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Despite the vast quantities of [[Jiggle Physics]], the game actually has a great deal of independent merit of its own, being much more fast-paced and kinetic than the 3D fighters that it competes with while remaining technical and reasonably well-balanced. It's generally considered in the top-tier of 3D [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]], along with [[Tekken]] and the [[Soul Edge]] series.
After the fights, they tend to [[Go-Karting with Bowser|get together and play beach volleyball
[[Dead or Alive/Characters|The character sheet]] is under construction.
Though sometimes shortened to DOA, not at ''all'' to be confused with the [[Film Noir]] ''[[D.O.A.
The fifth installment is currently{{when}} under development and scheduled for release during 2012.{{when}} So far (as of E3 2012) [[The Hero|Kasumi]], [[The Rival|Ayane]], [[Ninja Gaiden|Hayabusa]], [[Big Brother Mentor|Hayate]], [[Cute Bruiser|Hitomi]], [[Dark Action Girl|Christie]], [[Husky Russkie|Bayman]], [[Anime Chinese Girl|Lei Fang]], [[Fun Personified|Zack]], [[Pro Wrestling Is Real|Bass]], [[Foreign Fanservice|Tina]] and [[Genki Girl|Kokoro]] have been confirmed and shown to the public. The game has a deep graphic upgrade from
▲The fifth installment is currently under development and scheduled for release during 2012. So far (as of E3 2012) [[The Hero|Kasumi]], [[The Rival|Ayane]], [[Ninja Gaiden|Hayabusa]], [[Big Brother Mentor|Hayate]], [[Cute Bruiser|Hitomi]], [[Dark Action Girl|Christie]], [[Husky Russkie|Bayman]], [[Anime Chinese Girl|Lei Fang]], [[Fun Personified|Zack]], [[Pro Wrestling Is Real|Bass]], [[Foreign Fanservice|Tina]] and [[Genki Girl|Kokoro]] have been confirmed and shown to the public. The game has a deep graphic upgrade from DOA4 (not surprisingly, since it's been 7 years since then) and an aesthetic redesign that shows more realistic characters, with smaller and less anime-like eyes, the same to what was shown in [[Ninja Gaiden|Ninja Gaiden 3]]. Special mention to the girls, who have more realistically proportionate bodies, although the [[Jiggle Physics]] are still in full display. In collaboration with [[Sega]], ''Dead or Alive 5'' will also feature [[Guest Fighter|Guest Fighters]] from the ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' series. As of E3 2012, Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant are a part of the roster (and [http://shoryuken.com/2012/03/22/rumor-entire-dead-or-alive-5-cast-discovered-in-demo-code/ this list] suggests that Pai Chan will also make the leap).
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* [[Action Girl]]: Every female character, obviously.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Kasumi's ''
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]:
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: In the story mode for ''Dead
* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: Lei-Fang.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Ayane.
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: In ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'', we see 4 examples of this in the
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Jann Lee.
* [[Art Evolution]]: In every game thanks to improving hardware, but ''
* [[Auction of Evil]]: In [[The Movie]]; Donovan used [[Nanomachines]] to copy everyone's martial arts skills so he could use them himself, and planned to sell the data to the highest bidder.
* [[Badass Back]]: Ayane has a whole set of moves based on this, and so does ''
** Brad Wong also has quite a few backward attacks as well. Then again, it's all part of the [[Drunken Master]] style of fighting.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Gen Fu.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Regular old teenagers who fight for fun can hold their own against ninjas, mystical superpowered beings and {{spoiler|a genetically altered interdimensional clone of one of aforementioned ninjas}}.
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Both played straight and averted with the female fighters, depending on the game.
* [[Battle Butler]]: Christie, to Helena.
* [[Battle in the Rain]]
* [[Beach Episode]]: The Xtreme subseries is essentially a well crafted excuse to get all the girls into swimsuits. The first game featured just beach volleyball (the stereotypical beach sport) while 2 and 3 also add a plethora of other activities such as beach flags and jetskiing.
*
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Gen Fu is really a sweet old man. But if you cross him, '''''watch out'''''.
