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There's nothing left to say. For you and I, Leon, we're merely different sides of the same coin.
~ Jack confronting Leon after they meet again.

Jack Krauser is one of the main protagonists of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and a major antagonist in both Resident Evil 4 and its 2023 remake. He was a former USSOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) member and Leon Kennedy's partner. After a forceful retirement due to an arm injury, Krauser was involved in support of Albert Wesker's plans and colluded with the Los Iluminados cult as part of his infiltration.

Krauser's role was shifted in the Resident Evil 4 remake. Rather than just being Leon's partner, Krauser is now his former mentor and possesses no ties to Wesker. Instead, he joined Los Iluminados of his own volition and craves absolute power after the losses he suffered in Operation Javier.

In Japanese, he was voiced by Kengo Tsujii in the 2023 remake. In English, he was voiced by Jim Ward (who also voiced Captain Qwark in Ratchet & Clank, Torrance in Treasure Planet, Zhencha in Disney's Mulan, and Hydros in Disney's Hercules) in the original game and Mike Kovac in the 2023 remake.

Biography[]

Virtually nothing is known about Krauser's past life prior to joining U.S. SOCOM. Krauser has trained Leon S. Kennedy after the latter's escape to Raccoon City, following the viral outbreak.

Operation: Javier[]

Well, I am a soldier. And if your orders are from the President, then I'm on your side. Let's go. Time to kick some ass!
~ Jack Krauser to Leon S. Kennedy.
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Krauser and Kennedy during Operation: Javier.

Then a member of the U.S. SOCOM, Krauser was sent along with Kennedy to track down the infamous drug dealer, Javier Hidalgo, who had apparently been in contact with a former Umbrella researcher. Because the country Javier was in was too small to do anything about him and the fact he had defector control of the area around his mansion, the government sent Krauser and Leon in as a secret military detachment so as to prevent any possible biohazards that could occur. Shortly after their arrival, Krauser told Leon that he didn't believe in B.O.Ws and they proceeded to head into the nearby village to meet an informant.

However they found the town was suffering from the effects of a T-Virus outbreak and they had to fight their way through zombies and mutated animals. They found their informant mortally wounded, who said something about a girl before dying and being dragged underwater by some unseen creature. They continued on until they came across a girl, Manuela, and were forced to battle a vicious amphibious monster.

Afterwards Manuela guided Krauser and Leon through the dam and found out that she was Javier's daughter and that she had been given the T-Veronica Virus to counteract a fatal disease she had contracted. They encountered Javier, who opened a floodgate and washed Leon and Krauser away. They managed to get back through the dam and met up with Manuela again, who agreed to bring them to her father's mansion. Upon arriving there, Krauser, who was concerned about Manuela transforming and becoming violent due to the T-Veronica virus inside of her, found out from Leon that he had been sent in specifically to fully eliminate the virus. Though Krauser agreed to help Leon, he began to feel envious and spiteful of Leon's status.

As they fought their way through the mansion, he found himself agreeing with Javier's sentiment of "becoming stronger to survive" and growing hateful towards Leon, as well as fascinated by the T-Veronica virus. As they continued down into the depths of the mansion, they discovered that the reason why Manuela was able to keep from mutating was because Javier had been kidnapping girls from the village and transplanting their organs into his daughter so as to keep the virus at bay. He then sent out the amphibious monster they had run into earlier and as he was trying to protect Manuela, Krauser's left arm was badly damaged. They eventually discovered that the creature they were fighting was Manuela's mother, mutated by the T-Virus.

After Javier's fusion with his T-Veronica infected plant, Krauser, Leon, and Manuela all fought him as one. As the fight continued, Krauser became convinced that to destroy the virus would be a terrible mistake. He decided that he needed to become more powerful and Leon wanted to destroy the virus because he was a coward. After finally destroying Javier, Krauser would not recover from his arm injury and was dismissed from the military. Thus he sought out Albert Wesker, who he believed could give him the strength he desired.

Los Iluminados[]

Been a long time, comrade.
~ Jack Krauser's reunion with Leon Kennedy.

