encyclopedia for the player.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Hasn't been seen or heard from since Zero. The only continuity nod is in the Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 released before Resident Evil 0, where Rebecca reported him dead... where she misspells his surname as "Koen"...
Mysterious Young Man
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Voiced by: Ian Downie (old) and Lyon Smith (young)
A young man in strange clothes that causes the mutated leech outbreak on the Ecliptic Express. He claims to be Dr. Marcus reborn and wants to destroy Umbrella.
- Adaptational Ugliness: His only appearance prior to the Queen Leech boss fight in The Umbrella Chronicles is as a slimy recreation of Marcus' usual likeness.
- Achilles' Heel: His weakness to sunlight is what gives Rebecca and Billy the chance to survive.
- Back from the Dead: Subverted. The Queen Leech thinks it is Marcus reborn, but it actually just absorbed his memories from his corpse and has the ability to take his form. All thanks to some T-Virus infected leeches.
- Body Horror: The transformation from "younger Dr. Marcus" to "Queen Leech" isn't exactly pretty, to say the least.
- Dead Person Impersonation: What seems to be a younger Dr. Marcus is actually the Queen Leech impersonating him. The real Dr. Marcus is long dead, and absorbed by his own creation.
- Depending on the Writer: His connection with Marcus is this. Umbrella Chronicles' "James Marcus Profile" says that the Mysterious Young Man is Marcus resurrected. RE5's "History of Resident Evil" says he's a clone.
- Eviler than Thou: First inverted, then Played Straight. When Spencer thought Dr. Marcus pretended to become The Starscream, he had Wesker and Birkin send a strike team to kill him and destroy his research. His Queen Leech survived, however, and its actions led to Umbrella's sudden downfall.
- Gone Horribly Right: He wanted to see the world burn after taking care of Umbrella. While dying put a stop to his plans, he did not need to do anything, as Umbrella's downfall happened because the world started burning.
- The Heavy: For RE0, overlapping with his status as Big Bad.
- Hive Mind: All leeches obey his commands, more often than not through an opera song.
- Humanoid Abomination: It's actually a grotesque T-Virus parasite taking human form.
- I Am Legion
- Non-Standard Character Design: Downplayed. As it's not unusual for Resident Evil to have Pretty Boy character designs, as Leon is an example of that type of design, but his outfit combined with his overall appearance makes him look more like a Final Fantasy character than a Resident Evil one.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Planned to destroy the entire world after it was done with Umbrella.
- One-Winged Angel: His Leech Queen form.
- Predecessor Villain: Directly responsible for the Mansion incident due to the Leeches attacking Umbrella personnel, and indirectly to Raccoon City's destruction.
- Revenge: His motivation is revenge on Spencer, Birkin, Wesker, and Umbrella as a whole.
- The Undead: Naturally subverted. The real James Marcus is long dead, and the one that seems to be his younger self is actually the Leech Queen, having absorbed him after being left for dead.
- Voice of the Legion
- Weakened by the Light: In the dark, the Queen Leech is implacable. After being exposed to sunlight, it is neutralized in a single shot.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Sunlight.
- The Worm That Walks: Composed of thousands of leeches.
- Villainous Legacy: Long after the Queen's death, its wish to bring down Umbrella eventually comes true in 2003.
