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Has been playable in both 2d sprite based, and 3d polygonal fighting games.
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Blessed (?) with one or more moves requiring a full 360 turn of the control stic...
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Is adopted or otherwise taken in by characters who are not blood relatives.
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Born in, or a citizen of, any part of Africa not specified by another tag.
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Can change their bodies age appearance at will (Ex: A Child that can change into...
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Uses the defensive martial art of Aikido.
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Capable of dashing or retreating in mid-air.
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Skin is unusually pale, lacking pigment.
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Of a race or species extraterrestrial in origin.
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Born in, or a citizen of, the United States of America.
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Some of their moves are governed by a stock set of ammunition allocated at the s...
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Has either forgotten / lost their memories, or had them taken away somehow.
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A blob without permanent form.
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Missing one or more body parts.
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Character is otherwise human (or appears to be), but has the ears of an animal (...
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A member of the animal kingdom (possibly intelligent, but not anthromorphic). In...
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Wears an animalistic head covering.
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Often seen wearing the print of a particular animal, such as a leopard, tiger, z...
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A combination of human and animal traits.
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Strongly associated with spiders; utilizes webs, summons spiders, spider-motif i...
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A life form created by science or magic.
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As opposed to physical firearms, this character has guns, rocket launchers, cann...
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Is involved in the arts somehow as a profession, usually as a painter or sculpto...
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Killing is their business, and business is good.
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Pants covering one leg but not the other.
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Surrounded by a glowing aura or field of power.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Australia.
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Wields an axe or similar weapon.
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Wears/carries a backpack, purse, satchel, or some other holding bag during comba...
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Has been kidnapped, or otherwise held against their will as ransom.
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User of Bajiquan (aka Hakkyokuken), a style of Chinese martial arts centered aro...
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Lacking hair on the top of the head.
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Uses some kind of unattached ball (basketball, volleyball, iron ball, etc) durin...
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Sports excessive bandages as or in addition to clothing, like a mummy. Blood op...
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Fond of sporting adhesive bandages somewhere on his or her body (normally on the...
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Wears a bandana on the head.
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Most likely restricted to men, fights without a shirt of any kind (although may ...
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Does not wear footwear of any kind.
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Adorned with a chain of large beads.
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Physical beauty is a part of their plot or personality (a model, narcissist, etc...
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Character has a dark facial mole.
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Has moves aimed directly at the opponent's genitals
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Wears a military or French-style beret.
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Wears a long, broad dress (most likely completely impractical to fight in).
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Utilizes a giant frog in some way (frog may or may not spit fire).
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Any short, skintight legwear (probably not actually used for biking, but who kno...
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Known to ride or otherwise associated with motorcycles
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Canonly enjoys the romantic and/or sexual company of both genders.
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Uses teeth or fangs in standard, special, super, or throw moves.
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Best known for wearing a primarily black costume.
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Neither of the character's eyes have pupils.
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Fights using senses other than sight.
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Best known for wearing a primarily blue costume.
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Uses some sort of internal body matter as an attack, such as blood, feces, vomit...
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Some parts requires to be destroyed in order to make progress or to win a battle...
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Capable of morphing part or all of one's body into various weapon forms.
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Carries a book in combat.
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Wields a boomerang in battle.
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Any number of hoofed animals of the subfamily bovinae, including cattle, bison, ...
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Character sports a traditional bowlcut, Beatles-style moptop, or other similar h...
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Uses the martial art of boxing, or an informal fist-centric style.
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Hair has one or more braids
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Born in, or a citizen of, Brazil.
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Lower body attire consists of briefs or "buruma"
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Wields a traditional double-edged sword of standard length, or any otherwise uns...
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Carries a broomstick. Can also be used as a melee weapon.
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Best known for wearing a primarily brown or tan costume.
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Hair is done up in one or more buns.
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Associated with butterflies; summons or utilizes butterflies in some way; butter...
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Popular among members of the military.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Canada.
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Character has strong association with dogs, such as being a dog or having a dog ...
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A character who enjoys the taste of the flesh of his or her own species.
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Created in side stories or spin offs, but eventually added to series canon.
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Wears a full length cape/cloak prior, during, or after a battle.
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Uses the martial art of capoeira.
