He’s most definitely alive. Precarious situation or no, Billy had over a day’s worth of experience dealing with these monsters, and he should absolutely be aware of the fact that they have a presence in the mountains, as he most likely escaped into the Ecliptic Express in a similar way to STARS Alpha Team and how they went into the Mansion.
Plus he had years of experience as a high ranking military soldier, he was way more trained than Leon, wesker, and Chris during these events. Of Billy survived and kept his skills sharp being a survivor and a veteran he could arguably be more trained then leon still
I always imagined he managed to get far away to a city, settled down once he figured it was safe for him and is currently happy not getting involved with all of these new viruses and such lol
I cant imagine any of the main Resident Evil cast members who are able to survive countless battles and bosses to just die in the woods to a few B.O.W.'s, Billy included. I do really like the Nemesis theory, as it gives a nice connection between the characters and the games, and is an ironic twist of fate with the hatred of S.T.A.R.S. members. But as fun of an idea as that is, Billy likely survived and is just chilling somewhere, forgotten from future stories like a few other one off characters, but appreciated in the moments we did have with them.
Some say he was Hunk and he knew who stars was on the train and wesker acted confused who he was, and someone from the inside may have helped him escape transport to get the virus sample in re2, or maybe he just wandered off and escaped, he was a veteran, way more trained than Leon
DaMnNNnn, in all this years watching Resident Evil lore and mystery vids, finally someone mentions the book romans. They're so awsome and I recommend them to veryone. I'm normally not a book reader but those are just awsome. Nice vid and greetings from germany
Honestly, Billy is kind of a none-descript looking fellow; it's very possible he could have fled towards Raccoon City, if only to try to get some money, lay low, or try to find a car or bus or plane out of town. This was pre 9/11 after all, security would have been much lighter. The bigger question isn't whether or not Billy made it out of Arklay Forest, considering Capcom was considering doing a Rebecca / Billy CGI movie once upon a time; it's whether or not Billy escaped Raccoon City before the outbreak happened.
That’s a good point actually, I was very reluctant to consider Billy ever stepping foot near Raccoon city after the incident (at least not until Rebecca reported him dead). But pre 9/11 security wouldn’t of consisted of the measures I brought fourth in the video. Road stops, wanted posters all over town. He actually could’ve laid low for a while now that I think about it. Gathering enough money from walking the streets to afford a bus
It's metaphoric in the end of Zero...Rebecca says "Lt.Billy Cohen is officially dead"...it's not just dialogue it's foreshadowing...he's dead. He didn't make out that Raccoon forest.
Perhaps he found that abandoned hospital from Outbrake 2 - located in the Arklay Mountains and fell victim to the Axe Man killer that was running around it looking for new victims
From a narrative perspective, the most likely scenario is that Billy is dead, because it's been 26 years and multiple games in-universe and he has yet to appear, even as a zombie. That being said, the fact that Capcom has never confirmed a fate for him means they either forgot about him or they totally intend to use him again, just... later. If he had been turned into Nemesis, Mr. X, or another Tyrant, they would've confirmed it by now. If they intend to use him later, I think the issue is that he got put on the backburner due to Chris, Claire, Jill, and Leon just being more interesting. They've barely used Sherry and Rebecca since their games, and Ada is usually an Easter Egg. And then you have Ethan Winters, who is kind of a blank slate but that makes him a great self-insert for players. Billy just got overshadowed.
Absolutely right mate, I’m not a fan of Capcom bringing back the same characters over and over again. Ethan Winters may be a self-insert but he’s one cringe guy. Don’t want to see him or anything to do with him ever again lmao. I know some people like him but I just can’t take him seriously over the course of multiple games. As others have said, I think Billy’s radio silence is a good thing for the series, as it has created one of the best mysteries, and keeps people like us talking about it. I just want a new (GOOD) character in all honesty. Someone With the personality and charm of a Leon from RE4
i think billy just made it to a neighboring city changed everything about him. from his name to his look covering that tattoo of his. just not getting involved, he survived and got his closure.
Majority of the time Protagonists survive in the Resident Evil series unless we actually get statements that he died outright with source to back it up then I'm not changing my stance and he's alive. I mean dude survived way worse stuff and just to fall from Cerberuses seems implausible to me and he's somewhat armed too I don't even remember Rebecca using her weapons acquired in 0 in RE1 meaning she had got to have given at minimum some of it to Billy and I don't think Billy would just try to escape the forest with just a handgun and the Magnum either. he was a U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenant and has now experience fighting BOWs unlike the other S.T.A.R.S team and he knows what he's getting himself into as well as the S.T.A.R.S team had no idea what was happening in the Arklay Mountains. again it makes sense why we haven't had reference on him being alive as Rebecca reported him to be dead so why would he make himself known? so to me he's alive somewhere out there chilling until Capcom decides to use him for a new game again or confirms that he is actually dead.