Krauser eventually faked his death and began working for Wesker and the Organization. As one of their employees, he eventually met Ada Wong, whom he came to be highly suspicious of. Krauser was eventually assigned to infiltrate the cult, Los Iluminados, and steal one of their Plagas parasites, preferably a Control Plaga. He succeeded in cementing himself in the group by kidnapping the president's daughter, Ashley Graham, and bringing her to the cult's leader, Osmund Saddler. However, Krauser, intrigued by the power of the Plagas, took one into his body, which gave him the power to transform his left arm into a large blade like appendage.

Though Krauser's orders were to work with Ada on this mission, he was convinced that she would betray Wesker, which was only reinforced when she stopped him from killing Leon Kennedy. Eventually Krauser faced off against Leon for a final battle in a series of ruins with two insignias needed to open the gate hidden in two different places and the third one in Krauser's possession. At first, he attacked Leon with a TMP and flash grenades, but after the

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Krauser with his arm mutated

government agent got the second insignia, he locked both of them in a tower and activated a bunch of C4s set for two minutes. Krauser then made his arm mutate into a giant bladed claw like appendage and fought Leon, only to be defeated. Leon then took the insignia from him and escaped as the C4s detonated, though Krauser survived this. After Leon and Ada met up near the prison, she encountered the former millitary agent on a set of building tops, where he attempted to kill her.

Jack Krauser's official death

Jack Krauser's true death

However his brute force was no match for Ada's arsenal and Krauser fell for the last time. Even tought Ada never gave the Plaga sample to Wesker, he still managed to recover a Dominant Species Plaga sample from Krauser's dead body, probably extracting tissue samples to grow his own. Despite attempting to kill him and as the kidnapper of Ashley, the cause of the Los Iluminados Incident, Leon would always remember that Jack Krauser was a good man once.

Wesker recovered Krauser's corpse to extract the portion of Amber in order to enhanced the Uroboros.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Witness the power!
~ Krauser upon his mutation.
  • Mutated Physiology: After subjecting himself to Dominant Species Plaga, Krauser's physical abilities were boosted to a superhuman level and is capable of bodily transformation.
    • Superhuman Strength: Krauser possesses immense strength even when not in his mutated form. He was able to overpower regular human such as Leon Kennedy, smash down wooden doors to pieces with ease. In his mutated form he's string enough to cause shock waves with ground slams, crush human skulls, and caves in the stone floor of the ruins.
    • Superhuman Durability: Krauser can take much more punishment than normal human. He is unaffected by falling from great heights, barely reacted to get slash in the chest, and can take multiple wounds from knives as well as gunshots before going down.
    • Superhuman Speed: Krauser can move and run at blinding speeds, able to dodge gunfire while moving in a zig zag dashing motion. He was able to speed blitz Leon at knifepoint before he could fully draw his gun from it's holster. In his mutated form, he can perform quick charge attacks, stop on a dime, and quickly retreat all at once.
    • Superhuman Agility: Even when not in his mutated form, Krauser can still perform incredible feats of agility, such as backflipping onto platforms and jumping over six feet. Even when falling off a platform, he was able to recover by landing with a handstand into a forward flip onto his feet with ease.
    • Superhuman Reflexes: His reflexes are great enough evade and block gunfire. When Leon threw a projectile, Krauser was able to easily deflect it with his sub-machine gun.
    • Arm Transformation: After mutating, Krauser is able to use his mutated arm as a bladed weapon which he can cut through people with in one swing and a shield that is capable of block gunfire. In the remake, his left arm is a blade and his right is a shield hand.
    • Subordinate Species Plaga Control: Possessing Dominant Species Plaga in his system means Krauser can command creatures infected with/derived from Subordinate Species Plaga such as Ganados and Novistadors on the same vein with Salazar and Saddler, though he never used it.

