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"I feel like I'm runnin' a taxi service here..."
—Ed DeLuca

Ed DeLuca is a character in Dead Rising and Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.

He is a private helicopter pilot who was hired by Frank West to fly him into the quarantined town of Willamette, Colorado. He also serves as Frank's rescue, and comes to pick him up after Frank's three day journey in Willamette.

Introduction[]

Ed was piloting the helicopter that Frank hired to get him into the town of Willamette. While flying over the main street of the town, they witnessed several survivors being attacked by what they initially mistook as rioters.

Under Frank's request, Ed dropped him off at the heliport at the Willamette Parkview Mall in the center of town. He agreed to return and pick him up three days later, giving Frank time to get his story.

Ending A[]

At the end of the three days, Ed stopped on the rooftop of a nearby building to verify that Frank is still alive. He was pleasantly surprised to see that Frank had indeed made it and was waiting for him on the heliport. When he went to pick him up, he was attacked by a zombie that had gotten inside the helicopter. It causes him to lose control and crash into the clock tower in Leisure Park.

Of the six possible endings, only Ending A is canon. The following sections give an overview on Ed's character history in the alternate timelines.

Ending B[]

At the end of the three days, Ed arrives at the heliport to find Frank, alive and well. Frank informs him that they are going to have more passengers than intended, including Jessica McCarney, Otis Washington, and the other survivors that Frank has saved. Ed asks Frank what has happened as they fly to safety.

Ed's dialogue in Ending B depends on the number of survivors that Frank has saved.

Ending C[]

At the end of the three days, Ed stopped on the rooftop of a nearby building to verify that Frank is still alive. He found nobody waiting on the heliport, and assumed the worst has happened to Frank. He was then attacked and killed by a zombie.

Ending E[]

At the end of the three days, Ed arrives at the heliport only to find nobody waiting there. He assumes the worst has happened to Frank when Otis emerges from the Security Room. He then ferries out Otis, Jessie, and all the other survivors that Frank saved.

Trivia[]

  • The voice actor for Ed DeLuca, Dave Wittenberg, also does the voice acting for [[{{{2}}}]], James Ramsey.[1] Mr. Wittenberg also does the voice acting for the mall announcement.
  • Ed does not appear in Infinity Mode.
  • Ed's name is never said in game, it is only found in the notebook.
  • Ed is somewhat similar to the Pilot Mike in Resident Evil 4, both are killed when trying to help the protagonist. Unlike Ed, Mike is killed when one of Osmund Saddler's minions shoots his chopper with a rocket Launcher.
    • He has the same initials as the Bravo Team back-up pilot, Edward Dewey in Resident Evil 0 and Ed is a nickname for Edward. He even has a headset like Edward, and both are killed.


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References[]

  1. Dead Rising, imdb.
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Major Characters
Frank West - Brad Garrison - Jessica McCarney - Isabela Keyes - Russell Barnaby - Otis Washington - Carlito Keyes
Survivors
Rich Atkins - David Bailey - Mindy Baker - Wayne Blackwell - Bill Brenton - Kelly Carpenter - Paul Carson - Nathan Crabbe - Lilly Deacon - Rachel Decker - Nick Evans - Michelle Feltz - Ross Folk - Jennifer Gorman - Tad Hawthorne - Gil Jimenez - Kindell Johnson - Cheryl Jones - Shinji Kitano - Alyssa Laurent - Josh Manning - Ray Mathison - Leroy McKenna - Jeff Meyer - Natalie Meyer - Sally Mills - Kay Nelson - Barbara Patterson - Jonathan Picardsen - Simone Ravendark - Sophie Richards - Floyd Sanders - Ronald Shiner - Beth Shrake - Greg Simpson - Gordon Stalworth - Janet Star - Leah Stein - Brett Styles - Aaron Swoop - Yuu Tanaka - Burt Thompson - Heather Tompkins - Pamela Tompkins - Susan Walsh - Tonya Waters - Debbie Willett - Jolie Wu
Psychopaths
Paul Carson - Steven Chapman - Larry Chiang - Sam Franklin - Roger Hall - Jack Hall - Thomas Hall - Cliff Hudson - Reginald Jenkins - Sean Keanan - Adam MacIntyre - Brock Mason - Cletus Samson - Jo Slade - Special Forces - Miguel Sanchez - Kent Swanson - True Eye
Victims
Armed Woman - Connie - Dakota - Female Motorist - Ed DeLuca - Lindsay Harris - Chris Hines - Ryan LaRosa - Male Motorist - Freddie May - Todd Mendell - Alan Peterson - Kathy Peterson - Mark Quemada - James Ramsey - Brian Reynolds - Sid - Dana Simms - Special Forces Escort - Special Forces Guard - Grace Stein - Verlene Willis
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