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{{quote|A Japanese American Ninjutsu master dressed in a red ninja outfit and converse shoes. Guy is the 39th successor of the Bushin style of Ninjutsu, a martial arts style dating back to Japan's feudal age, Guy traveled to America to improve his martial art skills and found himself at Metro City, where he befriend fellow fighters Cody and Haggar and assisted the two in their battle against the Mad Gear gang in the original ''Final Fight'' to save Jessica (Cody's girlfriend and Haggar's daughter). Guy then helps Haggar and the others fight the Skull Cross gang in ''Final Fight 3''. In ''Final Fight: Streetwise'', Guy became a crime boss after committing a serious crime that Cody was blamed for.}}

{{quote|An American martial arts expert, specializing in knife fighting, Cody Travers is a born street fighter who became known as the "Hero of Metro City" after rescuing his childhood sweetheart Jessica from the Mad Gear gang in Final Fight with his friend Guy and Jessica's father Haggar. However, he ended up becoming addicted to street fighting and, after breaking up with Jessica, was arrested by old nemesis Edi. E. He's then arrested again for taking the blame for a crime Guy committed (though he can escape [[Cardboard Prison|at any time he wants]]), which led to the end of their friendship. Once again released from prison, Cody's fighting had taken it's toll on his knees so now he trains and lives fights through his younger brother, Kyle in ''Final Fight: Streetwise''.}}

** Judging from his intro quote in ''Super [[Street Fighter IV]]'', he's ''still'' like this. Granted, ''Streetwise'' [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|occurs later in the joint timeline]] than ''IV''.<ref>That is, if ''Streetwise'' [[Canon Discontinuity|will ever]] ''[[Canon Discontinuity|happen]]'', considering the reception ''Streetwise'' had and the fact that Capcom even canceled plans for a Japanese localization.</ref>

* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: When ''Alpha 3'' was released for the arcades, Cody was featured either featured prominently or specifically focused on in the promotional illustrations despite not being even the highest profile new character to the game. He even got to share the packaging illustration of the Sega Saturn version in a dynamic battle pose against perennial ''[[Street Fighter]]'' icon Ryu.

* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: [[Depending on the Artist]]. Maki's sprites in ''Final Fight 2'' and ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' show her to be lithe, but [http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/File:FF2Maki.png official art] from ''FF2'' and the ''Sakura Ganbaru!'' [http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sakura1_096.jpg manga] show that Maki has some pretty defined biceps. Additionally, [http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/File:OgAAAO1HJdkM0kprKMVLuRtaDAeHkXN0c4TmkqdfmjNE6zTdInQLcCepafybL_srGiBSxaEouoaQMI4hiFCpBs_fjtEAm1T1UHOdGSxmSre_mBO0SZpddrr8y_hn.jpg Damnd's ending] in ''Revenge'' depicts Maki with muscular, [[Street Fighter II|Chun-Li]]-esque legs.

{{quote|Introduced in ''Final Fight 3'', Lucia is a member of Metro City's Special Crime Unit, cleared of corruption charges thanks to the help of Haggar. With the help of him, Guy, and newcomer Dean, she fights the Skull Cross gang, who have filled the [[Evil Power Vacuum]] after the collapse of the New Mad Gear gang.}}

{{quote|Mad Gear's knife-fighters, It is revealed in ''Final Fight: Revenge'' that El Gado infiltrated the gang to kill Rolento who is responsible for the deaths of his family. Eventually Rolento made a deal with him and El Gado spared his life. They appear in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' and ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' as two of his knife fighters that aids Rolento in battle.}}

{{quote|Part of Mad Gear's acrobatic seemingly female thugs, Poison grew up in a rich family... as a boy. One sex change later, she is disowned by her parents and became one of Metro City's homeless, until she started working for Mad Gear. She and her [[Palette Swap]] Roxy (who may also have been a man in another life) were the gang's acrobatic fighters. After Mad Gear's defeat, Poison develops a crush on Cody and purses him in ''Final Fight Revenge''. She realizes that Cody will never love her and after he's arrested, Poison moves on. Some time afterward, she reunites with her old partner Hugo Andore from Mad Gear, and together they make a legitimate career in professional wrestling, Poison being the manager and Hugo doing the work.}}

