Sherry Birkin
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| Sherry Birkin | |
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| Date of birth: | 1986 (Age 22 - 23) |
| Blood type: | O |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | Unknown |
| Weight: | Unknown |
| Race/Ethnicity: | Caucasian |
| Occupation: | N/A |
| Status: | Alive |
| Voice: | Lisa Yamanaka(Re2) Laura Bailey(Re:Dc) |
| “ | Thanks Claire. Even though I'm an only child, neither of my parents spent much time with me...because of their work. But now that you're with me I finally have someone to rely upon. | ” |
Sherry Birkins is a playable character in Resident Evil 2. She was born in 1986 to Umbrella Corporation top scientist William Birkin, and his assistant and wife Annette Birkin. Due to their key participation of developing biological weapons for Umbrella, William and Annette's work schedules were very intense and busy, and as such weren't around as Sherry grew up. Nevertheless, she loved her parents very much and enjoyed spending whatever time she had with them, with her parents feeling the same way.
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History
Raccoon City Incident
| “ | But there's something out there...I don't know what it is, but I saw it! Much larger than any of those Zombies and its coming after me! | ” |
In 1995, William and Annette were transferred from the Arklay Research Facility to a newly-constructed underground laboratory in Raccoon City to finish William's work on a new biological weapon called the G-virus. It was finally finished in 1998 though William refused to hand the virus over to Umbrella (despite his offered place on its executive board), instead preferring to hand the virus over to the U.S. Government in exchange for a larger reward. As such, a Special Forces Unit was sent in to forcefully retrieve the G-virus, which was done after fatally injuring William in a hailstorm of bullets. Knowing he was about to die, William injected himself with the G-virus, turning into a hideous monstrosity, hunting down and killing all but one of his assailants. As he did so, several vials containing the tyrant virus, kept in a sample case stolen by the Umbrella soldiers, were scattered on the ground and broke; and rats interacting and consuming the liquids carried the infection to the rest of the city.
Sherry remained unaware of this, especially the fact that Raccoon City was nearly totally consumed with zombies. Annette contacted her daughter at her school, East Raccoon Elementary, and implored her to head home immediately. Upon reaching their house Annette asked Sherry to retrieve her locket from a jewelery box and quickly seek refuge in the Raccoon City Police Department, warning her not to speak to anyone. Unfortunately for Sherry, by this time the police station too had been overrun and most of its personnel were now undead. Sherry complied with her mothers request and made her way to the station, unaware of this latest development, and remained in hiding, seeking sanctuary from the zombies, Umbrella's escaped B.O.W.'s, and later her mutated father. Soon, Sherry encountered another survivor; Claire Redfield (while searching for her missing brother Chris Redfield). With Sherry gaining Claire's protection and friendship, the two worked together to escape the infested precinct house, and later the city.
As Sherry and Claire looked for a way out of the city, they were stalked by the mutated Birkin. While inside of the sewers, Sherry and Claire were separated. Exploring through the sewers, she escaped a Zombie through a shaft, along with Cockroaches and through another shaft. Picking up a Wolf Medal, the ground below broke and she fell down to another level. Although filled-up bags of trash broke her fall, the shock of the impact along with the position she hit the floor with still knocked her out. Unconscious, she was unable to protect herself from her father, walking towards her slowly. She was then implanted with a G-embryo, though due to her bloodtype being the same as her fathers, she was a compatible host and was not killed straight away.
Her escape, however, was thwarted once again by Birkin, forcing her to fight the monster and incapacitate it. Claire then rushed to the train, joining Leon, and successfully administering the vaccine to Sherry. Unfortunately, Birkin, now a gigantic, amorphous blob, attacks the train, thus triggering another self-destruct sequence. Claire, Leon, and Sherry escape moments before the train explodes, destroying Birkin once and for all.
Upon their escape, Leon, Claire and Sherry were rescued by U.S. official authorities, and, her safety was used to blackmail Leon into working with the government. While Leon and Claire, went off to continue the fight against Umbrella, Sherry was given into government custody. Claire gave Sherry her prized pink vest as a reminder of their time together.
Trivia
- Laura Bailey, who provides the voice for Sherry in Resident Evi: The Darkside Chronicles, also provides the voice of Angela Miller, both of which are stalked by a member of their family who desires to impregnate them with the G-embryo.
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