Overview (cases/scoops) • Books • Clothing • Food • Psychopaths • Stores • Survivors • Weapons
- "You're one hell of a journalist aren't you, Frank? A hotheaded, underhanded, hotshot paparazzi with nothing better to do than to invade people's privacy."
- —Brad, after meeting Frank
Brad Garrison is one of the two tritagonists of Dead Rising. He is an experienced agent of the Department of Homeland Security sent to Willamette, Colorado with his rookie partner Jessica McCarney to safely escort Dr. Russell Barnaby out of the Willamette Parkview Mall.
He is a main character key to solving the mystery behind the Willamette Incident and works on the front lines alongside Frank West with the goal of getting out of Willamette safely and neutralizing the terrorist threat.
He is a strong and driven leader who is often seen confronting his problems head on, constantly putting his life on the line in order to achieve his goals. He also assumes the responsibility of restocking the security room with food and water.
Story Mode[]
Note: For more information on Dead Rising's story, see 72 Hour Mode and case files. This article only covers Brad Garrison's role.
Introduction
Brad is first seen calling out to survivors to run for the stairs in the Entrance Plaza after Lindsay Harris accidentally lets the zombies in the mall while trying to rescue her dog, Madonna. After Frank succeeds in making it to the security room, he orders Otis Washington to weld the door shut, preventing any zombies from entering.
Soon after, Brad finds a way into the mall through the air ducts, and goes to find and rescue Dr. Barnaby.
Case 1-2: Backup for Brad
As Frank enters the Food Court to assist Brad, he takes cover, realizing that he is being shot at. Brad gives Frank a Handgun and the two work together to defeat Carlito Keyes, although he manages to escape.
After the case finishes, Frank will show Brad the photo he took of Dr. Barnaby in the Entrance Plaza. Although reluctant at first, Brad agrees to let Frank accompany him in his search.
Case 1-3: An Odd Old Man
Brad and Frank make their way to the Entrance Plaza, where Dr. Barnaby has decided to lock himself in a bookstore, saying he will only leave if he is guaranteed a safe passage. Brad becomes frustrated that Dr. Barnaby refused his help, but decides to call for backup. The two go back to the security room empty handed.
Case 1-4: A Temporary Agreement
While in the security room, Brad learns that Frank is planning to leave the mall in three days time, giving himself newfound hope that he could help Dr. Barnaby out of the mall. He then continues to gather food and supplies for the survivors.
Case 2-2: Rescue the Professor
After one day in the security room, however, Jessie sees that Dr. Barnaby has been kidnapped by Carlito, and when Brad and Frank find him, Barnaby is suspended one floor above the ground with zombies surrounding below. Carlito is on the second floor, using a Sniper Rifle to shoot at Brad and Frank.
The duo work together once more, and eventually manage to defeat him a second time. While fighting Carlito, Brad is able to shoot Carlito in the arm, yet Carlito is able to shoot Brad in the leg, escaping again. Frank then saves Barnaby and brings both of them back to the security room.
Case 2-3: Medicine Run
Jessie is watching over Brad, commenting that he has a high fever. Frank is asked to retrieve a medical kit from Seon's Food & Stuff, the local mall supermarket. He succeeds in doing this, ensuring Brad's recovery from his injury.
Case 6-1: Santa Cabeza
During the time Brad is recovering, Frank West meets Isabela Keyes, Carlito's sister, and brings her back to the security room.. When she recovers, Brad interrogates her, and she tells them the truth behind the tragedy of Santa Cabeza. Dr. Barnaby comes crashing out of the closet, attacking Jessie. After being thrown off of Jessie, he is shot in the head by Brad, after explaining his own side of the story behind Santa Cabeza.
After this, Brad's mission is to simply get as many people out of the mall as possible. As they continue interrogating Isabela, she informs all of them that Carlito is planning on blowing up the mall if all of his plans fail.
Case 7-2: Bomb Collector
A plan develops to defuse the bombs; Frank will defuse the bombs, Isabela will inform them what's happening, and Brad will go for Carlito. While defusing the bombs, Frank comes into contact with Carlito who ends up crashing the van he is driving and starts to shoot at Frank. Brad is able to track Carlito, and pursues him deeper into the zombie-infested maintenance tunnels.