Abilities[]

I know your every move. You learned them from me.
~ Krauser to Leon
  • Master Martial Artist: Krauser was a skilled hand to hand fighter, using a very rugged fighting style. His fighting style seems to comprise of Taekwondo, May Thai, Jujitsu, and Kali. He was able to fight Leon Kennedy on two different occasions. The first time he overpowered and nearly killed him until a second party intervened. The second time Leon managed to gain the upper hand, forcing Krauser to mutate, though it ultimately lead to his death.
"Didn't I teach you? Knives are faster."
~ Krauser to Leon
    • Knife Mastery: Krauser is a highly skilled knife wielder, with is style resembling Kali style knife fighting, switching between the standard forward grip and the reverse ice pock grip depending on the situation. He sometimes switches from using the knife in his left or right hand to keep his opens off guard. Even before his exposure to the Plagas parasite, he was able to stab a snake in the head as it was lunging at Leon. During his first fight with Leon, he managed to wound his opponent a few times. He is also skilled in knife throwing shown in the remake where he threw his combat knife into the back of Luis while hiding above.
  • Master Marksman: Krauser is skilled at using a variety of firearms such as handguns and sub-machine guns; He is even skilled with other projectiles weapons like bows. During Operation Javier he could easily headshot the infected and even after get wounded in the left arm, he was still able to accurately shoot his pistol with one hand. During his final fight with Leon he used his explosive arrows to destroy the debris that Kennedy used as cover.
"I'm no stranger to covert tactics, remember?"
~ Krauser to Leon
  • Master Tactician: Krauser is a highly skilled military planner. He was able to help Leon with Operation Javier, deducing to infected's weakness to headshots. He infiltrated Los Illuminados under Wesker's orders to steal the sample of the Plagas, lead the kidnapping of Ashely Graham to gain Saddler's trust, and rightly suspected Ada would betray Umbrella. He uses the environment to his advantage in a fight, such as kicking a metal barrel to distract Leon during their first fight. In his final fight with Leon Kennedy, he set the ruins up as giant death beforehand by surrounding the area with explosive trip wires, bear traps, and weaponized drone robots. He also took three of the insignias needed to open the gate, hiding two at different locations and keep the last one on his person. After mutating, he trapped Leon on the tower they fighting at where he also rigged the place to blow with pre-placed dynamite.
  • Stealth: Krauser is highly skilled in stealth tactics. He prefers vantage points to get the drop on his opponents or hiding behind corners for a classic ambush. He was able to get the drop on Leon several times during both of their fights.

Equipment[]

A one-of-a-kind knife custom-made for fighting. It is both razor sharp and highly durable.
~ RE4 Remake description of Krauser's knife.
  • Fighting Knife: Krauser uses a custom made combat knife as his weapon of choice. The handle is modeled for a single edge blade, though the knife possesses a wide double edged spear point blade. The base of the blade possesses a gut hook on the spine, a half circle indent at the front which Krauser can use to spin the knife on his finger, and a viper engraving stamped in the middle.
  • TMP Sub-Machine Gun: Krauser used this customized submachine gun during his final confrontation with Leon. It was modified with a Brugger & Thomet M9 folding stock, an RIS attached extended muzzle-end fitted with a different vertical-grip, and PEQ laser sight. He later discarded it when transforming into his mutated form.
Do you like these arrows?
~ Krauser to Leon
  • Customized EJF-338 Compound bow and explosive arrows: Krauser made uses of a compound bow during his final fight against Leon which came equipped with a green laser sight. The arrows had explosives heads that detonated when hitting their target.
  • Grenades: Krauser carries two types of grenades; standard M67 hand grenades and flash bang grenades. he uses these during his final fight with Leon to attack from cover or to mask his escape during his hit and run attacks.
  • Throwing Knives: During Operation Javier, Krauser wore ten throwing knives on his person to uses as a medium range projectile. The remake has Krauser use throwing knives during his first fight with Leon when there is distance between the two.
  • Heckler & Koch Mark 23 Handgun: Krauser used this semi-auto handgun as his weapon of choice during Operation Javier.
  • Tactical Vest: Krauser wore a leather vest to hold his extra ammunition. In the remake he wore a bullet proof vest with a backpack attachment.
  • Dominant Species Plaga: Krauser injected Dominant Species variety of Las Plagas parasite provided by Saddler into himself thus granting him unnatural abilities. He also tasked to claim Plaga sample by Luis which, though not necessarily natural occuring version of his, stronger than Saddler's Dominant Species Plaga.

