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These things about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.
* [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]]: In ''XIII'', {{spoiler|Ash gives one last smile before he disappears from existence ''[[Ret-Gone|entirely]]''. Suffice to say, Elizabeth wasn't the only one heartbroken that day}}.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]:
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* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: Ash Crimson, along with Choi and Chang. The Japanese pretty much loves Ash, while the West hates him with a passion (his end fate notwithstanding).
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]:
** Whenever an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] makes an unexpected appearance, or a fan-favorite joins the roster:<br /><br />[[Fatal Fury|Duck King]] in ''XI''.<br /><br />[[Art of Fighting|Eiji Kisaragi's]] [[The Bus Came Back|return]] in ''XI''.<br /><br />[[Fatal Fury|Geese Howard]] in ''{{'}}96''.<br /><br />[[Fatal Fury|Blue Mary]] in ''{{'}}97''.<br /><br />The ''entire'' ''[[Fatal Fury|Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'' Team in ''XI''.
** On a much larger scale, ''The King of Fighters XIII'' for stalwart fans.<br /><br />For one, [[Ms. Fanservice|fan-favorite]] Mai Shiranui is back with the rest of the original Women Fighters Team (i.e. King and Yuri) in tow, thus ending the [[Fan Dumb|idiotic]] [[Madness Mantra|rant]] of [[Memetic Mutation|"NO MAI = NO BUY!"]]<br /><br />Also, the ''[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100430110358/snk/images/2/28/Kdashkofxiii.gif confirmation]'' of the K' Team would be part of the final roster of the game.<br /><br />Gameplay seems to be back to pre-''2003'' mechanics.<br /><br />And then there's the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722203528/http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/kof-xiii/index.html official website,] where you can sample the latest tunes for each team. [[SNK/Awesome Music|Impressive]]. [[Win Back the Crowd|Looks like SNKP is back on the top of their game.]]<br /><br />And just when everyone has given up on SNKP for the console port... there came [[Atlus]] saying that they'll bring it to [[Play Station 3]] and [[Xbox 360]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120622090838/http://www.atlus.com/kofxiii/ Oh yeah.]<br /><br />And just as Elizabeth and Mature became console exclusives for ''XII'', ''XIII'' continues the trend by bringing in '''[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/06/28/the-king-of-fighters-xiii-on-ps3-and-xbox-360-adds-billy-kane/ BILLY KANE!]'''<br /><br />[[Big Bad|Saiki]] is playable in the home port of ''XIII''? Ok, cool... Wait, what's that? Preordering the game nets you a '''[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/np8/kof13-preorder.jpg a 4-disc compilation soundtrack] [[SNK/Awesome Music|spanning the series' history?]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGS8b506QHE Check, please.]<br /><br />DLC characters have been announced for ''XIII''. Among the first reveals are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8kZO6XH9g0 Classic Iori] (''with'' his flames) and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYWNwHlNp4 NESTS-era Kyo.]
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Orochi. Not of his game (''King of Fighters '97'' was rather easy anyway), but of the Orochi Saga as a whole. He remains one of the easiest end bosses to beat.
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** Goro Daimon, due to his high damage potential as a grappler and some very reliable gimmicks compared to other grapplers of his kind.
** Takuma Sakazaki, due to his powerful offensive game when he corners his opponent.
** In ''{{'}}98'', and more so in the ''Ultimate Match'' version, the EX versions of the characters were overused in several tournaments. EX Yamazaki, EX Billy, EX Mary, EX Ryo and EX Yuri being very frequent in the scene. Due to that case, EX Geese (who was a rebalanced version of Nightmare and ''Real Bout Fatal Fury 2'' Geese in one) was used a lot more than normal Geese, possibly due to his better zoning with actual projectile-based Reppuuken attacks.
** Kim Kaphwan was as a staple for several offensive Tae Kwon Do characters; due to the nature of the ''King of Fighters'' series overall, he was a very perfect character for space control and offensive pressure alike.
** K' wasn't often as frequent in the past, but a lot of current installments make him very frequent due to his nasty and simple combo potential and his very solid space control game.
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** Shermie. A one-shot villain who never officially appears in future non-dream match installments, but remains very popular and ends up being included in both ''SNK Gals Fighters'' and ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]''. It helps that she's got a killer rack and [[She's Got Legs|nice legs]].