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Stereotypical neanderthal, often hairy and club-wielding.
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Well known as a movie star, pop musician, etc.
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The character is equipped with a cell phone or a smartphone.
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Regional difference or update on a specific character. A move was removed, age o...
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Incorporates special moves that chain into and out of one another.
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Wields a sword that can seperate into links and be used like a whip.
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Utilizes or is otherwise adorned with metal chains.
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Wields a chainsaw in battle.
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Character wields a chair, likely in a pro wrestling context, or otherwise utiliz...
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Leg covering involves the cowboy's favorite seatless, crotchless leggings known ...
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Possesses charge moves (holding the joystick/d-pad in one direction, then press ...
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Wears armor on the upper torso, usually covering primarily the chest, and someti...
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Shouts the typically karate-related battlecry "CHESTOH!" during battle.
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Preteen or otherwise childlike in appearance/behavior.
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Born in, or a citizen of, China.
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Associated with the religion of Christianity.
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The character has some arranged, classical background music, usually during batt...
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While otherwise "properly" covered, displays ample cleavage.
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These characters have been the DNA source of genetic clones at least once (if no...
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Very short hair without excessive anime-style embellishments.
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Wears a cloth headband, either standard or a specialized type like the Thai Mong...
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A clown or jester-like character.
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Wields a club (any relatively unsophisticated blunt object).
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Prone to falling down, stuttering, etc.
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This type of character is very confident (even if it's not justified) in his/her...
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Utilizes coins as part of their moveset.
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Wears non-weapon gloves designed for combat, such as boxing gloves, gripping glo...
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Character is able to contort their body into unnatural shapes and ways as part o...
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Wears Converse shoes or anything similar.
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Known to have some culinary skill (or not, but insists on trying).
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An original character who mimics or uses moves inspired by a character that prec...
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Reversals or counters are a key part of this fighter's movelist.
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Wide brimmed wild west headwear.
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Wears the neckcloth known as the cravat, which is commonly associated with 17th ...
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High level mafia type; shadowy and above the law.
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Known for breaking the law.
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Wields a crossbow or similar weapon.
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A ceremonial headwear often associated with royalty or deities.
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A unique character set aside in a game's cast who is customizable to a degree (u...
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Normal human with parts augmented or replaced by robotic substitutes.
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Contrary to the one-eye tag, characters who only ever had one eye.
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Wields a dagger or knife.
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Wields the traditional samurai sword combo of a katana and a wakizashi, or some ...
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Fights with the power of dance.
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An evil "alternate" version of a character.
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Not to be confused with undead, a character who is dead according to the relevan...
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Capable of deflecting projectiles back at the opponent.
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Sporting an anti-establishment attitude, but without having crossed over into cr...
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Wears a mask adorned with a face of a demonic-looking entity, whether it be a tr...
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A demon, devil, or other denizen of some nether plane--or a humanoid manifestati...
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A character who has had his or her moveset drastically changed for one or more g...
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A member of any extinct species of terrible lizard.
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Suffers from some disease. Not to be confused with deceased.
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Character is actually a disembodied body part.
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Wears a training uniform associated with their martial art of choice -- karate g...
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Possesses one of the four eye-based techniques of the Naruto world (Sharingan/Ri...
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Able to transform into copies of other fighters.
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Character is either a dragon or a subspecies of dragon, such as a wyvern.
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Hair is worn in a dreadlock stye.
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Character wields/uses a physical drill in combat, likely as part of a bigger wea...
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Utilizes drunken style martial arts.
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Skilled enough to utilize two weapons at the same time.
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Two characters fighting together as one sprite, their duality not affecting play...
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Character wears an outfit or has skin that is two different colors split down th...
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Character is uniquely able to make copies of themselves as a combat enhancement ...
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Born in, or a citizen of, the Netherlands.
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The ability to control, create, or manipulate various types of earth, including ...
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A holy man of an eastern religion such as Shintoism or Buddhism.
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The character is concerned with ecosystems as a whole (people, plants, animals) ...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Egypt.
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A member of a magical Germanic brood known as elves. Sometimes diminutive, they ...
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Able to manifest a weapon out of pure energy.
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Born in, or a citizen of, England.
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A character which appears in a fighting game with his or her name in the title o...
