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{{quote| ''"My soul awakens... WITH A PRIMAL SCREAM!"''}}
 
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A [[Needs More Love|not so popular fighting game]] franchise co-developed with [[Hudson Soft]] and [[Eighting Raizing|8ing]]. Originally it was called ''Beastorizer''. The story features humans who can [[Animorphism|transform into animals]]. They are called Zoanthropes. And of course there is a [[Seen It a Million Times|corporation trying to use and brainwash them for world domination]]. So they... fight them of course.▼
 
▲A [[Needs More Love|not so popular]] [[fighting game]] franchise co-developed with [[Hudson Soft]] and [[Eighting Raizing|8ing]]. Originally it was called ''Beastorizer''. The story features humans who can [[Animorphism|transform into animals]]. They are called Zoanthropes. And of course there is a [[Seen It a Million Times|corporation trying to use and brainwash them for world domination]]. So they... fight them of course.
 
The fighting system (somewhat reminiscent of ''[[Fighting Vipers]]'') is a basic 3 button layout with a punch, kick and beast change. The special thing about this franchise is the ability to (as the story suggests) morph into different animals and become stronger and have access to different attacks and special moves. They can also heal while in beast form. The games combine 2D fighting game elements with 3D elements, complete with jumping by holding up and side stepping.
 
There are 5 games in the whole series, mostly on the [[Play StationPlayStation]] brand.
 
* ''Bloody Roar''
* ''Bloody Roar 2''
* ''Bloody Roar 3''
* ''Bloody Roar Primal Fury''/''Extreme'' ([[Nintendo GamecubeGameCube|GameCube]] and [[X BoxXbox]] ports of ''3'', essentially)
* ''Bloody Roar 4''
 
After laying dormant for over eight years, a sixth entry in the series is [https://twitter.com/#!/HudsonSoftLtd/status/119880429175185408 currently in production.] From what it sounds like, it's a [[Continuity Reboot]]...
 
... Or not. As it turns out, it was somebody [[Troll|trollingtroll]]ing. Fans arewere, to say the least, [[Berserk Button|not pleased]].
 
[[Bloody Roar/Characters|Character Sheet in progress]].
 
