History YMMV / SkullGirls

** Ms. Fortune, a CatGirl in revealing clothes (who fights by [[{{BodyHorror}} dismembering herself, wrapping her opponents in her muscles and tendons, and splurting blood everywhere]])

* FanDisservice: While there's an underlying theme of playful FanService through most the characters, there's any equal amount of characters who totally turn it on it's head. Sure there's busty gals in {{FormFittingWardrobe}}s like Valentine and Cerabella, but then there's Ms. Fortune (a CatGirl in revealing clothes who fights by [[{{BodyHorror}} dismembering herself, wrapping her opponents in her muscles and tendons, and splurting blood everywhere]]), Peacock (who would probably be the "Cute Little Kid" in any other game, is a [[{{CreepyChild}} playfully bloodthirsty cyborg]] who looks like she sprang out of a demented Merry Melodies cartoon), Painwheel (a BrokenBird in a revealing {{Qipao}} who was experimented and brainwashed into being a berserk warrior that attacks with her extended spinal cord and spikes that pop out of her skin, usually while screaming in agony) and Double ([[{{HighOctaneNightmareFuel}} Double]]).

* FanDisservice: While there's an underlying theme of playful FanService through most the characters, there's any equal amount of characters who totally turn it on it's head. Sure there's busty gals in {{FormFittingWardrobe}}s like Valentine and Cerabella, but then there's Ms. Fortune (a CatGirl in revealing clothes who fights by [[{{BodyHorror}} dismembering herself, wrapping her opponents in her muscles and tendons, and splurting blood everywhere]]), Peacock (who would probably be the TokenLoli in any other game, is a [[{{CreepyChild}} playfully bloodthirsty cyborg]] who looks like she sprang out of a demented MerryMelodies cartoon), Painwheel (a BrokenBird in a revealing {{Qipao}} who was experimented and brainwashed into being a berserk warrior that attacks with her extended spinal cord and spikes that pop out of her skin, usually while screaming in agony) and Double ([[{{HighOctaneNightmareFuel}} Double]]).

** [[ EldritchAbomination Double]] is terror incarnate.

* BigInJapan: While the game is rising in popularity in its native US as more info comes out, so far, a lot of the fanart featured have been by Japanese artists, and Ume Makoto (designer for Anime/WitchBlade) has even drawn fanart for Skullgirls. Reverge Labs has also noticed this: they plan to release a Japan-exclusive disc (due to Japan's dislike of DLC) after the first batch of DLC.

* DuelingGames: A rather interesting case with My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic

** [[CuteMonsterGirl Squiggly]] is also very popular among the burgeoning fanbase, and she isn't even part of the default roster!

* UnfortunateImplications: Peacock's bomb assists are now known as [[OfMiceAndMen Lenny and George]]; the dev team decided that it wasn't worth the risk of trying to sell the game in Japan with those characters' original names intact -- '''Fat Man and Little Boy'''.
** Some seem to think that Peacock's backstory implies that she was raped. Fortunately, '''[[http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/questions-answers-thread.146958/page-20#post-6166261 Word Of God says that she definitely wasn't.]]'''
** [[http://skullgirls.com/characters/filia/ Filia is 16.]]
** What has the Anti-Skullgirls Labs have done? Why, they rescued the 13-year-old Peacock and turned her into a war machine, and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl named Carol and turned her into Painwheel. Yikes.
*** Granted, Lab 8 (Peacock's home lab) is a great deal more ethical than Lab Zero (Painwheel's) seeing as they rescued the dying Patricia, rather than turning the healthy Carol into a monster. The end result is still not pretty, in either case.

** What has the Anti-Skullgirls Labs have done? Why, they rescued the 13-year-old Peacock and turned her into a war machine, and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl named Carol and turned her into Painwheel. Yikes.

** [[http://skullgirls.com/characters/filia/ Cilia is 16.]]

** Some seem to think that Peacock's backstory implies that she was raped. Fortunately, '''[[http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/questions-answers-thread.146958/page-20#post-6166261 Word Of God says that she definitely wasn't.]]'''

** Some seem to think that Peacock's backstory implies that she was raped. Fortunately, [[http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/questions-answers-thread.146958/page-20#post-6166261 Word Of God says that she definitely wasn't.]]

** Some seem to think that Peacock's backstory implies that she was raped. Fortunately, [[http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/questions-answers-thread.146958/page-20#post-6166261 Word Of God says that she wasn't.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Peacock's bomb assists are now known as [[OfMiceAndMen Lenny and George]]; the dev team decided that it wasn't worth the risk of trying to sell the game in Japan with those characters' original names intact -- '''Fat Man and Little Boy'''.

* BigInJapan: While the game is rising in popularity in its native US as more info comes out, so far, a lot of the fanart featured have been by Japanese artists, and Ume Makoto (designer for Anime/WitchBlade) has even drawn fanart for Skullgirls. Reverge Labs has also noticed this: they plan to release the game on disc (due to Japan's dislike of DLC) after the first batch of DLC.

* BigInJapan: While the game is rising in popularity in its native US as more info comes out, so far, a lot of the fanart featured have been by Japanese artists, and Ume Makoto (designer for WitchBlade) has even drawn fanart for Skullgirls. Reverge Labs has also noticed this: they plan to release the game on disc (due to Japan's dislike of DLC) after the first batch of DLC.

* BigInJapan: While the game is rising in popularity in its native US, so far, a lot of the fanart featured have been by Japanese artists, and Ume Makoto (designer for WitchBlade) has even drawn fanart for Skullgirls. Reverge Labs has also noticed this: they plan to release the game on disc (due to Japan's dislike of DLC) after the first batch of DLC.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsgOvyEAqME Also Peacock's theme]]...

* UnfortunateImplications: Peacock's bomb assists are now known as [[OfMiceAndMen Lenny and George]]; the dev team decided that it wasn't worth the risk of trying to sell the game in Japan with those characters' original names intact -- '''Fat Man and Little Boy'''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were some plans to add an additional Skullgirl into the game, '''Venus'''. She looked to be a beautiful, badass character, and fans were excited. She's not in the game though. You can see her concept art [[http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2007/321/8/b/Venus_by_oh8.jpg here]] and [[http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/108/6/3/Venus_and_Ab_Addon_by_oh8.jpg here]].
** Thankfully though, there's still a chance she could return via DLC.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were some plans to add an additional Skullgirl into the game, '''Venus'''. She looked to be a beautiful, badass character, and fans were excited. She's not in the game though. You can see her concept art [[http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2007/321/8/b/Venus_by_oh8.jpg here]] and [[http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/108/6/3/Venus_and_Ab_Addon_by_oh8.jpg here]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were some plans to add an additional Skullgirl into the game, '''Venus'''. She looked to be a beautiful, badass character, and fans were excited. She's not in the game though. You can see her concept art [[http://http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2007/321/8/b/Venus_by_oh8.jpg here]] and [[http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/108/6/3/Venus_and_Ab_Addon_by_oh8.jpg here]].

* UnfortunateImplications: Peacock's bomb assists are now known as [[OfMiceAndMen Lenny and George]]; the dev team decided that it wasn't worth the risk of trying to sell the game in Japan with those characters' original names intact -- '''Fat Man and Little Boy'''.