Dead or Alive (franchise)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: She has had a cameo in the ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' series. Although not as big as Ayane's, since Kasumi only appears as [[The Faceless]].

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Although we only see her using it in one kata in the DOA''Dead or Alive 2''/U''Ultimate'' intro and in a few cutscenes in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5''.

* [[Plot Armor]]: Teaming up with [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]] to keep her clan from killing her over the course of ''Dead or Alive 3'' tournaments.

* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: The reason for running from the clan in the first place is to kill who harmed her brother... and raped her mother, incidentally.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: Unless [[Berserk Button|her brother's safety is on the line]], of course. She also gained a new [[Berserk Button]] when {{spoiler|Alpha-152, her clone}} entered the picture.

** However, in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'', Tecmo put Kasumi-Alpha as a way for players to use her move set from the first three games.

* [[Vague Age]]: For some reason, Tecmo Koei/Team Ninja refuses to give Kasumi an exact age; although all hints and her school uniforms imply that she can't be much older than Ayane, if not being 16 just like her.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Cain to Kasumi's Abel.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: She's the DOA''Dead or Alive'' character that has had more screen time in the ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' series, by far.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: She was included as an extra character for the Playstation version of DOA''Dead or Alive 1'' after being designed for the sequel.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: A [[Giant Waist Ribbon]]...? Really?

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Part of her Rei Ayanami expy, also an indication you might not want to piss her off. (Althoughalthough she's never shown more than mild irritation.).

* [[The Rival]]: Is seemingly being set up as one to Hitomi in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' and ''Dead or Alive 5''. She also considered Kasumi this, but it was totally one-sided.

* [[Smoke Out]]: With iris petals.

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: Implied in the ''DOA:Dead or Alive Ultimate'' intro.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] Big purple explosions are as much her trademark as the butterfly motif. In her ending movie for ''Dead or Alive 2'', she makes a major (and distinguishable) contribution to the destruction of DOATEC's Tritower. A Shout Out to this explosive power shows up in ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'', where she drops half a building on the other fighters. In ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] Sigma 2'', her default ranged weapon is exploding kunai. Which she uses for convenience, not necessity, and she apparently has the ability to simply create weapons out of pure ki (i.e. her double-bladed dagger that shows up in DoA''Dead or Alive 3'' and ''Dead Fantasy''). Considering how her life's been so far, and that she's currently a teenager, one has to wonder why she hasn't actually tried destroying the world yet. Seriously, she has more [[Freudian Excuse]]s than most actual villains.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' during the fight against Omega.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' series predates ''DOADead or Alive'' by at least a decade.

** [[Ret Canon]]: Whereas the earlier games made it clear that the NES trilogy was set before ''DOADead or Alive'', the Xbox titles (with their inclusion of Ayane) kinda negated that fact.

*** [[Continuity Nod]]: As of ''[[Dead or Alive|DOA:]] [[Nintendo 3DS|Dimensions]]'', Ryu seems to be the one who ventured through all his solo games again.

* [[Ninja Log]]: In ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions''. Used on fellow ninja and good friend Hayate, who had to have seen this at least once. Cue [[Face Palm]] by anyone who's seen an episode of ''Naruto''.

* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]: Tecmo canon places Ryu as the strongest Ninja in the whole world, not only for his Master Ninja abilities but also for his fiend heritage, capable of fighting hell and back by himself. Needless to say, there shouldn't be anyone in here capable of beating him, let alone kill him; still Ryu is balanced to be an equal rival to Hayate.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|In Helena's ''DOA4Dead or Alive 4'' ending.}}.

** He is even voiced by Rodman in ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball''.

* [[Running Gag]]: His hitting on Tina and her blowing him off/kicking his ass. Sometimes, [[Overprotective Dad|Bass gets added to the list of people]] beating the crap out of him.

* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: Which is apparent the moment you lay eyes on her.

** Let's see, Pro Wrestler, model, actress, rock star, in that order. Since Tina is reappearing in ''Dead or Alive 5'', it's likely she's going to have a new way to gain stardom.

** Clearly demonstrated in the ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' spin-offs: her power serves and spikes can easily knock an opponent flat.

** And the rock the size of her body that she throws at Lei Fang in DOA2''Dead or Alive 2'' to try to intimidate her. Lei doesn't even flinch.

* [[Flag Bikini]]: Her default bikini in the ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' games.

* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: She's an American character tastefully done by Japanese developers.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her ending in ''Dead or Alive 2'' is her modeling an outfit with a fur-trimmed coat.

* [[Valley Girl]]: A Texan version, but her English VA sounds like one in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5''.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Gains one in the beginning of DOA5''Dead or Alive 5'', though it's a protagonist version, since he's one of the good guys.

* [[Badass Biker]]: As seen in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5'', which he [[I Call It "Vera"|calls "Tina"]].

* [[Clark Kenting]]: Disguises himself as the masked wrestler "Mr. Strong" in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5'', though Tina immediately sees through the disguise, [[Face Palm]] included.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Obviously, he's based on [[Hulk Hogan]].

