History Characters / StreetFighterIII

** Elena's stage in ''New Generation'' and ''2nd Impact'' takes place between two cliffs that are connected together by a [[TakeItToTheBridge rustic wooden bridge]], with the iconic, oblong-shaped [[EiffelTowerEffect Mount Kilimanjaro]] (located just over the border with Tanzania) looming in distance. After the first round, a huge condor will swoop by and slice the ropes connecting the bridge to the cliff, causing it to fall down into the valley below where the fight continues within a small jungle village (which is presumably Elena's home).

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* HomeStage:
** Elena's stage in ''New Generation'' and ''2nd Impact'' takes place between two cliffs that are connected together by a [[TakeItToTheBridge rustic wooden bridge]], with the iconic, oblong-shaped [[EiffelTowerEffect Mount Kilimanjaro]] (located just over the border with Tanzania) looming in distance. After the first round, a huge condor will swoop by and slice the ropes connecting the bridge to the cliff, causing it to fall down into the valley below where the fight continues within a small jungle village (which is presumably Elena's home).
** Elena's stage in ''3rd Strike'', set on the Kenyan savanna, is a BattleAgainstTheSettingSun and features an ''enormous'' hazy sunset and the obligatory African wildlife grazing in the background.

* HomeStage: His stages' designs offer a variety of different perspectives of the BigApplesauce, including a run-down, graffiti-covered back alley in ''New Generation'', a roof-top view of Manhattan in ''2nd Impact'' (complete with a ''huge'' stars and stripes mural on one whole side of an apartment block), the iconic 42nd Street subway station in ''3rd Strike'', and "City in Chaos" (featuring him in the background) in ''V'', a pileup on Wall Street.

* CreepyJazzMusic: His ''2nd Impact'' theme, "Get on a train", is a dreary, bluesy theme, which fits well with Necro's character and is reinforced with his stage being set in a creepy laboratory aboard a dingy old train.

* EiffelTowerEffect: In ''3rd Strike'', he fights on a scaffolding platform erected around the iconic pepper-pot domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia's most famous building.

** Elena's stage in ''New Generation'' and ''2nd Impact'' takes place between two cliffs that are connected together by a [[TakeItToTheBridge rustic wooden bridge]]. After the first round, a huge condor will swoop by and slice the ropes connecting the bridge to the cliff, causing it to fall down into the valley below where the fight continues within a small jungle village (which is presumably Elena's home).
** Elena's stage in ''3rd Strike'', set on the Kenyan savanna, is a BattleAgainstTheSettingSun and features an ''enormous'' hazy sunset and the obligatory African wildlife.

* EiffelTowerEffect: Elena's stage in ''New Generation'' and ''2nd Impact'', set in Kenya, features a rope bridge slum between two cliffs above a vast, sweeping plain and the iconic, oblong-shaped Mount Kilimanjaro (located just over the border with Tanzania) looming in distance.

* {{Oktoberfest}}: His ''2nd Impact'' stage, set in Munich, perfectly sums this up. It's hard to tell initially, but a complete, pulled-back view of the stage reveals the whole area is inside a [[http://dsarena.free.fr/mugenlight/stages/sf3si-hugo_beta.png huge beer-tent!]]

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Remy's France stage lacks any typically French iconography in order to highlight the feel of the game's TurnOfTheMillennium era and its sentiments. In contrast with the traditional "streets of Paris and view of the Eiffel Tower" fodder (as seen in Manon's stage in ''6''), Remy's stage prominently features an imposing industrial punk "Disco Metro" building to present a feeling of rapidly changing times and anticipation for a cyberpunk or hi-tech automated future.

* BigApplesauce: His stages' designs offer four different perspectives of New York City, including a run-down, graffiti-covered back alley in ''New Generation'', a roof-top view of Manhattan in ''2nd Impact'' (complete with a ''huge'' stars and stripes mural on one whole side of an apartment block), the iconic 42nd Street subway station in ''3rd Strike'', and the City in Chaos stage (featuring him in the background) in ''V'' is a pileup on Wall Street.

* HomeStage: His three stages in the ''III'' series are all set in downtown Manhattan. He also has "City in Chaos" (New York City) in ''V'', though he shares it with Ken, as the latter lacks his own stage in ''V''.

* BattleInTheRain: Yang's ''3rd Strike'' stage, set on the rooftop of a restaurant in a busy downtown area.

* HiddenElfVillage: Her stage in ''New Generation'' and ''2nd Impact'' is a ninja variation.

* BattleAgainstTheSunset: Her stage in ''3rd Strike'', set on the Kenyan savanna, features an enormous hazy sunset.