** The same goes for Kasumi, Kokoro and Elliot.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Zack in {{spoiler|1=Helena's ''
** Ryu in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' during {{spoiler|Kasumi vs Kasumi Alpha, and Ayane
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]:
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Every singly female character.
* [[Boss Rush]]: Arcade course 6 in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' plays like one of these, culminating with a battle against a [[Secret Character]] on a [[Secret Stage]].
* [[Brainwashed]]: Ein, who after being dumped by the villains is revealed to be
** Genra in ''
** Ayane in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions''.
* [[Brawn Hilda]]: Spartan-458.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Ryu Hayabusa, who at the time of the first
* [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]
* [[Bruce Lee Clone]]: Jann Lee. Considering Jann is an [[Ascended Fanboy]] of Bruce, it makes perfect sense.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Hitomi is Japanese with a German father; Kokoro is the child of
▲* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Hitomi is Japanese with a German father; Kokoro is the child of DOA sponsor Fame Douglas and a Japanese geisha.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Ayane and Kasumi.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: [[Loveable Rogue]] Max and [[Love Redeems|Not-So]] [[Evil Genius]] Weatherby from [[The Movie]].
* [[Canon Immigrant]]:
*
** Rio of ''[[Rio -Rainbow Gate!-]]'' was added to the PSP version of
** Irene Lew from ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' finally made her long awaited, but sadly non-playable, appearance in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions''.
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Kasumi's motif.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Zack, who buys an island that sets the tone for the ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' side-series. Why does he do it? Because he ''[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|can]]''.
* [[Combos]]
* [[Contract on the Hitman]]: Kasumi; from the third game onward, Bayman.
* [[Counter Attack]]: If it's not the copious fanservice, this is what the series is most well known for. The game places heavy emphasis in attack interception and reversing an opponent's offense.
* [[Dating Sim]]: The ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' games are easily the best-known [[Dating Sim]] to the non-Japanese gaming market
* [[Demoted to Extra]]:
** Many characters in [[The Movie]]. Isn't it sad, Lei-Fang?
** The "Chronicle" mode in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' manages to include every major fighter from the entire series, but many characters only appear in one or two scenes. Some of the females have even been demoted to little more than [[Ms. Fanservice]].
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: The Player. Putting the player's age up to the maximum increases the [[Jiggle Physics]].
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Lei-Fang to an unlucky(?) old man in her ''
* [[Drunken Master]]: Brad Wong.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Tina and Bass. <s> Possibly</s> Probably Zack too.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Girls Love Their Adopted Fathers]]: Ayane; see [[Manly Tears]] below.
** She also shows a more tender and emotional side around her mother in ''Dead or Alive: Dimensions''.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball''.
* [[Expy]]: Bass and Zach are clearly based on [[Hulk Hogan]] and Dennis Rodman, respectively. Why a baseketball player is the basis for a character in a fighting is a good question, [[Fridge Brilliance|until you remember that Rodman wrestled professionally for a brief period.]]▼
* [[Expy]]:
▲*
** As Hogan's tag partner, no less!
* [[Fan Service]]: "She kicks high", indeed. The only female character who avoids this is Nicole, the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of ''[[Halo]]'''s Master Chief. She probably still has a smoking hot body under the power armor.▼
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: Irene Lew {{spoiler|(confirmed to be Sonia from [[Ninja Gaiden|NG2]] for the [[Xbox 360|360]])}} in [[Dead or Alive|DOA:]] [[Nintendo 3DS|Dimensions]] sure has changed compared to her rather plain original design; now she's a Miss Universe like every other woman Team Ninja has ever modeled in 3D.▼
* [[The Faceless]]: Miyako, Kokoro's mother.
▲* [[Fan Service]]: "She kicks high", indeed. The only female character who avoids this is Nicole, the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of ''[[Halo]]'''s Master Chief. She probably still has a smoking hot body under the power armor.
* [[Foot Focus]]: Hitomi in her Karate Gi in DoA3 and Ultimate. ▼
▲* [[Fan Service Pack]]: Irene Lew {{spoiler|(confirmed to be Sonia from ''[[Ninja Gaiden|
▲* [[Foot Focus]]: Hitomi in her Karate Gi in
* [[Free-Floor Fighting]]: Quite a few arenas have sections where you can knock your opponent into another area, like off balconies, down stairwells or through walls.
