10 Video Game Sequels That Turned Wimps Into Total Badasses

6. Leon Kennedy - Resident Evil 4

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It's probably slightly harsh to call Leon S. Kennedy a wimp given that he survived a zombie apocalypse in Resident Evil 2, but the original version of the game in particular depicted Leon as a fresh-faced, wet-around-the-ears rookie who spent way too long pining for Ada Wong.

By the time Leon resurfaced in the game-changing Resident Evil 4, however, he had reinvented himself as a leather fur jacket-wearing, boulder-outrunning, President's daughter-babysitting beefcake.

Leon was no longer a big-eared twerp with a rubbish haircut: he was a card-carrying ass-kicker trusted with rescuing the POTUS' daughter.

And while some might not see Leon turning down Ashley's sexual advances at the end of the game as particularly badass, refusing a hookup with your boss' 20-year-old daughter is always the right move. Well done, Leon.

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