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"The human race deserves the zombie apocalypse, and now look at you. You destroy the very company that brings you the medicine to heal your loved ones."
—Marian, to Frank and Chuck

Dr. Marian Mallon is the main antagonist of Dead Rising 2: Case West, though she is not encountered until the last case. She is the Director of the Phenotrans. Most of her background is shrouded in mystery, with only a few small tokens of her life found in the Director's Office.

From the newspapers in her office, it is noted that she is a famed Bionetics scientist who overcame an infected attack in 2004. She exhibits an extreme misanthropic personality, stating that since the greed of humanity is what created the zombie plague in the first place (referring to the research behind Santa Cabeza, which was intended to double the livestock of cattle). As such, the human race deserved the zombie apocalypse.

Marian Mallon is also featured in Dead Rising: Road to Fortune and returns in Dead Rising 3 as the secondary antagonist.

Dead Rising: Road to Fortune[]

Main article: Dead Rising: Road to Fortune

Mallon is responsible for planning the outbreak in Las Vegas and sends Harjit Singh to make it happen.

Dead Rising 2: Case West[]

Main article: Case 3-3: Secure Lab

As Chuck Greene and Frank West enter the Secure Lab, they find Isabela Keyes, who explains that she was forced to work in the Phenotrans Facility or she would go to jail; she also explained how she was so close to creating a synthetic drug and a cure, but Phenotrans stole her work. Isabela says she must escape so she can continue her research, but Marian intervenes their conversation from above, in her office, saying that they will never leave alive. She sends in two Security Guards to apprehend the trio. Isabela manages to escape, leaving Frank and Chuck with the guards. Marian goes on to explain that everything done at the facility is being done for the "greater good" and that everyone depends on them. Isabela returns and kills a guard, but Marian's head of security knocks Isabela out, and commands the remaining security guard to bring Isabela to her, leaving her personal bodyguard, Harjit, and backup security personnel to kill Frank and Chuck.

After Harjit is killed, Frank retorts to Marian that it looks like she could use some Zombrex everyday for herself, referring to a bite wound on her cheek. She replies that she doesn't need any, stating that she found a cure years ago, ridding the zombie disease, thanks to Isabela's "very helpful notes". Marian tells Frank that humans don't deserve a cure, not after they caused the zombification in the first place. She proceeds to initiate a self-destruction of the facility, while she escapes unharmed with Isabela.

Dead Rising 3[]

Marian DR3
"This is signed by Marian Mallon, I thought she was in Prison? This can't be good."
—Brad Park about Marian Mallon.

Since the incident at the Phenotrans Facility in Case West, Marian has come into an even higher position.[1] It is possible that the "other harvest" that was referring to at the end of Case West could have something to do with the incident in Los Perdidos.[2] There is also speculation on the part of her freedom in the U.S as Agent Park of the Zombie Defense and Control stated she was slated for criminal charges for her company's actions; indicating she was either incarcerated about a decade prior to the game and its adjacent DLC, or is a fugitive from the law using the protection of the secretary of defense for personal support.

She and General Hemlock are behind the zombie outbreak in Los Perdidos, as seen in their conversation during Chapter 4. She is searching Los Perdidos for the "orphans" in an attempt to manufacture a cure for zombification. She has put out a wanted poster with a reward of five million dollars for the capture of Nick Ramos or Diego Martinez.

Maian manages to capture both Nick and Diego as they're exiting the warehouse during Chapter 6. She uses a giant laser that grows the larvae to full size, effectively testing if the host is immune to the virus or not. She uses the laser on Diego first, killing him. Queens swarm the lab and start to sting the scientists and soldiers in the room which gives Nick time to escape from his restraints. Marian manages to find Nick before he is able to escape, and attempts to apprehend him using Loaders found inside the train yard. Nick manages to escape, and Marian is caught under falling debris before she is found by General Hemlock.

During Overtime Mode, she is killed by Hemlock when he threw her off the roof of a building during an argument about the cure's existence. 

Trivia[]