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* [[Action Mom]]: Mitsuko... eww.
** [[Apron Matron]]
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** It's more of a game set between ''3'' and ''4'' based on a sidestory. In other words, a [[Gaiden Game]].
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: Most of the [[Final Boss]] stages.
* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: Shina is noticeably buffer than the other females. She also has a few... [[Distracted Byby the Sexy|distracting]] costumes. Did we mention that she's [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|French]]? Being a mercenary [[Child Soldiers|since she was a child]], she also is most likely the strongest of the ladies physically, thus averting [[Muscles Are Meaningless]].
* [[Anime Hair]]: Quite a few characters, with Gado probably taking the cake, as his hair ''resembles a lion's mane''.
* [[Animorphism]]: The whole game features characters who transform into animals.
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Ryoho, the series' resident [[Bare-Fisted Monk]].
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Alice (up until ''Extreme''/''PF''), Shina, Nagi.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Yugo and Alice, natch. One's a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]], the other's a Type B ("deredere") [[Tsundere]]. She even delivers an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] to Yugo in her ending from ''Extreme/Primal Fury'' [[How Dare You Die Onon Me!|because he was being reckless and could have gotten them all killed]]. She then turns around and cries.
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: Reiji, although he's a giant crow instead of your typical falcon/hawk/eagle/etc.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Yugo, natch.
* [[Bishonen]]: Xion and Cronos exemplify this, but most of the guys are either this or ruggedly handsome (i.e. Gado).
* [[Bishonen Line|Bishounen Line]]: Uranus and Ryoho's Hyper Beast modes allow them to stay human, while Cronos turns into a humanoid phoenix capable of going from 0 to 60 on your ass. To a lesser extent, Uriko exhibits some of this too.
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: In some way or another, just about all of the more powerful characters (i.e. Uriko, Uranus, Xion, Ryoho, etc.) get bowled over with this. Cronos, ''by far'', has it the worst. An oddity among Zoanthropes, Cronos was a rare specimen with ''two'' Beast forms. Unfortunately, Cronos [[Power Incontinence|has little control over]] [[Enemy Within|his Phoenix form]], [[Super-Powered Evil Side|the more powerful and more destructive side of his persona]]. During his childhood, it's heavily implied that his Phoenix form went berserk, [[Where I Was Born and Razed|wiping out his entire home village]]. The number of causalities was great, and his mother was (apparently) [[Self-Made Orphan|among them]].
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Happens with Uriko, Bakuryu, Xion, and Nagi.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Kohryu and Uranus from ''3''.
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* [[Cloning Blues]]: Shenlong initially loathes Long, conflicted by the fact that he was cloned from him (the truly noticeable differences in appearance between the two being Shenlong's [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] and [[Evil Albino|white fur]], most likely due to genetic manipulation). He eventually gets over this and mellows out, his role towards Long becoming significantly less antagonistic, to the extent of [[Worthy Opponent|a friendly rivalry of sorts]]. It's even implied from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCxHed_f59o opening] of ''Extreme''/''Primal Fury'' that he's friends with Uriko, Long's student.
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Self-inflicted, since they rip their clothes when morphing into animals. The clothes come right back on when they morph back.
** [[Magic Pants]] do wonders, amiriteam I right?
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Alice, Jenny, Uranus, and Nagi.
* [[Combos]]
* [[Comeback Mechanic]]: ''Primal Fury'' aids losing players by expiditingexpediting the rate at which their beast gauge fills, regardless whether inflicting or receiving damage. Meaning, the lower their health, the greater the gain per hit.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Ganesha.
** Heck, Shina and Busuzima can do ''their third Beast Drives'' with no problem!
* [[Cool Shades]]: As if you needed more persuasion that Gado was a [[Badass]] [[Cool Old Guy]], check out his outfit from ''3''.
* [[Creepy Child]]: The final battle of the first game looks like it will be against a little girl... who glares at you and then erupts into a more adult form, which in turn erupts into a massive beast. Uriko got a lot less creepy, but that first meeting...
* [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]: Long hates his Zoanthrope genetics, as it was this power that [[Dead Little Sister|killed his younger sister]]
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: All of the females, but the best example is probably Uriko.
* [[Cutscene]]: They came in full force in ''4''.
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* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Uriko in the first game, along with being a [[Tyke Bomb]].
** [[Genki Girl]]: Uriko in every game from ''2'' onwards.
* [[Enemy Within]]: Ryoho's Dragon transformation, which was so powerful that it needed to be sealed away from time to time. It should be noted that his Dragon form isn't necessarily [[Sealed Good in Aa Can|good]] or [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|evil]], more like [[Sealed Badass in Aa Can|initially rampaging]].
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Fangirls seem to be crazy for Shenlong.
** Anyone else find it humorous that he's essentially [[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|Shen Woo]], only two years early?
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]]: One of Cronos's forms is a penguin... [[Lethal Joke Character|which is oddly good]].
* [[Evil Albino]]: Xion the Unborn.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Xion after winning in beast form, or during his Beast Drive in ''3''.
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* [[Evil Twin]]: Shenlong (yes, him ''again'') to Long, Kohryu to Bakuryu, and (somewhat) Uranus to Uriko.
* [[Expy]]: Mitsuko and Greg got nixed for Stun, while Fox got nixed for Jenny. Then there's the whole Bakuryu situation.
** If you think Long bears an uncanny resemblance to [[Xenogears (Video Game)|Citan Uzuki]], you're not alone.
** Likewise, Xion's design ''screams'' [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Pegasus]].
** In-universe, Yugo gets one in the form of [http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fang;_Wolf.jpg Fang,] a character exclusive only to the worldwide versions of ''Extreme'' and ''PF'' and a [[Canon Immigrant]] from Maruyama Tomowo's two book tie-in manga, ''[[No Export for You|Bloody Roar: The Fang]]''. He looks and acts just like Yugo (even sharing most of his moves from the first game), a rabbit girlfriend (Mashiro), and [[Weapon of Choice|beast form of choice]] (the wolf). He acts as a [[Palette Swap]] for Yugo. [[Word of God]] confirms that the parallels were intended.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: The [[Final Boss]] from ''Bloody Roar 4'' can break through your own guard. And his attacks deal more damage, like half a gauge.
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* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Several characters. What'd ya expect? It's a fighter.
