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Fictional monster hunters

  • Wonder WomanWonder Woman's creator invented a device crucial to the lie detector.
  • Ada WongAda Wong was mentioned by name in Capcom's original Resident Evil in 1996, before she had a face, a voice, or a role. Designer Kazunori Kadoi supplied the name, and he later admitted he proposed it randomly and without much thought. That…
  • Chris RedfieldChris Redfield, the hero of Capcom's Resident Evil series, stands inside an active volcano and punches a giant boulder until it drops into the lava. That moment from Resident Evil 5 in 2009 turned into one of the most repeated jokes in…
  • Albert WeskerAlbert Wesker begins the original Resident Evil of 1996 as an ally. As captain of a police special forces unit, he hands the player supplies and useful information. That helpfulness is a disguise. Wesker was created by the Japanese game…
  • Jill ValentineJill Valentine is a character in Capcom's Resident Evil series, and her name is forever tied to a sandwich. In the 1996 original game, a falling ceiling trap almost crushes her. Her partner Barry Burton then says, in stiff and awkward…
  • Ichigo KurosakiIchigo Kurosaki was not meant to be the hero of Bleach. Creator Tite Kubo first planned Rukia Kuchiki as the lead.
  • Leon S. KennedyLeon S. Kennedy is late for his first day of work, and the reason is a fight with his girlfriend. That detail comes from the manual of Resident Evil 2, the 1998 survival horror game from the Japanese company Capcom. Leon is a rookie police…
  • Eren YeagerEren Yeager is the hero of Hajime Isayama's manga Attack on Titan, and his own creator once called him "a slave to the story". Isayama has also said that, in the past, he struggled to make Eren feel "alive" on the page. That is a strange…
  • Agent JAgent J's father was killed by an alien during the Apollo 11 launch.
  • Kratos (God of War)Kratos, the scarred, ash-white Spartan at the center of Santa Monica Studio's God of War series, began as a set of rough drawings on restaurant napkins. Charlie Wen had forgotten his sketchbook, so he drew on whatever the table offered.…

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