Quotes[]

Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles[]

  • "So, you think B.O.W.'s actually exist? Huh oh wait, you said you faced them before, huh?"
  • "Our guy's in the village up ahead. It'll take us to Amparo where Javier is hiding out."
  • "C'mon, let's move."
  • "It smells like...a battlefield."
  • "So, this is what Umbrella's virus can do, huh?"
  • "Their heads! Blow their heads off!"
  • "If that's the toughest these bio-organic weapon things can get, we got nothing to worry about."
  • "This is one hell of a mess we're in."
  • "Look...fill me in, I need to need to know what you've been through. Everything."
  • "Oh well. Looks like I'm nothing more than a pawn in this game..."
  • "Let's go. Time to kick some ass!"
  • "These are all human organs."
  • "No... How could you want to end your life!?"
  • "What does this mean? Isn't she one of them!?"
  • "Who is this man? This Wesker that Leon was talking about?"
  • "And if I found him... Could he help me regain my strength?"
  • "You're cruel, Leon. Couldn't you make her feel proud!? She has a whole new life ahead of her."
  • "There's nothing left to say. For you and I Leon... We're merely different sides of the same coin."

Resident Evil 4 (2005)[]

  • "Consider it done."
  • "What's the news on our friend, Leon."
  • "Saddler's got it. It seems his sniffed out our little game."
  • "Just so we understand each other clearly, I don't trust you. Nor does Wesker. If you try to do anything clever, I will kill you."
  • "I died in the crash two years ago. Is that what they told you?"
  • "You catch on quick. As expected. After all, both you and I know where we come from."
  • "Hmph. The sample Saddler developed, that's all."
  • "Oh, I needed her to buy Saddler's trust in me. Like you, I'm American."
  • "All for Umbrella's sake."
  • "Almost let it slip. Enough talk...die, comrade!"
  • "Well, if it isn't the bitch in the red dress."
  • "You may be able to prolong your life, but it's not like you can escape your inevitable death, is it?"
  • "So, you two are all hooked up now, is that it?"
  • "Do you really wanna know? She's beyond that gate. But you'll need three insignias to open it."
  • "There's one in the North....and another in the East."
  • "It pretty much means you're on a tight leash."
  • "To bring order and balance to this insane world of ours."
  • "You don't seriously think a conservative mind can chart a new course of the new world, do you?"
  • "Don't just stand there. Come on and fight like a man!"
  • "Just trying to have fun."
  • "What is it that you fight for, comrade?"
  • "Hmph. Umbrella."
  • "Witness the power!"
  • "Prepare for your death, Leon." (Last words)

Resident Evil 4 (2023)[]

