Chris Redfield in Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Wardrobe Chris Redfield in Resident Evil Code: VeronicaIn the original Resident Evil, Chris wore a standard S.T.A.R.S. uniform consisting of grey pants, an M69 fragmentation vest with a knife sheath, and a white T-shirt. His alternate costume was a casual outfit featuring a brown bomber jacket with a "Made in Heaven" design on the back. In the Saturn version, he wears an unlockable black standard S.T.A.R.S. uniform. In Resident Evil: Director's Cut, his standard outfit is a plain gray T-shirt with shoulder pads and a holster.
Although not involved in the main game, in the "Extreme Battle" mode of Resident Evil 2, he still wears his standard S.T.A.R.S. outfit from the first game, but with modifications such as a "Made in Heaven" design on the back and elbow pads.
In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, he wears an olive green outfit with a black S.T.A.R.S. vest. According to the developers, this was a prototype uniform that was scheduled to be adopted by S.T.A.R.S., but was not due to the unit's destruction after the first game. Instead, Chris took the prototype outfit with him when he left Raccoon City.
In the Resident Evil remake, his Code: Veronica outfit is unlockable along with an original skater outfit that closely resembles a Brad Pitt character Jerry Welbach in the movie The Mexican. In Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, Chris' casual outfit from the first game can be unlocked, as well as a ninja outfit in the game's "Rebirth" mode.
In other mediaDuring the release of the Sega Saturn version, Resident Evil, Capcom published a promotional sourcebook titled The True Story Behind Biohazard as a pre-order giveaway. The book contains an original short story titled Biohazard: The Beginning by Hiroyuku Ariga. The story depicts the events prior to the first game and fleshes out his character, describing the deaths of his parents in a car accident and his service in the Air Force. It should be noted that this story does not fit in the current version of the games' canon due to the way the series evolved. Chris also appears in the novelizations of the games written by S.D. Perry. He is also being portrayed by Darren Keefe in the upcoming film Resident Evil: Extinction
Chris, smoking a cigarette from the uncut opening of Resident Evil.
Trivia Chris was originally characterized as a cigarette smoker as seen in uncensored version of the live-action footage used in the original uncut version of Resident Evil. Due to SCEA's strict policy against depiction of tobacco use, all scenes that featured Chris were edited. Ironically enough, Chris has a lighter in his default equipment in the GameCube version of the game (which he had to obtain separately in both the original release and Resident Evil Code: Veronica.