  • She is the only main antagonist of the Dead Rising series who survives the events of the first game they appear in, and the only one that the player does not directly battle.
  • She is implied to be a fan of Bibi Love, as there is a portrait of the singer perched above the fireplace in her office.
  • In Dead Rising: Road to Fortune, Dr. Mallon is portrayed as being fully capable of walking and has no wounds on her face. The exact circumstances behind her injuries are never revealed, but apparently took place sometime between Road to Fortune and Case West.
  • One portrait in her director's office is of her face, with her scars. There is another portrait of a woman's face as well, who is quite beautiful. It is possible that this is a picture of her before receiving her scars, as there is no other reasonable explanation for why it is there.
  • Her name could be a possible reference to Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of the bacteria that causes typhoid fever.
  • Two newspapers, biotech NEWSWATCH and Modern Research respectively, are framed on the wall behind her desk. They read:
    1. (Nov 2009) Leading Bionetics doctor to become director of new research facility. Pure research center will drive future innovation of Phenotrans products and profits.
    2. (Nov 2004) Esteemed doctor awarded Monroe Medal. Leading bionetics doctor overcomes brutal infected attack and goes on to lead bionetic field.
      • The second newspaper is interesting as it is dated 2004, whereas the first outbreak/existence of zombies was recorded in September of 2006. This could suggest Dr. Mallon worked on the Santa Cabeza project or had been secretly studying zombies after the Santa Cabeza incident. Due to Marian Mallon being shown to be able-bodied and not bitten in Road to Fortune, we can conclude that the zombie that attacked her in 2004 did not manage to bite her or even inflict any injuries on her at all for that matter.
  • Shortly before her death in Dead Rising 3's Overtime Mode, Marian gets into an argument with General Hemlock over the existence of a cure for the zombie parasite. While Hemlock believes it to be only a myth, Marian is determined to find it at all costs. This confirms that she had, in-fact, lied back in Case West when she hinted of the cure's existence to Frank and Chuck.
    • It is suggested that at the time of Dead Rising 2: Case West, Marian had already somehow known the existence of the orphan immune to zombification (probably from Isabela) and was pretty confident that she could find him.
  • Mallon is very similar to Ozwell E Spencer of Resident Evil:
    • Both are high-ranking members of an antagonistic pharmaceutical company.
    • Both were wheelchair-bound as a result of serious illnesses.
    • Both possess deep misanthropic natures regarding humanity.
    • Both were killed by another antagonist.
  • A statement by ZDC Agent Brad Park in Dead Rising 3: The Last Agent suggests that Marian may have been a "wanted" fugitive in the United States at the time of Dead Rising 3. After Nelson tells him where to locate the source of the mysterious signal that was used to deactivate the Zombrex GPS chips, Brad investigates Jason's House. Upon defeating the Special Ops and locating the central computer, he discovers evidence of a secret construction project for a "classified" laboratory in the South Almuda Train Repair. Brad's biggest shock comes when he discovers just who had "endorsed" the execution of this project. After seeing Marian's signature in the computer's files, Brad exclaims "This is signed by Marian Mallon. I thought she was in prison."
  • Although not confirmed or denied, Marian's last remark that there will be "another harvest" could mean that the new setting for Dead Rising 3, Los Perdidos, suffered an outbreak ON PURPOSE by Phenotrans.
  • Marian is among the few psychopaths to killed by another psychopath. She was killed by General Hemlock, who killed her after she rejected his belief that the cure for the zombie parasite is non-existent.
  • Despite being 47 in Dead Rising 3, she looks as if she is in her 60's, suggesting that her desperate search for the cure and/or guilt due to her crimes is causing her enough stress to the point that it is causing her to age prematurely.
  • Marian's character took a big turn in Dead Rising 3. She is no longer as cool and arrogant as she was in Case West, but more irritable and aggressive. It could be that she was under a lot of pressure to find a cure in the time between the two stories.

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Major Characters
Chuck Greene - Frank West - Isabela Keyes - Marian Mallon
Survivors
Hernando Arisa - Regina Dee - Lisa Hersey - Alicia Hobbes - Allie Jack - Jerry Sampson - Robert Staymore - Mizuki Tanahara - Dean Templeton
Psychopaths
Harjit Singh - Hazard Units - Security Guards - Zombie Handlers
v · e · d
Major Characters
Nick Ramos - Dick Baker - Rhonda Kreske - Annie - Red - Diego Martinez - Gary Finkel - Isabela Keyes - John Hemlock - Marian Mallon - Chuck Greene
Posse Members
Adam Daley - Alejandra Garcia - Anna Hong - Carrie LeCroix - Christine Emerie - Doug Trent - Dwayne Pike - Eric Martinez - Jesse Miller - Jorge Ruiz - Jose Morales - Julia Slyde - Kandy - Kelsey Louise - Kenny Dermot - Lauren Staples - Lena Polichev - Marcus Wolfe - Ravi Uppal - Regina Thompson - Simon Merkin - Troy Glover - Warren Anderssen Jr. - Winnie Lee
Other Survivors
Alec - Alex - Allison - Big D - Bob - Brandon - Brian - Cara - Crystal - Dana - Derek - Devon - Elka - Eva - Greta - Ian - Jack - Jasmine - Jason - Jason - Jeremy - Joey - Jodie - Jordan - Kaliyan - Katarina - Keith - Kellen - Kent DeMare - Kevin - Kris - Kristin - Kyla - Lara - Liam - Linda - Madeline - Maia - Margaret - Matt - Mel - Meryl Jefferson - Mike - Mila - Nikki - Nora - Phil - Ryan - Sam - Scott - Sheldon - Stevie - Steven - Tanya - Tara - Taylor - Tracey - Trevor - Vernon - Vicki - Zach
Psychopaths
Adam Kane - Albert Contiello - Darlene Fleischermacher - Diego Martinez - Dylan Fuentes - John Hemlock - Harry "Zhi" Wong - Hunter Thibodeaux - Jherii Gallo - Kenny Dermot - Red - Sgt. Hilde Schmittendorf - Spec Ops - Theodore Lagerfeld Jr.
Victims
Angel Quijano - Cindy - Clyde - Dan - Lucas - Duncan - Emily - Hank - Mabel Louise - Mel - Nicole White - Peter Rae - Amanda Rae - Pilots - Sonya Paddock
Other
Bertha Kreske - Bogdan - Jamie Flynt
Scrapped Characters
Bernard Kinsley - Esther
Operation Broken Eagle Characters
Adam Kane - Brady - Chang - Collins - Dickson - The Dutch - Han - Hancock - Haverman - Jefferson - Rodriguez - Smith - Sunshine - Tucson - Wakowski
Fallen Angel Characters
Angel Quijano - Doug Trent - Winnie Lee
Chaos Rising Characters
Cannons - Razorface - Snake - Spider - Torque
The Last Agent Characters
Brad Park - Cora - Nelson
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