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Able to manually gain or lose their armaments during a battle to modify their mo...
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Former king of the hill, stripped of his notoriety in the wake of scandal.
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Favors using detonative devices to fight.
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Character has more than the standard number of eyes for their species (normally ...
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Possessing more than one head.
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Able to jump in excess of other cast members, wether it be twice, three times, o...
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Possessing more than two arms, legs, or wings.
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Character possessing more than one mouth. Often on the belly or another unusual ...
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Wears a small mask covering only the eye area, Lone Ranger-style.
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Uses rays of energy from the eyes to fight with.
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Wears corrective glasses.
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Wears a non-monocle eyepiece over one eye, which may be a technological device u...
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Not blind (probably), but is always depicted with closed or hidden eyes.
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Often seen wearing prominent face paint.
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Wears a mask, likely made of a hard material, that covers the entire face (eye a...
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Prominent miscellaneous facial hair that is undefined by other tags, or just uni...
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Wields a fan as a weapon in battle.
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Can be seen wearing one or more feathers in their outfit.
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Wears a fedora-style hat.
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Exhibits qualities of any number of species of cat, including being a cat/part c...
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A wild, untamed personality; beastlike.
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Has been the final boss of at least one game.
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Control over fire/heat; the ability to create fire from thin air.
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Uses one or more guns during battle.
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Fights with a fishing rod/pole.
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Character wears fishnet or other netting-based clothing.
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Character uses or fights with a physical flag or banner. Not to be confused with...
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Traditionally is seen wearing images of flames on his or her clothing.
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As opposed to actually having some supernatural or scientific control over fire,...
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This fighter uses the noxious gases of his or her body in some way to combat the...
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Uniquely capable of free eight-way movement in the air.
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As opposed to flying, this character uniquely has moves that pertain to floating...
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Utilizes flowers (most likely roses) in their battle scheme.
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Is somehow associated with food to an extent that most other characters aren't -...
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Is, or has some affiliation with, one of the Ssu Ling, the four legendary beasts...
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Characters that have been accused/persecuted/imprisoned/killed for crimes they d...
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Characters who stand out as especially unusual among the usually colorful casts ...
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Born in, or a citizen of, France.
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Character has a complete beard that covers the bottom of their entire face, alth...
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Wears a helmet which conceals the entire head and face.
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Wearing a full plate or similarily excessive amount of body armor.
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Wears clothing prominently lined with or created from fur.
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The physical combination of two or more characters.
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Popular with military crazies and latex fetishists.
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Uses glove(s)/gauntlet(s)/armlet(s) to augment or otherwise grant themselves spe...
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A character whose gender is the opposite of what is presumed by other characters...
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A character who does not represent an individual, but instead a generic, nameles...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Germany.
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Wears traditional Japanese "geta" raised sandals.
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Much larger than the majority of a game's cast.
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Has been the sole female member of a fighting game cast before.
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Is known for sporting the facial hair known as the "goatee", often in the popula...
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Wears a pair of goggles (usually more as a forehead accessory than eyewear).
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A focus on grab/throw/wrestling style attacks.
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Characters who manipulate gravity to fight.
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Best known for wearing a primarily gray costume.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Greece.
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Best known for wearing a primarily green costume.
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Uses plant life as an offensive or defensive device.
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Inspired by the Grim Reaper, a stereotypical personification of death (scythe an...
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Perpetually angry and/or brooding, seems to rarely (if ever) be in a good mood.
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A weapon combining a firearm of some sort with a bladed weapon. This includes ba...
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A traditional religious headdress associated with Catholic nuns.
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Wears one or more bows in the hair (probably inordinately large bows).
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This character changes his or her hairstyle/color from one to another either pre...
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Attacks opponent with their hair or an object worn in their hair.
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Wears a band of elastic, cloth, or other material in his or her hair, often shap...
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Sports visual body hair, sometimes in excessive amounts.
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Wears the traditional Japanese skirt-like pants.
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Character only has half a head of hair (either horizontally or vertically).
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A character whose biological parentage consists of two different species.
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Wields a hammer in battle.
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Often seen wearing handcuffs on either the wrists or clothing.
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Character fights upside-down.
