Dead Rising 2/Text

This is a sub-page of Dead Rising 2.

All in-game English text is stored in a file titled str_en.bcs. Of course, with all the text existing in the game, there is some unused text. All text from Case 0 also exists here.

Missions Calls

Text for almost every mission that Stacey would have used, if she called you through the radio like Otis did in DR1 instead of leaving messages. Most of these were restored in the Off the Record spin-off, with added voice acting.

Mission Name	Call Text	Notes
One Man's Trash	"Hey Chuck, looks like someone's set up a pawnshop inside Moe's Maginations. He might have something worthwhile in there, but it looks like one of those looters".
Lost..	"Chuck, I see a woman trapped on top of a merchandise booth near the Fortune City Arena entrance... looks like she is looking for someone... Be careful, she is got a gun, too."
Short Sighted	"Chuck, you better get over to the Children's Castle store. There's a real old lady wandering around in there."
Workers Compensation	"Chuck, looks like someone's vandalizing slots in the Americana! You better get over there."
Welcome to the Family	"I can see two guys in Shank's knife shop at the Palisades Mall. Better hurry, I don't know how long they can hold out."
Lush-ious Lady	"Um, Chuck... there seems to be a dancer throwing up in the Americana Casino."
Meet the Contestants	"Chuck, I see a man in a Terror is Reality suit riding his bike around Platinum Strip. You should check it out."	This is the only unused call not to return in OTR.
Chuck the Role Model	"Chuck... Looks like there are some survivors holed up in the men's restroom in the Americana Casino. Check it out! I think I saw someone from CURE!"
Barn Burner	"Chuck, there's a fire at the Fortune City Arena. It looks like some people are trapped in one of the dressing rooms."
Once Bitten	"Chuck, you'd better get to Wily Travels in the Royal Flush. There's a guy hiding out in there. Looks like he is bleeding."
Code Blue	"Hey Chuck, I saw a paramedic carrying an injured person into One Little Duck Bingo. You should check it out, maybe he knows where to find more Zombrex."
Tastes Like Chicken	"Chuck, it looks like there's someone at Cucina Donnacci in the Food Court. Looks like they're cooking! You better check it out."
An Industrial Fashion	"I can see two construction workers trapped at the worksite in the South Plaza. It doesn't look good. You better hurry!"
Rock Heroes	"Chuck you aren't going to believe this, but it looks like a rock concert is going on in the Silver Strip Stage. You better check it out."
Everyone Knows Slappy	"Chuck, it looks like there's someone in a mascot costume over by Kids' Choice Clothing in the Palisades. Please see if they're alright."
Wilted Flower	"Chuck, there's a woman lying on the floor of the Venus Touch Spa in the Palisades. She looks like she is barely alive. You better hurry!"
Here Comes the Groom	"Chuck, I just saw someone carrying a bride into the Swept Away chapel in the Silver Strip... kind of a weird time to get married. Check it out?"
Par for the Course	"Chuck, there's someone fighting off zombies at SporTrance in the Royal Flush Plaza. You'd better check it out."
Stuart's Scheme	"Chuck, you'd better get back here. That guy Stuart has been talking to people about something, and now they insist on talking to you!"
Mail Order Zombrex	"Chuck! I saw a postal cart driving around Royal Flush Plaza... Maybe you should check it out. There might be Zombrex in one of those packages!"
Hunger Pains	"Chuck, there's someone in the kitchen at Dining at Davey's in Platinum Strip. he is looking through everything pretty thoroughly. Maybe he has seen some Zombrex."
Fetching Females	"There are three women on top of the pool in the Palisades Mall. But Chuck... just, um... keep your head in this one, okay?"
WWJWD?	"Chuck, looks like some sort of security guard is arresting people in the South Plaza. You might want to check it out."
Bank Run	"Chuck, looks like some sort of security guard is arresting people in the South Plaza. You might want to check it out."
Ante Up	"Hey Chuck, there's an, um, interesting poker game starting up in the Safe House. Might be good to just relax a little."
Slave to Fashion	"Chuck, I think I can see someone hiding in the Hotel. You better check it out."
Chemical Dependency	""Chuck, I've got some bad new... Hey!...what are you do..."-Stacey "Chuck, this is Sullivan. This Jared guy in room 2, says he needs some Zombrex. Pronto. You better do something about this, or I'm afraid I'll have to..."- Sullivan "Bro, I don't feel so good. I came to party, not to freakin' eat the party, man. I need some Zombrex, dude. Bad."- Jared.	Chemical Dependency has one big call, which features Stacey, Sullivan, and Jared.
Art Appreciation	"There's a guy crying in the Cleroux Collection at the Palisades. He keeps looking at a painting."
Know When to Fold 'Em	"Hey, Chuck. There's a guy playing the slots at the Shamrock Casino in the Silver Strip - he just keeps going and going. You'd better check it out."
Shell Shocked	"There's a guy with a gun at The American Historium in the Americana Casino. He seems to be holding them back, but he might need help."
One Hit Wonder	"Hey Chuck, there's some people sitting down in a theatre in the Slot Ranch Casino. It's like they're waiting for a show to start or something."
Bent Wood	"Chuck? That golfer lady Luz wants to talk to you back here at the Safe House - she is got a proposition."
Stranded Siren	"Hey, Chuck. This is going to sound a little strange... but there's, um... a mermaid at the Atlantica Waterfall. I think she is stranded."
Dead or Alive?	"Chuck! There's a guy on top of a bank of slots in the Palisades! He is surrounded by zombies!"
Two's Company	"I see two guys in Hot Excitorama. They look like they are laughing ... or fighting. It's hard to tell. You should check it out, but be careful."
World's Most Dangerous Trick	"Chuck, there are fireworks going off at the stage in the Atlantica Casino. Strange time to be performing wouldn't you say?"
Family Feud	"Chuck, there's someone at the edge of the Fortune City Hotel roof! She looks like she is going to jump! HURRY!"
Fortune City Botany Club	"Vikki has been getting very worried. Maybe she needs some help?"
Tape It or Die 2	"Chuck, some people hacked into our emergency lines. They are under attack by the zombies. They said something about Tape it or Die. I'm not sure what that all means."

