Ashley Graham

So *ahem*, after you take me back to my place, how about we do some "overtime"?

Ashley Graham is the daughter of the U.S. President during the events of Resident Evil 4 and is kidnapped by a mysterious organization during a homecoming trip. As Leon S. Kennedy, it is the player's objective to determine Ashley's whereabouts and rescue her from her captors anytime she is in distress.

When the player is with Ashley, it is their duty to protect her from any incoming enemy and prevent her from being taken away. The player can also give simple commands to Ashley while in the game. Ashley is also briefly playable in Salazar's Castle.

Biography
I'm never turning into one of them! Never!

In 2004, Ashley was kidnapped by Jack Krauser, a mercenary working for Osmund Saddler of Los Illuminados, while coming back home from her college in Massachusetts. She is taken to a remote village somewhere in Spain, where she is apparently held for ransom by Los Illuminados.

After receiving intelligence about Ashley's whereabouts, the U.S. Government sends agent Leon to investigate the area. He discovers that the local villagers are actually members of Los Illuminados, converted to their beliefs through parasitic organisms known as Las Plagas. Leon discovered Ashley in a church on the outskirts of the village. Shortly afterwards, the two met with the cult leader, Saddler, who revealed that Ashley (as well as Leon) was administered with one of the Plaga parasites and that Saddler was planning to return Ashley to the President in order to infiltrate and destroy the U.S. Government from within.

After escaping Saddler and the villagers, the two found their way into Ramon Salazar's castle and later, into Saddler's island complex. Ashley would repeatedly be recaptured by Los Illuminados during Leon's mission and subsequently rescued each time. Within the island complex, the two found a laser surgery machine built by Luis Sera with the purpose of removing a Plaga internally from its host's body. Leon and Ashley used the machine on themselves, destroying their Plaga parasites and thus, removing Saddler's only leverage on them.

After Saddler was eliminated, Leon and Ashley made their escape from the collapsing island on a jet ski left by Ada. Ashley offered Leon to come over to her place for "some overtime", which Leon politely declined. Afterwards, the both of them are picked up by US Government authorities.

Wardrobe
Ashley wears an orange, sleeveless turtle-neck sweater with a burgundy sweater around her neck. She also wears a green, plaid skirt and knee-high brown, buckled boots. If the player beats the game and selects the "Special" costume where Leon wears his RPD uniform on the next play, Ashley will wear a white pop star outfit.

If the player clears the minigame "Separate Ways" they can unlock a second special outfit (PS2/PC only). Leon wears a mafia suit and Ashley is given a suit of armor, which protects her from any harm from enemies and Leon himself. The alternate costumes will appear in cutscenes in the Gamecube and Wii versions, while in the PS2 and PC versions they will wear their default outfits, due to the use of pre-rendered cutscenes.

Beta Ashley
A beta version of Ashley can be found in the files of pre-launch/beta releases of Resident Evil 4. Unlike the official Ashley, this one wears a checkered scarf, a red jacket, brown gloves, a belt, black pants and brown boots.

Attacks

 * When the player gets to play as Ashley in the Castle area, in the first 2 rooms there will be two cult members in black robes.
 * Ashley can't attack enemies directly, but can throw explosive lanterns (when available) during the segment the player controls her.
 * The lanterns will respawn in the area if the player goes to another map and then comes back.
 * It is possible to burn both cult members using a single lantern. For this, the player has to keep running around until both enemies team up to pick Ashley, and then go to the lantern and throw it at them.
 * There are cheats (or mods, for some versions of the game) that allow Ashley to hold some guns, but the animations are off. With these cheats active, if she shoots an enemy in the eye, she can then roundhouse kick them.
 * In the Gamecube version only, Ashley can suplex zealots if she hits them when opening a door.

Trivia

 * When Ashley is wearing the suit of armor, any time Leon will catch her from falling, Leon suffers back pain because of the armor's mass. Additionally, if any Ganados grabs her, they will fall on their back getting smashed by the armor's mass; it's possible for her to kill enemies that way. Even El Gigante has no chance, after grabbing Ashley, El Gigante's hand will be hurt and Leon can get the items or kill the giant while Ashley distracts her.
 * If Ashley is wearing the suit of armor, she can still be grabbed by El Gigante, but as he crushes her, her health will not decrease, and after a few moments the El Gigante will eventually release Ashley and hold his hand in pain.
 * Finally, while wearing the suit of armor, she will not duck if Leon aims to her; instead the visor of the helmet will instantly close.
 * Ashley bears a strong resemblance to Heather Mason, the protagonist of Silent Hill 3; both have shoulder-length blonde hair and wear a sleeveless orange shirt, a green skirt and brown knee-high boots with buckles at the top (see this image).
 * Ashley's hair style is similar to Alexia Ashford's hair style in Darkside Chronicles, since both have their hair at shoulder length.
 * Whenever Leon aims and Ashley stands behind Leon to watch him and avoid being hurt, if the player chooses to successfully snipe an enemy or deflect projectiles thrown using any other weapon, Ashley will perform a "cheering" gesture (pumping her arm with her hand in a fist).
 * Ashley will cover her skirt and call Leon a pervert if he: Climbs a ladder with Ashley still at the top of the ladder, aims at her skirt while she is standing on a higher position, performs a Suplex with him landing below her skirt, or if Leon is knocked down and lands near Ashley. Additionally, she will not say that in any circumstances mentioned if she's wearing her white pop star outfit or a suit of armor.
 * Strangely, if Leon gets decapitated and his head falls near Ashley's feet, she will act as if he was looking up her skirt and call him a pervert.
 * As Ashley Graham was only kidnapped by Krauser so he can get close enough to Saddler to steal the Control Plaga (presumably the same one that the Los Illuminados planned to inject into her), it's unknown what would have happened to her if Krauser succeeded.
 * The player can use herbs combined with Yellow Herbs to also expand Ashley's health, and if the player plays another round of the game on the same game file, Leon and Ashley will retain with their expanded health also. Due to her having a weaker constitution than Leon, Ashley takes more damage if she's hurt and herbs heal more of her health faster.
 * An interesting discovery is that Ashley can not be decapitated. She will just go into her dying animation as normal (as if she was accidentally shot by the player) if she is hit by the Bella Sisters.
 * Like the two, Ashley is one of the female, defenseless characters Leon has to protect in a Resident Evil game. Also, all three of the girls have had some affiliation or involvement with the U.S. Government. Ashley is the President's daughter, while the other two were both taken into government custody.
 * Ashley's bottle cap plays they sound file of her yelling to Leon for help.
 * The voice artist who voices Ashley which is (Carolyn Lawrence), who also voices Sandy Cheeks in Spongebob Squarepants and Cindy Vortex in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
 * Ashley and Sherry are the only playable characters that never wield a weapon.
 * If a Zealot picks up Ashley to carry her away, he is no longer able to jump.
 * Cracked.com placed Ashley as the 12th most annoying video game character ever.
 * Ashley can't raise ladders up, if a player knocks them, she'll have a ? in her hud and will stay idle and shown to be confused until a player jumps down, and raises the ladder up.