{{quote|Originally hailing from West Germany, the Andore Family are a family of hulking brutes that worked under Belger as members of the Mad Gear gang. They consisted of Andore, Andore Jr., Father Andore, Uncle Andore, and Grandfather Andore. After the fall of the original Mad Gear gang, Andore tried to pick a fight with Haggar on TV in ''[[Final Fight]]: Revenge'', to no avail. He, Grandfather Andore and Andore Jr. then worked for Retu's Mad Gear faction in ''[[Final Fight]] 2''. Andore was then later recruited by the Skull Cross gang in ''Final Fight 3'' and crime lord Vito Bracca as a pit fighter in ''Final Fight Streetwise''.}}

{{quote|A Caribbean born bruiser, Damnd is the lowest ranking of Mad Gear's leaders. He is directly responsible for kidnapping Jessica and sells drugs out of Metro City's slums. When he faces Cody, Guy and Haggar, he constantly call for back-up while he takes rests to conserve his energy. After the fall of Mad Gear, Damnd goes into hiding back to the Caribbean but returns to Metro City shortly after.}}

{{quote|An American Japanophile decked in a Samurai-like armor and helmet, Sodom was a member of the Mad Gear gang, working as an underground wrestling promoter and undefeated champion in a secret ring within Metro City's subway system. Sodom would use twin katana in his matches, that can be knocked out of his hands from the opponent. After the downfall of the gang in Final Fight, he attempts to revive the Mad Gear gang under his leadership, attempting to recruit his former allies, as well as Japanese sumo wrestlers like E. Honda in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]''.}}

{{quote|Far from Metro City's finest, Edi. E is a police officer in on Mad Gear's take. He patrolled the city's West Side district, taking out rival gangs and stifling efforts of fellow officers. When he needs to fight, he fights with his gun and night stick in tow. With Mad Gear defeated, Edi. E was one of the lucky few to escape prosecution and even threw some of his fellow members in jail just to throw everyone off. In ''[[Final Fight]] Revenge'', Edi. E grew to hate Cody and helped to get Cody arrested. When Cody broke out of jail in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]] 3'', Edi. E wasn't far behind.}}

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Has running powerslam as one of his more deadly moves.

{{quote|Horace Belger is the mastermind of the Mad Gear Gang, hiding behind the guise of being a businessman. He rides around in a motorized luxurious wheelchair with his weapon of choice being a repeating bolt-action crossbow gun. At first he uses Jessica as human shield, Haggar, Cody and Guy get her away from him. Belger is finally defeated, but in ''[[Final Fight]]: Revenge'', Belger attempts to get his revenge on the heroes.}}

{{quote|A wonderful collection of [[Expy|expies]] from the first game, these are Retu's globetrotting low-ranking minions. Bull, Elijah, Jack and Schot are the generic thugs, Mic and Mark are the quick fighters, Atlas and Jony are the strong guys with defense and Elick is a heavy fighter with an electric tuning fork. Rounding out the group is Elias and Eliot who are tall skinny chumps with clubs and Mary and Eliza who wield knives.}}

{{quote|An ex-sailor turned Mad Gear member, Won Won controls the seaport section in Hong Kong. Respected by the area's local mafia, 108 Dragon, Won Won battles with his signature move, a seismic elbow drop. In the Japanese port of the game, he also had a cleaver, but that was taken out overseas due to censorship issues.}}

* [[Bald of Evil]]/ [[Braids of Barbarism]]: Won Won's haircut complete with his braid wrapped in an orange bow.

