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| “ | You really shouldn't have come here. My name's Zoe. There should be a way out through the attic. Go there---now. | „ |
| ~ Zoe to Ethan. |
| “ | I was trapped with those monsters for 3 years---all of them trying to kill me... | „ |
| ~ Zoe to her uncle, Joe. |
Zoe Baker is the tritagonist of the 2017 survival horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and the titular deuteragonist of its DLC End of Zoe. She is the daughter of Jack Baker and Marguerite Baker, the younger sister of Lucas Baker and the niece of Joe Baker.
She is voiced by Giselle Gilbert, and modeled after Ananda Jacobs in English, and by Yū Kobayashi in the Japanese dub.
History[]
Background[]
Zoe Baker was born in around 1994 in Louisiana to Jack and Marguerite Baker, and is the sister of Lucas Baker. Though she got along with her parents, her relationship with Lucas was strained, having caught him perving on her while she was doing yoga. She was also known to use his computer despite him telling her not to, with the former stating in a note that he was just jealous of her hacking skills.
After a storm wrecked the bayou in 2014, Lucas and Jack returned with two people, a woman named Mia Winters and a young girl named Eveline. Unbeknownst to the family, Eveline was a bioweapon created by the Connections, and had caused the destruction of the Annabelle to escape and start a family. Eveline proceeded to infect the Baker family with the mold, but Zoe was able to resist the bioweapon's mind control as Lucas was freed by partnerning with the Connections. Due to her not participating in kidnapping, murdering and eating victims, Zoe was isolated from her family, as they saw her as an enemy when she started to work with Mia to escape. While her family was serving Eveline, Zoe started to help victims in their attempts to escape, but ultimately failed as they were killed or turned into Molded.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard[]
When Mia's husband, Ethan, arrived at the plantation following a message sent to him by Mia, Zoe managed to get in contact with him by telephone, following a struggle between him and Mia. At first, she told him to escape the Guesthouse, using the attic window, like another victim had, but he was caught by her father before he could do so. Whilst Ethan was unconscious, Zoe reattached his severed hand, which had been removed in a scuffle with Mia, and gave him a high-tech wristwatch to monitor his health.
After Ethan had escaped Jack, Zoe contacted him, and would provide information about the house and hints on where to go. After Ethan escaped the main house on the plantation, apparently killing Jack in the process, he found her trailer and was once again contacted by Zoe. She asked him to search the old house for the recipe to serum, warning him of her mother. After Ethan found the recipe, Zoe called him. Telling her that they needed a D-Series head and arm, Zoe, realizing the value of the head she had found, went to retrieve it whilst telling Ethan to find the arm.
Zoe, once again, contacted Ethan, following his fight with her mother and finding the D-Series arm. Telling him to meet her at the trailer, she was ambushed by Lucas and taken to the Boathouse, where she and Mia where kept whilst her brother subjected Ethan to his twisted puzzles and challenges. After escaping Lucas' "Happy Birthday" challenge, Ethan found them, meeting Zoe face to face for the first time. Asking if he brought the items for the serum, Ethan confirmed he had and released her from her bindings.
Being able to make only two vials, she gave them to Ethan and fled as her father, having survived his encounter with Ethan but mutated into a large mass of mold, busts through the wall. As Ethan fought off Jack, Zoe and Mia fled to safety. As Jack attacked, Zoe told Ethan to use one of the vials on her father, killing him for sure. As he broke the news to Mia, Ethan was force to choose whether to cure Zoe or Mia.
Choose Mia (Canon)[]
If Ethan chooses to save Mia, Zoe feels betrayed and demands that they leave and chooses to stay behind. However, she is later encountered by Ethan inside Eveline's shared consciousness alongside her father. During this encounter, Jack asks Ethan to kill Eveline and "free my family"; this would seem to suggest that the Baker family (with the exception of Lucas who is still alive thanks to be secretly cured by the "third party"), and by extension the others infected, survives as mental images inside Eveline after death. These trapped mental images presumably died along with Eveline when Ethan destroyed her a few hours later. A radio broadcast from an Umbrella Corps soldier to Redfield revealed that no survivors were found in the Baker property.
Choose Zoe (Non-Canon)[]
If Ethan chooses to save Zoe, they leave in the boat and watch as they leave Mia behind. As they follow downstream, Zoe reveals to Ethan how she and her family had become infected. As they reach the shipwreck in the swamp, Ethan, wanting to find out what had happened, stopped the boat to explore. However before he can leave, Eveline attacks them. Begging her to stop, Zoe by the mold residing in her body, killing her. Her body is presumably completely destroyed when the boat was capsized. Zoe also appeared in Ethan's contact with her father, her mind still linked to Eveline's consciousness. This mental image presumably died along with Eveline when she was destroyed by Ethan. It is confirmed to be non-canon.
However, the fate of Zoe is unknown. This route is the true ending of the game’s original storyline, which is followed by a DLC episode involving her major fate.
End of Zoe[]
In the DLC episode, End of Zoe, the Blue Umbrella's special forces team survey the Baker Ranch and report to Chris Redfield that no survivors were found via radio. However, Zoe survived, despite being calcified by Eveline in retaliation for helping Ethan and Mia escape. Zoe was found by her uncle - Joe - who tried to save her from the infection. Zoe remained unconscious during the time Joe looked for her cure. He managed to cure her by the time Chris Redfield arrived after disposing Lucas. Following Ethan's rescue, he asked Chris to look for and rescue Zoe. Ethan later called a recovering Zoe, during which she thanked him for keeping his promise and sending help. She and Joe are now the last survivors of the Baker family.
Fate[]
It is unknown what happened to Zoe after she was left in Blue Umbrella's care, to recover; though she may have moved in with her uncle, as any friends she may have had thought she was dead. But as the newspaper cover story says no one survived, Zoe was more than likely given a new identity in order to hide her connection and move on with her life and she working as rookie reporter in New Orleans.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Zoe was 20 at the time of Eveline's arrival and 24 when finally rescued thanks to the efforts of Ethan, her uncle and Blue Umbrella.
- It's unknown how Zoe survived for three years without proper food (or medical supplies for her menstrual cycle), but it's possible she struck a deal with Lucas for supplies (from the Connections).
- Given her masterful knowledge of chemistry and biology, creating the temporary cure and reattaching Ethan's hand, Zoe most likely was studying medicine before Eveline showed up.
- Zoe's mental resistance to Eveline's control is never brought up; considering she's still of sound mind even after three years of infection and emotion stress. Though it's not impossible Lucas gave her a serum from the Connections to purge the Mold from her body, but still leave Eveline a link to her mind.
