People Keep Drawing Ashley From Resident Evil 4 As A Mouse

Fans of Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4 have found a rather strange new hobby: they’ve spent the past weekend drawing her as a mouse.

It all started with Twitter user Agrimmora, who was blessed with divine inspiration: they decided that the President’s daughter would be much better if she had more rodent-like features.

“What if you booted up resident evil 4 remake and Ashley was just a tiny mouse, what would you do”, their initial tweet writes.

With the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake, this has since spawned a torrent of fanart- all of Ashley in her new form.

A lot of of them have stuck to Agrimmora’s classic cartoon design- triangle shaped head looking in profile with a cartoony aesthetic, such as this one here:

However, that doesn’t mean the concept of Resident Evil 4’s iconic escort character hasn’t also been handled by artists more experienced with anthropomorphized animals, either:

Of course, some artists decided Mouse Ashley wasn’t quite mouse enough, leading to some of the most inspired renditions of the character yet:

Even the official Resident Evil Twitter account acknowledged the trend over the weekend, posting a cheeky mouse and some cheese on April Fools day

Agrimmora has said that the mouse design was originally inspired by the character’s round ears- something missing from the remake since she’s sporting a new hairstyle.

“I saw a joke drawing that depicted Ashley with big ears and this came to my mind, I never got past the boulder chase scene as a kid”, they said.

This is a good example of organic fun in a gaming community- there’s literally no basis for Ashley being a rodent in the game, it’s just a fun idea one person had that everyone else has rolled with.

It also would have been a godsend in the actual game itself, since keeping her in your pocket would be a pretty good way to stop her being carried off by zombies.

Resident Evil 4 (2023)

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Release Date: 2023-03-24

Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

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