{{quote|Drake is a sailor and the gang's weapon supplier who is stationed Metro City's shipyard. He fights with an anchor but he also has a dashing headbutt and aerial butt smash.}}

{{quote|Devin Aranoc aka the Stiff is [[The Dragon]] to Father Bella. He kidnaps Cody after a his thugs fight him and Kyle in Vanessa's bar. Kyle finds Stiff and fights him in a hotel. Stiff first fights by firing his gun with some assorted kicks if Kyle gets close. If he drops his gun, Kyle can pick it up but the Stiff just pulls out another one. The second fight takes place on the roof of the hotel, where Stiff is unarmed. Stiff is defeated by Kyle and is knocked off the roof. Kyle does manage to save him, but when Stiff pulls out one more gun, Kyle lets him drop to his death.}}

{{quote|Dino aka Blades was an assassin and enforcer for Vito Bracca, who worked for Father Bella in secret. Kyle and Blades fight in the church cemetery. Blades fights with his twin knifes and acrobatic skill. He can use his knives to shield himself from gunfire. Kyle defeats Blades, but he later returns.}}

{{quote|Dr. Chang is responsible for the creation of GLOW, though she only did so because threatened to kill her. She meets Kyle in a Fish Packing Plant. Kyle rescues her and she reveals that the effects of the GLOW will ware off once the drug has run it's course. She leaves to help people in the city but is once again kidnapped and force to work for Bella. He makes her make his version of the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] using the glow. When Kyle sees her again, she is distraught for what Bella has made her do, lamenting that she could have helped people.}}

{{quote|War is the first of Father Bella's Four Horsemen Kyle will face in Little Italy. War fights with a gating gun and grenades and is invulnerable to physical attacks. War can only be hurt by gunfire, grenades, and molotov cocktails.}}

{{quote|Pestilence is the third of Father Bella's Four Horsemen Kyle will face in Little Italy. Unlike the other horsemen, Pestilence does not seem to have been originally human. Instead its body seems to be comprised of the corpses of GLOW victims. Initially, Pestilence fights very slowly by spilling acidic GLOW in the nearby area, throwing one of its many limbs and firing out explosive GLOW bubbles at Kyle. Kyle defeated Pestilence a first time, but the creature changed its form into a slimmer, more humanlike form. In this form, Pestilence used fighting combos, energy blasts and grabbing church pews to use as weapons against Kyle.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: [[I'm Melting|via melting into a mass of goo]]}}.

{{quote|Death is the final member of Father Bella's Four Horsemen Kyle will face in Little Italy, but before that he was the first Horseman Kyle faced. In reality, there were two versions of Death: the first one was discovered in the Fish Packing Plant at the Pier District. In addition to his physical attacks, Death uses his mutated bones from his body as weapons and can generate electricity from his body, to protect himself or harm Kyle. He can also eat GLOW-induced rats to regain life.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: [[Power Degeneration|the unstable nature of the GLOW made his body disintegrate]]}}.

Death 2 {{spoiler|aka Cody Death}}

{{quote|When Kyle faces Death, Bella, first stands on the sidelines, but after he's defeated once, Bella becomes more daring in the second round. As Death attacks, Bella stands a safe distance away, using a bazooka, grenades and a machine gun against Kyle while Death also attacks Kyle. When Death is defeated, Bella will inject more GLOW in his body to heal him, holding Kyle off with a sword. Only when both Death and Bella are defeated does Kyle win the fight.}}

{{quote|Three of the pit fighters Kyle fights in ''[[Final Fight]]: Streetwise'' are Handsome Bob, the Locksmith and the Ghost. Handsome Bob, whose not really that handsome is Kyle's first opponent who, when knocked down, gets up with a rising hook punch. The Locksmith is a black guy who is only slightly quicker than Handsome Bob and has a [[Street Fighter II|Flash Kick]] that can combo into an unblockable forward kick. The Ghost may just well be Joe from ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'', but they really don't say in the game. He is a Muay Thai fighter under Vito Bracca who is a very quick fighter.}}

