Raccoon City is the fictional American city at the centre of Capcom's Resident Evil series, serving as the main setting for Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3. In the story the city is destroyed after a viral outbreak turns its population into zombies, an event referenced across later games, films and adaptations. Online, its name alone has become shorthand for a doomed game location. Creators reuse sounds linked to it to instantly signal horror, outbreak and survival themes without needing to explain the reference.