Facts, I’m not sure if Capcom will ever close the door on Billy’s story. But it’s just as likely that he survived in the forest than not. Personally, the love the fact that Billy’s radio silence for 20 years has sparked this mystery. And at this point I hope it remains this way. Maybe the remake will add some nuance to this whole thing…Give some more insight on his whereabouts and path through the forest.
Its also weird how in the church it looks like mother miranda in the altar in re0 as it does in village before the bat fight, and billy falls into water with leeches and moreau is a water boss, and they both have mother tattooed on their arm, i hope that isnt billy and hope he escaped, thanks for covering possibly my fav re protagonist. I think billy may have been hired by umbrella, wesker was stunned or acted like it and birkin, they admired his abilities. Maybe umbrella helped him escape as no one knows how billy escapes transport. I highly doubt he was or is Nemesis.
If a Resident Evil Zero Remake exists and makes its way, it's because more of the story will be flushed out and possibly the disappearance of Billy post RE0.
tbh i prefer to believe he made it out in the ''Survive'' outcome and i have a potential scenario for it: After Billy Cohen gives his Dogtags to rebecca and they seperate, he walks off into the forest, eventually coming across a campsite where a bunch a family of campers got consumed by a pack of cerberus and left to become zombes, Billy both disgusted and seeing an opportunity, picks up a rock that he uses to sneak up on each zombie family member and smashes them over the head with it until all are dead, seeing it as a way to put them out of their misery, he does take one of the family member's clothing that fits him and their ID, then he pick pockets them and gets the key to the car they came with, and since he is on the run, he decides to be a wandering drifter, going from town to town, state to state, in order not to be recognized by authorities. and to make sure his ''K.I.A.'' status stays solid, who knows, he might even rename hmself.
I think that billy is still alive he was strong enough to survive the whole resident evil zero and the couple boss monsters and he was smart so I think he might of knew that sooner or later that raccoon city was going to be no more and he might also knew that raccoon city was going to be over run by zombies and monsters so he avoided going to raccoon city and plus he was wanted so he knew not to go to the city so I think that billy left the state or out of the country where people were looking for him so he went somewhere where nobody knew who he was but maybe he will make a return to a new resident evil game but by now he has to be a little older like the others
One nasty, annoying habit this series has is just completely dropping characters no matter what. Well received or not, capcom just doesn’t bring anyone that isn’t a main character back.
@@shiningmissingno.8788 Imagine my surprise when i first saw the Trailer of Revelations 2 and seeing Barry being back, god damn that was a hype moment for me...
Pretty sure capcom came out and said that billy died cuz the statement of "Yeah, im just a zombie now." Was their hint to us as what happened. Now id say it was most likely a hunter. He was able to handle everything else just fine and thats really the only thing left that could infect him with the virus because he was under equipped a pistol wouldnt do much. I mean one of those little monkeys could have also got him but its less likely. I think it would have to be the toughest enemy for a 9mm pistol. But yeah i say billy is dead in the woods as a zombie and carlos is dead somewhere having been killed in action in south america.
Thanks for deep analysis man🔥, glad you finaly did this. I've been always wondering what happened to him. Characters like him, Sheva or Carlos who never make a return to the franchise always makes me think of the lost potential that capcom could use. Nevertheless, keep up man.
Thank you 🙏. This video was my longest to date, just wanted to tackle something different for once lmao. Not too sure what to do next though, maybe another character lore video.
I also had another thought maybe the baker family helped him by giving him a ride somewhere because the baker family was visiting raccoon city before the zombies and monsters attacked and they were hiking in arklay woods I believe because they have a picture of the arklay woods on their wall in their house on resident evil 7 and they were known for helping people I think before they got infected and turned into crazy monsters so they had to of met him at some point maybe and probably billy met the old guy too from resident evil outbreak 2 he lived in the woods so he had to of known the whole area like a book he probably got directions from him so he could get out of the woods
Yes, if Billy got help from him, his chances of survival were much higher. But I don’t think that Billy entered Raccoon City after escaping the forest. Maybe, but it was very risky
Maybe the answers are in resident evil outbreak those games haven't been remade and the survivors aren't talked about anymore either. Along with the reporter from resident evil survivor and the two agents from re dead aim
Billy being nemesis is a cool ideas the why pick him going after Jill making him go after Rebecca would make more sense to fanss but I get it the way he says says stars his arm tattoo the handcuff that was stuck on his wrist
Billy was Nemesis. The Zero strategy guide said that only certain people have the physical fortitude to become a Tyrant. Billy was most likely heading to the Spencer Mansion to be cloned. I bet Umbrella re-captured Billy and infected him with the T-Virus and Nemesis parasite.