* ShadowArchetype: Thematically, to Guile and Charlie, as akin to a [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age of Comic Books]] NinetiesAntiHero to the Superman like [[AmericaSavesTheDay American legacy heroes]] of the two.

* GentleGiant: A rare female example, Elena is ''extremely'' tall, but also incredibly friendly.

* {{Rotoscoping}}: This technique was used for her animation and it ends up looking smoother than usual, even by ''III'''s already-impressive standards. One of her suggestive end-poses (hands on her thighs, butt out) is taken directly from a dancer in the video for [[Music/VanHalen David Lee Roth's]] 80s classic ''Just A Gigolo''.
* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: Elena is a Kenyan princess whose power to heal herself is unique among the cast, and sports a tousled mop of short, unusually white hair in contrast to her dark skin, despite her young age. She is one of a handful of black women in gaming to sport the combination -- a convention likely started as a ShoutOut to fellow Kenyan princess, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Ororo Munroe.]]

* TomboyPrincess: Since she's an African princess and her theme music in ''New Generation''/''2nd Impact'' is titled "Tomboy". She is probably the second most tomboyish character in the ''III'' games, just under Makoto but above Chun-Li and Ibuki.

* DistressBall: In his [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/d/sf3nec.htm New Generation]] and [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/a/sf3-2nec.htm 2nd Impact]] endings, Gill gets him bound and locked inside a building located in an island that's about to be destroyed. His girlfriend Effie is the one who releases him.

* FacialMarkings: Has red, arrow-shaped markings on his face and body.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Some of his win quotes (see above) are rather vicious, but he's generally a good guy.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Well, that and several years' worth of genetic augmentation. He's not as fanatic about it as Zangief, though.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Just like his gameplay, everything about Necro's appearance stands out for how bizarre he looks. He's got sheet white skin; long, snake-like limbs, a cartoonishly exaggerated face, and animations with wildy exaggerated physics. Nary a ''Street Fighter'' character looks quite the same as he does.
* OutOfFocus: It took about seventeen years for him and/or Effie to make a reappearance in another ''SF'' game after ''3rd Strike'', with a tiny cameo in Rashid's story mode. They late appeared with full 3D models in the background of the Spooky Arena stage in the same game.
* PracticalTaunt: Sticks out his tongue and waves it around, which causes one point of damage if it hits. It also increases his attack power for all moves except throws.
* RescueRomance: Effie saved him when Gill told him "YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness". He [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/a/sf3-3nec.htm returned the favor]] when she almost fell off a train's roof as the pair made their escape, and he caught her with his extended arm.

* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Hot Girlfriend]]: His girlfriend is Effie, a PerkyGoth in [[SpandexLatexOrLeather red]] [[SexyBacklessOutfit latex]] with GirlishPigtails. It's hard to judge her age by her looks, but Capcom lists her birth year as 1979 so assuming the game takes place in the year it was released in, [[OlderThanSheLooks she's either 18 (if you're playing ''New Generation/2nd Impact'') or 20 (if you're playing ''3rd Strike'']]).

* CreepyJazzMusic: Although a drum and bass remix of his first theme, his ''2nd Impact'' theme "Get on a train" is a dreary, bluesy theme, which fits well with Necro's character and is reinforced with his stage being set in a creepy laboratory aboard a dingy old train.

* DistaffCounterpart: Kolin is this to Necro. Both of them are former Soviet citizens who were taken up by the Illuminati following the collapse of the USSR, though she was given the role of a high-ranking seneschal reporting directly into Gill, whereas he was tricked into joining the cause and subjected to vile experiments in an attempt to create the perfect warrior.

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* JapaneseSpirit: Just as her [[MeaningfulNamename implies]], Makoto embodies this. Several fighters comment on her innate Talent, she shows pure, unshakeable Resolve in mastering Rindo-kan Karate and in honoring her family's legacy, and her Persistence means she'll never give up and constantly pushes herself to do better.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[UnstoppableRage Burning Rage]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[CuteBruiser A Bolt of Fighting Spirit]]]]

->Full names Yun and Yang Lee. Twin brothers from Hong Kong who learned kung-fu from an early age. They were separated from their birth-parents in infancy and were raised by their adoptive grandfather, who runs a restaurant in Shanghai. By the time of ''3rd Strike'', Yun and Yang are seen as heroes by their town, which they defend from Gill's organization during ''3rd Strike''. Both Yun and Yang also appear in the arcade release of ''Super Street Fighter IV''.