* [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]]: Averted with Shina and Cronos. We know that they have a connection (and the two actually remember one another after being separated for so long), [[Aborted Arc|but the games have yet to divulge anything more than that]].
* [[Franchise Killer]]: ''Bloody Roar 4''.
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: Since the story of ''4'' revolves around a god called Gaia.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Alice, until ''Extreme/PF''. Complete with [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue hair]].
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** Also, Mitsuko is a female example. And there was Greg, too...
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Yugo has a [[X Marks the Hero|X-shaped scar]] on his forehead, while Gado has a scar running up his left eye along with several more on his arms. Shenlong has a scar running up the left side of his face, while Fang has a single scar on his forehead like Yugo.
* [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body]]: It rarely happens, but it's possible to injure yourself with your opponent after knocking him/her into the wall. It's also hilarious.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Yugo pops up in ''DreamMix TV World Fighters'', a [[Mascot Fighter]] featuring characters from [[Konami]], Hudson, and Takara.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: No one knows how to do Shina's third Beast Drive. Or Busuzima's. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|No one who requires oxygen, at least.]]
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* [[Happily Adopted]]: Shina, the adopted daughter of Gado. Kenji is Yugo's adopted younger brother, and Alice was adopted by Mitsuko, also making her Uriko's older sister.
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Sums up why [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|most people]] hate these games.
** Ironically ''2''{{'}}s greatest strength and ''4''{{'}}s greatest weakness. The moves have always been simple to use, the game emphasized tactics and mind games over long, complicated moves. Thus in ''2'', a new player could be an expert if they used their head and out thought opponents. In ''4'', it's pointless working hard to understand the game, just use the cheap and broken stuff to get easy wins. Why did these games stop there? Oh yeah...
* [[Hired Guns]]: Both Gado and Shina [[Retired Badass|are former mercenaries]].
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Alice, before joining the W.O.C. (The World of Co-Existence), a non-government organization dedicated to bringing about peaceful relations between humans and Zoanthropes.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: During the final battle with Uriko in the first game, you're in a caged-off arena. When she turns into the Chimera, steel walls slam into place with "EMERGENCY MEASURE" flashing on them. Someone off-camera must have had one of these moments.
* [[One-Man Army]]: Stun can take on a full army of security guards (obviously).
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: Gado and Busuzima are only ever addressed by their last name in the games. Gado's daughter is also only ever called "Shina" or "Marvel", depending on region.
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: Every character is some sort of werebeast. There's a weretiger, werebear, werelion, wererabbit, werefox, werecat, wereboar, weremole, werebat, werechameleon...
** [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: A ''boxing'' werewolf.
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** Nagi, thanks to a practically non-existent skirt. At least one cutscene in ''4'' ''blatantly'' focuses on her barely-clothed rear.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Ryoho is a father-figure for Nana.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Cronos' phoenix form, Yugo during his second Beast Drive, Ryoho.
* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: In the first game, Uriko goes from [http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/File:UrikoHumanBR.jpg this] to [http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/File:UrikoAnimalBR.jpg this] upon tapping into her powers. Judging by her ending in ''Extreme''/''PF'', she briefly assumes this form again to save Crono's life.
* [[Power Echoes]]: Upon entering Hyper Beast mode in later games, the fighters' roars [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep|deepen]] and become heavily distorted. Nagi's Spurious form also has an echo effect.
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* [[Power Glows]]: Hyper Beast Mode give each character an electrified [[Battle Aura]] with a yellow glow. Cronos' hand also glows during one of his intros.
* [[The Protagonist]]: Yugo, who doubles as the [[Series Mascot]].
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Fox and Greg simply disappeared after the first game. Mitsuko is a different case: while she also hasn't been available outside of ''1'', her status as Uriko's mom keeps her gravitating around the game's story.
* [[Randomly-Gifted]]: Zoantrhopy is seemingly randomly developed.
* [[Red Baron]]: As a child, Shina was known as "Fighting Marvel" due to single-handedly obliterating a platoon of soldiers. (In the Japanese releases, [[Only Known By Their Nickname|she's exclusively addressed as such]].)▼
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Among other examples, Nagi (when controlled by the Unborn) and Ryoho (when he loses control of his Dragon transformation).
* [[Redheaded Hero|Redheaded Heroine]]: Nagi, [[Power Dyes Your Hair|in her Spurious form]].
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** Greg, from ''1'', is an exception--in his base form he's [[Walking Shirtless Scene|always shirtless]], but has the decency to wear a [[Nice Hat]] with it. Reiji is also always lacking in the shirt department.
* [[Shorttank]]: Shina, with a light dash of [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] in her.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Gado's outfit in ''2'' is extremely similar to that of un-tuxedo'd [[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|Rugal]].
** Perhaps it's a stretch, but Stun's real name is [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steven]] [[Goldberg]].
** Some of Stun's moves in his beetle form resemble certain [[Kamen Rider]] attacks.
** Xion's beast form is clearly inspired by the [[Guyver]] while Nagi's is a very clear shoutout to the [[Witchblade]] anime design.
* [[SNK Boss]]: Cronos, Ryoho, Uranus.
▲* [[Red BaronSobriquet]]: As a child, Shina was known as "Fighting Marvel" due to single-handedly obliterating a platoon of soldiers. (In the Japanese releases, [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname|she's exclusively addressed as such]].)
* [[Spinning Piledriver]]; Bakuryu's 1st Beast Drive, which begins with an [[Petal Power|explosion of leaves]].
* [[Split Personality]]/[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Nagi has a part of Gaia in her blood and goes crazy when she's under control of the Unborn. Long shows some signs of this in his ''BR1'' ending, but it's never brought up in later games.
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