** Shermie's teammates Yashiro Nanakase and Chris.
** Eiji Kisaragi, the no-nonsense [[Ninja]] from ''[[Art of Fighting]] 2''. ''Very'' popular among the fandom. They finally brought him back in ''XI'' to please the crowd after an '''eight''' game absence (note: his last appearance was in ''{{'}}95'', ''the second game in the series'').
** There are many others, ranging to [[Badass]] [[Non-Player Character|NPCs]] like Ron, to Geese Howard himself, to Duck King, to May Lee (who oddly enough was also a [[Replacement Scrappy]] for some time). Hell, even the [[Butt Monkey|American Sports Team]] has a surprisingly large following.
** Oswald made only a single playable appearance, with ''XI'' as his only game. The combination of being one of the best characters in the game and just having a pretty damn cool character design made him one of the most popular characters on the roster. That's pretty impressive for who is essentially a one-off character.
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** Athena has a fireball with almost instant recovery, as well as a teleport and a bug that makes she retreat at absurd speed when doing a backdash. Should you be at a lower health when the match time is about to finish, unless you're a very fast character yourself there's pretty much nothing you can do other than try and follow her while avoiding her firebals and watching out for a DM that jolts you if you touch her.
** Choi is a dwarf: his [[Hitbox Dissonance]] is about half the vertical size of a regular character. Most attacks, including specials and a good number of super moves pass right above his head: essentially cutting in half the viable options, strategies and combos of practically every other character in the game. Because of this, he's been top-to-god tier in almost every single installment of the series, and a staple [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]].
** Iori Yagami in ''{{'}}98'' is beatable, yes, but he is also a god tier character. Pretty much all of his moves, normal or not, have a longer range than they look, are extremely fast, and goes on a anything-comboes-from-anything pattern. His air attacks hit extremely low, so much that his air C can easily hit a ''crouching'' [[Hitbox Dissonance|Choi Bounge]]. He has a invincible grab that makes the opponent open to anything, and anything he does can combo into his Deadly Flower, a 3-hit move that deals high damage and quickly stuns the opponent. And, he has a fast fireball of his own. AND, his Maiden Masher DM rushes toward the opponent with high priority, low enough to go under any mid-air fireball and, for some reason, jumping opponents will stop in the air to be hit by the move. Go ahead, try to find a pro-level match where Iori isn't present.
*** As mentioned before, Iori is more of a shotoclone-like character, but due to his unique moves and his actually high damage output, he's often used a lot as he provides massive combo potential and decent mixup. Though he's a bit of a case of [[Difficult but Awesome]] due to the fact that his moves are clunky, as in very easy to punish if misused, and his walking speed is quite slow. In it all, Iori is powerful, but still a difficult character to manage due to some of his more unsafe tools.
** Wolfgang Krauser in ''{{'}}98 Ultimate Match''. Normal moves have good reach and damage, simple but damaging Bread and Butter combos and an autocombo DM that can serve many functions like Iori's Maiden Masher DM. Eventually, in the ''Final Edition'' version of that game, he was heavily nerfed in terms of total damage done on several of his moves and a bit of range and more recovery on them, while other characters received some nice buffs.
** Rugal's Genocide Cutter in ''King of Fighters '94''. At maximum power, it can be a [[One-Hit Kill]]. Coupled with his [[SNK Boss]] status... [[Word of God]] apologizes for "going a bit overboard" with the damage ratio. The move was toned down in later installments, but is still quite devastating.
** Daimon in ''{{'}}98'', thanks to a glitch. Averted in ''Ultimate Match'', which removed said glitch.
** Heidern's Moon Slasher and Stormbringer in ''King of Fighters '94''. Due to [[Good Bad Bugs|bugs]], these two moves had [[For Massive Damage|abusive damage ratios]] to the point that a maximum power Stormbringer could ''[[One-Hit Kill|one-shot]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmhGMVPY2Yw a character who was at full health]''. Luckily, these bugs were addressed by the time ''{{'}}95'' rolled in.
** Ralf's Galatica Phantom in ''EX2: Howling Blood''. This version has a much, much shorter charge time and is a regular move instead of a (S)DM. As a tradeoff, it loses some of its power, but still eats about 50% off of an opponent's lifebar. Go buck wild with it, and watch the body count skyrocket.