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Practices the Korean martial art of Hapkido (합기도), a grappling and striking form...
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Adorned with a ceremonial or royal headdress of some probably tribal nature.
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Character prominently displays headphones on their person during the fight.
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Wears an otherwise unspecified garment prominently on their head.
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Able to uniquely recover their own life, often by draining it from the enemy.
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Wears one or more hearts anywhere on their attire, or wears something heart-shap...
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A character whose body is made from fire or lava, or a similar substance.
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Character has two different colored eyes.
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Utilizes an array of expertly concealed weapons.
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Often seen wearing high-heeled shoes or boots.
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Despite any ridiculous creative embellishments, based on a historical individual...
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Prefers the same sex in romance.
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Born in, or a citizen of, the "Special Administrative Region" of Hong Kong.
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Wears a hooded outfit during a fight.
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Characters with hooves, usually as a hoofed animal/antropomorph like a horse or ...
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Having horns on the head or a helmet.
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Wears hot pants or anything short that expose the legs.
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Perpetually excited, boisterous.
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Uses the sword style of iaido or iaijutsu, the technique of drawing, striking wi...
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A person who pretends to be somebody else, who imitates or copies the behavior o...
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Has been arrested or kept in captivity at one point or another, or in some cases...
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Born in, or a citizen of, India.
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Having qualities of an insect or arachnid.
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Is able to make themselves invisible.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Ireland.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Italy.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Japan.
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Enamored with all things Japan, strives to be more Japanese.
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Practitioner of the martial art of Jeet Kune Do, founded by Bruce Lee.
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A character who embraces the future and actually has one of these neato contrapt...
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Adherent of the early Abrahamic religion of Judiasm.
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Based on the Chinese "hopping vampire" myth, also known as kyonshi in Japanese.
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Uses the martial art of judo or its hard form counterpart, jujutsu.
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Costumed in the style of Japanese kabuki dancers.
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Representative of a traditional Asian helmet most commonly associated with samur...
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Has characters of the Japanese writing system based on Chinese characters known ...
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Uses the martial art of karate, or some fictionalized variant thereof.
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Wields a Japanese katana sword.
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Wields katar or another "punch dagger"-style weapon.
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Practitioner of the martial art known as kenpo (or kempo).
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Uses some non-muaythai form of kickboxing martial art.
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Uses moves (often grappling ones) that often have blatant sexual undertones. Som...
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Character can either kiss or blow a kiss at the opponent as a special move.
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Uses the Japanese martial art of Koppo (Koppojutsu), which focuses primarily on ...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Korea.
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Uses the martial art of kung fu.
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User of SNK's fictional kyokugen karate martial art.
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Wields a larger-than-usual sword, often as if it were much lighter than it looks...
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A one-piece skintight outfit with no leg coverage.
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Has English writing characters somewhere on their clothing or body, whether they...
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The ability to create and manipulate light.
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Wields a sword, dagger, or other bladed weapon similar to the famous Star Wars i...
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Character has a very long beard that continues well past the chin area.
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Wields a bo staff, or similar long blunt weapon.
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Often seen wearing a coat of exceptional length, such as a duster or trench coat...
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Unbraided hair that reaches past a character's shoulders.
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Wears a pony tail of exceptionally long length.
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Has romantic desires with another character that's actually mutual (and in some ...
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Uses the lucha libre style of athletic wrestling.
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Character has some sort of wolf affinity. This can range from being a wolf/werew...
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Wields a mace or similar weapon.
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Uses sorcery, often manifesting in a full gamut of elemental attacks or non-desc...
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Exhibits power over magnetic forces.
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Written in katakana as "māsharu ātsu" (マーシャルアーツ). Fictional martial art loosely ...
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Face is obscured by a solid mask or other unspecified covering.
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Able to uniquely deal damage to themselves.
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A piloted mechanized vehicle rather than a remote controlled or sentient robot.
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In the business of healing.
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Military type with allegiance to no particular country or agency.
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A character whose vocation involves selling items.
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Wears a headband adorned by a metal plate, or made wholly out of metal.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Mexico.
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Characters whom are/seem to be in their 40's or 50's they are not exactly young ...
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Born in, or a citizen of, any part of the subcontinent of the Middle East not sp...