* [[Friendly Playful Dolphin]]: Helena swims with a dolphin in her ending cinematic from the third game.
* [[Gaiden Game]]: The two
* [[Gainaxing]]:
* [[Genre Shift]]: In ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball''; guess what they do instead of fighting...
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Ryu impersonates [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Mr. Noah]] in
** Also Hayate while being offended by some of Ayane's accusations toward Kasumi.
* [[Giant Waist Ribbon]]: Ayane
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Again, ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'': they love playing with their enemies. It's even possible for you to play as Christie and get Helena to be your volleyball partner if you give her enough dolphin-related merchandise, completely ignoring the fact that
* [[Good Is Not Soft]]: Kasumi. Nicest character in the series? Check. Lethal fighting skills? Check. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Seeks to kill Raidou after he attacked her brother?]] Oh check.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]:
▲* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Again, Xtreme Beach Volleyball: they love playing with their enemies. It's even possible for you to play as Christie and get Helena to be your volleyball partner if you give her enough dolphin-related merchandise, completely ignoring the fact that {{spoiler|''you killed her mother''}} (although to be fair, Xtreme Beach Volleyball was before ''DOA4'', which is where Helena learned that information).
▲** Though Xtreme 2 takes place after the reveal in ''DOA4''.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the first ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' game, Japanese is the only language available. Most of the time, the girls speak in Japanese (despite their nationality), but during matches, you can hear them say random English phrases like "Nice spike!", "Nice serve!", and "Nice block!".▼
▲* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: fairly mild variation - {{spoiler|if the player, as Ayane, beats Kasumi in Dead or Alive 2's story mode, she either leaves Kasumi for dead in the snow (the camera just focusing on Ayane as she glares down before muttering "...traitor") or finishes her off with a jutsu of some description, cutting away just as Ayane finishes "casting" it.}} Either way, you never see a corpse.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Nicole, a female [[Halo|Spartan]] soldier, is playable in ''Dead or Alive 4'' and ''[[Virtua Fighter|Virtua Fighters]]'' Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant will join the fray in ''Dead or Alive 5''.▼
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Ayane eventually fits this trope, as she's
▲*** Zigzaged by Hayate's ending in [[DOA 4]]. It opens with him violently slicing a [[Mook]] in half, however for the rest of the scene the [[Jittercam]] is so intense that you can't really see much more than a few splashes of blood.
▲* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the first ''Xtreme'' game, Japanese is the only language available. Most of the time, the girls speak in Japanese (despite their nationality), but during matches you can hear them say random English phrases like "Nice spike!", "Nice serve!", and "Nice block!"
▲* [[Guest Fighter]]: Nicole, a female [[Halo|Spartan]] soldier, is playable in ''Dead or Alive 4'' and ''[[Virtua Fighter|Virtua Fighters]]'' Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant will join the fray in ''5''.
▲* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Ayane eventually fits this trope, as she's {{spoiler|the product of the first game's [[Big Bad|Raidou]] raping the mother of Hayate and Kasumi}}. She's a female bastard, by the way, {{spoiler|because her sister killed Raidou.}}
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: All four of them.
* [[Hot Mom]]:
* [[Houko Kuwashima]]: Kasumi's seiyuu from the third game on.
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Ein/Hayate.▼
▲** [[Mighty Glacier|Leon]] is Italian in the US version of DOA, Russian in the Japanese and European versions.
▲* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Ein/Hayate
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: [[The Hero|Kasumi?]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Ayane?]] [[Ninja Gaiden|Ryu?]] [[Aloof Big Brother|Hayate?]] Hell yeah this fits.
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]:
*
** Ryu Hayabusa, the star of ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', exists in the
**
**
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Ayane appears ready to commit suicide, preparing to [[Impromptu Tracheotomy|plunge a kunai into her throat]] while believing that Hayate hates her until her mother walks in on her.