Could’ve happened, you know in Re1 when Wesker was with Alpha team at the beginning? Yet in RE0 he’s in the laboratory all game. The point I made in the video was that Wesker probably saw Rebecca enter the Spencer Mansion, and that was his cue to hunt Billy down (He knew that Billy was on his own)
@pandadares8905 Yeah I'm watching it now. Very well done. I think Billy is an intresting character and his disappearance helps the story more then hinders it. What happened to Billy Cohn has been a mystery debated for years. Finding out what really happened at the end of The Thing would be detrimental to the film as a whole. Sometimes being left to wonder what happened is better.
The original 3 games have the only non disposable characters it seems like they can't make any new worthwhile keeping characters in the series other than the og cast 🤷🤷🏿♂️
True, and Ethan was boring as well. Really cringe guy. Don’t want to see him or anything to do with him again. Capcom need to make new GOOD characters or bring back someone who deserves it.
He’s most definitely alive.
Precarious situation or no, Billy had over a day’s worth of experience dealing with these monsters, and he should absolutely be aware of the fact that they have a presence in the mountains, as he most likely escaped into the Ecliptic Express in a similar way to STARS Alpha Team and how they went into the Mansion.
True
Plus he had years of experience as a high ranking military soldier, he was way more trained than Leon, wesker, and Chris during these events. Of Billy survived and kept his skills sharp being a survivor and a veteran he could arguably be more trained then leon still
I always imagined he managed to get far away to a city, settled down once he figured it was safe for him and is currently happy not getting involved with all of these new viruses and such lol
i always imagined he's just chilling somewhere off in the country
I cant imagine any of the main Resident Evil cast members who are able to survive countless battles and bosses to just die in the woods to a few B.O.W.'s, Billy included.
I do really like the Nemesis theory, as it gives a nice connection between the characters and the games, and is an ironic twist of fate with the hatred of S.T.A.R.S. members. But as fun of an idea as that is, Billy likely survived and is just chilling somewhere, forgotten from future stories like a few other one off characters, but appreciated in the moments we did have with them.
I used to joke that Billy was HUNK but isn't Billy Nemesis? He even says "STARS" like Nemesis did.
I feel like if that was the case, Capcom would have given more hints, there's just not really any connections
Some say he was Hunk and he knew who stars was on the train and wesker acted confused who he was, and someone from the inside may have helped him escape transport to get the virus sample in re2, or maybe he just wandered off and escaped, he was a veteran, way more trained than Leon
11:10 The way he says STARS...Just like Nemesis does. Could be subtle foreshadowing that he was captured and turned into Nemesis.
DaMnNNnn, in all this years watching Resident Evil lore and mystery vids, finally someone mentions the book romans. They're so awsome and I recommend them to veryone. I'm normally not a book reader but those are just awsome.
Nice vid and greetings from germany
Thanks for watching brother 🙏🇩🇪
I love the novelisations personally, especially RE-Zero. Although I haven’t read too much of them as of yet.
Claire kills him in Code Veronica after he mutated into a Tyrant.
Honestly, Billy is kind of a none-descript looking fellow; it's very possible he could have fled towards Raccoon City, if only to try to get some money, lay low, or try to find a car or bus or plane out of town. This was pre 9/11 after all, security would have been much lighter. The bigger question isn't whether or not Billy made it out of Arklay Forest, considering Capcom was considering doing a Rebecca / Billy CGI movie once upon a time; it's whether or not Billy escaped Raccoon City before the outbreak happened.
That’s a good point actually, I was very reluctant to consider Billy ever stepping foot near Raccoon city after the incident (at least not until Rebecca reported him dead). But pre 9/11 security wouldn’t of consisted of the measures I brought fourth in the video. Road stops, wanted posters all over town. He actually could’ve laid low for a while now that I think about it. Gathering enough money from walking the streets to afford a bus
Rebecca ask billy did he kill 23 people and she wasn't going to judge him and she wants to know the truth
RE9 is Billy and Shevas. A boy can dream
It's metaphoric in the end of Zero...Rebecca says "Lt.Billy Cohen is officially dead"...it's not just dialogue it's foreshadowing...he's dead. He didn't make out that Raccoon forest.
I agree
they could work him in as some sort of dlc to the remake of 5, having him track down his former commander who framed him, settling a score.
