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* [[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.]]

** 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.

* [[Foot Focus]]: Hitomi in her Karate Gi in DoA3 and Ultimate.

* [[Free-Floor Fighting]]

** Also Hayate while being offended by some of Ayane's accusations toward Kasumi.

* [[Giant Waist Ribbon]]: Ayane, aka "The Giftwrapped Ninja".

* [[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''.

* [[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.

** This is non-canon, mind - for obvious reasons, {{spoiler|Ayane}} loses that one.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Dimensions has one at the end of the ''Chronicle'' mode.

* [[Smoke Out]]: Kasumi can do this with cherry blossom petals, Ayane with iris petals. Ryu smokes out with leaves, Hayate with raven feathers.

* [[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.]]

* [[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.

* [[World of Buxom]]: Duh!

** Not so much in ''[[DOA 5]]''.

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The Xtreme side-series.

 

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