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While otherwise properly clothed (i.e. wearing a top and pants/skirt/etc.), this...
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A Japanese Shinto shrine maiden.
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Soldier or ex-soldier associated with an official military or mercenary unit.
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Adept at controlling the minds of others.
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Works for (or otherwise serves) another character with greater ambition.
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Moveslist consists mostly of moves shared with a variety of other characters.
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Uses a unique blend of grappling and striking martial arts mostly used in combat...
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Hair worn in a mohawk style.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Mongolia.
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use the fighting style of Monkey Kung Fu or Monkey Fist.
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Based on the Chinese legend of the Monkey King (Son Goku/Son Wukong). Extending...
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Character's appearance is that of a single color with little to no shading, such...
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Uses the martial art of Muay Thai kickboxing.
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Wears a ninja-style muffler over the mouth (full head coverage optional).
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Short hair on the top of the head with long hair in the back ("business in the f...
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Capable of wielding more than two weapons simultaneously, either via existence o...
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Uses special attacks involving notes, or songs.
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Involved in the playing of music, either seen in game or external storyline mate...
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Character lacks either the ability or desire to speak.
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Frequently uses natural fingernails or claws to fight, as opposed to an external...
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Associated with the American Indian, often in a quite stereotypical way involvin...
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Is shown to have control over the dead/undead as part of his or her fighting sty...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Nepal.
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A new character added specifically to a fighting game based on a previously esta...
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Practitioner of the martial art of stealth and espionage, ninjutsu, or is a memb...
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Character's arsenal consists almost entirely of punch moves, even when "kick" bu...
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Character's arsenal consists almost entirely of kick moves, even when "punch" bu...
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A non-licensed character who first appeared outside the fighting genre.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Norway.
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Wields nunchaku in battle.
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Missing one eye (eyepatch optional).
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Is capable of standing with only one leg when in combat.
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Wears a shirt or other top that is open in the middle, thus exposing bare chest ...
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Best known for wearing a primarily orange costume.
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Affiliated with the mythical Japanese serpent known as Yamatano (or Yamato no) O...
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Both of the character's biological parents are deceased.
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Known for wearing the traditional bib and brace overalls.
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The characters name can be read either forward or reversed.
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Uses paper talismans ("ofuda") adorned with various mystic symbology, often used...
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Father or mother to one or more children.
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Wears a helmet that does not completely cover the head.
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Wearing or otherwise adorned with the colors / flag of their native country.
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Applies to characters who use the peace sign (palm outwards, index and middle fi...
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Wears a military officer- or law enforcement-style peaked cap.
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Characters that have quite the libidos and have been known to hit on certain oth...
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Accompanied in battle by an ally or "pet," animal or otherwise.
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Character has the ability to turn their opponent to stone.
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Proficient with a camera or utilizes photography in their fighting style.
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Helms some sort of plane / ship / mecha.
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Best known for wearing a primarily pink costume.
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Involved in piracy and general swashbuckling activities.
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Having qualities of a member of fish species - they are a fish, an anthropomorph...
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A living plant, rather than flesh and blood.
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Uses playing cards as a weapon, be it poker cards, hanafuda cards, or other.
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Wears any kind of footwear with a type of curve or point at the end of them.
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Capable of poisoning the opponent to do damage over time.
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Wields a naginata, spear, halberd, or similar blade-on-a-stick weapon.
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Associated with law enforcement.
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Born in, or a citizen of, the country of Poland.
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Someone who has run for or was elected into office (president, mayor, governor, ...
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Ability to either transform one's opponent during battle, usually into something...
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Sports the tightly coiffed hairstyle known as the pompadour.
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Has one or more pony tails.
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Possessed by a spirit or demon.
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Any of a member of a non-human primate species, including (but not limited to), ...
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Has a habit of uttering obscene words.
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Character was originally created as a concept or redesign for an existing charac...
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Uses mental energy in battle.
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Best known for wearing a primarily purple costume.
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Wears the traditional Chinese dress known as the qipao, or its male equivalent (...
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Typically seen walking on four limbs.
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Instantly changes outfits as part of special moves or intro/win poses.
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Possessing very few (if any) moves of his own, a character who copies verbatim t...
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Wields a rapier or similar thin, piercing sword in battle.