I hope we hear about the next Remake sometime soon, RE0 or RE5 most likely
Perhaps he found that abandoned hospital from Outbrake 2 - located in the Arklay Mountains and fell victim to the Axe Man killer that was running around it looking for new victims
Great theory
nobody has seen billy coen but Rebecca chambers
From a narrative perspective, the most likely scenario is that Billy is dead, because it's been 26 years and multiple games in-universe and he has yet to appear, even as a zombie.
That being said, the fact that Capcom has never confirmed a fate for him means they either forgot about him or they totally intend to use him again, just... later. If he had been turned into Nemesis, Mr. X, or another Tyrant, they would've confirmed it by now.
If they intend to use him later, I think the issue is that he got put on the backburner due to Chris, Claire, Jill, and Leon just being more interesting. They've barely used Sherry and Rebecca since their games, and Ada is usually an Easter Egg. And then you have Ethan Winters, who is kind of a blank slate but that makes him a great self-insert for players.
Billy just got overshadowed.
Absolutely right mate, I’m not a fan of Capcom bringing back the same characters over and over again. Ethan Winters may be a self-insert but he’s one cringe guy. Don’t want to see him or anything to do with him ever again lmao. I know some people like him but I just can’t take him seriously over the course of multiple games.
As others have said, I think Billy’s radio silence is a good thing for the series, as it has created one of the best mysteries, and
keeps people like us talking about it. I just want a new (GOOD) character in all honesty. Someone With the personality and charm of a Leon from RE4
i think billy just made it to a neighboring city changed everything about him. from his name to his look covering that tattoo of his. just not getting involved, he survived and got his closure.
I hope this is the case
10:38 he's also 20 years older than her and her boss, so I'm glad he kept quiet ☠️
Majority of the time Protagonists survive in the Resident Evil series unless we actually get statements that he died outright with source to back it up then I'm not changing my stance and he's alive.
I mean dude survived way worse stuff and just to fall from Cerberuses seems implausible to me and he's somewhat armed too I don't even remember Rebecca using her weapons acquired in 0 in RE1 meaning she had got to have given at minimum some of it to Billy and I don't think Billy would just try to escape the forest with just a handgun and the Magnum either.
he was a U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenant and has now experience fighting BOWs unlike the other S.T.A.R.S team and he knows what he's getting himself into as well as the S.T.A.R.S team had no idea what was happening in the Arklay Mountains.
again it makes sense why we haven't had reference on him being alive as Rebecca reported him to be dead so why would he make himself known?
so to me he's alive somewhere out there chilling until Capcom decides to use him for a new game again or confirms that he is actually dead.
Facts, I’m not sure if Capcom will ever close the door on Billy’s story. But it’s just as likely that he survived in the forest than not.
Personally, the love the fact that Billy’s radio silence for 20 years has sparked this mystery. And at this point I hope it remains this way. Maybe the remake will add some nuance to this whole thing…Give some more insight on his whereabouts and path through the forest.
Its also weird how in the church it looks like mother miranda in the altar in re0 as it does in village before the bat fight, and billy falls into water with leeches and moreau is a water boss, and they both have mother tattooed on their arm, i hope that isnt billy and hope he escaped, thanks for covering possibly my fav re protagonist. I think billy may have been hired by umbrella, wesker was stunned or acted like it and birkin, they admired his abilities. Maybe umbrella helped him escape as no one knows how billy escapes transport. I highly doubt he was or is Nemesis.
Yeah, the Nemesis theory doesn’t seem correct
If a Resident Evil Zero Remake exists and makes its way, it's because more of the story will be flushed out and possibly the disappearance of Billy post RE0.
I’d love an RE0 Remake, with an updated 2 player mode, It has a lot of potential.
tbh i prefer to believe he made it out in the ''Survive'' outcome and i have a potential scenario for it:
After Billy Cohen gives his Dogtags to rebecca and they seperate, he walks off into the forest, eventually coming across a campsite where a bunch a family of campers got consumed by a pack of cerberus and left to become zombes, Billy both disgusted and seeing an opportunity, picks up a rock that he uses to sneak up on each zombie family member and smashes them over the head with it until all are dead, seeing it as a way to put them out of their misery, he does take one of the family member's clothing that fits him and their ID, then he pick pockets them and gets the key to the car they came with, and since he is on the run, he decides to be a wandering drifter, going from town to town, state to state, in order not to be recognized by authorities.
and to make sure his ''K.I.A.'' status stays solid, who knows, he might even rename hmself.
I had a theory that the real Billy is dead and the Billy you interact is a leech.