** A highly technical combo involves Ralf cancelling out of his Blazing Vulcan Punch on the last hit and performing the Galatica Phantom. In other words, the moment the opponent recovers, they're greeted by Ralf's (unblockable) fist.
** Eiji in ''{{'}}95''. He held of the distinction of being able to chain almost anything together. Seriously, [[Button Mashing|you could flail your hands across the controller like a frantic monkey]] and still catch your opponent off-guard about 75% of the time.
** Orochi Iori was playable via a rather simple code in the ''King of Fighters '97'' arcade, as was Orochi Leona and the Orochi New Faces Team.
** Gato and Kula received one too many buffs in ''XI'', thrusting them into top-tier. Oswald too, thanks to his speed and versatility.
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** According to developers, Takuma had several extended combos in ''94'' that ''weren't'' supposed to be there initially. But when they removed the combos during testing, they felt he was weaker without them, so they left them in. Some of these combos would stay in for later games that Takuma appeared in.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]:
** In ''{{'}}99'', Ralf's victory quote was "I can survive anything--even nukes!". Fast forward to [[The Cameo|his and Clark's inclusion in]] ''[[Metal Slug]] 6'' where Ralf is the only member of the playable cast who ''isn't'' a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]].
** With a possible side of [[Fandom Nod]]: in the [[MUGEN]] fanbase, the ''King of Fighters''-centric Vans gave his version of Kyo an aerial version of the Orochinagi. Come ''XIII''...
** K9999's official profile on the ''King of Fighters'' 10th Anniversary website blatantly acknowledges his resemblance to [[Akira|Tetsuo]]. Shortly after ''2002: Unlimited Match'' [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|was released]], his picture on the site was mysteriously deleted.
* [[Ho Yay]]:
** Aside of the Kyo/Iori super hyper [[Foe Yay]]? For someone who was apparently said to be [[Camp Straight]] by the developing team themselves, some of Benimaru's pre-battle quotes against handsome males in ''XIII'' were rather... flirty. Especially against Shen and Duo Lon.
** Shingo's hero worship of Kyo can be ''very'' easily seen as a man-crush, most noticeable in their special pre-match intros for both ''{{'}}98'' and ''{{'}}99''.
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: The Sega Saturn port of ''{{'}}95'' refers to him as "Omega Rugal", even when recapping the events of the previous game... when he ''wasn't'' Omega Rugal. Likewise, the O in his name stands for '''O'''mega, ''not'' '''O'''rochi, a common misconception, seeing as he draws upon the Orochi power.
* [[Iron Woobie]]: Heidern, Iori, K', probably Duo Lon. And especially {{spoiler|Elisabeth}}.
* [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|It's Easy, So It Sucks!]]: Veteran gamers think this about ''King of Fighters XIV'', due to the inclusion of an "Aggresion" system that enables the player to perform a 4-6 hit autocombo by rapidly mashing a button.
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*** Hell, just '''[[Justice Will Prevail|JUSTICE!]]''' itself.
** "Koko desu ka?" The sound of Goenitz murdering you with his Yonokaze. ''Repeatedly''.
** In Japan, there's a small fad of Maxima performing his Mongolian Chop [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUk9M2b2UyU ad] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suKw-WB8R0 naseum], usually [https://web.archive.org/web/20151105134844/http://dic.nicovideo.jp/v/sm613955 in sync] [https://web.archive.org/web/20151105134917/http://dic.nicovideo.jp/v/sm2465155 to music.] This has led to [[Nico Nico Douga]] [[Fan Nickname|calling him]] "Mongolia," which is popular enough to the point that the Japanese [[MUGEN]] fandom [[Only Known by Their Nickname|almost always refers to him]] [http://www30.atwiki.jp/niconicomugen/pages/138.html by this psuedonym.]
* [[Misblamed]]:
** It would seem that Nona is getting flak for the most recent entries in the series, due to their [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|new art designs]]. While he ''was'' the art director for ''XII'' (and draws for the pre-fight exchanges in ''XIII''), it's actually Ogura Eisuke, the artist for ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'', who handled the artwork. For some odd reason, Nona is also being blamed from the ''story developments'', an area that he has minimal influence in at best.
