Claire Redfield
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| Claire Redfield | |
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 A render of Claire Redfield, as she appears in Resident Evil Code: Veronica |
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| Game series | Resident Evil series |
| First game | Resident Evil 2 |
| Creator(s) | Shinji Mikami |
| Voice actor(s) | Alyson Court |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Blood Type | O |
| Occupation | Student |
| Relatives | Chris Redfield |
Claire Redfield is a video game character appearing in the Resident Evil survival horror series of video games. She is the main heroine in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica.
In the third installment of the Resident Evil film series actress Ali Larter will portray Claire. Resident Evil: Extinction, due in theaters September 21, 2007, will feature Claire in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by Umbrella Corporation's bioweapons.
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[edit] Background
Claire is a motorcycle enthusiast and college student who ventures to Raccoon City in search of her older brother, Chris Redfield, only to become involved in the massive conspiracy that surrounds the Umbrella Corporation. Although it is assumed she was trained in self-defense by her brother, there is no actual mention of Claire receiving any kind of military training prior to the events of Resident Evil 2. She appears to be the only protagonist in the series to be thrown into the events of the games with no formal preparation to defend herself. It seems she is a talented natural, able to adapt to the situation. This makes her the most "normal" protagonist of the series (aside from the Outbreak series protagonists).
[edit] Raccoon City Incident
A college student prior to the T-Virus outbreak in Raccoon City, Claire left school in order to investigate her older brother's disappearance a few months after the Arklay Mansion incident. Her investigation led her to Raccoon City, which was already contaminated by the T-Virus. Shortly after arriving there, Claire was attacked by the city's infected citizens, but was quickly rescued by rookie officer Leon S. Kennedy. They decided to seek refuge in the Raccoon Police Department (RPD). During their car ride to the police department, a man infected by the virus drives his semi-trailer into their vehicle. The two escape on opposite sides of the flaming vehicle and are separated by the car wreck. Upon her arrival at the RPD, Claire discovered that Chris had already left the city and went to Europe in order to investigate Umbrella's activities. Unable to find her brother, Claire and Leon split up to look for a way to escape the city.
During her search, Claire met with a little girl named Sherry Birkin, the daughter of Umbrella scientists William and Annette Birkin, who helped Claire in finding an escape route. In addition, Claire also confronted the RPD's corrupt chief, Brian Irons, who had murdered some of the survivors (including Mayor Michael Warren's daughter, Eliza). Chief Irons shortly fell victim either to a chest-bursting parasite or to a mutated William Birkin.
Claire and Sherry found a secret underground passage through the sewers, which led to one of Umbrella's underground labs. Claire and Sherry would often get separated through their escape. When Sherry's life was in jeopardy, Claire turned to Sherry's mother, Annette Birkin, for assistance and managed to save Sherry's life with her help. Unfortunately, Annette did not survive.
Claire and Sherry, along with Leon, made their escape through a secret railroad in Umbrella's lab and managed to put an end to the mutated William Birkin by leaving him to be blown up with the train. Afterwards, Claire left the U.S. to continue her search for Chris.
[edit] Rockfort Island/Antarctic Lab Incident
Three months after the incident, Claire raided one of Umbrella's headquarters, but was captured and imprisoned in Umbrella's Rockfort Island facility. During Claire's captivity, the facility was attacked by an army led by the traitorous S.T.A.R.S. officer, Albert Wesker. The facility also contained a storehouse with various chemicals and B.O.W.s for training purposes, including the T-Virus. The virus escaped following an explosion and many of the soldiers and prisoners on the island were turned into zombies. Claire was released by Rodrigo Juan Raval, an Umbrella employee who had captured Claire in Paris and was accompanied during her escape by another prisoner, Steve Burnside. Claire and Steve were both hunted down by the facility's owner, Alfred Ashford and the two had eventually ended up in one of Umbrella's labs, secluded in Antarctica. Alfred was eventually defeated and killed, but not before reviving his twin sister, Alexia, from cryogenic sleep.
Claire and Steve were taken prisoner by Alexia. However, her brother, Chris, had received the e-mail Claire sent through Leon and managed to penetrate the Antarctica lab. He eventually rescued Claire and the two were reunited briefly, before being separated by Alexia herself. During her escape, Claire encountered a captured Steve, who transformed into a monster after being injected with the T-Veronica virus. However, Steve's body did not accept the transformation and he reverted back to normal before seemingly dying in Claire's arms. With Steve gone, Claire helped her brother defeat Alexia and the two escaped from the facility. Since then, Claire presumably joined her brother in his anti-Umbrella activities up until Umbrella's shutdown by the government. ↑
[edit] Appearances
The younger sister of Resident Evil hero and tough guy, Chris Redfield, Claire first appeared in Resident Evil 2 and was conceived by the game's designers in order to tie the sequel with the original game (an earlier version of the game featured a blonde girl named Elza Walker instead, who was unrelated to any pre-existing character). Claire's scenario in the game comprised one half of the entire Resident Evil 2 story (with her co-star, Leon S. Kennedy, starring in the other). Depending on the order in which the player goes through with each character, certain events in Claire's scenario are changed.
Claire later appeared in a sequel, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, in which she was reunited with her brother. She was also in Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica, a light gun game based on the events of Code: Veronica, alongside Steve Burnside.
