Nick Ramos

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“	I'm getting the hell out of this city, I'm taking my friends with me. Where's that damn karaoke bar?	„
	~ Nick Ramos' resolve

“	I've seen some crazy shit out there, but I'm going to find Diego and we're going to get this plane fixed. We're going to get out. You and me. Remember. We are survivors.	„
	~ Nick to Rhonda

Background

Nick Ramos is the protagonist of Dead Rising 3.

Nick is a mechanic who works for Wrench O' Rama in the fictional city of Los Perdidos. He was an orphan and has no recollection of his early childhood years. He has a mysterious, unknown past. One of the few things he remembers was that he always had a tattoo of the number 12 on the right side of his neck.

He, along with other survivors, seeks a means to escape Los Perdidos before it is firebombed by the military. He travels with his boss and owner of Wrench O' Rama Rhonda and a truck driver Dick throughout the city and combine their efforts to escape Los Perdidos within the six day time limit, before the announced bombing by the military is set to occur. During the course of the game, it is discovered Nick is naturally immune or resistant to the zombie infection, as shown by his bite wounds healing instead of festering.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Nick Ramos’ story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!
Nick is the youngest Dead Rising protagonist so far, allowing him to grow more as the story develops. In the beginning stages of the outbreak, Nick comes off as a naive and somewhat cowardly young man who has difficulties formulating plans. His intentions, however, are always good: he always puts people's thoughts and needs before his own. Nick begins to develop a sense of purpose as he fights for survival during his time spent in Los Perdidos. Unlike Chuck Greene, Nick has the ability to make combo weapons on the spot without the use of a workbench. He has a romantic interest in Annie, and at the end of the game, the two begin a relationship. Before the outbreak begins, Nick is driving a car to a customer for his job at Wrench O' Rama. He meets a young woman named Annie, who he believes at first to be another customer. While initially attempting to flirt with her, he soon realizes that she is actually stealing the car, and chases after her. But before he can reacquire the in transit vehicle, they are both swarmed by a sudden horde of zombies. They manage to work together to escape, before running into another survivor, Dick Baker; whom brandishes a Flamethrower, with the three attempting to leave the city. They are dismayed to find a Zombie Defense and Control team stationed at a quarantine outpost, more so by the fact that they're not there to evacuate survivors. Moreover; in spite of being well aware of everything that's been going on, given their considerable surveillance network monitoring everything, that they are more concerned with keeping people in instead of getting them out. After beating a hasty exit when tensions rise as questions are asked by the shady establishment flunkies. It is at this time when everyone realizes that a full scale outbreak has begun, and the government has already quarantined the city while Nick, Dick and Annie dodge military choppers that're firing on unarmed civilians, infected or not. During their prior conversation with the ZDC, Annie also revealed herself to be an infected illegal given how much she knows. They meet up with Nick's boss Rhonda and attempt to find shelter in a diner. During the events of Dead Rising 3, Nick attempts escape the city with a group of survivors before the military deploys a large incendiary bomb, destroying all organic life in the city. All while uncovering a conspiracy taking advantage of the calamity secretly initiated behind the scene. The bomb is to be deployed in 6 days from the game's beginning. Nick and Rhonda work together to rebuild an old military plane so that they can use it to leave before the doomed Los Perdidos is burned clean. It is later revealed by Isabela Keyes that he is one of Carlito Keyes' orphans from the Santa Cabeza outbreak, known as "number 12", and his blood contains the cure for the zombie infection.

Statistics

Tier: 9-B, Higher with Weapons. 9-A to 8-C with Weapons. 8-A with Massive Bomb

Name: Nick Ramos

Origin: Dead Rising

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Human, Mechanic, Orphan,

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Good (Nick is a man that will go out of his way to help survivors even while running from zombies, goes out of his way to find items for survivors to get them to get to a safe place. Went to find tarot cards across the city to stop a man from committing suicide. Unlike the other protagonist, Nick feels extremely bad when killing people, even when they're pure evil, with him reaffirming he won't kill someone unless he has to. This is further shown with five out of seven of his psychopath boss battles deaths being due to the psychopath themself and not Nick, along with feeling bad for their deaths most of the time. Would not leave Gary behind even though Gary betrayed him. Saved Kenny even after the battle with him)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Can tear apart gates with a few hits, even with his bare hands. Can smash heads with a stomp, and through slamming zombies, can kill zombies in three hits), Higher with most weapons (Many of Nick's weapons generally do far higher damage than his regular self, especially with combo weapons. Some able to cause explosions), Room level (Has weapons that can freeze zombies solid, which gives this levels of energy. Has access to weapons like RPGs) to Building level with weapons (Weapons such as the mega buster can completely vaporize zombies). Multi-City Block level (With Massive Bomb, causes an explosion so powerful it vaporizes all zombies in the vicinity, that can kill up to 829 zombies and possibly even more, giving it this levels of energy)