%%* BelligerentSexualTension: Yun and his {{Tsundere}} non-girlfriend Houmei, so much.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: In-story, Yang is in love with Yun's would-be girlfriend Houmei but has pretty much accepted that [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend his feelings are unrequited.]] On the other hand, Houmei's little sister Shaomei is in love with him [[CannotSpitItOut but is too shy to let it show]], leading to a LoveDodecahedron.

** Yun's sort-of girlfriend and her sister too. The {{Tsundere}} Houmei is a HotBlooded LethalChef who could be [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Akane Tendo's]] LongLostSibling, while the NiceGirl Shaomei is a soft spoken ShrinkingViolet.

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* HeelRealization: His speech to Gill in his arcade mode in ''3rd Strike'' is the closest that Urien comes to admitting his personality flaws. Unfortunately, he's so delusional that he believes that killing Gill will ''rid him of these flaws''.
-->''When I look into the past, I see dishonor and hatred. When I look into the future, I am free from the corruption. How glorious it is... A world without you!''

->Full name Sean Matsuda. Ken's self-appointed disciple. Sean comes from a family of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners, including his older sister [[VideoGame/StreetFighterv Laura]], older brother Fabio, and grandfather Kinjiro. Sean is the only member of the Matsuda family who wishes to learn Ansatsuken, although his skills in the martial art can stand much improvement.

* HeroWorshipper: Not to the level [[DoggedNiceGuy Sakura]] has, but Makoto is visibly flabbergasted when facing Ryu, since he is an absolute legend in the world of karate. In ''3rd Strike'', she takes a ''very'' deep breath to calm her nerves in her unique intro animation against him.
* HotBlooded: Nothing matters more to her than mastering Rindo-kan Karate, promoting its glory to the world and honoring her family's legacy. She endlessly trains, challenges herself by taking on some of the world's most famous fighters, and does it all with a fiery passion.

* JapaneseSpirit: Just as her name implies (see below), Makoto embodies this. Several fighters comment on her innate Talent, she shows pure, unshakeable Resolve in mastering Rindo-kan Karate and in honoring her family's legacy, and her Persistence means she'll never give up and constantly pushes herself to do better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Makoto may seems brash and arrogant, but is close to her family as she takes pride in her late father and his dojo. In the comics, she has a friendly rivalry with Ibuki.

* MightyGlacier: Her walk animation is very intricate but also causes her to get around pretty slowly. However she makes up for it by hitting hard, with even harder blows if she TurnsRed, on top of having very good dashes. When added together, the nature of her mobility (that she either must use the Hayate punches or dashes to close the gap quickly, both of which come with recovery penalties if improperly used) requires Makoto players to pick their strikes carefully as she is susceptible to over-committing.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Amongst the series' best examples, she can lift people more than three times her height in a NeckLift and send them rocketing into the sky with her MegatonPunch super art.

* PowerAtAPrice: Tanden Renki, her Super Art III that multiplies her attack power by 1.6 at the expense of making her unable to block, limiting her defense to evasion, parrying, and throw escapes.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Seichuzen Godanzuki — an absolutely ''brutal'' super art in which she punches the opponent horribly hard in the crotch before unleashing a flurry of punches that culminates in a massive skyward punch, sending her opponent flying.

* {{Tomboy}}: A perfect example, as she’s easily the most tomboyish female in the series, with messy short hair, a ripped physique, a brash, barking speaking voice, a practical gi, and a brutally no-nonsense fighting style.

* TurnsRed: Her skin literally turns red when using her Tanden Renki super. She gains a massive attack boost for its duration.

* UseYourHead: Her neutral throw is a brutal headbutt. ''IV'''s OMEGA Mode also gives her Isana, a super armor-smashing headbutt.
* WellTrainedButInexperienced: Makoto is inexperienced, but many fighters recognize that she has talent and is following the right path. Notably, she gets encouragement from legends like Gouken, Ryu, Ken and Fei Long.

!!Characters debuting in ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack''

!!Characters debuting in ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future''

* HermitGuru: He lives in a cave in Brazil with various animals as his only company.

* CoolOldGuy: He's an easygoing guy with a sense of humor about himself. One of the things he does in his spare time is help guide people through the Amazon jungles, and he's also interested in video games. Not really the kind of personality you would expect from a hermit.

* GeniusBruiser: He may be one of the most powerful fighters in ''Street Fighter'' canon, but he also has the brains to go along with the brawn. In his spare time, it's also hinted that he studies advanced mathematical theory outside of practice. Also invoked with his fighting style, as his limited capabilities demand players to work around and study his dynamics. He claims his style requires the study of heaven and earth, meaning to realize your entire scenario and situation, arena, fighting style, and anything else, taking up the street fighting philosophy to a whole new level.