Ada Wong

[Project Omega]

A woman looks at herself in the mirror. She used to be called Ada Wong... But this morning she will say good-bye to the name. "I'm not Ada Wong anymore..." She feels her ab and thinks, "This is Ada's scar, not mine." And as she says good-bye to Ada Wong, she can't stop her tears. However, there isn't much time left before her next mission...

That's the epilogue from Resident Evil 3 for Ada. Now here's what's been bugging me about Resident Evil 4. Why does Wesker still call her Ada? I can see why Leon would since it's the only way he knows her as. But Wesker, he has her "working" for him and thus should be calling her by her actual name and not her code name given to her when she was on assignment gather intelligence from her "boyfriend" John who was working at the Arklay mansion facility.

As she says in her epilogue, "I'm not Ada Wong anymore".

Heh, I remember there being theories that Fong Ling from Resident Evil Dead Aim (BH GS4:HND) was her using a different code name, but we all know that's not true. This was in part due to three things the first being the appearance (both were cute, skinny, Asian and knew how to handle themselves in the midst of a zombie infestation), followed by the fact that she was no longer using the name "Ada Wong", and the fact that both RE3's epilogue prove Ada was still alive and the BH's title included the phrase "Heroes Never Die" implying that the "good guys" in the games will not die off (albeit this will not stop Capcom from writing them off the face of the earth by never including them in a future game ).

There are many unanswered questions surrounding Ada. In this topic, I want to asses what we DO know for certain (along with sources) as well as what is left to be answered.


-- What We Do Know --

• Since the new (at the time) chief researcher, John (Ada's hubby from the Chicago research facility) transferred to the Arklay Mansion facility around 1995 (according to the WR2) we can assume that by the time RE2 occurs, John and Ada had been dating for at least 2 years.


-- What We Don't Know --

• Ada Wong's real name.
• How she started the whole secret agent thing.
• How did she get involved with HCF and then later The Organization / S (I'm a bit confused as to what her loyalties layed without my notes in front of me )
• Where does Ada get her grappling hooks from? She probably weighs about 120lbs so her little grappling gun has to retract with enough force to not only sustain her weight, but also pull her up at a rapid speed and acceleration.

Feel free to add to either list, but as stated, if your adding to the "What We Do Know" column, site your source

[TheOrganization]

there isnt a great deal known about ada's early life, we knw she is a trained assassin.
she is in the spencer estate at the same time as jill and chris and the others although she isnt seen, her mission there failed as she wasnt able to retrieve a t virus sample.
After she "dies" in the umbrella labs she takes a g virus sample from birkins remains, she was then to go on to meet an umbrella employee at the apple in but when she got there he had already shot himself. when she turns to leave she is being watched by wesker on a computer screen who tells her she's failed but she then shows im the g virus sample and he tells her the city is about to be wiped out.
He tells her there isa grapple hook to help her escape and he also tells her where there is an extraction chopper for any remaining umbrella workers.
So ada is getting her grapple hooks from wesker.
She was involved in a long relationship with john but unfortunately for him it was all one sided, she was only using him to gather research on umbrella but it is possible she had fell for him at some point.
Ada and Wesker both worked for "the organisation" but they grew suspicious of him after he had been in touch with a parmaceutical company S so ada double crossed him and delivered a fake las plagas sample to him, she still continues to work for the organisation.

[Archelon]

she is in the spencer estate at the same time as jill and chris and the others although she isnt seen, her mission there failed as she wasnt able to retrieve a t virus sample.

I think you're getting confused by Romero's RE movie script.

In any case, I always just assumed Ada Wong was her real name, but when she said "good bye" to "Ada Wong," she was saying good bye to her old self, though by "old self" I'm not sure which one it would be. She could be saying good bye to her cold, calculating, emotionless self because of the feelings she developed for Leon. Or, she could be saying good bye to her softer side which almost caused her to fail her mission, instead wishing to return to her cold and emotionless demeanor that Leon stripped from her.

If the latter is the case, she apparently failed in doing so as of RE4.

[TheSelfishGene]

I don't think Ada Wong is her real name. However she's kept the name for a long time, and on a lot of different fronts. With John, Leon, Wesker, Krauser, and Luis (does he mention her by name?)
One thing that I don't really understand is why Wesker sent her Wesker's Report II. Why would he send her a huge dossier like that unless he really trusted her? Remember, on the front page of Wesker's Report II it says it was intercepted and addressed to 'Aida Wong' (sic). Whether she got it and read it isn't known, but Wesker at least intended for her to read it.