{{quote|Lou is a tattoo artist in Metro City who has a number of tattoos and piercings on himself. He's a member of Guy's crew who uses capoeira as his fighting style. While Kyle was searching for his brother Cody, he finds a picture of Cody's with a mob's man with a tattoo. He asks the Skin about it in his parlor and unexpectelly clocks Kyle over the head with a cash register. The tattoo is revealed to belong to Guy. After some misunderstandings, Lou fights Kyle using his acrobatic fighting style and loads of kicks. Kyle defeats him and Lou becomes a pit fighter, Kyle can face in Japantown.}}

{{quote|Jessica is Mike Haggar's daughter and Cody's ex-girlfriend who must have a [[Damsel in Distress]] sign taped to her back. She is carried off by Damnd in the beginning of ''[[Final Fight]]'' and taken to Mad Gear's hideout. When the heroes finally do find her, she is held tightly by Belger in his lap, but escapes after his wheelchair is broken. Ultimately, she is saved by Cody and the rest in the game's ending. In ''[[Final Fight]] Revenge'', she disappears which plays a central role in that game's storyline. It is never resolved in any of the characters' endings, but Haggar does rescue her from danger. Eventually, Cody and Jessica break up after Cody couldn't give up his destructive behavior and she travels to Europe shortly after. She occasionally makes cameos in games involving ''Final Fight'' characters.}}

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: No mention of Rena is made after this game... despite the fact that by Guy's most recent appearances (namely, ''Super [[Street Fighter IV]]'' and ''Streetwise''), they should be [[Happily Married]], perhaps with kids of their own. It's one of the many reasons (besides Guy's [[Relationship Writing Fumble|possibly unintentional]] [[Ship Tease]] with [[Street Fighter Alpha|Rose]] in ''SSFIV'') that fans believe that [[Canon Discontinuity|only the first installment of this series is canon to]] ''Street Fighter'' lore.

{{quote|Genryusai is Guy's master and the father of Maki and Rena. He is taken captive by Retu and the revived Mad Gear during the events of ''[[Final Fight]] 2''. Like Rena, he is never seen again after they were rescued. Note that in the later ''Street Fighter Alpha'' series, it is established that instead of Genryusai, a man named Zeku is the 38th Bushin-style master and Guy's master. [[Continuity Snarl|As such, it is assumed that Genryusai was Zeku's teacher instead.]]}}

{{quote|Vanessa Sims is the girlfriend of Kyle Travers and owner and bartender of the "Barfly" lounge in ''[[Final Fight]]: Streetwise''. When Kyle’s brother, Cody is taken captive by the Stiff in her bar, Vanessa does her best to provide information and ideas to Kyle to find Cody. She also has her brother on the MCPD in aiding Kyle in his search. During the Glow induced riots on Metro City, Kyle and former Mad Gear member 2-ill saved her life.}}

{{quote|Sergeant Sims is a deep cover cop for the MCPD (Metro City Police Department) in ''[[Final Fight]]: Streetwise''. By the request of his sister, Vanessa, Sims assisted her boyfriend, Kyle into looking for his missing brother, Cody. He wanted Kyle not to get not to be involved due to the danger Cody was in and sought to arrest Cody for using GLOW. When Sims traced the source of the GLOW to a church in Little Italy during the city riots, Sims along with Kyle and whatever officers he had left attempted to storm the church.}}

{{quote|Paco is a tattoo artist that lives in the same building as Kyle, and is trained as a boxer in ''Final Fight: Streetwise''. If paid $100, he'll help Kyle save 2-Ill at the beginning of the game. He also helps Kyle by telling him about Lou "The Skin" designing the tattoo on the mysterious person in Cody's picture. He also trains people for money in Tiger's gym. At one point in the game, he asks Kyle to get rid of the cockroaches in his infested apartment to keep the health inspector away. Apparently, he "smells as bad as a bum at the Barfly, but at least looks like he can throw a punch".}}