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Any similarity to any persons living or dead is not coincidental at all.
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Best known for wearing a primarily red costume.
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Possesses moves that are performed by repeatedly pressing a single button.
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Took over the movelist / gameplay of a character who was removed for plot reason...
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Revenge is a known part of this character's storyline.
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Was noted or portrayed as dead in one game only to appear alive and well (not un...
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Wields a hula-hoop or chakram style weapon.
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Road signs can be seen with this character. They can also use it in battle, whet...
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An artificial life form with no organic parts.
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Uses a rocket launcher or similar weapon in battle.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Romania.
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Utilizes a rope or wire to some degree (such as, as a lasso, or attached to anot...
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Wears a belt made of rope, most commonly the tsuna donned by yokozuna-ranked sum...
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Is heir to or member of some royal family or bloodline.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Russia/USSR.
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Wields one or more Sai in battle.
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Uses the martial art of sambo.
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Wears traditional samurai plate mail or a slightly embellished variation thereof...
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Wears an otherwise unspecified pair of sandals (not counting geta).
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Attire is skimpy at best, leaving very little to the imagination or otherwise le...
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Wears a prominent scarf or muffler.
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Has significant physical scarring.
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A character who works at a school, such as a teacher, principal, professor, jani...
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Some variant of traditionally uniformed japanese school girl/boy.
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Skilled in certain fields of science usually Robotics or Genetics or Chemicals. ...
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Wields a scimitar or a similar single-edged curved sword.
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Fights using a pair of scissors or shears, which are often oversized.
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Wields a scythe in battle.
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Very old, senior citizen.
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A character who has killed their master or sensei.
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Has some affiliation with serpents (excluding Yamatano Orochi), or is a serpent ...
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The ability to melt into shadow, summon creatures from shadow, or otherwise cont...
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Wears a (usually natural) shell on his or her body.
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Control over electricty, the ability to create lightning or sparks.
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Lower body attire consists of a short skirt, often in the Japanese schoolgirl st...
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Wields a baton or other short staff.
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Character wields or is otherwise equipped with a shovel.
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This character has a brother or a sister. Or both.
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Wears a single-strap singlet common with barbaric peoples, or a skintight single...
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Character possesses one or more attacks/moves/techniques to grow or shrink durin...
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Wears skates or rollerblades.
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Wearing some form of one piece full body covering.
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The character has a skull for a head, or his head look like a skull. In all case...
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Wears an outfit adorned by skulls, or at the very least, pictures of skulls (inc...
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Character has moves/attacks or just an in-game demeanor that involves sleeping.
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Often seen puffing on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
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Uses the fighting style of Snake Kung Fu or She Quan. http://en.wikipedia.org...
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The ability to manipulate sound via sonic screams or another means.
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Characters from South American countries not covered by another tag.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Spain.
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A character that is noted for having superhuman speed, which often is reflected ...
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Body or clothing is heavily covered in spikes.
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Known to attack with projectile spit or vomit, or some sort of other expulsion f...
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Fights using techniques based on any recreational sport.
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A crownless hat consisting simply of a visor or brim with a strap encircling the...
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Is able to change fighting styles or ready stances at via button push, button co...
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Typically wears clothing with star-shapes printed on them.
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Able to steal their opponent's attacks and use them in turn.
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Whether because of testing purposes, artist laziness, or vestige of the early da...
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Has stitches somewhere on their body, usually on wounds.
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A knit cap, either close to the head or long in a santa/elf style.
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Appears to be made of rock or stone.
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Throws stones, rocks, and/or boulders as part of his or her move set, but does n...
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Often seen wearing a straitjacket.
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Wears an Asian-style straw hat.
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Able to attack with one's own limbs from a greater distance than normal, either ...
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A character with built-in support in the form of other sub-characters summoned f...
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Wears a thin, stringy tie, often in a manner similar to a bow tie or bolo.
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Wears stripes on his/her outfit.
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Known for having their clothes torn off and/or willingly removed, often played f...
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Brandishes a taser or other description of stun gun.
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Uses the martial art of sumo wrestling.
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Characters who fill the entire screen, a special weight class usually reserved f...
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Wears straps used to hold up the pants.