Cutscene Dialogue

• The first good amount of dialogue takes place in the beginning cutscenes, starting at the TIR Arena.

Text

Notes

"Our first contestant is also a survivor of the Las Vegas outbreak. He's been a sanitation worker for 10 long years. Let's hear it for Bobby Newland! Our second contestant comes to us from the original zombie playground - Willamette Colorado. He's also a world champion barista! Welcome Roland Nichol! Our third contestant... he raced his way directly out of Las Vegas and onto our stage tonight. He's Leon Bell - motorcycle enthusiast!"

• Then at the locker room...

Text	Notes
"DON'T BE GREEDY, HELP THE NEEDY!"

• When the elevator gets stuck...

Text	Notes
"Hey! Is anybody out there? This elevator's stuck."
"Hey. I'm stuck in the elevator."

• Sometime around getting to the safehouse...

Text	Notes
"Three days my ass."
"We gotta get out of here, kiddo."
"How can I call Ma!? She'll be worried sick! I got to call Ma!"
"She was in Vegas when that thing happened, she won't sleep!"
"You know, she got the angina!"
"Whatssa matter, buddy? What are you lookin' at?"
"Come on! Hurry it up!!"
"How did those things get loose? Somebody's gonna pay for this!"
"I'm gonna sue somebody!"
"What the hell is the world coming to when a thing like that could happen?"

• The following text is most likely a conversation between Stacey and Sullivan.

Text	Notes
"We can't stay in here! We're sitting ducks!"
"It's protocol. We can'not admit any infected."
"Protocol?!? Your protocol is going to kill those people!"
"Ma'am, this is standard operating procedure! For everyone's safety!"
"If you won't let them in, I will!"
"Hey! Get away from there!"
"Dammit!"
"Look what you've done! You have compromised the safety of everyone in this bunker!"
"No one's getting in or out of here now - not till the rescue."

• That is the end of their conversation.

Text	Notes
"She showed up on my scan too."	It seems originally, there was a scanner that would indicate if someone was infected.

• After telling Stacey to keep an eye on Katey...

Text	Notes
"Three days my ass."	Not sure why this repeats itself.

• When bringing a survivor back, Sullivan originally said this in the middle of talking:

Text	Notes
"But everyone needs to be scanned before they enter the bunker."

• During the Case 1 cutscene:

Text	Notes
"We need to get out of here! It's too dangerous!"
"Keep rolling!"
"You're in CURE?"
"I don't want the whole world thinking we're a bunch of terrorists."

• Around and during case 1-4...

Text	Notes
"Hey Chuck, it looks like the gate that was blocking the way through the Americana Casino and the Fortune City Arena has been opened."
"Oh, great."

• A the end of Case 2...

Text	Notes
"I saw a train crash in the monitors. Are you alright?"

• Zombrex 4...