Durability: Wall level

Striking Strength: Wall Class

Lifting Strength: Class 1 (Can snap necks and rip off heads, which requires at least 5,000 newtons of force. Can rip out intestines. Can dislocate arms, can casually lift an entire bench and use it as a weapon, along with throw them long distances. Can casually lift and swing around a barbell, casually toss human bodies far distances. Comparable to Chuck Greene, who can rip both of a persons arms off their body, can casually lift human bodies above himself. Could pull a snack machine over to the door to block it from the zombies. Comparable to Frank West who can rip off a head, which requires at least 5,000 newtons of force)

Travel Speed: Athletic Human

Combat Speed: Supersonic (Can tag Chuck Greene, who can tag Frank West who can hit Adam MacIntyre, who can dodge and deflect gunfire)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Comparable to Chuck Greene who reacted as a gun was fired at him. Reacted to a motorcycle's saw blades last second, which it's been shown regular humans can't react to even with full knowledge ot it beforehand)

Stamina: Superhuman (Nick goes around fighting thousands upon thousands of zombies every hour, needing to find various items to prepare the plane without having any real rest or proper sleep for about six days)

Range: Standard Melee Range. Extended Melee to Hundreds of Meters with various weapons and Massive Bomb

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Nick is a skilled mechanic that can combine items together without the need for a work bench. Can fix up broken vehicles and combine them to make a more impressive vehicle. Has great knowledge about vehicles and know what's dangerous to put in vehicles. Has canonically defeated a majority of his psychopaths without actually using a weapon, meaning he has defeated several of the weapon using psychopaths with his bare hands^[1]. Can kill zombies unarmed to impress Kenny. Fought and defeated a psychopath while he was drugged and saw multiple illusionary duplicats of the psychopath. Fought against multiple trained soldiers)

Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Human Achievements (Nick is a skilled mechanic), Multilingualism (Nick can speak both spanish and english), Acrobatics (Able to do a kick up to pick himself back up, can dodge roll), Martial Arts (Has a mixed martial arts fighting stance, can do a flying kick), Social Influencing (In the sidequest, Love Thy Neighbor, he convinces two people to make peace), Stealth Mastery (Snuck into a military compound), Vehicular Mastery (Able to drive around hoardes of zombies, ride in motorcycles), Weapon Mastery (Can utilize a handfull of different combo weapons each with different abiliites and movesets to mow down hundreds of zombies, can use broadswords), Regeneration (Low; Nick's wound heals from zombie bites), Construction (Nick is a skilled mechanic that can combine items together without the need for a work bench. Can fix up broken vehicles and combine them to make a more impressive vehicle), Accelerated Development (Leveling; Physical Stats & Abilities. As Nick progresses he will level up. This can increase various stats, such as his health, attack, speed, stock, or learn new skills), Dimensional Storage (Can keep large amounts of items in his inventory, which is acknowledged in universe that protagonist do this through one of Frank West's costumes and Nick Ramos' costumes), Resistance to Zombification (Nick is immune to zombie bites as any bite wound he'll heal from, with it being further confirmed by Isabella Keyes that Nick was made specifically to be immune to the virus. Everyone became immune to the parasite disease after Dead Rising 3)

Healing (Through eating food or drinking drinks, Nick can heal), Explosion Manipulation (With explosive weapons such as grenades), Statististics Amplification (With fortune fighter, increases damage of firearms. With Mechanical Trends, increases vehicles' and weapons' durability. With Outbreak Survivor, increases melee damage and survivors armor. With Stunt Devil, increases the damage inflicted with unarmed attacks. With Four Wheel Fun, increases the vehicles' damage resistance. With leadership losers, increases the damage inflicted by survivors), Statistics Reduction (With undead solutions, decreases zombies detection radius), Fire Manipulation (With molotov cocktails, once broken, they create a fiery explosion. With Lust Cannon, shoots out fire like a flamethrower), Accelerated Development (Other; Physical Stats and Abilities. With Thrifty Trader, increases the amount of expeirence gained), Ice Manipulation (With Lust Cannon, can freeze enemies solid), Bulletproof (With Riot Shield, blocks all bullets)

Energy Projection (Shoots out charged shots with the Mega Man X buster)

Standard Equipment

Explosive: During Background Check, Jamie says that Nick needs some explosives to blow up the servers at the Los Perdidos Police Department. Two of the necessary explosives can be found at Huge Industrial Co., both of them inside storage containers. One of them is concealed under a Bucket, while the other is surrounded by some Cardboard Boxes. Nick later sets these explosives on the police servers, creating a huge fireball.