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Is able to swallow the opponent as a special move, usually spitting them out lat...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Sweden.
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Able to expand the size of their body, fists, feet or head (!) during attacks.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Switzerland.
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Uses the Korean martial art of taekwondo.
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Two or more characters fighting as a team, with the capability to switch mid-bat...
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Character is accompanied by an NPC who may cheer / jeer him along but is otherwi...
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Performs the martial art of Taijiquan, commonly known as "Tai Chi" or "Tai Chi C...
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Hair is worn in an unrealistically vertical style.
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Upper body wear consists of a tank top or similar sleeveless shirt.
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Permanent body art on display.
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Has an affiliation with taunts that his or her contemporaries does not, such as ...
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Adorned in an advanced suit most likely featuring weapons systems and computer b...
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Is able to use his or her mind to manipulate objects and their foes.
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Able to warp about the battlefield, while his/her contemporaries are unable to.
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Tentacles feature prominently.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Thailand.
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Wears thigh-high stockings/socks on the legs.
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Born in, or a citizen of, Tibet.
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Legs completely covered with tights or stockings.
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Able to slow down / stop time for their opponents or speed it up for themselves ...
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A character who has come from the past or future through some method of time-tra...
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Much smaller than the majority of a game's cast.
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Homage or parody of Japanese sci-fi television heroes. Posing, justice, scarves...
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This character has one or more attacks utilizing their tongue, which in these ca...
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Wears a top hat (stove pipe hat, etc)
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Hair is worn in a topknot style, which is common amongst sumo wrestlers and samu...
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Often seen wearing a torn or shredded outfit.
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Utilizes puppets, dolls, or other toys in battle, either held or remotely contro...
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Always looking for a stronger opponent, never satisfied with one's current level...
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Treachery is a known part of this character's back story
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During battle, able to change into an alternate, controllable form with altered ...
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Character's body is see-through to some extent.
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Special moves feature traps which can be placed and activated remotely or automa...
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Having a tribal or aboriginal appearance.
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Wears a three cornered hat probably with the brim turned up, a look made popular...
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A manifestation of a character's true power, without necessarily changing alignm...
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Wears a style of Middle Eastern headdress.
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Character has an identical or fraternal twin sibling (or, incrementally, triplet...
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Sports two pony tails of similar lengths.
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Hair having more than one color.
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Lack of physical beauty is a part of their plot or personality.
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Fights with or while carrying an umbrella.
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Character who, in a game otherwise centered around weapon combat, chooses to fig...
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Ghoul, zombie, skeleton, ghost, etc.
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Is frequently known to have a lot of bad things happen to them on a regular basi...
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Skin of a color that does not reflect a natural color seen in that species, or t...
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Its implied/openly shown that this character is truly in love with one certain o...
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Exhibits qualities of any number of species of bear, including being a bear/part...
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Blood sucking children of the night.
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Character either drives a vehicle before, during or after a fight, or is one the...
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Born in, or a citizen of, Venezuela.
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A traditional Viking, complete with horned helmet, long beard, etc.
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Wears a helmet of some sort with a visor allowing the wearer to see. Popular wit...
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Character has strong association with foxes, such as being a fox or having a fox...
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Female character who serves food and drink to the customers.
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Ability to summon or otherwise control water.
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An upper-class fighter, often taking a more fast and loose approach to the marti...
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Wears inordinately formal, expensive-looking clothes to a fight.
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A human or human-like being that transforms into an animal or anthropomorph as p...
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Best known for wearing a primarily white costume.
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A character who had a spouse or love interest that has died.
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Disheveled/unusual haircut, often sticking out in multiple directions.
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Control over wind, the ability to create tornadoes or whirlwinds.
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Wears a wide-brimmed, high peaked "witch" style hat.
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Bokken, shinai, or any kind of non-metal training-type sword.
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Sports bandage-like wraps on his or her arms and/or feet, likely as padding.
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Associated with the sport of wrestling, often the "professional" variety.
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Adheres to the stereotype of the 80s Japanese teen punk (long school coat, pompa...
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Best known for wearing a primarily yellow or golden outfit.
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Character's skin color is an unnatural yellow or gold.
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Wears a yin & yang somewhere on their clothes or body.
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Wields a yo-yo in battle.
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