- "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!"
- —Stacey Forsythe
Mail Order Zombrex is a Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record mission involving an obsessed, psychotic postman who blames Chuck for the outbreak.
Summary
The message screen for this mission states:
- GOAL: Investigate the postal cart
- DESTINATION: Royal Flush Plaza
- Someone is driving a postal cart around the Royal Flush Plaza. There might be Zombrex in one of those packages.
The mail cart is located between The Man's Sport and the Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow kiosk in Royal Flush Plaza. This mission begins by Chuck clicking Template:Bbutton on the mail cart.
Chuck finds Carl trying to complete a delivery at a Royal Flush Plaza shop, but the postman is having trouble finding someone to hand the package to. Chuck approaches Carl, who then tries to have him sign off on the package, but once he realizes who Chuck is, he blames him for the outbreak, having seen the newscaster's reports. Carl then hands Chuck an explosive package and tries to flee in his mail cart, but Chuck chucks the package into the back of the cart, in which Carl is able to escape just in time as the vehicle explodes, sending letters raining down on the men.
Carl then whips out his shotgun and begins his attack on Chuck, firing his gun and hurling more explosive packages at Chuck. However, Carl is eventually defeated in which he dies from his injuries, leaving behind a Zombrex package for Chuck.
Mission Dialogue
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Hello? Hello? Special delivery - signature required. A signature is REQUIRED for delivery!! Hey man, I don't think anyone's there. Sir, maybe you can sign for this? What? Special delivery. Signature required. I have rounds to do and I'm BEHIND! You know there's a zombie outbreak going on? Neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail, nor zombies are going to keep me from my appointed rounds. I swore an oath, sir!! And this package requires a SIGNATURE!! Whatever, man. If it makes you feel better. I could use that anyway. You're Chuck Green! You stopped... Actually, I HAVE been looking for you. This package is a very special delivery...just for you... Have a nice day. Years of perfect service! Perfect attendance! All ruined because of you! You know, without order, without routine, we have NOTHING!! Well, you won't succeed! You won't bring down my postal service! You're going to PAY! I need this Zombrex for my daughter. This one's a special delivery. Express. |
Off the Record Mission Dialogue
- Dialogue of the mission in the Off the Record game files. All text may not be actually used in the final game.
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Hello? Hello? Special delivery - signature required. A signature is REQUIRED for delivery!! Hey man, I don't think anyone's there. Sir, maybe you can sign for this? What? Special delivery. Signature required. I have rounds to do and I'm BEHIND! You know there's a zombie outbreak going on? Neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail, nor zombies are going to keep me from my appointed rounds. I swore an oath, sir!! And this package requires a SIGNATURE!! Whatever, man. If it makes you feel better. I could use that anyway. Wait, just a moment. You are not the addressee. That's mail fraud, sir. And mail fraud is a federal crime. Can you hold this for me? Have a nice day. This package is a very special delivery... just for you... This country was built on the postal service. But you think a little zombie outbreak happens and you can get away with anything? Well, you tamper with the mail, you tamper with America! And I am NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN! I need this Zombrex. Sorry. This one's a special delivery. Express. |
Strategy
Tape It or Die Blog
Tape it or Die blogger Wallace Hertzog met Carl Schliff and wrote this blog about him:
A Post About a Postman (But Not That Movie)
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You have to respect some people's work ethics.
Back when I was a kid in Comfort, I didn't have summer vacations like the other kids did. I worked in my father's repair shop, fixing up the town's cars and motorcycles. (If I remember correctly, there were an unusually high number of Dodge Darts there.) My work was mostly just assistance - only so much a 9-year-old can do - but it helped give me the kind of mentality to get through my 13-hour workdays. But my father had even higher standards. He once said to me that there are two jobs that he has the utmost respect for: soldiers, and postmen. I understood why he respected soldiers. But postmen? That through me for a loop at the time. Now I think I understand. Now, that wasn't there before. At first, I thought that somebody may have stolen the mail cart. Maybe it was one of those looters, trying to find a way to more easily haul their ill-gotten goods. Or maybe it was one of those even worse looters who wear the orange jumpsuits and carry around those assault rifles. But then I saw the postman himself. And I think I understood what my father meant. I didn't have a chance to talk to him; he seemed to be really intent on finishing his rounds. But he was talking about how nothing, not even a zombie outbreak will stop in his responsibilities. Interestingly, he seemed more worried about someone signing for his delivery (he said something about medicine) than he did about being bitten. I can respect that, although I think he may be a little out of touch with reality. Also, I would hope that if he did get bitten, he'd set aside his work ethics for a bit and tend to himself. (Maybe that medicine he was carrying was Zombrex; I'm not sure.) So I salute you, Mr. Postman-in-the-zombie-infested-plaza. This bud's for you![1] |
Trivia
- In the blog entitled "A Post About a Postman (But Not That Movie)" Wallace Hertzog is referring to the Kevin Costner box office bomb The Postman.
- Wallace closes the "A Post About a Postman (But Not That Movie)" blog saying, "This bud's for you!". This is a reference to a famous iconic statement in American beer commercials, created by the beer company Budweiser.
- In "A Post About a Postman (But Not That Movie)" Wallace writes "I worked in my father's repair shop, fixing up the town's cars and motorcycles. (If I remember correctly, there were an unusually high number of Dodge Darts there.)" The Dodge Dart is a low priced car built from 1960-1976 in North America.
- Carl's homemade bombs are similar to Dead Rising psychopath Paul Carson's Molotov Cocktail's in Long Haired Punk and Carlito Keyes bombs in Case 2-2: Rescue the Professor. All three psychopaths dropped bombs as Frank and Chuck were attempting to pursue them.
- The destroyed mail cart is permanent after the fight with Carl, even in Overtime mode it will still be there and in flames.
- There is a tattoo on Carl's right arm of a post office logo.
- His pen says Dead Rising 2.
Carl's mailbomb has the following attack animations:
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References
- ↑ Hertzog, Wallace. A Post About a Postman (But Not That Movie), Tape it or Die, (September 21, 2010).