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*** A ''King of Fighters '94'' [[Audio Adaptation|drama CD]] has him killing his servants for making minor goofs and not being "perfect". That same action is repeated in a ''King of Fighters '94'' manga, bloodily murdering a teenaged maid for merely bringing him the wrong wine for dinner. As he approaches her, you see him walking and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|looming over the poor girl as she begs him to not hurt her...]] and then [[Gory Discretion Shot|"SPLAT"]].
*** In the third volume of the same manga, Rugal orders one of his subordinates to [[I Have Your Wife|kidnap Kyo's girlfriend Yuki]] and lock her in a room with a {{spoiler|fake}} time bomb just to force Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon fight the Women's Team in the streets of Tokyo, in a sort of [[Deadly Game]] where instead of fighting to the death, they fought to rescue poor Yuki. Rugal didn't even really ''need'' to have them fight that way, and did just [[For the Evulz]].
*** And then, there's the wicked pleasure he took on having Saisyu Kusanagi tortured and then [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] to make him [[The Dragon|his servant]] in ''{{'}}95''. Double when you play with the Japan Team and he ''gloats'' about it in front of Saisyu's son Kyo.
*** There's also his mauling of Heidern's family and mercenary unit (mind you, this was ''single-handed'' and that Heidern's unit was ''fifty men strong''). Apparently done for no other reason than to provoke and slight Heidern. It was also featured in Shinjyouji's manga, with an added bonus: Clara and Sandra were killed ''while trying to protect the badly injured and now eye-less Heidern''.
** Goenitz, in response to Gaidel turning down his offer to join him in the attempt to resurrect their master Orochi, awakened Leona's Orochi blood for the first time when she was still a child, causing her to destroy her whole village and kill every inhabitant, her own family included.
** Jivatma ordered the death of Lien's parents and family because her father would not join Addes.
* [[More Popular Spinoff]]: Of both ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[Art of Fighting]]''. Even in this very wiki, people mention some ''Fatal Fury'' and ''Art of Fighting'' characters as being from ''The King of Fighters'' even when those characters, at best, only make cameos in the series.
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: The "OOOOOOOUUUUUUAAAAAAAAGH" sound Andy makes when you hit him. Not so prevalent in the ''Fatal Fury'' series, but it cropped up quite a bit in early ''King of Fighters'' titles. It got ridiculous in ''{{'}}99'' onward where for no apparent reason they made it ''his KO cry''. You will hear this especially in ''2002'' and ''Unlimited Match'', where he groans this practically ''every time you hit him''.
** "KOKO DESU KA? KOKO DESU KA? KOKO DESU KA? KOKO DESU KA? KOKO DESU KA?" This the sound of Goenitz's Yonokaze murdering you.
** Some of [[Cute but Cacophonic|Malin's]] [[Kiai|yells]] have her sounding like a strangled duck.
** ''Angel's voice'' (mostly her ''2002'' seiyuu; the ''2001'' one wasn't so grating on the ears).
** Whip's "teleport", which has her screaming "HYAAAAAH!!!" every time. The CPU loves to abuse this in ''{{'}}99'', so get used to it... or try to get past her [[Noblewoman's Laugh]] whenever she lands one of her other moves.
** Blue Mary's voice. High pitched and with VERY repetitive kiais. And let's not get started on her "I shall return" ko cry.
*** That naturally extends to EVERYTHING 98's announcer says.
* [[Narm Charm]]:
** SNK's Dodgy Engrish usually downright HILARIOUS lines in otherwise serious circumstances. From the slightest misspellings to Rugal's almost babyish "I'LL BE BACK... YOU JERKS!" line from ''{{'}}95''.
** Any time anyone insults anyone. Which happens often. "Absolute karate. That's Kyokugen. And don't you forget it, [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head|dweebenheimer]]!"
** The English dub of the ''Maximum Impact'' games.
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* [[Polished Port]]:
** The upcoming [[Steam]] release of ''The King of Fighters XIII'' will apparently have better netcode than the console releases.
** The Dreamcast versions of ''{{'}}98'' and ''{{'}}99'', ''Dream Match 1999'' and ''{{'}}99 Evolution'' respectively, feature smoothed sprites, 3D backdrops and arranged music. ''{{'}}99 Evolution'' also included some extra Striker characters that could be unlocked (including the first appearances of Vanessa and Seth, who would become full characters in ''2000'').
