DRW Ted Smith

"People not been very good to me. Not like Snowflake. Snowflake my friend."

- Ted Smith, on Snowflake.

Theodore "Ted" Smith is a psychopath in Dead Rising 2. Before the zombie outbreak in Fortune City, he worked as a tiger trainer at the Yucatan Casino. He has an unspecified mental disability, leading to generally antisocial behavior and impaired speech.

Dead Rising 2
After the zombie outbreak, Ted devotes himself to feeding "fresh meat" to Snowflake, one of the Yucatan's Bengal tigers. Mocked his whole life because of his weight and low intelligence, he considers the tigers he trains to be his only friends, and becomes extremely angry if he believes someone is making fun of him. As Chuck enters the Yucatan Casino he will spot a survivor named Lenny, however the man quickly takes off while Ted brands Chuck as "fresh meat" and knock him unconscious. He will then drag Chuck to Snowflake. Chuck tells him that he will find fresh meat for Snowflake and tries to calm him down. He tells him to take it "Nice and slow", which Ted interprets as being called 'slow'. He then gets angry and tells Snowflake to attack. This starts the fight. After he is defeated, he will crawl to a statue and then calls out to Snowflake to eat him, then succumbs to his wounds.

Tactics
Ted is a rather easy opponent, much more so compared to his companion, Snowflake. He only has two weapons, one being a Handgun, and the other being a Fire Axe that he may or may not pick up during the battle. Typically, he will start the battle moving towards Chuck, predominantly trying to punch at him, and will rely primarily on Melee attacks for most of the battle, providing quite a range of possibilities for defeating him. Quick weapons, such as the Knife Gloves], are effective against Ted for their speed and power, though heavy weapons like the [[Defiler are also rather effective. If Chuck has trouble fending off the double threat from Snowflake, retreating into Baron Von Brathaus, across from Snowflake's habitat will separate the two, as Snowflake cannot enter this area.

Essentially, Systematically wearing Ted down with typical attacks and run-and-gun maneuvers work well, though Snowflake is another story, altogether.

Trivia

 * Ted's psychopath music is "Narrow Escape" by Celldweller.
 * Snowflake will remain alive even after Ted is killed, and must either be tamed or killed herself to be able to rescue Lenny Mooney.
 * There is another survivor in Fortune City with the same surname as Ted, Cinda Smith. Though it is unlikely, it is unknown if there is a relation between the two people, despite the fact they both worked within Fortune City, close to each other.
 * Ted is similar to Paul Carson in the fact that they both become angry because they were treated badly by others and want revenge.