Soul Series/Characters/Soul Calibur III: Difference between revisions

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[Costume Porn]]: His primary outfit in ''IV''. He ditches the hood, but gets a pimped-out magician's robe instead.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: ''Eye'' to be precise. His left eye is golden. It apparently [[Soul Jar|contains his soul]] and stays with him throughout all of his incarnations.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: His name is often shortened to just "Zas".

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Not Tira herself, but her raven (no pun intended) was the same one seen in the intro to ''II'' handing out pieces of Soul Edge to various warriors.

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: In ''IV''. Before that, she had [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|green hair]] by default.

** In ''SCIV'', it's possible to give her a crude Harley Quinn outfit.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Her voice alternates according to her mood, ranging from squeeky and perky in her "jolly" state, to incredibly gruff and gutteral in her more powerful, angrier "gloomy" state.

** [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]]: In one of her endings from ''III'', Soul Edge takes over Tira's body. The end result? She gets a much sultrier voice.

* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]: Her throws are named after elements from fairy tales, such as Glass Slippers, Death Spindle, and Poison Apple.

* [[Forceful Kiss]] [[Kiss of Death]]: Her poison lipstick/soul-sucking [[Finishing Move|Critical Finish]].

* [[Giggling Villain]]

* [[Rings of Death]]: She wields probably the most [[Improbable Weapon User|unusual]] weapon in the series, a large bladed hula-hoop.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: She's something of an [[Unkempt Beauty]] in her normal costumes, but certain 2P costumes indicate that Tira is downright ''gorgeous'' if she pays any attention at all to her appearance.

* [[Split Personality]]: Manifests fully in the fourth game, but was present in ''SCIII'' too. Gameplay wise, this is presented as a more acrobatic "jolly" move-list and a more damaging (including self-damage) "gloomy" move-list. She switches between these styles throughout the match.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her default outfit in ''Soulcalibur III''. It's a wonder her boobs don't slip out or get bruised.

* [[Underboobs]]: Formerly provided the trope picture.

* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Arguably.

 

=== Setsuka ===

{{quote| Voiced By: Nanaho Katsuragi (Japanese), [[Kari Wahlgren]] (''Soulcalibur III''; English), [[Tara Platt]] (''Soulcalibur IV''; English)}}

 

 

Between ''IV'' and ''V'', Mitsurugi's backstory states that she defeated him sometime during the time skip, taking his Shishi-Oh in the process. By the time of ''SCV'', she has left Japan and started a new life in Istanbul under the alias of "Neve," where she taught the ways of the sword to orphans. She also had a hand in training {{spoiler|Patroklos.}}

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Setsuka vows to take revenge upon the man that defeated her master in a duel, which accidentally gave him an infection that killed him. Despite the fact that his dying words were that the swordsman was a good and honorable man, and that she should not hold a grudge against him.

* [[Satellite Character]]: Becomes apparent instantly. Also, see "[[Stand Alone Episode]]."

* [[Stand Alone Episode]]: Her story. Unlike the other characters in the series, who are all connected to or effected by Soul Edge or Soul Calibur in some way, Setsuka's storyline has ''nothing'' to do with the legendary swords or their power and is ''purely'' concerned with her attempting to kill Mitsurugi. She is not accompanied by any other characters in ''SCIV'''s Story Mode and this must be completed using her alone.

** Exemplified in her ending in ''SCIII'', in which she's the only character to completely ignore Soul Edge after beating Abyss.

* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]

* [[He Went That Way!]]: How Raphael met her in the first place, as well as what endeared her to him and caused him to adopt her.

* [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]]

* [[Little Miss Badass]]

* [[Ditto Fighter]]

* [[Expy]]: Of Edge Master, who is implied to have fought him to a draw before he was cursed.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: He fought Edge Master to a draw, and can see Edge Master's influence in Kilik's style. The only person he's considered as approaching worthy since then was Mitsurugi.

 

* [[Eye Beams]]: A [[Game Breaker|full screen flying-out-of-range variation]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Night terrors are nightmares on steroids.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]

** [[Wings Do Nothing]]: Averted. He's the ''only'' character in the series who is immune to a [[Ring Out]]. Guess why is that?

* [[Genki Girl]]: They're ''all'' pretty upbeat, but Lynette takes the cake.

* [[Get Back Here Boss]]: There's a mission where you have to defeat each of them while they run from you extremely fast. You're given a very long time limit, but it goes down fast if you let them taunt.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: ''Tambourines'' for Lynette.

* [[Meganekko]]: Hualin.

* [[Meido]]: Present to a degree with Valeria and Hualin, but most notable with Lynette.

* [[Odango Hair]]: Hualin.

 

=== Abelia, Luna, Demuth, Aurelia, Chester, Strife, Girardot ===

From an [[Alternate Universe]] known as Chronicles of the Sword. All bosses within said mode, [[Defeat Means Friendship|some later]] [[Heel Face Turn|reedemed]] to [[Defeat Means Playable|become units of the player]].

 

While not an "official" character and lacking a move-set, KOS-MOS makes a cameo in the character creation mode, where she can be created with the "type-x" parts.