Lighter (disambiguation)


 * Words are carved on it.
 * "Don't play with fire!
 * Love, Jessica"

The lighter is a recurring item in the Resident Evil series. It is mostly used to light up fireplaces or burn flammable objects serving as locks, among other things. Sometimes the lighter will be empty at first, and fluid must be found before use. Some characters have their own lighters (Chris Redfield, for example, which is attributed to the fact that he was a smoker in the original game), but frequently they must be found.


 * In Resident Evil, Chris starts with a lighter as his standard item, and Jill has to find it in the Spencer Mansion. In the REmake, combining the Fuel Canteen with the lighter allows you to burn incapacitated zombie corpses to stop the progress of creating a Crimson Head. It should be noted that the lighter Jill picks up in REmake belonged to George Trevor at one point as indicated by the words etched into it and a file found in the mansion.


 * In Resident Evil 2, Leon starts with one as his standard item, and Claire has to find one in the RPD. This lighter seems to have the RPD logo on the side.


 * In Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Jill has to find Lighter oil in order for it to be useful. She will first need the lighter to ignite a rope that is blocking a door leading to the RPD. She will later need the lighter to burn a set of wood in a fireplace in the cabin by the cemetery. After using it in the fireplace, Jill will no longer need the lighter and will be asked to discard it.
 * In Resident Evil Outbreak and Its sequel the lighter appears in most levels. It has several uses such as igniting Molotov Cocktails, use it to read messages in the walls (that leads the player to weapons hidden in secret places), light dark places (to find weapons as well) and David King can tape it with a pesticide spray to make a Home made Flamethrower (which it will be his starting item in his item slot).


 * In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Claire starts with a lighter (which Chris gave her) as her standard item, and it can later be exchanged to Rodrigo for a lockpick, and if later Chris saves him from the Gulp Worm, he gives it to him. In this game it can be used as a mobile light fixture, with the added benefit of keeping bats at bay.


 * In Resident Evil Zero, Billy starts with a lighter as a standard item, but has to find the oil in the Umbrella Research Center.

When examining the lighter on the Gamecube remake of Resident Evil, you can just about make out the words "LIGHTER of Lighter" and a small banner underneath decorating it, although that isn't what it says when Jill examines it, which is the quotation shown above. Since Chris' lighter is his own, he will say that "It's a brass lighter coated with gold" upon checking it.

The lighters are modeled after Zippo lighters.

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