Long time no see, rookie.
~ Jack Krauser to Leon Kennedy in the remake of Resident Evil 4.
Recovering stolen goods. And killing a few rats along the way. Easy work.
~ After killing Luis Serra.
  • "You catch on quick."
  • "Operation: Javier. My entire unit wiped out."
  • "And our own government let it happen."
They killed us all. Without honor. Without mercy. Only devastating power! What's wrong with wanting the same for myself?
~ Jack Krauser in the remake of Resident Evil 4.
  • "Didn't I teach you? Knives are faster."
  • "Not bad."
  • "We are just getting started, rookie."
  • "This has nothing to do with them. I'm a free man who made a choice." (Answering Leon's question about being brainwashed by Los Iluminados)
  • "Oh, my mind's clearer than it's ever been. Now focus and show me what you've got."
  • "Too slow!"
  • "You're still a kid holding on to fantasy of what's right and wrong."
  • "What's wrong? Not looking too steady."
  • "Enough play, rookie. You haven't changed a damn bit. What a disappointment."
  • "I've been waiting for you, rookie. Oh, worried about the girl, is that it?"
  • "Hmm, that's just like you. You always had poor judgment."
  • "But if you think I'm going to let you out of here alive... you're even more naive than I thought."
  • "You can't save her. You can't save anyone!"
  • "Revenge? You think I'm doing all this... for revenge?"
  • "You see, in that jungle. I had a revelation. The most important thing in this world is pure, unaldulterated power!"
  • "Los Iluminados have given me that."
  • "Enough reminiscing. Move out and draw fire, soldier."
  • "Better run, rookie!"
  • "Your bad habits are gonna cost you your life."
  • "Never thought I'd get to spar with your sorry ass again."
  • "Haven't you learned anything these last two years?"
  • "Are you ready, rookie?"
  • "What's wrong? Show no mercy!"
  • "Where's your instinct!?"
  • "You're slow. And so goddamn weak."
  • "Guess I'll make the first move!"
  • "You better hustle. Who knows what's becoming of the girl."
  • "You remember the fight in the jungle? We barely made it out alive."
  • "Sloppy!"
  • "Ready to die, rookie?"
  • "I'm no stranger to covert tactics, remember?"
  • "I love a good hunt!"
  • "Still alive, huh? You got lucky!"
  • "I admit—you've done well to stay alive this long."
  • "You won't last long moving like that! The reaper comes for cowards and the careless alike. Which are you?"
  • "Anything to make the pretty boy feel special!"
  • "This is it, soldier!"
  • "You're losing your cool. Making mistakes."
  • "You can't beat me!"
  • "You and me are two sides of the same coin. I guess that means we'll never see eye to eye."
  • "You made it all this way, but you haven't learned a thing! I have to say, I'm disappointed."
  • "I told you again and again... You're too soft to do what's necessary. That's the difference between you and me, rookie."
  • "Time to finish...your training." (Krauser after mutating)
  • "Witness the power!"
  • "Here I come!"
  • "You're gonna regret that smart mouth of yours."
  • "You're not getting away!"
  • "I can't wait to see you writhe!"
  • "Training's not done. Last lesson starts right now."
  • "Such confidence. Bring it, rookie!"
  • "Are you ready, rookie?"
  • "I'm not surprised you made it this far!"
  • "Not bad, I didn't expect anything less. After all, I know your potential better than anyone."
  • "It's a damn shame you can't see the truth."
  • "Give up! My strength is without equal! Strength is everything. The weak can protect nothing!"
  • "That's where you're wrong! I didn't know a damn thing! Now I do!"
  • "Hahaha... Yes! This is the moment I've been waiting for!"
  • "What was that!?" (If the player takes damage from Krauser)
  • "I don't remember teaching you to move like that."
  • "What the hell were you doing for two years?" (If the player dies)
  • "Everything I taught you... What a waste." (If the player dies)
  • "You would've done well to accept this power for yourself." (If the player dies during his mutated form)
  • "Do...what you have to do." (Krauser beseeching Leon to kill him)
  • "That's right."
  • "I trained you well... Leon." (Last words)

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Trivia[]

  • Krauser is considered to be one of the most powerful characters in "The Mercenaries" mode of Resident Evil 4. He is also the only one who front flips off of ledges.
  • He is also very unique in that he appears in all the game modes of RE4, the main game, Separate Ways, "Assignment Ada", and "The Mercenaries".
  • According to sources, Jack Krauser is Yasahiro Setu's favorite Resident Evil character.
  • Krauser has a number of similarities to Sergei Vladimir.
  • When being fought in his mutated form, he can ironically be defeated easily with a knife.
  • Although he was extremely responsible for kidnapping Ashley Graham, what he planned to do with her afterwards was left ambiguous, although it was implied that he intended to interfere with her getting injected with the queen plaga.
  • Although it is strongly implied in-game that Krauser had been afflicted with Las Plagas, the English version of Separate Ways conflicted with this where Ada mentioned that she was aware of "that arm of his" in a report cutscene that took place presumably before he was injected with Las Plagas. However, this was a mistranslation from the original Japanese script, where Ada didn't mention the arm at all, instead just being confident she could take him down.
  • Jack Krauser's role in the RE 4 remake is different from the original; he joined Los Illuminados on his own rather than as a double agent who affiliated with Wesker and Ada Wong. Moreover, he truly perished at the hands of Leon instead of being weakened enough for Ada to kill him once and for all.
    • Still, he's as power hungry as the original to the point of being more eager to receive a power boost from The Amber (the remake's version of Plaga sample which is confirmed to be naturally occuring Dominant species Plaga) unlike Saddler who is wary of its potential by contrast according to research notes in the Separate Ways DLC.
    • The remake's version of Separate Ways confirmed that Wesker managed to secure his corpse rather than it being implied in original game.
    • Despite being more loyal to Saddler in the remake, Krauser is ironically instrumental in the latter's downfall; he was the one who bought the very red RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) Ada later seized for Leon during his climatic duel against the leader of Los Illuminados.

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