(I'm a bit confused as to what her loyalties layed without my notes in front of me )

Me too. I should probably put my ideas and evidence into concise notes. But it's a MAMMOTH task. Maybe I'll eventually get around to it. Any tips on where to start?

[TheOrganization]

making like simple charcter bio's is a good start, then adding and adding to each one with thoughts and facts that you have or find out

[Bertha]

Wesker obviously has a great deal of faith in Ada. In Wesker's report, it basically sounds like he physically had something to do with saving her, more than just giving her the grapple gun in UC. I find this to be credible since I don't understand how a severly injured woman somehow manages to run through the labs, give the rocket launcher to Leon(or Claire I guess), bandage herself, and then escape BEFORE the self destruct detonation all while hurt and still fighting the zombies and monsters. I think Wesker had a more personal hand in saving Ada and getting her out of the city.

He also saved her knowing the fact she failed her mission (again, to whatever extent you think is right. I'm not counting UC). Not only did he assist her, but he kept in contact with her up until re4. Wesker entrusted his plans to her and seemed to care a bit more about her welfare in 4 than he did Krauser. I don't think Wesker was blind in seeing that Ada would betray him. He is a megalomanic and seems to know everything that is going on.

Now...do I think Ada is her real name? Yes. I think her epilogue had more to do with how she saw herself. Raccoon changed her a great deal.

I don't really think Ada is one of the 'good guys' since we have yet to see the true face of the mysterious organization she works for. Obviously they wanted the samples as well. Any of the good guys would have destroyed all the samples they could so no one else could get their hands on it and use them for evil.

[TheOrganization]

I dont believe that ada worked for wesker because he had faith in her, i believe it was because she was deeply indebted to him after helping her escape racoon city.
He didnt want ada dead because he needs as many pawns in his game as he can get as he probably wont do the dirty work himself thanks to chris thwarting him in veronica.

[Nomad9026]

Well the reason for Wescer report sounded like wescer himself saved Ada because it was released before UC. Wether we like this game or not it is stupid to denie it's exsistanse as not cononic, because it is as cononic as Remake or RE2. I didnt liked all the missions that remake classic games (espesually RE3 scenario) but I was sutisfued by all the other scenarios gratly, mostly Wescer's. So UC does answers what RE2 scenario is true and how Ada survived the RE2, how Wescer saved and helped her and who obtained the G-virus for Wescer.

[Darkmoon]

Wesker won in Code Veronica. He's got Steve's body and that's got all the sample's he'll ever want or need. He also has samples of the T-Virus, the G-Virus, possibly Las Plagas and, of course, the virus he himself contains. And he pretty much owns Chris.

Ada seems to be working for Wesker entirely for her own reasons, with no special loyalty to Wesker. If Seperate Ways is canon at least. It certainly doesn't seem as though Wesker is especially fond of her, since I always got the feeling he was playing her and Krauser off each other in an attempt to keep either of them messing with her.

I'm guessing her name isn't Ada, but she's retaining it for the purpose of dealing with several people since that's the name they know her by. There isn't any point in using a different code name when people already know you by one. I'm guessing her saying buy to Ada was more to the events of Raccoon than the code name. She was saying good bye to who she was.

[James]

Perhaps Ada's new symbol, the butterfly, symbolises a rebirth? Sure, Ada Wong was said goodbye to in her epilogue, but she meant it in reference to her personality only?

[Project Omega]

Why would a spy go around using their legal name? That doesn't seem smart in any form.

[TheOrganization]

The virus Wesker injected imself with was an early version of the g virus.
He didnt win in Veronica with regards to the fact that he didn't succeed in killing either chris or claire.
He wasnt able to secure a specimen of las plagas as ada sent him a fake.

[Archelon]

Why would a spy go around using their legal name? That doesn't seem smart in any form.

And when was the last time anyone in the RE series did something smart?

[RE-Hiro]

Perhaps Ada's new symbol, the butterfly, symbolises a rebirth? Sure, Ada Wong was said goodbye to in her epilogue, but she meant it in reference to her personality only?

You're right, i don't think Ada is her "Mission Codename" i think ada is her Real Name!!!!!!!!

[TheOrganization]

yeah i think ada wong is her real name, maybe she is known to the organisation as a different name, we've only ever seen her with people that knew her.
She works with krauser who never addresses her by name