* [[I Read It for the Articles|I Play It For The Combat]]: A good portion of the fandom. That said, there are indeed fans of the series (this includes the ''Volleyball'' spin-offs) who enjoy the games beyond the [[Panty Fighter]] appeal, believe it or not.<ref>Quite a few of these fans were pleased to learn that ''Dimensions'' was going to attempt to flesh out the characters ''and'' the storyline more so than in the past.</ref>
** Apparently, ''
** The first ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' game got decent reviews as a volleyball game
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Not only is the series sold on it, but the series takes the ball, runs with it, and spikes it in the end zone... to cause even more jiggling. While the fighting genre has plenty of examples of large breasts, this series is often deemed the Queen of [[Hotter and Sexier]] in [[Fighting Game|FightingGames]]. The ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' series helps.
** Not to mention the fact that ''
* [[Juggle Fu]]: Christie [[In Name Only]] from [[The Movie]], with her bra.
* [[Justified Trope]]: In [[The Movie]], Donovan manages to display [[Life Meter|Life Meters]] for the tournament contestants during their fights, thanks to the nanomachines he injected into them. The justification is that the machines are also a vital part of the [[Big Bad]]'s master plan.
* [[Kotono Mitsuishi]]: Christie's seiyuu.
* [[Lady of War]]: Helena.
* [[Large Ham]]: Tengu.
** Special mention towards Bass
** Zack, of course.
* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: Literally in
* [[Made of Iron]]: Everyone. Thrown down some steps? Knocked off a multi-story building? Blown up? Meh, just keep on fighting like nothing happened. Even by fighting game standards, some of the damage the fighters can sustain and keep on rolling is ridiculous.
* [[Manly Tears]]: Ayane's ''Dead
* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Dead
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Spartan-458. She is one of the easier characters to play because she quickly pounds enemies into submission.
* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]: Helena is convinced that Ayane was the assassin that killed her mother, {{spoiler|but it later turns out that Christie did it, and she was sent to kill Helena, as well}}.
* [[Mistaken Identity]]: The end of the E3 2012 trailer for ''Dead or Alive 5'' has Zack pouring on praise to Tina practicing blows on a punching bag... only to get put into a head lock by the real Tina, while "Tina" is revealed to be Sarah Bryant.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Anything having to do with Zach
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: While any girl can fit this for individual taste, the series does seem to favor Kasumi in terms of fanservice. She and Christie are the only two characters to actually be seen fully nude in the series. Averted by Spartan-458.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In ''Dead
▲* [[Mythology Gag]]: In Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Irene Lew, Ryu's [[Love Interest]] from the original [[Ninja Gaiden|NES trilogy]] appears as his CIA contact during the story mode cut scenes. Hayate and Ayane both wonder if something is going on between them.
* [[Ninja]]: A lot of the cast.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Zack = Dennis Rodman. Or rather, the character is based on Yaz, a character Rodman portrayed in the movie ''[[Double Team]]''. Which became funnier when [[Ink Suit Actor| Rodman himself
* [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]: The beloved/infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE "She kicks high."] commercial for ''Dead or Alive 3''.
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'''Gamer 1:''' (nervous, interrupted by gameplay footage) [[I Read It for the Articles|Well, I - I only play it for the]] ''fighting''. I appreciate the expansive... multi-tier environments, the 16 characters with the... the pixel shaded bump-mapping... ('''Gamer 2''' giggles.) and the rich plot development. Seriously, [[Blatant Lies|why else would I play it]]? ([[Beat]])
'''Gamer 2:''' [[Memetic Mutation|She kicks high.]]
(''Scene of Kasumi high-kicking an opponent.'')
* [[The Ojou]]: Helena.
* [[Old Master]]: Gen Fu.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Christie is psychotically devoted to protecting Helena, so she can kill her herself.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Despite being the focus of the cast, the female characters have very identical facial and body structures. If it weren't for their varied hairstyles and eye colors, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
** This part might get some attention from what we've seen of ''Dead or Alive 5'' so far. Ayane, Kasumi, Hitomi and Christie, while as well endowed as ever, have distinct enough facial features.
** In ''Last Round'', however, Honoka and Marie Rose have the same face. Whether this is the devs reusing faces again, or an actual plot point, remains to be seen.