That’s awesome
Bro you need to elaborate on this O_o Cool idea and all, but how would that work and why?
I think that billy is still alive he was strong enough to survive the whole resident evil zero and the couple boss monsters and he was smart so I think he might of knew that sooner or later that raccoon city was going to be no more and he might also knew that raccoon city was going to be over run by zombies and monsters so he avoided going to raccoon city and plus he was wanted so he knew not to go to the city so I think that billy left the state or out of the country where people were looking for him so he went somewhere where nobody knew who he was but maybe he will make a return to a new resident evil game but by now he has to be a little older like the others
One nasty, annoying habit this series has is just completely dropping characters no matter what. Well received or not, capcom just doesn’t bring anyone that isn’t a main character back.
Except sherry and berry
@@shiningmissingno.8788 Imagine my surprise when i first saw the Trailer of Revelations 2 and seeing Barry being back, god damn that was a hype moment for me...
Billy... Hewie... 😮...
Lmao
Pretty sure capcom came out and said that billy died cuz the statement of "Yeah, im just a zombie now." Was their hint to us as what happened. Now id say it was most likely a hunter. He was able to handle everything else just fine and thats really the only thing left that could infect him with the virus because he was under equipped a pistol wouldnt do much. I mean one of those little monkeys could have also got him but its less likely. I think it would have to be the toughest enemy for a 9mm pistol. But yeah i say billy is dead in the woods as a zombie and carlos is dead somewhere having been killed in action in south america.
Thanks for deep analysis man🔥, glad you finaly did this. I've been always wondering what happened to him. Characters like him, Sheva or Carlos who never make a return to the franchise always makes me think of the lost potential that capcom could use. Nevertheless, keep up man.
Thank you 🙏. This video was my longest to date, just wanted to tackle something different for once lmao. Not too sure what to do next though, maybe another character lore video.
@pandadares8905 that hunk video you mentioned is a great start
Sorry about the odd typos
I also had another thought maybe the baker family helped him by giving him a ride somewhere because the baker family was visiting raccoon city before the zombies and monsters attacked and they were hiking in arklay woods I believe because they have a picture of the arklay woods on their wall in their house on resident evil 7 and they were known for helping people I think before they got infected and turned into crazy monsters so they had to of met him at some point maybe and probably billy met the old guy too from resident evil outbreak 2 he lived in the woods so he had to of known the whole area like a book he probably got directions from him so he could get out of the woods
Yes, if Billy got help from him, his chances of survival were much higher. But I don’t think that Billy entered Raccoon City after escaping the forest. Maybe, but it was very risky
Rebecca: Zombies & Monsters ?
Me: Yup
Lmao 😂. Yep, lots 👍
Maybe the answers are in resident evil outbreak those games haven't been remade and the survivors aren't talked about anymore either. Along with the reporter from resident evil survivor and the two agents from re dead aim
Albert Wesker made it out of Arklay, alone.
Billy being nemesis is a cool ideas the why pick him going after Jill making him go after Rebecca would make more sense to fanss but I get it the way he says says stars his arm tattoo the handcuff that was stuck on his wrist
Billy was Nemesis. The Zero strategy guide said that only certain people have the physical fortitude to become a Tyrant. Billy was most likely heading to the Spencer Mansion to be cloned. I bet Umbrella re-captured Billy and infected him with the T-Virus and Nemesis parasite.
Could’ve happened, you know in Re1 when Wesker was with Alpha team at the beginning? Yet in RE0 he’s in the laboratory all game. The point I made in the video was that Wesker probably saw Rebecca enter the Spencer Mansion, and that was his cue to hunt Billy down (He knew that Billy was on his own)
@pandadares8905 Yeah I'm watching it now. Very well done. I think Billy is an intresting character and his disappearance helps the story more then hinders it. What happened to Billy Cohn has been a mystery debated for years. Finding out what really happened at the end of The Thing would be detrimental to the film as a whole. Sometimes being left to wonder what happened is better.
100%
@@pandadares8905 I wouldn't be surprised if Carlos Olivera was the founder and leader of Blue Umbrella.
There's no reason to say all this when info is readily available. Nemesis T-Type was not even created in US.
I don't remember him in RE4 /s
either his dead or capcom forget about him
Billy is tough I believe he made it
The original 3 games have the only non disposable characters it seems like they can't make any new worthwhile keeping characters in the series other than the og cast 🤷🤷🏿♂️
True, and Ethan was boring as well. Really cringe guy. Don’t want to see him or anything to do with him again. Capcom need to make new GOOD characters or bring back someone who deserves it.
Ok also what happened to Carlos?
Mexico