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** Going back even farther, one of Ash's win quotes in ''2003'' was "Don't play your trump card till the end... the ''very'' end!" In hindsight, SNK was pretty much telling us, "Keep your eye on this guy. [insert word here]'s gonna happen." - [[Tropers/X 2 X|X 2 X]]
** Related to the above: In ''XIII'', Ash's a single entry character. Quite odd, given that he's [[The Hero]] of the saga... You'd think that it's because {{spoiler|he'll become the [[True Final Boss]] at the end as Evil Ash}}, and that's right - but it's deeper than that: Like the above troper has stated, he's prone to manipulate his teammates to his own ends. So him being a single entry is a subtle [[Gameplay and Story Integration]] - He can make team with any character in the roster, but he'll end up leaving them in the end.
*** Additionally, this all seems to tie in with the revelation that {{spoiler|Ash [[Good All Along|really is on the heroes' side]]. He functions as a [[Guile Hero]] because of the very probable mindset that if more people (including [[Onee-Sama|sister figure]] Elizabeth, presented here as [[The Rival|a rival]] to Ash) knew about [[Ret
* For some people, Yuri's Neomax, the Haoh Raiouken, seems lackluster compared to flashier Neomaxes, save for the [[Everything Makes a Mushroom|mushroom cloud]] at the end. Then, I realized that, unlike fellow Kyokugen practitioners Ryo and Robert, she was only taught the very basics of Kyokugenryu, aptly named the Raiou principle. In a way, her Neomax serves as a [[Take That]] to her father and brother, showing that she can throw away Raioukens like atomic bombs. - [[Tropers/Aenthin|Aenthin]]
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