First Aid Kit: After Nick finds Rhonda with an amputated arm during Chapter 7, he goes to get a first aid kit for Rhonda's bleeding.

Transceiver: During Overtime, Annie uses a transceiver to communicate with Nick and Chuck. After Hemlock's defeat, Nick talks to Annie on the receiver to let her know that he's okay.

Optional Equipment

All weapons can be found here.

*Acid Jar: Created combining Household Cleaner with Chemicals.

Acid Rain: Created by combining a Flare Gun with Chemicals.
Acid Toy: Created by combining a Toy Robot with Chemicals.
Beer Hat: Created by combining a Construction Hat with a Keg.
Blambow: Created by combining a Crossbow with a Roman Candle.
Bomb Toy: Created by combining a Robot Bear with a Gasoline Canister.
Boom Cannon: Created by combining a Grenade with a Shotgun.
Boomer Axe: Created by combining a Hatchet with a Hub Cap.
Car Bomb: Created by combining an RC Car with a Grenade.
Chest Beam: Created by combining a Microwave with a Motorcycle Engine.
Chop N Talk: Created by combining a Battleaxe with a Game Console.
Chopper: Created by combining a Fire Axe with a Hatchet.
Chuck Axe: Created by combining a Leaf Blower with a Fire Axe; a Fire Axe with a Harpoon Gun.
Defiler: Created by combining a Sledgehammer with a Fire Axe.
Dragon Punch: Created by combining Boxing Gloves with a Motorcycle Engine.
Dynameat: Created by combining a Hunk of Meat with Dynamite.
Electric Chair: Created by combining a Wheelchair with a Battery.
Electric Crusher: Created by combining a Sledgehammer with a Battery.
Electric Rake: Created by combining a Leaf Rake with a Battery.
Explosive Chair: Created by combining a Wheelchair with Dynamite.
Fighting Gloves: Created by combining a Game Console with a Toy Gun.
Fire Arrows: Created by combining a Crossbow with Motor Oil.
Flamethrower: Created by combining a Leaf Blower with Cooking Oil.
Flaming Gloves: Created by combining Boxing Gloves with Motor Oil.
Flaming Helmet: Created by combining Motor Oil with a Dragon Head.
Flaming Sword: Created by combining a Katana Sword/Broadsword with Motor Oil; a Bowie Knife with Chemicals.
Glove Gun: Created by combining a Cardboard Cutout with a Pogo Stick.
Hail Mary: Created by combining a Grenade with a Football.
Heavy Metal: Created by combining a 2" x 4" with a Lead Pipe.
Helmet Bomb: Created by combining an Afro Wig with Dynamite.
Iron Edge: Created by combing a Broadsword with a Machete.
I.E.D.: Created by combining a Propane Tank with a Gasoline Canister.
Jack in the Box: Created by combining a Toy Robot with a Cardboard Box.
Jazz Hands: Created by combining MMA Gloves with a Handgun.
Junk Ball: Created by combining an Outdoor Trash Can with a Garbage Bag.
Knife Gloves: Created by combining Boxing Gloves with a Chef Knife.
Laser Sword: Created by combining Gems with a Flashlight.
Mauler: Created by combining a Katana Sword with a Saw Blade; a Machete with a Katana Sword.
Metal Mary: Created by combining a Football with a Bowie Knife.
Mini Chainsaw: Created by combining a Meat Cleaver with a Chainsaw.
Napalm Bomb: Created by combining a Propane Tank with Motor Oil.
Party Gloves: Created by combining Boxing Gloves with a Toy Robot.
Pole Weapon: Created by combining a Spear with a Hat Rack.
Pukes O Hazard: Created by combining a Lead Pipe with Chemicals.
Pummel Blast: Created by combining a Sledgehammer with a Grenade.
Remote Detonator: Created by combining a Laptop with Dynamite.
Roaring Thunder: Created by combining a Blanka Mask with a Battery.
Rocket Punch: Created by combining an Acetylene Tank with Boxing Gloves.
Sabre Shot: Created by combining a Sawed-off Shotgun with a Machete.
Sentry Cat: Created by combining a LCD Monitor with a Keg.
Shocking Touch: Created by combining MMA Gloves with a Battery.
Slapper: Created by combining Boxing Gloves with a Broom.
Sledge Saw: Created by combining a Sledgehammer with a Cement Saw.
Spiked Bat: Created by combining a Baseball Bat with a Box of Nails.
Spiked Bucket: Created by combining a Bucket with a Meat Cleaver.
Split Shot: Created by combining a Light Machine Gun with a Lead Pipe; a Lead Pipe with an Assault Rifle; a Handgun with a Giant Hookah.
Sticky Bomb: Created by combining a Grenade with Scissors.
Super Crossbow: Created by combining a Motorcycle Engine with a Crossbow.
Super Massager: Created by combining a Massager with a Leaf Blower.
Tactical Handgun: Created by combining a Handgun with a Flashlight.
Tenderizers: Created by combining MMA Gloves with a Car Exhaust.
Weapon Cart: Created by combining a Shopping Cart with a Pitchfork.
Zombie Raker: Created by combining a Katana Sword with a Leaf Rake.
Z.A.R: Created by combining an Assault Rifle with a Shotgun.

