The line comes from Capcom's Resident Evil 4, first released in 2005, where the unnamed Merchant appears throughout the game to sell and upgrade weapons for Leon S. Kennedy. Voiced with a rough, exaggerated Cockney style delivery, the greeting became one of the game's most quoted lines alongside 'What are ya sellin'?' It spread through forums, YouTube poops and gaming memes in the 2000s and 2010s, and returned to wider use with the Resident Evil 4 remake in 2023, where a new generation discovered the same shop scene.
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The Resident Evil 4 merchant saying what are ya buyin in his gravelly voice, used in gaming edits, shop memes and stream alerts for buying scenes.
This is the iconic line from the mysterious Merchant in Resident Evil 4, delivered as he opens his coat to reveal his wares. The gravelly, theatrical 'What are ya buyin'?' is stretched just enough to sound both welcoming and slightly shady, which is why it sticks in your head. It instantly signals a shopping moment, a dodgy deal or an upgrade about to happen, and hearing it triggers the same anticipation players feel before spending their pesetas in game every single time.
