(Covers information from Anderson's universe)
The Uber Licker was a bioweapon developed by the Umbrella Corporation for use in their Umbrella Prime facility in Siberia.
Development and Mutation[]
At least one Uber Licker was developed at the Umbrella Prime facility in Siberia, where it was deployed to terminate Leon Kennedy's strike team in the Moscow Scenario 12B simulation. The monster consumes Sergei Vladimir's head and is about to attack his comrades before briefly knocked out from getting hit by Alice's car. Quickly returning to its feet, the Uber Licker proceeds to chase Alice and company while trampling any Las Plagas Undead unfortunate enough to get in its way. The beast is soon incapacitated by Alice who has it buried alive beneath the collapsed ceiling of the subway.
After digging its way out of the rubble, the monster took its time encasing Sergei's headless body inside a cocoon before returning for the intruders. Grievously injuring Barry Burton and fatally tossing "Good Rain" against a wall (snapping her neck in process), the Uber Licker snatched Becky away with its tongue and escaped up the elevator shaft to its nest, where it encased her inside another cocoon. It later cornered Alice and an escaped Becky at a section of clone factory. As the beast lunged for them, Alice terminated the creature with a grenade, whilst using Ada's grappling hook to dodge both the Uber Licker's incoming attack and the blast, a short time before the total collapse of the underwater facility.[1]
During the assault on the White House, several more Uber Lickers can be spotted climbing the outer walls among the vast hordes of the Undead, but are presumptuously wiped out alongside the army. Any further surviving Uber Lickers would have inevitably perished after the Anti-virus was released upon the world.[2]
Biology[]
As an extensively improved Licker, the Uber Licker is a towering beast, its massive size comparable to a small house. Its physiology and abilities were also greatly improved upon, developing a forked tongue strong enough to ensnare a grown man, sharper claws, and a greater durability to weapons fire in spite of lack of skin. It also gains the ability to encapsulate prey inside organic cocoons made of thick resin. These cocoons interestingly do not infect the prey inside, despite the structure being made of an organic matter likely composed of the t-Virus.
Though never expanded upon, this bio-weapon was likely produced in various Umbrella laboratories across the globe, as multiple creatures were seen to be active in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Further notes[]
- While they are not named in the film itself, the "Uber Licker" is named several times in the commentaries for Resident Evil: Retribution DVDs.
- The design and concept art for the Uber Lickers was handled by Mr. X, Inc. artist, Furio Tedeschi.[3]
Sources[]
- ↑ Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- ↑ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
- ↑ Furio Tedeschi. LinkedIn. Retrieved on 2022-02-03.
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