Combo Lines

Bomb Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Propane tank	RPG	Big Bomb
Big Bomb	Grenade	Bigger Bomb
Bigger Bomb	Gasoline Canister	Huge Bomb
Huge Bomb	Microwave	Enormous Bomb
Enormous Bomb	Laptop	Massive Bomb

Robot Bear Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Robot Bear	LMG	Freedom Bear
Freedom Bear	Dynamite	Boom Bear
Freedom Bear	Portable Stereo	Cuddly Bear
Freedom Bear	Wheelchair	Pushy Bear
Boom Bear Pushy Bear	Wheelchair Dynamite	Volatile Bear
Pushy Bear Cuddly Bear	Wheelchair	Decoy Bear
Cuddly Bear Boom Bear	Dynamite Portable Stereo	Provoked Bear
Volatile Bear Provoked Bear Decoy Bear	Portable Stereo Wheelchair Dynamite	Grisly Bear

Pylon Shout Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Pylon	Speaker	Power Shout
Power Shout	Portable Stereo	Super Shout
Power Shout	Battery	Electric Shout
Electric Shout Super Shout	Portable Stereo Battery	Ultimate Shout

Buffet Cart Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Drink Cart	Ham	Buffet Cart
Buffet Cart	Large Soda	(Drink) Buffet Cart
Buffet Cart	Lettuce	(Meat) Buffet Cart
(Meat) Buffet Cart (Drink) Buffet Cart	Large Soda Lettuce	Ultimate Buffet Cart

Traffic Staff Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Traffic Light	Battery	Electric Staff
Electric Staff	Propane Tank	Electrofire Staff
Electric Staff	Liquid Nitrogen	Electroice Staff
Electrofire Staff Electroice Staff	Liquid Nitrogen Propane Tank	Elemental Staff

Grim Reaper Combo Line
Item 1	With Item 2	Creates
Scythe	Katana Sword	Grim Reaper
Grim Reaper	Reaper Mask	Death Mask Reaper
Grim Reaper	Gasoline Canister	Fire Reaper
Fire Reaper Death Mask Reaper	Reaper Mask Gasoline Canister	Ultimate Grim Reaper

Dragon Head Combo Line
Item 1	Item 2	Creates
Dragon Head	Parasol	Mecha Dragon
Mecha Dragon	Firecrackers	Flame Mecha Dragon
Mecha Dragon	Katana Sword	Mecha Dragon Blade
Flame Mecha Dragon Mecha Dragon Blade	Katana Sword Firecrackers	Ultimate Mecha Dragon

RC Helicopter Combo Line
Item 1	Item 2	Creates
RC Helicopter	Machete	Tactical RC
Tactical RC	Grenade	Tactical RC Bomber
Tactical RC	Assault Rifle	Tactical RC Gunner
Tactical RC Bomber Tactical RC Gunner	Assault Rifle Grenade	Tactical UAV

*Ambulance

Backhoe Loader
Chemical Van
Feastmobile
Fireworks Van
Forklift
Hearse
Low Rider
Motorcycle
Muscle Car
Nick's Muscle Car
Party Van
Police Car
Sedan
Sports Bike
Sports Car
Steamroller
Street Cleaner
Student Driver
SUV
Taxi
Van

*Forkwork: Created by combining a Forklift with a Fireworks Van.