Text	Notes
"Why they made that game like that is beyond me. But it's time for your meds now, kiddo."

• At Case 6...

Text	Notes
"All right, game time."
"Hey, Jonesy! That looks like your mother-in-law! You want me to take her out?"
"Hoo-rah!"
"Fantastic."
"Come on over, sweetheart. Hey look, I don't even gotta buy her dinner!"
"Jesus! Did you see that?!?"
"Get it away from me! Get it away from me -"
"Back up! Back up! Get us out now!"
"Come on! Drive! Drive! Over there!! Come on, move it!"
"Hold your fire, men! That one's mine!!"
"But you ain't gonna bit me..."	This line is grammatically incorrect.

• For the unused cutscene after the breach:

Text	Notes
"Close call."
"Don't worry, I'll get the rest of them."

• After breach...

Text	Notes
"KATEY!"
"AAARRRRGGGHHHH!"
"That's a great way to get us all killed! Though I guess that would speed up their work!"
"You know I've just about had it with you and your damned unpatriotic nonsense!"
"None of us are getting out of here until we find out what's really going on. And that gas is our only lead right now."

• In The Facts...

Text	Notes
"Looks like you finally got your story. Too bad you won't be getting that Emmy though."	Similar to the final line, only with "Emmy" instead of "Award.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?"
"MY JOB."
"I'm the cleaner, Chuck. I tie up loose ends. Like you."
"Go get him Dad!"
"Military flight - this is News Chopper. Be advised there are civilians inside Fortune City. I repeat: there are civilians inside Fortune City. Break off! Break off!"
"We have to leave!"
"Buddy! GET ON THE CHOPPER!"

• In OVERTIME...

Text	Notes
"Nobody messes with TK, Chuckie baby. Nobody."
"Chuck!!! WAKE UP!!!"
"Chuck!!! Get up! MOVE!!!"
"TK, you son of a bitch!"
"... Ladies and gentlemen, Terror is Reality is pleased to present a special, encore, FINAL PERFORMANCE from the one, the only, Chuck Greene!"
"Hang on, I'll have you up here in no time!"
"You ready to risk it all NOW, Chuckie?!?"
"win..."

• Alternate Endings

Text	Ending
"No! Wait!"	Ending A
"Close your eyes, baby."	Ending A
"What's happening!?"	Ending F

Non-Story Cutscenes

• Chuck The Role Model:

Text	Notes
"Hello? Is anybody in here?"
"No! What are you doing?"
"No... what have I done?"

• Tastes Like Chicken:

Text	Notes
"What, you don't like buttah??"

• Here Comes The Groom

Text	Notes
"Oh I can't wait baby... I'm gonna CONSUMATE you... 'till you SCREAM! HAHAHAHA"

• One Hit Wonder

Text	Notes
"Oh, And who can blame you?!"	Originally said at the end of her final cutscene.

• Snowflakes mission

Text	Notes
"Aw, crap."
"Weird..."
"Oh Shit..."

• The following dialogue is around the cutscene areas. It's unknown when they would've played.

Text	Notes
"Time to shoot guns, make money and play dirty like real Americans in..."
"Oh, we robbed the retirement home for this bunch!"
"I'm gonna just toss some zombies at these clowns, see if they wake up."
"As long as these players are making fools of themselves, let's have some..."
"Heard you started all this down in Santa Cabeza. Hard to believe."
"Well, you're not making any more zombies today."
"Fortune City indeed, baby, Fortune City indeed!"
"Oh yeah! Fortune City indeed, baby, Fortune City indeed! Whoo, ha ha ha, yeah!"

In-Game Text

• Originally, if Chemical Dependency was failed, every survivor would die.

Text	Notes
"You were too late, Chuck. The infection spread. It ... it had to be done."
"No ... Jared?"
"All of 'em. Dead. All there is to it. Infection spread. End of story."
"All of them? Sullivan, what did..."
"Horrible, but we had to ensure the safety of everyone. I'm afraid it was necessary, Chuck."

• Lulu Barra has dialogue for being saved, despite being in the safehouse at the start of the game. Rebecca also has a line for being saved, despite never being able to see it.

Text	Notes
"You ROCK! We were zombie bait, without you. Let me know if you have any rich, available friends."	Said by Lulu.
"I guess getting my big story became too dangerous."	Said by Rebecca.

• The mission "Secret Of Charlie's Gold" has unused dialogue for Lenny saying the numbers of the security key.

Text	Notes
"Hmmm..."
"Now, what were those numbers again? 0-7-1-2-1-9-8-1"

Menu/Action Text

There is text in the game's menus that went unused.