* [[Porting Disaster]]: Not an extreme case, but ''King of Fighters: The Orochi Saga'' was marred by in-game loading, which wasn't present in the arcade versions. The same issue occurred for ''[[Metal Slug]] Anthology'' for PS2, and both compilations were made by Terminal Reality.
* [[Relationship Writing Fumble]]: Kyo and Chizuru are acquaintances, if not good friends (with Chizuru as a [[Cool Big Sis]] figure that Kyo can't deny a lot to, if ''Sky Stage'' is to be believed), and have close roles in guarding the Seal of Orochi. When Kyo became majorly pissed at Ash for stealing Chizuru's powers in ''2003'' ([[Does This Remind You of Anything?|and violating her while doing so]]), some fans were led to believe that Kyo has feelings for her. It doesn't help that Kyo's intro with Ash in ''XI'' [[Revenge|has him screaming "YOU BASTARD!" at the top of his lungs]]. Apparently, these fans have forgotten that [[Official Couple|Kyo has Yuki]]. [[Word of God]] also jokes on the Anniversary website that Chizuru must have envisioned Kyo eternally as a schoolboy (i.e. from the time they teamed up during the Orochi Saga) when creating [[Shadow Archetype|Kusanagi]]. Cue fans claiming she's in some type of a [[Loving a Shadow]] relationship with Kyo.
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** Momoko is sometimes considered as such. To '''Bao''' of all people. Frequently cited reasons are [[Most Annoying Sound|her voice]], [[Button Mashing]], and the fact that she was based off of discharged designs of Bao.
* [[The Scrappy]]:
** Bao. Added to the Psycho Soldiers team in ''{{'}}99''. Too annoying to fight as, overpowered (at least his first incarnation) to fight against; stealing Kensou's powers. The strangest thing about this? '''He was conceptualized as beginner friendly'''. How they could screw that up so much is a mystery.
** SNK Playmore sees K9999 as this due to the [[Captain Ersatz|blatantness of his tribute to]] [[Akira|Tetsuo Shima]], which eventually led to his [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|replacement by Nameless]].
* [[Sequelitis]]: ''2001'', due to the game being handled by a different team, and ''King of Fighters XII'', due to being an [[Obvious Beta]].
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** ''XIII'' is this to ''XII''. It added a lot more characters, including those that were inexplicably missing before, more modes, closed the Tales of Ash saga, and made the fighting more fun overall.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovCp9HXn-o "Jungle Bouncer"], the theme of the ''Ikari'' team in both ''{{'}}94'' and ''2002'', sounds very similar to Faith No More's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWUuByQLxQ "Surprise, You're Dead!"].
** Igniz has two of them. His ''2001'' theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzFIg7zmrAs "Kare koso Saikyo" ("He Is The Strongest!")] is a faster rock version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OivRHzXUm2A Original Zero's theme]. His new theme in ''2002 Unlimited Match'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy16dCouwc8 "Save The Universe"], sounds like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6cfOUgt0h4 "Save A Future"], Mildred Avalon's theme from ''[[Arcana Heart]]''.
** The Korea Team's theme in ''2000'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lrlut8oXZ0 "Wild Party"], has a few riffs indicative of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbPWcLode0 "Crazy Train"] by "The Prince of Darkness" himself, [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. In particular, compare the beginning of both songs.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYiKaT5IlB4 Apparently], the OST version of "Still Green", Shingo's theme in ''{{'}}97'', sounds like a tune from ''[[Awesome Possum]]''.
** Inverted with Iori's [[Image Song]] "Kaze no Allegory", which sounds like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJwz7wu8_s "Tribute"] by [[Tenacious D]], but came before it.
* [[Tainted by the Preview]]: It did not take long at all for the reaction to ''XIV'''s first trailer to garner this response. Though this has died down a bit after more trailers were released.
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** [[Light Is Not Good|Marukare]] is probably the first thing to come to mind when one thinks of Orochi, although his Harue special (the projectile-esque attack that can't be nullified by ''anything'') is pretty bad too. Just be thankful that they didn't have him spam his Honosu Sori like Goenitz's Yonokaze.