He follows him into a storage room, where they engage in a gunfight. While they are fighting, Brad informs him that the bombs are gone thanks to Frank, and that his plans are over. Brad then charges Carlito while he is reloading, catching him off guard, and shoots him in the stomach, mortally wounding him. Carlito pulls a switchblade out and swipes it at Brad thus knocking his gun out of his hands. In a brief scuffle, Carlito stabs Brad in the shoulder and knocks him outside of the room into a dark, unseeable area, locking the door behind him. As Brad pulls out a flashlight, he sees himself surrounded by a group of zombies as reality sinks in that he is doomed.
When Frank begins searching for Brad, he discovers him lying on the ground outside of the storage room seemingly injured. Brad warns Frank to stay away from him, but Frank insists that he will help bring Brad back to the Security Room and patch up his injuries there, only to glance that Brad has been disemboweled and therefore beyond treatment. To add insult to injury, Brad tells Frank that he doesn't feel any pain from his fatal wound, signifying that he is close to zombification. Before becoming a zombie, Brad asks Frank not to tell Jessie about his fate before sliding his gun over to him.
Infinity Mode[]
- Main article: Infinity Mode
In Infinity Mode, Brad appears in the Meat Processing Area from 7:19:00 to 8:00:00 and is armed with a Katana. In his equipment he carries a package of Ice Pops, a Paint Can, a Shovel, a Hunting Knife and a Submachine Gun.
Trivia[]
- Photographing Brad as a live zombie will earn the player the Snuff Shot B achievement.
- During the playthrough, Brad will appear as Located most of the time. Even after Case 7-2, he will still show as Located until Frank meets the zombified Brad, after which his status will change to Undead. If Frank does not discover his zombified form, he will be listed as Lost instead.
- Brad Garrison makes a cameo appearance in Frank's Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars ending along with Jessie.
- In the Dead Rising beta, Brad shares the same last name as David Bailey, whose last name was Garrison. This could mean that Brad's name was different during development.
- His voice actor T.J. Storm also voiced Josh Stone in Resident Evil 5, another game made by Capcom.
- He is a playable character in the mobile version of Dead Rising.
- In the first night, a cutscene plays where he tells Jessie that they will take turns sleeping. He proposes that Jessie will sleep for four hours, and after that he will wake her up and then take his four-hour break. Throughout the rest of the night; however, Jessie sleeps on the bed and Brad is never shown taking his turn to rest.
- Brad has a similar role to Kenneth Hall (portrayed by Ving Rhames), one of the main characters from the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead. Both work for the government (Brad is a DHS agent while Kenneth is an ex-marine turned cop); and both are strong, both are good leaders, and both of them put their lives on the line. They also share the same fate (being killed by zombies) and have similar facial features.
- He is one of the few characters from the first game to have their voices in Dead Rising 4.
- This is heard through Frank's nightmare at the beginning of the game.
- Arguably, Brad and Carlito are the most proficient gun users o the entire Dead Rising cast, but Brad is more proficient with not only firearms but also dodging as seen in cutscenes battle between him and Carlito; he is able to take down Carlito twice with his gun and dodging skills. In the first encounter he is successful in disarming the terrorist though he fails to captured him and in the second he manages to mortally wound Carlito but gets trapped resulting in the agent's death.
- One of the "Willamette Mysteries" in Dead Rising 4 mentions that the new Willamette mall is planned to have a Zombietopia Amusement Park opening in 2025 that will feature animatronic zombies of notable victims of the original outbreak, including one of Brad. There is also a location in Willamette called Garrison Peace Park, possibly named after him.
- In the Java version of Dead Rising, infected Brad had to be killed to disarm the bomb, unlike the original version, which ignored him.
- The fact that Brad makes several trips in and out of the security room means he likely cleared some sort of path or at least found a way to move across the mall safely. During the first night he leaves to go find food and supplies, which means he had to have cleared some sort of path to travel with a full box. The warehouse has the lowest number of zombies (not counting those that spawn in the elevators), so it's possible he or Frank (When he killed the Queen) could have gotten rid of all the zombies in the warehouse. The Next Day he was wounded by Carlito when him and Frank were trying to rescue Dr. Barnaby, which by that point the gate that was previously blocking entry to the Entrance Plaza had been open and both were able to make it back to the security room along with Dr. Barnaby.
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