- "Let the government know we will not stand for their systematic neglect of the infected! We must take drastic action now!"
- —Stacey, on zombie rights
Stacey Forsythe (born 1986/1986-2011?) is a character in Dead Rising: Road to Fortune, the deuteragonist of Dead Rising 2 and a minor character of Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Description[]
Stacey is the head of the Nevada branch of a controversial zombie rights group with an abbreviated name of CURE (Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality). Stacey believes that the entertainment show Terror Is Reality is cruel and demeaning to infected survivors everywhere, and leads protests with the aim of getting it taken off the air, and making Zombrex available and affordable for all.[1]
She is an ally to Chuck Greene, offering to protect Chuck's daughter while he seeks out Rebecca Chang to clear his name. She watches the monitors in the Shelter like Jessica McCarney in the first game, taking on a role similar to Otis Washington, telling Chuck the locations of survivors throughout the city. Over the course of the story, Stacey gains a strong admiration for the bond shared between Chuck and Katey.
In Road to Fortune, she can be seen with another CURE member outside of Coyote Springs, protesting against John Kilduff's clean-up operation of the town.
In Off the Record, Stacey is seen on television with CURE members, being watched by Frank West and others in the locker room. Eventually she appears to be replaced by unknown woman as the hidden secondary antagonist, who is a member of Phenotrans and goes by the codename "Agent S", taking role of Raymond Sullivan now.
Backstory[]
While Chuck administers Zombrex to Katey, Stacey mentions that she had a sister, who was infected with the zombie disease and had to take Zombrex everyday like Katey. However, due to the constant usage of the drug and the stress it put on her, she decided to let herself turn. This may be why Stacey became such a passionate and prominent member of CURE.
Dead Rising 2[]
As head of the Nevada branch of CURE, she strongly opposes the TV show Terror Is Reality, and she believes that instead of slaughtering zombies, the government should make Zombrex, a possible cure for the zombie epidemic, readily available worldwide. She and several other CURE activists are holding protests in Fortune City and are interviewed by a local TV station.
Later that night, once the outbreak has begun, she is able to evacuate to the emergency bunker before its doors are sealed. She comes across Chuck and his daughter, Katey, in the security office and overhears Chuck mention his lack of Zombrex. Stacey promises to not tell Raymond Sullivan about it, and agrees to watch over Katey while Chuck goes out to fetch Zombrex from a pharmacy in the Royal Flush Plaza. Before Chuck leaves, she urges him to rescue any survivors found in the city.
At the climax of the story, Chuck uncovers the truth behind the outbreak, it was all a setup devised by the Phenotrans Corporation, and he now had the evidence to prove it. In addition to releasing the zombies from their holding cells in the arena, Phenotrans also paid Tyrone King, the host of TIR, a handsome sum of money to get his full cooperation in their scheme, and to frame Chuck as the alleged perpetrator of the outbreak. The result: public attention was ultimately focused on Chuck while Phenotrans secretly moved their agents into the city in order to carry out a massive harvesting operation for collecting queens (the most essential ingredient in Zombrex manufacturing).
Chuck returns to the safe house and presents the evidence to Stacey, news reporter Rebecca, and Sullivan. After Rebecca thoroughly looks over the evidence and concludes that it was indeed the work of Phenotrans, Sullivan suddenly whips out his Handgun and shoots her in the head. At first Chuck and Stacey are speechless, but after Sullivan makes a few snide remarks towards Rebecca’s lifeless body, Chuck quickly accuses him of being on Phenotrans’ payroll.
Sullivan confirms this, then goes on to state that he never expected Chuck to get this far, because Phenotrans had intended to kill everyone in the outbreak including Chuck and Stacey. Still holding everyone in the room at gunpoint, Sullivan grabs the evidence and prepares to shoot both Chuck and Katey when an enraged Stacey suddenly intervenes by attacking him with a Baseball Bat and knocking the gun out of his hand. Sullivan fights back by disarming Stacey and hitting her in the stomach with the back end of the bat. Then he bolts from the safe house once Chuck picks up his gun and tries to shoot him. Still clutching her chest, Stacey tells Chuck to go after Sullivan while she looks after Katey and the other survivors.