* [[Ornamental Weapon]]: None of the ninjas use their swords except in cutscenes. Averted with
** Bayman doesn't use his gun, knife, grenades or who knows what hidden weapons he keeps on him.
*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as most fights in the series are part of a formal hand-to-hand tournament that most likely forbids the use of weapons.
** Averted with Nicole, who uses plasma grenades.
* [[Panty Fighter]]: One of the best known examples of the "scantly-clad girls beat the crap out of each other genre" in gaming.
▲** Will be averted in ''Dead Or Alive 5'' where the fighters sweat and get dirty.
▲* [[Professional Wrestling]]: Tina, Bass, and Lisa/La Mariposa.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Kasumi and Ayane.
* [[Relationship Values]] In the ''
* [[The Rival]]: Ayane/Kasumi, Lei Fang/Jann Lee, Hayabusa/Hayate, Leon/Bayman.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Helena. She wants it because Ayane went on one to stop Helena from going after ninja, which resulted in her mother being killed. Kasumi willfully incurs the wrath of becoming a renegade shinobi by going on one of these after a fight between Raidou and Hayate.
** Pretty much the plot of ''
* [[Rule of Cool]]: When the ''
* [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]: A group of modern day pirates run afoul of Tina in her introduction in [[The Movie]]. And the same pirates have the misfortune to encounter the heroines when they're stranded at sea at the end.
* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Bayman and Leon.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Dimensions has one at the end of the
* [[Smoke Out]]: Kasumi can do this with cherry blossom petals, Ayane with iris petals. Ryu smokes out with leaves, Hayate with raven feathers.
* [[SNK Boss]]: All of the final bosses appear to varying degrees, the worst being Kasumi Alpha-152 from ''Dead or Alive 4''.▼
* [[Some Dexterity Required]]: While a given for the [[Fighting Game]] genre, Hayabusa and Hayate both posses combo throws that, while devastating (knocking off as much as a quarter of the health bar when pulled off), are done in three parts, requiring precise timing and inhuman precision with D-pad rolling.
** [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|This does not prevent the AI from executing them flawlessly every time, of course.]]
▲* [[SNK Boss]]: All of the final bosses appear to varying degrees, the worst being Kasumi Alpha-152 from ''Dead or Alive 4''.
* [[Stock Scream]]: The infamous Wilhelm scream shows up in the movie, when Hayabusa throws a ninja off a balcony.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Again, just about every female other than Nicole, who you can really only tell is female by her voice.
* [[Suspiciously Vague Age]]:
* [[Take That]]:
** Itagaki, Team Ninja's former lead designer, was incensed by the ''[[Tekken]]'' series taking shots at ''Dead or Alive'' through a radio commercial, and has returned fire accusing ''Tekken 4'' and on from suffering quality decay. He later said he expects good things from ''Tekken 6''.
** Marie Rose, an eighteen-year-old Swedish lolita, was created specifically to spite Swedish distributors for refusing to release the games in Sweden in the wake of a child pornography scandal.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Ayane and Helena have both attempted suicide. And Helena has (or had) more than enough money to afford professional help.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Even considering this trope [[Artistic License Physics|spits in the face of physics]], Kasumi's sword flying in a straight line for at least 100 meters in the opening scene of the movie looks extremely jarring. Of course, considering the entire movie relies on the [[Rule of Cool]] to a ridiculous degree...
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tsundere]]: Following the trend of their [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] personalities, Ayane is a Type A and Kasumi a Type B.
* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]: Zack in ''Dead or Alive 4''. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in his victory movie, to cringe-worthy levels.
* [[Waif Fu]]:
*
** ''Dead or Alive 4'' adds a skinny teenage boy who can kick anyone's ass as well, though he does practice a specific form of martial arts popular for having a lot of physical power without requiring beefy muscles.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
* [[World of Buxom]]: A staple of the series, though this aspect was toned down notably in ''Dead or Alive 5''. There is still boatloads of fanservice, but there appears to be a slightly larger, more realistic variety of breast sizes.
** The arcade version of ''Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate'' now adds Marie Rose, a girl with a small bust into the mix.
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The ''Dead or Alive Xtreme'' side-series.▼
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Kasumi, as a result of her quest for revenge.
▲* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The Xtreme side-series.
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