Text	Notes
"72 HOUR MODE"
"OVERTIME MODE"	This could indicate that the menu's originally worked similarly to Dead Rising 1, where 72 hour mode and Overtime mode were different modes.
"Would you like to skip the introduction?"	In the final game, there is no option to skip the beginning portion, rendering this text unused.
"The other player doesn't want to pause right now."	If one player pauses, the other player doesn't have an option to unpause, rendering this text unused.
"Nap"	It seems Chuck was originally able to nap, possibly an early save station.

Names

This applies to items and characters found in-game.

Name	Notes
AK-47	Cut weapon. For some reason, the Militia Men's rifles use this text.
ATM Machine	The ATM's cannot be interacted with beyond breaking them, so this text never appears.
Baseball	Chuck is unable to pick up baseballs, making this text unused.
Baton	Cut weapon.
Cell Phone	Cut weapon.
Chef Pan	Cut weapon.
Cowboy Hats	Most likely an early name for the cowboy hat.
Cowboy Shirts	Most likely an early name for the cowboy clothing.
Drink Cocktail	Early name for the cocktail.
Dumpster	Relates to the dumpster model.
File	Possibly a cut key item.
Getaway Helicopter	Possible early name for the Helicopter boss.
Loop	Unknown.
Plate	Possibly a version of the stack of plates where there's just one.
Ramp A	Possibly had something to do with TIR.
Ramp E	Possibly had something to do with TIR.
Ramp I	Possibly had something to do with TIR.
Sarah/Sarah Stayer	Cut survivor.
Sarah Stayer	Same as above.
Taylor	Cut survivor.
Taylor Nightingale	Same as above.
Trigger	Unknown.
Vanessa	Possible early survivor name.
Luke	Name of a cutscene character.
Leah	Name of a cutscene character.
Well A	Unknown.
Golf Ball	Due to its size, it's understandable why it was cut.
Protoman Boots	Cut outfit that was reused for OTR.
Protoman Helmet	Cut outfit that was reused for OTR.
Protoman Armor	Cut outfit that was reused for OTR.
Long Blond Hair Ken	Cut Street Fighter Outfit.
Ken Red Fighting Outfit	Cut Street Fighter Outfit.
Flare	Cut weapon.
Other girls?!	Unknown.
Fighting Dummy	Possible Cut Weapon.
The Bunker	Possible early safehouse name.
Katherine	Possible cut survivor.
Marvin	Cut survivor.
Marvin Horner	Same as above.
Gary	Cut survivor.
Gary Peake	Same as above.
Happy Ever After... Sort Of...	Name of LaShawndra and Gordon's mission.
Last Call	Unknown mission name.
The Mascot	Early name for "Everyone Knows Slappy".
Live Free Or Die	Possible early name for "Dead Or Alive".
Big Game Stakes	Name of Janus' mission.
The High Rollers	Name of the poker mission in the Atlantica.
...and Found	Name of Doris' mission.
Fresh Meat	Name of Ted and Snowflake's mission.
Shopping Spree	Name of Bessie, Rosa, and Erica's mission.
Delta Point 1	Name of Michael and Mattew's mission.
Demand & Supply	Name of Sven's safehouse mission.
Secret of Charlie's Gold	Name of Lenny's safehouse mission.

Test/Placeholder Text

Name	Notes
Contestant	Placeholder name for TIR contestants.
BumperLight_Red
Car
SuperBike	Test name for bikes?
handgun6shooterlefthand
handgun6shooterrighthand
OilCan	Probably a placeholder for a cut weapon.
Lab Assistant 1	Placeholder name for Mark
Lab Assistant 2	Placeholder name for Pearce.
ZombieTest
LEGACY PLEASE REMOVE
placeholder	Repeated multiple times in between cutscene text.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.	Likely for font testing.
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.	Likely for font testing.
Thé Qûïçk Brôwñ Fóx Jümps Ôvër Thê Lázÿ Dòg.	Likely for font testing.
á à â ç é è ê ë Ã­ ì ï î ñ ó ò ô Å“ ú ù û ü ÿ	Likely for font testing.
Á À Â Ç É È Ê Ë Ã ÃŒ Ï ÃŽ Ñ Ó Ã’ Ô Å’ Ú Ù Û Ãœ Ÿ	Likely for font testing.
¿ ¡ ' " " « Â» - — ! $ ( ) , . : ; [ ] { } = * # @ Â¥ € £	Likely for font testing.
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