Overtime Mode[]
After Chuck returns from defeating Sullivan on the rooftop of the Yucatan Casino, Stacey and Katey are nowhere to be found as none of the survivors have seen them. Turns out, TK had kidnapped them while Chuck was away, and is now holding them hostage at the Fortune City Arena. Enraged, Chuck reluctantly agrees to TK's demands and is eventually forced to meet the madman at the arena if he wishes to see his daughter alive.
Luckily for Chuck, TK already took the liberty of giving Katey her Zombrex for the day, stating that he wouldn't want her to miss the show. When Chuck arrives, TK sneaks up behind him and then stuns him with a taser pole before knocking him out. Chuck is then tied up over a pit of zombies and forced by TK to watch as Stacey and Katey are lowered into the pit via cable wire.
Determined to save them, Chuck manages to free himself, but this does not escape TK's notice, who immediately rushes to intercept him. After an intense fight, Chuck defeats TK and throws him off the catwalks into the hordes of zombies below. Stacey and Katey are then rescued and they walk off with Chuck, hand in hand.
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record[]
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In this alternate reality, Stacey was likely taken out, being replaced and impersonated by Agent S, who has somewhat more serious attitude along with some different facial features (nose, skin color, mole on cheek below left eye) and plays the same role as she did in Dead Rising 2, giving Frank West case reports over radio via a wireless earpiece.
Although Stacey is still seen on TV, rest of her appearances (such as CURE being responsible for the outbreak) instead show this woman.
Comparison between Stacey's and Agent S' appearance in Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record.
Dead Rising 3[]
Although she does not make an appearance in the game, Stacey is mentioned by Chuck during the final mission of Dead Rising 3, while he and Nick Ramos are chasing General Hemlock in a muscle car.
Chuck mentions that he and Stacey began a romantic relationship after the Fortune City outbreak, but it's implied the two eventually broke up due to Chuck's personality problems, something which Katey never forgave him for.
It's also unknown if Stacey is still the leader of CURE, or if the organization does still exist. But it's possible that CURE was shut down because the members began to realize what zombies really are.
Trivia[]
- Stacey was named "Claire" and was blonde during the beta stages of Dead Rising 2.[2]
- She was seen leading a CURE protest at the Dead Rising 2 booth at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo.[3]
- The text for Stacey's calls to Frank in Off the Record were in the game files for Dead Rising 2, but they were never used.
- "Forsythe" is the name of a street in Atlanta on which some of the early events in AMC's undead-themed series The Walking Dead take place.
- Stacey apparently knows the truth behind the original zombie outbreak in Willamette, including the involvement of Frank West, Isabela, and Carlito Keyes, along with the government's involvement in Santa Cabeza. She also mentions that with Frank's help, Isabela was able to develop the first anti-zombie vaccine (Zombrex prototype), and when last heard of, she was looking into discovering a permanent cure to the zombie epidemic. How she has obtained this information is unknown, as it is revealed in Dead Rising 3 that the government had managed to cover up their involvement in Willamette and Santa Cabeza completely, despite Frank's evidence.
- Stacey's Shirt is most likely a reference to 'Ocean Wise' an ocean conservation organization that was started in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1951.
- Stacey's slightly different appearance in Off the Record is mentioned in the Achievement/Trophy True Colors given for defeating her, which remarks "the shifty eyes should have given it away."
- There are subtle hints to her being the antagonist; with her CURE group and herself being blamed, her change of attitude being more serious than kind.
- In Off the Record, after Frank defeats and kills Stacey, she is still erroneously marked as "safe" in the notebook.
- Stacey is mentioned in one of the newspaper collectibles in Dead Rising 4 as the keynote speaker who replaced Frank West for the SurviviCon event held in Willamette. Stacey still seems to be an activist of sorts, as her panel featured the topic of political accountability.
- A glitch can occur while Stacey is in the safe house. She can spawn into a random room and be seen crying like the other survivors would do.[Verification needed]
- A Steam Trading Card tying in to Dead Rising 2 renders Stacey's name with a slight misspelling as "Stacey Forsythel".
Gallery[]
- Further information: Stacey Forsythe/Gallery
Official website bio.
Notebook Entry
Notebook Portrait in Dead Rising 2.
Stacey Forsythe.
Claire Forsythe, Stacey's original character in the beta stages of Dead Rising 2, as seen in the Dead Rising 2 Artbook
References[]
- ↑ Characters, Dead Rising 2.
- ↑ Dead Rising 2 Artbook
- ↑ Stacey appears at the E3 event.