Her voice has been provided by Canadian voice actress Alyson Court in both her appearances to date. She was also portrayed by actress Adrienne Frantz in a series of Japanese Biohazard 2 ads directed by George Romero.
[edit] Elza Walker
In Resident Evil 1.5 (the original prototype version of Resident Evil 2), a blonde-haired motorcyclist named Elza Walker was featured as the heroine of the game instead of Claire Redfield. She was unrelated to Chris Redfield and was instead a college student attending Raccoon University and wore a red and white leather suit with the Raccoon University logo. Otherwise, the character was identical to Claire Redfield and the two even shared the same personal data. According to Research on Biohazard 2: Final Edition, Elza's backstory was similar to Claire's, in which she comes to Raccoon in search for a missing person. In Resident Evil 1.5, Elza's supporting characters were Sherry Birkin (like in the released version) and an early version of Robert Kendo (the gun shop owner). The reason for transforming Elza Walker into Claire Redfield was done to create a greater tie between the original game and the sequel without reusing an old character.
[edit] Wardrobe
Claire's original outfit in Resident Evil 2 consisted of a black short-sleeved, short-legged cycling skinsuit worn under a pink zip-up sleeveless jacket with a "Made in Heaven" design on the back (which she gives to Sherry during the course of the game), pink-dyed high-waisted denim cutoff short-shorts (the legs of the skinsuit underneath add about three or four more inches of length to the shorts) with a tan belt, tanned knee-high boots, a brown knife-holster on her left shoulder (similar to Chris' from the original Resident Evil) and long, black fingerless riding gloves. Her alternate outfit in the game consists of a leather jacket and matching pants with a "Let Me Live" design on the back, tan boots and a red bandanna. In the N64 version, this outfit is coloured purple and features the Angels Studio logo (the company that designed the N64 port) on the back with black boots and a slightly different design. The Dual Shock version's is denim with flame designs on the sleeves of the jacket and the legs of the jeans (which are tucked into brown boots).
In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, she wears a cropped red button-up sleeveless vest (this time with another "Let Me Live" design across the back) over a short black form-fitting mid-sleeve shirt (similar to the top half of her default RE2 skinsuit) with high-waisted jeans and red boots with a pink choker as her standard outfit. She wears an alternate outfit in the game's Battle Mode consisting of red and black high-waisted boy shorts and matching cropped tank top with Umbrella's logo on the sides, with white knee-high boots. It is by far the most revealing outfit Claire has ever worn in-game, insisting that there indeed is a feminine side to her. Claire is also shown wearing a third costume consisting of a red skintight unitard in the game's unlockable art gallery, but she never appeared in-game in this outfit.
The titles on the back of her jackets (in her original outfits and alternate ones as well) are homages to songs by the band, Queen. One of the games designers was once questioned about this link in an interview and expressed that they were indeed fans of the band and felt that the titles tied in so well with the theme of the games.
[edit] Trivia
- Claire's intro CGs in both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica are similar in some ways. For instance, Claire running towards the exit of the bar in RE2 with the camera changing from her perspective to the door is like in RECV where Claire spots the exit to the facillity and the camera switches it's angle to the door. Both end with Claire bursting out of the door and gasping as a gun--or guns--are or is pointed at her face.
- In the Nintendo DS game Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble there is a picture of Claire Redfield with a robotic face in the second level.
- Claire has a Character Card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash on the Neo Geo Pocket Colour.
- With the use of a code, you can play as Claire in Trickin' Snowboarder on the PSOne.
- The inscriptions on Claire's jackets--"Made In Heaven" and "Let Me Live"--are songs off of Queen's Made In Heaven album.
[edit] In other media
| Resident Evil film character | |
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| Claire Redfield | |
| Portrayed By | Ali Larter |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
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| Current Status | |
Actress Ali Larter is set to play Claire Redfield in the upcoming 2007 film Resident Evil: Extinction.
[edit] Resident Evil: Extinction
Claire is leading a group in a convoy across the Nevada desert on a pursuit against the Umbrella Corporation.
[edit] See also
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica
- Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica
- Leon S. Kennedy
- Chris Redfield
- Sherry Birkin
- Steve Burnside
[edit] External links
| Main | Chris Redfield | Jill Valentine | Barry Burton | Rebecca Chambers | Claire Redfield | Leon S. Kennedy | Ada Wong |
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| Villains | Albert Wesker | Alfred Ashford | Alexia Ashford | Jack Krauser | James Marcus | Lisa Trevor | Nemesis | Nicholai Ginovaef | Ozwell E. Spencer | Osmund Saddler | Bitores Mendez | Ramon Salazar | William Birkin |
| Supporting | Steve Burnside | Billy Coen | Carlos Oliveira | Ashley Graham | Luis Sera | Annette Birkin | Sherry Birkin | George Trevor | Minor S.T.A.R.S. Characters | Minor Characters | HUNK | Mikhail Victor |
| Outbreak | Kevin Ryman | Mark Wilkins | George Hamilton | Cindy Lennox | David King | Alyssa Ashcroft | Jim Chapman | Yoko Suzuki |
| Film | Alice | Angela | Carlos | Dr. Ashford | Claire Redfield | Jill Valentine | L.J. | Lisa | Matt | Nemesis | Nicholai | Peyton | Rain | Red Queen | Dr. Isaacs | Spence | Terri | Major Cain | Dr. Birkin | Yuri |