** More specifically, his P1 outfit in ''DOA2Dead or Alive 2'', and it's "Hollywood" Hogan (given the large amount of biker leather, leather bandanna, shades, and grizzled biker's beard). His 2P outfit is a pretty far cry from any gimmick Hogan has ever used (it's a cowbow-themed outfit).

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: {{spoiler|''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' indicate that she's part French and part American, and it's implied that the American part was from her father (Her mom was evidentially French).}}.

* [[Internal Reformist]]: Literally in DOA4''Dead or Alive 4'' {{spoiler|by internally purging DOATEC of all that had corrupted it by blowing up it's main HQ}}, and somewhat more conventionally by taking over DOATEC in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5'' and trying to rehabilitate it's image {{spoiler|and smoke out Donovan and his remaining allies still hiding within DOATEC.}}.

* [[Final Boss]]: ''DOA2Dead or Alive 2''.

* [[Large Ham]]:

* [[Palette Swap]] and /[[The Rival]]: Of Bayman, being Italian but using the same fighting style (Russian sambo).

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Prominently featured in the [[Attract Mode]] for ''DOA2Dead or Alive 2''.

* [[Absolute Cleavage]], [[Hell-Bent for Leather]], and [[Vapor Wear]]: Her default costume in ''DOA4Dead or Alive 4'' involves a leather jacket that's open—revealing she's not weating ''anything'' underneath yet the jacket somehow covers her. Her trademark costume is a white and green leather catsuit. At least it's not neon pink.

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Strongly indicated to have a fetish for psychologically torturing pretty teenagers of either gender (Readread: young Helena and Eliot) and nursing them into maladjusted pretty adults.

* [[The Dragon]]: She carries out tasks and hits for Donovan. In ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'', it is shown that she is very involved in decision making, and seems to be his closest ally.

* [[Evil Brit]]: She sports a sexy upper class English accent in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' and DOA5''Dead or Alive 5''.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: While she's usually no-nonsense, she cracks up after gloating to {{spoiler|Helena about killing her mother.}}.

* [[Femme Fatale]]: As evidenced in her ''Dead or Alive 4'' ending.

* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: She's English. Also, besides Kasumi's clone, she is the first unhacked character who has appeared nude (twice, as a matter of fact: Firstfirst was in the ending to her scenario in ''Dead or Alive 3'' where she is seen showering, and the second was in the opening of ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' where she dives off a cliff at night to skinnydip.skinny-dip).

* {{spoiler|[[Would Hurt a Child]] / [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Mother]]}}: In ''Dead Or Alive 4'', it was revealed that Christie {{spoiler|was the one who killed Helena's mother during an Opera showing. The kicker? Helena's mom wasn't even the target, Helena herself was, all her mom did was take the bullet.}}.

* [[Bash Brothers|Bash Sisters]]: With Lei Fang in DOA5''Dead or Alive 5''.

* [[Breakout Character]]: To the point that she was revealed to be playable in ''DOA5Dead or Alive 5'' before Kasumi.

* [[Final Boss]]: ''DOA3Dead or Alive 3''.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: {{spoiler|She and Helena have the same father, making her Japanese-American.}}.

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Her fighting style was based off of Akira's from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''. Which makes for an interesting scenario when Akira himself challenges Kokoro to a duel in the E3 2012 trailer for ''DOADead or Alive 5''.

* [[Final Boss]]: ''DOA4Dead or Alive 4''.

* [[Teleport Spam]]: See "[[SNK Boss]]" above.

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: asAs shown in ''Dimensions''.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|It's strongly implied that he ends up possessed by the same mask that Omega wore. Unlike most examples, however, Donovan seems to do this willingly.}}.

* [[The Ghost]]: Until ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' (or {{spoiler|Helena's ending from ''Dead or Alive 4'', depending on what you believe}}), the only time he actually appeared was in [[The Movie]].

* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|Although Christie is the one who directly murdered Helena's mother, it is heavily implied that Donovan was the one who arranged for her to murder her mother and presumably her father.}}.

{{quote|A guest character created for ''Dead or Alive 4'' during a collab with [[Halo|Bungie.]] }}

* [[The Faceless]]: Just like her inspiration.

* [[Space Marines]]: Though she's technically a Navy NCO.

Ryu Hayabusa's love interest from the ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' games. A CIA agent who uses the codename {{spoiler|Sonia}}, she's been assigned by the agency to investigate the tournament and DOATEC.

* [[Art Shift]]: Changed from her original NES design to her look in the new ''Ninja Gaiden'' games, and then changed again (albeit less drastically) in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' top match the look of the series.

* [[Love Interest]]: Of Ryu.

* [[Non-Player Character]]: Has yet to be playable in either the ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' or ''Dead or Alive'' games.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Gives one to Ryu after he slaps Kasumi in an attempt to stop her from going after Hayate}}.