Jack Krauser/notes


 * Of all the antagonists in Resident Evil 4, Jack Krauser is the only one to make an appearance in all game modes: the main game, Separate Ways, Assignment Ada, and "The Mercenaries."
 * Ada reports him dead to Wesker on two seperate occasions, at the end of Assignment Ada, and after his fight with Leon in the main game. Strangely, neither time is he actually dead (and the first should have been obvious to Ada, since he throws a flash-bang at her and vanishes).
 * According to Yasahiro Setu's Blog "Talking Evil" as well as Nintendo Power's Darkside Chronicles coverage, Jack Krauser is Setu's favorite Resident Evil Character.
 * To promote Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, a Twitter account for Jack Krauser was created, which details what he does during the Operation Javier mission.
 * In Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, his main firearm is an H&K Mk.23 SOCOM.
 * Krauser's reasons for being absolutely loyal to Wesker is comparable to Sergei's reasons for being loyal to Spencer - both were employed after they were removed from Military Command (due to his arm injury never recovering, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, respectively).
 * Krauser is the only character in "The Mercenaries" mode who front flips off ledges.
 * When fighting Leon in his mutated form he, ironically, can be very easy defeated with the knife, provided Leon can get close enough to hit him.
 * Krauser is able to wear his original Resident Evil 4 costume in the Darkside Chronicles.
 * Krauser is the only RE antagonist to still maintain the same voice actor throughout his appearances (Jim Ward in RE4, Darkside Chronicles, and The Mercenaries 3D).
 * In the Resident Evil DBG, the second Jack Krauser card mimics the abilities of Slifer the Sky Dragon; one of the Egyptian God Cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Both cards have their base strength determined by how many cards are in the player's hand. This is a trait shared also by the card Maro in Magic: The Gathering.
 * Krauser's knife is similar in length to Leon, but slightly shorter.
 * His sword arm in Resident Evil 4 resembles the Soul Edge weapon in the Soul Calibur fighting series. Both are large swords with an eye at the base.
 * In Separates Ways, he is much weaker and easier to defeat than in Assignment Ada and the main game.
 * He bears a long scar in his face which goes from his left eye to his chin, and a small one on from his right cheek to his mouth. It is unknown how or when he got those scars, it is only known that it was at some point between 2002 and 2004 it could be a result of his faked death or experimentation on himself to recover his arm, but it is not known for sure.
 * Strangely, in the Mercenaries 3D, Krauser's assassination move, Throat Slit, actually shows him stabbing his entire knife blade into the target's throat, not slicing it open as the move's name would imply.
 * In the Mercenaries 3D, Krauser seems to share many moves with characters like Sheva and Josh Stone, such as variants of the roundhouse, impale, knee, throat slit, iron tackle and dynamite kick.
 * His scar isn't present in Resident Evil: The Merceneries 3D.
 * Krauser carries a bow that resembles both a Re-curve and a Compound.
 * If the player buys the Tactical Vest before the battle with Krauser, Krauser will be more difficult to defeat when fighting him.
 * There was initially some confusion as to whether Krauser's arm was intended to be a Plagas, due to Ada implying in her report during Separate Ways that she knew about Krauser's arm before he was hired as a mercenary for Los Illuminados and a plant for Wesker in the same group. However, this was the result of a mistranslation of the Japanese script, in which Ada simply expressed confidence that she'd beat him without mentioning the arm.