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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 (Video Game)/Characters|The character sheet]] is under construction.
 
Though sometimes shortened to DOA, not at ''all'' to be confused with the [[Film Noir]] ''[[DOA (Film)|DOA]]'' (which is quite lacking in boobies in comparison), the 1999 [[Yakuza]] ''Dead or Alive'' film series by director [[Takashi Miike]] (likewise), or the [[Tom Clancy]] novel ''Dead or Alive'' (likewise, though there is one amusing bit about an attempt at [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Steganography |steganography]] resulting in inadvertent porn). For the viewer's inconvenience, the 2007 [[The Movie|film adaptation]] of the games is titled ''DOA: Dead or Alive'', instead.
 
 
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* [[The Faceless]]: Miyako, Kokoro's mother.
* [[Foot Focus]]: Hitomi in her Karate Gi in DoA3 and Ultimate.
* [[Free -Floor Fighting]]
* [[Friendly Playful Dolphin]]: Helena swims with a dolphin in her ending cinematic from the third game.
* [[Gaiden Game]]: The two "Xtreme Beach Volleyball" games dispense entirely with the male combatants and put the women on an island with volleyball nets and the skimpiest bikinis known to man. The ''Dead or Alive'' series itself qualifies as this for the newer ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' series.
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* [[Giant Waist Ribbon]]: Ayane, aka "The Giftwrapped Ninja".
* [[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.
* [[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.
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** Special mention towards Bass, too. "YOU BETTER EAT! EAT SOME MEAT!"
** Zack, of course.
* [[Luck -Based Mission]]: Literally in DOA Xtreme 2. You have to get 9 Jackpots to earn a Secret Ticket, which makes your character perform a poledance. The problem is, the machine you have to get the 9 Jackpots on is notorious for taking away anywhere between 100-500 times what you bet.
* [[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 Or Alive 3'' ending.
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** Averted with Nicole, who uses plasma grenades.
* [[Panty Fighter]]
* [[Perpetually -Shiny Bodies]]
** Will be averted in ''Dead Or Alive 5'' where the fighters sweat and get dirty.
* [[Professional Wrestling]]: Tina, Bass, and Lisa/La Mariposa.
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