RollerHawg: Created by combining a Steamroller with a Motorcycle.

Party Slapper: Created by combining a Street Cleaner with a Party Van.

Shockdozer: Created by combining a Backhoe Loader with an Ambulance.

Junk Bike: Created by combining a Motorcycle with a Sedan.

Turret Rig: Created by combining a Steamroller with a Sedan.

Mini Bike: Created by combining a Motorcycle with a Sports Bike.

Junk Truck: Created by combining a Van with a SUV.

Junk Car: Created by combining a Sedan with a Muscle Car.

Mobile Locker: Created by combining two Vans.

Notable Techniques

	Skill
	Body Slam
	Chin Check
	Curb Stomp
	Disembowel
	Dodge Roll
	Hammer Spin
	Head Job
	Jump Kick
	Knee Drop
	Shoulder Charge
	Side Kick
	Sprint
	Wheel Kick
	Wrecking Ball
	Zombie Toss

Other

Standard Tactics: Nick will typically pick up anything he sees around him and use it as a weapon, along with hand to hand combat. If equipped with a weapon already, his innate instinct is to use them. He will also combine weapons to amke far more powerful ones in the middle of combat.

Weaknesses: His weapons have limited durability, ammunition, or power supply.

Trivia

Nick is the only protagonist to have only survived one major outbreak. Both Frank West and Chuck Greene lead him by three to four major outbreaks, Frank West has survived the 2006 Willamette outbreak, the 2011 Fortune City outbreak (Case West), and the 2022 Willamette outbreak. While Chuck Greene has survived the 2008 Las Vegas Outbreak, the 2011 Fortune City outbreak, and the 2021 Los Perdidos outbreak (The Still Creek & Phenotrans Facility outbreak are technically minor outbreaks).
Nick is the first Latino protagonist in the Dead Rising series, which subsequently makes him the Dead Rising series' first non-Caucasian protagonist as well.
Nick's tattoo suggests that he is the twelfth of Carlito's Orphans, yet the twelfth orphan on the list found in Dead Rising is a female by the name of Lisa Jackson. It could be speculated that Carlito's list of orphans on his computer was false, and used as a way to cover his own tracks or he may have infected other orphans as a back up plan in case any of his original bunch died of other causes before they could turn. It's also possible the list is coded as number 21, the inversion of 12, lists a Juan Rodriguez approximately the same age and ethnicity as Nick--Names were possibly changed as part of the adoption process or to facilitate anonymity for Carlito's plan.
Nick is the first protagonist who does not wear a watch.
Nick's first name ends with a "K", like the other main protagonists from Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2.
Nick has a spade-shaped patch on his coveralls sleeve which reads "Terror Is Reality", a reference to the game show from Dead Rising 2.
- The same patch also says "Ijiek Racing", similar to Chuck Greene's jacket. This is a reference to the series creator, Keiji Inafune.
On the wanted poster found by Red, it says that Nick is between the ages of 18 and 24 years old, making him the youngest playable protagonist thus far in the series.
Judging by Isabela's story of the orphans, Nick's father was in the US military and his mother was a native to Santa Cabeza.
Nick's signature weapon is the Sledge Saw.
Nick was originally named Mack before becoming Nick.
Nick and Annie are the only two characters to kiss in the entirety (of the video games installments) of the Dead Rising series so far, save Chuck Greene and his wife in Dead Rising: Road to Fortune.
In the cinematic trailer, Nick does not have the number 12 tattoo.

References

↑ Note: While Nick is shown in the boss fights of these clips to use weapons, the actual cutscenes show the psychopaths are defeated from being beaten to near death as there's no visible wounds on their body from piercing weapons, along with this, Nick does not have any weapons on his person during these fights, with some of them having his fist in a fighting stance, asides from the fights where he canonically does

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[1] Note: While Nick is shown in the boss fights of these clips to use weapons, the actual cutscenes show the psychopaths are defeated from being beaten to near death as there's no visible wounds on their body from piercing weapons, along with this, Nick does not have any weapons on his person during these fights, with some of them having his fist in a fighting stance, asides from the fights where he canonically does

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