** Krizalid, who could be considered NESTS' equivalent to Rugal in several aspects, has Typhoon Rage, as noted in [[Game Breaker]] above. Better get to writing your will while he's juggling you to death.
** Igniz' whip attack, which can juggle infinitely when the AI feels like it. You can even play as Igniz in ''2002 Unlimited Match'' with the move completely intact in terms of cheapness and
** Jivatma's [[Breath Weapon]]. It can break your guard ''and'' kill you in one or two hits if you're not careful.
* [[That One Boss]]: Rugal in every ''King of Fighters'' except ''{{'}}98''.
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: From ''{{'}}96'' to ''2001'', King kept using the same vocals. Even in ''Capcom vs. SNK'', where every other SNK character had new vocals, King kept the same dated audio.
** The same point could be made for Robert. It wasn't until ''2003'' that Robert finally got an updated audio track.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]:
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** Absolutely no one saw Seth coming in ''Maximum Impact''.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]:
** Heavy D! is the head of a team full of walking American [[National Stereotypes]]. Their [[Running Gag]] involves them being on the receiving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] and having their invites stolen. Their stage is set in the ghetto; the original ''{{'}}94'' version included multiple stray cats, blinged-out onlookers, a wacky, [[Funny Afro|afro-sporting]] midget named Cool Guy, and a woman in a skimpy outfit who appears to be a hooker. The American Sports Team's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03xftbph53g theme] is even [[Spell My Name with an "S"|sometimes spelled as]] "Slum No. 5". Really, Japan?
** The word "bimbo" is used in some of the earlier games in place of "airhead", apparently ignoring that the former can also be interpreted as "slut".
** Vice holds a grudge against Saisyo for [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"putting up a struggle" and "resisting" the brainwashing process]]. Stop for a moment and think about how she does her brainwashing, and how Saisyu went along with it.
** Goenitz's insulting remark in ''{{'}}96'' about how Mature and Vice couldn't keep their virginity once led to the belief that the two had sex with Iori. It should be mentioned that he says '''nothing of the sort''' in the Japanese version.
** Angel, a native of Mexico. She's a character who seems to exist solely for the purpose of [[Fan Service]] (nice rack, [[Stripperiffic|a good eyeful of skin]], [[The Tease|flirtatious personality]], etc). She also is very touchy about her weight and is a bit of a hotheaded loudmouth. Her favorite foods are tequila and raw cactus slices, and her forte in sports is Mexico's national pastime: football (that's soccer for all of you Americans). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__KzwZEpJ9Q Her theme] in ''2002'' is named "[[Trademark Favorite Food|Tacos]] Dance". Oh, and she's evil.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]:
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** [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Bao]]. A Japanese magazine had to place the male symbol character along with his name when introducing him, and probably also to explain his special intro with sexy female characters. It didn't help that one of his Spanish quotes for ''King of Fighters '99'' was [[Blind Idiot Translation|worded as if he were female]].
** [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Ash Crimson, Shion, the list goes on...]]
* [[What an Idiot!]]: It's already strongly implied that Eiji was on the receiving end of a Yagami beatdown at the end of ''{{'}}95'', but his ''XI'' backstory states that he also challenged the ''entire'' [[Badass Family|Kyokugen]] [[Badass Crew|Team]] after the tournament. If the latter happened immediately after the former, we all may need to reconsider Eiji's status as a threat. ''Maybe''.
* [[Win Back the Crowd]]: ''XIII'' is this by virtue of completing the [[Obvious Beta]] that was ''XII''. Mai and K' are back as well as a true [[SNK Boss]]. You'll find every known character that was planned for inclusion in ''XII'' in ''XIII'' as well.
* [[The Woobie]]: Chizuru, young Leona, Kula (''especially'' with {{spoiler|Candy's heartbreaking "death"}}), Hotaru, Krizalid, Nameless, Xiao Lon. Arguably Iori, K' and {{spoiler|Ash}}.
* [[WTH Costuming Department|WTH, Costuming Department?]]: General consensus regarding Shun'ei's outfit is that it looks rather overdone and screams "chuunibyou protagonist" all over, what with the half-rolled pants leg, [[Coat Cape]] and headphones. Sylvie gets it even worse, with some deriding her just because of her very flamboyant J-Pop styled outfit.
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